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text: John Tusa has been Managing Director of London's Barbican Centre for more than a decade. In that time, he has been a notable controversialist, speaking up for the need for the arts, defending their achievements and arguing for more funding. This selection of John Tusa's passionately argued, candid and challenging essays on the arts in Britain today is informed by a lifetime's experience of the arts and a current position at the centre of the British arts scene. Tusa seeks out the ways in which the arts can be made to blossom in this cultural and political climate, with cuts in arts funding ever threatened. His subjects include the art of living without objectives, and whether leadership in the arts is a mystery or good sense. He tells the true story of arts philanthropy and offers more personal pieces, for example on the great power of music. He also presents a light hearted 'ABC of the ARTS' and imagines what Ten Commandments for the Arts might look like. His own philosophy, which informs his successful management of the Barbican, is refreshing and instructive and he of course looks to the future with prescience.Most of all his is a call for us urgently to think about why art matters so crucially for us all.

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Crystal vases are kind of the beautiful place for your flower or maybe other things too. It is also a mysterious substance from the ancient. Vases mad of crystal come in many different sizes, designs, and also shapes. Most of them will be used for holding flowers but some people will also use it for other purpose.
But in this article, we are going to show you several things you can do when it comes to cleaning or taking care of the vase made of crystal or glass. It will be useful for you.
You can clean your crystal vase with bleach before fill it with cut flowers. Besides, it will also keep the water clean and free of harmful bacteria so the flower will stay fresh. The ratio of bleach and water is 1/10. You can scrub the vase with the mixture of it to the vase and then rinse it well before you put the flower in.
By making pasta of salt and vinegar, you can clean the vase. You can start with ½ tablespoon of salt and mix it with vinegar until it creates such a paste. After that you can rub the paste on the residue that is left behind the scummy water. You need to leave it at least 10 minutes before wiping it with a bottle brush or a sponge.
You can definitely clean the vase using baking soda mixed with vinegar. But the warm water should be in the vase first and then you pour baking soda for a tablespoon on it. You can add more baking soda if the case is larger. After it is mixed well, you can pour the white vinegar. You will see bubbles and fizzes. This mixture is effective to eliminate the deposit of mineral that could not be brushed.
Alka seltzer is a common remedy for indigestion. Besides, this thing is also useful to clean the vase with narrow neck so you cannot put your hand inside it or even scrubbing it. So, you can fill the case with hot water at the first place. After that you put in the Alka Seltzer for one or two tablets. This way is also working if you want to clean your antique collection. Again, this cleanser is powerful but not harmful for the glass or antique collection as well as crystal vases.


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I had never heard of Smollet either. Anyone who thought a point was made when the initial reports came out is nuts. Anyone who thinks a point is made now is equally so. Hate crimes (and likewise sex crimes) are real. Hate crimes are on the rise, though there is some dispute over by how much, given that some of the increase in reported numbers is due to an increase in reporting and agencies whose reports are factored in. About 93% of police reports filed of violent crimes (including hate crimes and sex crimes) are made in good faith and all plausible police reports of violence should be taken seriously and investigated fully. The end.
listening to the DA statement yesterday. They nailed everything that happened with phone calls, Uber rides, cameras very well. Also the jerk signed the $3,500 check with his own name!


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ILOVEMAKONNEN Attacked Onstage in New York
Published Oct 22, 2014ILOVEMAKONNEN has been riding high these days, signing to Drake's OVO imprint and releasing much-loved single after single. That came to a halt Tuesday night (October 21) — or at least temporarily — when he was assault onstage while performing his signature hit "Tuesday."
During a show at NYC venue SOBs last night, Rae Sremmurd brought out the OVO rapper to perform "Tuesday," when ILOVEMAKONNEN was attacked by someone in the crowd. As you can see in the fan-captured video below, an audience member taps the artist to get his attention mid-performance, only to then pull him offstage and onto the ground, where he then begins to punch ILOVEMAKONNEN in the face. ILOVEMAKONNEN seems relatively unfazed by the incident, however, getting back on his feet and performing once again.
The incident can be seen early in the video below.
ILOVEMAKONNEN tweeted the video before quickly reverting back to the positive vibes. And as he should.
iLoveMakonnen Performs Club Going Up and Gets Punched by a HATER at SOBs, NYC http://t.co/pg0LepAtmX— Manhattan Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) October 22, 2014
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Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, Washington
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Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, Washingtonfrom $251 CAD
- Luxury Room, City View
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- Superior Room (Working Area)
- Junior Suite (Executive)
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What's around Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, Washington
- In Downtown Washington D.C.
- White House - 4 min walk
- Washington Monument - 15 min walk
- Capital One Arena - 18 min walk
- Lincoln Memorial - 28 min walk
- United States Capitol - 30 min walk
- Ford's Theater - 13 min walk
- Jefferson Memorial - 29 min walk
Getting around
- Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National) - 14 min drive
- Baltimore, MD (BWI-Baltimore Washington Intl. Thurgood Marshall) - 47 min drive
- Washington, DC (IAD-Washington Dulles Intl.) - 35 min drive
- College Park, MD (CGS) - 31 min drive
- Fort Meade, MD (FME-Tipton) - 36 min drive
- Gaithersburg, MD (GAI-Montgomery County Airpark) - 44 min drive
- Manassas, VA (MNZ-Manassas Regional) - 53 min drive
- Washington Union Station - 13 min drive
- Alexandria Station - 22 min drive
- New Carrollton Station - 26 min drive
- McPherson Sq. Station - 3 min walk
- Farragut West Station - 7 min walk
- Center Station - 9 min walk
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 237 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 12 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Up to 3 children stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets stay free
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
WiFi rated good
- Great for gaming
- Valet parking *
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Full breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour room service
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Spa services on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour business center
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 1999
- Elevator
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Terrace
- Library
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
- Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
- Assistive listening devices available
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Minibar
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Pillowtop mattress
- In-room massage available
- Private bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 55-inch flat-screen TV
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- IPod docking station
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Also popular with travellers from Canada
Special features
DiningOpaline Bar and Brasserie - This brasserie serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered.
Awards and affiliations
- The property is a member of Historic Hotels of America.
Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, Washington's small print
Also known as
- Sofitel Lafayette
- Accor Washington Dc
- Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square Hotel
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- Resort fee: USD 29.89 per accommodation, per night
Resort fee inclusions:
- Fitness center access
- Business center/computer access
- Internet access (may be limited)
- Newspaper
Inclusions may be listed elsewhere on the page as free or for a surcharge.
Optional extras
Valet parking costs USD 64.90 per day with in/out privileges
Rollaway beds are available for USD 50.0 per day
Breakfast costs between USD 30 and USD 50 per person (approximately)
Wired Internet access is available in guestrooms for USD 16.95 per day (rates may vary)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Recent reviews
Superb 9.2 From 1,414 reviews
There was no turndown service, no bottles of water the second day. On arrival I asked if there were any perks for being a club Accor member and was told it would be looked into but received no further info. There was an unexpected $25 per night charge added to the bill which was not quoted in the reservation rate. Parking was $55 plus tax per day and also not specified in the reservation process. Well located, but not up to other Sofitel s we have known. Also difficult to check in wit a car because of the limited space in front of the hotel and lack of attendants when we arrived. Had to circle the block while my husband hopped out to find help.
Had a very nice 4 night stay. Room was perfect. Location is ideal. Walk to everything. My only meal in the lobby restaurant was lousy. I had breakfast and I was disappointed. Did not go back. Loved the outdoor seating of the bar.
Great hotel in a great location.
Amazing. Two outstanding individuals who made our stay exceptional were M. Stephane (concierge) and M. Taofik (waiter). They both went above and beyond to make our trip unforgettable.
I love this hotel. My 5th year in a row we stay there during Thanksgiving. Fantastic, friendly staff, perfect location, great ultra clean and bright rooms! One of the best hotels going!!
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The Lee family is rocked when the eldest daughter, the golden child, goes missing. When her sister travels to the Netherlands to investigate, she uncovers a tangled web of secrets that eventually lead to some painful truths. Jean Kwok's Searching for Sylvie Lee is the smart literary thriller you want to read this summer. Here, Ms. Kwok explains the overarching theme of this propulsive novel: "How the limits of culture and language can stop us from truly knowing the people we love most in the world."
We've all had that experience, when someone we thought we knew well turned out to be completely different from our perception of them: the dutiful wife who met her lover in the afternoons, the responsible assistant who stole cash from the register, the boring clerk who wrote passionate poetry at night. This shifting of expectations is especially jarring when that person is someone close to our heart, like a spouse or sibling.
I'm no stranger to secrets. In fact, I grew up keeping secrets from everyone I knew. I'm a first generation immigrant and after my family emigrated from Hong Kong to New York City, I adapted much more quickly than my parents and older siblings. I was extremely poor, living in an unheated apartment in Brooklyn, and working in a factory in Chinatown every day after school while I was still a child. I lied to my new American friends about what I was doing in my free time each day and I deceived my family about the tests I was failing because I didn't speak English. This only grew worse as I grew older and attended exclusive schools like Harvard, where I continued to hide my working class background.
I often felt like no one truly saw who I really was, even though I was standing right there, next to them. When my dear older brother died in a plane crash and I had to step up to help figure out what had happened to him, the idea for Searching for Sylvie Lee was born.
Searching for Sylvie Lee is a suspenseful family drama about long-buried secrets that tie together a mother and her two daughters. It's about what happens in this Chinese immigrant family when the gifted, dazzling eldest daughter (Sylvie) disappears on a trip to the Netherlands and the younger, timid daughter (Amy) has to pull herself together and follow the tracks of her beloved older sister to figure out what happened to her.
As I wrote the novel, I thought about how little we sometimes truly know the people we love most, especially when we are divided by language and culture. So I let the narrators, the mother and the two daughters, tell the story in their own voices and in their own languages. Of course, the book's written in English but each woman is thinking in her own language—English, Chinese, and Dutch—and is confined by the perspective of her culture.
So we watch as the younger sister Amy finds out Sylvie is missing and we see Ma through English-speaking Amy's eyes as a beloved but simple woman who can only utter sentences like, "Sorry, so sorry." But then Ma's chapter opens, where Ma is thinking in Chinese, and we realize that Ma is a completely different person from the one Amy knows. Ma is passionate, wise, and intelligent. Finally, Sylvie's chapter begins where Sylvie is thinking in Dutch because she was raised by her grandma in the Netherlands for much of her childhood, since Ma and Pa hadn't been able to afford to keep her. Sylvie's chapter is also backdated a month so we see Sylvie experience all the events that led to her disappearance. In Amy's narrative, we follow Amy as she unearths clues to try to find her sister.
I basically made the reader trilingual over the course of the novel and therefore, the reader is the only person who sees the truth of all three narrators. At the end of book, the reader is the only one who is privy to the entire story. Searching for Sylvie Lee is an exploration of romantic love, the love between mothers and daughters, and how the limits of culture and language can stop us from truly knowing the people we love most in the world.
—Jean Kwok
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Principal's Update- March 20, 2020
Dear Addison Families,
There is excitement, anticipation, and a little uncertainty felt around campus as we enter the last week of school. This has been a particularly challenging year for me but with each challenge comes growth and appreciation for how we always come together as a community. As I reflect on 2017-18, I am particularly proud of how we supported the social/ emotional needs of our students and families as we worked through the loss of one of our students. I am also grateful for the guidance and partnership we developed with KARA and our District Mental Health Team. Some other positive changes this year include expanding our counseling program to five days per week, implementing a new math program, experiencing hands-on science through the Living Classroom program, and starting a new tradition... 5th Grade Science Camp.
However, the best reflection of the year is thinking about the interactions, growth, and joy that I experience in the classrooms every day. During these past couple weeks, I was fortunate to spend two days with other Principals for the Day as a result of our Addison Auction (see pictures below!). I took great satisfaction in explaining to them the various roles and responsibilities associated with the position and the possibility of positive impact associated with each decision. On both days, we visited all twenty classrooms, observed the lessons, and left notes for the teachers. We saw creative scientists and artists, fluent readers and writers, focused mathematicians and problem-solvers, harmonic singers, cooperative athletes, and parents volunteering their time to share their talents in the classroom. The tremendous pride I felt on those two days reminded me why I am a Principal and how fortunate I am to work in such a committed and supportive community.
So as we look ahead to summer, I will miss my "second family" at Addison but also look forward to spending quality time with my husband and kids. Next year the adventure will continue with our modernization project and I'm very excited about finally working towards the dream school we envisioned through our various committee meetings. I wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe summer break and look forward to seeing you again in August!
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If your application and/or database has stored/mapped the value of the following field of the Transaction Resource:
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How to Become a Massage Therapist
Massage therapists work hands-on with clients to relive stress, encourage relaxation, improve posture and circulation, aid healing from injuries, and increase flexibility. There are many different types of massage from deep-tissue to sports to prenatal massage.
Some clients say that the benefits of massage are "magical" in promoting spiritual and physical healing. Through the power of touch, you can provide "magic" to your clients with a career as a massage therapist.
What Is Training Like for Massage Therapists?
In order to become a massage therapist, you should possess a high school diploma and attend a massage therapy training program that can help prepare you for state certification.1
The training programs may include courses on anatomy and physiology, hygiene and infection control, business practices and state laws, and of course, various massage techniques. You should choose a program that includes both education and hands-on training or an externship.
What Skills Do I Need to Become a Massage Therapist?
In addition to massage education, a massage therapist should have a people-oriented personality and be comfortable talking with and performing massages on clients. As a massage therapist, you may be the only source of relaxation and rejuvenation that your client has, so it is important that you care about their wellness and treat them in the best possible way.
To be massage therapist you should have:
- The confidence to work with clients
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- The ability to keep accurate records and make recommendation
- Good personal hygiene and physical stamina to perform multiple treatments a day
Where Do Massage Therapists Work?
Massage therapists work in physician's offices and hospitals, sports clubs and gyms, spas, resorts, salons, and in franchise offices all over the country. As therapeutic massage becomes more popular, you probably can expect to see massage therapists in even more unlikely places. It seems there is no limit to the places massages therapists can work.
How Much Money Do Massage Therapists Make?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for massage therapists in May 2015 was $38,040 a year.1 Most massage therapists work earning an hourly wage and also accept tips for individual services
Because most massage therapists earn tips, there is a great range of earning potential. If you are working in a high-end facility or you have a wealthy client base, then there is the possibility you could have a higher earning potential
Also, many massage therapists work "freelance" or for themselves after hours in order to earn extra money. You might be giving massages to your friends, family, and former coworkers if you have the time to spare and earning extra cash on the side
What is the Job Outlook for Massage Therapists
The job outlook for massage therapists isn't just good, it's great. Employment of massage therapists is expected to grow 22 percent from 2014 to 2024 as more and more people recognize the benefits of therapeutic and relaxation massage.1
Additionally, the number of franchise massage clinics is increasing so there will be more job opportunities as those open.1
Please keep in mind employment and income cannot be guaranteed by any educational institution for students or graduates. Additionally, salary data cited in this article is based on median data provided by the United States Department of Labor and does not reflect starting or entry level salaries.
2Employment is not guaranteed for students or graduates. State certification/licensure may be required.


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Natural Gas and Crude Oil Outlook Today
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The natural gas market is maintaining its view and bias at cautiously bearish. The surplus that is building in inventory versus both last year and the five-year average is going to get harder to work off until we see cold over a major portion of the U.S. For the medium term, it is uncertain if natural gas will be able to muster any kind of strong upside rally absent some very cold weather for an extended period of time.
Although WTI is still trading above the key technical support level of the mid- $94's/bbl, the market broke down Wednesday and it is uncertain if prices are going to hold the $94/bbl level after yesterday's strong sell-off. As such the market has downgraded its crude oil view and bias at cautiously bearish for the short term.


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We have been custom making and custom installing vinyl railing systems, fencing, and specialty items for customers and contractors for 8 years. We are committed to pleasing the customer and customizing their railing according to their wants and desires. While there is a broad selection of styles and colors, the railing can be cut to your exact specifications using our high tech, computerized...
Keystone Vinyl is a privately owned company located in a small town in the lovely hills of Southern Pennsylvania. Our specialty is building custom designed decks as well as gazeboes, arbors, and decorative bridges. We also have our own line of outdoor furniture and are honored to be partners with one of the leading landscape companies in the area. We have been custom making and custom...
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It is time to bring you our newest online game, this time a fun online game in which the main character is your friends, princess Elsa. Today we have planned to offer only games that you love, with your favorite characters. This new and fun game has Elsa as main character while trying to create her own Harley Quinn Costume. Elsa loves Harley Quinn, she likes her role in the DC Superheroes Girls. This week she has to participate at a party with costumes and she wants to be dressed as her favorite Dc Superhero Girl characters. In this new and fun game you are invited to join her and give her a helping hand. You will start by taking her measures and then start tailoring the costume. Once it is finished, you will move further and get Elsa dresses with it, choose a perfect hairstyle and some accessories. Join Elsa and use your creativity and skills to create the costume that she desires. Come and play this new and fun game that princess Elsa has decided to offer to you next today!
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"It would have been crazy, a World Cup without Argentina, this group didn't deserve it," captain tells media after his hat-trick sends Albiceleste to Russia.
Editor-in-Chief, Buenos Aires Times.
When it really mattered and when the pressure was most intense, Lionel Messi delivered for Argentina.
On the brink of being eliminated from World Cup qualifying for the first time in almost five decades, Messi scored all three goals in Argentina's comeback 3-1 victory Tuesday at Ecuador — overcoming the thin air in the Andes.
"It would've been crazy if Argentina didn't play the World Cup," Messi said. "This is what we came for. And on top of that we started behind. Luckily, we could react quickly and take the lead."
Messi said the Argentina squad "will change, will grow a lot, will be stronger after this."
"It was a relief because we were in a tough spot. We got ourselves into this mess. It was not easy to play here, a lot of things happen from my mind when the 0-1 came, but the group overcame the situation very well and was quick to take the lead.
"There was some fear of missing the World Cup. We let pass a lot of opportunities and we had to decide our future in this game. We had to qualify, now it's time to enjoy."
But there's still work to do for Argentina, the two-time champions who lost the final three years ago to Germany 1-0.
Messi has yet to hoist a major trophy for his country of birth, a contrast to the laurels he's brought Barcelona. He'll turn 31 during the World Cup in Russia, so this may be his last chance.
"Messi does not owe Argentina a World Cup, but rather football owes him a World Cup," Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli said.
The top four teams in South America get automatic spots at next year's tournament in Russia. Brazil has 41 points and clinched months ago. The other three advancing Tuesday went in this order: Uruguay (31), Argentina (28) and Colombia (27). Surprisingly, Chile missed out.
Uruguay beat Bolivia 4-2, Argentina won 3-1, Colombia drew 1-1 with Peru and last-place Venezuela beat Paraguay 1-0.
Peru (26) placed fifth and will keep alive its bid for a first World Cup appearance since 1982 after edging Chile for the South American spot in the inter-continental play-off next month against Oceania representative New Zealand.
On a dramatic last day of continental qualifying tournaments, six South American teams — separated by only four points over 17 matches — had shots at the World Cup entering play.
Reigning Copa América champions, Chile, after a 3-0 loss to Brazil, and Paraguay missed out. Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador were already out of contention.
There was a major shock further north in the Americas with the United States slipping from third spot to fifth in CONCACAF qualifying for teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean with a loss in Trinidad and missing out on the World Cup.
Panama secured the third automatic direct entry behind Mexico and Costa Rica, and Honduras finished fourth and secured a spot in a play-off against Australia.
Hat-trick. It looked easy for Argentina. But it wasn't, particularly after Romario Ibarra gave Ecuador a 1-0 lead in the first minute at 2,850 meters (9,350 feet) in Ecuador's capital.
"Even with a goal against us you could see the certainty of a team that knew how to play the game," Sampaoli said.
Messi for sure, and Angel Di María looked to be on the same wavelength.
Messi scored off a pass from Di María in the 12th, stabbing a left-foot shot home from close range. In the 20th, Di María slipped a pass through to Messi, who drove the ball into the top corner from 15 yards with a stunning top-corner finish. The Barcelona star got his third in the 62nd, weighting a perfect 18-yard shot that went in just over the fingers of Ecuador keeper Maximo Banguera.
Argentina had scored only one goal in its last four qualifying games, and only 16 in 17 qualifiers entering the final.
"I won't make any promises," said Sampaoli, the third coach in this qualifying cycle for Argentina. The Argentine was successful as Chile's coach, and at Spanish club Sevilla.
He also knows he had a little edge — a short guy named Messi, or "La Pulga" in Spanish — the flea.
"The nationality of the best player in the world is luckily Argentine," he said.
Meanwhile, Javier Mascherano called for a fresh start between fans, the players and the media.
"The message is to rebuild so that we can all think about what happened," he told TYC. "We never looked for excuses. There were many things that while not being done on purpose, ended up affecting the team.
"As players of the national team we went through a lot. I don't want to sound like a victim, but we need to analyse it, not just for this generation but for the next one. At some point, these players will leave and we have the duty to leave something behind for those that are next. The reality is that we all want to move forward together, and that Argentina does not have the need to go through a similar situation. We want this to be a starting point."
"Leo proved yet again that he owns this game," Mascherano said. "When you are like him, you have that capacity, there's no context for him. From now on, it's not just a case of enjoying it, but helping him."
"We now need to enjoy ourselves and relax. We need to think about the next seven or eight months that we have ahead to arrive in Russia in the best form and make it a hit."
Mascherano, who has 139 caps for Argentina, says he will retire after the World Cup.
"I will try to get to Russia, although I'm not the one that decides, it's the national team coach," the 33-year-old said. "But that will be the end, it's very clear to me."
Other matches. Elsewhere, Colombia advanced with a 1-1 draw in Lima, Peru. The result also put Peru into a play-off in November with New Zealand for a spot in Russia. James Rodríguez gave Colombia a 1-0 lead in the 56th, but Peru's Paolo Guerrero equalized in the 76th to give Peru a chance.
"We're fifth," so we get the play-off," Guerrero said. "We could have done a bit more, but the big thing we can think of is the play-off."
Two-time defending Copa América Chile needed to win to get its third straight World Cup berth, but Brazil wrecked that with a 3-0 victory. Peru's 1-1 draw also removed any chance of Chile slipping in.
Gabriel Jesus scored twice and Paulinho got the other. It was the 12th consecutive unbeaten qualifying game since Tite has been in charge of the Brazilian team. He took over more than a year ago from Dunga.
Uruguay qualified easily and with style, beating Bolivia 4-2. Luis Suárez scored twice with the other goals coming from Martin Caceres and Edinson Cavani.
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User:TSmith2020/HUMN 4472 Journal
- 1 August 14, 2019: Science Fiction
- 2 August 30, 2019: What I Learned
- 3 September 7, 2019: "The Swimmer" With Allusions
- 4 September 7, 2019: Theme comparison between "The Swimmer and "La Jetée"
- 5 September 15,2019: Doctor Who "Blink" Analysis
- 6 September 15,2019: Comparison Between "The Gernsback Continuum" and "Blink"
- 7 September 21,2019: Themes in "Jose Chung's From Outer Space"
- 8 September 22,2019: Common Theme in Between
- 9 References
August 14, 2019: Science Fiction
Science fiction is what it sounds like to me. It is happenings that occur versus the theories in science that have been proven. Fiction in literature means not real. When I think about science fiction I think of supernatural powers. For example, shooting spider web silk from your hand. It is impossible because humans and spiders have two different genetic makeups. Another example could be someone having psychic visions. No one can see into the future and know what will happen next or have something happen and try to prevent it. How about people creating weather like storms and tornadoes? I don't think that we as humans can make weather patterns but how we treat our planet and litter can affect the weather. My last example since we are coming up two months from Halloween would be witches on brooms flying in the air. All of these things are impossible because of the science we have today. Until science evolves we are stuck where we are.
August 30, 2019: What I Learned
The three aspects I learned about are speculation of future, impact on science and technology, and in a different time or space. After watching a video [1] I learned that science fiction helps scientists embark on new journeys and seek the unknown. Science fiction helps take things out of perspective and put in what-if scenarios. Science Fiction shows us different perspectives. Two definitions I read that stood out to me from this week's readings. One was from Isaac Asimov his definition of science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance upon human beings." The other was stated by, Robert Heinlein, his definition of science fiction is a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the scientific method. To make the definition cover all science fiction (instead of 'almost all') it is necessary only to strike out the word 'future."
- @TSmith2020:: Science fiction definitely shows us different perspectives, I agree. For example, the trope of "aliens" can mean so many different things thematically in a story. With that, we're able to explore and understand what it means to be an alien, not just the kind with the big eyes and spaceships, but also the perspectives of those that are foreign or different. -MorganAtMGA (talk) 19:53, 8 September 2019 (EDT)
September 7, 2019: "The Swimmer" With Allusions
In John Cheever's book/film The Swimmer [2] the aspect of different allusions and symbolism is a science fiction element I picked up on as I read up on it because of funding reasons. I had a chance to read "The Swimmer" through a google book. The plot starts with a guy swimming home from a social function using his neighbor's pools. As the plot of the story thickens the setting of the scene changes. The weather changes from being sunny to gloomy. Not only did the weather change but the attitudes of the people he was surrounded by were getting worse. The final thing that went through a change in this production was the pool's water level. Metaphorically the guy is experiencing change which helps a person grow. The different dimensions give the man different obstacles that he has to hurdle over to get home. Different dimensions is another element of science fiction as it deals with different perceptions and altered worlds. The production changing the scenery and vibe of the people helps a person see their alter ego. He named the journey he took through the pools as a river after his wife. Roberts site said [3] As seen throughout the film the guy loses everything he has as and is no longer young as the weather represents the seasons changing. The seasons changing not only tell us the time of year but also how things didn't happen all in one night but all over time.
@TSmith2020: I agree with your statement that "things didn't happen all in one night" because if you separate this story from its aspect of time, you get a man that neglects the problems of the present. This accumulates to impacting his future life and persona in a way in which he never wanted, but avoided fixing. As a result, he can never return to his past self or the image it held since it is too far gone. Atallent (talk) 10:31, 9 September 2019 (EDT)
- @TSmith2020: I agree with you all. Things did not happen all in one night. It's imperative that we keep that in mind. Great point! —AmaniSensei (talk)
September 7, 2019: Theme comparison between "The Swimmer and "La Jetée"
I have seen "La Jetée" directed by Chris Marker and read "The Swimmer" by John Cheever they both have time travel and symbolism in common. Both of the main characters that are the protagonist live in their past lives. Neddy the main character in "The Swimmer" goes through life in disbelief. As the story plot progresses he loses everything of value to him. Throughout the plot, the season and his age changed to reflect the time travel. the main character in La Jetée is a male prisoner of World War 3 who is being experimented on for time travel. He travels through time to find this woman that he once saw in his past to start a romantic relationship with her. He soon realizes that the death of a man he saw in the past was his own death. The works in this post both tie together through the symbolism of death by Neddy's family breaking apart and the guy who time-traveled just to understand the man he saw dead was himself.
- @TSmith2020:: I also talked about how time travel was a common theme in both the stories. I think both protagonist were trying to escape the horrible present realities they were faced with.--Daisja30 (talk) 18:20, 8 September 2019 (EDT)
- @TSmith2020: Similar to your journal, I talked about how both The Swimmer and La Jette had themes of time and change. Both had some memories in the past that they were more fond of, so they each had their own ways of going back to those time. Brebre143 (talk) 19:26, 8 September 2019 (EDT)
- @TSmith2020: Please see the directions about referencing. some good thoughts here, but they must be accurately supported. —Grlucas (talk) 07:29, 10 September 2019 (EDT)
September 15,2019: Doctor Who "Blink" Analysis
Doctor Who" is a well-known television show during the 1990s and had twenty-six seasons. In the episode "Blink" which was directed by Hettie MacDonald happened in the third season of the show. The show uses some common symbols but has a twist in their meanings. What you perceive the meanings were originally are the opposite in this episode. The angels are one symbol that is a common symbol of faith, devotion, hope, trust, and love. Angels are usually seen with calm peaceful faces and white wings or wardrobe to represent purity. In this episode, they are seen weeping to show a change in the mood of the symbol. These angels are not sent to the actors to bring peace or clarity but rather sadness and confusion. In the video clip of [4] The angels are seen as the antagonist to assassinate the characters.
With a hidden theme of power, and life the producer uses this as the angels' form of life. David Tennant states as Doctor Who in the episode, "They just zap you into the past and let you live to death. You die in the past and in the present, they consume the energy of all the days you might have had." With that statement, you see life and death in an instance. Taking one from their current present-day life and plunging them into a time period they know nothing about and forcing them to live in the past until they die. Somehow also making it possible for these alien creature to consume the life which the individual would have left in the present day. This episode alone gives its audience the idea that life is worth living whether it be in the past or in the now present. This is interesting because of the whole idea of time traveling. I have always seen people move forward in time and not backward.
- @TSmith2020:: I found your journal to be very interesting. I also analyzed the angels in my journal but I took a different approach on the matter. However, I liked reading how they represented opposite of what they typically symbolize.--Daisja30 (talk) 23:20, 15 September 2019 (EDT)
September 15,2019: Comparison Between "The Gernsback Continuum" and "Blink"
Comparing William Gibson's "The Gernsback Continuum" and Doctor Who's "Blink" episode [4] can be a bit of a challenge if you aren't a big science fiction fan or it can be hard to find something that the two have in common other than the fact that the protagonist of both works watched and viewed this week were photographers. It is clear to me that the main aspect the two works from this week have in common are their themes. Both stories theme is about a future that has not happened yet.
In Gibson's "The Gernsback Continuum," the protagonist dreams of an alternate reality based on the 1900's image of how the future world is supposed to look like. He is able to do this through "semiotic ghost" which are characterized as "bits of deep cultural imagery that have split off and taken on a life of its own". In the "Blink" episode of "Doctor Who", protagonist Sally Sparrow has to fix a future that has not happened yet. The antagonists of this story also known as "the weeping angels" are unearthly creatures that send humans to the past to create paradoxes the 1930s pictured a future world with "white marble, slipstreamed chrome, immortal crystal, and burnish bronze" and this is the very future the protagonist had to awaken in. Then Sally is given multiple clues from the past and future from a set of DVDs to connect her to the right people to help her manifest a future where she gets to live, the Doctor gets his time machine back, and a number of the angels die. [5] Hill stated, "the Weeping angels resemble conventional horror monsters, monsters that have no role other than being monsters". The protagonist in The Gernsback Continuum couldn't understand how the future of the 1930s had become his reality. As he captured more and more of the current remains of architectural attempts at the thirties envisioned future, he started to see zeppelin docks and weird flying objects. Then he even comes in contact with the people of that time period with their food pill belts and aluminum avocado shaped car. Ultimately this future never came true because during the process of trying to make it a reality it nearly destroys the very earth through things like pollution and the carbon footprint. Nevertheless, a future that was able to be successfully changed was that in "Blink."
- @TSmith2020: Some thoughtful commentary. Be sure to proofread, and we need to work on your referencing. —Grlucas (talk) 13:06, 16 September 2019 (EDT)
September 21,2019: Themes in "Jose Chung's From Outer Space"
This week's science fiction film to watch is "The X-Files" episode titled, "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" which is directed by Rob Bowman. While watching the Episode I gathered a few themes deemed to be science fiction. Those topics are hypnosis science fiction non-fiction. Hypnosis is a technique to put people in a deep sensation or feeling to the point where someone else can control what they do or know. This technique is starting to be used in films and in our world to put people out of reality so that something can happen or be performed in order to help the antagonist get their way. Ancient fairy tales use magic, have characters telling lies to get their way, teleportation, and also underlying meanings in them also. In the episode, there is also science fiction intertwined with non-fiction to show either two worlds, two realms, or a side of living that is undiscovered or hidden by the government. One thing in the episode [6] that caught my attention is the statement that the truth is as subjective as a lie. I believe that is true because the truth can be stretched to the point it becomes a lie. The truth is also only the truth if the opposite person on the other end of the conversation believe it to be. Everything in the world is viewed through everyone's personal lens of subjectivity, objectivity, culture, and values. It is rare that objectivity is not where subjectivity and personal views are because a person's personal view is the reason why we have subjectivity.
SF with Non-Fiction
Some producers in the film industry wanted to revamp the film industry because the film quality was poor in the early 1950s[7]. So then film producers started to incorporate sf with non-fiction in order to bring a different and new light to the film industry. This new light brought things like scary creatures, extraterrestrial creatures, paranoia, horror, the unknown, fear, new dimensions, and different worlds. In this episode, we see Harold has a belief that he has seen a UFO when his car stopped and his wife and himself were abducted by aliens. The government tries to tell him to forget about what he has seen and that it did not happen because the government officials do not want him to dig into more findings of these aliens and Venus. The government want to control the peoples thoughts about other living creatures among them. They want to suppress his desire to want to dig deeper because they are doing a current investigation. The officials go as far as implanting a tracker in him to track his every move. I think that because we have freedom of expression that Harold should have been able to explore his dreams without being sedated by drugs so he could remember what he did.
September 22,2019: Common Theme in Between
The two works I viewed this week were "Jose Chung From Outer Space" and "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale". One theme element that they both had in common was the element of the government wanting to keep the knowledge about other worlds and what is on them a secret.sense of otherness from the aliens to the government and its forces – the police, army, scientists – all of whom are working, at times quite violently, to "protect" the people by covering up the visitors' presence and that transference frees up our expectations, opens other possibilities for the aliens' appearance[8]. In the episode "Jose Chung From Outer Space" the protagonist is trying to recall and explain to officials that the car he and his wife were in stopped out of no where and they witnessed an UFO and grey aliens. In We Can Remember it For You Wholesalethe protagonist was curious about extraterrestrial creatures and other worlds. The landings on the moon at the end of the 1960's and the early 1970's made the depiction of other worlds[9]Only government officials had seen the other world and put a special agents on a task force to investigate. The government, consequently, becomes a force of rationalization, of cover-ups, of hiding the truth behind a seemingly reasonable facade[10]. The government wanted to suppress peoples' curiosity and limit what the citizens knew about the creatures or other other worlds that may be out there[11]. Close Encounters also develops a shifting perception of self, as the aliens, in the usual manner of that "impostor or something" motif, serve to reflect an "other" or different sense of our own nature one that, the narrative suggests, has typically gone repressed or simply never been recognized[8]. That is where these two works align. They both have protagonist interested in other realms that are being covered up or hidden from the regular citizens. It got to the point where the people closest to the protagonist became distant from them to not be associated with the interest. Ones eagerness to know the other world caused the people close to them to frown upon and look down upon the obsession the government called Mars.[12]One of the works has a way of setting up citizens who look too deep while the other use hypnosis to brain wash the citizens. There is a third party company who wanted to help grant Mr.Douglas Quail wishes and afford him the opportunity to go to Mars.[13]I feel as if the government put a company in place to disperse some of their duties of the secret files. The company implanted false memory into Mr.Douglas Quails head so that he wouldn't remember anything that happened after he started the implant surgery.[14] In the end Mr. Quail lost his wife and she told him to come find her when he was ready. Mr. Quail wife left him in their home and the interplan police were already inside looking for evidence that he knew too much information and did nbot listen to them, but they did not know that the Rekal company put a transmitter in his head which placed him.[15]
- ↑ The Truth About Science Fiction [1]
- ↑ Cheever 2009.
- ↑ Robert 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 dailymotion.com 2017.
- ↑ Hill 2013.
- ↑ dailymotion.com 2019.
- ↑ Cornea 2007, p. 31.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Telotte 2001, p. 149.
- ↑ Cornea 2007, p. 77.
- ↑ Telotte 2001, p. 157.
- ↑ Dick 1990, p. 35.
- ↑ Dick 1990, p. 36.
- ↑ Dick 1990, p. 38.
- ↑ Dick 1990, p. 39.
- ↑ Dick 1990, p. 44.
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- Cornea, Christine (2007). Science Fiction Cinema : Between Fantasy and Reality. Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- Croombs, Matthew (2017). "La Jetée in Historical Time: Torture, Visuality, Displacement". Cinema Journal. 56 (2): 25–45. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- Dick, Phillip (1990). We Can Remember it for You Wholesale. Citadel Twilight. pp. 35–52. ISBN 0-8065-1209-1. OCLC 50852119.
- "Doctor Who - S 3 E 10 - Blink". dailymotion.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- Hills, Matt (2013). New Dimensions of Doctor Who : Adventures in Space, Time and Television. Reading Contemporary Television. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781845118662. OCLC 862101538.
- Marker, Chris (2008). "La Jetée". Art in America. 96 (5): 142–142. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- Morgan, Robert (2014). ""The Swimmer: Burt Lancaster Journeys Upriver Into the Dark Heart of Suburbia."". James River Film Journal. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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- Cheever, John (2009). "The swimmer" (PDF). www.napavalley.edu. Harper Collins. Retrieved 2019-09-07.


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If you want to be close to the main room, ask for a Pavillion table which are the most affordable option without being too far from the action.
If you are offered a table at "Ling Ling", this is a completely different room with hip-hop music and a different DJ. Sometimes, these tables are offered at $600 but we recommend upgrading to the Pavilion table instead.
Average price of tables: $1500-2000
On most nights, the average table price will be around $1500-2000. At this price point, you should be able to book a table on almost every night except very busy holiday weekends.
On some nights, you can ask for the Mezzanine tables – these tables are located on the second floor with a top-down view of the dancefloor. Mezzanine tables are a great option because you have a large space and you can still access the main dancefloor.
Best tables possible: $5000+
The best tables at Hakkasan are the dance floor tables located right in the middle of the action. These tables, on average, will cost you $5000 but the pricing of dancefloor tables changes often due to high demand.
On busy weekends, expect these tables to be much more expensive and can oftentimes go up to $10,000.
About Hakkasan Las Vegas at MGM Grand
Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub is an exhilarating new concept in dining and entertainment. This unique fusion of incredible cuisine and must-see nightlife spans over 75,000-square-feet across five levels.
You can find other Hakkasan experiences in London, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Miami and New York City, but this is undeniably the only restaurant and nightclub of its kind on the Las Vegas Strip.
GRAMMY Award-winning Calvin Harris will launch a new and exclusive residency at Hakkasan Las Vegas opening in April. The highly acclaimed DJ will debut his residency at the nightclub beginning in April, and is set to perform 46 dates. Additionally, the artist will bring his residency to WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool creating a daytime experience for fans where they can see the iconic DJ perform for 22 dates.
Nothing says nightlife like an upscale, five-level, 80,000 square foot nightclub in the center of a casino. Hakkasan nightclub Las Vegas is located inside the MGM Grand as its premiere nightclub with a beautiful modern look. Hakkasan Vegas is home to top tier DJs like Tiesto and Calvin Harris and Steve Aoki The atmosphere and music are reason enough to make this club a must see when traveling to sin city but Hakkasan Las Vegas Bottle Service is why the guests keep coming back.
If you and your friends want to experience sin city and all it has to offer then Hakkasan Las Vegas bottle service is the option for you. Aside from their amazing roster, this amazing club offers bottle service to guests in search of the ultimate experience. Guests can enjoy a VIP host as they sit at an exclusive table to enjoy top shelf drinks and mixers. Throughout the night, the VIP host is at your disposal to handle all of your needs and happily answer any questions. This five floor club has tables all throughout that are available for purchase. The most prime locations, though, are the dance floor and the main floor which can be alittle costly given they type of talent they book. When you purchase Hakkasan bottle service, you are placed in the thick of the action and can enjoy the best DJs in the city of Las Vegas.
While top best music, top shelf liquor, and celebrity like treatment is enough to make any guest want to try out Hakkasan bottle service. When you plan your trip our staff gives you 24 hour support and complete cost breakdown so that you know your making the right choice. When you choose to purchase Hakkasan bottle service, you also get to enjoy discounts on hotels as well as a host of other free offers.
But, is bottle service worth it? It is a reasonable question to wonder if Hakkasan Las Vegas bottle serviceis worth the extra dollars. If you are choosing to make the trip to our city to enjoy a trip of a lifetime and want to experience this beautiful city for all it has to offer, Hakkasan bottle service is convenient, luxurious, and turns your average night experience into the time of your life.
Hakkasan nightclub Las Vegas is currently ONLY open to the public weekly on both Thursday-Sunday from 10:30pm-4am. Hakkasan Vegas is known for playing the best in ED/Top 40/Hip Hop and they have continued that trend in our city. Hakkasan bottle service is a great option for any weekend or Holiday plans. Often booking commercial acts for Saturday nights like Tiesto bottle deals like buy 1 get 1's are rarely approved or moved to Friday nights. Bottles normally start at $550 each with a normal rule of thumb of 1 bottle requirement for every 3ppl with girls mostly being overlooked.
Thursday, April 18th:
deadmau5 will be kicking off the highly anticipated opening weekend of Hakkasan Nightclub inside the MGM Casino. Joel Thomas Zimmerman, better known by his stage name deadmau5, is a Canadian electro-house music producer and performer based in Toronto.The costume mouse head Zimmerman wears at concerts, called the "mau5head" appears in many different colors and designs.
Friday, April 19th:
Hardwell will be spinning at Hakkasan Nightclub, located inside the MGM Casino. Robbert van de Corput, better known by his stage name Hardwell, is a Dutch progressive and electro house DJ and music producer. In 2010 he formed his own label Revealed Recordings and was ranked number 24 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list for 2011.
Saturday, April 20th:
Bingo Players kick off their exclusive residency at Hakkasan Nightclub inside the MGM Casino. Bingo Players is a prominent Dutch Dance and Electro House DJ and production duo, made up of Paul Bäumer and Maarten Hoogstraten. Here are a few of Bingo Players' most recent singles: "Don't Blame the Party (Mode)" (featuring Heather Bright), "Out of My Mind", & "Get Up (Rattle)" (featuring Far East Movement).


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When it comes to trading in the online financial markets, you must understand that the risks there are quite high and that financial trading is not suitable for everyone. But in order to help traders minimize the risks, some software developers have designed technologically advanced investment solutions. One such solution that we are going to look at in this review is DAXrobot.
It has not been long since DAXrobot was released on the market, but it is good to see that it has gained huge popularity. DAXrobot has demonstrated that it has the potential to reduce trading risks and help investors maximize their returns.
After conducting a full-fledged investigation into this tool, we are of the opinion that it is scam-free and definitely a good option for trading online. Further details of our analysis has been outlined in this review. So read on and learn why DAXrobot is a good choice for you.
Review Verdict: DAXrobot is Not a Scam
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If you are a new trader, you may be wondering whether DAXrobot is complicated or easy to use. We understand that novices have their doubts and concerns, but honestly, this trading system is effortlessly easy. You may not fully understand how to trade in the financial markets, but when you use DAXrobot, you will find that the process becomes much simpler and easier to comprehend.
You will not encounter any complications when dealing with this software. One of the main reasons is that since it carries out the majority of the tasks on behalf of its users, you are left with only a little to do. The software analyses the markets and makes predictions regarding the movements in asset prices. As a trader, you have to follow the alerts sent to you and execute trades when the time is right. Basically, you only have to press a few buttons before a successful trade will be executed. DAXrobot saves you the hassle of studying complicated charts, analysing loads of data and predicting the future patterns in the market.
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You shouldn't miss out on the opportunity to become a part of this incredible investment program. It has been designed especially for traders who are struggling to achieve success in the market. Therefore, it is suitable for anyone who has little or even no knowledge of the trading industry.
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We found DAXrobot to be one of the best CFD trading robots available on the market at present. While we did not find any scam elements attached, we found it to have some characteristics which can only be found in the industry's most superior investment tools.
For example, it gives you the opportunity to sign up with a reputable broker. You will be assigned a broker based on your trading needs and preferences. You will be able to learn all about the broker before you register with them which will help you become more comfortable with them and feel secure that your funds are getting into the right hands. You will also be able to compare the additional benefits they offer.
This trading robot offers multiple settings which can be customized. What it means is that you will be in control of how much is invested and what your funds are invested on. You can control the number of trades you execute everyday and the amount of investment you make per trade. The funds from your trading account will only be used with your consent.
Review Verdict: DAXrobot is Not a Scam
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Another thing that really impressed us was that although DAXrobot is new on the market, it has a loyal customer base. It has managed to attract the attention of countless traders within a very short span of time. The reviews we came across were hugely positive and we are glad to see that this investment tool is truly capable of solving trading related problems and helping its users meet their trading goals.
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After completing our investigation, we are of the opinion that DAXrobot is suitable for both experienced and novice traders. It is the best choice for trading due to its flexibility, transparency, ease of use, ability to control risk and the wide range of benefits it offers.


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"The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education would like to congratulate Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad Architects for being selected as the winning design team to develop the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. This is a hugely significant and prestigious enterprise which has the potential both to honour the victims of the Holocaust and to educate future generations. We look forward to working with the Foundation and Sir David Adjaye's design team to help ensure the Memorial and Learning Centre is informed by the Centre's latest research and pedagogical expertise.
We welcome this announcement as the next stage in making the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre a reality. Realising this highly ambitious project, with its broad range of aims, will be challenging. However, the need for a reflexive space which poses questions rather than offers simple answers is particularly salient in the context of rising antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hatred and prejudice."
Professor Stuart Foster, Executive Director, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
About the project:
Located next to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, the new UK Holocaust Memorial will honour the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust, and all other victims of Nazi persecution, including Roma, gay and disabled people.
Its co-located Learning Centre will contextualise the Memorial and use the stories and facts of the Holocaust to explore anti-Semitism, extremism, Islamophobia, homophobia and other forms of hatred and prejudice in society today. From its location next to Parliament, it will ask questions about the role of society and its institutions in encouraging respect for others and standing up against hatred in the modern world.
The work to create a new UK Memorial and Learning Centre is led by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, a project with cross-party support that is funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government, set up to deliver the recommendations of the cross-party Holocaust Commission, including the creation of a new National Memorial and Learning Centre. (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-holocaust-memorial-foundation)
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Violinist Monica Curro and pianist and composer Stefan Cassomenos will jointly succeed Iain Grandage as Artistic Directors of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival from 2019. This news comes after the recent announcement that Grandage has been appointed Artistic Director of the Perth Festival from 2020, with his final Port Fairy Festival taking place this year.
Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos
"I am so excited that Monica and Stefan are taking over this gem of a Festival from 2019," said Grandage, who began his tenure as Artistic Director in 2016. "They are trusted and passionate colleagues whose exquisite music making has touched many Australians, and whose impeccable taste will no doubt thrill Port Fairy audiences in the years to come."
"It is a great privilege for us to share this position, and we are tremendously excited to have the opportunity to work with the Port Fairy community on curating this wonderful festival," said Curro and Cassomenos in a joint statement. "Our vision is to continue to bring artistic excellence to this already prestigious festival, to honour what it has been in the past, to propel it into an assured future, and to include and celebrate the unique and vibrant community in which the festival takes place."
Curro has served as Assistant Principal Second Violin with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for 19 years. Prior to her time with the MSO, she spent five years with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Curro is also on the Board of the Australian Youth Orchestra, is an active teacher of young musicians, and a prominent public speaker.
Cassomenos is a familiar face to Port Fairy attendees, with a long performing association with the Festival. He is considered one of Australia's leading pianists and is a prolific composer and conductor as well.
Both Curro and Cassomenos are founding members of the acclaimed Melbourne-based Plexus ensemble.
The Port Fairy Spring Music Festival 2018 is on from October 12 – 14


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Our Teal Patina Wall Clock is ideal for adding a small pop of color to your rustic décor! You'll love this piece's subtle distressed finish.
- Clock measures 2W x 8.5 in. in diameter
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- Requires one (1) AA battery; battery not included
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- Care: Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
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INTX 2015: Skinny Bundles Could Rationalize Video
CHICAGO – Former Fox chief operating officer and current Chernin Group chairman and CEO Perter Chernin said the advent of so-called "skinny bundles" won't destroy the traditional bundle of video channels, but it will force programmers to rethink how they package their channels.
At the opening general session of INTX: The Internet & Television Expo Tuesday, Chernin said that while the industry is seeing an explosion in distribution with the increase in over-the-top and IP video offerings, it doesn't mean that the traditional video bundle will collapse.
Instead, Chernin said the bundle will "rationalize in some ways. We're going to see a tremendous explosion of new alternatives, largely IP delivered. Netflix is an extraordinary company; YouTube is an explosion of young demos. That will ultimately force the bundle to justify itself, which is not the worst thing in the world."


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The housing crisis is a hot topic in the media at the minute with theories flying round on how it can be fixed. Things such as supporting the self employed and ending the big company's grip on the industry have been discussed. But what about the materials we use?
Typically, houses in the UK are built using fired bricks and concrete. But is there an alternative?
Over the years, these bricks have served their purpose creating strong standing buildings that are durable and easy to construct. However, one of the major drawbacks of this method is the impact it has on the environment. Specifically, the carbon emissions that are created.
And, with the number of houses that need to be built, a new, more renewable material is surely needed.
One material that is in the mix of replacing your typical bricks and concrete though is geopolymer-stabilised soil materials. Similar to cement, this material is durable and hard. It's made out of chains of oxygen atoms, silicon, alkali metal and aluminium.
The process to create it is simple with soil taken from beneath the valuable surface layer. Then, this is mixed up with an alkaline activating solution. This solution then dissolves the clay minerals into their constituent atoms. The substance then becomes almost like the consistency of play dough which allows for it to be formed into brick moulds. These bricks are then heated from between 80-100°c. During this stage, the atoms then dissolve rearranging into a geopolymer. Stabilising the remaining soil, the final brick is then created.
These materials have been used limitedly in construction since the 70's. But, it has been speculated that the true potential has not yet been tapped into.
This isn't the only material to be considered though. Things such as super concrete and timber framed homes are also being considered.
But what do you lot think? Do you think new materials are needed in construction? Will they help fix the housing crisis? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com


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