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Comcast Seeks Customers' Good Graces Through Amazon Sales
Mar 22, 2016 11:53 AM PT
Comcast on Monday announced that it would begin selling its Xfinity TV, phone and Internet services through Amazon.
The services debuted on the new Amazon Cable Store Web page, which promises to help customers choose a cable TV plan. All of the plans offered include high-definition and DVR services, along with more than 30 Xfinity products and services, including Comcast's flagship video product, Xfinity X1.
Pricing offered on Amazon is identical to what customers can find via Comcast's existing sales channels.
"Amazon is not only the biggest online retailer and a place where millions of our customers shop every day, but it's also a brand that's unrivaled when it comes to customer service," said Charlie Herrin, executive vice president of customer experience for Comcast Cable.
Addressing Customer Service
The partnership could help Comcast overcome one of the lingering problems it has faced in recent years, namely poor customer service, according to Abid M. Chaudhry, senior director of industry strategy at BIA/Kelsey.
"While Comcast has one of the lowest customer satisfaction ratings for a consumer service provider, Amazon is still one of the most loved and trusted brands when it comes to customer service," he told the E-Commerce Times.
Xfinity purchases made on Amazon will be supported by a dedicated Comcast team at its new call centers in Spokane, Washington, and Tucson. Agents have been trained to handle questions related to billing, installation and more, and they will work across various communication channels, including phone, email, chat and social media.
"One of the major advantages customers will have with being able to purchase their cable/Internet services through a channel like Amazon will be the ease of use and familiarity of the process," Chaudhry said.
It's "a way for Comcast to tap into a younger customer demographic through e-commerce and sidestep away from their poor reputation by partnering with Amazon," he added.
"The pricing of packages is the same regardless of which channel you subscribe from, so the benefit really is in being able to have the same smooth customer experience you get with Amazon when you want to sign up for cable, Internet, phone -- a process that is known to be cumbersome and problematic otherwise," Chaudhry said.
Synergy Between Amazon and Comcast
The announcement could be just the beginning of greater connectivity between Amazon and Comcast.
"Offering Comcast and possibly other cable services is Amazon's way of forging closer relations with cable systems," said Josh Crandall, principal analyst at Netpop Research.
"Cable companies provide strategic infrastructure into Amazon customers' homes, connectivity that Amazon relies on not only for their shopping activity, but more and more frequently, their media streaming experiences," he told the E-Commerce Times.
"By leveraging its position as the world's biggest retailer to increase sales of key cable companies, Amazon is doing what Amazon does best -- sell things," added Crandall.
Cable on the Tablet
For Amazon, it may also be a way to provide more content -- as in Comcast's offerings -- to its devices.
"Amazon wants to further integrate channel packages into its Fire TV service, and so they are doing whatever is called for to ingratiate themselves with Comcast," said Rick Moss, president of RetailWire.
"Currently, via Fire TV, consumers can bolt on apps from HBO, Showtime as well as from the major networks," he told the E-Commerce Times.
The partnership could take that further, allowing the so-called cord-cutters a way to see TV programs without having to subscribe to cable TV.
"Consumers who have unplugged from cable have missed the shows they once enjoyed. Now, they are able to design their own content lineups in a manner more akin to the Web than TV," Moss said.
"Perhaps both Comcast and Amazon see the writing on the wall and are preparing for the eventuality that will see an end to wired cable services," he added.
Just Another Product
The partnership is an extension of Amazon's reach into new markets.
"This move with Comcast could be an initial step by Amazon to create a new incremental revenue source without too much heavy lifting on its end," said BIA/Kelsey's Chaudhry.
"A Comcast bundle is simply another SKU, or item, in their warehouse," noted Netpop Research's Crandall.
"Amazon's vast experience selling complex products and services online is a unique advantage that should result in increased cable subscriptions, higher revenues and BFF status with cable companies," he added. "This, in turn, should guarantee the best service possible for Amazon users delivered through Comcast's coaxial and fiber infrastructure."


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A toddler in Sacramento, California has been dubbed "Tiny Hawk" after doing some serious shredding at a local skate park. Two year old Brody Alexzandr was introduced to skateboarding when his family decided to pick up a hobby to keep busy during quarantine. Brody's dad, Shayne Dillynger had lost his job working in the food […]
Meet Rob Gibbs. He's a 20-year-old British University student who's about to climb the fourth largest mountain in the world. And he's doing it for Childreach International. I recently reached out to Gibbs about his upcoming feat and what lead him to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro for the sake of children half a world away.
With so many things to focus on, especially in your university years, what inspired you to raise money for Childreach International?
I just saw it as a great opportunity for me to do something life changing whilst being able to change the lives of many others at the same time. I love the fact that I am able to go out and see the difference that the money I raise will be making and get to connect with the children out there too. I researched the charity before I decided I was going to take part in the expedition, as obviously it's important to find out what's going to happen to the money raised. They seemed to be a great charity who really make a difference in the right ways. For example, last year they increased 11,781 children's access to education and 23,330 children's access to healthcare. Education and health are two of the most important things in any individual's life, and I really wanted to help them help even more children to gain access to these.
Of all the adventures to choose from, why climb Mt. Kilimanjaro?
It all started back in October 2010 when someone from the charity came into my university to talk about Childreach International and the Kili climb. I thought that a chance like this is probably never going to come around again, so I really wanted to do it. I am doing the climb with a few friends as well as about 40 other people from my university, which makes it less daunting and really enhances the experience. If I had to do it on my own, I still would have done it though. I've never been that much of an adventurous person before but this adventure really excites me.
This sounds like an incredible opportunity, not only for the kids you're helping, but for you as well. What do you hope to learn from this experience?
I'm hoping to see life from a completely different perspective. I will get a great sense of achievement if I successfully raise nearly £2,500 for charity and manage to make it to the top of Kilimanjaro. They will probably be the two biggest things I have achieved in my life! Meeting the children and finding out about their lives will be a great experience too. It will definitely be an experience I will never forget and I know I will learn a lot from.
What advice do you have for other people who want to make a difference but don't know where to start?
Well, firstly I think it's important to find a charity which shares the same aims and goals as you. There are many great charities out there with many great causes. Find a charity that shares a passion for the same cause as you and go from there.
Learn more about Rob's climb and keep up with his progress at: www.robskiliclimb.co.uk

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The inspired film uses a potent mix of eye-catching visual effects and gravity-defying high wire stunts to bring the unique story to the screen with incredible results. We look forward to fans discovering this thrilling new action feature from VIZ Pictures.
San Francisco (Vocus) April 8, 2010
VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, will release the action film, K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces, on DVD on April 20th. The film will carry an MSRP of $24.92 U.S. / $35.99 CAN, and will be distributed exclusively across North America by VIZ Media.
Director Shimako Sato assembled a strong cast and used cutting edge special effects to bring K-20 to life. The movie is set in the fictional city of Teito in the late 1940s, in a world where World War II never happened and the nobility system established during the Meiji Era still exists. An extreme divide exists between the upper and lower classes, with 90 percent of the country's wealth being held by the upper class. The capital of Teito is in crisis with the emergence of a menacing phantom thief known as "The Fiend (Kaijin) With Twenty Faces" or simply "K-20." The film is based on The Story of Nijyumenso, a novel written by Soh Kitamura, and also features the mesmerizing theme song, Shock of the Lightning, by the British band OASIS.
Heikichi Endo (played by Takeshi Kaneshiro) is a circus acrobat who is deceived by K-20 and framed to take the fall for the phantom thief. Using his incredible physical dexterity, Heikichi wages war against K-20 in order to clear his name and fights alongside K-20's next wealthy target, Duchess Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her fiancée, the brilliant detective Kogoro Akechi (Toru Nakamura). But what is the ultimate decision Heikichi has to make?
Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro is internationally renowned and made his screen debut in the film Executioners (1993) followed by the critically acclaimed Wong Kar-Wai film Chungking Express (1994). More recently he has starred in films including House of Flying Daggers (2004) and The Battle of Red Cliff (2008).
To celebrate this new release, VIZ Pictures has also announced a special theatrical screening of K-20 at VIZ Cinema in San Francisco on April 20th at 7:00pm. Tickets are $25.00 and also will include a copy of the DVD, a K-20 poster and more! VIZ Cinema is located at: 1746 Post St., San Francisco, CA 94115. Tickets are available at the box office and online at http://www.vizcinema.com.
"The character of K-20 was originally born in the best-selling 26-volume Boy Detectives series, written by Japanese literary master Rampo Edogawa, and over the years the stories have been enjoyed by more than 100 million people," says Seiji Horibuchi, President and CEO of VIZ Pictures. "The inspired film uses a potent mix of eye-catching visual effects and gravity-defying high wire stunts to bring the unique story to the screen with incredible results. We look forward to fans discovering this thrilling new action feature from VIZ Pictures."
For more information on K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces or other VIZ Pictures titles, please visit http://www.viz-pictures.com.
About VIZ Pictures, Inc.:
Based in San Francisco, California, VIZ Pictures, Inc. licenses and distributes selective Japanese live-action films and DVDs, with focus on Japanese "kawaii (cute) and cool" pop culture. VIZ Pictures strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the "Kingdom of Pop" for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, 20TH CENTURY BOYS, and TRAIN MAN: DENSHA OTOKO. VIZ Pictures is also the producer of NEW PEOPLE, a part of the J-Pop Center Project, a unique entertainment destination bringing Japanese pop culture through film, art, fashion, and retail products. For more information please visit http://www.viz-pictures.com or http://www.newpeopleworld.com. Phone: (415) 345-1975.
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I had high hopes that my cat's New Year's Resolution might be "poop in the litterbox" but current evidence suggests elsewise.
He has somehow figured out how to pull sheets of stickers from my craft drawer and is using them to thoughtfully bury his carpet poop. He also used them to bury a flavor of catfood he found distasteful. If I wake up with stickers on my face, I will be deeply offended. It's distressing because in addition to generally disliking fecal matter in my living room, I had other plans for those particular banana scented scratch -n-sniff monkey stickers. Although, now that they are covered in shit they most likely smell more accurate. Tomorrow, I will stick some toilet paper in the craft drawer and see if he takes the hint.
Ugh. That face. He's not even sorry and I'm not even mad.


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Welcome Back!
Hi All,
I've been feeling so guilty because I haven't posted in a while, especially since I've acquired quite a few new subscribers! I haven't abandoned my blog :), in fact I should be back to posting soon, as my new visual merchandising class began last week (I have 50 eager students – I'm sooo excited).
My assistant AND accountant have been on an extended vacation since the holidays, so I've been left to fend for myself, in my business and classes, and it's been a tad bit overwhelming. I didn't realize how much I relied on my help until I lost it.
I hope you are all are doing well! Thanks as always for supporting my blog and hanging in there with me!


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Jan. 6, 2012
Occupy your lawn with an organic, sustainable 'yarden'
Now's a good time to map your organic, sustainable "yarden," while the cold winds blow.
What do I mean by "yarden?" By that, I mean a place in your yard for a garden that you may not have considered before.
Not too long ago, a neighbor told me: "I'd love to grow some greens, but I just don't have anyplace to put a garden."
It just so happened that I drive by this person's house every day, so I pointed out that he had some plots set aside for flowers next to his house, next to his garage and even out front next to the road.
I suggested he transition one of those into a garden.
"I hadn't thought of that," he said.
That's a yard + garden = yarden.
It's easy to create 4-foot-by-8-foot "Jim's plot" garden, as regular readers know. But it's even easier to transition a flower garden into a food yarden.
Usually, flower gardens have a tremendous amount of organic matter already in them from years of the flowers' leaves composting themselves or successive years of added mulches, making them perfect for food production.
It's sustainable because from here on out, you can continue to build up the soil with compost and alternating crops to replace minerals lost in vegetable production, and organic because you will no longer be using chemicals.
I will give a caveat: If you have sprayed poisons such as herbicides and insecticides on it, you will have to wait longer to transition the space into a food plot to ensure all harmful chemicals have broken down.
This is quite common on a larger scale in transitioning from "conventional" farming, and it's officially three years' wait before a plot can be certified organic.
If such a transition is needed, consider the plot a "wild area." Let varieties of plants do double duty by enriching the soil and attracting pollinators, such as planting clover or buckwheat to entice bees and butterflies.
That way, you will be beautifying the neighborhood, feeding the soil with nitrogen, and helping other gardens and wildlife while you wait to plant food.
Otherwise, if you haven't been using harsh chemicals, you're ready to go! Just figure out what veggies you want to grow.
Now is the perfect time to consider spring planting, as the new seed catalogs start arriving.
With the rising interest in homesteading and food security (ensuring there is food on the table), it's smart as well as fun to provide or supplement one's own food.
The Gaining Ground Sustainability Institute of Mississippi actually has a program called "O Gardens! Occupy Your Yard" to guide people how to produce one square meter of food for a family.
See:www.ggsim.org/volunteer /projects/o-gardens-occupy-your-lawn.
Cold weather tip: Half fill a few empty plastic two-liter cola or gallon milk bottles and toss them between the rows of your plants during freezing weather. Especially if painted black, they will absorb the sun's heat during the day, and
release it at night, raising the bed's temperature.
Food Safety Sellout: While Americans were celebrating the holidays the FDA quietly dealt food safety a blow by declining to clamp down on antibiotics for farm animals.
The need is there. As Tom Philpott reported in Mother Jones magazine, last spring researchers tested beef, chicken, pork and turkey from supermarkets in five cities. They found staph aureus, a food-poisoning bacteria that can cause serious diseases, in 47 percent of the samples. Half were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics.
The FDA on Wednesday took a more timid step of limiting some livestock uses of cephalosporins, like Keflex, which consumer advocates called "a first step." The goal should be to stop routine and indiscriminate bulk feeding of antibiotics to
livestock to reduce the production of disease resistant strains that endanger humans.
The New York Times' Mark Bittman blames funding cuts by Congress.
Read more by Bittman: http://nyti.ms/v29WxU
And Philpott: http://bit.ly/suc3Us
Mark your calendar:
•I'll be speaking on Community Supported Agriculture at the 21st annual Urban Forest Council Conference Feb. 7 and 8 at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. The conference is titled Green Communities – Good Health.
Keynote speaker is Dr. Kathleen Wolf of the College of Environment, University of Washington. Details: http://www.msurbanforest.com.
•I'll also be speaking on Organic Backyard Market Gardening Feb. 25 at the third annual Sustainable Living Conference by Gaining Ground Sustainability Institute of Mississippi. The conference is titled: Saving Dollars, Making Sense, to be held at Eagle Ridge Conference Center at Raymond. Details: http://www.ggsim.org or (662) 694-0124.
Jim PathFinder Ewing is a journalist, author, writer, editor, organic farmer and blogger. His latest book titled Conscious Food: Sustainable Growing, Spiritual Eating (Findhorn Press) is in bookstores now. Find Jim on Facebook: http://bit.ly/cuxUdc or follow him @edibleprayers or @organicwriter or visit blueskywaters.com.


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One of the worse moments in our lives we incur on a daily basis, is the process from receiving disappointing news to finding a solution. It is that in between moment where we are waiting on our hurt to be healed, and the solution to the problem that can make the situation gruesome.
Get ready. Here comes God!
Through His wonderful promise, the Lord is blunt about being there to comfort and heal during our times of distress. David outlined in this Psalm that when he was at his lowest point, the Lord was there to not only pick him up, but also to dust him off and place him back on the path that He designed. Beloved, Today is the day to receive the Lord's promise over your circumstances, sorrows, setbacks, shortcomings and every device the enemy put together to keep you from your path. It's time to claim Victory over the enemy. It's starts with an attitude of faith and belief that The Lord is wiping away the distresses you have incurred. Are you ready to make that decision today my friend?
Claim your promise!
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Sometimes, you just want to be taken on a spine-tingling journey through the world of deep tech. Today, such a journey is possible through London based artist Third Son. Having already released EPs this year on imprints such as Time Has Changed Records, Still Vor Talent, Einmusika Recordings, and his Trigonal/Grey Matter EP on Selador this very month alongside putting out more remixes than you can count, it's obvious that 2016 has been a huge year for Third Son. Not slowing down, his latest release, via Chapter 24 Records, is his remix of Oliver Schories' "Artik."
Third Son sets the tone of his remix with a strong beat and a driving percussion. Soon, understated synths rise from below as a wide low end anchors the track from below. The track continues to grow over the eight minutes, providing one great listening experience.
This is definitely one remix and EP that should not be missed. Pick up your copy on Beatport today.
Connect with Third Son: Facebook | SoundCloud | Twitter
Connect with Oliver Schories: Facebook | SoundCloud
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Tupolev TU-160 Blackjack deploys world's most powerful vacuum bomb
Russia has tested a thermobaric or vacuum bomb said to be the most powerful of its kind in the world.
ORT First Channel television showed a Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber dropping its payload over a testing ground causing widespread damage to surrounding buildings.
Colonel General Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military's general staff said of the weapon: "The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability."
Last month saw President Vladimir Putin reinstate regular patrol flights of strategic bombers, suspended since the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union.
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com 12/09/07
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IGDA Chicago's End of Summer Picnic
IGDA Chicago
Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
The end of summer is upon us and that means it's time for IGDA Chicago's annual picnic. This year, the picnic will be held at Humboldt Park and our friends at NoiseFloor have arranged for Hubby's Dog House to join us!
Take a break from the screen, eat some good food and enjoy some cold beverages, while hanging out in the park with your fellow game developers! We had a blast last year playing board games and other outdoor activities.
We'll be setting up here:
Please feel free to bring your friends or family along. Children under two years of age are free.
We hope to see you there!
When & Where
Humboldt Park
Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT)
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An amazing clay gruffalo skillfully made by administator extroardinaire Marie from the fab Brearley & Teviot Nursery School in Birmingham.
It took Marie just 15mins during her break to create this masterpiece during a mad busy open day at the Children's Centre.
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I'm doing things slightly backwards. I've already posted the day nine Photography 101 assignment and here's day eight.
We went for a stroll through Tokai Forest and I was struck by the symmetry and uniformity of the trees and how the rows are perfectly aligned. It's something so simple yet striking. I like the simplicity of the second picture and how it shows we all leave footprints, be it metaphorically or literally.


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Chef Sara Simpson serves this rouille with her Provençal Fish Soup. Plus: F&W's Fish and Seafood Cooking Guide Healthy Fish Recipes
How to Make It
Roast the bell pepper over a gas flame or under a preheated broiler, turning occasionally, until charred all over. Transfer to a plate to cool. Discard the skin, stem and seeds. Coarsely chop the pepper and transfer to a blender. Add the mayonnaise, anchovies, mustard, lemon juice, garlic and saffron and puree. With the machine on, add the oil. Season with salt, pepper and Tabasco; serve.
Make Ahead
The rouille can be covered and refrigerated overnight. Bring to room temperature before serving.


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Striker Michael Mols fired Rangers into the lead as they sought the win that would clinch a place in the Champions League qualifiers next season.
Rangers keeper Stefan Klos had made several good stops as Livi sought the win necessary to finish in the top six.
McMenamin eventually broke through to slot in his second goal in two games.
On-loan Celtic striker David Fernandez had returned to the Livingston line-up after missing the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Rangers' Glasgow rivals.
A curling cross from the left from Lee Makel took a deflection before whistling just past Stefan Klos' far post as Livi threatened early.
David McNamee got the better of Paolo Vanoli in the box, but after the Livi man had cut inside from the right he spoiled that good work with a weak shot that Klos was able to get behind low at his near post.
Rangers' first chance of the game came in the 19th minute when Steven Thompson got the better of Andrews as the two tussled for a bouncing ball in the box, but the striker could only loft the ball into the arms of goalkeeper Roddy McKenzie.
Mols fired Rangers into a 24th-minute lead.
Vanoli's in-swinging corner from the right was retrieved by Gavin Rae, Thompson was able to head down the resulting cross for Mols to lash home acrobatically in fine style.
Jamie McAllister fired an effort from outside the box fizzing wide as Livi sought a way back into the match.
Klos was required to make another near-post save, this time from Rubio.
Ronald de Boer fired a free-kick inches over the bar after the break.
Makel won a 61st minute corner that saw him cross for Andrews right in front of goal in the six yard box. It was a glorious chance but the big man headed over.
Substitute Jon Paul McGovern swung in a cross that Burton O'Brien headed just wide.
But Rangers' reprieve was short-lived, when McMenamin, who also came off the bench to score the consolation goal in the Scottish Cup, converted Livi's next opportunity with aplomb.
There was still time for Mols to miss a great chance to win it for Rangers when he fired at McKenzie.
Livingston: McKenzie, Rubio, Andrews, Dorado, McNamee, Makel, O'Brien, McLaughlin, McAllister, Lilley, Fernandez. Subs: Creer, McGovern, McMenamin, Brittain, Snowdon.
Rangers: Klos, Hutton, Frank de Boer, Khizanishvili, Ball, Ronald de Boer, Hughes, Rae, Vanoli, Mols, Thompson. Subs: McGregor, Ross, Burke, Adam, McCormack.
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Bach Flower Chicory is for people who are overly possessive and whose care for others is self-centred and manipulative. These strong-willed people expect other people to conform to their values. These people may be critical, interfering and nagging and find it hard to give without expecting anything in return.
They dislike being alone and demand constant attention and service as a duty: typical is the possessively domineering parent who keeps adult children under his or her thumb. Although strong, they are self-pitying and easily offended. Some Bach Flower Chicory people will feign illness in order to gain attention - for example, the possessive parent who manifests ´heart pains´ whenever a daughter tries to leave home. They are often very talkative, opinionated and argumentative.
Bach Flower Chicory is also good for children who make constant and unreasonable demands for attention.
The positive potential of Bach Flower Chicory is seen in people who are able to care for others unselfishly, offering genuine maternal love. They give without expecting anything back and allow their loved ones to be themselves and live their own lives. Feeling fulfilled and self-assured, they no longer need other people´s assurance that they are worthy of love. They are warm, kind, concerned for others and sensitive to other people´s needs.
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The first refrain a listener will hear on the Vaccines sophomore album is Justin Young, singing in a snotty punk voice, "I don't really care about anybody else when I haven't got my own life figured out." This admission seems curious for a band who seem to have found their footing and are arguably living up to their latest album's title, "The Vaccines Come of Age." But Young says coming of age is not without its growing pains, and the lyrics really ring true for him.
"It's just about being in your 20s, and it's a very weird time because you're expected to know who you are and where you want to go and how you want to get there, and I guess not everybody really does," he says. "It's weird, because I have friends who are the same age and some of them are parents, while some of them still live with their parents. And this is the first time in your life where you realize that you and your friends are at different points on the path."
The path has been a scenic one for the past few years for Young and his cohorts, guitarist Freddie Cowan, bassist Árni Arnason and drummer Pete Robertson, if not a bit of a blur. A great debut in 2011 ("What Did You Expect from The Vaccines") led to opening slots for big bands, which turned into festival dates, which turned into international headlining shows. Also in there were a handful of high profile collaborations (including ones with members of Franz Ferdinand and the Strokes), a series of show-postponing throat surgeries for Young (he had a polyp on his vocal cords) and a No. 1 album in their home country of England when "Come of Age" came out this fall.
"For us, it felt like a more accomplished record," says Young, "as it perhaps should and would a year-and-a-half later of having been playing together every night."
But even with the band chemistry continuing to ferment, there is still an agitation to these songs that give the album life.
"When you're a kid and you see these people in these bands, you think they're these perfect beings beamed down from space," says Young. "I definitely don't feel like a different person, but perhaps I'm expected to be. I really didn't want to make a record about being in a band and being a musician. I think that really disconnects you from your audience, because how can anyone relate to being in a band? So I wanted to talk about it from a human perspective, rather than a musician's perspective. I think when you get into your mid 20s, you realize how big and bad the world is and no matter how much you cry over spilled milk, no one is gonna mop it up for you. The world is a cruel place and it's like realizing that."
But Young insist these are no spoiled rock star blues he's experiencing. He says it's almost the opposite: "We're incredibly lucky and we're doing everything we've ever wanted to do and we're happy, but it's like it doesn't matter what position you're put in, it still doesn't change you as a person. You can only ever find happiness within yourself."
Vaccines getting vaccines?
With the flu epidemic raging in American and the band about to begin their tour here, the question must be asked: Have The Vaccines been vaccinated?
"Well, I mean, no," says Young. "We're in Japan right now and flu is everywhere. Pete, our drummer, is ill in bed right now with flu. And the U.K. has the worst flu at the moment. I think it's something like one million people have the flu now. So we might not be vaccinated but we're prepared."


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Moycarkey-Borris defeated Mullinahone by 4-14 to 0-15 in the Tipperary Senior Football Championship on Saturday August 10th at Cloneen.
"Clean Ireland Recycling" Senior Football Championship
Moycarkey too sharp for Mullinahone
Moycarkey-Borris 4-14 Mullinahone C.J. Kickhams 0-15
Report by Ricky Sheehan
Back in 2011 these two sides clashed in the later stages of the Tipperary intermediate football championship. Victory went that day to Mullinahone C.J.K. who went on to win the Tipperary title and then battled their way to the Munster club intermediate final. Affairs have not gone well in football for the Kickhams in the interim. Moycarkey have also graduated in the meantime to senior football ranks, but have made no major impact. Both sides have felt the going difficult in this years "Clean Ireland Recycling" Tipperary senior football championship. Victories have been scarce. The spectre of relegation was hanging over both teams prior to the Anner Park Cloneen clash on Saturday evening, but at the end of the game Moycarkey were well clear by a margin of 11 points, 4-14 to 0-15. One could argue on behalf of Mullinahone that the only difference between the sides was the four goals scored by Moycarkey, but that would be somewhat unfair to the Mid lads as they were much the better side all through until they either took their collective feet off the pedal or ran out of steam.
Well done to the county board and to Clean Ireland Recycling on the production of a colourful match programme. From a spectator point of view of the Moycarkey team and the playing personnel was reasonably accurate. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of their opposition. Conditions for the game were excellent with Anner Park looking extremely well. Mullinahone scored first when Kevin Walzer pointed a free. However, it was Moycarkey who started the better and a point and a goal within a minute of each other in the 8th minute gave them the lead which they were never to lose or indeed for a long period never looked like losing. Mullinahone replied with another point from a Walzer free, but then Moycarkey hit six points in a row before Enda McEnery scored Mullinahone's first point from play to leave the half time score Moycarkey Borris 1-08, Mullinahone C.J.Kickhams 0-03.
Mullinahone pointed from a free to open the second half scoring per Danny Morrissey. Kevin Moran replied with a Moycarkey point. Eoin Kelly pointed for Mullinahone, but then came a second Moycarkey goal which definitely put paid to Mullinahone's chances of winning. This left the score in the 8th minute Moycarkey 2-9, Mullinahone 0-5. Points were exchanged until the 16th minute when Moycarkey goaled again and it certainly was curtains when Anthony Healy scored a fourth goal with ten minutes to go. A Moycarkey point with seven minutes left was their last score, but it did leave the score Moycarkey 4-14, Mullinahone 0-10. In the last seven minutes Mullinahone scored five unanswered points, but basically this was only window dressing and putting a better look on the scoreboard. Moycarkey will no doubt take notice that they did get careless and ease off. Tighter marking will be needed in future games. Mullinahone did not defend well and they became much more vulnerable when Niall Curran was moved from full back. Teams should not concede three second half goals and in no case was goalie Alan Walsh even remotely to blame.
Moycarkey-Borris: Daniel Kirby, Brian Moran, Paul Dempsey, Michael Cussen, Kevin Moran, David Morris, Niall O'Sullivan, Patrick Carey, Pat Molloy, Pat Doran, Rory Ryan, Conor Hayes, Ciaran Clohessy, Phil Kelly, Anthony Healy.
Mullinahone: Alan Walsh, David Walzer, Niall Curran, Niall Mullally, Luke Mullally, Kevin Walzer, Richie Walsh, Eddie Phelan, Eoin Kelly, Donal Cody, Edwin O'Meara, Danny Morrissey, Sean Walzer, Enda McEnery, Stephen Quirke
Referee: Tony Doyle (Ardfinnan)
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Free To Live is a non-profit sanctuary for stray, abandoned and mistreated dogs and cats. It is the largest no-kill sanctuary in Oklahoma. Nearly 100 animals are adopted out to loving homes each year. At the sanctuary, animals that are not adopted live out their lives with healthy food, shelter and medical care.
Free To Live began as a dream of Bill and his late wife Pat Larson. In 1982, the Edmond couple purchased 20 acres of land north of Edmond and began construction. The Larsons and a handful of dedicated volunteers did much of the work. On August 7, 1984, Free To Live opened its doors and the Larsons' dream became a reality.
Free To Live has a professional salaried staff that includes a kennel manager, cattery manager, executive director and full and part-time maintenance and kennel/cattery staff. Volunteers are involved in every aspect of the organization. FTL is staffed 24 hours a day, every day of the year; the kennel and cattery keepers live on-site in order to provide complete care. Free To Live takes in as many dogs and cats as possible; space and funds are currently available to care for approximately 150 dogs and 150 cats. Animals brought to FTL are initially placed in isolation for a minimum of 10 days. During this time they are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and given general physical examinations. There are separate isolation buildings for dogs and cats; each unit has an enclosed indoor/outdoor run. Once dogs leave the isolation area, they are housed, according to their size and personality, in one of the kennel's 33 indoor/outdoor units. Each area has beds and access to spacious outdoor fenced runs measuring 15-by-54 feet for the smaller dogs and 34-by-54 feet for the larger dogs. Older dogs that are no longer active enough for life in the kennel live in the office annex area that also has an enclosed, outdoor run. From the office these dogs can be closely monitored, pampered and enjoy more companionship.
Our cats, after the isolation period, are transferred to the large, cheery cattery with large inside and outside play areas. The cattery is
shared by the main cat population and its inside room has plenty of small cubicles for cats to nap or hide. Toys to play with and climb on fill the main play areas. Another room and outdoor play area contains some of the new arrivals and younger cats. This same room has roomy stainless steel areas for the kittens and their mothers.
The dogs and cats are given 100 percent nutritionally balanced food; special diets are supplied for animals that require them. Free To Live's kennel and cattery have large cooling fans and heaters for the animals' comfort. All of the animal areas and bedding are cleaned daily.
Adoption is a wonderful way to save two lives! Those seeking to adopt a Free To Live dog or cat are encouraged to complete an application online. Our adoption fee is $80. Free To Live maintains a no-questions-asked return policy for any animal adopted from us for the life of the animal. All animals receive their vaccinations and are spayed or neutered before they can be adopted. The sanctuary is open to the public every day of the week except Mondays. We show animals for adoption between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays.
Mobile adoption, curriculum, and event-based education and outreach. Freedom Tales is a new initiative made possible by grants from the Gaylord Foundation, the Lockhardt Foundation and the Edmond Women's Club. It will be anchored by the Mutt-Grees curriculum, developed by the North Shore Animal League and the Yale School of the 21st Century. This curriculum focuses on social and emotional learning, anti-bullying, animal welfare and reading. We will visit schools, as well various social events.A key element of the program will be for students to interact with animals while learning key concepts.
Bob Moore Kia Northwest Rescue Ride
This partnership allows us to take our rescue on the road and has been key in saving a countless number of Oklahoma's most vulnerable animals.


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Having seven sons is a honor above no other. Which is why she is a disappointment. The only girl of seven children, she brought shame to her family. Who knew something like this could be turned into a book, but Rachel Rossano has done just that with her book, Seventh Born. Read on to learn more about the book and enter the giveaway.
About the Book
In a world where seventh born sons are valued for their strength and power, she is born a daughter.
Zezilia Ilar is the disappointment. Born after six brothers, she was supposed to be the son to restore her family's prestige. She intends to remedy her shortcomings by being a dutiful daughter, marrying well and producing children, preferably a set of seven sons. But when someone offers her an alternative, she begins to dream of more.
In a society that worships a goddess, he follows the Almighty.
Hadrian Aleron, as a seventh son of a seventh son, stands to take up the second highest position in government, Sept Son. His main qualification for office is his birth. Despite preparing for this role from childhood, he does not desire what is to come. As a follower of the Almighty, he knows he will be the target of many, and his faith might eventually lead to death.
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About the Author
Rachel Rossano lives with her husband and three children in the northeastern part of the United States. Homeschooled through high school, she began writing her early teens. She didn't become serious about pursuing a career as an author until after she had graduated from college and happily married. Then the children came.
Now she spends her days being a wife, mother, teacher, and household manager. Her evenings and free moments are devoted to her other loves, writing and book cover design. Drawing on a lifelong fascination with reading and history, she spends hours creating historical feeling fantasy worlds and populating them with characters who live and breathe on the page.
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Character Spotlight:
Name – Hadrian Aleron
As the youngest of seven sons, he was given seven names (a cultural tradition): Ilias Durand Fidel Hadrian Krispin Valens Savill Aleron (which mean Jehovah is my God, enduring, faithful, dark one, curly-haired, valiant, from the willow farm, eagle). However, he goes by Hadrian most of the time.
Physical Appearance – Tall, dark brown unruly curls, angular features, and intense dark eyes
Tallest among his siblings, he stands out in many ways. Perhaps it was because of the knowledge that he was going to have to help lead a nation at a young age, but even before he took up the role, he carried an air of purpose and gravity about him.
Hadrian was raised by believing parents to honor, love, and obey the Almighty at all costs. In a nation that worships a goddess, that fidelity could mean persecution and, for a public official, possibly death.
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Bookish Orchestrations – Introductory post
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Rachel John Writes – Book Review
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Letters from Annie Douglass Lima – Character Spotlight
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God's Peculiar Treasure Rae – Character Spotlight
Romantic Typewriter Gardens – Guest Post
The World of the Blue Bells Chronicles – Book Review
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Rebekah Lyn Books – Book Spotlight
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Hunting for Truth – Book Review and Guest Post
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Reading On The Edge – Book Spotlight
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Bookish Orchestrations – Giveaway winner


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When I was finally able to leave the hospital, me and Miss Judy got to be in a parade. I was so excited to leave and the nurses and doctors were excited for me. They dressed up and sang and gave me a present. It was princess legos.
The thing was, we didn't get to go home. We had to go to a hotel for about five weeks. I had to start radiation soon but because of the problems my kidneys were having the doctors didn't want me being too far away from the hospital. I would have rather gotten to go home but the hotel was still better than the hospital.
Carter was supposed to come with daddy to see me that very first weekend but he got a fever. I cried about that because I missed him so much. The next weekend he came though and they even suprised me and brought our dog, Rosebud. I missed our dogs and cats a lot too so that made me real happy.
The hotel was pretty boring and we couldn't go anywhere because my counts were so low. I wasn't even supposed to be outside in the beginning but after a couple weeks we started going to parks a lot. I had to be on fluids almost all the time but we had a pump and an IV pole. At night mommy would get me all hooked up and give me my meds and then lay down with me until I fell asleep. We would pray and she would sing to me or sometimes tell me a story. It had been so long since I was home that one night I asked her to tell me a story about my room. I couldn't remember exactly what it looked like so I asked her to describe it to me. While she talked I closed my eyes and pretended I was in my own bed at home and fell asleep.
I had to go to radiation everyday for a couple weeks. Radiation is where they use a laser you can't see to shoot the cancer. I didn't really understand because the cancer was supposed to be gone but they said they needed to kill even invisible cells that might still be in my belly. I was too scared to lay still in the machine so they had to give me sleep medicine everyday. I got real nervous about the sleep medicine everytime and would cry. One day our sleep medicine doctor had a really good idea. He said we were gonna put Miss Judy to sleep first and he let me do it. I got to take her vitals and then he gave me a real tiny sleep mask that would fit on her face. I had so much fun getting to put her asleep that it made me not nervous about going to sleep. We started doing that all the time and I liked it a lot better. I think the nurses maybe got tired of it everyday but he made them let me do it every single time. He said that Miss Judy was a real patient and he even gave me discharge papers for her everyday just like they gave mommy for me.
My birthday came when we were at the hotel but we couldn't have a real party. We had a party at the hotel instead, there was a big room downstairs that they let us use. I had a BRAVE party because I really like Merida and all our family came. We decorated with streamers and balloons and mommy let me come to the party store to pick them out even though I wasn't supposed to. She just made me wear my mask and wouldn't let me touch anything.
Finally, when my radiation was all done and my kidneys were getting better, I got to go home. Right after we got home mommy and daddy had a surprise for us. We finally got to go to Disney World!! I had to wear my mask whenever we were inside and I still had to have my pump and fluids at night. But most of the time I just got to run around like all the other kids and I kinda forgot about cancer. It was the most fun I ever had.


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Holidays in Dubai Essential Tourist Information Dubai
Holidays in Dubai Essential Tourist Information
The UAE is a scenic and delightful holiday destination and taking your holidays in Dubai and its surrounding areas can be a rewarding and fascinating experience. The tourism industry in Dubai has undergone a number of changes and the country has adopted a number of western outlooks and customs. There are however a couple of important aspects to keep in mind if you want to get the most out of your holiday and avoid offending members of the local population.
Ambulance/ Police 998/999
American Hospital 3367777
Dubai London Clinic 3446663
General Medical Center 3495959
Flight Enquiry 2166666
Directory Enquiries 181
Operator 100
Visas and Arrival
http://www.uaeembassyuk.net/index.htm (UK UAE Embassy)
As is the case with all other countries, visa regulations relating to the UAE are subject to change, so it is advisable to check with your local UAE Embassy or travel agent prior to leaving. Visas are available in the form of tourist visas, visit visas and transit visas. The majority of foreign nationals will be able to obtain a visa upon landing in Dubai, with special exonerations applying to AGCC expatriate residence and citizens of the United Kingdom. Those with less than three months left on their passports should double check on regulations before leaving for Dubai. In the majority of circumstances, Israeli citizens are not permitted to enter the UAE.
Upon arriving in Dubai you are likely to be warmly greeted by airport staff and customs officials. Although the national language of Dubai is Arabic, English is widely spoken throughout Dubai and thus communication is never really a problem. Other languages spoken in the area include Hindi and Urdu. Two of the local newspapers are published in English; these being Gulf News and the Khaleej Times and international newspapers, magazines and literature are widely available. Televisions in hotels usually feature both local and international channels.
Telephones and Dialing Codes
Pay phones are located throughout the UAE should you need to make a local or international call, and rates are generally cheaper on Fridays and public holidays. To dial an international number dial 00 followed by the dialing code of the country. For local calls around Dubai, simply enter the seven digit phone number. In the event that you are calling one of the other Emirates, you will need to first enter 0 followed by the single digit dialing code of the area which is:
06 for Sharjah
07 for Ras al Khaimah
09 for Fujairah
03 for Al Ain
02 for Abu Dhabi
Regulations relating to things like dress code and the consumption of alcohol have relaxed significantly in recent years. The consumption of alcohol is now legal in pubs, restaurants and clubs located in hotels throughout the city, although wine and beers are generally more freely available than spirits. Local importers of alcohol include Maritime and Mercantile International and African and Eastern.
The sale and purchase of alcohol outside of hotels is still forbidden, and local Muslim citizens are not permitted to buy alcohol unless they have obtained a license from the relevant authorities. Hotels aside, the last point of purchase for alcohol will be the duty free shops at Dubai International Airport, so if you are a whisky or spirit fan best you take advantage of the facilities that are available while you can. In terms of non alcoholic beverages, local and international soft drinks are available throughout the city. The desalinated sea water which comes out of the taps in Dubai is perfectly safe to drink, but does not taste wonderful so if you have sensitive taste buds you are advised to rather purchase bottled water.
Although Emirati locals are incredibly hospitable and tolerant of westerners, certain customs and habits are nevertheless still frowned upon. While all religions are openly welcomed in Dubai, religious activism is not tolerated. Non Muslims are generally not permitted to frequent mosques. It is also seen as impolite to walk in front of anyone who is praying.
Although dress codes for women have relaxed substantially it is still advisable to dress modestly whenever possible. Taking photos of any person dressed in national attire is not advisable, and women in particular do not generally take kindly to being photographed. A public display of affection between males and females is not welcome and loving greetings like hugging and kissing are seen as taboo. When greeting a local member of the opposite sex it is advisable to allow them to extent their hand first. Placing your palm on your heart is often seen as a more suitable greeting than a handshake.
Revealing clothing is seen as acceptable attire in hotel restaurants and clubs, but in other areas of the city women are advised to steer clear of shorts and above the knee length skirts. In the event that you embark on a day trip or two, be sure to keep in mind the fact that not all areas of the Emirates are quite as relaxed as Dubai. Sharjah for one still has decency laws and is far more conservative especially in relation to dress code.


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indulge (oneself or someone) with (something)
To be kind enough to allow oneself or someone something. If I'm indulging myself with one birthday present this year, it's going to be that gorgeous bracelet! Do you think the CEO would indulge me with a few minutes of his precious time?
indulge in (something)
1. To do something for one's own pleasure or enjoyment. We try to be responsible with our money, but we do indulge in a fancy night out every once and awhile.
2. To eat or drink something in particular, often something that is not especially healthy. Oh, I'm definitely indulging in a big piece of cake on my birthday!
indulge in something
1. to take pleasure in doing something; to do something habitually. No, I don't indulge in contact sports anymore. We don't indulge in strenuous activity.
2. to choose to eat a certain food or drink something, usually alcohol. I don't usually indulge in hard spirits, but just this once. I indulge in chocolate until I can't hold any more.
indulge someone with something
to grant someone the favor or privilege of something. Please indulge me with this one favor. He always indulged himself with dinner at a nice restaurant when he went into town.
indulge in
To engage or take part in something, especially freely, avidly, and for one's own sake or pleasure: The college students indulged in childish pranks. Those teenagers indulge in all the latest fads.


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Our 14′ Crestliner boats are powered by 9.9hp Johnsons & Mercury's. With just the right amount of power, the Crestliner's light weight design and deep V hull leave you feeling safe while cruising at top speeds. The 14V is a fantastic opportunity to get on the water for some inexpensive fun. Whether its touring or fishing, our fuel efficient four-stroke's engines which power these boats are only 25L per tank. Call or email us to inquire about the availibity of our Alumacraft boat rentals.


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The Target exclusive Senate Guard 2 Pack is available online at Amazon.com for $14.99 each. There's also the Bounty Hunter Pack and Hidden Enemy and Hostage Crisis Battle Packs still available.
We kick off this week of new Target exclusives with Shahan Alama, a Weequay pilot with a robot arm! He's in the new (and popular) Bounty Hunter pack with Robonino and a couple of droids, and made of mostly new parts. You want him-- admit it. Read on!
Don't forget, this weekend will be the rollout of the newest Hasbro endcap at Target stores. We've seen Nerf and Transformers, but this one will be packed with new Star Wars exclusives. Keep your eyes peeled for Mini Mighty Muggs, Battle Packs, Geonosis Arena Sets, Clone Wars 2-Packs, and more stock of basic figures and other goodies.
If you collect Hasbro action figures, this may be a good week for you. Target stores in the USA have marked Saga Legends, The Clone Wars, Iron Man 2, and Spider-Man figures down to $5.00 each. (Marvel Universe and Vintage are not included in this sale.) If you've been waiting on anything, now is a good time to go out and stock up-- particularly since figures like the Flamethrower Clone Trooper and Shaak Ti are hitting some stores as we speak!
Jedi Defender has posted a listing of new DCPI's for Target exclusives that are expected to be released mid-month. These include the 2010 Geonosis 2 Packs, Mini Muggs, and Hoth Battlepacks. Reports are already beginning to trickle in about the Hoth sets being found in stores. Click here for JD's full report and Happy Hunting!
A few Target stores are beginning their resets for Back to School and that includes finally putting out some new Star Wars merchandise. The store in Chandler Village, Arizona rolled out their merch with Clone Wars and Saga Legend pricepoints at $6.99 and Vintage at $7.99 (AT-AT was $99.99) Also on the shelves are the new Hoth Assault and Clone Troopers & Droids Battle Packs. Happy Hunting Hunters. Now's the time for the late night runs and burning that gas! Whoohooo!!


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Platelets: A new reporter system for cancer diagnostics
The association of platelets and cancer has been known for a long time. Platelets are highly reactive components of the circulatory system, beyond haemostatic activity they contribute to various pathological conditions such as inflammation, atherosclerosis and cancer metastases.
Metastases may occur when tumor cells from a primary tumor migrate into the blood circulation. It is known that platelets are activated by cancer cells to transform into so called Tumor Educated Platelets (TEP). TMP's can attach to circulating tumor cells and form platelet-tumor cell aggregates. Only very few cancer cells survive the host defense mechanism in distant organs however platelet-tumor cell aggregates protect cancer cells from detection of the immune defense system.
TEP's are characterized by a differently expressed proteome. By investigating this difference, NeoProteomics has identified and patented sets of biomarkers for various cancer indications. These sets of biomarkers may allow to diagnose even early stage of cancer.
Specific | Safe | Early
NeoProteomics technology is based on biomarkers from platelets. This will be the basis for so-called blood-based liquid biopsy products for diagnosis.
The biomarkers will be grouped in panels for each targeted cancer and made into multiplex Ab-based diagnostic kits. These kits will be adapted to exisiting instrument platforms that are used in i e CLIA-certified laboratories.
The possibility to diagnose a cancer disease by analysing the platelet biomarkers from a blood sample, makes the method extremely patient friendly and safe compared to current tissue biopsies.
Platelets are present in a large quantity (approximately 150 000 000 – 400 000 000 per ml) in the bloodstream.
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC's) are generally present in a small number (approximately 1-10 per ml).
In comparison between those, even if only 10% of the platelets will be tumor activated, which has been shown in early stage of cancer, there are still about 106 more activated platelets than CTS's in a normal blood sample. Thus, this presents an important in vivo enhancement of measurable tumor incidence that increases sensitivity and enable early detection. The biomarkers are combined in a panel for each indication which also results in a high specificity for diagnosis.
NeoProteomics has validated its first panel of biomarkers in the cancer area to be use as a diagnostic tool for clinicians and product development has started. Using liquid biopsy and a biomarker analysis in combination with the current and future improved non-invasive clinical tools to locate a tumor, cancer care can become more efficient, less time consuming and improve quality for the patients, which will reduce future costs of health care.
Indications in focus
A number of aggressive cancers in need of new diagnostic procedures have been investigated and NeoProteomics is now developing assays and products for:


text: The former chief executive of Olympus has told fellow board members to step down because of a huge accounting cover-up but said the Japanese firm "could survive" the scandal. Michael Woodford made the comments on Friday following a board meeting at the company's Tokyo headquarters, six weeks after being dumped as the first ever non-Japanese president and chief executive in the camera-maker's 90-year history. Woodford, who remains a director despite his ousting, called for the board to be axed over the cover-up, which local media said could reach more than $3bn in losses dating back to the 1990s. Other reports have pegged the loss figure at around $5bn.The Briton described a special board meeting held on Friday as "tense" but added there was a general agreement that the current slate of directors would have to be replaced. "They've taken the company to its knees, not me," he said. Olympus shares rose 8.63 per cent on Friday to close at 1,107 yen, less than half their value the day before Woodford's sacking.'Could survive'Despite the unfolding scandal, Woodford said Olympus was a "fantastic business" with its core camera and medical equipment operations still strong."If the banks are supportive, which I believe, Olympus could survive as an independent entity, very much so," he said. "Our factories will continue to produce [quality] products because people want to buy them." Woodford said he was open to returning as the firm's chief but was "not begging to come back", and stressed it was crucial for Olympus to meet a December 14 deadline to release its earnings, and avoid a delisting from the Tokyo stock exchange. The only reason to delist the firm was if speculation about the cover-up's ties to organised crime could be proven, Woodford said, adding there was "no evidence" to support the claims. "I made clear [at the board meeting] it would be wrong to delist the company," he said. "The priority is to get the accounts out by December 14."The board meeting had been set for a showdown between Woodford and the three main figures implicated in the cover-up, but on Thursday the company announced that Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, a former chairman, and two other directors had quit the board.'Financial misreporting'Kikukawa resigned in October as president, not long after replacing the ousted Woodford, and chairman, while Hisashi Mori was sacked as executive vice-president earlier this month and auditor Hideo Yamada "showed his intention to resign", the company said. The trio had remained as board members but have now left, the company said.Mori and Yamada allegedly manipulated books by employing a scheme called "tobashi", which translates literally as "blow away", moving investment losses off their accounts into areas where investors would not see them. Mori reportedly led four deals including the $2bn purchase of British medical-instruments company Gyrus in 2008, in which Olympus has admitted paying $687m to a little-known financial adviser based in the Cayman Islands. Earlier, Woodford said the board "is all contaminated. Absolutely. They made all these decisions. All of them have to go". "It's financial misreporting on grand scale. It's false accounting on grand scale," he added. Amid media speculation that Yakuza organised crime syndicates could have had a hand in the financial shenanigans, Woodford said he was pleased with the attitude of the Japanese authorities, who assured him the case would be investigated thoroughly. "I think justice will be done," he said in a speech at a media event on Thursday. SOURCE: Agencies Business & Economy Asia Pacific


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Cultural diversity in a country
Cultural diversity
All countries in the world have their own cultural heritage and identity, these can mean factors like their religious beliefs and language. In the modern world with the increase in air travel and also immigration due to population movement most countries now have small ethnic minority groups living within them. These groups will have their own culture and traditions, and it is this difference that can be said to provide cultural diversity to a country.
Nations where there is much cultural
can also sometimes be known as a multicultural society, this is the opposite of cultural uniformity. Diversity can take many different forms, for instance certain citizens may have their own dress style, food, language, traditions as well as different standards of morality.
The UK can be described as a truly diverse and
country because of the immigration that has taken place there over the last fifty odd years. In these circumstances it has been the responsibility of successive UK governments to promote policies that encourage social cohesion and combat discrimination and inequality for all its citizens.
As you can see it is very important for race relations that all communities work together and have a sense of belonging and citizenship for the good of the country.
You should also note that diversity is not just limited to ethnicity but can also mean a indigenous persons background for instance their social class, sexual orientation as well as their gender.
In the UK there are a number of established main ethnic groups. The descendants of some of these are now 3rd or 4th generation British citizens, the majority of whom have integrated well into mainstream British society.
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US National Parks Using EarthShell 'Environmentally Preferred' Packaging
- Published: June 28, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA—EarthShell Corp. announced EarthShell Packaging sandwich wraps now are being used in several national parks throughout the US. According the manufacturer, the wraps use the same ingredients as other EarthShell Packaging products. "The ingredients, such as limestone, starch, and other biodegradable materials, result in packaging that is environmentally preferable compared to traditional foil, paper, or plastic-laminated wraps," says the co. "The wraps will be used by the parks to serve a variety of hot and cold sandwiches."
According to EarthShell, prior to distribution within the US National Park system, it completed a successful three-month test market of its sandwich wraps in the Baltimore/Washington area. "Several different wrap sizes were introduced," says EarthShell, "for a variety of [sandwich types], and they met such fitness-for-use requirements as insulation, grease resistance, moisture retention, and overall ease of use. Feedback on the products, which are printed with the EarthShell logo and environmental message, was positive when compared to traditional laminated paper and foil wraps," adds the co.
The parks currently using EarthShell's sandwich wraps include: Shenandoah National Park, Luray, VA; Mesa Verde National Park, CO; Bushkill Falls, PA; Pike's Peak, CO; Ellis Island, NYC; Muir Woods National monuments, San Francisco, CA; and Lake Powell, which stretches across northern Arizona into southern Utah. According to EarthShell, the global sandwich wrap market is estimated at approximately $1 billion (US) annually. Visit EarthShell at EarthShell.com.


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Japan is a nation with a reputation as a well-ordered society where courtesy and not rocking the boat are commonplace. At the same time, beneath the surface there's an aggressive and confrontational side to the national character struggling to come out, and one place where that side is obvious is in the nation's thriving avant garde music scene. Japanese noise music is some of the most extreme in the world, and the frantic, wildly abrasive creations of Japan's noise artists take the radical...more
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My classes have a way of, well, testing people.
"Hey guys, this ain't a funeral. It's ok to cheer up."
It's not like a test that you have to study for, with a bunch of different questions covering a broad range of topics. There is actually only one question: if you can't stay calm in here, how will you stay calm out there?
"You kids are looking awfully serious…"
What is this mind body mumbo jumbo anyway? Isn't it like supervised nap time?
Emphatically, no, it is not.
You will not find a time during any of my classes when your mind is free to dwell on something that upset you yesterday or to worry about what might happen tomorrow. We work in the now, the right now, the only time that there is.
Stay with me…
Being present in the moment creates a sense of flow and ease. The path of least resistance is not necessarily the easiest path, on the flattest ground, with the fewest obstacles, it's the one we travel without trying to grab on to every single thing that enters our consciousness.
Somewhere along the line we've mistaken working out for stressing out. Consider this: the way you do one thing is the way you do everything. Do you spend your days stressing out about time, money, your appearance, your social status? Is your #1 concern: Am I good enough? And your #2 concern: how will I get the things that will make me good enough? Let me ask you this: how will you know when you've arrived at good enough? Will your biceps be as big as your head? Will you drive a car that can go 3x the legal speed limit? How much energy is allocated to the stress and worry at the expense of the actual doing? Is the quality of the work diminished if you go about it calmly?
With our highly competitive and stress inducing culture, it's not the least bit surprising that we've turned exercise into a competitive and stressful activity. No wonder so many people don't enjoy it; they're stressed out at home, they're stressed out at work and the last thing they want to be is stressed out at the gym.
But is it really the gym that creates the stress?
I'll be the first to admit that I teach the hardest yoga class I've ever been to, and Dynamic Body Sculpt – oh baby, we're not messin' around! But here's the thing, I will not let you sink into that shroud of anxiety that most people wear like an iron mask. I can see it coming on, the way too serious expressions, the shoulders creeping up by the ears, the lack of breathing. As the level of difficulty increases, the body starts to experience stress. The heart rate increases, lactic acid accumulates in the muscles creating the feeling of "burn", the mind is scrambling to coordinate the limbs and maintain balance. Suddenly we experience a feeling of turbulence and our knee jerk reaction is to hold on, to grab on to something, thinking that the only way to make it through, to survive, is to let our fight or flight reflexes take over and go into stress out mode.
Guess what happens in stress out mode? The workout is harder. You accomplish less and leave the gym with more anxiety than when you arrived.
If you're trying to take your workout to the next level and are frustrated by a lack of progress, I have three words for you: let it go. When the stress comes, and it will, don't grab on to it, let it go. Breathe through the moment. Fall out of a pose? That's alright, don't get mad. Take inventory of where the tension is accumulating, where the flow of chi is being blocked, and relax. Focus and breathe and try again. When the waves of tension start to rise up, be the screen door and let them pass through you without the need to hold on. Your mind and body will thank you. 🙂


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Why buy almond milk when it's so easy to make at home? Homemade almond milk is better for you, too. Did you know that most store bought nut milks contain unhealthy ingredients (like synthetic vitamins, oils and sugar)?
When you make almond milk yourself, the only ingredients are almonds, water and salt. Optionally, you can add vanilla and your sweetener of choice. It's that simple!
I'll admit that making my own almond milk intimidated me at first. The blender part is easy. It was the straining-with-a-nut-bag part that had me concerned.
It's really not that hard, though, especially if you use my easy straining method (see below). If you want really smooth almond milk for drinking from a glass, you'll want to pick up a nut milk bag. I don't recommend the cheese cloth method. Trust me on this one! Otherwise, a regular ol' fine mesh strainer will work just fine.
Once you've perfected your method, it really is a snap to whip up a batch of almond milk. I love to have it on hand for smoothies. It's also perfect as a milk substitute in recipes like Dairy Free Hot Chocolate, over homemade granola, and more.
- 1 cup crispy almonds*
- 4 cups water
- ⅛ tsp unrefined sea salt
- sweetener, to taste (1-2 pitted & soaked dates, honey, or vanilla stevia)
- (optional) 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract
- *When starting with raw almonds, you'll want to soak them for about 12 hours (overnight) in water with a bit of unrefined sea salt (about ⅛ tsp). Next, drain and rinse them a few times.
- Place all ingredients in a high powered blender. (I use a Vitamix.)
- Blend until smooth.
- Strain. (See notes below.)
- Store in a glass jar in the fridge for about a week.
- Don't throw away the pulp! Toss it in smoothies, dry it to make almond flour, or use it in other yummy recipes like these cookies.
My easy method is simply to use a fine mesh strainer and a large spoon or spatula to press the pulp down and squeeze out all the milk. This method doesn't catch all the particles and my almond milk isn't as smooth as store bought varieties. For use in smoothies and other recipes, a little almond pulp in the milk doesn't really matter.
If you plan to drink your almond milk straight up, you may want to invest in a nut milk bag or a super-fine mesh strainer. Otherwise, there's no need to bother with an extra, messy step.
Do you make almond milk? How do you strain it? Do you drink it plain or add it to recipes?
Let's get real! I'm Kathleen Henderson, your Natural Living Mentor, and I'm on a mission to help families see the joy in real food, while finding natural remedies and creating a nontoxic home.


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Companies offer various types of retirement plans to accommodate both their needs and the needs of their employees. Some companies provide a thrift incentive plan as a retirement plan option. A thrift incentive plan operates as a defined contribution plan to which an employee contributes before-tax dollars. Many employers match all or a portion of their employees' contributions. Nearly all thrift incentive plans are 401(k) plans; none are IRAs.
A thrift incentive plan is an employee benefit; a retirement plan that both employees and their employers make contributions to typically on a before-tax basis. Often called a thrift plan, one of its defining characteristics is that the employer makes contributions to the plan. An employee uses payroll deductions to transfer funds into an account. These funds are invested according to selections previously made by the employee. These funds, both the initial investments and the returns on the investments, accrue tax that's deferred until the employee withdraws the funds, usually post-retirement.
A 401(k) Plan
In November 1981 the IRS issued regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k) officially allowing the creation of 401(k) plans. Before this rule, many companies offered thrift plans as a retirement plan choice to their employees. 401(k) rules enabled companies to adopt plans that operated as bonus and profit-sharing plans or as thrift plans. Most companies with existing thrifts plans subsequently converted to the 401(k) thrift plan model. Accordingly, a thrift plan is a type of 401(k) plan that many of us are familiar with. It has automated salary deduction options and, usually, employer matching contributions.
As with IRAs and traditional 401(k)s, thrift plans have annual contribution limits. For 2013 the IRS set the annual contribution limit in dollar terms at $51,000 total or $17,500 when solely contributing pre-tax dollars or to a thrift Roth. In percentage terms, employees can contribute a maximum of 43 percent of their annual compensation. This drops to 25 percent when using pre-tax dollars or when contributing to a thrift Roth. Employees can also contribute up to 18 percent of their compensation after-tax. The percentages cannot exceed the dollar amounts of the annual contribution limits.
If an employee reaches the pre-tax and Roth $17,500 contribution limit, the IRS allows the employee to switch to contributing on an after-tax basis. However, the employee cannot exceed the after-tax 18 percent limit. The maximum compensation upon which the IRS bases the percentage limits is $255,000 for 2013, up from $250,000 for 2012. Compensation includes salary or wages, bonuses, overtime and shift differentials. An employee aged 50 or older can make additional catch-up contributions of up to $5,500.
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- Crystal oscillator for 576 MHz
- Multiplier for 1152 MHz
I'll build both modules from kits sold by Mini-Kits in Australia. This company has reasonable prices, and shipping via air from Adelaide to Holstebro, Denmark took only 5 days! The oscillator kit has number EME175 (I ordered the 400-600 MHz version). The multiplier kit has number EME1152-MLT. Both kits are high-quality products and they are not intended for the new ham - SMD soldering is required!
Crystal oscillator - EME175
In the picture above, you can see an oscillator heater on the left side next to the 96 MHz crystal. The oscillator heater keeps the crystal temperature constantly at 60 degrees centigrade. The heater has number EME177 and uses only 60 mA after warm-up.
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Square Enix recently shared a first look at Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy, the PlayStation Vita's version of Chaos Rings III. The official website also shared a few new details including the game's story and details on two key characters.
New Paleo is a coastal city located on the floating continent found in the vast skies. It is here, where adventurers from around the world gather for their dreams and desires… in order to get to the far-off heavens, the planet "Marble Blue".
Treasure, unexplored areas, mystical creatures, and myths, the blue planet has everything adventurers could ask for, making it very well worth risking their lives.
In a small town located far away from the city, lived Nasca, along with his younger sister and livestock. After hearing a mysterious voice which led Nasca to the garden, he meets a beautiful lady.
She tells him: "You must go…. to the mother planet that shines in the heavens—Marble Blue".
A world that has yet to be discovered, with treasures that can grant any wish. A myth that will be talked about until the end of time. It is here, where the grand journey of a thousand years of thoughts, begins.
Nasca is a 16-year old boy who lives with his sister Patty on the floating island Sierra located in the second satellite called Thea. After finding himself in a mysterious garden, and meeting a beautiful lady, he decides to go to the Marble Blue.
Since he was a young child, it's been his dream to find the "Paradisos," a mythical paradise that is considered Marble Blue's biggest mystery.
Leary is a young girl who decides to take the Explorer License exam together with the protagonist. While living in the suburbs of the floating island New Paleo, her father and only blood relative, got taken away by an unknown person. Leary then decides to go to Marble Blue, to seek her father and the criminal who took him away.
Chaos Rings III is slated for release in Japan on October 16, 2014 for PlayStation Vita, iOS, and Android.


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Hailed as Canada's first lady of country music, Carroll Baker is a five-time recipient of the Juno Award for Country Female Vocalist of the Year, she had her own series on CBC television in the summer of 1983 and frequently appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show. She was also the first Canadian entertainer ever to do a TV special from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
From October 1970 through August 1982, Ms. Baker was on the country hit charts for a total of 528 weeks. 31 consecutive singles reached the charts, 20 of them reaching Top 10, with 14 of those hitting #1, including 12 consecutive #1 hits. No one in Canadian country music has been able to top that remarkable record.
Don't miss "A Special Evening with Carroll Baker", where you're sure to hear favourite hits like Ten Little Fingers, Why Me Lord, One Night of Cheatin', and I've Never Been This Far Before.
Carroll Baker is at the Harbourfront Theatre Friday, October 28th, at 7 PM.


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June 11, 2015
The caravan set off three days ago. The leader seems to be lost. I don't really trust him. We can't waste time. We only have supplies for 5 days, on the other hand there were some reports of thieves roaming the area lately. We do have weapons, but it won't be enough if they are really desperate about robbing us. You set up the camp here for the night. You are the first to keep watch. Someone will replace you after two hours. I think you should also look around and try to locate this place on the map. Good luck!


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Xoom Corporation (XOOM) to be Acquired by PayPal
Shares of Xoom Corporation (XOOM) were trading up +4.38 or +21.16 percent to $25.08 per share in Thursday's premarket, after PayPal (PYPL) announced late yesterday they would be buying the company. Xoom Corp. stock closed at $20.70, down -0.35 or -1.69 percent in Wednesday's regular trading session.
San Francisco, California based Xoom Corporation is an online money transfer and remittance service allowing clients to send money, reload cell phones and pay bills from the United States to 33 countries.
San Jose, California based PayPal Inc. is one of the world's largest online payment companies. The company specializes in online money transfers and services online vendors, commercial and retail users, as well as auction sites and private individuals. The company moved roughly $230 billion in 26 currencies from 190 countries last year and had revenue of $7.9 billion. PayPal went public in 2002 and later that year became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay (EBAY). PayPal was responsible for 44 percent of eBay's profit last year and is expected to separate from eBay on July 17th.
The companies announced yesterday after the market close that they had entered into a definitive agreement, which would have PayPal acquire Xoom Corp. for $25 per share or roughly $890 million. The deal represents a 32 percent premium over the average price of Xoom stock over the last three months and was unanimously approved by the board of directors of both companies, as well as the board of PayPal's parent company, eBay.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Xoom John Kunze said in a press release that, "Becoming part of PayPal represents an exciting new chapter for Xoom, which will help accelerate our time-to-market in unserved geographies and expand the ways we can innovate for customers. Being part of a larger, global organization will help us deliver the best possible experience to our customers, while maximizing value for our shareholders.
Dan Schulman, President of PayPal, stated, "Acquiring Xoom allows PayPal to offer a broader range of services to our global customer base, increase customer engagement and enter an important and growing adjacent marketplace. Xoom's presence in 37 countries - in particular, Mexico, India, the Philippines, China and Brazil - will help us accelerate our expansion in these important markets.
The transaction is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2015 subject to the customary closing conditions such as shareholder and regulatory approvals. Once the transaction is complete, Xoom will operate as a separate service within PayPal.
Xoom stock has been volatile since its IPO, having traded as high as $34 per share in 2013, the year it went public. Shares hit a low of $13.14 per share in December of last year, nevertheless, with today's premarket action, Xoom stock is trading a fraction above PayPal's target price of $25 per share.
Other News About Xoom
Xoom May Finally Be Fully Valued, Susquehanna Warns; Firm Downgrades Stock
Analyst lowers price target for Xoom from $31 per share to $24 per share.
Xoom's Business Strategies Impress, High Cost Raise Caution - Analyst Blog
Analysts at Zacks are concerned with the company's "burgeoning expenses and significant operating losses.
Other Stocks in the News
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision files for IPO
According to the Wall Street Journal, the company could raise as much as $1 billion in an IPO.
Tesla tops 11,000 vehicles delivered in second quarter
Second quarter deliveries increased a whopping +52 percent.
Published on Jul 2, 2015By Jay Hawk
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Docker is a great addition to my DS1815+ Synology NAS. Its implementation is very cool in many ways but has a few big weaknesses.
Amongst its strengths, I can think of:
- Pretty great UI for managing running containers, including docker exec
- Good UI for adding images (though no way to update them, see later)
- Pretty stable
- Great alternative to community or Synology built packages
- Can export/import container settings
- Through volume exports, can map to main FS folders
- Accessible through command-line
As DSM 6.0 seems to rely heavily on Docker, I think it's worthwhile to petition for these shortcomings to be remedied:
- Runs an old version of Docker (1.6.2, several versions and security patches behind, soon to be deprecated)
- No UI support for Dockerfiles
- No way to refresh images once they've been downloaded through the UI
- No support for docker-compose (UI or CLI)
- Cannot pull a specific version of an image (such as: edasque/nodebb:v0.0.2) in the UI
- Docker containers do not restart on reboot
- Occasionally containers will cause a system reboot (for example on automatic system update)
- Documentation and support seem to be lacking
What am I missing? What is remedied by DSM 6 Beta 2+ for those that run it?


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first put skully archers at the back then put a few more in front and once you have at least 4 rows of skully archers put gargoyles in front and if you have any trolls make them attack the oncoming golems when the golem king aproaches make imps go out and attack them (try tier 3 imps) then send out…Read more >
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