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The Italian company leader in fitness, wellness and sport training announced their partnership with GC2018 during the Fitness Show at the International Convention Centre in Sydney on the 28th April 2017.
Technogym, internationally recognised for setting the standard in athletic training, rehabilitation and wellness, has been appointed by the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) as the Official Fitness Equipment Supplier.
Technogym will equip training facilities, including the Commonwealth Games Athletes Village Gym, athletic performance centres and four smaller fitness studios across Queensland.
The athletes competing at the Games will come from 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth and compete in 23 sport disciplines.
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All Technogym equipment will be fully integrated with the Mywellness cloud, the Technogym digital platform enabling them to stay connected to their personal training program directly on the equipment itself and via their mobile devices.
"We are very proud of being chosen as Official Supplier of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. This achievement represents an important recognition of our commitment in research and innovation in order to create the most advanced equipment and digital technology for the world's elite athletes" – says Nerio Alessandri – Technogym Founder and CEO.
Cameron Murray, GC2018 General Manager said "With a resume that includes equipment supply and sponsorship of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and 6 editions of the Olympic Games including Rio 2016, Technogym are a great addition to the ever expanding GC2018 Sponsor Family. – "Technogym will supply the necessary cardio, strength, high performance and recovery apparatus to ensure our athlete's warm up, warm down and general training needs are taken care of during GC2018."
About Technogym
Founded in 1983, Technogym is a world leading international supplier of technology and design driven products and services in the Wellness and Fitness industry. Technogym provides a complete range of cardio, strength and functional equipment alongside a digital cloud based platform allowing consumers to connect with their personal wellness experience anywhere, both on the equipment and via mobile when outdoors. With over 2,000 employees and 14 branches globally, Technogym is present in over 100 countries. More than 65,000 Wellness centres and 200,000 private homes in the world are equipped with Technogym. Technogym was the official supplier for the last five editions of the Olympic Games: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.


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A touching animated ode to the cycle of life.
Accentuate the negative.
Infiltrate and deceive.
The Motorcycle Boy's Never Coming Back.
"A loose trilogy united by their radical politics and an even more radical shooting style."
"Anyone who loves movies is likely to love Cinema Paradiso."
Love does strange things to people. And Charlie is a little strange to begin with..
Don't call it a comeback. I always like stumbling on a biopic of a person I never herd of whose story is unbelievably awesome. Hacksaw Ridge springs to mind. Also, The Karate Kid Part III. When it comes to boxing, a sport I have only a fleeting knowledge of thanks mostly to Mike Tyson's Punch-out, there are a metric ton of amazing true-life sagas out there to discover (at least for me to discover). So here we have Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller). Bleed for This tells his story. In the early '80s Vinny Pazienza (also known as Vinny Paz) was a legit fighter, winning the junior middleweight world title in 1991. But then a brutal head-on car collision derailed his career–and almost ended his life. Unwilling to relinquish boxing, Vinny embarked on an on-its-face ludicrous comeback attempt, even thought he was spending every day in a neck stabilizer. Despite everyone's best (sane) efforts to convince him to just retire and try to recapture a normal life that didn't have a pervasive threat of forever paralysis, Vinny worked at achieving his goal: getting back into the ring for a shot at boxing immortality. This is a pretty good one. I'm not the biggest Miles Teller fan in the world, but the guy brings it in Bleed for This. He's just a ball of obnoxious defiance and smugness and his Vinny Paz becomes a fascinating on-screen sight to behold. Thankfully, the film has more going for it than just a bad-ass performance. The story of this comeback is insane, especially as you see Miles Teller decked out in the "Halo" neck stabilizer, the real-life apparatus that screwed directly into Vinny's skull. What makes Bleed for This worth chasing down, especially if you've got "boxing movie fatigue," is the true-life nature of t his comeback. It's simply incomprehensible the ambition it takes for a human being to climb back into a the ring to get his brains bashed in just a few months after suffering such a gruesome accident. You get that whole trajectory here, anchored by Teller's great performance, and capped with an exciting final boot with WBC World Jr. Middleweight Champion Luis Santana. Soup to nuts, Bleed for This works, both as a straight-up sports movie and an examination of what the human spirit is capable of, screws and all. THE VERDICT Not Guilty.Seriously, this guy is crazy.
The spotlight's not for everyone.
Don't Tell Anyone What Happened In The Summer House!
We had twenty years to prepare. So did they.
WARNING: This motion picture contains explicit portrayals of violence; sex; violent sex; sexual violence; clowns and violent scenes of violent excess, which are definitely not suitable for all audiences.
It is not pornographic. It is a revealing work of art.
"I am the first and the last."
A murderously funny story.
Small town America will never be the same again.
"Sometimes an empty page presents more possibilities."
Stories are wild creatures.
Drip, drip, drip.
Pilot Error…Or Supernatural Terror? Only One Man Can Tell!
"She involves him in a deadly conspiracy that puts them in the cross-hairs."
Seven Suicides – and they roared back as The Living Dead.
From her lips there is no escape!
70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops.
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When the original Robocop hit the big screen, i was four years old. When i first seen the film on VHS, i was still way too young to understand most of it. I did not fully "get" the humor and the violence level could make my mother blush. As a film (that i watched over and over) if had a profound effect on my image of the city i lived. Detroit was not hipster central when i was growing up and the idea of someone making a movie based on my city seemed extra bad ass. Cops were still hero's to my generation and the Ford Taurus had not yet turned into a beige rental car. It was a classic white hat vs black hat western with an urban cocaine filled twist.
Many years later, Robocop was the first Blu-ray i ever owned. The conversion from film was flawless and the old school animatronic special effects actually looked good, in some ways more convincing than the CGI of today. The movie held up over time and all was good with the world.
The story of Robocop essentially plays out as a political wet dream, especially in light of current events. Detroit is really broke and the crime rates have really gone awry. Large corporations now have vested interest in revitalizing the city....but those pesky residents keep getting in the way. Robocop in reality is played by a black guy named Kevyn Orr, Detroit's emergency manager. His job? Make the city whole again while keeping the residents and his bosses happy. Sound Familiar? Hopefully we don't play this story out exactly like the movie and no one gets shot in the hand.


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Have you every dreamed of owning a Key Marvel First Appearance or First Issue? If so, it's time to put your dreams into action!
Right now, Lee's Comics has just about every Marvel Key there is. They are all up for Auction on our Ebay store, and they end Sunday August 28th. If you are the high bidder, you can pick up your prize at our store, and save the shipping.
Here are a few of the great Marvel Comics that we are offering. Click on the title to see the live auction page.
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Conan the Barbarian #1
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Daredevil #1
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Fantastic Four #1
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Iron Man #1
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**Today's the last day to enter the fantasy challenge**
It's a new month, and today I'll be showing you my favorite items for March.
My favorite craft/crafts are all American Girl Idea's Harry Potter crafts! Visit her Youtube by clicking here.
My fav furniture piece is this cute couch from HKDesignz on Etsy. It is $75.95
Do your dolls need cute clothes? Peppermint Pursuits on Etsy has got you covered! This cute pleated skirt is $14.
Peppermint Pursuits also has super cute food! Check out these donuts priced at $15!!!
Fav doll? Well, Madame Alexander just released their 7 Inch Princess Play Dolls I've been wanting for some time. Rapunzel is just too cute and priced at $14.95!!! Click here to view.
And the random item of the month is this cute Tabby cat from The Queen's Treasures priced at $14.99.
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The Proposal: Jason Demarco as Head of Warner Brothers Animation
By, The Concerned and Hopeful fans of Looney Toons, Hanna Barbara and Toonami.
To: Those that may such news concern.
I don't speak for many – I speak mostly about time, and of legacy. I speak about what some might call fairness. I speak as a fan, historian, and someone like many here, realize all to often.
Sometimes greatness comes to those that least want it.
Mr Demarco (along with Sean Akins) created what was and is the standard of all Television. Toonami is what all in the industry – from ad agencies, influencers, and the like wish they could do. Toonami should be apart of and be the third pillar in WarnerMedia's Children and Young Adult Platform. This is not to diminish Adult Swim at all. But is to put that respect to this block and the genre and medium it represents.
It would fit the other two properties quite well as a pillar. In many ways, all of their histories are connected.
Jason Demarco to us, the fans of Toonami is a man with very few faults. He has helped the people that truly deserved the help. He has worked with some of the greats in his field. He has created something bigger than life in the many years he worked with Turner in his many promotional works. It is my honest opinion and the opinion of many, that Mr. Demarco is the right man for the job as the head of Warner Brothers animation outright.
But it is a few caveats – and this is only to help him and not hinder him.
First off, "Ellation Studios". I and many who are deeply concerned about the future of animation as a whole, have extremely deep reservations about the leadership of "Ellation Studios" and how they will play apart in any form in any future connections to Warner Brothers Animation and its three pillars of Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbara and Toonami. "Ellation Studios" is led by a deeply problematic figure by the name of Kun Gao. Mr Gao created the "former" pirating apparatus "Crunchyroll" as a "school experiment". Let it be known that at the time of this "school experimentation", he and a few others broke the Digital Millennial Copyright act of 2000 and with in Stanford's Bylaws and judgements handled down and actions taken by several governments concerning privacy should have been kicked out of the school. Because, sadly there is no respect for Animation at any form both for many western and a majority of foreign works, especially with Japanese anime, and its films and its fan created works – this kind of action is seen as the way things have to be pushed forward but it is not. We, the fans of Toonami and of those who love animation do not excuse piracy, but when laws in the books are not followed against crimes that cause many to lose jobs who are lower income than Mr Gao for example or those that buck against trends that are not in the same favored status as Mr Gao, we are not stunned or surprised that many take to piracy to hold some standard of their love of this medium and its myriad of genres.
This is not all. As his "Company", "Crunchyroll", went "Legit", he produced a web platform that was not up to standard. In fact, many created a secondary HTML5 Video Frame on top of his website where his "company" streamed the website content. The flash-based website which had since the site went "legit" has been poor in showing the content that people wanted to see. There was even an issue when the sequel of Cardcaptor Sakura and JoJo's 4th or 5th season premiere aired that the site crashed. Both shows had history on Warner Brother's broadcast platforms (Cardcaptors under the former Kids WB in the mid 1990's and JoJo which airs on Toonami at the time of this writing), so for AT&T with its major server space all over the world, and now ramping up that server space with 5G capabilities, massive redundancies and so on – it is beyond incomprehensible since the company been under the AT&T wing that one of the stewards of the Otter/Elliation media – and its major corporate backing would have all of these sever and player problems. It is even worse when people have come out that some of the server farms are located in Romania which leads into obvious problems.
This is not all. There are problems with the shows the "Company", "Crunchyroll" has planned to dub into English, and three projects that are in their wing as we heard. The Women in Animation semi-coproduction High Magical Spice promised a majority of women writers and animators. But there was one promising artist, a black woman from Iowa, who had aspirations to be apart of the series – she was close with many in the Women in Animation group, but because of where she lived (and to this authors opinion and observations, her race). There are two projects from one LaSean Thomas, one of them would be a series for the "Crunchyroll" site, but as of now and for obvious reasons – no air date, and no major updates. There is an announcement of a show that has yet to be dubbed into English that hasn't even one preview or one announcement that its even ready to go.
While that is going on, the social media side of the company leaves a lot to be desired. Some shocking messages and deeply questionable arguments with the fanbase, and promotion of projects have cause many to question do they even care for this medium? Mr Gao has stated many times that he was inspired by Toonami – but the actual reason "Crunchyroll" came to existence was because of a backlash of editing during what many called of the wild west days of popularity of the medium through the mid 1990's to the 2008 season; especially with a TV series named One Piece.
Given all this evidence, myself and others who care about animation all over the world realize that Mr Gao and all of the people that have worked and are working under him is ill prepared and ill informed for the challenges ahead for WarnerMedia. In fact, we believe that Mr Gao, will cause many problems within the company. He is vainglorious, and has created a culture not only with some of the large fanbase from the time he committed these crimes to the present day he has amassed that has cause some of the major issues on how the medium is viewed in the US and other markets outside of Asia.
The greatest of his vainglorious lies, is that he and "Ellation Media" helped the Japanese animators with more money in their pockets. This is a bold face lie. Many animators have complained that none of the US dubbing and streaming firms has helped the Japanese market place in any shape or form. According to Janica, the North American Marketplace only accounts for 8 percent of Gross Product for the anime medium when China has given more. However, with that increase – the money given to these animators is still not enough to keep with the demand and with inflation. So, when their social media side of "Crunchyroll" state to their subscribers that they are helping the whole industry with 5.99 a month. One, that's not going to put a dent into anything seeing we are 8 percent of the marketplace. Two, "Crunchyroll" used that money to fund other projects the company never told their subscribers were taking place and when they told the subscribers about these projects, the Subscribers were livid as they were given a false sense of doing the right thing in not Pirating the medium in the first place by joining their "Services".
These are some of the many examples Kun Gao those working under him have done to hurt this medium in the United States in particular. They bring a culture of the same type of Silicon Valley vainglory that lead into the myriad of problems that face Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the like. They bring a culture that says that they help those ethnic groups in jobs and community but this is a bold face lie on its face. "Ellation Media" has caused disharmony throughout their existence in the anime community and its many conventions and other get togethers in the United States and other countries. Kun Gao is a man that cannot be trusted with any power whatsoever, he is the type and he has hired types of men and women who will stop at nothing to wreak the culture they enter. This is not a leader of men and a leader of a company – in my honest opinion he and those under him are criminals and pirates, not unlike the those in the animation collusion scandal between the members of Pixar and LucasArts that were resolved not only a year ago.
Jason Demarco and those that work with him, do not give in to any Criminal Threats.
For more than 15 years, he has worked in a diverse and highly trained and successful group of artists. He in the many years working with Turner and with Toonami (during the Sean Akins years and later when he became the main showrunner in the Adult Swim years) changed the very nature of the Television business forever. Everybody who is anybody since the late 1990's copies from him. But in a sense – he brought something old to make it new – something from TV's past into the future and the promise of a better future (the focus of Toonami is in space in case people forget) for all of humankind. He was the reason the industry changed, but the industry refused (or were not given a chance to) to change with it. In 2012, as part of an April Fool's Joke, Toonami came back and people were stunned. The Internet had a moment of clarity and unified positivity not seen in years and may never happen again. That's how powerful it truly was. And if that cannot convince you that Toonami should be the third pillar for the Kids and Young Adult Platform, look what that action that Jason Demarco and others did from that day to the present time. That's more than enough evidence that he will become a great President of Warner Brothers Animation.
However, he needs consultants because at times he gives democratic answers to many questions a lot of fans ask him. And as an honest man who does the right things, he gives a lot of those with deeply problematic histories (both men and women) to use the platforms he gives at times while others with talent without the same problems are left by the way side. The reason why this author says he needs consultants is because he is not only going to be running Toonami and getting the funds to promote that franchise he co-made within Turner. He will be holding the other two pillars, Looney Toons and Hanna Barbara properties and WarnerMedia has plans for Looney Toons (with the brand-new shorts) and other plans with Hanna Barbara's IP. The author hopes that both Jerry Beck and Leonard Maltin would help Jason Demarco with the other two pillars. Jerry Beck has worked successfully with CEO Kevin Tesuhara before with the original classics. And with Mr Demarco being a fan of such work, Jerry Beck and Mr Demarco would work swimmily with these new shorts and with its promotion. Bugs Bunny needs no promotion, he is a cultural enterprise all by himself. But Mr Demarco has done amazing things and it would be quite positive how he handles the shorts and promotion of such.
Leonard Maltin has worked with Turner Classic Movies before. And the reason I stated this is that both Maltin and Demarco are fans of the Criterion Collection which at one time did work with TCM on a streaming platform. During the changeover however, the platform ended. But in the restructuring the Criterion Collection states they will work with WarnerMedia in doing a version of the Criterion Collection to be streamed on the new streaming platform. The key here is simple. To protect these films and bring them to a new era. Mr Demarco has the eye and knows how to promote these platforms. Both Beck and Maltin are there to remind him that not everybody as the right idea. That these shorts and these properties mean a lot of things to a lot of people and to add folks who wish to do harm is only going to hurt all aspects of what on tries to do with these platforms.
One of the things one needs to realize is that outside of the very small "memes" seen all over from shows made from the mid 70's to the present day originally seen in the states, what other series you see being "memed"? A lot of anime, for sure. But also, Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny. THAT is the cultural impact that can never die. But it can be misused and made to look horrible. That's why Mr. Demarco needs Mr. Beck and Mr. Maltin as consultants. To give him ideas on how to make this all work. To make the whole business of Warner Brothers Animation work as a unit that includes the DC Properties, CW SEED, Adult Swim (Cartoon Network and Boomerang) and a reformed Toonami Jetstream etc. It's a start of a rebuilding process for animation to find respect once more. A lot have been lost – a animation fanbase has been lost in the wilderness. Toonami has been a home for many. We want that home to become a castle, the shining city, or ship.
This means a lot to us, for Toonami was made on the time at the end many of you would be seeing this essay – only 22 years before. This is a special moment and a time where the future of two sides of the same medium hangs in the balance. The future is not set in stone, but it can be made into a hellscape. Or it can be made into a future were all animators all around the world can have honest wages. It can be made into a world with animation can be made truly free from all the lies unscrupulous people give it to all ends and in all places. Warner Brothers Animation can be made into a powerhouse that will and can succeed against the powers of Disney and the like, winning awards and accolades. But of most import – winning the fans trust and regaining many that have been lost throughout the years, regardless of what took place.
These are the things that can happen. But only many of you in WarnerMedia hear us the fans out.
Jason Demarco is the man, and should be the head of Warner Brothers Animation, outright.
The Concerned and Hopeful fans of Toonami, Anime, Looney Tunes and many other animated franchises.


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History Early Stages In recorded history, it is written that some time after the world genesis, first humans appeared in the world by the grace of the gods. In time their numbers grew extremely fast as the gods blessed them with intelligence so that they would have little difficulty surviving in this world; man learned to hunt, farm the land and craft. Pleased with their creation's progress, they taught humankind the proper way of living by providing an extensive list of forbidden actions. Thus humanity prospered over time and extended its reach to what now is known as the Human Empire. It is believed that the empire's capital: Centoria, is the birthplace of all humanity. From there, in time, brave individuals guided by the deities set off towards unknown remote regions where they founded new settlements, like Zakkaria and Rulid Village and thus acquired new land to cultivate for themselves. This expansionist quest lasted until people reached what is now called Mountain Range at the Edge or World Edge. In their explorations, people stumbled upon several apparently unsolvable obstacles throughout the human empire, that hindered them: a large tree that seem imposible to take down, a river stream that could not be crossed, a large boulder that blunted even the sharpest cutting tools, etc. Having nowhere to go humanity organized itself under the guidance of not the deities themselves but people they've chosen worthy to represent their will. These individual blessed by the gods were proficient at using Sacred Arts and showed humankind new rituals and ways that people could put them to use in everyday life. It it not known when exactly but a shrine in form of a large marble spire was erected in the center of Centoria, over the years new layers would be added and it would be known as the Central Cathedral. That marked the beginning of the Axiom Church and its ruler would take up the tittle of Administrator of the Human Empire. Walls were raised to delimit the emerging four kingdoms inside the empire, each developing its unique customs, traditions and ruling system. A Senate was formed with high class members from each kingdom. They, alongside the Integrity Knights, reside in the Central Cathedral from where they delegate the Church's orders throughout the empire. Sometime after, the foundation of the Sword Mastery Academy was set. Studying swordsmanship at this academy is the aspiration of all people with military-oriented <Sacred Tasks> and not only. Nobles throughout the empire send their children here to train here in order to gain a reputation for themselves while the common people dream to attend the school in order to either rise their social status or join the Integrity Knights. Through the Senate and the Integrity Knights, the Church was able to maintain its rule over the Human Empire for years on, and its doing so even now. These days, common folk don't really know or care about the existence of the Administrator as they barely made any public appearance in the last years. The Integrity Knights are the public figures of the Church.
Mythology World Genesis The story told by the Axiom Church, that got adopted as the absolute truth by the Human Empire residents, begins like so: There are at least four main Deities and a minor deity in the pantheon and they don't bare any kind of familiar relationship one with another. The Deity of Creation Stacia - representing life and creation. Legends say they rule over all animate and inanimate objects in the form of Life or <Durability>. It is believed those who pass away are summoned back by Stacia. Marriages in the Human Empire are pledged to Stacia, who blesses the couple and allows them to have children. The Sun Deity Solus - sharing the same name as the Underworld's brightest star. It is believed that Solus blesses the world in form of its sunrays that increase the surrounding Sacred Power. However its blessings diminish over night when Solus no longer watches over the land. The Land Deity Terraria - the deity of the land that provides blessings to plants and is the patron of metalworkers and craftsmen. It is said that through the earth spreads Sacred Power as its blessing but this source of power is limited in cities and above ground. The Darkness Deity Vecta - the ruler of the Dark Territory and the only god worshiped there. Deity known for its mischief as it is known that it pulls pranks on humans in forms of disease and famine or kidnapping people and stealing their memories. The Moon Deity Lunaria - said to control the dreams of Underworld's residents and watch over them in the night.
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Romilly Park is a Green Flag park.
Romilly Park is a CADW grade II listed park and has a bowling green, tennis courts, children's play area, seasonal floral displays and a large open area for recreation.
The park was originally constructed on land belonging to the Romilly family in 1898 and fully completed in 1911. It retains most of the original framework and features.
In 1920, the National Eisteddfod of Wales was held in the park near the Gorsedd Circle which still stands today.
Seasonal floral displays
Opening hours: 8.00am until dusk
Points of interest: Children's play area, picnic area, tennis courts (free to use) and bowling green, public bowling green and various events throughout the year.
Public Convenience: Open all year round
Public transport - No.95 and 96 buses, nearest stop Barry Hotel, Broad Street - 500m from park.
Nearest station is Barry Town station, 500m from Romilly Park.
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"Last season after the reunion, I was really kind of done and I was really kind of thinking maybe I should go on about my business."
However, after the network reiterated how much they supported her, she decided to stay. As for her husband, she says, he'll always stand by the choices she makes.
Following the end of that season, she also reveals, she never spoke to Phaedra Parks again — and she never plans to. At last year's reunion, Parks was caught in a huge lie that after repeating something to Porsha Williams, that turned out to be untrue. "Absolutely not," she answers when asked if she has an interest in patching things up.
Now she's friends with most of the ladies on the show. Burruss says the only lady on the cast she doesn't consider a friend is Williams, but they can "co-exist" on the show. Other than that, she's not worried about much. "If I can make it through last season, I can make it through anything," she says.
Burruss also weighs in on the mystery of Kenya Moore's marriage, as many of their cast members questioned the legitimacy of it in the Season 10 trailer — but Burruss stays on Moore's side.
"I side with Kenya on that situation just because she has had so much drama over the years about her boyfriends," she explains."I can understand why she didn't want to necessarily share it with everybody from the beginning because a lot of people have nice things to say about her relationship. So even though I wish I could have been there when she got married, however she chooses to do it, that's her business. And he's a really nice guy. I have since met him after the fact. But I'm on her side on this one."
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SP 1565 November
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Nov 1
- TNA SP 12/37, 63. Commission, to examine the accounts of David Vincent deceased, Keeper of the Wardrobe at Hampton Court
Nov 5
- TNA SP 12/37, 64. Letter, Lord Cobham, et al to PC, Commissioners for Ports in Kent, bread and grain clandestinely exported
Nov 7
- TNA SP 12/37, 65. Lady Mary Grey to Cecil, thanks for his endeavours to restoro her to the Queen's favour
Nov 9
- TNA SP 12/37, 66. Sir Peter Carew to Sir Wm. Cecil, decay of shipping in Dartmouth, owing to the impost on wines
- TNA SP 12/37, 66. 1. A remembrance of ships of Dartmouth lost, sold, or decayed since the beginning of the impost on wines
Nov 10
- TNA SP 12/37, 67. Winchester to Cecil, asks his opinion on a letter from the Archbishop of York, sale of Lennox lands
- TNA SP 12/37, 68. Note of the places where the Earl of Oxford's evidences are deposited, wardship
- TNA SP 12/37, 69. Tho. Smyth to Wm. Humfrey, mining news and sympathy
- TNA SP 12/37, 70. Heydon et al to PC, report as commissioners for creeks and havens, Norfolk
- TNA SP 12/37, 70. 1. List, landing places in Norfolk, and of the deputy commissioners appointed
- TNA SP 12/37, 71. Sir Owen Hopton et al to PC, have their commission for ports and havens, and have appointed deputies
- TNA SP 12/37, 71. 1. List, ports and havens in Suffolk, and of the deputiy commossioners appointed
Nov 21
- TNA SP 12/37, 72. Cecil to Ascham, to turn into Latin a patent for a pension for the Lady Cecilia
Nov 27
- TNA SP 12/37, 73. Humfrey to Cecil, calamine not found, must be imported, Hechstetter and Louver may wish to keep some secrets
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- TNA SP 12/37, 74. Copy of Court Roll, Aston sub Edge
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Who needs the bitter cold of Times Square? Pamper yourself and your loved ones by spending the New Year in warm and sunny San Diego.
Locals love to celebrate NYE with a bang, so we've put together a list of all the best events – from open bars to fireworks and everything in between, here's what's happening in Southern California this New Year.
Save on Attraction Admission for the Holidays
Regular admission to a number of these attractions is available on Go San Diego Card.
Choose as you go from dozens of top attractions and save up to 55% on combined admission vs. paying at the gate.
See all available San Diego passes, attractions & prices.
Please note, some of these special holiday events may be separately ticketed and not included with Go San Diego Card.
Kid's New Year's Eve at LEGOLAND® California Resort
December 31st, 2018
Midnight will come early for you and the family at LEGOLAND® California Resort's annual New Year's Eve celebration.
This is the perfect kid-friendly activity! There will be a LEGO® replica of the famous Times Square ball drop, a fireworks show, and plenty of chances to meet all your favorite LEGO® characters.
The Brick Drop® takes place at 6PM, followed by the gorgeous lights display. You won't want to miss this.
Getting in: LEGOLAND® California Resort tickets are included with Go San Diego Card. Holiday events may be separately ticketed.
Jungle Bells at the San Diego Zoo
December 14th, 2018 – January 6th, 2019
If you needed another reason to visit San Diego Zoo, the #1 Zoo in the World, look no further: Jungle Bells returns!
Jungle Bells last through the New Year, so if you're looking to celebrate 2019 with some of the cutest critters, this is the event for you. Enjoy gorgeous holiday decorations, beautiful light shows, and an array of carolers and performers throughout the park.
Getting in: San Diego Zoo tickets are included with the Go San Diego Card.
Three Kings Celebration at SeaWorld San Diego
January 1st – 6th, 2019
In honor of the traditional Latin celebration Dias de los Reyes, SeaWorld San Diego hosts an all-week party to honor the Three Kings.
See performances of O Wondorous Night extended through the New Year, partake in a delicious meal of authentic Latin food, and see the Journey of the Three Kings show live.
Getting in: SeaWorld San Diego tickets are included as a premium attraction the 3, 5, and 7-Day Go San Diego Cards. Holiday events may be separately ticketed.
Pier Pressure Yacht Party
Why not enjoy the holiday from the sea? Hop aboard a Hornblower Cruise ship and sail around San Diego Bay.
Explore three levels, an outdoor deck, and two different dance floors playing the year's best hits. The best part? It's 1920's themed, so you get to dress in as much glitter and gold as you'd like.
If you don't feel like yachting for New Year's Eve, but still want to experience a ride around the bay, try a San Diego Harbor Cruise. This one-hour cruise covers 13 different Southern California landmarks and provides views of Harbor Island, the Maritime Museum, and plenty more.
Getting in: Hornblower's Pier Pressure Yacht Party is a separately ticketed event. One Hour San Diego Harbor Cruise tickets are included with Go San Diego Card.
Beach Party at Catamaran Resort
December 31st, 2018
For adults looking to enjoy an elegant night out for New Year's Eve, try Beach Party, an annual San Diego tradition.
Hosted by Vavi Events at the Catamaran Resort, this NYE party has it all – four rooms of entertainment, hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and themed photo booths. It's a classic holiday party that you won't want to miss.
Getting in: Beach Party at Catamaran Resort is a separately ticketed event.
Picture Perfect NYE at the Hard Rock Hotel
Once again the Hard Rock Hotel will be decked out for New Year's Eve, complete with 15 different DJs.
Have your pick from three different floors and eight different themed rooms. Dance your heart out on the dance floor, order craft cocktails from the bar, and snap photos dressed to the nines in the Queens Chambers or Winter Wonderland.
Getting in: Picture Perfect NYE at the Hard Rock Hotel is a separately ticketed event.
Big Night San Diego
December 31st, 2018
Another San Diego NYE tradition is the Big Night San Diego extravaganza at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.
Returning for its 15th year, a ticket to Big Night San Diego includes everything – all-inclusive drink specials, a buffet, and ten different party zones dubbed 'Countdown City'. Travel between each one before the ball drops and the clock strikes midnight.
Getting in: Big Night San Diego is a separately ticketed event.
Remember to Save on Attraction Admission
So there's our brief list of the top things to do in San Diego during the New Year.
Remember, many of these options are included on the Go San Diego® Card, which can save you up to 55% on combined admission vs. paying at the gate.
Please note, the holiday events taking place at some of these attractions may be separately ticketed and not included with the Go San Diego Card.
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© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I really enjoyed playing on the Paul Horn composition, Count Your Change. Because it transitioned so easily from 4/4 to 5/4 time, it helped me develop my 5/4 chops ["back in the day"]. The tune became so familiar to me that I was able to "dance around" the usual way of counting 5/4 - one bar of 3 plus one bar of 2 - and establish some interesting counter rhythms between my hands and feet on the drum kit.
Count Your Change was originally released in 1962 as part of the eight tunes that made up the Columbia LP - Profile of A Jazz Musician [Columbia 8722]. The album featured Paul on alto sax, clarinet and flute [including the rarely heard bass flute], Emil Richard on vibes, Paul Moer on piano, Jimmy Bonds on bass and Milt Turner on drums. [You can listen to the original recording on the video that serves as a lead-in to this piece.]
Count Your Change is basically blues for the first eight bars of the theme; then come six measures in 5/4 time, followed by two measures in 4/4. The same pattern is followed in each of the blowing choruses. If you think of it as though the 5/4 bars were an extension of the ninth and tenth measures of the regular 12-bar blues, the form will become clearer.
The composition was featured television film called The Story of a Jazz Musician, a half-hour program built around Paul and the group, for which he wrote the background score (featuring four cellos and flugelhorn) as well as supplying music by the quintet. "The story line," says Paul, "traces the evolution of a typical composition. It shows Emil and me kicking around some ideas at my home, then trying the piece out at Shelly's Manne Hole in Hollywood. There are scenes with the fellows talking, as well as some narration by me; scenes with my father, and Yvonne and our kids; a visit to the Down Beat office to see John Tynan. It's an unusual TV approach to jazz."
The Story of a Jazz Musician has been available on YouTube for some time in the three segments shown below. You won't want to miss Part 3 as it features interior views of Shelly Manne's famous Hollywood, CA Jazz club - The Manne Hole - and Paul's group performing Count Your Change.


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I know this is going to seem redundant, but every review lately starts with me saying that this is the album I have been waiting for…so don't be shocked when I say that this is an album I have been waiting for.
Tricky is a trip-hop legend and if you don't know what trip-hop is, it is a style of music that originated from Bristol, England that blends electronica, jazz, hip hop and dub. Tricky for a time collaborated with Massive Attack (one of the original trip-hop groups) and then later became a solo artist.
Tricky's first album Maxinquaye is considered legendary in the genre and his albums since have followed suit.
Tricky represents his hometown roots on his ninth album Knowle West Boy. The album is named after the counsel estate he grew up in. (In the UK, counsel estates are the equivalent of the projects in the US).
So many styles are on this album…jazz, rock and dancehall. What impresses me is that Tricky covers Kylie Minogue's Slow. Originally a dance song, Tricky turns it into a dirty, scary seductive rock song.
Counsel Estates, a ska style song, samples Portishead's 1994 song Roads. The songs shows how Tricky rose above the negativity and the image of what a counsel estate is by singing "Remember boy, you're a superstar".
Puppy Toy is a funny duet with singer Alex Mills (a female) about a night out and a guy having drinks with a girl that is just obsessed with money and really couldn't love anyone. I think the line from Tricky "Yeah, I wish/Wish you'd cough up a lung/Girl, you seem insecure" is funny, but Alex's response "There's nothing wrong with me innit?" is the classic clueless response from someone who can't see who they really are.
Past Mistake is a love song about someone realizing that they truly hurt the person they loved because they were distant and cold, but know wants to make things right. The sound on this track is icy and dark. Classic Tricky.
If you like Tricky, I think you will enjoy these artists…Portishead, Massive Attack, Bjork, DJ Shadow and Unkle.


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Brenda L. Moore, 56, of Niles, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018, at her residence with her loving family by her bedside.
She was born July 21, 1962, in Steubenville, Ohio, the daughter of John and Lois Minto Lindsay.
Brenda was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband, Dale Moore, whom she married July 17, 1998; her mother; a son, Christopher Coudriet of Warren; a daughter, Crystal Coudriet of Niles; a brother, John (Penny) Lindsay of Niles; two sisters, Sherri (Dave) Rosine of Niles; Kimberly (Keith) Holmes of Howland; and a granddaughter, Ciera Popowich.
She was preceded in death by her father and a sister, Debbie Monroe.
As per Brenda's wishes, there are no calling hours or services.
Arrangements where handled by the Holloway-Williams Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Niles.
The Moore family would like to thank Ohio Living Hospice for their loving care and respect they gave Brenda.
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"Ac yna y kymeryssant wy blodeu y deri, a blodeu y banadyl, a blodeu yr erwein, ac o'r rei hynny, asswynaw yr un uorwyn deccaf a thelediwaf a welas dyn eiroet. Ac y bedydyaw o'r bedyd a wneynt yna, a dodi Blodeued arnei."—Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi [1]
This page is about Welsh Mythology. If you're looking for the MMORPG see Mabinogi.
The Welsh collection of stories called The Mabinogion is one of the major surviving bodies of Welsh myths. The stories in their modern forms are derived from two Older Than Print medieval Welsh manuscripts, the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest, along with a collection of smaller texts, but those are simply the oldest written versions of stories that are based on older oral legends; some motifs and plots can be traced back to the early Iron Age (1st millenium BCE). They are the product of a highly developed narrative tradition, both written and oral.
The name is the plural of Mabinogi somewhat archaic Welsh, but interestingly enough, the work should be called the "Mabinogi," since it consists of four branches of a single Mabinogi, rather than multiple ones. The scribe made a mistake in the first branch, Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed, when he referred to it as the Mabinogion, which he later rectified in the other branches, but the name stuck. The best translation of "Mabinogi" appears to be "tales of childhood". Mab is the Welsh word for "son", and the consonant-mutation "Vabinogi" occurs in "Llyma Vabinogi Iesu Grist", a medieval manuscript (Peniarth MS 14) describing the childhood of Jesus.
The work is divided into four Branches, five Native tales, and three Romances.
The Four Branches create an Arc that follows the mythological heros of Welsh pre-Christian mythology. The branches are connected by the struggles of the children of Llŷr and the life of Pryderi. They are, in order:
- Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, detailing the journey of Pwyll into the kingdom of Annwn, the Celtic Otherworld. After returning to his own kingdom, he meets and wins his wife, the enchanted Rhiannon, from her unwanted suitor Gwawl. Pryderi is born, an event that initially brings more suffering than joy to his parents when he disappears mysteriously.
- Branwen, Daughter of Llŷr, is about the marriage of Branwen, sister of the king Bendigeidfran (Brân the Blessed), to the king or Ireland in a failed attempt to bring peace. The wrathful temper of her brother Efnysien starts a chain of events that ultimately destroys both kingdoms. Only seven Welsh soldiers survive the war, including Pryderi. The events of this branch lead directly into the next.
- Manawyddan, Son of Llŷr, in which Branwen's brother Manawyddan marries the now widowed Rhiannon. Together with Pryderi and his wife Cigfa, they struggle against a series of disasters and curses perpetrated by Llwyd ap Cil Coed, friend of Gwawl from the first branch.
- Math, Son of Mathonwy, is about the magician-king of Gwynedd. While he is away fighting a phony war engineered by his nephews Gilfaethwy and Gwydion - the war in which Pryderi is slain - Gwydion himself sneaks into Math's stronghold and rapes his foot-holder maiden, Goewin. In punishment, Math transforms the brothers into a different animal every year, one male and one female, until they bear three offspring together.
Two of the Native tales and the three Romances are in the most part older versions of Arthurian legend that differ slightly in the actual contents.
The native tales are:
- The Dream of Macsen Wledig
- Lludd and Llefelys
- The Dream of Rhonabwy
- How Culhwch Won Olwen
- The Tale of Taliesin
These last three are the ones that seem to be related to the Arthurian legends. "The Dream of Rhoabwy" is a late work, in which the main character dreams of King Arthur's time, and may have been written has deliberate fiction. "Culhwch and Olwen", however, is perhaps the oldest Arthurian tale surviving. Taliesin figures in some Arthurian stories as King Arthur's bard, but his tale is thought not to be part of the original Mabinogien.
The Romances are:
- Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain
- Peredur, son of Efrawg
- Geraint and Enid
Apart from the doubtful "Tale of Taliesin", these three were the last parts of the Mabinogien to be composed, probably around the same time as most of the other medieval Arthurian stories, but draw on older roots Peredur is part of the Grail cycle.
Tropes found in the Mabinogion
- Achilles in His Tent: In Culhwch and Olwen, Cai leaves the band in a sulk after Arthur sings a satirical verse at him.
- All There in the Manual: The Mabinogion is just one part of a much larger collection of epic prose and poetry spanning several centuries of Welsh culture. Events that seem out of nowhere, like the Giant Claw, are explained in other tales, many of which are sadly lost. For some light background reading, check out traditional Welsh Law and the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ("Triads of the Island of Britain").
- Artificial Human: Blodeuedd, see the page quote.
- Badass: A number of Arthur's knights, most notably Owain and Gwalchmai. Bedwyr earns special mention; he is one of the greatest warriors in Britain despite the obvious disadvantage of only having one hand. Within the four branches, Gwydion the magician, Bendigeidfran the warrior king, and Efnisien the psychopath are perhaps the best examples.
- Badass Crew: Culhwch and his companions in Culhwch and Olwen
- Bag of Holding: Rhiannon gives a small bag to Pwyll in order to trick her unwanted suitor, Gwawl. It holds an entire feast's worth of food and, when he puts both feet into it, a grown man, with enough space to tie the bag closed over his head.
- It actually mentions that even if all the food and drink of seven cantrefs [2] were put into the bag, it would still not be full. One feast, no matter how grand, could not even come close to filling it.
- Bed Trick: Inverted in that whilst he spends a year perfectly disguised as Arawn, the king of the underworld, Pwyll never once slept with Arawn's wife. Some retellings however indicate that Arawn did not show Pwyll the same consideration.
- That would have been difficult for Arawn to do, since Pwyll did not have a wife at this time. Rhiannon came into the story later.
- BFS: Osla Big Knife carries one. He appears twice in the Mabinogion but is more famous for being in Arthurian tales.
- Came Back Wrong: The Cauldron from the Second Branch that brings people back from the dead. As the afterlife must be a secret they can no longer speak.
- Celibate Hero: Pwyll with Arawn's wife again. Seeing as she did not know about the switch she must have been worried about the marriage.
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: White, like the Cŵn Annwn ("hounds of Annwn") in the First Branch, had supernatural associations in early Celtic culture. The name of Arawn's enemy, Hafgan, means "summer white."
- Cunning Linguist: Gwrhyr in Culhwch and Olwen.
- Death by Despair: Branwen dies of a broken heart.
- Deadpan Snarker: Rhiannon.
- Demoted to Extra: Pryderi, in the Second and Fourth Branches.
- Different As Night and Day: Branwen's half brothers Nysien and Efnisien. Nysien is a gentle, peaceful man. Efnysien is a sorta heroic sociopath who dies destroying the artifact that was letting the Irish win the war he started in the first place.
- Engagement Challenge: In How Culhwch Won Olwen, Culhwch is cursed by his Wicked Stepmother that he can marry no-one but the daughter of Ysbaddaden the Giant, who claims that he cannot prepare for the ceremony until Culhwch hunts the giant boar Twrch Trwyth and retreives a comb, scissors and razor from his hair. But he can only be tracked by a certain hound, and the leash can only be made by a certain hero but held by another... until the job involves over forty different tasks and no less than King Arthur and his warband.
- Expy: Children's author Lloyd Alexander trawled The Mabinogion to create the characters, setting, and history of The Chronicles of Prydain.
- Fate Worse Than Death: Blodeuwedd is forced to live for all eternity as an owl.
- Fertile Feet: White trefoils spring up in Olwen's footsteps.
- Jerkass: Cai is the epitome of this trope. By the end of Geraint and Enid, Geraint has also slid into this category.
- Full Boar Action: Twrch Trwyth is definitely one of the more badass pigs in world literature.
- Gender Bender: Gwydion and Gilfaethwy.
- Good Is Dumb: Poor Pwyll. Honest, spiritual, decent, and kind--and people remember him more for all the Idiot Balls he's caught.
- Handicapped Badass: Bedwyr, the one-armed knight.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Efnisien.
- Heterosexual Life Partners: Cai and Bedwyr could qualify.
- Idiot Ball / Too Dumb to Live: Lleu can only be killed in a highly specific set of circumstances involving multiple elements, including a goat and a washtub. When his unfaithful wife just happens to arrange the necessary effects and asks him to stand in the very specific pose, he does so without question - and, unsurprisingly, gets stabbed.
- Important Haircut: King Arthur cuts Culhwch's hair in the presence of his court at the beginning of How Culhwch Won Olwen. In Medieval Britain, this was an important gesture of fidelity between family and clan members. Arthur is symbolically accepting his younger cousin into his retinue, which then allows Culhwch to ask for his assistance in gaining Olwen.
- Karma Houdini: King Caswallawn.
- Karmic Transformation: As punishment for the rape of Goewin, King Math transforms the brothers Gilfaethwy and Gwydion in different animals each year, one a male and one a female, until they bear three offspring together.
- King Arthur: His first appearance in prose, in Culhwch and Olwen and the three romances.
- Knight Templar Big Brother: Efnysien to the max. A lot of men would be angry if they came back home to find their sister married to a person they absolutely despise--it's just that rather than getting drunk and fighting till he can't stand like a normal person, Efnysien chooses to mutilate Matholwych's horses. This is the first sign that the story won't end happily.
- Bendigeidfran is another obvious example.
- Long List: In How Culhwch Won Olwen.
- Magic Knight: Gwydion from the Fourth Branch and Menw from Culhwch ac Olwen.
- Meaningful Name: The names of Bendigeidfran's brothers, the loving Nysien and the wrathful Efnysien, mean respectively "friendly one" and "hostile/enemy one". To highlight their differences, "Efnysien" also means "not Nysien". 'Nysien' literally means 'Peace', making their names 'Peace' and 'Not-Peace'.
- Mister Seahorse: Gwydion and Gilfaethwy (two men), are successively turned into a stag and a hind, a boar and a sow, and a pair of wolves. They are in these forms long enough to bear a son from each transformation. After the brothers are turned back into redeemed humans, their animal offspring are then turned into humans and baptized.
- Name's the Same: Bran the Blessed = Brian Blessed.
- Nigh Invulnerability: Lleu.
- No Man of Woman Born: Lleu Llaw Gyffes from the fourth branch's entire life, more or less. His mother, Arianrhod, curses him so that he can't be named or receive arms, until she does it, and that he can't have a wife of any race that walks the earth. At this point, his uncle Gwydion tricks her into naming and arming him, and creates a wife out of flowers for him. His death can only occur while he is neither inside nor outside a house, neither on foot nor on a horse, neither clothed nor naked, neither by day nor by night and with no weapon lawfully made. He ends up being impaled in a failed attempt on his life by his wife's lover Gronw Pebl while standing clothed in a net, with one foot in a bath and another on a goat, in a thatched, wall-less bathhouse at dusk. The spear used was forged every Sunday for a year. He eventually gets his revenge on Gronw. This seems such an extreme, exagerated version of the trope that you wander if this is a very early version of parody.
- Our Giants Are Bigger: Bran.
- Redemption Equals Death: Efnisien, the catalyst for the entire war sacrifices himself to clinch victory for the British.
- Rule of Three: Triads, a narrative device in Welsh lore that linked stories together. For example, Branwen is "yn tryded prif riei", one of the Three Main Parents, the other two being Rhiannon and Aranrhod.
- Smart Guy: Manawydan.
- Sociopathic Hero: Efnisien is psychotic, warped, and cruel, but he does ultimately save the Welsh.
- One adaptation does this so that Efnisien has a My God, What Have I Done? moment right after Nissyen dies, and claims "that was the first time... [he] accepted responsibility for anything that went amiss." Apparently Nissyen was the embodiment of his conscience and compassion.
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Ysbaddaden, the brutal giant chief is, to be honest, not much of a looker. His daughter, Olwen, on the other hand...
- Stepford Smiler: Blodeuwedd. A beautiful woman who never talks back, is always happy, and never says anything out of line... and she attempts to murder her first husband because she wants to marry someone else.
- Villain Protagonist: The first act of the fourth branch, arguably. Gwydion, the story's hero, is a monster. He starts a horrific war with the south (which leads to the deaths of hundreds of warriors, including King Pryderi of Dyfed) as a way of distracting his uncle so he doesn't notice him raping a young woman. He is punished epically for his crimes.
And thus ends here this Branch of the Mabinogion.[3]
- ↑ And they took the flowers of the oak, and the flowers of the broom, and the flowers of the meadowsweet, and from those they conjured up the fairest and most beautiful maiden anyone had ever seen. And they baptized her in the way that they did at that time, and named her Blodeuedd.
- ↑ roughly translated, cantref means province or district
- ↑ Which will in subsequent branches be called the Mabinogi


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When you start a new psoriasis treatment, it can be tough to know what to expect. How long before it starts to work? How much improvement can you hope to see? At what point should you try something new? To help answer these questions, NPF issued a clear set of treatment goals for everyone with psoriasis and their health care providers called "Treat to Target." The recommendations were published in November 2016 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Q: What is "Treat to Target"?
These are the first psoriasis treatment targets to be published in the United States. The purpose of these targets is to set goals and a new standard of care for those who have psoriasis. While these were the first treatment targets in the U.S. in dermatology, they are by no means the first treatment targets in the U.S. for other diseases. Many people are aware of targets that exist to monitor things like blood pressure and diabetes. The goal of these treatment targets is to help patients and their providers to make treatment decisions, reduce disease burden and improve the ultimate health outcomes for that patient.
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Q: What are the targets?
The preferred tool to measure the target for psoriasis is body surface area (BSA). When it comes to timing, the consensus among the experts is that patients should be evaluated three months after starting a medication. What we hope to see is a BSA of less than 1 percent (roughly equal to the surface of your palm). But we're aware that some medications work a little faster and some a little slower. Now, it's also acceptable if, after three months, a patient's BSA is less than 3 percent (three palms), or if the patient's BSA has improved by 75 percent.
The reason there's this type of "and/or" approach is that when a patient's psoriasis is very extensive, getting to 1 percent or less might be a little bit harder than for somebody whose disease, while still severe, might be very much less than that first patient. Then at the six-month visit, everybody should be at 1 percent body surface area or less.
(Editor's note: If you are not meeting treatment targets, do not get discouraged. Talk to your health care provider about your treatment options. You may decide with your provider to change your dose, add a treatment, or switch to a new treatment. Remember, there are many treatment options for psoriasis. Keep working with your doctor to find the one that will help you hit your target.)
Q: My psoriasis has progressed to the point that I am now considering a biologic. What is the safest one, and can you comment on the newer medications?
I tell my patients that the safest medication is the one that you as an individual patient tolerate well. If you're thinking about a biologic because your disease is severe, then the risks of the medication get interpreted through that lens. I don't think any of us who have a dime-sized amount of psoriasis only on their elbow would be thinking about an oral or biologic medication. But I think all the biologic medications in general are very well-tolerated and most of my patients do extremely well with them.
With all of them, we worry about the risk of infection. There are lots of others that show up in the package insert that occur very uncommonly, but the main risk that I think patients need to be thinking about is the risk of infection. We believe — for psoriasis patients — the risk tends to be fairly small. I think all of these biologic medications are quite safe, they just have slightly different safety risks. So I think the risks of each of these medications have to be interpreted in terms of you as a unique individual, along with the medical problems you may or may not have. That is critical for your provider to be thinking through as they make choices about what medication is truly the safest in your unique situation.
(Editor's note: It is important to discuss the benefits and the risks associated with any treatment plan with your health care provider.)
Abby Van Voorhees, M.D., is chair of dermatology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. She is also the chair of NPF's Medical Board and was one of the lead authors of the Treat to Target paper published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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hi, im trying to create a java program for a assignment, in which i need four windows with buttons along the top that say, main page, client, residential and commercial, when you click one of the buttons it goes to said window, and inside i need to have panels with panels.
this is my main concern, i cant seem to figure out how to have multiple panels in one window. i need to make it so client, has a client information panel, a search panel and a results panel.
if anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated.
this is the basic code i have so far
package Assignment2;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
* Author: John Stuby
public class clientWindow
private JTextField textTF;
public JPanel createClientWindow()
JPanel clientPanel = new JPanel();
JLabel clientLabel = new JLabel("Client Management Screen",SwingConstants.CENTER);
clientLabel.setFont(new Font("Copperplate Gothic Bold",Font.BOLD,38));
return clientPanel; //returns the clientPanels
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first you'll have to create a main panel separatedly and add subpanels to it and then add subpanels to the main panel. then add the main panel to the frame )
JFrame frame=new JFrame();
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ok, thanks, that helps a lot. :)
Please go to the top of this page and click Thread Tools, and then in the drop-down Menu click Mark This Thread As Solved so no one else comes here thinking there is still a problem.Tell me if you want a cool Java logo avatar like mine and I'll make you one.
The tutorials that will likely help you the most is the Sun Swing layout manager tutorial set. If you go through it and study the sample programs, you'll find arranging multiple JPanels to be a breeze. One caveat: most newbies to layouts either use the null layout and try to place components by absolute positioning or use one of the most complex layout managers, the GridBagLayout. I suggest that you not do either that you study the FlowLayout, BorderLayout, GridLayout, and BoxLayout in that order and that you nest JPanels each one using its own layout. Also look at the CardLayout which lets you easily swap JPanels or other JComponents.
Come on back if this doesn't make sense or if you try to use these but run into a snag.
Link: Laying Out Components Within A Container


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Fall 2017 Ready-to-WearPaul Smith
Backstage at the École des Beaux-Artes—as fitting a venue for a Paul Smith show as one can imagine—the designer looped his finger into the waist of his emerald-silk-lined red-on-green-check suit and explained this was a simultaneous going back and forward. Many of the fabrics in this, Smith's first co-ed show, were similar to those he used at his first ever—held in a hotel room here in Paris in 1976. "Back then, though, the fabrics would have been twice the weight of what they are today," Smith said.
Tailoring for both men and women took center stage. The women's jackets were hemmed lower and cut wider, and were a touch lusher in their crisscross or feather-embossed jacquards than the men's, but only a touch. On occasion, this veteran (whose first-ever shop was called Vetements de Paul Smith) added a collared track pant, or a soft shearling, or a rainbow grosgrain parka to the mix to present a contextual relevance. The women's looks included feather and paisley print silks, plus silk shorts cut low over check pants cut high. The animals that frolicked here and there were culled from a well-thumbed 19th-century tome, The Instructive Picture Book, that presented exotic animals to closeted Britons. Pad stitched jackets—"to allow the curl of the lapel"—were among the tricks in this show Smith said he'd first learned at night school and from his Royal College-educated wife, muse, and constantly credited beloved, Pauline.


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We all remember that time in our childhoods when we stayed up watching classic, English-dubbed anime movies (on VHS!) from Studio Ghibli, such as "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) and "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988) … and to our parent's irritation, usually over and over again for weeks on end.
Years later, of course, we connected the dots and learned that one of our favorite films in particular, "Spirited Away" (2001), was in fact something of an elaborate metaphor and social commentary on the child brothels of Japan, but that's another story. Actually, we've created an extensively detailed infographic to illustrate how we think you should feel about this, in case you're interested.
In any case, we still love a good dose of nostalgia. We're very excited to remind all of our fellow Studio Ghibli movie fans that the Berkeley California Theatre's Ghibli marathon has been extended another week! The theater will continue these one-time reruns of classic Ghibli films only until the first week of October, so take advantage of the pre-midterm lull while you still can.
Here are the new showtimes: read more »
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sabato 30 marzo 2013
Easter in Zoomarine Waterpark
Opens the Zoomarine at Easter 30 to 31 March and 1 April.
The waterpark most important Torvajanica the sea of Rome
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mercoledì 20 marzo 2013
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Castel Romano
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Castel Romano is ready the 11th April to opening 43 new shops. We are going to shopping in this famous Rome fashion Outlet. Book now your Rome accommodation just near by the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Castel Romano www.girasolereale.com
sabato 9 marzo 2013
Ostia Rome beach and Torvajanica beach trip
Today is a beautiful spring day. We decide to make a trip to the beach in a fifteen minutes you are on the beach with the blue sea and the strong smell of the saltiness. Small restaurants trattorie spartans in Capocotta to seduce you with the first pasta with clams (pasta con vongole) sitting in the sun outside facing the sea. A great escape from the Rome city escape from the daily routine we are finally in the spring
Torvajanica and Ostia Rome beach back to life. Do you like to rent a Rome beach apartment? Ask our Girasolereale vacation rentals.


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Ombuds Office for Animal Protection of the City of Vienna - Tierschutzombudsstelle Wien (TOW)
- We represent the interests of animals as an independent body of the Province of Vienna that is not subject to directions.
- We advocate the responsible treatment of animals. Nobody may inflict unjustified pain, suffering or injury on an animal or cause intense fear to an animal.
- We have locus standi in all legal procedures concerning animal rights, ensuring that animals are treated and kept according to their needs and appropriate to their species. We also ensure the welfare of animals at events and in TV and film productions.
- We seek to raise awareness for animal welfare among the general public and especially among children and young people.
- We encourage the promotion of scientific research in the area of animal welfare and call for faster and better action based on the research results, incorporating them into practical animal protection measures.
- We represent the Province of Vienna in the Animal Protection Council. This council of experts has, among others, the following duties: to advise the legislature regarding animal protection issues, to develop guidelines for the uniform enforcement of the Animal Protection Act in all federal provinces, and to monitor its enforcement.
- We evaluate draft laws and regulations from an animal welfare viewpoint.
- We report to the Vienna Provincial Government with an annual activity report.
- We offer a forum for anyone interested in animal welfare to participate in improving the situation for animals, our fellow creatures.
Our priorities:
- As an independent animal welfare organisation recognised by both the political and administrative authorities and by the citizens of Vienna, we see it as our task to mediate when problems arise and find solutions that assure the responsible and appropriate treatment of animals.
- One of our main concerns is the promotion of animal-friendly consumer behaviour. In constant dialogue with experts, producers and distributors we therefore provide objective information on animal welfare friendly products.
- We consider ourselves a service centre providing information and documentation on the current state of legislation, jurisprudence and the enforcement of the Austrian Animal Protection Act and other regulations relating to animal welfare and animal husbandry.
- We offer cooperation to all organisations and institutions concerned with animal welfare.
- We prepare basic information and concepts to support political decision-makers and the departments and offices of the Vienna City Administration in making informed decisions. We also provide recommendations based on these materials.
- We cooperate with institutions concerned with animal welfare within the city administration and with external organisations. Together we can promote animal welfare better and create the best possible synergies.
- We also monitor the development of animal welfare legislation in the European Union. By building and participating in (international) networks we lobby for the interests of animals.
- We are continuously striving to improve our management and to critically review our activities.
The team:
- DI Eva-Maria Persy, MBA, MSc - Ombudsperson for Animal Protection
- Mag. Dr. Niklas Hintermayr, Expert und deputy
- Dr. Christian Fellner - Expert and deputy Ombudsperson for Animal Protection
- Mag. Maria Feldgrill - Expert
- Dipl. Jour. Indra Kley - Strategic communication and PR
- Petra Pfeiffer - Team assistant
- Martina Koppensteiner - Team assistant
Contact details:
Tierschutzombudsstelle Wien (TOW)
Ombuds Office for Animal Protection of the City of Vienna
Muthgasse 62, A-1190 Vienna
phone (+431) 318 00 76-75079
fax (+431) 318 00 76-75077