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Robust and dependable, two words that define this everyday usable device. Tasks like encryption, decryption and processing are no big deal with VX520. It supports alternative payments owing to Integrated Near Field Communications (NFC) feature. More over, this revolutionary equipment is also known for supporting loyalty and gift card acceptance. VX520 comes with a complete range of connectivity options - dial to dial plus Ethernet. Its optional battery lets you take it anywhere.
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A space-saving credit card terminal, this one is easy to install and use. It supports external PCI PED approved PIN Pad. Designed with intuitive ATM-style interface, it offers wide backlit display that has ergonomic keys to reduce the errors. Keeping wait times to minimal, VX510 also includes a high-speed printer. In other words, processing customer turns quick and effortless. Other than these incredible features, the product supports additional features, such as imaging electronic bank debit, reading electronic bank debit and contactless payments.
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Contact form for Blogger users by Formspring
Blogger is the most powerful blog provided by Goolge. Everything is ok, Blogger supports so many useful tools for you to publish your blog, but you know, Blogger did not provide the form in your blog that vistors can contact you. When you run your blog, just for fun or for living, you should know that you need to receive suggestions from your visitors to help you build blog better. So now, you don need to wait for Blogger supports this. I found you a useful tool to create your own nice contact form with FormSpring.
1. Register your own account in FormSpring
For contact form, you just need to register your account with Free Plan. If you want visitors send you a file, you need to upgrade your account to Personal Plan and above.
Follow this link to register with FormSpring. This form for register is easy to done and you dont need to provide so many informations. When your account was created, you need to active your account by validating your register's email. Just do it.
2. Create your form.
Because FormSpring allow users create form by drag and drop, creating form is easy to do. In your fee account it allow you to create your own form contains: TextField, TextArea, Select List, CheckBox, RadioButton. Specially, FormSpring provide you Email Field with auto validate email inputed and the Day/Time select. Bu i think, when you attach this form into your blog, you should hidden this Day/Time field and the value is current day.
The CAPTCHA feature is not supported in Free Account, just upgrade your account if you want to prevent spam from visitors.
In the Setting tab, you can choose style for your form in General section, with free account, you dont have access features: Confirmation users email when submitted, CAPTCHA, Payment Integration. But you can collect all datas from users submitted into database of FormSpring's account for management.
3. Integration FormSpring form into your Blogger layout:
Click on the Use tab, you will see some ways to integration your form into Blogger layout
- URL Link: To link to the form from another web page or to send the form via email.
- Javascript: To embed the form in an HTML page, jut copy and paste the code.
- HTML: Use the form with full HTML.
- Form Forwarding: Using default value of form and customize the form yourself.
And now, you have to choices when integrate FormSpring with your Blogger.
URL Link: Just create one link in your Blogger layout and when users click this link, they will be transfered to your form in FormSpring website.
Embed code into your blog: You know, you can not create your own page in Blogger, you just only allowed to create blog entry. But this is enough, now, create one entry, the title is up to you(such as: "Contact me", "Feedback" …) and the content, dont enter anything, you need to work in Edit HTML tab, embed this form by Javascript like me here or use Form Forwarding and customize stysheet yourself. With javascript embeding, you dont need to do anything, just copy javascript code of your form and paste it into your entry, and everytime you change style or structure of the form in FormSpring, the form in your entry will be automatically changed (i like it :D). The Form Forwarding is greate for you if you want to customize the code, css blend with your website color, if your content background color is White, i think just Javascript embeding is ok.
Publish your entry now, and you will see the result. The form is great, and now, visitors can send you feedback, contact you….
4. Problems when Integration FormSpring with your Blogger.
Doubling the title of form:
When you embeded the code into your blog entry, what will happen? You will see that it have two title: one is your blog entry title, and one is your form heading, it makes your form is not professionally, right?
OK, log in to your FormSpring, select the form your want to edit, remove the heading of form by leave the heading blank. And now, you fixed it.
The form is terrible with the google ad in your blog entry:
You display the google code in your each blog entry at the top post body? And when you publish this form, it is an entry, so that it will display the google adsense code, too. Remove it by css now, at first, your need to change some thing in your Blogger Layout.
Check the check box "Expand Widget Templates" to display all layout content. Find the google adsense code:
<data:adEnd/> <data:adCode/> <data:adStart/>
replace with
<div class='ads'> <data:adEnd/> <data:adCode/> <data:adStart/> </div>
Add this code to your body tag
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == "URL of your contact form"'> <style> .ads {display: none;} </style> </b:if>
And now, blogger layout will know that, when the visitors access to this form page, It will now display the Google Adsense code.
If you have any problem when adding FormSpring into your Blogger, just leave the message here, nice to help you all build a great Blogger.

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Sounds like he's going to be very prepared to listen to whatever you want to say to him tomorrow. At least he 'gets' that you're really upset, and my guess is he'll want to remedy his part in that. No T wants their clients to be more upset after having a session. I imagine by help him understand he just means to talk about it with him. I don't think you have to have any brilliant insights, although he'd probably welcome them. I bet he'll be willing to listen to any anger as well. And he's not going to leave you -- he said he likes you!
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WACC, or Weighted Average Cost of Capital, is a financial metric used to measure the cost of capital to a firm. It is most usually used to provide a discount rate for a financed project, because the cost of financing the capital is a fairly logical price tag to put on the investment. WACC is used to determine the discount rate used in a DCF valuation model.
The two main sources a company has to raise money are equity and debt. WACC is the average of the costs of these two sources of finance, and gives each one the appropriate weighting.
Using a weighted average cost of capital allows the firm to calculate the exact cost of financing any project.
WACC Formula
The formula for how to calculate WACC may seem complicated but in reality is fairly simple:
- (Percentage of finance that is equity x Cost of Equity) + (Percentage of finance that is debt x Cost of Debt) x (1 - Tax Rate)
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Tonight just focusing on the S&P 500.
First a little about me. I don't 'trade' the equity indexes so to speak, but I watch and chart it to try to stay on the right side of the market in my 401k. So typically and hopefully I don't end up doing too much, too often. I'm also limited to only "rebalancing" my portfolio as of the market close, so there is no fancy timing intraday, etc. In anticipation of this inverse head and shoulders pattern I thought may play out, I did a little "timing" and rolled into the Bond fund 3 days ago when we started making lower lows on the daily candle shadows. Decent couple of days in the bond fund.
Here, I rolled back into the S&P index fund EOD, but I want to warn I may very well be early. I do that more than I'd like, but luckily Bull Markets make even idiots look good ;). Looking at the chart, you see that the left shoulder of my as of yet theoretical iHS was 46 points peak to trough, and this rightie is now 41.3 points peak to trough. It could head down to the orange line even from here and still be OK in my book. A break of the orange line and I'd be looking for the purple line to hold. a break of the purple line would be, for me, a Stop Out and I would flop out to the bond fund or even cash in my 401k.
As of now, without breaking below last week's low we'll produce an inside weekly candle, which in a strong trend is a continuation pattern.
Couple comments on stocks we've charted past few days:
BTU - broke decisively below the previous lows, could certainly head down to the 52 week low at 14.35 area, and I'll watch it very carefully there.
ONVO - held above the neckline.
EXAS - broke the mini ascending wedge. Oh well TA on this stock is for the birds. Love the management, the product, the clinical trial data, and the possibilities ;)
Have a good night folks.


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Does your stove clank around in your rucksack? Or does that second cup of coffee get cold in the pot?
Well no more! Crocheting and felting wool is an easy way to make a cover for your coffee/tea pot. It not only prevents excess noise but keeps your brew warm. While you're at it, make a pot bottom as well.
You need four different stitches: a chain stitch, hidden stitch, a solid stitch and a half stitch. The last one isn't totally necessary and can be replaced with a solid stitch.
If you don't remember how to crochet, see this helpful link.
Our trek stove is a cheap knock-off with a wind shield, two kettles, a pan and a tea pot. These instructions are adaptable for all sorts of stoves and pots, though.
What you need for the tea cozy and bottom:
- felt wool thread 100g
- crochet hook no. 6
You also need marseille soap or soft soap (regular soap should suffice for the felting) bubble wrap (not mandatory) and a washing machine if you want to do the felting in it.
I did both by hand.
How to make the tea cozy:
1st layer: Crochet 6 chain stitches and combine as a loop with a hidden stitch.
2nd layer: Make one chain stitch to move to the next layer. Crochet 12 solid stitches in the loop. End the layer by making a hidden stitch in the chain stitch.
3rd layer: Make


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A new generation of security bars, which combine their physical thickness to in-built alarm sensors.
In spite of their thickness, traditional security bars on windows, air vents, automatic dispensers, etc. can be removed by burglars, and the security of people and objects is no longer guaranteed.
These security bars are specially produced with built-in sensors, which detect if the bars are cut, bent or torn off, generating an alarm. The sensors have a relay output which can be connected to any alarm panel.
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Lymphedema is a highly under-diagnosed condition that affects the lymphatic vessels. If you have had a mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiation treatment, lymph node removal, surgeries, infections or trauma to the limbs, you may be at risk for developing lymphedema.
Your doctor can best evaluate the cause of any post-surgical swelling. If you are diagnosed with lymphedema, we recommend seeing a trained MLD therapist or doctor specializing in lymphedema. Your doctor will determine what is best for your specific treatment - which may include elevation/exercise, day and/or night time compression garments and/or a lymphedema pump. Our fitters are highly trained to measure and instruct you on how to wear and use all of these products.
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text: Healthy Food Healthy Living Weight Loss Weight Loss By Holly / January 11, 2016 425 shares Pin425 Share0Aloe vera is popularly known as a skin revitalizer. It helps the skin to heal faster and look better than ever. What most people do not know, however, is that aloe vera also aids in weight loss. A lot of people have already experienced the fat eliminating effect of aloe vera juice. This guide will tell you exactly how it can help you shed the unwanted inches as fast as possible.Benefits of Aloe Vera Juice source: www.stylecraze.com/Aloe vera has been known for its unique healing properties for centuries. Aside from faster skin healing, aloe vera also aids in digestion, discomfort, weight loss, and immune syste. It can also be used as part of a natural detox diet. 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November 16th, 2016
Faith Pressley
Critique of the week
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
This story is about a high school freshman named Charlie who has been very emotionally unstable since his life was turned upside down as a child and has him mentally scarred. Charlie starts high school with no friends, and soon meets a boy in his shop class named Patrick, who is a senior.
Charlie later becomes friends with Patrick, Sam, and their friends. The whole group were seniors, which is very unfortunate for Charlie in the end. Charlie messes up with one of his friends which turns the whole group against him. Charlie gets extremely depressed again like he was toward the beginning of his freshman year. He does an extremely courageous thing to help Patrick out and wins all of his friends back, only a few weeks before their graduation. After the graduation and all of Charlie's friends have gone away to college, he has a mental breakdown over the situation the had happened when he was younger. Charlie tries to kill himself over these situations that have occurred over the years, and ends up in the hospital for several weeks due to everything that was going on during these hard times.
Charlie's friends Patrick and Sam come back after having a few months of college over with. They spend a little time with Charlie to make sure he is okay before having to go back to college.
My thoughts are that it is an amazing story, and it perfect perfectly describes all sorts of mental illnesses. This is actually my favorite movie and my favorite book, and I've watched the movie so many times, that I can quote a lot of the scenes. This film means a lot to me and I love it so much. I totally recommend it to anyone who is interested in real life experiences and journal style films and books.


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OpenGL in Haskell: GLFW-b Boilerplate
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Haskell is turning out to be a great match for OpenGL. Since we can offload a lot of the rendering to shader code, we can use mostly pure Haskell functions to update the game or simulation in response to user input. Over a few blog posts, I'm going to outline how I've been using OpenGL in Haskell.
First, to use OpenGL we need a way to open a window, get a context, and respond to user input. There are several different cross-platform libraries to do this, but for simple projects I prefer GLFW. The Haskell package GLFW-b has bindings for GLFW and exposes a more Haskellish API than the regular GLFW package.
This is some boilerplate code for setting up GLFW-b and running a main loop. It will open a window and draw a rotating square. There are inline comments explaining what is going on, but here is a summary of the main points.
- GLFW-b lets us run our own main loop instead of requiring us to use callbacks like GLUT. However, there are still callbacks available for some things. The only one we'll use is the window resize callback. We'll use this to set the projection matrix and viewport when the window changes size.
- The rough procedure for using GLFW-b is
- Call initialize
- Call openWindow with our window options. Start with defaultDisplayOptions and set what we care about. Remember to set num*Bits if you want color.
- Set the window size callback with setWindowSizeCallback
- Run our loop, calling swapBuffers after every frame
- Call closeWindow
- Call terminate
- We can use
finallyto make sure that GLFW-b is terminated properly no matter how our main loop exits.
- Calling swapBuffers polls for input, so inside our main loop we can
use the GLFW-b input functions like
keyIsPressed. We'll also check
windowIsOpento exit the main loop when the window closes.
import Control.Exception
import Control.Monad
import qualified Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL as GL
import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL (($=))
import qualified Graphics.UI.GLFW as GLFW
import Prelude hiding (catch)
main = do
-- initialize has to come first. If it doesn't return True,
-- this crashes with a pattern match error.
True <- GLFW.initialize
-- Set the RGB bits to get a color window.
-- See the GLFW-b docs for all the options
True <- GLFW.openWindow GLFW.defaultDisplayOptions
{ GLFW.displayOptions_numRedBits = 8
, GLFW.displayOptions_numGreenBits = 8
, GLFW.displayOptions_numBlueBits = 8
, GLFW.displayOptions_numDepthBits = 1
, GLFW.displayOptions_width = 640
, GLFW.displayOptions_height = 480
GLFW.setWindowSizeCallback $ resize
-- Use `$=` for assigning to GL values, `get` to read them.
-- These functions basically hide IORefs.
GL.depthFunc $= Just GL.Less
-- Use `finally` so that `quit` is called whether or
-- not `mainLoop` throws an exception
finally mainLoop quit
-- | Resize the viewport and set the projection matrix
resize w h = do
-- These are all analogous to the standard OpenGL functions
GL.viewport $= (GL.Position 0 0, GL.Size (fromIntegral w) (fromIntegral h))
GL.matrixMode $= GL.Projection
GL.perspective 45 (fromIntegral w / fromIntegral h) 1 100
GL.matrixMode $= GL.Modelview 0
-- | Close the window and terminate GLFW
quit = GLFW.closeWindow >> GLFW.terminate
-- | This will print and clear the OpenGL errors
printErrors = GL.get GL.errors >>= mapM_ print
-- | Draw the window and handle input
mainLoop = do
now <- GLFW.getTime
draw now
-- Input is polled each time swapBuffers is called
esc <- GLFW.keyIsPressed GLFW.KeyEsc
isClosed <- fmap not GLFW.windowIsOpen
unless (esc || isClosed) $ do
-- Sleep for the rest of the frame
frameLeft <- fmap (spf + now -) GLFW.getTime
when (frameLeft > 0) $
threadDelay (truncate $ 1000000 * frameLeft)
-- maximum frame rate
fps = 60
spf = recip fps
-- | Draw a frame
draw :: Double -> IO ()
draw t = do
-- Again, the functions in GL almost all map to standard OpenGL functions
GL.clear [GL.ColorBuffer, GL.DepthBuffer]
GL.translate $ GL.Vector3 0 0 (-50 :: GL.GLfloat)
GL.scale 10 10 (1 :: GL.GLfloat)
GL.rotate theta axis
-- renderPrimitive wraps the supplied action with glBegin and glEnd.
-- We'll stop using this when we switch to shaders and vertex buffers.
GL.renderPrimitive GL.Quads $
-- Draw a unit square centered on the origin
forM_ [(0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1)] $ \(x, y) ->
-- Note that we have to explicitly type Vertex* and Vector*, because
-- they are polymorphic in number field.
let vtx = GL.Vertex3 (x - 0.5) (y - 0.5) 0 :: GL.Vertex3 GL.GLfloat
in GL.vertex vtx
-- GL.rotate takes the angle in degrees, not radians
theta = realToFrac t * 360
axis = GL.Vector3 0 1 0 :: GL.Vector3 GL.GLfloat


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In 2011 Lights released her second studio album, Siberia which was a very dirty and dark electronic influenced record with some great tracks that were produced by Tawgs Salter and Canadian electronic band Holy Fuck. In summer of 2012 Lights announced via twitter that she was re-recording and re-arranging songs from Siberia. Now we have the finished product and we are impressed.
The re-recording features 10 tracks and includes contributions from Coeur de Pirate, Owl City and Max Kerman from Arkells. The songs on the album have been tastefully re-arranged and feature great performances by Lights who sounds excellent vocally. Some songs feature great string arrangements while others feature a more atmospheric vibe, but Lights and her acoustic guitar are ever-present.
Key tracks on the collection are "Banner" which is the first track on Siberia Acoustic. Honestly this song lyrically works better in this type of acoustic arrangement especially because of the potency of the lyrics. Another key track is my favorite from the original, "Toes." The new arrangement of "Toes" definitely catches the listener's attention with the very down-trodden arpeggiated notes that leads into a nicely strummed chorus. But vocally is where the track really catches your attention especially during the chorus section. "And Counting…" is my favorite track though. Its haunting piano part mixed with Lights' spectacular vocals is just a winning combination.
Siberia Acoustic is a great album which stands next to the original work, Siberia, and makes its own unique statement.
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15-yr-old Dawood Ibrahim oversleeps due to faulty alarm; escapes Peshawar school attack
A faulty alarm clock has saved the life of a 15-year-old boy who failed to wake up in time for school, becoming the only student in class IX of the army-run school where Taliban suicide bombers massacred 148 people, mostly children
Peshawar: A faulty alarm clock has saved the life of a 15-year-old boy who failed to wake up in time for school, becoming the only student in class IX of the army-run school where Taliban suicide bombers massacred 148 people, mostly children.
Dawood Ibrahim had attended a marriage function with other members of his family on Monday night and his alarm did not ring next morning. He could not wake up on time and had to skip school, The Express Tribune reported.
The shocking incident has rendered him speechless and he is showing no emotion after six of his close friends died in the blood bath.
Pakistan media shoot footage of the bloodied floor at an army-run school a day after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar on Wednesday. Pakistan began three days of mourning on December 17 for the 132 schoolchildren and nine staff killed by the Taliban in the country's deadliest ever terror attack as the world united in a chorus of revulsion. Pic/AFP
"Dawood isn't talking to anyone, he isn't talking at all. He is in the judo team and is a tough child but he is showing no emotion at all right now. He just attended funerals the entire day. No one from his class survived; every single one of them was killed," his elder brother Sufyan Ibrahim was quoted as saying by the paper. Sufyan said Dawood had attended a wedding last night and he overslept.
The silence of an alarm clock saved a life and the silence of Dawood now needs to wake up many, Pakistan Judo Federation
said on the plight of the child.
The attack on Army Public School on Warsak Road yesterday was the most gruesome militant assault in Pakistan's history, bringing international condemnation and outrage.
Military spokesperson Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said that some adults died in the hospital today, taking the overall toll to 148.
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Court Ruling Allows Julian Price House to be Used as Tourist Home
On Thursday, November 14, Superior Court Judge Eric Morgan ruled that the Greensboro Zoning Commission should issue a Special Use Permit to the owners of the historic Julian Price House, 301 Fisher Park Circle, to operate the house as a bed and breakfast. The ruling overturned the commission's May 20 permit denial, which then resulted in the house's owners filing an appeal in Superior Court.
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Oh, Bruce. Such a way with words.
Anyway, most of you will know that I'm a bit of a Springsteen fan. Musically and ahem, for his spritely good looks. I mean, he's 63. If Chris ( and me for that matter) look as good as he does at 63 I'll be a happy lady.
We recently went to see Springsteen and I at the cinema, and if you're a Bruce fan I'd really recommend it. It was shown with some footage from the Hyde Park gig in 2012, which was really good for us to see as we were there, but don't quite remember it. I blame the pints of G&T. ( Stay classy, Sheffielders) And it kind of reminded me just how good looking young Bruce is. Cue much googling. And I think I just had to share. And seeing that other people on instagram (@loulough80) shared my admiration for 1970s Bruce, I thought I'd pay a bit of a homage. And I really shouldn't admit that I have an album on my camera roll called 'The Boss', should I? Ooops. Oh well.


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Tēnā koutou, talofa lava, malo o lelei and welcome back to the latest pānui (round-up) for edSpace, May 2019.
We've got some exciting stories to roll out around CORE's Ten Trends and we are building up to uLearn19 October, 2019 with a series of posts that profile a mixture of keynotes, spotlights and breakout presenters. Also check out other professional learning opportunities on offer for yourselves as well as your students.
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Ten Trends 2019: Influencers, themes and categories explained: One way of ensuring we're able to face this exponential change with more confidence, is to understand what some of these changes might be ahead of when they emerge. Every year CORE publishes the emerging trends as 'sign posts' so we can become more informed and equipped to adopt and embrace these trends in education.
Ten Trend: Real-time reporting: Real-time reporting is one of global trends profiled in CORE's latest Ten Trends 2019. In this discussion, we profile how two schools are addressing this trend so they can provide parents and whānau with a more timely, accurate picture of their child's real-time performance. Is your school challenging the 6 monthly reporting model? We'd love to hear more. Also see: How are you using Seesaw in your school?
20 questions - a computational thinking approach? In this example, Anne Robertson offers a strategy for weaving Computational Thinking authentically into an integrated study on famous New Zealanders. Any other examples or ideas for integrating Computational Thinking - ether plugged or unplugged? We'd love to hear more.
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Reduce Change to Increase Improvement: Lynne Silcock summarises her current favourite read from Vivienne Robinson (2017) reframing change to improvement and strongly recommends it to anyone involved in change leadership. Anything more to add or any other readings to recommend to our learning community?
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Auahatanga Innovation: As young people around the world begin to mobilise in response to the growing concerns they have about the problems they see looming on the horizon, we need to think about how we prepare this generation of learners, through developing an innovator's mindset, so that they become the solution builders. We invite you to share how we can intentionally teach in ways that promote creativity, innovation, wonder, joy, and a passion for learning.
Whakatōhenehene | Disruption: Imagine the impact of an education system, which genuinely reflects the needs of those it serves. When all learners, educators, whānau and community are empowered to be disruptors in our education system, we will witness disruptive changes which move beyond doing the same things in better ways, to being presented with new ways of reaching our evolving goals. How might you help to activate disruption?
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Archive for November 30th, 2012
It's happy Friday, and what sport would you like to do in your weekend?
How about go to swim? Today, I would like to show you top ten amazing swimming pools. Hope you can enjoy your sporting life.
No.1 Joule hotel
Joule hotel in Dallas. The pool extends beyond the building, out over the sidewalk above the 1500 block of Main Street!
No.2 Nemo 33
Nemo 33 is the deepest indoor swimming pool in the world. The portal is located in Brussels, Belgium. Its maximum depth is 34.5 metres (113 ft).
No.3 Shaw House
Shaw House by Patkau Architects. Check out this amazing transparent glass bottom pool. The Shaw house is located on a narrow waterfront property on the south shore of English Bay, Vancouver, Canada.
No.4 Hotel Caruso
Hotel Caruso, Italy. The sublime infinity swimming pool.
No.5 Chile's monster pool
The world's largest swimming pool. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.
No.6 Guitar Shaped Pool
Guitar Shaped Pool. This amazing swimming pool shaped like a guitaris designed and built by Canadian Aqua-Tech Company.
No.7 Ocean Dome
Ocean Dome – The biggest indoor swimming pool in the world. Located in Miyazaki, Japan. It's 300 meters long and 100 meters wide, and it's located 500 meter from the sea.
No.8 The Sarojin Luxury Khao lak Resort
The Sarojin Luxury Khao lak Resort. One of Thailand's finest boutique hotels.
No.9 Skypark Swimming Pool
Skypark Swimming Pool. The Marina Bay Sands in Singapore has recently offered a unique swimming pool in the world. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, this pool placed at 200 meters high above the three buildings of the hotel impresses by the view it offers with a rich decoration.
No.10 Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel
Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel, Bali a man-made attraction. The most striking of the hotel's design features is a large, multi-leveled infinity pool, with curves that are said to copy the shape and beauty of the hills nearby. Guests can swim at the edge and enjoy peaceful vistas of the ancient Pura Penataran Dalem Segara temple, located on the opposite hillside. Decks adorn the pool, offering visitors a chance to relax in the sun, while contemplating. Taking full advantage of the setting, the resort was built on wooden pillars among the steep rice fields of Ubud. This way, each of the 38 luxury private pool villas is perfectly integrated in this scenic environment.
(source: http://www.letmebeinspired.com/10-amazing-swimming-pools/)


text: Jimbo45 Posted September 30, 2004 My impatience is turning to full blown anger! I put $100 down on the "first" '05 450, at my dealer, back in July. I am glad to see others on here are getting their's and I am happy for you. But, it seems like all the others that were to get one from the first shipment, have already got them. Not me. My salesman just says "we were told the release date is Sept 27", and they have no idea when or if it is coming. And to add fuel to the fire, I called the 3 closest other dealers in the area, and ALL of them said they already have received and sold some!!! What gives? I am not necessarily saying that my dealer is pulling a fast one, I just don't know why they can't give a straight answer. The other dealers looked "online with Honda" and were able to tell me when their bikes were shipped and would arrive. I wonder why my dealer is unable to do that. I am really losing my patience. Anyone with any comments? 😢 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Ella's new 'thing' is playing dress-up and loves wearing tutus. I happen to think she looks adorable in them, so she wears them anytime she wants. She is sure growing up and changing so fast! I never imagined what it … Continue reading
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Happy three months to one of the happiest girls I know. I love waking up to your little voice on the monitor, cooing and talking to yourself. Each morning I walk in your room, you give me the biggest smiles … Continue reading
A Day to Remember – Scott + Natalie
I am now a proud sister-in-law to the beautiful Natalie and handsome Scott Patten. I may be a bit biased, but Ella was the cutest flower girl I've ever seen 🙂 Congrats to the happy couple!


text: I found out that Preferences.el is the place to put the lisp code below, but would it have been possible to do this using "Customize"? Thanks, David Romano On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, David Romano wrote: > I've managed to custonmize the reftex label alist so that C-c C-m \label > generates a label for theorem-like environments, but I can't get these labels > to be generated automatically by using C-c C-e to insert a theorem-like > environment. > > I've followed the "Theorem and Axiom" section of the RefTeX manual as closely > as possible, but I'm not sure how to alter the variable Latex Mode Hook as it > indicates: There the instructions are to change the .emacs file, but I would > rather use "Customize" and it's not clear to me how to translate the lisp > code correctly. > > The Latex Mode Hook section looks like this: > --- > Latex Mode Hook: Hide Value > INS DEL preview-mode-setup > INS DEL smart-dnd-latex > INS DEL #[nil "\300\301!\207" [TeX-fold-mode t] 2] > INS DEL LaTeX-install-toolbar > INS DEL turn-on-bib-cite > INS DEL turn-on-reftex > INS > State: EDITED, shown value does not take effect until you set or save it. > --- > > and pressing 'INS' only produces an empty text box. The (sample) lisp code > to be added to the .emacs file is: > > (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook > (lambda () > (LaTeX-add-environments > '("axiom" LaTeX-env-label) > '("theorem" LaTeX-env-label)))) > > and I've had no luck converting this into a single line of text to put in the > text box. Is there a way to do this? Or is altering the .emacs file the only > option? > > Thanks, > David Romano > > >


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A team of IIT students has come up with an ingenious self-cleaning surface that could bring an end to dusting.
Nandini Bhandaru of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and her teammates have invented a water and oil resistant "nano-structure" from which dirt and oil would just roll off on its own, ET reported.
In a country like India, where dust and dirt often tend to be oily and get stuck on surfaces easily, this surface could prove revolutionary in cleaning anything from hard-to-reach street lights to solar cell panel cells and glass windows in high-rise buildings, and the unsightly dust stuck on our touchscreen devices.
Bhandaru, who has won the Indian Science Congress Association's 'Young Scientist Award' in 'Engineering Science', said these nano-structure coatings alter the properties of dust and grime-attracting ordinary surfaces.
"Gravity is the most important force, but in the nano world this has no role. Hence it is easier to change properties completely at nano-scale," she said.
Bhandaru claims these "nano-structures" can be manufactured on a large scale for less than Rs 100 compared to Rs 30,000 to Rs 1 lakh of machine-made patterns.
The team has already patented these products and could seen be looking at industrial production of these surfaces, according to the report.


text: Contact Contact Bill East Name Email Address Message 6 + 12 = Submit For any publishing enquiries or questions about my books, please contact me. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com I value your opinion! To write a review of 'The Arbutus', 'Maddie Trinco' or 'Maddie And The King Of Paradise', please do so through Facebook or Amazon. As his life ebbed quickly away, his last thought was of the song 'She Moved Through The Fair'. Maddie Trinco, Prologue He smiled and remembered the good times as he forced the blade, with both hands, into his chest. Maddie And The King Of Paradise, Chapter 21 Bitterness doesn't help anything. Revenge may be sweet but it gets you into a lot of trouble without achieving very much. Maddie Trinco, Epilogue


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At Silver Oak Casino we have a long menu of exquisite slot machines for you to play. That's a fact! However, why play online slots? This is a valid question that many people ask themselves and I definitely support the legitimacy of this question. I mean, why move from the fun of playing at a casino? Or what extra value does playing online has?
Let's see if these reasons are good enough to answer your questions.
1. When you play slots online, your activity history gets recorded. This means that if you have an electrical shortage, you spill coffee over your computer or your kid re-starts your game, your history will be saved.
2. Most online casinos offer the most popular slot machines, but also they keep updating their sites with new games. But not only are there so many games, they are always there. At the tip of your fingers.
3. With no charge of money or no need to deposit, you can test drive slot games. You just download them into your computer and play ahead.
4. You will also receive casino bonuses when you play online slots. Some online casinos offer huge deposit and welcome bonuses which can earn you up to 300% or more when you fund your online casino account. When was the last time you were offered free money on money you spent in a land-based casino?
5. While playing slots online, you won't have the usual distractions of a land casino. No ladies waiting for you to finish playing and use your machine. You can concentrate and play in the silence of your room.
6. In the middle of a game, you can go to the bathroom, serve yourself a drink or grab a slice of pizza and your game will be waiting for you right here you left off.
7. Your spouse or roommate, as long as it's another adult, can also play online as well. It doesn't have to be a solitaire experience. In fact, I know many couples that play each in their computer and compete for best results.
8. Another advantage of playing in an online casino is the free casino games. Unlike any land-based casino we've heard of, most online casinos offer you the chance to play their range of games for free to see how they all work before you spend a single penny of your own cash.
9. You don't have to spend extra cash on gas, taxis or valet parking.
10. It's anonymous. People will never know if you are playing online or not.
These reasons are good enough, right? I continue to go to casinos, of course, but I do admit that coming home from work and playing my slots online always seem like the best way to relax once I'm home.


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The Calder race splinters into a few interesting storylines as teams are close to finishing the NHL's first quarter. I've been asked a lot about the Calder race, especially prior to the season and answer was always a single entity .. Clayton Keller.
Keller is writing a wonderful story early on his career and the Coyotes are loving it, topping rookies scoring with some early season drama to accompany his hot start.
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The Yotes rookie has scored 11 goals and 17 points entering Tuesday night's action (he didn't register any points against Pittsburgh). He's the 16th player in 30 years to pot 11 within their first 20 NHL games.
Keller turned pro immediately after completing only one year at Boston University and only two years removed from the USNTDP, becoming a clear Calder favorite on reputation prior to the season and performance over the first quarter. He's lighting up the NHL, despite the soft start for the Coyotes under different leadership behind the bench – and upgrades in personnel in the off season. Apparent when watching the diminutive winger blossoming out of the USNTDP, his scouting report from McKeen's Hockey lauded his creative side – with some defensive warts that could be helped to be coached out of him at the higher levels.
diminutive pivot at 5-10, 165 pounds, yet won over scouts with his skill and industry .. excellent skater, sharp and quick on his edges - and sporting exceptional agility - makes paralyzing cuts both ways .. tricky shooter and highly-creative playmaker with superb offensive vision - has a gift for creating space in tight areas .. besides adding strength/mass to a thin, wispy body, Keller must also develop his play away from the puck .. can be soft and easy to beat defensively - shows holes in his structure and awareness
Rookies and younger players are making their mark earlier than historically in their careers, a function of teams utilizing cheaper talent to keep salary cap hits in check, and accelerated development paths. Off season regimens include hockey schools, power skating classes and personal trainers, giving 18 – 20 year olds tools to make immediate impact in the NHL. A great example of younger players making an impact – see the 2016-17 version of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Winning the Calder isn't about the runaway start to the season. The competition is still very tight. Vancouver's Brock Boeser excellent start spices up the Calder race by producing at a better point rate than Keller by almost an entire point per 60 (4.03). The Canucks winger is producing more individual shot attempts per 60 (a team high 22.65 iCF60) with a slightly high PDO (the aggregate of on-ice shooting percentage and save percentage) on a team that wasn't supposed to be very competitive – data is as of prior to entering Tuesday's slate of games.
This is the list of rookie scoring broken into 5v5 (small sample size disclaimer). Ten of Keller's dozen points are primary, led by eight goals, with Adrian Kempe closely following suit – and close to points per 60 rate. I wouldn't expect Kempe to stay in the Calder conversation, especially when taking 5v4 results into consideration (see table below).
Also note, Keller's PDO is 96.47. Imagine how bad the on-ice save percentage must be for the Coyotes for this PDO to be so low, despite firing 22.2%.
Keller's eight markers are double the 3.63 expected goals, and Los Angeles Kings Adrian Kempe has tripled his 2 expected goals. The Kings winger doesn't get a lot of power play time, making his even strength production notable.
Note defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, firing a little high, but with five of six primary points. He won his way onto a permanent spot in Tampa Bay, and Will Butcher, fresh out of the University of Denver stands out too with five assists, because the New Jersey Devils rookie blueliners posted six at 5v4 to lead rookies entering Tuesday night. Zach Werenski earned a Calder nomination in 2016-17, up against an incredible group of first year players. Will any of these blueliners receive the nod?
Not to overlook Matthew Barzal who has been as visible with skills oozing in the form of gif's and videos of highlight reel plays throughout social media. He recorded a historic five-point game over the weekend to keep the Calder race close early on, while a quick start had everyone asking, 'who is Jesper Bratt?' He's tied for the rookie goals lead at 5v4 with Keller.
The crop of incredible rookies in the Calder race in 2016-17 set the bar. Many of the performances like Sebastian Aho for instance would have been good enough to earn the award in any other season. This season there's a few specific names involved in the Calder race, but expect the three nominees at the end to be Keller, Boeser and Barzal.


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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Eyes glaze over the sleeping landscape . . . bare trees, brown grass, piles of decaying leaves blown up against fences.
When suddenly my head nearly swivels off my shoulders. What was that I saw? Could I have been imagining?
No! It really is. The first blossoms of the season. Bursting into life. Bringing the tints of color to the landscape.
Redbud, I think, though I'm not sure.
A little later, swinging by the library, almost hidden by a tree, small yellow flowers peeking between the branchy tangle of the forsythia bush.
It's official. The spring sap is flowing. Color is coming. Nature is awakening!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Prairie Fire
This girl of the South (by transplant!) has done most all of her knitting up to this point in time in cotton or linen or bamboo or silk. Well, there was the one ghastly use of pale aqua bulky weight acrylic, but we won't talk about that. ::shudder:: We just don't usually need the warmer fibers in the "sunny South."
Until this winter, when we seemed to be cold...all...the...time and I determined that I would, indeed, bring warmth into the house.
This was my inspiration for my latest knitting creation:
Cold kids, frosty days, and the need for endless cups of hot cocoa.
And so . . . I bought wool!!
Have I mentioned I am enchanted? This is my first time ever knitting with wool. As it runs through my fingers, I just can't get over the fact that the beautiful fibers are right off the backs of sheep . . . real, live sheep . . . donating their beautiful soft wool . . . so I can knit up a throw to keep my children warm. I feel just as complete as if I had sheared, carded and spun the wool myself.
Here's the wool, Prairie Fire by Brown Sheep. It's super bulky, so it's loose, thick and soft.
Isn't Prairie Fire just perfect for this yarn? I can see the white of the ash, the black of the soot, the grey of the smoke and, of course, the roaring red of the fire, all loosely twisted together.
I'm knitting it up in moss stitch.
Did I say something about this yarn just flying off the needles? Yes, of course I did because that's how it should have gone as viewed through my typically rose-hued specs.
However . . . I found out that if one is knitting in moss stitch and you mess up a few stitches and you think, "Ha, no one will never know, living with imperfection, you know, and all that jazz," then soon you will find that instead of a wide swath of moss stitch, you will have moss stitch with several "ribs" up through it. Knitting is no friend of the concept of living with imperfections. Knitting doesn't seem to get along well with imperfection at all.
So, the beautiful throw was ripped back and started over again. This time with no overlooking of imperfections. Not this time. And it's actually given me more time to handle this fiery prairie of wool, lovingly donated by a sheep and his friends somewhere in the world.
I had better get to work quickly. As wonderful as handling this wool is on a damp, gray day in February, knitting a large wool throw in the color Prairie Fire while watching one's children playing in the pool on a baking hot day in July does not sound quite as charming.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Some Bunny Loves You!
Unfortunately, this is exactly when the children remember that all the homework they thought was done and promised was done on Friday wasn't quite done at all.
So, as I lay in my semi-comatose state, body and brain begging for a little peace and quiet, the household (eschewing the day of rest concept!) becomes agitated and restless, cramming too much work into too little time.
"Mom, what exactly is the scientific name for a white blood cell?"
"Mom, my basketball uniform, compression shorts, 3 pairs of socks, and favorite underwear are washed, dried, folded and ready for my gym bag, right?"
"Mom, can you proof my 3-page essay on the history of highlighters?"
"Mom, I don't know how to compare a Japanese home of the early 1900s to an American home of today."
And then there's the most dreaded announcement of all . . . the project that someone forgot until Sunday afternoon.
This particular Sunday (the day before V-tine's Day), the project was announced in a quiet voice in my groggy ear,
"Mommy, I have to make 20 Valentine's for my class in the morning."
Aaaaargh!! Of course. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! How could I have forgotten?!
Goodbye small patch of sunlight on the area rug. Thank goodness for Family Fun magazine.
In no time at all we had some paper cut, some paint in a saucer, and little fingers were making "bunnies" out of finger prints.
The ears were large and lop-sided. The heads a little less symmetrical than the self-conscious bunny would desire.
But they were cute nonetheless.
And when a sweet sentiment was added to the front along with the requisite lollipop and a name signed on the inside in quivery, loopy letters . . .
The outcome was really quite sweet, indeed.
::sigh:: I'll try again for that nap next Sunday.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Hopeful Signs
However . . . I will not despair!!
I have seen the little daffodil shoots beginning to poke their green heads up through the ground.
And I bought a delightful pair of ruched summery flats at Target.
With all these hopeful signs, spring can't possibly be far away; can it??!! (And yes, I'm putting some lotion on those parched feet right away!)
Happy soon-to-be-spring weekending!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
And I would just like to say
Koralee made me smile with her Valentine's charm:
Anna @ Pleasantview Schoolhouse
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Priority Love
Okay, total truth is, I've been listening to Beth Moore teach on loving God, and, goodness, if the passion of that woman didn't convict my heart of my own lack of love for Him.
"I want it, God," I told Him. "I want that first place, passionate, priority love for you."
My husband wakens himself with a clock radio on a local Christian station a full 20 minutes before he needs to get up and a full 50 minutes before I want to get up. Ugh. It's amazing, though, how many times I'm jolted awake too early by a song that seems to speak to me right where I am.
And this weekend was no exception.
Through sleepy ears I heard God's loving message to me:
Take a look at the mountains Stretching a mile high Take a look at the ocean Far as your eye can see And think of Me
Take a look at the desert Do you feel like a grain of sand? I am with you wherever Where you go is where I am
I love you more than the sun And the stars that I taught how to shine You are mine, and you shine for me too I love you yesterday and today And tomorrow, I'll say it again and again I love you more
Just a face in the city Just a tear on a crowded street But you are one in a million And you belong to Me
And I want you to know
That I'm not letting go
Even when you come undone
I love you more than the sun And the stars that I taught how to shine You are mine, and you shine for me too I love you yesterday and today And tomorrow, I'll say it again and again I love you more I love you more
And I see you And I made you And I love you more than you can imagine More than you can fathom
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
This is Middle Son.
This is Middle Son doing his homework.
This is Middle Son's homework.
Youngest Daughter would like to show you that
the washer and dryer go right here.
This is Middle Son's father overseeing Middle Son's homework.
Father does not feel compassion when Middle Son complains that the project is too hard.
Father does not step in and do Middle Son's work for him when he says he can't do it.
Father's heart does not twist inside him when Middle Son says he is going to die
if he can't go outside and play with his friends.
And when Middle Son says he can't stand school and he'll never need it and everything he's learning will never do him any good and all he wants to do the rest of his life is ride his bike and be with his friends,
Father has one response.
He laughs.
Oh, it is good to have a little Father-supervision when it comes to Middle Son and school work.
Very good, indeed.


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Ever since I got to know about Argan oil, I couldn't stop raving about this oil…Be it my cousin's extreme hair fall problem or an aunt's constant acne battles…Argan oil has always been the best to provide support in every form…
Argan oil is made from green nuts of Argan tree found mostly in Morocco and sparsely in Algeria and Israel. It is the rarest vegetable oil because of scarcity of these trees in the world. This rare oil is highly valued because of its wide array of uses. It is highly priced owing to its limited production. Its recognized cosmetic benefits have made its demand ever increasing in the world.
- Presence of oleic acid in Argan oil makes it practical solution for those who always have their cholesterol levels spiked; it helps to limitize it and maintain it. According to recent research, a very small quantity of Argan oil can considerably lower the cholesterol level for over a month.
- Several other acids present in Argan oil are converted into 3 different kinds of prostaglandins. These prostaglandins are very beneficial for many bodily functions like immunization and anti-inflammatory functions.
- Prostaglandins are also very useful for people with cardiovascular disorders.
- Antioxidant vitamin E is present in large quantity in Argan oil. Vitamin E is very good for regulating functioning of heart and sex organs.
- Unlike other oils, Argan oil contains Sterols. These sterols help block the cholesterol absorption from intestines. They are also found to be anti-cancerous.
- Argan oil increases the concentration of a digestive enzyme named pepsin thus plays part in digestion as well.
- Argan oil is very useful in Arthritis in which joints of the body are damaged in several ways. It slows down the degenerative processes going on in long bones of the body.
- It is also helpful in rheumatic disease. Rheumatic fever can damage heart, skin, joints and brain.
- Argan oil is also thought to be anti-Acne and good against chickenpox. Acne is an inflammatory disease in which red dots appear on skin.
- It is also deemed to be Aphrodisiac. It increases sexual desire and ability in a person.
- Argan oil is most popular as an anti-aging agent. It prevents the degeneration of muscles, a natural process resulting from growing age.
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EDV Technology
EnGeneIC's bacterially-derived EDV™ nanocell platform (EnGeneIC Dream Vector) is a first-in-class, cyto-immunotherapy technology for the treatment of cancer. EDV™ not only delivers toxic payloads to tumors, it stimulates the adaptive immune system to augment the anti-tumor response.
Generating EDV™ nanocells
An EDV™ is a nanocell formed when a genetically modified bacterium divides at its pole as well as centrally. The smaller portion which doesn't contain a chromosome, forms the EDV™.
Drug or siRNA or miRNA packaging in EDV™ nanocells
A single 400nm EDV™ can be packed with up to 1 million molecules of an anticancer drug such as Doxorubicin. In addition, regulatory genetic molecules (siRNA/miRNA) can also be loaded in therapeutically significant concentrations as demonstrated in animal and human trials.
Attaching bispecific antibodies to the surface of EDV™
Payload-packaged EDV™ is coated with a bispecific antibody which attaches through antibody-antigen interaction to the EDV™ at one end, and has specificity to cancer cells on the other end. The tumor targeting antibody can be changed depending on the type of cancer. The tumor cell-surface receptor being targeted does not need to be unique to tumor cells as explained below.
Passive targeting of tumor microenvironment
Bispecific antibody-targeted, payload-packaged EDV™ nanocells only exit the leaky blood vessels associated with tumors (passive targeting) and enter into the tumor microenvironment. This is because of their size being 400nm ± 20nm which is too large to escape through the normal vasculature associated with normal tissues. This allows us to target the EDVs™ to receptors like EGFR which are over-expressed in many solid tumors but are also expressed on normal cells. However, the EDVs™ do not come in contact with normal cells and this has been demonstrated in biodistribution studies in animals and human trials also show absence of toxicity to normal tissues despite targeting the EDVs™ to EGFR.
Active targeting of tumor cells and payload delivery intracellularly
Once within the tumor microenvironment, the bispecific antibody binds to the tumor cell-surface receptor. Once bound to the tumor cell, the EDV™ is taken up, broken down within the cancer cell and releases the payload of chemotherapeutic drug or siRNA or miRNA. In doing so, EDV™ nanocells enable current cancer treatments to be more potent and far less toxic.
Activation of adaptive immunity and augmentation of anti-tumor efficacy
The residual EDVs that did not make it into the tumor microenvironment, are engulfed by cells of the immune system e.g. macrophages and dendritic cells and since the EDVs are derived from bacteria, they carry potent immuno-stimulating components which appear to bypass the immuno-suppression caused by the tumor. This reactivation of the immune system can result in potent anti-tumor efficacy as has been observed in several dogs with Stage IV brain tumors and one end-stage patient in the on-going mesothelioma clinical trial.


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The great challenge of the Catalunya Ballet Foundation is to position Catalunya as a national and international reference point for the creation and diffusion of the art of dance, to establish an educational program of excellence, to capture and raise public awareness with the brand of Catalunya and Terrassa and the private and public entities that support it.
We aim to be an institution of the highest order in choreographic creations and at the same time, promote the works of great Catalan choreographers.
And finally, we want to disseminate the discipline of ballet and the cultural, social and educational values that it implies.
The founders decided to establish the Catalunya Ballet to fill a void in Catalunya that has been missing for decades – a ballet company with the capacity to represent and identify Catalunya as a center for dance with its own personality and the ability to present the great classical works of all time and also bring new, avant-guard pieces to the stage.
With the constitution of this new company, based on classical dance as its axis and precursor of any other type of modality, especially neoclassical and contemporary dance, young talented dancers from our country finally have the opportunity to be part of a national ballet company rather than join the continuous flight of Catalan and Spanish dancers to international companies.
The BNC will have the presence of internationally renowned dancers, teachers and choreographers with an original artistic program of classical, neoclassical and contemporary repertoire. The company will present works by internationally recognized choreographers as well as some of the greatest Catalan choreographers in the history of dance. We open the doors to a new generation, creating synergies with emerging or recognized Catalan companies
Illusion of seeing an artistic project in our country where classical ballet takes the lead and despite the difficulties that have prevented this for decades, achieve the goal uniting the efforts to unify resources from public and private institutions who have demonstrated great confidence in the Catalunya Ballet Foundation Project.
See the talent of our students after a long training period have the opportunity to live and perform in their own country rather than have to leave and dance in international companies. Also, to satisfy an audience that has always existed but rarely able to enjoy authentic productions of a world-class level here at home in Catalunya.
To position Catalunya as an international and national reference point for the training of professional ballet dancers as well as the creation of new choreographies promoted by an unprecedented artistic direction, enhancing Catalunya as a focal point for cultural tourism in this area.
To incorporate, support and promote choreographic works by Catalan artists.
To support to all Catalan dance professionals by offering collaborations and welcoming their projects.
Initiate the task of awareness, diffusion and reaffirmation of the discipline of ballet here and the cultural, social and educational values that it implies.
At the same time, educate the existing public with the critical spirit that will allow them to fully enjoy dance, regardless of their age or social status because of the great capacity it allows for the integration of all audiences.
Create synergies and collaborations with other artistic and cultural sectors, as well as foster the birth of an entire industry around the dance sector that does not exist today, with the goal of expanding the specialization of professionals within this market and the world of performing arts in general.
The Catalunya Ballet aims to offer a service to our society well beyond the programmed performances.
BNC seeks to broaden horizons that have not yet been explored locally and which are undoubtedly necessary to keep the Catalan dance sector integrated into the most avant-garde trends already present in much of the world. It is essential for us to enhance its values and take an active part by achieving a leading role in the generation of these new trends and consolidating our company within the international dance sector together with the best and most recognized companies.
For this reason, BNC will incorporate new works, contribute and investigate to achieve the highest innovation, originality and imagination in order to meet the most ambitious artistic goals.
Some of the most noteworthy novelties since the inception are:
Trainee Group
Graduated Apprentices
Constant invitation of teachers, choreographers, "repetiteurs" and dancers, all of whom are of the highest level and with the intent to exchange and maintain reciprocal relationships with the centers and companies where they reside.
Offering residences for emerging or already recognized companies in the country, favoring the generation of synergies that will without a doubt, achieve reciprocal artistic fruitful endeavors, along with the exchange and sharing of projects that will enrich the dancers, students and professionals alike.
Activities of the diffusion of the dance for all audiences in our headquarters and in the Cultural Center through specific programs oriented to the society around the meaning of the dance, its professional opportunities, understanding the classical works, the meaning of the repertoire and encouraging the critical spirit of the amateur audience and fans.


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