Marvel Studios and ABC are finally – finally! – ready to thrust the otherworldly city of Attilan under the spotlight.
Ever since both parties decided to overhaul Inhumans to be an eight-part TV series, wanting fans have been left on tenterhooks, left to pour over an amalgamation of leaked trailers and unofficial set photos. That all changes on Thursday, June 29th, when Marvel and ABC plan to unveil the all-new trailer for their live-action epic. Yes, Marvel's Royal Family are ready to showcase their wares and in order to drum up excitement, today brings forth a fleeting new trailer tease, one which offers a sneak peek at Black Bolt (Anson Mount), Maximus (Iwan Rheon) and Medusa (Serinda Swan) moseying around Attilan.
There's trouble brewing, though, and it all stems from Maximus' desire to overthrow his elder brother, Black Bolt, a being with a "voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city." The show's "cinema-quality" visual effects will no doubt come in handy when bringing Marvel's Royal Family to life, but the bigger question will be whether Inhumans can win over the naysayers when its IMAX run begins on September 1st.
As we learned just yesterday, following its two-week stint in IMAX theaters, Inhumans will premiere via ABC on Friday, September 29th. It'll stretch for eight episodes in total, with the first two being directed by Roel Reiné. Scott Buck (Iron Fist), meanwhile, serves as executive producer, and you can find the show's all-new poster embedded below, courtesy of Yahoo!
Inhumans explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where they are greeted with surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them. Now they must find a way to reunite with each other and return to their home before their way of life is destroyed forever.


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Larry Culp is the first outsider CEO of General Electric Co., and he could do more to behave that way.
GE did not hold a conference call on October 1, when it was announced that Culp, former CEO of Danaher Corp., would replace John Flannery as head of the company. GE's third quarter earnings announcement was its public debut this week. It got off to a good start: GE climbed ahead of the market when shareholders interpreted Culp's decision to cut the dividend to a penny as a sign that his turnaround efforts were not strained by respect for the company's legacy become. But things quickly went downhill as Culp and CFO Jamie Miller spoke to GE's profit call. The stock immediately reversed and continued to break in the next few days, closing below $ 10 on Thursday for the first time since 2009.
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Wriddhiman Saha Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More
Real Name Wriddhiman Saha
Nickname(s) Papali, Pops
Profession Cricketer (Wicket-Keeper Batsman)
International Debut Test- 6 February 2010 vs South Africa in Nagpur
ODI- 28 November 2010 vs New Zealand in Guwahati
T20- N/A
Coach/Mentor Jayanta Bhowmik
Jersey Number #6 (India)
#6 (Domestic)
Domestic/State Teams Board Presidents XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Bengal, East Zone, Kings XI Punjab, Mohun Bagan
Batting Style Right Handed Bat
Nature on field Calm
Records/Achievements (main ones) • In November 2010, Wriddhiman Saha was involved in a 417 run stand which, at its time, was the highest partnership for the sixth wicket in Ranji Trophy and the third highest in Indian first-class cricket.
• Wriddhiman Saha scored 362 runs at an average of 32.90 and a strike rate of 145.38 in the seventh installment of IPL. His team KXIP made it to the finals but failed to win the tournament.
• Up until October 2015, Saha has managed 4466 runs at an average of 44.20 in 75 first-class matches In addition, he has 181 catches and 23 stumpings to his name.
Career Turning Point Wriddhiman Saha's consistent performances at the inaugural IPL helped him secure a spot in the India A squad.
Date of Birth 24 October 1984
Birth Place Saktigarh, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Scorpio
Hometown Siliguri, West Bengal, India
School Siliguri Boys' High School, Siliguri, West Bengal
Educational Qualifications College Drop-out
Family Father- Prashanta Saha (Used to work at West Bengal State Electricity Board)
Mother- Maitrayee Saha
Brother- Anirban Saha (Elder, Engineer)
Sister- None
Hobbies Playing video games
Girls, Family & More
Affair/Girlfriend Debarati
Wife/Spouse Romi Saha aka Debarati (Married 2011)
Children Daughter- Anvi (born in 2013)
Son- None
Some Lesser Known Facts About Wriddhiman Saha
Does Wriddhiman Saha smoke: No
Does Wriddhiman Saha drink alcohol: Not Known
As a child, Wriddhiman Saha aspired to become an F1 Driver (Car Racer). However, due to his family's financial problems and lack of awareness of the sport in the country, he had to give up his dream.
Saha then got engrossed in cricket, to the extent that he gave up his college studies to pursue the sport. Part 1 exam of his graduation was the last exam of Saha's life.
Saha's father, Prasanta, has played both football and cricket in Siliguri leagues but again due to financial issues, he could not continue with his sporting career. His only earning came from a job in West Bengal Electricity Board.
As a teenager, he started playing cricket with tennis balls, as a medium pacer, and later, he became a wicket-keeper when he started playing with leather balls.
Saha was once involved in a 417 run stand which, at its time, was the highest partnership for the sixth wicket in Ranji Trophy and the third highest in Indian first-class cricket.
Wriddhiman Saha began his first-class career brightly; becoming only the 15th Bengal player to make a century on debut in the 2007-08 season.
Saha began his IPL career with The Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
His brilliant performance in the inaugural edition of IPL won him a spot in India A squad.
A strong run in the Ranji Trophy in 2009-10, followed by last-minute injuries to VVS Laxman and Rohit Sharma handed Wriddhiman Saha a surprise Test debut, as a specialist batsman, in the home series against South Africa in February 2010. However, he was out for a duck in the first innings of the match.
Saha met his wife, Debarati, on the social networking site Orkut, and married her in 2011 after a four-year courtship.
Wriddhiman Saha is the first cricketer to score a century in an Indian Premier League final (2014).
Saha's wife runs a food joint by the name of Puran Dhaka in Kolkata.
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its factories are running at full speed
On the verge of breaking its sales record in the world, Tesla now wants to accelerate the production speed of its factories to further reduce delivery times. But that's not all, because the company is also preparing a production facility in Mexico.
Photo of the Berlin Gigafactory // Source: Tesla
Everything seems to be going well for Tesla for some time. And with good reason, the company Elon Musk has had real success since the launch of the Model 3 and more recently of the Model Y. This one is literally a hit, while it was the best-selling electric model in France in November and that it even managed the feat to become the most registered new car in Europe in September, all engines combined. But the company obviously doesn't want to stop there.
An increase in tempo
According to specialists, Tesla would be in a good position to easily exceed one million deliveries by the end of the year. Good news for the brand, for whom this goal is essential to remain the leader in electric cars ahead of China's BYD and Germany's Volkswagen Group. And one of the secrets to getting there, it is obviously to produce more, faster. But here it seems the brand has all the cards in hand to get there.
As advertised Tesla on its Twitter accounthas the Austin, Texas factory actually managed to produce 3,000 Model 3s per week, or 150,000 Model Y annually. A number that is certainly impressive, but still has nothing to do with the Shanghai site, which can produce 750,000 cars every year. A record.
The Berlin factory is in operation as shown in one of the images published by Tesla
For its part, the Gigafactory in Berlin would be able to produce 2,000 vehicles every week. We are therefore far from the very low rates that were recorded a few years earlier. In 2016 the brand had then only produced 16,000 cars and had the ambition to manufacture 500,000 in the whole of 2018. Since then things have changed a lot. Especially since the manufacturer obviously does not want to rest on its laurels.
As the site explains Car newsTesla would also like to expand its factory in Berlin to go from 500,000 to one million cars per year, but would face administrative difficulties. In fact, the site needs more water resources, but must first obtain permission from the authorities to carry out drilling. What an approach to the 3 million units produced per year.
As a reminder, Tesla plans to produce around 500,000 electric cars per year. quarter.
A new plant on the way
But even though the production rate is already very high, Tesla wants to go even further. According to the Mexican site Millenniumwould the brand have entered into an agreement with the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon on set up a new factory in the city of Santa Catarina. This could then be operational from 2023, but it is not yet known whether it will be used to produce cars or batteries and other parts such as engines.
In any case, Tesla's goal is clear: to produce more and more cars. The goal ? Reduce delivery times, greatly increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic and semiconductor shortages, but also to remain number 1 in sales. Because if the brand is a hit in the world, its very special logistics can sometimes punish it. In fact, the company is waiting to have enough cars to fill a boat before crossing the ocean. What can cause gaps in deliveries. The brand will no doubt want to avoid that.
The Tesla factory in Fremont, California
But is it really in the interest to produce so much when Tesla is already struggling to seduce certain markets, including China? The company actually has a large inventory surplus that it is struggling to sell, even though it has just significantly reduced the price of its Model 3 and Model Y and relaunched the sponsorship program. Difficulties such as rumors mentioning a 20% drop in production of the electric SUV, which the company had denied as the website recalls. The Home.
Is this situation specific to China? Not really, because the US could also be affected, while Tesla has also reintroduced its program there, which still hasn't returned to France. But if one could doubt the interest in this insane acceleration of the speed of production, then the aim would simply be to reduce the delays, and thus prevent customers from dropping out. Because that is the main reason for the excessively large unsold shares that accumulate and cause the brand to lose money.
In France, Tesla started discounts and gifts this morning in an attempt to break delivery records. There is thus a Model 3 and Model Y demonstration with a discount. The American brand is also offering 10,000 km Supercharge to customers who collect their car before January 1, 2023.
Many people who recently ordered a Tesla Model Y or Model 3 and were waiting to receive delivery were hoping the automaker would drop prices. This is still not the case, except on…
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Feature Length, Honest Muhammad Movies in the Offing?
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Islam's prophet Muhammad, as depicted by Edward Gibbon (1734-1794), considered the Enlightenment's greatest historian, in his 1776 magnum opus, "The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," Vol. 9 (p. 30)
The LA Times reported (Tuesday, 9/25/12) that two remarkably courageous Muslim "apostates"—the Palestinian Muslim convert to Christianity Mosab Hassan Yousef, and the Iranian Muslim freethinker Ali Sina—have unbowdlerized, narrative films on the life Islam's prophet Muhammad in production, or pre- production.
Yousef, now an LA resident, maintains that he
…has already cast a "prominent Hollywood actor" in the title role of his film "Muhammad," which has a proposed budget of $30 million. The film will tell the story of the prophet from age 12 to his death, and will have the look and feel of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," … "My goal is to create this big mirror to show the Muslim world the true image of its leader."
Ali Sina, whose film is in preproduction claims that
.. he has raised $2 million from Southern California investors for the film, which does not yet have a title but will portray the prophet as a cult leader in the vein of David Koresh or Jim Jones. He hopes to raise a total of $10 million, he said, and begin filming next year.
Sina, now a Canadian, initially contemplated
… a biopic about Muhammad a decade ago, but stepped up his effort in the last two years as technological advances made it feasible to circumvent government censors and wary exhibitors. "We can bypass theaters completely and sell the movie online with a profit to a large number of people, especially Muslims. They can download it and watch it even if they are living in Karachi or Mecca or Medina."
With notable understatement, the LA Times report observes,
Reactions to the films, if they are ever finished, are likely to be severe.
The prevalence of such likely overwrought reactions can be gauged by the comments elicited for the LA Times story from much ballyhooed moderate Muslim academic Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, and a former Pakistani ambassador to the United Kingdom. Ahmed warned:
This is crossing a line. If there is an actor physically portraying Muhammad, there will be a violent reaction.
Ahmed acknowledged that such "violent reaction" would ensue even if a devout Muslim made a movie about Muhammad, claiming most Muslims (apparently, himself included) were unprepared to view their prophet on screen, especially if not cast in a purely hagiographic light.
Both Mosab Hassan Yousef, and Ali Sina should be lauded for undertaking this profoundly dangerous task: producing accurate film biographies of Muhammad, the Jihad Model (as so designated by Muslim Brotherhood "Spiritual Leader" Yusuf Al-Qaradawi), based, larrgely on the earliest, most complete pious Muslim biography of Islam's prophet: The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah.
Indeed a century ago (in 1915), W.H.T. Gairdner, the great Arabic linguist and scholar of Islam, noted dispassionately what is readily apparent from Muhammad's actual biography (as opposed to the treacly Muslim hagiography) based exclusively on the reverent Muslim sources:
Four years later, in 1919, Gairdner wrote an essay titled "Muhammad Without Camouflage," responding to a mendacious birthday tribute panegyric of Islam's prophet written collaboratively by Muslims and non-Muslims. A particularly trenchant segment of Gairdner's rebuttal discussed the slaughter of the vanquished Medinan Jewish tribe, Banu Qurayza, whose massacre became an important motif in jihad war jurisprudence. Relying exclusively upon Muslim sources, Gairdner highlighted without equivocation the pivotal role that Muhammad himself played in orchestrating the overall events:
The umpire who gave the fatal decision (Saad) was extravagantly praised by Muhammad. Yet his action was wholly and admittedly due to his lust for personal vengeance on a tribe which had occasioned him a painful wound. In the agony of its treatment he cried out: "O God, let not my soul go forth ere thou has cooled my eye from the Bani Quraiza" [Banu Qurayza]. This was the arbiter to whose word the fate of that tribe was given over. His sentiments were well-known to Muhammad, who appointed him. It is perfectly clear from that that their slaughter had been decreed. What makes it clearer still is the assertion of another biographer that Muhammad had refused to treat with the Bani Quraiza at all until they had "come down to receive the judgment of the Apostle of God." Accordingly "they came down"; in other words put themselves in his power. And only then was the arbitration of Saad proposed and accepted — but not accepted until it had been forced on him by Muhammad; for Saad first declined and tried to make Muhammad take the responsibility, but was told "qad amarak Allahu takhuma fihim," — "Allah has commanded you to give sentence in their case." From every point of view therefore the evidence is simply crushing that Muhammad was the ultimate author of this massacre.
Reinforcing Gairdner's earlier observations, another major scholar of Islam, Arthur Jeffery, in his review of A. Guillaume's seminal 1955 English translation of the defining pious Muslim biography of Islam's prophet by Ibn Ishaq, remarked:
Years ago the late Canon Gairdner in Cairo said that the best answer to the numerous apologetic Lives of Muhammad published in the interests of Muslim propaganda in the West would be an unvarnished translation of the earliest Arabic biography of the prophet. In this present volume such a translation is put into our hands in a beautifully printed and produced book. … Byzantine, Syriac, and Armenian writers who mention him say only that he was a merchant who appeared as a prophet and sent the Arabs out on their wars of conquest.
Given the ongoing, millennial history of violent Muslim rage aroused by (even reverent) depictions of Muhammad in words or images — and the lethal punishment for such portrayals still sanctioned at present by Islam's Sharia-based blasphemy law — it is fitting that only persons of Mosab Hassan Yousef's and Ali Sina's remarkably intrepid conviction would attempt such a forbidding, if critically important task. These men embody the moral clarity and remarkable courage of the ex-Communist apostate Cassandras from an earlier era, who unflinchingly educated Westerners about the doctrines of that atheistic, totalitarian scourge. All in the West who claim to uphold our unique bedrock freedoms, secured by the bloody sacrifices of previous generations—particularly those faint-hearted elites in government, media, and the academy, who cower at the threat of Islamic totalitarianism—should support the heroic efforts of Hassan Yousef and Ali Sina to protect that Western birthright.


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Hand washing practices low among Indian doctors: Study
Awareness regarding hand washing and hygienic practices is low among doctors and nurses in India, according to a study by AIIMS and LHMC.
NEW DELHI: Awareness regarding hand washing and hygienic practices is low among doctors and nurses in India, according to a study by AIIMS and Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) which stressed on regular training sessions to ward off the threat of infections.
The study found that a majority of doctors still believe that cleaning hands with soap and water is the best way of ensuring hygiene even as the World Health Organisation recommends alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) for hand antisepsis due to their broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity.
Of the total sample of doctors and nurses who were interviewed, only 15 per cent of doctors and 37 per cent of nurses knew that Global Hand Washing Day is on October 15.
As per experts, poor hand hygiene practices are a major threat to the health of the patients and doctors themselves.
"Adherence to hand hygiene practices in a healthcare facility can prevent spread of infections and also check transmission of microorganisms," experts said.
The total number of hand exposures in a hospital may range from several tens to thousands per day.
Narendra Saini, member of the Delhi Medical Council and Infection Control Speciality at Max Pushpanjali Hospital, said, "Repeated hand washing is very important in stopping the transmission of infection or acquiring infection to self. Clean hands save life.
"Infection enters our body through mouth, nose or through the eyes all of which is touched by hands. Infection organisms can survive for more than 8 hours if hands are not washed. Doctors and health care workers should repeatedly wash their hands," Saini said.
A doctor at AIIMS said alcohol-based rubs should be made available freely at hospitals.
"Availability of resources is important here. There has to be arrangements for hand washing or alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) should be make available easily to a doctor after he deals with a patient before he starts dealing with another patient.
"Also the patients' relatives before coming to meet the patient should clean their hands and body properly and do the same after leaving the hospital so as to check spread of infection," the doctor said.
The study was published in the latest issue of International Journal of Pharma Research and Health Sciences, and covered over 100 doctors and nurses from March 2015 to May 2015.
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Río Jiménez is a district of the Guácimo canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica.

History
Río Jiménez was created on 26 June 1971 by Decreto 1769-G.

Geography
Río Jiménez has an area of  km² and an elevation of  metres.

Locations
 Villages (Poblados): Ángeles, Bocas del Río Silencio, Camarón, Cartagena, Dulce Nombre, Escocia, Irlanda, Ligia, Santa María, Socorro

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Río Jiménez had a population of  inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
 National Route 248
 National Route 811

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I have been meaning to write about Salesforce since its Dreamforce 2015 conference. Salesforce provides a platform, tools and applications for business and IT who claims to be the 'no software' company which as you will read is exactly what happened on May 10th. Heck, Salesforce is making a lot of advances on its platform, its applications and even with Analytics and the Internet of Things.


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At this weekend's Out There performance, there are no wrong interpretations
Friday, January 20, 2017 by Jay Gabler in Arts & Leisure
Okwui Okpokwasili's Poor People's TV Room challenges the audience on multiple levels.
Okwui Okpokwasili: Poor People's TV Room
Walker Art Center
It contains truths, but truths told elliptically. It's full of language, but the language is fragmented. There's movement, but the movement is often repetitive and almost wrapped in upon itself. It's a piece that demands intellectual engagement, but you also shouldn't try to overthink it. You just have to take it in. While you, the person on your right, and the person on your left all might come away with different interpretations of the piece, none of you are likely to forget it.
Okpokwasili performs the piece — a Walker Art Center commission now being presented as part of the Out There series — with three additional performers, black women who span generations (Thuli Dumakude, Katrina Reid, Nehemoyia Young). The McGuire Theater stage is set with what at first looks like a surrealist installation: two chairs on a sheet of mirrored plastic, other furniture suspended above a horizontal wall that's itself lifted on a platform above the stage.
The artist herself is onstage as the audience enters, performing a dance behind a tall translucent sheet as she gazes into a light that casts her half-naked body in sharp contrast. (Like a lot of things in Poor People's TV Room, this is a signifier but it's not immediately clear what's being signified.) The other performers are moving elsewhere onstage, and as the lights go down, Dumakude stands and starts to tell a story: a legend about how Oprah became immortal.
Wait...what? Yep, just go with it. Oprah means many things to many people, but here she's referenced as a godlike figure. She's observed (by the characters in the piece, not by us) on the TV in the eponymous room, which takes on a new aspect when we see a projection of a view from a camera suspended above the stage.
From the camera's perspective, the seemingly flying furniture is arranged in the room conventionally; Okpokwasili and other performers "enter" the room by crawling up from underneath the wall or laying down atop it, and from the camera's view they seem to be standing painfully plastered against the wall.
It's a visual metaphor, another dramatic element that doesn't have an obvious interpretation. As the show unfolds — in story, in song, in drama, and with near-constant dance — themes emerge. Love, loss, confusion, struggle. The most specific referents evoke the experiences of West African women; Okpokwasili is Nigerian-American, and one of her primary inspirations for this piece was the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls. Maternity is a theme of Poor People's TV Room, but so is filiality.
In an interview for the Walker's website, Okpokwasili says that one of her previous works "started to feel like a shrine." Though Poor People's TV Room, co-written and directed with Peter Born, functions more like a conventional piece of theater than some of Okpokwasili's previous work, there's still a ritual-like sense to it, and by its conclusion you understand that your subjective experience is part of the piece's objective truth.
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Suits is an American series that follows the story of Mike Ross and Harvey Specter who are associates in a law firm. Mike pass the bar exams even without taking a law degree while Harvey is one of the top attorneys of New York City. He hire Mike as his associates despite the fact that he knows that Mike doesn't have a degree and pretend that Mike is a Harvard graduate. Mike and Harvey are surely a winning team. Stars Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty and Gina Torres.


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Hevel Solar begins work on 10 MW PV plant in Siberia
The plant is located in the Republic of Buryatia, where Hevel is also planning another 15 MW solar facility. The project's completion is scheduled for December 2017.
May 22, 2017 Emiliano Bellini
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Russian solar module producer and project developer Hevel Solar, a joint venture between Russian industrial conglomerate Renova Group and nanotechnologies provider JSC Rusnano, announced it has started construction of a 10 MW PV power plant in the Republic of Buryatia, Siberia, eastern Russia.
The plant is being built on a 48 hectare surface near the village of Bichur at a cost of RUB 1.09 billion ($19.4 million). Russian developer Avelar Solar Technology, which was acquired by Hevel Solar in August 2014, signed an agreement for this and another 15 MW solar project with the government of the region in March 2014.
The 10 MW project in Bichur is scheduled for completion in December 2017. The plant's power output will be fed into the grid of local utility Interregional Distribution Grid Company of Siberia» (IDGC of Siberia).
The second 15 MW PV plant is planned for the municipality of Selenginsk, and it is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. This installation will also deliver power to IDGC of Siberia.
Both projects will be developed under the country's FIT scheme for solar and renewables. Through this policy, the Russian government hopes to install at least 1.5 GW of PV capacity by 2020.
Hevel has currently an operational PV capacity of 75 MW. The company has also a solar project portfolio of approximately 364 MW in Russia, including the two facilities in Buryatia.


The automobile company Mercedes-Benz called the start date of booking for its new C-Class Coupe. Moreover, the place where the novelty's presentation takes place is became known. Representatives of the company Mercedes-Benz officially reported after the debut of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe at the auto show in Frankfurt in September of 2015, will start selling this model.
Initially the novelty will be equipped with 4- and 6-cylinder petrol and diesel motors. Later, a coupe with "rosette" hybrid installation with a capacity of more than 250 hp and a "charged" version of the automobile under the name C 63 AMG with 4-liter petrol engine with an output from 475 hp to 510 hp will enter to the market.
The Mercedes representatives have not yet spoken about a fuel consumption of the new product. However, considering the power of the motor and the total weight of the coupe, probably C-Class Coupe will not be an economical car.
The price of the newcomer is not yet known, but it is expected that its price will not be much higher than the sedan platform, which currently in sales for around $30,000.


I decided to do a poem. As per my last few attempts at poetry, it got dark. In a similar vein to last November's Winter Keen, it's a cautionary tale from a fantasy world where people really don't like their kids. I may do ones for Spring and Autumn at some point, if I can think of another way of terrorising children.
Offered, by shepherds, to gods of the wild.
Their pulsing red sap drawn straight from the loam.
When the garden's guardian draws too near.
Their sap has memory, dread of his knife.
Lovingly watching for signs of disease.
His old hands are as one with the sickle.
If a tree sickens, he sharpens his blade.
He trims off deadheads afflicted with blight.
Wood screams for mercy, but none is allowed.
He never thinks to seek recognition.
But he's happy; work is its own reward.
And plants them anew, to grow from beneath.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold says she may boycott next year's world championships in the Russian resort of Sochi because she believes her sport is "not clean".
Britain's Yarnold won gold at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 -- a Games that has since been overshadowed by the findings of the McLaren report which outlined state-sponsored Russian doping.
She has called on the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) to have "serious conversations" about whether Sochi should be hosting the championships.
"The IBSF need to have some serious conversations over the next few months and decide what they are going to do," Yarnold, back from a year's sabbatical, told the BBC.
"I'm not sure whether I want to compete in Sochi or can compete in Sochi if I don't know it's a clean playing field.
I'll leave it open. But I want the IBSF to make a decision that defends the true values of clean sport."
The McLaren report, published in July, revealed a Russian doping program that spanned the London 2012 Olympics and the 2014 Sochi Games. Evidence from former head of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov claimed dozens of Russian athletes were doping at the Winter Games.
"We've had these McLaren reports which have lots of allegations and I just hope that if people can be convicted of doping they should serve their time," Yarnold said.
"It's very important to me to compete in sport for the right reasons, to have sportsmanship and to be clean; to stand on the start line and to trust in the system -- and at the moment the system just isn't up to it."


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FDA approves Dupixent as add-on treatment for moderate-to-severe asthma – Sanofi + Regeneron
The FDA has approved Dupixent (dupilumab), from Sanofi + Regeneron, as an add-on maintenance treatment of patients aged 6 to 11 years with moderate-to-severe asthma characterized by an eosinophilic phenotype or with oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma.
The FDA approval is based on data from a Phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of Dupixent combined with standard-of-care asthma therapy in children with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma. More than 90% of children in the trial had at least one concurrent type 2 inflammatory condition. Among patients who entered the trial with high levels of a certain type of white blood cell (eosinophils [EOS] of at least 300 cells/ul; n=259), those who added Dupixent (100 mg or 200 mg every two weeks, based on weight) to standard-of-care experienced: i. Substantially reduced rate of severe asthma attacks, with a 65% average reduction over one year compared to placebo (0.24 events per year for Dupixent vs. 0.67 for placebo).ii. Improved lung function observed as early as two weeks and sustained for up to 52 weeks, measured by percent predicted pre-bronchodilator FEV1 (FEV1pp).iii. At 12 weeks, patients taking Dupixent improved their lung function by 5.32 percentage points compared to placebo.iv. Improved asthma control at 24 weeks, with 81% of patients reporting a clinically meaningful improvement based on disease symptoms and impact compared to 64% of placebo patients as measured by at least 0.5 improvement on a 7-point scale.
Children with elevated fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO at least 20 ppb), an airway biomarker of inflammation that plays a major role in asthma, were also evaluated. In this subgroup, children who added Dupixent to standard-of-care experienced a reduction in the rate of severe asthma attacks.
The safety results from the trial were generally consistent with the known safety profile of Dupixent in patients aged 12 years and older with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma, with the addition of helminth infections which were reported in 2.2% of Dupixent patients and 0.7% of placebo patients. The overall rates of adverse events were 83% for Dupixent and 80% for placebo. The most common adverse events that were more commonly observed with Dupixent compared to placebo were injection site reactions (18% Dupixent, 13% placebo), viral upper respiratory tract infections (12% Dupixent, 10% placebo) and eosinophilia (6% Dupixent, 1% placebo).
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The holidays have always been a great time of discovery for me in terms of books, movies, comics, games and even toys that I wasn't previously familiar with. Due to an excellent roster of gift givers in my life, I've been fortunate to not simply receive items that were on some wish list (though that happened more when I was a kid), but also get goodies that opened new worlds to me.
Before they were introduced via a gift from a loved one who took a chance, I didn't know much He-Man, the works of Isaac Asimov, or most blues music. Those loved ones who took a chance on something new, and shared something that they enjoyed, influenced me and made an impact far more than if they'd simply checked something off my list.
With that in mind, we approach our final holiday gift guide of 2015 with the intent of providing suggestions that spark imagination, inspire, and open new interests. These items are still fairly easy to acquire before Dec. 25, so they make for good crunch time choices.
From books to iTunes playlists to an audiobook, these gateway gifts might have the power to influence your giftee beyond December, and set them on a new nerdy course for years to come.


Pregnant women have been warned not to eat for two. A study, conducted by researchers at Queen Mary University, found that women who followed a calorie-controlled diet to minimise weight gain during pregnancy were less likely to suffer pre-eclampsia.
The study also found that the risk of gestational diabetes was 60% lower and the risk of premature birth reduced by 32%.
Elsewhere, the news focuses on new mums, warning that the failure to treat mothers with postnatal depression could have created the 'riots generation'. A new charity, Parent-Infant Partnership UK, has been formed to highlight the psychological problems experienced by mothers after birth. Their research shows that a failure to help these mothers bond with their babies can stunt the development of children's brains.
And finally, a father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for lessons on organ donation in schools. Keith Sudbury, whose son Adrian died aged 27, has spent year's campaigning for 'Adrian's law' which would see lessons to raise awareness about organ donations in students over 16.


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Meet the Camp Staff!
From left: Peter Lamdin, Katie Koerten, Hannah French, Liz Quinn, Ashlyn Salvage, Colleen Kelley, Patrick O'Roark
Hello and welcome to Nature Summer Camp 2015! The counselors and I have been buzzing like bees around here getting ready for the first day of camp next week. We can't wait to meet all the campers! I am super thrilled about our staff. We are lucky to have three returning counselors, two fabulous new ones and two wonderful support staff! And now, let's introduce them one by one…
Peter Lamdin
We could not be more excited to have Peter back as a co-instructor of our popular Leadership Training Camp. After 30+ years as an educator in public schools, Peter has re-joined the Hitchcock Center staff (in retirement, no less!) as a field trip educator and camp instructor. Peter is beloved by many in the community and some families were eager to sign up for his camp because he was such a wonderful 6th grade teacher. But what many do not know is that Peter was one of Hitchcock's first camp counselors in the earliest days of Hitchcock camp programming! Welcome back Peter!
Katie Koerten
Katie can't believe she is already upon her 5th year as Hitchcock Camp Director! She began at Hitchcock as a camp counselor in 2007, when she fell in love with the Pioneer Valley and the Hitchcock Center. She spent three years working in a public school Kindergarten classroom and then took an internship working as an avian rehabilitator and educator at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. She joined Hitchcock's staff full time in 2011, when she became Children and Family Programs Coordinator, teaching homeschool, afterschool, camps and other children and family programs. In her free time she can be found birdwatching, hiking and checking out local swimming holes (usually all at the same time!).
Hannah French
Hannah is excited to return for her second summer as a Hitchcock nature camp counselor! This year she spent lots of time at the Hitchcock Center as an intern, assisting with homeschool classes, Discovery Days, and more. In May, Hannah graduated from UMass Amherst with a degree in Environmental Science. She plans to pursue a Master's degree in science education this fall. Each summer, Hannah also volunteers as a counselor at Circle Camps for Grieving Children. She loves music, and in her spare time she plays the fiddle, the ukulele, and the guitar – but not all at once!
Liz Quinn
Liz is so excited to spend the summer outdoors exploring nature with young people! She grew up on a small farm on the east side of the Quabbin Reservoir spending free time running through the forest, digging in rivers, and making epic forts. Liz has her bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont where she honed her nature knowledge and further developed a great passion for environmental education. During the school year she works as an Educational Support Professional at an elementary school in Northampton. When not at camp, Liz can be found riding her bike, playing and listening to music, gardening, cooking, or baking a pie.
Ashlyn Salvage
Ashlyn will be a junior at Tufts University next fall. Growing up in the Valley inspired her love for nature, animals, and all things outdoors, which brought about her curiosity for the environment and how to protect it. She studies history and art history at Tufts, where she works in the Office of Sustainability as an Eco-Rep, promoting sustainable practices throughout campus and in the dorms. Growing up with a bundle of siblings fostered her love for children, and she spent last summer tramping around the Berkshires at a sleep away camp for children of all ages. This past spring she worked as a substitute teacher at Fort River Elementary school, where she was once a student herself, and this summer she is excited to combine the teaching aspect of school and the fun play of camp at the Hitchcock Center. When she is not playing frisbee or reading a book, she can be found outside wandering around making fairy houses!
Colleen Kelley
We are very lucky to have Colleen assisting us with camp this summer. Colleen is going on 31 years of being part of the Hitchcock Center staff, and has worked on just about everything here, from camp to school residencies to homeschool to afterschool to her all-time favorite program, Nature Discovery Preschool! All that experience has led to her current role as Education Director, in which she provides leadership and support for the education staff, Hitchcock's Living Building project, professional development programs, college interns and loads more. In her spare time Colleen loves to get moving outdoors, from swimming to running to cycling to hiking!
Patrick O'Roark
Patrick is thrilled to back for his third season with Hitchcock Nature Day Camp. Over the last few years he's fallen in love with the Hitchcock Center and this past spring he joined as a full time staff member. In addition to summer and school vacation camps he teaches the Homeschool II class, school field trip programs, school residency programs, and is Hitchcock's Live Animal Caretaker. When not teaching or tending to the critters, Patrick can be found lurking about in art museums and movie theaters or barefoot hiking somewhere in the Mount Holyoke Range.
Lucy Gertz (not pictured)
Lucy joins us this year as an assistant counselor during Session 2 with the Young Naturalists. She brings many years of education experience, most recently as a pre-school teacher in Williamsburg, and we are so excited to have her as part of our team!


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Az Akatalepszia (a görög α-, fosztóképzőből és a καταλαμβάνειν, megragadni szóból), a filozófiában a felfoghatatlanság, illetve valami megértésének, felfogásának lehetetlensége. Az akatalepszia a mindenség felfogásának lehetetlensége. Ez a Sztoikus filozófia katalepszis tanításának, a felfogásnak az antitézise. A Sztoikusok szerint a katalepszis az igazi felfogás, de a Pyrrhonisták és a Tudományos szkeptikusok szerint minden felfogás akataleptikus, vagyis a vizsgált tárgyak semmilyen összhangban nem állnak, vagy ha igen, azt nem ismerhetjük.

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Will Sadiq Khan's housing policies clash with the Conservatives? – Guest Blog by Kate Faulkner
Well this will be interesting! Here we have a new man in charge of housing in London, but will his Labour orientated local policies end up clashing or matching Conservative housing policies?
The answer to this very much depends on who you are, so I've looked at the Labour and Conservative policies and how they will impact on people individually.
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Mixing different policies isn't likely to work for everyone. For example landlords may end up with a double whammy of Conservative tax rises and Labour rent restrictions on income. Developers may be being asked to do more work, but at a cost that they can't make money from!
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Already considered the 'bad boys' of the market, these buyers are critiqued for:-
Buying off plan
Beating London buyers to properties
Leaving them empty if they don't rent them out and taking the capital growth
So what will happen now? Well according to Sadiq Khan's election promises, he will:-
Putting Londoners first
Sadiq will set a target for 50 per cent of all new homes in London to be genuinely affordable, and use mayoral powers and land to stop 'buy-to-leave' and to give 'first dibs' to first-time buyers and local tenants. He will end the scandal of thousands of homes in new developments being sold off-plan to overseas investors each year.
Well lets take a look if this will work. Have a look at Battersea:-
Nothing happened on the site for decades
Now it's being built out, most of the properties will be sold for in excess of £1mn
'That's outrageous' many will cry as even if these homes have to be sold to Londoners – how many 'ordinary' Londoners can afford this? And with all the attempts to build out the area before, they all failed.
So we now have a site which is being built out and it's being sold to millionaires, surely if it was possible to have built the site out beforehand and make the properties viable for ordinary Londoners, the government and planners would have found a way to do so.
But no-one did, so the choice for the City was 'do nothing' and leave a massive derelict site or build it out with foreign money…….if it was possible to do it any other way, then it's the powers that be that should be being blamed, not the foreigners who's investment have made the current build possible.
Anyone trying to build in London has two massive issues. Firstly the cost of land is at a premium and is difficult to secure and secondly because it's also a very costly place to build – getting materials in and out of the city isn't an easy task!
So if the housing policies make it impossible for developers to make money, then building in the city will grind to a halt and everyone will lose.
These guys are going to end up with a double whammy and it's one of the areas where differing housing policies could clash to cause the unintended consequence of hurting the very people they were created to help – in this case the tenants as well as investors.
Currently landlords and property investors are being hit with a raft of additional expenses, including:-
Extra 3% stamp duty on second homes
Loss of wear and tear 10% allowance
Reduction in mortgage interest relief
In addition to this triple whammy on landlord's profits, Sadiq Khan and Labour's policy on the rental sector will be:-
Action on Landlords
Sadiq will work with boroughs to set up landlord licensing schemes – naming and shaming bad landlords and promoting good ones so you know what you're getting yourself into.
This can only be a good thing and much more promotion of good landlords is required – for no other reason than to show tenants good landlords do exist and are worth waiting for, rather than just believe they are 'all bad' and accept bad landlording and especially properties in conditions which are 'below par'.
Action for private renters
Sadiq will establish a London-wide not-for-profit lettings agency to promote longer-term, stable tenancies for responsible tenants and good landlords across London.
This is an interesting idea – and it's been tried in other councils too, such as Swansea although no-one I can find is claiming it's been a great success.
However, is it right to use taxpayers money to fund not for profit letting agents at a time when most letting agents are struggling to get enough stock to support their own offices. And you've got to look at why landlords would use them. The only reason a landlord would be happy to use a not for profit agency is if it was cheaper. But the problem with 'cheaper' is that normally leads to poor service – running a lettings business legally costs a lot of money!
Also as a landlord, would you want to give your property to a Labour run lettings service?
The real danger is these agencies attract landlords who cut corners and want to save as much money as possible when renting, then this is going to cause a massive issue for the agency as they will have to spend an awful lot of time and effort getting the landlord to spend money – but the reason they are using the agency in the first place is because they don't like spending money!
So imagine the scenario when a not for profit, Labour run letting agent accidentally (and they will) ends up renting properties in poor condition that end up not being let legally.
The theory sounds great, but sadly any letting agent, not for profit or otherwise, is going to end up in a situation where they live and die financially by the stock they get and I don't know that many landlords out there will be keen to work with them.
London Tenants
In theory with 'not for profit' agents and with the introduction of a 'true' London living rent, tenants should win outright from Labour's policies – more so than they have so far from Conservative policies which are increasingly geared towards home ownership. But the combination of policies may harm the level of stock in London, leaving tenants struggling to find properties to let in the first place – and that's when rents because an 'auction' to the highest bidder, when they come up for re-let.
London Living Rent
Sadiq will create a new form of affordable housing, with rent based on a third of average local income, not market rates. A new form of tenure, more affordable, and giving you the chance to save for a deposit.
This is a good thing to aim for and I'm all for it, but the question that has to be asked is how is Sadiq Khan going to make this level of 'affordability' on rents stack up?
Currently housing associations can't build and make money at 80% of market rent, their properties are typically coming in at rents of £1,000 or more how on earth is he going to be able to fund a tenure that meets a 'third' of people's income via private developers?
According to some estimates to achieve his aim he will need to provide properties with a monthly rent of just over £900 a month.
Most landlords are already having to put down a 50% plus deposit on a property to make it cash flow positive every month. That means that London rents are difficult to fund at anything less than £1,200 a month. And with the Conservative increases in taxation, this average is likely to have to increase, making Sadiq's dream of making more affordable rented properties available, pretty impossible!
London buyers and homeowners
As far as Conservative versus Labour policies for homeowners in London, to be fair they both have very similar policies – it's just that so far the Conservatives while in power have struggled to deliver against the 50,000 a year new homes that are required for London's rapidly growing population.
Here are Sadiq and the Labour party's policies to try and tackle the housing problems:-
More investment in housing
The Tory Mayor has failed to invest £400 million of his affordable homes budget. Sadiq will use this and support housing associations in their plans to ensure a minimum of 80,000 new homes a year.
Land for homes
Sadiq will bring forward more land owned by public bodies like TfL and use the Mayor's new homes team to develop that land. This will enable more homes to be built where they are needed, rather than where developers think they can make the most money.
If Sadiq can pull this off, it would be fantastic and we need genuine positive thinking and passion to get London out of the worst of UK's housing crises.
However, I know that huge amounts of effort have been made by the existing administration and especially the hard working GLA housing teams to deliver more affordable homes. Lately they have built far more than they did under Ken Livingstone (see the analysis by Barton Willmore).
If they couldn't deliver against existing targets, it is going to be tough to raise them from 50,000 to 80,000.
Having said that, if you don't aim high, you won't achieve, so it may well be that the new task force – if it has people who are determined to deliver whatever the many barriers are put in their way, then it could be possible and this will be down to his final housing policy:-
Homes for Londoners
Sadiq will set up a new team at City Hall dedicated to fast-tracking the building of genuinely affordable homes to rent and buy.
Whatever happens, hopefully the housing situation will improve dramatically in London as for the first time it really is on the political agenda, so let us keep our fingers crossed and wish the new London Mayor luck and hope he can deliver on his promises.
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Sarah of Absolutely Fabulous Image visited my home to help me shop my closet and learn how to wear one dress different ways. She had some wonderful hints and tips that can help you make the most of your wardrobe as well!
Use silk scarves or coloured pashminas to completely change the look of your dress. Don't hesitate to be bold with contrasting colours. You don't have to be matchy-matchy all the time.
Scarves and pashminas mean you can wear your dress throughout the seasons. A silk scarf makes a lovely summer wrap, but a warmer pashmina lets you wear your dress into the autumn and winter too.
Depending on the occasion and location, consider adding a hat, fascinator or hair decoration to add pizazz.
Great shoes and boots can transform your outfit.
Go for elegance with neutral hose (tights) and a heeled shoe. Want to go more casual or wear your dress in a cooler season? Switch things up with opaque or coloured hose (tights) and knee high boots.
Your shoes don't have to match your dress. They can be a contrasting colour, or even patterned if the dress is a solid colour. Silver, gold or sparkly shoes are almost always appropriate these days.
Here I've worn diamante shoes and a matching bag from L K Bennett.
Your shoes can match your handbag, but they don't have to.
The size and shape of your handbag will change the look of your dress. Choose a smaller clutch bag for formal occasions or go casual with a larger (but still in proportion to your body) handbag. Choose an elegant, matt finish or go with a bright contrasting colour. Again, sparkles are always appropriate, before or after sundown.
Special occasions are a fantastic opportunity to wear your investment jewellery or sentimental pieces. You can also change the look of your outfit by choosing statement necklaces or brooches.
This Stella and Dot necklace still looks elegant, but it's more casual than precious stones. You can also mix and match more expensive jewellery with costume pieces for a totally different look.
Here Sarah recommended my sapphire and diamond earrings and necklace to compliment a silk scarf from Fortnum & Mason. The silver bracelet is a very inexpensive costume piece.
With Sarah's help, I was able to find over ten new and different ways to wear my beautiful Escada dress. Most of these options were frugal too.. While the galaxy print Fortnum & Mason scarf was an investment piece, it was something I already owned and did not buy specifically for the dress. None of the pasminas (sourced by Sarah) cost more than £25.
Some of my pieces of jewellery contain precious stones and the Stella and Dot necklace was fairly pricey but because I already owned them, they were definitely a frugal option.
With Sarah of AbFab Image's skill, a bit of ingenuity and a willingness to shop my closet, my Escada dress has become a linchpin of my wardrobe. Shop your closet, keep your eyes open for accessory bargains and, with an open mind, you too can discover lots of ways to wear one dress different ways. It's frugal, sustainable, and fashionable too!
Sarah van Dort of Absolutely Fabulous Image can be contacted via her website.
Disclosure: I have not been compensated for this post.
You look great in the pretty blue dress. It looks like a different outfit in every photo.
Thank you so much, Kippi 🙂 I hope you are having a lovely week.
I love the color combinations, especially the pinky/coral contrast. And hopefully you'll post an autumn update featuring opaque tights + boots too – that would look great. The dress is a wonderful blue on you, April!
Thank you so much, Pauline! I can't wait to try some different combinations for autumn – definitely opaque tights and boots – I'm really looking forward to fall outfits!
This Escada dress looks gorgeous. It inspired me to take a fresh look at my wardrobe. Thanks!


Released during the grunge punk music breakthrough- era, the album produced four singles— " Kitty" " Lump. February Calendar with Holidays in printable format - United States. Overview of holidays and many observances in United States during the year.
Download video killed the radio star the presidents of the united states of america. Includes Observances Fun Facts & Religious Holidays: Christian, Catholic Jewish & Muslim. Columbia Records signed the band shortly after its release to handle increased distribution for the album.
The Presidents of the United States of America ( occasionally referred to as PUSA, The Presidents or Pot USA) were an American alternative rock power trio band. The band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1993, and disbanded in.
The three- piece group consisted of vocalist and " basitarist" Chris Ballew, drummer and vocalist Jason Finn with " guitbassist" and vocalist Andrew McKeag. The Presidents of the United States of America is the debut studio album by The Presidents of the United States of America, released in March 10, 1995 via PopLlama Records.


The validity of the same code (MSP2015-15FR) has been extended until 29.02.2016.
Sie können diesen Gutschein nicht für diesen Warenkorb einlösen.
the code has expired, simples!
thanks... I thought that the message could mean that I have already used other codes before. So it could work if I create a new acount.
The codes from the post don't work anymore.
Are there new ones or is microspot not giving codes anymore ?
5 CHF off a purchase of 50.- or more using the code "ANIBIS."
Dieser Gutscheincode existiert nicht - haben Sie sich vertippt?
I have tried with . and without .
I emailed Anibis who told me to ask Microspot. I'll come back to you with their answer.
Techmania is overpriced when compared to microspot by 10-20% Do not waste your money!
--> Microspot is already the best retailer for many of the Apple Watches.
you have to spend >=250CHF and you get 15CHF off in the next purchase.
until end of the year.
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Walter H. Bowart wrote "Operation Mind Control" in 1978. –That was over 40 years ago that the CIA, FBI, NSA, military/medical agencies were using innocent US citizens in covert nonconsensual experimental brain washing to accomplish their fondest wish... to control the human mind. Bowart updated the book in 1994.
"Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2018," Trump said in a notice to be sent to Congress. Former President George W. Bush signed Proclamation 7643 in 2001… The National Emergencies Act requires that the president renew the emergency at the end of each year or at the date the proclamation lapses. Congress is also supposed to review the state of the emergencies ever six moths, but it, notably, never has. " – Wrote Robert Donachie for the Washington Examiner 9-10-2018.
Huge microwave tower across the street on the highway Campbell Ave from the Library Center being augmented with new technology? See the tiny man dangling underneath the giant microwave outdoor base station? This monolith is just one of FOUR microwave and radio wave towers within site of the Library Center parking lot, in Springfield, MO.
Another view of man's face underneath crane on giant outdoor base of microwave tower across the street from Library Center in Springfield, MO.
James Cameron, M.D. was President of all these organizations… The American Psychiatric Association; Canadian Psychiatric Association; World Association of Psychiatrists; and Cameron was Founder of Canadian Mental Health Association and Chairman of Canadian Scientific Planning. – Bowart… "1926- James Cameron, M.D. one of the most notorious Psychiatrists of all time began his career at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He used illicit methods of behavior modification in research sponsored by the CIA- Dr. Cameron held the… (above) titles over the period of time that he conducted experiments on humans." -Will review more of Walter H. Bowart's "Operation Mind Control" in 1978 in next post. Thank you Bowart.
Night beauty in the daylight.
Thank you sweet God for everything exactly the way it is today. Thank you dear God for bringing the Network Collective into the light for justice and bringing the Network Collective down God to conquer them. Thank you dear God for protecting, loving and guiding family, friends, territories, tools, vehicles, our animals, plants and me. I love you God. I thank you God. So be it. It is so. Amen.


Part of me craves colour, particularly in winter. Another part of me is drawn to the shimmering lustre of the absence of colour. I'm not talking about the ethereal glow of untouched snow, as spectacular as that is, but the shining quality of silver filaments as they dance between grey and white, or more simply the natural colour of ageing hair.
I came to hair dyeing quite late. I was just over 30, had recently lost my mother and was not in a happy state of mind. What is more, the grey hairs were proliferating. A head of highlights lifted my mood a little. Five years later the hairdresser talked me into a block colour as the grey hairs were winning out and the highlights were just not covering the signs of ageing. Sleep deprived I acquiesced and regretted it almost immediately. The bore of three-monthly colouring sessions became an absolute chore as I soon realised that all-over colours 'needs' touching up every six weeks, then five, four… Only the prospect of months of growing out the dye made me stick with it.
So a year ago I stopped dyeing all together. There was no big announcement or no easing the way with highlights. I just cut the colour, chemicals and chore out of my routine.
I suspect that in the first few months friends, acquaintances and strangers may have thought "She really needs to get her roots sorted out" but I stopped caring about that by about month three, when I realised just how much colour I still had in my hair. The 'shocking' white was limited to the front locks and temples, and actually looked quite interesting. The rest was still dark; admittedly more grey brown than copper blond but dark nonetheless! Had I really gone to all that effort to cover up a few white locks at the front and some natural highlights?
As the months passed, I willed the growth on as I wanted to see more of the white shots and silver strands. They are intrinsically more interesting than the dyed hair. Each fibre seems to refract the light in a slightly different way. And the single strand highlights are more delicate than anything a colourist has ever managed.
A year on most of the dye around my head has gone, with just a few inches left around the jaw and neck. I absolutely love the emerging colours. My hair is now a natural semisolid shade with white locks and silver filaments nestling amongst pewtered brown strands. Most of all I am thrilled that I am embracing my maturing hair on my terms!
This is the second of a series of posts about colour and was inspired by an online conversation I recently had with some lovely knitters about the shades, texture and beauty of naturally ageing hair.
The greys are looking marvelous! Plural, because as you write, the silvers and pewters, and whites, and ah! So great. I love your shawl too.
Grey really suits you. Before I finished reading the article I was going to suggest using henna (you can get it from Lush in brown, black and red shades) as it is much more natural, good for your hair… but still involves the effort of 'doing it'.
My hair is very long (and originally red/auburn) and I've been doing my roots with henna for nearly 8 years now (since my mid 30s). The idea of having to grow it all out (and it would take several years) is just too scary!
Well done for doing it. And a lot less hassle!
Thanks! I tried the Lush henna way back in my quest for a natural product but alas I had an allergic reaction within seconds. I can't wait for the grow-out to be done as I want to go long again too. I want to celebrate the silver and grey locks with long wavy hair!
The natural tones make your features much softer. There is something to be said about aging gracefully.
I've just found your blog and have read this post with real interest. I think I recall the discussion about this on ravelry with a few knitters in the Knit British or Brityarn group (can't remember now) and it really stayed with me. This might sound a bit weird, but participating in the British Breeds swatching and also the nature's shades KAL has really had me thinking about my own "natural shades". I too absolutely hate the dyeing process, the time, the mess, the chemicals, the constant worry about it all. I have very dark brown natural hair, almost black and so the white/grey hairs really stand out, but it's been about two months since I've dyed and I've made the decision to just stop and embrace my natural shades. I know it will look a bit odd for a while, but I'm going to go for it. So thanks for the nudge – I noticed your new ravelry avatar and you look fantastic with your new shades.


In the wake of the new Classic Space stuff being released as part of TLM2, I'm starting to think that I, as a relatively new AFOL (really a TFOL), should be interestd in tracking down part of such an iconic part of Lego history.
I have already purchased the 4+ Emmet and Benny Workshop set (for the Classic Space ship mostly, though the actual workspace area is going into a MOC) and . . well, I would have purchased Benny's Space Squad, but someone (or, really, a lot of someones) bought up the entire stock on Shop@Home. So I suppose I'll have to wait until the folks in Denmark can compensate for demand, but I do intend to get it.
Of course, this leaves me with a problem; I will have ships and rovers, but no actual Classic Space Moon-/Asteroid-/Wherever-the-hell-in-Space-Base. I do have some display space open on a high shelf, though; enough for one baseplate with some things hanging over the edge on one side.
Which brings me to my question; who here is an experienced purveyor of Classic Space who could point me to an appropriate set? Preferably containing some sort of base of operations, at least some room for a ship (though not necessarily including a ship, as I already have that covered) and, necessarily, mostly fitting on a single baseplate?
Or would I be better off either MOCcing something or waiting and hoping that the second and third waves of TLM2 sets include a new Classic Space moonbase?
I would say I am in a similar boat of discovering Classic Space and, from some research, I might be able to help.
Luckily, most of the Classic Space base sets are smaller, so they should be able to fit.
Otherwise, you could probably buy one of the crater baseplates and MOC something on it. I have a feeling we will get something Classic Space related in the summer wave, but it might just be Benny's new spaceship.


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Q: i want to use pickerview in segment control such that when i switch segments picker data also changes. here's my code: //IBAction for segment control to change value in the label
@IBAction func changeValueSC(_ sender: Any) {

    switch segmentControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
    case 0:
        questionLabel.text = "HAS FOOD INTAKE DECLINED OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS, DUE TO LOSS OF APPETITE, DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, CHEWING OR SWALLOWING DIFFICULTIES ?"
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        break
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}

//compulsory methods for pickerview
public func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int{

    return 1
}

//options1, options2 .....options5 are string type arrays
public func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int{

    switch segmentControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
    case 0:
        return options1.count
    case 1:
        return options2.count
    case 2:
        return options3.count
    case 3:
        return options4.count
    case 4:
        return options5.count
    default:
        return 0
    }
}

func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String?{

    switch segmentControl.selectedSegmentIndex {
    case 0:
        return options1[row]
    case 1:
        return options2[row]
    case 2:
        return options3[row]
    case 3:
        return options4[row]
    case 4:
        return options5[row]
    default:
        return ""
    }

}

when i'm changing the segment the label data is changing but no data is being displayed in the picker view
screenshot of the view controller

A: You have to tell the picker view that the data has changed and it should refresh some (or all) of it's components:
@IBAction func changeValueSC(_ sender: Any) {

    // ... same as before

    self.pickerView.reloadComponent(0)
    // or: reloadAllComponents()
}

A: In your changeValueSC function you need to call self.pickerView.reloadAllComponents().

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No one can dispute the beautiful rusticity of a carrot or a potato in its natural, whole state. Yet when vegetables are formed into the geometric, elegant shape of a tourné, an ordinary fine dining experience leaps from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
A tournéd vegetable is an assured signifier of a chef's skill, and in Chef Instructor Ted Siegel's Tourné Workshop five lucky Culinary Arts students took our first step, or first carefully carved slice, towards mastering the challenging art of the tourné cut. And why is the tourné cut so important, some frustrated students like myself, might ask? Chef Ted had plenty of anecdotes and encouraging stories to throw our way. Even though this classic, seven-sided, precisely angled shape might seem outmoded, it is still seen today on the plates of the world's top restaurants, and Chef Ted shared stories from former students tournéing their way to success to prove it.
With not a single one of Chef Ted's vegetables destined for anything but a perfect tourné, it was hard to believe that he ever struggled through his knife skill sessions when he was a student, yet his stories of eventual success bolstered us along.
Our kitchen was sparsely garnished with nothing but piles of carrots, potatoes, turnips, and a few zucchini and yellow squash for this concentrated effort towards improving our knife skills. Oh, and a single egg. This unexpected addition to our classroom setup was to be the key introduction to Chef Ted's demystification of the art of the tourné. He opened the lesson by demonstrating with a plastic knife, how to graze along the contours of a simple egg and encouraged us to practice at home with an egg while watching TV to encode this movement in our muscle memory.
Rather than zipping through the quick, decided motions of the tourné cut, Chef Ted patiently guided us through his method for mastering the mechanics and geometry of this knife skill. Practice makes perfect, and even though my vegetables might still be unfit for sautéing for service, I now know the steps and key ingredients to working my way to tourné triumph. I have already planned out my week-long TV agenda.


It feels good to club/pub for a bit again.
I havent gone in ages due to night school and my sudden urge to say more $$$. Been going back to the regular places – Helipad, Zouk and Chijmes.
I love how in general, Chijmes is such a great chill out place with lots of good live band pubs and food. Le Baroque is another good place to go cos their live band is not only awesome but the music is really catered for everyone to enjoy e.g. rock, 80s music etc.
Finally, the only other place I would go to is Zouk. Zouk for me, really brings in the BEST DJs in the world but someone has to tighten the security…soo many kids below the age of 18 have gone in.
This picture was taken after a very strong "Kiss of Death" Shot..THANKS TO DAWN! Click on the link for the recipe but it's essentially Jack Daniels, Rum and Tequila in this recipe but at Zouk it is Triple Sec and Cointreu so it varies.
You pour both into a glass, stir it with your fingers, shoot it down and breathe the drink in FROM YOUR FINGERS!
The main point for this post is that I just read an article from CNN yesterday that made me feel good about the fact that Ive been drinking more.
Binge drinking is still not advisable obviously but the occasional drink helps to keep the pounds off based on this article – Women Who Drink Are Less Likely To Gain Weight which is based on a study by Harvard University.
There are other factors that come into play when drinking so just read the article to know more about the benefits and the areas of concern to be aware of e.g. recovering alcoholics, women who are already obese when drinking etc.
2. Women who consumed between 1.5 and 3 drinks daily had a 27 percent and 61 percent lower risk of becoming overweight or obese, respectively, than women who didn't drink at all.