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Football federation ditches FIFA boss
Norway's football federation (NFF) and its president, Yngve Hallen, have decided to support Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan in Friday's election at the scandal-plagued international football association FIFA. The prince is running against embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who has controlled the association since 1998 amidst corruption allegations that reached new heights this week.
"Prince Ali delivered a good speech and the leadership of UEFA (the European football association) asked us all to support him," Hallen stated in a press release Thursday afternoon. "Given the situation in FIFA now, its credibility can't be preserved with Blatter as top leader."
Blatter is under new pressure after police arrested nine international football leaders while they were meeting for FIFA's 65th congress in Zurich this week. Five more marketing directors in firms that buy or sell media and sponsor rights tied to FIFA were arrested in Miami in coordinated raids that stunned, if not necessarily surprised, the football world. Charges of corruption, especially bribery, have swirled for years in the big-money circles around FIFA. Now 14 FIFA officials are charged with extortion, bribery and tax evasion, particularly in connection with the awards for the World Cup in Russia in 2018 and in Qatar in 2022.
Per Ravn, the former president of NFF and vice president of UEFA, had told newspaper Dagsavisen on Thursday that "it was high time for the ageing top leadership in FIFA to go." Hallen had initially waivered on who NFF would support, drawing strong reaction from critics who told NRK it would be "directly embarrassing" if Norway supported Blatter. Voting for the leadership of FIFA is due to take place Friday amidst calls it be postponed because of all the arrests and corruption charges.
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What to Expect From the 2017 MTV VMAs
Pop-gossip fireworks from Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar's victory lap, and some not-so-subtle politics
Spencer Kornhaber
VMAs host Katy Perry performs at Glastonbury 2017Grant Pollard / AP
On Sunday night, millions of people will tune in to see a long, bloody storyline come to a thrilling climax when two rival queens meet in the same location, with one toting CGI reptiles. The Game of Thrones finale will be on as well.
The MTV Video Music Awards, airing this year at 8 p.m. Eastern, is the televised ceremony that's historically been the savviest and most shameless about causing conversation-baiting moments: unexpected make-outs involving Madonna or Michael Jackson, Kanye West's "I'mma let you finish but … ," Miley Cyrus twerking, "Miley, what's good?," etc. For this year's ceremony, the prime source of drama looks to be in the pesky psychosocial narrative that is Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry, from which observers can draw observations about gender and fame but also simply about two superstars trying to prolong their imperial phases.
The origins of their beef are hazy, but its benefit to both artists has been clear, as has the fact that it fed some urge in the fan/media ecosystem to see strong females feuding. This year, Perry dined out on the appearance of bad blood by releasing a trash-talking single about triumphing over a sheep in wolf's clothing. Then, during her brain-melting publicity stunt of livestreaming herself for four days, she tearfully forgave Swift for whatever she did. Swift famously seemed to take aim at Perry in a 2015 No. 1 hit, and her newly announced album, Reputation, promises to devilishly embrace the backlash against her for being a "snake."
Perry is hosting the VMAs and is set to perform a "zero-gravity" medley of her songs, while Swift will be there to premiere the music video for her acidic new single "Look What You Made Me Do." Producers have publicly shot down rumors of a collaborative set, but how could any of the involved parties who thrive on attention resist an encounter? Perhaps the two will formally announce peace—and then hiss at everyone who egged their fight on over the years: Look at what you made us do. The appeal of a headline-grabbing moment for the singers is clear enough. Judging by sales of her loopy Witness, Perry's appeal is flagging, and whether Swift can continue as a No. 1 commercial conquerer through another album cycle is the pop question of the moment.
The other vital superstar of the night will be Kendrick Lamar, someone who has largely kept the celebrity-media ecosystem at arm's length. After putting out his most accessible album this year and being rewarded with unprecedented commercial success, he has eight VMA nominations, including Video of the Year (for "Humble") and Artist of the Year. He's also booked to perform, and judging from his pyrotechnic 2016 Grammys set, it could make for a splashy political statement. If someone were going to offer a powerful on-stage artistic commentary about, say, Charlottesville, it'd be him. Then again, he's earned his right to just party.
Lamar will be among what's apparently the largest crop of scheduled performers in VMAs history. The elevated headcount might be an attempt to make up for a dearth of icon-status folks such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Kanye West, who defined last year's ceremony. To be sure, there will be huge names present—Ed Sheeran, Lorde, The Weeknd—but more intriguing are folks like the earnest young R&B crooner Khalid, making his VMAs debut. The cult-beloved rapper Logic reportedly will incorporate tributes to recently deceased rockers Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell into his set. More head-scratchingly: Rod Stewart will be joined by DNCE—the band of Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, famous for the hit "Cake by the Ocean"—for a new version of "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy."
If this all sounds like pop-gossip escapism during a time of national tumult, well, it is. But politics will be an issue, one way or another. A new awards category, "Best Fight Against the System," will highlight videos with a social message, like Alessia Cara's body-positivity statement "Scars to Your Beautiful" and The Hamilton Mixtape's "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)." Moreover, if the entire Perry/Swift situation seems a bit regressive in its identity politics, the VMAs have at least paid lip service to the idea of progress on that front. For the first time, its categories and awards will be gender neutral—which is to say, instead of "Best Male Video" and "Best Female Video" there's simply "Artist of the Year." And in the greatest sign of the times, the Moonman trophy is now just a Moonperson.
Spencer Kornhaber is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers pop culture and music.


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Windows XP to get Vista's "Gadgets" cool huh?
Discussion in 'Main Lounge' started by Jason, Oct 13, 2005.
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A feature mimicking Apple's "widgets" scheduled to appear in Microsoft's Windows Vista will also show in the current Windows XP operating system, a Vista product manager said.
According to Sean Alexander, a group product manager with the Redmond, Washington-based developer, the so-called "gadgets" in Vista would be produced for Windows XP as well.
for those who dont know what gadgets are:
adgets are small, independent applications, often web-enabled, that provide information -- a constantly-updated weather report, for instance -- or serve one-off functions, such as an onscreen notepad. They are similar to the widgets which Apple's Mac OS X offers, and to those that Yahoo's Konfabulator already puts on Windows desktops.
Although the news should be welcomed by XP users, one analyst questioned Microsoft's decision to give so much of Vista to owners of an older OS.
"Gadgets would join a growing list of Windows Vista technologies being made available for Windows XP, including Internet Explorer 7 and WinFX components," said JupiterResearch's Joe Wilcox on his blog.
"Backward availability makes sense, because so many people use Windows XP and will for some time…[but] I remain concerned that these kinds of decisions will create marketing problems for Microsoft, as it tries to convince customers that Windows XP isn't good enough."
I think this is a neat featuer but then again useless, but it does add to the fun factor.
Jason, Oct 13, 2005
TheWindowsAlternative
i love how you started this post with 'a feature mimicking apple'. it made my day, really. funny how microsofts only 'innovations' are cheap knock-offs of mac. every time.
TheWindowsAlternative, Feb 17, 2006
_Venom_
Here is the plain truth as long as widgets are concerned...
DesktopX -> Konfabulator -> OS X Finally adopts widgets as part of its OS.
Widgets had been around over 4 years before Apple decided to throw them into the OS.
Get your facts straight, it's because of such hardcore yet ignorant fans of Apple that I don't go around the internet admitting I use an iMac half the time...
_Venom_, Feb 17, 2006
The way I see it, even if MS is implementing some features which os x has, weather they are copied or not they will most likely put a huge hurt on os x and take away what little advatages it had in the visual apartment, thats for sure.
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AstraZeneca and Orca Pharmaceuticals announce research collaboration to identify best-in-class RORγ inhibitors to treat auto-immune diseases
AstraZeneca and Orca Pharmaceuticals, a UK based biopharmaceutical company, today announced a three year collaboration to develop inhibitors of retinoic acid–related orphan nuclear receptor gamma (RORγ). Inhibitors of this receptor are believed to have potential against a wide range of autoimmune diseases for which there is currently no safe, effective oral treatment.
RORγ plays a key role in the immune system. Specifically, it helps to convert a population of immune cells called CD4+ T cells into T-helper 17 (TΗ17) cells which, in turn, produce chemicals (cytokines) that drive the immune response. However, excessive activity of TH17 cells and other RORγ+ immune cells has been implicated in a wide range of conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Under the terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca will gain access to RORγ inhibitors developed by Orca Pharmaceuticals and will integrate those into its in-house programme. Scientists from AstraZeneca and Orca Pharmaceuticals will work closely together to progress the programme and AstraZeneca has the option to acquire the Orca compounds at the end of the collaboration.
Dr Michael Hunter, CEO and Co-Founder of Orca Pharmaceuticals said: "We are delighted that AstraZeneca has recognised the potential of the Orca programme in a space where the identification of inhibitors with drug-like properties has proven challenging. To have the backing and experience of AstraZeneca makes this programme even more competitive as we move forward to deliver best-in-class medicines in this area."
Dr Maarten Kraan, Head of the Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases Innovative Medicines unit, AstraZeneca said: "Respiratory, inflammation and autoimmune diseases represent a main therapeutic area for AstraZeneca. We are delighted to be partnering with Orca Pharmaceuticals in this hot area of immunology science to help us create potentially best-in-class candidate drugs for patients who currently do not have any oral medicines available to treat their chronic conditions."
About Orca Pharmaceuticals
Orca Pharmaceuticals (Orca) is a biopharmaceutical company which is working to develop small molecule anti-inflammatory drugs to treat patients with severe autoimmune disease. The Company's technology is focused on RORγ nuclear hormone receptor targets and its lead therapeutic programme is in psoriasis. Orca was founded by Dr Mick Hunter, Dr Roy Pettipher, Dr Mark Payton, Professor Dan Littman and Dr Jun Huh. The Company is managed by Dr Mick Hunter (CEO) and Dr Roy Pettipher (CSO). Founded in 2013, Orca is supported by investment from BioMotiv (www.biomotiv.com), the for-profit accelerator aligned with the Harrington Project for Discovery & Development and NYU Innovation Ventures Fund. For more information please visit: www.orcapharmaceuticals.com
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, oncology, infection and neuroscience diseases. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information please visit: www.astrazeneca.com.
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Spotlight On...Lizzie Vieh
Name: Lizzie Vieh
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Education: B.A. Brown University, M.F.A. Brown/Trinity Graduate Program
Why theater?: I like story-telling, I like live performance, and I like to gather together with other people to experience art collectively.
Tell us about Barrier Islands: Barrier Islands is about a murder investigation that casts suspicion over a small island community. Two actors—one male, one female—portray three characters each. Over the course of nine scenes, each male character interacts with each female character, in a sort of twisted "La Ronde." The play is about gender, power, violence, and fear – specifically, how these topics manifest in modern American sexual relationships between men and women.
What inspired you to write Barrier Islands?: I felt compelled to write this play because I am a high-strung, imaginative woman who lives with a lot of fear. Barrier Islands is a horror story for modern American women. Think of your deepest fears as you're walking home alone late at night on an empty city street. That's where the play begins – fear. Specifically, women's fear of men. The play explores this in all of its manifestations – from the most directly physical and violent, to more subtle, psychological variations.
What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: I like dark, weird stuff that uses powerful, concise language. Bonus if it's funny too. Playwrights that inspire me include Caryl Churchill, Tennessee Williams, Harold Pinter, Sarah Kane, Paula Vogel, Erin Courtney, Maria Irene Fornes, Lanford Wilson, and Wallace Shawn.
If you could work with anyone you've yet to work with, who would it be?: Caryl Churchill and/or Les Waters
What show have you recommended to your friends?: 10 out of 12 by Anne Washburn, Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl, and Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus
Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: Judith Light. It would be a Lifetime film entitled "I was Born 50: The Lizzie Vieh Story."
If you could go back in time and see any play or musical you missed, what would it be?: John by Annie Baker
What's your biggest guilty pleasure?: Watching terrible TV and drinking craft beer in sweatpants with my dogs.
If you weren't working in theater, you would be _____?: Wealthier
What's up next?: I have a short play in Amios's Shotz: Unity at the Kraine Theater on Monday, December 7th. My full-length play The Loneliest Number is being developed by Amios as part of their First Draughts series in March 2016.
For more on Lizzie, visit www.LizzieVieh.com
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Reptile selfie: In place of a textbook, students in the Summer Academy's veterinary medicine class welcomed numerous guests, including dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes and these not-camera-shy bearded dragons.
How's this for a final exam? Students in the Summer Academy's new naval architecture class learned principles behind shipbuilding and then tried them out, using duct tape and cardboard to build four boats. Shown here is one of the two that made it across the College's pool.


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Best Group of newcomers: Tigh Savercool and his Cedar Cliff staff hit the Pick 5 Lottery when 2 year starter at Susquehanna Twp., Gerald Jarmon (2019) showed up on their door step. Jarmon is a veteran, with tons of experience and the ability to score points in bunches. "Newcomer" is a bit of a stretch for a starter of 40+ games, but he is the cornerstone of what's new for the Colts including 6-3 Derek Young (2021), a strong rebounder, post defender and screener-wide body with great feet and a lot of upside, 6-0 Guard Joey Zvorsky (2020), a steady guard. Add a returner to the program after a year off in senior 6-4 220 lbs. Justin Carter (2018), with what returns from last season's core group and check ball.
Will have the Most Impact this season: Tyler Crespo (2019) can exert the kind of influence at both ends of the floor that could have Manheim Twp in the State playoff mix. Shot the ball extremely well today, was feeling it… pull up three's in transition type feeling it! Lambo Speed with the ball in his hands combined with the body control and finishing skills to make you come out of your seat.
Best Shooter: Antonio Rizzuto (Northeastern, 2018) is instant offensive firepower, terrific shooter… catch and shoot it or off the dribble, the results are the same… Get it out of the net!! Impressive range, he can shoot it from all over the map. Pick your poison, if forced off the three point line he makes plays attacking the rim for himself and dishing to others.
Best Playmaker/Passer: Aley Zangari (Red Land, 2020) didnt find his team having much success but he impressed with his ability to run an offense well; got the ball to a variety of teammates in scoring position. Exceptional passer that sees the play three steps ahead.
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As with humans, water is one of the most important nutrients, not to mention a basic necessity for survival! Your horse requires about 10 gallons of water per day to remain properly hydrated and to digest his or her feed and hay properly. For each pound of hay consumed, your horse should be drinking approximately two quarts of water in order to promote healthy digestion. This amount can be tripled or even quadrupled under special circumstances such as hot weather, exceptionally hard work, or if a mare is lactating. Make sure that your horse always has access to a fresh supply of water, and allow your horse to drink as much as he or she wants at all times, except immediately following exercise- in that case, it's necessary to allow your horse to cool down prior to drinking.
In order to preserve your horse's normal body metabolism, it's critical that you make sure he or she is getting the right amount of essential vitamins in his or her diet. Horse feed is fortified with nearly all the vitamins your horse requires; however, vitamin A is often missing from most horse feed. This vitamin is necessary for your horse's eye functionality, and a deficiency of vitamin A could lead to night blindness or excessive tearing. You can purchase vitamin A supplements for your horse at all feed stores, or you may request an injection of vitamin A, which lasts for about three months, from your veterinarian. Perhaps the best source of vitamin A for your horse can be found naturally in spring and early summer grasses. These grasses contain high amounts of carotene, which the body naturally converts to vitamin A.
Horses with little to no access to fresh green feed may also be at risk of a vitamin E deficiency, which has been linked to neurologic, muscle, and reproductive problems. You can help your horse get the vitamin E he or she needs by including wheat germ oil or alfalfa meal in his or her diet.
Your horse's diet should contain at least 21 required minerals, which can all be found in most high-quality feeds. Because of this, horses rarely suffer from mineral deficiencies. However, horses naturally crave salt, and an adult horse at pasture can go through about half a pound of salt per week, while mares and horses in training can consume even more. Be sure to provide plenty of salt for your horse in order to maintain a healthy weight and appetite.
Most adult horses only require about 8 to 12 percent protein in their regular diet; however, protein is an important part of your horse's daily nutrition. Since protein is responsible for healthy muscle development, it is vital that your horse receives the recommended amount of protein in his or her diet. Some natural sources of protein that can be incorporated into your horse's diet include alfalfa and soybean meal. Protein supplements can also be found at any feed store, and are rated according to quality. If your horse is deficient in protein, he or she may become lethargic, and his or her coat may become dull and rough. By making sure your horse has enough protein in his or her diet, you can help them to stay strong and healthy throughout their lives.
Since horses do not have a gallbladder, as humans do, they are unable to process high levels of fat in their diet. Most horse feeds on the market contain less than 6 percent fat, which appears to be a sufficient amount to meet your horse's nutritional needs. Few, if any, fatty acid deficiency cases have been reported in horses, so as long as you give your horse a quality feed, you need not worry about supplementing his or her fat intake. However, if your horse participates in shows where a glossy coat is necessary, adding an ounce or two of polyunsaturated plant or vegetable oil to his or her feed twice a day can help keep your horse's coat show-quality, improving its natural luster and sheen.
Carbohydrates are the primary source of energy in your horse's diet. Most quality feeds contain an adequate amount of soluble carbohydrates such as starches and sugars, which are easily broken down by your horse's digestive system, as well as insoluble carbohydrates, such as fiber, which are fermented by intestinal bacteria to produce energy. As long as you use a good quality horse feed, your horse is likely receiving the recommended daily amount of carbohydrates.
Making sure your horse receives proper nutrition is the most important part of horse ownership. By ensuring that the quality of your horse's diet meets daily nutritional requirements, you are setting your horse up for a long, healthy life, and helping him or her to stay with you and performing at his or her peak for years to come. Want to support your Horse's emotional and physical well being with the many benefits of our CBD infused products? Check out one our new Equine formulas: Certified Organic Olive Oil Infused with Organically Grown Colorado CBD Hemp Extract.


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Clubs Cull Before Draft
Submitted on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 6:53 PM EDT
As their seasons come to a close, clubs have quickly turned their attention to their lists and began culling ahead of the trade period and national draft. The following clubs have already announced list changes.
Senior players Jordan Lisle, Patrick Wearden, Andrew Raines and James Polkinghorne have all been delisted, along with rookies rookies Nicholas Hayes, Sam Michael and Isaac Conway.
Tigers Shut Down Power
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Brook "Boris" Kilpatrick reporting from AAMI Stadium in Adelaide
Coming off three losses in a row, Richmond was desperate to arrest the slide with a win on the road against the surprisingly 5-1 Port Adelaide Power. Despite losing for the first time this season in Round 6, the Power had gained plenty of admirers after a narrow loss in Tasmania to a dogged North Melbourne outfit. If the Tigers were to cause an upset, it would be without 2012 Brownlow Medal runner-up and Captain Trent Cotchin who succumbed to knee soreness and was declared unfit for the game. Ty Vickery and Ricky Petterd were also added to an increasing Tiger injury list, while Dom Cassisi was a late out for the Power. The bookies had Port backed into firm favorites early in the week, no doubt on the back of the withdrawal of Cotchin.
Club Changes
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Adam McPhee announced his retirement shortly before the draft. McPhee had recently signed a one year contract extension with the Dockers, but cited family reasons for wanting to return to
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Geelong won the 2011 Premiership and despite the loss of some key players to retirement, this is still a formidable side which plays well away. Nevertheless the Cats have had trouble with the Fremantle Dockers. Last year there was one nail-biting finish and the first quarter for 2012 showed that the fans were in for more of the same.


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Maytag is a blue cheese produced on the Maytag Dairy Farms outside of Newton, Iowa (the former home of the Maytag Corporation). In 1938, Iowa State University developed a new process for making blue cheese from homogenized milk (instead of traditional sheep's milk).
In 1941, production of the cheese was started by Frederick L. Maytag II and Robert Maytag, grandsons of the founder of the Maytag appliance company, Frederick L. Maytag. In the beginning, the milk for the cheese came from a prize winning herd of Holstein cattle that was established by E.H. Maytag, another son of the Maytag founder.
The company is currently owned by the third and fourth generations of the Maytag family.
The process for making Maytag Blue Cheese was discovered and patented by two Iowa State University microbiologists, Clarence Lane and Bernard W. Hammer. Roquefort, another type of blue cheese, had been made for a number of years in Europe, but attempts to manufacture a similar cheese in the United States had thus far been unsuccessful. Difficulties encountered in making these types of cheeses produced a less than satisfactory product, and quality control would have been disastrous.
The problems encountered with producing Roquefort type cheeses in the United States for distribution were the lengthy time required to develop the artisan flavor, the mold growth not being uniform, the quality being below average for numerous lots produced, and the color of the curd being too dark.
The process begins with homogenizing the milk that will be used for the cheese. In making Maytag Blue Cheese, the cream is separated from the milk, homogenized and then added back into the now skim milk. This would typically occur between 80This would allow for proper fat hydrolysis, which affects the flavor of the cheese.
There is a ripening period prior to adding rennet (an enzyme that coagulates milk into curds and whey) to the cheese. A typical usage would be to add 3 ounces of rennet per 100 pounds of milk, allowing it to set in a temperature range of 85
According to Lane and Hammer's records, their alterations caused the cheese-making process to speed up from this point forward, with the time in between setting, cutting and dipping nearly cut in half. Also, after dipping the cheese and allowing it to cook in hot whey, the draining time was cut from 20-30 minutes to 3-5 minutes.
Penicillium is then added to the finished product, which produces its characteristic green veins.
After the rounds of cheese are made by hand, the cheese is aged in specially designed caves where they are exposed to high humidity and cool temperatures.
The company still uses the same time-consuming method of hand making cheese, using milk only from local dairy farms.
From this modified process discovered at Iowa State University, the color, flavor, and texture are more uniform and desired for this type of cheese, thus allowing it to be produced consistently in a manufacturing setting. Maytag has dominated the American blue cheese industry since its inception.
1 oz. of Blue Cheese, Calories 100 - Calories from Fat 73, Total Fat 8 g., Saturated Fat 5g, Monounsaturated Fat 2g, Cholesterol 21 mg., Sodium 395 mg., Total Carbohydrates 1 g., Protein 6 g.
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Italian Doctor Helps Tortured African Migrants
Prof Massimo Del Bene aids African migrants whose captors inflicted horrific injuries to extort ransom payments. The first patient was a young Ghanaian man who had been tortured every day for more than a year in Libya by traffickers trying to extort a ransom for his release, says Prof Massimo Del Bene, head of reconstructive surgery at the San Gerardo hospital in Monza, north of Milan. Since then, the surgeon renowned for performing the first double hand transplant in Italy, has adapted his expertise to what he calls "torture surgery", helping African migrants who have survived Libyan detention camps, where traffickers and criminal gangs are documented to have tortured captives to extort ransom money. For traffickers, damaging someone's hands is the most effective way to take agency from prisoners, he says. For many poor migrants, losing their hands prevents them from earning a living. In the past four years Del Bene and his staff have treated a dozen migrants for such injuries; many have had to undergo multiple operations and a long rehabilitation processes.
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The HondaJet Finishes 2017 As The Most Delivered Jet In Its Category
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – February 21st, 2018 – Honda Aircraft Company announced today that the HondaJet was the most delivered jet in its category for 2017, based on numbers provided by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
During 2017, Honda Aircraft delivered 43 aircraft to customers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. As customer demand continues to increase, the company is steadily ramping up production and is currently manufacturing the aircraft at a rate of four per month at its 133-plus acre world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Since gaining its type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in late 2015, the HondaJet has continued to prove itself as the most advanced jet in its category by achieving several aviation milestones, including receiving type certifications around the world, breaking 13 speed records, opening a new dealer facility in Guangzhou, China and signing an agreement to deliver 16 HondaJets to French air taxi company Wijet.
"We would like to thank our customers for choosing the HondaJet for its value, features and performance, making it the most delivered jet in its category," said Honda Aircraft President and CEO Michimasa Fujino. "We look forward to continuing to create new value in business aviation across the world."
About HondaJet
The HondaJet is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest, and most fuel-efficient jet in its category. The HondaJet incorporates many technological innovations in aviation design, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration that dramatically improves performance and fuel efficiency by reducing aerodynamic drag. The OTWEM design also reduces cabin noise, minimizes ground-detected noise, and allows for the roomiest cabin and largest baggage capacity in its category as well as a fully serviceable private aft lavatory. The HondaJet is equipped with the most sophisticated glass flight deck available in any light business jet, a Honda-customized Garmin® G3000. The HondaJet is Honda's first commercial aircraft and lives up to the company's reputation for superior performance, efficiency, quality and value.
About Honda Aircraft Company
Honda Aircraft Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Founded in 2006, Honda Aircraft's world headquarters is located in North Carolina, the birthplace of aviation. The challenging spirit upon which Mr. Soichiro Honda founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is alive today as Honda Aircraft fulfills one of Honda's longstanding dreams to advance human mobility skyward.
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Q: QPainter - draw objects along a circle I would like to draw those black dots around the whole circle with regular spacing in between each other (rough image below). Those black dots should sit directly on the circle. Is there an easy way to do it somehow with painter.drawArc() function or something like that?

A: No, there isn't. I am afraid you will have to use... math!
Actually, you could get away without that. For sweeping around a circle in particular there is an easy way to do it by transforming the painter. You initially transform the painter to the center of the circle, and draw the first dot at the circle's 12 o'clock position. That means drawing it into negative y space. Then you simply rotate the painter by 360 / numOfObjects degree and draw the same circle again.
They key thing here is to transform the painter to the center and draw the object offset, because otherwise it will be more complicated to calculate the position and angle yourself. The angle doesn't play a role here, since you are drawing dots, but it will make a huge difference if you draw something other than dots. This way you can easily sweep the circle by rotating the painter around its origin.
To put it in pseudo code:
draw big circle
move painter to big circle center
degree = 360 / numOfObjects
while numOfObjects--
  draw dot at 12 o'clock
  rotate painter by degree

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DDF notes Rheostat $23 Million Series A Financing
The Dementia Discovery Fund notes that Rheostat, a biotech company focused on the discovery of novel treatments for neurodegeneration, cognition and rare diseases, has announced the closing of a Series A financing totalling $23 million. The funds will allow Rheostat to advance its programs towards clinical trials, build its internal team and expand its studies evaluating biomarkers.
The Dementia Discovery Fund was a founding investor in Rheostat and participated in this funding round together with new and existing investors. Rheostat is one of 16 companies and translational projects in which the Dementia Discovery Fund has invested to date with the goal of developing disease-modifying treatments for a range of different forms of dementia.
Rheostat Therapeutics Announces $23 Million Series A Financing; To Develop Potential Treatments for Neurodegenerative Diseases
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rheostat Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on the discovery of novel treatments for neurodegeneration, cognition and rare diseases, today announced the close of a Series A financing round totalling $23 million. Proceeds will be used to advance its programs towards clinical trials, build its internal team and expand studies evaluating biomarkers.
The round was co-led by MRLV and AbbVie Ventures, and included Amgen Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments and Mayo Clinic. Existing investors SV Health Investors and the Dementia Discovery Fund also participated. As part of this latest round of financing the company will be expanding its board to include Reza Halse, President of MRLV, and John Gustofson, Managing Director at AbbVie Ventures.
Rheostat is working to develop novel treatments for neurodegenerative disease through modulation of mitophagy and autophagy. Its central thesis is that the degradation of toxic cellular components is a fundamental node of biology. The mutations that impair these clearance pathways have been linked with multiple neurodegenerative diseases, many of which are associated with cognitive impairment like Parkinson's disease. The company is working to leverage its understanding of these pathways to discover and develop novel small molecules that will restore cellular balance and treat neurodegenerative and rare diseases.
"Mitophagy and autophagy represent a fundamental, powerful node of biology with the real potential to improve the lives of patients suffering from a range of neurodegenerative diseases and senescence. Our investors have provided our world-class scientific team with the funding to continue to build Rheostat and advance our programs toward the clinic," said Joshua Resnick, MD Chairman and Interim CEO of the company.
Rheostat was incubated and seeded by SV Health Investors and the Dementia Discovery Fund and founded by Tim Harris, EVP R&D at Bioverativ, a Sanofi company; Wade Harper, Chair & Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Bert and Natalie Vallee Professor of Molecular Pathology; Tony Hyman, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics: Dresden, Germany; and Ivan Dikic, Director of the Institute of Biochemistry II at the University Clinic, Frankfurt. The company's Chief Scientific Officer is Magdalene Moran, and it is also guided by a Scientific Advisory Board, comprised of the founders, Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D., (Mayo Clinic) and Bernardo Sabatini, MD, Ph.D., (Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; and HHMI Investigator).
About MRLV
MRLV is the therapeutics focused venture capital group within Merck. MRLV is disease area and therapeutic modality agnostic, investing globally in early-stage companies developing highly differentiated medicines based on groundbreaking science. The MRLV team has deep venture capital expertise and, where appropriate, leverages the substantial resources of Merck to benefit its portfolio companies.
About AbbVie Ventures
AbbVie Ventures is the strategic investment arm of AbbVie, the global biopharmaceutical company. A core component of AbbVie's integrated approach to external innovation, we invest in very early stage transformational scientific opportunities that augment AbbVie's core R&D areas within oncology, immunology and neurodegenerative diseases. We work closely with management teams of portfolio companies to support them in executing on their development goals to achieve the best outcomes. For more information, please visit: https://www.abbvie.com/partner... Amgen Ventures
Amgen Ventures provides emerging biotechnology companies with financial and other resources to develop pioneering discoveries focused on human therapeutics. Since 2004, Amgen Ventures has invested in biotechnology companies to advance promising medicines and technologies that could ultimately make a difference for patients suffering from serious illnesses. Leveraging Amgen's industry leadership, deep knowledge, and longstanding expertise in biotechnology, Amgen Ventures' investments are made in areas of strategic focus for the company to support innovation and generate financial return.
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Alexandria Venture Investments, founded in 1996, is the strategic venture capital arm of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Alexandria Venture Investments focuses on novel, breakthrough discoveries in biopharma, diagnostics, research tools, agtech and technology. Based on its experience and in-depth understanding of the life science and technology industries, its long-term relationships with leading investors and its world-class international scientific advisory network, Alexandria Venture Investments is uniquely positioned to fund seed-, early- and growth-stage companies.
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to clinical practice, education and research, providing expert, comprehensive care to everyone who needs healing. Learn more about Mayo Clinic. Visit the Mayo Clinic News Network.
About SV Health Investors
SV Health Investors, formerly named SV Life Sciences, is a healthcare and life sciences venture capital and growth equity firm. SV targets early-stage opportunities in biotechnology; early-stage and revenue-stage opportunities in medical devices; and growth equity investments for later-stage businesses in healthcare services and digital health. Over the past 20 years, SV Health Investors has invested in more than 175 companies. The firm currently has over $2.5 billion of capital commitments under management. SV Health Investors has offices in Boston and London. For more information, please visit www.svhealthinvestors.com.
... the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF)
The DDF is a venture capital fund which invests in projects and companies to discover and develop novel, effective disease-modifying therapeutics for dementia. Seven leading pharmaceutical companies (Biogen, Eli Lilly and Company, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Otsuka (Astex), Pfizer and Takeda), AARP, Aegon, Bill Gates, British Patient Capital, NFL Players Association, Quest Diagnostics, UnitedHealth Group, Woodford Investment Management via Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT), the UK's Department of Health and Social Care and charity Alzheimer's Research UK have invested in the DDF to date. Heads of Neuroscience and R&D represent these strategic investors on the DDF Scientific Advisory Board and work closely with SV's dedicated team of neuroscientists and experts to identify and evaluate novel approaches for the treatment of dementia. SV won the bid to become Manager in a competitive selection process held in 2015. www.theddfund.com
See Rheostat press release here
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The Apple Watch is the most popular watch model on the planet. In fact, Apple even outsold Rolex during the holiday quarter to become the #1 watch company in the world. Of course, that means if you own an Apple Watch, you have the same watch as millions and millions of other people. If you want to set yourself apart from the crowd a bit, a new band is the way to do it. In this post, you'll find five options that are all stylish and affordable. In fact, you can buy all five of them for less than the cost of one Apple Watch band from Apple, which can cost hundreds of dollars for no real reason.
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Catalog#: PIASR 200 CD, 945.A200.020
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Dancing at Carnival (Ana & Andrew)
Christine Platt (Author)
32 Pages - 03/15/2019 (Publication Date) - North Star Editions (Publisher)
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Skip Stellrecht, Eddie Frierson, Lia Sargent (Actors)
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Gene Kelly (Actor)
Brave Enough
Gardner, Kati (Author)
08/21/2018 (Publication Date) - North Star Editions (Publisher)
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Welcame
Nuclear Blast (Publisher)
Tongues North Star Remixes
Dancing the Cows Home: A Wisconsin Girlhood (Midwest Reflections)
Dancing the Cows Home
Sara De Luca
A Wisconsin Girlhood
De Luca, Sara (Author)
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
Eleanore Pienta, Tallie Medel, Sunita Mani (Actors)
Rachel Wolther (Director)
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
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Dance in the Vampire Bund Omnibus 7 (Bund II: Scarlet Order 1-4)
Tamaki, Nozomu (Author)
648 Pages - 12/12/2017 (Publication Date) - Seven Seas (Publisher)
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Joel Silberg (Director) - Allen DeBevoise (Writer)
English, Spanish, French (Subtitles)
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Dancing Ledge
Jarman, Derek (Author)
256 Pages - 08/19/2010 (Publication Date) - Univ Of Minnesota Press (Publisher)
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Village Green: Dance Music of Old Sturbridge
01/01/2005 (Publication Date) - North Star (Publisher)
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Assembly Halls, 309 Wabasha Street North, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Razed)
Assembly Halls
Image show location of razed building. 2001
Address: 309 Wabasha Street N
Year razed: Unknown
Historic Function: Meeting hall
Saint Paul Ramsey
(44.944233° N, 93.093111° WLatitude: 44°56′39.239″N
Longitude: 93°5′35.2″W)
Known as "Assembly Halls," this was headquarters for the St. Paul Trades & Labor Assembly from 1893 to 1917. It was also the headquarters for the American Railway Union. Eugene V. Debs spoke here and at other sites in St. Paul during the Great Northern rail strike of 1894.
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High Heels And Workplace Dress Codes: Urgent Action Needed, Say U.K. MPs
Dina Medland Former Contributor
Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images for Ewa Herzog
It wasn't a man who was sent home from work at a big accountancy firm in London for not wearing heels - it was a woman named Nicola Thorp. As a result of that incident at PwC in December 2015, U.K. MPs have today said that the government must act to ensure that the Equality Act of 2010 is properly enforced, by banning discriminatory dress rules at work, and threatening businesses that do not comply with financial penalties delivered via employment tribunals.
Nicola Thorp had a job as a receptionist at PwC, one of the Big Four accountancy firms, when she was sent home in December 2015 without pay, for not wearing heels. (Her employer was not PwC itself but Portico, a personnel firm, which maintained the dress code in question.) Asked to buy a pair with at least a two-inch heel, she refused, pointing out that men were not required to wear similar shoes. She then launched a parliamentary petition, calling for a law to stop firms from requiring women to wear high heels at work.
This is what the petition said: "It's still legal in the U.K. for a company to require female members of staff to wear high heels at work against their will. Dress code laws should be changed so that women have the option to wear flat formal shoes at work, if they wish. Current formal work dress codes are out-dated and sexist." It attracted 152.420 signatures - any petition that meets the standards and gets over 100,000 signatures by British citizens who are resident in the U.K. gets considered for debate in parliament. You could say it's a living demonstration of democracy at work: a way of connecting the people with the parliamentary process.
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Both the Women and Equalities Committee and the Petitions Committee invited the public to send in their own examples of discriminatory dress codes - and they were inundated with them. They heard from women who were asked to wear shorter skirts, even to unbutton blouses - and of dress codes that specified shades of nail varnish and hair color choices. A joint report, "High Heels and Workplace Dress Codes: Urgent Action Needed," is the result, published today.
"The way that Nicola Thorp was treated by her employer is against the law, but that didn't stop her being sent home from work without pay. It's clear from the stories we've heard from members of the public that Nicola's story is far from unique," said Helen Jones, MP, chair of the Petitions Committee.
"We heard from hundreds of women who told us about the pain and long-term damage caused by wearing high heels for long periods in the workplace, as well as from women who had been required to dye their hair blonde, to wear revealing outfits and to constantly reapply makeup," says the report.
The important thing here is of course, freedom of choice.
In the U.K. today there are multitudes of women who do not want their dress sense to define them as professional people. Some sectors - particularly financial services - clearly still favor a certain dress code. As a journalist, events in this sector are always instantly identifiable by the heels in the room. But increasingly, particularly among younger women, they are slipped on for the event and off again in favor of trainers when it is time to do battle with public transport. What does that say, exactly? It is arguable whether you can succeed in a sector like that unless you conform, and yet there has been a huge amount of talk - and lip service- around the concept of diversity.
AP Photo/Alastair Grant
London has been shrouded in fog recently. But that mustn't distract from the message in this report, because this is no joke - and not an appropriate subject for that much-abused word "banter." My dictionary tells me that "banter" means "the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks." But all too often in the U.K. today, it has become a word used in defense of a sexism that is completely unacceptable in 2017.
The #WomensMarch the other day took the world by storm with its energy and enthusiasm and sense of solidarity. London held the biggest one outside the United States.
And bizarrely, although it was entirely organized by women, it did that very important thing, if social media is any judge: it brought many, many men and women together. Randi Mayem Singer tweeted:
It's OFFICIAL #WomensMarchOnWashington is biggest inaugural protest in HISTORY. Sorry Mr. Trump, THIS is what a populist movement looks like pic.twitter.com/mREzlQnUAy
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) January 21, 2017
Populist movement? Certainly, by definition, populism is a movement of "ordinary people." Here, people coming together in a common cause. You could say there was a dress code for the march, and it was "pink" -- but it was voluntary, and as the cause was common, it did not matter.
Dress codes matter when they are unreasonably imposed on individuals by corporations in order to make you into something you are not.
There is little or no point in business spending endless amounts of money on diversity projects, on recruitment, on unconscious bias training and more - and mouthing "bring your whole self to work" to employees, if it cannot respect individuals enough to dress sensibly at work, whether they are men or women. Leadership should be able to work that out. And if it means what it says about attracting women into staying at work and heading for senior management after career breaks for motherhood, it should get on with its own education.
Additional Reading: A 'Fatherhood Penalty'? U.K. Workplace Culture Reveals Its Lack Of Connection
Dina Medland
I'm a long-time journalist who never did like to specialize, as I have too many areas of interest in a fast-changing world. I am an independent writer/editor/consultant,...