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This is the special end of year edition of Support Alert. It features my pick of the very best tech sites and utilities that have appeared in the newsletter throughout the year.
And what a year it has been for this newsletter. Subscriptions have now reached an amazing 145,000 for the combined free and paid versions. This is an extraordinary total for a one man newsletter though to be honest, this "one man" is now pretty much at the limit of his capacity.
The success of this newsletter is due to you dear subscribers. Not only have you offered your support by subscribing but by sending in hundreds of excellent software suggestions during the year many of which have which have filled the columns of this newsletter. I thank you all.
But my most special thanks go to you, the Premium Edition subscribers. Without your financial support this publication would have ceased long ago.
Finally at this time of year lets all give thanks to the Web's freeware authors. They, in the true spirit of the internet, do what they do simply for the pleasure of their craft and the pleasure of sharing. We are the beneficiaries.
To all of you, I wish peace, happiness and prosperity for 2008.
I'm looking for experienced users to help with the "46 Best-ever Freeware" list.
The plan is to convert the list into a Wiki and allow site visitors to make suggestions and alterations along the line of WikiPedia.
For this to work, each software category needs an editor to moderate user comments, so I'm looking for experienced individuals to fill these roles.
Already nearly 30 subscribers have volunteered but more are needed. If you are interested check out the list of still-vacant categories here  and select the categories that you would like to edit.
Then email me at editor@techsupportalert.com with your selections plus a very short description of your background and experience. If you have any commercial affiliations related to any of the categories, please state them.
If you enjoy your Support Alert subscription why not share the good news and send a friend a gift subscription to the Premium Edition? At $10 it's an economical Christmas gift and one the receiver will thank you for every time they receive a monthly issue. You can set up your gift subscription here  in a couple of minutes.
And here's another low cost gift. Subscriber Amber Carvan operates a wonderful children's craft site featuring simple projects that small children can make using common household materials. Amber offers this information for free but you can support her efforts by buying her printable $5 mini-book  filled with tons of craft ideas. Projects include advent calendars, Christmas cards, gift tags, decorations, fun and games and more. It's a perfect way to creatively amuse children over the holiday period and it's in support of an excellent cause.
If you suspect you have a spyware infection you should download the free HiJackThis! utility from here , then run it and paste the generated log to a security forum where experienced users can help you interpret the results. I normally recommend the Tom Coyote forums  for this purpose, but subscriber "John" suggests a smaller site run by Tom Mercado because: "if a user posts their HiJackThis! log in this forum  they get help within minutes or hours compared to the bigger sites that can take days." I tried it out anonymously and John is totally correct. Better bookmark this site, you might need it.
At this site they test all the major firewalls using leak-tests. Now outbound leak-testing is only one criterion for assessing firewall performance indeed some would argue that inbound protection is more important. My view is that both are important as are user friendliness, resource usage, software compatibility and resistance to termination by hostile agents. That said Online Armor, Comodo, Jetico and ZoneAlarm Pro top he list while the Microsoft XP SP2 firewall get the wooden spoon. ZoneAlarm free was another notable poor performer.
In my April 2007 Editorial  I rated some of the most popular free and commercial AV scanners. Since then I've located an excellent additional data source  for assessing AV performance. It's a near real-time listing of how well the major scanners detect new threats identified by the Malware Incident Reporting & Termination (MIRT) team. The results support my previous findings namely the class-leading new threat detection rate of AntiVir and the relatively poor performance of AVG and Avast! with Kaspersky and NOD32 falling in the middle. Perhaps more important than the product ranking, is the relatively poor performance of ALL products in detecting new threats. This reinforces the point I have been making in recent issues that you can no longer rely exclusively on signature based anti malware products to protect you from the current onslaught of new threats. That said, it should be noted that the detection of new threats is only one of several criteria you need to consider when assessing the performance of AV products. See my April  editorial for more details.
Blogger Blake Handler has sent me two interesting links. The first is to a set of free Vista programs and accessories from Microsoft  and the second to free Office 2007 software . There is some nice stuff listed.
Sometimes it's great to be able to download a video from a site such as Youtube, in order to play it offline or on a portable MP3 player. There are lots of programs that claim to be able to do this, some of which cost quite a bit of money. But there are also some free ones too, including some web-based tools. My favorite is Vixy, a web site that is quick, free, and easy to use. Just paste in the Youtube URL and select an output format, and within a minute or so the site will fetch the video, convert it to your desired format, and let you start downloading. Best of all, perhaps, is that one of the output formats is plain MP3 audio, so if there's a music video on Youtube that you want to listen to on your MP3 player, now you can.
Font Garden  is a collection of thousands of free fonts, ideal for producing logos and other designs for your site. It comes highly recommended by subscriber Tony Bennett. Keep in mind, though, that it's not wise to include non-standard fonts in your web page text, because the people who look at your site probably won't have the font installed on their computer. But there's no harm in turning a small amount of text into a graphic and inserting it as an image on your page instead. If you really need to include text in a non-standard font on a web page, there's actually a pretty neat solution that uses Flash to embed the font. Check out sIFR  for details.
If you download a CD or DVD image as an .ISO file, perhaps for a Linux installation, you need a quick way to burn that image to a disk. CDBURN.EXE and DVDBURN.EXE are two command-line utilities that are about as simple as they come, and they're part of Microsoft's free Resource Kit tools for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Also check out ROBOCOPY, an incredibly powerful file copying and backup tool, in the same package.
Sick of those nosy websites that require all your personal details just to register? No problem, generate a new identity here  that you can use to complete registration. Thanks JW.
The OpenCD project was set up to provide a huge collection of free Windows Open Source applications and games in a single downloadable ISO file or CD. It was a great idea but updates were a bit slow coming. OpenDisc is a follow-on project with a similar objective, but it aspires to be more up-to-date and responsive to user needs. The early signs look encouraging, with an impressive download package  and a reasonably active blog and forum . This is an extraordinary collection of software containing everything you could want to fully set up your PC. Do note, though, that the ISO download  is 555MB. Thanks to subscriber Patrick McCarty for letting me know about OpenDisc.
How much information does your browser reveal about you and your computer? Run the tests at this site to find out.
Regular contributor Callie Jordan writes "Gizmo, I've recently stumbled onto a lot of free e-learning material from Microsoft. I had attended free live presentations they have around the country but then discovered that the live presentations are often simultaneously webcast. Then I found out they do webcasts all the time and they have covered just about everything. You can join them when they're live in which case you can ask questions and take polls and/or view/download them afterwards, which is what I do. The web addresses for this material are scattered all over the place. I suggested to Microsoft they consolidate their listings, but they don't really listen to me." Nice find Callie and don't worry, Microsoft doesn't listen to me either. On that score, just who DO they listen to?
That's right: email that conveniently destroys itself once read. This article lists several providers and discusses the pros and cons. Thanks to Noel Glucksman for the link.
This useful site, suggested by subscriber Andreas Büsing, should be a first port of call next time you have problems with your laptop. There's lots of practical information, including disassembly, trouble shooting, where to get spare parts and upgrades and more. Some laptop brands and models are better covered than others but the coverage is generally quite comprehensive. There is a commercial slant at times but hey, everyone is entitled to earn a living.
In recent months I've urged all readers to scan their PCs regularly using the free Secunia online Software Inspector Service . It's a terrific product that identifies software with known security defects on your PC and tells you where you can get the latest patches and updates. Now Secunia has released a downloadable version that runs on your PC rather than from their website. According to Secunia, it looks for and checks "4,200 different applications", while "the web-based Secunia Software Inspector only detected around 40." Unlike the online service, it also checks for products that have reached the end of their life and are no longer being supported. It's currently only a beta and has a few bugs. On my PC it detected several products that had already been patched and insisted on evoking Internet Explorer for update downloads rather than my default browser Firefox. That aside, it detected nine software packages with flaws and another eleven that were obsolete, all of which were missed by the online service. Am I impressed? You bet! This is a mandatory download even though there are bugs. Many readers will be shocked by the number of flawed software packages on their PC which are revealed by this product. Beta software free for non-commercial uses, Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, 2003, 5.3MB.
This process can never be better than an inspired guess, but it's sure better than nothing at all. I ran some tests by getting Revo to uninstall a product whose installation I had monitored using ZSoft Uninstaller, a before and after uninstaller.
Firefox users can effectively remove ads from web pages using the excellent free Ad-Block extension but there has been no comparable free add-on for Internet Explorer. Until now, that is.
IE7Pro not only provides ad blocking but tab management, proxy switching, mouse gestures and more including a very valuable crash recovery feature. There's even a Firefox GreaseMonkey-like scripting feature that allows you to add more functionality such as a rather neat skin for Gmail.
Seriously, IE7Pro is a terrific product and a must for all IE7 users. In fact it's so good that I suspect the pressure to convert it to a commercial product may well prove irresistible so download it now while it's free.
http://www.ie7pro.com/ Freeware, Internet Explorer 7, 985KB.
In issue #135 I mentioned how you can make XP look similar to Vista by using the Vista Transformation Pack. Since then a new version of the pack has been released this adds even more Vista-like features. Regular readers know that I'm not really into themes but I must admit this is now quite an impressive package. Note that this pack is more than a theme; it makes some changes to your system so back up before installing. Another product that can make your PC work more like Vista is Vista Start Menu emulator . It sounded promising but the combination of slightly clunky graphics and a few bugs failed to impress me. Still, I'm not a great fan of the Vista Start Menu anyway so your mileage may vary.
The ready availability of audio and video material in digital format has allowed all of us to have access to a huge range of content with an ease and accessibility never before possible.
This wonderful blessing has, however, been tarnished by the proliferation of different audio and digital media formats. The existence of so many formats has meant that seemingly simple tasks, such as transferring a YouTube video to your iPod or making an MP3 file from a DVD soundtrack, can end up being complex tasks, so complex that they become nearly impossible for non technical users.
In response to this situation we have seen the market flooded by expensive commercial media conversion programs, some costing up to $199. The good news is that there are many free media conversion programs available that will do the job just as well as their commercial cousins.
My long-time favorite has been "Super" . It's really no more than a user friendly interface for a variety of command line conversion programs. It has two great strengths: first, it's reasonably easy to use, and secondly it handles a large number of different file formats.
For example, with video files it handles 3gp/3g2 (Nokia, Siemens, Sony, Ericsson), asf, avi (DivX, H263, H263+, H264, Xvid, MPEG4, MSmpeg4, etc), dat, fli, flc, flv (used in Flash), mkv, mpg (Mpeg I, Mpeg II), mov (H263, H263+, H264, MPEG4, etc), mp4 (H263, H263+, H264, MPEG4), ogg, qt, rm, ram, rmvb, str (Play Station), swf (Flash), ts (HDTV), viv, vob, and wmv. It also handles audio file format conversion including ac3, amr, mp2, mp3, mp4, ogg, ra, wav, and wma.
The download link for Super on the author's site is quite hard to find so I've listed an alternative download site .
An alternative to Super is MediaCoder . It has the advantage of being open source and, arguably, is a little easier to use. It doesn't handle some of the formats handled by Super but is being continuously expanded by its authors. iPod and PSP owners will appreciate the special features for these devices that makes usage particularly straight-forward. Not all its features though are available in the free version.
If you are mainly interested in just video conversion then check out "Any Video Converter" . It has a better interface than either Super or MediaCoder and is very fast as well. Input formats include DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV and AVI. It's set up to make MP4 conversion as simple as possible, but it can handle other output formats if you are prepared to delve into the options.
Thanks to subscribers John Bruinen and Clayton Poole for suggesting MediaCoder.
 http://www.erightsoft.net Freeware, Windows 98 and later, 18MB.
Subscriber Dave Berger writes "Gizmo I came across a free offering of commercial CAD software  that's an older version of a current product. It's an excellent product but requires registration. To avoid getting unsolicited mail just use a throwaway email address service like Spam Gourmet. Firefox users can do this using a terrific extension called Temporary Inbox  that's ideal for just this sort of thing."
My top pick here has long been Xerobank (aka TorPark), a special version of the Firefox browser that comes pre-configured to make use of the Tor anonymizing network. Now having looked at Opera Tor , suggested by subscribers Rob Fuller and Allan Marillier, I'm not so sure.
As you might have guessed Opera Tor is a special version of the Opera 9.21 Browser configured to use Tor. It's got some good things going for it. It's portable, it's smaller than Xerobank, it loads faster, it connects faster to the Tor Network and seems to run a little zippier as well. The Opera browser used as a base is more than a match for Firefox, with many features (including BitTorrent) built into the basic browser; features that need to be added as extensions to Firefox. On top of that you get the excellent free mail client that comes with Opera.
And it has another feature not available in Xerobank: the excellent Privoxy proxy server that provides powerful ad filtering, security screening and more.
So with all of these pluses am I making Opera Tor my top recommendation?
I would, except for a strange message that appears on eSnips, one of the two Opera Tor official download sites. The message says "This file has been flagged by our users as inappropriate and is under review." I have no idea what this means and my attempts to have eSnips clarify it have not been answered. What I can say is that Opera Tor has passed all the malware tests on my PC and is also rated 100% clean by Softpedia. A Google search also came up with a blank.
Draw your own conclusions, but Opera Tor is now the product I'm using on my personal USB flash drive. Freeware, all Windows versions 6.4MB.
Subscriber Allan Marillier writes "Gizmo take a look at GNUMeric  as a free alternative to MS-Excel, and DIA  for a free alternative to Visio. DIA is not yet as advanced as Visio, but it is still good for a freebie. GNUmeric flawlessly opened some of my large Excel spreadsheets with all kinds of formulas, charts, custom conditional formatting etc." Nice suggestions there Allan. Both these programs form part of the Linux Gnome Office Suite, though the versions I tested ran on Windows. DIA is not quite there yet, but it's highly usable for simple charting. Indeed, I preferred it to the online charting service Gliffy . Its limitations noted, DIA is a "must-have" for students who can't afford Visio. GNUmeric is a very different animal to DIA. This one really impressed me; it's probably the best freeware spreadsheet program (or web app) I've tried. Indeed, for most users it's a totally usable substitute for Excel. To test its limits I gave it to a friend who works as an actuary. His comments: " ... flawless, it correctly ran all my standard macros and even handled a complex 1100 line derivative macro that chokes on early version of Excel." He did note that he won't be abandoning Excel anytime soon.
I've mentioned several general purpose video format converters in past issues, but if you are only interested in getting videos onto your iPod then the simplicity of this specialized iPod converter will appeal. "Free iPod Video Converter" is just a fancy front end to conversion utilities written by other folks but it works just fine. It will convert DVD/VCD, AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB video files, it supports batch processing and has user selectable quality settings. Freeware, Windows 98 and later with DivX 8.0, 1.38MB.
mp3DirectCut  allows you to edit MP3 files directly without having to go back to the original. It's ideal for removing commercials, getting rid of plops and other wanted noises, cutting and pasting different MP3 tracks, or simply building your own ring tones from MP3 snippets.
This specialist utility is remarkably powerful, particularly given its tiny size: a mere 169KB. Apart from its powerful editing functions, it supports ID3v1.1, layer 2 (DVD audio) and cue sheets. It has automatic pause detection, allows fade-in and out, volume normalization and more. It allows direct MP3 creation from multiple sources, provided you have an MP3 codec (such as the wonderful LAME encoder ) in the same folder as mp3DirectCut.
USB sticks are great for business applications, but why not include some fun products on your drive as well? Here are some of the top-rated games from the Lupo PenSuite of portable applications . Thanks to subscriber Zeeshan Ali for telling me about Lupo. Even if you are not interested in games, Lupo is well worth checking out.
Subscriber Bruce Fraser writes "Gizmo for years I've been using the "Last Uncrippled Freeware Version" of RoboForm (version 4.6.8), available from lots of places including this site . But last month I obtained the latest version of RoboForm for free. And I did it legally; in fact with Siber Systems' (the RoboForm company) invitation! First, some background. There are at least two promoters (probably different branches of the same company) who offer full-version software for free, in exchange for trying a product they are promoting: www.checkoutfree.com and www.trialpay.com. Most of the offers involve buying something else (usually just the shipping charge; a good deal if it's something you really want); but a few of the offers are no-charge-if-you-cancel-during-the-trial-period. Some people find this a bit dicey, given the notorious tendency of some companies to hang on to their customers when they try to cancel. I've done it twice though, with no hassle at all. I waited a full month before telling you, just to make sure there was no funny business on my next credit card statement. These webpages ,  explain the system in more detail as well as list many of the products available. Most of the products are unnecessary; your website and others give excellent freeware alternatives. But a few of them are truly worthwhile such as RoboForm Pro and ZoneAlarm Pro."
Thanks for that Bruce. I've known about this setup for a while and have always wondered what the catch was. Based on your experience it looks like there may be none.
Every week I get letter from subscribers asking me whether they should buy a particular PC Tune up utility or subscribe to a particular commercial tune up service that claims to make their PC run faster.
In each case my advice is the same: save you money. You can easily tune up your PC using free utilities and in many cases get a better result than using expensive commercial products.
There are two freeware tune up options: the first is to use a specialist tune up utility that will do the job for you with a single click. The second option is to use a number of different freeware utilities each addressing one particular area of cleanup and tuning.
The first approach is easier the second is more comprehensive. Let's look at the products I recommend for each approach.
For one click cleaning the stand-out product is Advanced WindowsCare Personal  from IObit. The Personal version is a feature reduced version of their $29.95 Professional product. Features missing in the Personal version include automated scheduling, commercial use licensing, tech support and some advanced tuning tweaks. However the Personal version does include almost everything else including adware / spyware cleaning and immunization, removal of useless temporary files from your hard drives, Windows registry cleaning, startup program analysis, erasing private browsing history plus a number of system and security tweaks.
It's an impressive package for a freebie and this combined with one click operation, makes Advanced WindowsCare Personal an easy top recommendation for non technical users. It really only lacks in one area: it doesn't defragment your hard drive. However IObit, the makers of Advanced WindowsCare offer on their website an excellent free defrag program called SmartDefrag . If you use this in conjunction with Advanced WindowsCare you will have a remarkably complete tune-up package for ZIP.
More technically inclined users will however find the lack of fine control in Advanced WindowsCare frustrating. Such users are more likely to be attracted to using several specialist packages each offering more settings and better user control. This approach is less convenient that a one click package that "does it all" but ultimately it's more customizable to the individual users needs and more powerful in the individual cleaning functions offered.
It's also less dangerous. A one click approach encourages haste and discourages careful consideration of what is being done. Advanced WindowsCare handles this by taking a system checkpoint before the start of cleaning which allows the user to bale out if something goes wrong. I suspect something would go wrong sooner or later. Using multiple programs encourages you to stop and think and that is not a bad thing.
If you want some alternatives check out my "46 Best Freeware Utilities" list  and the subscribers-only "Extended List of Freebies"  for more details.
I recommend you run the utilities in the order they appear in the list above. Do check the settings for each program before you run them, particularly CCleaner whose default settings are a little aggressive. Remember that cleaning your PC always involves a small element of risk so backup and/or create a Restore Point before you start.
If you find you have spyware that can't be removed by AVG I suggest you download HijackThis from here  and follow the instructions also on the page how to paste the output to the Tom Coyote web forums. These folks should be able to help you permanently get rid of the problem. It won't cost you a cent either.
So how often should you tune up your PC? For most users I recommend that you run a spyware scan weekly and the other cleaning operations monthly. After each monthly Windows update is an excellent time to run a clean up. If you install and uninstall a lot of products you may however want to increase this frequency to weekly.
If you have never tuned up your PC you should see a real improvement in speed and responsiveness the first time you run these programs. However on subsequent runs the improvement may be much less noticeable.
Subscriber Tony Bennett writes: "Gizmo this free software enhances faces in digital photos. Way cheaper than plastic surgery :>)"
Thanks also to my friend Robert Schifreen who helped prepare this issue while I was on vacation.
See you next issue. Next month's issue will be published on the Thursday the 24th of January.


Mrs. Jacobs, the Phi Beta Lambda Advisor, recently discovered that certain students at Jones Fork Elementary in Knott County, Kentucky were not eating their lunch food, but instead saving it to take home for their siblings to eat. Mrs. Jacobs and ALC's Phi Beta Lambda, along with Econ 330 students, Entrepreneurship Club, KEA-SP, Allied Health Club, Law Society, and Impact Club, immediately started brainstorming ideas to overcome this horrifying issue, and created Power up with Nutrition.
"Since Mrs. Jacobs mentioned it to me, I just felt like God laid it on my heart to be involved and help. It's absolutely heart-breaking to me that young kids were going hungry. I think it would be awesome to get the whole community involved and really help make a difference. I would love to be able to branch the program out to other schools in the county," Sarah Woolridge, one of the students from Alice Lloyd College involved in the Power up with Nutrition had to say.
Power up with Nutrition will work to support the local children who attend the Jones Fork Elementary, in Knott County and ensure that they, as well as their siblings, are all well fed when at school and home. All students at Jones Fork Elementary are provided both breakfast and lunch every week day and should be able to eat this food without fearing that their siblings will go hungry if they do.
ALC students and local volunteers are committed to providing a gallon zip-lock bag of food for 10 children each week. Each child in need will receive their bag every Friday in order to be sure that they have food during the weekend as well. Donation areas will be located throughout the ALC campus. Donations accepted include food that won't spoil quickly and monetary donations to buy food with. Different examples of foods would consist of Saltine Crackers, Fruit Cups, Mac & Cheese, Pudding Cups, and other long lasting snacks along those lines.
"The students and I are very excited about this opportunity to help children in our community. It's a humbling experience to hear how appreciative these local students are to receive their food pack. We hope to see the program grow to reach even more children in Knott County," Mrs. Jacobs responded with gratitude.
So far, Power up with Nutrition has already sent 10 bags of food this week. Students who received the bag were very grateful. The group hopes to see more donations coming their way in order to have Power up with Nutrition continuously helping those in need. The group is inviting everyone to join in to help the children in need. Your donations will be very much appreciated, and even the smallest donation will have a big impact.
For more information on Power up with Nutrition, or how to get involved, feel free to contact Mrs. Jacobs via email at denisejacobs@alc.edu.


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By Phil Willmott Monday, November 25 2019, 11:14 - News
Two major musicals opened last week DEAR EVAN HANSEN and & JULIET. There couldn't be two more different shows and it really does prove there's a West End musical for you, whatever your mood.
Looking for something meaningful and poignant?
EVAN HANSEN is the show for you. With music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul – who also wrote the score for movies LA LA LAND and THE GREATEST SHOWMAN it's a topical story which proves musicals can say serious things about contemporary life. It concerns a lonely teenager trapped into commemorating the death of a bully and the unwanted attention that brings in our age of social media. It's great about the agonies of growing up misunderstood, and unexpressed familial love.
In the mood for camp frivolity and a bop?
Head for & JULIET. It has a throw away story that imagines Shakespeare's wife concieving a different ending to the play ROMEO AND JULIET in which Juliet doesn't die but goes to Paris and gets all empowered with her friends, the nurse and the non-binary, May. But the big news is that it features the amazingly feel good back catalogue of Swedish song writer Max Martin. The irresistible hits keep coming, who can resist musical numbers like Baby One More Time, Everybody (Backstreet's Back), Love Me Like You Do and Can't Feel My Face?
Feeling nostalgic for childhood?
You'll relish London's spectacular revival of the classic Disney musical MARY POPPINS. If you didn't love it as a child you will now. Set in Edwardian London the chaotic Banks family is visited by the nanny of the title who takes the children on a series of magical adventures. The set, which includes, what feels like, a full size mansion house, is eye popping and it's a joy to hear the much loved songs again such as Feed the Birds, A Spoonfull of Sugar & Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Feeling Christmasy and old school?
The classic musical WHITE CHRISTMAS is waiting for you. It's a 1954 tale of WW2 veterans running a hotel. It was a hit film in the years after the war but I'm not sure it would have lasted if it hadn't contained the title song. This is new production that blows the cobwebs off a little and you also get other Irving Berlin hits like Blue Skies & Sisters.
Want to feel a little wicked?
Well there's the show WICKED itself of course, the long running show in Victoria that tells the back story of the witches from THE WIZARD OF OZ with a glorious contemporary musical theatre score. But I was thinking of Wicked in terms of naughty & irreverent. If this is you tonight then grab a ticket to THE BOOK OF MORMON. As you'd expect from the writers of SOUTH PARK it's hilarious and jaw-droppingly outrageous as it tells the story of two Mormon missionaries screwing up in an AIDS ravaged African country, completely de-bunking the Mormon religion in the process.
Hip and street?
Of course your obvious musical theatre destination is HAMILTON, also on in Victoria, in which Lin-Manuel Miranda tells the story of one of America's founding fathers using a predominantly rap score. It's so popular tickets can be hard to get but plenty of people successfully queue for returned tickets outside the box office. A true masterpiece it's changed the face of modern musicals and it also happens to be very entertaining.
Nothing grabbed you yet?
There's plenty more musicals to choose from including WAITRESS. But you'll have to hurry, the sweet story from a small town American Diner will be closing soon. COME FROM AWAY is an extremely intelligent, musical about a group of New Yorkers marooned in Newfoundland when their planes are diverted there following 9/11 (it's way more entertaining and heart-warming than that sounds!) There's also the British TV spin-off, ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES.
And there's always long runners like MAMMA MIA, LES MIS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA etc. It's fun to revisit proven shows that you already know and love.
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Emmy-Award winning Megan Mullally and Tony and Olivier Award-winning Robert Lindsay star in this major new production of Cole Porter and P. G. Wodehouse's classic golden age musical, Anything Goes.
Will Hollywood's Freaky New Movie of CATS Ruin the West End Favourite?
By Phil Willmott Monday, November 25 2019, 10:23
If you follow show business news you can't fail to have noticed the online storm advance clips of the forthcoming film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS has provoked.
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Population disparities between New York City and Boston
Both Boston and New York City are incredibly important early settlements that still thrive to this day. Given the early advantages of Boston I would assume that it would be one of the top 5 largest cities in the USA, however it is only ranked as the 21st largest. New York City has at least 13 times the population of Boston. What has led to this large disparity between New York City and Boston? Are they simply geographical limitations or are the reasons ultimately political/economic/cultural in nature?
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Don't confuse the concepts of incorporated city, which has more to do with state statutes and regulations in regard to municipal consolidation, with metropolitan area, the true size of the municipal economic entity.
The least biased statistical evaluation of municipal areas I could find for the U.S. is The List of Combined Statistical Areas (2010 Census) published by the United States Office of Management and Budget here and partially reproduced below, in decreasing order by population:
NYC CSA (Combined Statistical Area);
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Washington-Baltimore CSA
Boston-Providence CSA
San Jose- San Francisco CSA
Dallas-Fort Worth CSA
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden CSA
Miami-Fort Lauderdale CSA
Atlanta - Sandy Springs CSA
As you can see Boston-Providence occurs 5th, as your initial estimate expected.
Remember also that the 1898 consolidation of New York City into 5 boroughs remains controversial in both Brooklyn and Staten Island, as witness the 1990's plan by Staten Island to secede, which had to be blocked by the New York State Assembly.
Updated to 2010 Census - Boston returns to 5th place
Pieter GeerkensPieter Geerkens
This is a link to an interesting perspective on municipal consolidation in the 20th and 21st centuries: queensu.ca/iigr/conf/Arch/03/03-2/Sancton.pdf Disclaimer: presented at a conference hosted by my Alma Mater: queensu.ca – Pieter Geerkens Nov 30 '13 at 18:10
I don't see any reference there asserting that the aggregated population of the areas evaluated is a function of a single economic factor. There may be several disparate economic systems in geographic proximity that cause the concentration of population, not necessarily related one to the other. So there's no proof that "Metropolitan Boston's" rank as 5 accurately reflects the success of Boston. Providence, for example, had its own harbor and economy, quite separate from that of Boston long before they were included together as a "Metropolitan area" - "Greater Boston". – user2590 Dec 27 '13 at 12:28
@Vector: There are many insightful comments that could be made about the CSA calculations; such as how, being a statistical measure a degree of arbitrariness exists that must be allowed for by any user of the statistic. I can see no reasons for an inherent bias between any of these statistical measures on the part of US Office of Management & Budget. Unfortunately, your comment is not an element of the said set of useful and meaningful comments. – Pieter Geerkens Dec 27 '13 at 15:56
I am not sure why you consider my comments meaningless,but I suggest taking a look at how much tonnage came into Boston Harbor in the 19th and 20th Centuries vs NY Harbor, and how many immigrants. I have not researched it, but I suspect that NY harbor would lead by far more than 5/1, although I could be wrong. – user2590 Dec 28 '13 at 8:56
The defining characteristic of New York City has always been its harbor, today formally known as The Port of New York and New Jersey... one of the largest natural harbors in the world... It includes the system of navigable waterways in the estuary along 650 miles (1,050 km) of shoreline in the vicinity of New York City and northeastern New Jersey, as well as the region's airports and supporting rail and roadway distribution networks.
New York harbor is a very large deep water port that can accommodate numerous deep water/high tonnage ships. It is through New York Harbor that the waves of immigrants came to the USA in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Ellis Island is in New York Harbor.
The immigrants came to New York City through the harbor and settled in the city, and its population grew and grew and grew. At the same time, the port served as a center for commercial trade, bringing in raw materials including coal, iron, timber, and numerous other materials from East Coast of the USA and from overseas, that allowed industry, manufacturing, and large wholesale and retail businesses to flourish. And via the port, businesses also had an easy route for shipping their goods to those same destinations.
This made NYC a dynamo of trade and industry that supported the ever increasing population that came in through the harbor, and then settled and raised families in the great city.
NY Harbor dwarfs Boston harbor, which is listed officially as comprising only 500 acres. That is the simple, obvious answer to your question.
(My apologies for lack of more references at the moment. As a native of New York City, this knowledge is intuitive to me - I learned it from my father, whose parents came to Ellis Island; I learned it in grade school and in high school and I live with it every day, my home being only blocks from the shores of the great harbor itself)
Quite simple.
The Erie Canal via the Hudson River to the Great Lakes gave New York access to a much larger hinterland. Boston has the Charles River and not much else.
Tom S.Tom S.
Excellent observation IMO. The canal was very important indeed. But I did find this The canal.. and is widely regarded a chief cause that New York eclipsed Philadelphia as the largest city and port on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. If so, perhaps Boston was not in the running, regardless of the canal. Interestingly, the Delaware river, which provides Philly's harbor reaches well into NYS, and canals were built to make it navigable quite far north. I wonder if a connection was ever made to the Erie canal - need to research further. – user2590 Jan 5 '14 at 3:31
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title : Ted Cruz Still Wants To Patrol Muslim Neighborhoods as 'Successful Terrorism Prevention'
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Philippe Beck (* 21. April 1963 in Straßburg) ist ein französischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Philosoph. Philippe Beck lebt in Paris und lehrt als Professor an der Universität Nantes.

Leben und Werke
1994 erhielt Philippe Beck seinen Doktor der Philosophie an der École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris unter der Leitung von Jacques Derrida. Seit 1995 ist er Dozent für Philosophie an der Universität Nantes und lehrt dort in folgenden Bereichen: Ästhetik (insbesondere in Bezug auf Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegels Ästhetik und Kunst), Poetik, Geschichte der Philosophie (Platon, Augustinus), Politische Philosophie und die Verschränkung von Philosophie und Literatur.

Neben seiner Lehrtätigkeit nimmt Philippe Beck regelmäßig an literarischen Veranstaltungen sowie an wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen teil und hält Vorträge an Universitäten und Kulturinstituten der ganzen Welt, einschließlich: Cambridge Konferenz der zeitgenössischen Poesie, dem Trinity College, der Alliance Française de Valparaiso (Chile), den Literarischen Kongress in Singapur auf Einladung des französischen Konsulats, Barnard College in New York, Buffalo University, University of Massachusetts, University of Colorado in Denver, Universität Osnabrück und die Universität of Québec in Montreal. Er hat seine Gedichte an unzähligen Poesiefestivals in Städten wie Berlin, Amsterdam, Rom, Montreal, Shanghai, Peking und Istanbul gelesen und gelehrt.

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Bücher
Französische Ausgaben
 2018: Dictées, Flammarions, ISBN 9782081421158
 2017: iduna et braga. de la jeunesse, Corti (en lisant, en écrivant), éd. Corti, ISBN 978-2-7143-1183-2
 2007: Chants Populaires, Fammarion, ISBN 2081200864
 2004: Garde-manche deux, TEXTUEL,  ISBN 2845970706
 2001: Poésies didactiques, Théâtre Typographique, ISBN 2909657191
 2000: Derniere mode familiale: Poemes, Fammarion, ISBN 2080679333
 1998: Verre de l'epoque Sur-Eddy, Editions Al Dante, ISBN 2911073231
Bilinguale Ausgaben
 2016: Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry, Enitharmon Press
Deutschsprachige Ausgaben
 2011: Populäre Gesänge, aus dem Französischen von Tim Trzaskalik, Matthes & Seitz Berlin, ISBN 978-3-88221-609-7

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Interviews und Texte auf der Seite der Zeitschrift Remue. (französisch)
 Beck Gedichtsammlung auf der Seite sitaudis. (französisch)

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Cressida Bonas does summer chic on outing in sunny London
July 16, 2014 - 14:07 BST hellomagazine.com Cressida Bonas embraced summer style as she stepped out in sunny London on Wednesday wearing a jersey dress that showed off her slender legs.
Cressida Bonas embraced summer style as she stepped out in sunny London on Wednesday wearing a jersey dress that showed off her slender pins.
She paired the grey number with white trainers, a gold pendant necklace and a rucksack. Topping off the summery look was a pair of round-rimmed sunglasses.
Prince Harry's former flame was on her way to the theatre for a matinee performance of There's A Monster In The Lake at the Rosemary Theatre in North London.
Cressida was channelling summer chic as she made her way to the theatre
Cressida is starring in the play and the budding thespian made her stage debut last weekend.
The 25-year-old appeared in There's a Monster in the Lake at the How The Light Gets In Festival of Philosophy and Music, a spin-off of the Hay Festival in Wales.
Cressida was cast in the role of wolf for the show, presented at the alternative part of the arts and literature event .
The play was written by Tallulah Brown and is being directed by Lily Ashley, whose grandmother was fashion and interiors designer Laura Ashley. It will move to the Rosemary Branch theatre in Islington, London, later this month where the team behind it will put on regular shows.
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peacock = nbc
NBC has quietly started doing something small, but brilliant, that must have taken tons of meetings and convincing, and frankly am surprised ever made it past whatever approvals it took. (Thats not a slight at NBC, its a slight at the approval mentality that traditionally exists in large companies for creative decisions - I only assume it would be this way at any major broadcast network.)
You may or may not have noticed that they moved their corner logo "bug" from the lower right corner to the lower left. What many probably didn't notice (which is a good thing - it should be subtle and unconscious) is that they added a ".com" to the peacock for some periods. (I could be wrong, but I believe they used to keep the ".com" up, they are now dropping it after a few seconds) They also now end all their promos with a similar peacock ".com" You see "peacock.com" but your mind says "nbc.com". One of NBC's objectives (smartly, as shows are watched less and less on tv) is to drive traffic to their website. I can only imagine what a struggle it was to get the powers that be to allow a peacock without the letters NBC written out. The bug is also now a transparent solid instead of the messy clear logo with 'embossed' light and dark edges. Simpler. Cleaner. Better.
Years ago I worked at an NBC affiliate, and their corporate logo standards are stringent. Luckily, I got away with breaking them since we were only an affiliate. They were wanting to be bought by NBC, so a lot of the suits were wary of bending the rules, so I'd have to fight to do so. One of the rules of the logo that would drive me crazy is that it must always have a white border around the feathers. (pfftt!) Another is that the peacock can never appear without the letters "NBC" together with it. (pfffftttt!) Thats right, according to the standards, the peacock alone wasn't enough to say 'nbc', you had to literally spell it out. I ignored that one. Clearly, theyve realized that they can too. The NBC peacock is a beautiful clean simple but powerful mark. Its clear. The old bug with the chunky NBC underneath just cluttered up what was already recognizable. Similarly, the juxtaposition NBC uses of the peacock with the olympic rings is a beautiful counterpoint because the shapes seem to mirror each other. Yet in the official logo "patches" (as they call them) there is an awkward "NBC" thrown in between. I have no idea, but I can only guess thats because someone in a boardroom made them.
I ran into a friend who works at NBC recently and she asked what I thought about their current package. I mentioned the peacock.com and her eyes got wide. I told her I could imagine that took some effort to get approved. She neither denied nor confirmed, but she did let on that it was a big deal, and said "we [focus/research] tested, and the peacock tested far higher than the letters 'nbc'." Go figure. Congrats to NBC for discovering the strength of their logo as a mark alone - and using it without extra clutter to diminish its power.
I think NBC has shown some real forward thinking in terms of their on-air look. The new look is really computer-centric, which is a surprising change from the other networks, who are largely in denial about the evolution of broadcast media.
It draws upon a few conventions that are a bit dated, but it's still a big step for such a monolithic company.
More of their new stuff is on display at Capacity's site http://www.capacity.tv/motion.php?frameName=nbc
11:18 AM, November 26, 2006
Well look at that. I didnt even notice the change. As you said very small yet effective.
10:22 PM, November 26, 2006
Hey, I noticed something about this logo that I just saw at end of the NBC show Medium tonight. Being the psych major that I was and spending some time researching subliminal advertising here is what I noticed. Check it out the next time you see the peacock.com appear:
The colors of the peacock logo are populating in three phases as the voiceover says "N - B -C". From a subliminal standpoint; you hear "NBC" (which is language, and therefore processed on the left side of the brain) in sync with the feather colors populating (color and images being processed on the right side of the brain). This makes the memory a "whole-brained" one (using both hemispheres of the brain together). Using both sides together is the strongest way to make a memory "stick" and be remembered. The show, Medium, and subliminal advertising ---- spooky.
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Humiliation, spit, human ashtray and slapping. Mistress Delilah slaps the loser slave when he swallows spit before given permission. He is also used as ashtray etc.


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Q: Why does "git tag -l" return different listings for my coworker and me? My colleague created a tag for a particular version of our code.  He named it "x".  Today, I wanted to get "x" for myself, so I did
git tag -l.
As a result I got a listing of "y".
I asked him to do the same thing (git tag -l).  He did so, and he sees two listings: "x" and "y".  He did a git status; it says he's clean and has nothing to commit.
Why can't I see both listings?  Other questions and sites I've seen imply that git tag -l is all that's needed to see all listings.

A: Most likely your co-worker has not pushed the tags upstream into the remote.

*

*Ask your co-worker to run this command if he has not already done it:
git push <REMOTE-NAME> --tags

*Then you must run a fetch to get the refs corresponding to the tags into your local repo:
git fetch <REMOTE-NAME> --tags

*Run git tags -l again to see if you see the same set of tags that your co-worker sees.


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We pride ourselves on providing world class CrossFit training and a highly motivating environment filled with like-minded people of all ages, abilities and body types. We love what we do and so do our members and it shows everyday, with every workout and their results speak for themselves. Come join us today!
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Once you decide that CrossFit Moreland is for you, if required, we put you through our CrossFit Beginners Workshop. This consists of 2 x 1 hour sessions to take you through the core movements safely and in your own time. We also have rehabilitation rooms upstairs to manage any previous or current injures you may have.
We know from experience that the CrossFit Beginners Workshop is an important step in you feeling safe and confident to move into the main CrossFit classes and continuing your fitness journey.
When you have completed your CrossFit Beginners Workshop (or if you have prior CrossFit experience) you can train whenever suits your lifestyle in our general classes, mini clinics and open gym sessions.
We have additional coaches available during select classes for new athletes and we have a number of different membership options available that suit your needs.
So what are you waiting for – book your Free Intro Session today!
CrossFit Moreland is the largest purpose built CrossFit facility in Melbourne with over 940 square metres located in the heart of Brunswick. We have a huge main training floor, multiple toilets and showers, change rooms, treatment rooms, mobility and warmup areas in addition to dedicated Olympic Weightlifting platforms. All this is complemented with the latest quality equipment to enable classes of any size, teams and individuals to work out. Take a look at some of the amazing features and facilities we offer at CrossFit Moreland.
We believe that CrossFit is the most effective strength and conditioning method on the planet so it is at the heart of what we deliver. How do we know? We have worked with hundreds of members over the years and we know when combined with exceptional coaches…it just works!
Our professionally trained and expert coaches actively coach each class that you attend. Personal coaching like this would normally cost a fortune in traditional gyms, but here at CrossFit Moreland it is part of each and every class. With education in Exercise Science, Nutrition, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy and more, we are highly skilled and ready to help you.
CrossFit Moreland is one the largest purpose built CrossFit facility in Melbourne with over 940 square metres located in the heart of Brunswick. We have a huge main training floor, multiple toilets and showers, change rooms, treatment rooms, kids area, mobility and warmup areas in addition to dedicated lifting platforms.
No piece of equipment has been left out and no stone unturned to create the ultimate training environment for you to achieve your health and fitness goals. Our range includes a 30 bay custom made Pull Up rig, Elite Bumper Plates, Olympic Weightlifting Barbells, 30m Sled Track, Concept 2 Rowers, Assault Airbikes, Wall Balls, Ab Mats, GHD machines, Climbing Ropes, Deadballs, Kettlebells, Dumbbells, Boxes, Olympic Rings, Weightlifting Platforms, Weight Vests, Rehabilitation Equipment and more.
Our CrossFit Beginners' Workshop program is designed to ensure the safety and success of our new members, no matter their fitness level. At CrossFit Moreland, we know that every person's fitness journey is different, and we're here to help you progress to the main classes in your own time and as safely as possbile.
Our classes are capped to avoid overcrowding, with at least 2 coaches on the floor for most sessions. Because of the size of our box spots are almost always available.
Our Box has a dedicated KIDS room and childminding available for our weekday 9:30 sessions. Kids that do not require supervision are welcome to use the room at all times during sessions. The room is fully matted, safe and secure, with plenty of books and toys. If you are interested see our Childminding page.
In our rehabilitation rooms we currently have a range of services located onsite that can assist with injury rehabilitation and other issues.
At CrossFit Moreland we run 26 general classes per week, 7 open training sessions, 6 CrossFit Kids/Teens classes, 1 mini-clinic plus competition crew each week. We also have special events such as our famous Benchmarks night (with burgers and beers afterwards). Training should always be fun! There is no excuse not to be a healthier you.
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Q: Can't get image to preview in React? I'm writing a social media app that allows you to post either text or image posts. I'm struggling to be able to show image as preview when posting.
It doesn't seem to be able to set the imageData, or does so async and idk how to await the result so it shows in my preview.
Heres the parent component:
import React, { useState } from "react";
import { collection, addDoc, getFirestore } from "firebase/firestore";
import { useUserContext } from "../../../services/user-context";
import { getStorage, ref, uploadBytes } from "firebase/storage";
import TextPost from "./TextPost";
import ImagePost from "./ImagePost";

export const CreatePostModal = ({ open, setOpen }) => {
  const { user } = useUserContext();
  const db = getFirestore();
  const storage = getStorage();
  const [imageData, setImageData] = useState(null);

  const handleImageUpload = async (e) => {
    if (e.target.files[0]) {
      const reader = new FileReader();
      reader.onload = (img) => setImageData(img.target.result);
      reader.readAsDataURL(await e.target.files[0]);
      console.log(imageData);
    }
  };

  const pictureUploadRef = ref(storage, "posts/");

  const handleSubmit = async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();

    const formData = new FormData(e.target);
    console.log(formData);
    const title = formData.get("title");
    const content = formData.get("content");

    const postRef = await addDoc(collection(db, "posts"), {
      comments: [],
      content: content,
      likes: [],
      picture: imageData,
      technologies: [],
      timestamp: new Date(),
      title: title,
      userAvatar: "avatarUrl",
      userID: user.id,
    });
  };
  return imageData ? (

      <ImagePost
        open={open}
        setOpen={setOpen}
        handleImageUpload={handleImageUpload}
        handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
      />

  ) : (

      <TextPost
        open={open}
        setOpen={setOpen}
        handleImageUpload={handleImageUpload}
        handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
        imageData={imageData}
      />

  );
};

And here is child:
import React from "react";
import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
import Typography from "@mui/material/Typography";
import Modal from "@mui/material/Modal";
import styled from "styled-components";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";
import ImageIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Image";

const TitleInput = styled.textarea`
  width: 100%;
  height: 10%;
  border: none;
  background-color: inherit;
  font-size: 25px;
  resize: none;
  &:focus-visible {
    outline: none;
  }
  &::placeholder {
    color: black;
  }
  text-align: center;
  margin: 10px 0 15px;
  color: black;
`;

const ContentInput = styled.textarea`
  width: 100%;
  height: 20%;
  border: none;
  background-color: inherit;
  font-size: 20px;
  resize: none;
  &:focus-visible {
    outline: none;
  }
  &::placeholder {
    color: black;
  }
`;

const ImageContainer = styled.div`
  width: 100%;
  height: 50%;
  //   background-color: red;
`;

const style = {
  position: "absolute",
  height: "50%",
  minWidth: "400px",
  minHeight: "550px",
  width: "40%",
  top: "50%",
  left: "50%",
  transform: "translate(-50%, -50%)",
  bgcolor: "#f0f2f5",
  boxShadow: 24,
  p: 4,
  borderRadius: "20px",
  display: "flex",
  justifyContent: "flex-start",
  alignItems: "center",
  flexDirection: "column",
  outline: "none",
  padding: "15px 25px 25px",
};

const ImagePost = ({
  open,
  setOpen,
  handleImageUpload,
  handleSubmit,
  imageData,
}) => {
  return (
    <Modal
      open={open}
      onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
      aria-labelledby="modal-modal-title"
    >
      <Box sx={style}>
        <Typography
          id="modal-modal-title"
          variant="h4"
          component="h2"
          sx={{ fontSize: "30px" }}
        >
          Create a post
        </Typography>

        <form style={{ width: "100%", height: "100%" }}>
          <TitleInput placeholder="Post title" required name="title" />
          <ContentInput placeholder="Post content" required name="content" />
          <ImageContainer>
            {imageData ?  :
failed
}
          </ImageContainer>

              <input
                onChange={handleImageUpload}
                accept="image/*"
                id="upload-button"
                type="file"
                style={{ display: "none" }}
              />
              <Button
                variant="contained"
                size="large"
                sx={{ ml: "-70px" }}
                component="span"
              >
                <ImageIcon />
              </Button>

              <Button
                type="submit"
                id="submit-button"
                variant="contained"
                size="large"
                color="success"
                sx={{ ml: "10px", width: "150px" }}
                onClick={handleSubmit}
              >
                Submit
              </Button>

        </form>
      </Box>
    </Modal>
  );
};

export default ImagePost;

Can you help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?

A: 1 key thing that you are missing here is that react state updates are not instantaneous, they are scheduled. You make api call which is async and may complete after the page has already been rendered. you may wanna look into useEffect hook to solve this problem.


Opened in 1992. Newly renovated in 2017.
The Orient Hotel Xi'an (Xi'an Dongfang Dajiudian) is close to several sights including the Dayan Pagoda and Shaanxi History Museum and a 45-minute ride by car from the airport. The hotel's restaurant offers both Chinese and Western cuisine. There are also nine banquet halls on the premises. Business travelers can make full use of the business center and meeting rooms to conduct events. Guests at this Xi'an hotel can relax at the hotel with a dip in the outdoor or indoor swimming pool or a trip to the sauna. A fitness room is also available for guests looking to stay in shape.
- 10 km to Xi'an Railway Station.


After Michele Briggs, 49, of Frederic, Wisconsin, was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in January 2015, her doctor recommended hormonal therapy .
"He said I needed to get my body to stop producing estrogen , because the estrogen was feeding the cancer," she says.
Hormonal therapy is a whole-body (systemic ) treatment that is used for cancers that depend on estrogen — a hormone that occurs naturally in the body — to grow. These types of cancers are hormone-sensitive.
Guidelines recommend hormonal therapy as the first treatment, when possible, for metastatic, hormonesensitive disease.
Hormone-sensitive breast cancer cells have proteins called receptors that receive messages from hormones and tell cancer cells to grow. These cancers are called hormone receptor -positive. If estrogen receptors are present, the cancer is called estrogen receptor-positive . If progesterone receptors are present, the cancer is progesterone receptor-positive . Breast cancers may be estrogen- or progesterone-positive, or both.
Hormonal therapies slow or stop hormone receptor-positive breast cancer growth by blocking estrogen's effects or reducing the body's estrogen levels. In metastatic breast cancer, the goal of hormonal therapy is to shrink or control the cancer while maintaining your quality of life .
Hormonal therapy is not the same as hormone replacement therapy (HRT), used to relieve symptoms of menopause . HRT should not be used in women affected by breast cancer.
Hormonal therapy will probably be the first treatment your doctor recommends if you have cancer in the bone or lymph nodes or a small amount of disease in the lungs or liver, Dr. Grana says. If you have a lot of disease in your lungs or liver, you will probably get chemotherapy first because hormonal therapies can take longer to have an effect. You may get hormonal therapy at a later time.
Some hormonal therapy is recommended for all women, and some is specific to whether you've started menopause.
Hormonal therapy works by blocking the production of estrogen or by stopping estrogen from interacting with its receptor . Some hormonal therapies are given as a pill, while others are given by injection or as liquid.
Your doctor will monitor treatment through tests such as physical exams, blood tests or imaging scans. If one treatment stops working or causes too many side effects, your doctor may switch you to another.
Your doctor may also talk to you about joining a study of a new treatment, called a clinical trial. "Participating in a clinical trial may give a patient access to new and exciting medicines while also benefitting other women," Dr. Grana says.
Which hormonal therapy your doctor recommends depends on several factors, including what medicines you've taken, possible side effects, menopausal status and health history.
SERMs, or selective estrogen receptor modulators, block estrogen from reaching estrogen receptors. SERMs such as tamoxifen and toremifene (Fareston) may be used until the cancer grows or spreads. Tamoxifen is not recommended in those who have had blood clots.
If you are premenopausal , estrogen's effects may be removed by temporarily shutting down the ovaries with an LHRH (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone) agonist such as goserelin (Zoladex), leuprolide (Leupron) or triptorelin (Trelstar). These medicines are usually paired with other forms of hormonal therapy. Another option is permanent ovarian suppression through surgery called oophorectomy .
If you are postmenopausal , your doctor may recommend medicines called aromatase inhibitors or AIs as your first hormonal therapy, either alone or combined with other treatment. AIs such as anastrozole (Arimidex), letrozole (Femara ) and exemestane (Aromasin ) are given as a daily pill to stop an enzyme, aromatase, that makes small amounts of estrogen.
AIs may also be used with ovarian suppression in premenopausal or perimenopausal women. After Sara Mihaly, 36, of San Diego, was diagnosed with bone metastasis in November 2014, 11 months after her initial breast cancer diagnosis , her doctor took her off tamoxifen and started treatment with leuprolide and letrozole.
In July 2015 Sara decided to have an oophorectomy."It ended my fertility permanently, but I already had three children," she says. If you are premenopausal and concerned about fertility, talk with your doctor.
ERAs, or estrogen receptor antagonists, may be used if the cancer stops responding to other hormonal therapies. Fulvestrant (Faslodex ) stops the action of estrogen on cancer cells and is given as an injection.
Progestin hormonal therapy such as megestrol acetate (Megace), a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone, can be used in metastatic disease, although its use has declined.
Two targeted therapies, both pills, have been shown to increase the benefit of hormonal therapy. They have been FDA approved to treat hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
Everolimus (Afinitor) is an mTOR inhibitor that stops cancer cells from dividing. It is approved for use with exemestane in postmenopausal women with cancer that grows after treatment with letrozole or anastrozole. Studies have shown this combination can slow cancer growth better than exemestane alone.
Palbociclib (Ibrance), a CDK 4/6 inhibitor, targets enzymes that help cancer cells to grow and divide. It is approved for use with letrozole as a first treatment for postmenopausal women. Studies have shown that palbociclib improves the time from the start of treatment until the cancer grows or spreads. Palbociclib has also been shown to be effective when given with fulvestrant .
Other advances allow hormonal therapy to be combined with trastuzumab (Herceptin ) and other HER2-positive targeted therapies.
Every person reacts differently to hormonal therapy. You may have difficult side effects, or you may have minor or no problems.
Bone thinning or pain, hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and fatigue , and changes in sexual desire or comfort can happen. Aromatase inhibitors may also cause achiness. Targeted therapies sometimes paired with hormonal therapies may cause other side effects such as risk of infection and mouth sores.
You may also feel more anxious or irritable. "I had some emotional issues tied in with treatment-induced menopause. For no reason, I would start thinking about something or hear a song on the radio and start to cry," Michele says.
Lifestyle and diet changes along with prescription and over-the-counter medicines can help ease side effects, Dr. Grana says.
Gail does deep water aerobics twice a week to help manage muscle pain and stiffness. Michele rests when her body tells her to. She takes denosumab (Xgeva ) with calcium supplements to help keep her bones strong. Duloxetine (Cymbalta), an antidepressant , helps control achiness and moodiness.
Sara also goes to the gym, lifts weights, and does Zumba four days a week. "Sweating, dancing and having fun makes me feel better. For me, it's just as critical as my medication," she says.
If you are having difficulty paying for treatment, look for patient assistance programs. Doctors often have social workers on staff who can direct you to resources, so be sure to let your doctor know you are having problems rather than not taking your medicine.
If you have questions about hormonal therapy, don't be afraid to ask your oncologist or oncology nurse . Websites such as LBBC.ORG are also a good source of information, Dr. Grana says.
Getting a second opinion helped Michele feel good about moving forward with her treatment plan. She also recommends keeping a notepad with a list of questions f or your doctor.


WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 13, 2017) - David H. Stevens, CMB, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), made the following statement about President Trump nominating Brian Montgomery to be the next Federal Housing Commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
"MBA applauds the nomination of Brian Montgomery to lead the Federal Housing Administration. His previous experience will serve him well in this position. I hope the Senate will move quickly to confirm Brian and we look forward to working with him, Secretary Carson, and others in the Administration to ensure a strong, robust FHA program that can serve its mission of providing affordable housing opportunities, both rental and owned, for all Americans, especially those with low and moderate incomes and first-time homebuyers."


Store-bought juice cannot even begin to compete. Why? The FDA requires juice to undergo a process called pasteurization. Juice is heated at such a high temperature that it kills bacteria, but also kills most of the nutrients as well. Pasteurization allows for a long shelf life, but there are very little nutrients left in store-bought juice because of it.
You need to pick a juicer, but which one?
Centrifugal = moves at a high speed and fruits and veggies are turned into pulp, the fast spinning motion causes the juice to separate from the pulp and drip down into the pitcher. These juicing machines are the most common and you usually don't have to chop your produce into really small pieces.
Masticating = grinds and chews fruits and veggies at a slow speed and allows for more nutrients and juice to be extracted from the produce. Typically, you have to cut your produce in smaller pieces than a centrifugal juicer, but you will use less produce because it is more efficient at extracting AND since it grinds, you can make nut butters, baby food, even pasta with your machine so keep that in mind.
Buy a quality juicer. It matters. If your pulp is dry and void of chunks after you send your fruits and veggies down the chute, this is a good indicator that you bought a quality juicer and you are getting your money's worth. For a centrifugal juicer, I prefer Breville. This is the model I have: Breville Juice Fountain JE98XL. I feel it is the best bang for your buck as far as quality and price. We've had ours for almost 4 years with no problems.
For a masticating juicer, I hear fabulous things about Omega models.
Have bags on hand and ready to line the pulp catcher before you start, it's way less messy and allows for faster clean-up. Always rinse your produce and prep all of it before you turn on your juicer (cut carrot tops off, peel citrus, cut the skin off ginger, de-seed apples, etc.).
Juice any and every vegetable, herb, fruit and root that is 'juiceable' and safe.
Do not juice bananas, carrot tops, avocados, citrus rinds, seeds (unsafe), and anything mushy.
I cannot stress this enough, clean your juicer right away! Wait, drink your juice first (see above) then clean your juicer right away! Make this a habit. Trust me, you do not want to have to soak and clean dried juice pulp later. Been there, done that. Not cool.
If you've never juiced, try it!! You won't regret feeling better.
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Hello Darlin! I have been loving me my juicing time! Do you peel your cucmbers I heard the peeling has silicon which is supposed to be good for ya!
Hey, J! You're right, most of the nutritional value does come from the peel. It is full of fiber (soluble and insoluble) and beta-carotene, a form of Vit. A which is good for your eyesight. My brand of juicer recommends peeling it because it is hard on the filter, if you don't mind replacing your juicer filter more frequently, which can be spendy or you have a high-end juicer that can handle it, keep the peel on. Cool!? Glad you're enjoying juicing, isn't it fabulous? Juice on!
Thanks for your input…getting my list together . Exciting news to change our life with juicing !
Sue! I am so glad! Juicing changed my life, too. I'm sure you've seen Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, such a great documentary. If you have time you should read 'How I Got Into Juicing,' I tell what got me into it. So excited for you guys.
Hello ~ Ordered a Breville Juicer today – CANNOT wait for it to arrive. I know that I along with my grandchildren will benefit from juicing. Thanks for the tips in this post.
whats your thoughts on juicing sweet potatoes?
on the juicer to let it run.
Ever since I was diagnosed with breast cancer, we juice daily. We juice everything too. We never peel our citrus. There is lots of health benefits especially in the white part. We never peel ginger (don't see why it's necessary) and we juice our Apple seeds. They contain pectin which is great for us. Butternut squash and sweet potatoes are great too. Orange vegetables are great for fighting cancer.