The Jellicle cats are out on the fateful night of the Jellicle Ball, telling their stories and waiting for their leader Old Deuteronomy to chose one of them for a new life.
I want to be a cat now. I want to be a jellicle cat specifically. I want to have a friend like Mr. Mistoffelees. I want to have memories under the glowing moonlight like Grizabella and the jellicle cats. I want to be apart of the Jellicle ball, with the Jellicle leader Old Deuteronomy.
I WANNA BE A JELLICLE CAT!
Now, I truly understand why this show ran for years and is insanely famous. I humbly apologize for my ignorance and dismissal of people "over doing" the song "Memories" (which in this performance was done by the amazing Mamie Parris). People who know me are aware that I am not the biggest fan of musicals. They make me tired and annoyed after a certain point. But not this one.
I was excited to bring a great friend of mine, who is a fellow thesbian. Before she came though, I was two lengthy blocks down drinking my McDonald's caramel macchiatto mc cafe. There was an insanely long line that I believed was to go to a famous restaurant. As I kept walking to the Neil Simon Theatre, sipping my drink real slow, I realized it was to see CATS!
Now hunny, we needa talk about the set. Actually, I can't even describe it because my mind is still so excited. You're just going to have to be there. Just know that the set does not end on the stage, it extends to the audience with gorgeous fairy lights in every inch of the ceiling. Even some of the cats come in the audience, which actually freaked me out tremendously. One of the best parts is that during intermission, the theatre allows the audience to go on stage and take pictures with Old Deuteronomy!
These pictures from my phone DO NOT do the set any justice.


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"I Can Make Some Damage"- UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou Calls Out Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder
By Siddharth Negi
On August 26th, 2017, former UFC double division champ, Conor McGregor clashed against five-division boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. The best talent from MMA went up against the best talent in boxing. Although McGregor lost the bout at the very end, the fight was a pioneering event in combat sports history.
The current UFC heavyweight champion of the world, Francis Ngannou, seems to take inspiration from this. The 35-year-old French has shown interest in sharing rings with full-fledged boxers. In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, Ngannou revealed his plans to fight big names of the boxing world.
Francis shared his love for the sport and talked about his boxing goals. He stated, "He has always been down the line, you know. This is something that I'm not taking my eyes off it, you know." The UFC champ also shared, "I can't see myself how to retire without boxing."
'The Predator' further announced his picks for a possible boxing match. He said, "Yes, all of them. Guys of Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder. I would like to test myself to their level, you know." Ngannou further claimed that the sport may be different, but he is still the champ.
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He added," At the end of the day, it's just about like throwing hands you know throwing punches having a good delivery system to produce bombs and I'm sure that if I deliver my own punches pretty good I can make some damage."
Previous back and forth between Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury
The two fighters have already had some verbal interactions on Twitter. Previously, Tyson called out Francis and other UFC fighters for a fight to claim his 'Gypsy King' money. He announced to fight anytime, anyplace, anywhere.
.@francis_ngannou @ufc pic.twitter.com/oGQX8d5DtT
— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) April 29, 2021
Although the French fighter accepted his challenge but put Tyson on a waiting list. Ngannou shared his mutual interest in fighting Fury, but only after he takes care of Jon Jones.
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As of now, nothing is confirmed, but this money fight seems to be on the table for an event in the next year.
Do you think Francis Ngannou will ever fight Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder inside the ring? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Oxford-designed Flare pan uses 40% less heat than conventional pans
With help from Isis Innovation, the University's technology commercialisation company, a new heat-efficient cooking pan based on research by University of Oxford Professor of Engineering Professor Thomas Povey has been launched by Lakeland (the UK's leading kitchenware specialist).
Professor Povey applied his research into the design of high-efficiency cooling systems for next-generation jet-engines to an everyday object which transfers heat: the domestic saucepan. The brand new pan design considerably speeds up cooking, providing substantial savings of time and energy consumption.
Formed from cast aluminium and incorporating patented 'FIN-X' technology, Flare Pans are most effective on gas hobs, estimated to be used by over two thirds of the UK. The unique, patented, finned design channels heat from the flame across the bottom and up the sides of the pan, resulting in highly efficient, even heat distribution. This means the pans heat up significantly more quickly and food cooks faster, saving time and using much less energy too – in fact, an equivalent pan of conventional design was shown to need 40% more energy to heat up than a Flare pan.
Tom Hockaday, managing director of Isis Innovation said: "This is a great example of clever thinking from Oxford being applied to an everyday object, one which anyone can use to speed up our cooking and improve our energy consumption. Isis is delighted to have helped Professor Povey and Lakeland commercialise the Flare Pan".
Linda Naylor, Executive Director at Isis, said: "This project has been a rewarding one in that we were able to bring together the right expertise and co-ordinate with multiple parties, in order to enable a quick launch to market."
Even before their official launch, Flare pans have already become an award winning product. The Worshipful Company of Engineers, a Livery Company of the City of London operating under Royal Charter, has awarded Professor Povey their prestigious '2014 Hawley Award' for "the most outstanding Engineering Innovation that delivers demonstrable benefit to the environment".
Commenting on winning the award, Professor Povey said, "I am delighted that the Worshipful Company of Engineers have recognised the engineering complexity that lies behind Flare's apparently simple design and have selected it for their Hawley Award for engineering innovation that benefits the environment."
Professor Povey and Isis Innovation went through Design Council's Design Leadership Programme, a mixture of workshops and direct support part-subsidised by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
It is designed to help turn scientific and technological ideas into innovative, profitable products and services. John Mathers, Design Council CEO, commented: "The Flare Pan is a fantastic example of British design. Design Council is delighted to have been part of developing Professor Povey's idea. It resonates well with our values – it is innovative, beneficial for users and also the environment. We are sure that it will prove to be a great success story."
Commenting on the launch, Matthew Canwell, Lakeland's Buying Director said, "Innovative thinking has been cemented into all that Lakeland do for 50 years, and we're always looking for new innovations that will save our customers both time and money. Flare does just that, and we're extremely excited to be able to bring this incredible new technology to our customers."
The new range of innovative pans will be available in the UK exclusively through Lakeland stores and website.
For more on this article, please read the University Science Blog.


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Q: Pass HttpClient object from one activity to another I have a class that use DefaultHttpClient object to execute http rest requests. Im trying to use the same HttpClient object to execute another request in different class and I tried to pass the class I'm using as a serialized object to the new activity. but when at runtime it gives a java.io.NotSerializableException for DefaultHttpClient is there a way I can pass DefaultHttpClient object as it is to the next Activity I'm loading.
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297): java.lang.RuntimeException: Parcelable encountered IOException writing serializable object (name = com.hcp.hcpandroid.SSLAuthenticate)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Parcel.writeSerializable(Parcel.java:1279)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Parcel.writeValue(Parcel.java:1233)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Parcel.writeMapInternal(Parcel.java:591)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Bundle.writeToParcel(Bundle.java:1619)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Parcel.writeBundle(Parcel.java:605)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.content.Intent.writeToParcel(Intent.java:6519)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.startActivity(ActivityManagerNative.java:1741)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1411)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3351)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3312)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:3522)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:3490)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at com.hcp.hcpandroid.MainLogIn.hcpLogIn(MainLogIn.java:67)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at com.hcp.hcpandroid.MainLogIn$1.onClick(MainLogIn.java:35)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4128)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:17142)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:615)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:213)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4787)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:809)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:576)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297): Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeNewObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1364)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObjectInternal(ObjectOutputStream.java:1671)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1517)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1481)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeFieldValues(ObjectOutputStream.java:979)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:368)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeHierarchy(ObjectOutputStream.java:1074)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeNewObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1404)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObjectInternal(ObjectOutputStream.java:1671)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1517)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1481)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    at android.os.Parcel.writeSerializable(Parcel.java:1274)
09-03 12:51:44.891: E/AndroidRuntime(32297):    ... 24 more

A: In fact, even if you succeed to serialize you DefaultHttpClient, when you get it in the other Activity, you'll have a different instance.
I suggest you rather some proxy that will send commands from your second Activity to the original client, and receive responses from it.

What you need is some IPC mechanism to achieve this. You could try using :

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*A Service if your Activities run in the same Process

*A ContentProvider if your Activities do not (have a look to aidl)

*android.os mechanism such as Handler, Message for IPC communication.

Please have a look at Android's Processes and Threads guide

A: I think that the best thing to do is to use a static variable to store your Http client.
I would like to suggest you to take a look at OkHttp (from Square) or Ion (from Koush Dutta).
Anyway I think that the real problem is that your object is not serializable and it's not parcellable for sure :)
So you cannot pass it through activies. The best think to do is to have a Service in background that handle your http requests and have only 1 (or how many you need) Http clients.

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adventures in Publishing - a blog about books, books and more books although no doubt there will be some random whitterings too
That's five things
Been tagged by Sarah Ellender to write 5 things about my Work in Progress.
1 - The working title is "Seven Deadly Swords"
2 - 7 word pitch is "Cursed crusader spends several lifetimes seeking redemption"
3 - So what's it really about? During the first Crusade in the 11th century a set of knights form together in a new order dedicated to the Seven Heavenly Virtues. They become cursed by the Seven Deadly Sins and the story is of one of them Patience/Wrath attempting to break the curse across the ages.
4 - I started writing this as a comic script in 2013. When it was passed over by a couple of comics folk I wondered if it would work as a novel. I'm now around about 45,000 words through the first draft and that's roughly half way I reckon.
5 - I wrote the first 20k pretty fast, easy as most of it was in script form anyway, however the rest has crawled along adding a few thousand words here and there. This is why I've signed up for Clarion Write-a-thon in order to try and crank out 40k in 6 weeks. So far I'm on track. If you fancy sponsoring this mad dash for the finish line you can do here
Tigerman review
Tigerman by Nick Hakaway
How does an author follow up an award winning book? By writing something completely different but equally compelling. This is the trick that Nick Harkaway has pulled off with this, his third book.
Lester Ferris is a sergeant in the infantry who winds up on the island of Mancreu after a tour in Afghanistan. This is a former British colony in the Arabian sea that has been given over to the NATO and Allied Protection Force of Mancreu (NatProMan). Technically Lester is the senior officer of the United Kingdom's Mancreu command and senior consular member. But the whole island is imminently going to be demolished due to an extinction level threat from outgassing of toxicity and mutant bacteria from volcanic vents. Previous outgassings have had some unusual properties and are totally unpredictable.
Lester has established several fair weather friendships but none so important to him than with 'the boy', a comics book obsessed, internet savvy local youth who calls himself 'Robin'. He is also friends with the NatProMan man in charge, the Japanese scientist studying the island and a local café owner. The island has become a bit of a backwater, due to people Leaving (yes with a capital L) and the UK government basically abandoning it. This has led to a fleet of illicit ships floating just off the island, listening stations, black-ops and all sorts of other shady dealings that governments can treat with plausible deniability.
Lester's job is basically to keep the consulate ticking over and "not get involved" apart from to do some basic policing and representing Britain in a nominal way. When violence starts to spread and Lester gets more involved with the boy it becomes ever more difficult for him to remain aloof and he feels the need to become involved, which the boy encourages. It isn't long before the legend of the Tigerman is born.
Tigerman, although ostensibly built like a superhero origin tale and drawing on comic book colour ("full of win", "We are made of awesome") is an endearing paternal tale and a complex character study. In fact Tigerman only just dips its toe into genre and if you're looking for full on SF&F then this may not be the place to look. However it is a great read and Mancreu and its colourful cast of characters is a great place to visit for the duration of this book. It has things to say about politics and the state of the world making It a more reflective book than the previous two, but all the more powerful for it. It is also a book, like Gone Away World where, when you get to the end, you are tempted to start all over again. That, I feel, is the sign of a great book.
Overall - Harkaway just seems to be getting better, if you like his other books go and get a copy
Clarion Write-a-thon. What? Why?
Last week I signed up for Clarion West Write-a-thon and committed to write 1,200 words a day for around six weeks (which I've so far managed). The Write-a-Thon officially runs at the same time as the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop at UC San Diego. From June 22 to August 2, 2014, Write-a-Thon writers and sponsors can tap into the creative energy of the renowned six-week Clarion workshop, encourage this year's Clarion students, and help secure the financial future of Clarion, all without leaving home.
Why did I do it – I hear you ask?
Well it's a write-a-thon, and I'm a writer so it seems like it's something I can do. It's also a fantastic course (that one day, I dream I may eventually be able to attend, just need to find my fortune first!) and a great bunch of folks. I did it last year and it kick started my first attempt at a novel. Now I'm hoping it will help me crank out the first draft of my novel in progress. If I manage to hit the 1,200 words a day I'll end the write-a-thon with a book length draft (adding the almost 50 odd thousand words to the 30 odd thousand words I already have)
So it's a good way to give myself a kick and raise some money for a good cause. So if you enjoy this blog, and my short stories and would like to see my debut novel at some point in the future then please do sponsor me. As Mr Tesco is fond of telling us – 'every little helps'.
If you sponsor me $10 I will write you a flash fiction story of between 100 - 500 words
For $20 I'll do one of 500 - 1000 words
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Mail BRSBKBLOG at GMAIL in order to get your stories (which will be written after the write-a-thon has finished.
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NFFD - what I did at the weekend
Saturday was National Flash Fiction Day (NFFD) and in celebration Bristol Flash put on two rather splendid events.
The first was a Flash Fiction workshop given by Calum Kerr and Pauline Masurel where we learned what flash was and a undertook a number of interesting writing exercises. With a bit of work one of mine will see the light of day at some point.
After the workshop several of us took a long slow wander in the blazing sunshine to the Lansdown pub. Not just so we could enjoy a pint but also to share our flash fiction with a packed room. There were 12 fantastic readers and also yours truly.
In order of appearance: Calum reading from Eat My Words,
Judy Darley,
then me – I read White noise/Black silence and Not Alone (as yet unpublished),
after me were Mazzy,
Diane Simmons,
Deborah Rickard,
Tim Stevenson,
Marc Nash,
Carrie Etter,
Lucy English,
Richard Holt,
Tania Hershman,
Calum — reading his own stories this time. The final reader was
Kevlin Henney, the organiser of this literary buffet.
It was an eclectic and entertaining bunch of stories and a great night. Would love to do it again next year.
The day also saw the release of the NFFD anthology, Eat My Words
Guest Post - Huw Powell
Today's guest post is provided by Huw Powell.
Huw grew up in the village of Pill in North Somerset, where he wrote his first stories for friends and family. He went on to study Literature and Art History at school and University. Huw started writing novels while working as a Project Manager in London. He now lives in Portishead with his wife and 2 energetic sons. When he's not sat at his computer, Huw enjoys watching films and spending time with his family. His debut novel, Rush Hour Rules, was a fast-paced conspiracy thriller. Spacejackers is his first book for children.
Huw has dropped in to talk about "The future"
Many thanks to Huw for a fascinating topic - please do add comments if you have any opinions on boys versus girls reading
Winners of the Book giveaway - Open Waters by David Gullen & new book giveaway!
Congratulations to Ade Couper and Rakib Khan who were chosen by our randomiser as the winners of the Open Waters giveaway. Books will be sent out very soon to them.
You could also win in a new book giveaway:
Friendship dies in the face of cruelty; new loyalties are forged, blood merged into new life . . . In a single moment of defiance, driven by a rash act of compassion for a stranger, Rhodri turns his back on his unit, his country and his comrades in arms. Taken in by the Plains Hawk tribe, he finds compassion, love, and a new purpose for his unique memory. But just as he is beginning to accept his decision, an invasion from the east throws the tribe into chaos, and threatens to destroy the new life he has built. Rhodri must rally the tribes to take on his former comrades, his former friends, and fight the forces of the crown he swore to protect-and the sister he has never known. Thrust into the role of leader, he must use the very lessons he learned in the King's Third against his closest friends, and his most bitter enemy.
To win a copy of The art of forgetting: Nomad please mail BRSBKBLOG@gmail.com with the answer to this simple question: What is the name of the first book in the Art of Forgetting series?
Winners will be announced on 11th July
Friday Flash - Werewolves are hairy on the inside
Werewolves are hairy on the inside
So why am I in detention
It's because of Mr Rimmer. They say that Mr Rimmer, is a werewolf.
It's because he's really hairy with a great big bushy beard. He even has hair coming out of his ears and the neck of his shirt. And he growls when teaching us football.
Stephen King says that werewolves are hairy on the inside. I tried to imagine what that's like. Won't the fur be all manky with blood, snot, brains and stuff?
I had a hair stuck in my throat once. Couldn't swallow without feeling it. Perhaps that's what being a werewolf is like?
Anyway I tried to see inside his mouth when he was talking. He asked me what I was doing and it's wrong not to tell the truth isn't it. That's why I'm in detention.
Guest blog - Amy Morse
Amy Morse, a local writer, dropped into the blog to chat about crowdfunding.
Amy Morse is a writer, novelist and entrepreneur. She regularly writes on business matters and is a columnist for Prowess Women in Business (http://www.prowess.org.uk/author/amy-morse). Enabling start ups in the daytime and penning random acts of creativity by night, she is the author of The Bronze Box (writing as Amy C Fitzjohn) and is publishing the follow up Solomon's Secrets in the autumn.
Crowdfund: http://bit.ly/1fvA0rq
Twitter: @TomCatDesigns
Blog: ideaism.blogsot.co.uk
web: www.AmyMorse.co.uk
Author: writing as - Amy C Fitzjohn - http://amzn.to/1jd0sDE
Over to Amy
Pure Julianna Baggott
This was a book club read, I would never have chosen to read this otherwise. As you know I'm not a fan of YA. Although this has less YA tropes than I feared I did have large issues with it. However didn't hate it & some of the imagery and ideas were very nice. So perhaps if you're a YA fan you'll enjoy it, several of the guys at the book club did. My main issues were with passive characters, a plot that relied on coincidence (and unbelievable contrivance), a very vague grasp of worldbuilding and weak understanding of science. The author seems to only be able to think of one way to put her characters into peril by using the dusts (see below)
In the future (?) there is a pseudo-nuclear war(?) called the detonations (a weirdly awkward word for everyone to call the event) which destroyed all the infrastructure of the cities, apart from "The Dome" and caused changes to the people left outside. Now there are the "pure" who live in the dome and the mutated "wretches" that live outside. The wretches have been scarred and fused to things: some to inanimate objects, our heroine has a dolls head instead of a hand, her grandfather has an electric fan in his throat, others are bonded to animals (one of the characters has birds fused to his back) and others are fused to people forming groupies and yet others are fully fused to the ground forming "dusts". This grotesquery is, by far, the best thing about the book. When one of the pure escapes the dome everything changes.
Overall – Not for me, but didn't hate it as much as some YA I've read
Godwhale by T. J. Bass
Apparently this guy only wrote two books and this is the sequel to his first one, which I haven't read. I bought this on the strength of it being an SF Masterworks and the blurb on the back, which made it sound right up my street, plus it was also recommended by Jeff VanderMeer. Covering several thousand years' worth of history this is a bit of a mess structurally; new characters are thrown into the mix (seemingly at random) throughout the book, even towards the end. There are many lurches in time and sometimes these are confusing plot wise, although to be honest there isn't much of a plot either. I've struggled to think how to summarise. In the future the seas are dead, most of humanity live underground in the hive, mechs farm the land, the Godwhale of the title comes back to life when the seas are re-seeded, the hive comes into conflict with the "Benthics", outsiders who live under the ocean.
And yet, it's never dull, it's full of crazy interesting ideas and I enjoyed it a lot. It shouldn't work, but somehow it does. I wish I'd read the first book, as potentially some of the mysteries wouldn't be so mysterious?
Overall – some structural problems but an interesting read nevertheless
Reading in public - out loud
Last night I was at the rather splendid Small Stories Bristol - @smallstorybris with a pretty eclectic line up
I read out my story - Roadkill and it seemed to go down well, although i perhaps should have saved my Lassie gag until the end!
Tomorrow I'll be at the wonderful Word of Mouth at the Thunderbolt reading with Joanne Hall & Scott Lewis.
http://www.thethunderbolt.net/whatson.ihtml
And on 16th June I'll be appearing at BristolCon Fringe reading with David J. Rodger
http://www.bristolcon.org/?page_id=2074
I'm reading stories at all three events that are linked and I aim to bring out these stories in an anthology.
Later in the month I'll be appearing on the bill at NFFD Bristol where I'll be reading two stories that will not in the anthology.
My review criteria
My winning story in the Hodderscape dodo competition
my story on 1000 words
BLDGBLOG - required reading
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North Bristol Creative Writing
Bristol Festival of Literature
My mate Dave, no not that Dave the other Dave
Local publisher - Tangent books
Brilliant illustrator - Katie Green
Local Publisher - Vala
Ali reynolds
My 2010 reading
Clockworkbunny
Pornokitsch
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Q: The difference in finding a basis for the range of a matrix when using the columns versus the rows confuses me Let $\{a_1,..,a_n\}$ be a set of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^m$.
In a first semester linear algebra course, two different but similar methods are introduced in order to find a basis for $span\{a_1,..,a_n\}$

Method 1: Consider $\{a_1,..,a_n\}$ as the rows of a matrix $A$ and reduce this matrix to echelon form, denoted $B$. Then the nonzero rows of $B$ will be a basis for $span\{a_1,..,a_n\}$
Method 2: Consider $\{a_1,..,a_n\}$ as the columns of a matrix $A$ and reduce this matrix to echelon form, denoted $B$. Then the columns of $A$ that correspond to the columns of $B$ that contain pivot positions form a basis for $span\{a_1,..,a_n\}$

I have two questions.
My first question is when using method $2$, wouldn't the columns of $B$ that contain pivot positions be a basis for $span\{a_1,..,a_n\}$? If so, why is this method presented as being dependent on going back to the columns of $A$?
My second question is, when using method $1$, would it be possible to use the rows of $A$ that correspond to rows of $B$ containing pivot positions to find a basis for $span\{a_1,..,a_n\}$? I suspect not. But what if we would have used column operations instead?
Anyway, I'm also just looking into general insight into understanding what is going on here, but my two questions would be a great place to start.
Thank goodness for MSE!!

A: Elementary row operations do not change the row space of $A$. However, they can change the column space without altering the dependency of the columns. Meaning that if $\vec{v}_1,\vec{v}_2,\dots,\vec{v}_n$ are column vectors of $A$ and let $R$ be a row equivalent matrix to $A$ having column vectors $\vec{u}_1,\vec{u}_2,\dots,\vec{u}_n$ you can prove that the equation $k_1\vec{v}_1,k_2\vec{v}_2,\dots,k_n\vec{v}_n = 0$ has the same solutions as $k_1\vec{u}_1,k_2\vec{u}_2,\dots,k_n\vec{u}_n = 0$. It then follows that a set of columns of $A$ are linearly independent iff the corresponding columns of $R$ are linearly independent.
Your intuition for the second question is right. Row operations can alter the position of rows meaning that the rows on the original matrix in the same positions as the pivot rows may not form a basis for the row space.
Elementary column operations do not change the column space but alter the row space so you can basically swap the two methods if you use column operations.
Note that method 2 is beneficial if you also need to express the dependent vectors in the set as a linear combination of the basis vectors. Since the dependency between the columns is the same, you can solve the system using $R$(usually easier to compute) and the solution of scalars $\vec{k}$ is also the solution for the same system in $A$.


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This ROM also evaluates the king's centralization assuming it is an end game. The actual evaluation is a weighted sum of the king safety and king centralization selected by the stage of the game. Piece Position Every piece has a value for occupying a square. This value is maintained incrementally. Pawns are more valuable for being centralised and for being advanced. Knight mobility is statically evaluated based on the squares that they occupy. Knights and bishops are penalized for being in their original square.
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Question of the Week:What is the best book you've read in the last month? What is the worst book you've read in the last month?
The best book of the past month would probably be The Scar by Sergey & Marina Dyachenko. Such a pleasant surprise, and such a unique voice in the fantasy genre. The worst book would definitely be Heaven's Shadow by David S. Goyer. Such a brutal disappointment.
Parajunkee also hosts a Social Hop for Facebook and Twitter, which I've taken part in the past two weeks. So, if you're one of those people who aren't on Blogger, or who just don't like Google Friend Connect, it's a great way to keep in touch and follow one another.
TGIF is another blog hop designed to provide much-appreciated exposure to the bloggers participating, and to expand their following. Hosted by GReads, it's an interesting way to recap the week, pose a question, and find some exposure with a different audience.
Question of the Week: Social Networking - do you use Twitter or Facebook to promote your blog? How has it benefited your book blogging experience? If not, how do you promote your blog? Share your twitter handle and/or Facebook link!.
I use Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to promote my blog. Of the three, I seem to get the most benefit out of Google+ (it just works really well for me), although Twitter has probably introduced me to some of the best new connections. As for Facebook, I'll admit that I don't use it as often or as well as I should, mainly because I get so frustrated having to scroll through dozens of game updates, requests for tokens, and other 'crap' just to get to the one post that actually interests me.
Cool. ^_^ I'm actually the opposite; I prefer to connect through blogs rather than facebook or twitter.
Hopping through. I'm not familiar with either of your books, but it is always so disappointing when a book isn't as good as you expect.
It's hard when a book disappoints that much, I've also had a few of those.
I haven't heard of either of the books you mentioned, but I'll definitely stay away from the one you disliked.
I'm not familiar with either of these books. Books that disappoint tend to put me in a reading funk that's hard to get out of.
Haven't heard of those books.
What do you tweet regarding you blog. IT's apparently something a lot of bloggers use and I think I need to start. Any advice?
Haven't heard of the scar before.
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Just hopping by, happy friday!
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I haven't heard of these books but I will have to check them out.
Thanks for stopping by! I'm following you back.
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Rishi Sunak makes pledge to prioritise focus on Islamist extremism
Tory leadership candidate seeks shake-up of 'failing' UK Prevent programme
Rishi Sunak said anti-terror efforts should focus more on the threat from Islamist groups. AP
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Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday to reform what he called a failing anti-terrorism programme by ordering a greater focus on Islamist extremism in his latest pitch to members in the Tory leadership race.
Mr Sunak's campaign said the much-criticised Prevent programme was focusing too much on far-right extremists and others with muddled ideologies, rather than the Islamist extremists it said were "far and away" the greatest threat.
If elected as Britain's next prime minister, Mr Sunak would reform Prevent so that "the profile of cases in the programme broadly reflects the terror threat posed to the UK," his campaign said in a high profile announcement.
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Mr Sunak, who is battling Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for the top job, said he would expand the definition of extremism to cover those who "vilify the United Kingdom", raising eyebrows among critics who suggested he was encroaching on freedom of speech.
Allies of Mr Sunak insisted that only those with an "extreme hatred of our country", and not those who object to the policies of the government of the day, would be given a red flag.
In a third proposal, Mr Sunak said he would tackle the spread of extremism in prisons by making it easier to separate terrorists from the general inmate population.
Encouraging terrorism in a prison cell would become a specific offence under anti-terror legislation, even if only two inmates were involved, Mr Sunak's campaign said.
"There is no more important duty for a prime minister than keeping our country and our people safe. Whether redoubling our efforts to tackle Islamist extremism or rooting out those who are vocal in their hatred of our country, I will do whatever it takes to fulfil that duty," Mr Sunak said.
"Britain is a beacon of freedom, tolerance and diversity. We must never let those who seek to undermine and destroy our way of life succeed."
Polls show Rishi Sunak is trailing his rival Liz Truss in the Conservative leadership race. Reuters
The Prevent scheme involves suspected extremists being referred to police and potentially a deradicalisation programme. Some organisations, such as schools, have a duty to report any suspicions.
The programme has attracted criticism over concerns that it is discriminatory, alienates the Muslim community and encourages surveillance of innocent people.
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Mr Sunak's objection is that in the most recent Home Office figures, only 22 per cent of referrals to Prevent involved suspected Islamist extremists — despite Islamists making up most of the convicted extremists in British prisons.
About 25 per cent of those referred to Prevent in the year to March 2021 were suspected right-wing extremists, and a few were linked to the extreme left or Northern Ireland.
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Candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss at the Conservative Party leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena, London. This was the final hustings attended by Tory Party members who will vote for the new leader and next prime minister. EPA
"Far and away, the single largest terror threat to the UK's national security is Islamist extremism, but the organisation tasked with preventing terrorism in the UK is failing on this front," Mr Sunak's campaign said.
The most recent high-profile Islamist attack in Britain was the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess last October by Ali Harbi Ali, an ISIS sympathiser seeking vengeance for the bombing of Syria.
The UK's terror threat level was raised from substantial to severe after Sir David's killing and an explosion in Liverpool the following month, but reverted to substantial in February, meaning that an attack is "likely" but not "highly likely".
At the highest level, critical, an attack is deemed "highly likely in the near future". This level was last reached in 2017 after a spate of terrorist attacks.
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Urban Foxes
The Gorse Fox refers to one of his kin as "Urban Cub" but last night a caught a glimpse of a real honest-to-goodness urban cub. Not far from our house in the suburbs of Gloucester, there is a roundabout connecting Barnwood Road, Eastern Avenue and Corinium Drive. This is it:
Road names are something that hold a wealth of opportunity to the creative minds of the local council, as you can tell. Eastern Avenue clearly took hours of thought to come up with, what with it being an avenue to the East of the city, much like Barnwood Road being the road that goes to and from Barnwood. At least Corinium is the Latin name for Cirencester so it's fair to say that despite the appearance of a lack of civic pride on the part of the council, the Roman historical significance of Gloucester is treasured and celebrated. Something that can be seen all over the city. I digress.
At about 10.30pm last night, Daughter and I were to be found wandering along Barnwood Road in the general direction of the city. Suddenly from the bushes just at the end of Corinium Avenue, a fox appeared and raced across the road onto the roundabout. To begin with I took it to be a cat because of it's scrawny looking nature and it's agility, but the nose and the tail give it away, and it was obviously a very hungry fox.
Foxes are cunning as we all know, and this one obviously knows the area. The roundabout in question is referred to locally as "Rabbit Roundabout" and is known far and wide.
In 2009 the BBC wrote about the Barnwood Bunnies and last summer the council formerly recognised the home of the little hoppers by installing some artwork on the site. The giant wicker bunny was an instant hit.
So much so in fact that within a couple of months it had been stolen. This sparked a Facebook campaign to re-instate it but thankfully the police recovered it from someones garden. It went into storage for the winter and now is back in it's rightful spot.
In fact these rabbits have become so famous that they now have (in no particular order)
A Website: http://www.barnwoodbunnies.co.uk/, Twitter: @barnwoodbunnies and Facebook pages.
I haven't been down there to survey the devastation yet today, but I'd expect the worst. Bring back the hunt.... very controversial.
Daughter Gloucester Wildlife


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How to Watch the UEFA Finals Overseas
Written by Nicky Hoseck
Publish date May 7, 2019 Views: 547 Comments: 0
The UEFA Champions league is fast and furious, with one goal scored, on average, every 30 minutes. That means missing a match or, more crucially, missing the final would mean missing out on several spectacular goals, not to mention the rest of the action.
Fortunately, for soccer fans all over the world, UEFA has granted broadcasting rights to a number of different streaming services and networks, meaning you can watch the UEFA finals overseas everywhere from Australia to the UK. US viewers can live stream the UEFA final on either TNT or Univision, both of which are available both online and with cable. A wealth of other international alternatives are out there, however, and a VPN could be the key to watching the UEFA Champions League final free online. Let's find out where you can watch and how a VPN could help you sneak you into a prime seat for free.
Where to Watch the UEFA Finals Online
Your location will play a big role in where you'll end up watching the UEFA final this year. Of course, the most fortunate soccer fans out there are the 68,000 who have tickets to watch the final live at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain.
Meanwhile, the rest of us will have to make do with live coverage and, if you're going to be in the US on 1st June and have an online streaming service like Sling TV or YouTube TV, you'll already have access to TNT. If, however, you've yet to cut the cord, maybe now is the time to step away from cable and embrace the world of online TV? With the UEFA final just a few weeks away, you don't have long to make sure you're suitably connected so we recommend finding out how to watch the UEFA finals overseas as soon as possible.
SlingTV's Orange and Blue packages both include TNT and, if you get your timing right, could be the answer to how to live stream the UEFA final for free. As SlingTV offers a seven-day free trial on all its packages, if you get your timing right, you could watch the mach on 1st June without having to pay for the privilege. With SlingTV's current offers, you could also just sign up and get full access for just $15 per month.
FuboTV is a favorite among sports enthusiasts and is a reliable choice for getting the latest UEFA action as it has both Univision and TNT among its available channels, not to mention several BeIN sports channels and Turner Sports which will also be broadcasting some UEFA action. FuboTV is quite a bit more expensive than SlingTV but, if you're a die-hard lover of live sports, it's definitely worth it.
How to Watch the UEFA Final Online Free
Some lucky viewers in the UK will be able to watch the whole match for nothing, thanks to BTSport who will be broadcasting the final live on BTSport and on its BTSport app, as well as on YouTube. Unfortunately, if you try to visit the BTSport live page from outside the UK, you'll get that familiar error message telling you that "if you're not a logged-in subscriber you can't view this content outside the UK".
As luck would have it, however, a VPN lets you travel the world virtually without ever leaving the comfort of your favorite armchair so you could well watch the UEFA final free online from the US even if you aren't planning a trip to the UK for the sake of it.
All you have to do is visit BTSport's YouTube channel and sign up for free. Oh, but you have to do it from a UK IP address which is the challenging part – unless you have a reliable VPN, that is. The best VPN providers can make the world your oyster by creating a different IP every time you connect.
To get the best range of options, you want a VPN with servers all over the world so you can choose which country is going to give you the best viewer experience. Once you've established that, you also need to ensure our VPN has fastest enough connections that you'll be able to live stream the UEFA final without any interruptions, buffering or lag time.
The following are the best VPNs for watching the UEFA final overseas because they offer high-speed connections globally as well as cutting-edge encryption, top-class security protocols, and absolute user privacy.
Top 4 VPNs for Live Streaming the UEFA Final
#1: ExpressVPN – Top Scorer
Like Barcelona's shining star Lionel Messi, ExpressVPN is both fast and efficient and arguably the greatest VPN of all time. Just as Messi can breathe life back into a dying game with the touch of his boot, so ExpressVPN can give you a breath of fresh Facebook air even if you're ensnared in the complex censorship rules of China.
ExpressVPN has proven itself relentlessly effective getting around geographical limitations and bypassing the most sophisticated of content blocks. Capable of unblocking sites as carefully locked down as US Netflix, ExpressVPN won't have any trouble getting you access to live coverage of the UEFA final.
Users can expect lightning-fast speeds and secure connections from pretty much anywhere in the world thanks to ExpressVPN's extensive global server network. With a watertight privacy policy and a dedication to zero logging, ExpressVPN is very much at the top of its league while its customer support gives each and every user the red-carpet treatment.
ExpressVPN gives you access to whatever content you want without tracking you or collecting information about your online activities. Enjoy free coverage of the UEFA finals with ExpressVPN's 30-day money-back guarantee or find out more about its current form by reading our full review here.
#2: Surfshark VPN – Surprise Second
At the start of the UEFA Champions League this year, few expected to see Tottenham Hotspur doggedly fighting their way through to the final. They have, however, and similarly, underdog Surfshark VPN has made it into our final four. As a relative newcomer to the cybersecurity scene, Surfshark has surprised many with its consistency, speed, and reliability.
Unlike VPN giants like ExpressVPN and NordVPN, Surfshark's server network consists of just over 800 servers in 50 different locations. Compared to NordVPN's 5,000+ in 60 different countries, Surfshark is tiny but it's surprisingly powerful. Like Messi who, at 5'9" is one of the shorter players in the world of soccer, Surfshark proves that size doesn't matter and that the old real estate agent's adage, location, location, location, takes priority.
Going for quality over quantity, Surfshark VPN has positioned its servers carefully and ensured that it provides some coverage in every continent, bar Antarctica. It also delivers consistent and impressive speeds and has some tempting extra features designed to lure you in. Despite its rather austere interface, Surfshark's service is lively and multi-faceted, with CleanWeb blocking adverts and malware, and MultiHop giving the added security of sending your traffic via multiple servers in different countries.
It might be new to the scene but it clearly knows its way around and we can see no reason why you shouldn't sign up for Surfshark VPN today and ensure you can watch the UEFA finals overseas. If you're not convinced, however, why not check out our review, and see if that doesn't sway you?
#3: CyberGhostVPN – The Spirit of Security
Everyone looks for different things in a VPN and CyberGhost has targeted those who aren't so comfortable with new technology and the latest software by creating a range of user-friendly apps that pack a serious cybersecurity punch. CyberGhost has made streaming particularly easy by setting up a serious of streaming profiles for top sites like Netflix and YouTube.
CyberGhost VPN hasn't always had an easy time of it, however, and has gone to great lengths overhauling and updating its no-logging policy to meet with industry standards. CyberGhost's headquarters are situated in Romania so it's not under any legal obligation to keep records either. These two aspects combined make for a highly secure environment for your online privacy and promise to make you as invisible as a ghost!
Although it boasts an impressive server network and highly sophisticated cybersecurity technology, CyberGhost is lightweight, fast and easy to install and simple to operate. With a 24-hour free trial available for which you don't even have to enter your name, let alone your credit card details, CyberGhost is definitely worth trying out.
Give CyberGhost a test drive today or find out more about what's under its virtual bonnet by reading our full review here.
#4: NordVPN –Decisive Defence
Defending champions, Real Madrid, have proved just how essential defense is on the soccer field, and NordVPN has a similar attitude to defending your privacy online. While Madrid's record has been damaged somewhat after Ajax managed to squeeze four goals past keeper Thibaut Courtois earlier in the tournament, nothing will sneak past NordVPN's robust AES-256 encryption and, if you suspect that it might, you could use its Double VPN feature to bolster its rear defensive line.
With such an enormous network of servers, NordVPN guarantees you'll have access to almost every country from almost any location. This is ideal if you enjoy live sporting events as these are often restricted to the host country so, having a VPN with servers in more countries, quite simply means more live action.
NordVPN doesn't so much speed as plod along which is it's only negative. Its speeds are nonetheless workable and it will also warn you about malicious sites. This is particularly crucial when it comes to live streaming the UEFA final because of the proliferation of unsafe streaming sites. A study found evidence that suggested nearly half of all live streaming sites contain some malware or, worse still, malicious browser extensions.
If you're more focused on security rather than speed, then NordVPN is a perfect choice. Sign up for this outstanding VPN today or find out more about its unique features in our full review.
If you're thinking that, seeing as you'll be at home live streaming the UEFA final on TNT via your FuboTV subscription, there's absolutely no reason you need a VPN, well, more fool you. Not only does having a VPN mean you can watch the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year, as well as the FA Cup final and, potentially even Wimbledon, it also gives you vital protection against online threats.
Millions of Americans' lives are disrupted by cybercrime every year and, with identity theft becoming an increasing problem, everyone should do their utmost to maintain online security. A VPN is the best way to do this and will also give you the freedom to explore the world's content.
The four best VPNs for live streaming the UEFA finals are some of the best whatever you have in mind. If you enjoy binge-watching Netflix, for example, ExpressVPN is a great way of doing it both safely and anonymously. If you want to save money by buying your airplane tickets in another country, Surfshark is a great option. Need protection while traveling? NordVPN is the way to go. Heading to China and want to stay connected on social media? CyberGhost is haunting you.
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We spend a lot of time indoors, so it's more important than ever to keep the air inside your commercial building healthy and safe, especially for those suffering from asthma, allergies, and other respiratory problems. Over time, dust, dirt, and other pollutants build up inside your ductwork and coat critical HVAC equipment components. Routine commercial duct cleaning by the pros at ServiceMaster 24 Hour helps remove irritants from the air distribution system, so your office stays clean and smells fresh throughout the year.
Should Your Ductwork be Cleaned?
Fungi and mold are biological organisms that flourish in the moist, dark conditions found inside your air conditioning equipment. When mold grows in the evaporator coil, the blower fan pulls the live spores directly into the air stream where they are ultimately dispersed into every room in the building. If you or your employees notice unpleasant odors coming from the supply registers when the air conditioner turns on, you probably have an indoor air quality (IAQ) problem. One of our trained technicians will inspect the inside of your HVAC system to look for signs of mold or fungi growth.
After we assess the condition of your ductwork, our technicians will access the return and supply sides of the system. The registers are removed, and special mechanical brushes and a compressed air whip are fed directly into the duct to dislodge caked-on dirt and debris. Once the debris is loosened, an industrial-grade vacuum is attached to the system, and the contaminants are removed and deposited into an outdoor sealed container.
We also clean interior system components, including the air handler, evaporator coil, housing and motors. As part of our commercial duct cleaning service, we apply an environmentally-friendly antimicrobial agent to the interior surface of the duct to prevent future mold growth.
Regular duct cleaning provides a variety of benefits when the work is performed by the trained professionals at ServiceMaster 24 Hour.
ServiceMaster 24 Hour offers complete duct cleaning services for commercial customers in Tampa and the surrounding communities. If you believe you have IAQ problem, call one of our friendly customer service specialists today.


This is an introduction to illustrator one of the software used for CAD Jewellery Designing.
Beginning with the basics of illustrator, the tools and the commands of the software, which will eventually lead to designing complex items of jewellery.
You will be using different metals, semi-precious stones and diamonds for designing rings, earrings, bracelets and pendants for the Online Jewellery Designing course.
The course will cover all the nuances of Jewellery Designing, using Illustrator. The different setting like prong setting , pave setting and channel setting will also be covered in this online Jewellery CAD designing Course.
This is a Career oriented course, post which you can work as a CAD designer.
Visualisation also plays an important role, the designer will visualise a piece of jewellery, then he may create a rough draft on paper, eventually draw it on the computer. The ability to combine various elements of this vector graphic software plays an important aspect in Jewellery Designing using Adobe Illustrator.


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December 30th is National Carbonation Day!
Drinkable carbonated water was first produced in 1767 by J.B. Priestley.
Jacob Schweppes began producing carbonated water commercially in 1783.
The first soda pop was marketed in the U.S. in 1807.
Carbonation results from releasing pressurized carbon dioxide in liquids.
Sometimes sodium or potassium salts are added to produce specific tastes.
1781 John Turberville Needham died. He was an English naturalist, and one of those who believed in the spontaneous generation of life. He boiled some mutton broth, sealed it in glass containers and when he found living organisms present after a few days, he believed they came from nonliving matter. He was wrong – boiling does not destroy all bacterial and fungal spores.
1817 The first coffee is planted in Hawaii.
1851 Asa Griggs Candler was born. In 1887, Asa Candler (1851-1929) a wholesale druggist, purchased the formula for Coca-Cola from John S. Pemberton an Atlanta pharmacist for $ 2,300. He sold the company in 1919 for $25 million.
2003 The FDA banned the use of 'downer' cattle from the human food supply, due to 'Mad Cow' fears.


It's a bold step to move a baby from diapers to potty training pants. It's something they have to be ready for. Toilet training is one of the biggest and most important achievements for both toddlers and their parents for several reasons. It marks the ending of the baby years and brings new freedom to the family because there is now something the child can do for itself without assistance, besides hold a bottle. It means that the other members no longer need to change the child's diapers.
During this key transition, parents understandably want everything to go smoothly. Many of them realize that having the right supplies helps that to happen. Preventing frequent clothing changes while giving the child liberty from diapers means using the best potty training pants. Read on to learn how to choose or search more tips here.
Are Gender Specific Training Pants the Best?
Most disposable training pants come gender specific, but this isn't always the case when it comes to pants made of cloth or plastic. If there's anything about these pants that specify the gender they're for, it's usually the color alone.
Besides style, the only other benefit to gender specific disposable training pants is the location of maximum absorbency. The potty training pants for boys comes with the strongest absorbency in the front while potty training pants for girls offers this protection in the seat.
Although many brands of pull-up disposable underwear for toddlers boast having indicators in their product, such as color changes and allowing the feeling of wetness, to help speed the training process, there are other options that are more earth-friendly and naturally offer the same benefit of letting the child feel the fact that they've wet themselves.
Many shy away from cloth as a material when choosing underwear for toilet training. They worry that the soft material will allow leaks when the child doesn't make it to the toilet on time. Having to clean up the mess that could result can wreak havoc on a busy schedule.
One of the benefits of using cloth is that the toddler can feel when they're wet. This heightens their awareness and can shorten the time it takes for them to be trained. Those who value this benefit over concerns of leaks often choose to use a waterproof covering over cloth training pants in order to limit the mess made.
There are even more benefits of using cloth training pants, such as the eco-friendliness. These cloth pants also help to save money, being washable and reusable. Many parents using cloth on their toddlers have no more trouble cleaning their child up after an accident than those who use disposables. That is, if they make the right pick when shopping for training pants.
While there are some challenges experienced by those who opt for cloth, there's a compromise between disposable and cloth where it's not even necessary to use plastic potty training pants over the cloth. These 2-in-1 cloth and waterproof pants protect from leaks and allow the sensation of wetness.
Parents that like the idea of protecting the environment and saving money on an effective transitional underwear quickly turn to cotton-lined waterproof potty training pants. However, some brands are better than others. It's very important to shop for these wisely.
Sizing is one of the biggest concerns. Many of them design their smallest size to fit an average, healthy two-year-old. They've missed the fact that many babies start claiming their independence a lot sooner. The parents end up struggling to find training pants small enough to fit. When the pants are too large they simply don't provide adequate leak protection.
Absorbency is another important factor, but it doesn't end there. Parents don't want to clean up after a big accident but they also want the transitional underwear to be soft and feel more like real underwear. Moreover, the pants must be easy to change and easy for the child to pull up and down on their own. Maybe that's a tall order, but there are some training pants out there that meet the criteria.
The smaller sizes available are just one of the benefits of Potty Patty and Potty Scotty training pants, making them the only pick for some parents. This brand offers a size that's small enough to fit a baby that's 22lbs. They offer both cloth and cloth over waterproof 2 in 1 toddler underwear in a very wide range of sizes.
Potty Scotty and Potty Patty training pants are gender specific. Potty Patty is the potty training pants girls need and Potty Scotty is for boys. Both come with a super-absorbent core that keeps leaks at bay while still allowing the child to sense the wetness.
An additional benefit is that these underwear have an outer waterproof layer that's very soft, making them feel more like real underwear to the touch. Most toddlers won't have any trouble pulling the pants on and off, allowing them to be more independent, which is essential as they learn to go to the bathroom on their own.
Parents also like the fact that these trainers withstand heavy use. The pants stay in good condition through several washes and many have found they can save the set they purchased for one child to train their younger siblings. This helps save a great deal of money.
Toilet training is a learning experience for both new parents and their children. Not having the right equipment can make the ordeal a more stressful one for all involved. For this reason, it's important to be a very smart shopper when choosing training pants. The pants must prevent messes and make changing easier while granting the child the freedom to pull their underwear up and down on their own and experience what wearing real underwear feels like. There are very few training pants on the market that can satisfy all of these needs, but those that do help make training a positive experience.


As a pharmacist, I frequently get questions about medications. But rarely have I received so many questions and overheard so much confusion as I have with the H1N1 vaccine choices. This post will hopefully help you understand the different types of vaccines available.
There are three main types of vaccine that all accomplish the same goal – immunity to H1N1 – but certain types of vaccines are more appropriate for certain populations.
The multi-shot vial vaccine is produced by introducing the killed H1N1 virus into an egg, allowing these dead viral proteins to multiply. The proteins are then extracted and made into a vaccine. The vaccine enables your body to build up immunity to the virus without causing the flu. The multi-shot vial is an injectable vaccine that contains a very small amount of the preservative thimerosal to prevent bacterial contamination of the vial. Some people are concerned about thimerosal, but according to the FDA and the CDC, there is no conclusive evidence that the amount of thimerosal in vaccines can be linked to autism. This shot is most appropriate for people over the age of 2 years.
The single syringe vaccine is also an injectable vaccine produced the same way as the multi-shot vial, but it does not contain the preservative thimerosal. This shot is good for everyone over 6 months of age. However, children under the age of 2 and pregnant women are being given priority until the vaccine supplies becomes more accessible.
The FDA-approved Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines are made in the same licensed facilities and with the same manufacturing processes used to safely produce hundreds of millions of doses of seasonal influenza vaccine every year. All FDA-approved products have to be tested for safety and efficacy in humans. Some people are concerned that the vaccines were produced quickly and, therefore, the H1N1 vaccine has not been adequately tested. In reality, the seasonal flu vaccine is reformulated in the spring every year so that the newest, most prevalent strains are included in the next annual vaccine. So, the manufacturing process for the H1N1 vaccine has not changed from the way the traditional flu vaccine is produced year to year.
Unless you have an allergy to eggs or other vaccine ingredients or have had a previous life-threatening reaction to influenza vaccination, getting vaccinated is a good idea. But of course, the best protection against the flu or any virus is prevention, so don't forget to wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water.
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GM taps Clarke to lead North America
By Shawn Langlois
Published: May 30, 2006 4:08 p.m. ET
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- With more than enough on his plate at General Motors, Chief Executive Rick Wagoner on Tuesday handed over day-to-day control of the automaker's money-losing North American operations to Troy Clarke.
Clarke, who began his GM career at Pontiac in 1973, has led GM Asia Pacific, the company's most profitable unit in the first quarter, since 2004.
Detroit-based GM GM, +0.14% also said David "Nick" Reilly, a GM vice president and president and CEO of GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. in South Korea, will replace Clarke as president of GM Asia Pacific.
"While much work remains to be done, we have reached several significant milestones in our turnaround plan over the past year," Wagoner said. "This is the right time to turn the region's day-to-day operations over to Troy, who has the experience and skills to help lead the GMNA team as it continues this unprecedented restructuring."
Wagoner took over the reins in April 2005 in an attempt to "shorten the lines of communication and decision-making," he said at the time.
But the North American unit's still hemorrhaging money. In the first quarter, GM North America posted a $503 million loss, while Asia Pacific logged a profit of $453 million.
In 2005, GMNA accounted for $8.2 billion of the automaker's $10.6 billion loss, amid soaring fixed costs and waning sales of its most-profitable vehicles.
In an attempt to stem the bleeding, GM is working toward reducing its work force by 30,000 employees. The company has indicated that it's pleased with the progress made to date in convincing some of 113,000 eligible workers to accept buyouts.
"It's almost as if GM is bringing in someone from outside the company," said Burnham Securities analyst David Healy. "GM is an entirely different company abroad than it is in North America."
Healy doesn't own stock in the company but does hold GMAC notes.
GM's stock has jumped about 40% so far this year but took a hit Tuesday, closing down 5.4% at $26.57 after Deutsche Bank analyst Rod Lache downgraded shares. See full story.
Shawn Langlois
Shawn Langlois is an editor and writer for MarketWatch in Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter @slangwise.


Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014) was an English writer of crime fiction. She was commonly known as P. D. James, which was the name her books are published under. She was most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
James was a life peer in the House of Lords. James died peacefully at her home in Oxford on 27 November 2014, aged 94.
↑ "Faber & Faber : P. D. James". Faber.co.uk. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
↑ "PD James, crime novelist, dies aged 94". BBC News. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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Police have identified the two women whose duct-taped bodies were found washed up from the Hudson River as sisters from Virginia.
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan -- Police have released new photos of the two women whose duct-taped bodies were found washed up along the Hudson River in New York City.
The bodies of 16-year-old Tala Farea and 22-year-old Rotana Farea, of Fairfax, Virginia, were found around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of 68th Street and Riverside Park.
Responding officers found the bodies laying on rocks near the river.
A missing child poster said the women were last seen on August 24, and a police source tells Eyewitness News the bodies were bound together with duct tape around their waists and feet so that they were facing each other.
Both were fully clothed, and there were no signs of trauma.
The Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death, and the investigation is ongoing.
In recent days, the NYPD sent detectives to Virginia to help unravel the lives of the two sisters. At first, police suspected they died in a suicide pact and said there was no evidence of a crime. But that thinking may now be changing, and sources say police now have a better sense of where the two entered the water and how long they may have been in the water.
The NYPD is also asking for public's help in solving what happened to the women.
Anyone with information is urged to call CrimeStoppers 800-577-TIPS.


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Senator Kyl: Keeping The Secrets Alive
Posted by Kyle E. Moore on Jun 15, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
Perhaps next time Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl is up for reelection, his campaign slogan will read something like this. "Senator Kyl, protecting you from learning about the government's intrusion into your privacy."
Yeah, that's the ticket.
It's pretty common practice for politicians to dump unflattering news stories on Fridays in order to minimize column space and hopefully avoid detection from a public that is more worried about what it's going to do for the weekend than they are about what's going on in DC. To this degree, I think maybe this quick story in the New York Times might qualify:
A Republican senator blocked a vote in the Judiciary Committee on whether to authorize subpoenas to the Justice Department to obtain secret legal opinions and other documents related to the National Security Agency's program of domestic eavesdropping. The action by Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona will block the vote for a week. After the vote next Thursday, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and chairman of the committee, can decide whether to issue the subpoenas or use them as leverage in negotiations with the Bush administration over access to the documents.
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