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India's alt foods Makes Market Debut With Dairy-Free Milk Made From Indigenous Crops
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By Amy Buxton Last updated Feb 25, 2022
A new plant-based milk startup alt foods has launched with two flavours of dairy-free drink; original and chocolate. Both are made from sprouted sorghum, sprouted finger millets, amaranth, and oats. The move away from traditional ingredients such as almonds means these are the first kinds of milk to be produced using such grains.
Demand is rising for plant-based milk across India. Good Food Institute India (GFI India) revealed that trends seen in the U.S. are likely to be replicated in the country, with a surge in sales to be expected. It should be noted that in India, plant and animal milk consumption are both expected to increase alongside each other- one is not anticipated to replace the other.
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Bringing choice to consumers
The new alt foods drink range is being sold directly to consumers via their website. They can also be purchased via third-party sellers and selected Delhi NCR stores. Plans for more flavours are already in progress, with early 2022 releases cited.
The company has launched with support from the GFI India to create domestic food security and sustainable systems. "With exponential interest in plant-based diets, which is increasingly becoming evidence-driven, we are witnessing a huge shift in consumption where people have started to reject animal sources of food for plant-based sources instead," co-founder Sweta Khandelwal said in a statement. "Our 'm!lk' is kinder to the environment, animals and to humans."
In addition to GFI India support, alt foods participated in the ProVeg Incubator accelerator program. It was the first Asian plant-based dairy company to do so. The Berlin-based program offers mentorship and funding of up to €250,000
Addressing allergens
Alt foods has steered clear of almond and soy-only drinks in a bid to offer products to allergy sufferers. "What we understand is that to develop a breakthrough plant-based milk, we cannot just keep creating more oat, almond, and soy milk without addressing the pain points of consumers," said co-founder Aman Khandelwal. "We need to work backwards and look at the ingredients, their flavour profile, nutritional profile, environmental impact, and affordability."
The composition of the milk drinks has allowed for domestic grains to be used, heightening the sustainability credentials of the products themselves. "It's an immense source of pride for us to utilise our Indian indigenous grains and millets to create the world's first plant-based milk made of sprouted millets and grains. The future is more than just plant-based, it is sustainable plant-based," said co-founder Pavitra Khandelwal.
Image courtesy of alt foods.
India's contribution to alt-protein
Demand for alt-protein products is on the rise in India. To meet consumer demands, a number of plant-based companies have launched in recent years. Alt-dairy is proving to be a growing sector in particular.
Goodmylk, based in Bengaluru, covers a spectrum of milk, butter, curd, and mayonnaise products. It recently moved into plant protein, dressings, and cheese after a second seed funding round last year that saw the company secure $400,000.
Delhi-based Sain specialises in almond milk products. Distribution is limited but the range is expected to expand pending successful funding. MilkinOats is another homegrown startup that has commercialised the country's first oat milk brand. It also makes oat milk chocolate.
Lead image courtesy of alt foods.
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A review copy of High Society was provided by Asmodee UK in exchange for a fair and honest review.
When you strip an auction down to its rawest, most essential component what you're left with is a room full of people engaged in a collaborative nervous breakdown. The psychology at play in an auction is genuinely fascinating. The stresses and tensions of the real-time nature of bidding can throw a wrench into the working of our own rational estimation of value. There's something about the romance of the event and the heat of the moment that causes an economic red mist to descend. The bids begin. There's a brief moment of disassociation as your animal hind-brain takes control of your wallet and your mouth. There's a crescendo – a moment of climax. A conclusion. A victory! No, a besting. And then there's a comedown. A cooling of passions. At the end you're looking at your new purchase with the mounting sense of dread that it wasn't worth a fraction of what you paid for it.
Sometimes we bid not to gain, but to win.
High Society abandons almost all of the trappings of theme and complexity that you'd expect from a modern edition of a classic game. There's one kind of auction here – we're playing ascending bids to secure the prize that's laid in front of us. There's nothing tangible that we're trying to collect – the cards that make their way to the auction room represent something akin to the ineffable trappings of rank. We want them for the points they represent, putting the lie to the idea that you can't buy class. In High Society, breeding is only obtainable with cash We each have a chunk of money in various denominations, and we're going to engage in a series of auctions until the fourth dark green card comes out of the deck. At the end of the game, the person with the largest sum total of points wins. Sort of.
Knizia games almost always come with a sting in the tail – the thing that turns a workaday exercise of perfunctory playability into something more subtle. Just last week we discussed Modern Art on this blog – a deeper and more mechanically complex game with a leaky economy. Money enters and leaves the system at erratic intervals and that means richer players can bully others through a kind of dump and burn approach to financial asymmetry. Everyone starts with the same amount of money but a good sale will inject more cash into your wallet as if you were receiving an emergency transfusion from an indulgent billionaire. High Society on the other hand adopts an economy that is trending towards poverty. Everyone starts with the same money and they won't be getting any more over the course of play. Instantly that changes the tenor and the texture of the experience. It becomes more deliberative because paradoxically the stakes get higher as the money supply gets tighter and that's interesting.
When you've got a payday in the offing, all you need to concern yourself with is the limited microeconomy between now and then. Money becomes disposable if it aids you in the accomplishment of a larger goal. The question of whether to spend $100 now to gets $200 later has a self-evident answer if you don't need that $100. Spending that $100 when it's not coming back… well. That changes things immensely.
Onto this closed monetary system High Society lathers the various cognitive biases that get thrown into a blender by the mere existence of an auction. The endowment effect makes us value those things that we possess more than those things possessed by other people, and that extends to the things we potentially possess by virtue of having the current highest bid. Homo Econominus, that completely imaginary rational construct that once drove economic theory, would go in to an auction with a maximum price and refuse to exceed it. Real people are less driven by such cool, dispassionate detachment because auction fever can take hold. It takes hold because of the social context in which an auction is conducted – with other people injecting their own erratic and irrational behaviour into a stew of hormones and misfiring brain chemicals. The natural competitiveness of humanity comes into to play – you're not just buying a thing. You're beating an opponent. You're asserting your dominance. You're the alpha, and everyone has to acknowledge it.
An auction is rich ground from which to begin when designing a game with few real mechanisms. Auctions by themselves can do an awful lot of heavy lifting.
That's not enough for High Society though because it stuffs a few more tricks up its sleeve to really tighten the ratchet on your economical nuts. They're doozies, too.
The first trick is that once you've played down a denomination of currency, you can't pick it up again during the course of the bidding. If you put down your 1000 francs, you can't just replace it with 2000 francs to double your bid. No, you're committed to that original play. To increase your bid you add to the total. You can't make change. You can't ever get back a card you've spent. Just imagine what that does when you're eyeing up the bids your opponents have made – you're not just trading money, you're trading away granularity of opportunity. Sure, you might only want to increase the bid by 1000 but that particular card can be awfully useful if you know nobody else has one lying around. When you up the bid on a valuable card by a grand and you know the smallest increment everyone else has available is 5000… well, let's just say it gives you options.
The end result of this is that you all eventually end up with your own weirdly inconvenient wallets that don't resemble a cash balance so much as they do a golumb ruler. Every bid becomes not about what you can afford but rather what kind of deal you can construct. The closer you get to the price you're willing to pay, the farther away you're going to be in every future round. A few early bargains might find you looking at a hand that doesn't permit you to play anything sensible for quite some time to come. Precision in bids is a property you sacrifice with every won lot.
The second trick is that there are negative cards in the deck and you're bidding to not pick them up. The player that bows out earliest gets it, but everyone else has to pay what they promised. These cards might be negative points or they might halve your entire total. High Society's score is intensely punitive too in that it applies the negative effects before you apply the positive. There is an order in which penalties are applied and it's never in your favour.
It's the third trick though that really adds the bite to High Society – at the end of the game, the player(s) with the lowest money left in hand are out of the game.
Did you wince there? You probably should have winced.
Imagine having so much money in hand that you know you can win the auction in front of you but also knowing you can't spend it. Imagine sitting there with a single bill of money and knowing everyone else knows you can't spend it. Imagine seeing a ten point card come up, having someone bid 1000 francs, and knowing that's the bid that will win them the lot and the game. And then imagine knowing that's your own damn fault. It might sound like having only a single card puts you completely on the sidelines, but you never know. There's a satisfaction that comes from winning a bid with the final bill that just lost you the game, knowing you just won the game for someone else as a result. Sometimes your role in this is that you officiate at the coronation of someone else.
And then imagine this in less obvious circumstances – being reluctant to bid because you think it might upset a delicate equilibrium you have been maintaining between score and wealth. Every time you outbid an opponent, you run the risk of pushing yourself into pauperdom especially when you've lost your ability to negotiate with single digit increments.
This isn't a game with a lot of variety, but it is one that has taken a single core auction style and refined the ever-living beejeezus out of it. There is so much going on here that decisions can carry with them a weight far beyond what a mere monetary value could ever hope to accomplish. It's a rare auction game that manages to make you care as much about your low bids as your high bids. For most auction games, the excitement comes as everyone involved reaches the convergence of their willingness and the variable motivations start to create friction as they grind against each other. The highest price you might pay in High Society comes from your smallest expenditures.
And wow, just look at the big, lush cards with which you'll be working. Osprey have done a truly marvellous job here making High Society a beautiful game. I mentioned in our review of Modern Art that a lot of effort went into making it look hideous – High Society looks like exactly what it purports to be: classy. The art is lovely, and it's especially striking for how inclusive they've been with the representations. It's just a beautiful package of a game where all its twists come together to create something mesmerizing. Simplicity merges flawlessly with a human complexity that renders it utterly inscrutable. That's a great strength of the game but it's also perhaps its largest, most significant drawback. You end up trying to solve the people rather than the puzzle, and that's always something that is going to have diminishing returns. It's a common theme with some games that they really thrive in the metagame of familiarity whilst never really investing in its ongoing development.
The auction you're engaging in here is mechanistically simple – there's no varying sense of value because good cards are deterministically good and bad cards are deterministically bad. There are no circumstances where someone won't want a ten and no circumstances in which someone will want the card the halves their points. That can make some of the auctions feel listless because nobody is interested in what's on offer. Why would you care about a two if you know an eight is still left to appear, especially if you know that bidding is an act of economic self-harm? The good and bad cards lead to vibrant competition but the others feel like fillers. Similarly, the need to avoid being the poorest acts like a sedative on later rounds of the game when everyone is trying to balance their points versus their funds. A structural incentive to be reluctant to bid is a risky approach in an auction game.
The 'poorest player loses' mechanism is genuinely clever and it inspires a lot of my affection for High Society. I've also seen people recoil from it as soon as they realise that's how the game works. It feels artificial. More than that when it combines with the fact you can't change the cards in your bid it feels like you're battling the legalese of the game rather than the other players. Real auctions are full of recrimination and buyer's remorse but those sentiments lose their power if you're left feeling the blame lies with the game and not with the gamer. The puzzle of High Society lies in mastering the auction, but the challenge is only found in the weird and non-intuitive way it subverts expectations of value. Clever isn't necessarily the same thing as fun, and there's only so far you get in trying to convince people that it is.
Still though, you could have played a few rounds of High Society in the time it takes you to set up Modern Art and those that do make peace with its oddly idiosyncratic bidding system will find a very enjoyable game in here. It's one I will happily recommend, but only in circumstances where I was sure it would encounter a receptive mindset.


Denis Voronenkov's security guard wounded the killer.
A former member of the Russian State Duma, Denis Voronenkov, was shot dead outside Premier Palace Hotel in Pushkinska St. in central Kyiv, the head of the city police department, Andriy Kryshchenko, has told 112 Ukrayina TV.
"An unidentified person opened fire when Voronenkov and his security guard were leaving the hotel. As a result, Voronenkov was killed. His guard was wounded but returned fire and wounded the assailant. Police are working on the scene. The wounded men were taken to hospital," he said.
The hospital where the killer was taken to is under police protection, Kryshchenko told the TV channel.
Voronenkov earlier gave evidence to the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine in the case of high treason by fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.
On 23 January, PGO head Yuriy Lutsenko said that his office questioned two former Russian lawmakers. One of them is Russian politician Ilya Ponomarev, who obtained Ukrainian residence permit last year.
"Their testimonies indicate that the Kremlin launched the mechanism of the incursion of Russian troops into Ukraine in December 2013 when the Maidan protests in central Kyiv were peaceful. When [then Russian presidential aide Vladislav] Surkov came to Kyiv in December, a probable military invasion was on the table," Lutsenko said.
A few days after that, the Russian daily Kommersant said that the second MP was Russian Communist Denis Voronenkov, who fled to Ukraine.
A few weeks later, Voronenkov said that on 6 December he was granted Ukrainian citizenship since he was half-Ukrainian.
Ilya Ponomarev said on Facebook that Denis Voronenkov was going to a meeting with him when he was killed.


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> with some SGML parsers.
> ACTION, and only create a new one when there is a user-interface impact.
There seem to be two classes of attribute we are talking about here.
Let's bear in mind the idea of moving toward arbitrary objects.
each taking the object ID as an implicit parameter. That's OK.
These are neat functions. Suppose we generalize.
"I want render()* where * is preferably ....".
"The object references supports search()"
"When you follow this link, search B"
independently be any of the other client hints mentioned above.
In this light, it would seem there are some obvious extentions!
the difference between the LINK and the A tags, in fact.
class (set of methods) is more general than declaring a method.
was in a well-defined place, and of which everyone would take copies.
I mean like maybe even at compile time for classic classes.
Hi this is an index of all the widgets in the wdgetbox.
We need one (1) language to start with for defining the classes.
inheritance from other classes using a hypertext reference.
> >(typetypetyepe return).  He just wants one.
> and 2) search the index.
> It makes sense to me to have the links mirror protocol transactions.
> client: "I want to do a search."
> server: "OK... here's the query form."
> client: "Here's the filled-out query form."
> server: "OK... here are the results."
"when you display A, display B too" link, here?
> I don't think the network will ever be a non-issue.
I agree. Speed of light, for one thing.
> first SEARCH anchor as the default index to search.


Doing home improvement jobs can benefit your whole family. You need to learn as much as possible about home improvement before getting started with a project. With the suggestions you've just read through, you should be much better prepared to plan and execute a stellar home improvement project of your own.
TIP! Watch for offers from flooring stores and home improvement stores that will save you money on installation fees. To boost sales of carpeting, retailers will frequently advertise installation at rock-bottom prices.
Prioritize the rooms you plan to improve. Remember, you don't have to improve your whole house at once; you can just do a room at a time to manage your time and funds. Plan ahead for your projects and watch for deals and discounts on the supplies you need. Proper planning is always the best method to save time and money and to get the results that you want.
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If you are looking to tile a floor on the cheap, pass on stone or ceramic tiles, and use vinyl instead. It's easy to install vinyl because it comes with adhesive backing. Additionally, it is water resistant, durable and strong. You can buy this flooring as a set or in one piece to cover a large area.
A fresh coat of paint is the quickest and easiest home improvement project to tackle. Fresh paint can quickly and cheaply make a house look brand new. Painting your home adds to the beauty and making it much more attractive to a potential buyer.
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When selling a house, one of the most important rooms to update in a house is the bathroom. Most rooms, like bedrooms and living rooms, can easily be customized by buyers to fit their style. However, you want to make sure the bathrooms are in good condition. Your shower, tub and sink should be in good condition, and if they aren't, they should be replaced. Replace linoleum flooring with tile.
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If you are thinking about remodeling your home but want some updated ideas, visit new subdivisions to see their model homes. At an open house, you'll get a much better idea of current styles and how they might look in your home than you could get by taking a trip to the hardware store. In a lot of open houses, you'll be seeing fully-furnished rooms decorated by experts, so you get a glimpse at really top-notch work. You may find a look that you love and be able to reproduce it without a lot of time-consuming guesswork.
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It is quite rewarding when you take steps to improve your home. In order to achieve your desired results, it is crucial that you obtain all the knowledge you can on home renovations. If you take advantage of the things you've learned in this article, you're in a great place to get started on your next home improvement project.


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Q: memory exception using wcf wshttpbinding I have an application to upload files to a server. I am using nettcpbinding and wshttpbinding. When the files is larger than 200 MB, I get a memory exception. Working around this, I have seen people recommend streaming, and of course it works with nettcpbinding for large files (>1GB), but when using wshttpbinding, what would be the approach?? Should I change to basichttpbinding?? what?? Thanks.

A: I suggest you expose another end point just to upload such large size data. This can have a binding that supports streaming. In our previous project we needed to do file uploads to server as part of business process. We ended up creating 2 endpoints one just dedicated to file upload, and another for all other business functionality.
The streaming data service can be a generic service to stream any data to the server and maybe return a token for identifying the data on server.For subsequent requests this token can be passed along to manipulate the data on server.

A: If you don't want to (or cannot because of legit reasons) change the binding nor use streaming, what you can do is have some method with a signature along the lines of the following:
void UploadFile(string fileName, long offset, byte[] data)

Instead of sending the whole file, you send little packets, and tell where the data should be placed. You can add more data, of course, like the whole filesize, CRC of the file to know if the transfer was successful, etc.

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To each side of the reels is a pink and white coral plant that is perched on rocks. More plant life can be spotted at the bottom of the screen growing on rocks as their branches and leaves sway with the current of the waters.
To the left of the grid is an excited dolphin that cheers punters on and occasionally performs tricks or swims up to the front of the grid.
The sheer nature of the reels leaves the background on full display where a wrecked ship sits on the ocean floor while other dolphins swim by.
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Among the main reasons the game has maintained a much higher following than that of other games is the use of a simple gameplay procedure that does not require skill application. The same procedure is featured in all Evoplay slots including Dolphins Treasures.
In this slot, gameplay begins with the player choosing the credit value best-suited for their bankroll to use in each spin from as little as 0.01 to five hundred credits.
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The same also activates autoplay, which is done by long pressing it. Turbo play option is also provided, which spins the reels at a faster pace.
The main difference between turbo and ordinary gameplay is that all the reels halt at the same moment unlike in ordinary play where they stop in consecutive order.
The Dolphins Treasure wild, which is the dolphin, wields power to complete and extend winning combos in the place of the other symbols.
The only icons that cannot be replaced are the anglerfish, which is a bonus symbol, and the pearl oyster, which is the scatter.
The provision of wins in Dolphins Treasure is by the alignment of combinations of three to five similar symbols on a bet line, while others pay for as little as two. The combo has to be from left to right and begin from the leftmost reel to count.
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US Internet to Provide Minnesota with 10 GBPS Internet
Will Schmidt December 26th 2014 2:30 pm
It was recently reported by Tech Times that Minneapolis, Minnesota will be the first city in continental America to get 10 GBPS (gigabits per second) internet speed. According to the author of the article, Anu Passary, this will give Minneapolis the distinction of having the fastest residential connection worldwide.
This blazingly fast speed is sponsored by the Minnetonka-based company US Internet, led by CEO Joe Caldwell. And speeds like this mean that users can download movies in seconds. Let that sink in: seconds.
But wait, what about that Google Fiber stuff? Haven't we been hearing a ton about how fast and revolutionary they'll be?
Yes, you most likely have. But after all is said and done, Google Fiber will be clocking in at only 1 GBPS, US Internet's current top speed. They've also been slow to roll it out because of the time-intensive updates to infrastructure, and Google wants to make sure they absolutely nail it before going worldwide.
In similar fashion, only about 30,000 households in the city of Minneapolis will be eligible to receive this new internet from US Internet. Their mission through all of this is to make the internet service market in the US more competitive, and as a consumer of that heavily monopolized market, I'm all for it.
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Alumna Spotlight: Talesha Saint-Marc '06 Honored in NH
FPU Welcomes Back Board of Trustees, Kicks Off Pierce@60, Celebrates Homecoming
Celebrating President Kim Mooney's Five Year Anniversary
Franklin Pierce University Celebrates Students Success at 56th Commencement
Talesha Saint-Marc '06 was recently named one of the New Hampshire Union Leader's "40 Under Forty," honoring the contributions she and 39 others have made to make New Hampshire a better place to live and work. A native of Nashua, NH, she found a welcoming community as an undergraduate at Franklin Pierce University, where she developed a passion for leadership, politics and civic engagement. After earning her law degree at Northeastern University School of Law, she found herself drawn back to New Hampshire. "I realized what a great state it is - the legal community here is so collegial. It reminds me of what I experienced at Franklin Pierce!"
Saint-Marc is a shareholder in Bernstein Shur's Labor & Employment Practice Group in Manchester, and serves as secretary of the Board of Trustees of Rivier University. She maintains a connection with her alma mater, speaking to current and prospective students and their families about the benefits she gained from a Franklin Pierce education.
Influenced by Franklin Pierce faculty
While at Franklin Pierce, Saint-Marc participated in everything from peer advising to student government. As a political science major, she developed a strong connection with Professor Frank Cohen who inspired her with his passion. He recalls, "Talesha always set the bar academically in the classroom and in her co-curricular preparation for a career. A model of self-discipline and maturity, she admirably balanced responsibilities for her judicial advocacy work for children with her scholarly focus on the law and political science."
Professor Jed Donnelan was another key influence at Franklin Pierce. He worked with her to prepare for the LSAT, and encouraged her to get involved with the New England Center for Civic Life at Rindge. Donnelan says, "Talesha was a trained student moderator who led forums on sensitive campus, local, and national issues. Talesha was part of a student-faculty team that engaged the campus community in difficult yet important and productive conversations. This work shows the best of the FPU student-faculty relationship, when all are involved in promoting the welfare of the community."
A long tradition of service
Saint-Marc comes from a family with a strong tradition of service. Her great-grandfather, Bishop Estee Newman, settled in Nashua in the 1940s and was well known for his mission of providing food, clothing and shelter for struggling families and children through his church. Saint-Marc honors his legacy by running a scholarship program to provide funds for books for collegebound youth from the community.
She remembers what it felt like to attend a rural campus, away from the familiar culture of home. "I went to high school in NH, but for some of the other minority students coming from more urban environments, it was a more of a culture-shock. The college made strong efforts to help students learn about differences and promote issues of interest to minority students."
The 2019 40 Under Forty reception takes place on Wednesday, March 13 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. Since its inception in 2002, the New Hampshire Union Leader's annual 40 Under Forty awards have honored more than 680 outstanding Granite Staters making a difference in their communities and professions.


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We are writing to you ahead of the Spring Budget to present a number of proposals that will support the government's goal of strengthening the economy and building a shared society.
We were encouraged by the Prime Minister's speech to the Charity Commission in which she set out her vision of a Britain that works for everyone and not just the privileged few. The charities, social enterprises and community groups that make up the voluntary sector will be central to the successful delivery of this vision. Whether through improving the life chances of vulnerable people, providing a voice for the disenfranchised or enabling people to shape their communities, the voluntary sector is a force for social change.
As a vehicle for economic growth and innovation, civil society contributes £12.2 billion annually as Gross Value Added to the British economy. That is equal to the contribution of the country's whole agricultural sector, while social enterprises have increased the number of new products available by 59%, compared to the 38% developed by SMEs. The sector is also a major employer with 827,000 employees across the country, in addition to mobilising 14.2 million volunteers whose contributions are worth £24 billion per year to the UK. It is clear that the sector plays a vital role, the benefits of which extend far beyond the services delivered.
The latest data shows that through their fundraising activities, charities raise £11 billion in voluntary income through donations and legacies. This is spent on delivering services and supporting communities across the country, in many cases underpinning the work of other public services. They are often supporting people who have been left behind and individuals that statutory agencies have been unable to reach, as well as delivering preventative interventions which save public money in the long term.
However, voluntary organisations are facing the triple challenge of increasing pressure on funding, increasing and more complex demand, and growing uncertainty for the future. Brexit only adds to these pressures as European funding is thrown into question.
Charities, particularly small charities with an income under £1 million, are under threat. Yet they are key to building a shared society and delivering services that achieve the long term value our economy demands. At this time of considerable financial pressure, it is essential that any tax and spending decisions work for this sector which delivers so much – at the very least, charities should have access to the support directed at businesses. The upcoming Budget presents an opportunity to bring the tax system up-to-date. The proposals presented in the enclosed document will support charities by reducing the tax burden, allowing charitable income to be used as intended - to address the challenges our society currently faces.
Reduce Irrecoverable VAT for charities. The current VAT system costs the charity sector £1.5 billion. Resources meant for public benefit should not be wasted due to complexities within a system that was designed without the unique position of charities in mind.
Increase mandatory charitable non-domestic business rate relief to 100% - With the proposed £6.7 billion cuts to rate relief for businesses we could be in a situation where charities are paying more in business rates than businesses, thereby resulting in charitable funds subsidising private profit. The move to increase charitable rate relief to 100% would put civil society on an equal footing.
Increase pay back of National Insurance Contributions for charities – This is to specifically address the additional cost of the National Living Wage incurred by charities. This would provide support relative to that currently enjoyed by private businesses (through measures such as corporation tax cuts) to the voluntary sector.
Lower the Insurance Premium Tax for charities to 6% – IPT has increased by 100% in the last 18 months to 12%. This is estimated to cost the sector £87 million per year. By introducing a lower rate charities could save millions of pounds every year that could be spent on delivering public benefit.
We have also outlined two spending proposals that we believe should be considered ahead of the budget.
Adopt a strategic approach to voluntary sector funding – Since 2013 the government has committed some £550 million of Libor fines to good causes. Our proposal calls for the government to ensure future funding for voluntary organisations outside of normal departmental spending (such as Libor fines) is distributed on an impartial basis according to the sector's strategic needs. This is as opposed to individual charity giveaways.
Increase funding for the Charity Commission – We propose the government increase funding to the charity sector to fully cover the cost of delivering the Commission's support and regulatory functions.
We hope that you take our proposals on board in the upcoming budget and will work with the voluntary sector to strengthen the economy and build a truly shared society.
Children England is part of an unprecedented coalition of children's organisations call on Government to put children and young people at the heart of its spending decisions.
"We must be able to speak truth to power"


Summer is upon us now and we finally tipped over the 90 degree mark it is time to think camping. With camping there is always the great debate of what beer(s) to bring. This being my first camping trip in quite some time I am have now a whole plethora of new beers to bring on this trip. Cause with camping you always have to brig can beers. The craft beer world has come along way in the past years and there are some rockin beers in cans.
So for this camping trip I am going to be bringing along a mix of great craft brews and all are going to be canned. What's the big deal you say? Cost is better, no light gets through and less oxidation. In other words great craft beer in a can. Easier to chill in my humble beery opinion. Remember with camping always "pack it in and pack it out." This is much easier with a crushed empty can.
beer? Canned or bottled? Let us know.
Canned for sure…takes up less space too so you can pack more into your cooler. Really the only craft brew available in a can down here in FL is stuff from Oskar Blues of Colorado. I see Brooklyn has one but haven't seen it on store shelves. I wish more would move to cans, we always pour them into glasses/cups anyways, right?


Is there room for another annotation tool on your toolbar? WebNotes is an invitation-only beta designed to be a simple, trim research platform. The development has a couple of advantages that make it a viable competitor to Diigo and other annotation tools. Being narrowly focused on research, and emerging from basically an academic atmosphere, WebNotes might just have the "jump start" others have yet to take advantage of. WebNotes has invited SitePoint readers to their beta — follow the link at the end of this post to claim your invite.
I consulted for Diigo last year, and consider it a great annotation tool. But, while Diigo, Fleck and a few others show promise, none has seen market-wide acceptance. Research is still largely about people applying personal methods (reading, writing, correlating) to the task. Relieving this pain point is what a research tool must do, and do well.
The research process should ideally be done efficiency and accurately, this is where tools like Diigo and WebNotes should help. Adding social aspects or other features should be a secondary consideration. A superior tool that changes people's habits, or engaging a focused niche are the only good approaches to this end. WebNotes, unlike Diigo now, is focused on this "tool" aspect. Over-engineering adjunct features, without producing a superb tool, is not simply a Diigo problem.
Adding sticky notes, sharing via email or permalink, and other useful tools help, but in practice, capturing the needed text, and putting it in condensed form is what a research helper should do first. WebNotes is like one of those ugly fat yellow pencils from grade school. When all the mechanical ones, the pens and the thin pretty ones fail or get lost, the old standby will write when you need it to.
After organizing data via the sidebar tool, or on the user's WebNotes workspace, publishing to PDF or HTML is a simple click away. As you can see from these images, this is not rocket science. It is just an elegantly simple tool to help gather and correlate data into versatile notes.
Obviously not, unless WebNotes can capitalize on using their academic contacts to promote the "marginal" research tool I mentioned earlier. Clearly, starting from simple and building a very refined core tool will help attract a larger user base, but WebNote's variant – though easy and effective – is decidedly not the "end all" needed to capture the research community.
The problem for many startups is one of "paying the piper", or having a model in place to viably monetize. WebNotes appears to be focused on premium paid services, which is smart given the niche user issues here. However, I do not think the current tool is of such a caliber yet, and even a very refined one will have to have fairly broad acceptance for it to be viable. Realistically, all of these tools are little more useful than copying and pasting annotations into a workspace or some other editor. In my opinion, without a "new age" interface, advanced editing, object oriented or other organizational aspects, and perhaps even more advanced "tool" capabilities, any annotation platform may be unmarketable.
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'TMNT Ongoing #63:' Advance Comic Book Review
Has anyone else been reading TMNT Universe? It's really good, you guys! The gods of comic books—a.k.a. Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz—have created another hopefully ongoing series, and I'm curious to know if we'll only see some characters in one series and the rest in the other. But only time will tell…
In the meantime, we have TMNT #63 to keep us occupied so far this October. If you remember from last month, we discovered that Master Splinter had actually planned for the Street Phantoms to kidnap Donatello's friend, Professor Harold. But this new situation has given The Foot the opportunity to finally attack under Splinter's new regime.
This month, we find out just how clever Professor Harold can be, and it appears he doesn't need his own rescue team after all. Meanwhile, our heroes-in-a-half-shell prepare for war, and is Casey Jones now the leader of the Purple Dragons? When did that happen!?
Writers Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz show us month after month that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are more than just a comic book series; rather they're part of the New York City many of us have come to know and love. I read these storylines every few weeks and feel like these pizza-loving reptiles are my friends. And with artists like Dave Wachter and Ronda Pattison on this team, this is truly a comic book series for our generation.
As always, I look forward to seeing our heroes fight their way out of this one, but, more importantly, my only hope is that this family will learn to trust each other and always stick together…
#TurtlePower
'The Strain: Mister Quinlan--Vampire Hunter #2' - Advance Comic Book Review
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The post-Fed rally could continue in the holiday-shortened week without answering questions about the sustainability of the gains. Markets are closed Friday for Good Friday and secondary U.S. data are the primary events in the coming days. Below-average trade volume in a holiday week could exacerbate any moves. "There's just a lot of moving parts and the question is what bucket of the market is taking charge, and right now it seems to be the momentum players," said Daniel Deming, managing director at KKM Financial. Traders said the S&P 500 could rise as high as 2,080 after closing just below the psychologically key 2,050 level on Friday. "I think the stock market now faces its real test," said Rod Smyth, chief investment strategist at RiverFront Investment. "My belief is the data will determine whether we break through this. … Our belief is the data will come through." February existing home sales due Monday and new home sales expected Wednesday will be watched for indications on the health of the consumer. Besides housing data, economic releases on the calendar include the third estimate to fourth-quarter GDP, corporate profits, durable goods and Markit PMI. No major data is due out of China. Still, the yuan and other currencies will remain in focus after the U.S. dollar index dropped following the Fed's Wednesday announcement. The recent weakness has helped commodities and emerging market assets. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) gained more than 2.5 percent in the past week for its first three-week win streak since October. U.S. crude oil futures for April settled at $39.44 a barrel on Friday after briefly topping $41 in intraday trade. The contract rolls on Monday after the settle to May, which also ended slightly lower at $41.14 a barrel on Friday. "If oil stabilizes around current levels, it will stop being the most-focused on thing," Smyth said. The U.S. dollar index recovered slightly on Friday but is down more than 3.5 percent since the beginning of January, on pace for its worst quarter since the first quarter of 2011. "The dollar and some of the other markets are still trying to interpret how the Fed is going to move and set expectations accordingly," Deming said. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve surprised markets by cutting its rate hike projections more than expected, down from four to two in 2016. The central bank also lowered near-term inflation PCE expectations and Fed Chair Janet Yellen remained cautious on the sustainability of recent upticks in inflation data. "I think everyone should focus on anything that's inflation related," said Bryce Doty, senior fixed income manager with Sit Investment Associates. "There are inflection points every year, there are one to three, and this year inflation is one of them so people need to keep one ear open." "I've been through markets when the Fed has to play catch up and it's not fun," he said. "They could be behind the curve if they don't talk about this trend in inflation." Inflation data aren't due for at least another week, but early on Monday Eastern Time, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker is scheduled to speak in Paris on inflation expectations. Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart is due to speak later in the day on the economic outlook and monetary policy. Other Fed talks scheduled for the week include St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on Thursday speaking about the U.S. economy and monetary policy. "March tends to be a great month for the market, but we're going to be going into the earnings season and that's when investors have to look and see are earnings telling us a different story and the market may have to recalibrate at this point. There's only so much central banks can do," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average have both overcome 10 percent corrections to recover positive territory for the year so far. Oil is near its highest level of 2016 and the VIX around its lowest. "All things considered, probably implied volatility is a bit too low just considering the risks we've seen manifested year to date," said Bill Merz, investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. "While those concerns have dissipated since February, they aren't gone entirely." The Russell 2000, which led part of the recovery from the Feb. 11 bottom, is still lower year-to-date, while the Dow transports are up 7.5 percent year-to-date and gained nearly 5 percent for the week in their first nine-week win streak since May 2009. "I think when everyone comes back from spring break, you'll see a change — so two weeks," said Doty.


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Discussion in 'Grilling Tips' started by bud lite, Oct 23, 2010.
Chicken breasts on a Wood Fire (Oak & Hickory) in the back yard. No charcoal.
Pepper and McCormick GrillMates Chicken seasoning.
Basted with Kraft Light Balsamic Vinegrette dressing.
Chicken is almost done. Picture is fuzzy because of the wood smoke.
Grilled Fingerling Potatoes on the Wood Fire.
To early in the morning to be looking at qview. Now i'm hungry .
That yard bird looks great.
I don't know which looks better the pot. or the chicken.Both look great,I like the idea of yhe balsomic dressing,sounds great.
You had me drooling just by reading the title and now it's even worse! Good looking meal you have there.
Really good looking Q, nothing like cooking over a wood fire.
Good lookin' stuff right there..
I still like to grill!
I think that is a great way to cook...Nice job !


Cholera was not a new visitor to Davenport in 1873. A few short years before in 1866, Davenport suffered from an outbreak of cholera. The spread of cholera, as mysterious as it was at the time, has a simple explanation: the water. Before water was identified as the tool that transmitted cholera, there were several theories of how cholera spread. The predominant belief was that cholera spread through unpleasant, unhealthy smells or miasmas. Odoriferous air or vapors were believed to have noxious effects on those who breathed it. This theory dates back to the Middle Ages and persisted until the middle of the 19th century.
In an attempt to reduce the effects of miasmas, many towns and cities enforce Nuisance Acts or advisement to rid their homes, streets, and rivers of materials that caused foul smells, and Davenport was no different. In many of the articles, there were statements about cleaning up dwellings, streets, and alleys. In addition to cholera's mysterious spread, it also was confusing because of its various names. There were three names or types of cholera: Asiatic Cholera, Cholera Morbus, and Cholera. To make the situation even more confusing, some of the reported cases were not diagnosed as "real cholera" because they were cases of illnesses with similar symptoms to cholera.
"The Cholera Scare." Daily Davenport (Davenport, IA), June 7, 1873.
By the 1850s, there were more scientific answers to the cause and spread of cholera. In the article, "Cholera: The Subject Discussed in the British Medical Association," the author relates contemporary thoughts on the mitigation and transmission of cholera. Dr. John Snow, a scientist from England, was attempting to prove how cholera was being spread through its victims because he noticed cases of cholera springing up in neighborhoods formerly untouched by cholera. Through his studies, he realized the connection was the consumption of water contaminated by feces of infected persons.
Daily Democrat, September 17, 1873, page 2.
An article further link water to the spread of disease. "Water and Disease." Daily Democrat (Davenport, IA), Sept. 4, 1873.
Although the cases of cholera did not reach epidemic numbers, Davenport citizens felt its effects. Articles in the Daily Democrat express the deep sorrow at the loss of citizens young and old. Some of the stories were more elaborately described than others, such as, "Taken Away in His Youth," an article about a twenty-year-old man named, Christopher Brown.
Death of Christoper Brown. "Taken Away in His Youth." Daily Democrat (Davenport, IA), Aug. 29, 1873.
The bodies of the deceased were treated in various ways. Some were buried per the family's wish and other were cremated to prevent the spread of the disease.
"Death's Doings." Daily Democrat (Davenport, IA), Oct. 7, 1873.
Even though many articles about the cases of cholera in Davenport stated no need to become alarmed, they did warn to be vigilant about cleanliness. Another way people of Davenport could protect themselves were the various tonics and supplements advertised in the Daily Democrat. Many used suggestive descriptions of cholera and its effects.
Dr. McCabe's Renowned Medicated Blackberry Brandy. "Cholera." Daily Democrat (Davenport, IA), Aug. 29, 1873.
"The Great Disinfectant." Daily Democrat (Davenport, IA), Jun. 1, 1873.
"Starch. Kingsford's Oswego Corn Starch." Daily Democrat (Davenport, IA), Nov. 29, 1873.
"The King of Cough Remedies, Case's Compound Syrup of Tar." Daily Democrat (Democrat, IA), Jul. 24, 1873.
This cholera remedy uses ingredients like camphor, red pepper, peppermint, and a commonly prescribed medicine of opium. The success rates of these remedies are unknown. During the 18th century, modern medicine's treatment of infectious diseases improved through scientific advances.
Cholera did appear in Davenport again, however, through means of better sewer systems and waste disposal the spread was mitigated. In the late 1800s, concerned citizens appealed to the City Council to allow them to install sewers and drainage systems. Below are letters from our Davenport City Council Papers collection.
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... The Impressions' Big Sixteen". I can still remember the first copy I ever saw, hanging in the window of "The Melody Inn" - the hippest record shop in Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex and, luckily for me, my local record shop. It was in a drop-down strip of plastic that also housed an import copy of James Brown's Try Me album, Motown Magic and The Late, Fantastically Great Elmore James. All four were second-hand, which showed an unbelievable lack of taste on the previous owner's part. I later found out from the young, ultra-aware shop proprietor Martin Hubbard - my original musical mentor, and the man who later gave me my first job in the record business - that they belonged to an ex-mod called Ron, who'd 'grown up' and traded them in for Procol Harum and Grateful Dead albums, having declared to himself that "Soul was sh*t". Silly fella..."
For weeks, Big Sixteen and the others blazed brazenly from the Melody Inn's window, almost daring me to buy them all. Like most kids on a limited budget, I could ill afford to even think about that, as I barely made enough money from various paper rounds, shelf-filling and eventually, a Saturday job at the 'Inn', to pay for all of the singles I wanted to buy, let alone long players (even second-hand ones!).
The weekend before my 14th birthday, it was still there in the window. Someone had 'tried' JB, and someone else was experiencing the 'Magic' of Motown. But Elmore was still inexplicably up for grabs - and so was Big Sixteen. With birthday money looming large, I knew it would be mine within the week...
...Inevitably, it wasn't. Someone came in on the Saturday and bought it. I'd never asked Martin to save it, because I was convinced that everybody in my home town knew that I was going to buy it as soon as I had the money. My disappointment had to be assuaged by a just-arrived copy of The Rhythm Of Major Lance, which Martin recommended as being a good 'consolation prize', from the same source and was probably part-exchanged for Piper At the Gates Of Dawn", "Surrealistic Pillow" or something similar - as Big Sixteen. Nice make-do if you can get it, of course.
...I still have that copy of TROML. Sadly, by the time I was working for a living and could afford to buy albums on a regular basis, Big Sixteen had been deleted. Down the years I managed to get every one of its fantastic tracks on other albums and/or singles, but I never did own that album, with its simple yet memorable cover image and its content of a dozen and four of the greatest records ever made. At least, I didn't until it eventually added another 12 tracks and re-emerged triumphantly, in 1988 and in CD form, as Kent's Definitive Impressions. This was the first compact disc to offer an exhaustive overview of the Impressions' superlative ABC-Paramount recordings. And, despite several others that have followed in its wake, it's still the only one that lives up to its title from beginning to end...
...Now, after a very lucky (for us) 13 years as a mainstay of the Kent catalogue, Definitive Impressions has been given its equivalent of a long service award, via a spruce-up that will gladden the hearts of old soul boys everywhere. We've obviously made no changes to the music - with a track listing like it has, how could there be any need for changes? - but it's been given a new packaging, with a newly-written appreciation of the Imps by yours truly plus a wealth of record labels and rare pix/ephemera for your visual pleasure. Best of all, it now boasts a front cover that pays deserving and respectful homage to Big Sixteen, by using that same cover shot on that unmistakable pale blue background. There can be few more reassuring and welcoming sights in any record collection than this...
Even those with only a passing interest in soul music would have to agree that Definitive Impressions is a cornerstone to any serious collection of soul music. The proof, should you need any, is in the tracklisting - here you'll find Gypsy Woman, I've Been Trying, Keep On Pushing, You've Been Cheating, We're A Winner, I'm So Proud and People Get Ready, to name but a few of its unchallenged contenders for any musical Hall Of Fame. These, and the other 22 sumptuous, soulful songs featured have few equals in the annals of American music. There can be no questions about this that a quick scan of the remaining titles won't answer.
There are many who will gladly tell you that the exquisite harmonies of Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden and Fred Cash make them the finest soul group of all time, I would be unwilling and unable to oppose any such assertion, and I'm willing to bet that even Ron - who, you'll remember, we already met at the top of this piece - has long since outgrown his psych leanings and would once again agree with me. Here, then, are two dozen and four of the greatest recordings made by anyone, anytime and anywhere - Definitive and, unquestionably, Impressive.
By Tony Rounce"
01 Preview Gypsy Woman
02 Preview Grow Closer Together
03 Preview Little Young Lover
04 Preview Minstrel And Queen
05 Preview I'm The One Who Loves You
06 Preview Sad, Sad Girl And Boy
07 Preview It's All Right
08 Preview Talking About My Baby
09 Preview I'm So Proud
10 Preview Keep On Pushing
11 Preview I've Been Trying
12 Preview Girl You Don't Know Me
13 Preview I Made A Mistake
14 Preview You Must Believe Me
15 Preview Amen
16 Preview People Get Ready
17 Preview Woman's Got Soul
18 Preview Meeting Over Yonder
19 Preview I Need You
20 Preview Just One Kiss From You
21 Preview You've Been Cheatin'
22 Preview Since I Lost The One I Love
23 Preview I Can't Satisfy
24 Preview You Always Hurt Me
25 Preview I Can't Stay Away From You
26 Preview We're A Winner
27 Preview We're Rolling On
28 Preview I Loved And I Lost
If you don't already own an Impressions collection, you could not do better than this one. It's total, complete class.
One By One / Ridin' High
Keep On Pushing/People Get Ready
Abc Rarities
The Impressions/Never Ending Impressions
Fabulous Impressions/We're A Winner
Deep Shadows - The Best Of Kent Ballads
Various Artists (Kent)
Can't Be Satisfied: The XL And Sounds Of Memphis Story
Various Artists (XL Records)
The Pain Gets A Little Deeper (MP3)
Darrow Fletcher
Jack Ashford's Just Productions
Various Artists (Producer Series)
I've Done It Again / Seeing Is Believing
Various Artists (Stax)
7" £10.68
Syreeta - The Rita Wright Years - Rare Motown 1967-1970
Rita Wright
Los Angeles Soul: Kent-Modern's Black Music Legacy
Various Artists (Kent/ Modern)
What Are You Doing To Me - The Complete A-Bet Recordings Plus
Freddie North
The Kent Years
Ike & Tina Turner
Ike And Tina Turner Revue Live!!!
Jack Ashford's Just Productions (MP3)
Encore/Mr Everything
Chuck Jackson
More From The Other Side Of The Trax - Stax-Volt 45rpm Rarities 1960-1968
The Girls Got Soul
Various Artists (Atlantic)


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Mol Ecol Resour. 2010 May;10(3):564-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02847.x. Epub 2010 Mar 1.
Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows.
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CMPG, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Berne, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Berne, Switzerland and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
We present here a new version of the Arlequin program available under three different forms: a Windows graphical version (Winarl35), a console version of Arlequin (arlecore), and a specific console version to compute summary statistics (arlsumstat). The command-line versions run under both Linux and Windows. The main innovations of the new version include enhanced outputs in XML format, the possibility to embed graphics displaying computation results directly into output files, and the implementation of a new method to detect loci under selection from genome scans. Command-line versions are designed to handle large series of files, and arlsumstat can be used to generate summary statistics from simulated data sets within an Approximate Bayesian Computation framework.


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MTS developed the inspection protocol for water proofing the joint coating system. The process consists of six separate inspection forms per weld to document that the installation procedure was followed. The project scope was to inspect over 4,900 welds with more than 30,000 inspection records. Each inspection record was tied to the joint X-Ray number.
MTSInspect, a real time, cloud based inspection tool was used to document the inspection. In addition, photos of each stage were taken and linked to each step. The whole inspection group worked as a single team: inspectors, QA/QC, engineering, project management, and auditors. The cloud based mobile technologies made it "real-time". Data and photos taken from anywhere on the project were instantly available by the QA/QC team in the office, who provided feedback to the field and the data was corrected BEFORE pipe was placed in the swamp. Exception reporting against other known datasets like SpreadBoss and NDT logs were produced. Deliverables included printed and PDF files that were provided for the client's document management system.
Thirty two MTS coating inspectors were trained to the specialized procedure and documented the inspection using Samsung Galaxy 5 (Android/MAC) with barcode scanners. The majority of the inspections were performed on push pads in a swamp environment.


Take a look at the 2016 Crownline 270 SS, a bodacious bowrider that's thoroughly sporty.
Sooner or later, new boat shoppers on the hunt for a mid-sized bowrider will almost certainly look at the 2016 Crownline 270 SS (if you're shopping for similar but used boats, you may want to take a look at our review of one of this model's predecessors, the early 2000's vintage Crownline 270 BR). It's lucky, then, that our reviewer Alex Smith found a 270 SS at the Dusseldorf boat show. He had our videographer with him, jumped aboard, and shot this First Look Video so you could get a peek at the boat first-hand.
Dusseldorf marked the introduction of the 270 SS to the European market, but there are a lot of new things for American buyers to take note of, too. This boat now runs with MerCruiser's new 6.2L stern drive, a power system that was designed from the ground up for marine use. Read MerCruiser Debuts an All New 6.2L V-8 Stern Drive Marine Engine to get the full story on this powerplant. Also, note touches like the electrically-actuated swinging backrest on the stern lounge. On most boats this is a manually-operated item, and often it's a clunky, unwieldy one, too.
There's more to find out about the Crownline 270 SS, of course. If you want to dig deeper, try surveying some Crownline 270 SS listings.
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Sacred Songs brings eery minimalism to meditative drone. Vály and Heéger's monochrome masterpiece of Medieval overtones is augmented with brutal feedback noise, while Júlia Heéger's bewitching vocal springs from monophonic sacred music. Superb tension-building.
Sándor Vály (born 1968) is a painter who was born in Hungary but now lives in Finland. Vály's art is characterised by conceptual and philosophical dimension, which he uses to operate in the field of modern art. His work in the field of arts is not limited to painting, but expands to music, cinema, performance art and literature, and creates holistic works of art. Vály's works form extensive entities. His musical background originates in 80's Hungary, where he grew up with punk, experimental and industrial music.
Hungarian-born soprano Júlia Heéger is a graduate of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Choral Conducting) and the University of the Arts Helsinki from where she received a Master's degree in Singing in 2017. Currently living in Finland, she is a member of the Helsinki Chamber Choir, performing and recording regurarly contemporary music. She has performed in contemporary and opera performances with the Helsinki Chamber Choir, Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir, Finnish National Opera Choir in Europe, Asia, and the USA.


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Scott Wright's photo portrays a barred owl in Muir Woods, winner of first prize in the 2013 Know Wonder Photo Contest.
The Save the Redwoods League Know Wonder© Online Photo Contest 2013 challenged park visitors throughout the United States to capture every angle of the redwood forest, from the smallest critters inhabiting the forest floor to the lofty tree canopy.
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The League received more than 6,700 public votes that helped determine the three winning photos of the Save the Redwoods League 2013 Know Wonder© Online Photo Contest!
Photo contest voters who helped spread the word by tweeting #RedwoodPhotoContest were entered in a weekly drawing for the chance to win a League gift pack, including a jute bag, hat, stainless steel water bottle, and more. Congratulations to the winners of League gift packs: Julianne F. and Cloudy W.!
We also thank our contestants who entered nearly 600 photos to spotlight the beauty of redwood ecosystems—and the importance of protecting these natural treasures now and in the future. See all of the photo contest finalists and send free ecards with the winning photos to your friends and family!
Contest prizes were generously donated by Calitho (external link) and Patagonia San Francisco (external link).
Meet Our Winners!
Scott Wright
With 285 votes, Scott Wright won first prize: a $250 gift card to B&H Photo, Video & Pro Audio. Wright's photo portrays a barred owl in Muir Woods.
Wright has recently begun practicing photography full-time. Through his work he strives to share his deep love for the natural world, and to inspire other people to connect with nature as well. He created a Facebook page with that goal: Facebook.com/Life.Illuminated.
This winning image was taken on Wright's first visit to the coast redwoods. "There is a power and beauty among these beautiful trees which can only be experienced in silence," Wright said. "Words don't exist to convey the feelings my wife and I had there."
Kevin Citta
With 174 votes, Kevin Citta won second prize: one Lightweight Travel Pack and one Chacabuco Pack 32L Backpack by Patagonia. Citta's photo captures the view from within a redwood on Cal Barrel Road in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
Citta relocated to California in 2009 by riding his bicycle from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He arrived in Redwood National Park after the 3-month bicycle trip supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He now resides near Mount Shasta, but loves the diversity of the redwood forest and visits whenever possible. "From the forest floor to the canopy overhead, the redwood forest is breathtaking," Citta said.
"Nature, photography, travel and exploration are my passions," he said. "What better place to enjoy all of these than the majestic redwoods!"
Alan Justice
With 109 votes, Alan Justice, PhD, won third prize: one California State Parks Vehicle Day Use Annual Pass. Justice's photo shows a spotted owl in the redwoods near Klamath River.
Justice retired from his career doing medical research in neurology in 1999 to concentrate on nature photography full-time. He then moved to the North Coast, closer to his favorite place on Earth, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. He volunteers at the Redwood National and State Parks visitor center.
Justice loves the redwoods most not for their height, but for their "fat, gnarly, fern-covered trunks a little closer to eye level," he says. "Each one is different, with its own personality."
Congratulations to our honorable mentions:
MIchael Gauthier's shot from Montgomery Woods State Park captured 80 votes. Robert Earle's "Sunset Through The Redwoods" received 72 votes while Sean O'Gara's "Redwood Cathedral" received 68 votes.


Frequency of Drug Metabolizing Enzyme and Transporter Drug-Drug Interaction Potential in Patients Receiving Oral Enzyme-Targeted Kinase Inhibitor Antineoplastic Agents. Published in Mayo Clinical Proceedings.
Objective: To describe 12-month rates and patterns of coprescription of drugs that potentially create drug-drug interactions (DDIs) through shared metabolic or transport pathways for 9 enzyme-targeted kinase inhibitor oral antineoplastic drugs (OADs).
Patients and Methods: We used a deidentified pharmacy claims database identifying patients prescribed dasatinib, erlotinib, everolimus, imatinib, lapatinib, nilotinib, pazopanib, sorafenib, or sunitinib between January 1, 2008, and May 31, 2010. Coprescribing was 1 or more overlapping days of supply between the OAD and potential DDI drugs during the 12-month period beginning on the OAD index date. Product labels identified the cytochrome P450 metabolic enzymes used and whether P-glycoprotein was used by the OADs. Drugs that induce and/or inhibit these pathways were identified from the label and online resources.
Results: Sample sizes ranged from 96 (pazopanib group) to 4617 (imatinib group). Coprescribing rates with drugs that may decrease OAD effectiveness were 359/1546 (23%) (sunitinib group) to 1851/3263 (57%) (erlotinib group). Coprescribing rates with drugs that may increase OAD toxicity were 364/1546 (24%) (sunitinib group) to 71/96 (74%) (pazopanib group). Patients coprescribed DDI drugs had a median of 1 to 4 more medications present on the OAD index date than those not coprescribed a DDI drug. Most groups coprescribed DDI drugs had a median of 180 or more OAD days of supply during follow-up. The proportion of OAD days of supply with overlapping days of DDI drugs ranged from 7% to 85%. Generally, oncologists prescribed the OAD and nononcologists the DDI drug.
Conclusion: Coprescription of drugs that induce or inhibit metabolic pathways used by enzyme-targeted kinase inhibitor OADs is high. The clinical consequences need further study.


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Larger-Than-Life Game of Operation is the Future of Healthcare
Tags ClawMachines, Hasbro, MakerFaire, Operation, Philadelphia
It's hard to beat the warm memories of Hasbro's Operation, a game that boils down the fine art of surgery to removing farcically named plastic bones and organs. Just in case you can't conjure up the memory, the game board looks just like this huge version of it, but normally sits flat on the table and is no larger than… well, a board game. Players take turns using a tethered tweezer to remove butterflies from your stomach without touching the metal sides of the incision area. If the tweezers touch the metal, a buzzer goes off and the player loses a turn.
Of course, we now live in the future and robots do our difficult surgeries while the talented doctor looks on from a video console. So, [Ben] and [Jonathan] built themselves an oversized upright version of the game that includes a CNC-wielding surgery robot.
Delightfully, the controls are designed like a coin-op arcade machine and the three-axis CNC machine they've built is a new take on the claw machine. It has a gantry that moves left and right, a head that moves up and down along that gantry rail, and an actuator that moves in to snatch those pesky organs. Limit switches cut the power to the motors if the axis moves too far.
In true robosurgery fashion, there's a webcam that goes along for the ride to give the surgeon a close-up look. Just stay away from those edges! There's a button on the tip of the actuator that sets off the alarm if you miss the hole and hit the surface of the board, thereby ending your turn. Each organ is made of foam, faced with a piece of sheet metal, and hung from a hook made of coat hanger wire. That sheet metal allows the gripper to use an electromagnet to pick each piece up.
The project is called Sergio and you can see it demonstrated in the video below. We first met these hackers last fall at Maker Faire New York when they were showing off a giant Connect Four game where you play against the computer. It's nice to hear they'll be exhibiting Sergio at Philadelphia Maker Faire two weeks from now.
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Washington DC (VNA) – The 12th Annual Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) Fellows and Scholars Conference was held in Washington DC on March 17.
The event drew the attendance of Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan, former US Senator Bob Kerrey and representatives from the US University of Harvard, as well as leading universities in Vietnam .
In continuation of the 20 th anniversary of normalisation of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties, the conference reviewed the contribution of education and science-technology training to Vietnam 's development.
The conference included discussions on Vietnam 's opportunities and challenges over the next five years, as well as strategies to improve training in the fields of science and technology.
Speaking at the event, Minister Quan said that international cooperation and experiences from developed countries such as the US will help Vietnamese enterprises and students promote their creative abilities, improving the country's competitiveness as it integrates into the world economy.
He also hailed the VEF, saying that the foundation has built an efficient scholarship model that helps Vietnamese students pursue their goals in the US .
Meanwhile, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh said education and training cooperation is one of the backbones of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership.
The VEF, a US congressional initiative and government organisation, was created in 2003 to grant scholarships to Vietnamese research students to attend doctoral training courses in the US and sponsor US professors to give lectures in Vietnam, mainly in the fields of science-technology, healthcare, mathematics and environment./.


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Plant science firm grows after boost from Y-Accelerator
A Rotherham start-up specialising in scientific apparatus for plant science research has turned their 'idea on the back of an envelope' into an actual business, after accessing a regional business support programme.
Entrepreneurs Alexis Moschopoulos and Richard Banks have designed new smart plant growth chambers for plant science research. The idea came to Alexis after struggling for many years with poor quality growth chambers while conducting research in plant science.
The duo read about Y-Accelerator and saw it as an opportunity to make their business, Grobotic Systems, a reality.
The Y-Accelerator programme offers the city region's next business leaders the opportunity to benefit from a three-month intensive development programme featuring expert advice, mentor support and specialist workshops, as well as the chance to pitch to a panel of high-profile investors including Mercia Technologies, Angels Group, Jenton Group and UK Steel Enterprise.
The programme is delivered by a partnership of the Sheffield City Region Growth Hub, Rotherham Investment and Development Office (RiDO) and Sheffield Hallam University.
Alexis said: "It really helped us focus on our ideas and confirm our beliefs about our product and our target customers. Also, the training on developing a pitch was very good and very helpful for us to concisely pitch for investment on such a niche and complicated subject."
Delivered through one-to-one and group sessions, tailored to meet the needs of every candidate, the Y-Accelerator programme's network of advisors, mentors and businesses will provide insight and expertise.
The 12-week programme will run from November 2018 to February 2019 and include business modelling techniques, expert advice, mentors, specialist workshops, market research and individual support to help the ten chosen projects build a strong customer proposition and financial model as well as learn to effectively communicate the business value to customers and investors.
Amanda Parris, Business Growth Manager for RiDO, said: "This is a programme like no other and we want people who think differently, who we can work with to create a viable, scalable business and this is certainly the case with Alexis and Richard's business.
"We have a highly experienced team, part of Rotherham's network of business incubators, to support entrepreneurs. The Y-Accelerator programme is open to all industry sectors, although logistics, manufacturing, and automation are especially of interest."
Having been involved with the Y-Accelerator for a number of years UK Steel Enterprise, a subsidiary of Tata Steel tasked with helping the economic regeneration of communities affected by changes in the steel industry, is offering a £1,000 prize for the winner of this year's programme.
Regional Manager of UKSE, Keith Williams, added: "This year, we're offering a cash prize for the winner which will allow them to kick-start their business model that will have been developed and nurtured throughout the 12-week programme. In addition, they will have the opportunity to pitch for investment."
Also, Design futures, a commercially focused product and packaging design consultancy group based within Sheffield Hallam University, is offering consultancy services worth £2,000. This will be broken down into seven, two-hour sessions.
The Y-Accelerator programme is currently open to applicants from all industry sectors, although logistics, manufacturing, and automation are especially of interest.
Y-Accelerator is a collaboration between private and public organisations, including Sheffield Hallam University, RiDO and entrepreneur in residence from Gripple Ltd.
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It looks like Howlin Ray's will finally get some more room to cut down on line time. The famous fried chicken outfit in Chinatown just took over the lease of a restaurant next to it and will be expanding, sadly, no timeline given. Howlin' Ray's owner also said he's on the lookout for a second location, no details on that yet.
So more than likely in the next few months you'll be seeing a bigger Howlin' Ray's and you may have a chance to try it.


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Leftist Despots Require A Disarmed And Defenseless Citizenry
Christopher G. Adamo - Author of "Rules for Defeating Radicals"
America, if you care about the Country you will pass on to your children and your grandchildren, take note of the events unfolding in Canada, Iran, Northern Europe, China, and Brazil. Take a good hard look that you will not soon forget! The mass protests and upheaval reflect the desperation of citizens to be heard by governments who have no intention of listening. And none of this will change in an amicable, reasonable manner.
Whether the excuse of the moment offered by the leftist/globalist despots is "public health and safety" as is the case in China and Canada, enviro-lunacy (Northern Europe), fealty to a despotic "religious" order (Iran), or more stolen elections to empower the Marxist political machine in Brazil, common citizens are recognizing that their world is being pummeled into madness and tragedy by a callous and indifferent ruling class.
Those in power seek to fortify their positions, in service to their own interests, while the suffering and deprivation of that lowly peasantry (people like you and me) is, at most, an irritation that they would prefer to ignore. And that is how they intend to move forward.
Some common folk naively bought the notion that the "will of the people" would usher in an age of freedom and opportunity. Yet even despite that short-sighted caricature of "democracy," devoid of worthy moral and spiritual principles to guide it, the ability of corrupt and seditious leftist players to defraud and cheat their way into positions of authority has set a dangerous precedent of sham elections that were once only the realm of backwards tinhorn dictatorships.
Back in another life, America played a central role on the world stage, as a government "of, by, and for the people," actively bolstering the efforts of those who yearned to breathe free. But that was before our Nation succumbed to the wiles of the leftist counterculture, with its shameless sanctimony presented as the fig leaf over a truly vile ideology and agenda. It was not sufficiently excised when its dangerous nature first became evident. So, like any malignancy it has spread and grown in toxicity.
America in 2022 is no longer the "shining city on a hill." For several years now, America has been abhorrently playing precisely the opposite role. And the devastation unleashed on innocent peoples throughout the world, who once looked to us as their heroic champions, is beyond words.
Under Barack Obama, freedom fighters in Iran were betrayed, as they sought help from the West to overthrow the illegitimate and repressive regimes of the Islamists. Sadly, Obama's affections were (and still are) entirely in the camp of militant Islam. Rather than working to free the people of Iran, and neutralize its agenda of state sponsored terrorism throughout the region, he sided with the Islamists and fully supported the murderous, hate-filled government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Immediately upon consolidating his power, Ahmadinejad began rounding up and executing his political opposition.
Last winter, a similar pattern of treachery emerged from the Biden Cabal (likely with Obama pulling the strings here as well). As Canadian truckers courageously rallied against the arbitrary and excessive lockdowns and vax mandates of the Trudeau government, the US began demanding that something be done to suppress the protests on the grounds that American auto manufacturers were feeling the effects. Rather than insisting that this Hemisphere be restored to freedom and justice by lifting the onerous orders, the call came from Washington to simply confront and disperse the truckers. In short, a demand was made for a despotic exercise of power in Ottawa, in order to put down the rebellion.
Similar rumblings are currently being heard from the Biden Cabal in regards to the upheaval in Brazil, where the good citizens of that Nation are refusing to accept the results of their own, obviously stolen election. Massive protests, on a scale never seen previously, are occurring in major cities across South America's largest country. The chicanery in the days before and after the election was at least as flagrant as it was in America's 2020 debacle. But unlike Americans, the Brazilian people are not willing to simply accept all of it as their inescapable fate. With cultural and geographical closeness to Venezuela and other nightmarish Marxist cesspools of the region, Brazilians know the stakes of the battle they are in.
A good and legitimate American government would be loudly decrying the corruption and fraud. But of course this administration can do no such thing. Nor is it willing to see freedom and justice restored in Brazil or anywhere else. Such an event could set off an avalanche of freedom fighters throughout the world, rising up to confront the evils and right the wrongs of those who illegitimately hold power. America's own Democrat Party has massive dirt on its hands in that respect.
It is hardly a coincidence that, as these events around the world reach critical mass, what we heard from the Biden Cabal in the past few days was another effort to create momentum for gun confiscation in America. The single element of the massive protests, whether in Tehran, Beijing, or Brasilia, which could be potentially different if Americans felt compelled to undertake direct action against their government, is that the inherent right of the people to "keep and bear arms" is still upheld and guaranteed by the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
For the despot wannabes in Washington to wield similar brutish power over the "We the People," that long standing "obstacle" must somehow be invalidated. So once again, America was subjected to more grandstanding over the evils of an armed populace. In a November 25 event among the ultra rich liberals of Nantucket Island, Biden stated "The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It has no social redeeming value. Zero. None... I'm going to try to get rid of assault weapons."
So once again, the efforts to outlaw "assault weapons" are couched in leftist sanctimony, as if their agenda has ever had any "social redeeming value." And once again, the real effort is to hamstring Americans from defending themselves against despotic over-reaches from an out of control government.
While it is inspiring to see how willing the people of Brazil, China, and elsewhere are to rally and fight for their innate rights and freedoms, it is also sobering to realize just how much of an uphill battle they face, owing to their totally disarmed and defenseless condition. Americans have their own major battle against just such evil forces. Ceding our inherent and unalienable rights to the leftist power mongers in government would only make that effort much more difficult, if not totally impossible.
Christopher G. Adamo is a lifelong conservative from the American Heartland. He has been involved in grassroots and state-level politics for many years, seeking to restore and uphold the Judeo-Christian principles on which our Nation was founded. His book, "Rules for Defeating Radicals" is the "Go To" guide for effectively confronting and overcoming the dirty tricks of the political left. It is available at Amazon.


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SING LOUDER Debuts in Top Ten!!
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Meghan Cary's New Album Makes Top 10 With Two Songs Also Entering The Top 10
Title Track Earns #2 Spot As "Responsibility" Grabs The #6 Position and Album Enters at #6
Philadelphia, PA (December 8, 2017) – Critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Meghan Cary is riding high off the success of her latest album Sing Louder as it makes its debuts at #6 on the US / International Folk DJ Radio Charts. The title track charted amazingly well at #2 and the follow up single "Responsibility" nabbed the #6 spot.
Although Cary has been making music for almost 20 years, this is her first foray into the Folk DJ music scene and she's grateful to have been so warmly received.
Cary attributes the majority of her success to the early support she received from such radio stalwarts as: CKOL, KGLP, WCOM WFDU WFMT WFMU WFUV, WIOX, WMSC, WRFK, WTBQ, WUSD, and internet broadcast programs "Mostly Folk" and "Radio Nowhere", who not only played her singles but also welcomed her as a guest on their shows.
In fact, SING LOUDER was so well received at radio that Rich Warren of WFMT named it as "CD of the Week" and Joe Pszonek or WMSC, "Radio Nowhere" and "Finnigan's Wake" said "Meghan Cary's passionate, message driven songs are both entertaining and instructive! It's just what the world needs right now and I, for one, am glad that she has chosen to share this new CD with us!".
Cary was also a featured performer at this year's NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance), where she had the opportunity to perform songs from SING LOUDER live for DJs, artists, industry executives and key influencers at a coveted juried showcase.
"Our official showcase at NERFA was great, but the best part was really the late-night informal showcases we were invited to play in different rooms all over the hotel. Everywhere we went, a crowd of folks showed up to listen, and sing along," said Cary. "There's nothing like a room full of strangers raising their voices together on your songs. They stop being strangers pretty quickly!"
Cary felt so passionately about creating a sense of community among her fans, and capturing the energy of united voices, that she gathered 48 music lovers in the studio to weave their voices with her own on two tracks, "Sing Louder" and "Responsibility". The result is two powerful, yet brilliantly poignant, songs that have gripped the ears and hearts of all those that have listened.
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Marshall hotel construction to begin this fall
Kalea Hall
Construction on a new multi-million dollar SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel will begin this fall along Old U.S. 27 North in Marshall.
"[The hotel] brings more people into town to visit our stores downtown and also the restaurants in downtown," City Manager Tom Tarkiewicz said. "We get a big benefit from people spending a night in Marshall."
Marshall Hospitality LLC submitted a proposal to the city to build two four-story hotels and two restaurants earlier this year.
Chris Abbo, vice president of construction and operations for Namou Hotel Group, which formed Marshall Hospitality LLC, said the company saw the area as a growth site, he said, and decided to get in early on developing it.
The proposal to the city is a master development plan for the site, which could include a second hotel in the future, Abbo said.
There are no proposed restaurant users at this time, he said, adding "We will look for a national tenant to be a good companion to SpringHill."
The Namou Hotel Group of Southfield builds, operates and renovates hotels across the Midwest. In the past two years, the hotel group has built, managed and invested in more than 1,000 rooms, according to its website.
The new hotel will add 100 rooms to the roughly 2,000 rooms currently in Calhoun County, where there are 24 hotels, according to data from the Visitors Bureau's. Marshall currently has four hotels with 249 total rooms. That figure does not include bed and breakfast rooms.
Scott Fleming, CEO of the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance, MAEDA, said the hotel development is good for the area because there are at least four medical marijuana growers coming into the city and other development that will be able to support a new hotel or even hotels.
Marshall was the first municipality in Calhoun County to allow medical marijuana business after a regulatory framework for licensing them was signed into law in September 2016, though it doesn't allow dispensaries.
The city has approved site plans for four growers, three in Brooks Industrial Park and another one in an industrial zone on the West Side of town. The city's ordinance says that the facilities have to be a half mile away from each other, so there is still room for one more.
The proposed Marshall Energy Center would have two natural-gas power plants that each come with a $400-million investment. It's estimated that the project would bring 500 construction jobs to the area during a 31-month period.
"The hotels will definitely see a benefit from all the construction workers coming in for 31 months," Tarkiewicz said.
Contact Kalea Hall at (269) 966-0697 or khall@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow her on Twitter at @bykaleahall