Published: Oct. 30, 2018 at 11:32 a.m.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2018 at 08:39 p.m.
Game 3 of the World Series was special. The October tilt reflected the pinnacle of pro sports -- enticing theater with the requisite measure of true grit, a legit battle of attrition. Then, after both teams were spent (and their bullpens taxed), Max Muncy's longball off Nathan Eovaldi brought to a close the longest affair in postseason history.
Eovaldi's work evokes memories of the heartiest losing efforts. The guy threw 97 pitches in relief, despite also pitching in the first two games of the series. Boston's pitcher resembled Boston's quarterback, when Tom Brady threw for more than 500 yards in Super Bowl LII -- and lost. Or Troy Aikman, who got hit 20 times in the 1994 NFC Championship Game yet still threw for 380 yards, refusing to give up on Dallas' attempt at the NFL's first threepeat. Or how about any of the Dolphins and Chiefs who survived the longest game in pro football history, the 1971 Divisional Playoff Game?
Other tips of the cap go to a pair of Adams -- and an Eric. Adam Vinatieri set the all-time scoring record, surpassing the great Morten Andersen and helping his Colts secure a road win in Oakland. Adam Thielen made pro football history later that night, becoming the first wide receiver to start the season with eight straight 100-yard games.
Lastly, Browns at Steelers brought forth some acclaim that was 25 years past due.
Eric Metcalf's former team is in upheaval, but that doesn't mean they moved up. The Steelers climbed farther up the top 10. For the full league hierarchy, see below. Your hierarchical thoughts are always welcome: @HarrisonNFL is the place.
The sign of a great team, a Super Bowl team, is when it doesn't play anywhere near its peak performance ... and still wins. That was the Rams on Sunday. The defense got rolled early, putting Los Angeles behind the, er, 12-ball at 10-zip. As he always manages to do, Sean McVay deciphered the Rubik's Cube, leaning on Todd Gurley more on early downs to keep an uber-aggressive Packers defense honest. On that front, Gurley somehow piled up nearly 200 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown after a rough start. The focus on Gurley allowed Jared Goff to deliver perfect strikes on intermediate throws against single coverage, which is so difficult to stop (or even hope to stop).
Side note: Gurley could've padded his tally with another score late. He deliberately rammed into a tackler instead, ignoring the goal line in order to help prod the clock to 0:00. It was reminiscent of the first guy I ever saw do that: Brian Westbrook of the Eagles during a late-season win at Texas Stadium back in 2007. Strategery.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Rams acquired DE Dante Fowler Jr. from the Jaguars in exchange for a 2019 third-round pick and a 2020 fifth-round pick.
No movement for the Patriots, although Saints fans think their team should have leapfrogged New England. Funny how 25-6 division wins -- on the road, no less -- are not enough anymore. The Patriots' defense gave up 46 yards on the ground and forced two turnovers to take the pressure off Tom Brady, a la the Dolphins game a month ago. Offensively, James White caught his usual 150 passes (10 for 79), while his touchdown plunge capped off the key drive of the game, pushing a close six-point affair to 18-6 in the fourth quarter.
Side note: Cordarrelle Patterson ... Cordarrelle Patterson ... got 10 carries. He has more rushing attempts than receptions this season.
The Chiefs aren't slowing down, and it's not just all about Patrick Mahomes. Kansas City's pass rush took Sunday's game back to 1995, forcing two turnovers from Case Keenum while flattening the Broncos' quarterback five times. Three of those sacks came from Dee Ford, with Breeland Speaks picking up the first full sack of his career. That gives Speaks 1.5 on the season (plus a sack that never was). Ford now boasts a staggering eight on the year. And to think: Justin Houston isn't even healthy right now. Kicker Harrison Butker did miss an extra-point try, yet he and punter Dustin Colquitt have been outstanding this season. OK, enough stalling already ... Mahomes tossed four more touchdown passes.
From team off to a rough start to quiet Super Bowl contender. That's the arc of the Saints' 2018 campaign thus far. Three days before Halloween, New Orleans re-entered the house of its playoff horrors -- and proceeded to wallop the Vikings on defense and special teams.
Notable: Drew Brees threw for 120 yards, his lowest total since Week 17, 2006, a meaningless game during his first year with the team (he only threw five passes).
The Chargers -- who, at 5-2 aren't necessarily flying under the radar -- have yet to be considered under the heading " Super Bowl contenders." The wait for Joey Bosa continues, but his return -- whenever it comes -- should take the pressure off what has been a more-than-capable offense. Consider that the Bolts have racked up 18 sacks while recording five games with multiple turnovers in their seven contests without him thus far this season. Can you imagine how good they'll be with him?
So many positive tidbits to glean from the Panthers' win over the Ravens. First, there was the confidence with which Cam Newton operated Norv Turner's offense, with a little treat for the field general himself on the QB keeper late. Second, the draftniks' misidentification of Christian McCaffrey was further cemented, with the back proving to be a workhorse in this his sophomore campaign (18 touches Sunday, 136 on the season). Third, love Turner's use of DJ Moore on Sunday, with end-arounds, pitches and typical down-the-field stuff all stemming from Moore's acceleration. No, C.J. Mosley, you did not have that angle.
Great win for the Steelers, hopefully providing a small bit of solace for a shaken city. This might be a football column, but is there anyone in America who is not tired of mass shootings? Mike Tomlin clearly felt the impact, noting that the synagogue at which 11 people were killed Saturday was no more 800 yards from his house. Pittsburgh's head coach got his team ready to play for the fans and their community, which was more than noticeable. The Steelers' defense gave its best performance of the season, not allowing the Browns to go over the 200-yard barrier as a team until complete garbage time. James Conner (212 yards from scrimmage) nearly matched Cleveland singlehandedly. No Pittsburgh player competed for himself in that game at Heinz Field on Sunday.
Washington hums along, sitting comfortably atop the NFC at 5-2. The Redskins' strength continues to be running the football and stopping the run, like they're straight from the 1940s. Actually, in that era, the 'Skins were known for throwing it all over the yard with Sammy Baugh. Alex Smith hasn't been asked to play likewise, and that held true on Sunday, when his yards-per-attempt mark was a scant 5.6. That's OK. Slingin' Sammy -- who could play himself some safety, too -- would've admired D.J. Swearinger's two interceptions of Eli Manning (especially since they came against the rival Giants).
Side note: With 149 rushing yards, the 33-year-old Adrian Peterson is on pace for 1,342 this season. Wow.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Redskins acquired S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix from the Packers in exchange for a fourth-round pick.
Who knows how strong this Bears team really is? At 4-3, and with both the Packers and Vikings losing last week, Chicago is in the heart of the NFC North race. A two-score win certainly helps boost the perception of this team, although the opponent in said victory is far from a playoff squad. Mitch Trubisky was effective against the Jets in a sense, committing no turnovers while making plenty of hay with his legs. The air attack is still earthbound. The larger question is, when will the Jordan Howard breakout game come? Still zero 100-yard outings on the season, although he was solid against New York's front. Tarik Cohen was a handful.
Make no mistake: The Ravens got drubbed in Carolina on Sunday. That's how it felt, anyway, watching Joe Flacco under pressure, tossing errant balls, while Cam Newton coasted his way through four quarters and into the end zone on an easy-peasy bootleg. Flacco's two interceptions were mind-boggling. The first should have been an obvious throwaway. Instead, the ill-advised throw was picked off right before halftime, setting up a Graham Gano field goal to push the Panthers' lead to 17. The second was a bad decision augmented by a badly underthrown ball, picked clean by Captain Munnerlyn. I enjoyed getting whipped by my brother at Boggle more than watching those throws.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Ravens acquired RB Ty Montgomery from the Packers in exchange for a 2020 seventh-round pick.
The Texans keep on winning, with a big assist from the offense for a change ... a Calvin Murphy-level assist. Too old-school? How about a Sam Cassell-level assist? Whatever. The defense has carried Bill O'Brien's team the entire first half of the season. For its part, Houston's D got straight ripped off Thursday night. Slice that Brock Osweiler tuck rule play any way you want -- that should've been six points. The refs weren't on-point.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Texans acquired WR Demaryius Thomas from the Broncos in exchange for a 2019 fourth-round draft pick.
The players are ticked off, and who can blame them? We all lost when Ty Montgomery coughed up that football. Bad ( selfish?) decision to take that ball out of the end zone, producing a painfully anticlimactic ending to what was otherwise a heck of a game. The Packers packed a punch early at the Coliseum, but they couldn't hold the fort late. Jared Goff chewed up the secondary in the second half, and when that wasn't working (mostly due to Green Bay pressure), the Rams leaned on their stud tailback. Packers DC Mike Pettine's game plan called for applying mass pressure to Goff, blitzing early and often, while the front seven clogged running lanes. Eventually, Goff's play-action made Green Bay's back end pay when Clay Matthews and Co. couldn't get home. Two plays resolved the affair: Aaron Donald blowing through single blocking to drill Aaron Rodgers (18-of-30, 286 yards and a TD) on third-and-6. Then Ty Montgomery's fumblerooski. Whadda hell's goin' on out here?
UPDATE 1: After this piece was published, the Packers traded S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to the Redskins for a fourth-round pick.
UPDATE 2: The Packers also traded RB Ty Montgomery to the Ravens for a 2020 seventh-round pick.
Back to .500 ... what an up-and-down year for the defending champs, who evened their record Sunday in London on the strength of the defense. Jordan Hicks was all over the place, posting 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks. Chris Long added two sacks of his own. Free Atomic Fireballs for you if you guessed Josh Adams would be the game's leading rusher. The rookie rang up more yards than he produced all season, then celebrated his 22nd birthday Monday.
Side note: Jordan Matthews, of all people, was the game's leading receiver, while Corey Clement has barely been getting his hands on the ball. Odd.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Eagles acquired WR Golden Tate from the Lions in exchange for a 2019 third-round pick.
You hear the phrase "flying under the radar" in sports enough to make you miss those Jimmy Johnson Extenze commercials. (Note: Please don't read the Chargers blurb.) Yet, I have to say that no team is ... flying ... uh ... is being ignored more than the Seahawks. Seattle has improved to 4-3 after starting the season with two straight losses. Front and center is Ken Norton's defense, which is fifth in points allowed per game, despite being sans Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor and Michael Bennett. That's the same Norton whom the Raiders -- the Raiders -- didn't want. Cool.
Side note: Got a random call from John Schneider about my Eric Metcalf TBT feature from this past week. Schneider brought in Metcalf in 2001 for the then-struggling Redskins (1-5), without earning much praise from the sportswriter peanut gallery. The 12th-year pro promptly took a first-quarter punt 89 yards to the house. Washington went on a roll, winning four in a row after Metcalf joined and finishing 8-8. Moral of the story: Schneider and Pete Carroll know what they are doing. You can watch the amazing Metcalf here.
It appeared as though Andy Dalton and the Bengals were headed to overtime against the Bucs when the Cincy quarterback missed C.J. Uzomah on that shallow cross with under a minute to play. Then Dalton made a couple of clutch throws to A.J. Green, setting up Randy Bullock. For a guy who still doesn't earn much praise around the league, that's the fourth time in 2018 that Dalton has engineered a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter. Just saying.
The Amari Cooper trade generated enough water cooler talk for Joe Buck to bring it up in the World Series Game 3 broadcast. Now we will all find out how much blame the receiving corps deserves for the passing-game woes in Dallas. While Dak Prescott has not been the most accurate passer (something that's been mentioned a few times in this space), it's not as if the windows he sees are of the larger variety. Cole Beasley: still one of the top Ys around.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Lions traded WR Golden Tate to the Eagles for a 2019 third-round pick.
The Broncos got beat in Kansas City, dropping their record to 3-5 on the season with an imposing four-game stretch ahead: vs. Texans, at Chargers, vs. Steelers, at Bengals. Still, none of those teams will be any stronger than the foe Denver just went toe to toe with -- namely, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who has made every defense he's faced look silly. Similar to their first meeting on Oct. 1, the Broncos stayed with the AFC West leaders throughout. The key sequence this time came with just under six minutes remaining. On third-and-2, from his own 20 and trailing by 10 points, Case Keenum ... checked to Devontae Booker behind the line of scrimmage. Huh?!
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Broncos traded WR Demaryius Thomas to the Texans for a 2019 fourth-round draft pick.
How about a week off for the most banged-up team in pro football? Many of the Falcons' key parts are currently on IR, yet there are those ( Mohamed Sanu, Matt Bryant and Grady Jarrett, to name a few) who just needed a bye to get healthier for Atlanta's meeting in Washington with the upstart Redskins.
Side note: Who would want to face this Falcons attack come playoff time? Not it!
Historical note: This Sunday's bout is a rematch from the 1991 Divisional Round. Too soon?
Make that two in a row for the pesky Colts, who refuse to go quietly into 2018's night. In fact, at 3-5, they are still right in the thick of the AFC South race. Indy is getting better -- more consistent -- quarterback play than the division-leading Texans. The Titans' offense has been stuck in Tennessee mud all year. The Jaguars are right there with Indianapolis at 3-5, save for the fact Jacksonville is headed in the opposition direction. Then again, that was the Raiders whom Indy toppled Sunday. OK, I'll calm my enthusiasm.
A trip across that big pond that's seen its share of history is now history for the Titans, who lost to the Chargers in Week 7 but fared better offensively than they have most of the season. Mike Vrabel's challenge now -- other than stopping himself from going for it on fourth-and-ANYTHING in the near future -- is to ramp up the offense to the defense's level. Tennessee's defensive unit is tops in the NFL in red-zone defense and third in scoring D. Solid.
Another shoddy outing for the Dolphins, who fell apart in the fourth quarter last Thursday in Houston. Adam Gase's defense has disintegrated over the last five weeks, with Miami giving up 167 points during that stretch. That's an absolute ton. The 1973 Super Bowl team didn't allow that many all season. Granted, those days were different in pro football, but take a look for yourself at the coverage the other night. Next up: Jets, at home. Miami rebounds.
Well, you can't put that loss on the quarterback. Sure, Blake Bortles checked it down a bunch. He also used his considerable mobility to extend drives. The much-maligned passer didn't carry the offense, but he did carry his end of the bargain. Perhaps he should've walked up to D.J. Chark and handed him that ball in the end zone. Neither Bortles nor the defense received any support on the ground from the RBs: eight carries for 18 yards. Jacksonville is not anywhere close to being the same outfit that earned its way to the AFC Championship Game last season. Not without Leonard Fournette, who was painfully absent once again.
UPDATE: After this piece was published, the Jaguars traded DE Dante Fowler Jr. to the Rams for a 2019 third-round pick and a 2020 fifth-round pick.
Start Ryan Fitzpatrick the rest of the season. Then decide if you want to keep Jameis Winston this spring. That's one way to handle this situation decisively. (Well, unless Fitzmagic pulls a bunch of interceptions out of a hat.) The Bucs picked up Winston's fifth-year option for 2019, but it's guaranteed for injury only. If Tampa does retain the enigmatic quarterback, the team should draft another and make Winston compete. That scenario should include Fitzpatrick, as well, in the way New York re-upped Josh McCown as a fallback option for Sam Darnold growing pains.
At the end of the day, Hue Jackson's 3-36-1 mark was just too big an eyesore. Rankling OC Todd Haley, then laying blame at his feet, probably didn't help Jackson, either. The Browns' offense needed solutions (or, at bare minimum, not making it so easy for defenses to solve), not snipping back and forth. Whatever was going on between the coaches, neither survived Monday's housecleaning. Now, Gregg Williams is in charge (at least for the time being), which brings on new problems to be solved. How will he handle rookie QB Baker Mayfield? Er, how will Mayfield handle him? Will Williams' attention be taken away from the defense, which has immense upside? Fans in Cleveland probably aren't too upset to see Jackson go, but the national perception of Williams is not flattering, given what went down in New Orleans. If the Browns' bleak past is to be water under the bridge, it better flow past the new head coach, too.
Another long day at the office for Todd Bowles, who is beginning to not like these NFC North folks. After whipping the Lions on opening day, Gang Green has been ganged up on by the Vikings and Bears in consecutive weeks. Sam Darnold struggled against a top-tier Chicago defense, completing less than half of his passes. The dude didn't exactly receive Tempur-Pedic-esque support from his running backs: 19 carries, 35 yards. Get excited.
The Giants move down in a season that continues to sink faster by the week. Pat Shurmur's team is 1-7 if you're scoring at home, although you'd be able to tell that just by looking at the guy. Eli Manning has made enough Eli faces in the last 20 quarters to last a lifetime, although the blame game should not solely focus on New York's quarterback. Manning was under continual pressure Sunday, as the Giants' offensive line saw fit to allow seven sacks and numerous pressures. Yuck.
Another loss for the Bills, who stayed with their division bully for three quarters, but frankly don't have the firepower of late to stay with any team for four. The offense has produced a grand total of nine points the last two weeks, and 35 over the last five games. That's seven points per outing. Todd Gurley has outscored Buffalo by himself this season. The defense does its part, until running on fumes proves too much for a gassed unit. That group stifled Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense for as long as possible Monday night.
Disappointing loss for the 49ers, who took what seemed to be a commanding 15-3 lead in the fourth quarter, only to let it sail away on them. That's precisely what happened on the last play of the game, when an errant snap fluttered past C.J. Beathard's right shoulder pad, accurately in line with the Niners' ignominious recent history. San Francisco was thrown a bone late in the fourth quarter when a Jermaine Gresham fumble resulted (after official review) in the 49ers finding themselves with solid field position and holding a five-point lead with less than five minutes to play. The ensuing five-play, 4-yard drive was as costly as the knuckleball snap.
The Raiders stay parked in the back lot. Up 28-21 in the fourth quarter, good vibes pervaded the Oakland Coliseum. It was akin to olden times, like when Ken Stabler was throwing floaters to Freddy Stick Hands in the corner of the end zone, or Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco were bashing forearms, or Rich Gannon was peeling off Jerry Rice and Tim Brown to find Jerry Porter downtown. Then the Oakland defense reminded everyone that it was 2018. Hey, at least these guys are still playing for their head coach ... and quarterback.


We can today confirm that Grant Kelly has left the club by mutual consent due to work commitments. Grant is a popular figure around McKenna Park and was top goalscorer however his working schedule made it difficult for him to attend training sessions and subsequently left him struggling to make the match day squads. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Grant for his efforts at the Ants and wish him all the best in the future. We'll always have Rome buddy!


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Srilanka (Formerly called Ceylon) a small island in the Indian Ocean has become a major source of sapphires of various hues and shades. Sapphire bearing localities are Ratnapura, Elahera, Kataragama, okkampitiya, Rakwana, Matale, Badulla, Bibile, Horana and a few others.
Srilankan (Ceylon) sapphires are found in many colors such as blue, violet, purple, green, yellow, orange, white and red, from a light pink through crimson red. Although the blue sapphires tend to be light in color, large specimens are found which excel in their color occasionally. Most Ceylonese sapphires are transparent and hence can be cut and polished into faceted stones.
Star Sapphires are also plentiful on the island of Srilanka. The world's museums contain some spectacular specimens of star sapphires and rubies originated from Srilanka. Some of them are: the 392 carat star sapphire owned by the State Gem Corporation of Srilanka, the 182-carat Star of Bombay residing in Smithsonian National Museum of National History, the Star of India weighing 563.35 carats (112.67 gms) considered to be the largest of its kind in the world and many more. Ceylonese Star sapphires occur in a variety of colors such as blue, grey, white, and sometimes even yellow.
Usually all Srilankan gems are cut and polished by native craftsmen on the island itself. Sitting outside a cottage or in back alley, the cutter fashions the sapphires on small wooden wheel mounted at the end of horizontal shaft which is rotated by a drawstring bow, which he saws back and forth. For polishing chamois leather pad is placed over the vertical lap and the stone is usually held in the hand.
Ottu: The colloquial term Ottu refers to transparent sapphires characterized by blue colored dots. The wily native cutters cut these stones in such a fashion that the take the blue color in the pavilion, so that when seen from top, due total internal reflection the color appears to be blue of the whole piece, but when viewed sideways the color appears white with a blue dot in pavilion.
Ural: The term Ural is used for sapphires where blue streaks and patches are present in white sapphires or sapphires of different body color. Gemological Laboratories classify these sapphires are "Parti-Color Sapphires" or "Bi-Color Sapphires".
Srilanka has the world's largest reserves of geudas suitable for heat treatment. The term "geudas" refers to semi-translucent to semi-transparent sapphires having milky/hazy appearance under reflected light. These sapphires when heat-treated change color to a deep blue or yellow color and the transparency also increases. Unfortunately such stones were accepted by many as natural thus increasing the practice of heat treatment. Learn more about heat treatment on this page.


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Blåbärssnäcka (Zoogenetes harpa) är en snäckart som först beskrevs av Thomas Say 1824.  Blåbärssnäcka ingår i släktet Zoogenetes och familjen grässnäckor. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Э́нос Стэ́нли «Стэн» Кро́нке (, род. 29 июля 1947 года) — американский предприниматель. Его жена, Энн Уолтон, наследница империи Wal-Mart. Кронке является владельцем профессиональной баскетбольной команды «Денвер Наггетс», футбольной команды «Колорадо Рэпидз» и хоккейной команды «Колорадо Эвеланш», а также основным владельцем английского футбольного клуба «Арсенал» (97,13% акций, остальные 2,87% —  в свободном обращении) и обладателем 40%-ой доли в команде NFL «Лос Анджелес Рэмс». Вместе с «Колорадо Эвеланш» стал обладателем Кубка Стэнли 2022 года как владелец команды. В настоящее время проживает в городе Коламбия, Миссури.

Биография

Кронке получил степень бакалавра искусств, бакалавра наук и магистра делового администрирования Университета Миссури. В 1983 году он основал Kroenke Group, компанию занимающуюся развитием недвижимости, которая построила множество магазинов и жилых зданий. После его женитьбы на Энн Уолтон, его компания получила эксклюзивное право на развитие недвижимости рядом с магазинами Wal-Mart. Он также управляющий THF Realty, независимой компании по развитию недвижимости в пригородах. Кронке основал эту компанию в Сент-Луисе в 1991 году.

Kroenke Sports Enterprises
Кронке один из важнейших людей в спортивном бизнесе. Как глава Kroenke Sports Enterprises, он владеет 40 % клуба Национальной футбольной лиги «Лос-Анджелес Рэмс», с момента переезда команды в Миссури в 1995 году. В 2010 году Кронке высказал интерес в приобретении оставшихся акций команды. В 2000 году он стал единоличным владельцем команды Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации «Денвер Наггетс» и Национальной хоккейной лиги «Колорадо Эваланш», выкупив команду у её бывшего владельца Чарли Лайонса. В 2002 году он вместе с легендой американского футбола Джоном Илуэем и Пэтом Боуленом купил команду «Колорадо Раш». В 2004 году он продолжил рост своей спортивной империи, купив команду Национальной лиги лакросса «Колорадо Мамут» и команду MLS «Колорадо Рэпидз» у Фила Аншультца.

Sports Enterprise также является владельцем «Пепси Центра» и совладельцем Dick's Sporting Goods Park в Соммерсе, Колорадо, который был построен его компанией. В 2004 году Кронке запустил кабельный канал Altitude Sports and Entertainment, который показывает все игры команд, владельцем которых является Кронке. Кронке также основал компанию по продаже билетов TicketHorse.

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 Entry in Forbes' List of Richest People
 Reference to Malibu Times denoting Stan's purchase of the Malibu Colony Shopping Center, which is only 1 of 2 shopping centers in affluent Malibu, CA

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As a boy growing up in Blacktown in Sydney he used to design clothes for Barbie dolls and G.I. Joe. Now he runs his own label and is famed for his meticulous draping and love of colour. Interview by Chloe Sargeant.
Well before we start, let me say that I have a ridiculous amount of the Bigeni Basics in my wardrobe. So now I have you on the phone, I can thank you personally for clearing out my bank account!
[Laughs] You are more than welcome!
Tell me a bit about your background. Where did you grow up?
Who or what first steered you towards fashion design?
It's something I'm still trying to find out! My mum and dad are from Malta, so I've always wondered whether there's something there that influenced them, then me. My mum was a single mother, and so she definitely taught me that if you want something, you work for it. She taught me to push myself. In terms of design, I was always fascinated with creating clothes for Barbies and G.I. Joes as a child, y'know. Then it evolved into sketching, and so on. And here I am.
Was there an actual moment when you realised you wanted to be a designer?
I don't know… in a way I kind of knew I was going to be in that field. I was always in my own little dreamland, creating puppets and making dolls clothes. I had a sewing machine at 12.
Who were your main inspirations starting out? And now?
I don't really have a muse or anything. I get inspired by movement, motions, everyday things. I don't really have design inspirations.
Can you summarise your vision or mantra for the Gary Bigeni label?
Well I always imagine strong women wearing my clothes. I'm more attracted to strength in women, women who only get better with age. Like Angelica Huston, or Madeleine Ward. And also some of my friends who have been in the industry the same amount of time as me, they're so talented and strong. I just think they are so beautiful and amazing. They way they hold themselves. I suppose that's my vision, that's who I design for.
I think that's my favourite ever answer to that question Gary. You win all the interviews!
[Laughs] Awww thank you! Many designers go for a specific muse, you know, 'oh I like her because she's cool and hot!' And that's their perspective, everyone's different.
You are well-known for being the master of the artful drape. Is this something that is always at the forefront of your mind when you are designing? Or does it happen fluidly in the design process?
Oh I wouldn't say master! I've kind of steered away from it recently though, I focused more on tailoring. I miss it, I'm wanting to combine the draping and the tailoring together for Spring/Summer. I like those clean elements. I'm all about the 3D kind of thing.
This is a weird one, but I think this would be my biggest paranoia if I was a designer: Have you ever spent hours and days and weeks on some phenomenal piece, only to look at the finished product and you stand back and go, 'f**k, I hate it'?
It happens all the time! You get to shooting the lookbook, you've spent dollars and hours on this piece, and you see the photo, and it's like 'urrrgh that's really bad.' There's one dress I did last summer, it was leather panelling and silk, and I ended up looking at it and realizing it was just bad. It's hard when it's the statement piece of a collection, really irritating. But it's all trial and error, you cut it, grow from it and move on.
Tell me a bit about the Bigeni basics collections. Why'd you do it? Who was the target market?
Well I'm going into my fifth season of the Basics, throwing out a bit of menswear now too, which is all small things like clean casual pants, and custom-made stripe shirts, that kind of thing. I had a lot of friends who were really into fashion, they'd always buy my mainline. Then it all got to the stage where they were buying houses and having children, so obviously all of those luxuries for themselves start to drop off a bit. So I realized there was a massive market for stylish casuals! One of my close friends had a baby not long ago, and throughout the pregnancy she pretty much only wore Bigeni Basics. That's why I did it, for normal everyday women who need to be casual, but still look stylish. They love it!
If you could create a piece for any one particular person, who would it be and what would you create for them? Anyone in the world.
Probably Angelica Huston, I just love her, she stuns me. I think I could see her in a drape shirt with really clean classic pants. With that really classic fringed bob she had in the 1970's. I just love her awkward beauty.
Can you tell us anything about the collection you will be showing at MBFWA in April? Or is completely secret?
Working on a lot of colour and prints. I want to combine a lot of different elements, like the tailoring and draping we mentioned before. My winter collection to come out February focuses on more tailoring, it's very clean, and it includes a beautiful paisley print.
You don't seem like the type of person to follow trends, but is there any particular fashion 'trend' that you completely hate?
No I don't, I've always just kind of done my own thing. But I'm not a fan of thongs. Or those legging and t-shirt combinations! It's just sloppy, it's what you wear to bed. I don't get it.
If you could give one piece of advice to the normal Australian women in terms of dressing themselves, what would it be?
Always be yourself, know your body type and what suits it. People try and focus on what's happening overseas and what the trends are, but I think you should put your own personality into things! Mix it up a bit; make sure your personal style includes elements of yourself!
What's your personal style like? Do you find that part of your own style seeps into your design, or is completely removed?
I love my polka dots! I've had coloured hair for years – I've got candy pink and fluoro yellow right now, I look like a candy shop! I like creepers and colour. Really different things excite me. I love dressing up. You have to do that for yourself, if you can do those small things in life that make you happy, do them!
What's the latest piece of clothing you've bought for yourself to wear?
I'm so excited! I ordered the hot pink pants with the black hand on the crotch, by Yoko Ono for Opening Ceremony! And I just got the comic book shirt from Romance was Born, with all the superheroes on it. I think I'm going to wear those two pieces together actually.
Just to finish things off, lets do a nice little 'think fast' exercise. Tea or coffee?
Tea. I've never had a coffee in my life!
White, because you can mix it up.


A sermon preached on the fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Sunday 29 January 2017 by Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer.
Christmas - the figures were bad for Primark, good for Tesco - and not bad for the church. Many report that numbers were up, year-on-year. Why? One theory is that people are anxious - and we can list the reasons. Now I am in favour of more people coming to church, but it would be wrong to welcome the anxiety that brings them, if it does. Instead, let's ask: If you do come here feeling anxious, what help might you find? Is all this just escapism, La La Land at prayer? Escape is no bad thing in itself, but I think that we - like the film - have more to offer than that. The gospel reading suggests that what we offer are glimpses of glory.
So what does 'glory' mean to you? Think of a glorious morning. Think of Vivaldi's Gloria, or Mozart's this morning. Think of Danny Blanchflower: 'The great fallacy,' he said about football, 'is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style.' What makes you say, like Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland, 'There's glory for you'?
Glory is a bright and shining thing. It brings delight. When Lady Gaga sang that she was on The Edge of Glory you may think it was a quite particular kind of glory she had in mind, but she says she wrote it about the death of her grandfather, and the song has a universal application: in a moment of glory you don't think about what you ought to do, you don't dwell on bad things you've done or good things you haven't; you delight in the moment. Glory is something bigger than you are, but get caught up in it and it makes you a bigger person than you were before. All of which helps us to get a grip on the story of the wedding at Cana.
Water into wine – how could that happen? How can anyone turn simple H20 into (what a scientist in my last parish assured me is) C2H5OH + CO2 + other stuff? This is a real question, and how you answer it will say something about how you see God and the world. You might say, 'This is a physical miracle. It shows that Jesus is Lord of creation.' Or, you could say, 'No, not a physical miracle. Why would God override his own creation?' 'How?' is an important question, but John's gospel gives no help in answering it. He says nothing about the mechanics. If we say, 'This story describes a miracle: how could it happen?' the gospel says, 'This story describes a sign: what does it point to?' And what it points to is – glory.
The Jewish prophets were struck by the extravagant character of marriage. They talked of God and Israel as husband and bride, and the day of the Lord, when the world would be put right, as a wedding banquet awash with fine wines. Vats of symbolism here, because of what wine stands for. Do you need wine to survive? (Honestly, you don't.) Cana's wedding guests won't die of thirst if the bar runs dry - there's plenty of water available – but wine says that life is about more than survival, and Jesus lays on the equivalent of 768 bottles of it. Then the head waiter tastes it. He has a Marks & Spencer moment (if you remember the adverts) and purrs, 'This is not just wine…' So it's not just the quantity; what Jesus brings to the party is vintage stuff. This is not just life, but life in all its fullness. So - there's glory for you.
The task of the church is to bring us to the edge of glory, and it has different ways of doing this. This morning some of our congregation are guests of our neighbours at St Paul's, who do this very well in their own, pretty exuberant way. Here we do it - well, look up: did they need to make the vaulting quite so high? Of course not, any more than the Cana wine needs to be so good and plentiful. This space invites all who come here to go beyond the water of mere necessity and drink the wine of God's extravagance.
The building, though, is just the theatre set waiting for the cast to come onstage. We are the cast, and John's wedding story gives us the stage directions. The catering staff see what Jesus does to the water, but they don't taste it. The head waiter tastes the wine, but doesn't see where it came from. It's both together that yield the true glory: to have the experience but not miss the meaning, you need to 'taste and see' as the psalm puts it (Psalm 34.8).
That means, first, being there in the first place, gathering with others in the Lord's house - here or somewhere - on the Lord's Day - or another day if need be. Is there anything more important to do at some point in the 168 hours of our week? So, come - but in what frame of mind? Seeking escape, perhaps, from the world's anxieties; but also looking for signs of glory. It is a thing to ask myself each routine Sunday morning: am I going to church really looking to encounter God? If I am, then how might it happen?
Here I can be ambushed by God anywhere: in a word of scripture; in an instant of exquisite sound from voice or organ; in a hymn sung or a prayer said as if people really mean it; in the Holy Communion, with its own miraculous wine. Such a moment brings in the end not escape but blessed assurance and a foretaste of glory. It is a sign that each of us is the object of the extravagant love of God: you, me, the refugee detained at an American airport - God delights in each one of us.
If ever we catch such a glimpse of glory, it makes us bigger people than we were before, and better at facing down the anxieties of the world: more brave; more angry (when that's needed); more generous, more willing to experiment with extravagance ourselves, with the time and the money and the energy that we have - that God has been pleased to give us. in such a moment you want to give of yourself, 'not from a sense of duty but from an overflowing of joy'. And when you do, then you have some small share in God's life, in the action of God's 'redeeming and recreating love'.
Wine making I am indebted to the late Professor Jane Plant for this chemical guide: C2H5OH is ethanol; C02 is carbon dioxide. Making wine usually depends on the action of yeast on the natural sugars (glucose and fructose) in grapes. It also usually involves maintaining acidity using C4H5O6 and C4H5O5 – tartaric acid and malic acid present in good grapes.
This is what it all comes down to: all the useless, pointless beauty of our music and our ritual, our words and our acts, our struggles in prayer, all the great achievements of Christendom, every cathedral, the B Minor Mass and Rembrandt and all the rest of it…All we can do is offer God playful gifts, the gifts of our celebration, our playing. He does not need it but he wants the hearts that will and can rejoice, gratuitously, uselessly, pointlessly and beautifully, in what he has done. It is only when we learn to give, not from a sense of duty but from an overflowing of joy, that we can have some share in the action of his redeeming and recreating love. Open to Judgement DLT 1994 p 30.


This paper provides a selective review of evidence from labor markets in low-income countries. The aim is to synthesize this literature to consolidate what is known about the key drivers of worker outcomes (including those of micro-entrepreneurs), firm behavior, and the interaction between firm s and workers. We draw on cross-country and within-country evidence utilizing a wide range of research designs, as well as novel evidence from ongoing studies. On firms, we discuss the firm size distribution, constraints to firm expansion, and informality.
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A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
By Toronto Film Society on June 18, 2020
Toronto Film Society presented A Kiss Before Dying (1956) on Monday, November 25, 1985 in a double bill with Four Hours to Kill as part of the Season 38 Monday Evening Film Buffs Series "B", Programme 4.
Production Company: Crown Productions, Distributed by United Artists. Producer: Robert jacks. Director: Gerd Oswald. Screenplay: Lawrence Roman, from a novel by Ira Levin. Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard. Art Director: Addison Hehr. Music: Lionel Newman. Song by Lionel Newman and Carroll Coates, sung by Dolores Hawkins. Editor: George Gittens.
Cast: Robert Wagner (Bud Corliss), Jeffrey Hunter (Gordon Grant), Virginia Leith (Ellen Kingship), Joanne Woodward (Dorothy Kingship), Mary Astor (Mrs. Corliss), George Macready (Leo Kingship), Robert Quarry (Dwight Powell), Howard Petrie (Chesser), Bill Walker (Butler), Molly McCart (Annabelle), Marlene Felton (Medical Student).
A Kiss Before Dying–a chilling, ironic thriller about a psychopathic college boy who murders the women who stand in his way–is based on a novel by Ira Levin, better known as the author of Rosemary's Baby. Reviewers had had nothing but praise for the book, which one of them described as "a clever psychological thriller, ingeniously plotted and coldly penetrating in its analysis of the young murderer." The film was equally well-received, with Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward drawing special praise for their performances.
A Kiss Before Dying catches Robert Wagner at a transition point in his career, maturing from an awkward juvenile lead and a bobby-sox idol into a smooth, assured leading man. The role of the psychopath was a considerable departure from anything he had done previously but he managed to bring to it "the right amount of sullen charm". (MFB, June '56) His actual co-star was Virginia Leith but it was generally agreed that her performance was far surpassed by that of Joanne Woodward as the psychopath's first victim. It was only Woodward's second screen appearance, a year after her film debut in Count Three and Pray (1955). For her third film–The Three Faces of Eve (1957)–she would win an Academy Award, before going on to marry Paul Newman and be directed by him in Rachel, Rachel (1968) and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972). The film was further enhanced by one of Mary Astor's rare screen appearances of the 50's–her first, in fact, since Any Number Can Play (1949).
Gerd Oswald, the film's director, was born in 1916 in Germany, the son of a famous producer director. He worked as a child actor and production assistant before fleeing Germany with his family in 1938. He made 14 films between 1956 and 1970, of which the best known are A Kiss Before Dying and Crime and Passion (1957), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Hayden. Disappointed with the quality of the film projects assigned him, he turned to T.V., directing episodes of "Perry Mason", "Bonanza" and "Star Trek". Andrew Sarris had a special admiration for Oswald's work, writing in his book The American Cinema:
Gerd Oswald has shown an admirable consistency, both stylistically and thematically, for a director in his obscure position. A fluency of camera movement is controlled by sliding turns and harsh stops befitting a cinema of bitter ambiguity. Oswald's success in imposing a personal style…on shooting schedules ranging from five to seven days should serve as an object lesson to young directors who complain that they lack the time to get their films just right.
Oswald' efforts were doubtless aided in A Kiss Before Dying by the services of a first-rate cinematographer, Lucien Ballard. Ballard had begun his career as a cameraman for Von Sternberg on such films as Morocco, The Devil Is A Woman, and Crime and Punishment. Later, he was to be famous for his work on the wide, colour screen in such films as The Wild Bunch and True Grit. A Kiss Before Dying illustrates the start of his second phase in his career.
Notes by Laurie McNeice
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[Music Biz 2018 Speaker Spotlight] Fabiana Claure, University of North Texas College of Music
The Music Business Association is excited to welcome Fabiana Claure, Director of Career Development & Entrepreneurship in Music at the University of North Texas College of Music for 'Learning Music Entrepreneurship by Doing: How to Create Experiential Opportunities in an Academic Setting' on Wednesday, May 16 at 11 AM during the Music Biz 2018 conference in Nashville! Check out the fun Speaker Spotlight below to get to know Fabiana a little more before her Music Biz panel.
Music Biz is celebrating its 60th year in 2018. How many Association conferences have you been to and what was your greatest memory? If it's your first — what panel/keynote/event, etc. (other than your own) are you most excited for? Check out the preliminary schedule here.
This will be my first Music Biz conference. Mostly I'm looking forward to the variety of sessions. I can't choose a particular session as my favorite since there is such a wide array of topics and presenters. The more I look at the schedule, the more excited I get.
What's that one song that has the power to get you through the work day? Describe it.
"Guarde Nos Olhos (Keep In Your Eyes)" by Ivan Lins and Vítor Martins. It's part of Ivan Lins's 2004 Latin-Grammy award winning album, "Cantando Historias" (Singing Stories). I really love this song. It has such a peaceful feeling and contains beautiful harmonies. The song narrates the journey of living in the countryside, then moving to the city.
If you could have front row tickets to any concert in any city at any venue — what and where would you choose?
I'd love to see pianist Martha Argerich perform at Carnegie Hall. That would be amazing!
Music Biz 2018 — the Music Business Association's 60th anniversary conference — is set to take place Monday, May 14 through Thursday, May 17 at the Omni Nashville. The 4-day innovative event will bring together global power players and industry enthusiasts committed to the future of music monetization for 100+ panels, presentations, workshops, private meetings, cocktail parties, live music, and more.
Highlights will include keynotes from YouTube's Lyor Cohen, mega-manager Scooter Braun, Republic's Wendy Goldstein; Digital Service Workshops with Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Pandora, SoundCloud, Spotify, and YouTube; Music's Leading Ladies Speak Out powered by Nielsen Music; the Awards Breakfast sponsored by CMA featuring special presentations to the RIAA's Cary Sherman and the Radakovitz Family of Dimple Records'; the Awards Luncheon sponsored by BuzzAngle Music & TiVo honoring breakthrough singer/songwriter Julia Michaels, Scooter Braun, Latin hit Despacito, and more to be announced. The full preliminary schedule can be accessed at musicbiz2018.sched.com.
Register today at musicbiz2018.com to join the 2,000+ attendees expected to descend on Nashville for the four most important days on the industry calendar!
Questions? Email Music Biz's Manager of Events, Sales, and Marketing at nick.maiale@musicbiz.org.


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Q: SSRS 2008 - Sending report as email What I want to do is render a SSRS 2008 report as HTML (actually MHTML) and send that as the body in an email.
Has anyone done this? I've almost got it (I think) but I seem to have a encoding problem. The email shows up as what looks like some sort of base64 encoding.
Like this: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related;
boundary="----=_NextPart_01C35DB7.4B204430" X-MSSQLRS-ProducerVersion:
V10.0.2531.0 This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_01C35DB7.4B204430 Content-ID: Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="FollowUpNotification" Content-Type: text/html;
name="FollowUpNotification"; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
PCFET0NUWVBFIEhUTUwgUFVCTElDICItLy9XM0MvL0RURCBIVE1MIDQuMDEgVHJhbnNp...
Any ideas on what I'm missing?
Here is a code snippet:
myMail.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;

myMail.IsBodyHtml = true;

WebClient client = new WebClient();

System.Net.NetworkCredential repAuthenticationInfo =
    new System.Net.NetworkCredential(@"username", @"password");
client.Credentials = repAuthenticationInfo;

client.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;

string messageBody = client.DownloadString(
    "http://<<reportserver>>&rs%3aFormat=MHTML&Parameter=" + Parameter);

myMail.Body = messageBody;

A: System.Net.Mail doesn't support sending MHTML email where the MHTML appears as the message (see this page where someone is attempting to send MHTML as email).
The reason you are seeing the code is that messageBody is expecting HTML, while the code is feeding it an MHTML document. The string is not automatically unencoded.
Here are some options:

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*Change the format parameter from MHTML to HTML3.2 or HTML4.0. SQL Reporting Services will then give you RAW HTML.

*Send the MHTML as an attachment rather than inline.

*Use SSRS's built in email Subscriptions feature as OMG Ponies suggested in the above comment.

*Put the MHTML inline as discussed in this question. You'll likely want to buy a library to help with this.

A: I like Nate's answer and I was able to get things working for HTML 4.0 using the advice below from the link in point # 4 above so here it is as a short cut for anyone who wanders here.  A quick note though, I was using SMTP to send the email and the images are dropped since they couldn't link back to my SSRS server.

I don't have a solution for sending .mht content as the body of an email message, but I did figure out how to export a SQL Server 2005 report to plain old HTML format. I too was originally thrown off by the poor documentation of the Render method's "format" parameter. It turns out if you pass in "HTML4.0", SSRS will generate HTML for you.

Credit belongs to Voot quoted above.

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If successful you will be added to the Club's email list and invited to join our Facebook page, both of which update members and applicants on what's happening and coming up for the Club. You will be invited to attend the next Club meeting where you will introduce yourself to the members, giving an insight into your Service history, family status, current employment environment, and anything else relevant to your application to become a full member of the Patriots (getting to know you). At this stage you will be known as a 'Nom'. The Quartermaster will order you a name badge (cost will be included in your joining pack on acceptance) and mail this to you. You will be expected to wear your name badge on your vest from that point on.
You will then be invited to ride with the Club at any events attended by the Patriots on our ride calendar.
Before being voted in as a badged member you will need to have completed an overnight run on at least one of three that are undertaken throughout the year, which will include you leading the pack on a segment of the ride. This is arranged with the Road Captain in charge of the ride. In instances where an overnight run is not readily available, as an alternative, it has been known for a Nom to put on a BBQ after leading the pack on the ride to the selected location. Bribery and a beer is always well received!
The Sgt at Arms is responsible for Club discipline; he is your mentor on joining the Club. Stay in touch with him and ask any questions you may have throughout the joining process. Remember – we're here to ride bikes and socialise with like-minded military mates and overall to have fun. We actively encourage member's partners to come along to our events, as partners are an important component of the Club environment.


If you've recently been diagnosed with osteoporosis, a condition in which your bones become weak and prone to breaks, you may have unanswered questions. Learning all of the terminology when it comes to bone health can be especially challenging. Here are some definitions for common osteoporosis-related words you're likely to run into on your health journey.
Our bones contain minerals like calcium and phosphorous that make them dense. Bone mineral density (BMD), also called bone mass, is the amount of mineral content in your bones. Your BMD is measured to help diagnose osteoporosis and see how well your treatments are working. Additionally, the measurement can help predict your risk of fractures (another word for broken bones).
Central DXA: What are bone density tests?
There are certain tests you may have to measure BMD. The main one is called the central DXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) test. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), this test is recommended to diagnose osteoporosis. It's usually done on the hip and spine but can also be done on the radius bone in your arm. It's quick and painless and uses a small amount of radiation. Another type of screening test, called the peripheral DXA, can be done on your wrist, finger, or heel.
You may hear the word "osteopenia" and be confused because of its similarity to the word "osteoporosis." However, they are not quite the same thing. Osteopenia means you have low bone mass (or BMD), but it's not low enough to be diagnosed as osteoporosis, according to the NOF. If you're diagnosed with osteopenia and not osteoporosis, your doctor may prescribe medications or other preventive measures to help reduce your risk of it becoming full-on osteoporosis.
Another term you may hear your doctor use is "peak bone mass." This is the point at which you have developed the most bone you will ever have. You typically reach peak bone mass by age 30, according to the NOF. People with lower peak bone mass are at greater risk for osteoporosis.
When osteoporosis leads to fractures of the spine, it may cause something called kyphosis. Kyphosis is when your spine is curved forward, causing you to have a slouching or rounded posture, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It may be treated with a procedure called a kyphoplasty.
There are two main types of medications your doctor may prescribe for osteoporosis, according to the NOF. The most common types are antiresorptive medications, such as bisphosphonates, calcitonin, estrogen therapy, and others. These help to slow the weakening of your bones, protecting them and reducing your risk of breaks.
The other types of medications you may use to help treat or prevent osteoporosis are called anabolic medications, which actually help build bone. The only one available as of 2018 is called teriparatide, according to the NOF.
What are bone resorption and formation?
Resorption is the process of losing bone, according to the NIH, while formation is the process of gaining new bone. Our bodies lose and gain bone throughout our lives.
Whether you already have osteoporosis or you're working to prevent it, your doctor will likely recommend you pick up some sort of weight-bearing exercise. This type of exercise involves using your bones to bear your body weight. Walking, jogging, climbing stairs, and weight lifting are examples of this type of exercise.
In addition to weight-bearing exercise, it's a good idea to incorporate balance exercises into your routine. Balance exercise is any exercise where you challenge your body to balance, therefore reducing your risk of falls that can lead to fractures, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Try walking heel to toe, or balancing on one leg for a period of time (using a chair for support).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) includes daily values (DVs) on food labels, under the nutrition facts, according to the NOF. This information tells you the total nutrients in each product so you can determine if you are meeting your daily vitamin and mineral needs. For those with osteoporosis, checking the DVs can help you choose foods high in calcium and vitamin D.
These are just some of the common terms you may come across when being diagnosed and treated for osteoporosis and related conditions. In no time, these terms will become part of your vocabulary, and you'll better be able to navigate your health care and work to protect your bone health.


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The Brother MFC-L8610CDW delivers a high-quality, low-cost output. It features automatic duplex printing, plus single-pass copy, scan and fax capabilities.
Low cost printing with Brother Genuine super high-yield replacement toner cartridges (approximate yield based on ISO/IEC 19798), sold separately.
50-page capacity duplex auto document feeder scans single-sided pages up to 29 ipm and double-sided pages up to 58 ipm.
3.7" color touchscreen display for easy menu navigation and creation of up to 64 customized shortcuts.
Total capacity expandable to 1,050 sheets with optional trays (sold separately).
Media Size A4 - 8.30" x 11.70"; Letter - 8.50" x 11"; A5 LEF; A5 - 5.80" x 8.30"; A6 - 5.80" x 8.30"; Executive - 7.25" x 10.50"; Legal - 8.50" x 14"; Folio - 8.27" x 13"; Com10 Envelope - 4.80" x 9.50"; DL Envelope - 4.30" x 8.60"; C5 Envelope - 3.37" x 9"; Monarch Envelope; 3" x 5"
The MFC-L8610CDW will help enhance your document workflow with print and copy speeds up to 33 pages per minute. This high-performance All-in-One produces reports, charts, brochures, presentations and other important business documents with sharp text and vivid color. It supports simultaneous operations (for example, printing and scanning or faxing) so multiple workgroup members can use the device at the same time with no workflow interruption. Whether you're printing a multi-page document for yourself, or multiple copies of a single document for your next business presentation, the MFC-L8610CDW keeps pace with your business.
Brother designed the MFC-L8610CDW to help make color printing easy and affordable for all offices. It comes with a standard-yield 3,000-page black toner cartridge and three standard-yield 1,800-page color cartridges (TN-431 Series) for cost efficient printing in color and black¹. To help lower your printing costs, use Brother Genuine high-yield 4,500-pages black and 4,000-pages color replacement toner cartridges (TN-433 Series)¹.
The MFC-L8610CDW is environmentally friendly, easily enabling you to utilize duplex (two-sided) printing and copying using less paper and helping save money. It is also ENERGY STAR® Certified with a Deep Sleep Mode to help save power.
The MFC-L8610CDW features fast scanning speeds, up to 29ipm³ to help maximize office productivity. Use the 50-page capacity auto document feeder to scan and copy multi-page documents or use the document glass for bound materials.
Your entire workgroup can share the MFC-L8610CDW on a wireless network or connect via Gigabit Ethernet for fast, reliable printing. Users will appreciate the ease and convenience of printing wirelessly from their smartphones or tablets. Print via⁵: AirPrint®, Google Cloud Print™ 2.0, Brother iPrint&Scan (free downloadable app), or Mopria®. Even connect directly from your mobile device without a router using Wi-Fi Direct®7.
A USB Host on the front of the unit provides convenient printing from or scanning to your USB flash memory drive4.
The MFC-L8610CDW features a 250-sheet capacity paper tray that adjusts to hold letter or legal sized paper and a 50-sheet capacity multi-purpose tray for envelopes and thicker media. Get additional paper capacity by adding up to three optional 250-sheet trays (LT-330CL) to expand capacity to a total of 1,050-sheets, minimizing time consuming paper refills.
At Brother, we provide dependable, business-class solutions to help enhance productivity, increase efficiency and reduce costs. In 2018, Brother Printers and All-in-Ones were recognized as #1 for Reliability and #1 for Overall Satisfaction for the fourth year in a row in the PCMag.com Business Choice Awards, an annual reader-driven survey on hardware, software, and services used in business environments.
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package com.chenlian.perfectsecurity.activity;

import com.chenlian.perfectsecurity.R;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener;
import android.widget.Toast;

/**
 * 第四个引导页界面
 * @author lian
 *
 */
public class GuideSetup4 extends BaseGuideSetup {
	private Button btn_pre;
	private Button btn_next;
	private SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences;
	private CheckBox cb_isProtected;

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_guardsetup4);

		mSharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences("config", MODE_PRIVATE);

		btn_next = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_next4);
		btn_pre = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_previous4);
		cb_isProtected = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.cb_isprotected);

		//初始化复选框
		if (mSharedPreferences.getBoolean("protect", false)) {
			cb_isProtected.setText("您已经开启防盗保护");
			cb_isProtected.setChecked(true);
		}else {
			cb_isProtected.setText("您尚未开启防盗保护");
			cb_isProtected.setChecked(false);
		}

		cb_isProtected.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {

			@Override
			public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
				// 是否开启防盗保护
				if (isChecked) {
					cb_isProtected.setText("您已经开启防盗保护");
					mSharedPreferences.edit().putBoolean("protect", true).commit();
				}else {
					cb_isProtected.setText("您尚未开启防盗保护");
					mSharedPreferences.edit().putBoolean("protect", false).commit();
				}
			}
		});

		//点击按钮进入防盗界面
		btn_next.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				enterNext();
			}
		});

		//点击按钮进入第三个引导页
		btn_pre.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				enterPrevious();
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * 进入下一个界面
	 */
	@Override
	public void enterNext() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		Toast.makeText(GuideSetup4.this, "设置完成!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
		mSharedPreferences.edit().putBoolean("setup", true).commit();
		startActivity(new Intent(GuideSetup4.this, GuardActivity.class));
		GuideSetup4.this.finish();
		overridePendingTransition(R.anim.next_in_tran, R.anim.next_out_tran);
	}

	/**
	 * 进入上一个界面
	 */
	@Override
	public void enterPrevious() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		startActivity(new Intent(GuideSetup4.this, GuideSetup3.class));
		GuideSetup4.this.finish();
		overridePendingTransition(R.anim.previous_in_tran, R.anim.previous_out_tran);
	}
}


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KTH: New report on Fast and Furious errors
A report by House and Senate Republicans outlines who is responsible for mistakes in the Fast and Furious gun program.
Post by: Anderson Cooper
Filed under: Fast and Furious • Keeping Them Honest
Chaffetz: DOJ fingerprints on gun program
A scathing GOP report blasts the ATF over its Fast & Furious gun program in Mexico. The Justice Department fires back. Anderson Cooper talked about the uproar with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, a member of the House Oversight Committee. He says both the ATF and DoJ are responsible.
Filed under: Fast and Furious
Exclusive interview with Brian Terry's family
U.S. border patrol agent Brian Terry's family spoke out to Anderson Cooper exclusively about the Justice Department's recent unsealing of indictments in the shootout that resulted in his death. They also react to the government investigation into the "Fast and Furious" ATF operation.
Filed under: Anderson Cooper • ATF • Brian Terry • Exclusive • Fast and Furious
Courtesy Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Tonight on AC360: $1M Bounty for Suspected U.S. Border Agent Killers
We have an exclusive interview tonight with the mother and cousin of murdered U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry, who was killed in connection with the disputed ATF gunning-running investigation known as "Operation Fast and Furious."
On Monday, 12 days after the U.S. House held Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to release documents related to the operation, an indictment was unsealed in federal court that charges five men in the 2010 death of Agent Terry.
The FBI is offering up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest of four of the accused, who are believed to be in Mexico. The fifth suspect is already in custody.
Keeping them Honest, there are questions about why the Justice Department waited eight months to go public with the indictments.
Post by: Maureen Miller
Rep. Mica calls for Holder resignation
Rep. John Mica tells CNN's John King that Eric Holder has brought "shame and disgrace" to the Department of Justice.
Post by: John King
New 'Fast and Furious' investigation
CNN's Soledad O'Brien and Rep. John Mica discuss an article that casts doubt on his perception of the ATF's "Fast and Furious" operation.
Post by: Soledad O'Brien
Katherine Eban: Truth about 'Fast and Furious'
"Fortune" magazine reporter Katherine Eban says her investigation found the truth about the ATF's "Fast and Furious" operation.
KTH: Congress vs. Dept. of Justice on Fast and Furious
Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to give more documents to a House committee investigating Fast and Furious. President Obama invokes executive privilege, and the committee votes that Holder be cited for contempt of Congress. Anderson Cooper is Keeping Them Honest.
Rep. Gowdy: Obama's use of executive privilege absurd
Rep. Gowdy says Pres. Obama shouldn't use executive privilege to withhold "Fast and Furious" documents because he had no role in the botched operation.
Executive privilege explained
Jeffrey Toobin says executive privilege is about protecting internal deliberations inside the executive branch. The President needs to be able to consider policy options with his advisors without worrying they will be subpoenaed to disclose what they discussed.
Filed under: Fast and Furious • Jeffrey Toobin • President Barack Obama


It is very important that you understand the manner in which search algorithms work, how search engines crawl and index various websites and the ways in which search engines treat the intentions of users.
Apart from all these, you also need to understand the strong connection between Machine Learning and search.
Before you go into understanding the impact between these two concepts, you need to know what Machine Learning is all about.
Machine Learning is a technology that is employed in every segment of any system linked to major search engines like Bing or Google.
After having learnt about Machine Learning (ML), you will now be informed about the various applications of this technology especially with regard to search engines.
It is an interesting piece of trivia to learn that ML can be applied to everything that demands the recognition of search queries. Through ML, it becomes a breeze to understand the search query that is keyed in by the user on the address bar. Here are a couple of instances that explain the significance of ML to search queries.
You should know that search engines operate through a number of classifiers that work on a search query. ML can help differentiate between a navigational query as against an informational query or a transactional query, news query in contrast to a local intent query or a shopping query.
It is a common phenomenon for you to notice a list of suggestions that show up on your screen after you start keying in the first few alphabets of your search string. This is the gift from ML to search.
ML helps search engines to use synonyms that can expand the query keywords, ultimately increasing the set of search results.
It is very important for search engines to furnish search results after understanding the primary intent of the user through Word-Sense Disambiguation techniques. For example: if 'ice cream' is the search word, should the search engine provide results relating to "ice cream parlours near me", or "ice cream cake" or ice cream recipe". Or should it furnish results for all the 3 options? That means, ML helps Google or Bing to satisfy a user's intent by showing up options that are in sync with the most-frequently used search terms in the past.
You should know that search engines operate through multiple ranking phases that take place in a sequence. These are: initial retrieval, primary ranking, and contextual ranking along with personalized ranking. ML through the Learning to Rank application can be effectively used to provide ranks to all these different phases.
Anything that can be done to understand a search result can be possible through ML. That means, you can recognize the various types of pages whether it is a news site, a forum or a blog. You can detect spam and junk along with the identification of inferior-quality URLs. To explain this, as a user of any email system you are deriving the benefits of ML when it effectively blocks 99.99% of all the spam mails.
ML also steps in to perform Sentiment Analysis. This is an automatic process to identify whether a user-text is positively, negatively or neutrally inclined to a particular event, topic, person or product.
ML also helps you to detect various entities including places or people that show up on a web page and the relationships between them.
ML helps to analyze the link structure of your site so that it can show up shortcuts which are called as Sitelinks. Through these links, users will be able to navigate your site without wasting time on unnecessary pages and immediately land on a page that they are looking for.
ML provides Related Searches and also offers Knowledge Graph Data for some search engines.
Through ML, crawlers can identify the importance of a particular URL depending on the number of updates it went through and then come up with an optimal rate to crawl that URL.
All the above features are available to search through the "intelligent" technology called Machine Learning which can be imagined as a Google Engineer. It is through this unseen Google Engineer that every web surfer can adjust what he/she sees before the search is made on a particular device.


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River History
River Trips
The Ocklawaha
Experience Ocklawaha River's Rich History while Canoeing or Kayaking with the Ocklawaha Canoe Outpost
With so much in Florida changed by man through development, growth and the influx of residents, one wonders what the true Florida looked like. Fortunately, some areas of Florida have been saved from man's intrusion. The middle portion of the Ocklawaha River is one such place. The 110-mile long river originates in several lakes near the center of the state and flows northward along the edge of the Ocala National Forest before it joins the St. Johns River south of Palatka. The Ocklawaha forms the western and northern boundaries while St. Johns forms the eastern boundary of the Ocala National Forest.
"It is grand, impressive, strangely tropical - now fairylike and charming, and again, weird and wild." - Frances DeVore in Florida
Having been saved from the effects of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal much of the Ocklawaha is, as it was hundreds of years ago, in its pristine natural beauty, totally unmarred by restaurants, marinas, gas pumps, or waterfront homes. Early in the morning, mist rises over spring-fed streams. Clear water runs gently through semi-tropical forests and moss-draped trees. Canoeists wind through narrow waterways lined with gnarly cypress, swamp maples, and sable palms. Occasionally, the river widens into lily pad-filled ponds.
Not many people think of dense forests and tree-canopied rivers when they think of Florida. The canopied Ocklawaha River is wild enough to have bobcats, deer, and black bears along its shore, otters swimming the channels and side creeks and wild turkeys strutting along the banks and roosting in the tall cypress. It is home to more than 100 species of fish, 200 varieties of birds, and 300 different mammals. There is no better way to enjoy this beautiful river than in a day or overnight canoe trip right through the heart of the river.
ocklawahacanoeoutpost@gmail.com
15260 NE 152nd Pl
Fort McCoy, FL 32134, USA
Wednesday - Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Closed Tuesdays (available for accommodations check in)
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I hit my favourite Estee Lauder counter recently, and the SA showed me the Pure Color Envy Sculpting lipsticks, which were launched earlier this year. There are 20 shades in this range of pigmented, moisturising lippies. While I swear by the Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Lip Duos seen here, I was intrigued enough to pick one. I tried out three other testers as well - Insatiable Ivory, Intense N*de and Rebellious Rose, but she did not have two of those in stock and I was on the fence about the third, so I had to settle for shade 410 Dynamic. I have asked her to let me know when they turn up. I also picked up a couple of samples, which I will show you along with the other products I bought.
Here is my review and swatch of the Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick in shade 410 Dynamic.
The signature navy blue and gold external box contains a metallic, heavy navy blue tube, which comes with metallic closure and a gold metal plating on either end, as you can see.
The packaging is luxe but definitely not over the top. Classy. Are you reading this, Rouge d'Armanis?
Don't ask me why these are "Sculpting" lipsticks. The SA thought it was because they sculpted out the shape of the lips. Possible. But I think it is because Estee Lauder says this contains multi-faceted pigments that bring out the definition of the lips.
The formula is, without a doubt, the creamiest of creamy lipsticks. But not as meltable as Too Faced La Cremes. Not as sheer as Benefit Hydra Smooth Lip Colors or YSL Rouge Voluptes. Not as waxy as Bobbi Browns. Just plain, good old-fashioned creamy. Think of a less... runny, just a tad thicker, version of Lancome Rouge in Love lipsticks, with a LOT more pigmentation.
These do not contains parabens.
Pigmentation is brilliant in one swipe. You don't need to bother about building up coverage. These do not bleed and I do not use lip liner. Staying power? Definitely not a greasy meal. Maybe a few biscuits or a light sandwich. Without eating or drinking, these will last through four or five hours.
There are 20 shades in this range. Dynamic, as you must have guessed from the mere fact that I bought it, is a medium dusty pink. No surprises there.
This is just the one swipe, in natural, but very cloudy, daylight.
On-lips swatches next. Please ignore the mild milia on the lower lip, a result of a new-fangled product which I will show you soon. The point is to show you the shade, not to show off my imperfect lips.
The Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipsticks are going to be some of those classic, cult must-have lipsticks over time. These are right up there with my favourite creamy, non-liquid, bullet-lipsticks: Lorac Pro Mattes (Lorac has better staying power, though), Too Faced La Cremes, Lancome Rouge in Love and Benefit Hydra Smooth Lip Colors. Somehow, I love these much more than Givenchy Le Rouge - possibly because the similarities in Le Rouge's subtle shades is getting to me? - and the Rouge d'Armanis, which I need to show you. The Pure Color Envy lipsticks are just ahead of the Chanel Rouge Allure Velvets and Bobbi Brown Lip Colors in my mind.
I definitely want Intense Nyude in this range, which is a beautiful rosy brown neutral, and Insatiable Ivory, which is a rusty/cupric neutral brown. Maybe Rebellious Rose as well, though the latter is a couple of shades deeper, which means I am on the fence for now.
My giveaway ends in a couple of hours, if you want to enter!


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Abandoned Baby Giraffe Befriended by Dog in Africa Dies
Should Fresno Unified Use PLAs to Build Schools?
Stolen Away: Brooklyn Pitcher Recalls '51 Sign-Stealing Scam
California Is a Wondrous Place. I'm Leaving.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump Distorts Data, Dems Cut Some Corners
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Smokers, Do Not Apply: U-Haul Won't Hire Some Nicotine Users
NEW YORK — U-Haul has a New Year's resolution: Cut down on hiring people who smoke. The states where U-Haul's new policy will take affect are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachuset...
Juul Stops Advertising E-Cigarettes, Replaces CEO
Juul Labs is halting all U.S. advertising of its e-cigarettes and replacing its CEO amid a nationwide backlash against vaping. The largest e-cigarette maker also said Wednesday it won't fight a sweeping ban ...
Tulare Vaping Death Reported. Gov. Newsom Launches Campaign to Warn of Dangers.
SACRAMENTO — A death related to the use of e-cigarettes was confirmed in Tulare County on Monday. On the same day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California will spend $20 million on a public awareness campaign...
Feds Blast Juul Over Claims E-Cigs Safer Than Smoking
WASHINGTON — Federal health authorities on Monday blasted vaping company Juul for illegally pitching its electronic cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking and ordered the company to stop making unproven claims for its products. The Food and Drug Admin...
Study Suggests E-Cigarette Flavorings May Pose Heart Risk
WASHINGTON — E-cigarettes aren't considered as risky as regular cigarettes, but researchers have found a clue that their flavorings may be bad for the heart. Longtime smokers who can't kick the addiction som...
Juul Halts Store Sales of Some Flavored E-Cigarettes
NEW YORK — The nation's leading e-cigarette maker is halting store sales of some flavors to deter use by kids. "We don't want anyone who doesn't smoke, or already use nicotine, to use Juul products. We certa...