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Historical Istanbul Guide
SULTANAHMET SQUARE
DİVANYOLU – ÇEMBERLİTAŞ – NURUOSMANİYE
BEYAZIT – SÜLEYMANİYE
FATİH – EDİRNEKAPI – ZEYREK
CANKURTARAN – KÜÇÜKAYASOFYA – KUMKAPI
EMİNÖNÜ – SİRKECİ – KARAKÖY
THE GOLDEN HORN – (HALİÇ)
ŞİŞLİ – NİŞANTAŞI
BOSPHORUS (BOĞAZ) – THE PRINCES ISLANDS (ADALAR)
BIG SHOPING CENTERS
CULTURE – ART AND ENTERTAINMENT
TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS
HEALTH& ESTETIC
PLASTIC and AESTHETIC SURGERY
MOUTH TEETH HEALTH & IMPLANT TREATMENT
EXIBITION & CONCERT
TAKSiM HOTELS
SİRKECİ HOTELS
DİVANYOLU ÇEMBERLİTAŞ NURUOSMANİYE HOTELS
KADIKÖY HOTELS
AKSARAY HOTELS
BEYAZIT HOTELS
KUMKAPI HOTELS
FATİH HOTELS
LALELİ HOTELS
DIVANYOLU ÇEMBERLITAŞ NURUOSMANIYE
Divanyolu (the Way of the Council) took its name from "divan-› hümayun" (the council of ministers), which met in Topkap› Palace. The members of this council used this road while going to and from the palace.
On the Divanyolu, the "main street" of the Empire, there are various remnants of the Roman and Ottoman Empires. The Divanyolu was the beginning point of the Mese, meaning the main street of this city was built as part of Eastern Rome by the Emperor Constantine. On this main street, in Çemberlitş, Beyazıt and Aksaray, there were squares then like today. In Aksaray, this main street bifurcated; the south end extended towards Yedikule and the north one to Edirnekapı. The Ottomans preserved the street between Beyazıt and Sultanahmet, and called it the Divanyolu since the viziers, soldiers and other officials passed on this way on their way to or from the Divanı Hümayun (Council of Ministers) in the Palace. Because Janissaries also passed this way, later the part between Çemberlitş-Beyazıt was named after them.
Hacı Beşir Ağa Fountain
The water, kept in reservoirs and cisterns by the Byzantines was brought into use by means of public fountains, fountains, pools, and dykes after the Conquest. At that time, wealthy people were virtually competing to go down in history and to acquire merits by building extremely beautiful charitable structures such as these waterworks.
Built In 1745, Beşir Ağa Public Fountain Is among 14 fountains Besir Aga built. It is one of the most beautiful examples of this architectural style. The Divanyolu starts from the point where this public fountain and the Million Stone stand.
Köprülü Külliyesi
The Koprulu Kulliye is located on the Divanyolu. It was built by Köprülü Mehmet Pasha In 1661. The masjid, madrasah, tomb, fountain, public fountain, library, inn, and shops were placed in a wide area. The big Inn in this small complex shows us that this part was developed commercially in the 17th century. The masjid with eight corners also served as a classroom as a feature of the time. Arcaded and domed rooms of the madrasah surround the masjid in an L-shape. The tomb has eight corners. These corners were supported by pillars. The spaces between the arches are bronze latticed. Here Köprülü Mehmet Pasha, Fazl Ahmet Pasha and Ayfle Han›m were also buried. The fountain is on the wall of masjid facing the street.
Tomb and Cemetery of Sultan Mahmud The Second
This tomb is located on the corner where the Divanyolu and Bab›ali Street intersect in Çemberlitafl. It was built by Abdülmecit in 1840 for his father Mahmut the Second.
The architect was Karabet Balyan. It was built by Ohannes Da€yan and Bo€os Da€yan, in 1840. Later Sultan Abdülaziz and Sultan Abdülhamit the Second were also buried in the tomb of Sultan Mahmud the Second. The tomb is a simple structure in the empire style in an octagonal shape and in a European style. Accessed by steps, the tomb has eight corners and its dome was decorated with garlands and flowers. The interior of the structure is surrounded by marble calligraphy by Mehmet Haflim. It includes a public fountain and a cemetery as well. The tomb of Sultan Mahmud the Second has interesting features with its dome, ensigns and window bars which are distinctive examples of forged iron.
After the conquest of Istanbul, Çemberlitafl was one of the most important and popular districts during the Ottoman era. The settlement included wooden houses and historical buildings but was damaged by frequent fires. Most of them have survived until today through restoration but unfortunately many of them were destroyed.
(Column of Constantine)
Because of the capital city changed from Rome to Constantinople in A.D. 330, the Column of Constantine in Çemberlitafl was erected in the middle of a big oval area located on the second hill of the city in honor of Constantine. The area, known as the Forum of Constantine, was surrounded by galleries with columns. Çemberlitafl has also been known as the burnt pillar. It is now shorter than its original form. There used to be a statue of Constantine the Great posing like the sun god on top of the column. The porphyry blocks of the pillar were wrapped with iron rings because it had cracked over time due to fires. The marble capital dates from the 12th century, and the built up part below dates from the 18th century. It was believed that there was a small room at the bottom including relics from early Christianity. The main way passing by it has been used since Constantine the Great.
Atik Ali Pasha Külliyesi
(Social Complex)
Located on Janissary Street in Çemberlitafl, Atik Ali Pasha Social Complex is one of the oldest Ottoman works in ‹stanbul. It was built by Grand Vizier Had›m Atik Ali Pasha in 1496. It has a mosque, madrasah and tomb but its imaret, caravanserai and lodge have not survived to the present day. Atik Ali Pasha Mosque was made of kufeki ashlars in an upside-down T plan. At the skirts of the great dome, which is 24 m high and 12.50 m. wide, there are 16 windows. The dome stands on four giant pillars. This dome is supported by four small domes and a giant half dome from the mihrab (chancel) side. The mihrab and mimbar (pulpit) were made of white marble. The congregation pew has 5 domes. There is a single balcony minaret on the right. There is an unknown tomb and some marble graves from the 17th century in its enclosed graveyard. The madrasah is on the opposite side of the mosque.
Koca Sinan Pasha Public Fountain
Koca Sinan Pasha is known as the conqueror of Yemen and Tunis. There are a tomb, madrasah and public fountain in the social complex. The architect was Davut Ağa. The grave stones in the social complex are significant. It has a distinctive octagonal. public fountain with a wide conical roof. It was based on a marble platform which is a half meter high and has pillar capitals decorated with muqarnases, wrought iron, and five water spigots from five windows.
Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha Külliyesi (Social Complex)
Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha Public Fountain
Protruding as if it were challenging the construction plan, the public fountain of Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha Social complex, built In Çarfl›kap› in 1684, is one of the biggest, the most beautiful and the latest of the classical public fountains.
Istanbul Conquest Society Yahya Kemal Institute
Active for 55 years, the Istanbul Conquest Society is one of the longest established foundations of the historical peninsula. At the beginning, its name was the 500th Conquest Anniversary and later the Istanbul Celebration Society, including the Yahya Kemal and Istanbul Institutes. The society bought the rights to Yahya Kemal's private belongings after his death and built the Yahya Kemal Institute.
Nuruosmaniye Caddesi
This street is located in Cağaloğlu and witnessed many important events in Ottoman history. Along this street, there are still many carpet shops, jewelry stores and souvenir shops. It is a frequented by many tourist groups and is one of the major centers of Istanbul. The street leads to the Grand Bazaar.
Nuruosmaniye Mosque and Külliyesi
This mosque is at the entrance of the Grand Bazaar. The complex was started in 1749, during the reign ofSultan Mahmud the First, but could not be completed until 1755. The architect of the complex was Sinan Kalfa. It is composed of a baroque style mosque, madrasah, imaret, library, tomb, fountain, and public fountain. Also, a few shops nearby belong to it. The Nuruosmaniye Mosque has a distinctive place in Ottoman mosque architecture. It is an absolutely unique baroque style masterpiece especially with its three dimensional stone decorations. It has only one dome with thirty windows at the skirt. The mosque is lit with 174 windows. The scriptures on the dome and walls are the most significant elements as interior decoration. It has two minarets with two balconies.
For the first time, stone ensigns instead of lead were used on top of these minarets. The madrasah and the imaret are located on the north of the mosque, so when it is entered from the Grand Bazaar side they are on the right. The position of these altogether forms a crescent shape. The public fountain is on the right of the complex entrance gate. The fountain and public fountains were dominated by the baroque style. The tomb and library stand behind the sultan's pew. The Nuruosmaniye Library, located in the mosque courtyard together with its elegant building, is still serving readers with its precious handwritten work. It includes almost 7.600 valuable books.
PIYER LOTI
Pierre Loti was born in Rochefort, France in1850. He became a naval officer in 1873 after finishing Maritime School. He came to Istanbul In 1876 as a naval officer and stayed for almost eight months. Pierre Loti wrote that he was fascinated by this city and found the real peace here he was seeking. Loti fell in love with Istanbul and an Ottoman girl. He was always a beloved friend of the Turks and the Turks have always known and remembered his friendship. Pierre Loti rented a house in Hasköy first but later began to reside on the Divanyolu.
The street where his house was and a café around the Eyüp Graveyard were named after him.
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Q: Using Service to carry out operation - asynchronous tasks I have a bound service which I have setup in a Library module which I have created.
My issue would be simple if this was not a library module, as I need things to be dynamic for others.
The current app uses the library module to search and create connections via Wifi-Direct between two phones (no problems so far).
My issue is now my application (which I am testing to make sure the library module is not missing anything) does not know when the two phones have "connected".
I have tried a while loop to keep requesting contents and looping until it is not null, this will technically work? however i have had no luck with this.
I was thinking of implementing a wait function but this would be a last resort!
I am using the android guide to create my library Link

The Actual Problem
I am trying to get information on the connection to display to the user, obviously if the connection is yet to be established it will be null! thus causing me issues.
One solution I have found is to step through and manually wait until the other phone has accepted the connection and is successfully connected then carry on to request information etc..
Please let me know if any questions as this is very confusing I know!

A: Updated:  You will want to use sendBroadcast() in your library to send an intent to your app when your library detects a successful P2P connection.  You will probably want to receive the intent in your app only if there is an Activity currently open. See new code below:
See that this was added to case where there is a P2P connection established, note that you should replace com.yourapp.example with your package name:
  Intent i = new Intent("com.yourapp.example.P2PCONNECTED");
  context.sendBroadcast(i);

Code to define the BroadcastReceiver in your library:
    WiFiDirectFilter = new IntentFilter(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION);
    WiFiDirectFilter.addAction(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_CONNECTION_CHANGED_ACTION);
    WiFiDirectFilterBroadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            String action = intent.getAction();

           Log.i("MyApp", action);

            if (WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(action)) {
                int state = intent.getIntExtra(WifiP2pManager.EXTRA_WIFI_STATE, -1);

                    if (state == WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_STATE_ENABLED) {
                        Log.i("MyApp", "WifiDirect WIFI_P2P_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION Enabled: true");
                        //WiFi Direct Enabled
                        //Do something....
                    }
                    else {
                        Log.i("MyApp", "WifiDirect WIFI_P2P_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION Enabled: false");
                        //WiFi Direct not enabled...
                        //Do something.....
                    }

            }
            else if (WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_CONNECTION_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(action)) {
                   NetworkInfo networkInfo = (NetworkInfo) intent.getParcelableExtra(WifiP2pManager.EXTRA_NETWORK_INFO);

                    if(networkInfo != null) {
                        boolean isWiFiDirectConnected = networkInfo.isConnected();
                        Log.i("MyApp", "WifiDirect WIFI_P2P_CONNECTION_CHANGED_ACTION Connected: " + );
                        if (isWiFiDirectConnected){
                           //WiFi Direct connected!
                           //Send Broadcast to your app
                           Intent i = new Intent("com.yourapp.example.P2PCONNECTED");
                           context.sendBroadcast(i);
                        }
                        else{
                           //WiFi Direct not connected
                           //Do something

                        }
                    }

            }
        }
    };

Then in any activity or fragment in your app, you would want to register in onResume() and unregister in onPause(), see code below:
 @Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    IntentFilter iFilter= new IntentFilter("com.yourapp.example.P2PCONNECTED");
    //iFilter.addAction("someOtherAction"); //if you want to add other actions to filter
    this.registerReceiver(br, iFilter);
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
    this.unregisterReceiver(br);
    super.onPause();
}

private BroadcastReceiver br = new BroadcastReceiver() {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        String action = intent.getAction();
        if (action.equals("com.yourapp.example.P2PCONNECTED")){
             this.runOnUiThread(mUpdateP2PStatus);
        }
    }

};

private final Runnable mUpdateP2PStatus= new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
      //TODO: Update your UI here
    }
};

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Legacy Capital Advises on Lynch Biologics' Acquisition of GEM 21S® from Luitpold Pharmaceuticals.
HomeTransactionsLegacy Capital Advises on Lynch Biologics' Acquisition of GEM 21S® from Luitpold Pharmaceuticals.
New Orleans, LA – September 28, 2018 – Legacy Capital (www.legacycapital.com), an advisory firm specializing in investment banking for private companies, is pleased to announce that its client, Lynch Biologics, LLC ("LBIO") (www.lynchbiologics.com) has closed on a transaction with Luitpold Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("LPI"), under which LBIO has acquired all rights relating to GEM 21S® Growth Factor Enhance Matrix, and certain additional assets related to LPI's dental regeneration business. The transaction transfers all ownership rights to LBIO for the global commercialization of GEM 21S®, including the downstream formulation, fill and finish manufacturing rights. LYNCH Biologics will market the GEM 21S® product together with a suite of complementary regenerative biologic products direct to oral surgeons, periodontists and implant dentists through its cranio-maxillofacial division.
The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Legacy Capital helps create value for owners of private companies with its depth of knowledge and technical execution expertise in mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and general financial advisory. Legacy Capital also provides valuation opinions and complex litigation support services.
Legacy Capital is a trade name for Legacy Capital, LLC and Legacy Capital Fund, Inc., a FINRA registered broker-dealer and SIPC member firm. www.legacycapital.com.
About LYNCH Biologics LLC
Lynch Biologics ("LBIO" or "the Company"), is a biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine, using special bioactive proteins to give healthcare providers treatment options for patients who are experiencing a variety of demanding healing challenges, from diabetic foot ulcers to major dental surgeries and everything in between… quite literally from head to toe. This mission is being achieved through commercialization of innovative biologics, biomaterials and cell therapies acquired via M&A, licensing and internal R&D. Commercialization is through a direct sales force in the U.S. and licensing partners worldwide. The Company currently has four areas of focus, improving healing of wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers and post-surgical wound complications, dental/craniofacial bone and soft tissue regeneration, supplying of protein growth factors used in the manufacturing of mesenchymal stem cell therapies and globalization of its businesses. Dr. Sam Lynch, LBIO founder and CEO, is the founder and former CEO of BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. He is the inventor of the technology and led the team that successfully achieved marketing approval in the U.S. and internationally for GEM 21S® and Augment Bone Graft.
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Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a group company of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. of Japan. Since 1994, Luitpold has been proudly marketing bone grafting and tissue regeneration products used by dental professionals throughout the world through its Osteohealth division. The company's overriding goal is to develop and distribute, with professionalism and integrity, products of the highest quality that have been scientifically and clinically proven to enhance patient care.

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Wonder Woman 1984 opening here Dec 17, before US release
Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984WARNER BROS
LOS ANGELES – Superhero movie Wonder Woman 1984 will debut simultaneously in US theatres and on the HBO Max streaming service starting on Christmas Day, an unusual release plan prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Warner Bros studio said on Wednesday that the US$200 million (S$269 million) blockbuster sequel to the 2017 film will be shown in cinemas outside the US, where HBO Max is not available, starting on Dec 16.
It is currently scheduled to open in Singapore cinemas on Dec 17.
"For a movie of this scale, this is unprecedented," WarnerMedia chief executive Jason Kilar said in a blog post explaining why the company decided to provide the movie in homes and theatres at the same time.
Movies typically play exclusively in cinemas for roughly 75 days before they become available elsewhere.
An action spectacle starring Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman 1984 had originally been scheduled to reach cinemas in June 2020.
Movie Review: Locked Down
But Hollywood studios delayed most of their summer blockbusters until 2021 as the virus has kept many theatres in key markets closed, devastating theatre operators including AMC Entertainment and Cineworld Group Plc.
Wonder Woman 1984 was moved several times and is the last big-budget action film on the 2020 schedule.
Director Patty Jenkins, who had pushed for a theatrical release, supported the plan.
"At some point you have to choose to share any love and joy you have to give, over everything else," Jenkins wrote on Twitter.
"We truly hope that our film brings a little bit of joy and reprieve to all of you this holiday season."
Gadot said the move "wasn't an easy decision".
"We never thought we'd have to hold onto the release for such a long time," she tweeted. "But Covid rocked all of our worlds."
Kilar said he believed the strategy would benefit fans, theatre operators and the company, "in the form of fan response both theatrically and via HBO Max in the US".
The company is trying to attract new subscribers to HBO Max, a US$15-per-month subscription launched in May to compete with Netflix.
It is unclear how many people will head to theatres during the Covid-19 pandemic when they can watch Wonder Woman 1984 in their living rooms.
Theatres in Los Angeles and New York, the biggest US moviegoing markets, remain closed. Cinemas open in other areas have limited ticket sales and taken other steps to prevent transmission of the virus. - REUTERS


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'Invisible' retired workers demand greater pension rights
Tony Collins, Chairman of the ESB Retired Staff Association National Executive, at his home in Co Kildare. Photo: PA Images.
By Michelle Devane, PA
Pensioners are calling on the Government to "give them a voice" and back a proposed new law seeking to hand retired workers greater rights over their pensions.
Tony Collins said changes to the law were needed as former workers do not have any place to go with grievances when their pensions come under attack.
The chairman of the ESB Retired Staff Association, which represents 9,000 former workers, called on the Taoiseach to honour his commitment to representatives of retired semi-state organisations at a meeting in December 2019 that he would change the law to ensure greater rights for pensioners.
Once you become a pensioner in this country you lose your voice
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith introduced proposed legislation in the Dáil last week that aims to protect pensions of public, private and semi-state workers.
The Industrial Relations Provisions Bill 2020 would give retired workers' representation when changes are proposed to their existing pensions schemes and give them the right to take cases to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
It would also ensure retired workers would have a higher degree of negotiation than the trustee boards of schemes.
It has been backed by a number of retired groups.
Pension freezes
Mr Collins said the proposed legislation would be an "important step forward" for the rights of retired employees, which would assist them when their pensions come under attack.
"Once you become a pensioner in this country you lose your voice," he said.
"When you're working you have a voice with your employer, you have power, you've the right to withdraw labour.
"But when you become a pensioner you don't have a place to go with any grievance."
Former ESB workers were among hundreds of pensioners from public, semi-state and private sectors who took to the streets in a series of protests in recent years calling for an end to pension freezes and a change in the legislation.
Mr Collins said ESB pensioners are angry over pension freezes imposed over the past decade and being left out of negotiations that effect their livelihoods.
We should not be simply dismissed because we're no longer employees
"It is financially hurting people," he said.
"One might say inflation is low but if you haven't had an increase in 11 years it hits your back pocket. Pensioners are feeling the pinch."
Tony O'Connor, chairman of the RTÉ Retired Staff Association, said: "When you retire you become invisible.
"You have few options. You are powerless."
Mr O'Connor, who also chairs the Retired Semi-State Association, said RTÉ employees, like most semi-state organisation employees, are not entitled to the State pension and so are entirely reliant on the RTE pension which had not increased in the last 13 years.
"The purpose of the legislation is simply to amend the wording that covers pensions from employees to employees and former employees," he said.
"It is to make sure that pensioners have legal rights to have their voices heard.
"We should not be simply dismissed because we're no longer employees."
'Gross injustice'
People Before Profit's Bríd Smith said there have been huge attacks on pension schemes across the country over the past decade.
The Dublin South-Central TD said: "One particularly vicious aspect of these attacks is that workers who have paid into these schemes all their lives, and often been active members of their trade union fighting for improvement in these schemes, find that once they have left employment they have no say in any changes been made to their pensions.
"So, in case after case in recent years we find significant changes and cuts in pension payments and benefits with absolutely no say or input form the cohort most affected by these changes- retired workers themselves.
"This gross injustice has to be addressed and this Bill seeks to do so."
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Crystalline silicon has been proposed as a new test mass material in third generation gravitational wave detectors such as the Einstein telescope (ET). Birefringence can reduce the interferometric contrast and can produce dynamical disturbances in interferometers. In this work we use the method of polarization-dependent resonance-frequency analysis of Fabry-Perot-cavities containing silicon as a birefringent medium. Our measurements show a birefringence of silicon along the (111) axis of the order of Δ n ≈ 10-7 at a laser wavelength of 1550 nm and room temperature. A model is presented that explains the results of different settings of our measurements as a superposition of elastic strains caused by external stresses in the sample and plastic strains possibly generated during the production process. An application of our theory on the proposed ET test mass geometry suggests no critical effect on birefringence due to elastic strains.


I've been working in the Vernon lab for about a year now.
genetic variance that the rest of the group has identified.
expressing it in a standard cell line and then studying the functional implications.
these are known as induced pluripotent stem cells or IPSCs.
how an individual variant contributes to disease susceptibility.
work towards how to treat the patients to remove or fix the impairment.
IPSCs are a great tool for drug discovery.
And it's either to develop new drugs, so it's a way to screen in human cell ions.
another cell type that might be of interest for drug targeting.
You could also test efficacy of known drugs.
you can treat with different drugs and look for the desired response.
pretty well characterize where in speaking about cardiac electrophysiology.
your benefit, but that can also increase adverse effects.
also the risk profile of different drugs in this individual patient.
every individual to respond slightly differently to a certain drug.


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Q: How to use Popup control to show a view? I need to show a view on a click of a button. This is the code for the event Click
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Button s = sender as Button;
    //some stuff needed to recognise which button was pressed
    myPopup.PlacementTarget = s;
    myPopup.Placement = System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.PlacementMode.Top;
    myPopup.IsOpen = true;
}

this is the element defined in xaml
<Popup IsOpen="False" StaysOpen="True" Name="myPopup">
       <view:myCustomView />
</Popup>

I have 2 problem with this.
1- The background of my view is black, even if i didn't set it (i think it should be transparent?)
2- When i click anywhere inside the Popup, this simply disappear
Which is the proper way to show my view? I don't want to bind anything of the ViewModel that own the button to this new view, which has his own viewmodel
Note that on the event Button_Click i will send some parameters to the ViewModel of myCustomView that will change some of its functionality (that's why i need to create a new instance of the view every time the Button_Click event is fired)
EDIT 1: Thanks to the answer of EdPlunkett i was able to solve the problem with the background. I just need to set AllowsTransparency="True"
EDIT2:
I defined my Popup via Code Behind as suggested, so my code now is:
  private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            Button s = sender as Button;
            System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Popup popup = new System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Popup();
            popup.AllowsTransparency = true;
            popup.Child = new myCustomView();
            popup.PlacementTarget = s;
            popup.Placement = System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.PlacementMode.Top;
            popup.IsOpen = true;
            popup.StaysOpen = true;
        }

The problem is, that when i click inside any of the controls defined inside myCustomView, the Popup lose the focus and close.

A: I suspect that the Popup is defined inside another Popup like for example the dropdown of a ComboBox, right?
You could try to create the Popup element programmatically in the click event handler:
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Button s = sender as Button;
    System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Popup popup = new System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Popup();
    popup.AllowsTransparency = true;
    popup.Child = new myCustomView();
    //some stuff needed to recognise which button was pressed
    popup.PlacementTarget = s;
    popup.Placement = System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.PlacementMode.Top;
    popup.IsOpen = true;
    popup.StaysOpen = true;
}

This should let you click within the pop up view without the Popup being closed. Make sure that the view has a Background set:
popup.Child = new myCustomView() { Background = Brushes.White };

I tried your solution, and while it's true that the situation is slightly better, i still have the closing problem. I can click inside the Popup without this being closed, but when i click inside any of the textbox that i defined inside my view, the Popup close

So set the PlacementTarget to the parent ItemsControl and then set the VerticalOffset and HorizontalOffset properties of the Popup to specify its exact location on the screen, e.g.:
private void btn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Button s = sender as Button;
    System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Popup popup = new System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Popup();
    popup.AllowsTransparency = true;
    popup.Child = new myCustomView();
    //some stuff needed to recognise which button was pressed
    popup.PlacementTarget = ic; //<-- "ic" is the name of the parent ItemsControl
    Point p = s.TranslatePoint(new Point(0, 0), ic);
    popup.VerticalOffset = p.Y;
    popup.HorizontalOffset = p.X;
    popup.IsOpen = true;
    popup.StaysOpen = true;
}

You should adjust the values of the VerticalOffset and HorizontalOffset to fit your requirements.


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This session allows students to experience a role in Science Communication. By putting themselves in the role of and Education Presenter, they will critically analyse a sample interactive session, use their experience to influence a session of their own design and recognise the skills required to do so effectively. The activity works well as a revision lesson for any scientific curriculum and gives an ideal opportunity for students to consolidate their own learning of a topic by presenting it to others.
The session can be adapted to consolidate learning of a topic from any subject curriculum. GCSE English (Spoken language), Personal and Career Development
2 x 50 mins
Classroom requirements
Standard classroom space is required. For demonstrations, the ability to clear furniture to make space or access an alternative cleared space such as an empty classroom or hall, is beneficial Participants may also benefit from access to materials to create presentations e.g. PowerPoint, materials to create a poster, but this is not essential.
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Loughborough is committed to increasing the number of underrepresented groups entering Higher Education. As such, it is of paramount importance to us that we continue to demonstrate engagement with the following groups:
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All of the boxed resources are sent out with the materials required to support a class of up to 30 students, if the school booking is for a class size over 30, then this request will need to be agreed with a member of the SCL team. Please note, all boxes have a postage cost, and this will increase if the amount requested is greater, all schools are liable for the cost of postage of resources back to Loughborough University, unless otherwise agreed by a member of the SCL team. If you have any queries or concerns about postage costs, please contact the SCL team.
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SYSfastRandom called twice returns different values because it is modifying the seed value you pass in. To get the same value twice, reset the seed value after each call (or just use a temp var to hold the seed you pass in).
>basically to get a persistent random value based on a parameter.
>So something like rand($ID) .
>returns different values, so it is the usual random generator.
>numbers it returns the same values.
>Anybody knows how to do this in the HDK?


Barbra Streisand has apologized for her comments about Michael Jackson and Leaving Neverland last week.
Streisand made headlines when she seemed to come to Jackson's defense in a recent interview with The Times of London. The singer, who met Jackson on occasion during his career, had some criticism for Jackson's accusers, saying that they "were thrilled to be there" and that Jackson's alleged abuse did not "kill them." On Saturday, she spoke to PEOPLE, trying to clarify her comments.
Streisand went on to say that she had spoken too flippantly in her interview with The Times, and the quotes did not reflect her true feelings.
Even in her initial interview with The Times, Streisand noted that she "absolutely" believed Safechuck and Robson, the documentary's subjects, who both say they were sexually abused by Jackson.
Streisand noted that she had been asked to to a duet with Jackson once in the past, but she declined.
Streisand went on to say that she had "a combination of feelings" about the documentary. She pointed out how well Robson and Safechuck are doing today, feeling that it was a good sign.
Leaving Neverland is streaming now on HBO Go and HBO Now.


How do you get profit from the hospital bills and being the laughingstock of the neighborhood?
17. Set up a tent. Charge admission. Let people in to laugh at you for a few minutes. If they want longer, charge them again.
#40, that's why I think OP is gonna tell his friends something else. I want to hear both stories, but for the fake one I suggest a trip to the zoo gone bad.
Op should be like me. I have a black thumb of death. I can't keep a plant alive. Therefore, no need to water them.
If watering flowers is too dangerous for you I'd hate to see you do something crazy.. like jaywalking.
Come on people have you never played plants vs zombies? Those things are a entire home defense system.
The details are left out because the OP didn't want to get a lot of YDI clicks.
Please OP reply to #3?
70, that would depend on how big the plants are. Some people have huge potted plants that can be super heavy..
Wow. I would really like to see whether or not you would almost drown in your cereal bowl.
Actually, none of the details were given.
Actually, some of the details were given- we know what happened, we just don't know how.
hope you aren't one of those "yolo" people.
Mario knows all about those dangerous plants.


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Mianzhu () is a county-level city of Deyang, Sichuan province in Southwest China.

It has an area of  and a population of 510,000 in 2004.
The city was heavily damaged during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Fuxin No. two Primary School collapsed.

Administrative divisions

Mianzhu has 19 towns and two townships:

Towns
Jiannan ()
Dongbei ()
Xi'nan ()
Xinglong ()
Jiulong ()
Zhundao ()
Hanwang ()
Gongxing ()
Tumen ()
Guangji ()
Jinhua ()
Yuquan ()
Banqiao ()
Xinshi ()
Xiaode ()
Fuxin ()
Qitian ()
Shidi ()
Mianyuan ()

Townships
Qingping ()
Tianchi ()

Climate

Economic
Mianzhu is a symbolic place presenting the south-west cities which produce special products, such as the peal from Jiulong Mountain, a branch of Longmen Mountain. One of the most well-known wines around the country, even the world, is Jian Nan Chun, s kind of traditionally Chinese spirit with a history of 500 years. The quote of this company is "what you drink today is what was the Tang Dynasty Palace spirit". The value of JNC' products was at least above three million RMB each year. After 2008, in which year the big earthquake happened,the amount have been decreasing to 80 billion since numerous fundamental spirit used to season the taste was lost. Except this famous spirit factory, a dozen of relative smaller companies still work well, Jin Qi FU included.

Culture
Mianzhu New Year Painting is one of the four greatest New Year Paintings in China. Putting New Year Paintings on the front doors of a house is one of many traditional ways to celebrate Chinese Spring Festival in many parts of China. In one such painting, the artists use water colors to draw figures like Fu Wa, wishing the little boy could bring fortune and good luck to the entire family in the coming year. Recently, some New Year Painting workshops in Mianzhu are opened to the visitors and general public so that they could have a closer look at the entire process of how artists are actually making the New Year Painting.

Lingguan Tower blaze
Lingguan Tower complex of Nine Dragons Monastery in Jiulong town, the tallest pre-modern then standing wooden pagoda structure, was a 16-story gold covered pagoda from the Ming Dynasty that burned down on Dec 11, 2017. It was being renovated after the 2008 earthquake damaged it.

Sports

The Mianzhu Sports Centre Stadium is located in Mianzhu. It has a capacity of 10,000 and it is used mostly for association football.

References

External links
Official website of Mianzhu Government

County-level cities in Sichuan
Deyang

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Lynn A. Hinrichs Appointed to Midwest Region Board of Directors for INROADS, Inc.
Lewis Rice member Lynn A. Hinrichs was appointed to the Midwest Region Board of Directors for INROADS, Inc. For over 40 years, INROADS has helped businesses gain better access to diverse talent through continuous leadership development of excellent and diverse students and placement of those students in internships across North America's top organizations. As a member of the Midwest Region Board of Directors, Lynn will proactively work to ensure the success of the region. Her experience and talent will be valued assets to INROADS interns and alumni.
Lynn is knowledgeable in a variety of health care, corporate, insurance, and employee benefits matters. In her insurance practice, Lynn has extensive experience with acquisitions, strategic alliances, insurance holding companies, regulatory compliance, reinsurance, mandated benefits, operational issues, and self-insured arrangements. Additionally, she advises clients on a wide range of employee benefit matters relating to qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans, executive compensation, and non-qualified compensation and incentive plans.


Come and be part of our bush tucker community garden in Federal – helping out with weeding and care of the bush tucker trees. A great opportunity to learn about local bush tucker, garden care, chemical free bush regeneration. No experience necessary 9am-12 – drop in's very welcome! Bring some gloves, a hat digging tools if you have them and some water to drink. *supported by Santos Organics and Madhima Gulgan..


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Locusts, Jefferson, and Me—Living with a Promise
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One of the favorite places Beth and I used to sit and share in each other's lives was the swing on our front porch. Handcrafted by Amish Dutch in western Pennsylvania years ago, it was brought to our home by Mom Flick when she came to live with us in Mississippi following her diagnosis of terminal liver cancer in 1998. But since this past summer, that porch swing which has been a silent observer of so much of our family's history is now—for the most part—unoccupied, no longer witness to our hopes, dreams, and disappointments. While the patterns of life have enormously changed over the last three months, there is one thing that has not changed; I am still living with a promise! Living with a Promise
The Promise of GodLiving with a Promise
Not long after our accident that claimed the life of my precious wife, Beth, I selected a screen saver on my computer that allowed me to insert a portion of Scripture. The text I selected was taken from Joel 2:25a, which reads,
"And I will restore to you the years that the locusts hath eaten…"
For years, this brief passage cradled my wife's convictions concerning our lives and the future she believed the Lord was extending to us. Like so many other couples, she remembered the pain we had experienced in life's journey, and one of the means she used to offer me comfort and hope was to quote Joel 2:25a. As a loving godly spouse, she directly or indirectly evoked this promise from time to time, comforting me with the fact that the Lord's intent toward us was for good and not for evil, and that in God's timing faithfulness would receive its reward.
– Joel 2:25a
When seeking to understand God's promises, Christians must not look primarily to the historical unfolding of those promises. Rather, the believer must look steadily upon the character of the One who has made the pledge. Because God works "together for good to them that love God" (Romans 8:28), the true believer rests his hope upon the fact that no matter how much the locusts may devour, the Lord continues to labor for the good of His children. Given the character of our God, Christians may rest assured that when life's most treasured possessions are devoured by the locusts, our Lord—whether in this life or the life to come—will restore the years the locusts have devoured! And, those seeking to retain God's richest blessings prefer that God's promises be most fully realized in the life to come, where moth and rust do not destroy, nor do thieves break in and steal (Matt. 6:19-20).
Thomas Jefferson and His Wife
From early September, I have been involved in a local Grief Share group at a nearby church. Here I have learned much about what the Bible has to say about grief—something which even diligent students of Scripture may often neglect. One of the lessons I have learned is the importance of dealing honestly with grief. Many fail to understand what God has to say about this important subject, and as a result, are adversely affected throughout the rest of their lives.
One individual who appears to have allowed grief to adversely affect his life was one of America's most important founding fathers—Thomas Jefferson. Most Americans remember that Thomas Jefferson was the principle penman of America's Declaration of Independence, which Congress ratified on July 4, 1776. What most Americans are not aware of is the fact that Mr. Jefferson affirmed Christian orthodox teaching in October of that same year in a brief document remembered as his "Notes on Religion."[1]
Only a few years passed before Jefferson's faith began to waver. Personal tragedy appears to have been a cause in turning Jefferson away from the biblical Christian orthodoxy with which he composed the Declaration of Independence. In 1782, he lost both his wife and their new-born.[2] In 1784, Mr. Jefferson traveled to France where he was separated from his spiritual roots and subjected to the rampant irreligion of France and those influences that gave rise to the bloodletting of the French Revolution. Two years later he attended a Unitarian Church in London with John Adams.[3] From all indication, Jefferson's unorthodox beliefs arose out of an era of intense grief in which he began to doubt and deny central truths of Scripture.
My Faith Still Holds
Between Thomas Jefferson and me are many differences, not the least of which is each of our responses to the deaths of our wives. The historical record appears to indicate that Mr. Jefferson left the Solid Rock upon which true biblical convictions must be erected. But, the horrific tragedy of the death of my precious wife has not loosened my grip upon the truths taught in God's Word, but only strengthened it.
There is another significant difference between us. Mr. Jefferson, upon diverging from the teaching of the Bible, did not wish that his religious convictions be widely known to fellow Americans.[4] In the three months since our accident, both the question and answer of the Apostle Peter which he presented to Jesus in John 6:68 have repeatedly affirmed my faith: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
An empty swing is a painful reminder of what I no longer enjoy. Beth no longer greets me in the morning or bids me goodnight; she is not there to encourage and support me when life is unkind; despite this and a myriad of other pains inflicted by her absence, I resolutely affirm with the songwriter, "My faith still holds on to the Christ of Cavalry!"
I am still living with Beth's scriptural promise that the Lord will—in either time or eternity—restore what "the locusts hath eaten…"
Stephen A. Flick
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For Further Consideration
On Behalf of Our Family–Thank You!
A number of months ago while using a book that had been gifted to me from my Grandma Flick's personal library, I found a small handwritten note: "When my husband passed away, I sought the Lord and through my family and friends, He helped me." Soon after my discovery I gave it to my dad, knowing he would appreciate this sentimental find. I had forgotten about that little note until just a few days ago, when my dad pulled the same note out of his BRead more...
Beth's Dogwood Tree: A Ceremony of Remembrance
On a chilly Tuesday morning, December 11, 2018 with frost covering the ground, many of Beth's coworkers along with friends and Dr. Steve, gathered in the yard of ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) to dedicate a tree that had been planted to honor the memory of Beth Flick. Also joining us by way of Zoom video stream, were several of Beth's family members. We all watched as Dr. Steve was presented a plaque that will be placed at theRead more...
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Article Notes and Sources
[1] Stephen A. Flick, America's Founding Fathers and the Bible: A Select Study of America's Christian Origin (Clinton, Tennessee: Christian Heritage Press, 2018), 72-73.
[2] Mark A. Beliles and Jerry Newcombe, Doubting Thomas? The Religious Life and Legacy of Thomas Jeffersoni> (New York: MJ, 2015), 34.
[3] Beliles and Newcombe, Doubting Thomas?i>, 36.
[4] Thomas Jefferson et al., The Writings of Thomas Jefferson,i> 20 vols. (Washington, DC: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States, 1903-1907), 13:352.
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"The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man."
– Thomas Jefferson
Writings of Jefferson, 15:383
"You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are."
– George Washington
Writings of George Washington, 15:53-55
"The general principles, on which the [Founding] Fathers achieved independence, were the only principles in which, that beautiful assembly of young gentlemen could unite, and these principles only could be intended by them in their address... And what were these general principles? I answer, the general principles of Christianity..."
– John Adams
Diary and Autobiography, 3:233-34
When Congress Asked America to Fast, Pray, and Give Thanks
When the United States Capitol Was a Church
Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As Read more…
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To start with you couldn't have two more different locations to hear music in Paris – the vast, modern Phiharmonie de Paris is a combination of concert halls, restaurants and bars out near the Peripherique, and located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement. The concert hall itself was designed by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2015, seating 2,400.
although the music is absolutely beautiful and worth every minute of effort.
Probably the most memorable piece from Die Walkure is the Ride of the Valkeries, here with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Philharmonie de Paris. My favourite is Wotan's Farewell to Brunhilde, which comes right at the end of the opera. Here with Hans Knappertsbusch conducting the Bayreuth Orchestra with Hans Hotter as Wotan.
Getting to the Philharmonie to Paris is quite hard - unless you're being chauffer driven (!) you'll probably want to go on the Metro. So make sure you're wearing comfortable shoes.
The following evening was a mere short walk to the Teatre des Champs Elysees, which is as different a venue as you can imagine.
The concert contained Schumann Symphony No 1 (here conducted by Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic. and also Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (here with Dennis Matsuev conducted by Leonard Slatkin at The Tchaikovsky Music Hall in Moscow). This week's performance was conducted by Mariss Jansons and the Rachmaninov was played by Denis Matsuev. If you don't know the Rachmaninov you will almost certainly recognise the 18th variation, which is the most famous. Here it is played by Denis Matsuev.
I have to say that the Rachmaninov was to me the highlight of that evening.
Now for a seriously musical Easter I am off to the Easter Festival at Baden Baden via Illerhausern….. more to follow.


On a slightly less metaphysical note, we aspire to be the world's premiere online retreat marketplace–where all manner of retreats the world over can be easily found and purchased, and where our collective experience and resources can positively impact the livelihoods of those who have dedicated themselves to helping others find what they seekwhatever that might be.
Seek Retreat's secret sauce is an amalgam of business savvy, design panache, social awareness, networking skill, technological proficiency and entrepreneurial optimism, generously seasoned with honesty, humility, effort, gratitude, responsibility, knowledge, spirit, harmony, and irreverent humor and lightly peppered with hubris, defiance, individuality, craftiness and sass.
If your only experience with researching online retreats is with Seek Retreat, then congratulations, because you have somehow managed to avoid the virtual clusterf@#$ that used to represent that experience. Imagine, if you will, a barren digital landscape devoid of lustrous photos and ample, satisfying descriptions–only meager lines of text leading to desolate email contact forms or scant descriptions of shady addresses where one must actually mail a hand-written check! Once upon a time, a person needed to know exactly what teacher or venue they were searching for, and then had only the limited selection of retreats, and inadequate details that specific site had to offer, and virtually no modern way to pay for whatever retreat they were lucky enough to stumble upon. Only those plucky and/or desperate enough to cast their check into the abyss of the US Postal service in the hopes of extracting a transformative vacation experience were even afforded the slim chance of manifesting that goal via the internet.
Upon discovering the horrifying paucity of online resources that allowed one to easily find and book retreats, Alex and John set out to remedy this issue by creating a stylish, photo-driven, informative marketplace where travelers could easily seek, research, and book retreats with a modern convenience known as a credit card–all from one centralized online location, and where yogis would be proud to list their aggregated offerings.
As the fastest-growing online retreat marketplace, Seek Retreat is rapidly becoming the most trusted resource to seek, research and purchase your next yoga retreat. We represent the best yogis and most exquisite properties on earth, and are striving to make the online retreat transaction seamless, intuitive and fun. By giving the traveler a rich, immersive experience where they can ogle tantalizing photos of incredible retreats in exotic locales, read about the fascinating lives of the world's greatest instructors, and find useful and informative articles in our comprehensive journal–all while enjoying a safe, secure and simple shopping experience and taking advantage of the ability to add travel insurance to their retreat, Seek Retreat is changing the way yoga retreats are sought, taught and bought.
The simplest explanation of our mission is that we truly wish to be helpful. We want to help travelers by presenting them with simple, stylish, sophisticated and secure access to wonderful, healthful, transformative retreats. We even aspire to bring these experiences to new markets, and to encourage people to question whether their comparably priced Cancun booze cruise might be sacrificed for a vacation that leaves them feeling a bit more renewed and invigorated. For the yoga instructors, most of whom are small-business owners who struggle to make ends meet, we wish to help them grow their businesses by lending our expertise and assistance in making their retreat experiences as seamless, organized and fruitful as possible. Since retreats are potentially the most lucrative aspect of a yogi's business, if we can empower them to do more retreats per year, while relieving administrative headaches, then everyone has succeeded. And finally, our platform allows for a very special niche product, the retreat center, to be precisely marketed to that group for which it was specifically built, and without whom it cannot function at optimal capacity.
We help travelers find and book their dream retreats.
We help yogis build their dream retreats by giving them all the tools and assistance they require.
We help venues market their unique properties to a very special customer–those for whom such spaces were purposely designed.
Seek Retreat is the one central hub which allows travelers, instructors and venues to find each other with efficiency and ease, so that students can find the ideal teacher building the best retreats at the most exquisite venues in the most beautiful places on earth.
If you're a retreat creator, instructor, or resort owner we are here to help. List your events, your property, or yourself, and connect with the world at large. We are not only here to help you find the people you want to connect with, but we are also here to help you look your best, and help you develop your business.


This episode of the Moose Turd Cafe was broadcast Feb 1, 2018 on EnlightenRadio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, WV.
The show is hosted by Mike Diesel and John Case and airs most weekday mornings at 6:30 AM.
Out call in line is 304-885-0708, our email is host@enlightenradio.org.
Eat a slice of Moose Turd Pie, and things will get better the rest of the day. Dining menu by Dr. Hannibal Lechter. The rest room WAS working, but Guv InJustice ruined it again.
1. Treason afoot -- Mike thinks the ax is gonna fall. But on who?
2. A speeding train full of jackass Republicans kills a trash truck driver.
3. Can someone put Pandora back in the box?
4. The truck driver was just the beginning: the Greenbrier plots mass murder.
5. Joe Manchin's 'New York Talk' dog whistle.


Our ebook, MY TESTIMONY: OUR JOURNEY TO AND THROUGH GOD'S HEALING, is on reduced sale for $2.99.
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June 30, 2011. The day after surgery to remove a second cancer in two plus years, I was being rousted out of my hospital bed to walk about a bit to help improve my recovery process. My bed had a stationary grip-bar movement assist overhead so I decided to use it to help the nurses help me get out of bed. "1…2…3! Arggggggggggggg! Count it all joy!!!" and they lifted me out of the bed and onto my feet.
A couple of weeks out of the hospital, my wife and I were in study around a subject taught by Apostle FKC Price. Part of his discussion included the above verse and the knowledge that all Christians must have that Jesus took our "stripes" (from Satan's whip); punishments, sins, death, and tribulations away when he gave his life for us. When trials and tribulations ("divers temptations,") come into our lives, that reality should make us joyfully face whatever comes, knowing that we already have been redeemed, we have but to accept and confess.
My wife commented, "Oh, you were just talking about that when you were in the hospital." "HUH?" was all I could muster. "When did I say something like that?" "You mean you don't remember saying that?" She went on to relate the story above. The more she talked; the memory came back to me.
During this journey to and through God's healing, I have learned many things. Primarily, when you study God's Word, you have multiple resources to call upon, consciously or subconsciously to help you get through. God always provides a way. I understand why I didn't remember the incident. I was hooked up to an "iv" with some serious drugs that day and many things are still fuzzy. I'm still learning about how to understand, access, and utilize God's promises. And how to accept and obey the Creator.
Chapter 2 (2007-2008)—I began working in February, 2007, forMaricopaCounty (Sharon had started working at Arizona State University the previous fall.) I enjoyed a great position in the Department of Transportation. My supervisor and his family were also "transplants" from Milwaukee.
Everything was going along until June when I had my first sinus infection since April '06. Something seemed a little different and I remember telling a co-worker that I was under some sort of attack. The infection lasted one week, then disappeared.
Again, everything was going great until mid-December. I was again ill. This time it seemed to be "the flu." I had body aches, fever, sneezing, etc. I was uncomfortable about a week. Things came back to "normal" until February 2008. Then the bottom began to fall out; In February, I started developing stomach and digestion problems. I was medically advised to take a "good" probiotic. By May, I was hospitalized. While there, my kidneys failed, but began working again before I was discharged. I went home knowing that something was not right. What an understatement!
Chapter 5 (2010-2011)—Checkups; Ever Increasing Faith Ministries; new primary care physician; PSA and Prostectomy!
There are a few other health things I want to share with you. Certain advances in medical/health care and advocacy were not known and/or practiced by most of us in the past. It is also true that all of us know of, or will know of someone suffering from spiritual/health dis-ease. It is very important to help yourselves/family/friends/others to understand how critical it is to be an active participant in your own care and recovery.
Always know who is giving you care-doctor, nurse, tech, anyone. Also make yourself aware of all diagnosis of your situation-in English, or your natural tongue, not "medical-speak." NEVER allow anyone to tell you that it is alright if you/your helper(s) don't understand or know what is going on. Don't' take any drugs until you know what they are and how they are expected to affect you.
Be aware of, and get copies of, all laboratory reports, clinical reports and anything that you or your representatives are asked to sign. Make sure your primary doctor is aware if you are not being treated by her/him. Of course, DO read everything before you sign. Someone in your family, circle, or colleague group has skills or knows someone with skills in the health care area.
Never hesitate to ask them questions, and ask HOW to ask questions of health care professionals. Educate yourselves to the factors of your situation. That will help you know what to ask and also when an answer "doesn't sound right." If you find yourself with difficult health care providers, or people who question why you have questions GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE! If you don't, you may wind up dead.
You can also find this ebook for $2.99, in limited formats at Barnes & Noble, BN.com; diesel ebookstore; kobo ebookstore.
We will be expanding this book in the future to reflect the Unmerited Grace and Favor the LORD, through JESUS CHRIST, has shown us since 2011.


Orange County Risk Management Assn. and SingerLewak present a seminar on the future of community banks. The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pacific Club, 4100 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Registration is necessary for the seminar, which is $50 in advance and $60 at door. To register, go to http://www.ocrma.org or call (714) 267-5281.
"Americans All," featuring music by retired Orange County Judge James P. Gray, plays at Vanguard University's Lyceum Theater, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. For showtimes and more information, visit vanguard.universitytickets.com.
Orange Coast College Transfer Day is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the campus quad, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Representatives from as many as 66 colleges and universities will be on hand at the free event, which will be open to the public.
Newport Beach Arts Commission is organizing a daylong trip to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. The chartered bus leaves at 9:30 a.m. from the parking lot at the Newport Beach Central Library branch, 1000 Avocado Ave., and returns around 4 p.m. Tickets cost $75 and include bus ride, lunch and private tour of the Norton Simon. It is necessary to pre-register for this event under "Museum Tours" at http://www.newportbeachca.gov.
Police Chief Tom Gazsi will be on hand to meet community members at a meeting of the Costa Mesa Republican Assembly. The event is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Dakota Room of the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park Ave. Tickets cost $5 but admission for first-time visitors is free.
Kurt Vile and the Violators perform at 9 p.m. at the Detroit Bar, 843 W. 19th St., in Costa Mesa. Tickets for the 21-and-older show are $15. For more information, go to http://www.detroitbar.com.
Violinist Sarah Chang performs with the Pacific Symphony at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Tickets start at $25 and performances are at 8 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.pacificsymphony.org.
The 33rd annual Lido Yacht Expo opens at Lido Marina Village, 3400 Via Oporto, Newport Beach. Admission for the event is $12 for adults. Children ages 12 and younger get in for free. For event hours and more information, call (949) 757-5959, or go to lidoyachtexpo.com.
Awake and Aware 2011 Conference, presented by Project Camelot, opens Friday night at the Hilton Irvine, 18000 MacArthur Blvd, Irvine. To register and get more information, go to http://www.awakeandaware2011.com.
The Semana Flamenka concert is at 8 p.m. at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. For tickets, call (949) 854-4646 ext.1, or visit to http://www.thebarclay.org.


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Murphy S. Klasing
mklasing@wkpz.com
District Courts for Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
Court of Federal Claims
Community Involvement ∨
Member-Alliance Defense Fund, on the Stratford Young Life Committee
Active Volunteer committeeman and assistant captain, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
J. D. South Texas College of Law, 1994
B.B.A. University of Texas, 1990
"AV" Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
Texas Rising Star by Texas Lay & Politics Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2007
Author of:
"How Did That Accounting Clerk Afford a Mercedes?" Houston Business Journal 2006
Evictions in Rural Development Housing: A Practice Guide, Some Reminders and Potential Legal Issues-RHRA State Convention (written material and speaker 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010)
Being "Fair" in Your Debt Collection, Lorman Educational Seminars (written materials and speaker 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2011)
The Death of an Unborn Child: Jurisprudential Inconsistencies in Wrongful Death, Criminal Homicide and Abortion Cases, 22 Pepperdine Law Review, 933 (1995)
Appearances on:
Dr. Phil Show
Interviewed by The Houston Chronicle; and USA Today
Mr. Klasing has a wide range of trial and appellate experience successfully handling numerous litigation matters including commercial litigation, government contracts litigation, personal injury defense, employment litigation and arbitration, banking, construction litigation, premises liability, white collar crime, and toxic tort defense. He has extensive courtroom experience having tried over 80 jury trials in numerous courts throughout the state of Texas, including courts in Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Dallas, Tarrant, Lamar, Cooke, Travis, Williamson, Rusk, Anderson, Bexar and Jefferson counties. He has appeared in over 35 Counties in Texas for numerous nationally based clients and handled matters in Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and West Virginia. Mr. Klasing began his career spending three years at the Harris County District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District attorney. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Klasing was a partner at Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, LLP, and McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP in Houston, Texas. Mr. Klasing is also a member of ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates).
Government Contracts Litigation
Our Government Contracts Litigation practice provides complete counseling and litigation services to clients involved in contracts with federal and state governmental agencies and prime contractors. We have assisted subcontractors in claims against prime contractors related to payment and performance. We proudly represent contractors who have provided and continue to provide DFAC (dining facilities) services to our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have represented such clients in litigation in both state and federal court, before the American Arbitration Association and before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). We are counsel to multi-national companies based in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in this area. We believe that our approach to maximizing our client's recovery and our efficient use of resources sets us apart from other firms who handle these claims.
Self-Storage Litigation
Mr. Klasing has over a decade of experience in the Self-Storage industry. Mr. Klasing is Texas counsel for Public Storage and has defended matters involving allegations of breach of contract, personal injury, premises liability, Deceptive Trade Practices, negligence, conversion, fraud, theft, code violations and employment issues. He has handled trials in this area in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, Plano, Irving, San Antonio and appears all over Texas in Self-Storage matters. Some of his representative cases in this area are as follows:
Defense verdict in Collin County, Texas on allegations of breach of contract, conversion and Deceptive Trade Practices. Alleged amount at issue: $180,000.
Defense verdict in Federal Court in Houston on allegations of fraud, breach of contract, theft, conversion, DTPA, negligence, unfair debt collection practices and trespass. Represented Self-Storage company and winning bidder. Alleged amount at issue: $773,000,000
Defense verdict in Dallas County, Texas on allegations of breach of contract and fraud. Alleged amount at issue: $650,000.
Defense verdict in Federal Court in Austin, Texas on allegations of Deceptive Trade Practices, negligence and breach of contract. Alleged amount at issue: $375,000.
Defense verdict in Federal Court in Fort Worth, Texas on allegations of wrongful termination of employment based on alleged age discrimination.
Over one hundred successful eviction trials for non-payment of rent, rules violations and a variety of other matters.
Successfully obtained temporary restraining orders and permanent injunctions on two occasions where tenants were harassing Self-Storage employees.
Multiple defense verdicts in justice court for tenant suits regarding allegations of both wrongful sale and theft.
Mr. Klasing continues to work closely with management and in-house counsel to achieve sustained success in litigation matters across the State of Texas.
For articles written by Mr. Klasing regarding Self-Storage Litigation, please click one of the links listed below.
How Does My Self-Storage Manager Afford a New Corvette? Detecting and Addressing Employee Theft
Tiptoeing Through The Minefield of Self-Storage Lien Sales
Avoiding Language Related Liability In Your Self-Storage Operation
What To Do With Documents And Records Found In Abandoned Or Delinquent Self-Storage Units
Storing Vehicles In Self-Storage: Legalities Faced by Facility Operators
Obtained unanimous Defense verdict in consumer DTPA action seeing $180,000 in Collin County, Texas
Obtained complete Defense verdict for Nationwide automobile lender in a loan dispute.
Obtained complete Defense verdict in Federal Court on behalf of a worldwide self-storage company where the Plaintiff was seeking over $773 million in damages.
Obtained $3.1 million arbitration award in Washington DC on behalf of a worldwide logistics company.
Obtained $600,000 judgment against DynCorp International, LLC in Alexandria, Virginia on behalf of Saudi Arabian Food Services Company.
Obtained Defense Verdict for publicly traded company in an Age Discrimination Suit in Federal Court in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Obtained $1.3 m verdict against Kellogg Brown & Root on behalf of Tamimi Global Company, Ltd. in Harris County, Texas.
Brought and Obtained resolution of millions of dollars of claims before the London Court of International Arbitration and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution on behalf of subcontractors to the Iraq War effort.
Obtained $12.6 m verdict before the London Court of International Arbitration against Kellogg Brown & Root on behalf of Gulf Catering Company.
Obtained a $38.4 m verdict before the London Court of International Arbitration against Kellogg Brown & Root on behalf of Tamimi Global Company, Ltd.
Obtained a verdict of over $200,000 against an Attorney for Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty and $500,000 against a corporation for fraud in Fort Bend County, Texas
Prior to 2010:
Obtained Defense verdicts in 4 separate wrongful death suits in Cooke, Lamar and Harris County, Texas.
Obtained Defense verdict on behalf of Public Storage in Dallas County, Texas on breach of contract claim.
Obtained Defense verdict on behalf of Public Storage in Federal Court in Austin, Texas on fraud and DTPA claim.


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Safety concerns close pool chemical company in Belding
State regulators say KMI Company in Belding must address a list of safety issues before resuming production of pool sanitation pucks.
Author: Phil Dawson
Published: 11:53 PM EDT July 17, 2019
Updated: 6:47 AM EDT July 18, 2019
BELDING, Mich. — In the worst-case scenario state inspectors say the release of a chlorine cloud from a Belding business could make neighbors sick and some could die.
Until they make safety improvements, the state has ordered the KMI Company to stop manufacturing chlorine pool sanitizing pucks.
There have been a few fires in the plant, the latest on June 22, that led to the release of hazardous chlorine gas.
No one was hurt, but after visiting the KMI factory, county and state inspectors say they saw problems that are dangerous and potentially a threat to public health.
"I think they should move," says neighbor Debra Harrison. "We have been evacuated. I think they should be out on 10 acres of land with no one around them."
State regulators say the company is cooperating and responding to concerns about the leaking roof, open sacks of trichloroisocyanuric acid, acid dust on the floor and general office practices.
"I worked there a couple of years ago," says Jack Hodges. "It was not very good. I had a hard time breathing. My nose kept running."
There is currently no timetable on when chlorine puck production will resume at the plant. Regulators says all concerns must be addressed.
"That's good to know," says neighbor Candice Sager. "Hopefully they get it all squared away and they can get it back up and running properly."


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Ironically, this movie was made mostly without Flash.
Many of us envy PopTartClocks sublime dance moves. He feels the funk like no man I have ever seen.
P.S. You oughta become a successful CGI animator!
Flashy, funky and fluently looping. Nice work!
epic flash, it was disco-tastic!
wow man, you do epic animations!
the details of this 3-d model were insanely good.
i mean, i could see the texture of the glossy, shiny chocolate in top of pop-tart, and the crispy bread surface in the bottom of his ''body''.
and then, when he ''moved'' his ''feet'', and was ''walking'' around in the dance floor, i could even see the bread&chocolate slightly twisting, depenging on where he was moving to.
a nice tribute, to a nice man, mr. poptartius the man!
good job man, you should do more movies, excellent stuff.
ps. also the music in it was dope, what was it?
lol si u! Thanks BB10. There's a link to the music over on the left.
You are entering a dimension of Clocks.
TomatoClock by day, Spdierman by night!
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Doncaster road bridge to be closed for months to allow reconstruction as part of £15m rail freight project
Private renting is affordable to Doncaster's working families
Cash available now to community groups and schemes in Doncaster
Cash is up for grabs, to groups and schemes in South Yorkshire that try to make a difference
Wednesday, 01 August, 2018, 10:36
Funding from the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner's community grant scheme can help your neighbourhood.
Local non-profit organisations can apply for funding of up to £5,000 to help them reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, and protect vulnerable people within communities.
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner said: "The community grant scheme has been running for a number of years and we have seen some very good projects of many kinds.
"I have funded and visited projects that offer such things as: diversionary sporting activities for young people; advice and support in cases of domestic abuse or child sexual exploitation; and schemes that help people back in to work.
"My grants panel, who meet monthly, are looking for organisations that help to make communities safer places in which to live.
"I look for more groups, whether big or small, who want to make a real difference to people's lives to make an application.
"Grants have ranged from a few hundred pounds to £5,000.
"This year I have funded climbing equipment for some air cadets; the production of videos by young people on the damaging effects of hate crime to be shown to other pupils in schools; and projects that build community relationships."
To find our more about the grant funding and how to apply visit the website – http://www.southyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk/About/Grants-Information.aspx
All applications to the scheme must demonstrate that they fall within the Commissioner's three priorities set out in his police and crime plan and provide evidence on how the funding will reduce crime and anti-social behaviour or protect vulnerable people.


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Dr. Snitzer's Biography — Dr. Deanna Snitzer's goals are to build lifetime relationships with her patients and to create healthy, beautiful smiles. She learned this commitment to the care of people at an early agesince she comes from a family of dentists! Dr. Snitzer is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston University and her DDS from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry. After graduating from dental school Dr. Snitzer was a dentist for the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. She moved to Colorado and was a managing dentist in a private practice before joining Colorado Advanced Dentistry in 2012. She is passionate about providing the highest quality of dental care. Her belief is that the use of state-of-the-art tools and technology will improve oral health for future generations to come. Through gentle and skillfully applied dental care, Dr. Snitzer provides her patients with the very best that dentistry has to offer. Dr. Snitzer comes from a family of dentists, where she learned that the best foundation for a beautiful smile is a healthy periodontal condition. For this reason, she has made the treatment of gum disease and other gum problems a primary focus of her practice. Dr. Snitzer is trained in LANAP laser gum therapy, perhaps the most innovative gum therapy available today. Additionally, Dr. Snitzer was one of the first dentists in Colorado to offer the Pinhole Surgical Technique for gum recession. Dr. Snitzer has completed hundreds of Pinhole Gum Surgery cases and is also a Pinhole Lecturer with the inventor of the procedure! Dr. Snitzer believes to best serve her patients she must constantly stay abreast of new advances in dental technology and techniques. She believes that her DDS degree marked the start, not the end, of her ongoing dental education. Her research on Cone Beam Computed Tomography has been published in The American Association of Dental Research Journal. Dr. Snitzer lives in Wheat Ridge, Colorado with her husband, Alex (a scientist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center), and their dogs, Tessie and Iggy, and parrot, Neville (whom she usually refers to as "the zoo".) Dr. Snitzer is an avid sports fan, enjoys skiing, hiking, music and reading.


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Palm Springs Modernism Week One of the city's biggest events of the year, Palm Springs Modernism Week is the best way to catch a glimpse of some of the region's most impressive private homes. Properties designed by the likes of Donald Wexler, Albert Frey, and William Cody will open their doors to the public for […]
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Palm Springs Modernism Week
One of the city's biggest events of the year, Palm Springs Modernism Week is the best way to catch a glimpse of some of the region's most impressive private homes. Properties designed by the likes of Donald Wexler, Albert Frey, and William Cody will open their doors to the public for tours, while collectors from across the country will buy and sell selections of mid-century-modern furniture and art.
The Modern Tour
Book a private showing of Palm Spring's most famous homes with the lauded Modern Tour. The 2.5-hour customizable tour is led by local expert Michael Stern and takes guests inside homes designed Richard Neutra, E. Stewart Williams, and William Cody, and owned by the likes of Frank Sinatra (whose Twin Palms Estate is also available for vacation rental) and Elvis Presley.
Self-Guided Modernism Tour
For a whistle-stop tour of the region's most famous homes, download the self-guided Palm Springs Modernism Tour app and hop in a vintage convertible to navigate your way through glitzy neighborhoods like Sunmor and Deepwell. Though the app can't take you behind the whitewashed gates of these famous properties, its video tours are filled with interior photos and detailed information narrated by top architectural experts.
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I Did an Electric Muscle Stimulation Workout, and My Left Butt Cheek Has Never Felt More Alive
Electric Muscle Stimulation (EMS) has been hailed as the future of fitness — but does it actually do anything at all? We looked at the research and tried it out for ourselves
By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S.
My left butt cheek has never felt this . . . alive. And all I'm doing is planking.
I'm wearing a thick black vest, which is connected to a series of wires running to my arms, legs and glutes. A thick cable connects the vest back to the Miha Bodytec machine, a German training machine that intermittently delivers four-second bursts of electricity to individual muscles. My lats, middle back, lower back, glutes, quads, biceps, pectorals, and abs are all receiving direct electrical charges.
This is the future of fitness, at least according to Mohamed Elzomor, the trainer manning the Miha Bodytec at Manhattan's Core Club. He's taking me through an Electric Muscle Stimulation (EMS) workout. The theory behind EMS is simple: when electricity stimulates your muscles for you, you can recruit more muscle throughout your entire body for every rep.
EMS isn't new; it's been used by physical therapists and rehab specialists for decades. But in recent years, it's become such a popular workout recovery tool that several kits (such as PowerDot and the Marc Pro Plus) are now easily available for purchase on Amazon. It's also a hot trend among several Victoria's Secret models like Alessandra Ambrosio and Alina Baikova, who routinely join Elzomor for sessions at the Core Club.
To be clear, Elzomor isn't claiming that his shock box contains any muscle-building or fat-burning magic — which is a good thing, too, because existing research lends limited support to EMS recovery and training techniques. One 2017 study of 21 male cyclists found that four weeks of EMS work didn't noticeably impact strength or endurance. Another study found that EMS could improve squat performance — but it was best used if paired with more standard training methods.
While EMS has been gaining ground in Europe, now the trend is set to take the United States by storm. Elzomor, who says he's one of three U.S. trainers certified to use the Miha Bodytec, says that by next year, you'll see SoulCycle-esque EMS gyms offering "group" workouts. I wanted to find out whether it was legit, so I decided to try it for myself.
Elzomor gets things started by firing up each muscle group at a time, delivering test pulses to figure out how much I can take. I feel each pulse cause tiny spasms in targeted muscles, and I notice my imbalances: my left lat is less responsive to the pulse than my right, and my left glute doesn't want to fire at the start.
During the workout, I'm suddenly aware of those muscles, and I work hard to contract my left glute. But after the plank, as I get into a squat hold, I'm reminded of why this workout doesn't measure up to a true HIIT or weight room session. There are no truly challenging muscle-building exercises here. Instead, I'm holding a low squat.
The entire time, Elzomor has me talking. He wants to know if the charge running through each muscle is too high or too low, or if it's painful. I tell him it's not, but the conversation is important: it's the only way he can gauge whether the current is challenging me enough.
When the electric pulse hits my body, Elzomor has me flex my chest and biceps hard. We eventually progress to a split squat hold, and while this is challenging under the EMS pulse, it's not nearly as hard as, say, a set of 225-pound deadlifts. He doesn't use weights because he says that with your muscles in slight spasm, they're not in an ideal (or safe) position to be overloaded with weight. The impulses to my biceps, Elzomor says, are prompting 85 contractions a second. That doesn't leave my arms ready for the single, controlled contraction needed to curl a 35-pound dumbbell.
This is where EMS falls short: if you can't train with progressive overload, you can't truly pack on muscle. The closest Elzomor comes to taxing my body with resistance comes three days later during my second EMS session, when, after a no-weight triceps kickback, he places his hands on my arms to offer light pressure.
I do some isometric exercises, but they don't jack up my heart rate enough for true cardiovascular benefit. While I do wind up in a pool of sweat at the end, my heart rate, as measured on a WHOOP wristband, never exceeds 162 beats per minute, far less than my high-intensity interval training session.
When we wrap up with bicycle crunches and sit-ups, I discover that the abdominals on my left side are slower to fire than the abs on my right side. When receiving that regular electrical impulse, they fire more cleanly, leading to a deeper burn on my situps.
Could an EMS challenge a regular out-of-shape dude? Sure. So could a half-hour of HIIT, SoulCycle, or yoga, at a fraction of Elzomor's $145-a-session cost at the Core Club.
Two 20-minute EMS sessions have me convinced that this won't revolutionize your training life. BUT What EMS can do well is what Elzomor claims: it can support your other gym efforts by enhancing your mind-muscle connection. He says he trains many of his clients with standard gym practices, then supplements that work with twice-a-week EMS sessions. "You need to do more than EMS [to see a difference]," says Elzomor. "You still have to go to the gym."
EMS can also potentially enhance your ability to make certain muscle groups "fire." Often, desk jobs and sedentary lifestyles cause underutilized muscles to become less responsive; if you work in an office and don't regularly work out, there's a good chance that your lats and glutes, muscles that lengthen during sitting, aren't as "active" as they should be, which can hurt your posture. 20 minutes of EMS can help activate those muscles and build body awareness.
EMS is fun, and it's a valuable tool in helping you uncover muscle imbalances. But it's no muscle-building or fat-incinerating miracle. Still, I'm dying for another session to keep exploring my imbalances, like that sleepy left glute I found during the first workout. That's the type of thing that high-level athletes and obsessive-compulsive gym-goers will pick up during EMS training. Basically, it's a tool that lets you explore your body, finding deficiencies that you can address in your other training — at a regular, old-fashioned gym.
Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Ebenzer Samuel, C.S.C.S., is the fitness director of Men's Health and a certified trainer with more than 10 years of training experience.
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New EP from Mae Muller out November and tour
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"Mae Muller's witty and brutally honest lyrics set her apart from her peers…" – GQ
Emerging North London popstar Mae Muller has today announced her forthcoming new EP 'no one else, not even you', released via Capitol this November 6th.
Pre-save the EP here: https://maemuller.lnk.to/NOENEYPreSavePR
Mae has teamed up with a plethora of songwriters and producers to bring her ideas to life for this new collection of songs. The EP encapsulates Mae's energetic and honest persona, something that has drawn her fans close to her over the past few years, with her frank and relatable lyrics that empower her fans intertwined with contagious pop melodies and production. Tracks like new single 'so annoying' see Mae work with Rick Nowels [Madonna, Lana Del Rey] and Skyler Stonestreet [Ariana Grande, Chainsmokers] alongside new additions such as the catchy 'plot twist', slow burning pop ballad 'wish you well' and tongue-in-cheek 'HFBD'.
Speaking about the new EP, Mae Muller explains "I've been working on this EP over the past 2 years and these songs are some of my favourites I've ever written. This body of work is the most honest representation of who I am as a person and an artist. I allowed myself to explore different genres and the songs are so personal. I do find that a bit scary, but I can't wait for people to hear them. I think they'll be able to relate and that's all I want when people listen to my music."
Mae's recognisable pop sound has garnered her support from musical peers such as Sam Smith, Mabel, Liam Payne and Little Mix through to Radio 1's Scott Mills and Huw Stephens as well as receiving praise from the likes of Clash, Wonderland and GQ. With singles featuring on Spotify's New Music Friday and becoming their RADAR: First Listen Artist, along with Apple Music's A-List Pop, In My Room & Future Hits, her tracks have amassed 100 million streams globally. Mae spent much of 2019 touring the UK and Europe, seeing her sell out venues across the continent including a headline shows at London's infamous Heaven, a venue she had been support act at just 11 months prior.
April 2021 Tour Dates
Thu 08, Glasgow, King Tuts
Fri 09, Ireland, Dublin, Academy Green Room
Sat 10, Newcastle, O2 Academy 2
Mon 12, Manchester, Club Academy
Tue 13, Leeds, The Wardrobe
Thu 15, Birmingham, O2 Academy 2
Fri 16, London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Get early access to tickets by pre-ordering the EP here: https://maemuller.lnk.to/NOENEYPreSavePR
Jeremy Loops shares new single 'By The Way'
Of Monsters and Men return with 'Visitor'


Bound for the Earl of Ducie, hence "Ducie" appears at foot of each spine. His name, written, appears at top of each volume's title pages. Lang's in depth work on Walter Scott's biographer who was also a force at Blackwood's Magazine.