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WHAT TOOk THEIR BIONIC HEARTS SO LONG TO REACT?
"The Return of the Six-Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" is scheduled to air on NBC, Sunday, May 17, from 9 to 11pm(ET).
A beefy Lee Majors relaxes in his canvas chair, chatting with a visitor.
"Steve Austin's bionic systems need a tuneup," Majors says as he stretches, aching from six all-out 100 yard sprints made for the camera yesterday. He smiles and leans back, watching his son, 25-year old Lee Majors II, work in a scene nearby.
We are on the grassy grounds of Brentwood's VA hospital, one location for the shooting of this bionic reunion. Close by, co-star Lindsay Wagner retires to her mobile home, there to nurse her second son, Alex (age 7 months).
Radiant at 36, Wagner is-like her accomplice, Majors-open and at ease. And why not? Both are making big bucks, working with loved ones nearby, and at peace with themselves in their romantic reunion.
As you know, cyborg Steve Austin and former tennis pro Jaime Sommers parted in 1975, when she pancaked sky-diving and lapsed into a coma. Six Mill, as Majors calls him, grieved, then wielded his bionic legs, right arm, and left eye in renewed zeal for the US Office of Scientific Information, against international skulduggery. Jaime-similarly rigged except that her ear, not her eye, was bionic-survived, did a guest shot and then surfaced in her own series, "The Bionic Woman" (1976-1978), also taking secret assignments for the OSI.
The two were initially teamed by OSI head Oscar Goldman( Richard Anderson). The 35-year TV veteran, one of few to have simultaneously starred in two hit series (both bionic shows), took the concept for the reunion to NBC and Universal less than a year ago.
Jim Castillian, Oscar Goldman's brash assistant, and acquits himself well.
One week before shooting started, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Tom Schanley, 26, who had previously been in the network's failed series,"The Yellow Rose," got the Michael Austin part.
The rest of the show locked quickly into place. The result is your basic bionic fare, with a few new twists. The script is surprisingly human, with a nice tone of reconciliation (of father and son, lovers, old friends grown apart) and some dandy special effects. Jaime throws Steve through a plate glass window, and later Austin wrist-pops a speeding car through a few barrel rolls. A spirited bar fight uses 35 stunt extras( cost: $8000), and a gut-rumbling truck explosion eats up a bunch of naphthalene and black powder and about five grand more.
Contrary to his reputation as "difficult" with the press, Lee Majors proves affable today, returning several times from rehearsal to pick upthe conversation.
"Yeah," he grins almost shyly. "The press and i haven't had a great romance. I came out here a Kentucky boy who couldn't knot a tie. I started when (other journalists) were sitting in your chair. I was young, and I told one of 'em how my father'd been killed when my mother was eight months pregnant, and how she died a few years later. I was adopted, but nobody knew that in the little town where i grew up.
"Anyway," he tenses slightly, "I asked them not to use the stuff until I said so, and they agreed. Then it all blew up in headlines. That one hurt me, my (adoptive) parents, and people in Middlesboro felt deceived.>From that time on, I didn't much trust the press. And i haven't seen much to make me change my mind.
"To be frank, I've done five series over 20 years, and people will watch me, whether i give interviews or not. I've liked maybe two or three stories on me during my whole career."
Asked if the fact that he agrees to this interview (he's granted only two during the 19-day shoot) indicate he's mellowed, he nods, "I think so. I'm certainly less demanding on the set. Now don't get me wrong, I'm still disciplined-learned that from Barbara Stanwyck on the "Big Valley." Be on time, know your words, hit your mark.
Beyond the money, friendship with Richard Anderson, a burgeoning relationship with NBC (he's also doing his own pilot, "Harris Down Under," with the network, a sort of "Bonanza '87" shot in Australia), and working with Lindsay Wagner again, Majors points to another major reasonfor doing this reunion."There were some emotional scenes unlike anything I'd done in Six Mill. It's about being brought back together with my son after we've been estranged. I feel that personally. I never knew my blood father, and I never really got to raise my son. He grew up back in Kentucky, and while he was in California all summer, that wasn't day-to-day. I feel I missed something."
Lindsay Wagner's bionic scenes are in the can, and this afternoon she works with Tom Schanley, serving as Michael Austin's psychological and physical trauma counselor. Right now, she sits with son Alex, pausing for an occasional sip of fruit juice.
Alex lunches eagerly and nosily. "He's a very lucky baby," friend Fred Segal, an exclusive LA clothier, says at her side. "Lindsay isan exceptional woman."
"Fun and profit," Wagner laughs in describing her reasons for doing this project. "Two of the human species' deepest needs." She also cites Richard Anderson's friendship and working with Lee Majors again, but it is clear though unspoken that this is not a major vehicle for her. As much as anything, after her network battles over ABC's "Jessie" (1984), a police-psychiatrist series aborted after seven-episodes, her presence may be a political gesture, a show of good faith to the mainstream Tv industry.
While Majors had spent most of the previous year at his Lake Mead retreat, Wagner stayed under the lights, starring in several Tv-films. Her roles included a child-abuse investigator and an adoptive parent who loses her child to the natural mother, an indication of the sort of issues she feels are valuable to the viewing public.
"I'm more centered now, stronger in my convictions," she says softly, firmly. "I went through pain during and after "The Bionic Woman." Honestly, the show ceased to be fun. One-person action-adventures are killers. And it often turned out to be a woman, playing a man, like Wonder Woman or Supergirl." "From the start, I saw Jaime Sommers as a metaphor for human potential, a chance to show what we could all evolve toward, but the network wanted Steve Austin with cleavage. We really went at it, and out of 58 episodes, I can look at a handful-the biofeed show, or the the one on out-of-body experience-and feel good."
Since healing herself of ulcers at age 20, Wagner has spent much of her time in self-education and work in the human potential movement. If personality, serenity, and physical vigor are valid results, she is a great living commercial for the cause. "Right now, I'm very involved in gaining peace on earth. Certainly between the US and Russsia, starting with nuclear disarmament."
The woman is serious and committed Fred Segal attests. "I was working with the Great Peace March across the country last fall, and I called Lindsay up. 'I want to meet you and talk you into emceeing the conclusion of the march in Washington, DC.' She listened and said,'I'll do it.' She showed up with 2-month-old Alex strapped across her front and did a beautiful job."
The next chilly morning, shooting moves to an abandoned glass factory, and the pacific mood becomes anxious and tentative. Two stunt extras have already been injured( though not seriously) in bionic leaps, and Schanley is in the spotlight, 30 feet above the ground on a slippery steam pipe, where he's doing a "crawl through" for a later scene. It's clearly dangerous, but he has the playful "cando" attitude of the new king of the hill. He makes very sure, however, that his Rebokes hold tight to the pipe.
The film's producers watch as much as they can stand, and the special effects man rubs his knuckles, hard. Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner watch from below, shifting uneasily, but mainly relieved they are not up there with him.


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Join us for the Big River's biggest night as we celebrate the myriad ways in which the river sparks imagination, catalyzes action and inspires us to dream of a future where its waters run wild and clean. From our historic venue on the Minneapolis riverfront, we'll savor refreshments and seasonal fare, and enjoy a river-themed auction, live music and interactive learning exhibits.
This year's festivities will feature the stories of our hopes and dreams for the river, and the work we're spearheading in pursuit of these dreams. The stories will be told by Friends of the Mississippi River's own staff and program participants — the people on the front lines of our critical work who daily dream of a brighter future for our river and river communities, and whose imaginations, skill and effort drive those dreams closer to reality.
Check out this preview of our speakers and their dreams for the river, then tell us yours!
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Logic Announces "Under Pressure World Tour"
Logic has been hyping up his "Under Pressure World Tour" like crazy on Twitter, and now the hotly tipped rapper has shared the full details of the 2015 trek.
The tour will find the MC travelling around the continent for the better part of two months from late January to mid-March. In that time, he'll play a heap of U.S. gigs, plus three Canadian shows: Vancouver on February 6, then back-to-back nights in Toronto on March 10 and 11. Tickets are slated to go on sale December 5.
Come the early spring, Logic will then head across the pond for some European shows. See the full schedule below.
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WHAT: Ghost: Ultimate Tour Named Death
DOORS: 6:30 PM | SHOW: 7:30 PM
GHOST ADDS MORE DATES TO ITS 2019 "ULTIMATE TOUR NAMED DEATH"NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE ARENA TREK
LOS ANGELES, CA – Tuesday, May 21, 2019 — Seven new dates for the "Ultimate Tour Named Death," Ghost's six-week North American headline arena tour are announced, adding shows in Edmonton, Toledo, Moline, Youngstown, Huntington, Hamilton, and Ottawa. A series of ticket pre-sales begins today at 12NOON local, and the public on-sale starts at 10 AM local this Friday, May 24. Log on to http://ghost-official.com for all pre-sale, VIP packages, and ticketing details. With Nothing More providing support for the tour and Twin Temple supporting on the 9/28 SLC date, the Frank Productions Concerts-Fall dates kick off on September 13 in Bakersfield, CA and run through to October 26 in Glens Falls, NY.
In support of this tour, "Faith," the third single from Ghost's GRAMMY-nominated album Prequelle, went to Rock Radio just last week and is the #1 most added track there this week with a total of 36 adds. "Faith" follows Prequelle's two previous singles, "Rats" and "Dance Macabre," both of which held the #1 spot on the Active and Mainstream Rock Radio charts for multiple weeks. An eminently tight track with its relentless and melodic guitar solos and dark, torturous lyrics, "Faith" manifests Ghost creative force Tobias Forge's flair for soaring stadium-size anthems.
A live performance of "Faith" was shot last November at Ghost's sold-out Los Angeles Forum show, the band's first-ever North American headline arena concert. The clip showcases this tour's expanded theatrical production, a striking stage set resembling a medieval cathedral with a backdrop of illuminated stained-glass windows. In addition to rich costumes, special effects, and a spectacular light show tailored-made for arenas, the Cardinal, the Ghouls, and the Ghoulettes will take advantage of a series of multi-level platforms and walkways to prowl around on while performing some of Ghost's fan-favorite songs from the band's albums and EPs catalogs. The set list will include favorites "Square Hammer," "Cirice," "Ashes," "He Is," "Year Zero," "Rats," "Mummy Dust," "Life Eternal," "Dance Macabre," and many more. Watch "Faith – from a Pale Tour Named Death HERE
Ghost has just wrapped up Leg One as Special Guest on Metallica's 25-date "WorldWired" Summer European Stadium Tour, with Leg Two set to run from June 8 – 20.
ABOUT GHOST
The Swedish-born Tobias Forge, who has been referred to as "the Andrew Lloyd Webber of rock," is Ghost's creative force, singer, songwriter, musician, and architect of the elaborate storylines that are woven through the band's four full-length studio albums, EPs, music videos, webisodes, and live shows, all of which advance the Ghost storyline. Forge grew up listening to a wide array of 70s and 80s rock – Alice Cooper, Journey, Kansas, Boston, Black Sabbath, Jefferson Starship, Iron Maiden, and Foreigner. He's a hardcore music junkie; at home in Sweden, he has a most impressive collection of vinyl, cassettes, CDs, and VHS tapes, and when on tour, he regularly arranges for visits to local record haunts and ships back even more treasures. He plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and kazoo. Ghost's new album, Prequelle, is loosely based on The Black Plague of 14th century Europe, a metaphor Forge hopes will apply to the societal ills of today.
Ghost's music began as being much heavier, harder and "more metal," but over the band's recent history, their songs have evolved to embrace a more catchy, rock/pop sound. Five of the band's songs have hit Billboard's Top 5 Rock chart – "Cirice" claimed the #4 spot in 2015, "From The Pinnacle to the Pit" went to #5 in 2016, and "Square Hammer" (2017), "Rats" (2018), and "Dance Macabre" (2018) all held the #1 spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart and on the Mediabase Active Rock chart. "Faith," the band's new single, was the #1 Most Added track at Active Rock Radio in its first week with 36 stations programming it. Ghost's music retains its rock edge as well as its dark lyrical themes like The Black Plague, the Antichrist, the Inquisition, avarice, and the Apocalypse. Ghost has received three GRAMMY nominations: "Best Metal Performance" in 2016 for "Cirice," which they won, and "Best Rock Album" for Prequelle and "Best Rock Song" for "Rats" in 2019.
Ghost's widely acclaimed live performances are known for raising an ungodly ruckus, and that will only be amplified as the band brings its stage production to arenas. Cardinal Copia and the seven Nameless Ghouls will perform for more than two hours on a striking stage set resembling a medieval cathedral with a backdrop of illuminated stained-glass windows that pay tribute to the three now-departed Papas
In addition to rich costumes, special effects, and a spectacular light show tailored-made for arenas, the Cardinal and the band will take advantage of a series of multi-level platforms and walkways to prowl around on while performing some of Ghost's fan-favorite songs from the band's albums and EP catalogues.
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Weekend Box Office: Straight Outta Compton goes centuple-undecuple platinum
Katie Rife
Straight Outta Compton's reach continued to extend this weekend as Universal opened the N.W.A. biopic on an additional 268 screens, pulling in an additional $28.6 million and keeping the No. 1 spot in the process. That's a total of 3,025 screens and a $111.48 million domestic haul (or what Dr. Dre calls "lunch money") so far for Compton, which isn't on the level of a blockbuster like Jurassic World but still far above initial expectations for the musical biopic. This is also Universal's 13th week in a row with one of its films at No. 1, making every other studio in town the Luniz to Universal's N.W.A. as the studio sets a new record for the highest-grossing international box-office year ever.
Meanwhile, the weekend's three biggest new releases all floundered, with Sinister 2 underperforming at No. 3 with a less-than-terrifying $10.6 million and Hitman: Agent 47 firing blanks at No. 4 with $8.2. million. American Ultra lagged at No. 6 with $5.5 million, perhaps due to an inexplicable lack of motivation among its target audience to get up off the couch and go to the movies. Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation fared better in its fourth week, living Tom Cruise's dream of towering above the competition at No. 2 with an $11.7 million weekend and $157.7 million overall gross so far. Then there's The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which dropped from No. 3 to No. 5 with $7.4 million and, well, that's all we have to say about that.
The week's indie releases fared relatively better, with the well-reviewed Grandma making $121,000, which seems like nothing until you realize it opened in four theaters for a per-screen average of $30,250. (Even Compton, by comparison, pulled in $8,846 per screen.) The less-well-reviewed Learning To Drive also did pretty well with $67,000 ($16,750 per screen), half presumably from rubberneckers who paid to be outraged at the sight of Ben Kingsley in a turban, and half from know-it-alls who paid to tell those rubberneckers, "actually, his birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji."
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Our children are struggling to know how to live in today's world. Unprecedented numbers are being diagnosed with mental health disorders, medicated, or are facing a crisis of identity. For nearly a hundred years the Tavistock and Portman has been at the forefront of exploring young minds. This series, with exclusive access to the Trust, goes behind the doors at the Tavistock for the first time.
It's the first question that's asked, before we're even born, "is it a boy or girl?", but for an increasing number of children the answer isn't straightforward. The first film in this series, directed by BAFTA-award winning Peter Beard (My Son The Jihadi), follows two families who attend the Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service, through life changing decisions.
The Tavistock's gender service is the country's only NHS-run gender clinic for children and young people with gender dysphoria – a profound distress caused by feeling they've been born into the wrong body. With transgender issues and stories rarely out of the news, the gender specialists have seen a 100% rise in referrals, but still understand very little about why children feel this way. Led by Consultant Psychologist Dr Polly Carmichael, the gender team have to decide whether or not to prescribe controversial drugs to children and teens.
Ash and Matt are two of the children who regularly visit the gender clinic. Ash, who is 8 years old and lives as a girl, has just moved to a new primary school, where no-one knows she was born a boy. She doesn't want to tell her new friends her secret in case she is bullied again. Matt doesn't want to talk about his gender, or the fact that he was born a girl - this is not helped by his diagnosis of autism and his problems with communicating. He just wants people to accept him.
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As Halloween 2016 started wrapping up, Skepta decided to drop two treats.
A lot of people got into the Halloween spirit this year, but nobody more than Skepta. Just take a look at his Instagram for a short second and you'll be able to tell how much he likes the holiday.
As Halloween 2016 started wrapping up, Skepta decided to drop two new tracks to celebrate. He had been teasing his Section Boyz collaboration 'The Worst' previously and then out of nowhere, he released the Malcolm X-sampling 'No Security.' Listen below.


The first full biography of Ernest Hemingway in more than fifteen years, drawing upon a wide array of never-before-used material.
One of this biography's achievements is to deepen our understanding of Hemingway's fraught relationship with his mother ... Dearborn captures Hemingway in all of his extremes, the story of a hugely flawed and endlessly compelling human being producing enduring art.
Dearborn delved into the Hemingway family archives in Texas, and she gives rewarding attention to her subject's relationships with his father, his five siblings and especially his mother ... Dearborn is incisive about the ways each wife handled the difficult bargain she had made in marrying a legend ... Dearborn skillfully covers an enormous range of rich material; she is an indefatigable researcher. But I'm not an indefatigable reader, and her insistence on using every minute detail slows the momentum of Hemingway's story ... Ultimately, the scale of Hemingway's life is so colossal and his motives so convoluted that no biographer, however gifted, can neatly sever the legend from the life, or have the last word on its meaning.
The result is a work in which 'the Hemingway legend' — a phenomenon in which Dearborn has 'no investment' — emerges more or less intact. Only here it is presented with an array of qualifications that cast Hemingway as a more troubled, complex and tragic figure than most previous biographies have allowed ... Dearborn explores these corners of his sensibility more fully than previous biographers, and she does so with subtlety and insight — qualities that are also present in her discussions of Hemingway's work ... But Dearborn is not always convincing when writing admiringly. Her claim that Hemingway was uniquely adept at transforming life into literature is unverifiable, and vulnerable to the example of countless other writers ... On the whole, though, this is an admirable, affecting and thoughtful biography, distinguished by a scrupulousness and good sense that animates its subject with vigor.
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wow! 16 inches keldricc... that would be interesting! and fun!
Okey, girl. You gotta calm down here, if I think what you mean... That's so wrong, please don't. Stop, right now.
Lmao... 16 years old you silly boys.. didn't think I had to completely explain - really thought you guys would get it!
16 and love playing McInfected!
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How nice to see the Ringling Show unencumbered by the Rock Concert crap that clutters it up today and is used to eliminate the Spec and about 40% of the performers.
Hugo Schmitt in the center with Axel Gautier and Ed Healy working the end rings. At the extreme right is "Marcella" who did a "2-step shuffle" down the front track.
Now that's real circus with 5 bulls in each ring. I miss the days when RBBB had two cat acts. John G.
JOHN G, Why do you think RBBB has gotten rid of the second cat act? Do you think RBBB has gotten cheap?
I don't understand why everyone is taking there shots at RBBB. RBBB is still by far the best cirus in the world.
It used to be sooo much better. Money seems to be the cause. RBBB used to conintrate on the performers and getting the best of everything. Now its the bottom line. Too afraid of stepping on a/r s toes. As if they really mattered. After they blew up circus trucks management got scared. Hireing guards might help but I think they did not want to take a chance of an animal getting hurt. These people are scary, without reguard for the damage they do to animals.


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Grexit or Brexit - is Britain going to leave the EU?
Is Cameron in danger of being seen as neither fully committed to leaving nor fully committed to the EU? (Photo: University Hospitals Birmingham)
By Benjamin Fox
BRUSSELS, 14. Aug 2012, 20:12
Last week, Eurogroup leader Jean Claude-Juncker said that a Greek exit from the eurozone could be managed. Why Juncker felt compelled to say this is unclear, especially since there are no indications Greece wants to leave the euro.
In any case, focusing on the political plight of Greece is to ignore the elephant in the room: is Britain going to head for the EU exit door?
Last week, Japanese bank Nomura published a paper by Alastair Newton, a former diplomat and aide to one-time British leader Tony Blair, to the effect that the chances of a referendum were high enough to warrant contingency planning.
Meanwhile, Blair himself expressed concerns that Britain was in danger of swapping influence for isolation in an interview in Die Zeit. There have been a slew of articles to the effect that a referendum on the EU is inevitable.
But then, haven't we been here before? Talk about Britain's awkward relationship with Europe is cheap. Countless books have been written on the subject. Yet Britain has not rejected a single EU treaty nor held a referendum since 1975.
It is increasingly likely that Britain will hold a referendum on the EU within the next five years.
It also appears that the eurosceptic camp could win - opinion polls over the past couple of years have shown a large majority in favour of renegotiating Britain's terms of membership or, failing that, leaving altogether. A YouGov poll released today (14 August) found that 46 percent of Britons would vote to leave the EU.
Meanwhile, the governing Conservative party is more eurosceptic than ever before. Emboldened by the crisis engulfing the eurozone, some Tories sense an opportunity to pull Britain out of the club.
They are also terrified about the rise of the UK Independence Party. Under the charismatic leadership of Nigel Farage, Ukip have been consistently polling between 5-8 percent, almost neck-and-neck with the Liberal Democrats.
Most opinion polls have Ukip, which has 11 MEPs but has never come close to winning a UK parliamentary seat, at more than enough to deny the Tories a House of Commons majority.
But the real demand for a referendum comes from the Conservative grass roots, from increasingly fractious Tory campaigners. A recent poll by the popular activists' website ConservativeHome found that six in 10 supporters favoured a deal with Ukip rather than the current coalition deal with the pro-European Liberal Democrats.
The caucus of Tory MPs elected in 2010 known as the "Fresh Start" group have drafted their own shopping-list of policy areas to be repatriated.
Their first item is an opt-out for the City of London from EU financial regulation, which British leader David Cameron demanded at the last minute at the December summit which agreed the fiscal compact.
Considering that the only positive thing the Conservatives think has come from the EU is the single market, it seems bizarre to then insist on an opt-out from a key plank of it. In any case, there is no chance of France, Germany and others ever accepting this. It is politically a non-starter.
The other main demand is to restore Britain's opt-out from EU social policy, including the directives on working time and temporary agency workers. This is more feasible - John Major, the last Tory prime minister before Cameron, negotiated this opt-out, which Tony Blair scrapped when ratifying the Amsterdam treaty.
Even so, it is predicated on the assumption that other EU countries would be prepared to open up negotiations on Britain's terms of membership, something which could lead to a Pandora's Box effect, with a string of countries trying to re-write their own accession treaties.
In any case, it is not as though EU officials will fall over themselves to help Cameron.
The spat between European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and Martin Callanan, the Tory leader of the anti-federalist ECR group in the European Parliament, during the July session of parliament, where he accused Callanan and his delegation of "taking delight" in the woes of the eurozone, was childish in the extreme, but it did illustrate the frustration and hostility between EU officials and British eurosceptics.
Meanwhile, nobody should expect Labour to join forces with the Liberal Democrats to stymy a referendum. Labour is split on the issue and, although most of its members would campaign for a Yes vote, the party is also alive to the huge damage that a plebiscite could do to the Tory party.
A number of Labour's pro-Europeans, including Jon Cruddas, the cerebral Labour MP tasked with leading the party's policy review, actually favour an EU in/out vote.
The problem for Cameron is that he has, as the Nomura paper says, "fanned the flames of euroscepticism" but does not want a referendum.
He withdrew the Conservative MEPs from the European People's Party before then promising a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, only to back down after it had been ratified.
After the December EU summit he earned plaudits for supposedly vetoing the fiscal compact treaty only for the praise to die down when it became clear that the rest of Europe was proceeding with it anyway.
Despite the recently adopted "referendum lock" legislation which guarantees a referendum on any future transfer of powers to Brussels, and an audit on the costs of EU policies that will report in 2014, Cameron has talked tough on Europe but achieved little of any substance.
A case in point was his performance at the December summit.
Contacts in the Council said that Cameron presented his demands for exemptions for the City from EU financial regulation just a day before the December summit. With no time for the legal service and officials to digest and discuss it in any depth, the wish-list did not make it on the agenda.
It may be that domestic difficulties - the coalition is in real danger of falling apart after Tory back-benchers refused to back Liberal-Democrat-demanded reforms to the House of Lords, while dismal economic figures have put chancellor George Osborne in the firing line - contrive to keep Cameron from re-opening the EU sore.
But the momentum for a referendum is getting stronger and stronger.
Comparisons between Britain's relationship with the EU and a forced marriage - or a bickering couple at least - are overused but do carry a grain of truth.
It is true that, despite the regular arguments, whether they were from Thatcher vs. Delors or Blair vs. Chirac, the two parties eventually kiss and make up. But the bickering couple stay together because they cannot live without each other and, deep down, still love each other. Can the same really be said of the Conservative party and Europe?
Whether or not Britons would actually vote to leave the EU remains unclear.
The 1975 referendum on whether to remain in the then EEC was expected to be close. In the event, the pro-European 'camp romped home by a two to one margin.
Although the biggest selling newspapers, particularly the Murdoch-owned Sun, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph, are deeply hostile to the EU, it is likely that most of the business community would back staying in.
There is an English nursery rhyme about the grand old Duke of York, who marched his 10,000 men to the top of the hill only to march them down again.
Desperately seeking opt-outs in a bid to appease eurosceptics is a dangerous and ultimately futile game.
If the rest of the EU calls Cameron's bluff and refuses any new concessions the demand for an in/out referendum would become almost irresistible.
Even if he were to secure fresh opt-outs it would still not be enough for much of his party. In the end, the nursery rhyme goes, "when they were only half way up they were neither up nor down." David Cameron is in danger of making the same mistake.
The writer is a freelance journalist and a frequent contributor to EUobserver
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Polish foreign minister Sikorski has called on Britain to abandon its "false consciousness" of euroscepticism.
Britain will hold a referendum on whether to stay in the EU by the end of 2017, David Cameron has said in his long-delayed speech.
Britain has taken another step towards an in/out referendum on EU membership after MPs unanimously approved a bill to do it by the end of 2017.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace GitMind.Utils
{
	public class R
	{
		protected static readonly Exception NoError = new Exception("No error");
		protected static readonly Exception NoValueError = new Exception("No value");

		public static R Ok = new Error(NoError, null);
		public static Error NoValue = new Error(NoValueError, null);

		protected R(Exception e)
		{
			Exception = e;
		}

		public Exception Exception { get; }

		public bool IsOk => Exception == NoError;
		public bool IsFaulted => Exception != NoError;
		public string Message => Exception.Message;
		public string AllMessages => string.Join(",\n", AllMessageLines());

		public IEnumerable<string> AllMessageLines()
		{
			yield return Message;

			Exception inner = Exception.InnerException;
			while (inner != null)
			{
				yield return inner.Message;
				inner = inner.InnerException;
			}
		}

		public static R<T> From<T>(T result) => R<T>.From(result);

		public static Error Error(
			string message,
			[CallerMemberName] string memberName = "",
			[CallerFilePath] string sourceFilePath = "",
			[CallerLineNumber] int sourceLineNumber = 0) =>
			new Error(message, memberName, sourceFilePath, sourceLineNumber);

		public static Error Error(
			string message,
			Exception e,
			[CallerMemberName] string memberName = "",
			[CallerFilePath] string sourceFilePath = "",
			[CallerLineNumber] int sourceLineNumber = 0) =>
			new Error(message, e, memberName, sourceFilePath, sourceLineNumber);

		public static Error Error(
			Exception e,
			[CallerMemberName] string memberName = "",
			[CallerFilePath] string sourceFilePath = "",
			[CallerLineNumber] int sourceLineNumber = 0) =>
			new Error(e, memberName, sourceFilePath, sourceLineNumber);

		//public static implicit operator R(Exception e) => new RError(e);
		public static implicit operator bool(R r) => r.IsOk;

		public override string ToString() => IsOk ? "OK" : $"Error: {AllMessages}\n{Exception}";
	}

	public class R<T> : R
	{
		private readonly T storedValue;

		public new static readonly R<T> NoValue = new R<T>(NoValueError);

		private R(T value) : base(NoError) => this.storedValue = value;

		private R(Exception error) : base(error) { }

		//public static implicit operator R<T>(Error error) => new R<T>(error);
		//public static implicit operator R<T>(Exception e) => new R<T>(e);

		public static implicit operator R<T>(Error error) => new R<T>(error.Exception);
		public static implicit operator bool(R<T> r) => r.IsOk;

		public static implicit operator R<T>(T value)
		{
			if (value == null)
			{
				throw Asserter.FailFast("Value cannot be null");
			}

			return new R<T>(value);
		}

		public static R<T> From(T result) => new R<T>(result);

		public T Value => IsOk ? storedValue : throw Asserter.FailFast(Exception.ToString());

		public bool HasValue(out T value)
		{
			if (IsOk)
			{
				value = storedValue;
				return true;
			}
			else
			{
				value = default(T);
				return false;
			}
		}

		public T Or(T defaultValue) => IsFaulted ? defaultValue : Value;

		public override string ToString() => IsOk ? (storedValue?.ToString() ?? "") : base.ToString();
	}
}

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Q: Store the value of a sql query and use the result in another sql query I want to display an attendance sheet where the headers will be the date which will be from database and it will have duplicate dates for which i will use " select DISTINCT from "abc".
And the name of employees will also come from database.
How can i store the value of dates so that i can use it in another sql query..?
In the next query the value of date and the name should match and it can display the result whether the employee was present or absent.??
I have tried everything i know but no solution..

A: You can use one loop for the main results and an inner loop to get results based on the main results :
$results = $mysqli->query("SELECT DISTINCT name FROM attendance_date ORDER BY id DESC");
if ( $results )
   { while ( $obj = $results->fetch_object() )  // ◄■■ MAIN LOOP.
     { echo $obj->name;                                                       ▼
       $aa = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM attendance_sheet where date='{$obj->date}'");
       while ( $obj2 = $aa->fetch_object() )  // ◄■■ SECONDARY LOOP.
       { // DO SOMETHING HERE.
       }
     }
   }

Notice how $obj->date is used in the secondary query.

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Shepard Smith angrily addressed a viewer's criticism of his migrant caravan coverage by claiming fear-mongering by President Donald Trump.
The Fox News host read a letter from a viewer named Heidi on Tuesday who took issue with his denial of Trump's warning that there are MS 13 gang members, criminals and Middle Easterners traveling in the caravan headed to the U.S. southern border.
He had to face the backlash Tuesday as he read the letter from a viewer who vehemently disagreed.
Smith handled the criticism about as professionally expected from the liberal anchor.
He dropped his phone down and fired back at the viewer.
Smith silently stared into the camera with a smirk before moving on to another news story.
His Fox News colleagues over on "The Five" also found themselves in a heated debate over the caravan Tuesday as Jesse Watters unloaded on liberal Juan Williams who, like Smith, thinks Trump is lying about the criminal elements in the throngs of migrants traveling from Central America, despite eyewitness accounts from journalists on location.
Viewers expressed their outrage at Smith for his response to Heidi's letter and Fox News for continuing to give the "condescending" anchor any air time.
He didn't tell the truth, he never does unless you're talking about the news as twisted as his pea brain. He was looking for a fight and picked a viewer's comment to puff himself up and put them down and I'd say by the responses it was a giant fail for him!!
@FoxNews @ShepNewsTeam https://t.co/p8B4eNiDEl. Shep, you lied to Hedi, you are lying to your viewers. Fox News should remove you. By the way, why not voice this view on @seanhannity or @LouDobbs you cowardly, dishonest piece of crap.


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From Issa Rae to Naomi Campbell, Gigi Hadid, and beyond.
Tonight, the annual CFDA Awards are celebrating those making strides in American fashion at the Brooklyn Museum. Models, celebrities, and designers all combined forces for one of fashion's hottest red carpets of the year. From honorees including Naomi Campbell and Kim Kardashian West to host Issa Rae and beyond, click through to see all the best looks of the evening.


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Magnets Unplugged | Village Voice
Magnets Unplugged
by Sharon Lerner
illustration by Heath Hinegardner
Feeling achy? Tired? Nauseous? Have pain in your (insert body part here)? Maybe you need a magnet. Therapeutic magnets resemble refrigerator magnets, though without the decorative doohickeys and presumably with some health benefit beyond their magnetic ability to pull in over $4 billion in sales worldwide in 1999, half a billion of that in the U.S.
Discerning just what these bits of charged metal offer is a challenge for the most open-minded. Take the "depression magnet cap," which looks like something Woody Allen wore out of the Orgasmatron in Sleeper ($159 at buyamag.com). Buyamag's Web site says the cap, which has Velcro closures and 57 gold-plated magnets, is comfortable, but nowhere does it mention what the cap does. The potential wearer is likely expected to divine its purpose from the list of frontal-lobe brain functions—including "emotions," "behavior," and "problem-solving"—posted beneath the illustration.
The Food and Drug Administration's prohibition on unfounded medical claims partly explains the vague tone of many magnet ads. Magnetic mattress pads for the sleep-deprived (up to $520 on mags4pain.com) are described only as restoring energy and promoting restful sleep. A magnetic eye massager ($74.95 from lifeandlight.com) is billed as addressing the decidedly nonmedical problem of "baggy eyes," while magnetic earrings, bracelets, and necklaces are promoted as "pretty and effective."
Effective at what? Well, according to the many testimonials scattered over the Internet and mail-order magnet catalogues, magnets can do almost anything, including normalize blood pressure, stimulate nerves, repair muscles, reduce the need to go to the bathroom, promote healing, increase energy, even—perhaps inevitably—cure cancer. The most common claims are about pain relief, which is the goal of applying magnetic patches to acupuncture points and wearing magnetic belts around backs, shoulders, knees, ankles, and feet.
There are lots of ideas about how magnets achieve these feats. A popular theory is that magnetic fields penetrate cells and, by magnetizing blood, increase the flow of oxygen throughout the body. Another is that magnets block pain by stimulating the nervous system. One overarching explanation of magnets' health value might be called the Cuisinart theory, which posits that modern electrical appliances have diminished the earth's natural magnetic force, and that therapeutic magnets restore it to the more healthful levels of olden days.
Oddly, back in that idyllic past healers were already playing with magnets. Sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus figured that magnets might be able to draw diseases from the body based on their ability to attract iron. Later, Franz Anton Mesmer came up with "animal magnetism," the idea that humans and animals could be healed through magnets or even leather or wood exposed to them. Though that concept was soon trashed by a panel of experts, believers persisted. An 1886 mail-order catalogue offered a complete magnet-coated costume that provided "full and complete protection of the vital organs of the body" (and wouldn't look half bad with the right magnet-studded cap).
Perhaps therapeutic magnetism continues to draw because it makes some sense—with emphasis on the word some. The earth does indeed exert magnetic force on humans; that force has diminished over the years, and many animals do have built-in magnetic receptors (though none have been discovered yet in humans).
Indeed, one offshoot of magnetism has proven useful. Decades ago, the FDA approved the use of electromagnetic fields from pulsed magnets to stimulate bone growth and heal fractures. But while therapeutic electromagnetism—which involves generating a magnetic field by running electrical current through wire—has ascended to widespread acceptance, therapeutic magnets of the weaker, nonelectric sort remain on the fringe.
It's not just that no one really understands how magnets work—understanding isn't necessary for effectiveness; no one had a good grasp of radiation when it was first used, nor do we understand yet how some cancer drugs, like thalidomide, work. Most careful studies show that magnets don't work. One comparison found no difference in pain relief in patients who wore sham versus magnetic insoles; another that magnetic necklaces had no effect on neck or shoulder pain; another that dental magnets didn't affect blood flow in the cheek.
Amid piles of evidence that they don't work, though, is one study demonstrating that magnets did relieve pain in patients who'd had polio. Researchers at the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Research in Houston used fake magnets on some patients and real ones on others, a design that cuts out the possibility of the placebo effect. Nevertheless, they found a significant reduction in pain among the patients who used real magnets.
Though the Baylor results have yet to be duplicated—and most researchers consider a repeat performance the real test of validity—the Baylor study leaves the door open to the possibility that some magnets do have health benefits. Needless to say, many an eager patient and retailer have walked right through.
In addition to the celebrities who have embraced magnets—including Regis Philbin and baseball players David Cone and Hideki Irabu—big retailers like Kmart are now getting into the market. There wouldn't be a magnet market if not for the buyers, of course. And that's where optimism comes in.
Robert Lane, a massage therapist and psychic healer who practices on the Upper East Side, uses industrial magnets to treat colds and flu, wrapping them in cloth and hanging them around his neck. He came up with this through his own reading and creativity. He constructed a magnetic bed to treat his chronic fatigue syndrome, sleeping on a metal cart full of magnets for months—a treatment he happily credits with banishing his exhaustion.
Like many magnet aficionados, though, Lane is skeptical about magnetic therapies different from his own and especially questions their pain-relieving powers.
Manhasset-based physical therapist Murray Olansky is similarly dubious about some claims. Olansky uses what he calls "rare earth magnets" to reduce patients' pain and swelling in his practice, but dismisses magnetic products made by Nikken, a Japanese company that uses a pyramid sales scheme and relatively weak magnets: "Most of the positive effects of those are psychological rather than physiological."
Olansky and Lane do agree on one thing: Magnets have relatively few side effects. Most magnet mongers warn against using their product around a pacemaker, which it can disrupt, as well as during pregnancy. Lane also suggests separating powerful magnets with cloth, so skin doesn't get pinched between them.
But on the whole, magnets don't seem terribly risky. "There have really been no harmful effects of therapeutic magnets," says Olansky. Almost no effect at all, you might say. Unless, of course, you consider that detrimental pull they can have on the wallet.
More:Food and Drug AdministrationLongformMind | Body | SpiritMurray OlanskyRobert LaneWoody Allen


The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois reached a favorable environmental decision for Greensfelder clients represented by officer William J. Anaya.
In this case, Anaya represents the owners and developers of a golf course near a former factory. According to the lawsuit, contamination from the former manufacturing facility migrated to the golf course and created an imminent and substantial health and environmental danger. The plaintiffs claim the owner of the former manufacturing facility, General Electric Co., must perform an appropriate cleanup as required by the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
On Dec. 18, the district court agreed with the plaintiffs in Lajim LLC V. General Electric on the issue of RCRA liability and granted summary judgment in favor of Greensfelder's clients. The court agreed that the plaintiffs had undisputed facts that established RCRA cleanup liability – specifically that GE improperly handled hazardous waste and created a current imminent and substantial danger at the golf course. GE argued that because it was already the subject of an enforcement action from the Illinois EPA for the same material, it could not be subject to citizen suit liability under RCRA. The court rejected GE's argument, holding that the enforcement action under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act did not bar the plaintiffs' lawsuit under the federal statute.
Bloomberg BNA's Environment Reporter featured the decision in a Dec. 21 article, and the district court's ruling can be read here.
Anaya is an officer in Greensfelder's litigation practice group in Chicago and can be reached at wanaya@greensfelder.com or 312-345-5002.


Email has been a huge marketing technique for businesses for years, but is it going to become a thing of the past? Let us give you a few reasons why SMS is better than Email marketing, and you can decide for yourself.
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Portio Research reported that 9.6 trillion SMS messages were sent in 2012, almost 9.3 trillion more than email.
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> Hertsmere Mayor on the lookout for choirs
Hertsmere Mayor on the lookout for choirs
Published on: 20th October 2017 | By: The Newsdesk | Category:
The Mayor of Hertsmere, Cllr Carey Keates, is on the lookout for school choirs in the borough with talent and oodles of enthusiasm to take part in his choral competition, helping to raise money for his two chosen charities. The competition will take place at The Ark Theatre in Borehamwood on Sunday, November 16 at 3pm and will be in aid of Kidney Research UK and Hertsmere Mencap. Cllr Keates said: "I'm thoroughly looking forward to the afternoon and hope that many local school choirs will take the opportunity to compete. Last year's event was very well received and The Ark was packed so I hope we can repeat that success and raise a sizeable sum for these two terrific charities." The winner will receive £250 for their school and invited to perform at the Hertsmere Civic Dinner at Elstree Studios in March next year. Entry forms are available by calling 020 82077477 or by emailing mayors.secretary@hertsmere.gov.uk
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EVGA Corporation, the leading-edge 3D processor and motherboard manufacturer, announced the ultimate in high performance motherboards, the EVGA Classified SR-X.
This motherboard sets a new standard for what is considered an enthusiast motherboard with dual CPU support, 4-way SLI support, SATA III 6GB/s, SAS, USB 3.0 and more. Whether you are an extreme power user, workstation, server admin, folder/cruncher; this is the ultimate board for you. This board was designed from the ground up to support the latest and greatest in technology, and be able to complete any task you throw at it faster than you ever thought possible.


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Liqueurs Category Gets A Boost From The High End
While the U.S. liqueurs category has been in overall decline lately—down 0.2% to just under 19.2 million cases last year, according to Impact Databank—there are pockets of excitement, with super-premium players outpacing the value end. Enterprising marketers are creating new occasions beyond the core holiday season for key brands over $20, like Baileys and Disaronno, with year-round consumption being promoted in a variety of new serves.
The medium-term decline for liqueurs has mostly been concentrated in large, overextended brands, while focused brands with luxury appeal are carving out gains from smaller bases. The above-$30 liqueurs segment has grown to 1.3 million cases, and is now nearly 100,000 cases higher than in 2014, while the $20-$30 tier is now above 5.1 million cases.
Baileys was up 6.1% to nearly 1.4 million cases last year, and remains one of three liqueur brands in the U.S. market to deplete more than 1 million cases annually. The Diageo-owned brand has been stoking interest through a series of innovations like gluten-free Almande and Strawberries & Cream. "Baileys Strawberries & Cream launched in February as a limited-time seasonal offering, and was extremely successful," says Baileys brand director Dorothy DeVenecia. She adds that Diageo is now positioning the brand as a "premium adult treat" to encourage consumption year-round.
Grand Marnier is the largest liqueur brand retailing at over $30. It grew by 5.7% to 516,000 cases last year and continued to rise in the nine months through September. In the on-premise, Grand Marnier's recent activations have focused on the brand's connection to Cognac and its versatility as both a cocktail ingredient and a sipper. Next year, Grand Marnier will extend its upscale Cuvée collection with a VSOP-focused release. "Cuvée Louis Alexandre will appeal to the growing VSOP-plus market and offer current Cordon Rouge enthusiasts an upgrade, as it contains 82% VSOP Cognac," says Melanie Batchelor, vice president of marketing at Campari America.
Orange liqueur brand Cointreau has also posted growth lately, reaching 261,000 cases on a 2.6% increase. The brand recently unveiled a new "Art of the Mix" campaign, focused on its use in the Margarita.
Prestige Beverage Group-owned Kinky, the ninth-largest brand in the U.S. market and another player above $20, rose by 1.9% to 425,000 cases last year. The brand's latest release, Aloha, is pineapple-, coconut-, and lime-flavored and has been a hit in the on-premise. Kinky brand manager Kelly Tomek predicts that the Kinky liqueurs portfolio could hit 500,000 cases next year, with a new flavor extension expected to launch in the spring.
While the premium end of the liqueurs market is generally in growth mode, Jägermeister slipped 1.8% to 1.66 million cases last year. Still, that performance is a marked improvement compared with previous years, and the brand is now taking aim at super-premium segment with Manifest, a sippable variant aged in American oak for over a year. For now, Manifest ($60) is primarily focused on the on-premise.—Shane English
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Nisporeni es una localidad de Moldavia, en el distrito (Raión) de Nisporeni.

Se encuentra a una altitud de 100 m sobre el nivel del mar.

Se sitúa sobre la carretera R25, 10 km al este del río Prut que marca la frontera con Rumania.

Demografía
Según estimación 2010 contaba con una población de 9 814 habitantes.

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Localidades de Moldavia
Distrito de Nisporeni

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Welcome back Steven, you were missed. These prints are astounding, truly handsome work.
Thank you John. Nice to see you again also!
Thank you Elana for these thoughts about the interaction of text & image and how the poem's movement relates to the title. What a great line the poet chose to end the poem!
Very much enjoyed working with the compelling imagery in this poem – the feelings, the thoughts, the trajectory!
Thank you very much Ned. I enjoyed getting to know this fine poem! Congratulations on your new book, I'm sure it will be great & I very much look forward to reading your collection.
This is great, rekindles meditations of mythology.
Thank you for your observation Philip.


The "alarming" trends have continued into 2016, the secretary-general found. He was "shocked" by the scale of violations. Rightly so.
Since the Saudi-led coalition began its military campaign in Yemen in March 2015, Human Rights Watch has documented 43 airstrikes that have killed close to 200 children, and multiple airstrikes that struck or damaged schools or hospitals, including a school for the blind. In one particularly deadly incident in March 2016, Human Rights Watch found that two US-supplied bombs were used in a strike on a market in the village of Mastaba that killed at least 97 civilians, including 25 children.
Of course, the Saudi-led coalition is not alone in committing grave abuses against children in Yemen. The Houthis, government forces, pro-government militias, and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were also included on the secretary-general's "list of shame," as they had been in previous years.
Human Rights Watch has documented repeated violations against children by multiple parties to the conflict, including the Houthis endangering schools by using them for military purposes and using child soldiers. The UN report found that 72 percent of 762 verified cases of child recruitment were attributable to the Houthis, with an overall five-fold increase in recruitment of children and a shift towards forced or involuntary recruitment.
The conflict in Yemen has taken a devastating toll on the country's children. In order to help end these grave violations, the international community should take immediate action, including suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and forming an international mechanism to investigate violations by all sides.
In his report, the secretary-general said accountability is a "shared responsibility." The time to shoulder that responsibility is now.


I was saying something about screwing the schedule in the last article and here I go again. To be honest, the bi-weekly format probably fits my time schedule more, but will see how I will deal with the upcoming episode six.
Disclaimer: English is not my native language so there might be some mistakes - if you have already read my other articles, you are probably used to it, otherwise thanks for overlooking that.
First two passengers were released from KADO and with them comes Shindo as well. This time without Yaha-kui. Without any interference from his side he can meet with his colleagues. Shindo is excused from his current duties and is appointed as special envoy to the anisotropic, but he refuses and persuades them to give the title to Hanamori, since he will be with Yaha-kui on the negotiations. On top of that, he asks Ubuka-san to fire him, because to be negotiator for the opposing side and in the same time Japanese government officer wouldn't be good.
Next stop is meeting with Prime minister, to discuss the current situation. The thing which pressures them the most is situation about wam. At the moment, they have been granted 167 of them and Yaha-kui is producing 10 more a day while being in KADO. In core opinions on the situation go from one extreme to another, but most of the people simple don't know what to think about it. Shindo is familiarized with the results of UN meeting. They demand to hand over all wam to UN and let them manage it.
On the way to National Institute for Integrated Sciences Saraka shows Shindo the latest survey results about the situation. We shouldn't be surprised that opinions are all over the place and that somebody had to mention, thet Yaha-kui is hot. In the lab Tetsuo Mifune and his assistant Dr. Kanata Shinawa are researching and analysing wam. So far they have discovered the polarity of wam and that the voltage it emits depends on the circuit. If you replace battery or power plant, it will behave the same, but the output energy would be vastly different. It's composed of macromoleculs and interesting is, that it has not one but actually six shapes, which makes no sense to even Mifune-sensei.
Another people are released - which makes it 5 by the end of episode. Hanamori goes crazy when he learn about his assignment, but the fact Shindo believes in him makes him accept the position. Yaha-kui is not happy with the results of UN meeting, as wam should go to the people, not to countries or representatives of countries, even though he accepts the concept of countries as being good society model. With the current speed of wam production it's impossible to give everybody his/her own wam, but there still might be another option, but that will need a lot of resolve from the side of Japanese government.
Finally UN holds another meeting and passes new resolution (all for except of the representative of Japan). All wam have to be given to UN otherwise Article Seven of the UN Charter will be applied if they fail to comply, which would result in financial restrictions, travel prohibitions, ending diplomatic resolution and international military actions. To avoid this situation there is one person Yaha-kui needs - Dr. Shinawa Kanata.
Shindo meets Dr. Shinawa Kanata in JGSDF Mishuku Garrison, in EMI/RFI shielded room in Defense Ministry lab. Yaha-kui brings most (97%) of all produced wam there, for those two to investigate it as it's the key part in the other option he mentioned in the previous episode. (Fun fact - as Yaha-kui enters the room, Shinawa tries to eat his hand!).
Yaha-kui leaves with Saraka and is on the way to meet Prime minister. People are panicking and standing in queues in front of shops in fear of the UN restrictions and lack of food in case of any conflict. Finally when they arrive, Yaha-kui meets Prime minister in private meeting.
The current situation is dire for Japan. Yaha-kui points what he said previously. Wam are a source of power more than sufficient for humanity's needs. But there is still struggle going for people and that's the concept of difference. The decomposition of society into countries with each of them having in mind their own best interest and the difference between nations made from equilibrium a stagnation. It's Prime minister who suggests, that there might be a way to imagine all of humanity to surpass national interests and prosper as a whole. It should be everybody, the whole humanity, who should think that way. It's their responsibility, how they use wam which aren't good neither evil - it's simply a tool, which provides energy.
This seems to be a right answer in which Yaha-kui wanted to hear so he offers a suggestion - his alternative option.
Emergency press conference is called. All media from whole world is free to participate, recording of the meeting can be freely spread on the Internet and shared without any restriction. This weird introduction which confused everybody is clarified little bit later. Prime minister keeps his message simple - he will surrender all 196 wam currently in Japan's possesion to UN nation. Then Shindo takes his place and introduces Dr. Shinawa. He make sure everybody in the room is watching her hands as he - in front of them (from paper) creates her own wam. It's not easy, but it can be done and now whole world knows how to make them.
Representatives of countries in UN who watched the conference and few minutes ago were happy with the Prime minister response go nuts. Happy face turned into anger as now all wam which they will receive from Japanese government are useless, when everybody knows, how to make their own. Is there possibility to make Japanese government to take responsibility for it?
Another great episodes. Starting in the beginning - it's great that Yaha-kui was able to keep promise and started to release passengers. United nation decisions reflect on the current world situation. There are people in power and who has the most power can command and make the best of his own interests. What a nice scene, when they went crazy after the press conference at the end of episode 5.
As usually I learned some new words and concepts from the show - yeah, sometimes it can throw you off the show, when you have to pause it and go google what the hell is "spinodal decomposition", but when you grasp the concept and finally understand, it gives you much more than if you simply skipped the phrase.
Lastly I think I said it in some previous article, but I really love the Dr. Shinawa Kanata's personality. She is genius but it's compensated with her childishness and eccentric nature, which makes her perfectly balanced character.
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Seven years ago, I was working in southern Illinois on an 11 month assignment. My daughter had been to the International House of Prayer in Kansas City and wanted to visit again. She flew in from NJ and I drove across Missouri to meet her. It was my first visit and I had some familiarity with their ministry. If you are unaware I encourage you to visit their website at ihopkc. They encourage prayer and worship and have a prayer room that has been continuously focused on Jesus Christ, 24/7 for over 15 years. During my drive to KC the Lord turned my attention away from myself and toward my daughter. He said this weekend was about her and not about me. He was setting me up.
As we sat in the prayer room, I was awakened to a level of the love of Jesus Christ for me I had not known. This was far beyond what I had experienced before. We often speak about breakthrough. We are right and in pursuit of God's purpose for us when we seek to be free. Our seeking in itself is a humbling and repentance. I had real deliverance from fears and self-effacement. Our enemy will often turn us inward on ourselves. I experienced the passionate love of Christ for me as part of His bride. I knew that intimacy that makes one feel like they are the Shunamite of Song of Songs. I had known this in measure but now I knew it deeply, at a new level. It was a life changing experience. It was a fresh beginning of true unity with the Lord's love and purpose in my life.
It put a fire in me and gave me an intensity I had not known before. The Lord, by His Spirit, was preparing me for a launch that initiated in 2013. The year in between saw personal failure in a failed marriage. It was sad but we saw much grace. In this life, human failures happen and we must continue to pursue love, His true love. I learned passion from and for Him. Jesus Christ Himself carries us through all kinds of loss, including failed relationships. May God redeem every broken relationship for His name's sake. Maintaining His passion is the focus I am learning through this and my continued journey.
How do we maintain the passion? How did we find it in the first place? Did we initiate it? We received Jesus and with that experience we began to know His love for us. The more we receive that love, the more we love back. The more time spent in His presence, the more we are joined to Him in experience and the more we learn to move in His purpose. The fire is His passionate love for us and it flows back to Him the source. He draws us more and more to Himself. He is the fire.
Many have found the importance of this prayer, out of the Psalms, "Search me and know me." Open to Him and let Him expose all the dark and ugly places still hiding in your soul. They are offensive to you, and would be to others if exposed. The more we know His cleansing and find His steadfast love, the more we love Him. The one who is forgiven much, loves much. He doesn't search us to condemn. He searches to cleanse every stain. As His refining fire works to burn away our self-centeredness, we find His life in us is revealed. Christ in us the hope of glory.
Children want to please their parents. While, with our human natures, we can manipulate our parents, we cannot fool God. If we come to Him to manipulate we will find frustration. It can bring us to a tantrum or pity party. Don't stay there. When I have found myself there I cry out and ask God to fix me, save me. Yes I am saved but still in the process. (Phil. 2:12-13) And the process is bringing us to rest in Him. We lose the notion that we of ourselves can please God, our Father. It is God at work in us to will, and to do for His good pleasure. The result for us is joy unspeakable and full of glory. We experience His glory, His pleasure in us.
I repeat what I wrote in my previous post. It is not time for lethargy and lukewarm living. We individually need the fire to never go out on the altar of our hearts. This is another way of saying, be being filled with the Spirit. When we are allowing His Spirit to fill us, we overflow. When the fire is burning with passion in our hearts, it is like a fire in our bones and it will come out. Keep your door, the door of your inner man, the door of your heart open to Him. He will come in and be your fire. And most wonderful it is that if we maintain, we experience His continual presence. That is joy unspeakable.


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Researchers Develop Safer Gene Therapy Technique
By Huda Munir	 Last updated Nov 4, 2016 608 0
A team of Washington State University (WSU) researchers, led by Grant Trobridge, an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has recently developed a new and safe way to reduce the risks of gene therapy. They have done so by altering the way the virus carries the beneficial gene to the target cell. The new technique is safe and will prevent triggering proto-oncogenes which assist in cancer tumors.
Gene therapy is an experimental technique whereby scientists technically replace the missing or defective genes with the modified genes to correct genetic disorders. It uses virus vectors — usually retroviruses – to deliver the modified gene to the target cell. Gene therapy is the future and, once available, will be an effective replacement for drugs and surgery for various incurable diseases including cancer and blood disorders.
Cancer is a problematic condition and among the leading causes of death in the world. Nearly 700,000 new cancer cases will be reported in the United States and 600,000 people will die from the disease.
The most common cancers originate in the breast, lung, prostate, colorectal area and the skin.
The uncontrolled growth of cancerous tumors happens when proto-oncogenes are turned on by various environmental and biological factors. Proto-oncogenes are genes that encode for proteins regulating cell growth.
Grant D Trobridge and his colleagues altered the viral gene therapy to target a disease known as SCID-X1, also known as the "Boy in the Bubble Syndrome". SCID-X1 is a life threatening immunodeficiency disease in the newborn.
Genotoxicity is a major problem of concern during gene therapy and the researchers used a "foamy" retroviral vectors into regions enriched with trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 9. This was done by modifying the viral Gag and Pol proteins.
The researchers used foamy retroviral vectors over gammaretroviral and lentiviral vectors as they are safer and have a lower tendency to activate nearby genes. The vectors are called "foamy" because they have a tendency to form foams under certain conditions.
Trobridge says, "Our goal is to develop a safe and effective therapy for SCID-X patients and their families. We've started to translate this in collaboration with other scientists and medical doctors into the clinic."
The researchers have already carried out clinical trials for SCID-X1 by targeting human cord blood CD34+ cells in Paris and London. 17 out of 20 patients were successfully treated with the retroviral vector gene therapy; however, 5 patients developed leukemia after undergoing the treatment, indicating the need of further improvement in this treatment.
Still, the advantage of retargeted foamy retroviruses is that they can be produced at high titers, more than 107 transducing units/ml are unlikely to target cells which don't need to be targeted and the modified Gag and Pol helper allows the easy production of therapeutic foamy retroviral vectors.
The study was published in Journal on November 3rd, 2016.
Gene Therapy Can Give People A Chance To Live But Are We Sure It Is Safe?
Gene therapy has risen as a contemporary way to treat diseases, bodily defects and even to enhance our physical and intellectual abilities for better or for worse. It was first carried out in 1990 at the NIH Clinical Center in a four-year old girl with adenosine deaminase ADA deficiency which is a genetic immunodeficiency disease.
Gene therapy has evolved since then but is still complex due to numerous other complications arising by this mode of treatment. An important principle is the Weismann Principle which states that in case of gene therapy, it should be made sure that the modified DNA remains in the body cells and does not appear in the person's gametes, as this could lead to alterations in the genome that could be passed on to the next generations.
One other hurdle to consider is that a lot of common chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and osteoporosis are caused by multiple altered genes, making it difficult to treat them.
In addition, the body's immune system can respond negatively to modifications in genes, destroying the effectiveness of the treatment, one famous example being of Jesse Gelsinger who was the first person to die after receiving gene therapy.
Nevertheless, gene therapy has come a long way and its methods have improved immensely. The advantages of gene therapy are greater than its disadvantages because of its ability to cure diseases "incurable" by conventional methods.
Due to these reasons gene therapy has given people another chance at living, especially those with hereditary diseases.
Gene therapy has the potential to eliminate and prevent these genetic defects such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and certain forms of dementia and even diseases like AIDS and cancer.
In whatever way, gene therapy will become a common way to treat diseases in the 21st century. In recent years, researchers have been able to successfully treat patients suffering from hemophilia by inserting a gene that improved their ability to form blood clots.
Additionally, China recently announced that it had enrolled lung cancer patients for gene therapy using CRISPR technology, and in some cases viral vectors were used to treat inherited blindness.
Gene therapy will see more advancements and refinements in the future. On such example is the ability to treat muscular dystrophies and lysosomal disorders. The developments will allow to overcome immune suppression to prevent an immune response which has been shown to cause death. Moreover, future vectors may be different than viral vectors and may include microRNA regulated expression.
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Huda Munir is an epidemiologist with expertise in public health policy. She is interested in writing about global public health issues and policy trends. Huda is also an information junkie and loves to read 'everything'. Her idea of fun includes a cup of tea, five minutes of silence, a long walk with a good book, and definitely the John Oliver Show.
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Leptagonus – monotypowy rodzaj morskich ryb skorpenokształtnych z rodziny lisicowatych (Agonidae).

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4 What Kind of Plants Do Painted Lady Caterpillars Eat?
While adult butterflies and moths are harmless to plants, drinking flower nectar for food if they eat at all, they are not so harmless in their former larval stage as caterpillars. Caterpillars eat leaves, stems and sometimes even the roots of plants, and they eat constantly. While most caterpillars in nature eat a wide variety of food plants, some are specific to certain plants, and when found in numbers can be damaging to crops. Infestations are unsightly and can lower property values.
Caterpillars, no matter the variety, share some features. They all have several body segments, three real legs and a set of false legs. To identify a certain type of caterpillar, look for field markings, which are identifying characteristics specific to one type of animal. When looking at caterpillars, field markings include color, size, head shape, where the legs and false legs are, and hairiness. A different way to identify caterpillars is to look at the damage caused to the plant itself, because different pests leave different forms of evidence.
Potato moths are very small brown moths that target a variety of vegetable plants. Potato moth caterpillars, also called the potato tuberworm, have white or cream colored bodies with dark red-brown heads. The first segment of the body is the same color as the head. They are about a one-half inch long and hairless. The head is always flat. If the damage to the plant includes chewed leaves, hollowed out stems, and black tunnels in the potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers, the most likely suspect is the potato tuberworm.
Cutworm adults are nocturnal brown moths. These caterpillars are 1 to 2 inches long and brown to grey brown in color, sometimes striped and sometimes spotted and always hairless. The cutworm tends to curl up into a ball when disturbed. These ground dwellers are active at night. Typically they are only discovered by the damage they do to plants. Some cutworms feed on leaves, but most feed by cutting through the stems of seedlings at the soil level, causing the plants to fall over and die.
Adult cabbage loopers are grey-brown moths with a 1 1/2 inch wingspan. Loopers are so named because they move in a looping motion like inchworms. These are two inch long hairless green caterpillars that have three real legs on the front of the body and three false legs at the back of the body. This arrangement causes them to move along in loops, a style that leads some to confuse them with inchworms. Cabbage loopers are very common garden caterpillars that feed on leaves, leaving tattered, irregularly shaped holes between the leaf veins.
Mara Dolph is a career outdoor educator and conservation biologist. She holds a BA in the Biological Aspects of Conservation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a graduate certificate from the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation program at Columbia University. She has been a writer for six years, and has contributed articles for "Outdoors in NYC."
Dolph, Mara. "How to Identify Caterpillars in Potatoes." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/identify-caterpillars-potatoes-84523.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.


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Choose a topic that you find interesting. Think of a favorite hobby or skill you've mastered. The more familiar you are with your topic, the more informative (and effective) your essay will be.
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I got the Chocolate and Rose bath bomb which smell absolutely divine. They have some really good ingredients like Cocoa butter, Olive oil and Aloe Vera extract and made my skin lovely and soft. The soap was also very nice, it smells like citrus, it was creamy and moisturising.
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