I can save an image, however once I try to modify it and resave I get the error message "Acrobat PDF file format is having difficulties". If I rename the file I can save again, however that is getting tiresome. Any solutions? I'm using illustrator 10.
Have you tried saving your Master file as .ai, then if it needs modifying, do it in there and if you need it in PDF or EPS format, again do it from the master?
I would like to try your suggestion, however Illustrator has just started crashing whenever I open any doent, so perhaps I have other issues. I may try to reinstall the program.
That said, I thought that saving a file as an .ai was the default. And that making it pdf compatible was an option on the checkbox.
All true, but if you were having trouble with only PDF files, that would be a workaround until the problem was solved. It seems that's not your only problem. It would appear you might be having a resource problem. Do you regularly Defrag? How many fonts do you have installed and active (over 150)? Are you using anything by Norton? What does your Resource meter say prior to a crash?
when I open it again and work on it it won't let me save it, I get the same error message that David is getting "Acrobat PDF file format is having difficulties"
illustrator 9, and use norton anti virus and system works.. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help, I'll try out those solutions one by one..
I'll let you know, there are quite a few things to try and it'll take me some time I think, I'm going to try trashing the pref file as soon as I find it and work from there, I'll let you know.
I'm having the same problem - the error message is "Acrobat PDF file format is having difficulties. A temporary file could not be opened."
Problem is, I can't even open the files in question. they are native .ai files, adn I've tried changing the extension to .eps and .pdf - same result.
I am networked, but the files are on my local hard drive - have not even been saved to the network at all.
I tried to create a "test" file and it won't let me save it - I just keep getting the same stupid dialog box.
I have big problems - as there are projects due asap that require Illustrator. HELP!
I solved my problem, I tried many things deleting unused bruhes etc.. deleting the pref file ( did a search for aipref using find hidden files switch) nothing then I downloaded and installed the latest update, but what really worked for me was changing the name of the folder where I stored the .ai files. It was named raúl, my name has a "tilde" an accent in spanish and in my multitude of research for this dumb problem I came across an article from adobe that said not to name files, the hard drive or the folder with any extended characters, nothing strange in the name or anywhere in the path. I re neamed the folder and that ended my problems, I can save .ai files.
Well, I'm giving up and just ordered the upgrade to CS. My folder that I save to is call "Advertisements". Can't get much plainer than that. Hopefully the newer software will work better with XP. Thanks everyone.
HELP!!! "Acrobat PDF File Format is having difficulties"
"Acrobat PDF file format is having difficulties expected a non-negative integer"
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MP presents 1,700 Mathematical sets to BECE Candidates
As a testament of his continuous commitment to help improve the standards of education in his area, the honorable Member of Parliament (MP) for the South Tongu constituency, Mr Kobena Mensah Woyome has presented each of the 1, 751 Candidates sitting for the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the District with a mathematical set to help them write the exams without stress.
He has also provided the necessary support to the South Tongu District Education Directorate in transporting the examination materials to and from the centers. The MP has motivated and encouraged the invigilating staff to enable them performs their duties effectively in all the eleven (11) examination centres in the District. The gesture according to the MP was just a fraction of the several yearly routine measures his office in collaboration with the District Assembly has adopted to enhance education delivery in the District.
According to him it is the collective target of the Assembly and the MP's Office to ensure that the 2017 BECE past rate registers a remarkable improvement of 80% against the 61.25% recorded in 2016. The South Tongu lawmaker assured of readiness to support the District Education Directorate at all times when called upon.
He was full of praise to teachers and staff of schools, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAS), the Chiefs and people and all other stakeholders for their efforts in preparing the students for the exams and to help improve education delivery in the area.
He also cautioned the students to avoid examination malpractices as they prepare for their future. A total of one thousand seven hundred and fifty one (1,751) candidates are writing the 2017 BECE in the South Tongu District of the Volta region at 11 centres.
There are a total of 79 personnel comprising 11 supervisors and 3 assistant supervisors and 65 invigilators in-charge of the South Tongu District for the exams.
Christian Kpesese/ghanamps.com

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title: Returns
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## Introduction

Returns are a reality of doing business for most e-commerce sites. A customer may find that the item they ordered doesn't fit, or that it doesn't fit their needs. The product may be damaged in shipping. There are many reasons why a customer could choose to return an item they purchased in your store. This guide covers how you, as the site administrator, issue RMAs (Return Merchandise Authorizations) and process returns.

## Creating RMAs for Returns

You can only create RMAs for orders that have already been shipped. That makes sense, as you wouldn't authorize a return for something you haven't sent out yet.

![Return Authorizations Link](../../../images/user/orders/return_authorizations_link.jpg)

To create an RMA for a shipped order, click the order's "Return Authorizations" link, then click the "New Return Authorization" button. The form that opens up enables you to select which items will be authorized to be returned, and issue an RMA for the corresponding amount.

![RMA Form](../../../images/user/orders/rma_form.jpg)

To use it, just select each line item to be returned, either a reimbursement type or exchange item. Select Quantity of the items(s), its set to "1" by default. For example, customer wants to return a damaged item. Selecting the "Original" reimbursement type will refund a user back to their original payment method when the items are returned and approved.  Selecting an exchange item will create a new shipment to ship the exchange item to the customer.  The form will automatically calculate the RMA value based on the sale price of the item(s), but you will have to confirm the amount when the reimbursement is issued. This gives you a chance to adjust for handling fees, restocking fees, damages, etc.

Input the reason and any memo notes for the return, and select the [Stock Location](/user/configuration/configuring_inventory.html) the item is coming back to. Click the "Create" button.

Now, you just need to wait for the package to be received at your location.

Even created Return Authorization can be edited or deleted. When the user changes his mind. As an Admin in your shop, you can still make additional changes to Return action.

![Return Edition](../../../images/user/orders/return_autho_edit.jpg)

![Return Delete](../../../images/user/orders/return_autho_delete.jpg)

Inside of the Return Authorization Edit, its the same layout as creating one. Just simply make changes and press **Update** button.

![Return Edition Inside](../../../images/user/orders/return_autho_inside.jpg)

## Processing Returns

Once you receive a return package, you need to create a "Customer Return". To do so, go to the order in question and click "Customer Returns". Click the "New Customer Return" button.

![Receive RMA Button](../../../images/user/orders/customer_return_link.jpg)

Select which of the authorized return items were received or mark all of them by simply clicking next to product on the left side checkbox, and to which [Stock Location](/user/products/creating_products.html). You can also set if the item that has been returned by the User is still **Resellable** or not. Once you are done, click the "Create" button.

![Receive RMA Button](../../../images/user/orders/customer_return_form.jpg)

The return items are marked as accepted, and now you can create a reimbursement for the $24.14 you owe the customer.

![RMA Received](../../../images/user/orders/create_reimbursement_button.jpg)

The reimbursement form will be populated according to your original reimbursement or exchange selections chosen during the return authorization form.  You may override the selected reimbursement type or exchange item now if you want to, otherwise click the "Reimburse" button to create the refund.

![Issue a Reimbursement](../../../images/user/orders/reimbursement_form.jpg)

Your return-processing is complete! As you can see, there is $24.14 refund issued to the original credit card or Store credits to the user's account.

![Reimbursement Complete](../../../images/user/orders/reimbursement_complete.jpg)

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"Dear Drew' is the new celebrity collection you need in your closet. It is the first fashion line of the	famous actress Drew Barrymore. The lifestyle brand was launched in collaboration with Amazon Fashion, and that is the place where you can shop all the products. As Drew already explained the collection is "a love letter to women around the world". Now you can look super-trendy thanks to the first lifestyle collection of the actress.
"We're delighted to be teaming up with Drew Barrymore to debut her new brand on Amazon Fashion. Drew's impressive career and creative energy is an inspiration, and we're thrilled to be able to offer our customers a collection that embodies her.'- said Kate Dimmock, Amazon's Fashion Director.
The full "Dear Drew' line is already available on Amazon Fashion. Aside from the clothing range, the Hollywood star designed jewelry, accessories, intimates, beauty tools, and luggage. Drew included many inspirational quotes, featured all over her designs. The items from the clothing line are sophisticated, modern and do remind of Barrymore's personal style.
Drew created the collection to empower women all around the world. The trendy clothing pieces feature fun quotes that spread positivity. You will find chic picks such as the very famous pajama-looking tops, pleated skirts, maxi floral dresses and high-waisted plaid plants. The jewelry selection is also very modern and carries a bohemian vibe. Super cute heart details decorate the bags and several other designs.
Drew already owns a beauty brand named Flower Beauty. The actress has been blessing us with her amazing products for almost four years. It was founded in 2013 and offers beauty products and tools, makeup and fragrances. Barrymore is a successful business lady and entrepreneur. Aside from Flower Beauty, the actress also owns several other brands. She is passionate about wine, and she established Barrymore Wine back in 2014. Flower Eyewear is just another rising brand of. hers. The only thing she was missing was a fashion project. Now, she will also be dressing us up with super-chic designs.
The collection is relatively affordable. Everything is under $250, and you will even find items and designs that cost only $28. Amazon surprises us with affordable collaborations on regular basis. The online retailer launched its fashion feature just months ago and is already taking over the world of fashion.


Jack Abramoff: Donald Trump Has Potential to Be Best Modern US President- Can He #DrainTheSwamp? - Wall St. for Main St.Wall St. for Main St.
Jack Abramoff: Donald Trump Has Potential to Be Best Modern US President- Can He #DrainTheSwamp?
Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed first time guest, former top lobbyist, author, lawyer and whistle blower, Jack Abramoff http://abramoff.com/.
During this 30+ minute interview, Jason starts off by asking Jack about the documentary, The Best Government Money Can Buy, about lobbying and if large corporations get a 100 to 1 return on investment (ROI) or greater when they hire lobbyists in DC?
Jason then asks Jack about DC corruption and how difficult it will be for Donald Trump to drain the swamp?
Jason asks Jack about if the levels of corruption has increased in the last few decades? Jack says there's been pervasive corruption in DC for a long time but most Americans just didn't notice.
Jason and Jack discuss Trump's call with Taiwan, some of Trump's cabinet picks, if Trump will try to copy Ronald Reagan and what efforts can be done to try and clean up the massive amounts of corruption in DC.


Saturday I was spending another beautiful fall day inside of Ross Ade Stadium. I really love college gameday at Purdue, and I wanted to savor this last one of the year. Purdue came out firing and jumped out to a 10-0 lead. The photos were coming along very nicely, and then they stopped coming for a while. At the end of the day it was a good day to watch a football game in a great stadium. I came away with some photos from the game that I liked. After about a day without making an Exposure page I decided to make one as I had some photos that I thought should not be kept for myself. You can view that Exposure page here.
Just before the last Purdue football game I made an image of Boilermaker center Kirk Barron that I really liked. I did not go into this game with anything in mind, but as luck would have it he gave me something once again. As the team was running out of one drill into another he was the only one with his helmet off yelling at his teammates. This fiery pregame yell was one of my favorite photos of the day, and why I always go to an event early.
This weekend some of my family put on a tailgate for the Varsity P Club. The usual F lot event moved to the north lot for a game. It was a lot of fun to see some faces that I have not seen in quite some time. As I was making some photos of the tailgate I noticed Dale Samuels talking to Rod Woodson. I always enjoy listening to Dale talk football. He is a walking encyclopedia of Purdue Football. He has seen a lot over the years there. As I saw them talking I could only imagine what they had to say. This was my favorite shot of the tailgate.
One great thing about the Varsity P Club tailgate is the fact that the band basically gives you a concert about an hour before kickoff. With a bright sun in a blue sky I made some images of the band that I liked before ever walking into the stadium. The band is part of what makes the college gameday so much fun. They bring it the entire game without fail. I was happy to make a few photos of them.
The Last Ride This Year?
This has been a fun, but quick football season. It started out with a quick trip down the road to catch a half of the local football team playing. From there I made my way to Minnesota to document the Indiana State trip to play the Gophers. From there I have had a fun ride, but looking at the schedule it looks like that ride is over this year. I have events booked the next two weekends, and I don't see anything beyond that for myself. Nothing beats a college gameday, and I will really miss them.
This past week I did not make as many photos as I thought that I would. I made up for it with a great weekend. I was able to shoot football, roller derby, and wrestling. You can find some of my favorite photos from the week in my weekly Exposure page here.


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Court Ruling Against NGOs in Egypt Raises Concerns about Role of Civil Society in New Regime
Earlier this month an Egyptian Court convicted 43 employees of non-profit organisations to up to five years imprisonment, under charges of membership in illegal organisations. The prosecution's main argument was that those organisations were receiving foreign funds and promoting political activities without being registered by the government, thereby ultimately infringing on the sovereignty of the Egyptian state.The trial, which began in early 2012, also mandated the closure and seizure of offices and assets belonging to US-based International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, and to Germany's Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
This decision was the outcome of a crackdown on foreign non-profit groups that took place during the military rule that followed Hosni Mubarak's ousting. In December 2011, the state security forces raided several offices of organisations that had been defending democracy and human rights in the country, accusing them of promoting anti-government protests and operating illegally. The organisations claimed that the government had stalled all registration procedures.
The current administration, under Mohammed Morsi, has also taken steps to further constrain civil society activities in Egypt. A law proposed to regulate the operation and funding of NGOs in the country requires that foreign NGOs be approved by a state committee and that each foreign donation received by national non-profit organisations also be submitted to time-consuming approval procedures. This poses a threat mainly to human rights groups that receive almost exclusively foreign funding.
Representatives of 40 Egyptian civil society organisations have presented a joint statement in reaction to the government's attempts to further curb their activities in the country and suppress rights to association at large. They claim that the vague language of the provisions in the draft law allows the government much discretion to bar an organisation. Although the law is less restrictive in regulating the registration of local non-profit organisations, it creates much leeway for limiting the activities of foreign organisations.
These recent developments further contribute to existing concerns about the path that Egypt is taking in its democratic transition. These constraints to civil society activity may be severely detrimental to democratic consolidation in the country, as historical examples of democratic transitions show that civil society often plays a fundamental role in this process.
(The picture featured above is from al-monitor.com and is credited to Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany.)
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Share this Story: Veterinary college will fight Human Rights Tribunal decision against it
Veterinary college will fight Human Rights Tribunal decision against it
The College of Veterinarians of B.C. will fight a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision last month that found its investigation into Indo-Canadian veterinarian Hakam Bhullar and his associates was racially motivated.
Kelly Sinoski
Veterinarian Dr. Hakam Bhullar and other Indo-Canadian vets won a human rights complaint against the province's veterinary college. Photo by Gerry Kahrmann /Vancouver Sun
In a letter to Bhullar's lawyer, the college said it will proceed with a judicial review of the decision, saying it believes a number of its members were "wrongly described" as being involved in racial discrimination and the decision by the tribunal could adversely affect the college's ability to pursue future investigations.
"While the College would like to put this unfortunate matter behind it, it cannot let the findings of racism by the College go unchallenged," states the Nov. 9 letter signed by the college's lawyer Peter A. Gall.
The college insists it had been motivated in its investigation of Bhullar, and the other Indo-Canadian veterinarians, "by the desire to carry out its statutory duty to provide the necessary and appropriate protection to the animals under the care of veterinarians."
But Bhullar said Wednesday he believes the letter is a stall tactic by the college to avoid the tribunal's decision. He and other South Asian veterinarians led a 12-year fight against the college and its predecessor, the B.C. Veterinary Medical Association, alleging they were systematically discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity. The tribunal found in favour of them, awarding 13 veterinarians monetary damages and ordering the college to stop its discriminatory practices.
Bhullar called on the provincial government to intervene, noting Agricultural Minister Norm Letnick had previously warned the college that it would have to accept the decision, or the ministry would step in, but no action has been taken — even though the college had opened another investigation against him a day after the tribunal decision.
"They're targeting us day by day; they're the same old-boys club sitting there," said Bhullar, who runs the Atlas Animal Hospital in East Vancouver. "It's unbelievable. We live in Canada in the 21st century and there's systematic discrimination."
Bhullar argues he and the others have already spent more than $3 million fighting the college, which has more financial resources, including an indemnity from the provincial government. "They are not treating us as Canadian citizens," he said. "They are using tax money to support a racist body."
David Eby, MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, said although the college has the right to appeal the decision, he finds it troubling, especially since it will likely be "financially crushing" for the South Asian veterinarians. He also called on the province to step up and help the Indo-Canadians, if only to provide a more balanced hearing for both sides.
"When you have decisions like that at the college you have to take them pretty seriously, and to appeal them sends the wrong message," he said. "When there's a very well resourced and powerful college going up against a smaller group of their members, and marginalized members at that, it's really up to the government. They really need to back them."
Meanwhile, the college also noted in the letter that it will suspend its investigation into Bhullar pending an internal review into its disciplinary processes, aimed at ensuring they are fair to the veterinarians being investigated and can protect the public from inappropriate or unauthorized veterinarian practices.
ksinoski@vancouversun.com
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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma – 11
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Its just something else when an episode that you've been looking forward to exceeds your expectations so wonderfully. The 11th episode of Shoukgeki no Soma followed up the wonderful setup of the 10th with a really interesting curve ball, one that elevated the situation's premise to something that really serves one of its primary characters that's not Soma.
As much as I was looking forward to Soma giving Shinomiya the whipping he deserves, I was much more delighted by the fact that the Shoukgeki ended up focusing on Megumi instead.
I was personally of the belief that Megumi really has come pretty far from the first episode where we saw her introduced, but Dojima (and by extension the show) make a pretty interesting point, namely that if Megumi's going to continue to stay at the rather effed up Totsuki Academy then she has to do so herself, rather than constantly being saved by Soma.
In fact, Soma's being tested himself, since his expulsion's now tied to how well Megumi does, and all he can do is merely support her. Its not a stretch to say that Soma is being asked to put his money where his mouth is, and his evaluation of what makes a good chef is being put to the test.
And by making Megumi the focus of the battle, the show has not only raised the stakes but deepened my attachment to the battle. I'd much rather Megumi take on and put Shinomiya in his place with Soma's help than the reverse. Hell, it seemed so far fetched that I didn't even really consider it an option but the show did, and that's fantastic.
And speaking of Shinomiya, I'm glad that the show did do quite a bit to develop him as a real threat but not to redeem him in any possible way. Its definitely impressive that Shinomiya went to the heart of fine cuisine, France and ended up developing a successful restaurant there by himself, but the fact that he's an arrogant ass that can't work with people or respect others is an issue.
Cooking itself is not only just the art of making food itself, but its making something that other people consume. Being a horrible people's person is a big issue for a chef, as I'm sure even hobbyist chefs will tell you. That, in essence, is the problem with the elitism that's such a prevalent issue at Totsuki.
For all the talent people like that Shinomiya and Erina have, their arrogance is a huge impediment to greatness. The fact that someone like Soma not only is a generally nice guy, but believes in respecting other people and their talent is what makes him stand out as awesome by comparison.
We see that beyond just being a talented chef himself, Soma backs up Megumi pretty well, and its something that all the alumni marvel at. It may very well be Megumi's battle here, but Soma is definitely still going to display those amazing shounen lead characteristics. But still, what's refreshing about Soma is how he's totally able to let someone stand tall on the big stage.
Its something I think that Yakitate Japan didn't do as well, and I often lamented that Kawachi or some of the other great characters besides Azuma never really got a solid chance to shine in that series. Its good to see Shokugeki no Soma not fall into a similar trap.
As for the Shokugeki itself, we only get two thirds of the way there. Shinomiya ends up finishing his dish, a twist on the French dish of Chou Farci. Can't say I've ever had it, but given what I saw, the foodie in me is definitely interested. I just might explore French cooking in general thanks to this show.
But I digress… Shinomiya's dish is obviously amazing, and the reaction this week from the judges is hilarious as well. Instead of going for something sexy again (though we do get some suggestive moaning), Shokugeki ends up parodying Sailor Moon and the Mahou Shoujo genre in general. The Icing on the cake is totally Dojima as Magical Pink XD
The humor in general is pretty solid this week, and I loved the Shinomiya bashing and the constant barrage of insults that Hinako kept throwing his way.
And with that, the only thing that's left is to see the Terrine that Megumi and Soma present to compete with Shinomiya. I'm not exactly sure what to expect. It seems illogical that Megumi will outright beat Shinomiya, so I'm assuming she'll move him with her cooking in some way, or make him able to relate to her.
Whatever the case, I'm still pretty pumped for next week, and in seeing the conclusion to this latest arc that's improved this show quite a bit.
The conclusion to the Shokugeki happens next week. I can't wait.
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"Full orchard network coverage" is a term you don't hear often. But it's what Semios, a Canadian farming technology company, promises. More than just soil and water monitoring, the company claims its systems can trap, count and monitor pests, allowing farmers to set alerts and thresholds and even trigger the release of EPA-approved pheromones that disrupt pests' mating cycles. It's yet another case of how long-term, imprecise forecasts are being replaced by real-time field monitoring and targeted, automated responses.


A 20 minute film directed by Susanne Falkum Løvik and produced by Maria Ekerhovd, Farukhs Mynt (Farukh's Coin) tells the story of the afghan Farukh, who lives in an asylum reception center in the most beautiful part of Norway. Farukh believes in fate, but when fate one day arrives in a white envelope, his faith is put to the test.
Rent and watch the film here.


Can we move all data or MI account of a Redmi Note 3 phone to another Redmi Note 3�s? How do I move pictures from Google photos to SD card? Is it possible to move app data to an SD card without rooting a Redmi Note 3?... Photos move to the SD card for Android 4.4 KitKat After the Android 4.4 KitKat update, new safety regulations applied to apps and they could no longer access other directories.
If you go for Sandisk Micro-SD Card 64GB Class 10 you can click around 1600 photographs and 480 minutes of HD Recording also moreover as Galaxy S4, the Galaxy Note 3 is also expecting to have option to move apps to SD-card which will finally help in �... 10/10/2013�� Tap "SD memory card" to access your device's SD card Navigate to the desired files or folders and mark the check boxes associated with them Press the " Menu " icon located at the top-right corner and tap " Move ".
Part 3: How to Transfer Photos from SD Card to iPad via Leawo iTransfer Besides iTunes and Apple camera adapters, you still have a third option. That�s iPad data transfer, like Leawo iTransfer , a professional iOS data transfer software app that could help you transfer up to 14 types of data and files between iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod), iTunes and computer.


This apartment is located in the Bentley Grove development in Stanmore. A piece of the country, close to commuter links.
Exceptionally spacious two bedroom first floor apartment that has recently had new carpets laid, repainted throughout and new appliances fitted.


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Two x-ray labs sealed in Kwara for unprofessional conducts
The Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria has sealed off two ultrasound and x-ray laboratory facilities in Ilorin, Kwara State over alleged unprofessional practices.
The officers in the inspection and monitoring unit of the board paid unscheduled visits to about 20 radiographic outfits in Ilorin.
They, however, arrested and handed over two operators of radiographic facilities to the police for prosecution.
Ebere Onwuegbuchu, the Head, Inspection and Monitoring Unit of the board, who spoke with journalists during the exercise, lamented that many of the outfits engage quacks, such as diagnostic technicians or student anatomists to operate radiographic machines.
Onwuegbuchu informed that the unit discovered that operations of some diagnostic outfits did not meet the required standard, adding that some operated at residential areas, the findings he described as unconducive and unsafe to the staff and people around the locations.
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"We're not happy with what we noticed in some of the facilities visited were quacks, those who are not registered or licensed by the board are carrying out the radiographic practice.
"Radiography is a medical profession that involves the use of radiant energy to diagnose or treat patients when medically indicated. The equipment that is handled by radiographers includes conventional or dental x-ray, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, among others.
"When this radiant energy was not properly used it can lead to bodily or genetic harm through mutation of the gene carrying information. It can also lead to cancer when those who are not properly trained, certified and licenced carry out these examinations because they may be giving radiation dose that can induce changes in the cells of individuals.
"If unqualified person operated Ultrasound examination, the report he issues is what the clinicians would work on, and if the report is misleading, the treatment would not give desired results", he said.
The board advised Nigerians to ensure that radiographic facilities they patronize are manned by qualified and registered radiographers, saying that family suffer ugly consequences when attended to by quacks.
He says genetic harm may not manifest immediately but in the next generations of the victims through deformity of children they give birth to or come up with one ailment or another.
Onwuegbuchu warns that exposure to very high levels of radiation can cause acute health effects such as acute radiation syndrome and can also result in long-term health effects such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
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The dynamic, diverse life sciences of Massachusetts
Posted by Stuff Made In | Oct 2, 2020 | Articles & Tips
Travis McCready, former CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center office, in Waltham. / Photo by Brad Kane
The state is a global leader in a cutting-edge industry subsector
For 30 years, Charles Alpuche worked for PepsiCo, rising to senior vice president of North American Beverages. After retiring early, with a pension and benefits, he eventually returned to work in an entirely new industry, working for Insulet Corp., a company now based in Acton which makes an insulin delivery system called OmniPod.
"It was easy for me to come out of retirement because I absolutely loved what we were doing for the diabetes community," Alpuche said. "To me, it's about being happy to wake up in the morning and just change people's lives."
Location: Acton
Employees: 1200
Products: Omnipod Insulin Management System and the Amgen Neulasta Onpro kit.
Product's use: The Omnipod is an insulin infusion pump for type 1 or type 2 insulin requiring diabetes. The Amgen kit uses the same technology to deliver Neulasta, which stimulates the creation of white blood cells.
Growing company: 65% of the Insulet employees have been hired since the company broke ground on its current location in 2017.
Since breaking ground on its Acton facility in 2017, Inuslet has grown its employment by 65% to 1,200. Bringing manufacturing previously done in China to the Massachusetts location, it hired hundreds of people in a wide range of roles including manufacturing, research and development, software engineering, marketing, chemical engineering, and sales. To help make this happen, the State of Massachusetts provided support, including tax incentives.
"I've built plants all over the world," Alpuche said. "It was one of the best partnerships I've ever worked with to make it happen."
Massachusetts has long worked to cultivate its life sciences industry, which includes everything from pharmaceuticals produced with biotechnology techniques to implantable medical devices. Today, the state has the second-highest employment in biotech R&D after California – which, of course, is a far more populous state. It's also surpassed only by its big West Coast cousin in patents for medical devices in recent years. Big industry players like Sanofi, Shire, and Biogen have an important presence here.
Depending on your measure … Massachusetts is ranked No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3 in everything in life sciences in the United States."
— Travis McCready,
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
Life science companies find employees and partners at major Massachusetts hospitals and colleges. They benefit from the fact the state has the highest percentage of people with advanced degrees. And the companies, in turn, stimulate local economies. The average annual wages for both biopharma manufacturing and medical technology sectors are well over $100,000.
"Depending on your measure – and it doesn't really matter which measure you choose – Massachusetts is ranked either No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3 in everything in the life sciences in the United States," said Travis McCready, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a public-private partnership boosting the industry.
McCready said one big advantage for Massachusetts is that, unlike in most other states, its life sciences industry is not exclusively based in one metro area. While Cambridge, and specifically Kendall Square, is famous for its concentration of biotech and other life science companies, there are other clusters around the state.
"We've been working at this for over a decade to ensure that all these areas have the ingredients they need to be self-sustaining," McCready said. "They themselves can spin off economic activity and scientific activities without having to be connected back in to what's happening at Kendall Square."
Setting up in a Worcester cluster
Advirna, a biotechnology company with just four employees, is a good example of the value of this geographical diversity. The company makes chemically synthesized short RNA molecules to penetrate cells to target specific genes for research and therapeutic purposes.
Alexey Wolfson, the company's CEO and chief science officer, said that after receiving its first federal small business innovation grant in 2012 it started operations at a biotech incubator in Cambridge.
Advirna LLC
Location: Worcester
Products: Chemically synthesized short RNA molecules
Employees' median salary: $65,000
Wait for it: CEO Alexie Wolfson, is of Russian origin, and the company's Russian farewell party from its previous incubator space at LabCentral became legendary.
"The availability of the scientific community is important, because you can get any advice or experience you can imagine," Wolfson said. "You can reach people who know different areas that you have no idea about."
Once Advirna had used its prime location to find partners and get its technology established, Wolfson said, it was able to move to the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives incubator in Worcester, where its costs are significantly lower.
MBI is just one of many institutions throughout the state focused on supporting life sciences companies, bringing them together, and helping them form connections with research institutions, partners, and funders. Qi Zhao, CEO of Enrich Therapeutics, one of Advirna's neighbors at MBI, said he was impressed with how quickly the company was able to rent lab space at the incubator. In addition to being affordable, he said, MBI understood Enrich's specific needs as a startup.
Enrich Therapeutics
Founded: July 2018
Product: Device for isolating a single cell for research and drug development work
And it all fits in your pocket: Uses smartphone parts to isolate live, single cells.
"We don't have to spend a lot for equipment we only use once a week," Zhao said.
Enrich is in the business of helping researchers to capture single live cells for drug discovery and research purposes.
So far, it consists of just three cofounders, but as the company grows, Zhao said he anticipates hiring lab technicians, cell biologists, and other employees.
The office for Springfield biotech consultant TechSpring is set up to be similar to Silicon Valley companies, in order to encourage innovation. Waylon Harris' role with the company is to be its innovation host. Photo by Michael Papetti
Biotech in Western Mass.
Space was a key consideration for TechSpring, an innovation center that's part of the Bay State Health system in Springfield.
TechSpring works with companies designing IT systems to improve healthcare quality and efficiency, using Bay State as a lab.
Innovation Manager Jill McCormick said, when the organization started up in 2014, it could have set up offices at Bay State Hospital or in a small, cheap office. Instead, it created a large office reminiscent of a cutting-edge Silicon Valley building including coworking space for other health technology companies to hold meetings or set up their own small offices. Using designs with glass walls and amenities like a fancy coffee machine and a keg for after-business hang-outs, it encourages collaboration.
"It's just the idea of getting people who wouldn't normally talk to each other to be in the same space where titles don't matter and it's really about imagination and collaboration," she said.
TechSpring
Product: Digital health innovation facilitation (consulting)
That'll bring in the crowds: TechSpring holds an open house for the general public on each month with pizza and beer.
Photo by Michael Papetti
It's just the idea of getting people who wouldn't normally talk to each other to be in the same space where titles don't matter."
— Jill McCormick, TechSpring
#startuplife
Like TechSpring, Activ Surgical in Boston has a distinctive startup culture. With just 19 people in the company, CEO Todd Usen, who previously helped lead much larger companies, said he now regularly empties the office dishwasher. The company is creating a system using artificial intelligence and computer sensors to give surgeons extensive 3D visual information during a surgery.
"We can identify critical structures," Usen said. "We can see the landmines and the landmarks."
Todd Usen, CEO, Activ Surgical
Activ Surgical's aim is to make each patient's specific anatomy clear to surgeons, including those who may not perform high volumes of a specific surgery each year.
The company is moving toward commercialization of its product, which means doubling in size over the next year. Given the company's proximity to the universities, hospitals, and talent Massachusetts is known for, Usen doesn't expect that to be a problem. ◾
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Heritage High School
101 American Avenue, Brentwood, CA 94513
This section shows how much academic progress (also called "growth") students at this school are making given where they were last year, compared to similar students in the state.
This school is far above the state average in key measures of college and career readiness.
Even at schools with strong college and career readiness, there may be students who are not getting the opportunities they need to succeed.
Test scores at this school are above the state average. Because test scores in some states are so low, some students at this school may still not be performing at grade level
Even high-performing schools can have disparities between student groups. To understand how well this school serves all its students, review the information below in the Equity section. Understand what on-track learning looks like for your child and how you can help at home.
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Qualcomm is near a deal to buy Atheros Communications, a semiconductor manufacturing company, for about $45 per share, or $3.5 billion, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks.
A deal could be announced as soon as Wednesday, these people said, adding that the talks are in their final stages but could still fall apart.
The deal would represent a roughly 22 percent premium to where Atheros's stock traded midday on Tuesday. Atheros stock has jumped about 50 percent off of its lows in September as the outlook for business and consumer spending has improved.
A purchase of Atheros would be Qualcomm's largest acquisition ever. Over the past year the San Diego-based company has quietly sat on a pile of more than $10 billion in cash, while its arch-rival, Intel, has gone on a buying spree. Last August alone, Intel spent nearly $10 billion acquiring McAfee, the antivirus software maker, as well as units of Texas Instruments and Infineon.
A transaction would continue a string of deals across the technology industry. Tech has been among the busiest sectors for deal activity as well, accounting for about 8 percent of mergers worldwide. Much of the action has been by big companies seeking to bolster their offerings in growing specialties like mobile devices.
A transaction may herald a good start to what deal-makers hope will be another positive year for mergers and acquisitions. Global deal volume rose 23.1 percent to $2.4 trillion in 2010, according to data from Thomson Reuters, as companies have again proved willing to open up their wallets. Large technology companies are sitting on record amounts of cash to spend on deals.
Qualcomm, which has long been a dominant player in supplying chips to wireless phones, has been looking to put its products into tablets and small notebook computers. An acquisition of Atheros would allow Qualcomm, run by Paul E. Jacobs, its chief executive and chairman, to make inroads in these markets.
Atheros, based in Santa Clara, Calif., makes chipsets for a range of wired and wireless devices, from desktops to laptops to tablets. On Monday, it announced two new wireless products that bring Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology to notebooks and tablets that it says great reduces the impact on the battery life of such devices.
Through the first nine months of 2010, Atheros earned $77.6 million on $700 million of revenue. The company, run by chief executive Craig H. Barratt, has about 1,700 employees. Atheros was co-founded in 1998 by John L. Hennessy, then provost and now president of Stanford University.
The two companies have collaborated before, striking a partnership in 2006 to develop mobile phone chips.
On Tuesday, Arnab Chanda, an analyst with Roth Capital, upgraded Qualcomm, citing among other things royalty opportunities in tablets and other new wireless devices.
While Qualcomm looks to add to its stable of product, it been exiting non-core businesses. Last month, it announced a sale of wireless spectrum licenses to AT&T for about $1.9 billion in a deal that expands AT&T's fourth generation, or 4G, capacity. Qualcomm had used the spectrum for FLO TV, a mobile television service that it plans to shut down in March.
In late 2009 Atheros became linked to the high-profile insider-trading case against Raj Rajaratnam, the co-founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund. Ali Hariri, a former Atheros vice president, was sentenced in November to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to giving tips about Atheros to a hedge fund manager.


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Artwork #2 Appropriation: Go Carrom
by kibaida.m | Oct 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two bowls of Go stones
A dry-erase game board with targets of any number of rings (depending on desired difficulty)
For this assignment, I decided to appropriate the stones and bowls from a classic strategy board-game that predates even chess known as Go. The game board used was the underside of a dry-erase board from a board-game making kit that I'm using for another game in another class.
My goal for this project was to create a short, simple, fun game that retained some of the sensory experiences of its components. Carom alone is the result of decades of play and refinement, while Go is largely considered to be the ultimate strategy game, focused on knowing the mind of the opponent, the sensory and aesthetic experience of playing the game itself, and the creation of a celestial landscape that mirrors the universe itself through the regular procedure of play.
I was pleasantly surprised during play to find that the sensory and aesthetic appeal of both games was retained in this hybrid. Flicking a stone just hard enough for it to land in the perfect spot, knocking your opponent's stones off of an advantageous position, or even just feeling the the stones click against each other as you reach in the bowl are all experiences that coalesce into a delightful amalgam of the sensory impact afforded by both games.
The original idea for this piece was inspired by Maciunas' Fluxkits, whereby each item contained within served some aesthetic purpose as a set-piece for preservation and interaction. As such, I had meant to find an adequately appealing game board and some other items that would enhance the experience, but I ended up settling for the dry-erase stand-in from my other game. In doing so, I decided not to place the entire thing in a box or case as it might have been confusing to make sense of these disparate pieces on one's own. The end result manages to feel like what a Saudi Arabian boy (Carrom is popular in Saudi Arabia, where I was born and raised) might think of doing with a set Go stones he's never seen before.
Appropriation S&T – Twice "What Is Love?"
by ko.ab | Oct 30, 2018 | Show & Tell, Uncategorized
This music video is for a song titled "What Is Love?" by a K-Pop group called Twice and features each of the nine members presented as characters in different iconic films such as Romeo and Juliet, Pulp Fiction, La La Land, etc.
Music Video:
Side by Side Comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQRLlAafBL4
Artwork #1: "Fresh Attempt"
by ko.ab | Oct 30, 2018 | Artwork #1: Score, Uncategorized
When you wake up on a cloudy day
Catch rainwater in an empty medicine bottle.
Do this for a month, filling more bottles as desired.
Then take the water and wash your bedsheets in it.
This piece is a metaphorical comparison of coping methods. It doesn't take a stance on what is right or wrong, but rather a comment on how our coping methods are often ineffective ways of dealing with a problem with issues that might be more deeply rooted.
I found some creative ways to collect rainwater. It took a while because rain doesn't really fall in the same place so much as it just collects in areas after it falls. By the time it was full enough for me to try washing my sheets, I basically just made a small wet mark that dried in a matter of minutes. Ultimately though, I can say that the score played out the way I intended it to.
Appropriation Game – Telling Lies?
by omeara.d | Oct 29, 2018 | Artwork #2: Appropriate, Projects
For my appropriation game, I designed a game I dubbed "Telling Lies?" it's a card game played with a standard deck of cards revolving around deceiving your opponents and collecting pairs of cards. Sound familiar? If so, you may draw parallels to this and games like Go Fish, BS, and Coup.
In the game, each player asks for cards from another player's hand. That player may give them the card, or deny that they have it. A player may call someone's bluff though, and ask them to reveal their hand to prove it. If they're caught lying, there's a punishment. But, if they were telling the truth, the accuser gets punished. The goal of the game is to collect as many pairs of cards as possible before the deck runs out. Feel free to read the full rules here: Telling Lies
I took a lot of inspiration for the game from the chess appropriations we learned about in class, namely White Chess and Saito's chess series. The concept of taking a game that is so cemented in place as a classic game and making it something new seemed enticing to me, so I decided to choose something classic that most players could instantly think of while playing the game, Go-Fish. Of course, this is a little different, since chess appropriations make an entirely different game with a board and chess pieces which is different, while different card games pop up all the time. That being said, does that make all card games appropriations of each other?
Playtesting went very well, as the game had a massive amount of strategy that I wasn't ready for when I started playing. I got destroyed, and realized that several aspects of the game were important, most of all being mind-games. You could fake a card in hand by asking for that card from someone, leading the rest to believe you have a copy of that card to pair with it. Reading body language, eye contact, and more was important. All these levels of play that were outside of the physical game themselves made the game highly competitive and fun. The players enjoyed playing, as did I. A few changes were made over time, such as covering some edge cases where players would accuse with no cards in hand to pay for the possible penalty, and the penalties were messed with a bit for balancing so there wasn't accusations every turn or none at all. However, not much was changed, and the fundamentals of the game were the same throughout the game's existence.
Meme Uno
by zavyalov.k | Oct 26, 2018 | Artwork #2: Appropriate, Projects
My game appropriates content from the internet, specifically memes. Usually, the memes are either posted independently on social media, added as reactions to other posts, or innovated and reinterpreted on the original post. The game takes the idea that the people interacting with the memes have to know what they are seeing before being able to interpret and enjoy it, and applies it to Uno. In Meme Uno, before a person can play a card, they have to identify the meme on it, and the other people can state that they are wrong. If the player cannot name any usable memes from their hand, they have to draw cards from the deck until they find one that is both applicable and that they can name. If they have 10+ cards in their hand that they cannot interpret, they can place the cards at the bottom of the deck and draw an equal number from the top. The goal, like Uno, is to get down to one card.
The memes in this version of the game are hand-drawn, but a more easily identifiable version would have the memes printed right in the cards, rather than drawn on. That would make it easier for the person bringing the deck since they wouldn't have to draw the memes on.
The game is, because of its meme parts, partially inspired by the Dada movement, because a lot of the memes used draw upon styles used in the movement such as Baader's photomontages. However, it is too broad a selection of images and styles to speculate which exact pieces might have influenced the memers of this generation. The actual game I made draws upon the idea of the memes as "found objects" in the way that Duchamp's art used found objects, except instead of using objects from the outside world, the game takes memes found on the internet and translates them into the cards used for the game. Using images from sources that do not fit the base material (in this case, memes and blank Uno Cards, respectively), was also inspired by Baader's photomontage, as well as Schwitter's Merz collages, because those incorporated images more than words.
Playtests:
The first playtest spent about half of its time drawing the memes onto the cards, something that was later, in the secon playtest suggested to be turned into its own game of Meme Pictionary. After the memes were drawn, the game of Uno continued as it usually went, without the added component of naming the memes. This concluded pretty fast, because everyone knows how to play Uno and I had added nothing to the actual game.
The second playtest used the same cards as the first, so there was no drawing component, but it had the naming component, which made it last a longer time than the original. It was also a lot more chaotic and conversational, because people debated the memes they used and disproved other people. It was suggested here that either the drawings were separated into a different game and the Uno game just used the actual memes printed out, or the game was played with a BS vibe to it, where people would play memes and if they didn't know the meme they could lie, but if they were caught they would take the card back and have to draw instead. Either option is viable, as is a combination of both.
Gallery from the second playtest:
The entire deck of memes laid out
And on a final note:
xXx Throwback 2 Quizilla xXx
by chu.dai | Oct 20, 2018 | Artwork #2: Appropriate
This game was made as an appropriation to the days of 2004-2010, when Quizilla was at its peak popularity. The website was used for mainly creating quizzes and writing stories. The site was used by many newer or popular fandoms of the time along with the emo scene. The game was made to mimic the quizzes of those times which were a series of questions and then a result in the end and the most popular quizzes had the taker get a result where they're told that they have a certain power or end up with a handsome fictional character. The stories were all about a mediocre teenage girl who was stubborn and had attitude so instead of taking the route of those stories in which she gains 5-13 different powers, I made that all the questions would turn the player into a NPC in the interesting new world they were transported to instead of being a key player.
The game was made to mimic that style, but instead of having those happy endings or the instant suicide or cutting your wrists endings, I wanted to make the player always feel like they're in limbo and thus never getting an end state that's satisfactory or even considered an end state, but in respect to the medium I continuously gave the player commentary on their choices for some sort feedback even if it's negative feedback.
The movement that I took inspiration from was the New York Dada movement because they had a focus on wit and humor using some sort of irony. However my main take away from the New York Dada movement was the movement's criticism of forms of art by making fun of it with mimicry. Next are the works that I used to take inspiration from for my writing. The two that I used were Etant donnes and Fresh Widow by Marcel DuChamp. I used Etant donnes because Duchamp made a magical world over an impossible spanish wood door to point out war and the rise of fascism, but the viewer can only see it through a crack or peephole in the door and I used the idea of making a magical world, but only to block it off and have the players not do anything to create a frustration in my players. Next was Fresh Widow, which was a play on French Window and was a way to point out war and the romantic idea of soldiers going to war and their wives waiting for them. The inspiration that I took from the piece was to remove the romantic idea of escapism from these quizzes and the idea that there is a happy ending in the end of all the effort of answering questions.
For my playtests, I'd ask them if they had been on Quizilla when it was still active, Or if their only experience were with Buzzfeed quizzes as it would give me some insight if the participant knew the type of humor and style of the 'choose your own adventure' disguised as a quiz with the appropriated general style of 2006-08.
The first person who played my game didn't use Quizilla, but was familiar with the style of humor that I was trying to emulate and during the playtest.
Observations: There were a fair amount of eyerolls and mutters of 'why?" Some chuckles mainly at the beginning.
Feedback: It changes too quickly from being nice to being cruel and dismissive. I (the playtester) wasn't into the emo scene or depression scene back in the day so I guess maybe try to make it more surprising by making the first 3 questions nice and then attack the player at the drink questions
The second player is someone I've known for more than 10 years. They did go on Quizilla when they were in elementary school.
Observations: A bit of staring back and forth between the screen and my face. A fair amount of skepticism in the beginning then an elongated 'oh' when the person figured out what I was trying to appropriate.
Feedback: Called me a loser in a loving way and then called me a sell-out. The person actually asked me "Why didn't the player commit suicide as one of the endings?". At first I took the feedback as a joke, but then I started actually thinking about it.
I wasn't sure what to make of this feedback because back when this style of humor was popular, it was commonplace for an abrupt end or all of the ends in the game be that the character is brutally killed or commits suicide. I wouldn't be comfortable writing these scenarios now. However if I had to completely mimic the style in the game, I would have added it in, but since times are different and thankfully evolved past depression memes, I kept with the humor and style of the game just with minor edits.
Strolling Shadows
by chu.dai | Oct 19, 2018 | Artwork #1: Score
Go outside with someone. On a sunny day.
Take a stroll with them in the park.
One can only walk in the light. Other in the shadows.
Alternate every 2 minutes.
Strolling Shadows is a piece that changes the daily flow of walking by adding another factor along with another person. The piece also tests the layout of the environment and the designs behind them in terms of the how much light there is in the area vs how much shadow there is due to buildings, trees or other pieces of their surroundings. It allows the two people involved to walk together but adding a game-like quality to it using the environment around them.
This piece was originally supposed to be for one person as it was mainly inspired by two pieces in Yoko Ono's Grapefruit. The first one is called WALKING PIECE which I liked the premise of following someone's footsteps on any kind of terrain without making sounds and the very first idea of this was to walk only in the shadows while walking with other people and do so without letting the other person find out. I tested out this version and it tested a lot of my companion's comfort range as for most of the walk, there were no shadows made through the buildings and since the shopping bags my companion was carrying was making a shadow, I got closer to them that I ever should.
The second one is called CITY PIECE, which really transformed my piece to the playable iteration. The instructions for this piece is to talk with a baby carriage and that gave me the idea for the piece to have a companion. It wasn't comfortable to be walking and following the rules by myself. It felt entertaining for a little while, but the novelty wore off very soon when the strange looks got more frequent. So instead of doing the piece alone, adding another person would make the eventual odd looks less embarrassing especially when there's someone else to share it with or another object.
Since it'd be boring for both people to stay in the shadows, one had to be in the light and the other in the shadow because that would allow for more opportunities for cooperation and in case someone gets stuck without a shadow then they can use the other person's shadow while if there's an area covered in shadow then the person in shadow can use the flashlight function on their phone to help the other person cross the terrain.
Go outside with someone.
Take a stroll.
(This was the version used for this test)
The first usable run had two people using these rules and walking through a designated path from Northeastern campus, through Fenway park, and then through a section in the city to Target. It was hard to run this for awhile because for most of the week, the weather was filled with overcasts and so no shadows came from the buildings. This was eventually changed to specifically a sunny day and just the park in the final iteration. The time was switched to two minutes due to the venue switching only to the park and for retention time.
This was the designated path because it goes through three different styles of architecture. When walking through Northeastern, the two participants were having a hard time walking through the centennial because there we decided to test the piece right before it was time to change classes and the two people stood either in light or shadow, switching and stepping side to side whenever the timer was up, until the crowds of students cleared. The two had to find different ways to get out of campus. because the campus had one way with lot buildings whose road was completely in shadow. There was a way with a much more light so the two decided to wait until the remaining time before they switch was up and then ran away for four minutes then meet back together at some point.
When they reached the park, it went much better because the trees were more spread out, less buildings, more room, and less people so it was much easier the participants to move around the area. The feedback from this area was that the walk was much more enjoyable because it was relaxing to leisurely walk around the area and not follow rules of crossing the road or worrying about getting in people's way.
Finally though the city section was the most stressful for the participants and there were many times they asked to stop because there were multiple groups of tourists or a rather intimidating group of people in business suits who they were going to get in the way of. The most interesting moment was that the person who had to be in shadows for a while couldn't reach another shadow and jumped into the shadow of a shopping bag held by a random stranger. Then the person in the light had to run back and tell them to jump into their shadow. Then we all ran away, saying a quick apology.
Feminist Dress Up
by reynolds.lo | Oct 19, 2018 | Artwork #2: Appropriate
For my game featuring appropriation I chose to make a dress up game utilizing images from famous feminist artworks. While I chose the majority of my images based on the work's expression of the artist's own self-expression and relation to gender. overall I am very happy with the chosen works, especially with how harshly they contradict the traditional dress up game with the common inclusion of nudity or blood.
Initially I started with a physical version, scaling all of the source images to be comparably to scale, and had my classmates cut and clue parts of the images to create their own feminist artist. I was surprised with how well this activity turned out, with the flexibility of the physical medium offering unique combinations like different arms or feet that I hadn't thought of for the digital version. I also love how the final products include the background of the various images, setting the characters in a scene. Initially I was conflicted on whether or not I should choose to cut the pieces out before hand, but found the physical act of cutting and gluing the collage to be powerful.
For the digital version of the game I chose to use unity, and make a relatively simple character creation in which you could customize the head, torso, and legs of your character. While I love the immediacy of seeing the different combinations, in the future I hope to continue adding to the game to polish it, eventually adding a submit screen that would show the original works behind the parts you chose and a brief explanation of each work and its artist respectively.
Overall I took a lot of inspiration from a number of different Dada artists and their appropriation. Hannah Höch was particularly inspirational. I loved the aesthetic of Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany in addition to The Beautiful Girl being an amazing feminist collage. Max Ernst's Sacred Conversations, Man Ray's Coat Stand, George Grosz and John Heartfield's The Middle-Class Philistine Heartfield Gone Wild, and Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No 2 all served as great examples of the abstraction of the female form using collage and assembly, in addition to the question of the objectification of the female form. Overall while the combination of the individual works is up to the participant, I hope the resource of works provided allow for some kind of education or curiosity about the artists behind them and all the work that they have created.
Adventure to Unusual Articles
by cobb.e | Oct 19, 2018 | Artwork #2: Appropriate
3-10 players
Play Rules:
Have everyone start at a completely random Wikipedia article. This can be done through this link
Choose a category in Wikipedia's list of unusual articles
Have everyone choose an article within the category. This a your goal page. This is the page you want to move towards. This is to be kept secret.
Whoever got to the random page gets to be the first leader
Everyone else chooses a link they want to go through and offers it to the leader
The leader chooses a link from those offered by the other players
Everyone goes through the chosen link and whoever offered the link becomes the new leader
If you come to a page that links to your goal page, you win!
Optionally Tabletop-RPGesque Elements (for fun and profit):
Begin the game by having each player choose a person and place. (They must have a Wikipedia page) They will role play as that person and be from that place. The players should use this role as a way of backing up their link decisions. (Example: As Barbra Streisand from the isle of Jersey I think it would be smart if everyone else learned about my role in the film Funny Girl.)
So far 3 playtests have been run of this game. Here is the link history for the three of them:
Hendricks County Flyer Hell,Michigan Anupama Niranjana
North Salem, Indiana Paradise, Michigan Kannada Literature
Population Density Sufjan Stevens 20th Century in literature
Inbreeding Interstate 278 Genre Fiction
Adult Robert Moses Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Voting Post World War II Economic Boom Metro 2033
No Land! No House! No Vote! Baby Boom Special Edtion
Capetown Birth Control List of Video Game collector and limited items
2004 Summer Olympics Coitus Interruptus PlayStation 4
Jacques Rogge Penis PlayStation 4 System Software
Internet Censorship in China Koro (ran out of time)
Great Firewall
Classified Information
For Official Use Only
Fedspeak
The first play test didn't use the category rule, so it took a bit longer. On the last playtest we ran out of time so we just saw who could get to their page first.
Here's the document I used to design the game
The initial conception of this game came from a normal visit to Wikipedia. Knowing I had to make an appropriation game (and in some bout of desperation) I established Wikipedia as the medium of choice. A few games have used Wikipedia, the most famous being the almost poetic Wiki Game. That has simple rules: Start on page A, go to page B using links fastest. I adore the wiki game both as a concept and as an actual experience. Any game that uses the internet as its play space like the Wiki Game or GeoGuesser continues to inspire me. It's from the basic concept of the Wiki Game that this game was appropriated from.
So that's where the "materials" come from. The conceptual basis of the game is the Exquisite Corpse. The wiki game is an individual race; it can be done alone with no inherit difference in experience. I wanted to make that experience collaborative. Having everyone follow the same links that the group decides to go through changes the dynamics of moving from A to B in Wikipedia. The mechanic of having every link decision decided by two people is another example of adding collaboration into the game. The effect of this is that the group creates a path instead of an individual. The path through links on Wikipedia might have less artistic merit then a drawing or poem that the Exquisite Corpse used but it's a creation none the less.
The path that is created playing this game is something of a collaborative montage. Not in the sense of film but in the broader definition that the Berlin Dadaist worked in. A path is a collection of disparate ideas that miraculously have defined connection to each-other by the inherent fact that they are found within a path. The individual articles are just stepping stones to the next one, bereft of meaning beyond a name and a link. That same feeling is remarkably close to Hannah Hoch's photo-montages that take letters and headlines from newspapers without regard for the totality of the articles. Cut with the kitchen knife is the first piece that came to mind when I though of the game's product in this way. 3D montages like Grosz's and Heartfield's Elektro-mechan or much of the work of Raoul Hausmann is also conceptual similar.
Finally, this work is simple enough to be considered a score. I would be lying if I said that had an effect on the creation of the original game, but when I was simplifying the rules for quicker games the rules became more and more like a score. The game has shocking similarities with Ono's Map Piece, something about the openness and use of preexisting mediums used in unintended ways lends itself to similarities with Ono's and Fluxus as a whole… although it was not consciously made.
The Game of Life on the Oregon Trail
by petrucci.s | Oct 19, 2018 | Artwork #2: Appropriate
My game consisted of an analog version of The Oregon Trail, made on a Game of Life board, with Life pieces and money. I wanted to recreate a famous digital game as a board game; the fact that Oregon Trail was originally a text-based game was also interesting, as a board game seemed like an evolutionary step, between text and computer game, that didn't exist. As I researched and read articles from the designer who helped make the text game a computer game, I realized how complicated the mechanics were behind the scenes, and I tried to simply them while also making the elements of chance visible.
This is part of my appropriated Game of Life board (in horrible phone-photo quality):
The rules are here.
Iterations:
I playtested first in class. This helped to work out some kinks, such as the options for moving, the too-small food denominations, and the ease of replenishing food through the minigame. (Since my dartboard had not yet come in, we played paper football, which was too easy, especially since you could Hunt and Move each turn.) Also, no party members died, which does not accurately reflect the Oregon Trail game, so I decided to make it more difficult. The guest teacher suggested that there be automatic death from dysentery, which I thought was a good idea so I changed those sickness tiles to death tiles.
I playtested the new game with my friends once my dart board arrived. It worked a lot better, but was still very slow, which led to the fact that you can move twice if you have 2+ oxen. This also fixed a problem we ran into where a player got stuck since they had to keep hunting for food and then immediately paying that food to the bank, leaving no room for them to move forward since they had nothing to trade. I also noticed that there was a lot of leftover money, so I changed the starting money to what it was originally. I also removed the requirement to stop at every fort, because it became redundant and equalized where people were too much. This was a good playtest because they were constantly trying to push boundaries, asking if they could resurrect or eat their dead members, or eat the oxen, which forced me to make more explicit rules.
This game came about by thinking of what to appropriate. Originally I wanted to make a game about appropriation, but decided that using actual appropriation would be better-suited to a smaller project. I decided on Oregon Trail because it's iconic as a computer game, and also because I had recently played it and wondered at how and why things happened, and saw its potential as group game because my roomie and I were playing separately at the same time and updating each other on our progress. I chose the Life board because it fit well with the cars and people, and the new version with pets was perfect for the oxen. I ended up painting over most of the board and covering all the spaces with my Oregon Trail text copied from the 1971 game (the text was shortened to fit and I changed "Indian" from the game to "Native American"). Since the hunting minigame was an important part of bringing the game from text to computer, I wanted that to be skill-based, and decided appropriating darts would work well.
The idea of taking something and using it against its purpose was an aspect of Dada and Fluxus, and I was especially thinking of Duchamp's readymade Bicycle Wheel, which in combining two objects made them useless. In this case, the Game of Life board was no longer playable as that game, but as a new one (Oregon Trail) that was in a different format than it was created in. The collaborative way my friends and I added and subtracted rules mid-game also seemed to speak to the collaborative, sometimes spontaneous entertainment performed in the Cabaret Voltaire.


The South Loch Ness Access Group are organising this 180km course to be ridden over 2 days. The route consists of two loops, 40km and 50km respectively, starting and finishing at Loch Ness Riding, Dores, repeated on Day 1 and Day 2.There is also a taster class of 40km.
Most of the route uses the fabulous Trail of the 7 Lochs which has wonderful views round every corner. It really showcases the fabulous Highland landscape, flora and fauna. If you are thinking of taking part in the Cairngorm 100 later in the year, this will be a brilliant training event for you.
There are bronze, silver and gold horseshoes to be earned and all competitors will receive a commemorative rosette and prizes in kind for the best condition.
Entry fee £100 per person. All profits will be divided 50/50 between The Equine Grass Sickness Fund and the South Loch Ness Access Group. Extra sponsorship sheets available.
There will also be a Bring and Buy Sale to raise extra funds for the charities and a raffle. If you have anything to donate please contact Candy (details above).
21st May 2016 at Loch Ness Riding centre, Dores. Draw will take place at 9pm. In aid of Equine Grass Sickness Fund and the South Loch Ness Access Group.
A remedial or sports massage with Sianan Jackson.
A free Rug wash/proof with Ashleigh Reilly.
A 2 hour Equestrian or family photo shoot with Karen Wotherspoon.
A free treatment for your horse from Gina Peasnall.
A day ride at Highland unbridled including on the beach.
A day at highland horse fun in Kingussie either driving or riding.
If you want to buy raffle tickets, please get in touch – they are £1 a ticket so please stick around for the draw and enjoy some food, drink and entertainment.


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In the year 2000, the price of oil was close to $25 per barrel and the gobal price index was just under 90 points. Following the four years, the gobal prices of food and oil remained stably. But by 2007, the price of oil was much higher than double while the food index stood at nearly 120 points.
The big change for both commodities was in 2008, with the average oil price reached at peak of approximately $140 a barrel. Similarly, the food went up to 220 pionts in the same year. In 2009, the gobal prices for both commodities were a slight down but it rose once time again until 2011 with the average food price index reached at peak of under 240 points.
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The line chart compares the average price of a barrel of oil with the food index over the period of 11 years.
It is clear that the prices for both commodities rose stably between 2000 and 2011 experienced the same pattern and specially, the gobal prices of food and oil were similar over above period, with a strong correlation 93,6% is suggested.
In the year 2000, the price of oil was close to $25 per barrel and the gobal price index was just under 90 points. Following the four years, the gobal prices of food and oil remained stably. But by 2007, the price of oil was much double higher than double while the food index stood at nearly 120 points.
The big change for both commodities was in 2008 with the average oil price reached at peak of approximately $140 a barrel, while the food similarly went up to 220 pionts in the same year. In 2009, the gobal prices for both commodities underwent a slight down, but it rose significantly once time again until 2011 with the average food price index reached at peak of under 240 points.
bài IELTS task 1- he graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.


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Congratulations Tahlia on being a Pilates Star!
has grown into one very elegant lady to watch on the mat.
Tahlia says to start Pilates is 'a gift from you to you'.
Tahlia you've been a regular practitioner of pilates for a long time now. How long have you been practicing and what kind of changes have you noticed in your body over that time?
I'll be coming up to two years in October I think and I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've had an intimate relationship with my body, I'm feeling healthy and strong in side and out and I can't forget to mention I feel happy.
You also are a regular practitioner of yoga. Can you describe the difference? Many people think yoga and pilates are the same thing so it would be interesting to hear your views on any of the similarities and differences.
There are a lot of similarities between the two I think there are more poses in yoga focusing on flexibility.The breathing is different but I think both disciplines work on strength and endurance complementing each other rather well. I consider both my practices to have a spiritual side, it's up to the individual.
As one of our more advanced clients I notice each week you pay particular attention to the set up,form and correct technique as instructed. Do you have an aspiration with how far you would like to take your pilates practice?
I'd definitely like to do a second class in the future, and one day I'd even like to study Pilates, Ellissa and Jo have so inspired me.
What are some of your favourite exercises?
I love star pose it's such a graceful exercise, and I get a lot of satisfaction from doing a plank to. Roll ups to standing such a simple but satisfying move.
All of our bodies are different and each of us has different challenges. What are some of the exercises that you find most challenging?
Hinges with a ball are really hard, and all the arm exercises with a band I find really challenging.
As one of our early clients, you've seen our dedicated community of pilates clients grow each week. How do you feel these classes add value to our mountains community?
The feeling of being connected to something bigger is such a wonderful feeling. I admire every person in the room.
What would be your advice to anyone thinking about trying pilates for the first time?
Just give it a go, you will always leave a class feeling better than when you arrived. It's a gift to you from you.


As the losses pile up for the Bulls, their place in the lower-tier standings hasn't improved.
Since Jan. 20, the Bulls have gone 4-14 and in the process have moved from the league's ninth-worst record to the eighth-worst. The biggest reason the Bulls moved down a spot is the Lakers started winning.
Outlook: This will be the Bulls' first look at the new Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit and also Blake Griffin in a Pistons uniform. Griffin is averaging 19.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists since changing team. But after winning their first four games with Griffin in the lineup, the Pistons (29-36) are just 2-10 since then and are five games out of the final playoff spot in the East. C Andre Drummond leads the league in rebounds at 15.8 per game. PG Reggie Jackson has been out since Dec. 26 with an ankle injury. The Bulls won the lone previous meeting 107-105 on Jan. 13 at the UC, which marked Zach LaVine's season debut.
Next: Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
In the two weeks since the Bulls announced plans to bench veterans and change lineups after the all-star break, they've lost ground on the teams beneath them, thanks to home wins over Dallas and Memphis.
• The Bulls are not going all out to lose. In close games against the Mavericks and Grizzlies, they sent the starters back on the floor in the fourth quarter and pulled away late.
• They're not compiling much useful information on their younger players. Bobby Portis and David Nwaba are still good. No confirmation was needed to know the Bulls overpaid for Cristiano Felicio when he signed a contract extension last summer. Getting a better look at Cameron Payne, back from foot surgery, and newcomer Noah Vonleh are legitimate goals, but becoming a decent role player appears to be the ceiling for both guys.
• The NBA nixed the Bulls' plan of sitting Justin Holiday and Robin Lopez indefinitely. Holiday returned to the starting lineup Wednesday against Memphis and promptly went 4-for-4 from 3-point range. Lopez is expected to start Friday in Detroit.
So why not just go back to the usual starting lineup and stop worrying about the results? It's a plan the Bulls should consider.
The downside is they could win too much and get a worse pick in the 2018 draft. Through Wednesday's action, the Bulls were just 1½ games behind New York. Beyond that, there's a 5½-game gap between the Bulls and Charlotte, so dropping more than one slot in the draft is unlikely.
It's been stated here several times before -- the best player from the 2017 draft right now is Utah's Donovan Mitchell, chosen 13th. Whether they pick eighth, ninth or wherever, the Bulls will get a chance to draft a good player and will have a chance to screw it up, too.
A few days ago, coach Fred Hoiberg said one goal of the lineup changes was to turn Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen into better leaders.
Maybe that will help, but consider when Holiday returned Wednesday, Dunn, LaVine and Markkanen scored 20 points each for the first time. On the other hand, did that accomplishment mean anything since the Bulls were playing the Grizzlies, owners of a 15-game losing streak?
If the Bulls played their best lineups against the good teams, it would give a better indication of the young players' progress. Then if losing is so important, sit the starters in the fourth quarter. Memphis didn't use Marc Gasol down the stretch on Wednesday.
"We've got to find a way to build that chemistry and it starts now.," Dunn said after beating Memphis. "Don't try to wait too long. Try to get it going now and let it resonate through the summer and come back and try to get better."
Most every player on the Bulls roster is under contract for next year, including Holiday and Lopez. If the Bulls went into next season with a projected starting lineup of Dunn, LaVine, Markkanen, Holiday and Lopez, with Nwaba, Portis, Denzel Valentine and the top draft pick as the top nine, they could probably have some success, with room to maneuver through trades or free-agency.
Yeah, I know plenty of fans have bought into the tank and get upset when the Bulls win. But look, they're not moving down in the standings, so the Bulls might as well try to get better. The current plan is accomplishing nothing.


This is a familiar parable. Probably, our familiarity with the passage actually hinders our understanding of it. Did you realize that Jesus was answering a lawyer's question with this parable? He was! We pray this message by Pastor Todd will be a great benefit to you.


Was Larry King at the Dodgers Game? Who Was Sitting next to Him?
People who are fans the Dodgers were entertained in many ways. If you thought you saw Larry King at the Dodgers game, then you were right. King is a true-blue Dodgers fan at heart and was seen yesterday at his usual spot. Keep reading for more details.
Larry King is a regular feature when it comes to a Dodgers game. And the talk show host doesn't like to sit anywhere else but behind the home plate.
In yesterday's game though, people were talking about who sat next to Larry King more than anything else. Here's everything you need to know about the Dodgers Game 1 of the World Series.
Was Larry King at the Dodgers Game 1?
Los Angeles Dodgers fans were amazed last night with their team's big and easy win. One such die-hard Dodgers fan is none other than Larry King, and he was spotted sitting behind the home plate as usual.
King is a rich man and has made millions through TV on his show. So, he doesn't bat an eyelash when it comes to doling out thousands of dollars for a Dodgers ticket. The approximate cost of the section where the "usual" seat King occupies can go as high as $12,000. And, the seats are strategically placed, too.
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the first game of the championship against the Huston Astros, and are looking to take home the World Series title for the seventh time. On the other hand, the Houston Astros are looking to make their first win at the World Series, and yesterday's game began with a bang at the Los Angeles Dodgers stadium.
Since the game took place in L.A. where many stars reside, many Hollywood faces were spotted in the stands, which made for a very glittery and entertaining game for the home team. Larry King was spotted next to Mary Hart, behind the home plate, too.
Anybody remember Mary Hart? Entertainment Tonight's gossip queen and host also enjoyed the game, watching her favorite team win.
Dodgers Stadium was packed with people cheering on the first pitch, which was delivered by Clayton Kershaw. He was on a roll, striking Springer out on four pitches. Just as the start was looking very positive for the Dodgers, Chris Taylor upped the game by getting the Dodgers a 1-0 lead after he delivered a home run after Dallas Keuchel's pitch.
Kershaw was on fire, striking out Yuli Gurriel top of the second. He had five strikeouts by mid game. Josh Reddick was first at-bat in the World Series, and with fans booing him, he went out 0 for 22. He gave Kershaw five strikes in 10 batters—an impressive stat for the Dodgers.
As things moved forward, the game was tied. Kershaw pitched to Alex Bregman who hit a home run on his third pitch, and the youngest American League player impressed fans. But the half inning was a little more intense for the Dodgers with Dallas Keuchel making it very hard for the Dodgers to make an impact.
The Astros turned to their bullpen when things began looking bleak for the team. But Dodgers' closer Kenley Jensen was quick to put away Jose Altuve on a fly ball.
The Astros had just one run given by Alex Bergman. The Dodgers won the World Series' Game 1 with a 3-1 score, with Justin Turner finishing off in style.
The advantage of having Dodgers Stadium in Hollywood is that it's common to spot a few stars watching the home team. And although everyone was talking about Larry King and Mary Hart sitting side by side, many other stars watched the game as well.
Magic Johnson, Ken Jeong, Lady Gaga, Jerry Seinfeld, and Rob Lowe are only a few of the many stars who were seen enjoying the game and sweating it out in the heat just like their baseball icons.


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Bangkok's noisy scooter-filled streets may quiet down with new electric motorcycle trial
Micah Toll
- Dec. 28th 2021 12:38 am PT
@MicahToll
The Thai government is starting a new trial in Bangkok that will see electric scooters replace their gas counterparts for motorcycle taxis in the city.
The trial run could have big implications not just for Bangkok, but for scooter and motorcycle-laden cities across much of Asia.
If you've ever visited Thailand, you'll surely have seen two of their most popular forms of public transportation that we don't offer here in the West: rickshaws (tuk-tuks) and motorcycle taxis.
While a single person needing to catch a ride in Los Angeles is likely to call an Uber, in Bangkok it is much faster and easier to hail a motorcycle taxi. Simply hop on the back and be whisked away to your destination, traffic be damned.
But between the motorcycle taxis and private motorcycles and scooters in Bangkok and other Asian cities, the noise can often be unbearable. Then there are the emissions to consider.
That's why the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is running a new trial with 51 electric scooters for use by motorcycle taxi operators.
The electric scooters will be deployed in the Bang Kruai district of Bangkok, where three battery swap stations are set up to facilitate their continuous use.
The scooters include 3 kW (4 hp) motors and have a top speed of around 80 km/h (50 mph). They are able to achieve a range per charge of approximately 100 km (60 miles).
When the battery runs low, the operators will stop by one of the three battery swap stations to replace the depleted battery with a freshly charged one.
Most of the West remains fascinated with the prospect of electric cars, but electric motorcycles and scooters have much bigger impacts in Asia where two-wheelers are often the dominant form of transportation.
They are much more affordable than cars (these electric scooters in Bangkok cost around 84,000 Thai Baht or USD $2,500), and they don't rely on a distributed charging network.
Removable batteries allow riders to carry the battery indoors for charging at home overnight, unlike electric cars that require access to an electric vehicle charging station or wall outlet. For anyone without a garage, finding a streetside wall outlet can be an issue.
Many families across Asia commute purely by two-wheeled vehicles instead of cars, leading to seas of scooters and motorcycles filling city streets.
The associated noise and emissions have become a constant plague, but one that could be solved overnight by swapping to electric two-wheelers.
Companies like Gogoro are working hard on targeting this vast market. The Taiwan-based electric scooter and swappable battery manufacturer announced earlier this year that it was entering the Indian market and partnering with Hero Motorcorp, the world's largest motorcycle builder.
Also targeting the Indian market is local manufacturer Ola Electric, which debuted an affordable and high-speed electric scooter for its domestic market that starts at around USD $1,050.
While Ola is purely focused on the Indian market for the time being, Gogoro announced that it would enter the Chinese market by partnering with two-wheeler leaders Yadea and DCJ, then followed up with an announcement of a partnership with Gojek that would see expansion into the large Indonesian market.
The Asian market remains a largely untapped opportunity for a massive shift away from gas-powered vehicles, but recent moves like these show that the writing may be on the wall for ICE motorbikes.
Electric taxis
Micah Toll is a personal electric vehicle enthusiast, battery nerd and author of the Amazon #1 bestselling books DIY Lithium Batteries, DIY Solar Power and the Ultimate DIY Ebike Guide.
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