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Military operations against ISIS in Diyali: 12 casualties reported
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(IraqiNews.com) Diyali – On Tuesday, Dijla Operations Command announced about the death of five (5) ISIS members and injury received by seven (7) others, including top leaders of the group, while emphasized about the low presence of foreign elements within ISIS ranks.
The commander of Dijla Operations Lt. Gen. Mezher al-Azzawi, in a brief statement, also received by Iraqi News, said, "Detachments belonging to Dijla Operations carried out seven tactical operations in Diyali province during the month of June," adding, "The operations targeted hideouts of ISIS cells, resulting in the death of five [ISIS] members and injury caused to seven others, which also includes senior leaders."
Azzawi added "The strategy of proactive operations has paid off in Diyali province, by foiling several terrorist attacks and striking shelters that were under construction, especially at Hamrin region (55 km north east of Baqubah) during the past few weeks," further adding, "the low presence of militants from Arab and foreign nationalities in ISIS at the province."
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The Humble Sale is over—or is it?
The Humble Store End of Summer Sale itself came to an end today, which means it's time for the Humble Store End of Summer Sale Encore! Yes, seriously, the sale is over but is also still going on, which means you've got four more days to pick up some of those discounted games you were wavering on yesterday, and more importantly, to snag a free copy of the hit horror game Outlast and its Whistleblower DLC.
You should know by now how it works, but in case you've missed the previous sale freebie posts, it goes like this: Hit the Outlast Deluxe Edition page on the Humble Store. Click "Add to cart." Click "Checkout." Click "Get it for free." And just, you know, follow the instructions from there. You'll be links to separate codes for the game and the DLC, which have to be redeemed by October 7.
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Now in its third year, Ballet Bus is a Miami City Ballet outreach initiative designed to reach deep into the Miami-Dade County community to provide underserved children with a comprehensive, full-scholarship dance-training program as a gateway into the arts. The nine-month, thirty-four week program provides local children, ages 7-10, with everything they need to succeed and excel in one of the nation's premier dance training academies: fully subsidized tuition, dance attire, family support and counseling, bus transportation to MCB Studios, and an invaluable opportunity to engage with critically acclaimed teachers and artists. Scholarship students are integrated into the MCB School student body, and each year each student will be evaluated and have the opportunity to move on to the next level of study. This long-term investment in each child will have a transformative impact on his/her future.
Ballet Bus is structured around proven studies that demonstrate how early exposure to the performing arts enhances young people's academic achievement, social development and likelihood of graduation. Our mission is to provide skills-based training, personal development, and hope to children in our community who are most in need. The program is based on both merit and need – identifying talent and potential, and fostering a nurturing and supportive environment to encourage natural ability through classical training.
Our commitment to providing access to all young people, regardless of financial means and background, extends from the stage and into the community. Enrollment in MCB School allows both access to the very best classical ballet training, as well as a clear career path for gifted students. More than 50 percent of current dancers in the professional company are graduates of our School. This means we are opening new avenues of both personal and professional development for each and every one of our 900 students each year. As one of the most diverse classical ballet companies in this country, the dancers of MCB and the students of MCB School are diversifying the face of classical ballet.


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During the junior year, all concentrators enroll in History of Science 98, the junior tutorial, a research seminar designed to help students come to a better understanding of the craft of historical research and writing. All concentrators must enroll in the junior tutorial during the fall semester of their junior year, unless they are not in residence during that term.
Students meet in small groups of eight to ten. Students who wish to write a senior thesis must meet certain standards by the end of the research seminar, and will be recommended for admission to History of Science 99ab, the senior tutorial.
Course website for History of Science 98: Junior Tutorial
During the spring semester, we will host a series of meetings for juniors interested in writing a senior thesis, to provide students with information about the senior thesis process, funding resources and grant applications, human subjects research and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process, and the process for assigning senior thesis advisers. Students will also be welcome to join us for our annual History and Science Winter Thesis Conference during the first weekend of the spring semester.
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Andrew Wasylyk – Independent Venue Week
Nothing Ever Happens Here
Sun 06 Feb 2022 @ 7:30 pm
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Dissection Room
Edinburgh, EH9 1PL United Kingdom
Age Group: 16+ (under 18s accompanied)
Unreserved seating. Contact venue with additional access requirements.
As the Spring of discontent took hold on 2020, Scottish composer and producer Andrew Wasylyk sought shelter in the familiar. Low-light morning walks in Dundee's 19th century Balgay Park acted as sanctuary and solace to events happening in the world outside. Wasylyk's acclaimed new album, 'Balgay Hill: Morning In Magnolia' presents itself as a collection of recreational meditations embed with blue and golden melodies that land in a territory akin to experimentalists such as Robert Wyatt and Virginia Astley. A transcendental journey through ambient, library and jazz and an invite to untold stories and images that take flight in the listener's mind.
For this unique show in the Dissection Room Andrew will be joined on stage by an eight piece ensemble. The performance will also include songs taken from his SAY Award nominated albums, 'Fugitive Light And Themes Of Consolation' and 'The Paralian', as well as live accompanying visuals from artist Tommy Perman.
– Gideon Coe, BBC 6Music Album Of The Year, 2020
– Monorail Music Top 20 Albums of the Year, 2020
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Founded in Oxford in 2016, Arctoris is the world's first fully automated drug discovery platform.
A global team of biotech and pharma veterans and leading engineers developed and operate our proprietary technology platform. Arctoris is the next step in drug discovery data generation, offering fully automated Experiments-as-a-Service.
With millions suffering from chronic illnesses, the world continues to be in desperate need of novel and better therapies to improve and extend lives. However, bringing new drugs to the market remains slow and expensive, with lack of reproducibility and outdated processes obscuring the path to approval.
At Arctoris, we utilise advanced technology to reinvent R&D process: embracing end-to-end automation, we generate superior quality data on demand, enable full metadata capture, expedite project timelines and empower our partners and clients to gain the insights they need, delivered at speed. Ultimately, this translates to bringing better treatments for those in need, faster.
Khusru Asadullah
Professor Asadullah is an expert in translational medicine and former Vice-President & Head of Target Discovery at Bayer. He spent more than 15 years as pharma executive, authored 160 publications and led the industry-changing Bayer reproducibility study. Professor Asadullah advises the board on translational and precision medicine, data standards, and drug discovery best practices.
Martin-Immanuel Bittner
Martin completed his medical degree in Germany and his DPhil in Oncology as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. He worked in both clinical trials and drug discovery, is a member of AACR, EACR and ESTRO, actively involved in the Open Science movement, and in 2018 was elected a member of the Young Academy of the German National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his research achievements.
Sir Michael Brady
Professor Brady FRS FREng FMedSci FIET FInstP FBCS is a Professor of Information Engineering and a Professor of Oncology at the University of Oxford. He was awarded the Faraday medal and seven honorary doctorates, founded MIT's robotics laboratory, and co-founded eight startups. He advises the board of Arctoris on technological development and strategy in biomedicine.
Kilian R. Dinkelaker
Co-Founder and CFO
Kilian is a former management consultant and econometrics researcher. His track record entails 10 years of industry experience with a focus on technology-driven business creation and corporate finance primarily in the European and Asia-Pacific markets. He graduated from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.
Thomas A. Fleming
Co-Founder and COO
Tom is a Royal Academy of Engineering SME Leader, and was formerly a cancer researcher and Fellow of the Royal Commission of 1851 at the University of Oxford. A chemist by background, he worked both at leading CROs and pharmaceutical corporations. Tom has unique insights into drug discovery, including the critical steps from target identification & validation to high-throughput screening & lead optimisation.
Vishal Gulati
Vishal is an MD PhD and partner at one of Europe's leading venture capital firms, DraperEsprit, leading their investments in the digital health and drug discovery space. He is also a board member of Horizon Discovery, Fluidic Analytics, and EcoEos. Vishal is a Rhodes Scholar and Chairman of the Digital Health Forum. Before joining DraperEsprit, Vishal worked at Atlas Ventures and the Wellcome Trust.
Stanley Lapidus
Stan is a highly successful biotech and medtech entrepreneur and life sciences pioneer with over 30 granted patents. He took two companies from foundation to NASDAQ: EXACT Sciences (EXAS) and Cytyc Corporation (CYTC), bought by Hologic for $6.2 billion. Stan holds an academic appointment at MIT and advises the board on business strategy and the regulatory environment.
John Mattick
Professor Mattick AO FAA FTSE FAHMS FRSN HonFRCPA GAICD is a renowned molecular biologist and life sciences executive. He was the Foundation Director of the Australian Genome Research Facility, Executive Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and CEO of Genomics England. Professor Mattick has received numerous honours and awards and adds his unique insights and expertise to the board of Arctoris.
Patrick Pichette
Patrick is a general partner at leading Canadian venture capital firm Inovia Capital, heading their London office. He is also the chairman of Twitter, board member of the Trudeau Foundation, and an active angel investor. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Google, CFO of Bell Canada, and partner at McKinsey. He advises the board of Arctoris on its growth and financial strategy.
Poppy Roworth
Poppy completed her DPhil in Oncology at the University of Oxford and her BSc in Biochemistry at the University of Southampton. She worked for AstraZeneca in the Oncology iMED unit, employing robotic systems for drug discovery. Poppy also was a Visiting Researcher at OncoRay-Dresden. She actively promotes women in STEM and has won several awards as a biochemist.
Daniel Thomas
Head of Discovery Biology
Dan received his BSc and PhD from the University of Leeds before joining GlaxoSmithKline, where he spent 20 years working in small molecule drug discovery directing teams in target identification and validation. At Arctoris, Dan leads the implementation of a comprehensive scientific strategy designed to deliver high-quality, reproducible and richly annotated data sets.
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Project History

The Canary Database project is a result of collaboration between human
health and animal health professionals to explore the linkages between
animal disease events and human environmental health risks.

The project began in 2000, in response to a number of
developments, including a 1991 National Academy
of Sciences report
recommending the use of animal sentinel data for human environmental
risk assessment, reports of "endocrine disruption" in wildlife
populations possibly due to chemical exposures, and the outbreak of West
Nile Virus in the Western Hemisphere showing the relationship between
wild bird mortality and human risk.

These developments pointed out the need for greater communication between
human health professionals and animal health experts.  Discussions between
the Yale
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program,
a veterinarian also trained in public health, and
the USGS National Wildlife Health
Center
led to a pilot effort to search the biomedical literature and find
evidence of successful animal sentinel models (see Rabinowitz PM,
Cullen MR, Lake HR. 1999. "Wildlife as sentinels for human health
hazards: A review of study designs." J Environ Med 1:217-23).
As useful studies were located, they were added to a database and
to be made available to the
scientific community.  Staff from the
Yale Center for Medical
Informatics helped with the creation of the website and database
structure.  A systematic review of the medical literature highlighted the
need for an evidence-based approach to animal sentinel data.

With support from the National Library of Medicine's Information System
Grant program in 2003, the project has been able to expand and
accelerate activities, thanks to work by veterinarians, librarians,
public health professionals and students, and many
others.  A national advisory board has guided the efforts, including a
recent strategic planning meeting in June, 2005. The project has been
presented at local, regional and national meetings.  Current activities
include evidence-based reviews of
animals as sentinels of biological and chemical terrorism agents.

For more information about the people behind the Canary Database,
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HKHAWS 19-20 Circular No. 11 - Promotion & Relegation Guidelines and Considerations
Please find below on behalf of the HKHAWS Committee the guidelines and considerations regarding promotion and relegation for the coming season, which are consistent with the guidelines and considerations circulated last season.
Guidelines and considerations regarding promotion and relegation:
1. The overall goal is to maintain a strong multi-level competition that is sustainable for the long term.
2. Specifically with regards to the Premier Division, the goal is to expand the premier division to 9 and eventually 10 teams. This is to ensure a strong and healthy premier competition, which will offer top players the best competition and support those players competing at national team level.
3. Where possible, the aim is to have an even number of teams in each division with at least 10 teams in each division (other than the premier division as mentioned above).
4. No club will be allowed more than 2 teams in a division, with a possible exception in division 4.
5. The winning team in each division should have the opportunity to be promoted at the end of the season (with the exception of the Premier Division winner). Such promotion usually requires a team to be relegated from the division they move into.
6. The committee needs to consider new team requests, and team withdrawals and any other special circumstances when setting the divisions.
7. The committee maintains discretion to make promotion/ relegation decisions as it sees fit, and for the benefit of the competition.
Fixtures & Knock-out Tournament - please note the final fixtures for the first round have been uploaded on the website http://hockey.org.hk/WomenFixture.asp. The fixtures for the second round and the knock-out tournament match dates will be circulated as soon as possible. The knock-out competition will be in the following format - the Premier Division shall compete in the Guv Dillon Cup, the First Division in the Knock-Out Cup, the Second Division in the Plate, the Third Division in the Bowl and the Fourth Division in the Saucer. The draw will be determined by league standings after two full rounds (with the veteran teams being excluded for this purpose).
Leela Patel
Chairwoman of HKHAWS


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Rick Rubin's Top Biohacks for Supercharged Creativity
Music industry mogul Rick Rubin is the co-founder of Def Jams Recordings and renowned producer of household names like the Beastie Boys, Adele, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Justin Timberlake, and the list goes on.
Rubin recently chatted with Bulletproof founder and CEO Dave Asprey about his favorite biohacks to think clearly and maximize his creativity.
Keep reading to find out what Rubin does to stay on top of his game, as well as one big health challenge he's faced along the way.
Music industry mogul Rick Rubin is the co-founder of Def Jams Recordings and a renowned producer of household names like the Beastie Boys, Adele, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Justin Timberlake, and the list goes on. (And on, and on.)
In a recent Bulletproof Radio podcast episode (iTunes), Rubin chatted with Bulletproof founder and CEO Dave Asprey about his favorite biohacks to think clearly and maximize his creativity. Keep reading to find out what Rubin does to stay on top of his game, as well as one big health challenge he's faced along the way.
A good night's sleep is essential to creativity. Instantly download the Bulletproof Sleep Roadmap to feel refreshed and ready every morning.
Rick Rubin's top 9 biohacks
1. Get distracted
When you're in a creative rut or you need your brain to approach a problem differently, Rubin advises that you get distracted. "Something happens when we distract ourselves with a task that allows us to access a part of our brain that otherwise is engaged or is otherwise hard to access through some simple task," he says.
Rubin suggests swimming, drawing, walking, or going for a drive as ways to distract yourself with intention. The best part of distraction? You can do whatever you want as long as it shifts your focus. Plus, it's free!
2. Meditation for focus and patience
Creative endeavors often require intense focus and patience to stick with a work, tweaking until it is just right. That's where meditation can help, says Rubin.
"[Meditation] develops your ability to focus in a deep way, in a deep and patient way," says Rubin.
Rubin has several different types of meditation styles in his toolbox, each for different scenarios: Transcendental Meditation® for mornings, guided meditations for when he's feeling down, and loving-kindness (aka metta) meditation during exercise or walking, among others.
He weaves meditation throughout his day, and it doesn't always have to be a big production with a designated place and time. "I think any opportunity to meditate is good," says Rubin. "There's no bad version, it's never too short, and it's never too easy. If you decide to do a three breath meditation, it's great."
Related: 30-Day Meditation Challenge for Beginners (With Guided Meditations)
3. Cryotherapy
Rubin practices cryotherapy, or blasting yourself with cold air or water to lower your core temperature, around five times per week. He uses ice baths as an extension of his meditation practice. "An ice bath is very much a form of a forced meditation. I don't know anyone who gets in the ice and is thinking about anything else," says Rubin.
Ready to try an ice bath? Here's how to do it:
Fill your tub or a kiddie pool halfway with cool water.
Add a bag of ice (from the grocery store or gas station).
Get in slowly, submerging just your lower half at first.
Stay in for a minimum of three minutes. You can take a break if you need to, but aim for three minutes total. As you repeat the practice, you can go longer and longer each time, working your way up to 15 minutes.
IMPORTANT: Make sure someone else is at home to check on you, especially if you're just starting out with ice baths. Your body can go into shock if you submerge your whole body or if you stay in too long, especially when you're first starting out. Also, if you have Raynaud's disease (where your blood vessels constrict from cold), problems with circulation, or if you're hypothyroid and do not tolerate cold, you can get the same benefits with a cold shower or an ice face bath.
Cryotherapy does so much more than just help you be in the present moment. Read this article for more benefits of cryotherapy.
Related: Cryotherapy for Better Skin and Hair
4. Let go of dogma and admit when something's not working
Rubin struggled with his weight for years, and not because he lacked self-control or had a drive-thru habit. "I've tried to eat diligently my whole life. So, it wasn't out of not doing the work. It was really out of bad information. I was vegan for 23 years thinking that was the healthiest diet I could have. And it was killing me."
He sought out the medical advice of experts far and wide, including a highly respected Tibetan doctor who told him to start with bone broth. But he refused to drink it, because he was a "brainwashed vegan," as he puts it.
He eventually started slowly adding animal protein like eggs and fish into his diet, which was the starting point to getting his health back on track. Once he changed his diet and got his sleep-wake cycles back to a healthy rhythm with the help of Dr. Phil Maffetone, an expert in human performance with a background in Chinese medicine, the weight started to come off.
It can be difficult to change your own mind once you've developed strong opinions about something, he adds "I feel bad because as a vegan, I was preaching veganism. It comes with the territory," says Rubin. But being open to a new lifestyle literally saved Rubin's life.
5. Cranial Electrical Stimulation (CES)
Rubin uses the Fisher Wallace Stimulator, a cranial electrical stimulation device, before bed each night. The Fisher Wallace uses gentle brain stimulation to help produce serotonin and other brain chemicals that alleviate anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Rubin uses it to shift his brain waves to a calm state just before sleep.
Related: How to Boost Your Alpha Brain Waves to Lower Stress and Improve Mood
6. Red light
Rubin uses intranasal red light every night, which is just as it sounds — a red light that shines up your nose. Benefits include:
Increased energy
Clearer thinking
More stable moods
Reduced headaches
Improved immunity
He also wears blue-blocking glasses every evening, and has only red lights in his home. He also has a Sauna Space tent in his home which combines the detox benefits of infrared sauna with the benefits of red light, all in one.
7. Carbogen
Carbogen involves deep breathing a specific mix of carbon dioxide and oxygen without nitrogen for 10-15 minutes at a time. This allows more oxygen to cross the blood-brain barrier than you would get breathing room air, for brain repair and maintenance. Doctors use this method with children who suffer from brain injuries.
You can do this at clinics that offer carbogen therapy, or you can drop a couple thousand on a carbogen generator for your home. Rubin has also experimented with hyperbaric oxygen.
8. OURA Ring
Your sleep quality directly reflects how your body reacts to various inputs throughout your day (food, exercise, stress). Every morning, Rubin evaluates his sleep using the OURA ring app. The OURA is a ring that logs deep sleep, light sleep, REM sleep, timing, sleep latency, body temperature, and more.
more about the OURA ring.
Rubin makes prayer a part of his life as much as he can. "I include prayer, and I look for opportunities to use prayer. So, for example, if we pray before meals, it's a great opportunity because we know we eat a couple of times a day," says Rubin. He uses basic daily functions like mealtime, bedtime, and wake time as standing reminders of prayer time.
To amp up your creativity, try one or two of Rick Rubin's favorite biohacks at a time, and see if you notice a difference in your creative work. Does your muse come more easily? Do you slip into the flow state more readily than you did before? Every creative professional and hobbyist has his or her favorite routines that get the juices flowing. It's up to you to find yours.
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Creatives in the Boardroom
A couple of weeks ago in our London office, I was shown a creative campaign about to be pitched to a client. It was perfect in that annoying "I wish I had been part of that" sort of way. Simple. Bold. Purpose at the heart. Beautifully art directed and inherently newsworthy. Transforming for the client and challenging for the sector to respond to. Hours after seeing it, my mind kept wandering back to turn it over again, re-testing and just savouring it.
It was the work of our London-based Executive Creative Director and planning team, a brilliant client and it had been nurtured and shepherded by Global Creative Director Jackie Cooper, a veritable she-wolf in protection of this young and fragile cub of an idea.
It gave me pause for thought.
For two years I worked as a planner at an ad agency called Batey, now sadly subsumed into Grey, but still acknowledged as one of Asia's most creative firms in its day and inventor of the Singapore Girl amongst other things. Whilst there, I was lucky enough to attend creative review panels in the shadow of the brooding presence of the eponymous Ian Batey. Think of Marlon Brando's personification of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, sitting in the half dark, muttering his terrifying philosophical concepts, and you have the idea.
Every couple of weeks the creative teams shuffled in to pitch their work to Ian and the panel, but really only to Ian, and he would judge. He would push and probe, express disappointment and occasionally offer a laconic back-handed compliment. He would educate and test us panelists too by forcing us to judge and explain the work and by doing so, he honed creative sensibilities and he raised creative standards to a wider group and thereby to the agency.
I believe even Ian would have approved of the idea by our London team. But I am confident he would have approved of the client management and planning that opened up the opportunity to create and present it, as well as the fierce protective eloquence that kept it intact through internal and client reviews.
Which brings me to my point. Even for the more progressive agencies that have their origins in the task formally known as PR, this is a new frontier. Many of us have planning, creative, media buying, production and studios as well as media relations and stakeholder engagement teams, but fewer have a company-wide culture that reveres creativity sufficiently to represent it at the highest level of the firm or its constituent businesses.
And that's important because great Creatives want to know they are joining and working in a place where what they do is valued at the highest levels because occasionally, when you have nailed a big idea, dilution and compromise are best faced down by experience, seniority and a bit of pigheadedness. It sounds counter-intuitive but we need more Creatives on our boards and management teams if our industry is to grasp the opportunity with CMOs and brands that are in front of us. At Edelman, we are lucky to have Jackie leading the charge, but we need to do much more too.
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Heart Of Storm
Jaded Heart
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We Sell The Dead
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"What if Jack the Ripper had played in a band? A heavy metal band?"
This is the question that formed and influenced WE SELL THE DEAD, this is the question that made the band.
Revolving around Niclas Engelin (In Flames, Engel), Drömriket's Jonas Slättung, Gas Lipstick (former HIM) and the voice of Apollo Papathanasio (Spiritual Beggars, Firewind), WE SELL THE DEAD go beyond the strains of conventional storytelling and create a multi-media experience of premium quality heavy metal music embedded in visually stimulating and atmospheric visuals.
WE SELL THE DEAD's debut album Heaven Doesn't Want You And Hell Is Full is going to be released on February 23rd, 2018 on earMUSIC.
Heavy, yet melodic sounds transport the listener into a Victorian inspired world that is defined by pompous manors and daunting luxury standing in deep contrast to the harshness and cruelty of the gutter. It is a world that reeks of hysteria, but above all a sense of mysticism and dark romanticism. WE SELL THE DEAD's music rises above this, not merely pointing out this injustice, but expanding the narrative into the extreme, playing with themes of ghosts, death or religion.
But not only…
Despite a reference to Victorian times, We Sell The Dead maintains a very modern and ever-so-current approach that translates to the world we live in today.
Explains Jonas Slättung:
"From the late 1800, an era that has inspired our band enormously, comes one of the greatest and darkest crime mysteries of them all: Jack the Ripper.
We don't know 100% who he was but we know his horrendous deeds. All the visuals we had in our mind, combined with the sometimes slightly morbid lyrics, made us think that this is what music would have sounded like if heavy metal had existed in the 19th century, or if Jack the Ripper had travelled forward in time to join a metal band. We Sell the Dead would have been his natural choice for a backing band. He probably would have felt right at home with us.
But, at the same time, the world hasn't exactly evolved into a beautiful place since the 1880's.
In the 1979 movie, 'Time After Time', Jack the Ripper escapes justice by, indeed, fleeing in a time machine to 1979. After getting caught by his followers, The Ripper utters this line of wisdom:
– back in 1893, I was a monster. Today...I'm an amateur."
Heaven Doesn't Want You And Hell Is Full is going to be released on February 23rd, 2018 on earMUSIC as CD, LP and Digital.
Niclas Engelin - Guitar
Gas Lipstick - Drums
Jonas Slättung - Bass
Apollo Papathanasio - Vocals
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What scares you? Serial killers? Vampires? Earthquakes? Extreme sports? The dentist? Horror comics legend Richard Corben (Creepy, Eerie) and long-time collaborator Rich Margopoulos leave no gravestone unturned in this 3-issue limited series that offers wicked spins on the classic poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Each issue features three adaptations — hauntingly rendered in B&W with gray tones as only Corben can do it — along with the full text of Poe's poem for comparison. In issue #1: Behold "The Conqueror Worm" . . . fear "The Sleeper"… and beware "The Raven." It's classic horror in glorious black & white!


Believe it or not we are in month number 5 on our kitchen reno. I knew when we started this job, way back in January, that it would take a long time to complete but I honestly thought that by month 6 we would be nearing the finish line. Well, we are nowhere near finishing and frankly, I'm getting tired of the dirty, dusty mess and the inconvenience of having things all over the house, but we can't stop now.
It's actually been fun doing this reno with the hubs but we've reached the point where the most difficult and expensive projects are coming up, which means the stress levels will be rising. The next project will be the build on the extra cabinets that will be an extension to our existing one. I'm not sure how long it will take or what obstacles we'll hit while doing it, but it will definitely be interesting. We also need to decide what we are going to use for our kitchen countertops. This topic has been debated heavily between the two of us, mainly because it will be our most expensive project in the kitchen and, as I've said before, the hubs does not like to spend money.
We've tossed a lot of ideas around and we've researched, shopped and read all we can about different types of countertops but the ones we keep coming back to are concrete, wood and marble.
My choice, if I could pick anything and money was no object, would be marble. We've had laminate in every single kitchen we've ever lived with (10) and it's something I've always wanted. I just love the clean bright color and feel of marble, its timeless natural beauty. I mean, how can you not?
The mister's choice is concrete. His sole reason for his choice is because it's something that we would do ourselves and it would cost a fraction of what marble would cost. We've both done tons of research and read lots of tutorials so I know we could do it and it would look good but…it's not marble. sigh.
Our last choice would be wood. We've looked at solid wood countertops at a few places and it wouldn't be as costly as marble, but it's not the top of the list for either of us (hubs is nervous about water, staining, etc., I am not sure it suites my style). I think that if we can't do either of the other 2, wood would win out.
So what do you think about our kitchen countertop choices? Do you have any of our picks…can you offer any thoughts or opinions on your own choice?
We are hoping to finish up the stove hood build this weekend so I can share it next week. It's looking so much better than what was there. I hope you have a great holiday weekend and if you are traveling, please be safe.
I would vote for granite. I have laminate in my house. But if I could afford granite…that is what I would have. I love the look and the durability. Good luck.
Since you like the look of marble why not use Corian? It is a awesome product and can be fixed no matter what you do to it. If it gets damaged just sand down and rebuff.It is hard like marble and you can get all kinds of looks.No it isn't cheap( but not as expensive as stone)It won't crack and you can clean it anyway just about you like.It is but so much easier to keep than any of the real stones. Check it out. It has been around now for over 30+ years. I love it.
I have considered Corian but it's never been my favorite material. My husband used to build kitchen cabinets, many moons ago, and he would bring huge samples home after installations to use as cutting boards. There is no doubt though that it is easier to take care of than stone. Thanks though, Wanda. I appreciate you sharing this info on Corian.
I would vote for Granite too. My son just put it in their house after much research and it's great.
Thanks for stopping in and for your input Julie. I just got several samples to test in my kitchen but I still haven't found "the one".
It does help Rue, thanks so much for the input. We looked at the Ikea counters and we really liked the solid wood ones. I would love to see yours s I'm off to check out your post.
Thanks Lynne. I so hope that you are able to get the marble that you've worked and saved for. I would love to hear how your remodel goes in your kitchen.
Saw your post through Inspire me Tuesday. I personally prefer the marble but understand the downsides of cost and maintenance. I think wood could be an idea for an island but you should use stone on the rest. I think the concrete will date the house. I had this blogpost saved for myself or alternatives to white marble, I thought it was interesting. Have you considered quartzite or silestone?
I have considered quartzite and silestone. I'm not a fan of silestone and I'm still researching quartzite. That was a great post about different materials, very informative. She also shared a part two to the post you recommended. Thanks so much for the info!
What a big decision! Since we moved into a house with a large wood island, I thought you might want to hear my experience with it. It has held up very well, surprisingly. There's no rotting around the sink, and the finish is still holding well. Maybe it has a marine varnish on it? I don't know, but I love the durability of it, and with our concrete floors, the wood helps add warmth to the room. I personally have never had granite but hope to get it when we redo our counters (hopefully soon!). As for the wooden island, it's staying! We always consider resale when making decisions. Good luck!
It is a big decision Kim. I really appreciate hearing about your experience with a wood countertop. I will definitely fill my husband in on your info, he is the one that is skeptical on using wood around water. Thanks again!
I know you said you were tired of laminate, but have you seen the new laminates that look like marble and granite? They are amazing! You really have to look hard to tell they are not the real thing.
I like you Kristi have always owned houses with laminate counters. Some have been Like Mary Jean said, "What were they thinking?" counters and some not to bad. I agree the concrete is not your style. I can't remember if you are painting the cabinets but if not I think the marble is to stark against your cabinets. What ever you chose has upkeep to prevent stains, etc. You have an eye for decorating so go with your own gut feeling. Good luck.
I'm still weighing my options Debbie. Unfortunately when you have to worry about cost, your options decrease. Thank you though for your input and I hope that you have a great holiday weekend.
I have to say I don't like concrete. I think about down the line, when people will say, "what were they thinking!" And it's so permanent! You know me, I love to change. I think the suggestion of granite might be a good choice. You could probably get something that is clean and bright. I've never had marble, but if what they say is true about it, I don't want it. When we moved into our house, the counter top in the bathroom was laminated, but it had a raised surface to it and it had already gotten soap scum in the grooves. Needless to say that went bye-bye real fast!
I know what you mean MJ. We have had that very conversation about concrete. Oh my, raised surface laminate…I would have gotten rid of it quick too. Thanks for weighing in MJ and hope you have a great weekend.
Decisions, decisions! I have marble in my bathroom and it's so porous, it soaks in every single thing that lands on it. If you like that imperfect look, then it's a good, albeit expensive, choice. I always wanted wood. I love the look, but the cost for mahogany at the time was prohibitive and yes, like marble, it's not always the most durable. Hmm. I wish you luck!
Thanks Kim I appreciate the input. I also looked into quartz but it is very expensive and it has it's flaws too. I guess there's no perfect material out there.
We have granite that was added when we updated our kitchen a few years ago. I love the look of marble, but not the upkeep. Granite is so easy and you can set a hot pot directly on it and it won't stain. I love the look of wood, too, but then there is the upkeep again. I like the look of concrete, but not sure how good it is for resale.
I like granite too. We had it in a bathroom in FL and I loved the feel of it but it was really busy for my taste. I agree with you about concrete and resale. That is my main concern about using it because we will more than likely sell our house in a few years and I worry how potential buyers will feel about it. Thanks for your input Kim.


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org.buildmlearn.appstore.models.WordModel Class Reference

Template class for the words for the Spellings puzzle apps.
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 	WordModel (String word, String description)

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Template class for the words for the Spellings puzzle apps.

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Madhouse Inc. () — аніме-студія, заснована на початку 1970-х років колишніми аніматорами «Mushi Pro»: Маруяма Масао, Дедзакі Осаму, Рінтаро, Кавадзірі Йосіакі і ін. Студія створила і брала участь в створенні таких фільмів, як Ace o Nerae! (1973) «Манускрипт ніндзя», «Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust», «Trigun» і «Di Gi Charat». Студія Madhouse випускала аніме у форматі OVA в кінці 1980-х і на початку 1990-х, але на відміну від інших студій того часу, таких як і J.C.Staff, спиралася на покази на телебаченні і в кінотеатрах. Студія відома серіалами «Beyblade», «BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad», «Black Lagoon» і «Paranoia Agent».

Студія тісно співпрацює з манґакою Урасава Наокі. Madhouse випустила аніме за трьома його манґами: «Yawara!», «Master Keaton» і «». Madhouse також зробили аніме за деякими роботами CLAMP: «Tokyo Babylon», 2 версії «X», «Cardcaptor Sakura» і «Chobits».

Історія

Студія «Madhouse» була створена в 1972 році після банкрутства студії «Mushi Productions» Тедзуки Осаму його колишніми співробітниками і учнями. Назва студії перекладається з англійського як «божевільня» — цілком відповідна назва для будь-якої аніме-студії.

Серед засновників «Madhouse» були знамениті режисери Рінтаро і Осаму Дедзакі (перший керівник студії). Нинішній президент «Madhouse» — аніме-продюсер Маруяма Масао. Також на студії працює дизайнер і режисер Йосіакі Кавадзірі, класик містичного і кіберпанк-аніме.

«Madhouse» часто працює з іноземними замовниками, просуваючи японські традиції на національні анімаційні ринки.

У березні 1989 року студія «Madhouse» отримала приз на Шостому японському фестивалі анімації за «внесок в розвиток OVA».

До середини 1990-х років «Madhouse» спеціалізувалася на створенні OVA і повнометражних фільмів, створивши цілий ряд зразків для наслідування і еталонів графічно якісної анімації. Пізніше, коли ринок OVA перестав приносити достатньо прибутку, студія почала поступово переносити встановлені нею стандарти якості в світ ТБ-анімації, призначеної для кабельних і супутникових каналів.

У якій би стилістиці і в якому б форматі не працювала студія «Madhouse», словами, що визначають всі її роботи, залишаються «якість, нестандартність і привабливість для глядачів» — гасло, заповідане творцям студії ще Тедзукою.

Роботи студії

Повнометражні фільми
Студія брала участь в створенні двох фільмів «Босоногий Ґен», створила дзідайґекі Ninja Scroll, робила мультиплікацію фільму «» і два повнометражні фільми для «Sanrio», а також продюсувала всі чотири (в цей час) фільми Сатосі Кона: «Perfect Blue», «Millennium Actress», «Tokyo Godfathers» і «Paprika». Madhouse продюсували також аніме «Nasu: Summer in Andalusia», зняте за манґою «Nasu» (автор — Курода Іо) режисером Кітаро Косака зі Студії Ґіблі.
У 2011 році, студія випустила повнометражний аніме-фільм Спогади про одного пілота.
У 2012 році, студія випустила повнометражний аніме-фільм Вовчі діти Аме та Юкі

Аніме-серіали
 Ace про Nerae!
 Akagi
 Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution
 Azuki-chan
 BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
 Босоногий Ґен
 Beyblade (всі сезони)
 Birdy the Mighty
 Black Lagoon
 Boogiepop Phantom
 Claymore
 Chobits
 Cardcaptor Sakura
 Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
 Chance Pop Session
 Clover
 Cyber City Oedo 808
 Death Note
 Dennou Coil
 Devil May Cry
 Demon City Shinjuku
 Di Gi Charat
 Dragon Drive
 Fighting spirit
 Galaxy Angel
 Gokusen
 Gungrave
 Gunslinger Girl
 Hajime no Ippo
 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
 Ichigo 100%
 Ikki Tousen
 Kaiji
 Kemonozume
 Kiba
 Kaibutsu Oujo
 Lament of the Lamb
 Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
 MajinTantei Nougami Neuro
 Master Keaton

 Millennium Actress
 Mokke

 Nana
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
No Game No Life
 Otogi-jushi Akazukin
 Oh! Edo Rocket
 Overlord
 Paprika
 Paradise Kiss
 Paranoia Agent
 Perfect Blue
 Reign
 Shigurui
 Strawberry Panic!
 Sweet Valerian
 Texhnolyze
 The Boondocks (2-й сезон)
 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
 Tokyo Babylon
 Tokyo Godfathers
 Trigun
 Trigun X
 Tsuki no Warutsu
 Tenjho Tenge
 Unico
 Uninhabited Planet Survive!
 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
 WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
 Wicked City
 A Wind Named Amnesia
 X
 Yona Yona Penguin
 Школа мерців

Спільні роботи
Madhouse працювали разом з Square Enix над OVA «Final Fantasy VII: Last Order».

Посилання
 Madhouse Official Site
 Madhouse Street

Аніме-студії
Madhouse
Підприємства, засновані 1972

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The Sprengisandur Wilderness is so barren that every time a discernible feature appears I spring up with the camera, to record this unusual occurrence. Some rocks, a valley, a pool of milky water. Eventually a very large dam of pale green water receding forever into the mist, which is punctuated by pylons. The road improves, the bus whizzes over the rutted surface, flying across narrow bridges spanning the green milkstuff. We stop at a hotel, the second of two, the first being the 'Highland Hotel' – not half. A stop where we must all take off our shoes and pay £2.50 to visit the toilet.
Multicoloured hills appear, in those volcanic colours we are growing accustomed to, and then the camp-site. We had anticipated that it would be crowded, but not that is would be a dingy, maybe even squalid patch of stony bog-ridden mud, plagued with tents, a ring of buzzing and roaring Jeeps around the edges.
Disembarking, keeping our luggage out of the mud and trudging to reception, has the flavour of WW1 soldiers arriving at Vimy Ridge or some other far flung trench, to burrow a shelter from the wind and make a home for themselves in the muddy fields.
In the rain, we put up the tent by a small river, or ditch, and looking out we can see a tiny snipe bobbing up and down – its head going like those woodpecker toys. There are three sheep across a boggy meadow and a crowd of undressed people beside a waft of steam in the middle of this meadow.
Sprengisandur is only accessible during summer and is impassable in winter because of the snow, and in spring because of floods. In medieval times, the area derived its name from the fact that for hundreds of kilometers, there was no fodder for horses, and no human habitation to take shelter in. This feature gave the area its name: it is derived from Icelandic noun sandur "sand", which denotes the volcanic ash deserts of the center of the island, and the verb sprengja that means "to ride a horse to death; to be on the point of bursting after running for too long". One needed to ride as fast as possible, nearly driving the horses to death, to cross the mountain desert and reach the inhabited regions of the island again before one ran out of victuals.
Sprengisandur, Iceland, The wide milky river seen as we start to emerge from the wilderness.
Landmannalaugar, southern Iceland, A hot Pool with multi-coloured algae that survive the near boiling temperatures.
Our tent at Landmannalaugar, weighted with stones as it is difficult to get the pegs into the rocky ground.
Landmannalaugar, southern Iceland. One of the huts that gives a slightly 'trenches' feel the area.
Landmannalaugar, southern Iceland, The only road in fords the river.
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Last year, Genomenon went live with Mastermind, a search engine that combs through millions of publicly available medical journal articles to connect a patient's genomic data with the latest scientific literature, simplifying the diagnostic process. Saphetor maintains VarSome, a gene and variant database with 47,000 users worldwide and more than 33 billion data points.
The Council for Education and Research on Toxics wants businesses to warn consumers about a possible cancer risk from coffee. The lawsuit, which has been grinding on for years, alleges no matter how you make it, your daily jolt of java comes with a potential carcinogen: acrylamide.
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When abnormality in a gene is linked to cancer and a drug targets the encoded protein, how can the patients who will respond to the drug be identified if the gene is mutated in many different ways in many different cancers?
The findings published in Science indicate that HLA class I homozygosity and loss of heterozygosity represent a genetic barrier to effective immunotherapy, and alternative ways to harness the immune system may be necessary to maximize clinical benefit.
"None of the $200 million was used to develop the therapy for FDA approval and there was no direct government funding to Novartis," the company's spokesperson said via email. Further, the company said the "oft-cited $20,000 to manufacture Kymriah is false." The company's CAR-T manufacturing costs have "never been made public and cannot be for proprietary reasons."
Two of us are patients with currently incurable blood cancers, and a CAR-T-based treatment such as tisagenlecleucel could one day represent a life-saving treatment for our diseases. However, if patients like us cannot afford the drug, then this hope is pointless.
On January 29, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new targeted treatment, lutetium Lu 177 dotatate (Lutathera®), for adult patients with advanced NETs that affect the pancreas or gastrointestinal tract, known as GEP-NETs. Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate is the first radioactive drug approved to treat these rare cancers.
Today's approval was based on LATITUDE (NCT01715285), a placebo controlled international clinical trial that randomized 1,199 patients with metastatic high-risk CSPC.
Eight noteworthy studies exploring key research in the treatment of genitourinary cancers will be presented at the 2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, taking place February 8-10 at the Moscone West Building in San Francisco, California.
Results of phase 3 clinical trial published online in New England Journal of Medicine.
Phase 3 SPARTAN data showed ERLEADA™ improved median metastasis-free survival by more than two years.
The drug was declared safe by the European Medicines Agency last November, however patients in England will have to wait until autumn this year before health chiefs decide whether to provide it on the NHS.
In this framework, the core business of EURACAN reference centres will be teleconsulting: the idea behind this information technology platform, currently under development, is that the expertise of the reference centres will be made available to all healthcare providers wherever they are, saving patients from having to travel for treatment.
Steve Brine is a Conservative MP and the Minister for Public Health, which includes cancer care. This means he is responsible for the Government's work to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Following World Cancer Day, we asked Steve about what he's doing to help beat cancer sooner.
All in, the transplant and its necessary follow-up would cost around half a million dollars. Time was of the essence – he could receive the transplant only if he remained in a remission. Another week passed. And another week. The wait was maddening. We phoned his insurance company again, but they put us off, saying that his "case" was being reviewed. It wouldn't be long before the leukemia cropped up again.


It's inevitable that you'll have a day where you feel defeated when you're going after a really big dream. Whether it's not happening fast enough, or obstacles are in your way, or you get rejected, you'll have a day where you're feeling down about your dream.
That's why I wanted to give you tools to push through that feeling because the sooner you get out of it, the closer you get to your dream. And of course, the longer you stay in the muck, the further away your dream will remain.
You want friends you can turn to who won't commiserate with your misery, but try to lift you out of it and change your perspective.
Rancho Palos Verdes - Is it not the most beautiful place ever?!
So many crazy successful people have gone through incredibly tough times to get where they are. Some have gone through times way tougher than your bad days and they were able to overcome them and create massive success. So if they can overcome huge obstacles, so can you!
When you're feeling defeated, you don't make healthy actions. When you're down, you don't make decisions that will bring you closer to your dream, so you want to get out of it as fast as you can.
What can you do to lift yourself out of a funk? I like to listen to Abraham Hicks videos because they are not only inspiring, but also quite funny. I find myself laughing out loud. Maybe there is a comedian who always makes you laugh. Find something that makes you really happy and inspired to help lift you out and change your perspective.
This is the Abraham Hicks video with the hilarious guy from Philly. I love when Abraham says "you're a little crazy!".