Surrounded by long beaches separated by an arm of the estuary of the Ria Formosa and by gentle hills covered with orchards full of sweet odors, Tavira is one of the ost incredible cities in the Algarve.
The ruins of this ancient Moorish fort were rebuilt after the Christian conquest of the Algarve in the 13th century. Its towers offer beautiful panoramic views of the city and the charming interior garden is a great retreat for the warmth of the hot days.
Allegedly built on the site of an ancient mosque, this 13th-century church was partially rebuilt following the devastation caused by the earthquake of 1755, boasting several architectural styles today.
This 16th century church is considered the most beautiful example of Renaissance architecture throughout the Algarve due to its golden altarpieces and the tiles dated from the 18th century.
The Ria Formosa Natural Park is characterized by the presence of a coastal sand dune belt (beaches and dunes) that protects a lagoon area. Includes a wide variety of habitats.
Beaches in perfect state of conservation, since it is part of a natural park. If you are looking to relax in paradisiacal places, be sure to visit the beaches of Tavira Island.
Very popular dish among portuguese people that you can enjoy in Sesimbra.
They are rounded puff pastries, made with flour, margarine, lard, eggs and sugar.
It is a typical dish, very tasty and one of the most appreciated by the Portuguese, especially those who live by the sea.
One of the most well-known cities in the Algarve, Faro is known for its excellent gastronomy and paradisiacal beaches.
Algarve is one of the best holiday destinations in Europe, known for its fantastic white sandy beaches.
Charming town in Algarve. It offers a cosmopolitan atmosphere in harmony with the traditional features of the region.


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Battle Arena Toshinden
The Game Boy version of Battle Arena Toshinden is a 2D versus fighting game, instead of 3D. Play Battle Arena Toshinden online!
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The game features all the eight fighters present in the console/PC version (Eiji, Kayin, Sofia, Rungo, Fo, Mondo, Duke and Ellis), but drawn in super-deformed graphics.
The game features three possible gameplay modes: 1P Game (story mode), Vs. Computer and Vs. Human. The story mode is slightly different from the console version, featuring a different unlockable final boss.
Play Battle Arena Toshinden online
As in the console version, battles can be won either by depleting the adversary's life bar or by tossing him or her out of the ring. Each character has its own special moves and a desperation move (which can only be used when the character has 10% or less of his or her health).
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An OFC All Perils Policy Requirement Eyed
Todd Harper, a legislative assistant to Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Penn., said that the concept of an optional federal charter for insurers "is an idea that is increasingly gaining in attractiveness in Wa
By Matt Brady | Updated on November 15, 2006
WASHINGTON–An aide to a key House member said his boss is considering drafting optional federal charter legislation for insurers that would mandate they offer consumers an "all perils" policy.
Todd Harper, a legislative assistant to Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Penn., said that the concept of an optional federal charter for insurers "is an idea that is increasingly gaining in attractiveness in Washington."


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Students raring to row at world champs
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Three Cambridge students will take the trip of a lifetime next month, travelling to Japan to represent New Zealand on the Junior rowing team. For Rebecca Leigh, named in the women's quadruple scull, it's her…
World cup kayakers now eyeing world champs
The NZ Men's Kayak squad has returned to Cambridge after touring the world cup circuit in Europe. During their campaigns of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cups 1 and 2 the young paddlers managed to…
Club backs international reps
The Thornton Club is supporting two of its members onto the world stage this month. Former under 23 world rowing champion Sam Voss, who has worked at the club for the last four years, was…
Cycling talent recognized at awards evening
New Zealand's best cycling talent was celebrated at the Cycling New Zealand Annual Awards dinner held in Cambridge last Saturday. The Annual Awards dinner recognises achievements by riders throughout the year across road, track, BMX,…
Maunga Mission wraps up
86 people trekked their way from one side of Maungatautari Mountain to the other last Sunday, competing in a multisport race which raised $860 for the ecological island Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. The Maunga Mission challenged…
Dream win for Matangi Maddy
A Matangi equestrian rider's season has just reached new heights after she secured the win at the DVS Home Ventilation CCI4*-L National Championship at the New Zealand Three Day Event Champs in Taupo. 25-year-old Madison…
Runner a record-success
Commitment is the key to success, says Annalies Kalma, who last month smashed the North Island Secondary School athletics record for the under 16 400m sprint, running it in 54.69 seconds. She is now ranked…
Swimmers earn national titles
Savanna Bourke has made her breakthrough onto the national podium at the New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships. The 13-year-old swimmer capped off the meet in Wellington last month with a bronze medal in the…
Basketballers back from Greece
The St Peter's Premier Girls basketball team have returned from the ISF World Championships in Greece ranked fifth in the world. The team, which was the first female team to represent New Zealand at the…
Lily's in eleventh heaven…
Lily Greenough decided what her older brothers could do, she could do. Her Cambridge brothers Jack and Bennett Greenough made the Mighty 11 New Zealand BMX team when they were 11 – prompting Lily to…


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Composer James Horner arrives at the 'Titanic 3D' UK film premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, West London. (File photo: AP)
Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash
The composer died when his personal aircraft crashed in Santa Barbara, California
Published: 23 June ,2015: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 10:47 AM GST
James Horner, the celebrated composer of several Hollywood smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61, US media reported.
Hollywood trade magazine Variety reported the composer died when his personal aircraft crashed in Santa Barbara, California.
"Brilliant Composer James Horner, friend & collaborator on 7 movies has tragically died in a plane crash. My heart aches for his loved ones," wrote director and colleague Ron Howard on Twitter.
Horner won an Oscar for his work on the song "My Heart Will Go On" in historical drama "Titanic." He was also nominated for an Academy Award six times for blockbuster movies including "Apollo 13," "Braveheart" and "Field of Dreams."
Horner's most recent Oscar nomination was for 2009's sci-fi epic "Avatar," directed by James Cameron.
1990's American film touchstones such as "Patriot Games," "Searching for Bobby Fischer" and "Jumanji" were also composed by Horner.
He won one Golden Globe and was nominated seven times.
Top actors and directors in the television and film world paid tribute to Horner online.
"Incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of James Horner. I grew up loving his work. He leaves behind a spectacular musical legacy," television series creator Seth MacFarlane tweeted.
"There is nothing that shaped my movie-going experience more than the musical genius of James Horner. He will live on through the ages," tweeted actor Rob Lowe.
Titanic violin sells for over $1.6m at auction
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Herbal medicines are mixtures of a variety of herbs prepared to time tested pharmaceutical procedure, recommended by ayurveda. The curative properties of these herbs have been identified and catalogued by the ancient Rishis (hermits). They are meant to maintain or regain equilibrium of body functions based on the physical and psychic forces mentioned in Ayurvedic Concepts. No synthetic chemicals are used in the preparation of ayurveda remedies.
The juice of herbs with or without water/sugar.
Paste prepared by grinding medicinal plant materials.
A decoction. Herbal materials such as bark, roots, leaves, fruits and flowers are cut, sliced or powdered coarsely and one part of the amalgamation is boiled in four, eight or sixteen parts of water (usually cups) and reduced to a quarter.
Medicinal plant materials in powder form.
Tablets or pills prepared individually or in combination.
Preparation in which herbal drugs are soaked in liquids (mainly water) fermented and filtered. Sometimes natural alcohol obtained from herbs is added to expedite fermentation and efficacy.
An Elixir, a Rasayana preparation similar to Asava. Various decoctions are used and fermented for retaining efficacy over a long period of time.
This is a semi-solid preparation; sugar or jaggery is used as a medium.
Ayurveda medicinal oils; special procedures are followed in the preparation of these oils.
Similar to the medicinal oils but the herbs are boiled in ghee.
A type of medicinal paste used for external application.
Calcified preparations in which herbal extracts are subjected to intense heat.
These are concentrations of decoctions preserved with the help of sugar, jaggery (palm sugar) or herbal alcohol.


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Container drayage services, to and from intermodal ocean and rail terminals in the U.S., are rapidly changing this year. The new standard is lower service levels at higher costs, with the main contributing factor being the national driver shortage.
When the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) requirement went into effect last December, the already short-staffed industry lost trucking companies and drivers, as many of them did not want to comply with the program's driving hours. When the ELD enforcement starts April 1, we may see even more trucking companies and drivers quit the business.
Draymen—who are already some of the lowest paid truckers in the country—are not compensated for their wait-time at congested terminals when they pick up or return containers. As volume continues to grow at our nation's ports, the larger ships are causing congestion, which is resulting in longer wait-times for draymen. The growing economy and reduced unemployment is also increasing the shortage, since many draymen are leaving their trucks behind to move to better paying opportunities.
These factors are aggravating the driver shortage as it approaches crisis level.
As the driver shortage worsens, trucking companies are altering their normal operations to handle the increased demand. Previously, drivers might have picked up and delivered several containers in one day, whereas now, they are forced to park the containers they've retrieved and go back to get more before the end of free time. Parked equipment exacerbates the already precarious balance of equipment flow, resulting in both chassis and container shortages. This is particularly evident at interior rail ramps like Chicago, Memphis, Dallas, and Houston where we have seen it take a week or more to free up chassis. This creates a snowball effect and increases the chance of exceeding the allotted free time.
Once the free time is exhausted, the rail terminals may charge demurrage and the ocean carriers may charge detention, daily. This can happen even when some or all the fault lies with one or both of those parties. As consequence, demurrage and detention billing are also rising, which further increases overall drayage costs.
When this happens, Mohawk works with the carriers and terminals to mitigate or eliminate the charges by requesting extended free time. However, our requests are not always heard and if granted, the amount of extended time is arbitrary at best. Frequently, we must pay the fees just to collect the container but arguing for a refund after the fact is generally unproductive.
I recently testified before the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on their hearing about Fair Port Practices. In the weeks since, the FMC has been considering a new policy or regulation on the application of detention and demurrage charges. Until that time, carriers and terminals can hide behind their tariffs even when the cargo owner is not at fault for the equipment shortages or delays. In short, this may get worse before it gets better, but Mohawk will continue to mitigate these charges when we can.


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Unionlearn highlight trade union learning at international event
Around 150 countries have developed or implemented Qualification Frameworks (QFs) to improve their training system's quality and the recognition of learning outcomes– and last week unionlearn was invited to Turin to share its experience of QF's and workplace learning with fellow trade unions and organisations from across the world.
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Delegates attending the 2019 unionlearn annual conference this July will have the chance to talk to a wide range of organisations bringing stands full of resources and information.
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POA "Leading the way" with Apprentice Support Network
POA Learning has launched a new Apprenticeship Support Network on the Isle of Wight which is seen as the first of its kind in the UK and has been hailed as "leading the way".
Helping staff facing redundancy at Tesco Middlewich
Facing major change at work is never easy for staff and dealing with redundancy is the most difficult change of all.
Joshua swaps his boots for a lab coat
Starting an apprenticeship with Darlington at 15-years old and signing a professional contract just 2 years later, Joshua Gray was enjoying playing for the first team when he started thinking about what his next steps might be. And his union, the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), was there...
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TUC webinar asks "What does your pension mean for you?"
Pensions are an important issue for trade unions. From a trade union perspective pensions are about providing a decent standard of living when we decide to retire.
National Retraining Scheme Webinar
The government, CBI and TUC are producing a joint webinar on the development of the National Retraining Scheme on Thursday 21st February at 11am.
Skills investment
Alex goes from player to pundit thanks to the PFA
Former England international and Arsenal defender Alex Scott MBE has developed her career from the playing on the pitch to working in the media with support from the Professional Football Association.
Unionlearns European project partners visit Westminster to discuss skills
Last week Mid-Life Skills Review Project Partners from across Europe visited London to plan the next phase of the project as well as meeting Bambos Charalambous MP at Westminster to brief him about Mid-Life Skills Reviews and the launch of the innovative online Value My Skills tool.
The November Supporting Learners News is out now
The latest Supporting Learners News is now out and is packed full of ideas to inspire reps and learners alike.
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Q: css vertical align text inside absolute responsive div I want to vertical center a text inside a responsive div but I really don't find the way to do it without new CSS3 tricks..
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Synthetic Biology Breakthrough: Bacteria With Manmade Genome Self Replicates
Written by Catharine Paddock, Ph.D. on May 21, 2010
Heralded as a breakthrough in synthetic biology, scientists in the US have created a type of bacteria with a manmade genome that is capable of self replicating: they designed the genome in a computer, synthesized it in the laboratory using chemicals and host organisms, then transplanted it into a recipient cell which then went on to self-replicate under the control of only the synthetic genome.
They suggest the new method could be used to explore the machinery of life and also engineer bacteria with a range of uses such as to produce biofuels, drugs and clean up the environment.
You can read about how the research team, led by Craig Venter of the J Craig Venter Institute, a not for profit genome research establishment with labs in in Rockville, Maryland and San Diego, California, achieved this "proof of principle" breakthrough in a 20 May online issue of Science.
In this study the researchers brought together two previous achievements where they chemically synthesized a bacterial genome and successfully transplanted the natural genome of one bacteria cell into another.
Although not strictly a fully synthetic cell, in that only the genome is manmade, lead researcher Dr J Craig Venter who has been working in this field for the last 15 years, told the press that:
"This is the first synthetic cell that's been made, and we call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer."
"This becomes a very powerful tool for trying to design what we want biology to do," said Venter, adding that they already have a number of applications in mind, such as designing algae to capture CO2 and make new hydrocarbons for fuel, or to speed up vaccine production, make new food ingredients, or clean up water.
In the journal paper, Venter and colleagues describe how they designed, synthesized and assembled the Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 genome, made of 1.08 million base pairs, and then transplanted it into a Mycoplasma capricolum recipient cell to make new Mycoplasma mycoides cells controlled only by the synthetic chromosome.
They wrote that the only DNA in the cells was the manmade DNA sequence, including "watermark" sequences and "other designed gene deletions and polymorphisms, and mutations acquired during the building process". The watermark sequences were inserted so they could distinguish the synthetic cells from the wild ones.
To synthesize a genome with over a million base pairs, they had to use several steps, since current methods can only assemble short strips of DNA letters at a time.
First they inserted the shorter DNA sequences into yeast, where the organism's repair enzymes knitted them together, then they transferred these medium sized strings into E. coli, then back into yeast, and so, until they had the full genome comprising over a million base pairs.
A J Craig Venter Institute statement described the process in more detail:
"The team designed 1,078 specific cassettes of DNA that were 1,080 base pairs long. These cassettes were designed so that the ends of each DNA cassette overlapped each of its neighbors by 80bp."
Then, describing the three stages of the assembly process, they explain how they first took "10 cassettes of DNA at a time to build 110, 10,000 bp segments", and in the second stage, took the "10,000 bp segments are taken 10 at a time to produce eleven, 100,000 bp segments", and in the third and final stage, took "all 11, 100 kb segments were assembled into the complete synthetic genome in yeast cells and grown as a yeast artificial chromosome".
They isolated the complete synthetic M. mycoides genome from the yeast cell and transplanted it into M. capricolum whose restriction enzymes had been removed. (Restriction enzymes "protect" a genome by cutting up DNA that does not belong to it, the process is thought to be a defence mechanism against pathogens like viruses that invade the DNA of host cells.)
The DNA from the synthetic genome was transcribed into messenger RNA (a key stage of gene expression, when the DNA instructions are turned into proteins that do the work in the organism) which were then translated into new proteins.
The researchers said the genome of the recipient cell, M. capricolum, was either destroyed by the restriction enzymes from M. mycoides, or was "lost during cell replication".
After two days of culturing in a petri dish, viable cells of M. mycoides, which contained only synthetic DNA, were clearly visible, said the researchers.
Well aware of the social and ethical considerations of this type of science, the researchers requested a bioethical review early on in their investigations, back in the late 1990s.
Venter said:
"We have been consumed by this research, but we have also been equally focused on addressing the societal implications of what we believe will be one of the most powerful technologies and industrial drivers for societal good."
"I think this is the first incidence in science where the extensive bioethical review took place before the experiments were done," he told the press.
"It's part of an ongoing process that we've been driving, trying to make sure that the science proceeds in an ethical fashion, that we're being thoughtful about what we do and looking forward to the implications to the future," he added.
Synthetic Genomics Inc, a company co-founded by Venter and his colleague Dr Hamilton O. Smith, funded the research.
"Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome."
Daniel G. Gibson, John I. Glass, Carole Lartigue, Vladimir N. Noskov, Ray-Yuan Chuang, Mikkel A. Algire, Gwynedd A. Benders, Michael G. Montague, Li Ma, Monzia M. Moodie, Chuck Merryman, Sanjay Vashee, Radha Krishnakumar, Nacyra Assad-Garcia, Cynthia Andrews-Pfannkoch, Evgeniya A. Denisova, Lei Young, Zhi-Qing Qi, Thomas H. Segall-Shapiro, Christopher H. Calvey, Prashanth P. Parmar, Clyde A. Hutchison, III, Hamilton O. Smith, and J. Craig Venter.
Science, published online 20 May 2010.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190719
Sources: American Association for the Advancement of Science, J Craig Venter Institute.
Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD
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Spring is the Season for Wild Game Dining in Dallas
Dallas is typically known for offering the best in Texas dining. One of the most popular choices of restaurants is the Dallas steakhouse. While a perfect cut of beef served in a restaurant full of classy ambiance may be the usual selection, Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse is here to talk about wild game dining.
Our menu not only boasts the best ranch-raised meats, but also has a wide selection of wild game options for those with more specific and adventurous taste buds.
What Counts as Wild Game
When most people see the words "wild game" on a menu, meats like venison and buffalo usually come to mind. In fact, wild game is technically native game animals that live in the wild. Therefore, if it was raised on a ranch, it isn't wild game.
Major game animals in Texas are:
Wild game is also inclusive of smaller animals like birds and squirrels.
What Are the Benefits of Wild Game Dining?
Although there are many benefits to eating red meat, there are also a slew of benefits to consuming a well-prepared cut of wild game.
1. Leaner Than Most Meats
Since wild animals spend most of their time walking and running around in their natural habitats, they are a leaner cut of meat. Even if you see the words "organic" and "free-range" on the label of your food, this organic label doesn't necessarily mean that it is wild game or completely GMO free. Free-range could still mean that the animal had limited access where it was allowed to roam.
2. No Need to Think About Antibiotics and Hormones
Many farm-raised meats are unfortunately raised on antibiotics and hormones that make the meat seem better when it is served. One of the main reasons that some people enjoy wild game dining is that they don't have to even think twice about what Is in their food aside from meat.
3. Reduced Chances of Foodborne Illness
Food poisoning is an issue that is very prevalent with factory farmed animals that are not fed a natural diet. Many of these animals live in cramped, dirty environments that open them up to being diseased once their meat hits the market.
Meats from factories are at risk for salmonella poisoning and E. coli. Sadly, both of these bacteria have become prevalent in many of our consumed chicken and ground beef products.
Order Up Some Wild Game or Traditional Steak at Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse
If you want to get a true taste of the spring season, step into our dining room and sample some of our wild game options on our menu. Even if you are still in the mood for beef, rest assured that at Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse, we only serve the healthiest and most natural meats to our guests.
If you would like to reserve a table for your next family gathering, get in touch with Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse and grab a spot at our dinner table. When you eat at our steakhouse, you are sampling the best meats Dallas has to offer.
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Surname is pronounced "Bull-cow-ski"; born 1957, in Syracuse, NY; son of Bruce (an apartment manager) and Wanda Bulkowski. Education: Syracuse University, B.S., 1979. Hobbies and other interests: Creative writing, gardening, reading, guitar, investments, walking.
Raytheon, Missile Systems Division, Bedford, MA, hardware design engineer, 1979-81; Tracor Westronics, Fort Worth, TX, software manager for process monitoring systems, 1981-82; Tandy Corp., Fort Worth, senior software engineer, 1982-93; IMI Systems (consulting service), Dallas, TX, consultant, 1993; freelance writer, 1993—. Vice chair of a local recycle task force committee, 1992; Keller Parks and Recreation Board, chair, 1990-95; Keep Keller Beautiful, president, 1990-92; Friends of the Keller Library, vice president, 1990; Keller Chamber of Commerce, vice president for membership, 1994, treasurer, 1995.
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, Wiley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 2000.
Trading Classic Chart Patterns, Wiley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 2002.
Contributor to periodicals, including Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, Stock Futures and Options, and Active Trader.
Head's Law, a fantasy novel; Burning Desire, a romance novel, completion expected in 2004; Pinion's Search, a fantasy novel, 2004.
Thomas N. Bulkowski commented: "Have you ever stood on the edge of a cliff, then jumped off? I did that in 1993, the year I retired at age thirty-six as a senior software engineer. No wife, no inheritance, no dot.com millionaire, nothing to support me but twenty years of hard work and a few pennies invested in stocks. I figured I'd be flat broke at sixty-five. That was ten years ago. I didn't figure that homeowners insurance would double in five years, that health insurance premiums would quadruple in a year-and-a-half. I didn't plan on my appendix exploding with gangrene or plan falling off my bicycle and using my collarbone as a spear to pop my lung. I didn't think life would cost so much. Oops.
"In late 1995, I made an investment that I thought would be worth writing about. I submitted the article to Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine. A month later, the editor called me about proofreading the article before publication. My jaw dropped. A dozen articles later, in 1998, I decided I needed a book to improve my trading. No books covered chart patterns and provided statistics on how well they performed, so I thought I'd write one. I e-mailed an editor at John Wiley and Sons outlining my book idea. The next day, she called and said they were interested in publishing it. No anguished nights slaving over a keyboard on a query letter; no rejections, just a simple e-mail.
"Two years later, Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns arrived in the bookstores. It's a unique book because it covers chart pattern identification, failures, statistics, and trading tactics. No other book comes close to doing all that. Sales have been phenomenal. The publisher sold the rights to translate it into orthodox Chinese. The book sold out of its two printings. My next book, Trading Classic Chart Patterns, arrived on the shelves in 2002. It's done very well despite a bear market. So well, in fact, that both books are in the process of being translated into simplified Chinese. I guess I'm big in China.
"Now I'm writing for three nonfiction finance magazines on a monthly basis. I'm not a television personality, nor am I a magazine editor. I'm just a private investor and author. Thus, getting a new book idea in nonfiction finance worth publishing is close to zero. So I'm polishing my prose for the fiction market. I've written four novels (the first in college) and should start scouting for an agent or publisher soon.
"I wrote my first book for the information: I needed it to improve my stock trading. I wrote the second book for money. With property taxes climbing by double digits one year and valuations the next, with my health insurance company raising premiums three times a year, I need to marry rich or write more books … or both! Wish me luck and continued good health."
Hirsch, Yale, and Jeffrey A. Hirsch, Stock Trader's Almanac 2003, Hirsch Organization (River Vale, NJ), 2002.
Futures, October, 2000, Howard L. Simons, review of Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, p. 85.
TSAA Review, fall, 2000, Robert W. Colby, review of Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, pp. 4-5.
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Well, I should have known better, really I have been dealing with the reality of this illness for almost a year now. However, I will not let my hope for remission escape me. It keeps me going, it keeps me positive when I feel good. It allows me to make the most of my life which is greatly limited by my MG.
This past weekend was wonderful. I had my IVIG on Thursday afternoon/evening and the treatment went well. Friday I made it to John's field day at school and we went out to lunch before I crashed for a nap and my mg symptoms sprouted up in the evening with the droopy eye and difficulty walking. Saturday, I spent 5 hours at my dad's pool with the kids, it was a lovely day and I spent most of the time floating on the raft with my 3 year old on my lap going for "boat rides." I slept soundly Saturday night and Sunday we had a three hour swim trip at my dads. I was starting to think that the IVIG and Imuran had magically made the turn to where I would have more normal days than not...not so fast Jen!
So this morning I awoke to my husband trying to get me to breathe properly and get me my much needed Mestinon. My speech was slurred and I could not swallow. He got the pill under my toungue (a little trick I learned from a fellow myasthenic for when you can't swallow) and within 30 minutes I could speak and swallow again. It took another 45 minutes for me to be able to move my legs and get out of bed but I think it is most important to push myself each day to not give in to being bed bound. On bad days my brain tries to win the war and just succumb to the illness but I have two little faces counting on my presence and I will not let them down. Even if it means spending the day in the recliner.
I am feeling a little better but my vision is too poor to drive anywhere and I have the lovely foot drag going on when I walk, hello old friend walker...man are my shoes getting beat up! So, today I rest and hope that it will allow me to have a productive energetic day tomorrow. Here's hoping!
I never responded to your question, but yes, I am planning on going to the meeting on June 19. I got my husband to give up a Saturday which is no easy task. He's such a workaholic!
Can't wait...it will be fun to meet you!


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North Shore returns to county title game
Vikings defeat Clarke in semis, 42-16
Posted Saturday, November 13, 2021 5:51 pm
Junior Nick Livoti had a touchdown run, a touchdown reception and a fumble recovery in North Shore's 42-16 semifinal playoff win over Clarke.
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Clarke senior quarterback Nicholas Giardino's passing and rushing touchdowns weren't enough to get the Rams past North Shore in the semifinals.
Falling behind for the second time in as many playoff games didn't stop North Shore in its quest to return to the Nassau Conference IV football championship stage.
The second-seeded Vikings spotted No. 3 Clarke an early score in Saturday's semifinal at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium before ripping off six straight touchdowns on the way to a convincing 42-16 victory. Junior quarterback Peter Liotta threw for one touchdown and ran for a score, junior Nick Livoti had rushing and receiving scores and recovered a fumble on special teams, and senior Daniel Quigley added a pair of rushing touchdowns to lead an offense that racked up 379 yards.
North Shore, which dropped last season's conference final at home to Wantagh, last captured a county title in 1975. The Vikings (8-2) face No. 4 Cold Spring Harbor (7-3) in the championship game next Saturday at Hofstra at 12:30 p.m.
"Malverne jumped on us early in last week's playoff opener and Clarke scored on the first possession against us today, but our guys stood tall and everyone did their jobs," North Shore head coach Dan Agovino said. "We've talked a lot about how last season ended and the kids want to work as hard as they can and do whatever they can to win next week."
Clarke (7-3), which knocked off East Rockaway in the first round of the playoffs, 20-12, got passing and rushing touchdowns from senior quarterback Nick Giardino. He connected with senior Sean Welsh on a 38-yard scoring strike and two-point conversion toss and the Rams led North Shore 8-0 after the first quarter.
The Vikings took control with 29 second-quarter points, thanks in large part to three takeaways. All three Clarke turnovers led to Vikings' touchdowns — the first of which was an 11-yard run by Liotta following a forced fumble by junior Nick LaRosa and recovery by senior William Feldmann. An interception by Feldmann late in the half led to Liotta's 4-yard touchdown pass to Livoti.
"Anytime you're plus-3 in the turnover department it's big," Agovino said. "This is definitely a proud moment."
In between Liotta's touchdown run and pass, Livoti pounced on a Clarke fumbled kickoff return and two snaps later went 49 yards for a rushing score.
"We're hungry," said Livoti, who behind a line comprised of Reece Ramos, Danny Sotifyadis, Anthony Santoro, Nicholas Caprarella and Andrew Fabiilli accounted for 95 of the team's 294 yards on the ground. "We remember how Wantagh celebrated on our logo last season and we've used that as motivation," he added.
Cold Spring Harbor defeated North Shore, 14-13, back on Sept. 18. "We just have to worry about ourselves," Agovino said. "We'll break down the film from when we played and throw in a few wrinkles. It should be a good one."
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Q: Using net451 libraries in an ASP.NET Core application (RC2) I'm trying to upgrade my ASP.NET 5 RC1 projects to ASP.NET Core RC2 projects. I'm having some issues because I'm using libraries that do not yet support .NET Core so I have to run on the full framework. This has worked fine in RC1, but I'm not able to figure out the right way to achieve this in RC2.
I have one class library which can restore packages and build properly. And I have a test project referencing the class library. When I try to build the test project, I'm getting the following errors:
> dotnet build
Project TenantService (.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.1) was previously compiled. Skipping compilation.
Project TenantServiceTests (.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0) will be compiled because expected outputs are missing
Compiling TenantServiceTests for .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(25,23): error NU1001: The dependency mscorlib could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency mscorlib could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(25,23): error NU1001: The dependency mscorlib could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency mscorlib could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(26,21): error NU1001: The dependency System could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency System could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(26,21): error NU1001: The dependency System could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency System could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(27,26): error NU1001: The dependency System.Core could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency System.Core could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(27,26): error NU1001: The dependency System.Core could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency System.Core could not be resolved.
C:\projects\TenantService\test\TenantServiceTests\project.json(9,31): error NU1001: The dependency Microsoft.CSharp could not be resolved.

The project.json files for these two projects look like this:
src\TenantService\project.json
{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",

  "dependencies": {
    "NETStandard.Library": "1.5.0-rc2-24027",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Options": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
    "Newtonsoft.Json": "8.0.4-beta1",
    "MongoDB.Driver": "2.2.4",
    "StackExchange.Redis": "1.1.603"
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "net451": {}
  }
}

test\TenantServiceTests\project.json
{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "testrunner": "xunit",
  "description": "TenantServiceTests Class Library",
  "authors": [ "Henning" ],

  "dependencies": {
    "xunit": "2.1.0",
    "TenantService": "1.0.0-*",
    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-rc2-build10015"
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "netcoreapp1.0": {
      "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
          "type": "platform",
          "version": "1.0.0-rc2-3002702"
        }
      },
      "imports": [
        "net451"
      ]
    }
  }
}

How should I properly set this up in order to use net451 libraries in my app?

A:
The dependency mscorlib could not be resolved

I ran into this same problem yesterday. The issue is that the project.json for the test project is targeting the netcoreapp1.0. Instead you can target the net451 framework like the service you're testing against and that should "just work".
{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "testrunner": "xunit",
  "description": "TenantServiceTests Class Library",
  "authors": [ "Henning" ],

  "dependencies": {
    "xunit": "2.1.0",
    "TenantService": "1.0.0-*",
    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-rc2-build10015"
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "net451": { }
  }
}

For more details on this checkout the Migrating from ASP.NET 5 RC1 to ASP.NET Core. Another great resource is the markdown file out on the corefx repo that details .NET Platform Standard.


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L'Arche at Greenbelt 2019
In Conversation at Greenbelt: Pádraig Ó Tuama, members of the L'Arche Preston Community, and Charlotte Overton-Hart from Story Chaplain.
Saturday 24 August, 12.30pm, Shelter
We are excited to announce that L'Arche will be at this year's Greenbelt festival, hosting a conversation between Pádraig Ó Tuama, members of the L'Arche Preston Community and Charlotte Overton-Hart from Story Chaplain.
In L'Arche, community members often sit around a table, or cross-legged on a floor, telling stories. We tell stories, our own and each other's, some sung or signed, as a way to become known to each other.
The stories of people often marginalised by society are rich in wisdom and wit, revealing truths about what it means to be human and to be known.
Join us for a conversation about storytelling with poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama, Tim and Lucille from the L'Arche Preston Community, and Charlotte Overton-Hart who founded Story Chaplain, a social enterprise which uses the arts and storytelling to create meaningful moments with people living with dementia.
Our panellists are individuals with and without learning disabilities and, as such, this conversation will invite you to think about wit and wisdom, and storytelling, in new and revelatory ways.
Published: 29th May, 2019
Author: Joe Revell
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Pádraig Ó Tuama: Community as practice, pain and promise
A letter from our new National Leader (CEO)
'You can't make things perfect here. Instead you learn to use the imperfect things as gifts.'
L'Arche National Gathering 2019
Last month L'Arche Communities around the UK gathered in Liverpool to reflect on, and celebrate, all that is good about our shared lives together.
'The importance of being known': Louise's story
When she was 21, Louise left her job and lived for a year as part of the L'Arche community in Ipswich. Here she found something remarkable in a community 'where people can love well, and disagree well, and live together well'.
Meaningful and mutual relationships: how I found L'Arche
Matthew spent his final year of college living with people with learning disabilities. It was the meaningful, mutual relationships that he developed with his roommates that led him to discover L'Arche. In this piece, he reflects on how a year spent living with his friends with learning disabilities led him to join L'Arche in the UK.
Sports and well-being in L'Arche Manchester
L'Arche Manchester loves sport. The Community has used sport and other physical practices as a way for core members with learning disabilities to stay healthy and well.
Creating Rebound Books with L'Arche Brecon
Agnes is a workshop facilitator for Rebound Books at L'Arche Brecon. Here she reflects on how the gifts of people with and without learning disabilities are revealed through teamwork and creativity.
L'Arche statement following the recent BBC Panorama documentary and the release of the CQC report into the detainment of people with learning disabilities
The Panorama programme aired by the BBC on Wednesday 22nd May showing the abuse of people with learning disabilities, and the recently published CQC report revealing the detainment of people with learning disabilities and autism in ATUs (Assessment and Treatment Units), once again reveals the appalling mistreatment and abuse experienced by some of society's most vulnerable people.
Jean Vanier: a personal reflection
By Chris Bemrose
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There are eleven L'Arche Communities based across the UK, where persons with and without learning disabilities live together. Volunteers and care workers are providing support. They try to promote Jean Vanier philosophy. All faiths are welcomed.
In a world that values winning, L'Arche Communities are places where people with and without learning disabilities can discover who they are and not just what they can do.
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Speaking outside the Coroner's Court in Manchester, Kevin Coogan, Community Leader of L'Arche Manchester, read out the following statement on behalf of L'Arche.
Jean Vanier: Biography
Jean Vanier founded L'Arche in 1964, after becoming aware of the plight of thousands of people with learning disabilities who were institutionalised in France. He was an inspiring teacher whose life was testament to a radically different way of living and being in the world. He created a Community where people with and without learning disabilities were living together.
Summer in the Forest is a full-length feature film about our founder Jean Vanier and the L'Arche communities in Trosly, France and Bethlehem. It tells how two L'Arche communities, though quite different from those in the UK, share our common values, and shows how people with learning disabilities and assistants / care workers that support them are living together.
Jean Vanier interview: belonging in a time of loneliness.
We interviewed Jean Vanier, the founder of L'Arche, at his home in the L'Arche Trosly Community in France. Listen to Jean as he reflects on ageing and fragility, loss and loneliness, and the mystery that compels people to L'Arche.
While some individuals wish to live in a home with other people, others prefer to be supported to live independently. At L'Arche we help people to choose a way of life that feels right for them, and for their families.
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Last year, 60 motorcyclists died on Czech roads. The police, in co-operation with bikers, have therefore decided to organize an event to reduce the number under the motto of "bikes down".
On the polygon in Loud Lhotse, motorcycle riders tried to ride safely and get to know the latest safety features.
The Directorate of the Traffic Police Service of the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Association of Training Centers for Drivers of the Autobahn of the Czech Republic, prepared a preventive action aimed at the safety of motorcycle drivers on the polygon in Loud Lhotse. The aim of the project was to present new safety features, mediate practical training and improve motorcycle drivers, above all to reduce the consequences and number of road accidents caused by motorcyclists and to educate all road users.
"Interest was quite large, about two hundred bikers arrived, passed about 80 kilometers along the Abram roads and then on the polygon in Loud Lhotse prepared for them a program of driving skills, traffic tests, demonstrations of the latest safety features, because unlike car drivers , there is nothing but clothing with reflective tapes and many more, "said police spokeswoman Monica Schindler.
Part of the program was also a showcase of news safety vests of the Police of the Czech Republic, which use protoplasm and to protect themselves from injuries in the fall of the motorcycle.
"It is obvious that the safety vest works as it is, seals the hull and fixes the helmet, so that the bomber will save it when it falls," Gavel Nonvoting of the Police Department of Krakow confessed with his feelings, who demonstrated the presence of the new vest with reflective fabric.
In addition to the rides and safety features, a show of motorcycle and quad bike riders was also included, and they did not hesitate to involve the audience. The action has shown that motorcyclists should be aware that they are more vulnerable than vehicle drivers and even the best equipment is not a guarantee of a safe ride if a biker goes risky and does not adapt the speed of traffic, weather and traffic density. "Special care must be taken when riding, especially if there are foliage, oil spills, unevenness such as bridge joints, transition to another surface or cobblestones on the road," the police spokesman said.


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Hot answers tagged justice-league
Why did Warner Bros spend $25 million to CGI out Henry Cavill's mustache?
They shoot Justice League without Henry Cavil's mustache, and after the shooting he signed in for MI6, which required his mustache so he grew a mustache. And that's when tragedy happened. Zack Snyder, Justice League's director, stepped down due to a family tragedy. In response, Joss Whedon stepped up to helm the film and also called for a few reshoots ($25 ...
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Because of his commitment for Mission: Impossible 6, he was not allowed to do so, from screenrant.com Mission: Impossible 6 director Christopher McQuarrie reveals why Henry Cavill can't shave his mustache for the current Justice League reshoots. In a film that marks the return of several beloved franchise cast members – including Tom Cruise, Rebecca ...
Was Bruce Wayne's car specifically designed for the movie?
The car in question is a Mercedes Vision Gran Turismo. This link indicates that the car has been around for at least 4 years (as that's when the article was written) as a concept. It appears to have been designed for the Gran Turismo 6 Playstation game. To quote from the article: The Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo has made its bow at the Los ...
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Who were the other two heroes with Superman in the newspaper article who left?
There were three pictures Left to Right: David Bowie / Superman / Prince It's a tabloid paper headline which implies that a couple of iconic pop characters might have been aliens....like Superman.
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Was Bruce Wayne's car specifically designed for the movie? Partially yes, it was a concept car designed for a video game and named Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo but was made into a real functioning car for the film and of-course the crew was also involved too as shown in the video below. And Ben Afleck is 6"4, so the car's size was increased by 10% ...
Are Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne from different Universes?
You are making so many assumptions here. To make it clear there are two major universes. The Arrowverse, which consists of the TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen and Supergirl (Supergirl exists in a different Earth ( Earth - 38) than Flash but is still canon to the Arrowverse). Constantine does exist on the same earth as Flash and Arrow. ...
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He was contractually obligated to keep the moustache and it was unfortunate that Justice league had to be reshot by Joss Whedon. I am quoting a Nerdist article: Cavill was also filming Mission Impossible 6 at the same time as reshoots and his character had facial hair. He was contractually obligated to keep said facial hair, so the mustache had to be ...
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What is the Supergerm in the Justice League film?
Is it a nod to some comic book thing? Or a hint to future villain? It could be a nod to some comic book thing, but I haven't read any so I can't really say. It could be a hint to a future villain, but this part is pure speculation for now. However, this hints to a Superman's deed he did in BvS. We see the similar news headline on the wall at Wallace Keefe'...
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Why didn't the Justice League care about the MotherBox which flies away after reviving him?
Because Current priority. They just resurrected a super powered being and they need to see if it worked or not. They didn't have any idea how much time it will take them to make sense out of Superman and they forget to lock Mother Box. Their priority was to check if Superman didn't harm anything on his ways, they didn't expect that they will loose Mother ...
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Who is this character in the bonus scene of Justice League?
He is famous DC comic book character Deathstroke Slade Wilson / Deathstroke makes an appearance in the post-credits scene of Justice League portrayed by Joe Manganiello. After Lex Luthor had escaped from prison, he meets up with Deathstroke as they plan to make their own league. Lex even addressed him as "Mr Wilson" and Deathstroke is part of many ...
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I don't know that we saw enough of the Green Lantern to know who he was; I'm pretty sure he was not human. I don't see anyone listed in the credits (so the Lantern was probably entirely CGI), so that's no help either. I suspect it was just a nameless Lantern from thousands of years ago. The other powered characters in that scene were the various "old gods". ...
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The other answers are good but don't seem to directly address one of your questions: Wasn't protecting it the reason why they revived superman? No, they revived Superman to defeat because they were not strong enough (they all tried and failed, both individually and together). Even without the motherboxes in the picture, he could still defeat them in ...
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Why is Batman not so careful about his secret identity in the Justice League?
First of all, in our current society, secret identities make no sense at all. In the 90 batman animated story, Talia-Al-Ghul was able to find Batman's secret identity through detective work. In Man of Steel, Lois found Kal-El even before knowing Clark. In B vs S, Lex Luthor found Batman and Superman secret identities, he also found information about the ...
What is exactly Alfred referring to in this dialogue during conversation with Bruce?
That was a reference to famous Batman villain Penguin. He is prominent character in many Batman related adaptations and most relatable I can think of is Batman Returns where the main villain Penguin used army of penguins to bomb the city.
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Are there additional hints of Green Lantern?
No We just see a single Lantern (although some articles say there may be two, it's only a brief clip) during the fight with Steppenwolf. The non-human Lantern is killed and his ring flies off (as per the comics) to find a new owner. Toward the beginning of the movie, we see a flashback sequence, in which, Steppenwolf is seen trying to conquer Earth many ...
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It was to suggest that Parademon are made from human bodies like its comics counterpart. It is revealed in New 52 that the Parademon hordes are either remolded lifeforms or the processed corpses of which that Darkseid and Apokolips have harvested and processed from the various worlds and realities they've conquered - Wikipedia . Same thing we see in ...
No. There is not a single mention of Green Lanterns after the war of all united league(Humans, Amazons, Atlanteans, Gods...) against Steppenwolf's previous attempt to invade Earth. Also, although Armie Hammer says that he is NOT in the Justice League, there is some evidence that he is probably in the upcoming movies. Circumstantial evidence.
Is Flash pushing Wonder Women's sword is some comic book reference or a mythological analogy?
Well, in the movie The Flash says that he doesn't really 'fight' people that he basically just pushes people and runs away. This was an example of him pushing something. I suppose it's also a reference to The Creation of Adam, since Wonder Woman is, quite literally, a God and the Flash is a human. His 'nudge' is doing as little as possible, just like ...
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Is Aquaman (2018) before or after Justice League (2017)?
According to Producer Charles Roven at Warner Brothers, Aquaman takes place after Justice League. James [Wan] definitely knows where he's going with [Aquaman], and that movie takes place in a world where Justice League happened, and Man of Steel happened, and Wonder Woman obviously takes place before Man of Steel — except for the bookends we have. ...
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"What's the best thing about planet Earth?"
The question is not answered by Superman during the movie or anyone else in that matter, but Henry Cavill (the person who played Superman) has said (according to LA Times) "I think — and I imagine Superman would also think — ," he says of the possible reply, "the greatest quality of people and humankind is their capacity to love regardless of ...
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Why the apparent lack of IMAX 3D releases for Justice League?
It has been released in IMAX 3D outside of the US, but not in the US. This is easy to see on the official IMAX site: https://www.imax.com/movies/justice-league In Europe all IMAX screenings are 3D, in the US all IMAX screenings are 2D. Sites like bowtiecinema.com even took down their original IMAX 3D listings for Justice League (http://www.bowtiecinemas....
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No, there's no hint of the GL as the previous answers have mentioned. However, according to comicbook.com there was a planned post-credits scene which included two well known Green Lanterns confronting Bruce Wayne. But it wasn't included. Maybe it will appear as a DVD/Blu-ray deleted scene, who knows.
Did they deliberately release the new Justice Leage film on the same day the Justice League animated show was broadcast?
With DC, nothing is a coincidence. This film was released on the 25th anniversary of The Death of Superman comic, which was released November 17, 1992, and the 16th anniversary of Justice League (2001) which premiered its first episode November 17, 2001. So, it appears that WB Studios just consider this date lucky and/ or just want to tribute to two of the ...
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Major Justice League continuity error?
Well that is a major continuity error. The possible reason behind this could be the reshoots, post production problems,etc. that may have caused a lapse in checking all continuity or other types of mistakes. Maybe that is due to a possible relation to future movies like Flashpoint, but it is highly unlikely. As everyone knows, this movie is riddled with ...
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Has the Flash's origin been changed by Justice League?
Essentially, this may have to wait until the Flash movie is actualy released but the indications are that "Yes" the detail of the origin has been altered. It appears that the the incident predates any law enforecement involvement as Barry Allen is too young to be employed as a CSI for Central City. This seem to be confirmed in other media and although I ...
LEGO Batman: The Videogame has Penguin using seemingly mechanical penguin bombs. Demonstrated starting around 5:32 in this video. (This is a player-controlled Penguin deploying the penguins.) The 1988 Amiga game, Batman: The Caped Crusader had wind-up penguins. I recall them having flip-top heads hiding knee-high guns, but I do not recall them ...
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Was Flash's message in Batman vs Superman for the event occured in Justice League?
Apparently, the plan was way bigger then what we saw in Justice League. From CBR: As Snyder continued, he revealed that the Flash's warning to Bruce Wayne about Lois Lane being the key was central to this future. "Because Lois - and it's in the Justice League teaser; it wasn't in the movie apparently... it's this line where Bruce says, 'I was right here, ...
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SUDOSCAN evaluates sweat gland function, which can reflect the health of small nerve fibers. By testing sweat function, SUDOSCAN allows physicians to follow the health of these nerves to better personalize and monitor patient treatment plans.
SUDOSCAN is a test that provides an accurate evaluation of sweat gland function. The test focuses on small nerve fibers that innervate the sweat glands. The degeneration of small nerve fibers reduces sweat gland innervation and impairs sudomotor function.
SUDOSCAN measures the ability of the sweat glands to release chloride ions in response to an electrical stimulus on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, areas with the highest sweat gland density.
SUDOSCAN provides a quantitative measure of chloride conductance (measured in microsiemens, µS) and its results serve as a biomarker to assess sweat gland function. The test results can be used as indicators for patients at risk of autonomic dysfunction through the measurement of Electrochemical Skin Conductance (ESC).
SUDOSCAN is a patented technology that evaluates sweat gland function, which is controlled by small nerves like some of those involved in pain sensation.
The polarity of the stainless steel sensor plates is swapped during a scan to record individual right and left side conductance values. The amount of observed asymmetry can sometimes help the physician in determining a diagnosis.
Small nerve fibers are the very first targets of diabetes. For a substantial number of patients, irreversible tissue damage (peripheral vascular disease, nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy) have already set in at the time of diagnosis . 60-70% of patients with diabetes have neuropathies .
Early identification of these complications, which may be asymptomatic in up to 50% of diabetic patients, has the potential to reduce or delay their complications with timely preventative treatment.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) mandates that all patients with diabetes be screened annually for peripheral and autonomic neuropathy.
Simply Put: Less Invasive and More Reliable.
SUDOSCAN's diagnostic performance (ESC) is comparable to ENFD/SGNFD and QSART in detecting Neuropathy.
Vinik AI, Smith AG, Singleton JR, Callaghan B, Freedman B, Tuomilehto J, Bordier L, Bauduceau B, Roche F. Normative values for Electrochemical Skin Conductances and Impact of Ethnicity on Quantitative Assessment of Sudomotor Function. Diabetes Tech and Ther.
England JD et al. Practice Parameter: evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: role of autonomic testing, nerve biopsy, and skin biopsy (an evidence-based review). Report of the American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology. 2009 Jan 13;72(2):177-84.


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How TikTok reads your mind
"This system means viewing time is essential. The algorithm tries to make people addicted instead of giving them what they really want," said Guillaume Chaslot, the founder of Algo Transparency, a group in Paris that has studied YouTube's recommendation system and has a dark view of the effect of the algorithm. product on children in particular. Mr Chaslot has reviewed the TikTok document at my request.
"I think it's a crazy idea to let TikTok's algorithm control our children's lives," he said. "Every video a child watches gets a piece of information about him on TikTok. Within a few hours, the algorithm can detect his music taste, his physical attraction, whether he is depressed, whether he takes drugs, and many other sensitive information. There is a high risk that some of this information will be used against him. It could potentially be used to micro-target him or make him more addicted to the platform."
According to the document, watch time is not the only factor TikTok considers. The document provides a rough comparison for how videos are scored, summarizing a machine learning prediction and actual user behavior for each of the three bits of data: likes, comments, and playtime, as well as an indication that the video played:
Plike X Vlike + Pcomment X Vcomment + Eplaytime X Vplaytime + Pplay X Vplay
"The recommendation system scores all videos based on this comparison and returns videos from users with the highest scores," the document says. "For brevity, the comparison has been greatly simplified in this document. The actual equation used is much more complicated, but the logic behind it is the same."
The document illustrates in detail how the company is tweaking its system to identify and suppress "like bait" — videos designed to play up the algorithm by explicitly asking people to like them — and how the company is considering more nuanced questions. .
"Some authors may have cultural references in their videos, and users can only better understand those references by watching more of the author's videos. Therefore, the total value a user watches all those videos is greater than the values of watching each individual video added together," the document said. "Another example, if a user likes a certain kind of video, but the app keeps pushing the same kind to them, they would quickly get bored and close the app. In this case, the total value created by the user watching the same type of videos is lower than that of watching each individual video, because repetition leads to boredom."
"There are two solutions to this problem," the document continues. "Make some assumptions and divide the value into the value equation. For example, in terms of repeated exposure we can add a value 'same_author_seen' and for the problem of boredom we can also add a negative value 'same_tag_today'. Other solutions besides value comparison can also work like forced recommendation in users for u feed and dispersion etc. For example, the boredom problem can be solved by dispersion.
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LAHORE: The revival of zero-rating (no tax, no refund) regime for textiles and clothing exports appears to have buoyed the country's largest industry.
This will help the industry competitive in the international market provided the decision is enforced in letter and spirit, said former chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) Gohar Ejaz.
"We expect the (government's) definition of zero-rating regime for exports also includes hassle-free refund of all local taxes and levies which constitute almost 9 per cent of the textile and clothing export turnover, to revive the viability of the industry. New investments in the textile industry largely depend on formulation of a mechanism for hassle-free payment of local taxes and levies," he added.
Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) leader Ijaz Khokhar agreed with him.
"The zero-rating of textile and clothing exports will help us recover the market we have lost," the garment exporter from Sialkot said.
"But if the government wants exports to grow and take advantage of trade concessions allowed by the European Union under its GSP+ system, then our policy-makers will have to go a step further and release all taxes and duty refunds to ease the liquidity crunch facing the industry," he added.
Pakistan's textile and clothing exports have been under pressure for the last three years because of rising cost of doing business.
The textile and clothing exports from the country plunged by just below 8pc to $10.41 billion in the first 10 months of the outgoing fiscal to April from a year ago.
Besides zero-rating exports of the five manufactured exports — textiles, leather, carpets, surgical instruments and sports goods, the budget proposes to allocate a sum of Rs6bn to execute the three-year trade policy framework, continue the Drawback of Local Taxes (DLTL) scheme, cut interest rate on Export Refinance Facility to 3pc, set up Technology Up-gradation Fund (TUF).
The zero-rating facility will be available on the purchase of raw materials, intermediate goods and energy — electricity, gas, furnace oil and coal. It also promises to pay all sales tax refunds pending till 30 April and whose RPOs have been approved by August 31.
To further enhance competitiveness of the textile exports, the budget proposes to extend exemption of duty on import of machinery and widen the scope of the scheme to include more garment specific machinery.
Former chairman of the Pakis-tan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA) Shahzad Azam Khan welcomed the measures to boost textile exports from the country, but added the government should have announced tax holidays for new domestic investments in this sector.
Khurram Mukhtar, former chairman of the Faisalabad-based Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA), described the measures suggested to revive the industry's viability and boost textile and clothing exports as historical.
"The zero-rating of our exports, reduction in ERF and payment of our tax and other refunds will definitely help the industry grow, boost exports and woo new capital investment," he said.
The never satisfied textile industry. Learn to produce in such an environment. Everyone is doing it. Stop complaining.


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Super Bowl start the latest stop in Rams linebacker Samson Ebukam's journey
Sun., Feb. 3, 2019, 5 a.m.
By Dan Thompson For The Spokesman-Review
Shining moments: Former Eastern Washington standouts Samson Ebukam, Cooper Kupp came up clutch in prime time
Samson Ebukam is a long way from home, a long way from where his journey began.
Now he's in Atlanta, right in the middle of the glitz and glamor of the Super Bowl, which is quite far from Portland, where he grew up, and from Cheney, where he played four years of college football at Eastern Washington.
"It's kind of crazy. You get to take a step back and realize how much work is put into it," Ebukam said of the Super Bowl and all that surrounds it. "There's a lot of light being shed to the sport."
And there's a beam of it shined on Eastern Washington, from which three Rams players hail: the linebacker Ebukam; injured wide receiver Cooper Kupp; and practice squad member Aaron Neary, an offensive lineman.
All three will be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday , when the Los Angeles Rams play the New England Patriots, but only Ebukam will play.
That he is there certainly means a lot to Ebukam and his family, who immigrated to Portland from Nigeria, a place Ebukam hasn't visited since he left it at 9 years old.
"I mean, I just feel like it's a blessing," Ebukam said. "And I'm just trying to win. My goal was to get here, and now that I am here I gotta win it, because I don't have these opportunities often."
Now in his second year in the NFL, Ebukam is slated to start in a Super Bowl, something no other Eastern Washington player has done.
And it is a little remarkable to Ebukam that he's doing it, considering the places he comes from.
"For sure, it's a smaller school," he said of EWU, "but again, it wouldn't have really mattered where I came from (in college), because I came from humble beginnings."
Like so many Eastern Washington recruits, Ebukam was a raw talent coming out of high school in Oregon.
But his talent was obvious, Eagles coach Aaron Best said.
"He's well put-together physically," Best said of the 6-foot-3, 245-pound linebacker who played more of an edge/end position at Eastern. "When you mix the level of talent (he had), he was only going to get better and more fearsome with coaching. … He flourished in our system."
Ebukam had plenty of opportunity to play at Eastern. As a true freshman he played 15 games in 2013, and as a sophomore he became a starter. He was named to the Big Sky's second team as a sophomore and as a junior, and then as a senior he was named team captain and earned a flurry of All-America distinctions.
By the time he left Eastern, he had started 38 games and played in those 15 more as a freshman, accruing 24 sacks, which is sixth most in program history.
When the scouts came – mostly to see Kupp – Ebukam's consistency stood out.
Whether it was the fourth play of practice, the fourth rep in the weight room or the fourth day of classes, Ebukam did it all at the same pace, Best said.
And his pace was really fast: a 4.45-second 40-yard dash at the Eastern Washington pro day that was better than Kupp's time.
That drew the eye of the Rams, who drafted Kupp in the third round and liked Ebukam so much that they traded up in the draft to take him in the fourth (125th overall) when many projections didn't have him being selected by anyone in any of the seven rounds.
Now he's starting in the Super Bowl.
This week has been a bit less football focused, Ebukam said, as most of the preparation and planning happened last week when they were in California. There is lots of media, he said, lots of attention.
"We got a lot of it knocked out last week," he said. "Now we're just fine-tuning."
He said some of his family is there with him in Atlanta, and they are happy to have someone in the family able to make it to something as grand as the Super Bowl.
"I always think back to where I came from, and I would've never thought in two years in the NFL I would be in this spot," Ebukam said. "But I'm gonna make the best of it."
This week, Ebukam is making fresh memories on the sport's biggest stage. When this is all over, though, at some point Ebukam still wants to get back to someplace a bit humbler.
"I'm trying to go back to Nigeria any time I can with the family," he said. "I'm trying to get back to my roots a bit, to remember what it was like. I want it to be fresh, not just memories."
Published: Feb. 3, 2019, 5 a.m.
Tags: Eastern Washington Eagles, EWU football, football, Los Angeles Rams, NFL, Samson Ebukam, Sports, Super Bowl 53


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Australia records its first dengue case in 70 years
A number of West Australians have been infected with Dengue in recent times.
Written by PTI | Melbourne |
October 31, 2013 12:41:11 pm
Australian authorities have confirmed that a man from western region has contracted dengue fever,the country's first case in more than 70 years.
Australia's Department of Health confirmed that the man from Pilbara,a thinly populated region of Western Australia,has apparently contracted the potentially deadly virus in Point Samson,about 55 km north-east of Karratha,the media reports said on Thursday.
Although a number of West Australians have been infected in recent times,the disease has always been contracted overseas,said Paul Armstrong from the Department of Health.
"We were all taken by surprise by this. We have exhaustively tested his blood on more than two occasions and it's very clear that this guy does have dengue fever," Armstrong said.
"The victim hasn't been travelling outside of the country for a number of decades. So,we can't pin it on recent travel to Bali or any other places. So he's caught it locally," he said.
Armstrong said it is possible that the mosquito carrying the fever hitched a ride to Australia on a boat.
"It could have also come in on someone's luggage or it might have come in from a caravan across from the northern part of Queensland," he said.
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After trying the Breakfast Grill Chicken Strips, I knew this was the product I wanted to use in a recipe and decided to go with a Skillet Tortilla Pizza topped with the crispy chicken strips.
This pizza has to be the quickest and easiest pizza I've ever made. My boys love pizza and sometimes will ask for it right before lunchtime. Making pizza dough from scratch would require a couple of hours which is not an option when little tummies are rumbling. This recipe uses tortillas and they cook up super quick in a cast iron skillet. Thin crust pizzas are our favourite and these get super crunchy! I like to go easy on the sauce and toppings since the crust is so thin you won't want anything overpowering it. For the sauce I used my Quick Tomato Pizza Sauce which worked out really well!
When making this pizza, make sure you have all your ingredients and toppings ready to go because you will need to work fast.
Before starting, make sure to have your ingredients ready to go.
Turn the broiler for your oven on.
Heat a cast iron skillet over med-high heat. Reduce heat to just below medium. Add 6 chicken strips and cook until crispy, turning frequently. Remove to a cutting board and cut into small pieces. I used my pizza cutter for this.
To the skillet, add a bit of oil. When the oil is hot and shimmering, using a wadded up paper towel, spread the oil around the skillet. Add a tortilla. Next add a thin layer of tomato sauce, cheese and some cooked chicken strips. Transfer the skillet to the oven and broil until the cheese is melted and the edges have browned. Return to stovetop. If bottom of the tortilla has not browned, cook on stovetop until browned. Remove, cut into wedges and enjoy!
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We really like their chicken nuggets.
The kids actually like the chicken nuggets.
I like the Chicken Wieners. Much healthier than beef.
Our family's fave is the chicken weiners.
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In the little town of Dollar, those who make it on to the short lists for prizes generally do so for mundane things. Best cake, comedy vegetables, school essay - that sort of thing. It is not often the people of Scotland find a potential Nobel laureate writing in their midst; in Dollar it is unheard of.
But such is the unassuming character of Bill Auld that when the local museum recently decided to hold an exhibition honouring the small band of writers and artists who live and work in the shadow of the Ochil hills, nobody thought to include Bill.
It was only after a friend pointed out to the curator that alongside the watercolourists and unpublished playwrights lived a man who may tomorrow lift the Nobel Prize for literature that the museum sought to correct its error. In tribute to the man they omitted, the curator has designed an exhibition celebrating the language of Bill Auld's poetic craft and daily existence: Esperanto.
Sitting among the chintz of his ivy-covered semi, the irony is entirely lost on Auld, a slightly plump old man with a warm chocolatey voice. Pausing for a second between one of the cigarettes he continually rolls and smokes, he gives the deep sigh of those who are certain of their corner but can no longer be bothered to fight it.
"I am a realist," he says. "If I was writing in English and I got ignored I would be pretty bloody offended. I am not a popular writer and I wouldn't be in English, but my books are probably read by a great deal more people than the average British poet." Indeed, Meta, his fiercely protective wife, will say he is a hero to the world's two million Esperantists. He's their Hughes or Heaney. There's a Romanian who can recite every line he has penned. In Beijing they hold receptions in his honour. Yet in Britain he is either ignored or regarded as an eccentric who writes and translates for other eccentrics. And Bill Auld seems not to give a stuff.
"I do not make converts," he says, leaning forward on his seat. "If people want to learn that's great, but I'm altogether too old to care what other people think." Even if Auld defies the odds and lifts the Nobel Prize with his 1956 masterpiece La Infana Raso - The Infant Race - he does not expect many more people to take seriously the language invented in 1887 by Dr LL Zamenhof, a Polish eye specialist.
"It is wonderful, a great honour, to be on the short list," says Auld. A friend told me, 'This is not any old prize, this is the prize.' I suppose he is right. But what difference will it make? Bugger all I should think."
Bill Auld was born in Erith, Kent, in 1924; his parents were Scottish and he moved to Glasgow in his infancy. Although the rare newspaper cuttings on Auld seem keen to perpetuate the myth that he was brought up in the slums of Gorbals, he grew up in a prosperous South Side borough. "I was what they used to call petit bourgeois," he says.
It takes more than a little prompting before Auld will admit to being a precocious child. Although he is both a polyglot and a polymath, he does not display his intellect boisterously and it is obvious that his cleverness isolated him from his contemporaries at school. "I tried to be very ordinary," he says. "I boxed for God's sake - thereby proving that I was not an intellectual sissy." His grandmother was a fluent Gaelic speaker and Auld was fascinated by languages - "to be able to think in more than one language; the idea was astounding" - so, at the age of 12, he took himself to the public library in Gorbals. Confronted by so many languages, he was struck by the then relatively popular idea of the justness of communicating across the world in just one. "It wasn't so much Esperanto as internationalism which attracted me," says Auld. "I am, and always have been, a believer in the brotherhood of man and other such outmoded concepts."
He mentioned his enthusiasm for Esperanto to his scout master, who gave him his first textbook. Auld's best friend - John Francis - took it up too, and, in time, the pair ditched English and conversed solely in Esperanto. It is an easy language to learn, and Auld's enthusiasm soon spread.
During the second world war, in between flying Spitfires, he taught colleagues; he also tutored his wife in the language, which they now use in daily conversation. (Both his children, however, have rejected it. "They are their own people," says Auld.) After university he became a school teacher - filling young minds with English rather than Esperanto - and at night and during lunch hours he would write his verse and translate classics. In 1952, he had his first book published.
Along with three other poets - who would later become known to Esperantists as the Scottish school - he wrote Kvaropo (Quartet). The book sold out its first print run of 2,000 copies. Yet it was not until 1956 that Auld really hit success. Influenced by Ezra Pound, he decided to embark on an epic poem of 25 cantos. A literary magazine was advertising for young poets, so Auld sent off his first canto.
"I wrote the first canto in English. I sent it off and waited some time and - well, nothing. I wrote the first canto again in Esperanto and when I heard nothing from these people I started to write the rest. I told myself English could get along very well without me, but Esperanto needed a hand," he says.
La Infana Raso - which Auld believes is the one chosen by the Swedish Academy from his more than 50 books - was published to as vociferous a storm as it is possible to stir up in the Esperanto world. It is now in its fifth edition and has never been out of print.
Esperanto, with a vocabulary derived mainly from Latin and French and its profligacy of words that rhyme, was ideally suited to Auld's romanticism. But to the world outside Esperantists, his work went unnoticed. At the time, a friend tried to sell the book in translation to Faber and Faber which, the friend maintains, was interested until an editor noticed the phrase, "Translated from the Esperanto".
As he has been ignored by the outside world, Auld has become something of an intellectual superstar to Esperantists. He has translated Tolkien and Dickens. He befriended a Russian who, along with 30,000 others, was sent to the Gulag for speaking the language.
At conferences, Esperantists are floored by the accessibility of their great man of letters. To Dollar, he is just a retired, likeable schoolmaster. To others, he is just the champion of an outdated linguistic experiment. "They tell me it is an artificial culture and I point to that wall of 4,000 books," he says. "Of course it is artificial; it is derived from art. Esperanto is an art like Beethoven's ninth symphony is an art. You can't analyse Esperanto in the same way as you can't analyse Beethoven's ninth - all you can do is say very clever things about it." But if Bill Auld is successful tomorrow a lot of very clever people are going to be stuck for words. For the man who rarely takes any money for his books, preferring to plough it all back into "the movement", that should be payment enough. Not that he cares.
ne formas ni nek vidos, Kuragon kaj obstinon!
passed for you . . .
We're not and shall not see, Take Heart, contend!


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Democrats unveil bill to make Nevada first presidential primary, bumping Iowa, New Hampshire
CARSON CITY, Nev. – A bill that would change Nevada's presidential caucus to a primary and make it the first nominating contest in the country has been unveiled.
The legislation from Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, a Democrat, calls for Nevada to hold the primary on the second-to-last Tuesday in January. It would include 10 days of early voting that wraps up the Friday before the election.
The primary would be run by the state, instead of the caucuses run by political parties, and would be a separate election from a June primary held to pick party nominees and narrow the field of candidates for federal, state and local offices.
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The proposed change would bump Iowa and New Hampshire from their early spots on the presidential primary calendar, upending decades of political tradition, and give a more urban and racially diverse group of voters a greater say in picking the party's nominee.
Nevada is the third state to hold a presidential nominating contest for Democrats and fourth for Republicans.
It's unclear whether the national political parties will approve the change. The parties set their nominating calendars and can punish states by stripping them of delegates to nominating conventions if they don't comply with the calendar.


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Six Nations: How things stand as the tournament returns
England top the Six Nations table but there are still a number of sides in contention as the tournament resumes on October 24.
21st October 2020 | Six nations, Rugby Union Matthew Crist
The longest Six Nations in history will finally come to a conclusion later this month, some 273 days after the action got underway on 1 February.
The competition was postponed back in March due to the Covid-19 outbreak, with four teams still in with a chance of the title.
So with things about to kick-off once more, here's a look at how things stand, who-plays-who, and which nations can still win.
How things stand
Defending champions Wales began proceedings with a comfortable 42-0 home win over Italy back on February 1. Meanwhile, also on the opening weekend, Ireland were narrow victors over Scotland with a 19-12 and England were beaten 24-17 in Paris.
But in Round Two, Wales' bid for another Grand Slam was ended thanks to a 24-14 defeat in Dublin, as England got back to winning ways with a 13-6 win in Scotland to regain the Calcutta Cup.
Meanwhile, France continued their winning start, cruising past Italy 35-22.
Matchday Three saw Scotland bounced back with a 17-0 win in Italy with France winning 27-23 in Cardiff against Wales, their first there in 10 years.
The same weekend, England backed up their impressive performance in Edinburgh with a 24-12 win over Ireland at Twickenham.
The final round of fixtures before the Covid-enforced break saw England beat Wales 33-30 at Twickenham to claim a first Triple Crown in four years despite the visitors' late fightback, while Scotland ended France's hopes of a Grand Slam with a 28-17 victory in Edinburgh.
Who is in contention?
England narrowly top the Six Nations table with 13 points, the same total as France who are just behind on points difference.
But Ireland still have a game in hand on both and know that a bonus-point win in Italy and victory against France in Paris would see them take the Six Nations title regardless of what England do against Italy on October 31.
France are also in with a shout if they claim a bonus-point victory over Ireland and England fail to match that result against Italy.
But don't write off Scotland, who still have an outside chance, but they would need Italy to beat Ireland and then France and England to lose without bonus points in the final round of fixtures.
What are the remaining fixtures?
In the only outstanding round-four fixture, Ireland host Italy on Saturday, 24 October, at the Aviva Stadium.
Following that, the final round of the competition, involving all six teams, will take place a week later on 31 October.
All matches will take place behind closed doors due to Covid-19 concerns.
Ireland v Italy – Aviva Stadium (15:30 BST)
Wales v Scotland – Parc y Scarlets (14:15 GMT)
Italy v England – Stadio Olimpico (16:45 GMT)
France v Ireland – Stade de France (20:00 GMT)
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