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It was a summer of contrasts in Los Angeles. The sun blazed in perfect blue skies, while the people below cowered in air-conditioned comfort. Helicopters hovered over the city, spraying pesticides against the latest Medfly infestation. The beaches were full of bronzed bodies, but their minds were more likely to be full of their latest business deals and celebrity gossip. The city was alive with vitality and color, but beneath its glossy exterior there was a rot of lies, deceit and betrayal.
At the center of this drama was a small group of people whose lives, unbeknownst to them, were intertwined. Some of them were acquaintances, some good friends, some barely acquaintances. Little did any of them know that their paths would soon cross in unexpected and sometimes shocking ways.
It was a hot, sunny day in Los Angeles and the city was abuzz. Everyone was out and about; beachgoers, business people, and tourists all streamed the sidewalks. Anthony, one of the city's most successful entrepreneurs, was taking a break from his busy day and walking along the beach. He had been working on a new business venture and was so absorbed in his own thoughts that he was only dimly aware of the people around him.
He had been in LA for a few months and although he had made some friends, he was still a relative newcomer. He had bought a luxurious beachfront condo and was enjoying the sun, surf and sand. But he was also feeling a bit lonely and looking to make more friends.
Little did he know that on this very day, he was about to meet someone who would change his life forever.
Jenny was out for a walk too. She had moved to LA from New York six months earlier and was still finding her feet in the city. She had found a job as an assistant at a prestigious law firm and was slowly settling into her new city.
She had always been a people person and was making friends easily, but she was still a bit homesick and was looking for something new and exciting. Little did she know that on this very day, she was about to meet someone who would change her life forever.
As Jenny walked, she heard a familiar tune. It was a jazz song that her dad used to play when she was a kid. The sound drew her in and she followed it until she ended up at a small jazz club where the music was coming from.
Jenny stepped inside and was instantly captivated by the vibe in the room. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming and the music was incredible. She found herself chatting with a young man playing the saxophone, who turned out to be Anthony.
After chatting with Anthony at the jazz club, Jenny and Anthony decided to meet for drinks the next day. Anthony was instantly attracted to Jenny and was looking forward to getting to know her better.
They met up at a low-key wine bar and chatted for hours. They talked about their lives, their families, their work and their dreams. They laughed and shared stories and soon they felt like they had known each other forever.
As they talked, Anthony discovered that Jenny had a passion for photography and a talent for it too. He was immediately drawn to her and wanted to help her pursue her dreams. He suggested they start a photography business together and she agreed.
Little did they know that their collaboration would be the beginning of something special.
Jenny and Anthony spent the next few weeks talking about their business plan and planning their first photoshoot. They decided to focus on lifestyle and wedding photography, as well as portrait photography.
They spent a lot of time together and Anthony found himself quickly falling for Jenny. He wanted to take their relationship to the next level but was anxious about making the first move.
Finally, on a hot summer evening, Anthony mustered up the courage to ask her out on a proper date. She said yes and they agreed to meet the following weekend for dinner.
Little did they know that this date would be the start of something bigger.
Anthony and Jenny had a wonderful evening together. They enjoyed a meal at a cozy bistro and talked until late into the night. As they chatted and laughed, Jenny felt like she was in a dream. She had grown so close to Anthony over the past few weeks and was starting to realize that she might have feelings for him.
Anthony felt the same way and, when it was time to say goodbye, he asked if he could kiss her. She said yes and they shared a passionate kiss that left them both breathless.
As they parted ways, Jenny couldn't help but feel hopeful. She knew that no matter what happened next, her life would never be the same.
On the following Monday, Jenny and Anthony were walking on the beach when Jenny suddenly stopped and looked out at the horizon. She realized with a start that she was in love with Anthony. She wanted to tell him, but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
Just then, Anthony turned to her and said, "I love you, Jenny. I've loved you ever since the day we met." Jenny couldn't believe it; he had read her mind and was saying the words she had been wanting to say. She opened her heart and said yes.
The two of them embraced and kissed, and Jenny knew that this was the beginning of an amazing journey.
Jenny and Anthony quickly became inseparable. They started a successful photography business and spent their days exploring the city and expanding their art. Friends and family noticed the strong connection they shared, and they felt blessed to have found such a perfect match.
The couple eventually got married and, within a few years, had started a family. They now live in a beautiful home overlooking the beach, where they raise their two children.
Jenny and Anthony's story is proof that love finds a way, no matter the odds. They had both been looking for something special, and they found it in each other. In spite of life's ups and downs, the couple has held onto their joy and love for each other, and continue to live life to the fullest.
Anthony and Jenny's story is proof that sometimes two people can come together and create something beautiful. They were two strangers, but somehow found their way to each other.
Their love is a reminder that when you open your heart to the possibilities, anything is possible. They have built a beautiful life together, and are proof that happily ever afters do exist.
Some scenes from the AI movie Short Cuts
EXT. BEACH – DAY
The sun is shining and the beach is full of people enjoying the perfect summer day.
ANGLE ON:
ANTHONY, a successful entrepreneur in his mid-thirties, is walking along the beach with a thoughtful expression on his face. He is lost in his own thoughts.
JENNY, a bubbly young woman in her late twenties, is walking nearby. She is humming a tune and taking in the sights.
ANTHONY notices Jenny and stops to take a look. His face breaks into a smile.
Jenny notices Anthony and stops.
She smiles back at him and they make small talk. As they chat, they quickly realize they have a lot in common and their conversation flows easily.
EXT. WINE BAR – DAY
Anthony and Jenny stand outside of a quaint wine bar.
Ready to go in?
The two of them enter the bar. Inside, the atmosphere is laid-back and cozy.
They find a seat and chat for hours. They talk about their lives, their families, their work and their dreams. They laugh and share stories and soon they feel like they have known each other forever.
As they talk, Anthony discovers that Jenny has a passion for photography and a talent for it too. He is immediately drawn to her and wants to help her pursue her dreams.
Why don't we start a photography business together?
I think that could be really fun.
Jenny smiles, excited at the prospect of working together.
The two of them spend some time discussing the details of their business plan. They both know they are onto something special.
EXT. PARK – DAY
Anthony and Jenny stroll through a park, enjoying the beautiful day.
So, I was wondering…
Jenny smiles, expecting what's coming next.
Anthony takes a deep breath, trying to find the courage to ask his question.
Would you like to go out on a proper date with me?
Jenny grins and blushes a little.
They smile and share a brief hug.
JENNY (CONT'D)
When do you have in mind?
How about this weekend?
Jenny's smile widens.
I can't wait.
EXT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT
Anthony and Jenny arrive at an elegant restaurant. The atmosphere is cozy and romantic.
Jenny looks around, amazed by the decor.
This place is beautiful.
I'm glad you like it.
They take their seats and chat over dinner. They talk about their plans for the business, their families, and their dreams.
As the night draws to a close, Anthony's heart is beating faster. He knows he wants to take the next step with Jenny, but he is nervous and is unsure how to say it.
Finally, he musters up the courage to ask her out on a proper date. She smiles and says yes.
I'd love to go out with you.
Yes, really.
They share a brief kiss.
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Honour Thy Mother
China/America
Liz is homeless, living life adrift. In a moment of despair and loneliness, she returns home after many years to her God-fearing mother and discovers time has changed more than she ever could have imagined.
Yinghui Fu
Yinghui Fu and Kyle Baughman
Sarah Bentley, Julie Gibson Josephson, and Raluca Andreea Raduta
Yinghui Fu is a writer-director based in Shanghai, China. Yinghui earned her PhD in systems engineering before discovering her passion for filmmaking. Now, she explores diverse topics and genres through a distinctly humanistic point-of-view in her films. Her two latest narrative shorts, "Natalie" and "Honour Thy Mother", were shot in Prague, Czech Republic. Yinghui is currently developing her first feature. [email protected]

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The struggle to get Matterport into more sellers homes is difficult. In San Diego we seem to have more buyers than sellers and some of the buyers can not afford to purchase in the community. Here is a video I am running to try and get the attention of more Sellers... The market will not stay this way to long but its where we are right now.


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Q: How to use vector functions, instead of FOR loop, in this simple R code? This is an extension of my similarly-titled question posted yesterday. Yesterday I over-simplified my example, as there are additional variables that drive this amortization example. I´d like to use a vector function instead of a FOR loop in the below R code. Below works fine (I also show the correct output below), but I understand as the model grows the vector functions will prove much faster.
I have an Excel/VBA background, am new to R, and am trying to get my head around R vectors.
Amortization = begin_bal*((1+npr)(1-mpr)(1-co/12)) = end_bal. Fin (yield) below doesn´t figure into ending balances.
Below is the FOR loop code:
n_periods <- 8
begin_bal <- 10000
yld <- .20
npr <- .09
mpr <- .10
co <- .10

period <- seq(0, n_periods, 1)
fin <- 0
pur <- 0
pmt <- 0
ch_off <- 0
end_bal <- begin_bal

for (i in 1:n_periods) {
  fin[i + 1] <- end_bal[i]*yld / 12
  pur[i + 1] <- end_bal[i]*npr
  pmt[i + 1] <- end_bal[i]*mpr
  ch_off[i + 1] <- end_bal[i]*co / 12
  end_bal[i + 1] <- end_bal[i] + pur[i + 1] - pmt[i + 1] - ch_off[i + 1]
}

amort <- data.frame(period, fin, pur, pmt, ch_off, end_bal)

And here´s the (correct) output:
print(amort,row.names=FALSE)
 period      fin      pur       pmt   ch_off   end_bal
      0   0.0000   0.0000    0.0000  0.00000 10000.000
      1 166.6667 900.0000 1000.0000 83.33333  9816.667
      2 163.6111 883.5000  981.6667 81.80556  9636.694
      3 160.6116 867.3025  963.6694 80.30579  9460.022
      4 157.6670 851.4020  946.0022 78.83351  9286.588
      5 154.7765 835.7929  928.6588 77.38823  9116.334
      6 151.9389 820.4700  911.6334 75.96945  8949.201
      7 149.1534 805.4281  894.9201 74.57668  8785.132
      8 146.4189 790.6619  878.5132 73.20944  8624.072

A: Not that difficult, once you'll stop thinking Excel way (I also faced similar problems when I started R 5-6 months back and that's why suggesting you).  You need to convert your logic into a mathematical way only.

*

*Actually your monthly/periodical payment comprises of three items, pur, pmt and ch_off which are dependent of previous balance only.

*Thus, if we calculate (mpr + co/12 - npr) for every period our payment can be calculated.

*That is further easy as period here start from 0 and we can use mathematical formula using ^ to calculate end_bal for each period.

*Rest of the values are easy to calculate, thereafter.

BaseR version
n_periods <- 8
begin_bal <- 10000
yld <- .20
npr <- .09
mpr <- .10
co <- .10

amort <- data.frame(period = seq(0, n_periods, 1))
amort$end_bal <- begin_bal * (1 - (mpr + co/12 - npr))^amort$period
amort$fin <- c(0, (amort$end_bal * yld/12)[-nrow(amort)])
amort$pur <- c(0, (amort$end_bal * npr)[-nrow(amort)])
amort$pmt <- c(0, (amort$end_bal * mpr)[-nrow(amort)])
amort$ch_off <- c(0, (amort$end_bal * co/12)[-nrow(amort)])

amort
#>   period   end_bal      fin      pur       pmt   ch_off
#> 1      0 10000.000   0.0000   0.0000    0.0000  0.00000
#> 2      1  9816.667 166.6667 900.0000 1000.0000 83.33333
#> 3      2  9636.694 163.6111 883.5000  981.6667 81.80556
#> 4      3  9460.022 160.6116 867.3025  963.6694 80.30579
#> 5      4  9286.588 157.6670 851.4020  946.0022 78.83351
#> 6      5  9116.334 154.7765 835.7929  928.6588 77.38823
#> 7      6  8949.201 151.9389 820.4700  911.6334 75.96945
#> 8      7  8785.132 149.1534 805.4281  894.9201 74.57668
#> 9      8  8624.072 146.4189 790.6619  878.5132 73.20944

dplyr version
n_periods <- 8
begin_bal <- 10000
yld <- .20
npr <- .09
mpr <- .10
co <- .10
library(dplyr)

seq(0, n_periods, 1) %>% as.data.frame() %>%
  setNames('period') %>%
  mutate(end_bal = begin_bal * (1 - (mpr + co/12 - npr))^period,
         payment = -1 * c(0, diff(end_bal)),
         fin = c(0, (end_bal * yld/12)[-nrow(.)]),
         pur = c(0, (end_bal * npr)[-nrow(.)]),
         pmt = c(0, (end_bal * mpr)[-nrow(.)]),
         ch_off = c(0, (end_bal * co/12)[-nrow(.)]))

#>   period   end_bal  payment      fin      pur       pmt   ch_off
#> 1      0 10000.000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000    0.0000  0.00000
#> 2      1  9816.667 183.3333 166.6667 900.0000 1000.0000 83.33333
#> 3      2  9636.694 179.9722 163.6111 883.5000  981.6667 81.80556
#> 4      3  9460.022 176.6727 160.6116 867.3025  963.6694 80.30579
#> 5      4  9286.588 173.4337 157.6670 851.4020  946.0022 78.83351
#> 6      5  9116.334 170.2541 154.7765 835.7929  928.6588 77.38823
#> 7      6  8949.201 167.1328 151.9389 820.4700  911.6334 75.96945
#> 8      7  8785.132 164.0687 149.1534 805.4281  894.9201 74.57668
#> 9      8  8624.072 161.0608 146.4189 790.6619  878.5132 73.20944

Created on 2021-05-13 by the reprex package (v2.0.0)
Note extra column payment created can be deleted too
seq(0, n_periods, 1) %>% as.data.frame() %>%
  setNames('period') %>%
  mutate(end_bal = begin_bal * (1 - (mpr + co/12 - npr))^period,
         fin = c(0, (end_bal * yld/12)[-nrow(.)]),
         pur = c(0, (end_bal * npr)[-nrow(.)]),
         pmt = c(0, (end_bal * mpr)[-nrow(.)]),
         ch_off = c(0, (end_bal * co/12)[-nrow(.)]))

  period   end_bal      fin      pur       pmt   ch_off
1      0 10000.000   0.0000   0.0000    0.0000  0.00000
2      1  9816.667 166.6667 900.0000 1000.0000 83.33333
3      2  9636.694 163.6111 883.5000  981.6667 81.80556
4      3  9460.022 160.6116 867.3025  963.6694 80.30579
5      4  9286.588 157.6670 851.4020  946.0022 78.83351
6      5  9116.334 154.7765 835.7929  928.6588 77.38823
7      6  8949.201 151.9389 820.4700  911.6334 75.96945
8      7  8785.132 149.1534 805.4281  894.9201 74.57668
9      8  8624.072 146.4189 790.6619  878.5132 73.20944

dplyr::lag may also be used
seq(0, n_periods, 1) %>% as.data.frame() %>%
  setNames('period') %>%
  mutate(end_bal = begin_bal * (1 - (mpr + co/12 - npr))^period,
         fin = lag(end_bal, default = 0) * yld/12,
         pur = lag(end_bal, default = 0) * npr,
         pmt = lag(end_bal, default = 0) * mpr,
         ch_off = lag(end_bal, default = 0) * co/12)

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Q: Why is Vout less than Vcc here in a way disproportionate to beta? Given: Vcc=9V, duty cycle = 0.5, oscillation frequency=500Hz
Note that I am not interested in electronics in any way (I'm planning to continue as a web developer yet need to finish my CCE major) so I might lack some basic understanding on my part; please do not be harsh.[1

A: Real electronic parts are all imperfect, much of the work of electronics design is learning the imperfections of each available part and picking the right compromises.
UA741 being an "antique" design is far from perfect. as you have discovered one of its failings is that its output doesn't go all the way to VCC or to VEE


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Q: TypeError:a bytes-like object is required, not 'str' when reading from a file I am trying to use the dataset from file to implement my project in ML
authors_file_handler = open(authors_file, "r")
authors = pickle.load(authors_file_handler)
authors_file_handler.close()

After this I am getting error in this line

authors = pickle.load(authors_file_handler)

TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

A: You need to open the file in binary reading mode:
authors_file_handler = open(authors_file, "rb") # Note the added 'b'
authors = pickle.load(authors_file_handler)
authors_file_handler.close()

From the pickle.load() docs:

The argument file must have two methods, a read() method that takes an
  integer argument, and a readline() method that requires no arguments.
  Both methods should return bytes. Thus file can be an on-disk file
  opened for binary reading, an io.BytesIO object, or any other custom
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Invest in Fairtrade 'Around the world' with Shared Interest Foundation
During Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky host TWO Fairtrade Conferences for Schools on the theme 'Around The World'. Inspiring over 200 children to think about where products come from and who made them; empowering them to change the world.
Delighted to welcome Conference Partners Shared Interest Foundation to today's guest blog:
"Shared Interest Foundation was established in 2004 by social lender Shared Interest Society because many fair trade producers lacked the business skills to apply for or manage a loan. Shared Interest Foundation was set up to address these gaps, enabling more producers to access fair finance, allowing them to grow their businesses and create positive impacts in their local communities.
Over the past 12 years we have helped to improve the livelihoods of over 40,000 producers by providing the support and training required to build strong and successful fair trade businesses. Through this we have seen first-hand the impact on the lives of real people.
We ran our first major project in Rwanda, working with handcraft co-operatives. The co-operative groups had been formed following the horrific genocide in 1994, when women came together for support and comfort. The women started to produce handcraft products which they then sold to earn a basic living.
We provided training and support on fair trade and business skills, which led to an increase in sales of up to 50% for some co-operatives. The benefit to the individual producers was equally significant. Many women were able to provide their families with two meals a day instead of one, and others were able to sleep on a mattress, rather than the floor. In the case of one producer she was able to improve her home so that she was no longer ashamed and could invite friends to visit. The social benefit was equally as important to her as the financial one provided through the project.
We continue to work in Rwanda today and we are currently running a similar project to help even more women improve their lives and their livelihoods through fair trade. For more information on this project visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/rwanda and for more information on Shared Interest Foundation visit www.shared-interest.com/foundation.
We wanted to support fairandfunky's school conferences firstly because we believe fairandfunky are a fantastic organisation, who are doing a great job of spreading the message of fair trade to a younger generation. Secondly, we want to be a part of spreading that message, and demonstrate the different ways that fair trade can impact people who are trying to earn a fair living."


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64 Longest Films Made In The World Till Date
by Somya Roy
Not all movies are made to hit at the box-office or become all-time hits but some are experimental and a showcase of fine film-making. Check out this list of longest films that will test your time and patience, at its best. Well, this would also be my longest article till now, wink!
1. Modern times forever: 2011 - 240 hr
2. Matrjoschka - 2006 - 95 hr
3. The Cure for Insomnia - 1987 - 87 hr
4. Longest most meaningless movie in the world - 1970 - 48 hr
5. Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery - 1928 - 27 hr
6. The clock - 2010 - 24 hrs
7. 24 Hour Psycho - 1993 - 24 hrs
8. **** - 1967 - 25 hrs
9. Cinématon - 1984 - 16 hrs
10. La Flor - 2018 - 14hr 28m
11. Resan - 1987 - 14 hr 33 min
12. How Yukong moved the mountain - 1976 - 13hr 43 min
13. Out 1 - 1971 - 12 hr 53 min
14. Evolution of a Filipino Family - 2004 - 10hr 30m
15. The human condition 1: No greater love - 1959 - 9hr 39min
16. Tie Xi Qn: West of the tracks - 2003 - 9 hr 26min
17. Shoah - 1985 - 9hr 26min
18. Death in the land of Encantos - 2007 - 9 Hrs
19. Heremias - 2006 - 9 hrs
20. Taiga - 1958 - 8 hr 31 min
21. Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis - 2016 - 8h 5m
22. Empire - 1965 - 8 hr 5 min
23. War and Peace - 1966 - 8 hr 4 min
24. Melancholia - 2008 - 8 hr
25. Imitation of Christ - 1967 - 8 hr
26. The Photo-Drama of Creation - 1914 - 8 hr
27. O.J. Simpson: Made in America - 2016 - 7h 47m
28. The Wake - 2000 - 7 hr 42 min
29. Sátántangó - 1994 - 7h 30m
30. Hitler: A Film from Germany - 1977 - 7 hr 22 min
31. Lamentations a Monument for the Dead World - 1985 - 7 hr 7 min
32. The Movie Orgy - 1968 - 7 hr
33. The Cloth Peddler - 1917 - 7 hr
34. The Satin Slipper - 1985 - 6 hr 50 min
35. Star Spangled to Death - 2004 - 6 hr 42 min
36. Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon - 2014 - 5h 38m
37. Fanny and Alexander - 1982 - 5h 26m
38. Nymphomaniac - 2013 - 5hr 25min
39. Batang West Side - 2001 - 5h 15m
40. Tamas - 1988 - 4h 58m
41. Thavamai Thavamirundhu - 2005 - 4h 35m
42. Mera Naam Joker - 1970 - 4h 15m
43. Gone With the Wind - 1939 - 3h 58m
44. Ben-Hur - 1959 - 3h 44m
45. Alexander - 2004 - 3h 34m
46. war and peace movie - 1956 - 3h 28m
47. Seven Samurai - 1954 - 3h 27m
48. Andrei Rublev - 1966 - 3h 25m
49. Sholay - 1975 - 3h 24m
51. The Green Mile - 1999 - 3h 9m
52. The Wolf of Wall Street - 2013 - 3 hours
53. The Godfather - 1972 - 2h 58m
54. Casino - 1995 - 2h 58m
55. Interstellar - 2014 - 2h 49m
56. Spectre - 2015 - 2h 40m
57. Silence - 2016 - 2h 41m
58. The Revenant - 2015 - 2h 36m
59. The Last Jedi - 2017 - 2h 32m
60. Exodus: Gods and Kings - 2014 - 2h 30m
61. Captain America: Civil War - 2016 - 2h 28m
62. The Aquaman - 2018 - 2h 22m
63. Forrest Gump - 1994 - 2h 22m
64. Apollo 13 movie - 1995 - 2h 20m
Modern times forever was released in 2011 and is the 2nd longest movie till date. Put together by a Danish group of artists, famed as Superflex. It is grouped as an experimental film and shows the environmental effects on humankind quite distinguishingly. Masterly shows the slow decay of the Storage Endo building, Helsinki over a period of 1000 years. The well-known building is symbolized as the effects of time and weather and the end of humankind. The film was originally projected against the building.
A 2006 film made by German artist, Karin Hoerler. It is an experimental film, that is, which pertains to any art form, dance, poetry, painting or arises from a technical source through research. In the movie, the image changes but the movements are very slow and cannot be seen directly.
The film showcases the poet, L.D. Groban, who is the only artist in the film, reciting slowly his own 4000-page poem that goes on for 3 days. It is directed by John Henry Tunnis IV and released in the year, 1987. There is no story in the film and is incorporated with X-rated film shots and rock music videos.
A 1970 film, which was considered as the longest movie made till that year. It is an underground movie that consists out-dated commercials, strips of undeveloped films and other casts off materials. The movie is a fine direction of Vincent Patoullard.
This movie dates back to 1928, directed by Zuong Sichuan. It is a Chinese silent film and was released in 19 parts between the year 1928-31. Adapted from the novel 'Tale of the extraordinary swordsman', the story revolves around a weak and sickly man who is sent to study in the school of Martial arts by his father after the father is defeated by a gang in a fight. During his training, he comes across a Red Lotus Monastery and discovers it's hidden secrets while adventuring around. Sadly, the film is considered lost as no copies have survived.
Created by video artist Christian Marclay, also a composer, in the year 2010. The video consists of small shots from movie and television that features clocks and timepieces. The film was edited by the technique of supercut, that is aggressively editing shots of film to condense time and space. The film was marvelously presented with synchronization of the time shown in the film with the actual time. It was debuted in the White Cube art gallery and was purchased by big museums. It won Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale, 2011.
The movie is nothing but a slower version of the 1960 movie, Psycho. The film is edited 2 frames per second, normally which is 24 frames. The film is directed by Douglas Gordon and was released in the year 1993.
****(Four stars) is an Avant-garde or experimental film directed by pop artist Andy Warhol, made in 1967. Each reel of the film is 35 minutes long. Warhol showcases factory life in this piece where he casted, what he calls Warhol's "Superstars" in the movie. The film was considered beautiful but hard to decipher as compared to his earlier and more famous work, Chelsea girls.
French director, Gérard Courant captured 16-hour vignettes of various artists, journalists, directors and actors in the film. A 3-minute 25-second impressionistic scene of focus on every artist portraying their act of the moment. For eg, Terry Gilliam is seen eating a 100-franc note while Samuel Fuller is smoking a cigar. Many artists who were a part of this were directors Barbet Schroeder, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Ken Loach, Benjamin Cuq, Youssef Chahine, Wim Wenders, Joseph Losey, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller and Terry Gilliam, chess grandmaster Joël Lautier, and actors Roberto Benigni, Stéphane Audran, Julie Delpy and Lesley Chatterley.
A 2018, Argentine film written and directed by Marian Llinas, about 4 women in 6 episodes. The stories are told in the beginning and finish in medias re, meaning, in the middle of, for first 4 episodes. The 5th episode has the story from start to finish and 6th is the conclusion.
Peter Watkins made this movie from the year 1983-87. In actuality, this is a documentary that Watkins shoots covering all continents, talking to common people about their awareness of nuclear weapons, military, and poverty. It is the longest non-experimental till date. It has been screened on very few occasions since it's release.
Dutch director, Joris Ivens, and actor, Marceline Loridan got together with Chinese film-makers to create this long documentary on China, during the end days of Cultural Revolution. The long film was edited to 12 parts and released. Capturing the essence of a Revolution through the eyes of the ordinary people during the years 1972-74, it marks some important aspects of the Chinese culture, immensely capturing the end of an era. It was released in the year 1976 and received acclaims for its stand-out work.
A brilliant work by Jacques Rivette, creating plots of many characters, interweaving with new characters with their own subplots and ultimately crossing their paths after a long stretch. The film starts with the focus on 2 theatre troupes, rehearsing plays, Seven against Thebes and Prometheus bound, then slowly tuning with stories of a con- artist and a petty thief, ultimately getting together to form a secret group of "The Thirteen". The 13 hour-long films was divided into 8 parts and released in 1971.
A 10 years work of the director, Lav Diaz, who brought together a fine film of 11 hours approx. The story retells the history of Philippines during the era of Marco's dictatorship. The story of a Filipino family falling to poverty and hopes attached for revival, clearly outlining the situation of the then Philippines. The technique of story-telling by putting in dialogues and sound to mention the history, that is, hearing through the sounds used and relating to the situation how it actually was, is commendable. The film is highly informative and a clear idea of life's misery.
The first of the Japanese Trilogy, 'The Human condition' directed by Masako Kobayashi. A Japanese rebel who works as the manager of a mining lot of Chinese laborers objects to the suppression and works for lifting up working conditions of the laborers. Later, finds himself attending to the needs of war-time Japan.
Is considered a most important documentary of the 2000s. Adept direction and editing by Wang Bing, this documentary was captured in the duration of 2 years from 1999-2001, showing the slow decline of China's Industrial Tiexi district, a successful example of China's socialist economy. It shows the effects of closing down of factories due to introduction of free market and new industries, on the people. Wang Bing created this piece on 3 stages, Rust Remnants and Rails. Rust, shows a group of factory workers getting affected with the deteriorating equipments of the factory and poisonous gases. The second part, Remnants, show teenage children coping up with the closing down of the factories. The last stage, Rails, condense down to a single family who scavenge the rails to sell raw materials to factories. It is considered the most acclaimed film of the 21st century.
A movie which could leave you struggling with your own emotions. A documentary put together solely by director Claude Lauzmann, who spent 11 years to compile and show the world a masterpiece. The film is about Holocaust survivors and witnesses across Poland, whom Lauzmann interviews. A more than 9 hours of anger and pain but still an outstanding storytelling. Film reviewer Roger Ebert calls it, "A long but not a slow movie that will change our point of view towards holocaust". The film was released in 1985 and received critical acclaim. It also bagged awards- The New York film critics Circle award and BAFTA award for best documentary.
Another of a classic slow movie by Lav Diaz. Released in the year 2007. The film is a documentary as well as a fiction which revolves around a poet who visits his hometown, Padang, during the aftermath of the Super typhoon that hit the city of Philippines in 2006. The film is marked with heavy dialoguing and Diaz's attempt to create a fictional story around the disaster is a fine work to watch. The emotional condition of the poet who is back in his village to confront and bury his father, mother and sister and finally meet his death there, is commendably captured. Diaz also included some of his in-person interviews that he took while filming.
Lav Diaz created this fiction in the year 2006. The story of a merchant who part ways with his fellow mates and gets involved among criminals in the jungle.
A documentary by German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger about the region of Taiga, in Mongolia, capturing the rainforest beauty and the life and culture of the Reindeer tribe. The work marvellously films moments of the tribe including a wedding by the shaman and their very own Olympics. Considering the length, the documentary film was released in 3 different parts.
The movie literally translates to A lullaby to the sorrowful mystery
Lav Diaz makes this film on the Phillipines National hero and revolutionary Andres Bonifacio. He has also included the investigation of José Rizal's death and the Spanish colonialization and it's oppression on people, in the movie. It fell on mixed reviews by the critics calling it not so impressive work by as great a filmmaker as Diaz.
Another of Avant-garde cinema by Andy Warhol capturing the view of Empire State building from evening till 3 am the next day. The film is in slow motion reducing to 16 frames per second. The film does not have any narration or character and the only purpose by the director is to see the time passing by. This 1964 work is in black and white and is described as an influential work by Warhol.
A 1966 film, re-creation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and peace. Story of a Russian prince who is facing Napoleon's army just around the corner and simultaneously struggling relations with his father and wife. Director Sergei Bondarchuk created this magnificent Russian historical film with praises for its magnanimous battles scenes. The movie was released in 4 parts.
Lav Diaz won Horizon prize for the best film in the 65th Venice Film Festival for this 2008 film. Three people go under a strange role-play therapy in order to overcome their depression. The movie is divided into parts and meets with a heartbreaking end. Ronnie Schieb of Variety fame, calls this " Lav Diaz's latest madly uncommercial magnum-opus".
A beautiful film written and directed by Andy Warhol. A misfit boy passes his time as the maid feeds him cornflakes and reads him De Imitatione Christi, a spiritual guide. While his parents argue over their son's problems and struggle to admit their physical attraction towards him. The concept so like, Warhol's. This 1967 film was released in a shorter version before.
Dates to as long ago as 1914
A film produced by Watch Tower Bible and Tract society of Pennsylvania. Directed by Charles Taze Russell, the film follows everyone's differing beliefs on God's plan from the creation of Earth to the 1000 year reign of Christ.
A 2016 documentary directed by Ezra Edelman about the football player O.J. Simpson. It explores the emerging and downfall of Simpson's career till, when he was charged and imprisoned for a murder. Also, highlights the Racial struggle in America.
This 2000 film was directed by Michael Kvium & Christian Lemmerz. It is based on Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce. A video showing Joyce's dreams into pictures.
A Hungarian art film under a super direction of Bela Tart. It was released in 1994 and widely acclaimed considering it the greatest film ever made. The film deals with the effects of the fall of communism in Hungary. The story about a village whose only income source, a factory is closed down and the few locals whose only hope lies in a cash payment to be received due to the shuttering.
It must be the longest film made on Hitler. There is no plot but the film is divided into 4 parts starting from describing Hitler's personality and propagandas to the pre-nazi culture of Germany to the Holocaust and idea behind it and finally climaxing to André Heller talking to a puppet of Hitler on how they destroyed Germany. The film was directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg and starring Heinz Schubert.
R. Bruce Elder gives a different and darker meaning to the Egyptian Book of the dead, which is a religious book on preaching how to preserve the dead and prepare for afterlife. In this audio-visual representations, philosophies through meditation, XC super imposed texts is portrayed. Depiction of comical but disturbing Franz Liszt, debates between Issac Newton and George Berkeley;an agent man and an arrogant psychiatrist; finally, hunt for salvation in the forests of British Columbia, southwest America and Mexican Yucatan valley.
A compilation of film clips, commercials and film trailers by director Joe Dante and producer Jon Davidson. The film's comprises of early TV commercials, newsreel, A-bomb footage, cartoons, sci-fi movies and most adorable Andy's gang of puppeteer-controlled cat and mouse performing "Jesus loves me".
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The cloth peddler is a silent film version of an Azerbaijani operetta. Director Boris Svetlov recreates the story of a rich man who wishes to marry a girl of his choice, against the custom of his people and therefore disguises himself as a cloth peddler and to find his match. Interestingly, the role of Asgar's(disguised cloth peddler) beloved was played by Ahmed Aghdamski, a male, while Huseynqulu Sarabski played the role of Asgar.
The film is based on a play by Paul Claudel and is directed by Manuel de Oliveira. This 1985 Portuguese-french drama is about Don Rodrigo who is deeply in love with a noblewoman, Dona Prouhéze during the times of Spanish gold. Rodrigo is forced to leave Spain and sent to America while Dona is sent to Africa to rule a kingdom. Rodrigo travels to Africa to search for her only to find out that she died leaving her daughter behind. The film was screened at the 42nd Venice Film festival.
Ken Jacobs started compiling this movie since the 1950s and released in 2004. A documentary that contains archival footages of the history of the US and views of the society. It won the Douglas Edward experimental film award in Los Angeles film critics association awards.
Literally, translates to "From what is before". Lav Diaz took to Ferdinand E Marcos's dictatorship this time. With the village suffering setbacks of people and cattle dying, Marcos implements Proclamation no 1081 putting entire country under martial law. It won the Golden Leopard Award in the Locarno Film festival in 2014.
This film went on to receive Academy Awards for Best foreign language film and many other awards. Director Ingmar Bergman's film pertains to the story of Fanny and Alexander, two siblings who lose their father, eventually mother remarries to a Bishop who is abusive towards Alexander. It was the most popular Swedish film in the native.
Director Lars Von Trier creates this two-part art film on a sex addict female, who shares her condition of becoming a nymphomaniac and her experiences to the person who saved her life.
A Filipino boy in America is found dead on the streets and the resulting investigation with family and friends reveals much about the boy and the Filipino community in America. The detective handling the case goes through his own past settlements and finds about the destruction of Filipino youth by the drug 'shabu'. Lav Diaz creates this sensation in 2001.
India's partition had been a very influential subject for many filmmakers. Tamas, translates in English as 'Darkness' is the story of the emigrant families who went through the agony during the partition of Bengal. The film falls in the backdrop of the riot-stricken Pakistan. The 1988 drama was directed by Govind Nihalani and was initially a television film which were shown in parts and later released in theatres as a whole 4 hours movie.
A 2005 film showcasing moral family values and the importance of family bonding. Highlighting the relationship between father and son is the main theme of the film. The film was highly praised for its content and also received a National Award.
The film is a cult of Bollywood cinema. Created in 1970 by Raj Kapoor, about a clown's journey from his childhood till a performer in the circus. The film highlights how the clown makes people laugh leaving behind his own sorrows. The film was initially criticized for being too long and release was halted, putting Raj Kapoor into a financial crisis but later was given a thumbs-up calling it a misunderstood masterpiece. Being a movie casted with Soviet actors, it was a blockbuster in the Soviets.
No one can miss 'Gone with the wind'. The film is an epic one, loaded with 10 Academy awards. Set in the American civil war times and the reconstruction days, this film is about a strong-willed woman and a roguish man striving with romantic pursuits. Directed by Victor Fleming and based on a novel by the same name. The movie was the highest grossing one of all times in Canada.
Ben-Hur is one religious classic work, which had the largest set and the total budget, way too high of those times. Director William Wyler creates this epic-drama based on the Lew Wallace's novel under the same name. Story of a Jewish prince betrayed by his friend and sold to slavery in the Roman Empire, returns back for revenge.
The story of Alexander retold in this masterpiece. Director Oliver Stone tells the story of the Macedonian Prince who sets out to conquer the new world after defeating the Persian Empire. The film starred Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto and Val Kilmer. The film was criticised for historical inaccuracy but the work remains to be a classic.
The Famed Leo Tolstoy novel was first made into a 208 minutes film directed by King Vidor in 1956. Starring Henry Fonda and Audrey Hepburn. The story also came out for 8 hours in the year 1966(above).
A 1954 Japanese Samurai tale, directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa. A veteran samurai gathers six more samurais to save a village from bandits and prepares the village to defend themselves. The film is considered one of the most influential films which have been remade and adapted to many films and plays.
The film is regarded as a highly accomplished work and praised for its originality. Set in the backdrop of Medieval Russia about the 15th-century famous painter, Andrei Rublev who later takes a vow of silence. The film was directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and got released in 1966.
An action film which is considered to be an outstanding work of Bollywood cinema. The story about two ex-convicts who are hired by a retired policeman to take his revenge for killing his family from a ruthless dacoit, Gabbar Singh who has also created havoc in the village. Every character of the movie is still praised and acknowledged for their amazing work. This masterpiece was directed by Ramesh Sippy and released in 1975.
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A 2014 Turkish drama directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The movie is based in Anatolia significantly highlighting the rich and poor divide. The movie themes around a hotel owner who is trapped in his house conflicts where he lives with his young wife and sister, who is divorced.
The film is based on Stephen King's novel, The green mile, directed by Frank Darabont and stars Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan. About a prison guard who discovers an inmate's special gift and witnesses his life-changing after that.
The autobiographical film about Jordan Belfort played exemplary by Leonardo DiCaprio, the stockbroker who got hit large after Wall Street crash. His story of fraud and corruption as he climbs back the ladder to reach to the top is the theme of the movie. The film was under the direction of Martin Scorsese, released in 2014.
The first of the Godfather series, which won many Oscars including Best Picture and actor and the highest grossing film of 1972. Stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, in a theme revolving around the New York's crime family. Francis Ford Coppola 's perfect direction calls the film, still a classic.
A story of greed and jealousy, a 1995 crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert de Niro and Sharon Stone with John Pesci, about a mafia don who is given Casinos to run in Las Vegas and his rise to power which is hated by his friend and in turn get brutal.
Directed and written by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar is a mind-blowing sci-fi film. In future, planet Earth becomes inhabitable and 2 astronauts are sent to search for a new habitable planet. Mathew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway play the astronauts.
The film is the most expensive Bond film ever. James Bond out to uncover the truth behind the terrorist organization SPECTRE. Bond, played by Daniel Craig and was released in 2015.
Two Christian missionary priests set out from Portugal to Japan to locate their mentor, who was out to spread Christianity. The film marks the era of Shimbara rebellion in Japan when the suppression of Christianity was on rise. The 2016 work of Martin Scorsese as the director was applauded for the prompt depiction of a struggling faith.
Leonardo DiCaprio portrays as the legendary frontiersman who gets abandoned by his fellow hunters and strives for survival through the lands only to return back to take his revenge. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñáritu directs the movie quite fine, which earned him an Academy award. DiCaprio won Academy award for Best Actor for his performance.
The longest film of the Star War legacy, released in the year 2017 under the superb direction of Rian Johnson. The film features the posthumous film performance of Carrie Fisher who died before it's release. The film was dedicated to her.
The film is dedicated to the biblical episode of the Exodus, journey of Hebrews to Egypt, led by Moses. Stars Christian Bale and directed by Ridley Scott. Generally received negative views from critics for its pacing but acting performances were praised.
Marvel studio's another creation of two sets of superheroes fighting against each other for a Government law that needs to be imposed. Directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo create this amazing action sequence in 2016.
James Wan releases this movie with super effects and super direction about the kingdom of Atlantis where a power-hungry King is rebelled by Aquaman. Released in 2018 by Marvel Studios.
A low-witted man's story, Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), through the decades of his life, witnessing several historic milestones in the US. The film received Oscars for Best Picture and Best actor and many more. It was the highest grossing movie of the year 1994.
The 1995 drama about a group of astronauts trapped in the moon while their spacecraft breaks down during the mission. The film shows NASA's struggle to get them back on Earth. Directed by Ron Howard the movie went on to being a phenomenal success.
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A Guide To The Shiniest Firefly Games In The 'Verse
Posted by Rob Wieland on October 17, 2016
It seems like not that long ago: the hun dan at 20th Century Fox made the decision to cancel Firefly after one short, glorious half-season. Official content has been scarce for most of the 14 years since then, but a little while back, a trickle of Firefly games came out and widened into a small stream of games that go well with a cunning hat and a dictionary full of the colorful language to use on friends and family if things get competitive. Chances are Browncoats are familiar with the themed Monopoly, Clue and Yahtzee versions (not to mention this deckbuilder released this year), so this list focuses on the other games that truly make players feel like Big Damn Heroes when they win.
Firefly Fluxx
Fluxx is a fast playing game that's seen themes ranging from Cthulhu to Monty Python applied to ever changing game play. The game starts out simple—draw a card, play a card—but every card has the potential to switch up the rules. Firefly Fluxx brings lovely character art and a new batch of cards to the table. It can be played alone, or tossed in with existing sets to create even more chaos.
Firefly: Tall Card
Fans love having the same experiences the favorite characters do (you know, other than death). That's why Star Trek fans puzzled out how Tri-D chess was played or Harry Potter fans invented "Muggle Quidditch" to play out on the field. Tall Card was featured in the fourth episode of the show. The official game was released by Toy Vault in 2014, which plays a lot like poker, fitting the space western feel of the show. Interestingly, the game comes with additional cards that allow diehard fans to play one of the many fan-made variants of the game created on the Internet.
Fans wonder what it might be like to be the captain of a Firefly-class transport have the opportunity to try their hands in Gale Force Nine's Firefly: The Game. Each player assumes the role of captain goes about doing captain-y things–hiring crew, upgrading their ship, and making tough decisions between simple, easy jobs that don't pay much and bigger payoffs that might lead to some… unsavory situations. Expansions for the game include more planets, more ships, and rules for battling other players directly as pirates. Not to mention super shiny upgrades that can hold all these expansions in one box.
Firefly the RPG
In 2005, Margaret Weis Productions released a Serenity RPG to go along with the film. In 2014, the company released the Firefly RPG, which focused on the series as a whole. Firefly RPG has rules that focus on making the game feel like lost episodes of the show, with a episode guide that shows players how to play using examples taken directly from the scripts. Players can play as the original crew, brand-new characters made for the game, or a mix of the two. The game even encourages groups to build their ship like a character to reflect Serenity's status as the 10th character in the show.
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From the depths of the university of Twente came five students. In the middle of dull colleges and colleague students waiting in line to see their 'hero's' like Justin Bieber, these five students make room for the old growl of classic rock. Screaming guitars, deep rolling bass-lines and an explosive drum-sound support the ear-penetrating vocal lines that would make Bon Scott and Chris Cornell jealous. Action speaks louder than words. Loudness driven by beer, beautiful woman and screaming tube-amplifiers. No regrets for this night. We will have paracetamol as breakfast tomorrow morning!


In his personal diaries Richard Burton is a man quite different from the one we familiarly 'know' as acclaimed actor, international film star and jet-set celebrity. From his private, handwritten pages there emerges a different person - a family man, a father, a husband, a man often troubled and always keenly observing. Understood through his own words, day to day and year to year, Burton becomes a fully rounded human being who, with a wealth of talent and a surprising burden of insecurity, confronts the peculiar challenges of a life lived largely in the spotlight.
This volume publishes in their entirety the surviving diaries of Richard Burton (born Richard Jenkins). The diaries were written between 1939 and 1983 - throughout his career and the years of his celebrated marriages to Elizabeth Taylor. Diary entries appear in their original sequence, with annotations to clarify the people, places, books and events he mentions. At times Burton struggles to come to terms with the unfulfilled potential of his life and talent. In other entries, he crows over achievements and hungers for greater challenges. He may be watching his weight, watching his drinking or watching other men watch his Elizabeth. Always he is articulate, opinionated and fascinating. His diaries offer a rare and fresh perspective on his own life and career, Elizabeth Taylor's, and the glamorous world of film, theatre and celebrity that they inhabited.


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Crisis in Europe Tightens Credit Across the Globe
Eric Dash and Nelson D. Schwartz|The New York Times
Published 10:37 AM ET Tue, 29 Nov 2011 The New York Times
Europe's worsening sovereign debt crisis has spread beyond its banks and the spillover now threatens businesses on the Continent and around the world.
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The "Europe" sculpture by Belgian artist May Claerhout, outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium.
From global airlines and shipping giants to small manufacturers, all kinds of companies are feeling the strain as European banks pull back on lending in an effort to hoard capital and shore up their balance sheets.
The result is a credit squeeze for companies from Berlin to Beijing, edging the world economy toward another slump.
The deteriorating situation in the euro zone prompted the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Monday to project that the United States economy would grow at a 2 percent rate next year, down from a forecast of 3.1 percent growth in May. It also lowered its economic outlook for Europe and the rest of the world, and a credit contraction could exacerbate the slowdown.
In addition, Moody's Investors Service, the credit-rating agency, on Monday raised the possibility of mass downgrades of European government debt if a forceful resolution to the escalating crisis was not found.
Investors have begun to treat Europe's big banks as the weak link in the global financial chain because of their huge holdings of bonds issued by debt-laden governments like Italy and Spain.
American money market funds have been closing the spigot of money they lend to European banks, forcing them to tighten lending standards and, in some cases, even withdraw financing from longtime customers. To make matters worse, European institutions are simultaneously under pressure from their regulators to hold more capital for each dollar they lend, prompting many banks to reduce their portfolio of loans. Analysts say Europe's banks could shed up to 3 trillion euros of loans over the next few years, equal to about 10 percent of their total assets.
"If your largest banks aren't able to provide credit, it hinders economic development and contributes to a recession," said Alex Roever, a fixed-income research analyst at JPMorgan Chase.
Air France, for example, typically relied on French banks like BNP Paribas and Société Générale to help it finance about 15 percent of what it spends to purchase airplanes. Now those banks are retreating from making airline loans to save capital.
As an alternative, Air France officials say that they started developing closer ties with Chinese and Japanese banks, which have not faced the same pressure as their euro zone counterparts, to help pick up the slack.
Executives of Emirates Airlines, based in Dubai, are turning to the Islamic financing system, as well as to lenders in emerging markets, to help pay for its new fleet as some of the European banks shut off lending. Emirates has ordered 243 aircraft, worth more than $84 billion, from Airbus, Boeing and other aerospace companies.
"We were kind of planning for finance from the European banks," Tim Clark, president of Emirates, told Reuters. "It's just a bit difficult now."
A failure to secure financing could quickly add up to lost jobs in the United States, Latin America and elsewhere.
The airplane maker Boeing recently warned that a European pullback could affect its business next year. With some European banks out of the picture, "this leaves a difference that must be made up by other sources if airplane deliveries across the industry, already set to increase in 2012, are to occur as planned," said John Kvasnosky, a spokesman for the company.
Embraer, a Brazilian aerospace company, tempered its growth expectations despite having a pickup in commercial and business jet sales in the third quarter.
"This whole situation in Europe again has stalled this recovery process," said Frederico Curado, chief executive of Embraer, in a conference call with investors in early November. "The way we see the world going forward is of a moderate growth."
It remains to be seen, though, whether even moderate growth can be achieved. Moody's cautioned that there was an increased chance that more than one country in the euro zone could default. In spite of that warning, investors put their fears aside and sent stocks up Monday by nearly 3 percent in New York.
Investors remain hesitant about government bond offerings, though. A tepid auction in Germany last week was particularly unnerving since its economy has long been seen as Europe's financial bulwark. In Italy, weak demand for bonds pushed yields back above the critical 7 percent threshold, a level that has prompted other government borrowers to seek bailouts.
Higher interest rates on government debt quickly translate into higher borrowing costs for European banks, and in turn, for local companies and consumers in need of loans. Meanwhile, those banks' own costs are also rising because the dollars they need to lend are in short supply.
So the banks are tightening their lending standards, squeezing businesses like airlines, shipping companies and exporters of oil, steel and food staples — industries that are critical to the health of the world economy.
"The strains and stress are increasing," said Dirk Schumacher, a senior European economist at Goldman Sachs. "Funding conditions for corporations will get tougher going forward."
One sign of this strain is that European lenders are quietly withdrawing from big infrastructure projects, like power plants and water developments, especially in the Middle East. Just this month, the $10 billion Barzan gas project in Qatar secured financing from 31 lenders, but three of the biggest French banks — BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Natixis — were notably absent.
"These guys are usually very active and this is a material sign that European lenders are holding back," said Khalid Howladar, an analyst at Moody's.
Large shipping companies are finding fewer lenders, too. Only a few years ago, Europe's biggest banks were clamoring to supply credit at very attractive terms. Now, as freight rates collapse amid a global slowdown, those banks are tightening their purse strings. Frontline Ltd., an oil tanker giant in financial straits, said last week that it had lined up financing for only two of the seven vessels it planned to build.
The economic fallout from a global decline in shipbuilding affects not only the workers at the dry docks but also hundreds of businesses that supply parts and raw material to the industry. In Germany, for example, more than 5,000 people have lost their jobs in major ports like Hamburg, Kiel and Rostock, according to a local trade group.
Smaller companies are also struggling to secure credit. In Ireland, a survey by the local Small and Medium Enterprises Association found that 58 percent of companies that had approached banks for loans were turned down.
"We have many, many businesses that are viable, but the banks are not lending to them in the short term," said Mark Fielding, its chief executive.
In Eastern Europe, where Western European banks have retrenched, leaders are sounding alarms. Traian Basescu, president of Romania, accused Austrian regulators of "choking the Romanian economy" after they ordered banks to limit lending outside its borders.
In Hungary, new construction for shopping centers and other commercial developments has come to a halt. Nora Demeter, an architect in Budapest, said her 20-member firm had already laid off a handful of employees and was likely to make further cuts. "The chance of getting a major project off the ground in this country is virtually over," Ms. Demeter said. She added that "2012 is looking even bleaker."
Even companies as far away as China are being hurt by Europe's economic slowdown. Jacky Xu, the sales manager of the Yongkang Wanyu Industry and Trade Company in eastern China, said European orders for its scooters, skateboards and other children's toys were down 20 to 30 percent this fall from a year ago. Several months ago, his company stopped accepting letters of credit from Greek banks, forcing Greek retailers to put down cash deposits of around 30 percent for new orders — a move that will worsen the decline.
"There are fewer people coming by from Europe," he said.


We believe that sharing access to clean energy is one of the best ways to build just, sustainable communities. That's why we partnered with Co-op Power to launch the Boston Interfaith Community Solar Program. The 2016 pilot brought solar to Second Church in Dorchester, Bethel A.M.E., and the Church of Saint Augustine and Saint Martin.


The Ember months have begun which means the end of the year is getting closer and closer each passing day, it'll soon be 2015 o, Make this month a Memorable one!
Over the weekend, Aby of Miss Purple Heart left a comment that she had nominated me for the Gratitude Challenge. I was pleasantly surprised when I read that comment, it's nice to know that other bloggers have my blog in mind. It's a bit of a reflective post and even if I haven't nominated you, feel free to take up the challenge.
When nominated you have 24 hours to accept the challenge.
You are to take a picture of a simple pleasure. A simple pleasure is something that makes (or made) you smile in a day preferably non humans (because I am sure a lot of people would list the humans as what they are grateful for). For example a cup of coffee, a bottle of your favorite soda or drink, a scoopful of ice cream, a butterfly that just perched on a window, something at your work desk, a game…You get the drift. It is something that should be inexpensive. It is not an opportunity to show off cars, watches, shoes and all the things that people like showing off nowadays.
You have to give out at least 5 USD (convert it to your local currency) within 7 days of accepting the challenge to a less privileged person or a cause or a charity organization. That's about 840 naira.
You nominate three people (within your circle) to take up the challenge.
If you don't accept the challenge you are required to donate at least 20 USD to a charity organization of your choice.
The Gift of Life: It might seem like being alive is a right and not a priviledge but that is not the case. I remember when I went to Abuja in July, I was really scared of going because of the thought of Bomb Blasts, Terrorist Activities and Plane Crashes. A friend of mine said I was being silly because when it is a person's time to die, they die and you never know what's going to kill you, some people have died when walking on the street, just because someone drove under the influence of alcohol so staying in Lagos out of fear wouldn't have solved the problem.
Family: As annoying as they can get, I love them still, my sister, brother, parents, cousins, aunties and uncles. Life is never boring for me because I have such a huge extended family, there is always something going on. Sometimes I'm feeling down and I just get an unexpected phone call or visit that cheers me up.
Blog readers: I'm pleased with the blog growth so far and believe this is just the beginning of Greater things to come. I really appreciate all of you who read, comment and share plus it was a huge honour meeting my blog role model, Sisi Yemmie over the weekend.
Experiences: I have been through many interesting experiences this NYSC year that have framed and moulded me. I'm not as Naive as I used to be and I have learnt a LOT about myself and about people.
Live Music: I wrote about one of the best nights of my life a while ago. It was Mike Aremu's Album Launch, music really gets to me, there are some videos in the post too so check it out!
Feel free to share what you are grateful for in the comment box below.


In this article lets talk about the era of Digital Marketing and to conduct a successful campaign strategy.
The biggest problem you and I face in Digital Marketing is how we can run successful campaigns. When I started used to figure out why the conversion is not happening to the business for whom I run any FB adds or Google Adwords add I set. The answer was that I was missing the correct information to target my ads audience. It fails because they don't acknowledge the empowered & informed consumer.
YOU and I own the internet, and the internet revolution is our story. In past decade we have seen great evolution of Internet in terms of big names like Facebook, Google, eBay, Amazon and many more.
When Google took over Yahoo in the top search engine 10 years back, it was not a result of Google Marketing – we the users made this leap because we gained so much control over the way we searched for information in Google.
Similarly, the eBay allowed us to sell anything t anyone for any price and at any time. Came the Facebook which not only diminished the Orkut completely, it allowed us to stay in touch with people all over the world.
These great revolutions happened because of one thing. Its because of You and me as they gave us more control over our lives.
With the help of internet we can learn a lot about customers. We can identify their habits, their choice,technology etc. It is fundamentally a lot different from other communication channels. Internet gave the freedom which completely altered the company/customer relationship, putting the customers in the driver's seat.
With the advancement of communications and internet world, the walls have not only fallen between a company and its customers but between fellow customers, who can publicly share their experience – good, bad and the ugly.
The primary challenge of any business is how to get its product or service into the hands of its customers.
Internet enables us to learn the reality of market by looking what people actually do online. With the use of social listening tools to research on customer's activities & preferences based on their online habits & by comparing with marketing research.
With collaboration of marketing research and market reality. We can better target our product to the right audience and increasing our chances to have a successful market-go strategy.
3i – Initiate,Iterate & Integrate forms the foundation of all DMI methods and the key to any successful marketing strategy.
Initiate principle states that customer is the starting and finishing point of all digital activities. The answer to all the question is"Letting customer decide".
Many jump directly to create website and start posting blogs about the company and products. And start publishing nonspecific contents. They fail to realise that internet is not about broadcasting, its about understanding and to act upon by 2 way conversion. The interactions and time to find out what exactly customers do online will improve your online activities radically.
It the principle to tweak our online campaigns depending upon the interactions we receive upon them.
When we push an ad, we look at the responses like CTR, response rates & conversions etc. If we find it is not serving our purpose, we need to adjust the campaign and start changing its content, design and target audience etc any number of times. It helps if creating an add that converts and it comes with iterations.
1st published idea may not work like charm always. So we need to constantly improve on our ads.
3rd most important principle is to integrate our digital marketing efforts.
Integration across digital channels – Using one channel information to improve the effectivenness of other.
Integration between digital & traditional marketing – Learn online to broadcast in traditional medium with correct informations.
Integrate reporting sources – Gather data from various sources and integrate to bring our the right information to make decision. e.g. Google Analytics helps in doing this.
So lets take the leap together ! Lets discover what digital channels can do for us, and more importantly – for our customers.


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Q: overrided operator doesn't work I have created custom linkedlist class. In this class i have
public bool Contains( Object obj )
        {
            for( Node curr = Start; curr != null; curr = curr.Next)
            {
                if( curr.Data == obj )
                    return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

In Workman.cs i have overriden == operator:
class Workman
    {
        public DateTime Date { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public string PartCode { get; set; }
        public int PartCount { get; set; }

        public int DaysWorked { get; set; }
        public int PartsMade { get; set; }
        public double PriceSum { get; set; }

        public Workman(DateTime date, string lastName, string partCode, int partCount)
        {
            Date = date;
            LastName = lastName;
            PartCode = partCode;
            PartCount = partCount;
        }

        public Workman() { }

        public override string ToString ()
        {
            return string.Format ("[Workman: LastName={0}, PartCode={1}, PartCount={2}", LastName, PartCode, PartCount);
        }

        public override bool Equals (object obj)
        {
            return this.Equals (obj as Workman);
        }

        public bool Equals(Workman workman)
        {
            if(Object.ReferenceEquals(workman, null))
                return false;
            if(this.GetType() != workman.GetType())
                return false;
            return (LastName == workman.LastName);
        }

        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            return LastName.GetHashCode();
        }

        public static bool operator ==(Workman lhs, Workman rhs)
        {
            if(Object.ReferenceEquals(lhs, null))
            {
                if(Object.ReferenceEquals(rhs, null))
                {
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
            return lhs.Equals(rhs);
        }

        public static bool operator !=(Workman lhs, Workman rhs)
        {
            return !(lhs == rhs);
        }
    }

Now in main i have:
LinkedList test = new LinkedList();
test.Add2( new Workman(new DateTime(), "John", "whatever", 45));
test.Add2( new Workman(new DateTime(), "Mike", "bb", 45));

Workman work = new Workman( new DateTime(), "Mike", "bb", 45 );

if( test.Contains( work ))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Contains");
}

This not works. When i try to debug, line in Linkedlist.cs class if( curr.Data == obj) doesn't enter overriden code in Workman.cs. How can i make this work?

A: You can't override operators, you can only overload them.  You're calling the == operator overload with object parameters, not your new overload with Workman parameters.
I'd suggest you use object.Equals instead, as you've overridden that
if(Equals(cur.Data, obj)
{
    return true;
}

A: I think it will work for you if you add a cast, because right now You're calling == on object.
i believe this will work :
public bool Contains( Object obj )
        {
            for( Node curr = Start; curr != null; curr = curr.Next)
            {
               if(curr.data is workman && obj is workman)
                {
                    if((workman)curr.data == (workman)obj )
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                     return false;
                    }
                }
               if( curr.Data == obj )
               {
                   return true;
               }
            }
            return false;
        }

i'm not 100% sure so let me know if it helped you.
thanks.


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Where now for green policies?
By Julie Hirigoyen2015-06-16T06:01:00+01:00
Will the government abandon its commitment to sustainable policies or grasp a golden opportunity?
Do the Tories fully appreciate the economic potential of "greener" buildings? It's a question many business leaders from the construction and property industry will have asked themselves upon waking, bleary-eyed, on the morning of 8 May, to discover that the Conservatives had swept to an unexpected victory in the general election.
Because let's be honest, the Conservative party often attracted the ire of "sustainability advocates", whereas their former coalition partners, the Lib Dems, were praised for their progressive environmental and social rhetoric. So who would blame the green building industry for worrying that the Tories would abandon sustainable building policies to the scrap heap?
But in fact there have been some encouraging initial signs.
The once husky-hugging David Cameron has, in public at least, been a firm supporter of energy efficiency, arguing in 2013 that "the economies in Europe that will prosper, are those that are the greenest and the most energy efficient". (Privately, he allegedly told aides to "cut the green crap" on energy bills.) Last month he praised the Green Investment Bank (GIB) for "leading the world" in the next generation of energy infrastructure. And indeed the GIB, which was created under his leadership, has invested in an impressive range of energy efficiency projects since launching in 2012. Even before the election, the Tories pledged to "cut emissions as cost-effectively as possible" in order to meet the UK's climate change commitments. And life after the coalition could represent a golden opportunity for the Tory government to reclaim the green agenda, to ensure that conservatism and environmentalism can go hand in hand, and to capitalise on green not simply for the sake of the planet, but also for the future success of our economy. Cameron's support of the G7's climate change commitments would certainly suggest this is possible.
The green building industry's initial fears may have been confirmed when the government announced it would be cutting the DECC's budget by £70m, with £40m of savings coming from home energy efficiency
After returning to Number 10, Cameron quickly chose Amber Rudd to head the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in his first handful of ministerial appointments. Ms Rudd's appointment is significant for a number of reasons. A junior minister at DECC in the final year of the coalition, she already has experience of the complex landscape that is UK energy policy and, as a close ally of George Osborne, can hopefully gain greater traction for green issues within the Treasury. What's more, she's already demonstrated she understands the economic case for greener buildings. After all, it was she who championed the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme for businesses, she who described the ground-breaking Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for privately rented buildings as "a real boost to the industry", and she who is keen to create a "solar revolution".
The appointment of Greg Clark as communities secretary, replacing the much-maligned Eric Pickles, himself intent on blocking many of the more sustainable building policies, is also welcome. Clark is a former secretary for energy and climate change, but also a strong advocate of city mayoral powers, planning reform and sustainable development, as well as being involved in many early discussions resulting in the Green Deal policy.
However, late last week, the green building industry's initial fears may have been confirmed when the government announced it would be cutting the DECC's budget by £70m, with £40m of savings coming from home energy efficiency. The fact that more than half of the DECC's budget cut is to be made in this area is an ominous sign of the new government's priorities, despite its emphasis on keeping household and business energy bills low, keeping the lights on, and keeping our emissions in check.
Actions like these make it difficult to remain optimistic about whether the Conservatives really do get this agenda, but I'm determined to think they do. Why? Because of the synergies that exist between greener building policies and the Tories' own economic rhetoric. Energy efficiency in buildings offers a suite of economic benefits; stimulating growth and creating jobs, strengthening our international competitiveness, lowering energy bills and reducing the burden on the NHS.
Business leaders from the construction and property industry already recognise these benefits, and not simply because they're the right thing to do. They've adopted bold energy efficiency and carbon reduction targets in their own businesses because they generate real commercial value. This was recently demonstrated by a group of more than 55 business leaders who put their names to an open letter we coordinated to the Chancellor George Osborne. The letter highlighted the "major economic opportunity" offered by reducing carbon emissions from buildings, and demonstrated the "remarkable degree of consensus" which exists on this issue among industry leaders.
The Tories have something of a dilemma. They are insistent on driving forward austerity measures, such as spending cuts at the DECC and other departments, but in doing so deny the economic opportunities that that funding presents. If they decide to continue on that path and choose not to hear that collective corporate voice that suggests otherwise, surely they are ignoring the pro-business mantra that lies at the heart of the party? Let's hope last week's cuts were just a momentary glitch for a new government which does appreciate the business case behind greener buildings.
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The second half of the twenties century saw a sharp worldwide decline in the both incidence and mortality of gastric cancer. Despite this the condition remains the world's second leading cause of cancer mortality, second only to lung cancer. Although most gastric cancers arise in the antrum and body (non-cardia) of the stomach, the incidence of proximal tumours of the cardia and distal oesophagus have increased dramatically over the last fifty years throughout the world. This major change in the pattern of the disease suggests that gastric cancer (cardia versus non-cardia) is not one but two separate disorders with regard to cause and pathogenesis. Over the last fifty years there has been concern about luminal nitrite, derived from dietary nitrate, as a risk factor for upper gastro-intestinal malignancies. This has arisen from evidence that the salivary nitrite is rapidly converted to nitrosating species and (in the presence of ascorbic acid) nitric oxide (NO), which are both potentially mutagenics.
Thus this study aimed to investigate the influence of ascorbic acid (AA), sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN), oxygen (O2) and pH (1.5, 2.5 and 3.0) on the nitrite chemistry in simulated gastric juice. Another aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of a range of water-soluble dietary phenolics antioxidants on the nitrite chemistry to compare their effect with that of ascorbic acid. The capacity of dietary phenolics and ascorbic acid to reduce the acidified nitrite to nitric oxide was also investigated under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
These studies were performed in a newly designed closed bench-top model reproducing the chemical environment occurring at the human gastro-oesophageal junction. Each of the experiments was performed with and without NaSCN at different pH values (1.5, 2.5 and 3.0) under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The studies were focused on the measurement of NO formation and O2 consumption by electrochemical detection, according to the antioxidant present in the system (ascorbic acid, ferulic acid, caffeic acid, gallic acid or chlorogenic acid, in a range of concentrations).
Nitric oxide production increased with increasing ascorbic acid concentration, and was greatest at the lowest pH of 1.5. The absence of oxygen in the system markedly increased nitric oxide levels in the presence of ascorbic acid, while the addition of NaSCN enhanced nitric oxide production and oxygen consumption. A different pattern of nitric oxide production was seen with the dietary phenolics compared with ascorbic acid. In addition, two different patterns of nitric oxide response were seen with ferulic acid and caffeic acid and another with gallic acid and chlorogenic acid. Ferulic and caffeic acids produced only a small initial increase in nitric oxide, which was not sustained under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. In contrast, gallic and chlorogenic acids produced a much more marked rise in nitric oxide, which remained elevated under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The only phenolic experiment in which an equivalent concentration of nitric oxide to that with ascorbic acid was observed was with high concentration of gallic acid under anaerobic conditions.
These studies indicated that nitrite in the simulated GOJ environment is converted to varying extents to nitric oxide and factors influencing this include luminal pH, thiocyanate, oxygen tension and presence of antioxidants. We have also found that the capacity of antioxidants to convert acidified nitrite to nitric oxide varies as does the temporal profile of the nitric oxide concentration generated by them.


The film was adapted from a 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser. Director George Stevens hired Michael Wilson and Harry Brown for the screenplay, and assembled a stellar cast to at last bring this tragic story to life. George Stevens (Montgomery Clift), Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor) and Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters) were hired as the principles and paired with a great cast of supporting players. The film centers on George Eastman, a poor man raised by an evangelical mother, who is tragically undone by his own actions. He leaves Chicago dirt poor, determined to make a name for himself working in the company of his wealthy Uncle in California. While there he begins dating Alice, a girl he met in the plant. All seems fine until he becomes completely enamored with Angela, a drop dead gorgeous socialite whom he meets at a party. He abandons Alice without a thought and begins dating Angela. The two fall in love, yet things begin to unravel when Alice discloses to George that she is pregnant. When she threatens a public disclosure if he does not marry her, George feels cornered and so devises a plot to murder her. When the time comes to strike through a staged boat accident, his conscience prevails and he relents only to see Alice drown anyway by accident. He survives, but inexplicably fails to report her death to the authorities. As such, although innocent, circumstantial evidence and his own guilty behavior make authorities suspicious. His arrest comes just as Angela's father grants him permission to marry his daughter. He is then tried and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
Franz Waxman's music can only be described as one of the truly classic scores of the Golden Age. His music enhances, elevates and underpins the film's tragic narrative with an exquisite lyricism seldom achieved by a composer. He provides two themes and two motifs for his score; his primary theme, Angela's (Vicker's) Theme serves as the first of two love themes. It animates the film, and is rendered in a multiplicity of guises. His second theme is Alice's Theme, which is also supremely lyrical and functions as a second love theme. Both love themes are string laden and exquisite in their beauty. Of his two motifs, the first, the Fate Motif, is emoted as a solo trumpet line. There is a tinge of sadness in the notes that seem to portend George's fate. The second is George's Motif, which has a 1950's American jazz vibe that is carried by the fine alto sax playing of Bill Hamilton.
Illustrative of Waxman's compositional gift may be seen in the cue "The Drowning – Part 1". George rows the boat across the lake carried by strings with a bass pulse emoted as a marica funebre. Waxman sows disquiet and slowly builds tension with forlorn flutes and tremolo strings playing atop a pulsatile bass line, which grows inexorably in amplitude until it crescendo's with George realization that he cannot murder her. Lastly, the closure with a plaintive rendering of the four-note Fate Theme is exquisite. We end our story with "The Last Mile (Finale)", which reveals the guards coming to take George to the electric chair. We hear upon strings lamentoso a repeating Fate Motif with oboe counter. Tolling bells join and portend his doom. Slowly, yet inexorably Angela's Theme rises and joins in communion with the trumpet carried Fate Motif, which culminates in an orchestral flourish.
Please allow me to thank Bruce Kimmel, Lukas Kendall and Kritzerland for answering the longstanding call of generations of film score lovers for a world premiere release of Franz Waxman's "A Place in the Sun". They have successfully restored the masters stored in the Paramount vaults and provided alternative rescored tracks and source music. Folks, Waxman has created a stunning masterpiece, a classic Golden Age score and what I believe is an essential score for collectors. His two love themes are some of the finest ever written and his writing for the psychology of this drama offer testimony to his genius. I highly recommend this score as an essential part of your collection.


I wanted the elves to look quite pale. For this I used I bright base colour (dwarf flesh) and washed with a purple wash (leviathan purple). After that I high lighted all the way up white.
Haven't decided yet if I want the spear and the shield to be brighter. Nicklas had an idea about painting the shields like a red sunset. Don't know if that's doable?!?
Next up is the band over the chest. I think it's a bit to much orange so maybe I go for a red one. Maybe.
The mini looks great Johan!
But I dont like the shield... at first it was the green that grinded my gears. But you made it better.
Now its the brown... it is realy unflattering and it gets alot of attention. Maby try something els? White might be better but im not sure.
Thank's! Love to hear some good and bad criticism.
Next painting session I'll repaint the shield in a different colour.
I've always wanted to paint a classic green dragon. My goal is, the shields will match my monster in the future.
I agree, the brown clashes with the rest and doesn't bring the model together. I say once again, paint the spears white and the parts of the shield that is brown. Make them white.


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Xiapex (also known as collagenase) is a minimally invasive injection treatment for patients with Dupuytren's disease. In the past open surgery was the gold standard treatment for patients with significant deformities of their hand/fingers as a result of Dupuytren's disease. Treatment with Xiapex offers a less invasive way of dealing with contractures. The drug is made of a special enzyme mix that can digest the diseased tissue. 24-48 hours following an injection with Xiapex the finger can be straightened (typically under local anaesthetic). Patients can mobilise and use their hand straight away. Not every patient is suitable for treatment with Xiapex, careful patient selection is the key to success.
Platelet-Rich-Plasma is a fairly new and innovative treatment. PRP is a concentrated preparation of platelets and their associated growth factors that is prepared from a small blood sample. PRP is thought to promote tissue healing and regeneration by delivering those growth factors in a high concentration to the treated area. Typical indications include soft tissue conditions like tennis and golfers elbow as well as shoulder problems like impingement and rotator cuff tendinopathy. PRP can also be used for the treatment of early arthritis. Taking the blood sample and carrying out the injection can be done during a single outpatient appointment.
This is a new and promising technology harvesting the healing powers of the body's own fat. A small sample of fat from the abdomen is harvested with a needle and is then specially prepared. The resulting fluid is then injected into the affected joint. Treatment with Lipogems is thought to aid natural healing processes by supporting the repair and regeneration of damaged tissues. The treatment is typically used for patients with painful arthritis. The early scientific results are promising. Only time will tell whether the treatment will deliver on it's early promise in the long-term. A number of websites claim, that Lipogems is a stem cell treatment, but this is controversial and not strictly the case. For patients with painful arthritis who would otherwise need a joint replacement, treatment with Lipogems can potentially improve pain and function for a lengthy period of time.
nSTRIDE autologous protein solution is a groundbreaking new treatment for patients with arthritis. The treatment is somewhat similar to PRP treatment: a blood sample is obtained and centrifuged, resulting in a fluid sample containing a high concentration of growth factors, anti-inflammatory cytokines and white blood cells. The main difference between PRP and nSTRIDE APS is the high concentration of white blood cells in nSTRIDE. The early scientific results are promising. Particularly patients with arthritis who would otherwise require joint replacement surgery can benefit from an injection with nSTRIDE APS.
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For patients with severe arthritis at the base of the thumb surgery is often the treatment of last resort. Traditionally this has involved the removal of the trapezium bone – a procedure therefore known as a trapeziectomy. While the procedure works well in the long term, it often takes patients a long time to recover. The Cartiva implant offers a pathway to a quicker recovery with good long-term outcomes. The implant is made from a material that's similar to soft contact lenses. The implant helps to separate the worn-out joint surfaces, thus reducing pain. The material mimics the natural joint cartilage and aids in smoother and less painful joint movements.
Both tennis elbow (also known as lateral epicondylitis) and golfers' elbow (medial epicondylitis) are conditions that cause pain in the elbow - either on the outer side (tennis elbow), or on the inner side (golfers' elbow). Both are overuse conditions - the daily use causes more damage to the tendon than the body can repair. The result is microtearing in the tendon. In tennis elbow this affects the tendons that extend the wrist and fingers, particularly the so-called ECRB tendon. These tendons are attached to the prominent bone on the outer side of the elbow. The ECRB tendon is located in a deeper layer, seems to get less blood supply and is more prone to mechanical irritation when it moves over the bone. Golfers elbow affects the tendons responsible for bending the wrist and rotating the forearm. These tendons originate from the prominent bone on the inner side of the elbow. In the past it was felt that tis is an inflammatory condition, but the changes seen in the diseased tendon under the microscope point towards overuse and repetitive strain as the main problem.


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SIMI VALLEY, CA – The gearheads at Superchargers Online are working hard to better serve their customers and vendors every day. They have outgrown their current facility in Chatsworth, California with supercharger systems stacked up in the hallway and repair parts overflowing the shelves. Now that Superchargers Online is an EATON® Authorized Service Parts Dealer the need for a larger facility is a must.
Superchargers Online is going to more than triple its warehouse space in order to meet the demands of its customers. "Having more parts on the shelf and shipping out an order the same day helps us provide a better service to the customer and increases customer satisfaction immensely," said Brian Zacuto, owner.
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