Our philisophy has always been that a single-track conference is the way to go. "Reducing awkwardness" is an internal mantra at every Úll planning meeting.
The venue really made us re-evaluate our idea of a conference. It has shaped our thinking and inspired us to embrace new possibilities. This year we're shaking it up and introducing "Features" to make use of the amazing spaces and enhance the traditional "talks" format.
Monday will be modelled on last year's Friday: An afternoon start, some talks, some refreshments and an Úll Panel Session.
Tuesday will take the conference in a new direction. We're not asking speakers to speak, we're asking them to produce an exhibit. They aren't getting a time slot, they're getting a room. The result will be a reproducible, regularly run, feature presentation.
There will be enough time for attendees to see every feature, and attendees will be able to choose their own journey. Of course, there's still going to be times when we get together as a full group. There'll be meals, there'll be entertainment and plenty of mingling.
We're excited about this, our speakers are excited. We hope you love it.


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%% Pathing
train.imnet.path = fullfile(getPath,'IMNET_FEATURES.mat');
train.oxford.path = fullfile(getPath,'OXFORD_FEATURES.mat');
train.oxford.phowhistpath = ...
    fullfile(getPath('oxford'),'processed','baseline-hists.mat');
train.oxford.phowclasspath = ...
    fullfile(getPath('oxford'),'processed','imageClass.mat');

test.path = fullfile(getPath,'TEST_SET_FEATURES.mat');

%% Load Data

train.imnet.load = load(train.imnet.path);
train.oxford.load = load(train.oxford.path);
train.oxford.phowhist = load(train.oxford.phowhistpath);
train.oxford.phowclass = load(train.oxford.phowclasspath);

test.load = load(test.path);

classes = {
    'cat'   % 1
    'dog'	% 2
};

%% Prep data
train.imnet.x = cell2mat(train.imnet.load.x);
train.imnet.x = pruneNanInf(train.imnet.x);
train.imnet.y = cell2mat(train.imnet.load.y);
train.oxford.x = cell2mat(train.oxford.load.x);
train.oxford.x = pruneNanInf(train.oxford.x);
train.oxford.y = cell2mat(train.oxford.load.y);

test.x_g = pruneNanInf(test.load.x_g);
test.x_m = pruneNanInf(test.load.x_m);
test.x_gm = [test.x_g test.x_m];
test.nameNum = str2double(test.load.names);

%% Create Datasets

train.imnet.ds = prtDataSetClass(train.imnet.x,train.imnet.y);
train.imnet.ds = train.imnet.ds.setClassNames(classes);
train.oxford.ds = prtDataSetClass(train.oxford.x,train.oxford.y);
train.oxford.ds = train.oxford.ds.setClassNames(classes);

test.ds_g = prtDataSetClass(test.x_g);
test.ds_gm = prtDataSetClass(test.x_gm);

%% Preprocess

zmuv = prtPreProcZmuv;
zmuv = zmuv.train(train.imnet.ds);
train.imnet.ds_zmuv = zmuv.run(train.imnet.ds);
zmuv = zmuv.train(train.oxford.ds);
train.oxford.ds_zmuv = zmuv.run(train.oxford.ds);

zmuv = zmuv.train(test.ds_g);
test.ds_g_zmuv = zmuv.run(test.ds_g);
zmuv = zmuv.train(test.ds_gm);
test.ds_gm_zmuv = zmuv.run(test.ds_gm);

%% Create and Train Classifiers

Classifier = prtClassLibSvm;
tic
train.imnet.classifier = Classifier.train(train.imnet.ds_zmuv);
train.oxford.classifier = Classifier.train(train.oxford.ds_zmuv);
toc
%% see how shitty it is
if 0
truth = train.oxford.ds_zmuv.getTargets; %the true class labels
yOutKfolds = Classifier.kfolds(train.oxford.ds_zmuv,5); %10-Fold cross-validation

[pf,pd] = prtScoreRoc(yOutKfolds);
h = plot(pf,pd);
end

%% Classify

test.imnet.classified = run(train.imnet.classifier, test.ds_g_zmuv);
test.oxford.classified = run(train.oxford.classifier, test.ds_gm_zmuv);

%%
guess1 = test.imnet.classified.data>0;
guess2 = test.oxford.classified.data>0;

q1 = sortrows([test.nameNum guess1],1);
q2 = sortrows([test.nameNum guess2],1);

qq = [1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0]';

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This stuff is so godd I found myself eating it by the spoon full! Spicy but sweet.
Tasty stuff. It's hot, but has lots of great undertones of tropical fruit. Worth the price.
Ya can't beat this for taste, I'm starting to grow peppers and you can bei I will be trying to make this myself.
Absoutley the best hot sauce I have ever had.
Fantastic sweet/jerk flavor, no vinegar and just enough pang to squeeze the sweat from my brow… great on a huge burrito at high altitude!! This sauce brings some funk and leaves ya ready for da islands, brudda.
Great flavor. I like to dip pretzels or chips in it. It's very thick, not great for mixing in stuff. The heat is good when eating it on its own, but definitely not a 9!
This one is damn near perfect. Combining a yummy Jamacian-sauce flavor with a level of heat just one micron over what I consider pleasant, it pushes the envelope–but in a good way!
Cook up some wings/drumettes and drag 'em through this stuff and enjoy…and when I say "drag", I mean sop it good; to those not familiar with the word "sop" (as a Georgia boy living in New England I know you're out there) I mean you should coat it like you were gettin' as much on as you can…like y'all drag lobster through butter.
Good stuff. Hot but dosen't linger too long. its thick, Don't use too much it has a bite. You csn find this at super Target!
I use it on eggs. Not a bad taste, not much fire.
I first found this sauce seated in with a medley of others at a local Cajun restaurant. It?s the type of place that has tons of sauces on the walls and plenty on the table for you to choose from. I immediately recognized the bottle. ?Hey, that?s PAIN over there. Pass it down and taste if you dare!? I was so surprised to see that it was a type that I had never tasted before.
Longing for the ?true? flavor of Jamaica that we found while on the island, myself and a close friend have been searching for a sauce proud enough to bear that label. We honestly do know our Jamaican Sauces. When you?re on the Island all alone and you?re going into places to eat that can only fit you and a hand full of others you better believe that the Jerk Sauce is going to be authentic. Just don?t act like too much of an American Tourist and take whatever is passed to you with a cheery ?Irie Mon? reply and you?ll fit in just good enough.
Let?s face it; some of these places aren?t exactly up to US health standards so you?ve got to cut the smell of the other patrons and local weed with nothing more than good food, good rum, and good sauce.
It is quite an amazing sauce and quite frankly, my personal all-time favorite. You can taste the complexity of the flavors while enjoying the tingling and burning sensations of a true Jamaican Sauce.
Keep in mind that while this truly tasty Jamaican Sauce doesn?t blow the roof off of the Scoville Rating it will hurt you. Please use only in moderation for best enjoyment.
Has flakes of what appear to be dried habanero peppers, with a texture like the dried red pepper in pizza joints. It's hot, fairly tasty, with a strong tomato flavor. It's mild enough to eat on chips and even eat straight.
Although my experience with this sauce is limited to the buffalo burger meal I just had it with, I must say that it has fantastic flavor! Unless I got a weak batch, it's more like a 6 on the scale. Still, it's easily worth the highest price you'll find it for. Get it now!
Excellent flavor without have to drink ice water after every bite. Great for burgers. Nice bottle!
Just (not 5 minutes ago) had about 2 tablespoons on a couple of spring rolls. This sauce goes well with just about everything and is excellent with coctail shrimp. Somewhat moderate, I'd have called it a 7 or 8 myself, but this is an excellent sauce with fruity overtones and excellent habanero flavor.
Excellent combination of sweet and not-to-hot. Use on everything and everday.
Wow i just got this today and it is a heavenly flavored sauce, the heat could have more of a punch though.
Not an expert by any means but this is one of my favorites. Hot, sweet, and distinctive, a little goes a long way.
This is my favorite!!! Awesome taste and just the right heat. Use it for everything!!!
I put a bunch of this on a sandwich, thinking it was a wimpy pepper sauce. I was wrong, it was so hot I had to throw the sandwich out. I sucumbed to the voodoo.
perfect sauce, good heat with perfect flavor.
I have been tasting sauces a while now and by far this is hands down the best tasting sweetest sauce you can find!! The heat and the fruit flavor is so great, OMG I love it.. Pain 100% or Batch 37 Garlic don't even come close to this! I am eating tacos right now and I am amazed. This buries Blair's Sweet Death sauce by a super amount. Crazy Jerry's Brain Damage uses Mandarin as the main ingredient and this is better than that.. This is really really something you have to try….
Best I've had without going to the islands.
I like this hot sauce in general. the flavor is great.. it lends itself well to island foods and buffalo wings. good on steak and chicken too. This is one of my daily use sauces. worth having on hand..
The sauce has a nice heat to it, but what really makes it unique is a smokey-sweet undertone. Definetly worth a try.


Do GGB, CMC, SID, and TMST Weigh Their Weight in Gold?
CLIFTON, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / February 29, 2016 / mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC: XDSL), announced today that the recent Notice of Allowance for a patent covering a Smart Drug Delivery System generated interest at The National Investment Banking Association (NIBA) conference in Hollywood, FL. The inquiries from the presentation titled "A Challenging Journey from Smart Batteries to Smart Drug Delivery Systems" along with the Notice of Allowance for the patent has driven the company to begin the process of forming a 100% wholly owned subsidiary with the sole intention of developing a new and novel Electronic Smart Drug Delivery System.


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9 results for 'Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 277권 2호'
Journal Articles Pharmacology
Ouabain: temporal relationship between the inotropic effect and the in vitro binding to, and dissociation from, (Na + + K + )- activated ATPase.
1973 T Akera et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 55 times
Adenosine Triphosphatases, antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism, Animals, Binding Sites, Cats, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Dogs, Enzyme Activation, Guinea Pigs, Heart,...
On the mechanism of the inhibitory action of the spirolactone SC 9376 (aldadiene) on the production of corticosteroids in rat adrenals in vitro
1973 H. C. Erbler Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
Quartered adrenals of normally fed and of sodium-deficient rats were incubated with and without the addition of stimulators of corticosteroid biosynthesis. The addition of...
The influence of blood flow on the absorption of l- and d-phenylalanine from the jejunum of the rat
1973 D. Winne Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
1.Jejunal loops of anaesthetized rats were perfused (single pass and recirculation) with buffered solutions containing l-phenylalanine (about 30 μM and 30 mM) and...
Comparison between the effects produced by chronic denervation and by cocaine on the sensitivity to, and on the disposition of, noradrenaline in isolated spleen strips
1973 S. Guimarães et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
A comparison was made between the effects of cocaine and denervation on the sensitivity to, on the rate of inactivation of, and on the roles played by iproniazid and...
Stereochemical dependence of pharmacological activity in a series of optically active N-methylated barbiturates
1973 H. P. Büch et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
In a series of N-methylated barbiturates the nature of the cyclic hydrocarbon attached to C-5 does not influence the anesthetic potency ratio of the respective...
Quabain: Temporal relationship between the inotropic effect and the in vitro binding to, and dissociation from, (Na++K+)-activated ATPase
1973 T. Akera et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
The time course of the inotropic response to ouabain in Langendorff preparations was compared with that of the in vitro ATP-dependent (3H)-ouabain binding to cardiac...
The effects of drugs and denervation on removal and accumulation of noradrenaline in the perfused hind-limb of the dog
1973 W. Osswald et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
The removal of noradrenaline by the autoperfused hind-limb of dogs anaesthetized with pentobarbital, as well as the accumulation of noradrenaline in the saphenous vein were...
The metabolic effect of noradrenaline on the isolated canine heart after blockade of the chronotropic action by veratramine
1973 J. Simaan et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
The present study was undertaken to explore the relationship between noradrenaline-induced increases in myocardial contractility, as reflected by the maximal rate of rise of...
Measurement of hydrophobicity, surface activity, local anaesthesia, and myocardial conduction velocity as quantitative parameters of the non-specific membrane affinity of nine...
1973 D. Hellenbrecht et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology cited 0 times
In order to characterize the non-specific membrane affinity of β-adrenergic blocking agents (phenylethanolamino- and phenoxypropanolaminoderivatives), hydrophobicity (i. e....
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Musical Spoons
Only in Newfoundland!
Musical Forks
Music is the poetry of the air. - Jean Paul Richter
In music the passions enjoy themselves. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is. - Noel Coward
Music is a means of rapid transportation. - John Cage
Snoring: 1. Sheet music; 2. Sound sleeping. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Music is the universal language of mankind. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wagner's music is better than it sounds. - Mark Twain
Music is spiritual. The music business is not. - Van Morrison
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. - T S Eliot
My music isn't just music - it's medicine. - Unknown
Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once. - Robert Browning
She who sups with the devil should have a long spoon. - English Proverb
Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things. - G K Chesterton
Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. - Charles Baudelaire
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. - Steve Martin
Music can change the world because it can change people. - Bono
Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't. - Johnny Depp
Punk is defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. - David Byrne
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. - Groucho Marx
Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music. - George Eliot
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. - Elvis Presley
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer
The power of music feels like taking a a nice brake from this busy world. - Millie DeWitt
Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. - Maria Augusta von Trapp
Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse. - Patrick Rothfuss
The trouble with dancing naked is that not everything stops when the music does. - Unknown
My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't. - Simon Cowell
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. - Walter Lippmann
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music. - Thomas Carlyle
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. - Elton John
How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations? - Jane Swan
Boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. - Jack Handey
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. - Van Morrison
The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? - David Sarnoff
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. - Charlie Parker
Morals are an acquirement - like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis - no man is born with them. - Mark Twain
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. - Robert G Ingersoll
Silent Disco: A disco in which all the participants wear wireless headphones to hear the music, thus eliminating noise pollution - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. - Franz Liszt


I've found myself obsessing over a few pixels for the better part of a few hours now, and while doing it I've been thinking how I can slim things down so just the most important is left behind, so the user see the attention to detail we've put in.
Too often we pore over every detail in the hope of everything being 100% perfect, everywhere. I know that's my natural tendency. I think this is something almost unrealistic to expect, or manage for.
Instead, why don't we think of making 100% of the 20% that counts, perfect; rather than 80% of the 100%, which leads to noise?
That way we end up with something which is slimmed down, but the attention to detail will be obvious to those that see the result of what has been done. And then the opportunity is to gradually increase the 20%, or keep it that way. Most often, people only use 20% or less of a product anyways, it's just the way we are.
This is nothing new, so I'm not claiming original thought here – more than anything, this is a little line in the sand to remind me every time I start going down rabbit holes!


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Sløtface announce new album 'Sorry For The Late Reply'
The band's sophomore full-length will drop in January
by Chris Bound: October 25, 2019
News, Music Feed
After delighting us with their brilliant debut album 'Try Not To Freak Out' back in 2017, Norwegian pop-punks Sløtface have now returned to announce the details behind their next studio LP.
The new full-length 'Sorry For The Late Reply' will feature the previously shared tracks 'Sink Or Swim', 'Stuff' and 'Telepathetic', is being previewed by the new single 'S.U.C.C.E.S.S', and is set to be released on the 31st January via Propeller Recordings.
Speaking about their new record, the band said, "It sounds like rock but it's more defined, in a sense. A lot of those stories are very personal to me, but they wouldn't be what they are without the way they've come together in the music."
Have a listen to 'S.U.C.C.E.S.S' in the player and see the album's full tracklisting below.
'Sorry For The Late Reply' Tracklist:
Telepathetic
Tap the Pack
Crying in Amsterdam
Laugh At Funerals
Sorry for the Late Reply
Crying in Amsterdam (reprise)
Baio unveils new singles 'Dead Hand Control' and 'Take It From Me'
With his highly-anticipated new album set to drop later this month, Baio has now returned to deliver a pair of new cuts lifted from his forthcoming... 4 hours 36 min ago
Animal Collective announce new score for documentary 'Crestone'
Having spent the last year releasing music both collectively and apart, two members of Animal Collective have now announced a new score for a... 10 hours 1 min ago
Aerial East shares new single 'Katharine'
With her eagerly-awaited new album dropping in less than a month, Aerial East has now returned to share the next cut to be taken from her forthcoming... 11 hours 52 min ago
Foo Fighters celebrate Dave Grohl's birthday with new single 'Waiting On A War'
With their highly-anticipated new album landing in just a couple of weeks, Foo Fighters have now returned to deliver the next cut to be lifted from... 1 day 4 hours ago
Middle Kids announce new album 'Today We're The Greatest'
After returning at the end of last year with their comeback single 'R U 4 Me?', Middle Kids have now announced their plans for a new studio album,... 1 day 4 hours ago
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets deliver new single 'Pukebox'
With their eagerly-awaited new album landing next month, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are back with a bang as they deliver the next cut to be taken from... 1 day 5 hours ago
Field Music return with new track 'Orion From The Street'
Following on from the release of their much-loved studio album 'Making A New World' last year, Field Music have now returned to share a brand new... 1 day 9 hours ago
Noga Erez announces new album 'KIDS'
Following on from the release of her highly-praised debut LP 'Off The Radar' in 2017, Noga Erez has now announced her plans for a new studio album,... 1 day 11 hours ago
Julien Baker unveils new single 'Hardline'
With her new album set to arrive near the end of next month, Julien Baker has now unveiled the next cut to be lifted from her forthcoming full-length... 2 days 4 hours ago
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Here at Optima Villas, we can provide our guests with an exclusive, luxury concierge service to help them plan the ultimate holiday here in Lanzarote. Our service covers all aspects of your stay with us - from booking excursions and transfers, through to hiring a nanny for the little ones and bespoke shopping basket services.
Click here to find out more about our concierge services with Lanzalux.
If you're looking to take a break from the pool or the beach, there are a wealth of excursions and trips you can take. Our villas in Playa Blanca are in a prime position for both Lanzarote sightseeing and exploring neighbouring islands, too. With the busy island of Fuerteventura and other amazing sights in the Canaries just a short boat or minibus ride away, you can enjoy the best of this gorgeous archipelago when you stay in a Lanzarote villa.
Whether you're diving with dolphins or learning to surf, there are plenty of watersports on offer that will appeal to the whole family. With world-class facilities and a loyal community of surfers and divers at each of the major islands here, those with a taste for oceanic adventure will find an appealing excursion with ease. Playa Blanca boat trips are bound to leave you with lasting memories, giving you the chance to experience action-packed watersports and excursions, or the opportunity to sit top-deck and watch the world sail by - so make sure you peruse the port and see what takes your fancy while you're here.
A fantastic range of maritime adventures depart from the ferry port in Playa Blanca. At the port itself, you'll find a number of reliable boat trip operators offering fun excursions around Lanzarote and other islands in the Canaries. Operators can also take you ashore on some of the most beautiful and unspoilt beaches in the island chain, including hidden coves on La Graciosa and the pristine sands of Papagayo.
Lanzarote trips and excursions offer plenty of opportunity to take in the best of the Canaries' gorgeous landscapes and picturesque towns. Lanzarote excursions from Playa Blanca are a great way to mix activities with relaxation while you're on the island. Some of the must-see destinations on Lanzarote include Timanfaya National Park, a stunning area characterised by volcanoes, and Cueva de los Verdes, an impressive tunnel formed by lava.
Tourist Ticket are the largest operator of excursions in the resort and you can find two of their offices in the town centre and another in the ferry harbour. They offer a number of tours, including an excursion to Los Lobos which costs from €15 per adult and allows guests to explore this fascinating little island at their own leisure. You can also embark on a whale watching tour, which is obviously a big hit with children and costs from €65 per adult, with concessions for kids.
Their best seller is the Fuerteventura Grand Tour, which takes in all of the key historic towns and villages on the island, as well as the amazing Dunas National Park just outside Corralejo. Prices start from €40 per adult.
For something a little more exclusive, book your Playa Blanca boat trip with Chill Out Cruises. Based from the ferry harbour, you can charter one of their boats and sail along the stunning southern shoreline of Lanzarote, dropping anchor in the bays of Papagayo, where guests can swim, snorkel and paddle surf - or simply soak up the sun on deck with a cool drink in hand.


Hugo II: Whodunit was the second game in the Hugo trilogy. Hugo's great uncle has been murdered, and, with Penelope as the only witness, she must discover "whodunit".
Hugo II is now supported by ScummVM, a program designed to let 2D adventure games run on multiple platforms. With ScummVM, Hugo II now runs on modern versions of windows, as well as Linux, Mac OS X, and many consoles such as Dreamcast, Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. For a complete list of platforms supported by ScummVM, see here.
Go inside Hugo II: Whodunit?


Perfect for the hard-working man, this shirt is durable and built to work. Its relaxed fit fits close to the body yet allows plenty of room to move. This ribbed, tagless, crew neck offers raglan sleeves to increase the range of motion, long sleeves, FastDry® technology that wicks sweat away so you remain dry and comfortable, and Stain Breaker technology that releases stains so you look your best. Additionally, there is an open left chest pocket with the Carhartt® logo label sewn to the pocket. The hems are double stitched for added durability, and the Carhartt® Force logo is found on the left sleeve. Constructed of a midweight 5.75 ounce cotton-polyester blend, it is available in black, carbon heather, heather gray, moss, or navy.


The earthquake hit United States the Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 11:11 with a magnitude of 3.8. The closest city with more than 15.000 habitants is Anchorage (United States - US). The epicenter is located at longitude -149.9498 and latitude 61.2008. 3.30 km from Ovalle.


And that means you know what your website is going to be regarding – how would you set out to design and style it?
You need to think about two things. What content should you have on your own site, and secondly, what is their site going to look like? And what will design of the pages look like, the colours etc .
The first thing to take into account is the opportunities that a website gives you. Even if your website will probably be an online store, do not take into account the site as being a catalogue. The advantages of the web is that your website will not have to stick to linear format – it is far from restrictive just like a book. The format with the web means your visitors should be able to dip with your site at any time, and also have the ability to jump about to those parts which are the even more interest to them.
Avoid, therefore , placed your site away like chapters in a book, where soon after chapters depend on information which has been picked up in earlier types. Instead your pages should all be able to stand as items of interest in their particular right, and get links through to other relevant information any visitors might need!
No one needs to commence with a blank bed sheet of daily news – you will find millions of sites already to choose from. The first thing you can use is homework. Look at what other people have completed – no, you are not gonna copy the ideas, however you are trying to look at what that appeals to you, what you think works well, and what converts you off completely!
So you might have looked around, had a handful of ideas. How could you know that your ideas are going to operate? How can you spend hours of abortive attempt?
Learn the gold colored rule? You should make sure your site visitor can find what they want in a maximum of three clicks! You should keep in mind the three just click rule when ever deciding how to set out the pages.
A common suggestion is to use a story board methodology but the issue with a story board is it allows you to think within a linear approach – and since we reviewed above, having a website you will get the ability to proceed backwards and sideward along with forward!
One method of thinking about building a new webpage is to use a mind mapping process, in order to draw up a spider plan.
You start with just your main subject inside the center — this will become your home page.
Next think of the primary topics which will people could expect to find in a site just like yours — on a retail site for instance , the initial layers may perhaps include the catalogue as a general heading. On a site regarding dogs the first layer may be 'breeds'.
You are now able to visit further into each of your subjects. A list for clothes may be divided here in to Men's clothes, Children's garments etc ., as well as the dog breeds may possibly now be outlined as Firearm Dogs, Plaything Breeds etc .
Only a few of your first of all layer menu items can lead to a third coating, but some is going to. To continue the examples previously mentioned, Chidren's outfits may certainly be divided into boys and girls. The Weapon Dogs will probably be divided into the Retrievers, Spaniels etc .
By experimenting with your recommendations on paper from this fashion you can see where your topics match best. It could be that some third level pages healthy under two second layer pages — no problem, you are able to link a webpage to each, and also have it appearing on multiple menu. It can be what makes impression to the visitor that matters!
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Who doesn't love some fun ice cream facts to kick of the summer?
It turns out that ice cream is more than just a dessert. This cool treat has a bit of a history, and we're going to explore it with you.
Whether you're winning your next trivia game or impressing your loved one over a shared pint of ice cream, you can now blow them away with your knowledge.
You might already know some of these cool facts. But some are definitely going to surprise you.
We've shown you an interesting ice cream infographic before. Now, we're counting down even more of the best fun ice cream facts and tidbits we can find.
1. The Introduction of Ice Cream is Unclear
No one really knows who invented ice cream. We have bits and pieces of information. It's enough to put together a basic story, but we don't have all of the answers.
In Ancient Rome, Emperor Nero enjoyed mixing snow with fruit and honey. He frequently sent messengers out to gather snow from the mountains.
Some historians credit Marco Polo with being the first one to bring some type of ice cream to Europe. He had learned it from the Chinese, who had flavored snow with rice and milk to make a creamy dessert.
From there, it progressed. Eventually, ice cream recipes reached the United States a few centuries after Christopher Columbus landed on American soil.
2. Ice Cream Sundaes Were Actually Made For Sundays
There are two competing stories about the invention of the ice cream sundae. Here is the most popular one.
Ice cream sodas were a popular drink you could buy at the local soda shop. However, religious laws forbade shop owners from selling them on Sundays because people were not allowed to indulge in the sugary treats on the Sabbath.
The owner of Ed Berners' Ice Cream Parlor, Edward Berners, decided to get around this law. One day, he served a customer ice cream soda without the actual soda part, so it was just ice cream and syrup.
Soon, the concoction was sold on Sundays as an alternative to ice cream sodas. However, it became so popular it was sold every day. Berners changed the spelling to "sundae" to avoid associating it with the holy Sabbath.
3. The Waffle Cone Was Invented by Accident
In 1904, an ice cream vendor ran out of cones. He was at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and he was facing high demand from guests.
Desperate for a solution, he turned to a waffle vendor nearby. Together, they came up with the idea to mold the waffles into cones and serve the ice cream in there.
Customers loved the idea, and the waffle cone was officially born.
4. America Loves Ice Cream!
The United States is one of the top 3 countries in the world with the highest ice cream consumption.
California is the country's top ice cream producer. That's no surprise, since it's also the top dairy producer in the country.
Can you guess what America's favorite flavor is? If you guessed chocolate, rocky road, or cookies n' creme, you're wrong. It's actually vanilla.
5. The Ingredients of the First Handwritten Ice Cream Recipe Will Disgust You
Sometime around 1668, English noblewoman Lady Anne Fanshawe wrote down the first official ice cream recipe. She originally called it "icy cream," and it called for some pretty strange things.
To prepare the ice cream, the recipe states to boil cream with mace. If that doesn't throw you off, wait till you see what comes next.
For flavor, Fanshawe wrote to use orange flower or ambergris with some sugar. If you don't know what ambergris is, it is essentially whale vomit.
Occasionally, sperm whales suffer from a buildup in their intestines, which ends up coming up in the form of a vomit-like substance. This is known as ambergris, and in the past it was commonly used to make things like candles or perfumes.
6. Which Came First: Chocolate or Vanilla?
If you thought the answer was vanilla, you're wrong. Chocolate was actually invented first.
We generally assume that vanilla ice cream came first because it's the common base that creates many other flavors. However, it wasn't always that way.
7. Ice Cream Used to be a Luxury
Back in the day, ice cream was seen as a luxurious dessert that only the elite could enjoy. It was considered rare and exotic, and remained this way until the late 1800s.
The elite and rich upper-class society members were the only ones who could afford the imported ingredients and the cold storage.
These were also the days before the commercialization and manufacturing of ice cream. Therefore, it wasn't as easy to get for everyone, which led to the exclusivity.
8. There is an Ice Cream Fruit in Hawaii
That's right. There's a Hawaiian fruit that tastes exactly like vanilla ice cream. It's called the inga feuillei, but locals call it the ice cream bean.
It grows on perennial trees in hot climates, and it is enjoyed in many different ways by locals.
9. Astronaut Ice Cream Has Never Actually Been to Space
You've probably seen astronaut ice cream in a handful of gift shops and candy stores. It's essentially freeze-dried ice cream.
But astronaut ice cream is actually not used on space missions. In fact, astronaut ice cream has never been to space at all. Some reports have said it did once, on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968.
However, those reports have been dismissed by Walter Cunningham, the only living astronaut on that mission, who claims that there was never such a thing.
NASA scientists are now coming up with new inventions to help astronauts enjoy ice cream in space. However, this form of ice cream isn't exactly the freeze-dried Neapolitan you might have tasted as a kid.
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The real word for brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. But you can keep calling it brain freeze or frozen headache.
What is brain freeze? In simple terms, you have temperature sensors on the roof of your mouth. When cold objects hit it before your body has time to process, your nerves send a message to your brain that signal heat loss.
This is what brings on that massive headache halfway through eating your ice cream.
To combat brain freeze, hold your tongue against the roof of your mouth. This will help warm your sensors and get your brain out of panic mode.
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We're just jealous we weren't the person who got to do the taste test to get that data!
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Description: The Kurt & Genola Kandler Memorial Trust is available for graduating seniors at North Fremont High School in Ashton, Idaho.
Application requirements for the Kurt & Genola Kandler Memorial Trust are:
Additional Information: The Kurt & Genola Kandler Memorial Trust was established to assist with the educational expenses of students graduating from North Fremont High School in Ashton, Idaho. Award selection will be based on a combination of academic achievements and financial need.
Award Amount: $1,000 annually, non-renewable. The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $1,000.
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As you guys know, I'm a lover of the desert. Just finished my first One Room Challenge and used our time in Santa Fe as inspiration for the transformation of our den. Well, my guests this week, Sara and Rich Combs are living my dream life! They transplanted themselves from the bustle of San Fransisco to the quiet of Joshua Tree, California. But in giving themselves time to slow down, they have left themselves open to experiencing an intense drama of living in close proximity to their natural environment. Their book, "At Home in Joshua Tree: A Field Guide to Desert Living," takes us through four lessons, or mantras, that they've incorporated into their work as designers since making the desert their home. And then Sara and Rich take us through the different parts of the day, from sunrise to moonrise, and how natural light has become entwined with their lifestyle and overall aesthetic. It's full of great ideas, recipes and decor inspiration… I have thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it!


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For the compassionate form of capitalism I believe in to succeed, practical steps must be taken to ensure equality of opportunity.
Currently, most governments in developed countries have a welfare system, also known as a welfare state. In the UK, this welfare state helps people under various categories, such as unemployed, or disable, to get back on their feet, or to simply survive. This is done by the government giving benefits and allowances to these people. For example, if you are of working age but are currently unemployed, you may be entitled to something called the Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA).
Beveridge, the designer of Britain's first comprehensive Social Insurance.
The motives behind this are to a large extent understandable. Many people can't help their physical or mental disadvantages. For example, people born with disabilities and those who fall ill cannot necessarily find themselves to blame. In a fully capitalist society, a Darwinist system could very plausibly ensue. This "survival of the fittest" system would indeed leave those seen as physically and mentally aill unable to compete on a level playing field; on the sidelines, forgotten and discarded. For example, if these disabled or disadvantaged people are unable to have the same employment opportunities as other people, I personally see this as an unfair society. Once they have the same opportunities, it is completely up to the discretion of the employer to employ who they want most.
However, while the motives are understandable, I believe the methods are terribly misguided. The welfare system is flawed fundamentally. 64% of all families in Britain receive some kind of benefit from the government. They rely on the idea that a single government body can somehow decide what welfare and benefits over 20 million families receive. It is impossible to have a "one size fits all" benefits distribution system. This leads to many problems, for which the taxpayer (me and you) ultimately has to pick up the tab for. For example, in 2013/2014, a whopping £3.4bn of benefits was overpaid, due to claimant error, government error or benefit fraud.
This is a damning indictment of the current system, one that can only be fixed by stripping it right back down to the basics. The idea is to offer everyone equal opportunity for improvement and job prospects. This encourages dependent people to get back on their feet, and take personal responsibility for their lives instead of scrounging off government and the taxpayer's money.
The government has already tried to simplify the benefits system, by replacing a whole host of benefits with Universal Credit, something you may have heard of in the news recently. However, the government still holds control over where your benefits go, and you still have to roughly follow how they allocated your personal budget. Furthermore, as well as repackaging a bunch of benefits into Universal Credit, they have actually reduced the total amount entitled to people who claim.
The welfare system needs to be stripped down, and eminent economist, Milton Friedman, I think has the answer: a negative income tax.
Returning liberty to the individual.
This system replaces the complicated mess of benefits by simply giving money people in need. This sum of money depends on your income and need, regardless of physical, health or employment status. Simple.
Currently, if you work for around the minimum wage on 40-hour weeks, your annual income will be around £12,000. Let's say, for argument's sake, we decide that is the maximum threshold to which money can be paid into someone's account as part of the NIT, therefore the ceiling of payout value.
If we decide to set the negative income tax rate at 50%, this means you will receive 50% of the difference between your income and the NIT threshold, on top of your income, as long as you're earning below the threshold.
For example, if your annual income is £8,000, the difference between that and the threshold is £4,000, so you will receive an extra 50% of that difference. You are given an extra £2,000 (50% of £4,000) so your total take home income is £10,000.
At the extreme end of the scale, if you earn no income at all, you will receive 50% of the difference between £0 and £12,000, so you get £6,000 a year.
This guarantees everyone a minimum income of £6,000 a year. While some may challenge this as giving people free money without having to work, this is something the current welfare system closely mirrors too. In fact, NIT creates a better incentive for people to work or seek employment than Jobseeker's Allowance. This is because for every extra £1 you earn, the government will top up 50p extra! Benefits rise positively with income up to the NIT ceiling. By this time a person will ideally have more sustained employment and a stable enough life that they will seek career progression themselves without encouragement from government.
The overall package NIT will provide is also worth less than the package the current welfare system provides to the average claimant. This reduces the unemployment trap where people actually receive more from benefits than if they took a low paid job, which means there is no incentive to work. With the smaller NIT package, people are encouraged to seek work, and also to work for longer hours, something which will boost self-sufficiency.
• All the bureaucracy and red tape involved in the government process of trying to work out the 'How much? When? To who?' of benefits is removed, saving the taxpayer huge amounts of money.
• This removes the possibility of benefit frauds which unfairly take resources and opportunity from honest people in genuine need.
• By giving people in need money as a lump sum, they have freedom to spend it on areas that will help them most. Previously, these people had no choice but to rely on the government to decide what areas would help them most. This will lead to a more efficient use of resources, and reduce government wastage.
The result of all this, to me, would be a fairer, more equitable society for people to live in, where honest work is encouraged, and economic freedom is evenly distributed.


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Erftstadt, Germany. The 90-meter long stretch of panels produces enough electricity for four households. The panel system is a joint project between universities, a research institute and a startup, and can also be used for turning regular streets into solar farms. (Photo by Michael Gottschalk/Getty Images)
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Germany's first solar bicycle lane could be the prototype for the roads of the future. The photovoltaic tiles melt snow and ice, and are capable of absorbing noise.
Germany inaugurated its first solar cycle lane in November. A 90-metre track made up of 150 solar modules that look like cobblestones located in Erftstadt, in the south-western part of the city of Koln.
The bycicle lane in Erftstadt, Germany, is composed of slip-resistant photovoltaic tiles that can melt snow and ice
Some of the characteristics of this bicycle lane are that it's capable of reducing noise as well as melting snow and ice, which limits maintenance costs especially during the winter. According to Donald Muller-Judex, creator of this ambitious project, every square metre costs approximately 250 euros: the Erftstadt bei Koln cycling lane cost just shy of 50,000 euros.
Germany's first solar cycle lane as a prototype for the roads of the future?
The short course created with photovoltaic tiles will be able to provide the local electricity network with a stunning 16,000 kilowatts a year, that is to say 80 for every square metre of the 200 that make up the Erftstadt cycling lane.
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The photovoltaic tiles are made with a dark blue glass so durable that it can withstand the weight of a truck, whilst their peculiar structure will prevent bicycles from slipping as they cross the tiles. This means that this technology could be applied to roads and motorways in the future: calculations made by the company Solmove predict that if German roads were covered with solar tiles they could generate the energy needed to power 20 million electric cars.
Solmove presents #solarroads at the @Tagesspiegel event: watch the video (GERMAN) here: https://t.co/vrKqXBceMA
— Solmove (@Solmove1) 9 maggio 2018
This could be a historic innovation if it's made to coincide with other technological advancements like recharging batteries through induction, putting sensors in the cells of solar tiles to measure traffic flows and optimise traffic lights, all the way to the organisation of traffic by using autonomous vehicles.
Solar energy from the Erftstadt cycle lane as an alternative to coal from the Hambach forest
This bike lane close to Koln also plays a political role, since it's approximately a half hour drive from the Hambach forest. This is the area protected by activists who, at one point, were living in the trees to prevent them from being chopped down for the expansion of coal extraction. The 90-metre-long photovoltaic lane in Erfstadt could pave the way for solar technology applied to bicycle lanes, roads and roofs, becoming an alternative energy source to the lignite from Hambach forest.
Translated by Andrea Cutolo
Read more on these topics: Renewable energy, Cycling, Solar, Bicycles
Strade Aperte, how Milan plans to reduce cars as coronavirus restrictions are eased
Milan has announced one of Europe's most ambitious mobility schemes, known as Strade Aperte (open roads). Its goal is to reduce cars in phase 2 of the lockdown by increasing bike lanes and pedestrian areas.
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Formula 1 aims to reach zero carbon emissions by 2030
Formula 1, the world's most important auto racing championship, has decided to turn the page and aim for carbon neutrality with the support of its teams, drivers and the whole racing circus.
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From "hybrid" culture to the Olympics. Toyota and LifeGate, a decade together for sustainable mobility
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The legendary Vespa is back and it's electric
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The bike helmet that turns you into a Lego figure
The Lego hair bike helmet is the latest Internet craze. For now it's just a prototype but production on a large scale will probably start soon.
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The Volkswagen van is back. It will be electric and self-driving
Heir to the legendary Bulli van of the '60s, the official vehicle of the hippie movement, the new Volkswagen van is electric and self-driving. It has eight seats and can be turned into a living room. It will be produced starting from 2021.
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Copenhagen has more bikes than cars
Copenhagen has achieved an unprecedented result by investing in two-wheel mobility. Bikes now outnumber cars in Denmark's capital.
A new cycling lane glows blue at night in the town of Lidzbark Warminski. It is meant to improve the safety of cyclists and is simply… breathtaking.
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Cape Sharp Tidal Generates North America's First In-stream Tidal Energy at FORCE
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Nova Scotia homes and businesses are now powered by North America's first in-stream tidal turbine.
Cape Sharp Tidal, a partnership between Emera and OpenHydro/DCNS, deployed its two-megawatt turbine two weeks ago at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) test site near Parrsboro.
This milestone marks a turning point for Canada's renewable energy sector. It is the first time clean, renewable in-stream tidal power has successfully been generated from the Bay of Fundy, and the first time a turbine has been grid-connected at FORCE.
"This is a proud, and historic moment in Nova Scotia's global leadership in the responsible development of a new and renewable energy source," said Minister of Energy Michel Samson. "As we make the first in-stream tidal energy connection to the Canadian grid, we are ushering in a new era in marine renewable energy and taking an unprecedented step toward a lower carbon future."
The demonstration open-centre turbine, designed and manufactured by OpenHydro, uses a fraction of the estimated 7,000 megawatt potential of the Minas Passage to power the equivalent of about 500 Nova Scotia homes with energy from tides. A second turbine, planned for deployment in 2017, will make Cape Sharp Tidal one of the largest generating arrays in the world.
The completed four-megawatt demonstration project will displace the need to burn about 2,000 tonnes of coal, and eliminate 6,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of taking 1,000 cars off the road each year. This achievement contributes to Nova Scotia's overachievement on national greenhouse gas reduction goals.
"This is a small but historic step in Nova Scotia's transformation from using imported coal to becoming a leader in clean, local energy," said Tony Wright, general manager of FORCE. "This achievement is the result of many people working to make all aspects of this project fit together – from environmental approvals to subsea cables to grid connection. How far can in-stream tidal grow? Now the most important research begins."
FORCE has invested $30 million in onshore and offshore electrical infrastructure to allow demonstration turbines to connect to the power grid. In total, more than 125 organizations contributed to the creation of the FORCE facility and its research and monitoring programs. More than 90 per cent of those are from Nova Scotia.
Cape Sharp Tidal has invested tens of millions of dollars to develop the local tidal industry and supply chain, and has met its commitment to spend 70 per cent of first-phase project costs in Nova Scotia. More than 300 people have been employed on the project in areas such as fabrication, environmental monitoring, engineering, health and safety, marine services and more. Nova Scotia's tidal energy industry has the potential to create up to 22,000 jobs and contribute as much $1.7 billion to the economy.
This year, FORCE has collected additional data on sound, and on fish and marine mammals. This work will complement additional fish, lobster, marine mammal, seabird and noise studies at FORCE. Monitoring reports will be shared with regulators and the public, and will contribute to a growing international body of research.
Monitoring at other tidal sites around the world has not observed a single collision between ocean life and turbines in a marine environment. Nova Scotia will now have the opportunity to test these findings in the Minas Passage.
"This is a huge achievement for Cape Sharp Tidal, a company combining DCNS, OpenHydro and our partners Emera," said Thierry Kalanquin, chairman of OpenHydro and senior vice-president, Energy and Marine Infrastructure at DCNS. "In two hours within one tidal cycle, we deployed an open-centre turbine in the Bay of Fundy and soon after, secured the export of power to the Nova Scotian grid.
"Emera's investment in Cape Sharp Tidal is an investment in Nova Scotia's renewable energy future," said Nancy Tower, chief corporate development officer of Emera Inc. "We're already seeing growth and momentum in this new Nova Scotia tidal industry. It's a promising economic driver and an important local source of clean energy with benefits for the whole province."
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North America's first in-stream tidal turbine is now
powering homes in Nova Scotia. Last week, Cape Sharp Tidal
installed a two-megawatt, in-stream tidal turbine at the
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, or FORCE, test site
near Parrsboro.
The turbine is producing enough energy to power 500 Nova
Scotia homes.
This is the first of two demonstration turbines planned.
Together, they will power 1,000 homes in Nova Scotia with a
local, renewable energy source. Tidal energy holds great promise
in tackling climate change. Just two turbines will displace
6,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. That's equal to taking
more than 1,000 cars off the road every year.
Already more than 300 people are working on this project,
and more than 250 Nova Scotia companies are involved in the
tidal supply chain. Nova Scotia's tidal energy industry has the
potential to create up to 22,000 jobs and contribute as much 1.7
billion dollars to the economy.
Cape Sharp Tidal is a joint venture partnership between
Emera and OpenHydro/DCNS.
Marla MacInnis
Department of Energy 902-424-2917 Cell: 902-499-6428 Email: marla.macinnis@novascotia.ca
Matt Lumley
FORCE 902-406-1166 x2 Email: matt.lumley@fundyforce.ca
Sarah Dawson
Cape Sharp Tidal 902-471-4497 Email: sarah.dawson@capesharptidal.com


Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,710,944) for "electronic document thinning" that involves is iBooks Author software. iBooks is a free ebook app that allows you to read publications purchased at the iBooks Store. iBooks Author lets you create iBooks textbooks (as well as other types of books) for the iPad and Mac.
The patent involves a system for authoring, publishing, and distribution of electronic documents is provided. The system includes a content authoring and publishing application to author and publish electronic documents, a content distribution system to distribute electronic documents, and a set of user devices that include digital content viewing applications that are used to read the electronic documents. The content authoring and publishing application is used to author and publish high-resolution versions of electronic documents.
The high-resolution version of each document is associated with a set of annotations for each high-resolution image in the document. The annotations allow an electronic document thinning tool in the content distribution system to create a low-resolution version of each image and generate a low-resolution version of the electronic document without receiving low-resolution images from the author of the document.


If it seems to you that the world has fallen head over heels for stainless steel, you'd be correct! Stainless steel is an extremely sought-after material for numerous reasons.
First, it's resilient. That means a stainless steel manufactured product is destined to last. Secondly, it has a modern appeal. Ultra-modern designers love working with stainless steel for its aesthetic properties. Lastly, it gives a sense of elegance and luxury to any space. Even though stainless steel is completely affordable — as in the case of our stainless steel cabinet handles, drawer pulls and other hardware — it still looks as if it were pricier!
When your design project requires hardware with a contemporary edge, browse the Cliffside Industries, Ltd. collection of stainless steel cabinet hardware. Our Stainless Steel Suite is available in a variety of finishes and styles for cabinets and appliances large and small. Because this hardware suite is crafted from true stainless steel instead of cheaper materials, you'll never have to worry about durability. Plus, it's easy to clean when you follow the manufacturer's directions.
In a contemporary-looking kitchen — This could be a kitchen in private house or even the kitchen area used by company employees at a business location. Stainless steel is extremely hard-working, and its shininess tends to draw the eye. However, it doesn't take away from the other elements of the space, which is important to many customers who want the stainless steel cabinet hardware they choose to complement the design of their food preparation and eating space, rather than stand out on its own.
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In the laundry room or similar work area — If you have cabinets, you have a need for cabinet hardware! However, the hardware that comes with the cabinets isn't always suitable to your taste or the ambiance of the room. In those cases, stainless steel cabinet hardware can provide a pleasant upgrade even to basic cabinets.
Where will you use your stainless steel hardware purchased through Cliffside Industries? Remember that you can enjoy different sizes and shapes of all the stainless steel items offered at our site. If you don't see exactly what you're looking for, feel free to give us a call. We're here to assist you and make your next project gleam!
The contemporary Stainless Steel Hardware Suite is available in a brushed natural finish. Crafted from stainless steel material, not aluminum or carbon steel, this collection contains two distinct styles of cabinet and drawer pulls. Each pull style is available in multiple finishes: the T305 with 13; and the T366 with 6. Three knob styles are available in this collection, including one to coordinate directly with the T305 series. The D85 series pulls, with their 1-inch diameter bar, are designed for small and large appliances, with sizes ranging from 14 inches to 64 inches in overall length.
Whichever series you choose, the Stainless Steel cabinet hardware suite will provide the ideal finishing touch for your contemporary design project. Also, when your order totals more than $1,000, Cliffside Industries is pleased to offer complimentary ground shipping.
Cliffside Industries, Ltd. began in 1987 with one man and one knob. Since then, our family-owned and operated business has grown to include a diverse range of high quality cabinet hardware products, including the Stainless Steel cabinet hardware suite. Renowned in the industry for superior customer service and outstanding attention to detail, we are proud of our reputation for providing high quality products crafted from high quality materials.
Browse our online catalog and discover why our Stainless Steel Suite and other home cabinet hardware make us a top choice of designers, builders, remodelers and kitchen and bath dealers everywhere. Our goal is to serve the hardware needs of customers who desire ageless, elegant products constructed with precision and delivered with careful attention. Whether your design project is large or small, Cliffside Industries, Ltd. can provide the finishing touches that will make your project stand out. Let us serve your needs today.


Recent research has shown that a cautious "injury" (also called "priming") of the endometrium in the cycle before in vitro fertilization may increase the chance of pregnancy and childbirth.
It is not known if endometrial priming increases the chances of pregnancy in all women.
We suggest that endometrial priming is considered if there have been embryos of good quality two or more times without having achieved pregnancy.
Endometrial priming made about a week before the expected menstruation cycle before IVF treatment.
Treatment consists of a very careful and superficial scraping with a 2 mm thin plastic tube for 5-10 seconds. The procedure may induce a slight menstrual-like pain.
Endometrial "injury" performed prior to the embryo transfer cycle improves clinical pregnancy and live birth rates in women undergoing ART. It is advisable not to perform endometrial injury on the day of oocyte retrieval because it appears to significantly reduce clinical and ongoing pregnancy rates. There is insufficient evidence regarding the effect of endometrial injury on multiple pregnancy or miscarriage and none on adverse events such as pain and bleeding.
The thin plastic tube used for endometrial "priming" - with a match next to it to illustrate size.


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LEARNING GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Book author Mark Edmondson shares his story behind his book and Google Analytics
Learning Google Analytics: Mark Edmondson at #WAWCPH
The most inspirational brands are created by visionaries who see an opportunity to provide a product or service to the market, in a way that no other brands are doing.
Creating, launching and the ultimate success of a brand is a long and treacherous journey but has the rewards for the customers, company behind the brand and the brand entrepreneur.
What are the attributes behind a successful brand that need to be identified from inception?
Who are the important people behind a new brand's success?
How should a brand
Communicate its core attributes
Stimulate the emotions of its customers
Deliver the right customers
This webcast episode brings together 3 contemporary entrepreneurs who have created brands that are set to take on the world. Three different entrepreneurs with 3 very different brands sharing their knowledge, experience and brand aspirations for the future.
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Co-Founder and Partner
Copenhagen Distillery
ANDERS M. FRANDSEN
Anders could be known as a 'serial brand creator', co-founding five brands including the Copenhagen Distillery brand which was founded in 2014.
Copenhagen Distillery enhances the brand experience with Anders and his partners actively supporting a community spirit around music and the arts with live performances, exhibitions and talks held regularly in the distillery stage area.
As a co-founder and partner of Thank You Studios, a creative agency that has clients such as Ferrari, Amazon, eBay and Swatch, Anders is experienced in working with internationally known brands. This experience has enabled Anders to instil a strong identity for the Copenhagen Distillery Brand.
See Anders on Linkedin
Good Monday
MIK STRØYBERG
Mik has a passion and expertise with scaling companies. He oversees product marketing, building organizational structures and executing all elements of various commercial approaches.
In 2017 he launched Good Monday, a workspace management platform with the mission to 'empower businesses to create better workspace experiences for their employees'.
Mik's career journey has nurtured his entrepreneurial spirit, from working with one of Denmark's media brand's Berlingske, working in sales, marketing and product management. He then focused to online publishing platforms with the then startup, Issuu. Mik went on to creating his own startup brands in Copenhagen and then in New York.
Over the years, Mik has successfully raised funding rounds for the startup brands, which he has created and also successfully exited from earlier startup brands.
See Mik on Linkedin
Vuffeli
MADS SMITH
Mads is an active entrepreneur in his mid twenties and co-founder of Vuffeli. He has self funded and raised investment capital creating the Vuffeli brand in 2018. Vuffeli is a native online brand serving its customers who are dog owners with pet food that is tailored to the breed, age and sex of the animal and delivered to their door.
As a co-founder of an online brand, it was a major pivot for Mads from studying biomedical engineering at DTU and having little, to no experience in online marketing. The journey for Mads has been an ongoing discovery of the online world, but using fresh eyes and an open mind to see things in a different way, has proved an advantage as the online world continues to rapidly change.
With seed capital raised in 2019 and an A round of funding in 2020, these injections gives Mads the opportunity for the launch the brand into 8 additional markets, and further developing their product technology to expand into serving veterinarians by building online tools.
In 2022, will see Vuffeli product line with new developments and new technology that will enable the brand to expand and scale into further international markets.
See Mads on Linkedin
JOMAR REYES – HOST
Jomar Reyes is the architect of the Brand Leadership Community. He also serves in the Advisory Group, working on strategy for community, marketing, media production and social media. He also consults to international brands in these areas through DCN Nordic.
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I am thinking of having Vaser high-definition on the cheeks and the entire chin area.
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I would like to have Vaser done on my flanks, upper/lower abdomen and love handles.
What are the side effects, what happens with the excess skin, does the fat comes back after having a Vaser procedure?
I had Vaser Liposuction on my inner thighs. Fluid gathered and has now become a solid itchy, uncomfortable, protruding lump.


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'Winter's Tale' — Shakespeare's Problem Play Nearly Solved by Loving Hands
Posted on May 18, 2013 by Steve
Hannah Yelland as Hermione, Mark Harelik as Leontes, Sean Arbuckle as Polixenes in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of 'The Winter's Tale.' Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
It's a tragedy, and a comedy. It's magical, like Midsummer Night's Dream; pastoral, with hints of As You Like It; everything, save the death of a stray son, works out in the end. The first half risks sending you screaming into the night; the second half is so slight in places it might blow away. And the denouement — well that's from another planet altogether. Somehow, a dead wife — sculpted in stone and then brought to life — brings smiles and sighs, not hoots, at least in the stunning production currently on view at Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Have you ever seen A Winter's Tale? Forgive the plot summary but see if you can follow this hot mess. It's the story of Leontes, insanely jealous King of Sicily, who sacrifices his family when he suspects, for no apparent reason, that his wife Hermione (the luminous Hannah Yelland) is bedding his boyhood friend, Polixenes, King of Bohemia.
This isn't the kind of jealousy nurtured by an evil courtier, as in Othello, but rather, it emerges toxic and full blown. It so dominates the first half of the play that it's hard to stay seated and watch the cancerous emotions consume the king.
Mark Harelik, with a hooked nose that leads his face into trouble, is the irrational monarch. He banishes the baby he assumes to be his wife's bastard (we haven't mentioned that she is glowingly, ripely pregnant), induces the death by sadness of his young son, and causes his wife to "swoon" and die, completing a royal flush of his loved ones. The king's trusted advisor Camillo flees with Polixenes back to Bohemia — and Leontes is left to mourn his misbegotten life. We know, although he does not, that his infant daughter, Perdita, has not been killed, but rather left in the forest to be rescued by an old shepherd, thanks to the mercy of the Sicilian noblewoman Paulina and her husband Antigonus.
After intermission, we're in a forest sixteen years later. Perdita has grown up to be a beauty, and in an ironic twist, she and Florizel, the son of Polixenes, are sweethearts. The old shepherd is living well on the money he found along with the baby, and Camillo, who fled Leontes' court with Polixenes, yearns to go home. We meet another new character in the forest, an unreconstructed scalawag named Autolycus — a drunk, who robs his way through the merry bunch there.
Aside from the couple of characters who cross between stories at this point – what could possibly connect these worlds? That's where director Rebecca Taichman's concept shines.
Let's step back a moment – anyone producing this play has a number of options to make it into a satisfying whole. A familiar solution is to present it as a fairy tale — so that the outsized emotions of the characters and the not-quite-realistic events and the two mismatched settings all fit into that storybook framework. Another solution would be to wink at the audience, saying in effect — "we all agree that this isn't quite real, but suspend your disbelief with us and we'll take you someplace emotionally pleasing." But Taichman goes still further — with a tactic I can't know is completely her own, but which seems like a master stroke.
She has the actors double in the two halves of the story — so that the actor who plays Leontes also appears as the rascally Autolycus, alleviating our anger and disgust at the king's actions; the dead son of Leontes becomes his lovely teenaged daughter, erasing the pain we felt at the boy's death; the king's loving friend Antigonus (who has been eaten by a bear as he fell victim to Shakespeare's most famous stage direction) is played by the same actor who portrays the old shepherd… and on and on.
The two inconsistent, incompatible halves suddenly become one play, even before the two worlds meet back in the king's court, where Leontes is introduced to the statue of his wife, which then comes incredibly to life (or perhaps she has been alive all along). Magical realism, or realistic magic, the play ends with the weddings, music and mirth of any Shakespearean comedy, but with the darkness of its awful first act not completely dispelled.
Director Rebecca Taichman has come a long way toward taming the untameable Winter's Tale.
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If you have a small bathroom, designing how it'll look may seem like a tough task. Nobody likes to feel crammed in the bathroom. Luckily, there are plenty of small bathroom ideas to make the space feel bigger than it is.
When planning how your small bathroom will look, there are a few factors you need to consider. For example, configuring the sink, toilet and shower as well as making enough space for storing various toiletries.
We've come up with some great small bathroom ideas to help open up the room and make you forget how small it actually is.
One of the most important factors when figuring out how to design a small bathroom is to make sure everything has a purpose. Adding small items and knick-knacks will make your small bathroom feel cluttered.
That's not to say you can't have any design elements in your bathroom. There are plenty of ways to blend style and functionality.
No matter the size, it's crucial that there's enough storage space in your bathroom. You pack a lot of things in the bathroom from rolls of toilet paper to medicine to towels and everything in between.
Not having a good storage layout will make your bathroom feel cluttered and constrained in a hurry. You can find extra storage in the area above the toilet and use shelves to store items.
Another storage method is to make the most of the area under the sink, but don't over-do it because that's when things start to become a mess.
Some of the best storage ideas for small bathrooms are found on the walls. Using wall space for storage is a great way to get things off the ground and make the area feel more spacious.
For some more bathroom storage inspiration, check out this article.
One of the most common placements for sinks in the bathroom is right in the middle on the wall. However, this can make a small bathroom feel even smaller.
One way to counteract this is to install a corner sink. This allows for easy maneuvering throughout the bathroom and easy access to your shower doors or cabinets.
You'll be amazed at how much moving your sink to a corner will open up the room.
You can create the illusion of a bigger bathroom by having large patterns on your wall paint or wallpaper and the flooring. It's a classic trick that's proven to work and home stagers often use it when showing houses.
The use of large patterns tricks the eye and brain into thinking there's more space than there really is and helps make the bathroom appear larger.
Having a traditional shower door in a small bathroom isn't such a good idea if you want to make the area seem as big as possible. One of the more popular small bathroom ideas is to get rid of the shower door and replace it with a glass panel.
A glass panel will slide side to side and since it's transparent, it'll make the room feel more open. Or, you can go the extra step and completely rid your bathroom of any shower walls or barriers.
Creating a seamless transition in your bathroom is a surefire way to open it up and make the room feel bigger. If you do plan on doing this, you'll need to make sure your entire bathroom floor is waterproof and the shower area slopes towards the drain.
People often forget about their bathroom windows, but they can be a huge help when trying to make a small bathroom feel bigger. Larger windows in the bathroom can really open up the room.
Plus, they'll let a lot of natural light in which can help save money on electric bills by not having to always turn on the lights.
If you feel that having larger windows might seem uncomfortable in terms of privacy, you can have frosted or privacy glass installed in them.
If you do decide to replace your windows in the bathroom, you need to go the route of vinyl windows. Your bathroom sees a tremendous amount of moisture and wood windows will fail very quickly.
Also, living in the Midwest, you need windows that can withstand every weather condition and vinyl does just that. The best vinyl windows come from Feldco.
You can even have them finished in a wood grain to get the appeal of wood windows without all the negatives. Get a free quote now for the best windows in the Midwest so you can get the spacious feeling you want in your bathroom.
Almost all bathrooms already have a mirror and their purpose goes beyond helping you get ready. If you don't have a mirror in your small bathroom, get one. They help create a sense of depth to the room and will make it feel more spacious.
Complement your mirror by adding accents of chrome or silver around the bathroom to help reflect the light. If possible, place your mirror so that the natural light from your windows reflects off of it as well.
There are many small bathroom ideas to help make it feel less cluttered and constrained. You need to make sure everything serves a purpose and is a functional aspect of your small bathroom. You can't afford to waste space with useless knick-knacks and decor.
Your bathroom windows play a major role in your bathroom's perceived size. You can create an open atmosphere with bigger windows or just more open ones such as picture windows.
Trust Feldco for all your replacement window needs. We've served over 400,000 homeowners and you can get a free quote right now to start your journey to making your bathroom feel bigger.