Being in an open plan office is distracting - I've seen the brain scans to prove it! Your brain simply doesn't work as well as it could.
Have you ever found it hard to focus? Or struggled to find the space to give your brain time to think? If so, have you ever thought about sitting with a cardboard box on your head?! Believe it or not, one of my clients swears by this technique! Whenever he needs time to think, he pops a box on his head to help channel his thoughts.
Now I'll admit, this is a somewhat unorthodox way of helping you re-gain focus but by giving your brain time to think you can release the power of your unconscious mind, making spontaneous connections and thus increasing your productivity.
Taking space is something we do automatically in our downtime and sleep, but frequently in the world of work and in our busy lives, we don't have enough space, so the power of our unconscious is underused. We often feel it is irresponsible or lazy to give ourselves space, but that space is in fact, exceptionally productive.
Space gives your unconscious brain time to think. Instead of constantly pulling information into your conscious brain, you take some space to ensure your brain can properly process and distil matters, enabling you to make new connections between seemingly unrelated thoughts — and allowing a bubble of insight to surface. Without space we're simply not as smart!
Taking some time out or downtime is an incredibly powerful aspect of the creative process. That space harnesses your brain's power to come up with that lightning bolt of inspiration!
Whilst putting a cardboard box on your head may not be your thing, try building space into your daily routine. Get into healthy habits that work well for you whatever you're doing and wherever you are. As a simple example, you might spend 20 minutes going for a walk after every 90 minutes of concentrated deskwork: this is taking space. Acquire good sleeping habits and good posture. Eat healthily and do regular exercise. Learn stress control and mindfulness practices. Enjoy life and be playful. Hug your partner. Appreciate humour, wit and laughter. Keep your brain active by doing puzzles and stretching your memory. Keep learning. And even on the busiest days you can always go and make a cup of tea!


We compare the leading Lithium batteries from Simpliphi and Pylontech against advanced deep-cycle lead-acid batteries from Narada and BAE.
We compare the Tesla Powerwall 2 with the popular LG Chem RESU lithium battery which considered the leading competitor to the Powerwall, plus the well known German Sonnen and the large Chinese manufacturer BYD.
Winaico is unique in the solar world being a family run enterprise who focus on delivering quality solar panels and have become one of the most trusted manufacturers on the market, offering a 15 year product warranty which is 5 years higher than the 10 year industry average and 25 performance warranty.
We review the best quality solar panels from leading manufacturers LG energy, SunPower, Trina, REC and Winaico with the highest performance, efficiency, warranties and reliability.
We discuss what is required to build a quality and reliable off-grid solar system and highlight the best inverters and battery storage systems for off-grid installations.
Sonnen founded in 2010 is the leading Germany lithium battery system manufacturer and is the largest residential battery company in Europe. We review the latest Sonnen battery systems which are now being manufactured in South Australia.
A close-up look at the Redback hybrid solar inverter and PylonTech lithium battery.


Multiple bomb hoaxes across Russia have led to tens of thousands of people being evacuated from public buildings in the past four days.
On Wednesday, the luxury GUM shopping centre in Moscow was evacuated and in the capital alone at least 50,000 people have been affected.
It is claimed at least 130,000 people have been evacuated in the past two days alone.
Amateur footage shows members of the public being evacuated from shopping centres, railway stations and universities as they respond to telephone warnings about an alleged explosive device in the building.
The source of the threats is unknown but officials are suggesting they are from outside Russia through scrambled internet connections which make them difficult to trace.
With pro-Kremlin newspapers saying it is a "major hacking attack" possibly from Ukraine.
Speculaton that the threats are part of a Russian-borne anti-terror exercise have been rejected by leading politicians.
More than 200 organisations have been targeted nationwide.


Our friends at Singer Vehicle Design have finally revealed their Dynamic and Lightweight Study restoration at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
You've probably already heard that Singer retained Williams Advanced Engineering for assistance with engine development, lightweighting, aero, and suspension, but the list of companies and individuals who have contributed to this project reads like the who's who of Porsche world.
Developing an air-cooled, four-litre, flat six is no small feat, so of course Hans Metzger was brought in to provide his unique insight. The same goes for the aerodynamics and while Williams did plenty of CFD work, Norbert Singer gave the project his expertise. Amazing.
Singer is undoubtedly the platinum standard when it comes to mind-bending Porsche 911 restorations, so naturally their DLS project is rather unique. The word bespoke gets thrown around all too often, however, there is plenty of bespoke work that's gone into the DLS.
Custom control systems, including ABS, traction and stability control are by Bosch. Williams developed the unique suspension. Hewland did the gearbox. Carbon ceramic brakes are by Brembo. Truly bespoke tires – Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s – were done in sizes specific to the DLS. Custom carbon fibre seats are by Recaro, and there's a carbon fibre wheel from MOMO.
The DLS is rumoured to weigh in at less than 1,000 kilos, which should make this one of the most exciting 911s ever to grace the road, never mind the Goodwood hillclimb.
Singer is limiting DLS restorations to seventy-five and all of those cars will be restored at a dedicated Singer facility at Williams, known as Singer at Grove.
The Porsche 911 restored by Singer Vehicle Designs that I drove remains the best car I've ever driven. Check out the review here on YouTube.
Images courtesy of Singer Vehicle Design.


Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh MP is encouraging young primary producers and managers to submit an application to the 2019 round of Nuffield Farming Scholarships.
Mr Walsh said the awarding of a Nuffield Farming Scholarship is one of the most prestigious recognitions of achievements and potential in the field of agriculture.
A $30,000 bursary is available for successful applicants to study cutting edge global agriculture. The tenure is 16 weeks over 18 months with flexibility provided.
"The scholarship will provide a wonderful opportunity to meet some stimulating people, see different farming systems, expand knowledge and travel overseas to explore the best the world has to offer.
"I am sure the experiences and expertise gained will be a valuable asset not only for the scholar's own business, but for the community and the industry," Mr Walsh said.
Applications close on 15th June 2018.


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The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of intraoperative navigation in combination with ultrasonography. Between December 2008 and June 2009, 19 patients with brain mass lesions underwent surgery with the aid of a TREON navigation system (Medtronic) along with SonoSite ultrasonography. The ultrasonographic image was directly integrated into the navigation system, and the findings were compared. Intraoperative ultrasonography provided immediate ongoing information about the anatomy and pathological lesions. Image overlay of the sonographic display and corresponding topographic scans using this system was able to provide an estimate of brain shift. Thus, Doppler ultrasonography demonstrated flow signals from the surrounding vessels. Using this type of assistance, gross total removal of the lesion was performed in all cases. Intraoperative ultrasonography supported by a navigation system resulted in satisfactory removal of the lesions.
One of the most problematic complications of STA-MCA bypass is cerebral hyperperfusion (CHP). We studied the benefit of intraoperative mFV measurement for prediction of CHP after bypass surgery. A total of g patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease (6 males and 3 females, mean age 61 years) underwent intraoperative measurement of STA mFV. In 2 patients, the mFV showed a significant 9-fold increase compared to the preoperative mFV, and postoperative SPECT also showed asymptomatic CHP on day 3. These results suggest the benefit of measurement of STA mFV for prediction of CHP.
Background and Objectives: Detection and evaluation of carotid plaque using conventional two-dimensional (2D) carotid ultrasonography is not sufficient for evaluating the three-dimensional extent of the plaque. We have therefore been applying the latest technique of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography to observe the three-dimensional aspects of carotid plaque. The present study was performed to compare morphological changes in plaque before and during treatment with fluvastatin using 3D ultrasonography.
Methods: The subjects were 13 patients with carotid plaque (M:F = 9:4,65 ± 11 years old). Serum LDL cholesterol levels in these patients exceeded 140mg/dl. 3D plaque images were acquired using a VOLUSON 730 expert (GE Healthcare) with a 3D/4D probe. Volume of plaque, axial plaque area and maximum intima-media thickness (Max-IMT) were measured and compared every 3 months during administration of fluvastatin at 20mg/day.
Results: Carotid plaque volume (0.509 ± 0.576cm3) was reduced at 3 months after the start of fluvastatin administration (0.426 ± O.537cm3 p = 0.001). Axial plaque area (0.251 ± 0.145cm2) was reduced at g months (0.229 ± 0.158cm2, p = 0.039), and Max-IMT (2.649 ± 1.036mm) was reduced at 12 months (2.469 ± 0.997mm, p=0.010).
Conclusions: 3D ultrasonography is useful for monitoring the three-dimensional aspects of carotid plaque with high reliability. The present findings indicate that fluvastatin improves the morphology of atherosclerotic carotid plaque by reducing its volume.
The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of acceleration time (AcT) determined by sonography for evaluation of severe stenosis in the internal carotid artery (iCA). We evaluated 127 ICAs and common carotid arteries (CCAs). Linear- and convex-array probes were used for sonographic assessment, and the peak systolic flow velocity (PSV) at the carotid bulb was evaluated by the pulsed Doppler method. The linear-array probe was set in the CCA 2cm above the carotid sinus, and the convex-array probe was set in the ICA 3cm above its origin to measure the Doppler waveform. The Act ratio was calculated as ICA/AcT of the ipsilateral CCA and correlated with the PSV. Simple regression analysis and the receiver operating characteristic curve were used to examine the relationship between the AcT ratio and PSV. There was a significant relationship between the PSV and AcT ratio. Based on the receiver operating characteristic curve, the sensitivity and specificity of the AcT ratio using a cutoff level of 2.0 were 90.0% and 96.6%, respectively, for diagnosis of a PSV exceeding 200cm/s. These results suggest that an AcT ratio of 2.0 reflects a degree of stenosis exceeding 70%.
We report an 81-year-old man who suddenly felt weakness of the right upper and lower extremities. He was admitted to our hospital within 1 hour after onset Neurological examination revealed consciousness disturbance and right hemiparesis. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (hflHSS) score in the emergency room was 7. As the neurological impairment was completely resolved in the emergency room, we diagnosed the patient as having a transient ischemic attack. However, 5 hours after admission, aphasia and right hemiparesis recurred with a NIHSS score of 5, and MR angiography demonstrated occlusion of the left internal carotid artery (ICA) corresponding to hyper-intense lesions in the left frontal lobe on diffiasion-weighted imaging. We treated the patient with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) while monitoring the left ICA using carotid ultrasonography. Initially, the blood flow velocity in the left ICA showed an occluded pattern, and then 30 minutes after starting IV t-PA, the left ICA demonstrated diastolic flow velocity. After several minutes, the flow pattern in the left ICA changed to a normal one. The neurological manifestations showed dramatic improvement, with a NfflSS score of 1. Carotid duplex ultrasonography appears to be a promising tool for observation of recanalization after ICA occlusion.


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Appeals Court Rules Against Nursing Home: Bankruptcy Cannot Affect Prevent Cancellation of Medicare or Medicaid Contacts
On July 11, 2016, a federal appeals court stated that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block government health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid payments to a Florida nursing home that was alleged to have violated patient-care regulations. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) in the dispute with nursing home operator Bayou Shores SNF LLC (Bayou Shores).
The Violations.
In 2014, state inspectors cited a St. Petersburg nursing home operated by Bayou Shores. Contending that the violations posed a threat to patients' health and safety, federal officials notified Bayou Shores that they were terminating an agreement that included Medicare payments, according to the court's decision.
Bayou Shores subsequently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and asked the bankruptcy court to prevent the state and federal agencies from ending the Medicare payment agreements. The bankruptcy judge sided with Bayou Shores and blocked the termination of the contracts. This led the government agencies to appeal to the local U.S. District Court.
Bankruptcy Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction.
The U.S. District Court judge ruled that the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction over the payment agreements, prompting Bayou Shores to appeal the case to the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. After review, the three-judge panel issued a 66-page ruling on Monday July 18, 2016. The decision gave a detailed analysis of federal legislation involving federally funded healthcare programs and bankruptcy law. It and upheld the ruling by the U.S. District judge concluding that the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction to make a decision affecting the agreement.
Click here to read the 66 page ruling.
"HHS, not the bankruptcy court, has been charged by Congress with administering the Medicare Act and regulating Medicare providers," the ruling written by Judge Raymond Clevenger III said. "And though charged with broad jurisdiction to deal with issues related to a debtor's bankruptcy estate, bankruptcy courts generally lack the institutional competence or technical expertise of HHS to oversee the health and welfare of nursing home patients or to interpret and administer a 'massive, complex health and safety program such as Medicare.'"
Don't Wait Until It's Too Late; Consult with a Health Law Attorney Experienced in Medicare and Medicaid Issues Now.
The attorneys of The Health Law Firm represent healthcare providers in Medicare audits, ZPIC audits and RAC audits, surveys and inspections of nursing homes, and termination of Medicare and Medicad provider agreements, throughout Florida and across the U.S. We also represent physicians, medical groups, nursing homes, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, pharmacies, hospitals, occupation therapists (OTs), physical therapists (PTs), speech therapists (STs), rehabilitation therapists (RTs) and other healthcare providers and institutions in Medicare and Medicaid investigations, audits, recovery actions and termination from the Medicare or Medicaid program.
For more information please visit our website at www.TheHealthLawFirm.comwww.TheHealthLawFirm.com or call (407) 331-6620 or (850) 439-1001.
Morning Edition. "Appeals court rules against nursing home in Medicare fight." Tampa Bay Business Journal. (July 12, 2016). Web.
Brahm, Phil. "Court confirms: Nursing home can't use bankruptcy to preserve Medicare, Medicaid agreements." McKnight's. (July 12, 2016). Web.
About the Author: George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. He is the President and Managing Partner of The Health Law Firm, which has a national practice. Its main office is in the Orlando, Florida area. www.TheHealth Lawfirm.com The Health Law Firm, 1101 Douglas Ave., Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, Phone; (407) 331-6620.
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Chiropractors have helped countless patients recover from chronic back and neck pain — especially in recent years, as the benefits of chiropractic care have come to greater attention. Chiropractors may be misunderstood in some ways, but make no mistake — they're highly trained, and the skills they possess can offer drug-free, surgery-free relief for a wide spectrum of diseases and disorders.
So what kinds of aches and pains can chiropractic treat? You're probably imagining patients with sore backs and necks filing into the office — and those are common problems that can be treated with chiropractics. But there are other problems — jaw pain, for example — that can also benefit from this kind of treatment.
What is TMJ Syndrome and what causes it?
The joint located between the upper and lower jaw can, under certain circumstances, become inflamed and very painful. This disorder is commonly known as TMJ Syndrome, and is said to affect 20-30% of the adult population.
Symptoms of this rather common disorder range from headaches to difficulty chewing and dizziness. Research has found a number of different causes and/or contributing factors, some of which include: vigorous nail biting, degenerative diseases of other joints, and various other kinds of trauma.
What do traditional treatments for TMJ Syndrome include?
Although it is used more widely today, chiropractic care for TMJ Syndrome has not always been a common suggestion. Other more traditional treatments include wearing night guards to prevent teeth grinding, taking anti-inflammatory drugs, and even jaw surgery in severe cases. Eating softer foods is another tactic used to alleviate symptoms — but it's questionable whether any of these treatments have an impact on the underlying causes.
How does chiropractic care help jaw pain?
Rather than taking extreme measures (such as surgically altering the jaw structure), chiropractic care focuses on relieving tension. By working with specific trigger points in the spine and realigning the spinal and nervous systems, chiropractors are able to address the issue of jaw pain from a new perspective. This method provides one major benefit for those who suffer with TMJ Syndrome — the results are long lasting. Correcting the root of the problem will give results that don't simply mask the pain, but actually correct the underlying problem. Many chiropractors will also send patients home with exercises they can do by themselves to continue relaxing the muscles and training them to stay in position rather than locking up again.
Since the treatment for your sore jaw is of the greatest importance, you will want to be sure to use only a doctor you can fully trust. If you are searching for the best chiropractor in your area, be sure to ask for recommendations and ask the doctor if he or she has had experience working with patients who are dealing with jaw pain. Working with a trustworthy chiropractor can speed up the process of healing your jaw pain and bring lasting improvements — all without invasive surgery or drugs that cause side effects. At the very least, people who suffer from TMJ Syndrome and other jaw-related conditions should explore chiropractic as a potential treatment and natural source of relief.


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The nephew of Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher, Cole Fisher, was allegedly the previously unidentified credentialed Aggies staffer who...
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Subscribe to newsletter 14 Jan 2019
The Global Airport Leaders' Forum (GALF) is one of the world's most influential knowledge-sharing platforms for the airports industry. A new revamped agenda for its seventh edition in Dubai in 2019 hosts an engaging line-up of speakers and the agenda reflects the changing aviation landscape and future technologies.
Key airport industry decision makers will flock to Dubai International Exhibition and Convention Centre (DICEC) for the three day forum (29 April – 1 May) taking place alongside the 19th edition of Airport Show.
Airport Show and its co-located events will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
The knowledge-enhancement initiative is themed Leading Collaborative Sustainable Aviation Growth, reflecting the future growth path of the industry which supports US$2.7 trillion of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and carries over four billion passengers and 62 million tonnes of freight a year.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.8 billion passengers by 2036, almost double the current numbers, and airports and airlines will have to adopt smart technologies rapidly to cater to this unprecedented growth volume. The Middle East is expected to welcome 517 million passengers by 2036, and 450 million passengers by the Arabian Gulf airports, including over 100 million passengers in Dubai, by 2020.
GALF is a pivotal moment in the year where industry leaders and experts from around the world will gather to discuss common challenges, partnership opportunities and chart the way forward for the region's aviation growth. The three-day event will feature pressing topics including: Smart Airports and Sustainability, Airport Privatization Models, Building Non Aeronautical Revenue Systems and the Future of Blockchain in Aviation, amongst other topics.
The first day of the Forum will be dedicated to Smart Airports while the second and third days will focus on Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Airport Security respectively. A strong advisory board team helped shape the topics for discussion, focusing on key strategic issues and challenges facing airports as new technologies come online. The agenda is designed to help regional airport leaders make fast business adaptions, implement smart innovations and embrace collaborative partnerships with airlines to adapt and flourish in the digital age.
The initial line-up of speakers announced by the organisers includes Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA–Dubai); Hussain Al Fardan, Head of Innovation Center & Innovation Oasis at Dubai Customs; Ivano Iannell, CEO of Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence; Erik Scherff, Head of Business Technology at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; Kristian Budolfsen, Director, Epinion Aviation; Jesper Skou, CEO, GAL ANS; Ryyan Tarabzoni, CEO, Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS) and Alex Bristol, CEO of skyguide.
The Forum will highlight the most influential innovations that are shaping the design, features and day-to-day operations of the modern airport. One of the key topics, Blockchain, is a market that will be worth US$23 billion by 2023. Blockchain technology has captured the imagination of companies across industries, including airlines as it is capable of easing functions such as flight operations, monitoring and maintenance and repair overhaul. Blockchain is fast emerging as the priority technology for future exploration amongst airport and airline CIOs globally.
Dubai has ambitious plans to be the world's first city fully powered by blockchain by 2020 and the emirate is making persistent efforts to be a global leader in blockchain adoption. By 2020, Dubai wants all visa applications, bill payments and license renewals to be transacted digitally using blockchain.
Daniyal Qureshi, Group Exhibition Director, Reed Exhibitions Middle East, organisers of Airport Show said: "The agenda for GALF 2019 undoubtedly reflects the direction the industry is going in and we are looking forward to seeing what interesting discussions take place to ensure our industry is at the forefront of digital transformation."
A smart airport is not about complete digitization. It is important to have the ability to make the most of innovation to facilitate a more convenient and hassle-free journey for passengers travelling through airports. The global smart airport market is expected to reach close to US$13 billion by 2019 and US$14.87 billion by 2021. Like Blockchain, Smart Airports are at a developing stage but will grow at a healthy growth rate in the coming decade. In the Middle East, the smart airports market will be worth US$850 million by 2019. Airports in the UAE are leading the way when it comes to smart technology adoption and key features of the future smart airport will be discussed at GALF.


One person was on Thursday feared killed and many others injured after hoodlums clashed in Oto Awori, Ijanikin, Lagos.
It was gathered that the violent clash which started around 1 pm in the Lagos community continued till about 5pm with the factions blocking the expressway by the College of Education, Ijanikin and vandalising over 35 vehicles at a nearby workshop.
It was gathered that trouble started after supporters of the All Progressives Congress' (APC) Ojo Constituency II House of Assembly candidate took their rally to Oto Awori, a community grieved by the alleged dropping of their son (Bibiire) interested in the same seat.
To register their protest, it was gathered that Oto Awori people had warned that campaigners for the party's candidate should not come to their community since their son, a former Local Government Chairman and his supporters were still bruised.
It was gathered that a top official of the Motorcycle Riders Association in the axis led the candidate who was escorted by hundreds of motorcyclists to the Oni of Ijanikin's Palace and subsequently entered Oto Awori to pay homage to the traditional ruler there as well.
However, it was gathered that the gate to the palace was shut against them by Awori youths, which led to an altercation and subsequently a violent clash.
A young man was allegedly beaten to death, while many others sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
A witness Sesan Adedayo said more than four people sustained serious injuries and were rushed to a hospital at Cele Bus Stop, Ijanikin. He said the campaigners imported motorcyclists and hoodlums from Ojo to cause mayhem.
Adedayo said the hoodlums were armed with cutlasses, broken bottles and knives which they used freely.
The Nation gathered that it took the intervention of the police and soldiers to restore normalcy in the area.
Contacted, police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) said no one died in the fracas. Oti said about two persons sustained injuries and few cars were vandalised.
According to him, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Yomi Faniyi immediately mobilised to the scene when he got information about the incident, adding that he also held meetings with the factions Thursday evening.
"The two people who sustained injuries were taken to the hospital, treated and discharged. No one died. It was a clash between supporters of a political party. Few vehicles were vandalised and the Local Government Chairman has promised to repair the vehicles," said Oti.


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Joe Gallivan, Gary Smith: Joe Gallivan, Gary Smith
By JOHN EYLES
If the mark of a great player is that you can recognise them from just one note, then look no further than Gary Smith. His electric stereo guitar sound is as distinctive as the sound of Miles, Getz or Hendrix, as individual as DNA. Using real-time electronics and pedals, Smith has the capacity to bend, shape and move notes in the air. (It is no coincidence that he has given past solo guitar pieces titles such as "Slab," "Spirals" and "Curves." He thinks in terms of shapes.)
Here, Smith is paired with Joe Gallivan, most famous for his work with Gil Evans, Love Cry Want, Charles Austin and Elton Dean. Gallivan's electronic percussion and Moog synthesiser provide a good foil for Smith's guitar. Starting with Gallivan's bombastic, Phantom-of-the-Opera-style opening chords, it is clear that Smith and Gallivan are enjoying themselves. Across the eleven fairly short pieces (longest seven and a half minutes), there is a great diversity of mood here, from rock-influenced, fuzz-toned workouts through to spacey, swirling atmospherics. When both of them are playing at full-tilt, they make a lot of music for two people. At times it sounds like four or five players are at work here—and it was all recorded live to DAT with no editing, overdubbing or trickery.
Keen-eyed fans will recognise Gallivan and Smith as two thirds of the trio Powerfield (with third member Pat Thomas on live electronics), whose EEE album on Paratactile was one of the delights of 2000. This session was recorded the day before EEE, as Smith and Gallivan were getting acquainted. As on EEE, the sound crackles with electricity throughout, but the absence of Thomas's sometimes surreal interjections makes this album more predictable. Once Smith and Gallivan find a groove, they tend to stick to it. If you can only get one of them, pick EEE. If you already have EEE, this complements it well.
"Eleven improvisations. Total time: 56.17" (sic)
Joe Gallivan, electronic percussion, Moog synthesiser; Gary Smith, electric stereo guitar
Title: Joe Gallivan, Gary Smith | Year Released: 2001 | Record Label: Paratactile
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September 4, 2018 – The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced the launch of its digital library of original technical papers delivered by metrology experts over the past twelve years at its annual conference — the Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC). The library is an online archival of over 100 technical papers and journals covering a range of industry topics including 3D measurement, inspection, assembly, best practices, new innovations and more. The release of these valuable assets is meant to further support the research, development and progression of advanced manufacturing, scientific studies, industry standards, and Smart Factory initiatives. Developed in partnership with Quality Digest, publisher of the Journal of the CMSCsince 2006, the periodicalis distributed twice a year in the Autumn and Spring by the Coordinate Metrology Society. Each issue devotes its pages to the finest white papers presented by industry professionals at the annual CMSC.
The digital library offers a variety of query tools to locate technical papers and specific topics by keywords, timelines, titles, authors, and measurement categories. Listed in descending chronological order, the full selection of technical papers and full issues of the Journal of the CMSC can be downloaded. The printed version of the Journal of the CMSC can be purchased for a fee plus shipping and handling.CMS members in good standing can download all materials for free, as the annual subscription fee for the journal is included in the organization's yearly membership dues of $35. Non-members will pay fees from $35 - $70 plus shipping and handling depending on the selected publication.
CMSC 2018 offered more than 25 technical papers from distinguished speakers and metrology practitioners from around the world. Metrology practitioners, quality control managers, manufacturing executives, scientists, students, and educators convened at the 5-day event from July 23 – 27, 2018 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. The Coordinate Metrology Society supports the career development needs of measurement professionals through education, certification, and connects conference delegates to leading OEMs, software developers and service providers.


Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks... baseball season is officially upon us!
Much has changed since last year. Bryce Harper, Andrew McCutchen, and J.T. Realmuto are all Phillies (yay!). Manny Machado is a Padre. Paul Goldschmidt is a Cardinal. There will only be one trade deadline this season (the August waiver deadline is no more).
But in many ways, much is still the same as it was a year ago. The Yankees, Red Sox, Astros, and Cubs are still really, really good. The health of the some of the game's best pitchers remains a serious concern (Clayton Kershaw, Luis Severino, Chris Sale). And young, up-and-coming stars remain a focal point of the game's popularity (Ronald Acuna, Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Fernando Tatis, Jr.).
With the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners opening their seasons last week in Japan, we have just 2,428 total games remaining in the 2019 MLB season so without any further ado, here are my predictions for the upcoming season. Let's play ball!


The Nová Amerika Country Club is recognized as one of the top leisure destinations in the Czech Republic. It's not just a golf complex though, as it offers a wide variety of sporting pursuits, from archery and volleyball to equestrianism – which is only fitting on an estate where horses have been bred for many years.
Complementing the 27-hole golf course, 18-hole academy course, driving range and practice area, there are three hotel buildings and a restaurant which, along with a riding hall, form a large courtyard containing a massive open air grill.
Designed by Stephan Freidreich and opened in 2002, the three 9-hole courses at Nová Amerika each have their own design influences – "Woodland" is typically European, "Maple Hills" has an American feel to it and "Bohemian Garden" contains Scottish links elements.
The championship 18-hole layout is considered to be the first two of these three courses. "Woodland" is the longest loop and, like "Maple Hills," it contains a daunting pair of back-to-back par fives towards the end of its 9-hole circuit. Water features at several holes with a stream cutting across holes 1 and 2 and a pond lurking alongside the par three 3rd hole.
Nová Amerika Country Club closed in 2017 and we're unclear as to whether or not the facility will reopen.
I must say that I expected more from this course. The greens were in rather poor condition (beginning of May) which compared unfavourably to the other northern course in Liberec (Ypsilon Golf). I liked the layout of Woodland (9 holes) and I also played Maple Hills (9 holes). Probably it will be in much better shape in the summer.


It has been more quiet around "Oslo" the last month. Maybe just about everybody is on vacations. Or people feel that everything will change with the PDC in November and are afraid of publishing nonsense.
Nonetheless, I felt it's time for an update on what I think, heard and read about "Oslo".
For those who don't know, "Oslo" is the current codename for Microsoft's forthcoming modeling platform, which is available as CTP Download since back in October 2008.
The community did also care a lot, and there are even companies investing in tools around "Oslo". Telrik published two projects on their Labs Site. A tool for comparing and migrating M as well as LINQ to M. There are even trainings offered by Agilitrain and PluralSight.
+ follow up: Pinky's: Oslo – is that all it is?
First of all I want to say, that I'm happy Microsoft released Oslo in such an early state. I think they know the pros and cons of such an open process. The community can help with forming the product, and companies can start to invest early in what they think might be valuable for the future. But It also means more friction for any changes that are made.
I have used M for defining schemas and languages and also played around with the Repository and Quadrant. As Microsoft also states, it's early Alpha. I stumbled over many bugs which I still plan to report and blog about. But that is OK, no one ever said it was production ready.
So far I like the schema part of M, also called MSchema. It has a very concise (compared to XSD) c-style syntax and covers a lot of what I want to express when modeling information structures. The M-graph (for values) syntax is also OK, while I don't like the MGraph API. M-constraints let you restrict your types in a nice way. What I don't like here, is the missing support for weak constraints. Named M-queries (similar to LINQ syntax), are a nice way to query M structures.
M-grammar is useful for DSLs. I think it could be more opinionated. I feel MS is striving for an expressiveness that let you describe all computer languages in the world using MGrammar. This makes it more complex than necessary for covering DSLs. At the same time it doesn't support nesting of languages, which would be especially useful for DSLs, because you often need to talk to external models (e.g. pinvoke). The support for editor customizing (crucial language workbench feature) as it is today is not sufficient and too hard to configure.
Another feature I miss here is referencing between nodes and even across files (linking + scoping). For now all references are just values (ids), and the output of a DSL program will be a tree model, no graphs!
The Repository basically offers some features on-top of SQL server as are row-level security, hierarchies, localization, versioning, additional constraints. All those features are plain SQL "libraries" in conjunction with M-models which also are compiled down to SQL. I don't yet know what to think about the Repository.
In the last couple of weeks the Oslo team published two posts that confirmed some of my speculations.
The only thing that I feel bad about is that we kept the "Oslo" name around so long (you will see that change at the next PDC), which has continued to be a confusing point for customers ("I thought Oslo was your new SOA platform").
I agree. It was confusing. Although people slowly start to accept "Oslo" as for "Modeling".
With this in mind, we made a decision to merge the Data Programmability team (EDM, EF, Astoria, XML, ADO.NET, and tools/designers) and the "Oslo" team ("Quadrant", Repository, "M") together.
I don't yet know what to think about this. "Oslo" is not and should not evolve to an O/R-Mapper. M's type system is structural and doesn't map well to strongly typed objects as used by EF. I can see this choice limiting the modeling capabilities of Oslo. But I guess we have to wait and see.
The other post, confirming my fears about Quadrant was Model Citizen : What's So Compelling about "Quadrant" Anyway?.
Yes. Quadrant lets you interact with models graphically. It's highly generic, customizable and it looks great.
I concluded this from the official statement about Oslo plus some videos and screenshots I had seen.
Doulas Purdy, September 2008, What is Oslo?
Microsoft code name "Quadrant" is a 'tool for viewing and editing SQL data,' but… so what?
Michael Murray, July 2009, What's So Compelling about "Quadrant" Anyway?
As I understand today, and as it shows up in the May CTP, it is not a graphical editor or graphical editing toolkit but rather a light WPF-version of Microsoft Office Access that understands Oslo Modeling concepts and relationships and builds up default editors in a generic manner. This is still useful (if it is free), but not far as useful as what I hoped Quadrant to be.
Please, Microsoft, make Quadrant a graphical editing toolkit with good support for configurable diagramming and any custom WPF editors. It should also have the plug-in model VS2010 offers for sharing any extensions.
Microsoft tries to sell "Oslo" as if it was all one story. It's a lie.
There is tons of impedance mismatches that restrict you in many ways.
MGrammar ASTs are hierarchal (tree structure) and for now only supporting nodes and strings.
and objects in the .NET world are typed nominally (no multiple inheritance).
There is no story for "DSLs and the repository", and there is not yet a good story for any runtime support off the repository or DSL files. It's basically what you had before. You can either access the database via ADO.NET or an O/R-Mapper or you run directly off the parsed MGraph-AST representing your DSL-Script, which feels like visiting xml documents. M has a nice LINQ-ish query language, but that doesn't work in memory against a graph.
M has good support for complex data structures. As said there is no support for in-memory queries. But even the database implementation is limited by it's relational backend. Even though queries can consult complex properties for sorting or filtering, it can only return rows with a list of scalar fields.
Most constraints on types are only implemented in the SQL-Mapping. Also here there is no in-memory implementation that would validate your model against a schema. Basically the M-compiler generates a database schema including checks that would not let you insert invalid data into the database.
There is this dream about capturing requirements in quite fuzzy ways and then piece for piece add details to them – until they have reached some formal state that might be executable. This sounds nice in theory, but there is no chance to implement this stuff. M is very easy to change, and it is easy to add constraints and refactor schema structures. But there is no story around how to let your data evolve together with your schemas using the Repository. So, besides nice theories, Oslo doesn't help here.
There will be new content and Chris Sells also announced a fresh CTP around this years PDC in November.
Hope to see you in LA in November!
Just my random reaction to 2009 Lang.NET Symposium – Language and Data.
As all of us know these days, Oslo is about a language, a repository and Quadrant. We all know the hard parts are the language and quadrant.
I have the gut feeling that the repository just is about the data backing for the glue between M and Quadrant. This is the tool that has the potential to bring in money and I do understand it needs a repository.
But since PDC we have not heard anything about Quadrant, so for now all is about the language "M". We also agree on that we won't model customers and orders in Quadrant.
So why the heck do we still have to stand all that SQL mapping demos?
Just show us the modeling part… And show us Quadrant as soon as you've got something to show.
Dennis posted some notes while attending some of the PDC "Oslo" sessions.
The PDC is over, and most contents including the Oslo SDK (without Quadrant) and all PDC Session Videos on channel9. Thanks! But where are we now? If you want a "brief" overview, you should at least have a look at A Lap around "Oslo".
Microsoft "Oslo" Frequently Asked Questions.
I'll start with correcting some of my former assumptions in DSL Tools, T4, the Software Factories and "Facts" Rumors about Oslo.
No, Oslo (M and Quadrant) is not built upon DSL Tools, T4 and the UML Tooling in Visual Studio 2010. It's totally apart. The DSL Tools are the here and now, while Oslo still is "Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha" (Douglas Purdy).
Douglas promised that his team is working tight with the VSTX team in order to bring this together. He mentioned the possibility of using M as the backing metamodel format for the DSL Toolkit. Graphically edited DSLs could then be converted, described in MSchema and stored into the Oslo Repository or MGraph files. Update (12.Nov): Later in his talk "a lap around Oslo" Doug also said his the team is discussing to schematize the DSL Toolkit, and let the graphical DSLs live within Oslo.
No. I don't think so. Microsoft joined the OMG and they support some UML Diagrams in Visual Studio 2010. But so far this has not to do much with Oslo.
Update (12.Nov): Someone asked about how Oslo relates to XMI and UML. Doug' promised that they will model the UML-Domain and let the UML Designers in Visual Studio live within Oslo.
Talking of Model-driven Architecture (MDA) it seems that Microsoft avoids this abbreviation. They rather talk about Model-driven Development and Model-driven Applications – I'll write more on this in a separate post.
Dublin is announced to be Model-driven, but it is not a part of "Oslo", but rather related to Windows Azure and IIS. The plan is to host cloud-enabled services both locally on Dublin and in the cloud on Windows Azure with maximal control and minimal effort for deployment and configuration.
Read Workflows, Services, and Models by David Chappell to see how Dublin relates to Oslo.
A new Version of WF and WCF?
WCF and WF were model-driven right from the beginning, but in the next versions the source for the models that drive Workflows and Services might come from Oslo.
MService is a textual DSL that combines service configuration, implementation and workflow definition into one resource.
Yes, it's definitely about a new modeling language family "M", consisting of three core languages. These languages do all have similar Syntax and a shared type system.
Defines schemas for data instances. Quite comparable to XSD and DTD.
JSON-like format for capturing concrete data instances.
Defines grammars for textual DSLs. Could also be looked at as a Unicode-to-MGraph-tranformation language.
There are other languages planned for some horizontal domains as Database, Services and Web. But here you can even put some more "Pre"s before the "Alpha".
A Language Workbench for textual DSLs!
Well, I'll just copy Martin on that.
At some point I really need to rethink what I consider the defining elements of a Language Workbench to be. For the moment let's just say that Xtext and Oslo feel like Language Workbenches and until I revisit the definition I'll treat them as such.
Oslo Repository is a tool and a framework that allows storing models into SQL Server. I'm still quite torn on this idea.
Design-time story: Many tool vendors tried backing repositories supporting simultaneous changes. But sharing them in files is just easier. If it was on the web – ok, then we had to talk about security and stuff – But as it is tied to SQL Server 2008, it looses a lot of my attention.
Runtime story: Having models in a database at runtime at least seams more natural in my opinion. What then to store there is another thing to figure out. Is it meant to store operational data or configurations and application definitions? That's what is left to the customer to decide.
Plain T-SQL: Mapps your explicit MSchema definitions or implicitely "guessed" schemas from MGraph data to data tables.
Catalog: Keeps the semantics you have in your MSchema as not everything maps directly to T-SQL.
Versioning: Sadly not instance data versioning. But you got full SQL Server 2008 capabilities including SSIS, Change Tracking, Replication, … + Due to the separation of views and tables you can support backward-compatible schema evolution.
Oslo does not come with a own data-access technology stack. It rather gives you a generator for EF-Models.
But as I've understand, Quadrant only works on models stored in the Repository, hence SQL Server. Really interested to see how this works together with your textual definitions you might rather store in Version Control.
Q: What is the timeline for shipping "Oslo"?
A: We are not disclosing the release schedule at this time. We are committed to releasing regular Community Technology Previews (CTPs) after PDC and will engage with the developer community on an on-going basis. The Oslo Development Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/oslo) will also be the place to learn about the latest Oslo-related downloads.
Q: Is "Oslo" shipping with the rest of the Visual Studio 2010 product line?
A: We are not currently disclosing schedules or packaging.
Microsoft also did a good job writing a lot of examples, documentation and tutorials about Oslo, M and MGrammar and the Oslo Repository.
MGrammar looks quite interesting. As I can see, M is defined using MGrammar while MGrammar itself is self-describing.
M just seems to be a general-purpose modeling DSL. This is where "building textual DSLs" comes in. When you want to define a model you can either define it with M, or create an own more specific DSL using MGrammar. MGrammar will then generate a parser and hopefully a good intellisense-enabled editor.
That's what "M" looks like. Unfortunately I could not find any examples or screenshots about Quadrant, which should show the same data just graphically.
More than 300 built-in models.
The Intellipad helps writing Models with M or defining textual DSLs with MGrammar.
I just "scanned" the PDC Session Timeline and the Sessions I would have liked to attend if I were in LA.
As soon as I find resources like videos or blog entries regarding these sessions, I'll add the links below each session.
Enhancements to the type system in the next version of .NET Framework allow for loose type-coupling of components comprising your application. This talk is an in-depth examination of the changes in the Common Language Runtime and managed languages. See how these changes help to simplify versioning and deployment of components targeting either COM based and/or fully managed applications. For Office developers, learn how to eliminate the need to redistribute primary interop assemblies.
Take a walk through the 4.0 landscape from ASP.NET and learn how you can get involved in shaping ASP.NET future. This talk focuses on the next release of ASP.NET including web forms and MVC. Do you love web forms? See how you can taking control of your control IDs, display images using the new DynamicImage control, learn about better ViewState managment in GridView and ListView, and get more control over the CSS markup of ASP.NET server controls. See how Dynamic Data makes building you data-driven apps easy. If you're interested in AJAX, we show you further advancements in client rendering and binding. If you're considering MVC, we look at the feature set and understand how to create applications with this technology.
Join us for an interactive lunch discussion about different kinds of performance and scale requirements that are a crucial part of any distributed systems development life cycle. Learn the principles of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) throughput and responsiveness optimization. Hear about WCF scalability improvements in the next version of the Microsoft .NET Framework.
"Oslo" is the family of new technologies that enable data-driven development and execution of services and applications. Come and learn how to capture all aspects of an application schematized in the "Oslo" repository and use "Oslo" directly to drive the execution of deployed applications.
The "Oslo" language, at the heart of the Oslo modeling platform, allows developers to quickly and efficiently express domain models that power declarative systems, such as Windows Workflow Foundation and "Dublin." In this session, we'll get you started writing models for your own domains by introducing you to key features of the language, including its type system, instance construction, and query. You'll learn to author content for the Oslo repository and understand how to programmatically construct and process the content to target your own specific runtime environment.
Unit testing means different things to different people. To Agile developers, it enables Test Driven Development. To researchers, it enables test generation from static and dynamic analysis. To others, it's a means to test protocols, APIs, and other functionality below the presentation layer. Others still see it as a means to do conformance testing. Hear four experts debate the perspectives on the advances of the last decade and the trends of the next. Audience participation is encouraged.
"Oslo" provides visual tools for writing data-driven applications and services. Learn how to provide a great experience over domain-specific schemas, and explore the basic user model, data-driven viewer construction, user-defined queries, and custom commands. See how the design experience itself is an "Oslo" application and is driven by content stored in the "Oslo" repository.
In this session, you will learn how to use powerful new UI and command line tools for Web application packaging and deployment, and you'll dive under the hood of Visual Studio 10 to see how it will support one-click deployment to IIS. You'll learn how to transform your development settings to make them production ready and how a real world shared hosting environment may be securely connected to a developer web application in VS10. You will also hear best practices for setting up your server and development environment to get huge productivity gains.
Learn the latest features in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)for building Web 2.0-style services that use URIs, HTTP GET, and other data formats beyond XML. See how these features can be applied to AJAX web sites, "REST" applications, and data feeds.
The "Oslo" modeling language can define schemas and transformations over arbitrary text formats. This session shows you how to build your own Domain Specific Language using the "Oslo" SDK and how to apply your DSL to create an interactive text editing experience.
Learn about Microsoft's new language, F#, a typed functional programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. F# combines functional programming with the runtime support, libraries, tools, and object model of .NET. Understand how F# asynchronous workflows help tame the complexity of parallel and asynchronous I/O programming and how to use F# in conjunction with tools such as Parallel Extensions for .NET.


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We might be forgiven for a certain preoccupation with death. Maybe that's because we're all born with a condition that is as inescapable as it is irreversible: aging. It makes sense that we want to learn as much as we can about this creeping condition; after all, it will kill us, one way or another.
"It is growth. Then decay. Then transformation."
The transformation part has always been an imagination-catcher. We transform into … carbon, maybe even diamonds. Or we become cats. Or, is it moving into the sunny plains of the afterlife, the paradise promised at pulpits since time immemorial?
But the real science — the part that we can literally put under the microscope — lies at the earlier end of the spectrum: growth and decay.
In any organism, Growth is measurable: cells divide, over and over again, with many of them rallying for specific tasks. We get nerve cells, blood cells, reproductive cells. It's the middle part of White's definition — the so-called decay — that has long drawn controversy.
On one hand, cells appear to wear down and misfire over time. The result, as Leda Zimmerman, an engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, notes, is "gradual deterioration of tissues, or catastrophic disease and system shutdown."
But is it really decay? Or another kind of change?
No matter how you see aging, there's little doubt we're working hard to combat its negative effects. New drugs like metformin are gathering on the horizon, promising to add decades of healthier living to lives that have already been dramatically extended in the modern era. Anti-aging prophets like Nir Barzilai of the renowned Albert Einstein College of Medicine vows that we'll soon realize not only healthier lives, but longer ones.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have already managed to significantly boost the lifespans of mice. In fact, some scientists see aging as something to be cured.
"I define it as a disease," David Sinclair, a biologist at Harvard Medical School, tells Seeker. "Most doctors are trained that aging is something separate from disease. But the only difference in the medical textbooks is that if the majority of people get an age-associated disorder, we call it aging. If less than half of people get something over time, it's a disease."
If it's a disease, there's little doubt it's a terminal one. But Sinclair ranks among a new wave of self-styled "geroscientists" who think we can slow its ravages dramatically. The key, he says, is to understand the cellular and molecular processes that take place as we get older and, ultimately, prevent the diseases that result from those processes. By looking at aging as a medical condition, Sinclair and a team from University of New South Wales have already made strides in treating it. In March, they announced the discovery of a molecule that can repair damaged DNA.
"Our technology in the animals slows down the appearance of diseases, and that's how we know that it's slowing down aging itself," Sinclair told Seeker. "And as a consequence of being healthier, the animals live longer. We think the same will happen in people. If we can delay all major diseases, then we will extend people's lives, but only because they're healthier."
Healthy and old is certainly the long-sought holy grail of science. Because if there's anything a consumer culture covets more than the next iPhone, it's the years needed to covet the iPhone after that.
But does healthy and old exact a price? After all, isn't having the same experience for a very long time — or even an eternity — a classical definition of hell?
Isn't our very mortality what drives us to wring joy from every possible moment? Maybe there's something to be said for, if not exactly embracing, appreciating the life-affirming role of decay.
The breakdowns — those momentary lapses in memory, the increasing labors of drawing oxygen — aren't they all just powerful reminders that we're in a constant state of change?
If we keep moving back the markers on that stage of Walter White's theory of life, then what's it all for? That final destination — the transformation — may be the only place science hasn't mapped. It's still the province of theologians and dreamers and chemistry teachers, a refreshingly unknown final destination that enlivens every moment of our here and now.
Maybe we lose those electric moments during life when we try to indefinitely delay that trip to the light at the end of the tunnel.
As scientists take on the challenge of aging, they look at decay and the body. But there's a cultural side to getting older that we shouldn't push aside.


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The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Teofer's farm'.

Today the community of Terrick is small, but close-knit.  Terrick is the location of the Chiltern Brewery Company, who have operated in the hamlet for thirty years.  The hamlet name lends itself to Terrick Truckle a cheese that they produce; and Terrick Beef, traditional English meat produced by a local farmer.

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Throwback pictures are just the best. Its like jumping in that DeLorean DMC-12 and taking a trip back in time towards memory lane. Solange Knowles shared some rare and very beautiful pictures of her mom from "way back when", captioning one of them, "Mom in Blue Mascara #WCW[Woman Crush Wednesday]. It's so amazing how much Beyonce looks like her mom, like ok, now we know what Beyonce will look like in 20-sum years. Beautiful family!. Check out throwback picture of Tina Knowles pictures below.
Solange just looks mad for no reason, where is the smalls at.
Why does Solange look so angry in that first pic??
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Glaxo Novartis patent wrangle takes a new step
Posted on 17 Aug 2009 by The Manufacturer
British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline is reportedly set for a new round in its legal tussle with one of its leading rivals – Novartis of Switzerland – over an alleged patent infringement.
The action relates to the production procedure of vaccines against children's illnesses, including bacterial meningitis.
GSK said it first patented the process in 1981. Novartis then had its own patent accepted early this decade. GSK began a lawsuit last year, labelling Novartis' patent as "weak" and claiming "it should never have been granted".
A hearing for that case has been lined up for January next year but Novartis has now decided to counter-sue, claiming that, in fact, it is GSK that has infringed on intellectual property.
GSK is yet to formally respond to this latest development and neither party has issued comment.
Glaxo leads a host of major pharmaceuticakl manufacturers that are expecting to make a large profit from the development and sale of swin flu vaccines.
Chief executive Andrew Witty conceded the situation "is going to be positive" for GSK, but it is "only because we have put ourselves in a position to do it," he said.
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The central document used against George Galloway this week by the US senate committee investigating Iraq's oil for food programme is a forgery. Socialist Worker can reveal that evidence crucial to the alleged case against the Respect MP is fake — created after the fall of Baghdad in 2003.
The allegations are another desperate attempt to smear the opponents of the war on Iraq, and to make them appear as the corrupt hirelings of tyranny.
In Britain the material is another dirty weapon to be employed in an effort to destroy George Galloway and halt the rise of Respect.
Most of the accusations hurled against George Galloway by the senate committee on investigations this week were based on testimony that was supposedly freely given by former officials in Saddam Hussein's regime who are now held by US forces.
In many cases these sources are not even named.
Annexe B of the section of the Duelfer Report on "Regime finance and procurement" lists what it claims are "Known oil voucher recipients".
The list contains hundreds of names of individuals and corporations, many of which, according to Duelfer, legally dealt in Iraqi oil under the UN's oil for food programme.
The first mention of George Galloway is contract M/09/23. This alleges that 1.014 million barrels of oil were allocated to "Mr Fawwaz Zurayqat — Mr George Galloway — Aredio Petroleum (French)".
Look closely at the entry, which is reproduced above.
The typeface (font) used for "Mr George Galloway" is different to the rest of the line. Indeed the only time this font is used in the entire document is where George Galloway's name appears.
"Mr George Galloway" does not line up with the rest of the words in the entry. It is at an angle to the other words.
The words "Mr George Galloway" are at a different type density (lighter) than the rest of the line.
The most likely explanation is that the words "Mr George Galloway" have been added after the list was prepared, perhaps stuck on and then photocopied to produce the list in the Duelfer Report.
Was this the original name, which was then changed in order to smear George Galloway?


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56 Science and innovation journalist Christopher Mims recognized the following points in relation to the future of smartwatches: The physical size of smartwatches is likely to be large. Insufficient battery life is an ongoing problem for smartwatch developers, as the battery life of gadgets at the time of publication was 3 to 4 days and this is likely to be lowered if more functions are added.
The Buzz on Bluetooth Smart Watch
The success level of smartwatches is unforeseeable, as they may follow a comparable trajectory to netbooks, or they may satisfy goals comparable to those of Google Glass, another wearable electronic product. 57 Acer's S.T. Liew mentioned in an interview with British gadget site Pocket-Lint, "... I believe every customer business must be taking a look at wearable. But the opportunity's for billions of dollars' worth of market."58 HOT Watch by PHTL features a speaker and microphone on the strap enabling for calls to be answered on the watch. HOT Watch speaker and microphone embedded on the strap. Magnetic charging pins at left. As of 4 September 2013, 3 brand-new smartwatches have actually been released: the Samsung Galaxy Equipment, Sony Smart Watch 2,59 and the Qualcomm Toq.
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This gadget makes it possible for users to leave their handsets in their pockets, since it has a speaker for call in both quiet and loud environments. 61 In a September 2013 interview, Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky stated that his business was not thinking about any acquisition offers,62 however revealed in a November 2013 interview, that his business has sold 190,000 smartwatches, most of which were sold after its Kickstarter campaign closed.
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64 Woodside showed an awareness of the difficulties that other companies have experienced with wrist-wearable innovations and explained: At the 2014 Consumer Electronic Devices Program, a big number of new smartwatches were released from different companies such as Razer Inc,65 Archos,66 and several other companies, as well as a couple of startups. At Google I/O on 25 June 2014, the Android Use platform was presented and the LG G Watch and Samsung Equipment Live were launched. The Wear-based Moto 360 was revealed by Motorola in 2014.68 At the end of July, Example's CEO Nick Hayek revealed that they will introduce a Swatch Touch with smartwatch innovations in 2015.69 In the UK, the Wearable Technology Program had its dbut in London and was host to several smartwatch business displaying their latest models.
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The model features a curved Super AMOLED display screen and an integrated 3G modem, with innovation writer Darrell Etherington mentioning on the Tech Crunch site, "we're lastly starting to see displays that twist around the shapes of the wrist, instead of protruding as a traditional flat surface area." The corporation commenced selling the Equipment S smartwatch in October 2014, together with the Gear Circle headset accessory. 71 Also, the Fashion Entertainments' e-paper watch was revealed. 72 On 9 September 2014, Apple Inc. announced its very first smartwatch called Apple Watch to be launched in early 2015.73 On 24 April 2015, Apple Watch started delivering throughout the world. 74 Apple's first try into wearable technology was consulted with considerable criticism during the pre-launch period, with numerous early technology examines mentioning concerns with battery life and hardware breakdowns. The watch only switches on when triggered (either by raising one's wrist, touching the screen, or pushing a button). On 29 October 2014, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Band, a wise physical fitness tracker and the company's very first venture into wrist-worn gadgets given that SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Innovation) a years earlier. The Microsoft Band was launched at $199 the following day, on 30 October 2014.76 In October 2015, Samsung revealed the Samsung Equipment S 2.77 It includes a rotating bezel for ease of use, and an IP 68 score for water resistance up to 1.5 meters deep in thirty minutes.
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At the 2016 Consumer Electronic Devices Show, Razer released the Nabu Watch, a dual-screen smartwatch: incorporates an always-on illuminated backlit display, that takes care of some beautiful basic functions as date and time, and a 2nd OLED screen, which is triggered by raising your wrist, enables access to additional wise features. 79 On 31 August 2016, Samsung unveiled the Samsung Gear S 3 smartwatch, with a higher specs, there are at least 2 models, the Samsung Gear S 3 Traditional and the LTE version Samsung Equipment S 3 Frontier. 80 The top smartwatches that debuted at the 2017 Customer Electronics Show consisted of the Casio WSD-F 20, Misfit Wearables Vapor and the Garmin Fenix 5 series.
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82 Samsung presented the LTE Galaxy Watch. 83 In its September 2018 keynote, Apple presented an upgraded Apple Watch Series 4. It featured a larger display screen with smaller bezels, along with an EKG feature which is developed to detect irregular heart function. 84 In Qualcomm's September 2018 presentation, it unveiled its Snapdragon 3100 chip.
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Some act as being utilized in sports, the GPS tracking system being used to tape historic information. For instance, after an exercise, data can be published onto a computer system or online to produce a log of activities for analysis or sharing. Some watches can act as complete GPS watches, displaying maps and existing collaborates, and taping tracks. As business add competitive products into the market, media space is ending up being a preferred commodity on smartwatches.
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UCLA tour guides each give tours at least twice a week, showing prospective students and their families UCLA's campus and giving them a feel for what it means to be a Bruin. Most importantly, tours help prospective students decide whether UCLA is the school for them. Daily Bruin Radio explores what it means to be a tour guide and their role in presenting the UCLA campus to potential students.
NANAYAKKARA: On a sunny Thursday afternoon on the side of Pauley Pavilion, Morgan Rose – a second-year international development studies student – sets out to give a walking tour of UCLA to a group of admitted transfer students. She is one of over 80 guides serving at UCLA, according to a campus tour coordinator.
ROSE: I've been so happy here, and I wanted to provide that same excitement and level of enthusiasm about UCLA to new students.
BUDISH: …it's been one of the greatest experiences – being able to talk with prospective students and families, show them why this place is so special, so awesome, and really just sort of change some lives in the process.
NANAYAKKARA: As she winds around landmarks such as Kerckhoff Hall and the Inverted Fountain, Rose gives prospective students and their families a glimpse into life as a Bruin, as well as a bit of UCLA history. Standing under Royce Hall's iconic arches, she directs her audience to the ceiling.
NANAYAKKARA: Of course, tours aren't always without bumps along the way. Take for instance an experience of second-year business economics student and tour guide Aspen Bonini.
NANAYAKKARA: Third-year neuroscience student and tour guide Minali Mohindra had a similar experience to Bonini's.
NANAYAKKARA: But, it's not all serious. Tour guide Rose says that there have been times that moments after explaining to her audience that celebrities are often spotted on UCLA's campus, one will appear behind them – doing a photo shoot, or shooting a music video. This past Thursday turned out to be one of those moments.
ROSE: Fun little fact: That girl I just waved to, her name is India Carney and she just made it to the top five on The Voice. I don't know if anyone watches The Voice, but that's her.
NANAYAKKARA: Tours end in Bruin Plaza, leaving guests in the heart of UCLA's campus. Guides stick around to answer final questions, but there is one question prospective students must answer for themselves: whether or not UCLA is the school for them.
For Daily Bruin Radio, I'm Priyanka Nanayakkara.


Tell us about your college career and what the recruiting process was like. Why did you choose New Haven?
I had a very great college career at my school. My senior year we went to the second round of the NCAA division 2 playoffs. I was an All-American honorable mention, all region, all New England and all conference player. I broke our school record for the squat and bench press. I chose New Haven because the coaching staff really cares about all of the players and they want to see you succeed on and off the field. It is a great environment and we play a very high level of football here. The recruiting process for me was a tough one. In high school I earned an offer from the Naval Academy and I had close to 25 division one schools who were very interested in me. When push came to shove, no one would offer me. If I was another inch taller or twenty pounds heavier the excuses were all the same. New Haven showed me that division 2 football is no joke, anyone on our team could have easily played at the next level.
What would you consider to be your biggest accomplishment in your sports career so far?
My biggest accomplishment would be when we headed down to play West Chester in the first round of the NCAA playoffs and many if not everyone thought there was no way we could beat this top ten team in the country. We came to play and showed that rankings don't matter, it is all about who wants to go out and play with more heart. We won the game 35-28 and advanced to the next round. This was our first playoff win in a few years and our first playoff win with our coach. It was an amazing experience and a great team win.
One of the more important things I learned from our coaches at New Haven was paying attention to the little things in football. From studying film and looking at the defenses, they really made sure to get us prepared each and every week no matter who we were playing. We took care of the little things and we would get the job done on gameday. We would work hard all week and just go out and play on Saturdays.
What was your major and what are your plans if football didn't work out?
What would your teammates say about you and your qualities?
My teammates would say that I was a very hard worker on the field and off the field. I always had good grades and they could see how much I worked during the off season and during the season. They would say I was a great leader and I always played to the fullest. It didn't matter if we were up by 50 or down by 50, I would go out there and dominate.
What has been your biggest challenge and how do you manage it?
My biggest challenge would be balancing football and my paramedicine work load. During the season in the fall I have no time to do any of our clinical work in the hospital, so I behind a little compared to all the other students. In the spring time is when I take advantage and try and get all of my hours done. This major is tough to study and play sports as well. You have to have great time management.
What is your biggest strength that you bring to a professional team and why should pro scouts consider you?
My biggest strength I would bring to a professional team would be my athleticism, I could play multiple positions on offence and I could play defense as well. I have good agility and speed for an offensive lineman. My work ethic is top notch also. I enjoy and embrace the grind and I have great heart because I love to compete with everything. Pro scouts should consider me because they can see from the film and workouts that I love to play football, I will show them that just because I came from a smaller school that doesn't mean I can't play big time football with all of the professional players.
The most influential people have been my parents. They came to everyone of my college games along with my older brother. My parents never missed a game in my entire football career. From a very young age they taught me discipline and the hard-working mentality. From them I learned how to fight and never give up and to be humble. They are my biggest supporters and I always want to make them feel proud of me.
Are you involved in mentoring, a charity or do you "give back"/"pay it forward" in your community?
I am not involved in a mentoring program or charity. Our team does a lot of community service in the city from cleaning up peoples yards, shoveling snow and playing with little kids in local elementary schools.
How are you preparing for the 2019 National Scouting Combine and what were your expectations?
I am preparing very hard for the combine. I stick to my hard training schedule and work to improve myself every day to get ready to go out and perform. My expectations for the combine are very high. I know that I can go out and compete with anyone and my training has been very hard. I expect high of myself because I know what I am capable of I just have to go out there and show it.
My ultimate achievement would be to play football in the NFL for anyone. I love the game and believe I have what it takes to play at the next level. I want to play professional football somewhere, that is my main goal and my achievement.


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Gross. Classless Jill Biden Makes 9/11 All About Herself
September 12, 2022 in News by RBN Staff
source: gatewaypundit
By Cristina Laila
Published September 11, 2022 at 1:17pm
Jill Biden has zero class.
Dr. Jill made September 11 all about herself in an interview with the Associated Press.
Twenty-one years ago today the US came under attack by Islamic terrorists.
Nearly 3,000 people were murdered in a series of coordinated attacks.
But Jill Biden made 9/11 about herself and her sister Bonny Jacobs.
Jill told the AP that she was afraid that her sister Bonny, who was a United Airlines flight attendant, was on one of the four hijacked planes.
"I called Bonny to see where she was because I was scared to death … I didn't know where she was, whether she was flying, not flying, where she was," Jill Biden recalled in the AP interview. "And then I found out she was home."
The AP also interviewed Jill's sister Bonny Jacobs who wasn't on any of the hijacked planes.
Bonny made 9/11 about herself too.
Jacobs told the AP that she got home around 2 am from a late flight on September 11.
"So when I got up around noon, it was such a gorgeous day," Jacobs said. "I had my coffee. I sat outside. I literally said out loud, 'I'm doing nothing today. This day is gorgeous.'"
Jacobs said Jill showed up at her house on 9/11.
"And then the first person that came to the house was Jill," Jacobs said. "I hadn't called her to come, but she just showed up, and she was there for me, as usual."
Jill Biden told the AP that Joe Biden's life was likely saved by the actions of people on United Airlines Flight 93.
Joe Biden wasn't in danger that day. He arrived to the US Capitol later in the day after the Pentagon was hit and all buildings were already evacuated.
The AP reported:
On 9/11, then-Sen. Biden arrived in Washington to see smoke in the sky from the crash at the Pentagon. He wanted to go to the floor of the Senate, but the Capitol and the surrounding complex of offices and official buildings, including the Supreme Court, had been evacuated.
He was turned away by Capitol police, who said there was a risk that the building was a target.
Jill Biden said in her interview that scores of lives were saved — including possibly her husband's — by the actions of everyone aboard United Airlines Flight 93.
"That plane was headed for the U.S. Capitol, and so I think it's important that every year we go to Shanksville and we remember those who fought: the flight attendants, the captains, the pilots, all of those who fought to save those lives," the first lady said.
She said her 9/11 message is, "We will never forget. We will never forget."
"There were so many things swirling that day because I was worried about Joe's safety, but I just could not imagine that my sister was on one of those flights," the first lady said.
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Outside Lands, the annual music, arts and food festival that overtakes San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for a weekend every August, hosted one attraction this year that gave Academy of Art University Sculpture Chair Lawrence Noble an opportunity to combine the reckless twenty-something surfer of his youth with the deliberate and delicate sculptor of maturity. The result? A sculpted Egyptian relief with surfing gods, of course!
For two days at the event and for several days after, Noble crafted a striking glyph-laiden tablet depicting an Egyptian goddess with surfboard for Surfrider Foundation, an organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches. The sculpture also served to raise awareness for the upcoming Carve San Francisco sand sculpting event, where Noble will be acting as judge.
The sculpture, which gives a nod to both surfing and sand, will be showcased at the Carve San Francisco event at Crissy Field on October 16-20, where it's likely to be sold to benefit Surfrider Foundation.
While Noble's surfing days are far behind him, he found the experience of sculpting the Surfrider piece highly rewarding.
While the relief image of surf goddesses is clearly a vision of fantasy, the hieroglyphics, when translated, are not.
Learn more about Surfrider Foundation at surfrider.org and Carve San Francisco – in which FASCU students Jihoon Choi and Seok don Choi are participants – at facebook.com/CarveSanFrancisco.
FASCU students Jihoon Choi and Seok don Choi will be showing off their sculpting skills at San Francisco's first ever international sand sculpture competition — Carve San Francisco – running October 16-20 near the Sports Basement at Crissy Field!
The event, which is hosted by Hub Strategy and follows their successful Carve Tahoe snow sculpting event last February, will also feature the return of AAU Sculpture Chair Lawrence Noble as one of the judges of the sand sculpting event.
Carve showcases the extreme art of sand sculpting, inviting teams from around the world to sculpt 400 tons of sand into astounding and intricate works of art over five days. It features sculpting, surf artistry and board shaping, music and gourmet food trucks provided by Off The Grid.
The event brings awareness to and raises funds for two non-profits, the San Francisco Chapter of Surfrider Foundation and Sustainable Surf. Funds are raised by encouraging visitors to vote with $1 for their favorite sculptures.
Carve will be held from October 16th-20th near the Sports Basement in the Presidio (Crissy Field) and will include daily activities including "Sandcastles & Schools" in which Bay Area students K-12 are invited to meet the artists, learn about ocean preservation and restoration, and play in 25 tons of sand.
Check out Carve San Francisco's Facebook page for more info and updates!