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Homewood is een plaats (city) in de Amerikaanse staat Alabama, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Jefferson County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 25.043.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 23.780, een daling van 1263 (-5,0%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
21,5 km², geheel bestaande uit land.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont de plaatsen in een straal van 16 km rond Homewood.

Externe link

Plaats in Alabama

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(11152) Оміне () — астероїд, що належить до групи астероїдів, які перетинають орбіту Марса. Його відкрив 25 грудня 1997 року японський астроном Кобаясі Такао в обсерваторії Оїдзумі. Названий на честь священної гори Оміне в префектурі Нара в Японії.

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ENGLAND'S new World Cup 2018 chief Geoff Thompson began the job of repairing the derailed bid in Madrid last night by personally apologising to Spain's football chief, Angel Maria Villar, for Lord Triesman's infamous bribery claims.
Thompson, above, also met Russia's FIFA representative Vitaly Mutko in a further attempt at damage limitation ahead of the Champions League final.
Lord Triesman, the ex-FA chairman and former bid leader, was forced to resign last Sunday after a newspaper revealed taped details of a private conversation in which he claimed Spain and Russia were colluding to fix referees at the World Cup. He suggested that Spain would drop its campaign to win the 2018 competition ahead of England and support Russia's candidacy in return for help in bribing officials in South Africa.
Thompson, appointed immediately after the crisis broke, made it clear to both men that Triesman was expressing purely personal views.
Thompson is also due to meet FIFA boss Sepp Blatter to deliver the same message.
FIFA have launched an official investigation via their influential Ethics Committee.
The revelations were believed to have done immense harm to England's cause. But officials are confident they have begun the process of smoothing away the fallout.


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Christopher Gerard Wohlen
Christopher Gerard Wohlen, 56, Escanaba, was called home to our Heavenly Father in the early morning hours on Thursday February 23, 2012 at his home after his a two year courageous battle with cancer. He was born in La Crosse, WI on December 16, 1955 to the late John and Veronica (Lahay) Wohlen.
Chris served his country in the U.S. Army in 1974. He worked for many years at Office Service Company until its closing and then made his living with his passion for antiques and history. He was a man of patience, character and profound humor. Chris loved spontaneous road trips, "it's only a few more miles", hiking, the Packers, history, chess and being first at garage sales, especially loving, "the thrill of the hunt". Chris was also a man of unwavering faith who loved and trusted our Lord. He always said, "God's grace is sufficient for me to whatever end...".
Chris is survived by his three daughters at home whom he loved and adored: Emily, Elizabeth and Catherine, the mother of his children and dearest friend: Brenda Wohlen, one brother: John Paul (Donna) Wohlen, cousins: Mike (Carol) Olson, Gus (Kris) Olson and Kathy (Rick) Clement, extended family: Lois Jandron, Kristina Jandron, John Lammie, Bill (Brenda) Lammie, Joan (Marv) Nault, Rick and Beverly Smith, his family at Berean Baptist Church and many others who were blessed to know him.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends may call from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Friday March 2, 2012 at the Berean Baptist Church (4677 18th Road, Escanaba). A celebration of Christopher's life will be at 6:00 p.m. on Friday at church with Pastor Darin Kelsey officiating. A luncheon will follow services in the church fellowship hall.
Flowers are welcomed by his family, although, a memorial fund has been established at the Delta County Credit Union for his daughters future needs.
"Christopher and I were in kindergarten together in Lacrosse. I remember him as a very sweet little boy. I am so very sorry for your loss."
-Sarah Emilson Thorson

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1991 Porsche 964 Carrera RS NGT
registration date: 3 December 1991
chassis number: WP0ZZZ96ZNS499032
original colour: Rubystone Red (G4G4)
engine number: 62N81093 / M64/03
transmission number:2002580 / G5010
a most attractive 964 RS in the popular RS paint option of Rubystone
one of just 290 Clubsport variants produced
only 67,900 documented kilometres from new (42,000 miles)
four owners from new, the first three of whom worked for Porsche
full Official Porsche Centre service history
The 964 RS is rightly respected by enthusiasts as one of the purest road cars that Porsche ever made.
It was actually the product of expediency with the company spotting an opportunity to capitalise on the success of the 964 Cup car that it had produced from 1991 for the Formula One support race, the Supercup.
Just 2,282 roadgoing 964 RS were produced (in 3.6 litre form) and, of these, only 290 were the Clubsport version (also known as the N/GT). This makes this model nearly as rare as the racing Cup car (270 produced).
Initially supplied to the German market, this smart car was purchased by the current owner in December 2010, at which time it was displaying 65,500 kilometres.
The car has its original numbers matching engine and transmission and is presented in completely standard form. It was fitted new with the Clubsport interior and with the option of Racing Safety Equipment. It has subsequently been fitted with Porsche air ducts in the front bumper and an original Porsche immobiliser.
The car has a history that is unusual for one of these cars, with few owners and a close association with Porsche from new.
car specification and condition
The service book for the car records careful ownership by each custodian, with stamps from Official Porsche Centres from August 1992 until March 2016. The car was most recently serviced by Tuthill Porsche, in October 2019.
Not every invoice is on file, especially from its early life, however there are documents relating back to Mrs Siegel's ownership as well as substantial bills from the world-famous Manthey Racing team to Mr Grosbusch.
This car appeals on many levels. It is in arguably the most desirable colour for a 964 RS – certainly the definitive colour. It has a wonderful history that is supported by some irreplaceable records.
It's no surprise that we rate the 964 RS, owning two cars ourselves. It perfectly strikes the balance between the purity of the early cars and the modernity of the later air-cooled models. Unlike more modern rare Porsche's at the moment, values continue to firm as enthusiasts recognise them for the sweet spot of the RS catalogue that we believe them to be.
Most importantly, it drives like a tight, well-maintained car should. It may be 27 years old, but the key number is the 42,000 miles. The engine is unmodified, unlike many, and pulls extremely tractably. The noise level is not high, contrary to what you would expect from the stripped interior and lack of sound deadening material. The handling is as pinpoint as you would expect from this famous model.
One of our acid tests of whether you should buy a car or not is whether you look back at it once you have parked it. This one certainly passes that test.


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Quran Sab Ke Liye
Khuda Aur Mohabbat fascinates fans with breathtaking first look
Geo Television and 7th Sky Entertainment's countdown came to an end last night with an official teaser of the highly-anticipated drama serial Khuda Aur Mohabbat sweeping fans off their feet.
Feroze Khan's lead appearance has proved to be inspiring in this tale of love and spirituality. The first look features Feroze Khan sitting outside a shrine in a never-seen-before look, with facial expressions that speak in depth.
Fans of the lead cast Feroze Khan and Iqra Aziz have been speaking fondly of the pairing ever since the first teaser started making rounds on social media.It keeps getting better as the teaser proceeds, featuring Iqra Aziz with an angelic glow and in a modest attire. An unspoken chemistry between the two characters has conveniently made the teaser breathtaking.
Directed by Wajahat Hussain, the cinematic visuals, too, are a boost to the project. Shots of a shrine, a railway station, and a poetic verse in the opening have made the teaser even more aesthetically pleasing.
By the looks of it, fans can already tell that this drama serial is going to be this year's blockbuster.
While some fans are looking forward to the prose and poetry in this drama serial, others are impatiently waiting for the original soundtrack by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Khuda Aur Mohabbat release date is yet to be announced, making it a suspenseful wait already. The good thing is that a handful of more teasers are yet to make waves and that, too, pretty soon.
Khuda Aur Mohabbat is a presentation of the country's leading production house 7th Sky Entertainment owned by the dynamic duo Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi. It is written by Hashim Nadeem.
The drama features a star-studded cast including Junaid Khan, Javed Sheikh, Tooba Siddiqui, Sunita Marshall, Rubina Ashraf, Asma Abbass, Usman Peerzada, Seemi Pasha, Zain Baig and Sohail Sameer.
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Dr. Jason Shepherd
Home / ASF Researcher Spotlight / Dr. Jason Shepherd
2019 ASF Funded Research
1996-99 ASF Funded Research
Roche Sponsored Study in Angelman Syndrome
Music Study at Vanderbilt
Neptune Phase 3 Clinical Study
Early Development in Angelman Syndrome
Experiences of Adult Siblings Study
Brain Imaging Study
Angelman Syndrome Natural History Study
Gastro, Sleep and Behavior Problem Survey
Research Interview about AS
Caregivers of Children/Adolescents/Adults with AS
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Immersion
Abnormal Language Pathway in Children with AS
Extraction of Neuronal Stem Cells from Dental Pulp for Human Neurogenetic Disease Studies
Harvard Music Study
Nerve Function Study at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
Longitudinal study of how children with AS develop over time
Dr. John Marshall
Dr. Ype Elgersma
Dr. Scott Dindot
Dr. Eric Klann
Dr. Mark Zylka
Dr. Jason Shepherd didn't originally plan on pursuing a career in Angelman syndrome research, but it is a path that he is incredibly inspired to be walking along. Growing up, Shepherd knew that he wanted to be a scientist or a doctor, but was fascinated by how the body worked and it was the brain that intrigued him most.
Shepherd grew up in South Africa and immigrated with his parents to New Zealand when he was 14 years old. After high school, he conducted undergrad work in neuroscience at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he earned his B.S. He always dreamed of pursuing his Ph.D. at a major institution, and had the opportunity to do a research project for a year at the University of California-Irvine as an exchange student, which enabled him to enter the U.S. university system. He later earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, and has stayed in the U.S. ever since. He worked at MIT in Cambridge for five years before moving to Salt Lake City.
"As a post-doc in Mark Bear's lab at MIT, I was exposed to Fragile X syndrome, and we worked on the premise that basic science understanding is the first step—we do not know enough about the brain to completely tackle developmental disorders," says Shepherd. "We worked on a protein called Arc, which seems essential for consolidating memory and turning experiences into long-lasting changes in the brain."
At the same time that Shepherd was characterizing Arc, Dr. Michael Greenberg's lab at Harvard published a paper showing that Arc protein expression was regulated by UBE3A. This finding led to Shepherd's interest in AS.
Shepherd, now running his own lab at the University of Utah, is investigating the role of Arc in the cognitive dysfunction associated with AS, which was recently funded by the ASF. Shepherd is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and currently has two post-docs and two grad students working along side of him in his efforts to further understand Arc and UBE3A, with the ultimate goal to help individuals with AS.
"Utah has a very collaborative environment—our department has hired five people in just the past couple years, and it is a very young group that is excited about the future," says Shepherd. "Plus, I am a huge outdoors fan—so are my Husky and Rhodesian Ridgeback—and having access to the mountains and great outdoor opportunities in the Salt Lake City area is wonderful. I am very happy to be here."
"I am excited about the future of AS research—I think we're on the cusp of really nailing down the pathway that is critical for the cognitive deficits in AS," says Shepherd. "There is a link between Arc and UBE3A and that is what we are trying to further understand. We believe that AS results from a defect in how the brain is shaped by experience. Parents don't notice developmental deficits until a few months or years of age, and we think that Arc links experience-dependent processes in brain deficits."
"The Angelman community is quite collaborative, which is fantastic," says Shepherd. "Receiving the ASF grant was phenomenal, as it helped establish my lab and give focus to the projects my lab works on."
At the end of the day, it's the individuals with AS and their parents that keep Shepherd motivated. "Since receiving the ASF grant, I have been involved on Facebook and in social media communities with parents, and they are a huge inspiration. There are many educated parents who know so much about AS, and it is inspiring to speak with them," says Shepherd. "Furthermore, the funding climate for research is extremely tough, and I am grateful for the ASF and its supporters for investing in our work."


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Nathan Ball Bradley
N. B. Bradley Company
In 1858, Nathan Ball Bradley moved to Bay City, Bay County, Michigan. He was the owner of the N.B. Bradley Company which was a lumber company and sawmills.
In 1877, Nathan Ball Bradley, owned and operated the following parcels of land in Lakefield Township.
80 acres in Section 25
317 acres in Section 33
All of these properties had the North Branch of the Bad River running through them.
"Nathan Ball Bradley was born in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on May 28, 1831. He moved with his parents to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1835; attended the common schools; moved to Wisconsin in 1849; employed in a sawmill in the pine region. Returned to Ohio in 1850 and built and operated a sawmill until 1852, when he moved to Lexington, Michigan and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. In 1855, Nathan moved to St. Charles, in Saginaw County and became owner of a sawmill, associated with him was Lewis Penoyer, under the name of L. Penoyer & Company. He purchased a mill in Bay City, Michigan in 1858 which he operated for 32 years."
He served Bay City in the following manner:
Justice of the Peace three terms
Supervisor for one term
Alderman three terms
First Mayor of Bay City in 1865
Member of the State Senate 1866-1868
Vice President of the First National Bank of Bay City
Elected as a Republican to the 43rd and 44th Congresses
Instrumental in establishing the first beet-sugar factory in the state
He passed away on November 8, 1906 in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan.
SOURCES: 1877 Lakefield Township Plat Map; Bay-Journal – Bio's Website


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Pakistan's Shehzad faces ban after failed drug test
Ahmed Shehzad (AFP)
Gibson urges fast bowlers to 'suck it up' in Sri Lanka
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'Rusty' Steyn good to go to make Proteas return
Lahore - Maverick Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad failed a drug test conducted during a domestic tournament in April, the country's cricket authorities confirmed on Tuesday, and could face a ban of up to four years.
The offence is the latest in a long litany of Pakistani players charged with doping, and is a severe blow to the 26-year-old's stuttering career.
The Pakistan Cricket Board will issue a formal charge sheet "later today" it said in a release, confirming reports in recent days that Shehzad had tested positive for a banned substance.
Shehzad lost his Test place following Pakistan's tour to the West Indies in mid-2017 and has not played a one day international since last October.
He was part of Pakistan's Twenty20 squad for the team's two international matches last month, managing scores of 14 and 24, but missed out on playing for the tri-series Twenty20 in Zimbabwe which ended Sunday.
Pakistan's cricketers have a history of failing tests for performance enhancing drugs.
Pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were both caught using banned substances in 2006 but later reprieved after a tribunal set aside their drug tests.
Later rule changes led to a two-year ban for left-arm spinner Raza Hasan, who failed a doping test in 2015.
Two other Pakistan spinners, Yasir Shah and Abdur Rehman, have also received temporary bans in recent years.
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Who will win the 4-Test series between hosts South Africa and visitors England over Xmas, New Year and into January 2020?
No stopping England!
Proteas will be too strong at home
Drawn series ...
46% No stopping England!
33% Proteas will be too strong at home
21% Drawn series ...


Here is my Limerick for Mind and Life Matters' weekly Limerick challenge. I had a hard time with this one but have thought of something at the last minute :-).
This week's word is "Dark".
With my matches I'll set them alight!
Drake Blaxonfest, vampire slayer. It has a certain ring.
Ooh.. catch the undead indeed.
Yes, we've received so much quality education on the subject over the last few years!
Thanks, I spend ages making sure that my Limericks scan (more or less) correctly!
I find it humorous that the word dark gave you trouble, as often your humor can be described as dark. That said, for struggling with the word, you certainly did an excellent job! Light em' up, watch them burn!
That's exactly what I thought! I got there in the end, though.
And you did a smashing job!
That's an awesomely creative limerick, Doc. Love how you manage to craft something SF/F/H into most of your posts. Happy Thursday!
Thanks! I try 🙂 Happy Thursday to you too!
The Vampire Hunter! Love the limerick!
Very original and entertaining as usual!


Saints Row: The Third Game Giveaway, register your entry now!
Register for the Saints Row Third Game Giveaway now!
Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package is a re-release of Saints Row: The Third with most DLC included. Check out our previous game giveaways and follow us on twitter/FB for the upcoming ones.
With every weapon, every vehicle, every outfit, every mission pack, The Full Package is the ultimate Saints Row: The Third experience.
The premiere edition of Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package includes the award-winning Saints Row: The Third. Moreover, the three downloadable mission packs Genkibowl VII, Gangstas in Space, and The Trouble With Clones. Also, more than 30 bonus DLC items from such hits as the Shark Attack Pack, Witches & Wieners pack. Every weapon, every vehicle, and every outfit ever created for Saints Row is available. Players will go over the top, off the reservation, and to places where no decent game should go.
SR3 is full of Parodies, It's hilarious. The characters are all unique the Missions brings out something new every time. Exploration was amazing and Taking out rival gang members on the street during exploration and calling your homies for help is an amazing experience.
Firstly, the game moving to a new engine helped alleviate various issues the former installments experienced like clunky controls and animations. Smoother animations and more solid gunplay allow for the game to be more welcoming both to newbies and veterans of the series. One of the main features of the game is its perks. They range from handy little tools to useful skills to downright cheating. Furthermore with the potential for the player to become a much more talkative Terminator. On top of all this, with a never-depleting ammo, stamina and health, the fun becomes multi fold. The game really shines in customization. The main character, the vehicles and the weapons - everything can be personalised. The impressive collection of vehicles one can own is also subject to customization.
Finally, under no circumstances should such a masterpiece of absurdity go unnoticed.
Probably the best Saints Row. I want it so much.


Based on the growing understanding that even the littlest learners are powerful thinkers and theory makers, this book identifies science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young, and showing how to integrate science into the curriculum right from the start.
A must-read for both experienced and beginning preschool teachers.
. . . a wonderful tapestry of science content, teaching strategies, and classroom examples all held together with insights about children, the wisdom of teachers, and the theme of scientific inquiry.
This book represents a new way to think about science education for young children. Based on the growing understanding that even the littlest learners are powerful thinkers and theory makers, it identifies important science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young. What's more, it makes a strong case for integrating science into the curriculum right from the start—creating a context for the development of language, mathematical thinking, and social skills.
Authors Karen Worth and Sharon Grollman define and illustrate what science education can and should be. They draw upon what is known about the learning, effective teaching, and science education of young children by using the daily work of teachers and children in Head Start, kindergarten, day care, and preschool programs. They fill their book with teacher stories, photographs, and examples of children's work, plus commentary highlighting particular teaching strategies and child learning.
Read this book and understand what a quality science program encompasses. Then see what the youngest students can do given the opportunity to explore phenomena and materials that draw upon their natural curiosity, captivate, motivate, and prepare them for ideas important to later learning.


It is all about a trip to Riverland. It is not a place …. it is where you go to spend a marvelous day together with your kids, a family day out of the city, a day that you will remember over the years. You will learn to appreciate... the time spend with your kids, an adventure, the good and healthy food.
This is how our trip started. Getting in the car, no matter if it was raining... no matter if apparently an usual day will follow. We let ourselves in the hands of destiny and we hoped to be part of a new experience.
Riverland is a choice for good food, for organic food, a healthy life style for everybody and why not a lesson to learn for the kids about life choices.
Riverland is an Organic Diary BioFarm. The animals feed on organic food, produced in certified organic fields. Also the animals graze in meadows, running free, feeding with fresh grass and exercising in the same time. Combining all these, the farm has the ability to produce higher quality milk and organic meat free of chemicals, antibiotics and residues which yield only negative effects on our health. They produce free range eggs, goat milk, goat cheese, halloumi, kefir, airani and other related products.
The road took us there, where the chickens are happy, where people are closer to the earth, to the natural life style. Mr. Vasilis father of 4 kids created all, out of his love of what he learned and what he dreamed to make in his life. His little kingdom is this farm. He is a dreamer who spends his time doing what he likes, surrounded by nature, animals and children.
At Riverland your kids will learn about milk, goats, sheep, cats and dogs, cheese and cubs, horses and rabbits, eggs and happy chickens running free in the field.
Why not? To make it different? Yes is it possible. Anything is possible if you really want it. The adventure will surprise you, you will be able to see inside the farm, the entire process of producing milk, tasting the products, going outside the farm in the surrounding areas, in the nature, be involved in various activities. Kids will be amazed that the goats are friendly, are free, make milk and cheese. It is a healthy choice to eat something fresh, produced by the nature, people being there just to help.
At Riverland you can come for a day, together with your kids and other families to start just by visiting the farm … and end up, hiking in the nature, riding a horse, holding a baby chick in your hands, mountain biking, rolling on a boat.... climbing a tree... drinking fresh goat milk... the best as far as I know for the kids.
At Riverland, you could paint, you could milk a goat or a sheep... your choice, help at the delivery of a baby...animal?!
At Riverland maybe you will end up picking up tomatoes and cucumbers form the Green house, or you will loose your feet in the cold water of a river, and have a picnic in the forest, or maybe... just maybe your will dare stop for a quiet moment.
The day ended to early for us. Our kids were so happy and they did not stop talking about the day spend at the farm. It was not a zoo or an adventure park but it was educational and fun, we left knowing so many things about this new alternative in our life the Bio Products produced in Cyprus, the healthiest life style.
What do You have to do to deserve all these pleasures? First of all you have to call them, put you on a list and hoping it will happen as soon as possible because there is a waiting list.
Riverland the place where the chickens are happy!
Every Sunday the Riverland Dairy Bio Farm family takes a group of nature enthusiasts on an adventure in the many interesting places that surround the farm.
If you, your family and friends would like to join us on our adventures; contact us on 7777-8818 or contact us on our facebook page.
Farm adventure at Riverland welcomes families for a smaller summer adventure around the farm with activities such as archery, horse riding and kayaking.


PARTY CREW is pleased to announce the WE DO A PARTY gig series is back in its eighth installment and will be its biggest one yet. The WDAP is a bi-monthly metal and punk concert in Lhokseumawe, Aceh Province, Indonesia.
We Do A Party #8 will be held in KNPI Building, Lhokseumawe on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
The Crew's spokesperson Bima Rafarali stated to Acehmusician.org that the event organizer is expecting 28 bands to participate in this very gig. 19 bands are already confirmed to play.
"KNPI Building is larger than previous venues. Louder sound system, more bands to play, and more crowds will come to test a bigger moshing pit. It is bigger ever, though.
For more inquiry please call Bima at 085361151429, or Tasnil at 08566000177 and stay-tuned to acehmusician.com for more information and more bands to be announced in the coming weeks.
This event is supported by Indonesia PostHardcore, Dunia Indie, Gabungan Musisi Aceh-GMA (ACEH), MITI MUSIK, YEAH MUSIK, BR LEBEL, GAPOK (MEDAN), SPOTACREW (MEDAN), DoubleFamily (MEDAN), TORTURA MUSIK STUDIO, STAY HIGH CLOTH, Reinless (Yogyakarta), DAYDREAM CLOTH, and PARTY CREW MEDIA.


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Q: Css Ellipsis issue- Either show full word or ellipsis if there is more text, not half word with ellipsis I have a scenario, text in the table header, that also can be multiline. What I'm struggling with is,
I need to show ellipsis only after a full word, don't want to break the word. Now I need it in a multiline and right-align text also.
I have tried various CSS solutions available on SO.
I can't have a fixed width.
word-break: break-all // not doing the job

::before & ::after // worked but only for last word

I tried this: Ellipsis for right aligned text
HTML:

Right Aligned

Requirement:
Show ellipsis if there is more text, show ellipsis only after a full word, donot break the word for ellipsis.
Any CSS expert.

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Catholic priest found slain in California church rectory
Wednesday Jan 1, 2014 8:41 PM
A Catholic priest in California is found dead inside of a Eureka church rectory. KIEM's Robyn Ridpath reports.
By M. Alex Johnson and F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News
A Catholic priest was found dead in the rectory of his California church Wednesday morning, and police are investigating it as a murder, authorities said.
Rev. Eric Freed's body was discovered at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Eureka, Calif., according to Mayor Frank Jager.
"Father Eric was a friend of mine, a tremendous person in the community," Jager said in a video of a press conference posted on local news website lostcoastoutpost.com. "This is absolutely a tremendous loss not only for the St. Bernard's parish but for our community in general."
Police Chief Andrew Mills told reporters that staff members called police about 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday when they found a man's body.
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Eureka, Calif., posted a tribute to Father Eric Freed, who was found slain in the church's rectory Wednesday.
He did not identify Freed as the victim during the news conference, although Jager did.
The death did not appear to have occurred under "normal circumstances" so police launched a murder investigation, Mills said.
He did not offer any details from the crime scene. No one was in custody, and police released little additional information, but they did say were seeking Freed's dark gray Nissan Altima hybrid.
The church canceled its 7 p.m. Mass and posted tribute to Freed on its website.
In his Christmas message, posted on the church's website (.pdf), Freed declared that he was "proud and honored ... to be your pastor."
"Our parish is alive, joyful, and full of faith, hope, and charity that define us as Catholic Christians," he wrote.
Representatives from St. Bernard's were not immediately available for comment.
Freed was beloved in Eureka, especially among its sizable Japanese community, Jager said. He was installed formally as pastor at St. Bernard's parish in 2011. In addition to his priestly duties, Freed taught in the Religious Studies Department at nearby Humboldt State University.
"Those of us that believe in prayer, this is the time for that, and I hope we can find out who did this," he said.
Officials said the street in front of the church would be blocked off for people who want to gather to pray.
This story was originally published on Wed Jan 1, 2014 11:41 PM EST


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Camcam's Forbes Park mansion dispute remains alive
byRey E. Requejo
The legal battle of businesswoman Edna Camcam, the long-time partner of the late Gen. Fabian Ver, to regain ownership of a Forbes Park mansion continues after the Supreme Court set aside the ruling rendered by the Court of Appeals, which declared a certain Dr. Daniel Vasquez as the real owner of the property.
In a nine-page decision, the SC's Third Division through Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul Inting granted the petition filed by Camcam seeking the reversal of the CA' decision on January 26, 2016 and resolution dated September 16, 2016 that denied her appeal.
The CA decision affirmed the resolutions issued by the Regional Trial Court of Makati City on December 16, 2013 and April 7, 2014 rejecting Camcam's ownership claim over the mansion.
The trial court granted Vasquez's motion for summary judgment and declared the latter as the real owner of the property on Cambridge Circle.
In ruling in favor of Camcam, the high court noted that the appellate court's decision was already affirmed by the Court on August 24, 2016 and has attained finality.
"The Rules on Civil Procedure provide that the amended complaint supersedes the complaint. Thus, the grant of the Motion for Summary Judgment, and even the Motion for Summary Judgment itself, have no leg to stand on, as they were both based on the superseded complaint," the SC ruled.
With this, the high tribunal reversed and set aside the CA ruling and ordered the case to be remanded to the RTC to conduct further proceedings based on Camcam's amended complaint.
Court records showed that Vasquez claimed he allowed Camcam to occupy the property rent-free upon the request of Ver who went on exile following the ouster of then President Marcos in 1986.
The trial court noted that in September 1994, Camcam executed a legal document titled "Guaranty" admitting Vasquez as the owner of the property.
It said the petitioner also acknowledged and confirmed this document during the trial.
Camcam was forced to claim ownership of the property by filing a for reconveyance with application for preliminary injunction and/or temporary restraining order before the RTC of Makati City.
Camcam filed the complaint after the Vasquez camp filed an ejectment case against her following her refusal to leave the property.
After getting an unfavorable ruling before the Makati City RTC, Camcam appealed before the CA where she asserted that the disposition of the case was premature considering that her camp was still seeking an amendment of her complaint and that there were genuine issues in the case necessitating a full-blown trial.
Tags: Edna CamcamFabian VerForbes Park mansionSupreme Court
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Who is this girl that is highly favored? A young teenager somewhere between the ages of 12 and 15 since that was the average marrying age of a girl in that time and that place. From the obscure town of Nazareth in the district of Galilee. A poor, uneducated girl who could not afford to sacrifice a lamb at the temple but instead offered 2 doves.


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L'Art de la Guerre UK Rankings updated
With just Devizes to go between now and Britcon the UK AD:LG Rankings have been updated to include the results from Dogs of War, the BHGS Challenge and Sighian Dubh (which moved from October to July this year).
With the current top two players having both places 1st and 2nd at Britcon last year, but wit the #3 ranked player not counting a "Britcon"score in his current ranking total it's all to play for to be top of the pile in the UK ADLG universe as we head into the final weeks of this season!
11 UK ADLG players are also taking part in a multi-national field at "The Worlds" in Salamanca this August, just before Britcon - so there is a possibility of a trophy haul to embarrass any self-respecting Ikea shelf unit for some of the UK AD:LG contingent in August this year...!


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The Walking Dead Season 8: Does the series need a reboot?
Cinema 8 December, 2016
A few days before the release of final mid-season of Season 7 of The Walking Dead, one wonders if a reboot in the next season would not be beneficial to the series … Beware, spoilers.
There are only three days to wait before finding Rick and company, while Tom Payne yesterday answered the question of where was Jesus in season 7 of The Walking Dead is that next season is interested today. As many fans have noted, the series tends to turn around in circles in recent times and the hearing is affected. This obviously does not prevent us to appreciate, especially after a 7 plus that successful episode . But adaptation from one medium to another is always complicated and it could be that The Walking Dead needs a little revival to continue to capture our attention. The main reason why one would want to see a reboot is simple: the series begins to be too repetitive to continue like this for years. Beware of spoilers from the US comics in the future!
As already mentioned, the same intrigues often return. Rick, Michonne, Carol and their group are in danger, find refuge, the danger comes back and they lose some of their members, and are fleeing again a refuge etc. If this remains fundamentally legitimate puiqu'il is a series of survival, some resources could help to not give the impression of seeing the same from one season to another . The first solution would be to follow the comics to the letter with a jump in time two years after the battle against Negan. This would learn to know the characters, to advance the story and give an air of novelty to a series that we know well. Furthermore it would also be an opportunity to establish a new narrative system that would plunge us regularly in the past two years to find out how we got there.
Finally The Walking Dead could greatly benefit from a real cast of renewal. Certainly the frequent deaths and new communities of season 7 showed us many new characters, but the core remains the same and it's always centered on them what the series. In addition to discovering new talent, this could also create surprise and arouse the curiosity of viewers . By keeping only two or three old characters and renewing the group without necessarily kill those who leave, they are offered the opportunity to reappear in the series after living their own adventure. Obviously this possibility inevitably make us nostalgic since we are particularly attached to certain characters, but there is no doubt that the writers are talented enough for us to present others as endearing. Here are some proposals that could wake up all our love for the series although this does not prevent us to appreciate it as it is. Meanwhile Sunday, we had already asked what would happen in episode 8 of Season 7 of The Walking Dead! And you what do you think ?
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Carbon County Commission approves
TWE Project conditional use permit
Dec. 19, 2018 — After a public hearing and discussion on Dec. 18, the Carbon County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved TransWest Express LLC's application for a conditional use permit for the TransWest Express Transmission Project.
The permit approval aligned with the outcome from the Carbon County Planning & Zoning Commission, which voted unanimously Nov. 5 to recommend approval of the permit application to the Carbon County Commission. The Commissioners' final approval follows Sweetwater County's Dec. 5 issuance of the necessary local zoning permit for the TWE Project, following the land use department's review of TransWest's separate application there.
About 92 miles of the TWE Project are in Wyoming, with 55 miles in Carbon County and 37 miles in Sweetwater County. TransWest is developing this transmission project in a responsible way that avoids, minimizes and mitigates potential impacts to wildlife and the environment, including implementing multiple science-based conservation measures, using designated energy corridors as much as practical, and co-locating the project with other linear infrastructure where feasible.
From 2008 to 2016, the TWE Project was extensively analyzed in an Environmental Impact Statement, prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Western Area Power Administration as joint lead federal agencies. Public scoping was held in early 2011, and the Final EIS was released in 2015. The BLM Record of Decision was issued in December 2016, and the WAPA Record of Decision was issued in January 2017.
With the key Wyoming local permits secured, TransWest plans to file its state permit application with the Wyoming Industrial Siting Division in January 2019.
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I am not a Q grader, I am a coffee drinker and lover. After spending a week tasting a number of roast profiles of the Coffee we have sourced via Café Imports direct from the Coatepec, Mexican community we have identified a profile we like. And I believe it is a good and almost great coffee.
I know the Cup of Excellence (COE) rating is per country, to make it more subjective, but having tasted a few great coffees this year, although the Coatepec coffees won COE this year we prefer the microlot coffees we have sourced from Colombia, like Los Idolos. That said the Coatepec is very drinkable, especially without the addition of milk. Would we say it deserved the COE tag, well we cannot comment since we did not taste the other coffees from Mexico. But we suspect this is the kind of coffee that may have stood out, regardless of the selected roast profile.
Although the cupping notes identified white grape, we actually found we preferred the roast that did not expose this flavour. Instead we found that accelerating the roast once we moved to full air through the roasting barrel, then waiting for first crack to complete, and dropping the coffee as we suspected second crack was a hint in the air, then listening to second crack initiating in the cooling bin produces the most drinkable coffee. This seems to expose more of the toffee and caramels that we enjoy in this coffee.
We only have 8 bags of the coffee, so I suspect it will sell well, especially since it is below the R240.00 / kg mark. At our next cupping open day we will have this as a coffee to cup.
You can order the Coatepec here.


State Bank of India has announced cut in home loan rate by up to 0.15 per cent.
Private housing finance company DHFL has reduced its retail prime lending rate by 20 basis points and now offers home loans for new borrowers at 9.65%. The company has also announced a festive offer of 9.55% interest on loans upto Rs. 25 lakhs valid upto December 31, 2015.
According to the company, its loans are largely to low and middle income borrowers in the Tier II, Tier III towns, with an average loan ticket size of below Rs. 15 lakhs. "The Low and Middle income segment customers, which comprises majority of the total home loan book size, would stand to benefit the most, with the fresh rate cut and the festive season offer," a statement issued by DHFL said.


An Outstanding Catholic School located in the London Borough of Westminster are looking to secure a Teaching Assistant who has experience using British Sign Language ( BSL). The role will start in immediately and will be for the reminder of the academic year.
This school is a multi-cultural/multi faith secondary school based in the London Borough of Westminster and are highly respected by the local community. This vibrant school is highly successful and are fully comprehensive in ensuring all decisions are made in the best interests of the students or to improve their learning. The school was graded outstanding by Ofsted in 2013 and is recognised as being in the top 7% of schools nationally for the progress made by students. They are centrally located and are easily accessible by both over ground and underground train stations.
This mainstream secondary school have a specialist Dead Unit within the school and are looking for an experience Teaching Assistant to join the already strong team.The successful Learning Support Assistant will be working across the unit to support pupils who are non-verbal. The role will be 5 days a week and continue until July 2019 in the first instance but has the potential to be made permanent for a stand out candidate.
·Able to relay BSL from hearing impaired students to non-signing students or adults.


You can never stop at just the boxed squad, right? Well, I've added to my Orc Blood Bowl Team, Da Mighty Redz, in the form of my new Troll and Goblin. The little and large duo move me a little closer to completing the project with plenty of time to spare before Necromunda hits in November, and I'm quite happy with how they both turned out.
The keen-eyed amongst you will notice that this is not the official Blood Bowl troll, but a Stone Troll (Sorry, 'Rockgut Troggoth' for those of you who speak Sigmarese) that's been slightly converted and that's because I'm not the greatest fan of the new Blood Bowl troll. While it's of course a quality sculpt (what isn't from GW these days, right?), I like my trolls to look like big, grumpy and fairly immobile brick walls, and not someone throwing out the first pitch at a Yankee's game. Less dynamic, more static – which pretty much goes against my entire miniature design philosophy but I guess this is the exception that proves the rule.
So, I chopped off his bone-club (poor chap – sounds painful), and made a knuckleduster from some plasticard, green stuff and the spikes are actually from a Storm Raven's missile launcher. I made some knee pads from green stuff, plasticard and green stuff made me the arm guards, and the shoulder pad is from the Chaos Terminator kit. There are a few green stuff leather straps and I had to hack off and rebuild half an ear to make room for the aforementioned shoulder pad. Oh, and he has a backplate that has been nailed into him because he's a troll and he doesn't mind that.
The goblin was a tricky little bugger to paint. He didn't take too long (I actually painted him in about 5 hours!) but it can be tricky to switch gears when you've been working on something as big as a troll. But that's a super fun kit and I'm almost certainly going to be adding another gobbo in the near future. Not only because it was enjoyable to paint, but also because it's pretty risky bringing a single goblin to a Blood Bowl game. They either get squished or the troll eats them so better safe than sorry.
And as you can see from the above snap, these guys are called Murvy and Owni which is my tribute to two Liverpool stars of my younger years – Danny Murphy and Michael Owen. Not exactly dead ringers, but Murphy does have a slightly troll like demeanour (and attitude) and Owen was (and still is) a bit short, so it kind of fits.
In terms of tactics, the goblin is there to pick up the ball (because having played with Orcs, they're practically incapable of this when you need them to) and the troll can throw him up the field to score me a touch down. Not particularly intricate tactics, but they're a well used staple of the game. Looking forward to trying it out.
I just like this picture because it's like they're standing back to back with the Goblin saying something like "See, I'm definitely gettin' taller!". 😀 But it also shows off a bit more of the troll armour, and I love the look of the Goblin in profile – those helmets are awesome.
That's your lot for this post. Well, except to say that the desk project has been delayed by just a couple of days while the last couple of stragglers get back to me. Early next week. I promise. Have a great Friday, a cracking weekend, and the very best of luck with all of your painting projects. Onwards!
I finished something! My Orc Blood Bowl team, Da Mighty Redz are now done! And what's more, just to add a cherry on the top, my camera is working again, so I actually have half decent pictures of them. My cup (or Blood Bowl) runneth over. So here, in this post, I shall present to you the newest team to be taking to the pitch.
Then we have the second six: Krush, Crag-Ghar, Jaw 'Ard, Burga, Lonzo and Goblar.
I had a huge amount of fun painting this team and I really do love the miniatures. They're excellently posed and with some great little details too. To think how far we've come since the old miniatures for this game! What a time to be painting.
I went a bit snap happy with the camera – it hasn't worked for so long now and I wanted to make sure that I could do justice to all of the players here. What's more, I wanted to further highlight what I talked about in my last post about this team – making duplicate pose figures look different. So let's start with the linemen.
I finished off these guys so long ago that I can barely remember painting them, but it's nice to see them looking this good. I'm particularly fond of the "YNWA" (You'll Never Walk Again) and "No Mersey" details on the armour. I also did the Orcidas symbol on one of these guys to go with the stripes. I'm also liking how the team symbol pops too – that nice flash of turquoise and yellow on each model really gives them something else.
The throwers really highlight how the different green green skin tones can help to differentiate the two models. These guys were painted a long time ago so I don't remember too much about them either – geez, I've really got to get better at painting fast just so that I can remember what I did to talk about it on here!
The Black Orc Blockers were a huge amount of fun to paint, and all those flat surfaces give you so much room with which to have fun. And they are huge too – they really look good and intimidating. Can't wait to see them holding up the line and stomping face.
And the Blitzers are done! I was thinking about giving them very vibrant plumes, but went with natural hair tones instead – it just felt a little better because these guys are already colourful enough. I do like Foula's fancy purple boots though. Very fetching. These guys were a little tougher to paint than the rest of the team because that dynamic pose gives you some funny angles to work around. But great fun to paint too – those masks/helmets are great!
And there is more to come, but you'll have to wait for that. I've still got a little time before Necromunda, so I have to fill my time somehow. But for now, this is your lot. I hope you've enjoyed seeing the team in all their glory. Next step: the big leagues. Onwards!
Oh, and one more thing. A lot of you liked my post about the desk project. I've had some responses already, but I'd still like some more. A lot of you liked that post, so it'd be great to get a few more responses from you. Please take another look, and drop me an email if you can. Cheers!
I thought it had been a while since I showed you a proper update on where I'm at with my Blood Bowl team, Da Mighty Redz, and so I present to you my two Black Orc Blockers – Daglash and Burga.
But the other thing I wanted to talk about in this post is subtle conversions, and differentiating paint jobs that can help to add some individualisation and personality to your teams. My heart sank initially when I first learnt that all the teams were made up of 6×2 models – six pairs if you like, of identical players. I didn't want to waste a lot of time doing heavy conversions and changing stances.
So in order to give them some individuality, I took a two stage approach – minor conversions, and paint jobs. And thankfully, Orcs are probably the easiest team to do this work on as they're supposed to look a bit more battered and smashed up.
Spikes – Add/Remove some of the hundreds of spikes that appear all over this team. Take one from a shoulder, and add it to a helmet. Take a couple from a knee pad, and add those removed spikes to a gauntlet or knuckle duster. Rinse and repeat.
Scratches – Using a craft knife, just cut a few additional scratches into the edges of the armour. Don't go overboard, but a few here and there.
Holes – One or two only. Use something like the smallest bit in the citadel hand drill kit to make a couple of holes in the armour.
Green Stuff – Does he have a plume? Add a few more hairs to it. Does he have a bit of cloth hanging down? Make it a little longer. Keep it simple and small, and make sure it's different on each model.
Do this to each pair (ensuring that you keep things different) and along with the basing, you can get some real individualism into each member. Some will say that without changing the poses, this won't be enough, but remember this – as someone who has played both Rugby and American Football, I can tell you that individualism in your stance isn't something that's desirable. In fact, it can get you injured pretty quickly. Good form on a player looks pretty much the same for every player. There's only one best stance, and your guys are both good at it (they're pros) so that's enough. It shows that they're pros.
Boots – Have you seen footballers' boots recently? The days of plain black boots are long gone, so go wild with the colours.
Trousers – You might want them a bit more uniform for other teams, but for Orcs, these can be changed around. Greys and Browns are your friends here.
Numbers & Details – Obvious one; each number gets a different number. And change where you put some of the other details. My 'Orcidas' stripes are a good example.
Effects – When adding mud, scratches or rust patches, you'll naturally be a bit more random, and that's great. Different locations for rust really helps to set them apart.
And that's about it. Well, that's how I've done it. I'm not trying to teach you anything advanced here, but the whole team is starting to really come together and thanks to these methods, there isn't too much of a mirror-image-vibe going on.
Here are the two blitzers that I've just undercoated (they're the final part of the boxed team left for me to paint) and you can see a couple of subtle conversions in there. As for the paint jobs, these Black Orc Blockers demonstrate how to keep them in uniform, but both individual.
With that, I shall leave you for now. I hope you've enjoyed checking out what I'm working on, and that this gave you a few ideas to help make your identical duos a little less identical. Hopefully I'll have the whole team ready to show you soon. Onwards!
Hello, Blood Bowl fans! And welcome to the post that shows off the first images of my very own Varag Ghoul-Chewer. This was the model that I was going to take to the Forge World Open Day but I didn't have a chance to finish him. Well, I'm glad that I took my time and didn't rush anything, because I'm particularly happy with how this massive orc turned out now that I'm finished with him. Let's take a closer look at the latest addition to my Blood Bowl team.
So, I painted him in very much the same way that I've shown on this blog before – a process detailed in this tutorial. He'll be playing for Da Mighty Redz when I get them all done (getting closer now), so it's that same Mephiston Red armour and for his flesh, I used a blend of Waaagh! Flesh and Moot Green paints mixed pretty much 1:1 for the base. I probably did give this chap a few extra layers of highlight just because I want him to pop a little more, and I think it's worked quite nicely, but it's pretty much the same method apart from that.
Rather than assign a legend like Varag Ghoul-Chewer a squad number, I've gone with a crudely drawn star motif that I thought was fitting of a player with this guy's reputation. Also, as all the other players in the squad have numbers and names based on Liverpool Football club players, I didn't want to confuse that. What's more, there's a lot less rust on this guy – he's a star player so I'd guess he can afford to keep his gear a little better than the team grunts.
One thing that I'm really happy with on this miniature is the weathering and effects. From the mud placed on the raised boot, to just the general wear and tear all over, he definitely looks like he's been sprinting around a muddy pitch for more than a few minutes. I also cracked out the Blood For The Blood God technical paint to decorate Varag's massive weapon. I don't like overusing it, so it's just a hint.
The squig gave me some issues, and it's probably the weaker part of the model. The eyes didn't come out quite as I'd liked, and there could be more highlighting on the flesh. But over all, I'm very happy with this miniature and I look forward to fielding him.
And if you're worried about him toppling over, I should tell you that there's a 2p piece superglued to the underside of his base. It's made him so much more stable. He was a bit wobbly on the desk top before that so he'd be very precarious on that plinth without the added weight, and the 2p piece is the perfect size and weight for these bases..
And now I need to get back to my painting desk – there's a lot I still want to do this year and I'm aware of time running out. Not only do I need to get this Blood Bowl team done, but there's a certain red painted legion that needs my attention too. I hope your painting efforts are going well. Onwards!
Only four players have passed through the paintbrush process so far, but I was happy enough that I wanted to show them off. Two linemen and two throwers are ready to take the field, and I'm very happy with them so far.
Starting from the bottom, yes, those are goblin green bases. Well, Skarsnik Green (as it is these days) to be exact, but it's as close as I'm going to get. It suits the "field of play" look that a Blood Bowl team should to have, and is gloriously retro to boot. I've been able to use flock again for the first time in years, and there are a few rocks on those bases too – well, this is an orc pitch. To them, the rocks just make the game more fun.
Their bases also feature their names; Brute Goblar, Hip-Prya, Stabya Lonzo and Burnz. For those of you who don't get the references, that's Bruce Grobbelaar, Sami Hyypia, Xabi Alonso and John Barnes – a selection of my footballing heroes. The rest will have equally orc-y monikers too.
So of course, they have a red strip (well, the armour is red), and their kit sponsor is Orcidas. Their team badge is a flaming torch, and they all feature their numbers – the same as those of their name-inspiring Liverpool players. Goblar even has "YNWA" painted on his chest plate, but rather than standing for "You'll Never Walk Alone", it stands for the far more orc-appropriate "Yu'll Neva Walk Again".
I didn't know how I'd feel about there being two of each model in this team, but I've found that with some minor mods, and a few change ups in the paint jobs, that this isn't an issue. As someone who briefly played American Football, a uniformity in stances is actually a good thing. What's more, I like my Orcs being different shades of green. It really does help to give them each an individual look.
And finally, I wanted to show these guys off against my old Dark Elf team. These particular Dark Elves were only painted (by me) perhaps four years ago (too many models have passed over my painting table since then to recall exactly) but you can see how far I've come since then. At least I hope you can – I can and that's what's important. Not only that, but it gives you an idea of how much larger and more impressive the new models are. I can't wait to see the Elven Union team and, dare I dream, a Dark Elf team in the future too.
That's your lot for now. More Scouse Orcs (Scorcs?) to come in the near future. But for now, that's all on my models.
On a sadder note, I just wanted to pay my own little tribute to Alan Bligh who unfortunately passed away a few days ago. I had the privilege of meeting him on more than one occasion at Forge World Open Days and other GW events, and he was such a nice person, and a genuine fan of the game as well. He was funny too – some of his Q&A answers at the Warhammer Fest I attended a couple of years back had the room in stitches.
For me, his work on the Badab War books was a glorious achievement. I read those two hefty tomes from cover to cover and loved every word of it. Thanks for that, Alan.


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Properties pour in for new year auction
By John Corser | Business Picks | Published: Jan 14, 2020
Scores of new properties are pouring in for Bond Wolfe Auctions' first auction of 2020 following a record-breaking success in its first 12 months of trading.
Gurpreet Bassi and Ian Tudor
Since launching in January 2019, the company has sold an impressive 654 lots out of 751 lots offered in six auctions, an average success rate of 87 per cent that has raised more than £81.4 million in sales.
This included an impressive 95 per cent success rate in the most recent auction on December 11 when 151 lots were sold from the 159 offered – the highest sales rate for a Midlands auction for 15 years.
Bond Wolfe Auctions' next auction at Villa Park, Birmingham, is on Thursday, February 27.
Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe Auctions, which has offices in Birmingham, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton, said: "We now hold the record for the most property lots ever sold in a Midlands auction, have recorded the highest sales rate since 2004 and are established as the region's top auctioneer by some distance.
"Not only are we selling more than any other auctioneer in Birmingham, but we're also constantly increasing the volumes of properties from across the wider West Midlands, the East Midlands, the north west and north east regions, and from as far afield as Wales and Scotland.
"We have raised more in sales than our nearest two competitors combined, a performance boosted by being appointed as exclusive property auctioneers for both Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police."
Mr Bassi said the company had originally considered opening auction events in other regions of the UK, but that the appeal of the Birmingham-based auctions at Aston Villa FC had proved so strong that it had shelved any plans for new venues in the immediate future.
He added: "We realised that a central UK location at the heart of the motorway network and with good rail connections to the north and south is perfect for most bidders, with many more joining us online and by telephone."
Ian Tudor, managing director at Bond Wolfe Auctions, agreed that the central location has proven a winning formula for the Midlands-wide auction house.
He said: "Our auction dates at Villa Park have quickly built up a fantastic reputation for residential lots, with commercial lots also becoming increasingly popular as the year progressed.
"With more political stability following the general election result, I think we will see the floodgates open as many businesses and landowners seek to maximise asset values in order to fund expansion plans.
"The auction route provides both certainty and helps with cashflow planning, an essential ingredient of any growing business."
Bond Wolfe Auctions' other five auctions for 2020, all to be held from 10.30am at Aston Villa FC, are on May 6, July 16, September 10, October 22 and December 10.
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Железнодорожный транспорт Судана представлен 5311 км однопутной железной дороги (4595 км пути колеи 1067 мм и 716 км — колеи 610 мм). Дороги соединяют северную часть страны и её центр. Основное направление проходит через Вади Хальфу — Хартум — Эль-Обейд, через Сеннар и Кости. Отдельные линии соединяют Атбару и Сеннар через Порт-Судан и Сеннар с Эд-Дамазин. Работа отдельных участков может прерываться во время сезона дождей.

Железнодорожные связи со смежными странами
  Египет — Нет — изменение ширины колеи с 1067 мм на 1435 мм.
  Эритрея — Нет — изменение ширины колеи с 1067 мм на 950 мм.
  Уганда — Нет — изменение ширины колеи с 1067 мм на 1000 мм.
  Эфиопия — Нет — изменение ширины колеи с 1067 мм на 1000 мм.
  Кения — Нет — изменение ширины колеи с 1067 мм на 1000 мм.
  Демократическая Республика Конго — Нет — одинаковая ширина колеи 1067 мм.
  Центральноафриканская Республика — Нет железных дорог.
  Чад — Нет железных дорог.
  Ливия — Нет — изменение ширины колеи с 1067 мм на 1435 мм.

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Судан


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Máguez est un hameau de l'île de Lanzarote dans l'archipel des îles Canaries. Il fait partie de la commune de Haría.

Situation
Máguez est situé dans la vallée entre les volcans La Corona et La Atalaya, le long de la route LZ-201.

Patrimoine architectural
L'église de San Barbara (Iglesia de Santa Bárbara), au centre du village.

Notes et références

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The bag filter GIM-H has been designed expressively for thermal plants and for all those places with height problems. In fact, it is compact, equipped with inspection door for maintenance and extraction sleeves, the inside of the filter with walkable grid.
The dust-filled air enters the top of the quiet chamber through the hole into the panel. Coarser dust present into the extracted air is immediately depressed by means of the separation chamber and drops into the container hopper because of the lessening of speed. Passing the quiet chamber, dust then enters the filtering sleeves, creating a shakingly violent wave in the opposite direction. This enables it to release dust particles and let them far from being deposited on the outside of the filtering sleeves. The screw fall moves the dust from alongside the star valve and in its turn will offload the dust cyclically. At the end of the operating cycle dust is collected in the container with quick release.


Beautiful wooded location on scenic country road...maybe a perfect site for your dream home! 9 acre lot will require town approval but it is surrounded by other large parcels and estate lots to ensure privacy and even in the future. Doing a drive by?? If Old Hampden Road is not in good condition, you can also access this property from the Hampden Ma side via South Road.


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Il circondario del Lago di Costanza (in tedesco Bodenseekreis) è un circondario tedesco situato nel Land del Baden-Württemberg. Confina a sud con il Lago di Costanza, da cui prende il nome.

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William Hulbert Wolseley (16 June 1821 – 9 May 1899) was an Irish Anglican priest: the  Archdeacon of Kilfenora from 1885 until his death.

Wolseley was born in County Sligo and educated at Trinity College Dublin He was ordained deacon in 1847 and priest in 1848. He was the Vicar of Kilrush from 1862; and Prebendary of Inishcaltra in Killaloe Cathedral from 1864.

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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Archdeacons of Kilfenora
19th-century Irish Anglican priests
People from County Sligo
1821 births
1899 deaths


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US, UK reach deal to make it easier to get electronic data
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and United Kingdom signed an agreement Thursday that officials say will speed up dozens of criminal and national security investigations and make it easier for law enforcement to obtain the electronic evidence they need.
The deal would let American and British authorities seek electronic data in investigations directly from technology companies based in the other country, instead of the time-consuming process of going through the government.
The agreement was signed by Attorney General William Barr and U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel at a ceremony Thursday evening at the British ambassador's residence in Washington.
"This agreement will enhance the ability of the United States and the United Kingdom to fight serious crime — including terrorism, transnational organized crime, and child exploitation — by allowing more efficient and effective access to data needed for quick-moving investigations," Barr said in a statement.
Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. agreed to seek the permission of the British government when seeking evidence for death penalty prosecutions, and the U.K. agreed to get U.S. approval for cases involving freedom of speech issues.
"This historic agreement will dramatically speed up investigations, allowing our law enforcement agencies to protect the public," Patel said in a statement. "This is just one example of the enduring security partnership we have with the United States and I look forward to continuing to work with them and global partners to tackle these heinous crimes."
The agreement is expected to take effect after a six-month review period for Congress and a related review by Parliament.


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RIPOSTES AND ADDENDUMS: TEJU COLE'S 'KNOWN AND STRANGE THINGS'
27 October 2016 by grbed
Teju Cole, Known and Strange Things (Faber and Faber, 2016)
by Rachel Sykes
For the author of a critically lauded debut novel, Teju Cole is winningly reluctant to publish fiction. Open City (2011) won the PEN/Hemingway Award, rave reviews from The New Yorker and The Guardian, and praise from literary vanguards like Colm Tóibín, James Wood, and Claire Messud. What followed for Cole was a period of creative public intellectualism in which the author never hinted that a second novel would follow. Originally published in Nigeria in 2007, Faber & Faber reprinted Cole's novella Every Day is for the Thief in 2014, but since then the author has shifted between the forms of art and criticism that interest him: pursuing a PhD in art history at Columbia, writing a monthly column 'On Photography' for the New York Times Magazine, and conducting narrative experiments on Twitter and Instagram. [1]
Interestingly, at least for anyone following the rhetoric of review sections, critical praise for Cole often centres on the supposedly un-contemporariness of his method and prose. James Wood celebrates the "room for reflection, autobiography, stasis, and repetition" that Open City provides the modern reader; Colm Tóibín notes that the "soft, exquisite rhythms" of Open City are unusual for contemporary fiction and should therefore be celebrated. What seems most unusual about Cole is his critical and artistic dexterity. Unwilling to pigeonhole himself, or, indeed, to be pigeonholed by others, Cole perhaps enjoys a unique position as a prominent contemporary African and American novelist who is able to live, as he suggests in an early interview, by making "the arts the center of [his] life" without producing a second novel or narrowly defining his professional identity.
Known and Strange Things (2016) is Cole's first collection of essays and unsurprisingly diverse in subject, form, and style. The collection divides into three sections, Reading Things, Seeing Things, and Being There, concluding with an Epilogue, 'Blind Spot', which reflects on Cole's temporary but recurring experience of blindness. The volume is impressively fluid and, due to the breadth of Cole's interests, only loosely defined by the 'Things' that interest him. Indeed, in his Introduction to the volume, Cole describes the collection as extracts from "an eight-year period of almost constant writing" and stresses his overly "flexible approach to "'essays'". Like the rest of Cole's career, then, Known and Strange Things is wilfully ambiguous, hinting at other 'possible' books within the text itself and presenting many contrasting aspects of Cole's intellectual and artistic life, side-by-side.
The collection's first essay, 'Black Body', is indicative both of Cole's lyricism and his breadth. The essay begins mid-thought, "Then the bus began driving into cloud," and the movement of Cole's prose will remind readers of Open City, driven as it is by the slow movement of mental processes rather than the passage of external action or event. Although Cole's journey is rooted in the prosaic, defined by the bus, its timetable, and several scheduled stops, the author's drive through the clouds also delivers him back in time: to a village in Switzerland that James Baldwin visited sixty years ago, a moment "just on the cusp of escaping the contemporary and slipping into the historical."
Baldwin is a key reference for Cole. His citations both here and throughout Known and Strange Things link the volume to a resurgence of interest in the already canonical author, from Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me (2015) to Jesmyn Ward's edited collection, The Fire This Time (2016). For Cole, as for Coates and Ward, Baldwin's writing is painful in its continued relevance and Cole, in particular, invokes Baldwin for his ability to recall America's past in its present. The lyricism of Cole's prose therefore acts as cold comfort, rendering the historic repetition of state-sponsored racism in beautiful phrases that make his observations more vivid. 'Black Body' is an essay about Baldwin and his influence on Cole, but it is also about Switzerland, travel, and the enduring experience of being a "stranger" whilst black, both historically and in a specifically twenty-first century context when a recurring "fantasy about the disposability of black life" is being reasserted.
Here, I part ways with the critics who highlight Cole's antecedents before they acknowledge his contemporaneity. Cole's tastes are generally intellectual, or whatever the polite term for 'highbrow' might be. One essay reflects on the career of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, another on Cole's most obvious literary forbearer, W. G. Sebald. At least the first two sections of Known and Strange Things interweave appreciations of lesser-known figures in modern literature, art, and music with reflections on how the individual encounters them. This necessarily includes observations about technology, mediation, and our Westernised sense of what is worth reading, seeing, or hearing. In one essay, for instance, Cole uses YouTube to repeatedly watch videos of Jacques Derrida talking; in another, he contemplates the future of photography after Flickr, Instagram, and "cheap photography" have led to the production of nearly a trillion images a year.
Technology is therefore at the forefront of Cole's imagination, although his elegiac style and characteristic thoughtfulness often makes his prose feel older than it is. [2] It is in this way that critics distinguish Cole as a relic amongst his contemporaries, but, arguably, the slow progress of Known and Strange Things is also how Cole challenges the exclusion of many 'non-Western' artists from our preeminent cultural discussions.
For instance, by placing an essay on Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu between a dream-like meditation on Derrida, Nazism, and Beethoven and a review of Michael Haneke's Amour (2012), Cole makes connections that many critics would not. That is, rather than a radical overthrowing of 'known' canonical works, Cole makes substitutions, "ripostes," and "strange" addendums. Indeed, as Petina Gappah observes in a recent review, "[Cole asserts] the right to write on Brahms and Kofi Awoonor, Derek Walcott and Tomas Tranströmer, Sebald and Wole Soyinka, Wangechi Mutu and Gueorgui Pinkhassov" and to read them in direct communion with each other.
Similarly evident of Cole's dexterity, the essays collected here often teeter between the personal and the impersonal. In this, Known and Strange Things is reminiscent of recent autobiographical works by Olivia Laing and Rebecca Solnit, writers who both reflect on their intellectual heritage through the lens of their embodied present. [3] Unlike Laing and Solnit, however, Cole describes himself as "cool on the page and animated in person" and the distance implied by his coolness can be jarring, his eloquence sometimes disarming.
As a reader, I found a similar remove in reading a 416-page book about another person's experience of culture. Due to the relative anonymity of some of Cole's subjects, and perhaps also due to his growing reputation as a writer, the third item in my Google search of Howard French's photography book, Disappearing Shanghai (2013), turns out to be Cole's original article, published in The New Inquiry in 2012. Cole's written experience of French's photography is therefore oddly circuitous and when in search of the images that inspired the essay, the Internet directed me to the 'originary origin', to misquote Derrida, and returned me, once again, to Cole's interpretation.
Of course, this is not really a criticism of Cole, but rather an acknowledgement of the challenges of writing (and reviewing) a single volume composed from "an eight-year period" of cultural writings. At times, Being There, the final section of Known and Strange Things, reads like the highlight reel of almost a decade in global politics, reflecting on the election and presidency of Barack Obama, the false charity of Kony 2012, and the deaths of migrants in Arizona border-crossings. However, this is where Cole's writing also becomes must alive, compensating for the reserve of his authorial persona with dedicated and passionate reporting.
Here, too, Cole reveals his commitment to the novel form and hints that his identity is more didactic that it might initially appear to be. "I am a novelist," he writes, "and my goal in writing a novel is to leave the reader not knowing what to think. A good novel shouldn't have a point." Known and Strange Things therefore shares several qualities with Cole's fiction: it is wide reaching and specific, unstructured and highly defined, but above all very difficult to define.
[1] This list in selective: Cole also teaches writing, exhibits his own photography, and, according to his website, has 'lectured widely, from the Harvard Graduate School of Design to Twitter Headquarters'.
[2] The same cannot be said for Cole's treatment of pop culture, which he sometimes references but never expands on. In 'Black Body', for instance, Cole mentions Beyoncé to demonstrate the reach of American music, but shows little interest in interpreting her work.
[3] Cole and Solnit have a documented friendship: Solnit provides a blurb for Known and Strange Things and both authors have shared articles by the other on Twitter and Facebook. on the latter, Cole has even shared a photo of the two together.
Category : essay, fiction, Film, history, Migration, non-fiction, photography, politics, Review, Theory
Tags : Faber and Faber, james baldwin, jesmyn ward, known and strange things, olivia laing, petina gappah, rachel sykes, rebecca solnit, teju cole, wg sebald
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Hell Hath Frozen
Wait. Let me pinch myself. Burger King is forsaking its mascot in favor of food and experience content in its marketing. Gap has admitted that its marketing stinks, especially the mannequin campaign for Old Navy? No, a pinch isn't enough. I need a stiff drink, but only after I let out a loud, obnoxious, self-congratulatory I told you so
The failure of Burger King's and Gap's marketing to do anything more than win industry accolades and new clients for its agencies has been obvious for years, if only to the companies' competitors. Both brands have been poster children for the outdated belief that image trumps reality; it doesn't, of course, and never did, but our era's cool new technologies have enraptured a generation of marketers who just don't understand the mechanics of awareness, interest, intent, and satisfied/repeat purchase.
Gloriously complicated slides and flowcharts make for slick presentations that claim otherwise (supported by pithy Tweets, of course), but the fact is that reality trumps image. Gap's stores were and are stocked with generic clothing at unreasonable and confusingly variable prices, while its salespeople have gotten more disinterested as they've become more rare. Burger King has fallen short on all fronts -- menu variety, consistency of service, quality of store facilities -- while its marketing, like Gap's, pioneered new ways to talk about anything but those realities.
Reality doesn't have to be boring, any more than functionality is inherently uninspiring. It has always been easier for marketers to come up with things that aren't true, and to focus instead on telling consumers what they want to see and hear. It's less creative than it's lazy. What's hard is to address reality...improve it, and make it unique in one way(s) or another...and then creatively make it funny, attractive, sexy, meaningful, and memorable, depending on the nature of that reality and the needs of consumers.
Gap and Burger King checked out of that business necessity a few years ago and the marketing world saluted them for it. Bold branding experimenters, they were. Celebrity spreads in fashion magazines. Odd videos on YouTube. The Old Navy stuff has been exquisitely horrible for the past few years, ever since Morgan Fairchild and other has-been stars showed up in its holiday ads. The latest mannequin spots were not only ineffective but derivative of a set of freaky Japanese-language shorts from the early 2000s called Oh! Mikey.
Simply put, what did any of this have to do with selling clothing or burgers?
Nothing, judging by the business results. I'm sure there are lots of new marketing evangelists busily debating how to interpret these latest moves (Burger King has publicly reserved its right to revive the King at any time) but the conclusions at the brands couldn't be clearer than their statements and intended actions. If the stuff was working, they wouldn't stop doing it.
I used to think that such news wouldn't happen until Hell froze over first, but I was wrong. It might have been comfortable for the marketers to ignore reality for a good while, but it caught up with them from the business side. They couldn't avoid the fact that reality trumps image or, better put, image is derivative of reality, not versa visa. Branding is a narrative of a business, not a parallel storyline.
I'm encouraged. Maybe now Gap and Burger King can get to the truly hard work of creating real brands with sustainable and measurable purpose. Now that hell has frozen over, the only way things can go is up.
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Noelle Stevenson's reboot of the popular '80s cartoon, debuted in November 2018 amid a flurry of controversy over the titular character's youthful, angular, anime-inspired makeover. The hostile reception led critics to focus on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power's aesthetics instead of its plot and themes, ultimately selling the show short. Though this conversation was important in light of social media's relentless misogyny, it's disappointing that the show's buzz died before critics could further analyze its stellar first season.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is one of TV's best action cartoons, with a first season that's reminiscent of earlier animated series like the original Teen Titans; Avatar: The Legend of Korra; and Voltron (which Netflix rebooted in 2016). Like them, She-Ra takes its cues from shounen anime, expertly blending humor with darker themes to cultivate an entertaining series with a complex emotional landscape. The show also resembles Lauren Faust's excellent My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in its telling of a female-centric story set in a glossy, candy-colored world grounded in emotional truths about friendship, community, and good versus evil.
She-Ra's plot is a familiar one by now: A teenager's life is turned upside down when she discovers that she's been chosen, endowed with the power to liberate people from the clutches of evil. The twist here is that She-Ra is unknowingly aligned with the villains when the story begins. As a member of The Horde, Adora (Aimee Carrero) has been destroying her home planet Etheria and terrorizing its residents. But her life is forever altered after she finds a magic sword in the woods, and what follows is a thoughtful and often heartbreaking story about coming of age during a war.
Boasting the unique voice talents of Orange is the New Black's Lorraine Toussaint, Marcus Scribner of Black-ish, Suicide Squad's Karen Fukuhara, and Freeform alum Carrero as the titular heroine, She-Ra overflows with fantastic performances from a racially diverse pool of skilled actors. But there's a clear standout in the stacked cast: AJ Michalka voices the prickly, anguished Catra, who feels abandoned when Adora leaves The Horde to join the princesses. When it becomes clear that Adora is never coming back, Catra's playful, rogueish purr gives way to a more authoritative and menacing cadence. We can track the way her voice retreats further into the darkness as the plot marches toward the end of the season.
She-Ra interrogates the implications of Adora leaving all of her friends, who live in bunks and are treated harshly, for life as a pampered princess. (Flashbacks reveal that Adora received more special attention and encouragement than the other soldiers even when living with The Horde). The Horde isn't full of mindless, brainwashed villains; like Adora, many of them are kids who are doing what they've been told to do. But unlike Adora, they aren't given the chance to redeem themselves and live happily ever after in a castle. For Catra, who has always felt inferior to Adora, this is painful.
Adora and Catra are designed as physical opposites, in a dynamic reminiscent of Princess Ayeka and Ryoko of the Tenchi Muyo anime franchise. Like Ayeka, Adora is pretty, soft, and more powerful, while Catra has a more wild-looking design and brute strength personified by fits of anger and jealousy like Ryoko's. Adora has a more refined, classic design with blond hair and soft, round eyes; put a gown on her and she could be a new Disney princess. Catra could never pass in the same way; she's drawn to look villainous with piercing eyes and marks on her arms. Unlike Ayeka and Ryoko, Adora and Catra begin their lives as friends, but they have completely different recollections of their childhood. Both were abused, but the way they reacted to the abuse—Adora with determination, Catra with festering resentment—sets the tone for their emotional development.
The depth of their trauma is revealed in two of the season's best episodes: "In the Shadow of Mystacor" and "Promise." In the former, Adora's trauma gets in the way of her effort to make a good impression on a hidden kingdom and its queen, Castaspella (Sandra Oh), and informs her fear that her mother-figure-turned-enemy Shadow Weaver (Toussaint) has infiltrated the kingdom and is watching her every move. When her fear proves correct, she despairs that she'll never be able to shake off The Horde and become a hero. The trauma that follows Adora, that makes her feel unworthy of anything good, is beautifully literalized when Shadow Weaver uses her puppets to follow Adora and torment her so that every moment of attempted relaxation feels like stress—a stress that her friends don't understand and that she doesn't know how to explain.
"Promise," meanwhile, is about how unequal abuse can occur in the same household. In it, we learn that although both Adora and Catra suffered under Shadow Weaver, their pain still differs. Flashbacks show a family dynamic much like that of Thanos, Gamora, and Nebula in the Marvel films: Shadow Weaver spoiled Adora while treating Catra harshly and used the inequality of the girls' friendship to further emotionally abuse Catra. Like Nebula (Karen Gillan), Catra turns to villainy because she's lonely and jealous of her sister figure, and like Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Adora is too preoccupied with her own complicated emotions to fully consider her friend's pain.
Most important, She-Ra gets across that acknowledging how hard things have always been for Catra doesn't invalidate Adora's suffering. Instead, the show highlights their inequality by characterizing both Catra and Adora with equal emotional weight. It keenly follows Adora's heroic quest at the same time it explores Catra's villainous one, juxtaposing Adora's network of support with Catra's more isolated journey that's fueled by Shadow Weaver's negative reinforcement and abuse. This contrast is what binds them, making their antagonistic relationship the emotional core of the show. Adora and Catra's relationship reminds us that empathy isn't always easy.
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Assisted hatching is a fertility technique, used as part of IVF treatments, to facilitate the embryo hatching and implantation process. A fertilized embryo is covered by a shell, called the zona pellucida. To result in a successful pregnancy, the egg must hatch—and break out of the zona pellucida—and attach to the lining of the uterus. During assisted hatching, an embryologist thins or weakens the barrier around a fertilized embryo at a single point. A perforated zona pellucida increases the chances the embryo will hatch and successfully implant. In a natural pregnancy, when the embryo reaches a stage of development known as the blastocyst stage, the zona begins to thin. The thinning process is spurred on by repeated contracting and expanding of the blastocyst, which alters the elasticity of the zona. Once the zona is sufficiently thinned, it tears allowing the embryo to hatch. Embryos that do not hatch will not be able to implant. Multiple studies have observed that natural hatchings in human blastocysts tend to occur close to the inner cell mass. In assisted hatching, embryologists apply the observed behavior of successful natural hatching to increase the likelihood of implantation for our IVF patients.
Several factors can make someone a candidate for assisted hatching with in vitro fertilization. Patients who have experienced previous failed IVF cycles, patients whose embryos have a zona pellucida that is unusually thick, patients whose embryos are not developing as well as expected, patients with elevated FSH levels during follicular phase, or patients older than 35 can all benefit from assisted hatching. Since there are no known downsides, and the potential for increased implantation rates exists, Aspire believes that all IVF patients can benefit from our advanced assisted hatching techniques.
Assisted hatching is performed immediately before embryo transfer. Although the goal of each technique is to weaken or perforate the zona pellucida, the differences in methodology are significant.
Laser assisted hatching is a more modern approach. It utilizes specialized software that aids in positioning, intensity, and focus of the lasers. In this method, the thickness of the zona is measured, allowing our embryologists to minimize the heat delivered to the adjacent inner cell mass. Aspire uses the laser assisted hatching method because it is the safest for the embryos, and our embryologists can set up and perform laser assisted hatching with more speed and precision than other methods.
Acid Tyrode's solution uses a tiny microneedle to expose a small amount of acid onto the zona through direct contact. A specialized holding pipette is used to restrict the movement of the embryo. As the acid melts away the zona, it is advanced into the embryo, creating a small hole. After the hole is created, the embryo is washed, placed back in culture medium, and reincubated until the time of embryo transfer. Acid Tyrode's solution is traditionally the most common method of performing assisted hatching, but clinics are increasingly turning away from this method because of the potential to introduce partially dissolved zona and acid into the developing embryo.
Partial zona dissection (PZD) is a mechanical method that creates a cross-hatched slit in the zona. To create the penetrations, the embryo is held in place with a holding pipette and a microneedle is used to pierce the zona. Once pierced, the embryo is released from the holding pipette and repositioned so that the zona is between the microneedle and the holding pipette. Gentle pressure is applied, causing the microneedle to make a slit in the zona. The embryo is then repositioned and the procedure is performed again, creating a cross-hatched opening in the zona.
What is Aspire's Assisted Hatching Process?
There are frequently several steps along the journey from egg retrieval to embryo transfer. The majority of IVF our cases are frozen embryo transfers, and most of our patients elect to have PGS performed. All of this happens before assisted hatching.
Immediately prior to transfer, the embryo is moved to our micromanipulation station.
Aspire uses an automated witnessing tool, called RI Witness, to verify that all laboratory procedures are performed on your embryo, virtually eliminating the risk of mixing up your embryo with another patient. Learn more about RI Witness.
Your embryo is then placed on the inverted microscope of the micromanipulation station, where our experienced embryologists determine the best location to perform laser assisted hatching.
Using these measurements, the location, focus, and intensity of the laser to adjusted to ensure minimal heat exposure of nearby cells.
The laser creates perforations in the zona by vaporizing it. Typically, two or three laser pulses are delivered to create the gap.
Once laser assisted hatching is complete, the embryo is returned to culture medium and placed in the incubator to await transfer.
Clinical studies have shown that assisted hatching increases the chance of implantation of transferred embryos. While there has not yet been enough research performed to concretely support laser assisted hatching over other methods, Aspire believes it to be the best option for our patients.
How Much Does Assisted Hatching Cost?
While assisted hatching is offered at many fertility clinics, it is often an additional cost. Aspire is committed to ensuring that the most advanced treatments available are never optional extras. Because assisted hatching has been shown to improve implantation, pregnancy, and birth rates, we offer it to patients at no additional cost.