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Escape Hub: The Laughing Lair (Maidstone)
Grubby, like a real carnival
Locked away in 'The Laughing Lair', you have been given the chance to escape, but you will have to work together to get out before he changes his mind. Can you escape this villain's lair?
We'd passed through Maidstone before when we did The Extraction Room but unfortunately didn't have time to check out Escape Hub. Not knowing when we'd next be back in Maidstone we decided to book all four rooms at Escape Hub in one go just to make sure we weren't missing out.
Escape Hub have an easy to find location in the top corner of a small shopping arcade (above a wonderfully smelling Thai food place). When we arrived we were greeted by Andy and Harrison, our GMs for the day. When we were there, the reception wasn't much to look at because of building works for their new room, but there were some leaderboards to look at and a comfortable couch to sit on.
After a nice chat about escape rooms, Harrison took over as our GM and took us to the entrance to the Laughing Lair. Outside the door(s) to the room, Harrison proceeded to give us the usual briefings and explaining our mission.
With the mission clear in our heads we were each given a door to enter, yes it's a split start, and once the doors closed behind us our time began.
There was a good mix of puzzles with for the most part fitted the carnival theme, if you're a fan of the carnival then you will probably appreciate a lot of what you'll find in here. You'll need to be confident in your communication skills and happy with a small number of physical challenges (not Krypton Factor level of physical), but generally, you'll find that the puzzles make sense and aren't really frustrating, in fact, the most frustrating element will be the sheer number of padlocks you need to work through.
The majority of the puzzles were observational where you need to locate a code and enter it in a padlock, or logic-based, however, there was one piece of technology that was used – although this was a bit temperamental for us and needed a 'firm-hand' from our GM.
Other than not knowing which padlock to use our codes on, we felt like there was decent signposting in the room to guide us in the right direction and keep us moving. Although, saying that, early on there was a section that broke what is generally considered to be a standard rule for escape room puzzles. It was nothing major and we managed to work it out purely by giving it a try, but we weren't expecting it to actually work.
Going into a carnival-themed room, we were certainly not expecting a split start, but I do often like a split start room as it throws you straight into the action as you need to rely on communication. First impressions of the room were that it was a little bit grubby and run-down, some of this was most definitely set dressing and the feel they were going for, however, a good amount was just wear-and-tear.
The first rooms that we started in were a bit odd and reminded me of a student house the night after a big party, but once we got out of those rooms the theme was as you would expect for a carnival-themed room. The room itself was rather dark in places but torches were supplied which made it bearable, even for Liz who has poor low-light vision.
My biggest gripe with this room was probably the number of padlocks in it. Normally I am a fan of padlocks but we found ourselves getting a code and then having to try it in numerous locks without any guidance as to which one the code may be for. They also used my least favourite escape room 'tool', something called a 'lockout hasp.' This is a way to put multiple padlocks on one puzzle. I understand why they did it, but multiple padlocks on one item will always just feel a bit lazy to me.
Although I wasn't fully sure of the storyline while we were in the room, there was a fun sense of adventure and just when we thought we were about to finish, there was more to do. When the ending did come, it was fun and a light-hearted way to finish.
There was no timer in the room and clues were delivered over a speaker system. We didn't actually need any clues but at one point there was a minor tech failure, fortunately, Harrison was obviously monitoring closely as he appeared in the blink of an eye to fix the issue – total time lost, perhaps 30 seconds (good work, Harrison).
If nothing else, the GMs here deserve credit for what must be a horrible reset! If you play the room, you'll see what we mean.
This wasn't a bad room, and we actually had a fun time (especially with the ending). But with a few too many padlocks and a little too much wear-and-tear we feel like this room may be slightly past its prime. For the price though it is worth every penny, especially if you use the Escape Game Card to get a slight discount.
Team: 2 players – escaped in 35:33
Address: 39 High St, Maidstone ME14 1JL
Website: https://escapehub.co.uk
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3 March 2020 reviewed by Gord Tagged With: Kent, Maidstone, Split Start, Team of Two
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What an incredible weekend exploring the Limestone Coast, we had been pretty excited about this trip for a while as the appeal of visiting a wheelchair accessible cave was very high on the bucket list. And South Australia you never disappoint!
The Limestone Coast is approximately 300 km South East of Adelaide it is an easy drive on good roads, this still doesn't help the number of toilet stops needed when travelling with kids, but gives us a good insight into where the best toilets are along the route. Safe to say the public toilets are all kept to a pretty good standard.
First stop was in Naracoorte, unfortunately we hadn't come across any family friendly and accessible accommodation to enjoy for this trip, so we just had to make do. Thankfully during exploring we came across some options for next time.
With the caves staying at a constant 17 degrees centigrade, Naracoorte Caves is a destination for all seasons. There are self-guided, guided and adventure caving tours year-round.
The nature of caves means they are not wheelchair or pram accessible, however a lot of effort is going into making the above ground experience more meaningful, with an interpretive trail along a colour coded path, so you know when you are walking over a cave. The improvements are set to finish in August 2017 and really will make a meaningful experience for those that can't get down into the cave.
The wildlife is abundant around the cave site, with kangaroos just lazing metres from the paths and lots of different bird life about. The Visitor Centre is informative and the general grounds are easy enough to navigate, sealed pathways join the main facilities up.
During our visit we learnt the accommodation on site is accessible, so I think we'd be very keen to stay here next time.
From here we wandered along the Bool Lagoon, a wheelchair accessible boardwalk through the wetlands, giving you another opportunity to enjoy the bird life. Note there are no bathroom facilities here.
Back into the car and through some lush farmland we couldn't slip through the Coonawarra wine region without a quick tasting stop. Unfortunately it decided to rain at this time so the kids didn't really enjoy the pit stop, but we did!
We also took the opportunity to check out Bellwether winery as they have some camping options on site. If you have your own camp set up this would be great for the kids! It's similar to a farm stay in a full fenced rustic campground. There is nothing rustic about the amenities though, the accessible bathroom is modern, clean and functional. With plans to build more of an outdoor undercover kitchen, this place will just get better and better. If you do book a camp site ask to be closest to the amenities as it is quite a walk along a dirt road. Our tip, probably not a winter or wet weather camp spot due to the amount of muddy puddles that appear after some rain. We also spied a tree house and a lush veggie patch available to guests.
Mt Gambier here we come, again I was a bit apprehensive about the accommodation we booked, however this time it's worth mentioning! We stayed at The Barn and the accommodation was great. Our room backed onto a manicured lawn and it was too appealing for our son after being locked up in the car for half the day, he went and burned off some energy chasing imaginary objects. The beds were comfy and the bathroom was spacious and had grab rails, however the shower had an enclosed shower screen and only a shower head, which made it a little tricky but the water was hot and it was towels fluffy so it was still usable.
The next morning we made a bee line to the Blue Lake and were thoroughly impressed with the view, albeit a little chilly from the viewing platform. Time didn't allow us to explore the option of walking around it and I'm not sure it is accessible, however there are a few guided tour options that could be worth checking out.
The Umpherston Sinkhole was also high on the agenda and although this is not an accessible experience, looking over the edge into the most magnificent gardens of the region is worth it, at any time of the year these gardens are sure to be impressive. I walked down the steep steps with the kids and it felt like we were in a secret garden and think this would be the most magical place to pretend you were Alice in Wonderland or would make for an awesome game of Hide and Seek, although take care not to upset the experience for other visitors.
Now this is what should be on every wheelchair users bucket list – a wheelchair accessible cave! The Tantanoola Caves have been accessible since 1983 and are very proud of the fact they where Australia's first and they know how special this experience is. All visitors to the cave are on a guided tour and the story of the discovering the caves is great and this is not to be missed, don't drive past the sign on the way back up through the Coorong, STOP! Also worth mentioning is the accessible toilet is built into the side of the mountain, could also be a first! The caves were incredible and our son who is acutely aware of how many places aren't accessible, was so excited to be entering a cave with his dad!
Next stop was Beachport – this will be another blog post as there is so much to share about this gorgeous seaside town and to say we can't wait to get back and have a accessible holiday there is an understatement!
After this we hit the road to return home, driving up through the Coorong at sunset was absolutely stunning, we'll get back to exploring this region another time.
More about the Limestone Coast.


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Here's where more housing is being planned in…
Housing tower slated to sprout near San Jose train station
Skyline at Tamien apartment tower (L) and an empty lot (R) in San Jose near Alma Avenue and State Route 87, elevated view. A new residential tower is in the works for a vacant field next to the Tamien train station south of downtown San Jose now that the developers have bought the land they need for the project.
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The Skyline at Tamien residential tower is identical to a second phase of the project that is being planned in San Jose. A new residential tower is in the works for a vacant field next to the Tamien train station south of downtown San Jose now that the developers have bought the land they need for the project.
Skyline at Tamien, first phase, as seen from State Route 87. A new residential tower is in the works for a vacant field next to the Tamien train station south of downtown San Jose now that the developers have bought the land they need for the project.
An empty lot (L) and the Skyline at Tamien apartment tower (R) in San Jose near State Route 87 and Alma Avenue, elevated view. A new residential tower is in the works for a vacant field next to the Tamien train station south of downtown San Jose now that the developers have bought the land they need for the project.
The Tamien train station in San Jose that's served by Caltain and light rail. A new residential tower is in the works for a vacant field next to the Tamien train station south of downtown San Jose now that the developers have bought the land they need for the project.
By George Avalos | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: September 13, 2018 at 5:45 am | UPDATED: September 14, 2018 at 3:54 am
SAN JOSE — A new residential tower is in the works for a vacant field next to the Tamien train station south of downtown San Jose, now that the developers have bought the land they need for the project.
Republic Urban and Swenson, the project's developers, have bought an empty lot where they intend to build a 120-unit, 10-story residential project that will rise next to the identical Skyline at Tamien apartment complex.
"We think the market is very ripe for this type of product," said Michael Van Every, president of Republic Urban. "Home ownership is really needed in the region."
Acting through an affiliate, GR Tamien, the developers paid $2.8 million on June 15 for about 1.2 acres of land on Lick Avenue between West Alma Avenue and Floyd Street.
"We will probably break ground late in 2019," said Konstantin Voronin, land acquisition director with Republic Urban.
San Jose city officials have already approved this phase of the development, which would be the twin of the first building. The current south tower of Skyline at Tamien fronts on Alma Avenue between Lick Avenue and the adjacent train tracks, with the freeway just a bit further west.
"The Skyline towers development is right next to transit," Van Every said. "We think that's something we are well-positioned to take advantage of."
Republic Urban is bullish enough about the development potential in the area that it has proposed an even larger residential project a short distance north and also near the train station.
The adjacent and larger project would consist of 568 residential units and 3,000 square feet of retail, according to planning documents on file with the city of San Jose. Republic Urban and The Core Companies are co-developers of this nearby residential project, which would replace an existing surface parking lot for the transit station.
The Tamien station is just a few rail stops from downtown San Jose's Diridon Station transit hub, which serves light rail, Caltrain, Amtrak, the ACE Train, Capitol Corridor line and buses. So that means residents of these projects could reach work and entertainment destinations in downtown San Jose and other cities just by hopping on one of the trains at Tamien.
Plus, more tech companies are eyeing downtown San Jose for future offices, or are actively planning expansions in the urban heart of the Bay Area's largest city.
"You have Google, Adobe and other employers moving into the downtown, so the demand for housing is also going to increase," Voronin said.
San Jose-based Adobe has proposed a major expansion of its downtown headquarters site that would add a fourth office tower next to the existing three-building campus.
Mountain View-based Google plans to develop a transit-oriented community of office buildings, residences, shops, restaurants and open spaces near the Diridon train station in downtown San Jose where 15,000 to 20,000 of its employees would eventually work.
"It's probably a good time to diversify by building more projects with homes that are for sale," Van Every said.
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I am planning on a trip to ride Colorado and Idaho early this summer with my 2 adolescent sons. I will probably ride Rampart Range area and Taylor park. Probably other places in Colorado too. We ride here in D.C. area basically at sea level. What jetting should I run for the altitude in Colorado? Everything on my XT is stock but the spark arrestor.


Today important issue is the social and legal protection of participants in anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Since 2014, the legislation Ukraine introduced a number of innovations that will provide the appropriate level of "soft security" veterans participating ATO. It is for this given the considerable number of advantages in a variety of benefits that are designed to ensure maximum social security soldiers and their families.
Also those with other established under the laws of Ukraine's military forces, defending the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took part in anti-terrorist operations, ensuring its implementation, while directly in the areas of anti-terrorist operation during its implementation.
Additionally, in paragraph 20 of Article 6 of the Act defines persons composed of volunteer groups that were created or organized themselves to protect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, took part in anti-terrorist operations, ensuring its implementation, while directly in the areas of anti-terrorist operations in during its holding, provided that in the future these volunteer units were included in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine and other established under the laws of Ukraine's military forces and law enforcement.
For example, it is volunteers from the famous 24th separate assault battalion of the Armed Forces "Aydar" 11 separate infantry battalion of the Armed Forces "Kievan Rus" and Regiment Special Purpose National Guard of Ukraine "Azov" which was formed in 2014 with the beginning of Russian aggression Ukraine.
However, unfortunately, there are disputes about the recognition of some volunteer groups such as Duc "Right Sector". The list of recognized volunteer groups defined Terrorist Center SBU and GS.
Separately want to note that the provision of veteran status to persons category of such persons and the terms of their participation (of software) in anti-terrorist operations and anti-terrorist operation areas defined by special order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 20.08.2014, the number 413.
Under paragraph 2 of the Procedure veteran status granted to persons in case of their involvement in the antiterrorist operation for a period of not less than 30 days, including on set days in the areas of ATO.
5) 75 percent discount fees for utility services (gas, electricity and other services) and balloon liquefied gas for domestic use within average consumption rates.
7) free travel with all kinds of public passenger transport by road public transport in rural areas, as well as rail and water transport buses and suburban commuter and intercity routes, including vnutrirayonnyh, endo- and interregional regardless of distance and location.
Regarding this point alone should be noted that in practice, often on long distance drivers, district and regional traffic is denied, whereby a very rough form, participants ATO and other categories of beneficiaries. In this regard occurred and continues to occur many unpleasant embarrassment.
This case – a public humiliation for the person who provided the necessary rights and privileges struck terror war and which has negative effects on health and personal life. So people who are "rightly" earn this privilege, it is extremely difficult to take it from the drivers at that – in most cases, do not pay taxes on real income, do not support proper technical condition of the vehicle and the level of cleanliness in the salon, smoking, use obscene vocabulary with passengers.
For when all local authorities in accordance with Art. 26 Law "On local government" and Art. 37 Law of Ukraine "On Automobile Transport" compensate the carrier for the local budget, expenses related to the transportation of beneficiaries.
14) providing primary living space of people who need better housing, and priority allocation of land plots for individual housing construction, gardening, primary repair houses and flats these people and provide them with fuel.
22) combatants in other states are entitled to non-competitive entry into universities and preferential right to join the vocational schools and courses to obtain relevant professions.
Privileges on payment for housing, utilities and fuel, referred to in paragraphs 4-6 of this Article, provided combatants and their families who reside with them, regardless of the type of housing or form of ownership.
Also in the article 12 of this law participants ATO pensions or monthly lifetime allowance or state social benefits paid in lieu of pensions, rising to 25 per cent of the minimum subsistence level for those unable to work.
Important – May 5 annual combatants single allowance paid at a rate determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine within the budget allocations set by the State Budget of Ukraine.
And besides state provides participants ATO and their children, including children who are enrolled in full-time education in vocational and higher education – to graduation, but not longer than until they reach 23 years, state target support to obtain vocational and higher education in state and communal educational establishments.
But unfortunately the latter does not apply to members volunteer groups.
This also applies to other measures approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Appropriate formulations also zakrpileno in p. 17 c. 44 of the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education" by 2014.
Participants ATO provides for additional payment of 40 USD, regardless of the size of pensions and allowances, promotions, additional pension, the target cash benefits and pensions for special merits before Ukraine. "40" USD. – the price of "improvement" by ATO. No! We agree that given the many benefits and different "social bonus. protection ", but on the other hand looks like a mockery of the people!
ATO members are entitled to the appointment of an early retirement pension on reaching men 55 years, women – 50 years and if insurance is not less than 25 years for men and at least 20 years for women.
Regarding the issue of land allocation of land to participants ATO.
First, the law which regulated the matter?
• provide document certifying his participation in anti-terrorist operations (license, certificate, order, etc.).
Secondly, on the importance of the purpose of land.
4) individual country construction – no more than 0.10 hectares.
Third, and most importantly, it is – the procedure for land allocation.
1. You need to apply for permission to develop land management documents to the relevant executive authority or local authority, which transfers land ownership.
It also added a graphical layout of the location of the desired land.
2. This government authority, which transfers the ownership of land under the authority examine the request within a month and gives permission to develop land management project on land allocation or provide a reasoned refusal for its provision.
3. Development of the project land for land allocation by order of public entities that are executors of the land under the law in terms that are stipulated. The project land is subject to approval of the regional body Derzhheokadastru Ukraine, and in the case of a land plot within the village or land outside the settlement, which is planned construction of the object – the structural units of district administrations in urban planning and architecture.
4. After approval of the project land to the person you need to contact the state cadastre at the location of land with an application for state registration of land and provision of an extract of land with the State Land Cadastre.
5. The relevant authority within two weeks after receipt of the agreed Project land shall decide on approval of the project land for allotment of land and granting it ownership.
And therefore, it is important to note that participants ATO the right to demand from local councils review their applications for the provision of land as a priority. In case if you can not satisfy the request, that rejection, the local council must provide a written reasoned response, with a detailed explanation of the reasons. The decision on the allocation of land, usually officially published on the local council.
However, if the actual availability of land that somehow seamlessly out to others who have no right of priority to obtain land, and participants provided ATO failure, there is a chance to appeal against this refusal to the administrative courts.
Also good news that according to p. 13, ch. 1 of Article 5 of the Law "On Court Fee" participants ATO as other combatants are exempt from paying court fees at all! That may file a lawsuit without paying the amount as it is sometimes very large only of action!


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Song Sources: "(It's Not) 1962"
tags: 1962, lyrics, music composition, song sources, songwriting, writing
This is part of an ongoing series about the recordings on our new album, due out in March 2011. To read more in this series, click on the category "Song Sources: Stories behind the recordings."
A Stetson, a Slate.com article about Pavement, generational divides, and a boatload of frustration produced one of our strangest and best songs.
This was the last song written for the album, and, in many ways, it's also the hardest one for me to talk about. So I might as well get it out of the way early.
I had a hat that got too small for my head
And the leather band blistered in the heat
By the time we had finished pressing Fireworks, I was halfway through writing the material that would make up The Distance of the Moon at Daybreak. I was finishing a song every two weeks, which is extraordinarily fast for me. But then there was this handful of songs written between January and March 2009 that just didn't work.
Writer's block doesn't usually bother me because if nothing's coming out, I have plenty of other things to do, and as an independent artist who also has a full-time job, I don't have the same outside pressures full-time musicians face. So what I normally do is set the song aside and come back to it.
Or never come back to it. Some writers will work on everything to a state of completion and then throw most of it away. I used to abandon something if it doesn't coalesce immediately. At most I would steal a couple lines for another song later.
That's what I used to do all the time. This time I decided to work through it, with perhaps one of the most tiresome ways to do so: With a writing prompt. I can't even recall where I saw the prompt. It was "Write about your favorite article of clothing."
I don't really care much about clothes. There are a couple Animaniacs tee shirts in my dresser that I like, and the red four horsemen shirt I wear whenever we're donning our primary colors. The idea of picking a favorite piece of clothing was unappealing.
But then I remembered that there was one piece of clothing I cared about at one point. I bought a Stetson while I was in Texas; it was antique white, with a thin brown leather strip around the middle. It wasn't a big ten gallon hat or anything, just a fedora like someone might wear in the 40s. Or more accurately, it looked a lot like the hats that Dylan and Robbie Robertson were wearing in the 70s.
Hey look, hats!
It's the only nice hat I've ever owned, and it's the only hat I've ever intentionally put on my head for any reason other than to keep the sun off while fishing. For several months while I was in San Antonio, it was my costume when I went out to play music. Then one day, after I had left it in the back window of my car, it no longer fit. The glue and the heat from the sun shrank the hat.
Being an artist is a good way to get a big head, sometimes. But what if that's not what happens? What if sometimes it's the hat that shrinks?
Texas gave me water and sent children to sleep
All of us with shoes for our feet
I wrote the lyrics to "1962" right after our first show at the Baltimore Hostel, which was another frustrating experience. I won't go into the details. I will say that I eventually got some advice that made me feel much better about the whole thing. A really internet-savvy person could find out what happened.
One thing I got from Texas was a sense of community among musicians, something that is not the norm among most Baltimore players. There are still some circles here, like bar bands, and especially older bar band players, where everyone else is competition. You can split your show with them, but they won't reciprocate. They all act like they're going to make it big, or if they're old enough to know better, they still act like a band that thinks they're going to make it big. They spend their whole lives getting theirs and never get anywhere. Big heads. And an outmoded may of thinking.
I thought the wheels on the rails
or the wind in the sails would take me back to you
But they've torn up the tracks
and put stones in my path
and it's not 1962
I understand that Berkeley still tells incoming students that their fellow students are their competition. It's not true. Who cares if you beat Boxcar Willy in a fight? You need to take down Drederick Tatum.
About the time I was writing the song, I read an article on Slate.com about Pavement, which got me thinking about generational divides. For those who don't know about them, Pavement was one of the first bands for whom "Indie" was a musical descriptor, instead of just short hand for an independent artist or label. A lot of indie music might have grown out of college rock groups like R.E.M., but R.E.M. was still on a major label. It's difficult to articulate exactly why the band is important to my generation (or more properly to the generation 5-10 years older than me), because the fact is that they don't really "sound good" and they probably weren't deserving of great commercial success. Nor would they have wanted it.
The music industry—the machine that produces artists like Lady Gaga, Hannah Montana, and Beyoncé—is still dominated and controlled, like most powerful institutions, by my parents' and grandparents' generation, or at least their values. One of these values no longer exists for musicians: massive celebrity. There are massive celebrities in music, but they aren't usually famous just for their music. The world is too different a place.
Think of how dominant artists from the 60s and 70s are in the public consciousness. Make a reference to The Beatles and most people will get it. Make a reference to The Mountain Goats and most people will blink.
But references like this are starting to pop up nonetheless. And people my age get them, some of them. The editor of Pitchfork.com wrote that "Indie" is just what music made for and by adults sounds like now. Maybe it just takes longer now to decide what's "great" and has cultural acumen, because the last generation's metric can no longer be used. Or maybe it really has been some sort of generational oppression by the Baby Boomers. Who knows. Good music always endures, and there's chaff in every era. Remember that next time someone says to you (or you want tell someone), "These kids today are all heathens."
But that's not to say that my generation isn't still trying to bank on the older models. Trains still pop up in songs written by people my age. I've done it. I did it on this record. Colleagues have done it. Why? For no other reason than it's a cultural trope; it's either shorthand or a shortcut, something people think "belongs" in a "folk" song. I've never been on a train. I've never been on a boat for any reason other than recreation. I've been on an airplane and in a car. Trains are mostly gone. Why the hell do we still write about them?
I had a dream where I dreamed of a house
with a girl who was tall as a tree
She dyed her hair as black as Tennessee coal
and I loved her to a certain degree
It's possible we'll no longer have as broad a range of cultural icons as shortcuts to connectedness in our writing. It's not the only loss my generation has to look forward to; the world has become a very different place. It's more expensive, less prosperous, and seemingly environmentally doomed. There's less hate, but more information. I sometimes worry that there's less good to bother doing, certainly less at home, and that there's more evil about which nothing can be done. I don't think most people my age have any concept of an "American Dream"; I'm not certain my generation even has something as clear as "a little cottage with a white picket fence" to strive for or reject.
In some ways, this record, despite its more rock/pop/indie sound, owed more to the folk tradition than anything on Fireworks. Many of songs on the album reuse folk music themes and lyrics; this one critically deconstructs them.
It started out as really slow country and ended up being an almost electronica song.
I didn't introduce it to the band for weeks because it bored me as a country song. The lyrics are obscure and were closer to private catharsis than something I would normally present to the public. So I didn't have an impetus to work on this with others. I also had another slow country song at the time I was trying to get the band to do; that one got scrapped completely.
Then Tim and I had a practice with just the two of us. We did the initial arrangements on "Blue Eyes" and "Put on the Brake." ("Blue Eyes" was another song that change significantly once the rest of the band got involved.)
We tried everything, from space rock á la Pink Floyd to reggae. I was getting more and more frustrated, which might have been a good place to go when working on a song born out of frustration. I started playing it really fast, and it felt better that way. Tim and I brainstormed drum parts and ended up using a 16th-note hi-hat beat like what that U2 uses at the beginning of "New Years Day."
I happened to have gone to The Oranges Band's 10-year anniversary concert the previous weekend, and they often do this same sort of stompy fast beat with just the root and fifth that owes an awful lot to post punk, early R.E.M., and U2. My delay pedal happened to be on at the time and I used that to create the cascade sound (I'll explain that further later), which also dictated the faster tempo of the song. I particularly liked how such a simple guitar part interacted with the drum beat and how it disappeared in the mix.
It does not sound as interesting without the delay pedal on.
The keyboard parts were added later. Jen and I did a separate practice on our own, and after quite a bit of discussion about the song, she found a Pat Metheny track on her computer with a similar pulsing electronica sound I was looking for in the bass. It's really simple—just an eighth-note pattern with the root note of the chord in two octaves—but very tricky to play in time at full speed.
Overall, we spent more time recording and mixing this song than any two other songs on the album.
The trickiness of playing these parts in time at such a fast tempo came up in the studio. Everything's under a microscope, and Chris and I knew early on that it would be difficult to reconcile the "perfectness" required for a dance song with our habit of, you know, actually playing our parts. At one point we had chopped up the drums so much that it was nothing but a sampled drum loop. It was too inorganic, though, and before doing the final mix we pulled Tim's original drum track in its entirety back into the song. Chris might still do a remix with a drum machine.
My bass playing it typically horrible, so Chris ended up playing bass on this song, too. I'm not a bass player, and I've spent so long playing without one that I often forget just how positive an effect adding one can have.
We took advantage of digital recording to get the cascade effect on the guitar exact. The other guitar delays were just us fiddling with my analog pedal settings until we found something close. In this case, we had to do math:
45/t = ms
where t is the tempo (150 in this case). You can see a graphical representation of what this looks like scored out on sheet music here. We added the same delay to the snare drum, temporarily cementing the impossibility of reproducing the track live, then took that back out for the same reason we had scrapped the drum loop idea.
I also knew early on that I wanted a choir. Jen was skeptical, but eventually came around once she heard it recorded. (Someday, we'll get a mix of just her, overdubbed several times, singing the chorus.) Acacia Sears, Celina Taormino (Tim's wife), and Heather Lloyd of ilyAIMY filled out the rest of the voices. Then we used a chorus/doubling effect. Presto! Forty voices from four people.
The keyboard bass part almost got taken out of the song. The initial take seemed a little off time, and so we muted it in the first mixdown (part of the "36" package that went to the attendees of our birthday party). Eventually we made it work with what we had (although it's no longer throughout the entire song). Jen and I were going to be very sad pandas if it didn't stay. The bass line appears elsewhere, very briefly, on the album, but that's a story for another time.
Where the track really came together, in Chris's opinion, is the acoustic guitar chords on the chorus. Rhythm guitar parts don't often get enough love. I find it instructive that even after all the really hard work put into all the other fancier parts, it's just a guitar playing chords that ends up being the most interesting thing. I owe an additional debt to Acacia Sears for this. She plays with a really percussive palm mute on her songs:
The acoustic guitar part I ended up recording came about because I was trying to play like her.
It was quite a relief to see something initially so frustrating realized as something worth being so proud of.
We do okay with it live, I think. I miss the choir most of all. The backing vocals are arranged a little differently, and overall it's a little softer, but it's always fun because of the shouty chorus.
Here, as usual, for those interested, is the full song with the chords:
(Intro is the first two lines of the verse)
G Am
C G D G
C C9 G D G
Am D
G C D G
G Gsus4 Em
C9 G D G
Repeat chorus, guitar solo (verse chords), repeat chorus twice
[Edit: spelled "Pedal" correctly. Sorry, Brennan, it wasn't in honor of Petal Blight :(]
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Journal of Nematology
Vol. 32, No. 4S (December 2000) /
Survey of Meloidogyne incognita and Thielaviopsis basicola: Their Impact on Cotton Fruiting and Producers' Management Choices in Infested Fields
T. A. Wheeler
Keywords: cotton, disease survey, management practices, meloidogyne incognita, thielaviopsis basicola
A survey of 100 cotton fields selected randomly in 1995 and 1996 was conducted in the High Plains of Texas to determine the incidence and potential severity of Meloidogyne incognita and Thielaviopsis basicola. Information was obtained from producers for each field on their nematicide application rates and fungicide seed treatments. The percent of squares and bolls set was evaluated for 20 plants in each field during late July 1995 and early August 1996. Thielaviopsis basicola was identified in 55% of the fields in 1995 and 73% of the irrigated fields in 1996. Meloidogyne incognita was found in 39% and 43% of the fields in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Both M. incognita and T. basicola were found together in approximately 30% of the fields. The average rate of aldicarb used in 1995 and 1996 was higher when fields were infested with both T. basicola and M. incognita than for fields infested with none or only one of the pathogens. However, there was no relationship between the use of fungicide treatments active against T. basicola and the potential for root necrosis, or presence of either or both pathogens (T. basicola and M. incognita). Aldicarb rates and usage of fungicide seed treatments were chosen by producers before fields were surveyed (i.e., the survey did not influence grower practices). In 1995, but not in 1996, the association of M. incognita and potential root necrosis (based on a bioassay from soil samples) was negatively correlated with the number of squares, percentage of squares set, and percentage of bolls set. The association between M. incognita and T. basicola, or potential severity of root necrosis, could not be correlated with fruit attributes in 1996 under warm spring conditions but was negatively correlated with fruit attributes in 1995 under cool spring conditions.
Vol. 32, No. 4S (December 2000)
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Even after you notice the river level decreasing, understand that it will take some time to remove sediments and debris deposited by the river. In addition, the 1 Ave N underpass must be drained slowly over a period of several days to maintain riverbank stability and avoid failure of the levee that protects it. The City will be closely monitoring the river and will open bridges and streets as soon as it is safe to do so.
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Pfad: Gesellschaft / Migration / Länderprofile / English Version: Country Profiles / France / Current Migration Trends
Despite its restrictive immigration policy, immigration to France has risen constantly in recent years. This can be seen in the allocation of residence permits to third country nationals. In 2006 and 2008 about 183,000 residence visas were given each year to immigrants from third countries. In 2010 it was about 188,000.
The main form of immigration continues to be family reunification (82,235 residence permits were allocated in this category in 2010), followed by student migration (17,819 residence permits for foreign students in 2010) and labor migration (19,251 work permits were given out in 2010). While family reunification is decreasing due to more restrictive conditions (compare "Current Developments"), student migration is gaining in significance. The influx of foreign students rose from about 50,000 people in the years 2007 and 2008, respectively, to about 60,000 people in 2010 and 2011. Chinese students constitute the largest group (since 2008 about 10,000 per year). The preferred students are those undergoing their master and doctoral studies, usually in the context of set programs and partnerships with foreign universities.
Allocated immigration Visas for third country nationals 2006-2010 Lizenz: cc by-nc-nd/2.0/de (bpb)
With regard to third country nationals, between 2007 and 2010 the most important sending countries were Algeria and Morocco. Each year about 25,000 new migrants came from each of these countries to France. Ranked third and fourth are China and Tunisia, respectively. [1]
All in all, the migration balance (net immigration) has been continuously positive in recent years. In 2010, it was at about 75.000 people. Migration has thus contributed to the growth of the French population. Unlike other European countries such as Germany, however, France also has a higher number of births than deaths. The average birth rate in France in 2010 was about 2.01 births per woman (average in the EU-27 in 2010 was 1.59 births/woman). In this year the birth rate reached the highest level since the end of the Baby Boom in 1973. [2] According to the Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques (INED), contrary to the widespread stereotype, the birth rate among immigrants is not significantly higher than that of the French-born population. [3] In contrast to fears expressed in the wake of the EU's enlargement to the East in 2004, even eight years later no significant rise in legal and long-term immigration from these countries to France has been registered. Together with the majority of EU states, France first limited the free movement of workers from East European countries, then opened their employment market to them incrementally. Right on time for the French accession to the EU-Council Presidency on July 1, 2008, France finally lifted the last of these restrictions to their employment market. [4] In 2006 residence permits were granted to 7,879 immigrants from those East European countries which became Member States in 2004. After the admission of Bulgaria and Romania (2007), the number of residence permits rose to 9,569 (2007) and 9,566 (2008). The rescission of the transitional regulations for those Eastern European countries that had joined the EU in 2004 and the accompanying full movement and residence rights for their citizens led to a significant decrease in the number of allocated residence permits (6,711 in 2009 and 7,358 in 2010). [5]
Secrétariat général du Comité interministériel de contrôle de l'immigration (2011).
Pla/Beaumel (2012) and Pla/Beaumel (2011).
Libération 1-21-2004.
See Euractiv 5-29-2008.


Mr. Marlin says that Derek Jeter and the rest of the South Florida baseball team's new ownership group has their work cut out when it comes to both winning over the Miami fan base and addressing the future of slugger Giancarlo Stanton.
"Being involved with this franchise the last 20 years, there are challenges that the Marlins face in this market. It's an awful time to think Giancarlo might leave. But you've got to realize this is a business. Jeter and (business partner Bruce) Sherman just bought the Marlins for $1.2 billion, so they're going to want to see a return on their investment. You can't let costs keep going out of control or you'll never realize that return on the investment," said Jeff Conine, the former Marlins special assistant to the team president who turned down an opportunity to stay with the club when Jeter reportedly offered a diminished role and lower pay.
"There's a decent fan base. You just need to get them to come to the ball park and watch games. It's a challenge to get them engaged. Marlins Park is a beautiful facility, but fans are all transplants. When we play the Mets we're almost a visiting team. Same with the Phillies and Braves," said Conine.
Conine and David Samson, the former Marlins president, both parted ways with the team, and while Conine told the Miami Herald he was "disappointed" with the way things ended, Samson said he has "great respect for Derek" and holds no ill will toward the new regime. Samson added that Jeter has "surrounded himself with talented people," and that the key will be putting a winning product on the field - whether that includes Stanton or not.
"We drafted Stanton, watched him develop, and thought he would become a star. He's a fascinating individual. Any Major League Baseball team would be really lucky to have him," said Samson, although Stanton's gargantuan contract - 10 years remaining and $295 million guaranteed -- is a huge commitment to absorb. "If baseball were smart, they would work with (Stanton) to make him be the face of the sport."
Both Conine, who won two World Series rings with the Marlins, and Samson have a bigger challenge to face in the immediate future: completing the World Marathon Challenge, which begins in January in Antarctica and entails running seven marathons in seven days, with each race on a different continent. The extreme distance event supports multiple charitable causes, including "Conine's Clubhouse," a Florida housing facility where families can stay for free while their children are treated at adjacent Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.
"My wife thinks I'm crazy, my kids think I'm crazy," said Conine of entering the race. "Try to grind out mileage on a daily basis and get the body acclimated to that kind of punishment."
"We're in the dog days of training," added Samson. "Just ask my quads."
Conine and Samson, however, hope to cross the finish in Miami, site of the final race, even if they are crawling at that stage.
"I usually don't get nervous about stuff until it happens," said Conine. "Flying over Antarctica, I will get the butterflies. But mentally I signed up, and I'm planning on finishing."


Spice Girls' new album 'FOREVER' is available to download through Napster more than a week ahead of its November 6 release date.
All 11 tracks have appeared on the Internet following a reported gaffe at Virgin Records. Staff had intended to upload four tracks in order to provide fans with an album taster. For some reason, all eleven were uploaded and almost immediately converted by fans into MP3 format.
Meanwhile, the fourpiece look certain to head straight to number one in the UK single chart this Sunday (October 29), with comeback double A-side single 'Holler'/'Let Love Lead The Way'. Their midweek sales were more than twice as many as nearest rival Martine McCutcheon.


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Spring Into Action This April With Global Citizen Science Month
Connected Science Learning January–March 2020
Connected Science Learning January–March 2020 (Volume 2, Issue 1)
By Darlene Cavalier, Caroline Nickerson, and Jill Nugent
Spring can be a fascinating time to study our natural world as it emerges from its winter state. Observing and documenting signs of spring, such as the first frog call, the return of migratory songbirds, and the budding of plants, are cornerstones of many phenology-related citizen science projects.
Citizen science, or science for all, invites public participation in science. It provides a unique opportunity to engage diverse audiences in the active process of science and can help integrate into learning the science and engineering practices outlined in A Framework for K–12 Science Education into the curriculum.
Citizen science immerses participants in the process of real-world science, giving learners firsthand experience in science practices. Thousands of citizen science projects exist across the globe, ranging in focus from astronomy to zoology, and everything in between.
Search for and discover citizen science projects from around the world.
SciStarter serves to connect people with citizen science projects, and invites participants across the world to get involved in a celebration of science during April's Global Citizen Science Month.
An introduction to citizen science
SciStarter supports and facilitates citizen science education initiatives, including the Think Like a Citizen Scientist collaboration with the Girl Scouts and SciStarter Education, which is designed to help educators implement citizen science in school and university classrooms. Additionally, SciStarter leadership served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee "Designing Citizen Science to Support Science Learning." The committee explored the intersection of citizen science and science education, and formulated a research agenda coupled with guidelines to inform the practice of citizen science in educational contexts. The findings have been published in Learning through Citizen Science: Enhancing Opportunities by Design (cover pictured below). The findings recommend citizen science as an effective way to support science learning and found that citizen science in education may also be an effective strategy to engage underrepresented populations in the process of science.
Learning through citizen science: Enhancing opportunities by design
Citizen Science Month is an opportunity for formal and informal science educators, families, individuals, and community groups to join in and contribute to real-world science. Citizen Science Month is coordinated by SciStarter and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University (ASU), with support from the National Library of Medicine, the Citizen Science Association, Science Friday, and the National Geographic Society.
Libraries are exemplary partners for sharing science with the community; National Library Week takes place during Citizen Science Month and resources to support libraries include the Library and Community Guide to Citizen Science, as well as downloadable posters, fliers, and bookmarks. A webinar facilitated by the Star Library Network (Star Net), SciStarter, and ASU provide helpful guidance for libraries to engage the public in citizen science this spring (and beyond).
Discover free resources to facilitate an introduction to citizen science in your classroom, library, museum, or community, including an online tutorial that includes a brief quiz and certificate. The National Library of Medicine also shares projects to try that are designed to advance research on human and environmental health.
The Citizen Science Month calendar includes ideas for participation throughout April.
The City Nature Challenge is a global bioblitz where competition meets collaboration. Jointly created by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences, the Challenge began in 2016 as a friendly competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, to see which city could document the most urban nature observations. The event reached a national stage in 2017 and a global stage in 2018. Data and observations from the bioblitz are shared on the iNaturalist community platform, providing a snapshot of global biodiversity over time.
Learn how to get involved in this exciting event that documents and celebrates biodiversity across the globe and check out the open source educator toolkit for the event.
On April 22, 2020, Earth Day turns 50, and to celebrate, the Earth Day Network, The Wilson Center, and the U.S. Department of State's Eco-Capitals Forum announced a special campaign to celebrate this milestone: Earth Challenge 2020, designed to engage global citizens in meaningful science that addresses targets of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, with a specific focus on environmental and human health.
Citizen science provides a way for everyone to take action and make a difference in the world. Join us for Global Citizen Science Month: Sign up for updates, access resources, add or find an event, and more. You can even take part from home, which is great news for those who might be cooped up in the house during this time.
We hope that you'll join a growing global community in celebrating Citizen Science Month through locally engaged, globally connected collaborative citizen science. By participating, you'll accelerate and foster scientific discovery and will help make a positive difference in our world.
Darlene Cavalier (darlene@scistarter.com) is the founder of SciStarter, coauthor of The Field Guide to Citizen Science, and a professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Caroline Nickerson (CarolineN@scistarter.org) is program manager and managing editor of SciStarter and its Syndicated Blog Network, and is a master of public policy student at the American University in Washington, DC. Jill Nugent (j.nugent1@snhu.edu) is the associate dean of science for online STEM programs at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Citizen Science Informal Education
Citizen Science-Informal Education
Exploring Deep Space—Galaxies!
The Woodpecker Cavity Cam Project
Using Key Features to Analyze and Modify Curriculum for the NGSS
What is a Variable?


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How Big Pharma influences the FDA's drug approval process at the expense of public safety
NewsTarget.com
http://www.newstarget.com/015741.html
Conflicts of interest: How Big Pharma influences the FDA's drug approval process at the expense of public safety
In a recent eight-to-one vote, an FDA panel recently recommended approval of the diabetes drug Pargluva, despite concerns that it could cause potentially serious heart problems. Astoundingly, the decision was made without the help of a cardiologist, since the panel's lone heart expert declined to participate due to a potential conflict of interest.
The vote marked the second time in a one-week period that questions arose over conflicts of interest at the FDA. Prior to the advisory panel's recommendation on the Bristol-Meyers Squibb drug Pargluva, a separate panel, with some of the same members as the Pargluva panel, voted to approve Exubera, an inhaled form of insulin made by Pfizer in partnership with Sanofi-Aventis and Nektar Therapeutics.
Following the Exubera recommendation, an analysis by the Center for Science in the Public Interest showed three of the panel's nine voting members had previously consulted with or spoken for Pfizer or Nektar Therapeutics, and the panel chairman ˆ although he voted against approval of the drug ˆ held stock in Pfizer. Some of these same members participated in the panel that approved Pargluva, and despite their vested interests in the drug industry, one of the panel members was given a waiver that allowed him to vote on Pargluva. Two other panel members were granted waivers to vote on both Exubera and Pargluva, according to the CSPI analysis.
In addition to those who received waivers, another member of the Pargluva advisory panel declined to participate because of a potential conflict of interest. Dr. Jorge Plutzky, the Pargluva advisory panel's sole cardiologist, opted out of the approval process because he had conducted extensive research on PPAR-agonists, the type of drug subject to approval.
However, while Dr. Plutzky may have removed himself to avoid problems with conflict of interest, the fact that a conflict of interest existed in the first place posed problems, since his absence meant the panel lacked the expertise of a heart doctor. This is particularly troubling since the main argument against Pargluva is that it might double the risk of cardiovascular disease in diabetics.
An Oct. 20 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, by Drs. Steven E. Nissen, Kathy Wolski and Eric J. Topol, points to the significant cardiovascular risks posed by Pargluva. After reviewing the same briefing documents presented to the advisory panel, the article's authors concluded that the drug more than doubled the risk of potentially fatal heart attacks (2.11 percent of diabetic patients taking Pargluva experienced cardiovascular problems like congestive heart failure, stroke, heart attack and death, compared to 0.81 percent of patients taking a placebo). The nature of these risks makes the absence of a cardiologist in the drug's approval process a significant concern.
In the wake of these and other FDA decisions that have brought conflicts of interest to light, the fiscal year 2006 Agriculture/FDA appropriations bill will allow for advanced public notice when a scientist with a conflict of interest is to serve on an advisory panel. According to an Oct. 27 CSPI press release, the bill will require the public be given 15 days notice when the FDA wants to put an individual with a potential conflict of interest on one of its 30 advisory panels. Waivers granted to scientists, along with their potential conflicts, must be published for public viewing. Up to now, these items have been kept secret from the public for years.
Although the CPSI hails the provisions of this new bill as a "step in the right direction," it also recognizes that it is not enough. While public disclosure gives the public the power to evaluate FDA activity more carefully, many argue that what the FDA needs is a group of scientists free from all conflicts of interest.
The CSPI continues to push for this, saying in the press release, "CSPI believes the FDA can find qualified scientists without conflicts of interest to serve on all of its advisory panels. That's why the waivers should be disallowed entirely. At the least, the present disclosure bill could have been made stronger by forbidding scientists with waived conflicts of interest from voting at the conclusion of a committee's deliberations."
After the Vioxx scandal left so many individuals questioning the legitimacy of the FDA's drug approval procedure, it is clear that the FDA has a long way to go in smoothing out this process. When advisory panels are tainted with conflicts of interests, it becomes difficult to trust the decisions these panels make, and this has major implications for public health. The bottom line is, there should be a divide between the individuals approving drugs and the companies making those drugs. Individuals with financial ties to the drug industry should not be approving drugs for public use. It should be important to all of us that the FDA find honest, independent scientists and researchers who work for the public, not the pharmaceutical industry.
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Q: Fluent UI DatePicker formatDate date I am working on a project with Fluent UI and React JSX and my question is how to format date of DatePicker component to be day.month.year format?
Example:
<DatePicker
  ...
  formatDate={(date) => {
    return (date.getMonth() + "." + date.getDate() + "." + date.getFullYear)
  }}
/>

A: If you want to format date of DatePicker Component use formatDate method:
const formatDate = (date?: Date): string => {
  if (!date) return '';
  const month = date.getMonth() + 1; // + 1 because 0 indicates the first Month of the Year.
  const day = date.getDate();
  const year = date.getFullYear();

  return `${day}.${month}.${year}`;
}

<DatePicker
  ...
  formatDate={formatDate}
/>

Codepen working example.
Useful links:
DatePicker documentation
MDN Date Object

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Vampires in America
KUER 90.1 | By Matthew LaPlante
Published July 2, 2012 at 12:10 AM MDT
The movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was recently released in theaters. It's an inventive take on the vampire mythos -- and on American history. Historian Scott Poole isn't crying foul, though. In the film, and the book it's based on, he sees a creative take on the horrors of history, as well as its mutability. He joins guest host Matthew LaPlante on Monday to explore America's obsession with vampires, when they entered the national psyche and how we continually reinvent them in our own image.
W. Scott Poole is an associate professor of history at the College of Charleston. He's the author of six books, most recently Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting. For more information about the book, visit MonstersInAmerica.com.
Radiohead, "We Suck Young Blood"
Roky Erickson, "Night of the Vampire"
Vampire Weekend, "Giving Up The Gun"
Matthew LaPlante
Matthew LaPlante is journalist, blogger and assistant professor of journalism at Utah State University. As national security reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune from 2005 to 2011, he covered military operations in Iraq, Kuwait, Germany and throughout the United States. Before arriving in Utah in 2004, LaPlante worked for The McMinnville News-Register in Oregon's wine country, where he covered the local court system and sports. A native of California, LaPlante lives in Salt Lake City with his wife Heidi, a public school teacher, and their daughter, to whom he writes regular letters of love, advice and anxiety at DearSpike.com.
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Explaining The Championship Scramble Match In WWE
WWE introduced a new match type in 2008 that fans immediately were drawn to – the Championship Scramble. It featured unique rulesets, unpredictable title changes and the chance to see a number of your favourite wrestlers compete inside the squared circle at the same time. It was chaos, mayhem and everything that the WWE needs to be.
However, as soon as it came, it was gone. Cruelly snatched away by the WWE after only its first appearance and tucked away in the history books, never to be seen again. Luckily, current rumours indicate that the Championship Scramble could make a return to the company, with NXT under Shawn Michaels the most likely place for the stipulation to rear it's beautiful head again.
But what is a Championship Scramble Match? While the rules may seem overly complicated and difficult to follow, we'll talk you through just what goes into the match and the history of the nostalgic stipulation that fans of the the Ruthless Aggression era hold so dear.
What Is A Championship Scramble Match?
The Championship Scramble match is a match type that was used in WWE three times, with all three matches taking place at Unforgiven 2008. The match is always for a championship, with the matches all deciding who would be the WWE, Heavyweight and ECW Champions. The winner of the match would walk away wit the championship that was on the line at the time. It feature
The Championship Scramble match has a twenty minute time limit. It is a five man free-for-all match type, with an extreme difference to the regular "Five Way" Match. Two wrestlers enter first and start in the ring, wrestling for five minutes. Each subsequent five minutes, one more superstar entered the fray and joined the match. Once all the competitors had entered the ring, they wrestled for an additional five minutes before the bell rang to end the match after 20 minutes.
The way to win the Championship Scramble match is to make your opponent submit or be pinned for three seconds. However the rules were more akin to an Iron Man Match. The wrestler who secures a pin fall or submission is declared "interim" or "unofficial" champion. They are considered champion for the time being although the reign is not counted in the history of the championship.
The match continues even when a new unofficial champion is crowned. If a new wrestler secures a victory in the match, then he (or she) becomes the new champion. The last wrestler to secure a pin fall or submission by the time the clock ran out is declared the new official champion. This can lead to some suspenseful finishes to matches, where wrestlers try to frantically pick up the victory in the dying embers of the match.
History Of The Championship Scramble
Despite being remembered fondly by fans, WWE only used the Championship Scramble match during one event. It was introduced at Unforgiven 2008 for matches involving the WWE Championship, World Heavyweight Championship and ECW Championship. There has currently never been an all-female Championship Scramble match in WWE.
the first ever WWE Championship Scramble match was for the ECW Championship in the opening match of the show. Mark Henry defended his title against four of the brand's top superstars – Matt Hardy, Chavo Guerrero, The Miz and Finlay. It saw Matt Hardy win his first ever World Championship in the WWE and he went on to have one of the best reigns in the history of the rebooted championship's history. The match itself was a mixed big, with some dull spots (Mark Henry pulling out a bear hug with 5 minutes to go) but saw title potentially change hands five times – with Guerrero, Henry, Finlay and finally Matt Hardy each getting one over on their opponents.
The next Championship Scramble saw Triple H defending his WWE Championship against his four opponents. It was the most exciting of the three matches, and saw the most title changes in the history of the match. Jeff Hardy and Triple H each managed three pin falls each, trading the temporary title back and forth until the dying seconds of the match. It also gave us the last image of The Brian Kendrick as the WWE Champion, although his brief reign is not counted in the record books.
Sadly, WWE don't count Brian Kendrick's title reign, but we all know the truth.
The last ever WWE Championship Scramble match ever was also the most controversial. CM Punk walked into the pay per view as the World Heavyweight Champion, having cashed in his Money in the Bank contract earlier that year. He had not had the best reign so far but hoped that a good performance in the scramble would put him in good stead with the company.
However, before the match he was attacked and punted in the head by Randy Orton. Due to the injuries from the devastating attack, he was taken out of the match and his world championship was vacated. Instead, Chris Jericho would replace him in the scramble match, despite losing to Shawn Michaels in a match earlier in the night. He joined Kane, Rey Mysterio, JBL and Batista in the fight (Mysterio replaced an injured John Cena in the match).
With the controversial inclusion of Chris Jericho into the match, the stakes somehow became higher. Each man had an equal chance at walking out champion and the amount of stars in the bout made it unpredictable. Kane and Batista both picked up pin falls (Kane pinning JBL and Batista pinning Kane) before Chris Jericho snuck his way to victory by pinning Kane to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career.
That was the final ever Championship Scramble match. However, there are rumours Triple H could bring the stipulation back, likely in NXT before the main roster, in a welcome return for fans of the WWE circa 2008.
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The green macroalga Ulva is a worldwide known and distributed fouling organism on ship hulls. The initial rate of germination is a critical process in macroalgae as it contributes to the success of colonization. The germination process is essential for the survival of settled zoospores and has consequences in relation to competition for space on surfaces with other fouling organisms. In this study the role of bacteria for germination and initial growth of zoospores from the green alga Ulva was investigated. The presence of a bacterial biofilms was seen to enhance germination. Further the influence of different bacteria biofilm composition was investigated using natural bacterial assemblages. The natural assemblages contained different proportions of Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteriodetes and were analyzed/ characterized with the Fluorescent in Situ Hybridisation (FISH). More zoospore germination occurred on biofilms with a high proportion of Gammaproteobacteria. The possible consequences of different bacterial densities and community composition for Ulva spore germination are discussed.


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He/ She should have good skill in email communication , good coordination with staff and stakeholder, good plan implementer, skill of problem solving, Flexible and respect to relevant field culture and religious issues , be on time for compiling relevant report, consider transparency and accountability.
Coordinate the CCAP activities in provincial and district level as well as DACAAR/HQ and regional office.
Manage staff activities and supervise communities' capacity building in accordance plan.
Make sure all staff understands the CCAP objectives and the knowledge transferred to CDCs/CCDCs.
Plan the activities and closely follow the CCAP daily action plan as practically.
Closely observe CDCs /CCDCs/ Subcommittees participation during the capacity building/conducting training by the relevant SOs.
Supervise and make sure that the activities are running smoothly on target plan and there is close internal co-operation among district office staff.
Holding staff meetings on weekly basis (every Saturday) for accurate direction toward of target achievement and prepare the minutes of meeting.
Check the quality of all activities in different steps.
Manage assets (vehicles/equipments) in proper way.
Make sure that all training materials purchased and used in good quality range.
Correspond to DACAAR/HQ and Regional Management upon need or request.
Inform district staff about any official decisions and issues happen in regional and HQ level and make sure the relevant staff read related letters and minutes of the meetings.
Solve the problems, if any, of district program staff with community and authorities with the help of SOs.
Capacitate and motivate staff to achieve CCAP target due to operational manual and action plan.
Prepare staff appraisal for FOs and check other staff appraisal in accordance DACAAR policy and HR instructions.
Report weekly/monthly/quarterly progress to provincial manager and HQ.
Any other official task assigned by line manager.
Education: University degree in civil Engineering, Agriculture, Social Science, Law, and other relevant field.
Experience: At least 5 years experience in (NSP) & (CCAP).


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Following the publication of Do No Harm, Dr. Henry Marsh retired from his position at a hospital in London. But his career continued, taking him to remote hospitals in places such as Nepal and Pakistan, where he offers his services as surgeon and teacher to those in need. Now, Marsh considers the challenges of working in those difficult conditions, alongside the challenges of putting a career of fifty years behind you and finding further purpose in life and work.
In Admissions, Marsh offers a thoughtful, perceptive consideration of medicine and the pursuit of a meaningful life that will appeal to readers of Atul Gawande, Jerome Groopman, and Oliver Sacks.
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Diagnostics Oncology Licensing
News Release - April 25, 2007
Celera and LabCorp(R) Announce Licensing Agreement to Commercialize Breast Cancer Testing Assays
ROCKVILLE, Md. & BURLINGTON, N.C.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Celera (NYSE:CRA ), an Applera Corporation business, and Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE:LH ), a national leader in esoteric and oncology testing, today announced that they have signed an agreement granting LabCorp a license to Celera's breast cancer metastasis and estrogen/progesterone receptor discoveries. The license agreement allows LabCorp to select from among Celera's genomic findings to develop and commercialize two molecular oncology laboratory service tests. LabCorp plans to offer one test to help predict the risk of metastasis in early stage breast cancer patients, and a second test to provide a molecular assessment of hormonal receptor status, which is used to select women for endocrine therapy.
The tests that LabCorp plans to offer based on Celera's findings may provide information that is distinct from that predicted by routine clinical assessment tools, such as tumor grade, as well as quantify risk for metastasis for variable time periods rather than only categorically for five or 10 years. Many of the discoveries licensed to LabCorp under this agreement are involved in the p53 tumor suppressor signaling pathways and are implicated in cancer proliferation.
Under the terms of the agreement, LabCorp will pay Celera an up-front license fee and royalties on net sales of laboratory service tests performed by LabCorp that incorporate Celera's discoveries. Further financial details were not disclosed.
"This license agreement with Celera strategically complements our innovative and extensive pipeline of diagnostic services and reinforces our strong commitment to genetic and molecular oncology testing," said Myla P. Lai-Goldman, M.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Medical Director of LabCorp. "Applying Celera's findings in breast cancer to the development of new tests supports our ever-growing menu of esoteric and genomic tests, and underscores our commitment to bring relevant clinical tests to market."
"We are pleased to have entered into this agreement with LabCorp, which has a track record of introducing new testing services that improve patient management," said Kathy Ordonez, President of Celera. "LabCorp shares our belief that Celera's breast cancer discoveries could have a beneficial effect on hundreds of thousands of women living with the uncertainty of breast cancer recurrence."
"Fulfilling significant, unmet medical needs by offering tests that help physicians better serve their patients is fundamental to LabCorp's mission," said David P. King, Chief Executive Officer of LabCorp. "By combining our scientific expertise with our national network, we can help ensure that health care providers and their patients have the broadest access to high-value, medically important new tests."
About Celera's Breast Cancer Discoveries
Celera's discoveries were described at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June 2006 and involved multiple genes predicting distant metastatic risk in node-negative, early stage, estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer in untreated research subjects. The use of untreated research subjects provides insight into the natural history of breast cancer and provides results applicable to different treatment regimens. Subsequent presentations at scientific meetings(1) described the utility of Celera's breast cancer findings in Tamoxifen-treated patients. The use of FFPE (formalin fixed paraffin embedded) sections permits the same procedure to be used for both archival tumor specimens and routinely prepared tumor sections.
The genomic findings Celera licensed to LabCorp were discovered in collaboration with scientists at the University of California at San Francisco, the University of Muenster and Hamburg in Germany, Guy's and St. Thomas Hospitals in London, United Kingdom, and Rosetta Inpharmatics, a subsidiary of Merck. Celera is pursuing this breast cancer program as part of its strategic alliance with Abbott.
About Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1.2 million people will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year worldwide. It is estimated that more than 40,000 deaths will occur from breast cancer each year in the United States. The death rates from breast cancer declined significantly between 1992 and 1996, with the largest decreases among younger women. Medical experts attribute the decline in breast cancer deaths to earlier detection and more effective treatments.
About Applera Corporation and Celera
Applera Corporation consists of two operating groups. Celera is primarily a molecular diagnostics business that is using proprietary genomics and proteomics discovery platforms to identify and validate novel diagnostic markers, and is developing diagnostic products based on these markers as well as other known markers. Celera maintains a strategic alliance with Abbott for the development and commercialization of molecular, or nucleic acid-based, diagnostic products, and it is also developing new diagnostic products outside of this alliance. Through its genomics and proteomics research efforts, Celera is also discovering and validating therapeutic targets, and it is seeking strategic partnerships to develop therapeutic products based on these discovered targets. The Applied Biosystems Group serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. Customers use these tools to analyze nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), small molecules, and proteins to make scientific discoveries and develop new pharmaceuticals. Applied Biosystems' products also serve the needs of some markets outside of life science research, which we refer to as "applied markets," such as the fields of: human identity testing (forensic and paternity testing); biosecurity, which refers to products needed in response to the threat of biological terrorism and other malicious, accidental, and natural biological dangers; and quality and safety testing, for example in food and the environment. Applied Biosystems is headquartered in Foster City, CA, and reported sales of over $1.9 billion during fiscal 2006. Information about Applera Corporation, including reports and other information filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at http://www.applera.com, or by telephoning 800.762.6923. Information about Celera is available at www.celera.com.
About LabCorp®
Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, a S&P 500 company, is a pioneer in commercializing new diagnostic technologies and the first in its industry to embrace genomic testing. With annual revenues of $3.6 billion in 2006, over 25,000 employees nationwide, and more than 220,000 clients, LabCorp offers clinical assays ranging from routine blood analyses to HIV and genomic testing. LabCorp combines its expertise in innovative clinical testing technology with its Centers of Excellence: The Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology, in Research Triangle Park, NC; National Genetics Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA; ViroMed Laboratories, Inc. based in Minneapolis, MN; The Center for Esoteric Testing in Burlington, NC; DIANON Systems, Inc. based in Stratford, CT; US LABS based in Irvine, CA; and Esoterix and its Colorado Coagulation, Endocrine Sciences, and Cytometry Associates laboratories. LabCorp clients include physicians, government agencies, managed care organizations, hospitals, clinical labs, and pharmaceutical companies. To learn more, visit www.LabCorp.com.
Applera Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking. These may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as "believe," "plan," and "should," among others. These forward-looking statements are based on Applera Corporation's current expectations. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for such forward-looking statements. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, Applera notes that a variety of factors could cause actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include but are not limited to: (1) Celera's unproven ability to discover, develop, or commercialize proprietary diagnostic products; (2) the risk that studies or trials of products that Celera does discover and develop will not proceed as anticipated or may not be successful, or that such products will not receive required regulatory clearances or approvals; (3) the uncertainty that Celera's products will be accepted and adopted by the market, including the risk that these products will not be competitive with products offered by other companies, or that users will not be entitled to receive adequate reimbursement for these products from third party payors such as private insurance companies and government insurance plans; (4) legal, ethical, and social issues which could affect demand for Celera's products; and (5) other factors that might be described from time to time in Applera's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Applera does not undertake any duty to update this information, including any forward-looking statements, unless required by law.
LabCorp Forward-looking Statements
Each of the above LabCorp forward-looking statements is subject to change based on various important factors, including without limitation, competitive actions in the marketplace and adverse actions of governmental and other third-party payors. Actual results could differ materially from those suggested by these forward-looking statements. Further information on potential factors that could affect LabCorp's financial results is included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and subsequent SEC filings.
(1) Association for the Advancement of Cancer Research's Oncogenomics 2007 conference, Phoenix, AZ, and the 24th annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference in Miami Beach, FL, both in February 2007.
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GDPR Updates From the Irish DPC's Annual Report
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its annual report on February 28, 2019, covering the period from May 25, 2018 (the date that GDPR came into effect) until the end of the 2018.
For a variety of reasons (including that many large multinational tech firms have located their EU headquarters in Ireland), the DPC has become somewhat of a hub for EU privacy complaints and other activities. While the DPC's report contains a lot of interesting information, the statistics regarding the DPC's activities over the first seven months under the GDPR are of particular interest, especially given the significant role the DPC plays in EU privacy oversight and enforcement.
Full details can be found in the report itself, but here is a summary of some of the items that we found to be most interesting:
Data Breaches: 3,452 valid data security breaches were recorded by the DPC during the reporting period.
This represents a 27% increase on the numbers reported in 2017.
The largest single category of data breach notifications was "unauthorized disclosures", consisting of 85% of all notifications. The next three largest categories were: paper lost (5.3%), hacking (3.1%) and phishing (2.9%).
38 of the breaches related to 11 multinational technology companies.
Although there were 3,452 valid data security breaches recorded by the DPC, only 48 data-breach complaints from affected data subjects were handled by the DPC (most of which concerned the personal data of an individual being issued to another third party in error, though several concerned more systemic breaches).
Increase in number of Complaints: During the reporting period, the DPC received 2,864 complaints. This is a significant increase relative to pre-GDPR levels.
Access Rights Complaints Dominate: The most common type of complaint received by the DPC was in relation to access rights, which constituted 34% of all complaints.
Cross Border and Multinational Complaints: 22% of GDPR complaints received by the DPC were multinational complaints. Further, 136 of the complaints were originally lodged with other EU data protection authorities but were transferred to the DPC as the lead supervisory authority. These numbers confirm that the DPC continues to play a central role in cross-border oversight and enforcement in the EU.
Amicable Resolution: Most complaints continue to be "amicably resolved", with only 18 formal decisions being rendered by the DPC.
Binding Corporate Rules: The DPC is acting as lead reviewer in relation to 11 Binding Corporate Rules applications (and acted as co-reviewer on 8 others), and expects to issue approvals on a number of these in the first half of 2019.
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July 2010: Extensive promotional strategies have already been started in Berlin. They include advertisements over the radio and TV stations. A number of contracts have been signed to allow the use of some of the city billboards for promotion activities for Miller Lite.
August 2010: Launching of Miller Lite in Berlin. The launching is planned to take place in a local popular bar in Berlin. The visitors/customers will be treated with free rounds of Miller Lite drinks.
December 2010: Three outlets shoul have been launched to enhance quick supply of Miller Lite to the retailers within the city of Berlin.
In Two Years Time (2012): Miller is expected to tap into five percent of the market. The number beer manufacturing companies are many as a result a tough competition is anticipated.
A beer depot has already been identified and it is being modified to make it appropriate for beer storage.
Arrangements are being made with a local TV station to buy some airtime for the purpose of informing and educating the Germanys on benefits of drinking Miller Lite.
Surveys will be carried out on a quarterly basis to determine whether the Miller Lite is gaining popularity. The survey will be in two forms: quick interviews & use of questionnaires. Through the survey the customers will be requested to volunteer views on how Miller can be improved to meet their demands.
The review process will majorly be dependent on the surveys to be carried out on a quarterly basis. Since the surveys will be comprehensively structured, they suggestions made on them will be implemented to gain the customer ground.


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 National Clandestine Service – servizio segreto statunitense
 NoCopyrightSounds – casa discografica inglese
 Natural Color System – un sistema di definizione cromatica usato nell'industria
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 NCS – codice aeroportuale IATA dell'aeroporto civile di Newcastle (Sudafrica)
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