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Googly-Eyed Electric Toothbrushes Play a Vibrating Cover of Daft Punk's 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'
Three googly-eye electric toothbrushes performed a vibrating cover of the catchy Daft Punk song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger".
Making of the Daft Punk 'Around the World' Music Video
Daft Punk released a look inside the making of the iconic music video for their 1997 hit "Around the World", directed by Michel Gondry.
An Electrifying Cover of the Daft Punk Hit 'Get Lucky' Performed on a Quartet of Musical Tesla Coils
Engineer Fabricio H. Franzoli, who previously used a trio of hand-built Tesla Coil to perform a rather fitting cover of the classic Daft Punk song…
A Ten Song Compilation of Daft Punk Songs Performed on Stylophone in Honor of the Band's Sudden Breakup
Upon learning of the unexpected breakup of Daft Punk on February 21, 2021, Polish musician MaroMaro (previously) took to his Stylophone and performed an electronic…
A Brilliant Funk, Big Band and Talk Box Cover of the 2001 Daft Punk Song 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'
Los Angeles Funk band Scary Pockets partnered with Frankfurt Radio Big Band to perform a brilliant cover of the 2001 Daft Punk song "Harder, Better,…
A Quartet of Tesla Coils Perform an Energizing Cover of the Daft Punk Song 'One More Time'
Fabricio H. Franzoli programmed a quartet of Tesla Coils to perform an energizing cover of the classic Daft Punk hit "One More Time".
Musician Performs the Metallica Song 'Master of Puppets' in 50 Different Musical Styles
Musician Anthony Vincent quite dramatically performed the Metallica song "Master of Puppets" in 50 different musical styles.
A Rhythmic Cover of Daft Punk's 'Lose Yourself To Dance' Performed on a Glittery Gold Acoustic Guitar
Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who plays creative acoustic versions of popular songs, performed a highly rhythmic cover of the Daft Punk song "Lose Yourself to Dance"…
String Quartet Performs a Lively Outdoor Cover of the Song 'I Feel It Still' by Portugal. The Man
The talented musicians of Vitamin String Quartet performed a lively outdoor cover of the song "I Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man. The ensemble…
'Everything Is a Remix' Takes a Look at How Music Sampling Has Evolved Through the Years
Kirby Ferguson explores sampled music in the reboot of his series 'Everything Is a Remix' in order to reflect the world as it is in 2021.


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The Ten Most Spectacular Cyber Attacks of 2010
Jeff Balke
Jeff Balke | December 23, 2010 | 6:01am
As the internet becomes a primary source for everything from news and entertainment to commerce and business, it makes sense that groups and hackers would be busier than ever. Websites are far more vulnerable to attack than, for example, television stations and hackers of all types relish the thought of taking them down.
In some cases, it's a matter of cyber retribution for a perceived injustice. Others want to steal information while still others just want to see if they can do it. Whatever the case, 2010 has been a banner year for those who want to take down websites. From Gawker to Visa, virtually no one is safe. Here are our ten most spectacular cyber attacks of 2010.
10. Gene Simmons Technically, Gene Simmons, the man, wasn't hacked, but GeneSimmons.com and SimmonsRecords.com were shut down after comments he made in an interview about illegal file trading of music. "Be litigious. Sue everybody. Take their homes, their cars," the KISS bassist said 24 hours before his websites were downed by the hacker vigilante campaign Operation Payback. Given Simmons' giant ego, we doubt this will be last time he says something stupid and gets hacked as a result.
9. Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Recording Inudstry of America (RIAA) There is one basic rule of the internet that should always be obeyed: don't fuck with 4chan. The popular internet site is "home" to a group that calls themselves "Anonymous" who execute attacks on websites via the "Operation Payback" campaign mentioned above. The group takes it very personally when you do something to offend them, whether it be throwing puppies in a river or going after a popular BitTorrent website like Pirate Bay. The retaliation for the latter came in the form of a DDoS attack on both the MPAA and RIAA websites keeping them offline for nearly a full day. Bottom line, 4chan is like a hornets nest filled with angry nerds. Don't poke at it and you won't get stung.
8. Pirate Bay Argentinian hacker Ch Russo cracked the administrative section of the popular file trading website and managed to delete files and expose user information. Russo claimed he was trying to demonstrate how vulnerable the information was. Point taken. There was a rumor that Russo planned to sell the user information to a third party, perhaps even groups like the RIAA or MPAA, who would certainly like to have it, but Russo denied the report, which is fortunate for him, because God only knows what 4chan would have done to him.
7. YouTube In still more 4chan-related news, they really don't like Justin Bieber. Not only did they manage to push "Justin Bieber Syphilis" to the top of Google Trends, but in July, they hacked YouTube posting pop-up windows on video pages and, for Bieber, re-directing his video pages to porn or malware websites.
6. Twitter If back in March you wondered why a bunch of your friends on Twitter thought you were fat, it wasn't because of your pudgy midsection. Hundreds of Twitter accounts were hacked and links to weight loss websites were posted in their feeds. In May, hackers hit Twitter again dropping celebrity follow lists to zero and forcing them to follow people they didn't request, which was more funny than tragic. 5. ImageShack Without ImageShack, how would we be able to see animated GIF's of Katy Perry's bouncing Elmo boobs or professional soccer fails? For a while, we almost found out as one of the world's largest image sharing sites, which includes the popular YFrog service used by many on Twitter, was hacked creating chaos for MySpace commenters who wanted to leave sparkly images on their friends' profile pages and Twitter food nerds who just had to Tweet iPhone images of their lunch. Fortunately for all of us, no files were lost and ImageShack was soon returned to normal. God knows, we couldn't live without pictures of fairies and frito pie.
4. Gawker If there was ever an example of why everyone should use a variety of passwords with varying degrees of complexity, Gawker's comment database getting hacked would be it. The Gawker family of sites, which includes Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Lifehacker and Deadspin, saw its entire user database sliced and diced, compromising user names and passwords meaning if you had a Gawker account and used the same password there as you did in other places, you might want to change that like now.
3. Tea Party The Tea Party's rancorous political fury paved the way for a shift in the balance of power in Congress making them, as you might imagine, a prime target for hackers. A little over a month before the election, that pesky 4chan managed to hack TeaParty.org and replace photos in their photo section with LOLCat-style images like bears covered in show with the words "I FUCKING LOVE COCAINE!" on them by users named "dick licker." The Tea Party managed to straighten things out and it didn't seem to affect their performance at the polls.
2. MasterCard and Visa.com Earlier this month, Anonymous and their Operation Payback set their sites on anyone who didn't fully support WikiLeaks. In this case, it was MasterCard and Visa, who suspended donations for the online document leak organization. Both sites were crippled by DDoS attacks prompted by Anonymous. PayPal managed to block similar attacks made by the same group in retaliation for cutting off donations to WikiLeaks, but Visa and MasterCard weren't so lucky.
1. Wikileaks - dDos - http://mashable.com/2010/11/29/hacker-wikileaks/ Ironic that the source of one of the greatest leaks of confidential government information of all time was itself compromised. According to WikiLeaks, in early December, their website was taken down by a cyber attack they claim was instigated by the Chinese government. Apparently, the Chinese were upset about revelations that they may no longer fully support North Korea. The attack, along with Amazon.com dropping WikiLeaks from its servers, prompted the organization to create hundreds of mirror sites around the world to prevent the site from being easily targeted again. Now, if they could just reveal what "secret sauce" is, we'll all be safe from terror.
Jeff Balke is a writer, editor, photographer, tech expert and native Houstonian. He has written for a wide range of publications and co-authored the official 50th anniversary book for the Houston Rockets.

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Each year we gather data and feedback from the students, staff and parents about their level of satisfaction with the school. A full report can be viewed at the Catholic Education Website website and this is a summary from that full report.
Overall parents indicated satisfaction with most aspects of the school. 100% of them strongly agreed that there was a high level of commitment and enthusiasm displayed by the teachers.
Staff agree that St John's is a school which is a place of learning in a Christian environment. The Religious Education Program is values based and meets student needs. Staff agree that there is a consistent approach to Behaviour Management.
Students strongly agreed that their teachers care about them and help them with their work. Students at St John's feel safe and believe that they are treated fairly.
Each year an annual report is prepared for the community with a summary of the major highlights and achievements. For the latest report click here.


New ingredients will bring brain and body benefits of DHA omega-3s—without the fish.
The creation of Algarithm Ingredients Inc. ("Algarithm"), a global developer of vegetarian DHA ingredients from algal oil, was announced today. Algarithm has spun-out from POS Bio-Sciences to focus on opportunities in the lucrative plant-based functional food, nutraceutical, and beverage ingredient markets.
Together with its collaborators—Virun Nutra-BioSciences ("Virun") and POS Bio-Sciences—Algarithm will unveil its new ingredient platform at the Institute of Food Technologists Conference (IFT 2017) this week, at booth #1823.
As consumers increasingly seek healthy alternatives to animal-based proteins and suffer from "pill fatigue", plant-based alternatives are emerging as a platform for new functional food, nutraceutical, and beverage innovations. DHA omega-3s have been widely praised for their brain, heart, and eye health benefits, but the traditional sources of omega-3s are fish-based and the extraction methods have relied on chemical solvents. With the introduction of its new ingredient platform, Algarithm is paving the way for a new, vegetarian product class that provides all the benefits of fish-derived DHA, but without the fish.
"With Algarithm, we are introducing an innovative version of a market-established, nutritional lipid to create a platform of new plant-based DHA omega-3 ingredients," said Dr. Udaya Wanasundara, Principal Scientist, Lipids & Co-products, at POS Bio-Sciences. "Our 40+ year heritage of working with omega-3 lipids means we have the existing facilities that allow for highly efficient processing of our high DHA algal oil."
Algarithm has aligned itself with Virun to produce retail-ready algal oil powders and emulsions. The Algarithm powders are vegan, water dispersible, non-GMO, have a high DHA concentration, have a one-year shelf life, and provide ideal flexibility for beverage and baking applications. Offered in three flavors—citrus/berry, chocolate, and vanilla—the powders formulate easily into any application. Through its relationship with Virun, Algarithm is also ready to offer retail-ready emulsions with flavors that span from tangerine and key lime to chocolate and churro, without the addition of sugar. Algarithm is taking an industry standard ingredient—40 percent DHA algal oil, and creating new forms to allow for easy adoption in functional food, nutraceutical, beverage and sport nutrition categories.
"The Algarithm ingredients leverage the Virun Esolv technology and have exceptional flavor systems, shelf life, and most importantly are plant-based," said Philip Bromley, CEO and cofounder at Virun. "These unique attributes enable Algarithm to support the incredible demand for omega-3s, sustainable, and solvent-free food and beverages, while making them the ideal partner."
In contrast to existing solutions on the market, Algarithm leverages an innovative water extraction processing technique that improves taste and diminishes odors, producing ideal oils, powders, and emulsions that deliver on price, taste and convenience of formulation. Together with its exclusive relationship with POS Bio-Sciences, Algarithm is entering the current omega-3 market with a cost-competitive solution that ensures a more sustainable and functional food system.
"Today we're pleased to be introducing Algarithm as a new and innovative omega-3 provider that will leverage POS Bio-Science's existing expertise in omega-3 processing to meet the explosive growth we see in the consumer markets for plant-based DHA ingredients," said Dale Kelly, CEO of POS Bio-Sciences. "We have a marketplace ready for change and we plan to be the de facto source for high value ingredients from algal oil."


With this Whale Wall Art we welcome our recently born baby at home is necessary to prepare many things and have our home ready and neat, specially his or her nursery room. Welcome your little child with a warm and full of love bedroom, where to spend lovely days with you. That is why this name wall decal is so special, because you will decorate his or her room with a beautiful design full of care.


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Vibe Check: Which French City Should You Visit This Summer?
Catherine Rickman
Summer is approaching. You want to brush up on your high school French, or maybe you've just got a hankering for a good croissant. You've been to Paris, but now you're ready to explore a little more of what France has to offer. But with so many tempting French cities at your disposal, it might be hard to choose. That's why we've done a vibe check for you on France's most popular cities outside of Paris, their highlights, and their restrictions.
Pros: Great beer and friendly people.
Cons: The weather.
Lille is a Flemish city just a short bike ride from the Belgian border, meaning that culturally it shares just as much with the Dutch as it does with the French. The Lillois are a friendly, hearty people, and they've had to be to survive the dreary Northern winters. As a side effect, Lille has some of the best beer in France, and you won't be looked down on for ordering a pint at 11am. The food is similarly heavy, with lots of meat and cheese, and almost every meal comes with a side of fries. Come here to make friends and have a good time, but maybe wait until May or so to venture up there.
Pros: Great for photoshoots, easy to get around.
Cons: Better for a short trip, not much "to do" once you've seen the city center.
Strasbourg, the biggest city in the Alsace-Lorraine region, looks like a living postcard. It's green and fresh and filled with medieval half-timbered houses. You won't find this style of buildings elsewhere in France, because though once popular, they were extremely flammable, and most burned to the ground. If you think the city looks like a fairytale, it shouldn't surprise you to find out that this region inspired the animations in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (though the actual villages used as reference are highly contested). The city's center, which is an island between two rivers, is a UNESCO heritage site, so it's kept clean and impeccably preserved. The food does lean more German, featuring lots of salty pork and sauerkraut (or "choucroute"), and the wine leans sweet and white, with an emphasis on Riselings, so it might be better for those with a more Germanic palate.
Pros: The food!
Cons: Hilly and sprawling, easier to navigate by car.
Lyon is France's third-largest city (after Paris and Marseille), and is on the map for one critical reason: food. Lyon is the gastronomic capital of France, and, some might argue, the world. You can enjoy Michelin star restaurants or humble, inviting bouchons, depending on your budget. And a three-course meal at a fancy restaurant is likely to cost you much less here than it would anywhere else in France. It's also got a vibrant nightlife scene, where you can find anything from garage rock dive bars to reggaeton on a boat. Film nerds might appreciate the Musée Lumière, and architecture aficionados will marvel at the Tuscan influences of the city's historic center.
Pros: A unique multicultural vibe you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Cons: Dirty, loud, little nightlife.
Marseille is definitely one of those "love it or hate it" kind of cities. It's France's second-largest city, with a population of upwards of 800,000. Needless to say—there's a lot going on there. It doesn't really feel like France, with its strong Italian and North African influences, meaning that the culinary culture is unique to the region, and combines many of these influences. It is dirtier and louder than many of the other cities on the Riviera, but makes up for it with authenticity and a lack of pretension. This is perhaps most well-represented by the city's street art culture, which transforms large swaths of the city into living works of art. Things close early in Marseille, and it's not as lively as you might expect at night, so party animals might want to look elsewhere for their entertainment.
Pros: Beautiful beaches, glamorous people.
Cons: The price.
Cannes is one of the more infamous resort towns on the Côte d'Azur, known for its star-studded film festival and its stunning white sand beaches. The restaurants, which lean Italian, aren't cheap, and lounging on the beach might cost you a pretty penny if you want a prime spot. But the sparkling blue of the Mediterranean against the white sand beaches and palm trees of the Croisière is truly striking. If all you want is to feel like a movie star for a day or two, then it might be worth a little splurge.
Pros: Great food, gorgeous beaches, and a picturesque old town.
Just a short train ride from Cannes, Nice is easily accessible by train, bus, or even plane (thanks to the nearby Nice airport). While it's slightly less flashy than Cannes, it's nonetheless a prime destination for France's wealthy to spend long summers at the (rocky) beach. The stunning Old Town is a mix of brightly colored buildings with French-Italian influences. The food is excellent as long as you steer clear of tourist traps, and the emphasis is on pizza, seafood, and all things lemon. Apéro will invariably revolve around Provençal rosé, or perhaps a bit of limoncello. It's also a great jumping off point for day tripping around the Riviera.
Pros: Good food, unique architecture, trendy energy.
Cons: The heat.
Also known as "La Ville Rose," or "the pink city," because of its unique brick architecture, Toulouse has a look you can't find anywhere else in Europe. Foodwise, it's duck country, which means that magret de canard, cassoulet, and foie gras will be found on every menu in town. The food is rich, but you don't necessarily have to enjoy it as there is a wide variety of contemporary, lighter cuisine available. Toulouse is a student city, home to one of Europe's oldest med schools, and, at night, this will become quickly apparent. The rosy streets transform into a riot of bars and terraces, with music, dancing, and more. During the day, this youthful and progressive influence leaves a trail of trendy cafes, shops, and restaurants in its wake, as well as a distinctive street art culture.
Pros: The wine, obviously!
Cons: Better with a car if you want to explore vineyards nearby.
Bordeaux is often referred to as a "mini Paris" because of its architecture, but you might be surprised to know that Paris's Haussmannian architecture was actually borrowed from Bordeaux! The city is picturesque, dynamic, and obsessed with all things wine. It has an entire museum, the Cité du Vin, devoted to oenology, and the city is surrounded by some of the best vineyards in France. If you want to do a vineyard trip, it's easier to go by car, but there are a few places you can reach by tram, bus, or train, without much trouble. But just because the wine is good doesn't mean the Bordelais skimp on the food. Their love for duck, oysters, and all things drenched in a red wine sauce give the city a rich culinary life as well.
Catherine Rickman is a writer and professional francophile who has lived in Paris, New York, and Berlin. She is currently road tripping around France, and you can follow her adventures on Instagram @catrickman.
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Immigration New Zealand update
Celia Coombes, INZ's Sector Relationship Manager (Education), shares the latest developments on the Pathway Visa pilot extension, and notes that post-study work visa changes will shortly come into effect.
Pathway visa pilot extension
With a significant amount of change happening during the second half of this year, INZ has not been able to sufficiently advance the development of the pathway student visa policy.
As a result, the existing pathway student visa pilot will be extended to 30 April 2019. This extension will come into effect on 26 November 2018, along with a number of other scheduled immigration changes.
Celia says this means all current pilot participants will be able to continue offering pathway student visas, and pathway student visa applications will continue to be accepted up until 30 April 2019.
"We have taken on board the feedback we have received during the consultation with the education sector. We will continue to work on reviewing the pathway student visa into 2019 and we are extending the pilot to allow for this. The education peak sector bodies will be informed and involved throughout this process" says Celia.
As part of the extension, INZ will also make the following improvements on 26 November 2018:
A dedicated online pathway student visa application form, including the ability to enter up to three programmes of study and education providers
One eVisa approval letter that includes the details of each programme of study (including the start and end dates)
Enhanced guidelines on the INZ website for pathway student visa applicants
Enhanced guidelines and training for Immigration New Zealand staff processing pathway student visas.
Please note: no new providers will be added in for this extension. Entry criteria for providers will be part of the work being done early next year.
Post-study work visa changes come into effect
In August 2018, the Government announced changes to the post-study work visa policy to ensure that post-study pathways for international students are fit for purpose. These changes come into effect on 26 November 2018.
Transitional provisions will be introduced to ensure students who were studying or had applied for a student visa as at 8 August 2018 will not be affected by the changes.
Visit the INZ website for further information, including an FAQ document about the changes.


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Qarah Kahriz Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in Qarah Kahriz District, Shazand County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population (including Bazneh, which was subsequently detached from the rural district and promoted to city status) was 25,040, in 6,627 families; excluding Bazneh, the population (as of 2006) was 21,140, in 5,639 families. The rural district has 27 villages.

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Rural Districts of Markazi Province
Shazand County

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Grandview 22, Raytown South 10, 5 inn.
St. Thomas Aquinas 6, BV Northwest 3, 10 inn.
Belton 2, Raytown 0. BEL (Chevalier, Matthews; shutout by Floyd). Records: BEL 9-12, RAY 8-12.
Kearney 11, Winnetonka 1. KEA (Payne 3, Howard 3, Kelly, Billings, Jones, Hanrahan, Holmes). WINN (Glotfelty). Records: KEA 12-7, WINN 14-7.
Liberty 8, Truman 0. LIB (George 3, Price 2, O'Hair 2, Elrod; shutout by Franklin). Records: LIB 11-12, TRU 3-16.
Liberty North 2, William Chrisman 0. LN (Ewing, Engel; shutout by Thomas). Records: LN 17-4-1, WC 8-9.
Park Hill 2, Park Hill South 0. PH (Catano, Paulak; shutout by Emerson). Records: PH 16-5-3, PHS 16-4.
SM South 6, SM North 0. SMS (McDonald 4, Jarrell, Stollsteimer; shutout by Bunker).
SM West 2, Olathe East 0. SMW (Mauck, Miller; shutout by Dvorak). Records: SMW 11-4-1, OE 12-2-1.
St. James Academy 2, Shawnee Heights 0. STJ (Male, Eskina; shutout by Miller). Records: STJ 5-10, SH 7-7-1.
St. Pius X 4, O'Hara 2. STP (Malott 3, Routh). OH (Champion, White).
St. Teresa's 5, Topeka Hayden 0. ST (Bailey 3, Russell, Scofield; shutout by Meyer, Batliner).
Piper 15, Turner 1 5 inn.
Lee's Summit 5, Truman 1. No. 1 singles: Henry, LS, d. Savidge, 6-2, 6-4. No. 1 doubles: Bowne/Glenn, LS, d. Savidge/Hayward, 8-4.
LS North 5, Blue Springs South 4. No. 1 singles: Bertken, LSN, d. Mandina, 6-0, 6-1. No. 1 doubles: Mandina/Michael, BLSS, d. Handley/Faulkenberry, 6-2, 6-0.
Park Hill 6, North Kansas City 0. No. 1 singles: Eckold, PH, d. Pio, 6-0, 7-5. No. 1 doubles: Eckold/Higgins/Dunn, PH, d. Pio/Dang, 8-2.
Liberty North 5, Kearney 4. No. 1 singles: Wiskirchen, LN, d. Cole, 6-1, 6-0. No. 1 doubles: Wiskirchen/Bellman, LN, d. Cole/Crockett, 8-6.
Liberty 5, St. Joseph Central 0. No. 1 singles: did not finish. No. 1 doubles: Turnage/Stansbury, LIB, d. Hopkins/Fangman, 8-6.
Barstow 5, O'Hara 0. No. 1 singles: Frye, BAR, d. Eckart, OH, 6-0, 6-0. No. 1 doubles: Frye/King, BAR, d. Eckart/Kimbrell, OH, 8-0.
Pembroke Hill 6, St. Pius X 0. No. 1 singles: Bortnik, PH, d. Shields, SPX, 6-1, 6-0. No. 1 doubles: Bortnik/Kramer, PH, d. Shields/Ross, 8-0.


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Suvas and Nima
2040 Manor Drive
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Nirmala S. Desai, MD
Nima: "I went to medical school in Baroda, which is in the Western part of India, about 250 miles North of Mumbai. It was in the early 60s and women in general were not going to professional schools. I came from a conservative Southern family—girls were educated, but then they got married, stayed home, and raised family. That was the way of doing things.
Somehow, from early childhood, I always wanted to be a physician, even though there were no physicians in my family. Against the rest of my family, my father encouraged me to pursue my dream. My mother was completely opposed to it. She felt like it would interfere with my getting married and all that.
Thanks to my father, I went to Baroda medical school. That's where I met my future husband. He was my classmate. My maiden last name was Bangalore, which is the name of a city. His last name is Desai, so we were alphabetically close. We were dissection partners and when we worked in small groups, we were in the same group. We got to know each other over the many years. That's how we met and decided to get married.
During my second year of medical school, the World Health Organization (WHO) had an exchange program involving Indian medical schools. Our medical school was selected, as was the medical school of Edinburgh. Under the exchange program, the Edinburgh professors would come to Baroda medical school and the Baroda professors would go to Edinburgh and spend a year. Neonatology had not yet emerged as a sub-specialty of pediatrics. However, in 1962 Dr. Furquhar came as a visiting professor. He was a pediatrician with a special interest in neonatal medicine. He gave several lectures to the students. He was inspiring to me and that was the beginning of my neonatal journey.
My husband and I came to the US in 1967, initially to Philadelphia. Subsequently, I did my pediatric training at Boston's Children's Hospital. Normally, for international medical graduates to get a place at Boston's Children's Hospital was difficult. Perhaps, I was in the right place at the right time.
At that time, neonatology was an emerging specialty and there were very few training places. I did my training at Boston Lying In Hospital. Now it is part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital. At the time, my husband did his urology training at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Boston.
In 1972 I joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky Medical Center and established the neonatal intensive care unit in 1974. I was the first trained neonatologist to come to Kentucky. Initially the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit had 17 beds and has currently grown to a 95 bed NICU.
Neonatology has now evolved as a pediatric subspecialty. When I started in the 70s, babies born at 36 weeks of gestation had high mortality. Now in 2021, we have babies weighing as little as 350 grams, less than a Coke can, with reasonable chances of survival. Twenty-four weeks used to be considered as the viability threshold. Now we resuscitate babies who are born at 22 weeks. Surgical advances, modern technologies, and newer medications have improved survival. The quality of the survivors also has improved over the years.
I have also had the pleasure of following these babies in our follow-up clinic. I have taken pride in the fact that in Kentucky, we take care of our infants as good as anywhere else in the United States. And it's all because of team work. We have very well trained NICU nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, social workers, and pharmacists.
It was also a privilege to train other neonatologists over the years. We have had more than 100 fellows. Now they work all over the United States and outside the country as well.
The last forty-eight years have been a thrilling, fulfilling and gratifying journey. I am grateful to the divine powers that I have been placed in the right institution. Now, when we travel to India, we do volunteer medical work and share the things we have learned. At the University of Kentucky there is a program called the Global Health Program in which we have a sister relationship with Ecuador and we go there as a medical team to train medical personnel and do volunteer work there too.
I raised my two children here. My daughter was born in Lexington. My son was born in Boston. Both of them are physicians. It's definitely an immigrant's dream fulfilled.
On the whole, it has been an exciting journey in professional academic medicine and neonatology, especially with the evolution and advances in neonatal medicine and being part of this transition since its inception at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. It has also has been an exciting and gratifying journey being a first-generation immigration physician in a new country. Kentucky and the USA have given us a lot; hopefully we have been able to make a small contribution in return as first-generation immigrants."
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Lexington in the Time of COVID-19 is an artwork about people practicing social distancing at a time of a deadly virus. And also offering kindness.
Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova capture photographs at the periphery of American culture, where drag queens, discarded couches, and abandoned motel signs exist.
©2023 Lexington in the Time of COVID-19
Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova
Design & Development by Charlie C Campbell


PITTSBURGH-In conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh Department of Health and Physical Activity's Community Leisure-Learn Program, Pitt's University Dance Ensemble will host a high school dance workshop from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 10 in Trees Hall, Allequippa and Darragh streets, Oakland.
Pitt faculty and University Dance Ensemble dancers will offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced instruction in various dance genres, including contemporary, ballroom, African, and improvisational.
Since its inception 35 years ago, the Community Leisure-Learn Program has worked as an outreach program designed to increase health awareness and ensure optimization of the quality of life throughout the local community.
The University Dance Ensemble is a student organization open to all Pitt students seeking a greater appreciation and understanding of dance. For more information, visit www.sorc.pitt.edu.


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Home News LUSU President: tuition fee and rent rises 'unnecessary'
LUSU President: tuition fee and rent rises 'unnecessary'
By Nathalie Farrugia -
Photo: Lucy Lamb
The University's Finance and General Purposes Committee approved the proposal to increase tuition fees by five per cent for postgraduate and international students and introduce a two and a half percent increase in campus rent. Tonight, the issue will be discussed in LUSU's General Meeting and Wednesday Week 9 will see a protest in Alexandra Square. President Laura Clayson has labelled the fees increase as an "unnecessary rise." "There's not enough rationale to do it: it's all to do with bringing us in line with our main competitor universities and I think that's completely the wrong reason to raise fees. I believe education should be free so I think fees as a concept is just ridiculous, let alone increasing them."
In an interview with SCAN, Clayson explained the University's thinking behind the increase, saying that they believed that when prospective students compare Lancaster's fees to one of its competitors, and Lancaster are charging less, people are going to think that Lancaster are offering a lower quality degree scheme. However, Clayson said that for the majority of students she knows, who go to university to learn, they wouldn't be put off by the price.
Clayson first discovered the proposal towards the end of October in a paper that came up in the University Management Advisory Group, where she sits as the only student representative. The proposal had come through from the Target Tuition Fees group which she said is a very small, management based group which she emphasised had no student representative on it.
Clayson said: "obviously, I spoke very vociferously against it". In particular, Clayson said she spoke out against one of the harsh implications the increase would have on medical students from overseas: "I thought it was very unfair how the international students who were studying medicine here were going to be facing about an 11% increase in fees while they're on the course… It's going up from £22,500 a year to £25,000 for continuing students studying medicine." She said that the University felt that it was unfair to increase the cost by the full amount of money that they want to charge because as of 2015, they're going to be charging £27,500 for overseas students studying medicine at Lancaster, which Clayson described as "absolutely horrific."
After the proposal was taken to the Finance and General Purposes Committee it was then discussed at the University Council on Friday Week 7. Clayson and Colin Mang, the two student representatives on the Council, tried to get the decision to go to Senate, so that faculties and departments could have a say. However, the pair were unsuccessful and the proposal was approved.
Explaining the implications of this proposal, Clayson said "For postgraduate students that are from Home-EU background, the fact that they are facing a five per cent increase is massively unfair because it's already pretty impossible to get postgraduate funding." She said that the University are looking into bursaries and scholarships, though Clayson describes this as "damage control."
Regarding international students, Clayson said they might have to rethink coming to Lancaster: "one of the arguments I've heard is that the international market is a different market; they're going to be comparing us against our competitors, and it's not going to affect them because they're government sponsored.
"But that's a lie, because I've looked into how many students are sponsored by the government and it's a very small proportion compared to how many are self-funded."
In terms of what LUSU are doing to tackle the issue, Clayson said that while she spoke up against the proposal in all of the meetings she was in and sent an email to the Vice Chancellor Mark E Smith, as well as meeting with different people within management, "I haven't really got anywhere, it's been quite a disempowering process for me, "she said, "now it's time to start resisting a bit harder and getting more students in."
At the General Meeting tonight, this issue will be at the top of the agenda, closely followed by the Cost of Living. Clayson said "we want to hear what students think about this and we really really hope a lot of students come along." She even hinted at some sort of potential action happening after the meeting itself.
Wednesday Week 9, a national day of student action for Free Education, a protest entitled "NO FEES, NO DEBT: Protest against fees and rent hikes" is set to take place in Alexandra Square at 11.30am. Clayson said: "I've been in contact with a lot of other unions as well and a lot of them have been sending a lot of messages of support, solidarity and some of them offered to come up next Wednesday to support us. So it's a huge huge issue."
She mentioned that universities like Sussex and Keele had fought for a similar causes last year, but were not successful. However, Clayson is hopeful for change at Lancaster. "I feel like if we really really try and we all come together as a student body then there is strength in numbers and hopefully we can get something from it."
If students want to really make a difference, Clayson said "I think we should be bombarding the Vice Chancellor with emails stating how much we disagree with this decision, I think we need to make sure we're supporting each other at the GM and at the protest next Wednesday. There's a lot of anger and I think we need to harness that and make it into a really strong campaign. As a students' union we will be supporting students to do that. Together we're stronger."
In a statement issued to SCAN this morning, the University said: "Fees for postgraduate and international students are determined by the University to reflect the cost of tuition and to ensure that we can continue to invest in and deliver excellent teaching and learning. Our fees are competitive with those set by our competitors and we invest heavily in scholarships and bursaries to support students. In 2013/14 the University committed £3 million for financial support for undergraduates and £2.3 million for postgraduate students.
"Tuition fee income is re-invested back into projects which benefit students, such as our £135 million capital investment programme which includes significant refurbishment of the library and a number of enhanced teaching facilities. We strongly believe that investing in teaching, research and facilities is in students' interests since the future value of their degrees is to a large extent dependent on the continued success of the University."
Regarding rent increases, the University said: "Lancaster University runs its accommodation on a non-profit making basis and rent rises are set according to the forecast national increase in the rate of inflation (RPI). If we are over or under on our forecast an adjustment up or down is made for the following year. Lancaster has won the accolade of 'Best University Halls' in the National Student Housing Survey every year for the last five years and this year we were named 'Best Value for Money.' We carefully review on an annual basis comparator rents for various levels of quality and facilities of our accommodation and our rents remain highly competitive with that of other universities."
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For the entire month of May, ARC is challenging area restaurants to add a vegan meal to their menu. The challenge is to have a clearly designated vegan meal listed on the menu. If the vegan items are a success, (and of course they will be!), we hope participating restaurants will keep the vegan item(s) on the menu. Participating restaurants will be featured in our ARC vegan dining guide on-line and in our promotions around the challenge, and will display the Mob Town Veg sticker in their window.
During the month of May, when you order a vegan entrée from one of the participating restaurants, you can be entered into a drawing where you will be eligible to win lots of great prizes including a grand prize overnight stay at the super luxurious Battlehouse hotel, plus a gift card to enjoy a dinner for two at The Noble South.
All you have to do to be entered is check in at any of the participating restaurant on social media and post a photo of yourself and/or your delicious vegan entrée and use the hashtag #MobTownVeg or #MobTownVegChallenge, and you'll be entered to win! Each time you dine at one of the participating restaurants and enjoy a vegan meal, you will be entered again. There is no limit on entries. So the more you eat out at participating restaurant during the month of May the greater your chance of winning! Only requirement is that your meal be entirely vegan! Enjoy! And we'll see you out on the town!
We are beyond excited to have The Noble South hosting our Mob Town Veg Restaurant Challenge Kick-Off Event!
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504-Unit Community Changes Hands in Houston
GVA Real Estate Investments purchased Sandridge using $38.9 million in financing from Ready Capital. The property spreads across approximately 19 acres and comprises 41 buildings.
Timea Matyas
Mar 01, 2019
Sandridge
GVA Real Estate Investments has purchased Sandridge, a 504-unit community in the Houston metro area. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. sold the asset in a transaction which, according to Yardi Matrix data, involved a $38.9 million loan held by Ready Capital. The community was 98.6 percent as of January.
Located at 4025 Burke Road, Sandridge is 16 miles southeast of downtown Houston. The asset is within 5 miles of the interchange between Interstate 45 and Sam Houston Tollway. There are several dining and shopping establishments within a 2-mile radius and Almeda Mall is roughly 5 miles of the property.
Completed in 1981, the community encompasses 41 two-story buildings and spreads across more than 19 acres. The one-, two- and three-bedroom units range from 602 to 1,104 square feet. All apartments feature washers and dryers and have vaulted ceilings. Common-area amenities include a fitness center, five swimming pools, a clubhouse, a spa, a playground, a tennis court, several laundry facilities and 700 parking spaces.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company
Ready Capital
Historic Downtown Houston Building Changes Hands
Berkshire Residential Buys Houston Community
Turner Impact Capital Buys 659-Unit Houston Property
Houston Community Receives $40M Fannie Mae Loan


It's do or die time for Chicago Tribune and its sibling newspapers.
On Aug. 4, Tribune Publishing Co. will be on its own, after parent Tribune Media Co. hives off its print properties. While Tribune Media will remain privately held, the new publishing company will start trading the next day on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol TPUB.
Tribune Media is keeping the faster-growing broadcast business, including WGN-TV, and some of its most valuable assets, such as real estate gems like Tribune Tower. Meanwhile, Tribune Publishing, which includes the Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun, will be freighted with piles of debt and bleaker prospects in a declining industry.
Still, the publishing unit remains profitable, and CEO Jack Griffin said he will use Tribune Publishing's income to buy smaller papers around its big dailies with the aim of becoming more attractive to national advertisers. He also plans to redesign his papers' websites, using the recently overhauled Los Angeles Times site as a template. But in an interview, he acknowledged that inevitably he'll have to cut expenses, too.
The company's fate depends on its ability to grow, said Rich Hummel, director of research at Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC in Columbus, Indiana, which owns Tribune shares.
Over the past five years, the publishing unit's operating revenue has slid 5 to 7 percent annually (except in 2012, when revenue was flat), dropping to $1.8 billion last year. The 2013 slide was steeper than the industry's 2.6 percent decline in sales.
Mr. Hummel said that Mr. Griffin's plans to add ancillary newspapers could buttress existing brands and stoke advertising sales, lifting revenue. The company already has made some small acquisitions recently, including two community newspapers in Maryland for $30 million and 15 weeklies in Connecticut.
"Acquisitions of titles in (or adjacent to) TPUB markets could allow the company to leverage its scale in procurement as well as its editorial, sales and delivery infrastructure," CRT Capital Group LLC analyst Lance Vitanza said in a July 17 report. Even so, he predicted revenue will shrink 4 percent this year to $1.72 billion.
Central to growth will be the company's cash position. It expects to start with about $50 million.
That's not much. New York Times Co., for instance, has $728 million in cash, while Time Inc. recently was spun off from Time Warner Inc. with $150 million. News Corp., whose assets include cable TV in Australia and book publishing in addition to the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, had $3.2 billion in cash as of March 31.
With so little in the bank, Tribune Publishing won't have enough for an acquisition spree, said Matt Swaim, a portfolio manager at Tribune shareholder Advisory Research in Chicago. In fact, Mr. Swaim said he is most concerned about the company spending so much that it doesn't have enough to motor along if the economy slows.
To that end, the company could consider the sale of certain newspapers, he said. "We want to hear about the opportunity, but they have to be mindful of their balance sheet," he said.
As much as he wants to build up his new company, Mr. Griffin said he will be cutting costs as well. "Every newspaper company has taken costs out of the business to conform to the changing revenue conditions — it's an absolute requirement of the business," he said in an interview.
Mr. Vitanza, who's based in Stamford, Connecticut, said he expects the company will lower expenses by $65 million this year and more in 2015. One way would be centralizing more functions under one corporate roof. Mr. Griffin has the same idea, pointing to savings the company realized recently by buying copiers on a corporate level rather than each newspaper procuring them on their own.
"We are always looking for efficiencies in the way we do things, in the way we acquire goods and services," Mr. Griffin said. "We have meaningful low-hanging fruit."
While the publishing operation has lowered expenses by $250 million over the past three years, according to a presentation Mr. Griffin has been making to would-be investors, it still has a broad publishing platform with 7,475 employees and total expenses of $1.62 billion for the year ended March 30. And some costs are rising because of the spinoff. It now must pay rent for office space in the Tribune Tower and elsewhere. Mr. Vitanza said that will set the company back by $27 million a year.
Another new cost for Tribune Publishing will be making payments on the $350 million in debt it's taking on as part of the spinoff; of that, $275 million was needed to pay a special dividend to its former parent. Whether or not the company has the financial wherewithal to invest in its growth strategies will depend partly on how it manages this new financial burden.
Standard & Poor's analyst Hal Diamond calculates Tribune Publishing's ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization at 2.9. That's pretty good; the average for the industry is a ratio of about 5.
Still, Mr. Diamond rates Tribune Publishing debt as "junk" with a B+ and considers it to be in S&P's "vulnerable" category, given the long-term decline of print advertising.
Of course, the bottom line is the bottom line. While the company reported net income tripled last year to $94.1 million from $28.4 million in 2013, that figure included a generous one-time tax benefit of $71 million. The 2012 figure was down from $41.6 million in 2011.
Adjusting for the spinoff, Mr. Vitanza puts Tribune Publishing's earnings at $68 million last year. He foresees that falling to $60 million in 2014, or by almost 12 percent.
Mr. Vitanza said Tribune Publishing's enterprise value will slide to $172 million from $230 million because of higher expenses and the loss of income from Careerbuilder.com and Classified Ventures LLC, which are separating from Tribune's newspapers. At that lower value, its value will be five to six times EBITDA.
He pegs New York Times' enterprise value-to-EBITDA ratio at 8.4, by comparison, and McClatchy Co.'s at 5.2.
One number that the company may hope people don't pay close attention to is circulation. While Tribune Publishing's presentation to would-be investors boasts Sunday print circulation of 2.5 million for its combined newspaper group, that figure has declined from 4.3 million in 2005.
Indeed, the newspapers seem to have accepted the reality of a declining print readership, with the Chicago Tribune recently removing many of its sales boxes from the streets.


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Nach einem Eisenbahntunnel der Tollwitz-Dürrenberger Feldbahn war der Oberauer Tunnel der zweite Eisenbahntunnel Deutschlands, aber der erste Tunnel einer Vollbahn auf dem europäischen Festland überhaupt. Er wurde zwischen 1837 und 1839 an der Bahnstrecke Leipzig–Dresden von Freiberger Bergleuten gebohrt und 1933/1934 aufgeschlitzt. Heute erinnert nur noch ein Obelisk an diesen Meilenstein deutscher Eisenbahngeschichte.

mini|hochkant|Tunneldenkmal aus dem Originalmaterial der Portalbekrönung

Geschichte
Obwohl die Bahnstrecke Leipzig–Dresden durch eher flaches Gelände im nördlichen Sachsen trassiert wurde, musste bei Oberau wegen des Dresdner Elbkesselnordhangs ein Tunnel gebaut werden, weil man damals der Ansicht war, dass Eisenbahnen keine größeren Steigungen überwinden könnten. Zum Vergleich: Die ein halbes Jahrhundert später errichtete und weitgehend parallel verlaufende Bahnstrecke Berlin–Dresden besitzt in diesem Bereich ihre größten Steigungen.

Mehr als 500 Bergleute teuften vier ca. 20 m tiefe Schächte auf die Tunnelsohle ab. Von dort und von den Eingangsportalen wurde der eigentliche Tunnel erbaut. Zwei der Schächte dienten später noch für die Tunnelbelüftung. Nach verschiedenen Wassereinbrüchen wurde der Tunnel komplett mit 8900 m³ Elbsandstein ausgemauert.

Nach Eröffnung der Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn am 7. April 1839 war der hoch über dem Einschnitt des Tunnels gelegene Bahnhof Oberau die nächstgelegene Station für Meißen. Wegen dieser ungünstigen Lage bemühte sich Meißen um einen bequemer zu erreichenden Eisenbahnanschluss und erhielt diesen 1842 mit dem etwa 2,5 Streckenkilometer südlich des Tunnels gelegenen Bahnhof Niederau. Mit der Eröffnung des Bahnhofs Niederau gab die Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie den Bahnhof Oberau am 15. Mai 1842 auf.

Von 1933 bis 1934 wurde der Oberauer Tunnel wegen des zu geringen Lichtraumprofils sowie aufgrund starker Beschädigungen durch Wasser- und Frostwirkung bei laufendem Betrieb aufgeschlitzt. Anstelle des Tunnels verläuft die Bahnstrecke hier in einem Einschnitt. Im Bereich des ehemaligen Tunnels überbrückt heute die Staatsstraße 177 zwischen Radeburg und Meißen die Bahnstrecke.

Im Tunneldenkmal aus dem Originalmaterial der Portalbekrönung wurde das sächsische Wappen, das einst in der Mitte des Portales seinen Platz hatte, wiederverwendet. Das Dresdner Wappen war links platziert und steht heute als Gedenkstein neben
der Straßenbrücke.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Eisenbahntunnel in Sachsen

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Oberau
Oberau
Aufgegebener Tunnel
Erbaut in den 1830er Jahren
Niederau
Verkehrsbauwerk im Landkreis Meißen
Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie


If you are operating a garbage disposal that is more than five years old and it is not performing in the way you expect it is likely time to find a replacement. A garbage disposal that is 5 to 10 years old is probably not worth repairing and you will find that a new model will meet your needs much more effectively and be more energy efficient and quiet in the bargain. Our Garbage Disposal Replacement in Mesa, AZ team can help.
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Bathing suits come in an array of styles that alter each season according to trends and fashion. It's important to know the features and benefits of each style, as some can assist in enhancing your figure, whilst others may draw attention to areas of your body you'd like to avoid! Here's our guide to choosing the perfect swimsuit for you.
A strapless swimsuit that's great for activities and sun bathing alike. It's perfect for creating a flattering shape for smaller busts. Many bandeau swimsuits come with a detachable strap, offering versatility and added support. The one-piece bandeau style helps to create a more balanced figure appearance.
A classic style of swimsuit that's flattering and simple for all shapes. There are variations to the traditional style, such as the cross over back that offers added support, or a halterneck which creates cleavage and emphasises the bust. Some also have padding at the bust. Many of these swimsuits feature ruched detail across the middle section and at the sides to catch the eye and draw attention away from areas of the body you'd like minimised.
Perfect for someone who needs extra coverage and firm control across the stomach, hips and bottom. The swimsuits are lined with control fabric at the front and back, offering increased support and help to flatten lumps and bumps. There are a number of different styles, including a classic shape with side ruching and reinforced side panels, a twist front style and a cross front.
We also offer swimsuits specifically designed for ultimate comfort and support during pregnancy and post-surgery . These are not cup sized, but allow for growth during pregnancy. Each size has an allowance built in for growth so it's best to choose your normal size. For mastectomy swimwear, we offer a specialist pocketing service for our swimsuits and bras. We can cater for all ages and all types of breast surgery. The swimsuits will have a special pocket that holds the prosthesis in place. The styles have a higher front to cover surgery scars. It's always advisable to have your swimsuit properly fitted, so call or email us to make an appointment.
A bandeau bikini top is without straps. Support is provided through the 2 cups and the bra-like strap across the back. There are several variants of the bandeau style, including a flattering twist style, as well as a choice of detachable straps and padded cups. The bandeau bikini emphasises the bust area as it's a tube style shape.
Triangular in shape, this style of bikini is quite revealing and offers less coverage than other swimsuit styles. As the triangle accentuates the breast area, it's a style suited to women with a smaller bust. Straps usually tie around the neck and at the back, creating a halterneck style. Some triangle bikinis are padded to emphasise the bust area and create shape. The halterneck style is a variation of the triangle, offering more support, and often, wider straps. Perfect for women with a full chest as most styles are available up to a DD cup, and some have padding.
Some swimwear comes in cup sizes, like bras. This style is great for women with larger busts as the bikini top has underwiring and padding for greater shape and support, or alternatively enhancement of a smaller bust. Like bras, the cup size bikini usually ranges from B to G cups.
Cut like a camisole, this style comes with wide or thin straps and is great for swimming. The top covers your stomach for a flattering, streamlined look. Another variation is the Bandeau Tankini which is a strapless version.
A standard shape similar to the lingerie bottom, offering full coverage. Often adorned with decorative rings, charms or beading.
Shaped like a standard Bottom but with tie sides that offer a more flattering and feminine look. A great choice if you want to draw attention away from your thighs or stomach. If you want something more revealing go for a string tie, otherwise a wide tie for more coverage. The tie sides offer adjustability and can be altered according to your individual size and preference.
The fold on a bikini Bottom works in a few ways. It can be folded up to provide more coverage or folded down to create interest and texture. Ruffles and frills are often used on this style to act as an attention drawer.
Hipster cut shorts that cover part of the hips, thighs and stomach, while still appearing as a two-piece swimsuit if worn with a bikini top or tankini. The shorts are perfect for women who require adequate coverage. The boy leg style is a smaller version of the classic style.
Ruched panels and side ties offer a flattering cut and allow for size adjustment. Great choice during pregnancy when your body shape is constantly altering, but suitable for all shapes and sizes.
Patterns are great for women of all sizes as they cover all sorts of areas that you may want to divert attention away from! Dark colours are slimming, while pale hues, metallic and shiny fabrics can exaggerate your size. Selecting a swimsuit that is lined helps with reducing transparency.
All our swimwear is suitable for wearing in water, but some fabrics are more suited for seawater and chlorinated pools. Swimsuits decorated with beading and embellishment are more likely to deteriorate more quickly in seawater or chlorinated water, so perhaps save them for sunbathing and the occasional dip!


Colonel Francois-Regis Legrier – who has been in charge of directing French artillery supporting Kurdish-led groups in Syria since October – said the coalition's focus had been on limiting its own risks and this had greatly increased the death toll among civilians, as well as raised the level of destruction.
"Yes, the Battle of Hajin [near Syria's eastern border with Iraq] was won, at least on the ground but by refusing ground engagement, we unnecessarily prolonged the conflict and thus contributed to increasing the number of casualties in the population," Legrier wrote in an article in the National Defence Review.
France is one of the main allies in the US-led coalition fighting Daesh in Syria and Iraq, with its warplanes used to strike militant targets, its heavy-artillery backing Kurdish-led fighters and its special forces leading the ground assault.
Legrier's article has embarrassed French authorities just days before the coalition is expected to announce the defeat of the terror group; the article was removed from the review's website on Saturday.
"A punishment is being considered," French army spokesman Patrick Steiger confirmed to reporters.
Hajin was the last major towns held by Daesh militants and was the target of the final phase of "Operation Roundup" that started September, with heavy battles also centring on the Al-Shafah area near the Iraqi border. Six months on, a rapidly-diminishing few hundred militants have been battling on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, hemmed in by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the Syrian side of the Iraqi border and by Iranian-backed Shia militias on the other.
Yet the battle has proved difficult with Daesh militants fiercely resisting SDF attempts to capture their final stronghold, despite hundreds of Kurdish fighters – including heavy military equipment – sent as reinforcements over the course of the fighting.
Although the SDF were also supported by fighter jets from the international coalition, strategically positioned minefields placed by Daesh reportedly significantly slowed the ground assault, causing the operation to be temporarily halted in November.
The coalition could have got rid of just 2,000 militant fighters – who lacked air support or modern technological equipment – much more quickly and effectively by sending in just 1,000 troops, Legrier argued.


In formulating the initial rules for membership the founding members felt that breweries with an annual output of 1.0 million barrels or more should be represented and, to have a realistic chance of regularly attending meetings, a member had to work at a brewery within a certain radius of Burton-on-Trent, considered to be the centre of the industry in the UK.
In addition to the brewery size and distance from Burton, a candidate for membership had to be the senior engineer at the brewery and be of Chartered Engineer status.
The first formal meeting (considered to be the inaugural meeting) was held on the 21st April 1976. Invitations had been extended to additional potential members for this meeting and engineers attended from Allied (Burton), Greenhall Whitley (Warrington), Tetley Walker (Leeds), Wilson's (Manchester Harp Brewery) and Whitbread (Samlesbury).
To be independent of other industry bodies.
To meet quarterly, each member taking it in turn to host the meeting. The meeting was scheduled for late afternoon to minimise time away from the brewery. No deputies were permitted.
To maintain technical liaison between members.
To share information on the performance of suppliers and contractors.
To discuss, but not become involved in, industrial relation issues of a general nature.
To be prepared to interchange engineering spares in an emergency.
Initially it was decided not to invite an extension to the membership until the usefulness of the meetings was demonstrated. It quickly became apparent that the meetings were considered of great value and, gradually, applications for membership were allowed from more distant and somewhat smaller breweries. Early additions included Aston Brewery (Birmingham) and Courage (Bristol).
Over the next 20 years the membership grew slowly but steadily to around 30. By this time a cidery and maltster were also represented. It was apparent that, in the light of the massive changes in the brewing industry, the Brewery Engineers Club would have to respond to the new environment.
In these fields the Association works closely with important industry bodies such as the British Beer and Pub Association; Health and Safety Executive; Institute of Brewing and Distilling; Brewing Research International etc.
Each functional group takes it in turn to organise the Brewing Engineers Association Annual Technical Day. This seminar has been held every year since 1977 and is recognised as a highlight in the brewing industry calendar.
The Brewing Engineers Association hosts an annual Ladies Night to thank our partners for their support during the year. It also presents an opportunity for current members and past members to catch up on news, exchange contact details etc.
Every two to three years the Association arranges a Technical Visit over an extended weekend to a centre of interest. The tours generally include a number of breweries or drinks companies, key suppliers etc. Countries visited have included Ireland, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Spain.
At the time of its 30th anniversary the membership of the Brewing Engineers Association numbered 53 and continues to grow. The Association remains a major body within the brewing industry and is determined to provide a valuable technical forum for its members.
During 2007 the structure of the day was reviewed and we changed from Function Groups to an open forum were hot topics are discussed. It is intended that each member of the Exec bring to the members the latest developments and or changes, which could involve us. See the table below for contact details.


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Can You Reduce Child Support If You Were Fired From Your Job?
On behalf of Dannenbaum Law Firm, PLLC posted in Legal Custody on Saturday, January 26, 2019.
If you are fired from your job, you can file a motion with the court asking to reduce your child support payments. Whether the court will reduce your child support depends, in part, on the reason why you were fired. If you were fired for cause or misconduct at your job, then the court may not reduce your child support. I will summarize a recent Virginia case where the court did not reduce the child support amount for a father who was fired from his job through his own negligence.
In Parham v. Parham, Virginia's Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court ruling that the father was voluntarily underemployed. The father worked as a general manager of a car dealership. He earned $344,786 per year. The owner of the dealership told the father that he was not performing his job. After the father did not improve his performance, he was fired. The father got a job at another car dealership earning $162,000 per year. Because his salary was less, he requested a reduction in child support. The court held that he was fired from his old job because of his misconduct and fault. The court denied the father's request to reduce child support.
If you are fired for cause, you cannot use your firing as a reason to reduce your child support obligation. The court will impute income to you at the same income level you were earning before your job dismissal. You will continue to pay child support using the amount of income you earned when you were employed at the prior job.
What's the reasoning? It prevents payors from intentionally getting fired in order to reduce support payments.


See beetles and bugs both large and small this summer as you explore the microscopic world of insects!
• See images of the iconic Dodd insect collection – where art meets science.
• Get up close to insects from the Queensland Museum collection.
• See live stick insects and sort their insect eggs from their frass (stick insect poo).
• Create your own butterfly that flutters when you move.
• Be an insect artist! Examine insects up close then draw and colour them.
• Match the butterfly wings to create amazing butterfly pictures.
• See microscopic images of insects in 3D.
Cost: $10 per child* includes live insects and an activity booklet.
Buy tickets online or purchase at the door.
* General entry admission charges apply to adults from outside the Toowoomba Regional Council Area. Entry tickets can be purchased in advance or at the enry on the day.


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Ed Westwick deletes social media posts denying sexual assault claims
International / 26 March 2018, 1:53pm / Bang Showbiz
Ed Westwick. Picture: Bang Showbiz
Ed Westwick has removed posts denying allegations of sexual assault from his Twitter account.
The former 'Gossip Girl' star had previously taken to his social media page to maintain he had done nothing wrong late last year after Kristen Cohen claimed he'd raped her and Aurelie Wynn and Rachel Eck both accused him of sexual misconduct, but the posts have now been taken down.
A law enforcement source told Us Weekly magazine: "It has come to the attention of investigators that Mr. Westwick has removed denials about alleged rapes of the victims in this investigation from his social media accounts that he had posted last November."
It is not clear when he removed the posts, but he reportedly did so on the advice of his lawyer.
Read: Ed Westwick accused of sexual assault by third woman
A source said: "It's his lawyer's policy for people to not use social media."
The news comes a few days after it was confirmed the allegations have been passed on to the Los Angeles District Attorney for review.
After Kristina accused Ed of raping her in 2014, the actor tweeted: "I do not know this woman. I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape."
Kristina's allegations then prompted a second claim from Aurélie, who alleged that a "similar" ordeal happened to her when she visited Ed's home with her boyfriend at the time, Mark Salling, and then another from Rachel, who claimed the actor had groped her breasts when she and her ex-boyfriend visited him at a villa in West Hollywood.
However, the 30-year-old actor - who was fired from BBC drama 'Ordeal by Innocence' in the wake of the claims - again took to social media to slam the allegations against him as "provably untrue", and insisted he would never do anything so "vile and horrific".
He wrote: "It is disheartening and sad to me that as a result of two unverified and provably untrue social media claims, there are some in this environment who could ever conclude I have had anything to do with such vile and horrific conduct.
"I have absolutely not, and am cooperating with the authorities so that they can clear my name as soon as possible.(sic)"


Choosing a gift for a friend or family member who served in the military can be challenging. Recognizing someone's previous service does not just have to happen on Veterans Day. Christmas is another perfect occasion to let the veteran know that you haven't forgotten their service. The Reflections print by Lee Teter is a wonderful gift idea.
In 1988, several members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 172 and emerging realist painter Lee Teter came together around a kitchen table with an inspirational idea. As a result of those discussions, the painting "Reflections" emerged.
The live models were actual Chapter 172 members Jim Williams, Dave Arnold, Jane Bass, Mike Thompson, Bill Custer and Dale Layton. Micki Banks, a veteran who lost his life in Vietnam is also depicted from a family photo. Williams, now painted in business attire, was originally sketched in fatigues but was later changed to reflect a more universal image of surviving veterans.


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Surviving relatives of executed Moluccan train hijackers summon the Dutch State to court re: 'De Punt'
The surviving relatives of Max Papilaja and Hansina Uktolseja, two Moluccan train hijackers who were shot dead in 1977 at 'De Punt' have summoned the Dutch State to court. According to their lawyers Liesbeth Zegveld and Brechtje Vossenberg, there is sufficient evidence that Max Papilaja and Hansina Uktolseja were executed at close range by marines during the ending of the hijacking, while there was no necessity to do so. The State is summoned to appear before the District Court of The Hague on 23 December 2015.
For the surviving relatives, the object of the procedure is that the court renders a verdict on the liability of the State, a necessary step in order to reach compensation. However, Zegveld explains that the main goal is that all the facts about the ending of the hijacking finally come to light, and that the unlawfulness of the marines' actions is established.
Zegveld: 'It is not up to the executive power, with its monopoly on the use of force, to pass judgment about guilt, let alone about life or death. In a rule of law state, that judgment is reserved for the courts. By taking the law into its own hands, by executing Max Papilaja and Hansina Uktolseja, the State has violated the most elementary principles of the rule of law .'
Zegveld stresses that the surviving relatives do not want to deny or downplay the fact that Max Papilaja and Hansina Uktolseja participated in the commission of a grave crime: 'However, the law also applies to those involved in the most serious of crimes. In no way did the State have the right to rob Max and Hansina of their lives. They had already been injured to such an extent by the firepower that they could, and therefore should, have been arrested'.
On 23 May 1977, near the De Punt in the Dutch province Drenthe, nine Moluccan youth - eight men and a woman - hijacked a train. In doing so, they wanted to draw attention to the struggle for an independent Moluccan republic (the Republik Maluku Selatan, or 'RMS'). After twenty days, special forces of the Marine Corps forcibly ended the train hijacking, killing six hijackers and two hostages. Reports that were only released in recent years prove that a combined total of 144 injuries were found on the six dead hijackers. According to Zegveld, the reports furthermore reveal that the marines in the train shot two of the hijackers at close range; the injuries show that a firearm was in direct contact with one of the hijackers, and that they were shot in the head with revolvers. Zegveld says that this was done using prohibited ammunition.
Annex (in Dutch)
Writ of summons, 'De Punt'
Train hijacking 'De Punt': surviving relatives and a survivor hold the State liable


Knowing how to connect with your child is not something you automatically know how to do the moment you become a parent. Below you will find some sites with information about how crucial the bond between a parent & child is to their development, as well as tips on building a strong parent-child relationship. You will also find information about the strong positive impact reading can have on your child's development.
Parent-Child Relationships From Infancy to Adulthood.


The type subgenus of the genus Gibbicepheus is a primarily pantropical group of carabodid oribatid mites with four rows of large tubercles on the notogaster.
Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with wide lamellae. Notogaster with large tubercles aligned in four longitudinal rows; humeral setae absent; medial setae widely distributed, about equidistant; posteromarginal region with four pairs of setae. Genital plates with four pairs of setae.


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RICHARD'S WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FROM CP24! FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2018.
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
Richard joins CP24 anchor Jamie Gutfreund to have a look at the weekend's new movies including the Disney holiday fantasy "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the horror remake "Suspiria."
Tags: Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Anthony McCarten, Ashleigh Powell, ballet, Ben Hardy, biographical film, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, Bryan Singer, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Dario Argento, David Kajganich, E. T. A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Eugenio Derbez, fantasy drama, Freddie Mercury, Graham King, Gwilym Lee, Helen Mirren, horror film, Jessica Harper, Jim Beach, Joe Johnston, Joseph Mazzello, Keira Knightley, Lasse Hallström, Live Aid, Luca Guadagnino, Lucy Boynton, Lutz Ebersdorf, Mackenzie Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Mia Goth, Mike Myers, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Queen, Rami Malek, Richard E. Grant, Robert De Niro, Roger Taylor, Suspiria, The Nutcracker, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hollander, Tom McCarthy, Wembley Stadium
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RICHARD'S CTV NEWSCHANNEL WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FOR OCTOBER 19.
Friday, November 2nd, 2018
Richard sits in with CTV NewsChannel anchor Jennifer Burke to have a look at the weekend's big releases, the "Ho Ho Hums" of the Disney holiday fantasy "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the horror remake "Suspiria."
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CTVNEWS.CA: THE CROUSE REVIEW LOOKS AT "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" AND MORE!
A weekly feature from from ctvnews.ca! The Crouse Review is a quick, hot take on the weekend's biggest movies! This week Richard looks at the Disney "It must be Christmas!" movie "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the horror remake "Suspiria."
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CFRA IN OTTAWA: THE BILL CARROLL SHOW WITH RICHARD CROUSE ON MOVIES!
Richard has a look at the Disney holiday fantasy "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the horror remake "Suspiria" with CFRA Morning Rush host Bill Carroll.
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: 3 STARS. "performance scenes are fun; over-the-top and enjoyable."
Thursday, November 1st, 2018
I have very fond memories of Queen. They were one of the biggest bands in the world when I was in my early teens and their brand of pomp rock appealed to my young ears. "Bohemian Rhapsody," the band's best-known song and masterpiece, isn't a dance song by any stretch of the imagination but that didn't stop my classmates and me from giving it a go in the school gym.
The slower introduction and the rockin' last part are fairly easy to move around the room to, it's the operatic middle section that would have caused less determined kids to abandon the dance floor. But, in a moment I have never forgotten, my school chums spontaneously came together like a roomful of Maria Callases and Luciano Pavarottis to sing lines like, "Scaramouch, Scaramouch will you do the fandango?" at the top of their lungs.
That song brought us all together, the romantics, the head bangers, the nerds; everyone stood up and was heard. It was fantastic. Magnifico even. I wish I could say the same about the new film "Bohemian Rhapsody" starring Rami Malek as the late, great Freddie Mercury.
Mercury was not a subtle performer and that spirit has rubbed off on the film, for better but mostly for worse. The performance scenes are fun, over-the-top and enjoyable. It's when Mercury doesn't have a microphone in his hand that the movie suffers. "We need to get experimental," he says to EMI executive Ray Foster (Mike Myers). Too bad screenwriter Anthony McCarten ("Darkest Hour," "The Theory of Everything") only wrote the line and didn't take it to heart.
With a script researched by Wikipedia the film zips through the band's career and singer's personal life, focussing on the high points—the writing of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Live Aid—while giving the truly dramatic details a boilerplate treatment.
Mercury's homosexuality is addressed but not deeply explored. He has relationships with two men, Paul Prenter (Allen Leech) and Jim Hutton (Aaron McCusker), and we see him visit a fetish club but not until the movie is half over. Before then it spends a great deal of time establishing the bond with Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton), a woman he called the love of his life.
In the film's best dramatic scene he comes out of the closet, admitting to her that while he loves her he also thinks he may be bisexual. She disabuses him of the notion, admitting she knows he is gay. It's a tender scene that sheds light on their connection more than anything that comes before or after.
As for the band, if not for their brightly coloured wardrobe, Brian May (Gwilym Lee), Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) and John Deacon (Joe Mazzello) would barely make an impression. They are there to stand behind Mercury and start the occasional argument so he can whip out a bon mot, smirk and flit away.
Mercury, of course, is the most compelling character. Overcome with father issues and a desire to perform both on stage and off he's also a man who allows himself to be manipulated by a lover who clearly does not have his best interest in mind. Malek, fake teeth and all, does a good imitation of Mercury. He can strut and swagger but it feels like an impression, a very good one, but one that never goes beyond skin deep. To paraphrase one of Mercury's most famous lyrics, "it never feels like real life, it feels like fantasy."
Brian May and Roger Taylor were directly involved with the making of the movie so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the story has an "authorized" feel to it, but it is puzzling how the timeline has been twisted to fit the narrative. The montage of their first tour of America is set to "Fat Bottom Girls," a tune they wouldn't write for another four years and the writing of "We Will Rock You" is off by three years.
Those are fan details and easily forgiven narratively. What's more troubling is the film's handling of Mercury's AIDS diagnosis. The movie portrays Mercury telling his band mates, three men he calls "his family," about his illness a week before Live Aid in July 1985. Jim Hutton, Mercury's boyfriend at the time of his death, says the singer was diagnosed in late April 1987, years after the events in the film. Moving a song or two through time is one thing. Playing around with the life-and-death details of Mercury's illness for dramatic effect is quite another.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" ends with a rousing recreation of the band's legendary twenty-minute Live Aid set. Cut back to four songs ("Bohemian Rhapsody," "Radio Ga Ga," "Hammer to Fall" and "We Are the Champions") it captures their fist-pumping triumph on the Wembley stage. It also sends audiences out of the theatre with some of Queen's biggest hits ringing in their ears. It's the Principle of Recency, wherein the thing you experience last is the thing you remember most, like a delicious, sugary dessert at the end of a bland meal. The "Live Aid" impersonation is an effective and memorable way to end a by-the-book movie.
Tags: Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Anthony McCarten, Ben Hardy, biographical film, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, Bryan Singer, Freddie Mercury, Graham King, Gwilym Lee, Jim Beach, Joseph Mazzello, Live Aid, Lucy Boynton, Mike Myers, Queen, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro, Roger Taylor, Tom Hollander, Wembley Stadium
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Richard sits in on the CJAD Montreal morning show with host Andrew Carter to talk about the Disney fantasy "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," the Freddie Mercury bio "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the horror remake "Suspiria."


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"We need external help..."
From a Paul Johnson essay:
The Catholic novelist Evelyn Waugh, that superbly gifted but curmudgeonly and occasionally malevolent writer, had a wickedly sharp tongue, and sometimes behaved as though he loved to inflict pain by his words. One day, a brave woman dared to ask him: 'Mr. Waugh, you say such horrible things to people, I cannot believe you are really religious. How can you behave as you do, and still remain a Christian?'
He replied with grim sincerity: 'Madam, I may be all the things you say. But believe me, were it not for my religion, I would scarcely be a human being.' ....
The truth is that all of us are Jekyll and Hyde creatures, part saint, part beast. The great strength of Christianity is that, while insisting that man is made in the image of God, it accepts that there is a radical flaw in the reproduction. From time to time, God's image is reflected in man's face as in a hideous distorting mirror. Theologians call this the doctrine of Original Sin. But this is merely to rationalize what we can all observe but cannot explain. Shakespeare, in his marvelous play Hamlet, in which he tried to pour everything he knew of man's ambivalent nature, has his hero say: 'What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! In form and moving, how express and admirable! In action, how like an angel! In apprehension, how like a God!' And yet, he adds, man is the quintessence of dust. Man can be, and often is, the most destructive, cruel and malicious of creatures. When Dr. Samuel Johnson was touring the Scottish Highlands with James Boswell, Lady Macleod of Dunvegan Castle asked him if no man was naturally good. He replied: 'No madam, no more than a wolf!' Boswell: 'Nor no woman, Sir?' Johnson: 'No, Sir!'
Dr. Johnson's listeners were shocked by his rigor, but what he meant was obvious enough. We have a propensity to evil in our natures which cannot be entirely corrected from our own resources. We need external help to keep our dark side under control....
The Necessity for Christianity
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In the fields of on-site IOT, security system installation, technical support and business IT maintenance, it can be costly to keep your clients happy. When having to factor in the costs of gas, vehicle maintenance, and hourly pay for transportation both to and from an appointment, it's obvious why many IT businesses are moving to remote support. While there are some options on the market currently to help service clients remotely, none are as robust as the Observables family of products. With the IOBOT® and the AlwaysON™ Premises Management Services Delivery Platform, you can save your business both time and money.
The AlwaysON Premises Management Platform allows you to view all devices connected to the network and monitor the network for problems. Network monitoring features include running speed tests, network scans, network traces and more. The system can also help you determine IP and Mac Addresses of connected devices as well as identifying them by name and when they were last connected. All of this is valuable information that can help in the troubleshooting process. Having easy access to this data remotely reduces the need to send a technician on-site.
The IOBOT allows you to power cycle many network devices and to make changes to certain settings, remotely. These features can vary greatly depending on the type of devices involved. Many integrations allow dealers and end users to remotely control devices such as VOIP phones, door access controls and camera systems from the AlwaysON Premises Management Platform.
Having the ability to remotely access client devices and troubleshoot issues without even leaving the office reduces the need for costly vehicles. This is good news for many IT support businesses as they will have fewer expenses. It's also good for the businesses receiving support because assistance can be done primarily over the phone which means issues can be resolved almost immediately as they occur.
Offering these services to your clients for a contractual flat monthly fee will ensure that you have a Recurring Monthly Revenue and give your clients a constant peace of mind. And because transportation needs are greatly diminished these services can be offered for an exceptionally reasonable rate. Once your clients are set up with IOBOT devices you can fix their problems anytime, anywhere.