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The core navigational features are classic TomTom quality. Most of the screen is given over to the map, with just the lower third housing a status strip, although you can change its location in the settings. The strip provides a range of useful information, including (by default) the journey time and distance remaining, current time and expected arrival, plus a readout of your current speed versus the road limit in the form 77/70. This can be set to flash in red when you exceed the limit for the current road, or so TomTom claims of course as we would never put ourselves in a position to test such a feature. The next turning is indicated on the left of the strip and the current road name along the bottom.
In all, a lot of information is packed into a small space, with minimal compromise of the all-important map display. Icons occasionally pop up to show the current speed limit when nearing a camera, or to indicate other alerts visually. Traffic information appears in a bar on the right. The roundabout graphics are a little small, and not as clear as on the latest Navmans. But the general sense is uncluttered and easy to read at a glance.
A simple tap onscreen calls up the menu, and here the TomTom GO 530 starts to get a little more complicated, although this is partly a sign of its wealth of features. The initial menu has 15 options spread out over three different screens, which will be daunting for the TomTom newcomer. Behind each one are yet more pages of options, covering virtually everything you can think. For example, if postcode and address won't find your destination, you can even navigate to a location via latitude and longitude. You can set the 530 for walking and bike routes, rather than roads suitable for cars.
You can use voice recognition to dictate addresses verbally, and we found this worked surprisingly well, even with loud background noise. The avoidance system is comprehensive, allowing you to recalculate the route quickly when you encounter a roadblock, or choose a road in the route list to miss out. There are some useful extras like a built-in First Aid guide, and the ability to walk or drive to help, such as petrol stations, vehicle repair services, public transport, police stations, pharmacies, or doctors.
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ETH/USD: Ethereum Awaiting Next Directional Move; Retains Second Spot
Ethereum is holding firm around the $230.00 level on Tuesday, with the second largest cryptocurrency retaining it's place as the second largest cryptocurrency as it's nearest rival Ripple comes under selling pressure.
The ETH/USD pair has been fairly resilient on pullbacks as of late, with buyers stepping in towards the $200.00 benchmark since last week. The popular token has failed to make any strong upside moves since meeting strong technical resistance from the $255.00 level during late September, hence we have seen tepid range-bound trading. It must be noted the bearish head and shoulders pattern still looms large over the ETH/USD pair.
Overall, the pair appears poised for a sizeable technical break, with buyers ideally needing to pierce the $255.00 level and sellers needing to convincingly break the $200.00 level once again.
In the immediate-term I am watching the mood of the broader market for clues as to the next directional mood. I believe if we need to see a definitive sentiment shift in order for Ethereum an numeorus other cryptocurrencies to break away from range-bound trading conditions.
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Indian Rupee at New 2018 High, Might Reach 77.32
This morning, the Indian Rupee (USDINR), reached a new 2018 high vs. the Dollar, as the price reached a high of 73.69. The latest rout in the Indian Rupee follows a few days of consolidation in the 71.44 to 72.96 range and is on the heels of broad-based dollar strength. A new factor to consider is the current sell-off in Italian stock and government bond markets, which is driving up risk-aversion as traders sell the Euro, stock markets, and buying the Japanese Yen.
Technically, I have been bullish since August when the price completed an ascending triangle pattern by successfully breaching its 2016 high of 68.92. The pattern is derived by drawing an upward sloping trendline via the 2014 and 2018 lows and adding a horizontal resistance level via the September 2013, February 2016, and November 2016 highs. The pattern's objective is derived by adding the difference between the February 2016 high and the upward sloping trendline to the 2016 high, and the pattern is suggesting that the Indian Rupee might reach the 77.32 level.
In the short-term, the break to the smaller range of 71.44 to 72.96 resumed the longer-term upward trend to 77.32, and the short-term trend will remain bullish as long as the price trades above Monday's low of 72.44. If the price tries to re-enter the 71.44 - 72.96 range I suspect traders will see this an opportunity to long the USDINR pair with stops below Monday's low.
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GBP/USD: Sterling Continues To Tumble As Risk-Off Mood Worsens
The British pound has taken another leg lower against the greenback, as the current risk-off trading sentiment in financial markets worsens. The U.S. Dollar and the Japanese yen currencies have received a fresh bid, with traders seeking out safe-haven currencies.
Brexit has been the main driver of the GBP/USD pair lately, despite all the recent comments and bluster from British officials, uncertainty persists towards Brexit as the EU have yet to come up with a counter-offer since rejecting British PM Theresa May's Chequers plan.
Softer than expected PMI construction data from the UK economy this morning is also not helping the GBP/USD pair, as the rapid unravelling from yesterday's spike-high continues.
The GBP/USD pair is quickly slicing through key technical support after taking out the 1.3000 barrier during the European session, we should expect downside pressure to remain while price trades below this key psychological level.
Below the 1.2950 level, the 1.2900 level offers key support, with the 1.2860 level the major level to watch below the 1.2900 handle. Key resistance above the 1.3000 level is found at the 1.3016 and 1.3046 level.
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Video: EURUSD at Risk of Trading to August Low, Crude Oil at New 2018 High
Watch today's market update video for a quick update on the world's major financial markets and economic events.
- EURUSD challenges its June 21 low at 1.1509, and a break to this level might open the door for further losses in the days ahead.
- Gold prices remain bearish, but lower stock markets and a stronger Japanese Yen suggests that Gold prices are supported on an increase risk-aversion.
- Bitcoin prices remain range bound.
- WTI Crude oil prices have risen to a new 2018 high, and I suspect traders will be booking profits, and wait for a correction to obtain a better risk-reward ratio before increasing their bullish exposure.
- S&P 500 corrects lower, while DAX 30 remains bearish.
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DXY: U.S. Dollar Index Maybe Headed For A Technical Test Of The 95.75 Level
The U.S. Dollar Index is surging higher this morning, with price now trading at it's highest level since September 5th. Bulls are likely aiming for the September trading high, around 95.75, a clear break above this key area may just prompt the next leg-higher towards the 96.00 mark.
Solid U.S. economic data and move lower in some of the major currency pairings are helping to boost the U.S. Dollar, with the greenback becoming a major beneficiary of euro weakness on this week. The U.S. Dollar Index has made a significant recovery since tagging the 93.80 level just some eight trading days ago.
Looking at the technicals for the U.S. Dollar Index, key resistance above the 95.75 level is found at the 96.00 and 96.50 level, with the 97.00 level the ultimate target medium-term bulls need to break.
To the downside, the 95.35 and 95.00 levels are the main support areas to watch on pullbacks, with the 94.70 level the foremost technical support prior to the 94.40 level.
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USD/JPY: Turns Lower; Finally Succumbs To Technical Selling Pressure
The U.S. Dollar has started to trade lower against the Japanese yen as the risk-sensitive pair performs a much needed technical pullback. The USD/JPY repeatedly struggle to hold onto the 114.00 handle, after the pair hit an eleven-month trading high on Monday.
Asian equity markets came under pressure earlier today, with the Hang Seng tumbling over two per cent intraday and the Nikkei225 receding earlier gains. The Nikkei had started to look toppy, as it hovered around the best levels in over twenty-seven years.
Yesterday I noted that the USD/JPY pair may correct lower as buyers were unable make headway past the 114.00 resistance level. Price is fast approaching the 113.60 area, with the next support zone found area the last bullish swing-low, around the 113.30 level.
It remains to be seen if the buyers will swoop-in on a minor correction lower, or if we will see more protracted losses towards the 113.00 area. Key support below the 113.00 level is found close to the 112.60 level.
To the upside, key resistance is now found at the 113.80 and 114.06 levels, with the 114.44 and 114.60 levels extended intraday resistance.
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GBP/USD: Possible Losses Ahead As Retail Traders Pile Into Sterling Long Trade
The British pound is under pressure against the greenback this morning, as price rapidly approaches the psychological 1.3000 level. The GBP/USD pair has seen a fast change of direction, after spiking above the 1.3100 handle on bullish Brexit news on Monday.
Interestingly, we have also seen a fairly sizeable shift in retail traders going long the GBP/USD pair according to today's TradeCaptain Sentiment Indicator. Data today shows a sharp increase from yesterday, with seventy-one per cent of retail traders now long the pair and just twenty-nine per cent of traders willing to short the GBP/USD pair.
Retail traders tend to be on the wrong side of the trade when a new trend or direction breakout emerges, so the Forex Sentiment Indicator can be used as a contrarian indicator. With that being said, when a financial instrument is clearly range bound on the daily chart, then retail traders tend to get it right.
Looking at technicals, a clear break of the 1.3000 handle should speed up the decline, with the September 11th trading level likely to offer support, at 1.2970. Below the 1.2970 level, key support is likely to come from the 1.2900 level, which is another important swing-low from last month before the rally to 1.3300.
To the upside, key resistance comes from the daily-high, 1.3047 and the 1.3080 level, as ever ongoing Brexit news and the U.S. Dollar Index are likely to guide the GBP/USD pair's intraday directional bias.
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EUR/USD: Euro Slides; Bears Look To Challenge September 10th Trading Low
The euro has fallen to it's lowest trading level against the U.S. Dollar since September 10th in early Tuesday trading, as the slide in the pair shows few signs few signs of abaiting. The EUR/USD pair has come under pressure due to a renewed bid in the U.S. Dollar Index.
Technically, a sustained break below the September 10th trading low, at 1.1525, should inspire an impending test of the 1.1500 handle. Traders will remember well the struggles that the EUR/USD pair had previously faced when trying to break below the 1.1500 technical barrier.
Below the 1.1500 level, the key support areas that I am watching are the August 21st low, at 1.1478, and then the 1.1430 level, which I suspect will be the first line of defence before the 1.1400 level, if indeed we do see a protracted drop below the 1.1500 handle.
News that the EU is unhappy with the Italian budget and rising Italian bond-yields is also creating pressure on the single currency. If we see one of the major credit rating agencies downgrading Italy, we could easily see the EUR/USD pair tumble on the news.
Bulls failed around the 1.1625 region yesterday, this now becomes the key resistance areas buyers need to break above the 1.1600 level in order to make a realistic challenge at the 1.1650 level, which is another key resistance area.
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WTI Crude Oil Challenges Its 2018 High
Moments ago, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil spiked to the proximity of its 2018 high at $75.24. I suspect that we might see profit taking around the 2018 high as the price had had a healthy 12% rally since the first week of September when the price dipped to $66.80.
However, looking beyond the near-term overbought conditions, I suspect prices might reach $77.99, followed by $79.46 as projected in my September 14 update.
On the 14th I highlighted the importance of two patterns, a head and shoulders pattern with a price objective of $77.99, and a larger triangle pattern with the aim of $79.46. I still think the price might reach these levels in the weeks ahead, but I think it is fair to assume that traders will be reluctant to add to their bullish exposure until the risk-reward ratio improves. To understand how I derived my long-term targets read: WTI Crude Oil Prices Oscillate Yet Two Patterns, and a Hurricane Suggests This May Change
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DAX 30 Shows Signs of Bottoming Out
DAX 30 drifts lower following a test of a downward sloping trend line, but with other U.S. stock markets being bullish, is it not time for the DAX 30 to catch up?
Last week on September 27, the DAX 30 turned lower from the 12466 level as it reached a descending trendline that intersects the June 15 and July 27 highs. The downward sloping trendline could be part of a falling wedge pattern as seen in the chart below and is a pattern that hints of a potential end of the downtrend. For the market to turn bullish per the wedge pattern, the price will need to break the trendline and the September 27 high.
However, a better sign that a low could be forming is the on-going inverse head and shoulders pattern. Here, the August 15 low of 12116, and September low of 11862 are the "left shoulder" and "head" of the pattern, while the "right shoulder" is still under development. The "neckline" goes via the August 28 and September 27 highs. The head and shoulders pattern has, therefore, the same breaking point as the falling wedge pattern, and this strengthens the importance of the September 27 high.
Time will tell if we are indeed dealing with an inverse head and shoulders pattern, if it is, then the pattern suggests that the price could reach 13139 on a break to the September 27 high.
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Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Article
SMSF Audits
By Tony Negline.
This article may be out of date.
13th April 2005
There are now more than 300,000 SMSFs and they are all different from each other. At the same time the laws which govern superannuation are very intricate. From a regulatory perspective, it is extremely difficult to develop systems or processes that can be used to check compliance uniformly across this sector.
Regulation therefore is done by identifying trends, factors or activities which might indicate bad behaviour and developing processes to counteract them. Although this system sounds far from robust it is surprisingly successful.
The chances of bad behaviour slipping under the radar is meant to be further reduced because each year a small fund has to be audited. The audit confirms the financial bone fides of a fund and also checks to make sure all super laws have been complied with.
Over the last few months there have been some important changes to how SMSFs are regulated and anyone involved in these funds needs to know about them:
1. Last year the ATO let the auditing profession know that it was not particularly happy about the quality of work being done by many SMSF auditors and warned of the consequences of continuing to do a poor job. This is especially important for SMSF trustees because legislative compliance breaches found after poor audit work might lead to the imposition of penalties.
One concern for the ATO is its belief that the job of an SMSF auditor might be compromised if there is a close connection between the auditor, administrator and accountant. The ATO believes that it is unlikely to get a robust audit if the auditor and administrator are from the same small accounting practice. Last year it demanded that auditors take their independence seriously.
The various accounting bodies were extremely concerned about this view because they believe that they regulate this area of activity.
Institute of Chartered Accountants CEO, Stephen Harrison told his members, "Our professional standard has clear guidelines on how to identify, assess and manage risks to professional independence. Where safeguards cannot be implemented, the member is obliged to reject or cease the engagement."
In a big win for the accounting bodies the ATO has recently had to agree with this view however the ATO has also said that the chances of it reviewing a fund will be higher if a SMSF's tax agent and auditor are the same company.
2. If a SMSF auditor finds that a fund has breached any legislative requirement then the auditor must tell the ATO of the breach if it might affect the members' account balances and other fund benefits. This reporting, which came into effect on 1 July 2004, effectively requires the auditor to use their professional judgement to decide how important a particular legislative breach is before reporting it to the ATO.
However until recently the ATO told SMSF auditors that it wanted to know about every breach no matter how trivial. The ATO has admitted that it does not have the power to demand to know about every contravention and has told SMSF auditors to use their knowledge and experience before reporting.
So what happens when a SMSF auditor reports a breach to the ATO? The ATO writes to trustees acknowledging receipt of the notification and tells the trustees to rectify the contravention if they haven't done so already. The ATO then assesses the breach and if follow-up action is required the trustee is notified.
Ideally the ATO should do more at this point. The super legislation gives the ATO enormous power to fine or penalise anyone involved in a contravention of the super laws and trustees need to know if the ATO intends to let the matter drop or pursue the matter further. The ATO has recently announced that it will not take any action on auditor reports it receives this financial year. This is good news because the current open-ended approach is not fair. We are yet to hear how the ATO will approach breaches reported next financial year.
3. One area that SMSF trustees need to be very careful about getting right is in the area of record keeping. Brett Davies a Perth based lawyer noted that he is aware of some instances where trustees who have not kept adequate records have been threatened with penalties of various types.
So what records are required? At a basic level minutes of trustee meetings and decisions (where matters affecting the fund were discussed), records of all changes of trustees, members' written consent to be appointed as trustees, copies of all reports given to members, annual appointment of auditor, administrator, actuary and investment manager.
4. Lastly, the ATO has warned SMSF trustees to ensure that assets of the fund are held in the name of the trustee. The ATO says that it has found quite a number of instances where fund assets are in a members name or a member's business. If a state or territory does not allow assets to be held in a super fund's name then an appropriate declaration of trust should be in place.
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Creating a Hair Regimen
If you are struggling to find a natural hair routine that is easy to maintain, well here is a simple hair regimen that includes the following six steps that can help you achieve beautiful, healthy hair:
Moisturization- Adding moisture to your hair in between washing is important, but guess what?? You don't have to moisturize it 45 million times a day! Depending on how dry your hair is, moisturizing it only once per day or even 3-4 times a week is perfectly fine. Moisturizing can be as simple as spritzing your hair with some water and applying your favorite oil afterwards. Most water based leave-in moisturizers already contain a sealant so you don't necessarily have to take the extra step of sealing in the moisture with an oil.
Detangling- Gently removing tangles from your hair helps you retain length and helps you dodge those nasty single-strand knots. You can use your fingers or a tool such as a Denman brush to make certain your hair is tangle-free. Some choose to detangle on dry hair before washing. Others detangle during the conditioning process. Either is fine, as long as you make certain you are gentle.
Cleansing- Cleansing your hair and scalp is a MUST. Washing your hair once a week or once every two weeks is sufficient (given your hair isn't excessively dirty). Whether you use shampoo or prefer to do a co-wash ( "washing" with conditioner) is up to you and the products that you choose.
Conditioning- You can condition with a commercial brand or opt to prepare your own from scratch. Either is perfectly fine. Don't feel pressured to buy exotic herbs and other ingredients. Adding simple ingredients like olive oil or a banana can increase the effectiveness of a store-bought conditioner. Of course, conditioners should always follow shampoos, unless you are doing a co-wash.
Deep Conditioning- It can be used interchangeably with a regular conditioner. I recommend deep conditioning once a week. You don't have to leave the conditioner on for 96 hours either. 20 minutes to and hour is just fine. :)
Leave-in Conditioner- This is a step that many leave out because they don't think it is necessary. You don't have to use a leave-in conditioner because you already conditioned your hair, right? WRONG. Applying a pH-balanced leave-in conditioner is important because it closes the cuticles of your hair shaft. This ensures that all the goodies (the nutrients and moisture) you added during washing and conditioning don't escape. It also leaves your hair super soft and alleviates breakage due to dry hair. You don't have to buy a fancy-schmancy leave-in or concoct a complex recipe. If you choose to make your own, the main ingredients should be aloe vera juice and a few oil.
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Youth aged 13 to 17 should check out what's happening at Place des Arts in Coquitlam.
Art after Dark! A Night of the Arts for Teens
The volunteer Youth Arts Council at Place des Arts is working hard on an exciting event just for teens. This is a chance for local youth to get engaged in the arts and meet some new people. Plus – bonus points – it's free! It's happening on Saturday, May 23, 2015 from 7:00-10:00pm at the arts centre in Coquitlam. Teens aged 13 to 17 are invited to take part in their choice of two innovative art workshops led by professional teachers, then come together at the end of the night for a performance jam! Workshops include hip hop dance, spoken word, visual art, photography and drumming.
Event Schedule:
7:00-7:30pm – Ice Breaker Activity (all attendees)
7:30- 9:20pm – Workshops (select the block of your choice)
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Register online at brownpapertickets.com/event/1446965 or by phone at 604.664.1636.
Theatre Auditions
Place des Arts is calling teen performers ages 13 – 17 to audition for one or both of its two performance companies: The Theatre Company and The Musical Theatre Company, which run September, 2015 – May, 2016.
Theatre Company Auditions are happening on Saturday, June 6, 2015. You will be asked to prepare one monologue from the audition package. If you are accepted, rehearsals will happen on Thursdays from 7:00-8:30pm and Saturdays from 10:30am-12:00pm.
Musical Theatre Company auditions are happening on Sunday, June 7, 2015. In the group audition you should come prepared to sing a song of your choosing. Then you'll be taught a scene and a short dance routine to perform as a group during the audition. If you are accepted, rehearsals will happen on Saturdays from 2:45-5:00pm.
To book an audition for either company and to request a Theatre Company audition package, interested teens may call Place des Arts' Theatre Programmer Jessie Au at 604.664.1636 ext. 33. There is no cost to audition upon acceptance, information regarding registration and course fees will be provided.
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Decluttering and rearranging only form one side of the organization coin. The other side is consumption. For so many of my clients, the true root of their struggle with disorganization stems from the speed, quantity, and quality at which they purchase objects.
As straightforward as this concept may seem, it's really hard, for me at least, to tell a client they're buying too much. There is shame attached to shopping, especially for women – we often see it as a guilty pleasure and as financially irresponsible – and calling out a client's shopping habits means acknowledging the negative aspects of what may be one of their favorite or most frequent activities. I have to walk a delicate balance of calling their attention to the cause of their ongoing disorganization, while at the same time ensuring that they understand that I'm not judging them.
And believe me, I'm not judging them. I love to shop, too, and I have plenty of complex and uncomfy feelings attached to the pastime!
If you, too, struggle with acquiring too much, too fast, check out Rosie Spinks' article for The Guardian earlier this year: Marie Kondo tells us to ditch joyless items, but where are we sending them? Spinks reminds us that when we get rid of things we don't use, it's not just out of sight and out of mind – that stuff takes up space in the universe and it has to go somewhere.
What I don't want you to take away from this article is that you shouldn't get rid of things when they no longer serve you. You'll never achieve a level of organization that's satisfying for you if you keep a lot of stuff you don't need out of guilt.
Rather, I want you to take away that there is a direct connection between what you buy and what you get rid of. The more you buy, the more often and more thoroughly you have to declutter. And the lower the quality of the pieces you purchase, the more you accelerate this process.
The great thing about buying fewer, higher quality things is that, as Spinks points out, they can be fixed. I definitely do this – most of my shoes have been re-heeled and/or re-soled multiple times, and I've just spent a month going back and forth with a designer to try to get a dress I love re-pleated. Yes, this does take some time, effort, and… wait for it… organization. But because I don't have too many things and I love (most of) them, I'm more motivated to put in the work so that I can keep using and loving them.
So, buy less. Fix the things you love. And wear and use the absolute hell out of the stuff you love, because that's the whole point of owning it!


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Penn National Gaming Inc. had been looking for a way to phase their investment for a casino in Southeastern Kansas. The group was hoping the Kansas Lottery Commission would go along with their phasing request.
On Monday, the Commission approved a contract that will allow Penn to build a casino complex in Cherokee County. The deal still needs to be accepted by a review board.
Penn would build the casino complex that would also have a hotel. the company would also run the day to day operations of the complex. The Lottery Commission, however, would own the casino.
The deal that was made would allow Penn National to spread their $225 required investment over twelve years. They will also have to give the state between twenty two and twenty eight percent of the revenue generated from the casino.
Penn National is anchored out of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. They have casino interests in other states, and now will run the casino in Kansas. If the review board agrees to the contract, Penn would then begin to build the facility.
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New York is struggling to maintain financial stability just like almost every other state in the country. One way they are trying to raise money intake is to speed up plans for a gambling racino.
Aqueduct thoroughbred track in Queens has been waiting for the state to move forward on allowing them to add gambling machines to their facility. The state, up until now has been slow to move on allowing the gambling.
Now, however, with the economy in a free fall, the state has rapidly picked up the pace to get the gambling at the track. They have begun the process of choosing the developer of the racino.
Three developers have placed bids, and within weeks the state should pick one of them. One of the bidders, Steven L. Green and operators of the Hard Rock Cafe, have vowed to have a temporary facility open by the end of the year should they win the bid.
No table games would be allowed at the new racino. There would be, however, 4,500 video slot machines that would give a boost to the state. Revenue money would go to the state from the machines.
It has been years since the proposed racino has been at the mercy of the state. With the economy struggling, it is no surprise that lawmakers are taking the quickest road towards trying to balance the state budget.


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San Francisco may be one of America's most iconic cities that draws thousands of tourists and transplants every year, but there's one neighborhood in town that virtually everyone prefers to avoid: the Tenderloin. As a freelance writer concerned about this country's growing socio-economic inequality, however, I decided to head into an area VICE has described as "the most hellish neighborhood in San Francisco" to see what I could learn for myself. The New York Times, for what its worth, refers to the Tenderloin as "ragged, druggy and determinedly dingy." As I approached the Tenderloin, I asked a man familiar with the area how to reach the neighborhood's most infamous corner—Turk & Taylor—and he looked at me like I had three heads. "What business you got on Turk & Taylor?," the man asked, taken aback that a young white man carrying a $2,000 camera would be interested in going there in the first place.
"Photography," I responded.
As you can see from some of my images, much of what I observed in the Tenderloin is consistent with what you may have heard. First and foremost is the widespread, heart-breaking poverty. Spend just a few minutes in the Tenderloin and you will see people rummaging through trashcans looking for a meal, sleeping on sidewalks hoping for a dream, and smoking from pipes reaching for an escape. There are people with bloodstained jeans milling about, aimlessly mumbling to themselves that they "cannot deal with these fucking extraterrestrials today." The police questioned a man right in front of me as I walked around; the man sat cross-kneed on the ground handcuffed, and down his chin ran a small trail of blood. At one point, just a few feet from me, I saw for the first time in my life that most devastating of drugs: heroin. The man holding it tied a belt around his arm, quickly scanned his surroundings, and pressed the syringe deep into his vein.
On the other side of all this, however, is a part of the Tenderloin that is bursting with color, life, and hope. Few people seem to talk about this part of the Tenderloin. You'll see from the images below that the Tenderloin is home to a wide array of intricate graffiti and street art, each more impressive than the next. Nearly every block had a detailed piece to observe, and the artwork covered a wide range of themes, from idealized versions of the neighborhood to devastating portrayals of a life beset by poverty.
I encourage readers to visit the Tenderloin the next time you find yourself in San Francisco. While the neighborhood does have a high crime rate and one should exercise caution, I had absolutely no issues roaming the neighborhood alone for hours—while carrying my camera, iPhone, and computer—during the day. Those seeking to learn more about the Tenderloin should read this article from KQED. I hope you enjoy my photographs, and thank you for reading.
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Having spoke to a couple of people regarding setting up a drum brake on a set of springers, I came away with a bad impression, they both said that the suspension locks up when the brake is applied! That can't be right, leastways not if the geometry is correct to start with, it is only the most simple of four bar linkage arrangements after all. As long as the relationship between the rocker, the brake plate and the length of the stay form an accurate parallelogram I can't see any reason at all why the suspension shouldn't continue to function......................Bet it does on standard H-D's!!!
Possibly thinking too deeply about it, I started to convince myself that the brake plate itself also needs bushing to allow it to rotate/float on the spindle to allow for the change in angle between the spindle and the anchor point. Laid out the brake stay arrangement on CAD to figure out how much movement was involved, and whaddya know, in a perfect scenario there is no change in the dimension. The bottom drawing in the horizontal position shows the gap between the stay pivot point and the spindle is 31.68 mm, and at 15 degrees of rise, shown in the picture above that dimension is constant. I did a further check at 30 degrees of movement and the number remained the same.
Of course that's all well and good in the virtual world of CAD where everything is perfect and lines and holes are in exactly the right place. Bush the plate anyway,.........maybe!
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Baltimore police say a man is in critical condition after a shooting Saturday afternoon in the 200 block of Collins Avenue.
At 4:30 p.m. officers found the man in an alley suffering from two gunshot wounds, one to the right leg and a second to the left hip. The man told police he was walking along Collins Avenue when he was approached by an unknown man who shot at him, police said.
The victim — who was not identified — was taken to an area hospital in critical, but stable, condition. Detectives are asking that anyone with information call 410-396-2488.
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October 4 is the deadline to register to vote in this year's elections.
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The SSC junior engineers' (civil, mechanical, electrical and quantity surveying and contract) examination 2016 has been postponed yet again! The SSC JE exam 2016 has been further postponed to February 2017.
Recently, the SSC had postponed the junior engineers'(JE) exams from December 8, 9 and 12 to between December 20 and December 23, 2016.
The SSC has issued a notification saying the examination has been postponed due to administrative reasons. The notification says, the JE Examination-2016 (Paper-I), which was tentatively scheduled to be held from 20.12.2016 to 23.12.2016, has been rescheduled due to administrative reasons and would now be held in the month of February 2017. The exact dates for JE Examination-2016 (Paper-I & Paper-II) would be intimated shortly."
The dates for the examination which is likely to be held in February 2017 is yet be announced.
Whatsoever is the reason and the exam dates, candidates aspiring for the SSC JE examination are left in a state of confusion.
SSC JE Exam Paper Pattern
- The examination will be of objective nature
- Total marks will be 200
- The duration of the examinatin is 2 hours
- The question paper for 200 marks will have 50 marks questions on general awareness and 100 marks on general engineering (civil and structural) or general engineering (electrical) or general engineering (mechanical)
- In the general engineering section, candidates will be required to attempt only the part as opted by them during filling of the application form
- Negative marks of 0.25 marks will be applicable for each wrong answer
About SSC
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) was set up in 1977 for conducting examinations for government to recruit officers. The aim of SSC is to ensure that the examination tests the candidate's abilities to work in a public service job. Candidates need to have the knowledge and the skill to help citizens get their job done, and allow the country to run smoothly. In fact, a public service job is a bigger responsibility than a private one. That's why government recruitment exams are tough to crack.
Role of Junior Engineer
A newly recruited Junior Engineer will be given charge of a section in the organisations mentioned and he or she will be responsible for various functions carried out by the section. It starts from taking stock of daily work done by the laborers to making plans for the next day regarding allotment of work, supervising etc.


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The goodies keep coming in this, the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Back To The Future movie - and this time it's in the form of a stunning poster created by Matt Taylor.
Having previously depicted an axe-wielding Marty McFly at the end of last year, he now adds his second image featuring the iconic flying DeLorean motoring its way into an eerie-looking Hill Valley Town Square.
It comes in two variations - a lighter and darker version and goes on sale today (Thursday April 2) from Mondo. Follow their Twitter to discover exactly when they're available, but be quick as the previous release sold out almost instantly. The posters will come as a hand-numbered 20" x 36" screen print with glow-in-the-dark layer on the variant; there'll be 325 copies of the lighter version at $50 (£34) and 175 of the variant at $75 (£51).
Speaking about the new poster, Matt said, "When I did the BTTF poster last year for Thought Bubble I was determined to try and create a poster that didn't feature the Delorean because - as I said at the time - I thought Laurent Durieux and Phantom City Creative had made the definitive DeLorean posters. But as it happened, I just couldn't let the opportunity pass to draw that iconic car, seeing as the Mondo guys were so good as to let me take a swing at the second movie. And anyway, everyone knows the flying DeLorean is so much cooler than the original."
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Slideshow: MUST SEE - Florida Attorney General Releases Blistering Presentation On Foreclosure Fraud
Originally published in December 2010.
In honor of today's huge ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Court in favor of houseowners over banks in foreclosure proceedings, I built the following slideshow from a presentation that was released earlier this week by the Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi.
You will see several examples of ACTUAL fraudulent documents that were submitted by large, well known banks in court proceedings.
We're talking over the top, ridiculous fraud here - Fake people, fake signers, fake documents, false notaries, and EVEN fake banks...
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Note - As always, some of the slides had to be shrunk. Just click the pics to see in full-size.


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SUPERMODEL Gisele Bundchen had her pregnancy confirmed today, by trench coat label London Fog. The company, which shot Gisele for its autumn/winter campaign, has confirmed that the Brazilian model's burgeoning baby bump has been airbrushed out of photos, despite the model never confirming there was a bump there at all.
"Although Gisele was photographed while pregnant, most of the shots have been retouched to respect her privacy during this wonderful and personal time in her life," Dari Marder, a spokesman for the company, told The Daily Mail. "Nobody is sexier or more beautiful than Gisele Bundchen in nothing but a London Fog trench coat, even with her visible baby bump."
Bunchen married her NFL player husband, Tom Brady, in Los Angeles in February, followed by a ceremony at their Costa Rica home. Gisele is already a stepmother to Brady's 2-year-old son with Sex and the City actress Bridget Moynahan.
"I already knew that we would get married a year and a half before we got married," the supermodel told US magazine People earlier this year. "Before...I had to go out, had to work. Now I think about it twice, three times, four times. I only do the things that I really want to do. I prefer to stay at home. The big husband wins. Because of this relationship, what is most important to me is the family. Now I am creating my other family."
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Thunder Bay Amateur Astronomers Name a Planet
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The Swan and the Fox
Step outside on these cool autumn nights about an hour after sunset and look up. Cygnus the Swan also known as the Northern Cross is well positioned overhead and easily recognized. The faint glow of the Milky Way is the collective glow of millions of stars too dim to be distinguished individually by the human eye. This stellar cloud of stars is perfectly positioned along the long neck of the swan which is the perfect guide when attempting to glimpse the galactic arms of our Milky Way Galaxy from light polluted suburban skies.
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Dundonald Highland Games 2018Festival
11 August 14:00 - 19:00
Dundonald Highland Games is one of Ayrshire's premier cultural events. It is unique in capturing traditional Scottish heritage and strong community spirit within the picturesque setting of Royal Dundonald Castle. Admission to the Games is completely free and offers a whole range of entertainment and activities.
The festivities begin at 11.15am with the Children's Fancy Dress competition at the Montgomerie Hall followed by the Street Procession at 12noon through the centre of the village to the Playing Fields. At 12.30pm, during the Opening Ceremony watch the coronation of the Games Queen, Junior Chieftain and the Chieftain's Address.


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Three researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised in the inaugural National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Awards.
Professors John Hancock and Robert Parton, both from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and Dr David Copland from the School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences were among a select group of winners honoured at a ceremony held last night (Wednesday, December 12) in Canberra.
The NHMRC Awards recognise a number of outstanding Australians for their contributions to health and medical research. The awards are designed to show the NHMRC's appreciation to the research and ethics community for their considerable scientific research, innovation and leadership.
Professor David Siddle, UQ's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), said the awards were testament to the outstanding work of the three researchers in areas that will one day improve the health of many people.
"These awards recognise the ground-breaking work of three outstanding researchers," Professor Siddle said.
"In addition to the fundamental research, these talented researchers are working on solutions to problems such as cancer, muscular dystrophy and treatments for brain injury and disease."
Professors Hancock and Parton received the NHMRC Achievement Award – Program Grant, which recognises their work in studying the surface of the cell.
Far from being a smooth, uniform area, the cell surface is actually organised into different domains with distinct functions. The researchers will map these domains and identify their functions, which should allow the development of therapeutic strategies aimed at combating the changes associated with cell transformation in cancer and other human diseases such as muscular dystrophy.
Professor Hancock is the Deputy Director (Research) of the IMB and a world authority on Ras proteins, which are located on the underside of the cell membrane and play a role in triggering 30 percent of all human tumours.
Professor Parton is an expert on caveolae, small pits in the cell surface, which have been linked to muscular dystrophy, liver regeneration and obesity. The two recently received a $5 million Program Grant to support their study.
Dr Copland received the NHMRC Achievement Award – Career Development Award - Clinical Level 2 (Senior researcher 7-12 years post Doctorate), which recognises his work to understand the effects of neurological injury or disease on language and to shed light on the brain mechanisms underpinning language treatment and recovery.
He is internationally recognised for research that has significantly increased our understanding of the effects of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases on language and communication. He is also involved in training a large cohort of PhD students as future researchers in this area.
His current work seeks to map the brain mechanisms associated with language treatments and to identify how to optimise language function after neurological damage.
Media inquiries: Andrew Dunne at UQ Communications (3365 2802 or 0433 364 181).


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I haven't posted for more than a month, but it's a new year!
Will that actually make a difference? I hope so. Instead of the every-other-day post, I might drop it to maybe twice a week, at least until I build up some material. Towards the end, even before November (when I actually had an excuse) many of my posts were unfocused and unedited—usually self-focused rather than for an audience.
And they call that navel-gazing—no wonder no one wants to read it!
Fiction-wise at least, I'm doing well. Thanks to 750words.com, I about 15,000 words during the last half of December, mostly fiction. Of course, that site is all about writing spontaneously and without restraint (ideally the opposite of here), so is great for getting down first drafts.
Starting this month, I'm rewriting my NaNo draft, which is even worse than I remember in terms of characterizations, pacing, and plot. However, it's a draft, and at least I have something to work with, so I'm still positive.
As for last year, WordPress sent me an email on how they feel my blog did last year:
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2010. That's about 8 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 48 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 85 posts. There were 7 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 8mb.
The busiest day of the year was August 19th with 2,059 views. The most popular post that day was My Parents are Trekkies.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were wordpress.com, en.wordpress.com, facebook.com, homemortgage.hvox.info, and google.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for modoc, captain jack modoc, star trek christmas, modoc war, and modoc tribe.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
My Parents are Trekkies August 2010
61 comments and 36 Likes on WordPress.com
The Lava Beds: Site of the (Forgotten) Modoc War July 2010
About September 2008
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Umm Kulthum June 2009
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Lightning Strikes August 2010


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I don't make wishlists often as usually there is rarely anything beyond one or two things that are ever truly worthy of making a list for. Two makes a very short list. One is even shorter. But if one single thing could consistute a list, then these Marni shoes would be it.
Oh my, how much I would love these shoes cannot be expressed. As someone now wholly dedicated to flat footwear I have embraced treating myself to the best I can afford. Previously, I would not have seen brogues or oxfords as being worthy of a luxury purchase due their primarily functional qualities. Could they even be luxurious? That was the old me. She was dumb. The new me, the one not wanting to shorten my reasonably lengthy achilles tendons, now realises that if one must wear flat shoes, they must feel special.
Conversely, I also recently learned a hard lesson - luxury cost doesn't mean luxury quality. My Balenciaga Ceinture boots had to get replaced when a bit fell off them and this week the replacements started to fall apart too, after only 4 wears. To keep it interesting they started to fall apart in a new place. Bad Balenciaga. I have Topshop shoes that have lasted years and never fell apart. Whilst I'll never buy Balenciaga again, I do hope I was just unlucky.
Regardless, these Marni shoes will simply need to remain on an imagery list of one. Unless they go on sale of course...


text: Dr. Eamonn Butler 14 January 2008 Tax & Spending Economic interventionism returns Dr. Eamonn Butler 14 January 2008 Tax & Spending 741 economic-interventionism-returns Is there a new interventionism in the air in Britain? Faced with a credit crunch, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has said pretty plainly that he believes it's time for interest rate cuts. That's despite the fact that the Bank of England is supposed to be independent. But then who appoints most of the people at the Bank who decide interest rate policy? Yes, you guessed it. In response to soaring energy - up to 24m homes face double-digit rises in their fuel bills - bills the Chancellor has also demanded an urgent meeting with industry leaders. And officials and watchdogs like Sir John Mogg, chair of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, and Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of Ofgem, are being pulled in for talks. Again, energy prices are supposed to be depoliticized, and the Chancellor cannot order the (private-sector) energy utilities to cut their prices. But he can kick and scream in the hope that the regulator might do so. Pricing - whether it is the price of credit or the price of gas and electricity - in this country is a sham. Politicians still have too much influence. This week the Bank held off cutting interest rates, but everyone expects it will do so next month. The political pressure will continue to mount. But then politicians want to fix the immediate problems, and if that simply stokes up inflation later, well, so be it. It's not that the Brown government is suddenly more interventionist than the Blair one. The problem is that its principal members are even more cowardly.


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The first Water Change Wednesday! July 8th
This week is a little bit special compared to what I had been doing for water changes in the past few months. Because of the lack of decorations in the tank until now, I've been able to use a gravel vacuum with a two inch diameter and really dig into the gravel and make sure… Read More The first Water Change Wednesday! July 8th


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And we're off.
Our third European Tour kicks off tonight at The Solomon Browne Hall in the theme park of Mousehole. I say theme park because sadly that is what the quaint fishing village has become, as summer's kiss brings tones of tourists to the harbours edge crammed in likes sardines with camera's clicking at the famous 'mouse hole'. Giant family cars try to drive along the narrow streets and end up stuck in a fug of fumes as they honk there way to catering cottages and holiday homes. "When is the mouse hole open?" ask eager Americans, and "are the Christmas lights on all year round?".
But to us, those that know the rabbit routes and wiggles, the little alcoves and hidden spots, the village still offers a sanctuary, in the close season, when the hum of traffic is on the horizon and not the doorstep. And so here we are,
using the village as a working/living place instead of a tourist trap, we begin our long journey that will take us 3000km to the far east of Germany and back.
Of course, all the usual mishaps are firmly in place, I am on my way to pick up the bus, an old Mercedes called Doug, that we are borrowing off a fiend who assured me that despite his list of ailments the old boy will see us good. I am to expect a fair few idiosyncrasies but my friend is confident we'll make it.
We are totally skint, indeed we are rather in debt as I write and we're kicking off procedures tonight in Mousehole tactically in order to actually leave Cornwall.
We haven't been in the same room since Christmas let alone played any music, the piano player has only just arrived back from Portugal penniless but purring from his recent new relationship. The guitar player is still absent, I wonder how long I can keep this up without admitting that he isn't in the band anymore. His replacement is Louis Gulliver King who from now on will be known as 'the accordion player' to keep with tradition. This is a massive generalisation as he plays 4 other instruments for us but it seems better than 'the multi player' which sounds like a games console.
The drummer isn't coming to the launch party tonight because we can't afford to pay for him to come down, that goes without saying if we can't afford to leave!
We have a few new songs that are at best ideas without structure and lyrics and have never been played live but in time and as the days fall about they will find there way into our repertoire. I hope. Otherwise we are taking 4 year old material while trying to 're sell' people CD's that they bought on the last two tours.
We are playing a few new venues at least, a castle in Nümbrecht is one that sticks out and on a farm somewhere near Bremen.
We have new t-shirts too that we borrowed money to make and need to sell 38 in order to breakeven, otherwise more debt occurs.
The train is approaching Par now, where I will meet my friend and get introduced to Doug and hope that his symptoms aren't too problematic. Surely he'll be in better shape than dear old Walter from the last tour; the old motorhome without windscreen wipers who needed a pint of antifreeze in order to even entertain starting.
A friend of mine recently asked me why I keep running this ship, at least in such a haphazard manner. I thought about this a lot and yes we could run a tighter ship. We could buckle up and get serious but somehow much of the magic would be lost. And it's not that we go out of our way to flirt with disaster but you try borrowing a big enough van off a friend with only a pot of homemade marmalade in exchange. You take what you are given. We are just a bunch of Cornish friends trying the best we can with what we have and what we've learnt. We travel miles and miles to bring our music to as many of you as we can, not for money, but for the love of the story and sweetness of sharing.
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This is a totally random post and has nothing to do with food. I've been thinking about all of the concerts I've been to in my life. I began going to them consistently when I was 14 or 15 and haven't stopped. The music style has changed but I still enjoy going - as do my wife and kids.
Here is a guess of the bands I saw live: Judas Priest (3x), Iron Maiden (2x), Scorpions, Def Leppard, Krokus, Pat Travers, Gary Moore, Aerosmith, 38 Special, Triumph, Night Ranger, Motley Crue, Mylon LeFevre, Accept, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Night Ranger, Metallica (2x), Kiss (2x), WASP, AC DC, Van Halen, Bon Jovi (2x), The Fat Boys, Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio, Wasp, Deliverance, Armored Saint, Fastway, SuperChic[k] (2x), Newsboys (2x), Queensryche, Skillet, Toby Mac (2x), Audio Adrenaline, Run Kid Run, Pillar, Hawk Nelson, Trans Siberian Orchestra (2x), Coney Hatch, Ozzy, Ted Nugent (3x), Jackal 2x (once in a club in Norfolk when they were doing G&R cover songs), Nelson, KJ-52, Kids in the Way, Great White, Third Day, and Jennifer Knapp. I'm sure there are others I've forgotten.
- First Concert - Iron Maiden & Judas Priest. Axe was a no-show. (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Concerts I had tickets to but couldn't go for various reasons: Molly Hatchet & Sammy Hagar (Kalamazoo, MI) and Great White & White Snake (Philadelphia, PA)
- Cheapest Concert - Def Leppard, Krokus, Gary Moore for $9.00 (South Bend, IN)
- Best Light Show - Trans Siberian Orchestra (Grand Rapids and Battle Creek, MI)
- Best Show - Queensryche & Metallica (San Diego, CA)
- Coolest Concert Moment - One of my friends caught the neck to Paul Stanley's (Kiss) guitar when he smashed and tossed it (Battle Creek, MI).
- Worst Concert - tie, Bon Jovi and 38 Special (Norfolk, VA) and Van Halen (Chicago, IL) zzzz.
- Biggest Disappointment - Steven Tyler forgetting 90% of the words to songs he wrote and stopping the show early. Good thing they were only opening for Terrible Ted (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Best opening act - Iron Maiden (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Loudest Concert - AC DC during For Those About to Rock (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Bands I Still Want to See - U2, The Fray, Building 429, and Switchfoot
- Best Guitar Solo - Probably Richie Samboro (sp) from Bon Jovi (Ka;l
- Why am I here show? - Fat Boys, after a Philadelphia 76ers game. (Spectrum in South Philly)
- Best Vocals - Geoff Tate, Queensryche
- Best Drum Solo - Drummer from Nelson. I know, shocking. The only reason I remember that show. Guy was awesome.
- Best Rhythm section - Third Day


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Vascular Morphogenesis, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015 Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Vol. 1214
Coordonnateur : Ribatti Domenico
Vascular Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols provides a range of techniques for studying vascular morphogenesis in vivo and in vitro, reflecting advances in the field. Endothelial cell signaling is currently believed to promote fundamental cues for cell fate specification, embryo patterning, organ differentiation and postnatal tissue remodeling. Understanding the concept of vascular bed specificity represents a major challenge for future investigations. Indeed, one of the most interesting theoretical perspectives and practical applications of endothelial cell signaling is the possibility for these cells to maintain their inductive potential during adult life. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Practical and authoritative, Vascular Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols will serve as a instructive and useful reference for cell biologists, anatomists, pathologists and physiologists, as well as all those interested in this area of biological study.
1. The Development of the Vascular System: An Historical Overview
Domenico Ribatti, Beatrice Nico, and Enrico Crivellato
2. The Corneal Pocket Assay
Marina Ziche and Lucia Morbidelli
3. The Mouse Hindbrain: An In Vivo Model to Analyze Developmental Angiogenesis
Alice Plein, Christiana Ruhrberg, and Alessandro Fantin
4. Three Dimensional In Vitro Assay of Endothelial Cell Invasion and Capillary Tube Morphogenesis
Laura di Blasio, Federico Bussolino, and Luca Primo
5. Vascular Casting for the Study of Vascular Morphogenesis
Maximilian Ackermann and Moritz A. Konerding
6. Cell-Based Computational Modeling of Vascular Morphogenesis Using Tissue Simulation Toolkit
Josephine T. Daub and Roeland Merks
7. miRNAs Expression Profile in Zebrafish Developing Vessels
Emma Ristori and Stefania Nicoli
8. Imaging of Cardiovascular Development in Mammalian Embryos Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Monica D. Garcia, Andrew L. Lopez III, Kirill V. Larin, and Irina V. Larina
9. Live Confocal Microscopy of the Developing Mouse Embryonic Yolk Sac Vasculature
Andrew L. Lopez III, Monica D. Garcia, Mary E. Dickinson, and Irina V. Larina
10. Zebrafish Embryo Intersegmental Vessels: A Tool for Investigating Sprouting Angiogenesis
Chiara Tobia, Giuseppina Gariano, Jessica Guerra, and Marco Presta
11. Avian Area Vasculosa and CAM as Rapid In Vivo Pro- and Anti-Angiogenic Models
Andrew N. Makanya, Beata Styp-Rekowska, Ivanka Dimova, and Valentin Djonov
12. Investigating In Vitro Angiogenesis by Computer-Assisted Image Analysis and Computational Simulation
Diego Guidolin, Caterina Fede, Giovanna Albertin, and Raffaele De Caro
13. A Chimeric Embryoid Body Model to Study Vascular Morphogenesis
Yanmei Qi, Siavash Saadat, Jie Liu, Alan M. Graham, and Shaohua Li
14. Avians as a Model System of Vascular Development
Michael Bressan and Takashi Mikawa
15. Microfluidic Model of Angiogenic Sprouting
Jonathan W. Song, Despina Bazou, and Lance L. Munn
16. The Rat Aortic Ring Model of Angiogenesis
Alfred C. Aplin and Roberto F. Nicosia
17. The Co-Culture Organotypic Assay of Angiogenesis
Jennifer L. Allen and Harry Mellor
Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols in vascular morphogenesis research
Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts
Date de parution : 09-2016
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Date de parution : 12-2014
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Ireland's biggest dog show takes place in County Limerick
MAN'S best friend will take centre stage this Thursday at the All Breed Championship International Dog Show in Adare.
Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel will again host the show which is organised and hosted by Limerick & District Canine Club with over 1,600 dogs entered in various competitions.
Judging of the more than 200 dog breeds will continue throughout the day and parking is available for the thousands of people who are expected to attend the event.
The show, which is the biggest of its kind in Ireland, offers a unique spectacle and and pedigrees of dogs such as the majestic Irish Wolf Hound and the energetic Spinone Italiano will all be on show along with more familiar breeds of dog such as Labradors and Basset Hounds.
Judges and exhibitors have travelled from all corners of Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Europe for the show, which will continuei until late this evening.
For further information log onto www.limerickcanineclub.com or www.woodlands-hotel.ie


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The Artist Proof Sale is a not to be missed event in your holiday season schedule. An annual event, the Artist Proof Sale provides art lovers with exciting opportunities to purchase original, one-of-a-kind fine art prints, at prices ranging from $80– $400. Numerous original works of art – including screenprints, etchings, lithographs and relief prints – are available over the course of the sale, which features an amazing variety of artistic styles and types of work by both established and up-and-coming artists from around the country. Every year at the Artist Proof Sale, we also launch our annual range of limited edition, original, handmade artists' greeting cards.
The Artist Proof Sale is a perennially popular and busy event, with fierce competition for some works. It's an excellent opportunity for those who are looking to start or add to their art collections. It's also a terrific way for those who are looking for original holiday gift ideas or who prefer to shop locally to check items off gift lists while also supporting a worthy cause.
The Artist Proof Sale is an important fundraiser for Open Studio, with 100% of the sale price of each print going to Open Studio, a charitable organization that works to provide affordable access to printmaking facilities, programs and services for artists from across Canada and abroad. Open Studio's fundraising activities help to support our vital artistic programming, which includes exhibitions, tours, demonstrations, hands-on workshops for the public and professional development opportunities for artists, including scholarships and residencies.
In 2019, the Artist Proof Sale will be held on Thursday, November 28. Doors open at 6:00pm. More event information coming soon!


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Paul Ryan: A New Direction in the War on Poverty
|January 25, 2014
|Posted by steveparkhurst under American Renaissance, jack kemp, paul ryan, wall street journal
By Steve Parkhurst It's no secret, I'm a big fan and admirer of Paul Ryan. I've said for a while that his years of working with the late Jack Kemp, have helped mold him into a modern day Kemp. You don't have to search our site long to find examples of this. Congressman Ryan wrote […] more
Mike Lee's Anti-Poverty, Civil Society Speech
|November 14, 2013
|Posted by steveparkhurst under conservatism, paul ryan, Republicans
By Steve Parkhurst United States Senator Mike Lee of Utah, yesterday delivered a very interesting speech at an anti-poverty forum hosted by the Heritage Foundation. The entire speech text can be found here, and it's worth reading. Here are a few interesting takeaways for me. We know that participation in civil society, volunteering, and religion […] more


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My experience with ForumsFirst was never a good one. The posts were dull and after the deadline was not met. The staff wasted time and money by posting silly topics like "whats your name". Then, I joined the staff side to make a bit of money and because I had submitted a bad testimonial, they refused to pay me for $35 of posts until I submitted a glowing one. Altogether I would not recommend ForumsFirst, They are one of the cheapest therrefore quality is not at a top priority.


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To these results can be added the sale in 2012 of 115 aircraft (74 firm orders and 41 options), enabling ATR to hold the largest backlog of all manufacturers of up-to-90-seats regional aircraft. ATR thus confirms its leading position as leader in the regional market.
ATR recorded these 74 firm sales, plus 41 options, with 11 customers (see table 1). These sales include contracts enabling it to consolidate its leadership in Asia and the Pacific (Malaysia Airlines, TransAsia Airways, Lao Airlines, Avation) and open up new markets in Central and South America (Avianca-TACA).
ATR also renewed its success with airlines operating island networks (Air Tahiti, LIAT in the Caribbean) and once again confirmed its appeal for aircraft leasing companies such as Air Lease Corporation (ALC), or Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
In Europe, ATR for the first time delivered aircraft to an Austrian airline (InterSky) and once again won the confidence of the Irish airline Aer Arann.
Since the program started in 1981, ATR has received net orders for 1,254 aircraft (437 ATR 42 and 817 ATR 72), more than half of them since 2005.
ATR successes are driven by fast growing economies: out of the year's 64 deliveries (see table 2), nearly 65% were to airlines operating on fast growing economies, in particular in Brazil, Indonesia and Russia. This represents the results of a long investment in these countries in which ATR has always been very active and in which it has always believed. Domestic transportation remains an essential part of these economic developments and ATR plays a significant role to answer to this traffic increase.
By the end of 2012, ATR had delivered 1,033 aircraft (422 ATR 42 and 611 ATR 72).
Filippo Bagnato, Chief Executive Officer of ATR, declared to be "very proud of ATR's results in 2012, of our ability to ramp-up production and of these new records, given the current global economic climate. Our production ramp-up in 2012 is a perfect illustration of the strong market demand for ATR aircraft". And he added: "We are delighted to contribute to customers and operator's growth, that face traffic increase and fleet renewals by introducing the new ATR-600 series. Once again, this year, the latest generation ATRs received the top evaluation ratings, not only from the regional operators, but also the investors. The popularity of ATRs with leasing companies is a further illustration of this. This collaboration has enabled us to penetrate strategic markets such as Japan, with the regional carrier Link, where ATRs have an outstanding potential".
On 31 December 2012, ATR's backlog stood at 221 aircraft, the largest backlog for regional aircraft of aircraft up to 90 seats. These 221 aircraft have a value of more than 5 billion dollars and represent 61% of the aircraft overall backlog up to 90 seats. They also insure nearly three years of production for ATR.
In June 2012, ATR obtained EASA certification for the ATR 42-600, which is already in service. ATR is at present the only manufacturer offering a range of 50 and 70 seater aircraft. The new -600 series of the ATR is the most recently certified aircraft in its category and benefits from the latest innovations in terms of navigation and communication aids as well as passenger comfort. Despite this recent certification, the new ATR -600 series have already registered more than 280 orders.
Filippo Bagnato stated: "The new ATR-600 series is currently the most modern aircraft on the regional market and its commercial success underlines its ability to meet the demands and needs of airlines worldwide, operating on shorter regional routes. In line with our policy of continued product development, we are looking to continue to upgrade our range of products and will shortly be introducing more innovations to further boost the performance and efficiency of our aircraft. These developments will enable tomorrow's ATRs to carry navigation and communication systems capable of integrating the very latest traffic management and optimized airport approach functionalities".
Buoyed by the growth of its aircraft sales around the world, ATR continued in 2012 to expand its operator support network, opening new pilot training centers in Johannesburg, South Africa, and in Singapore. Moreover, a new ATR customer support office has been opened in Sao Paulo to support the increasing presence of ATRs in Latin America, and especially in Brazil.
About ATR:
Founded in 1981, ATR has become the world leader on the market for regional aircraft with 90 seats or less. Since its creation, ATR has sold over 1,200 aircraft. Its customer base today comprises more than 180 operators in over 90 countries. ATR planes have totaled over 21 million flight hours. ATR is an equal partnership between two major European aeronautics players, Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica Group company) and EADS. Its head office is in Toulouse. ATR is ISO 14001 certified. This is the international reference standard in the field of environmental management.


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Join GIRL PARTY, Babeland and New Love City for an evening of positivity, pleasure and play!
Starting with a 2nd Chakra Movement Workshop with Yogi Emily Shapiro, we'll focus on opening up the Sacral Chakra - the center of where we encapsulate sexuality, self esteem, creativity, pleasures and also our frustrations.
Our casual Q&A conversation format will include educational, entertaining and enlightening information alike, joined by:
+ Sandra Hong & Liz Power, GIRL PARTY
+ Emily Shapiro & Jen Jones, New Love City
Gift giveaways will be announced during our sessions and you'll also have an opportunity to shop some sex-positive goods and wares made by local artists based in our home borough of Brooklyn!


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The Cup & Stone Bodywork Center is the massage therapy practice of Valerie Smothers. Valerie began her massage career in 1999 and opened Cup & Stone in 2007. She puts thousands of miles on her car and sits through hours and hours of training to hone her skill in the craft of massage therapy…all so you feel better when you walk out the door.
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408 East 12th Street, Benton, Ky 42025
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Kia ora, Hekia here. I have a feeling I've not been coming over too well in the live education forums so I thought I'd write to you all to outline my fabulous vision for NZ education Inc (USA).
You know, this Government is committed to raising achievement for five out of five students.
Unless they have special education needs or live in Labour supporting areas of Christchurch, because, you know, the embedded goal for all students is of the utmost importance to this government, but, well, oh look over there, some ultra fast fibre computery stuff.
We want to create a shift that places children and young people at the centre of the education system, because, you know, those horrid teachers don't do that at the moment.
In fact I have it on excellent authority from some people who would like to run a few charter schools that the average Kiwi teacher actually eats children live with classic Kiwi dip.
It's true. A friend told me she got an email about it from a very reliable source with an unverifiable IP address.
So, you know, standards, targets, improvement, better things, strengthen the system, renewal, and stuff….
The performance of the education system for priority students – Māori students, Pasifika students, students with special education needs and students from low socio-economic areas – needs to improve rapidly.
But we can't do anything radical like look at the teensy mountain of evidence that indicates that factors outside of school account for around 80% of a student's chances of success.
Because, you know, we can't measure poverty. Largely because we don't want to. Oooh, look over there, a 21st Century Learning Hub with beanbags!
We continue to work towards our Better Public Services targets of 98% of new entrants knowing where to put an apostrophe. This will serve them far better than social skills or food. Or shoes. Or heating. Or any of that other fluffy rubbish.
My main priorities continue to be delivering on the Better Public Services education targets so that I can use the data to put performance pay in place. I know it's proven to be unreliable and even lower student achievement, but who could pass up a chance to toy with those nasty teachers?
Did I mention the beanbags?
I am also forging ahead with my plans for the Greater Christchurch Education Renewal Programme.
This largely means shutting down schools in Loony Leftie areas and ignoring the people who live there, because, you know, they are, well, just not on side and seem to think schools are some sort of social focus for the community or something, which is just plain ridiculous.
I am so focused on ensuring the passage of the Education Amendment Bill, undertaking the review of the New Zealand Teachers Council and supporting my Ministerial Cross-Sector Forum that I am fair giddy with excitement.
Of course, I am consulting with all relevant stakeholders so that I can use their submissions as kindling in the wood fire at my wee bach in Titahi Bay. Saves a fortune on paying for it at New World, and Nikki and I have such a giggle reading them beforehand. Consultation, listening, no pre-conceived ideas, and other exciting words.
We are aiming for a greater use of public data and information, because we've heard there's gong to be a good market for all of that as soon as the TPPA paperwork is signed, sealed and delivered to my good friends in charge of creating costly testing regimes that earn them lots of money. It's all for your own good, because I say so.
Our response to the recommendations from the Select Committee Inquiry into 21st Century Learning Environments and Digital Literacy was the same as it is to all such select committees, insomuch as we will listen then forge ahead with whatever we planned to do in the first place.
Our Government is committed to supporting the profession through a range of initiatives such as criticising them continuously, refusing to listen to their feedback via select committees, taking away their right to elect a representative or two to their own professional body, and of course, mocking them whenever possible. It's good for them. Creates backbone.
Greater choice for parents, families and whānau is super really very, like mega, important. Not actual choice, just using the words "greater choice". That's the important bit – to keep saying it, so that people think they are actually getting it. People are so very easily lead along, just ask my friend Judith. Greater Choice. See. Very important.
Over the next 10 years, we are investing up to $1,000 million to toy with the education system across greater Christchurch. We will support new and innovative teaching, and buy beanbags and primary-coloured desks and stuff. Ooh and lots of open plan.
No new funding for the kids themselves, though. But hey, beanbags, what's not to like?
The priorities set out in this Statement of Intent represent my wish to fulfil my own potential by hanging onto my job long enough to get something overseas, maybe ambassador or something, so that I am nowhere near when it all hits the fan.
Because, lord above, the last thing this government wants is any of the "accountability' silliness.
Ministerial Statement of Responsibility
I am satisfied that I will get away with it. After all, it seems like John's got his hands full at the moment.
Hekia P.


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In Defense of New Year's Resolutions/
By Collin Woodard
These days, New Year's resolutions are more of a joke than anything else. Even if you're one of those people who adopts a new diet for January or joins a gym, you probably don't expect it to last. And even if you do manage to turn down an invite to the all-you-can-eat night at the Macaroni and Bread Castle, you're going to do so with a half-hearted joke about how you're on a juice cleanse that week.
Even professionals look down on the New Year's resolution. Doctors and therapists will tell you to make small, incremental changes instead. And I get that. I really do. Ideally, you'd work throughout the year to improve your life here and there until it looks the way you want it. But, unfortunately, real life is far from ideal. And that's where New Year's resolutions come in.
For a lot of people, the holiday season completely upends their schedule. Between the end of November and the beginning of the year, you're traveling all over the place, attending a string of endless parties, spending too much time with family, and eating dishes you'd never eat any time of year. The chaos can be exciting, but it also makes it difficult to maintain a set schedule.
Even if you avoid overdoing it, you likely find yourself holding on for January. If you can just make it to January, things will finally get back to normal. Once January comes, you'll have control over your schedule again. So while there's nothing magical about the calendar turning from 2016 to 2017, it does mark the end of a long holiday season. If you want to make a few changes in your life, what better time is there?
There are, however, some resolutions that are better than others. A vague and probably impossible goal only sets you up for failure. You're not going to stick perfectly to Whole30 for a year. You just aren't. And you're not going to go the gym before work every single day for the rest of the year. You might make it a month. Tops.
You also want to make sure you're actually doing something effective. That means making actual changes to your diet, not hoping some nonsense cleanse can atone for 12 months of Taco Bell and Tito's. Sorry, but if your liver can't handle the toxins in your body, drinking nothing but juice for a few days won't do much good, either. Go to the hospital. Now.
In the same vein, doing something healthy is only worthwhile if you stick to it. Giving up alcohol for a month only to go right back to drinking like normal only lowers your tolerance. And in 11 months, those four weeks you spent at the gym won't be visible in the slightest.
If you can set reasonable, clear goals, however, go ahead. Make your New Year's resolutions. The new year is the perfect time to make a few changes.
And if not now, when? When are you finally going to change what needs to be changed? It would be great if problems would problems would solve themselves, but they don't. I'm never going to wake up with Ryan Reynolds' body, and neither are you. Unless you already are Ryan Reynolds. That's something you and I have (and even he has) to work for.
Don't let the fact that you missed January 1st stop you, either. You can start anytime. Pick a goal, make a plan, choose a start date, and do it. It's that simple. Sure, people may poke fun at your New Year's resolution, but so what? If it's the first step towards achieving goals that are important to you, their lame jokes are irrelevant.
Unless you join a multi-level marketing scheme. All gloves are off if you sign up for one of those.


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I have been missing on my blog posts most of this summer, and thought I'd share some of the summer with you today. There are also projects that I will share in other posts.
A trip to Lexington, KY and the Woodford Reserve bourbon distillery:
Also in Lexington, we visited Three Chimneys horse farm. The farm where thoroughbred race horses are boarded and bred. We were able to see Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, as well as many other beautiful horses:
|One of the Stables
|Big Brown
We also went to the horse races at Churchill Downs (where the KY Derby runs), but I didn't take any pictures that evening. I did win on a few races though.
Cruising the Heartland in Elizabethtown, KY was a blast. Lots of old cars, food and live bands:
We took a trip to Oak Ridge, TN. There we visited the science museum, and saw the Secret City Manhattan Project exhibit. We've all heard of the Manhattan Project that produced the atom bomb, but were you aware that the city of Oak Ridge was a secret? The city wasn't on any map, nor were its roads. But at the height of the project, the city's population was 70,000. Now that is some secret!
I have started reading a book titled: "The Girls of Atomic City" that documents the lives of some of the people who were there working on the project - they just didn't know what they were working on.
|Photo used on the cover of the book - The Girls of Atomic City
There were many types of houses available to the workers, from temporary dwellings to more permanent ones. This Flat Top house was set up at the museum and open for us to see.
We went to the airfield to watch Scott fly his ultra light plane:
Found a rabbit nest in the yard. The mom moved them the next day - good thing because it was in a clearing, and not well protected. Their eyes were not open, and they were just new babies.
I grew herbs again this year, in the small space at the bottom of the porch steps just off the kitchen:
This year I have Thyme, Rosemary, Greek Oregano, Marjoram, Sage, Sweet Basil and Spearmint:
I found places for the various things we brought home from John's parents home. I posted the quilt earlier, and most of the other things are mostly sentimental. I actually needed to bid on James' toolbox because I didn't see it until the day of the auction. James was a carpenter, and was building barracks on Fort Knox in the early forties when he was called up to serve in WWII, and his homemade toolbox was with him.
|Butter Churn John's mom used, and his dad's lunch pail
|Forties or Fifties Step Stool
|Small Sharpening Stone
|Large Sharpening Stone
|Irene's Little Red Riding Hood Cookie and Candy Jar. Hall bowels, and blue crock bowl.