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The Time Institute was designed in such a way that the potentially dangerous chronal energies employed in the various research projects conducted within its confines could not possibly penetrate the heavy shielding within the building. This safety feature was designed to protect the city in which the facility was located from the perils of science gone wrong. On one particular evening, the staff members of the facility found themselves on the outside, so to speak, due to the fact that one visitor had locked himself within the main laboratory of the Institute after programming the hover-droids with strict instructions to admit no one else.
Thus, a young man named Rond Vidar waited uneasily outside the locked doors and worried about his friend who had been shut up inside the lab for hours. "I respect Brainiac 5 too much to interrupt his solitary work, even if I could subvert the droid's programming," explained the brilliant young man. "I also feel too much sorrow and empathy for his pain to willingly intrude upon him on such a painful anniversary."
An insectoid being nodded in agreement. Circadia Senius was also a close friend and colleague to the Legion's inventive genius. He had witnessed the miracles Brainiac's twelfth-level intellect could produce, and he was aware of the damage the scientist could also do when circumstances or emotional stress overburdened his reasoning process. "Wwwe should not do else than wait and pray that he comes through this crisis of the soul as well as he has weathered many another storm of more physical danger!" said Senius.
Rond shrugged. "The others lack our understanding of just what this day means to Brainiac 5. They even mock him for his folly in grieving for a legend from ten centuries ago!"
"They do not know the depths of his feelings for Supergirl," said Senius. "If they knew how a passion for her has relentlessly driven him in so many ways, they would understand that the anniversary of her death during the Crisis is as fresh a wound to him as if he had just buried a beloved wife or sister!"
Inside the sealed lab, Brainiac 5 sat in front of a large time-viewer and dictated his thoughts via a tiny remote link to another of his creations, namely the auto-computer called Computo. He gazed unblinkingly at the screen through tearful eyes. The screen could display any moment in time from the remote past, alternate realms, or the previous moment. For hours on end, the sorrowful genius had indulged a terrible grief by watching the life and death of his greatest love unfold.
A beautiful blonde woman in a solid blue dress and red cape stood beside three of his Legionnaire friends in a scene plucked from years before. She nodded sadly as Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, and Lightning Lad explained that she was no longer eligible for membership in their teen group of heroes and heroines due to the fact that red kryptonite had transformed her temporarily from Supergirl to Superwoman. Kara Zor-El smiled her winningly demure smile, and Brainiac 5 smiled back ruefully.
"Kara wasn't able to join the Legion when she was first asked to do so," he said aloud. "That was for the best. Even though my technology had been the means by which the original Legionnaires had been able to travel back to the twentieth century and invite Superman's cousin to follow his example and join the team in our own twentieth century, I had not yet perfected other devices with which I could safely join their number." (*)
[(*) Editor's note: See "The Three Super-Heroes," Action Comics #267 (August, 1960).]
He adjusted the dials on the machine and displayed the planet Colu years before the previous scene had occurred. He saw a solitary child who excelled at every scholarly pursuit while still being isolated from and rejected by his peers who simply could not compete with nor understand one whose mind carried the bio-engineered twelfth-level genius of his famous ancestor Vril Dox. Vril had defied and triumphed over the computer tyrants and their humanoid construct the infamous Brainiac generations before. Now, his descendant Querl Dox would grow up to bear his honorific title of Brainiac with a mixture of pride and regret. He knew he was smarter than his peers or his teachers, but an advanced intellect could not remove his feelings of loneliness and alienation.
The time-viewer also had sound, although Brainiac 5 did not need to hear the audio from that past image to know exactly what he had said to himself years before in a painful moment of bewilderment. "I know why the other students feel insecure around me and why they compensate for said insecurity by mocking me or abusing me in a physical manner," said the boy who was young Querl Dox. "Still, having the answers to why they behave as they do offers me little comfort while suffering from their conduct."
That boy on the screen adjusted a device that played holo tapes, and he saw a caped figure dart out of the past to champion the cause of justice on a planet called Earth. The dark-clad hero wore a cowl and cape with a bat emblem on his chest. He stood next to a young boy in red and green as they guarded the city called Gotham. Gotham City was now nothing more than a neighborhood within the larger Metropolis. However, the tape the boy Querl had viewed revealed the city long ago when it had been home to the heroic Batman and Robin.
"While their physical prowess was flawless, it is their keen deductive minds that interest me," said the boy on the screen. "The original Batman and the first Robin tower above all other detectives, even those of note such as Earth's Nik Noir or Thanagar's Shymantha Hol."
Brainiac 5 did not need the screen to recall that day when his hobby of studying the career of the Batman of the twentieth century had led him to recordings of Supergirl. The lovely girl had been aiding her cousin Superman and the Dynamic Duo against the plots of an actor posing as two different aliens. (*) This case was less remarkable to the young Dox for the detective work his hero displayed than for the introduction to his eager eyes of the girl he would ever call his only love.
[(*) Editor's note: See "The Superman-Batman Split," World's Finest Comics #176 (June, 1968).]
"Kara… so vibrant, even on holo tape!" he said. "It was tapes like that one that led me to fall in love with her. It was a mere schoolboy passion, with one notable difference. My sensibilities were such that I came to realize an abiding passion for her that would not allow me to let it die or remain a thing of image and sound alone. I had to achieve the goal of meeting her. From that moment on, my resolve was set. Time studies would become my other passion. I had to first master time in order to bring my Kara to me and win her love.
"Irony: I fell in love with a woman who had lived and died a thousand years before I ever drew my first breath. Still, awareness that she would die did nothing to cool my love for her. I knew from earliest youth that time cannot be changed without creating potentially disastrous repercussions. I also knew that certain events around that era could not be fully recorded nor understood due to various chronal storms and ebbs. I had no way to know her death would occur during the Crisis. History is almost completely distorted after that point.
"Still, I vowed to master time itself and possibly save her from a fate that history declared could not be altered," he said in a broken voice. He adjusted the time-viewer and replaced the image from his own childhood with one of a slightly older Querl Dox, now called Brainiac 5, watching the newly formed Legion of Super-Heroes battle a renegade Green Lantern in front of another time-viewer within the same Time Institute of years before. (*)
[(*) Editor's note: See "The Origin of the Universe File," Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #295 (January, 1983).]
"It was that chance encounter with the Legion that gave me the notion that I could do more than merely save Kara from her fate," he said to Computo's link. "I could be with her as a partner, friend, and lover by actually encouraging the new team of young heroes to use such a time machine to actively recruit Kara, as well as her famed cousin. I handled that situation well. I merely suggested, through mutual friends the Legionnaires had met that day at the Institute, that they should try to bring the boy who had inspired their creation to their era to join the team. I encouraged them to use the time machine I had perfected with the aid of others at the Institute, where I was one of many pupils.
"I hadn't known at the time that R.J. Brande, the Legion's financier, had already made such a suggestion when he first presented the time bubble to the Legion a few weeks earlier, following the Lucifer Seven case. (*) Brande's suggestion put the idea in their minds, and my suggestion only confirmed it. Within a few months, they would go on time-trips to recruit both Supergirl and Superboy — Superman as a teen — to join their ranks. I had merely to offer myself to them as more than a friend — as a scientific advisor — and then put the process in place to bring Kara from her time to our own."
[(*) Editor's note: See "The Past, Seen Darkly," Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (January, 1980).]
He changed the scene again to show himself achieving membership alongside Supergirl during her second attempt to join the team, after she'd been recruited by the three female members of the team, Saturn Girl, Phantom Girl, and Triplicate Girl. She was excited and pleased to be a part of the team of colorful heroes who did the same kind of noble deeds she'd also performed thus far only in secret. She had been acting as Superman's secret weapon in her early years on Earth. She was thus doubly pleased to have friends of her own age with whom she could share experiences and truly be herself.
"Note: Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, and Bouncing Boy failed to achieve membership that day, although later they were each granted said honor. That day was Kara's… and mine! I earned membership when she did. I could not have wanted it any other way! We formed an almost instant bond. We were the new members, even though hers would be an honorary membership at first, as would Superboy's. She wasn't exactly how I had envisioned her. She was more exciting. She could do what no image on a time-viewer could ever do! She could surprise me! She could defy my most carefully calculated scenarios. She could make me feel the need to win her love. She could reduce me to a stammering shyness I had never experienced before." He smiled a rueful smile.
Fingering the golden belt on his costume, he said, "My first force-field belt impressed the Legion members, as did my natural gifts of intellect. However, what none of them realized was that I had designed it not to safeguard myself so much as to possibly keep Kara safe from any perils she might face. She thought I meant it as protection against kryptonite, and she took it thankfully like some girls would receive flowers from their suitors. Still, she did not know I had hoped it would defy some unknown cruel fate that eclipsed mere kryptonite as a threat to her life. The belt failed due to chronal energies she absorbed during her passage to her own era. I never stopped trying to perfect a better method to keep her safe. I never worked with a greater desire to succeed!"
Rubbing his eyes, Brainiac 5 left the viewer as he paced slowly back and forth. "My talents did assist her in achieving her first public triumph. That fact cannot be denied or erased by a fickle fate. It was my use of the first Brainiac's shrinking ray that allowed Supergirl to capture the so-called Infinite Monster upon her revelation to the adoring public. She asked me for the use of such a device, and I gladly supplied her with one. She defeated the Infinite Monster and won the hearts of the world, just as she had already won my heart." (*)
[(*) Editor's note: See "The Infinite Monster," Action Comics #285 (February, 1962).]
He spoke louder as his emotion increased. "What good did it do me?" he shouted. "I brought her into my life. I came to know and love her as more than just an image from history. Still, even so, I could only gain a few precious times with her. I could not prevent her death. The Crisis itself was so unstable a temporal event that no one could safely determine that it would bring about her death. Some reports from that era claim Supergirl was still active as a heroine after it ended. So little about its true origin survived to our era, that we could not even be certain what cosmic event was the Crisis in question!"
Altering the settings on the time-viewer, Brainiac 5 said, "I have little choice but to focus once more on the events leading up to her death. Perhaps, in some manner, seeing the train of events will bring me peace."
He watched the time-viewer as it displayed two costumed women talking on the top of a tall building. One of the women was clearly Supergirl herself, while the other wore a costume much like that of the Batman. He listened and sighed as their words echoed with an ominous hint of the tragedy to come.
Barbara Gordon, alias Batgirl, spoke of her concerns about the strange weather and red skies that seemed to warn of an even more dreadful crisis to come. "Supergirl… Linda — I've faced death so often because I never truly believed I would die. But now — now I feel so useless, so helpless, so worthless — and so very, very scared."
Supergirl tried to reassure her friend, but it was an uphill battle.
Batgirl averted her eyes as she said, "I-I don't think I was ever cut out for playing hero."
Kara stopped herself from sighing in frustration at her friend, instead replying calmly and compassionately, as was her habit. "Do you remember when we first met? We had been abducted by Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk. They were impersonating us as part of some crazy bet involving Superman and Batman. (*) That first case together made us friends. As a friend, I can tell you that while the threats we face these days each time we put on these costumes are far more deadly than the pranks of two imps, you are still one of the most capable women I know! I would trust you with my life, and that's because I know deep inside, no matter what fears or doubts you may be having, you are a true heroine!"
[(*) Editor's note: See "The Supergirl-Batgirl Plot," World's Finest Comics #169 (September, 1967).]
Batgirl shook her head. "I know I've done OK in the past, but this time we're not facing Lilibet Windsor as a fake Cleopatra or even the Annihilator! (*) The whole world seems at risk and I'm a smart woman who can fight well. What good can those skills do in a crisis like this?"
[(*) Editor's note: See "Cleopatra, Queen of America," Superman Family #171 (June-July, 1975) and "The Attack of the Annihilator," Detective Comics #508 (November, 1981).]
"Barbara, there are thousands of people out there — without powers like mine… the police, firemen, soldiers — they're all ordinary people trying their best to keep this world from falling apart before its time."
Suddenly, Supergirl's super-vision enabled her to spot a pilot in danger. She explained the situation to Batgirl and rushed off to rescue him. Batgirl watched from afar with bat-binoculars as she watched Supergirl move into action.
"She doesn't give a moment's thought to herself or her safety… yet I know she cares if she lives or dies," said Batgirl. "She's a hero through and through… while all I can think about is what will happen to me. My God — what have I become?"
Supergirl snatch the pilot to safety in seconds. "S-Supergirl? You saved me," said the startled man as she flew him to safety. "But why? We're all going to die anyway."
"We fight to live as long as we can live," said Supergirl. "That's the only way to live… and to be able to live with yourself." (*)
[(*) Editor's note: See "And Thus Shall the World Die," Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July, 1985).]


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Space Crochet Pattern Collection
Nebulous Sweater
Inspired by the beautiful colours and patterns in a Nebula this scoop neck, long-line top feels luxurious with the silk blend yarn, a fitted top and a subtle lacy ripple pattern on body and sleeves.
This pattern is also included in the Space collection.
Framlingham Sweater
Quick Picot Snowflake
A pretty and very quick-to-make crochet snowflake decoration. Just two rounds!
Sylvie Striped Baby Dress
Granny Gertie's Flower
A beautiful crochet flower with six well-defined separate lacy petals. It is worked without rejoining the yarn in just 5 rounds.

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- The scope of protectable interests (for both the Franchisor and the Franchisee) in the franchise relationship and with respect to the franchise operating system.
- Enforcement considerations for the franchisee when onboarding and terminating employees and for the franchisor with respect to terminated or withdrawing franchisees.
- State non-compete laws and legislation and other state specific nuances.
- Enforcing in-term and post-term non-compete provisions in the franchise context.
- Lessons to be learned from recent non-compete decisions.
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Enforcing Trade Secret and Non-Compete Provisions in Franchise Agreements
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Visit our stand at the Dream Wedding Expo this Sunday 17th March
Posted on March 15th, by Snaptasitc in Christchurch, Events, News, Photo Booth, Weddings. Comments Off on Visit our stand at the Dream Wedding Expo this Sunday 17th March
Come and visit us this weekend at the Dream Wedding Expo, Sunday 17th March 2013, 10am to 4pm Horticultural Hall, Riccarton Avenue, South Hagley Park, Christchurch.
We'll have our photo booths on display at our stand so you can see them in action, strike a pose and even take a free photobooth photo. It's all for a great cause with all ticket proceeds being donated to the Cancer Society and Child Help Line.
***** Fabulous Big Prize Draw *****
Fashion Parades at 11:30am and 2:00pm
Over 40 exhibitors of wedding services for you to see and discuss your wedding plans.
Tickets on sale at the door: $10 adults (children under 14 yrs free).


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Lot of buzz lately over a small study in Colorado , where Ibuprofen gave good results in preventing/minimising altitude sickness. Ibuprofen is a easily available over the counter NSAID medication , which could be seen as both promising and worrying . This is one small well designed study : nowhere near enough to support any new guidelines . And of course it will be used without that support . This is a short summary of questions and what is known to day :
What has been proven ?
In a situation designed to produce AMS ( rapid ascent to the same altitude as Lhasa and exertion ) the people that were on Ibuprofen did better than the placebo group.
Is this a cure ?
No : without Ibuprofen roughly two out of three developed AMS , and with it one out of two . The difference was not dramatic , AMS score was lowered by one point.
In other words the basic mechanism remains : in every group that goes outside safety guidelines you will see AMS.
An over the counter medication … that must be brilliant , and without risks .. right ?
It´s brilliant from the aspect of being easily available worldwide . The NSAID group comes with it´s own risks though , the main one being a higher risk for ulcers and gastro-intestinal bleeding. This risk is proportional to the dose given … which in this case is double as high as in normal use. Managing risk would start with not using Ibuprofen for extended periods , and avoiding other GI bleeding risk factors , that start with
* high altitude..
Other relative risk factors for ulcers and GI bleeding are
* ASA ( Aspirin etc. )
* steroids like dexamethason , another key drug used in treating AMS.
Anyone who already is in the risk zone for ulcers , should at least take a long think over how to minimise ulcer and GI bleeding factors , together with a good doc. And obviously : anyone on anti-coagulants should look to other options first.
How will this work in combination with Diamox ?
No well known interaction , and little to no practical experience of the combination Diamox and high doses of NSAID`s . Let somebody else supply the experience and mistakes here.
On the practical side : normal doses of Ibuprofen make you sweat , and higher doses makes you sweat more. I took a 600 mg test dose at work , and was glad I could change clothes two hours later.


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I want to clarify that when I said I never thought I'd be a SAHM, it wasn't because I didn't think I'd WANT to be, but because I never thought I'd be able to be. I just grew up thinking moms worked (unless they were totally wealthy or something) and that's how it would be. Of course, my own mother did not have that option and so I guess I didn't think of it. I would LOVE to not work. But it also scares me, for several reasons, including 1) whether it will be difficult to return to work if/when I want to and 2) depending on a man for income and having no money of my own FREAKS ME RIGHT OUT. But I would definitely like to consider finding something that is 1) less stressful and 2) allows for part-time. We shall see. Fella is of the opinion that if I work for a few more years I could quit work forever, which sounds AWESOME, but I might rather quit for a few years now and go back later when she's in school. Maybe? Maybe we'll find a happy part-time medium.
So. I heard on one of my pregnancy podcasts that you should sing your baby a song every day while you're pregnant, and they will not only know your voice, but the song itself and will recognize it after they are born and you should sing it to them again in the first hour after birth. So I'm singing "Songbird," every day. Usually while I'm in the shower (so the baby will probably only recognize it if the water is running, lol) and it just popped into my head when I tried to think of something to be The Song. I hope she likes it.
We bought a rocker/recliner for the rocking/feeding, and new couches (actually a sectional) because we
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About Prescription Swimming Goggles
Founded in 2006, Prescription Swimming Goggles is part of Butterflies Healthcare, an expanding, family run company with a background in Optics and Pharmacy.
On this site we have gathered together as wide a range of swimming goggles and diving masks as possible that can all be supplied with corrective lenses. The range of powers our off-the-shelf products can accommodate includes long-sighted and short-sighted prescriptions from +8.00 to -12.00. The number of styles also means that there are models to suit most face shapes and requirements.
Serious swimmers might focus on design, styling or their preferred brand while the casual swimmer might focus more on cost where our own Sutton Swimwear brand fits the bill perfectly. In either case we can meet these needs. The same is true of our diving masks, with great value models for the holiday snorkeller/diver, or leading brands for those who know what they want and like.
But it is not all about just seeing well. We have also sourced a selection of accessories, including our own PSG range, to store and care for your products and finally some toys and games to add that bit of extra fun in and round the pool.
We sell most items through mail order either over the internet, by phone or post. Our geo-targeted websites reflect our wish to reach out beyond our shores in the UK and we ship products across the world.
If you are local to us, you can visit our premises. Our offices are situated in the hamlet of Warkworth just outside Banbury with views over the idyllic Oxfordshire countryside. Our knowledgeable staff, take and fulfil your orders and pass on any detailed queries they are unable to answer to James and Michelle, although you might find the answer already on our frequently asked questions page. They are responsible for the day to day running of the order fulfilment process.
|James Sutton (BSc MCOptom) is a practising optometrist who trained at the University of Wales, Cardiff and has over 20 years experience as a high street optician.
He applies the knowledge he has gained during this time to offer advice on a range of optical matters including prescription swimming goggles and diving masks, dry eyes, blepharitis, macular degeneration and eye vitamins.
|Michelle Sutton (BPharm MRPharmS) is a practising pharmacist who trained at the School of Pharmacy, University of London and has over 20 years experience working in a variety of high street pharmacies.
In 2011 she won the Banbury Women in Business Award for an established business. She advises on the use of eye drops, vitamin supplements, skincare, cosmetics and sensitive skin.
At Butterflies Healthcare we are dedicated to providing the best in all that we do and our core products cover eyecare, healthcare and beauty.
- Optical/Prescription swimming goggles & diving masks
- Vitamin and mineral supplements for macular eye health & dry feeling eyes
- Cosmetics/skincare for sensitive skin and eyes
- Natural and organic cosmetics/skincare
- Anti-ageing eye drops
- Supplements to promote healthy joints & bones
In the case of our key brands we also supply direct to opticians and sport stores so they may be available in your local area. Ask your local retailer and if they do not stock our products already, please ask them to contact us on 0845 838 6704 or 0333 700 6704 to place an order and become a stockist.


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fun + unusual new york city happenings // reasons to leave the island of manhattan, first stop queens!
the maker faire has come to nyc / sat (10-7) + sun (10-6) / be sure to check out the extensive schedule of events. this fair(e) is one i've been to in the SF area — the bazaar bizarre set up shop there (remember?) it is equal parts elementary school science fair + local craft fair, majority part awesome. [featured above: ZOORI make your own flip flops] MAKE magazine created it to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the DIY mindset" admission $25/day
28th annual queens county fair / sat + sun 11-6 / where you can expect the usuals: a maize maze, pie eating contests, pig racing!, petting zoo, blue ribbon competitions, rides and of course beer and fried food admission $7
. . . now head south to brooklyn . . .
36th annual atlantic antic street festival / sunday 10-6 / rain or shine, live music on nine stages, 600 vendors of food and art – and forecasted perfect autumnal weather (68°F)
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i'd be a fool not to mention manhattan food festivals:
saturday: dumpling
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By Bill Wine
KYW Newsradio 1060
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Typing as a spectator sport? Will wonders never cease.
Yet that's pretty much the setup for the candy-colored throwback Populaire, a delightful, stylized, period romantic comedy from France that's unironically old-fashioned.
And although detractors will undoubtedly claim that it's a case of style over substance, what wonderfully whimsical and winning style this film has, as well as the charm of a season's worth of movies.
Déborah François plays Rose, a 21-year-old who works at her father's grocery store in the Normandy countryside in 1958 and yearns for a more exciting life. Perhaps a job as a secretary would do the trick.
She applies for a job in the nearby city of Lisieux with cocky, unmarried insurance executive Louis Echard, played by Romain Duris, who notices two things: how attractive she is, and, despite her many limitations where office work is concerned, how feverishly fast she types.
Using only two fingers, no less.
So her chain-smoking, confirmed-bachelor employer hires her despite her inexperience and klutziness and, ultra-competitive sportsman that he is, decides to train her to type with ten fingers and enter her in the local speed-typing competition in preparation for the world championship in New York.
(Yep, shades of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. Think of this as "My Fair Typist," and note the resemblance of François to Audrey Hepburn, by way of Cate Blanchett, as well as a photo of Hepburn prominently displayed on Rose's bedroom wall.)
Of course this must be accomplished in his country mansion in a live-in, around-the-clock manner that makes the film intermittently seem like Rocky with keystrokes and carriage returns instead of uppercuts and sucker punches.
At least that's what's going on on the surface.
But we know even if the two principals don't that they're also, more importantly, falling in love. So observes the wife of Louis's best friend, played by The Artist's Berenice Bejo, the childhood sweetheart with whom Louis had a thwarted love affair before he lost her to his longtime American buddy (Shaun Benson), with whom Louis made the bet that triggered this whole undertaking.
Taking its title from a model of typewriter that Rose uses, the frothy, visually vibrant pop fable is not only set in the 1950s, it could — with the exception of the one sex scene that earns the film its R rating — have been made then.
Debuting director and co-writer Regis Roinsard, while playfully saluting the films of the '50s, especially the Rock Hudson-Doris Day collaborations, has female empowerment on his mind but doesn't get too preachy or serious about it. He's more interested in shooting the competitive typing segments as if they were splashy highlight musical numbers, with clickety-clack accompaniment, and the sillier the better.
Superficial Populaire may be. But not only is that not a flaw or limitation in this particular instance, it might even be, no pun intended, the key to the film's success.
The film's two stars are perfect for their roles and the film's third star, making a delightful comeback during this era of computer keyboards, is the typewriter, which offers up a performance that runs the gamut from A to Z.
So we'll hunt and peck 3½ stars out of 4. The retro romcom Populaire is a breezy, irresistible charmer that seems to beg for an American remake and just might be your type.


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The thermal images of the latest Samsung flagship, the Galaxy S4, have appeared online, confirming that the smartphone will rarely be a problem to handle.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 was tested under different stress scenarios, which included gaming, continuous camera usage, 3G internet browsing and HD video playback. Surprisingly, the smartphone kept relatively cool on most occasions, with the lower part (where you'd normally hold it) barely exceeding 20 degrees Celsius. Things got hotter at the top, but the peak temperature stood at 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and that was only achieved on one occasion.
So while the Samsung Galaxy S4 can feel a bit unpleasant to your left hand if you hold it in landscape and really push it to its limit, the smartphone will cause absolutely no issues in every other scenario.


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Thursday, October 23, 2014
To all PhotoMath users, followers, lovers and haters
It's really stunning: the PhotoMath video on Vimeo has very quickly reached 2 million views. Our web page has over 9000 page views each minute, and the iOS app alone was downloaded more than 1.6M times in less than three days, becoming the top free app in most countries around the world.
Reasonably, your expectations are high, and we seriously intend to live up to them.
Having in mind lots of different articles in the media, we feel compelled to explain some things regarding PhotoMath and our goals in more details.
PhotoMath is an app which uses a mobile phone camera to recognize mathematical expressions. It instantly solves a recognized expression, and displays step-by-step solution.
At this stage it can solve basic arithmetics, fractions, decimals, powers, roots, linear equations and functions like log, exp, sin, cos. It can recognize printed characters only, not handwritten text. The app doesn't solve word problems, geometry, or calculus.
Most about PhotoMath focus on it's use as a cheating tool. Let's be honest: many kids cheat anyway, and an app which solves math problems automatically won't make this problem worse. However, PhotoMath can be really helpful to many children when they are stuck with their homework and there is no one around to help them to figure it out. If we can eliminate kids' frustration at the point when they can't do anything else but helplessly stare at the book, we'll feel awesome. It's as simple as that.
In fact, we're sure that the same questions were raised when calculators entered classrooms. With PhotoMath, our goal is to make a much more useful calculator.
PhotoMath uses MicroBlink's proprietary mobile machine vision technology to automatically recognize text of a math problem. This is one of our innovations: we do very accurate and fast text recognition on a mobile device, without using an internet connection. Ironically, to do very simple math calculations using PhotoMath, we had to implement highly complex math in our image processing and text recognition algorithms.
Another innovation is our step-by-step system of solving math problems. It enables us to upgrade our app for more complex math tasks in a manageable way. What this means to you is that this system will enable us to make the updates needed for solving more complex math problems in the near future.
PhotoMath is free, because our business is licensing our tech to other software developers and companies to solve a range of different problems. This includes, among others, text and barcode scanning, ID card or payment slip scanning, email address, URL, bank account number scanning. If you are a software developer and think we can help to improve your business in some way, we will gladly respond to your proposals.
We are a small company with employees who love their work and live it passionately. Our goal is to project this passion in the software which we make. That's why we invite you all to try PhotoMath for iOS and Windows Phone, and send us your feedback. You can help us to make an already awesome app even better.
MicroBlink Team.
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For rattling the education establishment with your accomplishment, čestitke!ReplyDelete
Excellent App ! Congrats ! You should upgrade your website with a F.A.Q. and a list of your goals for future features.ReplyDelete
By when will you release the Android app?ReplyDelete
We expect to release Android version early 2015ReplyDelete
BlackBerry version in 2015?ReplyDelete
BlackBerry 10 version pleaseReplyDelete
Excellent app and Amazing app! Seeing this made me realize the app I had in mind 2 years ago can be accomplish. Different topic than yours but uses a camera as well. My question is who did you guys hire to do your coding and programming? ThanksReplyDelete
We hired ourself and code on our own ;) We all are students from Zagreb University.ReplyDelete
I am waiting for Android App...ReplyDelete
When will you release it???
I would love to learn more about all of you and if you are selling stock.ReplyDelete
I have a ideal about new input method. But I don't know how to make it.ReplyDelete
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I hope you add functionality to analyze a handwritten equation. After all, the more equations a student can see solved, the easier it will be for them to figure out how to do things with their own brain. At least, that's how it was when I was a student. The more equations I could see solved, the easier it was for me to figure out the pieces to the puzzle.ReplyDelete
Excellent Apps!! I want to ask whether the steps are stored as images or mathml?ReplyDeleteReplies


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What a fantastic start to our Aberlady excavations. We have been blessed with a fantastic team of dedicated volunteers who have been working incredibly hard to uncover lots of archaeology in the Glebe Field.
The last blog post explained the process of ascertaining the depth of the plough soil by digging 1x1m test pits. This was to help us inform our JCB driver of how far to strip the turf and topsoil before reaching archaeology beneath. Our JCB has been on site and we now have a much larger area to clean and excavate.
What have we found so far?
In our workshop on Saturday, we prepared ourselves for recognising negative features. These are features which have been taken away, leaving an 'imprint' in the ground of where a feature would have been. We were thinking about the evidence for post holes, ditches and pits and what these would have looked like in the ground- a change in soil colour, texture and different inclusions. We also
thought about relationships between archaeological features and the layers between, and those who had not taken part in archaeology before were introduced to an archaeological context. Each layer and feature is labelled as a different context, assigned a number for the records and this helps us to build up the site and work out the relationships between those features around it.
However, we were required to change our approach as we realised the features we were uncovering were not negative. Our team have been finding large stone slabs, rubble and parts of an old wall running through the Glebe Field as shown on old maps.
Hopefully over the next week of the excavation, it will become clearer what these stones relate to, and if there are any other associated features. Lots of large animal bones have been recovered from our trench- which our volunteers spent this afternoon washing and sorting, gaining skills in post excavation and finds processing, whilst also sheltering from the harsh weather.
School Groups
This week we have had the pleasure of introducing over 150 children to our site, and the Anglo-Saxon period. We have had visits from Aberlady Primary School, Athelstaneford Primary School, Windygoul Primary School, North Berwick High School History Club and Loretto School Sixth Form. On each visit, we have had a chance to excavate, look at archaeological objects and have some discussions about Anglo-Saxon Aberlady. This visit will be followed up by a classroom session. looking at the results of our excavation and some chance for some other hands on archaeological activities.
It is always fantastic to experience a local community so involved in a community project such as Aberlady Angles. From hardy volunteers who have braved all weathers, to enthusiastic children experiencing something new (and the teachers, parents and volunteers who make these visits possible).
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On Saturday 30th April we are having our Open Day. We will have the site open for visitors between 12:00-17:00. Our programme of activities is as follows:
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We will meet outside the Kirk Stables, Aberlady High Street- between the Church and the village shop.
Our morning workshop is also free to attend and no booking is required. For our volunteer archaeologists, it will be useful to note there will be no excavation occurring until after these workshops.
We also have our Family Fun Day on the 2nd May. We will have crafts, objects and excavation to get involved with.
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And finally, a huge thank-you to our splendid team of dedicated, talented and wonderful archaeologists!


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Again within the "Golden Age" of bodybuilding, individuals had been fascinated at how males can develop their muscular tissues in manner that makes individuals wish to begin bodybuilding themselves. Check out Eugen Sandow, the "father" of bodybuilding. He had a lean, muscular, ripped physique with insane ab muscular tissues. Then got here alongside different bodybuilding icons, like Steve Reeves, Reg Park, and plenty of different well-known athletes. However the true bodybuilding craze started with Arnold Schwarzenegger, after showing within the bodybuilding film "Pumping Iron". Broadly thought of to be the best bodybuilder ever, he made bodybuilding and himself a family title. From that time on, individuals opened many gyms in all places to start out bodybuilding, whether or not it is to go skilled or simply to construct muscle. Film administrators recruited bodybuilders like Arnold to star of their films. For a very long time, the bodybuilding period was spreading all around the world.
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Here's a first look at Vivo Cosmetics, heading into a Tesco store near you. It's actually rather a nice range without being ultra-wow…I loved the Pearl Eyeshadows at £1.50 (although they are in texture so similar to MUA you might as well save 50p and get those) and also the lovely Blush & Highlighter Duos priced at £2.39 each. The Baked Shimmer Palette is £6 for a blush and four eye shades and Kohl Eyeliners are bright and bold in blues, greens and shimmery black at £1.50. I totally get it that this range is priced to go in your supermarket trolley without denting your weekly shopping bill unduly: it isn't supposed to be an upmarket range, more a cosmetic pick n mix treat that doesn't break the bank. For that market, it will certainly liven up the aisles when it launches in September.
|Pearl & Matte Eyeshadows, £1.50 each
|Liquid Liners, £2 and Mascaras from £1.50.
|Bronzer (centre) and baked blushers, £4 each.
|Blush & Highlighter Duo, £2.39.
|Powder Compacts, £2.39 and Brow Kit and Concealer Kit £5 each.
|Pearl Eyeshadows in green and purple swatched and a couple of the lipstick shades, too (£1.99)
*all products are sent to me as samples from brands and agencies unless otherwise stated. Affiliate links may be used. Posts are not affiliate driven.
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I can't wait for these to launch, Tesco is the only store dominating my small town and it will be nice to be able to get at least something other than their (rubbish) Barbara Daly stuff. I've heard good things about these from other bloggers 🙂
Haven't seen any VIVO cosmetics for ages (last time was in a bargain bucket in bodycare), will have a look at these when they come out.
will be sure to check it out when it launches
shel xx
Ooo I hope these are good, I will have to have a look at them when they are released 😀
totally up my alley, although not likely to see it my aisle. my small town has only got a small tesco express. boo xx
That is so cool to see a grocery store with their own makeup line. I wonder if it will catch on here in the states. *thinks of Safeway, Albertson's, Ralphs.*
By the way, I got invited to the Vivo blogger event. I am so bummed since I am in the USA. Was my first blogger event invite too. :'(


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The summer Olympic Games to be held in Beijing will probably be the most watched ever. That and the location -- China -- make it irresistible to those with a political cause to advocate, be that cause the host country's record on human rights, press freedom and political dissent, or its policies on Dafur.
Stephen Spielberg became the most prominent protester this week when he pulled out as an artistic adviser to the Games' opening ceremonies. He accused the Chinese government of failing to use its links with Sudan to put an end to the violence that is estimated to have killed 200,000 people and displaced 2.5 million since 2003. (See "Spielberg Takes China To Task").
Beijing's response to such protests has been either to ignore them, or to be shocked, shocked that anyone, even what a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry once described as "certain forces in the west", would attempting to politicize the Olympics. That, Beijing asserts, goes against the basic Olympian principle that the Games should be apolitical.
In truth almost all Olympics are political. Occasionally a Games can get away with being just a gigantic party -- Sydney (2000), Atlanta (1996) possibly -- but when they are held in places like Tokyo (1964), Seoul (1988), Moscow (1980) or Berlin (1936) they start out with a political tinge, or like Munich (1972) become political.
Beijing (2008) is no exception. And China started it. One year after the suppression of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement in 1989 had led to China's ostracism from the international community, Deng Xiaoping, then China's paramount leader, said the country would apply to host the 2000 Olympics, It was a blatant bid to return to favor.
The bid failed, but eight years later, China was successful with its application to host this year's Games. Beijing wanted these as a coming out party for a nation that had become an economic and political powerhouse, but as much for its own citizens as to make a statement to the rest of the world.
What it doesn't want, and won't permit, for either external or internal consumption, is the Games to be a protesters' playground. It is putting a huge amount of human and financial resources into ensuring a smooth-running event.
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Nor is there any reason to assume that there is a natural consensus in support of Western liberal political views within the IOC. Sixty three, or 57% of the its members come from African, Asian, or Middle Eastern countries.
U.S. members include Anita DeFrantz, a bronze medal winner in rowing in the 1976 Olympics, who filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Olympic Committee over its boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, contesting the USOC's authority to prevent U.S. athletes from taking part in those games.
The sense that the Games can be used to change the host nation has perhaps been stronger ahead this year's games than any other. It is a misplaced notion. Beijing tends to become uncomfortable and defensive in the spotlight of international intention.
Unless a country with clout like the U.S. boycotts the Beijing Olympics the Chinese government will not feel any need to change course on domestic political issues. A U.S. boycott is highly unlikely. President Bush has already accepted an invitation from President Hu Jintao to attend the games as his guest.


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I am a Danish artist and illustrator working in Sydney's Inner West where I have lived with my family for fourteen years - how time flies!
I have a background in architecture but currently work from my lovely studio at home where I either draw big, black figure drawings or make children's picture books (or arch rubble from the backyard).
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The 'two down, two above combination is a great way to gather extra striped candy, for example in the image to the right you will see that by crushing the 3 purple candies the two blue above drop to replace them in the horizontal column thus creating a combination of four, this horizontal union gives you a horizontal striped candy.
- When fighting chocolate squares it's handy to know their squishy properties, firstly they won't grow, spawn or spread while you are actively knocking it out, this is why you need to assess each board and focus on taking out a chocolate square (or squares) in every move until they are all destroyed, or in the cast of the chocolate generators, reduced to a minimum. In most boards your special candies will not get consumed, but this leniency does not last for long.
When faced with the dilemma of asking friends for boarding passes to reach the next level (or land) you have the option to disconnect from facebook and "play quests" to get past the "lock", if you beat the 3 quests (you have to wait a day between each, you're good to move on. If you're playing on your smartphone, go into the menus and disconnect from Facebook. When you go back to the level change screen you'll be given the option to play it out rather than beg! (which is why its great to find at least 4 allies to share in your addiction… I mean enjoyment!)
- Candy Crush Help – You can't have more than five lives at a time so don't accept any until you're out! Its often exciting to open up a new a game and find your friends have been delightfully thoughtful and sent you a swag of goodies. Just dont make the mistake of accepting all automatically, you will lose any extra lives if your quota is full and its a great idea to save those extra moves for boards that really need it…trust me they are coming (like the winter but probably a lot sooner!)
- Devices count! Candy Crush Help ~ We all may not have the luxury of having several devices at our disposal but if you do..its awesome! particularly in terms of lives, I'm a wee bit of a candied addict and I will confess to a small 'cheat' I play on my laptop (5 ຊີວິດ), the office PC (5 ຊີວິດ), my mobile (5 ຊີວິດ)…My sons iPad (5 ຊີວິດ)..my husbands mobile (5 ຊີວິດ) …oh and an old iTouch! (5 ຊີວິດ) thats 30 lives in a day without any waiting and if you've ever been truly stuck you will understand my elation at this!
- Don't forget about the daily wheel, Have a crack each day and get some yummy goodness! Boosters are handy things to have in your reserves and I'm pretty sure you can stockpile them too!
- Look at a new board carefully, I mean really LOOK, as you progress you will realise that this is actually a game of strategy. I have been tripped up a few times by rushing into a new board without fully understanding just how much jelly lay hidden behind rock candy..in the middle of the board, seriously who does that?


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|Utilizing recycled oak from an old church pew and a supply of rustic
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Total Synthesis of (±)-Communesin F via a Cycloaddition with Indol-2-one
Johannes Belmar and Raymond L. Funk
DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja307277w
It has been some time since my last entry. I was very busy with moving to the US and starting my master's thesis. But as you can see after about 12 weeks I am back. I chose a rather short synthesis but there is still some work to be covered within the next weeks which should result in much more detailed write-ups.
The communesins are known to the synthetic community for quite a while and were the targets of extensive research and synthetic studies. The current paper utilized some nice methodology developed by the group and published in an earlier synthesis of perophoramidine. [1]
The synthesis begins with the union of azide 1 and bromooxindole 2. Because their initially reported conditions did not give any product at all it was found that the reaction proceeded smoothly in the presence of
substoichiometric amounts of silver carbonate yielding 3. After tosylation the mixture was exposed to methanolysis to produce the backbone structure 4 of communesin F. Methylation with Meerweins's salt, hydrogenolysis of the azide with subsequent Boc-protection and detosylation furnished amide 5.
Scheme 1
The bromine was then used as a handle to introduce the prenyl sidechain with a Heck reaction to give an intermediate allylic alcohol. In the presence of mercury salts a cyclization took place constructing the crucial seven-membered amine ring. Deprotection of the amine under mild conditions using TBSOTf was followed by amide formation with some help from trimethylaluminium. The second side-chain was introduced in the usual sequence of deprotonation and subsequent alkylation with iodoacetonitrile.
Scheme 2
The last ring was closed in a straightforward manner. Reduction of the nitrile to the aldehyde and the amide to the hemiaminal gave tetrahydrofuran 9. Reductive amination and acetylation finally produced communesin F in an overall yield of 6.7 %.
Scheme 3
The mechanism of the key step is pretty straightforward but nevertheless a nice one. After tosylating the oxindole nitrogen the resulting amide can be cleaved by methoxide to give an anilide anion which undergoes intramolecular attack on the indolenine 2 position to close the ring.
Scheme 4
[1] J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5068
Yeah… that is it for the moment. I found some new interesting stuff to write-up, so I promise I will be up to date from now on J
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My little Jan term is almost over. I feel like I've worked a lot and been really lazy. Played with new ideas, produced quite a lot, drew quite a lot, and am ready to keep moving.
I am really quite pleased with my yarn bowls- I have a few other ideas that I'm working on and waiting to dry long enough to fire and glaze. I'll admit that I hesitated before making them because, well, I didn't see the point. I keep my yarn in a project bag at my feet, so I didn't see the need for one. But my knitting friends prevailed upon me and I made a few testers. Now that I've used one, I get it.
After I broke my favorite cup earlier this fall, I had to make my own tall tumbler. This photo seems to have led to a request for a virtual twitter tea party. I need to get to work!
This fat little teapot is the first I've made in several years. I got a wild hair this fall to make one (and the hex stamps are a direct result of my visit to Heath Ceramics) in October/November, and didn't glaze it until just last week. I think I'll make more.
These bright blue mugs and saucers are for a customer who's ordered her dinnerware set in a piecemeal fashion- plates, then cups, then teacups, then bowls, another set of bowls, a set of dessert plates. This last round has been what you see here, plus red egg cups, and a set of vases. I'm ready to get the little niggly reglaze work done on these and send them out the door.
Finally, y'all have helped me raise well over $200 for my friend Angela through the sale of the Emily Dickinson hope pieces. I am ever so grateful, because, friends, that's $200 in one single week. As in, last Monday, January 23, to this Monday, January 30. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'll have more tumblers later this week (in the bisque kiln now), and some new colorways on the trays in another week.
I hope your week is a lovely one. Thanks for being here with me.


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Application Deadline: You can submit your business idea from 17th February, 2017 through 28th April, 2017.
Offered annually? Yes
Eligible Countries: African citizens
Area of Interest: Your business must be relevant to one of these categories:
- Education – positively impact education in Africa
- Environment – positively impact the environment in Africa
- Uncharted– a high-impact business venturing into unexplored territory or untested markets
About Award: Are you dreaming of launching or growing your business idea in your community? Join the thousands of women (and men) entrepreneurs creating jobs all over Africa and submit your idea for a chance to share in the $1 million award.
At the African Entrepreneurship Award, know your business idea is safe, your time is respected, and your mentorship is our key priority. In 2015, just 25% of our business proposals came from women. For 2016, we want to change that.
Offered Since: not specified
Type: Entrepreneurship award
Eligibility: You, the entrepreneur, must meet the following criteria as you submit your business proposal:
- You must be a citizen of an African country
- You must be a minimum of 18 years old as of October 1, 2016
- Your business must be applicable in an African country
- Your business proposal must include a technological component (digital, machinery, computers, ICT, automated processes, field related technologies, etc.)
- Your business must be for profit.
Additional Information
- You can submit a proposal as a resident of any country worldwide – keeping in mind that you must be a citizen of an African country
- For example, a resident of the United Arab Emirates with Egyptian citizenship is eligible for this Award
- Your business can operate in any African country even if you are not a citizen of that country
- For example, you can submit a proposal for a different country in Africa than your personal, African citizenship (e.g. a Ghanaian citizen can submit a proposal for a business in Liberia)
- You can submit a proposal for a business already in operation
- Your business can operate across borders in multiple African countries
- Your business should demonstrate the potential to scale beyond one region in Africa to pan-African impact
- You can operate in multiple countries, but you will be asked to designate a primary community in Africa that will benefit or be impacted by your business.
Number of Awards: several
How to Apply: Submit your business idea beginning February 17, 2017 through April 28, 2017. Soon after you submit a completed proposal, a mentor will be in touch with you, guiding you to bettering your idea. And yes, if you have a better idea, you can resubmit it at least once before April 28, 2017.
You can submit a business proposal in one or two of the three Award categories: Education, Environment, or Uncharted
Visit Awards Webpage for more details.
Now that all the information about BMCE Bank of Africa – African Entrepreneurship Award – USD$1 Million for Women (and Men) Entrepreneurs has been delivered nicely; those interested can apply now.
Award Provider: BMCE Bank of Africa


text: Over 20 million people in the US suffer with some form of a thyroid condition with women being more likely than men. In Fact, many people are not even aware they have a thyroid condition until it becomes worse than it is. Patients can vary with an under active to an over active thyroid condition. Many people always ask me how to naturally improve thyroid health but the thyroid is not always that straight forward. Here are some tips on how to use nutrition to help heal your thyroid naturally. Eat your way to a healthier thyroid.


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After breaking up with Annie, Alvy goes on a stream of consciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. The beginning is romantic. Then problems arise. He is not too enthusiastic about her idea of moving in with him, and leaving her flat. He dislikes her habit of smoking weed before having sex and her lack of education. After applying to university she soon gets attracted to a professor. Alvy and Annie broke up in a fight. He tries to calm down, starts a new relationship but with no success. After a while she calls him and they start again, convinced they will make it this time. Everything looks wonderful. But soon they both reveal to their shrinks that the relationship has gone sour again. After visiting California they break up, peacefully this time. Alvy is proud about their calm transcend from relationship to friendship. He tries to date another woman but again with no success. He gets a panic attack and flies to California where Annie is in a happy relationship. She rejects him. He gets so upset that he ends up in prison. After coming back to New York he writes a play about their relationship, but with a happy ending. He meets her again later in New York with some other guy. They go for lunch as friends, remembering their good time. At the end he realises that although relationships are absurd and irrational, we still need to go through them. We need to believe they are not what they are.
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In trading on Wednesday, shares of Qiagen N.V. (QGEN - Get Report) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $18.97, changing hands as low as $18.84 per share. Qiagen N.V. shares are currently trading off about 3.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of QGEN shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
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From the Editors: Top 5 Halloween Treats
Some may not trick-or-treat anymore, but that doesn't mean anyone should resist indulging their sweet tooth. Here's the breakdown of DIG's favorite Halloween treats.
5. The Generic Brand: More often than not, these are the candies that look odd or suspicious. Maybe the wrapper doesn't completely cover the treat, or the lack of a logo seems fishy. In the '80s and '90s, there was a scare about tampered candy, with the fear that nails or staples would be inside. People should definitely still be wary of these candies, but the generic brand is just as good as the brand named goods.
4. Pixy Stix: This can be a messy treat sometimes, especially when the powdered sugar is spilt. Otherwise, this quick fix from the Willy Wonka Candy Company can provide a sugar rush. The best part of the sticks are that they provide just the right amount to either down in one go or in portions.
3. Gummy Candy: The first type of gummy candy made was the gummy bear that originated in Germany. Later variations of the candy have been made since then, including gummy worms and rings. Sometimes, these gummy goods are covered in sugar, but the candies are still just as tasty without it. If you're a huge fan of gummy worms, the World's Largest Gummy Worm weighs 3 pounds and is over 2 feet long. The downside is that each worm costs almost $30 each.
2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: Reese's is a classic treat from the late 1920's that blends peanut butter and chocolate into the shape of a cup of various sizes from the minis to one that weighed almost half a pound. The cup size affects the ratio of chocolate to peanut butter. This usually means that the larger the cup, the more peanut butter is inside. The best thing about Reese's is that it can be used in a lot of baked goods as well. This is true for other Hershey's products, but there are a lot of unique recipes out there including Reese's. Some can be found on their official website.
1. Candy Corn: Full of corn syrup and sugar, this treat shines during the fall. The recipe for this candy hasn't changed since the 1880s, making this one of the most classic fall candies. For those who are fans of candy corn and want to eat it at other times, more holiday and seasonal-themed variants have been released. "Reindeer corn" has a red end and a green center, while "cupid corn" has a red end and a pink center.
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Colorado has issued its first report giving a detailed look at the inaugural year of the state's legalized recreational pot industry.
It turns out that edibles are in high demand, August was the biggest month for medical marijuana sales and it could be that holiday cheer had a whole new meaning in 2014 with retail pot sales the highest in December.
The report released Friday by the state's Marijuana Enforcement Division tallied up the numbers:
2,850,733 -- units of retail edible products sold.
1,964,917 -- units of medical edible products sold.
216,802 -- average retail plants cultivated in December, the month with the highest retail growth last year.
148,000 -- approximate pounds of marijuana flower sold in the regulated market.
110 -- percent increase in retail business licenses.
98.2 -- percent pass rate for potency tests on edibles.
6 -- percent increase in medical business licenses.
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DogVenture with DogVacay
This post is in partnership with DogVacay.
There are times when our parents can't always watch our dogs, and this is where DogVacay comes in. They make it simple, just like booking a hotel online, but for pets. They make it even easier with an app. Search local pet "hosts", and book your stay for your pet online. DogVacay includes free pet insurance, customer support for 24/7 and requires a daily photo from your host to know pets are having a safe and fun time.
As a reward for putting up with us leaving them occasionally, we like to take them on a mini vacation of their own—their favorite spot is the Dog Beach in Huntington Beach—a beach devoted to all kinds of pups. Leashes are "technically" required, but that rule is only enforced for unruly pups. It's the perfect place they can run, swim, get dirty, and socialize with other dogs.
Frodo is the type of dog that is happiest anywhere she is, as long as we are around. She's much more happy socializing with us then the other dogs, but even she can't resist the atmosphere. Usually by the time we are ready to go home, Merry is all done barking in excitement and running in circles—she sleeps the entire car ride home…and pretty much the rest of the day too.
California- where dog's life is a beach. Thank you to DogVacay for sponsoring my DogVenture!


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Preparing a curry at home can seem like a formidable and time-consuming business, with a long list of ingredients and high expectations to contend with. Getting a curry right can be a balancing act. But choose a good recipe and stick to a few simple rules, and you can achieve curry perfection.
We asked Rohit Chugh, founder of London's Indian street food restaurant, Roti Chai and greatcurryrecipes.net blogger Dan Toombs, aka The Curry Guy, for their secrets to making a good curry.
Making a good curry is no flash in the pan. To achieve the best flavour, you have to invest time from the start. This lamb curry for example, needs four hours to marinate. Slow cooking your meat can be vital for flavour too, says Rohit.
"People take shortcuts by using the wrong equipment," he says. "When braising, always use a heavy bottomed pan to cook slowly on a low heat or you risk drying out the meat and trapping in the flavour. The key is letting the flavours infuse throughout and allowing the spices to get inside the meat."
Curry leaves, coriander, garlic, ginger and chillies are among the ingredients you will most commonly need. Don't worry if you don't have easy access to fresh herbs and spices. Our fenugreek chicken uses dried fenugreek.
Alternatively, "it's fine to bulk buy, grind and blend these products into pastes with a little water and freeze them in ice cube trays to be added to curries," says Dan. "You will not lose much flavour."
After putting time, effort and love into your curry, the last thing you want to do is fall at the final hurdle.
"Yogurt is used to thicken and flavour many curries," says Dan. "It is important to add it one tablespoon at a time while stirring constantly. If you add the yogurt too quickly, it will curdle. A lot of cookbooks fail to point this out."
And if your sauce is too thick? "If you need to thin your sauce, the best option is water. It's the thickness of the sauce that's the problem, not the flavour. Adding another ingredient will put the balance out," says Rohit.
If your dish tastes bland, it's tempting to add more spice. "People often think Indian food is all about heat," says Rohit.
"Being heavy handed with herbs and spices can ruin a dish, especially in the case of, say, saffron and turmeric. But actually, people often forget about the basics - salt and pepper. Missing your basic seasoning can often throw a dish out and is often where people go wrong and panic by putting more spices in."
Curry recipes have evolved over time, so don't be afraid to adapt recipes as you become more confident.
"A lot of recipes have been passed from generation to generation," says Rohit. "They have been fine tuned. There's nothing wrong with playing with it. Go with your own palate. It's not about creating a dish that's spot on. It's about creating a dish that is spot on for you."


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[LIVE REVIEW] Scott Ian "ONE MAN RIOT" Spoken Word @ Goldfields Theatre, Melbourne 26/09/2018
Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of renowned Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian would be like? I for one was curious, how might he spend his time, who might he catch up with for a beer? Well, One Man Riot was the perfect opportunity to get the answers to these questions as the spoken word tour moves across Australia.
I was immediately impressed with the choice of venue, The Goldfields Theatre which forms part of Jeff's Shed was visually appealing and had comfy seats to wait in and alcoholic beverages at the ready for those who so desired. It was a great spot for people watching as the punters started arriving. The t-shirts were black and plentiful, with a mix of battle jackets thrown in for good measure, along with lots of ponytails and that was just the fellas! While the chicks were slightly outnumbered by the men we still came in good numbers, all eager to see what the man himself had to say.
As we filed into the auditorium to take out seats the metal tunes were cranked with the likes of Iron Maiden, Slayer and of course AC/DC playing for our aural pleasure. The stage was set with a projection screen of the most epic proportions, proudly displaying the tour poster, but I will 'put a pin in that' for now and revisit later (anyone who was at the show will appreciate that phrase, Scott used it multiple times over the course of the evening). The volume was turned up to eleven as Scott took to the stage, AC/DC blaring out, a little Australian flair to start the night's proceedings. After a huge applause, Scott told us that it was his first time doing the show in a conference centre and he felt like he should be running a meeting! Comedic from his opening words the stories started, and they were extremely entertaining, to say the least.
Without giving away too much as I would hate to spoil the show for those yet to go, the stories were plentiful, amusing, and maybe sometimes just a little too colourful. Scott Ian is a confident, passionate speaker, his stories which you can find in his latest book Access All Areas, were spoken from the heart. His words pulled from the pages and brought to life for our listening pleasure. He kept the audience spellbound hanging on every word, waiting for punchlines which were always hilarious. His anecdotes covered many topics and many famous musicians, leaving the hoards green with envy at the company he would keep on a regular basis. To give you a brief insight, the topics touched on were beard envy (but don't ever touch it, people, that is NOT cool), an intervention on Lemmy's short shorts, alcohol poisoning, and of course his beloved buddy Dimebag. No orifice was left unscathed and words like 'virgin whiskey lips' and 'tanned Welsh arse' will forever take on a whole new meaning.
Now I will pull that pin out that I stuck in earlier, getting back to the mammoth screen, even Scott commented that he had never seen one as large, so there is a first for Melbourne, providing a steroid induced projection screen that even left Scott Ian speechless! Over the course of the evening, sensational animated drawings of Scott's stories came to life, some quite graphic which had a few of us squirming in our seats but chuckling at the same time. They added another level to the show and gave us all a fantastic insight into how these tales unfolded.
We were hitting almost two hours into the show when the lights came up and the Q & A began, with some quite diverse questions, touching on Scott's time in the reality TV show Supergroups, favourite Cliff Burton memory, will Anthrax ever play John Bush songs (no was the answer) and will there be a revival of S.O.D. Scott answered candidly and left us all feeling satisfied. With a drop of the lights, we were back to the life of Scott Ian and his favourite Dimebag story. Again, I will not give this away, but it was a very funny account of some hysterical pranks and how Scott came to be called Baldini by Dimebag. A term of endearment that he holds close to his heart to this day.
Working our way towards the three-hour mark, Scott took to the stool on stage and picked up the flying V that we had been eyeing off all night. We were treated to many versions of S.O.D.'s You're Dead, even privy to the version he has written for his own passing. In the darkest of moments music can bring out the strangest of things, You're Dead is certainly one of those. With thanks and waves goodbye we were left pondering the abundance of cool things we absorbed over the course of the evening. As I looked at the empty stage I noticed the two empty glasses that remained and can see now how Scott got the nickname Two Beer Scott. While Anthrax may sing One Man Stands tonight it certainly was a One Man Riot!
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…but I'd wager that the more appropriate adjectives for describing what reluctant museum-goers feel about museums include "boring," "bewildering," and "confusing," because there isn't enough way-finding information.
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Textual Analysis
Reading Between the Lines
A Student Help Book
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This 273-page resource is designed to support senior students and their teachers working together towards final examinations in English courses with a Language rather than a Literature weighting - in particular IB (but also AP and GCE A Level, and a range of other assessment systems).
No matter what English course students are following, close textual analysis will underpin their work in all areas of literature and language study. The tools students acquire as they move through Reading Between the Lines will be of great value to them as they read, even swiftly and widely, in preparation for the complete range of assessments lying ahead of them.
The principal focus of the resource, however, is on providing help to students and teachers working towards a final written exam in which they will be asked to produce a textual or rhetorical analysis of a piece of writing (probably non-literary) they have not seen before.
With that in mind we have developed an analytical framework based on the requirements of all three examination systems listed above. We have selected passages, both as 'worked examples' and for further practice, from a wide variety of text types, and have included some from past IB, AP and A Level papers.
Students can safely be allowed to work through the resource by themselves, in whole or in part, but there is much opportunity within it for paired, group and whole-class discussion.
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The only difference between the Teaching Copy and the Student Edition is that the Teaching Copy has suggested responses to the study tasks built into the text, whereas the Student Edition carries them in a separate Answers Booklet at the end so that teachers may withhold them if they wish, or dispense them on an ongoing basis.
Students working from a print copy of the resource will be able to enter their responses in the working spaces (or in a separate workbook) by hand. Those working on-screen will be able to add them by means of either a text tool or sticky notes, depending on what pdf programme they have used to access the file.
This resource will give you a clear structure within which you can organise your textual analysis teaching. It provides more than two years' worth of what amount to one-lesson teaching units, and you could if you wished teach straight from the book for part of, or indeed throughout, that time. It will also serve as a major resource for students who want to do independent study, beyond what you yourself have time to offer in class.
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How Reading Between the Lines will help you
If you are an International Baccalaureate student, the Help Book will be invaluable to you as you prepare for the important Textual Analysis part of the final Language and Literature exam, at either Standard or Higher Level. It makes use of passages from past IB exams, and will allow you to develop and practise your commentary skills across many different text types.
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If you are a GCE A Level student the resource will give you structured practice in writing commentaries on passages (either singly or in pairs) you may or may not have seen before. It will help you with your course work and also in your preparations for the written exam.
If you are an undergraduate student or a general reader you will find that the book looks at a wide variety of engaging writing, both literary and non-literary, in a refreshingly different way, and will lead you to new insights into how writing 'works'.
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