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Karl Marx famously said, I am not a Marxist. He had the foresight to disclaim responsibility for what he feared his disciples would do with his voluminous writings. We arent aware that Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar ever said, I am not a Balthasarian. The question is: Assuming he didnt, should he have? For we wonder if he was really as goofy as certain of his disciples and fans make him sound.
Stratford Caldecott has an article in The Chesterton Review (Nov. 2000) called The Evangelization of Western Culture: A Starting Point, wherein he says that I find the most profound and helpful analysis [of how to evangelize culture] in the writings of the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (d. 1988) and of his foremost American interpreter David L. Schindler.
Caldecott tells us that an evangelized culture would integrate all the legitimate concerns of our era, including respect for individual conscience, for cultural diversity, for the dignity of women , and so on, and that a return to Christendom is neither feasible nor desirable.
The great obstacle to the new evangelization is, says Caldecott, a sense of the self as primarily active, rather than receptive, in relation to God and to being . Even our reactions to the overt symptoms of degeneracy in our culture tend to be coloured by this [active] attitude and therefore to feed its flames. Caldecott goes on: Merely to ban abortion and euthanasia is not enough. Merely? Gads, to ban abortion never mind euthanasia would be a Herculean achievement which no current reader of the NOR will likely ever live to see in Western culture. Not enough?
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Authors: L.J. Zhang, J. Rodriguez, H. Fenniri, T.J. Webster
Affilation: Brown University, United States
Pages: 214 - 217
Keywords: helical rosette nanotubes, nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite, biomimetic
The objective of this study was to create a novel biomimetic hydrogel composite based on helical rosette nanotubes (HRNs) and nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite (HA). HRNs are newly-developed self-assembled nanomaterials with DNA base pair building blocks. HRNs not only mimic the helical nanostructure of collagen in bone but they can also be functionalized to possess flexible surface chemistries. HRNs increase in viscosity when heating, which makes them suitable as injectable bone substitutes with a biocompatible hydrogel. In this study, three different sizes of nanocrystalline HA were synthesized and will be combined with HRNs in order to increase cytocompatibility and mechanical properties. Preliminary results showed that HRNs have excellent affinity with nano HA and HA particles can align on HRN-K1 similar to hydroxyapatite and collagen in natural bone. More importantly, HRNs with nanocrystalline HA promote osteoblast adhesion when coated on titanium. Furthermore, 2% and 10% (wt) nanocrystalline HA were dispersed in HRN hydrogels before and after sonicating. Results showed that more nano HA filled into the pores of 2% HA containing hydrogels after sonicating than 20% HA containing unsonicated HA, thus, potentially improving mechanical properties of the scaffold. Thus, this study, for the first time, demonstrated that biomimetic HRN/nano HA are cytocompatible with osteoblasts and embedding them into hydrogels have the potential to promote bone growth and improve scaffold strength.
Pages: 808
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Independent Origin of Plasmodium falciparum Antifolate Super-Resistance, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia
Alifrangis, M; Nag, S; Schousboe, ML; Ishengoma, D; Lusingu, J; Pota, H; Kavishe, RA; Pearce, R; Ord, R; Lynch, C; Dejene, S; Cox, J; Rwakimari, J; Minja, DTR; Lemnge, MM; Roper, C; (2014) Independent Origin of Plasmodium falciparum Antifolate Super-Resistance, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. Emerging infectious diseases, 20 (8). pp. 1280-1286. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.131897
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Super-resistant Plasmodium falciparum threatens the effectiveness of sulfadoxine pyrimethamine in intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy. It is characterized by the A581G Pfdhps mutation on a background of the double-mutant Pfdhps and the triple-mutant Pfdhfr. Using samples collected during 2004-2008, we investigated the evolutionary origin of the A581G mutation by characterizing microsatellite diversity flanking Pfdhps triple-mutant (437G+540E+581G) alleles from 3 locations in eastern Africa and comparing it with double-mutant (437G+540E) alleles from the same area. In Ethiopia, both alleles derived from 1 lineage that was distinct from those in Uganda and Tanzania. Uganda and Tanzania triple mutants derived from the previously characterized southeastern Africa double-mutant lineage. The A581G mutation has occurred multiple times on local Pfdhps double-mutant backgrounds; however, a novel microsatellite allele incorporated into the Tanzania lineage since 2004 illustrates the local expansion of emergent triple-mutant lineages.
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Each speaker generally has a separate area of focus they wish to speak about, for example- addictions, mental health issues, behaviors, etc.
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EI'm just going to come right out and say it; this is a fantastic recipe. It is a combination of so many things I love. There's grilling, spicy flavor, and cheese. Does it get any better than that? Oh yeah, there's bacon. I made these poppers a while back for a girls' night, and they were such a hit! Here's what I did!
1 package cream cheese; softened
16 fresh jalapeno peppers
3 slices bacon; cooked then diced
1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese
Mix cream cheese, diced bacon, and cheddar cheese together until thoroughly combined.
Wash peppers, cut off the tops, and core them. *I like a mild heat, so I made sure to remove all the seeds.
Stuff the cream cheese mixture into each jalapeno. 16 peppers worked out almost perfectly with the amount of mixture. However, the bacon cheddar cream cheese is also amazing on crackers, and makes a nice treat for a snack the next day!
Grill on high heat, to get a really nice char on the veggies. I like my peppers to be lightly cooked through, so there is still a little bit of crunch, but not as though they are still raw on the inside.
The cream cheese mixture gets nice and hot inside the pepper, and you have to make sure to keep an eye on it while it cooks, because if the pepper is tilted just right, all the filling comes spilling out!
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MSU professor's bean research has impact across world
In the early morning, in a farm building surrounded by fields full of snow, James Kelly prepares to test the latest research models with his colleagues. Hoping to see improvement over previous attempts, these newest inventions could have both commercial and societal impacts, should they be superior. Old archetypes and new innovations lined side by side, the professionals inspect their harvest, noting which varieties perform best in canning quality.
A typical day for Kelly might vary from season to season. Spring brings planting, summer brings field research, fall work is done in a greenhouse. In the winter, Kelly might make a trip outside of the country for conferences or field research or he might participate in canning evaluations, which was the case on Feb. 4.
"It's not always the same day to day, that's one of the fun things," Kelly said.
Soft-spoken with a reserved Irish accent, Kelly, a university distinguished professor of advanced plant breeding in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at MSU, has dedicated nearly 40 years of his life to the breeding and genetics of a crop he considers especially valuable: dry edible beans.
"Beans are such an important food source, they're a very important food security source in large parts of East Africa," Kelly said. "Getting some of our ... varieties out there, that can help improve productivity and improve the production on a local level."
Kelly's passion for plants began as a child while growing up on a farm in Northern Ireland. He has done his part to push for awareness of the importance of bean research, appearing in a video produced by the Big Ten Network in which he spoke about MSU's ranking of number university in the country for bean breeding and genetics.
Kelly first found his calling as an undergraduate student. In his studies during time of the Green Revolution, Kelly said he was fascinated by the sheer number of lives the work of those that came before him saved and how much plant breeding could do to help people.
During his doctoral studies at University of Wisconsin, Kelly worked on project with a professor who was involved with beans, and he's been in the field ever since.
"When I first came (to MSU), Michigan was the leading producer of dry beans in the country, so we've had a breeding improvement program here for over 100 years," Kelly said. "I had the opportunity to join that program in 1980."
Kelly's work has taken him across continents, having visited Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia as locations for his research and fieldwork.
"It's very gratifying to see some of that science get implemented in these countries and have an impact," Kelly said. "When you go to small countries and see that they're actually food sufficient in beans, that's very gratifying."
In addition to his work on developing new varieties, Kelly also trains graduate students in plant breeding, many of whom come from overseas with hopes of making an impact on their home countries. Isaac Dramadri, a native of Uganda, is one such individual.
"This bean is one of the main crops in Uganda, being here is very good for me because it gives me skills to translate whatever I learn here ... and improve life over there," Dramadri said.
Dramadri said Kelly is the best role model to help him improve life in Uganda.
"He's like a parent to me right now," Dramadri said.
Among the seeds Kelly has sown are alumni the likes of Gerardine Mukeshimana, the now minister of agriculture and animal resources in Rwanda. Immensely proud of his students, Kelly said the opportunity to train others in his field is his proudest accomplishment.
"Having trained a large number of students and seeing them out making an impact in their own respective areas is very satisfying," Kelly said. "Internationally, we have a reputation that we're at the edge of scientific development of new genetics in beans, and therefore then we're able to bring in and train young scientists from overseas, in international programs, for them to have an education."
James Kells, the chair of the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, has more than a similar name in common with Kelly. He has worked with Kelly for approximately 30 years, so long he can't remember which of them was there first. Kells speaks very highly of Kelly and his work, constantly falling back to the words "impact," "contribution" and "important."
"He has made major contributions in the genetic research he has conducted, in the varieties he has released, and the graduate students he has educated," Kells said
Kelly said he plans to retire "fairly soon," but his goals for the future have rarely changed.
"In plant breeding it's one of those efforts where once you achieve a new variety, it sets a standard and you want to improve on that," Kelly said. "That process is ongoing, all the time."


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His brainchild is called the WaterCar, a hydro-friendly, amphibious vehicle that can be used to drag water skiers and tubers at more than 40 miles per hour.
Inspired by the Amphicar of the 1960s, March started working on the WaterCar more than 15 years ago as a personal challenge to build the world's fastest amphibious vehicle. He had no plans to ever offer it to the public, March explained, but as he began refining his creation, he saw a need and a market for the WaterCar.
"We've designed several models over the years with the goal to make it better every time," March said. "Our first version of the WaterCar was a purpose-built vehicle, to be very fast on both land and water. But, when the WaterCar established the amphibious speed record with our Python model, our attention turned to reliability, and we began designing a vehicle to offer to the public."
After numerous successes and failures, 27 patents, and literally thousands of labor hours, March's dream has been achieved. It's called the Panther—and the very first WaterCar to be offered to the public. March and his all-star team consisting of top automotive designers and technicians have tweaked the WaterCar's design, and, by using state-of-the-art equipment at Fountain Valley Bodyworks, they've come up with the ultimate vehicle for both land and sea.
Is the WaterCar more automobile or more boat? Legally, amphibious vehicles need to be registered both as a car and as a boat in the U.S. and display both license plate and hull numbers. "In some states, the Department of Transportation is still a little confused about the concept, but more and more they're embracing the WaterCar," March said. "Arizona, California, and Nevada have been a little tough in getting on board, but we're confident that they will eventually embrace the idea. We're getting them approved, but, in some cases, we have to jump through hoops to get it done."
During its development years, March was continuously approached by people around the world who wanted to purchase a WaterCar, but he wasn't ready to put them on the market for a wide range of reasons. "While we were flattered that people wanted the WaterCar, we just felt it wasn't ready," March said. "It was difficult to say no for all those years, but we figured hey—let's not rush it. In 2013, we realized that the WaterCar was ready for the public, and pretty much right away the orders started coming in."
March received a ton of publicity when he drove his WaterCar all the way from his shop in Fountain Valley to Catalina Island in January 2014. The story, "Amphibious water car dives into land and sea market," made page one of the Chicago Tribune and created a buzz worldwide. "We made the 30-mile trip at around 40 miles per hour, and we used about 10 gallons of fuel one-way. Typically, a boat will get around four miles per gallon, so the WaterCar isn't just fast, it's also green and very economical. When we pulled into that harbor, the people were shocked and surprised when we drove up!"
Celebrities and billionaires are showing interest in the WaterCar, but anyone with $140,000 lying around can buy one, March said. "Wealthy folks are always looking for the newest toy, and the WaterCar definitely fits the bill. These famous people make us sign non-disclosure agreements, so I can't tell you any names. But I can tell you that one individual who is awaiting delivery of his WaterCar is the founder of a very well-known tech company." (And his last name isn't Zuckerberg, Ellision, or Wozniak!) "The attention this vehicle has received is pretty amazing, to say the least."
The hottest markets for the WaterCar are currently in Florida and Dubai, March said. "Millionaires with 200-foot yachts want to have a WaterCar so they can taxi around and then hit the streets. With all of those little islands, the WaterCar is perfect for Dubai, as well as in the Florida Keys."
March is now selling WaterCar kits and believes that body shops would be ideal to assemble them. Since he has a backlog of orders and can't make them fast enough, this might be the best time to jump into a sideline business by putting together WaterCar kits.
"The kits cost around $75,000, so there's plenty of room there for profit," March explained. "We'd like to get body shops from different regions of the country involved, especially those that are close to lakes or the ocean, for example," March said. "They already have all of the equipment needed to assemble the kits and paint them, etc. If you can assemble a Volkswagen, you can do this. You have to install the motor and transmission, do the upholstery, and paint it. A body shop can do the job in three to four weeks, and if they really want to fast track it, they can do it in a week. It might be a good additional source of revenue for them, and they will definitely get some attention for these WaterCars."
We asked March what the future looks like for the WaterCar and he said, "I think it's definitely bright. Once people start seeing them more and more, they'll want them. The next big thing we'd love to do with the WaterCar is take a trip down the English Channel by Big Ben and then all the way to the Eiffel Tower. I'm pretty sure that would get some attention from the people at the Guinness Book of Records!"


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Batman #31
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If Scott Snyder were able to write a story for Greg Capullo that only featured Batman on a motorbike for twenty-two pages, it would be a smash hit. The duo come together for "Batman" #31, the second installment of "Savage City," and give readers just a taste of Batman and said motorbike. For good measure, Snyder throws in some lions, just to give Batman something to punch.
As campy as that might seem, Snyder spins it all into the downtrodden setting of Gotham City during "Zero Year," making it all too real with depressed masses huddling together, hoping for something more. The writer uses "Batman" #31 to underscore the importance of Batman relying on others for help as he works to save the city and stop the Riddler. Snyder also throws in a flashback to Bruce Wayne's formative years, as the alter ego of the Dark Knight has to work his way through a very personal story problem in a math class that threatens to be the death of him — or at least his sanity. How the resolution of that thread connects to the fight against the Riddler is set aside for a future issue of "Batman," as this issue focuses on the chess game between Riddler and the fledgling Dark Knight, but leaves the reader hanging on that flashback. In the current period for "Batman" #31, in his collaborations with Lucius Fox and Jim Gordon, Batman realizes he needs more than just his own wits and evolving skills. Snyder also leaves plenty of room for Batman to kick some butt in a story that reads like a grown-up, recently uncovered adventure from the old Batman television show.
FCO Plascencia's colors are still bravely celebrating the unheralded boldest and brightest crayons in the box. Magenta, orange, teal, gold, purple, red-orange and lime green fill the panels with attention-grabbing color more inline with the hues one would expect from "Batman '66" than from Snyder and Capullo's grim, gritty and determined "Batman" in the New 52, covering that gap nicely. Despite the life-or-death severity of the story, Capullo's art carries the usual animated bounce. On occasion that bounce is extreme, such as Gordon's leap to a subway tunnel, but the extreme is what this story demands. The visuals give Snyder's story a jarring contradictory appearance, which does a solid job luring the reader in as the color palette works hypnotic magic. If readers were to read the script to "Batman" #31 completely independently of the art, odds are they would never conceive of the visuals Capullo, inker Danny Miki and colorist Plascencia have committed to these pages. Yet, it all comes together to be a daring new Batman adventure. Even letterer Steve Wands finds his stride, helping preserve details in Capullo's artwork, regardless of the amount of dialog that any one panel contains.
"Batman" #31 is yet another durable comic in the "Zero Year" story, which is quickly accumulating as a Batman tale begging to be re-read in its entirety from start to finish. As a sample of that grandiose adventure, this comic book has a lot to offer readers, but even more for readers with deeper experience following the character and this issue's creators. This is a building block in the evolution of Batman and Snyder and Capullo are sharing the construction process with the readers as the structure nears completion.


text: The trial of Officer Caesar Goodson for his involvement in the death of Freddie Gray was always going to be the highest-profile case, among the trials of the six officers accused. Goodson was driving the van in which Gray was loaded on the morning of April 19, 2015. By the time the van arrived at a police station less than hour later, Gray's spine was nearly severed, and he would die several days later. Prosecutors brought an unusually strong slate of charges against the officers involved, especially Goodson, who is accused of depraved-heart murder, the gravest of the charges in the case.


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Steampunk Sarah Palin Comic Book
Steampunk and Sarah Palin are two things I honestly never thought would combine, but Antarctic Press recently released a one-shot comic book that did just that. In Steampunk Palin by Fred Perry and Ben Dunn, an explosion turns Palin into a steam-powered partial robot. Apparently, Barack Obama, John McCain, and Al Gore all make appearances as well. I'm not making this up! To read more about Steampunk Palin, check out this hilarious review at Comics Alliance ("Steampunk Palin defies classification into any literary genre, unless there's a genre I'm unaware of simply called 'WTF?!?'").
Synopsis of Steampunk Palin:
Energy catastrophe has struck worldwide! Massive oil spills, nuclear meltdowns and more leave us desperate for viable energy sources to rebuild global society and technology. Inspired by a little tea party, Sarah Palin hits upon the answer: steam power! She begins the "Steam Initiative", touting geothermal energy as the cure for what ails ya. The heads of Big Oil and Nuclear Power are less than happy with this trend, and they send their agents to do in the Rogue Republican. Luckily, she comes prepared with a set of steam-powered armor! (Standard equipment, don'cha know.)
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State hikes VAT, petrol price as it prepares for GST rollout
MUMBAI: From electronic goods and four-wheelers to petrol and spices, a number of consumer durables and food products are set to get costlier with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)led government approving a hike to value-added tax (VAT) for the second time this fiscal, citing rising expenses on the state's various infrastructure development schemes.
The state cabinet on Friday decided to increase the price of petrol by Rs1.50 a litre and hiked VAT for two tax brackets by 0.5%
and 1%, respectively. The price of diesel will, however, remain unchanged. The changes will be effective from Friday midnight.
With this hike, goods that were earlier charged a VAT of 12.5%, will now be taxed at 13.5%.
Similarly, goods that were taxed 5.5% will now be evaluated at 6%. Earlier this year, the state government, as part of its annual budget, had decided to up the tax rate for these goods to 5.5% from 5%.


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Some short performance before dinner and continue with speech given by all guest in honors.
* Mr Ananth Lazarus *
* Prof Datuk Dr Ahmad Yusoff *
* Datuk Ab. Rahim Md. Noor *
So this are the foods we had for our dinner. Not reli satisfied with it and very disappointed. As 5 star hotel the food was not up to standard =X
And next is group presentation! The first group that out is Cyber Knightz
Followed up by Filius Educata
And finally, Asia Science.
And here are the list of winners :
* Innovation Award : Cyber Knightz (UCTI) *
* Phone 7 Award : V-Real (TARC) *
* Azure Award : RGBY (UKM) *
* Presentation Super Stars : Asia Science (UCTI) *
* Merit Award : RGBY (UKM) *
* Merit Award : KCast (KDU) *
* Merit Award : Excalibur (UTM) *
Excited to know who are the champions among the 3 team? here we go!
* 2nd Runner Up : Asian Science *
* 1st Runner Up : Filius Educata *
* Champion : Cyber Knightz *
Congratulation to all winners! As the Imagine Cup director said, everyone is the winner ;)
A final photo of us since we are the champion too LOLL
Imagine Cup 2011 official ended! phew it is tiring to liveblog especially wifi around here is not fast. Thanks for visiting jackieloi.com


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Carroll tames Kentucky!
Sparta – Loud Pedal Motorsports driver Drew Carroll has found himself snake bit in the spring segment of the Premier Racing League seasons so far, great runs, strong races, but just never quite could get the finishes he deserved. Starting P5 on the night behind Pole Sitter James Krahula, Drew got to the front of the field and stayed there.
The racing action was intense and door to door in the warm Kentucky night, 5 different leaders paced the field for 8 lead changes.
Green flag was also the name of the game, as the race was only slowed 2 times by caution. The first green flag run was for 58 laps.
The lead cycled between James Krahula, Brian Yaczik, Drew Carroll, and Rick Thompson using a different strategy to try to grab the win.
The first caution came out when the #05 of Tommy Emasie spun off of turn 2, not hitting the wall. The 2nd caution came when the #75 of Casey Campbell had issues off of turn 4, which setup the final trip down pitlane, which saw Krahula get the lead out of the pits over Yaczik and Carroll.
The restart saw frantic action, where every position was up for grabs, and drivers were going 2 and 3 wide around the 1.5 mile oval. Lots of rubbing, but no wrecking.
The winning pass came out of turn 4 with 15 laps to go. From there the 87 and the 4 never got more than 3 tenths apart over the finish of the race.
Drew grabbed his first win of the 2017 campaign.
"I'm so happy to get a win in PRL in any of the series out of the way" said Carroll in the virtual victory lane. "Just proud of everbody at LPM and so happy we could get a win tonight!" James Krahula found the 2nd step on the podium, after a thrilling battle to the end. "I was better on the longer run the entire night" said Krahula, "Overall it was a pretty fun race racing with Brian and Drew".
Yaczik came onto pit road that final time with the lead, but ended up coming out 3rd. "Yeah, I slid through my stall" said Yaczik to GSRC. "3rd place is acceptable because its a good points night"
Speaking of points, Yaczik continues his points lead by 47 points over James Krahula and Tyler Dalton, who are tied for 2nd in points.
The series is back in action turning left and right at Mid-Ohio for the segment 1 finale next Sunday!


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This small, 12 cm x 10 cm (5" x 4"), zipped change purse was made at the request of a friend who wanted a soft squishy purse she could take with her to the gym which carried her keys, change and credit card.
Made from 100% pure new wool. Wool is naturally stain and damp resistant.
Made from the classic and most popular MacLeod 'Harris Tweed', a brown, green and blue plaid and lined in a cream patterned cotton lining (may vary from photos but will be a neutral cotton). There's no stiffener in this pouch.
Finished off with an authentic 'Harris Tweed' label and a leather zip pull.
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After the World Championship 2014, the next major League of Legends tournament would be the one-time Expansion tournament. The number of teams from NA LCS and EU LCS will increase from 8 to 10 and they will conduct this one-time Expansion tournament to determine the final two teams that will make it into the 2015 LCS Spring Split for each region.
Find out more about the League of Legends Expansion tournament
New movement policy
A new movement policy was introduced to all major professional and semi-professional leagues (e.g. LCS, OGN, LPL, etc.) and a residency requirement will be imposed for NA and EU teams. This policy will require teams from NA and EU to have at least three of their starting players present in any given game comply with the new residency requirement, and teams can still let foreign players into their roster for a maximum of 2 players.
The new residency requirement will limit player movement especially from forming a team comprised of mostly foreign players. Teams will have a balance combination of local and foreign players and such all major leagues – NA (LCS & CS), Europe (LCS & CS), China (LPL & LSPL), Korea (OGN, Masters, NLB), and SEA/Taiwan (GPL & LNL) – around the world will adopt this new policy.
A player is treated as a "Resident" of a region if the player has been residing in that particular region for at least 24 months prior to the game the player will participate.
Acquisition restrictions
Another motion in the Expansion Tournament is the acquisition restrictions. Amateur teams from the Ranked 5s ladder have a shot at one of the spot in the LCS without having to go through the Challenger Series while teams from Challenger Series can win a spot in the LCS by playing other Challenger Series teams or by playing amateur Ranked 5s teams.
These types of scenario are impossible in the past split and in regards to these distinct situations, Riot have placed acquisition restrictions on this tournament:
"No individual, organization, or legal entity with a stake in one or more teams playing in the Expansion Tournament may obtain an ownership stake in another Expansion Tournament team without divesting their previous stake(s)."
These prevent owners and individuals from buying a stake in two Challenger Series teams because it would not guarantee an advantage when progressing through the tournament.
For more information on the player movement and acquisition restrictions, see the official Riot post.


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Last Games For Dorchester and Weymouth, Bridport On Final Week
11:08am 27th April 2013
It's the last game of the season for both Dorchester and Weymouth, but Bridport's fixture back log means they play on till next Thursday.
Magpies need just one point at home to Weston-super-Mare to beat their Blue Square Conference South points record set in the 2004/5 season when Mark Morris' side amassed 62 points.
Terras complete their Evo-Stik Premier fixture list with a trip to Arlesey Town, who are chasing a promotion play off place.
Bridport play the second of a run of 4 matches in 7 days when they visit Bitton in the Toolstation Western Premier.
On Thursday night they played at Brislington. Still to come are 2 home games...a local derby against Gillingham Town on Tuesday(30th April) before they complete their season with the visit of Longwell Green Sports on Thursday May 2nd.
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September 21st, 2016
For Immediate Release
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Group learning from Israel's thriving tech and innovation sector; delegation follows success of inaugural Miami seminar last year, with funding from Knight Foundation
(Jerusalem, Israel) – A delegation of influential Miami entrepreneurs and leaders in the tech start-up community is in Israel with AJC Project Interchange (American Jewish Committee), to learn from the country's thriving tech and innovation sector while sharing best practices and making connections.
Now in its second year, the knowledge exchange launched in 2015 with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Last year's inaugural delegation of Miami entrepreneurs resulted in a landmark Miami-Israel Startup Nation Conference and a knowledge-sharing agreement between Tel Aviv University and the Miami-Dade College Idea Center, an entrepreneurship hub, which launched in 2014 with Knight Foundation support.
The intensive trip and workshop in Israel's globally-recognized tech and innovation sector, dubbed the "Start Up Nation," is intended to provide participants the opportunity to broaden their networks and encourage collaboration. The delegation will gain exposure to Israel's highly diverse tech sector, which has helped fuel and sustain rapid economic growth in Israel.
The delegation will participate in Tel Aviv's DLD Innovation Conference, designed to connect international tech and entrepreneurial communities with high tech and business leaders in Israel. Workshops will highlight key drivers of innovation in these areas, introducing the delegation to leading entrepreneurs and investors, including policies that foster and encourage innovation and practices that can be replicated in Miami.
Robin Levenston, Project Interchange Executive Director, stated, "AJC Project Interchange is delighted to connect these Miami high tech leaders and entrepreneurs to Israel's world-class research and innovation, its unique academia-to-technology transfer programs, and its emphasis on integrating immigrants into the country's society; key areas for collaboration that can truly benefit the greater Miami community and beyond."
The Project Interchange delegation includes entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, and experts in the nonprofit and academic sectors focused on bringing innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship to Miami. Brian Siegal, AJC Miami director, and Matt Haggman, Knight Foundation Program Director for Miami, are accompanying the participants on the trip.
Haggman stated: "Project Interchange is a great example of the power of positive collaboration. In its first year, it led to a new partnership between Miami Dade College's Idea Center and Tel Aviv University aimed at developing the innovators of tomorrow through shared lessons and connected problem solving. With this second knowledge exchange, we hope to strengthen what has been started—introducing more Miami entrepreneurs to a global network of business and tech leaders."
Support for Project Interchange forms part of Knight Foundation's efforts to invest in Miami's emerging innovators and entrepreneurs as a tool to build community, while fostering talent and expanding opportunity. Over the past two years, Knight Foundation has made more than 200 investments in entrepreneurship in South Florida.
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Mahashivaratri falls on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Phalguna (February-March), and is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva. Mahashivaratri this year will be celebrated at Arunachala Shiva Sthalams on the night of March 13 through March 14, 2010; NOT in FEBRUARY. On this night Shiva Temples in Tiruvannamalai will follow the lead of the famous Arunachaleswarar Temple and stay open all night. To those who wish to make plans to attend the Big Temple through the night of Mahashivaratri, below are listed the sequence of pujas which will occur either in or around the Siva Sannidhi of Arunachaleswarar Temple:
Mahashivaratri Kala Pujas: March 13th – March 14th, 2010
1st Kala Puja [9.00 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.]
2nd Kala Puja [12.00 a.m.– 2.00 a.m.] Lingodhava Puja
3rd Kala Puja [3.00 a.m. – 4.00 a.m.] Thazhampoo (Flower) Puja
4th Kala Puja [5.00 a.m. – completes before sunrise]
Above major Pujas to be followed by pujas to Chandikeswara and Bhairava
While almost all other festivals are celebrated during the day, Mahashivaratri is celebrated at night, which stands for all that is evil: injustice, ignorance, darkness, sin, violence, treachery, falsehood, and misfortune. Mythology says that Shiva appeared to save the world from Tamoguna (darkness and ignorance).
Shiva symbolizes the atman (self), and worship of Shiva denotes meditation and contemplation by an individual on his or her own self. Thus the only way to achieve peace and happiness is by worshipping Shiva at night, that is, by meditating on one's own self during the night when the individual is free from the distractions of the physical world. In the case of Arunachala, premier Shiva site of South India, circumbulation of Arunachala Hill will be observed by many.
The name Shiva signifies a quality that means 'Auspicious' or 'The Auspicious One'. To a few, Shiva is Paramatma, Brahman, the Absolute, but many more prefer to see Shiva as a personal God given to compassion for his worshippers, and the dispenser of both spiritual and material blessings. Related to the Absolute concept is Shiva as Yoganath, the Lord of Yoga, wherein he becomes teacher, path and goal. As such he is the Adi Guru or Highest Guru of sannyasins who have renounced the world to attain the Absolute.
Even though the Temple Mahashivaratri functions will not be celebrated at this Shiva Sthalam until March, many pilgrims (especially from Andhra Pradesh) are already arriving to perform girivalam during this most auspicious time.
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Two rounds of the Survey of Adult Skills are under way: Round 1 (2008-13) with 24 participating countries, whose results were released in October 2013, and Round 2 (2012-16) with 9 participating countries, whose results will be released in 2016. A third round is scheduled to begin in May 2014.
France's Official Development Assistance was USD 12.1 billion in 2012, making it the 4th largest member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee in terms of the volume of aid.
Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables
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Gains in female education attainment have contributed to a worldwide increase in women's participation in the labour force, but considerable gaps remain in working hours, conditions of employment and earnings. More specific data for France are available in this country note.
Is growth possible in all OECD regions? Evidence suggests that it is. This report argues that helping underdeveloped regions to catch up with more developed ones will have a positive impact on a country's national growth overall, and that such growth helps to build a fairer society, in which no region's citizens are left behind.
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Ce document présente les principales recommandations de l'OCDE pour la France dans des domaines essentiels tels que la croissance et l'emploi (efficacité des services publics, système financier, innovation, fonctionnement des marchés des produits et du travail, éducation, retraites, réforme fiscale, croissance verte et agriculture) et la justice sociale (santé, logement, famille, jeunesse, intégration).
This overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases focuses on government policies relating to livestock health systems and compensation scheme designs, and includes case studies of Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands and Viet Nam.
How can government policies move towards increasing agricultural innovation and improving productivity? This OECD conference shared case studies and ideas from Europe, China, United States, India, Africa, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
This book draws on work on green innovation across several parts of the OECD to show how it can drive sustainable growth and job creation. It explores policy actions for the deployment of new technologies and innovations as they emerge.


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Naked Foods stocks organic and locally sourced nuts, beans, lentils, dried fruits, jams, flours and rice, spices, teas and a variety of snacks such as carob coated popcorn. There is also fresh-roasted almond butter to purchase straight from the glossy churning machine. Containers and jars are supplied, but you can also bring your own. Alongside the vast array of edible ingredients, Naked Foods also stocks a range of non-edible products such as shampoos, flowers, oils, and soaps.
With 600 different products, the shop can at first seem overwhelming. But with well-labelled goods, friendly staff and in-store nutritionists, the experience is relaxed and informative.
Naked Foods also has a web store and stalls the Hornsby, Parramatta, Bondi Beach and Lane Cove farmers' markets.
The people at Naked Foods believe food should be consumed as close as possible to the way they are produced in nature. Combining the relaxed atmosphere of the store with a serve-yourself set-up and info straight from nutritionists, you can see why people are switching from the usual commercial supermarkets.


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From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for giving us the opportunity to share so many wonderful memories with your children.
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The Secretary's Regional Conferences on Vocational Education, Denver. Summary, 1971.
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
At this Region VIII conference called by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 150 participants from six western states met to discuss how career education needs of youth and adults and the needs of the economy are being met by schools in their communities, to determine the role that vocational education is playing in the process, and to identify methods of redirecting education in the 1970's in order to prepare students for immediate employment or further education. The consensus of the 2-day conference was that the present educational system is not adequately meeting the career educational needs of students, particularly for those who choose careers requiring education and training at less than the baccalaureate degree level. Regarding the integration of vocational-technical education with general or academically-oriented education, concern centered around the possibility that an integrated system at the elementary and secondary levels would be focused on orientation to work, vocational guidance and exploration, but would fail to be specific enough to acquire an entry-level marketable skill and would delay specific preparation until postsecondary level. Summaries of conference activities are included. Other regional conference reports are available as VT 013 385, VT 013 386, VT 014 205-014 210, and VT 014 228 in this issue. (SB)
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Artist Reception for William Neill
An artist's reception was held on Friday, February 27th for artist William Neill, whose photographs are currently on display at The Ansel Adams Gallery.
Yosemite Classics - Photographs by William Neill will run through April 13th. To view a slide show of this exhibit, please visit our current exhibit page online at www.anseladams.com.
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"Buttery egg delight. Based on the recipe of the surrealist painter Francois Picabia, to be found in the Alice B Toklas Cook Book, near the recipe for Hashish Cookies. Not for people on a diet."
READY IN:17mins
Ingredients Nutrition
- 12 egg yolks (Get only the yolks from a dozen eggs.)
- 1⁄2 lb butter (Cut a half a pound of butter into smitherings)
- Mix the yolks with a fork over the lowest possible heat, while adding the smidgens and smitherings of butter, so that the eggs do not cook, but the butter melts.
- Picabia thought that this concoction was a study in texture.
- I had to get rid of it, so I put it into a slow oven for 15 minutes.
- What came out was a delicious egg sponge.
- Very fat with cholesterol, but dressed with maybe strawberry jam, food to die for!
- Stir the yolks.
- Heat them on the lowest possible level, while adding the smidgens of butter, so that the butter melts, but the eggs do not cook.
- This is what the great surrealist painter Picabia called a study in texture.
- If, like me, you find it revolting.
- put the glop in a baking dish.
- setting your oven to about 325 for ten or fifteen minutes, and you will have lots of calories and cholesterol, and utter delectation (a dab of strawberry jam would zap the zap): Egg Sponge!
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UYSA Scholarships
Below you will find college scholarship opportunities for UYSA members graduating this year.
Instructions on how to apply for these scholarships are on the forms.
**College Scholarships for the 2017-18 year are CLOSED.**
Scholarships will be awarded at the Utah Youth Soccer Association Awards Gala on Friday Feb 2 at the Zermatt in Midway. All recipients are asked to be in attendance.
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Ashley Iocco
So far less annoying than I thought .. still has the crazy eyes and reminds me of Karen from BB5? Not sure lol
I think she is going to get on my nerves.
Me too Marty! Hope she calms down a bit!!
I can't tell..A brainy, cagey actress or totally niave! if she has her own business I don't thinks she's a dummy. The problem is I didn't see enough! This episode went by WAY too fast! I need more! I wanted 3 more hours! I have things to do tomorrow but I just might wait up for BBAD
So far, she's my favorite.
This girl is definitely different and not in a good way.
still havent got a good read on her
need to see more
to see if she is certified crazy or not
WOW!!!! If slop has hit her this bad this early she better hope she is not on Slop for the rest of her time in the house then. WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!
She was crying saying I don't think Janelle likes me. They were in the have not room and she said there are not camera's in here right? She said they just do one room at a time? ding dong
haha.. i love this girl! she is so funny.
Has anyone else been watching ashley? She's completely stoned. Did BB give her narcotics?
She said people think she's dingy. Well... Still I can relate to her a little in my ADD-ness. So she's all right in my book so far.
I think BB must have given her something for her back pain. She can barely come up with a complete sentence.
Lol! Could be a cocktail of meds.
Not ditzy... just dumb.SUPPOSEDLY graduates from one of the top ten schools to what? Be a portable spray-tanner? Classic.
Is there top ten spray tanning schools?
She'll be so easy to hate...
I concur.
No, she said she graduated from a Big Ten school.
If it says shes from Pittsburgh, chances are she went to Penn State.
I haven't seen much of her yet other than what they aired but as far as first impressions go, I like her.
Doesn't seem stuck up (which I assumed she might be at first glance).
Yeah so she just said, "I don't even want to think or make decisions. I just want people to tell me what to do." Not even sure why she's there.
Actually, Ashley is being sued for ditching the porn film she was contracted to star in so she could be on Big Brother. She seems a little spaced out to me.
She does have a very successful business. She is one of the top spray tanners in New York. Google mobile spray tanning. With the way businesses are dropping left and right here I think it's impressive. There are tons of people out there who don't even have a job.


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The Kootenay ICE Hockey Club announced Wednesday it's reassigned 2001-born defenceman Nolan Orzeck.
Orzeck appeared in three pre-season games in 2017 collecting two assists and two penalty minutes.
The Calgary, Alberta native was drafted by the ICE in the fourth round (#67 overall) in 2016.
The following is the list of 30 players on the ICE pre-season roster:
Mario Petit, Jesse Makaj, Bailey Brkin, Kurtis Chapman
Martin Bodak, Cale Fleury, Jordan Henderson, Dallas Hines, Sam Huston, Zachary Patrick, Ryan Pouliot, Bobby Russell, Loeden Schaufler, Tyler Strath
Blake Allan, Brett Davis, Jake Elmer, Cameron Hausinger, Michael King, Gilian Kohler, Peyton Krebs, Colton Kroeker, Eli Lieffers, Vince Loschiavo, Barrett Sheen, Tanner Sidaway, Sebastian Streu, Kaeden Taphorn, Keenan Taphorn, Evan Thomas
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The Mark Twain Wild West Fest to Round Up Vendors
All Day Street Fair, Saturday, October 15, 2016
For additional info, please contact:
Christopher Buttner, Marketing Director
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Angels Camp, California – September 1, 2016 – The Mark Twain Wild West Fest, Saturday, October 15, 2016, from 10 am to 5 pm, on Main Street in historic downtown Angels Camp, is putting the final call out to rustle up additional vendors. Over 6,000 to 8,000 people are expected to attend making the Mark Twain Wild West Fest the last big Calaveras street party and vending bonanza event that will close out the warm weather festival season with a bang.
The festival is expected to feature 80 vendors and purveyors of all products, including arts, crafts, food, beverages, and local services, but festival logistics have been improved to allow for the addition of up to 20 more vendors. Businesses and artisans wishing to secure vendor space may submit their application online at http://marktwainwildwestfest.com/vendors/
The newly launched website offers a fast and easy vendor application process and payment interface. With both Super Early Bird and Early Riser special discount opportunities sold-out, the cost-effective Mark Twain Wild West Fest is offering the remaining 10×10 vendor spaces for $150.00 if paid by September 30, 2016. For Angels Camp Business Association Members, vendor spaces are only $100.00 and Non-profit vendor spaces are a mere $40.00. Become a member of the Angels Camp Business Association for $75 and get your vendor space at the $100 member rate. Membership is good through 2017, so participating companies will be eligible for the member rate for the 2017 Mark Twain Wild West Fest.
The Mark Twain Wild West Fest promises to be a living interpretation and celebration of the 19th Century Wild West Gold Rush-era of the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode. Featured are three stages of non-stop music, comedy and entertainment; roving street performers, magicians, jugglers, musicians, honky-tonk piano players and dance hall girls; beer, wine and food; gun-slinging cowboys and outlaws and shoot-out reenactments, as well as villains and damsels in distress; gold miners, their encampment and gold panning demonstrations; a flapjack breakfast, and a custom car show. The day is capped by a 4-hour evening live music concert and dancing under the stars in Utica Park. Attendees are strongly encouraged to attend in costume… Wild West, Western, Gold Rush, Edwardian, Victorian, Gothic and even Steampunk attire of the era. Admission and parking are FREE all day.
The Mark Twain Wild West Fest began as the Gold Rush Day in 2012 to honor the special milestones in Angels Camp history. The 2015 event was cancelled due to the Butte Fire. As plans began in 2016, the Angels Camp Commemorative Committee realized not only did Mark Twain have a lasting influence on Angels Camp, where he found his voice and world-wide fame in the creation of his tale, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, but there was much more history to be told through the creation of a more dramatic, expressive, expansive and immersive Sierra Nevada Mother Lode historical festival event.
Volunteers are needed for set-up and clean-up, parking, traffic control and other duties. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com
For additional event information and schedule of entertainment, visit: http://www.marktwainwildwestfest.com and for comprehensive visitor and lodging information, visit www.gocalaveras.com
- What: The Mark Twain Wild West Fest presented by the Angels Camp Commemorative Committee – http://www.marktwainwildwestfest.com
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2016
- Time: 10 am to 9 pm – Street Festival from 10 am to 5 pm – Utica Park Evening Music Festival: 5 pm to 9 pm
- Where: Highway 49, "Main Street" Angels Camp, California. Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/LxZeZe2NND62
- Admission: FREE!
- Age: All Ages and 21+ to drink alcoholic beverages.
- Attire: Period costumes strongly encouraged. Wild West, Western, Gold Rush, Edwardian, Victorian, Gothic and even Steampunk.
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marktwainwildwestfest
- Public Transportation and Parking: Complimentary shuttle service will be provided from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm from the parking lots at the Bret Harte High School (Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/Zg4PW59CVyu) and the Calaveras County Fairgrounds (Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/hg92yEuxhYN2).
- Media Inquiries: Christopher Buttner: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Sacre bleu! Apple's high price, marginal gain iPhone strategy leaves it stuck in the mud
Ha ha ha ha ha ha... stroll on...
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Thats what Steve Balmer said in 2007 and we know who had the last laugh...
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Thats what Steve Balmer said in 2007 and we know who had the last laugh...
The difference in 2007 was that it was new and there were a number of big steps forward in hardware design (gorilla glass), ui closely mated to the new capacitive screen and usability.
In 2017 - not so much. Every "new" feature it has is already shipping in multiple android phones, some of them not even high end.
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The opening paragraphs are perhaps the most relevant - there is not likely to be an audience of 20% of the smartphone market who fancy splurging a thousand quid on a phone.
I'll grant that Apple have a long history of innovation. Yesterday's announcement feels like them attaching the milking machine to the cash cow's udders.
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Assuming Face ID is as well implemented as Touch ID, then people will be paying for a feature that, while not new, actually works well. A path well worn by Apple.
I do share the author's skepticism about the *convenience* of Face ID over Touch ID. For example, to pay with Apple Pay, I am used to simply pulling my phone out of my pocket, holding holding it over the transaction device & double-pressing the home button for authentication. It *seems* the Face ID equivalent is "pull my phone out of my pocket, double-press the power button, hold up to my face, hold up to transaction device?
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Veblen goods.
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And 20% marketshare... More like 12% these days, which correlates almost exactly the percentage of the population with an IQ less than 70...
Every "new" feature it has is already shipping in multiple android phones,
How dare you suggest this. Show me an android phone that allows you to turn your face into a turd emoji.....
Who says apple doesn't innovate and has run out of ideas...
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The difference is, the competition for the iPhone X is the iPhone 6+ in my bag, or the 6s+ that I can buy for a lot less than £1,149.
Can you give me a compelling reason why I should buy the iPhone X rather than go for one of these options?
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You only need to hold, not press, your finger over the home button while you present the phone to the card reader if you want to pay with your default card.
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"Assuming Face ID is as well implemented as Touch ID"
Well, I think that the demo showed just how well the face recognition works - i.e. it doesn't.
Apple can bleat on as long as they want about how wonderful a feature it is, but it simply isn't - it's a gimmick, and one that has already been shot down in flames by any number of people today alone. Compared with a fingerprint reader it's total cack, and unreliable cack at that. It's another solution looking for a problem which was cracked a long time ago with a proper PIN solution.
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> there is not likely to be an audience of 20% of the smartphone market who fancy splurging a thousand quid on a phone
I wouldn't be so sure. Anyone who's prepared to pay £850 for a top-end Samsung is likely to be happy to pay £1000 for an Apple - if only because it integrates so well with the rest of their Apple gear.
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It's easy to laugh, but for people like me a phone is a business expense and I don't really pay for it. And as a primary computing device, I don't mind spending $1000 on it - that's 1/2 of what I would have spent on a laptop 5 years ago. Having a larger screen in a smaller form factor is a huge plus when working in the field. Never mind that most people will just buy it on credit for ~$35/mo.
Is the price point outrageous? Not really. Not when you consider a Palm Treo was ~$600 in 2004 (about $800 today) and Blackberries were $800 15 years ago. Even a modern top-of-the-line phones are $700-$800, this is only $200 more. If $200 is an issue for you, then you should be rethinking your priorities and buy a much cheaper or second hand phone.
I think these will sell out easily - Apple will be laughing all the way and walking away with all the profits....
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"Yesterday's announcement feels like them attaching the milking machine to the cash cow's udders."
That's long been attached. They're now using a cannula to draw blood too. Dracula would be impressed.
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"I do share the author's skepticism about the *convenience* of Face ID over Touch ID."
Well, it might stop court cases and other demands by law enforcement on Apple to unlock a phone if all they have to do is power it on and point it at the suspects face.
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I suppose someone has to garner the Vertu end of the market.
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Per Apple, FaceID doesn't work if your eyes are closed. Or you can hit the power button a few times to disable FaceID until your security code is entered as you see the police approaching.
Or you can just rely on it not really working very well.
From what I read, the demo wasn't actually a failure of FaceID at all. It's just that the device they tried to demo with didn't actually have it turned on. Someone managed to freeze frame the error message, and it's something like "In order to enable FaceID on this device you must (blahblahblah)" or something along those lines. So it's not that the facial recognition failed, just a configuration issue.
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And 20% marketshare... More like 12% these days, which correlates almost exactly the percentage of the population with an IQ less than 70..
It's so unfair, why do the stupid people have all the money goddamnit!!!
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The difference is, the competition for the iPhone X is the iPhone 6+ in my bag, or the 6s+ that I can buy for a lot less than £1,149.
Can you give me a compelling reason why I should buy the iPhone X rather than go for one of these options?
Isn't that the point though? When the iPhone was released there was /the/ iPhone, but now, as the article briefly mentions, there's a whole range if you're after an Apple product, and whilst not cheap, they're not the eye gouging price of the X. Apple know this, ISTR that their biggest seller is the SE, the iPhone X is aimed fairly at the gold Apple watch brigade.
After watching the latter half of the keynote I thought Apple were really starting to lose their way, There were bits where the forced cheering was embarrassing. (wireless charging mat being a prime example). However the more I think about it the more I think Apple may actually be pretty good at this marketing stuff, all the media attention is focused on the X (even the 8 gets little mention seemingly) and that's how it's been for the last few generations, focus on the top end, whereas Apple have very quietly broadened their market without the perception that the brand is being cheapened. Even if in the last few years most of the coverage has been 'meh' at best it doesn't seem to matter. I remember reading many places how the watch was too expensive and going to be a flop; yet Apple are now the number #2 wearable maker. Crazy!
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They don't. They just have huge debts....
iPhones primary customerbase are people trying to prove they are a social status above where they actually are (of course most sensible people know that someone waving an iPhone around actually says the exact opposite).
The rise of payday loans, cash converters and brighthouse and £50/month phone contracts means that even the most useless chav can own the latest iPhone.
I see iPhone owner and instantly think "bellend"
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> "a thousand quid on a phone"
I could buy a car for that price. A fast car which would probably last 5 years if not 10.
I know where I'd rather spend the dosh.
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In other news, Apple have made giant strides in proving that you can in fact milk a sheep...
Stop Press! Craig Federighi mentions 'The Register' in 2017 Apple iPhone Keynote!
I was falling asleep at the unbelieveable 'bionic'/'town squares' OTT marketing baloney, when I heard the words "at The Register". My ears pricked up, what, did I hear that right? "at the... The Register?"
I immediately step the Keynote video back, 1hr:34m:30 secs, there it is, Craig Federighi, his own words "At The Register", what a twitter meme that would be!
Set to work folks. ;) We need a Friday article for this, with clip!
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In the demo (if you read the text on the screen on the phone) it was prompting for a password to enable FaceID.
This is normal iOS behaviour and exactly what it does with fingerprint ID. If the phone has been rebooted, it will not allow you to activate biometric security without entering the password first.
It was a presentation failure rather than a technology one.
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'It was a presentation failure rather than a technology one.'
Now try and imagine that happening with Jobs at the helm.
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Can you give me a compelling reason why I should buy the iPhone X rather than go for one of these options?
Yes. It'll just make you a better person.
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It rather reminds me of the Twentieth Anniversary Mac - anyone remember/buy that?
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You're talking about a R/C car aren't you?
A car that costs less than a grand isn't gonna make it through more than a couple of MOT's without costing you the same again.
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You use an iPhone as a *computing* *device*? I learned to type and graduated from finger painting when I was in primary school.
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I bought my last car for 400zb, over five years spent another 400zb on MOTs before somebody crashed into it and wrote it off.
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I was going to reply to this yesterday, but got sidetracked looking at cars for about a grand on autotrader : -)
I miss our old Nissan Terrano... and for a grand, one could be ours again.
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Friend of mine had one,.... looked all sleek and that, until you saw the power brick, and realised it was slick because half of it was on the floor.
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@AdamWill: Reminds me of that demo of Mercedes Benz' radar-assisted braking which ended up in negative distance between the demo car and the carefully placed obstacle. It made some rounds over the Internet in its time, and later Mercedes said that actually the driver forgot to engage the system.
But in case of Apple one would expect (based on fainbois' blabber as well as the musings of guys wearing a black turtleneck in front of other people) that a security feature is a security feature. And as such it shouldn't come with a sticker sayin 'Disable when in need of real security'.
Re: £1,149 why do the stupid people have all the money goddamnit!!!
That's actually the wrong question. The smart question is "why don't the smart people have all the money?"
I think I'll go and ask around in the pub.
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Absolutely. Every year I look to see whether it looks worth updating my phone. It took from the 3GS to the 6 for the first upgrade. I think the 6 will keep going for a few years yet. The only thing that I think the X could do that I'd like is an augmented reality version of 'on foot' turn by turn directions. Not really worth it for the enormous amount of money. Of course if they got rid of the appalling Lightning connector and went back to something that actually stayed connected, I'd buy such an iPhone like a shot!
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I thought I read somewhere that if you plug in a USB (or whatever the latest Apple connection standard is) the phone locks again and won't talk, so sucking out all the stored data just won't work that easily.
That's bound to piss off someone in the back room when an unlocked phone is brought to the office and it locks up again as soon as they plan to suck out the data...
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>Can you give me a compelling reason why I should buy the iPhone X rather than go for one of these options?
You bought stuff on iTunes and you don't want to buy it all again from google?
You may not buy it now, but eventually, you will. Those who buy now will hide the cost in longer contracts.
Posted from my iPhone 5, which I intend to keep and use for podcasts, maps, mail, phone calls and browsing while my wife shops.
iCloud is off.
The iPhone was unique because it could do one or two things (web and maps, but not much else) much better than the competition at the time.
A bit of an understatement - the whole UI was many orders of magnitude better, smoother, more intuitive and more fluid than anything that had existed before. We'd never seen anything like it. I think you forget how woeful Windows CE was - the slowness, the crappy UI, the 15 year old region-based GDI juddery screen redraws - changing from portrait to landscape mode on my old XDA involved 2-3 second screen delay whilst the UI tottered its way to stability. The iPhone just animated the flip. Wonderful!
But the iPhone X is just a bit odd really, and shows how closed and out of touch (no pun intended) the Apple culture has become. Jobs ran Apple like this because he thought he knew best, and he was often right. I have no idea what Cook thinks.
Touch ID was a brilliant idea, and beautifully executed by Apple - right there in the primary UI control. How could that be better? You don't have to hold the phone up, you can use it whilst it's in a dock without any odd spinal contortions. How is facial recognition really any better? That I don't get. And as for the price...
However, this will sell and sell and sell. Everyone lives on dreams and credit nowadays. £1,000 is nothing if you don't see it leaving your wallet.
Compare like with like
I know it's easy to say Windows CE / Mobile / Phone was crap and didn't provide a viable interface for web and mail, but much like people look at iDevice releases and see old copied technology as new, when the only new thing was the face matching emoji, you're not comparing like with like. Windows Mobile 5 with a good skin and after market apps (WM was more about after market even for core apps) was already do almost as easily and elegant (if that was what you wanted) as the 2007 iPhone. When the latter came out it was also hugely flawed - no cut and paste, no viable mobile data - I could go on.
By 2009, the HTC HD2 came out only 12 months after the iPhone 3G (the first really viable iPhone in my book). As a device it was leagues ahead of the iPhone of that generation with a bigger higher resolution capacitive display. It was also faster with better battery life and arguably the best and most sensibly built phone ever. It was thin, very hard wearing (had very strong alu rear that enabled replaceable battery and SD storage). WM6.5 at the time could be made to work almost exactly like the iPhone if you wanted it, but could also get hideously and wonderfully complex with full desktop like apps (Softmaker Office etc) if you wanted it. Yes, this wasn't for everyone, but looking at innovation - it was great. Beyond this it was amazingly future proof. I, like many migrated to Android and upgraded for years to later releases. Re stability - running aftermarket Android ROMs on a 5 year old device was demonstrable more stable than a 3 year old iPhone that was supposedly endlessly updateable. WM6.5 was a good, stable OS that was targeted at people that wanted a bit more control and options and the best 6.5 device in 2009 was leagues ahead of the iPhone. We mustn't keep comparing the first W CE device with the later iDevices and expect to be taken seriously.
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"Windows Mobile 5 with a good skin and after market apps (WM was more about after market even for core apps) was already do almost as easily and elegant (if that was what you wanted) as the 2007 iPhone."
Trouble is, the argument you are making is remarkably similar to the sort of argument often trotted out by people in love with Open Source.
The people who love Open Source will tell you "this software is the best thing since sliced bread and will do exactly the same thing as your overpriced software written by <insert name of your most hated vendor>"
Well sure. But the typical problem is with Open Source is that the documentation is patchy, you need to spend a lifetime hacking away with config files and begging for help on mailing lists, forums or just plain trawling Google. Plus with Open Source to achieve the same result you normally end up having to install 10 other Open Source packages, each with their own docs, configs, mailing lists etc.
Or you could just pay the <big evil vendor> and get a solution that works out of the box, and you have commercial support that gives you someone to shout at and an SLA they have to adhere to to get you a reply.
The argument is very similar to your "Windows Mobile plus good skin plus a bunch of after market apps" argument versus "the iPhone does it out of the box".
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I bought a Sony Xperia windows phone at roughly the same time the iPhone came out. It was utter shite compared to the iPhone.
The iPhone was unique because it could do one or two things (web and maps, but not much else) much better than the competition at the time.
Not quite sure I understand this quote from the article or your response.
The iPhone did not get Apple Maps until 2012, five years after its 2007 release. Ovi/Nokia Maps had been going for years before the iPhone's release and was a fully-featured solution based on Navteq's maps at the time that Apple Maps sent you down airport runways and other hilarious things.
Google Maps was released in 2008 and just ate data through a 3G or Edge connection while Ovi/Nokia maps let you download the countries you were interested in before leaving the house.
Or maybe it's me who's suffering from the Mandela effect...
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Sure but Apples whole ecosystem is built on open source, no open source and Apple would have gone bust years ago.
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"By 2009, the HTC HD2 came out only 12 months after the iPhone 3G (the first really viable iPhone in my book)"
Frikking 'A' dude. I too had an HTC HD2, and I was quite happy with it. I also agree that the iPhone 3G was the first viable iPhone, the v1 lacked many features available on other phones, so was rather lacklustre. My wife had a Nokia N95 at v1 release time, had an apps store, 3G, GPS, Maps, and a thoroughly decent camera.
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Actually, the typical problem with open source is how the documentation spends all its time bragging about how the code is open source, which language it was written in and which open source code libraries it uses, and how you can integrate this with your own apps, blah de blah. Example: Linphone.
Who gives a fuck?
Nowhere does the documentation I've found actually tell you how to *use* the bloody thing, in language non-techies can understand. And such documentation is needed, because its UI is confusing and clunky.
*That* is the problem with open source. It will continue to fail and be largely irrelevant until its makers are prepared to understand and accept that the mass of users treat this stuff as *appliances*, and rightly so. That was Jobs's genius insight with the original Mac.
"WM5 [...]was already do almost as easily and elegant..."
No.Usable, yes, elegant and easy, no.
The (real) killer feature of the iPhone was multitouch - a technology Apple acquired- it allowed for much faster and intuitive UIs - and simpler phones (no keyboard, no stylus) with a larger screen, which is also far more useful when you consume contents. The iPod traction and Apple branding were a bonus, they made the smartphone acceptable outside the business area.
Windows Mobile worked better with a keyboard and a stylus (you could use a finger nail, but was slower). I used a smartphone since the 2002 Treo 270, and tasks like web browsing, watching videos and following a GPS-driven map were less friendly on the smaller screens (and devices with sliding keyboards were bulkier).
Apple got the UI needed for a small screen, mobile device right. Microsoft for far too long attempted to put a desktop UI on them. It designed the excellent Metro interface too late - and made the mistake to put it on desktop, repeating the same mistake on the other direction - with its obsession of "one UI to rule them all".
Me, I don't forget how awful WM, Symbian, the "web tablets" etc were at the time - I complained about them non stop. It's all here.
Only an outsider like Apple could have given the industry the kick up the bum it needed. (Sony couldn't). The idea of bundling a data plan together with the phone (gasp), so the punter didn't get bill shock, was also ground-breaking at the time.
But £1,149? For a thing that is stylistically and functionally equivalent to a £600 thing. Really? That isn't £1,000 leaving your wallet, it's £550 flying out of your wallet, then laughing at you as it sails off to that Heaven's Gate spaceship they're building out in Cupertino.
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"Or you could just pay the <big evil vendor> and get a solution that works out of the box"
Provided that the <big evil vendor> solution works exactly the way you'd like it to work... Count me in as another fan of the old Windows Mobile devices - my first three smartphones all ran various iterations of WM, and I absolutely loved how open the OS was to allowing the end user to tweak stuff to their hearts content if the default way of doing things wasn't quite to their liking.
As someone who suffers from somewhat iffy colour vision, having the ability to knock up a custom colour scheme which was then respected by pretty much every part of the OS and third party apps, as opposed to the rather feeble lip-service usually paid to this sort of thing by many other OSs (and depressingly growing ever more feeble across ever more OSs as times goes on - don't get me started on how hostile "modern" UI design can be to people with less than perfect vision...) was an absolute godsend, and something I've missed ever since moving away from WM into the Android world. And that was just one of the countless things you could do with WM if you so desired.
So whilst I'll readily admit that WM wasn't a brilliant choice for the average user who just wanted a simple to use smartphone, and whilst the early iPhones genuinely did shake up the market in terms of making smartphones accessible from the moment you took them out of the box, it does frustrate me at the number of people who seem to equate "needs to be customised for your own personal preferences" with "can't do any of this stuff at all".


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Sateri Plans Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG—Wood-based specialty cellulose manufacturer Sateri International Group plans to raise US$1 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering in the second half of the year, people familiar with the situation said Thursday.
Sateri is owned by the paper-to-energy resources conglomerate RGE Group, which is controlled by Indonesian tycoon Sukanto Tanoto. Its head office is in Shanghai.