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We all know Google uses OKR ever since they had only 40 people, when they were just in a startup state. And they kept the routine even until now with more than 6000 employees around the globe.
You can grow like it, and here are 10 reasons why you should apply OKR right now into your team when you are small.
1. OKR promotes the inspiration of your top company goals among the team
The visibility of your big goals from the vision, mission into quarterly goal helps all the executives and members have the ideas of how they should set the tone and objectives for their own OKR to align with the company goals. It creates a connection among individuals, teams and company.
2. Mindset is the foundation for everything
When your company is small, and has just started, it is very easy to align the mindset to your peers with the scale from 1-20, even from 40-100. With the size of 2,000, it takes a lot more effort and time to roll out, many conversations to get your organization get used to, comfortable and master it.
It is always easier and more flexible to adjust small team than a big one.
3. Continuously review and change your process
With a small team, the most pros is that you are very flexible, and things happen real-time. It's a great chance to adjust and test, improve your process and bone that can maximize the productivity. With OKRs, your team goals & key results are always visible to show that you are on track, healthy, or your action does not work.
4. Focus can create strength
Since you are a startup, there will be various change you can pick up on the market, but sometimes these arising opportunities keep you away from your primary goals and make you fall into the wrong route. That could harm your business growing line. A small team can't be divided to focus on different goals that do not serve the primary objective.
With OKR, it keeps all members of your team acknowledge and very crystal clear about what to concentrate and what is not a matter and how to achieve it.
5. Shows the way to achieve goals
You will never know whether you reach the goals or not when you don't have a tool to show which way to go and measure the success. When it is clear, all your team needs is to keep fighting and achieving them.
6. Shows the reality
Focusing on the goal and how to achieve it is critical but knowing exactly your reality is also vital for your business. At early state, you don't have much resources and time to waste. Realize how far we are from the goal, what our current process is, whether it is excellent to push further or not. To have this data to analyze and keep adjusting monthly or weekly indeed will help your team have the best productivity effort to move in the right direction. For sure that you don't want to spend 3-6 months and realize that you are not on the right path or your team is not productive like you are expecting.
7. Builds discipline
It could take 5-10 mins a week but can save your month and year time. Some team just skip few minutes of quick catch-up, check-in or report. They said that there is too much task to do or some members are not comfortable to open up what they are working on and thinking. That is a very bad habit to your business. Without updates, you don't know what the process is, how far you are from your team and organization goals. Are you able to reach it or you need to adjust, change the approach way? OKRs check-in habit and transparency help you to highlight all the process, give you the precise summary for your next move.
8. Transparency helps to see where the effort is duplicated
Support team to have clear communication and help them not to overlap the work. OKR help you to kill the gap of miscommunication. You don't need your team to pick up the phone every day to ask what you are working on same objective. They just need to go to the OKR board to check the objectives of related members of the team to avoid the duplicate work.
9. Engaging & being recognized
With clear & transparent process, it helps you and your team recognize the effort and cheer up, applaud, congratulate one another when achieving the goals. This is such a way to light up and motivate the team. Not only that, it helps to make yourself recognized for you contribute to the big team as well. It reflects your work and earns personal branding. Besides, you should cheer up yourself too.
10. Doesn't make you fall into the trap of perfectionism
One of biggest failing points of the startup is that they keep trying their best to enhance the product in the wrong context. Why am I saying that?
· Remember you don't have big resources, and material support. It means having something delivered to the market will be better than having nothing.
· Your goal settings always can be edited. And with the help of OKRs, you will not be afraid that your team are not aware of the adjust and changes. So don't need to care about perfecting your goal, the only one thing you need to do is making your team move in right direction.


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Ta-Nehisi Coates writes in his blog at the Atlantic that while he can understand why Sean Bell's killers didn't go to jail, he is not convinced that an officer who made such a grave mistake should continue in his chosen line of work.
On the eve of his wedding Sean Bell was killed by the police. He was unarmed. He was not guilty of whatever the officers suspected of him. I can think of few qualities more essential to people charged with carrying guns in defense of the state than good judgement. Apparently, judgement is beside the point:
"This should not be getting looked at in the trial room at all," Mr. Lynch said. "The police officer felt that there was a weapon; his and other peoples' lives were in danger. He has an obligation and a right to stop that threat, and that's what he was doing."
A right. And not simply to not go to jail, but presumably to hit the street and shoot other people who the officer judges as a threat.
I have no reason to doubt that Officer Isnora when he says he thought members of Sean Bell's party were armed. But he thought wrong. Detective Isnora should be made to explore another career path.
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Captain America Prep: The First Avenger
Captain America: Civil War
is poised to gross a staggering $170-190 million this coming weekend and early word of mouth is only positive. Cap has been my favorite superhero since I first started reading comics as a 7 year old so seeing him become a popular culture and Marvel Cinematic Universe icon has been both gratifying and frustrating. Since 2008's
Iron Man
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Civil War
finds Cap at odds with Tony Stark's Iron Man over government regulation of super powered beings. To get ready for the film, I popped in my favorite MCU film so far, 2011's
Captain America: The First Avenger
. Coming off the heels of two
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
seemed like the most risky solo film as the red, white and blue clad fighting machine could potentially offput foreign audiences with the name and costume alone.
Joe Johnston, the director of
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Jurassic Park III
is in familiar territory here given the period setting and special effects driven action. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (
) craft the tale that begins and ends in the modern age but transports us back to 1942 for an origin story. The film does a great job of tying together so many elements of Captain America, from scrawny Steve Rogers becoming the subject of Operation: Rebirth, getting blasted with vita-rays to become bigger and stronger to career nemesis Johann Schmidt aka The Red Skull obtaining the Cosmic Cube, Cap's original triangle shield then Army outfit from The Ultimates to support from The Howling Commandos. Everything moves at a clip with lots of rock'em, sock'em fisticuffs and armies battling with Thompson machine guns, laser rifles and explosions galore. The cast is excellent throughout from leading man Chris Evans to fan favorite Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter with Tommy Lee Jones (especially amusing), Hugo Weaving, Dominic Cooper, Stanley Tucci and Sebastian Stan providing support.
First Avenger
would gross a healthy $370 million worldwide while Cap became the center of the MCU for better or for worse. Sequel
The Winter Soldier
contains arguably the best action of any Marvel film and grossed over $700 million worldwide.
still holds up as the most rewatchable Marvel flick for me as you just don't get too many superhero meets World War II Men on a Mission with a sci-fi tinge stories these days. The fights are well done with lots of punches and kicking shot in wide angles instead of up close and hyper edited.
is also surprisingly violent as lots of G.I.'s and baddies are shot, blowed up, thrown out of airplanes and one turned into meat sauce after meeting a plane propeller.
First Avenger
also has arguably the most subdued and melancholy finale as Cap crashes the Red Skull's giant ship into the arctic to save innocent lives while talking to his would be love Peggy before waking up in the modern age, 70 years out of his time. I still think it would have been more emotionally impacting if the film stuck to the comics death of Bucky as the two race a motorcycle down a runway, ramp off the end, grab onto a flying rocket then Steve's last memory is watching his best friend get blown up by a booby trapped door as he plummets into the ocean and takes an ice nap. But maybe that's just me.
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3 Oct 2016
Band Members Who've Decided To Go It Alone
These singers have proved there's life after being in a band. With all those egos floating around, who could blame them for choosing to go it alone?
We take a look at some of the acts who've proved that when it comes to great music, bigger doesn't always mean better.
Richard Ashcroft
Wigan's favourite sons The Verve have split so many times we're starting to lose track. When they called it a day for the third and likely final time, frontman Richard Ashcroft returned to his successful solo career. He released his fifth album, These People, earlier this year, and will be performing tracks from it when he headlines The O2 arena on 9 December.
@davebutter, you must've done something special to deserve such a treat.
Only been given tickets to see Richard Ashcroft at the o2 for Father's Day. Absolute winner— David Butterworth (@davebutter) June 19, 2016
Paul Rodgers
It's fair to say Paul Rodgers has been around the musical block. Once upon a time, he was the frontman for Free, then he was keeping Bad Company before becoming the voice of The Firm and The Law, and even stepping in to sing with Queen. He's also been a hugely successful solo artist.
But maybe going it alone isn't all it's cracked up to be, as thankfully he's back with Bad Company and performing at The O2 arena this October. @WendyLawrence4 knows what she's talking about.
@MitchellFuryon He's the man, Bad Company at O2 in October, the place to be 😎— Wendy Lawrence (@WendyLawrence4) August 5, 2016
Nicole Scherzinger
These days, Nicole Scherzinger is most famous for being a judge on The X Factor. She did, however, start off in the long-forgotten Eden's Crush before hitting the big time with burlesque troupe-turned girl band, Pussycat Dolls.
Since going solo, Scherzy's sold 16 million records, fronted numerous ad campaigns and even starred in a West End revival of Cats. Is there anything this girl can't do?
Not many people could leave a group as widely adored as Destiny's Child and become an even bigger star, but Beyoncé proved to be the exception to the rule.
In fact, she's reached a whole new level of stardom, to the point that when she briefly reunited with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams for her solo Superbowl performance, some people mistook them for Beyoncé's backing dancers. Oops.
Zayn Malik
One Direction might have decided to call it a day, but before they did, Zayn broke millions of Directioners' hearts when he announced he was leaving the band.
Looks like they soon got over it, though – earlier this year, Malik became the first UK male solo artist to have a debut album go to number one in the UK and the US. One who?
Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995 to go it alone. Two years later, he was on his way to becoming the best-selling UK solo artist of all time, with his first seven albums all going to number one.
He later reunited with his old bandmates to break a handful of world records but left again a year later. What can we say, Williams just prefers drumming to his own beat. Or is that singing to his own song?


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Add the baking soda and the onion. Stir well to coat the onion in the mixture. Set aside for 10 to 12 minutes.
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18 Things Your Daughter Needs To Know Before She Turns 18
The Barbie household has hit a huge milestone this month.
I now find myself parenting an adult child, with Miss M finally turning 18!
It's a scary concept watching a child make the transition into adulthood.
These days when teenagers are turning 18 they are still completing high school, therefore it is still this familiarity and routine dominating their lives each day. Essentially there is minimal change, however in my case it has been a huge year so far for Miss M.
She graduated high school last year and started has two university degrees this year, jumping out of a very small pond and into a much larger and deeper pond than she has ever encountered before.
This transition thankfully seems to have gone rather smoothly with her slotting into "Uni" life and absolutely thriving, she loves it!
Along with these changes, I have also seen a noticeable change in her quest for independence.
I have found myself battling to keep up.
Miss M has said, she has always felt like she has meant to be an adult, even from a young age.
I kind of skipped over the teenage years with her. One minute she was a little girl playing dress ups and dolls with her sister and the next she was an adult in a teenagers body.
She has always been mature and responsible way beyond her years. In fact the first words that my mother spoke to her as a newborn, on the day she was born were, "Oh my…. You have definitely been here before"…..
How can we prepare our teens to become adults and how can we make sure that they know everything they need to know to survive before that time comes.
Honestly do we really think they will ever be ready to leave the nest?
Things your daughter needs to know before she turns 18.
- Teach her that she should never ever pluck above her eyebrows. She should also never interfere with the natural line of her brow. Better yet, help her find a good beautician.
- Teach her how to use all household appliances. Teach her how to use the washing machine. Highlight the fact that "whites go with whites"! Teach her that woollens, definitely do not go in the dryer. Teach her that actually scraping and rinsing a plate before it goes in the dishwasher is beneficial for achieving that sparkling clean and better for the dishwasher too.
- Teach her how to change a tire and use jumper cables. You don't want her to be left stranded by the side of the road, dependent on anyone that just drives past.
- Teach her to respect alcohol. Yes this is the big scary one. Now that your teenager is 18 they can legally drink alcohol. In the years preceding this milestone, we did everything in household to encourage responsible drinking in front of our kids. They know that while alcohol is something to be enjoyed, it is also something to have in moderation. I'm not going to live in denial, I know I will possibly get that drunk phone call. You know the one… "Can you come and get me mum?" However I would much rather get that drunk phone call, put numerous vomit bags in the car and go and get her, than for her to try and make her own way home or perhaps get into a car with someone she shouldn't. I know she will call me, because I won't judge her, hell we have all been there and if she is that drunk, then the next morning could very well be punishment enough. If you have taught your teenager responsible drinking habits then hopefully these incidents are far and few between.
- Following on from the above point. Teach her to never, ever accept a drink from someone she doesn't know. Never leave a drink unattended EVER. Drink spiking is prevalent and it is such a scary thing. If someone offers to buy her a drink tell her to ask for an unopened bottle or go to the bar with them. It's a shame that girls have to think like this, but unfortunately it's the reality of the world we live in.
- Teach her how to manage money. Hopefully by now your teenager has a part time job and is at least helping fund her own busy social life, along with saving for those all important "wants". If not now is the time to teach her the value of money. Where it comes from and how to manage it. She needs to learn how to budget and realise that money definitely doesn't grow on trees.
- Teach her how to cook. This is not only important for long term survival, but I am also of the firm belief that all members of the household need to contribute and that includes helping with the cooking. It shouldn't always be left to Mum to prepare the nightly dinner.
- Make sure she has registered to vote before she turns 18. You never know when an election may be called and if she isn't on the electoral roll, then she can't vote. This is also a legal requirement and of course you don't want her to miss out on exercising her democratic right. You'd be surprised just how many teenagers can't wait to have their say. Make sure she is well informed and has weighed up all the options, also remember that this is her vote, not yours. Make sure she knows how to complete the ballot paper correctly, you would hate for her first election experience to be in vain.
- Teach her that having a boyfriend is not the be all and end all. Teach her that any partner has to treat her with respect and kindness above all else. If they don't then give them the flick…. fast.
- Teach her that scissors should never ever be used to cut anything other than paper, or material and definitely not her own hair.
- Teach her to hang onto to good friends. Friends that are honest with her. Friends that will tell her that her ass looks big in those jeans and friends that will tell her that her boyfriend is cheating on her are keepers. Good friends are hard to find. A glass of wine and a Netflix movie night with the girls can work wonders when all seems wrong with the world.
- Teach her that she doesn't have to make a final decision about her career and life now. Most people go through about 10 careers in their lifetime. She doesn't have to have it sorted yet.
- Teach her to exercise regularly, which is beneficial for her physical and mental health. Find a good doctor, especially for all her female bits and to start having regular check ups if she hasn't already. Get her skin checked annually and encourage her to also check it herself regularly, noting any unusual lumps and bumps. Her body is her temple.
- Find a good hairdresser. This is a really tricky one. In my experience just when you have found the stylist of your dreams, they pack up and move on. If she is lucky enough to find one for the long haul, tell her to stick with them.
- Teach her that her sisters are her best friends (or maybe her brothers). They are her blood, they are the ones who "get" her. They are the ones who have seen her at your worst and have seen her at her best. They are with her for the long haul. They depend on each other and help each other through the hard times and celebrate the good times.
- Teach her that knowledge is power. It's important that she learns things for herself and not to believe everything she hears. She should arm herself with an opinion, but make sure it is well informed and not ignorant. Teach her to respect the opinions of others, even if she doesn't agree with them. Teach her to never stop learning.
- Teach her to learn to trust her instincts. If something feels "off", then it generally is. Women's intuition is a powerful thing, help her to harness hers.
- Teach her that if she decides to do something, then to follow through with her decision. Never let anyone tell her, that she "can't". Teach her to never give up on her dreams. They are her dreams, no one else's. This is her life, she needs to get out there and grasp it with both hands and don't let go.
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Former Ambassador to Italy, Zafar Hilaly, has a column in today's Tribune that says what a lot of people may not want to admit about the UN report – that it serves as an indictment not only of Musharraf and his cronies in the intelligence, but of how low we had allowed our nation to sink. But despite this embarrassing record of crime and corruption in government, it also opens a new path to redemption. By accepting the truth of our past, we can change our course and finally put our nation back on track.
It confirms what we know in our hearts but are loath to have foreigners say, let alone document, viz, that we are a functioning kleptocracy, a vast criminal enterprise, that lives by no principles or laws and has no concept of right and wrong except that which promotes the interests of those who usurped power either on the point of a gun or by fixing the elections.
It is a sobering thought that all this is contained, in so many words, in a document that will be available to posterity and for anyone wanting to know what Pakistan represented. It contains not only what many know and have prattled about, but rather the findings of the formally designated representatives of the world community about the nature of our establishment, its mores and ethos.
This is something that perhaps we have all known in our hearts, that for too long we have been living under, as Hilaly calls it, "a functioning kleptocracy, a vast criminal enterprise, that lives by no principles or laws and has no concept of right and wrong except that which promotes the interests of those who usurped power either on the point of a gun or by fixing the elections."
But I think that Hilaly misses the opportunity to point out that this has largely been because we, the people, have not had the ability to do much about it. We have been held captive by political parties that operate as criminal enterprises, not open forums for representation. We have been bullied and threatened by corrupt police and intelligence agencies who work outside the bounds of the law and see no accountability for their actions.
It would be hard to sink lower than the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the whitewash that followed. But sometimes you have to fall hard enough to hit your head and realize that it's time to face reality, it's time to turn around and change direction before you destroy yourself completely.
There is a way that we can make amends and that is to let the chief justice lead a criminal investigation and put at his disposal all the resources of the state. We should request the authors of the UN report to attend and, at the conclusion of the enquiry, invite the Security Council to pass a resolution complementing Pakistan for having conducted a thorough investigation into a matter of which the Security Council remains seized.
That way perhaps we can show, albeit belatedly, that we the people can and never will become accomplices to a crime. It was right for President Asif Ali Zardari to call for a UN investigation. Those officials who opposed the investigation were the types that have long advised governments to lie, cheat, obfuscate and hide the truth those who speak the truth but only so that more can be hidden.
They are clerks and word merchants who long ago signed an armistice with the truth. Only such a move could have got the attention that Benazir's murder deserved. But, more importantly, it now gives Mr Zardari the strength and the moral authority to proceed fearlessly to bring those responsible to justice.
Mr Zardari must not allow anything to stand in his way, neither his job nor his life. He owes his wife a lot, but he owes Pakistan too. How fitting then for him to restore to his countrymen the honour, respect and dignity that many accuse him of squandering. He would truly have made amends. Benazir Bhutto, we know, would be proud of him.
For all of his faults, for all of his mistakes and weaknesses and blunders, Asif Ali Zardari has begun carving a new path for Pakistan. The UN report, the 18th Amendment – all of these things have caused screaming from the entrenched establishment because they know that the man who was never supposed to be President is now using his time in office to turn the country around.
Zardari may be a flawed character, but aren't all tragic heroes? Ultimately, his actions may destroy him. Certainly there seems to be a never-ending stream of attempts to unseat him from office. Some of this is out of hatred for the man, but how much is out of fear that he is upsetting the old order? That he has begun moving Pakistan onto a new path that will not tolerate kleptocracy, criminal enterprise, and political murders before the kleptocrats-in-waiting have their chance to loot the nation?
We are not required to like Zardari. We do not have to invite him to eat with us or forgive him for any past sins. But we ought to support him when is moving us away from the evils in our past, and changing the order so that a new generation of Hamid Guls and Zia-ul-Haqs will not be able to do to our children what happened to us and our parents before.
So do not tell me that the UN report is worthless. It has opened the gate to a better road, a road to redemption. The question is whether you have the courage to take the first step.


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By the calendar... Spring arrived this evening at 6:45. In reality, however, it was snowing (again). I'm feeling lucky because I have really beautiful flowers INSIDE right now. Honestly, I have tulips (4 kinds), daffodils, roses, hyacinths, orchids and lilies. Yeah. Unbelievable, right? I'm grateful for a birthday after a loooooong winter!
You can't blame me for letting loose a little with the paint.
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I admit I have an unhealthy fetish for abandoned and crumbling buildings. When we were together, K & I used to have an amazing time exploring (often by breaking in) dilapidated hunks of urban blight all over the world
It should come as no surprise, then, how exciting it was for me that we spent the day yesterday shooting in a disused cold war bunker built by Stalin to house the Politburo members and their families in the even of a US nuclear strike.
As it stands now, the structure is privately owned, and being repurposed for many uses; airsoft games, tours (complete with a mock nuclear attack), a haunted house, even a karaoke bar and nightclub. Still, the fucking thing is HUGE, and most of it is a waterlogged ruin.
In it's day, however, a tunnel ran directly to the bunker from the Kremlin, and at more than 300 feet below ground, it's likely the beast would have survived anything we threw at Moscow.
The pictures I posted here are from my phone, but I have great shots – and even better video – that will be going up once I get home. For now, let me just say yesterday was unassailably cool.
The Romans believed that Fortuna, the goddess of chance and destiny, moved your life slowly on a wheel so that you were always either on the way up, or on the way down. In between these parabola, events could describe mini-orbits that made the trip seem unstable, but on a long enough timeline, you were always somewhere on the big wheel.
I've spent the last four years or so making the downward trip, and it hasn't been fun. The wheel is massive enough that it seems as if you're wallowing around the bottom transit forever, but finally (I hesitate to say), I feel like I'm back on the rising circuit. While it's true that I'm still broke ($14.73 in the bank at this writing), and still buried under projects that are about as creatively satisfying as frying apple pies at McDognuts, all of that seems likely to change.
Cowboys & Engines is going really well. We haven't even set dates yet, but that's because a lot is happening behind the scenes. A lot I can't talk about — yet. Some people are going to be working on this project that I can't wait to announce, and every day more doors open to make it bigger and bigger. To say that the scope and potential of this short have grown by a factor of ten since it was first conceived isn't hyperbole at all. This movie is now becoming something that could transform the lives of everyone working on it. Well, maybe with the exception of James Deen, 'cuz he's on his way to being a star in his own right, so fuck him… ;)
Another thing I can't really talk about yet is the low-budget thriller I was the DP on last November. As so often happens with films, there have been several snags on the path to delivery and distribution, but that mostly seems to have been solved. Once we finish a few days of re-shoots & pickups, it's on its way to AFM screenings, festivals, and a theatrical release in both the US and the UK. I cannot tell you how excited I am to go sit in a movie theater and watch a movie that I shot. It may not be the greatest film ever, but for that 90 minutes, it will be to me.
Then there's Russia. Assuming our visa's come through as planned, on the 8th I'll be heading to Moscow for two weeks to shoot the sculpture of an artist named Grisha for an art collective in Dallas. Not only do I get to travel to a country I've never been to on someone else's dime, I'm getting paid pretty well for the privilege. When I get back, there's work waiting on the internet series I was cast in (I'm their version of Walter White,) Behind the Green Door with Paul Thomas (which I'm also very excited about), a couple of parodies with il Douché, the completion of Rob Black's Snow White (maybe… we'll see…), the Nightmoves Show and shooting for Stormy in Tampa, etc., etc.
Plus I'll be building a new editing system as soon as I get home, cramming in a lot of work for x3sixty (Paul Fishbein's television channel), and holding callbacks for Cowboys & Engines. I'll also finally be able to spill some of the rather large beans I've been keeping to myself about this thing.
On the home front, LL has moved in with me for a few months (much to Vega's dismay) after leaving her boyfriend. We aren't dating, and actually haven't even banged (yet) since she's been here, but we get along so well I have to admit it's nice. In a very subtle way, it has reminded me what's it's like to be in a relationship with a real person. The only issue has been her dog's fascination with my cats, and the cats' irresistible desire to whack said dog when she isn't looking.
I also want to mention that last week, I went to the live theatrical broadcast of the Rifftrax guys mocking Manos: The Hands of Fate, and it was awesome. If you don't know Rifftrax, it's basically the modern iteration of Mystery Science Theater 3000. If you don't know Manos, it is (unlike merely foul movies such as Plan 9 From Outer Space) truly one of the worst films ever made, and it was one of the most popular episodes of MST3K (An exhaustive history of Manos is available here). If you don't know Mystery Science Theater 3000, well… abandon all hope and kill yourself.
I'm assuming they have some form of internet in Moscow (coal-powered, I imagine) so I'll try to blog from there if I don't get the chance to post again before I go. In the meantime, I leave you with this small reminder of Clint Eastwood's amazing performance at the RNC last night:
Well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy."
It's been almost two years since I last posted this. Here, Tim Minchin performs what is, without doubt, the most awesome song about relationships ever:
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Jam (song)
|Single by Michael Jackson featuring Heavy D
|from the album Dangerous
|July 13, 1992
|VD single, Cassette single, 7", 12", Video single
|April 1991
|New jack swing[1]
5:40 (Album version)
4:10 (7" edit)
|Michael Jackson, René Moore, Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley
Michael Jackson
Teddy Riley
Bruce Swedien
|Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Jam" is a song by Michael Jackson. The song is the fourth single from his 1991 album Dangerous. It appears as track one on Dangerous and track two on his 2009 This Is It compilation album. The single was re-released in 2006 as part of Jackson's Visionary: The Video Singles collection and it was remixed to the Cirque du Soleil's Immortal World Tour, releasing that remix on the soundtrack album. "Jam" is a new jack swing song whose bridge features a rap performed by Heavy D (of the group Heavy D & the Boyz). The music video of the song featured NBA legend Michael Jordan (the other "MJ"). The song was also featured on the Chicago Bulls'—Jordan's team at that time—1992 NBA Championship video "Untouchabulls" and was also used in many promotional ads of the NBA in the said season. Despite this heavy form of promotion, the single only reached #26 in the United States. The song re-entered the UK charts in 2006, reaching number 22.[2]
"Jam" was generally well received by music critics. Adam Gilham of Sputnikmusic in his review for Dangerous described the song as a perfect album opener and rated it "5/5".[3] Allmusic editor Stephen T. E. wrote that there's a lot to be said for professional craftsmanship at its peak and he called this song blistering plus highlight on album.[4] Alan Light praised the song: "Jam," the album's opener, addresses Jackson's uneasy relationship to the world and reveals a canny self-awareness that carries the strongest message on Dangerous. "Jam" features a dense, swirling Riley track, propelled by horn samples and a subtle scratch effect, and includes a fleet rap by Riley favorite Heavy D. Though it initially sounds like a simple, funky dance vehicle, Jackson's voice bites into each phrase with a desperation that urges us to look deeper. He is singing as "false prophets cry of doom" and exhorts us to "live each day like it's the last." The chorus declares that the miseries of the world "ain't too much stuff" to stop us from jamming. To Jackson, who insists that he comes truly alive only onstage, the ability to "Jam" is the sole means to find "peace within myself," and this hope rings more sincere than the childlike wishes found in the ballads."[5]
Music video
The music video for "Jam" takes place within an abandoned indoor basketball court, where Michael Jackson teaches basketball legend Michael Jordan how to dance, and in return, Jordan teaches Jackson how to play basketball. Special effects have Jackson throwing a basketball through a window and scoring in the hoop in the opposite room, as well as Jackson scoring by tossing the ball behind him and kicking the ball into the hoop with his heel. The extended versions of the video include Jackson teaching Jordan how to do the physically complicated moonwalk dance technique. The rap group Kris Kross and Naughty by Nature make a cameo appearance, as does Heavy D (who performs a rap during the bridge).
The video was included on Dangerous – The Short Films and Michael Jackson's Vision. The music video was directed by David Kellogg and premiered on FOX June 19, 1992 at 9:30 p.m. EST.[6]
Live performances
Jackson performed "Jam" as the opening number throughout his Dangerous World Tour. He also performed it at the Royal Brunei Concert in 1996, which turned out to be the last live performance of the song. A portion of the song was performed during the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show. The song was also supposed to be performed at the This Is It concert series, with a snippet of Another Part Of Me. However, the shows were cancelled due to his untimely death.
Track listings and formats
Jam (U.K. CD Single 6583602)[7]
- "Jam" (7" Edit) – 4:10
- "Jam" (Roger's Jeep Mix) – 5:54
- "Jam" (Atlanta Techno Dub) – 6:06 (Incorrectly listed on insert as "Atlantan Techno Mix")
- "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Brothers in Rhythm House Mix) – 7:40
Jam (U.S. CD Single 49K74334)[8]
- "Jam" (Roger's Jeep Radio Mix) – 3:57
- "Jam" (Silky 7" Mix) - 4:17
- "Jam" (Roger's Club Mix) – 6:20
- "Jam" (Atlanta Techno Mix) – 6:06
- "Rock with You" (Masters at Work Remix) – 5:29
Jam (U.S. Promo CD Single ESK6754)[9]
- "Jam" (Roger's Jeep Radio Mix) – 3:57
- "Jam" (Teddy's Jam) - 5:48
- "Jam" (7" Edit) - 4:10
- "Jam" (MJ's Raw Mix) – 4:24
- "Jam" (Teddy's 12" Mix) - 5:42
- "Jam" (Roger's Jeep Mix) – 5:54
- "Jam" (Acapella) – 5:39
Jam (US VHS promo single ESK8880)[9]
- "Jam" (music video) - 8:00
Running time: 9 minutes
- "Jam" (7" Edit) - 4:10
- "Jam" (Silky 12" Mix) - 6:28
1. "Jam" (music video) - 8:00
Year-end charts
Release history
|United States
|July 13, 1992
|September 27, 1992
- ↑ Adams, Gregory (January 29, 2016). "The Rumours Are Apparently True: Michael Jackson Secretly Wrote Music for 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ↑ "The official UK singles chart: Gnarls Barkley make it eight weeks at the top, while Christina Milian, Busta Rhymes and Sunblock see strong upsurges following the physical availability of their singles. (Top 75)". Music Week. 2006-05-27.
- ↑ "Jam", Michael Jackson Dangerous. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/dangerous-mw0000674875
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dangerous-19920101
- ↑ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-06-19/features/1992171254_1_dondre-whitfield-shari-headley-richard-lawson
- ↑ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=25278
- ↑ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=8562
- 1 2 3 http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=6837
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Michael Jackson - Jam (song)". LesCharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=8
- ↑ "Michael Jackson - Jam". ChartsStats.com. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- 1 2 3 "allmusic (( Dangerous > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.


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UNDER-FIRE banking giant HSBC created a pre-election storm yesterday when it announced that it would consider moving its headquarters out of the UK.
Chairman Douglas Flint told the group's annual general meeting that it was responding to "regulatory and structural reforms" in the industry in the wake of the financial crisis.
These include, in the UK, the need to separate its investment banking arm from the retail division serving ordinary customers and businesses.
The bank has also been hit by a UK bank levy, which last year cost it £730 million, up £130m from 2013.
HSBC's announcement sparked a claim that the "regulatory pendulum has swung too far" while Labour seized on remarks by Mr Flint on the uncertainty facing the bank over Britain's future in the European Union.
Meanwhile, Chancellor George Osborne said "anti-business" policies from Labour threatened to drive companies abroad.
The chairman disclosed the review at the company's AGM in London, where the board faced a bumpy ride from shareholders over the potential move, as well as on a series of scandals that have dogged the bank.
One investor, Michael Mason-Mahon, said: "Which country are you likely to go to? How many countries have you not committed illegal and criminal behaviour in?"
Mr Flint said it was "essential that we position HSBC in the best way to support the markets and customer bases critical to our future success".
He added: "We are beginning to see the final shape of regulation and of structural reform, including the requirement to ringfence in the UK.
"As part of the broader strategic review taking place, the board has therefore now asked management to commence work to look at where the best place is for HSBC to be headquartered in this new environment.
"The question is a complex one and it is too soon to say how long this will take or what the conclusion will be, but the work is under way."
Mr Flint also cited a series of uncertainties, including one that "stands out", which is Britain's future in the EU. His remarks come at a time when the Conservatives are pledging an in-out referendum.
He said the bank's own research indicated that working towards reforms in Europe would be "far less risky than going it alone, given the importance of EU markets to British trade". The review of where the bank has its headquarters comes amid intense pressure over
HSBC's Swiss private banking arm, over claims that it helped thousands of account holders hide billions of their assets from tax authorities.
The scandal resulted in Mr Flint and chief executive Stuart Gulliver being ferociously grilled by MPs and apologising for "unacceptable" activities. The bank is under criminal investigation in a number of countries.


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- These classes are presented by Parkwood parents, the International Committee and the PTA.
- Each year, we coordinate 4 classes with a different topic – they are typically held the 4 Wednesdays in March.
- Classes are held in the parent center and no registration is necessary. Drop-ins welcome.
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Delaware rapper Jem Cretes links up with ScHoolboy Q on his latest record "Hustle 101." In line with the title of the song, this is strictly for the streets, with Cretes and Q laying out the pros and cons of working in such a cold environment. "Hustle 101, first get a gun/Hop out, make all them niggas run, done/Two, look, make it to the dope spot/Watch out for the cops," ScHoolboy raps with an intense demeanor. For those that are looking for a new change of scenery and fast money that's off the books, "Hustle 101" is the perfect tutorial.
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Use your arrow keys to control the SUV. The up arrow will drive it forwards. The down arrow will drive it backwards. The left and right arrow keys will control the steering of your SUV. Hitting the space bar will apply your truck's brakes. Drive through the city and follow the arrows on the ground until you find a parking spot. Once you do, park safely in that spot to move on. Be careful not to hit objects or cars. Your life meter will drop and if it hits zero, it is game over for you.
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I took a couple of training classes, and they opened my eyes, to the fact that my right hand/arm might be out of order. Been carrying a pistol in my left front pocket ever since. Hope I never need it. I always carry two pistols outside the home.
When I'm in leisure mode, it's a PM-45 on my hip, and a mouse gun ( Beretta 950, .25ACP) in my front pocket. Better than a pointy stick.


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Can stress affect your chances of getting pregnant?
The question about if and how stress can influence fertility still isn't fully resolved in the world of fertility. There are many different research projects in the space that have tried to identify the implication that stress can have on your body. In the case of physical stress a strong link to infertility could be established, but in other cases there is still some research to be done.
Unfortunately, research in this area is highly complex because of the variety of factors that must be taken into account. It is important to differentiate between the psychological and the physical effects of stress on the body. Physical stress is caused by external environmental factors or physical demands of the body such as heat, illness and dehydration. Psychological stress is created internally through cognitive or emotional factors such as anxiety or depression.
The insufficient distinction between these effects can be confusing to those of us who aren't doctors or fertility specialists. When you read about a study that concluded that stress leads to infertility, read closely to discover exactly what kind of stress it should first be established what exactly is meant.
Physical stress can lead to anovulation
The link between physical stress and a woman's menstrual cycle in the case of physical stress is well-established, and can lead to hypothalamic amenorrhea,[1.Chrousos GP, Torpy DJ, Gold PW. Interactions between the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the female reproductive system: clinical implications. Ann Intern Med 1998: 129:229-240] a condition where menstruation stops during several months due to a problem in the hypothalamus, which is responsible for producing the hormones that cause you to menstruate and ovulate.
Psychological stress decreases your odds of pregnancy
When talking about psychological effects an additional differentiation has to be made between direct and indirect effects of stress. An indirect effect is for example when a couple's sexual activity changes because they feel stressed and hence are having less sex. In this case, stress is not the direct causation of the infertility, but the fact that the couple is not having enough intercourse or only has it at the wrong time. This type of cause of infertility is intuitive and in that regard it is clear that stress impacts infertility indirectly.
What still isn't fully resolved is if and how psychological stress affects fertility directly. A recent US study was able to demonstrate a link between stress and time-to-pregnancy (TTP) as well as infertility. The women were divided into three subgroups of stress levels. The stress level was measured by the change in salivary alpha-amylase production which is produced by the parotid gland. When something is perceived as stressful the amount of salivary alpha-amylase increases. The results of the study showed that women in the group with the largest increase in salivary alpha-amylase had 29% decreased odds of pregnancy and had a longer time-to-pregnancy (TTP). Women in the middle stress group were 7% less likely to conceive.[3.Lynch, C.D., Sundaram, R., Maisog, J.M., Sweeney A.M. and Buck Louis G.M. (2014). Preconception stress increases the risk of infertility: results from a couple-based prospective cohort- the LIFE study. Human Reproduction. Vol. 29 (5). pp-1067-1075.]
There are a few limitations to the study and the result should not be interpreted without questioning it. The study only collected two saliva samples of every woman participating in the study, one on the morning after enrollment in the study and one the morning following their first observed menses. What might have led to misleading results is that there is no research on changes of salivary alpha-amylase during a woman's menstrual cycle that the researchers were aware of. Even though the study has shown a link between psychological stress and infertility, more research is required in order to a give a conclusive answer.[4.Lynch et al: See above.]
Stress can also affect a man's fertility
Male infertility is responsible for about half of all explained infertility cases, so if a couple is having difficulty conceiving, it's important to take into consideration both parties' fertility when trying to diagnose and address any issues that may arise.
A research project by the Columbia University found that the sperm quality for men with two or more stressful events in the past year decreased compared with those who did not experience any stressful life events. They men experiencing stressful events showed a lower percentage of sperm movement (motility) and a lower percentage of sperm of normal shape (morphology), which are the two most important factors determining the fertility of a man.
Stress impairs your chances of conceiving
It has been shown that stress can affect the female as well as the male sexual partner in different kinds of ways. Feeling stressed can have a negative influence on a couple's sexual activity and it has also been established that physical stress affects a woman's reproductive system by causing irregular menstruation. In regards to the effects of psychological stress on fertility no definitive conclusion could be drawn for the available research. However there is a clear tendency towards stress having a negative impact on a couple's chances of conceiving and should hence try to be avoided while TTC.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Book Review: The Mill Mystery
I began with Green's The Mill Mystery. Written in 1886, I would not call this a "detective" story – even an amateur detective story. The book is more mysterious than mystery, following Constance Sterling slowly piece together the reasons behind the seemingly unrelated deaths of a popular local minister and the richest man in town. When we meet Constance, she is "a young woman of twenty-five, without home, relatives, or means of support, having in her pocket seventy-five cents of change, and in her breast a heart like lead, so utterly had every hope vanished in the day's rush of disappointments." Before Constance's kind and gentle roommate, the secret fiancée of the minister, dies within hours of hearing the news of his death, she begs Constance to clear her fiancée's name from the inevitable rumors of suicide that will flow from his drowning in a vat at the abandoned mill.
The reason that I say the book is more "mysterious" than "mystery" is that Constance doesn't actively set out to deduce a solution to the mystery. Most of the answer simply falls into her lap, in the form of an extraordinarily detailed letter. She did ferret out some of the details, but I think the long letter device was weak, and made the story look particularly antiquated. The book has some other problems from my personal perspective. There's way too much Victorian feminine fragility for my taste – in fact, it's the device that moves the main story along. The love story is rather predictable – once I was able to tell the two Pollard brothers apart, I was pretty sure who the "good" guy was.
So The Mill Mystery is a truly "vintage" title, more reminiscent of Wilkie Collins' work than a classic Agatha Christie whodunit. It does have the virtue of being a very early mystery work by a female writer who was a best-seller during her own lifetime, and it certainly gives you an idea of how the mystery genre has developed since the Victorian era. In fairness, Green's most famous work is The Leavenworth Case, and I probably should have started there. Still, if you loved The Woman in White, this might be up your alley.
Thanks again to Bev for hosting The Vintage Mystery Challenge!
*You get the idea. I do a lot of waiting. As in three books worth of waiting in the past two months.
**I'm going to admit that this is a poorly formatted Kindle title – each book is treated as a "chapter," so searching is a pain. And I can't figure out what to do about the "farthest page read" sync when I shift around from book to book. But for $2.99, it's nice to always have a mystery I haven't read waiting in the wings!
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I bet my mom would love this book.ReplyDelete
I think it's definitely a book for a certain kind of reader. I didn't hate it at all, but I did not fall in love with The Woman in White when I read it, so I don't think I'm the best judge.ReplyDelete
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Sounds pretty interesting. I admit I like Victorian books, but haven't read this author. I'll have to check her books out. Thanks for stopping by my place. Have a great day!
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Col: I definitely think you would have enjoyed The Leavenworth Case a lot more. It's more of a straight detective story (a "locked" room mystery). I loved that one. I'm wondering if I would like this one since you didn't. I didn't care much for The Woman in White either.ReplyDelete
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Redevelopment of the Martlets Shopping Centre will be a 'major boost' for Burgess Hill, according to the district council's leader.
New River Retail's £70m proposals were unanimously approved by Mid Sussex District Council's District Planning Committee yesterday (Thursday March 10).
It includes a ten screen multiplex cinema, a 63-bed Travelodge hotel, 142 flats, new restaurants, a purpose-built modern library, gym and the creation of an extra 70,000 square feet of retail space to provide a total area of 200,000 sq. ft. on final delivery.
After the meeting Garry Wall, leader of MSDC, said: "Revitalising the Martlets Shopping Centre is a major boost for Burgess Hill.
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"As more people are attracted to the town, existing local businesses will benefit from the increased footfall and this economic boost has the potential to bring a real feel-good factor to the town. Jobs will be created, people will have a better retail experience and hopefully more people will choose to support their local town instead of travelling to Brighton or Crawley."
Allan Lockhart, property director at New River, added: "We are delighted to receive the unanimous support of the council, marking an important milestone for the creation of a new and vibrant Burgess Hill after several years hard work by our development team.
"Our proposed plans will transform Burgess Hill town centre, providing greater choice for local residents, better prospects for existing businesses and around 500 new employment opportunities.
"As a long-term investor in Burgess Hill, we are looking forward to continuing our work with the council and local stakeholders and delivering this exciting development to revitalise Burgess Hill.
The provisional timetable for the town centre regeneration plans shows how the development will be delivered over several years.
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Andrew Barrett-Miles, speaking on behalf of Burgess Hill Town Council, said: "This is a milestone in the development of Burgess Hill. It's a very important day."
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One way to restore physiological blood flow to occluded arteries involves the deformation of plaque using an intravascular balloon and preventing elastic recoil using a stent. Angioplasty and stent implantation cause unphysiological loading of the arterial tissue, which may lead to tissue in-growth and reblockage; termed "restenosis." In this paper, a computational methodology for predicting the time-course of restenosis is presented. Stress-induced damage, computed using a remaining life approach, stimulates inflammation (production of matrix degrading factors and growth stimuli). This, in turn, induces a change in smooth muscle cell phenotype from contractile (as exists in the quiescent tissue) to synthetic (as exists in the growing tissue). In this paper, smooth muscle cell activity (migration, proliferation, and differentiation) is simulated in a lattice using a stochastic approach to model individual cell activity. The inflammation equations are examined under simplified loading cases. The mechanobiological parameters of the model were estimated by calibrating the model response to the results of a balloon angioplasty study in humans. The simulation method was then used to simulate restenosis in a two dimensional model of a stented artery. Cell activity predictions were similar to those observed during neointimal hyperplasia, culminating in the growth of restenosis. Similar to experiment, the amount of neointima produced increased with the degree of expansion of the stent, and this relationship was found to be highly dependant on the prescribed inflammatory response. It was found that the duration of inflammation affected the amount of restenosis produced, and that this effect was most pronounced with large stent expansions. In conclusion, the paper shows that the arterial tissue response to mechanical stimulation can be predicted using a stochastic cell modeling approach, and that the simulation captures features of restenosis development observed with real stents. The modeling approach is proposed for application in three dimensional models of cardiovascular stenting procedures.
Schematic representation of restenosis development. Initially, quiescent SMCs occupy the vessel wall and an intact endothelium exists (a). Upon stenting, the plaque is plastically deformed, endothelium is denuded, vascular tissue is stretched and inflammation is initiated (b). In response, SMCs become synthetic, migratory, and proliferative, producing neointima (c), which may achieve homeostasis, provided the inflammation stimulus recedes and a layer of endothelial cells is re-established (d). Neointimal area is measured as the difference between the lumen area immediately poststenting and the lumen area upon follow-up.
Flow chart outlining the computational method for the simulation of restenosis. The stress may be updated, depending on whether or not the new geometry significantly affects the structural behavior of the artery, and whether the injury stimulus is assumed to occur once in the initial expansion procedure, or is chronic.
The neighboring points around a cell in an orthogonal lattice. In the left-most diagram, VN indicates the von Neumann neighborhood (shown in 3D in the central diagram), and M indicates the Moore neighborhood (shown in 3D in the right-most diagram).
Stress versus remaining life (number of cycles to failure, Nf ) for porcine coronary artery. Crosses indicate the experimental data from McLoughlin [37]. The solid lines show the fitted bilinear model; the horizontal line indicates the fatigue strength, σ0 = 90 kPa, the y-intercept is the failure strength, σƒ = 1417 kPa, and the slope, α = −187.
The geometry of the idealised artery and stent (left). A cross-section of a symmetrically stenosed artery is shown with six stent struts. A 1/6 segment is considered due to symmetry and this model is meshed as shown on the right. A displacement is applied to the strut, and the upper and lower surfaces of the mesh are restrained circumferentially.
Case (i): An initial stress is applied and removed. Damage is initiated abruptly, and decays exponentially to zero, while extracellular matrix decays exponentially to e = e|t =0 – D|t =0 . Case (ii): A constant stress is prescribed, leading to complete ECM removal at a rate dependant on the stress applied. Case (iii): A decaying stress is prescribed. Case (iv): A constant stretch is prescribed, which leads to stress-relaxation.
The best-fit approximation to the data of Schwartz [32], found by systematically testing variable values. The solid line indicates the average cell number over ten simulations, with the gray region indicating the variation between runs (±1 standard deviation). The experimental data (shown as crosses) indicate cell numbers calculated from human PTCA patients.
Diagrams of lattice state over time after stent expansion, showing SMC activation and proliferation leading to lesion formation and restenosis over time. The background color indicates concentration of extracellular matrix. The spheres indicate the positions of cells, while the color indicates phenotype (green contractile phenotype to red synthetic phenotype).
Diagrams of lattice state over time after balloon angioplasty (i.e., no stent). The background color indicates concentration of extracellular matrix (e). The spheres indicate the positions of cells, while the color indicates phenotype (green contractile to red synthetic). A band of injury forms at the lumen surface due to balloon expansion, from which cells proliferate and migrate into the lumen over time.
The amount of restenosis (neointimal area/initial lumen area*100%) as a function of initial lumen area (i.e., the area within the expanded stent). Five simulations were conducted at each point with variation occurring due to the stochastic cell activity model. In the high inflammation case, parameters controlling inflammation were calibrated to produce long-term inflammation, while in the low inflammation case, these were selected to produce a removal of damage within 15 days.
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Chickpeas Vegetarian Burritos,
Oven roasted Sweet corns,
purple cabbage salad and tomato salsa.
Ingredients for 2 person:
– 1 large onion
– red capsicum (1/2) , yellow capsicum (1/2)
– cooked chickpeas (1 cup)
– cherry tomatoes for salsa (1 cup)
– avocado (1)
– sweet corn (1) cut into halves
– Coriander/ cilantro (4-5 )
– purple cabbage for salad
– spring onions (4-5)
– yogurt, mayonnaise
– spice: paprika, cumin, Chili powder,
– Burritos wrap
Roasted sweet corn with Parmesan Cheese (1 hour before cooking Burritos)
– oven 180C/ 350F
– put the whole corn (without removing its husk) on the oven rack or on a tray
– 40-45min
– meanwhile prepare the sauce (3 tbsp butter in room temperature, salt, pepper, paprika, little Chili powder) mix together in room temperature.
– finely Chop a piece of spring onions for garnish later.
– when the corn is done, remove from the oven and brush the sauce over. Put back to oven for another 5min.
– remove, sprinkle with little spring onions, grated parmesan, serve.
Salsa/ guacamole
– cut 1 cup of cherry tomatoes to small pieces
– finely chop 1/2 onions, coriander to small pieces
– mix all together, with salt, pepper, lime juice (1). Taste. Adjust the seasoning as needed.
– add avocado if u want to make it as Guacamole.
– cover and let it sit in the fridge while preparing burritos fillings
* for my case, I just cut the avocadoes to small pieces and leave the salsa alone. So that I can use the extra salsa for garnish later.
Chickpeas Burritos
– thinly slice 1/2 onion, red and yellow capsicums, drain or thaw the chickpeas
– heat up a non-stick pan, olive oil, sauté onions, capsicums over medium high heat for 5 min.
– Add the seasoning: paprika( 1 tbsp), cumin powder (1tbsp), Chili powder (1 teaspoon), salt pepper. If it's too dry, add little bit more oil
– add chickpeas. Stir and cook for another 5-7min until all are cook through.
– squeeze 1 lime juice over the pan, and add little honey for touch sweetness. Stir in chopped spring onions.
– off heat. Ready to assemble.
Assemble Burritos
– warm up the burritos in the oven, microwave or just over a dry pan
– add some cheese, burritos fillings, avocado, salsa, mayonnaise and yogurt (TRY NOT TO FILL UP TOO MUCH)
– fold up the 2 sides and roll it up from bottom up. (Or try Google how to wrap a burritos)
Plating (as seen in picture above)
– lay the shredded purple cabbage under the corn
– lay the corn on TOP sprinkle with spring onion, and parmesan.
– cut the wrapped burritos to half.
– be Creative. Or just simply wrap it up and eat it if it's too much trouble. 😉 everyone has their own way isn't it.


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