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Toronto Field Naturalists Endorse NoJetsTO
Environmental Organization Speaks Out Against Jet Plans in Statement TORONTO - The Toronto Field Naturalists, an 800 member charitable organization of people who love and want to protect our natural environment, endorse the mission of NoJetsTO, as stated below, because of our concern with the impact of the expansion on wildlife that lives and breeds along the waterfront. NoJetsTO is a coalition of concerned citizens dedicated to preserving Toronto's mixed-use waterfront and a boutique Island Airport. Representing residents across Toronto, the non-partisan organization NoJetsTO opposes the expansion of the Island Airport through jet aircraft and extended runways. NoJetsTO's goal is to preserve the current state of the Island Airport by protecting the Tripartite Agreement that governs it. The proposal to expand the Toronto Island airport will lengthen the runway and allow jets. The proposed expansion may also result in increased flights. The airport is close to a growing neighbourhood, including a school and community centre. The City's Health Department has stated its concern about the effect of current and increased pollution and noise on human health. City staff are concerned about the potential cost to the City of new road infrastructure, estimated between $180 and $300 million, due to extra road traffic in the neighbourhood. We share these concerns. As naturalists, our main concern is the impact on the wildlife that lives and breeds along the waterfront. In 1976, TFN vigorously opposed the original commercialization of the Island airport, arguing that the location was completely unsuitable for such use. Even without expansion, the airport already impacts the enjoyment of nature due to noise and pollution at waterfront parks. There is an unknown effect of jets taking off and landing on an extended runway built out towards the new 7-acre park planned for the east end of Ontario Place. TRCA has submitted a letter to the City stating their concern that more take-offs and landings so close to the Leslie Street Spit's "increasing populations of large flocking birds" may have negative implications for this Globally Significant Important Bird Area, as designated by Bird Life International. As there is no Wildlife Plan being presented with the expansion proposal, any possible implications remain completely unknown. We wish you well with your campaign and hope we can keep the waterfront friendly to nature. Margaret McRae President, Toronto Field Naturalists 1519 - 2 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON. M5B 1J3 www.torontofieldnaturalists.org


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The Pirates of the Curry Bean
The Drama Club, consisting of over seventy pupils from all year groups, meet weekly after school between November and March to present performances on The Thorngate Theatre stage.
Past productions have included Pinafore Pirates, Olivia and Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies. This year, and back by popular demand, the Club again presented "The Pirates of the Curry Bean". It was anchors away to set sail for a swashbuckling pirate adventure on the high seas in a piratical musical. The cast of colourful characters, sparkling songs and a witty script as sharp as a cutlass amazed packed houses, each of about 180 parents, grandparents and others, in each of the two evening performances. In addition, the cast gave two day time performances to the entire school.
The production was supported by a new sound system provided by the Friends of Alverstoke Junior School with orchestra, lighting, choreography, props and staging by staff and ex-pupils.
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As EDF reports that profits were down 25% in the UK last year, and they scramble to find investors to help them build Hinkley C. It seems that even with government support and subsidies, nuclear power is a bad investment. A report by Citigroup [CITI2009] says "Three of the risks faced by developers— Construction, Power Price, and Operational—are so large and variable that individually they could each bring even the largest utility company to its knees financially. This makes new nuclear a unique investment proposition for utility companies."
They have yet again put off making a final investment decision, perhaps until the autumn. With work onsite stalled and the EPR reactor design proving problematic in Finland, (Okiluto) and France, (Flamenville), now is the time to make the situation even more sticky for the French owned power company. It only takes a few people to block a road for a few hours to cost the company thousands of pounds.... for tips take a look at http://www.activistslegalproject.org.uk/daresources.html for Delia's Guide to Basic Blockading. And on this website there are maps and local info that may help any pixies who want to undermine the foundations of the 'nuclear renaissance'. Good luck and stay safe.
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Death Note 's Ryuk finds his voice
Netflix's adaptation of Death Note finally gives Ryuk his voice and its a fairly iconic one at that!
Netflix's adaptation of Death Note finally gives Ryuk his voice and its a fairly iconic one at that!
An energetic and worthy adaptation, let down by the fact that there will never be enough money out there to give Miura's artwork the animation it deserves.
Images show both Scarlett Johansson and Pilou Asbaek in costume during filming for 2017 adaptation of long-running manga and anime franchise.
Anime and Manga expert? will you and your team win the prize? https://www.facebook.com/events/1516538891992153/
Mega popular anti-hero Itachi Uchiha is about to have his early years animated for release early next year!
Live-action adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's survival-horror manga to premiere on April 23rd.
Robert Rodriguez in talks to direct Cameron produced film entitled Alita: Battle Angel
Featuring more Titan on Titan action than you can wave a stick at, is this second movie bigger and better than the last one?
New official Attack on Titan anthology will feature stories written and drawn exclusively by western comics talent, including Scott Snyder and Gail Simone.
Foxy and Wolfy follows Misaki and Amaya discover demonic activity when they investigate the murder of their friend. Can they purify the worlds of corruption or will they too fall to the darkness?


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Spotlight on Giuliano Mignini & Paul Ebert: Patterns in Behavior~ Crooked Prosecution
As far back as I can remember, patterns have always jumped out at me, so much so that it took me years to realize they weren't as obvious for most everyone else. Patterns in wood or other material, patterns in numbers or while counting, music and most of all patterns in behavior. This search for patterns plays a big role in being so intrigued with criminal behavior (true crime) and being so passionate about advocating for wrongful conviction and other human rights issues.
In 2007 wrongful arrests and conviction was still fairly new to me. We followed a few cases and felt very strongly for those individuals but had no idea how bad it really was. That's the year Meredith Kercher was murdered in Perugia, Italy followed by Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito being arrested. Like most, mainstream media got our attention with the dramatics of an evil vixen over in a foreign country, killing her roommate during a ritualistic Halloween orgy. Then after learning more about the case, it dawned on me that the prosecutor in this case was the same prosecutor from the 'Monster of Florence' case and that was that. The moment the pattern appeared, the realization the two defendants were innocent did too. Is it possible a man had to battle monsters and demons once? We pride ourselves on keeping an open mind. Do we believe believe Giuliano Mignini is a real live Ghostbuster fighting the battle of good vs evil on a regular basis? A very troubled man with an overactive imagination is more like it but the fact of the matter is, his version was a lot more interesting and people love drama.
Mignini was charged and found guilty of ordering the illegal wiretapping of the phones of various police officers and journalists involved in the Monster of Florence case. This was later thrown out due to 'lack of jurisdiction' (?) It has also been proven that he used eerily similar investigation tactics in the Knox case, and still many continue to believe and even adore him.
Giuliano Mignini, The Italian Drama Queen (Amanda Knox)
Once the connection was made in the Amanda Knox case it became clear this wasn't uncommon, in fact it's everywhere. If you've ever studied criminology, you know that most criminals follow a pattern or ritual when committing their crimes. As it turns out, so do the over zealous, even crooked prosecutors, investigators and attorneys responsible for wrongful arrests and convictions. Mignini screams Satan and puts on a hell of a show while others have their own seemingly obvious pattern or style of shadiness, yet it seems to go unnoticed.
Commonwealths Attorney, Paul Ebert over in Prince William County, Virginia has his very own modus operandi. In many cases, his first plan of action is 'throw the book at them'. Ebert will charge a defendant being accused of even a minimal crime with outlandish, life changing, even unheard of charges and promise they will never see the light of day again. That is, of course, unless they decide to take a deal, just admit guilt and get one little felony or register as a sex offender and everything else will go away. A lot more innocent or overcharged take that deal than you could ever imagine, due to money, bad lawyer-ing or even fright.
Trey Simms, 17, is facing very adult charges for the manufacturing and distribution of pictures of his own underage penis (isn't that an oxymoron?). Investigators under Ebert were in the process of carrying out a warrant to inject Trey with drugs that would induce an erection so they could photograph his erect penis. This was halted when the case went national. Trey's aunt, Stacy Bigley, went straight to the media and refused any deals that were offered. We should all take note and Trey should be very thankful to have such a wise guardian. Stacy made it clear that she wouldn't rest until charges were dropped altogether.
Commonwealth of Virginia~ Destroying Young Lives One Sex Crime Charge at a Time
Police back off on plan to take explicit photo
Police decide to drop efforts to photograph teenager's penis in sexting case
Those that dare pass up the deal and go to trial are sure to be faced with Ebert's ultimate signature move when they have their day in court.
The Jail House Snitch~
Ebert has no qualms about making a deal with jail house snitches looking for a reduction in their sentences in order to secure a conviction. This method of prosecution is used quite frequently among many other local district attorneys as well. In fact there was one very popular 'snitch' Jamaal Skeeter, who was used first in a major murder conviction trial by Ebert in 2009 and then passed all over the state of Virginia to testify in other separate trials. Prior to this inter-state courtroom excursion, Skeeter had been deemed a liar by his local authorities and turned down on previous offers to testify in earlier trials. This information had no bearing on Ebert's decision to use Skeeter during trial though, none at all.
The word of a jailhouse snitch: Can it be trusted?
Ebert also prosecuted Justin Wolfe's case and the actual admitted murderer took a deal and testified against Justin. Owen Barber was offered a fairly light sentence considering he admittedly killed the victim, and all he had to do was testify that Justin was his only link to Danny Petrole and the reason he killed him. Not only was Owen offered a lighter sentence, the charges his girlfriend was facing were completely thrown out too. Is there an admitted murderer of questionable character out there that wouldn't testify if faced with this deal?
Justin Wolfe- Story of Drugs, Violence, Politics and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Another pattern in Ebert's history as Commonwealths Attorney is his love for the death penalty. Ebert has sent more people to death row than any other prosecutor in Virginia history. Justin Wolfe was one of those until his conviction and sentence were vacated after a federal judge uncovered a mountain of wrongdoing and prosecutorial misconduct. Misconduct on the part of none other than yours truly, Commonwealths Attorney, Paul Ebert, yet this man remains in control and Justin Wolfe remains in solitary confinement waiting to find out what they will do with him next. Ebert's still calling the shots and his recent actions prove that being disgraced in Wolfe's case did not slow him down a bit.
After learning of so many unjust arrests and convictions here in Virginia, over in Italy and all over the country and world, we have one final thought. What really separates the criminals from these prosecutors? Sadly only one thing, accountability.
Lisa Wallace
Advocate for Humans. Advocate for Rights. Advocate for Human Rights.


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Every year, the Environmental Working Group releases a Shopper's Guide. The guide has information on 45 different conventional fruits and vegetables and their pesticide loads. At the top of the list — the produce found to contain the highest amount of pesticides — is the Dirty Dozen. These are the 12 foods that they recommend consumers always purchase in their organic form. Apples are at the top of the 2012 Shopper's Guide for the second year in a row. The EWG guide is based on the group's analysis of pesticide residue testing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
At the bottom of the list is the Clean Fifteen, 15 foods that have the lowest pesticide load. If you're on a limited budget and have to pick and chose your organic produce, EWG recommends that you spend the extra money for the Dirty Dozen in their organic form and buy the Clean Fifteen in their conventional form.
2012 Dirty Dozen
1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Sweet bell peppers
4. Peaches
5. Strawberries
6. Imported nectarines
7. Grapes
8. Spinach
9. Lettuce
10. Cucumbers
11. Domestic blueberries
12. Potatoes
2012 Clean Fifteen
1. Onions
2. Sweet corn
3. Pineapples
4. Avocado
5. Cabbage
6. Sweet peas
7. Asparagus
8. Mangoes
9. Eggplant
10. Kiwi
11. Domestic cantaloupe
12. Sweet potatoes
13. Grapefruit
14. Watermelon
15. Mushrooms
Dirty Dozen Plus category
This year EWG has expanded its Dirty Dozen list with a Plus category "to highlight two crops — green beans and leafy greens, meaning, kale and collard greens — that did not meet traditional Dirty Dozen criteria but were commonly contaminated with highly toxic organophosphate insecticides. These insecticides are toxic to the nervous system and have been largely removed from agriculture over the past decade. But they are not banned and still show up on some food crops. For this reason, EWG lists these on the new Dirty Dozen Plus as foods to avoid or to buy organic."
Other significant findings in the report
- Some 98 percent of conventional apples have detectable levels of pesticides.
- Domestic blueberries tested positive for 42 different pesticide residues.
- 78 different pesticides were found on lettuce samples.
- Every single nectarine the USDA tested had measurable pesticide residues.
- As a category, grapes have more types of pesticides than any other produce, with 64 different chemicals.
- 13 different pesticides were measured on a single sample each of celery and strawberries.
The EWG Shopper's Guide has become just that — a guide that many people use to help them make decisions at the grocery store. When you're at the farm stand or the farmers market and you have the opportunity to direct questions to the people who grow your food, you can ask about the growing methods and make choices based on the information. When you don't have the ability to ask questions, this guide is helpful.


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Realizing their objectives while minimizing their tax liabilities remains one of the key challenges for clients around the world. Their success depends on it.
Our tax professionals enjoy a long and successful track record in advising businesses of all sizes, charities, public institutions, high-net-worth individuals on a myriad of tax services that will help them do just that.
Whether structuring tax planning (domestic or international) or resolving a dispute before a country's tax authorities, we combine innovation, professionalism and technical knowledge of the highest standards to ensure that our clients feel they are in the safest hands.
Wherever clients do business, we assist with their global tax challenges and help start-ups and multinationals align their tax strategies to their business objectives, always ensuring that they comply with all tax obligations – a key component for any well-functioning business.


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25 Cool Cyberpunk Concept Artworks
With the advancement of information technology and the wide use of the cyberspace, this genre is becoming more and more popular and gives an imaginative picture of how these advancements will change our culture and social order.
Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre in a postmodern or high-tech setting. From cybernetics and punk, it talks about advanced science such as Information Technology and the use of these technologies but set in a near-future setting rather than the far future environment. Such technologies are involved and cyberpunk stories often revolve around hackers, cyborgs, artificial intelligence and the like. Some of these popular cyberpunk-themed stories are Neuromancer, Blade Runner, The Matrix. Cyberpunk genre is also very popular in many Japanese anime and manga works. Some of these popular literature and animations include Armitage III, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Serial Experiments Lane, Ergo Proxy, and a lot more. Cyberpunk is popular not only in visual arts and literature but also in many video games as well. Take a look at these cool and awesome digital illustrations and characters with cyberpunk themes.
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2013 – BREAKING BAD on AMC. (Series finale "Felina" – Sun. Sept 29, 2013)
"Baby Blue"
Executive Producer – Vince Gilligan
Starring: Bryan Cranston as 'Walter White'
2006 – The Departed
Major motion picture and soundtrack – "BABY BLUE"
Directed by Martin Scorcese
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin
December 17, 2007 – The Simpsons "DAY AFTER DAY"
Season 19, Episode 9 – "Eternal Moonshine of The Simpson Mind
May 2003 – The In-Laws
Major motion picture and soundtrack – "NO MATTER WHAT"
Starring: Michael Douglas, Candice Bergen and Albert Brooks
November 1995 – Casino
Major motion picture and soundtrack – "WITHOUT YOU"
(Nilsson version – written by Pete Ham/Tommy Evans)
Directed by Martin Scorcese
Starring: Robert DiNiro, Joe Pesce and Sharon Stone
December 1969 – The Magic Christian SOUNDTRACK
Major motion picture and complete soundtrack on Apple Records
Starring: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, Sir Richard Attenborough and John Cleese
Songs used:
COME & GET IT – written & produced by Paul McCartney
ROCK OF ALL AGES – written by Tommy Evans/Mike Gibbins/Pete Ham, produced by Paul McCartney
CARRY ON TIL TOMORROW – written by Tommy Evans/Pete Ham and produced by Paul McCartney
2000 – VH1's "Behind The Music"
See Paul McCartney talk about his involvement & thoughts about Badfinger
Dec 2010 – Marc Cohn's Listening Booth 1970 CD – "NO MATTER WHAT"
With Aimee Mann
2005 – The OC, Episode 3. "BABY BLUE" by All Sad Girls Are Beautiful
1999 – Major motion picture "Outside Providence" – "NO MATTER WHAT"
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North West Herald Opinions: Letter the the Editor
July 28, 2018
There has been much discussion recently regarding democratic socialism, what with several self-proclaimed Democratic Socialists winning their primaries, most notable of which was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's big upset in New York. The Progressive movement is finally getting its fair share in prime time. However, along with it came much confusion.
On Fox News, Tucker Carlson tonight ran the headline, "THE RADICAL LEFT: SOCIALISM GOES MAINSTREAM" and went on to say that Democratic Socialists "support socialism: state ownership that includes health care, technology and manufacturing." Ben Shapiro one-upped Carlson on "The Ben Shapiro Show," bluntly calling Ocasio-Cortez "a radical, insane person" among other things.
It's worth mentioning that labels don't really matter. What one is referred to isn't of utmost importance; rather, the issues that the candidate champions is what really matters. As far as I know, Ocasio-Cortez isn't making the means of production public – she will, however, fight for a $15 minimum wage and Medicare for all. According to recent polls, 52 percent of Americans support a $15 minimum wage, and 59 percent support Medicare for all. Truly, the parameters of what is considered to be "radical" have radically shifted.
What's more, President Trump recently claimed in a Tweet that he's "the most popular Republican in history of the party," ignoring the fact that the poll only includes Republicans. Among his constituency (all Americans), the president's current approval rating trails that of virtually all post-WWII presidents. When an elected representative is woefully inept at representing the people, who does that make "a radical, insane person?"
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Toolkit on the Inter-American human rights system for indigenous women
About this Toolkit
In order for the Inter-American human rights system to adequately recognise, protect and fulfil the human rights of indigenous women, it is necessary for indigenous women to engage with the system, to make their voices heard and to tell their stories with all their complexities. This toolkit, which contains a series of information notes explaining different aspects of the Inter-American system, is designed to help indigenous women and their advocates to use the system effectively.
It is the result of a collective effort by indigenous women from Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay, among other countries. They have worked together for many years to raise awareness about the opportunities offered by the Inter-American human rights system with regard to the rights of indigenous women.
Between 2011 and 2014, Forest Peoples Programme, with the financial support of Oxfam Novib, worked with indigenous women from the above-mentioned countries to create this training resource, which can be updated in the future and further developed by indigenous women and indigenous peoples organisations.
Contents of the Toolkit
Information Note #1 provides background information on the OAS, its structure and the main human rights bodies of the Inter-American human rights system: the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
The Inter-American human rights system comprises several treaties and declarations which can be used to support advocacy activities. Information Note #2 describes the key legal instruments: the American Declaration, the American Convention, the Protocol of San Salvador, the Convention of Belém do Pará and the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It also includes documents and resolutions by the political bodies of the OAS which may be relevant to indigenous women.
Supervision of member states' compliance with human rights norms takes place mainly through a system of reporting, on-site visits and court decisions in response to complaints submitted by individuals and groups. Information Notes #3–6 explain how the supervisory procedures operate, including details on submitting individual complaints.
Filing a legal complaint is not the only avenue open to indigenous women. Information Notes #4a and 4b discuss the different Rapporteurships that focus on specific areas of human rights law, including a Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and one on the Rights of Women.
Information Note #7 analyses decisions and recommendations of the various bodies of the Inter-American human rights system, in particular the Inter-American Commission and the Court.
The Inter-American Commission of Women is the principal forum within the OAS for creating policy on the advancement of women's rights and gender equality. Information Note #8 describes other forums that can be used to advocate for indigenous women's rights. The mechanisms to monitor compliance with the Protocol of San Salvador, which addresses economic, social and cultural rights, and the Inter-American Commission on Women are explained in this document, which also gives a brief overview of the mechanisms available at the United Nations level.


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Upcoming Events
This is a list of upcoming conferences, courses, and other events in the scientific imaging community.
|Conferences, Meetings, and Symposia
|2018 May 30-June 1
|2018 OME Annual Users Meeting
|2018 OME Annual Users Meeting
|University of Dundee
|2018 June 5-8
|18th European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting
|University College Dublin
|2018 June 25-26
|AI and Digital Microscopy
|Multidisciplinary meeting centred on application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in Digital Microscopy
|University of Exeter
Exeter, UK
|Courses and Workshops
|2018 May 2-11
|Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy (AQLM)
|Course covering the complete process of quantitative imaging
|Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA, USA
|2018 Jun 28-29
|8th International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration
|Leiden, The Netherlands
|2018 July 2-6
|Summer School on Image Analysis for Plant Phenotyping
|The course will provide a mixture of underlying theory and practical hands-on training on image analysis techniques for automatic plant phenotyping.
|Wageningen, The Netherlands
|2018 Sep 11-20
|Microspectroscopy; Functional Imaging of Biological systems
|FEBS practical course
|Nijmegen and Wageningen, the Netherlands
|2018 Oct 16-19
|NEUBIAS TS8 and TS9
|BioImage Analysis Schools: Early Career Investigators (life scientists), Facility staff (imaging & analysis staff from core-facilities)
|Edinburgh, Scotland
Past events
- Presentations – from past conferences and workshops
- Conferences – past conferences focused on ImageJ
- Hackathons – past software developer gatherings


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St Francis Green Tea
(Camellia sinensis; 250 mg/ml)
* Used as an antioxidant adjunct to diet and lifestyle to promote heart health, reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides and increase HDL (`good` cholesterol) to prevent atherosclerosis
* Used as an antioxidant adjunct to diet and lifestyle to help prevent cancer
Green tea, which is simply unfermented black tea, has a long and distinguished history of use in the East as a beverage with medicinal properties. In recent years, research studies have confirmed its astonishing therapeutic benefits.
A monograph authored by the University of Maryland Health Center refers to green tea as containing "the highest concentration of polyphenols, chemicals that act as powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants are substances that scavenge free radicals-damaging compounds in the body that alter cell membranes, tamper with DNA (genetic material), and even cause cell death... Free radicals are believed to contribute to the aging process as well as the development of a number of health problems including cancer and heart disease."
As researcher Michael Brown explains, "A growing body of research has demonstrated green tea polyphenols to be powerful antioxidants with anticarcinogenic properties. These polyphenolic compounds... are believed to mediate many cancer (cancer) preventative effects. Mechanisms of action may include antioxidant and free-radical scavenging activity, and stimulation of detoxification systems... In addition, green tea may inhibit biochemical markers of tumor initiation and promotion, including the rate of cell replication and thus inhibition of the growth and development of (cancer). Current studies... show an inverse association between green tea consumption and cancer risk."
Scientists have found too that, "The inverse association between consumption of green tea and various serum markers shows that green tea may act protectively against cardiovascular disease."
30-75 drops (1-2.5ml), three times daily, in a mouthful of water, on an empty stomach
Contraindications and Cautions:
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you suffer from heart problems, kidney disorders, stomach ulcers, or psychological disorders (particularly anxiety). Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking any of the following prescription medications: adenosine, the beta-blockers propranolol or metoprolol, blood thinning medications, chemotherapy for prostate cancer, clozapine, ephedrine, lithium, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), or phenylpropanolamine. If symptoms persist consult health care practitioner. Avoid this product if you are sensitive to caffeine.
Tinctures are more readily absorbed by the body and have a high degree of bio-availability. As well, they have a long shelf life.
Sometimes people ask us why tinctures are alcohol-based. There are very good reasons. Alcohol is critically important in the extraction of an herb`s medicinal ingredients. It also helps to stabilize and preserve them. Alcohol is the ideal carrier substance, conveying the therapeutic goodness of the herb to the body. In itself, too, science has proven that alcohol enhances the immune system and its defences.
As for the amount of alcohol taken in an average dose of tincture, you`ll be surprised to learn that it`s about the same as what you`d find in an overly ripe banana!
Tinctures remain the most practical way to take advantage of the amazing, health-giving power of herbs.
Certified Organic Green Tea
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Paris, 01.29.2019. Diota, a publisher of software solutions dedicated to digitize and optimize industrial processes, announces getting 7 million euros of financing. 5 million euros have been raised from a gathering of first rank investors composed by CM-CIC Innovation, expert of the investments into companies leading technological breakdown, and Diota's historical investors who are Safran Corporate Ventures, Supernova Invest and Calao Finance. Besides these funds, a support comes especially from BPI France and other organizations encouraging « Industry 4.0» actors.
Strengthening of a commercial leadership in Europe
This fundraising marks a new and significant step in the pursuit of Diota's European development strategy. Indeed, it will allow the innovative SME to fulfill the expansion and consolidation of its commercial influence that started in 2017 along with the opening of its first subsidiary company in Germany. The company aims to open further offices and to develop its indirect sale network in order to follow industrial actors' digital transformation through large scale implementations, across Europe.
"Diota's management team really delighted us as they have been able to provide a solution perfectly adapted to industrial actors' requirements. Diota is very present in France and in Germany and the funds that we bring will help to enforce the managers' strategy for a Pan-European development", explains Stéphane Simoncini, Participations Director for CM-CIC Innovation.
Executing a global 4.0 offer strategy
With the launch in 2018 of its Digital-based Robotic Inspection (DBRI) solution allowing processes of robotic inspections without robot programming, Diota has widened its offer of the only Augmented Reality to a global «Industry 4.0 » offer. In support of this operation, the company will continue to densify its solutions offer in order to create a virtuous circle between engineering back office and field operations through a polymorphous exploitation of industrial data. Diota will keep on implementing synergies and solutions with high added value, to bring the digital data to the operations at the shop floor on the one hand, and to capture and to return the operational reality on the other hand.
"Beyond participating to the realization of our strategy, this second fundraising demonstrates our ability to win the support of industrial main players. This renewed pledge of confidence both in our vision and in our capability to go along with our clients in their competitiveness challenges in a very distinguishing way, means also for us that our human and technological success story continues", ajoute Lionnel Joussemet, Diota's CEO.
About Diota
A publisher of 4.0 software for the Industry, Diota conceives, develops and provides solutions dedicated to industrial processes optimization through operational fields' digitizing. Based upon cutting-edge technologies such as Augmented Reality and automatic control, these solutions create a digital continuity between industrial information systems and operations at the shop floor, to improve productivity, quality and traceability throughout the product lifecycle. Thanks to high expertise in industrial deployments and a strong ecosystem of first rank technological and industrial partners, the innovative SME, founded in 2009, is a known key player to the Industry 4.0 in terms of digital transformation and improvement of competitiveness for main industrials groups in the aerospace, the shipbuilding, the naval, the automotive, the energy and the petrochemicals.


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Integrity Works
Integrity, Inc. is a non-profit organization that serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since 1989, we have been helping individuals with disabilities achieve the skills and confidence they need to live as independently as possible. Our Supported Employment program Integrity Works is one of the ways we help individuals to achieve this independence.
Integrity Works is based on the Employment First policy, where all individuals with disabilities find meaning, find work, and become more independent, integrated, and productive members of society. We strive to place individuals in competitive employment rather than sheltered workshop environments. We work to ensure that our participants have training and job options that match their interest and abilities. From vocational assessment and job development to on-the-job training and retraining, our Supported Employment program encompasses all aspects of follow-along support.
- Discovery – The fundamental purpose of Discovery is to learn about your unique skills and talents, and what you want to pursue. Through our in-depth, person-centered approach, we spend one-on-one time with you in the community to identify your strengths and abilities, along with your likes and dislikes. This can be done by trying various job activities, observing you at home doing household tasks, and engaging in business tours.
- Employment Path (Pre-Vocational) – This service provides learning opportunities, including soft skills, work-based experience, internships, and volunteer opportunities, where you can develop work-related strengths and skills contributing to employability in integrated community settings.
- Job Development – When you enter the Job Development phase, we begin the search for a position that's based on the information we have gathered. Each job search is as unique as your own dreams and goals. Using our network of partnerships, we work to find the best job match for you. As with any job placement, this can take time.
- Job Coaching – Our professional Job Coaching staff helps you with initial detailed on-the-job training. We continue with ongoing support throughout your employment, to help your job placement be successful for both you and your employer.
Request an Appointment
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services: http://ace.arkansas.gov/arrehabservices/
Arkansas Employment First: http://apse.org/chapter/arkansas/
Social Security: https://www.ssa.gov/
Office of Disability Employment Policy: https://www.dol.gov/odep/
Integrity, Inc.'s Supported Employment program assists individuals with disabilities in finding and maintaining employment. We believe that a strong economy is fueled by all persons working and contributing towards that economy. Those with disabilities represent an untapped talent pool. Let us help you expand and enhance your business, or your career, by utilizing this great program.
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Encaustic revisited
May 10, 2011
About 30 years ago I did some mixed media "puzzle" paintings using, among others, a melted wax technique called encaustic. Although I liked the final result, the cumbersome nature of the materials that the technique required has just not suited my somewhat nomadic lifestyle since that earlier time. It's only recently that I decided to give it a re-try. In the intervening years, encaustic has become quite a hobby craft, so there is a lot of information and materials available for it on the internet.
One main element needed for encaustic painting is a metal pallette whose heating temperature can be adjusted. 30 years ago, for 5$, I had a welder create a pallette for me from scrap metal, found a few hotplates to insert under it and voila, I could mix my pigments, varnish and melted beeswax, no problem. However, one piece of equipment I never did get was a hot lamp to "fuse" the final painting. Back then, I just left some of the finished paintings out in the sun (it was summertime) to heat up and "fuse". It seemed to work just fine, and the paintings I created at that time are still alive and well. The memory I retained from this experiment was that this was a coarse technique full of wonderful textural surprises but hard to control for realistic detail.
This time around, I found a raclette warming tray at my local thrift store. For about 10$ I got my pallette, adjustable hot plate and fusing element all in one. Nice coup! Main equipment hurdle, check: done.
Next step: making the medium. I ordered some bleached beeswax and pulled out my pulverized damar varnish crystals. I melted the beeswax and then added the damar crystals to it at a portion of 4 to 1 (wax to varnish) by weight. The varnish requires a higher temperature than the wax to melt, so I had to adjust and stir constantly. When the liquid was clear I poured it into small molds. Both toxicity and flammability are factors in this process, so if you do it yourself, be sure to research it well first and be attentive all the way through. Don't use your favorite souffle pan; any pan or wooden spoon called to arms will be ruined (at least for cooking).
Once the medium is created you can go two different ways: one way is to remelt the medium and add dry pigment directly to it or add oil colors from the tube. Having now experimented with both, I would heartily recommend adding dry pigments directly. Although it's more effort up front, there is no question of shelf life due to the oxidation of the oil. Thus now I have a few cakes of different colors ready to go. Hurdle #2, paint: done.
I began slowy, carefully, selecting the first squares of open abstract patterns, knowing that I had already determined to do half of the face in this technique, so I needed to get up to speed. If the Fayum mummy portrait painters could paint such beautiful portraits, there must be a way. Due to the quick hardening time of the wax, my first strokes reaffirmed the clumsiness I had expected. How to render facial detail? After more research and surfing, I located a hobby source for an electric hot-pen or brush. Yes! This tool made all the difference. I could load up my hot-brush and render a long gentle stroke without the wax hardening in transit. Fine lines became possible, softer transitions, too. Hooray for hobby-craft!
Even though it is still a work in progress (because the backside of each panel will also be painted) you can view the front side of this mixed media collage here.
May 26, 2009
Interestingly, encaustic or hot wax painting, was known as one of the major creative techniques used by the Greeks. The Egyptian tomb portraits, which are some of the finest examples of encaustic portrait painting available today, were done by Greeks (not Egyptians) – according to Ralph Mayer. In recent times Jasper Johns used the technique with a great deal of success in his series of images of the American flag. It is a technique that traditionally requires alot of cumbersome tools. Today the process has been streamlined with simpler tools but for purity, simplicity, and honesty's sake I will try to describe the technique that I have used.
The Ground:
The Greeks reportedly used encaustic on walls and panels. A revival of the technique in the 18th/19th century concentrated mostly on mural painting – with reportedly insubstantial results, now 200 years later. My own experience has been entirely on wooden panels, prepared with chalk gesso as for egg tempera.
As the medium is melted beeswax, the first tool one needs is a pallette for mixing the colors in a molten state. Years ago, I went to my local metal junk yard and commissioned a pallette measuring 18″ x 28″ of 1/4″ steel plate welded on four sides by legs 5″ high (also of 1/4″ steel plate). This allowed for the pallette to sit on top of a hot plate with an air space of approximately 2″. At the time, I remember it cost me about $10. The second tool one needs is a hotplate. The best are the kind that allow for variable temperature adjustments. Look around at your local flea markets and you should be able to find what you need.
The same dry pigments that can be used for egg tempera can be used in encaustic. Purchase a few blocks of fine beesawax. Melt some wax and mix it with approximately 20% damar varnish by volume. Mix this molten fluid together with a similar amount of dry pigment and keep it in a metal cup on the warmed pallette. Mix up a few colours as needed for the project at hand and keep them warm on the pallette. [I hear these days that encaustic sticks can be purchased with the resin/oil component already mixed in.]
Molten colors can be applied using bristle brushes or even the pallette knife. As the paint hardens almost immediately upon contact with the panel, expect a highly textured, immovable result. [My original experiments were done outside in the hot humid summertime, so setting time was slightly delayed anyway.]
Burning In:
Further manipulations can be obtained by heating the panel surface with a heat lamp. Be careful to keep the surface horizontal to avoid runs. The final "burning in" is also done with a heat lamp close and evenly rotated over the surface to achieve a final fused result. In this way heavy impasto effects can melt into thin, veil like veneers. [I have never done this phase, I look forward to trying it.]
There are some other resources for encaustic. One being the International Encaustic Artists website. And here's the information that is available on Notebook.
Medium and Pigments
May 18, 2009
Pigments ground into an appropriate binding medium create paint. The medium defines the paint: the handling (brushwork and siccative qualities), viscosity, translucency, toxicity and permanency. Oil paints are pigments ground and suspended in linseed oil, as acrylics are pigments ground and suspended in acrylic resin. Watercolors are pigments suspended in gum arabic and egg tempera is pigment suspended in the yolk of a fresh egg. Encaustic uses resinated hot wax, while for fresco the setting of the fresh plaster creates the permanency of the water diluted pigment.
Quite naturally, the medium has it's own qualities which then become a matter of personal taste, capacity or preference. Oil, acrylics and encaustic as mediums, leave a tactile residue of their own quality. Does that quality resonate within you? Find out! All mediums require a support, as for some like watercolor or fresco the support plays a critical, essential role. Do the qualities of the support resonate within you? Find out!
Most modern artists don't need to grind their own colors to practice their art. However, for the artist working in fresco or egg tempera contact with the powdered pigment is essential. In addition, knowing which pigments to use for which medium is critical not only for successful in-the-moment-handling but also for longevity and personal health. Manuals like 'Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques' by Ralph Mayer or Max Doerner's 'The Materials of the Artist' are time honoured general resources. Daniel Thompson's 'The Practice of Tempera Painting' is probably the best comprehensive resource for the tempera painter. Each pigment has its own nuances of hue, saturation and value, also transparency and opacity. Getting to know both mediums and pigments qualitively is a real and exciting adventure. At makingpaint.com you can find extensive information from another working and experimenting artist.
Finally each medium defines its pallette. Fresco due to the chemical interactions of plaster and pigment offers perhaps the most limited choice, while oil may offer the widest. Becoming familiar with pigments and mediums up-close-and-personal is like becoming a master chef. You choose the ingredients based upon experience and a good cookbook, but it's the attention to detail in the processing that determine a truly successful dish. And who doesn't enjoy a well prepared meal? Should we treat our eyes with any less care?


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In this day and age, there are a lot of methods of communication: texting, video chatting, messaging on Facebook. But let's not forget about email. People use email all the time for all kinds of things, so it's important to know what you're doing. Here is a brief beginner's guide to email etiquette.
Your Friend
Let's start with an easy one. Emailing your friend. Just type however you talk. If you usually address your friend as "Big Tuna," start your email out that way. If you typically converse with each other in Klingon, do it in your email. There really aren't many rules when it comes to emails between buddies. Just say what you need to say.
Your Friend Who's a Stickler for Spelling and Grammar
If you want to take the next step in your email etiquette endeavor, pick a friend other than "Big Tuna." Maybe an English major if you've got one. A spelling bee champion. That guy who thrives on correcting everybody's grammar on Facebook. Email that guy. You can be casual, but make sure you check your spelling and put the punctuation where it belongs. If you can successfully communicate with this fellow, you're in good shape.
Your Potential Boss
Keep in mind the grammar and spelling you just mastered. This will be important in all professional electronic dialogues. In your hunt for a job, for example, being professional is key. And if you keep on using the wrong forms of "there," "their" and "they're," you're not going to look very professional.
Here's an example of a bad email to a potential employer:
Yo dawg. I really wanna job with ya. I'm pretty good at workin' & I gotta get some money n stuff. Thx. Big Tuna's BFF
First of all, you should be giving the potential employer a resume or application, not just shooting them an email saying you want a job. Of course there are always exceptions, but in most cases an email isn't the best first step in a job hunt. But if you are going to email the person, whether it's to inquire about a potential position available or to follow up and thank him for an interview, keep it professional, concise, and free of slang.
Here's an example of a good email to a potential employer:
Dear Sir,
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I am very interested in the position available, and I appreciate the time taken to interview me. I look forward to hearing back from you.
Thank you again,
Your Boss
Now you've landed the job. How are you going to address your new boss via email? Well, just take a look at number 3. Keep it concise, keep it professional, and keep it error-free. Just because you got the job doesn't mean you're guaranteed to keep the job. Even if you're comfortable with your boss and consider them a friend, don't say anything profane, crass, or offensive. Don't type twenty paragraphs. And keep in mind that this person controls your source of income.
Your Grandma
Lots of exclamation points. Lots of smiley faces. And lots of saying "I love you." That's really all you need to know.
Your Friend's Boss's Grandma Who's a Stickler for Spelling and Grammar
I can't help you with this one. Like, I don't even know why you'd be emailing this person. I can't think of a scenario in which you'd be corresponding with her. So you're on your own, weirdo.
Just remember who you're talking to, what kind of impression you're wanting to make, and the fact that sarcasm doesn't always translate well via email. Keep it brief, keep it coherent, and keep on emailing.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 27, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the leader in predictive flash storage, today announced its Predictive Flash platform has been selected by more than 9,000 enterprises and cloud service providers to provide fast, reliable access to data. Since introducing its Predictive All Flash array in February 2016, the AF-Series has been purchased by more than 200 customers. More than half of the All Flash customers are "new to Nimble" customers, and a majority also leverage Adaptive Flash arrays. InfoSight Predictive Analytics stand out as a key competitive differentiation in the sales cycle, providing extreme simplicity of operations by predicting and preventing issues.
"Flash storage is a ridiculously competitive market. Enterprises have many vendors and products to evaluate when selecting infrastructure to accelerate business. We're finding that our unique differentiation, InfoSight Predictive Analytics, gives us a leg up on the competition in the majority of competitive deals," said Suresh Vasudevan, CEO, Nimble Storage. "Furthermore, by combining All Flash and Adaptive Flash arrays into a single architecture, we're offering enterprises a flexible way to use all flash and hybrid arrays together to meet application performance needs. It is no surprise that the All Flash array adoption we're experiencing is reminiscent of the early days of selling our Adaptive Flash arrays."
The rapid adoption of the Nimble Storage All Flash array is attributed to the unparalleled differentiators Nimble can deliver with the new All Flash arrays including absolute performance, superior scalability and non-stop availability, at a total cost of ownership (TCO) that is up to 33 to 66 percent lower than competitive arrays. The All Flash arrays round out the Nimble portfolio of Predictive Flash arrays which include a series of Adaptive Flash arrays – all of which are supported by InfoSight Predictive Analytics.
According to IDC Research Director Eric Burgener, "Delivering a standout customer experience was a way that Nimble Storage strove to differentiate itself from established enterprise storage providers early on, and it has an excellent reputation among its customers for the overall experience of buying, using, and maintaining the Company's flash-optimized products. Nimble Storage has consciously managed its customer care processes, putting in place product features (like extensive predictive analytics to proactively address looming trouble situations and nondisruptive technology refresh), internal procedures in both sales and support, and hiring practices focused on producing a differentiating customer experience."
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The Dearborn. A team effort from sisters Amy Lawless and Clodagh Lawless, this Loop restaurant hits all the right notes from decor to food and drink. A great place to catch up over lunch or dinner or even an afternoon bite. Great beer and wine menu and a whole host of handcrafted cocktails. One of my favorites.
DMK Burger Bar (Lakeview, Oakbrook) Great burgers and fries, perfect to pair with the extensive beer menu (good choice of local/regional/international craft beers). Recommended: The hatch green chili burger (#4), truffle fries.
The Gage located on Michigan Avenue across from Millennium Park, has a talented team with a well curated menu. Local breweries are well represented as well including a monthly rotation of seasonal beers. Recommended: Mussels vindaloo, pepper salmon sandwich.
Au Cheval. Read more here…
Avec Mediterranean inspired, as well as a huge selection of small plates. Wine list is mostly French, Italian, and Spanish wines, nice selection.


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Ford Motor Co. will emphasize fuel economy, off-road and towing capability and a smoother ride when it launches TV and print advertising for the redesigned 2011 Explorer next month.
In other words: Different build but better capability, Ford says.
The redesigned Explorer has abandoned the traditional SUV formula: rugged body-on-frame construction, rear-wheel drive and V-8 power. The redesigned Explorer has none of those.
But Ford's messaging will tell buyers that it still will perform like an SUV, even though its unibody construction now makes it a crossover.
"The inspiration behind the messaging is reinvention," said Amy Marentic, Ford's group marketing manager for North America cars and utility vehicles at an event here. "You get all the capability of an SUV, with the fuel economy and refinement you never expect."
Production began Dec. 1, and Ford started shipping Explorers to dealers Dec. 6.
Ford has begun an aggressive viral and grassroots campaign for the Explorer. A Web campaign, dubbed Explorer Live, is running on Facebook in which Ford answers questions about the vehicle using short videos. Some of those videos feature celebrities such as singer Bret Michaels and rap star Snoop Dogg.
Explorer Live, which is an offshoot of Ford's use of Facebook to launch the vehicle this summer, has been up for about a month and has received 250,000 views, Marentic said.
Ford also will contact its nearly 4 million current Explorer owners with letters and e-mails touting the redesigned Explorer and will offer a loyalty incentive to existing owners — $750 for a lease and $1,500 for a purchase — that will be in addition to other incentives. Ford will not publicize the incentive offer until next spring because the automaker wants to have enough 2011 Explorer inventory.
The loyalty incentive is available now for customers who ask for it, Ford said.
Ford is also taking Explorers to events around the country, targeting 49 cities in 25 states. The goal is to have 1 million people see the vehicle.
Ford is also giving an Explorer to 668 of its top dealers for sales training. Ford wants those dealers to hold a "dealer night" to invite customers to see the vehicle and take orders, Marentic said.
The Explorer's peak sales year was 2000, when Ford sold 445,157. But sales have fallen steadily for a decade, and in first 11 months of 2010 Ford sold just 50,588.
Ford isn't making any predictions about sales of the redesigned version.
"Gone are the days of any vehicle selling 400,000 unless you're an F-Series pickup," Marentic said. "But we'll get our fair share."
Prices start $28,995, including shipping. That's about $1,100 less than the outgoing model.


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RingCentral has a suite of tools to make the average user's life easy, but few tools to make a receptionist's life easy. This is a shame, because the receptionist's role requires them to use RingCentral often...obviously. Their job would be greatly benefited by some pretty simple (IMHO) additions.
This idea is from our amazing receptionist team, I take credit for none of it.
Allow receptionists to make individual user notes. Receptionists have tons of users that they forward to. From an individual salesperson to a group of recruiters, these users all have their own personal prefrences reguarding how calls are forwarded to them. Our receptionists go, in my opinion, above and beyond by manually keeping an external set of notes for each extensions prefrences (blind transfer only, lunch between 2p-3p, existing client calls only, transfer to "AP" group instead of this user, etc). Their jobs would be worlds easier if they had a simple text box in the RingCentral desktop app that would allow them to keep these notes in RingCentral, making it easier for them to reference.
Bonus brownie points if IT can delegate access to these notes as needed. This sort of built-in collaboration would infinately imrpove the usefulness of the feature, especially for a new hire. Here is a good delegation method:
- "IT has access to "notes groups", which are similar to user groups, but with no manager.
- When IT assigns a user to a note group, they can see all the notes written on all extensions by members of that note group.
- There are two kinds of note group memeber, "editor" and "read only".
- Each note group can have as many of either type of member.
- Each user always has a "Private notes" section that is only visable to them.
- If a user is a member of multiple note groups, they see all notes they have access to, seperated by the group the notes belong to. For example:
Blind transfer only. Lunch between 2p-3p Existing client calls only.
Engineering Notes:
Calls for product group "X" only.
Personal Notes:
This guy is so cool!
Look, I get that RC is really into the whole IVR thing, but I feel like there's a pretty substantial set of industries that never will be. Please try to keep human receptionists in mind while developing your platform. They're the first impression a lot of organizations usually have on a new customer. Giving them as many tools as possible to make that first impression as positive as possible will help us all make more money in the long run. :)
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|Summer when it Sizzles!
|Friday, July 28, 2017 by Steve Hill
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I am excited to be among the 40 artists from around the U.S. invited to the 13TH Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Event, July 31-August 4, with an opening public reception and exhibit, Friday August 4, 5-8 p.m. at the beautiful Maryhill Mueseum near Goldendale, Wa.
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Sooooo... March was a disaster. I didn't get any reading done. No, that's not true. I kept reading Outlander, but as of today I still haven't finished it (real close, though!) It's a good book actually, but it's really damn long and I usually don't mind - but somehow this one has gotten me into a HUGE slump. I really wish I'd get out of it already.
I didn't read and I didn't buy a lot either. The books I bought in March are The Serpent King and Saturday Requiem. The first one was part of the March Owlcrate box and I'm really excited to read it. People are pretty wild about it. The second is the sixth installment in the Frieda Klein series by Nicci French. Not young adult but pretty damn great all the same.
Meanwhile april is proving to be an expensive month. I bought a lot of books in this first week already. I even had to rearrange my shelves. There really isn't enough space, but my room is very small so.. :(
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Deadhouse Gates is the second novel in Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Deadhouse Gates follows on from the first novel, Gardens of the Moon and takes place simultaneously with events in the third novel Memories of Ice. The novel was first published in the United Kingdom as a trade paperback on 1 September 2000, with a mass-market paperback edition followed on 1 October 2001....
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut and is generally recognized as his most influential and popular work. Set around World War II, the novels tells of the story of Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain's assistant, and his experiences and journeys through time. Billy sees when, how, and why he will die, resulting in his becoming fatalistic. The refrain "so it goes" is used when death, dying, and mortality occur and it appears in the book 106 times. Additionally, the novel can be read as semi-autobiographical: Vonnegut was present during the firebombing of Dresden, a central event in the novel. Shortly after publication, Slaughterhouse-Five was nominated for two best novel recognitions, a Nebula Award and a Hugo Award, though it lost both to Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. The Modern Library ranked Slaughterhouse-Five eighteenth on its list of the "100 Best" English-language novels of the 20th century in 1998. It is also listed in TIME's "100 Best Novels" (since 1923). However, mainly due to its irreverent tone and obscene content, Slaughterhouse-Five has been the subject of many attempts at censorship. The novel treats one of the most horrific massacres in European history—the firebombing of Dresden—with mock-serious humor and clear antiwar sentiment. It also depicts sexuality to a revolutionary extent as one of the first literary acknowledgments that homosexual men, referred to in the novel as "fairies," were among the victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Thus, Slaughterhouse-Five is listed in the American Library Association's list of the "Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–1999" as well as the ALA's "Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000–2009." The novel has been adapted more than a handful of times, most notably a film adaptation by the same name made in 1972. Although the film did poorly in the box office, it was critically praised, winning the Prix du Jury at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. ...
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The Cisco��Video Surveillance 3520 IP Camera is a high-definition, full-functioned video endpoint with industry-leading image quality and processing power. The camera is capable of resolutions up to 1280 x 800 at 30 frames per second (fps) while optimizing network usage with either H.264 or MJPEG compression. Contact closures allow integration with access control systems. With its open, standards-based design, the camera provides an ideal platform for integration and operation as an independent device or as part of a Cisco Video Surveillance network.
The Cisco Video Surveillance 3520 IP Camera offers a variety of benefits, including:
?���True high-definition video.�The camera streams crisp and clear video at resolutions of up to 1280 x 800 at 30 fps while maintaining low network bandwidth.
?���Dual streaming.�The camera can stream H.264 and MJPEG video simultaneously. Each video stream can be configured with individual resolution, quality, and frame-rate settings.
?���Day/night operation.�The camera provides true day/night functionality and includes an infrared filter that automatically switches to night mode in low-light scenes. This function can be set to manual, automatic, or scheduled control.
?���Privacy regions.�The camera supports up to four user-defined privacy regions. Any video within a privacy region is masked in the video stream.
?���Local storage.�Video data can automatically be recorded to a microSD card when the camera loses network connectivity.
?���Bidirectional audio.�The camera supports full-duplex audio and options for half-duplex operation.
?���Open API.�Support for ONVIF 2.0 allows for standards based interoperability and communications with other ONVIF appliances.
?���Flexible power options.�The camera supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) 802.3af, 12 VDC, or 24 VAC power through an optional external power supply.
?���Medianet support.�The camera supports the Cisco Medianet interface. When connected to a Cisco switch that also supports Medianet, the switch recognizes the camera as a video endpoint and then uses SmartPort macros to set the right network parameters for the video stream on the network. In addition, the camera can be automatically discovered and configured when connected to Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.0, thereby minimizing installation time and cost.


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A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a horrible dining experience at the Coal Harbour Hapa Izakaya location. The Hapa management followed up with some of us about our experience and invited our whole group back for a re-do dinner at a location of our choice, which was a nice gesture.
We decided to visit the Robson location to try something different. All of the locations have some of the same staple items like ebi mayo and chicken karaage, but they also have their own specialties and slightly different ambiance.
The hello kitty is one of their signature drinks and I have to confess, I mostly ordered this because the name was cute. The drink is made with strawberry puree, calpis, soda, and vodka. The drink was sweet and fruity, but it also had a slightly acidic tangy flavour from the calpis. If you like girly, fruity drinks, you will enjoy the hello kitty.
We ordered a bunch of oysters to begin our meal. At the Robson Hapa location they have a large selection of oysters to choose from. I'm a bad food blogger and I forget what type of oysters we ordered, but they tasted very good. They were very smooth, fresh, and clean tasting and not overly briny.
I loved the beef tataki from the Coal Habour location, but the beef tataki at this location was a disappointment. Even though it looks rare, the meat wasn't overly tender or flavourful. They also used a spicy sriracha type sauce here instead of the ponzu, which I didn't like as much.
One of my favourite dishes was the teriyaki mochi gnocchi. These little balls were deep fried and a bit crispy on the outside and very soft and chewy on the inside. They were covered in a sticky and sweet teriyaki sauce that actually went really well with the potato filling.
We had another oyster dish called kaki fry, which were panko breaded and deep fried Sawmill Bay oysters. I am a fan of raw oysters, but I usually avoid cooked oysters because I hate the rubbery texture they get when fully cooked. I was pleasantly surprised by these guys though as they were very delicious. The outside coating was crunchy and hot, but the oyster on the inside wasn't actually fully cooked and so it had more of a "raw" texture. The Japanese tartar sauce served as a dip was also really good.
My other favourite dish of the night was the oyster risotto. The risotto was served in a hot stone bowl like their other rice dishes and filled with oysters, mozzarella, onions, carrots, mushrooms, green beans, and a creamy miso broth.
It sounds like there is a lot of stuff going on in this bowl, but the combination of everything was so delicious. Each bite was creamy and rich from the cheese and the miso broth. The oysters added a nice salty flavour to it and the hot stone bowl made some of the rice a bit crispy. I would highly recommend trying this dish if you want to taste something unique.
The cho waygu dish comes out with thinly sliced raw beef and a hot stone to cook them on. I love cooking meat on a hot stone because it adds a fun element and you can control exactly how much you cook it. This meat was incredibly tender and it made up for the bad aburi beef dish.
Compared to our last time at Hapa, we all had a much better experience at this location. Obviously the servers were nice to us since we were invited back, but it seemed like a more organized and positive environment. I also enjoyed all of the special oyster dishes here, so I would recommend visiting this location.
Disclosure: I did not pay for my meal.
Yes, for great oysters and fun Japanese izakaya food.