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A fisherman's village with notable seafood restaurants and various orchards, it's a stone's throw away from the bustling city and a worthwhile escape for not just for it's food but the refreshing views by the sea.
A Drop-by to Tanjung Sepat
A fisherman's village with notable seafood restaurants and various orchards, it's a stone's throw away from the bustling city and a worthwhile escape for not just for it's food but the refreshing views by the sea.
Company Annual Dinner, 2010
But back to the annual dinner. To make things insanely fun, the theme was Hollywood and anyone can dress up as anything from Hollywood. The result: had loads of fun cam-whoring, plenty of joke poking at one another and finally got the perfect excuse to go out in a skirt. Dream come true. JOKING LAH. Here's some photos of me with some killer costumes that appeared that night on the 25th Sept. 2010:
Me = Ramonus Naughtius Maximus
Of birds & eats during Malaysia Day Weekend
What a peculiarly long Malaysia Day weekend. Things kicked-off on Thursday (which was Malaysia Day) with my question "who was Tan Cheng Lock?" Somebody mentioned "Jalan Tan Cheng Lock" in the car, and out popped this question from my mouth. What a question to ask on a day like Malaysia Day. Patriotic, aren't I? And from that question onwards, I guess I pissed off the Gods of Patriotism (if there is one), and all plans went out the car window as me, Uncle, Maj & Jon drove intently for the famous Curry Fishhead in Kampung Attap (closed) and onwards for the Nasi Lemak in Jalan Tanglin (closed) but somehow ended up at the KL Bird Park. If anyone even had possibly somehow guessed that we might have ended up at the KL Bird Park with the original intent for Curry Fish Head, I totally respect you for your zaniness. Not only we had lunch at the Bird Park (Hornbill restaurant), but we even paid the park a visit. How utterly random was that. That's why I just had to post this on this blog, 'cause afterall, my blog's called Random Rabbit Holes (Geddit? Geddit? Random? Ha!) The park was pretty cool, very decent and very well maintained. No wonder the "Domestic Goddess of USA" Martha Stewart even stopped by. Didn't bring my DSLR along (remember: we left home with curry fish head in mind) but here some snapshots in random:
Never speak randomly to birds!!!
Friday ~ 17th September, 2010.
Work work work, sad sad sad.
Saturday ~ 18th September, 2010.
It was jalan-jalan cari makan time and this time it's Hainanese food, and it no other that 'Restaurant Yut Kee'. Tucked away quietly and somehow untouched by time along Jalan Dang Wangi, this coffee-shop serves delectable Hainanese fare at reasonable prices. Famous servings are such as chicken/pork chops, noodles, roti bakar, kaya rolls and even marble cakes. There's more in store of course, but here's what me, Uncle and to some extent, SL ordered:
Kaya rolls. The kaya simply made it great. But the skin is just normal only tho.
One of the best roasted pork I've ever tasted. Comes with apple sauce. Skin is delectably crunchy and brittle with the meat tender and succulent. SIMPLY DELICIOUS.
The standard order here is hainan chicken/pork chop. Hence, I ordered the chicken. The gravy made it worthwhile, but sadly the potato wedges were not so top-notch.
Uncle's order. Good?
Evening fell and arranged to meet up at Maj's place for dinner as she had some sudden craving for 'Chicken Mee Suah'. The gang of me, Nei, Uncle, Maj and Jon were there. Very nice dinner and appreciate the effort, 'cause dinner came will nicely decorated table arrangements and all. Felt like the Ritz minus the service charge!
After dinner and a SUPERB movie i.e 'The Decent', is where the zaniness started. Instead of practicing for a dance thingy to be recorded for a friend's wedding, we ended up playing Saidina instead. God knows how long ago I've played this board game (last 20 years ago???) and it showed. 15 minutes into the game, I've gone bankrupt. Yes, bankrupt. 15 minutes. Won't be appearing in the front page of the latest Fortune 500 mag anytime soon (or will appear for all the wrong reasons). Jon kicked major @SS as he swept through all the player's fortune like a 'Tai-Yee-Lung' (illegal debt collector) hell-bent on bankrupting each and everyone with his over-luxurious-RM4,000-a-nite-hotels-in-oh-so-glam-places-like-Taiping. The remaining players even ganged up to topple this living freak manifestation of capitalism, but to no avail. Alas, the game ended with the utter annihilation of the consortium known as M-U-R-N (Maj-Uncle-Ray-Nei - sounds like mourn). This game shows clearly that capitalism rules the world whereby the rich get richer and the poor just gets trampled over and die, or live puny lives similar to any low-grade bacteria existing by the dirtiest corner of one's little toe. Am I even able to contemplate another round of this devilish amusement of the greedy, and dare to face the possibility of re-living this ghastly experience of all over again? God (and Satan) only knows.
Sunday ~ 19th September, 2010.
Went to see 'Devil' at GSC 1U. Not the normal summer blockbuster fare, shot with a minimalist budget and with B-list actors, this first-part-of-three saga called 'The Night Chronicles' from the twisted mind of M. Night Shayamalan was a decent movie with a very simplistic core storyline but done with enough twists and psychological mind-bending that it just touches that satisfactory button enough to leave the cinema not regretting the price of the movie ticket paid. It's the kind of movie that one either likes or dislikes, I'll personally give it a 6 out of 10.
Dinner time, and me and Uncle headed off to Sunway Giza for 'New Restaurant Ipoh Chicken Rice (a branch from the one in Jalan Gasing) and of course, watched THAT footie game between none other than the greatest rivalry in English football history: Manchester United Vs. Liverpool. Suffice to say who won by now, and I can only produce to you one and only one word: BERBA-TOP. Watched at a new bar called 'The Beer Factory', we went adventurous and tried-out some German beer called 'Erdinger Weiss Beer'. Verdict? It will definitely appeal to the ones that prefer light beer. Hoegaarden fans, this is another option for you lot. When all was done and settled, went back to Subang (with a stop-over for McD ice-cream to boot) by around midnight.
Until next time, cheers.
Gone Up North: A Weekend in Penang
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It's no secret January is a slow month at theaters.
Usually, its the month for a few horror flicks to debut ("Paranormal Activity,""Devil's Due"), and there's always at least one mega bomb ("I, Frankenstein").
Despite that, Universal's been defying the odds with two break-out hits.
Here's a look at the past two box-office weekends. Take a look at the top two spots.
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With no real competition at the box office (sure, there's Disney's strong horse "Frozen" which is nearing $1 billion), "Ride Along" and "Lone Survivor" have been able to take serious advantage at theaters.
"Ride Along" features Kevin Hart as a security guard who goes on a 24-hour-patrol with his cop brother-in-law (Ice Cube). The film may not have been received well by critics; however, audience reception is great and the film has made $75.5 million since its release less than two weeks ago. It cost an estimated $25 million to produce.
The movie comes from Tim Story, the same man who directed 2012's box-office breakout "Think Like a Man." Don't remember the film? It stopped the four-week run of "The Hunger Games" atop the box office upon its April debut.
However, the main star power here is Kevin Hart, who's becoming a huge star fast.
Forget his role in Warner Bros.' "Grudge Match" at the end of last year. After "Think Like A Man," and the comedian's successful stand-up film "Let Me Explain," Hart will flood theaters with a few movies this year — "Think Like A Man Too" and "About Last Night." He's definitely someone to keep your eye on this year.
Right now, "Ride Along" currently holds the highest-grossing opening weekend for the year at $41.5 million and may continue to hold that record for a while even with the "RoboCop" reboot coming up in a fortnight. Estimates for the Sony/Columbia Pictures flick are currently placing the film around a $25 million opening.
Universal's other gem of the moment, "Lone Survivor" is based on a true story following four NAVY SEALs during a mission in Afghanistan.
Starring Mark Wahlberg, the film nearly debuted bigger than "Ride Along" at $37.8 million when the film had its wide release. The movie has continued to have great word of mouth and will soon cross the $100 million mark.
That's good news for the studio after a disappointing blow with "47 Ronin" at the end of last year — the costly $175 million+ Keanu Reeves' samurai picture brought in $121 million worldwide.
With a teen flick out this weekend, Focus Features' "That Awkward Moment" starring Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan ("Fruitvale Station"), it should be another good weekend for the two Universal flicks. However, it will also face some competition from the re-release of "Gravity" in 3-D and IMAX and a sing-along version of "Frozen."
SEE ALSO: "I, Frankenstein" bombs at theaters

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STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Frozen-food company Findus is recalling beef lasagna meals in Sweden after tests confirmed the products contained horsemeat.
The move follows a similar recall earlier this week in Britain amid a widening scandal surrounding the use of horsemeat and the mislabeling of meat products in Europe.
Henrik Nyberg, product manager for Findus in the Nordics countries, said about 20,000 frozen lasagna meals are being recalled in Sweden.
Nyberg told The Associated Press that the products don't pose any food safety risk, and were recalled solely because they had been mislabeled.
Though eating horsemeat is not generally a health risk, the incidents have triggered disgust in Britain and Ireland, where horsemeat is not traditionally eaten.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that the growing scandal over beef products containing horsemeat is "completely unacceptable" and must be addressed.
Cameron's remarks from Brussels on Friday — where he is attending the European Union budget talks — came after it emerged that tests on Findus lasagna showed the meals contained between 60 and 100 percent horsemeat.
Cameron acknowledged there is "great public concern" around the "very shocking" issue, saying "people will be very angry to find out they have been eating horse when they thought they were eating beef."
The British leader said his country's secretary of state for agriculture is speaking with ministers and will meet with Britain's Food Standards Agency because "this does need to be dealt with."
In addition, officers from Scotland Yard have met with the Food Standards Agency over the horse meat scandal, but there is currently no official police investigation, the force said.


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Northern LaosKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
With lush forests, high plateaus, sparkling waterfalls, caves, mountains and rice fields, northern Laos is intensely beautiful. This area of Laos is very diverse and offers travellers a range of different experiences. Although travelling through this region is challenging, the rewards are significant and a warm welcome awaits those who venture off the tourist trail to explore the villages and small towns scattered throughout northern Laos.
This is where you will find the mysterious Plain of Jars, the enormous stone containers that cover the landscape. This is the perfect place to go trekking, especially around Luang Namtha and Phongsaly, while the Gibbon Experience offers visitors a rare opportunity to view these magnificent creatures in their natural environment.
This region of Laos is home to many of the hilltop tribes, each with their own unique styles of dress, culture and belief systems. Exploring northern Laos provides to opportunity to get to know a little about this interesting people and discover traditional village life.
Although this area has only been open to tourist for around 10 years, there are already a number of vibrant tourist hangouts in northern Laos. Top of the list is Vang Vieng, where travellers can indulge on Western food, explore the caves and float down the river in a large rubber tube. The nearby temple town of Luang Prabang is also particularly tourist friendly and there is plenty to see and do here.
Adventure sports are popular in northern Laos and this is a good place for white water rafting, hiking, cycling, rock climbing and a number of other activities. Simply walking through the countryside is a great way to spend a day or two as the scenery is always striking and many surprises await the adventurous.
The mighty Mekong River flows through northern Laos and into Thailand. A good way to continue exploring is to take a slow boat from Luang Prabang along the river into Thailand. The journey offers spectacular views of Laos and the chance to stay in the pretty village of Pakbeng along the way.


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Accelerating neutral particles is a challenge. Unlike electrons or ions, researchers can't easily manipulate the velocities of particles like un-ionized atoms or molecules with electric or magnetic fields—the tool of choice in particle accelerators and mass spectrometers. Although accelerating charged particles is easier, it's tough to keep slow-moving ones under control. And that's unfortunate, because streams of relatively slow particles, whether neutral or charged, are extremely useful for studying chemical reactions, fabrication of new materials, and so forth.
In a nice twist on laser trapping and cooling, in which photons are used to slow down and confine particles, C. Maher-Williams, P. Douglas, and P.F. Barker have used laser light to accelerate neutral particles in a highly controlled way. Using two interfering laser beams, the researchers generated an optical lattice to organize particles, and then adjusted the lattice properties to start them moving. Since this acceleration method doesn't rely on the electric charge of the particles involved, it works for neutral atoms and allows for manipulating large molecules.
An optical lattice is constructed using two laser beams with slightly different frequencies, which makes standing waves of light. The size of the lattice is determined by the relative frequencies: if they are nearly equal, the lattice is small, but larger differences make for larger lattices. Even neutral atoms can be trapped in the troughs of the standing waves, since the component electrons and protons don't lie exactly in the same place. The electric field in the light slightly distorts the atoms, making them into an electric dipole, just enough of a handle to trap them in the lattice.
Maher-Williams, Douglas, and Barker tuned the relative laser frequencies dynamically, moving the atoms in the lattice. To accomplish this, they needed to balance high intensity laser light (to ensure the atoms actually moved) with the need to not ionize the atoms. Only modern laser systems are capable of such fine control, which also lets them give the atoms the exact velocities required. (Previous experiments along these lines produced higher-velocity atoms with a much larger spread in speeds.)
The researchers confined neutral argon atoms using a standard magnetic and optical trap. They then imposed the optical lattice on the argon using crossed laser beams. Adjusing the relative frequencies, they rapidly brought the atoms from their nearly at-rest state up to speeds as high as 191 meters per second. This acceleration is roughly 10 million gravities, though the duration of acceleration is only about 70 nanoseconds. The researchers could control the final speed using the optical lattice properties, but they could also simply shut the lasers off entirely once the desired velocity was reached.
They measured the acceleration by inducing fluorescence in the atoms (that is, causing an electronic transition within the atoms so they glow), and plotting where the moving cloud of argon was at successive intervals of time. The researchers also determined the spread in velocities to be between 6 and 11 meters per second—even though the particles weren't moving at exactly the same speed, they were still tightly correlated.
The susceptibility of atoms to becoming electric dipoles depends not only on the type of atom, but on its quantum state. This means by preparing atoms (exciting them electrically, for example), the acceleration can be made much stronger. Additionally, the rapidity of acceleration means this method can be used even for extremely short-lived atoms, such as antihydrogen or positronium, an atom made of an electron and positron.
Nature Photonics, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.87 (About DOIs).


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Fresh and Alive Raw Vegetarian Recipes with Ken Rohla, 2 DVD Set
Hippocrates Health Educator, Ken Rohla, shows you step-by-step how to make 27 of his exclusive, easy, and great-tasting recipes, from salads and raw pasta dishes to crackers, snacks, smoothies, and desserts, including information on proper food combining, recommended equipment and its use, juicing wheatgrass and green drinks, food prep tricks, and much more. With over 3-1/2 hours of video on two DVDs, this will show you the techniques to also make the variety of dishes found in other raw food recipe books. Each recipe is indexed in the DVD menu so you can go right to the recipe you want to watch — no wading through a long video to find what you're looking for. Comes with the recipes in a booklet for quick reference in your kitchen, and a food combining chart for enjoying truly healthy raw vegan meals.


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We have written a lot about brining on our blog in the past and Gretchen and I are big believers in brining, especially your thanksgiving turkey and we think that this is just a great video showing you how to do it right! We plan to cook two turkeys, one on the gas grill and one on the smoker, both will be brined!
Most of us will be cooking turkeys next week! Cookshack has prepared a video to show you our favorite way to prepare birds for smoking. Cookshack CEO Stuart Powell demonstrates how to brine your turkey for moist, tender results. The video is short, but includes what you need to know to smoke a turkey that family and friends will love. (Might want to smoke two of them!)


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Can someone please help me write a method coding that accepts a two dimensional integer array as the argument and returns true if the array or matrix is left or right triangular matrix. Needing to test this method using main method. Anyhelp is appreciated.
If true it is a triangular matrix if false it is not


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When the City of Morenci took over ownership of the local ambulance service late in 2001 and financial assistance was obtained from the townships, no one knew for certain how the effort would turn out.
"It might sound strange, but when we were putting it together, it was just everybody's guess," council member Keith Pennington said at Monday's meeting.
The financial pledges from the city and townships combined with revenue from the services provided might be enough to cover costs or they might fall short of what was needed.
There's been no increase in the assessments charged to residents in the seven years of coverage, Pennington noted, so the initial guesswork was close.
However, as costs increase, the break-even margin gets slimmer and slimmer.
Pennington reported to council Monday of a request by the Morenci Area EMS Advisory Board for financial help in paying off a $15,000 line of credit used for short-term needs.
The fund is often used while waiting for Medicare reimbursement.
The loan account is generally near the maximum allowed, he said, and the board wants to pay it off and start fresh.
Payment is based on a formula that takes into account how many household units are served. Morenci's share of the cost would be $8,296. Seneca and Medina township officials already paid their portions.
An alternative would be to increase the annual payment each government unit makes, but for Morenci, that couldn't be done until next May when there's an opportunity to alter the assessment. The assessment can be increased up to 10 percent a year without a vote from residents.
Audience member Matt Woznicki asked if the shortfall indicated that too many employees are hired by the EMS service or whether another community is needed to participate.
Mayor Russ Sutherland answered that involvement by another community would be beneficial since the success of the service is based on the number of ambulance runs. No other nearby community is willing to join in.
"The problem isn't something that came up this year," Pennington said. "It's been building."
"The funding formula and the agreement for subsidies have been in place since the beginning," Pennington said after the meeting. "We are just fulfilling our obligations that we agreed to from the start."
If there were an excess of cash in the ambulance fund, the city and townships would also share in a refund.


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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced Tuesday, erasing earlier losses, as an increase in housing starts tempered a tumble in Hewlett-Packard Co. shares.
Bank of America Corp. and American Express Co. added at least 1.1 percent to pace gains in the biggest companies. HP fell 12 percent as it announced a charge of $8.8 billion linked to its Autonomy Corp. business, saying there were "accounting improprieties" before its takeover of the company. Best Buy Co. sank 13 percent as the largest consumer-electronics retailer reported a $10 million loss on weaker-than-expected sales.
The S&P 500 rose 0.1 percent to 1,387.82 at 4 p.m. New York time, after falling 0.7 percent earlier. It had rallied 2.5 percent over the previous two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 7.45 points, or 0.1 percent, to 12,788.51. Volume for exchange-listed stocks in the U.S. was 5.6 billion shares, or 7.8 percent below the three-month daily average.
"There will be this back and forth," Wayne Lin, a money manager at Baltimore-based Legg Mason Inc., said in a phone interview. His firm oversees $646 billion. "People are coming to the realization that earnings growth is not going to be as robust as analysts had expected. That's starting to creep in. On the other hand, housing is strengthening. As for Europe, ultimately, they will do what it takes to support Greece."
New-home construction unexpectedly climbed to a four-year high in October, more evidence of a revival in the industry that's helping propel the U.S. economy. The euro traded at almost a two-week high against its U.S. counterpart as the region's finance ministers met in Brussels to discuss ways to plug a 15-billion euro ($19 billion) hole in Greece's finances.
Fiscal Cliff
Stocks briefly extended losses as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank doesn't have the tools to offset the potential harm to the economy from the so-called fiscal cliff. The S&P 500 jumped 2 percent yesterday amid better-than-forecast housing data and as President Barack Obama expressed confidence on a budget agreement with Congress.
"Bernanke's comment was a polite way of telling Congress that they should not kick the can down the road," said John Manley, who helps oversee about $207.5 billion as chief equity strategist for Wells Fargo Advantage Funds in New York. He spoke in a telephone interview.
HP tumbled 12 percent to $11.71. The company accused Autonomy, the software maker it bought last year, of a broad range of financial falsehoods resulting in an $8.8 billion writedown, adding to the challenges facing Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman in the midst of a multiyear turnaround.
Autonomy's Finances
Hewlett-Packard began investigating Autonomy's finances after a senior executive at Autonomy came forward after founder Mike Lynch, 47, departed in May, Hewlett-Packard said. Lynch, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, said Hewlett-Packard has mismanaged the Autonomy deal and that the company is "trying to cover it up with this big writeoff."
Best Buy sank 13 percent to $11.96. Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly, who took over in September, is increasing employee training to improve customer service and plans to work with vendors on exclusive products as Best Buy customers defect to Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Same-store sales fell 4.3 percent in the third quarter, more than the 3.3 percent drop estimated by analysts in a Retail Metrics survey. Sales by that measure have slid in nine of the past 10 quarters.
Intel Corp. dropped 3.6 percent to $19.51 after UBS AG cut its rating for the largest chipmaker. The shares were downgraded to neutral from buy at the firm, which cited uncertainty around CEO transitions. Paul Otellini will retire in May, in a surprise move three years before mandatory retirement, after failing to equip the company for a shift toward mobile devices and away from the personal
computers it long dominated.
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Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. retreated 12 percent to $30.48. The largest U.S. iron-ore producer was downgraded to sell at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which cited the company's high production costs in weak iron ore markets.
Campbell Soup Co. slid 2 percent to $36.21. The world's largest soup maker said earnings this quarter could be "negatively impacted" amid high soup inventories and an increase in marketing spending.
Research In Motion Ltd. climbed 1.2 percent to $9.71 after Jefferies & Co. raised the stock's rating to hold, saying the struggling maker of the BlackBerry may avoid a "worst-case scenario." The shares pared gains after news that the BlackBerry is being dropped by the U.S. government agency that investigates plane accidents because of the device's reliability issues.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. added 3.1 percent to $26.34. The world's biggest corn processor was raised to outperform from market perform at BMO Capital Markets by equity analyst Kenneth Zaslow. The 12-month share-price estimate is $32.
Groupon Inc. jumped 8.5 percent to $3.37 after Tiger Global Management LLC, the $8 billion hedge fund run by Chase Coleman and Feroz Dewan, said it acquired a 9.9 percent stake in the daily deal site.
Lower earnings estimates are dragging down stocks from this year's highs and their full effect has yet to be felt, according to Hasan S. Tevfik, a global equity strategist at Citigroup Inc. He compares the performance of an earnings-revision index, or ERI, compiled weekly by Citigroup with MSCI Inc.'s All-Country World Index since the beginning of last year.
Since the first week of May, the revision index has been less than zero, which means there were more estimate cuts than increases among analysts. The MSCI gauge of stocks in developed and emerging markets rose to its peak for the year in September and then lost as much as 6.7 percent.
'An Anchor'
"ERI remains an anchor for global equity markets," Tevfik wrote. A similar disparity between estimate changes and share prices in 2011 was resolved when stocks declined in July and August of that year, the London-based strategist added.
Earnings projections for next year are poised to decline further, he wrote, citing the gap between analysts' estimates for companies and strategists' projections for stock indexes. Citigroup strategists are collectively calling for profit growth of 7 percent, trailing a 12 percent increase implied by company- specific estimates, Tevfik wrote. The lower figure may be too high, he added, as economic growth slows worldwide.


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Valeant Pharmaceuticals Acquires a 19.9% Minority Equity Investment in Biotech Company in Brazil
Mar 12, 2012, 08:01 ET
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX andTSX: VRX) announced today that Valeant has acquired a 19.9% minority equity investment in Pele Nova Biotecnologia S.A. a Brazilian research company focused on tissue regeneration. In return for the ownership, for which Valeant paid less than $10 million, Valeant will have representation on Pele Nova's Board of Directors, a reduced royalty rate for Regederm, rights to all future products in Brazil, and the first right of refusal for global product rights. Regederm, a biologic wound healing product, was recently approved in Brazil and is expected to be launched in April of 2012.
"We are excited about another unique opportunity in Brazil," stated J. Michael Pearson, chairman and chief executive officer. "Our investment in Pele Nova follows the successful approval for Regederm, originally licensed by Instituto Terapeutico Delta Ltda, a company that was acquired by Valeant in 2010, and is expected to provide us with a potential pipeline of biologic compounds in the future."
About Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE/TSX: VRX) is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of neurology, dermatology and branded generics. More information about Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. can be found at www.valeant.com.
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These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, Valeant's rights with respect to Pele Nova, the launch of Regederm, the future Regederm business, and the potential Pele Nova pipeline. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "continue," "plan," "project," "will," "may," "should," "could," "would," "target," "potential" and other similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations include, among other things, the operations of Pele Nova, the market acceptance of Regederm and the uncertainies surrounding development of future product candidates, and the risk factors as detailed from time to time in Valeant's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA").
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If you follow the mobile industry closely, you will be pretty much aware of the fact that whatever GPU Apple uses in its iOS devices is usually the fastest, which is then followed by Samsung's Exynos/ARM GPU. While Qualcomm GPU's never really were top-performers, the release of Adreno 320 GPU with the S4 Pro SoC changed all that. The Adreno 320 gives tough competiton to the ARM GPU in Samsung's Exynos SoC and even manages to beat Apple's A6 SoC in some benchmarks.
Yesterday, when Nvidia unveiled the "world's fastest mobile" SoC, Tegra 4, with quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU and 72 GPU cores, it boasted of the fact that its mobile SoC is faster than even Apple's A6X SoC found inside the iPad 4. Given Nvidia's past, I was skeptical about their marketing and I might just be right.
Thanks to some terrific investigation by an XDA member, Turbotab, we may have got our first look on how the Tegra 4 performs in real-world benchmarks or at least GLBenchmark. In an offscreen Egypt HD benchmark at 1080p resolution, Nvidia's Tegra 4 based developer board managed around 32.6FPS, while the iPad 4 managed a whopping 49.6FPS.
Now, even if we consider that development boards are around 10-20% slower than the 'retail' units, the Tegra 4 will still end up playing catch up with the A6X inside the iPad 4.
It was earlier rumored that Nvidia will unveil the Tegra 4 with its new unified Kepler based GPU core, which is similar to its desktop GPUs. However, AnandTech has confirmed that Nvidia has not used Kepler GPU inside the Tegra 4.
Head over to this XDA thread to read about the stunning investigative work done by Turbotab.
P.S. – All the above information may just turn out to be complete BS, but taking into consideration Nvidia's past, I am highly doubtful about that. In Nvidia's slides, the company presumably compared the quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU of Tegra 4 to Apple's custom Swift cores, and may have intentionally left out the GPU part.


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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Jurisdictional boundaries are making it difficult for authorities to address the illegal use of ATVs and dirt bikes in Lakewood Ranch.
A resident in Greenbrook Rivers reported a red ATV carrying two and four teenagers and several dirt bikes speeding through the neighborhood and along the cement and shell pathways behind her home several times a day since July.
The resident, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, reported the incidents to the Community Development District 4 Board of Supervisors last month. The resident said the vehicles caused damage to private property and posed a threat to the safety and security of the residents whose backyards abut the path.
"There are a lot of people here that can get hurt," the resident said. "As a parent I would really rather speak to the parents before calling the cops.
"I don't want to cause trouble," the resident said. "I pick and choose my battles, but now I'm just trying to look out for the neighborhood because I want it to be safe."
This particular use of those vehicles is illegal. Unlike golf carts, ATVs and dirt bikes are allowed on roadways as long as they are registered with a Florida tag and driven by a licensed driver.
"Once you put a Florida plate on it, then it can be driven anywhere a licensed automobile can go," said Sgt. Mike Kenyan of the Traffic Enforcement Division of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
However, the path in question, which runs from Lorraine Road to Greenbrook Adventure Park, sits on private property owned by Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, making it illegal for anyone to ride an ATV or a dirt bike on it. And because it is private property, the sheriff's office ultimately does not have jurisdiction to be able to patrol the area actively, Kenyan said.
"We don't come back here and patrol," he said.
Instead, it's up to the Greenbrook Homeowner's Association to make residents aware of the situation and take the necessary steps, such as posting 'No Trespassing' signs or putting up gates or fences at the path's entrances, Kenyan said.
"We either have to catch the kid or know who the kids are to be able to go and enforce it," CDD 4 Chairman Michael Griffin said.
Greenbrook has had issues with ATVs and dirt bikes in years past but has been unsuccessful in controlling the issue.
"ATVs and dirt bikes are an issue, and we recognize them as an issue, but trying to police them is an entirely different story," Greenbrook Homeowner's Association board member Joe Sidiski said.
Sidiski noted there is at least one sign posted on one of the trails by Adventure Park, prohibiting the use of motorized vehicles. However, because lawn maintenance crews and other equipment must be able to move through the entrances on a regular basis, Sidiski said any type of gate or fence is not an option.
"The entrances to the paths are all over the place," he said. "If you put up any kind of barrier, I don't know how that would work. Anything a lawn mower can get through, an ATV can get through. If someone is determined enough to ride these areas with an ATV (knowing it's illegal), you're not going to stop them by putting up a couple of barriers."
If signs are in place, and a resident witnesses the incident and is able to detain the perpetrator and call the sheriff's office, then deputies could issue a trespass warning or other citations.
"Both the homeowner and the perpetrator have to be present, otherwise they can't be cited because it's private property," Kenyan said. "It's got to be posted."
Contact Jen Blanco at [email protected].
LAKEWOOD RANCH — Jurisdictional boundaries are making it difficult for authorities to address the illegal use of ATVs and dirt bikes in Lakewood Ranch.


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In this electronic age with all its digital and high tech tools for shopping and communicating, the world of classic paper continues to flourish. Each year there are more new designs and methods of personalization than we can count. This holds true from stationery to notepads to home accents, personal organization, holiday gifting and party products.
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Surrey patients with suspicious lung tumours are being diagnosed and surgically treated dramatically faster, due to a new streamlined process set up by a trio of thoracic surgeons.
Before the changes, delays of up to 190 days were not uncommon at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Now, patients are being diagnosed and treated within 45 days, according to results from the first year of a pilot project. (The clock starts running from the time an X-ray or CT scan first detects an abnormality).
The shortened time should help improve survival rates for patients with lung cancer, a disease for which there is no screening method. About 86 per cent of patients die before the five-year mark.
Dr. James Bond, the surgeon who is leading the Rapid Autopilot Program (RAP), said as soon as patients have an abnormal chest X-ray or other imaging test they are immediately sent to a nurse navigator who sends the images to a surgeon for a quick look to determine if the mass looks menacing and operable.
"It's a new paradigm of care and we think we can shift the survival curve because of it, not to mention reduce the unnecessary tests and visits, which cause delays," Bond said in an interview.
Surgeons who decide it would be safe and beneficial to remove the mass then send the patient for a pre-op PET or CT scan to stage the cancer; surgery usually occurs within a month. Lung cancers with tumours that can be surgically removed are generally the ones with the best chance of a cure.
The RAP process eliminates all the traditional steps in the middle — patients bouncing from appointment to appointment because of referrals from family doctor to radiologist to respirologists and other specialists.
Although the RAP program is so far confined to patients at Surrey Memorial, Bond is hoping he'll be able to convince Fraser Health that it should be expanded and either funded by the region or through donations to the hospital foundation. At the moment, the three surgeons are splitting the cost of a part-time nurse navigator.
"Our hope is that the region will recognize the benefits — that patients are getting treated faster, being diagnosed earlier when cancer is not as invasive, and it's also saving money because of efficiencies and the reduction in unnecessary medical visits," Bond said.
Within the region, more than 1,100 patients are diagnosed each year with lung cancer.
Many lung cancers are found by accident when patients are having tests for other issues and imaging tests incidentally pick up lesions on the lungs. Bond's decision to do something drastic was spurred by a report he read from the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), the doctors' national medical-legal defence organization.
In its September 2010 report to doctors, the CMPA reviewed about 90 legal cases and complaints made to doctors' regulatory bodies pertaining to a delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer. An expert committee found there were often delays or failures to order initial diagnostic tests like chest X-rays for patients who had persistent coughs and risk factors such as a history of smoking.
There were also delays when doctors didn't receive test results in a timely fashion or when files were misplaced, when patients missed followup appointments and when doctors failed to repeat necessary tests.
"In many of these cases, system failures contributed to the diagnostic delay. The experts maintained that an effective system or process to manage test results could have prevented the aforementioned issues. These system failures occurred in a variety of care locations including hospitals, clinics, urgent care centres and physicians' offices," the report said.
Bond said it's impossible to compare the Surrey Memorial Hospital diagnosis and treatment times with other hospitals because those figures aren't typically measured and recorded. The only reason he knows how long the delays were in Surrey is because they were computed as part of the pilot project.
"These problems have not been unique to Surrey," he said, noting that in lung cancer cases deemed inappropriate for surgery, patients are referred to oncologists for chemotherapy and radiation and there may be many delays accessing that treatment.
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2015 Chevrolet Colorado Starts at $20,995, GMC Canyon at $21,880
GM released pricing details on the upcoming Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickup trucks. The base Colorado, which features an extended cab and a 205-hp 2.5-liter inline-4 engine, mated to a six-speed manual transmission starts at $20,995 including $895 destination, while the base Canyon starts at $21,880 including $925 destination.
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Special editions of games are starting to make some headway. Persona 3 FES landed in our hands a few months ago, and soon Gears of War will be joining the re-release show. It's a smart strategy: bring a game back into the limelight by slashing the price and packing it full of bonus content. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (that's one long-winded title) takes the original game, released over a year ago, and jams it full of new weapons, some single player additions, and a massive list of online modes. Now, all these features look good on the back of the box, and should draw the average consumer's eye, but do they really add to up to a better game? The answer is yes and no. They make the multiplayer better, but don't help the shaky single-player campaign.
The Lost Planet in question goes by the name E.D.N. III. A frigid globe, it is overrun by an alien race known as the Akrid, who are posing trouble to intrepid groups of human colonizers. It plays out like an icy version of Starship Troopers. Problems arise when the narrative aims for exposition - instead of keeping it simple (people versus bugs), the story weaves a convoluted path. Putting you in control of Wayne (yes, just Wayne - no last name), the cutscenes unravel a hard-to-follow plot about secrets of planet supporting thermal energy sources, and try to get you interested in two dimensional characters with ridiculously silly names (one goes by the name of an herb - she's just known as Basil). And, like so many video game characters, Wayne has memory issues, so he's constantly reassessing the situation and getting reacquainted with the same cast.
Thermal energy plays a part not only in the plot, but is also central to the gameplay. Wayne has two heath indicators: one is T-Eng (thermal energy) and the other is a standard health bar. T-Eng slowly drains from the cold and enemy damage; once it all drains Wayne's health bar starts to dwindle. The key is to constantly keep Wayne charged up with T-Eng. This spills out of the aliens - so there's an incentive to stay on the move while keeping the kill count up. To absorb the T-Eng, Wayne and all the other human characters have a device called an energy pod - it essentially looks like a glowing, over-sized fanny pack.
Bug blasting is fun, but there's a catch to how it's done: instead of requiring you to unload a massive amount of ammo into the aliens, the game is built around an exploit-the-weak-point system. Each Akrid has a particular spot on its body that glows yellow; as you pummel that particular spot with rounds, it grows a darker and brighter red until the alien explodes. It feels like an old school gameplay mechanic in a satisfying way. Wayne does have a unique attachment at his disposal: by pressing a button he'll shoot out an anchor (a grappling hook) that allows him to reach high ledges or descend down into caverns. Aside from your standard assortment of machine guns, rifles, shotguns, and varied grenades, you can hop in what the game refers to as Vital Suits. These are essentially mechs, which can hold up to two weapons at a time (for instance, a Gattling gun and rocket launcher), and have special abilities like double jumps or limited flight.
Even with all the neat abilities and equipment at his disposal, Wayne isn't the most fun character to control. The game utilizes an arcade-like, tight control set, which is responsive, but Wayne seems to run at a terribly slow clip. He also isn't very nimble either - the force of many attacks knocks him to the ground, and by the time he gets back up, he's already getting knocked over again. Another problem is the game's camera. While it works well most of the time (with an over-the-shoulder setup), during boss fights it gets stuck in odd situations. This is a fault mainly of the game's ambition - bosses take up more than the whole screen, and as a result, the camera constantly has trouble staying where you want it. Visual oddities aren't restricted to just the camera. Explosions - which look quite impressive - can sometimes become so frequent they cloud your entire field of vision with smoke and fire. You're left to swing the targeting reticule around, waiting for it to turn red, and point you in the direction of the explosive weapon spammer.


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You may have heard of the upcoming film adaptation of R.I.P.D., the Dark Horse comic book about dead cops who solve supernatural crimes for the beyond-the-grave Rest In Peace Department.
And come November, the publisher is returning to the R.I.P.D. universe with R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned, a miniseries that sees the series' spectral officers on a new case. Courtesy of Dark Horse, here's an exclusive preview of City of the Damned's plot and art:
R.I.P.D.: CITY OF THE DAMNED #1 (of 4)
Peter Lenkov (W), Jeremy Barlow (W), Tony Parker (A), and Dave Wilkins (Cover)
Roy Pulsipher and Nick Walker are dead, but that doesn't mean their time in law enforcement is over. Both Roy and Nick are officers in the Rest in Peace Department, sworn to serve the Almighty and protect the living from evil's foul corruption. Their current case has them chasing a ghostly fanatic determined to undo all of creation-a threat with very personal connections to Roy's past, stretching back a hundred years into a weird, Wild West and Roy's first day on the job. It's a twisted history that Nick is only starting to uncover, and one that could have him reconsidering ever joining the R.I.P.D.!
• Prequel to the upcoming feature film starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges!
• The return of the hit series by Peter M. Lenkov (Hawaii Five-O, Demolition Man).
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Military and Security Forces: March 19, 2012
The IDF's Personnel Directorate decided that from now on all articles in the military weekly "BaMahane" will require prior approval by Chief Education Officer, Brig. Gen. Eli Shermeister. The decision follows the publication of the weekly's Purim edition which featured soldiers dressed in drag. (Haaretz)
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Military and Security Forces: March 19, 2012
The army weekly Bamahane will henceforth have to send its articles to Brig. Gen. Eli Shermeister, the chief education officer, for approval before publication. This follows the publication of an article in the Purim issue about soldiers dressing up as women and performing as drag queens when off duty.


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Editor's note: Mike Downey is a former columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a frequent contributor to CNN. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his.
(CNN) -- So, where'd everybody go?
Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies' attendance is down 8,290 per home game from a year ago. Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, each down more than 4,000. Minnesota Twins, more than 3,000. Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, 2,000-plus.
Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays .... down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
Like they say, come on out, good seats still available!
As baseball's yearly All-Star Game gets under way Tuesday night in Minneapolis, we will be bombarded with a lot of talk about what a great young star this guy is, or that guy is. "You'll be hearing a lot about this guy." "This kid's going to be around a long, long time." "He's got 'future Hall of Famer' written all over him."
Of course we will. Of course he does.
Never mind all the one-season wonders. The flashes in the pans. The golden boys who turned to rust. The All-Stars who were barely seen or heard from again. It's a frat party and everybody's up for it. Major League Baseball has never been better -- at least that's what somebody will tell you and sell you.
Except it's untrue. Seventeen of the game's 30 teams have poorer attendance than a year ago at this time. World Series television ratings get more disappointing year after year. Household-name players -- I mean popular and scandal-free ones like Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter -- have come to the ends of their careers, with no clear heir-apparents.
Is there a star player of today you'd go out of your way to see?
"Hey, Felix Hernandez is in town!" "You wanna go to the ballpark tonight and see Adam Wainwright?"
Those are your All-Star starting pitchers. Would you recognize either one if you saw him coming toward you on the street?
Baseball is losing its luster. As ticket prices get higher, interest goes lower. As options on television expand, baseball's grip on the American public gets ever more slippery.
TV's audience for Game 1 of the 2004 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals came to approximately 25.4 million viewers. When the same two teams met in the World Series last October, Game 1's viewership was pegged at around 15 million.
One year earlier a series between the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers attracted the worst TV ratings of any World Series in the past 30 years.
Players of great prowess and promise do still come along. Miguel Cabrera. Andrew McCutchen. Robinson Cano. Clayton Kershaw. A kid can capture imaginations in the blink of an eye. Mike Trout. Jose Abreu. Yu Darvish. Yasiel Puig.
They also can vanish from the radar just as quickly. Albert Pujols now seems two-thirds the superstar he used to be. Prince Fielder, CC Sabathia, Matt Kemp, Ryan Howard ... not exactly the game's hottest names anymore. Stephen Strasburg .... wasn't he the pitcher we were all waiting for? We're still waiting.
Derek Jeters do not come along every day.
Oh, he isn't nearly as famous nationwide as New Yorkers think he is. You could go months in California or Texas or Ohio without meeting a soul who cares that this is Jeter's last season, let alone anyone who could tell you who "the Captain" is. Yet he is a rarity in baseball indeed, particularly in this era -- a standout from beginning to end, as well as a guy who never gave us cause to question what kind of guy he secretly must be. He's been about as controversial as a Muppet.
Baseball could use more like him. They had better show themselves soon, too, because fewer and fewer people are watching. You'll hear somebody tonight call it the national pastime, but let me assure you of something: This nation can find other ways to pass the time.
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As a member of Star Alliance Brussels Airlines is able to offer its passengers a variety of benefits, with the biggest one being the enlargement of the network. This places Brussels and Brussels Airlines on a new footing within a 26-member trans-continental alliance, and gives passengers at one stroke global reach from and via our hub in Brussels. In fact, the benefits to frequent flyers of joining Star Alliance cannot be underestimated. Passengers can now travel to 1300 destinations throughout 195 countries* within a single network, and can rely on smooth transits throughout the route, as well as efficient baggage transfers and lounge access worldwide, making the flying experience as comfortable and seamless as possible.
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1. Swim 300 yards continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination.
2. Tread water for 2 minutes using only the legs, candidates will cross their arms.
3. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using only front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10 pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with both hands on the object, head at or near the surface and exit the water without using a ladder or steps within 1 minute and 40 seconds.
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Celebrate Disney Store's Grand Opening at Ala Moana Center
Guests are invited to meet Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at Disney Store's newly-designed location in Honolulu
WHAT: Disney Store will celebrate the grand opening of the newly designed store at Ala Moana Center, in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday, June 2, 2012. The newly-designed Disney Store at Ala Moana Center relocated and was remodeled to offer an interactive and magical experience for Disney fans of all ages. Disney Store's new design concept aims to deliver "the best 30 minutes of a child's day" through immersive storytelling neighborhoods featuring a Disney Princess castle with magic mirror, translucent trees, and the Disney Store Theatre featuring the latest Disney entertainment.
WHEN: Saturday, June 2, 2012
- 9:30 a.m. – Disney Store opening ceremony where a local child from Make-A-Wish® "will "unlock imagination" and officially open the store. The first 500 guests will receive a free gift.
- 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Meet and Greet with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at center stage. Don't forget to bring your camera!*
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Small business owners are strapped for time, under pressure and passionate about their businesses. Most direct small commercial insurers are failing to connect successfully with what this market segment truly cares about. Experiential research from Fjord and Accenture reveals that small commercial insurance customers are eager to purchase online but hold back because they find that the process is as time-consuming, confusing and frustrating as agent purchases are today.
Carriers that want to seize the sizeable opportunity in direct small commercial insurance sales must design customer-centric experiences that address all the small business owner's needs for speed, simplicity, flexibility, transparency and advice. Above all, the carrier must show that it understands the small businesses in which owners are so deeply invested and the challenges they face in navigating an ever more complex world.
As a fragmented $100 billion market where no single player has more than 4 percent market share, small commercial insurance represents an attractive opportunity for growth-hungry insurtechs and incumbents alike.
Accenture explores why small commercial customers find purchasing insurance online to be time-consuming, confusing and frustrating. Listen to the perspectives of small business owners and find out how Accenture and Fjord's experiential research methodology offers an approach every carrier can leverage to better understand small businesses' current and future requirements.
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The Cartwheel Galaxy is a lenticular galaxy and ring galaxy located in the southern constellation Sculptor. The galaxy lies at an approximate distance of 496 million light years from Earth. It is about 150,000 light years across in size, which makes it slightly larger than the Milky Way. The galaxy's unusual appearance resembles that of a … [Read more…]


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The Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and 40 Others were present at the sufferings of the Great Martyr George (April 23), through which they came to believe in Christ. They were then locked up in prison. After the execution of Saint George, the emperor Diocletian (284-305) issued an edict stating that all the prisoners were to offer sacrifice to the idols. The martyrs refused. They were beaten with iron rods, almost exposing their inner organs, and then their heads were cut off with a sword.


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The Kansas Woodwinds has enjoyed a long association with the School of Music at the University of Kansas. The six members are active as performers, teachers, clinicians, and adjudicators. This group has performed throughout the Midwest and at such events as the College Music Society and MENC national conventions, and the Annual Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Programs are drawn from the extensive repertoire of works written for the woodwind quintet, as well as various combinations of wind instruments, ranging from duets to sextets and spanning styles from Baroque to contemporary. In addition to its active performance schedule, the Kansas Woodwinds presents workshops and clinics in the public schools. A recent compact disc recording, Kansas Woodwinds, is available through the School of Music.
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The most glamorous way to globetrot. Freya launched this week.
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Do your part to keep travel sophisticated with a luxury hat case from Freya. The brand new line makes gallivanting all the more glamourous. Handmade in Tuscany, the cases come in a sophisticated color palette ranging from French blue and lovely fog to rich wine, caramel and olive. Smartly designed, The Poppy holds up to four hats, and tucked inside of the garden printed silk interior (inspired by the flora and fauna of Afghanistan, where Freya Stark voyaged), you'll find a makeup mirror, pocket for your charger and protective laptop strap. If you love the look enough to incorporate it into your everyday life, take a glance at The Mini Poppy which can be worn like a purse in python, snakeskin and metallic.
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Enter the world within yourself at Summit County Chakradance workshop
If you go
What: Chakradance, rhythm for the soul
Where: Summit School of Dance, 400 Granite St., Frisco
When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $200 for the three-day workshop. Preregistration is required; register online at http://www.thespiritofdance.net
More information: Contact Wendy Bradshaw at (719) 839-1038 or email email@example.com. View the full workshop schedule at http://www.chakradance.com
Wendy Bradshaw, director of The Spirit of Dance, Yoga, Movement and Meditation and accredited Chakradance facilitator, will lead a three-day Chakradance workshop this weekend in Frisco.
The workshop is divided into 60 minutes per chakra. It begins with an introductory overview and goes on to explore each major chakra before concluding with an integration class. Bradshaw said studying the chakras is a pretty deep subject and that part of the class will be spent educating participants about the chakras and their function.
"The chakras are the energetic gateways which connect to various layers of our aura," she said. "So every human being has seven major chakras. They are located in a vertical column running from the base of our spine to the top of our head."
Each chakra is linked to a specific area in our body, Bradshaw said.
"They are relating to our safety, power, love, communication, intuition and our self-realization, so when our chakras are running smoothly, we feel more balanced," she said. "Our chakras can affect our health, our emotions, our thoughts and even our behaviors in a positive manner."
Chakra comes from an ancient Sanskrit word that literally translates into wheel, Bradshaw said, so though Chakradance is a modern-day practice, its roots lie in ancient wisdom that is thousands of years old.
"At the very heart of most Eastern philosophies lies an understanding of the mystical channels of energy that flow throughout our bodies," she said. "We have the opportunity to enter into seven different inner worlds within ourselves."
Not another yoga class
Chakradance is different from other meditation-based practices such as yoga.
"Chakradance blends a unique musical vibration with each chakra," Bradshaw said. "We start at the base of he spine and we dance up our spine through each chakra, up to the crown chakra, as our body, mind and spirit align. Each student will focus attention on a particular chakra throughout this workshop, and through dance and musical vibration, we will release blockages that we may be holding onto."
These blockages may be emotional, spiritual or physical energies that need to be released.
"Dancing the seven charkas is like dancing through seven different worlds, each with its own lessons, each with its own meanings and each with its own stories," Bradshaw said.
Chakradance is new in the United States, and Bradshaw is one of only two licensed facilitators in the country. She said there are only about 35 facilitators in the world, mostly from Australia, where the practice originated.
"There's currently approximately 20 people in the States going through the training right now — from New York, Arkansas, Utah — there's also some possible future facilitators in Canada and Mexico," she said. "There's this wave of energy that's coming this way. Chakradance is a complete practice; it's a complete program that keeps you healthy from the inside out."
'Anybody can do it'
Bradshaw said practitioners could apply the principles taught in the workshop any time they need to realign themselves through their chakras, and this healing dance practice is open to all ages and levels.
"Anybody can do it," she said. "We've had students 17 to seniors dancing. I'm just guiding you through a journey through your chakra system; any man, any woman is welcome.
"I want to invite people to come explore, have fun, find meaning and learn to let go and not hold on to any blockages in their energy system. Just come in and take a different look into each chakra. It's taking a deeper look into each part of ourselves."
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We're in Marlborough. We've been wine tasting. Hic.
We haven't come a direct route, taking 910km to get here, rather than about 500km.....bonus kms
We've seen some pretty massive spiders so far (but only "fluffy" huntsmen )
Yes, lots of decent bike shops in Vancouver. I've asked a couple of PBP ancien friends living on Vancouver Island for good suggestions.
I'm baffled how that route can be better than New Zealand, but each to their own.Having ridden both, give me NZ anytime.
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