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[ Editor's note: This Ready Player One activation walkthrough is brought to us by Bleeding Cool correspondent Brandon Wainerdi from SXSW.]
Capitalizing on the hype machine that surrounded Sunday's premiere of Steven Spielberg's latest film, Ready Player One also rented out an enormous building in the heart of South by Southwest (SXSW) to build even further excitement.
Fans were literally placed into the fabled OASIS, allowed to run around The Stacks (literally stacked trailer homes), a lifesize Iron Giant, and zero-gravity night clubs. There was a Hot Topic pop-up shop stocked to the brim with Funkos and pop-vinyl key sets, and exorbitant amount of patches made sure that fans could take some of the Ready Player One world home with them.
Various pieces of '80s paraphernalia were scattered in corners of comfortable sofas and record players. And, then the highlight of the build-out for me especially, was a full replica of the hero DeLorean- complete with a flux capacitor and a movie-appropriate "Parzival" license plate. I definitely did not hold up the line with photos in a variety of poses to satiate my inner 10-year-old.
As an added bonus — my time at the activation was highlighted by surprise appearance of the full cast of The High Five. Tye Sheridan (Parzival), Olivia Cooke (Art3mis), Lena Waithe (Helen/Aech), Win Morisaki (Daito), and Philip Zhao (Shoto) held court with host Aisha Tyler (Archer) who delved into a Q&A covering everything from their auditions to their prior experience with Ernest Cline's book (spoiler: not much).
You can read more about the LIVE event hosted by Twitch and IMDB here, which also had an appearance by Ben Mendelsohn (Nolan Sorrento), screenwriter Zak Penn, and author Ernie Cline.
Upstairs, there was a real-life version of the Stacks, each mobile home housing impressive VR experiences (which, obviously, were very tough to accurately photograph). But it was a nice touch and an obvious addition to the already-impressive marketing push. The movie (spoiler free review from the world premiere during SXSW here) might not open to the general public until March 29th, but for some lucky fans in Austin this weekend, the world has already gotten its first real look at living in the OASIS.

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A pack of 20 water soluble liners for the Riksack. part of the ostomy bag emptying and changing accessory kit, ideal for ileostomy, colostomy or urostomy.
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SoundCloud Reaches 10 Million Registered Users
Music-sharing platform SoundCloud has reached 10 million registered users, the company announced.
SoundCloud also boasts 5 million downloaded mobile apps and 10,000 apps developed on SoundCloud's open platform.
The service hit the 5 million users landmark back in June 2011, having risen to that number quite quickly since its launch in 2008.
Perhaps the biggest strength of SoundCloud, however, lies in adoption by musicians, both big and small. Artists such as Radiohead, Ryan Adams and 3 Doors Down have embraced the platform and used it to promote their music.
To celebrate the 10 million user milestone, SoundCloud launched the Story Wheel — a simple tool that lets you create a slideshow from your Instagram photos accompanied with your narration. You can create your own Story Wheel for free here.


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Neil Simpson's management team are demanding a new challenger for his British light-heavyweight title.
Simpson, 31, from Willenhall, had been due to fight Tony Oakey, 24, from Portsmouth, on March 18 in the second defence of his title.
The fight had been postponed since last September when Simpson broke a wrist in training and the delay had led Oakey to accuse the Coventry man of "run-ning scared" and of "wasting eight months of his career."
But no sooner was the date confirmed than Oakey promptly decided to take a fight on March 2 at York Hall, Bethnal Green, against little-known unbeaten Estonian Andrei Kaersten for the WBU version of the world title.
"It's quite clear that Oakey never had any intention of fighting Neil because he knew he would lose," said Simpson's manager Johnny Griffin.
"While Neil was out injured Oakey and his manager Frank Maloney tried to persuade the British Boxing Board of Control to strip Neil of his title but his injury was genuine and we proved that.
"Once they realised they would have to actually get in the ring with Neil they immediately decided to take a so-called world title fight instead, which is actually less than worthless.
"It's quite clear who is running scared and the only person who has been deliberately wasting other people's time is Frank Maloney."
Griffin has now contacted the BBBC to demand that they nominate a new opponent - Oakey had been the mandatory challenger until his decision to dodge Simpson.
Oakey's switch means Simpson, who hasn't fought since April last year, has effectively wasted the last few months of his own career.
Just before Christmas the BBBC told Simpson he couldn't take a warm-up fight at the Sky-dome because he had to fight Oakey first.
Now there could be another delay while another challenger is sought.
Oakey's decision to take the WBU fight was clearly heavily influenced by Maloney and promoters Sports Network.
Takaloo was supposed to be headlining the March 2 bill at York Hall but saw opponents Gary Logan and Ryan Rhodes withdraw and was then prevented from fighting himself after taking a cut in sparring.
That left Sports Network with a hole to fill and Oakey was persuaded to take the fight.
It's evidently a decision motivated by money and the desire to preserve his unbeaten 14-fight career rather than the attraction of the WBU title, which is vacant only because nobody else wants it.
Roy Jones holds the WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO titles with Darius Michalczewski the WBO champion. Oakey's decision will at least mean he has to vacate the Commonwealth title he acquired from Simpson last year - if he wins the WBU title. Simpson was stripped of the title after a cut eye foiled his European title bid against Yawe Davis last April.
And Oakey then took ten rounds to beat Hastings Rasani - who was beaten in four by Simpson - to win the belt.
Oakey said yesterday: "I'm hungry to prove that I am the best light-heavyweight in the country and the world."
It's a frankly risible statement that will be quite rightly met by derision from the Simpson camp.
Who Simpson fights next is in the hands of the BBBC but Mark Baker would appear to have the best shout, having been promised a re-match in the past.
*TOMMY FEECHAN (Coventry Boys) is in for a tougher test tonight when he takes on Clint Smith on the Leicester Belgrave club show in a box-off to reach the Midlands ABA finals at Tile Hill Social Club a week on Saturday.
Light-welterweight Feechan stopped Bulkington's Patrick McKervey at Newdigate Colliery last Saturday night but will have more trouble against Smith, who reached the semi-finals last year.
Triumph's James Flinn, who beat Chris Hartley with one punch at Newdigate, fights Chesterfield's David McClellan in his box-off.


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Mentoring Programs
Have you been thinking that mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters only includes one-to-one, long-term matches? Think again!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island offers a wide range of mentoring opportunities to meet the varied needs of volunteers, children and families.
If after learning about our programs here on the website and you want to pursue the process further, just fill out our Volunteer-Application and submit it to us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Serving as role models, our mentors teach by example the importance of giving and giving back, of staying in school, and for having respect for family, peers and community
Start Something…
Each time we pair a child with a mentor or introduce a group of students to a group program, we start something.
Find out more about our various programs by reviewing the links above or by contacting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island for more details about which programs are available in your community.
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You can also learn more about the process of becoming a volunteer or support our various programs through a financial gift.
Whether it's in the form of time or money there is no more important investment we as individuals can make than in helping our nation's children realize – and share – their full potential.
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|The Iceman Cometh to Brisbane in March?
Fredric March and March Syncs
and look what happens -
"A man in his 40s was critically injured when a tree fell on him as severe thunderstorms lashed south-east Queensland last night.Emergency crews worked through the evening after the storm brought down trees and cut power to 50,000 homes.
Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) says a man was running at St Lucia in Brisbane's inner west when he was struck by a tree.
He was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital with head injuries.
Another man also injured at St Lucia was taken to Royal Brisbane Hospital in a serious but stable condition."
Man critically injured as storms lash SE Qld
|The storm hitting Brisbane March 24th.
Ipswich councillor Paul Tully says the storms were furious and the full extent of damage will not be realised until later today.
"There were very intense winds, hail and very heavy rain," he said.
"There was hail hitting cars outside the shopping centre and most people were caught unawares because it moved in from the west very, very quickly.""
|Hail Comething to Brisbane last night.
Two people from St.Lucia
St Lucia, Queensland
were injured in the storm that hit Brisbane,
" a man was running at St Lucia in Brisbane's inner west when he was struck by a tree...
Another man also injured at St Lucia was taken to Royal Brisbane Hospital in a serious but stable condition."
Lucia means light, oddly enough.
" Saint Lucia enjoys a high degree of popularity in Scandinavian countries, where her feast day is celebrated every December 13th.
Her connection to light is considered particularly important in these northern countries that receive so little sunlight in the winter months."
Origin and Meaning of the Name Lucia
Sweden: Lussekatter for St. Lucia's Day
|Statue of St. Lucy at Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church in the North End of Boston
She solved this problem by attaching candles to a wreath on her head. "
Saint Lucy's Day
| St.Lucy is the patron saint of those who are blind.
I've written about the band Evermore a few times on this blog before, too.
Something in the Air About Emily?
Sailing The Indian Ocean For Signs?
|Brisbane Street, Beaudesert after yesterday's storm.
Run under the moon and stars of a beautiful March evening in Brisbane. Take in the spectacular sights of the Brisbane river whilst running
St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD · http://www.twilightrun.com.au
The sun setting over the Brisbane River, thousands of runners and walkers enjoying a March evening... pounding the pavement, putting their bodies to the test.
Grimaces, smiles and a few frowns are some of the expressions temporarily occupying the faces of participants...finally as the sun sets, expressions change as men, women and children of all ages beam coming across the finishing line. "
UPDATE ON ABOVE STORY 12 April 2013
Fun runner dies after being hit by tree during Twilight Running Festival at St LuciaSt Lucia on March 24
Canadians Joe and Laura Kelly were nearing the end of a two-year stint in Australia when Joe was hit by a large branch which fell in high winds during a St Lucia fun run on March 24.
Mr Kelly, 58, an avid triathlete and distance runner, was competing in the Brisbane Twilight Running Festival when a storm hit, bringing torrential rain and strong wind gusts.
He survived for five days before succumbing to head injuries on Friday.
The Canadian couple moved to Australia in 2010 for work, but were nearing the end of their travels and planned to spend their last three months touring the country before returning to Canada to retire."
|The Dark Trickster Rises?
Hmm...very funny, big fella;-)
|1424 Crescent Heights.
Ashley Greene lost a pet dog in a fire started by a candle in her West Hollywood apartment.
Ashley Greene's dog dies in fire that destroys 'Twilight' star's West Hollywood condo
" Firefighters then attempted to get back into the burning apartment to rescue the star's two fox terrier dogs Marlo and Theo.
One of them was found dead under a bed while a second was treated for injuries sustained."
Theodore Hickman "Hickey"is the name of the Lee Marvin character in The Iceman Cometh.
|Ashley Greene as Kelly!?
|Ashley Greene
Barfly Goes To Hollywood
Stephen Sewell author of Babylon, who I wrote about in the last post Babylon grew up in Granville, Sydney.
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Royal Worcester Wrendale Donkey & Robin Mug and Coaster, Multi, 310ml
Royal Worcester Wrendale Donkey & Robin Mug and Coaster, Multi, 310ml
Product description
Product code: 68277273
A donkey and a robin are Winter Friends, as depicted on this giftable bone china mug from Royal Worcester Wrendale Designs that comes with a matching coaster.
Hannah Dale began Wrendale Designs in 2011. Cambridge educated, she had been a stockbroker in London for several years before marrying a Lincolnshire farmer. Her collaboration with Royal Worcester reflects her love of farming, they capture the wonders of her new rural life and her closely observed animal and bird designs are loved and eagerly collected by many.
Choose the perfect china
All our china is made from clay and kiln-fired for durability. Except for pieces with special trims, everything is dishwasher safe. Below are a few options to consider when choosing your perfect china.
|Strong and practical, perfect for everyday. Its cream colour and low firing temperatures allow for designed pieces.
|Tougher than earthenware and chip resistant. Ideal for heavy use and can often go into the oven to temperatures of up to 250°C.
|Uses a clay with a rich body colour giving the characteristic base colour, and has a low glaze firing allowing bright coloured glazes. Porous body allows for good thermal expansion and contraction properties making it an ideal body for cookware such as tagines and roasters.
|Delicate yet strong. Carefully selected clays give whiteness and translucency. It can often go from oven to table.
|Fine china
|The synthetic bone ash used in fine china makes it a more affordable alternative to bone china whilst maintaining the benefits - strength, translucency and delicacy.
|Bone china
|Bone china is made from 40% bone ash. This makes strong yet thin and delicate pieces which are microwave, dishwasher* and oven safe making each piece ideal for everyday use, not just formal.
*Unless product has metallic details - always check individual item for specific care instructions
Product specifications
- Brand
- Royal Worcester
- Capacity
- 310ml
- Christmas Theme
- Amber
- Country of Origin
- India
- Dimensions
- H8.3 x W6.5 x D11cm
- Dishwasher Safe
- Freezer Safe
- Material
- Fine bone china
- Microwave Safe
Brand information
Royal Worcester, now owned by the Portmeirion Group, has been in existence since 1751. The company has supplied superb quality china and porcelain to generations including, as the name suggests, the Royal Household.More from Royal Worcester


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How to Clean Shortcut Screens on the Android
Shortcut icons in your home screens on your Android-based device give you quick one-tap access to your favorite apps, documents, Internet shortcuts or file folders. You can also install useful widgets on shortcut screens, giving you instant access to your calendar or media player. You can set up multiple shortcut screens to hold all of your icons, but when the shortcut screens start getting too cluttered, it might be time to clean them out. You can delete individual icons from a shortcut screen or trash an entire screen.
Remove Icons from a Home Screen
Tap or click the "Home" button on your device.
Swipe until you reach the home screen you wish to modify.
Tap and hold the icon you wish to delete. A "Remove" icon appears at the bottom of the screen.
Drag the shortcut icon to the "Remove" icon.
Completely Delete a Shortcut Screen
Tap or click the "Home" button.
Tap or click the "Menu" button.
Tap the "Reorder" icon at the bottom of the screen. Small previews of your home screens appear.
Tap and hold the preview of the home screen you wish to delete.
Drag the screen to the "Remove" icon at the bottom of the screen.
Photo Credits
- Sean Gallup/Getty Images News/Getty Images


text: With the internet rapidly changing, and trends doing the same, it's your job to keep up! 2010 was all about keyword research. However, 2016 is going to be about keeping up with the latest trends. Businesses, no matter which type, need to keep an eye on the keywords that are consistently working for them and monitor the ones that are slowly falling off the radar. Maintaining your keyword efficacy is going to be an essential part of being successful. How Do I Maximize Keyword Ranking? A simple way to begin is to focus on what your customers are searching for, but that's not totally cutting it. You need to also center in on what specific words and phrases specific demographics, age groups, regions, etc., are using. Is your target audience still searching for the same things they were last year? Is your target audience posing their questions in the same way? Is your target audience using slightly different phrasing than last year? People have different ways of speaking and even different ways of searching for things, and these can evolve over time. Therefore, it's important that you think outside of the box. Think about the product or service that you provide - how would someone in your target audience describe it? Making the Most of Related Keywords There are many tools you can use to get the bigger picture of keywords you should target. These tools help to create the right list of keywords for: Content Ads Social media Optimization An example of this would be the Google Keyword Research tool which is a part of Google AdWords. This tool helps identify keywords allowing you to reach out to potential customers when they are in the consideration phase of the buying process. You can also get local keyword data from this platform that will help with marketing. Don't limit yourself to using one tool, use a few so that you are able to gather all of the keywords and phrases relevant to your business. Remember… Google has become much more sophisticated. Rather than looking at search queries and solely focusing on keywords, they are looking at queries and focusing on intent. And so should you. Find relevant themes and topics to structure your content, ad, etc., around. Looking for PPC & SEO Tips? As you continue to utilize keyword research in your marketing strategies, get SEO & PPC tips from our marketing team at KathodeRay!


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Hello, adventurers!
I hope you're having a wonderful weekend.
Recently, we decided to tend the vegetable garden. The tiller unearthed a treasure–a door knob most likely belonging to the house which stood where ours stands now. It burned down many years ago.
I love mushrooms, and I already had three ceramic mushrooms hiding in the flower garden. I decided the old doorknob would make a fine addition to the grouping. I stuck it on a piece of mulch, and it looks right at home!
Have you discovered any treasures in your yard? Let me know in the comments! 🙂
Happy Trails!


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FAQs - IELTS Regular
What is the Test Format?
All candidates are tested in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. All candidates take the same Listening and Speaking Modules. There is an option of either Academic or General training in the Reading and Writing Modules. It takes about 3 hours to complete the Listening, Reading and Writing. Speaking test is conducted in the afternoon on the same day. Please reserve the whole day for the examination.
Only at IDP Bangkok (Saturday test), you may choose to do speaking test either on Saturday, Sunday or Monday after the written tests. You can just simply inform our IELTS staff at the application point.
Why is the IELTS format fairer for you?
You deserve a fair chance to do your best. This is why, unlike other tests, IELTS gives you a quiet room with no distractions or interruptions for the Speaking test.
IELTS also recognises that candidates have different approaches to answering questions. For example, with IELTS you can answer questions in the order that suits you and you can make changes to your Reading answers and Writing responses at any time during the Reading and Writing sections.


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Christmas and the Cliff. For my family, they're so hopelessly entwined that I can't imagine spending the season elsewhere. My daughter and I moved to Winnetka Heights when she was 2 — so literally all of our shared holiday memories have taken place south of the Trinity.
We've baked and delivered cookies to our local police station. We've shopped and shared meals with friends every year at Jingle Bells on Bishop. We've had pancakes with Santa at Kessler United Methodist, sat in his lap at Kidd Springs, and cheered him on as he rode down Davis on Fire Engine 15.
We bought our treetop angel on Jefferson, a specimen from Mexico with real feather wings so striking she makes my kiddo suck in her breath every year as the tissue paper falls away, declaring her to be the most beautiful angel ever.
Beyond this, we've developed family traditions so strong and true that they've welded us to this tiny corner of the planet forever, and I offer a couple here now in the hopes of learning more about your own.
May Your Light Shine…
Ever since Sadie was 3 years old, she's taken holiday candy to Norma's Cafe, and given a piece to everybody in the place. It started one year when she had received a bag of Christmas candy from her preschool teacher. I took her to the lunch counter for a post-school grilled cheese, and she sat there, clutching that bag to her chest and gazing at the shiny wrappers.
Soon, another family with a little boy about Sadie's age joined us, and he, too, began to admire the candy. Within a couple of minutes, Sadie opened the bag and handed pieces to the boy and his older brother. They were thrilled, and their response, clearly, was wind beneath her wings.
She jumped up and began giving all of the patrons pieces of candy. The warm reaction my beautiful, 3-year-old elf received clearly touched a nerve, making her want to hand out candy daily — a sentiment reinforced when Ms. Pam, the heart and soul of Norma's, rewarded her with big mug of hot chocolate with about a foot of whipped cream. Every year since, we've gone at least a couple of times each season, my kiddo dancing around the tables handing out candy and then drinking her body weight in hot chocolate.
…. May Your Tummies Be Full….
Our other big Cliff tradition is our annual cookie-decorating extravaganza, Cookie Palooza. This year, for the sixth year in a row, I will spend the Friday night before Christmas mixing up a fridge full of sugar-cookie dough, then waking up at the crack of dawn on Saturday to roll, cut and bake 20 dozen sugar cookies.
I'll lug the cookies to the Nodding Dog, then set out a dozen colors of cream-cheese frosting in bowls, plus every possible topping and candy you can imagine. By mid-afternoon, the marauding hordes of little girls will descend.
Before decorating commences, I'll swear everybody in:
"Raise your right hand and repeat after me. I will have a terrific time. I will not bogart the pink icing. I understand in advance that, if I eat my cookie, it is OK, but it is not, then, available to be judged in competition. I will make every attempt humanly possible to keep the frosting on my cookies and myself, and not on my fellow cookie decorators."
…And, Finally, May Your Dog Talk
A decade or so ago, my favorite TV show was Northern Exposure — and my favorite episode was the first-season Christmas episode. I'm going to share a quick excerpt here because every time I spend an hour out and about in the hood, I'm reminded of the fictional town of Cicely, a lovely place where people of all colors and creeds not only get along, they celebrate each other's differences.
It's a speech over the fictional KBEAR radio by the character Chris in the Morning — and it encapsulates this secular girl's feelings about Christmas in the Cliff better than anything else ever could:
"It's an old legend that on Christmas Eve at midnight, all the animals fall to their knees and speak, praising the new-born Jesus. Back in the winter of '69, my dad was serving a short time for a DUI and I don't know where my mom was… Anyway, I was home alone Christmas Eve and I stayed up extra kind of late to see if my dog Buddy would talk, and he did.
"I don't remember his exact words, but that's not important. What — What matters is that a 7-year-old boy experienced his own personal epiphany. What's my point? Well, it's that Christmas reveals itself to us each in a personal way. Be it secular or sacred, whatever Christmas is, and it's many things to many people, we all own a piece of it. It's like… Well, it's kind of like Santa's bag. Inside, there's a gift for everybody. My Christmas wish for you tonight: may your dog talk. Good night, Cicely. Merry Christmas."
Good night, Oak Cliff. Merry Christmas.


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We have an open Live In Full Time Carer position in Chelsea, London. The candidate will be required to provide care and support with all elements of daily living such as personal care, food preparation, daily routines and ensure that the service user's medication needs are met. The family would like to hire someone who is patient, reliable and willing to work full time from Monday to Friday.
As a Full Time Carer, your duties will include
You won't have to worry about accommodation as the family will provide a spacious bedroom ensuite for you. The family wants the Carer to start by the 3rd week of February.
To learn more about this role, please complete the form below and a consultant will contact you with more information.
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Value Added channel program
Comptra works on the resellers qualification by handling the training classes in our Academy. Thanks to our great services from our vendors we certify them, we give them the experience of hands-on training classes and certify them. This makes the resellers and channels to work on their value added business by providing the services and after sales.


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A Daughter's Love
I recently had the pleasuring of befriending a wonderful human being/ major mogul in the natural beauty world, Britta Aragon, founder of CV Skin Labs.
As soon as we met I was captivated by her passion and got super riled up by her mission to help people with a whole host of skin ailments. As someone who struggled with acne for over a decade I became acutely aware of everything I put on my skin.
Even after my acne went away (thanks to some major dietary changes) I continued to be meticulous about my skin care choices because YOUR SKIN IS YOUR LARGEST ORGAN and it is insane how easily environmental toxins creep into your body and cause major hormone disruptions or even illnesses.
Think about that. I did. I no longer put anything on my skin that I couldn't put in my mouth. When I first make the connection I literally lived on the Environmental Working Group's website to check every product I used on my body and in my home.
Most conventional skin care products (even the super expensive, fancy ones) are full of chemicals that can irritate the skin and be toxic to the body. So if you are suffering from some sort of skin ailment (whether it be chronic psoriasis, acne or a simple kitchen burn) you know how prohibitive it can be and I urge you to take a look at what you are using on your body, it might be exacerbating the issue.
Britta's story shows the power of the heart and mind. After her father was diagnosed with cancer his skin became incredibly sensitive and all the lotions that were supposed to soothe him only added to his discomfort. She created CV Skinlabs to make sure that others did not have to suffer the way her father did while going through his treatments.
When we first spoke about the products she referred to them at the "Salt & Pepper of your routine", which, Hi, food metaphors get me every time, so I had to try them for myself. They are, simply, above and beyond words.
Everything in them is completely natural, organic and soothing to body. She takes all the ancient herbal wisdom from around the world and combined it in one, perfect product line.
She is on a mission to help as many people as possible and has created this campaign to get into every hospital and cancer treatment center in North America.
(Click to watch the video and donate to this incredible cause)
I urge you to please take a few minutes to watch this video and donate anything that you can. Just $10 will help Britta on her mission to soothe millions of people who are unnecessarily suffering. And if you feel moved, please share this video with your friends too.
Thank you, and on behalf of Britta and her family, we really appreciate your help and support.


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Diesel Train (Union Pacific)
$ 39.99
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All aboard! This is the design that inspired the creation of suitables. Our Union Pacific Diesel train features classic diesel train horn sound and detailed high-quality graphics that faithfully represent the UP brand. One size only (fits most 2-7 year olds). Approximate build time: 25 minutes. (Products bearing Union Pacific, mark are used with approval from Union Pacific Railroad Company)


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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two Indiana musicians will provide entertainment at the Lafayette Farmers' Market this Saturday, June 6th, between 7:30a and noon. Danny Weiss, a Greater Lafayette-based saxophonist and clarinetist, will be performing from 7:30a–9:00a. Indiana-based New Age musician, Jeff Pearce, will be performing from 10:00a until 12:00p.
Danny Weiss leads several groups performing regularly in West Lafayette, Indiana, his home for the past 10 years. He is interested in all forms of music and has performed in many Latin and Caribbean bands (merengue, cumbia, salsa, and ska) as well as Motown (with the Temptations) and Jewish folk music (with Yid Vicious).
Jeff Pearce is well known to the ambient/new age music community for his unique approach to the guitar and Chapman Stick. Whether playing intimate acoustic music or crafting deep-space drifts, he composes music which uniquely combines melody and mystery.
In addition to the entertainment available at the Farmers' Market, there will also be fresh fruits, vegetables, kettle corn, lamb, beef, pork, free range farm fresh eggs, flowers, honey, dried herbs, baked goods, and arts and crafts available at selected times during the 2009 Market season (which runs through the end of October.)
The Lafayette Farmers Market, managed by the Downtown Development Council of Greater Lafayette Commerce, will be open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7:30a–12:30p in Downtown Lafayette on Fifth Street between Main and Columbia Streets. The market will also be open on Thursdays from 3:00p–6:30p from June 4 through August 13 in the Dauch Alumni Center Parking Lot, 403 W. Wood Street on Purdue University campus. On Thursdays, the market will move back to Downtown Lafayette from August 20 through the end of October with hours of 4:00p-7:00p.
In addition, the Sagamore West Farmers Market will be in operation on Wednesdays from May 6 through October 28. Information regarding this market can be obtained at www.westlafayette.in.gov/departments/parksandrec/.
For more information or to become a vendor at the Lafayette Farmers market, contact Jane Ness at Greater Lafayette Commerce at 765/742-4044.


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Uncle Kevin and Aunt Katie, and Lincoln and Jameson, came to stay with us for a "stay-cation," proving the this summer's Florida trip can, and will!, be a complete success!
We loaded 'em up …
… and let them run wild at the Science Center!
Bubbles are always a blast!
She's like a mini-Mr. Wizard!
Rocket Man (and toddler and girl!)!
Note: The look of utter disdain on Carter's face!
Wrapping up with ice cream!
Friday we lunched at the Fish Bowl, and followed up with bowling
They went back and forth between being mad at each other (because someone's gotta be in last place!) and having a blast! Crazies!
Carter's biggest little fan!
FINAL SCORE: Uncle Kevin beat Daddy, and Charlie didn't fall into last place! Winning!
Lincoln asked all day for Uncle Andy to build this car. He had to do some work, so Uncle Kevin started it. An hour later, Andy came to help. An hour after that, they'd broke out the beer! Lincoln, in the meantime …
… had moved on to brownies! HA! But we'd do anything for that smile!
Watching them chill was a-maz-ing! It's been a FUN couple of days, but the naughtiest of the naughty Chalupas takes a lot out of ya!
World's Best Smiles <3


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You know that moment where you friend your ex on Facebook, and he or she is like, "here's a picture of me and my ex, bleh, okay, now here's 30,000 pictures of me and my new soulmate having wonderful adventures and being perfect?" That's how Ash Ketchum must feel right now.
A "Pokémon Game Show" event was held at the Tokyo Big Site event center on Saturday, and the highlight of the event was the announcement of POKEMON THE ORIGIN, a new, ongoing animated TV series that goes back to the beginning of Pokémon Red and Blue and closely adapts the stories from the games. If you've been alive between 1997 and Now, you may be aware of the regular Pokémon series, which follows a kid who wasn't in the games and his quest to "be the very best" whilst dodging attacks from a gay guy with a hot air balloon, his friend and their cat.
Anyway, Red is finally getting his due, and it looks great.
Images from a promotional video shown at the event reveal that the anime will feature the player and rival characters from Nintendo's original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green (released as Pokémon Blue in North America) video games. The original games' and television series' first gym leader Takeshi (known as Brock in English) will also appear in the upcoming anime. The Pokémon Hitokage (Charmander), Ishitsubute (Geodude), and Kamex (Blastoise) are featured in the promotional video.
The separate Pocket Monsters XY television anime series will premiere in Japan on October 17 as a tie-in with the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games. Pre-orders for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y opened in Japan on August 10, and the games will ship for the Nintendo 3Ds worldwide on October 12. (via Anime News Network)
And your trailer, as promised.
'The Pocket Monsters: The Origin' (or 'Pokémon: The Origin' for any domestic fans who aren't comfortable referring to anything as a "pocket monster") will premiere in Japan on October 2 at 7:00 p.m. "Not Pikachu, please don't sue" jokes are wildly appropriate.


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Dear Other People –
Even though there's a lot of hoopla about which chronic ailment titles are best, and worst, I don't care how you refer to me. And my disease.
A person with diabetes.
A diabetic.
For me, it's a big ole nothing-burger. Really. Because what it all comes down to is the heart of the matter. The heart of the afflicted.
I am me.
I am Darlene.
And yes, I am an insulin-dependent diabetic. Or if it makes you feel better, I am a person with insulin-dependent diabetes. Have been since I was diagnosed at nine-years-old, clinging to my pink teddy bear in a sterile hospital bed.
My disease isn't the whole of me. But, does the label of it sway your opinion of me?
Like I already said—I don't care what you call me—just don't call me late for dinner. Ha! Ha! No, wait. Seriously. Because for me, being late for dinner might result in a low blood sugar (a hypoglycemic event where I break out in a cold sweat, shake, cry; where my brain is starved of glucose and my vision is narrowed to that of a pinhole; where I suffer a seizure; where I go unconscious because the brain cannot store glucose and nobody's body can function without it; where my heart may up and give up and I suffer a heart attack—stuff like that). On the flipside, having too much dinner might result in a high blood sugar (a hyperglycemic event where I am thirsty, thirsty, thirsty because my body is trying to dilute the abundance of glucose swimming 'round my blood and organs; where I feel starved, but if my blood sugar is superDuper high, I am nauseated and I dry-heave, or I barf up great gobs of bile; where I have rotten fruit dragon breath because my body is eating itself from the inside out; where I get grumpy and hot and feel like I'm detached from my body and watching life from the bottom of a swimming pool—stuff like that).
Yes, my struggles are real. They are day by day. Night by night. Meal to meal. Snack to snack. Minute by minute. Too much exercise? Not enough exercise? Too much insulin? Not enough insulin? Too much stress? Not enough finger-prick blood testing? Too many carbohydrates? Not enough carbohydrates? Am I out of blood glucose test strips? Do I have extra batteries? Did my insulin get too hot? Is my insulin-infusion pump malfunctioning? Is my insertion site loose? Why is my continuing glucose monitor beeping? Again!
Like with any chronic illness-ailment-disease, the bearer of the condition learns how to best cope in everyday settings, in everyday situations. What other option exists?
Yes, I am an insulin-dependent diabetic. Or if it makes you feel better, I am a person with insulin-dependent diabetes. But I am also: brave and strong, yet sometimes weak and scared; a mighty warrior, yet sometimes a timid cloak-bearer; a wild woman with hopes and dreams, yet sometimes a shy girl with fears and doubts; a hard worker with a go-go-go get 'er done attitude, yet sometimes a person who needs a time-out, a sit-down, a reboot, a rest, and a well-balanced snack, or an extra dose of insulin.
I am no different than you, except I devote a lot time, effort, and work to fit in with other people's expectations.
Because what it all comes down to is the heart of the matter. The heart of the afflicted. So, let me sway your opinion of me as I simply live the best life I am given—alongside of you, living yours.
Simply Darlene
Darlene leads a simple life as a momma, teacher, homemaker, small business-owner, country girl, and a Type 1 Diabetes advocate. Out here in these tangled inter-webs she also has been a storyteller, photographer, and poet.


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Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen hopes his hometown track in New Zealand on Sunday can avoid a repeat of the wet weather drama which forced Saturday's qualifying session to be abandoned.
The back straight at Pukekohe Park Raceway was essentially undriveable for the Supercars field after persistent rain on Saturday morning, forcing qualifying to be called off with less than two minutes of the 20-minute session completed.
The wet weather threatened to cause a delay or even a cancellation of Saturday's 70-lap race, but a break in the weather in the afternoon allowed the event to continue as scheduled.
Van Gisbergen went on to claim victory in the race, much to the delight of local fans.
The Pukekohe track has undergone extensive recent resurfacing and Van Gisbergen believes the troublesome back straight is simply too new to handle Supercars safely in the wet.
"The back straight, there's something crazy about it," the Red Bull Holden Racing Team star said.
"I think it's too fresh - they did it too recently. There's so much oil on the surface; when we did our track walk, you were sliding with your shoes on."
The defending Supercars champion says the situation should be fine unless similar rain lashes the track as it did for most of Saturday.
"I don't know if there's any solution for tomorrow," he said.
"They made the right call in qualifying ... I think there's a little bit of rain forecast for tomorrow but, hopefully, it's not too much and we can have a safe qualifying and a safe race."
Ford driver Mark Winterbottom, who finished second in Saturday's race, labelled the track condition as the worst he'd driven on and praised the decision to abandon the qualifying session.
"People who've paid money want to watch sessions and that back straight was horrendous," Winterbottom said.
"I think that was a big call, a brave move and we put on a good show in the afternoon."


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Calvin is not a chicken. Calvin is a dog…one of four on our farm. And, to be honest, probably my least favorite. I couldn't put my finger on it, but there is something infinitely goofy about him that just strikes me the wrong way. Bear in mind, though, that my workaholic Border Collie, Winnie, is my idea of the perfect dog.
Not to worry, he is adored and worshipped by my husband and two children.
Calvin certainly got off on the wrong foot with me shortly after we brought him home from the shelter. Used to our three other dogs totally ignoring the chickens, I didn't give a second thought to opening the pen door. Out walked the chickens. And up galloped Calvin! Wow, what the heck were THESE things, all feathers and flighty, huh? My huge old Buff Orpington took one look at him and started running. Calvin chased. She ended up with two puncture wounds in her back as a result (she's fine these many years later) and Calvin earned a place in the dog house.
When Calvin joined our home, he brought some new skills that the other dogs had never thought about: like jumping up on the kitchen counter and eating anything in sight. Like barking non-stop each dawn and dusk, presumably at all the ferocious creatures living in our woods. Like running away joyously each time the electric-fence collar battery dies, or, in fact, running THROUGH the shock point with not much more than a quick "Yelp!" But he does it all with great glee and abandon. That's Calvin.
But I changed my mind–somewhat–recently about Calvin. Late one night we heard hin barking with an unusual intensity just behind our chicken pens. The kids were camping in a tent outside and were awakened by the noise. I was asleep, but even I woke up and stumbled outside to see what the fuss was all about. Calvin had cornered a raccoon on top of the netting that was preparing the slip through the netting and get into one of the coops for a nearly-midnight snack. Out patrolling for the evening, he caught the scent of the marauder and began raising cain!
We all rushed in, not sure what to do, though probably not as confused as the raccoon, snarling and hissing atop the poultry netting. The kids were yelling and rushing toward the coon, the dogs were barking like mad–the raccoon escaped. We caught him, though, and one of his buddies over the next few nights.
But more to the point, I look at Calvin with new eyes. I don't have to like his dopey, goofy persona or his antics on the kitchen counter, but I guess that he–like most of us–has some good lurking beneath the surface. Sometimes you just have to look a little deeper. So when I get angry at him for leaping to the top of my daughter's desk to eat her cat's food, I try to remember that he has a job here.
And its a good one.


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Winners of the ICSA Jersey Awards 2016 were celebrated along
with the recent academic achievements of ICSA graduates and students at the sell-out
black tie ICSA Jersey Annual Dinner held at the Hotel de France last week (Friday,
30th September 2016).
"We were delighted to have such a fantastic turnout,
our largest yet, to celebrate the
academic achievements of our local members and students,
whilst also applauding the success of the Awards winners," said Robert Le Corre, ICSA Jersey Chairman. "Participation in the ICSA Jersey Awards has grown
year on year. This bodes well for the profession since these are the company secretaries
and administrators of the future," he added.
The Dinner
also marked the 125th
anniversary of ICSA. Founded as the Institute of Secretaries in 1891 the
institute changed its name to the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators in 1971 to better reflect the profession of its members. Today,
ICSA: The Governance Institute, has a worldwide
presence, representing about 34,000 members and students in 80 countries,
including over 800 in Jersey.
Mr Le Corre commented: "Good governance benefits
companies, large and small, by establishing a framework of processes and
attitudes that add value to the business, help build its reputation and ensure
its long-term continuity and success. The need for governance professionals who
support and advise the boards of organisations in all industries and sectors
has never been more relevant than it is today."
ICSA Jersey Awards 2016 were sponsored by BPP Professional Education, Brainloop, Rowlands
Recruitment, Sator Regulatory Consulting, and ZEDRA, all keen supporters of
ICSA Jersey and its members.
The Awards were judged by a panel of industry experts and the
winners were:
Winner – Claire de la Haye of Mourant Ozannes
Winner – Crestbridge
Winner – Amanda Smith of Estera
Winner – Capita Asset Services
Winner – Computershare Offshore
Winner – Elian Corporate Services
Winner – Michael Reed of Computershare Offshore
Mr Le Corre, who sat on the Judging Panel along
with David Rees, CFO of the Channel Islands Co-operative Society and Helen
Hatton, MD of Sator Regulatory Consulting, commented: "Well done to the teams and
individuals at Mourant Ozannes, Crestbridge, Estera, Capita Asset Services,
Computershare Offshore, Elian Corporate Services, and Bedell Group for their
outstanding nominations. We were very impressed
indeed with the professionalism and technical excellence demonstrated by all of
the participating organisations, teams and individuals. It really does show the valuable work they
In addition to the announcement of the ICSA
Jersey Awards 2016 winners, the Dinner celebrations recognised the students
present who have recently completed the various stages of their ICSA
qualifications. Local and international prize winners who have excelled in
their ICSA examination papers over the last year were also recognised, with a
presentation of a certificate by ICSA CEO, Simon Osborne.
The prize winners who achieved the highest mark internationally
in their respective papers included: Rebecca-Claire Myles of Bedell Group,
Danielle Sangan of Elian, Melissa Vitalini of Langham Hall, Sarah Pirouet of
Bedell Group, and Nicole Chapon of Bedell Group.
The local prize winners who
were applauded were:
Danielle Sangan for the Best Jersey Completion of the
IFA Level 4 Certificate.
The Graduation Ceremony, which
was supported by ICSA UKRIAT President, Frank Curtiss, celebrated the recently
qualifying Jersey-based ICSA Graduates, and new Associates and Fellows of the
Institute, including Adam Wintle GradICSA; Carola Palitschka GradICSA; Natalie
Cole GradICSA; Jennifer Harrop GradICSA; Chandelle Newcombe ACIS; Melody Pallot
ACIS; Richard Parkin ACIS; Tom McKenna ACIS; Grace Taylor ACIS; Monika Chandlen
ACIS; Gabriela Jakubczyk ACIS; Valerie Cunliffe FCIS; and ICSA Jersey Chairman,
Robert Le Corre FCIS.
Lord (Daniel) Finkelstein OBE
proved to be a popular Guest Speaker sponsored by ZEDRA; and a Charity Draw
with prizes from the Hotel de France, Ayush Wellness Spa, and Healthhaus raised
£1,453.75 for Help a Jersey Child.
Celebrations continued into the early hours with local
DJ Warren Le Sueur.
The date for the 2017 Annual Dinner, Awards &
Graduation will be announced shortly.
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Diane Kruger attended the 73rd annual George Foster Peabody Awards, hosted at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Monday (May 19).
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Living – Editorial By Jill Kingston
This editorial was almost ghost written; but a deal was struck between a ghost writer and my ghost, and they decided it was best that I wrote this myself.
I questioned whether or not I should put my name to this magazine. I spent lots of time facilitating my favourite hobby over it; thinking. Vast and varied methods of thought went into this, I sat quietly and mulled, I pottered about and pondered, and sometimes when I was walking home from the office where we discussed our plans, I would envisage.
Being able to dream is a great thing. I always wanted to have a platform to write, to edit and to facilitate others. I like helping people, which is why the underlying theme of this magazine is to be helpful to at least someone who picks it up.
In hindsight I don't know why I wasn't rushing at the opportunity to stead my claim all over this magazine. Maybe it was because I didn't think I could ever achieve or pull of something at this level, or maybe it is because of that Catholic guilt to even be talking about something as salacious as sex, let alone produce an entire magazine on the topic; please also note that I'm not even Catholic.
As per most things in Ireland, we have a very backward and hushed tone towards sex. For many people it is just something they don't talk about. Luckily, our generation is definitely more open, and my god, are my friends very open. There is a certain comfort within my friend group that we can tell each other anything, and it is precisely this comfort that I want to relay through this issue of the Sexpress.
To me, this magazine is 52 pages of comradery. I cannot thank everyone involved enough. I am lucky I have such good colleagues who also double a better friends, that they listen to my thoughts and they somehow make them happen.
This editorial slowly descended into an ode to my friends, whose advice and strength I always wished to put between pages for everyone to read, and look what I've gone and done.
Cherish your friends, hold them close, and live your life to your fullest. Take a chance, put your name to something you're not sure about; live your life


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Build a wooden magazine rack end table for your home can be completed in an afternoon. The project requires adequate supplies, and it can be cheap, if you already have the tools. Magazine rack, which is described in this article, is designed to hang on the wall. After it is built, you can paint or stain the shelves to fit every room. Cut back on one side of each piece of wood at an angle, as the top of the wood will be wider at the base. Put back the Board flat on the work surface so that one side of 10-inch towards you.
Spread wood glue on the edge of one of the 10-inch strips of wood. Press edge glued to the top of the Board so that the edge of the wood strip back to the edges of the bottom of the Board. The belt must stand at right angles to the motherboard again. Strap attached will be at the bottom of the magazine rack end table. Shoot the nails through the rear part of the backrest back on the edge of the 2-inch tape.
Attach the belt on the front of the magazine rack end table hammering nails complete two at both ends of the Board. Use a small nail, so edits will look like. Two 2-inch finishing nails, attach the belt with 1 inch above the first line. The last stapled 2-inch finishing nail belt with 1 inch above the second row. When you are finished, the bottom Strip must be lined up the bottom shelf, the upper Strip must be lined up with the top of the side walls, and each strip should be 1 inch apart.


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It only takes a small act of imagination to understand why an inclusive access textbook model — a single fee that includes books in the cost of tuition — serves students and faculty well.
Imagine you're a college freshman. If you're like 68.4% of new enrollees, you've arrived fresh from high school, and high school was synonymous with structure. Your day always started and ended at about the same time. You ate lunch when the bell rang. You went outside for your free period when another bell rang, and if you chose to cut class, there were consequences: You found yourself in study hall or detention, where you finished your homework for the day.
Now that you've arrived on campus, your life has become a dizzying array of options. You've discovered you can eat pizza every night of the week and no one will stop you. You can take naps, stay up all night, wear those short-shorts your mother hates. You can rush, pledge or go independent. You can take your advisor's advice and get algebra out of the way, or you can put it off another year and take weight-lifting, yoga or 15th Century Japanese drama instead. You can oversleep Chemistry 101 — twice, three times even — and the professor lecturing your 100-student class won't even notice. In fact, some students in the course say you can easily make up for the classes you miss as long as you have the textbook.
Wait. Stop. It would appear no one's made it clear to you that acquiring textbooks is not actually optional. When you saw the $400 price tag on the required chemistry text, you were aghast. In high school, books were free. That's how it should be. How could they possibly charge so much for a single book? You searched for a cheaper used copy online, but, for some reason, your professor wanted this exact edition and Amazon didn't have one. So, you thought to yourself, why bother buying it at all? You're already paying for a lot of things you hardly use — like the library (where you're unlikely to set foot until a teacher makes you) and the brand-new athletic complex (you've been meaning to go; your roommate loves it; maybe next semester when you take yoga …) If the textbooks mattered so much, wouldn't they force you buy them?
Learning to handle choices is part of what it means to be a first-year college student, but for many students, the overwhelming array of options makes it hard to tell the difference between a choice and a requirement. The consequences of some bad choices are much worse than others. The pizza might lead to the "freshman fifteen," the irregular sleeping hours might cost a few points on a test and rush might bring some disappointment and tears. However, skipping out on textbook purchases could mean losing entire classes. It could mean missing out on education.
In my decade-plus of college teaching, I've encountered students on a regular basis who told me, with only a trace of remorse, that they were unable to complete the required reading because they had not bought the book. You can tell students their grade depends on reading. You can give quizzes. You can emphasize from day one the importance of a particular text, but, as long as students have the idea that textbooks are an added cost and, as such, possibly optional, you will always have students who end up failing or withdrawing because they haven't bought the book.
Now, imagine you're teaching one of these classes. Faculty center courses around required reading. A good class discussion hinges on shared understanding of that reading. Lectures are prepared under the assumption that students will buy or rent the text. Watching students fall behind because they've failed to buy a book is not only heartbreaking, it can make the hours devoted to class prep feel like wasted effort.
For some reason, that word "required" doesn't carry much weight with students confronted with high textbook costs, and for those who are already overwhelmed by other options, it seems to lack meaning altogether. You can add all the adverbs to the phrase you want, say the book is really required, definitely required, actually required … but some students simply won't understand what that means until they are forced to buy the book.
Even those students who do buy the books grumble about the cost of the texts — sometimes rightly. Including textbooks in the cost of tuition makes excellent sense for these reasons:
- It demonstrates to the student that textbooks are like tuition; they're not optional
- It allows students to qualify for deep discounts they would otherwise miss
- It reduces faculty frustration
- It helps keep that student who's overwhelmed by options from slipping through the cracks
For all of these reasons, an all-inclusive model is likely to increase student and faculty retention. If your school has not begun to think seriously about an all-inclusive plan, it's time to take a look.


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By The Editors
In the video below, Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University, and Chrystia Freeland, Thomson Reuters Consumer News Editor, discuss how Columbia University tackles the challenges of rapid global changes – the changes we have described in a previous post on the great acceleration, results of the events that define the space age and the information age.
Lee Bollinger's approach is matter-of-fact acceptance of the global changes we are undergoing – he describes well the uncertainty we're facing these days and points out how much we don't know – and especially how much it is that academic institutions don't know. The solution is to be open and invent a new society, a global society.


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In January 2019 Armitage's Julian Brown, Retail Sales Manager, and Adam Jaggar, Sales & Marketing Director visited Tesco HQ for a household and pet care conference. It came with great surprise to them when Armitage Pet Care were awarded with a Tesco Values Award!
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When NFL coaching jobs open, the names Jon Gruden, Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy immediately surface as potential candidates.
Much more likely than any of those Super Bowl winners returning to the sideline for 2013 would be the hirings of more obscure assistant coaches such as Mike Zimmer, Mike McCoy and Gus Bradley.
And Jon Gruden's younger brother, Jay.
Sure, some of the best-known coaches, including Andy Reid, Lovie Smith and Ken Whisenhunt, who lost their jobs Monday, will be in the mix. So might college coaches Chip Kelly of Oregon and Bill O'Brien of Penn State.
Maybe even Nick Saban, although leaving Alabama for the NFL is a long shot.
Bringing in highly accomplished coordinators has been the most common route for NFL teams lately. Cincinnati's Zimmer and Gruden and Denver's McCoy top most lists, along with Bruce Arians, who went 9-3 as Indianapolis' interim coach this season.
"Obviously, he's earned any phone call he gets, he's earned that right," Colts coach Chuck Pagano said of Arians, who replaced him for 12 games while Pagano underwent chemotherapy for leukemia. "And let me just say this, we do not want to lose Bruce Arians. We know who he is and what he's meant to this football team ..."
Zimmer was turned down twice last season after interviewing with Tampa Bay, which brought in Rutgers coach Greg Schiano, and Miami (Green Bay offensive coordinator Joe Philbin). The defensive mastermind still wants to be a head coach somewhere, but isn't getting his hopes up.
"Honestly, I don't listen to that stuff anymore," he said in early December. "Honest-to-God's truth. I've had for so many years, have people say, 'This is your year.' Then at the end of the year for about three days I'm totally depressed because I see this guy get a job, that guy get a job, that guy get a job.
"So it's in my best interest not to think about it, talk about it and just try to do the best job I can because I'm like (everybody else), I get disappointed too."
Gruden, who cut his coaching teeth in Arena Football and has revived Cincinnati's offense around Andy Dalton and A.J. Green, got some interest from other teams after last season. He quickly took himself out of the running, but might get more suitors with seven jobs open.
So might McCoy, whose adaptability is unquestioned after he adjusted Denver's offense for Tim Tebow's skill set last season, then made Peyton Manning's transition from the Colts to the Broncos so smooth.
Arians joined the Colts after he was released as Pittsburgh's offensive coordinator. When Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia, Arians stepped in and guided a team that went 2-14 a year ago into the playoffs.
Bradley has helped Pete Carroll build a physical, sometimes intimidating and always effective defense in Seattle. That style of defense will be attractive to teams such as the Bears, Browns and Eagles who have to deal with cold weather late in the schedule.
Kelly is one of the most intriguing candidates. The NFL is loath to admit it is enamored of anything college teams do, but Kelly's wide-open, speed-based offense has lots of pro franchises salivating.
He has been mentioned for most NFL openings, and that figures to continue.
Retreads also will get interviews, and not only the coaches who were canned on Monday. Denver defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and Atlanta DC Mike Nolan might have earned another chance.
"When you're a young guy and you haven't been there, the urgency and desire to get that opportunity is such that you'd take just about any job given to you," said Del Rio, who was in charge in Jacksonville for nine seasons. "I don't feel that way now. If there's something that fits and the right situation comes along, so be it. But in the meantime, I'm all in, 100 percent as a lieutenant on this staff. I'm somebody that John Fox, John Elway ... and the players can count on. I'm 100 percent invested in helping them be their best."
When NFL coaching jobs open, the names Jon Gruden, Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy immediately surface as potential candidates.


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Dec 03, 2012– Heudebouville, France (Techreleased) – Renault Tech is a division of Renault Sport Technologies and has been designing, manufacturing and marketing vehicles for the transport of persons with reduced mobility for more than 25 years. It will take advantage of its presence at the Autonomic Méditerranée show (December 6-7) in Marseilles, France, to reveal two additions to its existing range of vehicles, namely Grand Kangoo TPMR and Dokker TPMR (TPMR = 'Transport de Personnes à Mobilité Réduite' / 'Transport of Persons with Reduced Mobility').
Grand Kangoo Ergo ramp®: extra passenger carrying capacity
This new conversion is based on Grand Kangoo, the lengthened version of Renault's celebrated 'ludospace' which was introduced last September. This vehicle chiefly targets professional road-users such as taxi-drivers, airport shuttle companies and public transport operators, etc. and comfortably carries up to six people (five seated, plus one passenger in a wheelchair).
Grand Kangoo TPMR, known as Ergo ramp®, will go on sale when the Autonomic Méditerranée show opens, initially in France, and then in numerous European countries (prices will be announced at the show). Just one version will be available, but it will be possible to choose from a long list of options to adapt the vehicle to individual requirements.
This conversion is particularly innovative and a patent has been filed for the mechanism of its access ramp which is extremely simple and effortless to operate. Furthermore, when fully retracted, it provides an entirely flat floor so that users can continue to benefit from Grand Kangoo's hallmark modularity.
Dokker TPMR – a true Dacia: straightforward and robust
In keeping with its Dacia heritage, Dokker TPMR is both straightforward and robust. This conversion targets persons with reduced mobility who use a wheelchair. Three versions are available and permit the transport of up to five fully-abled passengers and one person in a wheelchair.
Depending on version, a choice of two or three equipment levels is available, as well as numerous options to allow customers to match the specification of their vehicle to their particular needs.
Renault Tech committed a significant research and development budget to the design of this conversion. For example:
– The lowered floor is made from a composite material which not only saves weight but is also more durable and uses fewer component parts.
– The ramp's aluminium honeycomb structure saves further weight yet supports a load of up to 300kg (one person with reduced mobility plus accompanying person).
Dokker TPMR will be available in France, Europe, Turkey and Morocco from end-March 2013. Prices will be published closer to this time.


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The products that stumble forth from Philip Broughton's restless, inventive brain are more the result of his own curiosity and sense of fun than a deep desire to build a business. His company, Funranium Labs, is a playground and message board for himself and fans of his two products: an intense concentrated coffee brew called Black Blood of the Earth, and a beer stein called Stein of Science that keeps liquids cold for hours.
Broughton, who works as a radiation safety specialist at UC Berkeley and an adjunct professor at Las Positas College in Livermore,
No-Nonsense Coffee
His flagship product, Black Blood of the Earth, is a concentrated coffee drink made by the cold water extraction of the oils and essence of ground coffee beans, sans acidity. What's produced is a strong, flavorful brew with less bitterness and between 20 and 40 times the caffeine of regular coffee. Due to its extreme potency, the Black Blood should be consumed in small quantities—a caution I observed when I tried some of Broughton's Kona blend.
The origins of Black Blood of the Earth lie in Broughton being diagnosed diabetic in 2009. Partial to highly sugared coffee from local cafes near UC Berkeley, he decided to figure out how he could have a jolting coffee experience without having to mitigate the bitter taste with sweetener.
Taking inspiration from photos of a Vietnamese triple-extraction apparatus, Broughton built his own cold-extractor and began experimenting with his own coffee brews.
Broughton has shipped his Black Blood all over the place to those who appreciate a more intense coffee experience, sending bottles of the brew to customers domestically as well as overseas. "I find that a lot of my coffee is going into the hands of IT and research," Broughton says. "And writers."
Broughton has become a student of coffee since kicking off his Black Blood-letting campaign. He explains that coffee grown in mineral-rich soil will yield more compelling flavors and has done a taste study on beans grown in the East African Rift Valley. "I found that the north end of the east African Rift Valley of Kenya and Ethiopia are very greasy, fudgey in flavor—very oily and rich," says Broughton. "But when you get back to the southern end of the Rift Valley – when you're down in Rwanda – it's like a nibby, dry dark chocolate. Both delicious but very different in flavor. The points between them, it's almost a linear progression of taste as you go up and down."
Cold Beer for Hours
His other product, the Stein of Science, tackles a problem many beer drinkers have encountered over the years, especially those that drink in bulk from large, handled receptacles—the beverage just doesn't stay cold long enough. While rummaging through his home, looking for a beer stein – Octoberfest was only days away – Broughton found a two-liter supply of liquid nitrogen he'd purchased a couple of years prior on a whim (as a scientist, he need not explain why such a whim took him). With beer already on his mind, he set about building a beer stein using the same technology labs use to store liquid nitrogen—creating a vacuum within sides of the container to insulate internal temperature.
Having built a vacuum akin to the atmosphere of outer space between the walls of the stein, his Octoberfest beer stayed cold for hours and a Santa Cruz bartender offered to buy Broughton's creation, insisting that such a product could command a hefty price. Broughton began selling them in 2010 and, to date, has built 471.
These days the Stein of Science sells for prices based on amount of liquid carried and at Funranium Labs options range from the relatively minute 350ml ($235) to the gargantuan 4300ml ($515). They have been bought and sold as gifts and have found their way to cold-beverage enthusiasts in unexpected parts of the world. "I know that at least a dozen of them have ended up in Iraq and Afghanistan," says Broughton.
A Funranium Future
Unlike a lot of entrepreneurs, Broughton is somewhat on the fence about whether he wants to ramp up production and cater to more customers. Last year he had to ratchet down shipments and turn off his online shop temporarily because he was receiving more orders than he could fulfill, following an unexpected run-in with publicity due to being endorsed by an app developer that appeared on This Week In Tech. "My website exploded."
At the moment Broughton can ship about 350 liters per month of his Black Blood to customers, maximum, given his largely one-man operation. "It's not giant production and it takes time and it takes a lot of coffee to make Black Blood of the Earth," he said.
Broughton suggest he may expand production within the next year or two. "I have been slowly cobbling together the necessary equipment to build more extraction rigs which would actually require me to move beyond the sole proprietorship state," he explained. "That is a level of legal complication I'm not quite certain I'm up to doing yet and retaining the day job, which is a little bit of a crisis because I actually really enjoy playing with radioactive materials and radiation-producing machines."
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By Meghana S Rao,
Published:07/08/2016 Last Updated:07/08/2016
The Intel® RealSense™ SDK has been discontinued. No ongoing support or updates will be available.
User experience (UX) guidelines exist for the implementation of Intel® RealSense™ technology in applications. However, these guidelines are hard to visualize for four main reasons: (a) You have to interpret end-user interaction in a non-tactile environment during the application design phase where you don't yet have a prototype for end-user testing, (b) the application could be used on different form factors like laptops and All-In-Ones where the Field-of-View (FOV) and user placement for interaction are different, (c) you have to work with the different fidelities and FOVs of a color and depth camera, and (d) different Intel® RealSense™ SDK modalities have different UX requirements. Having a real-time feedback mechanism to gauge this impact is therefore critical. In this article, we cover an application that is developed for the use of Intel® RealSense™ application developers to help visualize the UX requirements and implement these guidelines in code. The source code for the application is available for download through this article.
The application works for the user-facing cameras only. Both the F200 and SR300 cameras are covered in the scope of the application. Provision is made to seamlessly switch between the two cameras within the application. If using the F200 camera, the application works on Windows* 8 or Windows® 10. However, if using the SR300 camera, the application requires Windows 10.
There are two windows within the application. One window provides the real-time camera feed where the user can interact. This section also provides visual indicators, which are analogous to visual feedback you will provide in your application. In each of the scenarios below, we call out the visual feedback that has been implemented. The other window provides the code snippets that are required to implement a specific UX scenario. In the sections below, I will walk you through the scenarios covered. WPF is the framework used for development.
Version of the Intel RealSense SDK: Build 22.214.171.12428
Version of Intel® RealSense™ Depth Camera Manager (DCM) (F200): Version 22.214.171.124404
Version of the Intel RealSense Depth Camera Manager (SR300): Version 22.214.171.12499
The application is expected to work on more recent versions of the SDK but has been validated on the version above.
The RGB and the depth cameras support different resolutions and have different aspect ratios. Different modalities also have different resolution requirements for each of these cameras.
Below is a snapshot of the stream resolution and frame rate as indicated in the SDK documentation on working with multiple modalities:
The UX problem:
How do I know which areas of the screen real estate should be used for 3D interactions and which ones for UI placement? How can I indicate to the end user visually or through auditory feedback when they have moved out of the interaction zone?
The application uses the SDK API (mentioned below) to obtain the color and depth resolution data for each modality and weaves the depth map over the color map to show superimposing areas. Within the camera feed window, look for the yellow boundary that indicates the space that overlaps the color and depth map. This is your visual feedback. From a UX perspective, you can now visually identify areas of the screen that have to be used for FOV 3D interactions as opposed to UI element placements. Experiment by selecting the different modalities in the first column and choosing from available color and depth resolutions to understand the implications of RGB to depth mapping for your desired usage. The snapshots below show some of the examples of how this overlap changes with the change in inputs.
Example using both depth and color:
Experiment with how the mapping changes as the user switches between different color and depth resolutions. Also choose other modalities that use both depth and RGB to see how the supported color and depth resolution lists change.
Example using only depth:
An example where this is handy is when you are using the hand skeletal tracking. You do not need the color camera for this use case; however, you can switch between the available depth resolutions to see how the screen mapping changes.
Example using only color:
If your application is restricted to using only facial detection, 2D capability will suffice as all you need is the bounding box for the faces. However, if you need the 78 landmarks, you will need to switch to using the 3D example.
The sample application available for download from this article walks through the code required to implement this in your application. As a highlight, the two APIs you will need to create the depth and color resolution iterative lists for each modality are PXCMDevice.QueryCaptureProfile (int i) and the PXCMVideoModule.QueryCaptureProfile(). However, for the visual representation of how the two maps overlap, you will have to use the Projection interface. We know that each pixel has a color and a depth value associated with it. In order to apply the overlap of the depth map on the color map, in this example, we just choose only one value of depth. In order to implement this, the application uses the blob module. The workaround uses the closest blob to the camera (say your hand) and maps the center of this blob (observable as a cyan dot on the screen). The depth value of this pixel is then used as a single depth value to map the depth map to the color map.
The Intel RealSense SDK does not provide any direct API to identify the lighting situation in the environment where the camera is operating. Bad lighting can result in a lot of noise within the color data.
The UX problem:
From within an application, it would be nice to provide visual feedback to the user asking them to move to the ideal lighting environment. Within the application, watch how the camera feed provides the current luminance value displayed on the screen.
The application uses the RGB values and applies the log average luminance to identify the lighting conditions. More information on the use of log average luminance could be found here.
The formula used to identify the log average luminance value for each pixel is:
The values range from 0 for pitch black to 1 for very bright light. We do not define a threshold in this sample because this is something the developers would have to experiment with. Some factors that could affect luminance values is backlight, black clothing (resulting in many pixels giving a close to 0 rating, thus bringing down the average value), outdoor versus indoor lighting conditions, and so on.
Since we have to perform this calculation per pixel in each frame of data, this is a compute-intensive operation. The application shows how to implement this computation using the GPU for optimal performance.
The Intel RealSense SDK provides APIs for capturing the color and depth streams. However, in some cases, it may be necessary to capture the raw streams to perform low-level computation. The Intel RealSense SDK provides C++ API with .NET wrappers. This means that the memory containing the images live in unmanaged memory. This is non-optimal when displaying images in WPF.
One way to work through this is using the PXCMImage.ToBitmap() API to create an unmanaged HBITMAP wrapped around the image data and use System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap() to copy the data into the managed heap and then wrap a WPF BitmapSource object around it.
The UX problem:
The problem with the above-mentioned approach is that the YUY2-> RGB conversion is done on the CPU following which we have to handle an unmanaged to managed memory copy for the image data. This slows down the process a lot and could result in lost data and jittery displays.
The Implementation:
The application shows an alternate implementation using the Direct3D* Image Source introduced in Service Pack 1 of the Microsoft .NET framework version 3, which allows arbitrary DirectX* 9 surfaces to be included in WPF. We implement an unmanaged DirectX library to do the color conversion to display on the GPU. This approach also allows for the GPU accelerated image processing via Pixel Shaders for any custom manipulation needed (example: processing depth image data). The snapshot below shows the raw color, IR and depth streams, and the depth images as shown by the custom shader.
One of the most commonly used modalities within the Intel RealSense SDK is the face module. This module allows recognizing up to four people in the FOV while also providing 78 landmark points for each face. Using these data points, it is possible to integrate a facial recognition implementation within applications. Windows Hello* in the Windows 10 OS uses these landmarks to identify templates that can be used to identify people at login. More information on how Windows Hello works can be found here. In this application, we focus on some of the UX issues around this module and how to provide visual feedback to correct end-user interaction for better UX.
The UX problem:
The most prominent UX challenge comes from the fact that your end users may not understand where the FOV of the camera is. They may be completely outside this frustrum or be too far away from the computer, thus being out of range. The Intel RealSense SDK provides many alerts to capture these scenarios. However, implementing these to provide visual feedback to the end user when out of the FOV is critical. In the application, when the end user is in the FOV and in the allowed range, a green bounding box is provided indicating you are within the interaction zone. Experiment with moving your head toward the edges of your computer or by moving farther away—you will notice a red bounding box appear as soon as the camera loses face data.
The implementation:
The Intel RealSense SDK provides the following alerts for effectively handling user errors: ALERT_FACE_OUT_OF_FOV, ALERT_FACE_OCCLUDED, ALERT_FACE_LOST. For more information on alerts, refer to the PXCMFaceModule. The application uses a simple ViewModel architecture to capture the errors and act on them in the XAML code.
Imagine a photo booth setup where you are trying to obtain a background segmented image of yourself. As mentioned in the Depth and RGB scenario above, the range for each of the Intel RealSense modalities is different. So how do we indicate to the end user what the optimal range for the 3D camera is, so they can position themselves accordingly within the FOV?
The UX problem:
As with the facial detection scenario, providing a visual indicator to the end user when they move in and out of range is important. In this application, note that the slider is set to the optimal range for the camera FOV for 3D segmentation (indicated in green). To identify the lowest minimal range, move the left slider toward the end with the picture of the camera. Note how the pixels turn white. On the other hand, if I want to identify the maximum optimal range, I move the right slider toward the right. Beyond the optimal point, the pixel are pigmented red. The range in between the two sliders now provides the optimal range for segmentation.
Take a look at the last image for a second. You notice another UX issue when using BGS. As I move closer to the background, in this case, the chair, the 3D segmentation module creates one blob from the foreground as well as the background object. You will also notice this in cases where you have a black background and are wearing a black shirt. Identifying depth with uniform pixels is hard. We do not address that scenario in this application, but we want to mention this UX challenge as something to be aware of.
The implementation:
The 3D segmentation module provides alerts to handle UX scenarios. Some of the important alerts we implement here are: ALERT_USER_IN_RANGE, ALERT_USER_TOO_CLOSE, and ALERT_USER_TOO_FAR. The application implements these alerts to provide the pigmentation as well as textual feedback to indicate when the user is too close or too far.
The 3D scanning module for front-facing cameras provide for scanning the face and small objects. In this application, we will use the face scanning example to demonstrate some of the UX challenges and how to provide an implementation in code to add visual and auditory feedback.
The UX problem:
One of the key challenges in getting a good scan involves detecting the scan area. Usually this gets locked after a few seconds after the scan begins. Here is a snapshot of the region the camera needs to detect for a good scan:
If the user cannot determine the correct scan area, the scan module fails. An example scenario of how things could go wrong: While scanning a face, the user is required to face the camera until the camera detects the face, then turn "slowly" to the left and through the center to the right. Providing visual feedback in the form of a bounding box for the face when the user is within the camera FOV is therefore important when looking at the screen. Note that this is feedback that is required before we can even start the scan. Once the scan begins, when the user turns to the left or to the right, the user cannot see the screen and hence visual feedback is useless. In the sample application, we build both visual and audio feedback to assist with this scenario.
The implementation:
The PXCM3DScan module incorporates the following alerts: ALERT_IN_RANGE, ALERT_TOO_CLOSE, ALERT_TOO_FAR, ALERT_TRACKING, and ALERT_TRACKING_LOST. Within the application, we capture these alerts asynchronously and provide both the visual and audio feedback as necessary. Here is a snapshot of the application capturing the alerts and providing feedback.
Visual feedback before starting the scan and while the scan is in progress:
Note that in this example, we are not demonstrating how you can save the mesh and render it. You can learn more about the specifics of implementing the 3D scan module in your apps through the SDK API documentation.
The use of Intel RealSense technology in applications poses many UX challenges, both from the perspective of understanding non-tactile feedback and how end users use and interpret the technology. Through a real-time demonstration of some of the UX challenges and code snippets showing potential ways to address those challenges, we hope this application will help developers and UI designers gain a better understanding of Intel RealSense technology.
Designing Apps for Intel® RealSense™ Technology – User Experience Guidelines with Examples for Windows*
UX Best Practices for Intel® RealSense™ Camera (User Facing) - Technical Tips
Intel's compilers may or may not optimize to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include SSE2, SSE3, and SSSE3 instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by Intel. Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors. Certain optimizations not specific to Intel microarchitecture are reserved for Intel microprocessors. Please refer to the applicable product User and Reference Guides for more information regarding the specific instruction sets covered by this notice.
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Leveraging proprietary infrared technology, fuzzy logic and sophisticated algorithm, the sensor accurately detects human body movements within an approximate range of 8 meters, and effectively cuts down on interference and false alarms with automatic temperature compensation and anti-draft technology.
The unit works well in the corner of a lobby, hall or corridor.
|Power Supply:
|DC 3V (1.5V AA battery x 2)
|Static Current:
|≤ 50 uA
|Alarm Current:
|≤ 11 mA
|Detection Scope:
|Transmitting Distance:
|≤ 80 m (open area/no interference)
|Radio Frequency:
|915 MHz (±75KHz)
|Housing Material:
|ABS plastic
|Operation Condition:
|Temperature: 0°C ~ +55°C
|Relative Humidity:
|≤80% (Non-condensing)
|Detector Dimensions (LxWxH):
|101.5 x 59 x 37.5 mm
|Bracket Dimensions (LxWxH):
|60 x 29 x 27 mm


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Debuting at San Diego Comic Con…
Title: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1969
Creators: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Publisher: Top Shelf
Available: Booth #1721
High concept:
CHAPTER TWO takes place almost sixty years later in the psychedelic daze of Swinging London during 1969, a place where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice, and where different underworlds are starting to overlap dangerously to an accompaniment of sit-ins and sitars. The vicious gangster bosses of London's East End find themselves brought into contact with a counter-culture underground of mystical and medicated flower-children, or amoral pop-stars on the edge of psychological disintegration and developing a taste for Satanism. Alerted to a threat concerning the same magic order that she and her colleagues were investigating during 1910, a thoroughly modern Mina Murray and her dwindling league of comrades attempt to navigate the perilous rapids of London's hippy and criminal subculture, as well as the twilight world of its occultists. Starting to buckle from the pressures of the twentieth century and the weight of their own endless lives, Mina and her companions must nevertheless prevent the making of a Moonchild that might well turn out to be the antichrist
Format: Paperback, 80 pages
Price: $9.95
What's the website: www.TopShelfComix.com
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