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Home air cleaners work by cleaning the air as its passes through your house heating furnace or air conditioning system.
The diagram below shows how this home cleaner system works:
In theory a home air cleaner sounds wonderful. You are told that you only need one unit which costs between $500- $1000, which sounds cheap for a whole house full of clean air! Promotional marketing material tell us that these units will easily clean the air in every room of your house.
Sadly as with most things in life the home air cleaner is not as good as they make out in the marketing material.
Here are 10 reasons why I would not recommend you purchase a house air purifier:
1. Require Costly Installation
Home Air Purifiers require you to pay a HVAC specialist to fit the unit. This will cost you a significant amount. In comparison, any person who can switch on a basic appliance can set up a portable air purifier. If you live in an old house then you may also need to pay people to clean your vent system or even replace your furnace.
2. Efficiency is far lower than portable air purifiers
Please don't just take my word for it. The following diagrams compare a large range of home air purifier versus portable air purifiers:
Home Air Cleaner Ratings:
The following selection of home air cleaners shows us that even the best purifiers: The Trane CleanEffects and Aprilaire 5000 only remove just over 90% of particles sized 0.3 microns.
Portable Air Purifier Ratings:
This selection of portable air purifiers tested shows us that even the 7th worst purifier at removing particles still achieved a 98% removal of particles sized at 0.3 microns.
If you suffer from allergies then leaving even 10% of allergens in the air will cause you problems. We always recommend to allergy sufferers to go for an air purifier that is able to remove at least 95% of particles bigger than 0.03 microns which is even smaller than a virus. The IQair Healthpro purifier is one purifier that is able to perform at this level and we recommend you check out our latest review.
3. The Design of Home Air Cleaners Is Flawed
Air like a human will always choose the path of least resistance. Your HVAC system will suck in cold air and push out hot air. Hot air will therefore rise to find the quickest way out of your house, which is usually through your hallway and up your stairs to the roof. The problem is that this hot air will follow a path that will not go to all areas of the house. We notice this when we feel a draft and this is why a unit that purifies this hot air will be ineffective when cleaning your whole house.
As the path of hot air passes through the house, areas behind obstacles and in corners will not receive new air and dust and particles will build up.
In comparison a portable room air purifier will use pressure change and high powered fans to draw air from all areas of the room.


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A simple combo from southern India that only tastes indulgent.
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Simmer cardamom seeds and milk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Congratulations liberals! You've now allowed "men" to ruin everything that is unique about being a REAL woman: Our ability to create human life and our biological functions that make us truly a woman no longer belong to us.
This headline from NBC News is just insane. No matter how many times we keep repeating scientific facts, progressives are determined to change biological laws.
Get a load of some of this propaganda from NBC:
"When transgender model and activist Kenny Ethan Jones experienced his first period, he faced both physical and psychological pain. Initially, Jones, who had not yet come out as trans at the time, felt like he was losing control and didn't understand what was happening to his body. However, one thing was clear: He didn't feel like himself.
"I didn't believe that having periods would be a part of my lived experience," Jones told NBC News. "I felt isolated; everything about periods was tailored to girls, yet me, a boy, was experiencing this and nothing in the world documented that."
He currently experiences a wide range of challenges with his monthly bleeding, especially when it comes to getting his hands on menstrual hygiene products.
"Having a period already causes me a lot of [gender] dysphoria, but this dysphoria becomes heightened when I have to shop for a product that is labeled as 'women's health' and in most cases, is pretty and pink," Jones explained."
The piece goes on to explain how because the products are labeled for "women" Jones may avoid purchasing feminine hygiene products.
To which I say Jones can then join the "free bleeding" movement!
The rest of the story goes on about the woes of the economic vulnerability and lack of access for "trans men" to obtain feminine hygiene products.
I got a newsflash for NBC: Men don't want to hear women complain about their periods and women don't want to hear "trans men" complain about THEIRS.
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The Roman cross goes up in air,
Hanging on it the Son of God,
Mocked Rejected, Despised by all
Marred beyond recognition.
" Father Forgive " , was then the cry
Reaching the Great throne of God;
My head goes down & knees touch ground
As only God can say such Words.
My sins on Christ, the Son were laid,
He making them His very own;
Bore the wrath deserved for each,
For-shaken by Father in turn.
"It is finished" was then the cry,
Reaching the Great throne of God;
Since then, all my sins yea all my sins,
Are never found before His eyes.
The Almighty bows His head at Last,
Mountains quake,the veil is rent;
Hanging between God and Man,
The Sovereign breathes His last on earth.
Where oh death, your victory,
Where oh grave, your boastful power;
Not a sting to hurt me now,
Safe in the arms of Christ my Lord.
Once filthy lips, now sing Thy praise,
Once unclean hands, now raised to Thee,
Eternity may all explain,
How Thou and me should be made one.
Oh How sweet to call Thee Mine'
Abba Father, I cry out;
As I stand before Thy throne,
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"It was a student project," says Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources Ganesan Srinivasan. "They wanted to try it for the first time."
Only 165 bottles were produced, currently on sale at the SRJC bookstore and the Wineyard in Santa Rosa for $18 per bottle. "This is not like the ones you can find at Costco," says Srinivasan.
Srinivasan joined the SRJC faculty a month ago from Fresno State, where he managed a 1,000-acre farm that produced similar products and won several awards doing so. With this trial run proving fruitful, the farm will be making its own olive oil each year. Srinivasan says the current operation has capability to make about 50 cases (600 bottles) of olive oil per year.
Only about three of the 365 acres on the farm are devoted to olives. That's small potatoes compared to the 70 acres devoted to grapes. Those grapes are used by students in the viticulture program, and finish their lives fermenting in barrels. The entire process is run by students, soil to palate, including marketing. The olive oil program is going to copy that model.
"Olive oil is getting to be like wine," says Srinivasan. "You have the bulk wine, and you have the fine wines. This is what you'd consider a fine olive oil."
Marketing and palate training are part of the program. Being able to tell the difference between a fine olive oil and a cheap olive oil may be easy, but try discerning if one's grown in Spain or Greece without looking at the bottle. "People are getting more understanding about the different varieties," says Srinivasan. "There are a lot of cheap imports, we want our students to be able to distinguish between good and cheap."
The farm is also providing ingredients to SRJC's expanded culinary program. "It's a growing industry, and we want to help it grow," says Srinivasan.
Students picked about 700 pounds of olives from 1,800 trees in December. A mixture of Arbosana, Arbequina and Koroneiki varieties were blended for the winning entry in the Sonoma County-grown, medium-flavored olive oil category. Two other entries in the category earned a silver medal.


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A $535 million renovation project cannot be done quietly.
The steady din of construction vehicles and trucks, pounding nails and beeping equipment along Kalakaua Avenue, Saratoga Road and Lewers Street has continually announced to passers-by that Waikiki Beach Walk is ushering in a new era.
The long-awaited project has been rough on the visitors, kamaaina and district residents who frequent the area. It has brought 20 months of increased noise, traffic and congestion. It has resulted in fences, boards and barriers, and confusion.
"We realize the construction might cause some temporary inconveniences, but we and our neighbors agree that it will be well worth it once Waikiki Beach Walk is completed and open," said Mel Kaneshige, Outrigger's senior vice president.
Sections of Helumoa Road between Beach Walk, Lewers Street and Kalia Road were closed for a time, as was a section of Kalia Road between Beach Walk and Lewers Street. Some stores and restaurants went out of business, and others have seen business drop since renovations began in 2005.
And while Outrigger already has opened large portions of its Waikiki Beach Walk project, the first phase is not expected to be completed until about midyear, when the bulk of tenants will have finished remodeling. The second phase, capped by the Trump International Hotel & Tower, which broke ground last month, will last into 2009.
Nihei does not expect to see real results until all the construction surrounding her store stops. The store has survived because 75 to 80 percent of its business comes from repeat customers, Nihei said.
"But we've lost the people who used to stumble upon us," she added.
Keeping business steady and customers satisfied during the renovation has been tricky for Outrigger as well, said Barry Wallace, the company's vice president of hospitality services.
Outrigger has had to remove rooms from its rental inventory during the renovation and offer specialty discounts to get customers to willingly occupy rooms near construction zones, Wallace said.
The company currently has several hotels under renovation, including the Outrigger Reef, Honolulu Airport Hotel and Ohana Islander Waikiki, he said.
About 268 out of 860 rooms at the oceanfront Outrigger Reef are out of service as the company modernizes it into a 630-room property that will offer more space for guests.
"We've been doing Reef renovations building by building so that there are no guests in the buildings that are being renovated," Wallace said.
Guests who have been inconvenienced by the noise have been offered dinners or discounts, he said. In the past the company also has offered specialty construction rates to keep occupancy up while construction is in progress.
"We really haven't had a lot of complaints," Wallace said. "People love the construction specials. They're better than our kamaaina rates."
Construction specials are currently being offered at the Ohana Islander Waikiki, where he expected renovation to be ongoing through late January or early February, he said.
An "Ohana Waikiki Connection" package also was launched recently, offering guests free local and long-distance phone calls, Internet, trolley service, newspapers, an in-room safe and coffee.
"It's been warmly received, particularly by the Japanese market," Wallace said.
An added benefit to hoteliers during this difficult time is that room compression has helped make room rates rise, said Joe Toy, president of Hospitality Advisors LLC.
"This is the busiest that Waikiki has been in the last decade. It's been really good for Waikiki; of course, some people in the immediate area are unhappy," said Bob Finley, chairman of the Waikiki Neighborhood Board.
Surprisingly though, Finley said, complaints throughout the course of the project have been few.
"They did a great job of handling consumer concerns," Finley said. "They even set up a 24-hour complaint hot line."
Most people have offered only enthusiastic responses about the project, said Rick Egged, president of the Waikiki Improvement Association.
"Everyone will be happy when it's over, because the construction has been a strain on the businesses in the area, but the consensus is that it will be well worth it," Egged said.
Though construction has not finished, people are already enjoying improvements in the region, he said.
"It's amazing. ... Even with the construction there is a tenfold increase in the number of people walking down the street," Egged said. "Yesterday there were people sitting on the sidewalk drinking coffee as construction went on around them."
Jim Poole, who represents the Lewers Street subdistrict on the Waikiki Neighborhood Board, said he has gotten mostly positive feedback about the project.
"My building, the Polynesian Plaza, is the closest residential building to the project, and I haven't gotten any negative feedback from my neighbors," he said.
"I think people were anticipating that construction would be a lot worse than it has been."


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December Babies 2013…Roll Call
Well ladies the final stretch is upon us! Since next month marks our due dates and I know some could come this month I decided to start a new roll call for us.
Starting today, we are all (for the most part) able to say, "I will have a baby next month!" I can't believe this journey of being pregnant is coming to an end. I really love the relationships that I have created with the ladies on this board and on our FB group. I couldn't have gotten through some of my pregnancy without y'all! Hope everyone's doing great and getting ready for our precious babies to join our families.
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12/25: CHRISTMAS!! ms.jellen (team blue), michelledarlenehiggins (team blue)
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12/28: nickels (team pink)
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12/31: NEW YEARS EVE!! mixtaperomance (team pink)
1/1: mamadingdong (team blue)
TEAM PINK! / EDD – Actual Delivery Date:
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Mrs. Kiwi 12/14
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idaho1745 12/26
nickels 12/28
abc123joanna 12/29
mixtaperomance 12/31
TEAM BLUE! / EDD – Actual Delivery Date:
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Ms.Snax 12/1
Harperlynn 12/2
BlueEyes222 12/4
MrsDavis0929 12/6
Mollie-Rose 12/10
MrsReyRey 12/14
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pepsodiny 12/18
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MsSparklyBee 12/23
MrsHoneyC 12/23
ms.jellen 12/25
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soon2beMRSgg 12/27
mamadingdong 1/1
Team Green! / EDD – Actual Delivery Date:
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squeezedUniverse 12/5
elchalten 12/20
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Use the tabs above to select the type of information you are looking for. Each page in this guide suggests resources and search strategies aimed at the specific topics required in Prof. Duncan's US Government assignment.
Use this worksheet to help guide your preliminary research and build lists of keywords.
Preliminary research is the first step in any research project. This is the time to get acquainted with your topic if it is something you know little about to begin with. Look for books and articles that provide an overview of your industry. Read these overviews and make a list of key words as you read.
The key words will help you in the rest of your research.
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Last August, I went to Krakow on holiday. It was the perfect city-break: a beautiful old city, bustling but small enough to walk around comfortably; welcoming but foreign enough to realize that you're away from home; hot and sunny in summer; and cheap Ryanair flights. I didn't deliberate for long when choosing a holiday destination, and the deciding factor wasn't just a long-held desire to visit Poland. It was Auschwitz. Located about fifty kilometres from the city centre, or an hour's bus journey, lies the town of Oświęcim, renamed Auschwitz by its German occupiers during the Second World War. It is the most infamous place on earth.
I work as an academic historian, researching state violence in Soviet Russia/the Soviet Union. I have spent almost a decade attempting to understand why and how highly idealist political activists come to practice and justify violence on an enormous scale. It makes sense that I had a strong desire to visit Auschwitz (even on my holidays). History for me – as for probably every historian in the world – isn't just work, it's a passion. I realized this when I was in school and wondering what I wanted to be when I grew up. For some reason, I really liked learning all those dates from the Renaissance period, and thought it would be a lot of fun to teach history myself. Then I thought it would be even better if I could continue studying it as well as teaching, and become a lecturer. When I mentioned this to my teacher, he told me that I would need to do a PhD. I didn't know what a PhD was, but quickly found out that it came with a title and decided that I wanted one!
The reason I mention this is not narcissism, but because within a few months of having my professional life planned out in my head, I began to have serious doubts. I liked history, but I wasn't sure what the point of it was. Why not try to become a 'real' doctor, or a psychologist, or something more practical? Or, if I did want a more academic route, why not study something more intellectually stimulating, like philosophy? I'm glad now that I stuck with my original instinct, but those doubts have had an important effect on me. They have ensured that I have always approached the discipline of history with the belief that it should be more than just fun (and anyway I'd rather watch a film or sport for fun), that it should yield important information and understanding, that it does actually matter.
So, does history really matter, and if so, why? There is, unfortunately, a particular need for historians to address this question today. In a climate of financial cut-backs, disciplines in the humanities are more likely to be targeted than the salaries and bonuses of university presidents/vice-chancellors and their retinue. In Ireland, the Department of Education is considering the removal of history as a compulsory subject up to junior cycle (GCSE equivalent) in secondary school, which would likely mean that a majority of Irish students would enter adulthood without any meaningful understanding of national, or global, history. In this context, on the pages of Ireland's leading broadsheet in recent months appeared an article that argued not only that history is nothing more than mythology, but that it's actually harmful (The Irish Times, 9 June 2012 ).
It might sometimes be thought that historians live in the past, desperate to work out the details of events long since completed. This would be a mistake, for history as an academic discipline has meaning through the present and its effects on the future. Each of us is an historical being. We can only live in the present, we can only envisage the future, and we can only draw on the past for experience and guidance. We are narrative beings, constructing stories about ourselves in an effort to create a sense of individual identity, with our sense of 'who we are' derived from who and where we have come from, what we have done, and what we would like to do. Most of us like to think that life isn't just a series of random events, that there is some sense of 'destiny' or purpose to the universe and our individual lives. What is true of us individually is also true of us collectively, however the collective is defined.
History is certainly potentially dangerous, and one can argue intelligently that historical awareness is perhaps more dangerous than historical ignorance. The poet and philosopher Paul Valery (1871-1945) once observed: 'History is the most dangerous product the chemistry of the intellect has ever concoted…It sets people dreaming, it intoxicates them, spawns in them false memories…keeps old wounds open'. History is often, and has often been, used and abused by those in positions of political power.
However, we cannot avoid the past and should not attempt to do so, for it has formed us in ways that we might not even realize. Our cultures, our political institutions, our political attitudes, our political ideologies, and our individual identities are all bound up with the past. For example, our cherished 'Western' institutions and concepts of 'democracy', 'freedom' and 'human rights' are historically conditioned, and it is useful for us to understand their origins. If modern democracy owes its origins to the French Revolution, then it arose with 'the despotism of freedom against tyranny', to use Robespierre's words, the same words that one Bolshevik deliberately chose as the title of a newspaper article in 1918 when justifying the Bolshevik dictatorship in Russia. Perhaps the most striking and disturbing reality of post-Second World War global history is the willingness of the self-conscious champions of freedom, led by the 'land of the free' itself, to risk global annihilation in pursuit of this 'freedom'. They should have learned their history.
What does it mean to learn from the past? The famous expression of the historian George Santayana, that 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it', is frequently cited in defence of History. It is, in itself, inadequate.
First, historians don't just remember the past, they interrogate it. We all remember the past, but it is how we remember it that matters. It is a natural instinct to suppress bad memories, and national histories are often remembered in more or less sanitized, or at least politicized, form. This is sometimes quite deliberate, as indicated by a commission that was established in Russia by President Medvedev in 2009 (and dissolved earlier this year) to combat historical 'falsification', but which was seen by many historians and others as a means of enforcing a whitewash of the activities of the Red Army during the Second World War. The purpose is to allow citizens to tap into a sense of national belonging, of national achievement and triumph, to generate loyalty to the state, and to further legitimize the incumbents of state power. The discipline of History, by contrast, should teach us the complexity of the past and, by extension, help us to appreciate the complexity of our own times. The greatest danger associated with history is not historical awareness itself, but the absence of a well-educated, well-trained, professional, independent, and articulate historical profession that assumes the responsibility of enlightening (and when necessary correcting) such awareness.
Second, Santayana's expression presupposes that there are lessons to be learned from the past. However, these lessons are not always clear. For a start, the mistakes of the past are not always agreed upon, let alone the lessons to be learned. Take the figure of Lenin, for example, on whose political thought I based my PhD. For some, he was the devil incarnate, responsible for setting in motion much of the human carnage of the last century. For others, he represented the purity of the socialist revolution before its 'betrayal' by Stalin. This brings us back to Auschwitz. Santayana's expression is now inscribed above the door of one of the buildings in the camp. Looking up at it last August, I had to look past dozens of young Israeli soldiers in their uniforms. I doubt the lessons that they took with them that day were the same as those felt almost instinctively by so many of us as we walked through the corridors in reverential silence, past horrific and poignant images.
History is the story of human existence. There really is little that is beyond the scope of the historian, and as a discipline it is especially well-suited to cross-disciplinary perspectives. It makes sense for the historian to read up on philosophy, sociology, political science, economics, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, linguistics, geography, etc. It is the most comprehensive of the humanities disciplines, and there is no reason why it should not be as intellectually stimulating as any other. It is crucially important to study history, to engage with it deeply, precisely because its significance is rarely fully understood and its lessons are not always agreed upon – nor necessarily should they be. History is contestable. Historians are entrusted with interpreting the past as well as recording it, and these interpretations are then contested and debated by others. History is like a mirror that we hold up to ourselves, individually and collectively. It is intended to encourage reflection, especially on the things we don't like to see. Those who study it gain a great depth of perspective on what it is to be human, and how societies function. Whether or not students of history (or of any other discipline) are able to change the world for the good of others, knowledge and depth of understanding are inherently good things to have: they enrich our lives. It is unfortunate that all too often historians are content with an 'ivory-tower' existence, or brief appearances on TV documentaries as means of 'reaching out' beyond the confines of academia. We, as historians, have an enormous amount to contribute to contemporary debates, on a wide variety of issues, and I think we should be a lot more assertive in this regard.


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MELBOURNE – World No 1 Angelique Kerber set up a last-16 clash at the Australian Open with American Coco Vandeweghe on Thursday after blowing Kristyna Pliskova off court in the third round.
The German defending champion, who was taken to three sets in her opening two rounds, smashed the hapless Czech 6-0, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena.
Earlier, Volatile Coco Vandeweghe extended Eugenie Bouchard's Grand Slam misery when she ousted the Canadian comeback queen in a three-set epic.
The 35th-ranked American beat the unseeded Bouchard, battling back after her high-flying career plunged into a tailspin, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the third round.
She will next face Kerber for a place on the quarter-finals.
"I got a bit passive with my game plan in the second set but I was able to turn it around by playing on my own terms," said the 25-year-old.
Asked about a potential clash with Kerber, she replied: "She is just another opponent in the way of my goal for this tournament."
The American right-hander has a reputation for being hot-tempered and there was always the chance of fireworks.
She threw a temper tantrum in her second-round clash against Pauline Parmentier, slamming her racquet into the ground three times when she gave away a break point.
It was the second time in as many weeks that her frustrations had boiled over, pulling a similar stunt at this month's Sydney International.
But despite her fiercely competitive nature, she largely kept her emotions in check against the Canadian, only throwing down her racquet once, but not smashing it.
The match opened with plenty of gruelling, physical rallies as they bombarded each other from the baseline probing for an opening.
It didn't come until the seventh game when Bouchard double-faulted to go 4-3 behind, before the American served out the set.
But Vandeweghe's serve wasn't consistent and successive double faults handed Bouchard a break to go 2-0 ahead in the second set and ultimately level the match at one set each.
The momentum was with the Canadian and she broke early in the deciding set, but Vandeweghe was not done and Bouchard sprayed a forehand long in the eighth game to set up a thrilling finale.
She held her nerve, and a sizzling backhand down the line put her into Australia's last 16 for the first time, after reaching the same stage at Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016.
For Bouchard, 22, it is back to the drawing board after the end of a promising run.
She made the semi-finals at Melbourne Park in 2014 and the quarters a year later but has never regained those heights, with her last fourth round appearance at any Grand Slam coming at the US Open in 2015. — AFP


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In 1990, the organization could no longer sustain itself and sought to create a new, volunteer-based model to help Delaware County youth. Over a period of two years, the volunteers worked with the National CASA Association to establish a CASA program in Delaware County and, in 1992, CASA Youth Advocates Inc. was incorporated and accepted its first volunteers and its first cases. Since then (1992), CASA has served over 1100 children with nearly 500 trained volunteers.
CASA added its Educational Decision Maker service to its overall volunteer program in 2012. Through it, the court appoints the volunteer to champion those with special education needs by legally empowering them to make all educational decisions on the child's behalf.
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- Their approach to legal fees. The era of the timed billing – the culture of the timed billing, I should say – is thankfully coming to an end. It's still, I think, the policy of the majority of firms, but there are an increasing number of fixed-fee operators. You need to get some certainty on cost, so do insist at all times to try and get some fixed or indicative fee quotes.
- is communication and, more importantly, who's doing the work? Are you paying for the trainee's contract, or is the partner actually the person going to be driving out the end advice. Lots of niche boutique firms are emerging in particular areas of law. You can easily find them and they are normally partner-driven, partner-led services.
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- verrry cool hostel!
I didn't get to see much that very day because we arrived late-ish. Having booked a room in advance in one of Bangkok's funkiest and most popular guesthouses (come on, it has a website... that's already very unusual), we stayed away from Bangkok's cheap backpacker area (make no mistake... we went there later during the trip). Sukhumvit, on the other hand, is still tourist-y but for a different clientele. Sadly, this did not only include families and business people but also the notorious sexpats. Maybe it was just that I only saw Thailand for a whole of 7 days but until the very last day, the image of an old fat white guy with a tiny young Thai girl just sickened me to my stomach. I was glad to find many hostels and restaurants that clearly say that they won't serve "mixed-race" couples...
As I said, at night we just took a short walk along Sukhumvit, one of the longest and most popular streets in Bangkok which actually turns into a highway outside of the city.
June 26 (Saturday): Bangkok
- meet W. (friend from Singapore) for lunch
- shopping in A/C malls (yay!)
- meet S. (friend from McGill) and friend for dinner
- more shopping
I did make use of the vast opportunity to buy knock-off electronics, though, like an extra iPod charger, a PSP cable and whatnot. :)
Wall of our hostel. See the fleur-de-lys, the maple leaf and the awful Bavarian slang ;)
June 27 (Sunday): Bangkok
- meet Hito for lunch and go see Aslan
- shopping
- rusty 50s hotel restaurant (very eccentric - owner made sure we visit her turtle)
- watched Germany-England game with Germans
And... hmm... my diary says I went shopping but actually don't remember that happening. Oh well. ;) Oh, yes... I think I had ice cream. Salty plum. Yes, it's as yuck as it sounds, thank you very much. ;)
At night Ry and I had dinner at the Atlanta Hotel, a place which looks like it hasn't changed its interior design since colonial times. ;)
This was the night of the World Cup game of England against Germany. There's a TV room in our hostel, so we got a chance to watch it - with 2 Germans and a Canadian, no less... given the result, I'm more than glad that there weren't any English. ;)
June 28 (Monday): Bangkok
- Anthro Center (helpful but clueless Thais)
- temples (e.g. Wat Arun)
- "cheap" Alexander (+ lots of postcards)
- dinner at Cabbages + Condoms
A few temples later we found ourselves at a bar. While Bangkok's touristy places are very inauthentic and a bit trashy, they're definitely good for cheap cocktails. :)
Dinner was at Cabbages & Condoms, a restaurant managed by a non-profit organization promoting safe sex in Thailand. The food was surprisingly good, I had a huge coconut fillet with scampi and cashew nuts in tomato sauce. And I could still kick myself for not taking pictures at this place as they had the coolest statues made of condoms - including superheroes! ;)
The rest of the pics are here.
The next day we left very early for Burma. These 4 days definitely rank very high among the best I had during the whole trip. I loved Bangkok for the food, for how easy it is to get around, for how cheap everything is and yet clean at the same time. I'll definitely go back at some point. <3


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When buying a treadmill that you are planning to use in your apartment, you ideally want two main aspects from it (compared to that of the standard treadmill) - i) for it to be compact (to minimize the use o a f room & storage etc.) and for it to be 'whisper' quiet in use (as to not bother anyone else in the apartment & neighbours etc.) -- also for it to be a generally decent -- well engineered treadmill. This article presents you with such treadmills in the following showcase -- hopefully you will find the one that is just right for you & at the least give you a better indication as to what you are after.
The Evolve SG Compact Treadmill by Horizon Fitness
Dimensions: 59 x 23 x 48 inches |
If you are really tight on space - this is pretty much the best 'ultra-compact' treadmill you can get, as you can see from the dimensions it takes up barely any room (relative to other treadmills) & also has the ability to fold down on itself to just 10 by 59 inches -- this then allows you to store it either vertically or horizontally -- due to it being pretty lightweight at 99 lbs & having attached wheels (easy enough just stick it under the bed or in a cupboard).
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This being said, even though it is compact - it doesn't let you down on performance surprisingly enough. Granted the deck size is smaller than usual (17" by 45") but it is still more than sufficient to do some easy walking as well as some fair paced jogging & running (with the belt speed going up to 6 mph --based on a 1.5 HP motor). You also are provided with an LCD console that provides you with all the relative vitals & stats (e.g. distance, calories burned, time etc. as well as being fitted with a heart rate monitor), which also allows you to select specific fitness programs (e.g. targeted weight loss). In all, this highly rated & award winning treadmill is certainly worth a look at - because in terms of minimizing storage use -- it really doesn't get much better.
The TR 200 Compact Treadmill by LifeSpan
Dimensions: 60 x 31 x 52 inches |
Again, this model is similar to the Evolve SG Compact Treadmill only slightly larger (see Dimensions), but still very compact & can still be folded down as well as with the fitted wheels -- it can be easily attached just moved into a closet, under a bed etc. to be stored away.
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Given this model is slightly larger, it offers 'more' in the sense of a treadmill - whereby it has a slightly longer running deck (17" by 48") as well offering you a greater deck speed of up to 8 miles per hour. Moreover, you get to adjust the incline levels (a range of 10) to increase the intensity of your workout. Again, the centralised LCD console displays all the usual stats (calories burned etc.) but gives you more in the way of fitness programs & targets than that of the Evolve SG does. This is a premium product that has been gifted numerous awards (e.g. Gold medal excellence award, Treadmill Doctor -- Treadmill of the Year etc.) and on that basis alone, you should be checking it out at the least. Relative to the SG compact it is a kind of trade off between space consumption & treadmill quality.
The 98510 Easy - Up Manual Treadmill by Phoenix
Dimensions: 46.5 x 50 x 21.1 inches |
This treadmill is about as compact as you are going to get (& at under $200 offers you pretty decent value too, but don't expect anything in terms of performance like that of the other treadmills in the selection) -- easily being folded to store away or simply just lean up against a wall.
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It is manually operated so however fast you go - the treadmill goes, but ultimately this is a 'walking machine' more than anything - it will be difficult to conduct a decent run, even just on the basis of the small running deck which is 41" x 13" (I'd be a bit worried about falling off). Moreover, the console doesn't offer you anything in regards to fitness programs and only displays the very basics such as a rough estimate of calories burned, the speed, distance etc. (& requires AA batteries to operate). But for those, who are on a bit of a restricted budget & are very tight on space -- it is a sound option & a treadmill that offers you a lot of bang for your buck.
The TR 1200i Folding Treadmill by LifeSpan
Dimensions: 70 x 33 x 54 inches |
This treadmill is my personal favourite, although it is a fair bit larger than the others (& a bit more expensive), so be sure that you have enough room for it in your apartment -- but it really does make up for it by offering you great value for your money (it is basically the complete treadmill which has won numerous awards e.g. Best Treadmill Under $1000, Treadmill of the Year 2013 by Treadmill Doctor etc.) -- offering every you could want & more from a treadmill. Note: that it is also foldable (folded dimensions: 33 x 66 x 39 inches) so it is somewhat space conscious relative to that of other standard 'full-size' treadmills.
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First off, you get a much larger running deck (20" x 56") that in turn allows you to perform a much wider range of cardio work outs - from gentle paced walking to full on sprinting (whereby the 2.5 HP motor provides speeds from just 0.5 mph up to that of 11 mph, along with 15 specific incline levels on offer). Moreover, the LCD console provides a huge range of fitness programs (in particular the 'Heart Rate Zone', which is especially for good weight loss) that have been designed by leading health & fitness professionals (along with options for customizable work outs too) as well as displaying all your usual stats & vitals (e.g. heart rate etc.). You also get jack-in ports so you can clearly listen to audio books & music whilst working out. In all, this is a really, really great treadmill & if you have enough room, I seriously suggest you take a good look at it.
Which treadmill will you choose & why?
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[Espinasa and Jeffery 2003]
Espinasa and Jeffery (2003) recorded a troglomorphic fish population from a cave in Pennsylvania, USA. They do not differentiate it taxonomically from epigean fishes in the Cottus bairdi-cognatus complex. The following details refer only to the troglomorphic fishes.
Since the troglomorphic population has not been considered as a separate taxon there are no designated types. Espinasa and Jeffery (2003) do not record any museum reference numbers.
Type locality: Eiswert #1 Cave, Nippenose Valley, Lycoming County, Pennsyvania, USA (41o9'23.2"N, 77o12'21.1W). Known also from Tytoona Cave, near Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania (Espinasa et al. 2013).
Eiswert #1 Cave is a small vadose stream segment between a sink and a rising. It is likely that the hydrological connection between the downstream end of the cave and the rising is passable to fishes moving up and down stream. There is therefore potentially some degree of connection between epigean and hypogean populations.
The taxonomic position of the troglomorphic taxon is not clear. Two species from which it may be derived, Cottus bairdi and C. cognatus, together with hybrids between the two, are found in the vicinity of Eiswert #1 Cave. The diagnostic characters used to separate these species (3 pelvic fin rays in C. cognatus, 4 pelvic rays in C. bairdi and hybrids) is difficult to apply as fin ray reduction may be a troglomorphic character. It is likely that molecular techniques will be required to resolve this question.
Conservation Status
Since this species is known only from only one locality it is minimally VU D2. Luis Espinasa reports (pers. comm.) that a large pig farm is to be built on the karst surface directly above Eiswert #1 Cave. This would certainly be detrimental to the fishes in the cave. It is encouraging that Espinasa and Jeffery (2003) explicitly cover conservation status in their account of this species. They rightly consider that this population should be protected under the United States Endangered Species Act.
Museum Holdings
None known.
Internet Resources
Tytoona Cave Nature Preserve Management Plan
A brief account with photographs
Key References
- Robins, C.R. (1954)
- Williams, J. D. and Howell, W. M. (1979)
- Troester, JW and White, WB (1984)
- Jones, W.R. and Jannsen, J. (1992)
- Coombs, S. (1999)
- Coombs, S., Finneran, J.J. and Conley, R.A. (2000)
- Brison, L.L. (2001)
- Coombs, S, Braun, CB and Donovan, B (2001)
- Kanter, MJ and Coombs, S (2003)
- Espinasa, L and Jeffery, WR (2003)
- Robins, CR (2005)
- Cahill, A (2013)
- Espinasa, L, Cahill, A, McCaffery, S and Millar, C (2013)
- Espinasa, L., Mendyk, A., Schaffer, E. and Cahill, A. (2013)
- McCaffery, S., Collins, E. and Espinasa, L. (2014)
- Ruppert, JLW, James, PMA, Taylor, EB, Rudlofsem, T, Veillard, M, Davis, CS, Watkinson, D and Poesch, MS (2017)
- Gebhard, A.E and Perkin, J.S. (2017)
- Baek, S.Y., Kang, J.H., Jo, S.H., Jang, J.E., Byeon, S.Y., Wang, J.H., Lee, H.G., Choi, J.K. and Lee, H.J. (2018)
|Robins, C.R.
|A taxonomic revision of the Cottus bairdi and Cottus carolinae species group in eastern North American (Pisces, Cottidae)
|Williams, J. D. and Howell, W. M.
|Journal Article
|An albino sculpin from a cave in the New River drainage of West Virginia (Pisces: Cottidae)
|Troester, JW and White, WB
|Journal Article
|Seasonal fluctuations in the carbon dioxide partial pressure in a cave atmosphere
|Jones, W.R. and Jannsen, J.
|Journal Article
|Lateral line development and feeding behaviour in the mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi (Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae)
|Coombs, S.
|Journal Article
|Signal detection theory, lateral‐line excitation patterns and prey capture behaviour of mottled sculpin
|Coombs, S., Finneran, J.J. and Conley, R.A.
|Journal Article
|Hydrodynamic image formation by the peripheral lateral line system of the Lake Michigan mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi.
|Brison, L.L.
|Experimental analysis of metabolic adaptation of Cottus carolinae in response to photoperiod and food availability
|Coombs, S, Braun, CB and Donovan, B
|Journal Article
|The orienting response of Lake Michigan mottled sculpin is mediated by canal neuromasts.
|Kanter, MJ and Coombs, S
|Journal Article
|Rheotaxis and prey detection in uniform currents by Lake Michigan mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi)
|Espinasa, L and Jeffery, WR
|Journal Article
|A troglomorphic sculpin (Pisces: Cottidae) population: Geography, morphology and conservation status
|Robins, CR
|Journal Article
|Cottus kanawhae, a new cottid fish from the New River System of Virginia and West Virginia
|Cahill, A
|Journal Article
|Hybridization and the colonisation of the cave environment by fish
|Espinasa, L, Cahill, A, McCaffery, S and Millar, C
|Journal Article
|Partial sequence of a gene involved in skin colouration (MC1R) from the Pennsylvanian Grotto Sculpin
|Espinasa, L., Mendyk, A., Schaffer, E. and Cahill, A.
|Journal Article
|The Second Northernmost Cave-adapted Fish in the World? Groundwork on the Tytoona Cave Sculpin Population
|McCaffery, S., Collins, E. and Espinasa, L.
|Journal Article
|Eye histology of the Tytoona Cave Sculpin: Eye loss evolves slower than enhancement of mandibular pores in cavefish?
|Ruppert, JLW, James, PMA, Taylor, EB, Rudlofsem, T, Veillard, M, Davis, CS, Watkinson, D and Poesch, MS
|Journal Article
|Riverscape genetic structure of a threatened and dispersal limited freshwater species, the Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.)
|Gebhard, A.E and Perkin, J.S.
|Journal Article
|Assessing riverscape-scale variation in fish life history using banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae)
|Baek, S.Y., Kang, J.H., Jo, S.H., Jang, J.E., Byeon, S.Y., Wang, J.H., Lee, H.G., Choi, J.K. and Lee, H.J.
|Journal Article
|Contrasting life histories contribute to divergent patterns of genetic diversity and population connectivity in freshwater sculpin fishes


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Staffordshire University has become the first university in the UK to introduce an esports-specific degree.
The Esports Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) course will begin in 2018 and is a three-year degree.
First-year tuition fees cost £9,250 for UK and European students, or £10,900 for international students.
Entry requirements are as follows:
- Typical UCAS Offer: 112 points
- A levels: BBC
A course description on the UCAS website reads as follows: "The BA (Hons) Esports focusses on the business of esports. You will learn how to host small and large scale events for single player and multi-player teams, create business plans to develop teams, create on-line communities and promote your events through digital marketing.
"You will also get the opportunity to explore the culture of esports, its audience and fan base and different game genres that make up the most popular in current times. Staffordshire University is considered to be one of the largest and best games universities in the UK. In 2016 we were considered the best place in the UK to study games design and development by ALPHR – the on-line branch of PC Pro.
"We also have a long history of event management courses with feedback via NSS and SVS indicating a high level of student satisfaction. The success in these two areas will see a unique partnership between games and events to create a truly outstanding experience in the UK market."
In terms of the course breakdown across the three years, the description reads: "In year 1, you'll be introduced to esports cultures and learn about streaming techniques and layouts. You will learn about the business of competitive gaming, event marketing and work towards organising your first esports event.
"In year 2 you'll continue your studies of event management to develop and deliver a team based esports event. You will learn about the technical set up that's required to deliver these events along with Public Relations to promote the event and about casting and hosting your own event.
"In the final year you will become totally immersed in esports events and develop a large scale commercial event from start to finish. You will also learn about games community management and the legal issues involved with esports before finally creating business plans for your own esports company. Our academics come from a variety of backgrounds, including marketing, games design, interactive media technology, event management and esports practitioners."


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Denis Peterson
Denis Peterson is an American hyperrealist painter whose photorealist works[1][2][3] have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Tate Modern, Springville Museum of Art, Corcoran MPA and Max Hutchinson Gallery in New York.
Life and work[edit]
Of Armenian descent,[4] Denis Peterson was one of the first Photorealists to emerge in New York.[5] "The first Photorealists were Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, Audrey Flack, Denis Peterson, and Malcolm Morley. Each began practicing some form of Photorealism around the same time, often utilizing different modes of application and techniques, and citing different inspirations for their work. However, for the most part they all worked independent from one another."[6]
He is widely acknowledged as the pioneer and primary architect of Hyperrealism,[7][8][9][10] which was founded on the aesthetic principles of Photorealism. His work Dust to Dust is designated in art historical timelines as a hallmark painting bringing about the initial emergence of the Hyperrealism movement worldwide.[7][11] Author Graham Thompson wrote, "One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the success of photorealist painting. It is also called super-realism or hyper-realism and painters like Richard Estes, Denis Peterson, Audrey Flack and Chuck Close often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs."[7] Denis Peterson distinguished hyperrealism from photorealism making meticulous changes to a work's depth of field, color, and composition in order to emphasize a socially conscious message about contemporary culture, consumerism and politics.[11][12]
Peterson has often utilized the hyperrealism painting style as a phenomenological vehicle for social change.[13] In his work "Dust to Dust", Peterson asserts that a man of negligible social status who inhabits the lowest stratum of society is just as worthy of having his portrait painted as any titled individual or famous person, and, more importantly, just as deserving of having his humanity recognized.[14] Figurative images in compressed space and incorporeal landscapes of social decadence are visual commentaries on the aftermath of genocides, diasporas, and cultural divides.[15] "Because of a combination of the theme of the work and his technical abilities, Peterson's paintings have a timeless symbolic meaning rather than the mere appearance of a photograph. While hyper-real in definition, they are also breaking from the structures of photography as being an acceptable simulation of reality and instead, creating a sense of loss from "personalization and interaction."[16]
"Originally, his floor-to-ceiling sized paintings centered around a single figure, with his monochromatic subjects characteristically cropped to appear as enlarged black and white photographs. Later, he developed a diverse number of original painting series, such as multiple phone booths in New York City. Although not a professional photographer, he has relied on his own camera shots to maintain a consistency of composition and subject matter as reliable reference studies. Several years ago, Denis utilized photorealism as a visual medium through which to portray the unthinkable: genocides. As with his controversial painting series on homelessness, his work centered on the indefatigable human spirit rather than on political and economic crucibles. More recently, he has been painting urbanscapes of gargantuan commercial billboards overlooking crowds of people scurrying about below, often unaware of what social messages loom above."[17]
Painting subjects[edit]
These photorealistic works are visually compelling; often bearing witness to historical evidence of grotesque mistreatment of people by governments, societies, and systemic classism.[18][19] His earlier work exposed totalitarian regimes, raising political and moral questions with regard to third-world military governments. These hyper-real depictions were often seen as a legacy of hatred and intolerance.[20]
Visually disturbing subjects of this iconoclastic artist have been statuesque figures and stoic faces painted in an eerily and deafening hyper-reality. His subjects are universally depicted with an internalized calm in the face of the surrounding horrors of deadly disease, impending torture, terrorizing fear, and irrational hatred.[21]
Thematically, Peterson's hyper-realist works are presented in series. Many of his provocative paintings have confronted the human condition.[22][23] "This instance of hyperrealism is a performance art. Viewers are deliberately made to notice the amazing amount of time and painstaking effort that went into portraying this. Peterson isn't showing off; he is a radical painter, compelling us with his dedication. The astonishing realism is in the context of reflected light from every other object in the scene. Western artists such as David, da Vinci and Denis Peterson are important in part because of their skill and innovation, but also because they come from cultures that dominate the modern global power scene. Renaissance painters catered to emerging capitalism, the sons in David's painting Oath of the Horatii symbolize French colonies, and Peterson's Darfur painting, "Don't Shed No Tears" provokes America to intervene with her wealth."[24]
Themes of work[edit]
His more recent photorealistic works encompass meticulously detailed New York cityscapes that focus on imposing ten-story-high billboards as POP icons overlooking busy city streets, pedestrians, and vehicles.[25] "In Peterson's paintings, people are present but are typically caught under the weight and pressure of billboards and advertisements that loom heavily over the streets they inhabit. For Peterson, this is a commentary on contemporary society and its effects on people."[16] "Somewhere during the process of painting Peterson imbued something of himself into the work, which is why his images for me succeed where his contemporaries do not. He doesn't just paint street scenes, but for me these are his most effective images. Devoid of any human presence, his locations are ripe for ghosts, the atmosphere heavy with unassuaged yearning."[26] "His most recent work involves street scenes with people being 'weighed down' by advertising billboards, like the ones showing New York. Some of his earlier work looked at the suffering felt by people imposed by governments and societies raising moral and political questions about military regimes."[27][28]
"Denis Peterson's hyperrealist paintings are visual statements peppered with underlying socio-economic paradigms. In viewing them, it becomes immediately apparent that techniques and methods are a product of his work, not the other way around. The illusion of reality as a transformational aesthetic is a virtual means to an end."[29]
"People exist, and interact with the world around them. The artist himself/herself exists in Metamodernism, and comments on his/her world. One caveat – the artist is removed from, and he knows about that separation as he/she observes himself/herself observing people and the ordered/disordered socio/economic/political spacetimes they inhabit.
Denis Peterson exemplifies this...characteristic of Metamodernism/Popomo, and at the same time his work addresses a sense of loss, pain/angst concerning our position in a culture dominated by corporate America. People are viewed (once again) as individuals, though caught in the overwhelming commodification of everything, some so completely lost, that they are no longer individuals. The images themselves seem to go beyond, past, refer back to photo realism, and photography. I see a connection to Social Realism because it often put a face to its own dogma by showing individuals caught in the social/political/cultural juggernaut. Peterson's work inhabits these concerns."[30][31]
- ^ Linda Chase, Photorealism at the Millennium: The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002.
- ^ Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective by Michael Auping, Janet Bishop, Charles Ray, and Jonathan Weinberg. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (2005). ISBN 978-0-520-24543-3.
- ^ Battock, Gregory. Preface to Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1980. pp. 8–10.
- ^ "The Photorealistic Paintings of Denis Peterson".
- ^ "The Art Story, Photorealism - The First Photorealists"
- ^ Modern Art Insight, Photorealism
- ^ a b c Thompson, Graham: American Culture in the 1980s (Twentieth Century American Culture) Edinburgh University Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0748619108
- ^ Rik Rawling, "Keep it Hyper Real" Archived 2009-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Word Press]
- ^ Plus One Gallery - NY Through the Eyes of Denis Peterson
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b Art: The Whole Story, 2010 Thames & Hudson Publishing ISBN 9780500288955
- ^ G. Lipovetsky, Hypermodern Times, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005
- ^ Interview FOXTV - Real Talk with Brenda Blackman
- ^ Stephen Farthing: From Cave Painting to Street Art- 40,000 Years of Creativity, Rizzoli Publishing 2010 ISBN 978-0-7893-1833-6
- ^ Chris Rywalt, "NYC Art"
- ^ a b Joshua Rose, "Beyond Perception", American Art Collector magazine, November 2008 pp. 154–158
- ^ Didi Menendez, "Denis Peterson", Poets and Artists magazine, December 2009 pp. 13–19
- ^ Art Without Edges: Images of Genocide in Lower Manhattan by Robert Ayers "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Interview Cable News 12 with John Baske". Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ Chris Ashley, "Show Review" Archived 2007-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Commentary by Fergal Keane, Special Correspondent BBC
- ^ Jean Baudrillard, "The Procession of Simulacra", in Media and Cultural Studies : Keyworks, Durham & Kellner, eds. ISBN 0-631-22096-8.
- ^ Horrocks, Chris and Zoran Jevtic. Baudrillard For Beginners. Cambridge: Icon Books, 1996. pp. 80–84
- ^ Ari Siletz, "A Brush Stroke for Every Human Suffering", Media Watch
- ^ Chris Rywalt, "Urban Perspectives", NYC Art
- ^ Rik Rawling, "Keep it Hyper Real", WordPress 2009
- ^ Richard Hartley-Parkinson, "Artist Denis Peterson's realistic paintings that look like photographs." European Union Times, Dec 31, 2010, p. 1
- ^ A. Kirby, Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure our Culture (New York/London: Continuum, 2009)
- ^ Didi Menendez and Geof Huth, "In Pursuit of USA Today", Poets and Artists magazine - Special Edition, Nov. 2010, pp. 43–46
- ^ John Bittinger Klomp, "Denis Peterson - His Metamodernist/Hyperrealist Art"
- ^ Timotheus Vermeulen & Robin van den Akkera, Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, Vol. 2, 2010


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Das Ubergeek has finally found something worth eating in southeast Burbank–and it's in a liquor store.
Inside this liquor store is a counter, and behind the counter is a man named Olvis, who's long worked at Fish King, the excellent fish market in Glendale (where, incidentally, they also make fish and chips).
Six big fingers of cod and a double handful of steak fries come out, all cooked perfectly to order–fish nice and flaky, fries with that crunchy-chewy bite that only steak fries have. It all comes with half a lemon and a tub each of ketchup and tartar sauce.
All this costs $6.99 plus tax; a Diet Coke is $1.50.
Apparently the workers of Burbank are already in on the secret of this place, because even at 2:05 on one afternoon there were 15 people–guys in work boots with paint on their faces, Armenians in velour track suits, and one pale stockbroker type in an expensive suit–getting everything from fish and chips to pastrami sandwiches on rye to oven-roasted turkey on French rolls.
Just down the street is the home of a weirdly good BBQ sandwich, Pecos Bill's, says ozzygee. Instead of being slathered in BBQ sauce, the meat comes au jus.
Clare K's favorite place in Burbank is Granville, with lots of good options along the lines of sandwiches (with sweet potato or regular fries or house-made chips) and salad. Roasted turkey sandwich with avocado and caprese sandwich with prosciutto are good stuff, and the fries perfectly crispy. Check out the Uptown mac and cheese, which gets its name from a mix of Petit Basque, Gruyere, and Parmesan cheeses, grilled asparagus, sweet peas, and grilled chicken.
Willie's Fish and Chips [East San Fernando Valley]
inside the Alameda Market
321 W. Alameda Ave., at Victory, Burbank
Pecos Bill's BarBQ [East San Fernando Valley]
1551 Victory Blvd., Glendale
Granville [East San Fernando Valley]
121 N. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank
Board Links
Another good lunch at Granville in Burbank
FINALLY, something worth eating in SE Burbank


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i' d drop calderon, he's a backup. Daniels will be starting for up to 3 months. He's a good player...
1 Answers · Sports · 25/11/2007
Zim did a good job on the WR's I will field the TE. Ward is probably out this week and Heath has always been a fave of Roethlisberger. This week i'm starting Heath over Alge.
9 Answers · Sports · 03/10/2007
No, I wouldn't have. Though it's hard to root for Brie in this storyline, she is still an attractive woman. D -Bryan is an idiot to have an affair with someone else while he is married to her.
14 Answers · Sports · 12/08/2014
For this week, I' d pick up Dreesen. In... matchup, and with Daniels out, will likely be Shaub'...the way. PS - Forget Miller . They need him to block...
3 Answers · Sports · 13/11/2010
who should I start: Brandon Marshall against NE or Bernard Berrian @StL? Also Heath Miller or Owen Daniels ?
...as TEs go, it's real tossup, but I' d go with Owen Daniels . Arizona couldn't guard a traffic cone, and Heath Miller , though playing against a pretty bad Detroit...
2 Answers · Sports · 10/10/2009
Which 2 TE's should I start this weekend. Zach Miller vs. NE, Owen Daniels vs. Tenn, or Joey Carlson vs. STL. ?
I think you nailed it on the head. I' d go with Daniels and Carlson as well.
2 Answers · Sports · 17/12/2008
...should be decent this year and you will have this question every week. I' d go with Miller to start at least. It sounds like he and Campbell have a connection...
3 Answers · Sports · 13/09/2010
... one of your bench RB s for Daniels . Trading McFadden for him...of 2 of them just pick up Zach Miller and move on with your depth at RB...
3 Answers · Sports · 06/10/2008
I' d take the gamble on owens
1 Answers · Sports · 19/09/2010
Get Owen Daniels . Underrated player. Crumpler will be getting few passes with a bad QB (Harrington) leading the way for the Falcons.
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Toy and games giant, Hasbro Inc., is rolling out a U.S. recycling pilot program with TerraCycle that will recycle the children's items into materials that can be used in the construction of elements like play spaces, flower pots and park benches.
The move comes just one month after the toy maker announced it will begin using plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for blister packs and plastic windows in its product packaging starting in 2019.
Starting April 16, participants can sign up to return their toys and games with a free shipping label to TerraCycle, who will sort and recycle the products. The pilot program is open to all Hasbro toys and games, including face-to-face games, plastic and electronic toys, action figures, dolls, plush, and more.
"Hasbro's toy recycling program is the first brand-sponsored national recycling program in the industry, and we are proud to partner with the passionate team at Hasbro to offer consumers a simple, sustainable solution for recycling their well-loved toys and games," said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky in a statement. "Our expertise in product recycling is a great fit for a company like Hasbro that is committed to reducing the environmental impact of their products throughout its lifecycle, including end of life."
Earlier this year, Hasbro announced that it will begin using plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for blister packs and plastic windows in its product packaging starting in 2019. Hasbro will use bioPET plastic made with 30% plant-based material derived from agricultural by-products. This step is one of many advancements the company has made to enhance the sustainability of its packaging over the past decade. Additional actions include eliminating wire ties in 2010, replacing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with PET in 2013, and achieving 90% recycled or sustainably-sourced paper for packaging and in-box content in 2015. In 2017, Hasbro adopted How2Recycle labeling on packaging for U.S. and Canada, which helps to provide clear on-package recycling guidance to consumers.
Hasbro ranked No. 3 on Newsweek's 2017 Green Rankings, which assesses the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the United States on overall environmental performance.
To learn more about Hasbro's CSR and sustainability efforts, visit www.hasbro.com/csr and read the CSR Report, Playing with Purpose.


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|Sighting Report
|Occurred : 8/29/2007 21:00 (Entered as : 08/29/07 21:00)
Reported: 8/29/2007 9:30:08 PM 21:30
Posted: 10/8/2007
Location: Carle Place, NY
Shape: Oval
Duration:30 minutes
|UFO sighted in Carle Place with fascinating lights!
My fiance and I were driving on Glen Cove Road, approaching Jericho Turnpike and I spotted an object roundish oval shape. It had blue lights on both sides-right and left sides. It had a red light on top and my fiance saw a red light on the bottom. Our daughter seen it too. It flew over us, no noise quite. Then as we headed onto Jericho Turnpike we saw it hovering over us. It was standing still in the sky at one point. Then my fiance started to chase it..we followed it and it headed towards Hickville..then it turned into 2 balls of clear colored lights and disappeared-the red and blue lights were no longer there-it changed colors. It was amazing and I never seen anything like it before.


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James Blunt announced that he is leaving the music industry, and that he has no plans to return.
The English singer-songwriter is best known for his 2005 debut album Back to Bedlam and singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover." Despite his album selling 11 million copies, the 38-year-old told The Daily Mail that he is leaving the music industry and has no plans to return, saying:
"I just want to take some time out for myself. I haven't got any plans to do more songwriting. I have been chilling out since I finished my world tour and I've spent a lot of time in Ibiza, where I have a villa."
Blunt said that he decided to leave the music industry after taking his first summer off in seven years with model girlfriend Sofia Wellesley:
"Sofia and I had a great time hanging out with friends on my yacht but we partied as well," he added. "I do like a good night out and that is why it's great fun to hang out at Barbarella. London needs more nightclubs like this."
Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo during the 1999 conflict there. He has also been the subject of media interest, particularly in the tabloid press. His mother defended him recently against the criticism he receives in the press:
"I was most interested to hear Pete Waterman's thoughts on public school rock stars," Jane Blount said in an email to Radio 4, via NME. "His attitude is reflected by most of the critics in the UK. My son James Blunt, who is hugely appreciated worldwide, receives harsh criticism here and we have, rather sadly, been aware that it is because of his background."
Blunt's most recent album, Some Kind Of Trouble, was released in 2010.
Are you a fan of James Blunt? Are you sad to see him go?