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Ok forget about what I said last week about March, can we fast forward to April instead? Will winter ever really end? Is this real life? Here are five reasons to at least get out of bed this weekend.
5) Reignwolf, Them Fangs at Baby's All Right
Seattle rockers Reignwolf just released their debut album, Hear Me Out, and if you like your rock to have some blues with a smattering of chunky desert guitar sounds, then give them a shot. The band also play at Mercury Lounge on Saturday, but since that show is sold out already, we'll focus on the show at Baby's All Right since you can still get tickets at the time of writing. Sunday 7:30pm
4) Her's, Spencer at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Liverpudlian duo Her's make a kind of bedroom-dream-pop mix that sounds like it would exist on a label that was an equal mix of Burger Records and Kanine Records. The songs on Invitation to Her's are melodic, breezy and playful. Saturday 8pm
3) Nothing, Tony Molina, Candy at Brooklyn Bazaar
We've always liked Nothing at FreeWilliamsburg and the band have just released a b-sides/covers/rarities album called Spirit of the Stairs (side note – the phrase l'esprit de l'escalier is perhaps the best thing the French have given to the world outside of pastry). The "single", for want of a better word, of the album is a cover of Grouper's Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping, though the song that jumped out at me from the tracklist is a over of Vapour Trail by Oxford's shoegaze legends Ride. Thursday 8pm
2) Dusted, Ellis, Lila, Tallies Coney Island Baby
You may recognise Dusted's Brian Borcherd as one of the founders of Holy Fuck, but you may not recognise anything else if that's all you know of his discography. As Dusted, Borcherd has released two LPs, the most recent being 2018's excellent Blackout Summer, which mixed sombre acoustic-driven songs with layered effects and driving beats. Whatever you do, don't miss openers Tallies who just released their gorgeous dreampop debut album (self-titled) on Kanine Records. Dusted also play a 5:15pm set on Friday at Pianos by the way. Thursday 7pm
1) Hilary Woods, Fielded, Kinlaw at The Park Church Co-Op
Dublin artist Hilary Woods released her debut solo album, Colt, on Sacred Bones, and it's a beautifully soothing record. Awash with layers of piano and synth, it should sound rather lovely at The Park Church Co-Op. I hadn't realised that Woods was the bassist in JJ72, an indie-rock trio who had a couple of decent records in 2000 and 2005 (I saw them opening a show in Oxford in the early 00s and it's bugging me that I can't quite place it, The Bluetones, perhaps). Friday 7pm


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Updated at 1:48 p.m. Eastern
A former 12th Air Force command chief master sergeant pleaded guilty to 17 Uniform Code of Military Justice charges, including two sexual misconduct charges, in front of a military judge Thursday.
Chief Master Sgt. Jose A. Barraza was sentenced to 10 months' confinement, reduction in rank to E-4 and a reprimand, according to a release from Air Combat Command.
Barraza's court-martial was held this week at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in front of Col. Shelly W. Schools, the judge who handed down his sentence.
Barraza, formerly a member of the 12th Air Force commander's advisory team, originally faced 15 violations under the UCMJ, but the service in May added two sexual misconduct specifications under Article 120c after an Air Force Office of Special Investigations inquiry, officials told Military.com at the time.
Related content:
- Chief Master Sergeant Faces Court-Martial on Sexual-Misconduct Charges
- Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Faces Sexual Misconduct Charges
- Noted Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant Faces 15 UCMJ Charges
UCMJ Article 120c charges stipulate offenses such as indecent viewing, recording or broadcast, forcible pandering, or indecent exposure. The rule was added in 2012 to address miscellaneous sexual misconduct.
The original charges include one specification for willfully disobeying an order, seven specifications for dereliction of duty, two specifications for making false official statements, and five specifications for obstruction of justice in violation of UCMJ Articles 90, 92, 107 and 134 respectively, according to a statement from the command.
Col. Scott C. Campbell, commander of the 355th Fighter Wing, preferred the original charges March 30 and the additional charges May 18.
Barraza was removed from his position in November due to "loss of confidence in his ability to carry out his duties," the Air Force said at the time.
Barraza attempted to conceal evidence of multiple unprofessional sexual relationships, according to a report from Air Force Times, citing his charge sheet.
According to the report, Barraza persuaded one female victim to delete text message exchanges on her cell phone. Additionally, he deleted images and videos from his cell phone, reportedly including images of another woman's "private area" taken without her consent.
Maj. Malinda Singleton, ACC spokeswoman, told Military.com on Friday that Barraza failed to maintain "professional relationships" with seven female airmen, which led to seven specifications under Article 92, or a failure to follow orders or regulations.
Furthermore, under Article 90, or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer, there was a "no contact order" issued against Barraza for an eighth female airman, she said.
Whether Barraza will retire is undetermined, Singleton said.
"A general court-martial does not have the authority to adjudge an administrative discharge, determine service characterization, or whether a retirement in lieu of discharge will be accepted," she said in a follow-up email.
"Those decisions will be considered by the appropriate authority in accordance with Air Force Instructions, such as AFI 36-3208 Administrative Separation of Airmen, at the appropriate time. As for that timeline, we don't have that information at this time," Singleton said.
Throughout the legal process, Barraza remained assigned to the 355th Operations Group at Davis-Monthan, where he continued to carry out duties, the ACC has said.
He joined the service in 1989, according to Stars and Stripes.
Barraza began his 12th Air Force post in 2015; he was responsible for all enlisted personnel in the wing. The 12th Air Force, or Air Forces Southern, has a dual mission as an Air Combat Command component numbered Air Force and as the air component for U.S. Southern Command.
A determination was made that Air Combat Command would be the lead communicator on the case instead of Davis-Monthan, an official said.
A timeline for Barraza's crimes has not been disclosed.
-- Oriana Pawlyk can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @Oriana0214.

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written by
David T. Brookes,
George K. Horton,
A. Van Heuvelen, and
Eugenia Etkina
We aim to examine communication in physics from a linguistic perspective and suggest a theoretical viewpoint that may enable us to explain and understand many physics students' alternative conceptions. We present evidence, in the context of the concept of heat, that physicists seem to speak and write about physical systems with a set of one or more systematic metaphors that are well understood in their community. We argue that physics students appear to be prone to misinterpreting and overextending the same metaphors and that these misinterpretations exhibit themselves as students' alternative conceptions. We will analyze physicists' discourse about heat and present evidence of a connection between students' alternative conceptions and the possibility that they are misinterpreting the language that they read and hear.
Published September 9, 2004
Last Modified May 18, 2012
This file is included in the full-text index.


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EA-96-130 - Schleede-Hampton Associates, Inc.
May 22, 1996
Mr. Stephen Schleede, Principal
Schleede-Hampton Associates, Inc.
102 West Illinois Street, Suite D
St. Charles, IL 60174
Dear Mr. Schleede:
This refers to the special safety inspection conducted April 3-8, 1996, at the offices of Schleede-Hampton Associates, Inc. (SHA), St. Charles, Illinois. SHA is licensed by the State of Illinois (an Agreement State) to use cesium-137 and americium-241 sealed sources in devices to measure the moisture and density of soil.
On October 26, 1995, the NRC issued a license to an SHA branch office in Birmingham, Michigan (a Non-Agreement State) - authorizing SHA to use byproduct materials in Non-Agreement States. On January 26, 1996, the NRC conducted an initial inspection of the SHA Birmingham, Michigan, office. Information developed during the inspection indicated that SHA had used licensed materials in the State of Michigan from April 10, 1991, to October 6, 1995, without having been issued a specific license by the NRC or having filed NRC Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States," with the NRC. The inspection report was mailed to SHA on April 16, 1996. During a telephone call on April 26, 1996, you indicated that the information documented in the inspection report was accurate and that SHA did not need to meet with the NRC in an enforcement conference or provide a written response to the inspection report.
Based on the information developed during the inspection, the NRC determined that a significant violation of NRC requirements occurred. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation and the circumstances surrounding it are described in the inspection report. Specifically, SHA failed to obtain an NRC specific or general license prior to conducting licensed activities in a Non-Agreement State.
The failure to obtain an NRC license or file NRC Form 241 prior to conducting licensed activities in a Non-Agreement State is a matter of significant regulatory concern because the NRC is denied the opportunity to assure that activities are conducted in accordance with all NRC radiation safety requirements. Therefore, the violation is categorized, in accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Activities," (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, at Severity Level III.
In accordance with the Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount of $5,000 is considered for a Severity Level III violation. Because SHA has not been the subject of an escalated enforcement action, by either an Agreement State or the NRC, within the last two years, the NRC considered whether credit was warranted for Corrective Action in accordance with the civil penalty assessment process in Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy. Credit for corrective action was given because SHA informed the NRC of the locations and dates that work was performed in Non-Agreement States. Also, an NRC license was issued to SHA on October 26, 1995, correcting the violation and preventing its recurrence.
Therefore, to encourage prompt and comprehensive corrective actions, I have decided not to propose a civil penalty in this case. However, significant violations in the future could result in a civil penalty.
The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in Inspection Report No. 999-90003/96003(DNMS) and by NRC Byproduct Material License No. 21-26657-01. Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description herein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to respond, you should follow the directions specified in the enclosed Notice.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (should SHA choose to respond) will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.
Original Signed by
Hubert J. Miller
Docket No. 999-90003
General License
Enclosure: Notice of Violation
cc w/encl: Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
|Schleede-Hampton Associates, Inc.
St. Charles, Illinois
|Docket No. 999-90003
General License
During an NRC inspection conducted April 3-8, 1996, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 30.3 requires in relevant part, that no person shall possess or use byproduct material except as authorized by a specific or general license issued by the NRC.
10 CFR 150.20(a) provides, in part, that any person who holds a specific license from an Agreement State is granted an NRC general license to conduct the same activity in Non-Agreement States subject to the provisions of 10 CFR 150.20(b).
10 CFR 150.20(b)(1) requires, in part, that any person engaging in activities in non-Agreement States shall, at least 3 days before engaging in each such activity, file 4 copies of NRC Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States," with the Regional Administrator of the appropriate NRC regional office.
Contrary to the above, from April 10, 1991, to October 6, 1995, Schleede-Hampton Associates, Inc., a licensee of the State of Illinois (an Agreement State), used licensed materials, iridium-192 and americium-241, at various locations throughout the State of Michigan (a non-Agreement State) without a specific license issued by the NRC and without filing Form 241 with the NRC. (01013)
This is a Severity Level III violation (Supplement VI).
The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in Inspection Report No. 999-90003/96003(DNMS) and by NRC Byproduct Material License No. 21-26657-01. However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to respond, clearly mark your response as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, NRC Region III, 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois
this 22 day of May 1996


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Blood Drive – Transylvania Regional Hospital
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The Blood Connection of Greenville, South Carolina, is the sole provider of blood to Mission Health, guaranteeing that all blood donated stays here locally for the benefit of the community.
To schedule a blood donation appointment, call 828-883-5130 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Walk-in appointments welcome; however, appointments are requested.
For more information, visit missionhealth.org/blood-drives.
The blood drive will take place in the Carlson Conference Room on the Transylvania Regional Hospital campus.


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Light wind brengt naast de Diabolo ( Foil) nu ook een 1 strut light wind kite uit : de BREEZE
Verkrijgbaar in 11 / 13 / 15 en allen met slechts 1 strut om extra gewicht te besparen.
To make your sessions perfect, we wanted the BREEZE to be:
- Light to fly in less than 10 kts of wind
- Powerful to enable early planing
- Stable to prevent it falling from the sky in light winds and let you focus on your riding
- Able to depower to keep control as this is crucial for foil riding
- Designed with good control of your speed and acceleration
- Easy to re-launch even in light winds
We have decided to save some weight by getting rid of the struts. The BREEZE is therefore a single strut kite. Aspect ratio is reduced to make the kite more stable and limit both acceleration and speed. Its profile is completely new as it needs to deliver both power and control. Depower ability is amazing for a light wind kite. It takes our designer's knowledge to achieve some depower without altering the profile.
The wingtips are wide which helps with maneuverability, transitions and allows for backward relaunch. We have optimized the reinforcement patches to save as much weight as possible and facilitate light wind re-launch. The kite is compatible with BANDIT kite bars.
The bridle is new as well with 4 fixing points and 3 pulleys per side. The BREEZE is available in sizes of 11m² - 13m² - 15m²
- Foil riding :
The BREEZE feels amazingly reassuring thanks to its great stability in a straight line but also during all kinds of maneuvers.
When riding, the kite seems to reach its maximum speed quite early on and then stops accelerating. This is a real bonus in terms of comfort when one knows the high degree of focus required to control a foil.
It offers an impressive feeling of control and feels very progressive leading to more confidence when riding.
It's maneuverability lets you place this kite perfectly during maneuvers making progress much easier and faster.
We have chosen the bar pressure to be more firm which lets you take support from it and achieve better balance. Re-launch is made super easy thanks to its light weight and backward re-launch ability, to get out of sometimes tricky situations in light winds.
-Other disciplines:
All the qualities highlighted above make it a great learning kite with a twin-tip. The kite feels very gentle and its constant traction is reassuring.
For surfing, the light weight and maneuverability of this kite make it really efficient for wave riding.


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Around the Web for May 1st through May 17th
These are my Around the Web links for May 1st through May 17th:
- Mac keyboard shortcuts – Matt Gemmell has written a great post about keyboard shortcuts for OSX
- Train – I'm reading this, and I'm on a train. Sitting next to a guy also reading this on his iPad.
- Alfred v2.3 Released: Context-sensitive hotkeys, external triggers and more – Alfred is a great automation tool, and with each release it becomes even more awesome!
- The Markdown Payoff – Ticci sums up the big benefits of markdown.
- On Apple Getting the Cloud –
- Link: Microsoft Office applications barely used – I dislike MS Office, and use it only when I have to. It was once a great suite of applications, but became bloated, IMHO. I use Markdown for writing (and more recently presenting with @deckset) backed up by iWork apps.
- Our 1Password Watchtower service is now looking out for you, right in 1Password for Mac – This is an incredibly awesome update on 1Password


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The years have not been kind to Fender. The infamously uneven quality control on the company's US-made instruments has long prompted some players to claim that your best bet for a new Fender is a Japanese model.
Now, I've played some very nice US Fenders. But still, a lot of other companies have been paying the rent by flogging fabulous Jazz Bass clones to players who don't have enough patience (or local music stores) to try out a half-dozen Fenders in search of a good one, whether the oft-mentioned quality control issues are real or ersatz.
Well, Fender's got its groove back. The 2008 overhaul of the American Standard Series swept QC concerns aside and brought the company's flagship line a few cool features—and a five-string Precision Bass. These changes have brought a little shine back to the almighty American-made Fender.
When you open up the flight case, the first thing you'll notice is… well, not much; it looks like a P Bass. About a split second later, you'll twig onto the big, brash new High Mass Vintage bridge, which is one of several cool new touches that improve the bass in subtle but noticeable ways. That bridge is designed to improve sustain, and gives you the option of stringing through the body. I personally think that the difference in tone or performance between a string that's anchored in the bridge and one threaded through the body happens mostly in the bassist's head, but I always string through the body anyway. Whether the effects are palpable or not, the new bridge is a solid improvement over the older bent-metal one. Fender players who tend to replace their bridges with Badasses can leave their wallets in their pockets this time 'round.
Moving north, the pickup is a 5-string take on the traditional alnico Fender split coil. The asymmetrical look of the two coils makes some players' heads spin, but I like it. Roger Sadowsky (among others) has been known to say that a fully symmetrical split setup is the only way to guarantee the best hum-cancelling performance, and if Roger says something, you can usually take it to the bank. Nonetheless, the pickup on this bass is dead silent.
The bass I received is finished in Fender's Candy Cola hue, and has a new, thinner finish undercoat that is supposed to help with resonance. I don't know if that's true, but it does look like molten sex. The deep red plays well with the 3-ply parchment pickguard and maple fretboard, and the result is a bass that would be as at-home at a black-tie event as it would strapped to a jackbooted Gothling or a prog-rock muso.
The bass's C-shaped neck boasts graphite reinforcement rods for stiffness without undue weight, and is finished in a comfortable satin urethane, while the 9.5″ radius fretboard is as glossy as they come. The 20-fret neck is hand-friendly, and the rolled fretboard edges are a total win for anyone who migrates up and down the neck a lot. Why more makers don't roll the edges is frankly beyond me. Unlike Fender's 4-stringers, the Precision and Jazz 5vers share the same nut width. That's good news for switch-hitters who like to have one of each onstage.
Overall, the bass is extremely well put together. The frets are nicely crowned and the neck joint is rock solid. At the headstock, the dual disc string trees look weird but work just fine. It's not clear just why Fender opted not to use the same Hipshot top-load string retainers that are on the Victor Bailey or Marcus Miller five-stringers, but it shouldn't keep you up nights, either. The 4-over/1-under headstock has shed weight since the last American Standard, due to Fender's lighter new machine heads; As you can expect, head dive is nonexistent. In fact, the bass balances perfectly, whether it's on the lap or on the strap. And that counts for a lot halfway through the third set of a sweaty bar gig.
So, how does it sound? Honestly, there's not much to say; it sounds like a P Bass—and that's a very good thing. Played through both an Ashdown EVO II 500 and 210 cab, and through three different PA systems, the bass spoke with the familiar Precision authority. The 34″ scale doesn't hurt the B string, with either the stock Fender tapercores or Ernie Ball Slinkys. This surprised me, as I usually quote scripture from the Lākland Book of Long-assed Necks. My small hands were good with the stretch between frets, and it was good to hear such punchy basement notes from a 34″ bass. That's with a honkin' big .130 B string, though. Your mileage many vary.
I've often said that if you want nuance and poetry, buy an F-Bass; if you want a big, greasy ball of thunder, buy a P. The P5 bears this out, with the bonus of a B string that can only be described as 'seismic.'
If you accused me of liking this bass, you'd be bang-on. First, there's the Zen aspect of having one volume knob, one tone knob, one pickup and no batteries. Then, the fit and finish, the subtle new appointments and the iconic Precision whisky-and-cigarets voice make this axe an excellent addition to any player's toolbox.
I feel that a bass that costs north of a grand should come with strap locks pre-installed. Most gigging players end up putting them on anyway, and a totally unscientific survey of bass players I know shows that I'm not the only one with a pile of unused strap buttons sitting in a box. I'd also rather have seen a different string retainer setup, but neither of these are really make-or-break issues. More difficult is the godawful glue reek that came wafting out of the case when I first opened it, and which had seeped into the bass, the strap and the case candy. A helpful SKB employee told me that tossing a dryer sheet into the case usually helps, and it mitigated things for sure, but there's still a slight gassy whiff to the bass, case and works. But these are relatively minor quibbles. All in all, this bass makes it easy to own a Fender.
MSRP US$1949.99 > street About C$1240.00 (US$1300.00) > pickups 1 split coil > controls Volume, tone > strings 5 > scale 34" > width at nut 1.875" > made in USA
(This post appeared in the July 2015 edition of the Solo Guitaristas: Noticias y tips newsletter)


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Sunday lunch is a British institution, dare to declare you're not a fan and most will stare and point at you.
On this occasion a trip in to
Leeds city centre was needed and
a good belly full too, so me and T decided to look in to Sunday lunches - via
the help of twitter. The top recommendation was the Adelphi.
Roasts are priced between £10.50-12.00 dependent on what you order. The selection on this day included pork, chicken, beef and nutroast.
I went for the most expensive option the beef. Each roast is served with veg, Yorkshire pudding and potatoes.
T went with the pork and cracklings option.
As you can see the Yorkshire puddings were sizeable, although a little stale for my liking - I'm used to them fresh out of the oven. Gravy came already poured on... I would have preferred to have had a little jug to do it myself. The beef was really good quality but personally I could have eaten it a little rarer - always a gamble when ordering beef. T had no complaints with his pork but wished for more crackling.
The veg was okay, I'm not a massive fan of boiled cabbage give me brocoli with my roast over cabbage any day. The roasts again were okay but not as crispy and fluffy as those in which I have become accustomed to.
I realise I sound very critical in this post but when you've had the best you can't help comparing.
It's a good standard pub Sunday lunch and if that's your thing I'd certainly recommend it.
There were also free Bloody Mary shots for those eating Sunday lunch... I'm presuming most who venture out for it are in need of a little pick me up after the previous night!
Would love to go back to the Adelphi and see what else they have to offer.


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This is a delicious dessert you can have even on the elimination diet. You need an ice cream maker for this recipe, but it's a good investment!
- 1.5 cups whole milk
- 2 cups dextrose
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract***
- 5 Sweetarts, one of each color
Using a hand mixer, combine milk and dextrose until dextrose is dissolved. Stir in heavy cream and vanilla. Turn on your ice cream machine and pour in mixture. Leave it in for about 25 minutes. Transfer into a container with a lid and put it in the freezer (wait about 2 hours before eating).
To Serve
This ice cream gets a bit harder than normal, and I'm guessing it has something to do with the dextrose. So take it out of the freezer half an hour to an hour before scooping.
This is pretty good vanilla ice cream on its own, but a tad boring after a while. To liven things up: crush each Sweetart with the back of a spoon (I put each one in a small baggie to make it easier, but then I felt really wasteful). Sprinkle the crushed powder on top of the ice cream.
Elimination Diet safe: YES!
***vanilla extract may have excess fructose, but so far I can't find any concrete word on it.


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"The mission of Afriky Lolo is to bring African dance to the St. Louis community through teaching and performance so that African Americans and others will gain a rich understanding of African heritage and experience the joy and power of dance."
Afriky Lolo, founded and led by Diadié Bathily, is a West African dance non-profit corporation that is committed to bringing West African dance and culture to the St. Louis, Missouri, community through teaching and performing. Bathily is a Master dancer from the Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1998. He has a strong personal and professional desire to share the beauty, culture and passion of West African dance with Americans, especially African Americans.


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What's the greatest trick a marketer's ever pulled?
You see, about once a decade or so, the marketing world strikes 'gold' with a one-liner that is truly life changing.
No, really.
I mean in the sense that this line, this one tiny piece of copy, triggers a shift in the psychology of the masses. Lines such as 'Because I'm Worth It!' from L'Oreal – that suddenly permitted women to shell out the big bucks for beauty… or 'Think Small' which entirely redefined what we wanted in an automobile – thus putting Volkswagen on the map. Actually, the rarity of such snips of genius cannot be clearer than today – as we watch Volkswagen's cataclysmic off-road veer. Do anyone really think one brand could ever score a home-run like that, twice? My guess is no, and that they'll never quite recover. So this sort of marketing is in a big sense 'life changing' because it changes our intrinsic behaviours and makes us re-evaluate what we use as status symbols, and how we measure them… at the very least until the brand screws up on a cataclysmic level.
So, what's that have to diamonds?
Well, I hate to say it, but only reason you may be looking down at a coveted gem right now (or planning on forking out for one) is precisely that. Diamonds are coveted. And that is entirely in and of itself the reason you own one. They really are a fascinating case study in the madness of the human mind. You see, the normal rules of scarcity – in that an item of limited availability increases in value in a demanding market – simply do not apply to diamonds. Jade, Tanzanite, Benitvite, Opal, Musgravite, Alexandrite and Red Beryl are just some of the many precious gems that are rarer than this famed stone. In fact, even gold nuggets are rarer these days – ten times rarer, on a volume by volume bases. So when Marilyn Monroe commented in Some Like it Hot, "Real diamonds?! Why, they must be worth their weight in gold!", maybe she wasn't being all that thick headed after all. Diamonds are a classic economist's nightmare.
So why all the madness over diamonds? Why do we, the smartest animals on the planet covet something that costs an extortionate amount of money, that seems to be knocking around in plentiful supply and decreases by 50% in value once purchased. Why is it we believe diamonds are a girls best friend?
Because of advertising of course!
The only reason you may be wearing a beloved bling ring right now, is because a bunch of New York ad men from the 1940s told you so. Actually, to be more precise, the only reason any of you married or engaged people are wearing a ring of any kind at all, is because of De Beers – the company that still owns roughly 35% of the world's diamonds today – wanted more people to buy more of them. And not just the rich and wealthy, but pretty much every single person in the Western World, at least once. Prior to 1947, it was actually pretty uncommon to buy an engagement ring – let alone have one of diamonds. In fact, most well to dos preferred to opt for more precious stones and metals, to show of a sense of both acquired taste and wealth. So De Beers took their classic "we've got all this pretty useless stuff that nobody wants to buy" to N. W. Ayer & Son… who in turn came back with the greatest re-positioning line of all time…
A Diamond is Forever
By taking the 'unbreakable' quality of the rock and tying it to the 'unbreakable' ideal of marriage, Ayer & Son tied the two together. Up to this point, this all may be old news to you but I'd like to throw one fresh thought into the mix – romantic ties was never why diamonds became an international success. The success came down to unquestionably tying diamonds to a ritual that almost everyone takes part in at some point in their lives. Why? Because ritual is prime territory for comparison. And any opportunity for comparison creates social pressures. By tying buying a diamond ring into something everybody already did, Ayer & Sons created a new set of habits for modern society. And when everyone in the world is suddenly all doing the same thing, we a primed to seek out the social markers that tell us who is doing it 'better' than everyone else and thus, 'top ape'.
Unlike tanzanite, opal, aquamarine, rubies etc., everyone could estimate the value of a diamond with reasonable ease and therefore, compare. Armed with the four Cs husbands and wives around the world could now easily guess their economic worth and social status vs. them Jones in Number 4, down the road.
As the most sociable animal out there, humans love clear status signals. Because status signals tell us very clearly where we are in the world relative to everybody else.
De Beers, just gave them an excuse to create the most blatant status symbol going.


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Women 18 and older (any skill level) may apply to play in the Women's Division.
Men and Women 21 and older may apply to play in the Men's Over 21 Division.
Men 40 and older and Women 18 and older may apply to play in the Men's Over 40 Division.
Men and Women 50 and older may apply to play in the Men's Over 50 Division.
Application forms can be found in the Admin Section, or contact the PASL
New Season Starts 3/1/2020
Spring Registration:
PASL was formed in the Fall of 1995 to provide adults over the age of thirty an opportunity to play organized soccer.
Since then it has evolved into a coed Over 21, Over 40 and Over 50 league, as well as a Women's league.
We currently have a Spring and Fall season playing on Sunday afternoons.
In the off season we have Summer 6 v 6.
The Summer 6 V 6 is played on a week night and provides an opportunity to become aquainted with PASL and/or to sharpen your skills.
6 v 6 is played on a small field (40yd x 60yd) with small goals. The Summer league is designed to be less competitive and fun for all.
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If you're living with tooth loss you've probably heard of dental implants. Implants are a revolution in tooth replacement, giving you the full range of functions a normal tooth would provide. They're permanent, stable, and can replace one tooth all the way up to a full mouth worth!
At Anderson Dental Care we're experts at restoring dental implants and we consider them to be an ideal choice for patients wanting a tooth replacement that will seem just like the real thing! Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation floating around about dental implants, which is why we're writing this blog today. We want you to understand just how great dental implants facts are and what they can do for you!
Myth #1: Implants Hurt!
For many patients pain is the number one reason they avoid needed dental care. At our Cincinnati dentist office we understand the fear, but you should know that implants aren't painful! For any dental procedure as complicated as an implant placement you'll definitely be under anesthesia and many oral surgeons offer anxiety-relieving dental sedation as well.
You may experience some minor discomfort after the placement of your implant but it usually doesn't last too long. Some dental implant solutions even offer teeth in just one day!
Myth #2: Placing Implants Is Simple, So Anyone Can Do It!
This myth usually goes hand-in-hand with the idea that cheaper implants are just as good as expensive ones, but both are completely untrue! There are some things in life which are always better cheaper but a lot that aren't, and anything to do with your health usually falls into that category!
We only refer to well-qualified, experienced, and trusted Cincinnati oral surgeons. We'll help you schedule an appointment for your implant placement with someone we know can do a good job. They might not always be the cheapest provider but when it comes to your health you get what you pay for!
Myth #3: They're Noticeable
There's no way an implant can look real, right? Many people see a thin metal line along the base of a tooth and think it's an implant, but that's actually a dental crown made of porcelain fused to metal. Dental implant restorations don't use any metal and are completely undetectable!
Our implant restorations are so lifelike even you might forget you have an implant! The porcelain used in today's dental implants does an amazing job of reproducing the translucency of natural teeth and looks amazingly real. Many of our patients express amazement at the fact that their implants look so real!
Myth #4: It's Hard To Care For Implants
When we restore your dental implant it will be permanently sealed away under your crown and can be cared for in the same manner as your other natural teeth. The idea that an implant is hard to care for is a complete fiction!
Even when you have a series of implants placed to support removable dentures care is still simple. Just take your dentures out at night like you normally would and brush your implants like teeth! Caring for dental implants, whether one or several, is no harder than caring for teeth!
Myth #5: Implants Are Impractical
Many people hear about dental implants and think they are a new technology that's still being experimented with and perfected. This makes them a bad investment since there still isn't a lot of solid results behind them, right? It might surprise you to learn that dental implants have been in use for decades and are a well-established dental restoration process!
Dental implants have become more and more practical over the years and are now easily accessible and widely respected as the premier method of replacing missing teeth. Not only do implants look and feel great they also prevent bone loss and future dental implants problems due to lost teeth! You have everything to gain by getting a dental implant!
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If you have any more questions about the dental implant procedure at Anderson Dental Care don't hesitate to pick up the phone and call us! You can reach our office at (513) 817-0763 – we're here to help!
If you're ready to make an appointment to find out about your dental implant options then we're ready to see you! You can request an appointment by phone or by filling out our online appointment request form. We look forward to seeing you soon!


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Here's an in depth look at the lives of bloggers, those go-getting + brave individuals always in the forefront of trends.
1. Influence the Flock
All over the world bloggers influence each other, they are like sponges when it comes to absorbing new + trending information. By the time bloggers take something of the shelves you can be sure it's already well researched. And with all the beauty, fashion, books and even travel reviews they do everyday, it makes things so much easier for the rest of us.
2. Value the Tribe
Now because you're a blogger people will assume that you know what you are talking about - blogging does include a lot of research and reading. I remember when I first started out, I felt really pressured at some point, I knew the power of influence and I knew I had to be truthful. Just take a look at this post by Luzanne from Pink Peonies about the whole writing process to see what I mean. Point is, as a blogger you are part of the blog community where you are valued + value what's written by your blog-peers - that's also why some bloggers experience writers block from time to time.
3. Silent Readers
They read everything, well to stay updated of course. And yes, if you have been blogging for some time they will also read your blog. And here's the thing, a lot of blogger's are silent readers, and you have to be fair about this - there's really only so many hours in a day to read + comment on everything on the web. I guess sometimes they are so inspired by your post that they just don't know what to say. Which is a good thing, right? ;)
4. Align + Connect
The blog community really are a bunch of like-minded, creative individuals and therefore it's not surprising to see how many of them align with each other after some time. Forget about compare + despair, the real clever blog authors know that if they connect with their peers the possibilities are endless. A good word + recommendation goes a long way, whether it's via word-of-mouth or a just a quick tweet. Supporting each other becomes vital in the blogosphere and the best way to do it is to yes, align + connect.
5. The Real Hipsters
I might step on some toes with this point, still the evidence are there. First of all they will never admit to it and secondly, are they not always first in the row about everything? More evidence and striking is how polite, pleasant and eco-friendly they are. Hipsters also love the ideology of the creative small business, and we all know how we bloggers in our heart of hearts would prefer our blog to be our only income. ;)
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On first pass, Georgia's Dark Meat fits snugly into underground rock's current zeitgeist. Like Feathers and Espers and all those other hairy freak-folkies, it's a large quasi-hippie ensemble wrapped in a cultish aura. The 17 or so members are known formally as Dark Meat/Vomit Lasers Family Band/Galaxy, a name consciously modeled after Parliament-Funkadelic's love for cosmic-trickster nomenclature. Even better, they tour in a silver bus retrofitted with beds, a bathroom, and a kitchen nook.
So yeah, those Peoples Temple/Merry Pranksters vibrations are unmistakable. "We're very much a real collective," bassist and cofounder Ben Clack explains. He's phoning from the bus, which has just pulled off the interstate at the North Carolina–Virginia border with unexpected brake problems. A bandmate up front suddenly shouts to everyone to get off the bus. "We might have an emergency here," Clack warns. "But anyway, we pretty much live together by touring six months or so a year."
The members of Dark Meat also resemble those weirdos in Lightning Bolt and Friends Forever in the way their live shows are art-punk spectacles. Neon costumes and all manner of brightly colored stage ephemera swirl about like a drunken kaleidoscope.
There can be no doubt that all these avant-shenanigans have exerted a significant influence on the band. Dark Meat's inner core, as Clack points out, is a bunch of hard-core record nerds in love with obscuro-sounds both modern and old. But how these sounds are filtered is where the group's uniqueness shines through. Dark Meat, unlike the overwhelming majority of freak-folkies and noise-rockers out there, is a band of down-home Southerners. And, as is the case with nearly all underground musicians from the South since the '60s, they remain forever tethered to their roots: rural rock 'n' roll, Delta blues, New Orleans jazz, and country twang.
"We feel like a Southern band, and I love it," says Clack, now standing beside the bus, along with everybody else. "We live in the middle of nowhere. That's the way we like it." He then compares Dark Meat, which started out as a Neil Young covers band, to the Allman Brothers as well as free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler. Both, he explains, were playing "free shit, but coming at it from traditional roots music that everyone recognizes. I feel like that's what we're trying to do, too."
After repeated spins, Universal Indians (released in 2006 but recently reissued by Vice) reveals this intent. The disc, full of hypercharged Stooge-rock, is as punishing and claustrophobic as anything from Comets on Fire or Dead Meadow. Tracks such as "There Is a Retard on Acid Holding a Hammer to Your Brain" and "Assholes for Eyeballs" even recall the twisted psych-punk of vintage Butthole Surfers. Yet despite such gnarly song titles, Dark Meat is no sonic primitive. Its full horn and string section, the Vomit Lasers, can howl like a Dixieland band on PCP or bust airtight funk as if it's augmenting Booker T at a Memphis nightclub in 1964.
The same goes for the Sub Tweeters and Key Bumps, backup singers and percussionists and flag corps, respectively. Both subsections help transform Dark Meat's wild-ass stage show into a kind of postapocalyptic Mardi Gras. On record, however, they serve as key musical components, infusing the band's manic rock 'n' roll with authentic white gospel ecstasy.
Ultimately, Dark Meat is that rare band that can sum up the entire history of rock 'n' roll in a single song, erasing divisions between subgenres with every howling riff. According to Clack, this ability to put it all together is another Southern trait. And while that's certainly true, it also makes Dark Meat a truly democratic band at a time when democracy in America is a hard thing to come by.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ A St. Louis police officer has shot and wounded a man after he jumped from a stolen car and pointed a gun at the officer.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Acting Chief Lawrence O'Toole say the suspect was hit in ``the upper torso'' Thursday afternoon. He described the man's condition as guarded and stable.
The shooting happened after officers used a tire-deflating device to disable a vehicle that had been reported as stolen on Aug. 11 from the nearby suburb of Bridgeton. Two men inside fled before one of them pointed a handgun at an officer. O'Toole says the handgun has been recovered and that the second man who fled also is in custody.
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Bill Barrow, head of Special Collections in the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University, has received the Alumnus of the Year Award from the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University.
The award is presented to a KSU graduate who has made a significant contribution to the field of library and information science.
Barrow received his Master of Library Science degree from KSU. He also holds bachelor's master's degrees in history from CSU.
In the Michael Schwartz Library, Barrow leads the team that runs the Cleveland Memory Project. Launched in 2002, this extensive repository of Northeast Ohio history draws in part upon the library's Special Collections, including approximately 1 million clips and 500,000 photographs from the Cleveland Press newspaper (which ceased publication in 1982), as well as thousands of documents, photos, films and other materials related to the construction of Cleveland's landmark Terminal Tower complex and other development projects, recordings of City Club of Cleveland speeches spanning several decades and other blasts from the past.


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I slept in today, neglected my morning duties and was duly punished. Usually the first thing I do in the a.m. is feed the cats and arrange for their warmth and comfort on these currently frigid days. That is, I light the fire or turn on a heater like a well trained slave. It's the only way to have a peaceful morning. Four whining cats is not a noise that can be ignored for long.
About half an hour after the designated feeding and warming time, the harassment began. Monty has figured out the perfect attention getting technique. He perches on the bedside table and starts swiping progressively larger objects on to the floor with his paw. As I was exhibiting more than usual amount of laziness he just started with a pile of books which hit the floor with a dramatic thud and evoked the 'aftershock' reaction - heart pounding, wide awake, ready to go. This was after I'd already been awoken at 1.30 a.m. by a real aftershock (hence the compensatory sleeping in). At least, after last night's Baptiste yoga session, I was able to get to sleep, quite a novelty.
Apart from yoga, exercise for the last week has been a bit of mad jumping around playing Wii Just Dance II and some running around getting things organised for my trip. I think that the amount of boxes I'm hoisting counts as 'weights' and running up the escalator at the mall counts as 'cardio', so I've got it covered. ;) The box lifting is due to rearranging the storage area so that someone who isn't me can locate product. I'm not sure that 'find it by psychic ability' is something the team can be trained to do. :D
Cold weather may not fit my disposition, but winter cooking is something I look forward to. Tonight's effort was a chicken done in apricots and chardonnay.
I had to drive to the trippy hippy organic shop to forage some dried apricots and was so distracted by activities at the old St Martins New World site that I nearly tail ended someone. I will be sure to get down there with a camera tomorrow. In spite of aftershocks, things are racing ahead with the deconstruction. In fact, there is hardly anything left on the site. Empty lots where there used to be recognisable buildings are common in Christchurch at the moment, so I'm just x-ing my fingers and hoping the the construction phase is going to follow right along after the demolition. A new supermarket is just what the community needs to make us feel reconnected to the barely remembered reality of a life outside of earthquakes. I don't think I'm unusual in craving normality. Just boring old normality - supermarket, city coffee shops, water that doesn't reek of chlorine, roads that don't udulate, an uninterrupted night of sleep. All those things that are so normal I never thought of them as great things. I do now.
In less than a week I'll have all of those things for a whole month (eeeee!), albeit, on the other side of the world. I'll also have warm weather (aaaaah!) and no torture-cats. Perhaps by the time I get back, The Programmer will have them sorted out. Or they will have him fully trained using their unique interrogation techniques. It could go either way...


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JYP Entertainment's boy group, GOT7, embarked on their GOT7 Flight Log: Turbulence in USA 2017 tour recently on January 21st, hosted by Subkulture Entertainment. The touring is still underway and cities include Miami, Washington D.C., Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles.
On January 25th, 2017 the seven boys of GOT7 visited Chicago to see their fans, Ahgase. Despite the winter wind, mixed with the horrid rain, Ahgases waited in line for hours before the concert started at 7PM. While waiting, fans gave away fan made goods and even custom-made cookies shaped as a bird. Some fans were even considerate enough to give away heat packs to those who were freezing in the cold. How sweet of Ahgases!
The day continued as such, with fans dancing to catchy K-pop songs, signing a personal banner for the boys, and much more. As the time for the fan meet neared, long lines could be seen wrapped around the building and out again in an oval loop formation.
Once the fans entered the venue and sat in their seats and waited some more, the lights dimmed and the whole venue glowed green with GOT7's light sticks. In addition, "Hard Carry" played overhead to get the audience ready for the heartthrob boy group. After the song ended, an introduction video appeared at the front of the stage's screen, causing loud squeals as each member of GOT7 was revealed.
Although the stage was dark, slowly, seven figures walked out and into their designated seats on the stage. The lights turned on to showcase GOT7, who then performed their first song, "Let Me" and "Prove It".
Afterwards, the host Danny Lim came out and had GOT7 introduce themselves to their fans, Ahgases. The Q&A session proceeded next with a few questions from the host, asking GOT7 what it felt like to be back in Chicago, in which Youngjae talked happily about the pizza in response. JB's birthday was also mentioned by the host and every fan in the venue sung him a simple and sweet "Happy Birthday".
Another part of the Q&A session allowed the GOT7 members to answer questions written by fans on colored sticky notes. Some questions ranged from ideal type to how many dabs could BamBam do to anything else crazy that you could imagine up.
Once the Q&A session was over, GOT7 performed "Boom x3" along with a suave and sharp choreography on stage, which was followed by "Just Right".
Next, it was finally time for GOT7 and their fans to interact with each other! As the seven members read off the winning raffle tickets, and fans praying that their number would be called, one-by-one fans hurried off excitedly to the stage as they won the chance to play a game with GOT7.
The game was simple. It's a traditional Korean game called "제기차기/Jegichagi" where you kick a shuttlecock-like object into the air and prevent it from hitting the ground. The GOT7 members and their partner practiced quickly for 30-seconds before officially starting the game. In the end, it was none other than Yugyeom who won with his partner, whom also won a gift bag for winning plus a big hug from Yugyeom himself! What a lucky Ahgase!
GOT7 left the stage after the fan interaction and a Behind-The-Scenes video began to play. Shortly after, the seven boys came out again and performed their popular songs, "Fly" and "If You Do".
Unfortunately, the fan meet was coming to an end soon and GOT7 had to bid their goodbye's to their Chicago Ahgases.
One-by-one each member shared their thoughts and feelings about the time they've spent together with their fans that night. Jackson confessed that he was moved by the Chicago fans because of their passion and how he was happy with his job. Jinyoung thanked the fans for their support and to keep healthy and warm in the cold Chicago weather. Meanwhile, Mark told everyone that it was great again to see Ahgases for the third time and that they would come back again soon.
JB also thanked the fans and told them to keep loving and supporting GOT7. After JB, Youngjae spoke (mostly about pizza again, but we don't blame him), saying how they have visited Chicago the most here in the United States and how the passion from Chicago Ahgases never changes.
BamBam explained how Chicago was different than all the other cities they've been to for tour and how the fans there had something that always kept pulling him back. He also told Ahgases that even if there were "many cute and handsome boys", to only look at GOT7.
Last but not least, Yugyeom gave a small shoutout to the fans in English and told them that he loved them, which turned into another topic as the members of GOT7 provoked him to prove it with a dance. Let's just say, you would have had to be there to find out what Yugyeom did!
For the final ending, GOT7 performed "Hard Carry" and "Home Run" with every last bit of energy that they could muster up for their lovely Ahgase fans.
Although it was bittersweet that the fan meet came to a close, the precious time that GOT7 and Ahgases spent with each other in Chicago will always remain a special memory in their hearts until next time.
Lastly, we at K-popped! would like to thank Subkulture Entertainment for giving us the opportunity to take part of GOT7 Flight Log: Turbulence in USA 2017.
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Our vaccines R&D is centered on discovering and developing prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines to protect people against infectious diseases, cancers and chronic disorders. Every disease has its own characteristics and developing a vaccine to protect against a specific disease requires a unique approach.
Most diseases are caused by pathogens - typically viruses, bacteria or parasites - that attack the body's natural immune system. Vaccines use these pathogens - or small inactive parts of them - to stimulate our natural immunity and so provide protection against infection.
The challenge faced by our scientists is to develop vaccines that incorporate the appropriate pathogen or component of the pathogen which will trigger our own immunity and provide protection.
Although every disease, infectious or not, will have its own challenges, our work to develop and introduce a new vaccine typically goes through seven stages:
Research – identifying and isolating a pathogen associated with a disease
Once a pathogen associated with a particular disease has been recognized, the specific part of the pathogen that induces the appropriate protective immune response needs to be identified. We often conduct this research with academic institutions, as they have a deep understanding of disease biology and pathology.
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Because every disease has different characteristics, each vaccine will have an individual development path. Depending on the disease in question, pathogens can either be reduced in strength or made completely inactive. This makes them safe for use in the vaccine. In some cases, components of the pathogens can be purified and combined. The addition of molecules - known as adjuvants - can then promote the body's immune response.
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Before any testing in humans, a new vaccine will undergo careful investigation in the laboratory, followed by trials in animals. The potential vaccine will be checked to ensure any purification has not altered its identity, and that it stimulates the appropriate immune response. The effects of adding any adjuvant system will also be evaluated. Animal trials follow strict guidelines laid down by the regulatory authorities and will only be carried out when questions cannot be answered with another method.
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Testing in humans is conducted in three phases, all governed by internationally agreed principles (see Clinical trials in humans). In Phase I, studies on small groups of volunteers evaluate safety, immune effect and tolerance to different doses. Phase II involves a larger group and confirms formulations and doses and identifies the need for boosters and the best intervals between each dose. Phase III will evaluate the protection given to several thousand volunteers who are at risk from the disease in question. Clinical trials can take as long as seven years.
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All the information and data collected during development and trials of a new vaccine are presented to the regulators. Before authorization is granted, all questions raised by the regulators must be fully answered. It may take as long as two years to secure this official registration for a new vaccine.
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Manufacturing faces many challenges - not least ensuring that supply meets demand - which will often mean the new vaccine needs to be produced in large quantities. Different facilities are required to make each new vaccine, and plans will be prepared to have these ready to start production as soon as regulatory approval is granted.
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Once a vaccine has been introduced to the market, it continues to be monitored. This ensures that the experience gathered from its use is captured, and its ongoing safety and effectiveness is assessed. In many cases, such long-term monitoring will be a condition imposed by the regulatory authorities and can lead to the vaccine demonstrating that it might have wider uses than first appreciated.
There are more than 40 GSK vaccines in use around the world, and every one of them has been through the same rigorous process before making it to market. Our vaccines have saved many lives, and their continued effectiveness is a testament to the many long hours (often years) spent in the lab by our scientists in R&D.
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Here's some special suggestion for you to enjoy on the 19th December: "Sanapa liebt dich" at the Valmanns Club/Bar (Talstrasse 58, Zürich).
December 17th: STUMEET @ Kanzlei Club Zürich
Dear STUNET followers, our suggestions have taken you to some of the best Clubs and Bars in and around Zürich…but this one is not to be missed.
December 10th: Stumeet @ Clouds
12th November: STUEAT @ Santa Lucia & STUMEET @ Mascotte
Thursday 12th November the "Silk – This is my night" party is taking place at club Mascotte. Join the STUNET community to enjoy an unforgettable night!
November 5th: STUEAT @ Frau Gerolds Garten & STUMEET @ Hive
Hi STUNET followers. As this was a pretty cold week so far, we recommend this Thursdays STUEAT at Frau Gerolds Garten.
October 29th: STUMEET @ Barekunst, STUEAT @ b.good
Welcome students to Stunet's first outing in Langstrasse!!!


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that Schultz is out as founding director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation. The Novartis-funded institute, which has 560 employees working in a 260,000 square-foot facility, is one of the major scientific players in the biomedical research cluster atop Torrey Pines Mesa. That was Luke scoop No. 2.
—Speaking of Novartis, the global head of technical operations at Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics detailed his company's turnaround at Chiron during a recent swing through San Diego. Novartis acquired Chiron in 2006, and the Novartis executive, Matthew Stober, said fear pervaded the old workforce. Employees were afraid to make decisions and stand up to management, which can hurt an operation.
—The outcome of a vote expected today on the weight-loss drug Qnexa by a panel of expert advisers to the FDA could determine the fate of Qnexa's developer, Mountain View, CA-based —Vivus (NASDAQ: VVUS). But as Luke reported, the panel's vote on Qnexa also could indicate the committee's disposition toward rival weight loss drugs under development by Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX) and Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), two San Diego rivals developing their own weight loss drugs. A regulatory review the FDA posted on its website about the Vivus drug Tuesday wasn't as harsh as some investors anticipated.
—San Diego's Femta Pharmaceuticals raised $2.2 million in equity and options financing. The two-year-old startup has now raised a total of $7 million to develop targeted antibody drugs that pack more punch.
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded San Diego's AnaptysBio a $1.5 million contract to develop military biosensors that could be used to detect specific biological agents in possible terrorist attacks.


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With four aces, the Philadelphia Phillies are all in. Because if this is the Year of the Pitcher yet again, then Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and their pals should breeze into the World Series bracket and wind up in a parade down Broad Street.
Obviously, the Phils are kings of the hill. Heck, Logan Morrison seemed shocked that someone even bothered to ask him during a Twitter chat for their No. 1 weakness.
"They have one?" the 23-year-old Florida outfielder barbed. "Thought they were the best team ever."
Ah, youth.
Baseball 2011 is full of fresh faces. Kyle Drabek in Toronto, Freddie Freeman in Atlanta and Jesus Montero in New York pinstripes, all hoping to become the next Buster Posey — chomping for a chance in Triple-A, then celebrating a championship in the bigs.
Lots of rookies in the dugout, too. Don Mattingly takes over the Los Angeles Dodgers, trying to prove fine players can make fine managers. In all, a dozen teams go into opening day Thursday with a different skipper than they started with last season.
Gone are Joe Torre and Bobby Cox. They retired, as did all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, top postseason winner Andy Pettitte and former World Series MVP Mike Lowell.
But there's plenty of room for the old pros — not including Jamie Moyer, who's recovering from Tommy John surgery and wants to pitch next season at age 49.
Derek Jeter, at 36, is coming off a down year that led to testy contract talks. Only 74 hits shy of No. 3,000, this is the first time since he was a rookie the Captain has fans wondering whether he's still an All-Star.
Chipper Jones, at 38, is trying to bounce back from a knee injury that nearly finished him.
Jeter and Jones get early swings. There are six openers March 31, starting with Detroit at Yankee Stadium and Atlanta at Washington.
Then there's 40-year-old Jim Thome, needing just 11 home runs to be the eighth slugger in the 600 club.
"If it happens it'd be great. It'd be a wonderful thing. Not many guys have done it. So, yeah, I respect it. The history of the game, you respect it," Thome said. "But on the other end, man, that World Series ring is something every player should want and strive to get. I've been close. But just not over that hump. We'll see. We'll see."
That's how a lot of San Francisco Giants — and their orange-and-black boosters — felt going into last season. Led by whirlybird Tim Lincecum and bearded Brian Wilson, the Giants brought the trophy to the City by the Bay for the first time.
That made it nine different World Series champions in the last 10 years. And after a flurry of winter moves, no doubt a lot of teams are thinking it's their turn. Maybe even the Chicago Cubs, trying to end a 102-year drought.
Lee tilted the balance when he became a free agent, left the AL champion Texas Rangers, turned down the Yankees' big bucks and joined Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels in Philly. Stars Zack Greinke, Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez, Vladimir Guerrero, Manny Ramirez, Vernon Wells, Jayson Werth, Adam Dunn and Series MVP Edgar Renteria also switched teams.
Albert Pujols stayed on the St. Louis Cardinals. The three-time NL MVP didn't get a contract extension before he reported to spring training, and insists he will not negotiate again until after the season, when he can file for free agency.
"I already blocked it out," he said a few days ago.
Off the field, there's a lot to track this year.
The New York Mets' mess with the Bernard Madoff scandal is sure to hang over the club, even if team management says it won't. The All-Star game in Phoenix will be a politically charged event, with Commissioner Bud Selig the target of protesters upset with Arizona's immigration law and calling for him to move the event to another state.
Major League Baseball's deal between players and owners, meanwhile, expires in mid-December. Against the backdrop of an NFL lockout and brewing trouble in the NBA, baseball's labor landscape seems rather serene.
"I don't know, 'peace' is a relative word," said Red Sox reliever Daniel Bard, Boston's player representative. "It seems like everything's happy-go-lucky and calm waters right now. But something could come up, a topic that maybe hasn't gotten a lot of publicity that could become a big issue. But right now it seems good."
Said Colorado manager Jim Tracy: "This game took quite a blow when we lost the World Series in 1994. No one is interested to see that again. The NHL lost a whole season and that is devastating to your sport."
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are back in the lineup, lingering reminders of the Steroids Era.
Bonds, the seven-time NL MVP, is on trial at a federal courthouse in San Francisco. The career home run leader — Alex Rodriguez needs 150 to beat him — is accused of lying when he told a grand jury in 2003 he never knowingly took steroids.
Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young winner, is set to go on trial July 6 in federal court in Washington on three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of Congress stemming from his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
By then, the Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates probably will be far apart. The Phillies have won four straight NL East crowns and led the big leagues with 97 wins last year; the Pirates absorbed a majors-worst 105 defeats in 2010 and have endured 18 straight losing seasons.
Listen to their stars, though, and they're talking about the same thing.
"A lot of us are to the point in our career where you feel like the biggest thing left for you to do is win a championship, whether you've already done it or you haven't," Halladay said. "That's why I still want to play this game. I want to be part of a world championship team."
Echoed Pirates youngster Andrew McCutchen: "What I'm looking for is a championship with this team."
"It's not like I'm going, 'I want to make the All-Star team. I want to have a Gold Glove.' It would be nice, but if we're a championship team, everything else will take care of itself," he said.
Also worth noting in 2011:
• Johan Santana, Joe Nathan, Jake Peavy and Grady Sizemore are coming back from season-ending operations. Chase Utley is ailing, as is Carlos Beltran. Injured Adam Wainwright is out for the year and phenom Stephen Strasburg is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.
• Florida plays its last season at Sun Life Stadium, where the Marlins won two championships at a ballpark also known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium and Land Shark Stadium, among other names. Next year, they move into a downtown stadium in Miami where the Orange Bowl once stood.
• Fenway Park welcomes the Chicago Cubs for the first time since the 1918 World Series on May 20. Interleague play started in 1997, but because of scheduling quirks the Cubs had not visited Boston.


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Using electronic (i.e. computer systems) and printed media enable the student to pursue their schooling without attending courses on a university or university campus. A few of the most poignant criticisms of expertise are found in what are actually considered to be dystopian literary classics corresponding to Aldous Huxley 's Courageous New World , Anthony Burgess 's A Clockwork Orange , and George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-4 In Goethe's Faust , Faust promoting his soul to the devil in return for power over the physical world can be often interpreted as a metaphor for the adoption of industrial technology.
Humans use communication technology tools like phones, computers, emails, fax, textual content messaging tools to remain in touch with friends and family , then, businesses use communication expertise instruments to facilitate the flow if data in a workplace, to help in resolution making , to serve clients needs and requests, to advertise new services or products to focused customers and so much extra.
Data technology tools assist in offering the suitable folks with the right info on the right time. Laptop know-how is used to carry out the identical job as was accomplished earlier than using computer systems. Learning how you can use expertise allows students to access dependable and pertinent data relating to their health, safety and attainment of life goals.
Prides itself in offering the perfect analysis data obtainable within the space of technology and its far-reaching results. The notion of malfunction also sharpens an ambiguity within the normal reference to intentions when characterizing technical artifacts. Significantly it is just the educational outsider Ellul who has, in his idiosyncratic method, acknowledged in technology the emergent single dominant manner of answering all questions concerning human action, corresponding to science as the one dominant means of answering all questions regarding human data (Ellul 1964).
Use of expertise is principled: Know-how means the systematic utility of scientific information to sensible tasks. Now computer scientists have give you a definition they hope everybody can agree on. While it is possible to concentrate on know-how management, this discipline also constitutes a set of skills that each one managers ought to possess in the fashionable know-how-intensive and expertise-pushed world of business.


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It's Always Now is the inspiring story about a young man who fell from a balcony in Spain, fell into a coma, and had to rebuild his whole life from scratch.He had to learn to walk again, and he had to figure out again who he is. That young man is Jeroen Walravens and he will be Kevin's studio guest today.
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It's Always Now is the inspiring story about a young man who fell from a balcony in Spain, fell into a coma, and had to rebuild his whole life from scratch.He had to learn to walk again, and he had to figure out again who he is. That young man is Jeroen Walravens and he will be my studio guest today.
Hi Jeroen, welcome to our studio.
You have a fascinating story. What happened?
Well, in September of 2007 I gradually became aware that I was in a hospital. I didn't know why. People told me I had been in a coma for a month, and, as far as I was concerned, no problem, I'll be home soon. Friends come by, family visits, people bring my dinner, I have a TV, but it turned out, things weren't that simple.
You realized there was something more.
Yeah. I couldn't walk, could barely talk, couldn't stand, I couldn't even sit up straight. I was basically a vegetable.
What happened, you had an accident then?
Yeah. In my younger years I was quite a risk taker. I went wall climbing pretty often, and while we were on holidays, I decided to climb to the open kitchen window of our apartment, instead of walking through the front door.
That doesn't sound like a good idea.
No, apparently not.
So you fell down, ended up in the hospital, and then you suddenly realized… How old were you then?
You are 21, go out to parties, do some climbing, and then you realize: I'm in the hospital, I can't do anything anymore.
Yeah, my life was over. And that's when I started re-evaluating my life. I couldn't manage to be me. Me was Jeroen, partied a lot, drank a lot, drove his car way too fast, went wall climbing, had friends, girls; that was my life. And I couldn't manage to fulfill those roles I had identified myself with.
Did you try to go back to the party life?
Yeah, for sure.
But that didn't work out?
I couldn't stay awake for half a day. I couldn't stand up. So I just sat there, at a party, and looked around, nervous, very tired. So that was disappointment after disappointment after disappointment. Then I realized, hey, this might be a blessing in disguise, because I get to start all over again.
Did you really see it as a blessing?
Yeah, it took me a while. At first there was lots of anger, pain, hurt, darkness, but in the midst of that I saw something. I asked myself, how did I end up here? What are the choices I made to live this life, to have this scenario? Then I realized that I'd made lots of mistakes in the past. But those are the things I did, those are the stories about me. That's not who I am as a person. Who I am as a person is, I'm a good guy, I'm a good person. And I have made mistakes, I have made choices, did some things, and that's how I ended up here. But the person I am… I'm a good person. And a good person doesn't deserve to have this as an outcome.
Do I understand it correctly if you say, everything in our life is a choice?
Yeah, basically. But the problem is, we're not aware of that. We're not conscious. We don't' consciously decide where we're going, always. We just react to circumstances, to other people, to our own inclinations. The problem is, we define ourselves, we define our lives. We say, yeah, I'm good at that, I don't like that, I like this. And that way the scope of our possibilities gets smaller and smaller and smaller. And we're quite trapped. We trap ourselves in our reality. But if you're aware, and if you take time to reflect on where you're at, there's so much more for you. You have no idea of what's possible.
And that's because of the fact that we think we are limited in our capacities.
Yeah, people really don't like not knowing. We'll prefer a known negative outcome over an unknown. What I always say is, we have no idea. We have no idea of what we're capable of, of our possibilities, of what's possible for us in this lifetime. But we don't like that. We prefer to say, I'm not good at math, or, I can't dance, or, I get nervous around girls, or around men. And in that way, we just make our reality smaller. We limit our possibilities. And yeah, that's a shame. Because this is the one chance we have, this life. It hurts me when I see people limiting themselves.
You started a whole new life.
You just wrote a book, It's Always Now, based on your experiences.
You coach people who want to take a change in their life. If you want to take a change in your life, what does it take?
Well, I think the first thing - and I was more or less forced to do it - is to analyze. To take a rest and analyze where you're at, and who you are, and what your life is like, and how come, and what choices have I made, and where do I want to go? What life do I want for myself?
Jeroen, thank you very much for coming over to our studio.
Thank you.
And you at home, thank you for watching our show. I hope to see you next week.


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Firmware update brings DNG support and improved AF speeds to Sigma sd Quattro
Firmware Version 1.04 offers support for DNG formats, improved autofocus capabilities and enhanced functionality with Sigma Capture Pro
Ronkonkoma, NY – April 4, 2017 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading DSLR lens, camera, flash and accessory manufacturer, announced today the release of firmware update 1.04 for its sd Quattro cameras to boost the performance and broaden the capabilities of the detail-rich camera. This latest version of firmware is availble for download on sd Quattro cameras that currently have firmware version 1.03.
Among the benefits included in version 1.04 are support for shooting in DNG format (RAW 12bit) and further compatibility with elements of Sigma Capture Pro tethering software. Additionally, the update includes improvements that increase autofocus speed and accuracy of lenses from Sigma's Contemporary, Art and Sports lines. Overall experience with the software has also been improved in version 1.04 to create a smoother, more stable software experience.
Full List of Updates in Firmware Version 1.04:
- Possibility to save images in DNG format (RAW 12bit)
- Compatibility with the Live View Display of Sigma Capture Pro
- Compatibility with the SFD mode of Sigma Capture Pro
- Faster AF speed of Contemporary, Art and Sports lenses by about 10 – 30%; improved AF accuracy
- Improved color rendering of the White Balance's Flash mode when used with the Sigma Electronic Flash EF-630 (the latest firmware for the EF-630 is required)
- Bug fixes – AF Shooting button did not work while the camera was using AF Lock; adjustments on the marked images could occasionally freeze the software when the card had an X3I file in it
- Improved software performance to achieve better stability
Full instructions on how to download sd Quattro firmware version 1.04 can be found on the Sigma website.