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Html-Speed is a reverse proxy, It is used for accelerating performance of websites by improving page load speed and reducing load on webservers. This is achieved by applying front-end optimizations to both static and dynamic content and by optimizing the caching of resources.https://github.com/TimelyPick/HtmlSpeed/
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Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x, depending on your architecture.cache proxy-server reverse-proxy accelerator http-accelerator
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. Cached content means data is served locally and users will see this through faster download speeds with frequently-used content.webcache proxy-server reverse-proxy cache
This is Varnish Cache, the high-performance HTTP accelerator. Technical questions about Varnish and this release should be addressed to <email@example.com>.http caching reverse-proxy high-performance
Dockerfile to create a Docker container image for Squid proxy server. Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.docker docker-image containers squid proxy caching-proxy
Nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. It supports accelerated reverse proxying with caching, simple load balancing and fault tolerance, SSL and TLS SNI support, Name-based and IP-based virtual servers and lot more.webserver httpd http-server reverse-proxy mail-proxy proxy-server load-balancer http-proxy
Pull Request is welcomed. First, you need to clone the project to your account, and then modify the code on the dev branch. Finally, Pull Request to dev branch of goproxy project, and contribute code for efficiency. PR needs to explain what changes have been made and why you change them. This page is the v6.0 manual, and the other version of the manual can be checked by the following link.http-server http-proxy https-proxy https-server websocket http proxy proxy-server reverse-proxy transparent-proxy transparent-proxying transparent-https-proxy reverse-proxies reverseproxy nat-traversal socks udp tcp
Nuster is a simple yet powerful web caching proxy server based on HAProxy. It is 100% compatible with HAProxy, and takes full advantage of the ACL functionality of HAProxy to provide fine-grained caching policy based on the content of request, response or server status. Nuster is very fast, some test shows nuster is almost three times faster than nginx when both using single core, and nearly two times faster than nginx and three times faster than varnish when using all cores.cache caching http proxy high-performance proxy-server web-proxy http-proxy
frp is a fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet. Now, it supports tcp, udp, http and https protocol when requests can be forwarded by domains to backward web services. Expose any http and https service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet by a server with public IP address(Name-based Virtual Host Support). Expose any tcp or udp service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet by a server with public IP address.proxy reverse-proxy tunnel nat proxy-server
yxorp is a reverse proxy and application level firewall for the HTTP protocol. It can do all kinds of checks on HTTP traffic, and is highly configurable. It also has other functions that are useful for a web frontend, like load balancing. It aims to conform to RFC 2616, RFC 2518, RFC 2109 and other applicable standards.reverse-proxy http-proxy proxy-server
When using Docker, it's sometimes a pain to access your containers using specific IPs/ports. Muguet provides you with a DNS Server that resolves auto-generated hostnames to your containers IPs, plus a Reverse Proxy to access all your web apps on port 80.dns docker compose containers proxy http-proxy reverse-proxy dns-server
Pushpin is a reverse proxy server written in C++ that makes it easy to implement WebSocket, HTTP streaming, and HTTP long-polling services. The project is unique among realtime push solutions in that it is designed to address the needs of API creators. Pushpin is transparent to clients and integrates easily into an API stack. To assist with integration, there are libraries for many backend languages and frameworks. Pushpin has no libraries on the client side because it is transparent to clients.http-streaming websockets long-polling realtime push proxy api server-sent-events zeromq streaming
Spike is a fast reverse proxy built on top of ReactPHP that helps to expose your local services to the internet. Both the server and local machine need to install this.tunnel spike reverse-proxy expose-localhost nat http-tunnel tcp-tunnel proxy
Weaver is a Layer-7 Load Balancer with Dynamic Sharding Strategies. It is a modern HTTP reverse proxy with advanced features. Weaver uses etcd as a control plane to match the incoming requests against a particular route config and shard the traffic to different backends based on some sharding strategy.proxy proxy-server layer7 sharding
Kong is a cloud-native, fast, scalable, and distributed Microservice Abstraction Layer (also known as an API Gateway, API Middleware or in some cases Service Mesh). Backed by the battle-tested NGINX with a focus on high performance, Kong was made available as an open-source platform in 2015. Under active development, Kong is used in production at thousands of organizations from startups, Global 5000 and Government organizations.api-gateway nginx luajit microservices api-management serverless apis iot consul docker reverse-proxy service-mesh cloud-native microservice devops-tools devops
The project now exists as a proof of concept, with the key piece being the proxy package that is a generic gRPC reverse proxy handler. The package proxy contains a generic gRPC reverse proxy handler that allows a gRPC server to not know about registered handlers or their data types. Please consult the docs, here's an exaple usage.grpc proxy
This will create the sozu executable for the reverse proxy, and sozuctl to command it. You can edit the reverse proxy's configuration with the config.toml file. You can declare new applications, their frontends and backends through that file, but for more flexibility, you should use the command socket (you can find one end of that unix socket at the path designed by command_socket in the configuration file).proxy http-proxy http security performance
Rendora can be seen as a reverse HTTP proxy server sitting between your backend server (e.g. Node.js/Express.js, Python/Django, etc...) and potentially your frontend proxy server (e.g. nginx, traefik, apache, etc...) or even directly to the outside world that does actually nothing but transporting requests and responses as they are except when it detects whitelisted requests according to the config. In that case, Rendora instructs a headless Chrome instance to request and render the corresponding page and then return the server-side rendered page back to the client (i.e. the frontend proxy server or the outside world). This simple functionality makes Rendora a powerful dynamic renderer without actually changing anything in both frontend and backend code. Dynamic rendering means that the server provides server-side rendered HTML to web crawlers such as GoogleBot and BingBot and at the same time provides the typical initial HTML to normal users in order to be rendered at the client side. Dynamic rendering is meant to improve SEO for websites written in modern javascript frameworks like React, Vue, Angular, etc...ssr react vue angular reactjs vuejs chrome-headless chrome-devtools seo seo-optimization server-side-rendering dynamic-rendering spa crawler puppeteer
Træfik (pronounced like traffic) is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer made to deploy microservices with ease. It supports several backends (Docker, Swarm mode, Kubernetes, Marathon, Consul, Etcd, Rancher, Amazon ECS, and a lot more) to manage its configuration automatically and dynamically.reverse-proxy load-balancer http proxy docker microservice marathon mesos consul etcd
Skipper is an HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition. It's designed to handle >100k HTTP route definitions with detailed lookup conditions, and flexible augmentation of the request flow with filters. It can be used out of the box or extended with custom lookup, filter logic and configuration sources.Skipper provides a default executable command with a few built-in filters. However, its primary use case is to be extended with custom filters, predicates or data sources.proxy router eskip mosaic skipper innkeeper http-proxy etcd kubernetes-ingress
OpenLiteSpeed is a high-performance, lightweight, open source HTTP server developed and copyrighted by LiteSpeed Technologies. It is event driven and it can handle hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections without load spikes.http-server websocket load-balancer
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Gaikai, the cloud gaming service, announced a platform partner deal with Machinima, the world's leading video entertainment network for gamers. Machinima's award-winning content will be available for license via Gaikai's open cloud gaming platform, for integration across all Gaikai-powered devices.
Machinima's online global video entertainment network boasts an astounding 168 million unique gamers, who viewed more than 1.61 billion videos in April 2012, making Machinima the most popular entertainment channel on YouTube. Machinima properties are found across distribution platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, iOS and Android, and will be launching this fall on Xbox.
"We're greatly expanding the value of what Gaikai offers gamers and our platform partners by collaborating with Machinima to provide award-winning video content that dramatically enriches the end-user experience. Machinima has quickly grown into the world's most popular video entertainment network for gamers by creating exceptional programming, which can be integrated seamlessly using the Gaikai cloud gaming service," said Robert Stevenson, EVP at Gaikai.
"Our content keeps our fans highly engaged and active with their favorite games, and has increasingly expanded to original series. Gaikai's open cloud platform and ever growing list of impressive platform partners will allow us to increase our brand's reach across multiple platforms," said Sanjay Sharma, EVP Strategy and Business Development at Machinima.
With this move Gaikai follows in the footsteps of OnLive which partnered with GameSpot last August and features GameSpot video content such as game reviews and in-depth interviews along their cloud games library, providing OnLive users with a trusted point of view as they go through their own games discovery process.

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Fuat Aksu,"Türk Dış Politikası Krizlerinde Hükümetler, Cumhurbaşkanları ve Başbakanlar", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 15, Sayı 59, 2018, s. 65-87.
Bu makale TÜBİTAK 1001 projesi (Proje No.: 112K172) desteğiyle hazırlanmıştır.
Book Description
This collection explores foreign policy crises and the way the states/leaders deal with them. Being at the juncture of a highly sensitive political zone, consisting of the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia, the Republic of Turkey has been the subject of various foreign policy crises since its foundation. These political, military, economic or humanitarian crises were triggered either by the states themselves or by the NGOs and armed non-state actors.


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Mark Hughes initially feared he could be sacked when he heard that Manchester City's new owner, Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, wanted to see him in Abu Dhabi, the Guardian has learned. Hughes feared the worst, according to one senior source, until he was assured that his job was safe and that he will be entrusted with as much money as he wants in the January transfer window.
He is due to fly to the Middle East today for his first face-to-face talks with the sheikh before returning tomorrow night to prepare his faltering team for a run of three games - starting at Hull City on Sunday and followed by home games against Arsenal and Manchester United - that could conceivably determine his future.
His team have lost seven of their opening 12 Premier League games, leaving them only a point above the relegation places and, despite a public show of support yesterday, it is understood the Abu Dhabi United Group is not entirely convinced by Hughes's plans for January, when his main targets will include Roque Santa Cruz, Lassana Diarra and Wayne Bridge.
The club's owners would rather he set his sights a little higher, something that the sheikh intends to make clear. However, the chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, insisted that Hughes still had their full support. "We are calm and under control and we have the highest regard for Mark," he said. "This is a winning team that is going through a learning curve. While January is going to be an interesting opportunity for Mark to improve the team, this is an exciting ten-year dynasty that we are building and we are only in the first two months."
Of reports that Hughes could be removed as manager, he added: "I find it incredible. It is rubbish. I am committed to Mark and his team. I think people will see in January that we have good foundations in place, we have a good coach and we will be upgrading in terms of players. Hopefully the results will come."
City have lost their last three league games and Hughes is having problems with several key players, most notably Elano. He has also been disappointed by Micah Richards's attitude in training and has serious concerns about Jo, the £19m Brazilian striker signed on the orders of the former chairman Thaksin Shinawatra.


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The studios aren't going to give up without a fight. AACS (Advanced Access Contend System), used on both HD DVD and BD, has been repeatedly cracked in recent months. Blu-ray also has BD+ and ROM Mark protection, but the studios keep looking for more ways to protect their content.
Now audio watermarking technology from Verance Corp. is available for studios to use in conjunction with AACS. Audio watermarking embeds an inaudible signal in the sountrack which the player can then check. If the stream is missing or incorrect, the player would refuse to play the content. This addition to AACS was approved back in 2006, but it is just being made available now. Universal Studios, Sony Pictures, and Microsoft have signed up to use it.
This doesn't really do anything to prevent DRM cracks and copies of discs, as a copy of a disc would also include a perfect copy of the embedded audio signal. This technology is really aimed at bootleg releases produced by unauthorized copies of theatrical prints – high level, organized piracy. Such bootlegs are often made from camcorder recordings of theatrical performances, but they can also be made from authorized film to video transfers at the high end.
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I am a big francophile and vintage lover. My hobbies include daydreaming, doodling and tea parties. I prefer dessert over mains and milk on my tea. I love surrounding myself with flowers and listening to old music. Special talents? Well, not to brag but I have a knack at laughing my ass off like a crazy hyena and I can also finish two pots of tea in one sitting! Tea... Hmmm.. Now, who's up for a nice cup of tea?
This page is for all things fun and pretty, (and mostly High Tea) dedicated to dreamers and daydreamers of all ages, hopeless romantics and believers of fairytales and happily ever afters.


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The ride to Appaloosa Plains was surprisingly easy. I guess it was a good thing Celeste finally agreed that we buy a family car— neither of us actually really needed it around town, but it was better to take a long trip in our car that we were familiar with and comfortable in. On the way, the kids had a lot of fun, especially when we passed all the farms, with cows and goats grazing in the open. Neither Irene nor Gerald had seen farm animals outside of the TV.
Finally we approached the house, which looked big enough to house a dynasty, but was now only home to Celeste's father and his wife. It was exactly the house one would expect to see in a movie about wholesome country living and made me think of home cooked meals and hay.
"Well, we're here" announced Celeste, nervously rubbing her neck. I knew she wasn't too eager to interact with her stepmother.
"Just stay calm, love. Whatever's done is done and you haven't seen your father in too long to let her ruin it all" I encouraged.
"Calm!? That woman is the reason my father didn't even know of my marriage. I'm going to tell her exactly what I think about her and her behavior!" Celeste contended. She picked up Gerald who began to fuss and strode towards the front door, ringing the bell with the authority of an attacking paladin. To both our surprises, the door was opened by none other than Roger.
"Celi! You're finally here. And is that my nephew? Wow, he's all grown up now. Hi Irene" he waved at our daughter "I don't know if you remember me, but I'm your uncle Roger."
"I remember you, Uncle Roger!" waved Irene, happily.
"Roger?" Celeste was dumbstruck "I thought you guys didn't live here anymore."
He snorted "Oh, sis. We've got a whole lot to tell you, but come in y'all, it's hot out here."
Inside Roger's wife Tammy was waiting, surrounded by two boys slightly older that Irene and an old man who I assumed to be Celeste's father.
"Dad!" Celeste rushed towards the man, pulling him into a tight embrace "It's been too long. I'm so sorry, I would have visited sooner, but the kids were too young for the road."
"It's alright, sweetheart" replied Brandon Lewis "At least now they all get to see their ancestral home and their family. And I finally get to meet their father in person. But first things first, I'm sure you're hungry from the road."
While Celeste was catching up with her father, I was rather overwhelmed by my in-laws. One of Roger's twins was instantly next to me, entertaining a virtual stranger with all sorts of excited jokes and tales and trying to catch Irene's attention. Roger looked both proud of his kids and a bit tired out.
"They love company, especially Mikey," he explained half-apologetically. "We haven't been getting out much since Emily was born."
"How are they reacting to the baby sister?" I asked.
"Surprisingly well. They're disappointed that she can't join in their misadventures yet, but I'm sure as soon as she can walk she'll be causing as much trouble as these two," he admitted, picking up Gerald. "But come on, Tammy would never let me hear the end of it if I leave you guys hungry."
"You guys live here now?" I was surprised. "I thought, you know, your stepmother caused you guys to move out."
"She did," certified my brother in law but before he could elaborate, Mikey yelled out "Hooray, the witch is gone!"
"What the kid said," explained Roger. "Aileen isn't here anymore. I told you, we've got lots to tell you."
This was quite a bit of news. The family looked to be pretty happy with that woman's absence; although I was sure Celeste would be very disappointed at missing her chance to yell at her stepmother.
Over dinner, the family explained to us that after Roger's family moved out Brandon Lewis fell sick, his wife Aileen was responsible for the mail in the household, along with plenty of other things, like ranch workers' salaries, documentation, bills. No one thought anything bad would come off it.
Well, until the whole wedding invitation fiasco, that is. By that time, Brandon Lewis's illness has lessened and he was able to take a look at his affairs. And this time, Roger was looking at the papers as well. What they discovered was, Aileen didn't just hide the wedding invitations from the family—she has also been stealing from them. There were numerous times when she paid workers less, failed to cover important bills and, overall, skimmed as much from the Lewis family as she possibly could undetected.
"It was a good thing we realized what was happening when we did," admitted Brandon Lewis, as we all got comfortable in their living room. "Another month of non-payments on our bills and we would have lost the ranch too. As it is, we had so many fines to pay regarding violations of workers' compensations and energy bills that we had to sell off some of the best horses."
"Wow, dad," Celeste was outraged "Why didn't you tell me over the phone? And where is Aileen anyway?"
"Well, dear, here's the best part—as soon as she realized that we were on to what she was doing, Aileen made a very smart decision and got the hell out of here! Good riddance too," my father-in-law laughed "I don't know what I saw in that woman to begin with or how I could be blind enough to her character, but I'll tell you one thing that is sure—ever since she's been gone, my health problems have lessened considerably. I don't know if she was doing something to sicken me or if it was just the side effect of living with that person near me, but I've felt more health and energy than I've had in years."
"But where is she now?" I wondered "I'm pretty sure there could be some legal action you could take against her. Who knows what else she could've done to you and your family had you not discovered her machinations?"
"Son, what's done is done. The only reason Aileen was able to do any damage to this family was because I married her in the first place. I thought she was a good woman. I was proved wrong," Brandon looked sad saying this "But I want this chapter of our lives to be over and for us to move on. Our family is reunited, I have wonderful grandkids and my in-laws are treating my kids well. Let's not dwell on the negative."
"Will you be ok though?" Celeste worried over her father "By yourself that is."
"Now that Roger, Tammy and the kiddos are living here, I never feel alone. I should've never let her drive my family away. But now that my house is a home again, I don't feel so lonely. And you know, you can always visit, right? This is as much your home as ever."
"I know Dad," smiled Celeste. "That's why we're here."
After Celeste went upstairs to get the kids settled in and meet her baby niece, Brandon pulled me to the side.
"I'm glad we're finally meeting face-to-face, young man. Even if the meeting is long overdue," he joked.
"Huge apologies, once again. We both wanted to visit for the longest time, but didn't know when to find the right time."
"That's alright, Simon. At least you are here now. And I can see from the way you two interact that you and Celeste are just like Emily and I used to be. She's happy with you, and that's what matters to me. When her mother passed away, we all took it badly, but Celeste and Emily were extremely close and I know she felt lost without her mother's presence. But whatever light went missing back then is now present in her again, and I think that's because of you."
"You have no idea how much these words mean to me, Mr. Lewis."
"Don't thank me; I'm only stating the facts here. And feel free to call me Brandon or Dad," he offered, pulling me into a tight hug. "You're part of our family now."
After our warm reunion, Celeste and I stayed with the Lewis family for two weeks. Celeste enjoyed all the time she got to spend with her family and Irene was ecstatic to interact with her cousins. Mikey was the boisterous jokester one and Jonny was the quieter but more intellectual one. They both enjoyed her horror stories and the three of them spent the weeks running around the barns and taking their turns cooing over Gerald and Emily.
As our stay in Appaloosa came to an end, there was one last place we haven't gone to—Celeste's mother's grave.
It was already near dusk and there was a serene beauty at the cemetery, despite the fact that it was a place of sorrow. Celeste finally stopped near a gravestone that already had flowers placed near it.
"Roger must have been here recently," she noted quietly. Her voice was already tearing up a bit and when I glanced away from the grave at her, she was crying.
"Are you…ok?"
"Yeah," she managed through the tears "I just haven't been here in a long time. Crazy isn't it how the only thing that can remain of a person is a gravestone and some memories?"
"That's not true," I maintained "That woman left more than just a gravestone. She left a legacy here. She left two children, five grandchildren, and the fondest feelings with everyone who knew her. I mean, I never even met her and I think she was a wonderful human being, because without her, you wouldn't have existed."
"Thank you, Simon. I needed to hear that." She let me pull her into a hug. "And you wouldn't believe how much Emily Jr. looks like her! You can practically see Mom in her."
Once she has calmed down enough, she managed to clean the grave and leave her own flowers. I helped, even it was clear Celeste wanted to do most of the work.
"There," she announced after all the work was done "I think now it is time to go home."
"You don't want to stay in Appaloosa Plains a while longer?" I offered.
She shrugged "I don't know. I like it here. But I've been missing Hidden Springs and our home. Appaloosa Plains used to be my home, but I think now its Hidden Springs. I actually want to get home."
So it came that we packed up our things and the kids and headed home to Hidden Springs.


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Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders provides training for graduate (M.S. candidates) students which will enable them to meet national certification standards and to work as fully qualified professionals; provides a reservoir of trained personnel to meet the needs of the State in the area of habilitation and rehabilitation of those with speech and/or hearing disorders; and helps meet the unmet requirements in this field in other areas of the United States and the entire Pacific area.
CSD currently offers a Master of Science degree with a major in speech pathology. The CSD graduate program is accredited (2012-2020) by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Candidates who are interested in joining our graduate CSD program are encouraged to review our updated CSD website regarding the current admission criteria and requirements.
CSD also offers an online Speech Pathology and Audiology Prerequisite Program (SPAPP) through the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and UH Mānoa Outreach College. This online program provides the foundational undergraduate CSD training required for acceptance into graduate programs for speech-language pathology or audiology in the United States. The UH CSD department does not currently offer an undergraduate Bachelor's degree in communication sciences, as all prerequisite requirements for entrance to the Master's program are obtainable through UH Mānoa and our online SPAPP.
CSD contact information:
Phone: 808-692-1581
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Vice Goes Into Food Business With 'American Idol' Producer FremantleMedia
In early April Vice will debut a yet-unnamed food vertical with "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia. The brash digital-media company also has a food-related ad network on its menu.
Vice and FremantleMedia will jointly develop and produce "hundreds of hours of content" for the property, said Vice president Andrew Creighton. That content will skew heavily toward video but also feature articles and recipes. Vice will oversee how that content is distributed digitally, including an owned-and-operated site, a YouTube channel and eventually apps. And television production company FremantleMedia will secure deals to air its content on TV in the U.S. and internationally.
The new food site will mark Vice's ninth vertical, once the pending Vice News goes live in "a couple weeks," Mr. Creighton said. Originated as a print magazine in 1994, Vice has created an extensive property portfolio across traditional and digital media. Vice's business spans the flagship Vice.com; music, tech, art, fashion, dance and mixed martial arts sites; YouTube channels; an HBO series; and most recently a digital agency.
The food property is "a significant investment for both companies," Mr. Creighton said, noting that 50 to 60 people will staff the site. He declined to disclose the amount of each side's investment but said the two will split revenue with 70% going to Vice and 30% to FremantleMedia.
Much of that revenue will stem from advertising. Vice and FremantleMedia expect to have a number of advertising deals signed by the property's April launch. "We have some key brands that want to come on board, but we can't announce those right now," Mr. Creighton said.
Vice will lead the property's ad sales efforts but will team with Fremantle on "bigger brand partners." The site will run standard fare like preroll videos and display ads. But the real money will come from more bespoke ad products like new native ads that Mr. Creighton said will roll out across Vice's properties as well as show sponsorships that will be pitched during the MIPTV showcase event in April and Vice's Digital Content NewFronts presentation in May.
"Also we'll be creating an ad network, which is a content distribution and advertising network with key sites that we want to work with," Mr. Creighton said. "We've already acquired some of those sites that we're going to be working with on the ad network within the vertical."
Additionally Vice and FremantleMedia will develop content for various national and international food festivals.
Hipster food
FremantleMedia will evaluate the digital content for TV distribution in two ways. In some cases, it will take the videos as they are and maybe make some tweaks before airing on TV networks around the world. In others, the company will take a show or idea created for the digital property and produce it separately for TV. "We're certainly not waiting [to strike TV distribution deals]. We have some strong ideas that could quickly end up on TV," said Keith Hindle, CEO of FremantleMedia's digital and branded entertainment division, which was created last year.
While both Vice and FremantleMedia have relationships with 21st Century Fox -- the entertainment conglomerate has invested in Vice and airs Fremantle-produced "American Idol" -- the food-site partnership did not spring from the mutual relationship.
"I got drunk at a Vice upfront [presentation] two to three years ago -- everyone gets drunk at a Vice upfront -- and Andrew was on stage presenting to a large volume of advertisers. It was the first time I saw someone in digital media speak so eloquently to a room of advertisers," Mr. Hindle said.
Over the last two years, the companies sought ways to work together and agreed on food. Vice isn't entirely new to food-related content. The "food" section of Vice.com is the site's third-largest traffic destination, Mr. Creighton said. And Vice's online series "Munchies" has been streaming videos of famous chefs like Anthony Bourdain pigging out for three years.
Vice decided to spin food off into its own channel because "no one is really looking at why the food explosion happened [among Vice's primary audience of 18- to 32-year-olds]. I think there's a gaping hole that needs to be filled with programming for this audience," Mr. Creighton said.


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Benefits of Quality School Badges January 27 2017
If you run an educational establishment or a business, you probably want metal badges. Badges help in identifying staff and students in a school. They are also used to show the title of a person or their merit. In learning institutions, badges are used as awards. They are important items that show the achievements of a student. Nevertheless, it is important to have quality badges that serve their purpose effectively. Quality badges last longer and they look attractive to members of the organisation and visitors.
Get the right products
There are many companies that manufacture badges for schools and other institutions. It is therefore important that you choose a company that is determined to deliver quality products instead of producing more badges to make profit. Choose a company that has a reputation for producing quality badges and selling them at reasonable prices.
Custom badges
Custom badges are the best because they enable your organisation to maintain its identity. With these badges, people will easily identify members of your school or any other organisation. When you place your order for school badges from a reputable company, you get quality badges that match the colours and motto of your school.


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UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG: Men who have prostate cancer often feel quite healthy, but the diagnosis still gives them a whole new outlook on life.
Once they have learned to live with their cancer, they choose to focus on valuable relationships and appreciate the little things in life, shows a dissertation thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. READ MORE>


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Today I though I would share a very quick few photos from my first few weeks of living in my new home. None of these are outfit-related, so feel free to skip this post if you're just here for clothes. I'll be back to outfits and some other vintage topics next time.
I've been really enjoying living where I do now all apart from the distance I am now from my friends and family back in the Midlands. However, I've been really lucky and have made some great new friends in my new home.
I hope this random selection of photos hasn't been too boring - it was really just by way of a quick update as I've been running the blog off mostly pre-written scheduled posts (from before I moved) for a while now. Like I said at the beginning, I'll be back to my usual style of content from the next post onwards, so I hope to see you there!


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Renting villas and cottages
Many rental specialists have managed to hold their prices for 2010, and there are reductions on less popular properties because owners have become more realistic in recessionary times. Central Tuscan villas still command a premium of around 30 per cent.
Luxury villa specialists
At top-end properties expect a designer-decorated house with en?suite bathrooms and a large pool (often heated) in mature landscaped gardens. Maid service is standard; chefs, concierge services and childminding can usually be arranged. Expect to pay from £5,000 a week for a six-bedroom house.
Our selection
A & K Villas (0845 618 2200; www.abercrombiekent.co.uk) More than 50 sumptuous country villas and large farmhouses, mostly in Tuscany. Newly added to the brochure is La Fornace near Arezzo, which sleeps 10 and has two kitchens, a heated pool, gym, spa and football pitch: £10,140 in high season.
Elysian Holidays (0158 076 6599; www.elysianholidays.co.uk) Properties, hand-picked by the owner, Maxine Harrison, range from whole Tuscan estates suitable for weddings to pretty retreats for couples. New villas on the shore of Lake Como, and houses in Puglia with easy access to sandy beaches.
SJ Villas (020 7801 4010; www.sjvillas.co.uk) Some of the best houses available for rent on the Amalfi coast and Capri. Sumptuous Villa Giuseppina on Lake Como comes with chauffeur-driven Merc and skippered launch: £2,700 per person per week if 14 sharing.
Other options
Costa Smeralda Holidays (020 7493 8303; www.costasmeralda-holidays.com) Beachside villas and hotels in north-east Sardinia. Most sleep six to eight.
Ilios Travel (0845 675 2601; www.iliostravel.com) Country homes across central Italy. Interesting villas on islands of Elba, Panarea, and Mazzorbo in the Venetian lagoon. Concierge service.
Private Properties Abroad (01423 330533; www.ppaproperties.com) Private homes for rent in Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio.
The Villa Book (0845 500 2000; www.thevillabook.com) Lakeside apartments and smaller villas in fashionable resorts such as Portofino.
Tuscany Now (020 7684 8884; www.tuscanynow.com) More than 200 properties countrywide, from farmhouses to castles; some fully staffed with air-conditioning. The newly renovated Tuscan hamlet Casamora sleeps 20 in three houses: £9,615 in high season.
Wimco (0870 850 1144; www.wimco.com) Good choice of villas on the Amalfi coast.
Villas, cottages and apartments
Many British rental specialists are family-run and really know their properties. It's worth paying for an agent to find the perfect place instead of taking a risk and booking direct with owners.
Our selection
Bridgewater (0161 787 8587; www.bridgewatertravel.co.uk) Family-run agency with base in Pietrasanta on Tuscan coast. Focuses on privately owned villas and apartments in Liguria and Tuscany. Lovely new properties on Cinque Terre coast include a tower sleeping two in Portovenere with jetty for boat; rental only £795-£1,050 per week.
Cottages to Castles (01622 775217; www.cottagestocastles.com) Interesting portfolio of 175 characterful properties countrywide, many offering flexible stays and high-season rates of under £1,000 for cottage sleeping four. Has done away with printed brochure, and enhanced website with call-me-back button. Staff have first-hand knowledge of properties.
CV Travel (020 7401 1039; www.cvtravel.co.uk) A good choice of historic properties with clean, contemporary, stylish interiors as well as traditional houses. Most in Tuscany and Umbria, but good choice in Positano, Sicily, Sardinia and Puglia. Most have maid service and a housekeeper who will cook one meal each day.
Long Travel (01694 722193; www.long-travel.co.uk) Specialises in southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, focusing on coastal villas, converted trulli and top-quality "agriturismo" properties. Says many places have dropped prices for 2010. New: Casa Etna, a perfect honeymoon retreat in grounds of Taormina hotel with great views of Mt Etna.
Traditional Tuscany (01945 430055; www.traditionaltuscany.co.uk) Run by a couple who inspect every property. Private villas and stone houses in Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Le Marche. Also a few villas on Capri. Features affordable, non-touristy Sabine Hills north-west of Rome. Price promise guarantee.
Other options
Authentic Italy (01527 597553; www.authentic-italy.co.uk) Choice of 2,000 villas and apartments countrywide.
Discovery Travel (01889 882170; www.discovery-travel.co.uk) Specialises in trulli in Puglia, Tuscany and Umbria.
Dolce Vita Villas (020 7436 0426; www.dolcevitavillas.com) Focuses on Amalfi coast, Tuscany and apartments in Florence and Rome.
Essential Italy (01223 460100; www.essentialitaly.co.uk) Smaller properties in Tuscany, Umbria, Puglia, the Amalfi coast and islands.
Holiday Homes in Italy (0845 229 7057; www.holidayhomesinitaly.co.uk) Smaller mid-range houses and apartments countrywide.
Villas 4 You (0845 268 0770; www.villas4you.com) The new name for the Individual Travellers brand. More than 400 characterful houses and villas in rural and coastal locations.
Inntravel (01653 617970; www.inntravel.co.uk) Cottages and apartments in farming hamlets, most sleeping two to six. Ideal walking bases.
Interhome (020 8780 7789; www.interhome.co.uk) Accommodation-only agent with more than 3,000 villas and apartments countrywide, including one-star places.
Italian Breaks (020 8666 0407; www.italianbreaks.com) Villas and apartments countrywide; new properties in Piedmont and on the Adriatic coast.
James Villa Holidays (0800 074 0122; www.jamesvillas.co.uk) Mid-range properties mostly in Tuscany, Sardinia and Puglia.
Landmark Trust (01628 825925; www.landmarktrust.org.uk) Four historic properties in Florence, Rome, Tivoli and Vicenza.
Mediterraneo Case (020 8133 1261; www.mediterraneocase.co.uk) Properties in southern Italy.
Quality Villas (01442 870055; www.qualityvillasitaly.co.uk) Family-owned company with hand-picked villas on Lakes Garda and Como, and in central Italy and Elba.
Real Holidays (020 7359 3938; www.realholidays.co.uk) Expanded range of renovated farmhouses and cottages in Le Marche, Tuscany and Umbria.
Simply Travel (0871 231 4041; www.simplytravel.co.uk) Dedicated Italy brochure with more houses and apartments in Tuscany, Sardinia and Sicily.
Simpson Travel (020 8392 5858; www.simpsontravel.com) Hand-picked apartments, many on country estates, notably in Tuscany and Sicily/Aeolian islands.
The Italian Connection (01424 728900; www.italian-connection.co.uk) Big choice of farms, villas and cottages as well as city apartments.
The Owners' Syndicate (020 7381 7492; www.ownerssyndicate.com) Choice of 300 luxury and mid-range properties in Tuscany and Sicily.
Timeaway Villas (020 8343 2590; www.timeaway.co.uk ) Big choice in all price ranges.
Travel a la Carte (01635 33800; www.anotheritaly.co.uk) Focuses on the Marche and Val d'Orcia and Maremma regions of Tuscany.
Venetian Apartments (020 3178 4180; www.venice-rentals.com) More than 100 apartments in heart of Venice and the Guidecca.
Veronica Tomasso Cotgrove (020 7722 0835; www.vtcitaly.com) Large houses in Tuscany, smaller ones in Umbria, and city-centre apartments.
Vintage Travel (0845 344 0460; www.vintagetravel.co.uk) Hand-picked houses with private pools in Tuscany, Umbria, Le Marche and Lazio.
Vivid Italy (0871 855 1565; www.vividitaly.co.uk) Affordable mid-range villas and apartments all over Italy.
Villas: regional specialists
Tuscany and Umbria
Invitation to Tuscany (0845 838 7421; www.invitationtotuscany.com) Appealing portfolio of 160 private villas with pools, village houses, and apartments on farming estates sleeping two to 20 in central Tuscany and the Ligurian coast. Looks for tasteful renovations with great attention to detail by owners.
Other specialists
Hello Italy (01483 419964; www.helloit.co.uk), Meon Villas (0800 783 1410; www.meonvillas.co.uk), Summer's Leases (0845 230 2223; www.summersleases.com), and To Tuscany (020 7193 7782; www.to-tuscany.com), Tuscan Holidays (01539 431120; www.tuscanholidays.co.uk), and Villa Centre (01223 513593; www.villacentre.com)
Sardinia and Sicily
Many island specialists also sell hotel-based arrangements.
Freelance Holidays (01789 297705; www.freelance-holidays.co.uk) Handpicked portfolio of village houses and purpose-built villas on Sardinia and Sicily. Good-value two-bedroom apartments beside sandy Sardinia beaches for under £1,000 per week.
Solo Sicily (020 7193 0158; www.solosicily.com) Specialises in large villas on aristocratic estates, such as 14th-century Castello Falconara, set on a rocky promontory with its own private beach, which sleeps 32. This year has introduced more cottages and manors for smaller parties.
Other specialists
Just Sardinia (01202 484858; www.justsardinia.co.uk), Open Sicily (0800 083 9108; www.opensicily.com), Sardinian Places (0845 330 2049; www.sardinianplaces.co.uk), Think Sicily (020 7377 8518; www.thinksicily.com), Totally Sicily (0798 443 2633; www.totallysicily.com)
Hotel holidays
Many of the companies listed below have long working relationships with featured hotels and can request particular rooms. Some now offer a concierge service to book event tickets, guides to historic sites and unusual day trips.
As indicators of quality and service, hotel star ratings in Italy are pretty meaningless. They merely reflect facilities: for example, three stars for a lift, four stars for a restaurant, however poor the quality of the food.
Our selection
Citalia (0871 664 0253; www.citalia.com) Long-established Italy expert, now part of TUI Travel. Flexible stays at three- to five-star hotels countrywide including Rocco Forte's new Verdura golf and spa resort in Sicily. Highlighted "family collection" hotels with childcare and child places.
The Italian Connection (01424 728900; www.italian-connection.co.uk) Bespoke hotel and villa holidays for couples and families put together by a knowledgeable three-woman team. After chatting to the customer, they come up with a choice of three proposals. Can arrange more than 60 activities, including learning to paint frescoes, early morning Vatican visits and Vespa tours.
Italian Expressions (020 7433 2675; www.expressionsholidays.co.uk) Tailor-made stay-put and touring holidays to 140 three- to five-star hotels chosen for their character, good service and fine dining. A range of activities offered at selected hotels including cookery classes, garden visits, and personally guided tours in cities. Separate families programme.
Kirker Holidays (020 7593 2283; www.kirkerholidays.com) More than 90 handpicked hotels, many in smaller culture-rich cities such as Ferrara and Modena. Customers receive well-researched guide notes, and there's a concierge service for booking opera tickets, restaurants, private walking tours etc.
Kuoni (01306 747008; www.kuoni.co.uk) More than 90 hotels added to the 2010 brochure, from historic palazzos to hip design hotels. Within the British market, a number are exclusive to Kuoni – notably on the Amalfi coast. Keenly priced room rates; look out for special offers and days out (sold as "experiences").
Real Holidays (020 7359 3938; www.realholidays.co.uk) Hand-picked country hotels, luxury b & bs and apartments on working farm estates in central and southern Italy, also south-east Sicily. Looks for hands-on owners and sensitive restorations. Locanda Palazzone, a former pilgrim resthouse renovated in a contemporary style with views down over Orvieto, is a newcomer.
Other options
Bailey Robinson (01488 689777; www.baileyrobinson.com) Luxury specialist which features two newly opened hotels in Tuscany: Il Saviatino and Castel Monastero.
Classic Collection (0800 008 7299; www.classic-collection.co.uk) Quality hotels countrywide.
Echo Travel (01937 572455; www.echotravel.co.uk) Focuses on Piedmont, Liguria and Lake Iseo.
Elegant Resorts (01244 897777; www.elegantresorts.co.uk) Five-star hotel specialist with high level of personal service.
Hotel Connect (0845 230 8888; www.hotelconnect.co.uk) Highly regarded ABTA-bonded hotel booking agency. More than 300 hotels with focus on cities, lakes, Amalfi and Ligurian coasts. Most hotels are independently owned, of two to five stars, and all inspected by Hotel Connect employees.
Long Travel (01694 722193; www.long-travel.co.uk) Southern Italy specialist has quality family hotels and boutique options as bases for touring holidays.
Italian Journeys (020 7373 8058 www.italianjourneys.com) Tailor-made honeymoons and anniversaries with special experiences such as private boat tours, meals in unusual locations, and balloon rides.
Scott Dunn (020 8682 5090; www.scottdunn.com) Family-focused hotels and honeymoon specialist.
Seasons in Style (01244 202000; www.seasonsinstyle.com) Books Italy's most luxurious hotels.
Simpson Travel (020 8392 5858; www.simpsontravel.com) Portfolio of stylish smaller hotels with "personality" in Sicily, Tuscany and the Amalfi coast.
Sovereign (0871 200 6677; www.sovereign.com) Five-star hotels countrywide.
Sunvil (020 8758 4722; www.sunvil.co.uk) Features more than 100 hotels, from city-centre favourites to farm guesthouses and b & b in private castles, as basis of bespoke fly-drives and train-and-transfer holidays around more off-beat areas of the mainland and Sicily.
Lakes and mountains specialists
Crystal (0871 231 5661; www.crystallakes.co.uk) Hotels in all price ranges, from new all-inclusives on Lake Garda to fresco-painted rooms in Villa Aminta on Lake Maggiore.
Inghams (020 8780 4433; www.inghams.co.uk) Known for its long-established programme of hotels with guided activities, from walking to family adventure. New escorted three-lakes tour taking in Garda, Como and Iseo.
Thomson (0871 230 8181; www.thomsonlakes.co.uk) Four all-inclusive hotels on Lake Garda and one on Lake Como.
Traditional package holidays
Cresta (0844 879 8014; www.crestaholidays.co.uk) Dedicated Italy brochure with choice of two- to five-star hotels for creating bespoke holidays. Can arrange weddings on Juliet's balcony in Verona and in Venice town hall.
Direct Holidays (0871 664 7764; www.directholidays.co.uk) New Deluxe Direct brand including the very popular four-star Ambasciatori in Sorrento.
First Choice (0871 664 9020; www.firstchoice.co.uk) Three "Premier" hotels in Sorrento voted the tops by previous customers, more all-inclusive options, and new accommodation-only booking service with flexible stays.
Monarch Holidays (0871 423 8642; www.monarch.co.uk) Keenly priced mid-range holidays to the Neapolitan and Venetian Rivieras, Lake Garda and Sicily.
On the Beach (0871 911 0202; www.otbeach.com) Very competitive for flight and hotel bookings in main resorts. Take care that each element of the holiday is covered by supplier's ATOL bond.
Thomas Cook (0844 412 5970; www.thomascook.com) Features Lake Garda, Lido di Jesolo near Venice, Rimini, Sicily and the Bay of Naples. Has returned to its upmarket roots with a new "Ultimate Style" brochure featuring five-star hotels, 25kg luggage allowance, private transfers and concierge service. Newly renovated Grand Hotel La Favorita in Sorrento is a four-star newcomer. The dedicated Italy brochure also features family allinclusives and child discounts. Runs two accommodation-only websites – www.hotels4u.com and www.flexibletrips.com – and owns the agent www.netflights.com
Thomson (0871 231 3235; www.thomson.co.uk) Has a dedicated Italy brochure with focus on main coastal rivieras, Sardinia and Sicily. Several exclusive "Gold" properties in Sorrento aimed at over-50s, with fine dining and evening entertainment. New all-inclusive options such as Hotel Costa Verde near Cefalù in Sicily with free water-park access.
The website can bewilder, but travel agents should have brochures for all the different types of Thomson holiday.
Almost all hotels can now be booked on an accommodation-only basis. Most have no minimum-stay restriction.
For last-minute bargains on Thomson and First Choice holidays, contact Late Deals (0800 916 5197; www.latedeals.co.uk)
Under canvas
Most campsites are clustered around Lake Garda and along the coast near Venice and in southern Tuscany. Vacansoleil (0333 700 5050; www.vacansoleil.co.uk) offers 25 campsites countrywide. Tents and mobile homes can also be rented through Canvas Holidays (0845 268 0827; www.canvasholidays.co.uk), which features the new Altomincio Family Park near Lake Garda, Eurocamp (0844 406 0402; www.eurocamp.co.uk), Siblu (0871 911 2288; www.siblu.com), Keycamp (0844 406 0200; www.keycamp.co.uk), and Venue Holidays (01233 629950; www.venueholidays.co.uk)


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Did you pick up your copy of TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE issue#0 as part of the free comicbook day celebrations?
If not, join Adam, Joe, Luffy and Temple for a readthrough and review of not just the ongoing series preview, but the other goodies the issue contained.
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The Analysis
Complexity explained. A take on large issues from different perspectives.
Living the reaspora: Afropolitans back home
In the web series 'An African City', five highly qualified and fashion obsessed young women decide to return to the continent where their ancestors were born – to Africa. Is this the new African elite?
An unavoidable force: the Palestinian citizens of Israel after the elections
Under another Netanyahu-led government, Israel will soon return to 'business as usual'. But one political novelty stands out from the shadows of the recent elections: the increasing visibility of the Palestinian citizens of Israel.
In the face of a dying two-state solution and amid growing discontent about Israel's uncompromising politics, their cause is quickly moving centre-stage. They are ever more willing to confront the systematic inequality they experience as Israeli citizens. And they demand historical justice in alignment with Palestinians living under occupation. As Palestinians, yet Israeli citizens, they have become a force to be reckoned with. Their cause deserves our attention.
One click away?
It has never been easier to meet people from all over the world. Social networks and dating sites make it possible. More and more couples are meeting via the web – and across international boundaries. The seemingly borderless digital world is limited though, by national borders that are insurmountable for many, depending on their nationality. What does this ongoing development mean for people from third countries subject to visa requirements if they have found a partner in Europe?
"Eat like a queen for free" – dumpster diving and wasteful consumer culture
More than 50% of produced food is wasted and some urban "divers" search for this waste. They explore dark courtyards of supermarkets and lay the dining table with the eatable content of trash bins.
"Eat like a queen for free" – dumpster diving and wasteful consumer culture
More than 50% of produced food is wasted and some urban "divers" search for this waste. They explore dark courtyards of supermarkets and lay the dining table with the eatable content of trash bins.
The contested right to EU-Europe
Unlawful push-backs of migrants at the European border implemented by Spanish and Moroccan security forces have become highly visible throughout 2014. These repressive practices as well as the human rights discourses justifying or condemning them tell much about today's power relations in postcolonial Euro-African borderlands: negotiated by various local, national and European actors, yet constantly contested and transformed through transnational migrants' mobility.


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Rejuvenating Tax Consumers to Contributors: Twin Cities RISE! Story
Founded by former General Mills executive Steven Rothschild in the mid-90s and run for many years by Art Berman, Twin Cities RISE! (Website) is an innovative vocational training program focusing on rejuvenating former welfare recipients in to productive tax-paying citizens. Since inception, Mr. Rothschild, Mr. Berman and their financial team conceived and executed a very successful public-private pay for performance program in which the state would compensate RISE for 1) securing a new job for a former welfare recipient and 2) ensuring the new worker had a full-time job one year later.
Twin Cities RISE's team developed a financial model to quantify the success of their job training and placement program in a) welfare payment savings, b) new state income tax revenue, and c) reduced recidivism rate. They used a seven year calculation period and calculated the net present value to the Minnesota state government from their program's success. In 1995, their present value savings/newly employed worker was $30,000. Today, the value is $50-55,000. The State accepted the financial modeling and agreed to pay RISE! $9,000 per validated full-time job and another $9,000 on the first year work anniversary. Since the mid-90s, the State of Minnesota has paid RISE! approximately $5.0 million and received over $40 million in taxpayer value.
There are wonderful vocational training organizations throughout the United States including JobTrain (www.jobtrainworks.org) in Silicon Valley that have great training and placement results. State governments need to reward these organizations with similar pay for performance programs so everyone in need can find an interesting job at a good wage and feel the American Dream.
My Proposed Solutions hot links: Work; Home; Education; Retirement; Health Care; Immigration; Rejuvenation & Relationships


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Letters from Ingersoll to James Madison and Others
A Notable Philadelphia Attorney Writes to James Madison and Others [Manuscript Archive]. Ingersoll, Charles Jared [1782-1862]. [Madison, James [1751-1836], And Other Recipients]. [Letters from Ingersoll to James Madison and Others]. Philadelphia or Washington, D.C. 1825-1848. 6 letters comprising 11 pages, sizes range from 7-1/4" x 3-1/2" to 10" x 8."..... More


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Reigning Researcher
In the early 1960s, though cannabis had been used for centuries and demonized for decades by governments around the globe, the science world knew surprisingly little about the plant itself.
Scientists had long since learned how to synthesize morphine from the opium poppy and cocaine from coca leaves, but what about cannabis? Few in the U.S. or the rest of the Western world cared to learn about cannabis—not that they could study it anyway, given harsh restrictions cannabis research in the U.S.
So it should come as no surprise that some of the major breakthroughs in understanding cannabis came from across the ocean. In the tiny nation of Israel, one man, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, is responsible for much of what we know about cannabis today. He was the one who isolated and identified cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. He later identified the receptors in the human body that interact with cannabis and the cannabinoids that bond with those receptors.
"First, elucidation of the chemistry, particularly isolation and synthesis of the active compounds. It turned out there was only one active compound related to psychoactivity, THC. There is a second that had a lot of therapeutic effects called cannabidiol, and we elucidated its structure as well."
While the world is just waking up to the medical potential of cannabis, from treating epilepsy to cancer to chronic pain, Dr. Mechoulam has known about it for decades. At 86, he has earned the distinction of being the "father of marijuana research" and the "father of THC."
Dr. Mechoulam may be one of the world's foremost experts on cannabis, but he is no advocate scientist in the vein of Timothy Leary or Terrence McKenna. He approached cannabis with the curiosity of an organic chemist studying something new, not as a true believer. In fact, except for in the laboratory, he's never even touched cannabis.
CULTURE recently caught up with Dr. Mechoulam in Israel, where he still holds several academic posts, including Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, and advisor to the government on Israel's medical cannabis program.
How did you get involved in cannabis research?
I'm a chemist. I work with natural products, and I was looking for something important in natural products in plants, and I was surprised to find out that while morphine had been isolated from opium nearly 150 years previously and so was cocaine, from coca leaves, the chemistry of cannabis was not well-known, and I thought it was a good topic to do research on.
Did you have any personal experience with cannabis, or was it non-existent in Israel at the time?
No, no, no. Very few people were interested in marijuana at that time. As a natural scientist I asked for a grant from the (U.S.) National Institute of Health (NIH), and more or less what they told me was they were not interested, that marijuana was not an interesting topic for them. Few people used it in the States. It was mostly used in Mexico, so if I found something that was more relevant to the U.S. so they would look at it. It was in the early '60s. Well it turned out all of a sudden it became relevant (with the rise in use in the later 1960s), and pharmacologists from the National Institute of Mental Health and the NIH flew over and at that time we had isolated the main component of cannabis, THC, in a pure form . . . and [one pharmacologist] took that material, and quite a bit of the early work of the NIH with cannabis was done with the THC we gave him. He may have smuggled it into the U.S., I don't know.
"There is a lot of interest, and I believe this is the third phase of cannabis research. But most people in the States are interested in the first stage, in the THC, in the CBD, in selling it for outrageous prices and trying to make a lot of money out of it."
You had to get smuggled cannabis for your first experiments, correct?
I didn't get marijuana; I got hashish from the police.
And how did that happen?
Not that complicated at all. I went to the administrative head of my institute and asked him whether he had a contact with the police and he said, 'Sure, no problem.' He called the number two person at the police at that time. They had been in the army together or something of that sort. From the other side I could hear him saying, "Is he reliable?" And the head of the institute said, "Of course he's reliable." So he invited me over to the police, and I took five kilos of hashish. It broke the laws. It turned out I was not allowed to have it, and he was not allowed to give it to me. It was the Ministry of Health that should have permitted it, but in a small country, I went to the Ministry of Health, and I apologized, and any time I needed more hashish I went to the Ministry of Health and had no problems.
What were you really hoping to learn about this substance when you started to study it?
I'm a chemist. A natural products chemist usually works on identification of compounds, active compounds, and thus opening the field for further research . . . I'll try to explain. In order to do biochemistry or pharmacology or clinical work, the chemistry has to be well-known . . . The chemistry has to be well-established before anything can be done with the compound or the plant. In this case the chemistry was not well-known so we knew at that time, in the early '60s, very little about the pharmacology and the chemical effects and so on, in modern terms. Science has to be quantitative. If you work with a plant, you never know what you're doing, what you're getting. So the chemistry had to be established before anything scientific could be worked on.
How long did it take you to establish the chemistry and start to look at the human effects of this plant?
For several years we worked on the isolation of compounds, several different types of compounds. With biologists we evaluated the effects on monkeys and later, after quite some time, we worked on the metabolism. Later we worked on other topics. So we advanced, step-by-step.
What do you feel were your major breakthroughs and discoveries about this plant?
First, elucidation of the chemistry, particularly isolation and synthesis of the active compounds. It turned out there was only one active compound related to psychoactivity, THC. There is a second that had a lot of therapeutic effects called cannabidiol, and we elucidated its structure as well. So this was the first phase of the cannabis research we did. Later on, many years later, we looked at the compounds that our bodies make, and these compounds bind with the same receptor that the plant cannabinoids bind to . . . The receptors don't exist because there is a plant out there. The receptors exist because we produce compounds which bind to these receptors, activate them and cause activities. We went ahead looking at the compounds that we make. Then in the '90s we discovered that the two main compounds that bind to these receptors, anandamide and 2-AG, and there has been a huge, huge amount of work on these endogenous cannabinoids, cannabinoids that we make . . . These compounds seem to be very important in our biology. One of these compounds has to do with bones and osteoporosis, loss of bones, and another has to do with blood vessels during head trauma and so on. A third one has to do with addiction. And so on and so forth. There is a lot of interest, and I believe this is the third phase of cannabis research. But most people in the States are interested in the first stage, in the THC, in the CBD, in selling it for outrageous prices and trying to make a lot of money out of it.
Do you feel that by focusing on selling expensive flower, that the United States is missing out on some important things about this plant?
The plant contains THC and a lot of other compounds that do not cause the high. There is a compound called CBD, which is just as important. It does not cause the high but it has a lot of therapeutic effects, and it is of extreme importance, and people are trying now to have plants that don't have THC but CBD and are using that for therapeutic effects.
When you started studying this, were your colleagues skeptical, or did you have a lot of support in the scientific community?
We went along scientific lines. There was no objection at my university. As a matter of fact people thought it was as a good kind of research, interesting research. And even my colleagues, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, elected me Rector of the university. If they had any objections to my work they wouldn't have voted for me. I was elected to the Israeli Academy of Sciences. If there was any objection I wouldn't have been elected.
Are you still studying cannabis?
Now I am officially retired, but my university is a very liberal one, and I have all the faculties to go on working . . . We're not studying cannabis, the plant. We haven't studied the plant in many years. That was the first stage.
Did you play a role in Israel allowing medical cannabis?
I'm a Consultant for the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Health has approved medical marijuana under strict regulation. There are about 27,000 patients who get medical marijuana. We are trying to improve and know exactly what kind of marijuana should be given for a specific condition. One does not get the same marijuana for epilepsy and for cancer and pain.
How do you feel about being called the "father of marijuana research?" Is that something you're proud of?
Well I'm delighted that I'm called that. We have apparently done something good in the field.
"We are trying to improve and know exactly what kind of marijuana should be given for a specific condition. One does not get the same marijuana for epilepsy and for cancer and pain."
Is this the type of research that could only have occurred in a small country like Israel?
I have no idea. As an academic I decided to do it, and I did it. Here it was maybe easier to get the material, but I had no problems doing the science. Possibly in the U.S. it would have been more difficult because of administrative problems, but we had no problem getting the materials or other major problems at all.
Is there more to learn about the cannabis plant and how it affects humans?
Because of administrative freezes [on research], there have been very, very few clinical studies. Although thousands of people use cannabis to fight cancer, there hasn't been any clinical study, or a well-done, modern clinical study on cancer published. That's a shame because if people use it, the data should be there. We should have modern clinical data. We did some clinical work on epilepsy 35 years ago and unfortunately nobody took great interest in that. And only five or six years ago all of a sudden people found that yes, our research is very relevant to what's going on and many children today are being treated today with CBD, which we showed to be very active against epilepsy. There are very few drugs that help children with epilepsy. This should have been repeated on a larger scale in the U.S. We did a little work on PTSD and post-trauma. It should have been done on a large scale . . . All these things should have been done in the U.S. There is a major clinical trial on epilepsy. It should have been done 30 years ago after we published our small clinical paper. So that's what's missing. And I'm sorry about the situation.
My last question is do you use it yourself?
No. I have never used it. First of all, I am still interested but as I did research and we had official supply of cannabis, obviously if we had used it for non-scientific reasons if people had come to know about it that would have stopped our work. Basically, neither I nor my students were interested.


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The Eastern Railway Line links Accra to Kumasi with a branch line from Achimota to Tema port. The total track length is 330 km, and the gauge is 1,067 mm. Apart from the stretch from Accra to Nsawam and Accra to Tema which are being used for passenger traffic, the line is currently not operational due to its poor state. The reconstruction of the Eastern Railway Line will include financing, development and operation of the 330km line and will include the provision of rolling stock, station upgrades, signalling and communication equipment.
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My 2 year old son, Liam, loves Thomas the Train so I decided that would be perfect for his halloween costume. With a few card board boxes, a concrete form tube, some spray paint, and of course duct tape, I created a wearable Thomas. The cand gets dropped down the smoke stack, made of a toliet paper roll, and gets held in the front of the train. This way his hands are free to blow his train whistle to let people knows hes coming down the street. His conductor hat was passed down from his dad from when he was a kid and the handkerchief is from his grandpa. These items made the costume a trip down memory lane for the family.


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According to a recent Spanish study, it has now been scientifically proven that fetuses love 70's mega hit, "Bohemian Rhapsody."
It stimulates them in their Mother's womb, along with regular infant favorites like classical Mozart and Bach.
The results were based on the listening habits of 300 fetuses between 18 and 38 weeks of gestation. They looked for the following reactions... the fetuses sticking their tongues out and opening and closing their mouths.
The most reaction among any pop song resulted from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which 90 percent of the fetuses reacted to.
The study also said that the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" came in a close second.


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Teen Believed to Have Shot and Killed Abductor
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Campbell County sheriff's officials say a 15-year-old boy fatally shot a man who was trying to abduct a woman in Wright.
The shooting happened Wednesday night.
Sheriff's officials said Friday they had responded to reports of an attempted abduction at a home in Wright. They arrived to find 48-year-old Sammy Michael Fears, of Casper, wounded in the driveway. Fears died on the way to the hospital.
It's not clear how the teen became involved. Sheriff's Cpl. Gary Sams says the teenage shooter had no family relationship to either Fears or the woman.
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Suncup / Gregory Packaging Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination
Company Admits It Fired Employee Because of Physical Impairment, Federal Agency Charges
Gregory Packaging, Inc., a nationwide manufacturer and distributor of juice products to school districts and medical institutions, violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it recently filed.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the employee worked as a machine operator in the packaging department at the company's Newnan plant. He operated the machine that assembled the boxes used to ship juice products to Gregory Packaging's customers. Despite his good job performance and the ability to perform his job in a safe manner, Gregory Packing fired him after learning of an impairment affecting the employee's immune, hemic and lymphatic systems, the EEOC charged. The EEOC's complaint alleges that Gregory Packaging admitted it terminated the employee because of his impairment.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (3:14-CV-00152) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. As part of the suit, the EEOC is seeking back pay and compensatory and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief prohibiting the company from engaging in any future employment practices that discriminate on the basis of disability.
Gregory Packaging, headquartered in Morristown, N.J., also operates plants in New Jersey and Arizona. It distributes juice products under the trade name Suncup.The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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In a regular look at the recruitment market, Pat Leon speaks to Nottingham University pro vice-chancellor Don Grierson about his institution's quest to raise its international profile.
Nottingham University has launched a vigorous recruitment campaign for 20 new research chairs in a bid to strengthen its position as a world-class research-led institution. The chairs carry with them supporting academic, research and administrative posts, infrastructure, equipment, start-up funds and "highly competitive" salaries. The university also plans to run an upgraded research-training programme, as well as making Pounds 500,000 a year available to encourage study leave for all staff.
The university is one of a swelling number of institutions outside the "golden triangle" of Oxbridge and London universities scrambling to attract rising and established academic stars ahead of the next research assessment exercise.
Nottingham's sights, however, are set even higher. Don Grierson, pro vice-chancellor for research and industry, said: "We are a top ten university in the UK, but we want to secure our position as one of the world's leading universities by 2010."
The university, which already has a Malaysian campus, is expanding into China and, as a partner in Universitas 21 Global, is also trying to get a foothold in the global online student and research market.
Professor Grierson said that, as well as 20 chairs, Nottingham is appointing 100 new teaching and research staff.
"The campaign is to improve our research performance across the board. We are recruiting internationally, not just locally. The best applications are just as likely to come from 5,000 miles away as 50.
"It is important to remain competitive internationally, and it is a good time strategically to keep ahead of the RAE.
"There's competition in the UK research transfer market, but Nottingham's campaign is more international. If we can bring people back from the US because we have the facilities and attractions, it will be good for the UK," he said.
The new chairs are in engineering and physical sciences; arts and humanities; social sciences and education, and biological and biomedical sciences. Strategic areas covered range from planet formation to music analysis, the rural economy and cancer.
Global aspirations also lie behind the Oxford Internet Institute's search for academics of international standing for two professorships: one in internet governance and regulation and the other in society and the internet. Non-stipendiary fellowships at Keble and Mansfield colleges, respectively, are attached to the professorships.
The OII, which launched last year, boasts that it is one of the world's first truly multidisciplinary internet institutes based in a major university. It aims "to put Oxford, the UK and Europe at the centre of debates about how the internet could and should develop".
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Weld Riley, S.C. Adds Attorney David A. Richie
Eau Claire, WI – The law firm of Weld Riley, S.C. is pleased to announce Attorney David A. Richie has joined the firm.
Weld Riley President, Steve Weld said, "We are excited to have David join our firm's Labor &
Employment section and expand the firm's representation of both private and governmental entities."
Prior to joining the firm, Richie graduated from Marquette University Law School with honors in 2018. While at Marquette, Richie was an associate editor for the Marquette Law Review. He also served as a personal research assistant to the Dean of the University Law School.
Richie has pursued his interest in politics by working as a legislative assistant for various State Representatives in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, while contributing to the University's newspaper, The Badger Herald.
"I am very eager to join the firm and get started with such strong team. Weld Riley has a rich history of representation in Wisconsin that I am honored to be a part of," said Richie.
Weld Riley, S.C. was formed in 1991 and is comprised of Litigation, Labor and Employment, Business, Estate Planning, Real Estate, and Government Relations Sections. The firm employs 78 people in its Eau Claire, Menomonie and Black River Falls offices.


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Fine Port & Cheese Evening (Oxford)
A dream night for all Port lovers out there! A tasting devoted to this wintery warmer with some wonderful cheeses sourced from artisan cheese makers. A perfect evening in our eyes!
The emphasis of our tasting will be on exploring a wide range of different cheeses and matching them to the ports; we will try the classic combinations of salty blues and mature cheddars, and also show how other cheeses can work wonderfully with the right wine. Many people enjoy a tipple of ruby or LBV Port in the winter, but we want you to taste the full range of flavours that this quintessentially British drink has to offer. We will enjoy:
- a crisp and dry White Port
- a soft and smooth Late Bottle Vintage Port
- a nutty and caramel-like Aged Tawny Port
- a Single Quinta Vintage Port - a rare treat from a single vineyard site
- a Vintage Port - fully mature, beautifully aged and complex
- and finally a New World Port look-a-like to see how they compare!
Alongside some beautiful cheeses there will be grapes and nuts to see how other foods can work beautifully with this versatile drink.
Many of the Ports are hard to find outside of specialist wine merchants and often exceptionally expensive, so if you would like the chance to taste them all side by side then book quickly!
Places are strictly limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment!
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