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Ricardo Lorenz is professor and area chair of composition at Michigan State University College of Music.
His compositions have received praise for their fiery orchestrations, harmonic sophistication, and rhythmic vitality. These impressions have accompanied performances of his works at prestigious international festivals such as Carnegie Hall's Sonidos de las Américas, Ravinia Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, France's Berlioz Festival, Spain's Festival Internacional de Música Contemporanea de Alicante, the Festival Cervantino in Mexico, and Turkey's Uluslararasi Summer Festival. Lorenz's orchestral compositions have been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, New World Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, among others, and by premier orchestras in Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. One of his latest compositions is a concerto of sorts for Latin ensemble and symphony orchestra commissioned by a consortium of major orchestras and festivals, and composed in collaboration with Grammy-nominated band Tiempo Libre. Featured in NPR's "All Things Considered," Rumba Sinfónica has been performed by Minnesota, Detroit, Dallas, and National Arts Center (Ottawa) orchestras, among many others.
Venezuelan-born Lorenz has served as composer-in-residence in several programs and presenting organizations, such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Armonía Musicians Residency Program (1998-2003), the Billings Symphony (1998-1999), and Music in the Loft chamber music series (1999-2000). He has also been the recipient of several other distinctions and awards from American Bandmasters Association, National Flute Association, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Organization of American States (OAS), Concert Artists Guild, Meet-the-Composer, Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the Newhouse Foundation, Illinois Community College Trustees Association, and ASCAP.
Although Lorenz has resided in the United States since 1982, he has always maintained close ties with Latin America. Between 1987 and 1992, he held the position of interim director of the Indiana University Latin American Music Center. During this time he established a network of composers from the continent and compiled the sourcebook Scores and Recordings at Indiana University's Latin American Music Center (Indiana University Press, 1995), which was nominated to receive the 1996 Best General Reference Source Award by the Association of Recorded Sound Collections. As a performer/arranger, he has worked with well-known Latin/o American musicians such as Tito Puente, David Sánchez, Claudia Pérez, Farred Haque, and with the bands Folkloristas de México, Tiempo Libre, and Sones de México. Between 2003 and 2005 Lorenz went back to Indiana University to serve as visiting director of the Latin American Popular Music Ensemble.
Lorenz holds a Ph.D. degree in composition from the University of Chicago and a master of music degree from Indiana University. He studied composition under Juan Orrego Salas, Shulamit Ran, and Donald Erb. He has taught at Indiana University, the University of Chicago, and City Colleges of Chicago. His compositions are published by Lauren Keiser Music and Boosey & Hawkes. They can also be heard on the following record labels: Arabesque Recordings, Albany Records, Indiana University LAMC Series, Doublemoon Records (Turkey), Urtex Digital Classics (Mexico), SOMM Recordings (UK), and Cedille Records (US).
Ricardo Lorenz on Spartan Podcast: http://spartanpodcast.com/?p=414
Dance Unlikely: Concerto no. 2 for Violin and Orchestra (2016)
El Muro for wind symphony (2008)
En Tren Vá Changó (Destination Macondo) for symphony orchestra (2001)


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I tried this program in Windows 7, and it did not work. Not even when running it as administrator.
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"Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery."
-Wayne Dyer
I see the obvious dichotomy here- being constricted is not usually where a person feels most unchained. Specifically since when I say in the car, I mean stuck in my seat, surrounded by a blanket and a number of suitcases with my parents, my sister, and our little white dog. There's not a lot of room to move, but it's in the constriction of my quarters that I find myself feeling least claustrophobic.
First of all, in the car, even though I'm in a small seat, the world is moving around me at 40, 50, 60 mph- passing by with such quickness that I cannot capture small snapshots even with my mind. It's a blur that makes me realize all the things that have been plaguing me- questions of existence, of purpose, of love, of the undying needs of my heart. It's as if with the speed of the world increasing, the speed of my life is decreasing, and suddenly I am capable of making well intentioned analyses of all that is going on.
Throw in the fact that this most recent car ride included about 22 hours of driving in 2 days, and we've arrived at the moment where you start to really question my sanity.
For me, a little road trip was a much needed break for all that was dragging me down. Lately, the burdens of life have been a bit more than my shoulders can carry. It seems like every new ambition is merely another distraction from the older goals. I take them out every few weeks to polish them off, but it doesn't make them get used. My time management skills do not allow me a lot of additional moments to get things done- adding anything in often leads to the loss of sleep or time to eat, and eventually even that runs out.
But sitting in the car, watching the world fly around me, a priority list came well in to view. What was most important? What was most exciting? What was on my list because I truly believed it might impress someone else? It all fell into clearer levels as the miles became hours on the the open road.
I won't lie- I am increasingly impressed by writers who give up everything to jump out on to the open road- to follow their aspirations to whatever paths it will lead them down. It's as if it takes losing everything to find the door into your soul- you've got to open up and let yourself in. We fall into such heavy patterns with what we have, and become held down by it. But on the road, I understood. I found great amounts of joy in realizing that the true question was not about what I wanted to do, or what I wanted to have. Prioritizing is all about slowing down, and asking ourselves not what we want to achieve,
but instead, by asking ourselves if the world fell away, what would we want to do? What is the simplest desires of our heart? And what do they mean for us when we still have everything in tact?
Don't get me wrong- I understand that life is full of things we don't want to do, and that at one point or another, we are going to have to continue something we used to love and now hate. I understand that there are responsibilities in life. I understand that achievement is part of what we need to keep us going. We can't spend all day in our cars being driven while we ponder life and meaning.
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The members of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, known as the Salesians, are preparing to begin the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of their foundation.
Officially started on December 18, 1859, in Turin by Fr. John Bosco, a priest of the Turin archdiocese, the Salesian Congregation today is present in 129 countries with 16,092 members (10,669 priests, 2,025 brothers, 2,765 clerical students, 515 novices, 118 bishops of whom 5 are cardinals: Cardinals Bertone, Farina, Obando, Rodriguez, and Zen).
The anniversary recalls the meeting on December 18, 1859, in Don Bosco's room at the Oratory of Saint Francis de Sales in Valdocco, at that time a slum neighborhood of Turin, where 18 young men, as recorded in the minutes of the event, decided "to form a society or congregation with the aim of promoting the glory of God and the salvation of souls, especially of those most in need of instruction and education, while providing the members with mutual help toward their own sanctification."
The Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr. Pascual Chavez Villanueva, in his letter regarding the 150th anniversary addressed to all the Salesians in the world, called 2009 "a year of grace" that ought to help the sons of Don Bosco remember their origins and the goal toward which they are called.
A large number of events are planned in the 93 provinces of the Society. The year of celebration will officially begin on January 31, the liturgical feast of Don Bosco. On that occasion Fr. Chavez will preside at Mass in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians at Valdocco. During the Mass, which will be broadcast live on Telepace at 6:10 p.m. (GMT+1), in streaming www.missionidonbosco.tv, the ninth successor of Don Bosco will give his traditional message to the young people of the Salesian Youth Movement around the world. On the same day the publication is expected of "Project Europe" of the Salesian Congregation. In response to the new challenges that the Old World is presenting to religious life, to the education and formation of the young, the Salesians are re-launching their presence in Europe.
This "year of grace" will be marked by other special dates and events:
May 25: celebration of the feast of Mary Help of Christians, principal patroness of the Salesian Family;
· June 24, Don Bosco's traditional name day, feast of the Rector Major;
· August 16, Don Bosco's birthday;
· December 18: all the Salesians in the world will be invited to renew their religious profession.
An outstanding event will be the pilgrimage of the casket containing relics of Don Bosco, which will visit the various countries where the Salesians are present. The long journey will begin in July this year in Chile and will come to an end in 2015, the bicentennial year of Don Bosco's birth.
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Thank you Father for sharing with us in your excellent blog. May God Bless you and all The Salesians during this special year of grace.
h2onews.org has an interview with the new Mother General...
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Type Hinting in PHP
Since PHP 5 , php has started supporting type hinting like other OOP languages. Hence, you can enforce your functions to get an argument of particular object type. PHP will check if the particular argument is of that type, if not will raise an error. However it still doesn't support type hinting for scalar data types like string and integers.
This is what php manual has to say about type hinting:
A very good example explaining type hinting:
Supporting Type Hinting is a great step which PHP has taken to move towards strongly typed languages like JAVA and making things more easy for developers from other language environments to adopt it as it is. Moreover the path PHP is going since adoption of design patterns, namespaces, closures, traits and other cool features from OOP languages like JAVA has changed the complete scenario today . This is a completely different topic to be discussed which i intend to write in some other blog post.
One of the great benefits of type hinting is that it provide a built-in documentation if the author doesn't provide any documentation with his code . However there is still a controversy among developers for supporting scalar data types. The real fun of PHP is that it is a loosely-typed language and you don't have to worry about the type conversions, write a little code and get it up running asap. With Type Hinting things are better, streamlined but i dont think anyone who has been in the php community for long will support type hinting for scalar data types. This how we PHP developers want it to be.


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The Internet allows us to send results, photos, X-rays and other images to the Veterinary Information Network of specialists, with guidance often available within 24 hours.
We have a strong network of veterinary specialists, working around Melbourne, that we can contact for additional specialist advice, should the need arise.
In some cases, they will review X-rays or pathology files for a reduced fee, which means your pet can be managed in the clinic, without referral to another location. Occasionally, this is not possible and we refer your pet onto specialist centres for advanced imaging (MRI and CT Scanning), oncology (cancer) treatments, cataract replacement, joint replacement and dental implants.
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- Your Stony Brook University NetID account
- A working network connection
- Support for 32bit and 64bit Linux distros
- One of the following web browsers
- Mozilla Firefox 13 or later
- Google Chrome
- An installed copy of Citrix Receiver
One important note before continuing
- Caution! There is a 30 minute idle timeout. A warning message will appear that time is running out. Be aware that you may be leaving unfinished projects alone too long. You will lose your work!
- Professors or anyone listed as teaching classes have a 3 hour timeout.
Installing Citrix Receiver
- Go to the Citrix Receiver web site and click on Linux to go to the Receiver for Linux download page.
- If your installation of Linux is 32bit, click on the "+" next to "For x86 Systems."
- Or it's ARM based, click on the "+" next to "For ARM Processors."
- Install one of the 3 installers for Reveiver for Linux: RPM, TAR.GZ, and DEB.
- RPM for RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE, Mageia
- DEB for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint
- TAR.GZ for manual installs
- RPM for RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE, Mageia
- DEB for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint
- TAR.GZ for manual installs
- Extract Citrix_FFmpeg.tar.giz to a folder.
Example: Citrix_FFmpeg
- Look in the Citrix_FFMpeg folder, extract Citrix-FFmpeg-SRC.tar.gz to a folder.
Example: Citrix-FFmpeg-SRC
- Open a Terminal window and go to the Citrix-FFmpeg-SRC directoy and run the following command:
- ./configure --extra-cflags=-Wstrict-prototypes --extra-cflags=-Wmissing-prototypes --extra-cflags=-Wformat --disable-bsfs --enable-bsf=h264_mp4toannexb --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-memalign-hack --disable-encoders --disable-decoders --enable-decoder=h264 --disable-devices --disable-filters --disable-protocols --disable-muxers --disable-demuxers --enable-demuxer=h264 --disable-parsers --enable-parser=h264 --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --disable-network --disable-ipv6 --disable-mpegaudio-hp --disable-swscale-alpha
- sudo ln -s /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/* /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/
- sudo c_rehash /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/
Logging In
- DO NOT use the Citrix Receiver application! Use the web interface to access the Virtual SINC Site.
- In your web browser go to https://vsst.stonybrook.edu
- If you do not want to install software on your computer, you can pick "Use light version"
- Log in with your NetID and Password
- You can begin by clicking on "Virtual SINC Site Desktop" which will launch a remote Windows desktop session.
- Or you can go to "Apps" at the top of the page. This shows an alphebetical listing of the available apps. However please note that not all are listed. Some apps like Comsol can only be found by lauching the desktop. Selecting "Desktops" brings one back to the "Virtual SINC Site Desktop."
Clicking on the app icon whill lauch the app.
- Clicking on "Categories" will show the apps organized into groups and how many apps are within the groups.
You can also click on "Apps" to list the applications at once. There are many however!
- You can also search for an application from the search box in the upper right corner of the page.
- If you have a set of requently used applications you would like to use, you can add them to your list of Favorites. Clicking on "Details" next to an application will reveal 2 options. You can either "Open" or "Add to Favorites"
- Clicking on "Favorites" at the top of the page will show the collection of favorite apps you have compiled together.
- If you no longer desire to have an app as a Favorite, you can go back to "Details" and select "Remove"
- Clicking on these favorite apps will now launch them.
Be careful as they can look identical to an application sitting on your computer!
Using the Virtual SINC Site full desktop interface
- Not all applications are available via the above method for compatibility reasons.
Some need to be opened through a full desktop interface instead.
You can find the Virtual SINC Site full desktop connection by clicking on the Desktops tab at the top of the page.
- Once in here, do not attempt to log into the Virtual SINC Site again.
This is the Virtual SINC Site with everything shown in a different format.
Click on the Start Menu (the Windows logo in the lower left screen of the VSS Desktop Window) to expose the list of apps.
The apps are grouped in the apps way as mentioned earlier.
Saving Files
- By default all properly saved files are created in your MySBFiles drive. If you are not sure, in the application your using, click on File then in the drop down menu select Save As and make sure you are in the Documents library.
- Within a VSS session as you open, save or create a file, you will see a list of drives named A through Z plus the name of your computer. These are your Hard Drives, Optical and USB Flash Drives, etc. you may have connected directly to your computer at the current time. You may also plug in a Flash Drive at a later time and it will automatically be mounted in your session.
An example below is using Endnote X7 and a person's computer called "IA5520."
You'll see your storage device in just about all parts of the Virtual SINC Site.
Ending your session
- Close your opened apps. For the full desktop however, log off as you would with a typical Windows PC.
- Logoff the Virtual SINC Site portal page by clicking on your name at the top of the page and select "Log Off" in the drop down menu.


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May 2018 Update - All New Lobby!
Our Biggest Update Ever!
The Casino floor has been under heavy renovation for the last few months and we're ready to open the doors. Our fresh Lobby update will provide a positively stellar gaming experience. This complete redesign will improve performance while providing new intimate gaming areas. We've also made all your favorite stores like Trends, Masquerade and Suited easier to browse. Find them just outside the new Club entrance and put on a fresh new outfit before dancing the night away.
Once you're done checking out the new Lobby space, head over to the Poker and Blackjack Rooms. Both spaces have been redesigned with your playing style in mind. And yes - we've even added in additional Tournament Poker Tables!
Also new this Spring - Blackjack and Slot Tournament Events will now be held in the Event Room! When these are events are active, simply load up the Map and warp to the Event Room, where you can play directly with all of your fellow competitors.
This is just the first of many new updates we plan for 2018 so make sure you follow us on Facebook and on Twitter for the latest.
We've been listening to all your comments, so keep an eye out for new games, clothing and rewards coming soon!
Thanks again for your continued support!
Good Luck and Have Fun!
Hi Jennoula,
Sorry you're having trouble playing. Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with more details about what's happening and we'll see if we can help you with some troubleshooting.
good evening again I sent the message that you consulted the support. if you know when they will see it and they will do it ?because my husband has parkinson and other health problems and this game helps him psychologically and thank you for that.Please do something quickly because he is sad and afraid that his account will be lost.Many thanks again
Love the update, but the chat keeps jumping every line, which is very hard on the eyes.
Love the update, but the chat keeps jumping every line, which is very hard on the eyes.
Yup -- we noticed that this afternoon too. We'll get that fixed up and updated. Appreciate the feedback!
the public spaces and the private spaces, is loading slowly than before the major update, maybe can dhis fix it?
Newbie with a question..
How do I remove the bingo dauber from my hands?
Want to be used Only in bingo.
Thank You
Newbie with a question..
How do I remove the bingo dauber from my hands?
Want to be used Only in bingo.
Thank You
Welcome! If you no longer wish to have the dauber in your hands, simply go to the Avatar Customization area in the Main Menu by pressing OPTIONS on the controller. From there scroll down to the Left/Right hand where you have it on and then select Bare Hand from the list.
Hope you're having fun!
Will this update also be coming to the PS4 version soon?
When u get update i start four kings and game dont show me press button and i cant play pls help i have very much chips pls help
Try deleting the game and redownloading. You can also try removing game save data:
In the XrossMedia Bar, go to Settings.
Choose "Application Saved Data Management".
Select "Saved Data in System Storage."
Choose "Delete".
Select the saved data for the game you would like to delete and follow the on-screen prompts.
I do it but nothing
Loving the new Lobby - confusing for a while, nice to see the new updates and improvements, please make War a little faster like B6Wheel, dragging out paying out winnings and collecting cards though!
Thanks from me
PS4 User
United Kingdom!
I am pumped that you guys are FINALLY utilizing the event room for what it was originally intended for. Now,,, can we maybe get a change up on the slot machines for the tournaments???
"Trust but, verify"
You now have your choice of slot machines for tournaments.
the camera rotation is not saved, and you also have to wait longer before going to another space,
Yes i noticed there is a slightly longer delay now in changing areas on the loading screen, thought this was just me however seems to be a wider issue though. Just waiting for update 1.21 to finish now....
Wish you could see the VIP levels at the VIP pass give select screen of other players on friends list before recieving the message
this player is already a VIP!!! so frustrating to do this everytime...
Please Digital Leisure: The Casino sound effects should ONLY be for when you are walking around in the lobby. Not in the rooms (Poker, BJ, VIP, etc.) and definitely NOT once you sit down to play a game. I think it really adds a nice ambiance to the new lobby, but becomes very annoying (very quickly) in all other cases. It's inescapable unless you turn off all sound effects and that is a detractor from the overall experience. Please fix this soon. Thank you, Alan
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We are planning on adding a feature that will allow you to toggle the ambient sounds.
Hopefully we can add it into our next update.
i'm sorry to ask but where everything is gone?
only 4 of the new slots in the public area? i'm trying to test it for 1 hour now. it's always full... no more 888 in public area... ??
there is a LOT LESS machine in this update
also. where are the new tournament poker on vip???
sorry but if the new design sounds fun the content is a big deceit to me.
i'm sorry to ask but where everything is gone?
only 4 of the new slots in the public area? i'm trying to test it for 1 hour now. it's always full... no more 888 in public area... ??
there is a LOT LESS machine in this update
also. where are the new tournament poker on vip???
sorry but if the new design sounds fun the content is a big deceit to me.
There is a bank of 4 of the new slots in the main game floor, as well as 5 in Bingo, 5 in the Poker room, 5 in the Blackjack room and 4 in Bowling. If you have VIP, there's also a bank of 4 Winds of Fortune slots in the VIP room and 4 in High Rollers for those with VIP 2.
If you're looking for Crazy 888s machines, there are 4 on the upper level of the main game floor, 5 in Poker, 5 in Blackjack, 1 in Bingo, 8 in Bowling, 2 in VIP, and 2 in High Rollers.
A lot of machines in the old lobby were sitting empty, simply due to the number of players that could be in one room at any given time. There should be plenty of machines around the casino to let you play the game you want, when you want.
We also replaced one of the Ring Poker tables in VIP with a Tournament Poker table. So there are 3 Tournament tables there now, in the same area where poker has always been.
Hope that helps!
thanks for the answer! i didn't see the upper level and my last comment was also à little too fast for the poker
the public spaces and the private spaces, is loading slowly than before the major update...


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These milli-electrodes have a 2 mm ± 0.2mm diameter disk of electrode material with a fine wire or fiber which is epoxied in glass. This enables repolishing of the microdisk and provides an effective barrier against solution leakage in a wide variety of solvents. The electrode body dimension is 9 cm in length and 4 mm in diameter. The operating temperature is 5- 80°C.
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People suffering from agnosia can still interact with others normally. As such agnosia affects a single pathway when brain suffers a certain damage. The pathway might connect primary sensory areas that store information and knowledge. The primary sensory regions mainly include visual or auditory cortices. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, neurological disorders are responsible for 4.5%-11% of all illnesses including low or high income economies.
Brain imaging techniques such as CT or MRI with or without angiographic protocols is required to characterize a central lesion such as hemorrhage, infarct or mass and also might check medical history of the patient and atrophy suggesting a degenerative disorder.
Many individuals suffering from agnosia can still retain their cognitive abilities, such as reading and basic math. The condition affects everyone differently but it can significantly impact the quality of life.
The cause of this disorders may precede the development of primary visual agnosia. Some causes of agnosia include diseases such as Alzheimer's, Pick's disease, Balint's syndrome. Alzheimer's is a common, progressive, degenerative brain disorder affecting memory, thought, and language. Pick's disease is also a degenerative neurological disorder that closely resemble the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Balint's syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by the inability to voluntarily look at objects to the side. Individuals often cannot read, grasp or view one's surroundings as a whole (simultanagnosia).
Some of the most probable causes of this disease are dementia, carbon monoxide poisoning, encephalitis, traumatic brain injuries and strokes. Physical examination is performed to detect any primary deficits in individual related to senses or inability to infer any test for agnosia. According to WHO, the total number of people with dementia worldwide is projected to nearly double every 20 years, to 65.7 million in 2030 and 115.4 million in 2050? The total number of new cases of dementia each year is nearly 7.7 million worldwide, implying one new case every four seconds.
There is no specific treatment for agnosia. If doctors are able to identify the cause, the treatment will be tailored to the specific problem. For example, if an abscess is causing agnosia, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics and refer for a surgery to drain the abscess. Rehabilitation with speech or occupational therapists can help patients learn to compensate for their deficits.
Organizations such as the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) collects and disseminates research information related to neurological disorders. Furthermore, the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has a report for patients and families about this condition. NORD is a patient advocacy organization for individuals with rare diseases and the organizations that serve them.
Key Players
Some of key the players in the global agnosia treatment market are B. Braun Melsungen (Germany), Pfizer Inc. (U.S.), Lupin ltd. (India), Fujifilm Holdings (Japan), GE Healthcare (U.S.), Siemens Healthcare(U.S.), Philips Healthcare (U.S.), F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Switzerland) , Aurobindo Pharma Ltd (India), Sandoz GmBH (Austria), Stellar- Bio Labs (India), Fresenius Kabi Ipsum SRL (Italy), Zhuhai United Laboratories Co Ltd (China), Cspc Zhongnuo Pharmaceutical Shijiazhuang Co Ltd (China), IPCA Labs ltd. (India) and others.
The agnosia treatment market is segmented on the basis of is segmented on the basis of diagnosis, causes, type, and treatment.
On the basis of diagnosis it is segmented into Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and others.
On the basis of causes it is segmented into Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, MELAS, Balint's syndrome.
On the basis of the type, it is segmented into auditory agnosia, gustatory agnosia, olfactory agnosia, tactile agnosia, visual agnosia, and others. Others is further segmented into prosopagnosia and anosognosia
On the basis of treatment, it is segmented into surgery, antibiotics for cerebral absess and radiation of brain tumor. Antibiotics for cerebral absess is further segmented into Ceftriaxone and Cefotaxime+metronidazole
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Regional Analysis
The global agnosia treatment market consists of countries namely America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East & Africa.
North America dominated the global agnosia treatment market owing to the increasing healthcare expenditure. The increasing incidence of accidents and brain injury is leading to development of new treatment methods are some of the driving factors responsible for the growth of the global agnosia treatment market.
Europe holds the second position in the global agnosia treatment owing to the government support for research & development and availability of funds for research. People with agnosia can benefit from speech and occupational therapy provided by the various European medical organisations such as Alzheimer Europe, and the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) to learn how to deal with this impairment in their daily life.
Asia Pacific is the fastest growing agnosia treatment owing to the presence of rapidly developing healthcare technology, increasing stressful life, and high healthcare expenditure. Furthermore in the Middle East & Africa the spending for healthcare was also increased. The Middle East & Africa holds the least share of the market owing to less availability of funds, limited medical facilities, and deprived political conditions in Africa.
Chapter 1. Report Prologue
Chapter 2. Market Introduction
Chapter 3. Research Methodology
Chapter 4. Market Dynamics
Chapter 5. Market Factor Analysis
Chapter 6. Global Agnosia Treatment Market, By Diagnosis
Chapter 7. Global Agnosia Treatment Market, By Cause
Chapter 8. Global Agnosia Treatment Market, By Type
Chapter 9. Global Agnosia Treatment Market, By Treatment
Chapter 10. Global Agnosia Treatment Market, By Region
Chapter 11. Company Landscape
Chapter 12. Company Profiles
Chapter 13. MRFR Conclusion
Chapter 14. Appendix
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At the moment the new feature on Facebook is only in the testing stages but the new "want" button from Facebook will work in a similar way to their existing "like" button except the want button will have a commercial dimension to it.
The want button will allow Facebook users to be able to create their very own online wish list of products in a similar way to they way boards are created on the Pinterest site.
Currently the want button is still in development with only a few retailers being used to test the button and its success at converting interest into purchases.
Monday will see the launch of the Facebook "Collections" feature and this will essentially see users being able to choose either to want, like or collect on brand users sites.
From the description of the collections feature on Facebook users will engage with the function in a similar way to Pinterest. Users will be able to click on an image and then it will appear on their timeline profile page for their friends to be able to see if they want, collect or like the product.
This pilot scheme is being touted as a possible answer to increasing revenues on Facebook. Previous attempts to raise revenue through the enormous user base has fallen short of expectations for investors in Facebook while Pinterest has seen revenue go through the roof through the sites users buying items that were clicked through pins.
At the moment the collections feature is still in testing stages but some big name retailers have been picked to be part of the trial including Victoria's Secret, the Pottery Barn and Neiman Marcus.
While the feature is aimed at bringing in revenue to Facebook the first stages of collections will not see Facebook collecting any money, this could later come through advertising campaigns incorporating the want feature or allowing people to buy products directly through Facebook.
A spokesman from Facebook said: "We have seen that businesses often use pages to share information about their products through photo albums. Today, we are beginning a small test in which a few select businesses will be able to share information about their products through a feature called Collections.
"Collections can be discovered in News Feed, and people will be able to engage with these Collections and share things they are interested in with their friends. people can click through and buy these items off Facebook."
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This hike happened 9 months ago. I was just able to realize lately how I love more trekking on forests than open fields, so I decided to write about it.
I was invited to go on a day hike at Mt. Sembrano in Pililia, Rizal on August 4, 2012. It had been raining for a few days before the hike so I had doubts if it would push through. Allan, who invited me, was so optimistic and said, the sun is going to shine that Saturday.
It was around 4 am while I was walking at San Rafael St. in Mandaluyong City when it rained so hard! The wind almost torn my small umbrella. It seemed that the rain just tested our determination. It stopped when I reached Boni MRT station. I took a bus going to our meeting place, McDonald's Shaw. I arrived earlier than the rest, so I ate breakfast first. We went to the terminal of jeepney going to Tanay, Rizal at 6 a.m. already because not all of us knew one another at first, and each one was thinking we were waiting for more people to come. There was a little bit of sunshine peeping through the clouds, but it was drizzling lightly when we got to the jeepney.
Most of us were sleepy while waiting for the jeep to go, so took the opportunity to recharge before the hike.
It took about 2 hours to reach Tanay transportation terminal (I already forgot how much the fare was, but the range is something like P50-P60). We then took another 30-minute ride via tricycle (P50/pax; the best haggle we got) to reach Pililia, Rizal. Of course we passed by the barangay hall first to register before proceeding to the jump off site, which one will identify when the tricycle would reach a steep cemented road with cracks, and almost impossible for any land vehicle to pass.
We had an itinerary, prepared by Allan, but we got lost several times because of fork paths (we would choose the wrong way most of the time), so I'll just tell how our hike went.
Everything around was damp due to previous rainfall. At the start of the hike, we were reminded by friendly locals we met along the way to be careful because the stones and the path are slippery. Our hike was going smoothly. p>
Until we were able to to reach a "catwalk" with tree roots to hold on to on our left, and a deep ravine to our right. There were two paths on both sides of a big mossy rock. There was an orange yellow nylon rope (the size of a pinkie finger in diameter) on the right side path of the rock, so we thought we did not take the wrong trail, but once you slip, you go so deep down.
While the path on the left looked more difficult because there seemed nothing to step into, although there were large tree roots to hold on to.
I was the third in line. When the two in front of me were able to successfully go up, I nervously held the thin rope. My both feet really slipped, And I felt at that moment I was going to fall into the ravine! Luckily, I got strong hands, and I managed to go back to safety with the helpful instructions of those behind me. And so, we took the left path. When we were all up, it was more difficult. There was no trail! Good thing Sir Ted was leader enough to create our own path by bending stems along the way. The steps were uneven, that we have to gain balance and look where we have to step next before moving. Otherwise, one could fall and so would the rest behind him. And guess what? It rained so hard! I was on the verge of crying, and thinking how are we going to go down on that same trail?
When we were able to go out of that difficult place into an obvious correct trail, we continued going up.
We passed by what seemed to be a staircase of rocks. We were in a rainforest.
When we reached this place:
we thought we were on top. But suddenly the fog cleared and there was still a trail. So we went on. There were two tents on a clearing, and the campers pointed to us the trail to a peak. We went there as fast as we could because we were already hungry and so eager to have lunch. It was so cold and windy.
Our group went up earlier than the others, and went down after lunch. We made the muddy trail more slippery because we slid our way down while holding on to the grass on both sides. It was the easier way we could do. We just warned other hikers who were only going up by then.
We knew that path going to that scary place, so we did not dare go back. We chose the correct trail. On we went and successfully found the waterfalls, which we should have seen on our way up. We took a dip and photo ops of course.
We reached again the house we passed by in the morning, and we bought from the owner pomelo for only P10 each.
When we reached the jump off, the tricycle that dropped us in the morning was already waiting for us. We cleaned ourselves up at the barangay hall. We paid P20 each.
Then somebody told us that the highest point we went to was not really the highest peak. We were just not able to see it because of the fog. So we had one more reason to go back to Sembrano.


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Your Travel Experience with Galapagos PRO
Day 1
Transfer from Baltra Airport to Santa Cruz Island
Arrival at Baltra Airport and then we take you to the Itabaca Channel to take a ferry across to Santa Cruz Island. A 30-minute bus ride takes us to a restaurant in the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island to enjoy lunch, and then continue to Puerto Ayora.
Puerto Ayora and the Charles Darwin Research Station
At Charles Darwin Station, you will get a chance to learn more about the friendly giants that you met in the highlands this morning!
Here, scientists from around the world research the many special tortoise subspecies that are endemic to the Galapagos islands. The highlight of the research center is the breeding station, Fausto Llerena, where baby turtles take a training course over rocks, branches and sandy stairs in prepareation for their upcoming release in to the wilderness.
Visitors leave the station with a stronger understanding of the tortoises, iguanas and much of the flora native to the islands. You'll be impressed by the tiny tortoises, often only the size of your hand, who will grow over the next 100 years to become as large as the adults you'll also meet!
In the late afternoon, you stroll along the main street of Puerto Ayora before embarking on Isabela II. You review the expedition plan for the next day and enjoy the Captain's welcome cocktail and dinner.
Day 2
Santa Fé Island
Morning: A stunning anchorage provides a jumping-off point for visits to this sandy white beach with a horde of resident sea lions. Galapagos hawks are often easily observed, perched atop salt bushes. The endemic land iguana, unique to this island, may be spotted during the walk. Snorkelling and swimming from the beach, kayaking or a ride in a glass-bottom boat rounds off this rewarding experience.
Please Note: The Galapagos National Park has placed a temporary ban on swimming, snorkeling or diving in the waters around Santa Fé.
Plaza Sur Island
Afternoon: The turquoise waters of the channel here contrast brilliantly with the white sand and black lava of the shoreline, while a carpet of scarlet sesuvium succulents (sea purslane) serves as groundcover for a grove of luminescent green prickly-pear cactus beyond, populated by yellow-grey land iguanas. The coastline is dotted with friendly sea lions, while sea birds play with the thermal drafts around the cliffs on this small, but amazing island.
Day 3
North Seymour Island
Morning: The small island of North Seymour is one of the most diverse islands in the Galapagos archipelago. It is only about two square kilometers in size and above all known for of the intensive courtship rituals of many magnificent frigatebirds, taking place here during mating season. The island is also home to large colonies of land iguanas, marine iguanas and sea lions. The characteristic bush landscape features diverse species of animals amongst the aromatic endemic balsa trees.
Las Bachas on Santa Cruz Island
Afternoon : On the north side of Santa Cruz, you will land on Bachas beach - one of the most important nesting sites for the Galapagos Island's sea turtle population.
A hidden lagoon behind the bay reveals a treasure trove of animal sightings - sunbathing iguanas, curious shorebirds, and Darwin finches, mockingbirds and seagulls frolic here. Native plant life is also interesting in this area. Red and black mangroves and salt bushes line the edges of the pond.
In this heavenly place you will also find the remains of barges that sank long ago when the US Navy operated a base on the island of Baltra during the Second World War. Local people changed the word Barges to "Bachas".
Day 4
Bartolomé Island
Morning: Bartolomé in the northern part of the archipelago was nominated for the World Travel Awards 2012 as the most beautiful beach of South America. Here, you will find a fascinating, lunar-like volcanic landscape. At its center, the famous landmark of Galapagos: Pinnacle Rock.
A climb to the highest point of the island offers a wonderful view of the landscape. Take a swim together with some of the penguins who play in the waters and on the shores of the bay here.
Sullivan bay on Santiago Island
Afternoon: Although this beauiful beach deserves its place in the highlights list, the day will surprise you with another highlight: the special pahoehoe lava flows.
Almost 100 years ago, lava flowed across the island and left behind various forms of soil: braided and stringy lava fields alternate with sharp-edged jagged formations. Feel the warm stones of the black, unreal lava landscape under your hands and move back to the time of origin, when volcanoes raged here, ultimately creating a paradise.
Day 5
Transfer to Baltra Island
After breakfast, transfer to the airport in time for your flight back to the mainland, or continue on with your planned trip through the Galapagos Islands.


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KY: Governor Beshear Announces Modern Distributors to Expand in Somerset, Build New Facility
16 May, 2011
Family-owned company to create 20 new jobs, invest nearly $1.4 million
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Gov. Steve Beshear today announced Modern Distributors, a full-line convenience store distributor, will expand its Somerset footprint, constructing a new 12,500 square-foot cooler-freezer facility. The expansion, which will allow the company to remain competitive in the wholesale grocery business, will result in 20 new jobs for the community.
"The expansion of Modern Distributors is a great success story of a homegrown Kentucky small business," said Gov. Beshear. "Managed by three generations of one family, Modern Distributors continues to grow its operations, creating 20 additional jobs for Kentucky families. I congratulate them on their continued success and look forward to working with them in the future."
Modern Distributors began its Somerset operation in 1965 as a small, family-owned vending company and has grown into an organization designed to serve the wholesale grocery, coffee/ beverage and foodservice needs of convenience stores. Known as "Team Modern," the company currently has approximately 1,300 vending, coffee and wholesale customers and employs 179 people between its Somerset headquarters and satellite office in Louisville.
"The new cooler/freezer expansion will allow us to offer ice cream, other dairy products, a full line of food service products and fresh produce to our customer base, helping them be more competitive in their businesses," said Jerry Ray, president of Modern Distributors. "As a convenience store wholesale supplier, this project is critical to our future growth and the expansion of our food service product offerings to our customers. The support from both the state and local community on this expansion has been tremendous. We believe this project will give our facility the capacity we need to grow and create jobs within our organization."
The newly constructed facility, which will be located near the company's existing site on West Columbia Street, is expected to be complete by mid July.
The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved Modern Distributors for tax incentives up to $48,000 through the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act. The incentive program allows approved companies to recoup Kentucky sales and use tax on construction costs, building fixtures, equipment used in research and development, and electronic processing equipment.
"The support that state and local government provides through progressive incentive programs such as this is an important part of helping local businesses keep up with the changing economic climate of the 21st century," said Sen. Vernie McGaha, of Russell Springs. "It is important we give our small business owners the tools they need to keep them around for years to come."
"Family-owned businesses have formed the economic backbone of our Commonwealth and our country," said Rep. Tommy Turner, of Somerset. "It is essential that we continue to invest in family-owned businesses and provide them the support they need to grow and prosper, and I applaud Modern Distributors for expanding their wholesale grocery business."
"Pulaski County has had the good fortune to be the long-time home of Modern Distributors, a great family-owned and operated business, providing a lot of jobs for our citizens over the years," said Barty Bullock, Pulaski County Judge Executive. "The owners and managers have always been great supporters of the community, and this $1 million-plus expansion solidifies their commitment to Pulaski County and its workforce. I congratulate Modern Distributors and hope for many more expansions in the future."
"I'm extremely pleased about Modern Distributors' expansion and investment in Somerset," said Somerset Mayor Eddie Girdler. "As a locally owned company, Modern Distributors has employed hundreds of people and provided quality services to many companies. I want to thank Gov. Beshear and his economic development team, along with the Somerset/Pulaski County Industrial Foundation, for making this important expansion project possible in Somerset."
For more information on Modern Distributors, visit www.teammodern.com.
Information on Kentucky's economic development efforts and programs is available at www.ThinkKentucky.com. Fans of the Cabinet for Economic Development can also join the discussion on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ThinkKentucky or follow on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/ThinkKentucky.
A detailed community profile for Somerset (Pulaski County) can be viewed at http://thinkkentucky.com/EDIS/cmnty/index.aspx?cw=116.


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By Gabrielle.
Remember Boy Sees Hearts? Artist Eric Telchin sees hearts everywhere and captures them with his iPhone. He tells the story of each heart he finds on his website. And now the images are collected in a book, See a Heart, Share a Heart.
A nice pick for a Valentine's Day! It's not sappy or lovey-dovey, so it would even be cute for a friend or your child.


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Early Morning Fire Destroys Crownsville Home
A fire broke out early this morning in the 900 block of Johnson Grove Lane in Crownsville. Upon arrival, crews were met with a 2 story single family home which was fully involved in fire.
According to a tweet sent out by Anne Arundel County Fire Department PIO, Keith Swindle, there are no injuries.
Units operating on a dwelling fire, fully involved on arrival, 900 blk Johnson Grove Lane in the Crownsville area, no injuries #AAFire
— Keith Swindle (@AACountyFirePIO) November 20, 2013
Johnson Grove Lane is a wooded, rural lane off of Sunrise Beach Road which leads to the Arden on the Severn community. More details to follow.
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How can you trust someone you've never met?
The time-honored way of minimizing risk when entering into a business relationship with someone new is to ask someone you trust about them. But what if there is no one you can turn to who has bought or sold a business in your area lately? The next best thing, we believe, is to see what other clients have said.
From the broker's viewpoint, the problem is equally vexing. It is possible to have a round of applause and congratulations for a job well done on Tuesday, and on Thursday be faced with a prospective client who wonders if you can be trusted and if you know what you're doing.
We try to bridge this "credibility gap" by using testimonials and references. It's not a perfect process, but it can help to see what others have said about us. Some of the testimonials are from business consulting clients, but they offer support for the integrity and wide-ranging skills of our broker in charge of business sales, Gary Richards.
Among our testimonials, we are delighted to have comments such as, "earned my trust", and "overcame several challenges".
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"To whom it may concern:
I just wanted to let you know what a loss it is to the Moorpark community to lose Gary Richards. My name is Elad Goren. I am the Chairman of the Board of the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce. Over the last 2 plus years Gary Richards has been an irreplaceable member of our Board of Directors. He has been on countless committees that have made the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce what it is today.
I am lucky enough to be in Rotary with Gary as well. For the short time that I have been a member of Rotary I have noticed that Gary is very highly looked upon and tremendously respected. He has given countless hours of his time to many charities in the community and has proven that he is a true giver. "
– E.G., Chairman, Moorpark (CA) Chamber of Commerce
"Dear Gary,
I wanted to say thank you so very much for the excellent presentation you and your partner made at our second annual Continuing Education Series in Small Business Accounting & Management this past week.
Your program, Using The Balanced Scorecard–Measures That Drive Performance, was well put together, comprehensive, and especially well received by all our participants. On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, Management, and staff of our bank, I say thank you for your contribution."
– A.T., President/CEO, California Oaks State Bank
"…your insight and experience in evaluating organizations have been instrumental in identifying problem areas and offering solutions. Your analytical skills have been helpful in fine-tuning decision-making, and quickly brought confusing and difficult situations into perspective. With your guidance, using statistical information to review what was working and what was not, the future direction of the HSIMC has been clearly defined."
– S.P., President, Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County
"I would like to extend my thanks to all those at SBDC who help make my business more successful. In particularly to Gary Richards whose advice offers the ideal mix of confidence building and helpful new ideas. In an ever more rapidly changing business environment I realize that for my business to thrive I must continually be acquiring and developing entrepreneurial skills."
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"…Gary's experience helped me make good decisions throughout the transaction. Whenever I needed help in solving a particular problem, he was quick to offer possible solutions and help me with the leg work in getting it implemented. Gary not only earned my business, he earned my trust as well. "
– M.S., Salem, OR
"I would like to extend my gratitude for your diligence with providing a thorough cash flow forecast representing a critical portion of our presentation. You overcame several challenges, which prompted a favorable response from Lloyds of London Venture Capital."
– D.S., Westlake Village, CA
If you would like to have a no-charge phone session to explore how we sell businesses and assist business buyers, our broker in charge of business sales, Gary Richards, will be happy to talk with you. He has directed the marketing and sale of more than a hundred businesses, and has developed proven methods to achieve results.
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-As published by the San Diego Daily Transcript 2014 & 2013
Criminal defense attorney Christian M. Ham is recognized by multiple professional organizations. Mr. Ham is committed to providing the highest level of legal representation. The law practice is dedicated exclusively to representing and defending the criminally accused.
The Law Offices of Christian M. Ham offers advanced criminal defense representation in serious felony offenses. Mr. Ham's effective legal representation comes from the combination of extensive criminal law experience and the personal attention given to each case.
In providing the highest standard of criminal defense, Mr. Ham is committed to offering honest case assessments with realistic discussions of potential consequences. The best defense requires immediately identifying and investigating potential legal issues.
The Law Offices of Christian M. Ham provides competent legal representation to San Diego residents in serious felony crimes, driving while under the influence, and criminal misdemeanors.


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text: AFM: Juice Worldwide Takes Sales on 'Pretend We're Kissing' (Exclusive) 2:35 PM PST 11/12/2014 by Etan Vlessing FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Juan Montalvo The indie romancer, starring Zoe Kravitz, is directed by 'Power Rangers SPD' star Matt Sadowski Juice Worldwide has acquired world sale rights to Pretend We're Kissing, the debut feature from Matt Sadowski, best known for his role in Power Rangers SPD. The film sees Dov Tiefenbach play Benny, a nebbishy character who struggles to make a real romantic connection, while Tommie-Amber Pirie is Jordan, a girl hell-bent on proving magical love can exist. Zoe Kravitz (Divergent) plays Autumn, an unemployed, bisexual hippie who is also a self-diagnosed agoraphobic. Read more Odeya Rush, Zoe Kravitz Star in Coach's Fall Campaign Pretend We're Kissing is produced by Peter Harvey and executive produced by Mark Montefiore and Sean Buckley. Ahead of the Canadian indie having its world premiere at the Whistler Film Festival next month, A71 Entertainment grabbed the Canadian sales rights at AFM. "We are so thrilled to have Juice and A71 on board with our film," Sadowski said in a statement on Wednesday. The sales deals were negotiated by Harvey, Juice Worldwide and A71 Entertainment. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Etan Vlessing firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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There may in fact be such a thing as a sure thing in horse racing. Every time cartoonist Pierre Bellocq, better known as Peb, is featured on the pages of the Daily Racing Form he's going to provoke you in some way, whether it's to laugh, to cry, to think or to just smile. It's been that way since April 1, 1955 when Peb's first cartoon, one coinciding with opening day at the old Jamaica Racetrack, appeared on the pages on the Morning Telegraph, then the sister paper of the Racing Form.
A year earlier, he arrived in the U.S., at the invitation of Laurel Race Course owner John D. Schapiro, to do artwork for the inaugural Washington, D.C. International, which gave him an introduction to American racing and led to the job at the Form.
Sometime he tackles sensitive issues, like the one where a horse chastises his jockey for excessive whipping. "You made your point, Mac," he says to the rider. Some are just about fun, like the one where a man, showing off his paddock filled with horses with incredibly long noses, says, "I concentrate on photo-finish breeding." Sometimes he knows just what to say and draw, like the poignant cartoon that showed a saddened Foolish Pleasure in his stall the morning after the Ruffian match race, wearing a Ruffian pin.
With his, imagination, his wit and his innate ability to bring out the true character of a person in his drawings, Peb probably could have gone on to be one of the great political cartoonist of his time, and, for a while, he was getting pulled in that direction. For a few years, Walter Annenberg owned both the Racing Form and the Philadelphia Inquirer and had Peb pulling double duty, doing political cartoons for the Inquirer and racing cartoons for the Form. In the early 1970s, Annenberg sold the Inquirer and the new owners of that paper wanted Bellocq to stick to politics. It was an easy decision. Horse racing, not politics, was his life. "I was born into racing," said Peb. "My father was a jump jockey in the south of France and may grandfather was a trainer. His father was a breeder. I was among horses right from the start." So Peb devoted the remainder of his remarkable career mostly to racing although he has enjoyed sketching other aspects of the horseworld as well..
Over the years, there have been so many classics. He says one of his favorites was the front-page cartoon for the Belmont Stakes, where he linked Philadelphia legend Smarty Jones to Philadelphia legend Rocky Balboa. He's always liked to link a race to current events. There was a cartoon depicting the notorious rogue Coronado's Quest before the 1998 Travers. He took one of President Clinton's recent explanations for his bad behavior, jumbled a few words and made them work for Coronado's Quest, who ended up saying, "Now, I must put it right. And I am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so. I have important work to do, real opportunities to seize." He even managed to make the horse and the President look alike. He says that cartoon is another one of his all-time favorites. Peb does Smarty Jones for the cover of Daily Racing Form.
Another gift is his ability to bring out the character of the people he sketches. Jack Van Berg is rough and gruff. Julie Krone is an imp. Bob Baffert is confident and just a little bit cooler than anyone else. You always know more about his characters than the color of their hair or the shape of their noses. "It's almost some kind of mystical thing to grasp the inner character of a person," he said. "It's hard to explain. Naturally, you want to study the person and try to find out what motivates the person and what their character is and translate that into life." Some people are easy to draw. Some are not. "The hardest person I ever tried to draw was Eddie Maple," he said. "People like him that have fine lines and regular features are hard to do," Peb said. "I struggled with him for a long time before I got down his likeness. Some others have been great to do, like Eddie Arcaro, Cordero, Shoemaker, McAnally, Mandella, Frankel. Frankel is superb to draw. He looks like a cat out of Alice in Wonderland."
Like most of the rest of us, he enjoys the aspects of the sport that bring out its beauty and its class. You'll often find Peb working on a sketch in the paddock at Saratoga, but it will be a rare day that he's at Aqueduct in the winter. " I have tried to bring my heritage and my background from France into this job," he said. "In France and in England, you still find an element of sport and beauty that is at the heart of the racing there. I try to depict that in my drawings. In America, the outlook is a little different. I try to export from my country the sophistication, the charm and the beauty of horse racing and translate it into racing in this country with the addition of humor. Sometimes people may find what I do to be esoteric because I still look at things through the eyes that fell in love with European racing." No such explanations are needed. The important part if that he makes people laugh and think and has done so for over 50 years. It's been a remarkable run.
Courtesy of Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com
Pierre "Peb" Bellocq, the legendary horse racing cartoonist, received The Jockey Club Medal on Saturday night for exceptional contributions to the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry.
The presentation was made by Stuart S. Janney III, chairman of The Jockey Club, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., at a dinner hosted by The Jockey Club.
"Peb's artwork has been revered in the horse racing industry for more than 50 years," said Janney. "He has brought color and humor to our sport through his ingenious cartoons, and we are pleased to honor him for his dedication."
Bellocq, an 89-year-old resident of Princeton, N.J., has chronicled horse racing through sketches, caricatures, and cartoons for more than half a century in the United States and his native France.
In addition to his sketches in the Daily Racing Form, and more recently in Thoroughbred Daily News, Bellocq has painted murals at several racetracks. He received an Eclipse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Racing in 1980.
Previous recipients of The Jockey Club Medal are Daniel G. Van Clief Jr. (1984), Jean Romanet (1985), Richard L. Duchossois (1986), Jack Van Berg (1987), Dennis Swanson (1988), Joe Hirsch (1989), Dr. Charles Randall (1990), Dr. Manuel A. Gilman (1991), R. Richards Rolapp (1992), Kenneth Noe Jr. (1993), Dr. Larry Bramlage (1994), Alan Marzelli (1998), Nick Nicholson (1998), Hans J. Stahl (2003), Louis Romanet (2007), Tom Durkin (2014), and Ogden Mills Phipps (2015).
started out with amateurs and erupted
into the sport it is today," he said
during one of his many visits to Saratoga
Springs to work on "L'Etalon Vert."
"The (amateur) sport is huge in Europe
... The problem in this country is the
word 'amateur.' In France it means 'for
pleasure'; in America it means 'doesn't
know what they are doing," he laughed.
AJA organizes races at almost every race
track on the East Coast (including Saratoga)
and features primarily exercise riders
who have a passion for riding but not
necessarily the opportunity or the size
requirements to become professional jockeys.
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In this week's installment of One album wonders we look at the Scottish band, Shop Assistants. On the eve of the Scottish independence referendum they were officially named on of the Top 50 Scottish bands of all time (see Top 50 Scottish bands of all time).
The band formed in Edinburgh in 1984, originally as Buba & The Shop Assistants). The original line-up was Annabel "Aggi" Wright (vocals), David Keegan (guitar), Sarah Kneale (bass), Laura MacPhail (drums), and Ann Donald (more drums). Stephen Pastel produced, provided the artwork, and sang back-up on their debut single, "Something to Do" on the very short-lived Villa21 Records. Soon after Pastel nicked Aggi for his own Glasgow-based band, The Pastels.
Aggi's replacement was Alex Taylor and with the line-up change came a shortening of their moniker to Shop Assistants. Shop Assistants debuted with Shopping Parade EP in 1985, released on on The Subway Organization, run by Martin Whitehead of Bristol-based band The Flatmates. Its lead track, "All Day Long" was described by Morrissey as his favorite single of the year" which is the sort of endorsement that should, but never did, make a band's career.
Donald quit shortly afterward and without her the band recorded and released "Safety Net" on Keegan's own 53rd & 3rd Records. In 1986, another of their songs, "It's Up To You," was included on the NME's now famous scene-making C-86 cassette.
Having achieved some independent success Shop Assistants next signed to Chrysalis Records, the Blue Guitar Records imprint of which was credited on their sole full-length album, Shop Assistants. Considering its quality, it performed surprisingly poorly commercially. In 1987, Taylor disbanded the band in and formed The Motorcycle Boy with former members of Shop Assistants and East Kilbride's second-finest, Meat Whiplash. They also proved to be one album wonders, releasing just Scarlet in 1989.
In 1990, Shop Assistants reunited -- albeit without Taylor (or Wright, for that matter). This time around original bassist Sarah Kneale assumed vocal duties and the line-up additionally included the addition of Margarita Vasquez-Ponte of Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes on drums. The new lineup released "Here It Comes" and "Big 'E' Power" in 1990 before again splitting up and after which another member (this time David Keegan) defected to The Pastels.


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Artists including Ash Grunwald and Xavier Rudd have put on a show for anti-coal seam gas protesters, many of whom have been there for days and weeks on end. But other local residents say their democratic rights should also be respected.
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About 400 people turned up to a Doubtful Creek cattle property, for an anti-CSG concert dubbed 'Don's party'.
Musician Ash Grunwald was among the musicians there to provide moral support to those who have given up many hours to protest.
"I just want them to know that I'm 100 per cent behind them and I really admire what they're doing," he says.
"When it comes to CSG, I'll do whatever I can because it's so worrying to me."
Down the road from the concert site, behind the gate where recent blockades have been taking place sits the property of Steven Casey and his family.
A Metgasco test well is located on the land.
Mr Casey says while protesters have a democratic right to rally, it's his democratic right to live his day to day life without harassment and choose what he does with his land.
He says his family is subject to prank calls, verbal abuse and have their photo taken each time they leave their property.
"A lot of them are good, they go about their protest quietly but there is a hardcore element amongst them; they yell abuse at the fence, they try blocking the gateway when we go to get cattle out in the truck.
"They cut some locks off and glued a few others up and I know they've done it to our neighbours as well, it's unnecessary."
The Doubtful Creek farmer believes members of the community are being misinformed about the testing.
He says protests should be directed at State Government, not at local landholders and Metgasco workers.
"Go to the next site, or go to a higher level.
"At the end of the day it's our land, it's our decision to have it. I support the people that actually work for Metgasco, they're a mining company, they applied for a license, they were granted it and I don't see why they're not allowed to use it."
But activists argue that the landholder's decision to allow Metgasco to mine for coal seam gas will have impacts for the whole region.
Local resident Dean Draper has been protesting at the drill rig for 12-15 hours a day over the past three weeks.
"We're very frightened about the end result of this whole thing, so that's more scary than the time we're taking up," he says.
"I think what's happening is just an indication of how strongly people feel about their land and their community, if there is a little bit of inconvenience for people well they need to come out and talk to the government about it, because it's the government that's doing this to us."


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Eva Lovia is the kind of girl that loves receiving a relaxing, deep tissue massage when she's stressed out. In fact, the past few days have been particularly stressful for her, so it's time to visit a "special" massage parlor – one where you strip completely naked! Walking into the room while grinning, Eva quietly sits rests on a table and slowly undresses for her nude rubdown.
Once fully naked, Eva lays on the table, ready for the masseuse to enter.
When the masseuse joins her room, he's half-naked and showing off his ripped 6-pack abs. First, the man professionally lathers Eva up with oil and gets down to business. He sensually rubs her nude body, but primarily focuses on that beautiful pair of big tits. Working his way down to the girls lower body, he pours more juices directly on the groomed patched of hair above her pussy.
Totally relaxed with an excited smile on her face, the girl watches him spread the oil, moistening those thighs and everywhere in between! From the way Eva Lovia bites her lip, you can tell she's mentally begging him to rub her quivering pussy.
Flipping onto her stomach, she gives us an amazing view of that big nude ass.
Continuing the massage, he kneads the girls lower back while simultaneously rubbing her clit from behind. Eva adores the attention since before you know it, she's sucking the guy's cock while still laying on the table! Clearly, these two have a lot of sexual tension built up towards each other, and things continue to rapidly escalate. Next, she scoots her naked body into doggystyle position so he can easily slide that dick into her pussy.
Miss Lovia orgasms while having passionate sex with him!
As he thrusts his cock inside that snatch, the horny naked girl moans and squeals in delight. Switching to a POV angle, our sex video zooms closer so viewers can see Eva's naked ass plowed from behind. Minutes later, she mounts him, then sports a seductive smile and an eager aura that's just so ridiculously hot. Rocking back and forth, Miss Lovia finally climaxes while riding him like a nude cowgirl!
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We can once again become bellwether of IT industry: SikkaFriday, October 10, 2014 l Source: PTI
Leveraging next generation technologies like artificial intelligence, software services major Infosys is confident of returning to industry-leading growth and regaining its position as the bellwether of the over USD 100 billion Indian IT industry. Vishal Sikka, who took over as CEO of the Bangalore-based firm in August, has been tasked with putting the firm back on the growth trajectory at par with peers like TCS and HCL Technologies.
"Infosys was founded on this notion, the dream, an idea of a next generation services company with a global delivery model and of pioneering things... We believe we can get back to that consistent profitable growth as well as achieve great growth and once again becoming a bellwether of the IT industry," Sikka said. He added that he looked forward to leading an Infosys that can grow significantly and achieve great profitability.
In the last 70 days since assuming office, Sikka has been engaging actively with partners, customers and employees."We, at Infosys, see a tremendous opportunity in this world that we are emerging into. We have to ourselves deal with this duality of on one hand, renewing our existing services and on the other hand, complementing that with new kind of services," he said. The former SAP board member said the company wants to up the ante on innovation in area of big data, automation, analytics, artificial intelligence etc.
He added that the gap between Infosys and its rivals will not be bridged with practices of the past like merely lowering costs and faster hiring but rather with massive embrace of automation and innovation. Asked when the company expected to perform at par with industry rate, Sikka said he would stick to the three-year journey that Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy had spoken about. The nature of the business is such that there is an inherent latency in the adoption and in being able to see the results, he added. Sikka said Infosys' long-term target was to grow in the 15-18 per cent range, while meaningful revival in the business would be visible within the next two years.