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According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, experts and patients across the heart healthcare community are rethinking their stances on salt intake. While it has been widely held for some time now that high levels of sodium in an individual's diet may pose a higher risk of heart disease, the study seems to suggest that the current dietary recommendations for sodium intake are actually endangering heart health.
Dietary guidelines in America are established by several different entities collaboratively; among these agencies are the World Health Organization and the American Heart Association. Currently, standard dietary recommendations in America dictate that people should consume between 1,500 and 2,300 milligrams of sodium each day. While this behavior is certainly not emulated in the typical American diet (the average American consumes nearly 3,400 milligrams daily), previous nutrition suggestions may actually be the cause of the nation's current heightened risk for heart disease.
The aforementioned study followed more than 100,000 individuals for a period exceeding three years, examining dietary behavior across 17 different countries. Ultimately, the experiment found that individuals who consumed less than 3,000 milligrams of sodium daily (as American dietary restrictions suggest) had a 27 percent increase in their risk of stroke, heart attack or death during that span.
The study is not the first of its kind by any means. In 2013, the Institute of Medicine reported to Congress that they couldn't find any evidence supporting the notion that sodium intake below 2,300 milligrams had a reducing effect on heart disease.
While the American Heart Association has indicated that they remain confident in their prior assertions regarding the benefits of low sodium diets, the FDA has made clear that they will review the studies carefully, potentially initiating more trials. Until then, it may be worth the time of heart disease sufferers to consult the opinion of their physician regarding sodium intake.
To learn more about a heart-healthy diet:
5 Foods That Lower Your Blood Pressure
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Legends of giant or diminutive people are popular in cultures from all over the world. And so, for the first three entries of My Blasted Idea, I'll start with a myth from up here in the Pacific Northwest.
` In the late 1920's, a man named J. W. Burns spent years in the little tourist trap of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, bugging the native Chehalis people to give him any information they had about a mysterious tribe of giants.
` The giants were generally said to be physically indistinguishable from a human other than their large size, and a covering of 'hair, not fur'. One Chehalis man, Peter Williams, told Burns that a six-and-a-half foot 'nude' giant chased him home and tried to knock apart his shack. This, he explained, was why the shack was in such bad condition that he and his family had to move.
` More stories came from a Skwah man by the name of Charley Victor, who claimed to have come across a giant's house in a cave, which he said was later sealed with a boulder. He also claimed that he'd had an encounter with one such giant, up close and personal:
` His dog began driving something out of a hollow tree, which looked like a bear, so he shot it. Unfortunately, he said, it was apparently a naked white boy who had long, 'black and woolly' hair. The boy yelled for help until this huge, hulking Native American-type woman came striding up, also with long hair, and with very dark skin.
` Seeing what had happened, she growled to Charley in Douglas-speak; "You have shot my friend." Terrified, he tried to explain what had happened, but she was apparently too furious to care as she began a medicine dance around the boy. She also told Charley that he would never kill another bear, he claimed, and tearfully added that he hadn't killed any animals since then.
An even wilder story comes from Serephine Long, who wrote that she was abducted by one of these giants, who stuck her eyelids shut with tree gum. He ran with her across rivers and up a mountain before clearing gum out of her eyes.
` She could see by the light of a small fire that she was in a huge cave with fairly nice animal hides as carpet, where she was held captive by the giant and his parents. She wasn't seen in her village until about a year later, when the giant supposedly carried her back (again, with her eyes glued shut), in a state of near-collapse.
` Apparently, she had become very ill and had argued with the giant (in his Douglas-like language) until he took her back so she could at least be surrounded by her own people when she died. Soon, she went into labor with what she claimed was the giant's child, and survived -- but the offspring did not.
` Really? Interbreeding with giants? Or some sort of cover story to explain the pregnancy, if there even was one?
None of these claims has ever been substantiated, and it is possible that some of them were invented to explain strange happenings, or even just to appease Burns. Nevertheless, he seems to have invented a name for the giants (possibly derived from Selish): Sasquatch.
` The public was introduced to this creature on April Fools Day, 1929, with the appearance of Burns' article, Introducing BC's Hairy Giants, in MacLean's Magazine. By the time the Great Depression had come and gone, and everyone was worried about nuclear weapons, most people had forgotten about the giants, even though the Yeti was a popular notion.
` For 1957, the centennial of British Columbia, the village council of Harrison wanted to spend $600 on a PR stunt, and decided on sponsoring a sasquatch hunt. If the people of the world liked legends of the Tibetan Yeti, why not Sasquatch?
` The editor of the local paper, John Green, remembered a Swiss man who was interested in Sasquatch, and so invited him back for the occasion. That enthusiast was Rene Dahinden, who, together with Green, became two of the first people to ever study Sasquatch.
` The idea was enormously popular, and the story was front page news across Canada and sensationalized on the radio. Green remarked at the time, "Perhaps never before has a tourist resort achieved such publicity without actually doing anything."
` Remember now, according to Green (in the 60's), "The Sasquatch with which Mr Burns' readers were familiar were basically giant Indians. Although avoiding civilization, they had clothes, fire, weapons...and lived in villages. They were called hairy giants it is true, but this was taken to mean they had long hair on their heads, something along the lines of today's hippies."
That all changed when a man named William Roe claimed that he had seen a female Sasquatch two years before before the snipe hunt. Although original reports have been lost, he is said to have described something like a muscular and upright-walking gorilla with large breasts.
` Roe, according to Green, "was the very first to describe a Sasquatch as an ape-like creature rather than a giant Indian."
` Immediately following this new description, another guy named Albert Ostman reported that decades before, he had been kidnapped by a family of these ape-people, and escaped days later after getting the father addicted to snuff.
` And why did he wait so long to tell anyone? Because, he said, he thought that no one would believe him. Considering that many of the details of his story don't even make sense, it really isn't taken seriously by most serious studiers of Sasquatch.
So here we have the first two descriptions of a furry ape-like Sasquatch, and neither of them have any corroborating evidence. (Granted, there are a few dubious/falsified reports of gorilla encounters before this time, as well as other Native American legends, but that's another discussion.)
By 1958, these Sasquatch legends had finally reached the United States, where a prankster and construction contractor named Ray Wallace was apparently inspired to make mischief. According to various accounts, Ray was the one who stamped a bunch of really fake-looking tracks around his Californian construction site as a joke (and/or to ward off vandals).
` Shortly after that, the Wallace Brothers hired a new bulldozer operator, and in August, Ray had a little fun with him: This new guy, Jerry Crew, returned to his bulldozer in the woods at Bluff Creek to find a trail of 7-by-16-inch, human-like footprints.
` Thinking that this was just a gag, Crew complained to his boss, Wilbur Wallace (who himself told stories that these creatures threw around the construction equipment).
` After a few weeks of working apart from the others, and finding new tracks all the time, Crew understandably became quite nervous. By this time, he wasn't so sure it was a gag, so he made a plaster cast of the footprint and sold his story to the Humboldt Times.
` The resulting newspaper article was a hit -- it used the word 'Bigfoot', and it mentioned that these footprints might be connected to the Sasquatch. Thusly, Bigfoot was born before the eyes of the masses.
As the Wallaces' construction sites were the only reported places of these tracks, many people (including police), had already suspected Ray of pulling a prank. In 1960, a witness even told one of the Bigfoot investigators that Ray's brother had explained how fake wooden feet were used to press footprints into the ground.
` So, what is more believable at that point in time? That there is a creature whose footprints are only known from the construction sites of a man who is said to have made them, or that he actually did make the footprints?
` While some Bigfoot investigators dismiss all of the tracks, some have differing opinions. For example, Loren Colemen concluded that although most are fake, as they "exactly match the 1960 Bluff Creek tracks," the ones found by Jerry Crew don't match the shape of the 'stompers' that are known and, in fact, must be made by a real Bigfoot.
` That's right, kids, because you should leap before you logic.
In 2002, however, it should be noted that Ray Wallace died, and in his obituary, Ray's son stated: "Ray L. Wallace was Bigfoot. The reality is, Bigfoot just died." Yet, Bigfoot did not die in popular culture. This is partly thanks to Ray's making an entire career out of 'Bigfoot', going so far as to plant samples of feces and processed bison hair (from his farm) for Bigfoot investigators to find.
` Of course, Ray had plenty of stories, many of which were collected by John Green, and which would probably amuse most people. Let's look at several, starting with a letter to the Klam-ity Kourier, (October 1, 1969), in which Ray wrote:
"Big Foot used to be very tame, as I have seen him almost every morning on the way to work..I would sit in my pickup and toss apples out of the window to him. He never did catch an apple but he sure tried. Then as he ate the apples I would have my movie camera clipping off more footage of him..I have talked to several movie companies about selling my movies which would last for three hours. The best offer I've had so far is $250,000."As far as Wallace's films go, they are not public knowledge, although many of his posters and photos are. In a letter to bigfoot enthusiast, Dennis Gates (May 4, 1978), Wallace explains that he wanted
"...to inform you Big Foot hunters that Big Footed creatures are people, they speak a language. I could tell you more about the Sasquatch or Bigfoot than anyone else, I told Roger Patterson where to go in California to see Big Foots. I made ten thousand feet of movies of the Big Foots before I told Roger Patterson where to go..I logged the Bluff Creek area for ten years and the whole crew has seen as many as 13 of the Big Foot people at one time..I could take you to a cave in Northern California where the Big Foots live in a very rich gold mine cave.Did you know that Tom Slick bought Big Foot skeletons for many years and turned them over to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.? legs bones four inches diameter, two and a half feet long between the ankle and knee.I have talked to the Big Foots many times..they didn't understand me and I didn't understand them, but their brown eyes told the story that they are very sad because the bear hunters are killing all their people."It is worth noting that he offered to sell a Bigfoot to Tom Slick, an oil tycoon, but Wallace changed his mind when Slick agreed to buy it. That would seem to have been a claim with no substance, as is his April 15, 1978 letter to John Green:
"Everyone says who has heard Big Foots screams in northern California, before all the Big Foots were killed and hauled down the Klamath River in a tug boat and out into the ocean 12 miles to where was a small ship anchored in international waters and frozen into a block of ice and then transported to Hong Kong and sold, so now there aren't any more left in northern California. or is there if they are being let out of flying saucers."Green was not terribly impressed with these stories. Wallace also wrote to the University of British Columbia (Jan 26, 1981) about some sightings of Bigfoot even before the Sasquatch legend emerged from Harrison Hot Springs:
"Back in 1947 when I had my logging crew on a free moose hunting trip to Canada near Vanderhoof, B.C. we saw a family of six Sasquatches and they were as interested in us as we were in them.I have seen the Big Foots in Northern California and around Mt. Hood in Oregon and around Mt. St. Helens and they all look alike so I know that Big Foot and Sasquatches are all brothers or sisters..the largest BF I have ever seen at least four feet acrossed the chest and very large arms and carrying a large round rock in each hand. I have a movie of one throwing a rock and killing a deer."He also claimed to have some really good photos, in his letter to Green on December 2, 1984:
"Please send me your correct address..I want to send you a picture of one of the male Mt. St. Helens apes that the loggers took this spring as they were feeding apples to an old pair of BFs and the female was carrying a baby, but she never came close enough for them to get a good picture, they got some close up pictures of this 9 foot tall male, I just borrowed the negatives..I want to send all of the BF researchers a picture."Although Green sent him his address, he never received the pictures -- although I did find one of his pictures on the internetz, which he claimed to be of a pregnant female. On October 20, 1989, Green received this letter from Wallace, which is about as wild as one can get:
"I sent you a tape of the songs about Big Foot plus some of his high-pitched screams, I would like for you to set up a meeting with scientists from all over the world to listen to those screams.Our government thinks these Big Foots are being let out of flying saucers. In 1975 I was interviewed by some government officials for 4 hours.. This government official said to me 'Mr. Wallace we think these big foots are being let out of flying saucers' .. This Bob, I don't dare mention his name I don't think, anyway he got up out of his chair and came over to me and shook his fore finger in my face..I say why don't you tell the public that instead of lying to them and saying there are no such things as flying saucers. Bob called me several times after that meeting and he has retired now but he still sends me reports of flying saucers that are being seen all over the world..The last thing Bob said our government are really worried about what those flying saucers are here for. I said its nothing to worry about and its just the full filment of the Bible as it says there will be all types of objects in the skies in the last days."Despite all the evidence that Wallace was suspected of faking Bigfoot from the beginning -- and of making up silly stories -- some Bigfoot enthusiasts insist that Ray's family has disrespectfully framed him as a hoaxer.
` After all, it seems convenient that they waited until Ray died, thus unable to refute their sullying of his good name. Or else, I'd guess, they didn't want him to suffer any embarrassment over this while he was still alive?
So, the first clear record of a furry, "ape-like" Sasquatch was during the publicity stunt of 1957, a sensation which gave way to Bigfoot, which appears to be a hoax. This is not looking good so far for Bigfoot's existence.
` In my next installment, we'll look at a famous Bigfoot film that appears to be based on William Roe's Sasquatch description, and more.

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Dr. Mike Gunter, Jr. is an author and speaker on global environmental affairs and sustainable development. Named a distinguished Fulbright Scholar, Cornell Distinguished Faculty, and Arthur Vining Davis Fellow, Dr. Gunter teaches courses on climate change politics and sustainable development as well as international organization and international security at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL.
A veteran traveler with a decade of experience working for scientists and interviewing ecotourism operators on all seven continents, Gunter has over 50 popular and academic publications to his credit such as this work in the British, Czech and Slovak Review on Brexit. His most recent book, Tales of an Eco-tourist: What Travel to Wild Places Can Teach Us about Climate Change, explores the politics of climate change and positions ecotourism as a lens to better understand this complex, polarizing issue. Available in December 2017 with SUNY Press, Tales of an Eco-tourist showcases travel to an array of high profile destinations, from the hot and humid Amazon jungle to the frozen but dry Antarctic. Part travelogue, part current events expose, these tales of eco-adventure mix history, ecology, and politics, while fleshing out a much-needed personal context to perhaps society's greatest threat of all.
Other recent projects include a 2017/2015 (paper/cloth) book chapter on environmental protests in China within Nimby is Beautiful and a 2016 book chapter with Dr. Julian Chambliss on understanding our urban environment in Teaching Education for Sustainable Development at University Level. Additional biographical material follows below, with a detailed CV here.
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Gunter's first book was Building the Next Ark: How NGOs Work to Protect Biodiversity (2006 paperback & 2004 cloth) with Dartmouth College and University Press of New England. A 2006 Sprout Award nominee, the work was favorably reviewed by both trade and popular periodicals such as Environment, the North American Association of Environmental Educator's Communicator, and the United Nations Environmental Program's magazine, Our Planet, as well as academic journals such as Global Environmental Politics, International Studies Review, Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, and the non-profit journal Voluntas.
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In February 2011 and 2010 Gunter addressed the National Security Institute at the University of Delaware on the Environment and U.S. National Security through a U.S. State Department grant. In June 2010 Gunter was selected to participate in Saint Anselm College's Learning Liberty Initiative, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. During June and July 2009 he was invted by Studienforum Berlin to attend their workshop on Climate Change and Germany's Environmental Strategy. In May and June 2009, along with ten colleagues, he participated in Rollins' China for Professors field study, part of a series of nationally recognized internationalization efforts on the Rollins campus.
In 2007 Gunter served as a distinguished Fulbright Scholar for the U.S. State Department targeting civil society and sustainable development in the Slovak Republic at Univerzita Komenského Fakulta Sociálnych a Ekonomických Vied. During that time Gunter spoke at the Gustav-Stresemann Institut in Bonn, Germany, at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy. Here he addressed the politics of climate change in U.S. foreign policy as well as the links between terrorism and unsustainable development for their annual Fachleiter Conference. Additional grants targeted Tambopata Research Center in the Peruvian Amazon, Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in South Africa, Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and the Antarctic peninsula among others.
Gunter spoke, along with former Vice President Al Gore and noted environmental writer Rick Bass, at the prestigious Stonecipher Symposium on Technology, Communication, and Culture in March 2002. He was on the 2006 Screening Committee for the $200,000 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order and serves as a continuing manuscript reviewer for Choice, Global Environmental Politics, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, and Wadsworth presses. On the Rollins College campus, Gunter serves as director of the International Relations Program as well as the advisor for the Rollins Washington Semester Program and Model UN student organization. He also served as Rollins first faculty-in-residence and director of Living & Learning Communities at Rollins, a series of programs which focused on linking academic and social aspects on campus.
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Well, so far it's looking good on the Doctor Who part of this mod, not quite the level of realism as Fallout Who Vegas as quite frankly the 11th time I went through that form of travel I was on the verge of allowing the Death Claws outside the doors to eat me alive. It's a great mod and all, don't get me wrong he's doing a phenomenal job, just the TARDIS controls are a little repetitive for my tastes. If you are interested in playing a damn good Doctor Who mod for New Vegas then here it is.
Now back to the update, the TARDIS is at a state where I have been able to try out a few methods of transportation, which at the moment is completely random. Adding an actual control for landing is a bit of a complication with the limited menu function built into the game, creating a new menu screen is currently outside of my abilites though so I will have to think of a way to wrap the selection into it no matter how annoying it is. The texturing on the interior is far from complete so no screenshots yet (rather not post WIP shots as it does not look any good at the moment). I've been busy since the 'Journey to the Center of the TARDIS' episode, recreating the coridoors and rooms seen, made all the easier by the BBC posting concept art of the set, measurements and everything needed really.
The more spectacular rooms like the swimming pool and observation room are in progress still, being as large and unique as they are, I am doing my best to keep the poly count low but it is getting more and more difficult. At this rate almost every room will need to be separated through a load door to keep it from lagging on even the most beastly of computers.
As I'm sure it has already been noticed I've not been speaking much about anything non-DW related lately I'll move on to the changes I've been unsure whether or not to go ahead with. I'm still not sure about doing this change or not but I'm putting it out there to see how it would be recieved.
First of all I will note clearly that this is not already done or even decided, I am unsure if I should or not. Second, consider the pro's and con's of the changes before screaming at me for even thinking it. Right, the first big thing is that I am thinking on splitting the mod completely, separating them over different games, keeping Doctor Who on Skyrim and the rest placed into the most appropriate games for the functions and whichever one will proved the best end result.
What would most likely happen is that I will return Stargate to Fallout 3/New Vegas, where guns would be incredibly easy to add and the model importing is done in a fraction of the time it takes in Skyrim, leading to a much quicker release. Battlestar Galactica would also be a possible candidate for placing in Fallout.
Star Wars would possibly be left in Skyrim, although having it in a Fallout game would also be a lot easier and quicker. I might even go as far as to say that I would be willing to do a lot more content for it if I was to transfer to F3/NV.
So basically a large portion of the mod would be pushed into Fallout 3 or New Vegas, pro's being that it would be faster, easier and I would have to deal with a fraction of the amount of crashing in the G.E.C.K than with the Creation Kit. There's also the fact most of the mod would need guns to be at it's best quality, which Skyrim is sorely lacking. A graphical plus to going back to F3/NV means the Stargate puddle (Event Horizon) will be fully animated. Cons obviously being that the progress currently made on Skyrim in the Stargate section will need to be redone and reworked slightly to fit the game better but I guarantee that even doing that it would be out sooner that it would be on Skyrim. To be honest the only reason I pushed the mod into Skyrim in the first place was because I thought it would be just the same process and would simply have better functions and nicer graphics, I was wrong and it turns out it is much more difficult.
I'll be making the decision at the end of the month, comments and opinions from the community will be taken seriously and will factor into the decision. I'll be continuing purely with Doctor Who until this is decided so as not to waste any time if the transfer to Fallout for the others is going to happen.
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Well after the latest episode of Doctor Who, I guess your work with the Tardis just got a whole lot harder :P
Damn right, although the concept art is making it easy to re-create the corridors. Sadly didn't get a closer look at the swimming pool and observatory but should be easy enough to make up the unseen sections. The library will be easy enough although I will have to take advantage of the opportunity to add a few dozen books to make the shelves a little less repetitive.
hey great work here, any chance of star trek or bsg?
BSG will be added after SG, DW and SW, a couple other small mods for others too, Star Trek is one of the few that has never interested me though, sorry. If there's anything specific from it you would like though I might be able to do that, like a weapon or ship to have as a player home.
ive always despised star trek however hav u seen the jj abrams movie? turned me into a believer. anyway will the game hav space ships?
Yeah I actually liked that movie too, not sure why, the one thing I think Star Trek is actually better in is the believable science behind technology (their alcubierre drives world like a real world theory for FTL travel). Yes there will be ships, I have actually been mapping out the interiors for the Stargate ships today. They won't work in the typical way though, it's hard to describe and I'll probably make a news post sometime to explain how ships will work.
I learnt how to model for this mod. I'm glad I did because it's one of the most relaxing things I have ever done, enjoying making the models for the mod more than any other part of it at the moment.
I'm actually getting distracted with making a couple small mods for Kerbal Space Program because most of what goes into making parts for that is the models, the rest is a very simple configuration file which you can essentially copy and paste for each part. If you are waiting for this mod I highly suggest you try out KSP, it's brilliant fun and well worth the very small cost (there is a demo available for free of course).
Anyway, small progress update, I'll get more images up sometime showing a range of new models, which I might wait until they are all textured first as they will look better. In-game things are still going at a snails pace, the CK is literally crashing for no reason now, I am not even kidding. I left it alone with NOTHING rendering, simply after the files had loaded themselves and it was waiting for me to get going, 50 seconds is all it took for it to crash by itself. I need to find out what the problem is as I've re-installed the whole thing to try and fix it already and that made it worse.
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First Prize Winner of the 1999 Dublin International Organ Competition, Douglas O'Neill is an active performer on organ, piano, and harpsichord. He holds degrees from the University of Evansville, the University of Iowa, and the University of Kansas, where he completed the DMA in Church Music. His principal teachers have been Douglas Reed, Delbert Disselhorst, and James Higdon. Douglas has performed solo and collaborative concerts in the United States and Europe, including the Dublin International Organ and Choral Festival. He has also performed at regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the American Choral Directors Association, and the International Trumpet Guild, as well as with the Utah Symphony. He has previously served as Assistant University Organist at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, on the faculty of the University of Evansville, and as Associate Organist and Director of the Organ Academy at Saint Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha.
In addition to his prizewinning effort in Dublin, he has participated in the Grand Prix de Chartres, the Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris, and the RCO Performer of the Year Competitions, and was a finalist in the Grand Prix Bach de Lausanne competition. A dedicated pedagogue, Dr. O'Neill currently teaches organ lessons to private students, and music theory at The Madeleine Choir School, while serving as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at The Cathedral of the Madeleine.
"The second half of the concert... opened with cathedral organist Douglas O'Neill soloing and leading the strings in the German master's Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052. O'Neill gave a virtuosic turn in the outer movements, playing with flair and a nimbleness that captured the fluidity of the music. The slow movement, on the other hand, was wonderfully expressive and elegant.... the interpretation was polished and refined." www.reichelrecommends.com
"O'Neill captured the drama of 'Les corps glorieux' marvelously, as well as the reflective, deeply lyrical character of 'L'Ascension.' O'Neill is a remarkable organist who put his musicality and virtuosity on display Sunday night. Both works demand much of the performer, and he played them with ease while exhibiting his immense artistry to the fullest. O'Neill is obviously at home with 20th century music and specifically with Messiaen. This was organ playing of the highest caliber." Deseret News


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HTC is a multinational manufacturer of smartphones and tablets founded in 1997 and headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. They has announced their new smartphone HTC 10 Lifestyle with attractive features. Lets check it out the whole specifications below.
HTC 10 Lifestyle runs in android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) and it is powered by 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 quad-core + 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 quad-core. The phone pack consist of 3 GB RAM and it also has 32 GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 200 GB via microSd card. Move on to display it has 5.2 inches super LCD5 capacitive touchscreen with corning Gorilla Glass 4 for protection.
As far as concerned about the camera it has 12 MP back hooter with OIS, laser autofocus and dual-LED (dual tone) flash. HTC 10 also has 5 MP front shooter for selfies and video calling. The device has the sensor features include fingerprint sensor, accelerometer sensor, gyro sensor, proximity sensor and compass sensor. About the battery back up it has non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery and the phone comes in carbon gray, topaz gold and glacier silver. Expected Price of HTC 10 is Rs. 41990 /-.
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It has been awhile since I posted about my garden. This summer it was filled with 7 different types of cherry tomatoes. Although it was a rough year for tomatoes, there was a wonderful variety!
In June I picked up some corn seeds at Native Seed Search. I got a variety of sweet corn called Guarijo, which sounds beautiful: "produces cobs with yellow or burnt-orange kernels." I planted it a few weeks late (d'oh) it should have been planted at the beginning of the monsoon season, but we didn't get a monsoon season this year. I also picked up a variety of onion called I'ito's Onion.
You can see the corn in this picture, as well as some Mammoth Sunflower seeds I planted on the right (just for fun).
The green onions are in the front center. The right hand side is reserved for winter plants (I'm planning on beets, carrots, and lettuce). The pots are filled with the struggling tomato plants, and a pepper plant. The plastic owl watches over everything.
We got to amend the soil with our own compost for the first time. I half expected that nothing would grow, or it would be shriveled and malformed. It is exciting to see everything thrive!
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We've had a smashing couple of days, weather-wise, in Perthshire.
Yesterday, after a bit of blackberrying with Delightful Assistant no.1 (the freezer is slowly filling up with frozen berries and plums – roll on winter crumbles), we called in at Loch of Clunie, a few miles to the west of Blairgowrie.
The loch was blissfully still and the sunshine was gloriously warm for the time of year. The clouds were beautifully reflected in the water.
The road runs slightly above the level of the loch, so we parked up and slithered down to the lochside where we stood on a small beach and gazed out across the water. It was very peaceful, and quite delightful to soak in the rays and admire the view.
Although there's still a lovely lot of green around, some autumn colours are starting to come out.
Here's hoping for more days like this throughout the autumn. When the weather's like this I find Scotland hard to beat.
Having said that, I've recently returned from a holiday in the north-west of England, which was pretty good in the scenery department. I hope to post about it before too long but in the meantime here's a photo of Matterdale, near Keswick in the Lake District to whet your appetite.


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How to maintain my beixo?
Remember to maintain your beixo just like any other bike. Exepct the adjusting and greasing of the chain.
Use some silicon spray regulary to protect the nuts and bolts and to keep the bike in perfect condition.
I lost my manual?
Please use these downloads:
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How to maintain the shaft drive?
There is hardly any maintenance needed for the shaft drive system. Only you have to put some ball bearing grease on the rear gear every now and then.
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In this magical bit of Worthy Farm you will find all kinds of surprises hidden in the undergrowth and along the leafy pathways. It's just a stick's throw from the Pyramid and John Peel stages. A place to relax and recharge and have that last beer after the mainstage headliners have finished. There's a fire lighting every night and treetop views of the Tor as well as some new spaces and installations lovingly created by the local crew.
Lighting by Vortex
Willow sculptures and design by Michelle Cain
Soundscapes by Entity
Sculpture by Rob Mulholland
Illumaphonium – a dynamic music-making sculpture.
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Illumaphonium – a gigantic semi-autonomous illuminated music making sculpture – invites the audience to create together; a shared moment of spontaneity immersed in ever changing patterns of light and sound.
'The Gathering'
This new art installation, specially commissioned by Glastonbury Festival, represents the symbiotic relationship we have with our environment and other species and their dependence on one another. The part human-part animal reflective figures stand passively in the woods looking out at a changing world. They convey an empathy and connection with their surroundings and invite us to consider our own attitude towards the natural world. In the centre of the installation stands a monolithic structure that ascends from the lake. It symbolises the intervention of humans on the environment, both in the past and in the future and our determination to impose our mark on the natural landscape.
The installation portrays the potential for a more aligned and respectful attitude to the natural world. I want to convey a positive message and ask the viewer to develop their own interpretation and thoughts towards the installation and encourage a deeper understanding and empathy towards the natural environment.
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Running Grand Prix Cheshire 5k
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Outlon Park has been home to many motor racing events since the 1950′s and has previously hosted the British Touring Car Championship, British F3 and British Superbikes Championship. This is a unique opportunity to choose from a 5k, 10k, Half Marathon or Full Marathon and enjoy the thrill of running a brand new course and racing your way to a new chip timed personal best on this smooth traffic free tarmac motor racing circuit!
Each Mile will be accurately marked out and we have plenty of helpers to keep you quite literally on track and encourage you on your way to that chequered flag finish. Included in your entry fee is a Themed medal, event T-shirt, water and post race goodies – Come and enjoy the day with us; we hope to see you there!
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After spending eight months on their research projects – and giving their first of what could be many important scientific presentations – three Morgantown High School students will be rewarded with a trip to the nation's capital this month.
As part of West Virginia University's EnvironMentors Chapter, Emma Mathers, Kasey Bolyard and Zoie McNeill will attend the National EnvironMentors Fair in Washington, D.C., May 20. Daniel Pan, who tied with McNeill for third, will attend if one of the others is unable to do so.
The students competed against 17 of their peers in a juried poster session during WVU's EnvironMentors fair in late April.
EnvironMentors is a national environment-based mentoring program developed by the National Council for Science and Environment. The program provides high school students the opportunity to work with researchers and professionals to develop scientifically rigorous research projects. The program also promotes future studies and careers in environmental science fields.
WVU was selected as a university chapter in May 2011 and is currently one of 13 chapters. The three students from WVU will compete in the national fair against the top representatives from the other universities for scholarship prize money.
"Our program introduces students to scientific research early and gives them a unique perspective of how college 'works' at the undergraduate and graduate levels," said Catherin Artis, coordinator for the WVU EnvironMentors Chapter. "Many of our mentors are current graduate students performing their own independent research. This means they are in an ideal position to explain the research process and discuss their own transition from high school into an undergraduate program and how that led them to where they are today."
Mathers, a second-year EnvironMentors participant, earned first place for her research project exploring the purification of chemically and bacterially contaminated waters using organic filtration materials. She was mentored by Jessica Odenheimer, a master's student in agronomy from Ashburn, Va.
Bolyard placed second with her project dedicated to using sulfate-reducing bacteria to treat acid mine drainage in West Virginia. She was mentored by Carol Brown, an agronomy student from Avon, Ohio.
McNeill finished third with her project on the analysis of people's views on meat consumption and the environmental health aspects connected to it. She was mentored by Zachary Ryerson, a recreation, parks and tourism resources student from Lone Tree, Iowa.
Additionally, Daniel Pan, also a second-year participant, finished third for his research on the effects of soil organic matter content on Monongalia County B Horizon Soil Water Holding Capacity. He was mentored by Christopher Caplinger, a recreation, parks and tourism resources student from Dunmore, W.Va.
Due to participant restrictions at the national fair, Todd Petty, professor of wildlife and fisheries resources and director of the WVU EnvironMentors program, used a tiebreaker to determine which of the third place finishers would advance.
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These days, iced tea is my drink of choice. It's refreshing, and when you make the pretty floral ice cubes, it's classy!
These days, iced tea is my drink of choice. It's refreshing, and when you make the pretty floral ice cubes, it's classy!—mrslarkin
Serves: 2
For the Pretty Floral Ice Cubes
edible flowers (I use violets - they're all over my yard.)
For the Iced Tea
ounces tea of your choice (I like peach green tea, steeped for 3 minutes)
a few mint leaves
lemon slices, cut in half
pretty floral ice cubes
simple syrup (1 part water, 1 part sugar, heated in a saucepan until sugar dissolves and mixture thickens)
In This Recipe
For the Pretty Floral Ice Cubes
- Boil a kettle of water. (Boiled water gives you a less cloudy ice cube.) Let cool.
- Pick a bunch of clean, unsprayed, unfertilized violets, or other edible flowers, in your backyard or other safe place. Some stores sell edible flowers. Gently rinse flowers.
- Fill an ice cube tray half-full with cooled water. Place flowers in each compartment. Freeze several hours or until solid. Fill up trays with more cooled water. Freeze again until solid.
For the Iced Tea
- Make any tea of your choice. Chill.
- Place several floral ice cubes in a tall glass. Pour chilled tea over. Garnish with mint leaves, gently crushed to release oils, and lemon slices.
- Serve simple syrup in a small glass pitcher and use as little or as much as you like. Leftover simple syrup can keep in the refrigerator for a good while. Add a straw and sip away. Happy Spring!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe for Daytime Drinks
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Refresher
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New jobs at Mechatherm available as it wins multi-million pound furnaces order
Published — 22/05/2017
A Black Country business specialising in the manufacturing of aluminium furnaces has secured new funding from Barclays to support a major contract win.
Kingswinford-based Mechatherm International has secured the multi-million pound order to supply one of the top 10 biggest aluminium producers in the world with melting and holding furnaces.
This order has resulted in 10 new jobs being created at the company, taking the current workforce to 60 staff.
The family-owned business was founded in 1973 by Louis Riley and John Gardner and specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of furnaces and ancillary products.
Mechatherm has a customer base of blue chip companies and exports to more than 50 countries around the world. The company has received a Queens Award for Exporting three times in its' history.
Andrew Riley, chairman of Mechatherm International, said: "We are delighted to be awarded this order which is testimony to the expertise and hard work of our staff and enables us to compete with some of the larger companies in the market place.
"The support from UK Export Finance and Barclays has made this possible and we are delighted they have confidence in the company's management team and financial status to deliver this order."
Lee Clarke, relationship director working alongside Max Morgan of Barclays' international trade team, provided the funding and said: "It's really good to see a local Black Country business winning an order of this value. The business has stuck to its core offering since its inception in 1973 and is today a significant player in the market."
UK Export Finance supported the business alongside Barclays by providing a guarantee under its bond support scheme to free up Mechatherm's working capital to fulfil the order.
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About 50 people attended a Farm Visiit Day at the Gene Brost farm in Raisinville Township Saturday, reviving an annual fall attraction in Monroe County that drew large crowds in the 1990s.
About 50 people attended a Farm Visiit Day at the Gene Brost farm in Raisinville Township Saturday, reviving an annual fall attraction in Monroe County that drew large crowds in the 1990s.
Visitors got to see a 100-acre working farm off N. Custer Rd. that raises grain, livestock and produce.
?I try to stay diversified,? Mr. Brost, a fourth-generation farmer, said. ?I?m really pushing the beef and steaks now.?
He raises about 40 steers and runs a produce stand with tomatoes, peppers, squash, sweet corn, melons, pumpkins and other vegetables. He uses a produce stand built by Alan Matthes and used at the Matthes farm off Dunbar Rd. The Brost farm includes a half-dozen barns and outbuildings and has a hoophouse for growing onions, tomatoes and other vegetables during the winter.
?In the last two years, the ground never froze in there,? Mr. Brost said.
The large yellow two-story home built in 1891 is 121 years old. Mr. Brost?s great-great-grandfather, Jacob, bought the farm in 1880. A narrow strip of land that stretches north to Stewart Rd., the property was part of an original French claim. The farm is 1 � miles long and one-eighth of a mile wide, Mr. Brost, 60, said.
?It was one of the first original farm houses built here,? he said.
Mr. Brost?s daughter, Kaitlin, grew up on the farm and serves as business manager for the operation. Lisa Milhan is the produce manager.
Besides farming, Mr. Brost also drives semi-trucks carrying tomatoes for the Janssen Bros. farm. He is also a member of the Monroe County Agriculture Advisory Council that sponsored the Visit Day. Assisting with the event were Richard and Mary Janssens, who also helped with the Farm Visit Days back in the 1990s, and Herb Smith. Mr. Janssens said more advertising was needed to boost attendance at future Visit Days.


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