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en | N/A | N/A | OCTOBER 2, 2012 12:36 P.M. freddysrevng wrote: Hey, when does that "AAPL will move the GDP of the U.S.A. thing start"?
OCTOBER 2, 2012 1:23 P.M. freddysrevng wrote: I JUST SAW ROCCO PENDOLALALA (EX SEEKING ALPHA SUPERSTAR – NOW JIMMY CRAMER PET) ON CNBC!
Remember the "Golden Days of the AAPL Distortion Hype Media" when you would have Geno Munster whining – "AAPL to $1,000″!Now you have long haired nothing bloggers carrying AAPL's Fanboy water…. Not good…
OCTOBER 2, 2012 2:08 P.M. @ freddysrvng wrote: My brother knows your mother…
OCTOBER 2, 2012 3:33 P.M. freddysrevng wrote: Question: When the "DOA iPad Mini" starts to cannibalize iPad sales and margins, how is that Bullish for Apple?
Talk amongst yourselves then let the rest of us know…
OCTOBER 2, 2012 4:23 P.M. @ freddysrvng wrote: What iPad Mini?Who said anything?Nevertheless. At the end of the day. All that matters: Apple makes more money. Way more. Oodles. And oodles. Because that's a good thing. And they further dominate of the market. LOL. Eat your heart out. RIM's brand has fallen to 93rd spot on the Top 100 list according to Interbrand. Down 39% from being #56 in 2009. Samsung up 40%. Apple up 129% to #2 behind Coca Cola. Try overcoming that perception re RIM and the BB with marketing. That will be an exercise in futility. By post Christmas, brand wise RIM will be sub 101 amongst brands. Call them brand ZERO. Big Zero!
OCTOBER 3, 2012 12:58 P.M. @freddysrvng wrote: What happened to the great QNX Playbook2?I bet you Apple will sell more iPad mini in the first hour than your PB2 total number for the last 2 years… |
en | N/A | N/A | This chunky, nutty green-olive topping was inspired by tapenade, the Provençal black-olive spread.
This whole wheat bread studded with toasted walnuts is divine with foie gras terrine and also delectable with an assortment of cheeses after dinner.
For his twist on the Middle-Eastern salad called tabbouleh, Michael Solomonov pickles crunchy green tomatoes instead of using the usual fresh red ones. Also atypical are the walnuts, which add extra crunch and an appealing toasty flavor.
Curtis Stone uses kale and walnuts to flavor his lemony pasta, but the surprise ingredient is fresh, bright basil, which isn't typically a part of this classic combination. |
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en | N/A | N/A | The Forbidden Kingdom combines, for the first time, the talents of China's two greatest exported movie stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Throw in the choreographer from the groundbreaking Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Woo-Pen Yuen, and you have the potential for one great martial arts film.
Boston teen, Jason Tripitikas, played by Will and Grace's Michael Angarano, who does not even use a hint of a Boston accent, is fascinated with karate movies. He has a reoccurring dream about a bow staff wielding Chinese warrior named the Monkey King. After discovering a staff at a local pawn shop, he is sent into the past, with the staff, to return it to it's rightful owner, the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the magical Jade Warlord.
Joining Jason on his trip is a drunken Kung Fu Master, played by Chan, who is revisiting one of his most famous Chinese film characters, Wong Fei-Hung from the Legend of Drunken Master movies. Also along is Li as a monk of few words and a beautiful girl out for revenge.
As in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the masters seem to float through the air when fighting. It still looks cool, but it is hardly as groundbreaking as it once was.
Li plays dual roles. Besides the monk he is also the Monkey King. It is the weakest aspect of the film. Early on, it is explained that the Monkey King disrupts an important meeting of immortals. The leader of which likes his antics, but he goes away for 500 years at a time so he does not have to deal with his lunacy. The Warlord, however, dislikes him and thus imprisons him. Just why the Monkey King is so important is never elaborated on. In fact, he is quite annoying, and as such, the entire motive of the movie seems rather unimportant.
The Forbidden Kingdom is a fun film to watch, especially for the younger crowd. It does however, lack in any real urgency. Considering all of the action/movie talent that went into this film, I had expected some greater tension. Plenty of things happen on screen, but if you think to hard about any of it, you realize that this is just a remake of The Wizard of Oz. A teenager goes to a foreign, magical land, collects some friends on a journey to a castle. Along the way, a witch occasionaly pops up to harass them. Instead of ruby slippers their is a bo staff. The comparisons are nearly endless. All of the companions play dual roles. The only thing different in this remake is that Dorothy, The Tin Man, Scarecrow and The Cowardly Lion all know how to kick butt. |
en | N/A | N/A | Q: What will it take to get the staff relationships with local high school coaches?
Q: Erik, do you have any detail on how Daniel I's rehab has come along?Now that he is back on the team, is he actually ready for practice at full speed in Spring, or is the plan to continue off-field conditioning with an eye toward being ready to go for Fall practice?
Q: Erik, We canceled the UC Davis. No FCS!The streak will continue. This is amazing news. I can't tell how happy I am. How is the optimism within the program right now?
Are students/athletes still with the coaches?It felt that the team quit when we played Oregon and Iowa, how is morale?
Q: Who do you think ultimately replaces LT Austin Jackson and protects our QB's blindside?
Q: Is SC going to try and scoop up the OT from Stanford in the transfer portal?
As the Pac-12 falls further behind other conferences on per-school broadcast revenues what will USC be more likely to do?
Update: Bohn spoke with CBS' Dennis Dodd on Thursday and clarified his remarks. He said that comment referred to figure out the Pac-12 media rights. Bohn said there is no way for USC to go independent in all 21 sports, but he did specifically mentioned that if NBC came to USC and offered to partner football with Notre Dame, "then that's different."
Also, How much is Alabama paying USC for the luxury of playing the opening game of next season?
Q: I know the "air raid," or, whatever you want to call it requires a lot of receivers, but, couldn't a player like McCoy be utilized more effectively as a safety?
Q: Erik, what are the chances Orlando ignores Helton and has physical, hard hitting practices?
Would the offense respond in kind after taking a beating the first couple days?
Would Helton intervene and stop them?
Also, do you have an updated roster you can share?
Q: Do you have any updates on Stanley Ta'ufo'ou?Is he going to be a contributor this year?
Q: From the defensive standpoint, I feel reasonably good about the experience on the line. The question remains with what many feel was SC's downfall on defense was the line backing corps and the d-backs. Can we expect an improvement this year? |
en | N/A | N/A | What’s Happening At L & B Counseling
L & B Counseling’s Proven Process
When Does a Child Need Professional Counseling
There’s a lot of pressure on children these days, pressures children. Life has become a lot more fast-paced and the emotional need of a child are often overlooked. Unfortunately, many parents believe that any issues their children may have should be solved solely within the family; however, a professional counselor can be extremely beneficial for both the child and the parents.
The following our child counseling services here at L & B Counseling in Charlotte:
Your child is displaying behavioral problems – If your child is lashing out at home or in school, whether it’s getting into fights with schoolmates or siblings, or talking back to teachers or parents, then a you can deal with it as a family.
Your child has begun to isolate themselves – While their friends will change over time as they develop and they will often begin hanging out with different social groups, if you notice your child completely withdrawing from their friendships, it means there’s something wrong.
Your child is constantly sad – Children do get sad at times, especially as a result of certain life events. For example, your child might cry if they get a failing grade for a school project or if a friend says something mean to them. However, if your child is constantly sad or worried to the point where it’s interfering with school or their home life, you’ll want to take it seriously.
Your child has begun to regress – Major life changes often cause children to regress. For example,. A counselor can help your child get through such events. However, if you notice regressed behavior, such as clingy behavior, excessive fear, bed-wetting, and tantrums – and there have been no life changing events to speak of, then there could be a different problem at hand.
could benefit from professional child counseling. If your child exhibits any of these signs, then you should consider seeing a therapist. Be sure to give us a call at 704-995-7312 for a free ten-minute consultation, or visit us online at L&B Counseling to schedule an appointment today.
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Often times, parents may not realize that children are affected by the behavior of their parents. Some children struggle more than others when their parents argue or fight. There are often behavioral signs that children display when they are affected. If you child is displaying signs such as sleep difficulty, paying attention, a drop in school grades or other signs that a child may be having problem coping, contact the experthildren, Counseling, Counselor, Health Tagged With: children, counseling, counselor, Health, mental health, therapist
The modern world is set up in a way where children that grow up in a highly stressful environment are labeled all sorts of things including damaged. This misconstrued perception translates to the ways that the society views these children and the way that they are treated as well. The idea of perfection behind modern society is to shield their children from what is actually the reality of life. On the other hand, children who grow up in high-stress environments are able to adapt and build their lives around the reality of what life really is.
Benefits Associated with High-Stress Environments
The truth is that these kinds of children are able to adapt to various types of settings. Their vigilance is also at a constant high and they are inclined to pick up skills and abilities faster than their counterparts who grew up in low-risk environments. These traits and skills ultimately help them to adequately prepare for the versatile job market by having superior cognitive capabilities in traditional learning institutions.
These children are also resilient and able to handle the disappointment and challenges that are common in life. You will also notice that the children have impeccable memory and problem-solving skills as well.
From time to time children struggle loss of a loved one and other difficult family and social issues. If you feel your child has difficulties with some of these issues, contact a professional counselor who deals with these child issues at L&B Counseling in Charlotte, NC.
Counseling and Dealing with Anxiety
The signs of the disorder differ among individuals. However, irrational fear is common among sufferers. Some of the symptoms of this health issue include:
Feeling of nervousness and fear
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT): This treatment identifies the thought that triggered the fear. The source of the disorder will be helpful in aligning a person’s mind towards positive responses. This technique is the usually used by therapists in dealing with anxiety.
Other forms of treatment are gestalt, existential, holistic, conversion and attachment therapy. However, they are sometimes considered as less effective than the ones discussed above.
Social Anxiety Disorder: Events like interviews or presentations can make some people nervous. People that are scared of social gatherings experience excessive anxiety on occasions. For such individuals, interacting with others becomes a challenge. They may avoid social events as they feel that people will watch them. Therapy can be helpful in overcoming social phobia.
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en | N/A | N/A | .Flights of Artistic Fantasy into Tokyo
Jo Phillips / 13-01-2014 / .Art & Design
On one hand, his body of work comprises large panels depicting densely packed groups of faces, inspired by the crowds of Tokyo. Painse artworks ar.
Many of the Japan – a phenomenon intrinsic to large cities such as Tokyo. And, on the other hand, it combines people and places – narrative figure compositions depicting the human figure within everyday urban and rural Japanese environments.
What is interesting is that all these works were made in collaboration with over ats (all heads being painted directly from life, without use of photographs).
Paintings and drawings made in Japan will be exhibited at Randall’s solo exhibition, ‘Tokyo Portraits,’ from January 16 to March 12 at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Japan House, Regents Park, London. The exhibition will also include Japanese ink paintings and smaller individual portraits of Tokyo residents, such as the writer Donald Richie.
Jo Phillips. Jo is a fashion stylist, creative director and .Cent Magazine's publisher.
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Michael Bur, 41, is accused in the death of Mary Prieur, whose body was found wrapped in a blanket some 200 yards from her home in the village of Lennon, Michigan.
“Everybody knew Mary,” Swanson said at Thursday’s press conference.
“She was just the sweetest, kindest lady,” said Prieur’s neighbor, Gloria Schram, according to another MLive report.
“This is not to be dramatic, but Mary Prieur has been a part of my family since my kids were babies,” Swanson said. “When you’re assigned a case, and you take an 88-year-old lady who is living in peace, and is dragged from her house, raped and murdered, you become [personally attached] to find out who did that. That’s not right.”
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en | N/A | N/A | Opinion: What’s an Investor to Do Now?
The October massacre of 2008 cost many investors (as opposed to short-term trades) dearly. Those who held all the way down must decide whether to sell portions of their holdings when the market rallies, or hold – with the expectation (or more likely, a prayer) for a full recovery.
Professional advisors, who get paid regardless of how badly their stock picks perform, suggested that not panicking was a good idea when the decline began. That idea didn't work too well.
The truth is professionals cannot consistently beat the markets and relying on the advice of others may make you feel good about about your decisions, but it's probably not going to do any good. Do listen to advice and try to make decisions that suit you and your comfort zone.
I'm not going to offer any market prognostications. Instead, I suggest that investors consider the idea of reducing risk and hedging portfolios. After due consideration, you may decide that hedging is not for you, but it's foolish to blindly hold stocks with no consideration given to risk involved.
The easiest hedge is to simply sell part of your holdings. Or you may decide to adopt an option strategy on a portion of your portfolio. You'll lose less on a decline and earn less on a rally. This method is not for everyone.
You may also adopt basic option strategies. You have a choice between paying top dollar for insurance (option prices have receded a bit in recent days, but are still closer to historical highs than their average levels), or limiting upside potential by adopting a collar or covered call strategy.
The collar provides excellent protection against a further decline, but severely limits upside potential. The covered call provides little protection if your stocks tumble, but does provide some profit potential on a rally.
Not an easy decision for most. Insurance is costly and most people who held this long may be unable/unwilling to take large losses and refuse to consider hedging positions with options.
Try to put your emotions aside and consider your tolerance for risk and your desire for profits and reach an unemotional decision. No one buy you knows if holding is right or wrong, but you know just how much risk you an tolerate, and how secure your finacial situation is.
Your decision may not be suitable for others, but that's not your concern. Take care of your needs. The future is uncertain. |
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en | N/A | N/A | For many people, is an indisputable tenet of Christian orthodoxy. In their view, rejecting or modifying this belief is tantamount to rejecting Christianity, itself. But a growing number of believers disagree. They argue that we can have a loving God or we can have eternal hell, but we can't have both. "Hellbound?" is a provocative, critically acclaimed documentary that wades right into the center of this debate. Featuring interviewsl; screenwriting guru (and atheist) Robert McKee; self-proclaimed exorcist Bob Larson; the purveyors of a "hell house" in Dallas, TX; "Oderous Urungus," lead singer of the rock band GWARm. |
en | N/A | N/A | Woods still dreams of eclipsing Nicklaus' major record
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When Rose initially asked him if he thought he would get 18 major wins, Woods replied: "To be honest with you, no."
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en | N/A | N/A | No judgment there. The most commonly asked question, coupled with an extremely confused face, when I have lived in and out of hostels is… “You’re living in this country? Like… for a long time?”
It was often hard for many backpackers travelers to understand, and was amusing when I talked about it with them. However, they’re on a different path. Their main destination seemed to be “everywhere”, which I think is pretty cool.
I enjoyed trading stories and nomad experiences with them, because most of these people are seasoned movers, full of life, and curious for what life has to offer in different countries.
But when you’re constantly in a new and uncomfortable environment with horrible air, power outages, sometimes lack of basic needs, and you see that many people simply live these ways and adapt, it strikes on a few heart chords.
You also adapt to not looking over your shoulder every five seconds in these run-down areas, because that is the norm of many places. They are actually much safer than the projects in America, but that’s a story for another day.
I realized when I came from the states that there is a ton of processed food everywhere in the world, not just backed by major US corporations.
I became so much more thankful on a daily basis simply to have access to Internet and a nice computer to research the things I needed to put in my body, and avoid.
5. You Recognize How Many Influences Are Not Your Own
Protect the center of your mind and always make sure that you’re weeding out what doesn’t help you become the best you.
Take What You Can Learn – Always
I can guarantee some fundamental changes will happen when you’re traveling, and these types of shifts especially occur when you’re outside your home country for months or years at a time.
Always teach what you’re particularly versed in, and learn everything you can.
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Also, the heroine Jasmine Flynn first appeared as the best friend of the heroine of The Look of Love. To be honest, I don’t know whether to be amused or be ridiculously distressed by the fact that the author, by linking this paranormal fantasy story to a down-to-earth urban contemporary romance, suggests that all the characters in The Look of Love are going to be in deep doo-doo in the foreseeable future. The idea of Carmel Matthews going all Buffy on demons boggles my mind, I tell you.
Okay, okay, the story. Love’s Potion tells the story of our heroine Jasmine who is at some crossroads in her life after her last love affair ended pretty badly (he was married and she was waiting for him to leave his wife, fool that she was). A new job in a new town isn’t doing her any good in terms of healing. Then she buys a perfumed bottle and releases a djinn. The djinn, Raziq, watches HBO and has a Gmail account, but that’s not all he has. One look at him and Jasmine’s a goner. However, being able to see and communicate with an otherworldly being has some drawbacks: Jasmine soon finds herself being able to see and communicate with other kinds of otherworldly creatures. Like demons. And then there’s this thing about djinns coming in handy when it comes to ruling the world so demons have their human henchlings in the form of wizards and witches on hot pursuit of |
en | N/A | N/A | Ps”.e:y that : both Marxists. |
en | N/A | N/A | “I’ve always had a lot of goals, but I didn’t have the support I needed to accomplish them. Now I have everything I need to change my life thanks to the Family Success Center.”
Willie found that support system at the Family Success Center and says her path to success is now more exciting than she ever imagined.
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en | N/A | N/A | Geeks are just the cultured lot in a cool crowd.
Gone are the days when the word 'geek' was. Geeks are the flagbearers of culture and knowledge - the very foundation of a society that questions things, and believes in magic and miracles. Geeks make up fandoms, and are the storehouses of everything 'cool'. Why, then, should fashion be excluded from that list? Aksheev Puri, an established blogger and a connoisseur of all things cool, is a firm believer of the same, and is stepping in with a fail-safe guide for nailing the perfect 'cool geek' aesthetic, without compromising on the comfort bit.
Aksheev is a fashion blogger who specializes in menswear. His blog 'Dapper Square' deals with men's fashion, and is a repository of tips and tricks in terms of personal style for fashion enthusiasts. Aksheev believes that nothing can make a more powerful fashion statement than incorporating pieces one is actually passionate about - which perhaps explains the brazen confidence of fandoms in terms of their fashion sensibilities, even though all of them essentially are wearing different versions of the same outfit. Also, there is a special thrill involved when you are trying to merge in with 'your people', while distinctively standing out at the same time. Oh, the playfulness of it all! What, honestly, can be better for fashion?
According to Aksheev, you are not a true geek if comfort is secondary to you. Yes, you will go that extra mile to pull off that look you have been obsessing over for days, but you will not compromise on comfort. You will strive to find that perfect balance, so that you can have it all - just like you have been painstakingly conditioned to, by all the heroes you look up to. Here, he explains how to achieve the perfect 'geek look' in 3 simple steps.
1. Put on the nerdiest t-shirt you own.
1. Take out your favourite, most comfortable pair of relaxed jeans. While wearing it, throw in a little twist. Instead of keeping it loose or doing multiple folds, do one big fold in a way that exposes your ankles. Odd? Yes. Cool? Hell yes!
You can choose to do a partial tuck with the t-shirt, or leave it open, according to the badassery level you want to go for. Keep it minimal in terms of accessories, as this look is self-sufficient, and absolutely does not warrant anything 'extra'.
And voila! You are now ready with your armour to embrace the awesomeness that you believe in, while still being comfortable in the cosy familiarity of your favourite pair of jeans. |
en | N/A | N/A | blog home Auto Blog
A one vehicle car crash occurred Thursday, October 26th and claimed the life of one person.
Tragically, Danian Cantu dead at the scene.
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At approximately 2pm po between a white Plymouth Neon and a white Nissan Titan. The accident put a passenger of the vehicles into the hospital. Details of the crash have been initially muddled due to differing descriptions of what occurred. Police are asking for any bystanders or witnesses to please come forward to help with the details. |
en | N/A | N/A | "Tell Me Why" we love this new track from Michael Push Ft Stevie so much?!
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Sardinian born, now London based, DJ & producer Michael Push is no stranger to success. His broad taste and love for the 4/4 beat means he can straddle the boundaries from underground vibes through to a more commercial, crossover sound. He broke into the scene in 2012 with his single ‘Freeze’ which garnered MTV Dance Chart success and was signed to the legendaryDisco:wax imprint. He has worked with X-factor contestants, had official UK Dance Chart successes and been featured and highlighted in the past by the likes of DJ Mag as new musical talent to look out for. |
en | N/A | N/A | To watch our worship services via livestream, just visit our YouTube channel. CLICK HEREhers. We do ask that if something technical goes wrong please let the leader and the hosts work it out. It is not helpful for people to turn on their own mics and start talking, it really only adds to the confusion.
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The Spirit calls.
The spirit coaxes.
The spirit goads when it must.
The spirit moves, sweeps, and whispers.
May the spirit be with us now as we worship.
Move over us, Holy Spirit.
Sing in our hearts the Good News of God’s people.
Encourage us from the past.
Call us from the future.
Be with us in the present.
and work for a bold new tomorrow. Amen.
We are constantly surrounded by God’s reconciling love, we live and move and have our being in God’s unconditional, steadfast love. But we are not always aware of it.
I invite you to intentionally rest in God’s reconciling love now. You may want to close your eyes, or let them rest half closed. Become aware of your breath. You don’t need to control your breathing, just become aware of where you feel your breath in your body. Experience each breath, as a loving gift from God. I am going to read a few words from scripture then we will sit in God’s reconciling love for several minutes. If you feel your mind is getting distracted, silently repeat the words of scripture to yourself and return to resting in God’s loving presence.
“My heart exults in the Lord,” Thanks be to God!the witness of the early church. Thanks be to God!
and doers of your word. Amen.
We can easily imagine one country provoking another country to violence.
We see in the news constantly the accusation that terrorists, or protestors, or even just peaceful demonstrators “provoke” authorities to use excessive violence.
And we can ask the question, “Who provoked whom?” Are Palestinian terrorists provoking Israeli violence; or is it the Israeli treatment of Palestinians that provokes terrorism. That is a horrific and real cycle.
“To provoke” has that harsh incendiary quality to it. It can feel quite negative and toxic.
The author of Hebrews wants us to provoke something positive, namely love and good deeds.
The 23rd Psalm has this line, "Your rod and your staff, they comfort me." If you think of how a rod or staff is used to manage sheep, "Comfort" is a curious choice of words. The rod or staff is used to poke and prod the sheep to keep them going, occasionally to grab them around the neck and move them along. If you are a wool covered sheep, that might not be so bad. But I can’t imagine in the moment much appreciating being smacked by the shepherd’s rod.
The Hymn "Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness" has this line in the second verse, "Ynd/and goaded your people with a law and a land."
Goading is the proper term for that poking and prodding to keep the heard going in the right direction.
The author of Hebrews does use the expression "encourage one another” further on in the text, but I think the author was intentional about using the word provoke. Receiving the goad, receiving the prod, is sometimes going to be unpleasant for the one getting the poke or the crack.
The prophetic tradition that comes to us through the Bible is about goading, prodding, provoking people to justice. It involves both a carrot and a stick, both vinegar and honey, both law and promise. It is not always a pleasant experience.
In the context of Letter to the Hebrews that we heard from today, an early Christian community is in decline, the members of the community are tired and discouraged. Jesus was supposed to have come right back and he didn't. They are still waiting. Members of the community have died who were expecting to see the second coming. Folks are finding it challenging to live a Christian life in a culture that offers no support for it. They are feeling discouraged by the insurmountable evil that persists in the world.
Despite the resurrection of Christ, Sin and Evil continue. What are we to do with that? Wn if it didn't bring an end to sin and evil in the world? If anything, it often made early Christians the focus of violence.
We could allow the evil we continue to witness in the world to twist us into identifying either as victims or oppressors, or a combination of the two. We certainly see lots of violated people perpetuating violence in the world. "I was wronged, and somehow, that gives me the right to wrong other people."
Jesus offers us an alternative to the self-perpetuating system of victim and oppressor... Jesus offers the very difficult path of repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
We need to be poked, prodded and goaded to take that path, because it is difficult.
Repentance requires that we acknowledge when we've caused an injury, whether we intended it or not. Repentance requires that we acknowledge HOW we caused injury and stop causing the injury. Genuine repentance requires that we participate in the healing, making things right, and commit to never doing what we did to cause the injury in the first place.
We often need to be poked, prodded, goaded and provoked to keep us living love and doing what is right because it is difficult.
For several hundred years, the church identified with the imperial and colonial powers of Europe. The church became privileged and forgot what it was like to live in a culture that didn't support it.
But the early church, the first several generations of followers of Jesus lived in a very different reality in which the imperial powers regularly put followers of Jesus to death. People made tremendous sacrifices to follow Jesus.
Today we are learning to live again in a world that is less supportive of our Christian identity. That is not the worst thing in the world. Jesus did not say that we had to have imperial power and privilege to follow him. In fact, Jesus was known to say,No, the worst thing for followers of Jesus is when we let the evil of the world twist us into being victims or oppressors or some combination of the two, justifying perpetuating violence in the name of Christ. The worst thing is when we allow ourselves to be provoked to anger, hatred and violence rather than love and good deeds.
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We remember that on the night before he died, Jesus sat at table with his friends. He took a loaf of bread, gave thanks for it, broke it, shared it with his friends and said, “Take, eat, this is the bread of new lifee.” O God, We remember!
We remember on that same night he took a cup of wine, gave thanks for it, shared it with his friends and said, “Share this cup, this is God’s promise poured outLoving God, Send your Spirit among us. Fill us, these gifts and what we do with your presence so we might be nourished in this meal to follow your call. Amen.
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The phrases are well within the dictates of the rāga without compromising on the rāgabhāva. The felicity with sāhitya of the poet N S Cidambaram is also brought to light. There are also different versions of rāga-s with the same name.
Chidambaram, N S, “NavagrahaNallanjali, by N S Cidambaram,” MusicResearchLibrary, accessed July 23, 2021,
Dhandapani, M N &Pattammal, D, “Raga Pravaham: Index to Carnatic Ragas, by M N Dhandapani& D Pattammal – 1991MahaVaidyanathayyar, RamasvamiAyyar&Anayya, “Melaragamalika of MahaVaidyanathayyar and Kirtanas of RamasvamiAyyar and Anayya, 1903,” MusicResearchLibrary, accessed July 22, 2021,
Narayanaswami, Dr P P, “Ragamalika Compositions in Carnatic Music – Part 1”, Special Features,, accessed on 20th July, 2021
Purushottaman, Suguna, “Ragamalikas”, accessed on 20th July, 2021
Ramanathan, Hema, “Rāgalakshaṇasaṅgraha”, pub.by N Ramanathan, Chenna, 2004, First Ed.
Rao, B Subba, “Raganidhi, A Comparative Study of Hindustani and Carnatic Ragas”, Vol.2, pub.by The Music Academy Madras, Madras, 306, T.T.K. Road, Madras, 600014, 19931-4Sambamoorthy, P, “Vol.I (A-F), pub. by the Indian Music Publishing House, Madras 600001, 1984, Second Ed.
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Yuen Long in New Territories West has been a hive of construction activity, with new property projects announced almost every week.
Across the western area of Yuen Long, including the suburbs of Tong Yan San Tsuen, Ping Shan and Tai Tong, there are 14 new residential projects on the market, according to an electronic platform that gives details.
Most have been on the market for a while, except the two latest ones being marketed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) and New World Development (NWD).
Scheduled for completion later this year, the second phase of the Grand Yoho development will offer 826 residential units, spread across three blocks, in total in a diverse layout mix, from 394 sq ft to 2,125 sq ft. The majority of units will be laid out as two- and three-bedrooms.
The first batch of 166 units has just been released for sale. Stripping off discounts, the units come with a price tag of approximately HK$12,000 to HK$17,000 per square foot, which is about 20 per cent more expensive than those priced for the first phase. Selling prices range from HK$6.7 million to HK$21 million each.
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Sun Hung Kai Real Estate Agency assistant general manager Allen Woo adds that the company is planning to launch St. Moritz, a low-density project offering 60 homes, in Kau To Shan, for sale as early as in the second quarter when it is completed.
In Tong Yan San Tsuen, NWD is also marketing Park Villa, the company’s fourth development in the area, following the sales of The Woodside, The Woodsville and The Parkhill.
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Tong Yan San Tsuen is a planned low-density neighbourhood in a tranquil country environment. To its north is downtown Yuen Long, which has all the amenities of a modern city. It also neighbours the Hung Shui Kiu development area to its northwestern edge.
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en | N/A | N/A | I’ve always lived in Pennsylvania. Until 2016, my life in the commonwealth was ordinary as far as following local government and politics. I voted in every election, even the municipal ones in odd-numbered years, but I didn’t pay much attention. A township supervisor lives a couple of doors down from me. Her son lives next door and the house I live in used to belong to her daughter. For years, I voted for this woman to represent me on a board of supervisors I thought didn’t have much power beyond keeping my short cul-de-sac street oddly well treated in the winter. One election year, my neighbor supervisor stood in front of the polling place when I went to cast my ballot. I smiled and said hi to her and some other candidate. “Do the right thing,” she said to me in a gruff, ominous tone. I went in and voted for her, the only Republican I’d select in any race for decades.
The thing that jolted me into political awareness was the 2016 election. After that shock that we really all should have expected, I reached out to the local den of political power, the West Deer Democratic Committee (WDDC), and said I wanted to help. I wanted to do “more than listen to Pod Save America,” I told the guy that replied to my email. He thought I was a perfect fit and I was soon appointed to represent my voting precinct.
WDDC was tiny and scrabbling for traction in West Deer, a place where the majority of people were registered democrats that voted republican. Trump won the majority of votes in 2016 and 2020. A large number of homes displayed Make America Great Again gear and when their re-election campaign was unsuccessful, the MAGA stuff gradually receded to give way to giant “Biden Sucks” flags and “Let’s Go Brandon” merch.
Our little fledgling committee tried to do the work of political organizing without advertising our “liberal” ideas. It was a righteous campaign led from the shadows, foredoomed to fail. We did get a few Biden signs in yards for the 2020 election. Huzzah!
Outside of the dismal political landscape, West Deer is an average representation of exurban southwestern Pennsylvania. At the northern edge of Allegheny County, most people aren’t eager to be included in county business. “We don’t really want to be advertising that, do we?” the Chairman of the West Deer Planning Commission once asked laughing as the header for the township’s website was projected onscreen. West Deer Township is printed on one end with Allegheny County PA on the other, the two separated by only a silhouette of a non-native deer. Allegheny County imposes things like a ban on open burning that’s viewed as a nuisance to people that still view their community as a rural place even as the population grows with each sprawling housing plan.
2010 census information listed on the township website identifies the racial makeup of the municipality as 98.8% white. By 2020, West Deer demographics reported by the census bureau found the township to be 98.2% white and 97.7% white alone, not Hispanic or Latino.
It took many years in this environment, which is notably nearly identical to the extremely rural part of southern Washington County where I spent my youth, to realize that I had little idea what my neighbors thought about anything. That is to say, before the Trump signs showed up, I figured we were all moving through life, doing our best, wishing each other well. And it occurred to me during the fierce disagreements of 2016, that I was able to believe this because we never talked about anything of substance.
I was very involved in the community, a Girl Scout troop leader and a Sunday School teacher and the person that spent all year organizing Vacation Bible School. It’s been my life experience that once I notice something, I can’t stop seeing it. A stain on a shirt or a cobweb in the corner or white silence. These are all things that I’ve never been able to ignore again after they’ve caught my eye even if I don’t do anything to clean them up. I still keep seeing it.
And I noticed amid all my community volunteer busyness that we carefully observed polite conversation. It was known that I had a history of mental illness, but I wasn’t one of those “weird” people, so I got to cosplay as a good white woman. This made me uncomfortable, but it wasn’t until the church, a pillar of West Deer community, tackled the mental health crisis caused by two high school student deaths by suicide with rubber bracelet handouts emblazoned with the phrase “You Matter” that I just couldn’t take it anymore. I found the nearest exit and never went back. Metaphorically. As it happens, you can’t actually get very far away from the crushing assimilation of this place while still living in it.
After finishing my standing volunteer obligations, I pulled back to just WDDC. I thought I might find the courage to use the committee to achieve some change or have hard conversations. We weren’t courageous in the least though and our conversations were only nominally more substantive. We mostly existed in an echo chamber, swallowing the moderate Democrat policy platform as though it wasn’t quickly killing us all.
This is where I was in early 2020, not thinking about fracking and feeling inadequately equipped to fight something I’d only recently noticed. I was disappointed in the place I’d chosen to call home and hard at work emotionally disconnecting myself from it. Perhaps, I thought, I can sleep here and make a stand for social justice with like-minded people in Pittsburgh. That was before the call that would send me and my husband, Tim, in a new direction for the next several years.
We were called to fight fracking and we did that almost exclusively for two years. Now, after the Dionysus decision, there's a lull. We're no longer in the throes of constant activity and research. We can take time to reflect and rest before the next well pad. Here in this time, I'm not even on the democratic committee anymore. I used the May 2022 election cycle as a natural stopping point and if I had more energy I might get involved with DSA or the Allegheny Green Party. Even though that doesn't seem right quite yet, I do feel less apt to swallow the moderate Democrat policies that are quickly killing our planet. I want to rebel against the moderacy, even knowing as I do that I'll have to cast votes for Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman in November to avoid hastening our collective demise.
Maybe that's part of the dread or just a necessary stop on the way to the next thing. Either way, before too long, there will be another well pad hearing. That will be enough.
There was a partial conclusion to our fracking fight last week. On December 15, 2021, the West Deer Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to deny the conditional use application for the Dionysus Deep Well Site.
In short, plain language: we won.
The driller will probably appeal the decision. They could submit a whole new application for another pad. We still have a public hearing for the same operator to build the Leto well pad in an even worse location. There's so much work left to be done, but for these few days in December, we can rest easy knowing that we did something here. We gathered over 100 of our neighbors and spent 40 hours in public hearings. We stressed and struggled and worried. And we won.
Moving in a New Direction with (Hopefully) Cleaner Air
The Coway Mighty HEPA Air Purifier
Right around the time the pandemic started making headlines for being "a thing" in the United States, my husband and I got sort of nominated by default to keep an eye on plans for two frack well pads proposed for our exurban northern Allegheny County, PA township. And that was a new thing for the two of us to undertake though fracking is nothing new in Pennsylvania. My parents live about an hour south in Washington County and historically the drive to visit them was miserable until the other side of Bridgeville. When fracking really got going in the 2010s, the miserable part of the drive shifted more to the Houston exit where you'd often get mixed in with convoys of water trucks and Ford F150 brigades speeding by as a sign of fracking induced "economic prosperity." Even Allegheny County had a few well pads in the outer reaches where crowded subdivisions give way to open forest and farmland. I'd been tangentially aware of all of this for quite some time. I thought that too many people live in my community for there to be fracking close by.
Since I found out my error early in the process for these two specific well pads, there was plenty we could do to force the drilling company's plans into the spotlight. Being tenacious people (or as our 16-year-old puts it: annoying), Tim and I began to drown ourselves and our neighbors in information. We scrutinized the township ordinance and the conditional use application. (After first learning that the ordinance and conditional use application exist and what each required of companies that wanted to do business here.) I went to an environmental webinar every night and before long I was either a climate activist or a community organizer or something. Whichever name I picked or had assigned to me, I was something new. Life had once again shifted and I was off in a new direction. I've been keeping notes on our frack fighting experience. When this new great adventure is over, I hope to put that information somewhere that people might read it.
The board of supervisors will render a decision on the first of the two frack pads this week and as I strive not to look at that outcome as a referendum on my life's work for the past two years, it kinda will be. This ending (or half ending, there's still another hearing and decision that will happen in early 2022) is an apt time for reflection. Getting really informed on one environmental topic brought all kinds of new issues into my life. I've been thinking about the way I interact with the world, what difference I can make, and slingshotting wildly between hope and despair. My growing tendencies toward anti-consumerism and desire to #breakfreefromplastic have been reinforced by the climate action community and decimated by modern life in the real world. Here are just a few victories and setbacks experienced during two fairly isolated pandemic years.
There is no way to realistically #breakfreefromplastic in southwestern PA. Taking the advice of very wise Twitter advice-givers, I picked a couple of things and tried to replace them with zero-waste alternatives. The results were mixed.
Eco-Strips Laundry Detergent: A delightful concept, a cardboard sleeve of pre-measured detergent is delivered in eco-friendly packaging. Each load of laundry takes one sheet of detergent stuff. No measuring liquid. No plastic. Should be wonderful. It was for a while until I noticed that the washing machine smelled like death. Or sewage. Or dead sewage. Now I have to use old-fashioned Tide most of the time and earth-saving laundry strips occasionally. The clothes (and washing machine) smell good, but it all feels like failure.
Dish Washing Block: Sort of weird to use because it's bar soap. For dishes. I got over this and learned to lather and then wash and it worked for a while. It seemed like it clogged the kitchen drain and made it so the water backs up unless the disposal is running. Obviously, this might not be the dishwashing block's fault, but I went back to mostly using Dawn in the plastic bottle of failure. The sink is back to draining moderately better than it did during the dish block trial.
Eco Bamboo-Charcoal Floss: The little plastic floss container isn't creating a whole lot of waste, but I did read that the Oral-B Glide floss preferred in our home was full of carcinogens and then I just couldn't enjoy oral hygiene. Enter bamboo floss in an adorable refillable glass container. This has been an absolute delight and a total victory.
Seventh Generation Dishwasher Packs: Another attempt at consuming less chemicals. Did you know that dishwasher tabs interact with the specific water chemistry in your home and either make the fats from dirty dishes into little globs that rinse down the drain or alternately turn your dishwasher into a grease coated hellscape? I do now! I actually called the company and got my money refunded for this failure.
Just not buying stuff. Not buying stuff is a bit too subjective for the failure/victory narrative. Do we still buy stuff? Yes. Is it usually stuff we can eat or otherwise use to keep ourselves relatively healthy? Yes. Do we still have way too much stuff? Yes. It's fair to say that we're consuming less since we're putting out less than half the garbage at the curb each week than we were two years ago. Unrelated fun fact: we now pay twice as much for garbage pickup. Yay!
Knowledge is power that sometimes forces you to buy stuff from the devil's Amazon. Much of the frack fight is centered around the health impacts of the extraction industry. Air and water quality are adversely impacted and the air in Allegheny County already isn't great. But I'd been soldiering on in the face of copious reading on the illnesses brought on by benzene exposure and TENORMS and whatnot. I made it through two summers without allergy medicine (mostly because allergy medicine started giving me migraines, but still). I was drinking lots of water, not thinking about what might be in it, and feeling good. Then I started with sinus symptoms in November. A few weeks later, the sinus pain had a good friend in ear pain and a corresponding headache and I started to think this might be related to the plume of woodsmoke that rushes into our home every time the door opens. We can identify at least four neighbors burning extremely smokey fires to heat their homes. Those particles are in here, says the internet. There's no way to keep it out. And so, environmentalism led me to the purchase of a HEPA air purifier made in China. Hopefully, not Uyghur China, but I didn't think of that until the friendly unit was already here. Buying a big hunk of plastic to counteract actual smoke from one's neighbors: fail.
Not that the world needed me to prove that individual action is not the answer to the climate crisis, but my list does lean in that direction. It seems we're all looking for a way to feel good, physically and emotionally, while waiting on the sweeping systemic change that could really make a difference. It won't be sweeping, but for now, I am cautiously optimistic that next week's vote on one well pad in one tiny part of SWPA will be affirming of the work I've done outside of these failed "green" consumer purchases.
More Than a Protest Sign
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) suggested a way for white people to support protestors after the murder of George Floyd was to stand in front of local police precincts with a sign that says: End White Silence.
We probably should do that here where I live, but the silence around white supremacy and systemic racism is thick in our community. I don’t even think people would understand the message.
I can imagine someone yelling something, anything so they could declare, “I did it. I’m white and I make noise all the time.”
The SURJ advice didn’t seem quite right for me or my immediate neighborhood, but I made the sign anyway and took it on a 30 minute journey to the city where there was a peaceful vigil for victims of police brutality. I hadn’t even figured out where to stand when a black man approached me and asked:
“What does that mean? White silence? What would it mean to end it?”
I’ve thought through this question extensively and was immediately able to offer an explanation with about four examples. This, you should know, is unusual for me. I’m a writer. My brain to mouth connection is really weak. Ask me “what do you do for fun?” and I’m likely to sputter until you give up and walk away.
But on this day, I explained that sign easily because white silence has been my life.
White silence prevented the little community church where I used to give so much of my time from issuing a statement condemning 45s racist “go back” tweet last summer. Other churches made statements, but we don’t talk about those things here. The pastors are sure to give extra time for silent prayers. Those are our favorite kind.
White silence made me too uncomfortable to push back when a fellow volunteer announced she didn’t want to hang a flyer in the Tarentum Family Dollar store even if they do have a bulletin board because “we don’t want those people coming to our event.”
“I think we want everyone to come, Heather,” I said. But I knew by ‘those people’ she meant black people. We can’t make each other feel uncomfortable though and I used to tell myself that if I pushed too hard, I wouldn’t like what was said next about ‘those people.’ Better to let them keep it in. Better if they’re silent.
White silence allows the MAGA hats and flags and signs to pepper our suburbs and rural areas along with “support the police” and thin blue line flags. No one pushes back, even when it’s a confederate flag flying. We don’t ask what it means to the person displaying it or what it is they like about the current occupant of the White House.
White silence is advertised on our township web site in a series of high definition videos touting our police force (we have a lot of 'em) and our safety (did we mention we have so many police?).
Our white silence ensures the kids in our community will grow up just the way we did. We can't change what we don't acknowledge, and that is obviously the point.
What would it mean to end white silence? Lots of uncomfortable social interaction. Deep conversations. Self-examination. But at the end of it, we'd emerge from our fear. We could fight against injustice. We could make America great for the first time.
I brought the sign home and kept it. Perhaps someday I will have the courage to take it to the township building. That would definitely start a conversation. |
en | N/A | N/A | to be mediation. And if they’ve done all that, it goes before the tribunal, which decides whether they get that order.
But, if you were already in arrears before the laws were introduced, they’re not retrospective, even if it was because of COVID.
If you’re in rental arrears because you are poor, and you lost your job for another reason before COVID, you’re not protected by the laws.
Also, what you’re seeing is landlords saying they will reduce people’s rent, but it’s actually only a deferral that you have to pay back later.
So, people who can’t afford to pay one rent, will eventually be paying two rents, in order to pay back their landlord.
So, people are building up debts?
In our view, it should simply be the case that no one should be evicted, rents should be either suspended or reduced to 25 percent of someone’s income, which is what is considered affordable.
And if they’ve got no income, then it is nothing.
You staged your protest in St Peters last week in a socially distanced manner. However, unlike some other rallies that have occurred during the lockdown, the demonstrators involved were not located inside of cars.
How did the authorities react to the way in which you staged your protest last week?
Officers went around and told everyone that they were in breach of the Crimes Act. That it was an unlawful assembly. And on top of that, under the public health orders they could be fined $1,000.
But, on top of the core group, there were people who were turning up out of pure empathy to support this tenant.
It is an incredibly reprehensible abuse of the public health orders. And there’s far too much scope for selective, unprincipled, intimidating police discretion with these orders – that’s how they’ve been implemented.
Absolutely. It has highlighted how vulnerable our renters are to any sort of change in their economic situation.
As for the rental market, you’re right to have a house is conditional on what’s in your wallet. That’s not acceptable.
There is a huge problem with a lack of affordable and secure housing. So, it’s particularly annoying that, but there is no construction of public housing to create jobs, to stimulate the economy and to address the huge social need.
That more than anything highlights how the government’s response has tilted much more to bailing out business than helping the community and the people at the bottom.
And lastly, Adam, what’s next for the Housing Defence Coalition from here? Are there a number of potential evictees on your list? And do you expect any further changes to tenancy laws in this time of COVID-19?
We would like to see the laws shift dramatically in tenants’ favour. We would like the eligibility to be covered by those laws to be far greater.
But, until that happens, there will be case after case of either landlords breaking the laws or taking advantage of inadequate laws.
You can now be evicted for other things that aren’t based on being able to pay the rent during COVID.
So, a whole range of people who may have lost their jobs and can’t pay the rent because of the pandemic, may have their landlord make up an excuse as to why they need a no grounds eviction.
So, we will definitely continue to reach out to people, see if they need help, and then deliver that support.
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en | N/A | N/A | With the total of major league salaries crossing the $2 billion thresholds and continuing to increase, teams are very leery of parting with young talent. If prospects pan out, those deals can come back to haunt the clubs that gave them up.
It would make all kinds of sense for a team to hold on to its best prospects and just sign Santana a year from now—but there's no guarantee that the club will get Santana. He figures to command a minimum of five years at $100 million and perhaps as much as eight years at $200 million. If the Yankees or Red Sox decide they have to have Santana, very few clubs can compete with them.
If the Twins decide to trade Santana, it will be a rare chance to acquire a true No. 1 starter in the prime of his career. Minnesota will have no shortage of suitors.
I expected him to be Los Angeles' starting third baseman in 2006, but he spent the entire season in Double-A, topping the Texas League with 71 extra-base hits and again starring for Team USA. I figured he would start for the Angels this year, but I was wrong again. He got just nine starts and 33 at-bats in his big league and hit 23 of his 24 homers in Triple-A.
With Figgins hitting .330 and Reggie Willits emerging as an outfield supersub in 2007, it may be difficult for Wood to crack the Angels' 2008 Opening Day lineup. But he's still just 22 and he's still one of the best power prospects in the game, and his time will come soon. He strikes out a lot and he might never hit .300, but he should grow into an annual 30-homer hitter and play solid defense at third base. He's capable of playing shortstop, too, though Los Angeles doesn't need him there.
Though it has taken longer for Wood to claim a big league job than anyone envisioned, that won't ruin him. He'll still be a star once he gets his chance. The Angels aren't looking to trade him, though if he was the key to acquiring someone like Johan Santana, he might be on the move.
A pitcher's ability to hit can make a very real difference in his chances to win. According to the always-useful baseball-referenc e.com, Owings created 9.6 runs per game as a hitter (or rather, a team of nine Owings would have created 9.6 runs per game), compared to an average of 0.8 runs per game for the Diamondbacks' other three primary starting pitchers. So if Owings went six innings, at the plate he was likely to produce .65 runs more than Arizona's other starters would, obviously a significant advantage.
But when it comes to evaluating a pitcher, his hitting ability is just the cherry on top. Owings has been a gifted hitter since he popped up on the scouting radar, ranking third all-time in national high school history with 69 career homers and starring as a two-way player at Georgia Tech and Tulane. But very few pitchers can hit like Owings, and scouts focus almost solely on their ability to prevent runs and don't worry about their skill at producing them. |
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Good-Feel, where are you?
Really disappointed that nothing happens when you get all the star coins including SS road ones. Mario World had a little treat when you finished star road. I guess I'll keep hold of it for a replay at some point, some levels I really don't know how we would have done without boost mode!
Stop being so correct!
On another note, can anyone else agree these level designs are some of the best in the Mario series to date?
@GCM, the bosses are nothing compared to the actual levels. Look up some! |
en | N/A | N/A | 21 adults and it housed us perfectly. We catered for ourselves on site as we have a number of cooks among us but can see it would be great for organised catering too.
We had little wanders around Ipswich but the main attraction was indeed the old Neptune itself.
We stayed at the Neptune for two weeks, with a changing cast reaching a peak of 22 (inc. 4 kids). The location near the waterfront is great for restaurants, and the spacious courtyard gives you an island of private serenity. In the sunshine you could almost be in a (tudor) Mediterranean villa.
Small plus points worth noting are that the kitchen knives were sharp, and the dishwashers actually cleaned dishes. We've stayed in too many high-end self-catering houses that have been let down in these areas.
I hired the Old Neptune for a mid-week business trip and it ticked all the boxes.
First impressions on arrival were great. What a beautiful house with bags of charm and charater. It has great living/communal areas and the bedrooms are all very individual and finished immaculately. I loved how it felt like a labyrinth, with all its staircases and many tucked away rooms.
Peter also arranged for us to have a late checkout on our day of departure so we could have a meeting in the morning which was really helpful. The housekeeper and her team worked around us despite having another booking arriving only a few hours later.
Thank you Peter and the team :)
20 family members (15 adults and 5 children) stayed for 3 nights over the 2nd May bank holiday weekend. I can honestly say I had the most wonderful time, the company of course was fantastic but was backed up brilliantly with wonderful accommodation. The Old Neptune appealed to young and old. Our favourite place was the amazing courtyard and thankfully we were lucky with the weather. We even managed a huge BBQ on the Sunday. We hardly wanted to venture out, but did wander the harbour, visited Isaacs Bar for lunch and the local park.
Me and my wife have two daughters (4 & 2 years old)
Each hotel offers a good variety of things to do for the kids.. my kids are happy with a pool and small waterpark and sand but for us, we looking for the best bang for the $$ (royalton is 200$ cheaper)
which of the the two is better for us ?
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March 18 at 10:25 am. Originally planned just a Chobe day trip but after more research sounds awesome to do a flyover and a night on a river boat. Not sure if either is possible to arrange (boat trips seem to be 2 nights), not sure if the charters that originate from Maun and fly over the falls actually land there (if so I would like to get on the plane there and avoid the land transfer to Kasane). I do tend towards motion sickness and dont like to take meds but would do so for this 'once in a lifetime' opportunity. Solo traveler, not a big spender but if could get a good value based on time of year or joining into a schedule that is already going (vs totally 'private') I would spend more $ than normal for me. Will be arriving from 7 nights Kruger on my first trip to South Africa and after that just 3 'scenery' based nights in CPT. Ideas, insights? contacts? This will be my second Round-the-World itinerary and am typically proficient at DIY, joining a day tour once I hit my destinations. Thank you for sharing your wisdom! </s> We had a wonderful stay at Tranquility Cottage! We loved that the house had everything for our little one, that it was spacious and that we were close to all the major sites. The park was absolutely beautiful and it was so nice to have such a nice Cottage to come back to, to relax afterwards. It made us feel right at home!
We loved staying at Tranquility Cottage. It was quiet, comfortable and well stocked with anything one might need on vacation. The notebooks were super helpful, along with all the local guidebooks and historical materials. We loved being in the quiet part of Acadia, but took full advantage of the whole Park(except Bar Harbor, we never went there). We would love to return with our children and grandsons next year.
This rental was very comfortable (especially the beds) and peaceful. The little extra's like a List of Things to Do and Wi Fi were a bonus. It is a large home with lots of room. Definitely a place to consider.
Tranquility Cottage more than exceeded our expectations. Pictures don't do it justice. We had plenty of room. It was very quiet and super comfortable. Not far from a delicious lobster dinner. Wish we could have stayed a month. </s> Clean, tidy, comfortable and with everything you could want from a base to explore the islands. Almost central in the island chain made it very handy for exploring - lots of places to walk and a great variety of wildlife to see.
We have recently returned from our stay at Lily Pond Cottage and can thoroughly recommend it. The cottage was comfortable, well equipped and clean, with a supermarket not far away and a quiet location. Ts, being centrally located |
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You don't even need to be close to find out!
If you thought FashFest was a publicity juggernaut, that ain't nothing compared to what happens when charities get involved. With one more sleep until the big event – it's all-systems-go for organisers Andrea and Clinton Hutchinson.
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Volume 170, Issue 2, August 1995, Pages 726-729
A Nuclear GFP That Marks Nuclei in Living Drosophila Embryos; Maternal Supply Overcomes a Delay in the Appearance of Zygotic Fluorescence
Author links open overlay panelIlanDavisCharles H.GirdhamPatrick H.O'Farrell
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The central role of gene expression in regulating development has largely been studied by in situ hybridization and antibody staining techniques in fixed material. However, rapid temporal and spatial changes in gene expression are often difficult to correlate with complex morphogenetic movements. A green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish, Aequorea victoria, can be used as a real-time reporter for gene expression and could aid analysis of dynamic events during embryogenesis. Here, we describe a transgenic Drosophila line ubiquitously expressing a nuclear GFP fusion protein that highlights morphogenesis, cell movement, and mitosis in living embryos. The fusion protein is highly fluorescent when maternally supplied, but there is a long delay between its zygotic expression and the appearance of fluorescence. GFP is thus an excellent marker for the expression of stable gene products, but a poor reporter for dynamic zygotic gene expression in early Drosophila embryos. |
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from the southern (upstream) tip of Ross Island due south to the Oregon Yacht
owned or operated for sand and gravel operations, nor to safety launches while
accompanying an organized rowing or paddling program, club or school. – No Wake”
speed on the Columbia River within 300 feet of shore between the Big Eddy Wing
dike and the wing dike east of the entrance to the Chinook Landing boat Basin
and within the Chinook Landing Boat Basin, as marked.
(4) A “pass-through”
zone is established in the south channel of the Columbia River, adjacent to
McGuire Island between the east end of Big Eddy Marina and the west end of
McGuire Point Marina as marked.
person shall operate a motorboat pulling a water skier or towed device in this
person shall operate a personal watercraft, as defined in OAR 250-021-0020, in
continuous operation above 5 MPH in this area, except to transit directly
through this zone.
person shall operate any motorboat in excess of slow-no wake maximum 5 MPH
speed within 200 feet of any houseboat moorage within the “pass-through” zone.
person shall operate a boat in excess of 3 MPH in Rooster Rock Boat Basin.
following locations are designated racing motorboat testing areas:
(a) On the
Willamette River in Swan Island Lagoon. Testing is limited to the hours of
3–6 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays;
(b) On the
Columbia River between the county launching ramp at 43rd Street and Buoy #18 (NOS
Chart #18531). Testing is limited to the hours of 8 a.m. – 12 noon,
person shall operate a motorboat on Benson Lake.
person shall operate a boat for any reason within any restricted area at any
timct Engineer, Corps of
Engineers, U.S. Army, or his duly authorized representative.
Waters restricted to only Government vessels are described as all waters of the
Columbia River and Bradford Slough within 1,000 feet above and 2,000 feet below
the powerhouse. The restricted areas will be designated by signs;
person shall operate a boat, including a commercial recreational tour boat
subject to inspection and licensing by the U.S. Coast Guard, within the Boating
Restricted Zone located below Bonneville lock and dam bounded by a line
commencing from the westernmost tip of Robins Island on the Oregon side of the
Columbia River and running at a South 65 degrees West direction a distance of approximately
2100 feet to a point 50 feet upstream of the Hamilton Island Boat Ramp on the
Washington side of the Columbia River, as marked.
(10) No
person shall operate or anchor a boat in the following described zone in Oregon
Slough (North Portland Harbor):
Commencing at the northwesterly corner of that tract of land described in a
Bargain and Sale Deed to RHODIA, Inc., recorded as Document No. 98028586,
Multnomah County Deed Records; Thence, along the northeasterly line of said
tract, S 47°46’ E, 513.54 feet to the northwest corner of the Alexander Brown
Donation Land Claim; Thence, along the north line of said Claim S 48°30’ E,
764.51 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the SITE AREA being described herein;
Thence, N 29°58’25” E, 133.84 feet; Thence, S 62°44’22” E, 461.47 feet; Thence,
S 29°58’25” W, 227.76 feet to the northeasterly line of said tract; Thence,
along said northeasterly line, N 61°15’ W, 60.85 feet; Thence, along said
northeasterly line, N 52°30’ W, 115.5 feet; Thence, along said northeasterly
line, N 48°30’ W, 291.49 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING as marked.
area of land contains 2.0 acres (87,008 sq. Ft.), more or less.
intent of this description is to describe a line that surrounds the limits of
the sediment cap location, plus a buffer zone.
Bearings based on Document No. 98028586, Multnomah County Deed Records.
(11) No
person shall anchor a boat at approximately River Mile 7 of the Willamette
River in Multnomah County described in Department of State Lands Easement No.
31530-EA, Exhibit A – Legal Description – Permanent Easement.
person shall operate a boat in the Willamette River:
Beginning June 15, 2011, in the area beneath the temporary construction bridges
or lifting cranes used
Bridge near river mile 13.8.
excess of 5 MPH Slow-No-Wake as marked 500 feet upriver and 500 feet downriver
from the centerline of the bridge construction project from June 15, 2011 to
Beginning December 1, 2011, in the area of the Sellwood Bridge Construction
Project, from approximately 375 feet from the west river bank and 200 feet
upstream and downstream of the bridge measured at the bridge centerline; and
about 420 feet from the east river bank and about 200 feet upstream and
.
excess of 5 mphSellwood Bridge construction project, beginning
Auth.: ORS 830.110, 830.175 & 830.195
Implemented: ORS 830.110 & 830.175
Hist.: MB
23, f. 9-24-63; MB 26, f. 7-20-64; MB 51, f. 5-3-73, ef. 5-15-73; MB 61, f.
7-26-74, ef. 7-26-74(Temp) & 8-25-74(Perm); Renumbered from 250-020-0155;
MB 10-1982, f. 10-13-82, ef. 10-15-82; MB 12-1982, f. 12-29-82, ef. 12-31-82;
MB 6-1983, f. 9-28-83, ef. 10-3-83; MB 17-1984, f. & ef. 12-3-84; MB
6-1985, f. & ef. 2-5-85; MB 10-1985, f. & ef. 4-24-85; MB 15-1985, f.
10-18-85, ef. 10-21-85; MB 20-1987, f. 11-4-87, ef. 11-15-87; MB 5-1990, f.
& cert. ef. 7-19-90; MB 11-1992, f. & cert. ef. 9-16-92; MB 2-1993, f.
& cert. ef. 2-3-93; MB 13-1996, f. & cert. ef. 12-4-96; OSMB
7-1998(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-19-98 thru 11-15-98; OSMB 7-1999, f. &
cert. ef. 6-18-99; OSMB 2-2005, f. & cert. ef. 1-20-05; OSMB 8-2006, f.
& cert. ef. 10-12-06; OSMB 3-2009, f. 10-21-09, cert. ef. 1-1-10; OSMB
4-2011, f. 3-7-11, cert. ef. 5-25-11; OSMB 8-2011, f. 4-25-11, cert. ef.
6-1-11; OSMB 9-2011(Temp), f. 5-13-11, cert. ef. 6-15-11 thru 10-31-11;
Administrative correction, 11-18-11; OSMB 16-2011(Temp), f. 11-22-11, cert. ef.
12-1-11 thru |
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With aspiring entrepreneurs now starting businesses in higher numbers than ever before, much can be learned from those who’ve already achieved success in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Taking a closer look at the personal philosophies of Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, seasoned entrepreneur Rahim Hassanally explores what led three of today’s most high-profile business leaders to […]
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en | N/A | N/A | I’m GregF and this is my music project site. It is a combng in the skies. I try to combine the sound of live instruments, mainly acoustic, classical and electric guitars with synthesizer electronics and voices. You will find mostly instrumental pieces, with a lively voice breaking through here and there, a mix of progressive sounds, etno, electronica, rock, blues and…well, I don’t know what yet. Hope you will find something for yourself too! |
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"What are those?!" you might be wondering. They are catkins. A catkin is "a dense, elongated, and drooping cluster of flowers without petals. Most commonly, the flowers found on a catkin are of one sex. In some trees, such as the poplar, both male and female flowers are present. Catkins are typically found on trees which are wind pollinated, such as oak, birch, willow, and hickory." [source] I believe these catkins came from one of our Aspen trees (aspens are a member of the willow family). I left them inside the house for a few days after I took these pictures, and when I picked them up, they dumped yellow pollen all over my hands and the table. I didn't realize the important role these fuzzy little clusters played until the evidence was in-hand (get it?).
No "Picture Spring" prompt today. The prompts from the last few days have just done nothing for me - brought me no inspiration. So I decided to strike out on my own for today's photo. I couldn't choose just one to share, though...
Well, I didn't follow today's Picture Spring prompt, which was "The Sky is the Limit." We were supposed to take a photo of the sky, but it was pretty bland up there today, and I was already taking wildflower photos anyway, so.... here are a few of my favorite photos from today of my favorite "weed," the Dandelion.
My 30 steps landed me in our driveway, where I saw lots of things, but I ended up honing in on our birdbath and the little artful chickadee that sits there 365 days a year, hoping for a friend to join him from time to time. This is cropped from the original size and the saturation was greatly increased to give it a more surreal quality.
Here's my image to go with yesterday's Picture Spring prompt to photograph a morning ritual. These are items that are part of my morning ritual on the weekends when I count birds for Project Feederwatch during the winter months: binoculars, paper and pen, and DSLR camera.
What items would be in your morning ritual image?
The Picture Spring prompt for today was about photographing a morning ritual, but by the time I received the email with the prompt, I was already at work, and I didn't want to show work as a morning ritual, so I'll have to try that one tomorrow.
This is a house across the street from my office building. Interestingly, this is the only shot I took cropped in this close (and I even cropped it a little further with Picasa). All of the other shots included much more of the window and the outside view. I really like this image because it has a much more intimate feel than the other 16 shots I took, and because it's the most unconventional of them all. Just a note that the frame around the subject is not something I created - it's naturally part of the window frame. Also, the waviness of the old glass in this window gives a certain quirkiness to the image.
This is a month of new beginnings for me! I'm participating in a photo-a-day project called Picture Spring hosted at Big Picture Scrapbooking. As a result, I'll be posting a new photo per day for the entire month of April!
I'm also over on my new writing blog. |
en | N/A | N/A | 主要从事激光等离子体、X射线激光和红外光谱测量等方面的研究工作。
姓名：李英骏
研究兴趣：主要从事激光等离子体、X射线激光和红外光谱测量等方面的研究工作。
李英骏，男，1961年1月生，汉族，中共党员。1998年在中国工程物理研究院获理学博士学位；2000年中科院物理所博士后出站。现任中国矿业大学(北京)理学院教授、博士生导师。曾于1991年8月至1993年12月在加拿大阿尔伯特大学做访问学者；为中科院物理所光物理开放实验室兼职教授、中国工程物理研究院激光核聚变中心客座教授、国家863计划激光高技术领域X光激光专题专家组成员。作为项目负责人获得国家863计划激光高技术领域项目一项，国家自然科学基金项目二项。还参加了国家"973"项目和国防科技重点实验室基金项目的研究工作。现主要从事激光等离子体、X射线激光和红外光谱测量等方面的研究工作。
李英骏教授一直从事激光等离子体和X射线激光等方面的研究工作。近几年来在国际物理学领域权威的Phys.Rev.Lett，Phys.Rev.A，Phys.Rev.E，J.Phys，Phys.Plasma，中国科学，物理学报，强激光与粒子束等国内外权威杂志上发表了有价值的学术论文40余篇，其中SCI收录的有31篇，EI收录的有6篇。获得国家专利二项。
【期刊论文】Simulation study of a Ne-like Ti x-ray laser at 32.6nm driven by femtosecond laser pulses
李英骏， X. Lu， Y. J. Li， Y. Cang， K. Li， and J. Zhang， *
PHYSICAL REVIEW A 67, 013810 (2003)，-0001，（）：
A femtosecond laser driven collisional Ne-like Ti x-ray laser at 32.6nm is numerically investigated using a hydrodynamic code coupled with an atomic data package for a 100-mm-thick Ti planar target irradiated by a single or double prepulse followed by an intense femtosecond laser pulse. By using an optimized drive pulse configuration, a gain of 40cm-1 can be generated from a 5mm×50μm line focus using only about 1 J pump energy.
【期刊论文】Effects of delay time on transient Ni-like x-ray lasers
李英骏， Y. J. Li， ， X. Lu， and J. Zhang， *
PHYSICAL REVIEW E 66, 046501 (2002)，-0001，（）：
In transient collisional excitation scheme, a long (nanosecond) prepulse is used to perform and ionize plasmas. After a delay time, a short (sub-or picosecond) intense laser pulse is used to rapidly heat the plasma. This results in transient x-ray lasers with high gain. Effects of delay time on transient collisional excitation nickel-like x-ray lasers are investigated analytically using a simple model. The calculations show that the longer delay time can greatly relax the density gradient. This is very critical for the propagation of x-ray lasers. However, a too long delay will reduce the electron temperature of the plasma before the arrival of the short pulse. Increasing the intensity of the long pulse or extending the pulse duration can keep the temperature required to maintain a high percentage of Ni-like ions while the delay time is longer. Similarly, increasing the intensity of the short pulse or extending the duration can also raise the electron temperature, resulting in higher gain coefficient. Our results indicate that extending the pulse duration is more efficient than that of increasing the intensity.
【期刊论文】Characteristics of self-guided laser plasma channels generated by femtosecond laser pulses in air
李英骏， Hui Yang， Jie Zhang， * Yingjun Li， Jun Zhang， Yutong Li， Zhenglin Chen， Hao Teng， Zhiyi Wei， and Zhengming Sheng
With ultrashort laser pulses (25 fs) and low energy (E=15mJ), we observe laser plasma channels with a length over 5m in air. The diameter of the plasma channel is measured to be 120mm. The average electron density in the channel is inferred to be about 10 18W/cm3 with an interferometric method. At the same time, the temporal evolution of the electron density in the plasma channel is investigated. The resistivity in the plasma channel is measured to be less than 1V cm. It is suggested that the lifetime of the plasma channel can be greatly prolonged by launching another long laser pulse along the plasma channel.
【期刊论文】Hydrodynamic characteristics of transient Ni-like x-ray lasers
李英骏， Y. J. Li and J. Zhang*
PHYSICAL REVIEW E, VOLUME 63, 036410，-0001，（）：
A simple similarity model is presented to study the hydrodynamics of transient collisional excitation nickellike x-ray lasers. Scaling laws for the temperature, scale length, and electron density are obtained by analytic derivation. The hydrodynamic characteristics of transient Ni-like Pd x-ray lasers are investigated using this model. The calculations agree well with Dunn's experimental results.
【期刊论文】Optimization of Drie Pules Configuration for a High-Gain Transient X-Ray Laser at 19.6nm *
李英骏， LU Xin， LI Ying-Jun， ZHANG Jie
CHIN. PHYS. LETT. Vol.18, NO.<PHONE>，-0001，（）：
An Ne-like transient collisional excitation x-ray laser at 19.6nmj (J-0→1.3P→3S) was investigated unmerically using a sopohisticated hydrodynamic code for a 100μm thick Ge plannar target irradiated by a nanosecond pre-pulse followed by a picosecond main optical laser pulse. The simulations indicate that for a given peak intensity, the main pulse has an optimal duration to generate the maximum effective gain, An effective gain as high as 200cm-1 was obtained for the optimized drive pulse configuration.
【期刊论文】非点光源情况下平场光栅的成像研究*
李英骏， 李英骏)， 杨建伦)， 张杰)
物理学报，2000，49（5）：863～867、879，-0001，（）：
用光路追踪程序对具有一定尺度的光源通过变栅距凹面光栅后的成像情况进行了研究。证明了对于非点光源，在特定的实验安排下，其焦面仍可以在一个平面内，同时给出了对于不同入射距离的非点光源形成平焦面的波长范围。结果还表明，当光源尺度与入射距离之比小于1:1000时，光源尺度的变化对焦面位置没有实质性的影响。 |
en | N/A | N/A | Kaftrio® with ivacaftor approved by EC to treat children with cystic fibrosis
12 January 2022 | By European Pharmaceutical Review
Children with cystic fibrosis aged six to11 years could benefit from Kaftrio® in combination with ivacaftor, as a treatment targeting the underlying cause of the disease.
Developing and delivering live biotherapeutic products
4 November 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)
The microbial content of the gut has a well established role in health and disease. In this article, European Pharmaceutical Review’s Hannah Balfour explores the development and formulation of live biotherapeutic products (LBPs), an emerging treatment modality that seeks to capitalise on the interaction between the microbiota and host in…
Global nebulisers market to decline after COVID-19
As the world recovers from COVID-19, research suggests the nebuliser devices market will initially shrink before recovering and reaching a value of $1.55 billion in 2025.
In this article, we summarise the trial findings for the European Medicines Agency’s 13 most transformative therapies of 2020.
DECODR app identifies unintentional DNA mutations from CRISPR gene therapies
The DECODR app was developed to accelerate the development of CRISPR gene therapies, producing similar data as deep sequencing processes in a shorter timeframe and at less cost.
What impact does disease rarity have on rare and orphan drug pricing?
5 February 2021 | By Bhavesh Patel (CRA), Cécile Matthews (CRA), Owen Male (CRA)
Bhavesh Patel, Cécile Matthews and Owen Male at CRA’s Life Sciences Practice assess the relationship between drug pricing for rare disease therapies and disease prevalence in Europe, taking a closer look at payer assessments of orphan drugs in Germany.
Oral antibiotics effective at killing P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients
30 September 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)
A clinical trial has shown that antibiotics administered orally are just as effective at killing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients as intravenous antibiotics.
Vertex’s Kaftrio approved for use in Europe and made accessible on the NHS
26 August 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)
The European Commission and European Medicines Agency have approved the triple combination Kaftrio for use in certain cystic fibrosis patients, triggering the drug to be accessible on the UK’s National Health Service.
EMA recommends 11 new medicines for approval following July meeting
27 July 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)
Dapivirine Vaginal Ring (dapivirine) and Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) have been recommended for approval by the EMA's CHMP, along with nine other medicines.
CHMP recommends cystic fibrosis treatment Kaftrio is granted marketing authorisation
2 July 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)
The European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee (CHMP) said the treatment would offer a therapeutic option for certain cystic fibrosis phenotypes that are currently untreatable.
FTC accepts proposal for AbbVie to acquire Allergan for $63 billion
11 May 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)
AbbVie and Allergan have announced the Federal Trade Commission has accepted AbbVie's pending acquisition of Allergan for $63 billion.
PhRMA report reveals nearly 600 drugs in US paediatric pipeline
14 February 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)
New research from PhRMA found that in the US, there are almost 600 paediatric medicines in development in over 2,000 clinical trials.
Treating multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium abscessus: three’s a charm
13 February 2020 | By Rose C Lopeman (Aston University)
Researchers at Aston University and Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK, have discovered a highly effective three-drug approach to treat Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus), a notoriously drug-resistant pathogen that affects up to 13 percent of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the UK.
EC approves expanded indication for cystic fibrosis treatment
11 December 2019 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)
The European Commission has approved the label extension for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) to include the treatment of infants with cystic fibrosis between six and 12 months old. |
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Av 1 - August 1, 2008 - partial eclipse .:10,11).
Again, Joel said:n the New Testament Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said:
In His Olivet discourse, Jesus described His glorious appearing at the close of the Tribulation Period. My guess (and its only a guess) is that the darkening of the sun and moon could be eclipses. Stars falling from heaven could be missiles used in the war. Powers of the heavens being shaken could refer to many nuclear explosions around the world, disrupting the atmosphere. The “sign” of the Son of Man, could be His actual appearance in “the clouds of heaven.” The clouds may be an ancient description of celestial vehicles, rather than simple clouds. The only clouds that prompt fear today is the kind with a twister coming out of them. Therefore, I think the term “clouds” is used to describe something that flies in the sky.
The Gospel of Mark repeats the Savior’s statemen” (Mark 13:242,).
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Posted by Mark Phillips at 12:36 PM
BibleRapture said...
great article! we are in such exciting times! this is exactly the kind of event that God would do to try and get His creation's attention. NOT a coincidence. NOT an accident. A "sign in the heavens" that cannot be explained any other way than GOD is doing something. Now the question becomes WHY? We think we know, but do we?
But NASA dates for the solar eclipse donot coincide with those dates mentioned.
You may want to comment on the website below...
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat/SEdecade2011.html
There are Partial Solar Eclipses listed those days on the link you give.
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en | N/A | N/A | We are looking for an enthusiastic Quality Assurance & Lab Technician to join our manufacturing site in Skipton on our afternoon shift. The purpose of the role is to ensure the quality and safety of products, manufactured and packed, are maintained, and to support the QA team in the maintenance of quality standards in line with BRC and customer requirements.
– Sampling, testing, and release of raw materials, semi-processed, and packaging items as required in a timely manner per team rota.
– To conduct finish product and raw material testing in the laboratory in accordance with laboratory protocols in a timely manner.
– Raise Certificates of Analysis for tested raw materials and finished products.
– Maintenance of laboratory control procedures and related documents and systems.
– To conduct internal calibration and testing of equipment in line with the procedure within packing, manufacturing, and the laboratory per team rota.
– To conduct checks on the manufacturing and packing departments plaster issue registers per team rota.
– Identification, control, and efficient handling of non-conforming raw materials blend, WIP, and finished/packed products
– To conduct process control inspections for each process step ensuring products manufactured and packed meet the authorised product specification.
– To conduct quality and hygiene inspections in the manufacturing and packing areas working with the operations team to maintain good standards of hygiene in line with BRC and customer standards
– Inspection and release of the finished product against set criteria and release of manufactured and packed goods against AQL sample plan.
– To promote ‘5S’ methodology across the site working with the quality and operations teams.
Raising of Non-Conformance and other Incident reports – Collating evidence, reporting and investigating each incident of procedural and product deviation alongside the internal auditor, and working with the purchasing team to resolve supplier lead Non-Conformance.
– To be involved in projects that assist the quality and operations team in the maintenance of standard operating procedures and policies, in line with customer, legislative and BRC requirements and the reduction of waste.
– Take part in keeping laboratory equipment in a clean and tidy manner where used and maintaining cleaning checklist.
– Previous Quality Assurance Experience in Food Manufacturing Industry (1 year)
– Understanding of Quality Management Systems
– High Attention to Detail
The role is 36 hours a week, Monday-Thursday 14:00-23:30.
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en | N/A | N/A | The Baltimore program includes a full agenda of keynoters, panels, speakers and instructors fromIn addition, Gen. Ann E. Dunwoodnd Major Gen. Gina S. Farrisee, commander of the U.S. Army Human Resource Command at Ft. Knox, Ky., will be honored as pioneering women in the military. |
en | N/A | N/A | BP-specific T cells that directly interacted with retinal cells and resulted in the active release of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), an important member of damage associate molecular patterns (DAMPs). Furthermore, blockade of HMGB1 in our murine model reduced intraocular inflammation via suppression of IRBP-specific T cell functions. These results have demonstrated that HMGB1 is an early and critical mediator of induction of intraocular inflammation. The present study identified the cell surface molecule that triggers HMGB1 secretion.
R(Wt) C57BL/6 (B6) mice were cultured with activated IRBP 1–20 peptide-specific T cells or with a Fas-activating antibody (Jo2) released HMGB1 was examined in the eye of Faslpr and Wt mice after IRBP-specific T cell transfer. Uveitis was evaluated in the IRBP-specific T cell transferred Faslpr mice after recombinant HMGB1 was restored within the eye and in the IRBP-specific T cell transferred Wt mice after they were treated with a Fas antagonist (Met12).
Uveitis is a common cause of human visual disability and blindness. Although the etiology remains unclear, it is generally believed that a T cell-mediated immune response underlies the pathogenesis, and this is supported by the observation that injection of autoreactive T cells into susceptible, syngeneic rodents induces experimental autoimmune uveitis (tEAU) [1–4]. Moreover, studies in the rodent models of EAU induced by immunization with a well-characterized uveitogenic autoshown that activation of autoreactive T cells is a key pathogenic event in disease induction, progression, and recurrence [2, 5–7]development and activation of autoimmune T cells in the periphery in EAU, it remains unclear how only a few infiltrating uveitogenic T cells can exert a pathogenic effect inside the eye, an “immune privileged” site, leading to tissue destruction [8, 9].
Danger signals0, 11], the latter being actively secreted from inflammatory or stressed cells or passively released from damaged apoptotic or necrotic cells. Both PAMPs and DAMPss, including TLRs, NOD-[10, 11]r signaling by most TLRs . The importance of DAMPs in T cell-mediated uveitis was identified as a result of our observation that in the chronic uveitis mouse model induced by transfer of IRBP-specific T cells (tEAU), a model induced without the use of microbial products and resembling human chronic uveitis, mice lacking MyD88 (MyD88−/−) are completely resistant to induction of tEAU .
In a search for DAMPs that interact with TLRs/MyD88 in tEAU, we previously showIRBP-specific T cell-induced intraocular inflammation, since HMGB1 antagonists reduce ocular inflammation by suppression of uveitogenic T cell functions, such as IRBP. HMGB1, one of the most important DAMPs released by cells, binds to TLR2 and 4 then MyD88 is recruited by the TLR adaptor protein Mal . We also found that HMGB1 is actively secreted within the eye within 24 h after IRBP-specific T cell transfer as a consequence of direct cell-cell contact between infiltrating IRBP-specific T cells and viable retinal cells . These results led us to search for surface molecules expressed on IRBP-specific T cells and retinal cells that mediate the secretion of HMGB1.
Fas (CD95) is well studied as a death receptor that induces apoptosis through the traditional caspase pathway, presumably one of the mechanisms of immune privilege that protect the eye from severe intraocular inflammation [15–17] Fas/FasL system can also inducethat are independent of conventional caspase-mediated apoptotic signaling [18–21]. Moreover, it was found that Fas activation induces rapid TLR4/IRAK4-dependent release of HMGB1, which contributes to Fas-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine production by viable macrophages . In the present study, we explored whether Fas also mediated HMGB1 secretion by viable non-lymphoid retinal cells after interaction with activated IRBP-specific T cells. We examined HMGB1 release in the eye and ocular inflammation after injection of IRBP-specific T cells from immunized wild-type (Wt) B6 mice into Fas-deficient (Faslpr) mice and also determined whether early interruption of Fas signaling could suppress tEAU in Wt mice. Our results revealed the importance of Fas/FasL activation in the active secretion of HMGB1 from living retinal cells and its involvement in the early event of intraocular inflammation triggered by uveitogenic T cells.
Both on the B6 background, 8 to 10-week-old female C57BL/6 J (B6) mice and Faslpr and IL-1 receptor-deficient (IL-1Rfollowed.
T cells were cultureFCS (Hyclone, Logan, UT, USA), 5 × 10−5 M 2-ME, and 100 μg/ml of penicillin/streptomycin. The human IRBP1–20 peptide (GPTHLFQPSLVLDMAKVLLD) was synthesized by Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). The 12-amino acid peptide, mouse Met 12 (HHIYLGAVNYIY), which is a small molecular weight inhibitor of the Fas [23, 24], and a mutant Met 12 (HHGSDHERNYIY) were synthesized by Genemed Synthesis (San Antonio, TX, USA). Recombinant mouse HMGB1 was purchased from R & D System (Minneapolis, MN, USA). The Fas-activating mAb, Jo2, was obtained from BD Pharmingen (San Jose, CA, USA), and the |
en | N/A | N/A | Daniella chose to study PR because of the varied interests and diversity that the career field holds. Daniella enjoys the aspect that all industries including tech, entertainment, and sports need Public Relations.
Daniella has a deep love for film. With this genuine interest in movies she was able to study with L.A. film producer, Lance Williams, and learned more about the aspects of film.
Daniella loves to look outside of herself to serve others and learn morehas received two President's Volunteer Service Awards from President Obama for over 400 hours of community service. She has also traveled to Beijing, China as an Ambassador for the U.S. for the 2008 Pre-Olympics. While there she was able to interact with the people of China and gain a greater respect for their traditions and customs. |
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en | N/A | N/A | ished, costs skyrocketed, and the sprawl was only pushed out to other counties’ open space. Soon, Sonoma’s farmland and the East Bay foothills were filled with the tract homes Marin had largely avoided.
Even though new growth was supposed to be directed into existing communities, the efforts of environmentalists shut development out of existing communities as well as West Marin, forcing development to the farthest reaches of the county. Developers were glad to accept: since every development project was going to be a battle, developers had to go where the big money could be made.
Low paying jobs increased
Transit options declined
Who needs affordable housing?.
People who need affordable housing aren’t the ne’er-do-wells. They’re just like you.
Back in 1972, Marin was a maverick in environmental stewardship. We wanted to protect our natural habitat by containing our human habitat. If we had kept up with the organic patterns of growth we were left with – our small, mixed-income and mixed-use towns – we might not be in the traffic nightmare of a situation we find ourselves in today.
Now, the only answer is to rediscover Marin's traditional development and reinvest in transit to realize the original premise of the city-centered corridor. </s> Jake and Hannah Eagle / "Conscious Language"/
Currently, Jake and Hannah teach their Live Conscious retreats and courses to people around the world—in New Mexico, Mexico, Hawaii and JapanOne question not addressed in KBA-E426 was: Is it permissible to arrange for automatic charges against a client’s credit card? This question was discussed as follows in the article “Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts, and Thou,” (Bench & Bar, Vol. 67, No.6 , Nov. 2003, available on our web site – go to the Resources/Bench &Bar Articles page).. (footnotes omitted) </s> Blaccksburg Census
- Median Household Income: $26,453
- Students: 1,786
- Full-Time Equivalent Teachers: 108 |
en | N/A | N/A | Oh I AM SORRY, I Thought You're Hearing!
Ladies and gentlemen, I have said this before and will say it again, no matter how well any deaf child learns to speak, they will never be hearing…or should I say "normal"?
Oh, by the way, do you think that I have been discriminated?
John – it was nice chatting with you briefly at the EHDI conference…I am shocked that someone would simply "dismiss" you from her interview simply because you are Deaf! |
en | N/A | N/A | A hundred residents attended the musical comedy “the Green Orange”, on the Cacaveli Bluezone, on Friday, August 4th.
Following the artistic creation workshop organized on the Cacaveli Bluezone from July 17th to 28th, the Association of Development of Cultural Actions (ADAC) presented the first of its show entitled “Green Orange” on Friday, August 4th.
Carried by young Togolese actors, “the Green Orange” is a musical comedy about the theme of xenophobia.
The first performance of the show was held in the multi-purpose hall of the Cacaveli Bluezone, in the presence of the cultural actors of the city of Lome.
Mixing comedy, singing and dancing, this show has met with great success with the public. |
en | N/A | N/A | In 2013 an iconic luxury streetwear brand was born in Los Angeles by Jerry Lorenzo.
His vision was clear and his values stood solid as he named the brand Fear of God. Lorenzo forged his way into fashion by creating custom looks for Justin Beiber and designing for Kanye West. Needless to say, the Fear of God brand took off and you can probably catch your local fashion fanatic trying to save up for a piece of the 2020 Fall/Winter collection.
Jerry also used his time on IG to thank Meena Harris and Angela Rye for partnering with him and helping him to use this monumental occasion as an opportunity to inspire his two daughters.
Chances are that the KH2020 collection will be sold on a limited basis on the Fear of God website. |
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en | N/A | N/A | St. Francis College alumnus and Coney Island historian Mike Quinn '98 researched and resurrected the original Feltman's Coney Island Hot Dog, which has been named the one of the 12 best things to eat in the summer of 2017 by Zagat's, the #7 best hot dog in the country by the Daily Meal, ande," by Gothamist.
Quinn came to St. Francis College April 17, 2018 to discuss Feltman's and the broader history of Coney Island as part of the Senior Citizen lecture series "F."
The series is coordinated by St. Francis Colleges. |
en | N/A | N/A | Algebra Ace
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en | N/A | N/A | People here are congratulating either Dr Sb. or were doing the same to Punjab Police. Only a few asked the relevant questions. What age are we living where in the presence of open (and mostly irresponsible and corrupt like other institutions of the state ) media, these gangs are being run by politicians and influentials. What you think people in the area would not have any clue about these gangs before this?And the police would not know?Come on ! |
en | N/A | N/A | Comments: This little girl is from an anime series called Mamotte Shuttogen!, and I hear it's terrible ^___^....Nevertheless, Shaolin is a very cute doll. Compared to the gigantic Tsukuda Hobby version she looks like a party favor n_n...but she's much more well-made. I think the mini head mold is adorable!
Not much more to say here.....except that if you play around with her too much and her arm falls off, put it back on. It's normal ^___^. If you buy the little Nakoruru, the two can be friends. |
en | N/A | N/A | M&M MONDAY | To Arizona......and beyond!
The shops are full of festive M&Ms which we have so far resisted from buying but we had a packet of regular M&Ms in the cupboard which were crying out to be eaten. Instead of eating them straight from the packet (in one go!
The recipe is from the Pioneer Woman, one of our favourites. I'm on a mission to try some American baking recipes as so far none of my British recipes have worked properly. Caster sugar doesn't seem to exist here so I'm having to use granulated sugar which I think is the problem. I either need to buy a food processor and grind the sugar before I bake (sounds messy!
Luckily this recipe worked a treat. These are some of the nicest cookies we've ever made. They have browned butter and coffee in them which tones down the sweetness of the M&Ms and makes them taste more "grown up?" The only thing I need to remember next time is to follow the recipe when it says to make teaspoon size dough dollops. My first attempts were much bigger and made huge cookies….not a bad thing but they all merged together!
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Love these candy filled cookies!I'll have to try these with all the different festive kinds of mnms! |
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en | N/A | N/A | WILKES-BARRE — It was a fun, old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration at Kirby Park Thursday, complete with snow cones, fresh-squeezed lemonade and funnel cakes.
Area residents participated in similar, if smaller-scale, celebrations across the region. A parade and ceremony, for example, were held in Wright Township; the event was expected to include an appearance by Katie McGinty.
“We’ll see,” her mother said. “This whole thing is awesome. We love the fireworks.”
Micah McDonald, 7, of Plains Township, took a spin on the Chinese swings, dramatically falling to the ground when exiting the ride. “It was ok,” Micah shrugged.
This year’s fireworks display was organized by Advanced Pyrotechnics.
The Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn law firm had representatives on hand at the park as part of its HKQ Kids project, handing out free bike helmets for its sixth year. “Safety is our first concern and cost savings is our second,” HKQ Kids project manager Sue Greenfield said. “Some families have five kids, and five helmets can equal the cost of a grocery list. So, we’re glad we can help.”
Every year, HKQ Kids hands out 1,500 helmets to children ages 12 and under. All, Greenfield said. Samara and Janessa Frazier, 7 and 6, picked out their free helmets while at the park with their mother, Megan Campbell.
Samara said she and her sister would test their new helmets just as soon as the fireworks ended.
Mountain Top’s celebration began with a parade along state route 309 and included a ceremony at the Wright Township Municipal Building. A flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremony were held at the Veterans Memorial, and in true patriotic form, Col. Roger Schwartz and Michael Stair explained the Declaration of Independence.
If you missed an opportunity to view fireworks Thursday, take heart. Wright Township will hold its annual fireworks display at 6:30 p.m. today at the township’s municipal park. |
en | N/A | N/A | Elisabeth Gill Spellacy, 86
Was Prominent Civic Leader
April 23, 1997|By CONSTANCE NEYER; Courant Staff Writer
Elisabeth Gill Spellacy, who died recently of a heart ailment, was remembered Tuesday by friends and family for her strong civic leadership and role as head of a prominent political family. She was 86.
Barbara Bailey remembered that the first time she and her husband visited New York, they went with the Spellacys.
``Going to New York City in those days was quite a trip,'' she said. ``She was very bright, brilliant. She was well-read, educated and she loved music, and she was very independent.''
Days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Mrs. Spellacy was named assistant chairwoman of the special Red Cross war fund campaign to raise about $350,000 in the Hartford area. In 1943, she was named chairwoman of the Hartford Junior Red Cross, where she helped get young people to make bandages and other items for wounded soldiers.
Susanne Spellacy said her grandmother ``ran the household, but she was not a cook.
``After Grandfather died, she traveled all over the world,'' she said. ``She was in Vietnam during the Vietnam War; Cambodia, Russia and throughout Europe and Africa.
Her son, Bourke G. Spellacy, said his mother was an avid reader. ``She was politically strong-minded and pretty firm in her opinions,'' he said.
Born in West Hartford
Thomas Spellacy was an especially popular mayor because he gave all of his salary to charity. Dikes to keep back the Connecticut River were built during his terms, when the mayor's position had considerably more power.Thomas Spellacy also served as U.S. district attorney, assistant to then-U.S. Naval Secretary Franklin Delano Roosevelt and assistant U.S. attorney general.
Mrs. Spellacy's son served as assistant corporation counsel for Hartford and associate counsel to the Metropolitan District Commission.
Besides her granddaughter and son, Mrs. Spellacy leaves a daughter-in-law, Linda L. Spellacy of Hartford; and two brothers, Judge Thomas D. Gill of West Hartford and author Brendan M. Gill of Yonkers, N.Y.
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en | N/A | N/A | Opening Remarks: After #35, I discovered that its actually pretty fun if you let the characters write the story themselves. You put them in a situation and then you let their personality "react" to that situation and thus the story tells itself. With #36 and #37, I decided to try something different.
It becomes even more intense for me when a reader points me to a past cartoon page that they consider their favorite. It makes me feel like I slip in quality over the seasons all the time. In #38, I plan to stick real close to basics but I won't forget to use the lessons I've recently leraned. Its also a ghost story. Wooo.
I originally made its story for a flash game I intended to do a long time ago. It was suppose to be a choose your own adventure comic where the reader made choices for the characters and it influenced the flow and outcome of the story. Flash is perfect for it because people won't be able to cheat it by changing the urls of the htmls on the browser's address bar. But because of the amount of work in making that game, I've decided not to go through with it for now. And, yeah, thats why the first page has a lot of talk about karma.
Cartoon#1041 Apr 28, 2008 - Gah, so many words. It hurts to read.
Cartoon#1042 May 05, 2008 - The bunny queen?
Cartoon#1043 May 12, 2008 - The reason why the living room is on the 2nd floor is because...
Cartoon#1044 May 19, 2008 - Bunny rage!
Cartoon#1045 May 26, 2008 - Do you think she's making it up?
Cartoon#1046 Jun 02, 2008 - I contracted a severe case of cooties when I was young. It almost killed me.
Cartoon#1047 Jun 09, 2008 - What good is an ego for anyway? Sometimes I wish I could just turn it on or off with a switch.
Cartoon#1048 Jun 16, 2008 - She's always doing good just like any typical 12 year old girl would.
Cartoon#1049 Jun 22, 2008 - Its an opportunity to explain some stuff about Bikits.
Cartoon#1050 Jun 30, 2008 - I forgot my ruler for this sessions.
Cartoon#1051 Jul 07, 2008 - This was originally the first part of the story where the reader could make a decision to influence its outcome.
Cartoon#1053 Jul 21, 2008 - I've been eating too many garlic chips.
Cartoon#1054 Jul 28, 2008 - When you're young, all you need is a cardboard box and your imagination to have fun. Life is too long.
Cartoon#1055 Aug 04, 2008 - Oo. Tension.
Cartoon#1056 Aug 18, 2008 - Always with a story to tell.
Cartoon#1057 Aug 25, 2008 - The power of two!
Cartoon#1058 Sep 01, 2008 - Thats Rex's grandfather. His last appearance was a few years back.
Cartoon#1059 Sep 08, 2008 - Kita.
Cartoon#1060 Sep 15, 2008 - Who wants to be special when you can be part of a team, eh?
Cartoon#1061 Sep 22, 2008 - A time window... Like on that show about a family of... four teenage ninja turtles.
Cartoon#1062 Oct 06, 2008 - Ayakashi carrot.
Cartoon#1063 Oct 13, 2008 - Is that a Star Trek thing? Dunno. Who's a better captain, Kirk or Picard?
Cartoon#1064 Oct 20, 2008 - Has it been mentioned? That familliar's name is Tricky.
Cartoon#1065 Oct 27, 2008 - Car trouble.
Cartoon#1066 Nov 03, 2008 - Yes. Feelings make me puke too.
Cartoon#1067 Nov 10, 2008 - Feelings are for girls!
Cartoon#1068 Nov 17, 2008 - Demonic posession and a flying house.
Cartoon#1069 Nov 24, 2008 - Its always like that game.
Cartoon#1070 Dec 01, 2008 - Its always like that-... oh.
Cartoon#1071 Dec 08, 2008 - The other side.
Cartoon#1072 Dec 19, 2008 - Corporate friendliness.
Cartoon#1073 Dec 26, 2008 - Should I show the future?
Cartoon#1074 Jan 02, 2009 - The old year ended already? Freaky...
Cartoon#1075 Jan 09, 2009 - Story told in a future tense.
Cartoon#1076 Jan 16, 2009 - The smells like game.
Cartoon#1077 Jan 23, 2009 - He used to live on his own personal planet.
Cartoon#1078 Jan 30, 2009 - Bubble.
Cartoon#1079 Feb 06, 2009 - I forgot to put something on the blue guy.
Cartoon#1080 Feb 20, 2009 - Maegan returns.
Cartoon#1081 Feb 27, 2009 - Like Fox would say; Feelings are for girls.
Cartoon#1082 Mar 06, 2009 - Ah, summer time. Memmories come flooding back.
Cartoon#1083 Mar 13, 2009 - Evil duckling on a Friday the 13th.
Cartoon#1084 Mar 20, 2009 - Fox's prized yellow bean bag-like chair.
Cartoon#1085 Mar 27, 2009 - Long trips are longer than short trips.
Cartoon#1086 Apr 03, 2009 - That gem might be useful in the flash game.
Ending Remarks: Not my best story, I know. I didn't even get the chance to do all thos "Never Ending Story" parodies I had planned. Well, while this comic set was in the making, a bunch of stuff happened in my life. Changes that can't be avoided. They distracted me a lot. Anyway, life goes on. :) Theres always the next story. |
en | N/A | N/A | Not to be outdone by the cast of former spandex-wearing lead singers, Alice Cooper got down to business himself with "No More Mr. Nice Guy." The recent Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame inductee blasted through "I'm Eighteen," and while Hairball served as a great backing band it still made no sense that Cooper didn't include his fantastic touring band. "Pretty soon it's gonna be 'I'm 80,'" Cooper joked after the song.
They dove back into their first record with "Deuce" but also visited their '80s catalog with "Lick it Up." They called the good doctor with the Simmon's staple "Dr. Love." The night came to an end with a finale of "Rock and Roll All Nite" with all of the evenings vocalist joining the band except for Joan Jett.
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en | N/A | N/A | Activities for the last week of term and over the summer break.
Skywriting is another great multisensory experience.
It is good if you can show them what the numbers look like on something – maybe a chalkboard, interactive board, or written on big pieces of paper.
Number lines are great for children to start to visualize what numbers look like in a sequence. They are also great for number recognition.
Refer to number lines as you sing songs, or do chants. The more they use them the better they will get.
Hav Gh’!
In this game you are going to draw three circles in a row on the ground. These could be planets, or they could be lily pads, or currant buns or something else if you prefer.
Then they are going to jump across the planets, saying one sound each time they land on a planet – e.g. ‘C-u-p.’ Then they jump off the last planet into space and say the word, in this example ‘cup.
Having fun with bubbles!!!
The glycerine is very much an optional extra, but it does apparently help the bubbles to get a lot bigger.
Make it a couple of days before. This allows it to settle.
Use a washing up liquid that doesn’t smell too fruity, to discourage any children that may want to drink it. Some washing up liquid smells delicious, and this is best avoided. |
en | N/A | N/A | Domingo Guccione, Untitled, ca. 1930-55. Colored pencil and graphite on paper 25 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches. Courtesy Ricco/Maresca Gallery.
Domingo Guccione, Untitled, ca. 1930–55. Colored pencil and graphite on paper 21 x 17 1/2 inches. Courtesy Ricco/Maresca Gallery.
,Another drawing, composed of yellow and red, looks like it depicts an interior space with yellow walls that angle up either to a stairway or to a mystical triangle rising upward. Windows surround the space, and a floor, embellished with black and white triangles, is found as well. Like all of Guccione’s drawings, the space is crowded with the shapes of his invention, and also as happens with his work, it is hard to separate individual structures from the overall design. This does not mean that the art is overly intricate—instead, it suggests a teeming creativity, in which the function of the shapes is meant to indicate spaces that could easily be termed sacred. The spiritual suggestiveness we experience in a drawing with a thin gray bar dividing it in half, exists in the top part as a complicated array of triangles with black and gray stripes, which are right side up and upside down. It is hard to see houses in the patterning. On the bottom half, we see what looks like a pair of walls offering geometric forms, leading to double doors, above which is an abstract pattern. The content is so intricate as to be mesmerizing, balanced as it is on the cusp of visionary realism and nonobjective design.
Guccione clearly deserves greater recognition. He felt that he was a medium translating the forms he imagined into something visible. The art cannot be seen as belonging to the geometric formalism that was quite popular when he made these drawings. But that is of small matter; instead, he devised a planar geometry capable of suggesting architecture and the spiritual imagination. His designs record a desire to animate forms with implications that are impossible to note by sight alone. Thus, his intricate patterns, realistic or not, became a way of transmitting an inner vision. It appears that he was not much influenced by the art trends; this made him original in ways that are memorable. |
en | N/A | N/A | The H38i is an exciting addition to the proven Model H family of high production mowers. It is the most powerful Walker Mower featuring 38 horsepower, Delphi® fuel injection, and impressive torque. This machine is capable of operating all of Walker's biggest decks and attachments with ease. The H38i features a redesigned rear axle for superior handling at high speeds on rough ground. This, along with a 4-way adjustable Grammer suspension seat provides personalized comfort keeping you productive on long days. |
en | N/A | N/A | indigenous people as well. These eco-systems are some of the last undisturbed places on earth that support habitat fornet.
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en | N/A | N/A | Recently Pakistan Cricket Team Captain Shahid Afridi given a Interview to a Pakistani Tv Channel Samaa Tv in which he said that Allah has given Muslims Bigger hearts than others and Pakistanis are largehearted. After these comments of Shahid Afridi Indian Media started massive Propaganda against Shahid Afridi. Indian Media has old habit of lying, Misquoting and creating fake stories and this is what they done with Afridi's Comments.
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en | N/A | N/A | Obituary » Donald Earl Johnson
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en | N/A | N/A | Matching local features across images is a fundamental problem in computer vision. Targeting towards high accuracy and efficiency, we propose Seeded Graph Matching Network, a graph neural network with sparse structure to reduce redundant connectivity and learn compact representation. The network consists of 1) Seeding Module, which initializes the matching by generating a small set of reliable matches as seeds. 2) Seeded Graph Neural Network, which utilizes seed matches to pass messages within/across images and predicts assignment costs. Three novel operations are proposed as basic elements for message passing: 1) Attentional Pooling, which aggregates keypoint features within the image to seed matches. 2) Seed Filtering, which enhances seed features and exchanges messages across images. 3) Attentional Unpooling, which propagates seed features back to original keypoints. Experiments show that our method reduces computational and memory complexity significantly compared with typical attention-based networks while competitive or higher performance is achieved.
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DEMO-Net: Degree-specific Graph Neural Networks for Node and Graph Classification
Establishing reliable correspondences across images is an essential step to recover relative camera pose and scene structure in many computer vision tasks, sush as Structure-from-Motion (SfM) [38] , Multiview Stereo(MVS) [17] and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) [32] . In classical pipelines, correspondences are obtained by nearest neighbour search (NN
) of local feature descriptors and are usually further pruned by heuristic tricks, such as mutual nearest neighbour check (
MNN) and ratio test (RT) [25] .
In the past few years, great efforts have been made on designing learnable matching strategy. Early works [61, 44, 63] in this direction utilize PointNet [33]
-like networks to reject outliers of putative correspondences. In these works, the correspondence coordinates are fed into permutation-equivariant networks, then inlier likelihood scores are predicted for each correspondence. Despite showing exciting results, these methods are limited in two aspects: 1) They operate on pre-matched correspondences, whereas finding more matches than vanilla nearest-neighbour matching is impossible. 2) They only reason about the geometric distribution of putative correspondences, neglecting the critical information of original local visual descriptors.
Figure 1: The designs of message passing layer. (a) SuperGlue densely connects every node in the graph, resulting in O(N2) computational complexity. (b) Instead, the proposed network, SGMNet, adopts pooling/unpooling operations, reducing the complexity to O(NK), where K≪N in general.
Another thread of methods cast feature matching as a graph matching problem [36, 5, 50] , which mitigates the limit of vanilla nearest neighbour correspondences. The representative work, SuperGlue [36] , constructs densely-connected graphs between image keypoints to exchange messages about both visual and geometric context. However, the superior performance comes along with high computation and memory cost, especially when being applied to keypoints of larger number (e.g. up to 10k). As illustrated in Fig. 1(a), the message passing layer of SuperGlue first calculates similarity scores exhaustively between every two nodes, then gathers features to pass messages densely in the graph. This results in computational complexity of O(N2C) for matrix multiplications, and memory occupation of O(N2) to hold the attention matrix, supposing that the keypoint number is N and feature channel is C. The complexity increases even drastically for deeper graph networks. Given this, exploring more efficient and compact message passing operation is of practical significance.
Besides the major efficiency bottleneck, it is debatable if such densely-connected graph introduces too much redundancy or insignificant message exchange that may hinder the representation ability, especially in the context of feature matching where the match set is highly outlier-contaminated and a large portion of keypoints are unrepeatable. As a result, most graph edges from SuperGlue [36] tend to have zero strength, as reported in its original paper and also observed in our experiments. This phenomenon indicates that even a sparse graph is largely sufficient and less distracted from unnecessary message exchanges.
In this paper, we propose Seeded Graph Matching Network (SGMNet) to mitigate above limitations from two aspects. First, inspired by guided matching approaches [10, 43, 30] , we design a Seeding Module that initializes the matching from a small set of reliable matches so as to more effectively identify inlier compatibility. Second, we draw inspiration from graph pooling operations [62, 56] , and construct a Seeded Graph Neural Network whose graph structure is largely sparsified to lower the computation and reduce the redundancy. Specifically, three operations are proposed to construct our message passing blocks. As illustrated in Fig. 1(b), instead of densely attending to all features within/across images, original keypoint features are first pooled by 1) Attentional Pooling through a small set of seed nodes, of which the features will be further enhanced by 2) Seed Filtering, and finally recovered back to original keypoints through 3) Attentional Unpooling.
By using seeds as attention bottleneck between images, the computational complexity for attention is reduced from O(N2C) to O(NKC), where K is the number of seeds. When K≪N, for example, 8k features are pooled into 512 seeds, the actual computation will be significantly cut down. We evaluate SGMNet under different tasks to demonstrate both its efficiency and effectiveness, and summarize our contributions threefold:
A seeding mechanism is introduced in graph matching framework to effectively identify inlier compatibility.
A greatly sparsified graph neural network is designed that enables more efficient and clean message passing.
Competitive or higher accuracy is reported with remarkably improved efficiency over dense attentional GNN. As an example, when matching 10k features, SGMNet runs 7 times faster and consumes 50% less GPU memory than SuperGlue.
Learnable image matching.
Integrating deep learning techniques into geometry-based computer vision task, such as MVS
[58, 59, 64, 65] and Visual Localization [67, 46]
, has received inspiring success during the past few years. As the front-end component for geometry estimation, learnable image matching has also been proven effective, where works in this area can be roughly divided into two categories. The first one focuses on improving local descriptors
[60, 41, 27, 26, 31, 49] and keypoints [53, 12, 28, 35, 11]
with convolutional neural networks, while methods in the second category attempt to embed learning techniques into matching strategy, which involves learnable outlier rejection
[61, 44, 63] and robust estimator [4] .
Recently, a new framework, SuperGlue [36] , is proposed to integrate feature matching and outlier rejection into a single graph neural network (GNN). Though exhibiting promising results in different tasks, SuperGlue still suffers from the excessive computational cost of fully connected self/cross attention operation, especially when used to match features in high number.
Compared with SuperGlue, our method shares the same advantages, that is, feature matching and refinement are integrated into one single network and allows for end-to-end training. However, our network significantly reduces the computational and memory cost due to its efficient attention block, which is specially designed for image matching.
Figure 2: The network architecture of SGMNet, which takes the local features as input, then generates seed matches from seeding module, and finally extracts correspondence features from Seeded GNN with multiple attentional blocks. In practice, updated features will be fed into a reseeding module and a 3-layer seeded GNN for refinement, while we omit this procedure here for simplicity.
Efficient transformer architectures. Transformer [52] architectures have gained intensive interest during the past few years. Specially, in the contexts of graph convolution, the attention mechanism in transformer can be used to pass messages across nodes in graph structure [13, 54] . Despite its effectiveness in a wide range of tasks, one major concern about transformer is its quadratic complexity w.r.t. the input size, which hinders its application under large query/key elements number.
Recently, many efforts have been made to address the attention efficiency problem. In [24, 7] predefined sparse attention pattern are adopted to cut down memory/computation cost. In [47, 19] , attention span is pruned by using learnable partitioning or grouping on input elements. In [55, 21] , pooling operation is utilized to reduce elements number. Despite the inspiring progress, works in this area generally focus on self-attention, where keys and queries are derived from the same element set, while their effectiveness in cross-attention, where keys and queries come from two unaligned sets, remains unstudied.
We draw inspiration from induced set attention (ISA) [21] , where a set of learned but fixed nodes are utilized as bottleneck for efficient self attention. To be compatible with cross attention in graph matching, we establish attention between seed matches and original point sets. The selected reliable correspondences align features in both sides and pass message in a low cost way.
Graph matching. Graph matching, which aims to generating node correspondences across graphs, is a widely used model for feature matching in both 2D [50, 5] and 3D [22, 2] domain. Mathematically formulated as a quadratic assignment problem (QAP) [51] , graph matching is NP-hard in its most general form and requires infeasible expensive solver for precise solutions. Despite the intractable nature of general graph matching, some methods [14, 15, 29] leverage partially pre-matched correspondences, also called seeds, to help matching, which are referred to as Seeded Graph Matching(SGM). Inspired by SGM, our network integrate seeds into a GNN framework for compact message passing and robust matching.
We present Seeded Graph Matching Network, shorten as SGMNet, for learning correspondences between two sets of keypoints and their associated visual descriptors. As illustrated in Fig. 2, our network produces matches in two stages: 1) Seeding Module generates seeds to guide compact message passing, and 2) Seeded Graph Neural Network leverages seeds as message bottleneck to update per-node feature. In the following parts, an overview of our network architecture will be introduced first, followed by detailed description of each module.
Given a pair of images A and B, with n and m keypoints and associated visual descriptors respectively, indexed by α:={1,...,n},β:={1,...,m}, our objective is to establish reliable and robust keypoint matches across two images.
We formulate the keypoint matching task as a graph matching problem, where the nodes are the keypoints of each image. Instead of apply fully connected graph, we generate a set of keypoint correspondences, which we refer to as seed matches, to guide message pass across nodes in two graphs for subsequent matching. This critical difference allows for processing large number of keypoints with significantly lower memory and computation cost.
The input to our network are keypoints KA , KB in two images, KiI=(piI,diI), where I∈{A,B} and piI=(xiI,yiI) is the coordinate of keypoint i in image I. diI∈Rd is associated d dimensional visual descriptor.
Positions of keypoints are embedded into high dimensional feature space and combined with descriptors by element-wise summation for initial representation 0FA , 0FB.
0FiI= diI+MLP(piI),I∈{A,B},
A Seeding Module follows to construct a set of seed matches S. 0FA, 0FB and S are then fed into our Seeded Graph Neural Network which reasons about visual appearance similarity, neighbourhood consensus as well as the guidance provided by seed matches jointly to update keypoint features.
Inspired by the cascade refinement structure in OANet [63] , a second seeding module, or reseeding module, is introduced to generate more accurate seeds based on the updated features, which helps to further refine matches with another Seeded GNN. Final matches are then generated by formulating assignment matrix.
3.2 Seeding Module
Proposing a set of seed matches lays the foundation for subsequent matching. For initial seeding, we adopt a simple yet effective strategy: we generate putative matches by nearest neighbour matching and use the inverse of distance ratio, i.e., the ratio of distance to first and second nearest neighbours [25] , as reliability scores. We adopt Non-Maximum Suppression (NMS) for a better spatial coverage of seeds. More details of seeding module can be found in Appendix A.2. Despite potential noise in initial seeds, our network maintains robustness with proposed weighted unpooling operation and reseeding strategy, which will be discussed later.
The seeding module outputs S=(SA,SB), where SA, SB are index lists for seed matches in each image.
3.3 Seeded Graph Neural Network
Seeded GNN takes initial position-embedded features 0FA, 0FB and leverages seed matches S as attention bottlenecks for message passing. To this end, we adopt a pooling-processing-unpooling strategy in each processing unit: seed features first gather information from full point sets on each side through Attentional Pooling, then processed by Seed Filtering operation and finally be recoverd back to original size by Attentional Unpooling. Our Seeded GNN is constructed by stacking 6(3) such processing units for initial(refinement) stages.
Weighted attentional aggregation. We first introduce a weighted version of attentional aggregation, which allows for sharper and cleaner data-dependent message passing.
In a d-dimensional feature space, for mvectors to be updated: X∈Rm×d, n vectors to be attended to: Y∈Rn×d and a weight vector: w∈Rn, the weighted attentional aggregation Att is defined as,
Xr=\text{Att}(X,Y,w)=X+MLP(X||Δ),
θ(⋅) means row-wise softmax. Q is linear projection of X and K,V are linear projections of Y. Xr is renewed representation for X.
By attentional aggregation, elements in X retrieve and aggregate information from elements in Y. A weighting vector w is applied on V to adjust the importance for each element in Y.
Attentional pooling. As the first step in message passing, seed matches retrieves contexts from full keypoint set through attentional aggregration,
For input features tFA , tFB in layer t, features for seed matches are first retrieved by indices
tS1I=tFI[SI],I∈{A,B},
where [ ] is the indexing operation. Seed matches are then updated by retrieving context from nodes in each graph
where 1 is all one vector, which means no weights are applied.
A mutilayer perceptron follows to fuse the seed features,
MLP(tS2A||tS2B)
where || means concatenation along row dimension.
The outputs tS3A, tS3B, which encode both visual and position context for each graph and information from seed matches themselves, are fed into subsequent operations.
Figure 3: Visualization of attentional pooling/unpooling. In attentional pooling, one pair of seed match aggregates context from the other keypoints, while in attentional unpooling each original keypoint retrieves renewed message from seed matches.
Seed filtering. We propose seed filtering operation to (1) conduct intra/inter-graph communication between seed matches and (2) suppress the influence of outlier seed matches. More specifically, intra/inter-graph attentional aggregation is applied to the input seed correspondence features tS3I∈Rk×d, I∈{A,B}.
tS4I =Att(tS3I,tS3I,1),
tS4J,1), I,J∈{A,B},I≠J,
In addition, a context normalization [61] branch is used to predict inlier likelihood scores γ for each seed correspondence, which will be used as weighting score for seed features in later unpooling stage.
tγ=CN(tS5A||tS5B),
where CN is a lightweight stacked context normalization [61] blocks. Detailed structures of CN brach can be found in Appendix A.2.
The outputs of seed filtering are the filtered features tS5A , tS5B and inlier scores γ∈[0,1]k of seed matches.
Attentional unpooling. After the message exchange between seed matches and inlier score prediction, an inlier-score-weighted attentional aggregation is adopted to broadcast the pooled contexts to every keypoint in each graph, which we refer to as attentional unpooling.
Taking tS5A , tS5B , inlier score γ and tFA , tFB as input, attentional unpooling outputs the updated keypoint features t+1FA , t+1FB.
Applying inlier score to the aggregation process suppresses information broadcast from false seed matches and results in cleaner feature update, which contributes to the robustness of our network w.r.t. seeding noise (Appendix D.2, Appendix Fig 10).
Assignment matrix formulation. After all processing units, the updated features are used to construct the assignment matrix. Sinkhorn [8] algorithm is applied on the correlation matrix of features with a dustbin channel to produce final assignment matrix M.
Given the keypoint features NFA∈Rn×d, NFB∈Rm×d after N processing blocks, we compute the assignment matrix by
M=Sinkhorn(^C)
^Ci,j={Ci,j, for i⩽n,j⩽mz, otherwise,^C∈R(n+1)×(m+1)
where C=NFANFTB, z is a learnable parameter for dustbin. We derive final matches from the assignment matrix M with a confidence threshold to remove outliers.
Although Seeded GNN based on initial seeding exhibits strong capability to identify underlying matches, a second seeding module using updated feature provides even cleaner and richer seeds to further improve the performance. Thus, we adopt a reseeding module. Different from initial seeding where NN matches and ratio scores of raw descriptors are used, reseeding module employs assignment matrix M of updated features to regenerate seeds. More specifically, matches with highest score in both rows and columns are selected as candidates, where top-k matches are selected as new seeds and are fed into a second Seeded GNN for refinement. More details can be found in Appendix A.2.
3.5 Loss
Seeding module only outputs seed indices that requires no gradient back-propagation, thus our network is fully differentiable and can be trained end-to-end with supervision from indices of ground truth matches lm={(i,j)}∈α×β and unmatchable points luA,luB, where a point is regarded as unmatchable if there are no matchable points in the other image. From assignment matrix Mr for reseeding, final assignment matrix Mf, and inlier scores tγ,t∈{1,2,...,L} for L processing units, we formulate our loss as two parts,
L=Lassign+δΣt∈{1,2,...,L}Ltweight
Lassign=− ∑M∈{Mr,Mf}[∑(i,j)∈lmlog(Mi,j)+
∑i∈luAlog(Mi,m+1)+∑j∈luBlog(Mn+1,j)]
Ltweight is cross entropy loss for inlier/outlier binary classification in t-th processing unit, a seed correspondence is labeled as inlier if its epipolar distance is less than a threshold. δ is a weight to balance the two loss terms.
Feature Matcher CPC T&T TUM KITTI
%Recall #Corrs(-m) %Recall #Corrs(-m) %Recall #Corrs(-m) %Recall #Corrs
RootSIFT [1] NN+RT 52.9 92 (123) 82.1 208 (287) 61.9 365 (438) 90.6 847
OANet [63] 58.6 119 (167) 84.7 219 (306) 62.3 454 (396) 89.0 773
SuperGlue [36] 61.1 218 (466) 86.8 382 (767) 65.9 655 (1037) 91.0 1261
SGMNet 62.0 248 (524) 85.9 397 (789) 66.6 704 (1132) 91.2 1097
ContextDesc [26] NN+RT 62.4 169 (277) 85.5 222 (426) 58.7 456 (625) 90.6 1134
OANet 65.3 187 (288) 86.7 294 (425) 53.2 295 (327) 89.0 791
SuperGlue 67.0 260 (579) 89.1 491 (695) 60.1 408(690) 91.1 1401
SGMNet 70.8 370 (616) 89.9 514 (705) 61.6 423 (705) 90.3 1204
SuperPoint [11] MNN 34.5 152 (421) 72.8 287 (717) 56.7 280 (420) 88.6 848
SuperGlue 68.8 287 (719) 92.9 414 (987) 59.1 512 (1038) 88.7 957
SuperGlue∗ 76.7 302(712) 96.6 431(985) 59.0 121(177) 89.5 354
SGMNet 70.3 327 (829) 93.2 450 (1098) 65.8 666 (1315) 86.3 954
Table 1: Evaluation results on FM-Bench [3] , where %Recall denotes mean recall of all pairs, #Corrs(-m) denotes mean number of inlier correspondences after/before RANSAC. SuperGlue∗ indicates the results obtained from officially released model.
3.6 Implementation Details
We train our network on GL3D dataset [39] , which covers both indoor/outdoor scenes, to obtain general purpose model. We sample 1k keypoints and 128 seeds during training. We use Adam optimizer with learning rate of 10−4 in optimization and inlier score weight δ in loss is set to 250. We use 6/3 processing blocks for initial/refine stage and the gradients flow between the two stages are blocked in early iterations(140k iterations). We use 4-head attention in both attentional pooling/unpooling operations. For all experiments, we use a confidence threshold of 0.2 to retain matches and seeding number of 128#keypoint2000, where #keypoint is the number of keypoints. More details including training data generation and hyper-parameters can be found in Appendix A.
In the following sessions, we provide experiments results of our methods under a wide range of tasks, as well as further analysis of its computation and memory efficiency.
The performance of our method is first evaluated on image matching tasks and three benchmarks in two-view pose estimation, YFCC100M
[48] , FM-Bench [3] and ScanNet [9] dataset, are used for demonstration.
For YFCC100M [48] , we follow the setting in OANet [63] and choose 4 sequences for testing. FM-Bench [3] comprises four subsets in different scenarios: KITTI [16] for driving settings, TUM [42] for indoor SLAM settings, Tanks and Temples (T&T) [20] and CPC [57] for wide-baseline reconstruction tasks. ScanNet [9] is a widely used indoor reconstruction dataset. Following SuperGlue [36] , we use 1500 pairs in test set for evaluation.
Evaluation protocols. On YFCC100M and ScanNet dataset, pose estimation is performed on the correspondences after RANSAC post-processing. We report 1) AUC [36, 63, 61] under different thresholds, computed from the angular differences between ground truth and estimated vectors for both rotation and translation; 2) Mean matching score (M.S.) [36, 11] , the ratio of correct matches and total keypoint number; 3) Mean precision (Prec.) [36, 11] of the generated matches. We detect up to 2k keypoints for all features on YFCC100M, up to 1k keypoints for superpoint on ScanNet and up to 2k keypoints for other features .
On FM-Bench dataset, we estimate fundamental matrix for each evaluated pair with RANSAC post-processing, and use the normalized symmetric epipolar distance (SGD) [66, 3] as originally defined in FM-Bench paper, to measure the difference between the estimated fundamental matrix and the ground truth. An estimate is considered correct if its normalized SGD to ground truth is lower than a threshold (0.05 is used by default), and up to 4k keypoints are detected for each test pair. Following FM-Bench paper [3] , we report: 1) recall (%Recall) on fundamental matrix estimation; 2) mean number of correct correspondences (#Corrs(-m)) after/before RANSAC.
Feature Matcher AUC M.S. Prec.
@5° @10° @20°
RootSIFT NN + RT [25] 49.07 58.76 68.58 8.23 29.79
AdaLAM(4k) [6] 57.78 68.01 77.38 7.92 83.15
OANet [63] 58.00 67.80 77.46 5.84 81.80
SuperGlue∗ [36] 59.25 70.38 80.44 - -
SuperGlue 63.82 73.33 82.26 16.59 81.08
SGMNet 62.72 72.52 81.48 17.08 86.08
ContextDesc NN + RT 57.90 68.47 78.35 9.39 59.72
OANet 62.28 72.56 81.80 9.33 88.49
SuperPoint MNN 31.05 40.85 52.64 15.12 24.64
AdaLAM(2k) [6] 40.20 49.03 59.11 10.17 72.57
OANet 48.80 59.06 70.02 12.48 71.95
SuperGlue∗ 67.10 76.18 84.37 21.58 88.64
SIFT PointCN [61] 47.98 58.13 68.67 - -
ACNe [45] - - 78.00 - -
LGLFM [10] 49.60 60.36 71.37 - -
- RANSAC-Flow [40] 64.88 73.31 81.56 - -
Table 2: Results on YFCC100M [48] , where AUC evaluates the pose accuracy, M.S. denotes mean matching score and Prec. denotes mean matching precision. SuperGlue∗ indicates the results obtained from original paper or officially released model.
RootSIFT NN + RT [25] 9.08 19.75 32.66 2.28 28.83
AdaLAM [6] 8.24 18.57 31.01 3.10 47.59
SuperGlue 13.12 27.99 43.92 8.50 42.53
SGMNet 12.82 27.92 44.55 8.79 45.55
AdaLAM 8.45 19.81 33.11 6.58 44.08
SuperPoint MNN 9.44 21.57 36.41 13.27 30.17
AdaLAM 6.72 15.82 27.37 13.19 44.22
Table 3: Results on Scannet [9] . SuperGlue∗ indicates the results obtained from officially released model.
Figure 4: Correspondence visualizations. We showcase with SIFT features, and compare the results of traditional matching (MNN + RT), SuperGlue and our method (SGMNet). More visualizations available in Appendix.
Comparative methods. We compare our method with heuristic pruning strategy, ratio test [25] or MNN, and a various of learning-based matching methods [63, 36, 45, 10, 61, 40] . These methods are applied on both handcrafted descriptors [25, 1] and learning-based local features [26, 11] .
For a fair comparison, OANet, SuperGlue and SGMNet are all re-trained using the same sequences of GL3D [39] , where 1k keypoints are sampled per image. Noted that the official training code of SuperGlue is not available, and its public model (denoted as SuperGlue∗) is trained on MegaDepth [23] and Oxford and Paris dataset [34] . Instead, we retrain SuperGlue on GL3D [39] with similar data selection criteria described in orignal paper. This re-implementation achieves even better results on YFCC100M (Table 3) for RootSIFT than those reported in the original paper. However, there still remains some performance gap when using SuperPoint [11] , even though we have carefully tuned the training and enquired the authors about details. Nevertheless, we consider our re-implementation of SuperGlue [36] faithful and thus can be fairly compared. We report results of both official model and our re-implementation.
Results. For YFCC100M, ScanNet and two wide-baseline datasets of FM-Bench (CPC and T&T), our method mostly shows competitive results compared with the state-of-the-arts. For two small-baseline datasets in FM-Bench (TUM and KITTI), the advantages of all learnable methods tend to degenerate due to the reduced matching difficulty. Our method matches most inlier correspondences on almost all dataset regarding M.S. on YFCC100M/ScanNet and #Corrs(-m) on FM-Bench while maintaining a high matching precision, which contributes to the final pose accuracy. Though not specially trained in indoor scenarios, our method generalizes well on indoor setting.
4.2 Visual Localization
To evaluate how our method benefits real downstream applications, we integrate it in a visual localization pipeline and evaluate its performance.
Datasets. We resort to Aachen Day-Night dataset [37] to evaluate the effectiveness of our method on visual localization task. Aachen Day-Night consists of 4328 reference images and 922 (824 daytime, 98 nighttime) query images. All images are taken in urban scenes.
Evaluation protocols. We use the official pipeline of Aachen Day-Night benchmark. Correspondences between reference images are first used to triangulate a 3D reconstruction. Correspondences between each query and its retrieved reference images are then generated to recover the relative pose. Consistent with the official benchmark, we report the pose estimation accuracy under different thresholds. We extract 8k keypoints for RootSIFT, ContextDesc and 4k keypoints for SuperPoint.
Results. Compared with SuperGlue, our method exhibits better results when using RootSIFT and competitive results when using SuperPoint or ContextDesc. Our method consistently outperforms OANet using all three descriptors. The overall performance proves the generalization ability of our method on real challenging applications.
Feature Matcher 0.25m, 2° 0.5m, 5° 5m, 10°
RootSIFT [1] MNN 43.9 56.1 65.3
OANet [63] 69.4 83.7 94.9
SuperGlue [36] 63.3 80.6 98.0
SGMNet 70.4 85.7 98.0
ContextDesc [26] MNN 65.3 80.6 90.8
OANet 74.5 86.7 99.0
SuperGlue 77.6 86.7 99.0
SuperPoint [11] MNN 71.4 78.6 87.8
SuperGlue∗ 79.6 90.8 100.0
Table 4: Evaluation results on Aachen Day-Night dataset. We report pose accuracy under different thresholds for challenging night spilt. We include the results of official released model of SuperGlue with SuperPoint (denoted as SuperGlue∗).
Figure 5: The computation (a) and memory (b) efficiency compared the proposed method with SuperGlue. We report memory occupation averaged by batch size for training. The effect of keypoint number on Aachen Day-Night dataset is illustrated in (c).
In above experiments, the proposed method has shown competitive results against the state-of-the-arts. In this session, we demonstrate the major advantage of our method in time/memory efficiency compared with SuperGlue, a closely related method based on GNN.
Time/memory consumption. As shown in Fig. 5(a), the time cost of our method is remarkably lower than SuperGlue. Specifically, we report both run time with and without Sinkhorn iterations on a GTX 1080 GPU, in order to more precisely demonstrate the substantial improvements on GNN design itself. It is noteworthy that on 10k keypoints and without Sinkhorn iterations, the proposed method reduces the runtime by one magnitude. Besides, due to the reduction of redundancy, SGMNet also delivers better convergence during training (see Appendix C).
As shown in Fig. 5(b), during test phase, our method consumes half of memory than SuperGlue when keypoint number is larger than 2k, where the major memory peak of our method is seeding phase and sinkhorn iterations. The advantage becomes even more significant during training. With a batch size of 16 and keypoint number of 1k, SuperGlue occupies up to 23GB GPU memory for training while SGMNet only consumes less than 9GB memory.
Performance gain when using more keypoints. Within a reasonable range, larger keypoint number generally improves performance of downstream tasks, thus a manageable matching cost is of practical significance to extend the applicability. As a showcase, we vary the keypoint number of RootSIFT when evaluating on Aachen Day-Night Dataset. As can be seen from Fig. 5(c), the accuracy of SGMNet and SuperGlue increases as more keypoints are used. Considering the efficiency advantage of our method, SGMNet delivers better trade-off when increasing the keypoint number. We also provide an experiment of SfM, a typical keypoint-consuming application in Appendix D.3.
Matcher AUC@20° M.S. Prec.
NN + RT 68.58 10.05 56.38
SGMNet w Rand. Seed 71.25 12.94 55.57
SGMNet w/o W.U. 78.64 17.07 81.26
SGMNet w/o A.P. 79.35 17.11 82.15
SGMNet w/o Reseeding 80.41 17.12 84.47
SGMNet full 81.48 17.08 86.08
Table 5: Results of ablation study. w/o A.P. stands for w/o attentional pooling, where seed features are directly sent to seed filtering process without attending to original keypoints. w/o W.U. stands for w/o weighted unpooling, where vanilla attention are preformed in unpooling process. Rand. Seed means selecting seed correspondences randomly instead of picking the top-k scores. w/o Reseeding means only use initial seeding.
To evaluate the effectiveness of different components of our method, we conduct ablation study on YFCC100M dataset using RootSIFT. As shown in Table 5, all different component in our network contributes to the final performance notably. In particular, seeding reliable matches plays an important role, which further proves that seed matches is able to guide message across images for robust matching.
Type Matcher AUC Time
GNN SGMNet-10 66.62 76.33 84.71 114.81
SGMNet 67.42 76.63 84.66 284.66
SuperGlue-10 65.85 75.35 84.05 458.52
SuperGlue 66.65 75.41 84.12 604.11
Filter OANet 63.75 73.60 82.43 21.30
ACNe 63.37 73.67 82.74 18.26
Handcrafted AdaLAM 57.78 68.01 77.38 4.59
GMS 26.15 33.53 42.13 5.44
Table 6: Results on YFCC100M using 4k SIFT features. -10 means setting sinkhorn iterations as 10 instead of 100
5.2 Comparison with Filter-based Methods
For a well-around comparison, we provide in Table 6 more experiment results with filter-based methods (outlier rejection). When using 4k keypoints, SGMNet achieves best performance among all comparative methods while runs 4 times faster than SuperGlue when setting sinkhorn iterations as 10. Despite the fast inference speed of SOTA filter-based methods, a considerable performance gap still remains compared with GNN based methods.
5.3 Designs of SGMNet
We experiment on other designs for SGMNet, including other seeding strategy and pooling operations in GNN/Transformer architecture [52, 55, 62] , e.g. diffPool [63, 62] and set transformer [21] . We find 1) learnable seeding acheives limitied improvement over our simple heuristic seeding strategy 2) other general pooling operations, which are often verified on self-attention in GNN/Transformer architecture, are not effective alternatives of our seed-based pooling. Details of our experiments can be found in Appendix B. Hyper-parameter study on seeding number can be found in Appendix D.
In this paper, we propose SGMNet, a novel graph neural network for efficient image matching. The new operations we have developed enable message passing with a compact attention pattern. Experiments on different tasks and datasets prove that our method improves the accuracy of feature matching and downstream tasks to competitive or higher level against the state-of-the-arts with a modest computation/memory cost.
Acknowledgment. This work is supported by Hong Kong RGC GRF <DIGITS>, <DIGITS>, T22-603/15N and Guangzhou Okay Information Technology with the project GZETDZ18EG05.
We provide in this part details about our implementations as well as experiment settings.
A.1 Training Details
Training Data. We use GL3D dataset to generate training data. GL3D dataset is originally based on 3D reconstruction of 543 different scenes, including landmarks and small objects, while in its latest version additional 713 sequences of internet tourism photos are added.
We sample 1000 pairs for each sequence and filter out pairs that are either too hard or too easy for training. More specifically, we use the common track ratio provided by original dataset and rotation angles between cameras to determine pair difficulty, pairs with common track ratio in range [0.1,0.5] and rotation angle in range [6\textdegree,60\textdegree] are kept.
We reproject keypoints between images with depth maps and use reprojection distances to determine ground truth matches and unmatchable points. More specifically, a keypoint is labeled as unmatchable if its reprojection distances with all keypoints in the other image are larger than 10 pixels, while a pair of keypoints that are mutual nearest after reprojection and with a reprojection distance lower than 3 pixels are considered ground truth matches. We further filter out pairs with ground matches fewer than 50.
Our data generation protocol yields around 400k training pairs in total.
Figure 6: Visualizations of raw putative matches(left), seed correspondences(middle) and matches obtained by SGMNet(right). Note that even with heavily noisy seeds, SGMNet is capable of discovering underlying patterns, which are leveraged to guided message pass across keypoints for robust and accurate matching.
Training Parameters. We use Adam optimizer for training optimization with learning rate of 10−4. We apply learning rate decay after 300k iterations with decay rate of 0.999996 until 900k iterations. We block the gradient flow between initial/refinement stages for the first 140k iterations.
A.2 Network Details
As is done in SuperGlue [36] , we apply multi-head attention mechanism for all weighted attention operations in our network with head number of 4.
For initial Seeding Module, we apply additional mutual nearest neighbour check and ratio test to seed correspondences. NMS is also employed in seeding. The radius for NMS is θ|α|(|α|−1)Σ(i,j)∈α×α,i≠jdij, where α is index set for all keypoints, dij is distance between keypoint i,j, |.| denotes set size, θ is a hyper parameter, which we set as 10−2 for all experiment.
For Reseeding Module, we apply sinkhorn algorithm with 10 iterations on correlation matrix to obtain assignment matrix. Correspondences with top-k scores on both dimensions are sampled as seeds. NMS is also applied in reseeding module.
For the inlier likelihood predictor CN in Seeded GNN, we use the PointCN structure illustrated in Fig 7 (down).
We set iterations number of Sinkhorn algorithm to 100.
A.3 Experiment Settings
We use OpenCV implementation for SIFT and official implementation of SuperPoint and ContextDesc. For ContextDesc, we use the latest public model (denoted as ContextDesc++upright in the official GitHub repository).
YFCC100M. We extract SIFT and ContextDesc with images in original resolution and resize images so that the longest dimension is 1600 to extract SuperPoint. We use OpenCV findEssentialMat and recoverPose functions to recover relative poses with the embedded RANSAC, of which the threhold is set as 1 pixel under resolution of resized images. For matching score and precision, we use epipolar distance of 5×10−3 to determine inlier matches.
ScanNet. We resize images to [640,480] resolution to extract keypoints and use same protocol to recover relative poses, mathing scores and precision as in YFCC100M.
FM-Bench. The original evaluation pipeline of FM-Bench is based on Matlab and we reimplement it with Python. The parameter for evaluation is consistent with the original implementation. We use OpenCV findFundamental function for fundamental matrix estimation and set the threshold of embedded RANSAC to 1 pixel. Compared with original implementation, our evaluation pipeline tends to give out higher accuracy, especially for wide baseline datasets. We believe it is due to better performance of OpenCV findFundamental function and is beneficial for a more precise evaluation.
Aachen Day-Night. We use the official pipeline and default parameters for evaluation. We extract upright feature for both RootSIFT and ContextDesc.
B Designs of SGMNet
Despite the effectiveness of SGMNet, we provide our experiment results and analysis on some other potential designs in this part.
AUC M.S. Prec. Prec.
Designs @5° @10° @20°
Learned Seeding 62.80 72.55 81.09 17.25 85.15 51.22
DiffPool 50.85 60.50 69.68 10.18 61.52 -
ISA 52.11 61.44 70.03 10.65 63.24 -
SGMNet 62.72 72.52 81.48 17.08 86.08 39.24
NN+RT 49.07 58.76 68.58 10.05 56.38 -
Table 7: Evaluation Results on YFCC100M using RootSIFT with different designs. Prec.(S) denotes precision of seed correspondences.
Figure 7: PointCN structure(down) we use to construct learned seeding module(top). CN(a)/BN(a) denotes context normalization [61]
/batch normalization
[18] with input of a channels.
Learned Seeding. After obtaining initial nearest neighbour correspondences, we employ a light-weight permutation invariant Network (architecture illustrated in Fig 7) to determine each correspondence’s inlier likelihood score, as is done in previous works [63, 61] . We thus sample correspondences with top-k inlier-score instead of ratio scores as seeding correspondences.
Results. We report results in Table 7. Although applying light-weight pointCN block for inlier seeds prediction slightly increases seeding precision, it’s not enough to bring meaningful impacts on the level of pose estimation.
In general, we are open for the possibility to increase matching quality by introducing more complicated seeding strategies. However, targeting at efficient matching, our seeding method achieves good balance between performance and cost.
The critical component in our method for efficiency message passing is essentially pooling of original keypoints. In this part, we apply two well-studied pooling designs either in GNN or transformer architecture, namely DiffPool [62] and Induced Set Attention [21] , to image matching task and evaluate their performance.
DiffPool. As a pooling operation in GNN, DiffPool predicts assignment matrix based on each node’s embedding in graph, which is designed to build hierarchical and sparse graph representation [62] . In OANet [63] , DiffUnpool, the counter part of DiffPool, is proposed to recover node clusters to original size. As an experiment, we apply DiffPool/Unpool to keypoint graph in each image as a substitution for our proposed attentional pooling. Cross/self attention [36] will be performed on the pooled clusters for message exchange.
Induced Set Attention. Induced set attention(ISA) is first proposed in Set Transformer [21] . Different from using seed features as attention bottleneck, ISA adopts a set of learned fixed features(induced point) as attention pass between set elements and is only verified on self-attention for sparse input. We subsitute our seed-based attention with ISA. More specifically, we let the network learned induced points for both sides and let induced points attend to original keypoints(both cross/self) to perform message pass.
Results. We report evaluation result on YFCC100M. For all pooling method, we set pooling number to 128 and extract up to 2k keypoints. As illustrated in Table 7, both DiffPool and ISA shows only marginal improvements over baselines, which indicates that applying pooling methods designed for generic GNN/efficient transformer is not necessarily effective for image matching tasks, and further prove that our seed based attentional pooling/unpooling operation is critical for the success of our method.
C Fast Convergence
The compactness of SGMNet not only contributes to the cut-down on computation/memory complexity but also leads to a faster convergence for training. In Fig. 8 we plot the training curve for both SGMNet and SuperGlue. As illustrated, SGMNet takes fewer iterations to reach convergence.
Figure 8: Convergence curve.
D Additional Experiment Results
Figure 9: The effect of seed number when varing the keypoint number. Numbers in grids are Exact AUC@20° using RootSIFT.
Figure 10: Relationship between pose estimation accuracy and seed precision. Note SGMNet maintain a high matching quality even with seed precision of only 20%.
Figure 11: Reconstruction results of vanilla nearest neighbour matching(left) and SGMNet(right). The completeness of reconstruction is determined by matching quality between some critical frames. In this case, NN matching fails to generate descent correspondences between tall building(b)/statue(c) and tall building(b)/remains(a), which results in incomplete reconstruction, while SGMNet registered theses critical frames successfully.
D.1 Impact of Seeding Number
SGMNet requires seeding a set of seed correspondences, the number of which not only influences our method’s efficiency but also accuracy. Therefore, it is important to investigate the impact of seeding number. We carefully conduct grid search on YFCC100M with different keypoint and seeding number.
As is illustrated in Fig 9, an approximate proportional relationship between keypoint/seed numbers yields best performance, as too many seeds may deliver less reliable guidance while seeding too few correspondences results in severe information lost.
Methods #Registered Images #Sparse Points Mean Rro. Error Mean Track Len. Matching Time Total Time
NN+Ratio+Mutual Check <PHONE> 0.58px 11.27 1h 13min 2h 22min
SuperGlue <PHONE> 0.95px 10.93 42h 34min 44h 06min
SGMNet <PHONE> 1.10px 10.73 5h 37min 7h 56min
Table 8: SfM results for Alamo scene in 1DSFM dataset.
D.2 Robustness to Seed Noise
To evaluate the robustness of our method w.r.t. potential false seeds, we conduct experiment on YFCC100M. More specifically, for each pair we select a set of inlier matches, which is determined using ground truth, and pad them with random sampled noise to construct seed correspondences with different precision. We feed the pre-selected seed correspondences to Seeded GNN instead of applying Seeding Module.
As is shown in Fig 10, SGMNet maintains high matching quality even with heavily noisy seed correspondences. It’s noteworthy that for SGMNet without weighted unpooling, the pose estimation accuracy degenerate more rapidly as seed precision decreases, which indicates lower robustness to seed noise. More visualizations related to noisy seed and matching results can be seen in Fig 6.
D.3 SfM Experiment
Typical Structure from Motion(SfM) pipeline usually involves extracting keypoints in large number(e.g. 8k) and matching among hundreds/thousands of images to obtain ultra accurate poses and more complete reconstructions. In this section, we embed different matching methods into COLMAP SfM pipeline for comparison. We reconstruct challenging Alamo scene from 1DSFM [57] , which involves 2915 images taken under very different illumination conditions. 8k RootSIFT features are extracted for each image and we set sinkhorn iterations to 10 for both SGMNet and SuperGlue. We use a GTX 1080 GPU to preform matching sequentially. Apart from common statistics for reconstruction, we also report time consumption for matching and the whole SfM pipeline.
As shown in Tab 8, both SuperGlue and SGMNet produces much more complete reconstruction compared with vanilla NN matching and heuristic pruning. However, SuperGlue largely lengthen the time for whole SfM pipeline, while our method retains the matching time to a feasible level.
E More Visualizations
See Fig. 12 and Fig. 6.
Figure 12: More visualizations.
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en | N/A | N/A | I'm new to react js. I want to upload image asynchronously with react js Suppose I have this code
photo: []
data.append("photo", this.state.photo);
// is this the correct way to get file data?
getPhoto: function (e) {
photo: e.target.files[0]
<form action='.' enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type='file' onChange={this.getPhoto}/>
You can make use of FileReader
console.log('handle uploading-', this.state.file);
let {imagePreviewUrl} = this.state;
let imagePreview = null;
imagePreview = (<img src={imagePreviewUrl} />);
imagePreview = (<div className="previewText">Please select an Image for Preview</div>);
{imagePreview}
your answer is very smart. but i want the uploaded pdf to show with its thumb image when uploaded – steve Jul 21 '18 at 3:32
Use following module to select images.
You can then upload image to server using xhr request. Following is the sample code.
//your success code goes here
photo: [],
documents:[]
data.append("photo", component.state.photo, component.state.name);
var request = axios.post
request.then(function(response){
// you need to send data from server in response
console.log
component.state.documents.push
// pushed document data in documents array
getPhoto: function () {
var uploadfile = document.getElementById(upload_doc).files[0]
photo: uploadfile, name : uploadfile.name
var documents = this.state.documents.map((doc)=>{
<a href={doc.url}>{doc.name}</a>
<img src={doc.photo} />
// you can show your documents uploaded this way using map function
<input type='file' id='upload_doc' onChange={this.getPhoto}/>
<span>{documents}</span>
// this way you can see uploaded documents
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One more easier way, by using using axios node module axios-fileupload
npm install --save axios-fileupload
const axiosFileupload = require('axios-fileupload');
axiosFileupload(url,file);
You can use whatwg-fetch to make a post request. In your pressButton() function make the following changes -
pressButton: function (url) {
timeout: 3000 * 60 * 60
body : JSON.stringify
return fetch(url, callOptions).then(response => response.json());
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You can use React Dropzone Uploader, which gives you a dropzone that shows file previews (including image thumbnails) for dropped or chosen files, and also handles uploads for you.
getUploadParams={() => ({ url: '<URL>' })} // specify upload params and url for your files
onChangeStatus={({ meta, file }, status) => { console.log(status, meta, file) }}
onSubmit={(files) => { console.log(files.map(f => f.meta)) }}
Uploads have progress indicators, and they can be cancelled or restarted. The UI is totally customizable, and the library has no dependencies.
Full disclosure: I wrote this library. |
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Is looting ever defensible?
I’ve no doubt Osterweil isn’t one to mind about staid, liberal NPR throwing a fit about this.
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The 2008 Corvette C6 GT4 had been unveiled by General Motors. The 2008 Corvette C6 GT4 will compete in this year’s FIA GT4 Championship. Powered by a 6.2 V8 LS3 engine, the 2008 Corvette C6 GT4 developing 437 bhp. But for non-FIA race categories, Callaway can boost this to 500 bhp. The 2008 Corvette C6 GT4 engine transfers the power to a Tremec close-ratio 6-speed manual gearbox and a Tilton triple-plate race clutch. With option of an aerodynamic body kit that includes a large front spoiler with splitter and a rear wing for added downforce, the 2008 Corvette C6 GT4 price will be around 125,000 Euros mark. And for the DSC version it will costing around 150,000. Press Release Corvette C6 participates in FIA GT4 Championship Corvette GT4 built by Corvette specialist Callaway in Germany GT4 race car based on Corvette C6 GT4 version with minor changes also suited for Dutch Supercar Challenge This weekend Corvette will participate in the FIA GT4 European Cup at Silverstone. The English...
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Peugeot 505 coupe and sedan models cabrioSelain and station wagons, manufacturer Peugeot had made "prototype" Peugeot 505 coupe (2 door), Peugeot 505 cabriolet (convertible) and the Peugeot 505 pick-ups. Thus, in France many modifications change the form of a Peugeot 505 pick-up / trucks.
* "Stabilizer bars" is standard equipment on the front, while the rear was different depending on the model.
* In Peugeot 505 V6, power steeringnya been "the Speed Sensitive, central lock it using a remote infrared, heating and ventilation systems, including electronic climate control.
* The length and overall width of the saloon is a 4:58 505 meters and 1.73 meters, while for Family estate is 4.90 meters and 1.73 meters.
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Antenna Position moved from the roof into the rear fenders, the model was replaced with a telescopic antenna.
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en | N/A | N/A | CLEMMONS — Elon University golfer Jeff Krieger of Arden posted a 4-under 66 on Tanglewood Park’s Championship Course for the best score Thursday in North Carolina Amateur sectional qualifying.
Krieger, a transfer from Purdue, shot 31 on the front side on his way to a two-shot edge on Kenny Flynn of Winston-Salem.
Other scorers included Kevin Womack of Burlington with 75, Blair Bowland of Burlington with 79, and Elon golfer Dexter Blank with 84. |
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I did not mark these as cons because in the end, this is my personal preference andhe headphones or their construction. I actually applaud SteelSeries for bringing a product like this to the market. Thank you, SteelSeries.
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