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Food Allergies Could Be Caused By Antibiotics Or Sterile Environments
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Mice that were raised in a sterile environment or given antibiotics early in life lacked a common gut bacteria that appears to prevent food allergies, US researchers said Monday.
The bacterium, called Clostridia, appears to minimize the likelihood that rodents will become allergic to peanuts, and researchers would like to find out if it does the same in people.
In the meantime, they found that supplementing rodents with probiotics containing Clostridia later in life could reverse the allergy, according to the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Environmental stimuli such as antibiotic overuse, high-fat diets, caesarean birth, removal of common pathogens and even formula feeding have affected the microbiota with which we've co-evolved," said senior study author Cathryn Nagler, food allergy professor at the University of Chicago.
"Our results suggest this could contribute to the increasing susceptibility to food allergies."
Researchers say the incidence of food allergies among children in the United States rose 18 per cent from 1997 to 2007.
The precise cause of food allergies is unknown, but some studies suggest that changes in diet, hygiene and use of antimicrobial soap and disinfecting products may lead to changes in the bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract that leave people more susceptible.
Some food allergies can be fatal.
Researchers experimented on mice, exposing some mice born and raised in sterile conditions to peanut allergens. They also tested mice given antibiotics as newborns, a practice which significantly reduced gut bacteria.
Both groups of mice showed significantly higher levels of antibody response against peanut allergens than did regular mice with average gut bacteria.
Their sensitization to food allergens could be reversed if Clostridia bacteria were introduced back into the guts of the mice.
"It's exciting because we know what the bacteria are; we have a way to intervene," Nagler said.
"There are of course no guarantees, but this is absolutely testable as a therapeutic against a disease for which there's nothing."
More research is needed to see if the effect would be the same in humans, she said.
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With cancer under control, UNLV grad has new bucket list
Janet King was diagnosed in 2015 and went about completing a 15-item list of experiences she wanted to have before she died. Now that surgery and medication have kept her cancer at bay, the 55-year-old east valley resident has renewed optimism — and a new bucket list.
By Jacob Lasky Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 5, 2018 - 8:03 am
Janet King, 54, exits the stage May 13, 2017, at UNLV's spring commencement ceremony at the Thomas & Mack Center. (Jeff Mosier/View)
Cancer survivor Janet King poses with University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban. Courtesy of Janet King.
Janet King poses with her motorcycle vest outside her East Las Vegas home.
UNLV Janet King, center, takes part in a hooding ceremony for doctoral graduates during UNLV's spring commencement ceremony May 13, 2017. Putting on King's hood is Dr. Kendall Hartley, left, and Dr. Maria Schellhase. (Jeff Mosier/View)
Janet King, 54, who had stage 3 lung cancer, walks to the stage May 13, 2017, at the Thomas & Mack Center to receive her doctorate at UNLV's spring commencement ceremony. (Jeff Mosier/View)
When Janet King opted to delay surgery for stage 3 lung cancer so she could march in UNLV's May 2017 graduation ceremonies, she didn't know if she'd live through the year.
King, a lifelong nonsmoker, was diagnosed in 2015 and went about completing a 15-item list of experiences she wanted to have before she died. Now that surgery and medication have kept her cancer at bay, the 55-year-old east valley resident has renewed optimism — and a new bucket list.
Already crossed off the new list are an Alaskan cruise and — her favorite — attending a University of Alabama football game and having a surprise lunch with coach Nick Saban. Other new goals include attending the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, taking a cruise around Hawaii and seeing her youngest and oldest daughters graduate from high school and college.
"It's been only in the last few months that doctors have been giving me hope," King said. "They say comments like, 'Janet you've made it three years; virtually no one makes it three years.'"
King's UNLV degree is a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, with a focus on educational technology. Before that, the Alabama native earned bachelor's degrees in political science and sociology at the University of North Alabama in Florence in 1984, followed by a master's degree in sociology from Mississippi State University in Starkville in 1986.
"When I graduated from UNLV, it was mixture of happiness and sadness," King said. Distressingly, doctors had recently found spots on her lung again, but she said use of the anti-cancer medication Xalkori quickly mitigated the problem.
Childhood friend and University of Alabama faculty member Linda McCollister Parsons has helped King negotiate life's turbulence.
"She seems to just be really determined to maintain some level of control of her life," Parsons said. "I think making this (latest) bucket list and enjoying this time she has allowed her to do that."
Another health scare reared its head in December, when an MRI showed King had sphenoid mycetoma — a sinus fungal ball — wrapped around her carotid artery and optic nerve. She had surgery to remove it several months later, but her health is still fragile.
"No matter what has happened, I keep going," King said of her resolve through the trials.
King volunteered for the Red Cross following Hurricane Irma in Florida and the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas, as well as for Welcome Home Troops, a nonprofit group that helps veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder.
She said she was asked in Florida why she was there, given her poor health. Her reply: "I would rather die helping someone else."
King aims to spend as much time as she can with her children, ages 27, 24 and 16. She said she's also working with a publisher to create a book based on her dissertation.
This month she's set to take a cruise to Mexico with longtime friend Judie McQuarrie — a breast cancer survivor — to celebrate surviving cancer and their birthdays.
"She beat the odds," McQuarrie, 74, said. "She's just like the Energizer Bunny."
Contact Jacob Lasky at 702-383-0219 or jlasky@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Jtlasky on Twitter.
15-item bucket list she created after a lung diagnosis cancer LUNG DIAGNOSIS CANCER? three years ago, as well as a series of other health issues.
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Las Vegas-area all-female chorus to compete in New Orleans
By Julie Wootton-Greener / RJ
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman recently designated July 13 — which is Barbershop Music Appreciation Day — as "Lady Luck Showtime Chorus Appreciation Day," following a request from the chorus.
Pedestrian hit, killed while crossing east Las Vegas street ID'd
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The 76-year-old woman killed Thursday night while crossing an east valley street has been identified.
Speed, impairment suspected as vehicles hit east Las Vegas house
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Las Vegas police suspect impairment and speed are factors in a crash early Monday that ended with two vehicles striking an east Las Vegas home.
Here's how you can gas up your vehicle for 60 cents a gallon
Some Las Vegas Valley residents will be able be able to fill 'er up on Thursdays, starting today.
UNLV amasses more than 100 interviews of Latinx residents
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The oral history project aimed at sharing the stories of the Latinx population in the valley was created in September after UNLV University Libraries was awarded a grant.
Horse euthanized after SUV crashes into trailer in east Las Vegas
A veterinarian euthanized a horse after an SUV hit the trailer it was in Sunday afternoon in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
Runaway Las Vegas teen found safe in North Las Vegas
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The Metropolitan Police Department located a runaway teen, who had been missing since Thursday, in North Las Vegas on Friday night.
More than 45 people left without home after east Las Vegas fire
The flames destroyed four of eight units in the building within the Sonoma Hills Apartments, 5100 E. Tropicana Ave., near North Nellis Boulevard.
Motorcyclist critically hurt in Las Vegas crash near gravel pit
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A motorcyclist suffered critical injuries after a crash Sunday afternoon in the east valley. He was hospitalized at University Medical Center after he was riding near a gravel pit.
Suspected meth lab in east Las Vegas home actually a giant cat box
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When a woman arrived at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center early Monday with chemical exposure symptoms, police thought they might have a meth-manufacturing situation.

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Developer Countryside and sight loss charity Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have joined forces to develop a pioneering housing scheme. Planning consent has been won for a scheme of 102 new homes in Redhill, Surrey which will integrate community housing for blind and partially sighted people with homes for private sale, has been granted planning consent.
The scheme, designed by Gardner Stewart Architects, will see the redevelopment of the existing RNIB Community Living Service facilities to provide new homes for 50 RNIB residents alongside 77 new three, four, and five-bedroom houses for private sale. The development also includes community facilities such as a sensory garden which was a Gold Award winner at the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show.
Getting around the development was a key consideration for the developer, which has used natural landscaping to replace traditional wayfinding tools such as handrails. The development will include both shared and private accommodation for blind and partially sighted people. All properties will have accessible features to ensure residents can live independently. The RNIB facilities will also include a café for the use of the whole community as well as recreation, training and employment services for residents with sight loss.
The homes will be part of the natural topography, while the public realm is designed as a sensory experience for all residents. New homes will feature floor to ceiling glazing, extensive balconies and roof terraces and a range of façade treatments. Construction is planned to start early next year.
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By Mel Valentin on	 July 16, 2017 Reviews
Editor's Note: Wish Upon is currently playing in wide theatrical release.
If Wish Upon (A Star), the latest attempt at horror counter-programming during a typical summer crammed with sequels, prequels, and remakes, has anything to offer, it's not in the scares, shocks, or jumps department (they're few and far between). It's also not in a stale, clichéd premise (seven wishes, "be careful what you wish for") or the indifferent, lackluster execution by director John R. Leonetti (Annabelle, The Butterfly Effect 2, Mortal Combat: Annihilation) or screenwriter Barbara Marshall's (Viral) tedious, uninspired remix of W.W. Jacobs' 1902 short story, "The Monkey's Paw." It's in the Final Destination-lite scenarios that play out after a cursed music box fulfills a user's wish: "accidental" death for someone close to the user, like an oddball rich uncle, a friendly neighbor, or a stray character spliced into the film to drop exposition on the central character and one of her sidekicks. Each scene, however, offers little in the way of tension, suspense, or thrills. Instead, they feel like haphazard half-measures (because they are). Those half-measures ultimately prove fatal to the filmmakers' obvious desire to turn Wish Upon into another money-churning series or franchise.
While the cast doesn't embarrass itself, it's hard to imagine any actor or actress associated with Wish Upon putting their performance on a highlight reel.
In a flaccid, scare-free prologue (an unfortunate signal of worse things to come), a preteen girl witnesses her mother's (Elisabeth Rohm) suicide by hanging in the family home. It's all a dream – or rather a nightmare – for Wish Upon's central character, Clare Shannon (Joey King), a high-school teen with an amoral streak and a dumpster-diving, soft-jazz loving father, Jonathan (Ryan Phillippe), and a popular girl, Darcie Chapman (Josephine Langford), as her personal torturer. Clare may be on the bottom rung of the socio-economic ladder, but she's alone in suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous high-school fortune. Her inner circle extends to her two best friends, June Acosta (Shannon Purser, Stranger Things) and Meredith McNeil (Sydney Park, The Walking Dead). Clare also crushes hard on a popular boy, Paul Middlebrook (Mitchell Slaggert), who barely acknowledges her presence, while ignoring the long, eager glances of another high-school mate, Ryan Hui (Ki Hong Lee, The Maze Runner series), she's known since elementary school.
Each scene, however, offers little in the way of tension, suspense, or thrills. Instead, they feel like haphazard half-measures which ultimately prove fatal to the filmmakers' obvious desire to turn Wish Upon into another money-churning series or franchise.
Clare's father discovers music box covered with traditional Chinese characters on one if his dumpster dives. Instead of selling or trading the music box, he gives it to Clare. With just enough high-school Chinese to read the words "seven wishes" on the music box, Clare wishes an enemy extreme harm (i.e., skin rot). She gets her wish, but loses the family dog. Another wish elevates her and her father from poverty into wealth (literal wish-fulfillment, certainly, but also commentary on structural inequality in Trump's America), but again comes at the cost of someone close to Clare (physically, if not emotionally). It takes four or five wishes before Clare – a bit more IQ-challenged than most horror film protagonists – finally realizes that the music box exacts a terrible price for every wish granted to her. By then, it's practically too late for Clare to save herself. Given her callous disregard for the music box's side effects, rooting for her to escape the music box's ultimate price (it starts and ends with her soul) has become a non-starter.
Clare's arrogance, selfishness, and egotism may have been intentional (she's more villain than hero), but the borderline stereotypes and casual xenophobia of the music box's origins aren't. Marshall's script borrows heavily on centuries-old, misguided ideas about Chinese culture, history, and spirituality. She doesn't, however, do anything to modernize or contemporize those ideas to remove or eliminate the more problematic aspects of that cultural appropriation. Marshall's script also plays around with the idea of the wish-granting music box becoming an addiction for Clare even after she learns of its unfortunate side effects for anyone close to her, but Marshall doesn't bother to explore that idea or the subtext (Clare as an example or even the embodiment of post-millennial narcissism) beyond a line of dialogue or two. And while the cast doesn't embarrass itself, it's hard to imagine any actor or actress associated with Wish Upon putting their performance on a highlight reel to sell their talents or skill set to casting directors or producers.
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Wish Upon's stale, clichéd premise and lackluster execution offer few scares, only a cynical attempt to create yet another another money-churning franchise.
Mel Valentin
Mel Valentin hails from the great state of New Jersey. After attending New York University as an undergrad (politics and economics double major, religious studies minor) and grad school (law), he relocated from the East Coast to San Francisco, California, where he's been ever since. Since Mel began writing about film nine years ago, he's written more than 1,600 reviews and articles. He's a member of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle and the Online Film Critics Society.
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Who's That Girl? è il primo singolo del gruppo musicale britannico Eurythmics, estratto dal loro terzo album in studio Touch.

Descrizione
La traccia è una ballad in stile synth pop che presenta un testo basato sul tradimento. Le parole della canzone descrivono i dubbi che una donna ha nel vedere il suo uomo uscire con diverse donne.

Videoclip
Il videoclip di Who's that girl? è diventato col tempo uno dei video-cult del gruppo. Il video inizia con la Lennox che si esibisce in un locale frequentato dall'uomo che ama. Quest'ultimo è accompagnato ogni volta da una donna diversa. Il video si conclude col bacio tra la donna ed un altro uomo, che altro non è che la Annie Lennox camuffata da uomo. Nel video appaiono diverse celebrità del pop britannico, come le Bananarama o le componenti femminili del gruppo Bucks Fizz.

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Singolo 7"

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Before becoming Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 2012, Mr. Linas Linkevicius served as the Lithuanian Permanent Representative to NATO from 2005 until 2011.
Prior to this Mr. Linkevicius was elected as a Member of Seimas (Parliament) from 1992 until 1996. In 1993, he was promoted to Minister of National Defence of Lithuania, a post that he held till 1996. He was then appointed as the Ambassador and Head of Mission of Lithuania to NATO and the WEU. From 2000-2004, Mr. Linkevicius was appointed again as Minister of National Defence of Lithuania. From 2004-2005, Mr. Linkevicious was the Ambassador for Special Missions at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 2012, he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Belarus.
He is a member of the Executive Board for the European Leadership Network (ELN).
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania


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Q: How to return a function in either T or Future[T] context? Currently I have a function that takes a contentType and inputObject, and returns output depending on contentType, pretty standard stuff:
class ObjectMapper {
  def mapInputObject(contentType: String, input: InputObject): OutputObject {
    contentType match {
      case "A": mapToOutputA(input)
      case "B": mapToOutputB(input)
    }
  }

  private def mapToOutputA(input: InputObject): OutputObject = ???
  private def mapToOutputB(input: InputObject): OutputObject = ???
}

I guess the private functions would be better if they're separate classes instead, but anyway so far it works. However, now we have a new contentType that can only be map in a future:
def mapToOutputC(input: InputObject): Future[OutputObject] = ???

The caller only knows the contentType, it doesn't know or doesn't care whether output is immediate or in a Future, I tried to use higher-kinded types, but got stuck and not even sure if it's the correct approach:
object Context {
  type Id[X] = X
}
import Context.Id

trait ObjectMapperFunc[C[_]] {
  def mapFunc(input: InputObject): C[OutputObject]
}

object OutputAMapperFunc extends ObjectMapperFunc[Id] {
  override def mapFunc(input: InputObject): Id[OutputObject] = ???
}

class OutputCMapperFunc extends ObjectMapperFunc[Future] {
  override def mapSync(input: InputObject): Future[OutputObject] = ???
}

class ObjectMapper {

  def mapInputObject(contentType: String, input: InputObject): ObjectMapperFunc[_] = {
    contentType match {
      case "A": OutputAMapperFunc
      case "C": new OutputCMapperFunc
    }
  }
}

Code doesn't compile, it says ObjectMapperFunc[_], _$1 takes no type parameters, expected: one
What's the best way to solve this? The caller doesn't care whether it gets back the result as Id[T] or Future[T], it just needs to get the result.

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Monster Musume | Chapter 21 - Return, Change, Promotion!
Chapter 021 - Return, Change, Promotion!
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One day already passed after we meet the dragon, and they bestowed the so called divine protection to Ruu and the others .We have returned to the academy before the sun sets, without eating dinner I dived into my bed. Since it seems that I slept just like that, the morning comes with me still wearing the same cloth as yesterday.
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It's as holiday and Lucas already woke up, so that means I wake up considerably later than usual. The tension was still in my mind after all.
No, I think even an A rank adventurer is in danger if meet with that dragon. Fortunately I was able to deal with it immediately, but if they kept staying in that place didn't it will become quite bad …..
I must deceive them properly. I'm sorry, Fall, Tris and also Lucas.
Through the crossfire with Tris and the others, I finished breakfast and go to the monster stable. My familiars got the divine protection of a dragon. Even if they didn't evolve yet, maybe there's an effect showed even for a little.
I enter the monster stable, I go toward Ruu and the other's room. When arriving, there was Ruu with her state that wasn´t very different from yesterday. Well, because the dragon said that there'll be a big differences after they have evolved, I think it's normal that there is still no difference.
"It seems there's not much differences with Ruu. How about Lime and Rin?"
Is there something? It's unusual for Ruu to hesitate to say it.
"Ah, Rin. You aren't different at all, either huh. Where is Lime?"
"Eh, there's something different with Lime? What kind?"
From Rin's back, Lime come out. When I put her in the monster stable yesterday, she was light blue just like a common slime, but now she becomes vivid purple with an intense self-insistence.
"What happen with that color!? Isn't that the same color as that dragon called Honey poison?"
"The influence of the divine protection? Since your rank of existence is low, supposedly there will be no changes until you evolved, so it becomes such a color?"
Lime sprinkles a liquid constituting from her body on the wall a little. Just then the wall begins to emit smoke, after a while it's looked that the only part sprinkled by the liquid is becoming hollow.
She becomes able to produce poison and dissolution liquid in her body, in addition she seemed also to get resistance to poison. This is quite brutal, she can kill monsters even no matter how strong they are, when they don't have any resistance against poison. For the weak to kill the strong, poison fits well.
"With this, you are able to hunt on your own"
"Nn, there's another thing that you wanted to do?"
"Do you want a lot of metal? Are you hungry?"
"For the sake to become stronger, eh. Then, let's go to the smithy together. Rin and Ruu what are you doing?"
"Eh, Rin also wants to hunt monsters outside? Well, if it's from the back entrance, you'd be able to go out…… Is it all right? You wouldn't be targeted by adventurers right?"
He~h,the magic quality of familiar is different from a monster. I didn't notice at all. After all, I never see another specimen.
"Then it is good, you must take care you know? Since bad people will aim at the place where you're alone and approach after all"
"So Ruu will follow you. If it's like that, then I'm relieved"
When Rin also runs seriously, she has quite a speed. She can go quite far away. I'd also like to make them evolve quickly, so let's work hard.
I and Lime which seeing Rin and Ruu off who left from the back entrance, right after that we went to the smithy by foot. Since I already went there to have metal fragments many times, they completely becomes familiar with my face.
"Oo, you. Take as much as you like, so this is the slime that you feed with the metal?"
"Yes, can I bring it in?"
"It is no problem over here, but be careful of the fire. As usual, everything is stored inside the box over there"
Inside the scrap iron case, there are many sorts of metal which isn't needed today. Come to think of it, what Lime wanted to do in this place? Did she want to choose the thing she'll eat, maybe?
Although for a moment Lime peeking inside, she suddenly jumps into the box and changes her shape. She wrapped up the contained scrap iron with her body which she stretched out thinly, then she took it all into her body.
"Lime, do you possibly want to eat it all at once?"
Although she didn't shaking like always, but the "Yes" feeling has been transmitted. Good grief, although her lust for something somewhat becomes stronger but somewhat her greed is…..
"What are you guys doing, this?"
Dwarf-sensei is asking what we were doing after seeing our state. What should I say... should I say that it is her meal?
"A~, yes. Lime because I will leave you alone for a moment, please behave yourself"
Leaded by teacher, we come in front of a certain furnace. Just right,we come in the midst of a senior's hardening the sword.
"This sword, what do you think it's made of?"
"Is it a special metal?"
"If it isn't that, I will not specially show it to you"
There's also oricalcum and adamantine, it seems that if it's famous rare metal then it can accumulate magic too, but because only first-class blacksmith master can handle it. Even Mithril is enough, though it is also rare.
"Yes, well, I didn´t call you for just show you this"
I suppose. I was thinking what I should do if he just boasting, I feel scared you know.
"This you know, this is the remaining of the mithril ore. It's randomly remained, I am thinking what I should do with it. Since I already especially ordered it, it is getting out to be sold. And at that timing, you came in at that time. If I will use it anyway, I want to use it for academic sake"
"Is it okay? Can it be diverted to a chain and an ornament?"
"As expected it's too little with this, this is whether I give it to your slime or sell it. if you don't need it, I will sell it... "
"Please give it to me, please give it to me by all means!"
"You should say so from the beginning. Since you're still young you don't need to hold back"
I receive the mithril ore from the teacher. It isn't much, but Lime might be pleased.
"I'm sorry, can I give it to my slime right away?"
"Yes, do it quickly. I am the one who gave it, you must say it properly!"
I return to the scrap iron case quickly. When I look at the inside, the metal that exists in box which looks like can make both hands full, Lime has digested it nearly 30 percent already. She eats quickly! Divine protection from Honey poison is impressive! Or maybe it's just her affinity with metal is good.
"Be glad, Lime, teacher handed over the left over of the mithril ore you know! Since it's an ore which accumulates magic, you may evolve with this!"
Please quickly put it in, or because Lime says so, I drop it one by one into her body. She started to fizz foam, but the digestion is considerably slower than other metals.As I thought, perhaps the mithril ore is hard to dissolve.
"It's okay for you to eat slowly you know. You can first dissolve all other metal, then you can start to dissolve it afterwards"
Hearing my words, Lime who postponing the mithril ore for the time being. Since she will get tired after only eating metal, maybe I should take water and poisonous herbs.
"Teacher I will go out for a moment okay"
Well, since the dissolution liquid until now will unsatisfying after all, maybe I should take the one stronger for her. The poisonous plant is also exactly so.
I go toward the botanical garden, poisonous plant also the high quality dissolution liquid from a cannibal plant called man-eater, and then poisonous mushroom and a nut which contain a poison, even the people from botanical garden ask isn't that too much? Bringing things to the extent for them to say something like that, to me who go back to the smithy. The bag which I bring for carrying things, already become full. Is there any tub in the smithy?
On the way returning to smithy, I pass before the school's canteen. In the middle where various things displayed, there's a round –bottomed flask-like bottle among them, I find the potion-like thing which seems to come out from a game. Umm, the green one is the one to cure a bruise right? Nn, then, what is blue liquid?
"What is it? Did you can't find the thing you wanted to buy?"
I speak to the auntie who sits down on the register. Because she is kind also a good listener, students seem to come for consultation to her. Especially, love circumstances.
"What is this blue liquid?"
"Ah, that's magic recovery medicine"
"So there is such a thing. I have never seen it"
"Since it always sold out immediately. It just arrived just a little while ago you know"
"Just like the name, does it recover magic?"
"Yes, it is. Mana grass or so called, it's a medical herb growing only at places with high magic density and is used for it. The price pretty much high, but there are a lot of people who buy it for the insurance in case of emergency"
"He~h, is it from the academy side?"
A~h, now I remember that it was noisy this morning. So that was the cause. When one can recover their magic, it's mean that they can continue their experiment right.
"Do you want to buy it? I think you can only get it today you know"
When I look at the price tag, though its price is quite high but it's not to the extent where I can't buy it. If I give Lime this, will her magic pile up?
"Do you sell mana grass?"
"Yes, its mana grass right? Where where...yes, it's come along with MP potion. Is it for pharmacology class?"
"Yes, something like that. So where is the mana grass?"
"It is the second from the medicinal herb shelf over there, I put it in the shelf 2nd from the right. We sell it by weight you know"
I go up the ladder quickly, I take the box with the grass out from the shelf. The price is written on the place where it can be seen from outside, this is also quite high price.
"Since it's hard to go to pick it up you know. Well, since the adventurers gather it often, it's come quite a lot you know"
I shove my hand in the box and take a handful of Mana grass, I also take one of the MP potions to the cashier together with it. If it's only this much, it should be no problem with the money I bring on my hand.
The auntie measures the amount and shows the price quickly. Usually people will rounded up if there's a sum fraction, but she rounded it down. She is a good person~, let's purchase from this shop from now on.
I pay it quickly, I return to the blacksmith with the grass which are bundled by a string. I hope that Lime still hasn't finished digesting the mithril ore yet…..
"I'm sorry, I come late"
"Ahh, you came back. What a large baggage you have there"
"I gets various thing.... what about Lime?"
"It's still in the scrap iron case. The things which were inside before, she seems almost digesting it all"
"I see. Oh right, is there any tub?"
"A tub? Well, it should be around there. Use it by your own convenience"
I bring the tub, use magic to fill it with water. The dissolution liquid, how much should I put in until it's enough?
In the scrap iron case, it just right after Lime finished dissolving the metals. While still leaving the mithril ore alone, she returns to her human-like form.
When I hand her the bottle of dissolution liquid, Lime opens the cover and throws it all at once into her body. Wait, what are this kid is doing!?
"dododododo are you alright Lime --------- !!!???"
I splash her with water in a hurry, but there're no particular change with Lime. Eh, there is no problem at all?
"Acid-resistant? In the resistance against poison, so there's even such a thing..."
What Lime said, she seems to have acquired the resistance against acids and thus if it's only this much acid isn´t a problem. Although if it's a stronger acid, as expected I think her body will melt.
"Really…you really make me flustered you know. I thought you will die"
"It is good if you already reflect on it, but you mustn't do this kind of thing anymore. It's bad for the heart you know"
For now, I give Lime the thing which I got including the poisonous herbs. Though since she already gets poison resistance, she may not need it anymore.... The mushroom and such, I think that it is still have a little effect since it is still no touch.
"This is mana grass, they said it was a plant which used for making MP potion. I bought it because they had sold it in the school canteen. And thus, this is MP potion. Try to eat it"
While entering the tub, Lime eats the mana grass. Well, how is it!?
"I see.... Well, if your magic pile up with this from the base is good ~, it's not difficult if only think about it you know. Don't also put the MP potion in it"
When I poured the medicine into a tub, Lime absorbs it in a moment. OH, it's like something that's sold by mail order, she's like a dishcloth which absorbing water.
"Then, let's devote ourselves in digesting the mithril ore after this. Since we're only get in the way here, let's go back to the monster stable"
"Teacher, not only you give us metal you also give us mithril, thank you very much"
"It's okay you know. Since it's originally only a remains"
"Even so. Then, excuse me"
"Aa, you must go back to the dormitory before it gets dark you know"
Until Ruu and Rin come back home, while seeing how Lime changes, should I practice magic while waiting.


If there's one thing we like beside glass, it's water. Here are a couple of photos of the May River taken a few steps from our studios in Bluffton. Who wouldn't be inspired by colors and scenery like this?
Sunset on the May RiverMoon rise over the May River.


If you love healthy foods what best way to get in the healthy spirit then to pick your very own blueberries!
Me and my husband went Blueberry picking for the first time Sunday afternoon in the pouring rain and it was WONDERFUL! We were soaked but it made it more fun.
There was a good amount of people but the acreage was huge (20 acres). You barely saw anyone around you picking near you because there is so much to choose from. They have a lot of color coded sections to follow that the farmer will instruct which is the best for picking so that the pickers do not feel stressed.
If you go I recommend not wearing flip-flops, I made the mistake of doing that...in the rain, you think I would learn considering the rain we have been getting in Texas. Told hubs its just a baby storm that will pass! Nope.. so I went county girl and walked barefooted to prevent me from slipping, it was fine the whole time I did not come across any rocks or stickers.
But if I have any advise, it would be to wear old shoes because blueberries do fall on the floor and bleed. Also recommend Wearing clothes you don't care to get dirty in. You have to pick high or low and regardless you will go through blueberries to get to the ones you want thus it will get on your clothes.
The Blueberry season will last up to mid July so if you have never been you need to go!
This place is children friendly, they have refreshments to purchase and a Snow Cone Station with bathrooms all over the farm.
Do Note: When on your way to the farm we thought we went the wrong way because you do have to cross through a Stabilized Sand/Construction/Trucking Yard. So please be careful of the Big Trucks and follow the arrows that Moorhead Blueberry farm provides.
They have a sign that says "We grow them you pick them!"
Great experience for adults and fun for kids of all ages, if you have children getting out of school for the summer its a great activity for them!
All pictures taken by me. I hope my experience will get you motivated to pick your own berries instead of buy them at the supermarket. How fun to say I picked these my self from a farm! I think I will start doing this every year as a tradition! Great to support the local farmers.
Thank you for reading this post! Have a wonderful and Happy Monday!


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Global financial risks have increased according to the IMF
Risks to global financial stability have increased and financial markets have been volatile as European policymakers grapple with the ongoing crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest assessment of the global financial sector.
Faltering market confidence has led to capital flight from countries on the 'periphery' to the core of the euro area. This has meant higher borrowing costs and a growing wedge between the economic and financial 'haves' and 'have-nots'.
European policymakers have taken a number of important steps in recent months to help reverse the fragmentation of euro area financial markets and strengthen the European Monetary Union, the IMF said in its latest Global Financial Stability Report. The most recent action, in September, was the announcement by the European Central Bank to buy government bonds on a conditional basis.
These actions have helped markets stabilize in recent months. However, policymakers need to take additional measures to restore confidence. If they do not, the result will be an acceleration in deleveraging, which raises the risk of a credit crunch as banks make fewer loans, and an ensuing economic recession, the IMF said.
"Further policy efforts are needed to gain lasting stability," said José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and head of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, which produced the report.
Euro area: restore confidence and reverse fragmentation
The IMF said delays in resolving the crisis have likely increased the amount of asset deleveraging by banks, which may further constrain the supply of bank credit and reinforce financial and economic fragmentation in the euro area.
Unless additional, decisive policy measures are taken urgently, the latest report says that mounting pressure on banks in Europe could result in asset shrinkage by as much as $2.8 trillion to $4.5 trillion through the end of 2013, with the largest burden of credit supply contraction falling on the euro area periphery.
The report was released in Tokyo in the run-up to the IMF's Annual Meetings, the day after the 188-member institution issued its outlooks on global growth and government debts and deficits, which show growth has declined in the last six months, and countries' efforts to control the debt overhang is taking longer to yield results.
"Commitment to a clear roadmap on a banking union and fiscal integration are needed to restore confidence, reverse the capital flight, and reintegrate the euro area," said Viñals.
Countries need to do their part by implementing policies that promote growth and complete the clean-up of the banking sector, said Viñals.
Policy actions needed
To restore confidence, policymakers in the euro area need to swiftly complete the work they've begun, including:
• Reduction of government debts and deficits in a way that supports growth;
• Implementation of structural reforms to reduce external imbalances and promote growth; and
• Clean-up of the banking sector, including recapitalizing or restructuring viable banks and resolving nonviable ones.
Policymakers need to complement these efforts with actions at the euro area level, according to the IMF. The European Central Bank should continue to ensure sufficient funding is provided to banks through their liquidity framework. More fundamentally, concrete progress toward a banking union in the euro area will help break the pernicious link between sovereigns and domestic banks.
Over the longer term, a successful banking union will require sufficient pooling of resources to provide a credible fiscal backstop to the bank resolution authority, and a joint deposit insurance fund.
Beyond the euro area
The risks to financial stability are not confined to the euro area. Both Japan and the United States face significant fiscal challenges, which, if unaddressed, can have negative financial stability implications, according to the IMF. Both countries require medium-term deficit reduction plans that protect growth and reassure financial markets.
The key lesson of the last few years is that imbalances need to be addressed well before markets start signaling credit concerns. If there is no credible medium-term plan, markets will force an adjustment over a compressed period, with adverse effects on growth and financial stability.
Thus far, emerging economies have adeptly navigated through global shocks, but need to guard against potential shockwaves from the euro area crisis, while managing slowing growth in their own economies. Many central and eastern European economies are vulnerable as a result of their high direct exposure to banks in the euro area and some similarities with weaknesses in the periphery.
At the same time, several economies in Asia and Latin America are also prone to risks associated with being in the later stages in a credit cycle. If spillovers were to intensify, rising domestic vulnerabilities and a reduction in policy space could pose increased challenges, the IMF said.


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Q: Can't import store redux out of files that are not part of the component tree? "cannot access store before initialization" Yesterday I was getting a problem trying to access the store. It said that it is not possible to access the store before initialization, but the file that use and import the store is only called in a component, which is part of the component tree and consequently only rendered after the app containing the store.
So, after realizing a few things, the conclusion I came to was: Unable to import the store into files that are not part of the component tree. In my case, I imported this to create an axios instance, which obtained the state of the store, and was used to make api calls on a component that is part of the app.
I am correct to say that it is not possible to import store in files that are not component files, i.e, that not part of the main app tree?
for example:
step 1: i have store initialized in "store/index":
const store = configureStore(//...)
export default store;

step 2: i import the store in the "app/index":
import store, { history } from "store";
const App = () => (
  <Provider store={store}>
    <AppRouter history={history} />
  </Provider>
);

step 3: i import the store in the "http/private" to get state and dispatch in a axios instance:
import store from store;
const {access, token} = store.getState().login.token; // store returns undefined when the componente call this

step 4: i import the "http/private" that contains store import, in my "componentes/haderNav/index", that are part of the app three:
import apiPrivate from "http/private"
// ...
const userData = await apiPrivate.getUserData()
// ...

source code of my app that raise this error: https://gitlab.com/marcosroot/webstation.dev-client


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Photo by Jack Thomas - WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images
Report: Club now recognise £42m midfielder may leave them next year, Liverpool are huge admirers
James Brooke
Wolves are aware that they may have to sell new signing Matheus Nunes after just a year, following links with Liverpool.
That's according to The Telegraph, who claim that Liverpool are 'huge admirers' of Wolves' latest addition.
The Midlands club secured Nunes' signing for a fee of up to £42.2m last night. However, they reportedly 'recognise' that he may only be passing through at Molineux.
It's said that if the 23-year-old realises his potential this season, they may 'only get a year out of him.' There is good news for Wolves fans though, as in that scenario, he would reportedly be sold for a 'far bigger' fee than the one he was signed for.
Photo by Jack Thomas – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images
Nunes joins Wolves, but Liverpool won't lose interest
We wrote yesterday about why it would make sense for Liverpool to still go in for Nunes next summer.
Although Wolves fans may not like it, it looks as though their club is potentially preparing for a similar scenario.
Of course that depends on him fulfilling his promise this season in the Premier League. Either way, it's very smart business from Wolves.
Either they have a brilliant player for a year or two and make a massive profit, or they've signed a slightly less brilliant player but get to keep him for the length of his five-year contract. It's a win-win.
It all now depends on the player. There have been enough links to likes of Liverpool and Manchester City to suggest that those kind of clubs have him on their radar.
Photo by Joao Rico/DeFodi Images via Getty Images
If he can step-up and deliver for Wolves, there's every reason they'll come calling again. That isn't to diminish Wolves in any way, it's just the way of football.
But then again, Ruben Neves is a perfect example of how you simply never know. Many would have expected the Portugal international to have moved onto a higher level by now. Five years on from his signing though, he's still at Molineux.
With he and Nunes pulling the strings, as well as Joao Moutinho, Morgan Gibbs-White and Leander Dendoncker, they now have a midfield to rival most of the top sides in the league. For how long that is, only time will tell.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick Partner to Open Two Tallahassee Auto Dealerships
16 Aug 2012	Speedway Digest Staff
ASCAR's nine-time most popular driver and 2004 Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. has opened two auto dealerships in Tallahassee, Fla. The dealerships are the first for Earnhardt, who owns the stores in partnership with Hendrick Automotive Group Chairman and Hendrick Motorsports Owner Rick Hendrick.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet (3127 W. Tennessee Street) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Buick GMC Cadillac (1850 Capitol Circle NE) officially opened under the Earnhardt name Monday. The acquisition from longtime owner Larry Strom was finalized over the weekend.
"This is something Rick and I have talked about doing ever since I came to Hendrick Motorsports, but we agreed it had to be the right situation," said Earnhardt, who drives the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolets for Hendrick Motorsports. "I'm honored to work with everyone at Hendrick Automotive Group and have this opportunity in a great market like Tallahassee. I was a mechanic in a Chevy store before I started racing, and I've always loved General Motors products and been interested in the dealership business. So it's exciting for me, and I hope it's going to be exciting for the people in the Tallahassee area."
The dealerships are the first in the Tallahassee market for Hendrick Automotive Group, which will manage the stores. The company operates 84 dealerships across the country, including the Earnhardt locations. Both facilities will undergo renovations to modernize their appearances and amenities.
"We wanted to find something centrally located between Daytona and Talladega, and Tallahassee was the perfect fit," Hendrick joked, referring to Daytona Beach, Fla., and Talladega, Ala., where Earnhardt has won a combined seven Sprint Cup races and has a strong fan base. "But truly, Tallahassee is a market we've been looking at for a long time, and it's going to be a terrific place to do business. It's exciting to have Dale Jr. involved, and we feel lucky to be a part of this community.
"Larry and his partners could've sold the stores to anyone, so we're honored they chose us. He's done business the right way for years and has a stellar reputation throughout Tallahassee. When we started talking, Larry's biggest concern was that his people be taken care of. That says a lot about who he is and the type of culture he's built here."
Market Area Vice President Ryan Regnier, who has been with Hendrick Automotive Group in various roles since 1996, will oversee the two Earnhardt dealerships.
"We're excited to be part of the strong, community-based market of Tallahassee," Regnier said. "Dale Earnhardt Jr. has great fans in Florida, and his two new dealerships are valued additions to our company. We're committed to serving Tallahassee and making these stores among the most successful managed by Hendrick Automotive Group."
Mike Futrell will serve as General Manager of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet and offers 11 years of experience at the Earnhardt locations (formerly Champion Chevrolet and University Cadillac Buick GMC). At nearly 140,000 square feet, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet will feature approximately 300 new and pre-owned cars and more than 30 service bays.
Tim Moore has been named General Manager of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Buick GMC Cadillac. Moore was a partner in the two stores in the 15 months prior to their purchase. The 42,000-square-foot Dale Earnhardt Jr. Buick GMC Cadillac will offer more than 250 new and pre-owned cars and house 22 service bays.
Free shuttle service will provide travel between both Earnhardt stores and to locations around the greater Tallahassee area. Manufacturer lifestyle boutiques with apparel and vehicle accessories, children's play areas and free Wi-Fi also will be available at both dealerships.
Combined, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Buick GMC Cadillac will employ more than 175 people. Job opportunities are currently available and can be found at www.hendrickcareers.com.
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Sometimes the wedding day is not about just the bride and groom, sometimes is about a family becoming one. This amazing family become one last weekend and I can not tell you how beyond happy I was to capture it. Not only at one of my favorite venues Taber Ranch but on the most perfect of fall nights. Lyndsey and Terry were married by their closest friends and family and with Alexis by their side the day could not be more perfect.
Right around the corner from Snow White's cottage and tucked away in a magical valley is Forest House Lodge. Raven and Nick and along with their friends and family said I DO under the tall sycamores this past June. The weather was perfect the leaves were green and the cheesecake bar was amazing. Congratulation you too, your cottage wedding was nothing more than amazing.


Originally recorded between 1982 and 1985 this CD features the original synthpop, minimal wave 12 inch "indie" single, along with previously unreleased material. This is the digital download version and does not contain the bonus track "I Got You Babe".
Heady stuff – but then again it was a time of style over substance. The minimalist electro pop band featured Anya Varda (vocals), Henryck Jesiak (synthesizer), John Tucker (programs and synthesizer) and Marc Wonnacott (synthesizer and back up vocals). Jeff Packer of Boys Brigade made a guest appearance providing extra percussion.
That summer, the single was a top hit in Toronto's alternative clubs and receiving regular airplay on alternative radio. That July in Germany, there was a review of the single in Guerilla Beat and that opened the door that made the single available in small numbers through Polydor Germany as an import that Christmas. In New York City the single made it on to the turntables of some of that cities hippest clubs. In September, they recorded Thing Called Love, Fountains, and I Will and a video was shot for Cannibal Dolls (unfortunately now lost). Supplies of the original pressing of the single had run out by Christmas and since the band was talking to record companies the decision was made not to press further copies. Instead the band concentrated on recording further demos. Shortly after that, rumour has it that John Peel played the single on his BBC radio show early in 1983. The next recording session early in 1983 brought a rocky Security Squad, featuring John Tucker on guitar, and an early rap fusion Fire with Fire that had John Tucker rapping alongside Anya's vocals. Music historians might find it interesting that Kenny McLean of Platinum Blond fame joins in on the backing vocals. Later in the spring of 1983, John Tucker became one of the first in Canada to own a Fairlight CMI (computer musical instrument) and land of giants started experimenting with the new technology, which resulted in Just Yet. Rusty Egan of Visage, and Midge Ure of Ultravox fame both expressed an interest in producing the album, but talks with the record companies fell through later in 1983. John Tucker's commercial music business Keen had started to blossom and he left to concentrate on that.
The remaining members took some time to regroup and re think things. A new member (Jon Andrews) was brought in to attempt to put together a live show. This didn't pan out although Jon, Henryck and Anya recorded a three-song demo, under the land of giants banner in the spring of1984. Marc Wonnacott returned to the project at the end of 1984 and later that winter he and Henrych built a studio in Henryck's dining room where they recorded Room with A View, and Key To Your Heart in early1985. Again the tape was well received by the industry, but again, they wanted to hear more. Unfortunately, time had run out for land of giants and everyone decided it was time to move on to other ventures.
Today Anya lives in Los Angeles, Henryck lives in Toronto and is involved with the film and television industry and renewing his interest in music, John now resides in Canada's west and remains active in music scoring and production (still utilizing his faithful vintage Fairlight CMI Series III). Marc is an artist, who still writes songs from time to time and lives in Toronto. John Tucker has re mastered all the material and it sounds amazing.


Stephenson living room, circa January 2013.
Not bad, but that sofa was just so huge. And so dark. And, I came to realize after months of sitting on it while cramming for finance exams, so uncomfortable. It makes me sad to admit that, because the sofa wasn't actually that old (you can read about when we bought it here: http://multifacetedkim.org/?p=68). But, I realized it just wasn't working well in our space, and so I started warming Robby up to the idea of getting a new one.
My other motivation for getting a new, smaller sofa was that it would allow us to get a bigger dining table. Our old one was cute, but could really only seat two people comfortably, and we're hoping to have people over more often!
So pretty. But so expensive.
Eventually, I came to my senses and realized that a $2,400 velvet-covered sofa just wasn't affordable or realistic given that we have a slobbery bulldog. So, I did more research on small sectionals with chaises, and kept finding good reviews about the Ektorp sofa from Ikea. I know, 75% of my house is from Ikea, but when you're trying to live on a budget it's hard to resist those prices. Plus, the sofa actually had a 10-year warranty and tons of relatively affordable replacement slipcovers.
So, a few weeks ago, I broke Robby down we decided to take a trip to Ikea to purchase our new sofa. In white, no less! I also moved the bouncy chair upstairs and replaced it with a cushy armchair from World Market (that's a story in itself…we bought the chair the night before we left for Hawaii, only to discover that no amount of shoving would get it into our car, and World Market couldn't deliver it that night. So we actually sprinted over to the U-Haul place and begged the guy to let us rent a truck 1 hour before closing, just so that we could get the chair home. It's funny now, but didn't seem so funny at the time!).
My parents actually took our old leather sofa. They're redecorating, and it fits much better in their big house! When they came to pick it up, they brought an old friend with them…Robby's old, old dining table and chairs, which they'd been using since Robby and I got married and decided to keep my smaller table!
Dining table way back when.
Bad lighting, but you can sort of see what I mean about the colors. So, I started another DIY project: refinishing the furniture! I decided to go with an antique pine stain (to coordinate with our other furniture) and black accents. It took a LOT of sweat equity over several weekends to strip off all the varnish, apply multiple coats of stain and paint, and seal everything, but I'm really happy with the results!
Close-up of the refinished table and chairs. One of my more successful DIY projects, I think!
Refinished dining set and new floating shelves. Much lighter than the old dresser, I think!
So far, the changes seem to be working well for us. The new sofa and chair are super comfortable, and the room seems bigger and brighter. We even had some friends over for dinner and were able to fit 4 people plus multiple serving dishes on the table, hooray!
Sadly, though, there's one catch. I had talked myself into the white slipcover for the sofa, reasoning that I could just bleach it anytime it got dirty. And then, on our very first day with the new sofa, Lucy jumped on it with muddy paws. I washed everything (which took hours), and then, a few days later, she did it again. Argh. It actually bugged Robby more than it bugged me, and he started hinting that maybe we should look into getting a different-colored slipcover.
Before spending money on that, though, I decided to try to salvage our initial slipcover investment by dyeing the white fabric a darker color. I settled on the Pearl Grey color by Rit, and went on a grand tour of two Michaels and a JoAnn Fabrics to find enough boxes to dye the whole slipcover (you need 1 box per pound of fabric, and our slipcover weighs 14 pounds).
Yeah, that doesn't look like the box AT ALL. So frustrating.
My other upcoming project is to add some distressed, antique-stained pine planks to the top of our coffee table. Partly to make the table look more interesting, but mostly to cover up the area where I spilled nail polish remover and ruined the paint on top (sigh…). Oh, and I'm also brainstorming ideas to replace the cheap Target-clearance art that's currently hanging over the sofa with something a little more sophisticated. Wish me luck with my never-ending DIY-decorating quest!


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In this photo made Thursday, June 14, 2012, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo discusses his newest work, "Interventions," at his home in Camden, Maine. A critic of e-books, Russo won't allow "Interventions" to be sold in electronic form. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Maine author Richard Russo's book to become AMC TV series starring Bob Odenkirk
Emily Burnham • January 12, 2023
A new TV series based on a book by Maine author Richard Russo will premiere on AMC, starring Bob Odenkirk in his first role after playing the critically acclaimed title character in the "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul."
"Lucky Hank," based on Russo's 1997 book "Straight Man," will premiere March 19. Odenkirk will star as main character William Henry Devereaux, a professor at a failing college in a rural Pennsylvania town.
When the project was first announced in 2022, Odenkirk called Russo's novel "excellent" and "entertaining", noting that he was "drawn to the tone of humanity and humor in the novel and I look forward to playing this role — something lighter than my recent projects but still closely observed and smart."
The Portland-based Russo's novels have been adapted for movies and television many times before. "Nobody's Fool," a 1994 movie based on his 1993 novel of the same name, received multiple accolades including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Paul Newman.
In 2005, an HBO miniseries based on Russo's 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Empire Falls," was released. The miniseries, again starring Paul Newman as well as Ed Harris, Helen Hunt and Philip Seymour Hoffman, was set and filmed in Maine. Much of the series was shot over the summer of 2003 in Waterville and Skowhegan, as well as in the towns of Winslow, Ogunquit and York.
Actor Paul Newman (second from right) confers with director Fred Schepisi (right) and other production workers at Bee's Snack Bar in Winslow on Wednesday for the filming of "Empire Falls". (AP Photo/Morning Sentinel, David Leaming)
Russo, originally from upstate New York, moved to Maine in the early 1990s and taught at Colby College for years until he retired in 2012. He lives in Portland, after living in Camden for a number of years.
His next novel, "Somebody's Fool," is due out in July, and is the third in a trilogy set in the fictional town of North Bath, New York, including "Nobody's Fool" and "Everybody's Fool."
Russo told the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday that "Lucky Hank," is only loosely based on his novel.
"The show's writers are using my book as a launching pad to tell their own story in their own way," Russo said on Tuesday. "I don't want the spotlight on me. It's their show."


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GENERAL ASSEMBLY by: EAAE. Published: January 16, 2018.
The EAAE collaborates with the Faculdade de Arquitectura at Universidade do Porto as the hosting institution for the EAAE General Assembly and Annual Conference 2018. The steering committee of the Council for the GA and AC 2018 works with the FAUP Faculty of Architecture – University of Porto to proceed with the next steps of the planning.
You can now download final agenda of the EAAE General Assembly 2018 in Porto.
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We are having family pictures taken this weekend and I need some outfit assistance. I've got three shirt choices for me. Elizabeth will be wearing the dress I have in my hand in the pictures. It's a blue and white dress. Matt will probably wear a white golf shirt.
So for me, we have Option A, the purple shirt.
Option B, the teal shirt.
And Option C: the navy blue shirt. And the picture is fuzzy but I am not taking it again because I am lazy.
And Option Dibits, because she saw me taking pictures of myself with the automatic timer and needed one of herself.
So what do you think? Purple, teal, or navy blue? Or something else altogether that hopefully I already have in my closet.


What's so different about Serena and Roger?
Roger Federer has won 17 career Grand Slam titles, more than anyone in the history of men's tennis.
At age 33, if Federer were to add an 18th Slam by tournament's end, it would turn this U.S. Open into an instant classic because he's a sentimental favorite two years removed from his last Grand Slam title, and many have questioned whether he has another one in him.
Serena Williams has won 17 career Grand Slam titles, fifth most in the history of women's tennis.
If Williams, who will turn 33 on Sept. 26, wins her sixth U.S. Open and third in a row, she will tie all-time greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18 Grand Slam titles. And that accomplishment will be met with a ho-hum "of course she did'' reaction because everyone expects Williams to win.
That unfair expectation is actually a compliment to Williams. But the fact Williams, who mowed through Vania King 6-1, 6-0 in her second-round match Thursday, is not held in similar lofty reverence to the active greats such as Federer is curious.
This is not a comparison of men's and women's tennis, nor is it a comparison of Williams to Federer. But their accomplishments on paper are remarkably similar yet it seems there is a far higher global appreciation for Federer than there is for Williams.
It's not as if Williams, whose 13 Grand Slam titles playing doubles with her sister, Venus, gives her a total of 30 career Slams, has been completely overlooked; she's widely regarded as one of the best players of her time.
But what about the best of all time? Williams must at least be approaching being a part of that conversation.
Commensurate with her accomplishments, you would think there would be more appreciation for what Williams has done in the game than there seems to be, and maybe that's partially her doing. Williams has had some spotty episodes that have somewhat clouded her accomplishments.
The most recent was the bizarre meltdown in her Wimbledon doubles match this summer when she appeared disoriented and mysteriously withdrew amid a curious claim that she had a "virus.'' Williams then went three months before speaking publicly about the incident and even then she didn't clear anything up, only shooting down speculation and rumors that she was drunk, on drugs or even pregnant during a recent interview with Sports Illustrated.
In that interview, though, she never actually clarified what happened that day. The occasional flighty moments like these from Williams — Serena being Serena — detract from her greatness and everything she's brought to the game.
Can you imagine what the identity of women's tennis in America would have been the last decade without the Williams sisters? Lost. That's what it would have been.
While Williams' greatness might be lost on some, it was not lost on King, her less-experienced and overmatched opponent Thursday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
In a few years — whenever Williams is out of the game and finished collecting Grand Slams — maybe then her greatness will be appreciated with the reverence it deserves.
Asked if she has a Grand Slam goal number in mind, Williams said: "No. I never even thought I would have as many as I even have. I never thought this would be me. I never really had a number. Obviously now that things are reachable, I do think of different things. But in the big picture, it's just all an amazing, amazing ride.


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Q: .NET Namespace sub directories I have experience using packages in Java.  I am now using Namespaces in .NET.  I have read a few web pages online which compare namespaces and packages.
Say I have a package called: Test.TestProgram.  If I import Test then I can use TestProgram.  I am confused about what happens if you have a namespace called Test.Test.  If you import Test then it does not import all of the namespaces below.  Why is this?
This is a simple question and I though I would find my answer on MSDN.  I am yet to find an answer.

A: Importing a namespace does give you access to everything in it, within the usual rules of course. If your namespace is split across multiple assemblies, your items are not public, or they are internal then you won't automatically have access to them. In cases like this you will have to take extra steps like referencing the additional assembly or declaring a friend assembly, or using reflection to get to the non public members.

A: I have discovered this question here: Namespace and Sub Namespaces.  There is a link to MSDN with an explanation.


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Q: Remote port forward to ldap hanging I have a windows machine (LOCAL), a Centos 7 VM (VM) and an LDAP (LDAP) I need to talk to through VM.
LOCAL can ssh into VM, and can independently talk to LDAP.
VM can't talk to LOCAL or LDAP directly
I executed a command on LOCAL like
ssh -R 389:LDAP:389 VM
Now inside VM I can do
curl ldap://localhost/..., providing authentication, and it works, almost. The appropriate response is returned but the connection hangs.
Why is it hanging, how can I fix this? I have full control over the VM, I have partial control over LOCAL and no control over LDAP. I have no control over any infrastructure I talk to.
I want to be able to do this because I am deploying an openshift cluster on a number of vms, openshift should be authenticated via a particular ldap. With the present configuration (for which curl hangs) the integration with ldap is not working. I have integrated openshift with an ldap docker image I spun up on the network that VM is able to talk to and it worked fine, leading me to believe this hanging is what is causing the problem.
If I am on a machine running an ldap, then I can do
ssh -R 400:localhost:389 localhost
At which point
curl ldap://localhost:400/... works fine (no hanging)
which is a bit mystifying

A: Worked out the issue, the hanging when curling is actually some general issue regarding curl and particular ldap settings.
https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/622

This occurs when:
The ldap backend used by your curl installation is openldap: probably
  the case on Debian. Queries are made to a server that returns
  referrals: M$AD is one of them :-( External ldap configuration allows
  automatic referrals chasing. There is no easy way to support automatic
  referrals chasing in curl yet. As a workaround, I can suggest you
  disable this feature by ldap configuration ("REFERRALS off" in
  ldap.conf): this will release the hang. Of course, this will also miss
  the results from referrals, but in the current curl's state, they
  won't be returned anyway.

More details: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2016-01/0101.html
Openshift wasn't working with ldap due to unrelated networking issues


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He currently lives in Seattle, WA, and is an avid outdoorsman, cook, and travel enthusiast.


The City of Houston developed Administrative Procedure 4.1 to provide a city-wide policy governing grant acquisition, management and compliance procedures to ensure consistent use by City departments. Also to encourage departments to responsibly pursue external funding that can be reasonably managed while serving the needs of the City.
Key Department Responsibilities identifies each department's role to ensure consistency in the City grants acquisition and management process.
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In this scripted, semi-autobiographical half hour comedy, DICE chronicles life in the Vegas suburbs, as Andrew (Andrew Dice Clay, ENTOURAGE) tries to live his life while trapped in the skin of "The Diceman." Whether he's attempting to pay back his gambling debts, manage his sons' heavy metal band, or fend off pumped up fans, this show shines a light on the sides of Dice we've never seen before. Yet all the while he dons his trademark black leather jacket and fingerless gloves, ready for a comeback.
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Q: Laravel interface not found I have the following two classes:
My interface inside app/Contracts:
namespace App\Contracts;

use App\Models\Lead;

interface CRMServiceContract
{
    public function generateLead(Lead $lead);
}

My service class inside app/Services/CRM:
namespace App\Services\CRM;

use App\Contracts\CRMServiceContract;
use App\Services\CRM\CRMService;
use App\Models\Lead;

class ELeadService extends CRMService implements CRMServiceContract
{
    public function generateLead(Lead $lead)
    {

    }
}

Inside my composer.json
"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "App\\": "app/",
        "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
        "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
    }
},

My service class is found correctly. But I'm receiving an error that
Interface "App\Contracts\CRMServiceContract" not found
I've checked the spellings, ran artisan clear cache, and composer dump-autoload. Also, the IDE correctly recognizes the interface class, but the app is failing.

A: My interface file was missing the .php extension. ♂


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The new Clean Air Strategy puts restrictions on wood burning fires and stoves
Do you own a wood burning stove? Or have an open fire in your home? You are going to want to read this...
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By Hebe Hatton 2019-01-15T06:14:51Z
In their Clean Air Strategy, published yesterday, the government has outlined an 'ambitious strategy' to tackle air pollution. As part of the plan, environmental secretary Michael Gove has set out restrictions on open fire fuels and some log burners, with the worst banned, and only the cleanest permitted to be sold after 2022.
Stoves and open fires are now the single biggest source of particulate matter emissions, the government says and therefore, to further prevent the damage already caused by domestic burning, there will also be a ban on the sale of the most polluting fuels (like traditional house coal), and the sales of wet wood for domestic burning will also restricted.
Ministers predict that these new measures will cut the cost of air pollution by £1.7 billion every year by 2020, rising to £5.3 billion every year by 2030.
Along with wood burning fires, the plan also looks into more ways to reduce exposure to non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) in the home. These kinds of compounds are found in lots of everyday household items, including carpets, upholstery, cleaning products and scented candles.
How will the government's anti-pollution strategy affect you and your home?
Only the cleanest stoves will be available from 2020;
Heavily polluting log burners and open fire fuels will be banned;
Wet wood sales for domestic burning will be restricted;
Sales of traditional house coal may be phased out;
Further research into non-methane volatile organic compounds may result in restricted sales of certain household items.
How can you reduce the environmental impact of your stove or fire?
If you are set on continuing to use an open fire, it could be argued that a wood burning stove is a more efficient way to heat your home. Stoves that are approved by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) pre-heat the air entering the chamber and produce fewer smoky particulates than older stoves, and about 90 per cent less than an open fire. So, if you are hunting for a new stove, look for one of these approved designs.
Also consider switching from wood, especially wet wood, or coal to briquettes made from waste wood. They are actually cheaper, deliver more heat and are cleaner burning.
Should you still buy a wood burning stove?
Let's just say it would be a brave person who would fork out thousands of pounds for a new wood burner without investigating properly what you are buying considering what has been said this week. If you can't live without one, then just make sure it's a Defra-approved mode.
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The 5 surprising interiors trends Netflix's Bridgerton is bringing back - are you a fan?
Millions tuned into period drama Bridgerton - and it seems to have sparked somewhat of a revival for traditional, Regency era interiors...


Apply for CRT's Fellow Scholarship Program today! Recipients have full access to the CRT 2020 Meeting and are not limited to a designated fellows track. An educational grant has been provided to MedStar Washington Hospital Center to support this outstanding program.
Only domestic (U.S. and Canada) fellows who are in the above specialties are eligible for full scholarship coverage. Non-domestic fellows falling into the above specialties may be eligible for partial scholarship. Please review the scholarship information below to see what is covered under full and partial scholarship opportunities.
The CRT Fellows Scholarship is available to Interventional Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Interventional Radiology, and Vascular Surgery Fellows, as well as 3rd year General Cardiology fellows and Interventional Cardiologists who are one-year post fellowship. Recipients have full access to the CRT 2018 Meeting and are not limited to a designated fellows track. An educational grant has been provided to MedStar Washington Hospital Center to support this outstanding program.
**In order to be considered, a fellowship verification letter on institutional letterhead, must be signed by either your Program Director or Cath Lab Director.
Deadline: Applications and verification letters must be submitted by November 16, 2017. After CRT has reached the quota of 300 fellows, a partial scholarship will be awarded for up to 100 fellows from the U.S. and Canada only. All applicants will receive notification of their acceptance status no later than December 2, 2017.
**CRT does not cover hotel accommodations or reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for the partial scholarships.
Hands down, this is one of the best educational conferences that is a must-attend for all fellows interested in structural, interventional cardiovascular diseases as well as valvular heart disease. The organizers and sponsors are very fellow-oriented with hands on simulations, live cases and opportunity to learn from the best experts in the field.
I've found that some conferences can be overwhelming and very busy. CRT was the perfect mix of variety and specialization. The venue made it possible to experience several tracks in a given day. The faculty were incredible, and the live cases were interesting. CRT will definitely be a part of my annual education moving forward, both as a fellow and eventually as an attendee.
As a returning fellow for the second time, I had the privilege and honor to participate by sharing my interesting case in the "meet the expert" session. This allowed me the opportunity to showcase my work and receive incredible feedback from faculty and experts in the field. CRT 2016 was an excellent event with plenty of exposure for networking. It was a wonderful experience, provided up-to-date learning opportunities, and ultimately enhanced my knowledge base. I would not hesitate to attend this awesome meeting again.
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CRT's significant international exposure and record attendance in 2016 led by Dr. Ron Waksman, gives fellows the opportunity to gain exposure to complicated and challenging interventional and structural cardiology cases. The meeting also includes renowned faculty that present the most up-to-date science and encompasses several educational, mentoring, social, and networking programs that truly benefit your career path.
The meeting was exceptional. I followed Dr. Lombardi throughout the course lectures and learned an incredible amount about chronic total occlusions. He explained how to approach a CTO in a clear and concise fashion and educated the crowd on how best to become a specialist in the field of CTOs. A truly amazing and informative course.
The CRT Fellows Program was one of the best conferences that I have attended as a fellow! It was highly educational, organized, and included a diverse array of programs in structural, coronary, and peripheral interventions. I saw presentations from around the world and met leaders in interventional cardiology. I look forward to attending in the future! Thank you for this great opportunity.
The CRT fellows course was a truly exceptional experience. It helped me gain a lot of knowledge on the finer aspects of interventional cardiology which will not be found in any single textbook or review article. All the talks were given by people who are well known in that field and are experts. I will definitely plan on attending future meetings.
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Inquiries: If you have any questions, please contact Mara Antonio at (202) 877-2812, or e-mail CRT.Fellows@gmail.com.
The CRT 2019 Fellowship Application portal is now closed. Fellowship next steps and other information will be sent out in the coming months leading up to CRT. If you have questions, please contact out Fellowship Program Manager.


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