Last October 2017 I had the chance to visit Taiwan for vacation with my sister. Prior to that, I had searched the internet for resources, photos and sample itineraries to prepare for the trip. Below is a sample 4 day itinerary I put together including some directions, landmarks, train stops and tips. If you haven't seen my Taiwan Travel photos posts, check them out here.
Some of the descriptions here are copied somewhere, I am unable to remember as I just copied and pasted them on a document and did not bother to note where I got them.
Also check my Taiwan Travel tips here.
This Taipei landmark and tourist attraction is among the world's highest skyscrapers. It dominates the city's skyline and also provides shoppers with a convenient place for a spree. Inside are many of the world's top luxury brands, such as Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, to name but two.
Floors 1-5 are loaded with top international brand stores and boutiques. The 5th floor also is surrounded by several sit down restaurants with great views of the city. B1 is a large food court full of many Asian and Western choices. It's also home to Jason's gourmet supermarket.
Grab some lunch on the 5th floor. Pick up some snacks and drinks before you leave at Jason's Market on B1.
How to Get There: From MRT Xiangshan Station (Red Line 2), take Exit 2 where you can see a park. Walk until the end of that road, then turn left and continue walking until you reach the jump-off point – Xiangshan Hiking Trail.
The jumping-off point for the hike, Xiangshan Hiking Trail, is just a 15-minute walk from Taipei 101.
The Xinyi District is home to Bellavita, Taipei 101, the 24 hour Eslite, ATT and a host of other shopping choices. It's a busy open spaced area that's great for walking, eating, window shopping, or people watching.
The Japanese Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store is a central structure and location in this area. The six story, four building complex feels like an open ended mall. Among the black and red modern glass structures performers play music and perform their acts while marketers promote their latest products. There's plenty of food and shopping from bakeries, top fashion and cosmetics to the Apple Store. The department store is also host to a large cineplex so a day of shopping and eating can be capped off with a movie.
What to buy: Among the department stores are lots of small boutique shops. There are always unique finds there.
Arguably Taipei's most decorative and fashionable shopping space. Even if you're not a shopper, the mall is worth a walk through. It's host to the finest name brand stores (Bottega Veneta, Bvlgari, Gucci, Tiffany, Tod's) as well as a variety of international and swanky boutiques.
On the upper floors there are several options for fine dining including L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon, the first Michelin Guide listed restaurant in Taiwan. There's a food area in the basement levels with several snack and coffee choices.
Go to the Basement Level and try the delicious ornamented pastries.
Wu Fen Pu contains hundreds of wholesale clothing shops, and you can literally find anything here. Try to avoid Mondays as the retailers would be busy stocking up their supplies, but Tuesdays are said to be the best time to get your hands on the latest goods.
How to Get There: Take Green Line 3 to Songshan Station. Go to Exit 5. Cross the street to the night market's entrance.
MUST do: Near the temple entrance, line up for a "hu jiao bing". 胡椒餅 Black pepper pork in a baked round bread. They are baked on the inside of a hot barrel. They're famous and worth the wait! Steamed buns and stinky tofu are popular.
One of the must-see is the hourly changing of the military personnel guarding the massive statue of Chiang Kai-shek.
How to Get There: From Yuanshan Station (Red Line 2), take Exit 2 and continue walking down Kulun Street until you reach Dalong Street. Take a right and continue walking until you reach Hami Street. Continue walking until you see the temple entrance on the right side.
How to Get There: From Jiantan Station (Red Line 2), take Exit 1 going to the southbound buses. Go for Bus 267, 556, or 902.
There is a long walkway leading up to the Shrine, and in the center building, there are two soldiers on duty and in uniform. They guard the building and the souls who have helped shape and form the country.
Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf (淡水漁人碼頭) – One of the most famous locations in Taiwan, the Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf is well known for its beautiful sunsets – Lover Bridge of Tamsui, completed in 2003. At night, the bridge illuminates with a wide variety of colours. – The wharf is located in Tamsui (淡水, Danshui) north of the Tamsui Old Street (淡水老街) area nearby Shalun Beach (沙崙).
How to get there – After arriving at Tamsui Station (淡水), Red Line 2, take bus 紅26 (Red 26), 836, or 857 towards Fisherman's Wharf (漁人碼頭).
The wharf hosts a ferry pier for ferries that operate the route along the Tamsui River. Ferries operate between the wharf and Tamsui Old Street, Bali, and Dadaocheng ferry pier (大稻埕碼頭) in Taipei City (located next to Daqiaotou MRT Station) or Zhongxiao Wharf in New Taipei City. Simply swipe an Easycard and board the boat. It's a great way to avoid the crippling traffic of Tamsui during the afternoon rush hour, and a fun and unique way to return to Taipei.
You can take a cable car from Taipei Zoo up to this place, and was a pretty view up too.
How to get there: Taipei Zoo station (Brown line) Exit the station and walk to the Gondola station.
Located at Daan Park MRT. It's a large area of greenery. Nice eco pond area with lots of birds in natural habitat. Many rest stops. Lots of flowers and trees.
The trail is situated along Lane 352, Jiannan Road. As an open butterfly museum, it occupies 11.5 hectares. Located on a hill, the facility boasts an excellent view in which two major landmarks of Taipei—Taipei 101 and the Ferris Wheel of Mirimar Shopping Mall—can be seen. Visitors who plan to go by MRT are advised to take exit 1 of MRT Jiannan Road Station.
Lots of places for a milk tea too.
Once you get out of Ximen station, you can't miss the 100-year-old Red House Theater.
Across the theater is the famous Ximending Shopping District. Try the famous Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodles, shop your heart out at the affordable boutiques in the area (if you're not into night markets), and stay out 'til late in the evening so you can try all the amazing street food and tea-based drinks.
These places require at least 1 whole day each so if you still have time you can check out the places below.
The majority of attractions are concentrated along the cobblestone steps of Shuqi Road (豎崎路) between Jiufen Elementary School and the Jiufen police precinct. The three roads running perpendicular to Shuqi Road (Jishan St., Qiche Rd., and Qingbian Rd.) each boast a wide variety of shops, restaurants, and cafés.
From Taipei Main Station (台北車站), take the train north to Ruifang Station. After exiting the station and facing the Wellcome supermarket, take a left and walk 200 metres down Mingdeng Road. Next to the police station is a bus station (named Local Residents Plaza, 區民廣場) with routes 827 and 788 heading toward Jiufen. Please note that the bus stop next to the police station heads east toward Jiufen, and the bus stop across from the police station heads west toward Taipei. Route 825 provides weekend service only. From here, the bus trip takes roughly 15 minutes, and the fare is NT$15. It is recommended to take bus 1062 back to Taipei and enjoy some time at Raohe Night Market (饒河夜市).
You can stop here first before going to Shifen in Pingxi.
Board a Keelung bus with its final destination displaying either "基隆"or "台北"from Jiufen Old Street stop (across the road from 7-eleven convenience store) at the road bend. The bus goes downhill. Fare: NT$21 Travel time: About 15~20 mins.
How to Get There: From Taipei Main Station, take a train going to Ruifang Station, then transfer to Pingxi Line.
From Taipei Main Station, take a northbound train (except Keelung-bound trains) towards Ruifang Station. Transfer to the Pingxi Line (平溪線) and purchase a One Day Ticket for the Pingxi Line, NT$52.
OPTION 1: TAKE THE BROWN LINE MRT TO MUZHA STATION. FROM THERE TAKE THE 795 BUS TO EITHER SHIFEN OLD STREET OR SHIFEN WATERFALLS. FARE: TWD45.00. 45 MINUTES TRAVEL TIME. FROM 4:50AM TO 10:40PM, EVERY 45 MINUTES.
OPTION 2: TAKE THE GREEN LINE MRT STATION TO SONGSHAN THEN TRANSFER TO THE SONGSHAN TRA LINE TO RUIFANG STATION. FROM THERE, TRANSFER FOR THE TRAIN TO SHIFEN STATION.
From Taipei, take the high speed rail to Taichung.
Please follow the signs to reach exit 5 (the first floor fifth exit) and take Nantou Bus to reach Qingjing Farm (approximately 2 hours).
How can independent traveler reach Qingjing Farm from Taichung?
"Qingjing Farm Travel Package 600" jointly issued by Qingjing Farm and Nantou Bus contains two-way ticket for "Taichung-Qingjing Farm" and entrance ticket for Green Green Grasslands.
With this travel package at hand, you can travel directly to Qingjing Farm from Taichung Train Station or THSR Taichung Station, and enjoy a 40% discount and 15% discount on regular days and holidays at Qingjing Guest House, respectively.


Last weekend's episode of 'Austin City Limts' on PBS starred Miranda Lambert and actor turned singer-songwriter Jeff Bridges. While the two didn't collaborate, the audience appreciated both artist's unique talents during the 60-minute episode.
Six of the songs Lambert performed during the taping aired on the episode -- including her current single, 'Baggage Claim,' and 'Hell on Heels,' a Pistol Annies song she invited Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe to join her onstage for. She closed the show with 'Gunpowder and Lead' before a brief interview revealed a little about Lambert's background.
"I kind of knew when I started writing my first song that this was something that came natural to me and most things in life I had to work at," Lambert said. She went on to reveal that she felt this was her only shot at being successful, as she didn't do well academically in school and she wasn't cut out for other extracurricular activities. Her dad was surprised when at age 17 she finally asked him to teach her a few chords so she could write songs.


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Robert Alexander Mundell CC (Kingston, 24 de outubro de 1932 – Siena, 4 de abril de 2021) foi um economista canadense e um dos idealizados da União Europeia.

Vida e obra
Mundell nasceu dia 24 de outubro de 1932 em Kingston, Ontário, Canadá e foi graduado do Departamento de Economia da UBC na Universidade da Colúmbia Britânica, em Vancouver. Ele obteve seu mestrado na Universidade de Washington em Seattle. Depois de estudar na Universidade da Colúmbia Britânica e na The London School of Economics, em 1956. Frequentou o Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT), onde obteve um doutorado em economia em 1956.

Em 1961, Mundell lembrou-se de fazer uma pergunta: "Qual o domínio geográfico em que deve vigorar uma mesma moeda?". Esta questão aparentemente abstrata é relevante. Por exemplo, serão os Estados Unidos da América uma "zona monetária" ótima? Ou devem existir várias moedas diferentes no continente americano? Não será o mundo uma zona monetária ótima? Esta nova forma de olhar para a teoria monetária e cambial foi iluminadora e inspirou muita da investigação posterior. Deixou de ser especulativa e passou a ser candente quando a derrocada da URSS e o projeto de unificação monetária europeia redesenharam o mapa monetário do mundo.

Mas se este é o principal e mais duradouro contributo científico de Robert Mundell, o que tornou o seu nome familiar à generalidade dos economistas do mundo foi o "modelo Mundell-Fleming". Trata-se da introdução dos efeitos internacionais no modelo keynesiano. Graças a Mundell, esta análise simplista da política, que era normalmente realizada pressupondo uma economia fechada, passou a incluir a balança de pagamentos, quer em regime de câmbios fixos, quer em regime de câmbios flexíveis.

Foi laureado com o Prémio de Ciências Económicas em Memória de Alfred Nobel de 1999. Com a proposta de unir economias numa única moeda, o canadense Robert Mundell recebeu um Prêmio Nobel de Economia. É dele a autoria de um dos primeiros planos de moeda comum, um trabalho realizado no começo da década de 70 que resultou futuramente na criação do Euro como uma forma de aplicar a Reaganomics.

Robert Mundell é autor de inúmeros trabalhos e artigos sobre a teoria econômica, pioneiro da teoria mista de política fiscal e monetária e contribuiu para reformular a teoria da inflação e juros.

Fez, junto com Marcus Fleming, o Modelo Mundell-Fleming, um desenvolvimento do Modelo IS/LM.

Recebeu o Doutoramento Honoris Causa pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa em 1999/2000.

Mundell morreu em 4 de abril de 2021, aos 88 anos de idade, na Itália.

Bibliografia
"The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas". American Economic Review. Vol. 51, 657-665. 1961. "The Appropriate User of Monetary and Fiscal Policy for Internal and External Stability" IMF Staff Papers. Vol. 9, 70-79, 1962.

Ligações externas

Prémio de Ciências Económicas em Memória de Alfred Nobel
Economistas do Canadá
Doutores honoris causa pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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Home » PS4 » Bethesda pulls Elder Scrolls tabletop adventure amid plagiarism accusations
Bethesda pulls Elder Scrolls tabletop adventure amid plagiarism accusations
2019-05-09 PS4 Comments Off on Bethesda pulls Elder Scrolls tabletop adventure amid plagiarism accusations
Elsweyr is the title of a massive new expansion to The Elder Scrolls Online, due out on June 4. Fans of The Elder Scrolls universe will know it as the ancestral home of the cat-like khajiit race. It's expected to add loads of new content to Zenimax Online Studio's already successful MMO. To help hype that release, the enterprising team at Bethesda Netherlands created a brief pen-and-paper adventure set on the border between Cyrodiil and Elsweyr.
But that adventure appears to borrow heavily from a published Dungeons & Dragons adventure, leading to accusations of plagiarism. Bethesda has since taken down references to the module on social media while an internal investigation takes place. As originally reported by Ars Technica, the files are still available via DropBox.
The Elsweyr adventure is clearly based on the popular Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition ruleset. That's all fine and good, of course, since D&D's developer and publisher Wizards of the Coast has sectioned off a discrete portion of 5th edition — the Systems Reference Document (SRD) — under the Open Gaming License. That license allows anyone to create content compatible with D&D, even AAA video game studios, so long as they abide by its rules.
What the SRD doesn't allow, however, is for plagiarism of other works published for the D&D ruleset. The work in question appears to be The Black Road, written by Paige Leitman and Ben Heisler and first published in 2016.
Heisler has been vocal about the situation on Twitter, while Leitman herself went to Facebook to detail the incident. Her original post has since been removed. Other notable designers, including James Haeck (Waterdeep: Dragon Heist), have also gone to social media to clarify what appears to have happened.
Bethesda has taken action. The company says that it is "investigat[ing] the source" of the adventure. Polygon has reached out to Bethesda, Wizards of the Coast, and Zenimax for additional comment.
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Airbnb just launched their experiences in Goa recently. So we thought that if you are all foodies like us, then a lovely day spent exploring, learning about & indulging In Goan Portuguese food and it's history would make for a perfect treat on your next Goan holiday.
A cute blue coloured cottage in Vagator is where this experience is hosted. The fact that it is hosted by Odette, who herself is an award winning author of cookbooks and history of Goan food books, makes it even better. She is the foremost expert on anything to do with Goan food in India and her wonderful stories about how Portuguese food travelled to India will keep you regaled for hours. We started off with a lovely glass of wine whilst sitting at the verandah, nibbling on fresh Poi stuffed with a delectable fish paste, while listening to Odette tell us all about the dishes that she had prepared, and the history behind them. The Rechaedo, Caldin, Balchao and Almonas are what the experience focussed on. Most of these dishes, are not found in restaurants and even if they are they will not be prepared how Goan homes still prepare them.
What we loved most is that, you can finally learn why a Xacuti curry in the northernmost part may taste different from the one in the southernmost part of Goa. We even got a live demo of the Caldin fish curry preparation, and a recipe handout to take home with us. Post which, we all sat around the table enjoying a hearty meal of the Caldin fish curry, a stuffed fried fish in the Rechaedo masala, a fried fish done the traditional Cafreal style instead of a gravy (you will get to know why the Cafreal is supposed to be a grilled dish instead of with gravy as served at most restaurants) and the local boiled rice to polish it all off. The traditional Almonas a type of a fish cutlet was a delight too. As a treat, there was even a Caramel Custard to end things on a sweet note.
If you are a vegetarian or not a fish eater, then be warned that this experience may not be for you. But if you are really interested in learning about the Portuguese influence on the food in Goa, then this experience will be worth it.


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import {Status} from "../classes/status";
import {EditProfileService} from "../services/editprofile.service";
import {Profile} from "../classes/profile";
import {CookieService} from "ng2-cookies";

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export class EditProfileComponent implements OnInit {

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	profile: Profile = new Profile(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
	status: Status = null;
	cookieJar: any = {};
	districtId : number = null;

	constructor(private editProfileService: EditProfileService, private router: Router, private cookieService: CookieService) {
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	ngOnInit() : void {
		this.cookieJar = this.cookieService.getAll();
		let profileId = this.cookieJar["profileId"];
		this.editProfileService.getProfile(profileId)
					.subscribe(profile => this.profile = profile);
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					alert(this.status.message);
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from time import perf_counter as clock
import tables as tb

print("PyTables version-->", tb.__version__)

filename = "/tmp/junk-array.h5"
NOBJS = 1000

def create_junk():
    fileh = tb.open_file(filename, mode="w")
    for i in range(NOBJS):
        fileh.create_array(fileh.root, 'array' + str(i), [1])
    fileh.close()

def modify_junk_LRU():
    fileh = tb.open_file(filename, 'a')
    group = fileh.root
    for j in range(5):
        print("iter -->", j)
        for tt in fileh.walk_nodes(group):
            if isinstance(tt, tb.Array):
#                 d = tt.read()
                pass

    fileh.close()

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    fileh = tb.open_file(filename, 'a')
    group = fileh.root
    for j in range(5):
        t1 = clock()
        for i in range(100):  # The number
            #print("table-->", tt._v_name)
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Alan Alexander Milne was born on January 18, 1882. Growing up in London, Milne attended Henley House, a private school run by his father. By 1893, soon after leaving Henley House, Milne found himself studying at Westminster School and later, in 1903, obtaining a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University.
Often thought of as merely an author of children's novels, Milne was a poet, an essayist, a playwright, and an adult novelist as well. He began his writing career with humorous pieces for Punch magazine. It was in this publication, in 1923, that Winnie-the-Pooh made his first appearance in the poem Teddy Bear. Milne also wrote plays and by the time When We Were Very Young, his first book of poems for children, was published in 1924; he had already made his name as a dramatist and novelist.
In 1913, Milne married Dorothy DeSelincourt, the owner of Punch's goddaughter. Soon after they were married, on February 10, 1915, Milne joined the army as a signaling officer. While in the army, Milne wrote his first play, Wurzel Flummery.
As a married couple, Milne and DeSelincourt were simply comrades. DeSelincourt was described as 'an unattractive portrait of an extravagant social butterfly, glad to get her only child packed off to boarding school and eventually unfaithful to her patient, loving husband'. Together, they believed friendship was the most important part to a marriage. Later, Milne displayed his belief in the importance of friendship in The House at Pooh Corner through Pooh's friendship with Piglet.
E.H. Shepard, born in 1879, became known as the 'Man who drew Pooh', but was also an acclaimed artist in his own right. Shepard won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Arts, and later, like Milne, worked for Punch magazine as a cartoonist and an illustrator. Shepard's illustrations of Winnie-the-Pooh and the friends of the Hundred Acre Wood have become classics in their own right and are recognised all over the world.


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There are several significant challenges that sales representatives and sales teams face in selling into complex enterprise accounts. One of the most daunting is that enterprise sales cycles can be long and drawn out.
Months and years can pass while pursuing an opportunity with an enterprise organization. And as the time passes, the doubt, uncertainty, risks, and costs add up. And this draining of resources goes beyond the financial. The human assets applied to an enterprise pursuit and the overall energy of the selling organization are also casualties over time.
How do selling organizations overcome these frustrating challenges of long sales cycles?
First, you must follow an effective territory, account, and opportunity planning process that maximizes the likelihood that the deals you pursue are the ones you're most likely to win. Having such an intuitive process that maps what you do best to the opportunities you're considering pursuing also acts as your guide to ensure that you don't embark on the deals that don't match your profile. It sounds simple, doesn't it?
But, such fundamental planning is often ignored or pushed aside by emotional attachment to tantalizing deals that should never have been considered. Clearly understanding what you do well and not so well and using that knowledge in account planning creates the best matches possible in the deals you pursue. Once you've done that effective planning, that due diligence to increase your odds of winning.
What can you do over that long sales cycle to improve your chances of success?
As the time passes, every action you take is being evaluated by the buying organization. These actions showcase your responsiveness, follow-up, and attention to detail, or lack thereof. Leaving the buying organization with positive impressions in these areas is critical because regardless of how capable, prepared, and sophisticated your competitors are, they might become just a bit forgetful as the long sales cycle continues. They might take their eyes off the ball. Perhaps they'll completely miss a deadline or carelessly provide the prospect a boilerplate response instead of devoting the required time and effort to respond in a customized way. A wrong step at just the right time can leave the wrong impression, and the door open for your organization.
The key is to stay focused. With effective territory, account, and opportunity planning, you can establish which deals are worth pursuing. Then, trusting your due diligence, make sure your actions clearly illustrate to your prospect that you are fully committed and focused on the successful outcome for both parties.


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As introduced above, a growing number of research support a substantial function of microglial cells in alcohol-induced human brain pathologies [7,11,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]
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As introduced above, a growing number of research support a substantial function of microglial cells in alcohol-induced human brain pathologies [7,11,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]. also treatment with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, demonstrating the vital function of PARP as well as the TRPM2 route in EtOH-induced cell loss of life. Contact with EtOH, needlessly to say, led to a rise in ROS creation, proven using imaging of 2,7-dichlorofluorescein fluorescence. Regularly, EtOH-induced microglial cell loss of life was suppressed by inhibition of NADPH oxidase (NOX) aswell as inhibition of protein kinase C. Used together, our outcomes suggest that contact with high doses of ethanol can stimulate microglial cell loss of life via Silidianin the NOX/ROS/PARP/TRPM2 signaling pathway, offering book and important insights into alcohol-induced mind pathologies potentially. < 0.05 being significant statistically. 3. Outcomes 3.1. Appearance of TRPM2 in Microglial Cells and its own Function in H2O2-Induced Cell Loss of life We characterized TRPM2 route appearance in BV2 microglial cells using RT-PCR and immunofluorescent imaging. TRPM2 mRNA and protein appearance was readily discovered (Amount 1a,b). Of be aware, TRPM2 immunoreactivity was extremely focused on or near the plasma membrane (Amount 1b). As proven using single-cell imaging, specific cells taken care of immediately contact with H2O2 (300 M), a utilized paradigm of inducing mobile oxidative tension broadly, using a salient upsurge in intracellular Ca2+ focus (Amount 1c). Furthermore, single-cell imaging using the Ca2+ add-back process uncovered that such sturdy Ca2+ replies induced by contact with H2O2 resulted from extracellular Ca2+ influx (Amount 1d). Taken collect, these data claim that the TRPM2 route features being a Ca2+-permeable route over the Silidianin cell surface area generally, as reported in principal microglial cells [28,29,30]. We further analyzed whether prolonged contact with ROS induced cell loss of life via the TRPM2 route. There were hardly any PI-positive inactive cells beneath the control condition, however the percentage of PI-positive cells was considerably increased following contact with 100C300 M H2O2 (Amount 2a,b). Such cell loss of life was inhibited by treatment with 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) considerably, a known TRPM2 route inhibitor (Amount 2c,d), or by treatment with PJ34 and 3,4-dihydro-5[4-(1-piperindinyl)butoxy]-1(2H)-isoquinoline (DPQ), two structurally different PARP inhibitors (Amount 2eCh). Thus, contact with oxidative tension can induce PARP-dependent TRPM2 route activation in BV2 microglial cells that may result in cell loss of life, highly in keeping with our latest study Silidianin examining principal microglial cells [25]. Open up in another window Amount 1 Transient receptor potential melastatin-related 2 (TRPM2) appearance in BV2 microglial cells. (a) Agarose gel evaluation displaying TRPM2 mRNA appearance (the arrow denotes the PCR item with the anticipated size of 479 bp). (b) Consultant confocal images displaying cells stained using the TRPM2 antibody and 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) (still left) or stained just with the next antibody and DAPI (best). (c) Still left: F340/F380 in specific cells without or with contact with 300 M H2O2 (indicated with the downward arrow). Best: mean transformation in F340/F380 after 30 min contact with H2O2 or similar time stage (63 control cells and 78 H2O2-exposued cells). (d) Still left: F340/F380 in specific cells during contact with 300 M H2O2, in extracellular Ca2+-free of charge alternative and Ca2+-filled with alternative first of all, indicated with the open as well as the solid pubs above, respectively. Best: mean transformation in F340/F380 during contact with H2O2 in Ca2+-free of charge and Ca2+-filled with solutions (14 cells). *** < 0.005 in comparison to indicated group. Open up in another window Amount 2 Reactive air types (ROS) induce BV2 microglial cell loss of life via poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-reliant TRPM2 route activation. (a,b) Consultant fluorescent images displaying co-staining with propidium iodide (PI) and Hoechst (a) and mean percentage of PI-positive cells (b) in cells without (control) and with contact with indicated concentrations of H2O2 for 24 h. (cCh) Representative fluorescent pictures displaying co-staining with PI and Hoechst in cells subjected to 300 M H2O2 for 24 h without and with treatment with indicated inhibitors (c,e,g) and mean percentage of PI-positive cells (d,f,h). Cells had been pre-treated with inhibitors 30 min ahead of and during contact with H2O2. Mean data Spry2 are from at least three unbiased tests, using three Silidianin wells of cells for every condition in each test. *** < 0.005 in comparison to indicated group. 3.2. Contact with EtOH Induces Microglial Cell Loss of life via PARP-Dependent TRPM2 Route Activation As presented above, contact with high doses of alcoholic beverages can induce ROS era and oxidative tension, but it is normally unidentified whether alcohol-induced oxidative tension can induce cell loss of life in microglial cells. As a result, we investigated the consequences of contact with EtOH for 24 h at concentrations (10C300 mM) which were widely used for in vitro research [34,35,37,38,39]. As proven in Amount 3a,b, contact with EtOH induced concentration-dependent microglial cell loss of life, using the cell loss of life level considerably increased following contact with high concentrations (100 and 300 mM). As proven above for H2O2-induced cell loss of life, EtOH-induced cell loss of life was also highly attenuated by treatment with 2-APB and N-(p-amylcinnamoyl)anthranilic acidity (ACA),.
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Martin Reim est un footballeur estonien né le  à Tallinn en RSS d'Estonie.

Biographie

Après avoir annoncé sa retraite internationale, il est rappelé par le sélectionneur pour disputer les éliminatoires de l'Euro 2008.

Il dépasse ainsi le record de sélection pour un joueur européen, codétenu avec Lothar Matthäus. Ce record est par la suite battu par le joueur letton Vitālijs Astafjevs.

Malgré ses 157 sélections, Martin Reim n'a jamais disputé de grande compétition internationale.

Il joue jusqu'en 2008 pour le club du FC Flora Tallinn, en Estonie. En 2010, il est nommé au poste d'entraîneur de ce même club.

Palmarès

Joueur
 157 sélections et 14 buts avec l'Estonie
 Champion d'Estonie en 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998, 2001, 2002 et 2003 avec le FC Flora Tallinn
 Vainqueur de la Coupe d'Estonie en 1995, 1998 et 2008 avec le FC Flora Tallinn
 Vainqueur de la Supercoupe d'Estonie en 1998, 2002, 2003 et 2004 avec le FC Flora Tallinn
 Finaliste de la Coupe de Finlande en 2000 avec le Kotkan TP

Entraîneur
 Champion d'Estonie en 2010 avec le FC Flora Tallinn

Distinctions personnelles
 Meilleur buteur du championnat d'Estonie en 1990
 Élu footballeur estonien de l'année en 1995
 Estonian Silverball en 1995, 1997 et 1999

Liens externes

 Statistiques sous le maillot national

Footballeur international estonien
Footballeur sélectionné plus de 100 fois en équipe nationale
Joueur du FC Flora Tallinn
Joueur du KTP Kotka
Entraîneur estonien de football
Entraîneur du FC Flora Tallinn
Sélectionneur de l'équipe d'Estonie de football
Naissance en mai 1971
Naissance à Tallinn


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Days before the 2018 midterms, 68% of voters say that health care is very or extremely important to how they plan to vote in this year's elections, according to a new Cato 2018 Health Care Survey of 2,498 Americans. These numbers are driven primarily by Democratic voters with 86% who say this issue is especially important to them—in fact, 56% say the issue is "extremely important" to them. Independent (33%) and Republican voters (21%) are far less likely to say this is an "extremely" crucial issue for their vote this Tuesday.
These results are consistent with analysis of 2018 campaign ads, which finds Democrats have made healthcare the centerpiece of their case to voters. About half of Democratic ads have featured health care issues compared to less than a third of Republican ads. At the core of the debate is what to do with pre-existing condition regulations embedded in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that prevent health insurers from denying coverage or charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions. Much of the public debate centered on pre-existing condition protections assume that these regulations enjoy widespread public support. However, these protections lose public support when voters learn about their costs, finds the Cato 2018 Health Care Survey.
The survey first replicated the results from myriad other surveys finding a majority (65%) of Americans favor regulations that prohibit insurance companies from refusing to cover, or charging higher premiums to, people with pre-existing conditions, while 32% oppose. However, support plummets when Americans are faced with likely consequences of these regulations.
Support drops 20 points to 44% in favor and 51% opposed if pre-existing condition protections limited people's access to medical tests and treatments. Similarly, 44% would favor and 50% would oppose if these regulations harmed the delivery of high-quality health care. Support drops 18 points to 47% in favor and 48% opposed if these regulations limited people's access to top-rated medical facilities and treatment centers. Some may dismiss these potential costs as improbable; however, research finds these are likely consequences from the incentives these regulations create for the health care industry. It is for this reason that we investigate how the public evaluates these costs.
Compared to quality reductions, Americans are more prepared to pay higher taxes or premiums in exchange for keeping regulations that prevent insurers from denying coverage or charger higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions. About half (51%) would favor and 44% oppose if these regulations raised taxes and 49% would favor and 47% would oppose if they drove up premiums.
These results follow a familiar pattern identified in the Cato 2017 Health Care Survey that asked about each of these pre-existing condition protections separately. However, in this year's survey we improve the desirability of these regulations by offering them as a bundle. Even still, when faced with the realistic costs of these mandates, public support plummets.
Taking a look among partisans, we find that without any mention of costs, 83% of Democrats, 55% of independents, and 52% of Republicans initially support pre-existing condition protections. However, independents and Republicans turn against these regulations if they increase the cost of health insurance (66%, 55%), reduce access to medical tests and treatments (59%, 58%), harm the quality of health care people receive (57%, 55%), reduce access to top-rated medical facilities and treatment centers (57%, 55%), or increase taxes (57%, 57%). Democrats are less swayed by these trade-offs; however, they are least willing to sacrifice the quality of health care in exchange for keeping the pre-existing condition regulations (42%). Instead, majorities of Democrats are willing to have less access to medical tests (57%), or top-rated medical facilities (61%), or pay higher premiums (67%) or taxes (72%). Some differences in how partisans answer these questions may depend, perhaps, on how believable these costs seem to respondents rather than how acceptable they are. For instance, since Democrats are most enthusiastic about these regulations, they may be less likely to believe that they could harm the quality of care.
Higher-income Americans are more willing than low-income Americans to make trade-offs, such as shouldering higher premiums or having less access to top-rated medical facilities, to keep the pre-existing condition regulations. For instance, 61% of Americans earning more than $80,000 a year say they'd pay higher premiums to keep these regulations. In contrast, about a third (38%) of Americans earning less than $40,000 a year agree; instead, 56% oppose paying higher premiums for this reason. Nearly 6 in 10 (57%) of people earning more than $80,000 a year say they'd accept having less access to top-rated medical facilities compared to 35% of Americans earning less than $20,000 a year.
The survey also asked Americans about new federal rules that allow consumers to purchase alternative health insurance plans that don't comply with ACA-mandates. The survey finds that majorities support new federal rules that allow consumers to purchase alternative plans, like short-term plans, even when confronted with likely trade-offs.
First, the survey presented respondents with only the anticipated benefits of the new federal rules. Doing so finds that 77% of Americans support new federal rules that allow consumers to purchase health insurance plans that cost 50% less and offer greater choices of hospitals and doctors than current plans and would cover 2 million more uninsured people.
Support drops to 64% in favor and 31% opposed if these rules meant that some people would purchase insurance policies that cover fewer services than current plans. For instance, these new plans would not be required to cover services like mental health and prescription drugs.
One reason why such plans have lower premiums is they do not have to comply with ACA pre-existing condition regulations and thus may exclude people, or offer limited services to people, with expensive medical conditions. These lower premiums could draw people who use fewer medical services out of the ACA-compliant plans and thus increase premiums for those who remain in those plans and are not eligible for subsidies. Nevertheless, the survey finds that 59% would continue to favor while 35% would oppose these new rules if they caused premiums to rise for some people who purchase insurance plans in the individual market.
These rule changes are popular among partisans with 77% of Democrats and 86% of Republicans in support. Majorities of Democrats and Republicans continue to favor allowing people to purchase non-ACA compliant plans even if doing so means people would not have as many services covered (58% and 71%) or if doing so increased premiums for unsubsidized people in the individual market (63% and 65%).
The survey also asked Americans how they felt policymakers should approach health care reform going forward. A majority (55%) of Americans believe that the "better way" to sustainably provide high-quality affordable health care is through expanding free-market competition among insurance companies, doctors, and hospitals. Thirty-nine percent (39%) think that more government regulation of insurance companies, doctors, and hospitals is more likely to provide affordable coverage. These numbers are virtually unchanged from last year's health care survey.
Independents (54%) and Republicans (79%) agree that more free-market competition rather than more government management of health care is more likely to lead to affordable coverage. However, a majority (60%) of Democrats think more government management is the key. Despite these partisan differences, majorities or slim majorities of whites (58%), African Americans (53%) and Hispanics (51%) believe more free market competition can better provide affordable health care than more government control.
These results do not support the widespread misperception among the political punditry that pre-existing condition regulations are necessarily and universally supported by voters across the political spectrum. Voters like benefits but not costs. And some costs are more acceptable to voters than others. Democratic accountability demands that we understand if voters are willing to bear the necessary trade-offs and costs in exchange for establishing a new policy, regulatory protection, or social program. But first, pollsters have to ask.
Full survey results found here.
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The Cato Institute 2018 Health Care Survey was designed and conducted by the Cato Institute in collaboration with YouGov. YouGov collected responses online October 26-30, 2018 from a representative national sample of 2,498 Americans 18 years of age and older. The margin of error for the survey is +/- 2.66 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence.
Commentary by Emily Ekins. Originally published at Cato At Liberty.


In this sequel of the ninja edition of the Monkey Go Happy Series, mini monkey ninjas pop up everywhere, and another mysterious puzzle box has appeared! In Monkey Go Happy: Ninja Hunt 2, you have to find the 30 tiny ninjas hidden in each stage to figure out how to unlock the final one! Good luck.


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After the Global: Constru...
After the Global: Constructions of historiography in visual and material spaces
organized by Sria Chatterjee and Eva-Maria Troelenberg
Max-Planck-Research Group "Objects in the Contact Zone - The cross-cultural Lives of Things"
The academy is in a crisis, of sorts. Globalization, with its cultural implications and awareness warrants a global history. But can there be a global history that steers completely clear of universalizing tendencies? The common concern that brings academics and writers together in this symposium is a very basic one - what histories? Starting on the premise that the past is no longer seen or read as one single story, this symposium seeks to explore the ramifications and possibilities of a horizontal historical landscape of multiple histories.
Viewing historiography as more than the study of the writing of history and of written histories, the symposium addresses alternative histories of representation, display, objects, encounters, and remains that do not necessarily occur only in text and fall within, without and in between the established canons of the humanities. Acknowledging that historiographies are by nature constructed, Slicing through rather than charting the canon of Western historiography and art historiography, the symposium seeks an approach in which historiography does not register as method but a means of relooking at stories that grow out of objects, institutions, individuals, groups, presentations and re-presentations of cultural identity.
The aim of the symposium, through a series of talks and discussions across disciplines, is to allow the participants to think about contingencies - space, time, people and things in visual and material terms, reviewing historical narratives to question established ontological and epistemological categories, and to explore contemporary methods of rethinking the past.
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut
Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai
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Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Liberal Irrelevance and the Locus of Legitimacy
Post-conflict peacebuilding is failing, according to both its critics and its advocates. By way of solutions, proponents seek more of the same, whereas opponents argue for a radical shift. Both contain parts of a possible solution to the lack of local legitimacy that stigmatizes interventions, many of which descend into violence within five years and few of which produce democracies. This article advances the idea of a 'popular peace' that refocuses liberal institution building upon local, democratically-determined priorities deriving from 'everyday lives', in addition to internationally-favoured preferences (such as metropolitan courts and bureaucratic government). This is hypothesized to better confront the prevailing legitimacy lacuna, create social institutions around which a contract can evolve, and generate the foundations upon which durable peacebuilding may grow.
International Peacekeeping
Published - 4 Sep 2011
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Interim 1866-1870
These names were obtained from the Center For Military History at:
http://www.history.army.mil/moh.html
Burial information for these recipients is here.
This information kindly provided by Ray Johnston of the Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States.
BATES, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1829, Wales. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
BURKE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct, with 2 comrades, in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen, of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
CAREY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Seaman on board the U.S.S. Huron, saving 3 shipmates from drowning.
ROBINSON, THOMAS
Rank and organizarion: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Born: 17 May 1837, Norway. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic efforts to save from drowning Wellington Brocar, landsman, of the Tallapoosa, off New Orleans, 15 July 1866.
*N.B. An asterisk in the citation indicates that the award was given posthumously.


There were two depressing reports in The Australian today which indicate that female barristers are not treated equally compared to male barristers in terms of pay and briefing practices.
Well, I'll tell you something. I would rather brief an unknown female barrister than a unknown male barrister. Not for affirmative action reasons, but because over a number of years I have formed the objective opinion that the quality of female barristers is better on average that that of male barristers. I've only ever seen one or two really appalling women. I think women can't afford to put in a lacklustre performance or they will never get a brief again, whereas men are more likely to be able to get ahead on sheer chutzpah alone.
The spectrum of male barristers has a much greater variation. With some guys, you really wonder how they keep getting briefs. But then you see them briefed again the next week, and see them put in the same lacklustre, lazy performance. The mind boggles. Or you see the guys who are all uber-aggressive front without any real argument backing them up. They probably look really impressive to clients, but I can't stand them as advocates. That being said, of course I have also seen some superlative male barristers who are hardworking, intelligent and fantastic to work with. Some are a pleasure to watch or to brief. It's just that it's a bit more hit and miss.
Why do women get less briefs then? For one thing, there are less of them at the Bar, and they tend to be in more junior roles because of the way in which the Bar works. As a law student I always aspired to go to the Bar eventually. And I do know some women around my age who have done really well at the Bar, but they are childless.
As a mother of a young child with another child on the way, I would not want to be a barrister at this point in my life. I've heard stories of some gung-ho female barristers coming in for court appearances within hours of giving birth so as not to miss a brief (seriously). But I don't want to do that. And if you're not available all the time, then you are going to be passed over for work. You can't really be a "part-time" barrister without some other source of income. Briefs come in and you've got to be there and available to take them on. A clerk won't bother to contact you if you are never available to take a file on. Therefore, it's not so good for women with young children, unless they want to sacrifice family life to a degree. Also, there's a big financial commitment upfront to do the Bar Readers' course, which certainly puts me off – why spend all that money when I might not necessarily be able to recoup my expenditure?
There's a few reasons why those women at the Bar are briefed less, apart from the fact that there are fewer of them. Sometimes I think certain clients would rather have the "authority" of a male barrister in court (particularly in "really important" matters). Sometimes I think it's just that solicitors don't bother to look outside those barristers whom they know. Sometimes there's a bit of the "old boys" network thing going on.
I don't think gender equality at the Bar (or in the law more generally) will improve until work practices change. And I don't know how feasible that is. Personally, I'll defer any idea of going to the Bar until I've finished having children and have enough money to survive the first few lean years.
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The spectrum of male barristers has a much greater variation.
This turns up in studies of intelligence, as I recall — women are better on average but with a much lower standard deviation. Men are more highly represented amongst the outstanding geniuses and the appalling idiots.
Men are more highly represented amongst the outstanding geniuses and the appalling idiots.
Well I'm not sure about that. I don;t see too many outstanding geniuses on the streets of Melbourne at night. Appalling idiots yeah. In fact, apart from me, they're all appalling idiots.
A lot of the legal profession seems to be grounded in 'networking'. When I was at QUT there was a 'compulsory' Thursday night thingamie involving copious quantities of beer at some appalling place where if one didn't belch and talk rugby one wasn't 'one of us'.
There's been a lot of scuttlebutt about women getting paid less for doing the same job as the men. Still?
I'm of the opinion that the third wave of feminism will pretty much be fought by women as individuals in the marketplace. Methinks a girl's own version of the Old Boy Network might be called for. I don't really like the idea of gender exclusive associations but what can you do?
I encourage you to brief female barristers. The tosh you read in the papers does not take into account the fact that the really successful female and male barristers have made lifestyle choices most of the community (including many in legal practice) are simply not prepared to make themselves. This is a difficult, demanding game, where you perform in public, often on short notice and with little leisure. So much for my Sunday, for instance.
DWM, I regularly briefed female barristers when in practice. My briefs were distributed evenly between male and female barristers. Perhaps a little more to the females, because I had some particular favourites, but it was a marginal thing.
I agree that it's not an easy choice to become a barrister, and that there's sacrifice on the part of both men and women who undertake the job. Everything is at short notice, and sometimes you don't even know what a matter is about until the morning you are supposed to appear. There's the constant challenge and thrill of performance. Exciting in some ways, and exhausting in others.
I just can't deal with it with two young children – I wouldn't be able to dedicate myself to the job in the way that is needed. I salute any person with young children who can manage it, because I know I'd struggle.
I naively started at the Bar intending to work part time while my children were young. I hired childcare for the three busiest court days where I would be available. Almost every week these three days would blow out to the full time working week for which includes weekends. The blow outs occurred for a variety of uncontrollable reasons: adjournments, courts holding matters over, matters settling, or short matters, supposedly only a hour or so or a half day , which I would take on because, well, I was already there ( sunk costs of organising house, transport and childcare) but then the substituted brief would, itself, blow out.
The payment is so slow and unpredictable that I could not work without my husbands steady income or a serious bank overdraft. The money comes in months, sometimes a year, after the work, because the solicitor runs this part of the relationship and sometimes the money doesn't come in at all, because it's a last minute brief or the client goes bust. As a junior the barrel we are often over is no work or work with uncertain pay.
I initally assumed that I was getting most briefs late and having to work weekends because I was junior ( and didn't know much!) but my senior colleagues do it all the time too. Everyone whinges but nothing changes.
The system wastes time, is unpredictable and family unfriendly but I am too junior to see any alternatives. It feels like an athlete in the zone when you're on top of your brief in a trial, and it's worse than the worst unprepared exam dream when you are not. I love the advocacy but I have to consider my family so I'm looking for alternatives.
Martha, when I worked in the Court, the rule of thumb was that things always took 3 times longer than estimated! If someone said, "This matter will last two hours," I'd mentally assume it was going to take all afternoon.
I just know the way I am, and even if I said to myself "I'm only going going to work 3 days", I know that it would extend into full time. I can't do anything by halves. It's bad enough having a PhD – I feel constant guilt if I'm not working on it all the time.
LE said: "Well, I'll tell you something. I would rather brief an unknown female barrister than a unknown male barrister." – and LE is obviously a discerning consumer!
I'd imagine similar gender-specific societal and career selection pressures apply to both med and the bar.


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For the week ending 15 January 2011 / 9 Shevat 5771
There is nothing new in the opposition of nations to the idea of Jews being independent in their own land.
In this week's Torah portion we read, in the words of the song which our ancestors sang at the Splitting of the Sea, that as a result of this miracle "the chieftains of Edom were confounded, trembling gripped the powers of Moab." (Shemot 15:15)
The Canaanites who dissolved with fear had good reason for fearing the nation which would displace them in their land. But why should Edom and Moab, whose lands were not designated for Jewish habitation, be upset, especially since our ancestors were to be commanded by G-d to refrain from attacking them?
The answer lies in the age-old hatred of Jewry and its inheritance of Eretz Yisrael which once again rears its ugly head in the international support of Palestinian terrorists.
Our fervent prayers are for once again meriting the Divine intervention which will cause the nations to tremble and enable us to sing about a secure Israel forever.


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I'm thrilled to announce that I am joining the Tumbleweed Contessa to host What'd You Do This Weekend?
Welcome to the party! Thanks for stopping by. I can't wait to see what you have to share. Please link up your recipes, crafts, DIY projects or whatever you've been up to lately, all family friendly links are welcome!
This wreath is so pretty, I can see why it was so popular! I love the red cardinal!
I love all the wonderful root vegetables in this soup, sounds like the perfect winter comfort food!
These DIY Bottle Bird Feeders are such a great idea! I love watching the birds come to my bird feeders, you can never have too many!
These snacks are super cute! I love that they are easy enough for kids to help make!
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Joy, I'm slow in welcoming you as our co-host at What'd You Do This Weekend. I look forward to an exciting run of this party. I can see a change already.
Stay in touch and new ideas are always welcome.
Thanks so much for the welcome Linda! I'm so excited to be co-hosting with you!! Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi, thank you so much for coming by and linking up your fantastic makeover project! Hope you have a great rest of your week!
Thanks so much for coming by and linking up Sadhna!
Thanks for coming by Elaine! I love your bird feeders, such a great idea. I will definitely stop by your party, thanks for the invite!
Thank you for stopping by The Weekend Social over at Kitchen Dreaming and commenting on our Sausage Jalapeno Stuffed Mushrooms. I brought them to your party. Have a wonderful week!
Thanks so much for coming by and linking up your fantastic recipe! Have a great week!
Have a wonderful week and thanks for the party!!
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Let's hear it from Peter himself: We make the claim that our virtual instruments are designed to create professional results fast, so I wanted to create a showcase of exactly that to share with users.
As a start, I sent Mara a basic piano track which she recorded the final vocals to, and that is what you hear in the song. From there it was just building the arrangement around it without "breaking the spell", if you will.
I set up a project with Maras vocals and went from there. From beginning to end, it all lived in my iMac and Logic Pro X.
I started by building a "band" foundation. The challenge here was to leave room for the fragility and the emotional build-up of vocals and lyrics. It's tempting to create demos where you make the instruments stick out, but to me those instruments shine"in their natural habitat", by supporting the song and sitting in the mix, rather than showing them off.
Among our three Virtual Drummers, I went for SOLID, simply because it's the "elegant, seasoned" one and is great at ballads.
This one and all following examples are "Focus Mixes", where you hear one track in focus, but in the context of the others.
I used the most subtle sound settings within SOLID – Soft Kit, no Slam, Smooth mix preset and even just a bit of that. You can follow the drum notes on the stylized keyboard shown in the video as you listen along a piece of the intro into the chorus.
Originally, I used built-in patterns for the layout, but replaced them later by playing note for note so I had individual control – because the gaps were more important than the notes. Also, to retain a live feel, I did not quantize my "drum performance".
To create the dynamic build-up, I used very low velocities in the intro and played harder over time.
… but when I got a first version of Virtual Bassist Mellow into my hands, I completely revised the arrangement. I saw the acoustic bass as a second "voice", like an answer to Mara Kims vocals. An acoustic bass has this quality that plays nice with vocals – I know of no other bass instrument that does that.
I took a lot of time re-recording and improvising the lines with Virtual Bassist Mellow, and ended up using two instances/tracks, one for the Intro/Outro, where the bass almost communicates with the vocals, and the main part, where it works with the drums to create the foundation. Like the drums, I didn't quantize anything.
Mellow is played with low-velocities in this intro part. Watch the stylized keyboard at the top to follow the performance. You can see frequent note-binding for real legato. The overall setting is relatively neutral with the "natural" character and the "round" mic preset – it's focussing on "melodic" rather than "foundation".
Between the rhythm section and the harmonic keyboard tracks – the electric piano and the strings that come on later in the song – I wanted some kind of rhythmic and harmonic glue – not as rhythmical as the rhythm section, yet not as harmony-laden as the keyboards.
Also, I didn't want to subtract in any way from the amazing organic, natural, breathy character that Virtual Bassist Mellow and the vocals brought with them.
So it was kind of logical to reach for acoustic guitars. I wanted a strummed one to drive a little bit in the slow parts, and an arpeggio for rhythmic glue. I chose Virtual Guitarist AMBER for the first and Virtual Guitarist SILK for the second one.
The phrases and settings I use are pretty standard as you can see, and I let the guitarists do all the work for me.
As always, you may want to follow the performance on the stylized keyboard to see how varying between up- and downstrokes and phrases makes a difference. This example is a bit enhanced in that regard compared to the final mix.
VG AMBER is set to "Pickup" here for better contrast when playing in tandem with VG SILK later. Also, the sound is kept pretty unprocessed.
playing feel. In the mix, Virtual Guitarist SILK is set against Virtual Guitarist AMBER so we're using only one microphone and no doubling.
There is very little in the way of elaborate mixing in this track, simply because UJAM Instruments come with half the engineer already built-in, and I wanted to show how far that carries if you're not an engineer.
Also, admittedly, my active mixing skills absolutely don't live up to my passive know-how.
Most of the work went into the vocals – manual breath and pop automation, de-essing, EQ and layers of room to make the vocals big and always present without making them "loud".
The drums created by SOLID only use SOLIDs own internal mixing console – a preset and an amount control – done.
There's only subtle internal compression and EQ used in the basses, with a little extra control of the low end in the main part using a UAD Precision Channel.
Guitars are completely unprocessed – the instruments come with a subtly pre-mixed sound out of the box, and that was exactly what I wanted in this track.
To create a "live stage" impression, all tracks send more or less signal to a room ambience bus.
I was looking for a vintage, compact, super-subtly lo-fi 60s/70s sound here. As I said, I'm not a sound engineer, so I went for the dead obvious: I ran the master channel through a Softube "Tape" plugin, which does an amazing job of emulating a 2-inch tape machine, including a beautiful noise floor.
The actual mastering job is performed by Izotopes Ozone 8, where I used a standard preset without any adjustments.
So, I hope this article and the included media have given you a bit of helpful insight and – even more importantly – inspired you to use some of it in your own music.
For any feedback, comments, requests please don't hesitate to write us at support@ujam.com. We look forward to hearing from you!


The Huntington High School drama club will stage the musical Cinderella in March.
It will be 90 years old on its next birthday, but the Huntington High School drama club is in its prime. The group will stage the musical Cinderella next March and plans for the show are quickly coming together.
Auditions are being organized by drama club faculty advisor Michael Schwendemann. The pit orchestra will be directed by Brian Stellato. Vocalists will be coached by Victoria Garbarino.
A special school performance will be staged for Huntington UFSD elementary school students on Thursday, March 22. The curtain will go for the public on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Huntington High School's drama club staged its first musical in 1958. Since then, a spring musical has been an annual event. In recent years, audiences have been amazed at how well the shows have come together.
Dozens of students are involved in this year's drama club at Huntington High School. Over the course of its existence, the club has entertained thousands and produced well over a hundred plays. Now in its ninth decade, the interest in an organized club devoted to acting and stage production is still going strong.
"The Masque," as Huntington's drama club was known for many years, was first organized in the fall of 1928. "The original purpose of this organization was to develop individual talent in expression and artistic ability," according to the 1931 edition of The Huntingtonian, the high school yearbook.
The early club was led by teacher Julia E. Vail, a graduate of Ithaca Conservatory. In addition to the study and practice of acting, Miss Vail held discussions on music, the art of make-up, book reviews and the merits of European and American theatres.
In 1929, months after being formed, the club invited the community to a three act comedy called "The Youngest." At the time, the club had a policy of presenting a single play a year. In 1930 the production was the fantasy "Prunella." "Both of these plays were received by the students and the townspeople with acclaim," states the 1931 yearbook.
The Masque's logo was "an Oriental face cut into the semblance of a charm with the letters HHS across the top," according to The Huntingtonian. Students qualified for the charm by participating in a play production or selling at least a dozen tickets to one.
The 1932 yearbook notes that year's Masque production of "The Goose Hangs High" was "a great success." The club continued to attract dozens of students each year. Plays were performed on the small stage in the old high school auditorium, the general area now comprising the town board meeting room.
At times there was a frequent turnover of faculty advisors during those early years. In 1936/37, teacher Virginia Lee Dyer, a graduate of Keuka College for Woman in upstate New York, led the club.
After the old high school building on Main Street closed and the new one opened at the intersection of Oakwood and McKay roads, the club name Masque disappeared and was replaced by simply Thespian. Eventually, the leading performers were nominated for membership in the National Thespian Society, the honor group for drama participants. The top Thespians teamed up with other students to stage their own production each spring and they supervised the annual Play Festival, which continues to this day.
The Masque of yesteryear is now simply known as the drama club. It stages a pair of productions each year, including a musical. There are still plenty of students eager to challenge and express themselves as each role requires. There are still those eager to learn and perform the music necessary for certain productions and construct the sets, handle the lighting and the sound, create the costumes and address all the other little details.
For more information contact Mr. Schwendemann at [email protected].
Huntington drama club advisor Michael Schwendemann.
Huntington High School's drama club members in 1931.


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Camberwell adopts "distinct, relevant" new identity
Aiming to stand out from the likes of Peckham, Brixton and Dulwich, Studio Sutherland has designed a new identity for the south London area centring around the "Camberwell Brick".
By Molly Long January 30, 2020 2:35 pm January 30, 2020 2:35 pm
The south east London district of Camberwell has unveiled a new area identity. Aiming to distinguish what residents feel is an often-overlooked part of the capital, the project has been led by London-based designers at Studio Sutherland.
Inspired by a well on the Camberwell coat of arms, the new identity centres around the "Camberwell Brick".
"Reflecting a collective community"
Local to the Camberwell area, Studio Sutherland was chosen by the Camberwell Identity Group, a organisation of residents leading the identity, to work on the project. "They wanted a team that knew the area they were working with," says studio founder Jim Sutherland.
"As soon as we were given the project, we knew we wanted to do something that reflected a collective community," he adds. The Camberwell Brick motif, Sutherland says, acts as a metaphor for the area, with each brick representing a different element of the community.
According to the Camberwell Identity Group, these elements represent local's "favourite aspects of Camberwell", including its community, creativity, green spaces and food and drink.
As well as providing a versatile visual system that can be used to highlight different aspects of the area, when "built" the bricks also mark out a "C".
"The typeface chose itself"
Beyond the brick visual system, a typeface created by late Monotype designer and former Camberwell resident Berthold Wolpe has been adopted. During his life, Wolpe designed the Albertus typeface used widely on London's road signs. He also taught at the Camberwell School of Art, before being appointed a Royal Designer for Industry in 1959.
"We'd actually been using Albertus for another project, and were familiar with Wolpe's work," says Sutherland. "And then when we met with the Camberwell Identity Group they suggested Wolpe as he had previously lived in the area.
"So really, the typeface (Wolpe's 'Pegasus') chose itself – we think it's great extra local detail to the project."
The project has largely been community led. The lamppost banners on which the identity can be found on Camberwell's Denmark Hill were crowdfunded by local businesses, which was then matched with £6,500 from the Mayor of London.
"We really want the people of Camberwell to get behind this identity, we're keen not to be the ones leading this," says Sutherland, adding that the design team are issuing "a sort of call for entries" from residents to submit further images they think should be part of the identity.
Plans to extend the identity to more touchpoints are in the works, Sutherland says. "There are lots of artisans in the area, which we believe can really get involved," he says. These could likely include murals, school activity packs and even physical Camberwell Bricks.
Sutherland says: "The banners are just the start."
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Neil Littman February 9, 2020 at 1:14 pm
I really like this identity. Very simple, effective and classic graphics (almost retro and reminiscent of Edward Bawden or Eddie Pond). Also reminds me slightly of the logo for Shakespeare's Globe which was a missed opportunity in terms of application and I still read as a very rough looking letter 'O'. At least this is C for Camberwell.


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Tag: john de borman
Paris-born English cinematographer (1954-) (Wikipedia entry)
An Education (2009)
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Based on Lynn Barber's memoir of growing up, this 1960s coming of age film put star Carey Mulligan in the spotlight, and deservedly so. She is excellent in the central role of Jenny, a smart and studious schoolgirl in the prim suburbs of 'swinging' London who meets socialite David (Peter Sarsgaard) by chance and soon gets caught up in the romance of his whirlwind life, itself largely built on lies and deception. Her education, then, is not of the academic variety, but amongst the chancers and hangers-on of the real world. It's all very handsomely mounted in its period detail and settings (though one gets the sense that these leafy West London residential streets haven't necessarily changed all that much), and tells its story with economy and verve, thanks to Nick Hornby's script and the help of an extensive range of English acting talent.
Director Lone Scherfig | Writer Nick Hornby (based on the memoir by Lynn Barber) | Cinematographer John de Borman | Starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivia Williams, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike | Length 95 minutes || Seen at home (blu-ray), London, Tuesday 20 October 2015
Categories Classification: 12(A), Country: UK, Country: USA, Rating: ***½ (3.5)•Tags 1960s, 2009, carey mulligan, coming of age, directed by a woman, dominic cooper, drama, england, film reviews, films seen at home, high school, john de borman, london, lone scherfig, olivia williams, period film, peter sarsgaard, rosamund pike, uk, usa


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Q: Append a query string to a pre-constructed URI (C#, Unity3D) Using Unity3D and the BestHttp plugin, is there a better way to append a query string to a Request's URI then reconstructing an HTTP request like I have shown below? Mind you Unity is running on sub-set of mono 3.5.
var str = _request.Uri.OriginalString;

    str += "&page_number=0";

    _request = new HTTPRequest(new Uri(str));

Edit**
Thank you,
I don't think I was clear enough though. The question is less about how to create the string and more about how to append that page number to the already constructed / configured request without having to reconstruct a full HTTP request and set all of its callbacks and other values. The set Accessor for the httpRequest's URI is inaccessible.

A: For your edit:
The Uri property is read-only because it would be too easy to shout yourself in the foot by exposing cookies, form data and other potentially sensitive information to a 3rd party server.
To avoid this, the plugin will not let you reuse the same request for a different Uri.

I think the best you can do is using the UriBuilder class:
UriBuilder builder = new UriBuilder(req.CurrentUri);
builder.Query += "page_number=0";
Debug.Log(builder.Uri);

It will add the first "?" char, but for current implementation in Unity, if you use the += operator multiple times, it will add multiple "?" chars:
UriBuilder builder = new UriBuilder(req.CurrentUri);
builder.Query += "page_number=0";
builder.Query += "&page_number=2";
builder.Query += "&page_number=4";

Debug.Log(builder.Uri);

This will produce an output like this:

http://httpbin.org/get???page_number=0&page_number=2&page_number=4

So, you can struggle with these limitations, or you can stick with your original string approach.

A: i find useful the Flurl library https://github.com/tmenier/Flurl that's just a simple collection of Extensions that help you build URL starting from a string
as example, in your scenario, it would be something like
var str = _request.Uri.OriginalString.SetQueryParams("page_number", "0");

it has a Fluent API so it's really easy to build url
on the homepage of that project there is an example that speak for itself
var result = await "https://api.mysite.com"
.AppendPathSegment("person")
.SetQueryParams(new { api_key = "xyz" })
.WithOAuthBearerToken("my_oauth_token")
.PostJsonAsync(new { first_name = firstName, last_name = lastName })
.ReceiveJson<T>();

the example does much more that what you need, because it already post something and read the response, so you can just use extensions to build the path and querystring

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With more and more homeowners looking for effective ways to reduce monthly expenses, it can be surprising that something as simple as changing the air filter in your home's heating and cooling system can help you reduce expensive energy bills. Fortunately, regardless of what types of filters you use, simply ensuring that they are checked and cleaned on a regular basis can add years to your HVAC system while also helping to lower monthly operating costs.
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The simple solution for the most reliable heating and air conditioning is to make sure you check your air filter's condition on a regular basis. A clean filter is an essential component, not only in an efficient and dependable HVAC system, but also for a healthy home. Most HVAC professionals recommend that you change the air filter in your system on a monthly basis. This will help ensure optimal performance and the greatest energy efficiency possible.
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Regardless of what type of filter you choose to use, taking the time to check and replace your air filters on a monthly basis can make a big difference in the longevity and dependability of your home's heating and cooling systems. Additionally, with a quality filter replacement, your family will enjoy increased indoor air quality year-round.


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