Peel back the curtain and visit a 19th Century world that never existed in this beautiful hidden object game! The Clockwork Man takes seek-and-find gameplay to new dimensions. Zoomable rooms allow you to get up close to tricky puzzles, while Scrolling Rooms let you look around and explore your surroundings.
Explore a fantastic vision of a past filled with steam-powered robots, flying airships, and strange science in The Clockwork Man, an epic hidden object game set in whimsical world of fun! As the latest in a long line of engineers and inventors, Miranda Calomy has always had a knack for creative problem-solving. When a cryptic letter from her grandfather arrives at her London flat, Miranda sets aside her plans and embarks on a transcontinental adventure to help her grandfather before it is too late.
Join Miranda, and her helpful sidekick, Sprocket, on a vivid journey of hidden object challenges and perplexing puzzles in original settings. Featuring a rich Victorian setting, unique scroll and zoom gameplay, and an innovative hint system, The Clockwork Man is an engaging experience for all ages.


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Got Juice?
ORANGE Magazine November 6, 2015
No, we are not talking about the cute little apple juice boxes or orange juice bottles. We mean green juice, filled with fruits and vegetables that drive the mind and energize the body with fiber, nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants it needs to function. In some cases, juicing redirects health with weight loss or a healthy diet. Juicing is a nationwide sensation, giving people the means to be healthy and drink something delicious at the same time.
Story by Felicia Rodriguez
Photos by Miranda Chiechi
In Austin, you can find juice establishments all over the city. Though there are many to choose from, Daily Juice, JuiceLand and Juice Austin are the three of ORANGE's favorite places to get some great juice.
Daily Juice Café opened in 2003 and offers customers freshly made juice, smoothies, shots and more, promoting healthy choices for the Austin community. Megan Baker, a Daily Juice customer, says coming to Daily Juice on her lunch breaks is the little pick-me-up she needs to continue the day. "I really love the Forest of the Sprite. It's simple but the mint and ginger wake me up," Baker says. "I feel better immediately after drinking this stuff."
Baker explains that although she is not an active "juicer," she appreciates that she can get her vitamins with Daily Juice. "I have such a busy schedule that I don't get as much time to eat healthy or exercise, so when I come here, I know I'm doing some good to my body and there's always something new for me to try," Baker says.
Beyond Baker's choice of "Forest of the Sprite," the establishment also has enticing juice, from the "Dancer," with ginger, cucumber and beets, all the way to their signature juices, like the "Cobra," made with ingredients such as pineapple, apple and cilantro.
JuiceLand is a fresh juice bar with a wide variety of juices, smoothies, vegan cuisine options and cleansing programs to help people get their juice on. Adam Jennings, new to Austin but familiar with juicing, says he really enjoys JuiceLand on days when he's not making his own drinks at home. "I'm a health nut, I'll be the first to admit it, and the selections JuiceLand offers are great," Jennings says. "The 'Ninja Bachelor Party' is a cool name for a drink. Like really, who thinks of these names?"
The creative names including "Cold Shower," "The Funky Meter" and "Gunshow," decorate their lengthy list of drinks. Enjoy any one of their concoctions with one of their healthy food options, from the "Double Rainbow Quinoa Salad" to the "Super Happy Fun Sushi Bowl."
Juice Austin
Juice Austin is a full service juice bar with plenty of juices, smoothies, shots, cleanses and salads to choose from. Juice Austin even gives customers the option to build their own juice and try a multitude of tasty concoctions. Even better, all drinks come with a bendy straw to bring some fun to healthy drinking. Lacey Jeffries, a Juice Austin customer, says although she has never been a fan of drinking green drinks, she is obsessed with Juice Austin fruit juices. From "Picture Pear-fect" to "Sweet Pea," Jeffries cannot get enough of these fruity mixtures. "Tropic Thunder is my favorite because I love the combination. It has orange, pineapple, grapefruit, lemon and lime and it is to die for. I can't get over how good it is," Jeffries says.
For those stuck indoors, Juice Austin delivers. A minimum quantity is required, but some juice lovers may not mind paying a little extra for the goodness.
These three juice places are keeping Austin...yummy. Don't believe us? Try them out for yourself.
InFood & Drink TagsJuiceland, daily juice, juiceland, juice austin, Felicia Rodriguez, Miranda Chiechi

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Tech giants could face sweeping new taxes in the UK as the Treasury is considering taking a share of their revenues, with politicians claiming the current level of payments to the Exchequer is not fair.
The radical proposal would break the principle of levying tax on profits which is designed to make sure taxes are paid in proportion to money earned, rather than turnover.
Officials grappling with the idea have even considered labelling the use of a search engine as "bartering" as web users exchange their data for the company's information – and so it could be subject to VAT, even though no money changes hands.


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Population by Sex by Highest educational attainment
There are 661 533 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is year 10 secondary education level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 358 686 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is year 10 secondary education level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 342 199 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is certificate III or IV level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 302 852 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is year 10 secondary education level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 295 023 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is bachelor degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 238 718 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is certificate III or IV level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 168 006 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is bachelor degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 127 018 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is bachelor degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 117 995 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is year 9 secondary education or below. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 103 482 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is certificate III or IV level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 95 753 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is diploma level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 80 182 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is advanced diploma or associate degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 62 907 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is year 9 secondary education or below. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 59 973 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is masters degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 55 138 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is diploma level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 55 089 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is year 9 secondary education or below. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 43 977 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is advanced diploma or associate degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 40 612 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is diploma level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 36 209 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is advanced diploma or associate degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 30 597 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is masters degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 29 374 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is masters degree level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 28 778 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is graduate diploma level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 18 982 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is graduate diploma level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 14 522 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is doctoral degree level or higher. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 9 795 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is graduate diploma level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 8 601 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is doctoral degree level or higher. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 6 426 people in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is graduate certificate level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 5 925 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is doctoral degree level or higher. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 4 103 females in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is graduate certificate level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 2 320 males in Western Australia whose highest educational attainment is graduate certificate level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 1 223 people in Western Australia whose highest eductional attainment is certificate I or II level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 695 females in Western Australia whose highest eductional attainment is certificate I or II level. (ABS, Census 2016)
There are 531 males in Western Australia whose highest eductional attainment is certificate I or II level. (ABS, Census 2016)
Population by Sex by Occupation
Population by Sex by Level of education
Population by Sex by Voluntary work


As promised in my last post on the Hoard, here is a second, very thick trading card of Herschel Walker.
This example is a 2012 Exquisite Dimension Autographs #EBHW. Like the 2011 Exquisite card previously showed, this card is about 5/8ths of an inch thick It's so thick that, as can be seen on the front of the card, the "Upper Deck, Exquisite, Dimensions" text, just above the UGA logo, looks blurred on the scan because of the thickness.
However, this has a much cleaner signature than the 2011 card.


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BECOMING AN ART THERAPIST
SELECTING A MASTER'S PROGRAM
Celebrating 50 Years of Healing Through Art
For five decades, the American Art Therapy Association has advocated for access to professional art therapists and the advancement of art therapy as a regulated mental health and human services profession. We've accomplished much together on behalf of our profession—from continuing to educate the public about art therapy and advocating for licensure, to responding to national policy decisions that harm the most vulnerable. But there's more to be done to expand access to professional art therapists!
Join Us as We Celebrate our 50th Year!
"Americans for the Arts has been honored to work with AATA over these many years but most recently in our work to use art therapy to treat members of the military continuum as they battle PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury and other similar medical conditions. Your work and our collective efforts have no doubt saved lives and increased the respect for arts therapies."
Read the rest of the letter here.
"The Red Pencil team would like to express its heartfelt congratulations to the American Art Therapy Association on its 50th anniversary. We honor AATA for its commitment in advancing the field of art therapy and look forward to witnessing AATA continuously stride towards its goals and achieving more in the next 50 years! We wish the association success in its future endeavors!"
"Prescott College is proud to stand with the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) in support of its mission of advancing art therapy. Every day, we see the power of art therapy among the communities our students come in contact with and serve."
"This fine non-profit professional organization is dedicated to the advancement of art therapy as a regulated mental health and human services profession, and its accomplishments are a justifiable source of pride and an outstanding reflection not only on the program itself but also on its astute management, on its hard-working staff and volunteers, and on the American Art Therapy Association as a whole."
"The College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University is proud to stand strong in the mission of AATA which operates in synchrony with our own mission: the encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, and the service of faith and the promotion of justice. On behalf of the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University, I congratulate the American Art Therapy Association on 50 years of healing through art!"
"Family members are touched by the thoughtful and delicate displays of months of art therapy sessions with those who have a diagnosis of dementia. Art therapy students have brought energy and ideas to our organization, and have enriched our programs."
"Congratulations to the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) on 50 years of healing through art! Thanks to the group of art therapists who joined together to help raise awareness and develop their profession. As the result of their vision, the AATA stands as the leading organization dedicated to expanding access to professional art therapists and advancing art therapy as an established mental health treatment and human services profession."
Scroll Through AATA Memories
We're compiling AATA milestones and historic moments. Stay tuned for more!
Watch AATA Member Videos
Keep checking back for new videos! In the meantime, create a video sharing your art therapy story! Download the Seenit Capture app on your iPhone or via Google Play and join our project called #AATA50th. (You can use aata50 to search for the project and as the login code.) Then take a video telling your story about why you're passionate about art therapy and AATA! We'll be combining videos to create fun montages throughout our 50th year.
Celebrate at the Annual Conference!
We hope that you will join us for an in-person celebration of our 50th anniversary at this year's annual conference! The conference will take place Wednesday, October 30–Sunday, November 3, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri. Please see the photos below for a preview of the plenary sessions and location, and please save the dates!
The Call for Proposals is now closed.
Onsite Registration is open until Wednesday, October 23, 2019, then visit us in KC! Register here.
Our three plenary sessions include our opening plenary session titled Breaking the Chains of Racial Trauma in Therapy, presented by Dr. Angela Roman Clack; Cheryl Doby-Copeland, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT, HLM; Jordan Potash, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPAT; Gwendolyn Short, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT; and Lindsey Vance, MA, ATR-BC.
On Friday, November 1, join us for an inspirational plenary titled 50 Years, Five Therapists, Five Cases: The Power of the Work We Do. The panelists include Paige Asawa, PhD, ATR-BC, LMFT; Deirdre Cogan, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, ATCS; Martha Haeseler, MA, ATR-BC; P. Gussie Klorer, PhD, HLM, ATR-BC, LCSW, LCPC; and Gwendolyn Short, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT.
Our closing plenary will be held on Saturday, November 2, from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. and will feature Dr. Essam Daod. Following Dr. Daod's keynote he will participate in a Master Class, Art Therapy with Refugee and Migrant Populations, moderated by Lynn Kapitan, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM and including Jennifer Beasley, DAT, MA, ATR-BC; Heidi Bardot, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT; and Holly Feen-Calligan, PhD, ATR-BC. Find more information here.
We hope to see you this fall in Kansas City! Hotel and travel information can be found here.
Share your Art Therapy Story
The AATA wouldn't be at our 50th year without our members, our mental health allies, and the communities we serve! We invite you to share your experiences with and reflections about art therapy to help us raise awareness and advocate on behalf of our profession. If you're a practitioner, we hope you'll share advice you have for the next generation of art therapists. (We asked current art therapy students for questions they'd want answered by the pioneers and long-time practitioners in our field!) Find the questions here.
If you'd like to share artwork about the power of art therapy, or photos to help us celebrate our 50th Anniversary, please upload them here. (You'll be asked to sign in with your Google account to upload files.)
Join the #AATA50th Conversation on Social Media
Throughout the year, we are posting art therapy milestones and related themes using #AATA50th. We invite you to post your own related content on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #AATA50th. Be sure to follow and tag us at @arttherapyorg on Twitter or Instagram at @arttherapyorg! We not only honor our members and the work they do helping communities they serve, but aim to raise awareness of art therapy overall.
Donate to the 50th Anniversary Campaign
Will you help us make 2019 an even bigger year? Your donation will support our work to:
Educate the public about the benefits of art therapy.
Advocate for licensure for art therapists. The AATA's chapters are launching campaigns supporting state licensure legislation in 13 states in 2019!
Fund trauma recovery grants to help art therapists serve communities impacted by natural disasters and traumatic events.
Support art therapy research through grants, publications and conferences.
Make diversity, equity and inclusion a core priority.
Provide scholarships to art therapy students and new professionals.
AATA members can also set up their own fundraising page! Creating a personalized fundraising page will enable you to share why art therapy is important to you and the communities you serve as an art therapist. Research has proven that a personal story is more compelling than statistics when asking people to donate money. Then share your page with your friends and networks via email or social media. (You can always share our main fundraising page, of course!)
Connect with a Local Chapter
Did you know there are AATA chapters in 38 states? You can find details about each chapter here. Or follow them on social media!
Alabama Art Therapy Association (ALATA)
Arizona Art Therapy Association (AZATA): Facebook, Instagram
Northern California Art Therapy Association (NorCATA): Instagram, Twitter
Southern California Art Therapy Association (SoCalATA): Instagram
Art Therapy Association of Colorado (ATACO): Instagram
Connecticut Art Therapy Association (CATA): Facebook
Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association (DVATA): Facebook, Instagram
Florida Art Therapy Association (FATA): Facebook, Instagram
Georgia Art Therapy Association (GATA): Facebook, Twitter
Illinois Art Therapy Association (IATA): Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Indiana Art Therapy Association (INDIATA)
Iowa Art Therapy Association (IATA): Facebook
Kansas Art Therapy Association (KATA): Facebook, Twitter
Kentucky Art Therapy Association (KYATA): Facebook
Louisiana Art Therapy Association (LATA): Facebook
Maryland Art Therapy Association (MATA): Facebook
Michigan Association of Art Therapy (MAAT): Facebook
Minnesota Art Therapy Association (MNATA): Facebook, Instagram
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island: New England Art Therapy Association (NEATA): Facebook, Instagram
Mississippi Art Therapy Association
Missouri Art Therapy Association (MATA): Facebook, Twitter
Montana Art Therapy Association (MATA)
New Jersey Art Therapy Association (NJATA): Facebook, Instagram
New Mexico Art Therapy Association (NMATA): Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA): Facebook, Instagram
Western New York Art Therapy Association(WNYATA): Facebook, Twitter
North Carolina Art Therapy Association (NCATA)
Ohio's Buckeye Art Therapy Association (BATA): Facebook
Art Therapy Association of Oklahoma (ATAO)
Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association (DVATA): Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Puerto Rico Art Therapy Association (PRATA): Facebook
South Carolina Art Therapy Association (SCATA): Facebook
Tennessee Art Therapy Association (TATA): Facebook
North Texas Art Therapy Association (NTATA): Facebook
South Texas Art Therapy Association (STATA): Instagram, Twitter
Utah Art Therapy Association (UATA): Facebook
Art Therapy Association of Vermont (ATAV): Facebook, Instagram
Virginia Art Therapy Association (VATA): Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Washington's Evergreen Art Therapy Association (EATA)
Washington, DC's Potomac Art Therapy Association (PATA): Facebook, Instagram
Wisconsin Art Therapy Association (WATA): Instagram
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The FSCAN is a high resolution clinical measurement and research tool for assessing existing and potential foot problems. It captures force and time data of the feet while standing or walking in shoes (with or without custom made orthotics or other insoles). A thin pliable force sensor is positioned between the foot and the sole (or othotic) within the shoe. As one walks the data is collected. Proprietory (Tekscan Corporation) software is used to analyze the data collected, and is displayed as a series of pressure profiles, graphs and gait curves. From this information various parameters of biomechanical foot function can be seen. For example, is one functioning with a leg length discreptance, is there a failure of great toe to adequately extend during toeoff, etc?? The information supplements and correlates our clinical findings. It is not a replacement for clinical examination.
The data is invaluable in determining gait abnormalities, normally undetected in clinical exam. Subtle leg length differences can have many reprocussions; knee, thigh and low back pain can occur. In these modern times, it's common to replace severely worn and damaged hips and knees. Leg length differences are obviously a common untoward complication. With the FSCAN the leg length difference (LLD) can be detected. A treatment can be devised and then the patient can be retested to determine the sucess or improvement , or even failure of the treatment.
In addition, the FSCAN allows for quantitative assessment and documentation of the influence of an orthotic and or predicts the effect orthotic control may have on gait. Regions of unusually high pressure or impulse can be identified, which is especially important in the vascular compromised individual (such as PAD, diabetes, neuropathic ulcers). Interesting example of FSCAN application can be found on the Tekscan site.
This invaluable tool has greatly assisted our practitioners, enhanced their diagnostic abilities, and understanding of structural and functional instabilities. It is also utilized in enhancing athlete training and the fine tuning of existing custom orthotic devices.
At present these services are available only at our Toronto and Durham offices, however referrals for evaluation can be arranged through any of our locations.


The official Tsuburaya YouTube channel posted the first episode of the Ultra Fight Victory's English dub.
Bandai Tamashii Nations posted the official images of the S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Victory from the Ultraman Ginga S TV series.
Ultraman Ginga & Ultraman Ginga S Now Being Streamed on Crunchyroll!
Crunchyroll announced that they will finally stream Ultraman Ginga and its sequel, Ultraman Ginga S!
Tsuburaya Streams Ultra Fight Victory in a Single Video!
Want to watch the entire Ultra Fight Victory spin-off series without the need of skipping the opening and ending credits? The official Tsuburaya YouTube channel just did that for you thanks to a single video!


Nina Brekelmans will always be remembered by family and friends as kind-hearted, passionate, intelligent, curious, driven, disciplined, resilient, sincere, approachable, radiant, and culturally sensitive. She was also known for her bright smile, which would light up the room and offered a window into her cheerful, positive personality. She led by example through her tireless dedication to high achievement and community engagement on a global scale.
Nina was born in Gahanna, Ohio on March 6, 1990. She then moved with her family to Louisville, Kentucky where she spent most of her years growing up. Early on in her life, she showed a talent for athletics and languages. As a child, she excelled at soccer and tennis as well as Spanish. Her father Nico was offered an opportunity to work in Querétaro, Mexico during Nina's last year and a half of high school, and she encouraged the move in order to bring her Spanish to fluency. She continued her passion for studying languages and culture at Dartmouth College, majoring in Arabic. Nina decided to immerse herself in Arabic at Middlebury College's Arabic language summer program and study abroad program in Alexandria, Egypt. She constantly sought new cultural experiences during her time abroad and easily made friends with locals. She kept up her Arabic upon her return to Dartmouth as a Language Drill Instructor for beginner students.
Nina also used her time as an undergraduate to work on socially responsible professional projects. Some of those included investigating whistleblower claims at the Project on Government Oversight and helping organize a conference connecting homeless shelters across Vermont and New Hampshire at the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.
Nina discovered her love of distance running in college and walked on to the Dartmouth College varsity team. She passed on that passion when she volunteered with Girls On The Run. When Nina moved to Washington, DC for graduate school, she joined the Georgetown Running Club, an elite, post-collegiate training group.
Nina started her Master of Arts in Arab Studies at Georgetown University in 2012. Her interest in spirituality and tolerance for others' faith was kindled while working at the Muslim Chaplaincy at Georgetown. A year into her Master program, Nina was awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship to study Arabic language and culture as a Harvard University Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Fellow in Amman, Jordan. While in Jordan, Nina volunteered with Reclaim Childhood, seeking to improve the lives of refugees and young women through athletics. She also worked at the Jordan Health Aid Society coordinating assistance to Syrian refugees. Nina kept up her running regimen while studying abroad and finished first among female participants in the 2014 Dead Sea Ultra Marathon 21km race.
Nina returned to her second year of her Master program with the conviction to make a difference in the female running community in Jordan. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to research the experience of female distance runners in Jordan and was preparing to leave shortly after graduation.
As accomplished as Nina was, she was very humble. She willing gave her time to helping others without the expectation of reciprocity. Nina was a role model, even to her peers and superiors. Her spirit will live on in the positive change she inspired in others.


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Report: Benghazi Mastermind Found But Not Being Arrested
The mastermind of the Benghazi attacks is alive and free according to sources.
From FOX:
The U.S. has identified the mastermind of the Benghazi attack, sources tell Fox News, though the individual apparently is walking free in Libya.
The confirmation from multiple sources comes more than seven months after the assault on two U.S. locations in Benghazi, Libya, where four Americans — including Ambassador Chris Stevens — were killed. President Obama pledged after the attack that "justice will be done."
But one source told Fox News the government is "sitting on" information.
"We basically don't want to upset anybody, and the problem is, if Ambassador Stevens' family knew that we were sitting on information about the people who killed their son, their brother, on and on, then, and we could look them as a government in the face, then we're messing up. We're messing up," the source said.
Fox News spoke exclusively with one special operator who watched the events unfold in real time and has debriefed those who were part of the response. He remains anonymous for his safety and has decided to talk because he says he and others connected with the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi are frustrated with the excuses and lack of a military response since Stevens and three other Americans were killed.


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As long as you haven't synced any of your Team Drives, it should be safe for you to simply delete the folder from your computer.
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Structural and optical properties of InGaN/GaN layers close to the critical layer thickness
PEREIRA, SERGIO MANUEL DE SOUSA and Correia, M.R. and Pereira, Eduarda and Trager-Cowan, Carol and Sweeney, Francis and O'Donnell, Kevin and Alves, E. and Franco, N. and Sequeira, A.D. (2002) Structural and optical properties of InGaN/GaN layers close to the critical layer thickness. Applied Physics Letters, 81 (7). p. 1207. (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1499220)
In this work, we investigate structural and optical properties of metalorganic chemical vapor deposition grown wurtzite InxGa1−xN/GaN epitaxial layers with thicknesses that are close to the critical layer thickness (CLT) for strain relaxation. CLT for InxGa1−xN/GaN structures was calculated as a function of the InN content, x, using the energy balance model proposed by People and Bean [Appl. Phys. Lett. 47, 322 (1985)]. Experimentally determined CLT are in good agreement with these calculations. The occurrence of discontinuous strain relaxation (DSR), when the CLT is exceeded, is revealed in the case of a 120 nm thick In0.19Ga0.89N layer by x-ray reciprocal space mapping of an asymmetrical reflection. The effect of DSR on the luminescence of this layer is clear: The luminescence spectrum shows two peaks centered at ∼2.50 and ∼2.67 eV, respectively. These two components of the luminescence of the sample originate in regions of different strain, as discriminated by depth-resolving cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. DSR leads directly to the emergence of the second, lower-energy, peak. Based on this experimental evidence, it is argued that the appearance of luminescence doublets in InGaN is not evidence of "quantum dotlike In-rich" or "phase separated" regions, as commonly proposed.
PEREIRA, SERGIO MANUEL DE SOUSA, Correia, M.R., Pereira, Eduarda, Trager-Cowan, Carol ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8684-7410, Sweeney, Francis, O'Donnell, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-3675, Alves, E., Franco, N. and Sequeira, A.D.;
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indium compounds, gallium compounds, cathodoluminescence , semiconductor epitaxial layers, Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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7 December 2015Balmoor gymnasts and coaches meet Olympic gymnast Beth!
Beth lead three training workshops for the Balmoor gymnasts of ages from 5 to 17 giving the gymnasts expert training, guidance and words of wisdom from her years of competing in the sport.
The gymnasts all took part in an invigorating warm up with the Olympian before heading on to the 4 pieces of apparatus (Floor, Beam, Bars and Vault).
The gymnasts all had the chance to show Beth what they had been working on while in their class and learn a new thing or two from the champion herself.
Each session was rounded off with photographs, autographs and, of course a few 'Selfies' with Beth.
Beth was a natural with the gymnasts, every one was delighted to meet her and the club would gladly welcome Beth back to Balmoor again!
This once in a lifetime opportunity to be trained by an Olympic champion was made possible by the fundraising efforts of the club.
Just last month they had their annual Christmas Shopping Night which was very well attended and supported by the club parents and local traders/businesses.
Their fundraising team have also been circulating 'Bonus Ball' sheets for the chance to win an iPad and Milano vouchers.
The club has also received generous donations from local companies/charities including the 'Blue Light Festival' in Fraserburgh where some of the girls performed a display this year.
The club coaches said: "We would like to take this opportunity to thank the parents, helpers and supporters for their continued support of the club.


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My big buddy from Dallas, Meat Loaf, died yesterday 1/20. He was one of my favorite people to interview, for a whole host of reasons. That photo of Meat Loaf signing autographs at my Q102 Bring In the Weekend Party broadcast in Dallas was in the late 1980s (photo by our dear friend Robert Starkey). As you will hear in my series of interviews here In the Studio covering all but the final days of his life ( for that I recommend the excellent piece by Andy Greene in Rolling Stone magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-dies-74-1288550/ ), Meat Loaf was an underdog, an understudy to the great John Belushi early on, and misunderstood by many music critics and not a few radio programmers. Yet he played each of those roles to the hilt.
If you think the songs of composer Jim Steinman, who died in 2021, are populated by fantastic people and places right out of central casting, they ain't got nothin' on the real life sojourn of the 300 pound interior lineman dressed in a prom tuxedo named Marvin Lee Aday from Dallas Texas, aka Meat Loaf. Here is a rare colorful classic rock conversation with the man, who the New York Times respectfully refers to as Mr. Loaf, in an attempt to get our arms around his most unorthodox career, from North Texas football to journeyman actor to international singer who hit the stage like a Bat Out of Hell . – Redbeard
"You can't run away forever
But there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start
You want to shut out the night, you want to shut down the sun
You want to shut away the pieces of a broken heart
Think of how we'd lay down together
We'd be listening to the radio so loud and so strong
Every golden nugget coming like a gift of the gods
Someone must have blessed us when he gave us those songs
I treasure your love, I never want to lose it
You've been through the fires of hell
And I know you've got the ashes to prove it
I treasure your love, I want to show you how to use it
You've been through a lot of pain in the dirt
And I know you've got the scars to prove it
Remember everything that I told you
And I'm telling you again that it's true
When you're alone and afraid, and you're completely amazed
To find there's nothing anybody can do
(Keep on believing and you'll discover baby)
There's always something magic
There's always something new
And when you really really need it the most
That's when rock and roll dreams come true
The beat is yours forever, the beat is always true
That's when rock and roll dreams come true for you
Once upon a time was a backbeat
Once upon a time all the chords came to Life
And the angels had guitars even before they had wings
If you hold onto a chorus you can get through the night
(Get you through the night)
You're never alone cause you can put on the phones
And let the drummer tell your heart what to do
(Keep on believing, and you'll discover baby)
That's when rock and roll dreams come true, oh for you- "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", Jim Steinman
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Todd Rundgren- Something Anything
Kansas- Point of Know Return- Phil Ehart, Richard Williams, Kerry Livgren
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Night Moves 45th anniversary
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms- Mark Knopfler
Steely Dan- Katy Lied- Donald Fagen, the late Walter Becker
History of Southern Rock- Gregg Allman, Gary Rossington, Henry Paul, Doug G...


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North Vancouver; University of Alberta, 1970; family medicine. Died May 20, 2017, aged 71. Survived by 3 children, the children's mother, Norma Chalmers, and many grandchildren. "He practised in North Vancouver for 45 years, where he helped so many by healing both body and soul."


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The Tailor of Panama
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
Casts: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela, Brendan Gleeson
Country: Ireland, United States of America
Production: Merlin Films, Columbia Pictures
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book Set
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 video game, and 2005 feature film. Call us biased, but we believe the best way to enjoy this story is by page!
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20-я церемония вручения наград премии «Империя» за заслуги в области кинематографа за 2014 год состоялась 29 марта 2015 года в Лондоне, (Великобритания). Лауреаты были определены по итогам голосования аудиторией журнала Empire. Шорт-лист номинантов в одиннадцати категориях был опубликован 24 февраля 2015 года.

Список лауреатов и номинантов

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Ursula Krinzinger (* 15. Februar 1940 in Bregenz)  ist eine österreichische Galeristin und Kunsthändlerin. Sie ist Lobbyistin der zeitgenössischen Kunst und förderte die Avantgarde der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre.

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Krinzinger studierte Kunstgeschichte und Archäologie; daneben erhielt sie Diplome als Dolmetscherin in Englisch und Französisch. 1971 eröffnete sie in Bregenz ihre erste Galerie, im darauffolgenden Jahr gründete sie eine Niederlassung in Innsbruck, die bis 1993 bestand. Die bestehende in der Seilerstätte im 1. Wiener Gemeindebezirk Innere Stadt wurde 1986 gegründet. 2002 eröffnete sie einen experimentellen Ausstellungsraum namens Krinzinger Projekte in einem ehemaligen Fabrikgebäude in der Schottenfeldgasse im 7. Wiener Gemeindebezirk.

2007 wurde Krinzinger mit dem Österreichischen Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst ausgezeichnet. Zuvor hatte sie das Silberne Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien erhalten und war in Frankreich zum Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ernannt worden, des Weiteren wurde sie 2004 mit dem OscART ausgezeichnet. Die Galerie Krinzinger betreibt mehrere Artist-in-Residence-Programme, unter anderem in der one world foundation in Sri Lanka.

Ursula Krinzinger ist mit dem Archäologen Friedrich Krinzinger verheiratet.

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Galerist
Träger des österreichischen Ehrenkreuzes für Wissenschaft und Kunst
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It's been almost a year now since Versailles first aired in France and since then it aired in several other countries worldwide, currently in America. During this year, I have met quite a lot of people who had one particular issue with one of the characters. That issue can be partly blamed on the show itself, for it is not explained in it very well…. actually, it is not explained at all.
It is the usage of the word Chevalier as substitute for a first name. Every time I see this, I can not control myself and have to correct it. (Sorry, for that.) I can't help it and since I can not help it, I might as well explain the whole thing here. Shall we?
The whole issue circles around the Chevalier de Lorraine. In the show, he is just called that and his actual name is, as far as I remember, not mentioned. It is Philippe de Lorraine. He is the Chevalier de Lorraine, that is his title, but it is not his name.
It is actually quite simple. Chevalier is the French word for Knight, thus not a first name. It is a title and when used in addressing someone of that title, the Chevalier, the Knight, has to be used. If you translate that title into English, he is the Knight of Lorraine. Why don't they call him by his name on the show? Probably to avoid him being confused with the King's brother. The way they use the word Chevalier in the show is perfectly fine, but it has given many the impression that it is actually his name.
He is also not the only Chevalier around. Rohan is one too. Using the title of Chevalier is something that was very common for what was called a Prince étranger, a foreign Prince. Those were members of a family that had ties to a ruling house outside of France. As in, they are from smaller family branches. Those Princes took the title of Chevalier to because it was deemed more humble than boasting a Prince in their title. By itself, a Chevalier is the lowest ranking title of nobility one can have, but title does not always equal someone's rank. A Prince étranger, even with the title of Chevalier, still has the rank of a Prince. Our Chevalier de Lorraine comes from the Guise branch of the Ducal House of Lorraine and his rank of Prince étranger makes him entitled to be addresses as Altesse, Highness. So, the most proper way to address him would be 'His Highness Monsieur the Chevalier de Lorraine'.
Rohan, although the show displays it differently, is of the same title and rank as the Chevalier de Lorraine. In the Prince étranger ranking of who is from the more important and prestigious Prince étranger family, the Chevalier de Lorraine actually outranks the Chevalier de Rohan. Latter is referred to as 'My Lord' in the show, for whatever reason, which actually makes no sense. (Unless he became English suddenly.) Rohan is also portrayed as being of a higher rank, which, as we see, is nonsense. Both Chevaliers are of the same rank, with Lorraine coming from the 'better' family, thus being more influential. The show is not always correct in addressing, for example, both Madame and Monsieur are called merely Highnesses, when they are actually Royal Highnesses. The difference between those two is, that a Highness can by any Prince or Princesse, while a Royal Highness is, as the name hints, a member of the Royal Family. Both, Madame and Monsieur, are entitled to this form of address since their birth.
Let's get back to the Chevalier de Lorraine, he is one of many Chevaliers of 17th century France. What makes him a special Chevalier is the whole Prince étranger situation. Not every Chevalier is a Prince étranger, but if you meet a Chevalier, the chances are high that you are actually speaking to a Prince of a foreign Ducal or Princely house. Interesting side information here, some of those Prince étrangers were called cousin by the King, although they were not very closely related to the Bourbons, the Chevalier de Lorraine was one of them.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Management.Automation;
using Microsoft.Azure.Commands.DataFactories.Models;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ScenarioTest;
using Moq;
using Xunit;

namespace Microsoft.Azure.Commands.DataFactories.Test
{
    public class GetTableTests : DataFactoryUnitTestBase
    {
        private const string tableName = "foo";

        private GetAzureDataFactoryTableCommand cmdlet;

        public GetTableTests()
        {
            base.SetupTest();

            cmdlet = new GetAzureDataFactoryTableCommand()
            {
                CommandRuntime = commandRuntimeMock.Object,
                DataFactoryClient = dataFactoriesClientMock.Object,
                ResourceGroupName = ResourceGroupName,
                DataFactoryName = DataFactoryName
            };
        }

        [Fact]
        [Trait(Category.AcceptanceType, Category.CheckIn)]
        public void CanGetTable()
        {
            // Arrange
            PSTable expected = new PSTable()
            {
                TableName = tableName,
                DataFactoryName = DataFactoryName,
                ResourceGroupName = ResourceGroupName
            };

            dataFactoriesClientMock
                .Setup(
                    c =>
                        c.FilterPSTables(
                            It.Is<TableFilterOptions>(
                                options =>
                                    options.ResourceGroupName == ResourceGroupName &&
                                    options.DataFactoryName == DataFactoryName &&
                                    options.Name == tableName)))
                .CallBase()
                .Verifiable();

            dataFactoriesClientMock
                .Setup(c => c.GetTable(ResourceGroupName, DataFactoryName, tableName))
                .Returns(expected)
                .Verifiable();

            // Action
            cmdlet.Name = "  ";
            Exception whiteSpace = Assert.Throws<PSArgumentNullException>(() => cmdlet.ExecuteCmdlet());

            cmdlet.Name = "";
            Exception empty = Assert.Throws<PSArgumentNullException>(() => cmdlet.ExecuteCmdlet());

            cmdlet.Name = tableName;
            cmdlet.ExecuteCmdlet();

            // Assert
            dataFactoriesClientMock.VerifyAll();
            Assert.Contains("Value cannot be null", whiteSpace.Message);
            Assert.Contains("Value cannot be null", empty.Message);
            commandRuntimeMock.Verify(f => f.WriteObject(expected), Times.Once());
        }

        [Fact]
        [Trait(Category.AcceptanceType, Category.CheckIn)]
        public void CanListTables()
        {
            // Arrange
            List<PSTable> expected = new List<PSTable>()
            {
                new PSTable()
                {
                    TableName = tableName,
                    DataFactoryName = DataFactoryName,
                    ResourceGroupName = ResourceGroupName
                },
                new PSTable()
                {
                    TableName = "anotherTable",
                    DataFactoryName = DataFactoryName,
                    ResourceGroupName = ResourceGroupName
                }
            };

            dataFactoriesClientMock
                .Setup(
                    c =>
                        c.FilterPSTables(
                            It.Is<TableFilterOptions>(
                                options =>
                                    options.ResourceGroupName == ResourceGroupName &&
                                    options.DataFactoryName == DataFactoryName &&
                                    options.Name == null)))
                .CallBase()
                .Verifiable();

            dataFactoriesClientMock
                .Setup(f => f.ListTables(ResourceGroupName, DataFactoryName))
                .Returns(expected)
                .Verifiable();

            // Action
            cmdlet.ExecuteCmdlet();

            // Assert
            dataFactoriesClientMock.VerifyAll();

            commandRuntimeMock.Verify(f => f.WriteObject(expected, true), Times.Once());
        }
    }
}

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Having mastered the first key foundation skill in lesson 2 it is time to move onto the next in lesson 3 - steering. While it is relatively easy to make slight steering adjustments, many manoeuvres require you to turn the car sharply to either the left or to the right. To do this effectively you will need to learn the "pull-push" method of steering.
Again, as with all foundation skills, it is vital that this skill becomes second nature to you, hence, the reason why the whole of lesson 3 is dedicated to this most important skill.
Steer accurately when moving off, passing obstructions, and turning corners.
During this lesson you will learn how to keep your car on course and use the pull-push method of steering to turn corners. What is probably the most important rule about steering may not seem obvious. It is that you not only steer with your hands, but also with your eyes! You do this by looking where you want to go. This tells your brain what to do with your hands. Your peripheral vision (i.e. your vision to each side) helps you to keep your road position.
This method ensures that you keep both hands in contact with the wheel at all times and that the wheel is never allowed to spin out of control. Once the wheels are fully turned left or right this is known as full lock.


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package fm.strength.sloppyj;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

class ObjectWrapper {

	private final Class<?> type;
	private final Object object;

	public ObjectWrapper(Class<?> type) {
		this(type, type);
	}
	public ObjectWrapper(Class<?> type, Class<?> objectType) {
		this.type = type;
		if(useMap(objectType)) {
			this.object = new LinkedHashMap<>();
		}
		else {
			this.object = Kreator.newInstance(type);
		}
	}

	public Object get() {
		return object;
	}

	public ObjectWrapper get(String key) {
		if(object instanceof Map) {
			return new ObjectWrapper(type);
		} else {
			try {
				Field field = type.getDeclaredField(key);
				Class<?> fieldType = field.getType();
				if(Map.class.isAssignableFrom(fieldType)) {
					fieldType = (Class<?>) ((ParameterizedType) field.getGenericType()).getActualTypeArguments()[1];
					return new ObjectWrapper(fieldType, Map.class);
				}
				if(List.class.isAssignableFrom(fieldType)) {
	                fieldType = (Class<?>) ((ParameterizedType) field.getGenericType()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
				}
				return new ObjectWrapper(fieldType);
			} catch(Exception e) {
				// field exists in JSON, but not in Object - return null and JsonParser will skip it
				return null;
			}
		}
	}

	public Class<?> getType(String key) {
		if(object instanceof Map) {
			return type;
		} else {
			try {
				Field field = object.getClass().getDeclaredField(key);
				Class<?> fieldType = field.getType();
				if(List.class.isAssignableFrom(fieldType)) {
	                fieldType = (Class<?>) ((ParameterizedType) field.getGenericType()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
				}
				return fieldType;
			} catch(Exception e) {
				// field exists in JSON, but not in Object - return null and Jay will skip it
				return null;
			}
		}
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void set(String key, Object value) {
		if(object instanceof Map) {
			((Map<String, Object>) object).put(key, value);
		} else {
			try {
				Field field = object.getClass().getDeclaredField(key);
				field.setAccessible(true);
				field.set(object, value);
			} catch(Exception e) {
				// field exists in JSON, but not in Object - skip it
			}
		}
	}

	private static boolean useMap(Class<?> type) {
		return (
				type == null ||
				type.isPrimitive() || type == Object.class || type == Object[].class ||
				Map.class.isAssignableFrom(type) || Iterable.class.isAssignableFrom(type) ||
				String.class.isAssignableFrom(type) || Number.class.isAssignableFrom(type) ||
				Character.class.isAssignableFrom(type) || Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
				);
	}

}


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Twitch and Youtube settings guide - Encoding settings required for a good gaming stream.
I have recently come upon information regarding quality calculations for streaming, provided by another forum user (sorry don't remember). I decided to publish that information in a more useful manner so that people can stream wiser.
Bitrate = res_width * res_height * fps_count * quality_factor (measured in bits pers second).
Wow, interesting read. Thank you for posting this!
My average kbps is at 1800 kbps, is it normal?
If you're not using CBR, then yes. You should really use CBR, though.
In your guide you mention that it's impossible to do more than 3500 bps for Twitch. To my understanding, the 3500 limit is for non partnered streams, but for those who are partnered, they can go over that.
We can only tell whats officially listed on the twitch page, and that is 3500. For further questions, you will have to contact Twitch.tv.
Actually you can go with 9000 kbps if you want, but the ingestion server will drop anything over 3500 -> you will have laggy, impossible content. I run with 3650 as my personal little cheat, but at circa 4000 they drop of portion of it.
Never mind, solved my own problem.
So, we know that you want your video file size not be be over more than 300MB. What about resolution? How long will the video be when you are done recording? What will you be recording ... high or low motion content?
As an example; going with a bitrate that would be able to be streamed to twitch (with a quality that won't be considered good for a local recording and material meant for editing) you will be consuming ~3500kb/s. Math tells us that if your max video file size is 300MB, this will give you about a 1½ minute of recording.
I am really bad at this, so someone correct me, but isnt it more like this?
Bad comment. I was mistaken, you were right.
Oh and Bamse talked about streamable bitrate so he probably meant 3500kbps?!
If the question is "If you have a 300 megabyte video file that was encoded at 3500 kilobits per second, how long is it?" then the answer is ~685.7 seconds, or ~11.4 minutes.
Those are literally the exact same thing. kbps is kb/s. The p (per) is swapped out for a / (per). Bit rate is measured in kilobits per second, not kilobytes per second.
I interpreted kb/s as KB/s. It is my mistake. The math in my guide should still be good though, I have to check.
That VOD is of PlanetSide 2, which is normally a disaster to record at a good quality due to all the explosions, fog, rapid camera movements etc. Using what I learned in this thread though, you would have to be splitting hairs to find any major artifacts worth mentioning.
One thing to note about BPP is 0.1 @ 720p is not the same as it is @ 540p. As you increase in resolution you require more BPP to achieve the same artifact free quality. So again, it is just a guideline, a starting point. Recording sample videos and seeing what it looks like is still going to be the best judge.
I use a base resolution of 1440p. I have been having great results with 3500Kbps 640p45 Bilinear , Medium CPU Preset, Film Tuning.
I'm relatively new to all of this, and as such my video quality is pretty bad. I saw this article and thought: "YAS!". Then it struck me. It is kinda old. And i'm not sure if the bitrate settings in OBS are measured in kbps or bps. Also my potato rig is pretty bad, i know, i know. But the quality i get is just unfair.
Is the bitrate setting in OBS measured in kbps or bps?
Is it relevant with CBR and 1080p@60 for YouTube (videos not streaming)? What is the right bitrate (for potato rig/YouTube)? Is 1080p@60 a bad choice for me?


Humax has launched a new internet connected Freeview+ HD model which also offers access to BBC iPlayer and web apps.
The Humax HDR-2000T digital TV recorder sports features and apps to watch, record and catch up on over 50 Freeview channels, including the BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 HD channels as well as a range of on-demand content.
The box can plug into your broadband connection and allows access to the Humax TV Portal, giving access to BBC iPlayer, YouTube and Flickr and the Humax App Market, which offers apps from content providers such as Twitter, the Daily Express and OK! Magazine.
Read Recombu Digital's guide to FreeviewThe box also connects to any home network so content like photos and videos can be shared from PCs and laptops to the TV screen.
The HDR-2000T provides instant pause and rewind functionality, and recording features including series linking and trailer booking. Twin tuners allow two channels to be recorded at the same time and up to 300 hours of standard definition programmes or 125 hours of HD content can be recorded and stored on the built-in 500GB hard drive.
Humax said that the device would also be able to receive further Freeview HD channels, expected to go live in 2014, as well as the new Pay TV streaming service, VuTV, set to launch later this year, which provides access to channels such as Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
The set-top box will be available to buy from October 18 from retailers including John Lewis, Tesco, Currys PC World, Argos and a range of independents, priced at around £179.


Guangzhou Olansi Healthcare Co., Ltd is a manufacturer hailing from the Republic of China. They are associated with the supply and fabrication of hydrogen water makers and air purification systems. All of their products are products are manufactured to last and serve both domestic and industrial clients efficiently.


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Prescription antacids linked to allergies
Last updated August 5, 2019 at 4:13 pm
Topics: The Body
Medicines prescribed to reduce your stomach acid have been associated with an increased risk of developing allergies, say Austrian researchers.
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A team from the University of Vienna found that people who needed prescription antacids were twice as likely to need anti-allergy medications in subsequent years.
They also found that women and older individuals were most at risk.
The team of researchers, studied prescription medication records for over 8 million people, around 97 per cent of the countries total population.
Larger proteins may be to blame
Stomach acid helps with digestion by breaking down food, absorbing nutrients and killing bacteria. Antacids, or stomach acid inhibitors, hinder this process allowing larger protein fragments to make their way into the intestine. The researchers suggest that it is these larger proteins that may explain the rise in allergies as they are more likely to trigger an immune response.
Elena Schneider, a pharmacist from the University of Melbourne, who was not involved in the study says that this phenomenon has been observed "in previous animal studies and a small group of patients" but "for the first time, the authors of this study investigated how much this process actually affects the population".
There were some limitations to the study that the researchers acknowledge might impact the findings, including the fact that they monitored prescriptions rather than what people actually consumed.
They also highlight that anyone who receives an antacid prescription is more likely to receive other medications in general which could influence the link between antacids and allergic drug prescriptions.
The downside to having antacids
Nikolai Petrovsky, from the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University, warns that data from these types of studies "needs to be treated with caution, as it cannot be used to establish a causal link".
Irrespective of this, the study highlights a potential downside to having high prescription rates for antacids, and Petrovsky suggests raises the question of whether these medications are being overused.
The overuse of antacids can have detrimental effects, and although sometimes these medications are necessary, we need to be wary of how much we are using them agrees Schneider.
"Certain people with certain medical conditions need their appropriate therapy for long-term acid suppression, but the majority of people with heartburn and reflux should not be using these drugs long-term," she says.
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The focus on women, who make up 49.5% of total voters in Himachal Pradesh, and the announcement of freebies by major parties are seen as the contributing factors behind their higher turnout in the recent Assembly elections.
According to constituency-wise data procured from the election department, votes polled by women exceeded that of men by 4.4 percentage points.
Himachal witnessed a record 75.6% turnout for the Assembly polls on November 12. The turnout of women in 42 of the State's 68 constituencies was more than men, the data showed.
In seven constituencies, women voters outnumbered men by more than 5,000. The difference was highest in Joginder Nagar at 8,189. In Sulah, the difference was 6,276, in Jaisinghpur 6,048, Badsar 6,035, Bhoranj 5,882, Nadaun 5,536 and Sujanpur 5,613.
In 11 seats — Baijnath (4,962), Jwalamukhi (4,856), Jwali (4,477), Dharampur (3,985), Dehra (3,923), Fatehpur (3,638), Hamirpur (3,520), Nagrota (3,489), Palampur (3,381) and Shahpur (3,334) — the number of women exercising their franchise exceeded that of men by 3,000 to 5,000 votes.
According to the data, 72.4 per cent of 2,788,925 (2,019,182) men exercised their franchise, while 76.8 per cent women (2,101,483) voted. With 2,737,845 eligible women voters, their total votes surpassed that of men by 82,301.
Of the total 412 candidates in the fray, 24 are women.
The higher voting percentage for women can make a difference in 22 Assembly segments.
In three constituencies — Jaisinghpur (SC), Bhoranj (SC) and Jubbal-Kotkhai — more women are eligible to vote than men. In 19 other constituencies, the difference between eligible men and women voters is less than 1,000.
Both the main contenders, the BJP and the Congress, claimed that they had been able to woo the women electorate and ensured victory.
Asha Kumari, former minister and Congress candidate from Dalhousie, said, "We hope that the women have come out in large numbers to support the Congress because of rising inflation and bad governance."
She added that alcohol use, which mainly affected women, had increased in Himachal during the BJP's tenure.
The Congress had announced the 'Har Ghar Lakshmi, Nari Samman Nidhi' scheme, promising Rs 1,500 per month to women as part of its election manifesto.
The BJP, on the other hand, had made 11 promises to women under its 'Stree Shakti Sankalp' programme.
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister in the outgoing government and the BJP's Shahpur candidate Sarveen Chowdhary said, "It is a good sign that women came out in huge numbers and the party which gets a large chunk of their votes would have an advantage.
"Women would definitely vote for the BJP, which has done a lot for their empowerment and even announced a separate manifesto."
The counting of votes will take place on December 8.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission said 26 of the 38 transgender people who enolled cast their vote, marking a sharp increase from the 2017 elections during which only 14 people had voted.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg said earlier this year, only 17 transgender people were named in the electoral rolls and the number is now 38 due to various initiatives taken by the Election Commission of India and the State election department.
He said the Election Commission had felicitated members from the community at the model polling station in Dharampur and this initative increased their visibility.
Further, a transgender person named Bijali Mahant was made a 'district icon' of Bilaspur, he added.
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I wrote a post in my ranch blog about some things I found out about the Walkers Creek area during a visit to the Milam History Museum in Cameron. Read it, if you want to!
What I was really there for, though was to get more information on the property we own and are using for our offices, the old First Christian Church, and the house behind it. Melanie Reed was gracious enough to introduce me to Charles King, who runs the museum and is a major collector in town. He brought out some fascinating photo albums of Cameron through the years, and even looked up the original owners of the Gillis house, the Pope family, in their archives to see if anything was there.
We could not find any photos of the Gillis house, or maybe we should call it the Pope house, but we got some good information that I'll be able to use in a future post.
We found a great image of the church, though, a postcard that had been mailed in 1912, so we know the photo was from around then. It shows how beautiful the original building was, in pretty good detail, though perhaps the telephone pole right in front is not helpful. I wish those trees were still around!
I was happy to learn that Charles has the negatives to these photos, so I will order one of those and get a nice print made to display in the chursh when it's renovated.
Well, it must have been easy for her to work at the church, given its distance from her home! Maybe it's NOT a coincidence our two properties are tied together.
By the way, I also found out that Mr. and Mrs. Fuller (James Pierce "Buddy" and Irene), the next owners of the home, also attended our church (Cameron Herald, 08 Oct 1981). Smart people.
Cameron Herald, June 25, 1959.
I did some more research on the First Christian Church of Cameron over the past few days. I got as much as I could from the newspapers.com collection of the Cameron Herald through 1985.
The current building replaced a wood one in 1935, under the direction of Rev. Grove, who also doubled the church membership during the 5 years he led the congregation. Here's the cool part: The whole thing cost $6,000!
I learned that the church used a nearby house as Sunday School rooms for a time, starting in 1959. I wonder if it was the house next door? The article from the Herald on October 26, 1959 said it was on Gillis St., but the next-door Rossen house faced College Ave. Maybe someone will remember that. There was a house on Gillis next-door to the Rossen house, so that could have been it, too.
I also learned that the carport where we park our cars was added in 1969. I wonder if the one that's there is the original? I wonder so much about this building!
Old coins, including an Indian head nickel that David found for us.
For a few months now, I've been delving into the history of the properties we've acquired or are in the process of acquiring in the old part of Cameron. There will be a series of posts on what I've found, as soon as I gather all my information.
No foolin,' I got a nice boost of knowledge when a local historian and reader of this blog, David Basonic, showed up at the office and talked to Mandi about what he'd learned after reading my post last week when I solved the mystery of why the Rosson family never lived in the Gillis house, but DID live on the corner of College and Gillis streets (which used to be 2nd St., and before that was Bridge St.). Oh, and by the way, Main Street used to be Belton.
Just look at that window with no paint splotches on it! Look at how much space there is between you and your neighbor.
We've had our Travis 2 house for rent for a while. It's been frustrating that Mandi and Lee keep going out there to show the house to people who just don't show up. So, they've changed the plan, and now you don't get to go in the house if you haven't filled out a rental application. At least that lowers the frustration levels. Unfortuately, it doesn't stop the stream of callers who, after looking at the sign, call and ask what the rent is, then, after Mandi explains, they ask if we would take $300. Yes, in Cameron, the expected rent seems to be $300 a month.
These cute built-ins lead to a HUGE master bedroom that no longer has three entrances.
Before. It was a very crowded office.
You may have noticed that we are getting busier and busier over at the Cameron office where we do the Hermits' Rest Enterprises work. Lee has been working on some proposals for even more work, and has decided to bring in someone to help with some of the more technical areas of the project.
To do that, we need to have a space for our new colleague to work in while in Cameron, so yesterday, Mandi and I went nuts on the final part of the office to get cleaned up and ready for use: the former minister office. It was a lot of work and sorta gross, but we did it.
After. Only the bookshelves and some of the books remain.
What we did was turn that room into a new conference room, where our visiting consultant can easily work, as well. It already has Lee's scrum board in it and some of our files, but it had yet to be cleaned of the debris from tearing out the ceiling, and had not been vacuumed.
Our biggest obstacle is that there are still all those old ministerial books in the room. We did not have time to pack them up or anything (besides, all our boxes went to Aunty's House), so we vacuumed them and put them all in one place. That cleaned up a shelving unit for us to use.


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In Pain? Why Dry Needling May Help
When you're in pain, you know how hard it can be to find relief. One option might be dry needling, which for many, restores mobility and relieves muscle pain.
Dry needling, like acupuncture, uses thin, stainless steel needles that are inserted into the skin.
"Dry needling is a method of treatment that can eliminate pain, reduce muscle tension and increase range of motion," says certified strength and conditioning specialist Brian Magat, DPT, ATC, MS, CSCS.
"Dry needling involves a 'dry' needle – one without medication or injection," he says. "The needle is inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle, known as trigger points, to help manage acute or chronic pain and to eliminate muscle dysfunction and improve muscle function."
When your body is in pain and injured from repetitive use or acute trauma, your muscles become inflamed and overstimulated, Mr. Magat says.
Here are six commonly asked questions about dry needling:
How is Dry Needling Different Than Acupuncture?
Dry needling uses sterile needles similar in size to the needles used for acupuncture, but unlike acupuncture, dry needling isn't a traditional Chinese medicine technique, Mr. Magat says. Dry needling is based on Western medical science, anatomy and neurophysiology.
"Instead of inserting needles into the 'energetic pathways' defined by traditional Chinese medicine, specially licensed dry needle practitioners like myself insert them directly into the muscle's trigger points and the nerve pathways that are causing the pain," he says. "Also, while acupuncture needles remain close to the skin's surface, dry needling pushes them farther into the muscle or tendons and, thus, requires an intricate understanding of anatomy."
What Are Trigger Points?
"Trigger points are like hard knots or tight bands in the muscle and connective tissue called fascia that may cause pain over a large area," Mr. Magat says. "This makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks or engage in athletic competition."
When Mr. Magat inserts a dry needle into a trigger point, it causes a change in chemistry inside the muscle, which sparks the healing phase.
"By deactivating the trigger point, we reset the muscle," he says. "This restores the muscle's homeostasis and balance, which leads to decreased pain and improved function and muscle integrity."
What Conditions Does Dry Needling Treat?
Dry needling can help anyone who is experiencing pain, helping your body return to its natural, healthy and fully functioning state, he says. Dry needling is particularly effective for conditions such as:
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Does Dry Needling Hurt?
"Dry needling is relatively painless," he says. "The amount of pain varies for different people and their trigger points. Generally, it's not worse than a bee sting or a mild cramp and goes away quickly."
Is Dry Needling Safe?
Dry needling is a drug-free, safe and effective treatment option for most patients. However, anyone with a needle phobia, metal allergy, vascular disease and/or abnormal bleeding tendency should discuss this with their physical therapist before having the dry needling procedure done.
How Many Dry Needling Treatments Are Needed?
It usually takes between two to four treatment sessions before you experience improved range of motion and joint use and reduction in pain, Magat says. Typically, he recommends that patients see him once or twice a week for a minimum of four sessions, depending on the severity of their condition.
Brian Magat, DPT, ATC, MS, CSCS, is a physical therapist at University Hospitals Rehabilitation Services. You can request an appointment with Magat or any other University Hospitals health care provider online.
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