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Prediction of the need for surgical intervention in obstructive Crohn's disease by18F-FDG PET/CT
Heather A. Jacene, Philip Ginsburg, John Kwon, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Elizabeth A. Montgomery, Theodore M. Bayless, Richard L. Wahl
We preoperatively determined the accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT for differentiating fixed muscle hypertrophy and fibrotic stenoses from acute transmural inflammatory stenoses in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) scheduled to undergo surgical resection for obstructive symptoms. Methods: Seventeen patients with known CD prospectively underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT before already-planned surgery for obstructive symptoms. Image interpretation was by consensus of 2 readers with knowledge of patient participation in the study but not of other clinical history. Lesions were qualitatively graded on a 5-point scale for the presence of increased 18F-FDG uptake consistent with active inflammation. Maximum lean standardized uptake value (SULmax) was determined for lesions scored 1 or more. Imaging results were compared with the pathologic grading of inflammation and pre-dominant histopathologic subtype for each patient's surgical specimen, whether mainly inflammation, fibrosis, or muscle hypertrophy. Results: Thirteen of the 17 patients underwent surgery (median, 28 d after PET/CT; range, 2-148 d), and 12 of these 13 had histopathologic correlation. Despite the predominant histopathologic subtype (inflammation, 5; fibrosis, 4; and muscle hypertrophy, 3), acute and chronic inflammation, fibrosis (median, 50%; range, 40%290%), and muscle hypertrophy (median, 20-fold thickening; range, 9- to 40-fold thickening) were found in all patients. SULmax was significantly higher in severe than in mild-to-moderate chronic inflammation (8.2 ± 2.8 vs. 4.7 ± 2.5, P = 0.04). No patient with predominantly fibrosis or muscle hypertrophy (n = 7) had an SULmax greater than 8. Visually, 10 of 12 patients on PET/CT were considered to have active inflammation of the bowel. Conclusion: Patients with CD who undergo surgery for obstructive symptoms have histopathologically mixed findings of inflammation, fibrosis, and muscle hypertrophy. Qualitative PET interpretations were quite sensitive, but additional semiquantitative analyses using SULmax helped identify patients with active inflammation. This information may be beneficial for referring gastroenterologists considering medical therapy versus surgery for patients with CD who present with obstructive symptoms.
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.109.065466
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Jacene, H. A., Ginsburg, P., Kwon, J., Nguyen, G. C., Montgomery, E. A., Bayless, T. M., & Wahl, R. L. (2009). Prediction of the need for surgical intervention in obstructive Crohn's disease by18F-FDG PET/CT. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 50(11), 1751-1759. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.109.065466
Prediction of the need for surgical intervention in obstructive Crohn's disease by18F-FDG PET/CT. / Jacene, Heather A.; Ginsburg, Philip; Kwon, John; Nguyen, Geoffrey C.; Montgomery, Elizabeth A.; Bayless, Theodore M.; Wahl, Richard L.
In: Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 50, No. 11, 01.11.2009, p. 1751-1759.
Jacene, HA, Ginsburg, P, Kwon, J, Nguyen, GC, Montgomery, EA, Bayless, TM & Wahl, RL 2009, 'Prediction of the need for surgical intervention in obstructive Crohn's disease by18F-FDG PET/CT', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1751-1759. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.109.065466
Jacene HA, Ginsburg P, Kwon J, Nguyen GC, Montgomery EA, Bayless TM et al. Prediction of the need for surgical intervention in obstructive Crohn's disease by18F-FDG PET/CT. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2009 Nov 1;50(11):1751-1759. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.109.065466
Jacene, Heather A. ; Ginsburg, Philip ; Kwon, John ; Nguyen, Geoffrey C. ; Montgomery, Elizabeth A. ; Bayless, Theodore M. ; Wahl, Richard L. / Prediction of the need for surgical intervention in obstructive Crohn's disease by18F-FDG PET/CT. In: Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2009 ; Vol. 50, No. 11. pp. 1751-1759.
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Our facilitators led rotating workshops where debaters practiced their skills and were encouraged to discuss how they felt about gender inequality both in the debate world and in their personal lives. Debate is one of few spaces in which everyone, regardless of gender, is given several uninterrupted minutes to voice their passions, arguments, and opinions. It can help girls build the confidence to speak for themselves in all different aspects of their lives. In workshops, facilitators wanted to help debaters build the tools they need to take full advantage of this opportunity to make themselves heard as they continue on in their debate careers.
The debaters present had a wide variety of debate experience, ranging from absolutely none to years of competing, so lunch was followed by an introduction to the Parliamentary format that would be used for our two-round mini-tournament. The first round's motion was "Resolved: Supreme Court Justices should be elected by popular vote." Debaters navigated questions about education and authority, even bringing in their opinions on the most recent Supreme Court appointment.
The second round's motion was "Resolved: the feminist movement should discourage women from wearing makeup." Debaters explored issues like societal expectations, compulsory femininity, and what role feminism plays in our day and age.
In closing, facilitators asked the group to write about their successes of the day, and what both they and debate leaders could do to make debate a better space for everyone. Some debaters referenced their use of impacts as a success, or that they were able to ask more questions during the round than they usually did. One debater, fifth-grader Chloe, wrote simply, "I spoke." As far as I'm concerned, that's a monumental victory for any young girl in the world.
Many thanks to Allison Marra and WeWork for being so kind as to let us use their beautiful space, and to all the debaters and coaches who took time out of their Saturday to attend! We couldn't have done it without you!
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Easify features a built in task scheduler that can be used to schedule repeat orders, repeat purchases or regular timed backups of your Easify data.
To use any of the task scheduler features, the task scheduler must first be enabled.
Tick the Enable Task Scheduler check box to enable the task scheduler. Once you have saved this setting, please refer to our Creating Scheduled Tasks article in order to start using this feature.


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Q: Floating point inconsistency between expression and assigned object This surprised me - the same arithmetic gives different results depending on how its executed:
> 0.1f+0.2f==0.3f
False

> var z = 0.3f;
> 0.1f+0.2f==z
True

> 0.1f+0.2f==(dynamic)0.3f
True

(Tested in Linqpad)
What's going on?

Edit: I understand why floating point arithmetic is imprecise, but not why it would be inconsistent.
The venerable C reliably confirms that 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3 holds for single-precision floats, but not double-precision floating points.

A: I strongly suspect you may find that you get different results running this code with and without the debugger, and in release configuration vs in debug configuration.
In the first version, you're comparing two expressions. The C# language allows those expressions to be evaluated in higher precision arithmetic than the source types.
In the second version, you're assigning the addition result to a local variable. In some scenarios, that will force the result to be truncated down to 32 bits - leading to a different result. In other scenarios, the CLR or C# compiler will realize that it can optimize away the local variable.
From section 4.1.6 of the C# 4 spec:

Floating point operations may be performed with higher precision than the result type of the operation. For example, some hardware architectures support an "extended" or "long double" floating point type with greater range and precision than the double type, and implicitly perform all floating point operations with the higher precision type. Only at excessive cost in performance can such hardware architectures be made to perform floating point operations with less precision. Rather than require an implementation to forfeit both performance and precision, C# allows a higher precision type to be used for all floating point operations. Other than delivering more precise results, this rarely has any measurable effects.

EDIT: I haven't tried compiling this, but in the comments, Chris says the first form isn't being evaluated at execution time at all. The above can still apply (I've tweaked my wording slightly) - it's just shifted the evaluation time of a constant from execution time to compile-time. So long as it behaves the same way as a valid evaluation, that seems okay to me - so the compiler's own constant expression evaluation can use higher-precision arithmetic too.

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Substation supplies power for Expo 2010
2010. 9 August
(prnewswire.com) East China Electric Power Design Institute (ECEPDI) has designed the world's largest underground substation to supply power for the Expo 2010 Shanghai using Intergraph® SmartPlant® 3D engineering and design software. Shanghai City is the host for the World Expo, which will feature more than 230 countries and international organizations as participants with an estimated 70 million visitors over the duration of the Expo through Oct. 31, 2010.
ECEPDI is a longtime Intergraph customer having signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement for SmartPlant Enterprise solutions. Using SmartPlant 3D for design, the Shanghai Jing An substation is currently the world's most advanced fully-underground, cylindrical body 500 kV substation. The cylinder diameter is 130 meters; the overall depth is 33.5 meters, while the underground construction area is 57,100 cubic meters with a ground floor area of 1590 square meters. China has never had a substation project scale of this size before, and has invested 1.47 billion yuan (US$215 million) in its development.
As a landmark for the Shanghai World Expo, the substation is a model for energy savings. It sits on three groups of 500 kV main transformers (capacity of 1.5 million KVA each) and three 200 kV transformers (capacity of 300,000 KVA each). It not only supplies power for the Expo, but also supplies power to major parts of Shanghai city and will continue servicing the Shanghai power grid.
"SmartPlant 3D facilitated the productivity to deliver this large, complex substation design project on an accelerated basis to meet our timeframe with ease and efficiency," said Mr. Xie Ligao, Chief of ECEPDI Grid Branch. "Now we have a showcase substation that is unequaled in the world to-date."
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "The Shanghai Expo substation design shows the versatility of our SmartPlant Enterprise solutions in handling the world's largest and most complex projects of all types and dimensions. It is one of many examples of a leading company using SmartPlant 3D in production to increase productivity, accelerate projects and gain a competitive edge. "
SmartPlant 3D is the industry's most advanced, most productive next-generation 3D design system for the process and power industries including automated design capabilities. Customers using SmartPlant 3D typically realize 25- to 35-percent initial increases in productivity.
The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph the No. 1 overall engineering design 3D software and process engineering tools (PET) provider worldwide according to its PET Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast through 2013.
About East China Electric Power Design Institute
ECEPDI is a well-known planning, surveying and engineering institute. As leader of the electric power design field in China, ECEPDI provides comprehensive engineering, consulting, project management and contracting services for fossil fuel and conventional island nuclear power plants, substations, and transmission projects including long-span river crossings. The institute engineered the first 1000MW, 600MW etc. fossil fuel units made in China and conventional island for nuclear power plants as well as China's first 500 Kilovolt high voltage direct current transmission project. ECEPDI has engineered more than 168 power plants with a total combined capacity of more than 80000 Megawatts till the end of 2009. Founded in 1953, ECEPDI employs more than 1,000 people and is headquartered in Shanghai.
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Q: Make report public in Odoo I successfully created a simple report.
<report
    id="my_report"
    model="cars.car"
    string="Car"
    report_type="qweb-pdf"
    name="cars.my_report"
    file="views.xml"
    attachment_use="True"
    attachment="('CAR'+(object.name or '').replace('/','')+'.pdf')"
/>

The problem is that I can only access it if I'm logged in to Odoo backend. How do I make a report public? I tried with parameter groups="base.group_no_one", but no success. Same for 'base.group_public'.
I found a guy with the exact same question here: https://www.odoo.com/forum/help-1/question/allow-website-guests-to-download-certain-reports-105042
...but sadly Odoo forum has been dead for some time now. Nobody answered.

A: I didn't find an answer to this, so I've hacked it?
In the 'report' module, under controllers there is main.py file. I changed the auth parameter on line 24 to:
auth="public"

Nasty solution, probably not secure at all, but works for me.. for now, as I didn't find anything better.


The app challenges users to play Clapping Music - a ground-breaking piece of music written by contemporary classical composer Steve Reich which is performed entirely by clapping.
Lead author Dr. Sam Duffy, from Queen Mary's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, said: "It is quite rare in music psychology to study the performance of rhythms that change, especially when played in ensemble with another player, and yet these are very common in actual music."
She added: "In spite of the apparent simplicity of Clapping Music, it is a challenging piece to perform and the app generated a very large and complex set of data to analyse."
In the app, there were three levels of difficulty—easy, medium and hard: 19 per cent of players (21,603 players) completed an entire performance of the piece without making a mistake at some level and 5 per cent (5,685 players) completed the game at the hardest level. For completed games, average accuracy was 91 per cent at the hard level, 84 per cent at the medium level and 78 per cent at the easy level.
"We have shown that data collected from a game-based app can provide detailed empirical evidence of how pattern complexity influences ensemble rhythmic performance," said Dr. Marcus Pearce, the project's senior author, also from Queen Mary's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science.
Can you keep up with the dance music that accelerates forever?


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Rain, fog, red flag: Porsche 919 Hybrids finish third and fourth
The Porsche LMP Team had to be content with third and fourth place finishes at the seventh of nine rounds of the FIA WEC. The Porsche GT Team scored two podium spots with the Porsche 911 RSR.
LMP1 Race
The six-hour race on the Fuji International Speedway was hampered by persistent
rain plus fog and staged in only 14 degree Celsius ambient temperature and
16 degree track temperature. Interruptions and neutralisations influenced the track
action. Neel Jani (CH), André Lotterer (DE) and Nick Tandy (GB) finished in third
place. This year's Le Mans winners Earl Bamber (NZ), Timo Bernhard (DE) and
Brendon Hartley (NZ) had started from pole position and came home fourth with
Bamber impressively recording the fastest race lap (1:37.702 minutes on lap 19 of
115). The second red flag came after four hours and 31 minutes and the race was
not restarted. As just over 75 per cent of the scheduled race duration had been completed, full points were awarded.
In the manufacturers' world championship standings, Porsche continues to lead with now 270 points, Toyota follows on 211.5 points after their one-two win on home soil. Bamber/Bernhard/Hartley top the drivers' rankings with 172 points, their advantage over the best placed Toyota drivers having melted to 39 points. Jani/Lotterer/Tandy remain in fourth position now on 98 points. At the eighth and penultimate 2017 WEC race in Shanghai (CN) on November 5th, Porsche wants to convert its match point into a successful title defence.
How the race went for car number 1:
André Lotterer starts from P2. The safety car leads the pack in the rain until the end of lap 5. On lap 6 Lotterer drops back to fourth behind the two Toyotas. After a touch with the number 8 Toyota (Sébastien Buemi), a flap on the front right is missing. Half an hour into the race, fog is increasing, nevertheless Lotterer is catching up. End of lap 22, he overtakes the Toyota number 7 (Kamui Kobayashi) and now lies third. From lap 29 onwards, the safety-car is on track again. After 33 laps the team calls Lotterer to pit for full service. Neel Jani takes over, getting new front body work and fresh rain tyres. The race is red flagged after 39 laps with Jani in P4. The race is restarted at 12:50 hrs and he moves in to P3 when the sister Porsche pits.
After 60 laps, with the safety car on track again, Nick Tandy takes over and continues with the same set of tyres. On lap 77, when the number 8 Toyota pits, Tandy takes the lead. He is under pressure from José María López who's at the wheel of the number 7 Toyota. After 79 laps, the safety car is back on track. At the re-start on 87 laps, Tandy defends the lead while instantly an LMP2 accident requires the next safety car period. When the race is released for the next time after 94 laps, Tandy cannot defend against the two Toyotas and drops back to third. The order remains the same after 100 laps at the next pit stop when Jani takes over on fresh tyres. When chasing Mike Conway in the number 7 Toyota, the safety car comes out again on lap 111 due to worsening fog. After 114 laps the race is ultimately red flagged and not re-started.
Earl Bamber performs his first WEC start. When the safety car disappears at the end of lap 5, Bamber stays in the lead. Before the second safety car period begins at the end of lap 28 because of fog, he has built up a gap of over 12 seconds to the number 8 Toyota (Sébastien Buemi). When the race is red flagged after 39 laps, he is the only LMP1 that hasn't yet refuelled.
At 12:50 hrs the race is restarted and Bamber needs to immediately pit. After 40 laps, Timo Bernhard takes over with fresh rain tyres. He is now fourth behind the two Toyotas and Neel Jani. Bernhard gets lapped by the number 8 Toyota on lap 56 with the latest safety car period coming moments later. After 63 laps, Bernhard hands over to Brendon Hartley who continues with fresh rain tyres behind the safety car in P4 of the LMP1 category. End of lap 65 the safety car releases the field, end of lap 79 it comes back on track and later again after laps 88 and 111 leaving Hartley powerless to unlap himself. When the race is ultimately red flagged after 114 laps, he is in the pits for refuelling.
The Porsche LMP Team after the race
Fritz Enzinger, Vice President LMP1: "Heavy rain, thick fog, a start behind the
safety car, two red flags and numerous safety car periods and yellow zones: Given
these adverse conditions, we can be glad that nothing serious happened today. In
the end it was a lucky one-two race win for Toyota. But we were close and in Shanghai we will do everything to do the next step in order to defend our championship titles."
Andreas Seidl, Team Principal: "Congratulations to Toyota for winning in Fuji. The pendulum today swung back and forth several times. Before the first red flag, we were gambling. If it would have been the end of the race, we would have won it with our number 2 car. But with the timing of the ultimate red flag we were unlucky. If the race had continued, we would have seen a battle for victory between the number 7 Toyota and our number 1 car. We generally had difficulties getting the tyres to work at the re-starts causing us to drop back a few times. However, it is important that we take home some more points for both championship classifications. It was a very difficult weekend for our drivers and the entire team but everyone stayed focused which I thank them for."
Find quotes of the drivers in the press release (downloads).
GT Race
Facing rain and fog, Richard Lietz (Austria) and Frédéric Makowiecki (France) secured second place in the strongly represented GTE-Pro class on Sunday after a long time in the lead on the tradition-steeped 4.563-kilometre at the foot of Mount Fuji. Thanks to this result, the two have improved their chances of taking the GT Drivers' World Championship title. With two races left on the WEC calendar at Shanghai and Bahrain, they currently rank second, just five points shy of the leader. Their teammates, Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Kévin Estre (France), who were robbed of a possible maiden victory for the new 911 RSR in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC when they became the innocent victims of a crash, ultimately finished in third place.
The 911 RSR
In torrential rain at the Fuji Speedway, with the Holy Mountain hidden behind a
curtain of dark clouds, Patrick Dempsey waved the green flag and sent the 26
starters on their way. In 2015, the Hollywood star had won his first world
championship race in Fuji with his 911 RSR. This time, the Porsche ambassador and co-owner of the Dempsey Proton Racing kept his fingers crossed for his squad at the pit wall. It worked: The Porsche Young Professional Matteo Cairoli (Italy) and his German teammates Christian Ried and Marvin Dienst, who have already notched up two wins so far this season at the Nürburgring and in Mexico, netted another podium place with third in the GTE-Am class. With this, they reclaimed the lead in the overall classification of the FIA Endurance Trophy.
Due to the heavy downpour, the race started behind the safety car, with the field
going green again after five laps. In the GTE-Pro class, Richard Lietz got away
perfectly from pole position, with Michael Christensen following suit in the second
911 RSR: After seven laps he had gained two positions and was running in third.
When the weather turned worse, the safety car was again deployed for almost an
hour, before the race was eventually red-flagged due to bad visibility. The drivers
parked their cars on the finish straight. The restart came after 32 minutes, and after a good two hours, when Richard Lietz pitted for the first time, Michael Christensen moved into the lead.
The race strategy played a decisive role
After 2:20 hours, the stewards of the meeting again decided to send the safety car
out due to poor visibility on the rain-drenched Fuji Speedway. Both 911 RSR came
into the pits for a splash-and-dash refuelling stop before quickly returning to the
racetrack. It was clear already at that point that the race strategy on this day would
play a decisive role. This time the safety car stayed out on the track for 26 minutes. After half the distance, Michael Christensen was in fourth with Richard Lietz in fifth. The Dane had just fought his way up to third place when his charge was again thwarted by another safety car phase. The Porsche GT Team strategists summoned the two 911 RSR into the pits for a driver change. Kévin Estre replaced Michael Christensen in the #92 car, with Frédéric Makowiecki taking the cockpit of the #92 Porsche from Richard Lietz. When the race director gave the rain battle the go-ahead shortly afterwards, Kévin Estre snatched the lead, with Frédéric Makowiecki running third.
The fourth safety-car phase of the season's most unpredictable race was the first as the result of an accident. The race quickly picked up the pace and the rain eased slightly, but now fog rolled in. This, however, was no excuse for the lapped Ford pilot to ram into the leading Kévin Estre almost without braking and forcing him into a spin. Unsurprisingly, the 911 RSR of the Frenchman sustained damages: The collision affected the aerodynamics at the front as well as the diffuser at the rear. The result ofthis was that not only did the vehicle fall back to third place, but from this point on it lost around a second per lap to the front-runner. The fact that his teammate and compatriot, Frédéric Makowiecki, inherited the lead was only a small consolation. At a later stage, however, Makowiecki lost his top spot in a close overtaking manoeuvre with a Ferrari. From that point on, he continued in second, with Kévin Estre in third.
Thick fog: No restart of the race
When the fog became thicker on the Fuji Speedway and the pilots complained of
worsening visibility, the stewards of the meeting opted for another safety car phase. Thirteen minutes later, the field was halted again with the red flag. This was the last caution phase of this eventful seventh round of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC: With no improvement expected, the race was not restarted.
Alex Stehlig, Programme Manager WEC: "The conditions today were very tricky.
The many safety car phases and red flags made it very difficult for the engineers to
make the right decisions. However, the team worked brilliantly and had interpreted
these interruptions correctly. It was bitter that an already lapped competitor cost our leading #92 car a possible win. The #91 drove a steady race, but directly after the restart it didn't have the pace for a short time to fend off the Ferrari. Second and third are still great results. We were among the fastest over the entire race weekend. It's a shame that it wasn't enough to yield our first win in this world championship."
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A New Indo-Pak War Heats Up… In The Kitchen!
New Delhi: The fervour and frenzy of an India-Pakistan contest has gone beyond the realms of cricket and entered the reality television pitch, with shows like "Foodistan" and "Sur-kshetra". Simmering on the small screen is rivalry and bonding over food and music.
"Foodistan", which went on air on NDTV Good Times Monday, brings together 16 professional chefs – eight each from India and Pakistan – on a common platform to battle it out for culinary supremacy.
Sahara One's "Sur-kshetra", a yet-to-be-launched music-based reality show, will have singers from both the nations competing with each other.
But the idea is not to rub in the rivalry and cash in on it for entertainment purposes, says Smeeta Chakrabarti, CEO, NDTV Lifestyle. It will also be about bonding.
"It's all a mix of rivalry and bonding. I don't think we have abused the rivalry at all. It is pretty healthy. Sometimes all the stress is not between the two nation teams…it is within the team itself because there's so much national pride at stake that they are really tough on each other. There was a lot of bonding and brotherhood during the show and, of course, cultural exchange," Chakrabarti told IANS.
Karachi-based chef Khursheed Amina Agha, popularly called Poppy, came down to India for "Foodistan" and says "it's a home away from home". She not only loved the experience but also took home some recipes that would have otherwise remained out of reach.
"The show didn't really feel like a face-off. And even if it was, it was against the judges. I think such efforts are great for cultural exchange because I've found new ways of looking at a particular dish….like I learnt the use of breadcrumbs, which we don't really use in our cooking. But I've taken that learning with me," Poppy told IANS.
She is totally sold out on south Indian cuisine.
"South Indian cuisine is not there in our country. It was not available in that part of north India before partition. So I've learnt rasam, dosa…a lot of Mangalorean and Chettinad cuisine that I might never have learnt otherwise," said the star cook, who wants to redevelop subcontinental cooking and modernise it for Pakistani food enthusiasts.
In the meantime, preparations are on for "Sur-kshetra".
While the team of "Foodistan" managed to arrange visas for eight chefs from Pakistan, the "Sur-kshetra" team has had to shift shooting base to Dubai.
Producer Gajendra Singh, who has attempted to bridge the gap between India and Pakistan through shows like "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstars" and "Chhote Ustaad" in the past, believes his new show will also act as a catalyst between the two nations.
"I don't believe there's a better tool than songs to bring India and Pakistan together," Singh has been quoted as saying.
"Sur-kshetra" already has Pakistani singer Atif Aslam associated with it as the captain of his country's team and efforts are on to get more big names on board.
Over the years, several Pakistani singers have found a foothold in the Indian entertainment industry. Be it Aslam, Adnan Sami, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Sonya Jehan, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen or controversy queen Veena Malik, these talents from across the border have garnered popularity in India — and the trend will hopefully continue thanks to such reality shows.
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A journey from Maine to Iceland
My 20-year-old daughter and I traveled from Portland, Maine to Alureyri, Iceland in the summer of 2016 on the containership Bruarfoss, owned by the Icelandic steamship line Eimskip. This blog tells the story our our journey and features a podcast, videos, and photographs. Start at the bottom to follow our trip. We're currently in the process of adding more videos to the site.
When the Bruarfoss left Portland, its Iceland-bound cargo included sweet potatoes from North Carolina, M&M candies from New Jersey, ice cream from Maine, scrap metal from Pennsylvania and grapes from California.
Also on board: Maine blueberries bound for the Netherlands and a Porsche traveling from Boston to Fredrikstad, Norway.
When the Bruarfoss returns to Portland next month, its primary cargo will be frozen seafood. Refrigerated containers will be loaded onto truck chassis and delivered to cold storage warehouses in the Boston area and eventually to suppliers around the United States.
The fish is harvested in the rich fishing grounds off Newfoundland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway.
Sailing from Portland, the Bruarfoss stops in two Newfoundland ports, Argentia and St. Anthony, to pick up frozen shrimp and fish. It then sails to Iceland.
After calling on Reykjavik, the Bruarfoss sails north along Iceland's west coast. It stops at two small ports, Isafjordur and Akureyri, primarily to pick up fish bound for Europe.
After leaving Iceland, the Bruarfoss stops in Immingham, England, and finally Rotterdman, Europe's largest port.
The ship then returns to Portland on the same route, with the addition of a stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Calling on Small Ports
The 23-year-old Bruarfoss is a miniature version of today's modern container ship. The Bruarfoss is only 415-feet in length – about a third the length of the world's largest container ships – and it carries 1/25th the cargo. The ship's owner, Eimskip, is successful because it's a niche shipping line that calls on the small, out-of-the-way ports typically ignored by the major shipping companies.
Eimksip Operations
Eimksip operates a fleet of 16 vessels and five shipping lines in the North-Atlantic. Its freight yard near Reykjavik serves as its hub. The company also offers freight forwarding services around the world and has operations in 18 nations. It specializes in moving frozen and refrigerated products.
Three Eimskip vessels call regularly on Portland, arriving approximately every 12 days.
Cargo from Portland can be transloaded to other Eimskip routes and partner routes for delivery in ports in Greenand, Norway, Russia, Portugal, Spain, Germany, and the Baltic nations.
Eimskip began operations in Maine in March, 2013, making Portlan the company' s only scheduled U.S. port of call. Previously, Eimskip company operated out of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia. The company that year also announced it plans to move its North American corporate offices from Virginia Beach to Portland.
When Eimskip moved to Portland, it provided Maine with its first direct container service between Maine and Europe in 33 years.
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A Stoner's Guide to Orbeez, the Magical Toy Taking Over the World
I got high and ordered 90,000 brightly colored little balls. Then I couldn't get them out of my apartment.
Chase Burns
Dipping my hand into a pool of macromolecules, aka superabsorbent polymers, aka the swimming pool I briefly installed in my apartment. The Stranger
I always wanted to have a pool. But I live in an apartment on the fifth floor. And I don't have any money.
Then I saw a film called Team Hurricane, which played at the Seattle International Film Festival and featured a bunch of young women swimming in a kiddie pool full of brightly colored little balls. These balls go by many names—water jellies, water beads, water gems—but they really only have one name on the internet: Orbeez. They're insanely popular, especially with kids, stoners, and YouTube content creators.
The women in Team Hurricane squished the Orbeez between their toes, submerged themselves entirely in Orbeez and spun their bodies around, and opened their bras to free Orbeez that had gotten stuck in between their breasts.
I needed these balls. They would clearly be fun to relax in after a long day. Or maybe I could use them in a drag performance. If nothing else, it would be fun to touch them while I smoked weed.
I went on Amazon and bought 90,000 knockoff Orbeez from China for only $30. I also bought a kiddie pool—it had soft, rainbow-colored walls. I was ready to live my best life.
I was expecting my box of knockoff Orbeez to be bigger when it arrived. I knew the "seeds" were going to be minuscule, but I didn't think a bag of 30,000 would fit right in my hand. The unhydrated balls are smaller than beads, almost the size of bird mites. According to the instructions, they would inflate when introduced to water.
"They get how big?" my boyfriend asked as I unboxed my order.
"Huge. They're gonna be everywhere. We have to be careful," I said, unzipping a bag. "I can't imagine trying to monitor a kid with these things."
I lit another joint, inflated the kiddie pool in a corner of our bedroom, and poured some seeds in. At first I wanted to use only two of the bags, but my boyfriend said to use all of them, so I dumped all 90,000 in. Then I watered them like a plant—except that I don't have a hose in my apartment, so I used a popcorn bowl and had to go back and forth from my kitchen sink to my bedroom over and over.
The balls are made of superabsorbent polymers, which are found in products like shampoos and menstrual pads. But when these balls get filled with moisture, they are each roughly half an inch wide.
Even though they're almost entirely water, the balls can be held in your hand without losing their shape. It's like magic. They bounce and roll but never burst.
Once I'd watered them, my Orbeez looked kind of squishy. Then they slowly began to expand. We kept checking in, but then we got bored and went to get groceries. When we came back, the entire pool was bloated and full; the balls were overflowing, spilling onto the floor and becoming forever lost under the bed.
That was my first sign that these balls might not be pure fun and magic. Were they going to turn out to be a pain in the ass?
Still, playing with them felt so good. When I dipped my body in them, I was literally going underwater. When I got out, I was totally dry—except for a strange slick residue. The physical oxymoron made my skin tingle. So did the sound of them. I've been told by pussy-havers who visited my bedroom that fondling them sounds like finger-fucking, or stirring macaroni.
Though they are just toys to me, superabsorbent polymers aren't really a plaything at all; they were developed by the US Department of Agriculture to hydrate dry fields. They are sometimes referred to as "slush powder," and their agricultural purpose is to retain and then slowly release moisture over time.
A polymer is a macromolecule containing an extremely long chain made up of identical, repeating molecules. In a superabsorbent polymer, the links in this chain are like sponges waiting to absorb water.
Without water, the chain is tightly wound—thus the bird-mite-sized beads—but when encountering a liquid, the chain expands. Superabsorbent polymers can expand up to 300 times their original weight, becoming up to 99.9 percent liquid.
In the 1960s, a team of scientists working for the USDA developed a superabsorbent polymer they called the Super Slurper, which was used as a tool to help conserve and distribute water. Today, they are mostly used for diapers; they are why a baby's butt balloons after they pee. The Orbeez that kids are playing with today are the same material that absorbed their piss when they were babies.
Even though the toy is essentially diaper pellets, Orbeez have gone viral. It's difficult to quantify the internet mania around the brand, but it's clear these shape-shifting orbs are prime fodder for YouTube. The original Orbeez TV commercial has racked up nearly 60 million views. Some unofficial Orbeez videos are even higher: "Giant Orbeez Water Balloon? What Happens?!" currently has more than 65 million views.
The official Orbeez YouTube channel, called Orbeezone, has more than 237 million views. More than just product videos and commercials, Orbeez has created ridiculous stunts and online TV shows based around their products. The weirdest recurring show, Chef Set Go!, is a spoof on the reality TV spin-off Top Chef Junior, with kids competing to make Orbeez-based dumplings, coffee art, tacos, and sushi. I do not understand this, because it seems like it would encourage kids to eat Orbeez, and Orbeez should not be eaten. (More on that in a second.) But most Chef Set Go! videos have more than a hundred thousand views.
Orbeez's popularity can be credited to a little girl named Maya, according to the Los Angeles Times. Around 2008, Maya was obsessed with the squishy polymer beads in a vase her parents had sitting on a table in their London home. Her parents, Sharon Cohen and Ron Brawer, curiously watched her slap these strange beads when they suddenly had an idea—a billion-dollar idea: These should be a toy.
It helped that Brawer was a veteran of the toy industry. He had worked with Mattel and MGA Entertainment, and helped MGA grow the Bratz doll brand into one of the world's best-selling toy lines.
Brawer and Cohen decided to commit to creating a toy out of superabsorbent polymers, which others had attempted before with minor success. "We started out of our garage," Brawer told the LA Times in 2012. "Our house was an office and workshop. The living room became a showroom. The dining room was the meeting room. Dinner conversation was business conversation."
Their first big product was the Orbeez Magic Maker, an "Orbeez grower" that would dump "Orbeez seeds" into a plastic container of water that would hydrate them. A few hours later, the bloated Orbeez would rise out of the water and roll down a tiny spiral slide.
Because of Brawer's previous connections, the family was able to get the product onto shelves in Target and Toys R Us. But their big moment came in 2010, when they raised more than a million dollars to create a TV commercial for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. The commercial was set in a wacky animated lab, emphasizing the magical toughness of the new colorful orbs. It "catapulted the company," according to Brawer. He reported sales grew from $5 million in 2009 to nearly $100 million by 2012.
Since the Magic Maker, the Orbeez product line has grown to be completely bonkers. There's an "ultimate soothing spa" that lets kids "bathe" their feet in a plastic pit of hot Orbeez—yes, hot Orbeez—as well as a "massaging body spa," which is a "sophisticated and stylish" purple squishy chair that allows a stressed-out tween to "literally sit in an inflatable lounge filled with Orbeez." The product's promotional image features a preteen with braces relaxing in her Orbeez lounge wearing a robe and flip-flops. She's covered in goopy orbs. Some are smooshed into the carpet.
The company also came out with a line of toy guns called Xploderz that shoot Orbeez. A cross between water guns and foam darts, Xploderz send superabsorbent polymers through the air up to 100 feet, according to Orbeez. The product hasn't been as successful as the standard Orbeez line, but knockoff versions appear to be very popular in China.
Orbeez also sells a $20 ribbed mood lamp (which appears to my eyes to possibly double as a butt plug), as well as collectible Orbeez "magical pets," and, most bizarrely, a "Crush Series" that encourages kids to chop up their inflatable Orbeez and turn them into play food. Like an Easy-Bake Oven, but with Orbeez. Again with the food. The toy's warning label states the orbs should never be consumed, and yet the company sells a whole product line around Orbeez play food. Their Sweet Treats Studio comes with frosting tubes kids shove their Orbeez in to decorate snacks. I just hope the kids use different Orbeez than the hot ones they dip their feet into.
The success of Orbeez has been astronomical. According to a press release issued by the Super Absorbent Polymer Industry and published in June 2018 by MarketWatch, the global market "is valued at $5.9 billion in 2017 and will reach $11 billion by the end of 2025." These little balls are big business.
I was promised my Orbeez would shrink back to their original size after a few days of playing with them. This was a lie. These wet, slimy, radiantly colorful alien balls stayed fully inflated. Soon I started to worry—no doubt because I was stoned—that I was not going to be able to get them out of my apartment when the time came. Would they be too heavy to drag the whole pool down to the dumpster? They weigh as much as water, because they are water.
And then other worries started to occupy me. What would happen if I ate one of these little balls? Or accidentally sniffed one up my nose? I started to panic—as you do when you're high as a kite in a pool of balls on the fifth floor of an apartment building.
While Orbeez are nontoxic, you certainly shouldn't put them inside your body. There have been reports of superabsorbent polymers getting inside of children's ears, where (because of the moisture) they start expanding, resulting in surgery and "profound" hearing loss. Similar issues have occurred inside noses.
The size of Orbeez are closely regulated by the company, but other brands have specialized in superabsorbent polymers that grow to be much larger, like the Dunecraft Water Balz, which were recalled in 2013 after an 8-month-old swallowed one. Doctors were unable to see anything on an X-ray (the ball being almost entirely water), but in surgery they found a brightly colored object almost 1.5 inches in diameter inside the girl's small intestine. Had nothing been done, she possibly could have died.
For months, I played with the balls in my bedroom. Then I used them in a drag performance, which involved packing the balls into an extra-large suitcase and carrying the empty pool to the club. Thankfully, the performance was at Neighbours, which isn't far from my apartment. It was an 18+ show, and the teens freaked the fuck out. I think this was because of the Orbeez, but it might have been because my boyfriend poured the Orbeez on my ass and ate me out while I was lying in the pool. I didn't really lip-sync, but I did lose a Croc in the mayhem. It was a hit.
The teens swarmed me, screaming, "ORBEEEEEZ!"
Orbeez spilled all across the venue. I tried to collect as many as I could, and then I got my check and left. (One of the kids in the crowd later found that missing Croc and pinned it to the dressing room as a trophy.)
When I got home, I put the balls back in the pool, even the dirty ones, because I didn't know what else to do with them. It was nasty, but I kind of liked it.
Later I performed with them at Kremwerk. To make fun of the idea of Orbeez as food, I went "bobbing for Orbeez," dunking my head in a plastic tub of them. But I bobbed too hard. The tub flipped over and the balls cascaded into the audience. I tried to hand them out to people, but no one wanted them. I spent all intermission scooping up Orbeez. And then I packed them up and took them home again.
I used to love touching the balls when I was stoned, but now I was paranoid about the strange supergerms they'd probably grown from all the traveling and fingering.
A few weeks later, my boyfriend threatened to throw them out the window. Eventually, we just dragged the pool down to the dumpster. It was heavy but doable, like lifting a couch. I was not sad watching all the little Orbeez ooze between bags of our neighbors' trash. I was so tired of a quarter of our bedroom being taken up by weird macromolecules.
Little did I know, my boyfriend had secretly filled two pitchers full of them and hid them in our cupboard. What a guy.
I've since decided I want to grow plants in them. After all, they're an agricultural technology. We bought a planter and we're going to fill it with Orbeez and grow orchids. This time I know not to buy 90,000 of them.
I have 90,000 new family members #orbeez #thisvideowasblockedinsomecountries
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Step 1: Use a piece of Cloud Cardstock as the base of your layout.
Step 2: Cut six strips from multiple patterns of paper to measure 2″ x 8″. Line the six patterned strips across the top of the base; you can repeat some patterns if you desire. Use the Tape Runner to adhere the strips, but do not adhere the bottom half (leave these strips so they are free to move). Place your tearing tool approximately 6″ from the top of the base (horizontally) and tear the papers that hang below the tearing tool. Save the remaining strips as they will be used later.
Step 3: Cut six more strips from different patterns to measure 2″ x 3″. Adhere the strips below the first line of strips, leaving approximately 1″ of the bottom free of adhesive. Place your tearing tool across the strip of patterns to leave about 1″ below the tool and tear the papers below. Then, adhere the previously ripped pieces in Step 2 on top of this layer.
Step 4: Cut a strip from the pink cupcake and hat patterned paper to measure 12″ x 1/4″. Use your Banner Flag Punch to punch out 17 flag banners from the pink and the white patterned paper. Adhere the flag banners across the bottom of the layout, approximately 1″ from the bottom of the base. Adhere the pink strip as shown.
Step 5: Using your Personal Trimmer, crop and mount three 4″ x 4″ photos across the top part of the layout, approximately 2-1/2″ from the top of the base. Punch a banner from a scrap piece of the white patterned paper and adhere it to the photo at the end as shown.
Step 6: Enhance your layout by adding stickers and embellishments, and make sure to use Foam Squares on some for added dimension.
Maybe you aren't the birthday girl or birthday boy today. Maybe your birthday is still months away. But, when you create festive birthday scrapbook layouts like this one, you can still party like it is your birthday. Speaking of birthdays, we're curious — how do you celebrate your birthday? What traditions do you have? Let us know in the comments below!
Love it. Will definitely have to try this or something like it. Thanks for the idea.


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'equilibrium points in n-person games' , and 'non-cooperative games' , nobody would have foretold the great impact of Nash equilibrium on economics and social science in general.


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Mamou Louisiana to host first-ever PRIDE Festival on June 17 & 18
June 16, 2022 By Community Contributor
The Hotel Cazan is delighted to announce that it will host Mamou, Louisiana's first-ever PRIDE festival on June 17 & 18. The event will kick off with a media-only mixer from 3:30--5:30 at Cazan's inside the hotel where attendees will have the opportunity to meet with and interview festival participants, including: Players and coaches from Bayou Storm Surge, the women's … [Read more...] about Mamou Louisiana to host first-ever PRIDE Festival on June 17 & 18
Drag Queen Profiles
June 6, 2022 By Community Contributor
Ambush Magazine runs regular column called Drag Queen Profiles. The column appears monthly. Active drag queens currently performing in the Gulf South are welcome to submit profiles. To be featured, please contact Frank Perez at frankearlperez@gmail.com. Submissions will include a brief questionnaire and a picture (along with photo credit). … [Read more...] about Drag Queen Profiles
Obituary: Wayne Self
Playwright and composer Wayne Self died of colon cancer on June 2. He was best known for his work, Upstairs: A Musical Eulogy, which told the story of the 1973 fire at the UpStairs Lounge. Wayne grew up in a remote, rural community near Black Lake in Natchitoches Parish. An intelligent, artistic child, Wayne had limited educational opportunities near his home until a … [Read more...] about Obituary: Wayne Self
A Tale of Two Cities: Patrick Angus in New York and J. B. Harter in New Orleans — a Panel Discussion for Pride Month
May 23, 2022 By Community Contributor
On Thursday, June 9, in conjunction with Pride month, The John Burton Harter Foundation will present a panel discussion at the Arthur Roger Gallery (432 Julia St.) to celebrate the release of A Tale of Two Cities: Patrick Angus in New York and J. B. Harter in New Orleans, an illustrated catalog to accompany a forthcoming exhibit of the works of these two gay artists. The event … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Cities: Patrick Angus in New York and J. B. Harter in New Orleans — a Panel Discussion for Pride Month
NOAGE Updates & Upcoming Events
May 10, 2022 By Jim Meadows
We've Rebranded! A little over two years ago, everyone at NOAGE was very proud when we became an affiliate (the first and only one in the Deep South) of SAGE, the world's oldest and largest organization devoted to services and advocacy for LGBTQ+ older adults. However, several months ago we were informed that SAGE has made the decision to discontinue their current affiliate … [Read more...] about NOAGE Updates & Upcoming Events
The 2022 Southern Decadence Press Party Highlights
April 25, 2022 By Frank Perez
The 2022 Southern Decadence Press Party was recently held at the Bourbon Pub/Parade. Grand Marshals Rikki Redd and Dany Girl announced this year's theme as "Jazz. Burlesque. Decadent. New Orleans." The official colors are red and gold—red because it's the Grand Marshals' favorite color and gold because this year marks the 50th anniversary of Southern … [Read more...] about The 2022 Southern Decadence Press Party Highlights
2022 Legislative Session Targets LGBTQ+ Rights
The Louisiana Legislature is back in session and as usual, LGBTQ+ rights are under attack. Conservative North Louisiana legislators have filed a number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. The New Orleans delegation in Baton Rouge and Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards are the only lines of defense against the repressive legislation. New Orleans representatives have … [Read more...] about 2022 Legislative Session Targets LGBTQ+ Rights
Wendell Steve Stipelcovich (1940-2022)
April 11, 2022 By Community Contributor
Wendell Steve Stipelcovich passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at the age of 81. He was born on December 26, 1940, in Buras, LA. He was a graduate of Buras High School and furthered his education in general banking from American Institute of Banking and in business administration from Meadows-Draughon Business College. He began his business career at Delta Bank, in Port … [Read more...] about Wendell Steve Stipelcovich (1940-2022)
The 21st Annual Official Gay Easter Parade is ready to roll Easter Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
April 11, 2022 By Tomy Acosta
The 21st Annual Official Gay Easter Parade is scheduled to roll Easter Sunday, April 17th at 5:30pm. The parade will consist of numerous carriages, walking groups and convertibles. The Gay Easter Parade started in 2000 in New Orleans as a fun way to showcase the fashion and creativity of the entire LGBTQ+ community with ladies in gowns or summer suits with … [Read more...] about The 21st Annual Official Gay Easter Parade is ready to roll Easter Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
Under the Gaydar (April 2022 Event Calendar)
April 1, 2022 By Tony Leggio
April is a gorgeous time in New Orleans with so many great things to see and do. One noteworthy event is the Gay Easter Parade and the weekend of events that happen with it like Bunnies in the Big Easy and The Marigny Bunny Hop. Here are just some of the hot happenings in April to put on your "Gaydar." If you want your event listed, send me an email at … [Read more...] about Under the Gaydar (April 2022 Event Calendar)


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Another world 15th anniversary edition
Another World 15th Anniversary Edition". Out of this World". Reviews praised the game's graphics, sound, and gameplay, but criticized its short span. Retrospectively, Kristan Reed of Eurogamer called Another World "one of the most visionary and memorable games of its time. To meet this deadline, Chahi used storyboards to sketch out the rest of the game's plot, balancing the overall pacing of the game.
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Out of This World Collector's Box - It can be played in normal and speed-run modes.
Built from spare polygons, its paper-craft -like animation conjures the world, the creatures and the threat wonderfully. The duo traverse the prison complex, a cave system and a tower structure.
Originally posted by smoke63b:. The idea was influenced by the Star Wars franchise, but annivesrary depth to the gameplay by giving the player more options. That scene had a deep impact on me, and it was at that moment that I first began to consider the potential games had for stirring an emotion like fear in the player.
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It supports five languages: It was released as a limited collector's item in cartridge form, complete with a box and manual published by the association Retro-Gaming Connexion RGC in They also kept the 15th Anniversary Edition in the bonus downloads section, for those who prefer the older one.
Chahi would later add in the plasma ball that increased the available strategy to players. Archived from the original on Reviews praised the game's graphics, sound, and gameplay, but criticized its short span. Chahi worked at the game at a linear pace, developing each section of the game in chronological order and influenced by his own personal feelings and attitude at the time.
New release: Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition
In any given scene, the game provides no clues workd to what the player should do next, features no HUD except for an oxygen bar during the swimming sequences, and no on-screen text; and the characters the player meets speak in unintelligible alien language. Retrospectively, Kristan Reed of Eurogamer called Another World "one of the most visionary and memorable games of its time. Anamon View Profile View Posts.
The protagonist of the game is Lester Knight Chaykin, a young genius physicist. The game's vivid vector graphics were utterly stunning at the time, and the pacing of the heavy, nicely animated platforming naturally melded with taking in the sights of the sublime alien landscape," and adding that "slowly adapting to the snniversary surroundings offered a hard-earned satisfaction and a surprisingly moving story.
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For the virtual reality, see Active Worlds. Uninstallation does not reset the count, so after five installations, the player must purchase a new copy.
AmigaAtari ST Ports: The game's soundtrack was changed again, albeit without any legal troubles, due to Chahi's focus on a new project.
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On the Amiga and older consoles without the ability to save a game, the player can write down an alphanumeric code for these checkpoints and re-enter it when restarting the game later. Chahi has since overseen release of various anniversary releases of the game.
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Another World 15th anniversary edition now on GOG.com
Here's what 15th anniversary looks and sounds like http: The Macintosh features higher resolution than the DOS version, but is otherwise identical. The One for Amiga Games. Chahi had considered changing the game in line with this request but realized "the effort to do this would have been too huge, and some friends who played the game loved it.
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Marina Projects Celebrates 1st Birthday at James Watt Dock
Above: JWD team with Dan McKiernan Operations Director of Marina Projects (far left), Fiona Maguire CEO of Ri (centre) and Andrew Bowman Head of Business Investment and Operations at Ri (far right)
It is one year since Marina Projects took over the running of James Watt Marina (JWD) following the success in securing a long lease of the marina in a process run by Riverside Inverclyde and Peel Ports.
The year has flown by with additional staff appointed, also during the year several events were held for customers including a summer BBQ which was well attended. An additional 40 berths have been added making a total of 170 berths and planning permission for a new marina operations building was granted at the end of December.
Graeme Galbraith Manager of JWD commented:
"It has been a busy year both afloat and ashore and we look forward to welcoming customers old and new next season. The new berths will enable us to offer a wider range of berths in 2018"
Dan McKiernan said:
"It has been a very positive first year of trading at JWD, hosting Superyachts, P1 Powerboats and achieving full marina occupancy. In addition, our own pontoon and facilities building developments are progressing well and we look forward to expanding our offer into next season. Graeme and the team have done a sterling job providing first class service and we all look forward to the next phases of development in 2018 and beyond"
For more information on James Watt Dock please visit: http://www.jameswattdockmarina.co.uk/
Published: 1 February 2018


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"For me the most successful Lunch Lectures were those at which a dialogue between the public and the podium was forged." - Interview with Wanda Wieczorek
At documenta 12 Wanda Wieczorek was responsible for the co-ordination of the documenta 12 Halle and the Lunch Lectures. In this documenta 12 interview, the 29-year-old talks about the concept of the event, her own personal highlights and the unavoidable teething troubles she encountered.
Frau Wieczorek, how did the Lunch Lectures format at documenta 12 come about?
The Lunch Lectures were born from the desire to offer discursive formats at the documenta and to provide a venue for engaging in discussion about art, its mediation and other related questions – a place where the public can become involved and where a public forum is created.
Talking about the Lunch Lectures at documenta 12 automatically leads us on to the individual organisational forms, such as the advisory board, the Magazines and the art mediation programme. What function have the Lunch Lectures served for the individual organisational forms?
The various organisational forms have made an essential contribution towards shaping the exhibition. They articulate our common interest in transporting the documenta into a variety of contexts and engaging in an exchange with local knowledge. These aspects are not immediately apparent at first glance within the exhibition space, but they form an integral part of the exhibition. Integrating the organisational forms into the exhibition and formulating them as a regular component of the exhibition was a key objective of the Lunch Lectures. Having a common format which also succeeds in communicating to the public the nature of the connecting elements of the advisory board, the magazine and the art mediation programme from which a common space is then fashioned.
Why choose lunchtimes to stage this format?
The idea was to stage it during the day, as part of the exhibition's daily routine, and not as something which is confined to the evenings – almost as an appendix, but as something which really belongs to the exhibition. The idea for the name came from Ruth Noack. And the title had such a good ring to it that we just kept using it - although there is neither anything to eat, nor are there exclusively lectures in the strict sense of the word. We have realised a whole host of formats under the title of Lunch Lectures: lectures, discussions, presentations, conversations, Q&A sessions,even several excursions, but in general more dialogue-based rather than frontal formats.
The idea of holding panel discussions and conversations at the documenta is not entirely new. In what respect do the Lunch Lectures differ from similar events at previous documentas?
There is, of course, the precedent of Bazon Brock's visitors' school and other discussion platforms. This was particularly in evidence at documenta 10 with the format "100 days, 100 guests". However, these events were scheduled for the evenings. Leading international theorists were invited to speak at what were properly staged official events. The Lunch Lectures are different in many respects – not because they seek to criticise that, but because we deliberately set out to keep things a little more informal. People can walk in, take a look around and perhaps stay a while or just continue on their way again.
One of the leitmotifs of the exhibition was "What is to be done?" To what extent have the Lunch Lectures contributed to furthering the educational aspects at the documenta?
Well, documenta 12 deliberately set out to conceive of the exhibition as a space suitable for creating and educating a public. On the one hand, of course, this entails providing input. Yet, on the other hand, it is also about creating physical opportunities for the public.
In this context I regard the openness of the format as crucial. From the outset, our objective was to experiment: to introduce a topic, raise questions, involve the public, change direction and take a quite different approach. It is about moments of public education, mutual education, collective educational processes in which the public can bring its own knowledge into play. Therefore, the Lunch Lectures are a format in which the documenta's educational aspiration could be realised and, in my opinion, successfully realised.
This openness also implies being able to thematise current events. A concrete example was the Lunch Lecture on the arrest of the sociologist Dr Andrej Holm.
Correct. And we were of the opinion that this incident not only affects art, it affects science, it affects us all – so we felt obliged to formulate a statement. It was, of course, gratifying that we were able to stage this Lunch Lecture because we possessed an instrument for creating a public forum and dedicating it to an important theme.
What was the visitors' reception to the Lunch Lectures?
It took a while for it to become firmly established in their minds as a regular daily fixture and an integral part of the exhibition. I think it entirely normal for visitors to want to first enter the exhibition in the narrowest sense. One wants to see the objects and the art, one wants to step inside the exhibition rooms. But gradually the public came to accept the Lunch Lectures as part of the exhibition.
And how did the citizens of Kassel respond to the format?
Some of the local citizens regarded the Lunch Lectures as a kind of summer study course; they turned up almost every other day. Consequently, it was also important to grant access to the Hall without needing a ticket, to enable people to participate every day without having to pay. At that moment the objective of the Lunch Lectures was achieved for me.
Are you satisfied with the public response?
At some of the Lunch Lectures, people formed queues stretching right to the back. Sometimes this came as a complete surprise. For example, the lecture by Karl Josef Pazzini on Tseng Yu Chin was a highly interesting event focussing on an albeit very delicate and difficult topic. Yet despite this, the room was filled to bursting.
Of course, there were also the usual crowd-pullers – when well-known artists or the artistic director participated. However, the great thing was that even poorly attended Lunch Lectures proved successful in this respect because the audience then pulled together and concentrated without any loss of quality.
What were your own personal highlights from the 100 Days of Lunch Lectures?
One highlight was undoubtedly the Lunch Lecture featuring the Collective SCRIPTS, which ran for over five hours. This was the reading of the Tribunal transcripts from the Guantanamo detainees in the States. They were translated into German and then read out by people from Kassel. This was a very a special Lunch Lecture at which the open format was used ideally.
Another Lunch Lecture which I enjoyed immensely was the one mentioned above on Paragraph 129a of the German law relating to the "formation of a terrorist organisation" and the arrest of the sociologist Andrej Holm. This concerned the issue of artistic and scientific freedom – something very close to my heart.
I can recall panels of international guests, comprising magazine editors, who, for example, discussed the issue of censorship in the region of South-East Asia, using a variety of languages and formats. Here the translocal approach of documenta 12 was clearly and manifestly realised.
Or take, for example, the excellent Lunch Lectures at which the art mediators reported on their activities and fielded questions from the public. Here many people from the audience expressed their views in a direct and uninhibited manner. This is why I found this form so rewarding - because it quite directly involved the audience.
Are the Lunch Lectures therefore ideally a kind of interface between the public and the exhibition?
For me, the most successful Lunch Lectures were indeed those at which a dialogue between the public and the podium was forged; where this spatial separation was suspended and where one became aware that the audience was articulating its own views and perspectives. Indeed, this represented for me the most successful realisation of our aspiration to utilise the Lunch Lectures to forge a public space.
Were there any negative highlights? Moments in which, looking back, you said, "I would have done that differently today."
I particularly recall the beginning with amusement, when we were all unfamiliar with the new format and made a lot of mistakes. For example, forgetting to give a sign to the guest speakers to stop - which meant they continued talking for hours on end until the audience had all gone home. Or the Lunch Lectures where too many guests were seated on the podium and everyone was talking over everyone else – leaving the audience guessing as to what was going on until the very end. In some ways it still makes me shiver, but I still smile when I recall how unsure of ourselves we were. Towards the end, of course, the Lunch Lectures became far more professional, but I must say that sometimes such uncertainty can hold a great deal of potential, and not a little charm.
Would you recommend a format such as the Lunch Lecture to the makers of documenta 13?
I would do something like it again – a kind of accompanying discursive event, which, however, would be very open and do justice to the whole process. I think it was highly successful and could be repeated any time.
Ms Wieczorek, thank you for the interview.


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The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
The United States has a long history of waging wars for various reasons and purposes. Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times, by Michael Beschloss, examines eight US presidents and the wars they presided – focusing almost solely on the chief executives, and the decisions they and their allies (and opponents) made. The more specific details of the wars are not discussed as the book.
The book goes through eight leaders – Madison, Polk, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Wilson, FDR, Truman, and Johnson – and how each president formed (unintentionally or otherwise) precedents for the future leaders who will also wage their own wars. More than this, the book also places judgment on each leader's methods: how they convinced Congress to declare wars (note that Truman and Johnson did not have war declarations from Congress), how they publicly defended their wars, and how much they sought to bend the laws to achieve their goals.
The way modern presidents justified their wars derived from their predecessors. For one thing the book highlights is the relations between the executive and the legislative branches, of how each president was beset with troubles on convincing their Congresses to back their wars – by hook or by crook. Lies and deception were employed to convince the legislators of the "need" to declare a state of war, and mobilize the people to fight for America.
The resulting verdict for each chief executive may or may not be agreeable to readers. And, at least for me, it was not very straightforward in all cases – the author's judgments are presented at the end of each president's two-chapter narratives, yet when going back to the narratives themselves it's not clear how the author arrived at his conclusions.
Nonetheless, Presidents of War succeeds in illuminating the decisions each president had to make, before, during, and after the conflicts they fought. It's almost never dignified and just – sending people to their deaths, in order to kill other people, hardly qualifies as such – but the wars discussed here are integral to understanding America and its inner workings. To dismiss such wars simply on the basis of them being on the "wrong" side of the good-and-evil duality risks viewing US history and foreign policy in an overly simplistic manner. And the best way to address the dilemmas of waging wars is to understand how and why the presidents of the past fought theirs.