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Is Plus Size Barbie a Good Representation of Larger Women?
Barbie has been around for decades but she has barely changed at all, only adding new clothing and new careers to her repertoire. But a mock up image of a plus size Barbie along side the traditional Barbie has sparked a flurry of debate online. A whole host of articles have been written about Barbie's strange proportions and how she wouldn't even be able to hold her head up if she was a real woman. But hey...it looks good on a doll. The facebook group, Plus Size Modeling, added the post in mid December with the attached question, "Should toy companies start making plus sized Barbie dolls? In all honesty, we want to know..." Since it was uploaded the picture went viral and was the recipient of most negative comments from many who felt that the doll was an inaccurate representation of curvy women. Many users commented that the plus size doll was still promoting poor health and eating habits...just like her "traditional" counterpart. Melissa Audet added: 'I hope she comes with a blood pressure cuff to show young girls that how many chins she has is not what's important but the health issues that could come along with being this size.' The doll's chins,strangely, were the source of most of the ridicule. Most of the commenters believed that there should be a middle ground...a body type that was healthy and attainable for the majority of women instead of promoting all kinds of eating disorders. 'Why not have a realistically proportioned Barbie that promotes healthy diet and exercise?' Michelle Ashford suggested, while Bec Bailey wrote: 'Not plus size but definitely healthy weight. A size 12-14 girl would be a great image. Too low or too high a BMI promotes unhealthy living.' The image was produced by Worth1000.com rather than Barbie's manufacturer, Mattel, and so if the company was to consider a plus-size Barbie, it might look very different. The doll above was created by Artist Nickolay Lamm, 24, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, based on CDC measurements of the average 19-year-old woman, and photographed it alongside a traditional Barbie doll. His research indicated that if Barbie were a real woman she would weight 110 pounds and have a BMI of 16.24 which fits the criteria for anorexia. And although most of the commenters on the post by Plus Sized Modeling believed a middle ground should be struck...what is that middle ground? Is there any way to create a doll that truly represents a healthy body? What about those naturally skinny tall girls or the ones out on the soccer field that aren't tall and have muscular bodies? Is there anyway for a doll to really and truly be representative of the girls that play with her?
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Name U-747
Ordered 25 August 1941
Builder Schichau-Werke, Danzig
Yard number 1557
Laid down 19 August 1942
Launched 13 May 1943
Commissioned 17 July 1943
Fate Scuttled, 5 May 1945 Hamburg-Finkenwerder
Class and type Type VIIC submarine
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced
871 t (857 long tons) submerged
67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a
50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power
2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels)
750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced
7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth
Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
14 × torpedoes
1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)
2 × twin 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft guns
German submarine U-747 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 19 August 1942 by Schichau-Werke of Danzig. She was commissioned on 17 July 1943 with Cdr. Rigoli in command.
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-747 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged.[1] She had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), a beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).[1]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).[1] When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-747 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and two twin 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.[1]
^ a b c d Gröner 1991, pp. 43–46.
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-747". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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List of U-boats of Germany
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945
1 Apr: Awa Maru
2 Apr: CD-186, USS Dickerson, U-321
3 Apr: Brummer, USS S-16, U-1221, U-2542, U-3505, T111
4 Apr: USS Dickerson, U-237, U-749, U-3003
5 Apr: U-242, USS S-17
6 Apr: Amatsukaze, USS Bush, USS Colhoun, USS Leutze, USS Morris, USS Newcomb, USS Witter, SS Hobbs Victory, SS Logan Victory
7 Apr: Asashimo, Hamakaze, Isokaze, Isuzu, Kasumi, USS LST-447, Oldenburg, USS PGM-18, U-1195, Yahagi, Yamato
8 Apr: U-774, U-1001
9 Apr: Admiral Scheer, Ro-56, U-677, U-747, U-804, U-843, U-982, U-1065, U-2509, U-2514, U-3512, U-2516
10 Apr: U-878, Weser
12 Apr: USS Mannert L. Abele, Ro-64, U-486
13 Apr: U-1024,SS Karlsruhe
14 Apr: Belgian Airman, U-235, U-1206
15 Apr: U-103, U-285, U-1063, U-1235
16 Apr: HMCS Esquimalt, Lützow, USS Pringle, U-78, U-880, U-1274
17 Apr: Goya
19 Apr: Aquila, U-251, U-548, U-879
21 Apr: U-636
22 Apr: USS Swallow, U-518
23 Apr: USS Eagle Boat 56, U-183
24 Apr: USS Frederick C. Davis, U-108, U-546
25 Apr: Graf Zeppelin, Ro-109, TA 32, U-326
27 Apr: Canada Victory, TA 34
28 Apr: CH-17, U-56
29 Apr: I-44, U-56, U-286, U-307, U-1017
30 Apr: HMS Goodall, TA 43, U-879, U-1107
Unknown date: I-56, Ro-46, Ro-49, USS Snook, U-246, U-325, U-396, U-398, U-548, U-857, U-1055
Other incidents
2 Apr: USS Dickerson
5 Apr: USS Thornton
6 Apr: USS Defense, USS Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman
11 Apr: I-401
12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024. USS Zellars
14 Apr: USS Sigsbee
15 Apr: HMS Ekins, USS Laffey
16 Apr: USS Bryant, Goya, USS Harding
19 Apr: USS Tolman
27 Apr: HMS Redmill
30 Apr: U-3525
March 1945 May 1945
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1945
1 May: Argo, TA 43, U-3006, U-3009
2 May: Admiral Hipper, USS Thornton, U-8, U-14, U-60, U-61, U-62, U-71, U-72, U-120, U-121, U-137, U-139, U-140, U-141, U-142, U-146, U-148, U-151, U-152, U-316, U-552, U-554, U-612, U-717, U-929, U-1007, U-1308, U-2327, U-2359, U-2510, U-2526, U-2527, U-2528, U-2531, U-3002, U-3016, U-3018, U-3019, U-3020, U-3021, U-3504, U-3516, U-3517, U-3521, U-3522
3 May: Arcona, Cap Arcona, Deutschland, Emden, USS Lagarto, USS Little, USS LSM(R)-195, Medusa, Nordland, Schlesien, Thielbek, UA, UB, UD-1, UD-2, UD-3, UD-4, U-48, U-52, U-57, U-58, U-59, U-101, U-328, U-339, U-428, U-446, U-475, U-560, U-704, U-708, U-747, U-748, U-795, U-822, U-828, U-876, U-903, U-922, U-924, U-958, U-1166, U-1170, U-1192, U-1196, U-1201, U-1205, U-1210, U-1227, U-1275, U-2330, U-2332, U-2355, U-2371, U-2501, U-2503, U-2504, U-2508, U-2512, U-2519, U-2520, U-2521, U-2524, U-2533, U-2534, U-2535, U-2536, U-2539, U-2543, U-2545, U-2546, U-2548, U-2552, U-3001, U-3005, U-3010, U-3011, U-3012, U-3013, U-3014, U-3023, U-3024, U-3025, U-3026, U-3027, U-3028, U-3029, U-3031, U-3032, U-3037, U-3038, U-3039, U-3040, U-3507, U-3509, U-3511, U-3513, U-3518, U-3525, U-3530, U-4705, U-4712, Z43
4 May: USS LSM(R)-190, USS LSM(R)-194, USS Luce, USS Morrison, Orion, USS PGM-17, U-30, U-46, U-267, U-393, U-711, U-721, U-792, U-793, U-904, U-1132, U-1161, U-1168, U-1303, U-1304, U-2338, U-2540, U-3033, U-3034, U-4709, U-4711
5 May: T36, U-17, U-38, U-236, U-290, U-349, U-351, U-370, U-397, U-534, U-579, U-733, U-746, U-750, U-794, U-827, U-999, U-1008, U-1016, U-1025, U-1056, U-1162, U-1193, U-1204, U-1207, U-1223, U-1234, U-1306, U-1405, U-2333, U-2339, U-2343, U-2346, U-2347, U-2349, U-2352, U-2357, U-2358, U-2360, U-2362, U-2364, U-2366, U-2367, U-2368, U-2369, U-2507, U-2517, U-2522, U-2525, U-2541, U-2544, U-2551, U-3015, U-3022, U-3044, U-3501, U-3510, U-3524, U-3526, U-3527, U-3528, U-3529, U-4701, U-4702, U-4703, U-4704, U-4707, U-4710
6 May: U-853, U-881, U-3523
7 May: Avondale Park, Sneland I, U-1407
8 May: U-37, U-320, U-382, U-2365, U-2538, U-3030, U-3503
16 May: Haguro, Hatsutaka, U-287
18 May: USS Longshaw
20 May: U-963
24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979
25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135
28 May: USS Drexler
29 May: Tenryo Maru
31 May: I-361, Uzbekistan
3 May: USS Aaron Ward
4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon
5 May: I-55
9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender
11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley
19 May: HMS Terrapin
20 May: USS Chase, USS Thatcher
25 May: USS Barry, USS Spectacle, William B. Allison
26 May: USS PC-1603
29 May: USS Shubrick
31 May: Hebrides
Unknown date: Nymphe, U-1197
April 1945 June 1945
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World War II submarines of Germany
Ships built in Danzig
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Maritime incidents in April 1945
Maritime incidents in May 1945
U-boats scuttled in 1945
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Corduroy Utd. var en svensk musikgrupp från Stockholm som var verksamma mellan 2001 och 2005.

Bandet startade som ett soloprojekt av sångaren Gustav Florin Ågren under 2001. Han fick pianolektioner av Helena Söderman i bandet Edson, och när hon fick reda på att Ågren även skrev låtar blev hon intresserad av att höra hans material. Hon blev imponerad av vad hon hörde och vidarebefordrade därför materialet till dåvarande Summersound Recordings som sedermera blev skivbolaget Labrador.

Detta kom att bli grunden för bandets debut-EP Behind My Back som släpptes 2002. Ågren hade då samlat ett antal medlemmar till ett riktigt band, och han fick även hjälp av medlemmarna i Edson med bland annat produktion och stråkarrangemang. Debuten präglades av en rätt mjuk framtoning, "mespop" enligt vissa, men med tiden utvecklades soundet åt soul- och punkhållet. Detta hörs tydligt på Oh Eira (2004), det första och enda album bandet släppte.

Debutalbumet fick relativt lite uppmärksamhet i Sverige, framför på grund av bristande marknadsföring från skivbolagets håll. Trots detta fanns ett stort intresse för Corduroy Utd. i bland annat Tyskland, vilket ledde till att bandet åkte dit för ett antal spelningar under 2004. Utöver detta genomförde de även en serie spelningar i Sverige.

Samtliga medlemmar har sedan bandets upplösning spelat i flera andra konstellationer.

Medlemmar vid bandets upplösning
 Justus Björk, trummor
 Leo Nathorst-Böös, bas
 Sam Carlshamre, trombon och gitarr
 Markus Magnuson, orgel och gitarr
 Johan Ring, gitarr
 Sandra Valenca, trumpet
 Gustav Ågren, sång

Tidigare medlemmar
Alexander Salzberger, stämsång och tamburin
 Anna Åkerblom, gitarr
 Anne Wibble, näsflöjt och maracas
 Jenny Cullemo, stämsång och melodika

Diskografi

Album
 2004 Oh Eira

EP
 2002 Behind My Back

Singlar
 2004 Daddy's Boy

Externa länkar
 Corduroy Utd.

Svenska musikgrupper

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Manchester's tiniest tapas bar has found a new home in the Northern Quarter
We popped down for a first look at Abeja's Northern Quarter menu ahead of its opening on Thursday
Georgina Pellant - 10th August 2022
Since closing its doors at Hatch last year, Manchester's tiniest tapas bar has been almost constantly on the move.
Chef-owner Ana has busied herself hosting kitchen pop-ups in Stretford and Sale Food Halls and at The Chorlton Green, but now she's found a new home in the Northern Quarter whilst she keeps working on her own bar in Chorlton.
As of Thursday, 11 August, the scientist-turned-chef will officially take over the kitchen at Alvarium from Lazy Tony's Lasagneria with her Abeja concept.
Ana is known for serving inventive and unusual southern Spanish dishes like "berenjenas fritas" (aubergine fries with molasses), which we can confirm will be making a return to the menu alongside other recipes passed down to her through generations.
Abeja has found a new home. Credit: The Manc Group
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You'll also find painstakingly-sourced plates of charcuterie and cheese and tapas staples like Spanish tortilla and patatas bravas, the latter of which is available three ways as part of a £9 lunch deal between the hours of 12 and 4pm.
Elsewhere on the menu are a range of sourdough tostas made using Holy Grain bread, Iberico pork tenderloin pinchos, fat shell-on prawns and homemade croquetas, with sweets like chocolate churros and a Spanish almond torta to finish.
Food and drinks at Abeja in the Northern Quarter. Credit: The Manc Group
When the team announced plans to close their Hatch site in January this year, they wrote on social media that it had been 'an incredible journey […] despite opening a few months before Covid'.
Having begun the business with zero experience in the hospitality industry (Villegas left a twenty-year career as a research scientist to open Abeja), it was with heavy hearts that they decided it was time to move on from Hatch.
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However things are definitely on the up for the kitchen, with Ana confirming that they are going to be busy working away at a new permanent site whilst running the Alvarium kitchen.
She told The Manc: "While we keep working on our own bar in Chorlton, we are really excited about this new venture in the Northern Quarter.
"It's a great opportunity to work alongside Alvarium and want to make our home here for the long haul. Even the name it's the perfect match for Abeja, as it stands for Beehive in Latin."
Abeja is open at Alvarium from X to X between the hours of X. Find them in the Northern Quarter just off Tib Street.
Feature image – The Manc Eats
'A step too far': Manchester clothing brand accuses Primark of ripping off its designs
Georgina Pellant
A Manchester clothing brand has accused Primark of ripping off its designs, taking to social media to air its frustration after the high street shop released a copycat hoodie.
In a now-deleted Instagram video, local clothing retailer Hikerdelic compared a Primark 'Explore Nature' kid's hoodie to one of its original designs and then highlighted how both the logos and overall aesthetic are nearly identical.
Hikerdelic's logo features its brand name set into a grassy hill, below a pink and yellow sun with rays stretching outwards.
Primark's design also features wording set into a grassy hill below a beaming sun, albeit this time the message reads 'Explore Nature' and the colour scheme is ever so slightly different using purple and coral instead of pink and yellow.
Hikerdelic's original logo (left) and the Primark veresion (right). / Image: Hikerdelic
Hikerdelic was first founded by Proper Magazine's Mark Smith and Neil Summers in Stockport five years ago, and the logo in question is of sentimental value – being the first that the team ever designed in partnership with artist Daren Newman.
Taking to Instagram to vent over the similarities, the caption underneath the Ancoats-based brand's video read: "We've been sitting on this for a while. From time to time we find stuff out there similar to ours, but usually it's just a case of people being influenced by similar things. It's hard to be 100% original.
"This though, from a corporate behemoth we're all familiar with, is a step too far, in our opinion. We'd be tempted to turn the other cheek and get on with doing our thing normally.
"Sometimes though, when someone kicks sand in your face you've got to let them know it's not really on. At the end of the day it's a business that makes hundreds of millions a year in clear profit. They don't need to step on toes."
The post continued: "This was the first logo we worked with @daren_newman on, and although we've got plenty more in our armoury, it's the one that we began with. It's not just us who are affected but talented independent illustrators too."
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Speaking to The Manc, Mark Smith added: "We're a really small team and we work hard to make stuff we believe in.
"When someone brought this to our attention a couple of months ago we went to look for ourselves in the Manchester store and saw the item up close.
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"We all know everything new is inspired by something that has gone before and it can be difficult to stay original, however it's clear to see this is something different to that and the response on our Instagram has backed that up."
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Plans revealed to build Manchester's tallest skyscraper – with 71st-floor restaurant
Plans have been revealed for a cluster of new skyscrapers in Manchester city centre, including one tower that would become the city's tallest building.
Property developer Renaker, which was behind the huge Deansgate Square neighbourhood that transformed the city skyline, shared its proposals for the next phase of the Great Jackson Street Development.
The five new towers would bring 2,388 new homes to Manchester city centre, in an area that was previously used as surface car parks.
If approved, 'The Lighthouse' would stand at 71 storeys tall, overtaking Deansgate Square's South Tower (64 storeys) to become Manchester's tallest skyscraper.
It would also be the tallest building in the UK outside of London.
Deansgate Square. Credit: The Manc Group
The new proposed public square. Credit: Renaker
The new skyscrapers would spring up around Deansgate Square in Manchester city centre
The proposals have put forward the idea of having a restaurant on the top floor of The Lighthouse, which would be the city's highest food and drink establishment by a long way (the current record belongs to 20 Stories).
The other four towers would stand in the corners of a newly-created public square, and Renaker plans to build two of them at 51 storeys and two at
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The other four towers would stand in the corners of a newly-created public square, and Renaker plans to build two of them at 51 storeys and two at 47 storeys.
Already under construction in the same area is Blade, a premium residential tower promising amazing views, and Three60, a distinctive cylindrical skyscraper.
Public consultation is live until 20 February – you can find out more and give feedback here.
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Husalah x Blanco :: Tortoise and the Hare
Matt Jost July 22, 2014
EPReview
Just when you thought rap music had scavenged every possible field of inspiration, the West Coast delivers two collaborative projects whose titles evoke classic Greek fables. Earlier this year, The Grouch and Eligh released a trilogy titled "The Tortoise and the Crow," now Husalah and Blanco arrive with "Tortoise and the Hare." If we take both duos literally, the gangster couple of Husalah and Blanco actually comes across more literate than underground wordsmiths Grouch and Eligh because while 'The Tortoise and the Hare' is indeed a famous fable, G&E seem to have it mixed up with 'The Fox and the Crow.' Hus and Blanco's literacy doesn't end there as each song on their EP is named after an Aesop's fable.
As we know by now, highbrow packaging is part of Blanco's hustle. The content is often less classical. Once more he hooks up with a bigger name, a wise decision given his limited lyrical and vocal capabilities. But while Husalah is an insightful and passionate street talker ("If I ever gave A fuck I'd B fucked / So in order to C the G's I move the D, then I re-up / to the alphabet"), the true stars of the show here aren't the two headliners. Atlanta's DJ Burn One gives a lesson in modern beatmaking, constructing stripped down yet melodically rich tracks, resulting in airy but still potent production. Opener "The Fox Without a Tail" relies on a familiar spheric sample, but the remaining tracks come across as carefully layered, original compositions.
The second track is also where Kokane gets on board. The erstwhile G-Funkateer lends his unique crooning to six out of seven tracks, and it's regularly his performance that gives the songs their particular edge, whether is a Clintonesque performance on the trippy "Grief and His Due" or a bluesy translation of the "pusherman" theme on "The Butcher and His Customers." He even manages to conjure up famous rock frontmen such as Jack White and Chris Martin with "The Cat and the Mice" and "The Kingdom of the Lion," respectively. In short, although the release isn't officially billed to him, "Tortoise and the Hare" fits snugly into the fragmentary but continuing Kokane discography, and the frequent guitar work from Nate Heller even harkens back to the days of "Addictive Hip Hop Muzick."
Engulfed by a meditative and melancholic mood, the EP is also another addition to the Blanco/Jacka collaboration universe. Husalah's fellow Mob Figaz alumnus guests on three songs, and "Jupiter and the Monkey" could easily have been on "Futuristic Mob," his project with Dubble-OO from last year. "Tortoise and the Hare"'s weak link is, not quite unexpectedly, Blanco's cartoonish rapping. Still he can certainly take some credit for another release in a special setting, plus he's not afraid of making fun of himself because it's obvious who the 'tortoise' is supposed to be in this scenario (notwithstanding the outcome of the race). While it may not be the cleverly allegorical and highly referential effort that takes us back to a point in the classical period over 2500 years ago, the rappers at least allow themselves to be inspired by the titles of these ancient fables ("The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" signfies paranoia, "Grief and His Due" pain, etc.). Whether you see this as a success or a failure depends on your expectations of rap, but remember that one can never be too sure about having the last laugh.
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Our fireplace makes me twitchy.
I could no longer handle the 1980's slate/rock.
I could no longer handle the orange. Especially since we had the walls painted this lovely blue on Tuesday.
So, I googled, I pinterested and I stalked my friends blogs.
You will need rags, paper towel, paint brush.
I wanted to keep the grey border around the rocks so it was very important to have a wet rag to sop up the drips. The paint is runny and it sprays, so be prepared to clean up while you paint. At times I would stress out about the paint job and then lightly brush the painted rock with a paper towel to give it the look that I wanted. The first few rocks, I was sure this was a terrible mistake. But, once I took a step back and looked again, I was cool with the look.
I am so happy. And it took under 2 hours to do.
Now what colour should I paint the mantle?
Disclaimer: I have never ever posted a DIY on Mommy's Weird EVER. This just feels wrong. But, I am so damn proud I just had to share! I wouldn't expect more of these. But, sometimes I cook wonderful things. Click on these Weird Recipes.
Thanks. You were my inspiration.
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Akasa Air Begins Service From Hyderabad
The Technical Features Taking The Boeing 777X To The Next Level
Published on 25 ledna 2023
Airline News,
Akasa Air,
indian airlines,
Indian Aviation
Indian low-cost carrier Akasa Air started flying to and from its 13th destination, Hyderabad, on January 25th. The airline welcomed the city to its network earlier this month and now connects it with Bengaluru and Goa. Hyderabad is one of many cities recently added to Akasa's network map, which has been progressively expanding since the airline's launch in August last year.
Hello, Hyderabad!
Akasa Air has begun flying to the South Indian state of Telangana, launching flights from its capital city Hyderabad (HYD). On January 25th, it started connecting the city with daily flights to Bengaluru (BLR) and Goa (GOX), with its first flight QP1415 from Bengaluru to Hyderabad landing at 11:24.
Photo: Akasa Air
From February 15th, two additional Hyderabad-Bengaluru frequencies will be added, taking the daily departures from Hyderabad to four. Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder, and Chief Commercial Officer, Akasa Air, commented,
"Commencing operations from Hyderabad, our 13th destination with daily flights to Goa and Bengaluru further strengthens our presence in southern India. A hub for major industries, the city is not only the perfect gateway to the growing demand for business but is also a popular destination for leisure travel. We are pleased with the pace at which we are growing and connecting cities across India."
This comes soon after Akasa began flying to Goa's Manohar International Airport (GOX). After Mumbai (BOM) and Pune (PNQ), Goa is the third city in the western part of India to be added to the airline's network.
Akasa's schedule out of Hyderabad currently looks like this:
Flt. Number
From City (Airport)
To City (Airport)
Operating Days
Non-stop/Connecting
Commencing on
QP 1415
Amid all the new flights, Akasa is also mindful of its product offering to distinguish itself from the competition. To mark Makar Sankranti, a Hindu harvest festival that is celebrated in mid-January annually, Akasa launched new items on its menu list, such as Rajwadi Khichdi (made of rice, lentils, and vegetables) and sesame-flavored pan-fried potatoes accompanied with Peanut Chikki (peanuts with jaggery).
It has also introduced its in-flight safety manual in Braille for people with visual impairments and offers it in two languages: English and Hindi.
In less than six months since its launch, Akasa already operates over 550 weekly flights to major Indian cities such as Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Lucknow, Goa, and Hyderabad.
What are your views on this? Please leave a comment below.


I study connection and disconnection. How people, organisations, evidence and theories connect, set boundaries, complement each other, resolve contradictions, and come together – or not. The fields vary – psychology, philosophy, health services research, end of life care, health research methodology, health information technology studies.
My current studies are in end of life care. One is a realist review on palliative and end of life care interventions in the community. The other is on patient data sharing.
I returned to applied health research after a PhD in the philosophy of science (with Prof. John Dupré and Prof. Susan Kelly). It explored 'transformations of evidence' in research synthesis studies. Such studies bring together evidence from multiple sources so as to reach more solid, trustworthy conclusions. The exemplar research synthesis method is the systematic review, which is the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. At least in theory, it should also be the cornerstone of the healthcare we receive.
Understandably, we want such a cornerstone to be truly reliable. It is not. "Bringing evidence together" is a much more complex task than it may appear at first sight. My PhD was about this complexity and what it means for our trust in research synthesis.
As a junior pre-PhD researcher, I worked at the intersection between medicine and philosophy and on evaluation studies in primary care.
The project I have only just started is of two realist reviews: on community services in palliative and end of life care and on complicated grief. I am also completing the "Prepared to Share?" study, which is about sharing patient data in complex conditions, advanced and progressive disease, and /or at the end of life.
psychotherapy, and in particular writing as a technique in psychotherapy.
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Petrova M (2014) (Mis)trusting Health Research Synthesis Studies: Exploring Transformations of 'Evidence'. PhD thesis. University of Exeter, UK.
Petrova M, Sutcliffe P, Fulford K W M (Bill) and Dale J (2012) Search terms and a validated brief search filter to retrieve publications on health-related values in Medline: a word frequency analysis study. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19 (3): 479-488.
Petrova M, Sutcliffe P, Fulford K W M (Bill) and Dale J (2012) VaST (Values Search Tools): A manual for searching electronic databases for publications on health-related values. Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK.
Petrova M, Vail L, Bosley S and Dale J (2010) Benefits and Challenges of Employing Health Care Assistants in General Practice. Family Practice, 27(3): 303-311.
Petrova M, Dale J, Munday D, Koistinen J, Agarwal S and Lall R (2010) The role and impact of facilitators in primary care: findings from the implementation of the Gold Standards Framework for palliative care. Family Practice, 27 (1): 38-47.
Munday D, Petrova M and Dale J (2009) Exploring preferences for place of death with terminally ill patients. British Medical Journal, 339: b2391.
Dale J, Petrova M, Munday D, Koistinen-Harris J, Lall R and Thomas K (2009) 'A national facilitation project to improve primary palliative care: the impact of the Gold Standards Framework on process and self-ratings of quality'. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 18 (3): 174-180.
Petrova M, Dale J, Fulford K W M (Bill). 'Values-based practice in primary care: easing the tensions between individual values, ethical principles and best evidence'. British Journal of General Practice, 2006; 56 (530): 703-709.
On academic job insecurity and the ultimate tenure. Nature Jobs, Mar 2017.
Thank you for your interest in my webpage and projects! Please get in touch if we have shared interests we can discuss or collaborate on: mp686@medschl.cam.ac.uk.


These are the lectures for the UC-Davis ERP Boot Camp. We make them available for use by researchers and educators. All slides © S. J. Luck, except as indicated in the notes sections of individual slides. Slides may be used for nonprofit educational purposes if this copyright notice is included, except as noted. Permission must be obtained from the copyright holder(s) for any other use. Last updated 7/23/2015.
1. Intro to ERPs: What are ERPs and What are They Good For?
History of ERP Research; Basics of Electricity and Neuroscience; Generation of ERPs in the Brain; What are ERPs Good For?


During the 1500s, the Spanish Crown established encomiendas for conquistadors and other colonists in North America. These included formal grants of land (B) from which grantees were able to demand goods from native peoples (C) and force them to work on farms or in mines (A). The economiendas also created opportunities to spread the Christian faith among native peoples (D). They invested power in individual landholders rather than joint-stock companies (E), which were more characteristic of English settlements in the 1600s.


This sweater inspires comfort and style by marrying two knits and their textures. The grey hues get together and end up together in a distinguish look that will still bring you comfort on the cold days of winter with its wrapping collar.
Length: 30'', 76.4 cm (S).


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03 May 17 - 02 May 18
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is playing a full role in Mental Health Awareness Week between 8 and 14 May.
There will be a series of Wellbeing Days in Essex featuring stalls hosted by local charities and services. They will be at Harlow College (Velizy Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3EZ) on Tuesday 9 May; Firstsite (Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH) on Wednesday 10 May, and Anglia Ruskin University (Lord Ashcroft Building, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ) on Thursday 11 May. For each event doors will be open to the public from 10am till 3pm.
The events are being organised by Health in Mind in partnership with Mid and North Essex Mind (Colchester); Health in Mind (Mid Essex Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) in partnership with Mid and North Essex Mind and the Centre Supporting Voluntary Action (Chelmsford), Healthy Minds (West Essex Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) in partnership with Mind in West Essex (Harlow).
The Wellbeing Service will, alongside charity Mind, be running workplace sessions at GlaxoSmithKline at Stevenage during their lunch hour. This will include a presentation and an interactive activity which will focus on general mental health awareness in the workplace and information about the Wellbeing Service and Mind.
There will also be stalls manned by the Wellbeing Service at Hemel Job Centre, Watford General Hospital, St Albans City and District Council and Stevenage town centre.
The service is also attending two other events on Saturday 13 May - HealthFest in Welwyn Garden City, organised by Welwyn Hatfield Alliance, and the Bump, Baby and Beyond Fair at North Hertfordshire College, organised by charity NCT.
MHAW is a national event supported by the Mental Health Foundation. Read more about it here.


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TNC's Priorities
Global Priorities
Conservation Gateway » TNC's Priorities » Global Priorities
Within each Global Solution, our Global Priorities pursue specific strategies linked to our place-based work that achieve significant gains for nature and people-on-the-ground, in policy and corporate practices, and in building support for conservation. These Global Priorities represent the best opportunities for the Conservancy to make the greatest global impact for our mission in the years ahead and will be our highest priority for investment of our discretionary and global level resources.
Conservation Landscapes
As world population increases and as competition for food, water, energy and other resources escalates, development pressure on large and relatively intact natural areas will increase. Maintaining healthy and resilient natural ecosystems must be seen by governments, corporate leaders and local communities to be important for both people and nature.
We will lead comprehensive, integrated campaigns, in partnership with others, to conserve more than a dozen of the world's most important landscapes for people and nature. We will aim for big gains in conservation of critical ecosystems and working lands in partnership with local communities. We will deploy our full toolkit including conservation "deal" expertise, our work with indigenous peoples and sustainable development strategies.
Initial places: China; Mongolia; Australia; Eastern Africa; Amazon; Patagonia; and in North America: Central Appalachian Mountains, Crown of the Continent, Everglades, Central Great Plains Grasslands, Hawaiian Islands Ecosystems, Longleaf Pine Forests, Mojave Desert Ecoregion, and North American Boreal Forest. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Conserving Critical Lands.
Climate and Hazard Risk Reduction
Natural solutions can help us prevent and manage impacts to human and natural communities at great risk from natural hazards (e.g., droughts, storm surge, and floods), further exacerbated by climate change.
The Nature Conservancy will focus its science, tools, and field projects initially on marine/coastal and freshwater vulnerability to harness strong experience/expertise and current opportunities.
Places associated with this priority include the Gulf of Mexico, coastal New England in the United States, the desert Southwest of the United States, the island nations of the Grenadine Bank, the Solomon Islands, and other threatened coastal and freshwater systems in Latin America, Africa and Asia. This priority provides solutions to address two global challenges: Reducing Impacts of Climate Change as well as Restoring Our Oceans.
Expanding Nature's Constituency
By all measures, the number of people who support or participate in nature conservation is small. Research, however, shows that growing segments of the world's population are concerned about issues related to their natural environment—from water quality and security to the effects of air pollution and a changing climate. There is a tremendous need and opportunity to engage and unite people around the world to become more active supporters of and advocates for the conservation of nature.
To build that constituency, we will engage broad audiences in major markets both inside and outside the U.S., expand youth education programs to cultivate the next generation of conservationists, create mechanisms to expand and promote volunteerism, establish urban conservation initiatives and launch All Hands on Earth, a marketing campaign to unite people through their shared interests in nature and create opportunities for greater involvement and action. These efforts necessitate the cultivation of an enhanced cadre of partner institutions to bring new expertise and help shoulder the responsibility of an expanded scope of work.
Initial Places: United States; Australia; China/Hong Kong; Brazil. This priority provides solutions to that relate to all four global challenges.
Forests and Climate
The Nature Conservancy's efforts are focused on implementing large-scale examples of sustainable economic development that promote job creation and opportunity, but with substantially lower impact on forest resources.
We will draw from these models to support a broader group of countries in building national programs and to dramatically expand the political commitment, funding, and effectiveness of forest conservation globally.
Places associated with this priority include Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and China. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Reducing Impacts of Climate Change.
Global Agriculture
The Nature Conservancy will implement a sustainable intensification approach, focusing on raising yields through a range of approaches, such as precision agriculture, best management practices and new technologies, while maintaining environmental quality.
The Conservancy is particularly concerned with hypoxia, where nutrient run-off is a key contributor to biodiversity loss, and to habitat conversion linked to agriculture, especially in the tropics. Conservation strategies will also consider yield and production increases, given agriculture's central role to human well-being, especially in rural areas, and the need to double global food supply by 2100.
Key areas for this strategy are the Mississippi valley, the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake, the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and China. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Conserving Critical Lands.
Great Rivers Partnership
Through the Great Rivers Partnership, The Nature Conservancy brings together diverse partners and builds experience and scientific knowledge through successful conservation projects that advance integrated river management strategies along some of the world's most important rivers – from the Mississippi River to China's Yangtze River and Colombia's Magdalena River. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Securing Fresh Water.
Indigenous and Communal Conservation
There are more than 370 million Indigenous and tribal peoples worldwide, most of them living in places of significant value to biodiversity as well as human and environmental security. They depend on their environments for livelihoods, culture, food, clothing, medicine and shelter. Their habitats also are key to their traditional knowledge, spiritual practices, language preservation and governance. In recent decades, inappropriate development and conservation policies have violated their economic, social and cultural rights, with decisions about lands, waters and natural resources and climate change often made without the adequate representation or participation of Indigenous peoples. They face the loss and degradation of their land and resources as a result of dispossession, and lack of access to, or control of, their natural resources.
In addition, the consequences of ecosystem changes have implications for the use, protection and management of wildlife, fisheries and forests, affecting the customary uses of culturally and economically important species and resources. To Indigenous peoples, many consider climate change a threat to their livelihoods as they are concerned their economy and resource use will be threatened, followed by an erosion of social life, traditional knowledge, cultures, health and overall well-being. Hence, to indigenous peoples climate change is not only an environmental issue but also a human rights issue.
Through this priority, the Conservancy will work with Indigenous peoples to help them achieve their conservation and development priorities and by extension, assist them in securing and advancing their human rights. The Conservancy has long worked with Indigenous and tribal peoples from the Amazon to Great Bear to Northern Australia, providing resources and tools to help them to sustainably manage their own lands and resources.
We also recognize that we must integrate this knowledge across the Conservancy, sharing best practices from within and outside of the organization, building the capacity of our programs to work with Indigenous peoples, and, ultimately, transforming our practices and programs. By doing so, we can help change the prevailing negative narrative about conservation and its benefits to Indigenous people to one in which conservation and Indigenous rights and well-being go hand-in-hand.
In addition to advancing our internal practices, conserving large Indigenous-owned and communally-managed natural resources also will require improving national and international government policies, as well as changing corporate practices and building civil society partnerships. TNC's board-approved Conservation Initiative on Human Rights, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, The Durban Action Plan from the 5th IUCN World Parks Congress (especially outcome 5, "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Mobile peoples and Local Communities, Recognized and Guaranteed in Relation to Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation"), and other key international and regional human rights instruments and internationally accepted best practices will guide our work. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Conserving Critical Lands.
Ocean Solutions
We are turning to the ocean more than ever for food, energy, jobs, new medicines and recreation. But even the sea has limits. We believe that oceans must be managed for multiple objectives and uses. By planning for conservation and development — not just protecting certain marine species or managing fishing quotas — we can conserve and restore the ocean, reduce conflicts and enable sustainable resource use and development. The Nature Conservancy is advancing integrated ocean management strategies in some of the world's most important seascapes by bringing diverse partners together around the needs of fishing, recreation, energy and other important industries. Together, we are finding solutions for managing our busy seas while doing the least harm to marine life, protecting areas of the ocean from destruction and development, and restoring already degraded habitats. Places associated with this priority include the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of the United States, the Coral Triangle, Micronesia, Caribbean, the Gulf of California, and the Humboldt Current of Peru and Chile. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Restoring Our Oceans.
The Oceans Solution strategy is still under development but will advance the Ocean "Challenges" and other opportunities to establish Integrated Ocean Management at a large scale. This strategy will strive to sustain biodiversity, provide the full suite of ecosystem services upon which people depend, and accommodate new ocean uses in any seascape or large ocean area.
Major focus areas will include MPAs and MSP, while recognizing that additional strategies, including sustainable finance and protection/restoration of reefs and other critical coastal ecosystems, are also needed.
Securing Water
The Nature Conservancy is helping cities, agriculture and corporations understand where their water comes from and why conservation of their water resources is critical to a secure future for their citizens and customers. By helping these water users understand how they can make smart investments in protecting their water supplies, the Conservancy can help ensure that freshwater systems receive adequate protection and conservation. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Securing Fresh Water.
Smart Infrastructure and Development
The Nature Conservancy's approach to Smart Infrastructure and Resource Development enables companies, governments and communities to make better decisions about where development could occur—and where it shouldn't. Through science and planning methods, like Development by Design, we can provide a holistic way for looking at what development does to natural systems and the people and precious species that depend upon them. We are demonstrating how to mitigate and offset the impacts through our on-the-ground work and by building practices and policy support for this approach. The Conservancy is shaping the footprint of development across the world. Places associated with this priority include Mongolia, Colombia, Australia and the United States. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Conserving Critical Lands.
The Nature Conservancy is partnering with fishermen, industry and local communities to design, test, and implement innovative management approaches and new business models that result in viable local fisheries, stable supplies of seafood and marine conservation. Key tactics we are deploying include: working with fishing associations to ensure access rights to fishing grounds, providing incentives for the use of selective and benign fishing gear, developing low-cost assessment methods for data-poor fisheries, and modernizing the use of fisheries data and information by fishermen. Places associated with this priority include the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of the United States, the Humboldt Current of Peru and Chile, Indonesia and the Gulf of California. This priority provides solutions to address the global challenge of Restoring Our Oceans.
Valuing Nature
The traditional conservation approaches of "buying" and "banning" cannot work at the scale necessary to matter as billions more people are added to the population with unmet human needs. The response of the conservation community has been a radical shift from protectionism to persuading—persuading people, business and governments that nature is a value proposition.
If the economic value of nature is recognized and quantified in a transparent, credible and consistent way, then public and private institutions will invest in protecting nature as a way of protecting valuable assets. We have four strategies to do this: Improving ecosystem valuation methods with the Natural Capital Project; incorporating the value of nature into business decisions with Dow and other corporate leaders; assembling data and practical evidence for the value of nature through NatureLab; and shaping public policies to spur investment in natural infrastructure through our Leaders Valuing Nature initiative with government leaders in key countries.
Initial Places: United States; Brazil; Colombia; China; Indonesia. This priority provides solutions to that relate to all global challenges.


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Of The AMUK Preview and Revolution Stage
So this past week has been an interesting one. For starters, the AMUK play team finally staged a preview for the Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC). Our director told us that our performance was "in no way bad," so that's okay. All four of us stumbled with our lines at some point, but we got through it and delivered the story that we needed to tell. It was a bit of a relief that we got through it, but now we wait to hear back from DPAC to see whether or not we get to stage our play there for the public to watch and scrutinise.
It was the first time I staged a play in eight years, so of course I wanted to do a good job at it, but at the same time I also think that in reality, I delivered a really rusty performance (at best). This might be because of the sheer amount of time I have spent away from stage acting. Not to say that I was any good at all eight years ago, but I felt more comfortable on stage back then than I did the other day. This could probably be attributed to the difference in the amount of time we spent to prepare for the respective plays. In Lela Mayang, we practiced for around five months, contrasting with the less-than-one-month of practice we spent on AMUK. So comparatively speaking, it makes sense that I was more comfortable staging Lela Mayang as Andak than doing AMUK as Michael, as I spent more time as the the former than the latter.
But even knowing this, I still feel like I should re-train myself as an actor. The last acting class I took was eight years ago, so it makes sense if I have lost touch with some of the basics. In an effort to re-learn those basics, I shall be attending an acting workshop that shall be conducted by Fauziah Nawi tomorrow. I am feeling nervous for it, both because it'll be my first time in an acting workshop in a long time, and also because it's Fauziah fudging Nawi, man.
After registering, they gave me a script and said that seven pages had to be memorised for the purposes of the acting workshop. I've always thought of workshops as people going to without having anything with them, and the teachers/facilitators will provide the knowledge one needs on the day itself. This is the first time I've ever experienced a workshop that asks their participants to memorise something before getting there. And I'm not the best memoriser (said the person who wants to be an actor), so it's been a struggle for me so far, and I haven't even gone to the workshop yet. Having said that, it's a challenge I welcome. If I can get through this and put the work in to be okay at this, then I might convince myself that I'm not making a huge mistake here, that me pursuing acting is something substantial.
Also, I've have attended career talks by Sharifah Amani, Sharifah Alesya and Bront Palarae. All established actors within their own right, and in Amani and Bront, people I have been looking up to for years now. A performance space called Revolution Stage organised these talks where these people who have been in the world of acting for a while come and share their stories as well as what they know about how things work in the scene. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend these talks and listen to what they had to say in person. Overall, it seems that it isn't easy being an actor that wants to do Good Work in Malaysia, because great scripts don't come by very often, and when they do, they might not be the actors that the directors have in mind for the roles, so it's tough.
In the Bront Palarae session, he was surprised to learn that I was interested in becoming an actor. Somehow, he knew that I wrote things here and there, so he recommended that I became a writer instead. He said something to the effect of "Malaysia needs more writers, not actors". And after listening to what he and Sharifah Amani had to say about the "industry" (as they put it), I can't help but agree. Looking at the kinds of stories that are on the big screen as well as on TV, one can't help but wonder if quality writings for the screen only come by once every five years in Malaysia. I'd love to write for the screen, but I don't really have a story to tell quite yet. Plus, if I'm being honest, and this might just be my vanity talking, the desire to be in front of the camera is currently stronger than the urge to be behind it.
I'm glad that I found the Revolution Stage. I now know of a space in which I could try out stuff for the stage. Maybe I could start writing things for the stage and perform it to a small audience there. The people behind Revolution Stage have invited me to do so, if ever I write anything I want to stage. Maybe I can try churning out a monologue and see where that takes me. It would mean I would have to change up my writing style a little bit for the stage, but it's an intriguing idea. Maybe I will. I most probably won't, due to my track record of procrastinating everything to the end of time. But maybe I will.
I recommend you guys try and check out Revolution Stage to see what's going on over there, if you have an interest in these sorts of things, of course. They're @RevolutionStage on twitter and facebook, so give them a search if you want.
Here's to taking steps in a new direction.
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"Bad" Pieces of Writing
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Johnny Depp introduces the screening of "The Libertine" film at the Cineamageddon cinema at the Glastonbury Festival 2017 on June 22, 2017, in Glastonbury, England.
Johnny Depp apologized Friday for joking about assassinating Donald Trump during an appearance at a large festival in Britain, the latest example of artists using violent imagery when dealing with the president.
Depp said in a statement Friday that he did not intend any malice and was trying to be amusing.
"I apologize for the bad joke I attempted last night in poor taste about President Trump," the statement said. "It did not come out as intended, and I intended no malice. I was only trying to amuse, not to harm anyone."
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Friday "the lack of outrage" over Depp's comments was "a little troubling."
"The president has made it clear that we should denounce violence in all of its forms. And if we are going to hold to that standard than we should agree that that standard be universally called out," he said.
The Secret Service in a statement that it was "aware of the comments in question. For security reasons, we cannot discuss specifically nor in general terms the means and methods of how we perform our protective responsibilities."
Depp was at the festival Thursday to introduce a screening of his 2004 film, "The Libertine."


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"Sausage Party" Film Review
"Sausage Party" is definitely one of the oddest comedies I've ever seen, but in a good way. I'm not sure how Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Evan Goldberg came up with the idea for this film, but I'm certainly happy they did. Who would've thought that a movie about a talking hot-dog with references to religion and sexuality would actually work and be funny?
It's the Fourth of July, and the produce in a supermarket is ecstatic. They believe in a higher force, where the humans are the gods and they are going to go to paradise when purchased. Our two main characters, Frank (Seth Rogen) and Brenda (Kristen Wiig) are dating, and want to be purchased so they can be together sexually. When a food item returns with horrifying stories of what he's seen, everything is thrown into chaos as friends and lovers are split up, trying to find their way back to each other.
From the first 20 minutes of the film, I wasn't sure where this film was heading. I wasn't enjoying it too much. But then, the writers turn this film upside down, and provide such a hilarious film. My personal favorite scene is where the food items get purchased and taken home with a woman character. They believe they are about to enter a paradise when all of the sudden, the woman starts "murdering" them. The reactions on all the food's faces is absolutely hilarious, and the dialogue is excellent. It's definitely one of the greatest animated sequences in adult animation.
Surprisingly, there is social commentary in this adult comedy film about talking food. There is commentary on religion, and the fighting that goes on between various different religions in today's society. They also explore many themes present in various religions, and how different people view these messages and events.
One of my favorite character arcs is that of Barry (Michael Cera), who is a deformed hot-dog that is trying to find his way back home to the supermarket. It's absolutely hilarious when he meets the stoner teen (played by James Franco) and the hijinks they get themselves caught in.
I'm not going to spoil the film, but the ending is one of the oddest and most awkward scenes in any film I've ever seen. I'm not really sure what to make of it, but it's definitely far out there. It's so shocking that all you can do is let out an awkward laugh or two, and then watch as they finish the film. It's such a good film as it can press the boundaries of what they're allowed to show on the screen, while also entertaining the audience and making them laugh.


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Gene Editing, Gene Silencing, & CRISPR
Alnylam Presents Positive Phase I Data on Cholesterol Drug Candidate
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals last week released data from a phase I study of its siRNA-based hypercholesterolemia drug ALN-PCS, reporting that a single dose of the agent could significantly and durably lower both its target and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
In the study, 32 healthy volunteers with elevated LDL were enrolled into six sequential dose cohorts, ranging from 0.015 mg/kg to 0.4 mg/kg. Patients were randomized to receive either drug or placebo.
According to Alnylam, drug treatment led to "rapid, dose-dependent, and durable reductions in LDL-C of up to 50 percent relative to baseline and placebo, with a statistically significant mean reduction of 41 percent at the 0.4 mg/kg dose level."
Additionally, treatment triggered an up to 84 percent reduction in plasma levels of the drug's target, proprotein convertase subtilisn/kexin type 9, with a mean reduction of 68 percent in the highest dose group. A dose-dependent decrease in the proportion of subjects achieving target levels of LDL-C was also observed.
"The effects of a single dose of ALN-PCS support a once-monthly dose administration regimen for future studies," Alnylam said.
No serious adverse events related to ALN-PCS were observed, and there was no significant change compared to baseline in levels of high-density lipoprotein.
ALN-PCS comprises siRNAs that are delivered using the so-called MC3 lipid nanoparticle technology, to which both Alnylam and partner Tekmira Pharmaceuticals have laid claim (GSN 3/17/2011).
Earlier this year, after releasing positive preliminary phase I data, Alnylam said that it would not advance ALN-PCS into later-stage clinical testing without a partner (GSN 1/12/2012).
Cardiac-Related Consequences of Alcohol Flushing Genetic Variant Reduced by Drug
Inscripta Lays Off Dozens, Closes Colorado Headquarters, San Diego Office
Inscripta Acquires Infinome Biosciences, Sestina Bio
Agbio Gene Editing Firm Cibus to Merge With Plant Synbio Company Calyxt
Allelica, UAB to Study Clinical Value of Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Artery Disease


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For Three Days, Sesame Street Will be in Pittsburgh
Kids can join Big Bird, Elmo and more Muppets as Sesame Workshop plans three days of events during a stop in Pittsburgh in June.
Lauren Davidson,
In Pittsburgh, we give directions according to landmarks no longer there.
But in June, should anyone ask you how to get to Sesame Street, just point them toward Schenley Park.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational arm of "Sesame Street," announced this week Pittsburgh will be one of 10 stops on a summer tour celebrating the show's 50th anniversary.
Pittsburgh's three-day stop (June 13-15) will include a community festival on Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park (June 15), performances from Big Bird, Elmo and the gang, and filming for the show itself — the city segments are meant to capture what local kids love about their communities.
"This summer's road trip will demonstrate the power of media to engage and teach — something Sesame Workshop has focused on from the very beginning," said Steve Youngwood, Sesame Workshop's president of Media and Education and Chief Operating Officer, in a statement. "As we celebrate our decades of impact and look ahead to the next 50 years, Sesame Street's timeless lessons remain the same: Everyone, no matter who they are or where they are from, is equally deserving of respect, opportunity, and joy."
More details are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The 50th season premieres in November on HBO.
This article appears in the April 2019 issue of The 412.