Would you like to keep your amaryllis so it can bloom again next year? Follow these simple care instructions to keep your amaryllis bulb healthy and flowering every year.
It takes about five good leaves to energize the bulb enough to rebloom. The more big healthy leaves your bulb grows, the healthier and stronger the bulb will be and the better it will bloom next winter.
If your bulb is growing in peat moss, replant it into a good quality potting mix using a pot just an inch or two wider than the bulb. If the container has no drainage holes, transplant to a container with drainage holes.
Water to keep the soil slightly damp: not sopping wet or saturated, not dried out. Fertilize regularly with a water soluble complete fertilizer for houseplants such as 10-10-10 plus minors. Give it as much direct sun as possible.
Set your amaryllis outside for the summer if you wish; a location in bright dappled light or morning sun is fine. Continue watering and fertilizing. Keep it in its container so it is easy to move indoors in the fall.
In mid September or so, stop watering completely and rest the bulb for about two months. Store it in a dry, dark and cool (not cold) place with a temperature of about 50 to 55 degrees. Some gardeners turn the pot on its side during the rest period. When the leaves yellow and die back, cut them off.
After about eight to ten weeks of rest or dormancy (or if your bulb begins to grow on its own) it's time to restart the bulb. If needed, repot it now. Use a good quality potting mix formulated for container plants and a pot with drainage holes in the bottom.
Set it in a warm (70 to 75 degrees) and sunny place and water it thoroughly once. Thereafter keep the soil just barely damp. Once it begins to grow foliage, water a bit more generously so it is moist but not wet. Turn the pot a quarter turn every day like you did last year. When it begins to bloom, move the pot to a slightly cooler but still bright location; cooler temperatures help keep the bloom stem short and sturdy and the flowers last longer, too.
Expect blooms in six to eight weeks. Timing depends partly on growing conditions and partly on the specific variety you are growing — some take longer than others. To speed up blooming, move to a slightly warmer place (75 degrees). To slow it down, keep it cool (65-70). If your plant is tall and lean, increase the amount of light it receives.you are just starting with your very first bulb, take a quick look at How to Grow an Amaryllis Bulb to get the basics.


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Written by Bryan van Putten Last updated: 06 November 2017
Hofpoort by Fred Romero
The office building at Hofplein 19 is currently being renovated. When complete, the building will house various large businesses and it will also be the home of a brand new Starbucks.
Currently, there are two, or actually three Starbucks locations in the city. One is inside of Rotterdam Centraal railway station and accessible to all. The other is also inside Rotterdam Centraal but only accessible to travellers as you need to enter beyond the check-in gates and into the tunnel. The third Starbucks is on the grounds of Erasmus University. It is our hope that the new Starbucks at Hofplein will be larger and able to accommodate more people. Starbucks Hofplein is set to open by mid-2018.
Hofplein 19
Hofplein 19 renovations
Hofplein 19, an iconic building in its own right, was built in 1960 as an office for Shell. The building was designed by architect C.A. Abspoel. Later, in the seventies, the concrete Shell-tower was added. The blue glass facade was added in the 80's and is now being replaced with transparent glass, so it retains the old look of the sixties. The Shell station below the building is also being renovated and should be open for business in the spring of 2018.
Visit beautiful Delfshaven for authentic Dutch architecture
The bridges of Rotterdam - interesting facts and details
Hilton Rotterdam is a national monument
The explorer's guide to Coolsingel Rotterdam
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The Answer - Revival | FESTIVALPHOTO
The Answer - Revival
Revival is the third studio album from Irish rockers The Answer. For a lot of people their first exposure to the band came when they supported ACDC on their last world tour - an opportunity that saw them play in front of over a million fans around the world. Although the bands previous album "Everyday demons" was released during the tour, it had been recorded before the tour so this new album, "Revival" is the first chance we have of seeing what if anything the band learnt from their time with ACDC. From listening to the album, I think the answer is clearly "a lot" - this is the bands best album yet by far.
At this time of year there is huge competition with album releases with what seems like three quarters of the worlds rock bands all releasing albums in a two month period in the peak touring season and the run up to Christmas. Given this then The Answer's album will have to be pretty damn good to stand up against the competition, and fans of the band will be pleased to know that the album is definitely strong enough to stand comparison to other bands releases.
Comments on a few of the tracks...
"Nowhere freeway" features guest vocals from the very talented Lynne Jackaman from Saint Jude which helps inject a bit of additional variety into the album and makes the track stand out.
"Vida (I want you)" and "Caught on the riverbed" are both hard rocking tunes. Vida is the first single to be released from the album and is a track well worth listening to.
"Destroy me" has a more laid back 70's experimental rock feel mixed with the bands more usual high spirited hard rock.
Picking out a favourite track isnt easy - the whole album is at a very high standard, but for me its a choice between "Vida (I want you) and "Nowhere freeway".
"Revival" is being released in two versions - the standard version with a single CD of the album, containing 12 songs, and a Limited Edition which includes the full album plus an extra CD containing extra tracks and alternate versions of some of the songs from the album. I'd certainly recommend the Limited edition version - for a minimal price difference there's a lot of extra stuff here, and its all really good stuff too, including several tracks that the band must have hated having to cut out of the album, but sadly they can't fit all the good stuff in a single album, but at least they've given fans a chance to hear them as part of this limited edition version of the album.
The packaging is good too - none of this 2 page CD booklet stuff that is becoming common - Revival comes with a 24 page CD booklet packed with glossy photos.
This album is a must for all fans of the band and is highly recommended for fans of bands including Led Zeppelin, ACDC and Thin Lizzy.
Revival will be released on 3rd October through Spinefarm records.
The Answer are:
Cormac Neeson - Vocals
Paul Mahon - Guitar
Michael Waters - Bass
James Heatley - Drums
Disc 1: Revival
1. Waste your tears
2. Use me
3. Trouble
4. Nowhere freeway (featuring Lynne Jackaman)
5. Tornado
6. Vida (I want you)
7. Caught on the riverbed
8. Destroy me
9. New day rising
10. Can't remember, Can't forget
11. One more revival
12. Lights are down
Disc 2: After the revival (Deluxe edition only)
1. Piece by piece
2. Faith gone down
3. Nowhere freeway (live acoustic)
4. Tailspin (Renegade demo)
5. Fire and water
6. What I am (demo)
7. Caught on the riverbed (Alt. steel version)
8. The enemy (point demo)
9. Show me the world (Point demo)
10. One more revival (live acoustic)
11. Lights are down (vocals and piano)


How well we have lived.
How well we have loved.
"Be happy in the moment, that's enough.
** One reason I haven't been keeping up my mindfulness practice like I used to is that the depression side of my Bipolar Disorder has been taking over my desire to do many things. I started seeing a new psychiatrist on Monday. It was a very in-depth appointment. I took a lot of psychiatric tests before I saw him. They mainly showed that I have a bit of a hard time concentrating. Two of them weren't really fair because they are exactly like a "game" on Luminostity that I play a lot, if I hadn't been playing that for a while I would never have been able to do as well on those tests. We discussed my past treatments, what's going on, all kinds of stuff. He is adjusting some of my medications, and referring me to a therapist he thinks would be good for me to see. I will go back in a month. I'm feeling better just knowing that I am much more comfortable with my care provider and think this is a very positive move.
Thank you Rita. I'm glad you like it. and Stuart will be happy you like his photos too. 🙂 Half of them are his and half are mine. I have to say, I think the more beautiful photos are his. He doesn't take many but when he does they can be exquisite.
Wonderful post Wendy. The photos are gorgeous (I love the road runner, Beep Beep!) and the quotes well chosen. Good luck with your new mental health team. Hope they can get at the depression side of your bipolar. I understand how devastating that can be.
Haha, taleweaver, the roadrunner was on my porch in Palm Springs. A lot of people there don't like them because they eat all the lizards and the lizards eat the bugs. Of course if they didn't eat them, theN the folks would be upset that there were too many lizards. Ha.
Anyway, I understood the compassion there, most people wouldn't. A lot of people wanted to kill them, I loved them.
They have coyotes there too, they hate them too, they can be scary, they will eat small dogs..ect. if there were no roadrunner I bet they'd be attaching a lot more domestic animals. People took away their land, the don't have enough natural food sources.
Oh, I got started didn't i?
I understand. It's like the bears here. More bears in suburbanized areas, means larger bear hunt. Guess what fellas, we moved into the bears' neighbourhood, they didn't move into ours!
I pinned one of your images and quotes to my Mind Matters Pinterest board (which links here automatically). I hope you see a bit of a bump in traffic as a result.
Your post is primarily uplifting, but I can personally relate to how pushing through depression can be like trying to jog through Jello – so much effort that even a little bit of action wears us out and makes us wonder, "What's the use?" I hope the meds adjustment and therapy referral will help more than just a little bit.
I really get the jello analogy.
I admit I'm hoping it helps more than a little bit too.


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No Practical Classes and Experiments for DU Students Amidst Pandemic
By DU Beat November 29, 2020
A notice by the University of Delhi suggests no practical classes to take place during the pandemic, shifting all lectures online.
The University of Delhi recently issued guidelines with regards to internal assessment marking. Considering the pandemic, all lectures have shifted online. This shift has been relatively less cumbersome for theory courses as compared to practical courses which have lost out on their practical classes.
The notice stated that even for practical courses, professors would have to give assignments to their students which could be completed online. The viva voice and oral exams would also have to be conducted online through e-platforms. The notice also said that for the laboratory-based practicals, the teachers would have to find an online substitute.
(Click here to reach DU Internal Assessment Notice)
This has caused many students to fret about the impact such a situation could have on their future studies. Most of the Science courses rely heavily on hands-on tasks and experiments that can only happen in a laboratory setting. These are fundamental in developing one's skill and knowledge regarding a subject. However, amidst a pandemic, there is confusion regarding the practical exams as well. Even the practical exams have been substituted by written answers. Science practicals carry 50 marks, while 25 are given internally, the rest have to be awarded externally. The issue of external marking for practical exams is also unresolved.
The practical has gone online and we are required only to answer questions and submit them. This section has become project-based. But we have been unable to learn about dissecting plants and learn about chemicals.
– Speaking to The Times of India, Kritika Kalra, a third-year Botany student at Gargi College
An Applied Psychology student of Vivekananda College said that their viva that usually happens through an external person, has also been cancelled for this semester in light of COVID-19.
DU isn't the only University that has been unable to conduct practicals this semester. Other Indian universities are also facing similar problems.
Medical studies demand daily revision and practice, and practicals were like one round of revision with the teacher itself. The other benefit was that we actually got to see all the minute details that we study in our textbooks. Though our teachers have helped us visualise these by creating online dissection videos as well, it doesn't help a lot. For a medical student knowing the correct anatomical position of each and every organ is of utmost importance, which we were made to practice by holding these ourselves, thus only visualising does not help.
– Medical student from Alfalah University
For all the practical work students are being directed to YouTube videos to get an understanding of how things are done in practice. However, students have said that this can in no way substitutes the joys of first-hand learning. Sanjay Batra, a Chemistry teacher at Sri Venkateswara College believed that DU could have created a system wherein students could come in small batches to observe experiments keeping in mind the social distancing measures. The Times of India reported that S.K. Dhaka, a teacher at Rajdhani College, reasoned, "Teachers have used websites for practical simulation and online videos for practical work". He added that with the pandemic around, there was no option.
Both students and teachers have raised issues with online classes and their inability to facilitate hands-on learning. It has been noted that the University should make proper guidelines with regards to online practicals and its marking criteria. Setting up a system to impart practical knowledge amidst a pandemic while keeping the social distancing guidelines in mind, has been offered as an option.
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Bahrain Economic Recovery Plan - Pillar 3
Bahrain Economic Recovery Plan
Brian Howard
Matthew McDonald
Pillar 3: Simplifying Commercial Procedures
Bahrain has commenced the rollout of a five-pillar national economic growth and fiscal balance plan (the Plan). The Plan is in line with Bahrain's Economic Vision 2030 and aims to support the country's post-Covid recovery and economic diversification, as well as to enhance the Kingdom's long-term international competitiveness. We have explored the goals and initiatives in respect of pillars 1 – 2 already in this series and this article sets out how the Government of Bahrain proposes to achieve the simplification and increased efficiency of commercial procedures, the third pillar.
The ambition of the Plan for this third pillar is to attract investments into the Kingdom, totalling USD 2.5 billion by 2023. To achieve this, the Government has identified the following key priorities forming part of the third pillar:
1. Upgrading Sijilat and acceleration of the issuance of government licenses to companies'
2. Launching of an electronic system for urban planning services;
3. Continuing the updating of laws and legislation to support ongoing development;
4. Launching of the Government land bank;
5. Offering of residency permits for talented individuals and foreign investors;
6. Signing of international bilateral economic agreements; and
7. Reviewing and documenting Government Services and putting in place service level agreements (SLA).
In the context of this third pillar, the Government has outlined a number of initiatives to aid in its achievement. These initiatives aptly are housed in the sector specific strategies referenced and introduced in the Plan.
As part of the Logistics Services Strategy 2022 – 2026, this primarily takes the form of reviewing the applicable laws and regulations to drive the efficiency of the customs process and strengthening partnerships through the utilisation of SLAs between Customs Affairs and different regulatory authorities. The streamlining of agreements with express transport companies is also aimed to achieve fast and distinguished services.
As part of the Financial Services Sector Development Strategy 2022 – 2026, the third pillar sees the Government target the attraction of financial institutions and investors to the Kingdom. The automation of services offered to investors including digital onboarding for the Bahrain Bourse and Bahrain Clear, paired with planned updates to the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Law, the CBB Rulebook and the issuing of regulatory frameworks for emerging business models, are hoped to help achieve the strategy's key priorities. We have already seen an example of progress on this front, with the CBB earlier this year updating and publishing its revised Volume 7 to the CBB Rulebook, with the update targeted to position the Kingdom in the region as a fund friendly environment. Conceptually, the revised Volume 7 represents a simplified approach: it is easier to understand and more market focused.
In the context of the Industrial Sector Strategy 2022 – 2026, the aim of pillar three is reflected in the updating of regulations and legislations to help drive towards an advanced industry built on innovation and sustainability.
The Telecommunications, IT and Digital Economy Sector Strategy 2022 – 2026, with the objective of strengthening the partnership with the private sector to develop Government services performance and the increasing of the efficiency of such services through e-transformation, gives context to the priority to put in place SLAs in respect of Government services. It is hoped that by 2026 the initiatives pursued will see a minimum of 200 additional automated government services in place, and the attraction of big-tech companies to the Kingdom.
The objectives of this pillar 3 are well on the way to achievement already with the Government earlier this year unveiling the Government Land Investment Platform which will play a big role in strengthen partnerships between the public and private sectors, giving private investors the opportunity to develop government-owned land. Government owned land will be listed and readily available online, with public auctions to be held through the Bahrain Tender Board. We have also already seen the launch by the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) of a new e-service which issues digital residence permits through the Kingdom's online portal, and the introduction of the Golden Residency Visa program. This allows investors, retirees and highly talented individuals to work under a 10 year renewable residence permit, and guarantees sponsorship of residence permits for immediate family members. Both are examples of the practical steps taken to achieve pillar 3 of the Plan.
On the investor front, we have also seen elsewhere in the Plan the proposed introduction of a dedicated investor platform, focused on promoting investment opportunities in the Kingdom. On the platform investors will be able to obtain up-to-date information on available developments and provide a space where they can communicate with the relevant authorities tied to certain investments.
The Plan is an exciting step towards the nation's post-Covid recovery with the aim of solidifying Bahrain's place as a leading economy. To quote His Excellency Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Minister of Finance and National Economy, "This comprehensive economic and fiscal plan is an investment in our nation's people, our businesses, and the future of Bahrain".
Read more - Pillar 1: Developing strategic priority sectors & Pillar 2: Launching major strategic projects
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Le New York Transit Museum (« musée du métro de New York ») également appelé NYC Transit Museum est un musée de la ville de New York qui regroupe une collection d'objets historiques liés principalement au métro de la ville, mais aussi au bus, aux trains de banlieue et aux ponts et tunnels gérés par la Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Il est situé à Brooklyn Heights, au niveau de la station de métro Court Street. Le musée dispose également d'une antenne plus petite à Grand Central Terminal. Le musée a ouvert ses portes le , à l'occasion du bicentenaire de la révolution américaine.

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Yuirail, Okinawa's monorail, operates across 15 stops along an 18-kilometer route.
Naha International Airport is the starting point on the southern end, while Shuri Castle is the northern end station. In between, there are 13 stations which offer shopping, sightseeing, or both. Today, we step onto the station platform at each destination, offering some insights about what to see and do.
Some day-travelers drive to the airport and park, then criss-cross the city with the monorail before returning to retrieve the family wheels. The airport parking fees, which will total about ¥800 for the day, are worth not having to search for parking spots. Others will park near one of the other 14 stations, beginning their shopping and sightseeing treks from there. There are still parking problems to be dealt with, and parking costs are no cheaper than at the airport.
Naha International Airport's domestic terminal is only 11 years old, and features a fair number of good shopping arcades, as well as branches of well known Okinawa department stores. It's an ideal spot for the last minute purchases, particularly since there's no requirement to tote them all over the city.
First station out is Akamine, southernmost of the stations. This is Oroku's developing commercial district, and has many business hotels. Look for the Traditional Arts and Crafts Center, a fresh look at traditional Okinawa materials including Tsuboya pottery, bingata fabric, Ryukyu laquerware and Ryukyu glass. Altec liquors and gift shop is nearby, along with Aoyama Clothing. Oroku Station is just up the road, and sits just outside Jusco, one of the island's principal shopping malls. Gajanbira Park, overlooking Naha Harbor, is a short stroll from the station. The name originally referred to a place of many mosquitoes, but Gajanbira is now a great place to look out over the water.
Onoyama-koen Station is alongside the sprawling Onoyama Park, one of the city's largest. On the grounds are sports centers, tennis courts, a baseball stadium, Hokoku Shrine and Okinogu, one of the eight most important shrines of the Ryukyus, a swimming pool and athletic stadium, martial arts facilities and archery. Onoyama is the setting for dozens of festivals and sports events, including the Naha Marathon, and is simply a great place for a relaxing walk, ending up at the next station, Tsubogawa, across the Kokuba River.
Tsubogawa is terminus for the tourism bus terminal, adjacent to the Naha Central Post Office, and has a quiet Tsubogawa Park. Manko Park is a seven-minute walk away, where bird watching along the tidelands is a pleasurable study in migratory bird habitats. Asahibashi Station is the hub to southern downtown Naha, stopping 50 meters from the Naha Bus Terminal. Also nearby is the Okinawa Prefecture Traditional Dance Theater and Naha Port Passenger Terminal.
Kencho-mae, Miebashi and Makishi Stations are the southern, western and northern approaches to Naha's international shopping and sightseeing district. The Kencho is Okinawa Prefecture's governmental and economic center, and sits adjacent to Kokusai-dori. The annual Great Tug-of-War with the world's largest rope is nearby at Kumoji intersection with Highway 58, while Kokusai, often called the miracle mile, is a three-minute walk from the Kencho-mae Station. It's 1.6 kilometers of shopping, shopping, sightseeing, and of course, shopping. There are also some good restaurants along the route. Before setting out, visit the Communications Museum on the 4th Floor of Palette Kumoji shopping center. The Naha Tourist Information Center is situated midway along the Kokusai route, just around the corner from Mitsukoshi Department Store.
A five-minute walk the opposite direction brings you to Fukushuen Garden, built in recognition of sister city status with Fukushu, China. Matsuyama Park is five minutes further, opposite the gardens, featuring 36 sites recognizing the relationship between China and Okinawa. Five minutes further and you're at Naminoue Beach, a free tourist beach with sugar white sands.
Miebashi Station is the heartland of great downtown gourmet dining, only a few yards away from Kumoji. There's also the Stone Gate of Sogenji Temple, a free excursion to a site built in the early 16th century to worship kings of the Ryukuan royal family. Close to Miebashi is Okiedori Street, a 500-meter-long shopping district which was the city's original downtown. It dates to 1953, when it had a movie theater and a playhouse. Jikanji is a two-minute walk from the station, an area chock filled with secondhand bookstores, cafes and a variety of specialty shops.
Makishi guards the northeastern end of Kokusai. Closeby is Agari-nu-Utaki, formerly a bullfighting ring, and Agari-nu-Ka, a public well. Ukinawa Utaki is also nearby, a place of prayer in the old Asato village, where it figured prominently in Okinawa history in 1713. Tsuboya Pottery Museum is a mere five-minute walk from the station, and offers a true introduction to Okinawa ceramics. Close to the museum is a pottery hall where works of 22 pottery studios are sold. Kilns used by the potters are also in the area, including one designated 2 1/2 years ago as a National Cultural Asset.
Away from downtown, and on to Asato Station, home to Sakaemachi Town Market and shops. The area was home to a women's high school and a teacher's school for women until World War II.
Omoromachi is being called the new heart of Naha. More than a shopping zone, it represents the city's growth. New government buildings, newspaper offices, hotels, and shopping malls share the landscape. Naha Main Place is popular, as is DutyFreeShopping Galleria, right outside the station. Furujima Station has little to entice riders to get off, unless you want to consider opening a business and want help from the City's Business Incubation Office, or want to take the seven-minute stroll to the Prefecture Health Promotion Center to enjoy bubble baths, exercise and use of aerobic and other health equipment.
The northern end of the Yuirail route pulls into Shiritsu Byoin-mae Station. Here you'll find easy access to Naha City Hospital, with emergency services available around the clock, year around. Sueyoshi Park is a three-minute walk, and is free. It's a chance to enjoy the forest, and the colorful flowers and botanicals, without leaving the city.
Gibo Station is almost to the end, and entices riders to step away for a visit to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, and then Torase Park. The museum has more than 43,000 artifacts on display, including all sorts of data on Shuri Castle. The museum is built on the original site of the Shuri royal family residence.
The best is last, at least if you're looking for history, adventure and culture all in one spot. Shuri Castle is Okinawa's landmark, a World Heritage Sites Area, Base of the Shuri Royal Court, and the pride of the island. Plan at least a couple hours to absorb the history on these grounds, which include Shureimon Gate and Ryutan Pond, Benzaitendo Shrine, Shurikinjo Stone Pavement and more.
And one final stop for adults. Shuri Distilleries are a ten-minute walk from the castle, and home to Okinawa awamori. Since 1667 the distilleries have been under management of the royal court, turning out the popular liquor under the names Zuizen, Sakimoto, Shikina and Miszuho. There are free tours and free tastings.
You've done it, transversed the Yuirail! This being different from a hit-and-run mission, we recommend a day pass, which costs ¥800 and allows riders to get on and off multiple times.


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A Beautiful Mind: Can Ariel Garten's Brain Wave Interface Improve Your Outlook On Life?
When science and art intersect
| Published Jul 14, 2014 5:00 PM
Ariel Garten
In college, Ariel Garten started a clothing line that took its inspiration from neuroscience. She hooked people up to an electroencephalograph (EEG) to record their brain waves, then emblazoned T-shirts with the spiky patterns reflecting their mental activity. She also sewed skirts with 37 pockets, a reference to the number of different brain faculties described in the Victorian pseudoscience of phrenology, and filled them with bric-a-brac to represent the subconscious. At age 34, Garten is still making geek-chic designs—only now her creations can actually read people's minds.
Garten is shoeless as she leads me through the Toronto headquarters of InteraXon, the start-up she co-founded in 2007. Her long brown hair nearly brushes her elbows as she pads along the wood flooring in brightly patterned socks. A whiteboard scribbled with nerdy wordplay and equations spans the length of one wall; neon Post-its are applied liberally elsewhere. Garten pushes open the door to a conference room called the Cerebroom and takes a seat at the table.
"I was always exploring relationships between art and science," she says. During her stint as a fashion designer, Garten was double-majoring in psychology and biology at the University of Toronto, where she also began working with professor Steve Mann. A pioneer of wearable computers, Mann created digital eyewear to augment vision in the early 1980s. ("He basically developed Glass before Google," Garten says.) Mann had also engineered a primitive brain-computer interface at MIT in the 1990s. Garten and some classmates decided to resurrect it to explore thought-controlled computing.
As a pilot project, the team produced a series of concerts at which audience members wore a version of the device. By manipulating their brain states, the spectators could influence the pitch and volume of synthesized instruments on stage. "We kept getting deeper and deeper into brain-wave technologies and what we could do with them," Garten says. As they grew more ambitious—at points inventing a thought-controlled beer tap and levitating chair—the team formed InteraXon. For the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, they created an installation in which visitors could use a headset to control light displays on landmarks across the country, including Toronto's CN Tower, Ottawa's parliament buildings, and Niagara Falls, in real time.
"After the Olympics, we began looking at more complex applications," Garten says. "And we realized we had a system that allowed you to form a relationship with technology." InteraXon then set to work developing, in essence, a Fitbit for the brain—a wearable biofeedback device that measures neural activity, much like an activity tracker records steps and calories burned. "I think we're all very curious about our own minds," says Garten, "but we just may not have the tools to channel that."
I think we're all very curious about our minds, but we just may not have the tools to channel that.
Garten passes me a sleek white headband called the Muse, the company's first commercial product. The human brain contains billions of neurons that communicate via electrical impulses, and aggregate into waves of different amplitudes: Alpha, for instance, dominate when we're relaxed or focused; beta kick in we problem-solve. The Muse transforms this brain activity into information that can be tracked wirelessly on a tablet or smartphone.
Muse is intended for daily use with an app called Calm, which features a three-minute exercise designed to help people manage stress. Through headphones, users can hear their brain waves represented as the sound of wind. Calm states beget gentle winds; distracted or agitated states elicit a roiling tempest.
Psychologists at Harvard University have shown that people spend 47 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than whatever it is they're trying to focus on. Neuroscientists call this tendency toward mental drift the "default mode network." With neurofeedback, Garten believes people can build their cognitive strength. "If you're having a crappy day, it can help you gain control of your mind," she says. "Like, 'I'm not calm now, but I know what to do to get there.' "
The Calm app follows in the tradition of the Buddhist principle of awareness, and the instructions it issues are similar to the Japanese Zen breath-counting meditation known as susokukan. Mindfulness, as such practices are popularly known, has been a growing focus of Western empirical research. The National Institutes of Health, for example, has funded dozens of studies that test mindfulness techniques.
Because InteraXon emphasized comfort when designing Muse, the device could be a valuable tool for scientists conducting such research. Norm Farb, a doctoral candidate in experimental psychology at the University of Toronto, is developing a six-week pilot study to measure the extent to which Muse can help control stress. "A lot of my research has looked at meditation and yoga, and there's evidence that these can work for people with a mood problem," Farb says. "So can Muse be training wheels for that?" With McMaster University in Ontario, InteraXon is examining how Muse can improve cognitive function, and an education lab at New York University is measuring the effect of Muse on learning.
There's an obvious irony to the notion of computer-aided meditation. Many seek practices like mindfulness as an antidote to the distractions of today's technology. We unplug to find calm. Garten appreciates this but says that sometimes people need a more accessible tool to achieve focus. "There are potential places that technology can take us that we can't reach on our own," she says.
Using InteraXon's software, anyone can design compatible apps. Garten envisions a broad array of possibilities, including apps that treat children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and help athletes prepare for games. Eventually companies might get alerts when the brain waves of workers in high-stress jobs, such as air-traffic control, signal fatigue.
We leave the Cerebroom and walk past engineers conferring around workspaces cluttered with cables and prototypes. In the center of InteraXon's office, a sitting area contains two egg-shaped chairs with speakers at ear level. Garten settles into one and gestures for me to take the other. "Imagine coming home and Muse senses you've had a stressful day," she says, "and so the lighting adjusts and your home stereo starts playing your favorite relaxing music." Garten sinks back into the chair with a slight, serene smile and closes her eyes.
How It Works: Muse
InteraXon's Muse is among the first wearable computers that read brain waves, much like a heart-rate monitor detects a pulse. CEO Ariel Garten says it can train users to achieve greater focus anytime, anywhere.
The Muse headset
InteraXon's Muse
Calibration: Once placed on a person's head, Muse's seven EEG sensors amplify and measure the neural oscillations that generate brain waves to establish a baseline for the session.
Instruction: The device sends data to a corresponding app via Bluetooth. The app instructs the wearer how to focus on breathing to create calm. It then takes 250 measurements per second and analyzes the data to determine if the wearer is focused or distracted.
Practice: If focused, a beach scene on a tablet or smartphone will portray calm. As the mind wanders, conditions on-screen deteriorate. Maintaining a calm state for an extended period is rewarded with the sound of chirping seabirds.
Results: When the session ends, the app shows how much time has been spent in calm, neutral, and active states. The app is game-ified, and a calm state earns points. It also tracks results over time, incentivizing the wearer to learn how to control stress.
This article originally appeared in the July 2014 issue of Popular Science_._


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Lucid Motors - the Tesla rival that's wooing the Saudis
Charles Bowen
Musk tweeted his reply at 2:32 a.m. Sunday, per The Los Angeles Times: "Ford & Tesla are the only 2 American auto companies to avoid bankruptcy". "But if we work really hard I think maybe we can do that in about 3 years", added Musk noting that the production of a cheaper vehicle relied on time and scale.
The timing of this news could not be more awkward as it follows Elon Musk's announcement last week that PIF could help him take Tesla private.
Moreover, in the interview with New York Times, the CEO and the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, of course, Elon Musk stated that he did not regret his Twitter posts and here is what he commented "Why would I?" and said that he had no such plans to stop using the social media platform. Since Musk first tweeted about going private on August 7, the stock has slid 20 percent, representing a loss of about $13.5 billion. Rather than soaring toward that value, the stock has since plummeted 20% as parts of Musk's story unravel and pressure mounts on Tesla's board for its handling of the iconic CEO. The company later received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission over the tweet.
Los Angeles authorities looking into Asia Argento allegation
As detailed in a New York Times story published Sunday, Bennett claimed Argento sexually assaulted him when he was 17. In addition, Bourdain reportedly told Argento that she wasn't purchasing silence , "only freedom from inconvenience".
White House lawyer Donald McGahn 'cooperating extensively' with Robert Mueller
Trump also said "some members of the media" were angry about the Times' report and have called to "complain and apologize". McGahn described the president's furor toward the Russian Federation investigation and the ways in which he urged Mr.
Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Injured In Practice, Evaluated For Concussion
Conventional wisdom tells you Kizer is the front-runner, due in part because Brett Hundley would demand more on the trade market. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers played one series in Thursday night's preseason game, and did everything he wanted to do.
In the wake of the now-famous tweet, rapper Azealia Banks reportedly spent a weekend at Musk's house while waiting to work on a collaboration with Grimes, which is where things get even more complicated, but more on that later.
The Saudis' Public Investment Fund is in talks for a separate $1 billion investment in Lucid Motors Inc. that would give the fund control of that fledgling automaker, Reuters reported. But the week ended with reports of an SEC inquiry into the tweets Musk posted that sent that Tesla stock soaring. Her description accompanying the open letter describes her as a "flat shoe advocate and sleep evangelist". Then you'll love the Lucid Air's front fascia. The company has since assembled a team recruited from Mazda and Tesla, including Chief Technical Officer Peter Rawlinson, who was chief engineer of Tesla's Model S before joining in 2013. PIF and Lucid have not discussed any talks publicly. Lucid's website is taking refundable $2,500 deposits for the vehicles it plans to eventually sell.
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Also featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Aisha Sharma and Amruta Khanvilkar, the film is directed by Milap Milan Zaveri. Satyameva Jayate also booked a spot on the list of biggest opening day collections of 2018.
Virat Kohli and Rahane help India to 307-6 against England
Woakes had tea figures of three for 45 from 15 overs whereas fellow pace-bowling all-rounder Stokes had none for 47 in 11. But until his catch to dismiss Kohli, it had been a frustrating day for Stokes, whose 15 wicketless overs cost 54 runs.
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Shanann and her children will be dearly missed. "I hope she's somewhere safe right now and with the kids", he added. KUSA reported on Saturday that court records indicate Shanann Watts' body was found in a shallow grave nearby.
Jose Mourinho predicts 'very hard season' for Manchester United
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But Klopp warned Palace at Selhurst Park provides an altogether different prospect and challenged his side to "stay angry". Just hours later, the Reds officially announced Klavan's departure from Anfield. " Joel is close to being back ".
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Visy has a major manufacturing complex at Coolaroo, adjacent to Meadow Heights, in the municipality of Hume.
After an approach from Hume Councillor, Gary Jungwirth, and an extensive study of the community's needs, Visy Cares agreed to participate in a centre that provided a unique mix of maternal child care, internet access, learning opportunities and spaces for community activities.
With contributions from the Victorian Government Community Support Fund, Visy Cares, the Hume City Council and some Victorian Government departments, this $2.5 million project was able to be accomplished.
Programs at the Visy Cares Learning Centre commenced in 2003 and include maternal and child health, cooking, dance, English as a second language, small business education and computer training. The facilities provided include an internet cafe, kinder-gym and mobile library. The Visy Cares Learning Centre is managed by a community association.


Deputy Governor H.E. Prof. Philip Museve Kutima today launched a vaccination campaign targetting cattle, dogs and cats across the county. The exercise, fully sponsored by the county government of Kakamega, targets animals in each household and will run until 6th February 2019.
Speaking at Matete market grounds, Chevaywa ward, Lugari sub county, the deputy governor who doubles up as the CECM for Agriculture, Livestock Production, Fisheries development and Cooperatives said his ministry is moving with speed to prevent spread of animal diseases in the county through the campaign. Some of the diseases targeted for vaccination include foot and mouth in cattle as well as rabies in dogs. "I would like to urge everyone who owns a cow, a dog or a cow to present them for this free vaccination exercise against various diseases," he said. The deputy governor called on farmers to engage in dairy farming and poultry rearing as a way of diversification.
He announced that supply of farm inputs; fertiliser and maize, in every sub county at a subsidised cost will commence soon and called on farmers to register for the inputs as they prepare for the upcoming planting season.
In attendance was Chief Officer Dr. Kelly Nelima, Members of County Assembly, Directors, Heads of Departments as well as ward and sub county administrators among others.


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Local Qatari banks are the bedrock of World Cup financing and private sector growth
Article - March 16, 2015
The economy is confidently diversifying away from oil and gas, and Qatari banks are providing the extra impetus required
FIVE STADIUMS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH A FURTHER FOUR NEW ONES PLANNED
It's a new day in Qatar. After decades of relying on its energy resources to fund the ambitious development plans which have turned the tiny nation state into a world showcase in so many fields, the country's leaders are working hard to wean the economy off its dependency on oil and gas and striving to boost the non-hydrocarbon sector for the benefit of future generations.
The efforts appear to be working. According to figures from the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, non-hydrocarbon economic activities grew by more than 11 per cent in a recent quarter, while the oil and gas sector dropped by more than 2 per cent.
And as the non-hydrocarbon sector accelerates at double digits, it will help fuel the country's total economic growth from 6.8 per cent this year to an expected 7.8 per cent in 2016, even as the energy sector growth slows, says a report by the Qatar National Bank.
So what industries will benefit most? Construction and manufacturing, both of which are already on a roll with the former benefitting from the billions of dollars being spent on Qatar's hosting of the World Cup 2022, and the latter sector being driven by a government plan to ramp up investments in such activities as petrochemicals.
"Qatar has been able to reach out and offer a compelling proposition to sporting organisations around the world" Ali Al-Kuwari, CEO of Qatar National Bank
At the same time, the service industry, such as tourism and hospitality, is growing and private sector credit is on the upswing as companies both large and small involved in this sector, along with construction and real estate enterprises, turn to banks for funding.
Financial institutions like Qatar Development Bank, Commercial Bank of Qatar and Qatar National Bank are at the forefront of these initiatives, with Qatar Development Bank (QDB) particularly active in assisting small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, in taking care of business.
"Supporting SMEs is at the heart of our development, our economy and our ecosystem in general," explains QDB CEO, Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al-Khalifa. "QDB and the whole entrepreneurship and private sector ecosystem are putting the pieces together to ensure a vibrant and sustainable economy that is well balanced."
QDB offers the Qatari small and medium-sized businesses a one-stop-shop for products and services – and not just financing, but also business education, training and guidance in the skills and resources entrepreneurs need to successfully compete in the local and international markets.
These include business development advice to help owners create their own feasibility studies, conduct market research and select appropriate technology. Also on offer is business counselling for start-ups and existing firms, tools for enhancing entrepreneurial skills, and contacts with financial and non-financial support agencies.
"In 2014, we doubled down on our commitment to enhance opportunities for Qatari SMEs and entrepreneurs," the CEO says. "A total of 262 SMEs benefitted from QDB advisory services, with 200 individual counselling services held, and we launched more landmark strategic initiatives, conducted more market studies and hosted more workshops and training sessions for Qatari industries than we ever did in previous years."
Also last year, the bank launched the Qatar Business Incubation Centre, a 20,000-square-metre mixed-use business incubator, which is the largest in the Middle East and North Africa.
"The World Cup is an opportunity for international investors to come and put their money into infrastructure projects" Abdulla Al-Raisi, CEO of Commercial Bank
One specific sector in which the bank has been particularly active is tourism, working to identify the gaps in the industry and helping private operators to fill those gaps with achievable business opportunities.
"Tourism is a strategically important component of developing a non-hydrocarbon economy," Mr Al-Khalifa notes. "In December, the QDB and the Qatar Tourism Authority signed four agreements which enabled the start up of four new projects in the emerging sector – a major milestone and one of many important local business promotion initiatives across the public and private sectors."
Each year, an increasing number of visitors from around the Middle East and further afield come to enjoy Qatar's delights, from its astounding deserts and coast, to the world-class museums, shopping and other attractions.
And those numbers will swell astronomically when the country stages the premier global sporting event in 2022, the World Cup football championship, with local banks as the vital ingredient in preparing for the extravaganza.
Qatar's government has earmarked around $140 billion over the next several years for infrastructure projects linked to the World Cup, and further projects to be completed before 2020 include a new railway-metro at a cost of $44 billion, new highways, roads and a new airport for $28 billion and an $11 billion new port.
"In 2014, we doubled down on our commitment to enhance opportunities for Qatari SMEs and entrepreneurs" Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al-Khalifa, CEO of Qatar Development Bank
Even though these projects and others will be paid for out of the government budget, another $160 billion is to be funded in the market, fuelling increased domestic credit activity by private sector companies, which will turn to local banks like Qatar National Bank (QNB).
"QNB Group has always played a pivotal role in supporting the economic development of Qatar and its national strategic projects," explains CEO Ali Al-Kuwari. "This commitment to invest in Qatar's future continues today with significant financing support deployed on major projects."
Implementation of large construction and infrastructure projects, complemented with higher population growth, have boosted the aggregate demand, further stimulating buoyant economic activities across all sectors.
"QNB group has developed in-depth expertise in financing this type of activity and will continue to finance high-profile projects," the CEO adds.
Mr Al-Kuwari points out that the Qatari capital of Doha has undoubtedly become the sports capital of the Middle East through hosting major international athletic events and encouraging sport among its own citizens.
"Sport is one of the catalysts for Qatar to promote itself and its growing capabilities to an increasingly interested and diverse global audience," he says. "Through an effective combination of focused economic development and appealing tourism destination, Qatar has been able to reach out and offer a compelling proposition to sporting organisations around the world."
Echoing those comments is another banker, Commercial Bank of Qatar CEO Abdulla Al-Raisi, who sees his institution's support for sport as an investment in both business and social responsibility of which it has long experience.
"We have backed a number of educational events and supported special facilities for certain segments of Qatari students," he says. "And in health we have donated a lot of money to bring the latest medical equipment here for Qatari patients."
In sport, Mr Al-Raisi says the country's leaders want to create an identity for Qatar to be known around the world as a sporting hub through its first-class facilities, sport clubs and golf courses, all of which have played host to such events as the Asian Games and other major tournaments.
"Why do you think Qatar is investing in all of this? Yes, Qataris have to get more involved in sport so we can qualify to lead internationally in some sports. But also to tell the world who we are," he says. "Also, the World Cup is an opportunity for international investors to come and put their money into infrastructure projects as well as for us to get to know these investors and provide them with the services they need."


DES MOINES, Iowa – BH Management Services and BH Equities is pleased to announce that Jennifer Schumann, BH's Senior Counsel for Real Estate, was named among the Forty Under 40 honorees in Des Moines by Business Record Magazine. Jennifer was selected alongside 39 young professionals, all recognized for their outstanding accomplishments and leadership within the local business community.
The awards, which began in 2000, have recognized 760 past honorees. The 2019 award recipients will be featured in the March 15 issue of the Business Record and will be honored at the Forty Under 40 Awards Ceremony on March 28.
Jennifer joined BH in December 2018. In her role, she provides real estate counsel and oversees due diligence function, which provides extensive service in connection with real estate acquisitions, dispositions, refinances and restructures. She leads an experienced team of professionals who evaluate investment and management opportunities with the goal of maximizing asset value for BH's joint venture partners.
Prior to joining BH, Jennifer worked on real estate transactions at several firms, specializing in real estate development, finance, construction and commercial leasing matters. She received her undergraduate degree from University of Louisville and her Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law.
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Mercedes Citan gains an improved petrol engine & new features
Mercedes has announced yet another round of updates to the Citan.
Oct 28, 2015 at 1:22pm ET
By: Motor1.com Team
Since we already covered the diesel engines improvements earlier this year, we'll jump right into the updated Citan 112 which features an improved 1.2-liter petrol engine that now develops 114 PS (84 kW) and up to 205 Nm (151 lb-ft) of torque.The latter figure is available in the second, third and fourth gear for up to 20 seconds.
The Citan 112 will also be available with a new 6G-DCT dual clutch transmission which promises to combine the "economy of a manual transmission with the convenience of an automatic."
Besides featuring an updated petrol engine, the Citan lineup boasts a number of minor changes including an updated instrument cluster, a redesigned hand brake lever and a new handle on the inside of the tailgate which makes it easier to close.
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Deaths resulting from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related disease, continue to rise as do the resulting claims against employers.
An important piece of litigation in respect of such claims has been running for over three years (International Energy Group v Zurich Insurance plc). Last week, the Supreme Court handed down judgment and provided clarity at last around apportionment of damages on mesothelioma claims.
Marsh's Adviser provides background to this litigation, the effects of the Supreme Court's decision, what should be considered by companies, and how Marsh can assist them.


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Music school founder wins national migrant award
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 12:10 pm
Press Release: NZ Association for Migration and Investment
Founder and principal of North Auckland's Albany School of Music, Grace Dong Liu, struck the right note with the judges and was named Migrant of the Year at the New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment (NZAMI) Immigration Awards on August 18.
The NZAMI Awards recognise the major contribution of professionals involved in the immigration industry and celebrate the success that migrants give to the building of New Zealand. The awards were announced at a black-tie ceremony in Auckland following the NZAMI's annual conference.
NZAMI is the largest membership organisation representing immigration professionals in New Zealand. Its members have expertise and broad first-hand knowledge of how immigration policies affect migrants and New Zealand businesses.
Dr Oliver Hartwich, executive director of the New Zealand Initiative and Jack Hou, ANZ Bank's Head of Migrant, Asian Retail and Business Banking Auckland presented Grace Dong Liu with her award.
ANZ Bank sponsored three awards – Migrant of the Year, Community Outreach, and Hall of Fame.
Migrant of the Year winner, Ms Dong Liu has been in New Zealand since 2013 after migrating from China with her husband and son.
A highly talented flute player, Ms Dong Liu is a graduate of the Zurich University School of Music in Switzerland and the Conservatory of Southern Switzerland. In Europe, she was principal flute player in numerous classical symphonies, conducted several concerts and collaborated with well-known conductors at the Lugano Conservatory Youth Symphony Orchestra.
In New Zealand, she has taught flute and piano at the Remuera Music Academy and was granted Skilled Migrant Residency in February 2016. In May 2017, a long-held dream of Ms Dong Liu's became a reality when she officially opened The Albany School of Music (ASM).
This unique school community boasts a world-standard teaching staff of more than 20, teaching studios, a first-class music salon and a recording studio. The ASM has around 85 students and up to 10 new students joining every week.
"Ms Dong Liu was chosen for this award because, in a very short time since gaining residency, she has built a school that will undoubtedly help many thousands of young New Zealanders develop their musical abilities in years to come, and which will also enhance the quality of New Zealand's accomplishments in the field of music," comments NZAMI chair, June Ranson.
"The NZAMI Migrant of the Year Award recognises a migrant whose personal efforts and achievement make them an exceptional migrant – and Ms Dong Liu clearly meets this high standard."
Grace Dong Liu - International musician, Founder and Principal of the Albany School of Music, Albany – Migrant of the Year Award
Arunima Dhingra of AIMS Global Immigration and Education Services, Epsom, Auckland – Immigration Advisor or Lawyer of the Year Award
Arunima Dhingra of AIMS Global Immigration and Education Services, Epsom, Auckland – Community Outreach Award
David Ryken of Ryken and Associates, Auckland City – Inducted into Hall of Fame
June Ranson of Woburn International, Wellington – Service Award
Find more from NZ Association for Migration and Investment on InfoPages.


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Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles DICKENS | S. L. FILDES
"ONE OF THE BEST UNFINISHED MYSTERY STORIES IN LITERATURE"
DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. Six parts (all published). Octavo, original green paper wrappers. Housed in a custom chemise and half morocco slipcase. $2650.
First edition in original parts of Dickens' last book, a tantalizingly incomplete murder mystery, illustrated with 14 engraved plates after designs by Luke Fildes and with the wrapper of Part VI in the earliest state.
"There are few of [Dickens'] stories which are superior in the matter of composition… [It is] one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature" (Eckel, 96-97). At the time of his death (June 9, 1870), Dickens had written only six parts, three of which had been published. The remaining three were published posthumously. Dickens kept the outlines of the plot a secret, even from his close friends, and to this day the identity of Edwin Drood's murderer remains fertile ground for speculation (including a 1985 Broadway musical, Drood, in which each audience's vote determines that performance's conclusion). Dickens' novels had always been much concerned with secrets, with dual identities and masks; but here these matters "are enlarged and strengthened in the pursuit of a larger vision, a vision which depicts the 'lanes of light' between the dark pillars of a crypt and which reflects upon 'that mysterious fire which lurks in everything'" (Ackroyd, 1056). "The design for the front [wrapper] was by C.A. Collins (brother of Wilkie Collins), and therein are depicted eight incidents of the story, which it is frequently suggested have a bearing on the eventual solution" (Hatton & Cleaver, 373). With the rare "cork" advertisement in Part Two in pristine condition. With all advertisements called for except the first leaf of advertisements in Part II, which has been neatly cut out; Parts I and VI both have double sets of the Chapman and Co. advertisements. With Wilcox & Gibbs advertisement in state 1A ("A New World at Home"); the two states are found in roughly equal proportions in copies of Part VI. With wrapper of Part VI in the earliest state, with "Eighteenpence" slip pasted over the printed text, "Price One Shilling." Hatton & Cleaver, 373-384. Eckel, 96-98. Morocco bookplate to chemise.
Interior fine and fresh, expert restoration to fragile paper spines. A very attractive copy.
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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

namespace Toxy.Updater
{
    static class Tools
    {
        public static bool IsX64
        {
            get
            {
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432")))
                    return true;
                else
                    return false;
            }
        }

        public static bool VerifyCertificate(byte[] certData, string publicKey, out string message)
        {
            var chain = new X509Chain();

            chain.ChainPolicy.RevocationMode = X509RevocationMode.Online;
            chain.ChainPolicy.VerificationFlags = X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreWrongUsage;

            var cert = new X509Certificate2(certData);
            bool success = chain.Build(cert);

            if (chain.ChainStatus.Count() > 0)
                message = string.Format("{0}\n{1}", chain.ChainStatus[0].Status, chain.ChainStatus[0].StatusInformation);
            else
                message = string.Empty;

            if (!success)
                return false;

            if (cert.GetPublicKeyString() != publicKey)
            {
                message = "Public keys don't match";
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }
    }
}

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Welcome to my cozy world! Cozy is all my life since a few months! Cozy things help me to feel me better, calm, happy. Inside of the home, I do my own cozy world and outside of the home the challenge is harder but I try always to have something of cozy with me. Cozy clothes, cozy shoes,… I generally now buy only things who gives me coziness! The place where I have the more of cozy things is in my bedroom where I spend the most time. Sharing my favorite things for a cozy bedroom.
Cozy blankets. I'm a cozy blankets lover! I already told in a random of posts but my biggest favorite are the Saranoni blankets, I spent my time with them, so cozy, soft, comfortable, they help me to feel me better. I took them even on my trips! Even if it's a one or two nights trip! I can't to be cozy in my bedroom without these blankets.
Small lights. I love to add not one but a few small lights. I have the system Hue Go in my bedroom, I switch the lamps at a low intensity. It's a cozy paradise on nights! Well! I know it's not good but I keep my Philips Hue Go lamp at the lower intensity all night. I have fear or dark and since now I fall asleep fastly.
Comfortable bed. The bed is the main piece of the bedroom! Take a special attention to him, add cozy blankets on, faux fur pillows and a bunch of pillows, your favorite bed sheets. To do your bed the paradise of coziness! Since I did my bed more comfortable, I sleep better also.
Organized bedroom. I'm not obsessed by the organization but I love tyding! An organized, clean bedroom gives you more in peace and comfort.
Warm drinks. If you work at home like me, add a warm drink hot cocoa or hot tea during your work time. I love warm drinks during watching a tv show in my bed on nights also.
There is not so long time I discovered the hygge in a book! This lifestyle is amazing! The simple comfortable things are the best! That gives me the want to discovery Denmark now. What are your favorite things to do your home cozy?
I love cozy blankets too!


Toronto-based contemporary Bharatnatyam dancer Nova Bhattacharya, will be presenting a show, Decoding Bharatnatyam, Feb. 14-17 at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance, 304 Parliament St., Toronto. Photo by John Launer.
Tucked away inside rehearsal studios and embedded among stellar theatre/dance productions around Toronto, few "artistic gems" have raised the status of their craft beyond narrow definitions of culture and language.
Case in point: Nova Bhattacharya. An award-winning Bharatnatyam dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Nova Dance.
Nova strapped on the traditional dance anklet (ghungroo), a heavy musical belt sewn with tiny brass bells, worn by classical Indian dancers at age 7. Metaphorically, she hasn't taken them off since.
If you're imagining a dance performance where the dancers are garbed in brightly-coloured Kanjeevaram sarees with their hair plaited and adorned with flowers and their eyes accentuated with dark kohl, you'll be wrong. So wrong.
Imagine then, a dancer dressed in distressed jeans and a crimson-coloured sleeveless t-shirt or a flowing black gown with thigh-high slits swaying to the beats of techno-music combined with Carnatic music ragas. Sounds exotic? It's mesmerizing (watch the video below).
"In Decoding Bharatnatyam, I, a Bengali-Canadian will be performing a Bharatnatyam dance choreographed by a Venezuelan-Canadian, proficient in the Cunningham dance technique that isolates body parts, believes in simplistic movements set to the background of complicated scores," Nova explains.
Neena Jayarajan and Atri Nundy will perform Broken Lines, an award-winning dance, Feb. 14-17 at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance, 304 Parliament St., Toronto. Photo by Ed Hanley.
At age 7, renowned Bharatnatyam dancer Menaka Thakkar, accepted Nova as her student (incidentally, Nova was the first graduate of the Nrytyakala Dance Academy, Thakkar's Toronto dance school).
And thus, began a journey fraught with ups and downs, headaches and heartaches, awards and accolades.
In her teens, Nova briefly shoved away her dreams and headed to Carleton University to pursue journalism. She dropped out after a year and was joyfully reunited with her passion when Menaka's sister invited her to perform at a dance festival she was hosting.
Not one to remain boxed within the confines of prescribed norms, Nova broke free once she had mastered the nuances.
The Torontonian's dance catalogues are experiments of the psyche woven together with compelling music, minimalistic set production and clean lines. It's abstract storytelling. Take for instance, Infinite Storms (2017), a performance where Nova internalizes the debilitating pain of migraines into a dance routine or Akshongay for which she received a Dora nod for outstanding choreography.
Nova's upcoming show, Decoding Bharatnatyam, unravels several layers of classical dance fused with modern sensibilities. Visualise the complex, but rigid footwork and hand movements of Bharatnatyam, flawlessly melding into the fluid moves of contemporary dance.
The show, hosted by Citadel + Compagnie (C+C) will feature three performances: Broken Lines, an award-winning duet by Neena Jayarajan and Atri Nundy; Alaap by Lucy Rupert and Calm Abiding, executed by Nova and choreographed by Venezuela-born, Montreal-based contemporary choreographer, José Navas.
Decoding Bharatnatyam runs, Feb. 14-17, 2018 at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance, 304 Parliament St., Toronto, M5A 2Z6. Cost of tickets is $25/person and $20 (artists) and can be purchased by calling: 416-364-8011 ext. 1 or by visiting here (citadelcie.com).


Ernest, farmer and father of 8, is from Southern Burundi in Bururi province. With his family, he lives in Rutovu commune on the Ruringanizo Colline. The weather is chilly most of the time. Ernest used to spend the entire day drinking. He neglected his family responsibilities such as caring about his wife and children. He would end up spending all the money in bars and come home with empty pockets. Not only did the children eat once a day but 5 of them had challenges at school since their father couldn't manage to pay for the school fees. The only so called friends Ernest had were those with whom he went drinking with.
Ernest understood the importance of association and he started to put in practice what he had learned. Since Ernest had 3 sheep, he sold them and adding the money he borrowed, he bought a cow. He now uses the manure to fertilize the farming land which has increased the yield. Ernest even built a small house which the family uses as a storage room.
Ernest is now not only able to provide enough food but also nutritious food thanks to the teachings on kitchen gardens: «I cultivated vegetables and my children eat them on a daily basis».
By working with others, Ernest's behavior changed and his children have noticed it. His son Richard, 14, he is very happy about the fact that his father joined the self help group. They have since overcome many of the problems: « We didn't have enough food and it was difficult to find school fees or get medical care but these are no longer a challenge at home».
«Our father's adhesion to the association has positively and strongly impacted our lives. We hope many other people will benefit from it. We are grateful to Help Channel Burundi».


In order to help you focus your reading and to serve as a mnemonic device, I've provided key terms for each week of class, which we'll define together. You'll need to know these terms for the final exam.
To complement my choice for each week's key term, I will request a key term from you each week. You'll be divided into small groups for this, with each group taking responsibility for a term and its definition each week.


Having healthy teeth is important because of the role they place of ensuring that food is chewed well when put in the mouth before it is passed into the stomach for digestion to occur easily before the resulting substances can be taken into the blood and to other body parts. With the knowledge of how important teeth are in your mouth, it is crucial that you keep them clean and healthy to avoid any possible infections. There are many tips that you can use if you want to have healthy teeth.
First, you should ensure that you brush your teeth a few times every day especially after meals to ensure that you remove any food particles that might have stuck in the teeth because they are likely to decompose and release chemicals which cause bacteria to grow between teeth. The purpose of regular brushing of the mouth and teeth is to make sure that all the sugary content that remains in your mouth are removed so that they do not decompose and release acids into the cavities because such results in cavities being formed in the teeth making you uncomfortable in the end.


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Best Practices: Color Interiors – Oct 2019
By Jessica Chevalier
Mark Carr, president of Texas-based Color Interiors, has found a winning formula by following his own path, intuiting what works best for his employees and customers, then pursuing business in that vein, unswayed by trends and approaches that don't suit his market. The retailer's tailored approach extends to his employment structure, his advertising strategies and his showrooms, amounting to an organization that works optimally for the people it's serving, not the other way around.
Color Interiors was founded in 1972 by Wally Kaiser. The original location was in Houston, Texas, and, in 1997, David Carr had been a salesman for the organization for 13 years when Kaiser came to him and said, "Either you buy this business or I'm shutting it down."
Kaiser believed Carr to be not only a good salesman but business-minded and capable of running the operation. Though David hadn't been looking for a business to buy, he didn't want to lose his job, so he agreed.
David's son Mark studied animal science at Texas A&M, graduating in 2000 with no intention of entering the world of flooring. However, at the time, David was looking to open a second Color Interiors location about 20 miles from the original-in the northern town of Conroe, where the family lived-and he asked Mark to oversee that operation. "He could have maintained the status quo," Mark notes, "but he wanted to open another store. I saw it as a great opportunity to work with family, and that's every parents' dream, isn't it-to work with their kids and keep them close to home?"
Today, the original Houston store is no more, but there are two additional Color Interiors locations in the towns of Magnolia and Spring. About 13 years ago, David stepped away from the business, so Mark now oversees the entire operation.
TRUSTING ITS EMPLOYEES
Color Interiors provides its employees a great deal of autonomy and believes that this independence is the foundation of its success. The company has no managers at any of its locations. Instead, each employee is expected to manage themselves, reporting directly to Mark. An important part of this equation is the fact that not paying managers allows Color Interiors to pay each sales team member more, which both attracts a higher-quality team member and, according to Mark, keeps them with the business longer.
Along with this, the company has minimal office and warehouse staff, opting instead for the sales staff to manage the entire process, from customer education to post-installation payment and communications. The only aspect of the entire sales process that the sales team members don't handle is the installation scheduling and the actual installation.
As such, rather than having company-wide policies regarding, for instance, procedures for customer thank-yous post-sale, Color Interiors leaves that process up to the sales team members individually. One sends a package of cookies as a thank you; another may send flowers. "They come up with their own ways to engage customers," says Mark.
Mark believes that in utilizing this practice, Color Interiors is rewarded with self-motivated and self-managed employees that feel a greater degree of ownership in their jobs and take greater initiative for their performance.
On the labor side, the company's story is a bit different from that of many other retailers in the U.S. Based in Texas, which is flush with migrant workers, the labor shortage is less severe than in other parts of the country, and labor is less expensive. For Color Interiors, then, the challenge isn't finding laborers but weeding through the pool to find the best of the best. The company seeks to attract higher-skill installers to its operation by paying a bit more than the competition.
Similar to virtually all firms across the country, Color Interiors reports that carpet is the category most taxed for laborers, and that the situation is only going to become more severe, as carpet installers are not passing along the skills of the trade to the next generation.
In spite of having a healthy labor pool, Mark reports that Color Interiors' greatest challenge is that it "can sell more than we can install." Balancing the demands on installation with the firm's goal of achieving quality installation on every job can be taxing. "We want to make sure that we install 100% properly so that the customer is fully satisfied," says Mark. "We strive for excellence in every installation."
SHOW-STOPPING SHOWROOMS
Each of Color Interiors' three stores are freestanding buildings in high profile locations with good visibility. And all three have identical exteriors. Believing that his locations and showrooms make a big impact, Mark has ceased all traditional forms of advertising in favor of online and word of mouth. In fact, with the exception of a single billboard that Mark cancelled a year ago, Color Interiors hasn't done any traditional advertising in around five years. This effort wasn't based on reducing Color Interiors' advertising budget but simply on following the ROI. The company believes its stores are, in effect, its best advertisement.
Color Interiors' store interiors feel polished-suited to its older, established demographic of shoppers between 55 and 75-though the businesses are capable of serving buyers at all price levels. Mark believes that lower-end buyers often misinterpret the stores to be high-end-only. To combat this, he utilizes exterior banner advertising to emphasize that Color Interiors can indeed serve everyone from cash-and-carry and commodity shoppers to luxury consumers.
In addition to flooring products, Color Interiors carries granite countertops and plumbing fixtures, and is in the process of adding a lighting business. The lighting business is the result of a merger with another established community business. The owner approached him and asked if he would be willing to share showroom space. Mark carved a 3,000-square-foot section out of his 12,000-square-foot Magnolia showroom for the lighting center, which will operate independently, with its own staff.
As Mark has undertaken these diversification ventures, he has found himself pleased that the name Color Interiors, deemed by Wally Kaiser, isn't tied to one flooring type or even, indeed, to the flooring category alone, giving him the option of expanding the product offering without altering the name or having it stand as only a partial representation of his offering. Mark is open to the possibility of adding additional products and expanding his offering to new categories in the coming years.
In addition to its retail ventures, Color Interiors does commercial work, which represents about 8% of its revenues, and the largest amount of commercial work is in the custom builder market. The area that Color Interiors serves has been growing since the '80s with several large, high-end subdivisions in its territory.
If you live outside of the Texas area and find that the name Color Interiors rings a bell, it's likely because of a publicity effort that the company undertook in October 2015-constructing a swimming pool out of Shaw's Lifeguard backing.
The company fabricated a metal frame, lined it with carpet that was constructed with Lifeguard backing-which Shaw custom-dyed a watery blue for the event-and filled it with three feet of water. The pool was constructed atop a platform of Shaw's Floorté waterproof LVT, and between the pool and deck was a painting on paper, included to demonstrate that the pool indeed produced no leakage.
To the event, the company invited friends and family but also local press. Children were invited to take a dip in the pool, which was decked out with lifeguard chairs and, ultimately, the pool was disassembled in front of the gathering to reveal the dry surface beneath. Mark reports, "It made an awesome YouTube video. We got mileage out of it, and Shaw did too."
Color Interiors' best-selling category today is LVT, though Mark reports that ceramic tile may exceed LVT in sales by dollar value due to labor costs. The company does a lot of ceramic work for shower installations. Additionally, Color Interiors sells carpet and hardwood.
Mark believes that the LVT trend has been a positive one for the industry and the consumer. "Today, we're giving the consumer a better product for their dollar than the junk wood of the past," he notes, referring to the thin engineered hardwood that LVT has all but replaced.
Copyright 2019 Floor Focus
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Q: Debug Android internal API about Sim Toolkit and UI I am working on a project where the client wants to make automatic tests of UI components (e.g. using Appium or UI Automator), the project is based on the SIM Toolkit.
The aim is to test if GUI components are displayed (thanks to commands sent to a SIM applet).
However, the system does not permit to check if objects from internal APIs are displayed (basically a SIM Menu).
My question is: how can I test these internal objects automaticaly? Is there a flag I can pull down to say to the system "hey let me test this component you try to hide" ? Basically I guess the system does not allow to handle these components for security reasons.

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FOCIS 2011 – Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology (March 2-6, 2011)
August 23, 2011•Education Committee (EDU)
FOCIS 2011 – Advanced Course…
FireSky Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Four students were co-sponsored to attend this course.
Deepika Kanojia, PhD, Genes and Proteins Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
Deepika received joint sponsorship from the IUIS Education Committee and the IUIS Gender Equality and Career Development Committee. She really enjoyed the course and provided an amazing summary (please refer to the GECD website for a copy of this report).
Marta Toscano, PhD Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"I attended to the 2011 FOCIS Advanced Course of Basic and Clinical Immunology as a recipient of the sponsorship for young immunologists from the developing world from the IUIS Education Committee and FOCIS.
Taking part of this course has been a very rewarding experience. The first part of the course covered essential topics in basic immunology such as antigen presentation, leukocyte migration, T and B cell activation and differentiation, and mechanisms of tolerance and immune regulation. The second part of the course covered the major topics in clinical immunology such as allergic diseases, transplantation and autoimmunity. To remark, the lectures were not only up to date as expected but also very didactic and captivating.
I am glad to say that attending this course helped me to increase my understanding of basic immunological mechanisms as well as to integrate their role in immune mediated diseases. In addition, the course was held in a very friendly and relaxing environment, which allowed me to interact and discuss with renowned faculties and to share experiences with young immunologists around the world."
Erick M. O. Muok, Research Officer/ EDCTP PhD student, Schistosomiasis Research Unit, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
Erick was co-sponsored by IUIS Clinical Immunology Committee and FOCIS.
"I would like to express my gratitude for offering me the opportunity to attend the FOCIS Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology. The course offered me an excellent ground to meet researchers and clinicians from around the world, a rare event that made me have a new look into my scientific development path. The shared latest findings, breakthroughs and therapies related to human disease gave me a challenge and at the same time an encouragement to redefine my immunological career and a new focus onto my work in the immunology of infectious diseases. I did actually achieve in the training the concept of interrelationships by meeting several groups that work in different areas and more importantly the group that works on vaccine development, which is my future carrier path. Apart from my networks created with several individuals within the course and faculty, I also gained knowledge that I believe will contribute to development of new therapies for tropical diseases."
Desta Kassa Misgina, PhD student, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Desta was co-sponsored by the IUIS Education Committee and FOCIS.
"I am a researcher and PhD student focused in infectious diseases mainly in TB/HIV on one hand, and as an employee of the research institute in a country highly challenged with infectious diseases and where resources and knowledge are limited. I believe that updating knowledge and skills are highly relevant to combat and control the infection and non-infection related morbidity and mortaliy. In this respect, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to FOCIS and IUIS for allowing me to participate in this highly relevant training and for sponsoring my travel expenses. My special thanks also to the outstanding lecturers and course organizers over all.
It is such a rare chance for me to attend lectures from such outstanding scientists from the leading Universities. The training was all about understanding basic immunology and its translation to therapies. For me it was just like what I feel after doing my gymnastic (fresh, energetic and bright). I feel more comfortable and confident in my scope of understanding of basic immunology and of my data related to my PhD study.
I could not imagine that the course would be so extensive. I would suggest however, if it is possible to include in the course a lecture about the basic host immune response to some of the important infections like HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB. Thank you very much."
Related activities from Education Committee (EDU).
Immunology Education without Borders paper in 'Frontiers in Immunology'
Education Committee (EDU)
Travel Awards IUIS/AAI 2018
Advance Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology Feb 18-21, 2018 Arizona USA
First International IUIS-FAIS-ImmunoEthiopia Course 2017
Supported Activities 2015-2016
Report Supplement Oct 2015-Jul 2016
Report Supplement Aug 2016-Dec 2016
Educational Committee Report 2016-2017 part 3


If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am there you may be also.
The first book in the Bible, Genesis, gives us an unforgettable picture of the Lord God. After at least five "days" of intensely creative work, He "planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye" (Gen. 2:8–9, niv). In my mind's eye, I can see Him on His hands and knees, grubbing in the dirt, planting trees and flowers and shrubs and grass, watering and pruning and landscaping. God Himself was the first homemaker, preparing a place for His children, Adam and Eve, that would be pleasing to the eye. We can only imagine the joyful eagerness of the divine Gardener as He presented Adam with his lovingly prepared home that was not just adequate or sufficient to meet his needs but extravagant in its lush beauty and comfort.
But the preparations made for that first earthly home . . . are nothing compared with the preparations being made for our heavenly home!


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Q: Sorting multi level parent child object in js I have the following array of objects. I would like to sort the array so that all child options are placed next to its parent. Most of the solutions are on tree structure where I need it in a flat structure.
Also I need a level key which indicates the level of the option.
[
 {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Parent"
 },
 {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Child 1",
    "parent_id": 1
 },
 {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Grand Child 1",
    "parent_id": 2
 },
 {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "Grand Child 2",
    "parent_id": 2
 },
 {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "Child 2",
    "parent_id": 1
 },
 {
    "id": 7,
    "name": "Grand Child 3",
    "parent_id": 2
 },
]

I want all child to be places next to it's parent like this
[
 {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Parent",
    "level": 1
 },
 {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Child 1",
    "parent_id": 1,
    "level": 2
 },
 {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Grand Child 1",
    "parent_id": 2,
    "level": 3
 },
 {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "Grand Child 2",
    "parent_id": 2,
    "level": 3
 },
 {
    "id": 7,
    "name": "Grand Child 3",
    "parent_id": 2,
    "level": 3
 },
 {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "Child 2",
    "parent_id": 1,
    "level": 2
 },
]

I've seen a solution but it works only 1 level

A: You could try this solution:
/**
 * Provided dataset example.
 */
const arrayToBeSorted = [
  { id: 1, name: 'Parent' },
  { id: 2, name: 'Child 1', parent_id: 1 },
  { id: 3, name: 'Grand Child 1', parent_id: 2 },
  { id: 4, name: 'Grand Child 2', parent_id: 2 },
  { id: 5, name: 'Child 2', parent_id: 1 },
  { id: 7, name: 'Grand Child 3', parent_id: 2 }
];

/**
 *
 * The array is recursively sorted by level, and each element is given the level property.
 * @param {Array} list
 * @param {Object} parent
 * @returns {Array}
 */
const recursiveArraySort = (list, parent = { id: undefined, level: 0 }) => {
  let result = [];

  /**
   * Get every element whose parent_id attribute matches the parent's id.
   */
  const children = list.filter(item => item.parent_id === parent.id);

  /**
   * Set the level based on the parent level for each element identified,
   * add them to the result array, then recursively sort the children.
   */
  children.forEach(child => {
    child.level = parent.level + 1;
    result = [...result, child, ...recursiveArraySort(list, child)];
  });

  return result;
};

const sortedArray = recursiveArraySort(arrayToBeSorted);

console.log(sortedArray);

Console.log's result:
[
  { id: 1, name: 'Parent', level: 1 },
  { id: 2, name: 'Child 1', parent_id: 1, level: 2 },
  { id: 3, name: 'Grand Child 1', parent_id: 2, level: 3 },
  { id: 4, name: 'Grand Child 2', parent_id: 2, level: 3 },
  { id: 7, name: 'Grand Child 3', parent_id: 2, level: 3 },
  { id: 5, name: 'Child 2', parent_id: 1, level: 2 }
]