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U.S. District Court Judge Roy Dalton Jr. dismissed the case after a settlement was announced Tuesday at trial.
Settlement reached in Heath First antitrust trial U.S. District Court Judge Roy Dalton Jr. dismissed the case after a settlement was announced Tuesday at trial. Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/2buOQlf
Rick Neale, FLORIDA TODAY Published 1:36 p.m. ET Aug. 15, 2016 | Updated 6:30 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2016
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A settlement was announced by the parties at trial today, and U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton has issued an order dismissing the case with prejudice.
ORLANDO – Opening statements kicked off Monday in a federal trial pitting Health First against a group of healthcare practitioners that allege the hospital provider operates an illegal monopoly in southern Brevard County.
The plaintiffs include Omni Healthcare, Interventional Spine Institute of Florida (which does business as Spine, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, or S.O.A.R.), and a collection of doctors, medical practices and a physician's assistant.
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Omni-vs.-Health First antitrust case going to trial
They hope to convince a nine-member jury that Health First retaliated against them to protect its market share in the Melbourne-Palm Bay region – and they ask a federal judge to break up Health First's hospital-physician-health insurance network.
"If Health First controls the doctors, they control the hospital admissions and protect their hospital monopoly," attorney Joe Whatley told jurors in Courtroom 4A at the federal courthouse in downtown Orlando.
However, the defendants, Health First and its subsidiaries, contend that their business-integration activities were legal, pro-competitive and intended to improve health care for patients on the Space Coast.
"Health First denies that it ever took any anti-competitive activity against any of these plaintiffs," attorney the company's attorney, Richard Arnold, told the jury.
U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton Jr. announced the trial should last about three weeks. Lawyers have been working on the case the past three years, and they exchanged several million documents and identified nearly 600 exhibits to be introduced into evidence, a court motion shows.
Dalton told the jurors to relax – and if they don't know anything about antitrust, they will learn all about it as the trial unfolds.
In 2008, Health First ended its decade-long business relationship with Omni Healthcare, a Melbourne-based physician group. An arbitration panel ruled in Health First's favor amid a contractual dispute, ruling that the company did not owe Omni $25.5 million in back pay for services rendered.
Writing with a green highlighter on white posterboard, Arnold told jurors that Health First controls 86 percent of acute hospital services, 27 percent of physicians and 14.4 percent of health insurance in south Brevard. He said the trial will show no evidence of a monopoly.
Whatley told the jury that health care companies like Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield don't own hospitals – and they also don't hire doctors to treat their patients. He said Health First nearly doubled the prices of some medical procedures after acquiring MIMA, a doctor's group, in 2013.
The plaintiffs are also suing Health First co-founders Jerry Senne and Michael Means as individuals. Both left the company in 2011.
"The definition of a monopolist is what a competitor that's lost a fair-and-square competition calls their competitor," Thomas Bishop, Senne's lawyer, told the jury, wrapping up Monday's testimony.
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Home BUSINESS Pregnant women cry over SMH's abandoned maternity block project
Pregnant women cry over SMH's abandoned maternity block project
The abandonment of work on the construction of a GH¢500,000.00 maternity ward complex for the Sunyani Municipal Hospital (SMH) has attracted the displeasure of pregnant women in the Municipality.
The pregnant women have appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to compel the Sunyani Municipal Assembly to release funds to finish the project, which is about 85 percent complete, to provide enough space for them before, during and after labour.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during a visit to the project site in Sunyani on Tuesday, the pregnant women who were attending antenatal clinic complained bitterly over the lack of space and the dilapidated condition of the Hospital's old maternity block.
GNA investigations revealed that works on the project started in 2016, but the construction firm abandoned it because the Assembly had failed to release the GH¢150,000.00 it owed the contractor to complete the project.
The project is demand-driven and being funded through the Assembly's share of the District Assembly Common Fund.
Checks at the Assembly's record reveal funding for the project was captured and budgeted for in 2017, 2018 and 2019 action plans and annual budgets of the Assembly, but efforts by the GNA to contact the city authorities were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, the Sunyani Local Accountability Network (LANet), a local branch of the Ghana Anti-corruption Coalition has given the Assembly a 90-day ultimatum to complete the project or face their wrath.
Mr. Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Secretary of LANet, in an interview with the GNA said the Assembly had no justification to abandon the project because its execution was based on the demand of the people.
He said the Assembly's failure to complete the project was worrying because it was impeding government's effort to achieve the Goal Three of the Sustainable Development Goals, which aimed at ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being of all people.
Mr. Ahenu who is the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation (GLOMeF), a human rights and anti-corruption media advocacy non-governmental organisation said LANet had engaged with the Assembly at several meetings, but it had failed to complete the project.
He said, checks at the Assembly showed that it received its 2017 share of the DACF amounting to GH¢2,085,309.21 and that of the first and second quarters of 2018 totaling GH¢782, 307.37.
Mr. Ahenu lamented over what he described as "calculated attempt" by successive governments which abandoned projects initiated by their predecessors in the country, a situation which had become the bane of accelerated national development.
This and many of such scenarios are making the nation to lose billions of cedes and depriving citizens access to basic social rights and privileges.
To address this, Mr. Ahenu said the country required a long-term development plan that would push and force successive governments to continue and complete projects initiated by their predecessors to protect the national purse.
He however, commended the Assembly for re-awarding the construction of a mental health unit block at the SMH which had been abandoned for some years now.
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Bring your dog for a truly dog-friendly holiday to South Devon. Ruth and her faithful companion Kes the Collie can vouch for many great walks, and dog-friendly beaches, cafes, pubs and restaurants in the area.
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Julie Hinder was intrigued to find our more about the brave Sea Dogs of Start Bay who swam out and helped bring in the catch for fishing communities.
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April to July are perfect months to come on holiday to South Devon to see the colourful display of wildflowers which appear in our local hedgerows. But it's not just plants which thrive in these wonderful wildlife habitats. . .
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The National Trust's Overbeck's garden and museum is tucked into a belt of woodland high above Salcombe estuary and beaches, and is a stone's throw from dramatic and spectacular views around Starehole Bay at Bolt Head on the the South West Coast Path.
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Michael Morpurgo's war time story set in Slapton
Michael Morpurgo's adaptation of the D Day Landing practices which took place at Slapton Sands near Dittiscombe will be played out at The Globe in London in August.
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Devon Lanes and the Art of Mindfulness
The lanes are a very special feature of our South Devon landscape. The transition from fast roads to single-tracked lanes is the sign that your holiday has really started!
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A Favourite Nature Event in September
We have no light pollution here in Dittiscombe valley so our dark skies are dotted with stars, and sometimes we see the Milky Way too. Last night was no exception . . .
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Enter the Enchanted Tamar Valley
The National Trust house of Cotehele in the Tamar Valley of Cornwall is set in a tranquil place and it's easy to lose yourself in the gardens and ancient woodland.
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Most central in Clarke's development as an intellect, Swanston writes, stood the Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile and historian, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, whose huge collection of books, pamphlets, and art work regarding African (Black) people worldwide laid the foundation for the world-famous Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.
Dr. John Henrik Clarke: His Life, His Words, His Works
"When blacks were excluded from producing and directing Hollywood films, Parks opened the door of opportunity," says Howard Dodson, head of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.
Remembering a renaissance man: Gordon Parks, celebrated photographer and filmmaker, dies at 93
And I cannot forget the courtroom drawings of Malcolm X by Tracy Sugarman in "Malcolm X: A Search for Truth" at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.
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This book on the subject was published as a companion volume to a website of the same name, which was organized and curated by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Historians Dodson and Diouf present 500-plus years of African-American migration in four sections in chronological order: migrations of the enslaved (1450s-1865), northern & western migrations (1783-1920's), war migrations (1916-1970), and contemporary migrations, which include Caribbean, Haitian, and African immigration, as well as a return to the South.
In Motion: the African-American Migration Experience
He amassed a vast archive of documents on African Americans in dance, which served as the basis for Richard Long's indispensable book The Black Tradition in American Dance, and is preserved in collections at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Hampton College, and other universities.
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Readers benefit from Willis's and Williams's insight and expertise as artists and scholars who have worked within renowned photographic resources such as the Photographs and Prints Collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Collection of Photographs at the J.
Deborah Willis and Carla Williams. The Black Female Body: A Photographic History
A project examined a 25-year period of African Americans in adult education by accessing the archival holdings of these 3 major data centers: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moorland-Spingarn Archives, and Hollis Burke Frissell Library.
A Quarter Century of African Americans in Adult Education: A Unknown and Unheralded Presence
The University of Michigan School of Information has opened an online exhibit that explores the history of Harlem, "Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community." A collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, the exhibit presents rare archival photos along with other little known snippets of Harlem history.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture located in Harlem, New York, is a research unit of The New York Public Library system.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture online exhibitions
Now, at the age of 39, the assistant professor of history at Indiana University is poised to take the helm of the world's leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in July.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad takes reins at Schomburg
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Production of three new Mercedes-AMG GT sports car begins
The sports car Mercedes-AMG GT R and the GT Roadster variants Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster and Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster are assembled in a handcrafted manner in Sindelfingen.ETAuto | March 05, 2017, 15:33 IST
Sindelfingen: The Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen has officially started the production of three new AMG GT models claims a press release.
"With three exciting and highly dynamic models, we are strengthening the Sindelfingen plant as a production location for sports cars in our global network," says Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisonal Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management.
"In our plants, we are able to meet our customers' demand flexibly, efficiently and in top quality on a world-class level, both in the large and small series production. In the manufactory in Sindelfingen, we count on our experienced employees, who are skilled in complex tasks and work with sophisticated craftsmanship."
Together with the two roadsters, the AMG GT R is produced in a handcrafted manner in Sindelfingen. In every vehicle, high-performance technology is crafted by experienced specialists. In the assembly process, baskets containing the precise components of the individual vehicle are delivered to the highly flexible assembly line.
"With the new AMG GT R and the two roadster variants of the GT family, the production of these extraordinary vehicles has now started at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. The team produces what has been completely self-developed in Affalterbach in an equally highly motivated manner and in top quality. Therefore, I' d like to thank them for their passionate and accurate work with the GT sports car series at the Sindelfingen plant," says Tobias Moers, CEO of Mercedes-AMG GmbH.
The vehicle set-up at the Sindelfingen plant is carried out entirely manually and begins when the body is removed from the paint shop. Both the glass carbon roof and the fabric roof are mounted with the highest precision in the same station. During the stage of the so-called "wedding", the drive train is manually attached to the car body.
Due to the complex design of the powertrain, ten employees are simultaneously deployed, bringing together the preassembled individual components hand-in-hand, at the right time and in top quality. Once the vehicle has been put into service, each vehicle undergoes a dynamic test-drive at the Sindelfingen in-house track.
"With the production start of the three new AMG top athletes, the Sindelfingen plant is developing its competence in the high-performance segment of the upper and luxury class," says Michael Bauer, Plant Manager of the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant. "The cooperation with Affalterbach works very well. We in Sindelfingen are proving once again that we can not only handle large-scale, but also small-scale production – a top performance of the team."
The new models will be launched in spring 2017.
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Sea Asia 2019
Widely recognised as Asia's anchor maritime and offshore event, Sea Asia 2019 returned to Singapore for the 7th edition, from 9 to 11 April 2019 at the Marina Bay Sands.
Co-organised by UBM (Seatrade) and the Singapore Maritime Foundation, Sea Asia is the anchor maritime event held in conjunction with the Singapore Maritime Week. Over the years, it has established strong working relationships and support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and key industry associations. Sea Asia is recognised globally as the leading platform for the maritime industry to interact, explore business opportunities, hear the latest insights and find new products and services.
The highly acclaimed Sea Asia conference took place alongside the exhibition over three days. The conference featured an extensive gathering of industry heavyweights and high-profile international speakers sharing thought leadership and addressing critical issues and potential solutions from a commercial perspective. In addition, the well curated conference programme and the high level delegate participation further reinforced Sea Asia's role as a leading forum for analysis and debate in the global maritime industry.
Sea Asia will return from April 20 – 22 in 2021.
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9 Apr 2019, Tuesday - 11 Apr 2019, Thursday
Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
Public event, registration required
3-Day Conference Pass: US$988.00*
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Seatrade is an integral portfolio within UBM founded in 1970 that organises a range of global exhibitions, events and publications covering every aspect of the cruise and maritime industries. It is headquartered in Colchester, UK, and is globally represented across 23 countries in the UAE, Asia, South America and Europe.
Sea Asia is organised by UBM, which in June 2018 combined with Informa PLC to become a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B Events organiser in the world. Visit www.ubm.com/singapore for more information about the organisation's presence in Singapore.
The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) was established on 27 January 2004 to facilitate dialogue and cooperation among maritime stakeholders from the public and private sectors. As the bridge between the public and private sectors, SMF aims to provide the industry with a clear and representative voice, and spearhead projects to boost its development.
SMF also organises and participates in a host of maritime events to strengthen the Maritime Singapore brand. To date, SMF has significantly benefitted from strong support from all sectors of the industry which has enabled the organisation to reach out directly to the community for new areas of work to improve the current maritime ecosystem.
International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM Conference) 2016
Riding on the success of the 1st Pro-AM Conference in 2014, the biennial conference was held in Singapore for the 2nd time from 17 to 19 May 2016. In this conference cum exhibition, Pro-AM 2016 brought the latest commercial and scientific progress in Additive Manufacturing. Participants learnt about scientific breakthroughs and technological advances in Additive Manufacturing from global subject matter experts and researchers, and witnessed the latest technologies and applications that was displayed by commercial market players at the trade exhibition.
NYPE 2015 Seminar
22 Apr 2016, Friday
The New York Produce Exchange Form (NYPE) is the most widely used standard time charter party in the dry cargo sector of the industry. The revised NYPE was launched on 15 October 2015, the first revision since 1993. This revised form is the first international shipping form that is a collective effort spanning the globe involving the owner and copyright holder, the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (USA) Inc. (ASBA), BIMCO and the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) over three years.
Making Maritime Work for You
15 Mar 2017, Wednesday
SCMA conference has long been an industry marque event where we gather the industry's outstanding practitioners to share their experiences with the audience. For the 2017 conference, we are pleased to have Sir Bernard Rix as the Guest of Honour and keynote speaker. Sir Bernard Rix recently retired from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales after twenty years as first a High Court Judge and then a Lord Justice of Appeal.


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AROMA IN THE KITCHEN
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Chef Robert Sulatycky has a long history with the Bocuse d'Or. Representing Canada in 1999, he placed fourth and was awarded the "Prix Viande," or best meat prize. He has since mentored both Canadian and American chef candidates and was honored to be a member of the international jury for the 2007 and 2013 editions of the competition. Chef Sulatycky has helmed the kitchens of the Four Seasons hotels in Toronto and Chicago. He also simultaneously led the teams at the Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel Air, where he had the pleasure of cooking for Hollywood stars.
"Once you've introduced the guest to the dish from a taste and an aromatic point of view, there is no doubt that they will have a much more heightened and enjoyable experience."
– Robert Sulatycky, Head Coach, Bocuse D'Or Team USA
Chef Sulatycky is once again working with the Four Seasons group, developing a restaurant and dining concept for the new Four Seasons Private Residences in Los Angeles, California. Chef Sulatycky's passion for wine has also taken him to Napa, California, where he is the managing director of Mithra Winery. Mithra, a small production boutique winery located on Mount Veeder, has a reputation for producing exceptional cabernet sauvignons.Chef Sulatycky is the president and co-founder of iQKitchen Inc., a technology company that has developed simple and intuitive app-based solutions to many of the basic challenges that chefs face in the kitchen. He also served as Assistant Coach for Bocuse d'Or Team USA 2017, who won the first-ever gold medal for the United States.
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Understanding Big Data: Cross Infrastructure & Analytics
In our cartographic overview of the big data ecosystem, we stated a Big Data environment should allow you to store, process, analyse and visualise data. Thus far in the "Understanding Big Data" series, we've been breaking down the ecosystem into composite parts, focusing on software which specifically focuses one or two of these objectives. In this edition, we'll be examining the big data offerings of household names and global leaders, most of whom offer an end-to-end solution for storing, processing, analysing and visualising data.
As part of its range of cloud computing products and services, Google offers a big data analysis solution, Google BigQuery. The "big" in the title isn't misleading- they allow you to process the first terabyte of data for free. The queries are run in an SQL-like language, and can be run on a browser tool, command-line tool or through the BigQuery REST API using a variety of client libraries such as Java, PHP or Python. It's integrated with a variety of third-party analytics and visualisation tools, including Tableau, Jaspersoft and Qlikview, as well as cloud connectors for services such as Talend, Informatica and Pervasive. We recently reported on how Google developers were using BigQuery to map the notability gender gap in Freebase, which you can read here.
Architecture of SAP HANA; source
SAP's big data product line revolves around SAP HANA. When speaking with Dataconomy recently about their partnership with SAP HANA, Birst's VP of Product Strategy said: "when you get to really large datasets, it can have response times that business users are not willing to wait for. What HANA represents is a world class, in-memory database."
Speed is what HANA does best, claiming speeds between 10,00 and 100,000 times faster than your current data platform. As well as lightning-fast speeds, SAP HANA can be integrated with Hadoop and SAP IQ, the company's column-oriented, grid-based, massively parallel processing database. SAP HANA users include the NBA, ebay, P&G, Lenovo, ebay and Pacific Drilling.
SAP also offer a range of products for analytics, visualsation, text analytics and business intelligence, as well as applications specifically geared towards fraud detection, customer intelligence and equiment operations.
IBM has a whole portfolio of products for big data mangement. The core of this portfolio is IBM Infosphere, a solution covering data integration, data warehousing, master data management, big data and information governance. This includes Infosphere Stream, a stream computing solution for real-time analytics, which can handle very high throughput, some of the components of which are open sourced. They also offer InfoSphere Big Insights, which uses Hadoop as a basis for the processing of vast amounts of structured and unstructured data.
They also offer the IBM Watson Explorer, fuelled by the technology of IBM Watson, which offers search, navigation and discovery of data sources. On the analytics side of things, they offer the IBM Smart Analytics System, and end-to-end analytics solution. Last week, they also announced they were taking their Big Data technology to the cloud with IBM Navigation on Cloud, which you can read more about here.
Microsoft Azure demo; source
Microsoft's big data offering is its Azure platform. The Azure portfolio includes HDInsight, a 100% Hadoop-based service in the cloud. It's run on a pay-for-what-you-use basis, allows you to develop in Java and .NET and visualise using Microsoft Excel. They also offer Azure SQL database, a scalable, self-managed relational database-as-a-service, used by customers such as Samsung and Easyjet. Azure's storage facility is durable cloud storage, which is offers several solutions for integrating existing data and works with unstructured text or binary data such as video, audio and images. Last month they also announced Azure ML, a machine learning component which will allow users to build big data-based apps and APIs to predict future events.
Amazon Web Services offers solutions for every stage of big data management. The allow you to
Collect- AWS Direct Connect and their Import/Export service allow you to move data in and out of the cloud quickly. Inbound data traffic is free.
Stream- Amazon Kinesis is their real-time big data streaming solution
Store- Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is pay-for-what-you-use cloud storage
Process- They have NoSQL (Amazon DynamoDB), RDBMS (Amazon RDS) and Hadoop (Amazon Elastic MapReduce) offerings.
They also have an AWS Marketplace, which is essentially a giant catalogue of big data tools all in one location.
An overview of HP HAVEn; source
HP's big data offering is called HAVEn. It stands Hadoop/HDFS, Autonomy IDOL (which processes and indexes information), Vertica (for real-time analytics), Enterprise Security and nApps (apps, with an n on the front- we don't get it either). Vertica, which was acquired by HP in 2011, which (when partnered with the HP ConvergedSystem 300) promises between 50 and 1,000 times the performance, 70% cost savings and takes only days to deploy. Partners of the HAVEn platform include Accenture Analytics, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Capgemini.
Of course, solutions from such established names come at a premium. Although many have pay-as-you-use, some of the technologies mentioned can cost $300,000 for hardware, software and services. On the other end of the financial spectrum, in the next edition of Understanding Big Data we'll be looking at open source solutions- what technologies are available on the open source model, what opportunities they offer and how much you can actually get without a price tag attached.
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Eileen has five years' experience in journalism and editing for a range of online publications. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter, and is particularly interested in big data's application in humanities. She is a native of Shropshire, United Kingdom.
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Dillie Keane takes a short break from her Fascinating Aïda gal pals to present her first solo show in years.
Dillie will be accompanied by Michael Roulston on the piano.
The Telegraph review of one of the shows said about Dillie: "Her worldview is laconic, her lyrics lacerating, her voice now capable of going deeper than a Chilean miner.
Tickets for this latest show cost £18.50 with the entertainment starting at 7.30pm.


Fisk's head protruded from his hiding spot. Nothing caught his attention, so he ducked back inside, but he kept a watchful eye looking outward. He wiggled and shifted in the tight confines. He spent most of his time waiting, waiting and watching. Fisk blinked, opened his mouth wide and snapped it closed. A flash of yellow caught his attention, a damselfish, just out of striking distance. His nose detected a familiar scent, a crab was scuttling his way. He waited until the right moment, then lunged, clamping his powerful jaws around his victim. Crab was the Fisk Moray's favorite meal.


After a long wait, Bandai releases the first set of "twins" from the King of Braves Gaogaigar series. Hyoryu and Enryu.
From what I understand Hyoryu is the older brother (code: GBR-2) . He is the calm and calculating one amongst the two.
Hyoryu comes with his Freezing Ray gun.
Enryu is the younger (code: GBR-3), hot-headed brother. As such, he is the exact opposite of his twin brother in terms of personality.
Enryu comes with his Mirror Shield. The shield comes with 2 ports, one for holding, one for plugging into Enryu's back (requires removal of his ladder first).
Enryu's gun is called the Melting Gun.
Bandai also included the Pencil Launcher accessories. These appeared briefly in the Anime, the pencils shoot streams of super adhesive glue, for various purposes.
When the bots are seated, there's no need to use the "hydraulic lift" as they will have trouble fitting in. I think the lift is just for Volfogg.
The table's height is perfect, for when the bots are standing or sitting.
-I love the fact that Bandai included optional "open mouth" faceplates. Also, the open palms have added space so you can tip the hand all the way back so it can hold the rifle. Smart thinking!
-Each figure weighs 134 Grams.
-A downside to the set is that their ultimate attacks (Chest Thriller and Chest Warmer) are not included. Their chest plates don't open.
-Another downside is that the ladders on the backs of the twins are supposed to be able to used as Tonfas, like in the Anime, but I don't think it's possible here (sorry, I have to recheck this).
-Plain, regular colors on the brothers is way different from the metallic finish on ChoRyuJin.
Can't find a single thing that sticks out as a deal breaker with this set. Heck, even the price is awesome, roughly $40 for a two pack, with a table and chairs???
Overall, dare I say, a perfect set. Definitely worth what I paid for and more. A way better purchase than the SRC Reideens. The color disparity between the brothers and the metallic finish of Choryujin might be an issue for some folks, but it doesn't really bother me that much.


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Not quite. The usage resets are done as part of the billing script which normally runs about ten in the morning.
The first part actually starts at 4am.
If you go into help and support > My Questions and view all of your closed questions on your account some of these are actually logs of things happening to the account. Look for one that says 'Bandwidth usage has been reset' that will give you some idea of what time your usage is 'likely' to be reset.... and I use the term 'likely' loosely as it all depends on how many people there are to bill on that day.
When the usage is reset the restrictions are lifted.
Just to clarify, if you overrun your paid-for usage, bw is restricted not only in paid-for time, but free usage (midnight-8am) as well?
If you start from the Upgrade link at the top right of every portal page I think you'll find a Change my data transfer option - I'm on the old PAYG so it may be slightly different.
1. Decide in advance (i.e. well BEFORE the billing month starts) you want a bigger allowance per month and "upgrade", so extra is 75p/GB.
Use 1 if you know you regularly go over. Use 2 if you vary.
Just to confirm, if you do exceed your usage, speeds are restricted 24/7 unless additional usage is added.
If you want to add extra at 75p/GB then change the usage allowance in the drop down. It wil be changed straight away and you'll be billed for the extra in your next month's bill along with another 75p for the month ahead. Note that it's a permanent addition and you'll be charged 75p/month ongoing unless you reduce it back down again. Increases happen immediately, a reduction will happen at the start of the next billing period (as you're charged in advance).
If you're only likely to go over occasionally then tick the box at the bottom that says "tick this box to add extra usag at £1/GB". That way your speeds won't be reduced and you'll be billed £1/GB in arrears.
You can cap the amount of extra usage added this way by setting a price limit here. If you set a limit and have ticked the box to add extra usage then extra usage will be added up to the price cap at which point you'll be restricted to 128kbps.


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Read: Human Nature and Human Society
Published in The Bahá'í Faith and Marxism (Ottawa: Bahá'í Studies Publications, 1987)
In contemplating my contribution to this forum, I think I experienced someof the same fears that our guests probably experienced. The brilliant presentation Laurie Adkin made, as well as the comments of Howard Buchbinder and Colin Leys, showed that they were trying to compensate for what has certainly been a caricature of the Marxist position on many points. In the same spirit, I would like to beg the indulgence of our guests in listening to my own presentation, because some of the points I will be explaining with regard to the Bahá'í view of the nature of man1 may sound, in their initial formulations, very similar to positions taken by other religious groups--positions that have also been caricatured. But you will see very quickly that the Bahá'í view of these questions often differs in significant ways from traditional religious viewpoints, even when it shows some similarities to them. Also, the conclusions Bahá'ís draw from their analysis of the nature of the human being and society are often quite different from those drawn by many traditional religious communities.
With that brief introduction, I will now proceed to give a very schematic, succinct resume of what I understand to be the Bahá'í view of the human being and society. I will make no attempt in the course of this exposition, either to make links with or distinctions from Marxism. I will leave that to the ensuing discussion.
Starting with the individual human being: the Bahá'í Faith teaches that every individual has two basic aspects or dimensions called (1) the spiritual and (2) the physical or material. The material aspect of human nature derives from the genetic endowment of the individual, determined at conception, and all the subsequent interactions between this initial configuration and its physical and social environment. By "interactions," I mean not only the influences of the physical environment and of society on the individual but also the actions of the individual and his reactions to these influences. Indeed, as a result of the physical potential created by his or her genetic endowment, the individual has both needs and capacities, and therefore, not only reacts to the environment but also creatively initiates interactions with it.
The spiritual dimension of the human being is viewed by Bahá'ís as more fundamental than the physical. It derives from the existence of an objectively existing, non-physical entity called the soul or spirit, which comes into being at the moment of physical conception. Bahá'ís do not believe that physical conception is the cause of the non-physical soul however. Rather, the soul is brought into being by a specific creative act of that ultimate creative force in the universe, which we call God. In other words, in the Bahá'í view there is an ultimate force, which is responsible for all of the entities and forces in the
I. In this paper, I intend the term "man'' to refer to all human beings, not just to males.
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universe, and this ultimate force, whatever its nature, is responsible for the creation of the non-material soul or spirit of each individual human being.
Concerning the nature of the soul, 'Abdu'l-Bahá (son of the founder of the Bahá'í Faith) has said that it is made of one substance, i.e., not composed of parts or elements. According to a universal scientific principle, he explains, everything composed of parts is subject to decomposition: if an entity comes into being as a result of the combination of various elements, then it can also be destroyed by the reverse process of the separation of these constituent elements. In particular, this is true of macrophysical entities, all of which result from various combinations of simpler entities. However, the human soul is neither physical nor composed and is therefore indivisible and nondecomposable.
Just as the human physical body has capacities and potentialities, so the soul has capacities and potentialities. These are called the spiritual capacities of man. These spiritual capacities are, in the Bahá'í view, objectively existing capacities inherent in the very nature of the soul. They are intrinsic to the soul and therefore cannot be separated from it. So, I think it is extremely important for our dialogue to realize that when Bahá'ís speak of man's spirit and its capacities, we are not speaking metaphorically of some complex or composite of various physical capacities (e.g., the "self" of psychology). Rather, we refer to the intrinsic capacities of the human soul.
The Bahá'í writings frequently mention three basic spiritual capacities. First is the intellect or the capacity for conscious, rational thought. Bahá'u'lláh (founder of the Bahá'í Faith) stresses that this is a capacity of the soul and not of the body. Though animals do exhibit some degree of intelligent behaviour, they do not have the capacity for self-aware rationality because they do not have a soul. Second is the capacity to initiate and sustain action. This is the capacity of will, which is, again, a capacity of the soul, not the body. Third is the capacity to love. This means the capacity to experience certain emotions or feelings, the highest of which is the emotion of altruism. An emotion motivates us to act. Altruism is that emotion which motivates the individual deliberately (i.e., with conscious knowledge of the consequences) to sacrifice himself for others. This emotion of altruism is sometimes called self-sacrificing love. An individual may have the idea (thought) of acting in an altruistic way, and clearly possesses (through the capacity of will) the potential to do so, but only the emotion of altruism can impart the moral energy to sacrifice oneself deliberately for the good of others.
In sketching the Bahá'í view of human nature, I have consistently spoken of various capacities. The word "capacity" connotes a potential, something that needs fulfillment and also something capable of being fulfilled. In the Bahá'í view, human existence is the process of the development or growth of human potential. In particular, Bahá'ís believe that the development of spiritual capacities is the fundamental purpose of all human existence. The physical capacities of the body are viewed as God-given instruments for the development of spiritual capacities. Therefore, in the Bahá'í view of human nature, man has no naturally evil part.2 The whole doctrine of original sin--the idea that man is
2. Nor do Bahá'ís believe in the existence of a Satan or of any other kind of metaphysical evil force or entity.
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intrinsically evil or has evil aspects within his fundamental nature--is totally antithetical to the Bahá'í concept of the nature of man. Bahá'ís view all human capacities, whether physical or spiritual, as potentially helpful to the process of full, adequate, and proper development.
However, because free will is a fact, there is also in man the potential for the misuse of both spiritual and physical capacities. The Nazis, who sent six million Jews to their death, used their intelligence to do so. Animals in the jungle could not have done such a thing. Animals, as we know, even the most ferocious, will kill and eat when they are hungry, but when they are satiated, they will stop killing. They do not kill gratuitously. Only man, with a conscious intellect (which is a spiritual capacity) could have conceived of systematically exterminating so many of his fellow creatures.
Thus, both man's physical and spiritual capacities are subject to perverted misuse. This possibility of the misuse of human capacities is the necessary concomitant of God's having allowed humans the freedom to participate actively in the process of their own development. In a very profound philosophical passage, Bahá'u'lláh explains that, had God wished to create all men in a perfected state of being, He could have done so but that God has deliberately chosen otherwise. He has chosen to create humans with the potentiality for perfection and endowed them with the capacities necessary for the successful pursuit of this goal. Since God has given us all of the essential tools for achieving perfection, we have mainly ourselves to blame if we do not use these tools wisely.
Bahá'u'lláh views the development of spiritual capacities as the ultimate and fundamental purpose of existence because these capacities will endure eternally, whereas the physical capacities are, however important, only temporary. Since the soul is not composed of elements, it is not subject to disintegration, i.e., death. The soul, along with its capacities, is immortal. Therefore, we are primarily called upon to bend our efforts to the development of our eternal, enduring spiritual capacities. However, for Bahá'ís this does not imply any denigration of physical capacities or any conflict between physical and spiritual capacities, but rather the proper use of the physical capacities as tools and aids to the process of spiritual growth and development.
The Bahá'í concept of morality--of behavioural norms and value choices-- is closely linked to the Bahá'í concept of human nature and human purpose. The overriding principle of Bahá'í morality can be summarized (with a certain degree of oversimplification, of course) as follows: That which tends to favour the development of human spiritual capacity is good, and that which tends to hinder it is bad.
Having very briefly sketched this picture of the Bahá'í perspective on the human being and human potentiality, I would now like to focus on the Bahá'í perspective on society. Bahá'ís view the process of spiritual development as a profoundly social one. Of course, from a purely empirical point of view, it is clear that the influence of society on the individual is far too pervasive and far too strong not to have a significant effect on such a process. But rather than deploring this influence and sinking into the kind of other-worldly individualism found in some traditional religious theologies, Bahá'ís consider that society is the God-intended matrix in which this eternal process of spiritual development begins. We hold that it is impossible for an individual to develop his
or her spiritual capacities in abstraction from the process by which others are developing their spiritual capacities. In other words, it is through the creation of a just, unified, and progressive social order that spiritual capacities can best be developed.
Thus, for Bahá'ís, the social purpose of man--the purpose of human society --is to create that milieu most favourable to the full and adequate development of the potential of all members of society. From this point of view, social structures, technological innovations, and economic systems, etc. are to be judged relatively good or bad insofar as they are primarily favourable or unfavourable to fostering a social milieu that promotes the development of human potential.
In order to gain a better understanding of how Bahá'ís look at society today, it is perhaps useful to say a few words about the Bahá'í view of history. The Bahá'í writings articulate a certain concept of history that has become known in the Bahá'í community as "progressive revelation." According to this conception, human society constitutes an organic unit that has undergone a collective growth process, which is analogous to the process by which an individual is transformed through successive growth stages from a helpless infant to a mature adult. The individual is born into this world as a dependent, vulnerable bundle of potential. This potential is realized gradually as the individual passes through stages of development; he is an infant, a small child, a large child, a pre- adolescent, and an adolescent, until he finally reaches that stable configuration known as maturity or adulthood. At each stage of this growth process, the individual incorporates all the capacities he has developed at previous stages. In this way, every subsequent growth stage represents a higher level of functioning than any previous one, and maturity represents the highest level of competency of all the stages.
The main features of human adult competency are flexibility and adaptability. Though each of the pre-adult growth stages will have concentrated on the development of some particular facet of human capacity, the adult stage is characterized by its very lack of such specialization, by its many-facetedness.3 For it is in the adult stage that the individual attains a synthesis, an integration, and a unity of all the differentiated abilities previously acquired.
In the same way, Bahá'u'lláh conceived that human history was nothing more nor less than the succession of growth stages in the collective life of humanity. In this view, there was an infancy of mankind, a childhood of mankind, a preadolescence of mankind, and an adolescence of mankind. The current stage of collective human development corresponds to adolescence in the life of the individual, the stage immediately preceding full maturity. It is the most turbulent and troubled period in life, when one seeks to define one's identity. It is characterized by a mature physical development coupled with a relatively immature emotional, spiritual, and intellectual development.
3. This observation allows us to debunk the widely-held notion that sophisticated machines such as computers may eventually outstrip human functioning. Whereas it is clearly possible to build various machines capable of surpassing human performance at various precisely defined tasks (e. g., bulldozers that are stronger than man, automobiles that move faster than man, or computers that can calculate faster than man), there is no evidence that it will ever be possible to build a single machine capable of performing all of the emotional, physical, and intellectual functions of any one normally-endowed human adult.
In the Bahá'í view, the physical or material development of mankind is represented by advances in science and technology, while emotional, spiritual, and intellectual development are represented by the quality and nature of human interactions as well as by just, stable, morally progressive and spiritually adequate forms of social, economic, and political organization. Thus, to say that mankind is currently experiencing its collective adolescence means that modern society is primarily characterized by a relatively high degree of scientific and technological development, coupled with relatively immature forms of social organization and human interaction.
In effecting the transition to full maturity, the essential task confronting adolescent individuals is that of bringing their inner development into balance with their already accomplished physical development. Failure to do so will likely result in misuse of the individual's new-found physical powers in antisocial and/or self-destructive ways. In the Bahá'í view, the essential task confronting humanity today is that of establishing new, adequate, and progressive forms of social organization, based on spiritual principles, so that the fruits of science and technology can be used for the good of all rather than for the advantage of a few and to the detriment of or danger to the many. When these new social forms have been implemented in the proper spirit, humanity will then have attained its collective maturity. Here is one way that Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith until his death in 1957, has expressed this idea:
The long ages of infancy and childhood, through which the human race had to pass, have receded into the background. Humanity is now experiencing the commotions invariably associated with the most turbulent stage of its evolution, the stage of adolescence, when the impetuosity of youth and its vehemence reach their climax, and must gradually be superseded by the calmness, the wisdom, and the maturity that characterize the stage of manhood. Then will the human race reach that stature of ripeness which will enable it to acquire all the powers and capacities upon which its ultimate development must depend.4
But what form will this "adulthood of humanity" take? According to Bahá'u'lláh, the central thrust of mankind's collective evolution has been the organization and reorganization of human society on progressively higher levels of unity. Each higher level of unity implies a greater degree of specialization of social and economic roles, as well as a correspondingly greater degree of interdependence and mutual trust among these differentiated parts of society. Thus, the transition from the organization of a society on one level of unity to the reorganization of that society at a higher level of unity involves both new social structures and a new level of individual awareness, a widening of horizons. An individual will accept to devote himself to a highly specialized activity only if he has confidence that, somewhere else in the same society, there are individuals who are producing those vital goods and services he needs but whose production he has relinquished in order to fulfill his differentiated role. Furthermore, he must have confidence that these vital goods and services produced
4. Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 2d ed. (Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1974), 202.
by others (over whom he has no direct control) will be made available to him on a reasonable basis. Thus, unless the individual is willing to entertain a new quality of relationship with his fellows and to adopt a broader vision of society the reorganization on a higher level of unity will not be possible.
This process of the periodic reorganization of society on progressively higher levels of unity might be compared to the growth of a tree, which must push its roots deeper and grow stronger as its limbs grow upward and outward. If the quantitative outer growth of the limbs is not coupled with the qualitative inner growth of roots and fibers, then the tree will become topheavy and ungainly, and eventually collapse.
Bahá'u'lláh did not see this growth pattern in history as anything like an uninterrupted, linear ascent. Clearly there have been ups and downs, fits and starts, successes and failures. Nevertheless, we know that there was a time some six to ten thousand years ago when social organization was extremely crude and limited, and when our ancestors lived in a condition only slightly above that of animals today. And since that time, human history has seen the gradual emergence of the family, the tribe, the race, the city-state and, finally, the nation as progressively more complex forms of social organization. Indeed, the nation is the basis of social organization in the world today. The contemporary world is a mosaic of nation-states whose relationships with each other are largely characterized by competition and conflict.
Thus, the natural (and we would say inevitable) fulfillment or completion of this history-long growth process is the unification of the nations and peoples of the world into a planetary society. The establishment of world unity is, Bahá'ís believe, the next stage in mankind's social evolution, and it is this unity that represents the maturity or adulthood of the human race. Let us turn again to the writings of Shoghi Effendi on this theme:
The principle of the Oneness of Mankind--the pivot round which all the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh revolve--is no mere outburst of ignorant emotionalism or an expression of vague and pious hope.... Its message is applicable not only to the individual, but concerns itself primarily with the nature of those essential relationships that must bind all the states and nations as members of one human family.... It implies an organic change in the structure of present-day society, a change such as the world has not yet experienced.... It calls for no less than the reconstruction and the demilitarization of the whole civilized world....
It represents the consummation of human evolution--an evolution that has had its earliest beginnings in the birth of family life, its subsequent development in achievement of tribal solidarity, leading in turn to the constitution of the city-state, and expanding later into the institution of independent and sovereign nations.
The principle of the Oneness of Mankind, as proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh, carries with it no more and no less than a solemn assertion that attainment to this final stage in this stupendous evolution is not only necessary but inevitable, that its realization is fast approaching, and that nothing short of a power that is born of God can succeed in establishing it.5
5. Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 42-43.
Thus, from the Bahá'í viewpoint, the essential task confronting mankind today is that of effecting the transition from collective adolescence to collective maturity. Practically speaking, this means the establishment of world unity. In the Bahá' í conception, this unity is not just a general feeling of goodwill among the various peoples of the world (however desirable and valuable that may in itself be). Rather, it implies the establishment of potent organs of world government and the implementation of a number of fundamental principles: a universal parliament, with representatives from all nations; a universally recognized international court with final jurisdiction in all disputes between nations; the equality of the sexes; the establishment of a universal auxiliary language, etc.
Bahá'u'lláh taught that, at each stage in the evolution of mankind, the primary force motivating the transition from one level of social organization to another was the appearance in human society of what we call a Manifestation or Revealer of God (the word "Prophet" is also sometimes used). These are the great religious teachers of history such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus, the Buddha, Muhammad, and Bahá'u'lláh.6 Though there is much in common among the teachings of these founders of religion, and many universal themes are shared by them, each revelation stressed some particular theme and developed thereby certain particular capacities latent within man: Abraham stressed the oneness of God, Moses the principle of rule by law, Jesus the importance of love in human interactions, the Buddha the notion of renunciation of egotistic motives, and so forth.
The unity of humankind is the particular theme of the Bahá'í revelation, and the promulgation of world unity its particular focus--its special contribution to the collective moral consciousness of humanity. Shoghi Effendi has said:
...the object of life to a Bahá'í is to promote the oneness of mankind. The whole object of our lives is bound up with the lives of all human beings; nota personal salvation we are seeking, but a universal one.... Our aim is toproduce a world civilization which will in turn react on the character of theindividual. It is, in a way, the inverse of Christianity, which started with theindividual unit and through it reached out to the conglomerate life of man.7It is important to emphasize here that the Bahá'í conception of unity is not to be identified with uniformity or similarity. Rather, it is unity in diversity-- a unity to be achieved by the universal respect for and safeguarding of that which is particular and precious in every individual and every culture. It implies a new universal consciousness of a total reciprocity among all human beings. This represents a stage beyond even the love that the Christian faith has taught, for love does not necessarily imply reciprocity or equality of relationship.8
6. This is not to be regarded as an exhaustive list of the Manifestations, only some salient examples. Indeed, Bahá'u'lláh taught that there were many Manifestations whose names have been lost to history.
7. Shoghi Effendi, quoted in W.S. Hatcher and J.D. Martin, The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985), 77.
8. I can truly love a being (a dog, for example) without regarding it as my equal. But unity, in the Bahá'í conception, does imply such reciprocity and is therefore applied to the human race.
Moreover, Bahá'u'lláh went far beyond the mere exposition of principles and the articulation of ideas. He proposed new social structures based on consultation, collaboration, and participation--in sharp contrast to the structures of present-day society, which tend to foster competition, dominance of one group over another, and adversarial relationships. For example, He taught that economic enterprises should be organized as total partnerships between the workers and those who provide the capital (whether they be agencies of the state, private entrepreneurs, or whatever). Besides their salary, the workers should receive a fair percentage of the profits of the enterprise. In this way, all elements of an economic enterprise collaborate as equals and benefit fairly from their contribution to the whole.
In sum, the Bahá'í teachings involve the following elements: an analysis of the ills of present-day society, which are traced primarily to the various forms of disunity that create adversarial or competitive relationships and lead to the domination of one group over another; a vision of the future, i.e., the conception of an organically united world society; and a practical programme for effecting the transition from the present world configuration of conflict and competition to the higher configuration of unity and cooperation. Moreover, all of these elements are placed in an historical perspective in the light of which one understands the present turbulent period as a part (however painful) of the transition from adolescence to adulthood in the collective life of humankind.
I will close with one final quotation, which gives a very succinct but sharply- focussed picture of what Bahá'ís expect to emerge from this process of transition:
The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, whose supreme mission is none other but the achievement of this organic and spiritual unity of the whole body of nations, should, if we be faithful to its implications, be regarded as signalizing through its advent the coming of age of the entire human race. It should be viewed... as marking the last and highest stage in the stupendous evolution of man's collective life on this planet. The emergence of a world community, the consciousness of world citizenship, the founding of a world civilization and culture... should, by their very nature, be regarded, as far as this planetary life is concerned, as the furthermost limits in the organization of human society, though man, as an individual, will, nay must indeed as a result of such a consummation, continue indefinitely to progress and develop.9
9. Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 163.


So when I was in a car accident in Duncanville, things got pretty ugly for me. I had been rear ended and my back and neck were after the accident. So much so that I started to worry. I had went to the MD after and all he gave me were pain meds. First off, I am only into naturopathic medicine and the idea of taking any sort of drug had me worried out of my mind. But I took them to kill the pain. After I took the meds for a week, the pain was still there. I didn't know what to do about covering my bills from the doctor or how the insurance even worked. So I searched a bit and found OHC, with one call they set me up with treatment for my back and handled all my insurance information, and even set up a lawyer to handle my case. I didn't pay anything for what they did for me. They told me what they were handling and what to do when you are in a car accident. With treatment my back and neck pain subsided. They helped me out through this hard time.


Identification of a novel VP4 genotype carried by a serotype G5 porcine rotavirus strain.
A novel type of VP4 carried by a porcine rotavirus strain.
New P serotype of group A human rotavirus closely related to that of a porcine rotavirus.
Structure and function of a ganglioside receptor for porcine rotavirus.
Identification of group A rotavirus genes associated with virulence of a porcine rotavirus and host range restriction of a human rotavirus in the gnotobiotic piglet model.
Molecular and antigenic characterization of porcine rotavirus YM, a possible new rotavirus serotype.
New porcine rotavirus serotype antigenically related to human rotavirus serotype 3.
Characterization of an antigenically distinct porcine rotavirus.
Rotavirus-like, calicivirus-like, and 23-nm virus-like particles associated with diarrhea in young pigs.
Cell culture propagation of porcine rotavirus (reovirus-like agent).


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The IHDA board meets monthly at the IHDA hall. Members meet to enjoy our monthly dinners (delicious, 5 course Italian dinners) on the first Wednesday of each month.
We meet on the first Wednesday of each month for dinner and second Sunday each month for brunch at 4415 Wilson Road, Bakersfield, CA.
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Movies - 1980s Movies - W 2 Mins Read
We're Going to Eat You (1980)
With a title drawn from the tagline to Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979), a plot inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and a soundtrack stolen from Suspiria (1976), this crazy cannibal comedy has director Tsui Hark forgo the art-house ambitions of his feature debut, The Butterfly Murders (1979), for down and dirty exploitation.
Hark often claims the film was his homage to Roger Corman, but the tone is somewhat nearer to an Italian cannibal movie fused with the Three Stooges.
Secret agent 999 (Norman Tsui Siu-Keung, in a rare good guy role) arrives on a remote island in pursuit of missing master criminal Rolex (Melvin Wong). What he doesn't know is the island holds a town full of cackling cannibals, led by the psychotic Chief of Police (Eddie Ko).
Barely escaping the local slaughterhouse, the kung fu skilled, but rather dim 999 is approached by Rolex, who proposes an alliance to overthrow the chief. But when that plan goes awry, 999 and a small-time thief (Hon Kwok-Choi) are forced to flee hordes of hungry flesh-eaters ("Fresh meat! Fresh meat!").
Instead of Leatherface, our heroes flee dozens of metal masked, cleaver-wielding cannibal killers in action scenes equal parts Cannibal Holocaust (1979) and Tom & Jerry.
The non-stop barrage of chases, hair-raising close calls and near-death escapes grows tiresome and repetitive. Gorehounds will be kept happy, but amidst the lunacy, the various plot threads never really go anywhere.
Hark weaves in subplots concerning the chief's disaffected girlfriend who develops an amorous interest in 999, plus a gigantic transvestite out to sexually molest the heroes.
The cannibals are played by an array of veteran comic character actors, cast for their goofy looks – a point Hark underlines in the opening credits that play over a collection of cartoon grotesques.
For the climax, the film serves up a crazed smorgasbord involving roller-skating kung fu, firecrackers and spoof references to Peking Opera, Wong Fei Hung and Abraham Lincoln.
Norman Tsui Sui-Keung
Eddy Ko (as Hung Gao)
Melvin Wong (as Kam-seng Wong)
Ah Lin
Michelle Yim
Mo-lin Cheung
Siu-Ming To
Yun-Sheng Pan
Bisected Victim
David Wu
Boatman
Chor-Lam Tsang
Daughter of Village Head
Kam Siu
Lin's brother
Tin Sang Lung
Rolex's friend
Kei Mai
Hark Tsui
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It would probably be best for all concerned if no one ever mentioned the last Indiana Jones film – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull if you, like us had tried to erase all memory of it – and everyone pretended 1989's The Last Crusade was a glorious way to bow out.
Unfortunately, George Lucas, Indy's co-creator with Steven Spielberg, has decided to speak about it again. And more to the point, that fridge scene, as seen below. Yes, the one where the 58-year-old archaeologist (played by a 66-year-old actor) survives a nuclear explosion by hiding in a lead-line fridge.
Mocked – along with most of the film admittedly – upon its release in 2008, most suspected that Lucas was behind the scene. Spielberg then said it was his brainwave. However, the man behind Jar Jar Binks has finally 'fessed up. It was his idea.
"It's not true," he told a New York Times journalist when it was claimed the idea was Spielberg's. "He's trying to protect me." Apparently, Spielberg didn't believe in the scene and Lucas had to create an entire dossier on why it was a good idea.
He claimed that if the fridge was lead-lined, if Indy didn't break his neck and he was able to open the door, he would survive. "The odds of surviving that refrigerator — from a lot of scientists — are about 50-50," Lucas said.
And that noise you can hear is Steven Spielberg letting off the loudest sigh outside of Soho.


EU referendum: Hillary Clinton follows Barack Obama's lead on Brexit | City A.M.
No sooner than the President of the United States of America has had his say on Brexit, than a Presidential hopeful puts in their two cents in the hotly debated matter.
Hillary Clinton has jumped on the Barack Obama bandwagon and said she values a "strong United Kingdom in a strong EU".
On a visit to the UK Obama called for Britain to vote to remain a part of the European Union when the country heads to the polls on 23 June. The support is a coup for the Remain campaign and Prime Minister David Cameron, but garnered disapproval from those supporting Leave, with London mayor Boris Johnson attacking it as "a breathtaking example of the principle of do-as-I-say-but-not-as-I-do."
Bookies have said the intervention of Obama reduced the odds of Britain leaving from 34 per cent to 29 per cent.


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Zhao Feng'ao
(1915-06-27)June 27, 1915
Nantong, Jiangsu, China
October 10, 1980(1980-10-10) (aged 65)
趙丹
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhào Dān
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.
Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 - October 10, 1980) was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.
2 Selected filmography
2.1 As actor
2.2 As director
Biography [ edit ]
Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel (1937). After the Sino-Japanese War, Zhao began a creative relationship with director Zheng Junli, with films such as the 1948 anti-Kuomintang drama-comedy, Crows and Sparrows.
Zhao remained on the mainland following the Communist victory in 1949 and continued to make films throughout the 1950s and 1960s notably in biographical films playing historical figures of Nie Er, Lin Zexu (both directed by Zheng Junli) and Li Shizhen.
Zhao joined Communist Party of China in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned for 5 years. He died of pancreatic cancer in Beijing in 1980.
He was married to Ye Luqian in 1936. When he was arrested by Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang in 1939, it was rumored that he was killed. Thus Ye married the playwright Du Xuan. After the war, he was released and returned to Shanghai. He married actress Huang Zongying in 1948.
Selected filmography [ edit ]
As actor [ edit ]
English Title
Chinese Title
1933 Twenty-Four Hours in Shanghai 上海二十四小时 Shen Xiling
1937 Street Angel 马路天使 Yuan Muzhi Xiao Chen
1937 Crossroads 十字街头 Shen Xiling Zhao
1947 Far Away Love 遙遠的愛 Chen Liting Xiao Yuanxi
1947 Rhapsody of Happiness 幸福狂想曲 Chen Liting
1949 Crows and Sparrows 烏鴉与麻雀 Zheng Junli Little Broadcast
1949 Women Side by Side 丽人行 Chen Liting Zhang Yuliang
1950 The Life of Wu Xun 武训传 Sun Yu Wu Xun
1951 The Married Couple 我们夫妇之间 Zheng Junli
1956 Li Shizhen 李时珍 Shen Fu Li Shizhen
1958 Lin Zexu 林则徐 Zheng Junli Lin Zexu
1959 Nie Er 聂耳 Zheng Junli Nie Er
As director [ edit ]
1947 The Dress Returns to Glory 衣锦荣归
1953 Bless the Children 为孩子们祝福
1964 An Evergreen Tree 青山恋 Also known as Precious Green Mountains
External links [ edit ]
Zhao Dan on IMDb
A Man of Many Faces
Zhao Dan at the Chinese Movie Database
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I have been using the sign for "milk" with my daughter since she was approximately five months old to indicate her desire to breastfeed.
I left her alone to ask for a bottle of expressed milk. One day when I was feeling ill, my mom took my daughter to visit her sister who works with autistic and developmentally challenged children.
While there, my daughter wanted a bottle of milk and clearly signed "milk" to her Nana.
My aunt was astonished to see a 9-month-old child communicate more clearly her desires than some of the school aged children she works with every day.
It was a very poignant example of how sign language can help a child make her wishes known without conflict or confusion.
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Spanish Republican Exile / Intimate Portraits: Sender Barayón. A Trip into the Light (2019)
Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, NYC
Sender Barayón. A Trip to the Light (2019)
Documentary [Spain], Dir. Luis Olano
US premiere
From the Spanish Civil War to a counterculture guru of the sixties, electronic music composer, artist, and writer Ramón Sender Barayón was born in Madrid in 1934. His father was Ramón J. Sender, one of the most renowned Spanish writers of the twentieth century and his mother, Amparo Barayón, was a woman ahead of her time. The Spanish civil war would mark the fate of this family forever. This film is a journey through the twentieth century by Ramón and his memory.
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Luis Olano and Marina Garde, curator of Intimate Portraits.
Spanish Republican Exile / Intimate Portraits
Curated by Marina Garde
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and with that, the flight of almost half a million Spaniards from their homeland. Intimate Portraits seeks to bring to the forefront the Spanish Republican exile through three deeply personal accounts. Two of these films concentrate on women figures, all three portrayed by a new generation of filmmakers. All three are US premieres.
· Discover the captivating stories of those who had to face exile and pay tribute to them;
· Recover the memory of forgotten mythical figures of recent Spanish history;
· Draw the face of women and men who fought for Spanish democracy and its restoration;
· Showcase young filmmakers' renew interest in recovering the memory of this key part of Spanish history;
· Link present and past.
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More than 80 apprentices and construction trade students from London South East Colleges have had the chance to speak with some of the UK construction industry's biggest names during a recent Q&A session.
Hosted at the college's Bromley campus, aspiring construction workers had the chance to ask a panel of six chief executives and managing directors questions on anything from what qualities they look for in employees to how to maintain a positive online footprint.
Among the panellists were Charlie Mullins OBE, the CEO of Pimlico Plumbers (pictured right), Shenaaz Chenia (left), the managing director of Saint Gobain, and Andrew Stevens, the CEO of technical and digital education providers CNet Training – who chaired the panel.


Montana attorneys back Justice Wheat for re-election to state Supreme Court.
"Right and justice shall be administered without sale," according to Montana's Constitution. This year, however, there is a real threat that our Montana Supreme Court is for sale because out-of-state corporate interests will be pouring money into Montana to defeat Justice Mike Wheat. Already a Washington DC based group has begun running TV ads. Their top twenty donors include tobacco companies and Koch Industries.
As attorneys who regularly practice before the courts of Montana, we are deeply interested in the quality of judges in this state. We have all had cases representing an individual or small business before the Montana Supreme Court. Win or lose, the one thing we could count on was that justices like Mike Wheat would use their knowledge and experience earned from years of practicing law in Montana courts to fairly and impartially judge the case before them.
The threat to our fair and impartial judiciary and the services of men like Justice Wheat is not theoretical. Newspapers and public service organizations have sounded the warning that corporations are targeting Justice Wheat this year and everything we see about VanDyke corroborates this.
Out-of-state corporate powers are supporting VanDyke in two ways. First, corporate political front groups are already spending money to fund TV ads for him. Based on their usual tactics, secret dark money attack ads and misinformation about Justice Wheat are coming soon. Second, his campaign reports show that numerous out-of-state corporate lawyers are maximum contributors to his campaign — including the Gibson Dunn lawyer who represented Citizens United in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out Montana's Corrupt Practices Act that had prohibited corporate influence in our elections for a century.
Out-of-state corporations have no place in our Montana Supreme Court campaigns.
out-of-state corporate interests try to buy our elections.
Justice Wheat is fair, impartial and experienced. A decorated Vietnam veteran, he started his Montana legal career as a prosecutor in Butte, and then he opened an office in Bozeman, representing Montana families and small businesses for nearly thirty years before becoming a justice on the Supreme Court in 2010.
We proudly support Mike Wheat for Supreme Court Justice.
Great Falls attorneys Gary Zadick, John Stephenson, Zander Blewett and Max Davis submitted this piece. Numerous other lawyers and retired Supreme Court justices also have signed on to this opinion piece, and their names can be found on the Tribune's online version of this story.