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Beatrice Weber
Beatrice Weber was raised in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and was married off to a Rabbi in an arranged marriage before graduating high school. Despite harsh opposition from the community and her family, she left her marriage several years ago and currently lives in Brooklyn with the two youngest of her ten children. Beatrice holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree in Psychology and speaks and writes about women's empowerment and education issues in the Ultra-Orthodox community. In September 2019, she filed a lawsuit against her nine-year-old son's Hasidic Yeshiva and the NYC Department of Education contending that he was not receiving an adequate education.
Phylisa Wisdom
Director of Development and Government Affairs
As the Director of Development and Government Affairs, Phylisa oversees all fundraising activity and advocacy efforts. She is committed to driving resources to Yaffed's critical education equity work, and has spent her career improving access to education through work in the government, private educational, and nonprofit sectors. Phylisa holds a Masters in Public Policy from King's College London, and a Bachelors in Social Sciences from California State University-San Marcos.
She is an avid reader, active in local politics, and a fervent believer in every child's right to a complete, holistic, culturally-competent education. Phylisa grew up in San Diego, California, and has lived and worked across the east coast, in London, and in Melbourne. If you give her enough time, she will remind you that Brooklyn is a beach town.
Vanessa Meghnagi
Director of Operations and Planning
Vanessa works closely with the executive director on organization strategy, and supervises all operational functions and planning. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jewish Social Studies from Hunter College, Vanessa has spent many years interacting with the victims of educational neglect produced by the yeshiva system. This exposure has empowered her to fight for the educational rights of current and future yeshiva students to live lives of self-determination that can support their incredible potential. The greatest joy in Vanessa's life comes from her five children who can often be seen throwing things over her head during Zoom meetings.
Chris Hazen
Chris Hazen provides legal advice and counsel on organizational activities and policies. He graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law with a J.D., and holds a B.A. in Government and Politics from Saint John's University. Previously Of Counsel to the Law Firm of Steifman, L.L.P., he worked on class action and administrative litigation. Chris has worked for New York City's Administration For Children Services (ACS) as a staff attorney, and briefly taught social studies in a well-regarded Yeshiva. His prior experience protecting neglected and abused New York children, coupled with his experience in a Yeshiva, made YAFFED an obvious next stop in his legal career. Chris' proudest accomplishments remain winning the heart of his wife, and fathering his two beautiful sons.
Shaindy Weichman
Parent Ambassador
Shaindy Weichman grew up in a Williamsburg, Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox community. By 19 years old, she was already a wife and mother. Later, Shaindy endured a four-year-long custody battle. As part of the case, Shaindy sought to be granted the right to enroll her son in a school that provided students with a basic secular education, unlike the ultra-Orthodox yeshiva he had been attending since the age of three, that did not. Despite ultimately losing the custody battle, and the right to change her son's school, today Shaindy is a strong advocate for her community's right, and access, to a basic secular education.
Naftuli Moster
Founder & Executive Director Emeritus
Naftuli oversees all organization communications and fundraising activities, and manages staff and strategy. He is the recipient of a bachelor's degree in psychology, a master's in social work, and is currently a Wexner Field Fellow, a leadership development program for Jewish professionals, and an ROI Community member, a professional development network for Jewish leaders and entrepreneurs. As the founder of Yaffed and director of its ongoing initiatives, Naftuli is able to work everyday for a mission he feels most passionate about. Naftuli's friends and family know that nothing brings him more joy than vacuuming the house, though he has not been able to devote nearly enough time to the task in recent years.
Barbra Rothschild
Barbra Rothschild is Yaffed's board chair. Barbara trained as a physician and is a lecturer in clinical ethics at Columbia University. She was an ethics researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the area of informed consent and genetic research as well as the researcher's perception of intellectual property. She has been teaching medical ethics at the graduate level for 20 years. She also serves as an advisor to the Oak Foundation and serves on the board of Retro Report, a documentary news organization that uses the past to inform us about the present.
Anita Altman
Anita Altman is an activist and a life-long New Yorker. She is a graduate of CCNY and the New School for Social Research. A recent retiree, Ms. Altman had an almost 50-year career in New York City government and the nonprofit sector. For almost 3 decades she held a prominent position as a Jewish communal professional on the staff of UJA-Federation of New York.
There she played an instrumental role in organizing a Jewish response to the AIDS epidemic, helped put family violence in the Jewish community and addressing the needs and fostering inclusion for people with disabilities on the communal agenda, as well as championed programming to help enable seniors to age in their own communities. For 25 years she was responsible for the Rose Biller scholarship program, which has provided financial assistance to hundreds of Footsteps members. Ms. Altman was a recipient of the 2008 Woman of Valor award from the New York Board of Rabbis and is the founder of the ReelAbilities film festival.
Shlomo Noskow
Shlomo Noskow is an emergency physician living in New York. He works for the Brooklyn Hospital Center and as a traveling physician for NES+ Health. Dr. Noskow attended Hasidic yeshivas growing up and consequently was not offered any secular education in high school. After overcoming major obstacles, he was able to pursue higher education and ended up obtaining his medical degree. He strongly believes that every child has the right to a robust and well-rounded education.
Eric Huang
Eric is a lawyer and partner at Quinn Emanuel in New York, specializing in patent litigation. He also serves as Board Treasurer at the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI). From 2009 through 2022, he served as a trustee with the Blue School, an independent school in New York City. Born in New York and a product of NYC public schools, Eric has an engineering degree from the University of Michigan. And a law degree from George Washington University Law School.
Emily Pinkesz
Emily Pinkesz was born in Brooklyn, NY. She was raised in a Hasidic family and attended Hasidic schools for elementary through high-school. When she left high-school, she pursued a computer science degree at Yeshiva University. While at YU she was active in the Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Society and Computer Science Club. She joined YAFFED when it started in 2012. In the summer of 2017, she started working for Microsoft in Redmond, WA. Starting with her time at YU, Emily was actively involved in children's education rights advocacy and organ donation advocacy.
Malkie Schwartz
Malkie Schwartz is an attorney who works at the Hunter College Foundation and is the Director of the Eva Kastan Grove Fellowship Program at Hunter College. In her role as Director, she works with policymakers, politicians, and advocates to engage students in projects that advance the public good. Malkie was raised Lubavitch in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. In 2000, Malkie chose to leave her community of origin, and three years later founded Footsteps, the first organization in North America to assist people who wish to leave the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and live in mainstream society.
Malkie also served as Director of Community Engagement at the Institute of Southern Jewish life in Jackson, Mississippi from 2009-2015. Now, 19 years after leaving her community, Malkie continues to care about the issues that affect people who leave—as well as those who choose to stay—in insular religious communities of all faiths.
Alex Kerdman
Alex Kerdman is a regulatory lawyer working for a leading financial services firm. Born in the Soviet Union, Alex immigrated to the United States as a teenager and attended New York City public schools. He studied finance and accounting at NYU and earned a law degree from Fordham.
Alex benefited greatly from the excellent public school education he received, and is passionate about providing adequate education opportunities for all of our children.
Rabbinical Council
Yaffed Rabbinical Council (YRC) is an interdenominational body of rabbis united by their abiding commitment to Jewish learning and shared concern about the lack of adequate general studies (secular) education in Hasidic yeshivas.
YRC members are committed to supporting Yaffed's mission by offering ongoing counsel as well as support in name and deed to the organization, thereby offering Yaffed enhanced recognition in the eyes of the public at large- from policymakers to community leaders. The YRC's diverse range of voices bring increased exposure and awareness about Yaffed, helping the organization ensure that yeshivas sufficiently prepare their students for economic self-sufficiency and meaningful societal participation.
Yaffed Rabbinical Council:
Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach (Chairman)
Rabbi Marc Angel
Rabbi Andy Bachman
Rabbi David Gedzelman
Rabbi Andrue Kahn
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
Rabbi Dianne Kohler-Esses
Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon
Rabbi Shira Milgrom
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
Rabbi Benjamin Sharff
Rabbi Gordon Tucker
Rabbi Burton Vizotzky
Rabbi Simkha Weintraub
Rabbi Eric Yoffie
Advisory Council:
Oscar Cohen
Debra Fine
Chaim Fishman
Ellen Gibbs
Judith Ginsburg
Ronald Slusky
Eric Yoffie
Legal Advisory Committee:
David Shapiro
Victor Kovner
Dera S. Davis


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Sustainability Shift - Oil's Future in the Energy Transition
LONDON, Feb. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to energy markets and climate risks, the debate around energy transition has shifted from when it will happen to what it will look like. This is the focus of a new S&P Global Platts special report, Sustainability Shift - Oil's Future in the Energy Transition (spglobal.com/sustainability-shift), issued in association with the Platts London Oil and Energy Forum.
Among the report's highlights:
Aviation and shipping have the biggest challenges ahead in the global shift to cleaner fuels
Investor concerns about stranded assets and environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements will lead to survival of the fittest among producers and refiners in the mid to long term
Changes in transportation fuels will shift refining strategy, with some plants closing. Refiners will move focus from a clean gasoline/diesel focus to jet and petrochemicals, with investments needed to secure longer term viability
Biofuels will move from an attention on volume-based blending goals to stronger rules around origin and questions of land use and life-cycle emissions
Zero-carbon hydrogen can provide a channel for achieving emissions reductions in otherwise challenging sectors such as industrial heat, refining, ammonia, residential/commercial heating and heavy duty/long haul trucking
Roman Kramarchuk, Head of Energy Scenarios, Policy & Technology Analytics, S&P Global Platts: "While the ambition of the Paris Accord requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius or below - current trends in energy consumption still lead us to outcomes of 3 degrees C and higher. With the world demanding ever more energy, policymakers are focusing on efficiently utilized, lower-emissions, lower-carbon fuels that are affordable to end-users and aligned with economic growth. Such transformation creates both risks and opportunities for the existing energy capital stock and the incumbent players."
For your convenience, find a number of notations from S&P Global Platts Analytics below and the S&P Global Platts special report link further below. Chris Midgley is among the speakers presenting at the S&P Global Platts London Oil and Energy Forum in London Monday.
Peak oil demand: The public's ambitions around climate policy increasingly affect the world's energy markets, and while the drive away from hydrocarbon fuels might lead to a peak in oil demand over the next couple of decades, oil will surely remain a significant share of total energy demand in the future. S&P Global Platts Analytics expects world oil-demand growth to slow in the years ahead due to efficiency improvements, and technological and regulatory change. However, Platts Analytics still forecasts a global oil demand rise to about 114 million barrels per day (b/d) by 2030, about 1% a year, slowing from a recent high growth rate of 1.9% in 2017. The fastest demand-growth is expected to occur in petrochemical feedstocks, which will lead to new types of chemical refineries. Furthermore, investors will likely continue to shy away from stranded-asset risks, stemming from low-complexity/low-margin oil refineries, which could trigger a "survival of the fittest" race in the world's refining system.
Among the most challenging sectors to decarbonize will be aviation, where oil does and will continue to play a key role. While emissions from aviation make up a comparatively small share of total global greenhouse gas emissions, they are also growing faster than any other sector in transportation - doubling aviation's share of total CO2 emissions.
Growth will be strongest in the developing world, where the rising middle class demand more travel. This focusing attention on the policies and technologies needed to reduce the sector's emissions. Unlike most with other sectors, emissions in aviation are not covered by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Instead, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted the CORSIA program - requiring carbon offsets to cover the increases in emissions from 2019-2020 levels. Voluntary compliance will begin in 2021, with mandatory participation not coming until 2027. Despite emissions reductions from Sustainable Aviation Fuels, new technologies, and equipment efficiency, it is not clear that the policy frameworks, financial incentives and commitments are yet in place to move the needle significantly.
CROPS-USE FOR ETHANOL
Platts Analytics expects demand for both ethanol and biodiesel to rise in 2020 as governments seek to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, with biodiesel demand jumping 6.1% and ethanol 1.4%. Still countries, particularly in Europe, are increasingly rethinking the effects of crop-based biofuels and encouraging investment in feedstocks that can sequester carbon without converting land to agricultural use.
On an energy unit basis, according to the S&P Global Platts special report, the water footprint of biofuel is higher than fossil-based counterparts. Bioethanol has an average water intensity of 3.3 liters per megajoule, which is 40 times higher than conventional gasoline.
In some specific markets like California, corn-based ethanol is much less desirable than ethanol made from sugar cane or molasses. It is good for volumetric mandates, but not as good for greenhouse gas reduction. In the US overall, expect less growth in demand for biodiesel made from soybeans and canola and more growth for renewable diesel made from used cooking oil, corn oil and tallow, according to Patricia Luismanso, head of biofuel analytics, S&P Global Platts.
Growth in demand for hydrocarbon-based diesel, unlike for gasoline, will continue over the course of the next decade, albeit at a slower pace, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics. Biomass-based diesel (BBD) has therefore a larger base of growth when compared with ethanol. BBD has been and will continue to be the most actively used in Western Europe. Other key markets will include the US, Latin America and Southeast Asia.
CAR-SULFUR & PETROCHEMICAL AROMATICS
One conundrum facing refiners: Sulfur cuts to gasoline also reduce the octane level, at a time when car manufacturers are making cars with higher-performance engines that require more octane. S&P Global Platts Analytics sees increased focus on hydro-treating catalysts that minimize octane loss. Expect a boost in demand for petrochemical aromatics, used as an octane booster in the blended gasoline pool. This will result in greater competition between gasoline and petrochemicals.
Platts Analytics expects the world to need the equivalent of 63 world-scale ethylene crackers of 1.5 million-metric-tons-per-year capacity between 2020 and 2035. This, in order to satisfy growing demand for petrochemical products, which in turn is going to raise the petrochemical feedstock demand from 13.7 million barrels per day (b/d) 2020 to 20.7 million b/d in 2035, at a compound annual growth rate of 2.8% per year. The demand projection includes propane dehydrogenation processes. Without propane dehydrogenation (PDH), petrochemicals demand will rise to 17.8 million b/d in 2035 from 11.7 million b/d in 2020.
The bunker industry, a 300-million-metric-ton-per-year market, expects to have adjusted to the International Marine Organization's 2020 low-sulfur shipping fuel mandate over the course of the year. The transition is going mostly as expected with low-sulfur fuels (both residual and distillate based) pricing much higher than high-sulfur ones. This is increasing the drive for ships to install scrubbers to allow them to use the cheaper high-sulfur fuel. Scrubbers do not help with CO2 and they can have wastewater management issues of their own. Longer term, the battle then becomes which alternative fuel becomes dominant for the shipping industry as it seeks to wipe out its greenhouse gas emissions over subsequent years/decades. The size of the demand requirement makes the use of bio-based fuels a challenge. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) only accounts for 5% of current bunker fuel use (mostly in LNG tankers) and has potential to increase more widely but its greenhouse gas savings versus oil is relatively small and there are concerns over methane emissions across the supply chain. Ultimately, it will likely involve a variety of fuels - including ones not used today - along with other energy-saving technologies to reduce substantially the shipping industry's greenhouse gas impact.
Addressing emissions from the industrial sector, long haul trucking, shipping, residential and commercial uses, along with the need for storage to achieve clean power goals, will prove particularly challenging - but is critical to meet global carbon-reduction targets. Platts Analytics estimates that a shift to zero-carbon hydrogen in existing applications - refining, ammonia, industrial - along with modest penetration in gas pipelines and trucks, can reduce global energy combustion CO2 emissions by more than 7%. Nearly all hydrogen is currently produced from fossil fuels, with over two-thirds produced using the steam methane reforming process (with the possibility of sequestering the emitted CO2). In addition, it can be produced by electrolysis, a carbon-free process that uses electricity to separate hydrogen from water. This process is energy-intensive; however, when paired with electricity from renewables, electrolysis could also help address the problem of intermittency of wind and solar generation: curtailment/energy storage.
Energy producers and energy consumers across all sectors are under intense pressure to find lower carbon solutions as the world looks to move closer to net-zero carbon emissions. The world needs more energy and less carbon emissions. However, renewables simply cannot keep up with the growth in energy demand, and switching to lower-carbon fuels such as coal to gas makes limited progress to achieving the net-zero target. As such, S&P Global Platts Analytics maintains that better ways must be found to include fossil fuels in the world's future energy mix while minimising their impact on greenhouse gases.
Chris Midgley, head of analytics, S&P Global Platts: "We need to maximise of the integration of renewables into global energy systems, reduce carbon intensity of the fossil fuels we do consume, improved efficiency of all things which consume energy, and incentivise the investment into capture and sequestration or re-use of much of the carbon the world produces."
To download the full report, Sustainability Shift - Oil's Future in the Energy Transition, please click here: spglobal.com/sustainability-shift
*the prevalent view that global warming must be limited to 2 degrees Celsius to avoid an onslaught of climate risks and repercussions.
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Ruby Tuesday names permanent CEO ahead of schedule
Ray Blanchette, formerly of Au Bon Pain and Ignite, joins the troubled brand
Jenna Telesca | Jan 09, 2018
NRD Capital's search for a permanent Ruby Tuesday CEO is over.
Ray Blanchette joined the casual-dining brand on Monday, replacing the interim CEO Aziz Hashim, who is NRD Capital's founder and managing partner.
Atlanta-based NRD finalized its $335 million purchase of Ruby Tuesday in late December and took the chain private. The fund expected to be looking for the right permanent CEO fit until later this year, but it only took a few weeks to put the puzzle pieces together with Blanchette.
"We're very fortunate that Ray's timing coincided because he was just part of the sale of [Au Bon Pain] to Panera, which closed last week," Hashim told NRN at the ICR Conference in Orlando.
He joked, "The timing worked out, and we're not going to let go of talented management just because it didn't fit the word 'interim' correctly."
In addition to leading Au Bon Pain through its acquisition, Blanchette's experience includes an eight-year run as CEO and president of Ignite Restaurant Group. At Ignite he took the company public in 2012 and rebranded Joe's Crab Shack.
"As the NRD team conducted its search for a permanent CEO, we sought out an executive with a proven track record of successful restaurant management, combined with innovative thinking, extraordinary team-building skills and a shared philosophy on the importance of strong unit level performance. Ray Blanchette checks all those boxes," said Hashim in a statement.
So, how do you fix Ruby Tuesday?
Ruby Tuesday has struggled with declining sales and traffic. In the first quarter, ended Sept. 5, the chain's traffic fell 9 percent, revenue fell 15 percent and same-store sales fells almost 6 percent.
A day into his new job, Blanchette talked to NRN about the long road ahead at the Maryville, Tenn.-based casual-dining chain.
"I think we have to do a combination of things. We need to make a different noise in the space. Everyone knows what's been going on in bar and grill in the last decade or so; it seems there is top line pressure in particular," said Blanchette.
"We need to find a way to compete differently."
The quality of operations, the restaurant experience, the right people in the right roles and menu improvement will be important to the brand's success, he said.
One thing Blanchette certainly won't be doing is ditching Ruby Tuesday's core customers. In fact, he couldn't think of a single successful company turnaround that was based on deserting one customer base for another.
"You have to bring your core with you," he said.
Blanchette compared the challenge of a restaurant turnaround to building an airplane while it's in the air.
Luckily Blanchette won't be piloting the Ruby Tuesday plane solo. NRD Capital Management LLC., founded by longtime Popeyes, Domino's and Checkers franchisee Hashim, plans for the relationship to be collaborative between the fund and the chain.
The operator-focused fund looks for brands that need improvement but also have a lot of room for growth. Ruby Tuesday's iconic name and "good bones," represent a big opportunity for NRD, according to Hashim,
NRD also named industry veteran and turnaround Stephanie Medley chief strategy officer to assist Blanchette in the turnover. Medley has experience working with turnaround brands, as well as TGI Fridays, KFC, and Fuzzy's Taco Shop, among others.
As of Dec. 1, Ruby Tuesday owned and franchised 596 Ruby Tuesday restaurants in 41 states, 14 other countries and Guam. Of those, the company owns 541 Ruby Tuesday restaurants and franchises 55 units.
Hashim started NRD in 2014 and earlier this summer the firm closed on a $100 million fund. The company has previously acquired Fuzzy's Taco Shop and Frisch's Big Boy.
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Let's say I got a Visual Studio project and I want to play with Qt Creator. How to deal with the #pragma once issue?
If possible I don't want to edit all header files.

A: Yes, really, #pragma once originates from Microsoft C++, but nowadays it is supported by at least two another most used modern C++ compilers (i.e GCC and clang). So you should not have a problems with it.

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Who remembers when that phone you used hung on a wall or sat on a desk and had a rotary dial? What's a 'rotary dial' you ask?
OK then, let's not go back quite that far. How about, oh say, twenty-five years or so.
It's the start of the 1990's and for a while it was pretty much those rich folks that walked around with cordless phones. You might be sitting in a restaurant or lounge and hear a phone ring. Everyone would look around to see who was the fancy-pants that had a cordless phone.
But before long the cordless became the 'cellular' and not too much longer still when a phone would ring and most folks would check to see if it was theirs. Ah...progress.
Yep, phones went through big changes in the 1990's. According to the Then and Now website, not only did phones get small (I know, I know, they're huge compared to today), they went flip...and went digital (oh c'mon, you remember that wonderful analog)! But there was more amazing things on the horizon in the 90's.
In late 1992 the first SMS was sent.
What do you mean, what's an SMS? Oh yeah, we changed the name of that. It's now called a text. But when it was 'born', it was an SMS. And it was really something!
Next thing you know (OK, some years later in the 90's) we were accessing that doggone World Wide Web (us cool dudes called it the Information Superhighway).
Yessir, back in the 1990's we could do just about anything with these new fangled phones. Take pictures? Well, no. Talk to it and have it find us stuff? OK, OK, it couldn't quite do everything...yet. But boy oh boy, we were on the way!


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By Tim Newman
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An innovative acoustic belt that was initially designed to listen to the sounds of termites eating might help doctors to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome more easily.
The sounds produced by the gut may help to diagnose IBS.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gut disorder, affecting 10–20 percent of the population.
Characterized by abdominal discomfort or pain, constipation, diarrhea, and bloating, the exact causes of IBS are difficult to pin down.
Diagnosis is equally tricky, and, currently, there are no reliable tests. Doctors can only rule out other conditions.
For instance, blood analysis may be used to identify celiac disease or another condition that might explain the symptoms, and stool samples can rule out inflammatory bowel disorder or infections.
Another option is a colonoscopy, which allows doctors to visually inspect the bowel, but it is an invasive procedure that can be painful.
Because of these difficulties, IBS often goes undiagnosed, and people do not receive treatment that could potentially relieve their symptoms.
Listening in on digestion
Researchers at the Marshall Centre at the University of Western Australia in Perth are approaching this diagnostic conundrum from an unusual direction.
Their results were recently presented at Digestive Disease Week — a gathering of experts in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery — held in Washington, D.C.
Could vitamin D supplements treat IBS?
According to a recent study, IBS symptoms could be alleviated by taking vitamin D supplements.
Study leader Barry Marshall, a Nobel Laureate and the director of the Marshall Centre, explains the researchers' aims:
"IBS is an extremely common disorder that is notoriously difficult to diagnose. We wanted to find a way to listen to the rumblings and grumblings of the gut to identify patterns that characterize chronic gut conditions, like IBS."
The equipment that they used to listen in on the gut's activity came into existence for very different reasons.
As Marshall explains, "We used acoustic sensing technology that was originally created to track the munching sounds of termites to see if we could detect problems in the human gut."
Machine learning and acoustic data
This acoustic technology was fitted to a wearable belt. And, using machine learning techniques, the belt was trained to distinguish the complicated patterns of sounds that are made by the human gut as it works.
Initially, the belt was fitted on 31 people with IBS diagnoses and 37 people without IBS. Any sounds were tracked for 2 hours after fasting and then for 40 minutes after a meal.
From this acoustic data, their system was able to build up an "IBS acoustic index model." They used a statistical method referred to as "leave one out cross-validation" to build up the system's accuracy.
Next, they used the belt on 15 patients with IBS and 15 people without. It correctly diagnosed IBS in 87 percent of cases.
"This study allowed us to achieve proof of concept. Once we further develop the belt and test it on more patients, this tool will be intended for use in primary care settings for the diagnosis of IBS."
Josephine Muir, Ph.D., associate director of the Marshall Centre
The team plans to continue testing the technology and fine-tuning the data capture and analysis.
Muir concludes, "The hope is that this new technology can offer a less invasive way to diagnose this painful, and sometimes debilitating, condition."
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President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Tuesday to attend the CNN Town Hall at The Pabst Theater. This is the first official trip for the president as the administration is trying to take advantage of the message after the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump ended on Saturday. "We are excited to go to Wisconsin in the middle of the country and hear from people who agree with our ideas and perhaps those who disagree with our ideas," said the White House Communications Deputy. Director Kate Berner said. CNN said the audience would consist of Anderson Cooper-sponsored one-hour city hall Democrats, Republicans, and independents. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said on Monday that the event meets the city's COVID-19 requirements. Barrett will meet Biden at the airport upon arrival and request more vaccines. "Undoubtedly, supply issues are the biggest issue," Barrett said. "I think he understands this. I think he's committed to it, but I'm going to exclamate every opportunity I can get." This week, Biden in Wisconsin and Michigan Travel to the state. This is to build support for the $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus bailout package in the two battlefield states where he won slightly. We met with the mayor of the Democratic Party, the mayor of the Republican Party, and the governor to get feedback, "Berner said. "Most importantly, we are excited and proud of the bipartisan support that American rescue programs receive from the American people."
President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Tuesday to attend the CNN Town Hall at The Pabst Theater.
This is the president's first official trip as the administration is trying to take advantage of the message after the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump ended on Saturday.
"We are excited to go to Wisconsin in the middle of the country and hear from people who agree with our ideas and perhaps those who disagree with our ideas," said the White House Communications Deputy. Director Kate Berner said.
CNN said the audience would consist of Anderson Cooper-sponsored one-hour city hall Democrats, Republicans, and independents.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said on Monday that the event meets the city's COVID-19 requirements.
Barrett will meet Biden at the airport upon arrival and request more vaccines.
"Undoubtedly, supply issues are the biggest issue," Barrett said. "I think he understands this. I think he's committed to it, but I'm going to exclamate every opportunity I can get."
This week, Biden will visit Wisconsin and Michigan to build support for the $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package.
"The president is in talks with Democrats and Republicans, and has met with the mayor of the Democratic Party, the mayor of the Republican Party, and the governor to get feedback," Berner said. "Most importantly, we are excited and proud of the bipartisan support that American rescue programs receive from the American people."
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EYES: I started off by smudging a purple cream shadow/liner all over my teensy lids, staying under the crease. Next I packed on Urban Decay shadow in Fishnet, covering the cream shadow, and then smudged it under my lower lash line. To create more depth, I added UD shadow in Ransom to the outer corner and blended it with Fishnet.
To complete the daytime eye look, I lined my entire waterline with a black cream liner and sealed it with a black shadow. I added some shimmery white shadow (Polyester Bride) to the inner corner and applied falsies. The effect is bold yet subtle... with my eyes open, you can't even see the purple.
THE PRODUCTS: Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box (left); Urban Decay Ammo Palette (right); Buxom cream shadow/liner in Schnauzer ; Clinique cream liner in True Black ; MAC mineralize blush in Moon River.
on my cheeks and under the brow and liner on top.
Which eyeshadow colors or color combos should I try next?
Love the purple! Very pretty, especially with your skin tone!
Very good look, I love it!
thanks ladies!!! @sumitha: will def do a look with peace, thanks for the request!!!
OMG that mixture of purple shadows are to DIE for!
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The purple looks fantastic on you!
Wow looks great! You are so pretty!
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I ADORE purple on the lids! Always looks so gorgeous - especially on girls with darker eyes and hair. This looks beautiful.
I don't know if you've already done this (I'm a new sub!) but I'd love to see a look using a silver on the lid and a dark shade in the crease/corner? I love contrasts like that.
i love your make up!! you look gorgeous <3 the urban decay pallet is amazing-i have the same, and i use it all the time!!
Wow, thank you all for the comments and the compliments!!! I am so overwhelmed by your good spirits!!!
Lovely eyeshadow colour. Great post.
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So pretty!!! Love the purple!!
Lovely look! The purple looks amazing on you!
Gorgeous look. I will try purple next.
Purple looks great on you....this is a very pretty eye look. The last pic...your skin is perfection!


Suffolk County, NY - July 24, 2018 - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public's help to identify and locate two people who stole merchandise from a Centereach store.
A man and woman stole steak and shrimp from Stop and Shop, located at 260 Pond Path, on July 20 at approximately 6:30 p.m. The stolen merchandise has a combined value of approximately $300.


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Hello, this is Bryllite, building a new game ecosystem beyond the game boundaries.
Bryllite Coin has announced that it will not only serve as a key currency within the Bryllite platform, but will also try to tear down the boundaries of the game and make it usable in real life. As part of that, we also worked with ALBOS which is developing payment platform. There are many necessary parts when it comes to blockchain main net, and the wallet is one of the necessary thing for actual use.
Today I'd like to tell you about the BRC wallet (BRing) being developed by Bryllite. BRing will be released in April before the launch of main net in the first half of 2019, and the wallet will make utilization of BRC easier.
Traditionally, sending cryptocurrency required the long and complex address. That's why some people have been sending money to wrong place, and people who are new to cryptocurrency had to go through hard time . However, you only need to register the address of your wallet once in the first place to use the BRing wallet. After that you can use it quickly and easily only with bio-metric technology on your mobile device instead of long and complicated security key. In addition, the bio-metric information is not recorded on the main net, so it is safe from hacking.
Another advantage of BRC wallet is that it can be a channel of communication for game, or it can be used for marketing. While the majority of cryptocurrencies are traded at cryptocurrency exchange and rarely used for actual use because they do not have a dedicated wallet. BRC wallet will make a big impact on the establishment of the ecosystem of the BRC.
"We are discussing with various partners to make them join the Bryllite platform before launching Main net," said Lee Ho-woong, head of Bryllite's business division.
We are developing practical things that are related to project just like what we did our last internal test, please give us a lot of support and attention.
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BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Fifth Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is set to convene Friday in Beijing, kicking off a political high season that will continue with the opening of the top legislature on Sunday.
More than 2,000 national political advisors are expected to offer proposals and insights for the government on running state affairs during this year's annual session. The event runs almost in parallel with the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.
Together the dual meetings are dubbed colloquially as the "two sessions" in Chinese, and mark the most important two weeks in March on China's political calendar.
Following is a brief introduction to the CPPCC and its roles and functions on China's political stage.
-- What is the CPPCC and what are its functions?
In the words of top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng, the CPPCC is an organization in the patriotic united front of the Chinese people, an important organ for multiparty cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and an important means of promoting socialist democracy in China's political activities.
It is neither a body of state power nor a policymaking organ, but an important platform on which various political parties, people's organizations, and people of all ethnic groups and from all sectors of society work together in democratically participating in state affairs.
In practice, CPPCC members serve as advisors for the government and legislative and judicial organs, and put forward proposals on major political and social issues in the world's most populous nation and second largest economy.
The main functions of the CPPCC are to conduct political consultation, exercise democratic supervision and participate in the discussion and the handling of state affairs. Political consultation covers major principles and policies proposed by the central and local governments and matters of importance concerning political, economic, cultural and social affairs.
Democratic supervision means offering suggestion and criticism, as well as supervision over the implementation of the Constitution, other laws, regulations and major policies, and over the work of government agencies and their functionaries.
Participation in discussing and handling state affairs means organizing CPPCC members of various parties, people's organizations, people of various ethnic minorities and other social groups to take part in the country's political, economic, cultural and social activities.
-- Who are the members and how do they work?
CPPCC members come from China's various walks of life and ethnic groups.
At present, the CPPCC consists of representatives of the CPC and non-Communist parties, personages without party affiliation, and representatives of people's organizations, ethnic minorities and various social strata.
It also has the representatives of compatriots of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, returned overseas Chinese, and specially invited people.
Most of the CPPCC members are experienced political figures, social celebrities, and experts and scholars specializing in various fields.
They can put forward proposals to offer comments and suggestions on major political and social issues of the country to people's congresses and the government via the CPPCC.
A department in charge of handling proposals is obliged to give a reply to each proposal.
-- What is on this year's agenda?
Political advisors will hear and deliberate a report about the work of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and a report on how the Standing Committee has handled proposals from CPPCC National Committee members since the previous session.
A political resolution is also expected to be adopted at the meeting.
The political advisors will be present at the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress as non-voting participants, hearing and discussing a report on the work of the government and discussing a draft of the general provisions of civil law.
They will also hear and discuss work reports of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.


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Haim Siboni – חיים סיבוני (Magna BSP) on the Earth's REAL MOST WANTED List
February 16, 2014 by rebldyne
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February 16, 2014 – Earth's REAL MOST WANTED List
Occupation: CEO Magna BSP (Israel)
As the highest-ranked executive of the Israeli security firm Magna BSP, Haim Siboni (חיים סיבוני) is responsible for:
The cover-up of the facts and the truth by Magna BSP about the actual events on March 11, 2011, in Fukushima, Japan, and the results in the aftermath of the falsification of data, the nuclear sabotage, the eco-terror and the war crimes as committed by the Israeli firm Magna BSP, the U.S. Geological Survey and members of intergovernmental organizations and of a secretive group who are yet to be identified since the UN, the U.S. government and the Israeli government refuse to provide the names themselves. Magna BSP can be directly linked to the sabotage of the nuclear power plants and the explosions at at least Daiichi's nuclear reactor units number 3 and 4. Magna BSP had set up the security system at the Fukushima facility a year before the nuclear attacks happened. This has been confirmed by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on March 18, 2011. Also the Jerusalem Post has partially described what Magna BSP's official task at Fukushima is about. Magna BSP had a full time internet linked two way connection to the Fukushima reactor room(s) all the way through the sabotage and the following disasters. They told TEPCO about that connection as late as March 15, 2011, via an article printed in the Jerusalem Post.
http://311truth.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/magna-bsp-the-israeli-connection-to-311-terrorism-at-fukushima/
http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukushima1.html
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Magna BSP: The Israeli Connection to 3/11 Terrorism at Fukushima
January 18, 2014 by rebldyne
Fukushima 3/11 Truth
Fukushima 3/11 Truth was very recently told by critics that "there's no proof of Israel's connection to what happened at Fukushima," and that "it's hard to believe that Israel is involved."
For those critics and anyone who is occupied with spreading disinformation and fake radiation charts, let us summarize some of the facts.
Magna BSP (Rotem Industrial Park D.N Arava 86800 Israel, tel: +972-8-6552668, e-mail: magnabsp@magnabsp.com), an Israeli security company founded in January of 2001 according to Bloomberg (although their website was only created in 2007 and their Youtube channel on November 24, 2011), had set up the security system at the Fukushima facility a year before the nuclear attacks happened. This has been confirmed even by the Israeli news paper Haaretz on March 18, 2011. Also the Jerusalem Post has partially described what Magna BSP's official task at Fukushima is about.
Also by Haaretz, on April 28, 2010: "Maayan Ventures says one of the startups in its technology incubator in Dimona, Magna B.S.P., has received its first order for a radar system to protect nuclear reactors, from Japan. The order is worth hundreds of thousands of shekels, Maayan Ventures says, without being more specific."
Maayan Ventures Ltd. (Hebrew: מעיין ונצ'רס בע"מ), is a publicly traded chain of technology incubators, operating out of offices in Tel-Aviv, Omer, Sde Boker, Dimona Israel and China.
According to the Israeli Rotem Industries Ltd "Magna B. S. P. Ltd. is a co-project of the entrepreneur Haim Sibony and the Dimona Technological Incubator under the auspices of, and partly financed by, The Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade (OCS). Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. and "angel" investors invested in the company."
"Magna is a Security Systems company, dealing with the development, manufacturing and marketing of a unique passive electro-optic radar system. Magna's products are optimal for use in perimeter security protection in a very large number of civilian and military targets such as airports and airfields, seaports, borders, security sensitive and high risk facilities like banks, correctional facilities, power stations, refineries, petrochemical and other industries, governmental agencies buildings, military, navy and air force bases, and more."
"Magna's management team is composed of Haim Sibony (CEO), Joseph Ran (Chairman of the Board), Levy Zruya (R&D Manager) and Hagai Ortner-General Manager of the ATC Technological Incubator, all with many years of experience in top executive positions. In addition to Haim Sybony and Levy Zruya, in the R&D Team work 6 engineers and academicians and 2 technicians. All team members have proven high professional skills and vast experience in all relevant technologies and software."
"Units of the Static-Staring System have been successfully tested by the IDF (green and air force), the Israel Airports Authority (Ben-Gurion Airport), the Ashdod Harbor, and in USA and Spain.
Magna BSP: "The technology is patent saved and well known in sensitive sites as nuclear plans, airports, borders etc., around the world and can integrate with other systems."
It has also been documented that Magna BSP actively works for and with Israel's Homeland Security.
"Magna BSP had a full time internet linked two way connection to the Fukushima reactor room(s) all the way through the disaster. They told TEPCO about that connection on March 15 [2011] (after everything blew sky high) via a [Jerusalem Post] article. Why did Manga BSP wait until everything was blown sky high to tell Tepco the data link existed? … Hard to believe that TEPCO would not have been interested in viewing a reactor that was about to explode. It seems impossible that TEPCO would not have wanted to view the reactor, and probably did not ask because the link was kept a secret. It is a simple fact that internet connections are never allowed inside a reactor's containment. The connection was mentioned in the Jerusalem Post AFTER the destruction was finalized.
… [Shortly after Magna BSP arrived] Stuxnet appeared in Japan (June 2010). Stuxnet has two modes, random and administrative. It can be administered to optimize the damage and can also transmit setup information and industrial system information to a remote computer. Once installed on the host system via a flash drive it causes that system to violate it's normal security protocols and internet administration becomes possible if a connection exists. Tampering is not visible on the control room readouts, because Stuxnet learns what "normal" looks like and keeps the temperature, pressure, and other readouts within normal limits so that the operators are oblivious to the destruction happening in secret. … Remote administration mode can be adjusted on demand to suit any need. No doubt the people at Fukushima sat there in idle mode thinking all was well until something screamed or went boom and at that point it would be too late to do anything other than cry.
… Magna BSP had access to the reactors at this facility. They were based in Dimona, which is a military base that manufactures nuclear weapons. Stuxnet was made in their yard. They are stated to be a military company. There is extremely strong evidence that Dimona based Magna BSP placed nuclear weapons at the exploded or vanished reactors at Fukushima, possibly hidden inside one of their unbelievably GIANT stereoscopic cameras. These cameras were installed inside the reactor containment of Fukushima reactor 3 under the cover of a security contract in the year prior to the disaster. These cameras [weighed over 1,000 pounds] [and] are identical in size and appearance to a gun type nuclear weapon. Since previous hydrogen explosions at boiling water reactors have never caused any sort of damage to equipment or buildings, even during complete meltdowns, it begs the question how on earth one at reactor 3 produced a mushroom cloud. Three Mile Island sits in the evidence pool against what we have been told about Fukushima. History does matter.
One problem with the reporting in the mainstream media is that it failed to convey just how massive and strong the containment structures really were, as seen in this classified photo. A hydrogen explosion would only blow the sheet metal off the steel framed roof if it even did that, at Three Mile Island the hydrogen ignition did nothing at all. It just scared employees. Another thing the reporting failed to convey is the gravity of the disaster. Compare the containment diagram to the remains of reactor 3. It is painfully obvious that many tons of highly radioactive plutonium in the containment pools is nowhere to be found, the entire floor they were on is completly gone. We are getting lied to.
… The reason Magna BSP gave for the odd shape, enormous weight, and giant proportions of their cameras was that they were stereoscopic. A stereoscopic camera could be plausible at an airstrip, where the camera would need depth perception out miles, but not indoors where focal lengths are short. Depth perception going out miles could also be accomplished with two separately mounted cameras weighing only a few pounds; the giant thousand pounder is a dead giveaway. Why this giant thing, when smaller nukes are possible? Nuclear weapons always produce a certain amount of heat, and if a small design was used it would be obvious the "camera" was warm, even when turned off and sitting on the shelf. This would cause questions to be asked, especially in a nuclear power facility. The enormous size and weight helped conceal the decay heat." – Jim Stone
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Of course, the question remains now WHY Israel is involved in the Fukushima attacks.
This can, for now, be anything from Japan offering Iran to enrich their uranium [1, 2] to Japan siding with Palestine [1, 2], which Japan apparently continues to do even after the Fukushima attacks. This could be the reason why the Stuxnet virus was reactivated.
However, Israel's involvement may as well have to do something with "Japan limiting Israeli visas to keep Israeli mafia out." Or all of the mentioned options together, along with a high-level blackmail operation in which the attacks on Japan serve as a warning to Japan and the rest of the world to keep playing matkot.
If not, then a new earthquake might be triggered, after all, Israel already has experience in creating artificial earthquakes at least since 2009.
Better believe it that the Israeli government and the Mossad are capable of committing such war crimes and attacks on innocent civilians, their fingerprints are all over 9/11 [1, 2]!
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Published on 31 October 2022 14 November 2022 by Micol Grazioli
It is with great pleasure that from 28 October to 27 November the Smogglobes will be visible at 12% SKIES, a collective exhibition of the Xinying Cultural Center of Tainan in Taiwan.
Curators: Yves Chunta CHIU, Yeh Yu Chun
Exhibition date: October 28 to November 27, 2022
Places: Tainan Xinying Cultural Center, Chiayi City Cultural Art Gallery, Chiayi County Meiling Art Museum and Yunlin County Cultural Tourism Office Exhibition Hall
Exhibiting artists: Lin Zhengwei + Cheng Renpei, Luo Yijun, Cai Mingyue, Research Institute of Long and Short Tree Townships, Yan Dingsheng, Bi Lana. Fu Naqi Wa (Bilyana Furnadzhieva), Micol Grazioli, Liao Yunxiang Chiayi City: Huang Wenyong, Ni Xiang, Dai Mingde, Yushan Hotel + Chen Yizhe, Cai Zongyou, Song Xian + Du Du (Xu Xuejin, Li Yingzhe, Li Yuyang, Li Yingzhi), Christophe Chevance, Zeppelin, Chen Hanyu, Group B, Wu Jiongwei, Li Jinxiu Chiayi County: Zhu Haopei, Lu Muyi, Cai Shunren, Liao Zhaohao, Cai Xianyou, Su Wangshen, Huang Zhiwei, Zhang Xinpi, Chen Guanyu Yunlin County: Li Kuanzhi, Luwa. Rivera (Lua Rivera), Deng Wenxin, Li Chaocang, Riyi Inch Culture, Yunlin Storyteller Association, Lan Yutang, Taixi Art Association (Ding Rentong, You Shujuan, Wu Jiongwei, Wu Peihong, Lin Qingkun, Xu Zhongwen, Zhang Yatang, Luo Hengjun )
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12% Skies - 2022 Yun-Chia-Chia-Ying Visual Art Link
"Mobility" is not only a way to navigate, but also a way to recognize the sensory structure of things and environments, the state of being of individuals and groups, and a lived relation and way to understand the world in the midst of participation.
--Curatorial Statement of Mobile Village
The sky leaves no trace of wings, but I have flown. --Rabindranath Tagore
In 2016, Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Chiayi City, and Tainan City formed the "Yun-Chia-Chiia-Ying Theater Link" and jointly launched the "Summer Theater Festival", which has become the largest and only cross-regional performing arts festival in Taiwan; in 2020, the four counties and cities further jointly planned the "Yun-Chia-Chiia-Ying Visual Arts Link" and introduced the curator Yves Chunta Chiu in the following year. This year, Visual Art Link adopts a dual curators, with Qiu Yves Chiu and Ye Yujun continuing the 100-year time frame of the plains and proposing "12% Skies", to demonstrate a vast imagination from the perspective of the sky and flight.
"12% Skies" intends to start from a basic but ambiguous geographical fact to illustrate the core spirit of art link in "breaking away from the frame" and "exploring the unknown". When we put this "approximate" value into the imagery of the boundless sky, we want to present a kind of thinking that focuses on "mobility" but not "boundary", and the encounter and cohesion in the soaring.
The sky evokes flight, freedom, anticipation, but also death and uncertainty. Without wings, human beings can only entrust themselves to various flying machines and begin a daydream of indulgence in excitement and fear, with each ascent and landing a joyful and sad return to reality. Flying is a temporary and exceptional moment. In the familiar and unfamiliar scale, we see the change of relationships; in the boundless distance, we see all kinds of new imaginations.
Continuing the three paths developed in "Mobile Village", and using "mobility" as a connotation to dissolve "borders" and to draw diversity into encounter, assembly and participation, "12% Skies" draws from the beautiful, brutal and philosophical flight narrative in Po-Lin Chi's "Beyond Beauty - TAIWAN FROM ABOVE" and the fantasy experience of French literary scholar Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "Night Flight", to propose three subthemes "Plain/Ocean Flight," "Solar Term Spectrum," and "The Embedded Body (puânn-nuá)," a total of 27 artists are invited to present the flight paths, stories, and lives woven by flight as an alternative form of movement through art exhibitions, co-creation workshops, and performance shows.
Route 1: Plain/Ocean Flight
The double meaning of the pronunciation "pêⁿ-iû", a Taiwanese pronunciation of "plain", evokes an imaginary overlap between land and sea when we repeatedly pronounce "Chia Nan Ping Yang". From the perspective of "flight", the plain indeed looks like an ocean, with the rice fields transformed into golden waves amidst the air currents and fog, while the forest looks like a floating island inhabited by a variety of creatures. While flying, the familiar everyday scenery becomes unfamiliar, and the lackluster local memories become new stories.
Route 2: Solar Term Spectrum
Rainfall, a strange landscape in the summertime on the Chia Nan Plain, attracts many people who try to catch the clouds and make up for the rain. This fleeting afternoon thunderstorm occurs mainly in the afternoons when heat convection is strong, and the weather changes at different times of the year, not only affecting the various industries that watch the sky for food, but also bringing a unique color, atmosphere and taste to a place due to the wet and cold. "How's the weather today?" is both a greeting of concern for the place and an interaction of a spectrum of colors depicting production, labor, and memory.
Route 3: The Embedded Body(puânn-nuá )
Embedded (puânn-nuá): social interaction. It means people interacting with each other. In the city, in the field, in the field, we need to physically embed ourselves, symbolizing the dialogue between people, things and objects, using the body as a medium, we focus on how people meet, how they connect to places, how they relate to places. Embedded in the body.
In contrast to the last year, which focused on local history, spirituality and digital culture, "12% Skies" tends to use various actions to illustrate how these skies are connected, layered or drifted apart, as the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore said: "The sky leaves no trace of wings, but I have flown." In this way, he articulates a view of life that has been experienced, happened, and continues to move forward, without relying on evidence to give value to this process. In this way, the traces are not just proof of "having walked" but a poetic articulation of "change" and "possibility. "12% Skies" is thus about the practice of processes: walking, riding, and flying in daydreams, the sky is an infinitely spreading blue, and the journey is an endless change of life and place.
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The number one bestselling author of Alex Rider gives horror a whole new look in this mischievous collection of ten twisted tales.This chilling collection of ten nightmarish and fiendishly funny short stories is a perfect read for fearless children. From a train journey straight ... read full description below.
The number one bestselling author of Alex Rider gives horror a whole new look in this mischievous collection of ten twisted tales. This chilling collection of ten nightmarish and fiendishly funny short stories is a perfect read for fearless children. From a train journey straight to hell, out of control robots with a murderous streak and even a television show where death is the penalty - these terrifying tales display the dazzling wit and wicked humour of master storyteller Anthony Horowitz, and are guaranteed to make your blood curdle and your spine tingle.
Anthony Horowitz is the author of the number one bestselling Alex Rider books and the Power of Five Series. He has enjoyed huge success as a writer for both children and adults. He was invited by the Ian Fleming estate to write the James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis and his most recent novel, Magpie Murders was a Sunday Times bestseller. Anthony also wrote the highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty. He has won numerous awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award, the Children's Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, and the Red House Children's Book Award. In 2014 Anthony was awarded an OBE for Services to Literature.


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The Last Vampire (The Last Vampire #1) Lord Loss (The Demonata #1)
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Series: Beautiful Bastard #5
Genres: Romance
For those gentle (and ignorant) readers who are new to town this year, Mr. Bridgerton is third in the legendary string of eight Bridgerton siblings (hence the name Colin, beginning with C; he follows Anthony and Benedict, and precedes Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth).
What were you going to say? Gareth asked.He leaned forward, his blue eyes sharp and unwavering. What were you going to say?
What makes you think I was going to say something?I could see it in your face.She cocked her head to the side. You know me that well?
The Last King of Texas (Tres Navarre #3)
Frightening though it may seem, apparently I do.She watched as he sat back in his seat. He reminded her of her brothers as he shifted in the too-small chair; they were forever complaining that her mother's sitting room was decorated for tiny females. But that was where the resemblance ended. None of her brothers had ever possessed the daring to wear his hair back in such a rakish queue, and none of them ever looked at her with that blue-eyed intensity that made her forget her own name.
He seemed to be searching her face for something. Or maybe he was just trying to stare her down, waiting for her to crack under the pressure.
Hyacinth caught her lower lip between her teeth—she wasn't strong enough to maintain the perfect picture of composure. But she did manage to keep her back straight, and her chin high, and perhaps most importantly, her mouth shut as he pondered his options.Chin up, Isabella, she muttered, wincing as she read about the latest altercation—something about an addition of mussels to the menu, despite the fact that shellfish made Isabella develop hives.
You need to make it clear who's in charge, Hyacinth said to the book. You—She frowned, looking down at the latest entry. This didn't make sense. Why was Isabella talking about her bambino?
A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder #17)
Hyacinth read the words three times before thinking to glance back up at the date at top. 24 Ottobre, 1766.1766? Wait a minute…
She flipped back one page.Isabella had skipped two years. Why would she do that?
Hyacinth looked quickly through the next twenty or so pages. 1766…1769…1769…1770…1774…You're not a very dedicated diarist, Hyacinth murmured. No wonder Isabella had managed to fit decades into one slim volume; she frequently went years between entries.
Hyacinth turned back to the passage about the bambino, continuing her laborious translation. Isabella was back in London, this time without her husband, which didn't seem to bother her one bit. And she seemed to have gained a bit of self-confidence, although that might have been merely the result of the death of the dowager, which Hyacinth surmised had happened a year earlier.I found the perfect spot, Hyacinth translated, jotting the words down on paper. He will never… She frowned. She didn't know the rest of the sentence, so she put some dashes down on her paper to indicate an untranslated phrase and moved on. He does not think I am intelligent enough, she read. And so he won't suspect…
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At its annual WWDC conference, Apple made a big announcement regarding its CarPlay. It is Apple's tool that was launched in 2014 to connect iPhone to car's infotainment system.
Apple's CarPlay is an automotive integration software. Using it, the users can interact with those applications that support communication, audio streaming, and navigation. The problem so far, however, was that for navigation the users were stuck with only Apple Maps. They could not use Google Maps or Waze if they wanted to and this was frustrating for those who preferred using these navigation apps.
Apple has now made it clear that with iOS 12, this problem will be resolved and the users will be able to use third-party navigation apps. iOS 12, which is the next version of the iPhone's operating system, is getting launched later this year.
The limitation of using iPhone's default mapping system, Apple Maps is over and CarPlay will now start supporting other navigation apps too. This includes Google Maps, Waze, and also Autonavi Navigation, the Chinese navigation app.
This announcement of giving access to third-party apps is a big change in Apple policy, which is always known for preferring its own native apps. Otherwise also, it keeps a tightly controlled ecosystem on iOS, but Apple Maps could never gain popularity among the iOS users.
Google had also given access to third-party navigation support in 2017 when Waze was enabled, but since then it has not added any other navigation app to the list.
Apple released its iOS 12 beta program on June 4th and it is expected that Apple CarPlay's new third-party maps support will go live in September 2018.
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The Lengths We Travel: Part V–Tequila and Cliff Diving Should be Enjoyed Separately
by Dylan Jesse
Written by Dylan Jesse
NEGRIL–Allow me to preface this with a word of caution: if a bar has a launch pad that lets you hurl yourself some 40 feet straight down into the sea, please, please for the love of Bacchus take a moment to think about it. Then take two more. Anything that can result in you never drinking again is a terrible thing, and our noble ranks need all the warm bodies they can get. As our fearless leader has pointed out before, drinking is the war against death, so stay in the damn fight. There, I've been responsible, so now on to the tale of one of the most confounding and exhilarating bars you're ever likely to encounter.
The bar in question is Rick's Cafe in Negril, proudly proclaiming that it is "One of the 10 Best Bars in the World,"according to a Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine survey. The accolade is a bit questionable, but with a claim like that, what kind of journalist would I be if I didn't at least pop in for a quick nip and see what the fuss was about? Judging from their history, Rick's started back in the 1970s, before the town had so much as electricity or phone lines. It is the tale of a bar spearheading the development of a small fishing village into a travel destination, having to be rebuilt after two hurricanes wiped it clean from the face of the Earth like so many empties on the bar at the end of the night. It sits precariously at the ragged edge of Negril's West End Cliffs, its face turning red with some of the most staggering sunset views you could ever want to watch while bellied-up on a bar stool with a stiff rum sour. Make no mistake: it is a tourist trap, and there are other great dives with cheaper drinks and fewer cruise ship lackeys, but Rick's is the kind of place that has twice faced the full wrath of Poseidon, raised a glass after the waves had settled, and stoutly declared "Come the full force of Heaven and Earth, and we shall continue to drink." It is, for all of its over-priced drinks and pandering-for-tourist-dollars schmaltz, just damn inspiring.
I made it to Rick's on my final day on the island at the encouragement of one of my mates, the afternoon having been full of cold drinks farther down the beach. We'll call her C-note, mostly because I'm not sure how to spell her name. She had a powerful notion to take a dive from the cliffs, and it seemed the smart thing to do to tag along and investigate. No sooner had we arrived then she was queuing up at the top platform, some 35 or 40 feet above the waters, primed and bristling with a wild excitement. I cannot impress upon you enough how incredibly easy it is just to walk up and plunge off the edge like so much dead weight. Sure, there is a lifeguard, but as the sign (shown above, sourced below) makes abundantly clear, that guy is just there to call you an ambulance if things go south in a hurry. If you want to risk it, it's entirely on your head.
Now, there was no stopping C-note, so off she went. An experienced swimmer and former lifeguard, she nailed the dive, resurfaced just fine, and swam to the ladder and back to the relative safety of the rocks. It should be noted that I am not a strong swimmer, and I do have a bit of a fear of heights. However, that last part does becoming less of an issue surprisingly quickly, and if nothing else, I tend to know my limits. Got an A in Calculus and everything.
So there I was with a choice: take the dive now and then raise a glass to this improbable and fairly terrifying place, or back down and cower behind the bar with a pina colada, watching greatness pass me by. If the bar wouldn't back down, then goddamn it neither would I.
I did not stick the landing well. Writing this now, the backs of my thighs are almost entirely bruises, as is the back of one of my arms. But as I made it back to shore and C-note and I went straight for the bar, I can tell you that the round of straight tequilas we had to celebrate was one of the best damn drinks I've ever tasted. Not because it was particularly good tequila, but because it was an affirmation of the war against death, of being able to say "I am alive, and it's time to celebrate that fact." And knowing that tequila and incredible heights do not mix, I could rest assured that the fight would continue for another day as I claimed my place alongside the bar, feet firmly on the sweet, sweet solidity of the ground.
So is Rick's truly one of the 10 best bars in the world? That's hard to say. It is certainly one of the 10 worst combinations of ideas in the world, though. Take that for what you will.
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Tourist Attractions in Weatherford, Texas
Important Monuments in Texas
San Antonio's Famous Tourist Attractions
Elizabeth Arnold, Leaf Group
The Alamo's hallowed grounds were home to missionaries for almost 70 years. (Photo: Alamo grounds 1 image by Olivia Ogden from Fotolia.com )
Main Tourist Attractions in Texas
Tourism on the Gulf Coast of Texas
San Antonio tourists are charmed by the city's Southwest flavor and rich Tejano culture. According to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city receives approximately 26 million visitors per year. Tourists come from all over to browse and photograph San Antonio's famous Spanish missions, especially the Alamo. If you're a cowboy or cowgirl at heart, visit Texas' second-largest city during the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
San Antonio Museum of Art
The San Antonio Museum of Art is housed in the Lone Star Brewery building, which was built in 1884. The museum's American collection features art from the Colonial Period through the early 20th century. The comprehensive contemporary collection showcases work by abstract artists such as Hans Hofmann, Helen Frankenthaler and Frank Stella. The museum also features Asian art and antiquities from the Greek and Roman eras, among many other collections.
200 W. Jones Ave.
samuseum.org
The Alamo
The Alamo was the site of one of the Texas Revolution's most important battles in 1836. To mark the spot where 189 Texan defenders died at the hands of Mexican General Santa Anna's army, the Mission San Antonio de Valero, or the Alamo, was established in 1718. The site's Long Barracks Museum and Library features Republic of Texas artifacts and a narrated tour. Meander the Alamo's green landscaped grounds any day of the year except for Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Admission to the Alamo is free.
300 Alamo Plaza
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SeaWorld San Antonio has the distinction of being the world's largest marine life park. Spend an afternoon watching dolphin, sea lion and shark shows or take a ride on the Great White, Texas' first inverted steel roller coaster. SeaWorld's exhibits include Dolphin's Cove, Penguin Encounter and Alligator Alley. At the end of the day, cool off while plunging down the five-story Texas Splashdown.
10500 Sea World Drive
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San Antonio Zoo
The 35-acre San Antonio Zoo showcases more than 3,500 animals spanning 600 species. The zoo's African Plains exhibit features ostriches, zebra, reticulated giraffes and white-faced whistling ducks. View jaguars, ocelots, venomous reptiles, cotton-topped tamarins, white-faced monkeys and giant Andean condors at the Amazonian exhibit. The zoo is open 365 days a year.
3903 N. St. Mary's St.
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Elizabeth Arnold has written for a wide variety of publications and websites. Her experience includes writing travel features for "Recommend" magazine and packaging marketing copy for both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros. consumer products. Recently, Arnold was a staff writer for "Special Events" magazine. Arnold studied English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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