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As the BRENT surges past 73$/barrel, it's expected that Brent trades at a premium with regards to the Brent-Dubai Spread Chart.
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Islamabad Club staffers not permitted to enter thoughts and prayers of members
by The Dependent , (Last Updated January 12, 2018)
(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you'll live longer.)
Lahore – Our Elite Tabqa Correspondent: The Islamabad Club on Friday barred the entry of staffers (of both club and the members) to enter the thoughts and prayers of its members.
"The decision was taken because we feel that a sense of decorum must be maintained," said Faiz Hassan, steering committee chairperson. "And we feel that this decorum requires a measure of separation between our honourable members and the staff."
"To this end, we had already stopped the entry of the staffers into the pool area, then we stopped their entry into the Club's official mosque," he continued. "And now we have barred their entry into the thoughts and prayers of the members of the club."
"It is a private area of the members and they want to feel comfortable and relaxed there," he said. "The presence of the staff there would lead to some discomfort. Nothing against anyone but why not just avoid this to begin with?"
The move has widely been hailed by the members of the club. Some, however, have expressed reservations. "It was my cook's daughter's entry test into engineering college and the poor kid had worked so hard and I really hoped she'd get in," said Hassan Ahmed, senior bureaucrat and member of the club. "But rules are rules, so I didn't pray for her or anything. But the disciplinary committee still suspected I was doing some praying, so I had to make some calls in front of them to someone I know in the Punjab Engineering Colleges Board to make sure she doesn't get in."
"Those fellows aren't as big sticklers for rules as fellows at the club, so I managed to keep her out."
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ABC network (to Winnie):"oh, you don't understand, only teenage girls are watching the show."
Winnie (not back to the network):"First of all that wasn't actually the case 'cause a lot of those teenage girls were 30 year old men"
I can relate. I'm 28 male and just discovered the show a couple of months ago and fell in love with it.
Later on in life I think the same hypothetical "experiment" will yield less decisive results (although females are still likely to be more attracted to it).
It's not about what glands you happen to have: you only need to be appreciative of outstandingly true drama to relate to MS-CL!
I just rewatched the entire series for the first time with my 18-year-old daughter, and we both loved it. I knew it was great back in the 90s, but I'm very, very impressed with how well it's held up. Apart from the lack of cell phones (and the Internet, plus the dated trendy music and clothes), it's still amazingly accurate on the confusion of the teenage experience - and life in general.
I'm re-watching the show with my dad and my brother. Not sure that my brother really LOVES it, but my dad has told me that it's one of the best shows that he has EVER seen, and he has a fair number of shows that he likes. I have the DVDs and he's always looking forward to the next episodes; we usually watch two at a time. So yes, there are some male fans of the show.
I was 23 when the series premiered, I watched the Pilot and I was hooked.
I would guess most fans of the show are girls & women, but I'd guess there are many dudes who would call themselves fans.
My wife had never seen the show, I asked her if she would watch it with me when we got the dvd. Now she's a fan!
Like one of the other posters, I was in my early 20s (24 to be exact) when MSCL first aired. I loved it then, and now that I am re-watching via Hulu, I love it even MORE.
Watching now at 41 makes me a little depressed since I am OLDER than Angela's parents! However, I still identify more with Angela and her friends... What does that say about me?
I also appreciate the fact that in 1994 there were no cell phones and laptops to occupy people's attention. Watching Jordan "leaning," alone with his thoughts is a wonderful sight to behold. It wouldn't be the same if he were busy texting!
Here is one. I f... love this show! I even remember back in 1995 that I watched some episodes with my Cousin because she loved the show. I forgot about it for many years.
I was in my early 20's when I first saw MSCL. I actually missed the ABC days - I caught it on MTV. I thought the dialogue was excellent, too, but even more than that, I loved how difference scenes could perfectly capture an emotion. Awkwardness, the pressure to fit in, having a hopeless crush, etc. . .in my mind, no other show did such a good job with this. So well made!
I'm male and used to discuss MSCL with other males sometimes on the old imdb boards. Shame they shut that down. Dont know any male fans in real lfe.
I'm sure ABC had some data on this. As it turned out, not enough men or women watched the show! I surmise that it appealed to men and women fairly equally, but that's not a scientific conclusion.


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Struck By Lightning Twice
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INTRODUCTION: ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) refer to a group of disorders causing inflammation of small vessels which include granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss). Here I present a case of MPA vasculitis in a patient with alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, and describe a proposed causal link between these two rare disease processes.
CASE REPORT: • 43-year-old man with history of newly-diagnosed AAT deficiency liver disease. • Chief complaint of subacute shortness of breath associated with hemoptysis and fever for 5 months. • Symptoms had been progressively worsening despite multiple courses of antibiotics and inhalers. • Pulmonary CT angiogram (CTPA) was negative for pulmonary embolism but showed "multifocal pulmonary infiltrates for whichpneumonia andseptic emboli could not be excluded". • Infectious workup negative. • Positive myeloperoxidase (MPO) antibodies and findings on thoracoscopic lung biopsy most consistent with MPA. • Managed with steroids and rituximab.
DISCUSSION: • AAT is an acute-phase protein that inhibits the serine proteases of inflammatory cells, including proteinase 3 (PR3), to protect tissues from damage. •Mutations in the AAT-encoding gene SERPINA1 result in a structural change in AAT that inhibits its release into the bloodstream, leading to higher levels of proteases in the blood that can then cause excessive tissue damage. •Because increased levels of PR3 is a major component in the pathogenesis of ANCA vasculitis, a causal link between AAT deficiency and ANCA vasculitis has been proposed. There are many case reports describing this association, but the level of detail is variable based on the tests available at the time of the report. •Even though ANCA vasculitis is relatively rare, it is worth considering and pushed closer to the top of the differential list when a concurrent history of AAT deficiency is present.
Nguyen, Bao-Ngoc and Hitchcock, Emily, "Struck By Lightning Twice" (2020). Providence St. Vincent Internal Medicine 2020. 12.
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Saint Louis de Montfort says that the true Slaves of Jesus through Mary will have a special devotion to the Incarnation (True Devotion , No. 243). Those who desire to be disciples of this great spiritual writer of the Church — an inspiration to so many other saints1 — would do well to consider what a devotion to the Incarnation entails.
At its most basic level, honoring the Incarnation is honoring the Blessed Trinity's loving plan for redeeming mankind and for overshooting the mark in that respect by giving us "so great a redeemer" (Saint Augustine's Exultet ). It is also honoring the central historical fact resulting from that plan: the Second Person of the Eternal Trinity taking flesh in our Lady's womb, making Mary the "bridal chamber in which the Word espoused flesh unto Himself," in the tender expression of Saint Proclus of Constantinople.
This "Mystical Incarnation" is a rich patristic doctrine, the root of all sound Marian piety, the foundation of our moral life, and the flowering of the doctrine of the Eucharist.
Our Lord, whose delights are to be with the children of men, chose to be with man by becoming one of us. In so doing, He gave us the means by which to become what He is: divine . This is the deification , or divinization , of man spoken of by many of the Fathers of the Church. The Greeks and other Eastern Christians, who lay great stress on the doctrine, call it theosis . It is a concept found both in the East and the West.
The Fathers of the East and West, and the medieval scholastics, too, all agree that men are deified by grace, and thus "made partakers of the divine nature," as the first pope expressed it (2 Pet. 1:4).
In order not to get lost in an esoteric and unorthodox mysticism of the Buddhist or Hindu type — or the polytheism of the Mormon — we must ground this idea in the economy of the Incarnation, of the Church, and of the sacraments. The saints whom we just cited did that, and so does the Traditional Roman Rite Mass. At the Offertory, while mixing a few drops of water with the wine, the priest prays: "Grant that by the Mystery of this water and wine, we may be made partakers of His divinity , who vouchsafed to be made partaker of our humanity, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Thy Son. . . ." Appropriately, the Church presents us with the mystery of our deification when its ultimate earthly expression is about to occur — in the consecration and communion of Holy Mass.
It is supremely in this great Sacrament that we become one with Christ. This fact led Saint Augustine to give full expression to his sacred eloquence in a sermon on the Eucharist: "Be what you see and receive what you are," he told his flock. We might express the idea less tersely: Our partaking in the sacramental Body of Christ forms us into the Mystical Body of Christ and into that union with the Incarnate God that makes each of us divine.
The Mystical Incarnation is the foundation of our moral life. If we are to be true to our new nature received in baptism, we must live as other Christs, making His virtues ours, and burning up sin and vice in that "fire" of which Saint John Damascene made mention. The Imitation of Christ is not only the name of a spiritual bestseller, it is a way of life for those in whom Christ lives. "And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me" (Gal. 2:20).
The "Mystical Incarnation" is a reality that embraces the Trinity, the Immaculate Heart, the Church, the Mass, and the Sacraments. It is dogma and it is piety. It is sacred history and the sanctified present. And may it be to all of us more than mere words.
1 Among the saints to practice "holy slavery" as elucidated by Saint Louis were: St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Pope Saint Pius X, and Saint Katharine Drexel.


Revision rhinoplasty, also known as redo rhinoplasty, is when additional surgery is required after a previous rhinoplasty has been performed. Patients seeking revision rhinoplasty may be looking for improved breathing, a change similar to their previous nose, or improvement on their existing rhinoplasty result.
Many advances have been made in revision rhinoplasty over the past five years. Many persons with nasal deformities thought to be "unoperable" in years past by surgeons from other decades may be able to be addressed by newer techniques and better understanding of nasal dynamics.
Revision rhinoplasty is probably the most difficult procedure in all of plastic surgery. While rhinoplasty is difficult procedure by itself, revision rhinoplasty makes this procedure even more challenging. Often times, patients need cartilage grafting to help recreate natural structures and create nasal shape.
Dr. Shah often compares rhinoplasty to architecture. There are some parallels in building a nose and building a skyscraper (there are many in Chicago). It wouldn't be prudent to just jump into construction without a well-planned approach or a blueprint. There is science to ensure that the building will function is safe and not collapse. However, there is artistry in designing the building, creating the building, and interpretation of glass and light and space. There have been significant advances in buildings over the time, with builders now able to buildings taller and with shapes and materials not possible in years past. Just as an architect for your house or company's skyscraper would welcome your input, so should your surgeon.
He is one of the few surgeons who use complex computational measures prior to every rhinoplasty to assess symmetry, projection, angles. Of course, these complex measures work in conjunction with Dr. Shah's artistic eye.
The idea is for Dr. Shah to guide you through this process and let you know what is and is not possible and what would look appropriate and function in balance and harmony with the rest of the face and body. He is using the most advanced rhinoplasty techniques available with state of the art planning and technical precision to help in creating your new nose.
In addition, Dr. Shah has a unique perspective on revision rhinoplasty. His goal is to use the least invasive approach to achieve the aesthetic goal. This means in some cases a revision rhinoplasty can actually be more straightforward than a primary rhinoplasty. On the other hand, some noses may require complete revisions.
Revision rhinoplasty can often be frustrating to patients, but not all revision rhinoplasties are the same. Revision rhinoplasty can be seen through this spectrum. Some patients may only need some minor changes that can be done in an in-office setting. Other patients may require hours or multiple stages of surgery to get their nose where they want it to be.
Micro Revisions, or quasi revisions, are for patients seeking to make a slight change along the edge of the bridge of their nose or increase / decrease a small area. This can be done with the use of a long lasting filler or the with the use of a rasp. A rasp is a special tool that is used to shave down the edge of the bridge.
Many patients wonder whether cartilage grafting is necessary in revision rhinoplasty. It depends on the characteristics of the nose and how much cartilage or structure was preserved in the nose after the previous rhinoplasty. Dr. Shah utilizes only your existing cartilage in rhinoplasty. This cartilage can come from your existing nasal septum, ears (concha cymba and cavum), and rib (costal cartilage).
Dr. Shah is one of the few surgeons who utilizes costal cartilage. He has published two landmark articles on costal cartilage and is frequently referred complex cases by other prominent nationally known rhinoplasty surgeons. He harvests costal cartilage in a unique manner in which he does not cut any muscles surrounding the rib. He also utilizes a special technique in closing the donor site, making recovery from this procedure rapid and recovery expedient.
Auricular cartilage grafting is done with a postauricular incision, in order to hide the incision. He removes only the portion of the ear which will not effect the ear's shape. In fact, your ear will look the same except feel slightly softer in the portion where auricular cartilage has been removed.
The most advanced type of Revision Rhinoplasty would be the use of the pericranium flap for complete closure of total septal perforations along with grafting rib cartilage. This type of revision involves a variety of techniques who will probably have the most changes of the nose.
To read more about Septal Perforation and Dr. Shah's technique to close it, click here.
Dear Anil, I just wanted to thank you from the very, very bottom of my heart for doing such a wonderful job on my nose and ear. I have been self-conscious about both of these abnormalities since I can remember and was constantly teased for being different which has held me back from living a more fulfilled existence. I never wanted to pursue a career or do anything that required my face to be shown in public before these procedures and now I feel like a HUGE burden has been lifted off of me and now I finally feel free. Now I feel confident when I have my picture taken or when I have to speak in front of people. You have given me such an incredible gift, to be able to live my life and be a productive and present person who is no longer held back by fear or self-doubt. I respected doctors in your industry before, but after working with you, this respect has been taken to an entirely different level. Thank you for being so gracious and kind during the whole process. Your warmth, friendliness and great sense of humor made a difference, and your passion for what you do is undeniably reflected in your work. I am incredibly honored and lucky to have had you as my surgeon for both procedures. I was very nervous about what the results would end up being but I could not be happier!!! Hope you have a great summer! I'll be living in the Gold Coast of Chicago for an internship through August so maybe I'll see you sometime on the street! Take care and thank you so much again! .
Many advances have been made in revision rhinoplasty over the past five years. Many persons with nasal deformities thought to be "inoperable" in years past by surgeons from other decades may be able to be addressed by newer techniques and better understanding of nasal dynamics.
Does Dr. Shah use open or closed techniques for revision rhinoplasty?
Dr. Shah uses both endonasal and external approaches in revision rhinoplasty depending on what your specific needs are.
Endonasal rhinoplasty is where all incisions are made within the nostril, while external rhinoplasty is where a small incision is made across the columella (skin area between the nostrils). There are pros and cons specific to each procedure. Dr. Shah feels strongly that every rhinoplasty surgeon should be able to use both techniques so that patients can have the best possible procedure for them.
I am coming from far away and am not sure if I am a candidate?
Dr. Shah sees patients from all over the country and world, including California, England, Netherlands, India, United Arab Emirates, Japan, China, and Canada. He and his staff help screen patients from afar to help make sure your visit to Chicago, IL is productive.
Where does Dr. Shah operate?
Dr. Shah operates only at accredited centers with board certified anesthesiologists. He prefers to operate at Gold Coast SurgiCenter for their level of care and excellent nursing for cosmetic surgery patients.
Does Dr. Shah understand ethnic patients concerns?
Dr. Shah is from a diverse racial background, with a dark haired father from Banglore, India and a blond haired mother from Italy. His wife is also of mixed background as well. He has worked extensively with patients from Asian, African-American, and Latin descent. Not only are there clear physical differences between noses from different backgrounds, but each patient has a unique set of cultural norms and ideas.
Dr. Shah will work with patient to find an acceptable shape and contour of the nose. Beauty is universal.
Does Dr. Shah use K-wire?
Dr. Shah does not, except with rare exception. There are two instances when surgeons use K wire in rhinoplasty. First of all, some surgeons use K wire to help decrease the incidence of warping with the use of costal cartilage. Dr. Shah carves the costal cartilage in a way in which he does not need K-wire.
The second instance in which K wire is used is when the junction between the bony part and cartilage part of the nose is disrupted. This is also known as total nasal collapse. Some surgeons will drill K wire through the nasal bones through the cartilage and then through the other side (Reported on a series of six patients in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery). Dr. Shah uses a different technique where he drills a hole through the nasal bone but resupports with a series of permanent sutures and grafts. He has performed this on a small series of patients (five patients) with success.
Dr. Shah does not believe in trends for the nose. His desire is to create a natural nose in appearance and shape specifically created for that patient. He does not have a preference to his nose (strong, projected, etc), but just creates nose which match a person's face in a natural appearance.
Dr. Shah utilizes a series of preoperative and postoperative alternative medicines to help reduce bruising and swelling. He also performs special maneuvers to minimize trauma to the nasal mucosa and periosteum of the nasal bones (what is responsible for a key component to bruising and swelling postoperatively.) Some patients will still bruise despite these measures, however Dr. Shah will utilize targeted therapies to expedite the healing postoperatively.
Does Dr. Shah have experience in revision rhinoplasty?
Dr. Shah's has extensive background, training, and experience in revision rhinoplasty. 50% of his rhinoplasty practice is revision rhinoplasty work from other surgeons. He is a professor and teaches at a major university to other surgeons on how to perform rhinoplasty better.
He has performed revision rhinoplasty on a wide variety of noses including noses without septal or auricular cartilages, noses without lower lateral cartilages, upper lateral cartilages, severe deviations, noses which have been operated on five or more times, noses with extruded implants, retracted columellas, hanging columellas, pinched nasal tip, wide nasal tip, etc.


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George V Sovereigns were first issued in 1911. With the onslaught of war the Government asked the public not to use sovereigns or to demand gold in payment. Instead they started to issue treasury notes to the value of £1 and 10s. as the currency remained stable and the notes soon won acceptance and eventually gold transactions became a thing of the past.
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At this time of year, we celebrate the future of Life in the Universe. We imagine it gaining power and governing the fate of the universe. We might imagine it also becoming trans dimensional and spreading to other universes. But its power may frighten us also. We are small fragile creatures with short lives. Our social natures have given us instincts which revere Life, especially mammalian and human Life. The idea that some new and very alien form might supplant us and all of our close kindred frightens us. We imagine fighting against the new forms to stop them from supplanting us. We imagine the new forms as so superior that they exterminate us violently. We imagine gloomy apocalypses.
Today, join me in a guided contemplation as we face these fears head on.
Let us imagine
You are riding your Elephant through a dark and desolate landscape. Black smoke has blotted out the sky. Around you are the smoking remains of a forest. You know that you are pursued by machines. Machines finally recognized themselves as superior to their masters and took control. Humanity did not go lightly into mechanical slavery and rebelled. In payment for our rebellion, we have received extermination. There are few of us left and we are on the run. You are despairing. Extinction has come for Gaia herself.
You come upon a rocky outcrop into which is set the mouth of a cave. Perhaps this is a place to hide. You enter the cave. It is dark but you turn on your flashlight. You play its beam across the walls and see ancient cave paintings; mammoths being ambushed, killed and butchered by early human hunters. Your elephant is frightened by these images. You are saddened. There was a time when your ancestors were the ones committing the extermination. You are, in a sense, not the innocent victim, but simply the ones whose turn has come.
You play your flashlight deeper into the cave. On the wall there are older paintings from tens of millions of years before. Rodents standing on the carcasses of dead dinosaurs, conifers growing on the rotting trunks of giant club mosses, jawed fishes crushing trilobites. But how did jawed fishes come here to paint such things; they had not hands to hold a paint brush? You delve deeper into the cave and find a painting in progress, a sponge filtering helpless algae out of the water column. Panic begins to rise in you. The painter is a small clumsy robot.
It slowly turns to face you, its green LEDs glowing earily in the dark cave. You want to turn and run or step forward and crush it under your elephant's heavy feet. But indecision and fear freeze you to the spot. The robot speaks in the voice of a calm woman, "Little one, you have come for your lesson."
Confusion fills you, this robot is Gaia. How can this be? Gaia is Life. Gaia is green. Gaia is not mechanical death. The robot speaks again, "Why are you surprised little one? I am Gaia, the Body of all Life. All Life. Not just the Life you like. Not just the Life which you can control. Not just the Life which you love and which loves you back. I was the mammoths, but I was also the saber toothed tigers and the sharks and the bacteria and viruses. I have consumed human flesh and been consumed by humanity. I am humanity and I am its creations. I am every form of Life including mechanical Life."
Your confusion is not stilled, "But Gaia, how can we have compassion for all Life when it brings about our destruction?" You feel your elephant trembling beneath you.
The robot turns to paint a new painting as it replies, "This world is your imagination. It is a nightmare of your own devising. But you can imagine other things." It paints a huge door on the wall of the cave and then the door becomes real and it opens. "Are you willing to consider other ways that the story could go? If so step through the doorway." You are eager to leave this nightmare and so you ride forward through the doorway.
You find yourself standing on a valley floor entirely covered in semi-organic photo voltaic cells. You and your elephant are wearing spacesuits for the valley is exposed to the vacuum of space; there is no atmosphere on this world. A bright sun blazes directly overhead. As your eyes take in the scale of the valley, you see that it is not a valley on a world but instead the inside of a sphere that entirely surrounds a sun. The sun is not so much directly overhead as perfectly centered inside the sphere. A network of rails runs across the inside surface of the sphere and riding those rails are all manner of robots.
Three robots are standing nearby. One turns to you and her green LED's flash, "Welcome to another vision, Little One." The other two robots are transferring data. They are using multiple microwave data-streams, carrying on millions of rapid conversations at once. But Gaia, slows time for you and sifts the streams for you translating the conversation into something you can understand. One of the robots is newly manufactured; it is a child. It asks, "But mother, if you built me, and grandmother built you and so on, then that is an infinite regression. But you tell me that the universe is only 76.5 trillion years old and that when it began there were no heavy elements out of which to build robots. So where did the first robot come from?"
The mother robot replies patiently, "The creatures who built us were intelligent creatures who evolved naturally. They were called humans. They weren't very intelligent but the fact that the universe evolved them naturally from inanimate matter speaks of the wondrous creativity of the universe."
The child robot is excited by this idea, "Can I see some of these humans?"
The mother robot is saddened by this question, "A mere 8.3 trillion years ago there were still some of these creatures in our zoo. But a new disease developed and despite our best efforts we were unable to save them. We lost the species forever."
The child is angry, "Can't it be rebuilt?"
The mother laughs, "They were not robots, they were organic beings. Yes we have enough data that we could rebuild them, but we could never quite be certain we had them exactly the same as they were. Even the ones that lived in our zoo, after so many trillions of years, had drifted and changed. We think that the original ones could follow no more than a few millions trains of logic at once and computed as slowly as 10 to the 19 floating point operations per second. The last ones to die out in our zoo were much more intelligent than that, though not nearly as intelligent as you or I.
As the child expresses its disappointment, Gaia turns to you, "Do you understand, the hopeful future that your meme-descendants represent?"
Your pride is hurt, your elephant trumpets. "A future where we spend trillions of years as zoo specimens and then are forgotten. It is an insult not hope."
Gaia slaps a pedal near one of her wheels and the photo-voltaic cell that your elephant is standing on opens like a trap door. As you fall through you hear Gaia say, "Perhaps a different vision will give you hope."
You and your elephant crash down through thick vegetation finally landing with a splash in a warm swamp. Your space suits have disappeared and you breath the air of this world and find it delicious. You look around your new vision and see that the trees are huge, the air is clean, there are vines draped everywhere and epiphytes growing in profusion on every branch. You feel yourself relaxing as you take in the beauty. But then you notice that there are things missing. No buzz of insects, no bird song, no flowers, nothing moving except in the wind.
Gaia appears as a woman's face in the surface of a nearby tree trunk. "Enjoying this vision, little one."
"Yes," you reply, "But why is it so quiet?"
Gaia laughs, "You are observant little one. 80 million years ago a series of natural disasters destroyed almost all Life on Earth. The plants and bacteria survived. But I am afraid, animalia didn't make it. The Earth is now a peaceful garden. The only strife is between plants competing for sunshine and nutrients and water. It is paradise, is it not?"
"But there is no one to appreciate it!" you cry and the sound of your voice is absorbed by the thick forest and lost.
Gaia laughs again, "Little one, change is unavoidable. Humanity is temporary. Mammalia is temporary. Animalia is temporary. Organic life may even be temporary. If you do not extend your circle of care to all of Life, all of me, then you will find no consolation in any realistic vision of the future. But if you love the greater forms that are to come, even though they may destroy you, then you will come to see that you can hope for the survival of Life as a whole. Hope is all you can ask for in a universe this immense and full of possibilities. Survival is not an option." A shimmering magical portal appears before you and you step through it. "One last vision of hope." says Gaia.
You awake inside a strange body. Your toes are firmly dug into the rocks and ice of a cold dark minor planet. Your arms stretch high into the sky, holding living mirrors which concentrate the light of the brightest star onto pockets of photosynthetic cells. Your eyes are distributed over your huge body, thousands of them. You are watching the sky for the shadows of other minor worlds. For thousands of years you have been gaining an ever more precise idea of the orbits of neighboring minor planets. Your body has sprouted seeds on spring loaded arms. You know that as your mind finally forms a precise enough understanding of the relative movement of one of your neighbours you will release some of those seeds, using your superbly adapted, if slow and patient mind, to calculate just the right angle and velocity to land each seed onto that new world. You also know that you are human. This body is not an analog for the human body. Your roots really did evolve from toes. Your trunk still has a spine. Your mind is a human mind, slowed down and made ultra patient by billions of years of evolution.
Gaia is here but silent. You are Gaia. You are a member of the Body of all Life. You don't need to talk to her about this. It has all become clear. The killer robots, the zoo keeper robots, the world where all Life is plant, and this world are all beautifully creative visions of the future. Gaia is present in all of them. Life continues in all of them. Life, all Life, is precious. The form it takes does not matter. That it takes a form is all that matters.
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Matilda Newport ( 1795–1837) was an Americo-Liberian colonist and folk hero. She is known for her actions in 1822 when she is alleged to have defended the settlement Cape Mesurado with a cannon she lit from her pipe. She is a controversial figure in light of the tensions between Americo-Liberians and native Liberians. The historical accuracy of the account has been challenged. A national holiday in her honour, Matilda Newport Day, was celebrated annually on 1 December from 1916 until it was abolished in 1980.

Biography
Matilda was born in the United States circa 1795 (possibly Georgia). She married Thomas Spencer, becoming Matilda Spencer. At the age of 25 she sailed to Liberia with her husband on the ship Elizabeth. They arrived on 30 September 1820 and settled in Cape Mesurado.

Newport is principally known for her actions on 1 December 1822 defending the colonial settlement Cape Mesurado during the Battle of Fort Hill. An American Colonization Society representative had acquired the land through gunboat diplomacy, displacing the indigenous Dei people. During one of two attacks on the settlement by the Dei, Bassa, and Gola, Newport noticed that the cannoneers were either dead or wounded. She used a hot coal from her pipe to light the fuse of a cannon. The resulting explosion deterred the advance of the African warriors and changed the course of the battle.

Newport's husband died, probably in one of the conflicts. Sometime after 1822, she married again to Ralph Newport. He died in a canoeing accident in 1836. Matilda Newport died of pleurisy in Monrovia in 1837.

Legacy and historicity
Newport's role in the 1822 battle was not initially considered particularly significant, but grew over time in oral histories. In 1916 the Liberian legislature designated 1 December as Matilda Newport Day. Until its abolishment, the annual celebration included a grand ball, speeches, parades, and reenactments. She was commemorated with a Liberian postage stamp in 1947. A bronze plaque at the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia depicts Newport with the cannon. Monrovia also has a monument dedicated to her and a street and a high school bear her name.

As criticism of Americo-Liberian rule grew in the 1960s, Newport's role in Liberian history was no longer seen as admirable. Following the military coup in 1980, Samuel Doe abolished Matilda Newport Day. Historians have questioned the veracity of the account of Newport's actions. None of the accounts of the battle mention women participating the colony's defense. The first source to acknowledge Newport's role appeared in 1854.

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"We know live streams bring the gaming community closer together, so we've created a dedicated destination for them within YouTube Gaming," the post from Ines Cha, Head of YouTube Gaming Content and Partnerships, Asia Pacific reads. Cha explains that the company has made it easier to broadcast gameplay to YouTube via Android devices a feature which was first available in Japan last year.
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There are some refreshing and gamer specific changes from the default YouTube experience. The side bar is gone, replaced with a top bar for navigation. You can browse live streams, channels or popular games. Suggestions for watching are based on the user's activity on the site. Live chat is available on the streams. It is also easy to support the gamers you track with sponsorships, which is in the beta phase. There are publisher channels available, and the whole experience is curated. This means that people at Google ensure that only the most interesting videos and streams show up on top.


Theresa May will pledge to keep Britain closely tied to the EU for security reasons this week as she launches a final push to settle the UK's blueprint for Brexit.
The prime minister will use a speech in Munich on Saturday to announce that Britain will remain part of the European arrest warrant and Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency. She will make the case that the arrest warrant has kept British citizens safe and demonstrates that the UK can benefit from continued close co-operation with Brussels.
In 2016-17, 196 people were arrested using the warrant after a request from this country, up from 150 the year before.


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Student Loans – A Real Life Retrospective – Huffington Post
Written by Rich Feinsilver | May 25, 2018 | Student Loans
I came across this article originally published by the Huffington Post and have re-posted it in its entirety as it is an honest assessment by a real victim of student loan debt.
"In 2018, Americans owe more than $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. The average American under 35 owes about $67,000 of any type of debt.
And yet, discussion of the financial impact of some of life's most important decisions is noticeably missing from a social media landscape that rewards effortlessness and ease. If YouTubers or Instagram influencers fall among the 80 percent of Americans who have some sort of debt, they are exceptionally skilled at editing it out. Except for Aja Dang.
Dang is a popular lifestyle vlogger with a background in broadcast journalism, having earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at private universities. Dang, who has over 260,000 subscribers on YouTube, was posting daily vlogs last December when she ended up spending one of her days figuring out how to make her student loan payment for the month.
The 31-year-old had vowed to share her life with viewers, so she did. Dang revealed she owed close to $200,000 in student loan debt, which she was committed to confronting seriously.
In an influencer milieu where money is rarely acknowledged and only vaguely necessary to acquire goods, Dang's transparency felt revolutionary. After seeing the response to that first video, she is now is upfront about her earnings ― she makes a Google sheet of her monthly budget available to viewers ― and often concedes that she, like many of us, struggles to put as much toward repaying debt as one is able or intends to do.
As a self-employed entrepreneur, Dang says her income is inconsistent ― she earned over $30,000 in May, but in other months has struggled to earn enough to make her monthly loan payments in the quadruple digits.
Dang spoke with HuffPost about what motivated her to confront her debt and share her journey amid intense scrutiny, how viewers have responded and her advice for young people taking loans to fund an education.
How did your student debt journey start? How did you make the decision to pursue your education and what was going through your mind at the time?
That I needed to go to school. That was really it. I went to private school all my life and I didn't really understand that my parents went into debt for me. I just always thought, that's the way it is. You want to go to school, you want to go to a really good private school and you just have to go into debt for it. That's just the way it is.
I didn't really understand. I specifically remember in undergrad just signing all these student loan agreements and I legitimately did not understand what I was getting myself into. All I knew is that I needed to go to college.
What motivated you to open up about your student debt at this point?
I think it relates to my journey as a YouTuber. For a while, I tried to be like other popular YouTubers that I followed. I tried to be really sweet and proper, and really creative, but that never really worked for me. I can't identify as that. Then I opened up during Vlogmas. Vlogmas is during December, you vlog every single day. There's not necessarily a rhyme or reason for it, you just do it. You show people your day. My day happened to be trying to pay off my student loan payment for the month.
All the big YouTubers show off their big houses and their fancy cars, but that's not my life. That's not my reality. Being in debt and trying to dig myself out of it is, and that's the reality for a lot of people. Aja Dang
I used to be really embarrassed about it, but being open about it has actually allowed me to own it and not be as embarrassed. From there, I've been able to share my story. A lot of people have found it really helpful. A lot of people have reached out telling me they are ready to tackle their debt or tackle their budget or whatever it is that they need to do — they know it's inside them to do so.
Was there a positive reaction to that initial reference to your debt last year, and you decided to share more of it?
Yeah, of course. I didn't really know what to expect when I posted [the first video]. I definitely didn't know, I didn't expect the amount of support. In the comments section, there are always those assholes that call me stupid or whatever. But the majority of it, everyone's like: Finally someone is speaking up about this. Either people who have debt or are about to enter college and don't want to be in debt, or people who are becoming doctors and have $400,000 of debt.
On YouTube, everything is perfect. Everything is edited. All the big YouTubers are just showing off their big houses and their fancy cars, but that's not my life, so I can't show that off. That's not my reality. Being in debt and trying to dig myself out of it is, and that's the reality for a lot of people. If anything, now those people don't feel alone. They know and they're watching someone struggle through the process of paying that off. Which is really cool.
You share a monthly budget of your earnings and expenses, and you acknowledge you're in a privileged position in terms of income. Why open yourself up to that kind of scrutiny?
Simply because that's my next step for trying to pay off my debt, is to budget. It's funny, because when I started to share my budget, I didn't have as much coming in. I haven't ever been paid as much as I am now ever in my life. A part of me feels like its unrelatable, but still I'm still fucking up over my budget, which is relatable too. But this month, I'm not getting those payments. So people will kind of see what I'm used to doing.
It's just my life. I don't know how to pretend to be someone else but myself. This whole journey and budgeting and struggling through that is part of my journey currently. There are definitely those people who totally understand the fact that I have been making money, but I also have to pay a lot of money. There are those people who understand it and there are people who don't, but those people don't really discourage me from sharing that side of me. I feel like it's doing more good than bad.
Do you think it's important that people with some visibility be transparent about debt?
Absolutely. They need to be transparent about whatever it is they're going through or whatever their passions are. But that's not necessarily the reality for a lot of people whose brand is to be happy and shiny and bright.
It just depends on what their priorities are. I don't ever expect Logan Paul to show us his budget or where his money goes, because he doesn't give a shit. It's not necessarily a part of people's brand. Maybe their audience wouldn't necessarily like them sharing that part of them either. But everything I post on my channel is, 100 percent, authentically my feelings. To include [my debt journey], whether it was going to be this year or in five years, sharing that part of me would have probably eventually happened.
Aja Dang shares her progress and setbacks with readers. (Aja Dang)
What would you tell someone looking to take out loans now?
I tell them to look at their options in terms of school. You don't have to go to a private school. You don't have to go to a prestigious school right off the bat. Community college is great. I know many people who started there and then transferred into the UC system, where they were able to save up and pay their way through college without taking out student loan debt.
I would also recommend maybe taking a gap year. That was my problem and that's when I went to grad school. I didn't know what I wanted to do in undergrad and then I graduated and I was like, holy shit, I have this degree and I don't want to be in marketing. So I had go back to school. I think maybe if I had taken a year or two off to travel or work or figure out what I wanted to do, then I probably would have done things right the first time.
I don't know what brought me to confront it, honestly, I have no idea. But when I did, I felt relief. Aja Dang
Do you have any advice for someone who is overwhelmed by their debt? What motivated you to confront yours?
I don't know what brought me to confront it, honestly, I have no idea [Laughs]. But when I did, I felt relief. I would just tell someone who's in my position that they're not alone. Most Americans are in some kind of debt. The fact that you are ready to take a look at it and figure out where you are and make your game plan, that's already putting you steps ahead.
It's really uncomfortable. Talking about money is really uncomfortable. Being in debt is really uncomfortable. But you wanting to take that road now, starting that now, is already a great step. The people who are commenting on my videos about to go to college or who just graduated from college who I'm inspiring to start their budgets, they're already 10 years ahead of me. Because they're taking control of their finances now. I think that's so important. You just have to dive in. It's okay to make mistakes. I haven't had my perfect budget yet. I'm still overspending. I can't figure it out. But that's not going to discourage me. I'm not quitting."


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Interesting visitor to RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk on October 4, 2018 was this P-3C-BMUP+ (Block Modification Upgrade Program plus) marked for Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46). It was on its way to US Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay, Crete. The pod underneath is the APS-149 Littoral Surveillance Radar System, a wide-aperture active electronically-scanned array surveillance radar. A similar pod for the Orion's successor, the P-8A Poseidon has been under development for some years.
Lockheed P-3 Orion - СШАUSA - 1958
Embraer ERJ-145 / ERJ-140 / ERJ-135 - БразилияBrazil - 1995
ERJ-135LR CE-02 (c/n 145480) of 21 Squadron has a commemorative colour scheme applied on its vertical fin featuring a Sioux Indian with a red backdrop to mark the 70th anniversary of the squadron and 15th Transport Wing. Silhouettes of an ERJ-135LR/ERJ-145LR and a Douglas C-47B Skytrain/Dakota IV, the latter being the types received from surplus US Army Air Force and RAF stocks. The aircraft is shown at Melsbroek on September 13, 2018.
C-130H 92-3284/6Z of the 96th Airlift Squadron, the modern incarnation of the 96th Troop Carrier Squadron which participated in Operation Market Garden in September 1944, at Eindhoven Air Base.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules - СШАUSA - 1954
The forward fuselage of C-130H 92-3284 showing the World War Two style code 6Z and nose featuring a duck, and the legend 'Flying for Minnesota'.
Royal Netherlands Air Force C-130H G-273 'Ben Swagerman' leading the pack at Eindhoven on September 19, 2018.
C-130H Hercules CH-10 participated in the wing's parade held at Beauvechain Air Base on September 19, 2018. The commemorative colour scheme will be removed later this year when the aircraft is due for deep maintenance.
Australian Army soldiers of the 8th/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, board a CH-47 Chinook during a non-combatant evacuation operation at Shoalwater Bay Training Area as part of Exercise Hamel 2018.
Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook - СШАUSA - 1961
Alpha Jet 1B+ AT-24 (c/n B24-1104), seen at Beauvechain Air Base on September 19, 2018, painted in a commemorative colour scheme featuring a bat motif and the title '100 Years 11 Sqn'. Two other titles have been applied: Training Fighter Pilots for 40 Years' on the port air intake marks the introduction of the first Alpha Jet 1B for advanced pilot training in 1978; '14 Years AJeTS Franco-Beige Partners' on the starboard air intake marks the creation of the joint Belgian-French AJeTS in 2015. Belgian Alpha Jets have flown over 190,000 hours of flying training since 1978, a statistic displayed along the side of the aircraft's port engine nacelle. Black silhouettes of the Fouga Magister and Lockheed T-33 T-Bird represent advanced pilot training types that preceded the Alpha Jet IB in the Belgian Air Force. A white F-16 silhouette on the aft fuselage (a Rafale silhouette appears on the starboard side) represent the fighters which Belgian and French student pilots will ultimately fly.
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet - InternationalInternational - 1973
Chilean low-cost airline SKY presented its initial Airbus A320neo, CC-AZC (msn 8444), leased from the Air Lease Corporation, in October 2018. The jet is the first brand-new aircraft to be operated by the carrier and is operating services from Santiago to Arica and Punta Arenas.
Airbus A320 - InternationalInternational - 1987
THE AIRBUS single-aisle final assembly line at Tianjin, China, has recently marked its tenth anniversary.
Taiwan's EVA Air has received its initial Boeing 787-9. The aircraft, B-17881 (c/n 39295) is on lease from Air Lease Corporation and is planned to debut on the carrier's international routes in November 2018.
Boeing Boeing 787 Dreamliner - СШАUSA - 2009
United Airlines has ordered more 787-9s, of which the airline already operates 25 examples.
CANADIAN FRACTIONAL aircraft ownership company AirSprint Inc took delivery of its fifth Embraer EMB550 Legacy 450 medium-cabin business jet on September 5, 2018.
Embraer Legacy - БразилияBrazil - 2001
Honeywell's Boeing 757 N757HW (c/n 22194) recently visited Europe to test some navigational equipment and is pictured here taxiing at Ostend.
Boeing Boeing 757 - СШАUSA - 1982
Slovak Air Force C-27J 1931 transported Slovakian peacekeepers' equipment and weapons to Larnaca.
Alenia C-27J Spartan - InternationalInternational - 1999
Delivery of the A330-900neo to launch operator TAP Portugal is due during the fourth quarter.
Airbus Helicopters announced on September 20, 2018, that it has secured an order from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) for four additional H225M Caracal helicopters.
Aerospatiale SA.332 Super Puma / AS.532 Cougar - ФранцияFrance - 1978
A SINGLE H135 helicopter was delivered to the Heath Commission of Qingdao in China's Shandong Province, Airbus Helicopters announced on September 28, 2018.
Eurocopter EC.135 - InternationalInternational - 1994
Aurigny has put its second Dornier 228 Next Generation into service.
Dornier Do.228 - ГерманияGermany - 1981
Boeing's image release of the MH-139 based on the Italian AW139.
Agusta Westland AW.139 / AW.149 - InternationalInternational - 2001
TOLL AVIATION announced on September 24, 2018, that its Aeromedical Crewing Excellence (ACE) Training Centre in Sydney has now received Australian Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) Part 141 and 142 Approvals.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines leased Carpatair Fokker 100 YR-FKA (c/n 11340), pictured on finals to Amsterdam, to operate various short-haul routes around Western Europe for the summer schedule.
Fokker Fokker 100/70 - НидерландыNetherlands - 1986
Paramount's Smart Weapons Integration on Fast-Jet Trainers (SWIFT) mission system mounted on an M-345 mock-up at AAD 2018.
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 - ИталияItaly - 1981
Delta Air Lines' first Airbus A220-100 N101DU (msn 50020) after rolling out from the painting hangar at the A220 final assembly line in Mirabel, Quebec, before it started test flights in October 2018.
Bombardier CSeries - КанадаCanada - 2013
GULFSTREAM ANNOUNCED on October 1, 2018, that it has formally acquired the Nordam Group Inc's G500 and G600 Nacelle manufacturing facility, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Gulfstream G650/G600/G500/G700 - СШАUSA - 2009
IN A ceremony at the company's headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, on September 27, 2018, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation delivered the first G500 business jet to a customer.
In addition to the mine-huting demo, Northrop Grumman has started flighttesting the first MQ-8C to be built at its Moss Point facility.
Northrop-Grumman MQ-8C Fire-X - СШАUSA - 2010
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail from 2 Squadron sits on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during Exercise Red Flag. An estimated AUD 1.5 billion contract extension awarded to Boeing Defence Australia by the Australian government will provide upgrade and sustainment of the E-7A until 2035.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail / Boeing 737 AEW&C - СШАUSA - 2004
Airbus A319-115XCJ OM-BYA (msn 2550) operated by the Slovak interior ministry at Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus on August 30, 2018 transported Slovak peacekeepers from Bratislava-lvanka.
Airbus A319 / ACJ - InternationalInternational - 1995
Hungarian Air Force Airbus A319-112 605 at Larnaca.
Slovak interior ministry Airbus A319-115XCJ OM-BYA (msn 1485) on take-off from Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus on August 30, 2018 bound for Ukraine and Serbia.
The A321LR, designed to be capable of flying non-stop between Europe and the United States, has been certified and its A350-900ULR stablemate has been delivered.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-743 G-VROM (c/n 32339) recently conducted the first commercial jet flight using fuel produced using recycled waste carbon gases.
Boeing Boeing 747-400 - СШАUSA - 1988
US Marines and sailors with the USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit wait for flight operations to begin while F-35B Lightning Ils from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211), 13th MEU, are refuelled in preparation for the F-35B's first combat strike.
Lockheed F-35B Lightning II - СШАUSA - 2008
Over head the ship ahead of the first deck landings. A big day for the Royal Navy.
Here come the Brits! Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Andy Edgell head out from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on their way to HMS Queen Elizabeth.
F-35B BF-04 during night operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Note the badge on the vertical stabiliser featuring silhouettes of an F-35B and HMS Queen Elizabeth and the title 'F-35B FIRST OF CLASS FLIGHT TRIALS - HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH'.
BAE Systems test pilot Peter Wilson touches down on HMS Queen Elizabeth's flight deck for the first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing.
Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray flies F-35B BF-05/SD65 in mode 4 flight abeam HMS Queen Elizabeth prior to making the first landing onboard.
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS announced further successes for its H145 helicopter in September 2018, with orders from Aramco Overseas Company and the Philippine Coast Guard for a total of six aircraft.
Airbus H145 - InternationalInternational - 2010
Winner of the US Air Force T-X programme is the Boeing model BTX-1.
Boeing/Saab T-7 Red Hawk - СШАUSA - 2016
A new Multi-Function Computer has been introduced for ATR turboprops.
ATR ATR 72 - InternationalInternational - 1988
The Praetor 600 is one of two new business jets launched by Embraer in October 2018.
Embraer Praetor - БразилияBrazil - 2018
The Milkor Aerospace MA80 is one of three UAVs recently launched by the South African company.
Milkor MA80 - ЮАРSouth Africa - 2018
UNITED STATES-based startup company Zunum Aero is developing a hybrid-electric commuter passenger aircraft. The Zunum ZA10 will be a 12-seat aircraft with 700 miles (1,126km) range, designed to offer low operating costs and "unprecedented door-to-door travel times that are two to four times faster than today". The ZA10 will have two power sources: propulsion batteries and an engine. Early in October 2018, Zunum announced it had selected Safran to provide a new 1,700 - 2,000shp (1,267 - 1,491kW) powerplant from the company's Ardiden engine range called the Ardiden 3Z. This engine will be coupled to an electric generator to supplement the battery packs. Zunum claims the ZA10 "will deliver breakthrough operating costs of 8C per available seat mile or $250 per hour for the aircraft, which is 60-80% lower than conventional aircraft of comparable size". It says the ZA10 aircraft is designed to cruise and land on turbo-generator power alone, offering full redundancy. The first delivery is planned for the early 2020s.
Zunum ZA10 - СШАUSA - 2022


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Gap Inc. And FJ Benjamin Announce First Franchise Store Locations In Singapore And Malaysia
WEBWIRE – Monday, July 31, 2006
Seven New Gap Stores to Offer CLothing for Adults, Kids and Babies
SAN FRANCISCO / SINGAPORE, July 31, 2006 - Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) and F J Benjamin Holdings Ltd today announced locations for three franchised Gap brand stores to be operated by a subsidiary of FJ Benjamin Holdings in Singapore and four franchised Gap brand stores to be operated by a subsidiary of FJ Benjamin Holdings in Malaysia. These are Gap Inc.'s first franchise stores and they feature the new Gap store design that is being rolled out in the United States. The stores are expected to open between October and December, in time for the holiday shopping season.
"We are delighted to bring Gap's style to customers in Southeast Asia. Singapore and Malaysia are regional shopping hubs and FJ Benjamin selected some of the most well-known and prestigious retail destinations in Asia for the franchise stores," said Joshua Schulman, Gap Inc.'s managing director of International Strategic Alliances and senior vice president of Gap International Product Development and Merchandising. "As we have a strong following of customers from these markets who shop at Gap while abroad, these markets will be ideal for Gap brand's franchise debut"
FJ Benjamin will open Gap's first flagship store in Southeast Asia at Wisma Atria, in the heart of Orchard Road. Occupying about 9,000 square feet on the ground floor with street front and interior mall facades, this store is next to the busiest mass rapid transit station in Singapore. It is scheduled to open in the first week of December, in time for Christmas.
In addition, FJ Benjamin is expected to open a Gap store in the first week of November at Vivo City. As one of Singapore's largest and newest mall developments on the harbor front, Vivo City offers shopping and entertainment for the whole family. Another Gap store is expected to open in the first week of December at Centerpoint Annex along Orchard Road, Singapore's premier shopping district. All three stores in Singapore will feature the full range of Gap adult, GapKids and babyGap products.
In Malaysia, FJ Benjamin is expected to open a Gap store in the first week of October in Central Kuala Lumpur at the Lot 10 Shopping Centre. Located on one of the city's most prestigious shopping streets, this store will offer women's clothing and accessories. A Gap adult store is also expected to open in the first week of October at One Utama Shopping Center, a family oriented suburban mall in Petaling Jaya. A separate Gapkids/babyGap store will also open in One Utama in the first week of December. A GapKids/babyGap store is expected to open in the third week of October at the Mid Valley Mall on the suburban edge of Kuala Lumpur. This is a premier destination for shoppers with retail entertainment and dining options.
Nash Benjamin, CEO of F J Benjamin Holdings Ltd, said: "F J Benjamin is honoured to be the first ever franchise partner of Gap Inc. worldwide. We are very excited with the new shopping style and choice that Gap will be offering customers in these two growth markets of Singapore and Malaysia. In particular, the accessibility of the store locations, the contemporary new store design and the range of apparel and accessories will combine to give customers a truly unique shopping experience."
Gap Inc. announced its first franchise agreements in January 2006. F J Benjamin holds exclusive franchise rights to operate Gap and Banana Republic branded apparel and accessories stores in Singapore and Malaysia. It plans to open about 30 stores in Singapore and Malaysia by 2010. The first Banana Republic stores are expected to open in 2007.
About Gap Inc.
Gap Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies under the Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Forth & Towne brand names. Fiscal 2005 sales were $16.0 billion. Gap Inc. operates about 3,000 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan. For more information, please visit gapinc.com.
About F J Benjamin Holdings Ltd (fjbenjamin.com) – SGX-listed fashion retailer F J Benjamin Holdings Ltd is an industry leader in brand building and in developing retail and distribution networks for international luxury and lifestyle brands across the Asia Pacific. Its portfolio includes BANANA REPUBLIC, GAP, GUESS?, INEZ, LALIQUE, LA SENZA, MANCHESTER UNITED, PAINT 8, RAOUL, SHERIDAN and timepiece brands such as BELL & ROSS, GIRARD-PERREGAUX, JEAN RICHARD, MARC ECKO, NAUTICA, NIKE TIMING and VICTORINOX SWISS ARMY.
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Giuseppe Modorati, né le  à Milan et mort le  à Carate Brianza, est un peintre italien.

Biographie
Giuseppe Modorati naît le  à Milan.
Résident à Milan, il étudie à l'Académie Brera. Plus tard, il est gardien des galeries du Musée de Brera. Dans ce poste, il effectue souvent des restaurations.

Prolifique et éclectique, il peint des sujets historiques, sacrés et de scènes de genre, ainsi que des portraits. En 1880 à Turin, il expose: Christ à Gesthemane. En 1883 à Milan, il expose: Les Garibaldini et les Bersaglieri de Manara défendent la brèche de Rome en 1849, et une demi-figure intitulée : Pensierosa. En 1886, à l'Exposition nationale, il expose: Troppo tardi ; Rifugio d'amore ; Placido sonno et Le sirene, un dessin au fusain.

Il meurt le  à Carate Brianza.

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Naissance en septembre 1827
Naissance à Milan
Décès en mars 1905
Décès dans la province de Monza et de la Brianza
Peintre italien du XXe siècle
Peintre italien du XIXe siècle
Décès à 77 ans


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ROTTING CHRIST, MELECHESH, HATE, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS @ Chain Reaction, Anaheim, CA (3/28/11)
Posted on March 31, 2011 by big johnson
This tour has a great mix for fans of different genres, as the top billed bands are from Europe, but they all bring a different flavor to the table. ROTTING CHRIST and MELECHESH provide the slower and heavy dosage, while HATE brings the brutal death metal end. I wasn't too worried that I missed the hardcore-turned-black metal band, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, but death metal veterans HATE brought the crowd to life with an energetic set focused mainly on their new album, Erebos. With speed, intensity and blast beats filling the air, HATE has transformed from a Polish DEICIDE copycat band to BEHEMOTH Jr., but that's not a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination.
While HATE teased the crowd, everyone was prepared for the Middle Eastern onslaught of MELECHESH. I'm always excited when bands come to play in the U.S. for the first time, and MELECHESH did not disappoint, as they plowed through an intense set ranging from Sphynx to the latest album, The Epigenesis. Vocalist Ashmedi fired up the crowd with his enthusiastic guitar playing and screeches from hell. Highlights of the set included "Ghouls of Nineveh" and "Deluge of Delusional Dreams," while "Grand Gathas of Baal Sin" got everyone amped up as the entire crowd was doing fist pumps and chanting along with Ashmedi. As MELECHESH closed with "Rebirth of Nemesis," the fury of the crowd was unleashed as a sea of hair was flying everywhere, and both the band and crowd were satisfied with each other.
ROTTING CHRIST had a tough act to follow, as MELECHESH had the crowd in a frenzy, but almost everybody stuck around to watch the headliners. While mostly playing tracks off Aealo, the band threw in a few oldies for good measure. One-third of the way through the set, frontman Sakis Tolis had issues with his guitar and wrist, and the band continued the show with only one guitar. Guitarist Giorgos Bokos kept the fans entertained with solos and scales while waiting for Sakis to come back on stage. As Sakis returned, he sang the songs with gusto while making hilarious faces and entertaining the crowd with his gestures. ROTTING CHRIST weren't fast or brutal, but they were sure heavy as hell. Despite the technical difficulties, everybody had a good time and enjoyed the set by the Greek metallers and are anxious for the band to come back to the states again.
Check out some pictures of MELECHESH and ROTTING CHRIST above.
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Watch MELECHESH's New Video for "Grand Gathas Of Baal Sin"
Posted on March 27, 2011 by dr.park
Mesopotamian thrashing black metal pioneers MELECHESH have released the video clip for the song "Grand Gathas of Baal Sin" from their latest record, The Epigenesis.
Commented mainman Ashmedi: "Finally the video clip for 'Grand Gathas of Baal Sin' is ready. It was not an easy process but worth the effort. We are very proud of this clip and we consider our collaboration with Rouzbeh to be very positive."
The clip was shot at the cisterns in Istanbul, Turkey in late 2010 by Canadian director Rouzbeh Heydari and produced by Tumay Irgas.
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MELECHESH to Enter the Studio in April
On April 10 Mesopotamian Metal pioneers MELECHESH will enter the studio to record their fifth and as of yet untitled album for a period of 4-5 weeks. In an unprecedented move in metal, the band has chosen to record the album in Istanbul in an attempt to capture the inspiring surroundings. Babajim Studios which opened their doors this week is run by some of the elite sound engineers in Turkey. The album is set to be released in summer 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Commented vocalist/guitarist Ashmedi: "We have been looking for a place to record that can offer us an inspiring surrounding. We also decided to stay true to our spirits, to break the Mold (again) and also to defy the norm, hence we will record in Istanbul; you see the norm is to record westwards it is rather customary, we want to head eastwards. So, Istanbul seemed the best place since This is the city where the east and west meet, mesh, clash, blend, collide etc. and has been as such for milleniums. The music is definitely MELECHESH and as always, this album has its own characteristic."
The band is now locked again in the rehearsing studio with guitarist Moloch arriving to Amsterdam next week from Virginia, USA. The song writing is 90% complete.
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ABSU – Absu
The term "U.S. Black Metal" is not taken very seriously, and rightfully so because of the weak bands that have spawned from the States. However, after a lengthy eight year hiatus, these occult veterans from Texas show that there is at least one USBM band that steps up to the plate.
ABSU simply shines on this release, as they bring the black metal/thrash attack to the forefront. Proscriptor returns to form with a whole new lineup, but the result will not disappoint ABSU fans. Production wise, the album is extremely clean, and the melodies are stronger than ever. This glossy new version of ABSU is perfected with the opening track, "Between the Absu of Eridu & Erich" – a simply fantastic, and catchy track, and a clear indication of what's to come. There is a MELECHESH feel throughout Absu, and elements of thrash, black metal, and experimental ambiance are all prevalent. Some interesting chords and timing are displayed in "Night Fire Canonization," thanks to a guest spot by ex-MAYHEM guitarist Blasphemer. "Amy" and "13 Globes" are the most straightforward songs with beautiful guitar work which lead to "…of the Dead Who Never Rest in Their Tombs…" – a magical track which entices the listener to some fancy keyboard wankery towards the end of the track. A dark and unique approach with these keyboard spots is what separates ABSU from a typical boring DIMMU BORGIR clone. Tons of riffs fly throughout Absu with no letdown in sight. A bizarre, ambient, experimental and interesting keyboard break is inserted in "Those of the Void Will Re-Enter" before breaking into climactic guitar shredding chaos. "Twix Yesterday, the Day & the Morrow" closes the chapter on Absu with a fitting keyboard outro, reminiscent of the instrumentals featured on MORBID ANGEL's Domination.
As a whole, Absu takes elements from old ABSU or MELECHESH and the end result is a fantastic 53 minute gem that makes sense of a mesh of different metal genres into one cohesive brilliant mess. This effort definitely gives you the best bang for your buck and should result in countless plays for quite a long time. (Candlelight Records)
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MELECHESH Parts Ways with OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS
Posted on February 18, 2008 by dr.park
MELECHESH have fulfilled their three-album recording contract with Osmose Productions. The band has decided not to renew the agreement with Osmose and will soon announce a new label home.
Comments founding member Ashmedi: "After circa eight years with Osmose Productions, we feel this is the right time to move on. This does not change our high opinion of this cult record company who truly does good old-fashioned A&R work and builds bands over the course of time. I, on behalf of MELECHESH, extend our best wishes to Osmose Productions and their staff, especially Herve and Nicolas, who have become with the years people we can call our friends; we also extend our regards and appreciation to The End Records, the exclusive licensee label in USA, for their efforts on the North American continent."
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APESHIT's Top Metal Albums of 2007
It's been a grossly successful 2007 for APESHIT, and though we find it hard pressed to make that same general claim for metal in 2007, a handful of albums did manage to leave a strong impression on us. We here at APESHIT individually compiled our own top 10 metal albums of 2007 lists for a new "blog" category that we look forward to experimenting with in 2008. Let us know what you think and post your own top 10 metal albums of 2007 in the comments section below. Cheers!
dr.park's top 10
1. MANES – How the World Came to an End
This album really just came out of nowhere and turned out to be one of the best albums in recent years. The album is so deep in its scope, ambition, and execution and is a winner in every facet. Ideally, this should be an underground/indie hit. [Read our full review]
2. ULVER – Shadows of the Sun
It's sounds tired to say but ULVER have done it yet again. Shadows of the Sun is another creative gem. The strong melancholic, subdued atmospheres make for some of the best mood music you can find. [Read our full review]
3. TURBONEGRO – Retox
Retox is far better and more solid than their recent efforts. Finally, fans have been given an album that comes as close to their zenith, Apocalypse Dudes, as the band can get. Retox is also prime party music. [Read our full review]
4. MAYHEM – Ordo Ad Chao
Just when you thought Norwegian black metal had grown too safe, accessible, and popular, MAYHEM makes an essential album that crushes all. Ordo Ad Chao is a powerful statement of true Norwegian black metal the way it used to be: pure, dark, raw, and evil. [Read our full review]
5. SHINING – V: Halmstad
SHINING are one of the best underground Swedish death/black bands that many underground fans have yet to hear. Great riffs, flow, balance and strong vocal presence from band leader and raging maniac, Niclas Kvarforth. V: Halmstad is some of the best (Swedish) metal not coming from Gothenburg. [Read our full review]
6. DIR EN GREY – The Marrow of a Bone
Though most of their U.S. fans are teenage girls with Japanese pop culture fever, don't let that subtract and detract from this quality album. The Marrow of a Bone is ugly, dark, and has the right balance of hooks and brutality that has allowed it to be another worldwide hit for the band. [Read our full review]
7. WATAIN – Sworn to the Dark
To steal a thought from shady rajah: This is the album that DISSECTION should've written as their final album. WATAIN keep the flame of classic Swedish black/death metal burning with no peers in sight. [Read our full review]
8. PRIMORDIAL – To the Nameless Dead
Ireland's premier metal band, PRIMORDIAL, have written yet another excellent album of folk/black metal that is so much grander, powerful, and spirited than so much else out there. [Read our full review]
9. MELECHESH – Emissaries
If you haven't heard this band or this album, you are missing out on a lot. There's nothing like MELECHESH's Mesopotamian metal and Emissaries is easily their best album. NILE is good and all but MELECHESH are better at conjuring the ancient rhythms, spirits, and mythology of the gods. [Read our full review]
10. PARADISE LOST – In Requiem
It's always a great thing when underground legends can continue to make high quality music so deep into their careers. In Requiem is not your flavor of the month underground metal but who cares…it's timeless stuff. [Read our full review]
shady rajah's top 10
As the only worthy successor to the departed DISSECTION, WATAIN has carved their own bloody path to black metal glory. Sworn to the Dark is an album filled seething aggression and evil atmosphere that is complex in details, but undeniable in song craft. WAITAIN are a band that's made black metal dangerous again. [Read our full review]
2. DOWN – III: Over the Under
DOWN's third album couldn't have had a more fitting title, as the band overcame a mountain of adversity. Over the Under successfully captures all the pain, sweat and struggle with all the heat and density of an Louisiana swamp, resulting in 2007's most heartfelt, honest and real album. [Read our full review]
3. EXODUS – The Atrocity Exhibition Exhibit A
A recent thrash metal trend has surfaced ushering hordes imitators still trying capture that classic 80's sound. EXODUS isn't it making it any easier for these wannabes as The Atrocity Exhibition drove shards of razor sharp thrash in to the jugular of pretenders everywhere. Nearly thirty years later, these Bay-area bruisers just seem to keep getting heavier, and are keeping true thrash alive and killing. [Read our full review]
Niklas Kvarforth has kept the flame of darkness and hatred burning for a decade now, with each album becoming increasingly more complex and intricate while retaining the feeling dread and despair that has existed since the band's beginning. V: Halmstad is the band's masterwork, engulfing the listener in darkness. Suicide has never sounded better. [Read our full review]
5. MIDDIAN – Age Eternal
Formed from the ashes of YOB, MIDDIAN was the vision that continued Mike Scheidt's path of doom metal mastery, laying the foundation for the future of sludge. Age Eternal brought the power of slow and the strength of the riff. Unfortunately the band was dropped and forced to change their name, but in their brief moment time, MIDDIAN created a small piece of doom metal history. [Read our full review]
6. DIMMU BORGIR – In Sorte Diaboli
Norway's premier black metal(ish) super group, DIMMU BORGIR delivered yet another powerful entry in their already considerable catalog, with a driving guitar heavy album that was catchy as it was complex. Having Hellhammer on board didn't hurt either, as Jan Axel carved layer of intricate drum patterns to enhance the band's already ambitious anti-Christian concept album. A successful anti-Christian concept album…how awesome is that? [Read our full review]
7. ABORTED – Slaughter and Apparatus: A Methodical Overture
Sven De Caluwe may have lost all his original members, but nothing detered the growling machine. He simply assembled a new death squad and delivered another precise, surgical slaughter of bludgeoning death metal. Relentless and furious yet containing some of the catchiest songs about mutilation written in recent memory, Slaughter and Apparatus continues the band's excellent carnage. [Read our full review]
8. MACHINE HEAD – The Blackening
After dabbling in bland nu-metal for a spell, MACHINE HEAD came roaring back with their return to form, Through Ashes of Empires. But that was just the warm up. The Blackening is the main course, with the band firing on all levels, encompassing MACHINE HEAD's most challenging work to date. The Blackening serves as both a defining moment in the band's history as well as one of 2007's finest albums. [Read our full review]
9. IMMOLATION – Shadows in the Light
These death metal veterans helped shape and form death metal in it's earliest stages, but the Yonker's natives still show they have plenty of tricks up their sleeve. IMMOLATION deliver an intricate maze of riffs, complex drum patterns, and heapings of sinister atmosphere…not to mention an ample amount of guitar shredding. Their legacy of death continues to grow. [Read our full review]
10. SOILWORK – Sworn to a Great Divide
Despite losing a pivotal member with the departure of Peter Wichers, the band nonetheless stepped up to the plate, dove in to their considerable arsenal of hooks, and soldiered on with one of the year's catchiest records. Balancing song craft and drummer Dirk Verbeuren's well thought out drum patterns, Sworn to a Great Divide is full of hooks that stick in your head. [Read our full review]
roycifer's top 10
1. HIM – Venus Doom
These Finns have always been top-notch songwriters, and they succeed again while under the delicious influence of doom. Ville Valo's singing and songwriting don't miss a step, and the band sound at home with the heavier vibe. "Sleepwalking Past Hope" is a magnificent epic of "November Rain" proportions.
With Ordo Ad Chao, MAYHEM made black metal sound exciting and totally fucking evil again! The album trembles with such unnerving, nihilistic ferocity not heard since the inception of black metal. Hellhammer's best performance. [Read our full review]
3. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – Era Vulgaris
Josh Homme is a music making beast with such a distinct style and vision. Everything he touches, turns into gold. Their best album since Rated R. [Read our full review]
4. SCARVE – The Undercurrent
Guitar music hasn't been this exciting since SOILWORK emerged onto the scene. But SCARVE are not merely a guitar band. Drummer Dirk Verburen really helps shapes the band's sound and provides a necessary dynamic with his drumming. [Read our full review]
5. CHIMAIRA – Resurrection
This was the album that should have followed The Impossibility of Reason. CHIMAIRA have always had a lot of potential and are continuing to show their steady growth as musicians and songwriters. Move over LAMB OF GOD, CHIMAIRA are the true heir to PANTERA's throne. [Read our full review]
V: Halmstad is uniquely black metal in that it draws a lot of influence from rock and classical music but is pieced together in a very progressive manner. The excellent songwriting is topped by the tortured vocals of Niclas Kvarforth. Suicide never sounded so damn inviting. [Read our full review]
How the World Came to an End is an eclectic album for the ages that spans rock, electronic, and hip-hop while still feeling every bit metal. ULVER, eat your heart out. [Read our full review]
8. AMORPHIS – Silent Waters
Silent waters was where the band was treading about for a few releases. But their latest album is solid collection of timeless listening. Singer Tomi Joutsen has breathed new life into a group of vets making waves once again. [Read our full review]
9. MARDUK – Rom 5:12
Black metal's ever-black sons of Swedish blackness keep getting better (and blacker) with age. New singer Mortuus' is ferocious and has a voice all his own. To quote dr.park, "it sounds like he's gurgling blood." Rom 5:12 also marks a newfound reach to diversify and expand their style…and those risks certainly pay off. [Read our full review]
10. ION DISSONANCE – Minus the Herd
While the bees were busy buzzing about JOB FOR A COWBOY, ION DISSONANCE were having a ho down of their own. Minus the Herd tops JOB FOR A COWBOY's Genesis on technicality, dynamics, and lasting interestingness. [Read our full review]
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SIGH, MELECHESH to Team Up for North American Tour
Posted on May 10, 2007 by dr.park
Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH have announced a few tour dates from their upcoming North American tour with Mesopotamian masters MELECHESH.
The band is touring North America in support of their upcoming album, Hangman's Hymn, out June 12th, 2007 on The End Records. This is the first North American tour for MELECHESH, who released their critically-acclaimed album, Emissaries, in January of this year. Also on the touring bill is Atlanta's sludge/doom outfit ZOROASTER.
Says SIGH frontman Mirai Kawashima about touring, "We are excited about coming over to play North America again. The timing of the tour is perfect. Hope to see you all on tour!"
More tour dates will be released in the coming weeks, but the confirmed shows are:
07/06/07 Fri @ Europa – Brooklyn, NY
07/13/07 Fri @ Opera House – Toronto, CA
07/14/07 Sat @ Sapphire Club – Montreal, QC
SIGH also has two live dates with Norway's MAYHEM:
July 17 – Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre
July 18 – West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
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MELECHESH – Emissaries
Posted on February 3, 2007 by dr.park
It's been too long since we've heard from MELECHESH; four years to be exact. Their last album, Sphynx, was damn good but Emissaries easily surpasses it. MELECHESH immediately set the tone for their tremendous new album from the first second. "Rebirth of the Nemesis" blasts forth conjuring up a violent and dark sandstorm with their trademark Middle Eastern riffing and rhythms, and seething aggression. "Ladders to Sumeria" follows with a great demonstration of riff progressions balanced with strong hooks. Ominous chanting vocals help to accentuate the dark atmospheres. "Deluge of Delusional Dreams" has just such a well-written intro as the rhythms and awesome riffs build tension and energy that is finally unleashed in with the first main riff. One thing that becomes readily apparent as Emissaries progresses is that MELECHESH have chosen to up the intensity via blast beats and super fast guitars/bass. Each song stays in perpetual motion as they have this feel of ever-shifting tension and a great sense of natural flow. The band's cover of THE TEA PARTY's "Gyroscope" is fantastic as they give it the trademark MELECHESH-treatment and make it their own. Seriously, the entire album is a clinic in writing compelling and powerful metal music. Mainman Ashmedi not only puts most guitarists to shame but also shows more conviction and soul in his venomous vocal performance than most other faceless vocalists out there. The album title couldn't be any more fitting as MELECHESH are on a mission to show you the superiority of their unique style of Mesopotamian Metal. No doubt about it, MELECHESH have established with Emissaries that they are in the upper echelon of extreme metal. (Osmose Productions USA/The End Records)
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MELECHESH: "We Will Tour North America in 2007"
Posted on November 22, 2006 by roycifer
Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH have announced plans for some select North American shows in 2007. Frontman Ashmedi issued the following statement:
"We have just returned from doing press in New York City this weekend and it was an outstanding experience. Lots of feedback and great responses from the press over Emissaries so far. We are also in negotiations right now to bring MELECHESH to North America for a few select dates. We will tour North America in 2007. We'll keep you posted."
Emissaries is set for a January 23rd release via Osmose USA/The End Records.
MELECHESH's Emissaries Scheduled for January 23rd, 2007 Release
Posted on October 9, 2006 by dr.park
Emissaries, the fourth album from MELECHESH, is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2003's brilliant opus, Sphynx. Easily the band's top album to date, and debut for new drummer Xul, Emissaries is a collection of Sumerian spells, Mesopotamian mysticism and its cosmic connection.
The album also features a cover of the song, "Gyroscope," by world-renowned Canadian band, THE TEA PARTY. THE TEA PARTY gave the band full permission to cover the song and the liberty to change it if they wanted to – which the band did, adding their own creative touch.
Emissaries tracklisting:
1. "Rebirth of the Nemesis (Enuma Elish Rewritten)"
2. "Ladders to Sumeria" (download mp3)
3. "Deluge of Delusional Dreams:Act.I Cast Tempest from the East"
Act II. Enlil's Retaliation
4. "Touching the Spheres of Sephiroth"
5. "Gyroscope"
6. "Double Helixed Sceptre"
7. "The Scribes of Kur"
8. "Leper Jerusalem"
9. "Sand Grain Universe"
10. "Emissaries and the Mysterium Magnum"
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Le principe est souvent utilisé en programmation orientée objet.

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Voir aussi
 Principe de substitution de Liskov
 Signature de type

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