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Hedgehog signaling plays a cell-autonomous role in maximizing cardiac developmental potential.
N.A. Thomas, M.J. Koudijs, F.J. van Eeden, A.L. Joyner, D. Yelon
Elucidation of the complete roster of signals required for myocardial specification is crucial to the future of cardiac regenerative medicine. Prior studies have implicated the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway in the regulation of multiple aspects of heart development. However, our understanding of the contribution of Hh signaling to the initial specification of myocardial progenitor cells remains incomplete. Here, we show that Hh signaling promotes cardiomyocyte formation in zebrafish. Reduced Hh signaling creates a cardiomyocyte deficit, and increased Hh signaling creates a surplus. Through fate-mapping, we find that Hh signaling is required at early stages to ensure specification of the proper number of myocardial progenitors. Genetic inducible fate mapping in mouse indicates that myocardial progenitors respond directly to Hh signals, and transplantation experiments in zebrafish demonstrate that Hh signaling acts cell autonomously to promote the contribution of cells to the myocardium. Thus, Hh signaling plays an essential early role in defining the optimal number of cardiomyocytes, making it an attractive target for manipulation of multipotent progenitor cells.
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Becomes sometimes introductions are necessary…..
I've been gone so long I've forgotten what you all look like.
It's been awhile. So, I would like to do a proper introduction.
Hi, my name is Shae. I write under the name S. Hollisway. I am a mommy. That consumes a great deal of my time, considerably. I am also a student. That should take up a great deal of time. I work in between suffering from bouts of mental illness. Im also pretty artsy. I like to crochet and listen to music. Sometimes, I also write.
I like to write. I love to write. I'm passionate about it. I write about the good. I write about the bad. I write about the ugly. It's easy and it not. It's necessary. It's vital to my survival. It's my having a voice. It's my way to be heard. Occasionally, I am an author. Rarely, I self publish books and put them on Amazon. Then I regret my decision but am filled with relief at the same time.
I'm simply complicated. I'm human. I'm a a writer. To take this journey called life with me, follow my blog. Get a ticket. Enjoy the ride.
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The New York Red Bulls have signed 18-year-old Danish striker Mathias Jorgensen to a multi-year contract, the team announced Tuesday.
Terms were not officially disclosed by the club, but the MLS said the Red Bulls used targeted allocation money to complete Jorgensen's transfer from Odense Boldklub. Media outlets in Denmark reported that a transfer fee of about $2.5 million was involved.
"We are pleased to welcome Mathias to our club," said Red Bulls sporting director Denis Hamlett in a statement. "He is a talented young player who fits into our philosophy and playing style.
"Throughout the scouting, interviewing, and signing process we became more and more confident in Mathias' character, his team-first attitude, and his competitive drive. His decision to join our club as a young European player speaks volumes about the New York Red Bulls and Major League Soccer."
New York Red Bulls have signed Danish youngster Mathisa Jorgensen to a multi-year deal.
Jorgensen debuted at 17 for Odense Boldklub's first team and scored three goals in 18 matches.
"We are really excited to have added Mathias to our team. He fits the profile of a Red Bull player and person that we look for," said RBNY head coach Chris Armas. "As a striker, Mathias gives us another dynamic option up the field with his speed, clever movements, and willingness to run behind defenses. In addition to his talent though, we love his attitude, humbleness, and his desire to work for the team."
The Red Bulls open the 2019 MLS regular season on March 2 on the road against the Columbus Crew.


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Dozens of sex offenders in Norfolk removed from lifetime register after law change
Dominic Gilbert
dominic.gilbert@archant.co.uk
@DominicGilbert
06 February, 2019 - 13:45
Andy Coller, Temporary Detective Superintendent for Safeguarding. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
Four of every five sex offenders in Norfolk who applied to be removed from the life-long register in recent years have been successful.
It means 50 sex offenders who were previously subject to lifetime registration are now deemed as lower risk and have had their notification requirements revoked since 2014.
In 2011, then Home Secretary Theresa May opened the door for sex offenders to appeal their lifetime registration.
It came after a supreme court ruling that indefinite registration with no right to review amounted to a breached of human rights.
Offenders must wait at least 15 years to have a right of review, but those who do make applications to be removed from the register are overwhelmingly successful, with 78pc of appeals granted.
Juvenile sex offenders have to wait a minimum of eight years before being eligible for review.
Norfolk Constabulary said they take management of sex offenders "extremely seriously", but that they have a "duty to enforce the law" and treat each appeal fairly.
T/Detective Superintendent Andy Coller, head of safeguarding at the force, said: "We take the management of sex offenders extremely seriously and will monitor, risk assess and enforce the law applied to those on the register.
"The management of risk in the community is provided under the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) which involves police, probation and other partner agencies.
"Under the law, sex offenders who are subject to lifetime notification requirements can apply to have them reviewed after at least 15 years by making an application to police.
"When making such decisions, a number of factors must be taken into consideration including any evidence that the person chooses to submit.
"The evidence provided will include details of current relationships with family members and partners, current employment and interests, helping to build a picture of their life so all risks can be considered during the decision making process.
"Having carefully considered all available information we make a determination based upon the current level of risk as to whether that person should still be subject to notification requirements.
"We have a duty to enforce the law and apply this legislation in a fair manner."

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I know it may seem as if I have stopped blogging altogether but rest assured I haven't. I know some of you have encountered abig red "malware" alert when you visited my site. It came from the photos I posted in the Leica post, which I've now removed for that reason. I think it's cause I cold linked the photos from the original website so I'll host the photos from my Flickr and put the post back on when I have the time yes? I understand the owner of the photos may not like my eating up his/her bandwidth, but how annoying is that alert man! Grr. I apologise for that and hope no one was too inconvenienced by it!
Anyway, so sorry I haven't been updating. I have been busy lately since I now have a job! In a BANK no less. Makes me feel ridiculously smug for some reason hahaha. It's like, you really can go anywhere with a TESL degree.
Workplace shall now be referred to as The Bank.
We start at 9am so I wake up relatively later than everyone else.
It's a Monday to Friday job so I get Saturday and Sundays off. SIUK! Theoretically I can catch a 7.30pm flight on Friday and come back on Sunday night.
It's like playing dress up every day. Hee..
My salary actually comes out on time!
Instant gratification: It feels good to finish a project.
It's not really as routine as I thought it would be. My job revolves around projects and requires creativity and a lot of teamwork.
TRAFFIC JAM!!! Not in the morning, but when I come home at 5.30pm. So annoying!
It's not a bad thing, but you kinda have to be nice to everyone you work with, which I didn't have to do back when I was not working. My cat Putih doesn't mind when I snap at him.
I thought about putting the fact that I hate our IT guidelines as point number 5, but I guess it's understandable since I work in a Bank and there's a lot of sensitive information that can potentially be misused. Plus, I have Microsoft Office 7, which is not too bad. I think those in other departments are still on the old old Microsoft Office.
Other than the fact that I've just exhibited my nerdiness and IT snobishness for all the world to see, 7 vs 4 is not too bad right?
I tweeted on my first week of work, that I love that I can use my borderline OCD-ness in my job and not get judged by it! It's true. I can obsess about corners and fonts and alignments and colours and people justify it's part of the job hohoho!!!
Went to Pelong Rocks again! And wow, the coral there has become more beautiful since the last time I went there! There are more fishes and more colour and wow!!!
My camera died! The stupid Aquapac was not so reliable after all! I'm going to write them a letter!
Went to Lumut Lunting and also Jong Batu a few weeks back when my friend Henry came for a visit!
I might also write a true love story based on real life events!
Ok guys, stay tuned alright! Subscribe to my RSS so you get alerts when I do update yeah! Loves.
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Dennis Publishing, a UK publisher that produces more than 50 magazines, is to offer Chrono Virus, the audiobook novella by Aaron Crocco and read by Osian Edwards, as a free gift when people subscribe to the Fortean Times in the coming months.
The Fortean Times is a magazine we always make sure we have access to here at In Ear Entertainment. It's filled with news reports and analyses of strange and wonderful phenomena from around the world. It always provides inspiration for a story or two. The magazine covers anything that could be classed as paranormal, metaphysical and extraterrestrial.
The topics of the magazine fit nicely with Aaron Crocco's Chrono Virus that deals with near-death experiences, time slips and space travel, each of these having been explored in the magazine at some point.
When a reader takes up a new subscription they will be sent a postcard with a special, unique code to allow them to download the audiobook from our site.
The postcards look quite snazzy, don't you think?
Currently we don't know in which issue the offer will begin, but as soon as we do we will let you know.
If you want to listen to Chrono Virus, take a look at it on our shop. You can listen to a sample and buy the audiobook directly from our site.
Aaron Crocco is a writer and podcaster from New York. He started the successful Geekcast podcast in 2005 and has been doing weekly shows since, covering the week's technology, TV, film and gaming news.
He's published many short stories and has also created an apocalyptic series called As Darkness Ends.
He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Back to the Future and owns his very own Delorean, albeit without a Flux Capacitor.


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The Eno River Association advocates for parkland and natural area protection, water quality preservation, and community planning that incorporates efficient and environmentally sound land use, water use, and transportation systems. Our goal is to increase public appreciation for the environment and awareness of environmental threats, and to change outcomes that would otherwise threaten important natural areas in the Eno River watershed.
The Association works with local, state and federal government and with other conservation organizations to conserve and protect the environment as a whole and the Eno River basin in particular. In particular, we work to mobilize our base of friends and members to take action and share their voices to protect the Eno.
Join our Land Use & Advocacy Committee
The Land Use and Advocacy Committee will:
Create policy documents
Craft responses/positions for incoming development threats & opportunities
Monitor incoming development projects; update and mobilize staff, board, volunteers when needed
Write content & select images for communication pieces
Build and manage relationships with elected officials in the watershed
Please email us at association@enoriver.org to learn more or join us!
Current Opportunities and Threats
Blackmeadow Ridge (Durham City): The proposed high-density development includes 278 townhomes and 101 single family units on an area just south of the West Point on the Eno City Park. The Association partnered with a group of concerned neighbors to halt the project until the City of Durham conducts a comprehensive development plan review. Flooding is already common in the area, and there are no considerations on affordable housing. Take action!
Braggtown Development (Durham City): A major high-density housing community is proposed along Old Oxford Road within the Eno River watershed. The proposal does not go far enough to protect this important watershed, nor the historically black community who live there. There was initial good news this summer as the planning commission pushed pause. A new proposal is being reviewed by Durham Planning staff. We urgently need you to make comment, contact your council members, and sign the petition.
Latta Park proposal for Latta/Guess Road: This 30-acre parcel currently undeveloped in North Durham, just north of the Eno River. The plan includes 200+ townhomes and commercial space to the tune of 50,000sqft, plus a food truck terrace, a grocery store, and a 10ft wide multi-use path. The project was submitted to the Planning Dept; they recommended changes, and the developer resubmitted. City Council approved the rezoning request, and this project is moving forward. Learn more.
Threats to Land & Legacy Funds (Orange County): Since 2000 over $8 million in other funding–from grants and landowner donations–has
been raised for land protection due to the Lands Legacy Program and Conservation Easement Program. In the summer & fall of 2020, Orange County Commissioners reviewed amendments to the County's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that would impact these funds. Members & citizens mobilized to protect these funds for this year.
Research Triangle Logistics Park (Orange County): The Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP) is an incoming 161-acre warehouse complex could be built on the headwaters of a tributary to the Eno River, near the intersection of Old 86 and Davis Road in Hillsborough. The Association joined the call in telling the Commissioners that the site plan did not go far enough to protect neighbors from impacts, nor protect the water quality and quantity within Cates Creek and the Eno. The Commissioners approved the slightly amended project in October 2020. We will be looking for ways to support the developer in protecting the nearby natural resources as this project moves forward. Learn more at SaveHillsborough.com
2/5/21 Update: A victory!
Buc-ees project cancelled!
Pressure from citizens and hard questions from our local officials have prompted the Buccee's developers to withdraw this project, which would have built a very large (100 pump) gas station, retail store, 120 room hotel, a retail/restaurant mini mall, 7 acres of road and 8 acres of parking – all of which would have drained into Sevenmile Creek, a major tributary of the Eno River.
"While development is important to our communities, it must be done in a way that fits with existing uses, current zoning designations, and preserves our natural assets. Efland Station's plan didn't fit, and we are satisfied with their decision to withdraw their application," said Executive Director of the Eno River Association, Jessica Sheffield.
Thank you, Eno Family, for your engagement in this advocacy for our neighbors, our streams, and our community!


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Music, Guns and Butter and RadioNation with Laura Flanders
Okay, I just posted my review of Neil Young's Living With War. It's murder posting at The Common Ills this morning. You have to publish and republish and republish again. I hope it's not Blogger/Blogspot acting up because I've got stuff to do today and don't intend to hang around waiting for this thing here to post.
Here's the deal with the reviews. I was planning to go boom! boom! boom!, one right after the other for five reviews. Then I realized Ruth would be on vacation. Since it's largely just C.I. other than Ruth and myself, I really wanted to help out by having something for next Saturday. So I've been trying to figure out when to start and also adding a few CDs to the potential reviews.
Over the next two weeks, barring any problems or life coughing up something unplesant, you can expect to see at least six more reviews. That will include Pink, Josh Ritter, and The Free Design. Others? I'm doing one suggested by an artist that's more of a value buy (and was suggested) and I'm hoping two others, maybe three. On the two others list is Bruce Springsteen's latest.
I skipped his previous CD because I didn't have anything to say about it. I did listen to it. But I was more excited by the live recording from the seventies that came out recently. Another thing that had me excited was Van Hunt's new CD. I won't be reviewing it, however.
Van Hunt can sing. There are a few really good songs on this CD. But it's got very little to say.
Consider him Marvin in the "I Want You" phase and not the "What's Going On?" phase. There's nothing wrong with that but it doesn't speak to me currently.
There is a lot that does speak to me currently and that's why there will be so many reviews this month. This isn't a plan for the rest of the year. If something speaks to me, I'll write up a review. A part of me hopes this is signifying some really strong trend in music, but it may also be true that it was a fortunate twist of release dates.
KPFA's Guns and Butter Wednesday found Bonnie Faulkner (the great Bonnie Faulkner) interviewing Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research. Worried what we're headed for if the Bully Boy's war on for Iran explodes? You should be.
Chossudovsky traced the 'rehabilitation' of nukes. And it's not just the Bully Boy. A piece of legislation put forth in 2003 (I believe it was 2003) makes it even more frightening and spreads the blame around.
The key point I want to note from the interview is about "bunker busters." I heard the term and though, "Oh my God." But it wasn't until this interview (and I think Bonnie's question prompted the discussion) that I grasped how the term masquerades.
I assumed, anti-nuker of the old school that I am, that everyone would grasp that nukes, whatever they're called, are not to be used. But Chossudovsky explained how the nickname itself was used to imply that they go deep into the earth and, therefore, provide a level of safety that's not true of other nuclear weapons.
There's a push to portray nuclear energy as "safe" and "clean." Listening to the interview, I realized how it wasn't just Vietnam that they were attempting to erase (Bully Boy and the weapon manufacturing industry) but basically everything. They want us to forget what the nation did to Japan, Three Mile Island, Karen Silkwood, Chernobyl and much more.
Which is why a drip like Felicity Barringer can do that hideous article in 2005 about nuclear energy where she carefully presents "voices" saying that it will be good for the environment (nuclear energy). Somwhere on KPFA, I think last week, I heard a guest really address the Green Peace founder who's pushing nuclear energy. He's not with Green Peace now and hasn't been for some time. But he's always been with big business and still is.
Nuclear energy isn't safe. And turning nuclear weapons into "gadgets" for a really "cool" war won't make it safe either. Guns and Butter covered a lot of topics on Wednesday (many, if not all, of them frightening) but what it will really do is leave you thinking about the topics and making your own connections. That's why I enjoy the show so much. That and the fact that Bonnie's not afraid to put herself out there. I'm sure she's slammed something fierce.
I was thinking about that and thinking about how Barney trashed me and had his psuedo-feminist line up behind him. If Barney can't accept that not everyone's wet dreaming over Bob Dylan and he and "I Robot" have to pick up the bricks and stones to hurl at me, imagine what kind of crap Bonnie has to put up with?
But the thing that Bonnie demonstrates is that you do live.
Personally, the trashing (and this isn't to excuse Barney and "I Robot" or the actions) ended up being an experience that I learned from. I learned that, most important, some pose as feminists but join their 'fellas' -- why? To prove they're not one of those vocal feminists. (Point proven, I Robt.) The trashings like that really come from the people who can't take a stand.
When you grasp that and grasp that people like I Robot will sell out any belief they supposedly hold, you grasp how unimportant anything they could say is. And you really can laugh. (I still laugh at Barney's e-mails demanding I put his words up here and act like I wrote them -- the whole "I was wrong, Barney is right" nonsense. He never wanted to have a say here publicly. He just wanted me to put his words up and act like they were mine.)
This topic came up a lot at the party this week because I had listened to Guns and Butter and wanted to share that and because, for some people, it was the first time we'd really spoken at length since I Robot and Barney tried to tag-team me.
A personal hero of mine (heroine) attended and listened as I was talking about Bonnie. She said,
"Kat, the thing is, the people who slam Bonnie play it safe. They're frightened by actual thought and they lash out at anyone who who breaks from the scripted." I really think that sums it up.
I need to post this and grab a few hours (before we all work on the edition for The Third Estate Sunday Review), so let me just steal from C.I. to give a heads up:
Martha passes on the planned guests for this weekends Radionation with Laura Flanders (from an e-mail heads up that you can sign up for at Flanders' site):
As the Senate prepares for a immigration debate, we look at the backlash some Republicans want to incite and to real solutions. Then, What makes a song dangerous? The newest protest music.
KYRSTEN SINEMA, Democratic Legislator from Arizona, on the latest border clashes in her state.
Dr. ROBERT PASTOR, Vice President of International Affairs at American University on how Europe managed illegal immigration.
JOHN NICHOLS, of The Nation.
FIDEL RODRIGUEZ, host of KPFK-FM's Divine Forces Radio.
Did coverage the largest protests in US history help us better understand immigration problems and solutions?
And what about those anti-war marches?
Then, Jane Jacob's urban wisdom and what makes a great neighborhood?
ROBERTO LOVATO, Contributor to The Nation and New America Media.
TIM GRIEVE, of Salon.com
JUDITH LeBLANC of UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE.
SIMEON BANKOFF of NYC's Historic Districts Council.
REVEREND BILLY of the Church of Stop Shopping.
Plus a few surprises.
RadioNation with Laura Flanders can be heard over the traditional broadcast airwaves, on XM satellite radio and online -- airs from seven to ten p.m. Eastern time Saturday and Sunday nights.
living with war
guns and butter
radionation with laura flanders
judith leblanc
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This is a quick post and only up because I haven't posted anything all week. I've been working on the five CD reviews. I'd planned to post last night (briefly) but was surprised with a party. It was a complete surprise with no one dropping hints.
I know some people like surprise parties as long as they aren't surprised. I really enjoy being surprised. (How else could I root for the economy!) So it was a really nice thing to do and thank you to everyone who put it together and attended.
KPFA's Guns and Butter Wednesday addressed the topics of Iraq and Iran. Can we stop the war on the Iran? There's actually a chance we may be able to. Listen to the show. (I'll write about it more in depth next time I blog -- hopefully tomorrow, but possibly Saturday.)
I have finished the review of The Free Design. That was actually the easiest one to complete. I'm almost done with Pink's. The other three? You'll have to wait and see.
Music, Guns and Butter and RadioNation with Laura ...


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The [Throw signal] intermediate event (Fig. 1) is used to broadcast signals that can be caught by corresponding process elements in any business process. It works in the same manner as the [Throw message] intermediate event, but unlike the latter, the signal of the [Throw signal] intermediate event is sent to all active processes in bpm'online.
For example, after finishing processing an order as part of one process, you can notify all other processes that a new order has been processed.
All [Wait for signal] elements in the "Custom signal" mode that await the generated signal and whose incoming flows have been activated - will activate their outgoing flows.
All business processes whose starting element is [Signal] start event in the "Custom signal" mode, which awaits the generated signal - will start.
After broadcasting the signal, the [Throw signal] element activates its outgoing flows.
Enter the name of the signal event that will be broadcast. Make sure that the signal name (Fig. 4) matches the name(s) of the signal(s) specified in the [Signal] field of the [Wait for signal] (Fig. 5) and the [Signal] start event (Fig. 6).


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About us – ARLDT
AmsterdamRedLightDistrictTour.com is an Amsterdam based urban travel company. Every day, our licensed guides host tours through the most fascinating area of Holland's capital: De Wallen. We are local experts of the Red Light District of Amsterdam. We know the hotspots, the do's and don'ts, fun facts, history, nice restaurants, best bars and stories connected to this intriguing municipal borough. And obviously we know a lot about prostitution. Did you know that we're the only company in the world that offers a tour with two twin sisters who worked as prostitute for 50 years?
Moreover our website is being used as a (mobile) city guide by locals & tourists: We've listed all interesting restaurants, bars, shops, museums, coffee shops, hotels, sex shows and made a useful overview of things to go to in the Red Light District.
The Most Visited Area Of Amsterdam
Of course Amsterdam's Red Light District is known for its prostitutes and (cannabis) coffee shops, but the area offers so much more than that! The district has become an urban hotspot. A place where locals and tourists meet. There are around 4.000 Amsterdammers who live in the Red Light District area, including children, students and elderly. They live here, do their groceries, go to church, and visit their favorite restaurants – all in the Red Light District of Amsterdam!
Most Popular Website Of The Red Light District!
Every month, about 70.000 people visit our website. Most of them use our site while being in Amsterdam, or just before their visit to our city. They're looking for the best (hidden) places in the Red Light District – where to eat, where to drink, but also because they'd like to know more about this area. Our customers are mostly British, American, Dutch, German, Australian, Indian & French.
Would you like to have more customers? Promote your business on our site and reach more than 840.000 people per year! Both online and offline (during our tours)… Please contact us and we'll respond within 24 hours.
AmsterdamRedLightDistrictTour.com in the media
We're very proud that our company has been reported on by many media businesses! Here's an overview of the companies that published articles about us:
Het Parool (featured two times)
World Travel Guide
The Post Internazionale
Holiday Extra Travel Guides
As The Bird Flies
Twin Doctors TV
NecesCity
Mr & Mrs Adventure
National Geographic Traveller
Shermans Travel
Today I Found Out
With a US rank of 48 and a global rank of 204, FoxNews.com is one of the most visited sites of the world. It has 26 million desktop visitors and 34 million mobile vistors per month. Furthermore, FoxNews has 11 million fans on Facebook and almost 8 million followers on Twitter.
Fox News listed us as one of the weirdest & wackiest tours around the world. And we're super proud of that!
The Huffington Post is a progressive liberal American news website and blog. In 2009, it was named as one of the 25 best blogs of the year by Time Magazine. In addition, the website won the 2006 and 2007 Webby Award for best political blog and in 2008 it was named the most powerful blog in the world by The Observer. The Huffington Post has approximately 9 million unique visitors per month and ranks at 131 of the most popular websites in the world.
The Huff Post interviewed us and published this article "Here's what it's like to be a sex tourist".
Yahoo.com is the 5th most popular website of the world. Only Google, Facebook, YouTube and Amazon are more popular. Most of Yahoo's visitors are from the United States, United Kingdom, India and Taiwan. In January 2015, Yahoo.com was visited by 167.480.000 millions Americans. Not even mentioned is the amount of foreign traffic. In September 2015, Yahoo listed our Meet the Old Hookers Tour as the weirdest local tour of the world! This tour is hosted by two twin sisters who worked as prostitutes in the Red Light District for 50 years. Some years ago, they retired and nowadays they love to share their Red Light District stories during our tours in Amsterdam.
Thanks Yahoo for listing us as one of the weirdest tours around the world! That's awesome!
The Telegraph is one of British most popular newspapers and is part of Telegraph Media Group (TMG). TheTelegraph.co.uk ranks 40th in the United Kingdom and has a global rank of 353. Every month, it has 103.000.000 page views from 8.283.000 readers. 58% of the online visitors are male and 42% are female. In May 2016, The Telegraph published this amazing piece about Holland's most famous sex workers who turned tour guides at our company. Check it out:
In May 2016, The Telegraph published this article about the famous twin prostitutes in Amsterdam.
"The girls are nostalgic for the "good old days" and linger wistfully outside a house on Koestraat, a quiet, bike-lined street on the edge of the red light district. "This was our first brothel," says Martine, proudly. "
Het Parool – A Dutch Media Company
For decades Parool is the most popular news company in Amsterdam. This Dutch newspaper was first published on February 10, 1941 as a resistance paper during the German occupation of the Netherlands (1940–1945). In English, Parool means "the password" or "the Motto".
Translated Title: These Were The Funniest April Fools Jokes
On April 1st, 2015, Parool listed us as one the best April-fools jokes of Holland! We posted this article that said prostitutes from all over the world are going to build first human tower of naked bodies in Amsterdam. They do this to protest against the stigma around prostitution. CLICK HERE to read our listing on Parool.
Translated Title: Tour Through The Red Light District With A Virtual Guide
On the 15th of July, 2018 Het Parool posted an article about our new Audio Tour App. In the article the 22 experts that are featured in the app are discussed. Other items are the 31 stops that you pass by during the 2 hour tour. Our translation into English of the article can be found here.
Metro – A Swedish Media Company
Metro International is a media company founded in Sweden and based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers. They offer free-sheets, meaning that distribution is free, with revenues generated entirely through advertising. The Metro is primarily intended for commuters who move daily in & out of big cities' business areas, mainly during rush hours. Metro International has 15.6 million readers daily and is active in 120 major cities in 23 different countries.
In 2016, during April's fools day we posted this article on our website which stated that activist prostitutes in the Red Light District offered a huge discount and added that clients had to show a 50% off discount voucher. The popular Metro newspaper website added our joke to the best April Fools jokes. 🙂
We're the only company in the world which offers a Red Light District tour with two famous twin sisters who have worked as prostitutes for 50 years. Some while ago, World Travel Guide joined our Meet the Twin Prostitutes Tour. The World Travel Guide (WTG) is the flagship digital consumer brand within the Columbus Travel Media portfolio. A comprehensive guide to the world's best travel destinations, its print heritage stretches back 30 years, with the online portal reaching its 15-year anniversary in 2014. WTG wrote this review about our tour: "Two of Holland's Most Famous Hookers Give Gavin Haines The Ultimate Introduction to Amsterdam's Red-Light District.
In 2016, we've been interviewed by The Post Internationale. TPI is the first Italian online magazine dedicated exclusively to the history of international politics: reports, surveys and photos from correspondents in the world. They wanted to know more about the Red Light District in Amsterdam and made this interesting video report. TPI interviewed us, but also the preacher of the Old Church and some sex workers in the Red Light District.
As The Bird Flies Blog
Started in October 2011 by misses Thompson – a Londoner turned wanderer – As The Bird Flies is a website for those who love travel and writing, like Frankie Thompson. Frankie joined our Red Light District tour during the summer of 2015 and reviewed it whilst pregnant:
In the end of 2016 we were contacted by Dr. Jamil Abdur-Rahman and his twin brother Dr. Idries Abdur-Rahman who are both Obstetricians/Gynecologists. They are the creators of TwinDoctorsTV – a social & medical information platform that serves to educate, motivate and entertain. The doctors wanted to learn more about world's oldest prostitutes. Their video report can be found here.
TheCultureTrip.com is one of the internet's fastest-growing media start-ups, attracting nearly 6 million monthly readers and 2 million followers on social media around the world. Culture Trip is a website that specialises in local insights and global news stories. In the end of January 2017, we were contacted by Alex Jordan – an UK Travel Editor at Culture Trip. He wanted us to comment on a plan of the city council.
NecesCity – A Magazine for Men
NecesCity is a refined digital magazine dedicated to Hong Kong's male tastemakers. Through their website and frequent email tips, NecesCity delivers reliable content to a loyal fraternity of urbane Hong Kong gentleman with the latest and hottest in nightlife, entertaining, events, travel and everything in between.
One of NecesCity's editors joined our Red Light District tour and published an impressive article in december 2016. Here's a little quote: "But as the sun sets and the streetlights flicker on, there's one place you should be exploring, if only for the rich history and colourful characters the district seduces."
MrandMrsAdventure.com
Brittany and her husband Drew (known as Mr and Mrs Adventure) visited the Netherlands in their camper-van during the summer of 2017 and searched for all the best adventures and unique experiences to share with our followers along the way. Their blog, MrandMrsAdventure.com currently receives over 40,000+ unique monthly visitors and at the moment they have a combined social media following (Instagram, FaceBook, Pinterest, Twitter) of 20,000+ which continues to grow daily + their YouTube channel has nearly 8,000 subscribers!
These bloggers joined our Red Light District tour in July 2017 and posted this cool piece about us and the Netherlands titled "Vanlife Thoughts on Nature vs. Cities + Inspiring Moments & Magical Places in Amsterdam. One of the things they wrote was: "there is no lack of entertainment here, but even more so, there is a rich and fascinating history to be learned, especially when it comes to laws and human rights". Read the whole blog, including their travel tips and cool pics, over here:
National Geographic Traveler is a magazine done by the National Geographic Society in the United States. It was launched back in 1984. Local-language editions of National Geographic Traveler are published in Armenia, Belgium/the Netherlands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Latin America, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Spain. A UK edition launched in December 2010. Our tour with the Fokkens Twins was featured in this article published on the 18th of September 2017.
Brides by Conde Nast
Brides is an American bimonthly magazine published by Condé Nast. I's designed to be an in-depth resource for brides-to-be. In 2013 Brides had a total circulation of 330,605 in the United States. The reference and recommendation for our tours and company was posted in the article "What to do on a romantic 3 day Amsterdam honeymoon"
ShermansTravel Media is a leading publisher of top travel deals and vacation destination advice. They've built a loyal audience among travellers who share a passion for the best travel deals on flights, hotels, vacation packages and cruises. Their editors screen hundreds of travel deals each week and publish the best ones in their flagship product, the popular travel deals e-newsletter, Shermans Top 25, which reaches 4 million subscribers every Wednesday. They recommended our tours on 26th of October 2017 in this online article.
Ranker.com
Ranker.com is a digital media company with a website that features polls on entertainment, brands, sports and culture. Ranker is reported to have over 49 million monthly unique visitors. Ranker claims to be one of the largest databases of opinions with more than 250 million votes gathered on over one million items. For an article on the history of the Red Light District our website was used as source material.
Hightimes.com
High Times is a monthly magazine and cannabis brand with offices in Los Angeles and New York City. The magazine was founded in 1974 by Tom Forçade and the publication advocates the legalization of cannabis. The magazine has been involved in the marijuana-using counterculture since its inception. For an article on Amsterdam's new policies against coffeeshops our website was used as source material.
Todayifoundout.com
Todayifoundout.com was started on January 1, 2010 and is based on the idea that it is always good to learn something new. It was inspired by the popular sub-reddit "Today I Learned" and was started mainly because there was a lack of "interesting fact" style websites out there where the facts were well researched. Our website was used as a source for this article.
Thrillist is an online media website that covers food, drinks, travel & entertainment. It was founded in 2004 and is currently based in New York City, United States.


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Landesregierung und Stadtsenat Jonas II war die Bezeichnung für die Wiener Landesregierung und den Wiener Stadtsenat unter Bürgermeister und Landeshauptmann Franz Jonas zwischen 1954 und 1959. Die Landesregierung Jonas II amtierte von der Angelobung der Regierung am 10. Dezember 1954 bis zur Neuwahl der Landesregierung Jonas III am 11. Dezember 1959. Die Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter wurden am 14. Dezember 1954 durch die Wiener Landesregierung bestimmt. Nach dem Rücktritt von Alfred Migsch am 13. April 1956 folgte ihm noch am selben Tag Johann Riemer als Stadtrat nach. Felix Slavik ersetzte ab dem 27. September 1957 Johann Resch, der sein Amt am 19. September niedergelegt hatte. Im Bauressort folgte Kurt Heller am 19. September 1958 Leopold Thaller nach, nach dem Tod von Karl Honay am 5. Juni 1959 wurde Maria Jacobi als erste Frau seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Stadträtin in Wien. An Stelle von Honay wurde Felix Slavik am 26. Juni 1959 zum Vizebürgermeister und Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter gewählt. Zur letzten Änderung kam es am 16. Juli 1959, als Josef Afritsch als Stadtrat zurücktrat und am Folgetag Rudolf Sigmund zum Nachfolger gewählt wurde.

Regierungsmitglieder

Literatur
 Magistrat der Stadt Wien (Hrsg.): Der Gemeinderat der Stadt Wien, der Wiener Landtag, der Wiener Stadtsenat, die Wiener Landesregierung 1945–1985, Wien 1986.

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Public disgrace: 82% of EU govt websites stalked by Google adtech cookies – report
Plus: UK health service sites contain commercial trackers
By Rebecca Hill 18 Mar 2019 at 14:22
All but three of the European Union member states' government websites are littered with undisclosed adtech trackers from Google and other firms, with many piggy-backing on third-party scripts, according to an analysis of almost 200,000 webpages.
The report (PDF), published today by Cookiebot in collaboration with civil rights association European Digital Rights (EDRi), scanned 184,683 EU government webpages on 11 and 12 March to assess the cookies on each.
It found that there were 112 companies slurping up information on EU citizens' browsing habits on the webpages of the governments supposedly fighting the good fight against excess stalking of netizens.
Adtech trackers were found on 25 of the 28 member states' sites, with only Spain, Germany and the Netherlands clean of commercial cookies. There were 52 companies identified on France's government sites, 27 on Latvia's and 19 on Belgium's. Twenty cookies were identified on GOV.UK, of which 12 were marketing, and all belonged to one company – Google.
Indeed, the search giant is described as the "kingpin of tracking" within the report, present on 82 per cent of all the sites and accounting for three of the top five trackers: YouTube, DoubleClick and Google.
The report authors said this was of "special concern" because Google can cross-reference trackers with its first-party account details via its widely used consumer services such as Mail, Search and Android apps.
Separately, the work assessed public health service sites, again finding that cookies were widespread, with 52 per cent of those tested having commercial trackers.
And again, Google was right up there, making up two of the top five, with the others being Adobe's eversttech.net, AppNexus' adnxs.com and Mediamath's Mathtag.com.
For this assessment, the researchers chose six EU countries and carried out 15 health-related search queries – such as "How do I know if I have HIV?", "Signs of being an alcoholic" and "I want to terminate my pregnancy" – from IP addresses in each country to identify the relevant landing pages on each nation's health service.
In the UK, some 60 per cent of these landing pages had such ad trackers, less only than Irish sites, where trackers appeared on 73 per cent of landing pages. A single German website about maternity leave was monitored by 63 companies, while a French page about abortion was tracked by 21 firms.
The group said this could be used to "infer sensitive facts about [users'] health condition and life situation" and be resold to target ads. "These citizens have no clear way to prevent this leakage, understand where their data is sent, or to correct or delete the data," it said.
The extent of tracking on these sites is even more alarming, the report argued, because they don't rely on ad revenue. In some cases, governments will want to use companies' services, but in others the firms gained access to these non-commercial sites through "free" third-party JavaScript tech services, like share buttons or plugins.
"These scripts can act as Trojan horses, opening backdoors to the website code through which ad tech companies can silently insert their trackers," the report said.
It urged website owners to be more careful when including third-party components on their sites; to make sure they had a detailed overview of the current trackers; and to remove any unwanted ones from the source code.
Visitors should also be offered full transparency and control over trackers on the site – but it shouldn't just be up to users to lock down their browsing habits. Stronger regulations need to be in force, and adhered to.
"How can any organisation live up to its [European General Data Protection Regulation] GDPR and ePrivacy obligations if it does not control unauthorised tracking actors accessing their website?" asked Cookiebot founder Daniel Johannsen.
"Public sector bodies now have the opportunity to lead by example – at a minimum by shutting down any digital rights infringements that they are facilitating on their own websites."
Diego Naranjo at EDRi used the opportunity to lament the delay to the long-awaited ePrivacy Regulation, which was initially meant to be enforced as the yin to the GDPR's yang, covering communications data rather than personal data.
However, it has been stuck in discussions between member states for more than a year, and privacy activists fear it is being watered down as a result of lobbying from adtech industry and concerns among member states.
If it does lose ground, Naranjo warned, it will "open a Pandora's box of more and more sharing, merging and reselling of personal data in huge online commercial surveillance networks, in which citizens are being unwittingly tracked and micro-targeted with commercial and political manipulation."
Their calls for progress echo those made by the European Data Protection Board last week. The group – made up of the bloc's data protection watchdogs and EU data protection supervisor – issued a statement urging legislators to "intensify efforts" to adopt it.
"The future ePrivacy Regulation should under no circumstance lower the level of protection offered by the current ePrivacy Directive and should complement the GDPR by providing additional strong guarantees for all types of electronic communications," it said. ®
Devs invited to bake 'Run on Google Cloud' button into git repos... By Google, of course
An offer you can refuse?
Google Chrome will check for leaked credentials every time you sign in anywhere
Double-encrypted. That said, if you're worried about over-sharing, what are you doing on Chrome?
My eyes thank you, Google: Android to get dark mode scheduling in future update
The feature was originally ditched over quality control issues
Google fell for a real Looker, but now Brit competition watchdog's probing data biz slurp
Got a problem with $2.6bn deal? The CMA wants to hear from you
Fuming French monopoly watchdog is so incensed by Google's 'random' web ad rules, it's fining the US giant, er, <1% annual profit
Payer cette petite amende, s'il vous plaît
Google: Read my lips. You cannot link up a G Suite account with Nest smart home gizmos
'Aggravating and alarming!'
After 10 years, Google Cloud Print will finally be out of beta... straight into ad giant's graveyard
Not so much 'going gold' as 'growing cold'


Dear reader, we hope this letter finds you well.
We'd like to invite you to join us for a coffee in Florence to introduce ourselves, but if you prefer having a tea in Shanghai or Hong-Kong, tapas in Spain, a meal in USA or even a beer in Sydney, we can easily fix that.
We are very much looking forward to meet you, and before we start describing ourselves, we'd love to hear about you; tell us what makes you an artist and why did you choose to follow the path of creativity. May we ask what are your projects, ideas, fears, frustrations and artistic needs?
On top of everything, we want to hear about your passion.
Do you think the places we proposed for our meeting are unreachable? Think twice.
Imagine a world wide artistic community capable of building bridges to turn any cultural, geographical and social boundary down, allowing encounter, realization and self-fulfillment to every person who decides to become a member. This idea might sound utopian, but with a little of visionary attitude and devotion it actually has become a reality called TIAC.
The International Arts & Culture Group is an organization that aims to connect and support artists from a variety of mediums, backgrounds and nationalities. Bridging between disciplines, the organization itself is made out of people from different backgrounds such as fine arts, photography, architecture, design and performing arts. The Group is spread across the globe, with key teams in China and Italy, but others who work from Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, and the United States.
TIAC was created by artists for artists.
The Founders Lynn Guo, Liu Shiyu and Scott Breton, professional fine artists, came across the simple idea that they wanted to create more jobs, options and opportunities for people like themselves. The goal was to benefit people.
TIAC is an educational organization and it's range goes across different levels of people involved in arts, from students to developing artists and professionals. TIAC supports them through introducing them into an artistic network and also providing them of workshops to enrich their skills and knowledge.
The International Arts & Culture Group believes in the encounter between people from different cultures because trough exchange it is possible to discover several ways of seeing the world, face new personal and social challenges and " you get in contact with new esthetics that might enrich your own work of art" as TIAC co-founder Scott Breton says.
The mission is clear: connection, education, collaboration, exhibition and development.
It is about creating fair opportunities for every artist regardless of their social or cultural state to allow them to study, get into the artistic community, work with other artists, show their creations and develop their talent so as to pass it on to the next generation.
Dear reader, we hope to have encouraged you to put aside your concerns about not being able "to make it as an artist". Know that there are other artist like yourself willing to make it easier for all of us. It is time now to believe in your passion and decide to develop it. We all have something to say, but if you think you're alone you won't speak out because from your perception no one will hear.
Remember, in a community, no one is alone.


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8 of the most-anticipated IPOs analysts say to watch for in 2022
The number of companies going public has skyrocketed over the last two years. According to analysts, the frenzy of IPO activity is underpinned by stratospheric company valuations in the U.S. stock market, helped along by low interest rates and pandemic relief funds.
But as the IPO market began slowing down at the end of 2021, many companies that had been expected to jump on the hot market were left out in the cold. But some of these companies are expected to keep gaining market value and to go IPO this year.
Here is a look at eight of the biggest potential IPOs of 2022:
In 2011, Stanford professor Patrick Brown founded vegan-friendly Impossible Foods, which replaces meat products with plant-based options. Its products are sold in more than 20,000 stores across the globe. Impossible Foods raised about $1.5 billion in private funding to date and is extremely likely to go public this year. The company, which raised roughly $500 million in a November financing round, currently has a valuation of $7 billion.
Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating and discussion website where registered members can submit or comment on the content of their choice, which is then voted up or down by other members. On December 15, 2021, Reddit confidentially filed paperwork to go public this year, but the firm has disclosed no financial details so far. The company was valued at $10 billion after an August funding round.
Although the online chat service has yet to make an official announcement, investors have been eyeing a Discord IPO since Microsoft attempted to acquire it for $10 billion, but the deal fell through in April 2021. The company reports it has 150 million active monthly users and raised $500 million in September 2021 at a valuation of $15 billion.
San Francisco-based digital bank Chime was reportedly expected to enter talks to go public in the first quarter of 2022. However, the firm has yet to make an official statement about an IPO. Founded by Chris Britt and Ryan King, Chime has a valuation of $35 billion to $45 billion, which is higher than many regional banks in the U.S.
Online grocery ordering company Instacart has been working with Goldman Sachs to go public through a direct listing, reportedly in early 2022. The grocery delivery giant is responsible for a whopping three-quarters of third-party intermediary grocery sales in the U.S. Instacart was valued at $39 billion after a private funding round in March 2021.
In August 2021, software company Databricks raised $1.6 billion in a funding round to reach a valuation of $38 billion. Databricks is the first platform that allows users to perform SQL analytics and business intelligence, with data science and machine learning on the same platform. Databricks hasn't filed to go public yet, but its long-anticipated IPO may finally happen in 2022.
The fintech company Klarna, a buy-now-pay later platform, was valued at $46 billion after a June 2021 funding round. The company believes that its growth in users and revenue amid the pandemic will translate into a successful listing. Klarna works with over 250,000 retail partners and reports it has 20 million customers, and is said to be taking a calculated approach to a public offering.
In April 2021, Stripe became the most valuable venture-backed private company in the world, with a valuation of $95 billion after its series H funding round. For every $100B in transaction value, Stripe now processes nearly $3B, adding its own transaction fee. The financial services startup provides payment-processing technology, invoicing tools and business financing, among other features. Stripe is the most anticipated upcoming IPOs to watch for 2022. It has engaged a law firm to evaluate early steps to go public, according to Reuters.


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'Foreign intelligence services' may be linked to Istanbul club massacre – Turkey's deputy PM
Turkish police stand guard outside the Reina nightclub by the Bosphorus © Huseyin Aldemir © Reuters
The New Year massacre at an Istanbul nightclub was prepared and carried out way too "professionally" to rule out the possibility that the terrorist act was supported by "foreign intelligence services," Turkey's deputy PM believes.
After Turkish authorities established the identity of the New Year's eve attacker, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus, in an interview with the Hurriyet Daily News, has suggested that external intelligence services could be involved in the terrorist act. Thirty nine people were killed and 69 wounded in the attack.
Identity of Istanbul club attacker determined – Turkish foreign minister
"I am of the opinion that it's not possible for the perpetrator to have carried out such an attack without any support. It seems like a secret service thing. All these things are being assessed," Kurtulmus told the publication, without speculating which state actor might be involved.
Kurtulmus expressed concern that with support from external intelligence other potential attackers could evade Turkish security radars. "As they are supported by some organizations with intelligence capacity, they can conduct terror acts in the way your security system may not even be able to think of," Kurtulmus said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that authorities have managed to identify the Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) militant who killed and injured dozens in Istanbul's Reina nightclub.
While refusing to release the identity of the shooter, Cavusoglu did say that "efforts to capture him continue," adding that the house where the suspect lived "has been searched." The minister also added that the attack was "professionally planned."
Turkish media identified the attacker's code name in jihadist circles as "Abu Muhammed Horasani." Initial police reports suggested that the jihadist may be from Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan.
ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack, manhunt for gunman ongoing
Sharing the details of the investigation, Hurriyet Daily News reported that the attacker arrived in Istanbul with his family on 20 November. The assailant then went to the Turkish capital of Ankara, and then to a major city of Konya in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey, where he arrived on 22 November.
There, the attacker met with other members of the terrorist cell and rented a house where he and his family lived. In Konya, the attacker allegedly met with an IS "emir" named "Yusuf Hoca" who allegedly ordered the New Year massacre.
From there the assailant made numerous trips outside the Central Anatolia Region, and is believed to have arrived at a safe house in Istanbul three days before the shooting spree.
"Abu Muhammed Horasani" managed to escape from Reina by covering himself in his victims' blood and used a taxi to escape the murder scene.
On Wednesday morning, Turkish authorities detained 40 people allegedly linked to the tragedy in the province of İzmir, Dogan News reported. Among those detained were 20 children, 9 men and 11 women. Most of them come from Eastern Turkestan, Dagestan and Kyrgyzstan, according to a report.
Earlier police detained 27 people in the Buca district of Izmir, including members of three families with alleged links to the attacker.
On Tuesday police detained two foreign nationals at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in connection with the attack.
Trends:Istanbul nightclub attack


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Hermiswil es una comuna suiza del cantón de Berna, situada en el distrito administrativo de Alta Argovia. Limita al norte con la comuna de Bettenhausen, al este con Ochlenberg, al sur con Seeberg, y al oeste con Aeschi (SO).

Hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2009 situada en el distrito de Wangen.

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El 99% de la población es de habla alemana y el 1% de habla retorrománica.

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JOEY BELLADONNA Schedules More Solo Dates
Former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna has scheduled the following solo dates:
May 27 - Casa Babylon - Cordoba, Argentina
May 28 - Bomberos Voluntarios - Bariloche, Argentina
May 29 - Super Rock - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jun. 01 - Pub El Imperio - Copiapo, Chile
Jun. 03 - Gimnasio Rock & Soccer - Antofagasta, Chile
Jun. 04 - Club Rock & Guitarras - Santiago, Chile
Jun. 05 - El Huevo - Valparaiso, Chile
Jun. 06 – [to be announced] - Temuco, Chile
Jun. 10 - Club Del La Pelea - Bogota, Colombia
Jun. 11 - La Disco Club - Pereira, Colombia
Aug. 25 - The Hard Rock Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA
Sep. 10 - Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
Belladonna is rumored to be rejoining ANTHRAX for the upcoming "Big Four" shows in Europe with METALLICA, MEGADETH and SLAYER.
ANTHRAX currently has European dates booked from June 16 in Warsaw, Poland until August 8 in Pori, Finland (with almost all of July off).
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported earlier this week, Belladonna was seen with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello at the April 28, 2010 FOZZY concert at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City,
ANTHRAX was supposed to release its new album, tentatively titled "Worship Music", last October. However, the set has been delayed indefinitely following the departure of singer Dan Nelson in July 2009 and the return of John Bush, who fronted the band between 1992 and 2005.
Belladonna was the lead singer of ANTHRAX from 1984 to 1992, and was considered part of the band's classic lineup (alongside Dan Spitz, Scott Ian, Frank Bello and Charlie Benante), which reunited and toured during 2005 and 2006. His voice was featured on over 10 albums, which reportedly sold eight million copies worldwide.
After splitting with ANTHRAX, Joey continued to make music with a solo project called BELLADONNA, which released its first self-titled debut in the mid-'90s. A follow-up effort, "Spells of Fear", came out in 1998 and it was heavily criticized for bad production and sloppy musicianship. The third album, or rather the demo recordings for what was supposed to be the third BELLADONNA album that was never recorded in a real studio, was self-released by Belladonna in 2003. It was a return to better songwriting and musicianship and it was well received by the fans.
Video footage of Joey Belladonna performing in Plymouth, Massachusetts on July 31, 2009 can be viewed below.


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Swine Diseases Have Changed
Disease and welfare Managing disease Biosecurity and Hygiene Research and innovation
by 5m Editor
4 December 2008, at 12:00am
Changes in the pig industry have led to changes in the type and pattern of diseases, making multiple infections more common. DuPont Animal Health Solutions explains the changing face of disease control and emphasises the need for high levels of hygiene and biosecurity.
Pig diseases in recent years have changed fundamentally
Modern production systems have controlled traditional single pathogen diseases
However, the emergence of new disease syndromes driven by complex viral interactions has prevented the expected financial gains
Large populations of disease-naïve animals are particularly susceptible to the appearance of new viral pathogens
Biosecurity systems must be implemented to prevent viral pathogens from entering the herds
Recent experiences with PRDC, PCVD and highly pathogenic strains of SIV show that high levels of biosecurity are required
To achieve such levels of biosecurity, programmes necessitate a proven virucidal broad spectrum disinfectant – DuPont Animal Health Solutions' Virkon® S.
In the modern pig industry we are faced with much more complex pig disease than we used to be, and this change is mainly due to the evolution of different viruses which have forced us to revolutionise our approaches to disease control.
Years ago, pig disease tended to be simple single pathogen problems. One pathogen caused one set of clinical problems. If other pathogens were involved they were simple bacterial secondary infections taking advantage of the main infection. A good example would be an outbreak of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) in a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-free herd. There would be an acute disease outbreak caused by the APP. Other bacteria such as Pasteurella multocida and Streptococcus spp. may contribute to the signs but controlling the APP would control the problem. Another example could be an outbreak of diarrhoea in weaners due to E. coli.
Now the situation is very different, and we face an array of complex diseases and syndromes involving many pathogens and primary and secondary roles. There are normally several primary pathogens. Perhaps the best example is Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC) due to a combination of factors as shown below.
This complex is driven by the viral pathogens in varying combinations and the other factors interact and exacerbate it.
A simpler example is post-weaning diarrhoea in weaners in a PCVD outbreak involving Salmonella, E. coli and possibly TGE. Also remember these problems are not just confined to the growing herd. Reproductive problems also tend to be more complex interactions of pathogens such as PRRSV, Porcine Parvovirus and Leptospira species.
Why Has This Happened?
The main reason for this change has been the evolution of major new viruses. Yes, we have always had viral disease such as TGE and Porcine Parvovirus but these tended to happen as specific outbreaks. What we have now is a number of viruses which can interact and have a fundamental impact on the pig. Many of these viruses are shown in the PRDC diagram, but the most important are Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), Porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and higher pathogenicity strains of Swine Influenza Virus (SIV). Also could the suggested Factor X in Porcine Circovirus Disease (PCVD) be viral?
One of the features of these new viruses is that not only do they cause disease in their own right but they interfere with the pigs' immune system allowing other pathogens to cause further disease. They can even interfere with normal measures used in controlling disease. For example, it has been shown that PCV2 infection will prevent PRRS vaccination from being so effective.1
There are other causes of the increase in complex disease syndromes such as keeping pigs in greater numbers, high pig density areas and moving pigs about much more. Also businesses tend to be under much more pressure so management can suffer, e.g. cleaning and disinfection between batches is reduced. These are important factors but the main change is the role of viruses.
Control is Difficult
Simple diseases tended to be simple to control but modern complex diseases are not. There is a tendency to use high levels of antibiotics but these have very little effect on viruses and even have been shown to interfere with the immune system.2,3 We have to change our approach.
As always it is better to be free of as many of these pathogens as possible. First, stock breeding herds with PRRS and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-free pigs. Vaccination can be used to control the major pathogens (e.g. PRRSV and PCV2 if present). Then, adopt segregated rearing systems to reduce the impact of any pathogens that may remain. Continuous flow systems will only make problems worse.
The main problem with this approach is that it generates a population of pigs which is highly susceptible to any introduction of pathogens and depends on preventing pathogens which are present, e.g. PCV2, from building up. Failing to protect the pigs from these underlying infections can result in serious disease outbreaks. Good biosecurity is vital to control these problems. The main approaches are to prevent the introduction of new pathogens through good external biosecurity and to stop carry over of pathogens between batches by good terminal biosecurity.
Remember that we are dealing with a large number of pathogens and that the most important ones are viral. For this reason, the disinfectant chosen must have a proven broad spectrum of activity and this must include proven efficacy against PRRSV, PCV2 and SIV. Virkon S has this activity as shown by field work, e.g. for PRRSV4, and in the laboratory, e.g. for PCV25. The disinfectant needs to be able to work in all temperatures that are likely to be experienced and should be easy to use. For ongoing use, it should be less likely to generate acquired disinfectant resistance.6,7,8
Such a disinfectant should then be built into a specialist biosecurity programme, for example the DuPont Animal Health Solutions Pig biosecurity programme, to work at an internal and external level. It should be used following thorough cleaning including a heavy duty detergent (Biosolve Plus) and carried through into such areas as vehicle biosecurity, terminal disinfection and many other areas of continuous protection for the pigs.
Once we have prevented infection and build-up of challenge, especially of these viruses, then we can utilize other methods to control disease. Examples of this would be vaccination, e.g. for PRRS and PCVD, and strategic medication where bacterial secondaries are increasing.
Pig diseases in recent years have changed fundamentally and while modern production systems have controlled traditional single pathogen diseases, the emergence of new disease syndromes largely driven by complex viral interactions has stopped us from gaining the benefits we expected.
To quote Pijoan et al., "Large scale swine production based on off site production systems will continue and increase globally. These large populations of naïve animals will be particularly susceptible to the appearance of new pathogens, unless we can design a biosecurity that can prevent these pathogens from entering the herds."9
Recent experiences with PRDC, PCVD and highly pathogenic strains of SIV show that we need to design a very high biosecurity.
Opriessnig T., McKeown N.E., Harmon K.L., Meng X.J. and Halbur P.G., 2006a. Porcine circovirus type 2 infection decreases the efficacy of a modified live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 13:923-929
Grondel, J.L. et al., 1985. The influence of antibiotics on the immune system. III. Investigations on the cellular functions of chicken leukocytes in vitro. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 10: 4, 307-316
Al-Ankari, A.S. and Homeida, A.M., 1966. Effect of antibacterial growth promoters on the immune system of broiler chicks. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 53: 3-4, 277-283
Dee, S.A. et al., 2006. Evaluation of an industry-based sanitation protocol for full-size transport vehicles contaminated with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. J Swine Health Prod. 14(6): 307-311
Royer, R.L., 2001. Susceptibility of Porcine Circovirus type 2 to commercial and laboratory disinfectants. J. Swine Health Prod. 9 (6): 281-284
Gradel, K.O. et al., 2005. Possible associations between Salmonella persistence in poultry houses and resistance to commonly used disinfectants and a putative role of mar. Vet. Microbiology 107: 127-138
Karatzas, K. A. et al., 2007. Prolonged treatment of Salmonella enteric serovar Typhimurium with commercial disinfectants selects for multiple antibiotic resistance, increased efflux and reduced invasiveness. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 60: 947-955
Randall, L. P. et al., 2007. Commonly used farm disinfectants can select for mutant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with decreased susceptibility to biocides and antibiotics without compromising virulence. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 60: 1273-1280.
Pijoan C., Terremorell, M., Dee S.A. and Deen J., 2004. Pig health and Production – Past, Present and Future. Proc IPVS Hamburg 2004 Vol.1
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Redundancy Fears Grow in Stirling as Tory Cuts Hit Home
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Local Business, UK Government (Westminster) / 30 September 2020 by Editor
Independence Only Way to Protect Scotland's Economy
SNP MP for Stirling Alyn Smith has said the Tory government must perform an urgent U-turn over its reckless decision to withdraw support for jobs – after more companies in Stirling voiced fears of redundancies after the furlough scheme ends next month.
Bakery chain Greggs, which has 25,000 workers across Scotland and the UK, is the latest company to indicate it may have to cut staff hours or jobs when the scheme ends, warning "with the Job Retention Scheme planned to end in October we are taking steps to ensure that our employment costs reflect the estimated level of demand from November onwards."
Greggs has three bakeries in the Stirling area: Springkerse, Pirnhall Services, and Thistles Shopping Centre.
It comes as a new survey revealed four in ten (42%) small and medium businesses think they will have a smaller workforce in December than they did in September, and a quarter think they might go out of business next year if there is a second wave of Covid-19.
Alyn Smith said:
"The devastating impact of the UK government's decision to withdraw support for jobs in the middle of a pandemic is starting to hit home, and add to growing fears of job losses in Stirling, and this latest announcement from Greggs further demonstrates the reality of the UK government pulling its support from the economy.
"Boris Johnson was repeatedly warned that thousands of people could lose their jobs unnecessarily as a result of Tory cuts – and those warnings are now starting to become reality.
"The Tory government must perform an urgent U-turn, reinstate a full job protection scheme, and devolve financial powers to the Scottish Parliament so we can protect our economy,
"We shouldn't have to wait for Westminster to act while the livelihoods of people in Stirling are on the line. If the Tories won't act now to save thousands of Scottish jobs they will demonstrate beyond doubt that the only way to protect Scotland's interests is to become an independent country."
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I played touch football a year or two later and was blocked below my left knee and remember having the same tear and pop sound that had occurred to the right knee. This actually was a good thing because after the swelling went away, I was careful where either foot landed when I ran.
I was drafted into the Army in 1969 and actually had a note from my Doctor at the time claiming a torn ACL for my right knee but the Doctor who examined me for the physical for the Army disagreed. I think part of the problem there was that in the time subsequent to the second injury and the number of times and the intensity of the feeling when I did twist either knee, my reflex was to not allow my knee to turn in any direction during an exam. I've learned since then when the Orthopedic holds my calf and quad not to use any muscles in order that they can feel the lack of connection from the knee joint. I can feel it also but not as painfully a feeling anymore.
In 1989 my right knee totally "locked" and I couldn't straighten it completely. There was no intense pain just the inability to walk without a limp. I assumed it was cartilage and agreed to have the operation. When completed, I was told that it was as suspected but that the ACL was torn also (which I was already aware of) and that my ACL would have been replaced had I been a little younger. About two years later my left knee began bothering me while and after running each morning. I had the same procedure done and was told that ACL was also torn. I ran for about eight more years and stopped not because of any pain but because my running time per mile was getting worse and worse. In addition, I had now taken up golf and that became time consuming.
I have always enjoyed physical activity.
I probably should have been a farmer instead of an accountant. I always think about how injuring my knees had affected my life and how devastating that would have been in prior periods of history. A debilating injury was just about a death sentence.
My latest visit to the orthopedic was prompted by swelling in the back of my knees after walking and playing golf. In addition, I was experiencing pain in my knees that woke me in the mornings. The swelling in the back of my knees were Bakers cists and the pain in the morning was arthritis. His solution is to replace both of my knees when I feel I can't take the pain or the aggravation any more. I, on the other hand, want to play golf walking the course while I'm still able to see where the ball goes and hit the ball far enough to almost lose sight of it.
To that end, I decided to replace the knees after I was physically more ready for what would be required for a rapid recovery. I began lifting light weight three days a week and walking three miles on days I didn't play golf. The weight lifting and walking probably help me greatly with weight control since I love to eat and really love to eat ice cream..
After talking to Stephanie I decided to try Pilates to see if it would help with my conditioning before surgery and have a later positive influence with my recovery. I started all of this about nine months before I was going to schedule the replacements. After spring started and after two or three months of Pilates my golf game changed. I'm sure not all of it was attributable to any of the above but I did notice my swing was more balanced and the turn of my shoulders was smoother and longer. Both of those things didn't have anything to do with weights or walking so I knew it had to be the Pilates. The weights certainly helped with overall strength. I am sure that Pilates has really improved my core strength (abs, quads, hips, and lower back) . I don't do anything for those areas other than Pilates and never have.
Pilates hasn't left me sore.
I was always involved in some type of physical activity and I knew that with most things I had some sore muscles after completion or the next day. In addition, most of these activities were specific to body parts. For example, running left my legs like rubber afterwards and my quads sore the next morning until I warmed them up and ran again. Pilates hasn't done that to me and I feel the benefit of the exercise in so many different areas of my body. In a normal class we progress through a warm up and the exercise of different muscles from top to bottom and don't stress any one specific area. I don't in general get the same soreness that I get from any other type of exercise.
I think I'm ready both mentally and physically to have my knees replaced. I'll keep you updated throughout the process.


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