newly restored space for smaller events with night club feel in a lounge atmosphere. The Lounge offers stage, sound system, lighting and full bar.
Live Music, Comedy Shows, Ice-Breakers, Cocktails, & Private Events.


April Pine, 'Shifting Horizons', Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2018. Photo Jessica Wyld.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019 Artist Submissions are now OPEN!
Online applications close at midnight 22 April, 2019.
Or download a hard copy of our application form here.
Artists thinking of submitting an application are encouraged to read our Terms & Conditions as a reference.
Applications for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019 will open on 21 February, with applications closing on 22 April, 2019. If you have any questions please contact Zoe Kazic, Exhibition Coordinator at [email protected] or 02 8399 0233.
Keep an eye out for our Call for Submissions for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020 which will open in June 2019.


Supearlstar is my signature collection of fine jewelry using delicate 18 karat gold cable chain combined with large and lustrous natural fresh water pearls.
From elegant and easy to wear necklaces to dazzling shoulder duster earrings, this collection is designed to be both simple and drop dead gorgeous.
I've always loved pearls as their mysterious beauty is born in the ocean , I'm equally captivated by dazzling stars that dance around the skies at night and so, I combined these elements and created jewelry that women can wear on the most glamorous days of their lives.


Freelancer for Hasbro toys. I have worked as a freelance artist for several years, both as a ghost artist and under my own name. I am both a traditional and digital artist, and have taught illustration in the US.
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Documents filtered by: Author="Breckenridge, James" AND Author="Breckenridge, James" AND Author="Breckenridge, James" AND Period="Adams Presidency"
To John Adams from James Breckenridge, 31 May 1798
Fincastle Virga. May 31st. 1798
At a meeting of a Committee <appointed> composed of a deputation from each Militia Company of the 48th. Regiment in the County of Botetourt & state of Virginia, in the 31st. day of May 1798, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to.
James Breckinridge in the Chair
John Miller Sety.
Resolved as the Opinion of this meeting that the President of the United States not only possesses but is entitled to the Confidence of the people of this part of the United States.
Resolved that it is with extreme regret, we see the attempts of some of our Citizens to detract from his real merit, & propagate the Idea of a disaffection to our excellent Government and its Administration.
Resolved that while we lament any cause which would tend to interrupt that tranquillity prosperity & independance, which under divine providence, we are permitted at present to enjoy, we will with firmness repel any attempts to wrest those blessings from us, from whatsoever quarter they may proceed—And that altho it is our wish to be at peace with all the World, more particularly with the French Republick, we shall prefer hostilities even with that nation, to a prostration of our rights & that state of national degradation to which they have lately attempted to reduce us.
Resolved that our Chai[rman] James Breckinridge do draft an address to the President of the United States, in the Spirit of the foregoing Resolutions and expressive of the high sense we entertain of his firmness, integrity & Patriotism & that he <the> cause the said Resolutions and Address to be printed in such of the Gazettes of the United States as he may think proper
James Breckinridge
Jno. Miller Secy
The attention of the people of this Country awakened by the alarming Crisis of American affairs, has been directed to the measures of your Administration; & they declare with an unanimous voice that you have merited & possess their entire Confidence. They behold with extreme regret, the attempts of some of their fellow citizens to propagate an Idea of disaffection to our excellent Government & its Administration; & this regret is accompanied with indignation, when they perceive that it has encouraged in a foreign Country, the plan of degrading our Republick from its independant Station. They prize most highly the blessings of peace and prosperity which, by the divine favor, they at present enjoy; but considering them as the fruits of the happy Government of their Choice, they will repell any attacks upon its independance, from whatever quarter it may proceed. It is their wish to cultivate peace with the whole world, & more particularly with the French Republick; but they cannot consent for this Object, to sacrifice the honor & independance of the nation, without which Peace must be precarious and unblessed.
Permit us to assure you, Sir, that we admire the consistency of your Character; & are pleased to see the same firmness integrity & Patriotism in the present day, which you so eminently displayed in the great Crisis of the American Revolution
James Breckinridge Chairman
MHi: Adams Papers.
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-2522
Breckenridge, James
"To John Adams from James Breckenridge, 31 May 1798," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-2522. [This is an Early Access document from The Adams Papers. It is not an authoritative final version.]
From Adams to Breckenridge [17 June 1798]
All correspondence between Adams and Breckenridge

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The site is currently occupied by two structures; a two-storey brick building from 1920 at 50 Eglinton West, originally built by Toronto Hydro as a substation in 1920, and the three-storey brick and glass extension at 60 Eglinton West.
While the building at 60 Eglinton West would be taken down to make way for the new development, the existing east and south facades of the decommissioned hydro building would be preserved in-situ and incorporated into the base of the new development.
Above the 13.5 to 17.5 metre-tall podium, a 33-storey point tower would rise to a height of 124 metres, measured to the top of the mechanical penthouse level. The tower's corners are curved, with black framing on the glazing and balcony guards.
A minimalist four-storey "reveal" is designed to create a visual distinction between the heritage podium and modern, detailed tower.
The tower would house the bulk of the building's 401 condominium suites, with the remainder of them on the podium's third level.
The units are proposed in a mix of 102 one-bedrooms, 167 one-bedroom+dens, 32 two-bedrooms, 60 two-bedroom+dens, and 40 three-bedrooms.
Residents would access to a selection of amenity spaces, including an outdoor space and connected indoor space on the fourth floor, as well as indoor space on the third floor.
An additional outdoor amenity deck on the 36th floor would offer building residents views of the surrounding city.
Below grade, the tower would be served by a four-level underground parking garage, with access from Duplex Avenue.
The garage's 112 parking spaces would be divided between 90 spaces for resident use and 22 spaces for visitor use.
402 bicycle parking spaces are also proposed, divided between 361 residents bicycle parking spaces and 41 visitor parking spaces. The bicycle parking would be partially housed within the underground levels and partially at-grade.


See article by reporter Matt Barnwell of the Macon Telegraph.
Go to www.macon.com and click on Houston-Peach to read thearticle.
Don't delay too long to read this article while it is still on line.
health agencies are feeling the rearrangements.
anyways tks for pointing out the article.


Kindda like this point regarding innovation.
We have to make ideas happen not forgetting they live with old ones.
Ideas are like bricks on a huge historic wall.
Think about softwares and their neverending updates rounds. This is new ideas built upon old ones.
Now you can think that this guy is another guru yet he made a solid point with his « unlock the value » rule to innovate successfully.
Since new ideas will come on top of old ones, potential customers will always compare your new product with their current one. Does is provide something better? Is it worthwhile to replace it?
This also explains why a lot of innovation has been failing to be adopted because of their inability to tell their value. Think about Twitter during the first 2 years. Nobody told the same story. I still wonder how it works.
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Romantic things to say to your girlfriend is all you will find on this page.
I know you think about her (your girlfriend) every day and making her happy is your utmost desire, let me tell you something, you really cannot overlook the power of words in your relationship, do you know good morning text messages that are written romantically can practically give your girlfriend that happy mood when she wakes up? her morning will be filled with peace and love because getting a text from your boyfriend early in the morning speaks volume, goes to show she is the first person that comes to mind each and every day of your life. you can say romantic sweet things to your girlfriend not just with good morning text messages, it can be funny good night messages, it could be romantic good night messages, even cute paragraphs for a girlfriend and so on, but the end game is making sure she feels the love in a special way.
Say romantic things to your girlfriend in a text to let her know how much you desire to want to spend the rest of your life with her, let her know how much you cherish her and how much she comes first to mind always. how you want her to be happy always.
We say actions speak better than words, but when it comes to your, but when it comes to your girlfriend, telling her how much you love her every day is not a bad thing is it? in fact, I don't think your girlfriend will ever get tired of wanting to hear it every day but of a cause, you have to back it with actions haha!.
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below you will find romantic things to say to your girlfriend and romantic letters for a girlfriend.
No matter what you do to me, no matter what you say, no matter your past, I swear to you today I will always love you regardless.
I want to let you know today that, wherever I'd be, whatever might happen you will always be in my heart forever, I will always look back at the times we spent together, because those times are amongst my happiest moments, i cherish you a lot and will choose you over and over again.
Once upon a time I feel in love with an angel and my life has never remained the same afterward, thank you, my angel, for coming into my life, your smile is more beautiful than the stars shining up above.
I love you the way a cold person needs warmness, and I don't think if I will ever have enough if you give me little of you, I want all of you, my love.
I am deeply in love with you, and it will be a shame if I can't come clean at you, it will be a shame if I can't profess my heart to you, it will be a shame if I can't tell you how you make me feel, it will be a shame to me if I can't tell you that I want you in my life.
Since the day I set my eyes on you, I knew there was something I needed, I just realized it wasn't something, after all, it was all you, I need you in my life, come rock my world.
You have been a magnificent girlfriend to me, your love has brought me so many wonderful things, and I hope we continue to bask in this goodness of our love, I am really overwhelmed at the person you are, you are such a merrymaker, I love you so much.
It's amazing and really surprising how you are still with me, even in my adversities you held my hand strong and stood by me at all times, you have really shown that your love for me knows no bounds, you are indeed a great lover, thank you for everything I love you.
I really appreciate you in my life I have never for once regretted opening my heart to you, it most likely the best decision I have ever made in my life, you are such a merrymaker, I love you so much and I am really glad that we belong to each other now.
You came into my life when things were unsettled, those times I thought I had lost everything, what could I probably live for? nothing, but you came and changed all that you gave me a clear head, helped me keep hope alive, you helped me believed, you brought me out of despondency now I am basking in blessedness, you deserve my heart, i love you.
Its useless to count all the love and care you have showered on me, its amazing that I have everything I wished for in this life and even more, you have given so much than I really deserve, you deserve more than a medal, you deserve unending happiness, and I really can't thank you enough, but I will continue to love you every day of my blessed life.
My soul, my body, my heart all agree and want every bit of you, you have proven to be everything and more I wished for, it will be glorious loving you all the days of my life, because you are not just a good friend, you are also a great person, I love you so much.
My life is filled with sweetness, that's because every bit of you is sweet, not just physically but inside you is all sweet, every one of your friends can attest to that fact, you are really a great person with the loveliest of heart, thanks for being a sweetie.
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Joss McKinley is both an art and commercial photographer.
His works consist of still life, portraits and doctumentary. His editorial commissions are published in Vogue Italy, Pleasure Garden, M Le Monde, AnOther, L'Officiel Hommes, British Vogue, WSJ. Magazine, The New York Times Style Magazine, Dior Magazine & W. He has also created campaigns and catalogues for Louis Vuitton, Smythson, Adidas, Clinique, Burberry & Isabel Marant.
McKinley studied at the University of the Arts of London and has exhibited his photographs worldwide, most notably at his solo show in the Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. His work has also been collected by several leading public museums including the Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and The National Portrait Gallery, London.
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package com.almende.dialog.agent;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import com.almende.dialog.Settings;
import com.almende.dialog.util.ServerUtils;
import com.almende.eve.agent.Agent;
import com.almende.eve.protocol.jsonrpc.annotation.Access;
import com.almende.eve.protocol.jsonrpc.annotation.AccessType;
import com.almende.eve.protocol.jsonrpc.annotation.Name;
import com.almende.eve.protocol.jsonrpc.annotation.Optional;
import com.almende.util.jackson.JOM;
import com.askfast.commons.entity.HttpLog;
import com.askfast.commons.entity.RequestLog;
import com.askfast.commons.entity.ResponseLog;
import com.askfast.commons.intf.LoggerAgentInterface;
import com.askfast.commons.utils.EnvironmentUtil;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;

/**
 * Simple proxy agent which forwards the request from dialog agent to the
 * loggerAgent
 *
 * @author shravan
 */
@Access(AccessType.PUBLIC)
public class LoggerProxyAgent extends Agent {

    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger( LoggerProxyAgent.class.getName() );
    public static final String HTTP_LOGGER_EVE_PATH = "eve_logger.yaml";

    public void createLog(@Name("request") RequestLog request, @Name("response") ResponseLog response,
        @Name("sessionKey") String sessionKey, @Name("accountId") String accountId,
        @Name("ddrRecordId") @Optional String ddrRecordId, @Name("isSuccessful") @Optional Boolean isSuccessful) {

        if (!ServerUtils.isInUnitTestingEnvironment() && Settings.ENABLE_LOGGER) {

            ObjectMapper om = JOM.getInstance();

            ObjectNode params = om.createObjectNode();
            params.set( "request", om.convertValue( request, ObjectNode.class ) );
            params.set( "response", om.convertValue( response, ObjectNode.class ) );
            params.put( "sessionKey", sessionKey );
            params.put( "accountId", accountId );
            params.put( "ddrRecordId", ddrRecordId );
            params.put( "isSuccessful", isSuccessful );

            try {
                URI url = getLoggerAgentURL();
                call( url, "createLog", params );
            } catch(IOException e) {
                log.warning("Failed to create log e: ");
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    public ArrayList<HttpLog> getLogs(@Name("id") @Optional String logId, @Name("accountId") String accountId,
            @Name("sessionKeys") @Optional Collection<String> sessionKeys,
            @Name("ddrRecordId") @Optional String ddrRecordId) throws Exception {

        return getLoggerAgentInterface().getLogs(logId, accountId, sessionKeys, ddrRecordId);
    }

    public void deleteLogs(@Name("id") String logId, @Name("accountId") String accountId) {

        getLoggerAgentInterface().deleteLogs(logId, accountId);
    }

    private LoggerAgentInterface getLoggerAgentInterface() {

        URI url = getLoggerAgentURL();
        if (url != null) {
            return createAgentProxy(url, LoggerAgentInterface.class);
        }
        log.warning( "No logger agent url found!" );
        return null;
    }

    private URI getLoggerAgentURL() {
        String url = getConfig().get("environment", EnvironmentUtil.getEnvironment(), "http_logger_agent_url");
        if (url != null) {
            return URI.create(url);
        }
        log.warning( "No logger agent url found!" );
        return null;
    }
}

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Boyd F. Griffith
GRIFFITH, Boyd F., who is successfully engaged in farming and dairying three-quarters of a mile west of Bushnell, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Canton, Ill., in the year 1861, a son of John L. Griffith, a native of Pennsylvania. After his school days in Bushnell were over and he had reached years of maturity, Mr. Griffith went on the road as a traveling salesman, in which occupation he continued until 1884. He then moved to his present farm, where he has since carried on general farming and stock-raising in a successful manner. In 1896, Mr. Griffith started the dairy business, supplying milk to customers in Bushnell. He has since enlarged his dairy and now keeps twenty-five head of milch cows. At the present time he furnishes milk on contract for delivery in town.
The subject of this sketch was united in marriage on November 29, 1893, with Hattie Lewis, who was born in Mt. Sterling, Ill. This union has resulted in two children, Harry and Glenna. Mr. Griffith is an energetic and painstaking farmer, who carries on his work with intelligent method, and bears the reputation of being a thrifty and prosperous man. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the M. W. A. and Red Men.
Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McDonough County, compiled by Dr. Newton Bateman, and Paul Shelby, 1907, volume 2, page 888, extracted 04 Jan 2019 by Norma Hass.


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Home News Why the Freemium Model is the Best Option for New App Developers(2019)
So you've been working really hard for the past few months. You're ready distribute your app on Google Play or Apple's App Store.
After testing the waters and making sure that everything is working as intended, it's now time to decide how you're going to make money off your app.
As a developer, you really only have two choices.
The first option is to sell your app for a fixed price.
If you're doing this, you have to make sure that your app is good enough to justify its price. From the get-go, your app has to be a premium product.
Paid apps are usually reserved for developers who already have a portfolio of successful products.
A developer's previous apps are usually used as a reference to determine if his next app is worth its price.
The second option is to offer your app for free. Instead of making money from an upfront payment, free apps make money through the use of in-app advertisements or micro-transactions.
While free apps generate less money on the first month of its launch compared to paid apps, the shelf-life of a free app is generally longer.
Free apps are also a lot more accessible. Both of these facts factor in to the success of free-to-download apps.
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Offering your app for free guarantees that it can reach a wider audience. Making your app free enables more people to try out your product.
Because your app has access to more users, your app starts to indirectly market itself the moment someone downloads it.
Most developers make use of social media to market their apps.
When a person downloads an app, that person's friends can be notified of the download through Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites.
Free apps have an easier time going viral because downloading them is as easy as pressing the download button. Users don't have to hesitate if they should pick up their credit card or not.
Because of this, free apps will always have a bigger presence on sites like Facebook or Twitter.
With constant updates in social networking sites, and continuous downloads in app stores, free apps are guaranteed to continue being relevant even months after their launch.
Most of the biggest-selling apps are free
In fact, the most successful and viral apps on the internet are still, to this day free to download. These include popular franchises like Temple Run, Angry Birds and Subway Surfers.
Developers who originally only published paid apps have also taken notice of this craze.
"Plants vs Zombies" was originally a game sold for an upfront payment, but its sequel "Plants vs Zombies 2: It's About Time" resorted to a free-to-play, micro-transaction based business model.
This helped the sequel surpass the lifetime downloads of the first game just months after its launch.
For would-be app developers, the free app model is preferable because of reduced risks and an indirect increase in marketability and social media presence.
When users purchase a paid app, they expect a premium and flawless product.
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The 10 digital products you can sell online(2019)


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Hertha Feiler (ur. 3 sierpnia 1916 w Wiedniu zm. 1 listopada 1970 w Monachium) – austriacka aktorka teatralna i filmowa pochodzenia żydowskiego. Była żoną aktora i reżysera Heinza Rühmanna, z którym zagrała w kilku filmach.

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Hertha Feiler była córką inżyniera. W młodości chciała zostać pianistką, jednak zapalenie ścięgien uniemożliwiło jej to i zaczęła uczyć się aktorstwa. Zadebiutowała na wiedeńskiej scenie w 1936 roku a rok później w filmie Liebling der Matrosen. Podczas kręcenia filmu Wiele kłamstw (1938) zakochała się w Heinzie Rühmannie, reżyserze filmu. Pobrali się 1 lipca 1939 roku. Ich syn Peter Rühmann urodził się 7 czerwca 1942 roku. Zgodnie z prawem rasowym Hertha została uznana za "ćwierć Żyda". Jednak małżeństwo Rühmann cieszyło się dobrą reputacją, a Heinz był ulubionym aktorem Adolfa Hitlera i jego ministra propagandy Josepha Goebbelsa, co chroniło ich przed atakami rasistowskimi. Oboje aktorzy pracowali za specjalnym pozwoleniem.
Po zakończeniu wojny Feiler występowała w teatrze a potem pracowała w firmie produkcyjnej Comedia założonej przez Rühmanna, która po wielu niepowodzeniach zbankrutowała. Po raz ostatni wystąpiła w filmie Die Ente klingelt um ½ 8 (1968). Wycofała się z powodu choroby na raka. Zmarła 2 listopada 1970 roku w wieku zaledwie 54 lat. Pochowana została na cmentarzu Waldfriedhof Grünwald koło Monachium.

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Linki zewnętrzne

  Hertha Feiler w Filmportal.de
 Hertha Feiler w Virtual History

Austriackie aktorki filmowe
Austriackie aktorki teatralne
Ludzie urodzeni w Wiedniu
Ludzie związani z Wiedniem
Urodzeni w 1916
Zmarli w 1970

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Who Is Black Cat? Everything to Know About the 'Spider-Man' DLC Antagonist
By Corey Plante
Filed Under Entertainment, Comics & PS4
If your knowledge of Spider-Man only comes from the various live-action movies, the latest update to Spidey's PS4-exclusive video game) may come as a surprise. The new DLC introduces Black Cat, a fan favorite who never made it into any of the films.
So who is Felicia Hardy, AKA the Black Cat? Here's what you need to know. Here's what you need to know.
Created by Marv Wolfman in 1979, Black Cat was originally intended as a dark foil to Spider-Woman, but when Wolfman began working on the Spider-Man comic instead, he brought the character with him. Black Cat first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 and has seen some changes over the years.
As a feline-themed cat burglar, Black Cat is ostensibly Marvel's answer to Catwoman. MAs a feline-themed cat burglar, Black Cat is ostensibly Marvel's answer to Catwoman. Much like her DC Comics counterpart, Felicia Hardy has served as a villain, anti-hero, sidekick, and lover to the principal male hero. Other than his relationships with Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, the man behind the mask's other important romance is with Hardy. But it's complicated by the fact that she's more interested in Spider-Man than she is the man behind the mask.
Black Cat has a much more practical costume in 'Spider-Man' for PS4.
In most iterations, Hardy doesn't start out with any superpowers. Instead, and uses high-tech gadgets and athletic skills to steal artifacts and jewels.
Over the years, Hardy's also acquired luck-altering powers similar to that of Domino and even cat powers such as heightened agility and the ability to see in the dark. Her first appearance came with the title "Never Let the Black Cat Cross Your Path!" because she was able to influence Spider-Man by giving him bad luck that caused him to trip.
In other cases, like Spider-Man: The Animated Series from the 1990s, an experiment conducted by Kingpin on Felicia Hardy with the Captain America super-soldier serum gives her similar powers to Cap's. But she's also able to transform in and out of a superpowered form that changes her hair color for some reason.
So far, it seems like the the Spider-Man video game video game's Black Cat is a more realistic non-powered version of the character. Whether or not that's the case, the new DLC will likely delve into her personal history with Spider-Man. The base game offered plenty of hints that Spider-Man and Black Cat have been romantically involved in the past. It's also implied that they were crimefighting partners before she went back to her thieving ways and left New York City, but not before Spider-Man confronted her and confiscated her costume and gear.
Black Cat often flirts with Spider-Man, but she's less interested in Peter Parker.
Spider-Man for PS4 includes a lengthy side quest that teases Black Cat's return, but we don't actually meet the feline antagonist until early in The Heist DLC when when Felicia Hardy executes a string of robberies across the city and hideses small black cat dolls in the various locations for Spidey to find. The quest culminates in the player receiving a special Spider-Man suit designed by Black Cat, but it also ends with Felicia retrieving her Black Cat costume and gear.
As a whole, Spider-Man for PS4 exploress a unique, new continuity only loosely inspired by other Spider-Man stories. So it doesn't follow any sort of pre-existing comics canon. Therefore, it's tough to predict what might happen with the character moving forward.
But in an interview with Game Informer, the game's Creative Director Bryan Intihar hinted at a number of surprises in the first major expansion.
"I think it's a very self-contained story that does a really great job with Black Cat," said Inithar. "Black Cat's performance is great, and we do some twists and turns I don't think people will expect with the character. There's a lot of great humor in there — some really fun missions that build upon what we already did and even some missions that I think I was like 'oh I wish we thought of this for [the main game].'"
Considering the flirtatious dynamic between Black Cat and Spider-Man, introducing Hardy before Peter and MJ got back together might've made for a much more dramatic and fun story to tell. Maybe that's what Inithar means when he talks about wishing they'd thought of something for the main game? We can only hope
Spider-Man: The Heist will be released for PS4 on Tuesday, October 23,, with Turf Wars due out in November and Silver Lining in December.
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The Australian and New South Wales governments have committed to completing the Pacific Highway upgrade by 2020. Since December last year, 65 kilometres of new four lane divided road has opened to traffic between Hexham and the Queensland border. By December 2017, an additional 83 kilometres of four lane divided road will progressively open to traffic, weather permitting. Recently, 22 kilometres of new four lane divided highway was opened to traffic between Nambucca Heads and Urunga. The upgrade included building 37 bridges, two new interchanges and an upgrade of the existing Waterfall Way interchange at Raleigh. As of December 2016, 459 kilometres of Pacific Highway upgrade is now four lane divided road and about 148 kilometres are being built. About 70 per cent of the final 657 kilometre highway is now four lane divided road. The remaining 57 kilometres of the 105 kilometre highway upgrade between Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour is expected to progressively open to traffic in 2017, weather permitting.
The project is being delivered in two sections – from the Oxley Highway to Kundabung and from Kundabung to Kempsey. Early work has been completed at the Sancrox interchange. In December, we expect all highway traffic to be moved on to the new southbound carriageway between Ravenswood Road and South Kempsey interchange. This traffic change allows all highway traffic to travel on the new upgraded lanes for a total of about 19 kilometres between the Oxley Highway and Kempsey.
The $820 million project involves upgrading 23 kilometres of highway. The project includes building 23 bridges with major river crossings over the Hastings and Wilson rivers and interchanges at Sancrox Road, Blackmans Point Road and Haydons Wharf Road. The project is about 68 per cent complete and expected to open to traffic in late 2017, weather permitting.
The new 261 metre bridge over Fernbank Creek has progressed well over the past few months with all of the 90 bridge girders now installed and concrete bridge decks poured. Finishing work and pouring of the concrete barriers continues. The new bridge will open when the highway upgrade is open to traffic.
bridges will open when the highway upgrade is open to traffic.
In September, traffic moved from the existing highway onto the southern bridge of the new Blackmans Point Road interchange. This traffic change allows building work to continue on the new dual carriageway highway beneath the interchange. A temporary access to Blackmans Point Road has also been provided using the northern bridge of the interchange. These traffic changes will remain in place until the project opens to traffic.
Concrete paving is progressing well across the project with about 50% per cent complete. In October, traffic moved on to the new section of northbound carriageway between the Oxley Highway and Fernbank Creek to allow building work on the new southbound carriageway to start. Paving work continues to progress on the northbound carriageway at the northern end of the project between Haydons Wharf Road and Barrys Creek.


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Louisiana Doctors Note One COVID Side Effect is a Growing Concern
Bruce Mikells Published: November 29, 2021
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It is true, you never miss something until it's gone. Now, usually, we're talking about missing items like car keys, baseball cards, or people from a previous relationship. But in this particular case, we are raising concerns voiced by many Louisiana based physicians concerning COVID-19.
Many of you are aware that one of the leading indicators of a COVID diagnosis is the loss of taste and the loss of smell. It is thought that those sensory perceptions are only lost temporarily because of the virus. But now, there are concerns that in some people the loss of smell, in particular, can be quite long-lasting.
Dr Kevin McLaughlin a professor of Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans recently told the Louisiana Radio Network that most people do recover their sense of smell in a week or two. However, there are cases reported where patients have not regained their sense of smell for three or four months. The possibility that some of these patients will never have use of that sense again is a real possibility.
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One aspect of having your sense of smell diminished is how that sense affects your ability to taste things. As a resident of Louisiana not being able to fully enjoy our amazing food would be a most unfortunate result but there are far bigger concerns that trump being able to enjoy your red beans and rice.
Health experts warn that the loss of smell in some patients could lead to other issues. Namely the sense of smell is very important in detecting natural gas leaks or being able to detect smoke in the event of a fire. One health care professional even suggested that the inability to smell could lead to the ingestion of spoiled food which could lead to an entirely different set of health issues.
Many experts suggest that if you have experienced a loss of smell due to COVID, and even if that sense has returned, it's still a good idea to equip your home with a CO2 detector and to be very cognizant of expiration dates on food.
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While all of this sounds particularly concerning, I do think the loss of smell, known as anosmia, is a far better outcome than what some COVID patients have experienced when their sense of smell returns. That malady is known as dysosmia. In instances of that people do regain their ability to smell but the smells will be distorted. In some cases, patients reported flowers smell of dirty diapers or wet dogs.
Now there are ways to protect yourself from this and many of the other side effects of COVID-19. Doctors suggest that you get vaccinated and arrange to have your COVID booster shot when necessary.
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So you want creative ideas for your project. There is a thread in CE Labs which talks about CE Messenger. Since you are a java geek  , you should think about it!
Java geek? then you can make programs for mobile phones?
once you start the app your credit will be recharged without you paying anything.
I know it's too hard to hack that control room but by some way we enter & leave it with their permission, if you buy a recharge card you will type the key on the card and they reply by telling you this number is right, all this operations are transmitted as microwave, what I'm saying is make a program that send the same codes via microwave to trick the control room.
this is just a pure idea I didnt do any studies for it.
Nice concept. I think the recharge procedure varies for service providers in different countries. In India, the user must enter a custom code to recharge the connection.


Peek, Peak and Pique. Know the Difference!
As CEO of StyleBlueprint, Liza also regularly writes for SB. Most of her writing is now found in the recipe archives as cooking is her stress relief!
Peak, peek and pique: these words are called homophones—words that sound the same, but may be spelled differently and have different meanings. And they seem to confuse a lot of people by what I see daily on social media.
That said, I remember writing something for StyleBlueprint years ago, and I incorrectly used "peak." It was supposed to be "pique." We missed it, and I was embarrassed. A reader commented, and I hurried to get back to my computer and get that blinking, neon sign of a typo corrected! Red faced. How had I missed that? Well, it's the same way we make most typos: our brains and our hands sometimes just aren't in sync. I mean, we're all smart people, right? But I will say that after seeing the prevalent incorrect use of peak/peek/pique over the past few weeks, and one by someone who is part of a major Southern publication on social media (OUCH!), I feel the need to share the way I remember which is which.
I made up all these mnemonic devices when I was a kid, and they've stayed with me. I promise that they still pop into my mind when I write. For the whole peek/peak/pique usage, if you remember these clues, you'll never get it wrong again, unless you have brain drain like I did when I published my mistake right here. Hopefully, yours won't be published … I'm still embarrassed!
The peak of a mountain. Peak usage. Peak fares. A widow's peak. So the pointed top of something, right? I remember this because this way of writing "peak" has an "a." And an "a" capitalized looks like the peak of a mountain: A.
To cause interest: "Her curiosity was piqued." Or to feel irritated: "After a moment of pique, I was able to catch my breath and answer in a steady voice." In both instances, what I came up with as a kid and still pops to the front of my mind today is this is "fancy pique." Use the fancy way of spelling it! Totally lame, I know. But it worked for me then and still does today. Another one would be to think when curiosity or interest is piqued, I want to ask a question, and "pique" ends with "que," which starts "question." Someone told me that one along the way, and it's a good one, as well.
Now, please stop tweeting, updating Facebook and writing under your Instagram photo the wrong one. This oftentimes laborious English language deserves better!


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Q: Show that $f$ is differentiable.
If $f:\mathbb{R}^{m}-\lbrace 0 \rbrace \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is defined by $f(x) = |x|^{a}$, with $a \in \mathbb{R}$, then $df(x).v=a|x|^{a-2}a\langle x,v\rangle$ for all $v \in \mathbb{R}^{m}$.

$|.|$ is euclidian norm.
I tried writte:
$$f(x+h) - f(x) - a|x|^{a-2}a\langle x,h\rangle = r(h)$$
and show that $\displaystyle \lim_{h\to 0}\frac{r(h)}{|h|} = 0$. But,I could not find the correct manipulation for this.
Does this work? Any hint? Thank for the advance!
UPDATING
I still cannot use grad... this will be set later!

A: The partial derivatives of $f$ all exist and are continuous away from the origin, so $f$ is differentiable away from the origin and its gradient is given by
$ df(x) = [\partial_1 f(x), \ldots, \partial_m f(x)]$. These are easy to compute:
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_k}(x) =  \frac{\partial}{\partial x_k} \left( x_1^2 + \cdots + x_m^2 \right)^{a/2} = \frac a2 \left( x_1^2 + \cdots + x_m^2 \right)^{a/2-1}2x_k = a |x|^{a-2} x_k$$
so that
$$df(x) = a |x|^{a-2} [x_1,\ldots,x_m].$$

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Home News Breaking News Hurricane Dorian's impact: 'It gets worse every day'
Hurricane Dorian's impact: 'It gets worse every day'
In the U.S., as Dorian moves northward, its greatest impacts will be felt across parts of the eastern Carolinas later Wednesday through Friday.
Volunteers walk under the wind and rain from Hurricane Dorian through a flooded road as they work to rescue families near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The storm's punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters devastated thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
AccuWeather Global Weather Center – Hurricane Dorian is coming – and going – with growing concerns about its impact from people along the entire length of its path.
In the Bahamas, the reality of what Dorian delivered will soon be discovered as the storm weakened Tuesday and was moving north-northwest along the southeastern coast of the United States on Wednesday morning.
"We can expect more deaths to be recorded," said Bahama Prime Minister Hubert Minnis on Tuesday at a press briefing where he confirmed just seven deaths so far. "Our priority at this time is search, rescue and recovery … We are in the midst of one of the greatest national crises in our country's history."
The stories of human suffering and along with the aerial images of the widespread damage underscored the prime minister's remarks about the long road ahead his island nation is facing.
Jessica Mullen of Hope Town in Elbow Cay gave a video tour of the destruction her home suffered in a post on Facebook. Rain was still falling and wind gusts were still whipping as Mullen captured the hellish scene on her smartphone.
She chronicled the most harrowing moments, recalling how she and her family ran from room to room, seeking the strongest place for shelter before eventually riding out the brunt of Dorian's wrath in a small closet.
"Every room in this house has the windows blown out," except for one, she said. "This is insane," an overwhelmed Mullen marveled as she surveyed the wreckage all around her, furniture and debris tossed around like children's toys.
The devastation in Freeport on Grand Bahama Island particularly struck veteran CNN reporter Patrick Oppmann, who said, "There are believed to be hundreds of people out there waiting to be rescued …. It gets worse every day. Usually after a hurricane, things start to get better. Here, things are continuing to get worse."
Oppmann spoke with Freeport resident Howard Armstrong, whose wife died while the pair battled against the storm. "My poor little wife got hypothermia and she was standing on top of the kitchen cabinets until they just disintegrated. And then I kept with her and she just drowned on me," Armstrong says.
In the U.S., as Dorian moves northward, its greatest impacts will be felt across parts of the eastern Carolinas later Wednesday through Friday, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. While remaining just offshore much of the time, a landfall is possible along the North Carolina coastline Thursday night or early Friday morning. The most likely landfall locations include from Cape Fear, North Carolina,to Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and the Outer Banks as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.
Damaging winds, moderate flooding and storm surge are expected along the southeastern U.S. coast; as a result, Dorian's impact is projected to be a 2 on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes.
"Even though Dorian is forecast to gradually lose intensity near the eye, the hurricane will gradually grow in girth in the coming days," said AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski.
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What about RTC for pokemon games? How to handle it?
So I think I found a trick. If you power off in software, without using the mechanical switch, then the RTC is not reset. Pressing LEFT powers it ON again, and the RTC time will be correct.
However right now the RTC drifts quite a lot, about 10 minutes every hour or so. I didn't look into it yet.
Hello. Do you know about usb boot tool for ingenic which seems to work with RS-90? If you turn it on with usb connection and A button held it will show as JZ4750 USB Boot Device. You can get some test config for the tool, the tool manual and a the driver. I wonder if this means that it's possible to flash and run kernel without using UART and soldering. Also it seems that the tool allows to upload and run code on the go (see manual 'load' and 'go' commands). PS If you have any problems downloading the files just ask me and I'll reupload them on any service. PPS Also starting it with Start button will show internal flash and allow you to change internal games.
Can you reupload the driver ?
Thanks, but I know about all of that already. I just don't want to use any of that outdated crap.
Thanks! But I wouldn't call it "utter crap". Just like any piece of hardware, it has a performance limit, and the real game is to cope with it. Besides, I think its CPU is more than enough for what it was designed to be, a small handheld for GBA emulation, GameBoy, and maybe NES/SMS/PC Engine.
The IPU supports RGB input starting from the JZ4760 I think, so it's not available here.
Amazing work, well done to all of you!
Absolute heroes all of you!! May I ask if the hack also works on the RS-12 machine? I hope so since it's basically the same device in a different form factor AFAIK.
None of us have a RS-12. Most of the drivers will work, but the parts that are RS-90 specific will need to be modified to fit the RS-12. Mainly GPIO and pin configuration, but also LCD panel configuration. Unless the RS-12 is really just an exact clone of the RS-90 in a different form factor.
What about something that force you to set date and time on every boot?
Congratulations to all of you who do this incredible work. From Brazil, rooting for more success!
I know it's kind of rude to ask devs when their work is coming out, but how has it been going so far? I am a little bit saddened by the (in my opinion) long gaps between posts here. My Retromini has been sitting in my bag practically since I got it, and a CFW would be a huge breath of fresh air. No matter what happens, thank you for your help in this community.
2 weeks is not really a long gap of posts so things are relatively early. Things are still being worked worked on of course. We just have to wait, I rather have a working product than a rushed out sloppy software.
There's nothing to be sad yet. At least we know it's coming and the excitement is real. We'll hopefully hear from the devs as they progress throughout the project.
Discussion happens on IRC: #opendingux on Freenode.
Hi pcerceui its jutleys i would like you zear to come to my discord channel i have a rs90 channel maybe we can help each other to get cfw for rs90 we have a few devs on board. you can join on the link below be nice to see you guys again from the good old GCW days :) your find me as bittboy on the channel i am the owner :) we have a GCW channel too whatever you want.
Sorry I don't use Discord, I prefer the forums and IRC.
an i sugest gmenu2x and use my dekui theme i can readjust it for the screen size.
Hi i have made a theme for the RS90 for toy most of it is from the good old days of the Dingoo A320 the Dekui i have resized the wallpapers to fit the RS90 screen theme i have kept it alive all this time i hope you can consider using it on your firmware thanks.
They're really keeping things quiet for this CFW. They just need to work out some likes still like the GUI and a proper installer.


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The Big O (The Biggu Ō)
Comprised of two seasons and 26 episodes, The Big O is a show that wears its influences on its very large sleeve. It is Batman with giant robots and a film noir style of storytelling. The first thirteen episodes are very episodic in nature with only a few ties to each following and previous episode. The final thirteen episodes have a more over-arching story that tries to answer all the questions from season one while posing a few more that might or might not be answered in the final episode.
I really love this show, but it is not for everyone. There is a lot of talking in this show and it is the talking that drives the story. Sure, there is action, but it's the narration and characterization that really make the show worth watching.
Now let me get to the actual story (such as I understand it)...
40 years ago an event took place that caused people in Paradigm City to lose their memories. Since that fateful day people do what they can to get by with technology they don't fully understand or they choose to shun the technology and live off the land (since the land is largely shit they basically live in poverty). At the center of the story is Roger Smith, a negotiator who provides services for people in need when he can. Roger is our Bruce Wayne character, but his alter ego is not a bat suit but a large robot (called "megadeus") named "The Big O." Roger doesn't understand how or why he can pilot The Big O so well, but there is some sort of strange connection between the two that kind of gets explored.
Later on in the series Roger Smith suffers from strange recurring visions that might or might not be memories. Since memories are something that no one seems to have, it is difficult to say what memories actually are in Paradigm City. But Roger sees an apocalypse happening, fire everywhere, and megadeuses destroying everything or possibly fighting to keep everything from being destroyed...
But what does this have to do with Roger? Why does he see this?
All the while a corrupt politician named Alex Rosewater is planning on becoming Paradigm City's new God and he plans on re-creating the event from 40 years ago.
Honestly, there are not many answers by the end of the series. What exactly happened 40 years ago is never totally explained and what happens at the absolute end of the series sort of takes The Truman Show, The Matrix, and a big ole bag of "what the fuck just happened?" and places it all into a blender and serves it to us. I've seen the show multiple times and I can sort of figure it out, but there is no definite "this is what it all means" moment.
A third season really might have helped, but the second season didn't get good enough ratings to warrant one, I guess. Hell, I'd settle for an OVA (original video animation aka an anime feature) to at least tie some of the unresolved issues together.
Final Note: Steve Blum is one of my favorite voice actors and he is perfect for Roger Smith; I could listen to that guy read the dictionary and be reasonably entertained by it. And hearing his Cowboy Bebop co-star Wendee Lee as the strange woman named Angel is a real treat, too.
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Catching Up On Anime - Reviews Galore
Okay, I don't have time to go into in depth reviews of each shows I have viewed (or re-viewed) so I'm sort of crunching them up into one brief entry.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - This series is fantastic. With weird-looking monsters, pseudo-religious tones and images, giant robots that live on blood, and a very controversial ending this show has just about something for everyone. This show is stark and at times very depressing. There is very little fan service in terms of cleavage, but there fight scenes between the robots and the "angels" are normally very good. You can tell that the budget was being cut in the end because scenes got a bit too long and the last two episodes were probably made on a shoe-string budget. I believe the final episodes work, but it won't leave you feeling like you got the ending you wanted. In fact, the creators of the show thought the same and created The End of Evangelion just to soothe their fans and themselves. But the final two episodes aren't really bad; they are just very different.
Blue Gender - This sci-fi/horror show is comprised of 26 episodes like many other anime shows. The English voice talents include many folks from Dragonball Z, but this show is quite a bit more graphic and it's a bit of an adjustment to hear voices from my childhood in a more adult show. There are sex scenes and nudity and plenty of gore. Some say the final third of the show is when it falls apart, but I beg to differ. This show stays solid throughout and the ending is really good, if not slightly head-scratching. The series also comes with the movie, but the movie is essentially an inferior re-telling of the series.
Samurai Champloo - Cowboy Bebop took the space western and film noir genres and combined 'em with a jazz soundtrack with amazing results. Samurai Champloo combines hip hop with samurai action and pseudo-historical references. You can tell the same guy is the mastermind of both shows, but they are vastly different. Steve Blum voices the main character in both English versions of the shows and that can be a bit jarring because there's just no way you cannot think about Cowboy Bebop as you watch this show, but this show really does stand-up. Personally, I can't stand the opening song because I am not a fan of hip-hop, but the show itself is quite good.
School Days - This show is only twelve episodes long and you will hate every single character. Yup, every single one. This show begins as a light romantic comedy, but gradually turns into something much more disturbing. By the end you will wonder just what you fucking watched. This show will make Fatal Attraction look like The Wizard of Oz. This show is only available in Japanese as far as I know, but I'd be willing to watch an English dub.
Just a word of warning... the last episode is violent. So violent that when a young girl in Japan killed her own father with a machete the last episode's showing date was pushed back. Again, things don't stay light and fluffy for long on this show.
Higurashi- When They Cry - This show is fucked up. There's just no other way to put it. You ever see The Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network? Well, imagine a Powerpuff Girl carrying a bloody machete and swinging it at you. Yeah, the characters may look cute and some parts of this show are downright funny, but other parts are downright depressing and fucking disturbing. This show is 26 episodes and it is sort of like Groundhog Day in that the events play over and over again but with very different results depending on what choices are made and by what characters. I think there are a total of six or seven segments and each one tells you just a bit more even though events are different. By the end you'll know why everything is happening , but not just how or when. It is head-scratching and the violence is extreme, but it is a good time to be had if you have the stomach for it. There are sequel seasons to this show, but none of them are in English. The collection I ordered was from the UK because the US version on Amazon is fucking expensive. I'd love for the sequels to this series to become more readily available in the US because I want to figure out all the unanswered questions.
And... F.Y.I. - This show actually gave me nightmares.
**Consider Samurai Champloo and Neon Genesis Evangelion in the Blog House Catalog of Greatness.
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The Expendables 2 (2012) - A Review
I love action movies. I've got the Missing in Action trilogy on DVD, I've seen all of the Rambo movies multiple times, and I'll continue to swear up and down that Last Action Hero unfairly gets a bad rep.
So when we first heard about The Expendables, my brother and I were excited. Stallone, Statham, Li, Schwarzenegger, Rourke, Lundgren, and Willis all in one movie? Any fan of action cannot say no. The movie was pretty brainless, but we were watching this movie because of the actors and the homage they were paying to days gone by when action movies could just be action movies.
So when we heard about The Expendables 2 we decided we would see it in the theaters and yesterday we did just that.
Is the movie more of the same? Well, yes. But in the world of action movies this is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a great thing. This ain't Shakespeare, after all.
Rourke is gone from the cast in this movie, but this time Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme are brought into the fold. Schwarzenegger and Willis are also given slightly bigger roles in this one while Jet Li's role is essentially reduced to an extended cameo, but it is a bad-ass cameo.
In fact, the first fifteen minutes of the movies is one long bad-ass action scene full of enough explosions to make you wonder how the hell the movie could possibly last another hour without all of the main characters being killed.
Is the movie cheesy? You bet! The first scene in which Chuck Norris appears is brilliant. Tanks explode, people get slaughtered, and then Norris comes walking out of the smoke looking completely unharmed and bad-ass. You don't even care what his character's name is. (Hell, I don't remember half of the character names from this movie.) You just know that Chuck Norris is on the scene and that's all you need. Norris even makes a Chuck Norris joke. Talk about awesome.
In the movie when Schwarzenegger and Willis are being pinned down by a bunch of gunmen and their exchange goes something like this:
Arnold: "I'll be back."
Bruce: "You've been back enough. I'll be back."
Then Bruce Willis runs across the field of fire and Arnold whispers: "Yippee Ki Yay..."
Lay on the cheese because this is exactly what we came to see.
So I loved the movie. I think I liked it even more than the first one and I am eagerly waiting for a third. I'd love to see Steven Seagal, Kurt Russell, Wesley Snipes, Michael Biehn, and Nicholas Cage involved. Jackie Chan, too. And what about Eastwood and Ford? Let everyone in, by God.
Come Sly, let's see The Expendables 3.
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Root canal treatment seems to be one of the most feared and misunderstood dental treatment available. I thought i would provide a guide to root canal treatment, outlining what it is, why you might need it and alternative treatments. This may give you a better understanding of the treatment and possibly correct a few myths.
The tooth that you feel and see in your mouth is only the tip of the iceberg. Underneath the gum, the tooth extends for about another 1.5cm in the form of the root. This root has a tunnel running through its entire length, from the tip of the root, up into the tooth itself. This is the root canal. This tunnel is where the tooth's nerve and blood supply enters from the surrounding jaw bone. The nerve and blood vessels enter into the pulp chamber in the tooth. This chamber is a larger space which houses the nerve and blood supply in the middle of the tooth. Occasionally this nerve and blood supply is "killed off" or inflamed. This is most commonly caused by deep decay. When deep decay becomes close to this pulp chamber, the bacteria and their toxins can invade the pulp chamber. This causes massive inflammation of the nerve and blood vessels, which you feel as toothache. If this inflammation continues, the nerve and blood supply can die off, leaving the bacteria free to live in the pulp chamber and root canals. If this bacteria gets comfortable and grows in big enough numbers, an abscess can form, which again, you may feel as toothache. At this stage the only solution to keep the tooth is root canal treatment. Other reasons why a nerve dies off include trauma or deep fracture lines under old fillings.
Root canal treatment is the process of cleaning the pulp chamber and root canals, then blocking them up with a rubber based filling material called Gutta Percha, to prevent further bacteria living in large numbers in the tooth. Sometimes it is performed on a "dead" infected tooth, and sometimes the tooth is still alive, but so inflamed that a regular filling would not settle it. This is known as "irreversible" inflammation, and essentially means the nerve and blood supply is in the process of dying off.
During root canal treatment, the decay is removed from the tooth, then the pulp chamber opened and cleaned. Then the root canals are found. These appear as very small holes in the floor of the pulp chamber and can be very challenging for dentists to find sometimes. Teeth very often have more than one root canal. An upper molar for example, most commonly has four root canals. Once the canals are found, they are cleaned thoroughly using special root canal treatment files and a strong antibacterial flush. Once the length of the root canals have been found, they are widened slightly, and then filled with Gutta Percha. The tooth can then be filled with a temporary filling and restored permanently at a later date.
The simple answer is that your dentist will tell you! If you suspect that there is a problem with your tooth, you must always go and visit your dentist. It may be that you do not need root canal treatment yet, and some other treatment may settle the problem. All too often, i find patients having root canal treatment on teeth that could have been saved with a simple filling had the patient attended earlier. So don't put off those small fillings that your dentist tells you are necessary, because they are not giving you any trouble, because when they start to give you trouble, they are probably past filling!
Root canal treatment used to be done really badly. Often i hear stories from patients about this treatment being carried out with either inadequate or no local anaesthetic. If the tooth is still alive, then obviously this would be an unpleasant experience. But don't worry. Dentists are much better trained in root canal treatment in current times and equipment and techniques have changed drastically in the past ten years.
People associate root canal treatment with pain, because often they are in pain when they need it. So the dentist who carried out the treatment in the past may have done so with the utmost of care with more than adequate local anaesthetic, but because the patient was in a great deal of pain at the start, this is the overriding memory of the treatment.
Pain or discomfort is however fairly common for a few days after the treatment. For the majority of people, this would only be mild to moderate. There are of course some individuals who respond unfavourably and may have a more severe experience in the days following the treatment. Thankfully these people are few and far between.
Can any dentist provide root canal treatment?
The short answer is yes. All dentists, as part of their undergraduate training, are qualified to provide root canal treatment. Some dentists do not like to perform this particular treatment so they may refer their patients to a colleague or to a specialist. A specialist in root canal treatment is called an Endodontist. Usually, Endodontists see the more complex cases that perhaps a general dentist does not feel comfortable to treat. An example of a complex case would be a tooth that has a severely curved or hooked root. Root canal treatment is available on the NHS, however some NHS dentists are less than keen to provide this treatment on the NHS, due to the funding they are given for this treatment and the amount of time and equipment required.
Now my tooth is root treated. What's next?
This really depends on which tooth has been root filled and what state the tooth is in after. As a general rule of thumb, if the tooth is a molar, it ought to be crowned. When teeth are root filled, they become much more brittle. As molar teeth take a lot more force during chewing, they are liable to fracturing or even splitting. If a root canal treated tooth splits, sometimes it may need to be extracted. Crowning molar teeth after root canal treatment prevents fracturing and splitting. Also if a tooth is very badly damaged and there is little enamel left, then a crown is usually the best restoration for the tooth. However, a front tooth which has minimal damage can usually just have a filling after root canal treatment.
If a tooth is infected, or irreversibly inflamed as described above, usually the only alternative to root canal treatment is extraction. It is important to understand that antibiotics will not cure an infected tooth. They will relieve a painful swelling associated with an infected tooth, but they will not remove the source of the infection in the root canals. The only way to achieve this is through root canal treatment or extraction.
If you have any questions about root canal treatment or about a tooth you feel may need root canal treatment, send our dentist a message here , an he will be happy to help with any queries.


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That's the title of one of the most recognizable holiday songs ever written. When Meredith Wilson wrote it back in 1951 it was originally called "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas" but whichever title you prefer it's more appropriate this moment in time than it was 60 years ago. Because it is. Looking like Christmas. Earlier and earlier and earlier.
Over the past 5 years retailers have started to market for the holidays earlier and earlier. More than 90 days ago you could purchase Christmas and Chanukah gift-wrap and greetings cards at major retailers. Official "Christmas sales" are becoming a thing of the past. Oh, don't worry. There'll still be sales, but they won't be as big or deep as they were, say, back in 2006. Retailers have smartened up regarding inventory control, so they're actually planning on not having a lot of surplus stock that they'd have to put on "sale" a week before Christmas.
Nah, now there's always sales, and consumers are on to that. Given an inability to create meaningful levels of retail brand differentiation and a uniformity of merchandise range on offer, what else can the retailers do? They're afraid that if they don't move merchandise now – before some other store – they'll be out a sale.
Consumers are on to all this so they've started buying earlier and earlier for the holidays. Buying patterns have changed dramatically since Wilson wrote his song. In fact, in a recent study conducted by Brand Keys, 66% of the 16,000 consumers surveyed indicated they had already begun their holiday shopping, looking for deals and sales before 'Black Friday' or 'Cyber Monday.' Sixty-percent (60%) of consumers are talking to each other and comparing prices before they check out the brand. They think "category" first, "value" secondarily, and unless you happen to be Apple or Tiffany or Chanel, "brand" comes in a distant third. With all-sales-all-the-time, it's getting harder and harder to tell when one holiday begins and another ends, but consumers don't care as long as they end up as the beneficiaries of that marketing approach.
So reports that "holiday spend will only be up by X%" may be misleading, since consumers are no longer doing their holiday shopping within the traditional 30-day "holiday period" between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but are spreading spend over a shopping interval more than 4 times that, and may be spending far more than has been reported thus far.
Charles Dickens had Ebenezer Scrooge promise, "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." Retailers are apparently doing that too.


The date of the Physics Undergraduate Graduation program coincides with the date of the University's Spring Commencement; usually the Friday before Commencement. The 2019 Graduation Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 3, 2019.
Where is the Physics commencement?
The Physics Commencement Ceremony and Reception is held in 337 and 340 West Hall.
Invitations are sent out to graduating physics students in early April.
What if I apply late for graduation?
Please stop by Physics Student Services (1440 Randall Lab; Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) or e-mail physics.sso@umich.edu to receive an invitation.
What if I graduated in December or will graduate in August?
All physics students graduating during the current academic year (Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Spring/Summer 2019) are welcome to attend the ceremony and reception.
Yes, please RSVP to Angela Sands, Undergraduate Program Coordinator at 734.936.0659 or physics.sso@umich.edu. The RSVP deadline is April 25, 2019.
How many guests are allowed per graduate?
Due to the size of our venue, seats will be limited. Each student may bring four guests. There are no tickets for our graduation program. If you require additional guest seats, please email us at physics.sso@umich.edu. We may or may not be able to accommodate requests for additional seats.
Business Casual; please no jeans. Students do not need to wear graduation cap and gown attire.
The closest public parking structure is located at the Forest Street Structure (located at South University and Forrest Street). More parking options can be found on the U-M transportation and parking website.


Will English Stop Being the Top Business Language in a Post-Brexit Europe?
ELC Blog | Will English Stop Being the Top Business Language in a Post-Brexit Europe?
In May 2017, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, made a speech in Florence, Italy, which started in English and then switched to French.
His stunt drew applause from the audience and attacks from the British Press, as well as drawing attention to an important question: in the aftermath of Brexit, will there be any reason for English to continue to be an official language of the European Union? And if it was dropped, how would this affect English as a business language in Europe and the rest of the world?
How did English become the dominant business language of Europe?
Historically, the English language has not always been the dominant business language in Europe. In the 18th century, French was the language of international law and diplomacy, and throughout the 19th and early 20th century, German was the principle language spoken. French still continues today as one of the working languages of many international bodies including FIFA and the International Olympic Committee.
When the EEC (European Economic Community) was formed in 1957, its only official languages were German and French. However, when the United Kingdom joined in 1973, English became the third official language. The biggest change came in 2004, when the European Union enlarged with the addition of Eastern Bloc countries. This move solidified English as the predominant language of day to day business in Europe, and this position has become more established each year.
Across the world, English is the official language of aviation, diplomacy, science, the media, computers and tourism. Learning English gives you a competitive edge in the job market, whether in your home country or abroad.
As well as being the official language of 53 countries and spoken by around 400 million people across the globe, English is the language of international business. In our modern, instantly connected world, multinational companies straddle all corners of the globe, whereas Brexit is mainly concerned with the relationship between Britain and Europe.
When the British Empire was at its peak, it was said that 'the sun never sets' on the Empire, and the same is true today of multinational companies today.
Business English is becoming the predominant mode of communication across companies worldwide. Airbus, Daimler-Chrysler, Fast Retailing, Nokia, Renault, Samsung, SAP, Technicolor, and Microsoft in Beijing are just some of the international companies mandating English as their official corporate language.
In 2010, Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten (a Japanese cross between Amazon and Ebay) made waves when he brought in 'Englishnization', a decree that the company's official language would be English. He had big expansion plans and believed that his employees being able to speak English for business was vital for growth.
Overnight, his 7,100 Japanese employees came to work to see their cafeteria menus in English and were told that within two years they had to demonstrate competence on an international English scoring system or risk demotion or dismissal.
Japanese business leaders were disdainful, however the policy helped Rakuten grow into an outward-looking, powerful and diverse organisation. By 2015, the average employee score on the Test of English for International Communication, or TOEIC, had reached 802.6 out of a possible 990 points, up from up 526.2 in 2010. A score above 800 indicates advanced proficiency.
"One reason behind Rakuten's success is how we are fully able to share know-how and skills on a global basis – what we call the knowledge ecosystem," Mr. Mikitani said after his company reported an operating profit of Y29.04 billion ($242 million) for the three months ended March 31 2015, a rise of 28.7% from the previous year.
Post Brexit, will English continue being the top business language in Europe?
Although Ireland proposed Gaelic as its official language in the EU, according to European Commission statistics, 93% of the Irish population would call English their mother tongue and the EU has been unable to translate all public documents into Gaelic due to a shortage of translators.
In addition, by 2014, the European Parliament had estimated that 95% of European Commission texts were drafted in English, and English was spoken almost twice as much as any other language in the European Parliament.
The number of English speakers across Europe reflects the huge investment that so many have already made in learning the language, while many international companies expect employees to be fluent in English and have invested in structured schemes to facilitate this. In several EU states, almost half the population has a 'very good' knowledge of English, with 52 percent in Malta, 44 percent in Denmark and 40 percent in Sweden.
According to a Eurobarometer study, 38 percent of EU citizens speak English as a foreign language to a working proficiency. German and French, meanwhile, are spoken to a working proficiency by just 14 percent of EU citizens. Russian and Spanish are spoken by six percent, while Italian is spoken by just three percent of non-native speakers.
So, within the structures of the European Union, as well as the wider corporate world, English will still be the dominant language of business.
Juncker's comment about the English language was also a lesson in its power. As soon as he switched to French, the majority of his European audience put on their interpretation headsets as they spoke English as a second language but not French.
After the Brexit vote, many European politicians were quick to announce that English should and would be removed from Europe, and pre-eminence returned or granted to their native languages. However, English is at the heart of the EU and businesses worldwide.
Nowhere is this reality more apparent than in education. According to a comparative study by Eurostat, 94 percent of upper secondary students in Europe learn English as a foreign language. French is second in the ranking with 23 percent, with German and Spanish coming in third and fourth at 21 and 18 percent, respectively. From a global perspective, English is the fastest-spreading language in human history and is spoken at a useful level by one in four people around the world.
Should I take a Business English course in England?
An Ipsos Mori study found 67 percent of those working in jobs that require international communication said most of their exchanges were conducted in English. Many international companies expect employees to be fluent in English, and so taking a business English course will give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
A British Council report projects that by 2020, two billion people in the world will be studying English. From a mark of the elite, it has now become a basic skill needed for a professional workforce.
By studying business English in England, you ensure that you will be learning the dominant language of business communication from expert native speaker teachers.
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