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Plant-Based Meat Consumption is on The Rise
Cade Ahlijian
Publish Date: 1/12/2022 10:07:35 AM
The consumption of plant-based meat as simply a novelty is a thing of the past. As new health and sustainability-conscious generation of people grow older and play a bigger role in the global economy, the demand for plant-based meat is quickly increasing. Concerns about the substantial greenhouse gas emissions produced by the meat industry, recognition of animal cruelty, and knowledge of the long-term health risks of traditional meat consumption are all contributing factors. In 2020, as more people embraced flexitarian, vegetarian, and vegan diets, the market value of plant-based meat worldwide grew to 6.67 billion dollars. This figure is estimated to steadily increase over the next few years and reach 16.7 billion in 2026.
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What Turkey's Currency Crisis Tells Us About Inflation
Publish Date: 11/30/2021 10:05:23 AM
Following a post-pandemic period of expansionary monetary policy, stimulus checks, and economic growth, the U.S. economy has been confronted with a new stage of high inflation. The annual rate of inflation in the U.S. hit 6.2% last month, its highest rate in more than three decades. While this has been a recent concern, it's important to note that 85% of countries in the world are experiencing higher inflation rates than usual. Perhaps most negatively affected by high inflation is Turkey; its inflation rate has reached roughly 20%, the second-highest in the world behind Argentina (52%).
The Rise of NFT's
Publish Date: 11/17/2021 9:56:00 AM
As technology continues to advance at an exponential rate and becomes increasingly intertwined with our daily lives, it should be no surprise that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are exploding in popularity and sales volumes. In fact, Global sales volumes of NFTs reached $10.7 billion in the third quarter of 2021, making an eightfold increase from the previous quarter. This magnitude of attention is eye-catching, to say the least, and it has businesses and individuals around the world taking action.
Streaming Companies are Going Global
Netflix has been considered the leader in the streaming market since its inception in the late 2000s, and its longevity of success is no mistake. While competition grows fiercer year after year and the U.S. streaming market becomes increasingly saturated, Netflix maintains the largest market share, and its success can be largely contributed to its international presence.
Retail Industry in Panic as Its Peak Season Nears
While the holiday season is still a couple of months away, retail companies are preparing to face the looming pressures of the busiest stint of the year. Early predictions show an astounding 7-9% expected increase in retail sales and an 11-15% expected increase in E-commerce sales this holiday season, but companies are wildly unprepared for this increase in demand, as they are dealing with factory closures, shipping container shortages, and labor shortages.
The Economic Impact of a Global Energy Crisis
It's no surprise that the effort to get the global economy back to its pre-pandemic efficacy would be quite challenging. The biggest current hurdle to that goal is what some are calling a global energy crisis. The supply of fossil fuels is struggling to catch up with recovering demand, causing energy prices to soar around the world, especially in the Northern Hemisphere as countries prepare for a cold winter. Many factors have contributed to this supply crunch, including European and Asian countries' recent efforts to decarbonize the economy, lack of capital to natural gas drillers, and an unexpectedly low output from Russian energy suppliers like Gazprom.
Global M&A Activity is Booming
Publish Date: 9/16/2021 2:09:19 PM
In the first eight months of 2021, global M&A activity has grossed $3.6 trillion, the highest mark at this point in the year since at least 1995, when Dealogic started keeping records. This unprecedented volume of activity has been aided by low interest rates, soaring stock prices, and executives' ability to address the imperfections in their business exposed by the pandemic. The U.S. alone accounted for $2.14 trillion worth of M&A deals this year, while Europe and the Asia-Pacific accounted for $657 billion and $620 billion, respectively. This wave of deal-making has Wall Street setting records as well, as deal advisory revenue has reached new heights for multiple investment banks. It's no surprise that Goldman Sachs is the best performing stock in the Dow this year, up 56%.
European Union Seeks to Control Artificial Intelligence
Last week, the European Union released a draft of strict regulations regarding the creation and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This 108-page document of rules and regulations aims to ban or restrict multiple "unacceptable" uses of AI, which the European Commission deems as any AI system that is considered a clear threat to the safety, livelihoods, and rights of people. This includes the use of AI in a range of activities like hiring decisions, bank lending, school enrollment selections, court decisions, and facial recognition in public places. Although the EU's proposal faces a long road before it becomes law, as it must be approved by both the European Council and European Parliament, it has profound implications for big tech and national governments around the world.
Why is this Beach Town Attracting Architects and Real Estate Investors from Around the World?
Publish Date: 4/12/2021 9:59:59 AM
Tulum, located in Quintana Roo, Mexico, is known for its modern bohemian-style atmosphere, its beautiful beaches and cenotes, and its eco-friendly nature. Just a decade ago, Tulum was relatively untouched and undeveloped, but it is now one of the fastest-growing destinations in the world for both vacations and residency. A big reason for this is the developers' strict commitment to preserving Tulum's natural beauty by building highly sustainable and environmentally friendly infrastructures. These efforts have attracted some of the world's best architecture firms and novel real estate investors alike.
China Invests Billions in Iran in Exchange for Oil—and Potentially Much More
On March 27, 2021, foreign ministers from China and Iran signed a cooperation agreement that is expected to massively stimulate Iran's economy, as well as deepen China's presence in the middle east in general. The agreement promises around $400 billion of Chinese investments to be made in multiple Iranian economic sectors like banking, telecommunications, ports, railways, and health care and information technology. In exchange, China will receive a heavily discounted supply of Iranian oil for the next 25 years. Iran's main contributors to these oil exports will likely be the government-owned National Petrochemical Company and National Iranian Oil Company.
Biden's Executive Order Set to Supercharge Semiconductor Manufacturing
Publish Date: 3/1/2021 10:08:29 AM
Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order that directs a review of supply chains that have been negatively affected due to the pandemic. The review is focused on four products—semiconductors, minerals and rare earths, pharmaceuticals, and advanced batteries. The goal of this executive order is to increase the domestic production of these products as well as increase imports from ally countries. The order mainly prioritized and placed heavy emphasis on semiconductors, as it included a $37 billion fund to dramatically increase semiconductor or "chip" manufacturing in the U.S.
Global Electric Vehicle Market Outlook
Electric vehicles have been around since the late 1800s, but they have only recently been discussed as the next big thing in the automotive industry. With increasing performance and technology improvements, government support, and lower production costs, electric vehicles are expected to have a huge impact on the industry in the coming decades.
U.S. Bans Cotton and Tomato Imports from China's Xinjiang Region
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of Northwest China, known for its vast deserts and mountains. Xinjiang is inhabited by several ethnicities, namely the Uyghur people of Turkish descent and the Han people of Chinese descent. The Uyghur and the Chinese have a long history of discord stemming from their religious differences, though it wasn't suspected that there was severe oppression against the Uyghur people from the Han until early in 2020. It is now widely believed that the Chinese government has detained up to a million Uighurs over the past few years in "re-education camps."
Will Bitcoin Revolutionize our Global Financial System?
Bitcoin, the digital currency created in 2009 by the mysterious pseudonym Satoshi Nakomoto, was known by few people on earth at its inception and was priced at less than a thousandth of a cent. It has grown to a current price of around $36,000 and is now debated as either the future of money or a worthless asset. It is an extremely unique currency in the way that it is an entirely digital token with no physical backing. It was created with the intention and ability to be a peer-to-peer technology, meaning no central authority or government can control it, making it entirely decentralized. This aspect of decentralization, along with many other unique features, have led many to believe that bitcoin could revolutionize the global financial system.
The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain
Scientists and pharmaceutical companies alike are finally nearing the ending stages of preparing a vaccine for COVID-19 for commercial use. With at least 10 vaccine candidates currently in the early phases of human testing and two candidates likely to receive FDA authorization in the coming weeks, governments and citizens worldwide are eager to begin the end of the ongoing pandemic.
How Brexit is Indirectly Improving Global Sustainability
London, the capital of the UK, was the top financial hub of the world for many years until it was surpassed by New York in 2018. This was mainly due to the financial complications that arose from Brexit, which was initialized in 2016, and will officially be set into motion on January 1st, 2021.
Two Silicon Valley Heavyweights Face Off in the Supreme Court—What's at Stake?
On October 7th, two of the U.S.' largest tech companies squared off in the Supreme Court via teleconference. Since 2005, Oracle and Google have been battling over whether common interfaces between software programs can be protected by copyright. The specific interface in question, known as an application programming interface, or API, lets certain software programs "speak" to Java programs. When Google developed the Android Smartphone over a decade ago, it used Java's API, and because Oracle now owns Java, Oracle believes it's owed money—$9billion to be exact. This has led to what some consider the copyright case of the century.
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SKT officially signs Huni and Profit
Three time world champion team SK Telecom T1 has officially signed a new top laner. SKT made the announcement through their Twitter account on Thursday, and seemed to have finalized their roster for 2017. The new tops laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon and Kim Jun-hyeong will be the line up in the top lane for SKT. […]
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Pilot confirms his joining Paris Saint-Germain's League of Legends roster
The Jin Air Green Wings' now former AD Carry has confirmed that he will be joining Paris Saint-Germain on social media. Na "Pilot" Woo-hyung officially made his transfer public through his Facebook on Wednesday, while also sharing his thanks to his former Korean team and to the fans. "Hello, this is Pilot," he wrote. "First I […]
Jin Air drops most of the roster
The Jin Air Green Wings are looking at a rebuilding as they announced they have not re-signed most of their roster. The official announcement was made through their official Facebook on Tuesday at 9PM EST, and that all the players except Kim "SoHwan" Jun-yeong, Park "Winged" Tae-jin, Park "Teddy" Jin-seong, and Lee "Kuzan" Seong-hyeok are officially […]
Jin Air Green Wings penalized again for intentional disconnect
The Jin Air Green Wings have been docked a point for a second violation of League Champions Korea's summer split guidelines for intentionally disconnecting from the game early

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Save £500 on our favourite gaming laptop, the Razer Blade 15 (2020)
By Jacob Ridley published 26 December 20
We love the Razer Blade 15, and reckon you will too.
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The Razer Blade 15 is our top pick for the best gaming laptop, so it should hardly come as a surprise that we're once again ready to hop on a great deal for this hunk of stylish aluminium.
The Razer Blade 15 Base Model is £500 off the list price for the year's Boxing Day sales, and that takes this portable PC down to £1,099.98. That'll get you the same gorgeous chassis we're so fond of, a six-core/12-thread Intel Core i7 10750H processor, and Nvidia's GTX 1660 Ti.
To put all that to good use, there's a 1080p 144Hz display, which is ample for the high refresh rates we all crave while staying well in the realms of the reasonable for that GTX 1660 Ti. Granted, it's not the fastest GPU going, but it has enough graphical grunt to keep you running smooth in many modern games.
An NVMe SSD and 16GB of dual-channel memory will keep this system snappy, too, although you might want to look to upgrading your storage capacity in the near-future. 256GB doesn't get you far by today's gaming standards.
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Razer Blade 15 Base Model | Intel i7 | GTX 1660 Ti | £1,599.99 £1,099.98 at Amazon (save £500.01)
Razer makes some delightful laptops, and the Blade 15 is our favourite gaming laptop of any of them. This 2020 Base Model has had almost a third slashed from its price and is now down to a little over a grand. For that you get a lovely 1080p, 144Hz panel, a 6-c0re, 12-thread Intel i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, a 256GB SSD, and an Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti. Okay, Cyberpunk 2077 at 144fps might be out of reach, but that will still deliver decent mobile gaming frame rates.
You might want to look to the RTX 2070 model if you're after a little more performance. And you can take £501 off the asking price at Amazon for that one, too.
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Jacob Ridley
Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog from his hometown in Wales in 2017. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things at PCGamesN, where he would later win command of the kit cupboard as hardware editor. Nowadays, as senior hardware editor at PC Gamer, he spends his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industry. When he's not writing about GPUs and CPUs, you'll find him trying to get as far away from the modern world as possible by wild camping.


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Library announces new winter hours
Winter hours in effect through February
Library announces new winter hours Winter hours in effect through February Check out this story on newsleader.com: http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/communities/2016/01/05/library-announces-new-winter-hours/78253394/
Published 12:01 a.m. ET Jan. 5, 2016
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum announces they will be open for interpretive tours of Woodrow Wilson's birthplace, self-guided tours through the museum and the period garden, and the President's Shop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday and from noon through 5 p.m. Sundays and will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday during the months of January and February. The Presidential Library will resume daily operations March 1. The archival collections remain accessible through the e-library at www.woodrowwilson.org or by appointment. For more information, call 885-0897.
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Local Faces: The Dayla Family
Business, Community, Food and Drink, Homepage, People
DAYLA & James Pettit, the 4th Generation family-owned Drinks Distributor and Wine Merchants is truly very much rooted in Wendover. It was Joseph Holland Senior who owned and ran The Red Lion Hotel, The King & Queen and former King's Head and who also ran the Wendover Maltings Brewery that established a family tradition of a lifetime in the drinks trade. He also built Wendover School (next to the Clock Tower, now domestic dwellings) was a Wine & Spirit Merchant, a Meal & Corn Merchant, ran the Masonic Lodge and somehow, along the way, found time to have 10 children.
His son, also Joseph, ran the Brewery until 1914 when he sold it to Aylesbury Brewery Company upon joining up to serve in the First World War. On his return, on 1st May 1919, he bought North & Randall Limited, a Mineral Water Manufacturer at the foot of the High Street in Aylesbury. Joe ran the business with his sister Miss Ellen (Nellie) Holland and was joined in 1948 by his son-in-law Richard (Dick) Cooper who then went on to build the well-known Soft Drinks range under the name of DAYLA following a highly successful national launch back in the 1960s of an iconic soft drink from South Africa called HUBBLY BUBBLY. The name DAYLA actually stands for (D)ick's (AYL)esbury (A)gency. Joseph Holland was also Mayor of Aylesbury.
Today, 100 years on from when Joe bought it, DAYLA & James Pettit is an award-winning £35million business with a portfolio of more than 4500 products across all types of drinks, serving over 2000 Pubs, Clubs, Bars, Restaurants and Hotels across the Home Counties, and beyond. Today Joe's family are all still very much in evidence.
At the helm is his grandson Tim Cooper, Managing Director, who in turn is joined by his own sister and brother-in-law Sue and Pete Lapham. The next generation are firmly installed with Tim's son Daniel as Commercial Director, Kaz his daughter as Head of Design and from the Lapham stable, James Lapham (Sue & Pete's son) IT & Finance Director with Sarah Lapham, their other son Chris`s wife, assisting behind the scenes on many special projects. So the family dynasty still very much carries on from the days when Tim and Sue's parents, Dick and Pat Cooper, together with Pat's sister, Joan Macmillan, established the business on a very firm footing, thereby allowing it to grow into the all-round drinks operation that it is today, supporting many local causes and events, since Wendover and the surrounding areas have been so important to the company's success.
There is never a dull moment in this family operation with new business coming on stream all the time and an ever evolving portfolio of World Beers and Cask Ales, Craft Beer, Wines, Premium Spirits and of course Soft Drinks. In addition, there is also James Pettit which is the wine arm of DAYLA and was formerly owned by Aylesbury Brewery Company. DAYLA has grown both organically and through a number of acquisitions, though never lost its family principles and even today from the 110 staff there are a further 11 families working within the business giving it such a unique and special flavour. Working with more than 120 Suppliers means that life is never quiet at DAYLA and with the emergence of different drinking trends, they have to be ahead of the game and identify the next new taste . . . GIN has been massive and its popularity continues to grow. DAYLA now carries more than 300 Gin Brands with Rum being tipped as the next big winner. Low and Non-Alcoholic Drinks are also gaining momentum with some great tasting beers making impressive headway.
So what next, we ask? Well independence is very much at the core of this family business with DAYLA being very much a way of life for them all, rather than being regarded as a job of work. It will continue to offer a forever changing range of quality drinks and added value services. The Family already have a number of ideas for the next chapter, but very much at the cutting edge of the drinks world . . . so no resting on its laurels. And today the DAYLA family still lives in Wendover and frankly couldn`t imagine being anywhere else!! The late Richard Cooper OBE (Mr DAYLA) would have delighted in continuing to quote his own special catchphrase HAVE A NICE DAYLA!!
Harvest Festival held by the Holland family
DAYLA anniversary cake
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Roger to be juror of the 2017 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.
Roger is delighted to announce his participation as a juror on the prestigious 2017 GPHG. The full composition of the jury has now been formally announced on their website: www.gphg.org.
Created in 2001, and overseen since 2011 by a foundation recognised as a public interest organisation, the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève is intended to highlight and annually reward the most remarkable watchmaking creations in order to contribute to enhancing the worldwide reputation of the watchmaking art.
Each year, a panel of 28 judges comprising top watchmakers and collectors, together with luminaries from jewellery, luxury retail, and the press gather to determine which are the best timepieces of the year.
The watches considered for the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève are found in 12 categories, from 'sport' to 'artistic' watches, to those showcasing exceptional complications. Overall, just 1 winner is chosen in the annual "Grand Prix".
After an initial round of ballots, Roger will be joining fellow jurors to discuss finalists at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva, following which a prize-giving ceremony will be held at the Théâtre du Léman in Geneva on Wednesday, November 8th 2017.


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Expansion of our US EdTech Leadership
SoapBox Labs is delighted to announce that US edtech industry veteran, Jonathan Hume, will lead our business development activities in the US market. Jonathan has spent the last 15 years in business development roles, specializing for the last 10 in education technology, thanks to the influence of his mother, a long time teacher.
"Jonathan is a highly regarded leader in education technology in the US and has been an enthusiastic supporter of SoapBox Labs since the beginning" says Founder and CEO Dr. Patricia Scanlon. "As pioneering edtech companies like Amplify adopt our Fluency solution, it's clear that the market for voice-enabled assessments is at an inflection point and will accelerate rapidly. The team here at SoapBox is excited to work with John to unlock many new opportunities in the US market".
Jonathan has led sales and marketing teams at edtech company Abl and spent seven years building global sales teams and channel partnerships at Schoology. At SoapBox Labs, he will work closely with COO, Dr. Martyn Farrows, who drives our business development efforts globally.
Jonathan has a deep passion for companies with the potential to change the world. He believes in the transformative power of voice technology for kids, and says he sees a "tremendous opportunity for SoapBox Labs to become the leader in accuracy and privacy-driven voice tech for kids across the world".
Jonathan and his wife Cameron recently moved from San Francisco, CA to Jackson, WY to pursue their love of the outdoors whether fly fishing the Snake River, hiking and snowshoeing in Grand Teton National Park, or skiing the steep terrain.


Beginning in the mid-nineties, at least in the more technology-forward places, and continuing for approximately a decade, online merchants were running roughshod over the brick-and-mortar gang. The price differential betwixt identical products was so profound that many, man-on-the-street and retail industry expert alike, predicted the total demise of the retail store model that had held sway for hundreds of years.
Since that time, however, beginning perhaps with the emergence of Amazon.com that threatened not just electronics, or clothing and other categories that are well adapted to online marketing, but anything and everything, traditional retailers made the decision to not go down without a fight, realising that combining online marketing with a physical presence was the perfect strategy to turn the tables on online-only retailers.
The success of this strategy is clearly apparent to anyone with a sufficiently long perspective to remember the times when it was laughably simple to buy products online for about half the price of what a brick-and-mortar store was charging, and then compare that to the current environment, where the price differential is, for the most part, negligible or non-existent.
What does this current state of affairs imply for traditional small retailers? The biggest shift as far as customers are concerned is that it is no longer adequate to have a good location, an attractive and well-stocked store, and a knowledgeable sales staff.
Those three things are expectations that have developed over the course of generations of shoppers. Without them, a traditional retail business has little chance of long-term prosperity. History provides many examples of merchants who offered these and more, and yet could not keep the doors open.
Today's customer is very likely to be highly knowledgeable on the price, features, and benefits of an item. The major difference is that rather than going to two or three stores to gain that expertise, they can visit dozens of online merchants, research prices and read reviews of products in the space of time it would take to go to one shop.
Unless your operation deals with something that is entirely unique and you have zero competition, an almost ludicrous proposition, combining online and brick-and-mortar retailing is essential to maintain the advantage that once belonged to online-only retailers, an advantage that now belongs to the operators who can offer not just digital convenience, but also all the sensual input that only comes from physical contact with a product.
This combination was and is the salvation of traditional retail. It was the step that proved the prophets of retail doom to be false ones.
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Cinecast: Soderbergh to Direct a Play, Shia Isn't Famous, Ebert Doc
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Columbia Pictures, FOCUS, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Action, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Distribution, Filmmaking, New Releases, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
+ Ocean's Eleven director Steven Soderbergh is set to make his debut as a theater director for an off-Broadway play starring Chloe Moretz. Titled The Library, the play - which was penned by Side Effects writer Scott Z. Burns - centers on the subject of gun violence.
+ Staying true to his previous Twitter announcement about retiring, Shia LaBeouf has now exclaimed on the social networking site that he's no longer famous.
+ The upcoming Roger Ebert documentary, Life Itself, is set to debut at Sundance this Sunday.
+ Filming Fifty Shades of Grey continues in Vancouver as new photos of Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan on set have been released.
+ You might hate her on American Horror Story, but the new trailer for Adult World might make you fall for Emma Roberts, who plays an aspiring poet trying to "cut the umbilical cord" by getting a job at an adult bookstore.
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Shia LaBeouf Took Acid for 'Countryman' Role
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Action, Romance, Comedy, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Shia LaBeouf took hallucinogenic drugs to understand his role in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.
The 26-year-old actor portrays Charlie Countryman in the hard-hitting movie which sees his character get embroiled with criminal gang while trying to be with the girl of his dreams Gabi Banyai (Evan Rachel Wood). In one scene Charlie is high on acid - otherwise known as LSD - and he was so worried about being able to accurately portray the experience he experimented with the illegal high.
When asked by MTV News if he took acid to get in the right headspace for the movie, Shia replied, "Just 'cause I'm scared. I've never done acid before." Shia made the decision to take the drug after sending tapes of his attempts to convey his character while high to Evan and taking her criticisms on board.
"I remember sending Evan tapes ... trying to conjure this and sending tapes and Evan being like, 'Yeah, that's good, but that's not, but this is, but that ain't.' Not like she's the expert on set. I'm just saying you reach out to friends and you sort of gauge where you're at. So I was sending tapes around. I'd get 50 per cents from people, and that starts creeping me out, and I got really nervous," he explained.
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Cinecast: Brittany Murphy's Final Film Finished, Anne Cries Over Catwoman
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Biopics, Drama, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Distribution, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,
+ Three years following Brittany Murphy's death, the actress' final film, Something Wicked, is complete. An independent thriller directed by Darin Scott, the movie currently seeks a distributor.
+ When asked whether or not she would bring Catwoman back to the big screen, Anne Hathaway was ecstatic about the thought. She also cried at a press conference over talking about the idea of saying goodbye to the catsuit.
+ Judd Apatow becomes the third guest editor for Vanity Fair - appropriately for their first Comedy Issue. The three covers for the magazine - which comes out in December - feature a number of Apatow's regular actors, including his wife Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Kristin Wiig, and Will Ferrell.
+ Matt Damon has confirmed that he has been cast in George Clooney's latest directorial effort, The Monuments of Men.
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Quote of the Day: Paul Rudd on Celebrity Status
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Weinstein Company, Comedy, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
"Someone set up an appointment for a groomer today! I had a grooming before I came over here, which means I got makeup and hair. It took about five minutes -- I probably needed more -- but I've never had that at Sundance...I feel like I was in a dog show. Like, grooming?"
-- Actor Paul Rudd, who was at Sundance promoting his latest film My Idiot Brother, comments on the perks of being a bigger star.
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First Look: KStew and Dakota Rock Out in The Runaways
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Biopics, Drama, Independent, Music, Period, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Trailers, Upcoming Releases, Videos,
We've seen Kristen Stewart get into character as Joan Jett for the biopic The Runaways—now we actually get to see her flex those vocal chords in the teaser trailer for the film.
The atypical coming-of-age story focuses on Joan Jett's relationship with band mate Cherie Currie, played by Stewart's New Moon co-star Dakota Fanning. While there is no release date as of yet, the movie is expected to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Are you buying Stewart's and Fanning's portrayals of the teenage rockers?
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Getting Into Character: Kristen Stewart Strips Down
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While her
co-star Robert Pattinson is starring in another star-crossed love story called Remember Me, Kristen Stewart is stripping down opposite James Gandolfini in Welcome to the Rileys.
While the paparazzi managed to snap up some pictures of her on set a few months ago, images of a considerably less-clothed KStew have been released (more after the jump). Stewart plays the role of Mallory, a 16 year-old stripper who gets caught in the middle of one man's (Gandolfini) personal journey to recovering from the death of his daughter.
The independent drama is scheduled to debut at the Sundance Film Festival this January. No word yet as to a theatrical release date.
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Sundance Films Available for Free
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For most of us, getting tickets to Sundance screenings is just as hard as getting access to Barack Obama's inauguration. Fortunately, we can set aside the Uggs and watch several of this year's films from the comfort of our warm homes.
Late last week, a list of entries from the 2009 festival were made available as free downloads. The ten short films - "representing a variety of countries, styles, genres, and stories" - can all be accessed through iTunes.
Act quick! The titles will only be offered through January 25th.
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Gregg, Rockwell, and Huston Bring Choke to Silver Screen
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: 20th Century Fox, Adaptation, Independent, Romance, Satire, Comedy, Casting, New Releases, Scripts,
What do you get when you mix an elderly, female Tyler Durden with a choking con artist and a recovering compulsive masturbator? Clark Gregg's dark, vulgar comedy with a surprisingly big heart, Choke.
Being a fan of the novel from which the film is based (written by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk), I was overwhelmed with geeky fan-girl joy when I read that Choke was to be translated into film. That was three years ago. After nearly waiting an excruciating year after hearing about its premiere at Sundance, the indie film with an all-star cast helmed by writer/director/actor Clark Gregg is finally hitting theaters this weekend, and it certainly will not disappoint movie-goers. That is, unless, the trailer fooled you into believing that the film is a romantic comedy.
Romantic? In a punk rock way. Comedic? Most definitely. Chick flick? Far from.
Regardless of whether or not you're a fan of the novel, Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) wonderfully brings Victor Mancini to life as the med school drop-out sex addict who pays for his mother's hospital bill by choking in restaurants. Anjelica Huston (The Royal Tenenbaums) and Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men) round off the supporting actresses as Mancini's mother and the new, attractive doctor who assumes care for her. Clark himself makes an appearance as High Lord Charlie, Mancini's anal-retentive boss at a colonial theme park, where Mancini works as a historical interpreter (a job, as we're reminded in the film, which is not to be confused with a tour guide).
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Palahniuk's Film Choke Finally Set to Release in August
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Both film and book nerds alike have been watching cult author Chuck Palahniuk's every move since Fight Club was released in theaters. While all of his novels are fully capable of becoming both marketable and move theater-friendly, his fourth novel, Choke, has finally seen the light of day past the production floor. With Fox Searchlight having bought the film for $5 million and it winning a Best Ensemble Cast jury award at Sundance, the Choke crew and Palahniuk fans everywhere cannot be more ecstatic about the film's release date of August 1, 2008.
Although the film is Clark Gregg's directorial debut, he has certainly been no stranger to the industry nor the project, having gone through numerous obstacles to get his adaptation onto the big screen. His script is so good that even Palahniuk himself has done nothing but award it praise. With Palahniuk's seal of approval and a lead cast including Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, and Kelly Macdonald, nothing can go wrong, right?
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DVD REVIEW: God Grew Tired Of Us
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Documentary, DVD Reviews,
Every once in a while you are fortunate enough to watch a movie that really shakes you to your core. Afterwards, you feel compelled to grab any and everyone you see to tell them about it. I had that experience just last week—and since then, my friends have had to bear the brunt of my enthusiasm.
Earlier this year, I caught a Nightline piece about the film, God Grew Tired of Us. This documentary about the 'Lost Boys of Sudan' was having it's Los Angeles premiere. But the road to completion required a lot of celebrity assistance along the way. Actor Dermot Mulroney sought Brad Pitt's help when his director friend (Christopher Quinn) was running low on funds. Pitt provided financial assistance and took on an executive producer role. Nicole Kidman also contributed as narrator after being asked by actress Catherine Keener.
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Tribune Editorial: We don't need any more laws to protect the powerful
A bill to prohibit secret recordings seems designed to protect the LDS Church and other powerful people.
The angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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The ethical justification for any body of law is that it protects the weak from the strong. A bill now before the Utah Legislature is apparently intended to do exactly the opposite, and thus should be tossed out at the earliest opportunity.
House Bill 330 is a measure that would make it illegal in this state, as it already is in 12 other states, for one participant in a conversation to record that exchange without first giving notice to, and receiving consent from, the other party or parties.
Out of any context, that might not seem like a bad idea, or even a controversial one. But nothing is properly understood out of context.
And the context here is that the bill would serve the interests of those who are in power — more specifically, those who abuse their power — at the expense of those who are trying to defend themselves or expose wrongdoing.
Alarm bells were sounded around here particularly as the bill comes as members and critics — and critical members — of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are increasingly worried about what may be happening in the interviews that children and teenagers have with their bishops.
There is justified worry that, sometimes, those conversations may stray into areas that are not appropriate fodder for a chat between a powerful adult and a defenseless child. Areas that include sexuality and sexual feelings. Topics that are likely, at best, to be embarrassing and, at the very worst, to devolve into some kind of harassment or abuse.
News that the LDS Church supports the bill is enough to raise concern that the organization's interest is to protect its officials from being called out on such misbehaviors.
That matters a lot, because in cases where children are subject to abusive or just inappropriate behavior by adults, a horrific but effective threat used to keep them quiet is that, even if they are brave enough to come forward, no one will believe them. No one will take the word of an adolescent over that of a respected adult.
A recording levels that playing field.
There are many other examples of times when recordings that were made without the knowledge of one party to a conversation served the interests of justice, the common good or, at the very least, transparency in politics. They include everything from Mitt Romney's infamous 47 percent speech to remarks made by Gov. Gary Herbert selling himself as "Available Jones" to campaign donors.
Not that there isn't risk in the status quo. Recordings can also be used to blackmail people, perpetrators and victims. They can be deceptively edited or taken out of context.
On balance, though, it is clear that the point of HB330 is not to hold the powerful to account, but to protect them from it. For that reason, the bill deserves to be dropped.
Trib Caucus: Without secret recordings, how would we know about Romney's 47 percent, Gov. 'Available Jones' Herbert or the arrest of Nurse Wubbels?
Utahns spoke loudly against recording bill supported by the Salt Lake Chamber and Mormon church, so lawmakers have dropped it
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Investigator Awards for the 2015-2016 Year
Medical researchers often have an abundance of questions; however, the difficulty comes in finding funding to search for answers. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center's Investigator Awards Program continues to provide a gateway between these ideas and the early data required for researchers to compete for national grants.
Undergraduate/Medical School Student Awards
Janelle Rodriguez, BS, MS, a first-year medical student, received the Margarito Chavez Award for her project, "Understanding a role for ERβ on elastase-induced vascular inflammation in cerebral arteries" under the mentorship of Rayna Gonzales, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences in the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix. Recent studies have shown that estrogen via estrogen receptor beta (ERβ), a subtype of estrogen receptor, may play a protective role in aneurysm progression and development. This study will provide clinically relevant information about ERβ's role in cerebral aneurysm pathogenesis.
Novel Research Project Awards in the Area of Cardiovascular Disease and Medicine
Kwan Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, will study "Digital Health Intervention via Mobile Application for Improvement of Patient Compliance and Secondary Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Post Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." This award was made possible by Phil and Bobbie Hanft, and J.G. Murray. This pilot study will examine the feasibility of using a mobile technology platform to serves as a link between patients who recently have undergone coronary stent placement, their caregivers, and their medical team. This study will provide the pilot data for a larger, future randomized trial focused on prevention of future heart attacks. This investigation will also lay the groundwork to link electronic medical records with a healthcare app as a powerful tool for future outcomes-based research.
Jagdesh Kandala, MD, MPH, third-year cardiovascular disease fellow, received an award made possible by Frank and Alex Frazer. In collaboration with cardiologists Frank Marcus, MD, Professor Emeritus, and Mark Friedman, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, he is studying the Valsalva maneuver in heart failure. If you've ever tried to breathe out while holding your nose with your mouth closed, you've done the Valsalva maneuver (VM). In this study, Dr. Kandala will record blood pressure and heart rate response while patients are blowing forcefully into a tube connected to manometer to measure pressure. Cardiovascular response to VM can provide an accurate estimate of pressures in the heart chambers and has been shown to be accurate, reliable and reproducible. This information may help cardiologists recognize pressure increases and intervene early, preventing hospitalizations for heart failure.
Aiden Abidov MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology, received an award to study "Interventricular uncoupling in pulmonary arterial hypertension: development and validation of an MRI-based noninvasive assessment of left and right ventricular function using invasive hemodynamics and septal strain measurements." The study will assess right ventricular geometry changes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a disease of the pulmonary blood vessels leading to right ventricular failure. Dr. Abidov and his colleagues, Franz Rischard, DO (left), Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Ankit Desai, MD (right), Assistant Professor of Medicine, are conducting in-depth analysis of existing imaging data to compare a novel noninvasive imaging method with measurements obtained invasively during cardiac catheterization procedures. The noninvasive imaging method may enhance diagnostics and treatment for these patients. This award was made possible by Florence Jaffe, and Mark and Emma Schiffman.
Kapil Lotun MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, received an award made possible by Doris Griswold, and William and Dorothy Shaftner for the study of "Selective Coronary Hypothermia in Myocardial Infarction." Advances to limit damage to heart muscle and the brain following a heart attack have focused on shortening "door-to-balloon" time (how quickly an emergency room patient is taken to the catheterization lab to open a blocked artery) and whole-body cooling. Dr. Lotun's study will investigate the incremental effectiveness of selective and regional cooling in the area of the heart attack. He is collaborating with Karl B. Kern, MD, Professor of Medicine, and Ranjith Shetty, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine.
Samantha Harris, PhD, Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, will study, "Regulation of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C (cMyBP-C) by Calmodulin." Mutations in this protein are among the most frequent causes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which leads to heart failure and increases the risk of sudden cardiac arrest. These experiments will provide new basic information regarding novel pathways by which contractile proteins and calcium signaling pathways communicate. Her award was made possible by the following contributors: Mark and Emma Schiffman, Frank and Alex Frazer, and Irving J. Levinson.
Pediatric/Congenital Heart Disease Awards
Katri Typpo MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, received the William "Billy" Gieszl Award to pursue a study called, "Gut Dysbiosis is a Target to Improve Surgical Outcomes for Infants Born with Congenital Heart Disease." A disordered intestinal microbiome is emerging as a cause of post-surgery intestinal complications in infants with congenital heart disease. Dr. Typpo's goal is to identify methods to target the microbiome and improve post-surgical care of these vulnerable patients.
The Finley and Florence Brown Endowed Research Award
Christine Henderson, a PhD candidate under the mentorship of Carol Gregorio, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Director of the Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, was funded to study "CAP2, a novel regulator of thin filament length regulation in the heart." The goal of this study is to understand the role of cyclase-associated protein 2 as a novel regulator of thin filament length. Greater understanding of thin filament regulatory proteins is necessary for proper heart function and identification of new thin filament regulatory proteins could be instrumental in the design of pre-clinical screening, therapy and, hopefully, repair for heart disease, particularly dilated cardiomyopathy.
Sarah Lehman, a PhD candidate, will use her award to study "In vivo and in silico Modeling of Structural and Functional Effects of Genetic Left Ventricular Non-compaction." The ultimate goal is to use these two models to predict the primary cause of a genetic cardiomyopathy and track the progression of the biological effects of mutations in order to design specific and timely therapeutic interventions. In addition to the Finley and Florence Brown Award, Lehman also received the Margaret Terry Memorial Research Award. Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, is her mentor.
Update from 2014-2015
Puneet Raman, first-year medical student at UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, was the 2014-2015 recipient of the Margarito Chavez Award for undergraduates/medical students. Mr. Raman is also working in Dr. Gonzales' lab on the Phoenix campus. His study called, "Influence of High Fat Exposure on Pro-inflammation Enzyme Expression in Female Human Coronary Artery Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells," received an award from the Arizona Chapter of the American Physiological Society in the graduate student session. The poster presentation of his research addressed the effect of palmitate, a saturated fatty acid, on COX-2 activity in human vascular smooth muscle cells from the brain and coronary circulations. He is working on a manuscript to submit for publication.


Do We See Conflict as Something Only to be Avoided?
Nimmo, J. (2008). Do we see conflict as something only to be avoided? In, L.Gandini, S.Etheredge, & L.Hill. (Eds.). Insights and inspirations from Reggio Emilia: Stories of teachers and children from North American. (p.175 & pp.208-9). Worchester, MA: Davis Publications.


Welcome summer with our own Redbud Cobb Salad – a cool + delicious entree as the weather gets warmer!
We are happy to have the work of local artist, Eric Harrison on the walls of Redbud Cafe. All artwork will be on display and for sale through September, 2018.
Eric Harrison-born 1971 in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1995 he married Kim Marie, and together they have two sons, Noah and Ethan.
The Harrison's reside in the hill country west of Blanco, Texas.


Evan studies in junior school in her local area.
Evan Moana was born on the 6th of December, 2005, in Pennsylvania. He is a famous You Tuber who has been running several channels on it, despite his young age. Evan has a channel named 'EvanTubeGaming' where he shows how to pass the most sophisticated and difficult tasks on the video games. He also has an account which is called 'EvanTubeRaw'.
Father: Evan's father's name is not known.
Mother: Evan's mother's name is not available.
Siblings: Evan has a sister whose name is Jillian. Jillian creates videos for You Tube.
Wives and kids: Evan is not married.
Evan does not tell the name of his possible girlfriend.
Evan's net worth is estimated at $ 0, 4 Million.
Place of living: Evan lives in Pennsylvania.
Cars: Evan has no cars.
He likes to play Lego.
He likes reading adventure books.
What games are the most interesting ones for Evan?
Evan enjoys playing the games 'Animal World' and 'Angry birds'. He is fond of creating strategies and he has a tendency to logical thinking.
Does Evan do any other works for his subscribers?
As his fans are extremely interested in all his routines and events he creates reports about his holidays and about his daily activities.


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Chieftains crush Westboro
By Craig Holt, ITEM STAFF
Oct 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM Oct 25, 2011 at 5:49 PM
The Nashoba Regional High School football program celebrated 50 years of football as part of�Friday night's Homecoming game between the Chieftains and Westboro.
On the football field, in game conditions, Nashoba celebrated in a�familiar way,�
dominating at both ends of the�gridiron from start to finish in gaining a 57-13�Midland-Wachusett B League victory before a large, partisan�crowd.
Nashoba got a�standout game from senior running back Caroll Bailey, who rushed for two of the team's first three touchdowns during the game-breaking first quarter.
Senior quarterback Trevor Wyand had a 2-yard touchdown rush and a 35-yard touchdown toss in the first half. Junior running back John Ojukwu caught Wyand's touchdown pass.
The Chieftains, who never trailed,�improved�to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the league, which they lead. The Rangers slipped to 1-6 overall. They are 1-2 in the league.
"Just a great all-around game on a very special night for Nashoba football," Nashoba coach Ken Tucker said.�"So many of our kids played well, and it was good that we got to play a lot of kids.
"The key was that fast start," he said. "Except for a few turnovers, I thought we played an excellent game."
The Chieftains blew the game open in the first quarter when they put 23 points on the scoreboard.
A safety followed by Bailey's 17-yard scoring scamper and Brandon Steff's kick�gave the locals a 9-0 lead just 3:20 into the game.
Bailey's second touchdown, this one 46 yards, and Steff's kick padded the lead to 16-0.
Nashoba's final touchdown of the quarter was unusual. Westboro punted on third down deep in�its own territory, but�the kick was blocked. Nashoba's Sam Ashline picked up the loose ball and scurried 15 yards for a score.
Senior Alex Gothie had a 6-yard touchdown rush in the second half. Sophomore fullback Frankie Chiodo broke free for�touchdown rushes of 10 and 55 yards in the second half.
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Big Data Analytics Platform For Tour De France Is Complete
Dimension Data completes big data analytics and digital delivery platform for Tour de France
Dimension Data today announced that it has completed its big data analytics and digital delivery platform from which the company will deliver real-time information on individual riders for the first time in the history of professional cycling.
This major innovation was made possible by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) in partnership with the 22 teams participating in the 2015 Tour de France. Highly accurate data will be collected through the use of live trackers under the saddle of each rider. Dimension Data will then process and analyse the data, and make it available to cycling fans, commentators, broadcasters and the media.
When the Tour de France begins on Saturday, the viewing public around the world will be able to follow all 198 riders in 22 teams real-time, and be able to track the speed at which each cyclist is riding, exactly where he's positioned in the race in relation to other cyclists, and the distance between each rider - all via a beta live tracking website.
Dimension Data's Executive Chairman, Jeremy Ord, said, "The technology will allow cycling fans to follow the race in ways they've never been able to before. Until now it was difficult to understand what was happening outside of what could be shown on the live television coverage. The ability to follow riders, get accurate information about which riders are in a group, and see real time speed are just some of the innovations that will be realised through this solution. During the duration of the three week race, we'll be rolling out a range of new capabilities, including a beta live tracking website."
The real time analytics solution will take the data provided by a third party geo localisation transmission component, undertake data cleansing and analysis, and provide access to this data as both a real time data stream, and a historical archive.
Ord said Dimension Data carried out testing during the Critérium du Dauphiné race which was held in France from 7 to 14 June. "We analysed one cyclist cycling at an astounding 104 kilometres per hour. This type of data has not been available in the past."
All data analysed will be available through a beta live tracking website. This allows fans to select their favourite rider to follow, monitor the race on their phone or tablet (through a responsive design beta website) while they watch it live on the television, and gain access to additional data insights.
The 198 riders in 22 teams will generate 42,000 geospatial points and 75 million GPS readings. In addition, the live tracking website is built to support 17 million viewers and 2000 page requests per second. Data on riders will be processed in Dimension Data's cloud platform across five continents consuming over 350 000 000 cpu cycles per second.
Brett Dawson, Dimension Data's Group CEO said there are multiple layers to the innovation required to deliver the solution for ASO. We needed to implement cutting edge technology in the form of advanced real time analytics and a highly contemporary digital platform that's able to provide innovative insights into the race that have never been available before.
"Dimension Data is bringing a new level of technical capability to the Tour de France in areas that will transform the technology landscape, including internet of things, real time big data analytics, Elastic Cloud Infrastructure, contemporary digital platforms, advanced collaboration technologies, and agile development practices. We'll be their 'Technical Tour de Force'."
Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France Director said, "This top notch technological development will enable a better analysis of the race, highlight the race tactics, and also show how essential in this sport is each rider's role within his team. It will now be possible to understand how to prepare for a sprint finish in the last few kilometres of a stage, feel the wind's impact on the rider's speed, and so much more. Our efforts combined with those of Dimension Data will permanently change the way we follow cycling and the Tour de France."
From 2016 for the next four years, ASO and Dimension Data will work closely together to extend and enhance the platform to deliver a range of innovative end-user experiences.
About Dimension Data
Dimension Data uses the power of technology to help organisations achieve great things in the digital era. As a member of the NTT Group, we accelerate our clients' ambitions through digital infrastructure, hybrid cloud, workspaces for tomorrow, and cybersecurity. With a turnover of USD 7.5 billion, offices in 52 countries, and 30,000 employees, we deliver wherever our clients are, at every stage of their technology journey. We're proud to be the Official Technology Partner of Amaury Sport Organisation, which owns the Tour de France, and the title partner of the cycling team, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka. Visit us at http://www2.dimensiondata.com/
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WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor.
To use ``ckeditor`` resource type you need to register ``friendsofsymfony/ckeditor-bundle`` that provide ``ckeditor``
form type.

## 1. Composer
Add to composer.json following lines

```
"require": {
    "friendsofsymfony/ckeditor-bundle" : "^1.0"
}
```

## 2. Application Kernel

Register bundle in AppKernel
**IMPORTANT!!** make sure that ``FOS\CKEditorBundle\FOSCKEditorBundle()`` is registered
**before** ``FSi\Bundle\ResourceRepositoryBundle\FSiResourceRepositoryBundle()``. In other way you will not be able
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```php
// app/AppKernel.php

public function registerBundles()
{
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        new FOS\CKEditorBundle\FOSCKEditorBundle(),

        // FSiResourceRepositoryBundle must be after FOSCKEditorBundle

        new FSi\Bundle\ResourceRepositoryBundle\FSiResourceRepositoryBundle()
    ];

    return $bundles;
}
```

Example:

```yaml
# app/config/resource_map.yml

resources:
    type: group
    home_page:
        type: group
        content:
            type: ckeditor
            form_options:
                label: Content
```

To read about ckeditor form type options go to [FOSCKEditorBundle](https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSCKEditorBundle/blob/master/docs/usage/config.rst)


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Stuart Whitman, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Benny Hill (starring)
Those Magnificent Men in the Their Flying Machines
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London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964. Final Shooting script for the 1965 UK film. Included is a vintage color studio still from the UK release of the film.
A British newspaper offers a prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race, bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory, grabbing the attention of various women. Gert Frobe, who would go on to play Goldfinger in the classic James Bond film, makes an appearance as a German officer who reads the instruction booklet of a plane while trying to keep it airborne.
A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production, including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Writing).
A story set and shot on location in England, including Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire.
Black titled wrappers, with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, noted as Final Shooting Script, dated April 1964, with credits for screenwriters Annakin and Jack Davies. 166 leaves, photographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two silver brads.


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Mercy Stories: Weight Management Solutions
How Sierra lost 120 pounds without surgery — and kept the weight off.
Making a major lifestyle change takes major commitment. It's something Sierra Sturt refers to as an "all-in" philosophy.
As someone who has lost and kept off 120 pounds, Sierra has experienced the power of going all in. After taking her first step by attending a free seminar on Mercy Health's non-surgical weight loss program, she hasn't looked back since.
"I think I was always a chunkier kid," Sierra said. "It got bad around age 15 or 16. My parents went through a divorce. When I started driving, I could eat whatever I wanted and no one would know. I would get bags of candy. I would go through drive-thrus all the time."
The summer before her sophomore year in college, Sierra recognized she didn't have to continue down the path she was on.
"There was a point that summer where I had gone to New York City with my sister, and we were taking pictures," she said. "I looked at those pictures and thought, 'that's a bummer.'"
Sierra's mom encouraged her to get healthy and shared information about the weight management program at Mercy Health. After attending a free information session, Sierra decided to participate. Part of her decision came from the fact that two of the health educators running the program had been through their own weight loss transformations.
Making lifestyle changes for weight loss
The program approaches weight loss as a lifestyle change, not a diet. It includes meetings, a mid-week phone call and a weekly weigh-in, along with exercise and nutritional tools. Sierra liked that the program included built-in accountability, as well as a group of people who were all working toward a common goal.
Brian, one of Sierra's health educators, was a key motivator on her journey. He was also instrumental in showing her that progress will come with ups and downs.
"I'll never forget, at the beginning if I fluctuated or if I didn't lose one week, I would be so frustrated," she said. "He'd remind me that this is a journey. This is a lifetime thing. You have to recognize there will be ups and downs."
Part of the lifestyle change Mercy Health – Weight Management Solutions incorporates is more physical activity. For Sierra, learning to love exercise was about more than just weight loss. She tried everything from group fitness to watching workout videos on YouTube.
Now, Sierra has found what she most enjoys and does cardio or lifts weights up to six days a week.
"Being around healthier people, being in a routine is so important," she said. "I think if you make it a habit, it's a lot easier. When you fall off, it's easier to get back on."
Conquering weight loss challenges
As a college student, Sierra faced some unique challenges during her lifestyle change. When her friends went out for drinks, she chose to skip those calories and eat sensibly. When living in the dorm, she made her own meals instead of eating in the cafeteria.
"When you feel like you can't do it anymore, reach out to people who have been there and have been successful," Sierra said. "Surround yourself with people who love you, care for you and want you to do well."
While some days can be challenging, Sierra said making excuses isn't helpful. While it's natural to have a bad day every now and then, the key is not letting one day spiral into several. Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she puts that energy into getting back on track.
"Being fat is hard and working out is hard. You have to choose your hard," Sierra said. "Do I want to track my food, or do I want to be where I was again? I don't find gratitude in eating terribly anymore. It's not worth it to me."
While the transformation she has achieved has been difficult, Sierra believes anyone can do it.
In addition to the Health Management Resources program, Mercy Health offers surgical weight-loss options and adolescent weight management programs. Our weight management team is here to help you make a lifestyle change that will help you live the life you deserve. Learn more about your options and how you can get started today.
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