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Back in 2016 we posted about how IBM's Watson was helping to diagnose previously unknown conditions. Well, AI is at it again, this time to provide symptom analysis for COVID-19. These systems have actually been around for quite a while, but they're relatively unknown by those not in the medical field and their underutilisation during…
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A Japanese company called Logbar has developed what could be revolutionary device. ili instantly translates your speech into a foreign language, making travel to far-off lands much easier than it ever has been. ili is an extremely simple device, which requires no WiFi or data connection. It can be worn around the neck, and it's compact…
If House MD Reached Transcendence – IBM's Watson Can Now Diagnose Rare Diseases
Medical science uses some of the most advanced technologies known to man in order to understand, prevent and treat hundreds of thousands of ailments, illnesses and diseases. Remote Presence Robots, augmented reality and 3D bioprinting all have the potential to improve and personalize medical care in a myriad of ways and are some of the…
Swedish Scientist Attempts to Edit Genome of Healthy Embryo in World First
Earlier this year we reported that British scientists had been given the go ahead to begin gene editing on human embryos. Assistant Professor Fredrik Lanner of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm has beaten these scientists to the punch, and in a world-first has already attempted to edit the genome of a healthy embryo. Using Crispr-Cas9, a gene-editing technology first developed by Martin…
Brain-Machine-Interface Restores Sensation & Voluntary Movement in Paraplegic Volunteers
During the opening ceremony of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil, Juliano Pinto stepped onto the field of the Corinthians Arena. The man was about to make history. Flanked by two opposing teams, Mr Pinto stepped up to take the opening kick-off of the tournament. His left foot struck out to meet the ball and he raised…


Health experts should only replenish flu vaccines in areas that need them, researchers argue in a new paper.
More than 50 million people died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19. Its 100th anniversary this flu season serves as a reminder to close flu vaccine supply gaps that may be costing hundred to thousands of lives now and could cost many more when the next "big one" strikes, researchers say.
US flu vaccine distribution logistics could use an update, says Pinar Keskinocak, chair and professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director for the Center of Health and Humanitarian Systems. The new study compared the current approach with a proposed allocation method calculated to save many more lives in a pandemic or similarly intense influenza outbreak that taxes vaccine supplies.
The tweak in the supply chain could also save thousands of lives annually in regular flu seasons in the US, which can be plenty deadly. A flu season can take more lives than murders in the same time period.
What makes a pandemic a pandemic? The flu virus represents a mutation that human immune systems have not had a chance to build prior resistance to, thus the lack of natural immunity. When the next one strikes, in addition to the many lives saved, the new recommendations could massively prevent flu infections, secondary infections like bronchitis, hospitalizations, and unnecessarily high medical costs.
When a pandemic or a flu season that taxes the vaccine stocks hits, vaccine supply may become limited but then catch up over time. When that happens, vaccine distributors commonly take the population-based approach.
"Areas with larger populations get more vaccine, proportional to the population. It's a straightforward approach that seems fair," says co-principal investigator Julie Swann from North Carolina State University.
As more vaccine becomes available over time, restocking follows the same principle, and that is where distribution logic breaks down. In some regions, few people get vaccinated, but under population-based allocation, resupply stocks go there anyway and go to waste. Meanwhile, restocking may fall short of demand elsewhere, where people are lining up for inoculations.
The wasted vaccine stocks also drain medical finances. The new model would relieve some of that strain even in regular flu seasons.
"Production, storage, and delivery of vaccine are costly, and unused inventory can't just be thrown away. It costs money to dispose of," Keskinocak says.
Restocking doses where they are actually used would boost the total number of vaccinated individuals, who would then be less likely to get sick and to infect other people and benefit the entire population. That would tamp down the flu wave for everybody.
Leftover inventory could be slashed to about 20 percent of current levels, saving considerable costs, and the data about which areas did not receive resupply could help identify areas where more people need encouragement to get vaccinated.
"The data would tell you where you need continued education about the importance of vaccination, and some of the money saved from unnecessary resupplying could be invested in public health campaigns," says Swann, who collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the 2009-10 H1N1 Swine flu pandemic.
But the needed data is missing at present in the US vaccine distribution system.
"Surprisingly few states have systems in place that tell them how much vaccine has been administered where and how much is still left in inventory at provider locations," Swann says.
The next "big one" flu pandemic will sneak up on humanity someday.
If virtually everyone got a flu vaccine every year, it could cut its death toll more than half and save possibly hundreds of thousands of lives. Currently, fewer than 50 percent of Americans do.
The 1918-19 outbreak, which may have consisted of multiple concurrent influenzas, killed 678,000 people in the US. Other "big ones:" The 1957 "Asian flu" killed 116,000 in the US; the 1968 "Hong Kong flu" killed 100,000. The 2009 bird flu pandemic, which was a less contagious virus, killed 12,500 people in the US and hospitalized some 275,000.
Additional researchers are from Georgia Tech and North Carolina State University. The research appears in PLOS ONE.
The Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Junior Faculty Endowment Fund, and the following Georgia Tech benefactors: William W. George, Andrea Laliberte, Joseph C. Mello, and Richard "Rick" E. and Charlene Zalesky supported the work. Any findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of the author(s) and not necessarily of the funders.
Is giving all college students meningitis vaccines worth it?


Everyone has FlyTech Dragonfly fever, so I wanted to share a few photos the dragonfly sent me after his recent photo shoot with WowWee. He said it was okay to share these with you all, some of his closest human friends.
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One of Houdini's most visually spectacular escapes was when he was challenged to free himself from chains provided by the Weed Chain Tire Grip, Co. Houdini accomplished the feat on April 10, 1908 at the Keiths Theater in New York City.
The image of Houdini in the "grip" of the weed chains is a famous one. Houdini would make good use the dramatic photos in his pitchbooks, and the image of him laying flat has gone on to appear in many biographies. However, details of the escape itself have always been somewhat scant.
Now, super collector Arthur Moses (Houdini Speaks Out ) sends over the Weed Chain Tire Grip Co's own account of the challenge from their company pitchbook, The Weed. One interesting revelation is that Houdini repeated the escape a second time in Philadelphia.
Is it just me, or does it sounds like Houdini wrote this article himself? Enjoy.
Quite right, Paul. Although there are a few photos of him behind the wheel of a car (and one bit of film) and there's some mention of him participating in an auto race at one point. I also once saw a photo on eBay of a smashed car, and written on the back was that it was Houdini's car after an accident in Oakland in 1912.


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We take a modern and innovative approach to marketing, yet combine the latest technology with a traditional and personal approach to customer care, being "hands on" six days a week.
We have invested in the latest innovative software and telephone systems and we are able to contact all of our potential tenants immediately a property comes to the market.
We pride ourselves on providing prompt feedback to clients and discussing all comments, whether positive or negative in order that, where necessary, we can agree and adjust your specific marketing plan quickly and efficiently in order to maximise the potential of your property.
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For a simple geographical information system (GIS) not concerned with complex projections of the surface of a sphere onto a 2D surface, nor concerned with features of the landscape such as rivers, lakes, coast lines, mountains, nor with technological features of the built environment such as roads and bridges. The primary requirement is being able to locate a collection of points in space. Just about anything else is first and foremost concerned with tables and databases. The tabulated data can be collected in MS Access, and otherwise manipulated with MS Excel, and VBA automation can be used for bulk data processing. If have the coordinates for a collection of points then either Access, Excel or VBA can be used to calculate distances between those points. If have coordinates then AutoCAD LT can be used to visualise the data, and add any other graphical elements defined relative to the points: in my case that is typically drawing radial lines, circles, hexagons, associated with catchment areas and travel distances.
The problem for experimentation was getting the point coordinates without the expense of digital maps. Today there are various online mapping services, but when I was first attempting to setup a GIS I didn't have internet access, and certainly could not afford MapInfo and or any data for such package. The closest I got to digital mapping was buying UBD street directory on disk: which was basically a read only application. However I discovered that the grid used in UBD street directories also referenced Australian Map Grid (AMG) coordinates. Therefore if I located two points using AMG coordinates on two different street directory maps, I could plot them in Acad/LT at appropriate relative locations. So the first task was to convert the UBD street directory references into AMG coordinates.
The way to do that was to draw up the map grid for a single UBD street map, the grid being 250 m x 250 m. Whilst the best I can do to locate a point is to place it at the centre of a 250 x 250 m square, such is good enough for experimentation and seeing if there are any geographical relationships which may benefit from a full blown GIS system.
The starting point was to create a block with attributes for a single map grid. Once have a map block, insert these blocks side by side to create the key plan reference given in the front of the Adelaide metro street directory. Once all the maps located fill in the map reference number attribute. Get the AMG reference for one of the maps, and then make sure that the whole collection is then inserted with that reference as the origin. Once that is done the origin of each map block should now be at its correct AMG location. Use a template file to extract the attributes for the blocks to a simple text file, then import into Excel. Now have the data for a lookup table, which can reference a map to an AMG coordinate. Create another table to reference the UBD map grid references to offsets. Now given a UBD map number, and grid coordinates for that map, these can be converted into AMG coordinates and plotted in Acad/LT. Similarly anything drawn in Acad/LT can be related to the key map overlay , and transferred to the printed street directory.
UBD street directories contain lists of various facilities and their grid references, I also discovered that UBD on disk contained plain text (csv) files of some of these facilities (eg. shops, schools, universities, hospitals and churches). So a quick test of the usefulness was to plot this data into Acad/LT using blocks with attributes as place markers. Using such data can then draw radial lines connecting adjacent facilities, and then polygons surrounding a facility based on the midpoints of the radial lines: providing a rough indicator of the catchments for the various facilities.
Figures 1 to 3, highlight one problem of manually drawing radial lines and polygons and that is getting lost when zoomed into the area under question. One polygon gets a distorted shape and then all associated adjacent polygons also get distorted: which then requires time to fix. However even with the distorted polygons, it shows there is no uniformity in the location of shopping centres, and the size of their catchments.
Figure 4, shows locations of hospitals around the Adelaide Metro area, it indicates that all the hospitals are concentrated near the city centre and thus otherwise poorly serve the metro area. Thus, the building dubbed the world's most expensive building will not resolve any problems associated with the distance between medical services and the people. If services are not appropriately distributed in the metro area, it's not surprising how poorly served the rural regions are.
To produce Figure 5, data from our project database was mapped to suburb locations, the data was the soil heave (ys) values used for site classification (AS2870 ?). To get the contours, MapMaker Pro trial edition was used. The exercise demonstrated that even with a little data, and crude locational data a reasonable contour map can be produced. Given the amount of data each council area collects about each household property, the councils should be able to locate the Ys values at the centres of each property, and generate a reasonably accurate contour map. With areas of established housing , the need for site bore logs should be considerably reduced: whether for extensions or houses being demolished and replaced. For certain, two adjacent sites may have significantly different site classifications, however the contours of historical data will assist locate where those differences are likely to exist.


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Q: Single bibtex entry not working, please help All my cites seems to be working, except this one, and I can't figure out why — like all of my bibliography, it's exported from Mendeley, so I don't understand it isn't working… and now I'm out of ideas, so I hope that someone can help me :)
The code with the cite is:
The data in the table are obtained from~\cite{John2008}.

The warning is:
LaTeX Warning: Citation 'John2008' on page 5 undefined on input line 8.

This is the entry:
@incollection{John2008,
author = {{John, O. P., Naumann, L. P. Soto}, C. J.},
booktitle = {Handbook of personality: Theory and research},
number = {Chapter 4},
pages = {114--158},
publisher = {New York, NY: Guilford Press},
title = {{Handbook of personality: Theory and research}},
url = {https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/{~}johnlab/bigfive.htm},
year = {2008}
}

I tried to remove the tilde from the URL, but that didn't help.
I use Biber and the \printbibliography-command to print the bibliography.

A: In your code are several errors:

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*authors are divided by and, not by a comma

*The braces in the author field are wrong, just delete the second pair

*delete the braces around ~ in the url

So with the following MWE
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  author    = {John, O. P. and Naumann, L. P. and Soto, C. J.},
  booktitle = {Handbook of personality: Theory and research},
  number    = {Chapter 4},
  pages     = {114--158},
  publisher = {New York, NY: Guilford Press},
  title     = {Handbook of personality: Theory and research},
  url       = {https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~johnlab/bigfive.htm},
  year      = {2008},
}
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The data in the table are obtained from~\cite{John2008}.
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After some higher profile EDM bookings and last year's ill-received headliner pick of Twenty One Pilots, fans largely praised this year's slate — led by Bon Iver, Modest Mouse and the National, as well as headliners including David Byrne — as a return to the beloved fest's roots.
That view never gets old. As the sun beat down on the 17th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival, which took place May 25-27, seemingly every artist — first timers and Sasquatch! vets alike — paused to heap praise on the Gorge Amphitheatre's stunning environs overlooking the Columbia River gorge.
Some things never change, but over the last few years Sasquatch!'s lineup has, as organizers attempt to navigate an increasingly crowded festival market. After some higher profile EDM bookings and last year's ill-received headliner pick of Twenty One Pilots, fans largely praised this year's slate — led by Bon Iver, Modest Mouse and the National — as a return to the beloved fest's roots. Ready-to-rage bros and the occasional stroller-pushing couple (respect the commitment) commingled among the mostly twentysomething indie kids who occupied the amphitheater for the three-day concert.
The manageable crowd sizes, which some fans said felt larger than last year, and proximity of the stages helped reduce the festival FOMO, as hopping between stages was as breezy as the winds that cooled off the sun-baked masses Friday and Saturday nights. The price of convenience, however, was sound bleed, which irked avant garde songsmith Benjamin Clementine during his part experimental pop/part performance art set Friday. Similarly, Jai Wolf's throbbing bass lines from the dance stage clipped the quieter moments of an otherwise illustrious set from post-rock titans Explosions in the Sky, which capped Saturday night.
Before Bon Iver's Justin Vernon closed the main stage Friday, sending his electro-brushed falsetto to the stars, art-rock hero David Byrne delivered an equally powerful moment to end his imaginative set. His current raved-about tour (which hit the Paramount Theatre the night before) finds Byrne and his dancing band without amps or cords on stage, moving freely in choreographed routines. A barefooted Byrne and the sprawling band covered Janelle Monáe's "Hell You Talmbout," a percussive protest anthem reciting the names of African-Americans killed by police or racial violence. Byrne updated the piece to include the names of those who have died since the song's 2015 release, including Seattle's Charleena Lyles. "Sadly, it's still as relevant now as it was then," he said.
Byrne wasn't the only veteran artist whose Sasquatch! performance felt especially relevant in 2018. Playing amid a Saturday night run of indie-rock heavyweights (Grizzly Bear, Spoon, TV On the Radio), Seattle's Pedro the Lion stood out, sounding massive on the smaller Yeti stage, with songwriter David Bazan culling songs from the recently reunited band's catalog themed around the "misogyny and toxic masculinity" that's "killing women," he warned.
We can't speak for everyone's ribs, but the late-to-the-party crowd seemed to be sleeping something off Sunday. Any campers still hitting the snooze were likely awakened by booming, high-energy afternoon sets from Tank and the Bangas and freakout brass-and-bass-drum trio Too Many Zooz. By the time most fans rolled in, a Northwest love was in the air during a breakout performance from Japanese Breakfast, the solo project of Eugene native Michelle Zauner. "As a Pacific Northwest girl, it's an absolute dream to play Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge," she confessed, recalling seeing Arcade Fire and the Pixies there in 2005.
Over on the main stage, Tacoma's Neko Case — who's played Sasquatch! more than any other artist — dedicated her new single "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" to her hometown. With the dusty wind blowing in her face as her rich voice seemingly echoed across the canyon, the Northwest indie great's folk-rock paean's suited the expansive landscape behind her better than any other main stage act.
If this year was the "return" of Sasquatch!, let's hope it always sounds this good.


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Insights from Northern Ireland help Bank of England understand impact of Covid-19 crisis
The people of the UK are making extraordinary efforts to limit the health impact of Covid-19.
NHS staff, aided by carers and volunteers, are doing sterling work in the face of unprecedented pressures.
Families, friends, and neighbours are rallying round those who are ill or isolating themselves.
And thousands of businesses are safeguarding the well-being of their staff while ensuring essential supplies continue to flow to those who need them.
This crisis is very different from other economic shocks that the Bank has had to grapple with in the past.
That means it's very difficult to judge how big the disruption is going to be or how long it's going to last.
What is clear is that Covid-19 is already having a major impact on the UK economy.
This is borne out by the latest summary of business conditions compiled by me and my colleagues in the Bank's network of agencies around the UK.
Our conversations with companies across the country indicate that households are spending much less, especially on travel and leisure, while staff absences, supply disruptions, and weak demand are leading to difficulties for businesses.
Unsurprisingly, many businesses have been putting their investment plans on hold and cancelling other spending.
All told, Covid-19 is causing a rapid and widespread fall in economic activity.
But if job losses and business failures can be limited, then the risk of lasting damage to the UK economy will be reduced.
That is why the Bank has been taking action over the past few weeks, putting in place a package of measures to help keep firms in business and people in jobs.
We have reduced Bank Rate from 0.75% to 0.10%, so that businesses and households can borrow more cheaply.
We have announced that £200 billion of new money will be injected into the economy (via quantitative easing, or QE) to boost spending and investment.
And we have introduced a new funding scheme (TFSME) which will provide banks with strong incentives to pass on the reduction in Bank Rate to customers and continue lending.
The TFSME is particularly targeted at incentivising lending to the small- and medium-sized businesses that often need more support at times like these.
In addition, we have reduced the amount of capital that banks have to hold in reserve against their lending. This should also serve to boost lending to businesses and households.
Having conducted 'stress tests' on the major banks and building societies late last year, we are confident that they are strong enough to keep lending, even in the face of a severe economic downturn.
The Bank is working closely with the Government to ensure our actions provide maximum support to the economy.
To support larger businesses in paying their staff and suppliers, the Bank and the Government have together introduced the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF), offering them cash in return for their corporate debt.
And the Government has announced its own substantial support measures. These include:
· options for businesses to defer VAT and PAYE payments;
· the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), where employers can claim for 80% of the wages that they are paying staff who cannot work;
· the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) worth 80% of trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for 3 months;
· and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), from which small- and medium-sized businesses can borrow up to £5 million, with the Government giving guarantees to the banks that make those loans.
The unprecedented nature of the disruption means that the intelligence gathered by the Bank's agents from their business contacts is crucial in ensuring our senior policymakers understand how Covid-19 is affecting Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
We're grateful to the many contacts who have been taking the time to give us this essential intelligence, despite the remarkable pressures they, their families, and their businesses are under.
With your help, my Bank colleagues and I will continue working to reduce the economic and financial impact of Covid-19 and to promote the good of the people of the UK

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Katamari Damacy Mini
Katamari Damacy Mini is an HTML5 action game where players collect objects to grow in size. It tests coordination skills.
Katamari Damacy Mini is a fun and quirky HTML5 game that is perfect for players who love a good challenge. In the game, players control a small ball and must use it to collect objects and grow in size. The gameplay is on a scrolling screen, and the ball moves automatically, following the player's mouse cursor or finger.
The game's objective is to collect as many objects as possible while navigating the environment. The screen will scroll continuously, and new things will appear as the game progresses. To succeed, players must have quick reflexes and be able to anticipate and avoid obstacles.
One of the critical features of the Katamari Damacy Mini is its color. And vibrant graphics, which are full of personality and charm. The game's easy-to-use controls and straightforward gameplay make it perfect for players of all ages.
In addition to the standard game mode, Katamari Damacy Mini also includes a variety of challenging levels and game modes to keep players coming back for more. In the Puzzle mode, players must use their reflexes and problem-solving skills to solve increasingly tricky levels. Endlessly, players must try to stay alive for as long as possible, collecting as many objects as possible to stay ahead.
Katamari Damacy Mini is a fun and addictive HTML5 game that keeps players entertained for hours. Its challenging gameplay, various game modes, and easy-to-use controls make it a must-play for anyone looking for a brain-teasing and engaging game.
Katamari Damacy Mini How To Play
The game will start with the ball displayed on the screen, and the screen will start scrolling. Use your mouse or finger to move the ball by following your cursor or finger on the screen. The objective of the game is to collect as many objects as possible while navigating through the environment. As you progress through the game, the screen will scroll continuously and new objects will appear. Try to anticipate and avoid obstacles by moving the ball out of their way. Collect as many objects as possible to stay ahead and get the highest score possible. The game includes various game modes, including Puzzle and Endless, each with its own unique set of challenges and objectives. Have fun and see how far you can go!


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APR-1400 (akronim za Advanced Power Reactor 1400 MWe) je napredni tlačnovodni reaktor tretje generacije, ki ga je zasnoval južnokorejski Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). Sprva je bil reaktor znan kot KNGR (Korean Next Generation Reactor). Razvit je bil na podlagi OPR-1000, ima pa določene podobnosti s System 80+.

APR-1400 ima toplotno moč 4000MWt, gros električno moč 1455 MWe in neto električno moč 1400 MWe. Življenjska doba reaktorja naj bi bila 60 let.

Decembra 2009 so prodali štiri reaktorje Združenim arabskim emiratom, kar je bil en izmed največjih jedrskih poslov v zgodovini. Trenutno je 7 reaktorjev v fazi gradnje, pet pa je planiranih.

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GateWay Ranked in Top 50 Community Colleges in the Nation for Graduate Earnings
GateWay Community College was ranked as one of the top 50 community colleges in the nation for graduate earnings, according to a recent study done by PayScale.com in 2020 of community college alumni nationally. When compared to other public community college options, GateWay ranked #35 on the list, with a median salary of $72,100 and early career pay starting at $50,500 for select careers.
"With student debt reaching all-time highs, we are proud that we are able to offer diverse workforce education and training options that net our graduates careers that pay well," said Amy Diaz, interim president and vice president of Academic Affairs at the college. "This ranking is evidence that GateWay continues to play a key role in our communities and economic impact to the state."
As the first technical college in Arizona, GateWay offers a variety of trade and technical programs and over 160 degree and certificate options. It now boasts five locations and has become a leading institution in meeting the needs of business and industry throughout our region.
"Our students are workforce ready upon graduation," said Diaz. "Whether they enter the healthcare field, a trade or technical career, or transfer to a university, our graduates have the foundation they need to make an immediate impact."
According to a recent study by LendEDU, Arizona four-year university students graduate with an average student debt of $23,913 per borrower making affordable education options in the state critically important. With tuition starting at just $85 per credit hour for in-state residents, GateWay offers its students an education and career path at a much more affordable rate.
For more information about the programs at GateWay Community College, please visit: www.gatewaycc.edu/programs.


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Helium Arts is the national children's arts and health organisation. Helium Arts is committed to nurturing and honouring creativity as a natural resource for a child's wellbeing.
Helium Arts:
supports a dynamic, child-friendly, family centred, holistic approach to children's medical provision, within community, primary, and acute healthcare contexts.
produces creative arts interventions for, with, and by young people which respond appropriately and adequately to their needs. Helium's services are participatory and collaborative.
works with highly skilled artists in residence to develop meaningful, arts engagements at a local level. They work with respect to the healthcare setting as a community, responding to patients, families, visitors, and staff and facilitating partnerships between departments.
aims to uphold the arts and health field as a creatively charged environment with which artists can engage, where artforms can be challenged, enriched, and extended to produce ground-breaking, inventive new work which engages with the development of children's arts in Ireland
Helium Arts is currently progressing four creative programmes:
The Artists in Residence Programme is a sustained engagement whereby an artist works with a healthcare community over a number of months. Since 2012, this programme has focused on teenagers in hospital.
Helium's Community Health Programme: Two Suitcases is an award-winning community film project for teenagers living with chronic illness. Running since 2012, teenagers collaborate with professional artists on developing and making their own films.
Early Years: Since 2009, Helium Arts has brought creative projects to children aged 0-3 and their parents in a variety of health settings, including health centres, child development clinics, early intervention centres and community centres. Helium is currently working in partnership with the Jack and Jill Foundation on the Picnic Project, developing multi-sensory performance experiences for children under three with complex needs.
The Professional Development Programme offers training and support to artists and healthcare staff wishing to engage in arts and health practice.
Architecture, Dance, Film, Literature, Multidisciplinary, Music, Theatre, Visual Art
Helene Hugel
Artistic Director/ CEO
28 Pearse Street
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Strongsville is a suburb located 15 miles southwest of Cleveland, Ohio along the southwest border of Cuyahoga County. With a population of roughly 44,750, Strongsville is a medium-sized city offering residents a dense suburban feel.
Strongsville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Strongsville has many features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children.
Strongsville blends small-town charm with a strong business community, offering plenty of retail, dining and entertainment options. We've listed a few of our favorite details about Strongsville below.
Restaurants, Parks and Activities in Strongsville
Whether you are in the mood for relaxation or entertainment, you'll find it in Strongsville.
Strongsville is known as the best shopping destination in the southwest Cleveland suburbs. SouthPark Mall is an enclosed shopping mall with 181 retail stores anchored by Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's, and a 14-Screen Cinemark Movie Theater, as well as Kohl's and Office Max. Across the street, there's Ulta, Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Petco. Just down the road is Homegoods, Target, T.J. Maxx, Michael's, and much more.
As for restaurants, there's everything from fine dining, to fast food favorites like Chick-fil-A, to local and national chains.
Don's Pomeroy House is a well-known fine-dining restaurant with a basement pub and lovely outdoor patio. In the mid-19th century, the Pomeroy House, then called The Homestead, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Alanson Pomeroy, the homeowner and a prominent Strongsville resident, concealed runaway slaves in his cellar before they were taken to boats on Rocky River for passage to Canada.
The Brew Kettle is another Strongsville favorite offering a taproom, smokehouse (try their whole smoked chicken wings), and brewery with award-winning beers, and also the chance to brew your own beer or vint your own wine.
If you're in the mood for sushi or hibachi, try Shinto Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar – serving the best sushi in the southwestern Cleveland suburbs.
As for parks, Strongsville has nine city parks with ball courts/fields, playgrounds, picnic areas, pavillions, and trails, in addition to a state-of-the-art recreation and senior center. Ehrnfelt Recreation Center offers residents a pool, sauna, steam room and whirlpool, massage therapy, ball courts, indoor elevated track, weight and exercise room, and game area with pool tables, ping pong, video games, air hockey and more.
There's also Mill Stream Run Reservation, part of Cleveland Metroparks, where visitors can engage in hiking, horseback riding, archery, ziplining, axe throwing, and tobogganing at The Chalet on the tallest, fastest toboggan ice chutes in Ohio.
To experience the serene oasis of a real-life 'Secret Garden,' visit Gardenview Horticultural Park. Gardenview is the life's work of horticulturist Henry Ross, who as a young man, had a dream of creating an English garden and purchased this plot of land after returning home from World War II. Ross worked tirelessly for decades, transforming a land full of weeds and blackberry brambles into the garden paradise it is today. The nonprofit botanical garden and arboretum features 16-acres of rare plants and flowers displayed in a natural, cottage-style landscape, complete with whimsical statues and lily ponds. Enter the gates, and you'll feel as though you've been whisked away to the British countryside.
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To make great leaps in research, we need to better reflect the diverse nature of the world
The Alan Turing Institute (the Turing) recognises the importance of building a diverse community. To make the great leaps in research that we aspire to as the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, promoting and embedding equality, diversity and inclusion is integral to achieving our mission.
Data science itself is a complex combination of diverse scientific disciplines. To ensure that we can change the world for the better, we need to:
conduct a diverse range of research
seek a diverse range of people working across our research and business
use data that is diverse in an Institute that epitomises diversity.
Diversity in all its forms
Diversity covers every aspect from multi-disciplinarity to organisational partnerships, research application areas to international collaborations and across the range of people working with us, attending our events, reading our work, conducting our research and more.
In an industry which can often be dominated by one gender, ethnicity, age or culture we need to become more effective at drawing people from the widest possible pool and developing this talent to provide a diverse pipeline of individuals to take up more senior positions.
To solve the world's problems and challenges, we need to be accurately reflecting the world's diverse composition, to ensure that the challenges we propose to solve reflect the needs and values of a progressive society. Diversity breeds creativity and allows knowledge, discoveries and innovation to flourish. Turing can be at the forefront of this, with diversity at the core of every research activity and our organisational composition.
"Diversity breeds creativity and allows knowledge, discoveries and innovation to flourish."
The Turing believes that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect and strives to create a culture that is inclusive and free of barriers. We recognise the benefit of creating an environment that nurtures talent and allows every individual the opportunity to flourish and reach their full potential.
The Turing is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion because we understand that this is the only way that we will be able to undertake research which tackles some of the biggest challenges in science, society, the economy and the world we live in.
Each individual at the Turing has a responsibility to help drive our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) programme, guided by these principles:
We will seek to understand the challenges and barriers to equality in order to eliminate discrimination, creating an environment where differences are valued.
We will promote a culture of inclusion, recognising and celebrating difference and acknowledging the benefits achieved by diversity of thought and experience.
We will create a safe, non-judgemental space where we can discuss arising issues relating to equality, diversity and inclusion and support one another to understand and acknowledge a range of perspectives.
We will embed equality, diversity and inclusion across all levels of the Turing and in everything that we do.
We will educate our community and raise awareness in all areas relating to equality, diversity and inclusion ensuring our commitment to EDI is understood by all.
We will support and enable our community to recognise and challenge behaviour at all levels which goes against these principles.


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About Andrea Mabee
Growing up in New York, Andrea Mabee was greatly influenced by her exposure to the arts at an early age. With a multitude of museums at her doorstep, the International Center for Photography quickly became one of her favorites. "The images I viewed, some haunting, some thought provoking, and others just exquisite in their aesthetic appeal, attracted me to this art form."
When Andrea moved to Maine almost 40 years ago, she built her first darkroom, and began to follow her passion to capture and create artistic images.
Living on the coast of Maine, Andrea has been drawn to the juxtaposition of both the serene beauty and the severe harshness of this striking environment. Working harbors and the men and women who earn their living from the sea are often the subjects of her photographs.
The diversity and culture that is found in an urban landscape continues to be the subject of many of Andrea's images. Get-a-ways to Boston and New York are opportunities to visit with family and friends, and to capture images that portray another view of life.
The subject matter of my photography is not limited to one particular genre. I am equally intent on trying to capture the essence of a flower as the uniqueness of an individual. While some images appear to be very serene, others are bustling with motion and activity.
The candid photographs I take of people often show them in their natural environment, which helps to provide the viewer with a glimpse of the subject's story. Everyone has a story.
Each day brings an infinite number of photographic possibilities and the challenge of creating a fine image. In that vein, I can fully appreciate the statement made by the photographer, Imogen Cunningham, (1883-1976) who when asked, which one of her photographs was her favorite, she replied, "The one I am going to take tomorrow."
My work in photography is constantly evolving. Capturing images and then portraying them with an artistic vision is a truly gratifying experience. It is what feeds the soul!
Recent Exhibits:
Barn Gallery, Regional Artists Juried Show, Ogunquit, Maine
Give Art, Holiday Exhibit, Damariscotta, Maine
River Club Annual Art Exhibit, Patrons Award, Kennebunkport, ME
River Tree Arts, "Photographers Choice", Kennebunkport, ME
Barn Gallery, Ogunquit ME. Juried Photography Show
George Marshall Gallery, York ME. Invitational Exhibit, "The Working Waterfront"
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Photographed and Written by Andrea Mabee
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Po ostatnim spotkaniu (tyt. oryg. Pas takimit të fundit) - albański film fabularny z roku 1989 w reżyserii Fehmi Hoshafiego.

Opis fabuły
Akcja filmu rozgrywa się w jednostce artylerii przeciwlotniczej. Intrygi jednego z oficerów sprawiają, że dowódca jednostki musi stanąć przed sądem wojskowym.

W realizacji filmu wzięli udział żołnierze z garnizony Vlory.

Obsada
 Arben Tartari jako Fatos
 Fatos Sela jako komisarz Gani
 Liza Hajati jako Liza
 Luftar Pajo jako porucznik Rauf
 Bruna Borova
 Shefqet Bregu
 Ali Dauti
 Anila Dervishi
 Pellumb Dervishi
 Taulant Godaj
 Vladimir Muzha
 Elton Hoshafi
 Zhaneta Papapavli
 Amarildo Prengapuca
 Arben Subashi
 Pjerin Vlashi

Bibliografia

 Archiwum filmu albańskiego

Albańskie filmy z 1989 roku
Albańskie filmy obyczajowe


We have carried out an audit of barrier management in the operations at Ringhorne.
Ringhorne is operated by ExxonMobil, and is part of the Balder field, in the central North Sea. Ringhorne has been developed using a combined accommodation, drilling and wellhead facility. Production began in 2003.
From 16 May to 1 June 2017, we carried out an audit of Ringhorne. During the audit, we examined how ExxonMobil is providing for and ensuring compliance with requirements for barriers and barrier management within the disciplines of safety instrumented systems, ICT security, process safety and technical safety.
The objective of the audit was to assess how the operator is ensuring compliance with the authorities' regulations, recognised standards and its own barrier management requirements for the operation and management of Ringhorne.
The audit identified three regulatory non-conformities. These concerned follow-up of performance requirements, performance requirements and penetrations in fire walls. We also found four improvement points. These included automatic fire water discharge in the event of confirmed gas detection, passive fire protection, gas detection and response time for PSD (process shutdown) functions.
We have asked ExxonMobil to report on how the non-conformities will be dealt with. The deadline for this has been set at 31 August 2017.


Well, I've got some good news for you. This week (and this week only!), we're going to talk about the advantages of being an old economy professional!
I know this may come as a shock given my history of telling you all the things that you need to adjust in order to thrive on the web. You do need to adjust, it's just that in the process I don't want you to lose sight of the many factors that you have in your favor as a traditional business professional.
1. You've Got Customers. Your customers don't want to leave you — it's much easier for them to stay with a familiar company than to go elsewhere. It will take more effort and more money on the part of a competitor to take your customers away than it will for you to keep the ones you've got. You've already got customer names, customer addresses, customer account histories, and most of all, existing customer relationships. The competition starts from ground zero.
Your ability to grow your business through approaches that take advantage of this information and these relationships — through cross selling, refer-a-friend programs and targeted marketing campaigns, for example — can not be matched by a competitor that has just arrived on the scene.
Make sure your marketing approach does not rely exclusively on tactics that "anybody" could employ. Traditional mass market approaches like print, radio, direct mail, telemarketing and others can be used by any business, whether it's got one customer or one million. You want to leverage your customer base.
2. You've Got A Proven Business Model. You've figured out a way to generate real revenue by offering real products and services to people who pay you real money. Yours is more than just a good idea, you've built a plane that actually flies.
Your newly minted web-based competitors on the other hand, are discovering that a good idea isn't worth anything if it can't be implemented. And at the end of the day, most products and services are consumed in the physical world, and therefore require well managed physical world processes. (Drop me an email if you want to hear how my real world experiences as a Peapod grocery delivery customer compare with the conceptual advantages of the Peapod approach described in our 10/14/99 newsletter," Understanding What the Internet is Good At ").
3. You've Got A Track Record In Your Business And In Your Industry. At the core, the fundamentals of business don't change (although as we've said many times before, the strategies and tactics certainly do). Your 10, 20, 30+ years of real world tested, industry-specific business experience are tremendously valuable. Many of the Dot Coms on the other hand, have already felt the pain that comes from building a business without any "adult supervision," and without an experience-based understanding of the dynamics of the industry they operate in.
BOTTOM LINE: The Internet presents many challenges for traditional professionals, and all of us need to be open to changing as necessary to meet them. In your struggle to evolve quickly however, make sure you don't overlook the inherent advantages that come with being the incumbent.


If there's no other explanation, it Must Be Art.
Strobes like the Paul C. Buff White Lightning X1600 and Alien Bees have a 6P4C modular connector (like a RJ14 telephone wall cord) marked REMOTE. This connector provides strobe sync, strobe power control, and modeling light power control.
The following information was obtained by studying the LG4X wired remote controller and X1600 strobe. Later models (such as the Einstein) clearly have more going through this connector.
The common and sync pins are electrically connected between all four sockets on the LG4X.
The modeling light control is also a simple DC voltage. When the LG4X switch is set for full power modeling lights, this voltage is 0. When the switch is set for modeling lights OFF, this voltage is 5.0V. When the switch is set for tracking, the voltage is connected in parallel with the strobe power voltage.
The sync pin idles at +5V with respect to the common pin. When the FIRE button on the LG4X is pressed, a single 1 millisecond pulse at 0V is output. This pin is also in parallel with the tip of the SYNC jack on the LG4X, so an external contact closure on the SYNC port also drives this voltage to 0.
That's all there is to this interface, at least as far as the LG4X wired remote is concerned.


The background for these sculpture series is basically the same as in The Landscape/Kungslena.
The rubber mat makes the original for castings in bronze and wax. Every layer has been cut out and glued together. I had been wanting to work with bronze for a long time, and this was a way for me to make a try with the material. I have put the bronze against the same forms but in wax, a meeting between medium and its different surfaces, reflections, weight and durability.


Some sponsorships may already be sold out, and as such, your sponsorship will be confirmed upon receipt.
Please call Jen at 312-440-9080, ext 23 with questions or to confirm availability.
Patron Sponsorship Level: Pick one selection, subject to availability, from the Patron Sponsorship Selections below.
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Platinum Sponsorship Level: Pick two selections, subject to availability, from the Platinum Sponsorship Selections below.
Diamond Sponsorship Level: Pick two selections, subject to availability, from the Diamond Sponsorship Selections below. (Please call Jen at 866-440-9080 ext. 23 for more details).
Package 1 ($1,000) (included at no additional cost with Platinum and Gold Sponsorships) – Single 360º image with up to 6 hotspots (depending on sponsor level) plus 1 hyperlink and 1 deep link to your website.
Package 2 ($1,500) – Two 360º images, 6 hotspots, 2 hyperlinks and 2 deep links to your Website.
* Spend $8,500 on branding options and receive a 50% off code for one (1) staff member.
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Provider-based attendees receive a passport at registration and must visit all the participating vendors on the exhibit hall floor, during exhibiting hours, to be eligible for prize drawings valued at up to $200.00! Only participating exhibitors are listed on the passport.
A free opportunity for members of your staff to serve as a facilitator at Tuesday's networking luncheon. Lead the discussion on the latest trends in a pre-determined topical area of importance to the digital healthcare industry. A limited number of tables are available.
Premium advertising space includes inside back cover, inside front cover or back cover in the Onsite Guide and Notepad given to all of the attendees at the Healthcare Internet Conference. Ad must be submitted by the vendor for approval no later than 9/9/19.
Post an approved article in GreyMatters, which is electronically delivered at the first of every month to over 7,000 subscribers, 3,300 providers, 450 email opens.
Take the opportunity to host a webinar attended by healthcare leaders in the industry. Greystone moderates the webinar and promotes it on social media channels, the Greystone website, GreyMatters and through email blasts to maximize the amount of exposure. Average sign-up: 170. This offering also includes an opportunity to provide a blog supporting the case study that is being presented. A recording is sent to attendees and a list of those attendees is provided to the vendor sponsor.
The application for space and the notice of assignment by Greystone Interactive, LLC (Greystone) constitutes a contract for the right to use the space allotted for The 23rd Annual Healthcare Internet Conference, herein referenced as the "Event". In the event of uncontrollable circumstances in which the building holding the Event is unfit for use, Greystone shall notify Exhibitor within a reasonable period and shall refund to Exhibitor within 30 days the amount paid by Exhibitor to the Forum. If Greystone cancels or moves the location of the event, without cause by uncontrollable circumstances, Greystone will at Exhibitor's preference either (a) reimburse Exhibitor the full amount for monies paid to date within 30 days, or (b) allow Exhibitor to apply the monies paid to the rescheduled event. If the Exhibitor cancels, it shall not be subject to a refund.
The Event will be located at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Orlando, FL. The dates of the event are November 4-6, 2019. Setup will be on November 4th, beginning at noon, and teardown will be on November 6th. Greystone will use reasonable efforts to maintain the location, dates and times and floor plans of the Event.
All demonstrations, food distribution, or other activities must be confined to the limits of the exhibit booth. Assigning, sharing or subletting the assigned space is not permitted without written consent from Greystone, which may be withheld for any reason or no reason. Exhibitor shall comply with the Hotel's rules, regulations, and restrictions relative to the use of the space. All food distribution other than prepackaged items must be approved in advance by Greystone.
Both parties assume full responsibility for the acts, omissions, and conduct of their representatives, agents and contractors and agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the other party, its officers and directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, governmental fines or penalties, and costs or expenses (including court costs, interest, and attorney fees) of any kind whatsoever arising from such acts, omissions, and conduct except to the extent that such claims, losses, and damages are the direct result of the other party's gross negligence or intentional acts. In any event, except for acts of gross negligence or intentional misconduct, each party's liability to the other party under this Contract shall be limited to and shall not exceed the amount of the exhibit fees paid by Exhibitor to Greystone. Exhibitor acknowledges that Greystone and the Hotel do not maintain insurance covering the Exhibitor's property and that it is the sole responsibility of Exhibitor to obtain appropriate insurance. The Hotel is not deemed to be an agent of Greystone.
Unless caused by acts of negligence or intentional misconduct by the other party, its agents or employees, each party shall not be responsible for the safety of the property of the other party, their agents or employees, from theft, damage by fire, accident or other causes, but will use reasonable care to protect the other party from such loss. During the dates of the exhibit, including move-in and move-out days, Exhibitor shall obtain and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance that provides a minimum coverage of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, and be able to show proof of such insurance upon five (5) business days notice and shall name Greystone as an additional insured. Exhibitor assumes the entire responsibility and liability for losses, damages, and claims arising out of injury or damage to Exhibitors' displays, equipment and other property brought upon the premises of the Hotel unless caused by acts of gross negligence and intentional misconduct by Greystone, any of its agents, or employees.
Circulars or advertising matter of any description may only be distributed within the booth assigned to the Exhibitor presenting such materials. If Exhibitors want flyers distributed to hotel rooms, this must be cleared in advance through Greystone. The Hotel charges for such distribution and such charges will be the responsibility of the Exhibitor.
Exhibitors, as well as Sponsors, will receive access to the attendee mailing list. The list will be provided for one-time restricted use before and/or after the conference (based on the benefits of the exhibitor or sponsorship package purchased). The list cannot be incorporated into a broader list, nor the contents generally disseminated. The list cannot be shared with any other person or any other company for any purpose except in connection with your restricted use of the mailing list.
Hospitality suite functions and other events must not conflict with the conference schedule. Invitations and company literature may only be distributed from assigned exhibit booths. All hospitality suites must be approved prior to the conference by Greystone. Those hospitality suites requiring food and beverage must have arrangements made through the Hotel Food and Beverage Department.
Greystone reserves the right to (a) restrict exhibits because of noise, method of operation or for any other reason that causes disruption to the Event, and/or (b) prohibit or evict any exhibits, which detract from the general character of the exhibition as a whole, provided Greystone notifies Exhibitor and provides Exhibitor reasonable time to cure such problem. In the event of such restriction, Greystone is not liable for any exhibit expense unless Greystone resells the Exhibitor space at which point Exhibitor would be entitled to a refund within 30 days equal to the amount paid by Exhibitor less the fee Greystone collected in reselling the space. Any noise-making exhibits must receive approval of Greystone before the exhibit opens. Greystone also reserves the right to alter the exhibit layout at any time.
Exhibitors or their agents shall not damage, alter or otherwise injure or deface the walls or the floors of the building, the booths, or the equipment of the booths. If such damage occurs, the Exhibitor shall be liable to the Hotel.
Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers. Attendees will adhere to the Code of Conduct listed on the HCIC website.
Cancellations by Exhibitor are not subject to a refund. Any substitutions must be approved by Greystone prior to the event. In the event that rendering the fulfillment of this Contract by Greystone be impossible or impractical due to cause or causes not reasonably within the control of Greystone, such as fire, casualty, epidemic, earthquake, explosion or accident, blockage embargo, inclement weather, governmental restraints, restraints or orders of civil defense or military authorities, act of public enemy, riot or civil disturbance, strike, or Act of God, the parties shall mutually amend or terminate the agreement at Greystone's option. If terminated, Exhibitor shall receive a refund within 30 days equal to the amount paid to Greystone. If Greystone cancels or moves the location of the event, without cause as defined above, Greystone will at Exhibitor's preference either (a) reimburse Exhibitor the full amount for monies paid to date within 30 days, or (b) allow Exhibitor to apply the monies paid to the rescheduled event.
Waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Contract or any breach shall not constitute a waiver of any term or condition or breach of this Contract.
This Contract, including the Exhibit Application, states the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all proposals, oral or written, and all other communications between the parties relating to this Contract. No amendment or modification of this Contract shall be made except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties.
Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Contract are in lawful money of the United States, and any amount advanced, paid or calculated is to be in US currency.
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This week, the headliner was Thanksgiving. With the holiday on Thursday, and most birders (including myself) spending time with family, there was a drop off in sightings from previous weeks. Starting off where last week ended, the Gray Kingbird was seen again on Monday at Magotha Road in Northampton County, Virginia Beach's neighbor to the north. Several folks included Rexanne Bruno, Giles, Jason Strickland, and Jim Marcum all added their names to the list of observers who managed to see this rarity while it was in town. Monday proved to be the final day for sightings though, and it hasn't been observed since. As far as Virginia Beach observations go, things were really quiet while I was out of town, which is a swing from this same week last year when the Crested Caracara off Hungarian Road was causing a considerable amount of chaos in the birding community. On Wednesday, both Bob Ake & Rebecca Walawender observed a Razorbill flying along the beach at Back Bay NWR, being the first of the season sighted in the county. This one was mixed in a flock of Black Scoters according to Bob's post on the Virginia Birding Listserver, so I'll have to scan these flock as I encounter them moving forward. I've yet to see one in Virginia Beach, though they're sighted commonly in winter offshore, and from the beaches by those with powerful scopes. The CVWO Seawatch at Rudee Inlet turned up the season's first Common Eider on Thursday morning when Tracy Tate had one inside the inlet during the first hour of the 3-hour watch. Royal Terns continue to be sighted, and 25 Nov is their late date according to the Gold Book. They seem to be staying longer each year, though they definitely still depart the area before the new year begins, arriving back again in mid-March typically. A few Peregrine Falcons were seen, and Nelson's Sparrows are still being found at Pleasure House Point. I've noticed a number of eBirders that seem to be annoyed by Black Skimmers flagging as rarities, and this should be fixed very soon, so hopefully it'll quiet some folks down since the birds can be found year-round at Pleasure House Point. Interestingly, a few Palm Warblers were seen this week, and though they are said to winter here, I don't think I've seen one this time of year. I primarily spot them during the transient months when their numbers are inflated by passers-by.
A very beautiful Palm Warbler, one of the more common warblers of the southeastern US in wintertime!
Since it was a holiday week, on Wednesday evening, Ruth & I drove down to visit her sister & nephew in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, arriving just after midnight following a long post-work drive down the I-95 corridor. On Thanksgiving morning, as I've done the past few years, I headed out for a long hike so I could feast without feeling too guilty. The past two years we have visited South Carolina, and each visit, I've knocked a bit more off of the Swamp Fox Trail that winds its way through the nearby Francis Marion National Forest. Interesting, Francis Marion is the fellow who Mel Gibson's character in The Patriot was based off of, and he was commonly referred to as The Swamp Fox, hence the trail's name. I don't typically see a huge volume of birds along the trail, but I do enjoy the workout, so I headed out for what would become about an 8.5 mile walk around 7 AM. Throughout the walk, I kept my eyes up and used my binoculars as much as I could, using my camera only as a backup, something I'm working more and more towards since the best birders tend to be the ones who take the least miscellaneous photographs, and only use the camera when something documentation-worthy pops up. Heading up Route 17 towards Awendaw, then northwest on Steed Creek Road, I made it to the starting point on Halfway Creek Road. The forest here looks primed for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, as it is inundated with Jackpine stands and is managed by the US Forest Service. While I did see some Northern Flickers, Red-bellied & Pileated Woodpeckers, and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, I never did come across the more endangered Red-cockadeds, so they remain a bird I've yet to see in my life. The forest was actually very quiet in the morning, and the air was still. While it was very peaceful, I did miss the thrill of seeing lots of birds like I do in areas I know well back home in Virginia Beach. However, I did find a few neat species along the way. The highlight for me was probably the pair of Blue-headed Vireos seen in the treetops. Surprising a group of 15 or so Wood Ducks on a small rainwater pond along the trail was also a great sighting! Of course, these birds all took off before I could even raise my camera, but I did see them clearly. Nearby, what I believe was a Red-shouldered Hawk could be seen in the trees as well. On the way back to my sister-in-law's house, I stopped by the Pitt Street Causeway, a birding hotspot in the area, but the high tide was in and birds were scarce.
A close-in shot of a Horned Grebe, showing off their almost devil-like eyes!
On Friday morning, I went out early to a little park in the area called Shem Creek Park. Elevated boardwalks here travel through the tidal saltmarsh and often times afford good wildlife viewing. As with the past couple of years, this site didn't disappoint, and I quickly started racking up some good species. A Seaside Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow were seen in close to one another in the higher portions of the marsh. The high tide was in here, so many species like Clapper Rail weren't seen since they tend to be seen out in the open more when the mudflats are exposed and they come out of the reeds to hunt. Common Loons and Horned Grebes were seen on the creek itself, as were Hooded Mergansers. A good size flock of Scaup flew by overhead, but the real highlights were a group of Palm Warblers that came out into the open when I rigorously pished them out. Among them were a number of Yellow-rumped Warblers, the classic winter warbler of the southeastern United States. Other species like Ring-billed, Laughing, and Herring Gulls were also observed, and Double-crested Comorants were seen in the main river offshore in healthy numbers. Brown Pelicans could be seen further out as well. The park provides a really nice view out over the main bay looking towards the city of Charleston and Ft. Sumpter. Two years ago, Ruth & I had a heck of a surprise when a Bottlenose Dolphin put on a show just a few feet off where we were standing. No such luck this time, perhaps they prefer the low tide situation when the fish are funneled into a smaller volume of water. The Horned Grebes were enjoyable finds, diving and popping up pretty close to the boardwalk, much closer than I see them up on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel at least. After walking out and back, I headed home and we spent the rest of the day in the city.
One of the most unique among birds, this is the only bird that can break into a live Oyster shell, the American Oystercatcher!
On Saturday, my nephew got dropped off by his father and spent the day with the three of us. I had done some research on other potential wildlife outings in the area before I arrived, finding one that sounded to be a neat excursion. The Bull's Island ferry. Leaving from Awendaw, this private ferry takes passengers out to Bull's island, one of the barrier islands just off the coast a few miles. In between it and the mainland lies the saltmarsh, and the ferry ought to provide some great views of birds there. So the four of us took the 12:30 PM ferry to the island, hiked around for a few hours, and then headed back on the last ferry of the day at 4 PM. En route to the island, we saw a good number of American Oystercatchers, a personal favorite of mine. Horned Grebes, Buffleheads, and Hooded Mergansers were also seen. Surprisingly the Buffleheads flagged as a rarity on eBird, which had me scratching my head a bit since I saw about 40 of them throughout the afternoon. Several Bottlenose Dolphins were seen in the labyrinth of tidal creeks that flowed through the salt marsh, and the boat slowed each time we encountered them. Among the low tide mudflats, Willets, Dunlins, Dowitchers, and Black-bellied Plovers were seen. When we arrived at the island, it had taken about 45 minutes in total to navigate the shallow waters of the saltmarsh. Before we were able to step off the ferry, I noticed a large bird soaring over the island through my binoculars. With a massive bill, and outstretched white and black wings, the bird was recognizable even in shadows as a Wood Stork, a bird I'd never officially seen before, though I wonder if I had seen some in Florida when I was 17 years old when my family visited. Similar to an ibis, but much stronger looking, Wood Storks can be common along the coastline in the southeast though they don't go much further north up the coast than this area, so I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. As it turned out, this was the only one I'd see on the day, so I'm glad I was the one that spotted it.
One of the rather large American Alligators that was pulled up on the banks of the freshwater marshes on Bull's Island in South Carolina!
After stepping off the boat and onto the island, we walked a little ways down a gravel roadway toward an open field that had a few buildings, including a bathroom. On the way, I pished a few times to get some warblers to come screaming in so Christopher could see them. Palm Warblers, Yellow-rumps, and even some Ruby-crowned Kinglets were the main species that came towards us when I'd make the pishing sounds, they seemed aggravated by it. Given the limited time on the island, we took the Turkey Walk Trail counter-clockwise, wandering through some pretty thick palmetto forest. Along the way, we saw some Eastern Phoebes, but it wasn't until we crossed the Summerhouse Road and split between two large freshwater impoundments that the wildlife really began to show up. As we got to the first pond, birds scattered off the water and I wasn't able to see them clearly enough, but figuring them to be Coots or Gallinules. While I was looking around for the birds, Ruth spotted a 7-8 foot long American Alligator on a mudflat out in the pond not far away. We figured we were lucky to see this one, and thought perhaps no one else from the ferry had seen any yet. From there, we walked down a side trail towards an observation platform, but the high water had overtopped the trail and we couldn't make it to the end. There was no way I was walking through any water here after seeing the gator. When we got back to the Turkey Walk Trail, we continued on, and suddenly American Alligators started running off the trail into the waterways on both sides. There was at least 15-20 of them along the banks, and several more already swimming out in the water. One large gator held firm up on the bank, facing us, so we didn't want to continue in our direction. Fortunately, some other people were approaching along the trail from the opposite side, and so we backed off, knowing that as they neared, the gator would run forward to escape. Once they'd cleared us a path, we kept walking, though while waiting, I did get some photographs of my very first Common Gallinules, of which there was probably 20-30 moving through the thick marsh vegetation!
My second new life bird of the trip, this is a female Common Gallinule, not showing quite as vibrant coloring as the males, but still a beautiful species!
Along the walk between the ponds, I took a lot of photographs of the gators, and it was amazing to see how well some of them could blend in with the freshwater marsh. Even some of the ones that had pulled themselves onto the bank were tough to see. From this trail, we ended up meeting back up with the Beach Road, after a half mile walk through more palmetto forest, where the mosquitoes were actually pretty bad, keeping us walking at a good pace to avoid them. At the Beach Road, we headed south and met the ocean, where we looked for shells, and Sand Dollars for a little while. Ruth found one that was still alive so we put it back in the water, and Heather finally found one that was almost complete, though Christopher accidentally broke it later in the walk, so it didn't make it home in one piece. From the beach, it was roughly 1.5 miles back to the ferry, so we started off the walk, finding more alligators on this side of the pond, and many more Common Gallinules as well, bringing the number up to at least 30 of them seen on the day, not bad for a life bird. I tried pishing a few more times, bringing in some White-throated Sparrows, but almost exclusively Yellow-rumped Warblers. One Northern Mockingbird was added near the meadow with the bathrooms. A group of 17 White Ibis was seen out over the tidal marsh just before we reached the ferry, and while awaiting its arrival, I got some nice photographs of a brilliantly colored Savannah Sparrow in the grass while everyone else was oblivious. When we hopped back on the ferry, we had flybys of Buffleheads, and several Snowy & Great Egrets. Even on the trip back, we did good with the birds though the angle of the sun was making it hard to capture most in photos unless they were in the perfect spot. American Oystercatchers were again the highlight, but Willets, Dowitchers, and Plovers were seen as well. Only one dolphin was encountered on the return trip, and it was a brief sighting, though dolphins are tough to photograph, and most shots end up just being of the water's surface. When we reached the dock, there was some Short-billed Dowitchers feeding alongside in the exposed mudflats, and a Great Blue Heron was also seen, adding to the wading bird count for the day. Next year, I might do the earlier ferry at 9 AM, and explore more of the island, as it seemed like quite a place for wildlife, and the further out I can get away from the casual visitors, the more I'm likely to see.
One of the birds many folks refer to as "little brown jobs". Clearly, when one gets a good look or photo, there is much more than just brown to these sparrows!


The Pewter Pedestal Dining Table has a unique medieval/middle ages style.
The pedestal is 1.3m in diameter and seats up to 4 people. Made using recycled pine the Pewter Pedestal table features a beautiful grey wash finish which adds to the medieval style.
The Pewter Pedestal would be a welcomed addition to dining areas.


Not often do Torah Jews find much cause for rejoicing in the headlines. The recent implosion of the virulently anti-religious Shinui and the public humiliation of its acid-tongued leader Tommy Lapid, however, is a happy exception to the general rule.
In the Shinui internal elections to select its Knesset slate for the upcoming elections, Lapid won an embarrassingly close victory for top spot on the list over a virtual unknown. Next his faithful sidekick and the man responsible for bringing him into the party in the first place, Avraham Poraz, was defeated for the second spot on the list by Ron Lowenthal, a Shinui member of the Tel Aviv City Council.
The columnists have not stopped laughing at Lapid since.
Even by the standards of previous Israeli "centrist" parties, the speed of Shinui's precipitous crash was unprecedented. Shinui won 15 seats in the 2002 elections, which made it the third largest party in the Knesset, just behind Labor. On the strength of that showing, the party claimed two of the most powerful ministries – Justice for Lapid and Interior for Poraz – and a number of smaller ones.
All current polls show Shinui failing to cross the electoral threshold for the next Knesset.
True, we are not supposed to rejoice in the downfall of our enemies. But as the late Mirrer Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz points out in his famous shmuess on nekama (Divine Vengeance), there is another principle as well: "A righteous man rejoices when he witnesses vengeance . . ." (Tehillim 58:11). Nekama, Rabbi Shmulevitz explains, is a righting of an imbalance in the world, and refers equally to the punishment of the wicked and the reward of the righteous.
Those who witness clear examples of nekama – e.g., Haman hanged on the fifty cubit gallows he had so elaborately prepared for Mordechai – rejoice because their belief in Divine Justice is thereby reinforced. And so too when Lapid, who frequently contrasted Shinui's internal democracy to the way the Knesset slate of United Torah Judaism is selected, finds himself hoisted on his own petard. His concept of democracy, it turns out, matched Hosni Mubarak's – the right to ratify his hand-picked candidates.
Of course, the fall of Lapid does not exactly signal the deliverance of the Jews, as in Megillas Esther. Even before Lapid's humiliation, polls showed the party winning no more than three seats in the upcoming elections. Most voters had concluded that Prime Minister Sharon's new Kadima Party would be a far more effective vehicle for enacting large chunks of Shinui's agenda – civil marriage, a written constitution, electoral reform. In their opinion, Shinui had proven itself not serious when it decamped from Sharon's government rather than sit with the chareidim.
But if Kadima is only a more effective Shinui is there anything positive about Shinui's disappearance? I believe there is.
Shinui, under Lapid, defined itself by its hatred and contempt for anything identifiably Jewish. Shinui was the party of young, upperwardly mobile Ashkenazim. As Lapid disdainfully put it, Shinui was not for "Mazal in Dimona."
"Sometimes its o.k. to be anti-Semitic," Poraz once told the cabinet. He meant that a Jew has a right to express his contempt for the religious practices that have always defined our people. Accordingly, Shinui introduced a bill to allow stores to open on Yom Kippur. And when Poraz, as Interior Minister, refused to enforce the law against the display of chametz, Lapid derisively proclaimed, "This year bread, not matzah, is the symbol of our freedom." Lapid's attacks on hechsherim as a tax on consumers could have been lifted directly from any number of neo-Nazi sites.
Kadima makes no such visceral appeal to contempt for all things Jewish. Its electoral appeal is primarily based on having forged a third path between the illusions of the Left in a peace-seeking Palestinian populace and the Right's dreams of Greater Israel, not on hatred of chareidim or contempt for our past.
Most Israelis have awakened to the fact that we face, at the very least, another generation of conflict with the Palestinians. And they recognize that national morale will be a key determinant in the outcome of that struggle. In such a situation, to lose all connection with whom we are and where we come from could prove fatal. Only a shared sense of Jewish identity can provide the necessary national unity and purpose.
Two years ago, Aharon Appelfeld, one of Israel's leading novelists, told Ha'aretz interviewer Ari Shavit, that the chief sickness of Israeli society is that Israelis have amputated their past and internalized the hatred of Jews. In the place of the "internal organs of the soul," all that is left is a "black hole of identity."
The phenomenal rise of Shinui was a symptom of the disease identified by Appelfeld. Even the rebels against the continued rule of Lapid and Poraz within Shinui broke with the latter over their unconcealed loathing for religious Jews and Jewish religion.
At one level, then, the self-destruction of Shinui signals a widespread recognition that Israel cannot afford to destroy its sources of self-identity and strength. With that recognition, the healing can begin.


Heyyyy friends! How are ya? Me, I'm alright, really, really tired and kiiiinda going through a teensy bit of gaming withdrawal. You see I've not played anything, at all, since Monday night, and it's got me allll a'twitchy. Am I addicted? You betcha. Thankfully tonight should be a tad different. Due to a variety of reasons, there won't be a stream tonight, so I might just be able to get some gaming in for myself! Yay! I'll likely spend it trying to get next week's game, Gazillionaire, to run on DOSBox, and maybe some LOGistICAL.
Besides Gazillionaire, I hope to get some time with LOGistICAL and Lord of the Rings Online this weekend as well, but it'll be a busy one so I'm not expecting a ton of gaming time.
Solar Settlers is having a launch stream event to coincide with the game's launch next week, including prizes and more!
Interstellar Space: Genesis is now available for pre-order via a Humble Widget! Yay!
Sirius Online got a massive update which includes new ship skins, a whole new ship, and loads more.
Lots going on in Jumpgate, including an official Quantar statement concerning the Hyperial attacks, and a new database website to replace the old JOSSH site that was lost when the game was shut down.
Starship Theory (does anyone know how to get in touch with the developer? They have no website and no other way to contact them apparently other than Reddit, which I've already tried) got a new patch which speeds up the game and more.
PULSAR: Lost Colony has a new beta, which adds new NPCs, a new hub and a TON more. It's really impressive!
Stellaris' developers put up a new dev diary looking at ethics voice packs, which will apparently be part of an upcoming story pack they've not yet announced.
Star Dynasties has a devblog talking about character emotion models.
Star Explorers got a new update with adds a new HUD among other things.
Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls has a new update talking about their upcoming seamless world functionality.
The CIC has the scan of a magazine called Fusion which, in 1995, published a visit to the Wing Commander IV set.
Avorion has a teensy itty bitty beta patch.
Elite Dangerous got a small patch with some small fixes.
Infinity: Battlescape has a new weekly dev update with more base renders. It's looking REALLY great.
Finally, Dimension Drive got a big update which adds new enemies and more!
Next up, some sales! First up, you can get this little game called Space Ships on itch.io for $0.10 right now. Then, Star Trek Online is having a key sale. Finally, Bundle Stars has an amazing bundle called the Killer Bundle X, which includes the fantastic VoidExpanse and some other awesome titles. This is a seriously fantastic bundle.
That's it folks. Have a great day, and remember, no stream tonight! Thanks for reading!


You need to prepare 20 Blood of Sargeras yourself when you level these lvl165 Profession Crafted gears to Lvl180.
1. You will get Imbued Silkweave Robe(Ilvl165) and Obliterum*10.
2. We will complete the delivery by meeting you in the game or send by in-game mail.
3. Estimated time: 30 minutes-24 hours.
You need to prepare 10 Blood of Sargeras yourself when you level these lvl850 Profession Crafted gears to Lvl875.
1. You will get Imbued Silkweave Robe(Ilvl850) and Obliterum*5.
1. You will get Haustvelt Jerkin(Mythic-Ilvl840).
1. You will get Moonfall Robe(Mythic-Ilvl840).
1. You will get Crescent Vale Robe(Mythic-Ilvl840).
1. You will get Hrydshal Robe(Mythic-Ilvl840).
1. You will get Hagfeather Robe(Mythic-Ilvl840).
1. You will get Temporal Scholar's Robe(Mythic-Ilvl840) .
1. You will get Silkweave Robe.
1. You will get Imbued Silkweave Robe.
You will get Hexweave Robe(Stage 5 itemlevel 700).
1. We will deliver the item face to face or send to you by in-game mail.
2. Estimated time:30 minutes-24 hours.
You will get Hexweave Robe(Stage 6 itemlevel 715).
You will get Hexweave Robe(Stage 4 itemlevel 685).
Introduction: 1. We will deliver the item face to face or send to you by in-game mail. 2. Estimated time:30minutes-24 hours.