program EdgeCAM, developed by Pathtrace Technology, - one of the world's leading software products in the field of control processing programs for CNC machines, lathes, milling and EDM group. EdgeCAM works regardless of the CAD system. Load models are not converted. The probability of loss and distortion of data transfer is completely eliminated. Changing the geometry of the model in the CAD-system leads to automatic recount trajectory processing in EdgeCAM. EdgeCAM - the perfect solution, trusted by leading developers of CAD. Autodesk has proclaimed Pathtrace, developer EdgeCAM, the world's leading partner in the development of control programs for CNC machines - Global Preferred Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Partner.


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Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, U.S. official says
Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout, U.S. official says
DNI Avril Haines: Russia Can't Replace On Their Own 'What They Are Expending' In Ammo
In 2002, a year before the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. passed 'the Hague Invasion Act' that says if the International Criminal Court (located in The Hague, the Netherlands) tried to charge any American for war crimes, the U.S. can invade the Netherlands with military force to liberate them
Russia's mercenary Wagner Group sanctioned by U.S.
Zelensky made "fatal mistake" by visiting U.S., Russia warns
Brittney Griner Receiving Medical Evaluation In U.S. After Return From Russia
Finland's foreign minister hints that Russia may have been involved in last week's Quran-burning protest that threatens to derail Sweden's accession to NATO: "This is unforgivable," Haavisto says.
Khashoggi's wife asks U.S., U.N. for help to recover devices from Turkey
Top Ukrainian Defense official says battle tanks are key to defeating Russia
700 continuous rounds melts suppressor
Broadway's "Take Me Out" Rounds The Bases For The Last Time
U.S. airport security needs a makeover
Discussing the demand for police reform across the U.S.
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If you like the Greek entertainment, go to Oskars, if you don't like it, then I would not recommend it. Oskar makes Greek tricks and Greek blah blah all night, because he wants every body to smile and enjoy their time with him. Oskars restaurant/bar is an original, Greek place.
I agree with Bethan & Emma, Oskars is the best restaurant in lassi. We also were told by our rep at the welcome meeting not to take Oskars booklet. She recommended the tour companys package, to go to a restaurant with Greek music and meze night which was expensive. Perhaps our rep didn't want us to go to Oskars for a better Greek meze at a better price.
Our rep believes that she is cleverer than us, her own clients.
Reps should stop underestimating the intelligence of the holiday makers and give better information.
Kefalonia is a beautiful green island with many different trees and flowers.
The people are very friendly and welcoming.
It is a big island with many places to visit and lovely clean beaches. There are many good restaurants and bars. We found the free booklet from oskars restaurant to be most useful with its very good maps of the island and lassi and its beaches.
AT THE WELCOME MEETING, OUR REP TOLD EVERYONE NOT TO TAKE THE BOOKLET FROM OSKARS BUT WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT WE DID. WE READ ALL THE INFORMATION, VISITED THE RESTAURANT THREE TIMES AND ENJOYED GOOD FOOD, EXCELLENT SERVICE AND A GREAT ATMOSPHERE. We can only think that maybe our rep, Pat didn't want us to go to Oskars because he was getting commission from other restaurants. We suggest you don't just listen to the reps, but see and decide for yourself.
kefalonia is a beautiful place the people are very friendly, oskars is a 10 min walk but it is well worth it, the food was very good and the entertainment was amazing, would highly recomend to come here !
Night life in Kefalonia is amazing and fun especially the Greek night at oskars. The beach is lovely and a great holiday for families.
Ps. Our rep was getting her acting face all the time to sale us her tour island packages, which were so expensive. We hire a car and explore, I think it was better.
It's our first time in Kefalonia. We had tried a few restaurants in lassi. When we came across OSKARS we was amazed with the friendly staff that made us very welcome, the atmosphere is welcome and fantastic. It's a beautifully clean restaurant, the waiters are wonderful and food is excellent.
Hopefully God willing we will be coming back next year to stay at OSKARS apartment.
OSKARS and his Family are wonderful hosts!
The dancers are professional and in traditional Greek costume.
Tucked away on the fanari road, Oskars restaurant is a real treasure to find. The stuff is friendly and efficient and the food is totally delish!!!
Advertising should make it clearer that this is not just a restaurant but a total evening entertainment.
We tried the rest but you can't beat the best. The welcome, the food, service, entertainment & friendship at oskars is 100%. Every detail is to perfection. A fantastic family run atmosphere. A perfect ending to a wonderful relaxing holiday. Many thanks to Thomas Cook rep for the recommendation.
Oskar the dragon.-The fire tricks very good!
The meze was very good!
Maybe you could open an oskars in england?
Excellent dancing+party- The best in kefalonia.


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Wilson and Li are two of 16 fellows at 13 institutions with varied professional, cultural and institutional backgrounds. The fellows work in many disciplinary areas, including public health, food access, emergency management, housing and neighborhood change, and community-based mapping. The fellowship projects represent frontiers of emerging geospatial data science, including for example geospatial AI and deep learning, geovisualization, and advanced approaches to gathering and analyzing geospatial data. A full list of the fellows, with biographies and project information, is at https://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/geospatial-fellows-members/.
CyberGIS – cyber geographic information science and systems based on advanced computing and cyberinfrastructure – has emerged as a new generation of geographic information science (GIS). Pioneered by multi-million dollar research funded by NSF, cyberGIS seamlessly integrates advanced cyberinfrastructure, GIS, and spatial analysis and modeling capabilities to support widespread research advances and broad societal impacts.
Built on the progress made by cyberGIS-related communities, the GSI Conceptualization Project is charged with developing a strategic plan for a long-term hub of excellence in geospatial software infrastructure, one that can better address emergent issues of food security, ecology, emergency management, environmental research and stewardship, national security, public health and more.
The Geospatial Fellows program will enable diverse researchers and educators to harness geospatial software and data at scale, in reproducible and transparent ways. They also will contribute to the nation's workforce capability and capacity to utilize geospatial big data and software for knowledge discovery.
With a particular focus on COVID-19, the combined research findings of the Fellows will offer insight on how to make geospatial research computationally reproducible and transparent, while also developing novel methods, including analysis, simulation, and modeling, to study the spread and impacts of the virus. The Fellows' research will substantially add to public understanding of the societal impacts of COVID-19 on different communities, assessing the social and spatial disparities of COVID-19 among vulnerable populations.
"Dr. Li and I are honored to be included as fellows in the company of researchers and scholars whom we admire and with whom we look forward to collaborating more closely," said Wilson. "This fellowship will further our ability to undertake innovative methodologies in our COVID-19-related research, such as with food insecurity and health disparities."
"I look forward to seeing the results of these projects, particularly as FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reuse of digital assets) and open datasets, software, and models that others can then build on," says Daniel S. Katz, Assistant Director for Scientific Software and Applications at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), the University of Illinois.
For more information about the GSI Conceptualization Project, visit their website at https://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/. Visit spatial.usc.edu for more information about SSI's research and its emphasis on population, health and place.
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NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
The modern bowling center has to combine appealing design and spectacular effect systems with robust, efficient technology - this vision was the starting point for the emergence of NGT Bowling.
In mid-2012, Mario Kilian (Bowlingbahn Technik Kilian) and Wilhelm Dekkers (D & K electronics) discovered that there was no supplier in the bowling industry who could handle this vision from a single source. However, just as the market structure changed from sports bowling to entertainment bowling, it was clear that a successful trade would always have to fulfill this vision.
Innovation as a trademark
The pinsetter is a key feature of any bowling lane. In 2012, however, the technologies were outdated. Waiting pinsetters every day with a development level from the 80s were the rule, so it was decided to do a new development. It should be robust and easy to use and maintain.
Also in the area of the facilities we wanted to break new ground: contemporary design as well as spectacular lighting and sound entertainment.
Dekkers and Kilian decided to combine their potential: The former took over the development of a new, innovative pin board. Kilian dedicated himself to the task area of the associated system components, furnishing and entertainment systems as well as the marketing. A new operational structure was required. Bowling Technik Kilian became NGT Bowling. A great enrichment in the following, busy and exciting time was Robin Dekkers, who supports the company since 2014.
In 2015, NGT Bowling finally presented a new, spectacular product line.
To combine the potential of the process at that time we have kept to booty. The assembly of the machinery in the Netherlands takes place, the associated system components, equipment and entertainment systems as well as the global sales are realized in Germany.
The company Systemtechnik Kilian was founded in 1983 by Werner Kilian in a garage. The field of activity included the repair of Pinsetters and the associated components. In 1987, today's owner Mario Kilian joined the company. In 1988 he moved to a rented company building in Düren. In 1990, the first microprocessor controller for Pinsetter was developed. These controls have been supplied to numerous partner companies in the bowling industry. From 1991, the company started its own production of system components for bowling equipment. Due to the order situation an enlargement became necessary. Therefore, in 1995 a large residential and business building was acquired in Niederzier. From now on also complete lane systems could be produced. 1998 saw the first development and production of a scoring system for bowling equipment. Due to constant order growth, the move to a commercial area became necessary. So in 2007 they decided to build a new commercial building in Jülich. The transformation into NGT Bowling in 2014 again required an expansion. In 2017, a new commercial building was built in the immediate vicinity of the old location.
The company D & K electronic was founded in 1984 by Wilhelm and Wilma Dekkers and Rain Kuyer in the Netherlands. The idea was to develop and produce electronic billing systems for billiard sports. In the following years followed electromechanical products for shipping, evaluation systems for sporting events, polishing machines of billiard balls and the development and production of electronic darts. From 1987 they came in contact with the bowling sport. It started with the development and production of scoring systems. Due to the large sales, the production area had to be increased in 1989. A large commercial hall was built. In the following years, the company developed into the market leader in the Benelux countries and parts of Germany. Bowling became the main field for D&K electronics. In 2014, Robin Dekkers, son of founder Wilhelm Dekkers, joined the company to continue the business.
Meanwhile, the NGT Bowling consists of 21 employees - 21 professionals, which allow us to work completely without subcontractors. That makes us unique.
With Jörg Walterbach in 2016, we were able to gain a real luminary for our company. Over 20 years of sales and technical expertise in the national and international bowling business - these numbers speak for themselves. This bundled experience is at your disposal for the comprehensive planning of your project.
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Pune: Harshvardhan Kadam, quite like the locality in Pune where his art studio 'Inkbrushnme' is located, is quiet. He casually inquires how our trip from Mumbai to Pune was, and offers us tea, before explaining how he had used our visit as an excuse to cancel a trip to Mumbai and stay home.
He likes 'quiet' Pune, he says.
He is Pune. A city where he has spent most of his life. A place that continues to play muse to his art works.
"To understand the voice of the people, it is very important to understand the context in which you are creating an art work. Since I know the city, I know what the people will react to and what the people will not react to," says Kadam.
A little into the conversation, it becomes clear that beneath the calm exterior is the mind of an insatiable artist, constantly exploring new ways to tell his stories.
"The more I explore, the more I know about myself. The more I explore, the more I know about people and what it is exactly like to be a human being," he says.
The word 'explore' resonates. Kadam's repertoire is vast and diverse. He has illustrated books for kids. He is in the final stages of completing a work on erotica. He loves painting murals on large walls. But there is a feeling he wants to do more.
"What I observed as I was growing up was the art of sequential story telling which is the language of graphic novels. I used that to shape up my understanding, my voice and my style. So there is a whole range or a spectrum of projects I like to do. The reason why I do that is because I don't want to be tied to a particular identity," he says.
"The idea that I could use walls as my canvas first struck me during a visit to Varanasi. That thought of having access in a public space... creating something that can communicate... made me realise I could extend (my) skill set to a bigger space," he adds.
The latest work in his street art project is a 300m-long mural on the walls of the Yerwada Jail in Pune. The art work, titled 'Songs of the City', is India's largest mural, and is Kadam and his team's attempt at telling the story of Pune in a chronological order.
"The mural is the story of the city from the river's (Mula-Mutha) point of view. The river has been here for years and has seen all the changes that the city has undergone. The length is so magnanimous that we had to create it in sections [sic]. Just to imagine and conceptualise, we divided the progression in parts," explains Kadam.
Though Pune is central to his work, Kadam plans to continue travelling across the country and paint walls. The idea, he reiterates, is to continuously expand his canvas.


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I was looking for a quality wire brush that had a dense wire content. Most of the cheap brushes do not have a dense enough wire content and make them less effective in cleaning. The on I had came with a missing bristle bunch, not sure if that is normal. Overall I like the product.


14 In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks. 2 But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren. 3 Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. 4 But the people of the city were divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. 5 And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them, 6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region; 7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.
8 At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked. 9 This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well, 10 said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he leaped up and began to walk. 11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us." 12 And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out 15 and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In the generations gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways; 17 and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." 18 Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 After they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." 23 When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are." 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, along with them also. 38 But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. 39 And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. 40 But Paul chose Silas and left, being committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. 41 And he was traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.


The concept, developed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, takes a simple circular form and inserts two Lens Platforms to provide superb views of the River Tyne. The architectural idea for the façade is likened to fanning out the pages in a book with the entrance overlooking the Market Place being book-ended by two vertical spine walls. The concept allows the benefit of fantastic views both into and out from the building at key locations.
Each floor wraps around the perimeter of the façade with a 15 metre diameter atrium located in the centre with triple height voids cutting through at the entrance and the Lens Platforms.
The external appearance of The Word has been strongly influenced by the industrial heritage of South Shields with salt panning, coal mining, glass making and ship building all informing the material choices.
Coal– The base plinth upon which the building appears to sit is clad with a dark grey, textured concrete panel that gives the impression of coal.
Salt – A circular halo of white concrete wraps around the building.
Glass – There are large areas of glass celebrated at the entrance and the Lens providing views into and out from the building.
Stone – Levels one and two of the building step out from the coal plinth below creating a pronounced circular drum. This is clad with vertical spanning baguettes, the spacing of which resembles pages fanning out in a book.
Metal – Full height windows are framed with anodised steel/aluminium relating to both the previous shipbuilding industry and the existing shipping trade.


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Kalmar wins an order for ship-to-shore cranes from Rotterdam Short Sea Terminal
CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 20 APRIL 2017 AT 9 AM (EEST)
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with Rotterdam Short Sea Terminal B.V. on the delivery of new Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) cranes. The deal includes two Kalmar STS cranes and an option for further two cranes. The order has been booked into Cargotec's 2017 first quarter order intake, and the delivery of the first two cranes is planned to be completed by the end of 2018.
Rotterdam Short Sea Terminal B.V. (RST) is the largest short sea shipping hub in Europe that is currently expanding operations in the Port of Rotterdam. Kalmar will deliver wide-span monobox STS cranes which are specifically designed for RST's short sea operation. The containers are loaded directly from the truck and stacked between the STS legs with minimal container moves. The local Kalmar team in Rotterdam is responsible for crane erection and project oversight as well as supporting the customer when needed.
"We have had Kalmar STS cranes in our terminal for many years and they are some of the quickest in the world, allowing us to optimise our overall operational efficiency and keep service times for vessels and trucks the shortest possible", says Mr. Cees van Pelt, Manager Technical Department & Projects at RST. "Based on the solid performance of the current Kalmar cranes and the expertise of the local Kalmar team, we are confident that these new cranes will meet our STS productivity targets and help us continue to provide reliable service to our customers."
"Our joint history with RST dates all the way back to the 1990's. We are happy that we can mark a new chapter for Kalmar STS cranes with a loyal customer and support them in expanding their business," says Tero Kokko, Senior Vice President, Automation and Projects, Kalmar. "This will be the first STS delivery from our joint venture Rainbow-Cargotec Industries (RCI) in China. Since its opening in 2013, RCI has delivered close to 300 RTG cranes to our customers world-wide and all the deliveries have been on time and in budget. So our joint venture is in an excellent shape", he continues.
The Kalmar STS cranes will be shipped from the recently opened new jetty in Taicang. Kalmar has over 40 years of experience in rail-mounted port cranes with a track record of several STS industry firsts; including the first remote-controlled Super-Post-Panamax STS cranes in the Port of Rotterdam.
Further information for the press:
Tero Kokko, Senior Vice President, Automation and Projects, Kalmar, tel. +358 20 777 5135


Wondering how you can squeeze in a work out when you can barely squeeze in a nap? We've all been there. You feel like you just got home with your bouncing bundle of joy and all the sudden six weeks later you're still exhausted and none of your clothes fit. Don't worry, Mom, Here are a few fool proof tricks to burning those extra baby pounds off.
– You don't need a fancy home gym for a great work out. Put baby in your new carrier or wrap and get moving. Place your feet a little wider than your hips and try moderate squats. To keep the focus on your lower body, do alternating lunges. Baby wearing workouts really get your heart rate up.
– Some people call them pushups but let's call them "kiss ups!" Start in pushup position and try to kiss the baby on each rep to make sure you're getting low enough. Even trying these on your knees will give you a tough workout. At the beginning, aim for two sets of ten reps and go up from there.
– What could be more motivating than that brand new fancy stroller parked in the garage? Time to get out and show it off! A fifteen minute walk with a stroller can burn up to one hundred calories. So hit the pavement, enjoy the fresh air and you'll both love the change of scenery.
– Remember that what you put in your body is just as important as the exercise you're doing. Prepare yourself with tons of nutritious and convenient snacks. Whole fruits and veggies, hard boiled eggs, reduced fat cheese string cheese and mixed nuts are nutrient rich and so easy. Prep and buy ahead so they are easy to reach for when you only have a few minutes and you're hungry.
– While baby naps or enjoys a few minutes in the bouncy seat, pop a workout DVD into the player or check online for different free yoga, walking, pilates and core training videos. Mix it up each time for a fun, different workout. You'll be amazed how much better you feel after a 30 minute video.
Motherhood is wonderful, exhilarating, exhausting and amazing but can also be tough. Remember to listen to your body and take care of yourself. Rest when you can and eat healthy. As always, consult your doctor before beginning any new diet or exercise plan.
Parenting expert Julie McCaffrey is a proud mommy to 3 kids and owns BabyNav Baby Planners where she offers personalized consultation to new and expecting parents along with functioning as the Chief Brand Officer at PishPoshBaby.com—the high-quality baby store that supplies the facts and advice, along with the right choice, to parents who are completely lost in the whirlwind of baby gear. She loves to help moms and dads navigate everything from baby gear, preparing for multiples, getting back to work and getting the whole family on a routine.


Video footage of his brief address at the rally was telecast on news channels wherein he can be heard saying, "I would like to say, Giriraj Singh's ancestors died and were cremated. You need a yard of land even after you die, for burial of your mortal remains. If you say you cannot chant Vande Mataram, this nation will never forget you".
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In order to ensure free and fair elections, the Election Commission of India on Thursday expressed that it is of the view that the Vivek Oberoi-starrer biopic 'PM Narendra Modi' should not be released till May 19.
"The movie that Pooja is apparently going to start work on is said to be loosely based on the Hollywood fantasy thriller, Tomb Raider (2001) starring Angelina Jolie in the lead role," the source adds.
The makers of 'Burra Katha' have announced the release date of the movie, which will be released on May 24, 2019. Directed by screenwriter-turned-director Diamond Ratna Babu, the rom-com was lunched in the last August and wrapped up its shoot recently.
Actor Shane Nigam starrer 'Ishq' will hit the theatres in May. The team is currently in its post-production stage. They had wrapped the shoot and the technical team is colour grading the movie. The team recently announced that they are in DI studio. Even though the team hasn't said the exact date of the release, they have announced it would be in May.
The PM was referring to power situation in Bihar during the 15-year rule of RJD (from 1990 to 2005) and now under NDA, when all the households in the state have been provided electricity connection by the end of last year.


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things they full upon a table against their breast, but both ways are very toilsome, and attended with great trouble.' These however are neither the most curious nor the most awkward of their operations. The same author tells us tható in fulling breeches the people often put them on and rock themselves about, by which means they contract a habit of perpetually rocking and moving their limbs, though they have nothing on them that wants milling.' Our recent travellers have not informed us whether it is still the custom for every man to be bis own fulling mill; if it be, we should think that peculiarity of gesture must have been noticed, which would bave entitled Horrebow to class the Icelanders of his time among the wagtails. In the Feroe Isles the women perform the work of fulling by treading the cloth in a tub; in this manner a girl can full twenty pair of hose in four or five hours.
The children, as is the case every where in Europe except in England, look like little men and women. The ordinary dress of the women is not unlike one of the most convenient and becoming fashions of our own country. The full dress is showy but not inelegant; the bridal dress is still more showy. The head dress would have shocked Latimer as much as the velvet power' from Turkey, which he called a vengeance devil. It is shaped like a large flat horn, rising from a sort of turban and bending forward. What would the good bishop have said to such a fashion as this? he who would have a wife remember St. Paul, whenever she put on her cap, and call to mind her subjection to her husband? Yet though the Iceland wife exalts her horn in this manner, subjection to the more worthy gender is practically acknowledged; and to the great discomfort of our English travellers, the ladies of a family wait at table upon their guests. They have another custom, of which the travellers complain still more feelingly; that of returning thanks by an embrace and a kiss. Mr. Hooker describes a ludicrous scene arising from this custom, in which the man was more fortunate than the master. He obtained leave, in one of his excursions, to have his dinner dressed in the Priest's house, near which he had pitched his tents; his man, Jacob, a very interesting personage, whose untimely end forms a most unwelcome conclusion to his eventful history, was the cook. Jacob was longer than usual about his business, and Mr. Hooker being impatient, made his way through smoke and darkness into what he calls the cooking-room, a kitchen being too dignified an appellation for such a den. Here he discovered Jacob sitting on the ground, with two or three filthy women about him, regarding his operations, and marvelling at his frying-pan, in which he was dressing some sliced fish, on a fire kindled on the bare earth, between his legs. Close by him was a pretty girl, who had won Jacob's attention so much that every now and then he
presented her with a slice of the fish, and she, in return forevery piece, rose up, took him round the neck and kissed him. Her expression of gratitude was so much to Jacob's taste, that this bait would have drawn all the fish out of the frying-pan, if his master had not arrived in time to remind him that he wished to have a slice or two saved for himself. Mr. Hooker's ill fortune led him, before he left the house, to present a snuff box to the mistress, a little dirty ugly old woman, by no means free from cutaneous disorder. The old lady imagined that he only meant to give her the snuff; but when she was made to understand that the box also was included in the gift, she instantly repaid him with an embrace; from which, he says, he extricated himself with all possible haste, and ran to wash himself in the nearest stream.
The morals of the Icelanders are libelled by that German who was worthy to become lion's food;—and by Anderson, whose calumnies upon this head are contradicted by Horrebow, with more mildness than such misrepresentations deserve. The Danes indeed, who like the other nothern nations have aped the manners of the French, and are now paying the price of their predilection for that corrupt and treacherous people, have imported their immoralities into Reikiavik, and materially injured those with whom they habitually associate. Sir G. Mackenzie says, that women who lived in open adultery were received into company, and even noticed by the bishop, with as much familiarity as if their characters had been blameless. This contagion is confined to Reikiavik, and even there, he says, considering the loose lives of the Danes, it is astonishing how little progress it has made. They set the natives an example of irreligion as well as licentiousness, for none of them attend the church; but the Icelanders are a religious people, and every where, except in the capital, they preserve the purity of their manners as well as their faith. There is an equality in the country which is favourable to morals. The servants are considered as nearly on a level with the children of the house. In America, these helpers, as they call themselves, display their sense of independence by being insolent. An English lady at New York rang the bell for tea; and after some time repeated the summons, that her visitors might not be kept waiting: farther delay provoked a louder call; upon which the angry American waiting-maid put her head in at the door and exclaimed, the more you ring, the more I wont come.' In Iceland the equality is natural, and therefore unobtrusive; the servants are generally orphans, or the children of very poor farmers: they partake in the recreations as well as the labour of the family; whilst spinning, knitting and sowing are going on in their long winter darkness, some one reads aloud the old tales and histories which their ancestors produced, not more for the honour than for
the blessing of Iceland. Scarcely a farm house is without some of these books, which they exchange with each other at church, the only opportunity they have of meeting; and thus the literary wealth of every parish continually circulates. The servants, being thus associated with the family, not unfrequently marry their master's children; this is, indeed, so usual, that a poor farmer sends his son or his daughter to serve in the house of one more affluent, in hopes that such a connection may be formed.
The law of inheritance is favourable to this equality. No entails are allowed; the property of the aeceased is divided in equal portions among the sons, the eldest having the privilege of chusing his share. The daughters have each half a son's portion; the widow half the estate. Were the law of primogeniture established, it might promote the improvement of the country by favouring the accumulation of property; but a wise legislator would pause before be ventured, for this consideration, to change a system which has been certainly found favourable to virtue and happiness. The poor laws are remarkable. Every householder is compelled to receive his relations who cannot support themselves, to the fourth degree of kindred. The travellers say nothing of the moral effect of this system, which, perhaps, they had little opportunity or time to observe ; but it is an interesting subject of inquiry. The house. holder who has no kinsmen that require his assistance, must contribute to the support of the poor, either by taking into his family some orphan or aged person, or by paying an annual rate proportioned to his property. This tax falls heavily: a landholder who pays only two or three rix-dollars to the revenue, is not unfrequently called upon for forty, fifty, or even sixty, towards the maintenance of the poor in his district, if he does not chuse to receive any of them into his family. These poor laws are strictly enforced by the hreppstioré of every parish.
The other taxes are light, and do not suffice for the civil establishment of the island. The sysselmen collect them in kind, and are required to pay the amount in inoney to the lavdfoged or treasurer; they therefore dispose of the produce to the merchants, taking the chance of loss or gain, and retaining a third as their salary, a proportion not more than adequate to the trouble and responsibility of their office. The commerce of the island has been exempt from all duties since 1787. This exemption was, perhaps, granted in consequence of the dreadful state to which Iceiand was reduced, in 1783, by volcanic eruptions more tremendous than any which had ever been recorded in its annals. The trade had long been declining. From the beginning of the last century, till the year 1776, it was in the hands of a chartered company, by whose monopoly the Icelanders were greatly oppressed. It was then nominally VOL. VII. NO. XIII.
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vested in the king, and carried on with a fund of four millions of dollars, which the government provided. At the end of ten years the stock of every kind was sold, and it was found that the capital had diminished more than an eighth part. The remainder was then vested in commissioners, who were empowered to lend money at four per cent. to those who would embark in the trade of Iceland, which was freed from imposts for twenty years. At the end of that time, the exemption was prolonged for five years; but the state of its trade will come more properly under consideration in treating of the existing circumstances of the country.
Fish and oil are the chief articles of export: besides these, however, the Icelanders export wool, coarse woollen goods, skins and feathers. The eiderdown is one of their most valuable commodities; it sells for twelve shillings a pound, and, in consequence of the benefit which is thus derived from the eider ducks, a severe penalty is inflicted upon arry person who kills one. Both Mr. Hooker and Sir G. Mackenzie saw these birds
the little island of Vedoe, one of the most fertile spots appertaining to Iceland, and the residence of the former Stiftainptman Stephenson, who, as a special mark of distinction, still retains that title. On the other uninhabited islets they form their rude nests among the old and half decayed sea weeds which the storms have cast high on the beach ; but here, where their down and eggs afford the stiftamptman a considerable revenue, the birds seemed to be sensible of the protection under which they lived, and built their nests on the garden-wall, on the roofs, in the houses, and even in the chapel. Every little hollow between the rocks was occupied by them, and even the ground between the landing-place and the governor's house so strewn with their nests, that it required some caution to avoid treading on them. The old gentleman had also fitted the smooth sloping side of a hill for their accommodation, by cutting two rows of holes, in every one of which there was a nest. The sound which the eider birds utter, is described as very like the cooing of doves. They line the nest with down from their own breasts, and there is a sufficient quantity laid round it to cover the eggs when they go to feed, which is generally at low water. The nest is stript of its lining twice, and sometimes a third time; when the duck has exhausted her own down, the drake supplies what is wanting. If the down be taken from the dead bird, it has no longer that elasticity which renders it so valuable During the brooding season all cats and dogs are banished from this little island. One year a sox got over upon the ice, to the great alarm both of the ducks and the governor: another fox was brought over, and fastened by a string near the invader's haunts, and Reynard, in spite of his cunning, fell into the snare; he liad a great taste for eider duck, but none for solitude, and,
venturing toward this companion, came within reach of the hunter's gun.
The Icelanders take their toll of the contents of the nest, as well as of its lining, and, for their own eating, they prefer those eggs in which the bird is formed. Sir G. Mackenzie says, that as soon as the young birds leave the shell, the duck takes them on her back, swims out to a considerable distance, then dives, and leaves them to exert their power of swimming: as soon as they have learnt the use of their feet in this way, she returns and becomes their guide. This is curious, because the common duck requires no other teaching than that of instinct. It is well known how anxiously a hen who has reared a brood of ducklings, follows them to the water edge, and endeavours, in vain, to withhold them from venturing where she cannot follow. The old birds, whom the spell of duty no longer fixes to their nests, take once more to the seas, and, in a few weeks, the whole race depart, going where no navigator has yet followed them: when the brooding season returns, their unerring guide brings them again to their safe nursery.
Horrebow says that they very rarely build on the main land, though, in some places, they have been enticed to venture there, when the people send away their cattle and dogs, and take especial care to keep them from being disturbed. He says, also, that the inhabitants make little islands on purpose to invite them.
If the Icelanders were heathens, the sea would be the natural object of their worship, for the benefits which they derive from it. Fuller, in a strain of fanciful analogies, remarks in how many things the sea resembles the land; but he has not noticed that provident dispensation by which the sea is made most prolific in those regions where the shores are most destitute. "Tell me,' says this quaint but delightful writer, tell me, ye naturalists, who sounded the first march and retreat to the tide " hither shalt thou come and no further?" When the winds are not only wild in a storm, but even stark mad in a hurricane, who is it that restores them again to their wits and brings them asleep in a calm ? Who made the mighty whales, who swim in a sea of water, and have a sea of oil swimming in them?' We will add the rest of the passage for the sake of its piety and feeling, as well as its singularity. Was not God the first shipwright, and all vessels on the water descended from the loins, or rather the ribs, of Noah's ark; or else who durst be so bold, with a few crooked boards nailed together, a stick standing upright, avd a rag tied to it, to adventure into the ocean? How first fell the loadstone in love with the north, rather affecting that cold climate than the pleasant east, or fruitful south or west? Or how came that stone to know more than men, and find the way to the land in a mist? Iu most of these things men take sanctuary at
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A Stewarton man has been chosen out of hundreds of people across Scotland as a regional finalist for Specsavers' Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition.
Stephen McRoberts, aged 35, could win £10,000 and a luxury holiday in the Bahamas if he wins, as well as a chance to mingle with the stars at the 20th annual Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards.
Stephen was invited to visit his local Specsavers store in Kilmarnock to receive a bottle of champagne, a certificate and a £150 glasses voucher.
Myra Smith, store director at Specsavers in Kilmarnock, said: 'We're delighted that someone local to the Kilmarnock store has been chosen as a finalist for Spectacle Wearer of the Year.
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The elders say a person's composure reflects their soul. If this is true, then half our kind are mad.
The eclipse is nearly here. I have anticipated it for twenty years, since my first transformation, and I have more or less made peace with my destiny. The moment in between brings fear or purpose and the only thing I feel right now is a burning determination to succeed, lest my soul be sent to rot in hell.
I stare out over Liosene, the dusky sunlight calming. The city is beautiful and bright and, in the distance, in the Central Step, I see the beam of light that reaches upward from the cathedral, past the clouds, toward Rapture.
"Every soul that walks this world does so with a purpose," I recall my father telling me when I was young.
And I am close to fulfilling mine, so close.
I raise my nose, inhaling deeply. The air is crisp, but my senses are keen. You cannot hide from me, Éligyon, I think. Not anymore.
I stand tall, flexing my broad shoulders, feeling stress and worry flee, my eyes once more dancing left and right, making memories one last time. Once the eclipse is complete, I will not see this place again.
I step forward off the edge of the roof, the wind rushing past me as I near the ground. I land nimbly in a crouch, on my toes, then straighten up. I pull my coat a bit tighter, starting out onto the street, ignoring the strange looks the people give me. Who are they to judge me when they prance about in vibrant reds and greens with ribbons streaming from their garb?
The odor of my quarry is profound. For so long Devils have roamed the streets of Liosene, undetected by the mortals, blending in so well, in fact, they think themselves invisible.
But I know where they hide. I see them, trulysee them. I smell them too: sulfur and ash, the very odors permeating the walls of the parliament building. Ironic, considering how often I have heard someone complain about politicians smelling like Perdition.
I am not heading for the parliament building, though. The scent leads me directly through the East Step, and I walk hastily, my eyes set dead ahead. I ignore the rich folk in their loud garb, the corner harlots calling to me with curling fingers, the beggars rattling their coin-filled cups. In this moment the Devil is my sole obsession and I cannot help but wonder if Éligyon knows his end is near.
As I turn a corner someone touches down on the pavement behind me. They are skilled, trained. I can tell because of the near silence with which they approach. I turn calmly at the hand upon my shoulder.
"Well wherever you're headed, I'm coming with you," he decides, drawing his lips to a thin line.
I regard him for a moment, the two of us a pair of shadows in a city of color. "It will be dangerous," I warn, though I know full well that Eros can fend for himself, that he has seen his share of evil, even at the age of twenty. After all, I am the one who trained him in his ways.
I shrug and motion for him to follow.
We continue through labyrinthine alleyways, toward the outskirts of the Step. The odor is increasingly profound, even here amidst the feculence and waste. It burns my nostrils, but we press on through the shadows till we reach an abandoned tavern in the slums. The sign hangs sadly to the side and the windows are boarded up, much like every other building here.
He looks about, making sure we aren't being watched, but I approach the door and kick it down. I set foot across the threshold and immediately the odor's strength intensifies, no longer smoke and ash but rotting flesh as well. Behind me, Eros retches.
The room is dark despite the dusky light outside, but with my bestial vision I have little trouble making out the door at the far end. I cross the room, weaving in between the dusty, mold-covered furniture, readying myself for anything and everything.
"Really makes you want a drink," Eros mutters.
I tug on the door. As expected, it's either locked or jammed in place. I kick it down. The noise makes no difference. If I know Éligyon is here, he most likely knows that I am too. That's the way scents work with both our kinds, why brute force is often times a better choice than stealth.
The stairwell down is cold. Despite his training and his confidence, Eros' uneven breathing betrays his fear.
The deeper we descend, the fouler the aroma grows, to the point where even I am on the verge of retching. I cannot help but wonder what monstrosity and horror we will find.
The stairway levels out into a dark hallway. On each side are rusted cells that smell like death. In the stillness of this awful place I can hear the anguish of lost souls, trapped here forever by time. It stirs my blood and keeps me focused on my final task.
"Will you tell me what you hope to find?" asks Eros.
"A Devil? As in a creature from the Book?" inquires Eros.
"They are not your destiny," I try, though I do not know if what I say is true. An orphan nine years to this day, who's to say the Devils aren't somehow tied to Eros? Who's to say they aren't responsible for feeding him to the streets?
I hear him draw his blades, and I feel my transformation growing nearer. Despite the coldness of the hallway I am burning, throbbing, aching to be free. The beast beneath my flesh is eager for one final run.
Our pace quickens down the winding hallway. My fingernails are ivory claws now and my ears are pointed back, flat against my skull. I have begun to shed my skin and so I tear free my black coat, followed by my shirt. My flesh falls in tattered strips, pushed away by long white fur. I must look like something from the College laboratory at this point.
We pass through the final old door and at the end of the room stands Éligyon, tall and wiry, with spider-like appendages. The ceiling, floor, and walls are covered with hundreds of pulsating bright green eggs and I understand now why this building smells so sick.
There are no words exchanged between the three of us. Eros and I rush the arachnid Devil, our assault missing narrowly as the spindly fiend clamors up the wall. Éligyon screeches; the noise is high-pitched, nearly deafening. The eggs pulse one final time and then burst open with a sickening squelch.
The spider-fiends are hideous, just like Éligyon. They are red-eyed with mouths that open in quarters, revealing needle teeth and pincers. Uneven legs protruding from their torsos force them to lumber as opposed to run. So many times, the gazette has profiled missing people—mostly wealthy politicians, educators, and the like—and now I finally know where many of them went, what fate has befallen them.
I lash out and level a few of the creatures with a forearm strike, evading a glob of septic spit from Éligyon in the process. I bound to Eros' side and gore a pair of spider-fiends, then I brush away the next wave like they're made of paper, sending dark blood in all directions.
The spider lord descends and spits toxicity our way. It hits me in the right eye and Eros takes a shot to the chest. He is knocked back and I snarl as the poison burns my eye. I thrash wildly, knocking away more of Éligyon's monstrosities, then barrel toward him. This time, he isn't quick enough. My transformation is complete, and I can feel their power flowing through me, moon and sun alike, more than I have ever known. I wrench his limbs away and Éligyon shrieks.
He curses me but I merely stare, my orange eyes reflecting in his scarlet ones. He shrieks again, so I bite his tongue and pincers out, then rend him easily in two, his entrails garnishing the floor, the spider-fiends crumbling into ruin without his presence to provide them life.
"That was…disgustingly quick," says Eros, wiping spit and slime from his face.
"He was a lesser Devil," I say, ignoring the searing pain in my eye.
"You ripped him in two like it was nothing, Beo," Eros says.
Eros and I stand outside the old tavern, sore and covered in filth, looking up at the sky, at the sun, now almost completely swallowed by the moon. I let a low sigh slip through my teeth as my two forms begin to fluctuate. It is a very strange feeling, like continually putting on and taking off different size trousers. I am at peace, I think, but the adrenaline surges through me nonetheless. I cannot help but wonder: what if I had failed to slay Éligyon as the eclipse took place?
My chest tightens as I imagine a world overrun by the Devils and Damned, and for just a moment, I am able to comprehend the dread that so many of my kind have fallen prey to, the absolute annihilation of composure and balance, the fear of dwelling in Perdition for eternity, losing one's self completely. It makes me shiver.
"I'll miss you, Beo," Eros says, drawing me from dark thoughts.
"I will miss you too," I reply, looking at him, my poise returning. Eros smiles, but behind it, hiding in his eyes, I see the sorrow. It's the very same I saw the night I found him all those years ago down in the South Step. Less now, but there regardless.
The eclipse is nearly complete. I can feel my insides pulling in different directions; my body is on fire and my thoughts are screaming, the fluctuations coming rapidly. I take a deep breath, then exhale.
"I will," says Eros softly.
We sit, and I feel my twofold tangibility ignite. I watch myself begin to burn in Eros' eyes, like a torch or lamppost in the night. It starts from the bottom up. My feet and legs are ash, then my waist and torso, hands and arms, an ethereal residue rising wisplike from the ruin of my flesh and bones.
I close my eyes, permitting myself to smile before the rest of me departs.
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ISSN-L 2248-3101
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Publisher: Bioflux (Bioflux SRL)
Adress: 54 Ceahlau Street, Cluj-Napoca 400488, Romania, European Union
Contact for submission: Dr. I. V. Petrescu-Mag, zoobiomag2004@yahoo.com
The journal covers all the fields of Poeciliid biology (structure, function, evolution, ecology, taxonomy) and Poeciliid rearing (applied biology, reproduction, legislation, ethics, breeding technology or biotechnology).
Poeciliid Research is a good opportunity for you to publish your original research, review, or short communication, both printed and online, color, open access. The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions. This is an open-access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Poeciliid Research is an international peer-reviewed journal. Each published article was independently seen before by two Scientific Reviewers and at least one lingvist. Peer-review policy in Poeciliid Research: double blind peer-review. The editors use a soft for screening the plagiarism. Acceptance rate: about 75%. Electronic submission is required.
Because many authors withdrew their manuscript in final form just before the payment of the publication fee, our policy has changed (20 February 2019). The publication fee was replaced by a processing fee (100 USD), which is paid after a preliminary evaluation (not at the end). Our evaluation has two steps. 1)A preliminary evaluation by the editor (the author gets a preliminary acceptance or rejection); 2)An external double blind peer-review (at this point the author gets a final decision: acceptance or rejection). Please note that if the manuscript will not be published, the author or his/her institution gets the money back (except the cases of poor feedback from authors or withdrawal/rejection due to multiple submissions). We inform the authors about our final decision (acceptance or rejection) in 3-8 weeks after their submission. The average overall time from submission of the manuscript to publication is 10 weeks. Faster processing involves a tax of priority (50 USD).
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The journal has a waiver policy for developing country authors (only for cases of very good quality manuscripts). When the manuscript's first author is a member of the Editorial Board (Poeciliid Research), there is no processing fee. Please attach a scanned payment document and email to zoobiomag2004@yahoo.com
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Filed under Campus News, Top Stories
South Mountain teacher awarded the John J. Ross Memorial Award for excellence
Adolfo Flores, Reporter|September 17, 2018
Matt Smith, the Law Magnet/Public and Social Services program manager, won the John J. Ross Memorial Award for excellence.
Matt Smith, the Law Magnet/Public and Social Services program manager, won the John J. Ross Memorial Award for Excellence in Law-Related Education.
Smith has been at South Mountain High School for 15 years. During his time at the school he's managed to have at least one of his students in the semi finals of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project national competition for six consecutive years. He was asked how he's managed to keep his students ahead of the competition.
"We use experts in the legal community… to supplement the curriculum we have developed at South," Smith said.
According to the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education website, the awarded is given to educators "who have made exceptional contributions to further the understanding of the role of law in our society,"
Smith talked about why he chose to be a law teacher.
"I love the law. It makes you think and challenges you," said Smith. " I love working with young people. It was the best of both worlds."
Smith truly appreciates his students and believes his achievements are based of everyone's hard work.
"My success is a reflection of the hard work of many others, particularly our students," he said.
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Tips & Tricks How do I get a font from WordPerfect into Presentations?
How do I get a font from WordPerfect into Presentations?
cmthmpsn over 2 years ago
I am wanting to create a large, multi-panel poster, and there's a font I like in WordPerfect, but it's not in Presentations. The font is simply called Script, and it has a V by the name -- presumably indicating that it's a Vector-scalable font -- not the TT which would indicate it's a True Type font. I don't even know where I got this font in the first place, but it's the font I want to use. I have Suite X7 on a Windows 10 computer. Any assistance would be helpful. Thanks.
frisbee over 2 years ago
This Wikipedia article has a nice write up on Vector or Outline fonts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_font
I agree, that Script font looks nice: a lot like real handwriting without being too fancy. Unfortunately, it looks like it can't be used in many current programs.
Bradley Hand ITC looks kind of natural.
Kaufmann BT is not too bad.
Ron S.


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Majorow (alternative Schreibweisen: Mayorov, Майоров) ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Alexander Borissowitsch Majorow (* 1957), sowjetischer Nordischer Kombinierer
 Boris Alexandrowitsch Majorow (* 1938), sowjetischer Eishockeyspieler
 Ilja Andrejewitsch Majorow (1890–1941), russischer Sozialrevolutionär
 Jewgeni Alexandrowitsch Majorow (1938–1997), sowjetischer Eishockeyspieler
 Leonid Sergejewitsch Majorow (1941–2019), russischer Generaloberst
 Maxim Olegowitsch Majorow (* 1989), russischer Eishockeyspieler
 Nikita Majorow (* 1985), weißrussischer Schachspieler
 Oleg Iwanowitsch Majorow (* 1971), russischer Schachspieler


If your mail system allows you to forward mail, beware the dreaded forwarding loop. Be sure you haven't set up forwarding on several hosts so that a message sent to you gets into an endless loop from one computer to the next to the next.
Don't send large amounts of unsolicited information to people.
Know how large a message you are sending. Including large files such as Postscript files or programs may make your message so large that it cannot be delivered or at least consumes excessive resources. A good rule of thumb would be not to send a file larger than 50 Kilobytes. Consider file transfer as an alternative, or cutting the file into smaller chunks and sending each as a separate message.
The cost of delivering an e-mail message is, on the average, paid about equally by the sender and the recipient (or their organizations). This is unlike other media such as physical mail, telephone, TV, or radio. Sending someone mail may also cost them in other specific ways like network bandwidth, disk space or CPU usage. This is a fundamental economic reason why unsolicited e-mail advertising is unwelcome (and is forbidden in many contexts).
"Reasonable" expectations for conduct via e-mail depend on your relationship to a person and the context of the communication.
Norms learned in a particular e-mail environment may not apply in general to your e-mail communication with people across the Internet. Be careful with slang or local acronyms.
If you think the importance of a message justifies it, immediately reply briefly to an e-mail message to let the sender know you got it, even if you will send a longer reply later.
Just as mail (today) may not be private, mail (and news) are (today) subject to forgery and spoofing of various degrees of detectability. Apply common sense "reality checks" before assuming a message is valid.
If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines. Remember that many people pay for connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is, the more they pay.
Mail should have a subject heading which reflects the content of the message.


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Letitia Sng, Natalie Twine, Aidan Tai, Laurence Wilson, Michael Kuiper, Cameron Hosking and Denis Bauer
Letitia Sng
Using cloud-based machine-learning GWAS platform VariantSpark to build cardiovascular disease risk models
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, with one Australian having a heart attack every 10 minutes. CVD is a multifactorial disease that is influenced by lifestyle and genetic factors. Therefore, the successful prevention of CVD depends on the effective identification of an individual's risk profile. Recent studies (Khera, et al. 2018, Inoye, et al. 2018) have demonstrated the superior performance of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) over traditional risk factors (e.g. BMI, smoking). However, as CVD is a polygenic disease, the interactions between genomic variants need to be captured to build PRS models that fully capture an individual's genomic risk. Methods applied in existing PRS models use traditional approaches, such as logistic regression, which do not fully capture these interactions.
VariantSpark is a cloud-based machine-learning platform that has a demonstrated capacity to identify complex interactions between millions of genetic variants from thousands of samples efficiently. We have applied VariantSpark to detect genetic variants associated with CVD within the U.K BioBank dataset. Using these variants, we are building genetic risk models, predictive for CVD risk and measuring the performance of the resultant risk models in independent cardiovascular disease cohorts. Ultimately these risk models will incorporate cardiac imaging biomarkers to further predict clinical outcomes and risk factors.
Natalie Twine Lightning talk
Aidan Tay Developing a computational safeguard to detect Gene Drives in the wild Genome editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9, have made it possible to engineer gene drive systems for spreading desirable traits throughout wild populations. These systems rely on the fact that some genetic elements have a higher chance of being inherited, thereby allowing them to 'drive' through a population over many generations. By releasing genetically modified individuals containing gene drive systems and allowing them to breed with wild individuals, desirable traits for managing wild populations such as invasive species or disease vectors, can be propagated. However, the use of gene drive systems for managing wild populations remains hampered by the potential risks associated with releasing genetically modified individuals containing these systems. To help minimise the risks associated with releasing genetically modified individuals into the wild and improve the traceability of gene drive systems, we developed a computational approach for detecting the presence of gene drive systems within a genome. This is done by analysing the characteristic frequency of oligonucleotide sequences (i.e., genomic signature). Different organisms display unique genetic signatures, which can be used to differentiate DNA originating from different species. By analysing the changes in genomic content of sequences at different locations, the native DNA sequence and that of a gene drive can be distinguished. We demonstrate how gene drive systems can be detected in whole genome sequencing data derived from experimental sequencing library for yeast, and a theoretical sequencing library for the Cas9 gene. Importantly, this approach requires no prior knowledge about the genomic sequence and requires no alignment to a reference sequence, meaning it can be readily applied to poorly characterized organisms.
Laurence Wilson Invited Talk
COVID genomes – PathBeacon/StrEpiFun
The abundance of patient and pathogen genomic data provides a wealth of opportunities for tracking and modelling disease progression but brings with it new challenges in handling and processing the data. This is exemplified by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The global sequencing effort has provided researchers and clinicians with a wealth of genomic data, contributing to the development of vaccines and treatments as well as enabling genomic tracing of local outbreaks. However, with over 1.8 million viral sequences now available, traditional databases and platforms struggle to keep up. To address this, we have developed PathsBeacon, a cloud native platform that uses our sBeacon protocol to enable the fast and secure sharing of genomic data. Using this, researchers can rapidly search the almost 2 million sequences available to track mutations, identify similar strains and model the rate of spread of different variants. While originally developed to support COVID-19 research, PathsBeacon can be readily applied to variety of fields including Anti Microbial Resistance, Biosecurity and Agriculture.
Michael Kuiper Molecular modelling and Visualisation The advent of cheap sequencing technologies and compute power has enabled new understandings in genomic research. The genomic sequences obtained however often represent proteins expressed by the organisms, which have 3-dimensional structure and biochemical functions. Molecular modelling and visualization help provide insights and interpretation of the biological function of these findings uncovered by genomic technologies, providing a closer representation of genomic digital data to its real-world counterpart.
Cameron Hosking Detection of recombination amongst SARS-CoV-2 strains Detection of recombination amongst SARS-CoV-2 strains The emergence and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been accompanied by a significant increase in the genetic diversity of the virus, with multiple phylogenetic clusters emerging. Contributing to this diversity is the potential for recombination events to occur between distinct viral strains. When two strains co-infect the same host, they may exchange genetic information during replication, creating new strains with characteristics of both parents. While a recombination event between zoonotic coronavirus strains has been postulated as the origin of the current pandemic virus, so far there has been little research into whether recombination is occurring among the human-specific SARS-CoV-2 strains currently circulating. We sought to undertake a thorough analysis of all viral genomes currently available (100,000+) to investigate whether the virus is undergoing active recombination. Examining existing phylogenetic trees, we find that many strains are poorly explained by just one parent. To examine whether these can be better explained be recombination events we developed an algorithm to find possible recombination events. We first used phylogenetic analysis to calculate the average mutation frequency distribution of the virus. Using this we simulated both mutational evolution of the virus as well as recombination, varying the frequency and extent of the events. Based on these simulated datasets, we developed and benchmarked an algorithm for detecting recombination between SARS-CoV-2 strains which we then applied to viral sequences downloaded from GISAID. Using this approach, we identified a number of recombination events amongst circulating strains, characterizing their distribution in terms of both time and geography. Based on our analysis, we believe that there is evidence SARS-CoV-2 is undergoing recombination and that this is contributing to the genetic diversity being observed.
Denis Bauer Cloud-based bioinformatics


In his first season in England, Italian manager Antonio Conte is within the touching distance of the biggest prize in the country, the Premier League title. His squad at Chelsea is easily one of the strongest while the starting XI has been one of the most productive in the domestic league this season.
A number of players have been in superb form this season but none more than Spanish striker Diego Costa.
The former Atletico Madrid man helped Chelsea to the Premier League title in his first season at the Stamford Bridge and his exploits, albeit void in the last few games, are close to giving the Blues yet another title, this time under Conte.
He has certainly become a fan favourite at the Bridge, and in a recent exclusive with the Chelsea TV, Costa opened up about a few things.
Speaking to the reporter, Costa revealed that Chelsea and Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba was his idol and went on to explain that he was his example when he was a kid.
He went on to explain that Drogba allowed him to settle at the club and that he has to be given a bit of the credit for his returns at the Stamford Bridge.
The 28-year old was recently involved in a controversy that saw Antonio Conte drop him out of the first team, but Costa felt that it will not affect his game, and went on to thank the fans for their support.
The Spaniard has been involved in a number of tussles in recent times, and has earned himself the name of a bad boy in the Premier League, but Costa brushed the criticism aside and said that his desire to win is what makes him do such things.
With 51 goals in 103 appearances, it can be said that Costa is going in the right direction.