The broad goal of our research is the generation of externally-controllable nucleic acids (EC-NAs) under the control of various stimuli, including temperature, magnetism, and light. This approach will enable the control of multiple DNA and RNA-based technologies.
We are currently developing EC-NAs to control synthetic cells, lipid-bounded compartments containing a cell-free protein expression system inside them, for controllable and targeted drug delivery. These synthetic cells will be able to deliver a large variety of molecules, from small molecule drugs to large biomacromolecules.
We are also implementing EC-NAs to control other technologies including gene editing and silencing, molecular machines, and aptamers.
If you are interested in joining our interdisciplinary team as a Part II, DPhil, or postdoctoral researcher please contact Dr Booth directly.
- Light-patterning of synthetic tissues with single droplet resolution (2017) M.J.Booth, V.Restrepo-Schild, S.Box, H.Bayley. Scientific Reports. 7, 9315.
- Functional aqueous droplet networks (2017) M.J.Booth, V.Restrepo-Schild, F.Downs, H.Bayley. Molecular Biosystems. 13, 1658-1691.
- Light-activated communication in synthetic tissues (2016) M.J.Booth, V.Restrepo-Schild, A.D.Graham, S.N.Olof, H.Bayley. Science Advances. 2 (4), e1600056.
- Chemical methods for decoding cytosine modifications in DNA (2015) M.J.Booth, E.Raiber, S.Balasubramanian. Chemical Reviews. 115 (6), 2240-2254.
- Quantitative sequencing of 5-formylcytosine in DNA at single-base resolution (2014) M.J.Booth, E.Raiber, S.Balasubramanian. Nature Chemistry. 6 (5), 435-440.
- Quantitative sequencing of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine at single-base resolution (2012) M.J.Booth, M.R.Branco, G.Ficz, D.Oxley, F.Krueger, W.Reik, S.Balasubramanian. Science. 336 (6083), 934.


It was a cold, white day in London, as seen through the expensive lace dressings of the huge, stately mansion on London's Embankment. A sitting room had been chosen. Tea and sandwiches had been laid out. Snape had fresh, clean clothes on and had been in Nadezhda's presence. He was a great deal more like human.
So. Now that the bare essentials had been addressed, it was time to begin re-assembling the rest of the world.


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Roberto Prosseda regularly teaches at Accademia Musicafelix in Prato (Tuscany, Italy) and at the State Consevatory of Rovigo, where he also teaches in the innovative Master "Play and Rec", which will include a CD production for each of the active students.
In August 2023 he will be giving a master class at Bardonecchia (July 27-30) and one at Holland Music Sessions (7-14 August): https://ihms.nl/en/summer-academy/
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Q: How to delete Javascript object property? I am trying to delete a object property which is shallow copy of another object.
But the problem arises when I try to delete it, it never goes off while original value throws expected output.

var obj = {
    name:"Tom"
};

var newObj = Object.create(obj);
delete newObj.name;//It never works!

console.log(newObj.name);//name is still there

A: Basically Object.create will create an object , set its prototype as per the passed object and it will return it. So if you want to delete any property from the returned object of Object.create, you have to access its prototype.
var obj = { name:"Tom" };
var newObj = Object.create(obj);
delete Object.getPrototypeOf(newObj).name
console.log(newObj.name); //undefined.

A: newObj inherits from obj.
You can delete the property by accessing the parent object:
delete Object.getPrototypeOf(newObj).name;

(which changes the parent object)
You can also shadow it, by setting the value to undefined (for example):
newObj.name = undefined;

But you can't remove the property on newObj without deleting it from the parent object as the prototype is looked up the prototype chain until it is found.

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Enjoy the refreshing taste of Doublemint gum – the unique, minty flavor you can't get anywhere else. Doublemint was launched in the U.S. in 1914 and has since become one of the world's best-selling chewing gums, enjoyed by generations of consumers worldwide. Today, the classic Doublemint flavor lasts longer than ever. Doublemint is one of the largest selling gum brands in the world, available in over 140 countries.
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Hi, this smartphone have Fingerprint Sensor?
Sorry but it does not have.


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The AMLO government warns of the risks of influenza with the Pikachu image
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MICSICO CITY, Dec. 9 (UNIVERSAL) – With Pikachu surprised by the message, "When you say that, unlike normal colds, the flu can be deadly," the Department of Health has invited all Mexicans to apply a vaccine against the respiratory disease they have taken the lives of 63 people.
In social networks, the agency shares the image of the Pokemon hero and reiterates that "the vaccine is free, safe and effective and is the best defense for vulnerable groups such as children, adults and pregnant women."
In the winter season, 31 million doses of vaccine will be administered, and it is recommended that the population be placed before the end of 2018 as viruses circulate with greater intensity during the last week of December and the first half of January.
In addition to the vaccine, there are five measures to prevent influenza and other respiratory diseases. It is recommended to consume food, fruits and vegetables with vitamin C, often wash your hands, perform a sneeze label, in the case of difficulty breathing or fever, higher than 38 degrees, go to the doctor immediately and not to treat yourself.
The latest epidemiological bulletin reported that 936 cases of influenza were accumulated from 30 September to 6 December, of which 747 correspond to AH1N1, 120 to B, 55 to A and 14 to AH3N2. While of the 63 deaths 53 were for AH1N1, 5 for influenza B and 5 for type A.
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What an Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat!
We had a lovely day on Wednesday visiting the theatre. Firstly, we had a very interesting tour around the backstage area of the Pomegranate theatre in Chesterfield. We found out about the scenery and how it is changed; looked at the safety curtain and found that it is actually metal although it looks like fabric from the front; visited the dressing rooms and found that life is not really that glamorous backstage and even went underneath the stage to look at trap doors and the orchestra pit! This was even more interesting as we remembered the pantomime we watched at Christmas and could think about how it was put together behind the scenes.
Afterwards we crossed the road and went to The Winding Wheel theatre to watch Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. For a lot of us this was the first time we had watched a musical that didn't have any speaking in it at all. The production was extremely good and well worth visiting. A massive thank you and congratulations must go to all the children for their superb behaviour and attitude throughout the whole trip. We received lots of well deserved positive comments from the other members of the audience who were sitting near to us. It is always lovely to hear other people confirm what we already know – that our children are a credit to the school and yourselves. We are very proud of them! Thank you to all the staff, Mrs Condron and Mr Blowen for giving up their time to accompany the trip.
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You don't have to have a car payment! In our consumerist culture we have been told, "You'll always have to take out loans for college" and "You'll always have a mortgage" and so we believe it.
Let's suppose that instead you saved for 2 years, consistently tucking away $300/month towards a better vehicle. I'll say $300 because that gives you $100/month to put into another account to fix up your clunker. After two years you would have $7,200! You can buy a pretty reliable vehicle for $7200!
Do we own the coolest cars in America? Definitely not. Do we rest easy knowing that we owe no one for those cars? Definitely!
This is nothing new- Dave Ramsey teaches this stuff everyday! However, I have noticed that no matter what, people don't believe that others actually do this stuff and that it works.
So what's the deciding factor for having success with this method?
You must change your thinking and set your mindset that you WILL NOT, no matter the circumstances, take out another car loan. Then you have to put your money where your mind is and be diligent about saving NOW. Changing your spending habits and debt accrual all starts in your head. If you're too concerned about what people think or your short-term "Keeping up with the Joneses" you will not make it.
I hate when someone says, "Oh, they drive an Audi (Mercedes, BMW, etc), they must have money." I usually respond with "No, they probably have debt. Most people can get a loan for *insert fancy car name*." I'd rather have a cushion for my family in an emergency than some sweet wheels.
If you want to win financially, be willing to humble yourself and drive the beater for a few more months…or 100,000 miles. You won't regret it!
What do you think? Have you paid cash for a car? Has someone told you, "you'll always have a car payment?" I'd love to hear!


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Geography & Climate
Bangladesh is located in the low-lying Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta or Ganges Delta. This delta is formed by the confluence of the Ganges (local name Padma or Pôdda), Brahmaputra (Jamuna or Jomuna), and Meghna rivers and their respective tributaries. The Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal. The alluvial soil deposited by these rivers has created some of the most fertile plains in the world. Bangladesh has 58 trans-boundary rivers, making water issues politically complicated to resolve – in most cases as the lower riparian state to India. Most parts of Bangladesh are less than 12 metres (39 ft) above the sea level, and it is believed that about 50% of the land would be flooded if the sea level were to rise by 1 metre (3 ft).
The highest point in Bangladesh is in Mowdok range at 1,052 metres (3,451 ft) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the southeast of the country. A major part of the coastline comprises a marshy jungle, the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world and home to diverse flora and fauna, including the Royal Bengal Tiger. In 1997, this region was declared endangered.
Straddling in the Tropic of Cancer, Bangladeshi climate is tropical with a mild winter from October to March, a hot, humid summer from March to June. A warm and humid monsoon season lasts from June to October and supplies most of the country's rainfall. Natural calamities, such as floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes, and tidal bores occur almost every year, combined with the effects of deforestation, soil degradation and erosion. Cox's Bazar, south of the city of Chittagong, has a beach that stretches uninterrupted over 120 kilometres (75 mi).
In September 1998 Bangladesh saw the most severe flooding the modern world has seen. As the Brahmaputra, Ganges and Meghna split over and swallowed 300,000 houses, 6,000 miles (9,700 km) of road and 1,600 miles (2,600 km) of embankmennt1,000 people were killed and 30 million more were made homeless with 135,000 cattle killed, 50 square kilometres of land destroyed and 11,000 km of roads damaged or destroyed. 66% of the country was underwater. There were several reasons for the severity of the flooding. Firstly, there were unusually high monsoon rains. Secondly, the Himalayas shed off an equally unusually high amount of melt water that year. Lastly, trees that usually intercept rain water were cut down for fire wood or to make space for animals.
Climate of Bangladesh
Bangladesh has a tropical monsoon-type climate, with a hot and rainy summer and a dry winter. January is the coolest month with temperatures averaging near 26 deg C (78 d F) and April the warmest with temperatures from 33 to 36 deg C (91 to 96 deg F). The climate is one of the wettest in the world. Most places receive more than 1,525 mm of rain a year, and areas near the hills receive 5,080 mm ). Most rains occur during the monsoon (June-September) and little in winter (November-February).
Bangladesh is subject to devastating cyclones, originating over the Bay of Bengal, in the periods of April to May and September to November. Often accompanied by surging waves, these storms can cause great damage and loss of life. The cyclone of November 1970, in which about 500,000 lives were lost in Bangladesh, was one of the worst natural disasters of the country in the 20th century.
Bangladesh has warm temperatures throughout the year, with relatively little variation from month to month. January tends to be the coolest month and May the warmest. In Dhaka the average January temperature is about 19°C (about 66°F), and the average May temperature is about 29°C (about 84°F).
Required clothing: Lightweight cottons and linens throughout the year. Warmer clothes are needed in the evenings during the cool season. Waterproofs are necessary during the monsoon season


The humble wristwatch is far more than just a means to tell the time. It is a statement of identity, of style and taste. It tells the world that time matters to you and suggests precision, punctuality, and accuracy are traits that you value. A good watch is an accessory for all occasions. You get wrist watches, pocket watches and even some that hang from your shirt using a pin or safety clip, such as nurses watches. Make no mistake, it is possible to get good watches sub $500 – and some of them come from the top watch brands.
Part of the style of a watch is the material the watch strap is made from and the material of the watch case (bezel). Then there is the size and shape of the hands and the markings on the dial. Finally, there are the additional functions that the watch does besides telling the time. Most watches include at least the day, date and month, whilst others have much more – ranging from alarms and countdown timers to stopwatches and depth meters.
What do "chronometer" and "chronograph" mean?
How can I tell if I'm buying a quality watch?
Whether your taste runs to Swiss watches or top watches from other great watch brands, you will find watches rated in 3 main categories: watches below $250 are regarded as fashion watches. Whether you are looking for a Swiss watch, an automatic watch or a dress watch. Whether you are looking for a divers watch, pilots watch, or a watch that will give you access to technology there are a lot of good men's watch brands that will suit your needs.
This stylish round-faced, sliver-dialed timepiece from Swiss watchmaker Tissot is a casual classic in its simplicity and elegance. Tissot is long known to make high-quality watches and this one is no exception. The look is retro-modern simplicity and it will wear equally well in both formal and informal settings. The 20mm wide strap is made from croc-embossed (i.e. it looks like crocodile skin) calfskin leather.
The bezel is stainless steel with a transparent backing so you can see the movement at work - and the cover is scratch resistant sapphire crystal. The case is 40mm wide and a slim 11.6 mm high. The watch is an automatic winder (in case you are likely to forget to wind it up daily) and sweeps elegant silver-toned hands around a dial marked with similarly silver toned 5-minute markers and small black minute markers.
There is a day and date window at the three o'clock position. The hands and 5-minute markers are luminescent. The watch is water resistant to 30m which means it resists splashes, rain and brief immersions in water but is not recommended for swimming (which would, in any case, ruin the attractive calfskin leather band).
A round, stylish watches for men that dresses up and dresses down equally well and makes its wearer look classy and elegant. A sapphire crystal face cover resists scratches and a transparent rear case lets you watch the Swiss made movement at work. The white face with silver-toned hands and five-minute markers match the stainless steel bezel and the whole timepiece is finished off with a brown croc-embossed calfskin leather band to create an automatic retro-classic that any man-about-town should be proud to wear.
A skeleton watch exposes the movement for all to see (i.e. most of the front cover of the watch is not there so that you can see the movement that makes the watch work). This elegant and mechanically mesmerizing beauty comes from Rotary, a brand that lays claim to the title of 'oldest (established 1895) family-owned and run Swiss watchmaker'. The bezel of the small (39 mm) round watch is rose gold plated.
The visible parts of the cover are white with a black track just inside the rim and rose-gold colored 5-minute markers. The deep blue hands sweep over the fascinating intricacy of the exposed movement. The band is brown crocodile leather that offsets the warm glow of the rose gold plated bezel attractively.
Rotary offers a lifetime guarantee on the watch, provided you send the watch (and till slip proof of purchase) back to Rotary for a chargeable service every 3 years.
An elegant timepiece that not only looks stylish, not only is it one of the best Swiss watches under 500 Dollars but is sure to attract admiring and curious glances and is a real conversation starter. With automatic movement and waterproof to 165 ft. you cannot go wrong with this Swiss made wrist watch.
From Swiss made to German made – the Junkers Bauhaus sports a slim 40mm stainless steel bezel wrapped around an interesting face design. The typical Bauhaus style shows in the small black minute markers space out the distance between 5-minute markers indicated by a number at the rim and a thin 10mm line. The compass quadrants are marked with luminous dots just above the minute numbers. So far, so typical – a clean uncluttered, stark Bauhaus look.
To this, Junkers has added the following: at the 12 o'clock position there is a power reserve indicator. The watch is powered by a modified Japanese automatic movement from Miyota and so the power reserve indicates how long the watch can run without being worn. The 6 o'clock position displays the hours in 24hr format. The date display is at 3 o'clock and 'JUNKERS automatic' printed prominently at 9 o'clock.
The domed cover is made from Hesalite (a synthetic mineral crystal) and so needs more care and coddling than a sapphire crystal would. The watch is rated as water resistant up to 30m.
The Junkers Bauhaus is a classic dress watch in the clean, simple Bauhaus design tradition with the added features of a power reserve indicator and a 24-hour time format display. It sports an automatic Miyomi movement and dresses up better than it dresses down. One of the best dress watches under 500 dollars, you won't regret buying this watch.
Apple smart watch is slim, sleek and attractive. It is not a traditional mechanical watch though – more like a small computer that you can wear on your wrist. The watch battery lasts for 18 hours of normal use – but Apple is only able to achieve this by keeping the beautifully clear and vividly colorful 1.5" 312 x 390-pixel display off for most of the time. When you raise your arm as you normally would look at your watch, sensors detect the movement and turn the display on so you can see the time. When you lower your arm the display turns itself off again. This would also make a great gift for runners.
Besides telling the time (which the watch does incredibly accurately because it syncs itself against online atomic clocks when connected to your phone and the internet) this watch has additional computer-like functionality as well as more traditional watch features. Traditional features include day, the day of the week, month and year displays; stopwatch; countdown timer; and moon phase indicators.
Elements (besides traditional functions) that can be displayed on the face include sunrise and sunset times, next appointment from your calendar, battery level remaining on the watch, the weather prediction (min, max temp) for your current location, steps walked in the day, heart rate, stock price tickers, fitness and activity targets – and more, including complications from apps installed on your phone.
The watch can display notifications and messages (including SMS and WhatsApp) as well as email notifications. With 6 GB of storage, and the ability to hold and play back a small collection of songs, (you can connect a Bluetooth headset to it) – or be used to control iTunes on your phone. It includes Siri so you can give it voice instructions and you can make or answer phone calls on the watch as long as your phone is in range.
If you buy this Apple Watch, you'll also need an iWatch charging dock and maybe a clear screen protector to go with it. The watch includes a heart rate meter, which is great for tracking your health. It also contains NFC components meaning that it can be used to pay for goods using the Apple Pay system – simply double click the side button and hold the watch up to the contactless reader. You'll be notified that payment is completed by a gentle tap on the wrist and a beep.
Additional sensors – heart rate, pedometer, etc.
The watch brought into the 21st century – Apple offers you a computer on the wrist that does far more than just tell the time. It looks sleek and feels comfortable on the wrist. If you are not just looking to tell the time but to manage your life without having to consult your IPad or IPhone all the time, then the Apple is for you. An obvious choice for the techie.
Citizen is one of Japan's top watch brands and the Nighthawk is a serious looking watch originally designed for use by pilots. Big, bulky, made of solid stainless steel this watch looks like it means business. The face is covered with tick marks and numbers in red and white and there are 5 pointers to keep track of. The 5-minute markers are large and luminous (blue instead of green) and large luminous 12 and 6 appear at the appropriate compass points. There is a date window at the 3 o'clock position.
The dome is a synthetic mineral crystal. The main reason for all the numbers on the face is that the watch includes a functioning slide rule on the dials which pilots can use to calculate flight paths with. The left-hand side of the face is dedicated to a 24hr time display. This can be set to a different time zone so that you can at least have a sense of what time it is in a time zone other than yours (most pilots would set this to GMT).
The watch is rated as waterproof to 200m which means it is suitable for strenuous water activities but not scuba diving. You do need to remember to wear it and expose it to light to keep it running!
A solid, chunky stainless-steel man's watch designed for pilots and navigators with a built-in slide rule and a 24hr clock that can be set to another time zone. A working watch that looks equally impressive in dress-up situations.
The Garmin Forerunner 230 is a watch designed for and dedicated to runners. It includes a GPS but not a heart rate monitor (the heart rate monitor can be bought separately) and will track your pace, distance, run time, lap time – and even provides audio prompts to tell you how many laps you have run and what your lap time is. It includes activity monitoring, step tracking, calorie counting and sleep monitoring features as well.
The watch battery is rated for 16 hours in training mode and for up to 5 weeks in watch only mode. Watch faces are customizable and the watch can be paired with your phone using Bluetooth. When paired the watch can display notifications from your phone and will automatically transfer data from training sessions back to connected apps for analysis and review.
The watch face is large and bulky but the watch itself is light. You can get a variety of different colored straps to change its look.
The ultimate runner's watch. If you are serious about your running and training there is no other choice. With built-in GPS you will always be going in the right direction with this watch, and although bulky it is an exceptionally lightweight watch with a long battery life. You can transfer training data using the connected apps, so with the Garmin ForeRunner, you will never be at a loss as to where you stand with your training regime.
The Seiko Prospex Diver's Watch is a different kind of specialty watch. It is a chunky, stainless steel watch that looks good and fits comfortably on the bigger wrist. The bezel rotates clockwise and has 120 clicks. As befits a diving watch, the band is soft rubber which holds the watch comfortably tight against the wrist. The rounded shape and the crown positioned at 4 o'clock mean that the watch does not dig into the skin.
The face is black with a day and date complication at 3 o'clock, chunky hands and large luminous 5-minute markers. You are sure to be able to read it even in low visual conditions in murky water. The bezel is marked in 10-minute increments. The movement is automatic. The cover is Hardlex synthetic mineral crystal. This is a solid, practical, honest and reliable working watch.
The perfect watch for its purpose. Water Resistant to 200m for diving, with a solid stainless steel construction, comfortable silicon rubber band, and readable dial even in murky water, the Seiko Prospex Diver's Watch is an impressively solid working watch that will just keep on going and going and going.
As a stylish dress watch the Bulova Men's Precisionist sports a stainless steel bevel, a charcoal black dial marked with multi-layered swirling patterns, facetted stick shaped five-minute markers with luminous squares against the rim. The strap is black leather. The cover is mineral crystal. The sweeping second hand is a treat and people get mesmerized watching it work.
What sets the watch apart is the extremely accurate precisionist movement which rivals the movements of much more expensive Swiss models. Bulova claims the watch only loses or gains 10 seconds a year, a claim substantiated by user reviews.
An inexpensive and stylish dress watch with a high precision movement and smooth sweeping second hand. This watch will give you highly accurate timekeeping at a reasonable price, with its Precisionist movement. The black leather strap will ensure that it will complement any outfit from formal to informal.
A solid, round, rugged stainless steel watch the Victorinox Infantry Watch is styled to be unisex. It has a black face with luminous five-minute markers, large clear numbers on all the hours except 12 o'clock where the number is replaced with the famous Victorinox logo. The bracelet is an attractive stainless steel mesh and is fastened with a foldover clip. The movement is automatic and the dome is sapphire crystal, which is perfect for this type of solid workman's watch.
There is a date window is located at 3 o'clock. This watch is an attractive and clearly solidly well-made watch. It will tell the time accurately and it will stand up to the rigors of living on a working person's wrist.
A good, solid, attractive Swiss-made watch from a world famous brand. The attractive stainless steel mesh wristband and automatic movement make this a perfect workman's watch that will never let you down.
The only chronograph to feature amongst our mechanical watches, the Seagull 1963 Watch is a re-make of a 1963 Chinese Airforce watch that is much treasured by collectors. The watch features a synthetic sapphire dome and a mechanical hand-wound movement. The watch has a stainless steel case and bezel with a transparent back. The face is cream colored and is marked with gold-toned markers at odd numbered five-minute intervals and numbers for the even numbered five-minute intervals.
There is a red star with a fold edging just below the 12 o'clock position. The strap is olive green NATO style military webbing. The left-hand side of the face is given over to a 60-second timer dial and the right-hand side features a 30-minute timer. The crown and stopwatch controls are on the right-hand side of the watch.
There is no day or date window on this watch though. This is a uniquely styled watch that beautifully remakes an old classic. Wear it and stand out from the crowd.
The watch that will make you stand out of the crowd. It will spark conversations and will wear equally well in formal and casual situations. It is unique and beautiful and the chronograph function, stainless steel bezel and hard wearing sapphire crystal dome make it one of the best men's watches for the money you can get.
Just like they did with the ForeRunner for runners, Garmin has produced the ultimate purpose designed watch for pilots. The D2 does it all. It has a sensitive WAAS GPS built in along with a 3 axis compass - and you can trust its barometrically adjustable altimeter to give you accurate height readings. It can direct you to the nearest airport based on your location and its built-in database of worldwide airports.
The watch will display your route on a moving map and can easily be set to display essential flight information such as bearing, glide ratio, distance to waypoint/airport, GPS ground speed, GPS track and estimated time en route. You can create flight plans on your device using the Garmin Pilot app and then sync them to the D2 over Bluetooth. You can set vibrating alarms to remind you of tasks such as tower check-ins, time to change fuel tanks, etc.
And, though the D2 displays local and Zulu/UTC time you can also view the time in up to 4 other time zones. Finally, you can use the watch to control VIRB action cameras attached to your plane – start and top recordings and capture still images – from multiple cameras at once. The backlight of the watch even glows orange so as not to destroy your night vision.
The ultimate pilot's watch. If you fly, you need one. No questions asked.
This is a stylish, robust, retro-classic designed, Swiss automatic watch from Tissot – a good watch brand. One of the best automatic watches under $500 on the market you cannot go wrong with the Tissot Heritage. This men's dress watch is perfect for the man that is upwardly mobile, and going places. It is classy and elegant and lends a certain style to its wearer. The croc-embossed calfskin leather band, stainless steel bezel and automatic Swiss made movement and date window are just the icing on the cake for this great looking watch.
A great looking, refined men's dress watch with the added element of interest in the skeleton design which reveals the inner workings of the movement to all. Bound with a crocodile leather strap, finished in warm rose gold and topped with a sapphire crystal, this watch speaks to elegance and style. The wearer will not only get a timepiece that will serve its basic purpose, it will be sure to attract attention. Made by the oldest family-owned and run Swiss watchmaker you will not find a better men's watch for the money.
If you are looking for a watch that offers more than just timekeeping, you found it in the Rotary Skeleton Watch will is our Premium Choice.
The Bauhaus design tradition is full of clean, simple, classic lines – and the Junkers Bauhaus Watch delivers on this design aesthetic. To this design language, it adds the features of a power reserve indicator and a 24-hour time format display. It sports an automatic Miyomi movement and looks good on any wrist. A classic quality dress watch for men, the Junkers Bauhaus watch will provide you with the perfect accessory on your wrist.
It is water resistant to 30m and features date display window for convenience. All in all, for the money this is one of the best men's watches for the money and makes it our choice for great value.
Caring for your watch has two parts: cleaning the watch and general maintenance.
There are two parts to cleaning a watch; the watch case itself and the strap or bracelet.
If the watch is not certified water resistant you should only ever use a soft brush and a dry or slightly moist damp cloth to clean the watch.
If the watch is certified water resistant then you can use a slightly wetter, soapier cloth. DO NOT EVER immerse the watch in hot water.
If the watch strap is made of steel, other metals or plastic/rubber then you can also use a slightly damp cloth to clean it.
If the watch strap is made of leather or fabric then steer clear of the water as water can damage the appearance of the strap. Use a dry soft brush or cloth to wipe the strap down instead.
You should have your mechanical watch serviced every 3 – 5 years. This means a qualified watchmaker/service technician opens the watch up and cleans the mechanism and inspects for wear and tear. If you have a quartz mechanism battery powered mechanical watch then the moving parts of the mechanism should be inspected when the battery is replaced. The battery on your quartz watch should be replaced the first time the watch stops – or, if you have a watch with a battery level indicator, as soon as the power indicator shows the battery is near the end of its lifespan.
Water resistant watches should have their seals checked and preferably replaced whenever they are opened for a service or when the battery is replaced. If you swim in salt water or your watch is exposed to a lot of sweat, perfume or chemicals you should wipe down the watch with a soft dry cloth as soon as possible after the exposure (after your swim or at the end of the day when you remove the watch and place it on your nightstand).
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If the watch is water resistant rinse with cold water and then wipe with a soft cloth – especially after a swim in the sea. Watch mechanisms are delicate and precise pieces of machinery and even a small speck of dust can cause them not to hold time accurately. Not servicing a mechanical watch properly, will likely result in the watch gaining or losing time, and this will lead to your watch not performing as well as it should.
Try to avoid sleeping with your watch on as this can result in the face or strap being scratched or damaged – especially if you are a restless sleeper and/or have a bed frame of hard material.
A chronometer tells the time. A chronograph records the time. This means that all watches are chronometers. They can all tell you the time of day. Only watches with a built-in stopwatch function is able to record the time and so only these watches qualify as chronographs. With mechanical watches, the mechanism design has to earn the right to be called a chronometer by passing strict precision and accuracy tests administered by the Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC).
These tests last 15 days and the watch is not allowed to gain more than 6 seconds or lose more than 4 seconds in a day. Passing this test means that a watch is very accurate and the watch manufacturer is allowed to display the word 'chronometer' of the watch face. Any watch that includes a stopwatch function is allowed to call itself a chronograph.
The first and most obvious sign of the quality of a watch is the manufacturer's name and tradition – the brand value of the watch. A watchmaker that has been in business producing precise mechanical watches for over 200 years must be doing something right. Linked to the brand value is where the watch is made and the type of mechanism the watch uses. Legally, only a watch where the movement (the mechanism inside the watch) has been manufactured, placed in the watch casing and inspected in Switzerland is qualified to have 'Swiss Made' displayed on the watch face.
If the movement is made in Switzerland but the watch is assembled and tested elsewhere in the world then the watch can display 'Swiss Movement'. If the movement is made anywhere else then the watch is not legal to have 'Swiss' anything displayed anywhere on the watch. The Japanese also make high-quality movements – but here you need to check that the movement comes from a reputable manufacturer such as Seiko, Casio, and Citizen (or Miyota, part of Citizen).
Both these measurements are all good and well, but with the number of fakes and counterfeits on the market how do I tell if the watch is the genuine article – that it is likely to be a product of the famous brand and really earned that 'Swiss' label? The first thing to check is the weight and feel of the watch. Quality shows in the materials used in the manufacture of the watch and top rated watches tend to have a weight and heft to them that cheap knockoffs lack. Don't just glance at the watch.
Take a close-up look at the materials. Compare it to other watches. Weigh different watches in your hand – and on your wrist. Comparing watches, though it takes time, will give you a point of reference on which to judge your choice. The second step is to look at the way the movement operates. Take a good look at the second hand of the watch. If it only moves once a second and the watch makes a definite 'tick-tock' sound then you are likely looking at a cheap mechanism or a knockoff.
Quality watch movements are precise and accurate things – and often move the second-hand multiple (up to 9) times a second, resulting in a smooth 'sweep' of the second hand around the dial of the watch rather than a staccato stop-start-jump every second. The 'glass' part of the watch that covers the face of the watch should be sapphire crystal. Sapphire is incredibly hard and scratch resistant and any watch over $300 that does not have a sapphire crystal cover is not likely to be all that it is made out to be.
Glass and mineral crystal covers are just not good enough. The 'glass' part of the watch that covers the face of the watch should be sapphire crystal. Sapphire is incredibly hard and scratch resistant and any watch over $300 that does not have a sapphire crystal cover is not likely to be all that it is made out to be. Glass and mineral crystal covers are just not good enough. The final point is accuracy and is harder to measure. To check accuracy, you can visit the watch seller multiple times spread over days and check the time displayed on the watch.
You can then compare the time displayed on the watch to what you know to be the correct time (if you have a smartphone you can visit one of the many atomic clock sites on the web that display the time accurately down to the nanosecond). If the watch loses or gains more than 10 seconds a day then you know that it is not a chronometer, no matter what is printed on its face! The last, common sense thing to add to make sure that your watch is quality is to look at the dealer and the price of the watch.
If the price is too good to be true, then it probably is – and you are likely buying a fake. And the thing about buying a fake is, no matter how good it looks on you, deep down inside you know it is a fake and that colors your perception of yourself and potentially taints the image you project in the world. Even an amateur horologist (watch lover) is likely to be able to identify the fake and see the faint taint of desperation and shabbiness that attaches itself to the wearer of a fake 'brand name' watch.
Watches are personal items that do far more than tell the time. They speak of your identity, your purpose, your tastes, and attitudes. Sure, your smartphone can tell the time – but it simply does not have the verve and pizazz of a top-notch wristwatch. It's time that you started telling the time in style. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a high-quality men's watch, there are many watches under 500 dollars that will look good on your wrist and meet your requirements in a watch, from a dedicated pilots watch to divers to an elegant men's dress watch or just a gift for your teenager, watches are great for any situation.
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These two fellas decided to team up on a stunt in which one lies on the ground with a tee in his mouth and the other hits a golf ball on said tee. Gee, wonder who lost the coin toss to determine which guy got to hit the ball?
In all fairness, wannabe Drew Brees doesn't swing too hard, but he does so with enough gusto that the hombre on the ground will have a lasting memory, since the tee pierced his tongue.
It's a shame, really. We thought Saints fans were smarter than this. Or at least this. Or this.


Financial planner and former comedian Peter Dunn could be on the cusp of the big time.
For years, the Carmel resident, under the moniker Pete the Planner, has offered financial advice through local media outlets—including WISH-TV Channel 8, WXIN-TV Channel 59, The Indianapolis Star and WIBC-FM 93.1, plus national podiums such as Fox News.
list of the most influential finance broadcasters—just behind household names such as Suze Orman and Dave "Total Money Makeover" Ramsey.
This January, Dunn hopes to raise his profile even higher when Connecticut-based Cengage Learning publishes six of his new financial planning books at the same time.
"I would love it if one of the six became a New York Times best-seller," Dunn said.
Heady talk for a 36-year-old who launched his first foray into the public eye just to avoid talking to a seatmate on a plane.
A Pike High School and Hanover College graduate (with a major in business administration), Dunn worked at Met Life Securities for two years after school before starting his own company, Advanced Planning Solutions.
The life-changing plane trip happened in 2005 when Dunn was 27.
Dunn has won a following because he communicates about potentially complex financial matters in an engaging and accessible way, media observers say.
"He said there was a lot of information out there in the world of financial planning, but a lot of it was complicated," said Kevin Finch, who worked with Dunn when he was WISH-TV's news director.
"He thought he could simplify it, and I think he did. He brought this self-deprecating sense of humor into it. He didn't take himself too seriously," said Finch, now an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
Though Dunn attributes much of his success to savvy use of "new media"—he has 10,600 followers on Twitter—he's also a believer in traditional outlets.
Dunn makes a point of getting paid for his media work, rather than appearing gratis with an eye toward driving people to his books and website. He thinks it gives him extra credibility as a sort of "fee only" media financial adviser.
Dunn, who previously published five books, hopes his biggest break comes in January, with the simultaneous release of six more. Five will be part of a series called "Your Money, Your Life" and offer guidance for each decade of life from the 20s to the 60s.
Among his tips: Don't spend money you don't have; don't coddle your kids by giving them after-college support; and create financial breathing room by cutting your expenses instead of increasing income.
Standing out in Dunn's crowded industry isn't easy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that in 2012 the United States had 223,400 "personal finance advisers" (including everyone from consultants on home budgets to licensed sellers of stocks, bonds and insurance), and that number is expected to rise 27 percent, to 283,700, by 2022.
Dunn cuts through the chaff by mixing humor with facts. It comes naturally, thanks to his experience with improv and standup at local venues such as ComedySportz and Crackers.
But becoming a public speaker in the deadly serious field of finance created problems. During a live Fox News appearance a few years ago, host Shepard Smith introduced Dunn (somewhat) incorrectly as a personal financial expert. A gaffe that turned out, in the arcane world of licensed financial planners, to be a big deal.
So stupid, in fact, that in 2012 he sold his practice, gave up his license and became Pete the Planner full time.
These days, his business is divided between personal appearances, writing and servicing corporate clients ranging from ExactTarget to OneAmerica. He teaches their employees—everyone from the rank and file to management—how to manage their finances.
Mike Lantz, chief learning officer for locally based Defender Direct, refers to Dunn as "our go-to guy" for helping employees get a grip on their cash flow.
"Our team members have gotten out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit card and loan debt using Pete's methods," Lantz said.
Dunn thinks his media appearances make an effective calling card for attracting corporate interest.
Evan Simonoff, editor-in-chief of Financial Advisor Magazine, said media-savvy financial advisers can help people understand the broad outlines of their difficulties. To no surprise, he said they need a professional to hammer out the details.
For his part, Dunn wears the "simplifier" badge with pride.
Dunn said the need for to-the-point answers has never been greater. He sees it in his corporate work, when he sits in conference rooms for hours, helping employees one at a time.


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How the author learned to love his grandfather's 150-pound wine press.
By Neal Karlen Updated March 31, 2015
My grandfather wasn't abandoning his family when he fled his Lithuanian shtetl one night in 1911, his only baggage a heavy, unwieldy wine press that he'd strapped to his back. The next morning, he was due to enter the czar's army for 20 years. Nyet. So his getaway plan was simple. Traveling by night, skipping across borders without a passport, he would somehow make his way to New York, where he would scare up passage for the rest of his clan. The curious contraption on his back would only slow him down, but he needed those 150 pounds of jury-rigged metal--a reminder of hearth and home and his honored role in the shtetl he'd left behind.
He was an artist of the vine. Seven years passed before he could send for his family. Unable to bear the sweatshops of New York, he had ended up in some place called Minnesota, where he could breathe fresh air, like in the old country. And during that interval he had reclaimed his title as the maker of the best old-country wine anybody had ever tasted. It was sweet yet not cloying, and three glasses of it could knock a mule to the ground.
My grandfather shared this elixir with his neighbors, but there was one thing he refused to give up: the recipe, which, according to centuries-old family tradition, was revealed to only one person per generation. In the 1970s, near the end of his 86-year life, he at last spilled the secret to my father, his longtime winemaking apprentice.
My father continued the annual tradition, enjoying the laborious process that began each fall with stacking empty wine kegs and bushels of purple grapes high in our driveway. We now lived in an assimilated suburb, and watching him work, I occasionally caught glimpses of our neighbors peeking through their windows, wondering--or so I imagined in my adolescent embarrassment--what sort of tribal nuttiness was going on over by our garage. As in the old country, the search for the perfect red Concord grape never ended. Doing his own research, my father chose a farm in St. Joseph, Michigan, to provide annual shipments of 400 pounds of grapes, which were delivered outside our house in 20-pound "lugs," or crates.
While my older brother and sister showed about as much interest in this ancient family craft as they did in goat herding, I was drawn to it. For years I pulverized grapes in our driveway, using the wine press my grandfather had taken through Ellis Island sometime during the Taft administration. Although my father permitted me to do many of the gofer tasks connected with the winemaking, he never let me in on the formula.
Somehow, I'd always felt that the secrets of the wine press would reveal the secrets of the man. My grandfather had never learned English, and all I had left of him when he died was his battered ice-fishing boots and a Smithsonian-ready Electrolux vacuum cleaner with a plug that had been taped together so often that it crackled ominously and emitted sparks whenever I'd dared to use it.
I'd always wanted more. Certainly, I knew more about the wine and that press than I did about the old man himself. I knew that he was a poor Orthodox Jew who didn't speak English. I knew that during Prohibition he'd been granted a government dispensation to make sacramental wine for his synagogue. Since he never charged for it, nobody seemed to care if he also supplied his immigrant Scandinavian neighbors--those Swensons and Thorsons, who understood his language no better than he did theirs.
Finally, in 1998, almost a century after my grandfather brought his grape crusher to America, my father told me that it was at last my turn to learn the secret recipe. Like Marlon Brando passing over Fredo and the law of primogeniture in The Godfather, he skipped my older brother and sister, who were actually quite pleased to abdicate any claim to the backbreaking "honor" of making the old wine the old way. I, on the other hand, had earned the alleged privilege by helping my father make the wine, just as he'd apprenticed himself to his father.
When those perfect red Concord grapes arrived in mid-September from that Michigan farmer, my father and I set the crusher atop a barrel. As he loaded grapes into the top, I cranked the handle until sweat poured out of me, I'd lost all feeling in my right arm, and the 40-gallon barrel below the press was brimming with a thick purple liquid.
Taking stones and wooden two-by-fours, we crushed whatever remained unmashed into an ocean of purple crud. We then poured in 80 pounds of sugar (about four pounds for every gallon we hoped to produce), covered the top and, twice every 10 days, stirred the potion with a plank. For the next six weeks or so, my father taught me the secrets of the old wine world, beginning with how to funnel out the dross of sticks and seeds.
Meanwhile, I was taught the proper way to pour the good stuff into five-gallon casks and the art of tasting for proper smell and flavor. I learned how the weather could affect fermentation, altering the wine's putatively perfect kick. That winter in Minnesota was particularly cold, so we had to place propane heaters next to the casks of fermenting wine in the garage and let the liquid sit for longer than the usual six weeks. Taken for granted was that I would tell no one how all this was done.
One day my father summoned me home. The wine was ready. After toasting the final product, we corked the quart and 12-ounce bottles of Karlen's Purple Foot Special. "And that's how you do it," he said. "That's your grandfather's wine--the family wine."
Last year, when we'd started again, I wondered if our family couldn't make its wine some other way. Some way that didn't make my torso go numb and my arms feel as twisted as Gumby's. There were catalogs selling streamlined, high-tech presses; there was the Internet. Yet I realized that the ridiculous-looking press, with its ancient top-loading metal grape crusher that gave it the appearance of an alien's head in a grade-C Ed Wood sci-fi picture, is the only connection I have to my grandfather. Through it I see that farm boy, half as old as I am now, running halfway across the world from the czar, then from the sweatshops, only to settle among initially unfriendly neighbors. I see his young hands turning this very crank to make the wine that will win over those neighbors. Then I'm alive myself, and see an old man with arthritis, whose language I don't understand, taking the honored first crank of the new winemaking season.
A quarter century after my grandfather's death, I could finally see both him and where he'd come from. I kept cranking the wine press until my arm hurt so badly that I forgot him, and anything past my shoulder.
But I kept cranking.
Neal Karlen, the author of Slouching Toward Fargo (Avon), is currently writing a book about the Kabbalah for Simon & Schuster.


A bearish breakdown could quickly pull prices back down to the $14/oz level…while a bullish breakout would target $20.50 and potentially much higher beyond that.
The latest Commitment of Traders (COT) report shows silver futures speculators positioning on the bearish side. They are holding net short positions of around 20,000 contracts, a historically large bet on lower silver prices. This lopsided positioning has persisted for the past few weeks in silver.
The good news for bulls is that when speculators pile on to one side of the market in a big way, it usually backfires on them.
Taking the opposite side of the hedge funds and other speculators when their positioning gets extreme is usually profitable, though not always immediately so. This isn't a timing tool for day traders.
Long-term investors shouldn't be overly concerned with the machinations of the futures markets. The largest and most influential market for metals prices is the U.S. COMEX exchange.
The quote for immediate settlement at any given time is effectively the spot price. Although important in setting spot prices day to day, they are irrelevant to the fundamentals of physical supply and demand.
Spot (paper) prices can sometimes diverge from real-world pricing in the markets for physical precious metals.
For example, during periods of extreme stress in markets it may be impossible to obtain physical metal anywhere near the quoted spot price. Premiums on retail bullion products may surge as a consequence. When the physical market diverges from the paper market, wholesale over the counter prices may be more realistic than spot prices.
The massive short positions currently being taken out on COMEX silver all represent future buy orders. At some point these short positions need to be covered (bought back).
When prices break out above an important resistance levels, that can trigger panic short covering that further exacerbates the intensity of the breakout.
The silver market appears to be on the cusp of something big. After months of consolidation that have been frustrating to many bulls, they now have a near ideal setup – a launching pad for the next directional spike.
Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange , the national precious metals company named 2015 "Dealer of the Year" in the United States by an independent global ratings group. A graduate of the University of Florida, Gleason is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, and CNBC, and his writings have appeared in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Detroit News, Washington Times, and National Review.


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Michel Poirier Biography
Michel Poirier was born in 1961 in St Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec. He had his first show in Paris in 1985 at La Maison Sous Les Arbres. In 1988, he gave up his career at Ford Motor Company to pursue his art full time.
From 1991 to 1994 Michel owned and operated 2 art galleries in Mont Tremblant and published his first series of lithographs. In 1994, on a search for new inspiration, he moved the United States, settling at his studio in Coconut Grove, Florida, where he had great success with his 'Boots' Series, a collection of over 80 paintings of vintage cowboy boots from the 50's, along with a few unique designs of his own. His artwork is used for Country & Western album covers, and national advertisements. His "Sunflower Boot" painting made the cover of Arizona Magazine. Michel participated in international invitational watercolor shows where his creative close ups of feet were widely recognized.
Michel has came a long way from operating a small art gallery in Tremblant in the early 90's to making his reputation throughout the US and winning an award at the prestigious Vanier & Roberts International Watercolor Invitational in 95. He subsequently signed with a publisher, who convinced him to embark on a world cruise as a guest artist and lecturer. His love for the sea prompted him to take a position as an Art Director for many major cruise lines under the umbrella of Carnival Corporation (Princess, Cunard, Ocean Village, Costa and P&O). In 2003 Michel registered yacht-artist.com and became known as "the yacht artist" after a sold out show of his paintings during the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show. Within a year, he became the official artist for many yacht manufacturers, painting yacht portraits for brands such as Sunseeker, Cheyhoy Lee, Hargrave, Marlow and Trinity Yachts.
Following his success overseas, he returned to his roots in Mont Tremblant and focused on painting what really compelled him as an artist, transparencies and reflections, whether in glass, metal or nature. His current studio is located in an old train station in the heart of the village of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, where he grew up skiing and enjoying the great outdoors.
For Michel, it's the painting process that matters, subject is secondary, no matter what imagery you create, "your soul will shine through every stroke, if you really love what you do. The variety of styles and subjects I've produced over the years testify to my insatiable need to constantly reinvent myself."
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Q2. Show me/explain how you would check that the power assisted steering is working before starting a journey.
A2. If the steering becomes heavy, the system may not be working properly. Before starting a journey two simple checks can be made. Gentle pressure on the steering wheel, maintained whilst the engine is started, should result in a slight but noticeable movement as the system begins to operate.
Q3. Identify high/low level markings on header tank where fitted or radiator filler cap, and describe how to top up to correct level.
Q4. Show me how you would check the parking brake (handbrake) for excessive wear; make sure you keep safe control of the vehicle.
A8. Apply the indicators or hazard warning switch and check functioning of all indicators. (If you need to, switch ignition on but do not start the engine).
Q9. Show me how you would check that the brake lights are working on this car. (I can assist you if you need to switch the ignition on, but please do not start the engine).
A9. Operate brake pedal, make use of the reflections in windows, garage doors etc. or ask someone to help. (Do not start the engine).
A10. The brakes should not feel spongy or slack. They should be tested as you set off. Vehicle should not pull to one side.
Q11. Tell me how you would check that the headlights and tail lights are working. (No need to exit vehicle).
A11. Operate switch (turn on ignition if necessary), then walk around vehicle. (As this is a 'Tell Me' question, there is no need to physically check the lights).
Q12. Tell me where you would find the information for the recommended tyre pressure for this car and how tyre pressures should be checked.
A12. Manufacturers guide, use a reliable pressure gauge, check and adjust pressures when tyres are cold, don't forget spare tyre, remember to refit valve caps.
A13. No cuts and bulges, 1.6mm of tread depth across the central ¾ of the breadth of the tyre and around the tyre outer circumference.
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China's newly launched tourism project will see at least 350 tourists from the Asian economic giant fly into Zimbabwe every month to enjoy the country's rich tourism system dominated by one of the world's biggest natural wonders, the Victoria Falls.
Briefing delegates on the development Tuesday, Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira said the "Tour Africa – New Horizon" project was being implemented under China's Belt and Road Initiative, which seeks to combine new and old projects covering an expansive geographical scope.
"It also includes efforts to strengthen hard infrastructure, soft infrastructure, and cultural ties," said Mupfumira.
"At present, the plan extends to 65 countries with a combined Gross Domestic Product of $23 trillion and includes some 4.4 billion people.
Mupfumira said the project was being managed in collaboration with the Ethiopian Airlines, which will be providing the charter flight for 350 tourists to travel through Djibouti, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
"The final destination being Zimbabwe, the tourists will enjoy the majestic Victoria Falls and other scenic beauties provided by nature Zimbabwe.
"Part of the large Chinese delegation will include investors who are coming to scout the environment whilst enjoying our unique tourist attractions.
"The interaction also seeks to establish cultural ties with the East and promote cultural exchange programs between the two countries," Mupfumira said.
The launch of initiative comes at a time government is encouraging foreign investors to take up vast business opportunities in Zimbabwe.
Last year, National Geographic named Zimbabwe as one of its 19 coolest places to visit in 2019.
Zimbabwe is placed 9th in the list and ranks highest among African countries, with Eritrea 12th, Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa 13th and Uganda 16th.
Also, the world's largest and leading Africa safari authority, SafariBookings.com, has since ranked Zimbabwe among continent's top eight destinations.
The target is to increase tourist arrivals from the anticipated 2.7 million in 2018 to over 5.5 million by 2023 as well as growing tourism receipts from US$1 billion in 2017 to US$3.5 billion by 2023.


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Drew Yniesta singled through the left side; Connor Greene advanced to second.
Kyle Heiss singled up the middle, RBI; Drew Yniesta advanced to second; Connor Greene scored.
Matt McGarry singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw; AJ Hendricks advanced to third.
Thomas Yoder walked; Luke Cureton advanced to second.
Trevor Wood singled up the middle.
Nick Beinlich singled to right field; Matt McGarry advanced to third.
Josh Genthe singled to left center, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf.
Austin Mapes homered to right center, RBI.
Connor Greene singled up the middle.
Trevor Wood stole second, advanced to third; Connor Greene scored on a throwing error by p, unearned.
Lucas Coan to p for Michael Carpin.
fly ball pops out of lf glove but caught with bare hand.
Nick Beinlich stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Zach Carter singled down the lf line, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf.
Chaz Davey doubled to left center, RBI; Zach Carter scored.
Austin Mapes was intentionally walked.
Chase Watts singled through the right side; Austin Mapes advanced to second; Chaz Davey advanced to third.
Jakob Rolly tripled to left center, 2 RBI; Josh Genthe scored; Luke Cureton scored.
Grayson King to p for Lucas Coan.
Parker MacPhail to p for Cameron Busby.
Trevor Wood advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Thomas Lavin doubled to left field; Trevor Wood advanced to third.
Colin Rosenbaum doubled to left field, RBI; Nick Beinlich scored.
Trey Watts to p for Grayson King.
Thomas Yoder walked; Luke Cureton advanced to second; Colin Rosenbaum advanced to third.
Josh Genthe flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; Luke Cureton advanced to third; Colin Rosenbaum scored.
Kevin Elefante doubled to center field, ground-rule, RBI; Thomas Yoder advanced to third; Luke Cureton scored.
Jakob Rolly reached first on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second; Kevin Elefante scored, unearned; Thomas Yoder scored, unearned.
Terry Hall to p for Trey Watts.
Chase Watts singled down the rf line.


Since the release of Windows 8 on 26 October 2012, many of us being Windows buffs running Windows 7 continued to remain confused if we really need to switch to Windows 8.
This article would definitely provide an insight into what you might get with the upgrade. Go ahead, read it to its entirety and then make your final decision.
While the usability and user interface is what a non-techie user is interested in, speed, security and performance are the critical factors for the tech savvy ones. To start with, let's have a look at the performance offerings of the two versions.
When it comes to starting up a PC running Windows 8 versus a PC running Windows 7, the former operating system has been identified to be faster of the two by 66%.
Again, there is a very similar performance changes during shutdown when it comes to the time taken for a PC running Windows 8. It has shown a 66% improvement in relation to speed.
While the multimedia execution capability in a PC running Windows 8 has proven to be 9% faster than its herald version when tested using PCmark11, the 3D operational ability has not shown much of a difference between the two.
When it comes to the user interface that shows up the file transfer, Windows8 seems to have far better interface and displays good statistical data about the on-going transfer than its older counterpart. However, when it comes to the speed of the file transfer, both the operating systems have been identified to be quite similar.
IE10 in Windows 8 has been recognized to work similar in comparison with the IE9 in Windows 7. While Chrome is said to offer better performance capabilities in Windows 8 when compared to its precursor, both Chrome and Mozilla have been shown to work faster with Windows 8 than with its predecessor.
Microsoft offers much longer battery life on Windows8 systems and this is in sharp contrast to its precursor. As expected, Windows8 offers more security than the systems running Windows 7.
Based on experiments done by running a couple of memory intensive games on both OS, it has been identified that there is not much difference between the performance of the two operating systems. However, Windows 7 has a slight edge over its successor in this regard.
Windows8 is an OS that is completely based on tiles interface, which highlights the fact that it has been designed to work well with touch screens in contrast to the poor capability of its precursor on touch screens. However, the 'metro' or the flat style of the user interface icons has proven to be a disadvantage due to the fact that the icons do not clearly speak about what they are actually meant for.
Windows 8 is the first version of Windows to offer support for ARM chips. Yet another interesting aspect of this version is the availability of Windows stores on any machine that is running Windows8 OS. Integration with skydrive via the Microsoft Office suite 2013 in Windows8 is also a noteworthy aspect of this operating system.
This is new with Windows 8, the offer the possibility of a quick search, display of settings menu and sharing options by swiping the right hand side of the screen. This set of hidden commands in Windows8 does not seem to have created a punch as it had been expected since it is completely out of sight for a novice user.
User friendliness with Windows 8 on tablets is nonetheless bad and seems to be suffering from a bunch of bottlenecks. The gestures are misleading and have earned the dissatisfaction of many!
This comparison has been made by Margret Hillary, an IT professional who has had the chance to work with both Windows 8 and Windows 7. The pointers listed here are completely based on her personal experience. Feel free to email her with questions, if you have any.
With all, if you are running Windows 7 and intend to move up to its successor, it is clear that there is no rush to get going with the upgrade. You can definitely afford to wait as long as possible considering the pros and cons of the switch you are about to make!


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easyJet commits to more routes from LJLA
easyJet commits to more routes from JLA
easyJet has today announced that it is to operate a further three new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) as a further sign of its continued commitment to the Airport, bringing its total number of destinations from JLA to 32.
Passengers can now book flights with easyJet from Liverpool to Salzburg in Austria, the Belgian capital Brussels and Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
easyJet's new six-times-weekly service to Brussels is the airline's first to the European capital from the UK and will commence on 7 February 2011. The city is the administrative centre of the European Union, earning it the title of 'The Capital of Europe' and a destination likely to prove popular with the region's business community.
The region's Winter sports enthusiasts are also likely to welcome the addition of easyJet's weekly flight to Salzburg which follows hot on the heels of the airline's previous announcements of flights to Grenoble and Lyon from Liverpool. With flights to Innsbruck operating once again, skiers now have a great choice of low cost destinations available from Liverpool with easyJet. The inaugural flight to Salzburg will be the first of the new ski routes to launch on 17 December followed by Lyon on 18 December and Grenoble on 8 January. All three new ski routes will operate up until April 2011.
The new service to Tallinn brings yet another country and capital city to be directly linked by air with Liverpool. Tallinn is growing in popularity with tourists across Europe and makes for a very affordable short break destination with the three-times-weekly flight to commence on 26 April 2011.
Ali Gayward, UK Commercial Manager of easyJet, says: "The three new routes cater for the full range of passengers that use our service from businesses looking to reduce their travel costs, holidaymakers seeking exciting new destinations or skiers wanting an affordable way to access the slopes.
"The expansion of our Liverpool operation reflects our commitment to providing travellers in the region with the best choice of destinations at the lowest possible fares."
Nick Smillie, Aviation Sales Director for Peel Airports added, "These latest route announcements reaffirm easyJet's commitment to the airport and to the region. The additional Salzburg service will further enhance the airport's choice of ski destinations whilst the much needed link to Brussels – an important European capital city, should prove popular with the region's business community."
Flights for all three new routes are now on sale with fares starting from £23.99 for Brussels, £25.99 for Salzburg and £27.99 for Tallinn (all prices one-way, including taxes).


The annual Aerospace Media Dinner was held this year at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London on July 15, the eve of the biennial Farnborough International Air Show. NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Adam Konowe, head of the judging panel, was at the event, which was founded by industry veteran Peter Bradfield. Konowe interviewed Bradfield two days later at the show to recap what occurred.


All little stars are required to wear a pink leotard, pink tights, and pink ballet slippers.
These items will be ordered for you by HDA so that we can maintain our impeccable uniform appearance.
The 34-week program is inspired by the CG-animated series airing on PBS KIDS and Sprout®, Angelina Ballerina The Next Steps, and it will focus on one story book per month. Targeted at children ages three to six years old, the program teaches beginner ballet at two levels. The Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy curriculum was developed by dance education specialist Beverly Spell, master teacher and author of the Leap 'N Learn program.
Angelina Ballerina's voice will guide aspiring dancers through their movement lessons, and the program incorporates music from Angelina Ballerina The Next Steps, as well as custom music developed by Spell and composer Scott Killian.
Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy in the U.S. and Canada was launched by HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading children's entertainment producers, in partnership with AB Studio Licensing. The program already exists in the UK and Ireland, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
becoming a prima ballerina. This feisty little mouse works hard to reach her goals and along the way, always learns from her mistakes. When little girls share in Angelina's experiences, they're inspired to go after their big dreams too. In addition to the critically acclaimed story books created by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig, Angelina Ballerina dances her way into the hearts of young girls on PBS KIDS® and Sprout® in the CG-animated series, Angelina Ballerina The Next Steps. For more information about Angelina Ballerina, please visit www.angelinaballerina.com.
Hinsdale Dance Academy believes performing on stage is a vital part of dance education. HDA affords even our youngest little stars the opportunity to perform on stage. Performance opportunities are provided through HDA's annual production of the holiday classic, The Nutcracker, and HDA's annual spring recital.


Here is a look at the card I designed for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. I used one of the newer Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Farmhouse Signage. I am really loving all of the farmhouse decor I am seeing in the stores these days. It's very simplistic, fresh, pretty, rustic and sometimes a little industrial. I'm really leaning to redo our kitchen in the farmhouse style when the time comes to start working on it. The pattern papers I used are from the Kaisercraft - Sea Breeze collection. I love the aqua blue tones in the paper pad! I layered three different patterns of paper and I even did the stamping on the pattern paper.
For the stamping I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Walnut Stain. The oxide inks are so great for stamping especially with clear stamps. I actually used a total of four stamps to create the images and sentiment. I used the Tm Holtz Stamp Platform to line up all of the images for perfect placement. Then I added some Seam Binding Fig Beige and tied a simple bow. To finish off the card I added a few Simple Stories - I Am Enamel Dots.
I created an A2 top folding card base with a piece of kraft cardstock. I hope you enjoyed today's card share! This would be a great card to make multiples of and you could change out the animal images. It's such a quick and easy card to create. All of the supplies are listed and linked below and can be found at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. If you would like to see more card inspiration I encourage you to check out the Stamp Simply Blog.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! We are supposed to be getting even more snow!! I can't believe it! Wondering if Spring will ever come lol.


With the introduction of advanced technology in recent new QuickScan product launches, Datalogic has announced the obsolescence of their QuickScan QD2100 scanner series.
To replace this older model, Datalogic highly recommends migrating customers to the QuickScan QD2131 linear imagers. Datalogic will be able to deliver a better price performance product to meet customer needs with the newer QD2131 imager, just launched in September of last year.
Datalogic believes that most of the current QuickScan Desk QD21X0 customers should be able to migrate into this new QuickScan Desk platform, with the exception of customers who require the Legacy IBM Port 9/5 interface options. The new QD2131 product will not have support for this interface. If customers need to deploy the Legacy IBM Port 9/5 interface in their applications, they should be encouraged to migrate to the premium Gryphon GD4110 platform.


Generally Muslims and Muslim countries are pretty backward in modern education, especially Science & Technology compared to the rest of the world? It's not even about race or ethnicity, almost all Muslim countries lack in Science & Technology as compared to the West and other countries. Most of the inventions in Science and Technology are either by Christians or Jews. The mind boggling question here is that why are 1.7 billion Muslims lacking in this department? The abrupt answer is that most of Muslim countries do not have modern and well-equipped research centers nor do they attach any priority to that.
Probably in this background, Uzbekistan, under the visionary leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, incurred upon itself the onus of establishing a modern and fully equipped research center with the name of "Imam-Al-Bukhari International Research Centre (IBIRC)" in the historically and ancient city of Samarkand. The aim is to provide the research scholars and intellectuals from every corner of the world a unique platform where they could come and do research on Islam in right way with right intentions and right perspectives. This research centre is headquartered at the Imam Al-Bukhari Academy in Samarkand and affiliated to the OIC. It spans over acres of land. Also situated in the juxtaposition of Imam Al Bukhari tomb, the research center too is frequented by hundreds of people, who visit the place and are briefed about the importance of the Center and various research facilities provided in the Center.
Since Uzbekistan has started to reach out to the outer world, especially in the field of Ziyarah tourism, one is pleasantly surprised to know that the country has contributed a lot to enrich human history, through its scholars such as Imam Al-Bukhari, Imam At-Termizi, Mahmud Az-Zamakhshari, Muhammad Al-Khawarazmi, Burhaniddin Marginani, Abu Raihan Beruni, Abu Ali ibn Sina and others. As rightly remarked by the Uzbek President, Imam Bukhari is acclaimed all over the world as the compilator of " Sahih Al Bukhari" the second most important source in Islam after Quran".
The idea of the research center first came under discussion in 2016 when as an interim President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took up this plan with the OIC leadership, who not only supported the initiative but promised to extend full support in order to make this project a complete success. The spirit ostensibly behind this initiative was to provide the Muslim world with a modern research center with a view to enabling the scientists and scholars to enrich their knowledge not only to match the modern day challenges but to raise the status of scientists in the Muslim world. There were times when Muslim scholars laid the foundation of various sciences in the world but unfortunately this process seems to have halted. For sure, the Imam-al Bukhari Research Center shall play its key role in disseminating scientific and technological know-how among the Muslims across the globe thus empowering them to match the existing and impending challenges effectively.
I had a chance to visit this wonderful place on February 23, 2019 and was taken aback to see a unique epicenter of knowledge and research in the shape of Imam al Bukhari Research Center. We were told that the Center was formally opened in January 2019 and was equipped with all latest scientific and technical facilities that are required for in-depth research and enrichment of knowledge. The hosts showed the visitors various facilities offered at the Center with essential briefing about Imam Al Bukhari and his contribution towards making Islam well-understood not only in the Muslim world but in the Western world also.
The Center comprised many rooms and research areas where scholars gather and carry out their research related activities. Dedicate translation centers have also been set up in order for translation of various works in different languages. Additionally, proper teaching facilities are also made available along with learned and experienced faculty to impart scientific knowledge to the students. Being Muslims, it was undoubtedly a matter of pride for us that we had such a unique and state-of-the art research center at the disposal of the Muslims where they can go and quench their thirst of scientific and research knowledge. And above all, the building of the Center in itself was an excellent piece of art and architecture.
Pakistan, along with other countries, has signed a MoU for cooperation with the Imam Al Bukhari Research Center. Pakistan being one of the largest Muslim countries of the world should also focus on research related projects. Partnering with Imam Al Bukhari center indeed is a welcome step however this mutual cooperation needs to be intensified and expanded. Pakistan can work closely with the IBIRC in order to have a similar facility in Pakistan also.
It is quite unfortunate that not even a single institution in Muslim countries had been conferred with the Nobel Prize so far, therefore one should hope that Imam Bukhari Center would not only scale this milestone but also play its due role in overcoming the research and scientific deficit the Muslim world is facing today.
The article is based on his recent visit to Uzbekistan.


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Orbital Insertion Burn a Success, Webb Arrives at L2
Date 2022-01-27 CategoryNewsTagsJames Webb Telescope / NASA / Space
"Today, at 2 p.m. EST, Webb fired its onboard thrusters for nearly five minutes (297 seconds) to complete the final postlaunch course correction to Webb's trajectory. This mid-course correction burn inserted Webb toward its final orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, nearly 1 million miles away from the Earth.
The final mid-course burn added only about 3.6 miles per hour (1.6 meters per second) – a mere walking pace – to Webb's speed, which was all that was needed to send it to its preferred "halo" orbit around the L2 point.
"Webb, welcome home!" said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "Congratulations to the team for all of their hard work ensuring Webb's safe arrival at L2 today. We're one step closer to uncovering the mysteries of the universe. And I can't wait to see Webb's first new views of the universe this summer!"
Webb's orbit will allow it a wide view of the cosmos at any given moment, as well as the opportunity for its telescope optics and scientific instruments to get cold enough to function and perform optimal science. Webb has used as little propellant as possible for course corrections while it travels out to the realm of L2, to leave as much remaining propellant as possible for Webb's ordinary operations over its lifetime: station-keeping (small adjustments to keep Webb in its desired orbit) and momentum unloading (to counteract the effects of solar radiation pressure on the huge sunshield).
"During the past month, JWST has achieved amazing success and is a tribute to all the folks who spent many years and even decades to ensure mission success," said Bill Ochs, Webb project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "We are now on the verge of aligning the mirrors, instrument activation and commissioning, and the start of wondrous and astonishing discoveries."
Now that Webb's primary mirror segments and secondary mirror have been deployed from their launch positions, engineers will begin the sophisticated three-month process of aligning the telescope's optics to nearly nanometer precision."
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Size - Choosing the Right Toddler Recliner. Have Fun with Snorlax Bean Bag Chair. Smart Tips in Choosing Toddler Rocking Chair. chair. bean. size.
Published at Monday, January 07th 2019, 08:03:21 AM by Frank. Chair.
The first one is to pick the best plastic material for the table. If you are thinking about getting the table with the wooden material, then you need to skip that one since the wooden material is hard for your baby. Therefore, the best material for the table is plastic material. However, you need to make sure that the baby activity table is safe for your baby since some tables are not good enough for babies. The second is to pick the tables with man features. For example, you can pick the kind of table with the lights or even funny horns that your baby will surely love. With that kind of features, you will not need to worry that your baby will be bored on the table.


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The 99 Cent store opens on Thursday at 8 a.m., but people started lining up at 1 p.m. the day before. They want to get some of these deals and start their holiday shopping early.
"They've got scooters for 99 cents for my nephew, or if someone gets out of line, I can get an iPod for my dad," says Hans Helgeson from San Jose, who plans to do his holiday shopping now.
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday still weeks away, consumers are already coming up with a holiday spending plan and retailers are loving it. It's no coincidence the 99 Cent Only store is opening on Thursday in San Jose.
"With the economy being as tight as it is, people want to make their dollar stretch as much as they can and what a great place to shop, to open right before the Christmas season," says Tony Vera, a 99 Cent Only regional manager.
According to the National Retail Federation, last year the average American spent $705 on holiday gifts; this year, they'll spend $683. That is a 3 percent drop.
"Consumers have a limited amount of time, they certainly have a limited amount of money as well for the holiday season, so they're going to be pretty selective," says Santa Clara University professor of marketing Dale Achabal, Ph.D.
And that's the reason for the aggressive and early retail promotions, says Achabal. Stores want to capture those holiday dollars as quickly as possible and not be left with too much inventory going into next year.
Target starting tempting customers in October by offering 50 percent off of certain toys. GottaDeal.com claims Target will sell some appliances for just $3 on Black Friday -- a tactic that seems to be working for consumers.
"Just to know things like that makes you want to come here, makes you want to shop more," says Joshuah Dillihunt from San Jose.
"I love sales, I always get stuff on sale," says Ashley Ladd from San Jose.
There will be three big selling categories this holiday season: toys, books, and electronics.
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Justin Bieber added to Grammy performance lineup
Justin Bieber is the latest star to sign up for the 2016 Grammys. The news was shared on Twitter over the weekend with a promotional picture and to-the-point copy. "Calling all #Beliebers! @justinbieber has been added to the lineup for the 58th #GRAMMYs airing Feb. 15"
See everyone at @TheGRAMMYs. Honored pic.twitter.com/Gx27Vjgj9o
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 25, 2016
Other entertainers tapped to take the stage, include Adele, Canadian hitmaker the Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Little Big Town and Pitbull. Lady Gaga and Rihanna will also make appearances.
In addition to rocking the stage, the native of Stratford, Ont., native hopes to take home a best dance recording trophy for "Where Are U Now" (which he crafted with Skrillex and Diplo). The singer's latest album, Purpose, wasn't eligible for any awards this year because it was released after the deadline for entries. Still, the pop star is keeping busy knocking artists like Adele out of the top spot on the charts. His hit song "Sorry" recently pushed Adele's "Hello" down to number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
Read more: The Weeknd among nominees for 2016 Grammy Awards
This year is shaping up to be one of Justin's busiest. In addition to his Grammys gig, the 21-year-old singer is preparing to launch a worldwide tour, and we expect to see him walk the red carpet at the première of Zoolander 2 in which he makes a cameo.
It's coming #PURPOSETOUR
The purple-haired artist is also rumoured to have a new girlfriend, Hailey Baldwin. The pair have shared several snaps to Instagram that show them cuddling and kissing. The model's father, Usual Suspects actor Stephen Baldwin has denied such claims.
He recently told TMZ there are "no labels" defining the pair's relationship and that they're "just friends."
The 2016 Grammys air on Monday, Feb. 15 on City.
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Over time, the clear blue of your pool can turn into a shade of green. While this is unsightly, it can be fixed with the right pool chemicals and help from your local Clark Rubber pool experts.... When you own your own swimming pool, the aim is to have crystal clear water. Unfortunately, this is not always the case! During a daily inspection, you might notice a little algae growth or slightly cloudy water.
How to Clean a Green Pool. If your pool has been neglected for a length of time and the water has turned green and swampy, you�re likely to have an overload of algae and debris growing inside. You may need to consult a pool cleaning professional for advice, but here�s what you should do if you want to try to resolve the problem yourself. Be sure to handle chemicals with care and always how to clean dirt bike chain It has been said water is life; but frankly, water is only often useful when it�s clean. Whether for cooking, washing, drinking, a swimming pool; the water has to be clean in order for it to benefit us.
When you own your own swimming pool, the aim is to have crystal clear water. Unfortunately, this is not always the case! During a daily inspection, you might notice a little algae growth or slightly cloudy water.
Over time, the clear blue of your pool can turn into a shade of green. While this is unsightly, it can be fixed with the right pool chemicals and help from your local Clark Rubber pool experts.