My first time racing a Half IronMan and my first time racing as a 'Pro'.
Exmoor is a truly beautiful part of the world seemingly cut off from the rest of the world… you dip off the main road at Tiverton and then womble you way through endless twisty country roads, before finally seeing a sign for Wimbleball Lake.
Every year the IronMan fraternity descends on Exmoor for the Iron Man 70.3 UK.
This year the weather gods were on our side which meant the usual slip sliding around muddy fields and shouts of 'damn I wish I had 4 wheel drive' were thankfully absent.
The first thing I noticed when I arrived was how friendly and accommodating the volunteers were. Organisationally speaking things appeared to be spick and span.
On the Friday, I had my instructions from coach to ride 1 lap of the course, so after a bit of mingling and checking out the usual piles of tri-wear at the expo…off I went. 20 minutes into my navigation of the course (I am u s e l e s s with maps) but managed somehow to be on track… I heard the familiar phrooooom sound of an aero disc approaching… and some dude clad in red Specialized everything whizzed passed me, rather amicably sticking his tongue out as he did so. Nice I thought, this was meant to be a steady ride… but said red-kit clad person, turned around and the necessity for map-navigating skills was thankfully no more. So with my companion Phil Graves I rode the rest of the course uneventfully, although a damn bit faster than I would otherwise liked. Hoping I would have 'had' him up the hills, (given that I weigh about 18kg less!).. but alas no.
Race Morning: After a night spent sharing a single bed with my beau – forced on us by the fact that e v e r y B&B within a 20mile radius had apparently been booked since last November! – I was actually glad to get up at 4.45am!
Breakfast of some stodgier -than –I- would- like porridge with banana and honey and we were on our way to the race venue.
Then the lake… Now I haven't actually swam in open water since September last year. Coach doesn't like the idea of trying to do so the day before the race (in case of nasties in the water)… so getting in was a shock to the bod.
By the time the start gun went off – (so much for holding the Age groupers back!) I could barely feel my hands and feet.
Was glad to get out on the bike… although new shoes and trying to mount on an uphill slope was fraught with a few difficulties… (that learning curve again)..
I seemed to catch up with the other girls, Bella, Lucie Zelenkova, Yvette and Emma within a relatively short space of time, and from then on the race was on.
From about 15 miles in, I could feel my gears slipping. One of those other things that I learnt is that riding with an old chain on a new cassette with a worn outer chain ring (from all that BIG GEAR riding that coach makes us do) is not a good idea. Twice my chain came off, the first time I managed to click it back into place changing gears, but on the second time, going up a steep hill when the chain came off I was screwed. So for some reason, I decided to turn around and ride back DOWN the hill in order to try click the chain back on. No success and the blimin thing twisted too… nothing for it but to get off. At this point I was in the lead, apparently 1km up from Emma-Kate Lidbury, the TV cameras managed to catch the action of me swearing at my bike whilst I got my hands dirty untwisting the chain.
Back on .. and back up the hill. I still thought at this point I was in the lead as didn't see Emma slip past. But coming into T2 I found that she was a minute and a half ahead. Bella not far behind me.
Running out of T2 … I didn't feel too bad considering… but was soon reminded that I had never run more than 10k off a bike before, let alone a 56mile supa-hilly bike…. Shouts of –'steady, it's a long day out there' reminded me what I was in for, during the 900m of climbing that ensued. Lap 1 I was running with Bella with Emma-Kate a 1.30 ahead. The first hill came and I knew I had to pull a toilet stop… having never voluntarily peed in my pants before, I took the mantra that 'one should never try something for the first time on race day' and stopped briefly. Lap 2 I suffered (see link to photo page for evidence!)…. In retrospect the fact that I had been unable to stomach anything more than 2 gels and 550mls of fluid the whole race… meant that the tank was running seriously low. Trying a few sips of coke (yes I should have slowed down a bit to give myself a chance to swallow it) was the best it got. On the last lap… I could see that Bella was steadily running stronger and pulling away, but I also saw that Emma-Kate was slowing and encouraged by the crowd I started to believe that I may stand a chance of catching her. The last 5 K I felt strong… another gear came from somewhere and despite the screams of my leg muscles… I ran past Emma and continued strong up until the finish.
The finish line was the best moment of the day… the crowds were awesome and seeing my family and boyfriends proud faces was enough to see the pain slip away.
Next was my first experience of dope testing and the hours it seemed to take to try and pee again! It turns out we had a looong afternoon ahead to wait for prize giving anyway so in retrospect I didn't mind being followed around for an hour until my bladder finally gave out.
All in all a top day… and a lot of lessons learnt. It was a tough day and truly inspirational to race with someone as strong as Bella and also to see the exhilaration of thousands of other competitors finishing throughout the day.
p.s – will upload pics when they come through.
But check out this website for some various shots showing painful facial contortions!
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The Disappearance of the Lindbergh Baby
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Malmö Ångbåts AB var ett svenskt rederi, verksamt i Malmö 1835-1875. Efterträdaren Malmö Nya ångbåts AB var verksamt 1876–1924.

Bolaget bildades 1835 och beställde samma år en hjulångare att byggas i Karlshamn. Fartyget som var en hjulångarskonert levererades 1836 och fick namnet Malmö, och sattes i linjetrafik Malmö-Köpenhamn-Lübeck. 1847 inköptes även den då tre år gamla danska hjulångaren Isefjord som döptes om till Freja och sattes in på lustturer Malmö-Köpenhamn samt längs skånekusten. 1848 köptes järnhjulångsskonerten L'Aigle från Norrköping och döptes om till Öresund och sattes in på linjen Malmö-Köpenhamn-Helsingör-Helsingborg. Man fick därefter problem med ekonomin, i januari 1849 såldes Freja på auktion till västkusten, och under sommaren samma år såldes Öresund. Man fortsatte därefter fram till 1858 trafiken med den nu ganska ålderstigna Malmö, då hon ersattes av den vid Lindholmens verkstad byggda L. I. Bager. Malmös ångpanna och ångmaskin demonterades och monterades i det nybyggda fartyget och det äldre fartyget skrotades. L. I. Bager fortsatte på traden Malmö-Köpenhamn-Lübeck. 1859 erhöll man även hjulångfartyget Ystad från Motala Verkstad som sattes in på en längre linje Kristiania-Göteborg-Hallandskusten-Malmö-Ystad-Stettin. Man råkade nu i konkurrens med Hallands Ångbåtsaktiebolag, vilket ledde till att man inledde samtrafik. 1871 köpte bolagen tillsammans det tidigare finska kustfartyget Amiral von Platen som döptes om till Svanen. Hon sattes in på trafik Malmö-Köpenhamn-Lübeck, men visade sig för liten för uppgiften och genomgick en ombyggnad där hon förlängdes. 1872 såldes Ystad till Norge. 1875 inträffade dock en katastrof för bolaget när L. I. Bager fattade eld på en tur från Köpenhamn och sjönk. 31 personer omkom. Fartyget var inte i heller försäkrat. Olyckan innebar slutet för Malmö Ångbåts AB som upplöstes.

Malmö Nya Ångbåts AB
Ur spillrorna av Malmö Ångbåts AB bildades våren 1876 Malmö Nya Ångbåts AB. Bolaget inköpte fartyget Orion som sattes i trafik på linjen Göteborg-Hallandskusten-Malmö-Lübeck. Fartyget var dock gammalt och behövde upprustning, vilket dock fick dröja till 1884. 1894 införskaffades tillsammans med Hallands Ångbåtsaktiebolag linjeångaren Lübeck, med Malmö Nya Ångbåts AB som ägare av 25 %. 1898 såldes Orion och i stället byggdes 1897 det nya ångfartyget Malmö i Lübeck. Slutet för bolaget blev när Malmö en natt 28 januari 1920 lastad med styckegods i närheten av Rättarens fyr i Göteborgs skärgård gjorde en skarp kursändring och råkade ut för en överhalning och fick slagsida. Man tvingades dumpa lasten men hård vind gjorde att slagsidan förvärrades och sedan fartyget övergivits sjönk hon. Malmö kunde bärgas inom kort, men under de dåliga konjunkturerna blev förlisningen en katastrof för det lilla bolaget. Malmö överläts på Hallands Ångbåtsaktiebolag mot att de löste ut Malmöbolaget skulder så att de kunde träda i likvidation. Sista bolagsstämman hölls 28 januari 1924.

Källor
 Svensk kustsjöfart 1840-1940 – Passagerar- och lastångfartyg i annonserad linjefart under 100 år. Fartyg, rederier och linjer, Carl-Gunnar Olsson. s. 114–115

Ej längre existerande svenska rederier

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Magkaibang Mundo is a 2016 Philippine television drama fantasy romance series broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on the network's Afternoon Prime line up and worldwide on GMA Pinoy TV from May 23, 2016 to September 16, 2016, replacing Wish I May.

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Q: Unbinding specific jquery elements Let's say I want to handle all links on a page, via a special function, so I do:
$('a').bind("click", handleLinks);

But I have a navbar with links that I want to handle differently. So I want to do this, which does not work:
$('#navbar a').unbind("click", handleLinks);

I do not want to specifically exclude the navbar in the first statement, because content is loaded dynamically, so the elements I need to monitor for clicks will change depending on the content. Basically I want to be able to unbind specific subsets of elements dynamically, from the larger initial subset of elements that was bound initially.
Any suggestions?
:: UPDATE ::
My sincere apologies, you're all correct - there was something funky with the order the commands were being called. Sorry!

A: I agree with apocalypse9 that it seems like what you have should work. Perhaps a different approach would have better results... How about using the :not selector with live(). Live will ensure the selector works with dynamically added elements.
$('a:not(#navbar a)').live("click", handleLinks);

http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/not#selector
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live

A: Strange- that looks correct. Have you tested that your initial statement is selecting what you think it does?
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/unbind
edit-
Ok I did a test page

        Test A
        Test A
        Test A
        Test B
        Test A
        Test B

This works fine, however if I built my function inline I needed to unbind all events from select elements to remove it. Not sure if that applies or not but worth mentioning.
Do you mind posting a bit more code> it looks like there may be something else wrong.

A: $('a').not('#navbar a').bind('click', handleLinks);

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Q: Spring Boot Application using Keycloak, single sign on doesn't work behind an Apache Web Server I have a Spring Boot + Spring Security application with RedhatSSO (Keycloak) as OIDC provider. This application is deployed on Openshift which assings it a route like this: http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/. The application has this context path: /my-app.
When I access a protected resource using the application's Openshift route address, http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/my-app/someProtectedResource, I am redirected to the Keycloak login page https://sso.mycompany.com where I login and I'm sent back to http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/my-app/sso/login. Then it exchanges the code for an access token and works without any problem allowing the access to the protected path.
However this isn't our target scenario since all applications are accessed through an Apache server with this url http://intranet.mycompany.com.
When I enter http://intranet.mycompany.com/my-app/someProtectedResource the request gets to my-app's pod in Openshift which redirects to the login form in https://sso.mycompany.com. BUT the URL the param redirect_uri is pointing at the application's Openshift route address http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/my-app/sso/login instead of http://intranet.mycompany.com/my-app/sso/login:
16:38:21,634 DEBUG [org.keycloak.adapters.OAuthRequestAuthenticator] (default task-59) there was no code
16:38:21,634 DEBUG [org.keycloak.adapters.OAuthRequestAuthenticator] (default task-59) redirecting to auth server
16:38:21,634 DEBUG [org.keycloak.adapters.OAuthRequestAuthenticator] (default task-59) callback uri: http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/my-app/sso/login

This way, after successfully logging in I am sent to the wrong address and the single sign on fails.
I am using this configuration:
Gradle:
springBootVersion = '1.5.10.RELEASE'
keycloakVersion = '3.4.3.Final'
...
mavenBom "org.keycloak.bom:keycloak-adapter-bom:${keycloakVersion}"
...
compile 'org.keycloak:keycloak-spring-boot-starter',
        'org.keycloak:keycloak-spring-security-adapter',

Spring Boot:
keycloak:
  auth-server-url: https://sso.mycompany.com/auth
  realm: MYREALM
  resource: my-app
  public-client: false
  principal-attribute: preferred_username
  credentials:
    secret: 99988877766655555444333
  autodetect-bearer-only: true
  ssl-required: external

How can I make the application realize its actual redirect_uri should have intranet.mycompany.com when it is behind an Apache Server?

A: We are using two kinds of Spring Boot applications and solved this for both of them:
First off this is the necessary Apache configuration:
RequestHeader set "Host" "intranet.mycompany.com"
UseCanonicalName on
ProxyPreserveHost on

ProxyPass /my-app http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/my-app
ProxyPassreverse /my-app http://my-app.cloud.mycompany.com/my-app

Spring Boot jar running on Tomcat:
To make the server use the X-Fowarded-* headers just add:
server:
  context-path: /my-app
  use-forward-headers: true

Spring Boot war running on JBoss:
Update your standalone.xml setting proxy-address-forwarding="true":
<http-listener name="default" proxy-address-forwarding="true" socket-binding="http" redirect-socket="https"/>


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Subversion Dev: Re: Error in creating RPM for Subversion.
Re: Error in creating RPM for Subversion.
The above makes me think you are trying to work on WINDOWS?????
But the above looks like Linux, so which is it?
RedHat 8, 9, RHEL3, RHEL4, and RHEL5.
Fedora 8 is not listed there.
I would suggest that you install those packages and try again.
subversion.spec file to work on your Fedora 8 distribution.
for installing, just use "yum install subversion".
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Morgan Avery
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Lost Season 1 Finale, now with 100% more spoilers.
General, Reckons, TV
We watched the last couple of hours of Lost a week or so ago… Finally worn down by Claire – we've had all the episodes for (seems like) months, but I wouldn't let her watch them, something about good things and those who wait, and instant gratification being for children, or something lame and self-righteous.
I'm serious, if you haven't seen the final episode(s) already, don't read this. If you have you probably shouldn't bother, just kick it down towards the end, I'm guessing my own conclusions in the last few paragraphs, the rest of this entry is pretty much just a blow-by-blow of what happens through the last couple of hours.
*** THERE ARE BIG SPOILERS HERE. ***
I think the last thing we saw at the end of the previously aired episode was the discovery the Black Rock, yes?
Well, the explosives hidden in the hold of the Black Rock are some seriously sweaty and dangerous old sticks of dynamite, coated with gelignite, and just waiting for a shaft of sunlight, or a slight bump to set them off, and they were really playing up to this one — anyone else expecting one of the things to go off? Well, I'm sure we all were, but right then?.. *boomf* Poor old Hurley, now he has pieces of Arzt is all over him.
Speaking of Hurley, it was interesting for them to expose a new Flashback fact – he doesn't actually have bad luck, the numbers — or whatever — were doing everything they could to keep him from making the plane, and safely away from the island. He was just being too tenacious to be put off. So perhaps he isn't the jinx he thinks? He's is a hundred & sixty times millionaire, after all. So maybe the numbers were just upset that he was driving such a stupid big car?
So while Kate, Jack (who still has some Arzt on him, r d r r) & Locke are carrying a couple of bags with carefully wrapped sticks of dynamite to the hatch…
We're back on the beach, where Danielle the Minbari is stealing Claire's baby and bolting… Thank the bully that huge hero Charlie is around to save the day, oh, excuse, I was living in an alternate reality for a second – Charlie is still just a gigantic fucking moron. When is he going to stop acting like a child? So he goes berko and with — everyone's favourite British-Indian-fake-Iraqi, — the hot and capable Sayid they go on a mad cross-island psycho-Croatian-fake-French-bitch-hunt.
Oh, oh, but we've got imperilled castaways elsewhere — the nutsos on the boat are really cruising off at a fair clip…
By the way, I've got to tell you, there's no fucking way I'd have headed off on the boat, if they make it you'll get rescued too, if they die you're still "safe" on the island. Sure, I'd be happy to help build the boat, but… I'll see you when you send help dudes, have fun with your rotten old fruit, salt-water and scorching sun. I'll stay here on the beach eating fruit, pork & fish, and drinking cool fresh mountain water.
… Anyway, so they're cruising off, Sayid set them up with a radar (which, BTW, wouldn't work, it's tied to the mast, so while the display clearly requires it to be rotating around, as you'd expect, it's actually just pointing in whatever direction the boat is pointing, so they'd be able to see one point directly in front of them, I mean, if there was something to see). So there's some drama with the keel falling off and Michael (aka: Mr. I'm a bad father with anger issues!) discovering that Sawyer is packing heat — and I'm not talking about his good looks — when he swims off and hauls back the keel.
Sayid & Charlie are still running through the jungle, Charlie is an unfit has-been rockstar junkie, so he falls behind a bit, but their path takes them past the fallen Beechcraft, and during a quick breather Sayid lets slip about all the – dun dun duhhhhh – heroin… Then they're off again, and now our mate Charlie has a lovely new Virgin Mary statuette in his satchel, yay, Charlie, you're not a pathetic weak-minded little criminal loser or anything, you're a big hero! Good for you!
Our friends with the explosive backpacks are still trudging through the jungle, when something weird zoooots by and catches their eye… And it reall is a weird thing, we backed up the DVD to have another look… It's like a crappy dart shape made of black smoke or shadows. I guess, if they try to explain it it'll turn out to be exhaust smoke or something, but there's just no way that's possible if you look at it.
Shortly after that the 'big monster' comes back and starts smashing up trees, it looked to me like they were blowing upwards from underneath, so I'm continuing with my guess that it's something underground, some crazy mining equipment or something stupid like that… Anyway, Locke gets grabbed and starts being dragged along the floor of the jungle towards a hole, with a sound exactly like a big ratchet pulling a huge clanking chain, I don't know how anyone can possibly still think it's a monster rather than people operating machinery.
Jack catches up and grabs Locke before he can be pulled down the hole, that crazy cripple asks tells him to let him go… He's got almost a serene smile on his face, he says he knows the island won't hurt him, it has other plans… Anyway, Jack ain't havin' none of that, so he gets Kate to chuck one of the greasy old sticks of dynamite down the hole, and they manage to get Locke free after theat slodes and they haul ass off to the hatch (very single minded, mmm?).
Chuckles Charlie & fake-British-Indian-Iraqi Sayid are approaching the pillar of smoke on the far side of the island from their 'base', and discover it's nothing but a drum of (I guess) petrol or diesel or something burning away… There's no one there. Then poor old fake-French Danielle appears with the baby, which is safe and well, and Charlie goes off at her, he really is a shit. The poor lady, in her stolen-child-fueled-grief had hoped to swap Aaron for her own son.
It's night time on the boat and low and behold, but the radar has picked something up, but, oh no, it's going away again, hey, how about we fire our only flare? Ok, let's do it.
Locke & Jack wire the remaining dynamite to the hinges of the hatch and run a pretty long fuse off into the jungle… As soon as they light it Hurley spots his numbers engraved on the side of the exterior of the shaft and freaks out, starts shouting about the numbers and trying to kick the fuse to death, I was kind of expecting him to go the way of Arzt, but he gets tackled to the ground in time for the splosion…
Long story short, the 'contact' comes back and turns out to be a crappy little boat (definitely not of ocean going size) crawling with dirty men… And they abduct Walt, shoot Sawyer, and blow up the boat, leaving Jin & Michael in the water, and Sawyer somewhere under the water. Uh-oh.
… The hatch has been blown open, so our pals walk over and have a look down into the shaft, it's long, and most of the rungs of a built in ladder have fallen off… So with them standing around the hatch staring down the shaft, we fade to black.
And that's it, the end. Yay, thanks for tying up all those loose ends, you cock-arsed bastards.
Now, I think the guys on the boats are the decendents of the pirates — I think of them as pirates, even though I guess they were actually slavers? — anyway, they're the sons of the slaver crew, and they have to keep abducting kids to keep their little population up. Hence Danielle's baby and their attempt to get Claire's baby Aaron as well.
I expect all the guys on the boat are going to be okay, the boat is fucked but it still floats, Sawyer was only shot through the shoulder and Jin will probably save his ass and pull him onto the boat while Michael is going nuts worrying about his newly stolen son.
I guess as soon as the new season starts in the states I'm going to have to start downloading it, as I now really want to know what the hell is going on — and how they'll be able to rationally tie everything together.
Number one lesson learned: Next time I'm not pissing around, I'm just gonna watch the DVDs, it's so much more enjoyable without all the fucking adverts.
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Determining your profits and losses is an essential part of trading so let's take a closer look at how pips and spreads factor in this equation. A pip is the smallest price change that an asset can make. In the forex market, currency pairs are often quoted in four decimal points so a 0.0001 change equates to one pip. For yen pairs which are stated in two decimal points, one pip is equivalent to 0.01.
EUR/USD climbing from 1.3400 to 1.3500 reflects a 100-pip rally while a drop in GBP/USD from 1.3450 to 1.3400 indicates a 50-pip slide. USD/JPY rising from 94.50 to 95.75 translates to a 125-pip climb while a drop in AUD/JPY from 78.50 to 76.00 means a 250-pip selloff.
Meanwhile, the spread is the difference in the bid and ask price. The bid price refers to the rate at which the broker or market maker is buying from the trader and the ask price is the rate at which it is selling to the trader. The bid price is generally set higher than the actual market rate while the ask price is set lower than the actual market rate.
For instance, if the spot rate of EUR/USD is 1.3450, a broker can quote the bid at 1.3455 and the ask at 1.3445, amounting to a bid-ask spread of 10 pips. A bid/ask quote for EUR/AUD at 1.4500/1.4520 translates to a spread of 20 pips. Wider spreads can erode trading profits or magnify losses which is why narrow ones are often preferable. For the ease of calculation we have shown a spread of 10 and 20 pips, but easyMarkets offers spreads on EUR/USD as low as 1.8 pips, visit our spreads page to see the spreads for all of the instruments offered by easyMarkets.
When calculating your potential profit and loss, probably to see if your reward-to-risk ratio shows that it's worth taking a particular setup, don't forget to apply the right prices since the spread also impacts your bottom line profitability especially for day traders that take multiple positions in a day. These spreads also apply to stocks, commodities, indices, and futures.
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I'll have my interviews at McKinsey very soon, but I still struggle to find good stories for the Personal Impact Dimension. Does personal impact solely refer to a situation where I convinced someone of something or do other types of impact also count? I would really appreciate if you could give some good examples for that dimension.
Tell me about a time when you persuaded your boss to go along with an idea you had.
Tell me about a difficult situation where you had to rely on your communication skills.
Here you want to emphasize your influence on someone else, usually in disagreement with you.
Here you want to emphasize the achievement you reached and the process that led you there.
Here you want to emphasize how you overcome a difficult situation leading a team (not necessarily as the official leader).
When the interviewers ask you to provide an example of resolving a team- or personal conflict, Changing someone's mind, Developing and implementing a solution or overcoming difficulties - it means they want to hear a personal impact story.
Personal impact is a story of influencing people and persuading them to follow your solution. Think of the consultants - in a similar way they have to present their solutions to the client and unite the stakeholders with various opinions.
How should you approach the personal impact story?
As other have referred, Personal Impact is mostly about influencing or motivating others, but you can also try to follow the wider definition offered by McKinsey itself: example where you have demonstrated impact while working with a wide range of individuals in difficult settings.
Btw, be careful not confusing/mixing Personal Impact and Leadership examples, as that's one of the most common mistake in the PEI stories - swapping examples which almost kills your chances.


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Biografia
Galli svolse la sua attività artistica a Bologna, senza mai abbandonare la professione di orefice.

Dopo aver lavorato come burattinaio assieme ad Angelo Cuccoli, e aver aggiunto due maschere argutissime di sua invenzione, Sganapino e Siòr Tonin, al gruppo dei burattini locali, partecipò dal 1888 al 1911 allo stabile dialettale del Teatro Contavalli.

Qui interpretò per primo, con la sua comicità sbalordita ed equilibrata di 'mamo', non pochi personaggi di Alfredo Testoni, tra cui famoso, il Gaitan di Tòurna in scena i pisuneint.

Si può considerare uno degli attori più significativi espressi dal teatro bolognese.

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Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Burattino
 Teatro dei burattini
 Marionettista
 Storia della letteratura
 Storia del teatro
 Teatro di figura

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Major 30-year study launched by UK government research centre into health effects of mobile phones.
Professor Challis, the former head of the government-funded Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme (MTHR), said: 'I think it is plausible because their immune system is still developing and we do know that children are more sensitive to other things, for example ultra-violet light.
'If a child is exposed to excessive sunlight, they are more likely to get skin cancer than an adult exposed to the same amount.
He acknowledged that some parents may get peace of mind from giving their young child a mobile phone.


As you've probably guessed, we're looking for artists that are big fans of girls. Two kinds of girls, in fact : Real girls, and fictional girls.
Here's what you need to do if you'd like to be considered for the group!
Link to your portfolio / blog below in the comments section along with a list of 4 girls you'd like to draw. Two of them should be "fact" and two of them should be "fiction".
And rank them in order you'd like to draw them.
Of course, we'll always try to be fair and we'll try to give everyone involved their first choice when we can, but make sure you like all 4 of your choices!
Don't worry if someone has already listed some of the girls you'd like to pick, too -- Just put 'em on there and make sure you have at least one or two original ideas JUST incase we need to pull from those. We'll try our best.
Scientists, Actresses, Historical Figures, And any other category you can think of where they've actually LIVED at some point, in the realm of reality.
Characters from books, TV, Games of any era.
This call for art is open til September 3, so feel free to spread the news to anyone you think might be interested. We're looking forward to seeing your thoughts and can't wait to see your sites! Past participants are totally welcome to submit. Each show takes on it's own life once we see who might be involved, so if you haven't been selected in the past, don't let that stop you!
Thanks again and we're looking forward to the show!
p.s. there has been some talk about getting a book published with the work included in this show... we're looking into it.


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Blotter: Man charged with possession of stolen gun
Published 5:02 pm Monday, May 16, 2022
By Carl Blankenship
SAL.ISBURY — A Salisbury man was arrested on several felony firearm charges on Sunday.
James Jerico Horton, 30, was charged with felony possession of a stolen firearm, felony carrying a concealed gun and felony possession of a firearm by a felon.
Horton was allegedly found in possession of a .380 caliber handgun which was reported stolen. Horton has previous firearms convictions including possession of a firearm by a felon.
He was transported to Rowan County Detention Center and held on a $30,000 bond.
In other warrants:
• Jacob Paul Boucher, 19, of Lexington, was charged with two counts of felony breaking or entering a motor vehicle, felony larceny, felony possession of stolen goods, felony obtaining property under false pretense and felony larceny of a motor vehicle, misdemeanor attempted breaking or entering a motor vehicle and misdemeanor larceny on Saturday.
Warrants for Boucher's arrest list incident dates on May 4, 5 and 9 with a mix of offenses in Harnett and Rowan counties. He allegedly stole a Ford Mustang, broke into a vehicle and stole electronics valued at $1,400, broke into another vehicle and stole cash and a purse, and attempted to sell stolen property to a pawn shop.
• Jered Andrew McMeans, 38, of Salisbury, was charged with two counts of felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance, two counts of felony breaking and or entering, felony larceny after breaking and or entering and misdemeanor possession of a schedule two controlled substance on Friday.
McMeans allegedly broke into Salisbury Lumber Company's facility on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and stole three cordless drills valued at $200 each. He was allegedly found in possession of cocaine, methamphetamine and 40 pills of oxycodone.
• Josue Saul Nunez, 28, of Salisbury, was charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute a schedule two controlled substance, felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance, felony maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for keeping and selling a controlled substance, misdemeanor resisting a public officer and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Saturday.
Nunez was allegedly found in possession of four wrapped bags of cocaine and a nondescript amount of methamphetamine. He was allegedly using a vehicle to keep or sell the drug and was found in possession of two glass "smoking devices" according to the warrant for his arrest. Nunez allegedly ran away from officers after being told to put his hands behind his back.
• Timothy Wiseman, 31, of Salisbury, was charged with felony assault by strangulation, misdemeanor assault on a female and misdemeanor assault on a child under 12 on Friday.
Wiseman allegedly struck an adult woman, choked her with both hands and and pushed a child.
• Amanda Lee Flowers, 31, of Statesville, was charged with felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance on Saturday. Flowers was allegedly found in possession of fentanyl.
• Honey Annette Winecoff, 42, of Salisbury, was charged with felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance after allegedly being found in possession of fentanyl on Saturday.
• William Danzel Woods, 29, of Jamestown, was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest on Saturday. Woods was allegedly sped on I-85 to flee from a state trooper while his license was revoked.
• Marissa Jo Higgins, 42, of Salisbury, was charged with felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance on Friday. Higgins was allegedly found in possession of cocaine.
• Erica Nicole Utsman, 41, of Hillsborough, was charged with felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday. Utsman was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and a glass pipe with residue.
• Frederick O'Neal Broadway, 34, of Spencer, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance on a prison or jail premises on Friday. He was allegedly found in possession of suboxone one the premises of Rowan County Detention Center.
• Tiara Koshell Faulk, 30, of Salisbury, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance on a prison or jail premises on Friday. She was allegedly found in possession of marijuana on the premises of Rowan County Detention Center.
• Tyree Wanya Steele, 22, of Salisbury, was charged with felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance with intent to manufacture, sell or distributed, felony possession of a schedule six controlled substance with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Friday. Steele was allegedly found in possession of 1.7 grams of cocaine, 27.5 grams of marijuana and a digital scale.
About Carl Blankenship
Carl Blankenship has covered education for the Post since December 2019. Before coming to Salisbury he was a staff writer for The Avery Journal-Times in Newland and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017, where he was editor of The Appalachian.
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Aligos Therapeutics Appoints Industry Veteran Matthew W. McClure, M.D., as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
South San Francisco, California, October 14, 2019 – Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.(Aligos), a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of targeted therapies for hepatologic diseases and viral infections, including chronic hepatitis B(CHB), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH), and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),today announced the appointment of Matthew W. McClure, M.D., as executive vice president (EVP) and chief medical officer(CMO).
Dr. McClure has more than20 years of clinical and drug development experience with significant expertise in the design, execution and interpretation of Phase 1-3 clinical trials across a range of therapeutic areas, particularly in chronic viral hepatitis and NASH.
"I am very pleased to welcome Dr. McClure to Aligos Therapeutics," said Lawrence Blatt, Ph.D., MBA, chief executive officer of Aligos. "With his broad experience in the development of drugs in chronic viral hepatitis and NASH, we are confident he will add substantial expertise to our team as we look forward to advancing what we believe to be a robust and potentially transformative pipeline. This is an exciting time for Aligosas we prepare to advance best-in-class compounds for the potential treatment of chronic hepatitis B and NASH into the clinic in 2020."
"I am delighted to help Aligos achieve its vision of discovering and developing effective therapies for diseases where significant unmet needs remain," said Dr.McClure."In particular, I am confident that with the combination of innovative compounds being advanced and the highly experienced team at Aligos, we may find a potentially curative treatment regimen for chronic hepatitis B infection in the coming years."
Dr. McClure's drug development career began in academia at the Duke Clinical Research Institute during his medical training. Following his work as an attending physician, he transitioned to the biotechnology industry, where he has held roles of increasing responsibility and seniority, culminating in his most recent position as chief medical officer at Second Genome. Prior to Second Genome, Dr. McClure played an important role in the clinical development of Esbriet® (pirfenidone)during his time at InterMune, Inc., which was acquired by Roche in 2014, and andexanet alfa during his time at Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,as well as a critical role as the lead clinician in the development of lumicitabine during his time at AliosBioPharma, Inc., which was acquired by Johnson and Johnson in 2014. After Alios' acquisition and while at Janssen, a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson, Dr. McClure continued to play an important role in the lumicitabine program.
Dr. McClure received his degree in medicine from Duke University and graduated (summa cum laude) with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and cell biology from the University of California, San Diego.
About Aligos
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.is a privately held biotechnology company that was founded in 2018with the mission to become a world leader in the treatment of liver diseases. Aligos is focused on the development of targeted, therapies for hepatologic diseases and viral infections, including chronic hepatitis B (CHB), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which collectively affect hundreds of millions of people across the world. Aligos' strategy is to harness the deep expertise and decades of drug development experience its workforce has in liver disease, particularly viral hepatitis, to rapidly advance its pipeline of best-in-class molecules.
Please visit www.aligos.com for more information.
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Q: pass shutdown from APC battery backup to VMware Fusion Guest machine How can I pass the shutdown command to the vmware fusion guest (debian)?
I installed vmware tools and if I manually shutdown my Mac it'll pass the command to shutdown the guest system first. However, if I unplug my APC battery backup, the shutdown command is issued to OSX and is not passed to the guest OS.


I am getting ready for a Fall Sale!
Have you ever had a tag sale? No. Why? I bet that if you looked around there is some stuff you are not using … dishes, glasses, clothes, shoes, purses, toys. I'll wait, go look … SEE!
Plan on a 1/2 Price Sunday Afternoon!
Schedule a charity pick up for your leftovers.
HAVE FREE STUFF! A bowl of hard candies, or Hershey Kisses is OK, but no FREE TOYS!
Advertise too early ~ a Saturday & Sunday sale should be advertised on Thursday & Friday … you don't want to get pushed to the bottom of the list.
Be unrealistic with your prices. If you saw something online or on TV that is NOT the tag sale price!!!
Take anything back in! If you are willing to sell it, then you should definitely donate it!
Do you know Bon Ami & Bar Keepers Friend? You should meet them … a little old fashioned, but hard working, sharp looking, and they do what they say they will. All the qualities of a true friend, no?
In my vintage world I clean A LOT of things … rusty things, sticky things, scratched things, shiny things. You name it I have probably had to find a way to clean it. Working on a Bakelite Telephone right now … Really!
I had heard about Bon Ami & Bar Keepers Friend, great for this, amazing for that … no idea why I never had any in the house, until last week. See last week I was prepping some vintage, stainless steal kitchen utensils and they had been loved (loved in Vintage world means used) … these were loved good! A little stickiness, some rust, some grease, etc. I used some castile soap, I used baking soda, vinegar, all worked, just not as well as I would have liked. At the same time I had read a thread some where, probably a vintage board on Facebook, about using Bar Keepers Friend on Pyrex … LIGHTBULB! Trip to the hardware store, because around here that is where they sell all of the GOOD cleaners that actually work, and brought my new buddies home … since then we have been cleaning everything!
My favorite thing … Bar Keepers Friends cleans utensil scratches on your plates. These are utensil scratches … you have them, I know it.
This is the after … I know, right?
Now I know, who really cares about utensil scratches? Me (hangs head in shame) … In a real world normal application the bathroom sink and the tub look like this too! With no chemicals, no smell and no bleach!
With all this damn trolling I have been doing (out of boredom) I have been thinking about virtual reality VS. real reality lately. Not just spaces and tablescapes … but life. Everyday real life, with kids, on a dull, hot, Summer day. How come no one posts pictures of kids in the same clothes for days at a time, watching YouTube or building Legos?
Doesn't anyone else have a hard time filling the day, everyday? Isn't anyone else too broke to go and DO SOMETHING everyday?
Our beach vacation cannot come soon enough! I am done with 100 degrees, air conditioning and TV! Until then ……….
The question ~ What are the things you ALWAYS forgot at the store?
If you take the last of anything, or preferably the 2nd to last … tear off a piece of the box, bag, packaging and leave it out where we make the shopping lists.
What simple tricks, or ideas, do you use to make it all work?
My girl, 14, had a writing exercise last week in ELA (English Language Arts, don't worry I didn't know what that meant either) … she was given a poem skeleton and this is what she came up with … Pretty damn good! Witty, poignant, truthful, age appropriate yet adult at the same time … Happy National Poetry Month!
You wouldn't have bad hair days.
You wouldn't have bad grammar.
You wouldn't even have messy hand writing.
Pizza would be a vegetable.
Would still be allowed to be in charge of the world.
What would it be like if you were in charge of the world?
But alas I was bored by my go to Spring things and as I am prone to do, I took a look around the house to see what there was to use … I have a GIANT bag of yarn! Have you looked around Pinterest at all lately, it is just full of Yarn PomPoms … just check THIS simple search.
I know, my door looks chartreuse, it is not. I wish it was … it is really just apartment building green.
That is enough craftiness for me for a bit … I will be decorating the house for Spring this weekend, in Sara Style as well.
This is what my house looks like this morning . No special set up, no proper angles, no streaming sunlight … just a real home, on a Monday morning, after a fun and busy weekend.
Happy Monday! What is your truth this morning?
Organizer ~ in my genes, but as work, not so much anymore.
Antique Dealer ~ EEEK! Not yet!
Tag Sale Diva ~ not nearly as often as I would like … love me a good tag sale!
Proprietress of an online vintage store ~ YES! Everyday!!!
When trying to get a small (really really small) business off the ground word of mouth is key. That is why it is vital I can answer the questions "What do you do?", "What are you up to these days?" At the bus, at a dinner party, in a class, Walgreens … people are so nosey! No they are not … I just don't answer these questions well.
I find myself rambling, giving the entire history of the last 3 plus years of evolution, only to get to I have an Etsy Shoppe.
An Etsy Shoppe! It's an online market place for vintage and handmade goods.
I struggle. I have to … SIMPLIFY IT!
Maybe I need new business cards? Handing someone a business card makes it a legit business right?


Ingeteam has secured the supply and installation contract for Europe's largest PV project. The Mula PV plant, located in the south-east of the municipality of Mula in the region of Murcia, will have an installed power capacity of 500 MWp, which will make it the largest PV plant in Spain and in Europe as a whole.
Thanks to this new contract, by December Ingeteam will reach the figure of 2,000 MW in PV inverters supplied to the Spanish market. Added to this milestone are the 900 MW of PV power maintained by Ingeteam in Spain.
It is estimated that, by the end of 2019, the plant could be fully operational, through the access and connection point at the El Palmar substation, a strategic hub for the power transmission grid in Murcia.
Covering a surface area of almost 1,000 hectares, similar to around 2,000 football pitches, the Mula solar plant is calculated to produce more than 750 million kWh per year, providing sufficient energy to supply a city of 450.000 inhabitants. The scale of the project makes this a unique initiative for the region, positioning Murcia as a leading renewables producer at a global level.
Delivery has already started on the total of 238 central PV inverters to be supplied by Ingeteam, all with 1500 Vdc technology. Moreover, the supply is not limited to the PV inverters, but covers the complete medium voltage solution, the Inverter Station. This solution comprises all the low and medium voltage equipment required (LV/MV transformer, MV switchgear, LV switchboard and auxiliary services transformer), which is connected in the field to the PV inverters.
Apart from the supply of equipment, Ingeteam is to perform the work to unload, position and connect the 74 inverter stations, in addition to the commissioning and electromechanical installation work.
This new contract strengthens Ingeteam's position in Spain, where the company is set to close this financial year with a total of 2 GW of power supplied and reaching a figure of 900 MW of maintained power in the Spanish PV market. This figure consolidates the company's global leadership position in the provision of power plant Operation & Maintenance Services, with 12 GW.
- 74 inverter stations fitted with all the necessary equipment to inject medium voltage power: PV inverters, LV/MV transformer, medium voltage switchgear, auxiliary services transformer and low voltage switchboard.
- Two hundred and thirty-eight 1500 Vdc photovoltaic inverters, each with a rated power output of 1690 kW, pertaining to the INGECON SUN PowerMax B Series family.
- Work involving the unloading, positioning, installation and connection of the PV inverters.
- Commissioning and electromechanical installation of 74 inverter stations.


Lamb Shanks are the ultimate comfort food. What makes them even better is you can prepare them before leaving the house the morning of, and arrive home to not only an abundant aroma of luscious Lamb Shanks but dinner is ready to serve. All you need to do it mash some potatoes, pour the wine and nab the remote.
Step 1. Pour the red wine into the bottom of the dish (Crock-Pot). Sift the flour, mustard powder, cumin, cayenne pepper and add the coriander seeds and sage. Combine well with a hand whisk.
Step 3. Add the diced shallots, chilli and garlic cloves, I like to pile these on top of the shanks and sometimes even add a little more wine, then finally add the fresh lime juice and the rosemary and mint (optional).
Step 3.Place the lid on the crockpot and cook, on a low heat, for a minimum of 8 hours.
Step 4. Sit back, relax and enjoy that wine (not too much though – you've still got dinner to cook !!!!!!
To serve accompany with green vegetables on a bed of polenta or my personal favourite mashed potatoes. I like to add finely sliced chilli and spring onion before serving – this gives it a real bite!


This page displays sold house prices for Park House Crescent in Bradford.
Park House Crescent in Low Moor, Bradford consists predominantly of semi-detached houses. Properties on Park House Crescent typically have values around £150,000 - £200,000, ranging upwards of £200,000 for larger semi-detached houses.
Map showing Park House Crescent in Bradford.


To conduct power system simulations with high shares of wind energy, customary wind turbine models, which are aimed to be generic rms models for a big selection of wind turbine types, have been developed. As a standard practice of rms simulations, the power electronic interface of wind turbines is assumed to be ideally synchronised, i.e. grid synchronisation (e.g. section locked loop (PLL)) is not included in simplified wind turbine models. As can be shown during this study, this apply causes simulation convergence issues during severe voltage dips and when the loss of synchronism happens. In order to supply the simulation convergence without adding complexity to the generic models, a initial-order filtering approach is proposed as a phase angle calculation algorithm in the grid synchronisation of the rms sort-4 wind turbine models. The proposed approach provides robustness for the simulation of large-scale power systems with high shares of wind energy.


In response to the Coalition's Campaign for Global Justice in Armenia, the Armenian government has committed to taking the necessary steps to become a member of the ICC.
In April 2014, the Coalition called onArmenia to render homage to victims of past crimes and ensure protection under the rule of law for future generations by joining the ICC.
The ICC is seen as supplementing the national judicial system due to the Rome Statute's principle of complementarity.
National authorities would be deprived of the right to grant pardons or amnesties.
The Court's ruling has since blocked any advancement towards ratification.
In late 2013, however, Armenia began a constitutional review process to consider amendments to the constitution, and the Coalition has since urged Armenia to seize this opportunity to overcome the only legal obstacle to ratification of the Rome Statute.
This development has been warmly welcomed by Armenian civil society.
Dr. Sarvarian was one of the principal organizers of a Coalition-sponsored, high-level conference in Yerevan in April 2013. The conference, entitled, "Ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court by the Republic of Armenia: Problems and Process," featured the participation of Deputy Justice Minister Aram Orbelyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and former minister of justice and current member of the National Assembly of Armenia, Davit Harutyunyan.
The Conference, which coincided with the Coalition's April 2013 Universal Ratification Campaign focus on Armenia, helped greatly to spur national reflection and debate on the issue of Armenia's membership in the ICC.
The final version of the Commission's strategy of constitutional reforms is expected to be made public on 30 June.
Following submission of the reform package for the approval of President Sargsyan, the Commission will have another 10 months or so to draft specific constitutional amendments based on the approved strategy. As Armenia's constitution can only be amended by national referendum, the specific amendments will likely be put to a popular vote in 2015.
It is hoped that, following a positive vote, the necessary amendments to the constitution can be made in the course of 2015, with ratification of the Rome Statute possibly following in late 2015 or early 2016.
For more information on Armenia and the ICC, follow our Europe regional coordinator, Kirsten Meersschaert Duchens, on Twitter.


Profile: I'm a freelance Fashion Photographer. I was featured on Tyra Bank's VH1 show "The Shot". I came out as one of the final 7 contestants. I had the best picture 4 times (out of four episodes), and I was chosen as team leader twice. It was a great experience and reinforced my passion for photography. I was featured in OK! Magazine, TV GUIDE, US WEEKLY, and also SIRIUS RADIO, XM RADIO, AND HERE ARE LINKS TO MORE PRESS: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/blogs/sartorialist http://flypaper.bluefly.com/archives/2008/02/shooting_fashio.html http://www.beautychatblog.com http://worshipworthy.com http://musemagazine.blogspot.com http://www.piercemattiepublicrelations.com/2007/11/fashion_photography_industry_e.html http://www.styleaholics.com/blog/?p=444 Just a little bit more about me: I was assistant to STEVEN KLEIN for three years. I've shot editorials for BRITISH ELLE, NEW YORK TIMES, TRACE, SPIN, & other publications including emerging talent for ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP. My commercial experience consists of ad Campaigns for MCCANN ERICKSON, CANDIES, & The Ad Council. Graduating from FIT in May '07 with my BFA in Photography & Digital Media, I completed an internship at Vogue Magazine in the Photo Department assisting the photo research team with editorial content for the magazine and the Poiret exhibition which was featured this past summer at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART in the COSTUME INSTITUTE. I have covered behind the scenes of the Fall '07 collections at OLYMPUS Fashion Week for AOL's Stylelist.com and the Spring '08 MERCEDES BENZ Fashion Week. My videos of the Maria Cornejo collection were featured on French Vogue's website the past two seasons and my most current work was presented in the October & November '07 issues of ESSENCE Magazine as well as SixDegreesMag.com. I believe video is the new photography and it is where I see fashion editorial headed on the internet. CHECK OUT MY BEAUTY VIDEO: dailymotion.com/video/x39923_pipercarterbeauty_shortfilms I'm looking forward to working on more cool projects.


You can include peanut butter for weight gain in regular diet. Savour on this salty spread everyday to get a good number of calories from a healthy food as well as increase your consumption of rich-protein food. Apart from including peanut butter in your diet, you may also gorge on regular butter. 100g of regular butter consists of 81g of fat- a significantly high percentage of this fat is saturated which could lead to heart ailments thus eat regular butter in moderation.
While you can spread peanut butter on whole wheat bread slices to have it in your breakfast, you can also add it in your fruit or protein shake. It tastes well and even your kid will like it.
When trying to gain weight, your protein consumption should be increased. It makes your muscles stronger and give you a lean physique. For your protein intake, include eggs in your diet. 100 g of eggs contain 13 g of protein as well as they provide various vitamins such as Vitamin A and Vitamin B 12.
Boys, who inspire to get perfect body like Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan, would be glad to know that our 'Krrish' is extremely fond of eggs and thus include them in all his three meals of the day. And muscular physique is there for all to see in movies like 'Krrish 3' and 'Bang Bang'!
For weight gain, consuming carbohydrates are very important and no other food item is more rich in carbohydrates than potatoes. Moreover, potatoes also provide enough amount of amino acids such as arginine and glutamine thus making them a good weight gain food. For obtaining sufficient nutritional value out of potatoes, consume them with their skin. You can soak them in cool water for two-three hours before cooking them.
Potatoes are also a rich source of anti-oxidants such as phytonutrients, carotenoids and flavonoids which flush toxins out of your system and keep you in the pink of your health.
However, dieticians advise that red meat is extremely high on cholesterol which might not be healthy for your heart, thus you should only take a few of its serving thrice in a week. For better advice, ask your nutritionist.
It is one of the most commonly added food item in the diet plans of those who want to gain weight, build bulk and muscles. They never forget treating themselves with a good piece of chicken. It is true that it is delicious, it also gives 25 g of protein per 100 g of chicken. It can give you quick results. Also it is a store of minerals such as calcium and phosphorus thus can give you enough strength to hit the gym.
Frying chicken could add saturated fat and cholestrol to it which might prove unhealthy for your body. Either consume it in boiled form or it should not be deep fried.
Skim milk is for those who wish to lose weight so now ditch the skimmed, less-calorie milk and shift to calorie-laden, healthy whole fat milk for gaining weight. Not only it gives you 60 additional calories, it is also high on vitamins and nutrients compared to skim milk. It has high levels of Vitamin D and Vitamin A.
Take two glasses of milk in a day and moreover, prepare your shake, cereals, oatmeal, pasta and ice creams using whole fat milk. Start adding fresh milk cream to your coffee. Replace colas with healthy milk shakes and see how it helps your body to put on some weight.
Give a ditch to junk foods such as pizza and burger during your snacking time. Replace them with a bowl of nuts and healthy milk shakes. Nuts provide sufficient nutrition to build muscles and put on weight in a healthy way. They are rich in mono-saturated fats, dietary fiber and proteins. Almonds, sunflower seeds, cashew nuts, raisins, flax seeds, hazel nuts, brazil nuts, walnuts and peanuts are nutritious enough to replace your breakfast. Plus, they are highly satiating thus can control your overall calorie intake.
Many people like to fry nuts before consuming them; this makes nuts high on saturated fats and cholesterol and can cause harm to your heart health.
Do you know that this delicious fruit has 140 calories per half of its one serving? Yes, a single avocado a day can give you as many as 300 calories along with folic acid, Vitamin E and B and potassium. Add them to your salads, spread avocado jam on toast or eat them in their natural form with a little amount of salt spread on it.
This green fruit will prove extremely beneficial for your health as it is high on nutritional value. For increasing your intake of weight gain fruit, have avocado along with tropical fruits such as pineapple and papaya as they are rich on natural sugars.
You can get readymade granola from the market; don't add refined sugar to it and instead put a fruit into it along with two tablespoons of honey and unsalted butter. A bowl full of granola is a perfect dish to gain weight. It is a mix of healthy fats and fiber as it contains nuts and coconut oil, natural sugar from the fruit and nutrition of oats. For adding some more goodness to it, cover granola with a thick layer of fruit flavoured yoghurt. A single bowl will pack high number of calories along with providing you with healthy fats.
Take a glass of protein milk shake with a bowl of granola to keep yourself satiated for a long time. It could replace unhealthy snack options such as hamburgers, pizza and chips.
It is a proven fact that refined oils are high on saturated fats, therefore, they should be replaced with natural vegetable oils such as Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Safflower oil, Rice and Bran Oil and Peanut Oil. These types of oils aren't high on LDL or 'bad' cholesterol as well as are packed with high number of heart-healthy calories. These oils are flavoured thus you can use them in less amount to add a flavour to your dish. Unlike butter, vegetables oils do not burn when cooked at high temperatures therefore, they are more healthy for your bodily system.
Every oil has some different nutritional value thus you can either use a combine of two of them or may use them individually in moderation. Add them to your salad to consume vegetables oil in uncooked form.
It is true that Tuna is very delicious but the canned Tuna doesn't do much good to your body. When consumed in its fresh form, it is healthier and more satiating. Tuna is rich on proteins and a good source of healthy fats. Tuna can replace the unhealthy snack options whereas tuna fillets along with green and red vegetables could be a good meal for your dinner. Due to its high protein content, Tuna is advised to be included in the diet plans of body builders as protein helps to repair the damaged muscle fibres.
One moderate serving of Tuna provides two-third amount of daily protein thus it should certainly be included in your daily diet plan.
When we say 'cheese', we don't really mean mozzarella cheese toppings on readymade pizza or pasta. It is unhealthy and full of saturated fats. Instead to have healthy cheese, include gorgonzola cheese and blue cheese in your diet. Not only they are high on fat, but are high on nutritional value as well. Even you can have goat cheese with eggs, parmesan cheese topping on asparagus and Swiss cheese on top of roasted chicken.
You can replace junk food snack items with soft cheese types such as Emmental cheese and brie cheese. Even in France, people have cubes of soft cheese as a snack.


I want help guys, each time when I double click an icon or file name for a excel workbook, excel starts but displays a blank screen. I don't have any idea why such issue happens. If you know any solution then please kindly help me.
Such problem may occur if the excel option "Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)" check box is selected.
If you double click any excel workbook in windows Explorer, a dynamic data exchange (DDE) message is received by excel. This message allows Excel application to open the workbook that you have doubled click.
On theTools menu, click Options.
Clear theIgnore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) check box, and then click OK.
Hope this works!….. you must try it.


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Does your baby have some type of head shape deformity that you or your doctor would like to correct? At Applied Biomechanics, we can fabricate custom cranial molding helmets for babies to treat a wide range of conditions, such as plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, and more.
The Uses of Cranial Shaping Helmets
Cranial shaping helmet are used to treat a flat head syndrome and a variety of other minor cranial deformities in infants, such as:
Scaphocephaly
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It is quite common for babies to develop minor cranial deformities between the ages of 3-18 months. Babies' skulls are quite soft and can easily change shape with repeated pressure in one location, without causing any harm to them. These deformities may be caused by a range of factors, such as:
Too much time spent lying on the back, which may cause the back of the head to flatten, either on one side or across the entire head.
Narrow space in the womb, which may be caused by twins taking up additional space in the womb or low levels of amniotic fluid.
A premature birth may cause skull changes as the head will be compressed during birth, when it is not quite as developed.
A congenital condition known as craniosynostosis that can cause the bones of a baby's head to join together prematurely. This can be a serious condition and will need to be treated by surgery.
With the exception of craniosynostosis, most cases of cranial deformity will resolve themselves over the course of time and have no impact on a child's development. Cranial shaping helmets offer an excellent treatment option for your child.
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A cranial remolding orthosis, more commonly referred to as a cranial helmet, is an orthotic device that can be worn on a baby's head to help correct cases of plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, and other head deformities.
Cranial molding helmets are custom fabricated from a laser scan of a child's head. The helmets are made from plastic shells with a foam liner and available in a range of styles, including bi-valve overlapping helmet designs and headbands with top and side-openings.
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Medford Township operates under the Council-Manager Form of government per the Faulkner Act (Optional Municipal Charter Law/OMCL) (NJSA:40:69A-81 et. seq.) The Council consists of (5) members elected by the public who serve at-large with staggered terms. Elections are partisan, and the Governing Body organizes on January 1st. One of the Council--chosen by a vote among all of the Council members--serves as the Mayor, who is merely the head of the Council and has no special privileges such as veto power. The Council exercises the legislative and policy power of the municipality.
Meetings: 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month unless otherwise specified beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building, 91 Union Street. Click HERE for the 2019 Meeting Dates.
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The Council hires a Manager who serves as the Chief Executive and Administrative Official of the municipality. The Manager oversees the day to day administration and operations of the Township, prepares the annual budget, appoints and removes Department Heads, and attends Council meetings with voice, but no vote.
The Manager also serves as the Planning & Community Development official, and the Manager's Office also coordinates Open Space & Farmland Preservation, Business Recruitment and Retention, Community & Civic Relations, and Media Relations.
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When an arsonist took away a community's showground its people rallied. Chris Sheedy reports.
Posted on : 18 February 2016
When an arsonist took away a community's showground its people rallied and, with the help of RAS Foundation, ensured it was brought back better than ever.
In mid-2014 the town of Young was dealt a blow that some felt would spell the end of its showground. Around a quarter of its main pavilion, including the kitchen that had been the showground's soul, was destroyed in an arson attack.
Previously a small committee had fundraised, utilising donations from individuals and small businesses, in order to build a pavilion that the town could be proud of. It was a site for many types of events, including weddings, auctions and shows. But the arsonist brought all of that to an end.
"It was devastating," says Bill Daly, Chairman of the Young Showground Trust. "But I remember speaking with a newspaper reporter the next day and I said we would never let adversity get us down. Something better should be built in its place."
And so Daly and his committee colleagues launched into planning mode. The team had heard about the RAS kitchen giveaway, so Show Secretary Pat Fletcher began the application process.
Little did they realise that RAS Foundation receives around 70 applications a year for the donation of the demo kitchen built annually for the Sydney Royal Easter Show. "The applications were incredibly competitive," says RAS Foundation Executive Officer Kate Ross. "Choosing one applicant is quite a heart-wrenching process."
The selection committee at the RAS Foundation, who have now given over $2.3 million in scholarship and grants to rural communities, soon contacted Daly and Fletcher to tell them they were in the final four.
"That was a seriously nerve-wracking moment," Daly smiles. "It was much better news when they told us the kitchen would be coming to Young."
With the help of numerous volunteers from Young, including a kitchen specialist from Daz-tan Kitchens, a full commercial kitchen was built. Ten months after the fire the pavilion rose from the ashes.
"The re-building process brought the entire community together," Daly says. "People could see we were trying to make a real difference and that drew them in."
Ross visited Young soon after the kitchen was completed and attended a dinner for 60 people, with all meals prepared and cooked in the new kitchen. She was stunned by what she witnessed.
"I find it hard to put into words just how grateful the people in this community were to be awarded the kitchen, and just how it has brought their community together," she says. "Through numerous working bees and a number of tradesmen and locals donating huge amounts of time, effort and expertise, they now have a fantastic community asset that they can use and enjoy. I was thrilled when one of the locals told me that the grant had 'completely reinvigorated the Show Society'."
There are now numerous weddings booked at the pavilion as well as auctions, animal exhibitions, pony club camps, golfing groups, dog shows and, of course, the Young Annual Show. There is also a high-tech surveillance system with cameras all over the grounds!
"People couldn't believe what we managed to build after the fire," Daly says. "There is now so much demand we're having to create a formal website with its own booking system! The entire experience has been excellent for the town. It has created great community spirit."
Words: Chris Sheedy
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Note: This is a modified version of the ACT guide Magoosh gives to its instructors and tutors. There is a lot of information here that ACT students will find useful.
The ACT began in 1959 as a competitor for the SAT. Though historically it was more commonly taken by students in the midwest and south, it overtook the SAT in number of total test takers in 2011. It is accepted in place of the SAT by all undergraduate programs at universities and colleges. (Students should always check if this policy is true, especially at an "off the beaten path" school or program).
Ultimately, the best approach is to take a practice test of each to see which they tend to score higher on, and then focus their studies on that test.
The ACT has four sections plus an optional essay. English (75 questions, 45 minutes), then Math (60 questions, 60 minutes), Reading (40 questions, 35 minutes), and Science (40 questions, 35 minutes), and the Writing/optional essay (40 minutes). The total test time is 3 hours 35 minutes.
Each section is scored from 1 to 36, and the composite score is an average of English, Math, Reading, and Science. The essay section which used to be out of 36 is now out of 12, but it is not factored into the English or Composite score. The score report will have a combined English/Writing score as well.
The ACT is offered seven times a year. For easy reference, the current dates are listed below (and will be updated annually). Note: the ACT never occurs on the same Saturday as the SAT, but they do occur in the same month. There is no SAT in September, February, April, June, or July when there IS an ACT. Students who are taking both frequently take the ACT in those months. Students and parents can register for the ACT online here by making an ACT account. Students requiring accommodations (such as extra time) should go here. You can find international test dates, testing locations, and all other registration info here. The ACT without the writing section costs $46, and the ACT with the writing section costs $62.50. International tests cost $57.70, and score reports for the 5th and 6th colleges are $13 each.
Students may take the ACT 12 times in total, which includes test dates that were cancelled. This is a lifetime limit. That's different from the SAT which has no lifetime limit. It's possible to appeal this using the Retest Exception Request Form. It is also possible to make changes to your profile, test date, etc. The policies regarding changes can be found here. Late registration in the US and Canada costs $29.50, and Standby testing costs $53.00 Changing a test date or test center costs $26. Fee Waivers and State Vouchers are available for qualifying students.
Bring sharpened, soft lead No. 2 pencils with good erasers (no mechanical pencils or ink pens). Do not bring any other writing instruments; you will not be allowed to use them. If you are registered for the ACT with the writing section, your essay must also be completed in pencil.
Acceptable forms of photo ID include: current official photo ID, ACT student identification form with photo, and ACT Student Talent Search Identification Form. Students must arrive by the start time (which is usually 8am). There is a scheduled break between the first two tests. Students who are taking the ACT without writing are usually done by 12:15pm, and students taking the test with writing are usually done by 1:15pm. The calculator policy can be found here: Calculator Policy (PDF).
Finally, if you're looking for information about the ACT, your first stop should be The Magoosh ACT Study Guide eBook. :) Next, here's the Complete Guide to ACT Question Types.
The ACT English is quick with 75 multiple-choice questions (with four options) in 45 minutes. It consists of five passages with underlined grammar and style 'mistakes.' Students must identify the mistake (or "no change") from the four options. Our HS blog has tons of great resources, starting here: ACT English and ACT Study Guide. The best way to approach this section is to learn the grammar and style rules that the ACT tests one by one. They call it the "conventions of standard English (punctuation, usage, and sentence structure), production of writing (topic development, organization, unity, and cohesion), and knowledge of language (word choice, style, and tone)." A complete list of the standards and topics from act.org can be found here. For a good place to start, check out: How to Get a Perfect 36 on ACT English: An Intergalactic Guide. Here's a video explaining the difference between ACT English and the SAT Writing.
Punctuation: these questions are about identifying and correcting misplaced, missing, or unnecessary commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, dashes, periods, question marks, and exclamation points.
Click here for a sample ACT English punctuation question with answer and video explanation.
Grammar and usage: these questions are mostly about subject/verb agreement, pronoun agreement, cases and forms, adjectives, adverbs, verb forms, comparative and superlative modifiers, and idioms.
Strategy: these questions are about the choices and strategies a writer makes in putting together an essay. They are often about the appropriateness of a sentence or the overall essay in terms of the essay's purpose, focus and audience, or about the effect of adding, deleting, or revising phrases and sentences in the essay.
Organization: these questions typically have to do with the order and coherence of sentences or paragraphs within an essay, or where a phrase should go within a sentence.
Style: these questions are about choosing the most effective choice in terms of style, tone, clarity and conciseness. Pro tip: always eliminate wordiness and redundancy on the ACT.
Students can gauge the hardest difficulty by going to this post: Hard ACT Math Problems.
Structurally speaking, all of the ACT Math questions are basically the same. They are all multiple choice, but what most students want to know is what topics are tested on the Math test, so here we go.
Pre Algebra: questions are mostly about basic operations, decimals, fractions, square roots, factors, ratios, percents, one variable equations, simple counting techniques and probability, and understanding basic descriptive statistics.
Elementary Algebra: questions are mostly about exponents and square roots, evaluating algebraic expressions through substitution, using variables to express relationships and factoring quadratic equations.
Intermediate Algebra: questions are mainly about understanding the quadratic formula, rational and radical expressions, absolute value equations and inequalities, sequences, systems of equations, quadratic inequalities, roots of polynomials, complex numbers, and matrices.
Coordinate Geometry: questions are mostly about graphs of points, lines, polynomials, circles and quadratics, graphing inequalities, slope, parallel and perpendicular lines, distance between points, midpoints and some conics.
Click here for a sample ACT coordinate geometry question with answer and explanation.
Plane Geometry: questions are mainly about angles, and the relationships among parallel and perpendicular lines, properties of circles, triangles, rectangles, parallelograms and trapezoids, transformations, volume and three-dimensional geometry.
Trigonometry: a handful of questions are on basic trig functions, right triangles, graphing trig functions, solving basic trigonometric equations and using basic trig identities.
Click here for a sample ACT Math trigonometry question with answer and explanation.
For oodles of posts with tips and strategies for ACT Math, check out our ACT Math page.
Detail: questions that essentially ask you to find a detail in the text.
Main Idea: questions that ask you to determine the primary message of a paragraph, section or entire passage.
Comparative Relationships: questions that ask you to compare two or more people, viewpoints, events or theories.
Cause-Effect Relationships and Sequence of Events: questions that ask you to determine what caused something else or what is the effect of something in the passage.
Inferences/Generalizations: questions that require you to synthesize information and boil it down to a more concise form.
Meanings of Words: questions that ask you to determine the meaning of a word in context.
Click here for a sample ACT Reading Meaning of Words question with answer and video explanation.
Author's Voice, Method, or Purpose: questions that ask you to draw conclusions about the author's point of view and method, basically how a passage is developed or its purpose.
For vocabulary, start with Top Tips for ACT Vocab, Top 20 ACT Vocabulary Words, ACT Vocabulary, and the Magoosh ACT Flashcards.
For more help with ACT Reading, check out our ACT Reading page.
Detail: questions that ask you to find a specific data point on a graph, table, diagram, etc. and report the answer.
Pattern: questions that ask you to predict a trend or relationship among the given data, generally by finding a point between existing data points or continuing to follow a trend beyond existing data.
Inference: questions that ask you to draw conclusions from the data, sometimes combining information from multiple figures or experiments, and sometimes evaluating how new information would affect the experiment.
Click here for a sample ACT Science inference question with answer and explanation.
Scientific method: questions that ask about how experiments are designed, or how experimenters test and interpret data.
Compare and contrast: questions that only appear on the "Conflicting Viewpoints" passage and ask you to compare various aspects of opposing hypotheses on a scientific phenomenon, or explain how additional information might affect the various arguments presented.
The ACT Writing is 40 minutes, and the prompt gives a topic as well as three perspectives (which are usually pro, middle, and con). The student's task is to defend a position and incorporate the perspectives. The two most common mistakes are (1) ignoring the perspectives entirely and (2) summarizing the perspectives without making an original argument. The best argument defends a clear thesis and uses the perspectives as material to make that argument, or as jumping-off points or points of contention. Students are evaluated on how well they defend their thesis in an organized and developed essay. Below is an explanation of scoring and scoring criteria from act.org.
To prepare, students can start here: Your Magical Guide to Scoring a Perfect 12 on the ACT Essay. Next students can see sample essays, scoring rubrics, and score explanations here. Here is are direct links to the rubric and a sample essay.
Finally, here's a video comparing the ACT Essay with the SAT Essay.


Ok, so yesterday was tough. We started with a climb up and down some insanely steep streets in Liège (or some nearby village; I don't know, the memories are pretty vague).
Every moment took a bit longer than we had planned, which was kind of stressful. Just before lunch we reached Huy and it's famous "Mur de Huy" which is one of the most well-known slopes in the biking world. Sadly for me, my right shoe clip (fixing the shoe to the pedal) had broken the day before, and the left one gave in just a couple of hours before the Mur. I didn't even give the slope a try without any clips, but a couple of handfuls of the team managed to ride all the way up the Mur without stopping.
The day ended really late, and we reached our weird hotel in Laforet, Belgium at perhaps 22:00 at night. The hotel was run by some kind of French version of The Addams Family. All of this can be a bit stressful when you know you HAVE to eat, shower, eat, participate in debrief/brief, eat, clean your clothes, drink Resorb, eat, go to the bathroom, eat, call home, eat, write something for this blog, eat and go to bed to get a few hours of sleep before you have to wake up at 06:00 and do the morning routine: eat, get dressed, eat, drink Resorb, eat, apply sunscreen, eat, pump the tires, eat, pack all clothes and stuff for the day, eat, carry down the luggage and get out to your bike. Did i mention the eating part?
So - I cut down on the blogging part yesterday to catch at least 6 hours of restless sleep.
Today, Thursday, turned out to be really good considering the challenging distance, steep hills for at least a third of the road, and the fact that most of us has felt pretty exhausted for quite some time now. We rode 207 kilometers in less than 10 hours including a few shorter breaks for some small stuff like munching bars and going to the "bathroom". I was almost stunned with surprise how we had been able to ride so fast as a team, and making so few mistakes. No accidents at all.
I've also been on the "draglag" of our peloton for the past three days. As you might suspect, this has nothing to do with drag shows, drag queens or anything like that. Instead it's a few people in the front of the peloton who takes turn up front to break the wind. I think this is called "paceline" in English, but I'm not sure.
For me, this has been a fantastic opportunity to learn more Finnish, since half of the draglag is Finnish. Memorable phrases include "Jaksaa, jaksaa!" (Work it, work it!) and "Hyvä Fiilis" (Feeling good). It has also been a great gift to realize that it is very much possible to go on exercising for days even though you have lactic acid basically dripping down your legs.
See you tomorrow for the last day of our entourage, our ride into central Paris and the Eiffel Tower together with the other 16 teams.


San Diego Comic-Con is getting nearer, and day by day we're getting to see more of the exclusive goodies that will be available at the convention. Sometimes, they delight us. In this case, they scare the living bejeezus out of us.
Announced by retailer Entertainment Earth as one of the many exclusive toys they'll be bringing to SDCC, this retro-style The Dark Knight Jack-in-the-Box replaces the traditional jester for Heath Ledger's deranged take on the clown prince of crime. Which would be creepy enough, but man, the actual look of the damn thing is still a lot scarier than it has any right to be.
Just look at the distant eyes. The uncomfortably oversized plastic head. The little plush knife he's carrying to come cut you up. Did not need that imagery in my head this morning, thank you very much Entertainment Earth.
If you would like to traumatize yourself and/or display your affection for Ledger's take on the Joker, the 5.5-inch-tall toy will set you back $50 at Comic-Con. But you can also purchase it online alongside all of Entertainment Earth's other SDCC exclusives—although those orders are dependent on stock being left over after the convention.


Little is known about the natural resources of the deep sea off the southeast coast of the United States from Virginia to Georgia. Deep Search 2018 was created to learn more about deep-sea ecosystems. The project, consisting of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the US Geological Survey, is nearing the end of its 15-day journey aboard the research vessel Atlantis . 19659003] A pair of dives in a dive boat called Alvin confirmed on Thursday the existence of the coral reef, and based on observations, the researchers estimate that the reef is at least 85 miles long.
"This is a huge feature," said expedition chief Dr. Erik Cordes opposite HuffPost. "It's unbelievable that it has been hidden from the US East Coast for so long."
Cordes said the ecosystem is different than anything he has seen, with "mountains" of coral.
The discovery of the coral reef is based on research by scientists working aboard the Okeanos Explorer mapping hundreds of deep-sea mounds. The hills, it turns out, are formed by these corals.
Dr. Sandra Brooke, a coral ecologist among the research teams that dived near the site, described blooming white Lophelia corals covering the seabed in all directions, and told HuffPost it was a surprise to see so many living deep-sea corals far from the shore Find . Coral reefs form more easily near the surface of the water, where the sun can nourish the algae.
That's how it exists. What now?
A coral reef is a large community of living organisms that live in one place. Many fish and marine animals choose to spawn here because the protected environment of the reef means that their eggs are safe from predators.
The discovery of this Atlantic reef stems from the Trump government proposing a ban on offshore drilling that would restore drilling leases in Pacific and Atlantic waters.
According to environmental organization Oceana, more than 140 communities have publicly opposed offshore drilling in the Atlantic. Environmental groups call the plan dirty and dangerous.
A spokeswoman for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said she is funding this type of research to identify resources that need to be protected if future offshore energy activities and new information from this reef study could be found at the sublease or letting [oil and gas] decisions be useful, for example, in sensitive habitats that are central to this study. "
Cordes also told HuffPost that this coral habitat needs to be protected from oil and gas development, and believes that this is crucial to the productivity of regional fisheries.
Interior Minister Ryan Zinke has repeatedly stated in January that offshore leases come the state of security.
The reef itself still holds many secrets, and researchers write that the discovery will engage members of the Deep Search team "months, even years".


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S03E01 Bye, Bye Birdie October 22, 1995 11
S03E02 Belch of Destiny October 22, 1995 11
S03E03 The Emperor's New Joe October 29, 1995 11
S03E04 Schnit-Heads October 29, 1995 11
S03E05 Sugar-Frosted Frights October 31, 1995 11
S03E06 Ed is Dead: A Thriller! October 31, 1995 11
S03E07 Fish-N-Chumps November 12, 1995 11
S03E08 Camera Shy November 12, 1995 11
S03E09 Nothing to Sneeze At November 19, 1995 11
S03E10 Old Fogey Froggy November 19, 1995 11
S03E11 Maniac Mechanic December 3, 1995 11
S03E12 Rocko's Happy Vermin December 3, 1995 11
S03E13 I See London, I See France December 10, 1995 11
S03E14 The Fatlands December 10, 1995 11
S03E15 Fortune Cookie December 17, 1995 11
S03E16 Dear John December 17, 1995 11
S03E17 Speaking Terms December 31, 1995 11
S03E18 Tooth and Nail December 31, 1995 11
S03E19 Wacky Delly January 21, 1996 11
S03E20 The Big Question January 28, 1996 11
S03E21 The Big Answer January 28, 1996 11
S03E22 An Elk for Heffer February 11, 1996 11
S03E23 Scrubbin' Down Under February 11, 1996 11
S03E24 Zanzibar! April 21, 1996 11
S03E25 Fatal Contraption April 21, 1996 11