The move comes in response to impending Brexit which is anticipated to affect the automaker's future plans.
Japanese auto giant, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has recently announced that it intends to abandon its plan to build the next X-Trail SUV model in Britain. As per reliable sources, the move comes in response to the impending Brexit expected to commence in less than two months, which the company says would significantly affect its future investment plans.
According to Fortune, Gianluca de Ficchy, Chairman, Nissan Europe, said that the company recognizes the move to be a disappointment for its team and partners in the UK, however, the decision is being made for business reasons as the anticipated Brexit is likely to affect Nissan's future plans in the country.
For the record, in 2016, Nissan announced plans to build its X-Trail model in the UK, soon after the automaker and the UK government agreed on a deal on future investments which will effectively secure and sustain 7,000 jobs at Nissan's Sunderland plant.
Reportedly, Greg Clark, UK's Business Secretary, at the time of the deal said that they had promised Nissan that the government would seek to maintain tariff-free access to the EU once the UK has left the bloc.
Incidentally, Nissan's move is another delay for the British automobile industry, which recorded a 46% drop in investment in 2018, as the automakers delayed decisions on upgrading factories and machinery amid a time of increasing concern of Brexit. The government's failure so far with regards to negotiating a smooth exit plan from the EU has made the automakers less likely to use Britain as a European manufacturing center, cite sources.
As per reports, Nissan's current production in Sunderland includes Europe's best-selling electric car, the Nissan LEAF, which reached a record 46,989 units in 2018, up 177% from the previous year.


Belden Professional Campus, located in Eastport Center is ideally situated on US30 just east of the SR49 entrance ramp with direct access to the major Chicago, Milwaukee, and South Bend highway infrastructure. Just 50 minutes from Chicago, it is one of the most rapidly growing areas in the Midwest.
Belden Professional Campus class "A" masonry story buildings exemplify the quality of design and tenants which professional are seeking when locating or upgrading in Valparaiso "Indiana Chamber of Commerce City of the Year "09".
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My problem is simple, I know that '\n' is the newline character for linux, but this doesn't work:
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Any Ideas?

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A: In PHP, escape characters like \n are only interpreted if the string is surrounded with double quotes, so try:
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I-Thai Bubble Tea celebrates their one-year anniversary by offering a FREE small I-Thai Milk Tea with Bubbles to every customer from 1pm-5pm on June 8-10, and 50% off their newest offering, I-Thai Bingsu at 3003 M Street NW.
WASHINGTON, DC, June 06, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — After providing guests with exceptional Thai cuisine and sushi for more than four years at I-Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar, I-Thai Bubble Tea and Crêpe I-Thai has also proven to be a favorite destination for locals and tourists, located just off of M Street in Georgetown. Celebrating the one-year anniversary since the opening of I-Thai Bubble Tea, the location will be offering a FREE small I-Thai Milk Tea with their famous Bubbles to each customer on June 8, 9 and 10 from 1pm to 5pm. During this promotion, guests can also experience I-Thai Bingsu with a 50% discount on all Bingsu desserts.
The full I-Thai Bubble Tea menu is extensive, and includes the traditional Thai Iced Tea, Thai Ice Coffee and Lemon Thai Tea; Fruit Tea with Popping Bubbles; Ice Blended with Popping Bubbles; Milk Tea with the signature Tapioca Bubbles and other toppings; and Milk Ice Blended with the Tapioca Bubbles and other toppings. With the many variety of teas, toppings and bubbles, the flavor options are endless. I-Thai Bingsu has three delicious flavor offerings for the summer, which includes strawberry, mango and orange – each features fresh fruit, sauce and more Thai flavor toppings.
Guests can easily access I-Thai Bubble Tea to enjoy Bubble Tea, Crêpes and Bingsu while on-the-go from the ground floor at 3003 M Street NW in Georgetown. I-Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar is upstairs, where they offer a dynamic menu of traditional Thai dishes set among three distinct dining area, lounge and bar. The sunroom is always popular during the summer months, and with the high top tables and views over M Street, it is a perfect location to meet with friends and colleagues after work.
Bubble Tea contains a tea base that is mixed with fruit or milk, and then completed with tapioca bubbles or fruit jelly. I-Thai Bubble Tea has been carefully developed with the highest quality ingredients to provide guests with a variety of flavor options. Fruit flavors include strawberry, mango, lychee, orange, green apple, peach and pomegranate; and the milk tea added flavors include tapioca bubbles, yogo jelly, aloe vera jelly, herbal jelly, coffee jelly and pudding.
This delicious sweet treat has been a popular item throughout East Asia for many years, and now working with only the most authentic and high quality ingredients, the team at I-Thai is now offering this item to their customers. I-Thai Bingsu is a delicate combination of shaved ice with flavorful Thai milk that is then mixed with fresh fruit, sauce and other fun Thai toppings in a healthy sized bowl. Flavors available are mango, strawberry and orange, and I-Thai Bingsu is sure to be your new favorite summertime dessert.
I-Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar offers four regional cuisines that correspond with each of the four regions in Thailand: Northern, Northeastern, Central and Southern. Each dish is unique, as it elegantly balances three to four of the fundamental taste senses: sour, sweet, salty and bitter. The Sushi menu uses only the freshest ingredients, and is artfully prepared by the talented Sushi chefs. With a number of personalized options, the menu highlights fresh sushi, grilled seafood, vegetarian fares, and classically prepared Japanese dishes.


Gemcraft Labyrinth is the third game in the GemCraft series of tower defense games. You create structures and gems using mana to destroy monsters and protect your crystal from being destroyed. Killing monsters grants mana, but letting them hit your crystal takes it away and re-spawns the monster.
A lot of the series standards are in place such as completing levels multiple times to maximize your experience allowing you to gain the skills to enable you to beat the harder levels. Gems still come in 8 colors and all the same skills and mechanics exist from the previous games.
That being said, a ton of new features have been added. You can build walls to block monster movement, amplifiers to increase the damage done by nearby gems, and shrines to have special effects. There are special monsters that give bonus skill points, and a lot more.
This game is the first one in the series to have premium content available for purchase on top of the free elements of the game. While the entire game is playable for free, there will be certain modes and achievements that will be unattainable without purchase.
The game is well rated and offers many hours of game-play.


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Myomas
Our Spectrum
Methods of Diagnosis
Hormone diagnostics
Sperm diagnostics
Fallopian tube diagnostics
Genetic testing of the embryo
Therapy of infertility
Monitoring / VZO (intercourse to the optimum)
Hormone treatment
Conventional IVF
Donor IVF
Cryoconservation
slow-freezing
Cryo cycle
Blastocyst culture
Pregnancy success rates
Fertility reserve
Patients with German statutory health insurance
Patients with private health insurance
Self-paying patients
Therapy of endometriosis
What happens during an appointment?
More info on endometriosis
What are fibroids?
What kind of complaints do myomas cause?
Diagnosis of fibroids
Involuntary childlessness and myomas
Therapy of fibroids
Fertility preservation with cancer
Fertility preservation in case of a later desire to have children (so-called "social freezing")
Oocyte retrieval methods
Costs and cost coverage by health insurers
Acupuncture for infertility
Acupuncture in case of pain syndroms
Acupuncture for smoking cessation
Classical homoeopathy
Psychological support
Psychological support in case of infertility
Psychological support in case of endometriosis
Detailed Curriculum Vitae
Dr. med. Franziska Klatt
Is it possible to have children after cancer therapy?
For most people, the thought of having their own children is very distant at the moment of a cancer diagnosis. The bad news is too existential. But it is only at this moment that in the vast majority of cases there is a chance of preserving fertility.
The therapies to treat cancer available to us today are in many cases much more effective than they were a few years ago. A gratifying number of young patients beat the disease and would principally be able to start a family or have another child after the therapy and complete recovery.
But nevertheless, chemo- and radiotherapies remain highly toxic and can severely limit or completely wipe out fertility, so that you can no longer have children naturally.
Often, the only way to preserve your fertility is in the short window of time between diagnosis and the start of cancer therapy. Be sure to speak openly to your oncologist about whether the planned therapy may have negative consequences for your family planning or ask for a consultation at a specialised centre.
Forms of cancer therapy
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery
The treatment of cancer is physically and mentally exhausting. The therapy is only supposed to destroy the cancer cells, but unfortunately the drugs also attack the healthy organs and cells. In some diseases, the affected organs have to be partially or completely removed (ovaries or testicles).
Whether a woman can still have children after chemotherapy depends largely on three factors:
The drug she receives
The dose of the drug
Your age at the start of therapy
In men, the ability to conceive is affected by the drug and the dose. Unlike a woman's eggs, sperm can be "newly" formed while a few stem cells are still present. Sperm production can then recover, if necessary, after completion of the therapy. However, this can take many months or even years. A semen sample can be taken to determine whether and to what extent the sperm are recovering. However, if all the stem cells have been destroyed by the treatment, the body cannot produce new sperm. The man can then no longer father children.
Radiation therapy can also reduce fertility in women and men, depending on the radiation dose and the number of sessions needed.
Some cancers require the surgical removal of the affected organ. If only one ovary is removed from a woman, the woman will usually retain her monthly menstrual period and can become pregnant through the function of the remaining ovary. If both ovaries are removed, the woman can no longer get pregnant naturally.
If the uterus has to be removed, these women can no longer be offered fertility therapy in Germany, as surrogacy is not allowed in Germany.
In men with testicular cancer, usually only one testicle is diseased, which is then removed. The remaining testicle can usually preserve the ability to conceive.
Fertility preservation options
Freezing of eggs (fertilised and unfertilised)
If irreversible damage to the germ cells cannot be ruled out after the chemotherapy used on you, freezing eggs/oval tissue may be an option for fulfilling your future wish to have a child.
Fertilised eggs
If the planned oncological treatment still allows time and there is already the right partner, eggs obtained by means of an IVF cycle can be fertilised and stored at -196°C for an indefinite period (so-called pronuclei).
Unfertilised eggs
If the right partner is not yet available, a larger number of oocytes can be obtained by means of hormonal stimulation (link Methods of egg collection) and frozen as unfertilised oocytes by vitrification.
We explain the methods of egg retrieval here.
Ovarian tissue retrieval and retransplantation after recovery
If, in rare cases, chemotherapy has to start immediately, ovarian tissue containing immature eggs can be surgically removed and frozen.
After completion of the cancer therapy, this tissue can be transplanted back into your body. The tissue then produces eggs again for a certain period of time. The procedure is now well established and is used regularly in routine practice.
However, this method, although some healthy children have already been born after it, has limitations, because theoretically there is a risk that there are metastases from the tumour in these cells of the ovary, which could then transfer back into your body and grow. Therefore, not all tumour types are suitable for ovarian transplantation.
Before radiotherapy to the pelvis, the woman's ovaries can be surgically moved out of the radiation field to protect the eggs they contain.
For men it is usually much easier
Men can have sperm or testicular tissue containing sperm frozen.
Sperm freezing takes very little time. You can even give a sperm sample on the day you are due to start cancer treatment.
If you can no longer ejaculate because of your illness, you cannot donate a sperm sample. In this case, testicular tissue can be removed and frozen. This tissue contains fertilisable sperm that can be used for later treatment.
Cost coverage
The coverage of costs for cancer has finally been decided! On 16 July 2020, the Joint Federal Committee (G-BA) decided that the cryopreservation of egg and sperm cells and the associated medical measures will in future be covered by statutory health insurance (SHI) under certain conditions. In the treatment of diseases, therapies may be used that pose the risk of impairing fertility or leading to its loss. With the new guideline on cryopreservation, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has specified the entitlement of SHI-insured persons to the service of cryopreservation of germ cells for subsequent fertility treatment.
Cryopreservation and the associated medical measures are intended to open up the possibility for patients to fulfil their wish to have a child at a later date through artificial insemination, even after germ cell-damaging therapy. (See press release of the G-BA "Cryopreservation of egg and sperm cells as a GKV service – G-BA decides on guideline" / "Kryokonservierung von Ei- und Samenzellen als GKV-Leistung – G-BA beschließt Richtlinie" of 16.7.2020)
As of today's date (15.9.2020), we are still waiting for the implementation. For all patients who unfortunately start fertility preservation now due to cancer, a transitional rule applies. We will be happy to advise you.
If you have been diagnosed with cancer, please email us. In these circumstances we will enable you to make an appointment IMMEDIATELY.
Alternatives to fertility preservation
Cancer therapy is physically and psychologically exhausting. After completing the therapy, take your time and also consider alternatives, e.g. adoption or foster parenthood. You can get reputable addresses from the youth welfare offices in your city.
Maybe the decision for a fertility-preserving measure is difficult for you in this situation, but try to think about it calmly anyway.
Of course, this information text cannot replace a personal conversation. You probably still have many questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your fears. With a note about your situation, we will immediately give you an appointment for a conversation.
Our consultation hours
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Fertility preservation in case of a later desire to have children (so-called "social freezing")
"Getting pregnant in my own time" (so-called "social freezing"): "Relieving the pressure of the biological clock" is what you hear from many young women.
Stimulation of oocyte growth and oocyte retrieval, chances and risks.
With regard to the costs, a distinction must be made as to whether the freezing is due to a cancer illness or for lifestyle reasons.
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DiscoTechs
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"DiscoTech uses technology to foster community"
ddjc Uncategorized March 12, 2012 0 Comment
By Jennifer Guerra for Michigan Radio.
Photo credit: Brian Short / Michigan Radio
Listen to the full segment here.
Urban neighborhood libraries are on the decline.
Detroit, Flint, Dearborn and other cities have recently had to close some of their library branches in order to save money, which means access to free computers and computer training is becoming more limited.
But in Detroit, there's a group working to close the digital divide.
Discothèque vs. Discotech
This story takes place at a "discotech."
Not the kind of discotheque where you flaunt your best dance moves in platform shoes, but the kind of discotech where Google, Twitter and Facebook are center stage.
Here, discotech stands for DISCOvering TECHnology.
It's a traveling technology workshop that looks a lot like a pop-up science fair, with laptops, poster boards, wires and circuits all around the room.
Diana Nucera, one of the Discotech organizers, says the event is about "showing the possibility of technology to make our personal connections stronger."
Google apps, windmills and soldering…oh my!
Nucera's group, the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, has opened 13 public computing labs around the city to help fill the gap left by shuttered libraries, and they throw these discotechs a few times a year at the various labs – each one a little different than the last.
The most recent discotech was at the Mt. Elliott Makerspace, which is located in the basement of the Church of the Messiah on Detroit's eastside.
There were stations that focused on Google apps, social media, and internet privacy.
There was also a big emphasis on do-it-yourself projects: visitors could learn about alternative energy by creating a small windmill; a precocious 10 year old named Raven Holsten taught folks how to solder; a create-your-own mini synthesizer station to teach people about basic electronics.
Each station is run by a volunteer, so it costs next to nothing to put on the event.
The DDJC hopes to eventually create a How-To guide, so any computer lab from Ste Saint Marie to Southfield could put one on.
Social media as neighborhood watch device
56-year old Sheree Walton dropped by Discotech to figure out how to set up a twitter account so she could "tweet things that would help keep children safe."
For more than 20 years, Walton has lived on Detroit's east side, one of the most violent parts of the city. She says often, she and her neighbors feel "abandoned" by the city.
"We need to be a part of the solution because no one else is paying attention to us, so we'll do it ourselves," explains Walton. Asked if she thinks social media will help, Walton says "I hope so, I hope so. I think that if you can get a group together, who knows where it can go."
Walton calls herself and her neighbors "quiet foot soldiers" – they're working hard to keep their little corner of the city clean and safe.
Now they're quiet foot soldiers armed with a twitter handle and a keyboard.
Support for arts and cultural reporting on Michigan Radio comes in part from a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Такие бюджеты по силам любым компаниям, от представителей малого бизнеса, до крупных компаний, Студия Topodin, Продвижение и оптимизация интернет сайтов Управление сообществами и репутацией Наличие интернет-сайта открывает для Вас большие перспективы и широкий круг новых возможностей
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Doctoral students seek quantum control in Paola Cappellaro's Quantum Engineering Group
Peter Dunn | Nuclear Science & Engineering
Graduate students Alexandre Cooper-Roy (left), Masashi Hirose (center), and Ashok Ajoy work to harness the quantum properties of matter in MIT's Quantum Engineering Group.
Photo: Susan Young
MIT's Quantum Engineering Group (QEG) has a challenging but potentially world-changing mission: to harness the quantum properties of matter for use in information technology, metrology, defense, healthcare, and many other fields.
The interdisciplinary laboratory, headed by Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) Associate Professor Paola Cappellaro, is working theoretically and experimentally towards achieving quantum control — the ability to control and utilize the behavior of nanoscale particles, which obey the laws of quantum mechanics rather than classical physics. A close-knit group of student researchers plays a central role, developing basic enabling tools that could yield dividends for decades to come.
"In one sense we're doing fundamental research, but it's really engineering — we're seeking practical applications," explains Cappellaro. The QEG is based in MIT's Research Lab of Electronics, which brings together faculty and students from many departments (including NSE, physics, materials science, and electrical engineering and computer science) and other quantum-oriented programs at the Institute.
"Everyone's working from different directions, but the common goal is to get control of quantum systems and be able to exploit them to build quantum devices," says Cappellaro. "The common theme is using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds as a promising experimental platform for this goal." NV centers, a type of crystal defect, allow access to nearby electrons and their intrinsic angular momentum, or spin.
Applications could include leveraging spin to create quantum bits (qubits) for information processing and storage, which would provide exponential increases in computing power, and using NV-containing diamonds as ultra-responsive sensors, able to map molecular structures or monitor nano-scale magnetic fields like those created by brain functions.
There are many hurdles. One is that spin cannot be completely isolated, and is subjected to deleterious noise. This can lead to the decay of quantum superposition, or decoherence, which represents one of the major challenges to quantum control.
Doctoral student Masashi Hirose hopes to help solve the decoherence problem by learning how to use the electronic spin of NV centers to control the spin of nearby atomic nuclei (nuclear spin). "The nuclear spin is much harder to control directly than the electronic spin, but it's more resistant to noise and can stay in a superposition state for milliseconds rather than microseconds, a 1,000 times increase," explains Hirose. "The nuclear spin can act as an auxiliary qubit to protect the electronic spin from decoherence."
Thus, the nuclear spin is a good candidate for memory functions in quantum computing, while computation could be handled with the electronic spin. Development of a control theory for interactions between the two is a research priority for Hirose, who joined Cappellaro's lab group in 2009 after undergraduate work in Japan.
"The subject matter is a dream for me, and the QEG environment is very cooperative, everyone shares their problems," he says. "I meet with Paola at least every couple of days, and she always welcomes new ideas, and helps figure out next steps."
Fellow doctoral student Alexandre Cooper-Roy is also focused on leveraging the NV center electronic spin, and extending today's rudimentary control abilities to create quantum resources, like multiple-qubit computing structures or sensors.
"NV centers are interesting because we can use them to control and read out the electronic spins associated with other impurities in the diamond lattice," says Cooper-Roy. "Now we'd like to be able to put a few of these objects together so that we can do things that aren't currently accessible, but the dynamics become really complicated."
Cooper-Roy, who has studied in Japan and France as well as his native Canada, notes that the QEG's research approach emphasizes work at room temperature using relatively simple equipment, which makes it possible for individuals to manage projects.
"A student can come here and build an experiment from scratch; it's an easy test bed for exploration of quantum mechanics," he says. "It's great for training and for seeking practical applications. MIT is a great experience, because there's an engineering approach — people really focus on optimizing the process. The final product is very important."
Meanwhile, another PhD candidate, Ashok Ajoy, is attacking the problem of using quantum sensor technology as a sub-molecular microscope. "We'd like to be able to determine the structure of biomolecules, like proteins," he explains. "The structure and the function are closely tied, and this would enable, say, the design of antibiotics, or the ability to block or amplify what a molecule does."
The current goal is to achieve resolution of a few angstroms, which requires a synergistic combination of theory and experimentation. "In our lab we do both; I like it that way," he says, adding that Cappellaro's personal mentorship is an important enabler.
Long term, there is the potential to achieve sensing at resolution of a single spin: "That's the holy grail; no one has been able to measure single external nuclear spins and map out their positions," says Ajoy, who did his undergraduate studies in India. "With these sensors that we and our community have we're on the cusp; it's an exciting threshold, a stepping stone to something that could be very useful going forward in all sorts of applications."
That broad applicability has attracted funding from blue-chip sources, like the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense. "All the work is fundamentally enabling," says Cappellaro. "We develop the tools we use in order to create better devices, but also seek to understand the physics so we can come up with smarter ways to use them."
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West Country businesses favour remaining in the EU by a ratio of over 2 to 1
By Anita Jaynes on 18 March, 2016
A survey has found that the majority of West Country businesses are concerned about the risks of leaving the EU, and favour staying in the union over leaving by a ratio of over 2 to 1.
The results, based on Business West's Local Business Survey of over 750 businesses in Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire in February and March, found that:
·57% of businesses plan to vote to remain in the EU, compared to 26% that would vote to leave – a 2:1 ratio.
·Over a third (39%) of businesses feel they need more information before making an informed decision
·Almost two thirds of exporters (65%) would vote to remain in the EU
·The significant majority of firms believe that leaving the EU would pose a risk to the UK economy (78%), and their business (68%)
·When asked about the Prime Minister's reform package, three quarters of businesses said that it hasn't affected their voting intentions
Commenting on the survey findings, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, said:
"West Country businesses have differing views on Europe, but a clear majority favour staying in the European Union, with over twice as many business people saying they will vote to stay in the union rather than voting to leave.
"Those businesses who want to stay in the EU say that easy access to the EU Single Market and the greater ability to attract new investment into the UK are major benefits. These firms are worried that leaving the EU would jeopardise the ability to sell into the UK's largest market and hurt the economy. Other businesses are worried about the uncertainty that leaving the EU would bring, and the lack of clarity about what a potential 'Brexit' would look like.
"Over two thirds of businesses feel that leaving the EU would pose a risk to their business, and over three quarters believe is would pose a risk to the UK economy.
"Those that want to leave think the EU is too big and too bossy, and that costly regulations are a barrier to their growth. This is notable in particular sectors such as chemicals and food and drink industries, and on some smaller businesses where regulations like the Working Time Directive are seen to be an unnecessary burden.
"As the region's leading business organisation, our role in the referendum debate will be to represent the views of our members in a proportionate and informed way. One of the key messages to come from these findings is the need for better quality, independent, trusted information. Businesses need facts, rather than having to sieve through the noise from both sides. Up until now businesses think there has been more heat than light in the campaign.
"Over a third of businesses told us that they need more information before making an informed decision, and the key to this debate is just that – an informed decision.
"Over the next three months Business West will continue to go out and talk to businesses of all sizes and sectors to listen to how the EU affects their day to day trade. We will be publishing balanced information on how the EU affects local businesses, and the economy as a whole. This will be shared with businesses via factsheets and events
"June 23 marks the political date of the decade, and it is imperative that businesspeople have all the facts at their disposal before going to the ballot box."
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All best in your new endeavor. Your insights, humor and grace are much appreciated.
I enjoyed your thoughts on being brave and moving forward. I am an empty nester too and excited for this next season of investment in the lives of others. Love how God uses each phase of our lives for His glory:) Great vlog!
Thanks, Gretchen. Every season has its unique joys and challenges. So grateful to have God lighting the way when I can't seem to figure out what is next! Blessings to you and thanks for stopping by!
Proud of you for taking a leap of faith!


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Metamorphosis Alpha
January 11, 2021 January 10, 2021 by Stu Horvath and John McGuireCategories PodcastJames M. Ward, Metamorphosis Alpha, TSR7 Comments on Metamorphosis Alpha
Mutants in space! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we dig into James M. Ward's Metamorphosis Alpha, the first sci-fi RPG people care about! Halfway through the massive colony ship's journey, it passed through a cloud of radiation, leading to waves of mutation and a breakdown of society. Now, centuries later, the human population of the ship have lost the knowledge of how to use the ship's technology, heck, they don't even know they're on a ship in space! Explore the world, crawl through the engineering ducts and try to avoid the man-eating plants!
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Eric Johannessen says:
First podcast I've listened to, but I've been following your insta for a little while. Awesome episode! I knew a bit about MA from looking up stuff related to Gamma World 1e and 2e (more on that in a bit), but I didn't know it was set on a generation ship. Really neat concept. I've been a huge Gamma World fan since I discovered my uncle's RPG collection when I was probably 10 or 12 years old. I didn't have anyone to play it with, so I memorized most of the handbook and some of the modules. Probably my favorite part about GW is how parts of it feel really undeveloped, which gives plenty of room for modding and homebrew material. I've been working on a homebrew Gamma World 2e as a pet project for the last year or so, but I unfortunately haven't been able to get a steady enough player group to run a whole game. But here's hoping in the future! Can't wait to listen to your next episode.
Craig J. Brain says:
Great review, but a slight error.
MA beat Starfaring – the dates in the books prove it. I have both.
Stu Horvath says:
Despite the dates, Metamorphosis Alpha released later in the year.
That is incorrect – the date in MA was the date of release.
OK, big pile of facts and references for you.
1. The date in the Metamorphosis Alpha foreword (July, 1976) does not indicate date of publication, it indicates when the foreword was written.
2. J. Eric Holmes credits Starfaring as the first sci-fi RPG in his 1981 book Fantasy Role Playing Games, explicitly states Metamorphosis Alpha came after it. (page 124)
3. Shannon Appelcline says Starfaring beat Metamorphosis Alpha to shelves by a couple months (Designers & Dragons vol 1, page 120)
4. In Playing at the World, Jon Peterson gets more specific, saying Metamorphosis Alpha was not ready for Origins II in July of 1976 (pages 564) and that it finally came out in November of 1976 (page 570)
5. First advertisement I can find for Starfaring being offered for sale is in the 1976 August/September issue of Space Gamer #7.
6. First mention of Metamorphosis Alpha in Dragon Magazine is in the 1976 December issue (#4), which would have hit the mail in November
Taking all that together: Starfaring was the first science fiction RPG.
Thanks Stu,
Two of the references you quote rely upon one another. There have been pleny f people misrepresenting MA over the years. Heroic Worlds (1991, Lawrence Schick) even categorises the game as science-fantasy. I spoke with Ken St. Andre and Jim Ward back in 2006 to get the the bottom of this for producing the 4th edition of Metamorphosis Alpha. Hence my belief based upon both gents' advice and recollections that MA was the first sci-fi rpg.
Mike Ghost says:
I found this site via the Metamorphosis Alpha Facebook page. A link was added by Cory Gahsman. I have nothing but psitive things to say about your MA review and look forward to the Gamma World review…


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Batteries, Storage & Fuel Cells
HDF Energy Touts Big Promises for Its Hydrogen Project in French Guiana
Whether the project economics make sense, though, remains to be seen.
Jason Deign June 08, 2018
Jason Deign
Jason is a contributing writer for GTM, focused on global trends in energy storage and wind. He is based in Barcelona, Spain.
HDF Energy wants to use hydrogen storage to firm up solar production in French Guiana.
A proposed solar-powered hydrogen storage facility has work to do to back up its big claims.
Hydrogène de France (HDF) Energy's French Western Guiana Power Plant would couple a 55-megawatt solar farm with hydrogen storage to deliver steady, clean power at any time of day. This process is supported by secondary storage in batteries.
The €90 million ($105 million) plant would generate a fixed electrical output of 10 megawatts in the daytime and 3 megawatts during the night, adding up to 140 megawatt-hours per day.
Despite the modest size of that instantaneous output, HDF grandly claimed in its press release that the plant "is expected to revolutionize the energy sector and mark the start of a new era in energy delivery."
Elsewhere in the release, the company hailed its project as "the world's largest power station," which is plainly wrong when compared to any number of power plants producing in the hundreds of megawatts or higher, not to mention existing storage facilities with greater capacity. A spokesperson clarified that the other plants don't use hydrogen storage, altering the claim.
The big question for the system is whether it offers an efficient alternative to other forms of solar and storage.
The electrons have to go through more conversions than in a standard lithium-ion storage design. But that dominant battery technology has not proven economical for 24-hour firming of renewables, which gives hydrogen an opening to prove itself.
Around 15 megawatt-hours of battery capacity a day would be used to smooth solar production and help cover the evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., as well as providing a reserve for cloudy days, said Jean-Noel de Charentenay, strategy director at HDF Energy.
The reserve seems likely to come into play often, given that the plant site, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, is described as having a mostly cloudy or overcast climate for eight months of the year. French Guiana "is not the best region for solar resource," HDF admitted. "The configuration would have been better in a sunny region."
HDF said 16 megawatts of the output from its 55-megawatt solar plant would be used to create hydrogen via an electrolyser with 80 percent efficiency.
The plant's fuel cell would convert this back to energy at 47 percent efficiency, yielding a round-trip efficiency of around 38 percent for the hydrogen storage. A lot of that generation gets lost in the course of storing and retrieving it.
On cost, meanwhile, de Charentenay said: "The only information we can tell is that we are cheaper than diesel generation."
A power-purchase agreement price will be set during negotiations with the offtaker, local utility EDF, he said. Another question mark is the nature of the project's backers.
De Charentenay said HDF would be looking to fund the plant through project finance offered by "infrastructure funds and major lenders."
But "we cannot disclose the names until the final equity partner commitment is signed," he said. "This is expected in a couple of months."
HDF is hoping to achieve financial close for the project in 2019, with commissioning in 2020, he said.
The company will be developing its project against a backdrop of skepticism regarding hydrogen's potential as a storage medium.
GTM launched "Wesoff's Wall" to document hydrogen fuel cell companies' apparent inability to ever achieve profitability.
As of last November, it appeared some players might finally be on the verge of success, thanks to a focus on unusual niches such as drones and cruise ships.
But given the rhetoric surrounding many of these companies, observers will be taking hydrogen project announcements with a grain of salt until developers can provide credible claims and, above all, tangible results.


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Bosnian female form of Abbas. It is also the name of the 80th sura of the Qur'an.
Means "worshipper", "one who worships Allah" in Arabic.
From the name of the city and province in Turkey. Adan is also the name of a garden in Quran.
Diminutive of names like Adnan, Adian and other Bosnian names beginning with Ad.
Possibly of Arabic descent, meaning ''religious, devout''.
Bosnian variant of the Turkish name Adın.
From Latin admiror, meaning ''to admire, wonder''.
Estonian variant of Aadu and Bosnian diminutive of Adnan.
Means "swift, fast" in Bosnian.
Bosnian male name from Athanasius via Afanasiy. Number 71 in top 100 in 2012 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
From Arabic عِيد (ʿīd) meaning "festival, holiday, feast".
Variant of Ajna and Ajnela.
Bosnian form of the Turkish name Aleyna.
Derived from Arabic al "the" and medina "city".
Derived from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʾamīn) meaning "the trustworthy".
Variant of Amir (1) or Amar. It can also be a short form of Amerigo.
Derived from Arabic عَمَرَ (ʿamara) meaning "to live long, to be long-lived".
Male form of Anela or from Latin ānellus "finger ring".
It probably has its origins from the Arabic language. Az coming from the word عز meaning strength or might and amin coming from the word أمين meaning trustworthy.
From Arabic زهر (azhar) "shining, bright" and دين (din) "religion, faith".
Bosnian male form of Azure. Number 96 in top 100 in 2012 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Byzas.
Possibly means "the one who guards a high/elevated position".
Bosnian form and Kazakh variant transcription of Daniyar.
Bosnian male form of Danira.
Means "student" or "valuable or precious person" in Persian.
Means "soul" in Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian.
Bosnian phonetic spelling of Gianna or a feminine form of Džan.
A Bosnian form of the originally Persian name Javed.
Bosnian form of the Turkish name Ceylan.
Means "beauty of religion", derived from Arabic جمال (jamal) "beauty" and دين (din) "religion".
From dženet meaning ''paradise, garden'', ultimately derived from Arabic جنّة Jannah.
Derived from Arabic دين (dīn), meaning "religion".
Short form of Lejla or Šejla.
Either a variant of Aldin or Alden.
Female name of Arabic derivation, from ezan, Islamic call to worship.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Aeneas.
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Epimetheus.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Eratosthenes.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Erebus.
Possibly a feminine form of Enes.
Bosnian, Croatian and Lithuanian feminine form of Erwin.
Albanian and Bosnian form of Asad or As'ad.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Euripides.
Male name of Arabic derivation, from ezan, Islamic call to worship.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Fabius.
Bosnian short form of Fahrudin.
Bosnian form of Fakhr al-din.
Bosnian, Russian and Croatian form of Phoebe as well as an English variant.
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Fedya. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian writer Feđa Isović (b. 1965).
Bosnian, Croatian, Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish form of Phaedra.
Short form of Šefika or Fikreta.
Short form of Šefik or Fikret.
Derived from Arabic فِكْرَة (fikra) meaning "thought, idea".
Bosnian male form of Fikri and a female form of Fikriyya.
Bosnian, Bulgarian, French, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian form of Frontinus. In France, the name Frontin can also be a diminutive of Front.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Hadrian.
Bosnian and Indonesian form of Khalida.
Bosnian form of Khadija via Turkish Hatice.
Bosnian, Croatian, German and Polish form of Herodotus.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Hestia.
Bosnian and Lithuanian form of Hypatia.
Bosnian feminine form of İlhan.
A feminine form of Irfan.
The meaning of the name is unknown.
Albanian and Bosnian form of İsmet.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Callistratus.
A Bosnian form of Khan.
Bosnian form of the Arabic name Qānita, meaning "obedient, devout".
Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Serbian form of Cassiodorus.
Means "perfection of religion", derived from Arabic كمال (kamal) meaning "perfection" and دين (din) meaning "religion".
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Quintilius.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Quiteria.
Bosnian variant spelling of Lejla and Scandinavian variant spelling of Laila.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Leukippos via its latinized form Leucippus.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Lysimachus.
Derived from Arabic المدينة (al-Madīnah) meaning "the city". In Islamic tradition, Medina is the second holiest city after Mecca. It is also the death place of the Prophet Muhammad, and it is where his tomb is located.
Probably derived from Media, a historical region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.
Combination of Mehmed and Alija.
Bosnian and Croatian form of Menelaus.
Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, German and Norwegian form of Mercurius (see Mercury).
Bosnian short form of Mehmed.
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Diminutive of Milena or Milana.
From Arabic أَمِير (ʾamīr) meaning "prince, commander" combined with عَلِيم (ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned".
Bosnian and Albanian variant of Mohy al-din.
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Derived from Persian نژاد (nežâd) meaning "descent, lineage".
Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, German, Norwegian and Polish form of Neptune.
Bosnian feminine form of Nermin.
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it's a love fight Dec. 20, 2020
Kristen Wiig and Bowen Yang Defeat Nazis With the Power of Song on SNL
By Rebecca Alter@ralter
We have a late contender for song of the year: It's called "Love Fight," and it's a "shuffle in C, four on the floor, just stay on the rhythm and you can't go wrong," if that means anything to you. In the loosest, most joyful sketch of last night's Saturday Night Live, Kristen Wiig is an army nurse and Bowen Yang is a tough troop performing for their unit's Christmas Eve USO Show in 1944. But don't let their transatlantic patter fool you, because "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" this ain't. The duo performs a gender-swapped R&B duet about a player sleeping around on his girl, the kind that has dramatic spoken-word interludes acted out on cell phones. By the second verse, Bowen is grinding on Kristen and the old-timey troops are totally into it. And for a third-act surprise, Dua Lipa enters to play the role of the other woman, aka "Maaaarjoriiie." The only way Kristen can make it up to her women? Why, defeat the Nazis, of course.
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There's nothing in the world that can quite compare, or even prepare, you for your first day on a job except your actual first job. It's a whole different beast to high school, or at least it definitely should be, and there are very few high education subjects that teach you work culture etiquette. But you know what, it's fun! And you'll get into the groove soon enough. Here are a few tips to get you started.
There's no reason you can't find a job you truly love, but there's always your preconceived notions of what a job will be like and they can often be a bit more glamourous or tv-like than real life, particularly when you don't have a point of reference yet. And there's always a honeymoon period with new jobs. Just keep your expectations realistic and learn all you can.
Sometimes your workplace will set out a strict dress code, other times it just wrongly assumes it should be obvious. But everyone has different standards of appropriate so this is a truly unfair assumption.
If you don't know, step one is always to ask. If that fails, it's better to dress a little up than dress a little down. Of course, it depends on your industry. A lot of law offices, for example, will expect more formal wear. Media companies, yes like mine, tend to be a lot more casual. But if you're really unsure you can't really go wrong with either long pants or some sort of knee-length situation and a semi-formal shirt.
Once you're there you can assess what your co-workers and management are wearing and adjust your future work outfits accordingly.
Every workplace has a slightly different culture and it's something you can only really pick up by being immersed in it, so be observant and try to follow your fellow worker's leads.
Work culture includes everything from how employees interact with each other, how management interacts with employees, break times, work hours and more, to smaller things like how to stock the dishwasher and emptying out the fridge. While you're still working everything out, be polite and courteous and you can always ask if you're not sure.
Something to keep in mind though is that there is such thing as a healthy and unhealthy work culture. 'Healthy' work culture is generally evident when employees are happy to follow a company's rules and guidelines and are respectful with each other.
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Criticism can be one of the hardest things to receive without taking it too personally or getting defensive. It's ok that you don't have everything down pat yet, you only just started! Criticism of the constructive kind is exactly what you want to keep improving your skill set. You're definitely allowed to ask questions and further discuss anything that may be unclear to you, but do it in an open-minded way.
Let's be real here, it would be pretty unusual to escape without any menial tasks in your first job. It's just part of the territory until you learn and grow your skills. Don't take it as an offense, get all your tasks done with a good attitude and take the opportunity to ask those who know more than you how to do certain things. Seriously, a good attitude and asking the right questions are the best way to show you're capable of more.


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Ejo #70 – Is My Beloved Australia Racist?
September 30, 2015 Australia, Photographsadam goodes, afl, aussie rules, australian football league, football, racism, racism in australia, swans football club, white hegemonymisschryss View all 4 comments
I've been wanting to write an ejo about racism for a very long time now, as I live in a country in which it's rife. A place where someone might think it's OK to make comments like, "I could never date a black girl because I'd feel like her skin was… always dirty," scrunching his nose in distaste at the thought. A place where the job classifieds can specify, "Indians and Pakistanis need not apply". A place in which an entire hierarchy is based on where you were born and the colour of your skin. It is a minefield, and perhaps one day I'll sort out the mess that this blatant racism causes in my head and I'll write about it. But in the meantime, I'm compelled to write about a place where racism of this magnitude and brazenness does not exist. A place where it's illegal to discriminate or vilify someone based on the colour of their skin. A place where, if he's good enough, an indigenous man is afforded the opportunity to play elite professional sport, alongside his non-indigenous counterparts. A place where, on the surface at least, racism has been stamped out. Australia.
Several weeks ago the Australian media (including social) blew up over a topic that proved incendiary and divisive. What happened was that a certain football player was being booed every time he was on the field. I'm not talking about the kind of booing that happens when a player does something you don't like. I'm talking about an ugly, jeering, vicious kind of booing. Booing filled with hate and malice. Terrible, terrible booing.
So, what did this player do to deserve this treatment? A few people justified it by saying they didn't like the way he played footy. Interesting. The 18 year Australian Football League (AFL) veteran has had the rare distinction of being twice awarded the league's highest honour, the Brownlow medal, given to the season's best and fairest player. For emphasis: BEST and FAIREST player of the entire league. This is no small feat. What else? He is a two-time premiership player (which means his team has won the Grand Final – twice!). Again, a great achievement. Obviously he's doing something right, when we're talking about his football prowess, which kind of negates the argument that the disproportionate booing is for the way he plays.
I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce the player under discussion. Beloved readers, meet Adam Goodes, an Adnyamathanha Aboriginal man and one of the most successful indigenous players in the history of the AFL.
Adam Goodes. My hero.
I might as well also mention that in addition to his sporting achievements, Goodes was elected 2014 Australian of the Year for his work with underprivileged indigenous youth and tireless campaigning against racism. Adam Goodes also advocates against family violence, having experienced it in his youth. Oh, and he took his mother as his date to the 2003 Brownlow medal ceremony, an event usually attended by the players' "glamorous" WAGs. What an asshole. Boooooooooooooooooo!!!
When I started looking into why people were booing him so much, it became fairly obvious to me that the underlying reasons, sadly, were racist in hue. Let me summarise them below, and you can make up your own minds.
When Goodes was chosen as 2014 Australian of the Year, he made a comment at the ceremony that Australia Day was a day tinged with sadness for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, the indigenous peoples of Australia. He referred to it as "invasion day". This didn't go down well with some (racist?) Australians. The comment was said to be divisive and offensive. Why don't we have a look at what he actually said:
"There was a lot of anger, a lot of sorrow, for this day and very much the feeling of invasion day. But in the last five years, I've really changed my perception of what is Australia Day, of what it is to be Australian and for me, it's about celebrating the positives, that we are still here as indigenous people, our culture is one of the longest surviving cultures in the world, over 40,000 years. That is something we need to celebrate and all Australians need to celebrate.
"There are people out there thinking that today is a great day for Australia — well, it is. It's a day we celebrate over 225 years of European settlement and right now, that's who we are as a nation but we also need to acknowledge our fantastic Aboriginal history of over 40,000 years and just know that some Aboriginal people out there today are feeling a little bit angry, a little bit soft in the heart today because of that, and that's OK as well."
I don't see how anyone can be offended at that. It is conciliatory, whilst bringing focus to the fact of our country's history – something that often gets swept under the rug. Australia was forcefully taken from its indigenous people. Bringing attention to that shouldn't be deemed offensive, or ungrateful. It's just a fact, and one that should actually be part of the conversation when we celebrate each year on 26th January. And from my perspective, if you boo him for this reason, you are booing him because you are racist and you don't like hearing it.
He has also said that the Australian Constitution is a racist instrument. People didn't like that either, suggesting that not only was it inflammatory but that he had no idea what he was talking about and that he should keep his opinions to himself. But if you look at it from the point of view of indigenous people, the Constitution is racist. In fact, in 2012, Dr. Helen Szoke, the Race Discrimination Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission stated that an Expert Panel, established by the Prime Minister at the time, had "made a number of recommendations that seek to address the embedded racism in our country's Constitution". What were those recommendations? To repeal the provisions (Section 25 and Section 51 (xxvi)) allowing the government to "discriminate on the basis of race". In addition, the panel recommended that several new sections be inserted. One that "explicitly respects and acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". One that prohibits the government from "making laws that discriminate on the basis of race". And finally, a section that "proposes the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages as the "original Australian languages".
So, Adam Goodes wasn't being inflammatory at all. He was simply championing a cause that he strongly believes in (and that the Australian Human Rights Commission also believes in) – the very reason he was given the honour of Australian of the Year in the first place. If you were booing him for this reason, then you were booing him because you are racist.
Let's take a look now at when the extreme booing started. I call it May of this year when, during a game, Goodes celebrated kicking a goal by doing a little war dance which ended with him throwing an imaginary spear into the opposing team's crowd. A lot of people didn't like this, calling it offensive, aggressive, provocative, threatening and foolish. Let's have a look at what he actually did.
To me, this is simply entertainment. Pure theatre. A joyful celebration. I cannot see how it could be construed as offensive. What I'm seeing is a proud Aboriginal man, celebrating his accomplishment with a ritual of cultural significance to him. And let me point out that this incident occurred during Indigenous Round. For fuck's sake! It's nothing less than sheer perfection. If you're offended by this, and this is why you booed Goodes, then you're booing him because you're racist.
Finally, one of the main reasons proffered for the booing was an incident that occurred over two years ago. Here's what went down. While playing a match during Indigenous Round (yes, again), Goodes heard someone in the crowd call him an ape. Before I go on, can we all agree that this is racist and absolutely unacceptable? The AFL has very strict rules about racism. Fans are immediately ejected and subject to police investigation. And rightly so. When Goodes heard himself referred to as an ape, he didn't let it slide. He stood up for himself. He put his foot down. He stopped playing and he pointed in the direction of the slur.
Refusing to take racist shit lying down.
To me, this picture is a powerful image of a proud Aboriginal man refusing to accept racism. This picture invokes in me, a strong swell of admiration, empathy, respect and support for Adam Goodes. I love him because of this picture. Unfortunately, a lot of people had the opposite reaction. Especially when the racist turned out to be a 13 year old girl.
What happened next is that the girl was taken away from her guardians, detained for several hours and questioned by police. Adam Goodes has been blamed for that ever since. Which is a joke. Blame the police, blame the AFL, but don't blame Adam Goodes. He didn't choose to be racially vilified that day (or any other day). He didn't choose for that young girl to be the culprit. Did she deserve for Adam Goodes to point a recriminating finger at her? Absofuckinglutely. Did she deserve the treatment that came after? I don't know, but I know that blaming Adam Goodes for it is wrong. He has been called "vile" and "revolting" for what happened. What I think is vile and revolting is booing a man who stands up against the kind of racism he has experienced over and over again, his whole life. The kind of racism where he's told to shut up and stop sooking. Where he's told to stop playing the victim. Where he's told to harden the fuck up.
And so the debate raged online. It shocked me, it disappointed me, it made me angry and it made me ashamed to be Australian to hear people say that Adam Goodes deserved to be booed for any of the reasons outlined above. It seemed that racism was alive and well in Australia after all. And after living outside my beloved country for the last seven years, that was a slap in the face. I admit that I became quite emotionally involved in the debate. I simply couldn't understand it, and I did a lot of research because I wanted to wrap my head around what was happening. The conclusion I came to is that racism might be too specific a brush to paint the booers with. I stand by my opinion that Adam Goodes was subject to intense, prolonged and persistent racism. But it's not that simple. What I've come to realise is that Australia embodies an axiom of white hegemony. What is hegemony? The dictionary defines it as "authority", "leadership", "power", "predominance", "command". When you put the word "white" in front of all those, you start to get a picture of how Australia subsists.
If you don't believe that white hegemony exists in Australia, let's look at some numbers. If Australia was truly racially equal, then the 3% of the population that is indigenous should be represented fairly across the board. What you'll find is that this is not the case. Nowhere near. Indigenous infant death rates are twice as high as those for non-indigenous children. Life expectancy for indigenous men and women is almost ten years less than for non-indigenous people. Indigenous Australians are four times as likely to need hospital care for chronic conditions, three times as likely to develop diabetes, and three times as likely to die during childbirth as non-indigenous Australians. Even though they only make up 3% of the population, indigenous suicide accounts for 50% of all Australians taking their own life. Half!! Even more disturbing is that for youth suicides that number goes up to 80%. Indigenous Australians are 27% less likely to finish school, and five times as likely to be unemployed as non-indigenous Australians. The average income for indigenous households is about half that of non-indigenous households; and the rate of domestic violence assault requiring hospitalisation is between 25-32 times that of non-indigenous people.
And the numbers keep on coming. Though they made up just 2.3% of the adult population, in 2013, 27.4% of the adult prison population was comprised of indigenous Australians. In Western Australia that number increases to 45%. In fact Western Australia has the proud distinction of leading the world in incarcerating indigenous people. Must be great for business.
So try telling me that the white man in Australia doesn't have authority, power, predominance and command over indigenous people. Try telling me that white hegemony is a construct. And I'll tell you that we are systemically crushing Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders through fear and denial.
So, how does this relate to Adam Goodes? Well, to paraphrase from an article by Trey Lyon: racism is the philosophy, but white hegemony is the system. I truly believe that a lot of the people booing Adam didn't realise that what they were doing was "racist". So there was a lot of offence being taken around the place. In fact, it seemed to me that being called a racist was more offensive than actually being one. But when you look at the numbers above, it is really clear to me that we all have a responsibility to do everything we can to stop suppressing indigenous Australians. To insist that booing Goodes was not racially driven is to deny Australia's tainted history. What I heard a lot was that if he wanted the booing to stop, he should have shut his mouth and stopped calling Australia racist. What I heard was that if he didn't want to get booed, he should never have done the spear throwing dance. He was asking for it. Like a woman wearing a short skirt is asking to get raped. It's victim blaming.
Let's look, instead, at where the blame truly lies.
It lies in the fabric of Australian society, which, through white hegemony, is so finely and intricately woven with racism that if you look at it as a whole you might not even see it. In fact, you might even convince yourself that it doesn't exist. But as long as being Aboriginal means being a second class citizen, it exists. The Australian Human Rights commission has identified that it exists. To say that Australia, as a country, is not racist is to either be wilfully ignorant, or to be a denier. Both are harmful.
I guess the problem with identifying racism lies in the fact that it's not as obvious as it used to be. Aborigines not having the "right" to vote until as recently as 1967 was obvious racism. Referring to indigenous Australians as "abos", "coons" and "boongs" was obvious racism. Not allowing Aborigines to play football because of their race was obvious racism. All of these things have now been rectified – but that doesn't mean that racism has been eradicated. It's just been normalised – to the point where people may not even be aware that their thoughts and actions are racist. People like that young 13 year old girl who called Adam Goodes an ape. Whether she knew it was racist or not is not provable (and of course she denied it). But whether she knew it or not is irrelevant. Ignorance is not an excuse for racism. It's the cause.
This is why the debate gets so messy. I can't get into people's heads and say with absolute certainty that the reason they were booing Adam Goodes on the football field was racist. As far as I'm aware, not one single person put their hand up and admitted that they were booing him because of his race. As if. We live in a society where that kind of behaviour is not accepted. But…. I can say with absolute certainty that the reasons people gave to justify their booing of Adam Goodes were in fact 100% racially motivated. Maybe not directly, but there is most certainly a causal link between his outspoken stance against racism in Australia and his being booed on the football field.
Adam Goodes retired last week after a long and illustrious career. He was booed right up to his very last match, which just breaks my heart. It's a shame that such a fine player will probably be remembered for this ugly chapter in Australian sport. But I will choose to remember him as someone to admire, someone to look up to. I choose to honour him and I truly hope that he continues his amazing work with indigenous youth and educating Australia about racism.
Champion. Spunk.
I can't do much to fight racism myself, but this is what I can, and will, do. I can write about it, and attempt to bring awareness of the subject to a wider audience. When I encounter instances of racism, I will always, always, stand up and say "No, that's not right". This occasion has been the first time that I've been turned upon for doing so (and you can read about that in next month's ejo) but you know what, I don't care.
You can attack me all you like for calling out racism. It doesn't say anything about me – but it says a lot about you.
Ejo #69 – Drunk In….. Seattle
September 1, 2015 Drunk In....., Food, Photographs, Travel, United States of Americabars, canon, drunk in, la cocina oaxaqueña, lost lake, oola, pie bar, salumi, Seattle, tavern law, witnessmisschryss View all 4 comments
So David and I are on holiday in the US. I hope you weren't expecting an intellectual essay on something of any great significance. No, of course you know better than that. And so you shall be rewarded with a quick discussion of some of the places we visited on our three day trip to Seattle last week. I bring you "Drunk In….. Seattle".
First up, right after we dropped our bags off and checked in, we headed straight to Canon, a self-proclaimed "Whiskey & Bitters Emporium". It is, apparently, the sixth best bar in the world, but who the fuck comes up with these lists, right? And what are they basing it on? If you want my opinion, it's a nice bar, with OK food. But you should definitely drop in and have a lovely cocktail (and while you're there you can admire their vast collection of booze).
6th best bar in the world
Cocktails at Canon
So the food at Canon was OK, as I said, but we were still a bit peckish after we left so we headed around the corner and up a few blocks to the pumping Tavern Law. There was only one reason we went there (though they also serve a great selection of cocktails too) – and that was their famous salt & pepper fried chicken. Oh yeah baby, this is drunken food. This chicken was AMAZING. And it got served with a pretty banging potato slaw too, to cut through the friedness of it all. Highly recommended. Be prepared to wait for a seat on a weekend night though – they are jam packed.
Amazing salt & pepper fried chicken at Tavern Law.
The next day we went to southern church-themed Witness Bar for brunch, and in particular we went for their Bloody Mary's. We are currently in a Bloody Mary phase and we wanted to try as many good ones in town as we could. Witness proclaims that the ingredients in their Mary, Full Of Grace are: Vodka, Tomato Juice, Spice & Salvation. We agreed. We had two each. The food ain't bad either – Southern-inspired down-home cookin'.
Mushroom and sausage scramble
Lamb hash with sunny side up eggs
Bloody Mary (secret ingredient: salvation!!)
So I mentioned that we are in a Bloody Mary chapter in our lives, but no matter what libation we are fixated on at any one time, our standard go-to drink is a margarita. And we found some pretty good ones at La Cocina Oaxaqueña. They also serve food but lets be honest, Seattle isn't very close to Mexico, is it? The margaritas are definitely worth a visit though. Simple, basic, good.
Great margaritas at La Cocina Oaxaqueña
OK, so I reaaaaaaaaaaally don't eat dessert much when we vacay, I mean, I just don't need it. There are a million wonderful things to eat out there in the world (and even more wonderful things to drink) so why waste calories on sweet, sickly stuff that's going to clog my arteries and fill me up (and make me feel like a pogger afterwards)? BUT…. having said that, we just HAD to try the pie at Pie Bar. So late one night, after a very light dinner we made our way over to the Capitol Hill bar where they serve a bunch of different sweet pies, a couple of savoury ones and a few interesting cocktails. We ordered a piece o' pie each, despite our better judgement and just went for it. To wash it down, we each tried one of their Pietinis – basically a pie in a glass. Yes, my arteries hardened just writing that sentence. Worth trying – but definitely share the pie, we couldn't finish either of ours.
Pietinis. 0% necessary – still had to try them.
Chocolate peanut butter pie
The next day we continued on our Bloody Mary quest. This time we tried the brunch at Lost Lake Café & Lounge – a 24 hour diner not too far from where we were staying. It had a really great vibe, wonderful servers and a pretty tasty Mary. Again, we had two each (I'd say it was in the interests of research, but I know you know better – I don't want to insult you). The breakfast was also very tasty.
Bloody Mary's at Lost Lake Diner
Beef hash and eggs, sunny side up
Huevos rancheros – looks like a mess, tastes YUM!
Our trip didn't involve just eating and drinking. We also organised a very educational tour of a small batch local distillery. See, we're cultured. Having been recommended Oola gin by a gin loving friend, we just had to check out the distillery. Plus, those of you who know me, know that Oola is basically my middle name. How could I NOT go and check out their spirits. So, apart from two types of gin, they also do a few vodkas and a bourbon. We got to taste all seven varieties of spirits (being: gin, Waitsburg barrel-finished gin, Waitsburg bourbon whisky, vodka, chilli pepper vodka, rosemary vodka and citrus vodka). Being a small operation (they only produce 2500 bottles a month), they infuse their spirits by hand which I think gives them a really special flavour. We loved the tour and the tasting, and I'll leave it up to you to figure out if we bought anything from their shop at the end of the tour.
Preparing the spirit tastings
The vodka still
Where the infusion magic happens. All natural ingredients.
Ready to ship. They make 2500 bottles a month.
Oola front of store. Spirits were purchased.
Last, but most certainly not least we waited in line for half an hour at Salumi Artisan Cured Meats. Granted, you might not want to wait half an hour for a sandwich when you're hung over, but I will tell you right now, it's an investment worth waiting for. The benefits FAR outweigh the costs on this one. The meats here are all cured in the shop by old school Italianos. In fact, it's one of Anthony Bourdain's favourite shops whenever he's in Seattle. And I'll tell you why. They don't do a lot, but what they do is just amazing. Truly delicious, incredible quality sandwiches that just hit the spot. We had a salami and fresh mozzarella, and one of their specialities – slow cooked porchetta, which is basically fatty, moist boneless pork roasted with stuffing over hot coals for hours until the meat just melts in your mouth. It's something that needs to be experienced to be understood. Must do, if you're in Seattle.
Waiting in line at Salumi
The menu. Very basic but very fucking delicious.
Each sandwich is hand made to order.
Their home made salami ciabatta sandwich with fresh mozzarella.
Slow cooked porchetta sandwich with lots of juicy gravy in a baguette. Messy as hell to eat, but just blissful.
So, some of you eagle-eyed readers out there might be wondering if this month's ejo is being published late. I am currently in Novato, California where the time is 11.30pm. It might be September where you are, but it's still August here bitches!!!!


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We have to have an assessment, yes both of us! Plus we have to provide two references and a letter from the vet!
If we pass our assessment we can visit hospitals, hospices and there's even a Read2Dogs scheme that helps children become more confident!
We'll call tomorrow to make the appointment for the assessment and let you know how we get on!


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Harry E. Hull
Commissioner General of Immigration, May 16, 1925 - April 26, 1933
Harry Hull served as Commissioner General of Immigration from May 12, 1925 to April 26, 1933. Born March 12, 1864 near Belvidere, New York, Hull was an Iowa businessman and local official elected as a Republican to the Sixty-Fourth Congress. He held his Congressional seat from 1915 to 1925.
After a failed re-election bid, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Hull as Commissioner-General of Immigration. Hull retired in 1933, and died in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 1938.
Fact: In 1927, under Hull's tenure, President Coolidge appointed Anna C. M. Tillinghast as District Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of Boston, making her the first woman appointed to that position.
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MEXICAN LASAGNA
MEXICAN CORN ON THE COB–ELOTE
MEXICAN HOT SAUCE
MEXICAN EGGPLANT
MEXICAN CHAAT
Every thing about MEXICAN LASAGNA | Vahrehvah :
Mexican Lasagna is wonderful layering of corn tortillas, tomatoes, green chillies, spicy salsa and cheese. It's a convenient one pot appetizing meal that the kids will love as much as the grownups. Corn tortillas create a tender layer that's so delectable filled with paneer, corn kernels, salsa and cheese.
Lasagna is an epic dish looks like an ordinary broiled mass of cheese, pasta and meaty tomato sauce but it's so much more than an exotic wholesome meal. As Lasagna goes, this recipe is very low maintenance, quick to prepare and does not actually need a lengthy cooking of ingredients beforehand but just requires a bit of chopping and assembly of ingredients. This dish also makes a great meal with leftovers as well. Mexican Lasagna is a comfort food and will be the perfect dish to treat; with full of Mexican flavours.
In Mexican Lasagna, generally corn tortillas take the place of the traditional lasagne noodles. In Mexico and Central America, tortilla is a type of thin, leavened flat bread made from finely ground maize (usually called 'corn' in United States). In Mexico, there are about three colours of maize dough for making tortillas such as white maize, yellow maize and blue maize. However, white and yellow tortillas are by far the most common ones used.
The corn tortilla, with many variants, has been a staple food in North American and Mesoamerican cultures since pre-Columbian times. It predates the alternative wheat flour version of the tortilla (tortilla de harina or tortilla de trigo) in all such cultures, as wheat was not grown in the Americas prior to European contact.
Traditionally, Corn tortillas are the basis of many Mexican dishes such as tacos, tostadas, enchiladas, flautas, quesadillas, chilaquiles, and tortilla soup (sopa de tortilla). Warmed corn tortillas are also often served as an accompaniment to stews, soups, grilled meats and other dishes, as bread is served other cuisines.
By contrast, wheat flour tortillas are often used for burritos and quesadillas, particularly in the United States. Corn tortillas are also deep fried to make crisp tortilla chips that are often salted and can be eaten on its own or accompanied with various salsas and dips such as guacamole.
Tortilla chips are a key ingredient in nachos. In Mexico, particularly in the towns and cities, corn tortillas are often made nowadays by machine and are very thin and uniform, but in many places in the country, they are still made by hand, even when the nixtamal is ground into masa by machine.
Corn tortillas are customarily served and eaten warm; when cool, they often acquire a rubbery or grainy texture as the cooked starches stale. For preparing this appetizing and scrumptious one pot meal, Mexican Lasagna, firstly squeeze soya chunks (soaked in warm water for 20 minutes) and crush them with jalapenos and cilantro. Brown this mixture in oil in a large skillet on medium heat for 5-6 minutes, add salsa or crushed tomatoes, whole kernel boiled corn and seasonings that includes chilli powder and ground cumin.
Layer 1/3 of the soya mixture, 1/2 of the tortillas and 1/2 of the cottage cheese in a 13 x 9 -inch baking dish. Repeat layers, ending with soya mixture. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and olives (sliced ripe pitted). Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes. Mexican Lasagna is a perfect layered with corn tortillas filled with tons of veggies, salsa and cheese giving it a delicious taste and flavour. Chilli powder and ground cumin is something that's really wonderful in enhancing the flavours.
This dish is unique and special and looks much pretty and much more fantastic in their baking dishes than slopped onto your plates. Do give it a try as it's a great dish for potlucks and large gatherings of hungry people. For detailed recipe, click on the link below:
https://www.vahrehvah.com/mexican-lasagna-recipe
The preparation of maize in an alkaline solution of mineral lime or calcium hydroxide, used in the production of flour for corn tortillas, significantly enriches the nutritional value of maize as a source of vitamins, dietary minerals and protein. The lime water used in the process adds its own bioavailable calcium, while it also renders the B vitamins and amino acids in maize far more easily absorbable by the human digestive system.
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import {animate, state, style, transition, trigger} from '@angular/animations';
import {FocusMonitor} from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
import {ENTER, SPACE} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
import {filter} from 'rxjs/operators/filter';
import {
  ChangeDetectionStrategy,
  ChangeDetectorRef,
  Component,
  Directive,
  ElementRef,
  Host,
  Input,
  OnDestroy,
  ViewEncapsulation,
} from '@angular/core';
import {merge} from 'rxjs/observable/merge';
import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
import {EXPANSION_PANEL_ANIMATION_TIMING, MatExpansionPanel} from './expansion-panel';

/**
 * <mat-expansion-panel-header> component.
 *
 * This component corresponds to the header element of an <mat-expansion-panel>.
 *
 * Please refer to README.md for examples on how to use it.
 */
@Component({
  moduleId: module.id,
  selector: 'mat-expansion-panel-header',
  styleUrls: ['./expansion-panel-header.css'],
  templateUrl: './expansion-panel-header.html',
  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
  preserveWhitespaces: false,
  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
  host: {
    'class': 'mat-expansion-panel-header',
    'role': 'button',
    '[attr.tabindex]': 'panel.disabled ? -1 : 0',
    '[attr.aria-controls]': '_getPanelId()',
    '[attr.aria-expanded]': '_isExpanded()',
    '[attr.aria-disabled]': 'panel.disabled',
    '[class.mat-expanded]': '_isExpanded()',
    '(click)': '_toggle()',
    '(keyup)': '_keyup($event)',
    '[@expansionHeight]': `{
        value: _getExpandedState(),
        params: {
          collapsedHeight: collapsedHeight,
          expandedHeight: expandedHeight
        }
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  },
  animations: [
    trigger('indicatorRotate', [
      state('collapsed', style({transform: 'rotate(0deg)'})),
      state('expanded', style({transform: 'rotate(180deg)'})),
      transition('expanded <=> collapsed', animate(EXPANSION_PANEL_ANIMATION_TIMING)),
    ]),
    trigger('expansionHeight', [
      state('collapsed', style({
        height: '{{collapsedHeight}}',
      }), {
        params: {collapsedHeight: '48px'},
      }),
      state('expanded', style({
        height: '{{expandedHeight}}'
      }), {
        params: {expandedHeight: '64px'}
      }),
      transition('expanded <=> collapsed', animate(EXPANSION_PANEL_ANIMATION_TIMING)),
    ]),
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})
export class MatExpansionPanelHeader implements OnDestroy {
  private _parentChangeSubscription = Subscription.EMPTY;

  constructor(
    @Host() public panel: MatExpansionPanel,
    private _element: ElementRef,
    private _focusMonitor: FocusMonitor,
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    // Since the toggle state depends on an @Input on the panel, we
    // need to  subscribe and trigger change detection manually.
    this._parentChangeSubscription = merge(
      panel.opened,
      panel.closed,
      panel._inputChanges.pipe(filter(changes => !!(changes.hideToggle || changes.disabled)))
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    .subscribe(() => this._changeDetectorRef.markForCheck());

    _focusMonitor.monitor(_element.nativeElement, false);
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  /** Height of the header while the panel is expanded. */
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  /** Toggles the expanded state of the panel. */
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    if (!this.panel.disabled) {
      this.panel.toggle();
    }
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  /** Gets whether the panel is expanded. */
  _isExpanded(): boolean {
    return this.panel.expanded;
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  /** Gets the expanded state string of the panel. */
  _getExpandedState(): string {
    return this.panel._getExpandedState();
  }

  /** Gets the panel id. */
  _getPanelId(): string {
    return this.panel.id;
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  /** Gets whether the expand indicator should be shown. */
  _showToggle(): boolean {
    return !this.panel.hideToggle && !this.panel.disabled;
  }

  /** Handle keyup event calling to toggle() if appropriate. */
  _keyup(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    switch (event.keyCode) {
      // Toggle for space and enter keys.
      case SPACE:
      case ENTER:
        event.preventDefault();
        this._toggle();
        break;
      default:
        return;
    }
  }

  ngOnDestroy() {
    this._parentChangeSubscription.unsubscribe();
    this._focusMonitor.stopMonitoring(this._element.nativeElement);
  }
}

/**
 * <mat-panel-description> directive.
 *
 * This direction is to be used inside of the MatExpansionPanelHeader component.
 */
@Directive({
  selector: 'mat-panel-description',
  host : {
    class: 'mat-expansion-panel-header-description'
  }
})
export class MatExpansionPanelDescription {}

/**
 * <mat-panel-title> directive.
 *
 * This direction is to be used inside of the MatExpansionPanelHeader component.
 */
@Directive({
  selector: 'mat-panel-title',
  host : {
    class: 'mat-expansion-panel-header-title'
  }
})
export class MatExpansionPanelTitle {}


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Deputy Attacked During Traffic Stop
By GABRIELLE FINLEY The Ledger
Jan 20, 2007 at 2:47 AM Jan 20, 2007 at 8:11 AM
WAHNETA - A traffic stop Thursday turned dangerous when the driver attacked a sheriff's deputy, the Sheriff's Office said.
Sheriff's Deputy Austin Milligan, 23, stopped a vehicle operating without tag lights on Eagle Loop Road near Rifle Range Road shortly after 3:15 a.m., the Sheriff's Office said.
Here's what happened next, according to sheriff's officials:
When Milligan asked the man for his name, the driver gave "Juan Morales."
The driver, later discovered to be Eleuterio Ayala, 24, of Eloise, ran when the deputy asked for his real name.
Milligan chased Ayala, jumping over chain-link fences and backyards, then fired his Taser at Ayala. The Taser caused Ayala to fall but had no other effect because it didn't make contact with his skin.
When Milligan tried to handcuff Ayala, Ayala punched him in the face.
Ayala ripped off the wires connected to Milligan's radio, "depriving the deputy of communication" to call for assistance, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Milligan used his flashlight to fend off Ayala's blows, then reached for his Taser and broke it down to stun gun mode.
Milligan stunned Ayala several times and was finally able to handcuff him. Then, in the patrol car, Ayala started ramming his head against a window.
He was treated and released from Bartow Regional Medical Center.
A bong was found in Ayala's car, which tested positive for marijuana, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Ayala had a felony warrant for his arrest on forgery and petty theft charges.
Ayala was booked into the Polk County Jail on charges of attempted robbery, battery on a law enforcement officer, depriving a law enforcement officer of communication and resisting an officer with violence, all felony charges.
He is also charged with four misdemeanor charges: giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, possession of cannabis under 20 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.


Like clods of white earth the clouds flow in furrows above a wind whipped sea.
Aloft, cocooned in our tube, we cannot feel the raw edge of nature below.
How safe we feel; how beautiful it seems.
He may feel the danger but are we any safer ?
Complacently sipping our drinks – at lunchtime – we float in our own little world.
Waves do not move when you see them from above – as the ship shudders below.
Taken for granted – quite naturally enbracing more of the un-natural.
The pop of our ears a gentle reminder of our impending return, and mortality.


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package com.twolinessoftware.android.orm.dto;

import java.util.List;

public interface GenericDAO<T> {

	/**
	 * Iteratively saves the object into the database. Notifies only on the base
	 * URI when it is finished
	 *
	 * @see com.twolinessoftware.android.orm.provider.AbstractContentProvider#getBaseContentUri()
	 *
	 * @param t
	 * @return
	 * @throws DAOException
	 */
	int save(T t) throws DAOException;

	/**
	 * Runs the save command on all objects in a list. Does not run applyBatch or bulkInsert so
	 * performance problems might still occur on large datasets
	 *
	 * @param t
	 * @throws DAOException
	 */
	int save(List<T> t) throws DAOException;

	/**
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	 * @throws DAOException
	 */
	boolean delete(long id) throws DAOException;

	T findById(long id);

	List<T> findByCriteria(String[] fields, String where,
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	List<T> findAll();

}


Other Distinguishing Features: Snake-Eyes has red, scaly skin. He also has protruding teeth as well as snake-like creatures that serve as his eyes.
Snake-Eyes was one of the many super-powered freaks that composed the Sky-Riders faction that inhabited Chicago's Danger Zone. When Dragon and Jennifer Dragon raided the region to dismantle the Sky-Riders, Snake-Eyes attacked the couple. He was soon defeated by being knocked off of a cliff top where he plummeted to the ground below.


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Barrister Babu: WHAT? Sadiya Siddiqui reveals she doesn't have a television at home since 20 years; Find out why!
Sadiya Siddiqui, who was last seen on Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (YUDKBH), is all set to return to TV after a gap of two years, with Barrister Babu. She is the latest actress to join the cast of the show after Khushboo Kamal and Rajeshwari Sachdev. Talking about her character, Sadiya says, "The makers are introducing a new character. I will be seen as an authoritative woman. Bondita (Aurra Bhatnagar) will live with me. I am quite a stickler for rules and expect everyone to follow them, which of course will be questioned by the protagonist. This will result in trouble and friction between old traditions and logical thinking. I took up the role because I have worked with Shashi and Sumeet Mittal in Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji and YUDKBH. I share a great professional equation with them. Besides, it's a Bengali character and I love to look like a Bengali. I love the food, clothes and the language. I will also use a Bengali takiya kalaam (catchphrase) for my character in the show! I am looking forward to playing the part."
Ask her about her absence on the small screen and she replies, "I shot for a couple of films in between. I don't take up a TV show until and unless I am offered an interesting character. There are a lot of things, which give me butterflies in the stomach. I would rather do that. There is a dearth of substantial characters for seasoned actors on television. Maybe, the audience doesn't want to watch strong characters anymore. Earlier, shows were written based on characters and we had so many good actors."
In fact, she doesn't even own a TV set for years now, as the content on the medium ceased to entice her. She shares, "I had a TV set around 20 years ago. I live in Versova near the beach. So, the TV set would often stop working owing to the breeze and humidity and needed to be repaired frequently. I was advised to use it if I didn't want it to break down so frequently. I tried using it, but I didn't like anything. The only show I liked to watch was Shark Tank. Par ek hi show ke liye itna bada TV rakhne ka koi matlab nahi tha. So, when it needed to be repaired again, I told the mechanic to take it away with him. I have a computer and I didn't want that noisy box."
Now, a life-size picture of her adorns the wall. She says, "Now, I have a nice picture on that wall. It is an old photograph of mine gifted to me by my brother. He got it framed. The best part is that I look the same over the years (laughs!)."
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