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528 är det naturliga heltal som följer 527 och följs av 529.

Matematiska egenskaper
 528 är ett jämnt tal.
 528 är ett sammansatt tal.
 528 är ett ymnigt tal.
 528 är ett triangeltal.
 528 är ett praktiskt tal.

Inom vetenskapen
 528 Rezia, en asteroid.

Se även
528 f.Kr. och 528 e.Kr (årtal)
Siffra
Nummer
Lista över tal
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Källor

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Heltal


Everything is fine with the frame except for the color. Instead of GOLD the color is a harsh, acidic yellow.
Hello John. Thank you for your feedback. The frame you purchased is more of a warm gold rather than a bright gold. We regret that you did not expect the frame to be that color tone of Gold. If you would like to return the frame for a refund, we are more than happy to email you a UPS return label. We are going to reach out to you today by phone to see if you would like to return or exchange the frame. Our goal is to provide you with %100 satisfaction. We look forward to making this right with you. Thank you for your business!
Very well made with proper hanging hardware enclosed. Very satisfied.
Great frame, be sure to read fine print for canvas depth!
This is a fabulous frame for the price. Unfortunately I was hoping to frame a three eights inch canvas oil painting. I did not read the fine print and discovered that three eights inch is too thick. I will save the frame for a different oil painting.
Read my earlier review. It's worth it. This is the best company and I will never use anyone else.
I have purchased several frames here in the past year, and am as happy with the quality of this one as with all the rest!
This portrait had a frame which was not period. This one complimented it nicely easy to install and highly recommend this company.
Framing one of my paintings and felt it called for the gold and it would work best in a collage of other items in gold frames.
color and design: not too fussy, and not drab.
Will be framing an old portrait from the early 1800s with this frame.


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Jo writes: The White Tree Fund is hosting a Tolkien lecture in Toronto next Thursday, September 27 at 7.00 pm. It will be held at Hart House, University of Toronto. Dr. John Browne is speaking on "Tolkien as Wordsmith: One Reader's Journey Through the Lord of the Rings". Tickets are $10 if you're a member of the Toronto smial or $15 for non-members. Please bring along any old children's books or magazines to be donated to the Parkdale Project Read, a local literacy group. For more info and to get tickets see: www.whitetreeefund.org.
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SDSU Athletics Welcomes Derek Grice To Executive Staff
February 25, 2019 By sdcnews
Derek Grice
SAN DIEGO–San Diego State director of athletics John David Wicker announced the hiring Monday of Derek Grice as executive associate athletic director for Mission Valley development.
In his role, Grice will be responsible for the planning, design, budgeting, construction and operation of the SDSU Mission Valley project, specifically the new multi-use Aztec Stadium and its incorporation into the overall SDSU Mission Valley site. He will work collaboratively with athletic department executives, development and facilities and operations staff, as well as SDSU Project Management, Facilities Planning, Design and Construction, Facilities Services, Business and Financial Affairs and contracted consultants.
Prior to his arrival on The Mesa, Grice was a member of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association executive staff, where he served as associate athletic director for facilities, operations and events since September 2015.
"I'm very excited to have Derek Grice joining our executive team to lead the SDSU Mission Valley Aztec Stadium project for the athletic department," Wicker said. "Derek has extensive experience in designing, building and operating stadiums and other athletic facilities. This knowledge base will allow him to assist SDSU in delivering the very best stadium for the Aztecs and the San Diego Community as a whole. Having had the opportunity to work with Derek at Georgia Tech, I know he is qualified to effectively work with the wide range of people that will be required to deliver a successful project for SDSU."
During his tenure in Atlanta, Grice worked as the project manager for all GTAA's major construction and capital projects, including the Noonan Golf Facility, ACC Network Broadcast and Video Operations Center, football locker room renovation, as well as videoboard upgrades throughout the athletics campus.
In addition, Grice was instrumental in the Georgia Tech athletics master planning process, highlighted by the Intercollegiate Athletics Initiative 2020, where he has developed and managed more than $88 million in major projects.
Not to be outdone, Grice provided direct oversight and leadership for event operations, facilities and grounds, spearheading Georgia Tech's efforts to host major championship events, including the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball South Regional and 2016 NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. He was also GTAA's key contributor in forging partnerships and hosting initiatives with the Atlanta United (MLS), Atlanta Hawks (NBA), Atlanta Dream (WNBA) and the Georgia high school state basketball championships.
Prior to Georgia Tech, Grice spent three years as senior associate athletic director for facilities and event management at the University of North Texas from 2012-15, serving as project manager for all major construction and capital projects while overseeing all game day operations for home athletic events. He also acted as sport supervisor for the Mean Green swimming and diving teams and was a member of the university's master planning committee.
Grice launched his career as an athletic administrator with a nine-year stint at Texas State University, serving as director of athletic facilities and game operations from 2003-06 before earning a promotion to assistant athletic director in September 2006. During his stay in San Marcos, Texas, Grice managed more than $70 million in capital projects and was a primary member of the committee that developed The Drive – a comprehensive campaign for the elevation of Texas State to the Football Bowl Subdivision. He also served as sport administrator for the Bobcats' baseball and softball teams.
A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., Grice earned his bachelor's degree in sports administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2002 and his master's degree in sports administration from USM in 2003. While at Southern Miss, he worked as a graduate assistant in event management, facilities and internal operations.
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St Bede's welcomes refugee families
Harrowing experiences of persecution retold by relatives who are now part of the community at St Bede's Catholic College, Chisholm, create an inspirational Refugee Week video. St Bede's celebrated the week from Tuesday 16 June to Friday 19 June with a theme of "Welcome".
Darrell Croker PUBLISHED July 02, 2020
The school's social justice leaders Grace McMahon and Georgia Soper introduce the video before interviewing their fellow student Bahar Fayazi. St Bede's English teacher Kiralee Bradley then shares the story of her great grandmother.
Grace and Georgia remind us of the takeaway from last year's celebration – nobody chooses to be a refugee – before turning to Bahar, whose family fled religious persecution in the Middle East.
"There was a change of government in Iran and it said everyone had to be Muslim," says Bahar. "Our family wanted to remain Christian, so we came to Australia. My family would have been killed or jailed for continuing to be Christians. I would have been in great danger."
Bahar says the best thing about living in Australia is religious freedom. "You can be whatever religion you want, and everyone is fine with that," she says.
Ms Bradley spoke about her great grandmother Olga's refugee experience. Olga was 15 years old when World War II started, and she was forcibly removed from her home in the Ukraine and sent to a German labour camp where she made grenades and other artillery.
"She stole some food during that time, was punished severely, and then jailed," says Ms Bradley. "Her injuries were so severe her collarbone rotted, and she also contracted tuberculosis." Rather than being placed in a hospital "she was basically left for dead".
Olga survived until the Americans liberated her labour camp in 1945.
"From there, she was put in a hospital where she met her first husband Emile, a soldier in the French army who became a well-decorated commander," says Ms Bradley. "They were married and had their first child, who is my great aunt.
"Emile was put on assignment and sent to Vietnam. My great grandmother had the choice of going to France, going back home, or going to Australia or somewhere else in the British Commonwealth. She desperately wanted to come to Australia because her father had told her not to return home. And for some reason she didn't want to go to France."
It was at this stage Olga met Petras, the man who became her second husband and Ms Bradley's great grandfather.
"They made the journey to Australia as a family unit," she says. "Petras adopted my grand aunt so they could get on the boat, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to come if they weren't married and a whole family unit."
After arriving in Australia, they were placed in the Greta migrant camp in the Hunter Valley. "Eventually, after a few years, I think 1952-53, they moved to Islington," says Ms Bradley. "They lived around that area for a few years and then my nan met her third husband, Wally, who moved them into the Polish and Ukrainian community at Cardiff South, which is where me and my relatives grew up."
Olga attended church regularly and was a huge part of the Ukrainian community. "She always talked fondly about the blue-eyed Americans who liberated her," says Ms Bradley. "She said she was lying in jail and it was silent, and then she heard lots of noise and all of a sudden she was whisked away.
"She was very weak and couldn't walk. She had a really tough experience under the Germans and then fleeing as a refugee after the war. She's one of the most admired people in my family, one of the people I admire most, because of her strength and resilience and just grit to keep carrying on, just because you had to."
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Empire Bay may refer to:

, a collier built in 1940 and sunk by bombing on 15 January 1942
Empire Bay, New South Wales
A fictional city in the 2010 video game Mafia II

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Соловарово — название населённых пунктов:

Россия
 Соловарово — деревня в Пестяковском районе Ивановской области.
 Соловарово — деревня в Ярославском районе Ярославской области.


4Pockets have been around a very long time indeed. Back in 2011 I did an interview with 4Pockets when they launched their original version of MeTeoR (Multi-Track Recorder) for Windows Mobile! You can read about it here. A lot has changed since then. In the last few years 4Pockets has been relatively quiet. There have been a few updates to Meteor and Synergy Studio (still a personal fav of mine), but not a great deal that's new. Now that's changed. There's a suite of new audio unit plug ins aimed at improving your sound. Each is a separate app, and, there's also a bundle deal for all three, details are below. For now, here are the app descriptions.
Finally, the bundle deal includes all 3 plugins and costs just $11.99, which is a pretty good saving.


Biographical information about M B Yengwa. Three pages of notes typed from an interview.
Notes for Yengwa's autobiography. 35 pages of handwritten notes on various sizes of paper.
Oral history interview with Hans Beukes by Barbara Wahlberg.
Beukes reveals the circumstances surrounding his first meeting with Luthuli in Cape Town in 1959. He proceeds to discuss his own story of escape from South Africa to Norway, drawing attention to those who influenced him to do so and made it possible. He shares his impressions of Luthuli when he met with him again in Norway in 1961 and speculates as to how Luthuli might have come to the attention of the Nobel Peace Prize committee for nomination. Beukes is keen to emphasise JFK's endorsement of Luthuli's award, which meant the USA could not dismiss the ANC as a terrorist organisation.
Conversation then turns to the controversy surrounding the formation of MK and speculation as to whether Luthuli knew and supported this wing. Other topics discussed include the Namibian situation in the 1950s and 1960s, and Beukes first impressions of Oslo as a decrepit town in the aftermath of the German occupation and his subsequent respect for Norwegian investment in infrastructure, particularly education. This leads to a wider analysis of education in South Africa and the ANC Youth League.
The interview concludes with a discussion about Mandela's legacy and Beukes reasons for asserting that his vision for South Africa could be nothing other than nonracial. Photographs and names are exchanged throughout the interview as touchstones for sparking further conversation topics.
Lutuli Memorial Foundation letterhead; subject concerns youth league.


Penny was precious. A bit of a princess. All her life she'd been a little bit of a prima donna. She was pretty, sure. But it was more than just physical. To some, she could act in a preposterous fashion. To others, she seemed petty. But when all was said and done Penny was preoccupied with herself.
In her teens she was a punk with purple hair, pancake makeup and pink pullovers. She wore yellow pumps and stockings with tiny pin holes. And she had plenty of piercings. Needless to say her presence left something to be desired.
Penny's mom Pat and father Peter were at their wits end over Penny's appearance. And they worried too about the pals she chose to hang around with at public school. Pressed to explain Penny's comportment to her friends' parents Pat and Penny would pose such responses with the proclamation that "It's just a stage" and "Oh, she'll grow out of it."
Penny's parents must have been perspicacious because their little prima donna grew up, got married and got pregnant. Unlike her teenage years when Penny was profane, perverted and a few things unprintable, Penny changed. Largely due to Paul.
Penny met Paul in Panama. And on their return to the United States picked, of all places, Pennsylvania to live and raise their progeny. You couldn't find a more proper gentleman than Paul. He was a little prim, somewhat priggish but totally personable and pleasing. The perfect pairing for Penny. Paul worked at a well-paid profession and provided well for his paramour Penny.
When their son was born did they name him Percy? Possibly.
This week's challenge from Tara at Two Word Tuesday was perspicacious/perceptive. And if you think my interpretation has wound up you are, indeed, perceptive.


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Betty Lark Ross is a retired art teacher who taught at Latin School of Chicago specializing in photography and printmaking. She was one of the first out teachers in Chicago.

Advocacy
Ross was one of the founding members and later co-chair of the Chicago chapter of GLSTN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers' Network) which later became GLSEN.  Ross also served on their National Board. She participated in many GLSEN Youth Leadership Summits, their Midwest Conference on Ending Homophobia in Schools.

Advocacy work at her school
Ross was an advisor to the Latin School's gay-straight alliance for 25 years and the first out lesbian on the Independent Schools Association of the Central States diversity committee.

Artwork
Ross has photographed the Gay Games in Chicago, Pride Parades, and Dyke Marches.

Honors and awards
Ross was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2021.

Personal life
Ross is married to Becky Flory.  They participate in the Halsted Street Halloween Parade and the city's CowParade.

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Learn to play guitar like Chuck Berry in five minutes
It don't take but a few minutes to master the techniques that have formed the bedrock of rock 'n' roll guitar for almost seven decades.
The Gibson Custom Shop releases a replica of Chuck Berry's 1978 Wine Red ES-355
Featuring ageing carried out by Gibson's Murphy Lab.
Nelly has been cast as Chuck Berry in Buddy Holly Biopic
He joins lead actor Ruairi O'Connor.
Chuck Berry: The Original King Of Rock 'N' Roll to come to Blu-ray this month
The film previewed earlier this year.
Doc'n Roll Film Festival sets up online streaming platform following coronavirus cancellations
Documentaries about Chuck Berry, Sleaford Mods, Melvins and more are now streaming.
Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and more to appear in Chuck Berry Tribute
Brown Eyed Handsome Man will collate covers of the rock 'n' roll legend's songs.
"Chuck Berry lived to play live music. It was his absolute joy": Charles Berry Jr on his father's guitars, music and legacy
The guitar icon's son and one-time rhythm guitarist on Gibson's first-ever Chuck Berry signature model, his memories of playing and growing up with a musical icon, and his proudest moment being in the studio with him.
Gibson unveils a limited run of the Chuck Berry 1955 ES-350T
The guitar is an exact replica of the rock 'n' roll icon's hollowbody.
Watch: Chuck Berry remembered by rock's finest in new documentary trailer
Feature film includes interviews with Berry's widow and two children.


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OVER the past 75 years, the North Rockhampton Bowls Club has survived massive floods but this week the club finally drowned under rising power bills.
The doors closed for the last time on Monday and with no means to pay the $42,561 bill, committee members yesterday waited for energy giant AGL to disconnect the power.
Electricity costs have almost doubled since 2012 when the annual bill was $67,793.
By 2017 that had risen to $100,267 and this year it's estimated to be about $130,000.
Club president, Allan Gabel said the club's 126 fully paid up members and more than 500 social members were mainly retired and the club was their connection to the community.
"All they want to do is come down and play bowls in companionship with other people, but bowling clubs are dying," he said.
"Now we're looking to sell the premises in order to pay our creditors.
"We can't run functions to keep on top of things ... without power we don't have a chance, so we're already talking to real estate agents to sell."
Last year, the club was forced to lay off two permanent employees to try to cut costs and this week another seven workers lost their jobs.
Vice president, John Shepard said the loss of the club was a sad reminder of the need for safe and relaxing places for elderly people.
"I believe the state and federal governments have lost sight of this," Mr Shepard said.
"For many years this club has been a safe place and somewhere people of all ages and abilities can partake in a sport and fellowship after the game."
At 76-years-old, George Ingram has been a member of the club for 40 years.
He's been a volunteer green keeper since the club could no longer afford to pay someone and says he'll keep watering the greens "just in case there's a solution at the end of the rainbow".
"We can't mow because those big three-phase mowers need power," Mr Ingram said.
"And I can't just sit around at home - once you start doing that there's only one way to go."
Capricornia MP, Michelle Landry said the club had been the venue for many great events over the years and given social exposure and physical exercise to people who may not otherwise have had access.
"Our clubs are a vital and vibrant part of the community and we need them to be strong," Ms Landry said.
"In saying that, I have heard cases of a range of clubs right across my electorate that can't afford to pay their power bills.
"It's a disgrace and the Queensland Government should hang its head in shame at the way it's ripping off not only small businesses and households, but community organisations for a basic service like electricity.
"The Queensland Government owns the energy network and the retailer, Ergon Energy.
"Perhaps the Labor State MP can justify the price rises, I cannot."
Rockhampton MP, Barry O'Rourke did not respond to a request for comment.


After his involvement with photography and installation, Pierre-Jean Giloux broached the moving image by way of video. Working with composite images, he develops scenarios, and designs and makes his films using video and synthetic imagery. He is demanding when it comes to looking for methods of presentation, which lends his images an unusual strangeness.


Last June I was less than a month into my mission to end abortion. Quite frankly, I was just beginning to realize how hard it was to come up with something different to write every day on a subject like abortion. Some nights I floundered and some nights were easier than others, but I stayed at it. I feel a sense of urgency to get my work published, so, some days I have to admit that I don't take the time I should to get every piece to a quality level of writing that I strive for. Over the past year I've written so much, that when I go back and review many of my letters, I have no recollection of writing them. Maybe I'm just getting old.
I wrote the following letter to President Obama on June 5 of last year, and it happens to be one that I don't remember writing. I wonder if anyone at the White House remembers reading it.
I am constantly tormented with the knowledge that as I go about my daily routine, living my life, and providing for my family, innocent babies are being brutally killed in unspeakably barbaric procedures in America's abortion mills, every hour, and every day. These precious children have committed no crime and deserve no punishment. They are God's gift to the world and yet our laws continue to allow them to be slaughtered by the thousands.
Mr. President, at the end of my life when I stand before God I will proudly proclaim that I did everything I could to save our children, and I will ask for His forgiveness for not being able to save them all. Sir, in my humble opinion, there can be no higher calling in this life than saving innocent children from the horror of abortion. I know you and I disagree on the subject of abortion, but sir I ask you to look at the numbers. At least 350,000 children will die in Planned Parenthood's abortion clinics this year. That's another 9/11 by a factor of nearly 120 every year. If 350,000 adults were slaughtered in America this year do you think anyone would be outraged?
Just so you know, I have decided that since you are joined at the hip with Planned Parenthood, I will be copying them on all my letters to you from this point forward. Hopefully the time they spend shredding my letters will be time they're not spending dismembering innocent children.
America's abortion industry is nothing less than our generation's holocaust. The world was justifiably outraged when 6 million Jews were exterminated by Nazi Germany for no reason other than just being who they were. All Americans of good conscience should be just as outraged that our laws have led to the murder of over 56 million children since Roe v Wade. And sir, it's getting worse. So called bio-ethicists are now debating post –birth abortion and are proposing that parents should be able to abort their children up to the point that the child realizes its personhood; about 2 to 3 years of age. This begs one to ask if our civilization can devolve any further.
Mr. President, I won't stop asking for your help and I won't just go away. This is too important. Let's work together to end the scourge of abortion in our great country.


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Thomas Owen de son vrai nom Gérald Bertot (né le  à Louvain et mort le  à Bruxelles) est un écrivain belge francophone contemporain.

Biographie
En , il épouse Juliette Ardies, il aura deux enfants. Ses études de droit terminées en 1933, il entre dans une meunerie, le Moulin des Trois Fontaines, à Vilvorde dont il sera le directeur pendant quarante-trois ans. Il sera également président général des Meuneries belges, puis du Groupement des Associations meunières de la CEE. Attiré par le surréalisme, il devient critique d'art pour La Libre Belgique et L'Écho sous le  pseudonyme de Stéphane Rey.

Mobilisé en 1939, il échappe à la déportation qui suit la capitulation du gouvernement belge.

Sa rencontre avec Stanislas-André Steeman sert de déclencheur à sa carrière d'écrivain. Ce dernier l'encourage à écrire des romans policiers, genre peu disponible à l'époque. Il publie de 1941 à 1943 plusieurs nouvelles et romans policiers, caractérisés par « un humour assez féroce », qui attirèrent sur lui l'attention de la critique.

Il se tourne ensuite vers la littérature fantastique, en faisant paraître les Chemins étranges. C'est de ce genre particulier, contes et récits d'épouvante, que lui viendra la reconnaissance du grand public. Ses nouvelles fantastiques nous plongent dans un univers en perpétuelle collision avec l'horreur et l'irrationnel.

Ami de Jean Ray, qu'il met en scène avec lui dans une de ses nouvelles (Au cimetière de Bernkastel), il écrira plusieurs articles sur lui, notamment dans la revue Bizarre ().

Il est élu à l'Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique en 1976.

Point de vue

Œuvre

Sous le pseudonyme de Stéphane Rey
 1941 : Gordon Oliver mène l'enquête (Les Heures bleues N°13)
 1941 : Ce soir, 8 heures (A. Beirnaerdt - Le Jury N°16)

Sous le pseudonyme de Thomas Owen
 1942 : Destination Inconnue (A. Beirnaerdt - Le Jury N°28)
 1942 : Un crime "swing (A. Beirnaerdt - Le Jury N°36)
 1942 : Le Nez de Cléopâtre (A. Beirnaerdt - Le Jury N°42)
 1942 : Duplicité, avec Elie Lanotte (Le Sphinx)
 1942 : L'Initiation à la peur (Les Auteurs Associés)
 1943 : Les Espalard (De Kogge)
 1943 : Les Chemins étranges (De Kogge) - (NéO, 1985) - (Lefrancq, 1996)
 1943 : Hötel meublé (Les Auteurs Associés) - (Walter Beckers, 1973)
 1944 : Le Livre Interdit (De Kogge) - (Le Cri Vander, 1982)
 1945 : Les Invités de 8 heures (Meddens & Co)
 1945 : La Cave aux crapauds (La Boétie) - (Marabout, 1963 et 1974) - (NéO, 1986) - (Lefrancq, 1997) - (La Renaissance du Livre, 2000)
 1948 : Portrait d'une dame de qualité (Les Argonautes)
 1950 : Le Jeu secret (La Renaissance du Livre) - (La Renaissance du Livre, 2000) - (Luc Pire/Espace Nord, 2008)
 1958 : Le Coffret (L'Atelier du Livre)
 1961 : Pitié pour les ombres (La Renaissance du livre) - (Marabout, 1973) - (Lefrancq, 1996)
 1966 : Cérémonial nocturne (Marabout) - (NéO, 1986) - (Lefrancq, 1996)
 1970 : La Truie (Marabout) - (Labor, 1987)
 1975 : Le Rat Kavar (Marabout, 1975)
 1976 : Les Maisons suspectes (Éditions Jacques Antoine) - (Marabout, 1978)
 1980 : Le Livre noir des merveilles  (Casterman)
 1982 : Les Grandes personnes  (La Rose de Chêne) - (La Renaissance du Livre, 2000)
 1983 : Les Chambres secrètes (Éditions Delta)
 1984 : Les Fruits de l'orage (Éditions Lorelei)
 1984 : Les Sept péchés capitaux (Éditions Jacques Antoine)
 1990 : Carla hurla (La Rose de Chêne)
 1990 : Le Tétrastome (Lefebvre & Gillet, 1988) - (Bernard Gilson/Pré aux sources, 1990) - (La Renaissance du Livre, 2000)
 1994 : La Ténèbre (Lefrancq)
 1998 : Contes à l'encre de la nuit (Labor)
 2011 : La Porte oblique et autres secrets (Murmure des soirs)

Préfaces
 Jean-Louis Monod, L'Appel, Yverdon-les-Bains, éd. des Egraz, 1973.
 Mariette Salbeth, Tarot images, Bruxelles, éd. La Cagouille, 1987.

Adaptations de ses œuvres
Les Invités de huit heures (1946) de Gaston Schoukens, 88 minutes
La Présence désolée (1965) d'André Cavens, 15 minutes, tourné au Grand-Hornu.
Pitié pour une ombre (1967) de Lucien Deroisy, 28 minutes, avec une apparition de Jacques Brel. Tourné au château de Seneffe.
La Princesse vous demande (1967) de Jean Delire, 27 minutes, avec Philippe de Chérisey et une apparition de Maurice Béjart. Tourné au château de Rixensart.
Les Symptômes (1974) de José Ramón Larraz, 91 minutes
Vampyres (1974) de José Ramón Larraz, 81 minutes
Meurtres à domicile (1982) de Marc Lobet, 90 minutes, d'après Hôtel meublé
Hostel Party (1990) de Roland Lethem, 11 minutes, avec Olivier Gourmet

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It is a wonderful gift and the kids Dad loved it. I would've loved the font to be in bold rather than italic. Could there be an option to change the font in future?
Beautiful elegant cuff links that my husband really likes!
Beautiful. They were exactly how they were described!
really good quality. just didn't get 5 star bcs the writing was really hard to see.


We headed out from Hotel Edelweiss for Champex Lac. We were looking forward to an easier day hiking as the Hostess in La Fouly had told us it was an easy hike to Champex Lac.
I do want to mention the water throughout this tour and particularly in Switzerland is amazing. I could actually taste the sweetness of it in La Fouly. You will find public water fountains, actually a large faucet flowing into a wooden trough, in all the villages and sometimes on the trail. There are also so many waterfalls and rushing streams that are safe for drinking from that you'll never be without a water source. I also filled up with tap water and I didn't have any issues or bad tasting water. Do add hydration tablets to your personal water supply, I found that to be a huge benefit when you are walking for so long up hill and in the heat. I used Liquid I.V. Hydration Multiplier with CTT. I purchased mine at Costco.
We went through quite a bit of forest which reminded me of Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon. Most of the hike was forest which was reminiscent of my last hike of Mt Hood in my home state of Oregon. The paths were narrow with chains hanging off the mountain to assist us on our way. We also passed through mushroom forest filled with different varieties and amazing colors. Along the way, we encountered several interesting wood carvings of animals and mushrooms.
We also passed through some quaint Swiss villages and meadows; then UP we went. Many people (hikers) will opt out and take the bus from here to Champex. This crossed our mind but the hostess said it wasn't hard…. It was. Honestly, are these people bionic?
Although the forest was beautiful it was once again steep and long and hot. The bus might not have been a bad idea after all.
Coming into Champex Lac is beautiful, I loved this little town. Anna and I had an excellent lunch at Au Vieu-Champex. I had a great salad and a local Rose'. SOOO GOOOOD!


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HOTEL SEARCH IN Barcelona
Hotel in Barcelona
Book cheap hotel rates in Barcelona, enjoy great discounts. The name Barcelona comes from the ancient Iberian Phoenician "Barkeno". Barcelona is located on the Mediterranean coast and the second largest city in Spain. It is also the capital of Catalonia. Barcelona is known for hosting many international sport tournaments as well as world-class conferences and also hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics. These days, Barcelona is one of the world's leading tourist, economic, fashion, and other things that contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities.
33 Hotels Found in Barcelona
Hilton Barcelona
It is located at Diagonal upper side, right in the financial area of Barcelona, very near to Barcelona football stadium and with excellent connection to all main landmarks. 1 kms to city centre 13 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 4 minute walk to the nearest metro station (maria cristina l3) 3 km to the nearest station (barcelona sants) 2 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 4 km to the nearest fair site (la fira de barcelona)
Located on the Nova Bocana of the Port of Barcelona, which connects the city's historical centre to the Mediterranean, the hotel has direct beach access at the entrance to the boardwalk La Barceloneta. It is within walking distance of the first-class restaurants of Port Vell, pristine coastline and water sport facilities of Puerto Olimpico and Las Ramblas. The metro station is roughly 1.6 km away and Barcelona Airport is approximately 18 km from the hotel.
Le Meridien Barcelona
This attractive luxury hotel is ideally situated at the heart of the city of Barcelona's artistic and commercial centre. Close to the hotel, guests will find the Gothic Quarter, the concert hall, the opera, the Sagrada Familia cathedral, la Pedrera- the masterwork of the architect Antoni Gaudí and further sightseeing attractions. Public transport departs from stops directly in front of the hotel and there are also shops situated opposite the hotel. Restaurants, bars and pubs are approximately 150 m away and the nearest nightclub is 200 m from the hotel. The nearest beach is only 1.5 km away.
Hesperia Fira Suites-Barcelona
The hotel is located in the new business district in Barcelona's metropolitan area and is well connected to Barcelona airport and the city centre, as well as being conveniently located next to the Fira2 trade fair park, one of the most important of its kind worldwide. The hotel is just a short walk from Bellvitge Hospital and the ICO. Guests will find shops 2 km away and there is an underground station located just 200 metres from the hotel. Sants train station is a 15-minute journey by public transport whilst Barcelona's El Prat De Llobregat Airport is 5 km from the hotel.
Hesperia Tower
Ideally situated halfway between Barcelona International Aiport and Barcelona City Centre, the Hesperia Tower hotel offers a free transfer service to and from the airport (10 minutes), as well as to and from the city centre (top of the Ramblas, 15 minutes). The hotel is furthermore on the doorstep of the FIRA Exhibition Centre, home to Barcelona's major trade fairs, and is only 15 minutes by taxi from Barcelona's Cruise Port.
Eurostars Bcn Design
This hotel is located in the heart of Barcelona and is the perfect base from which to enjoy a visit to the city. It is set on the majestic Paseo de Gracia, the city's main exclusive shopping thoroughfare, and only 5 min from Plaza Catalunya, las Ramblas and the romantic Gothic Quarter, with its cathedral. Guests will find restaurants and bars within 50m of the hotel, shops are 500m away and nightclubs are 1km. With the Paseo de Gracia rail and metro station and its bus stop for 9 different city bus routes only 50m from the hotel, guests enjoy excellent public transport connections to other places of interest such as the Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, Museo Picasso, Puerto Olímpico and the mountains of Montjuich and El Tibidabo. It is 3 km to the sandy beach and Barcelona Airport is only 15 km away.
Rey Juan Carlos I Business and City Resort
The hotel is located at the far end of the Avenida Diagonal, near the Barcelona football stadium and the University area. The airport is just 10 km away. Although it is not in the city centre, it has excellent connections with all means of transportation. 5 kms to city centre 12 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 5 minute walk to the nearest metro station (zona universitaria) 3 km to the nearest station (barcelona-sants) 5 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 5 km to the nearest fair site
Melia Barcelona
This luxurious city hotel is located directly in the centre of Barcelona. Public transport departs from stops in the immediate vicinity (50m away). Close by (100m away), diverse shopping facilities await guests, alongside numerous restaurants, bars and clubs (500m away). The town centre is only a short walk away and can be reached comfortably within half an hour on foot. The underground station Hospital-Clinic is around 10 minutes by foot and the Plaza Cataluña, around 15 minutes by car. The Olympic village is located around 2km from the hotel, the beach 4km, Sitges around 35km, the Casino in Sant Pere de Ribes around 43km, the Costa Brava around 60km, Montserrat around 68km and Barcelona airport around 20 minutes by car.
Me Barcelona
The hotel is located on the city's main artery, Diagonal Avenue, at Pere IV between the Glories Plaza and the Forum area, in the 22@ district, Barcelona's modern new technological district. It is approximately less than 2 kms from the old town and near to the Auditorium Center Hall. 3 kms to city centre 15 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona)
The hotel is located on the elegant Avenida Diagonal, right in the heart of the financial, residential and business districts of Barcelona. Two blocks from Camp Nou soccer stadium, and four kilometres from Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. 15 km from the airport, 20 minutes drive. 5 kms to city centre 15 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 2 minute walk to the nearest metro station (maria cristina) 2 km to the nearest station (sants) 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 2 km to the nearest fair site (fira de barcelona)
Eurostars Grand Marina GL
This hotel is located at the popular Port Vell (old port) near Las Ramblas and the Mare Magnum complex. It is well connected, within 15 minutes by car from the airport or the Sants train station. 12 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 10 minute walk to the nearest metro station (drassanes l-3) 2 km to the nearest station (sants) 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 5 km to the nearest fair site (drassanes) 3 km to the nearest beach
The hotel is located on the top of Mount Tibidabo, dominating the city of Barcelona with spectacular views over the town and the Mediterranean sea and close to Parc Guell. The centre is about 9km away. A complimentary morning-evening shuttle bus on request can take guests until Passeig de Gracia. If you get there by car you will be arriving into the city on the A-7 motorway. From there take the Ronda de Dalt. Get off at exit number 6, if coming from Llobregat, or exit number 5 or 6 if coming from Besos. Follow the signs indicating Tibidabo, or search for L'Arrabassada road, since hotel is on the left before the park. 7 kms to city centre 15 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 12 km to the nearest fair site (barcelona) 25 km to the nearest beach
Central located just in the middle of the Eixample area. Five minutes walking from Passeig de Gracia, plaza Catalunya and all the main landmarks, such as La Pedrera and Casa Batllo, and tourist attractions from Barcelona. 12 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 5 minute walk to the nearest metro station (paseo de gracia) Close to the station (paseo de gracia) 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 2 km to the nearest fair site (fira de barcelona)
Hotel Bagués
Situated in the Gothic Quarter, the hotel is a 5 min walk from Barcelona Cathedral. Just 300 m away is Plaza Catalunya Square that offers excellent bus and Metro links.
Husa Miramar
An authentic discovery, an avant-garde palace on the flanks of Montjuic mountain, with endless views over the Mediterranean, surprising rooms, peaceful gardens and swimming pools. Its location, just ten minutes from the city centre and its nightlife, makes us an exceptional place to stay in Barcelona. 2 kms to city centre 12 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 10 minute walk to the nearest metro station (paralel) 4 km to the nearest station (estacion de sants) 5 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 3 km to the nearest fair site (fira)
Ohla Hotel
Ideally situated just 5 min walk from Plaza Catalunya. Located in the charming Gothic Quarter. Hotel is just 1 min walk from Urquinaona Metro Station and the Palacio de la Musica and Barcelna Cathedral.
The Level at Melia Barcelona Sky
Casa Fuster
Located in the best area in the centre of Barcelona , this modernist monument built in 1908, is on Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona city center, the only building that provides a marvellous panoramic view not only of the entire street, but also of the whole city. Only 500 meters from Gaudi buildings. 12 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 2 minute walk to the nearest metro station (diagonal) 1 km to the nearest station (paseo de gracia) 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop
Pullman Barcelona Skipper
This city hotel lies in the tourist district, only approximately 100 m away from the beach. Countless shopping venues, restaurants, bars, the train station and other public transport can easily be reached on foot. The transfer time to Barcelona Airport is approximately 15 minutes.
Majestic Residence Barcelona
The apartments are located in close proximity to one of the city's main streets, the Paseo de Gracia, in the shopping and financial centre of Barcelona. They are also only 5 minutes from the Gothic Quarter and near the underground network. Restaurants and bars are some 500 m and many of the city's clubs are also within walking distance. Local public transport links are available directly in front of the apartments. The beach is some 2 km away. Other nearby attractions include Plaza Catalunya and Casa Mila. El Prat De Llobregat Airport is some 12 km away.
Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona
Located right in the center of modernist Barcelona, this hotel undoubtedly offers you the best location for your trip, allowing you to discover the city's most interesting places on foot. Las Ramblas, the Plaza de Cataluna, and the Barrio Gotico (Gothic Quarter) are only a few steps away. Less than 10 minutes away by foot lies a paradise for lovers of architecture, painting, theatre, luxury stores, food and terrace cafes. 10 kms to the nearest airport (barcelona) 1 minute walk to the nearest metro station (p. de gracia) Close to the station (p. de gracia 100 mtrs) 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 3 km to the nearest fair site (fira de barcelona)
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*** A rectangular kitchen floor measures 8 feets by 6 feets.
A rectangular tile measures 9 inches by 6 inches. How many rectangular tiles is required to cover the rectangular kitchen floor?
Math: Pangkung and Jame a trip to KAO-YAI. They drive to resort by speed at 60 km per hour. They return by at the same path at speed 75 km per hour . The trip entri is 200 km. What is the average They speed for a trip?
IQ : A father wants to give 45 coins to his nine children so that each of them will receive different number of coins. What is the maximum number of coins that one of the children will receive?
Math : It take 16 days for 48 women to complete a job that requires 16 men to complete in 24 days. 12 men initiate the work and after 14 days, 12 women join them. How many days will they together take to complete the job?
IQ : Which one of the following answers is not the matched pair?
Data : How many days would it take if 8 workers are used to paint a room?
1) In one day, a worker can paint 75% of total area of a room.
2) 4 workers can paint 3 rooms in a day.
If you roll a fair-sided dice twice. What is proability of getting double?
Math : Draw a rectangular with width w and height h. If increase width by 10 percent and height by 20 percent. What is the area of a new rectangular?
IQ : Jinny has 7 coins which total value equal to 20 bahts. The coins that she possesses include 1-baht, two-baht, five-baht and ten-baht coins can there be?
T F S E T T F ?
Math : Palm bought four packs of cupcake at 15 baht. And she sold six packs at 25 baht. If she made profit 200 baht from the total amount of cupcake. How many packs of cupcake that she bought?
IQ : What is the next number?
672 84 12 2 ?
ภาษาอังกฤษ : If the weather had been better , we will have gone to the sea. But it wasn' t so we didn' t.
(MATH). Find the word that does not belong to the group.
(DATA) Is x a prime number ?
1. x is an even number.
2. x can not be divided evenly by an ood number other than 1.
IQ : ถ้า 1+4-2 = เขียว และ 3+3-1 = ฟ้า แล้วถามว่า 5-4+1 = ?
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รถเมล์สาย ก,ข,ค ออกจากสถานีต้นทางเดียวกัน โดยรถจะออกทุก 3, 4 และ 6 นาที ตามลำดับ ถ้ารถเมลย์ทั้ง สามสายเริ่มออกรถเที่ยวแรกจากสถานีเดียวกันเวลา 6.00 น. จงหาว่ารถจะเริ่มออกจากสถานีพร้อมกันทั้งหมดกี่ครั้ง จนถืงเวลา 12.00 น.


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Q: Execute command based on ListView selection with Multiple SelectionMode How to handle command execution using Multiple SelectionMode for Listview?
ListView ItemsSource is bind to a ObservableCollection (EF table) and I've set a limit of selections to 2:
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding EmployeeViewM.MainActivity}"
                       SelectionMode="Multiple"
                       IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
                       HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                       BorderBrush="{x:Null}"
                       Background="{x:Null}"
                       VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizing="True"
                       VirtualizingPanel.IsContainerVirtualizable="True"
                       VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping="True"
                       VirtualizingPanel.ScrollUnit="Item"
                       VirtualizingPanel.VirtualizationMode="Standard">

<I:Interaction.Behaviors>
   <limit:LimitSelectionBehavior Limit="2"/>
</I:Interaction.Behaviors>

I would like to execute command (RelayCommand) based on count of items that are selected. Something like:
    If SelectItems.Count = 1 Then
        'Get first item selected
        'Save to the database to table 1
        'Start Timer_01
    ElseIf SelectItems.Count = 2 Then
        'Get last selected item
        'Save to the database to table 2
        'Start Timer_02
    End If

How can I handle multiple selections here?
Thank you for any suggestions

A: Get the selection changed event of list view and iterate through the list to find out which items are selected. Check the sample code below!
public void Selection_Changed(object sender, EventArguments arg)
{
  List<DataClass> selectedItems = new List<DataClass>();

  foreach(DataClass item in LISTVIEWNAME.SelectedItems)
  {
    selectedItems.Add(item);
  }
}

Now the selectedItems will have the list of selected list items in the list view. Hope you got it!

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To effectively protect users from the latest malware threats, detection mechanisms must be capable of adapting as quickly as the threats themselves. Traditional machine learning-based antivirus (i.e., next-gen AV) solutions provide this capability by generalizing from previous examples of malware, but often require laborious development of hand-engineered features by domain experts to gain a true advantage. Moreover, these features are often specific to each type of executable file (e.g., Portable Executable, Mach-O, ELF, etc.), further compounding the amount of overhead required. Recently, however, a series of deep neural network models have been proposed that operate directly on the raw bytes of executable files to detect malware - effectively learning the feature representations directly from the data with no information about its syntax or semantics.
With the success of these approaches, an obvious question arises: what exactly are these neural networks learning? In this talk, we seek to answer this question by providing a deep and broad analysis of activations in a byte-based deep neural network classifier. Unlike previous work, we expand our analysis beyond simply looking at the location of the activation to understand the basic features that are learned and their connection to the semantics of the executable as a reverse engineer would understand them. Furthermore, we perform this analysis using a dataset that is significantly larger than any other considered in the literature to date - containing more than 15M distinct goodware and malware executables.
Our experiments include an examination of (1) the general trends in activation locations that separate goodware from malware, (2) analysis of the byte embedding space and low-level feature detectors, and (3) end-to-end activation analysis using the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) framework. Where possible, we bridge the gap between raw-byte activations and the semantics of the executable through automated parsing and disassembly of the activation locations in an effort to obtain human-understandable explanations for the model's predictions. We exploit this capability to perform a unique bi-directional validation process between a reverse engineer and the model, whereby the reverse engineer and model score each other's areas of interest within the executable.
Overall, the results of these analyses provide novel insight into many aspects of why byte-based malware classifiers work as well as they do. More importantly, they help shape our evolving understanding of the resilience of deep neural network architectures to adversarial examples, as well as the development of new hand-engineered features. Finally, the tools developed here represent an initial step toward providing analysts with the necessary context for understanding malware predictions made by deep learning models.


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An app's 5-minute test could predict Alzheimer's risk
Ed Cara
Dec 13th 2016 11:41AM
Can the eyes really provide a window into our brain health? That's what a California-based startup and a group of neuroscientists are pinning their hopes on.
Neurotrack Technologies Inc., a startup founded in 2012 to create easier ways to detect cognitive decline, released its first app in January. Its five-minute Imprint Cognitive Assessment Test, usable on any computer with a webcam, is said to measure the level of dysfunction in the hippocampus brain region by gauging how well a person holds onto the memory of a familiar image. Because this brain region, responsible for certain aspects of memory alongside navigation and emotion, is one of the first areas to be damaged by Alzheimer's Disease, the company hopes the test can better predict who will develop and eventually succumb to the neurodegenerative disorder.
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Notable people with Alzheimer's
This file photo dated 04 November, 1991 shows US President Ronald Reagan giving a speech at the dedication of the library bearing his name in Simi Valley, California. He was US president from 1981 to 1989 and retreated from public life after it was revealed he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. (Photo by J. David Ake, AFP/Getty Images)
Glenn Campbell performs during The Goodbye Tour at the Ryman Auditorium on January 3, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ed Rode/Getty Images)
Picture dated 18 May 1991 of US actor Charles Bronson during the 44th Cannes film festival, southern France. Bronson died 30 August 2003 in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia. (Photo by Gerard Julien, AFP/Getty Images)
392653 01: Actor Burgess Meredith performs in the television show 'The Twilight Zone.' (Photo Courtesy of Sci Fi Channel/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 31: Actor James Doohan recieves his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame August 31, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 17: Malcolm Young of AC/DC performs on stage at Wembley Arena on January 17th, 1986 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Still/Redferns)
NORMAN ROCKWELL'S AMERICA -- Pictured: Artist Norman Rockwell -- (Photo by: Gary Null/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Publicity close up of Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth wearing ornately decorated gloves and holding a cigarette in a cigarette holder.
NEW YORK CITY - FEBRUARY 29: Aaron Copeland attends 10th Annual Grammy Awards on February 29, 1968 at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage) (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
Actor Peter Falk poses as he arrives for the premiere of his new film "Lakeboat" September 24, 2001 in Los Angeles. The film is an adaptation of David Mamet's comic play about a grad student who takes a summer job on a Great Lakes freighter and sees life through the eyes of his low-brow crew members. The film opens in limited release in Los Angeles September 28. REUTERS/Rose Prouser RMP/jp
Estelle Getty (Photo by Jim Smeal/WireImage)
Earlier detection of Alzheimer's risk could help patients to take proactive steps to protect their mind from decline. And as the U.S. sees Alzheimer's rates increase with an aging population, tests like these could also potentially save money on expensive diagnostic tests currently used, like PET and MRI scans. "We'd love for this app to have an impact everywhere, especially in places where access to healthcare and specialized care for seniors, who are very often living on fixed incomes, is harder to get," Neurotrack CEO and cofounder Elli Kaplan told TechCrunch earlier this December.
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The app is based on research conducted by Neurotrack co-founders Dr. Stuart Zola, Dr. Cecelia Manzanares, and Dr. Elizabeth Buffalo. Zola and Buffalo extensively worked with monkeys for some time, using them as a placeholder to test how memory functions and degrades in people. Eventually, with Manzanares and others, they developed a 30-minute test called the Visual Paired Comparison (VPC) task.
The VPC places several images in front of someone and tracks how long their eyes stay glued to them. When we're at our healthiest, we can't help but spend more time staring at an image we've never seen before than one we already have. But when our hippocampus is damaged, as the research group showed in several humanstudies, this preference goes out of the window since we simply don't remember the older images as well.
In the group's most expansive study to date, published in 2013, they tested and followed nearly 100 patients for five years, with a third having mild cognitive impairment (a stage of mostly unnoticeable mental decline that signifies a higher risk of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia) and the rest being healthy. In both groups, a low VPC score did indeed largely predict who would go on to develop Alzheimer's or slip further down into cognitive decline, sometime as far as three years before it happened.
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However, the science behind Neurotrack isn't entirely settled. For one, scaling down a 30-minute test into a 5-minute version could come with some drawbacks, such as reduced accuracy. And while Neurotrack's homework isn't lacking, any good piece of science, no matter how groundbreaking, needs to be replicated in different places and by non-affliated scientists.
The company says they've begun a clinical trial of their technology as of earlier this spring, in partnership with other research institutions that are testing it out in their labs, including the NYU Alzheimer's Disease Center.
Dr. Stephen Ferris, of the NYU Alzheimer's Disease Center, told Vocativ that his research team is currently recruiting both healthy volunteers and those with mild impairment to put the Neurotrack software through its paces. Volunteers will be given the normal course of tests that measure established signs of early Alzheimer's progression, which will then be compared to their Neurotrack scores to see if they match up. His research, two-thirds complete, is not only evaluating Neurotrack (both the 30-minute and 5-minute version) but a bevy of other promising noninvasive tests — all in hopes of finding a better and cheaper way to diagnose the earliest cases of Alzheimer's.
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"Standard cognitive tests don't really tell us, to any useful extent, who among the population of older people are likely to have the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease," Ferris said. "And so there's a huge need for inexpensive, noninvasive ways to identify people at risk."
Currently, anyone can take the test for free by registering on the company's website. From there, they can then sign up for Neurotrack's Cognitive Health Program, developed by a different group of researchers, which provides useful lifestyle and dieting tips intended to stave off any further brain drain.
Elsewhere, Neurotrack isn't the only group intending to use our eyes as a window into our Alzheimer's future — researchers at the University of Minnesota published their own work this past July on an experimental eye exam that detects subtle changes in the retina caused by the formation of plaque in the brain. They hope to begin human trials in the near future as well.
The post An App's 5-Minute Test Could Predict Alzheimer's Risk appeared first on Vocativ.


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Royal Botanic Gardens or Royal Botanical Gardens may refer to:

Australia
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
 Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
 Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart

Canada
 Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario), Burlington and Hamilton, Ontario

India
 Royal Botanic Gardens, now the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta

Jordan
 Royal Botanic Gardens of Jordan

Spain
 Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid

Sri Lanka
 Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Trinidad and Tobago
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, Port of Spain

United Kingdom
 Royal Belfast Botanical Gardens, Northern Ireland
 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England

See also
 Royal Gardens (disambiguation)


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Shar'ia Alert - Bombs and the Payment of the Jizyah
Blasting mustic and video shops
"The fact that Islamic law forbids music is often ignored by Muslims, and bringing it up will get you a quick charge of "Islamophobia" in the U.S. today. But in Pakistan, Islamic jihadists know full well that Islam forbids music, and are acting upon it."
PESHAWAR - A homemade bomb in a Pakistan market damaged four music and video shops on Sunday just weeks after their owners refused an order to close down from Islamic hardliners. Police said two people were injured in the blast at a market in Peshawar, the largest city in the deeply conservative North West Frontier Province along the border with Afghanistan.
One of the shopowners, Bashir Khan, said that hardliners calling themselves the "Soldiers of Islam" had left him a note several weeks ago, saying that music shops in the Gulshan market should close their doors.
"We had informed the police about the note and requested them to provide security," Khan said....
The guard said that an unidentified man had handed him a tin of cooking oil, which exploded minutes after the man left.
The province has seen previous attacks on video and music shops blamed on extremists emulating the ultra-orthodox Taleban, who ruled neighbouring Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
There has been growing concern about the "Talebanisation" of Pakistan and the introduction of Islamic sharia law in tribal areas.
The jizya is back in Baghdad
Baghdad (AINA) -- Muslims in the Dora neighborhood of Iraq are forcing Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) to pay the jizya, the poll tax demanded by the Koran which all Christians and Jews must pay in exchange for being allowed to live and practice their faith as well as being entitled to 'Muslim protection' from outside aggression.
At least two cases have been reported to a government employee -- who wishes to remain anonymous -- in which the Christian Assyrian wives were instructed to go to a certain mosque and pay, which they did out of fear. The stated reason for the payment was "we do the fighting and you pay to support."
The jizya has been collected since the arrival of Islam in 630 A.D. The last systematic collection was by the Ottomans (Turks), which came to an end only in 1918, when the Ottoman empire was defeated and partitioned in World War One.
The point is that Muslims will always be Muslims, and eventually Christians, Jews, and everyone else will suffer the consequence of the presence as they always have.
We in the United States are beginning to feel Muslim pressure: problem on airlines, supermarket clerks that refuse to touch particular products in stores, cabbies that refuse to transport passengers carrying alcohol or accomapnied by dogs. These are small things, but incrementally they add up to the same situation in which the Baghdadi Christians find themselves: second-class citizens in their own city where they have lived since before the arrive of Islam in 630 A.D., subject to paying protection money just to survive, and music-less, joyless wretches as are the citizens of Pakistan.
This same behavior will be foisted upon us in the homeland once Muslims achieve a critical mass, but wait, aren't we paying now...to the Palestinians?
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The decision of the international coconut body to audit gene banks across the globe is likely to help the gene bank located in India, according to P Chowdappa, Director of the Kasaragod-based Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI).
The International Coconut Gene Bank for South Asia is located at CPCRI's research centre at Kidu in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The Kidu gene bank is among the five banks set up under the Coconut Genetic Resources Network (COGENT).
The other gene banks are in Indonesia, Brazil, Ivory Coast and Papua New Guinea. COGENT, which has 39 member-countries, promotes collaboration for the conservation and use of coconut genetic resources across the globe.
Chowdappa told BusinessLine that the 19th steering committee meeting of COGENT has taken a decision to audit all the five gene banks worldwide. He added that the gene bank at Kidu is performing well compared to the other four gene banks. While the Indonesian gene bank is facing problems due to urbanisation, the other three gene banks have been affected by diseases.
Noting that Kidu is the only bank devoid of any pest or diseases, he said its better performance in various areas may help it get further funding, which can be used to develop the gene bank.
Of the 120 hectares at Kidu, 100 hectares are under coconut cultivation. The centre has 453 coconut germplasms. Of them, 95 are exotic. Chowdappa said that the Kidu research centre generated around ?1.3 crore in revenue last year.


With the Apple Watch upon us and a plethora of wearable tech options available, can premium brands truly compete in this market? Can high-end brands create "luxtronic" smart accessories that last and avoid becoming outdated, due to the speed at which the tech market turns over? It's a conundrum for sure, since prestige brands aren't really about this year's model. That's what the diffusion ranges or capsule collections are for!
Let me start by saying that I love the fact that some smart accessories can help save your life or improve your health, but everything feels plugged in. And that's when I start to get anxious, because I feel like I can't escape my smartphone, which I deem an "electronic handcuff."
A new wearable tech report, published at TechCrunch, asks a lot of questions, but what I'm most concerned with is the idea that all jewelry and accessories will be intelligent someday, and that presents a problem for prestige labels.
While a portion of the report comments on how cheap, outsourced versions and standard watchmakers will try to get in on the fun (and the cash) in the smartwatch marketplace, I zeroed in on a deeper point that had not previously occurred to me.
The writer notes, "As we well know technology is hiding deeper and deeper into the things we use and with a strong enough battery, a seamless interface, and a sense of aesthetics we can safely assume that much of what we now call jewelry will soon be intelligent."
Remove the sarcasm and that feels very much like a reality. You can never miss a call because your bracelet will tell you it's incoming. Doesn't that make you feel… captive?
The story hits on the point that electronics can become obsolete within a year or two, replaced by the next big thing or technological advancements, whereas luxury items are meant to be investment pieces that you keep, wear, and use for years, with fast-fashion reserved for the young, the budget-challenged, and the right now.
Wouldn't it be nice for the high-end houses to ignore this trend and continue to do their thing? Maybe or maybe not.
The piece notes, "When you buy a Birkin bag you are potentially buying a better bag for your money. You are also buying the story of the Birkin bag – Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas sat next to Jane Birkin on a flight and she was complaining about her bags so Hermès made her a special one. You're also buying the materials, the workmanship, and a multi-million dollar marketing spend. The result is a perfect storm of marketing power."
B-I-N-G-O. With smart accessories, it's about what's hot now and will be forgotten when the next big thing cruises into our lives. That's pretty much the antithesis of the luxury accessories ethos.
Will the luxe companies like Hermes, Alexander McQueen, and Louis Vuitton be able to keep up? They are known for crafting timeless pieces, not trendy ones.
Do these brands want to embed a chip or technology into a bag only to have become obsolete in two years? Can it be replaced and updated? Or will cutting into the lining of the bag destroy the leather, so to speak? Moreover, does the owner give enough of a hoot to make the upgrades?
With Mezzi creating a smart bag with a GPS at a much more mid-level cost, it'll be time that tells us how effectively the luxe market will factor into the smart one. While this market begins to boom, we'll know soon enough, methinks.


Ladies' Day is the occasion when Prasanthi Nilayam gets the pristine touch of the Motherhood principle, as women from various parts of the globe gather to attend the festivity in Prasanthi Nilayam. Heralding the concept of Ideal Womanhood as propounded by Bhagawan Prasanthi is celebrating Ladies' Day today. It was in 1996, 18 years ago, Bhagawan declared the inception of Ladies' Day, to be celebrated on 19 November every year. Ever since this day has been a very special day in the Prasanthi Festive Calendar, with women from Sai fraternity around the globe celebrating the event with great devotional zeal.
This morning, the programme commenced at 0800 hrs. with Rudram chanting by the students from Anantapur campus. Anantapur Brass Band played some lifting tunes singing the glory Beloved Mother Sai, touching the hearts of one and all, evoking nostalgic memories of His days of physical presence. Invocatory Vedam followed before Ms Chetana Raju took over introducing the programme, briefly touching upon the inception and purport of Ladies' Day.
I search history in vain to find similar to Sri Sathya Sai or anything that can approach His Life. Neither history nor humanity nor ages nor nature offer me anything with which i am able to compare or explain. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is no ordinary man…Bhagawa Sri Sathya Sai Baba has established a Kingdom of Love with Love, echoed Ms Chetana Raju talking of the legend of Beloved Bhagawan. Briefing on the service projects being initiated by the Easwaramma Women's Welfare Trust, Ms Chetana Raju further introduced the ensuing programme for the session.
A panel discussion on the topic "Bhagawan's Teachings with reference to the Role of Woman" was the main programme in the morning.
Ms Neena Bordoloi, Alumnus of Anantapur Campus currently teaching English at the primary division of SSSHS School, Ms Priya Sridhar, Banker by profession, a singer and an active Balvikas Guru, Ms U Suma, Alumnus and Asst Professor, Dept of Commerce, Anantapur Campus of SSSIHL, Dr Ms Su Evans, Retired Professor in Educational Psychology, Ms Sheila Krishnan, Lawyer with HC of Karnataka and Ms Madhuri Naganand, Trustee of Easwaramma Women's Welfare Trust.
As a prelude to the panel discussion a Video featuring Divine discourses on yester year Ladies' days was shown. The panel discussion moderated by Ms Chetana Raju had three rounds of questions debating on the topics namely, the role of woman in the society today, the apparent conflict of role of woman in ancient times vs. the presnt time with the conflict between Motherhood and Career in focus, and as Sai devotees how women are able to balance their role in the society and professional life vs. spiritual life.
The panel discussion concluded reiterating the axiom given by Bhagawan, Hands in Society Head in the Forest…meaning, woman can engage in serving the society, without being retired to the forest, or confined to closed doors, while being equipoise in nature. The moderator concluded the discussion thanking the panel and the audience not before making a brief mention of Mother Sita, the epitome of ideal womanhood, Who taught the world to LIVE LIFE AUTHENTICALLY.
As part of the service initiatives by the Easwaramma Women's Welfare Trust, over 500 selected children from Puttaparthi and surrounding villages were honoured with special gifts along with 50 women who were given away special keys related to sanitation kits, as token of Love from Bhagawan.
Bhajans by Anantapur students continued and ended with Mangala Arathi at 1020 hrs. Prasadam was distributed to the entire assemblage.


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If you've seen a few fireplaces in Idaho, you've likely seen Oakley Stone. Beginning in the late 1940s the rock mined nearly Oakley, Idaho in the Albion Mountains became a popular building material for entryways, home veneers, and fireplaces. Geologists know it as micaceous quartzite or Idaho quartzite. Oakley Stone is a trade name.
Oakley stone is popular in the U.S., Canada, and even in Europe, because of its range of colors, from silver to gold and everything in between, but also because it is efficient. It can be split much thinner than competing rock from other quarries. A ton of Oakley Stone can cover 250 to 300 feet, while a ton of other stone veneers can cover 60 feet or less.
Oakley Stone was formed over the ages when layers of clay alternating with layers rich in quartz, compressed together. According to Terry Maley's book, Exploring Idaho Geology, the alternating quartz-rich layers were flattened by the pressure so that the porosity of the material was removed and the quartz grains formed an interlocking mosaic.
The quarries for the stone are about halfway up Middle Mountain where they can dig through a shallow layer of dirt to access the tilted layers of sedimentary rock. It's mostly hand work, chiseling along the front edge of the rock to break away plates as thin as a quarter inch and up to 4 inches thick. The plates can be as big as eight feet in diameter but are usually broken into much smaller pieces. Once on site, the stone is easy to work and shape.
Frank Lloyd Wright specified the stone for the interior and exterior of Teater's Knoll, near Hagerman. The home was built for artist Archie Teater and is the only one in Idaho designed for a particular site by the famous architect. The color photo, courtesy of Henry Whiting, shows Kent Hale's exterior rock work on the building. Whiting says that stone mason Kent Hale (pictured working on Teater's Knoll below) was the first to recognize the potential for Oakley Stone in the late 1940s.


People say that teens are the "future church", although that statement is true, at Starlight the teens are the church of today. The Titans of Starlight actively serve in every area and ministry of our church. In the Teen Department we strive to reach the spiritual, emotional, and social needs of each teen through our worship and activities.
We do this by incorporating teaching along with activities to meet these needs.


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Learn how our scientists made better materials for batteries with metal oxide and graphene, components that assemble on their own into durable nanocomposites. Select to View Video.
Last year, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and their collaborators at Princeton University published a paper in ACS Nano that has become one of the top cited articles of 2010. To celebrate the articles, the American Chemical Society asked authors to put together a video describing their work. Visit the SciVee TV website and learn how our scientists made better materials for batteries with metal oxide and graphene, components that assemble on their own into durable nanocomposites.
Acknowledgments: This is work is supported by the Transformational Materials Science Initiative, funded by the Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
The article was written by Donghai Wang, Rong Kou, Daiwon Choi, Zhenguo Yang, Zimin Nie, Juan Li, Laxmikant V. Saraf, Dehong Hu, Jiguang Zhang, Gordon L. Graff, and Jun Liu, and Princeton scientists Michael A. Pope and Ilhan A. Aksay. The transmission and scanning electron microscopy work was done in EMSL, a national scientific user facility at PNNL.
Reference: Wang D, R Kou, D Choi, Z Yang, Z Nie, J Li, LV Saraf, D Hu, J Zhang, GL Graff, J Liu, MA Pope and IA Aksay. 2010. "Ternary Self-Assembly of Ordered Metal Oxide-Graphene Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Energy Storage." ACS Nano 4(3), 1587-1595.


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Out in the Cold
A YOUNG MAN, spurned by his beloved, sets off on foot across a chilly winter landscape, exploring a range of volatile emotions as he surveys the countryside. Dogs bark at him as he halts by them; a cemetery casts an inviting spell. These are elements of Wilhelm Müller's "Die Winterreise," a cycle of poems set to music by Franz Schubert in 1828.
Tenor Ian Bostridge, a frequent "Winterreise" performer, combined personal impressions of the work with an insightful historical and philosophical overview in his book Schubert's Winter Journey, wherein he notes that it's "Odd ... perhaps, that we always give the cycle in a warm hall, that we never feel the cold or live in the silence of the snowy landscape. How often do the audience really imagine it? Should it be part of the recipe?"
We got the answers on Saturday, Feb. 11, when baritone Christopher Herbert gave a brilliant performance of "Winterreise" in Saratoga's Spa State Park – outdoors, in the snow, clad in duffel coat, boots, and watch cap.
A BEAUTIFULLY ACTED, cracklingly funny study of some of the indignities of dating had its world premiere at The REP last week, shrewdly melding two disparate demographics through a story that probably plays out in one form or another in many a family: the search for love after the death of a longtime partner.
Sol Katz (played with irascible cheerfulness by Barry Pearl) isn't so busy mourning his just-deceased wife that he hasn't time to ramp up a romance with bridge partner and longtime friend Edie (Cheryl Stern) – to the horror of his son David (Brian Sills), who deftly undermines the relationship.
Bob Morris, who has written often for the NY Times Sunday Styles section among many other publications, captured this autobiographical story in his memoir Assisted Loving; adapting it for the stage has given him the opportunity to broaden characterizations beyond the confines that memoir imposes, inviting us on a two-hour journey through some difficult and compelling character developments.
Happy Heifetz Birthday
THE FANTASTIC FOOLISHNESS of Groundhog Day has been worsened for me since my early teens, when I fell under the spell of violinist Jascha Heifetz and soon realized that my coevals didn't know who he was and had little interest in sharing my enthusiasm – and chattered each February 2 about a rodent in Pennsylvania.
Heifetz was born in Vilna, Lithuania, on this date in 1901 (some say 1900), studied in St. Petersburg with the renowned Leopold Auer, from whose school enough famous violinists emerged to prompt George Gershwin (a Heifetz friend) to write a song in 1921 titled "Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha," a tribute to the renown of Elman, Heifetz, Seidel, and Jacobsen. Heifetz made his American debut in 1917, became a citizen of this country soon thereafter, and concertized and recorded into his early 70s, when he decided he couldn't maintain his own high standards.
He shares a birthday with Fritz Kreisler, another extraordinary fiddler, but my household celebrates the Kreisler birthday on February 1. In lieu of cake, I offer a morceau by Mozart:


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Some players have been overrated by the fans. Some by the organization itself. Some were overhyped by people covering the team (whoops!).
We look at the five most overrated Sixers since the year 2000.
5. Elton Brand
It feels a little wrong to put Brand on this list, but the Sixers did offer the team's current GM a big-time contract. Injuries kept Brand from looking like the player that was selected first overall in 1999 and made two All-Star teams.
Before signing with the Sixers, Brand averaged 20.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks a game over nine seasons. Those numbers went down to 13.3, 7.4 and 1.3 during his first stint in Philly. While Brand played a key role, he never lived up to the hype of the "Philly max" deal he signed.
4. Nik Stauskas
Then-GM Sam Hinkie masterminded the trade that brought in Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, a first-round pick and the famous pick swap for peanuts. Stauskas was the eighth overall pick in 2014. It seemed like maybe he was just in a dysfunctional environment in Sacramento and perhaps the new surroundings would unlock his potential.
That never happened. Stauskas' elite shooting from college didn't translate to the NBA. At the beginning of his third season with the team, he was traded to the Nets along with Jahlil Okafor in what turned into a pure salary dump. Just 26 years old, Stauskas is currently out of the league and spent this season playing overseas.
3. Kenny Thomas
Thomas was a solid player in Houston and the trade the Sixers made to get him worked out well. The issue is that the team then locked him up with a seven-year, $50 million extension.
Thomas was fine. He averaged 12 points and 8.7 rebounds a game in parts of three seasons with the Sixers. It just wasn't a prudent move by then-GM Billy King to dole out a deal like that to an OK player. Thomas was part of the Chris Webber trade and then dealt with injuries in Sacramento before retiring in 2010 at the age of 32.
2. Michael Carter-Williams
When Carter-Williams won the Rookie of the Year award in 2014, many Sixers fans thought this would be the guy that brought the team out the other side of The Process. After nearly recording a quadruple-double in a stunning NBA debut, he averaged 16.7 points, 6.3 assists, 6.2 assists and 1.9 steals a game in his first season.
That's why so many fans were upset when Hinkie decided to trade Carter-Williams just 41 games into his second NBA season. Hinkie noticed the limitations sooner than most and took a generous offer from Milwaukee. Carter-Williams, now 28, has bounced around the league since, eventually finding a role as a reserve in Orlando.
1. Nerlens Noel
Before a torn ACL ended his freshman year at Kentucky, there was buzz that Noel could be the No. 1 overall pick in 2013. Instead he slipped to the New Orleans Hornets at No. 6. In a move that you could argue was the catalyst for The Process, All-Star guard Jrue Holiday was traded to New Orleans for the rights to Noel and a 2014 first-round pick.
While Noel showed glimpses of being the type of modern big teams covet with his ability to run rim to rim, the Sixers' frontcourt was far too crowded with Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor — an honorable mention since he wasn't overrated for very long — also in the fold.
Noel was traded to the Mavericks in a deal that has little to show for it. He's turned into an important reserve big for the surprising Thunder. He's still just 25 years old, so there's a chance he could still become more.
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Florida businessman convicted in $1B Medicare fraud case
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Philip Esformes arrives at the 15th Annual Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, on Friday, August 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP)
MIAMI (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Florida health care executive on 20 criminal counts in a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
Jurors reached the verdict Friday after four days of deliberating the fate of 50-year-old Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history.
The wealthy Miami Beach businessman operated a network of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in South Florida.
Jurors found him guilty of paying kickbacks and bribes to doctors and administrators so they would refer patients to his businesses. A former Ivy League basketball coach testified Esformes bribed him to get his son into school.
The jury could not decide whether Esformes was guilty of Medicare fraud conspiracy.
Esformes has been jailed since his 2016 arrest and faces a lengthy prison sentence.


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Autism research has been used to set up the first free employment profiling service to help more people on the autistic spectrum find meaningful work.
The employment profiling services aim to help employers make reasonable adjustments in the workplace so that employees on the autism spectrum can thrive in employment.
The services have been designed by a team of experts in autism and employment at the University of Portsmouth, led by Dr Beatriz López.
Dr López has won awards for the Autism Centre for Research on Employment (ACRE), which uses research to develop tools for employers and people on the autistic spectrum.
Only 16 per cent of adults on the spectrum are in full-time employment, compared to 47 per cent of people with other disabilities.
Dr López said: "Despite many efforts by the government and the third sector, employment rates in autism remain stubbornly low. Our goal is to enhance the job opportunities of people on the autism spectrum without, or with mild learning disabilities.
Dr Lopez's website also includes tools to help people on the autism spectrum to take control and learn how to find their ideal job.
This section includes preparing and looking for work, identifying values and strengths, and discussions on if, and when, to tell an employer you are on the spectrum.
The website also provides university students in the UK with tools to help them develop self-advocacy as they prepare to graduate and enter the world of work.
The profiling service is free under the University of Portsmouth's commitment to have a positive impact on the community.
The site is owned and managed by the University of Portsmouth, and is sponsored by Portsmouth City Council.
ACRE won first prize for outstanding adult services in the 2016 national Autism Professional Awards.


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ECU & NC State Agree to Possible December 1 Game
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ECU and NC State have agreed to play at noon on December 1, 2018, at Raleigh's Carter-Finley should either team not advance to their respective conference championship game, according to a joint announcement by both institution Tuesday.
According to WNCT, "While the Pirates and Wolfpack already had an agreement in place for meetings in 2019 and 2022 to renew a 29-game series dating back 1970, the two programs formally extended the deal with two more contest. ECU will return to Carter-Finley Stadium on Aug. 30, 2025, and Nc state will visit Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Sept 2, 2028."
ECU and Nc state each had an opening for a 12th regular season game following cancellations on September 15 due to Hurricane Florence. The storm continues to delay recovery efforts today.
Currently, ECU owns a 2-2 overall record (0-1 AAC/East Division) prior to Saturday's visit to Temple. NC State is 4-0 (1-0 ACC/ Atlantic Division) heading into Saturday's home game tilt vs. Boston College.
Football season ticket holders and Pirate Club members will receive information on how to purchase tickets through ECU's allotment when all details are finalized.
Source: WNCT
Written By: Fantasia Harvey