The Mollusca form one of the largest of the main divisions, or Phyla, of the Animal Kingdom, comprising over 60,000 living species. Fortunately but few need concern us from a medical or veterinary viewpoint. Up to the present not more than 60 species have been incriminated or even merely suspected as hosts of worm diseases. The difficulty, however, is to recognize these few species among the hundreds of others that are entirely harmless.
It does not appear feasible to present an account of molluscan intermediary hosts that might enable the layman or amateur to correctly name any species found to harbor the larval stages of a pathogenic worm. The greatest possible exactness, of course, must be reached in the identification of the host, if this information is to be of practical value. In the following notes, my main purpose is to convey to parasitologists a general idea of the classification, distribution, and habits of the mollusks they may have to deal with.


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More than just music!!
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Over the years Dave has learnt to play various types of musical instrument starting with a recorder aged 5, progressing on to a synthesisers in his early teens; and then an organ, where he played regularly at a church in West Germany.
Now, using the latest computer music software, Dave produces an array of music spanning many genres.
Dave not only makes music for his pleasure. He has had it included in a number of projects that he has been involved in at Keylink Studios, Merseyside.
His music has appeared on CD:K, a monthly audio magazine for school pupils aged 11 to 19 years old, produced between 2000 and 2003. The CD:K project at the time, was funded by the Children's Local Network and Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chest.
In 2003, Dave worked with an aspiring young film producer whom created a short sci-fi drama and required backing music to accompany the drama. Dave produced a number of chilling and heart stopping songs, used within the production.
The drama 'Demon Squirrels' was then later commissioned and screened by Channel 4 (A U.K. TV Company).
Other work has included writing backing music for productions that have been broadcast on the 'Tonight' Programme of KCR 106.7 fm. Also, Dave has had the chance to broadcast his music on In-Shops Radio based in Kirby, Liverpool, Merseyside and on road shows with Keylink Studios engineering 'Live' outside broadcasts for Barclay's Bank, Liverpool and Knowsley City Councils, Kelly's Dance School and Asda.
As a member of Keylink Studios Radio Production Team, Dave has also engineered and in some cases written and produced programmes, of which have included commercials, radio plays/sketches, reading the news; and researching/carrying out interviews. He has also taught Primary, Secondary and socially excluded school pupils, as well as disadvantaged children in Radio Production Research and Broadcasting, many of whom have gone on to work within the Broadcast Industry. Dave has also been involved in the production of Knowsley's 'Village Times', an audio magazine for the blind and partially sighted, by writing, narrating and engineering articles.
In early 2007, 'Deadair Productions' (dp) was launched, producing music videos initially to accompany Dave's music.
dp then branched out to the general public producing promotional material; and other video projects. Widening the Fazakstudios.co.uk website (At the time, Dave's main Music, TV and Radio projects website), a forum was added for guests, regular visitors; and clients to view additional info and material not featured on the Fazakstudios website.
In late 2007, Dave joined the Para-Para Network, producing music for the Japanese music scene.
2008 brought new challenges with remixes and productions for the Para-Para Network.
Working with producer Carl Noblet of Source One, Dave's song 'Pulsar' was given a 2008 touch of magic and remixed into a stomping track. The success of this remix and collaboration attracted the interest of UK Record Label '44Records' whom released the track in late August.
Dave didn't stop there; and went on to produce 'Digg This!' featuring 3 variations 'Trapara, Dance Mix and Air Mix'. Again, 44Records took interest in this track and have once more released it on their label in February 2009, using the new artist name 'Daveros'. This change in artist name didn't come by choice, but has been accepted; and as such new branding has been added to the Fazakstudios website, Logos and merchandise stores.
July 2009 saw the release of 'Daveros - Energize' featuring 3 tracks: Radio edit, original mix and hyper mix. Released by Fazakstudios.co.uk on the 'Deadair Productions' Label.
September 2009 opened a new chapter for Fazakstudios.co.uk the original website set-up in 2000 to showcase Dave's projects. First of all it saw the release of 'Daveros - Rock to the Rhythm'. Featuring 4 tracks (Radio edit, Original mix, Vocal mix and Hyper Mix), released under the Fazakstudios label (Deadair Productions). Next, came the announcement to alter the entire Fazakstudios website! Instead of focusing solely on Dave's music/projects, it was decided that the website and forums be made into a community music website for signed and unsigned artists/bands, remixers, producers, solo vocalists, rap artists, dancers, etc. For this reason, Deadairdave.co.uk was born!
As Dave already has a website dedicated to his music projects, it was thought that it be best to keep Fazakstudios as the main community site and provide a link between the two sites.
After a long break over the Holiday Season, February 2010 saw the next release 'Daveros - Stratosphere.' Initially released with two versions - 'Dance Mix' and 'Urban Remix' - these tracks fit under the Euro-Trance genre.
April 2010 saw the next release with 'Daveros - What do you...?? (Vocal Mix)' another Euro-Dance track.
In May 2010, remixers' Source One and Xtatica requested if they could remix 'Stratosphere.'
Source One's track went on to be released in July 2010.
June 2011. After a long break from music production to pursue other interests, Dave has begun production of tracks from the RnB genre.
Dave 1st produced RnB back in early 2000.
Working towards an album; and other producers, info regarding these tracks shall be made nearer the time.
July 2011 Dave's latest track, 'Daveros - You're Not Alone' featuring two versions, one by Dave, the other by remixer, 'Source One.' Dave's version falls under the Scouse-house genre, whilst SO's Remix is a Hard Trance release. In addition to this, is another track 'Daveros - Bring That Beat Back!' Originally written in 2004, this track has been given a major 2011 update; and is expected to tear up the dance floor! These tracks shall be hitting the download stores in October/November 2011, so stay tuned to the main site for more info!!
September 2012. Dave launches a selection of old and new tracks on Soundcloud.com integrating them within the 'releases' section of both Fazakstudios.co.uk and Deadairdave.co.uk.
As a final release of 2012, 'Daveros - NYE' a trance/dance anthem is released for December.
2013........5 months into the New Year and Dave releases 'X-Dance' a fast paced dance/trance track, followed shortly after by 'Neutronium' a powerful trance track with plenty of his usual synth and piano sequences.
Then with love on his mind, Dave switched from his usual trance/dance genre to something more down-tempo. Featuring the lush Vocals of singer/songwriter Danny Claire, known from hit tracks like 'Test Drive' with Michael Angelo and 'Remember' with Ion Blue, Dave produced 'Somewhere,' 'Set You Free;' and 'Today.'
Sticking with the down-tempo genre, Dave then went on to produce 'Dreams' featuring Adam Somers. Adam has many years experience and great success in the vocal scene and has featured on many tracks, including writing and performing a large number of his own tracks.
The first track to hit the download stores in June 2013, was 'Daveros - XdC' a hard trance song, all instrumental and featuring two unique versions. As part of this Global release via distribution company 'Dittomusic.com' Dave has setup a new record label called 'A1R Records.' 'Deadair Productions' will now solely be used for video and radio projects, both past and present.
'Daveros - XdC' has been release on iTunes, TrackitDown, Amazon, Rhapsody, 7Digital, Spotify, Sony Qriocity, iHeart Radio (Streams on mobiles and games consoles - PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox Live), AT&T, Nokia, Beatport, Juno, WiMPand 24/7 Entertainment.
At the beginning of August 2013, whilst listening to sets from Ibiza streamed via video music website Be-At.TV Dave came to enjoy the genre known as 'Dirty Electro'. With ideas of his own; and a lot of experimenting using his favourite DAW FL Studio, he came up with several new tracks; and continues for the month of August to produce many more!!
All these tracks are available to stream via Soundcloud; and on rotation via the main Fazakstudios and Deadairdave websites.
2014 featured a massive number of new EDM and Electro House tracks, from the downright bizarre of what happens when you mix a load of different sounds together, to the full-on Ibiza style EDM releases. The 'Daveros' tracks to hear and stream on Soundcloud for 2014 were: 'Timeless Energy', 'Night Life', 'Electronic Abyss', 'Party Like A Raver!', 'Falling', 'Angel', 'On My Way (Feat. Danny Claire)', 'Paradise', 'Nightlights'; and 'Bounce'.
2015, saw the remix of an old tune 'Daveros - Energize (A1R Remix)'. Dave has writen many tracks over the years, many he has never released; and sit in a dusty cupboard on several CDR's. For this reason, this year will see Dave remixing those tracks into modern day Trance, Dance and EDM songs. Like many other artists, the best bits of a track stand out, but get shelved, but the ideas for the rest of the song don't get completed, so that is the goal between now and August. To tinker with the old; and bring them to life!! In addition to 'Energize', another remix of 'Feel The Beat (A1R Mix)' was release in January. A full on foot stomper of a track.
March saw the release of 'Space Pulse', 'Return To Ibiza'; and 'Sliced & Diced'. These three new tracks, built from scratch, took Dave from the Electro path; and swung him right into the EDM genre!
April, has been a very busy month!! 'Gridlock' came 1st; and rose from playing around with a synth that made the sound similar to a car horn. The sound was eventually changed, to a cleaner synth, but the concept was kept and a great EDM/Dance song was produced.
Next came EDM/Ibiza-styled 'Movin' Groovin', available to buy or stream via the following services:
iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, 7Digital, Deezer, eMusic, GooglePlay, Rdio, Medianet, Rhaspody, Symfy, Slacker, Shazam; and JB Hi-Fi (An Australian Streaming/Radio service).
So, whilst we wait for the release of 'Movin' Groovin', Dave continued with his productions and uploaded dance number 'Hydrus' to Soundcloud as his next track. Following straight on came a Hardcore track, one that had been started over a year ago - 'Nocturnal Wonderland'. No sooner than Dave finished the track and shared it with fellow musicians to hear on Facebook, did the request from an old friend and fellow producer Gert James from South Africa come in to remix the track. Under his artist name of 'Pagoda', Gert set to work on remixing the original and showing that he still is high in his game at producing outstanding music!! Although less than a day after releasing his version 'Daveros - Nocturnal Wonderland (Pagoda's Creeps Come Out Remix)' did the response that he was working on a new remix, one with vocals!! Safe to say it has definately knocked the original version right out of the water, across land; and into the unknown, as by far this new remix by Gert is the Holy Grail of remixes! This new version 'Daveros - Nocturnal Wonderland (Pagoda's Light of the Night Remix)' will put anyone that has ever had the joys to attend an EDM/EDC/Q-Dance event, right there, right when the voice-over artist starts to talk at the beginning of the track and put you in the mood to get off the grass and party hard. This is what Gert has managed to achieved and I thank him greatly for it!!
So, what's next?? Well, the plan was to produce an album to be released around June/July 2015. That meant holding on to several tracks and then the bigger thought, "What about the remixes, what does one do with all of those?" So, that idea has been scrapped and now I'm on a mission, to release one track every week from the beginning of June right through till the end of August! A mammoth task you might think, but I write music non-stop, several of which I put aside and thought, "I'll return to these later." 5 years later in some cases!! As anyone who has come to know my style, I like anything with synths, pads, guitars and pianos. I like to merge all 4 into pretty much every track, be it a classical track, dance, trance or EDM, so as I pick up old projects and rip them apart with new ideas, these then become the weekly releases.
Not all shall be going on sale though, I still like to release many free tracks via Soundcloud (along with previews of release tracks); and other music streaming services. But, every now and then, I like to share my music on every Global media service available; and the only way to do that is to distribute it via online stores. There shall be a few freebies over the next coming months, available on Soundcloud; and I'm more than happy to have remix artists' show me their talents at re-mixing the tracks. If anyone wishes to do so, drop a request either on Facebook, Twitter or via the 'Contact' section of this website.
2016. Like every year, I take a short break from the Christmas holidays until April, then start releasing music again. For those that visit my Soundcloud page, I have my 1st new track of the year "Daveros - Burst On Fire." This can be streamed via the 'Releases' section.
Out now, all tracks below are available to stream/download from all digital services, with a preview available in the 'Releases' Section:
"Daveros - Just Be Mine." "Daveros - Without Your Love." "Daveros - City Lights." And "Daveros - New Day/New Day (Air Remix)." 'New Day' is dedicated to a good friend, work colleague and follower of my music, Adam Birkett.
The next release is "Daveros - I Want To Dance/I Want To Dance (EDM Mix)." It's not often that I write/produce tracks about people I know, but this is the 2nd track ("Just Be Mine" being the 1st) dedicated to someone that shall have a special place in my heart, always. Unlike with Adam's initials appearing in the 'O' of my artist name, I'm keeping this person's name a secret, albeit she is identified by the altered colours of the 'real' emerald in my name.
Thanks for your continued support.
Daveros.
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The Laurel Oak Inn is a beautifully restored 1885 Queen Anne Victorian located in the heart of the Historic Bed and Breakfast District in Gainesville, Florida. We are known for providing Southern Hospitality with an East Coast Flair. As guests of the Laurel Oak Inn we hope you receive a warm welcome and enjoy the comforts of our home.
We serve a wonderfully prepared breakfast every morning at 8:30 AM and gladly provide accommodations tailored to meet the needs of business travelers. Given advance notice, we are happy to accommodate work-week breakfast as early as 7:00 AM. Continental breakfast choices are also available, upon request.


An Giang border is "hot' with drug crimes Difficult to overcome 'yellow card' Besides automobiles, what kinds of goods does Vietnam import from Thailand?
Recently, Customs force in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (BR-VT) continuously detects smuggling cases in Tan Cang - Cai Mep area with many sophisticated methods.
The Anti-Smuggling Enforcement Unit in the North (team 1 – Anti-smuggling Department has seized 309 kg of ivory which was transported by air.


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Chapters, Habitat
Boulder Creek gets massive makeover for fish habitat
Boulder Daily Camera By Laura Snider (Contact) Tuesday, April 28, 2009
BOULDER, Colo. — As David Blauch stepped closer to the creek, he saw a couple of shadows dart under the eave of a big rock.
"That's exactly what you want," he said, pointing to the trout he'd just frightened into the shadows.
The massive rock now sitting in Boulder Creek, parting the frigid waters and creating an eddy of still water where a trout can hide, is new to the stream. Just a week ago, this section of the creek near the top of Boulder Canyon ran wide and shallow, with uniform ripples stretching for a half mile with barely a boulder in sight.
"All the larger rocks are placed to increase habitat," said Blauch, vice president and senior ecologist for Ecological Resource Consultants in Boulder.
The $234,000 restoration project is the result of three years of hard work by Boulder Flycasters, the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, to create a fish-friendly section of stream with stable banks, better recreational access and environmental education opportunities.
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As has become almost expected with Amma's annual visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico, the area was met with uncharacteristic rainfall up Amma's arrival, showering the earth and blessing Santa Fe. According to the Tewa tradition, rain is seen as a beautiful gift from the ancestors, signifying life and divine grace. This was a special phenomenon that echoed the connection between Amma and the Tewa Dancers of the North, who graciously honoured Amma with a special Deer Dance during the first day of programs. The group is from Ohkay Owingeh, known as the "Place of the Strong People," and is one of the 19 Pueblo tribes indigenous to northern New Mexico.
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Q: Expand number of dataframe rows based on sample count values I have a pandas dataframe with a column for each day of the week, and a column that counts the occurrences of some event:
# initialize data of lists.
data = {'Day': ['M', 'T', 'W', 'Th', 'F', 'Sa', 'Su'],
        'Count': [1, 0, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2]}

# Create DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
print(df)

outputs:
  Day  Count
0   M      1
1   T      0
2   W      3
3  Th      1
4   F      2
5  Sa      4
6  Su      2

I want to create a Series where the number of rows is equal to the sum of the count column above. The series will have one row for every instance an event took place during a given day. So if an event took place 3 times on Wednesday and 1 time on Thursday, there would be 3 W rows and 1 Th row. This is my desired output:
   Day
0    M
1    W
2    W
3    W
4   Th
5    F
6    F
7   Sa
8   Sa
9   Sa
10  Sa
11  Su
12  Su

How can I achieve this?

A: Do with reindex
out = df.reindex(df.index.repeat(df['Count']))
Out[967]:
  Day  Count
0   M      1
2   W      3
2   W      3
2   W      3
3  Th      1
4   F      2
4   F      2
5  Sa      4
5  Sa      4
5  Sa      4
5  Sa      4
6  Su      2
6  Su      2

A: Here is a way to do this kind of transformation by using pandas.DataFrame.explode :
out = (df.assign(Count=df['Count'].apply(lambda x: range(1, x+1)))
       .explode('Count', ignore_index=False).dropna()).reset_index()['Day'].to_frame()

>>> print(out)

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Instead of our photo group meeting today at 1 p.m. in the Elfrida Library it was determined a week ago to meet later in the afternoon around 4 at Cochise Counties WHITEWATER DRAW. This is a short 20 minute drive from where we are & only a mile west of the Ranch where we have spent some time the past couple years ranch sitting.
I arrived at the Whitewater draw early & everyone was already there so we headed out along one of the berms to a viewing platform. Had a stiff breeze blowing but at least it wasn't a cold stiff breeze. Some of the group moved to a second viewing area but fellow member Ray & I stayed put. I just head to much equipment to pack up for a second move.
It was just nice being out with some folks with similar nature photography interests for change & I enjoyed that. No doubt I should get off my duff & do more things along those lines.
Finished my, 'When All Roads Led To Tombstone' book today. Another in a series of great reads about the history here in Arizona's Cochise County & surrounding areas. I feel somewhat enlightened & for sure better educated about life in these parts back in the late 1800's.
The last few chapters in this book are dedicated to what really happened in Tombstone on October 26th 1881. It is the eyewitness accounts & trial testimonies of first hand witnesses to the shooting that occurred at Tombstone's OK Corral. The gunfight was witnessed by townsfolk & their accounts, word for word, are recorded. The testimonies of Wyatt & Virgil Earp were also recorded at a Magistrates hearing between Oct. 31rst & October 29th. On December 1rst Magistrate Wells Spicer handed down his verdict about the shooting deaths of Tom & Frank McLowry & Billy Clanton. The 4 people charged in that shooting were brothers Morgan, Virgil & Wyatt Earp, along with John 'Doc' Holliday. The final words of the last paragraph in the Judge's verdict reads…."There being no sufficient cause to believe the within named," Wyatt S. Earp & John H. Holliday, guilty of the offense mentioned within," I order them to be released." Wells Spicer…Magistrate.
GROANER'S CORNER:(( And, did you know a cigarette can be accurately defined as a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool on the other. Divorce of course is sometimes thought of as the future tense of marriage and a lecture is often the art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either." Oh, & should a conference be convened it could be said that it is the confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
I enjoy looking at all of your photos.
Thanks for the comment it made me smile. I am hoping to be traveling near other RV'ers and will have to learn to ask for help if I need it. I don't think I will be boondocking alone until I get used to everything.
The pictures you got of the cranes were fine. If I like the subject, I usually like the picture!
In Israel they do a lot of damage in the fields,so now they are feeded and stay at one location.
You caption "FLOCKS UPON FLOCKS OF SAND HILL CRANES" could be changed to "SEDGE UPON SEDGE OF SAND HILL CRANES".
Almost all animal/bird groups have a particular nomenclature both scientific and common. A group of cranes is a sedge of cranes. Great trivia answer!
One of these days we have got to go out to Whitewater Draw--sandhills are all around us in the summer and I love to hear their call and see those prehistoric looking critters take flight!
that was a ton of sandhill cranes!..too bad they didn't come in for their close up!..don't they know you are trying to write a blog and post their pictures so they can be famous!!..geesh!!
For a minute there, I thought I'd stumbled across Judy and Emmi's 'Bird Blog'!! Great photos of all those cranes!
Hey I'm gonna use that trivia "sedge of cranes" and try to impress Judy!
Great pics and what a wonderful outting-glad you got off your duff!I should be so inspired.
Thanks Professor Al for the great slice of history in Tombstone..loved it..Loved your Sandhill Crane sedges, flocks, herds, gaggles..whatever...A Gazillion of 'em!!


Nearly every job seeker I coach is uncomfortable with job interviewing. This is not surprising. Many questions are confusing for literal-minded individuals with Asperger's Syndrome or Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD). Neurotypical interviewers presume that job seekers will infer that "Where do you want to be in five years?" is a question about ambition, not geography.
Additionally, job candidates are evaluated on their technical skills and their ability to work within a group. A job seeker might be asked to describe a time when he dealt with a conflict, or when he demonstrated leadership. These so-called behavioral questions are based on the premise that a person's past actions predict his future actions. A spectrumite or NLDer probably has great difficulty managing conflict, and little or no leadership experience.
There is no shortage of books and Web sites that explain how to prepare for interviews. However, these resources are created by and for neurotypicals. If you are like my clients, you need help to apply the information to your particular situation. Here are my five best interviewing tips, based on the common concerns of my clients.
#1: Make the right first impression. An interviewer begins forming an impression of you the first time you meet. It is important to greet this person in a confident, professional manner. There are four steps to a business greeting. One is making eye contact to establish a connection with the interviewer. Two is smiling to convey friendliness and enthusiasm. Three is a firm handshake to communicate confidence. And four is a professional greeting ("Hello, my name is Jill Johnson. It's a pleasure to meet you").
First impressions are powerful, and hard to change. Practice your greeting with someone you trust until you feel comfortable.
#2: Prepare responses based on the context of an interview. When taken literally (out of context), many interview questions seem to be vague and confusing. In a social situation, "tell me about yourself" is an invitation to share personal information, perhaps about where you grew up or your hobbies. However, within the context of a job interview, it means to summarize how your skills and experience match the employer's need.
You may also need to prepare answers based on the context of the job. Interview questions for a customer service position will emphasize interpersonal skills, such as the ability to resolve customer complaints. Questions for a software programming job will focus more on technical knowledge and problem solving ability.
#3: Practice your responses out loud. There is a huge difference between thinking about how you will answer a question and actually speaking your response. Two things typically happen to my clients who practice interviewing out loud. Some discover that their answers are too brief, and don't communicate their relevant abilities. Others realize that they confuse interviewers with long, rambling responses.
If you have been on 5 or more interviews without receiving a job offer, you probably need to work on these skills. Find someone knowledgeable to help you. Consider videotaping one of your practice sessions to see how you come across on interviews.
#5: Express your interest, even when you're not sure you want the job. Unless you are absolutely certain that a position is a poor match, your goal should be a job offer. If you say during an initial interview that you are uncertain and want to think about the job, the interviewer will move on to other candidates. Instead, express enthusiasm: "This job sounds like an excellent fit for my skills. What are the next steps in the interview process?" You can always decline an offer later on.


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BARCELONA, November 1936 by Cyril Connolly
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Cyril Connolly (1903-1974)
Cyril Connolly (1903-74) was a prominent British writer, editor, well known in particular for his book reviews. His biographer Jeremy Lewis described him as "Precociously brilliant in his youth, haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romantic yearning to recover a lost Eden." He was a schoolmate, from their earliest days, and friend of George Orwell, of whom he remarked: "He reduced everything to politics; he was also unalterably of the Left. His line may have been unpopular or unfashionable, but he followed it unhesitatingly; in fact it was an obsession. He could not blow his nose without moralising on conditions in the handkerchief industry." Connolly himself is famous for his dictum addressed to would-be literary types: "Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." And reviewing for Harold Evans's Sunday Times Miguel Garcia's book Franco's Prisoner (1972), his comradely words for the veterans, alive and fallen, of thirty years of anarchist resistance to fascism in Spain far surpassed in commitment any of the liberalistic phrase-mongering appearing in what passed for the mainstream anarchist press in Britain at the time.
THE FIRST THING ONE NOTICES ABOUT GOING TO BARCELONA is the peculiar meaningful handshakes of one's friends. Accompanied though they are by some such phrase as "I wish I were going too," one cannot avoid detecting in the farewell a moment of undertaker heartiness, of mortuary appraisal. In the early morning among the lagoons, the brown landscape and rainy sky of Languedoc, one begins to share it, only at the Spanish frontier does it completely disappear. As a rule, the change from Cerberé to Port Bou is one from gaiety and comfort to gloom and emptiness; to-day it is the Spanish end which is alive. The first thing one notices is the posters, extremely competent propaganda, of which that of a peasant's rope-soled foot descending on a cracked swastika in a cobbled street is the most dramatic. The frontier is guarded by cultivated German and Italian anti-Fascists, and one begins at once those discussions on political ideology, which are such a feature of present-day republican Spain. "You journalists are the worst enemies of a revolution," explained the Italian, "you all come here with letters like yours; then you go back and write Right-wing propaganda about us." "Why can't you admit that England is not prepared to help any democracy until its rearmament is carried out, when it will be too late?" said the other. Down in the little harbour the militiamen, in their blue uniforms and forage caps, were fishing with bits of starfish. The sombre Spanish train had been painted all along the carriages with crude pictures of troops departing and with harvests being gathered. As it drew out into the autumn sunshine one first became conscious of the extraordinary mixture of patriotic war-fever and revolutionary faith, and of that absolutely new and all-pervading sense of moral elevation which since the revolution is the most dominating note in Catalonia. For here one never says "since the military rebellion," "since the Fascist revolt," but simply "since the Revolution" or "since the 19th of July." At the end of the train were two carriages of Anarchist troops, mostly under twenty, who waved their black and red banners, pointed their rifles at one, and in return for some cigarettes burst into a shout which was taken up all down the train of "Viva la Revolución."
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Anarchists in La Cerdanya — SEGUNDO JODRA GIL (1907-1943) by Antonio Gascón/ Agustin Guillamón. Translated by Paul Sharkey
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Puigcerdà,1939: Retreating Republican forces destroy Puigcerdà's arsenal
Segundo Jodra Gil, unmarried carpenter and CNT member, was born in 1907 in Pálmaces de Jadraque (Guadalajara). In October 1934, he was briefly jailed in Puigcerdá, together with Antonio Martín. He was acquitted of the charge of killing a policeman. In 1936, he was appointed Economy sub-delegate for the Cerdanya by the Generalidad government and was actively involved in the running of the Puigcerdá People's Co-operative, a leading libertarian experiment in the Cerdanya. After the war ended, he was arrested in 1942 and shot in Gerona cemetery on 12 July 1943.
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THE REVOLUTION ENDED IN MAY A film by Mikel Muñoz
Posted on December 20, 2017 at 4:26 pm. Written by Christie
'The revolution ended in May', Mikel Muñoz's 2015 film (Spanish with French subtitles) on the five days of infamy and treachery that ended Spain's social revolution. In the Spring of 1937, with the anti-fascist war at its peak, the pro-Stalinist 'socialists' of the PSOE, led by Finance Minister Juan Negrín, the communist-led PSUC (The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia) led by Juan Comorera, supported by right wing nationalists of the Estat Català, moved against the power bases of the anarcho-syndicalist workers' militias in Catalonia, starting on April 25 with the customs post at Puigcerdá on the French border, and culminating in the attempted seizure of the Barcelona Telephone Exchange. The latter action and the call for the CNT employees defending the building and adjoining barrio barricades to abandon their positions and give up their arms was endorsed by the infamous 'notables' of the higher committees of the CNT, particularly anarchist ministers Federica Montseny and Juan Garcia Oliver, and CNT National Secretary Mariano T. Vazquez. The following account of the 'Events of May' is from 'Building Utopia'.
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Mariano R. Vázquez ('Marianet') — a pen portrait by 'Farquhar McHarg'
Posted on October 2, 2017 at 1:03 pm. Written by Christie
Mariano R. Vázquez (1909-1939)
November 1936: "Farquhar was adamant that things began going badly wrong in 1936 with the vertiginous rise to power of Mariano R. Vázquez . 'Marianet', as he was known, was the protégé of the CNT's collaborationist secretary-general, Horacio Martínez Prieto, and Juan García Oliver —first to the position of regional secretary of the Catalan CNT then, in November 1936, to the post of secretary-general of the CNT National Committee…
"According to Farquhar, it was Marianet who — largely single-handedly, but ably assisted by Montseny, Esgleas and others who should have known better — began suffocating the revolutionary process with his bureaucratic and cowardly deference to the Catalan and Madrid governments, and to the British and French consuls in Barcelona by ensuring that the CNT did not socialise those countries' important commercial interests in Catalonia. Tragically, the majority of the membership acquiesced to this, by allowing the CNT-FAI street patrols to be replaced first by the Central Committee of Anti-Fascist Militias, then by security forces answerable only to the Generalidad Defence Council…
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ANARCOSINDICALISMO Y REVOLUCIÓN EN ESPAÑA 1930-1937 por John Brademas. Prefacio de Pedro García-Guirao — eBook £1.50 (see eBookshelf)
Posted on June 17, 2017 at 5:33 pm. Written by Christie
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El historiador y político norteamericano John Brademas (1927 – 2016), que se graduó en la Universidad de Harvard y se doctoró en la de Oxford, era desde 1959 miembro demócrata de la Cámara de Representantes del Congreso de su país. A pesar de la importancia de los grupos revolucionarios, en general, y del anarquismo, en particular, no abundan los estudios valiosos dedicados al tema. En tanto que la obra de Stanley Payne, La revolución española intenta presentar una óptica de conjunto, la de Brademas analiza concretamente el anarcosindicalismo español durante el período 1930-1937.
A lo largo de su estudio John Brademas mostró la evolución del más poderoso movimiento anarcosindicalista del mundo, la CNT, y sus relaciones con la UGT y la FAI. El libro comienza con un 'análisis del tema "conspiración y colaboración bajo el régimen de Primo de Rivera", sigue con la etapa inicial de la República y las huelgas de la Telefónica y del puerto de Barcelona; la declaración de los treinta; la sublevación del alto Llobregat y la consiguiente escisión de la CNT; la sublevación anarquista de enero de 1933; la Alianza Obrera; la revolución de octubre de 1934; y la formación y la efímera trayectoria del Frente formación de las milicias y de sus comités; la justicia revolucionaria; la organización económica de la revolución (las colectivizaciones en la industria, las colectividades agrícolas, etc.) y la participación de ministros anarquistas en el Consejo de la Generalidad y en el gobierno de la Republica. El libro concluye con los sucesos de mayo de 1937 en Barcelona, que, entre otras cosas, significaron pare el anarquismo la pérdida de su predominio político en el campo republicano.
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I find it almost impossible to be around paper, canvas, or any acceptable surface without drawing something. Art was always a fun and relaxing way for me to pass the time. I never imagined that I would go to college for art and be working towards a profession in it. The more I create, the more inspired I am to keep going and finish more paintings.
My inspiration comes from the world around me and the dreams I have. Vivid dreams have always fueled my art and given inspiration to explore new ideas. Growing up I could never focus long enough on schoolwork to complete it in time and often my homework and papers were cluttered with doodles. Even as I grew older and went to college I found my incessant doodling only became worse. I would sit down with paper to take notes and disappear into a daydream only to snap back to reality to realize I hadn't heard a word but created a decent drawing.
These days I encourage the daydreams and allow myself to draw whatever comes to mind. These drawings are then put together and made into paintings. While I love drawing I find painting to be the best outlet to drain my imagination out through a brush.
Art is the doorway into the imagination of the artist and seeing through their eyes. Style and execution of those images is a culmination of thousands of hours of study and practice. Art is not always a person's talent, rather it's their dedication, drive, and hard work. Being an artist isn't just inspiring people but continually being inspired by the world around you.


Brooke and her brother, Abel, are traveling on a space rocket to find a new planet to live on! But when the captain seems to have lost his way, where do they end up? Adventure awaits young readers as they travel through space with delightful illustrations and lively text.


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Chiasmal optic neuritis: A report of three cases
Shih-Yun Lee, An-Guor Wang, May-Yung Yen
Chiasmal optic neuritis (ON), a rare condition that affects the optic chiasm, is mostly associated with inflammatory demyelinating disorders and may be the initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we reported three cases of MS with chiasmal optic neuritis. The clinical manifestations, neuro-imaging results, and visual prognosis were evaluated in each patient. Routine eye examinations and auxiliary examinations, including Ishihara color plate, determination of the visual field (VF), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the optic nerve and chiasm, were performed. All patients presented with reduced VA and VF defects. The abnormal enhancement of the optic chiasm was clearly demonstrated on MRI. Two patients recovered after the systemic administration of steroids, but the other patient only partially recovered. In conclusion, although it is rare, chiasmal ON should be considered in patients who develop bitemporal hemianopia. MRI is the modality of choice for accurate diagnosis. Early diagnosis and proper treatment are mandatory for the restoration of restore visual function.
Association of IL-4 gene polymorphism and age-related macular degeneration in Taiwanese adults
Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Luo-Ping Ger, Ni-Wen Kuo, Ni-Chun Liu, Tsung-Tien Wu, Muh-Chiou Lin
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether interleukin (IL)-4 genetic variants are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods: The genotyping of IL-4 -590 and intron 3 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) was conducted for 171 patients with AMD and 134 controls by using TagMan and polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assays. Results: There was no difference in distribution of age, sex, body mass index, and status of systemic disease between AMD patients and healthy controls. Significantly, more patients were current smokers in the AMD group compared with the controls (p = 0.038). The genotypes of IL-4 -590 and intron 3 VNTR were associated with the risk of AMD in our results. In the stratification analysis, both IL-4 -590 allelic type and smoking status were independently associated with AMD. No interactions between allelic type and smoking were found to contribute to risk of AMD. The mean AMD score was significantly higher in carriers with IL-4 -590 T/T or T/C genotypes compared with those with C/C. Conclusions: Our results support the hypothesis that polymorphisms of IL-4 -590 and intron 3 VNTR might be a genetic marker for the development of AMD.
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Comparison of visual outcomes after epiretinal membrane surgery
Lan-Hsin Chuang, Nan-Kai Wang, Yen-Po Chen, Yih-Shiou Hwang, Kuan-Jen Chen, Ling Yeung, Wei-Chi Wu, Tun-Lu Chen, Chi-Chun Lai
Purpose: To elucidate the anatomical and visual outcomes of patients with idiopathic epiretinal membranes (ERM) who underwent vitrectomy, membrane removal only, or with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling under the assistance of different dyes. Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients with idiopathic ERM who received surgical treatment between January 2004 and December 2009. The patients were grouped according to the usage of staining materials assisting ILM peeling. Group 1 consisted of 61 eyes that underwent conventional vitrectomy and ERM peeling without staining-assisted ILM peeling. Group 2 consisted of 20 eyes with triamcinolone acetonide-assisted ILM peeling following conventional vitrectomy. Group 3 consisted of 23 eyes with indocyanine green-assisted ILM peeling following conventional vitrectomy. Results: This study included 104 eyes from 104 patients. There was no significant difference in age, sex, preoperative visual acuity, retinal thickness or follow-up duration among the three groups. Overall, the mean best-corrected visual acuity improved significantly from baseline 0.15 to postoperative 0.41 (p < 0.0001). Among the three groups, the mean logarithm minimum angle of resolution acuity markedly improved. There was no significant difference in postoperative visual acuity among groups. As measured by ocular coherent tomography, the mean central foveal thickness decreased from 465.21 ± 86.18 to 299.16 ± 70.14 mm. Although there was no difference between groups, postoperative retinal thickness was thicker than that observed in the normal population. The incidence of recurrent ERM was 13.1% in Group 1 and 0% in Groups 2 and 3; this incidence was significantly higher than in the conventional surgery group. Visual outcome was statistically more deteriorated in recurrent cases than in nonrecurrent cases (p = 0.011). Conclusions: ERM surgeries with or without dye-assisted ILM peeling showed similar results. Moreover, the incidence of recurrence is lower in the ILM peeling groups and plays a primary role in determining the final postoperative vision outcome.
Incidence, risk factors, and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity among very low birth body weight infants
Yu-Shu Liu, Ta-Ching Chen, Chang-Hao Yang, Chung-May Yang, Jen-Shang Huang, Tzyy-Chang Ho, Muh-Shy Chen
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the incidence, risk factors, and treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) among very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Methods: This work is a retrospective, observational analysis of all VLBW infants managed at National Taiwan University Hospital from 2002 to 2005. Results: The chart data of 96 VLBW infants were reviewed. Seven of the 96 infants (7.3%) were noted to have no ROP, while 18 infants (18.7%) had minor ROP (stage 1 and stage 2 ROP) and 71 infants (74%) had severe ROP (greater than stage 2 ROP). With lower gestational age, lower birth body weight, greater degree of respiratory distress syndrome, prolonged use of oxygen, and without maternal history of antenatal steroid use, the incidence of severe ROP (greater than stage 2) increased significantly (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.01, p < 0.001, and p = 0.03, respectively). Conclusion: More severe ROP may correlate with lower gestational age, lower birth body weight, and longer oxygen use. Use of antenatal steroid would decrease the incidence of severe ROP.
Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy treatment: 3-year results in Taiwan
Yi-An Lee, Chang-Hao Yang, Chung-May Yang, Tzyy-Chang Ho, Chang-Ping Lin, Jen-Sheng Huang, Muh-Shy Chen
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the treatment efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin for patients suffered from polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Methods: In this retrospective comparative study, we included 25 eyes of 25 patients with macula-involved polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. All patients had follow-up of more than 3 years. We compared the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in logarithm of minimal angle of resolution (logMAR) scale at each follow-up time points with initial baseline BCVA. We also investigated the factors influencing final BCVA at the 36-month follow-up time point. Results: At 6 months, the mean BCVA improved from 0.77 to 0.68 (p = 0.024). All the mean BCVAs after the 6-month follow-up time points were still better than baseline mean BCVA, but the improvements were not significant statistically. The mean BCVAs became 0.68, 0.74, 0.75, 0.73, and 0.72 respectively at 12-month, 18-month, 24-month, 30-month, and 36-month follow-up time points. Better initial BCVA (p = 0.012) and smaller lesion size (p = 0.031) significantly predicted the better final visual improvement at 36 months rather than sex (p = 0.7) and age (p = 0.206). Conclusion: Although the visual improvement after treatment of PDT with verteporfin was only temporarily significant, the prevention of visual deterioration in these patients persisted during a 3-year follow-up. Better initial BCVA and smaller lesion size were significant factors influencing final visual improvement, and early treatment might be suggested.
Retinal regeneration and stem cell therapy in retinitis pigmentosa
Henry J Kaplan, Juan P. Fernandez de Castro
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the leading cause of hereditary blindness, and there is currently no available treatment that can either significantly slow the progression of this disease or restore lost vision. Amphibians and birds exhibit different strategies for retinal regeneration, including the proliferation of cells in the ciliary margin and transdifferentiation of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Muller glia. The mammalian retina does not have the innate ability to regenerate damaged retina, but research is actively exploring pathways that promote endogenous regeneration. Because the inner retinal architecture is largely preserved, even in advanced cases of RP, an alternative is to replace the degenerated photoreceptor cells, thereby replenishing the photoreceptor population. The transplantation of embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic retinal progenitors (postmitotic photoreceptor precursors), and hippocampal neuronal progenitors have been investigated for this purpose. The encouraging results demonstrate the integration and possible functional connection between the transplanted cells and the inner retinal circuitry of the host. In this review, we summarize recent advancements in this field and their potential for the treatment of RP and other retinal degenerations.
Cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa: From rats to pigs
Zheng Qin Yin, Shi Ying Li
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide and lacks effective clinical treatment. Stem cell-based therapy offers a novel experimental therapeutic approach, based on the strategy that transplanted progenitor cells can replace or rescue damaged photoreceptor cells. However, many factors remain to be determined, for example, what is the optimal time to choose for targeting the host tissue during the progression of the degeneration, what the characteristics and potential capacities in different stem cells, do stem cells differentiate into functional daughter cells, and to what degree can host retinal function be restored? We have used Royal College of Surgeons rats and light-induced retinal degeneration minipigs as animal models of retinitis pigmentosa to study the effectiveness of cell transplant therapies and the functional capacity of the host retina. Stem cells from rat retina and bone marrow, neonatal pig, and human fetal retina have been investigated to find the proper donor cells. The dedifferentiation and then redifferentiation of Müller cells following retinal stem cell transplantation may contribute to host visual function and presents a promising line of research.
Duane's retraction syndrome associated with crocodile tears and hearing loss
Shao-Chun Chen, Chun-Chen Chen, Shiow-Wen Liou
Duane's retraction syndrome (DRS) is a predominately congenital eye movement disorder. We present a 23-year-old female with unilateral DRS, which was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and associated symptoms of unilateral crocodile tears and bilateral high-frequency hearing loss. This case highlights that DRS may be associated with various systemic malformations. For children with newly diagnosed DRS, we recommend comprehensive evaluation for any associated abnormalities. For adults with DRS complaining of discomfiture associated with a noncentral head position, we suggest a complete examination, including strabismus tests, the forced duction test, and even MRI, to evaluate the degree of muscle modification and to identify the most suitable treatment strategy.
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Poor test selection leads to undiagnosable uveitis
Miami-In uveitis cases, laboratory testing often fails because of the low prevalence of the types of uveitis diagnosable by this means.
Clinical skill can make a difference in testing, said Janet L. Davis, MD, professor of ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami.
"Try to figure out the diagnosis before you test, and assess the clinical importance of the knowledge so that you know how far to push your testing," Dr. Davis said. "It's a common finding among most clinicians that they can do all the testing they want. Yet, they may end up with no positive results whatsoever.
Dr. Davis noted, for example, that it is common to have sarcoid eye disease despite an array of negative test results. However, unless the patient has pulmonary symptoms, he or she is not likely to be treated for systemic disease, so the negative results may not matter.
In the case of an infectious disorder, a cure might not be found if testing fails to reveal the correct illness. Clinicians understandably worry that they may fail to order the one test that could determine the correct diagnosis.
Most of the important false negatives are going to be infectious, a category that accounts for only about 16% of all uveitis cases, Dr. Davis said. Regardless of negative test results, clinical suspicions can be a very good guide that the eye is infected.
Classification of uveitis
Uveitis is classified into two main groups: conditions that are associated with systemic disease, in which laboratory tests stand a chance of finding useful diagnostic clues; and those conditions that are not.
Elaborating on this point, Dr. Davis referred to a study in which the authors found a definite association between uveitis and systemic disease in 26% of cases and a presumed association in 23%. While some of the remaining disorders involved ophthalmologically defined, named entities, the remainder were cases that could not be further defined other than by saying that some part of the eye was inflamed.
"If you have only a 25% chance of finding a systemic disease, it's because only 25% have a systemic disease that can be found," she said. "Most people still feel obligated to look for it, but you have to look at this from a realistic perspective in terms of what you can actually expect to accomplish."
Poor test selection can also be a factor in the failure of lab tests, she added, reminding clinicians of their responsibility for the validity of the workups they select.
Dr. Davis also stated that certain signal clinical features could be very useful in evaluating patients with uveitis and deciding whether to order a test. If symptoms such as abrupt onset, unilaterality, redness, pain, and photophobia are present, HLA-B 27 is an excellent test to order and will be positive in about 50% of patients, Dr. Davis said. If focal chorioretinitis is observed, a toxoplasmosis IgG test is advisable. However, a positive IgG result does not necessarily confirm the disease.
Hypopyon is also an important sign and could indicate acute anterior uveitis, Behçet's disease, endophthalmitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, or occasionally syphilis. Large keratic precipitates are typical in sarcoid as well as toxoplasmosis and cases of acute anterior uveitis that has been present for some time. Retinal vasculitis may occur in conjunction with connective tissue diseases and a variety of infections; a fluorescein angiogram is sometimes necessary to confirm the diagnosis.
Retinal neovascularization is seen in a limited spectrum of uveitic diseases, including sarcoidosis, Behçet's disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and pars planitis.
In addition, some angiographic patterns are characteristic of a disease, such as the fern pattern of pars planitis, in which small- vessel leakage follows the pattern of the major vascular structure.
"This is a very helpful sign when present," Dr. Davis said.


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Behind the scenes of a groundbreaking Salesforce project
12 August 2020 Interview
VRP Consulting has been working with Rolls-Royce on the Yocova platform for the last 18 months. Our cross-functional hybrid team of local UK-based and near-shore Belarus-based resources has been instrumental in ideation, design, architecture and delivery of the groundbreaking Salesforce platform so far, working closely with Rolls-Royce and their partners.
The team got together recently via Zoom to discuss the program, its inception, innovation and the fun we have had creating something new and special for the aviation industry.
The origin of our global collaboration with Rolls-Royce
Will, Managing Director UKI and Executive Sponsor on the program:
Aviation, before the pandemic, had reached thousands of flights carrying 12 million passengers a day. Over 65 million jobs are supported globally in aviation and related tourism with Rolls-Royce plc leading the way in power systems including jet engines for airlines, business jets and military fighters, nuclear power for marine, and electric powered aircraft. When the chance came to pitch for this project, we jumped in, and probably didn't fully realise the full power and disruption to the industry that we were embarking on.
Dmitry, CTO and Enterprise Architect on the program, Minsk:
The idea of the project emerged 2 years ago. The R2 Data Labs division of Rolls-Royce plc was eager to create a collaborative, data exchange and marketplace that could unite airlines, aviation mainframe & component manufacturers, software and data companies to exchange ideas, create new products and solve business problems faster within the aviation industry. And our resources – the architects, consultants and developers of VRP Consulting – helped to implement this idea.
Tatyana, Technical Lead, Minsk:
The platform is called Yocova. On Yocova, members can publish applications developed on any platform: Java, .Net, PaaS applications, desktop or mobile applications – it is a completely open platform. Besides being a marketplace, Yocova is also a data incubator and community, which means that people can work together on ideas and create new solutions for the aviation industry. Yocova has grown in relevance during these challenging times for the aviation industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts who have any connection to the aviation industry can exchange their views and give advice on how to recover from the crisis.
Alexander, Project Manager, Minsk:
How did we manage to get this project? It started as a small proof of concept spear-headed by our UK office and designed and delivered by our expert technical teams in Belarus. After successful launches of the alpha and beta platforms as well as the official market launch in February 2020, our team has grown and we continue to release new features to the platform.
What it is like to work on a global Salesforce project
Mitesh, Salesforce CTA and Technical Architect on the program, UKI:
Every day we meet to discuss new ideas and work in a very agile way with our client stakeholders and other partners. To my mind, the uniqueness of the project is that we work out the best options to leverage the platform, and help the client navigate the most effective path forward to constantly deliver benefits and maintain the long-term vision.
Stanislav, Salesforce Developer, Minsk:
We are pleased to note that in addition to developing the marketplace for Rolls-Royce plc, we also collaborated with another data vendor to design and publish our own application on Yocova, during one of the many data pioneer programs launched by the Yocova team. Many aviation software companies took part in that competition and we were trusted and invited to participate as well.
Debbie, Delivery Manager, UKI:
It's been a pleasure to work on such an ambitious project with a team of bright, enthusiastic and talented individuals. We have been challenged with complex and rapidly changing requirements and have met them with a determination to exceed client expectations. Despite our global distribution, we collaborate effectively with Rolls-Royce as well as designers and other ISVs to create one focused product team. We feel part of an innovative and ground-breaking project which drives us forward on a daily basis and makes us proud to be a part of something special!
Personal benefits from the project
Tatyana:
It's incredibly exciting to work on this project, as we cooperate with people from different countries with vastly different backgrounds and create something unique. That's really inspiring.
Alexander:
It's been a new challenge to organize communication within the project so that people across many stakeholders and companies understand each other, talk easily and enable rapid, successful development.
Stanislav:
It's my first big project, and I've gained tremendous experience. Working with an incredible team and tackling exciting tasks. It has been challenging but at the same time inspiring.
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Some people sort out problems with a spouse. Others solve their challenges on a long walk with a dog. Soon, if all goes according to plan, women with triple-negative breast cancer may be able to share their tumors, as well as some of the burden of treatment, with a couple dozen immunocompromised mice.
Known as "avatars," or "patient-derived xenografts," these mice are being evaluated as substitute patients in select research laboratories worldwide. They give doctors a way to determine in advance how multiple anti-cancer medications, even combinations of drugs, are likely to affect a particular patient's tumor.
Greene's laboratory will use these murine stand-ins to study treatment of triple-negative breast cancer, a common and difficult to treat form of the disease. It is called "triple-negative" because these tumors lack three crucial therapeutic targets, the receptors silenced by drugs such as tamoxifen and Herceptin, which are mainstays of breast cancer treatment.
A generous $1 million donation from the estate of Ruth Bruch—a former trustee of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation who died from breast cancer in October 2014—makes this program possible.
The process of creating a patient-derived xenograft begins when a tumor or core biopsy is surgically removed from a patient. Part of the tumor is used for standard pathological and genetic profiling. These guide the initial treatment. The rest of it is sliced into pieces. These are surgically implanted under the skin of a few mice, "usually one to three, at first, depending on how much tissue we have to work with," Greene explained.
About two months later, if all grows according to plan, the transplanted tumors, now much larger, are removed and again divided. Each piece is then implanted in another mouse. After two or three such generations, there are enough mouse models, perhaps 10 to 20 or more, to begin testing.
"First, we confirm that the mouse-grown tumors still resemble the original human version," Greene said. "If that's the case, we select available drugs, based on tumor biology and genetics, which are most likely to be safe and effective. Then we test several of those drugs, or combinations of them, in small groups of the avatar mice." If a drug works well in treating the mice, it is likely to have a beneficial effect on the patient. The success of this approach depends on obtaining tumor tissue early enough to allow for the time it takes to generate PDX mice from a patient's tumor.
The mice and their offspring can be maintained and monitored for months or years. Greene has nurtured one set of tumor-bearing mice for more than five years. This enables the researchers to follow how cancers change over time and, with luck, it can help physicians anticipate the emergence of drug-resistant tumor cells. Avatars may also help uncover biomarkers that can predict resistance and point to drugs may overcome it.
Clinical use of avatars as patient proxies is not brand new. There are several university-based programs already in place.
Greene's colleague, Kevin White, PhD, professor of Human Genetics and director of the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, has been working with several institutions that use mice embedded with human tumors to study the genetics of pancreatic cancer and to use patient-derived xenografts to unravel how patients respond to treatments. Others are looking at bladder cancer and certain forms of leukemia.
There are even commercial vendors, such as Maine's Jackson Laboratory and New Jersey's Champions Oncology, that supply mice for avatar-based studies.
There have been some real successes, but the evidence confirming that these mice can genuinely improve patient care and help patients live longer is still being collected. Laboratories using avatars are also learning more about the limitations. Some cancer types do not engraft easily. The transplant environment may differ from the tumor's original environment, even if non-cancerous human cells are transplanted along with the tumor. And the recent giant steps in immune-based therapies cannot be studied in immunocompromised animals. Still, several studies, including one involving triple-negative breast cancer, found a high correlation between how mouse avatars and human patients responded to various drugs.
Ya-Fang Chang, PhD, a senior Post-doctoral Scholar in the Greene laboratory, works with the lab's PDX mice.
One high hurdle remains: Avatars are costly. News articles about avatars that looked at the expense of creating and testing avatars for a single patient mentioned charges from commercial suppliers as high as $25,000.
Immunocompromised mice are costly to purchase and can be difficult to maintain. To make careful decisions about therapy, most physician-researchers prefer at least 20 to 25 mice per patient. Testing multiple drugs on those mice can add to the expense. Insurance companies rarely pay for this.
"Research funding from the Bruch estate, at least while the program is relatively small, should support our efforts to bring this approach into the clinical setting," Greene said.


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The Illogic of Kassel (Paperback)
Enrique Vila-Matas (author), Anne McLean (translator), Anna Milsom (translator)
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A puzzling phone call shatters a writer's routine. An enigmatic female voice extends an invitation to take part in Documenta, the legendary contemporary art exhibition held every five years in Kassel, Germany. The writer's mission will be to transform himself into a living art installation, by sitting down to write every morning in a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of town. Once in Kassel, the writer is surprised to find himself overcome by good cheer. As he strolls through the city, spurred on by his spontaneous, quirky response to art, he begins to make sense of the wonders that surround him. 'A writer who has no equal in the contemporary landscape of the Spanish novel' Roberto Bolano 'Vila-Matas's work made a tremendous impression on me' Paul Auster
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
"One of the most richly allusive novels you're likely to encounter... [a] thrillingly imaginative exploration of creativity" -- Alex Clark * Observer *
"An adventure novel of ideas... Rollicking, a passionate defense of literature as an essential element of public life and, more generally, of art in a time of numbers - when the market establishes not just the price but the value of necessary things like art and thought. "Life is serious, art is joyful," he says, and that sense of joy carries over to Mr Vila-Matas' novel. He strikes a difficult balance between being philosophical and being lighthearted and entertaining - it's what gives his writing sophistication and panache" * New York Times *
"A light-hearted novel about art and the avant-garde... Showing us a part of the art world that he finds a bit preposterous, but also charming, and even important [Vila-Matas] chooses humour in a way that allows him to have big ideas while relentlessly making fun of them" * Sunday Telegraph *
"Like W.G. Sebald, Geoff Dyer and, more recently, writers such as Rachel Cusk, Teju Cole and Ben Lerner, Vila-Matas manages to create a productive uncertainty in the reader's mind through his disorientating effects... One of the distinct pleasures of Vila-Matas' books is that they function as little libraries stuffed with other authors' works... His novels now are less like stories than like experiences of a particular atmosphere. [The Illogic of Kassel] asserts its own strange rhythm and stands as a valuable addition to Vila-Matas' work" * Literary Review *
"This summer I plan to relax with two short works by the charmingly playful, lucidly destructive Spanish novelist, Enrique Vila-Matas... Truth, fiction, history, memoir: these are always charmingly unstable categories in Vila-Matas's writing" -- Adam Thirlwell * TLS *
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See this kind face? This face has many stories to tell. This is the face of a GOOD teacher. An infinitely patient teacher. A teacher who does not laugh at the terrible sentences I construct in class each day. A teacher who exclaims, "Exactamente!" when I say something correctly. MY teacher. Presento Alfredo.
In an hour I am leaving the house on a walk to see the many home altars which will be on display to honor La Virgen de Dolores. Some families have been erecting these special altars for over 100 years. They will be covered with flowers, oranges, chamomile, fennel, sprouting wheat and golden flags. Each herb, flower, and color has significance & holds deep meaning for San Miguel's residents. In addition to the altars the 48 fountains are cleaned and decorated with lilies, chamomile, crepe paper, and chains of fruit. I hope to take many photos which I will post tomorrow.
I absolutely love that photo of the roses in the fountain with the droplets of water falling! I'd blow that up and frame it!


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Software was a German electronic duo active from 1984 to 1999, originally composed of  and  The duo formerly used the name Mergener & Weisser.

History
The group released their records under the IC (Innovative Communication) label, which also released a number of other electronic musicians, including Klaus Schulze and the Neue Deutsche Welle group Ideal.

During a brief hiatus from 1990 to 1992, Weisser produced four albums using the Software name with a different group composition: Fragrance with Klaus Schulze and Georg Stettner, and Modesty-Blaze I / II and Cave with Billy Byte (Stephan Töteberg).

After the dissolution of Software in 1999, the two musicians went their separate ways: Peter Mergener continues to compose and play electronic music, while Michael Weisser first founded the group G.E.N.E. (Grooving Electronic Natural Environments), and is currently, among other things, active as a media artist.

The project released one other album in 2007. In September 2017 Weisser without Mergener released six albums under the Software name.

Members
 Michael Weisser – (1984–1999, 2007, 2017)
 Peter Mergener – (1984–1990, 1992–1999)
 Billy Byte – (1990–1993)
 Klaus Schulze – (1990–1992)
 Georg Stettner – (1990–1992)

Discography
Mergener & Weisser
Beam Scape (1984)
Phancyful Fire (1985)
Chip Meditation I (1985)
Chip Meditation II (1985)
Electronic Universe I (1985)
Night-Light (1986)

Software
 Past-Present-Future I (1987)
 Past-Present-Future II (1987)
 Syn-Code (1987)
 Digital Dance (1988)
 Electronic Universe II (1988)
 Software Visions (1988)
 Kassettenbuch Dea Alba (1988)
 Visions (1989)
 Live-3rd Dimension (1989)
 Ocean (1990)
 Fragrance (1990)
 Modesty-Blaze I (1991)
 Modesty-Blaze II (1992)
 Software Visions (1992)
 Space Design (1993)
 Cave (1993)
 Ten Years (1994)
 Brain Food Music (1994)
 Heaven to Hell (1995)
 Sky-Dive (1997)
 Fire-Works (1998)
 Mystic Millennium I (1999)
 Mystic Millennium II (2000)
 Spring Visions (2007)
 Space World (2017)
 Sacral World (2017)
 Ocean World (2017)
 Erotic World (2017)
 Electronic World (2017)
 Dea Alba (2017)

References

External links

 Website of Peter Mergener (German)
 Website of Michael Weisser (German)

 Software on Progressive archives

Neue Deutsche Welle groups
Musical groups established in 1984
German new wave musical groups

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As a partner in the Securities Group, Jay King's practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance including corporate governance, continuous disclosure and Canadian stock exchange related matters. He has developed specialized skills in the mining sector, and also represents clients in the aviation, real estate and technology sectors. Jay routinely acts as counsel to both public and private issuers and investment banks.
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Acting for Canaccord Genuity Corp., as lead underwriter, in a number of public offerings for PRO Real Estate Investment Trust totalling over $49 million
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Prior to attending law school, Jay earned an honours degree in music (B.Mus.) from Wilfrid Laurier University, studying voice under the direction of Dr. David Falk. In 2000, Jay performed the title role of Thésée in the Canadian premiere of Jean Baptist Lully's opera by the same name.
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National Chupacabra Awareness Month
Although you will not find this on any popular Gregorian calendar right now (but that is going to change soon), we, at The House Of The Fighting Chupacabras, extend this invitation to all humans alive to celebrate NATIONAL CHUPACABRA AWARENESS MONTH in the autumn month of OCTOBER. This Chupacabra celebration and popularity is entrenched in Hispanic folklore and mythos and is well deserving of celebration and further scholarship. Hence the month-long activities and the year-long research.
We, at The House Of The Fighting Chupacabras, are a proud promoter of this great Chupacabra celebration and we ask you to give up your open mind for at least a month to "things that go bump in the night, but may actually be alive in the light."
We, at The House Of The Fighting Chupacabras, ask you to join us in celebrating and promoting this special time for Chupacabra Lore and Cryptozoology in general, and as part of the celebration of "Hispanic Urban Legends and Myths" during NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH every year from September 15 to October 15.
Enjoy the recommended activities on the next page and enjoy this great month of NATIONAL CHUPACABRA AWARENESS!
THE THREE GREAT REMINDERS
The FIRST FULL WEEK in OCTOBER
CHUPACABRA WEEK
BRING YOUR CHUPACABRA TO WORK OR SCHOOL DAY
THE CHUPACABRA OATH
(say your name)
swear to fight and defend
the legend of el chupacabra
against all naysayers
speaking or writing in fiction or fact
and to widely spread the myth and lore
of the mighty and mysterious chupacabra
So sayeth I,
protector of the chupacabra legend
MORE PROMOTION OF CHUPACABRA AWARENESS
From "UNLEASH YOUR INNER CHUPACABRA: A POETRY ANTHOLOGY BY THE MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANGELO WRITER'S CLUB" (2012)
In the mid 1990's on the island of Puerto Rico, an almost unassuming Silverio Perez, uttered the words "el chupacabra" to the public media. The reports of the "goat sucker" immediately started turning up all over Latin America, especially Mexico, and eventually in South Texas where the descendants of the former, blood-sacrificing Aztecs, like myself, now live. With a vampire-like life style, el chupacabra has been blamed for numerous animal-cides where copious amounts of blood has been extracted from two and four-legged domesticated victims or wherever widely their demise remained unexplainable.
The "chupacabra movement" took a special turn in 2004, when one was reportedly shot on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas, not far from where I live. Now a major part of Mexican mythology, where "La Lechusa" and "La Llorona" hold court each dark night, el chupacabra has become the prince of much sensational news among the Cosmic Race in the Lone Star state.
It skyrocketed even further after a carcass of evidence turned up in Cuero, Texas in 2007 which was officially tested by Texas State University in San Marcos. What they found out, I say, is still debatable, as we could very well be looking at a new species of animal with its forefather's DNA still trying to disprove it as the oddity instead of its evolution.
What does one look like? Well, the mythological description has it bearing vampire teeth, long spikes or horns from the top of his head down its spine, with either green or grey, scaly skin with glowing, red eyes giving the creature an almost extraterrestrial feel. The other rather more realistic description has it looking like a cross between a coyote with mange and some other canine with grey skin. Giving thought to the idea that perhaps we are experiencing the beginning of a new species of dog or an evolutionary upgrade.
In the end, el chupacabra is whatever you want to believe it is. El chupacabra has become the epitome of the Latino bestiary as much as Bigfoot or the Jersey Devil is to Americana. In deciding for yourself, take into account that the credibility of cryptozoology should never be based on the ethnicity of the person who experienced the sighting or encounter.
Unfortunately, I do believe a few of us still place different levels of authenticity to tales of these implausible animals of our ever-widening encyclopedia of cryptids based solely on skin tone, language, or region.
Furthermore, adding that although I am a willing subscriber to Lovecraft's vast imagination, there are some rather believable friends on both common, cardinal coasts waiting for the rise of Cthulhu, while upon the third coast, with a gulf of substantial evidence, roams freely the intrepid chupacabra.
With it all, my dear friends, I end with a quote from a famous, fictional investigator of such said cryptozoology and a philosophy I admittedly adhere to in accepting the real and unreal around me and hopefully that you will consider:
"I Want To Believe!"
Good luck to us all in the waiting and research of Cryptozoology. Waiting for the acceptable truth… or lie, like Washington and the cherry tree.
¡Que Viva El Chupacabra!
Juan Manuel Perez
Chupacabrista/Cryptozoologist
PS: Heard it from a chupacabra the other day that Cthulhu isn't showing up for another twenty baktun [Mayan calendar; look it up]. Sorry for the sad news, guys...
STILL MORE PROMOTION OF CHUPACABRA AWARENESS
"Juan Perez has been intuitively brilliant in recognizing the significance of the flourishing Chupacabra myth. He continues to explore its profound psychological and sociological implications…"
-Marta Knobloch
SPREAD THE CHUPACABRA MADNESS!
CELEBRATE NATIONAL CHUPACABRA AWARENESS MONTH!
TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT!
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."
"One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts."
-La Rochefoucauld, Forbidden History
"Those who ignore local folklore are doomed to be eaten by it."
-Professor Wexler, World Explorer
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Michael Pence
Carrier factory union chief standing ground against Trump
By TOM DAVIESDecember 8, 2016
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence wave as they visit to Carrier factory, in Indianapolis, Ind. Trump is slamming a union leader who criticized his deal to discourage air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corp. from closing an Indiana factory and moving its jobs to Mexico. Trump tweeted Wednesday evening, Dec. 7, 2016: "Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A local union president slammed by Donald Trump on Twitter stood his ground Thursday, maintaining the president-elect gave false hope to hundreds of workers by inflating the number of jobs being saved at a Carrier Corp. factory in Indianapolis.
United Steelworkers Local 1999 President Chuck Jones spent much of the day doing television interviews after Trump called out by name Wednesday night the leader of the union for a few thousand workers at the Carrier factory and 11 other plants.
Trump tweeted that Jones "has done a terrible job representing workers" following comments from Jones this week that Trump had lied to workers and put on a "dog-and-pony show" at the Carrier factory last week by taking credit for keeping 1,100 jobs from being outsourced to Mexico.
Jones called Trump's reaction "amusing" and said he wasn't backing off "one iota."
"Give the guy credit — he's got some spunk," Jones told The Associated Press. "Am I upset, worried, scared or anything? No. Does it faze me? No."
Trump was defending a deal that he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence — governor of Indiana — celebrated during a Dec. 1 visit to Carrier's Indianapolis factory. Trump then declared it was only the first of many business victories to come.
Jones said the number of Carrier jobs actually saved is about 800, while some 550 jobs will still be lost from the factory to Mexico.
The union leader said he sat in the third row of the crowd as Trump announced the deal last week and was "disgusted" by his use of the 1,100 jobs figure that included some 250 headquarters and engineering staff positions which the company had always said would remain in Indianapolis.
Jones said that gave false hope to employees, even though "I am very grateful, and I've said it numerous times, for him getting involved and saving 800 people's livelihood."
Indiana officials said Dec. 1 the deal involved "preserving 1,069 high-wage jobs" as Carrier kept furnace manufacturing at the plant and received $7 million in tax incentives over 10 years. The AP reported then that the figure covered about 800 union and supervisor jobs that were set for outsourcing to Mexico.
Pence has continued to cite the higher figure, telling ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that "This was great news for over 1,000 families in Indiana who were going to see those jobs south of the border."
In a second tweet Wednesday night, Trump said: "If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana."
But Pence said company executives told him soon after their February closing announcement to "don't even bother" coming up with a state incentive offer to reverse the decision.
Jones said Carrier negotiators suggested the union workers would have to accept pay below the U.S. minimum wage to match the savings the company expected from a move to Mexico. "We made every attempt in the world to keep these jobs here and it didn't work," he said.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University, said she didn't know of any similar high-level personal spat involving a union leader since President Ronald Reagan's 1980s standoff with the air traffic controllers union.
"One of the things that the US is known for is that you can criticize the president and nothing happens to you," she said. "It's OK to criticize the president and Trump is making clear that it's not OK."
Soon after Trump's tweets went out Wednesday night, the union leader started getting harassing phone calls, Jones said.
"People want to say, 'Hey, I know what kind of car you drive. I know you've got kids. I know where you live,'" he said. "I ain't worried about that."
Defending his stance against the president-elect was taking something of a toll on Jones, who said: "I'm about talked out."
This story has been changed to correct Jones' first name to Chuck.


Located in Central Visayas, Cebu is made up of a main island and 167 other islands and islets surrounding it. If you haven't been to Cebu, then this Cebu Guide for Families is what you're looking for. In this guide, we feature some of the must-see destinations especially for first-timers.
Going on an out of town trip with kids is a challenge. If you haven't brought your little one out of town, let me tell you know that it's not a walk in the park. Well, unless your kid is a born traveler. But that's not the case for most of us! So, to make your trip less stressful, you need to plan and prepare. Below are some tips to help you get ready for your trip.
It's best to book your plane tickets ahead of time so as not too get tickets that are too expensive. We try to book at least three months before, but if you can book even earlier and while tickets are on sale, then that's much better.
Take note that kids ages 2 years and above pay full already. Children under two who will not need a seat will only pay for taxes.
Expect to have a long wait time at the airport. We were in NAIA three hours before our flight, then our plane was delayed. Imagine the boredom of our three kids!
Thankfully, the littlest slept through most of the wait time. The two bigger kids, however, were very uneasy. This is why I recommend bringing drawing books, blocks, or any small toy you can pack in your carry-on luggage.
Finding a family-friendly hotel is important if you're going to Cebu with your children. The truth is, children will love playing over sightseeing so going home to a hotel with amenities for kids is a must.
The two hotels we stayed in during our 4-day trip in Cebu are Montebello Villa Hotel (Cebu City) and BlueWater Maribago (Mactan). Both have amenities that kids will surely enjoy and staff that are very good with children. Click the links to my posts for an in-depth review of each hotel.
Below is the itinerary we followed during our 4-day trip in Cebu.
You will notice that we didn't schedule a lot of activities. This is because, from experience, overscheduling makes the kids extra tired and extra grumpy. If you want to enjoy your vacation, we suggest keeping it chill.
Tip: You can book your tours with the hotel, however, these are quite expensive. You can either get a taxi driver to bring you around for around PHP3,000 or do what we did and rent a car. The car rental is just for PHP2,800 then we had it loaded with gas for PHP 500. That was enough for us to do the Cebu Upland Tour.
Got questions? Comment below or email me at kim@momonduty.com!


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A Ultra a Depeche Mode 1997. április 15-én megjelent, sorrendben kilencedik stúdióalbuma. Az első album Alan Wilder 1995-ös kiválását követően, amit elsősorban a szóló projektjére (Recoil) való koncentrálással indokolt. A legutolsó, még 1993-ban megjelent Songs of Faith and Devotion óta eltel viszonylag hosszú idő elsősorban Dave Gahan drogproblémáiban és öngyilkossági kísérletében, majd felépülésében keresendő. Éveken keresztül többször lehetett hallani a Depeche Mode végleges feloszlásáról is, azonban az album 1997-ben végre eloszlatta a kételyeket az együttes jövőjével kapcsolatban. Az Egyesült Királyság slágerlistáján number one helyezést ért el. Az albumot 2007-ben újrakeverve ismét kiadták.

Az album dalai
1997 MUTE / Stumm 148
 Barrel of a Gun – 5:35
 The Love Thieves – 6:34
 Home – 5:42
 It's No Good – 5:58
 Uselink – 2:21
 Useless – 5:12
 Sister of Night – 6:04
 Jazz Thieves – 2:54
 Freestate – 6:44
 The Bottom Line – 4:26
 Insight – 6:26
 Junior Painkiller – 2:11

2007 MUTE / DM CD 9 (CD/SACD + DVD) / CDX STUMM 148 (CD/SACD)
Disc 1: SACD/CD – Ultra lemez anyaga.
Disc 2: DVD – Ultra lemez anyaga DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 és PCM Stereo formátumban, + bónuszanyagok.
 Barrel of a Gun – 5:35
 The Love Thieves – 6:34
 Home – 5:42
 It's No Good – 5:58
 Uselink – 2:21
 Useless – 5:12
 Sister of Night – 6:04
 Jazz Thieves – 2:54
 Freestate – 6:44
 The Bottom Line – 4:26
 Insight – 6:26

Bónuszdalok (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 és PCM Stereo)
 Painkiller
 Slowblow
 Only When I Lose Myself
 Surrender
 Headstar

Live in London, April 1997 (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 és PCM Stereo)
 Barrel of a Gun
 It's No Good
 Useless

Egyéb anyagok
 Depeche Mode 95-98 [video]

Valamennyi szám Martin Gore szerzeménye.

Depeche Mode-albumok
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1997 nagylemezei
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How to watch the Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Mixer Livestream on Feb. 19
By Adam Isgreen / Creative Director at Microsoft
The Age of Empires: Definitive Edition launch livestream will begin at 2 p.m. PST on Monday, Feb. 19, on the official Age of Empires Mixer livestream channel.
The Definitive Edition of the original Age of Empires with the Rise of Rome expansion pack is launching on Feb. 20, local time for Windows 10 PCs! To mark the occasion, the flagship Microsoft Store in New York is hosting a special livestream from the Mixer NYC Studio on Feb. 19, so fans around the world can experience the action. Join hosts Kate Yeager, Adam Isgreen from Microsoft Studios, Bert Beeckman from Forgotten Empires and more special guests as they discuss the remastering of the classic real-time strategy game, stream gameplay and share their best tips and tricks.
You'll be able to get the game from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 beginning at midnight on Feb. 20!
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Illinois men's gymnastics drop last meet of season.
Illinois' Jordan Valdez performs a routine on the parallel bars during the meet against Stanford at Huff Hall on Friday, March 6.The Illini lost 21-9.
Going up against a top-five opponent has become a problem for the Illinois men's gymnastics team. The Illini lost to the two-time defending NCAA champion Michigan Wolverines on Sunday by a score of 435.750-428.500 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
While No. 3-ranked Illinois won five event titles on the night, it was No. 4 Michigan's depth that played the biggest factor.
The event that the Illini lacked the most depth in was parallel bars — Illinois didn't have one gymnast post a score better than 14.500 and four out of five recorded scores below 14.000.
This marks the third-straight meet that Illinois lost to a top-five opponent. The previous two losses came against No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 Stanford, respectively.
Head coach Justin Spring blamed Sunday's loss on a lack of consistency.
"After we got momentum, we always seemed to stumble a bit," Spring said.
A promising sign for Illinois all season has been the production of still rings specialist Mike Wilner, who won the still rings title with a score of 15.800. The senior serves as a good complement to the 2012 NCAA still rings national champion, C.J. Maestas, who has battled illness and injury throughout the season.
The other four Illini gymnasts who earned titles on the night were Maestas, freshman Bobby Baker, junior Logan Bradley, and senior Jordan Valdez. Maestas' title came on the floor exercise, where he posted a score of 15.850. His title is the 46th of his career, which breaks the tie he had with assistant coach Daniel Ribeiro — who graduated in 2011 — for 10th on Illinois' all-time titles list.
Baker won the all-around title, but was the only gymnast competing for the title. Bradley tied for first on the pommel horse, and Valdez picked up his title on the high bar. Junior Fred Hartville was five hundredths of a point away from having a split of the vault title.
Valdez said the meet was filled with uncharacteristic happenings.
Finishing the regular season with an 11-3 record, the next competition for Illinois will be the Big Ten Championships on March 27-28. While the Illini struggled against the Wolverines, Spring believes the team will be prepared in time for the competition.


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What a terrific posting at: http://scottishsceptic.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/how-not-to-develop-wave-energy/.
I particularly liked the assessment of "why" the difference in approach between Denmark and UK will result in different outcomes.
A "blue-ribbon" panel of US and former Soviet/Russian Officials, under the auspices of the Belfer Center at Harvard Univesity, as published the report "The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism".
Nuclear terrorism is a real and urgent threat. Given the potentially catastrophic consequences, even a small probability of terrorists getting and detonating a nuclear bomb is enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk.
This is classic risk assessment where one needs to come to grips with low probability high impact risks. Kind of important, I would think.
It is definitely the 21st Century. When I first moved "overseas" in the early 1980's, one of the first things I missed was the baseball game in the background. Either on TV or Radio.
With MLB.TV on my computer, it's back. Gosh.
I've recently been seeing reports of a new attack on Mac computers which has been given the name of "Mac Defender". I understand that Apple has released an update to OS/X that deals with the problem. Update now. Mac Defender is really out there.
I noticed it on Drudge's web site. I suspect one of the ads on this site is infected. The computer presents what looks to be a full screen of Finder. While I was in a stupor and really wasn't ready to be "attacked", I immediately awoke from that stupor since I noticed that Finder "looked funny". There was a dialog box in the middle which said something about how the machine has detected security issues and malware and to "click here". Had I done that, they would have owned the machine. I simply killed (force quit) on Chrome to avoid the issue.
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