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NordVPN 2016
byMax Eddy Oct 24, 2019
Editor Rating: Outstanding (5.0)
US Street Price$8.00
Wide variety of servers, including unique secure servers. More than 1,000 servers in diverse locations worldwide. Six simultaneous connections. P2P allowed. Browser plug-in. Blocks ads, other web threats.
NordVPN is a solid, easy-to-use VPN service that provides advanced users with enough features and options to set it apart from the rest of the crowd, even if it's not the fastest service available.
As VPN services go, it's hard to beat NordVPN. It has a large and diverse collection of servers, an excellent collection of advanced features, strong privacy and security practices, and approachable clients for every major platform. While its monthly fee is higher than the average, it more than justifies that cost with an excellent product.
Editors' Note: NordVPN recently reported a server breach that took place in 2018. As we explain below, we took the events seriously enough to drop the service's rating from five stars to four stars.
When you switch on a VPN, it creates an encrypted tunnel between your computer and a server controlled by the VPN service. All your web traffic is routed through this tunnel, meaning that no one, not even someone on the same network as you, can sneak a peek at your data. It also prevents malicious network operators from intercepting your information or using DNS poisoning techniques to trick you into visiting phishing pages. A VPN even protects your web traffic from being monitored by your ISP, which is critically important now that ISPs can sell anonymized user data.
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NordVPN Pricing and Features
NordVPN offers four pricing tiers: $11.95 per month, $83.88 annually, $95.75 every two years, or $107.55 every three years. The company accepts credit cards, of course, but it also takes PayPal, various anonymous cryptocurrencies, and other online payment methods. NordVPN has a 30-day money-back guarantee, too.
As of this writing, the average monthly price for the top 10 PCMag-rated VPN services is about $10.28. NordVPN is above that average, but its host of extra features, excellent apps, and core service more than justify the price tag. That said, other VPN services have lower-cost and more flexible pricing plans.
NordVPN has discontinued its free trial offering, stating that scammers were taking advantage of it. If you need a no-cost VPN, there are some capable and generous free VPN services out there. Most free VPNs limit users in some way; ProtonVPN notably does not limit the amount of data free members can use, however.
You can use up to six devices simultaneously on NordVPN, though there are some limitations concerning connecting multiple devices to the same server at the same time. That's still excellent, as most VPN services limit you to five simultaneous connections. CyberGhost notably provides seven device slots, and IPVanish offers 10. Neither Avira Phantom VPN nor Windscribe VPN place a limit on the number of devices you can use. Most services let you add more device slots to your subscription for a fee, but NordVPN does not give you that option. Six is all you get.
One of the perks of using a VPN is that your actual IP address is hidden from the outside world. But some people may want a static IP address, which NordVPN can provide for $5.83 per month ($69.96 per year). NordVPN offers dedicated IP addresses in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
There are several ways to establish a VPN connection, and our preference is for services that use OpenVPN, which is open source and therefore has been thoroughly examined for potential problems. It also has a reputation for excellent speed and quickly reestablishing a dropped connection. NordVPN supports OpenVPN and my second-best choice, IKEv2/IPSec, on all platforms. Note that NordVPN also uses OpenVPN in its iPhone app. That's unusual, as Apple has more stringent requirements for apps that include this technology.
The new hotness in the world of VPN protocols is WireGuard. This technology is still under development, but NordVPN is already tinkering with the technology. It's not yet public, and may not pan out in the long run. If you're interested in it, other VPN services, such as Mullvad, already offer WireGuard servers as a limited feature.
VPN Servers and Server Locations
Part of what you're paying for when you buy a VPN subscription is access the company's network of VPN servers. The best services offer lots of server locations, giving you many options for spoofing your location and improving the odds that there will be a server near your actual, physical location. That's important, because the closer you are to the VPN server you're using, the better performance you're likely to experience.
NordVPN lets you select one from a list of 62 countries. The bulk of NordVPN's servers are in the US and the UK, which is not unusual for VPN companies. However, NordVPN also has a good mix of servers the world over, covering several locations across Asia, Central and South America, Central and Eastern Europe, and a handful in India and the Middle East. The company currently offers two locations in Africa (Egypt and South Africa) a region ignored by most other VPN services.
While I like NordVPN's geographic diversity, other VPN companies outshine it. ExpressVPN, for example, covers 94 countries.
NordVPN has 5,293 servers available, which is by far the largest network of any service I've yet reviewed. Private Internet Access, by comparison, has 3,522 servers, and ProtonVPN only 300. VPN services spin up new servers on an as-needed basis, so the total number of servers is partly a reflection of how popular a service is. Ideally, a large pool of servers ensures that no one server becomes overcrowded. I can't correlate performance directly to server count, but the sheer size of NordVPN's network suggests that you're unlikely to encounter an overburdened server.
While most of us think of a server as a physical box with computer guts inside, it's also possible to create multiple virtual servers hosted on a single, physical machine. Many VPNs use virtual servers to keep up with demand, but some VPNs configure their virtual servers to appear in a different country than the physical machine that hosts them. Virtual servers aren't necessarily a bad thing, but they can be worrisome if you're specifically concerned about your web traffic being routed through a country other than the one you chose. It's also possible that virtual servers may offer slower speeds than physical servers, but we have not verified this in testing.
A NordVPN representative told me that all of its servers are dedicated, and none are virtual servers. That means that the servers are physically located where they claim to be. Other services approach virtual servers differently. ExpressVPN has three percent of its servers in locations other than where they are listed, and offers a list of those servers' true locations. Hide My Ass, on the other hand, claims 286 server locations, but only has physical hardware in 61 sites.
VPNs are sometimes used to bypass government censorship by connecting to a VPN server in another country. I don't make a specific recommendation for a VPN to bypass government censorship, because the stakes of getting it wrong are simply too high. NordVPN does provide obfuscated servers designed to be accessible from within China.
Notably, NordVPN offers servers in Hong Kong, Russia, Turkey, and Vietnam, all of which have restrictive internet policies. Connecting to one of these servers will not bypass censorship, but it could provide a modicum of privacy when browsing the web within those countries.
NordVPN's best feature, however, is the variety of specialized servers it offers. These include servers for BitTorrent traffic over VPN, double encryption, connection to the Tor anonymization network, and defending against DDoS attacks. It also provides obfuscated servers that are intended to slip past governments or services that block VPN traffic.
Your Privacy With NordVPN
When you use a VPN, it has as much insight into your online activities as your ISP does. If it desired, it could examine every bit of information passing through its system. It also can potentially identify you to another party (read: law enforcement), making it possible to track you online. That's why it's important that before you buy a VPN subscription, you understand and are comfortable with the steps the company takes to safeguard your privacy.
A NordVPN representative tells me the company does not, "store connection timestamps, used bandwidth, traffic logs, or IP addresses." That's excellent. Instead, NordVPN retains the username and time of the last session, but only for 15 minutes after you disconnect from the VPN. All of this information is available in the company's privacy policy.
A representative from NordVPN assured me that the company does not profit from the sale of user data. The company does not generate revenue from sources other than customer subscriptions.
In November of 2018, NordVPN announced that it had passed a third-party audit of its no-log policy by PricewaterhouseCoopers. In October, 2019, the company also underwent an audit of its apps by VerSprite. Penetration testing revealed several vulnerabilities the company patched. NordVPN joins several VPN companies, including TunnelBear VPN, that are undertaking similar audits. I appreciate these efforts at improved security and transparency, though it's worth noting that the industry has yet to settle on a standard that verifies the VPN is doing exactly what it claims. Still, NordVPN's continued efforts are laudable.
NordVPN has not participated in the Center for Democracy and Technology's VPN questionnaire project, but it has shared much of the same information with PCMag, which also sends out extensive questionnaires as part of our testing. NordVPN also does not make it easy to find the name of its parent company, or information on corporate leadership, on its website—a point the CDT would likely consider a negative. A company representative told me, however, that it is owned by Tefincom S.A.. NordVPN does not issue transparency reports about requests for informations by law enforcement, but does maintain a warrant canary that indicates it has not received any National Security letters, gag orders, or government-issued warrants. A company representative told me it has not received any government or law enforcement requests for information.
NordVPN is based in and operates under the legal jurisdiction of Panama, where there are no laws requiring the company to retain data for a mandatory period. The company says it doesn't collect log data, so it has no information it could actually hand over in response to a subpoena. It also would only respond to a court order or subpoena issued by a Panamanian court.
In general, I'm satisfied with NordVPN's stance on privacy and the efforts it makes to protect customers. It is difficult, however, to fully endorse the privacy practices of any given VPN company. To do so would require deep access to the company's code and hardware, as well as the technical expertise to interpret it all. As always, however, you as the consumer should ask yourself whether or not you are comfortable with trusting any given company with your personal information.
Hands On With NordVPN
Nearly every VPN service I have reviewed offers handy apps instead of requiring that you manually set up your VPN. NordVPN has always offered an excellent user experience with its apps, regardless of the platform you use. The Windows client shares a lot of design features with the NordVPN mobile apps, with a monochrome blue map as its focus. It's a bit whimsical, with submarines and ships on the cartoon seas, but it's an easy way to select the server you want. I used a Lenovo ThinkPad T460s laptop running the latest version of Windows 10.
Clicking the Quick Connect option at the top of the screen or the System Tray connects you to the VPN server that NordVPN thinks is best (generally, the closest and therefore fastest). That's a great option for people unfamiliar with VPN services. You can change servers by clicking a location on the map, or using the search bar at the top of the screen if your geography skills are lacking. NordVPN's specialized servers are at the top of the list, putting them within easy reach. The client also includes a Kill Switch that shuts off access to the internet for specific applications, should your computer become disconnected from the VPN.
I really like that NordVPN gives you the option to drill down to specific cities and servers, and shows the current load on those servers. It's handy for finding a server that will work well for you.
NordVPN does not support split tunneling, which lets you designate which apps send their traffic through the VPN tunnel and which do not. It's useful for apps that require a more robust connection but don't need additional security, such as video games. TunnelBear and ExpressVPN include this feature.
One concern is that your VPN may be leaking your true IP address or DNS information. In my testing, I found that NordVPN successfully changed my IP address and hid my ISP information. My DNS leak test indicated that NordVPN was not leaking information.
NordVPN and Netflix
I am pleasantly surprised that Netflix did not block me from streaming content while I was connected to a US-based NordVPN server when I tested it. That's great, because Netflix blocks VPNs aggressively. I also found that I was able to stream content from Netflix while connected to NordVPN servers in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the UK. Of the VPNs I have tested so far, it's the most compatible with Netflix, but that could change at any point as Netflix often manages to block services that previously worked well.
Note that while Netflix does not explicitly prohibit the use of VPNs, section 4.3 of its terms of use does mention the use of technology to confirm your location. This document also doesn't guarantee access to content outside of the country where you created your account. Using a VPN might not breach this agreement, but it's clear that Netflix takes a dim view on the technology.
Many VPNs include additional features to help secure customers and lure in new ones. NordVPN has a small collection it calls CyberSec. With it, NordVPN can block ads and malware, and prevent DDoS activity at the network level.
I don't test the efficacy of ad blocking with VPNs, but I do appreciate that VPNs are adding this particular feature, since many online ads contain trackers that can correlate your movement between websites. That said, TunnelBear provides ad and tracker blocking in a handy browser plug-in that offers far more flexibility in what ads get blocked and on what sites. My preferred ad blocker for browsers is still the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Privacy Badger. Note that Google has begun requiring VPNs to disable ad-blocking in mobile apps.
To block malware payloads, NordVPN uses blacklists of known malicious sites, as well as phishing sites that are designed to trick you into handing over your personal information. It's a good start, but these sites are short-lived, and new ones pop up in seconds. Plus, blacklists can only do so much. Stand-alone antivirus software generally includes advanced heuristic models that can catch never-before-seen malware before it damages your computer. I do not currently evaluate the effectiveness of the anti-phishing capabilities of VPNs.
None of this is to sell NordVPN short; having more features is always good, but don't expect this to replace your antivirus.
The last tool, DDoS protection, is a unique and interesting offering. During a DDoS attack, infected computers simultaneously access the same website over and over again. If there are enough machines involved, it can bring even the most robust website to a screeching halt. NordVPN says that even if your computer has been infected with malware for these kinds of nefarious purposes, the anti-DDoS feature prevents your computer from joining in the attack.
Speed and Performance
When you use a VPN, it will have an effect on your web browsing performance. To get a sense how great an impact a VPN has, we conduct a series of speed tests using the Ookla speedtest tool. (Note that Ookla is owned by Ziff Davis, which also owns PCMag.) I explain our speed testing methodology in depth in my piece on How We Test VPNs.
See How We Test VPNs
In my speed tests, I found that NordVPN had no effect on latency, likely a result of its abundant servers. But download speeds were reduced by 82.6 percent and upload speeds reduced by 77.7 percent.
You can see how NordVPN compares in the chart below with the top ten performers among the over 30 services we tested.
My tests showed that HideIPVPN is the fastest VPN, having the smallest impact on both upload and download speeds. It did, however, have a significant impact on latency. That said, speed alone shouldn't be the only criteria you use to a choose a VPN. Value, ease of use, and a commitment to privacy are far more important factors.
NordVPN on Other Platforms
NordVPN supports Android, Chrome, Firefox, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. NordVPN's mobile clients both allow you to purchase full subscriptions through their respective app stores. Alternatively, you can configure some routers to connect via NordVPN. Doing so supplies coverage for all the devices on your network, including smart home devices that can't run a VPN on their own.
In our testing, NordVPN has performed well on all those platforms. It's an Editors' Choice winner for Android, iOS, Linux, and macOS, in addition to Windows. Note that, like all proxy browser plugins, the NordVPN Firefox and Chrome plugins only secure the traffic of those respective browsers. It routes your traffic through the NordVPN server of your choice, and secures it using TLS 1.2.
Server Breach
In October, 2019, a Tweet storm surfaced allegations that NordVPN and TorGuard VPN had been breached in 2018. NordVPN disclosed that its server in Finland had a remote access feature that the company was not aware of, which was in turn abused to allow an attacker access to this one server. Once there, the attacker was able to access NordVPN's TLS keys.
The upshot is that the attacker could potentially have observed the traffic moving through that server, and used the TLS keys to launch a prohibitively difficult man-in-the-middle attack. NordVPN says there is no evidence that either event occured.
NordVPN has terminated its arrangement with the third-party company that provided the server in Finland, and promised to select data centers more carefully. The company also said it would take steps to further secure all of its servers, and undergo an audit of its infrastructure.
The company deserves credit for moving swiftly to rectify the issue. But we would have preferred a more timely disclosure directly from NordVPN, rather than accusatory Tweets. Although there is much benefit to hindsight, we also would have preferred that NordVPN had already implemented additional mitigations on its servers, rather than only doing so in response to a crisis.
Prior to this incident, NordVPN enjoyed a five-star Editors' Choice rating. As a result of this breach, we have lowered the score to four stars. It retains its Editors' Choice designation, by virtue of the features and service it provides. Note that we consider all of our reviews to be works in progress and the score could change again in the future. For a much deeper dive into the breaches, please read NordVPN and TorGuardVPN Breaches: What You Need to Know.
An Excellent VPN
In my experience, the average person would rather risk having no protection than deal with frustrating security software. That's why NordVPN succeeds: It makes using a security tool simple, and doesn't skimp on the features. The company offers the largest server collection we've yet seen, and also has an excellent stance on user privacy, collecting very little data and operating out of the legal jurisdiction of Panama.
Taken together, these factors are more than enough to justify its comparatively high monthly cost—even given the breach it recently disclosed. NordVPN is a smart choice, and it remains a PCMag Editors' Choice, along with Private Internet Access, ProtonVPN, and TunnelBear, for their respective robustness and affordability, flexibility and technical savvy, and friendly approachability.
Bottom Line: NordVPN wraps a slick client around a strong collection of features for securing your online activities and an enormous network of servers. It's a top pick for VPNs.
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 Олег Фомін — Малюк
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 Олександра Колкунова — Саша
 Юрій Горобець— Антонич
 Анатолій Равикович — Давід

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 Сценарій: Георгій Котов, Семен Каліка
 Режисер: Володимир Феоксистов
 Оператор: Сергій Стасенко
 Композитор: Артем Артєм'єв

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Video: 'I Lived 32 Years, 7 Months in a Cage' -- Richard Wershe Jr.
Richard Wershe Jr. (Photo: WXYZ video)
Richard Wershe Jr. went to a prison as teenager in the late 1980s for cocaine trafficking, only to emerge a free man in July, decades later. Now, he says, he wants to help society with prison reform.
"I think I can bring real change through my name and story because I lived it," he tells WXYZ's Simon Shaykhet. "I lived 32 years 7 months in a cage. From the time I was a child to a 51-year-old man, I was incarcerated. So, I know what goes on behind those walls and it's not pretty. You're still a human being and 95% of those people are going to be released back into our society. Do you really want them coming out worse than when they went in.
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A book deal and documentary film are on the way, he says.
As part of the interview, Wershe, who now lives in Metro Detroit, wanted to visit a home in Southfield, the last place he says things felt normal as a teen.
"I walked out of this house Jan. 15, 1988 in the morning and never returned until now," he said. "I'm a little emotional. [It's] been a long time. Had a lot of good memories here, a lot of good memories. I considered this my home."
Today, WXYZ points out, someone who commited the same crime at 17 would get as little as three years in prison.
"I think we over-punish people today in society, especially for nonviolent crimes," he said. "You can give a child molester three to five years, or a drunk driver who killed an innocent person three nto five 5 years, but you'll give a drug dealer 30 years."
Wershe was convicted of cocaine trafficking and sentenced to life in prison without parole under a harsh state law after getting busted with more than eight kilos of cocaine. The sentence was later changed to life with the possibility of parole.
He was paroled from Michigan's prison system in 2017, but was then transfered to Florida to serve a sentence for his part in a car theft ring while he was behind bars in a federal prison there. He was in Florida as part of the witness protection program for cooperating in an FBI sting that netted a number of crooked cops in Detroit, Highland Park and Royal Oak Township, along with Mayor Coleman A. Young's brother-in-law, Willie Volsan.
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"The Florida prison system is horrible. Feds should take it over and shut it down. They are beating people in there and torturing people."
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Christmas is right around the corner, and its Jingle all the way! We cannot wait to get our face stuffed with all the Christmas cake and candy canes.
Here is a list of places in Delhi that are doing Christmas desserts just right and we bet you won't be able to resist once you go through it!
Dezertfox has rolled out their Christmas menu and it is to die for! Peanut butter snowman cake, Chocolate Santa Cake, Chocolate wonder in the snow, Swiss Yule log, and their gingerbread all are sure to make you fall in love with them at the first sight.
This place is truly angelic when it comes to sweet and savoury baked goods. They've got the most delicious Plum Cakes with edible stars and bells and white, snow-looking frosting for you to dig in. They also have a Yule Log cake which is literally, a cakey, edible log, stolen fruit bread, Christmas cookies, with rum and snowballs.
Soon after setting foot in the capital, our favourite place for all things sweet just came out with a special Christmas menu dominated by Plum Cakes made with ground spices in different alcoholic flavours!!!. They are also serving homemade fruit marshmallows, fresh gingerbread cookies, and Christmas puddings! Christmas just got sweeter!
This small little bakery in the nooks of Hauz Khas Village is every dessert lovers Sunday Spot! Keeping up with the Christmas spirit, they've got savoury Plum Cakes, puddings, and so much more. Check out for yourself if you don't believe us.
Known for having the best Christmas menus Theos has gone all-out this season with everything from Plum Cakes to Shepherd's Pies. Their elaborate menu consists of English Plum Cake, plum pudding with rum anglaise, gingerbread cookies, Santa cakes, Red Velvet Yule Log, Vanilla Kipferl Cookies and even more.
Bringing America's West Coast, to Delhi Georgia Dakota has got a special Christmas menu for you to get your hands on. They have Orange Citrus cakes, gingerbread houses, meringue kisses, pumpkin pies and choco cookies, for it's the season to devour dessert.
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Happy 2017 everyone! We were lucky enough to be able to spend the past week together and with family and friends. We celebrated Christmas, knocked out some workouts, and attended an MSU basketball game. Time together always flies by and we are already looking forward to our reunion in Arizona in a few weeks. We hope everyone had an amazing holiday season! Now it's time to set goals for the new year!
Happy holidays! It is Christmas week and I could not be more excited to go to Michigan this weekend to see family and friends! As some of you know, I got my NASM personal training certification this year and am passionate about fitness and teaching others how to work out in order to achieve results. I wanted to share some of my favorite upper and lower body moves along with two core blasts that can be mixed into a longer workout or done separately if you don't have much time. Make sure to keep prioritizing your health and fitness during the holidays with these quick and easy moves!
Overhead press: hold a barbell at chest level while standing and push it straight up overhead before returning it down to you chest. Try not to arch your back or lean forward as you extend the barbell.
One-arm row on bench: using a kettlebell start in a split stance with one arm on a bench and your other arm holding a kettlebell. Extend the leg on the side you are holding the kettlebell back behind you. Keep your back flat and pull the kettlebell up towards your body and lower it back down while keeping your shoulder blades low and contracted.
Push-ups: start in a standard push up position with your back flat and your head in line. Lower down towards the ground until you are just slightly above the ground and drive back up with a big exhale. Try a couple in a full push-up before dropping onto your knees or putting your arms onto a bench.
Deadlifts with kettlebell: place a kettlebell on the ground, lowering down to grab it while hinging at the hips and keeping your back straight. Power through your legs to stand up straight with the kettlebell hanging towards the ground. Repeat the motion, slowly lowering down and powering up.
Single leg lunges with barbell: hold a barbell across the top of your shoulders. Lower down into a lunge and come back up with your feet together before stepping forward into a lunge on the other side.
Mountain climbers: start in a plan position with your back straight and body in line. Draw your leg in towards your chest. As you push it back into the starting position, bring in your other leg. Alternative legs increasing the speed if you are able to.
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Hi all! We hope you had a great weekend and are enjoying the time leading up the holidays! This time of year can be very busy with holiday events and Christmas shopping on top of completing weekly duties. We wanted to share some ways to de-stress in order to make the most of the holiday season!
Keep a schedule & to-do lists– A great way to keep track of work, school, and holidays events is to keep a planner or agenda and update it weekly. It is a good idea to look at your planner while having your coffee in the morning to see what you have to do that day and in the upcoming week.
Stay on top of your workouts- Many people use the holidays as an excuse to stop working out because they are too busy. We find that keeping our normal workout routine helps keep our stress levels down so we are more productive throughout the day. Having a workout buddy and scheduling workouts ahead of time (even penciling them in your planner) will help you stay on track!
Online shopping- We generally stay away from the mall especially as it gets closer to Christmas. While it can be fun to go shopping a time or two at the mall to get in the Christmas spirit, we do most of our Christmas shopping online to avoid the lines and crowds. Presents delivered right to your door, what more can you ask for?
Meditation – It is important to find times to purify your mind, especially when things get busy and stressful before the holidays. Think of it like showering or working out. It is essential to take time to get in touch with yourself and find peace during a stressful day. One meditation app we like is Mindspace. It is a 10 minute guided meditation that reminds you that meditation is not about pushing away your thoughts but more about being at peace with them. Try scheduling 10 minutes into your morning or night time routine!
Remember to enjoy the season – It is easy to forget the meaning of the season when it feels like there are a bunch of to-dos that come along with it. Remember to enjoy time with family and friends and let the little things go. Looking back you will be much more likely to remember the great times you had with the ones you care about most.
Happy Monday and Happy December! This year has flown by, I can't believe the holidays are already here!
I had so much fun decorating my place for Christmas. I wanted to keep the decorations more neutral, but added some pops of color and plaid. I swapped out simple things like pictures in my gallery wall and mugs hanging above my coffee bar to help make the main living spaces festive. Special thanks to my mom who came over and helped me decorate!
I hope everyone is enjoying this busy and joyful time of year!


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HomeCar NewsMahindra XUV700 AdrenoX Intelligent Features, New Logo - Official Teaser
Mahindra XUV700 AdrenoX Intelligent Features, New Logo – Official Teaser
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2022 Mahindra XUV700 Logo From Official Teaser
Mahindra has released a new teaser of their upcoming XUV700 SUV – It details the intelligent new features, as well as gives a hint at their new logo
With each day passing, buzz around the new Mahindra XUV700 continues to increase. A few hours after the first undisguised photos of the new XUV700 leaked on the internet, Mahindra released a new official teaser. This time, it details the AdrenoX powered intelligent features.
Along with that, it also gives a hint at the new Mahindra logo, which will debut with XUV700. Though the logo was not part of the teaser. In fact Mahindra XUV700 AdrenoX teaser tries to hide the logo. It is missing from steering wheel, and also from the other slides. But with a bit of editing of the screenshots from official teaser, we do get an idea of how new Mahindra logo will be looking on the 2021 XUV700 upon launch.
Mahindra AdrenoX
Mahindra has developed a new intelligent system called AdrenoX. It is what they are calling their operating system of the car. From handling voice activated commands to open and close sunroof (SkyRoof), to delivering 3D surround sound via Sony audio system, the AdrenoX will be much in action.
The new Mahindra XUV700 teaser also gives a good look at the dashboard as well as at the UI of infotainment and instrument cluster screens. The interiors does look premium and so does the AdrenoX powered infotainment system. Take a look at the official teaser below.
Also seen are drive modes called – Zip, Zap, Zoom or Custom. Yes, that is what the drive modes in Mahindra XUV700 will be called. Drive modes will only be offered with diesel engine.
Smart Door Handles, Personalized Safety Updates
The new XUV700 will receive pop out smart door handles as another one of its segment first features. This new design will see the door handles fit flush within the bodywork giving the upcoming SUV a more premium appeal.
Such door handles are usually seen on more premium cars such as the Mercedes-Benz EQS, Aston Martin DBX and on some Tesla and Jaguar offerings. These new door handles will pop out when the SUV is unlocked or when the key is in the proximity of the vehicle and retract into place once the vehicle is moved or parked.
2021 Mahindra XUV700 Seating Layout For 7 Seater Option
Personalized voice alerts for over-speeding is also being touted by Mahindra for the new XUV700 and is just one of the many safety features promised on the 3 row, 7 seater SUV. This means that you can record and play safety alerts in the voice of your loved one wherein a familiar voice plays back to remind the driver to slow down.
This is unlike the monotonous beep sound that emits from other cars when they pass the speed limit of 80 km/h and 120 km/h mark. This is being offered essentially as a feel good safety feature adding to the the overall experience of the new XUV700. Safety equipment will also include multiple airbags, ABS, EBD, electronic stability control and Level 1 autonomous technology with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).


Yes we have made it to day 100 with a different species in flower every day. Can we do the next 265?
The honour of day 100 goes to a small growing Dendrobium species from Laos, Vietnam and Southern China. Dendrobium loddigesii is largely deciduous growing 10cm pseudobulbs in the summer which then drop their leaves in the winter. Flowers appear from the leafless bulbs in late spring. We find that this species needs a distinct summer and winter to flower well as it can tend to just keep growing if kept warm all year and forget to flower.
We grow the species bright, wet and warm in the summer – Warm Americas seems to suit it best. Then cooler and dryer in the winter when the roof of Cool Americas seems to be its favourite spot. This may seem like a bit of a faff but it is definitely worth it for the sweet little flowers appear in April.


PaperFilms creators Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti will be going to the Big Easy this weekend to attend the Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con. This is a great opportunity for anyone in the area to swing by the convention, get your books autographed, pick up some Amanda Conner prints or just swing by the table and let the team thank you for their support!
We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing as many fans this weekend as possible!


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Q: What happened to Old New York? In my previous question, 'Why is the Cryogenics Lab in New New York?' we discussed why the Cryogenics Lab was in New New York when it was originally in Old New York. Old New York was Destroyed by Bender but later in the episode it was shown to be in the sewers of New New York.
Was Old New York Destroyed or built over?

A: In the very 1st episode, they showed that there were parts of Old New York that was just built over.  Not as in bulldozed, but as in they created a platform in where they can build their new city.  Most parts of old New York is still intact, some was buried and build over, and other was just replaced.
As for the Cryogenics Lab, engineers could have moved the chambers to a new location.  Cryo-chambers don't defrost automatically when disconnected, as you see in "Cryogenic Woman".

A: It was destroyed (not completely) and built over. I think it was the episode where Farnsworth, Fry and Bender were in the time machine and you can see the Earth go through phases of growth and destruction. They thought it was the end of time but ended up watching the big bang and eventually you see Old New York being built and destroyed by aliens and Bender!
That part where you see Bender in Old New York is a reference to Bender's Big Score in which Bender uses the time code to go back in time.

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Holdine Stachel (* 30. November 1892 in Danzig; † 26. Juli 1974 in Schwerin) war eine deutsche Politikerin und Schriftstellerin.

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Die Kommunistin Holdine Stachel arbeitete zunächst als Lehrerin. Während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus war sie in der antifaschistischen Widerstandsgruppe Alois Stachel in Danzig aktiv und arbeitete dabei auch mit der Abschnittsleitung Nord des Zentralkomitees der KPD in Kopenhagen zusammen.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg fungierte sie zunächst als Leiterin der Schulabteilung der Landesleitung der KPD (und nach der Zwangsvereinigung von SPD und KPD 1946 der SED) von Mecklenburg. Von 1949 bis 1952 war sie Oberreferentin im Ministerium für Volksbildung des Landes Mecklenburg. Später war sie Mitglied der Bezirksleitung Schwerin der SED sowie Mitglied des Bezirksvorstandes der Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft.

Schwerpunkte ihres schriftstellerischen Schaffens waren Romane mit regionalem Bezug zu Mecklenburg und Kinderbücher. Ihre Erfahrungen aus der Arbeit in der Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft bilanzierte sie in dem posthum erschienenen Buch Befreier, Verbündete, Freunde. Stachels Nachlass wird im Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin verwahrt.

1962 erhielt sie den Vaterländischen Verdienstorden in Silber.

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 Sturmtage in Danzig, Leipzig 1943.
 Dem neuen Tag entgegen. Roman, Schwerin 1950.
 Wenn Bälle fliegen und andere Dinge ..., Berlin 1954.
 Mit schwerem Gepäck auf steinigem Weg. Bilder aus der Geschichte der Stadt Wittenberge, Schwerin 1958.
 Die Milkats und die Quentins, Schwerin 1970.
 Befreier, Verbündete, Freunde. Vom Werden und Wachsen der deutsch-sowjetischen Freundschaft im Bezirk Schwerin, Schwerin 1985.

Literatur
 Joachim Niemann: Holdine Stachel. Antifaschistin, Pädagogin und Schriftstellerin. In: Martin Fischer (Red.): Kämpfer und Opfer. 60. Jahrestag der Befreiung des deutschen Volkes vom Faschismus. Kampf, Schwerstarbeit, Hunger, Qual – neues Leben. Thon, Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-937515-30-5, S. 125–127.
 Reinhard Rösler: Untersuchungen zum literarischen Leben in Mecklenburg 1945 bis 1949. Güstrow 1988, S. 134–136 (Güstrow, Pädag. Hochsch., Diss., 1988).

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Dundee SNP are delighted to announce that their annual Burns Supper 2019 will be held in the magnificent surroundings of the Invercarse Ballroom. Our special guest speakers include Mhairi Black MP, Stephen Gethins MP, Billy Kay writer and broadcaster and our very own John Alexander Dundee City Council SNP Leader.
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My opinion, free! No, I don't know what the domain name "www.philossifer.com" means. I added a domain name on a whim, and invented a name likely to be unique in a hurry. Perhaps it means that I am the internet philosophy police, for people who should go home because they are drunk.
It's delusion. The entire "racist" narrative is delusion, when it isn't calculated misdirection, by progressive Democrats, to cover the screamingly obvious fact that _all_ of this is "progress" gone wrong.
The whole sorry mess is the collateral damage of "progress"- starting with reasoned debate gone out the window in the '60s when screaming accusations (AKA "protesting") like babies having a tantrum, in order to win "national conversations" for which no compelling case was made with reasoned argument supported by objective evidence, were substituted for it.
The "protests", the calculated incivility, the screaming profanity, the re-writing, without justification, or, often, warning of, of etiquette, and many other cultural norms, the "new morality", the "sexual revolution", "feminism", the "anti-war movement" (there is a stunningly obvious lie, leftism _IS_ war- the central idea of Marxism is that nothing but struggle between groups of people matters: Leftism was never authentically anti-war, but anti _some_ wars, presumably, those which impede the march of "progress"), and more, or course, but I don't have all day.
In 55 years of imposing, piece by piece, "fundamental transformation" on the "Democratic" (no longer) Party first, then the USA entire, without ever making a compelling case, without the agreement of the people of the United States, "by any mean necessary", the "New Left" (lets call it, to distinguish from earlier rounds of the same poisonous ideology) has created the monsters it demands that we give up our liberty to them to be saved from, then given us a "cure" worse than the "disease" (for the people as a whole, and the Constitution, but, not, necessarily, for the community organizers, and the administrative state, whose ranks grow, and grow), repeatedly. Mass shootings are only one of those "monsters", although perhaps one of the most telling (the other, I guess, is the epidemic of abortion), because young men, and young women, need the restraint provided by stable families to stabilize them, especially in the early years of adulthood.
What this "progress" has evidently done, is, I think, not a clever plan- to substantially dismantle those qualities which John Adams so eloquently warned us we _must_ have, as a people, to be fit to be governed by a Constitution such as ours:
While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues sincere, and incapable of insidious and impious policy, we shall have the strongest reason to rejoice in the local destination assigned us by Providence. But should the people of America once become capable of that deep simulation towards one another, and towards foreign nations, which assumes the language of justice and moderation, while it is practising iniquity and extravagance, and displays in the most captivating manner the charming pictures of candour, frankness, and sincerity, while it is rioting in rapine and insolence, this country will be the most miserable habitation in the world. Because we have no government, armed with power, capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. Oaths in this country are as yet universally considered as sacred obligations. That which you have taken, and so solemnly repeated on that venerable ground, is an ample pledge of your sincerity and devotion to your country and its government.
Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, 11 October 1798, in Revolutionary Services and Civil Life of General William Hull (New York, 1848), pp 265-6. There are some differences in the version that appeared in The Works of John Adams (Boston, 1854), vol. 9, pp. 228-9, most notably the words "or gallantry" instead of "and licentiousness".
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I've been percolating and processing a little bit over the last couple of weeks.
I didn't have my kids with me on actual Fathers Day which I am kind of ok about. I'm used to it now I guess. The sum total of contact was a 'Happy Fathers Day' text from my son and a 'Happy Farters Day' text from my daughter.
I did find it a bit hard seeing the outpouring of happy dads across all social platforms, but I took comfort from the fact that I'd have my kids the following week to make up for it.
On the actual day I popped in to see my 84 yr old dad. Gave him a card which reflects my sense of humour. I even wrote some lovely thoughts inside.
A week later I took my kids over to visit, and I noticed that of all the cards he'd received for Father's Day, my card was the only one not displayed. He was worried that it might offend my sister. Cool. Boring Simon from here on in I suppose.
A few other things occured at that visit that got me thinking that family really isn't that important to me.
On Sunday, I lay in bed anticipating a little bit of celebration and attention from my kids. Nope. Maybe my expectations were too high. OOMA made a great effort but it was like pulling teeth to get my kids to do anything.
I'm starting to wonder if I'm actually a good father. Do I do a good job? Do my kids actually care? Or have they been put off me a bit through changes in circumstance (both with me and with their mother). I don't know.
It's very disconcerting that they're getting to the age where they need me in a different way.
I guess I can just steer the course.
So, I don't often walk with my son. Mainly on account of the fact that we are both lazy arse. I was therefore surprised when we got home after school this afternoon when he said to me "let's go for a walk".
It turns out that he wanted to hunt Pokemon and gain rewards from walking. Ok. I was up for it.
It reminded me of the last time us two went for a walk around the block. He was 5 (some 8 years ago) and my life at that time was about to change fairly significantly.
I remember clearly as he'd really pushed to go for a walk with me. Halfway around the block he looked up at me and said "why are you doing this walk"?
I replied "to lose weight".
He considered this for a while then said "it's not working". Then "perhaps you should go on The Biggest Loser".
I laughed then, and I laugh now. And no, it's not working. Still.
I love the mind of a child.
Yesterday I had to take Master 13 to a mates birthday. As it was on the other side of Auckland from home I was not interested in making a couple of trips.
This left me with the task of providing entertainment for Miss 10 who'd tagged along.
Now, I've been developing a healthy and wholesome obsession with DIY stores – I love spending time in both Bunnings and Mitre 10 – and tragically my son and other assorted people in my life (I'm looking at KT) don't seem to properly appreciate the joyous environs provided by these companies.
But Miss 10 appears to.
We went to Bunnings. We went to Mitre 10. We looked at tools. We looked at plants. We looked at wood.
I have learned that Miss 10 is really interested in home decor and design. She loves lights, and has a particular thing for fake display kitchens. She loves them! (I should note here that she is a bit disturbed by display toilets – it's balance I suppose).
She was a great partner in a crime for me! It was so much fun.
We also spent a few hours looking for geocaches. She took pride and pleasure in locating destinations (giving me directions and instructions) and then finding the caches, logging our finds and then deciding on the next one.
It was a special time. It was unforced and just fun. I'm loving how she's growing and the person she is becoming. I'm a lucky guy.
This week has been pretty huge for me.
My birth mother has come to stay with me and KT. She arrived in NZ a month ago – I wrote about it here – and has been spending time catching up with her old friends and reconnecting with my birth father.
Last Sunday represented the first time in my entire life that I have been in the same room as my mother and my father. It was a little surreal.
My kids got to meet their biological grandmother for the first time in their lives on Tuesday. After the initial shyness they connected. My mother (76) loves technology and gaming and has a Steam membership, as does Master 13. They're now friends on Steam and as my son so eloquently put it "When it's my birthday you can buy me games". Sigh.
Miss 10 is a little more circumspect. She likes to hold back and observe until she's considered all things. Then she talks. And talk they did.
As I'd already met Mum and my family over in Somerset and have connected with my Father and half-brother over the last few years, it wasn't too emotionally challenging for me. Apart from an occasional "wow" moment when people around us observe mannerisms and speech patterns that are clearly genetic rather than learned. For my Mum though it's been a completion. She's naturally a tad pessimistic and was worried that my kids would 'hate her on sight'. This of course was quite silly. She's mentioned that for the first time in her life she feels directly involved rather than being on the periphery of family goings-on.
An interesting observation is that my mother and father don't have any real experience of being grandparents so the relationship that will develop between them and my kids is going to be quite different to those my kids have with my adoptive parents and their grandparents on their mothers' side. It'll be more adult than anything. It will be interesting to see how that progresses.
It's been good showing mum around parts of Auckland. She's got to meet my ex (the mother of my kids) briefly and has started to get a real sense of my world. She has realised how similar to her I am.
My dad has been staying with my half-brother this week and has joined us on occasion. We visited Kelly Tarlton's (yes, it's the one thing my mum wanted to see in Auckland – she loves aquariums) and then yesterday, we all met my adoptive parents for a cuppa and a chat.
Well… by 'chat' I mean that the four somewhat deaf senior citizens paired off and started talking. The kids and I were surplus to the occasion so we ended up playing cards. My birth parents and my adoptive parents had a lifetime of catching up to do. They'd never met before.
So the missing pieces of my life are found. And with this visit, my life has come full circle.
Over the last year or so there have been a number of events in my life requiring my attention and dedication to get through. Nothing earth-shattering but generally a bit distracting and frustrating.
Over the last month or so, I've been reflecting on my existence and considering the things that impact me (both positively and negatively) that I can control and the things that impact me that I can't control. I've also considered the things I don't actually care about, and the things I shouldn't care about.
It has been quite the cathartic process.
My main concern was the impact this would have on my kids. They're still being brought up in the ways of the Lord by their mother and their school and their church, and they'll know that Dad doesn't subscribe to a lot of the imposed morality of their environment. I am very conscious of making sure they never feel like visitors or that they've been replaced.
Of secondary concern is that I'm moving to Belmont. BELMONT. I'm going to have to become a Shore Boy. There are some aspects of the Shore that I like: Tunnels in hills for example. Beaches are OK I guess. I like Takapuna. I am dreading being a regular on Lake Rd – that abomination of tarmac that connects Esmonde Rd to Devonport. But I'll get used to it I suppose.
I will miss my locals – Freida Margolis, The Gypsy Tea Room et al – but I will make my presence felt on Hurstmere Rd and surrounds I'm sure.
I am looking forward to making use of the Devonport Ferry on a semi-regular basis. A definite bonus.


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Just one needle saves a life following Stanford physician's trip to Madagascar
Author Ruthann RichterPublished on July 25, 2016 January 29, 2018
Stanford emergency physician S.V. Mahadevan, MD, had no idea when he visited Madagascar two months ago that he would help save the life of an ailing newborn. The chair of emergency medicine at Stanford, Mahadevan traveled to the island country in April to teach some essential medical procedures to health care workers there, using simple equipment he had brought. Those same health care workers put that training into practice in July to rescue a 2-month-old with a life-threatening infection.
"The best part is that while I was thousands of miles away, in some small way I had a chance to impact a baby's life, which is fantastic," Mahadevan told me. "That is why we do global health. It's a way of sharing the expertise we've gained over the years with our partners in other countries."
Mahadevan visited Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, at the invitation of economist and disease ecologist Matt Bonds, PhD, a visiting professor at Stanford who co-founded the nonprofit group, PIVOT, which provides health care to the country's rural poor. The two had met through Michele Barry, MD, director of Stanford's Center for Innovation in Global Health.
Mahadevan spent a week in a remote area of southeastern Madagascar, teaching basic principles and demonstrating simple, life-saving procedures to health professionals at the government-run Ifanadiana District Hospital, which is supported by PIVOT. One technique involved the insertion of a needle into a bone to gain access to the circulatory system. These needles are typically used to deliver fluids, antibiotics and other medications when veins are inaccessible because of dehydration or other factors.
Mahadevan had brought a needle with him, as well as the instrument to install the needle, and a fake bone for the health workers to practice on. He left the equipment behind after he returned to Stanford.
On July 8, he received an exuberant email from a physician there describing the rescue of a child using the intraosseous device. A chubby baby had been suffering from advanced meningitis and was so dehydrated that there was no way to access her veins. Relying on Mahadevan's training, a Malagasy clinician known as Dr. Tahiry successfully inserted the intraosseous needle into the baby's shin and was able to give the ailing newborn fluids and antibiotics. The caregivers were also able to feed her breast milk from the mother via a tube in the stomach.
After a week, the baby began to recover, becoming conscious and alert, reported Charles Mead, MD, a PIVOT physician who mentors the Malagasy clinicians.
"This is a case where they didn't have an alternative. Without the IV, she wouldn't have had the fluids to survive," Bonds said. In a thank you email to Mahadevan, he said, "I am always dazzled by the ripple effects of that kind of generosity. It saves lives. It empowers our staff."
These kinds of experiences give health care providers in the developing world the confidence and ability to carry on in the face of many challenges, said Mahadevan, who founded Stanford Emergency Medicine International and has provided training and care in India, Cambodia, Mongolia and Myanmar, among other countries. He continued:
When you are a health care provider in a setting like that, there's a lot of helplessness. You see someone come in, and there is nothing you can do, so the next time you just give up. So having something where you can intervene is not only incredible for the patient but also for the health care provider. It gives them that sense of hope that they can make a difference and a desire to learn more of these interventions that are simple and easy to deploy and inexpensive and can really save a life. That stays with an institution long after someone has done a training.
Bonds said the visit was a "big morale boost" for the staff, who receive training on standard protocols, but don't have a lot of access to high-quality training from experts like Mahadevan. Moreover, they operate in a country where per capita spending on health care is just $14 and child mortality is very high. In the local region, which has a population of 30,000 children under age 5, he said 5,000 would likely die in the next five years from preventable illnesses, such as diarrheal disease, malaria and respiratory infections. But with PIVOT's help, he hopes to see that number reduced by half.
He said the nonprofit could benefit from additional equipment and is looking for funding to help purchase more intraosseous needles, which cost about $200 apiece. He estimated that six patients every month – both adults and children — could be saved through use of the simple device.
Previously: A look at "India's medical miracle," the largest ambulance service in the world, Improving global emergency medicine to save lives and What I did this summer: Stanford medical student works to improve emergency care in Cambodia
Photos by PIVOT Madagascar and mikadago
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Making the microbiome part of precision medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Studies of the microbiome should be integral to future precision medicine initiatives, argue scientists from the University of Chicago in a new commentary published Nov. 1 in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.
A growing body of research shows the microbiome--the community of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms living in the body, mostly in the digestive tract--plays a crucial role in human health and disease. Because of its influence on disease states and response to treatments, write Thomas Kuntz, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, and Jack Gilbert, PhD, Faculty Director of the Microbiome Center, the microbiome should play a crucial role in the field of personalized medicine, which has been dominated thus far by genetics.
"Ultimately, the microbiome must become an integral part of precision medicine as a whole, since so much of human functioning and metabolism is dependent upon it," the authors write. "If this is to happen in the near future, as it hopefully should, we must better understand the microbiome and its interactions with the human and the environment via a concerted effort and conversation between researchers, clinicians, patients, the government, and most importantly, the broader community."
In his 2015 State of the Union, President Barack Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative, a far-reaching research effort to develop medical treatments tailored for an individual's unique genetic makeup, environment and lifestyle. Instead of relying on one-size-fits-all solutions designed to help the largest number of statistically average people, such treatments could leverage advances in genetic testing, molecular engineering and big data analysis to target diseases that are often unique to each patient.
Many early precision medicine projects have focused on genetic differences between individual patients, such as unique genetic mutations in a tumor. Kuntz and Gilbert suggest several key areas where microbiome research could complement and extend genetics-based, precision medicine efforts:
Drug response and interactions--The way the body metabolizes drugs plays a key role in their effectiveness and potential for adverse reactions; likewise, the gut microbiome is an important driver of the body's metabolism and digestive process. More than 60 drugs have already been identified to have interactions with the microbiome, and as that number is surely to increase, a greater understanding of these interactions in the context of a patient's unique microbial community could lead to more effective treatments.
Targeted treatments and antibiotics--Antibiotics have a direct effect on the microbiome, however, they have widespread effects on the microbial balance in the body, wiping out not only pathogens but helpful bacteria that are essential to health. Development of precision antibiotics and therapies that target specific pathogens and enzymes would improve the effectiveness of such treatments and reduce the spread of resistance by avoiding overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Prebiotics and probiotics--Precision deployment of prebiotics, substances like metabolites that serve as food for microbes, could stimulate the growth of specific strains to help restore a healthy balance of gut bacteria. Likewise, a better understanding of the individual communities of microbes in a patient, how they differ from diseased to healthy states and how to manipulate those communities reliably, could also help researchers develop more effective probiotic products to restore healthy microbiome function in the gut.
Underserved community disparities--Several health conditions, including obesity and asthma, which disproportionately affect people living in low socioeconomic status or medically-underserved communities have been linked to disruptions in the microbiome. Such communities could greatly benefit by further research on the specific environmental and lifestyle factors that influence individual microbiomes and possibly contribute to the development of these conditions.
Because the human microbiome is incredibly complex and can rapidly change in an individual, it offers a prime opportunity for developing highly-personalized, precision treatments, the authors write.
"The time has come to include the microbiome and microbial responses in our assessments of health and disease," said Gilbert. "We should build an integrated database of all of these records to allow for appropriate meta-analyses, so that we can all benefit."
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BASEBALL: Redlands East Valley shuts out…
BASEBALL: Redlands East Valley shuts out Pasadena, 11-0
By Clay Fowler | cfowler@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
REDLANDS – About the only thing the Redlands East Valley and Pasadena high school baseball teams have in common is the CIF playoffs.
One finished second in the Citrus Belt League to USA Today's No. 6 team in the country. The other, the fifth-place team in the Pacific League, was only granted postseason entrance thanks to a new rule.
After Jeremy Perez's no-hitter fueled REV's 11-0 victory in a CIF-SS Division II wild-card playoff game on Tuesday, it wasn't difficult to figure out which was which.
"This kind of baseball," Pasadena coach Mike Parisi said, "is totally different than the type of baseball we're used to seeing in the West San Gabriel Valley."
The Pasadena hitters apparently weren't used to seeing pitchers the caliber of Perez. The senior left-hander, who was a fourth-inning error away from a perfect game, only allowed three balls out of the infield and finished with 10 strikeouts.
Two batters into the game, REV had enough offense to seal its trip to the first round, where the Wildcats (20-6) will face Glendora, also a wild-card winner on Tuesday.
REV third baseman Clayton Goodrich, who was 3-for-5, drove in the first of his four runs with a first-inning double. Perez, whose leadoff fly ball to left field was dropped, scored to give REV a 1-0 lead.
"We were just looking for the `W'," Perez said. "The no-hitter was just a part of it."
Effective this season, CIF is granting playoff berths to teams with a .500 or better record that finish one place out of automatic postseason position. Thus, Pasadena (15-12-1), members of an eight-team Pacific League with four automatic playoff berths, was given an at-large playoff pass.
Typically a team that finishes a game behind the likes of No. 2 seed Yucaipa wouldn't have to earn its spot in the first round, but the Wildcats weren't complaining.
"I'd rather be playing than practicing," REV coach James Cordes said. "We weren't (upset) about the new rule. We're just glad to be playing baseball."
Though it ended up feeling more like a practice, REV's playoff intensity was on display early.
The Wildcats batted around in the second inning to take a 6-0 lead and end the day of Pasadena starter Nathan Bernstein, who allowed seven hits with a pair of walks. By the end of the fourth inning, Pasadena was on its third pitcher and facing a 10-0 deficit.
Four REV players had at least two hits – the team finished with 13 – and six had at least one RBI.
REV's only loss in its last 13 games is an 8-5 defeat at the hands of Yucaipa. The Wildcats, who finished a game behind Yucaipa in the CBL, have won seven straight, one more than its Thursday opponent, Glendora.
"If we keep swinging it like we are and keep throwing it like we're capable," Cordes said, "it could be a fun run for us."
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Clay Fowler is the sports features and UCLA basketball writer for the Southern California News Group. He has been working for SCNG since 2006, when he moved to Southern California from his native Texas. He was born and raised in Dallas and graduated from the University of Texas in 2002. He lives in La Verne with his wife and son. He is probably craving Chinese food right now.
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The problem with a self appointed bodyguard that you have feelings for is that they are right up close and personal every damn day, and when they look like Evan Roark, they're impossible to ignore.
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I didn't think I'd live another day. It's been almost ten years since I escaped to a life I could never imagine. And to a man I can only dream about. Evan Roark has been my beacon, he's been the man who's shown me that men who are strong can also be safe. After almost a decade, I'm finally ready to take back my life and remember the woman inside me, the woman who wants, who needs, who loves, who feels, who craves … only he's made it clear I can't crave him. But I haven't made it this far to make a new life only to fail now. I want him to be the one to help me erase my past. And if he wants to be all up in my space being bossy and overprotective, and looking so hot, then I can't help it if I'll try anything possible to get him to touch me.
Nine years ago I asked my best friend, Xavier, for a favor, a way to keep Andrea safe. While I run security for him and guard his family against all threats, I can also keep her close. I keep her close, but never touch. But when she paints a target on her back by filing for divorce, I'm forced to make a choice, and it's her I have to protect. And now she's calling my bluff, letting me know she's ready to finally trust another man to hold her, to touch her, to love her… It's killing me. I want it to be me, but I can't be both her lover and her protector. If I give in, then I won't see the threat coming. I know what happens when I get distracted. People get hurt.
But she's making it so … damn… difficult.
Set against the backdrop of Southern France in and around a tiny storybook village reminiscent of Belle's village in Beauty and The Beast, comes a story of a woman whose life was stolen by an abusive husband, and the man who'll help her remember the woman she is inside.
*****5 Absolutely Incredible Stars*****
Natasha Boyd continues to be an author who I can count on for an epic and unforgettable and all feeling romance that I will truly treasure. I have read and loved every single one of her books. They are utterly incredible, truly breathtaking and beautiful, and they have given me some of the most epic love stories I have ever experienced. They are truly more in the best way and I really don't have enough words to really capture what it's like to experience one of her love stories. They are just that unforgettable and outstanding and utterly amazing to experience.
Stolen English was yet another example of why this author is one of my all-time favorites.
This book was captivating from the very first word. It was bursting with such vibrancy and personality from these characters, and that combined with the fiery connection that was ready to topple them both over in every moment, was literally everything. Combine that with the beautiful setting of this book, the phenomenal characters that make up this world and this family, and throw in just everything that Evan and Andrea were building between them, and you have the making of a perfect love story.
I loved every word of this book. I loved being back in this world with characters that I fell so hopelessly in love with when I was reading Broken French. I loved getting to see Evan and Andrea fight like hell against everything they were feeling, only to feel that glorious tension and build up and connection build and build and build to the point of no return. I loved that underneath these characters taking chances and pushing each other away and figuring out what they wanted, that you always knew it was the two of them. You knew through every word and every turn of that page that they were meant to be together. That they had to find a way to love. That they had to get that happily ever after that they both so deserved.
Feeling and needing that with every breath in my body through every word of this book is honestly just a scratching the surface of what I loved about Stolen English and everything that I got with Evan and Andrea.
Those two definitely make you work for it, but let me tell you, that work is so damn worth it. In those moments when these to push each other to the edge, when they make each other want things they don't think are possible, when they make each other want more, you feel the truth and the vulnerability and the honesty of all of that. You feel everything with them. You feel how they're putting their hearts on the line for the one person who truly means everything. You feel how even though they might be scared out of their minds to take that next step, they also need that next step like they need their next breath. And getting to be in the midst of that tension and build up and connection and that push in that pole as they thought to get to where they did in this book… It was truly everything.
Natasha Boyd does the most outstanding job of letting you live this book with these characters in a way that remind you why she is such a gifted and talented writer and storyteller. I felt it all in this book. I felt Evan struggle with the changes going on in his dynamic with Andrea, his struggle with his feelings towards her, his struggles with everything that comes to light in this book, and his struggle to stay away from the one person he has always wanted.
I connected deeply to Andrea's story of gaining her life and independence back after being on the run and living in fear for so long. This book was truly a celebration of her fight and her heart and everything she had done to put her self back together again. Getting to be with her as she did all of that and more, while also being with her as she waited her way through the ocean of feeling that she has for Evan was nothing short of perfection.
Combine all of that with how this author allows you to understand these characters deepest fears and worries and insecurities, while also showing how they basically give each other life and make each other stronger is incredible. It pulls your heart in something fierce, it invests you completely and deeply in their own individual journeys and what they are building together, and it has you desperate for every second with them. It has you ready for more. It has you eager to see how they will handle the many challenges that come their way on their road to finally being together. And boy do those to get some bumps in the road in this book, but the way that they handle them, the way that they're in it together, and the way that they give it their all with their whole heart for the chance to be with one another is truly beautiful. And it's emotionally breathtaking in a way that will sear you to them and everything they give you.
Natasha Boyd once again brings you back to the world of the Mediterranean, to a group of people who are practically family, and to two characters who are truly destined to be with one another. They have seen each other through some of the hardest moments of their lives, and this book explores how They take that chance at what could be. And that chance scares them out of their ever loving minds, but you will love getting to be with them as they take that leap, as they see what could be, and as they put their hearts on the line one last time when it really really matters.
Evan and Andrea truly give you at all in this book and you will love them. Point blank you will love them and their journey and what comes to be with them. You will love the push and the pull that it takes to get there, you will love how they always keep each other on their toes in the most fantastically infuriating way, you will love how everything with them means so much more. You will love that it's also real and true between them. You will love that they know the other is the one who changes everything. You will love how even in the hardest of moments for these two, it always comes back to them and what could be and their pull to one another. Couple that with the breathtaking level of emotion and vulnerability you get with them along the way, and you have just part of what makes this book so utterly outstanding.
Stolen English was the perfect follow up to Broken French and it has me BEYOND eager to get more stories from this world. I'm going to need Natasha Boyd to keep writing in this world because it is a place I truly never want to leave. This world is full of life and vibrancy and memorable characters that on your heart fiercely and just the most amazing settings that will truly take your breath away. I am loving the world of these books and I really just want more. So please give us more Natasha Boyd, I beg of you!
I really don't have enough words to really capture what it was like to experience and read this book. This book and the way this author gives you these characters and their love story is why I am a romance reader. This book is the a pitta me of an incredible love story with a happily ever after that will melt you into a puddle of goo on the floor. And you will love it.
You will love every single second of how these characters bear their souls to one another. You will love how they're willing to fight like hell for one another even if it means they don't get to be together in the end. You will love how even through the hardest of moments these characters are with one another, they see each other, they feel everything for one another, and they are willing to do everything possible for the other at a chance at that happily ever after. You will love how that connection sparks and burns and builds and builds in the most glorious way till that moment of unforgettable explosion where all bets are off. You will love how everything with Evan and Andrea feels like so much more. You will love how they love one another, how they are with one another, and how they just truly respect one another.
Simply put, you will love them, you will love their love story, and you will love every single second you get with them in Stolen English.
Natasha Boyd once again delivers an epic and all feeling romance that will make you swoon, that will make you smile until your cheeks hurt, that will have you feeling every emotion possible, and that will just have you utterly in love with her characters and their love and journey to that happily ever after. She wholeheartedly invests you and everything her characters share and go through in the story, and she will have you in every breath of her words in this book as she delivers the romance your heart and soul needs. Through her incredible writing she gives you these characters in the most honest and real way, and then a way that will have you basking in every single second you get with them. Throw in some serious fun and spice along the way and you have the makings of one hell of a love story.
And really that's just scratching the surface of what makes this one of the best love stories and romance novels that I have read this year.
I love everything about this book and I cannot recommend it to you enough. Read this book, bask in this series, live these love stories with these characters. You will not regret it and in fact your heart will thank you for it because everything you get in this world with these characters through these stories and this author's words is nothing short of everything. It is what romance books should be and it continues to show again and again the talent this author has with the written word and with capturing and creating love. I'm truly so thankful that I have the chance to read books like this because they make my romance reading loving heart so beyond happy and I can't say it enough.
Stolen English was beautiful perfection. It is a story about a woman who fights like hell for a second chance at life, and the knight in shining armor who is ready and willing to do whatever it takes to protect her, to be there for her, and to make sure every one of her dreams come true. It is a story of resiliency, heart and emotion, and so much admiration and adoration between these two. It is a story of two people who are truly destined for one another. It is a story of what happens when that leap of faith and that second chance at it all truly makes all the difference in the world. Because that chance, and that leap of faith? It can truly change the trajectory of your entire life and your love and everything if you allow yourself to have it… And Andrea and Evan are the epitome of that in this book.
They are everything, right along with their amazing love story.
So seriously, just read this book. Read it, love it, and love every single word of it. You will not regret it. Not one little bit. Read this entire series and better yet read every book by this author. You will love every single word she gives you, and you will love the epic an unforgettable love stories you get in this book, and an every other one of her books. Natasha Boyd is truly one of the best, and Stolen English just proves that again and again a million times over.
Natasha Boyd (Writing romance as TASHA BOYD) is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, internationally bestselling, and award-winning author of contemporary romance, romantic comedy and historical fiction.
Her historical fiction novel, The Indigo Girl, takes on the true story of young Eliza Lucas Pinckney and the indigo trade in the 1700's. It was long listed for the Southern Book Prize and was a Southern Independent Booksellers' Association OKRA PICK.
Her work is available in English, Italian, Turkish, German, French, Czech, Serbian, Russian and Indonesian and she lives in Atlanta with her husband, two sons, and a Yorkie named Truffle. She drinks English Breakfast tea before 11 am, is obsessed with honey, and once played the part of Dorothy in a school production of The Wizard of Oz.
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Fly Intel: Wall Street's top stories at midday
By: The Fly | | Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:58 am EST
Stocks opened lower following the monthly jobs data. More jobs were created than predicted in August and wages increased, but the month of July saw an adjustment lower that may have taken investors by surprise. The market opened in negative ground, but the averages saw their lows a short time after the open and began to drift up from their opening prices. The Nasdaq was the first of the major averages to move into positive ground, followed by the S&P. The Dow briefly crossed into the green, but is struggling near noon to stay above the flatline. ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., nonfarm payrolls rose 201,000 in August, while the unemployment rate was steady at 3.9%. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4% month-over-month and climbed 2.9% year-over-year. The 157,000 increase in July jobs was revised down to 147,000. COMPANY NEWS: Shares of Tesla (TSLA) have dropped 5% after the company's chief accounting officer resigned following just about a month in the role. Dave Morton, who was named Tesla's chief accounting officer on July 30, said he resigned because "the level of public attention placed on the company, as well as the pace within the company," exceeded his expectations and caused him to "reconsider" his future. News of Morton's departure followed CEO Elon Musk's "marijuana and whiskey" podcast interview with Joe Rogan, during which the executive appeared to share a blunt and drinks with the stand up comic. MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers was Broadcom (AVGO), which gained 8% after the company issued a "beat and raise" quarterly report that prompted an upgrade from BofA Merrill Lynch of the stock to Buy. Also higher following their earnings reports were Okta (OKTA), Domo (DOMO) and Five Below (FIVE). Among the noteworthy losers was Molson Coors (TAP), which fell 4% after Jefferies analyst Kevin Grundy started coverage of the stock with an Underperform rating and $55 price target. Also lower were shares of Criteo (CRTO), which declined 12% after a Goldman Sachs analyst noted that the company has lost its Facebook (FB) Marketing Partner status. INDEXES: Near midday, the Dow was down 14.56, or 0.06%, to 25,981.31, the Nasdaq was up 25.04, or 0.32%, to 7,947.77, and the S&P 500 was up 1.78, or 0.06%, to 2,879.83.


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Youth Volleyball Coach Held on Suspicion of Sexual Battery in Long Beach
by Contributing Editor December 5, 2021 December 5, 2021
Police Sunday are asking anyone who may have been a victim of a 29-year-old youth volleyball coach, who has been arrested on suspicion of multiple counts of sexual battery and sexual crimes against a minor, to come forward, authorities said.
Jerod Curtis of Carson was arrested Friday and was being held at the Long Beach City Jail on $225,000 bail.
A female juvenile contacted police on Nov. 30 to report that she had been inappropriately touched by Curtis, who was working as a message therapist in the 5800 block of Naples Avenue, the Long Beach Police Department reported.
Curtis is also suspected in two sexual batteries involving adult female victims, which occurred in July and November, police said.
Anyone who may know of more alleged victims was urged to call 562-570-7321 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
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