Back in March Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC for patent infringements relating to iPhone hardware and software. HTC responded by saying it would take Apple head-on as it disagreed with Apple's actions and would fully defend itself.
Now Apple is getting a taste of its own medicine as HTC has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) asking for all iPhone, iPod, and iPad imports be halted.
As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in 2002 and the first Android smartphone in 2008, HTC believes the industry should be driven by healthy competition and innovation that offer consumers the best, most accessible mobile experiences possible. We are taking this action against Apple to protect our intellectual property, our industry partners, and most importantly our customers that use HTC phones.
No detail has been given as to what specifically HTC is complaining about, but Gizmodo believes it is five patents relating to power management, personalized phone dialling, and a telephone dialler with easy memory access.
In the press release HTC does point to the fact it has been making smartphones and innovating for over a decade. Software, design, and form-factor are all referenced in the HTC release suggesting it could be going after Apple on all fronts and not just those five patents.
With each company suing the other this will either drag on or end in an agreement to disagree.
Both companies must believe they have a case they can win, but this could end up in embarrassment, royalties, and a large payout if either Apple or HTC has got this wrong. That's assuming this does actually go to court, but I can't see any negotiations happening because of the competition between them.
If I was a betting man then I'd say that Apple has possibly underestimated HTC and the patents they have. Apple took action first, but HTC may have a nice patent portfolio to call upon in case something like this happened. It didn't waver when Apple sued and just pointed to a number of firsts it had achieved including a Windows PDA in 1998.
We also need to remember that HTC recently signed a patent deal with Microsoft covering all Android phones. There may be some overlap between the patents Apple says HTC is infringing and those it has licensed from Microsoft making this even more messy.
This is certainly going to be interesting to watch over the coming months.


P.S. I want to apologize in advance and just give a heads up if you do mod my map because this is my first map there will be mistakes but I hope that doesn't stop you from trying to help me. I also decided to use double BPM (100 -> 200), I'm not sure if this is looked down upon or considered bad so please take that into account.
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As we enter into a particularly focused period of prayer with the beginning of the Easter Triduum today, let us keep our Holy Father's intentions in our prayers this month.
That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialogue among all believers.
That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire human race.


February 14, 2019 (Lincoln, NE) — Today, Senator Kate Bolz introduced legislation to improve retention for frontline employees at the Nebraska Department of Corrections. The bill, LB109, will be heard today in the Government Committee and creates new pay structures that rewards experience and skills gained while working for the Department.
Currently, employees are not guaranteed wages that reflect experience on the job.
"It's clear that to solve our prison staffing crisis and cut long-term training costs to the state, we must do more to keep the employees we've already invested in" said Senator Kate Bolz.
LB109 requires that beginning in 2021/2022 must create three tiers of experience with increasing pay structures for corrections corporals, sergeants and unit caseworkers, respectively.
"By introducing new staffing wage tiers, we can recognize the most experienced and highly trained Department of Corrections employees and incentivize them to stay with the Department throughout their careers," said Senator Bolz.


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Mosqueda Releases Schedule for Council to Consider American Rescue Plan Act Funding, Promises Robust Community Engagement
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and her Council colleagues serving in the Finance and Housing Committee will spend the next three months discussing a spending plan for an anticipated $239 million the City of Seattle expects to receive in federal COVID relief dollars as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The Council passed a resolution on March 22, 2021, outlining the Council's priorities for the American Rescue Plan Act, which included: vaccines and testing; food assistance; homelessness and housing services, including rental assistance; immigrant and refugee support; child care; small business, worker assistance and workforce recovery; community wellbeing; transportation; and revenue replacement and financial resilience.
Continuing the discussion on the American Rescue Plan Act federal funding, the Finance and Housing Committee, with an invite sent to all nine Councilmembers, will work on passing two appropriations bills that will go into more detail on how the city will spend the additional federal funds.
"We have an opportunity to invest equitably in our communities and build towards a future Seattle with lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis. To craft the best spending plan possible that best serves our constituents, we'll include robust community involvement, including several community panels as part of committee, public comment, and a dedicated public hearing," Mosqueda said.
Mosqueda aims to pass two appropriation bills for the first tranche of funding. The first will include urgent needs/services that are not fully funded in 2021 plus any proposed spending where there are shared priorities among Councilmembers and with the Executive. The second will appropriate funds for any remaining 2021 American Rescue Plan Act aid not appropriated in the first bill, including funding for specific purposes being allocated over the coming months to the City. The second tranche of funding will be addressed through the fall budget process.
As part of the calendar, Mosqueda has included opportunities for community engagement, including 20 minutes of public comment at the beginning of each scheduled committee meeting. Additionally, there will be a dedicated public hearing on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.
Below is the current calendar for the Finance and Housing Committee:
DATE TIME COMMITTEE TOPICS
Tues, April 6, 2021 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Presentation from other cities on their plans for use of the ARP direct Aid
Tues, April 20, 2021 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Community Panel2021 ORD #1: Briefing
Tue, May 4, 2021 5:30 PM Public Hearing
Wed, May 5, 2021 2:00 PM – special committee mtg if needed 2021 ORD #1 amendments and possible vote
Tues, May 18, 2021 9:30 AM 2021 ORD #1: Amendments and vote (unless voted out on 5/5)
2021 ORD #2: first discussion
Wed, June 2, 2021 2:00 PM – special committee mtg if needed 2021 ORD #2 discussion, amendments and possible vote on amendments
Tues, June 15, 2021 9:30 AM -1:00 PM 2021 ORD #2: Amendments + vote (unless voted out 5/2)
Wed, June 16, 2021 2:00 PM – special committee mtg if needed Schedule and hold for potential Finance and Housing items
Posted: March 29th, 2021 under Councilmember Mosqueda, Mosqueda, News Releases.
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When the Titanic started sinking, who would make it off alive? The two cousins who had been so eager to see their first iceberg? The maid who desperately tried to escape with the baby in her care? The young newlyweds who'd booked passage despite warnings not to?
More than one hundred years after that disastrous and emblematic voyage, Elizabeth Kaye reveals the extraordinary, little-known story behind one of the first lifeboats to leave the doomed ship. A Second Edition of the This New York Times and Kindle best seller, it has been freshly edited and expanded by the author with new material.
Told in real time and in the actual voices of survivors, Kaye's poignant, pulse-pounding narrative includes the story of the Countess of Rothes, the wealthiest woman on the ship, bound for California, where she and her husband planned to start an orange farm. It was the Countess, dressed in ermine and pearls, who took command of Lifeboat No. 8, rowing for hours through the black and icy water. In the words of one of the Titanic's crew, she was "more of a man than any we have on board."
At the heart of Kaye's tale is a budding romance between the Countess's maid, Roberta Maioni, and the Titanic's valiant wireless operator, Jack Phillips. While Roberta made it safely onto Lifeboat No. 8, holding nothing but a photo of Jack she had run back to her cabin to retrieve, he remained on the ship, where he would send out the world's first SOS signal. But would it be received in time to save his life?
A century later, we're still captivated by the Titanic and its passengers. With its skillful use of survivors' letters, diaries, and testimonies, "Lifeboat No. 8" adds a dramatic new chapter to the ongoing story.


The Big Bear Valley offers some of the finest trails in Southern California. With a wide range of trails for the newest to the most experienced hikers and bikers, the Big Bear Valley has much to offer for the biker or hiker. We here at Getboards have compiled a list of the trails we recommend for all skill levels. The list below is sorted by experience and has the type of bike recommended for them.
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The Alpine Pedal Paths is an asphalt path that travels along the north shore of beautiful Big Bear Lake. Easily accessible for everyone, It starts at Stanfield Cutoff and ends at the Solar Observatory. This is the prime spot for those who wish to just take it easy.
An original and unique nature trail with a self guided tour featuring 20 posted stops. Pick up a pamphlet at the entrance and take the self-guided tour where you will learn about local botany, geology and the wildlife of the area. An adventure pass is required to park. You can pick them up in either of our locations or at the discovery center.
While not the easiest of these to get to, The Lodgepole Pine Trail is well worth the trip. Located on the south side of the lake and this trail is a gentle walk down a path along a stream that ends up at the Champion Lodgepole Pine one of the largest known lodgepoles in the world.
To get to the trail head, begin by driving up the dirt road Mill Creek Road, Forest Road 2N10, for 4.5 miles then turn right on 2N11 and continue 1 mile to the trail head.
The Skyline Trail is a longer moderate trail. Clocking in at 15 miles up and back being recommended for beginner to intermediate. The Skyline Trail is located on the backside of Snow Summit, and begins where the US Forest service roads 2N10 and 2N06 meet. The trail follows the 2N10, and weaves from east to west.
The Castle Rock Trail Big Bear's most popular trails. The trail begins 1 mile east of Big Bear Dam on Highway 18. Located on the south side of Highway 18 is a small brown sign that marks the trail head with parking at the turnout along the highway. The elevation gain is 500 feet making it a steep climb for the first half miles. The well-marked trail levels out for another seventh of a mile. At the top is an impressive granite rock outcropping providing 360 degree view prefect for panoramic pictures.
Beginning at the base of Aspen Glen Picnic Area located south of Mill Creek Road, The trail goes through stands of white fir and Jeffrey pine trees. The trail leads to Grand View Point which has an altitude of 7,784 feet. The avid hikers can make the round trip hike in three hours. Mountain bikers are able to take the Scenic Sky Chair to 2N10 west to 1E01 for a adrenaline filled single track experience.
This trail starts a sixth or a mile west of the Discovery Center on Highway 38. Once on the trail you will travel through a variety of natural environments. The first mile is a gentle uphill climb, but after that mile you will realize you are gaining altitude. The Cougar Crest Trail ends at the juncture of the world-famous Pacific Crest Trail. An adventure pass is required to park at the trail head. Adventure pass can be purchased at either of our stores or at the discovery center.
The hardest trail of all, the John Bull Loop Bike Trail will require stamina and navigation skills. You will Start at Van Dusen Canyon Rd. and ride up 3.5 miles to Holcomb Valley onto 3N16 turn left on to 3N07 then turn right on to 3N43 then turn left to "The John Bull Trail." It's about 3 miles of technical riding before you come 3N32 then turn right onto 3N16. Take another right at 3N09, which will lead you back to your starting point. Don't forget your map!


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Q: Are there "eccentric seasons", where do they occur, and why don't we hear more about them? The earth is on an eccentric orbit. It's a small eccentricity (let's say e=0.01 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Orbital_eccentricity) but it's there.
As it moves closer and farther from the sun the amount of energy being absorbed from the sun's light will change, and thus there will be a temperature shift dependant on earth's eccentricity (an "eccentric season")
The flux on earth and thus the rate it which it absorbs the sun's energy goes as r^-2, where r is the orbital radius. Thus the fractional change in flux is proportional to 4e. (taking into account the factor of 2 from the orbit ranging from a(1-e) to a(1+e) where a is the semi-major axis)
The effective temperature (assuming a blackbody) goes as (P)^0.25, where P is the incident power (= flux on earth * cross sectional area of earth).
Thus, for small e the fractional change in temperature should be ~ e.
For Earth, with a temperature of roughly 300 K, this gives a 3 degree temperature shift over an orbit.
I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone talk about this, and it doesn't seem negligible (especially given that there are parts of the world where seasonal temperature changes only by about 10 degrees http://ggweather.com/sf/narrative.html).
So my three questions are:
a) Is the above logic correct, are there (small) "eccentric seasons"
b) Where would they occur, specifically what latitude if any has a boosted seasonal change?
c) Is this something talked about that has just passed me by (wouldn't be the first time)?

A: Eccentricity plays but a minor role in the seasons. Eccentricity would lead one to think that the Earth as a whole should be warmest in early January when the Earth is near perihelion, coolest in early July when the Earth is near aphelion. The reality is that exactly the opposite occurs, at least currently. The Earth as a whole is at its coolest in January and its warmest in July.
The key driver in the seasons is the Earth's axial tilt. This is why the seasons run counter to one another in the northern and southern hemispheres. Next in line is the very different distribution of land in the northern and southern hemispheres. That the southern hemisphere is predominantly water moderates its seasons. That the northern hemisphere has much more land mass makes its seasons more extreme.
Eccentricity does play a role in the seasons in the long term. Glaciations ("ice ages" colloquially, but that term is incorrect; the Earth remains in an ice age to this day) generally start when northern hemisphere summers are mild and end when northern hemisphere summers are hot. The long but mild northern hemisphere summers that result when summer in the northern hemisphere coincides with aphelion don't get warm enough to melt winter snow in far north latitudes. Those mild summers means winter snow at 65° N latitude can remain on the ground all summer long. The snow builds up over the centuries to form sheets of ice that are multiple kilometers thick . On the flip side, those multiple kilometer thick accumulations of snow and ice melt in the face of the short but fierce summers that occur when northern hemisphere summer coincides with perihelion.

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"Paul Hart, born 1954, is a music composer. He spent his early life in Ilford, Essex. He studied Piano, Violin and composition at the Royal College of Music, first as a junior exhibitor and later full-time. Having developed an early interest in Jazz music he left college in 1973 and started working as a bass player, piano accompanist and jazz violinist to Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, an association which was to last into the early eighties and take him around the globe many times. He was also much in demand as a session musician.
During this period he met Joe Campbell, and in 1979 the pair formed 'Joe & Co' a company specialising in composing and producing music for advertising, film and television. The company came to be regarded as one of the foremost music production companies in the world. The list of awards won by Campbell and Hart is testimony to this fact.
He is a prolific composer having written extensively for Jazz Orchestra (including a guitar concerto for John Williams), Wind Band (pieces such as `Cartoon´ and `Circus Ring´), Orchestra, and smaller Ensembles. His orchestral works include two concertos (one written for Evelyn Glennie), an Anthem (dedicated to Nelson Mandela), and a set of variations on the British National Anthem. Paul has had three performances of his works at the BBC Promenade concerts including the Jazz composition `Out Of Hamelin´ performed by the National Youth Orchestra.
His books of compositions and arrangements for flute & saxophone in the `All Jazzed Up´ series are best sellers the Associated Board (ABRSM) have used them as examination pieces. Other commissions include pieces for London Brass, the British Clarinet Ensemble and The Kings Singers.Together with the orchestral conductor David Arnold, he has composed a host of music identity packages for radio stations including `Classic FM´, `Jazz FM´ and the `BBC World Service´.In 2009 his composition `All Thus Stand Light´ had its first performance, this was commissioned for the classical guitarist Fabricio Matos, as part of his Ivor Mariants Guitar Award from The Worshipful Company of Musicians. Also in 2009 the guitarists John Williams and John Etheridge performed another new composition by Hart as part of the `Music at Oxford´ series in the Sheldon Theatre.
This new wind band piece ""Bright lights,,, city nights"" has been commissioned by Louis MARTINUS from HAFABRA Music."


A network-centric approach to drugging TNF-induced NF-κB signaling.
Pabon NA, Zhang Q, Cruz JA, Schipper DL, Camacho CJ, Lee REC.
Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 26;10(1):860. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08802-0.
Assessment of a new kind of surgical simulator. The physical surgical simulator.
Cruz JASD, Miranda AF, Costa LED, Azevedo RU, Reis STD, Srougi M, Passerotti CC.
Acta Cir Bras. 2018 Jan;33(1):86-94. doi: 10.1590/s0102-865020180010000009.
NPQ(T) : a chlorophyll fluorescence parameter for rapid estimation and imaging of non-photochemical quenching of excitons in photosystem-II-associated antenna complexes.
Tietz S, Hall CC, Cruz JA, Kramer DM.
Plant Cell Environ. 2017 Aug;40(8):1243-1255. doi: 10.1111/pce.12924.
Megapixel multi-elemental imaging by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, a technology with considerable potential for paleoclimate studies.
Cáceres JO, Pelascini F, Motto-Ros V, Moncayo S, Trichard F, Panczer G, Marín-Roldán A, Cruz JA, Coronado I, Martín-Chivelet J.
Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 11;7(1):5080. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05437-3.
PhenoCurve: capturing dynamic phenotype-environment relationships using phenomics data.
Yang Y, Xu L, Feng Z, Cruz JA, Savage LJ, Kramer DM, Chen J.
Bioinformatics. 2017 May 1;33(9):1370-1378. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw673.
Is Age an Independent Factor for Prostate Cancer? A Paired Analysis.
da Cruz JAS, Passerotti CC, Dos Reis ST, Guariero MES, de Campos OD, Leite KRM, Srougi M.
Curr Urol. 2017 Jan;9(4):183-187. doi: 10.1159/000447138. Epub 2016 Dec 26.
Polysaccharide-Based Materials Associated with or Coordinated to Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Medical Application.
Facchi DP, da Cruz JA, Bonafé EG, Pereira AGB, Fajardo AR, Venter SAS, Monteiro JP, Muniz EC, Martins AF.
Curr Med Chem. 2017;24(25):2701-2735. doi: 10.2174/0929867324666170309123351. Review.
Defects in the Expression of Chloroplast Proteins Leads to H2O2 Accumulation and Activation of Cyclic Electron Flow around Photosystem I.
Strand DD, Livingston AK, Satoh-Cruz M, Koepke T, Enlow HM, Fisher N, Froehlich JE, Cruz JA, Minhas D, Hixson KK, Kohzuma K, Lipton M, Dhingra A, Kramer DM.
Front Plant Sci. 2017 Jan 13;7:2073. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02073. eCollection 2016.
Quality of life in young adult patients treated for bladder exstrophy.
da Cruz JA, de Mattos B, Srougi M, Nguyen H, Bonan R, Denes F, Giron A, Passerotti C.
Cent European J Urol. 2016;69(2):221-4. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2016.715. Epub 2016 Mar 24.
Dynamic Environmental Photosynthetic Imaging Reveals Emergent Phenotypes.
Cruz JA, Savage LJ, Zegarac R, Hall CC, Satoh-Cruz M, Davis GA, Kovac WK, Chen J, Kramer DM.
Cell Syst. 2016 Jun 22;2(6):365-77. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2016.06.001.
Does Warm-Up Training in a Virtual Reality Simulator Improve Surgical Performance? A Prospective Randomized Analysis.
da Cruz JAS, Dos Reis ST, Cunha Frati RM, Duarte RJ, Nguyen H, Srougi M, Passerotti CC.
J Surg Educ. 2016 Nov - Dec;73(6):974-978. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.04.020. Epub 2016 May 24.
McIlvried LA, Cruz JA, Borghesi LA, Gold MS.
Cephalalgia. 2017 Jan;37(1):36-48. doi: 10.1177/0333102416637832. Epub 2016 Jul 11.
Inter-functional analysis of high-throughput phenotype data by non-parametric clustering and its application to photosynthesis.
Gao Q, Ostendorf E, Cruz JA, Jin R, Kramer DM, Chen J.
Bioinformatics. 2016 Jan 1;32(1):67-76. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv515. Epub 2015 Sep 3.
RNA-Puzzles Round II: assessment of RNA structure prediction programs applied to three large RNA structures.
Miao Z, Adamiak RW, Blanchet MF, Boniecki M, Bujnicki JM, Chen SJ, Cheng C, Chojnowski G, Chou FC, Cordero P, Cruz JA, Ferré-D'Amaré AR, Das R, Ding F, Dokholyan NV, Dunin-Horkawicz S, Kladwang W, Krokhotin A, Lach G, Magnus M, Major F, Mann TH, Masquida B, Matelska D, Meyer M, Peselis A, Popenda M, Purzycka KJ, Serganov A, Stasiewicz J, Szachniuk M, Tandon A, Tian S, Wang J, Xiao Y, Xu X, Zhang J, Zhao P, Zok T, Westhof E.
RNA. 2015 Jun;21(6):1066-84. doi: 10.1261/rna.049502.114. Epub 2015 Apr 16.
Xu L, Cruz JA, Savage LJ, Kramer DM, Chen J.
Kunze G, Gaillardin C, Czernicka M, Durrens P, Martin T, Böer E, Gabaldón T, Cruz JA, Talla E, Marck C, Goffeau A, Barbe V, Baret P, Baronian K, Beier S, Bleykasten C, Bode R, Casaregola S, Despons L, Fairhead C, Giersberg M, Gierski PP, Hähnel U, Hartmann A, Jankowska D, Jubin C, Jung P, Lafontaine I, Leh-Louis V, Lemaire M, Marcet-Houben M, Mascher M, Morel G, Richard GF, Riechen J, Sacerdot C, Sarkar A, Savel G, Schacherer J, Sherman DJ, Stein N, Straub ML, Thierry A, Trautwein-Schult A, Vacherie B, Westhof E, Worch S, Dujon B, Souciet JL, Wincker P, Scholz U, Neuvéglise C.
Biotechnol Biofuels. 2014 Apr 24;7:66. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-66. eCollection 2014.
Temporal Dynamics of Growth and Photosynthesis Suppression in Response to Jasmonate Signaling.
Attaran E, Major IT, Cruz JA, Rosa BA, Koo AJ, Chen J, Kramer DM, He SY, Howe GA.
Plant Physiol. 2014 Jul;165(3):1302-1314. Epub 2014 May 12.
Functional approach to high-throughput plant growth analysis.
Tessmer OL, Jiao Y, Cruz JA, Kramer DM, Chen J.
BMC Syst Biol. 2013;7 Suppl 6:S17. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-S6-S17. Epub 2013 Dec 13.
Effect of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonism in the lateral hypothalamus on the expression and acquisition of fructose-conditioned flavor preference in rats.
Amador NJ, Rotella FM, Bernal SY, Malkusz D, Cruz JA, Badalia A, Duenas SM, Hossain M, Gerges M, Kandov S, Touzani K, Sclafani A, Bodnar RJ.
Brain Res. 2014 Jan 13;1542:70-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.030. Epub 2013 Nov 6.
Lymph node distribution in the central compartment of the neck: an anatomic study.
Tavares MR, Cruz JA, Waisberg DR, Toledo SP, Takeda FR, Cernea CR, Capelozzi VL, Brandão LG.
Head Neck. 2014 Oct;36(10):1425-30. doi: 10.1002/hed.23469. Epub 2014 Jan 16.
Superoxide dismutase activity in portal vein endothelium after partial liver resection.
Sayão Filho RH, Perini MV, Cruz JA, Requena J, Barbeiro HV, Molan NT, Lopasso FP, D'Albuquerque LA, Cecconello I.
Acta Cir Bras. 2013 Sep;28(9):646-51.
Can the learning of laparoscopic skills be quantified by the measurements of skill parameters performed in a virtual reality simulator?
Sandy NS, Cruz JA, Passerotti CC, Nguyen H, Reis ST, Gouveia EM, Duarte RJ, Bruschini H, Srougi M.
Int Braz J Urol. 2013 May-Jun;39(3):371-6. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2013.03.10.
Computational 3D model of in-vitro cell stimulated by electric and magnetic fields.
Moncada ME, Escobar A, de la Cruz JA.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012;2012:5662-5. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347279.
Fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan plus either sunitinib or placebo in metastatic colorectal cancer: a randomized, phase III trial.
Carrato A, Swieboda-Sadlej A, Staszewska-Skurczynska M, Lim R, Roman L, Shparyk Y, Bondarenko I, Jonker DJ, Sun Y, De la Cruz JA, Williams JA, Korytowsky B, Christensen JG, Lin X, Tursi JM, Lechuga MJ, Van Cutsem E.
J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr 1;31(10):1341-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.1930. Epub 2013 Jan 28.
METAGENassist: a comprehensive web server for comparative metagenomics.
Arndt D, Xia J, Liu Y, Zhou Y, Guo AC, Cruz JA, Sinelnikov I, Budwill K, Nesbø CL, Wishart DS.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jul;40(Web Server issue):W88-95. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks497. Epub 2012 May 29.
Underexpression of MMP-2 and its regulators, TIMP2, MT1-MMP and IL-8, is associated with prostate cancer.
Reis ST, Antunes AA, Pontes-Junior J, Sousa-Canavez JM, Dall'Oglio MF, Piantino CB, Cruz JA, Morais DR, Srougi M, Leite KR.
Int Braz J Urol. 2012 Mar-Apr;38(2):167-74.
Cruz JA, Bauer EM, Rodriguez AI, Gangopadhyay A, Zeineh NS, Wang Y, Shiva S, Champion HC, Bauer PM.
Advances in hemophilia care: report of two symposia at the Hemophilia 2010 World Congress.
Dolan G, Cruz JA, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Kessler C, Haaning J, Lemm G, Altisent C, Guerrero C, Hermans C, Riske B, Bolton-Maggs P.
Adv Ther. 2012 Apr;29 Suppl 1:1-16. doi: 10.1007/s12325-012-0010-3. Epub 2012 Mar 16.
Hernández RE, Perera MA, Castillo A, Luna E, de la Cruz JA, Gómez LM, Valdez Zenil J.
Rev Biol Trop. 2012 Mar;60(1):369-79.
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: initial experience in Brazil and a review of the literature.
Passerotti CC, Pessoa R, da Cruz JA, Okano MT, Antunes AA, Nesrallah AJ, Dall'oglio MF, Andrade E, Srougi M.
Int Braz J Urol. 2012 Jan-Feb;38(1):69-76.
Pichia sorbitophila, an Interspecies Yeast Hybrid, Reveals Early Steps of Genome Resolution After Polyploidization.
Louis VL, Despons L, Friedrich A, Martin T, Durrens P, Casarégola S, Neuvéglise C, Fairhead C, Marck C, Cruz JA, Straub ML, Kugler V, Sacerdot C, Uzunov Z, Thierry A, Weiss S, Bleykasten C, De Montigny J, Jacques N, Jung P, Lemaire M, Mallet S, Morel G, Richard GF, Sarkar A, Savel G, Schacherer J, Seret ML, Talla E, Samson G, Jubin C, Poulain J, Vacherie B, Barbe V, Pelletier E, Sherman DJ, Westhof E, Weissenbach J, Baret PV, Wincker P, Gaillardin C, Dujon B, Souciet JL.
G3 (Bethesda). 2012 Feb;2(2):299-311. doi: 10.1534/g3.111.000745. Epub 2012 Feb 1.
Cruz JA, Blanchet MF, Boniecki M, Bujnicki JM, Chen SJ, Cao S, Das R, Ding F, Dokholyan NV, Flores SC, Huang L, Lavender CA, Lisi V, Major F, Mikolajczak K, Patel DJ, Philips A, Puton T, Santalucia J, Sijenyi F, Hermann T, Rother K, Rother M, Serganov A, Skorupski M, Soltysinski T, Sripakdeevong P, Tuszynska I, Weeks KM, Waldsich C, Wildauer M, Leontis NB, Westhof E.
RNA. 2012 Apr;18(4):610-25. doi: 10.1261/rna.031054.111. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
Evidence that putrescine modulates the higher plant photosynthetic proton circuit.
Ioannidis NE, Cruz JA, Kotzabasis K, Kramer DM.
PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e29864. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029864. Epub 2012 Jan 12.
MMP-9 overexpression due to TIMP-1 and RECK underexpression is associated with prognosis in prostate cancer.
Reis ST, Pontes-Junior J, Antunes AA, de Sousa-Canavez JM, Dall'Oglio MF, Passerotti CC, Abe DK, Crippa A, da Cruz JA, Timoszczuk LM, Srougi M, Leite KR.
Int J Biol Markers. 2011 Oct-Dec;26(4):255-61. doi: 10.5301/JBM.2011.8831.
Giron AM, Passerotti CC, Nguyen H, Cruz JA, Srougi M.
Int Braz J Urol. 2011 Sep-Oct;37(5):605-10.


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The swimming pool, as seen from the balcony. Like everything else in the hotel, this place was huge and pretty. We had a good time down there, playing with Stephanie's beach ball in the water, though I couldn't get anyone to go to the deep end with me, and jumping off the diving boards just didn't seem like much fun by myself. So I did a few laps down there, appreciating the pool immensely, and that I was all I saw of the deep end. But oh, that I could have something like this in my back yard!


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A: You may have to re-create the table with the column using DECIMAL(x, 2) as data-type.
Where x is any value defined in below article.
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A: Good to use Decimal or numeric(18,2) (18 is total length and 2 for decimal value)
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Conservatives are seeing folly of death penalty
Opinion | June 2, 2015
After November's election, the Omaha World-Herald reported that "the Nebraska Legislature looks to be more conservative during the next two years."
Though the one-house Legislature is officially nonpartisan, the World-Herald said the composition would be 35 Republicans, 13 Democrats and one independent. This was the group that this month passed repeal of the state's death penalty and then overrode the Republican governor's veto.
I'm proud of my home state and these lawmakers for choosing rational public policy over popular opinion, and I wish Colorado would do the same.
The arguments for and against capital punishment are entrenched and passionately held on both sides. Increasingly, though, conservatives are seeing its folly.
"It's not pro-life, it's not limited government and doesn't deter crime," Marc Hyden, a coordinator with Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a group that originated in Montana, was quoted as saying.
For me, only one argument is needed.
If we the people execute even one innocent person, we are all murderers. Because our human-run legal system is not and cannot be perfect, we can never be sure that we as a state will kill only guilty people.
Oh, you may say, we will execute only the clearly guilty. The argument doesn't work because, well, that's the very core of our justice system now. A criminal conviction requires proof of guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt," and the sentence of death is set only after a separate examination of factors in the case.
The guilt of several men executed since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 has been cast into doubt, and I simply don't believe our justice system to be infallible. Do you really?
Again: The taxpayer-financed and -sanctioned execution of just one innocent person puts blood on all of our hands. Just one. The fact that such a thing might happen in a state where I don't live doesn't let me off the hook.
That profound concern, backed up by the numerous cases around the country of DNA and other evidence overturning convictions of people imprisoned for years, is buttressed by the fact that this ultimate penalty is applied wildly unevenly.
The U.S. Supreme Court suspended the death penalty in 1972, ruling that allowing juries to have complete sentencing discretion could result in arbitrary application of capital punishment. The ruling was in a Georgia case that in effect voided 40 state statutes.
Most states reinstated the penalty under conditions the court deemed acceptable. Today, 31 states have the penalty. Since 1977, when Gary Gilmore was the first American executed after the Supreme Court's 1972 ruling, 1,408 people have been executed in the U.S. Of those, more than one-third, 525, have been killed in Texas.
Thirty-five percent of those executed have been black, 8 percent Latino and another 1.7 percent nonwhite. The population on death row is even more out of proportion with the demographics our society, with 41.6 percent of condemned inmates being black, 12.8 percent Latino and 2.6 percent "other."
And yet, according to the FBI, 2,509 white Americans were proven to have committed murder in 2013, compared with 409 blacks.
Seventy-six percent of the victims of those executed since 1977 were white, even though in 2013, 43 percent of murder victims were black.
Colorado has executed just one person in the modern iteration of capital punishment. Nebraska had executed three.
This continues to be a punishment applied with remarkable unevenness across the country. The most likely person to be executed is a poor black man in Texas who is convicted of killing a white person. Do you believe the Texas courts apply this penalty evenly and flawlessly? Is this a system we want to emulate?
For 18 years, I was a journalist in Iowa, which repealed its death penalty in 1965. For another six years, I was a journalist in Michigan, which repealed the death penalty in 1846. Because it's my job, I follow murder cases more closely than most people and more closely than I'm sure is healthy.
Iowa has what I consider the proper sentence for first-degree murder: Life in prison without the possibility of parole. Killers don't get out, but anyone exonerated is still able to leave prison.
You don't know the names of Iowa's Gary Gilmores because they aren't made celebrities with their pronouncements and last-minute appeals (they do have appeals, but without the threat of execution, these are merely procedural, not dramatic). The victims' families are not resubjected to the details of the case with each execution date and last-minute stay, which go on for years if not decades. No state employee must push the button that kills another human being.
These murderers rot anonymously, and at less overall expense to the state than people put on death row.
Killing is wrong. Doing it in the name of the state and the name of vengeance — make no mistake, capital punishment is not about justice; it is about vengeance — does nothing to make it right.
Conservative Nebraska, through a mix of fiscal, religious and other concerns, has decided to get out of the killing business, the seventh state to do so since 2007. Shouldn't we all?
Randy Essex is editor of the Post Independent.
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Drilled and bent up a bracket which will hold a quick drain for the fuselage header tank. The bracket is made from 2034-T3 .063 sheet. Drilled on the mill and bent with the brake at work. The bracket will be mounted in the lower left corner of the firewall and belly intersection.


Today is a big day for me! A big day for this blog, and for my home decorating self. A few months ago I was offered an amazing opportunity. I was asked to take part in the IKEA hack challenge. I have enjoyed seeing the past ones, voted for my favorites and enjoyed seeing what multiple people each did with the same piece of furniture. The fact that I was getting to work with these brands and take part in this challenge was a big home decorating bucket list item for me. Check! My project is IKEA Rast dresser hack- dresser into dog bed because I am one of those people that are obsessed with their dogs!
I am just starting to work with brands, and have had some amazing experiences. This is one of them. I was sent the Rast dresser from Ikea. It was a wonderful blank slate. I also get to work with Pittsburgh paints with their new Trim, door and furniture paint. This is a high gloss, high coverage paint. I was eager to give it a try. I also get to use the wonderful Hickory Hardware for this. I am very familiar with this brand, I have used it in my kitchen and bathrooms.
The rules were open, use these great brands and turn this dresser into something fun, creative, and unique. I began this challenge by staring at the dresser, hoping inspiration would strike. I stared down at my sweet and tiny dog Teddy when it did strike. We have two dogs, the little Teddy and big dog Finn. Each has their own beds. Two dog beds in the house can take up a lot of space. What if I put Teddy's bed in something functional…. light bulb!
I was still a little unclear on my complete plan but assumed I would figure it out as I went along.
First things first, I knew that the bottom drawer was going to be coming out permanently. I also knew that the dresser itself needed to be raised slightly. Teddy is a small Havenese dog, but not small enough to squish under this dresser without it being raised.
I removed the front piece of the dresser as well. This will allow the dog bed to go in the bottom.
This dresser is sitting upside down, the additional boards are being added to the bottom. I just set it this way to show the new additions easier.
I cut three boards the same width as the dresser to go on the sides and back. Drilling holes into them, to then drill in screws into the new boards and attaching to the bottom of the dresser. This needed to be done because the dresser base was thin, screwing directly into it would have split the wood.
I took apart the bottom drawer and used the pieces as the dog bed frame. Putting the drawer sides up against the front of the dresser. Using brackets and securing the new dog bed frame to the existing dresser base.
Needing to make this have a few visually pleasing aspects to it was on my plan of attack. I mean, I have seen these IKEA hacks before. The amount of pretty and stunning is crazy. I wanted to make something subtle but fun to the drawer fronts. I have a bunch of thin scrap pieces of wood. I cut them to be about 4 inches long.
Not knowing how many would be needed I got a little cut happy.
Putting a line of wood glue on the backs of the small wood pieces.
I set the pattern in a herringbone design. This is my absolute favorite pattern to do with wood right now. I am not sure why, but I adore it. I just cannot quit you herringbone! I lined the pieces up along the center of the drawer front.
With the edge pieces it was a little trickier. I set small pieces up against the edge and marked where the extra cuts needed to be. This allowed the pattern to be flush to the edge of the drawer front.
Be sure to let the wood glue sit overnight. While I was letting that dry I went inside to add some more details to the dresser. With me having added a piece to the bottom of the dresser, I needed to make all of that look cohesive. I purchased primed floor board trim. Using a table saw and cutting them at a 45 degree angle. This will make the corners be neat and flush.
The trim gives this dresser a finished look. Making the new dog bed appear to be part of the dresser itself. I used the original third drawer for the front of the dog bed. Nailing it into the side boards.
I selected the bright white for this dresser.
The trim, door and furniture paint is a thick paint. Do not shake it like you would other paints. It is very thick and will need to be stirred a lot. It will appear clumpy until it has been stirred enough. Do not add water to thin it out, just keep stirring. It is fun to chant "just keep stirring" in a sing song voice like Dory from Finding Nemo does. You know the song, sing it! When the consistency is similar to how most paints are you know it is mixed enough. This is a oil based paint, so clean up can be pretty impossible. Be careful painting.
This paint needs much less to cover a surface. I had 1 quart cans in both colors and have well over half still left. I would say almost the whole can is left. I will be able to use this particular quart of paint for a while. That my friends is a good thing, this paint is worth every penny. The paint does come on thick. The amazing thing about this paint is that it drys streak free. It really does. It has the appearance of a sprayer, but done with a paint brush. This brand is also high gloss which makes this dresser and Teddy's new bed feel very fancy.
I did one coat, and be sure to let it dry before coat two goes on. The drying time is a little longer then other paints I have used. I left it to dry overnight.
I am not done adding things to this dresser. I really wanted to make it shine. I purchased a wood piece to fit as a top to the dresser. The Rast dresser had a top but the edges came up above the original top. I wanted a flush top. I also purchased a trim piece with small circular details. This will go under the top of the dresser. To cover the small space in between the new top and the dresser. Also to give just a little more something to this.
I cut the corners of this trim piece at a 45 degree angle as well. I prefer to do most corners this way, especially with furniture. It makes the furniture piece appear polished and done.
With all of this shiny white going on with the dresser, I felt something needed to ground it. I selected the Charcoal gray as a accent color for this dresser. I painted the trim pieces that color. This paint is a very thick one, and the detail of the trim did get lost a little with the paint.
If you are painting something with a lot of detail and using this paint, doing lighter coats, with smaller amounts of paint is a good way to still be able to see the details. I did this for the front of the drawers. Allowing the herringbone design to not get lost in the paint. It worked perfectly that way.
My intitial plan was to use a stencil and add a fun pattern to the side of the dresser. Once the herringbone design was there and I saw how dark the gray paint was. I worried it would be too much going on. However, I knew that I still needed to dress up the sides. So I felt that some well placed vertical lines would be just what this needed.
I taped up the sides. Having one large stripe and one smaller stripe on each side.
Once I knew the painters tape was pushed down, completely flush to the dresser. This will allow no seeping of paint. I painted the gray into the lines.
I only needed to do one coat of this.
This color is such a dark and rich color. I can see this being a big time color people will use for furniture!
Waiting overnight, I was able to pull off the painters tape. Can you see the beautiful sheen on that paint?!!
With the dresser painted I just had to add a few more small details. I used wood glue to put the trim and the top onto the dresser.
I selected these great metropolis pulls from Hickory Hardware. They are matte black and are 8 inches long. They are sleek but big. I felt that the larger handles would work beautifully with this. This dresser turned into a modern look with the black and white. These drawer pulls fit right in.
They screw into the back of the drawer, inside. I marked where I wanted them to go and then drilled a hole into the drawer front through to the interior. Then using the hardware provided from Hickory hardware to connect the pull to the drawer.
I added a super plush and cushy pillow to this. This is a luxurious and pretty bed for Teddy. Can we say spoiled? I am now one of those people that has furniture just for their dog. All I need is my tiny purse for my tiny side kick to go everywhere with me.
Teddy was eager to claim his throne and pose for his adoring fans.
With this being all about Teddy (and Finn) I made this a complete dog center. We have leashes, treats and sweaters. What? I am not a crazy dog lady who dresses them up in cute outfits, it is sweater weather for dogs too. In my defense it gets cold here in Wisconsin, they need some warmth. Also a dog in a sweater is the cutest thing ever, don't judge me!
The trim choice for this was spot on. Too much detail and it would have taken away from the herringbone design and the stripes. I also like that it makes this piece look cohesive with the bed and the dresser meshing well.
This is such a contemporary piece. A little outside my normal. Truth be told, my first reaction was to stain a portion of this with a dark wood stain. However, keeping the color scheme simple with white and pops of charcoal gray is so fun and different. It also lets me play up accessories to set on top of this.
Teddy was not wanting to move from this spot, and anytime someone walks by he gives a little growl. He likes his new home very much.
I did the thinner coat of paint here on the drawer fronts. I did not want to loose the herringbone design with the thicker paint.
I have one dresser and two dogs… we are going to need a bigger dresser! Finn is feeling a little left out. The poor guy will just have to suffice with overtaking the complete couch, like usual.
Just to remind you of the complete transformation, it is pretty big! I love that this plan came together as the project went along. It can be hard to flesh out a complete plan. Things change, inspiration strikes, and adjustments need to be made. I ended up with a useful piece and a space saver. Now we have one doggy bed hidden away. Teddy also has a little spot to claim as his.
I do need to give a big shout out and thank you to IKEA, Pittsburgh paints, and Hickory Hardware. They supplied everything I used in this and allowed Teddy's modern doggy bed dreams come true. Also my dreams as a home decor blogger to come true. It was a fun and creative collaboration.
Now, to the important stuff. I need you all to head over and vote for the best IKEA Rast hack. Here is the link! There will be mine and a group of others. You can vote for which one you think is best, share, tweet and get the word out. I am so eager to see what the other bloggers came up with.
Cute dog bed! Looks like a fun project, too.
That herringbone detail is to die for!
Thank you! I think that is my favorite part of the dresser as well.
wow! Super impressed! I am not good at DIY stuff, so this is awesome!
Wow! Super cute! I just spent the better part of the last 2 weeks putting together IKEA stuff. I love the dog bed hack!
Ha ha, those directions can be crazy confusing!
Wow now this is AMAZING! I think this is one of the best Ikea DIY tutorials I've ever seen! How many hours in total do you think this would take?
Wow, thank you so much! I think total this took maybe 4 hours of actual work. Not counting time for paint to try and glue to set.
It looks so great! I LOVE the drawer fronts!
Thank you so much! It was fun to work with a blank beginning.
Emily, this is so cool!! I love it! You did awesome and it's so unique. Pinning!
This is the coolest dog bed I've ever seen! I don't even have a dog and I want this.
Very cool, Emily! I love how it turned out. I don't know how you ever came up with the idea, but it's a winner, and I love the final look!
Thank you so much! I knew I needed to come up with something creative, and having a place for my little dog helped too.
Emily what a great idea! I especially love the herringbone design on the drawers!
Awesome Emily! Love it and love it's for our paw members!
What a cute pet bed. You did a fantastic job. Sharing and voting.
This is fantastic! You are so talented This is such a great piece, it's great when you can switch up standard furniture!
Wow! What an unbelievable transformation. I have 2 dogs as well and their dog beds do take up a lot of room so I love the idea. Not sure I could pull something like this off, but you've got me thinking.
It is crazy how dog stuff takes over the home. Baby stuff is the same way, but the kids eventually outgrow all that. It is nice to have one of the beds tucked away.
Looks great and so creative .Headed to vote for you now.
Obviously, the ultimate DIY-er. The big dog looks sad though.
He is sad, he wants a special bed too. I do not think there is a dresser big enough for him. He does have his own bed, but I think he was feeling left out.
I love everything you do already and I just voted. Hope you win!
This is such a great idea!! I LOVE the herringbone pattern on the drawers. Awesome job on this one!
This is just beyond adorable. I love how the little guy has his own space, but the big guy is left out. Now you will have to correct that situation. The piece is so beautiful. And the herringbone takes it to the next level.
Thank you! My big dog Finn has his own bed, I think he wants a special little cozy spot too. I will have to find a bigger dresser.
What an amazing hack! And with so many beautiful details! Great! Pinning!
This is seriously one of the best hacks I've seen. I love how you show every detail of how you made it. The drawers are my favorite and your little Teddy is adorable! Good luck in the competition.
This is so cool! I don't have dogs, but his is such a great idea!
What an awesome project! Congratulations and great work! That is so cool and what a transformation, definitely can tell he is a happy puppy now. I have voted (ps its you ;)) and I wish you all the luck!
Thank you so much for the support! It was a lot of fun to do!
Really cool idea!! Makes me want to try this out… but my dog won't lay in that. He's much too spoiled and will want either on my feet or in my lap.
Love this! We love dogs (we have 4) and this would be so cute! I am co-hosting over at Merry Monday and you are my pick for a feature! Hope you have a great week!
Oh my goodness! This is so adorable and those dogs are too much. Your Teddy sounds a lot like our Daisy…little white dogs with big attitudes. I'd love it if you link this project up with us at Best of the Weekend. The party went live Friday night and is open until Wednesday evening. This is an incredible makeover!
Thank you so much for the invite, I will head over there!
Brilliant and executed so well! LUV the herringbone so much I would have put it on the bottom front of the dog bed as well. Thank U for this amazing idea, its definitely a Winner!


According to a story in today's St. Pete Times, six (6) jurors deliberated for more than two (2) hours Wednesday afternoon but went home for the evening before deciding whether 49-year-old Maurice Bayless bred and trained pit bulls to fight.
To me, the first thing that came to mind after reading this story was NFL quarterback Michael Vick and his involvement in a similar dog fighting ring that landed him in a Federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas for almost two (2) years.A Tampa jury will continue to deliberate today and possibly decide Bayless' fate.
For two (2) days, this Tampa jury looked at photos of filthy, chained and wounded pit bulls. Eight (8) puppies and ten (10) adult dogs were seized from his home. All older dogs were deemed too aggressive for adoption and were euthanized.
Assistant State Attorney Natalia Silver told them that man was Bayless, and that he exercised his pit bulls to exhaustion in hopes of making them champions, pumped them with nutrients and drugs to make them strong, and forced them to breed so he could sell future fighters.
Defense attorney Mark Rodriguez, however, told them prosecutors did not prove any of it — not that the dogs were wounded while in Bayless' care, not that the puppies were products of a champion fighting bloodline.
"The state can't prove a thing that Mr. Bayless did or did not do with any of the animals that were found on his property," he said.
Evidence the state presented as proof of dogfighting was, on its own, legal. But it was the state's burden to prove Bayless' intent to use it illegally.
Jurors saw weighted collars prosecutors said were used in rigorous training regimens and surgical tools they said Bayless used to stitch up dogs after fights.Could the collars have been used to tire and calm aggressive dogs? The tools used to legally clip dogs' ears? Rodriguez, as defense attorneys always do, tried to cast reasonable doubt on the State's case.
A lottery reference, the defense attorney posed.
Marine lingo, Bayless' twin brother, Michael, said.
Jurors saw blood sport magazines and records of fights. Rodriguez noted some of it was a decade old and said it was just "ancient history" strewn about a messy house.
Regardless of whether Bayless if found Guilty of these charges, what is plainly clear is that these dogs suffered. And, as a dog lover, that's a shame.
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Toyota Avalon TRD
By Abigail Baldwin × Vaughn Lowery
Los Angeles traffic is a sea of homogeneity and it's hard for your car to stand out amongst the sprawl of uninspired sedans and low-performance hatchbacks. The 2020 Toyota Avalon TRD is the perfect, unique commuter car that's practical while also making a standout statement. The sleek, high-performance vehicle is perfect for a youthful executive with a small family in tow. It's red accents, curved tail lights, and high-speed performance variants set it apart from the dull monotony of the commuter car market.
The design of the 2020 Toyota Avalon TRD is sleek and vigorous. It's low to the ground, and 1.8 inches longer than a Toyota Camry, giving it a sporty look. Driving the Avalon TRD makes a visual statement with a massive grill. The taillights are elegant and concave, above TRD exhaust tips, and the side-skirts feature a unique red pin-striping detail.
Toyota has continued its uses of the push-button start and keyless entry features with the Avalon TRD. The car also features a remote start by holding down on the unlock button on the key, allowing you to start your car from inside the house on a cold day. The key also includes a trunk button that gracefully opens the exceptionally spacious trunk.
The interior of the Avalon TRD is airy and luxe. The black leather features red contrast stitching to match the vibrant red seat belts, red piping accents on the seats, and the exterior pinstripe. No one has to fight for shotgun because the back seats have ample legroom, two charging stations, and a convenient center armrest that has a drop-down cup holder for everyone's Starbucks…
The attention to detail includes the front seat door panel, which is padded leather with classic window and mirror controls. The red piping and cloth inserts make the heated front seats sporty and comfortable. The red contrast stitching is incorporated throughout the interior of the vehicle, including the steering wheel. The dashboard and gages have a simple, uncluttered look. The center console matches the sporty aspect of the car and doesn't skimp on handy features: four USB charging stations, a Qi-compatible wireless charging station, two cup holders, and a button parking brake below the shift. A large sunroof set into the dark leather ceiling completes the luxurious interior.
The state-of-the-art technology enhances the commodious interior of the Avalon TRD. The Avalon TRD features cruise control on the steering wheel and a back-up camera with multiple angle options. The media center is a touch screen and provides voice activation Bluetooth for handsfree calling and music control. The voice control button is placed on the steering wheel for easy access. The Audio Plus system includes eight speakers for surrounding sound. The media center has an audio jack and a USB 2.0 port. The car is Apple CarPlay and Amazon Alexa compatible, as well as Scout®, GPS Link, Siri®, and HD Radio™ compatible. This model also offers an HD radio with a SiriusXM® 3-month All Access trial.
Performance and Safety
What's most unique about the 2020 Avalon TRD is that it's a commuter sedan with multiple performance variants. The car includes eco, normal, and sport modes. The Avalon TRD has an incredibly luxurious and sporty feel. It is an 8-speed automatic with the option of manual gear shift, using steering wheel tabs or the traditional stick shift.
The car has an almost silent start and minimal road noise. It has a responsive, natural feeling throttle and fast acceleration. The 2020 Avalon has two-piston brake calipers. The breaks are smooth with a gradual bite and require that you push halfway down to get a more dramatic break. The 2020 TRD has a lower center of gravity and stiffer springs than the previous Avalon model. It features 19-inch rims, lighter than the standard, s, and the car has updated, track-tuned suspension. Also, the special suspension accompanies a 15.8 gal fuel tank capacity, a 3.5 L V6 engine, and a horsepower of 301 hp. With a curb weight of 3,638 lbs and an MPG of 22 city/31 highway, the Avalon's features are space and resource-efficient. The steering is a bit heavier than the previous Avalon but still exceptionally light, allowing for flat turns with a great grip.
The Avalon TRD has great visibility, with additional trunk windows on either side. The car's protective system offers fast response times and enhanced vehicle stability control for a safe drive you can trust. It includes ten airbags: driver and front passenger Advanced Airbag System, driver and front passenger seat-mounted side airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, rear seat-mounted side airbags, and front and rear side curtain airbags. Additionally, the 2020 Avalon has front and rear energy-absorbing crumple zones, a blind-spot monitor, and rear cross-traffic alert.
Overall, the 2020 Avalon TRD is a unique, luxury vehicle with safety and security you can feel, and style you can see.
The 2020 Avalon TRD goes for $45,000 before market adjustment, making it a competitor for Audi and BMW models. The suggested retail price or MSRP starts at $42,375. The TRD, however, is larger than the competition, with a more spacious and luxurious interior, and its own sleek, red-accented look. Additionally, the TRD comes with a memorized steering wheel position and a higher fuel economy when compared to the 2020 Nissan Maxima.
For updated pricing details and a closer look at the model, visit Toyota's website.
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Snyder rejects advice to shut down Line 5, extends deal with Enbridge
ST. IGNACE, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder has rejected three recommendations from a state advisory board tied to operation of Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline, including one that proposed a temporary shutdown where it crosses the Straits of Mackinac.
In a Jan. 26 letter to members of the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board, Snyder thanks them for the resolutions put forward at the board's Dec. 11 meeting before explaining why he is not acting on any of them.
Mike Shriberg, executive director of the National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes Regional Office and member of the Pipeline Advisory Board, criticized the governor's response.
"Governor Snyder's response to the resolutions which passed his Pipeline Safety Advisory Board appears to be kicking the can down the road while the Great Lakes remain at risk," Shriberg said in a statement. "The state's failure to produce a timely and effective risk and alternatives analysis should not be an excuse for defensiveness and inaction."
The December advisory board meeting came in the wake of a new agreement between Enbridge Inc. and the state government, intended to improve safety and transparency issues tied to the 64-year-old twin underwater pipelines crossing the Straits of Mackinac.
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Insurgency Game Review – Gameplay Video & Overview
Insurgency is a full-fledged multiplayer FPS game based on the Source mod of the same name, Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat. It features a realistic, tactical style of play, but tries to expand accessibility in the new version. The release date for Insurgency (formerly called "Insurgency 2") was January 22, 2014 and is available on PC now.
"There's a whole mess'a freedom-lovin' folks over in them hills!"
Echo Prime PC Review & Gameplay Impressions
When I was first given the game Echo Prime by Robot Entertainment, I have to admit it looked slightly amusing but limited in overall entertainment value. I am pleased to say that I could not have been more wrong. Echo Prime has become one of my all-time favorite small studio games after playing it for the past few weeks. Every single battle feels fluid, every movement consistent, and every choice meaningful. That is not to say the game is perfect or without flaws—some of them glaring—but overall the experience was highly enjoyable and required very little concerted effort to find interesting new ways to slaughter aliens and robots alike.
In Echo Prime, you play as our space-venturing hero, traveling the galaxy to fight off the Slivers - a little-known alien race hell-bent on destroying the rest of the galaxy. Sort of like AT&T. The Hero is equipped with energy swords and heavy-duty firearms, because disemboweling them isn't enough -- but disemboweling and head-shotting seems, oh, ample.
Horizon Gameplay & Preview: Big Universe, 4X Solutions
Recently I was allowed a sneak peek into the second closed-beta for a new Turn-Based Strategy game called Horizon. I haven't been as excited to play a TBS game since the original Rome: Total War, which are some pretty big, Legionnaire-like shoes to fit into. With ten races to choose from in this cosmic 4X turn-based game, my biggest fear going in was whether or not L3O Interactive would achieve making each race feel unique and challenging to players in various ways.
Horizon is a strategy game in which the player chooses a race and goes about trying to take over the galaxy through diplomacy, trade, or war. Standard 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) stuff.
FORCED Game Review & Gameplay - Co-Op Arena Combat
Gauntlet -- one of the most successful arcade games of the 80s -- stood as the gaming world's best guess at what a tactical multiplayer dungeon-crawler would look like. It was one of the first, and since its release, we've seen countless attempts to refresh an otherwise classic arcade hack-n-slash series.
FORCED is a modernization of that genre, taking traditional hack-n-slash elements and fusing them with teamwork-oriented gameplay mechanics and puzzles. I first previewed FORCED over here, highlighting its playstyle and Kickstarter campaign and, one year later, they're finally launching.
The Wolf Among Us, Episode 1: Faith - Review & Gameplay
I've been jazzed to play Telltale Games' The Wolf Among Us since first demoing it at PAX Prime. Telltale Games has released the first of the game's five chapters, Faith, and has already set up a series of disturbing-but-beautiful episodes I'm excited to play through. In this The Wolf Among Us - Episode 1: Faith review, we'll look at the unique dialogue tree, action sequences, and gameplay elements within Telltale Games' newest gaming adventure.
I reveal the game's early plot, but I don't get into spoilers that will affect anyone's gameplay experience (per our revised review guidelines).


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Die sowjetische ChAI-6 () beruhte auf der ChAI-1 und wurde im Luftfahrtinstitut Charkiw konstruiert. Es handelte sich um einen zweisitzigen militärischen Aufklärer in Tiefdeckerkonfiguration.

Entwicklung
Die hohen Flugleistungen der ChAI-1 führten zu Forderungen seitens der Militärs, einen speziellen, auf hohe Geschwindigkeit ausgelegten Typ für die Luftbildaufklärung parallel zur Neman R-10 aus dem Zivilflugzeug zu entwickeln. Gegenüber dem Ausgangsmuster wurde die Maschine etwas verkleinert. Ein spezieller ferngesteuerter Kameraturm wurde entwickelt, der es ermöglichte, Bilder in korrigierter Perspektive bis 50 km abseits der Flugbahn zu liefern. Die Kraftstofftanks und die Aktoren im Tragflügel wurden verbessert. Der Erstflug erfolgte im Dezember 1935.

Obwohl die Maschine ausgezeichnete Flugleistungen zeigte, befand man letztlich, dass ein unbewaffneter Aufklärer zu leicht abzufangen sei. Eine Produktion wurde deswegen nicht eingeleitet. Der Kameraturm konnte jedoch in der Neman R-10 verwendet werden, ebenso die neuen Tanks und die Änderungen am Tragflügel.

Aufbau
Die Maschine wurde weitestgehend aus Holz gefertigt und verfügte über ein einziehbares Fahrwerk. Die Ruder und Klappen wurden aus Aluminium hergestellt, das mit Stoff bespannt wurde. Konstruktionsleiter war Iossif Neman.

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Resorts Casino Hotel was the first hotel casino in Atlantic City and the first legal casino in the US outside of Nevada. Rumor has it there has been gambling on this spot since the 1920's. Today, gamblers can enjoy 100,000 sq ft casino space hosting over 2500 slots and video poker machines, and 76 gaming tables in action 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Players can broaden their gaming activities by visiting the sportsbook located on the Resorts Casino floor to place a bet as well as watching live sporting events. The sportsbook features a 15-foot video wall, 6 betting windows. You can view all odds live.
This is a world class resort with ten restaurants from fine dining to quick bites and a 27-story luxury hotel with a roaring twenties art-deco theme including wall murals and marble walkways. Enjoy the full service health spa and luxuriate in a salon treatment. Everything the modern gambler could desire is to be found at this legendary property.
With over 100,000 square feet of gaming space in the main casino and another 17,000 in Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville just inside Resorts in Atlantic City players will find over 2,500 of the latest and greatest - not to mention old favorite slots and video poker machines. Strictly Slots magazine has named Resorts "Luckiest Casino," "Best Casino for Video Slots," "Best Casino for Penny Slots" and "Best Casino for Nickel Slots!" But that's not all the action you will find.
Some of the highest limits in town can be found on some of the 76 gaming tables on the casino floor. Non-smokers will enjoy the fresh air and smokers can enjoy their games in the Table Game Smoking Area just feet from the fabled Boardwalk. All the popular table games are being spread 24 hours a day.
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Experience Italian hospitality and fine cuisine at Capriccio. The menu is new and features gourmet delights in a sophisticated but casual atmosphere. Ocean view seating is at a premium in this gustatory venue that seats 140 so make your reservations early to enjoy your Capriccio experience to the fullest. Veal, seafood, pasta and antipasto along with cocktails or Italian wines are sure to offer a satisfying evening.
The restaurant is open on Sundays for Brunch only.
Rumor has it that Gallagher's Steak House was the first restaurant in the world to serve the "New York Strip", and judging by the satisfied customers they have certainly perfected it. Start your evening with drinks and the chilled Chef's Seafood Platter for appetizers then choose from the mouth watering selection of entrees such as dry aged New York Sirloin or crab crusted Atlantic Salmon along with seasonally offered sides.
Of course you can sit at a table and enjoy classic island and American fare at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville - but most people are here to party and regularly order appetizers to keep them on their toes with all of the signature cocktails that flow so freely in the land of parrot heads. In proper weather, enjoy your fare alfresco in the ocean breeze.
If you like the "sand-side" of the boardwalk you'll appreciate the fact that LandShark Bar & Grill is the only place with a full service bar and restaurant you will find open all year long. The LandShark Bar & Grill sits on 200 feet of prime oceanfront property for your enjoyment. On nice days they simply retract the walls to open up the views and invite the ocean breeze. If you want to sit on the beach, Resorts Hotel Casino will provide beach chair and umbrella service.
Jimmy Buffet is spreading his fun all over the planet and Resort Casino Hotel has the first Margaritaville Coffee Shop anywhere in the world. It's right off the Margaritaville Casino floor and they serve up signature blends of gourmet coffee like Pirate Gold Coffee ( a hearty dark roast) and License to Chill (a full flavored caffeine-free alternative). Depending on the time of year, or simply your mood - try an espresso based drink or a something frozen!
Breadsticks at Resorts Casino Hotel is open 24 hours on Saturdays and extended hours every other day so you can enjoy breakfast or a variety of soups, salads, burgers, hot or cold sandwiches, amazing pub fare platters or simply a 7am bloody mary or mimosa. The dinner entrees are scrumptious too, like Genuine, Italian meatballs with linguini in their homemade marinara sauce with a side of garlic bread, or the handmade seared crab cake platter served with fries, slaw and a garlic aioli sauce. Any time you visit, you will find the food great, the service friendly, and the prices to be a pleasant surprise.
The price is already a pleasant surprise but kick in another $10 and you can feast on all you can eat snow crab legs in addition to all of the other tasty fare at the new Resorts Casino Hotel Buffet. The theme is Italian here but all of your international and American comfort food favorites are served up as well. Fresh roasted meats carved before your eyes, succulent seafood, and of course a decadent dessert bar await you.
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At Eastwind in Resorts Casino Hotel an expert Asian chef will prepare any of your favorite Chinese foods. Choose something you are familiar with or explore and savor the flavors of Boardwalk gem in Atlantic City. Relax and enjoy some people watching or grab a counter seat for a quick bite and marvel at the chef preparing works of edible art right in front of you.
Ruby's Dinette, Famous Famiglia Pizza, The Original Soup Man, and Häagen Dazs Ice Cream join Dunkin Donuts in serving up a variety of quick bites right off the casino floor at Resorts casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Dunkin is open 24/7 and serves breakfast any time of the day or night. Just because you want it quick doesn't mean you have to sacrifice variety or quality!
Resorts Casino Hotel offers top name entertainment of every variety in their Superstar Theater. Whether you want to watch a Broadway revue show, the latest and greatest or old favorite comedians, or a top name headline act there is always something going on to make your Resorts stay more memorable and complete. Book your tickets online or call Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000.
Check the calendar for upcoming events at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville and book your rooms now at Resorts Casino Hotel. Live music every night and one of the most fun crowds you will find anywhere in town. Parrot-heads know how to party so put down that frozen concoction and outlaw shaker of salt and take to the dance floor! Live music, audience participation, and frequent give-aways are just part of the fun.
Resorts Atlantic City offers a 65,000 sq ft meeting space that features 24 meeting rooms with the largest room covering a floor area of 13,000 sq ft. The meeting space is ideal for weddings, seminars, business meetings, social events or any other special events.
5 o'Clock Somewhere Bar is stocked with an array of beverages serving cocktails, signature boat drinks, Landshark Lager beer, etc.
The venue is open daily from 12:00 pm till 2:00 am.
Boardwalk Bar is located at the Boardwalk Entrance across from Margaritaville serving all your favorites including domestic beer, imported beer, wine, seasonal craft beer and much more.
The happy hour run from 2:00pm till 7:00 pm every day.
The venue is open daily from 12:00 pm till 1:00 am.
Bar One is a full service bar located on the casino floor just steps away from the hotel lobby. It serves specialty cocktails and wines. The venue features live DJ's every weekend.
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WHEN IN 1948 JOHN ROBERTS, then a printmaking student at the Royal College of Art, visited backstage at Bertram Mills Circus in Earl's Court, he could not have foreseen that the experience would give his work immediate purpose and direction, and that he would find a subject to engage him for the next five decades. From pencil drawings made in a small hardback sketchbook, he developed characters and compositions that he would revisit time and again, fulfilling an enduring fascination with the costume and ritual of circus life. But it was a very particular aspect of life in and around the Big Top that attracted: the ringmaster, lion tamer, elephants and camels, trapeze act or tightrope walker never appealed. Almost exclusively he was compelled to draw the male performers—the clowns, dwarfs and tumblers—not in the ring performing, but backstage in costume and makeup preparing for, or at rest after a show. He was sensitive to their isolation and the loneliness beneath a façade of gaiety; he called it the 'fact and fantasy' of' circus life.
John Vivian Roberts RE was born in Tredegar, Gwent and studied painting at Cardiff College of Art under Evan Charlton and Ceri Richards (1939-42) before serving with the South Wales Borderers and Indian Signal Corps (1942-47). His wartime drawings document life in the barrack room at Brecon training camp, daily routine aboard a troop ship in the South Atlantic Ocean, and off-duty activity at Arakan, Cairo and Burma.
Roberts went to the Royal College in 1947 originally as a student of illustration and mural decoration. He enrolled for the Saturday morning classes in etching and recalled that Professor Robert Austin PPRE 'let it be known' that he would be very pleased if he would consider a transfer to the Engraving School. This he did at the end of the first term. There was an immediate rapport between the two men. Austin's enthusiasm and discipline greatly impressed Roberts, who was fortunate to have an art school education at a time when good draughtsmanship, the acquisition of skills and a regard for tradition were valued. A fellow student at the Royal College and close friend was Harry Eccleston PPRE.
In 1951 Roberts returned to Wales to teach at Cardiff College of Art and in 1960 took up an appointment at Liverpool Polytechnic (now John Moores University) where from 1971 until his retirement in 1983 he was principal lecturer in the Department of Graphic Design. At this time he illustrated books for major publishers: Nelson, Macmillan, BBC, Longman, Odham and Penguin— mostly natural history books that allowed him indulge a passion for wildlife, insects and landscape. In 1961 he conceived a series of prints of decorative and abstracted heads as a means to encourage students to explore the creative potential of etching for its intrinsic quality of mark, and to demonstrate that intaglio prints could involve much more than merely etched line.
To this end, Roberts employed a multiplicity of processes, incorporating impressed textures into soft ground, deep open bite, course grain aquatint and vigorous burnishing. For the first time he departed from naturalistic representation, deconstructing the head, then reassembling the features to exaggerate and distort facial topography. He also took an interest in photogravure, photo-etching and photomechanical means of making lithographs, reworking old themes such as Seller of Paper Birds (1967) and developing new, as in The Reluctant Concierge (1983).
In Liverpool Roberts came to know Arthur Pedlar (b.1932), manager of his family's shopping mall in Southport and a part-time clown. Pedlar had worked at the Cirque Medrano in Paris, for a short time was assistant to Buster Keaton and was the first non-American to be elected President of the World Clown Association. He created many characters on stage but is best known as Vercoe, the absent-minded tramp clown, and Arturo, a continental white-faced clown with sequinned costume and a tall white hat. Roberts used Pedlar as a model over many years, drawing him in different guises, performing card tricks, playing a miniature violin and riding a unicycle.
Much of John Roberts' work was autobiographical. The etching Novia del Toro (Bride of the Bull, 1962) tells the story of unrequited love. It presents an awkward union. He draws himself as the bull and the bride-not-to-be is his erstwhile art school sweetheart. His admiration of Goya's work is evident. From the master he learned to use light to focus attention and illuminate depth of character. The Odd Companions series that followed also rely upon disturbing juxtapositions, this time of mannequins, plastic flowers, his daughter Cathryn's graffiti-covered dolls and her childhood drawings. In March 1986 he wrote, 'I have always been interested in contrasts, in the bizarre and in strange meetings between objects. When a picture assumes its own identity, as if by magic a small new world is born. That is the excitement of making something that never was.' In contrast to these darkly surreal compositions, the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology commissioned Roberts in 1978 to produce six etched portraits of its academics and scientists. In 1990 the National Library of Wales staged 'A Selection of Contemporary Portraits', an exhibition of Roberts' portraits of eminent Welsh men and women. The Library now holds 26 of the portraits in its permanent collection.
John Roberts was an artist of great integrity and commitment, he was active while teaching full time and despite the vagaries of artistic taste remained faithful to his convictions, exhibiting at a time when his work would have been considered by many to be outmoded. By the 1950s the market for small black and white etchings had all but dried up and consequently impressions of his etchings were only ever pulled for proofing and as required for exhibition and sale. For the most part only a handful of impressions of each exist. While occasionally an edition size was declared, no plate was ever editioned. In addition to solo exhibitions he was an active exhibiting member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Cambrian Academy, the Liverpool Academy of Arts (where for many years he was Treasurer) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. In 1983, he retired to St David's in south-west Pembrokeshire and thereafter made few prints, but he worked almost daily, in spite of increasing ill-health, producing acrylic paintings, watercolours, pastels and densely-hatched ink drawings. Once again he drew upon Arthur Pedlar's characters, notably the maladroit auguste Vercoe. There is a pervading melancholy and poignancy in these unlucky eccentrics. In Take a Card (lithograph, 1983, etching 1989), Vercoe, wearing battered everyday clothes, forcibly engages the viewer with his direct gaze as he invites us to pick the Ace of Spades.
In his 81st year, I curated a retrospective exhibition of fifty years' work that demonstrated Roberts' versatility working in a wide range of graphic media. Unfortunately his deteriorating health prevented him from travelling to see the show and John Roberts died on 11 August 2003, half way through its run. Roberts was a consummate draughtsman and printmaker who was fortunate to be the product of the British art school system that believed drawing was the best means to test an artist's powers of observation and expression. He was an artist fascinated by human nature and he responded to it in his work. A quiet and unassuming man 'Robbie', as students knew him, was a well-loved and respected teacher, though it was not in his nature to promote himself or his work. He exhibited regularly and his popular themes ensured that the work sold well, but it received little critical exposure and now deserves to be better known. Fortunately, these works remain as a testament to this most perceptive of artists who in his paintings and prints demonstrated a genuine empathy with the circus folk he regarded as friends, the humble sitters upon whom he bestowed an almost spiritual significance, displaying a Rembrandtesque sensitivity toward the human condition.
Robert Meyrick. 'Odd Companions: The Prints of John Roberts RE'. Printmaking Today Vol.13, No.1, Spring 2004. pp.
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I am interested in organizing student debt protests and even a mass student default to bring attention to the student debt crisis in the US. This is really just a form of slavery. I am tired of it.
I think it is fine to try to try to change student debt through legislative action; however, there needs to be a mass organization of student debtors to bring attention to our crisis.
I've been thinking about this a lot in the last year. It seems like another economic crash is inevitable, and I think it's likely that what happened to the housing market in 2008 will happen to student loans this time around. However, to make a mass default effective (as far as long-term change), it would have to be intentional rather than people defaulting for lack of any better option.
The biggest problem I see is that we need enough people across the country who are willing to hold out even given the pressures that will be put on some or all of us, and who aren't going to drop off once things get hard.


At this point in your life experiences, chances are you've had some level of physical or emotional trauma, or maybe you have held onto the emotions associated with loss (especially of a loved one or of a valued relationship or of a cherished position), or perhaps you have suffered an identity crisis due to bullying or abuse -either physical or mental, or maybe you've held onto memories that no longer serve your personal growth. If so, you have stuck or stagnant energy pockets that hinder the circulation of energy adversely affecting your both physically and mentally.
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Lake Hillier, Australia - The Pink Lake
February 26, 2018 Mysterious_world No comments
It is said that our world has hidden many types of mysteries in it, many natural mysteries have been solved and there are still many secrets that still have to find out. The whole world of science is researching the causes of these mysteries, and by telling us about those causes, they are actually making us aware about the greatness of nature. But there are still many such secrets in the world whose science has no answer. It is said that water has no color, but there is a lake with water whose color is pink. There are many seas and lakes in the world whose water is colorful. Looking at this water it seems as if someone mixed the color in it. While this is a wonderful gift of nature. Let us tell you that Hillier Lake located in Australia is famous for pink water. Well, there are many such special places in Australia which attract tourists, but Hillier Lake is quite famous. Seeing this lake for the first time everyone will feel that this is a lake of blood, but do not panic, there is no massacre in this lake. Due to the color of the lake being pink, it is also known as Pink Lake. Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in the Goldfields-Esperance region, off the south coast of Western Australia. A long and thin shore divides the Southern Ocean from the lake. Although the length and breadth of this lake are not so much, but this lake is really very beautiful. This lake is very small in size compared to other lakes and it is about 600 metres in length by about 250 m in width. This lake is surrounded by a rim of sand and a dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees. The way to reach this lake is not easy, but still, despite all the difficulties, people reach to see its pink color here. The Hillier Lake was first discovered in 1802 by navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders who took samples from the lake and mentioned its existence in his journal.
Well, every country is famous because of its specialty. Australia is also known for its "Great Barrier Reef" all over the world, but here the Hillier Lake is slowly attracting the people from around the world. Any tourist who travels to Australia never go back without visiting this lake. The pink colour of this lake is considered to be due to the presence of the organism Dunaliella salina (Dunaliella salina is a type of halophile green micro-algae especially found in sea salt fields). These organisms do not cause any kind of harm. The Extreme Microbiome Project, part of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF), Metagenomics Research Group (MGRG), has performed a metagenomic analysis on the lake to find Dunaliella as well as Salinibacter ruber, Dechloromonas aromatica, and a few species of the Archaea. There is plenty of salt in this lake but still this lake is safe for swimming. Due to this specialty, this lake has become a center of attraction for domestic and foreign tourists.