The speed at which the planet is warming is playing a key role in the decline of bird and mammal species, new research has revealed.
As part of a new study, The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) examined 987 populations from 481 species across the world, investigating how the rate of climate and land-use change simultaneously affects the declines of mammals and birds. The lead reason behind the speed of the population declines studied was the rapidity of a warming climate.
Rapid climate warming has a particularly detrimental result on bird populations, and indeed the observed effects were twice as strong in birds as in mammals. The study also revealed that populations outside of protected areas are more severely impacted, with species such as black-tailed godwit and pink-footed goose some of those highlighted.
This finding is particularly stark because, if the rate at which the climate warms exceeds the maximum rate of animals being able to adapt to environmental changes, local extinctions will increase. The study lays out the urgency of understanding the vulnerability of these species to increases in temperature and also offers a projection into a future, in which humans haven't attempted to mitigate climate change, where animal populations are heavily declined across the world.
Along with spiders, insectivorous birds play a vital role in consuming insects that would otherwise destroy forests or crops.
Birds around the world eat 400 to 500 million metric tonnes of beetles, flies, ants, moths, aphids, grasshoppers, crickets and other anthropods per year. These numbers have been calculated in a study led by Martin Nyffeler of the University of Basel and published in The Science of Nature, highlights the important role birds play in keeping plant-eating insect populations under control.
Nyffeler and his colleagues based their figures on 103 studies that highlighted the volume of prey that insect-eating birds consume in seven of the world's major ecological communities known as biomes. According to their estimations, this amounts to between 400 and 500 million tonnes of insects per year but is most likely to be on the lower end of the range. Their calculations are supported by a large number of experimental studies conducted by many different research teams in a variety of habitats in different parts of the world.
"The global population of insectivorous birds annually consumes as much energy as a megacity the size of New York. They get this energy by capturing billions of potentially harmful herbivorous insects and other arthropods," says Nyffeler.
Forest-dwelling birds consume around 75 per cent of the insects eaten in total by birds which make up about 300 million tonnes of insects per year. About 100 million tonnes are eaten by birds in savanna areas, grasslands and croplands, and those living in the deserts and Arctic tundra. Birds actively hunt insects especially during the breeding season, when they need protein-rich prey to feed to their nestlings.
Further, the researchers estimated that insectivorous birds together only have a biomass of about three million tonnes. Nyffeler says the comparatively low value for the global biomass of wild birds can be partially explained through their very low production efficiency. This means that respiration takes a lot of energy and only leaves about one to two percent to be converted into biomass.
"The estimates presented in this paper emphasize the ecological and economic importance of insectivorous birds in suppressing potentially harmful insect pests on a global scale — especially in forested areas," explains Nyffeler, who says that this is especially so for tropical, temperate and boreal forest ecosystems.
"Only a few other predator groups such as spiders and entomophagous insects (including in particular predaceous ants) can keep up with the insectivorous birds in their capacity to suppress plant-eating insect populations on a global scale," he adds.
A study from 2017 which Nyffeler also led showed that spiders consume between 400 and 800 million tonnes of insects each year. Other predator groups like bats, primates, shrews, hedgehogs, frogs, salamanders, and lizards seem to be valuable yet less effective natural enemies of plant-eating insects. He says their influence seems to be more biome-specific rather than on a worldwide scale. For instance, lizards help to suppress insects on tropical islands, but less so on a broader scale.
"Birds are an endangered class of animals because they are heavily threatened by factors such as afforestation, intensification of agriculture, spread of systemic pesticides, predation by domestic cats, collisions with human-made structures, light pollution and climate change. If these global threats cannot soon be resolved, we must fear that the vital ecosystem services that birds provide — such as the suppression of insect pests — will be lost," says Nyffeler.
"It's coming home. It's coming home. It's coming, the Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards 2018 are coming home".
OK so not as catchy, but the sentiment is the same. Our work with the choughs (see earlier blog entry here) claimed top prize at this year's Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. And yes, we are well chuffed.
You can watch an edited version of ITV News interview here. It looks at how the choughs and Ronez Quarry have been working together to improve Jersey's biodiversity.
We will use the prize money to enable school groups visiting the quarry to learn about Jersey's wildlife and develop field skills in bird identification. The remaining money will be used to pay for the DNA sexing of this year's wild chicks.
There was a shared sentiment amongst the nominees that whilst we have submitted individual projects we are all working towards the same goal. And that all the projects are inter-linked in some respect. For example, Littlefeet's beach cleans are important to the wildlife species Durrell are trying to save. Birding Tours Jersey need birds otherwise the tours would be really boring! Removing plastic waste from the beach helps Jersey's seabird population stay afloat (literally!).
Birding Tours Jersey, was this year's runner-up receiving £1000 towards the free birding tours given to islanders. This year they have hosted three puffin watch tours and several dawn chorus walks to highlight the wonders of Jersey wildlife. And to add to the connection to nature that our projects share, Neil was one of the first chough volunteers before leaving to start Birding Tours.
Another nice link was seen with the Conservationist of the Year Award and the Peter Walpole People's Choice Award. Both of which were awarded to Sarah Maguire for her BioBlitz project in schools. BioBlitz is run through the Jersey Biodiversity Records Centre. Sarah also works for Durrell in our Education team at the Zoo.
It is cliché to say it, but everyone is a winner in the conservation awards. Unlike a certain World Cup.
The painted lady butterfly is a migratory species in Europe, and common visitor to the Channel Islands, previously known to migrate from Europe to the Afrotropics during the autumn. Butterflies are obviously much harder to track on migration than birds and the fate of this butterfly species and its offspring remained unknown. Butterfly migration can be very different to that in birds where a bird like the swallow moves between, often very distant but well demarcated, summer and winter areas. The best known butterfly migration is perhaps that of the monarch in North America where despite there being well known and well demarcated summer and winter areas, generations of monarchs will never see the winter areas but are essential in the species life cycle (see the fascinating story of the monarch here).
Researchers were now able to demonstrate that painted lady butterflies return from the Afrotropical region to recolonise the Mediterranean in early spring, travelling an annual distance of 12,000 km across the Sahara Desert.
While the Palearctic-African migratory circuit is typically associated with birds, scientists from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), in Barcelona, Spain, found that the painted lady Vanessa cardui endures annual trans-Saharan circuits like some birds do.
This butterfly species travels 12,000 km and crosses the Sahara Desert twice to seasonally exploit resources and favourable climates on both sides of the desert. Few species are known to perform annual long-range trans-Saharan circuits, and that of the painted lady is the longest migratory flight known in butterflies to date.
In a previously published study, the researchers demonstrated that painted lady butterflies migrate from Europe to tropical Africa by the end of summer, crossing the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert.
The fate of these migrants and that of their offspring remained unknown. "Our hypothesis was that the species initiates a reverse northward migration towards Europe in spring, thus completing a regular migratory cycle," states Roger Vila, one of the researchers.
With the aim of confirming this hypothesis, they studied the natal origin of the butterflies that reached the Mediterranean region in early spring. To do so, they analysed the stable hydrogen isotopes of the butterflies sampled in Morocco, Andalusia and Catalonia in Spain, Crete, Egypt and Israel.
An isotope is a form of a chemical element whose atomic nucleus contains a different number of neutrons compared to protons in the nucleus. In water, the proportion of hydrogen and its stable isotope depends on the geographical location. When absorbing water, this proportion is maintained in plants; it later remains in the caterpillars that feed on these plants, and, eventually, in adult butterflies.
By analysing the hydrogen stable isotopes found in the wings of adult butterflies, the researchers could determine where they had developed as caterpillars.
"It is difficult to study the movement of insects by means of observations, marking or radio tracking, since there are millions of individuals and they are very small. This is why finding out where a butterfly grew up before undergoing the metamorphosis by means of stable isotope analysis turns out to be extremely useful. It feels like magic," says Gerard Talavera, who led the research.
The results show a major proportion of specimens stay in the Afrotropics during winter and that those recolonising the Mediterranean are most probably their offspring. This scenario closes the loop for the Palearctic-African migratory system of Vanessa cardui and shows that the annual distance travelled by the successive generations may reach about 12,000 km, including crossing of the Sahara Desert twice.
Whether the painted lady does regular migratory circuits similar to those of the monarch butterfly in North America was a matter of scientific debate. This research reveals the parallelisms in such a unique evolutionary adaptation.


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As a result net emf decreases and so does current  . . . .

This is not true, rather the rate of change of current decreases whilst the current continues to increase to an asymptotic value equal to the emf of the power supply divided by the resistance of the circuit.
In theory, the rate of change of current stays the same and the current just keeps increasing if there is no resistance in the circuit.

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Rosé is superb expression, delicious, lovely to look at, excellent with food, serious wine when done right.
SAN ANGELO — Note to male readers: Valentine's Day happens next Tuesday. You are expected to do something romantic — so is she for that matter, but the consequence of a man ignoring the day is more dire than it is for people of the feminine persuasion.
No sense in arguing Valentine's is creation of greeting card companies and flower shops to bridge gap between Christmas and graduation and weddings. That ship sailed long ago.
Strategy: roses and rosés. There is a despicable canard that rosé wine is only fit for dilettantes sipping in summer. No. Rosé is superb expression, delicious, lovely to look at, excellent with food, serious wine when done right — and many wineries do rosé right.
Show the person you love that you love them Tuesday with some roses and some rosé, and throw in whatever else stirs your hearts.
Last round: "I will be your valentine. I will comfort you after a bad day and help you celebrate a good day. I will make you feel like you are the most beautiful and intelligent person in the room. You can have me right now. I am open to anything."—Your bottle of wine.


Allow me to begin by saying that I did not want to write this article. Truthfully, I didn't even really want to listen to this song.
As I attempted to do so for the first time, I exited the browser window halfway through, wondering, "Who could possibly like this?!" and then moved on with my day. Unfortunately, the answer to this question did not elude me for long as Joyner Lucas' "I'm Not Racist" video was immediately shared by no fewer than five of my Facebook friends, commended by several people I follow on Twitter and lauded as "important" by various online publications.
I tried listening to the song once more—this time more attentively and to completion—yet, in spite of itself, it somehow ended even more egregiously than it began. I felt like I was going crazy, like Bart in that episode of The Simpsons where his entire family starts to like Sideshow Bob. "THERE ARE SO MANY OBVIOUS REASONS TO DISLIKE THIS," I thought, overwhelmed by my confusion about the song's viral success. (As of this writing, the video has been played over 10 million times.) Less than 48 hours later, "I'm Not Racist" started to rise on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap chart, and I realized that perhaps these reasons were not as obvious as I initially thought.
I genuinely respect what Joyner Lucas was trying to do here. Attempting to present a solution to the deeply entrenched problem of racial division in America is no easy feat for anyone, let alone a rapper seeking to do so within the constraints of a rap song. If I were to evaluate it based on ambition alone, this song would get full marks.
Unfortunately, I can't praise Lucas's ambition in a vacuum, I must also look at the way in which he attempted to realize this ambition. And, to this end, it's difficult to understate how much he missed the mark. Listening to "I'm Not Racist" feels a bit like watching a football kicker attempt an 80-yard field goal, but then flub the kick entirely. I can't help but admire the confidence leading up to the attempt, but I also can't praise a kick that traveled 12 yards before ultimately resulting in a turnover.
The song begins with a rap verse about racial politics from the perspective of a Trump supporter. This particular Trump supporter is a garishly unsympathetic white man, who among other things, calls black people the n-word, minimizes the longstanding effects of slavery, and believes that black men are killed by the police because they wear gold teeth. He makes no attempt to blanket these offensive views in flawed statistical data or circuitous dog-whistles, he simply recites these ideas candidly, speaking in a way that is so raw that Ann Coulter herself might blush at the lack of filter.
After three minutes of such uncut bigotry, this verse takes a hard left turn and concludes abruptly with, "There's two sides to every story, I wish I knew yours." With this one throwaway line, Lucas asks us to believe that a character who says things like, "All you care about is rappin' and stuntin' and bein' ratchet, and that's the n---er within you" is also open-minded enough to embrace the validity of different perspectives. I don't want to burst anyone's bubble here, but there is no precedent for this man in the real world.
If Lucas had sketched such a broad caricature in an attempt to illuminate the absurdity of his beliefs, I'd be far less inclined to criticize this song so harshly. Yet, it would seem that Lucas wants listeners to treat this man's cartoonish views—much like the black man who delivers the song's second verse does—as empathy-warranting positions that require serious rebuttals. At this point, Lucas' conditions for producing racial harmony appear to involve the following: (1) bigots who possess an openness to new ideas, and (2) black people who are willing to empathize with the hatred of their own race. At the risk of sounding like a pessimist, I'd say that orchestrating diplomatic conversations between individuals who match these respective descriptions seems a tad unrealistic.
Even if there were an abundance of people like this floating around America, Lucas' suggestion that they should sit across from one another and discuss their differences as peers suggests a problematic false equivalency between the legitimacy of their viewpoints. Hypothetically speaking, black people have the capacity to speak from personal experience about a struggle shaped by centuries of policy-driven oppression, while bigots can speak only from a place of unsubstantiated prejudice. The former might recite facts about the insidious effects of Jim Crow laws and real-estate redlining, while the latter might counter with, "Well, that's what you get for wearing your pants so low." It would be like asking James Baldwin to treat a Tiki torch-carrying white-supremacist as his intellectual equal. The mere suggestion is offensive.
The most glaring problem with this position, of course, is that it presupposes that these conversations have historically been rare or hard to come by. For better or for worse, these conversations have been happening everywhere I look for many years now, in YouTube comments, on Reddit threads, and in Twitter @ replies. To put it gently, they are generally unproductive. Even in the rare circumstances where all participants start off with the best of intentions, their exchanges almost always end up being incendiary, antagonistic, and broadly detrimental.
I don't fault Joyner Lucas or JAY-Z for being idealistic that this can change. I too would like to possess such blind optimism about the alleviation of racial strife in America. Yet, for many reasons that fall outside the purview of an article about a heavy-handed rap song—informational echo chambers, identity formation, etc.—I'm far more skeptical. I've seen the real-life version of the "I'm Not Racist" conversation play out a million times already, and the cumulative effect of this has left me disheartened. Even just watching this recent clip, where Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer argues with British journalist Gary Yonge that African people definitively benefited from the slave trade, leaves me devoid of hope.
Credit where it's due, if Joyner Lucas' ultimate goal with "I'm Not Racist" was to start a dialogue, he certainly accomplished this mission. Even as I write this, I'm currently engaging in this dialogue, and I'm far from the only writer to have penned a longwinded article doing so. Granted, it may not be the dialogue Joyner Lucas intended for us to engage in, but it's a dialogue nonetheless.
Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to share this article on Facebook, they'd be engaging in a dialogue about this article, which engaged in a dialogue about the dialogue depicted in this song. This is all starting to get a bit confusing and there are no easy answers here. I guess I can now see why it's tempting to end, much like "I'm Not Racist" did, with a completely unearned hug.


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French girl electrocuted by phone in bath
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A 13-year-old girl in France has suffered a fatal electric shock while taking a bath, when her mobile phone, which was plugged in to charge, fell into the water.
Rescue workers were initially able to revive the girl after the incident in Macon, the newspaper Le Parisien reported on Saturday.
She was in a coma for a few days in the university hospital in Lyon and then died.
The girl had been with a friend at home when the accident occurred. The friend was taken to hospital in shock. The exact events are still being investigated.
The girl's mother appealed to other teenagers and their parents saying "This must be a warning to other teenagers, because they all have their phones implanted in their hands, so to speak.
We really have to insist: no phones in bathtubs because it can end so dramatically."
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Delays rippled across the U.S., affecting travelers in cities such as San Francisco to Chicago, and disruptions spread to Europe and Asia, where airlines canceled or delayed flights to New York and Washington from cities that are major travel hubs including London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
At Tampa International, "multiple" flights to and from the airport had been canceled, according to the airport's website. Officials advised passengers to check with their airline before going to the airport.


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Discussion in 'Apple Watch' started by benchmarkman, Sep 13, 2015.
So today I go outside and cut my grass for 40 minutes and my steps increased by 80 steps. Somehow it knows I did a bunch of movement and exercise because those numbers increased fairly close to accurate. I'm sure at a minimum I took at least 1,000 steps in 40 minutes of grass cutting with a human powered push lawn mower (Not a gas mower a pure push mower). That's less than 10 % accurate. Please also do say calibrate it with the outdoor walk suggestion, I've done multiple calibrations and it has not gotten any better. I've also tried the unpair/re-pair and the recalibrate and the step count is still way too low.
If you arms were stretched out pushing the mower there was not swinging movement for the watch to detect to count your steps.
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That sounds like how Steve Jobs would answer. The watch isn't inaccurate you're just walking wrong.
Speedman100, peter08po, eyeseeyou and 6 others like this.
That sounds like a Steve Jobs answers. The watch isn't inaccurate your just walking wrong.
I'm not telling you that you are "walking wrong", I am telling you how all wrist mounted pedometers work.
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It is not the "swinging of the arms" that tells the watch you are walking, it is the actual steps it sense but mowing your lawn is really insulating your watch from this by holding on the handl of the mower.
Like it of not these devices, and I have had many of them, they can be fooled. I get well over 400 steps mowing my lawn and I am on a riding mower! They can be fooled. Try just taking a walk with your phone and you will find it to be darn accurate. The watch is not smart enough to make allowances for your holding onto the mower.
when riding a bike, it doesn't count my legs movement either. that's because my hand is stationary like yours on the damn lawn mower.
Maybe the same way a pedometer does... Moto360 didn't seem to have that problem. This was just an extreme example. I can walk 20 minutes to work and I get 800 steps.
Do you have your iPhone with you when you ride your bike? It may be the iPhone that's counting it.
Here is tests and facts over a subjective opinion.
I don't think walking for 40 minutes mow lawn and getting 80 steps is a "subjective" opinion. I also don't think walking 1.05 miles to work and getting 800 steps is subjective either. Those results are fact based and show the accuracy of the Apple Watch is very poor.
Again, arm swing is how the accelerometer measures steps. 1 complete arm swing equals 2 steps. This is physics and ALL pedometers work off movement. If you are not swinging (moving) your arm how do you expect the Watch to measure your steps?
If you want the watch (or more precisely the Activity/Health apps) to accurately count steps when using a lawn mower then you would need to carry your iPhone in your pocket to measure steps.
So how does the cycling work with no arm motion?
Outdoor uses GPS. I have no idea what it does for indoor. I haven't tried it yet.
I was thinking why not use the outdoor cycling to mow lawn.
I disagree with the arm swing. Another piece of evidence of why o say the step counter is horrible is because every morning I ride a stationary bike for 30 minutes and the Apple watch credits me with between 2900 - 3000 steps. There is no arm movement as I have my hands stationary on the handle bars during the whole working. The arm/hand usage is very similar to holding a lawn mower. It's crazy that in the case where I'm taking no steps I get around 3000 steps and in the case where I'm continually walking I get almost zero credit.
He's right though. If your arms not swing and you know you'll walking you should use Outdoor Walking in Workout app. It will use the GPS on your iPhone to check your movement, and it will also measure your heartbeat more frequently.
This is in Apple support manual.
"Make sure you earn Exercise credit during walks by allowing the arm with your Apple Watch to swing naturally. For example, while walking your pet, let the arm with your watch swing freely while the other holds the leash.
If you need both hands while walking, for example to push a stroller, you can still earn Exercise credit by using the Workout app. The Activity app relies on arm motion and an accelerometer to track movement, whereas the Workout app uses a heart rate sensor and GPS. "
My Apple Watch is very accurate when walking with my arms moving I have tested it against my old Fitbit Charge and both very close but when mountain biking I get over 20k steps when riding around 12 miles due to the vibration I'm guessing. When I mow I'm lucky to get any steps unless I have my phone in my pocket as well.
Indoor simply uses your heart rate. It's pretty accurate for me too... usually reading within 20 calories of what my stationary bike says (which also measures my heart rate through the handles).
Are you using the cycling workout while riding your exercise bike? If so, ride without starting any workout and see if it still counts steps.
Arm swing in not how the watch measures steps. It is the actua step, itself, that is measured by the watch. Try holding you arms against your body of putting your hands in your pocket and the watch will still count steps. The accelerometer actually feels each step.
Basics of how pedometers work.
I ride a stationary bike for 30 minutes and the Apple watch credits me with between 2900 - 3000 steps. There is no arm movement as I have my hands stationary on the handle bars during the whole working. The arm/hand usage is very similar to holding a lawn mower. It's crazy that in the case where I'm taking no steps I get around 3000 steps and in the case where I'm continually walking I get almost zero credit.
Maybe you have a defective watch.
I found my AW's pedometer to be decent, compared to a fitbit and MS band, its pretty close, that is all three seem to record nearly the same amount of steps.
Like I said before stick your hands in your pocket while you walk and you watch will not miss a step.


The Eurosonic-Noorderslag, the biggest showcase festival in Europe will focus on Czech and Slovak music in 2019. The Eurosonic showcase festival starts 16th January in the Dutch city of Groningen and we bring you a brief presentation of Slovak participants at this prestigious event.
Jonatán Pastirčák aka Pjoni aka Isama Zing is a musician. He was nominated by the public Radio_FM, a European Broadcasting Union member, to represent Slovakia at the Eurosonic 2019 showcase festival, which is the biggest event of its kind in Europe. Isama Zing has also won the most points at the 2018 listening session at SHARPE, which is the first and only showcase festival - where performers showcase their talents to industry professionals - in Slovakia. On Thursday, 17th January, he was playing his music live in Groningen, the Netherlands. Shortly ahead of his gig RSI asked him what was the difference between the music he does as Pjoni and as Isama Zing.
The largest Slovak multi-genre festival Pohoda was awarded two out of 15 of the European Festival Awards - the Award for Excellence and Passion andthe Take a Stand Award. The jury gave the award to its director and founder Michal Kaščák for his contribution to the scene in Slovakia and Europe. The Take a Stand Award was presented to Pohoda by the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, who praised the extraordinary commitment to freedom and sense of social responsibility outside the festival stages as well.
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Materials under extreme conditions, whether in ceramic processing, nuclear reactors, or the cores of planets, are especially difficult to characterise experimentally, and theory is increasingly called upon for quantitative understanding and prediction. The aim of this workshop is to present and discuss techniques and applications of theory and simulation that are specifically dealing with the properties of materials at high temperatures and/or pressures. These properties may include electronic properties (conductivity, thermoelectricity), phase stability, processing, microstructural evolution and mechanical properties. Techniques may include ab initio or DFT methods beyond the quasi-harmonic approximation, large-scale molecular dynamics, mesoscale modelling, finite elements, or combinations thereof. Developments in theory and simulation at all length scales, from atomistic to continuum, are open for discussion, as long as the explicit high-temperature or high stress aspects are prominent.


Join us in collaboration with the Prison Creative Arts Project for an Art Workshop for formerly incarcerated individuals led by formerly incarcerated individuals. This reentry workshop will focus on artistic expression and public speaking. Attendees will have the opportunity to create a self-portrait using unique art styles and present their final product to the group.
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"Ple-please whoever you are just please stop, leave me alone." I practically whimper it out, I'm so scared. The person stops, and I bravely turn my head to face him. I would recognize those cerulean blue eyes anywhere, it's Will.
"Will, Will is that you?" Even though I'm positive it's him, I just don't want to believe it. He leans his face in closer to mine and lets his eyes wander over my face.
Now I have no doubt it's him, and I still get no answer from him. He's just observing me, it's like he's memorizing every little detail, and I can't help but do the same.
I start at his chin which has a hint of dimple. Then there's his jaw line, very strong, defined, and angular. My eyes drift to his lips a perfect cupid's bow; they look so soft and inviting. Even as I think this I feel the heat raising to my cheeks turning them a rosy pink.
But I just can't help myself I keep going till I'm at his nose. This is straight but gets slightly wider at the end. Then I finally come to his eyes that are framed by full light brown eyebrows, which contrast well with his golden blond hair that ends at the neck line.
All in all he's gorgeous; any girl would go completely weak at the knees over him. I mean I've always notice how hot he is, but I've never got the chance or the guts to be this up close and personal.
I then realize I'm staring into his eyes and that he is staring right back into mine. Oh god his eyes, I would have to say are my favorite part. Their almond shaped and even though the irises seem to change colors often their always rich and vibrant.
I can't believe I'm even thinking all these things, I need to stop, and he needs to get off. But the longer I look into eyes the harder it is to stop. Then I slowly begin to see his eyes change color, what once were a deep cerulean blue are now becoming a rich indigo. And his hair is changing from a golden blond to an ash blond.
While all this is happening his face keeps getting closer and closer to my own. My heart rate is still beating rapidly but for a whole different reason this time. I can't and don't want to take my eyes away from his.
In the back of my mind I know he could be hypnotizing me, and I know I should try to throw him off, and I know this is wrong. But all those thoughts are slowly slipping away from me, and I don't care anymore about anything other than the guy in front of me.
Finally his face is so close to mine, that our noses lightly touch, but I continue to gaze into his eyes, still unsure of what might happen.
My first thought is will he kiss me?
Do I want him to kiss me?
Why would he want to kiss me?
I'm suddenly broken from my trance as the strong smell of alcohol drifts to my nose. Oh god, that's why he's doing this, because he's drunk or maybe even worse "wasted."
He's not interested in me he's just drunk and looking for "a good time."
That thought alone made me feel sick and hurt. I immediately break my arms out of his grip which had loosed up considerable while I was in his trance. I push him as hard as I can and try to throw him off, but again my luck comes in to play.


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Гранд-Прері () — місто () в США, в округах Даллас, Таррант і Елліс на півночі штату Техас, західне пердмістя Далласу. Населення —  осіб (2010).

У місті розташовані виробництва Локхид-Мартин, Белл-Гелікоптер-Текстрон.

Географія
Гранд-Прері розташований за координатами  (32.684193, -97.020995).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 210,02 км², з яких 186,75 км² — суходіл та 23,27 км² — водойми.

Клімат

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало  осіб у  домогосподарстві у складі  родин. Густота населення становила 835 осіб/км².  Було 62424 помешкання (297/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 3,2 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 42,7 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 30,9 % — особи молодші 18 років, 62,4 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 6,7 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 31,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 95,8 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 92,2 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долар США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  долари для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 14,7 % осіб, у тому числі 21,9 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 8,2 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 18,1 %, виробництво — 12,7 %, роздрібна торгівля — 11,5 %.

Уродженці
 Селена Гомес, американська поп-співачка та кіноакторка.

Примітки

Джерела

Міста Техасу
Населені пункти округу Даллас (Техас)
Населені пункти округу Елліс (Техас)
Населені пункти округу Таррант (Техас)

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Accrington Stanley Community Trust have secured a grant of £9,850 from the National Lottery Awards for All Community Fund to launch a new project that provides employability support for people who are out of work in Hyndburn.
The new project will include regular employability workshops delivered by the mentors, focusing on employability skills such as CV Writing, Job Searching, Completing Job Applications and Interview Practice.
This project will bring together people from different backgrounds as well as helping them reach their full potential, whilst also working hard at addressing the higher than average unemployment rates in our community.
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Lan Ong Street - traditional medicine space revived
Mon, 12 Jan 2015. Last updated Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:58
Hanoi expands more walking streets in Old Quarter
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Vietnam Airlines sets IPO date in September
National action plan for Vietnam green growth strategy
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Recently, the project on preserving and recovering Lan Ong Street - a famous traditional medicine space in old streets was inaugurated. Simultaneously, the project was held with the Week of Traditional Vietnamese medicine street 2015.
The project on preserving and recovering Lan Ong Street was conducted from 2013 in order to study, preserve and recover the architectural space of the traditional medicine street of Lan Ong, a bustling space selling Vietnamese traditional medicine and bronze ingots of Thang Long Citadel. The street is named after Hai Thuong Lan Ong, a famous physician. The street is a delight of textures and smells emanating from the sacks of herbal medicinal products including leaves, roots, barks, and powders. Like other streets in Hanoi Old Quarter, Lan Ong Street has a very high population density, which is a burden of the conservation of architectural space and the development of the traditional medicine.
So far, Lan Ong Street is the address of the rare old street preserving forefather's profession. From the intersection of Hang Can Street, Cha Ca Street to Hang Vai Street, stores of pulsing, prescribing and selling traditional medicine are still crowded. Up until now, about 85% of local residents continue their traditional trade. The project on renovating and preserving the facade of the street was implemented in 2013 with the goal of restoring the space of selling traditional medicine and architecture of ancient buildings. This is the second project on recovering old streets in 36 Streets Hanoi after Ta Hien Street. The project on Lan Ong Street stretches on space of 120m long from Cha Ca Street to Thuoc Bac Street. The project focuses on facades of street, removing unmatched architectural feature, advertising billboards... The project on embellishment of Lan Ong Street facade is funded by the budget of Hoan Kiem District. Local residents will renovate interior of their houses.
In fact, when being put in implementation, the project faced many difficulties due to downgraded status quo of buildings on Lan Ong Street. In particular, many works were deformed, changed their functions. Some families also doubted about the ability of project's success. So far, the project has been completed, bringing a new face to Lan Ong Street. This makes great contribution to the preserving, promulgating and promoting heritage value of Hanoi Old Quarter. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thong, the Vice Chairman of Vietnam Architects Association said that a space of the old street was recovered. The project contributed to the promulgation and raising the awareness of protecting and renovating the historical value of Lan Ong Street in particular and Hanoi Old Street in general. With the investment, Lan Ong Street will be one of famous tourist attractions in Hanoi, a cultural and trading place of both local and international tourists.
Thanks to the preservation and recovery, the physical and mental life of Hanoian is improved and upgraded. According to a local resident of Lan Ong Street, the change and recovery of the street bring an overview about history and the development of Hanoi Old Quarter in particular and of Hanoi in general. This is also a target of making Lan Ong Street become a favorite spot in Hanoi travel.
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Da Nang becoming the most worth-living city in Vietnam
39 years after the Vietnam Liberation Day, Da Nang has developed significantly in all aspects. More importantly, Da Nang City has leave impression on tourists and residents as the most worth-living city in Vietnam.
Asia Park Da Nang begins forthcoming operations
Sun Group Corporation recently has celebrated groundbreaking ceremony to construct Asia Park Da Nang cultural park and recreation on 2/9 street with a total investment of $ 200 million.
Ho Chi Minh Vincom Center will open Kids World
The second Kids World will be opened on Dong Khoi Street by Ho Chi Minh Vincom Center, on April 25th. With a scale of more than 5000 square meters, Kids World is expected to be the paradise for children.
Attractive activities for Children Day in Hanoi
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Vincom Center welcomes summer by special events for kids
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Greer, SC has 46 investment property hard money lenders operating in the city. Loan amounts average about $291,072. The average interest rate for loans in Greer is 10.4%. 14 months is the average length for notes issued in this city. The average origination percentage added to loans is 3.5%. Lenders in Greer average a 69% loan to value on their deals.
Lesley wants to purchase an investment property in Greer, SC which is listed for $320,000. Since she doesn't have enough funds for the acquisition and is not able to get a bank loan, she takes out a hard money loan from USA Finance Company . Lesley and USA Finance Company contract to a 55% loan to value (LTV) so they will contribute 55% of the sales price and Lesley will be responsible for the other 45%. The loan additionally specifies a 5 year note with interest-only payments at 10%, and an origination fee of 2%. According to the parameters of the loan, Lesley 's interest payments will be $1,467 per month. She will also have to pay $144,000 in cash to closing in addition to the $3,520 origination fee. Upon expiration of the note, she will have to return the $176,000 principle in a final balloon payment.
Jeannine decides to purchase a rental house in Greer, SC for $320,000 using a private money loan from Success Lending Group . Based on a 65% loan to value (LTV) contracted to by the two parties, Jeannine will have to put down the other 35% in cash. The other parameters of the deal are the following: 1) a 1 year, interest-only loan, 2) a 8% rate of interest, and 3) a 5 point origination fee paid at the closing. Jeannine will need to pay $112,000 of her own cash at the close of the deal (based on the 65% LTV) in addition to the $10,400 origination fee (5% x the $208,000 principle), plus she will then start paying $1,387 per month when the deal is executed.


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Unable to establish if Vivanta Industries has efficiently used shareholders' funds last year as no Return on Equity data is available.
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Unable to establish if Vivanta Industries improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) due to insufficient past data.
How is Vivanta Industries's financial health and their level of debt?
In this section we usually analyse Vivanta Industries's finance health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial distress, in particular, its ability to manage its cash and debt levels. Vivanta Industries has not provided adequate balance sheet data, its financial health cannot be properly assessed as it.
The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Vivanta Industries's finances.
Unable to compare short term assets to short term liabilities as Vivanta Industries has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
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This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Vivanta Industries's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.
Unable to establish if Vivanta Industries has a high level of physical assets or inventory without balance sheet data.
Unable to verify if debt is covered by short term assets as Vivanta Industries has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
All data from Vivanta Industries Company Filings, last reported .
Unable to establish if Vivanta Industries's level of debt is high without past debt data.
Unable to establish if Vivanta Industries's debt level has increased without past 5-year debt data.
Unable to verify if debt is well covered by operating cash flow as Vivanta Industries has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
Unable to confirm if the interest payments on Vivanta Industries's debt are well covered by earnings due to lack of past financial data.
Investors tend to look at the financial health of a company this size in order to assess the sustainability of its current operations. Vivanta Industries's cash and debt levels may be found in its annual reports archived here.
Financial health is measured at one point in time, so the latest financial report is the best representation of the company's current financial status. Check when Vivanta Industries's financial data was last updated here.
What is Vivanta Industries's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Current annual income from Vivanta Industries dividends.
If you bought ₹2,000 of Vivanta Industries shares you are expected to receive ₹0 in your first year as a dividend.
Unable to evaluate Vivanta Industries's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to evaluate Vivanta Industries's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to perform a dividend volatility check as Vivanta Industries has not reported any payouts.
Unable to verify if Vivanta Industries's dividend has been increasing as the company has not reported any payouts.
What portion of Vivanta Industries's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.
Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as Vivanta Industries has not reported any payouts.
What is the CEO of Vivanta Industries's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
Mr. Hemant Amrish Parikh serves as Managing Director and Director at Vernes Infotech Private Limited.
Insufficient data for Hemant to compare compensation growth.
Insufficient data for Hemant to establish whether their remuneration is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in India.
Vivanta Industries has a total score of 0/6, this is not included on the snowflake, see the detailed checks below.
Vivanta Industries Limited provides information technology consultancy and related services. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.


Wow, if you didn't have your TV on CNBC just now, you missed a total trainwreck.
It wasn't quite on the scale of AOL/TWX proportions, but Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO and architect of the failed deal expounded on some of his ideas to fix America including a regulatory war on companies that serve unhealthy items like salt, meat, and cigarettes.
No word on how his spa chain might help America's health.


IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a solution that can be used for data protection of VM environments (e.g. VMware and Hyper-V), and enables the data protection and availability for virtual and physical machines of database like Oracle and SQL Server. This experiment will guide you to backup and restore VMware virtual machines quickly with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (duration: 15-20 min).
Open the Firefox browser and click Sign in to enter the SPP Management Interface.
You may skip this step if using the pre-defined SLA policy.
It refers to that the backup is executed daily at 1:00 a.m. and each copy is retained for 7 days.
Click Save to complete the creation of SLA polity.
Click Hypervisor > VMware > Backup in turn in the left-hand navigation bar.
and under the SLA Policy, check the customized policy 7Days.
Click Save to complete the setting step.
Under the SLA Policy Status, find the customized policy 7Days.
Click Actions at the far right, and select Start to execute the backup task immediately.
and the first status you will see is the backup task RUNNING.
Click on the left, and you will see the details of the task being executed.
The backup task will be completed in 8min, and the Status will be changed to COMPLETED.
Click Hypervisor > VMware > Restore in turn in the left-hand navigation bar.
Under the vCenter, click192.168.0.10 > Datacenter in turn.
Click to the right of 01_RHEL7.4_01.
Add this VM to the restore list.
Click Restore to execute the VM restore task.
The VM will be restored in about 30s.
Click the vSphere Client in the taskbar on the remote desktop, and you will see the VM 01_RHEL7.4_01-test00.


White Blue Air Max LTD Nike Running Trainers Shoes Mens [Mens Nike-00296] - $55.87 : Nike Air Max Shoes Outlet Online, Air Max 90 Sale!, Nike Air Max Shoes Outlet Online, Air Max 90 Sale!
Outlet Sale White Blue Air Max LTD Nike Running Trainers Shoes Mens - Nike Shoes Outlet. One of the most charming features of Mens Nike Air Max Trainers is their sparkling colors, catching your eyes. This is a fantastic kind of shoe especially for running.


A great way to encourage healthy habits for the long run is by making them regular family events. With great weather ahead, why not include exercise in your daily family routine?
Regular exercise is directly linked to maintaining a healthy weight, reducing the risk of heart disease, increasing muscle strength and enhancing overall well-being. To witness these benefits, you need to be experiencing 30 minutes a day, several times a week.
Communicate the importance of exercise to your spouse and discuss how to incorporate it into your family's schedule.
Encourage your children to participate in after-school sports. Not only will sports improve their coordination and team skills, but extracurricular activities allow you to enjoy personal time.
Welcome the idea of exercising as a family and be supportive of each other's goals.
While you engage in a power walk, invite your children to ride their bikes by your side. Include nightly walks after dinner or Sunday morning bike rides in your routine.
Plan family outings at a park. Pick-up games of football, frisbee or catch will increase your heart rate and will promote the use of other motor skills.
Nontraditional "exercise" activities can successfully increase your heart rate and your metabolism. Gardening, painting and house-cleaning are all forms of exertion that burn calories.
Give fitness-oriented gifts- e.g., bicycles, in-line skates, baseball gloves. Be sure the gift plays on an interest your child has expressed.
Learn a new sport together. Take a family tennis class or attend a rock-climbing session. New adventures help foster self-esteem and endurance.


Important cancer screening paper for practitioners: not for those with cancer.
From EVI - SCREENING FOR CANCER RISK: ESPOSITO'S IMMUNIZATION PARADIGM, CAPITALISM AND THE LOGIC OF FANTASY: This paper is about the biopolitical paradox by which, in the name of improving health, the medical industrial complex is progressively harming health. It is also an enquiry into the adequacy of a classical biopolitical theory, the immunisation paradigm, to explain this paradox compared with Marx' and Lacan's theory of the unconscious, and the logic of fantasy.
Free online medical education and resources.
How do physicians become medical experts?
The distinction between basic sciences and clinical knowledge which has led to a theoretical debate on how medical expertise is developed has implications for medical school and lifelong medical education..... .... The findings support a theory where basic sciences and medical aptitude are direct, correlated influences on clinical competency that encapsulates basic knowledge.
From giants of the publishing industry to art-school graduates seeking a first job, issuu gives anyone with digitally bound content the ability to upload and distribute their publications worldwide. In just minutes. And as often as they'd like. Each day, more than 20,000 publications are uploaded, including magazines, newspapers, portfolios, catalogs, corporate literature, DIY guides, community programs … you name it. Once published on issuu, publications become instantly available to active readers in every corner of the globe who use our site and mobile apps to discover and engage with whatever interests them. On any device. Presented in a beautiful, magazine-like reader.
Female depressive disorders increase throughout adolescence. Research implicates the role of family background factors in adolescent depression, yet theoretical models of development guide few studies. The relationship between felt security of attachment and depression among female adolescents undergoing psychiatric treatment was investigated with Attachment theory forming the theoretical basis of the study. Consistent with Attachment theory, the failure to experience felt security in her primary attachment relationship increases a female adolescent's risk for depression.
The AlcoRehab team is a group of professionals who are passionate about helping those struggling with alcoholism. We are devoted to providing free support and resources for people who are fighting an alcohol addiction and their loved ones. We believe that by sharing information about alcohol dependence and its effects, we can help encourage those suffering from alcoholism to make the right decision and get their lives back on track. Our goal is to provide the best guidance and support, and in doing so help those who need help to find and pursue their best treatment options.
A new paper from Ioannidis: Does evidence-based hearsay determine the use of medical treatments?
As in La Fontaine's fable "Love and Folly" Medical critique and solution need go hand in hand.
"The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone." Materials from 2340 courses 200 million visitors: Unlocking Knowledge: MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. Empowering Minds: Through OCW, educators improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them succeed; and independent learners enrich their lives and use the content to tackle some of our world's most difficult challenges, including sustainable development, climate change, and cancer eradication.
Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research. Your one-stop-shop for writing and publishing high-impact health research The Library contains a comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and also links to other resources relevant to research reporting.
This thesis explores the relationship between attachment to parents in adolescence in the presence of clinical depression.
The workshop highlighted examples of community-based organizations using trauma-informed approaches to treat violence and build safe and healthy communities. Presentations showcased examples that can serve as models in different sectors and communities and shared lessons learned.
ABSTRACT Context: Few published studies of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbidity are population based. Objective: To describe the comorbidity of ASD and disorders listed in the main classes of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) in a general population. Design: Direct physician billing data for the city of Calgary, Alberta, for the treatment of any presenting concern in the Calgary Health Zone (n = 763,449) from 1994 to 2009 were extracted. Diagnosed ICD-9 disorders (independent variable) were grouped into 17 categories using ICD-9 diagnosis codes. ASD (dependent variable) was classified under ICD-9 Code 299. Individuals with and without independent disorder classes were counted by the presence or absence of any ASD. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals of the association were calculated. Main Outcome Measures: ORs of ASD comorbidities. Results: Annual rates of ASD increased 3.9-fold for males and 1.4-fold for females. Diagnosed disorders ranked by OR in the independent ICD-9 categories indicated that males with ASD had overall higher ORs (> 1.0) in 11 main ICD-9 classes, and females with ASD had higher ORs (> 1.0) in 12 main ICD-9 classes. Males with ASD had lower ORs in 4 main ICD-9 disease classes; females with ASD had lower ORs related only to the main class "complications of pregnancy and childbirth." Five main ICD-9 classes were not significant for males or females. Conclusions: Patients with ASD have significant comorbidity of physical disorders. This finding may inform other areas of research and assessment in clinical management.
Objectives: Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that rarely exists in isolation in affected patients. We examined the association of ulcerative colitis and International Classification of Diseases mental disorder, as well as the temporal comorbidity of three broad International Classification of Diseases groupings of mental disorders in patients with ulcerative colitis to determine if mental disorder is more likely to occur before or after ulcerative colitis.


Vectors and analytic space geometry. Norms, convergence of vector sequences, open and closed sets, compact sets. Curves, Frenet frames, surfaces. Functions of several variables. Partial derivatives and their applications, linear approximation, differential, Taylor's formula. Method of Lagrange multiplier. Inverse function theorem, implicit function theorem. Multiple integrals. Green's Theorem. Line and surface integrals. Gauss and Stokes' Theorems.


These rare photos are from the collection of Bill Vick, the Managing Director of Peir Vick Ltd., the company that ran Radio England and Britain Radio. They have been kindly contributed by Ron Vick, Bill's son, and passed to The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame by Grey Pierson. With grateful thanks to them both.
Phil Martin and the automation system.
and Bill "Boss" Berry in the studio.
Bill Berry on the air.
Larry Dean (left) and Ron O'Quinn interview singer Nancy Sinatra. There is another photo of them here.
Publicity shot. The boss jocks gather in a studio.
Rick Randall, Johnnie Walker and Roger Day surround Jerry Smithwick.
With many thanks to Ron and Grey for the photos. More here.
Back to the previous page of Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio memories.


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Condé Nast Traveler ® Recognizes Hard Rock Hotel Penang As One Of The Top 30 Hotels In Asia: Readers' Choice Awards 2021
Congratulations Hard Rock Hotel Penang for Being Recognized as One of The Top 30 Hotels in Asia : Readers' Choice Award by Condé Nast Traveler ®
Hard Rock Hotel Penang is thrilled to announce its latest and first recognition in Condé Nast Traveler as one of the Top 30 Hotels in Asia for the 2021 Readers' Choice Awards. The 2021 Readers' Choice Awards by Condé Nast Traveler is one of the most significant awards in the travel industry, celebrating the best hotels, resorts and destinations in the world. Ranking #21 out of a total of 30 recognized hotels in Asia, winners were determined on the votes from Condé Nast Traveler readers worldwide. A total of four hotels in Malaysia were featured in the list of winners under the Top 30 Hotels in Asia category and Hard Rock Hotel Penang is one of the two hotels in Penang to receive the award. A full list of the winners is featured on the Condé Nast Traveler official website and can be found here.
"It is an honour for us to receive this significant award considering the challenges and adversities that the hospitality industry has faced on a global scale throughout the year. This is a testament to the dedication of our team that has worked to provide remarkable service, value, and quality to all our guests," said John Primmer, the General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Penang. "Thank you to everyone who has voted, supported and contributed towards this achievement."
Located along the popular Batu Ferringhi beach in Penang, Hard Rock Hotel Penang is well-known for its unique and upbeat concept that combines the beauty of legendary music with contemporary hospitality services. The family-oriented hotel focuses on providing guests with amplified service and impressive hospitality experiences for all ages.
All of its 250 guestrooms are well-designed with guests in mind and equipped with free Wi-Fi connection, a BOSE Sound System and free HD blockbuster movies on demand for guests to stay connected with their loved ones and be entertained all day long. The hotel also houses the largest free-form pool with underwater music in Northern Malaysia that includes a water playground and fun pool activities that attract guests from all parts of the world.
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B.C.'s public safety minister says the government has received 173 applications for cannabis retail outlets, but only one approved store will open Wednesday when marijuana sales become legal in Canada.
Mike Farnworth says other outlets will follow the approved store in Kamloops.


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Momento Mori is a metaphorical game based on the famous Latin poet of the same name.
"Memento Mori - Remember Your Mortality"
From concept to completion in 48-hours at the Global Game Jam 2011 (Singapore), Memento Mori is a game based on the famous Latin poem of the same name, based on the jam's theme of "Extinction".
Featuring double metaphors related to the theme of "Extinction", players guide a Roman Poet through a series of platforms made from the famous poem, as the words crumble behind him, while he runs towards salvation. Realised through the gameplay and presentation of the game, players are left to ponder on the metaphorical overtones and how the theme of "Extinction" is realised.
Memento Mori also features 2 of the GGJ2011 achievements: "Game for a Cause" and "Mandelbrot".
Game for a Cause: The game is about a social or political issue that can be solved solely through increased awareness.
Mandelbrot: The game features some pattern or aspect that fractally repeats itself at different scales.
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Updated Game File (with Bug Fixes and tweaked Levels)
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[6-7 October, 2014] Under the framework of the EEA Grants Programme complementary action, a Latvian delegation representing the programme operator of the EEA Grant LV02 Programme (National Climate Policy) visited Hungary for two days of meetings with the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), fund operator of the EEA Grant HU04 Programme (Adaptation to Climate Change). The main aim was to share experiences of implementing adaptation-related programmes in Latvia and Hungary. At the same time, following the request of the Latvian delegation, information was provided on general climate-related issues in Hungary, such as observations, modelling, and national climate strategy and policies. The meeting was held at the REC Conference Center in Szentendre. The Conference Center was recently refurbished as an energy-efficient building and equipped with geothermal heat pumps and solar panels.
The 11 Latvian participants represented the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development and the State Regional Development Agency. Participants from the REC included the organisation's executive director and the EEA grants team. Invitations were also sent to representatives of other Hungarian institutions and municipalities, including the National Adaptation Center of the Geological and Geophysical Institute, the Hungarian Meteorological Service, the municipalities of Szentendre and Tat, and the Lower Tisza District Water Authority.
For more information please download the trip report.


Great Dunmow is a village is Essex (half way between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree) that owes its fame to a custom that has been running unbroken since the 12th century and which is mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Married couples are put on trial to prove the strength of their marriage and, should they convince a judge and jury, win the prize of a side (or "flitch") of bacon. Dunmow and its flitch The custom is supposed to have started when the lord of the manor and his wife went in disguise to the prior of the local monastery and asked him to bless their marriage, which had lasted for a year and a day. The prior rewarded their selfless devotion to each other with a prize of a flitch of bacon, and, ever since that time, that has been the prize on offer to married couples who, during their marriage of at least a year and a day, have never "wished themselves unmarried again". Of course, just saying that you are an utterly devoted couple proves nothing. You have to show the proof by "standing trial", producing the evidence, and being willing to be cross-examined by barristers in front of a judge and jury, and that is what the Dunmow Flitch Trials are all about. How the trials are held The trials only take place in the July of a leap year, hence only during a single month once every four years. Five couples are selected in advance from all those who apply and each couple is tried separately. These days, the proceedings are conducted in a light-hearted manner, but the trials are real enough in that the judge and barristers are often genuine legal personnel who conduct the trials in full regalia. A jury is sworn in, but these are 18-year-olds from local schools who represent pre-marital purity (one hopes!), with the maidens in white dresses and the bachelors wearing dark suits and ties. The trials are held in a marquee and there is much processing about and speechifying by officials dressed in medieval costume and wearing hats adorned with flowers. Pride of place in the "courtroom" goes to the flitch, which hangs on a frame surrounded by greenery. The flitches are donated by local butchers, who, naturally enough, would prefer not to have to give away valuable produce and so instruct their legal counsel to find chinks in the armour of the couples who claim never to have regretted their decision to marry. Lots of references are doubtless made to appreciative glances at pretty neighbours, burnt dinners and toilet seats being left up! When a couple win their trial (which is the usual jury verdict), they are carried aloft in the "Flitch chair" by eight "humble folk" to Great Dunmow's main square where they repeat the "Flitch oath" to the effect that they have never "offended each other in deed or in word", "in bed or at board". A couple that is unsuccessful has to walk behind the empty Flitch chair and endure the mockery of the villagers. However, they do get a joint of gammon as a runners-up prize! As for the flitch itself? These days the butchers generously cut it up for the winners to make it easier to carry home. As mentioned above, this event is conducted with a friendly and humorous attitude and it is all regarded as a bit of fun, although it does require the couples involved to be somewhat broad-minded in publicly revealing aspects of their private lives. However, it has been known for couples, presumably with an addiction to bacon, to take things too seriously. On one occasion in times past a couple, having been awarded the flitch, was overheard arguing about what to do with it. The flitch was promptly confiscated and distributed among the other claimants!
Great Dunmow is a village is Essex (half way between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree) that owes its fame to a custom that has been running unbroken since the 12th century and which is mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Married couples are put on trial to prove the strength of their marriage and, should they convince a judge and jury, win the prize of a side (or "flitch") of bacon.
The custom is supposed to have started when the lord of the manor and his wife went in disguise to the prior of the local monastery and asked him to bless their marriage, which had lasted for a year and a day. The prior rewarded their selfless devotion to each other with a prize of a flitch of bacon, and, ever since that time, that has been the prize on offer to married couples who, during their marriage of at least a year and a day, have never "wished themselves unmarried again".
Of course, just saying that you are an utterly devoted couple proves nothing. You have to show the proof by "standing trial", producing the evidence, and being willing to be cross-examined by barristers in front of a judge and jury, and that is what the Dunmow Flitch Trials are all about.
The trials only take place in the July of a leap year, hence only during a single month once every four years. Five couples are selected in advance from all those who apply and each couple is tried separately.
These days, the proceedings are conducted in a light-hearted manner, but the trials are real enough in that the judge and barristers are often genuine legal personnel who conduct the trials in full regalia. A jury is sworn in, but these are 18-year-olds from local schools who represent pre-marital purity (one hopes!), with the maidens in white dresses and the bachelors wearing dark suits and ties.
The trials are held in a marquee and there is much processing about and speechifying by officials dressed in medieval costume and wearing hats adorned with flowers. Pride of place in the "courtroom" goes to the flitch, which hangs on a frame surrounded by greenery.
The flitches are donated by local butchers, who, naturally enough, would prefer not to have to give away valuable produce and so instruct their legal counsel to find chinks in the armour of the couples who claim never to have regretted their decision to marry. Lots of references are doubtless made to appreciative glances at pretty neighbours, burnt dinners and toilet seats being left up!
When a couple win their trial (which is the usual jury verdict), they are carried aloft in the "Flitch chair" by eight "humble folk" to Great Dunmow's main square where they repeat the "Flitch oath" to the effect that they have never "offended each other in deed or in word", "in bed or at board".
A couple that is unsuccessful has to walk behind the empty Flitch chair and endure the mockery of the villagers. However, they do get a joint of gammon as a runners-up prize!
As for the flitch itself? These days the butchers generously cut it up for the winners to make it easier to carry home.
As mentioned above, this event is conducted with a friendly and humorous attitude and it is all regarded as a bit of fun, although it does require the couples involved to be somewhat broad-minded in publicly revealing aspects of their private lives. However, it has been known for couples, presumably with an addiction to bacon, to take things too seriously. On one occasion in times past a couple, having been awarded the flitch, was overheard arguing about what to do with it. The flitch was promptly confiscated and distributed among the other claimants!