Tor can also provide anonymity to websites and other servers. Servers configured to receive inbound connections only through Tor are called hidden services. Rather than utilizing a server's IP address (and thus its network location,) a hidden service is accessed through its .onion address. The Tor network understands these addresses and can route data to and from hidden services, even to those hosted behind firewall or network address translators (NAT), while preserving the anonymity of both parties. Tor is necessary to access hidden services.
Because hidden services do not use exit nodes, connection to a hidden service is encrypted end-to-end and not subject to eavesdropping. Contrary to popular opinion, this makes an additional traditional TLS layer atop a hidden service not only redundant, but also pointless. There are, however, security issues involving Tor hidden services. For example, services that are reachable through Tor hidden services and the public Internet, are susceptible to correlation attacks and thus not perfectly hidden. Other pitfalls include misconfigured services (e.g. identifying information included by default in web server error responses), uptime and downtime statistics, intersection attacks, and user error.
Hidden services can help users store and transact bitcoin with relative privacy and safety.
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Washington Swamp Rocked by New Twitter Evidence – It Could Become the Biggest FBI Scandal in History
By Adam Casalino|December 20, 2022
Democrats are panicking over the revelations Elon Musk has dropped onto the American public. For weeks, he has been releasing internal memos from former Twitter executives. Independent journalists have been reviewing and reporting on these "Twitter Files," proving everything we've said has been true.
Twitter has been colluding with Democrats in D.C. to censor Americans. But it was much worse than we thought. The federal government has seemingly violated the First Amendment to get Twitter (and mainstream and social media outlets) to censor stories damaging to Joe Biden. But it was even worse than that.
Because new revelations show that the FBI was paying Twitter to violate the First Amendment.
From Twitter:
In the end, the FBI's influence campaign aimed at executives at news media, Twitter, & other social media companies worked: they censored & discredited the Hunter Biden laptop story.
By Dec. 2020, Baker and his colleagues even sent a note of thanks to the FBI for its work.
The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
"I am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!" reports an associate of Jim Baker in early 2021.
46. The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
"I am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!" reports an associate of Jim Baker in early 2021. pic.twitter.com/SmNse97QxK
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) December 19, 2022
This is beyond a "conflict of interests." This is downright criminal. Twitter files reviewed by indie journalists have shown that the FBI was paying Twitter to essentially censor the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Just so you are on the same page, the government is forbidden from censorship, thanks to the First Amendment. But it is also illegal for any government entity to get a private company to censor free speech and the free press.
Yet that is exactly what these documents appear to be showing the FBI did in 2020. Whistleblowers had already revealed that the FBI refused to investigate Hunter's laptop, knowing it would hurt Joe Biden's chances. But the story came out public anyway, thanks to the New York Post.
So, the FBI convinced media outlets and social networks to suppress the spread of this story. All so it wouldn't influence the election. We know it would have influenced the election–because a recent poll revealed that half of all Americans would have voted differently had they known about the laptop.
And now we know Twitter was all too glad to comply with the FBI because it was receiving millions from the agency.
So… investigations? Indictments? Impeachments? Come on, Republicans, do your job!
New Twitter files reveal the FBI was paying Twitter to censor the Hunter Biden story.
FBI had suppressed the investigation against Hunter to protect Joe Biden in 2020.
It appears the FBI was paying numerous outlets and social networks to violate the First Amendment.
Source: Twitter, Twitter

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An Intelligent Choice
Nover was founded in 1954 and has been a family business for almost seventy years. It's now run by Steve Cowley and his sister Lynn. An Australian specialist wholesale distributor and supplier of essential products for the Kitchen; Joinery; Shop-Fitting and Furniture industries, Nover has only recently ventured back into manufacturing. Managing Director Steve Cowley says "Our aim was to put a finished product in front of our customers that made them go Wow!" Putting together a high-tech workshop in their Eastern Creek facility, Steve and Production Manager Brett Ezzy installed a CNC router and Holz-Her Lumina 1584 edge banding machine to produce an extensive range of quality products where the cutting and edging matched the quality of the product itself.
Steve said "We've had a history of manufacturing since the early 1960's and when I joined the company in 1976 I learned a lot about that side of the business. We bailed from manufacturing in 2001 because at that time everyone was doing the same thing. However we now have a terrific range of high-quality decorative products and we know we can offer a superior service supplying cut and finished products to our customers." And so, late in 2017 Nover once again started out manufacturing but this time with edge banding equipment capable of delivering the Wow factor Steve wanted.
The machine of choice was a Lumina 1584 from Holz-Her, a machine that was highly recommended by many of Nover's customers as a machine that would produce the quality edge Steve was looking for. Brett Ezzy said "Edge banders have many more moving parts than almost any other wood working machine so we wanted something that was simple to operate; a machine that we could rely on to keep on producing with consistent quality results. We try never to let our customers down and the edge bander for us is a key piece of equipment. If we needed help, our Holz-Her rep would be there for us, he visits us regularly so he knows what we do and what we need; it's a really good relationship."
"We're supplying the industry with a superior product; cutting and edging decorative products such as our Luxe; Syncron and our award-winning Fenix product" said Steve. "We demand an excellent edge bond on both highly textured and high-gloss boards," he says. To achieve this, Steve needs a reliable edge bond and depends on the security that PUR glue provides. All Holz-Her edge banders are capable of using both EVA and PUR glues but the definite advantage with the Holz-Her machine is in the cartridge system. It's amazingly quick to change over; in fact almost ten times as fast as a pot system. It's clean; uses less glue and produces a glue-line that's almost invisible.
Holz-Her are leaders in edge banding machines and have championed the development of PUR systems. On a white board with white edge and white glue; the finish Holz-Her can achieve is as near as matters to that of a laser edge. While Nover's machine is also capable of EVA glue, it's not what Steve was looking for. "It's not our business to produce with EVA, our business is quality. PUR is waterproof and permanent and it was absolutely essential on any machine we bought. We're very, very happy with the performance and finish of our edged panels and the management of the PUR adhesive is a very small price to pay compared to the quality we achieve from the Lumina machine, in most cases with the very first piece we put through it."
Brett adds "There's almost no issue managing the PUR glue. We know how many metres we get from a cartridge so glue wastage is almost nothing. When the machine tells us to refill the glue we know we have about thirty metres of production left on 16mm or 18mm board. We add the neutralising cartridge and when we hit the thirty metre target we stop production and press the 'purge' button. It takes about three minutes; we usually only do this once a week and it's really that simple," he says.
Nover's machine is a Lumina and this means that in addition to the excellent results produced with the PUR glue; it's also possible to produce the so-called 'laser' edges very popular in Europe and becoming widely accepted around the World. Dozens of 'laser' machines are already in operation in Australia and New Zealand. Compared to a traditional laser system; Holz-Her use near-infrared radiation (NIR) called Ltronic that is a fraction of the cost of a laser system. Not only is the purchase price highly affordable but the running costs are far less and the running time between changing 'globes' is far greater. Steve says "While our PUR edges are as close as makes no difference to a laser product, the small additional cost future-proofs our company and allows us to offer a 'laser' product when the demand is there. If we need to change from PUR to laser it's really fast. We don't need any downtime at all and the Lumina machine is very efficient. We think it's a sound business decision."
Nover's Holz-Her is also equipped with the MultiTool system that allows multiple edge banding profiles to be machined by a single tool, whether it is one, two or three millimetre rounded edges. Daniel Tasich is Holz-Her's sales tech and says "This award-winning technology was developed together by Leitz and Holz-Her. It combines machinery with tooling engineering ability and is perfect for short runs. The profiles are changed on the machine computer through a gear system in the tool. It produces excellent results every time and there's no manual adjustments needed."
To meet their expected quality requirements Nover demanded a machine with the most exacting tolerances. The Lumina; with its digital NC servo motors and complemented by the MultiTool is capable of getting excellent results on a cross-grain textured board. It can easily finish all Nover's decorative panels from the incredible Fenix board to the high-gloss Luxe products with the touch of a button. Even the protective plastic film on high gloss boards, often with different thicknesses, can easily be taken care of by the servo motors and all at the touch of a button.
Steve says "We find that the Holz-Her Lumina is delivering a consistent quality product that both we and our customers can rely on. Our next delivery has to be as good as the last and we can achieve this every time. High on our list of 'must-have's' was the ability to use PUR glue. We needed a high performing bond with an almost zero glue line. When we ran a test on white board and edge with PUR glue, we found the finish was actually as good as a laser edge.
There is no line between the board and the edge tape; it's seamless. The interchangeable glue unit is very efficient and takes almost no time at all to change. It's literally only a few minutes. We bought the machine on the advice of many of our customers who've had Holz-Her machines for years and I can say it's exceeded all our high expectations. What I really get excited about is innovation and with the Holz-Her Lumina, I've found it," he says.
For more information please visit www.nover.com.au


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Subject: Why the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Suddenly Is Looking Better to the SEC
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Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF
Why the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Suddenly Is Looking Better to the SEC
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - August 25, 2017
The SEC is much more likely to approve the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF than it was as recently as a month ago.
When the SEC rejected the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust in March, its biggest issue was with the unregulated Bitcoin markets - but new developments have changed that picture.
In fact, the climate is now so favorable that a big ETF name, VanEck, just submitted its own Bitcoin ETF proposal to the SEC.
Here's what changed - and how a wave of new ETFs will affect the Bitcoin price...
Should I Buy the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF?
4 Tips on Investing in Bitcoin from a Pro Who Was Mining It in 2011
A Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Guide for Investors
Why the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Is Back on Track for Approval
Why the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Is Sitting in Limbo
Why the Gemini Bitcoin Exchange Has Institutional Investors "Really Excited"
Bitcoin News: Now That the CFTC Says It's a Commodity, What's Next?
Gemini Bitcoin Exchange from the Winklevoss Twins Is One Step Closer to Launch
The First Bitcoin ETF Offers Easy Way to Profit from Virtual Currency (GBTC)
This Bitcoin Price Chart Shows What's Blocking Faster Adoption
Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Files to Sell 1 Million Shares (Nasdaq: COIN)
Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Ticker to Be Nasdaq: COIN
Does a Bitcoin Fund Belong in Your Retirement Account?
Read This to Dodge Investing in Bitcoin the Wrong Way
The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF: Your Questions Answered
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - March 10, 2017
The Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF, if approved by the SEC, will be the best way for retail investors to get their share of the gains expected to come from Bitcoin's rise over the next several years.
That's because, as an exchange-traded fund, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (it's official name) is as easy to buy as a stock. And it will allow retail investors to reap predicted Bitcoin gains of up to 1,450%.
Here's why the Bitcoin price - and the Winklevoss ETF - is likely to soar...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - March 8, 2017
Investing in Bitcoin was an outlandish idea six years ago when I wrote my first article about the cryptocurrency.
But now that we're on the verge of having the first Bitcoin ETF, investing in Bitcoin is practically mainstream.
One thing I've learned as a member of the Bitcoin community is that the digital currency has almost limitless potential. So it's not too late to get in on this phenomenon.
Here are my best ideas on how to invest in Bitcoin...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - November 8, 2016
As the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF enters the final stages of the SEC approval process, investors will be wondering how it will work and whether it's right for them.
This Money Morning guide to the Winklevoss ETF - formally known as the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust - is intended to answer all the questions investors may have.
We even tell you whether it's a good buy or not...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - July 1, 2016
The Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF is alive and well.
After 18 months of no news, two significant filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission have revived hope we'll see a Winklevoss Bitcoin exchange-traded fund before fall.
One of the filings is a sixth revision of the original S-1 filed exactly three years ago. But the other is a new filing.
Here's why the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust may be just months away from SEC approval...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - May 12, 2016
It's been nearly three years since the first SEC filing for the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF, and we're still waiting for the fund to go live.
Investors are getting impatient, but it looks like they're going to have to wait a while longer. You see, the SEC has its hands full as it considers approval of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust.
Here's why the SEC is being very, very careful with this...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - October 2, 2015
The Gemini Bitcoin exchange, one of several Bitcoin-related projects that the Winklevoss twins have in the pipeline, has obtained two key approvals from New York regulators.
Such regulatory approval is needed to build investor confidence in the Bitcoin exchange. But Gemini also has features tailored to institutional investors.
Here's what will make the Winklevoss Bitcoin exchange so attractive…
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - September 18, 2015
In a major piece of Bitcoin news, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ruled that the digital currency is a commodity.
It's a significant step along the road toward Bitcoin regulation. While some early adopters of Bitcoin would prefer no government involvement with Bitcoin, Bitcoin regulation is necessary for the digital currency to play any meaningful role in the financial system.
Here's what the ruling means for Bitcoin investments...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - July 27, 2015
The Gemini Bitcoin exchange, another Bitcoin-related Winklevoss twins project, took a major step forward last week.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss filed an application with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSFD) for the Gemini Bitcoin exchange to operate as a trust company.
Here's why the Gemini Bitcoin exchange matters...
The first Bitcoin ETF ordinary investors can buy will be the Bitcoin Investment Trust.
With approval last week from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to sell its shares on the OTC Markets, shares should start trading within the next couple of weeks.
The fund gives investors a way to invest in Bitcoin without going to the trouble of buying Bitcoin and worrying about having a secure place to store it.
But this is part of a much larger trend. Here's what else the first Bitcoin ETF says about the future of the digital currency...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - February 3, 2015
The Bitcoin price chart for January shows volatility is just as much of an issue for the digital currency as ever.
But for Bitcoin to gain mainstream adoption, this problem must be solved. A currency that can Bitcoin's tendency to lose 20% to 40% of its value in a matter of days, or even hours, discourages its use for daily transactions.
The good news is that the mechanisms to achieve Bitcoin price stability have already begun to appear...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - January 2, 2015
Taking one step closer to going live, the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF filed an amendment Dec. 30 to its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prospectus to list 1 million shares at an offer price of $20.09 per share.
If approved, the aggregate value of the shares will be $20.09 million.
Officially known as the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, this exchange-traded fund is intended to be an easy way to invest in Bitcoin.
Here's what we know about the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF so far...
In another sign that the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF is making slow but steady headway, the latest amendment to the fund's S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals that its ticker symbol will be "Nasdaq: COIN."
Formally known as the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, the fund will make investing in Bitcoin as easy as buying shares of stock. Now there's just one question that remains to be answered:
When will investors be able to buy the Winklevoss Bitcoin Fund?
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - June 5, 2014
With the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF and SecondMarket's Bitcoin Investment Trust just months away from approval, it may be time to consider the addition of a Bitcoin fund to your retirement account.
Bitcoin, you see, can easily be considered an "alternative" investment. Many retirement investing experts advocate setting aside up to 10% of a portfolio for alternative investments, which covers almost any investment outside of stocks, bonds, or cash.
Here's why a Bitcoin fund just may be the ideal alternative investment for your retirement account…
Investors hoping to get a piece of the Bitcoin price surge are getting anxious waiting for the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF to hit the market. And an inevitable consequence of the growth of the Bitcoin economy is a proliferation of other Bitcoin investments.
Some of these will be outright fraud; efforts to trick the unsuspecting by offering an investment in Bitcoin that doesn't exist, or some similar chicanery.
But in the rush to raise money for exciting new projects, even well-intentioned folks have gotten themselves - and their investors - into some sticky situations.
While any sort of investing in Bitcoin carries significant risk, these Bitcoin investments occupy a dangerous gray area that's best avoided.


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Harvard Researchers Take FDA's Device Approvals to Task
Sprint Fidelis wire
Using documents that recently came to light, Harvard researchers have traced a troubling approval process within the Food and Drug Administration that allows medical devices to be sold with little oversight.
Essentially the supplemental application resembles the agency's 510(k) process that allows medical devices to be marketed without clinical trials.
The paper is reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) here.
The New York Times highlights the case of two devices, both implanted cardiac devices considered high-risk and approved at one time under the Premarket Approval (PMA) the standard that requires clinical trial to assure patient safety.
The researchers looked at how the St. Jude Medical heart defibrillator, implanted in thousands of people, and the Sprint Fidelis cardiac devices made it to market. Both had wires that failed to do their job of shocking a heart back into a regular rhythm. Both injured and killed patients and both were later recalled. See NYT story here. (An earlier version of this story said the two devices underwent the 510(k) approval. They actually were approved by the supplement process.).
The Times calls supplemental approvals "a little-known process."
A supplemental application is filed when a company wants to make changes to a product that has been approved. The change can occur throughout multiple versions of the device with no clinical trials required. In the end, the device many not resemble the original device.
For example, the St. Jude defibrillator and its recalled wire was approved in 1996 but had been revised 78 times. The Sprint Fidelis faulty lead had been modified 91 times. In fact the last time an implantable defibrillator underwent a PMA was in the year 2000.
Harvard researchers report in the case of heart defibrillators, follow-up generations can change the electronics and wiring and still receive approval "without testing the changes in a single patient."
For each device that went through the full premarket approval process, 50 subsequent changes were made, the NYT reports.
Between the years 1979 to 2012, the FDA allowed 77 implanted devices for the heart such as pacemakers and defibrillators to be approved as well as 6,000 supplemental applications.
Supplemental applications have increased ten-fold from 70 to 700 a year over the last decade, reports the Times. Readers may want to add their comments under the NYT story.
The fact is that the vast majority of medical devices implanted and used on Americans bypasses any regulation and oversight. Supplemental approval is one way. 510(k) is the other.
Readers of Mesh News Desk already understand that surgical mesh for hernia repair and transvaginal pelvic mesh were all approved under the 510(k) process.
The process begins with paperwork. A manufacturer who wants to introduce a new medical device, sends an application to the FDA along with naming a "predicate" device that is the "substantial equivalent' of a device already being sold. Never mind that it may have a different design, different electronics and may be made of different materials.
The manufacturer is seeking an approval to sell the device. About 90 percent of medical devices make it to market this way.
Manufacturers and their lobbying organization, AdvaMed, like the 510k) because it allows devices to market faster, within two months and at a minimum cost of under $5,000. A PMA application can cost millions and take years.
AdvaMed says this is an advantage to the public because it allows devices to make it to market faster without the higher degree of scrutiny.
In the past when the FDA has suggested changes to the 510(k) process, as advocated by the Institute of Medicine in 2011, AdvaMed pushed back. See background story here.
Surgical Mesh and 510(k)
See our Feature story 510(k) Safety Forgotten here.
Readers of Mesh News Desk already that unlike faulty heart defibrillators, polypropylene and other materials that are used for surgical mesh remains on the market even as there are at least 75,000 court cases filed and even though it too was approved via the 510(k) process.
ProteGen mesh was removed for being "adulterated" and "misbranded" but that did not stop it from being used as the predicate for a family of meshes that followed. Kugel hernia mesh was recalled for a plastic ring break but later was put back on the market.
Mesh Recalls
Without calling it a recall, four models of Johnson & Johnson mesh were voluntarily removed from the market in June 2012. They include Prolift mesh kit, Prolift M+, TVT Secur and Prosima surgical meshes. The reason given by the healthcare giant was " 'commercial viability' in light of changing market dynamics and is not related to safety or efficacy" according to the company.
Instead of recalling it, Johnson & Johnson changed the label on the Gynecare Gynemesh PS. Its use would be restricted for use in abdominal sacrocolpopexy procedures for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. In other words, it would no longer be indicated for use in transvaginal surgeries and would only be inserted through an incision at the bottom of the abdomen.


This is a new track that's going to be the BG music for area 3.
I was always happy about getting a variety of music styles into the older versions of the game, but it's still mostly electronica of one kind or another.
So I wanted to get something different into this version.
This track, with vocals and bass, will eventually be part of an album I'm planning as well.
The Wailing House - Creepy Haunted House Ambient Music - Duration: 6 minutes, 16 seconds.
Containment Breach - Triumphant "won the game" Music - Duration: 6 minutes, 59 seconds.
A Hedz In The World Ep 6 - The Sims 4 - Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes.
Making Non-Combat Skills An Alignment System and A Sanity System - Duration: 2 hours, 33 minutes.
How To Make A Game Outline Ep 3 - Game Mechanics - Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes.
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 Review and Thoughts - Duration: 47 minutes.
A Hedz In The World Ep 5 - The Sims 4 - Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes.
How To Make A Game Outline Ep 2 - Ideas and Brainstorming: Practical Application - Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes.
How To Make A Game Outline Ep 1 - Getting Started - Duration: 1 hour, 12 minutes.
A Hedz In The World Ep 4 - The Sims 4 - Duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes.
Meet The Facets Ep 6 - The Sims 4 - Duration: 2 hours, 29 minutes.
RPG Maker MV - Mapping A City - Duration: 2 hours, 27 minutes.
Horror 101 - The Unknown - Duration: 20 minutes.
Horror 101 - Doubt - Duration: 11 minutes.
Horror 101 - The Known - Duration: 16 minutes.
Horror 101 Wrongness - Duration: 13 minutes.
Horror 101 Realism - Duration: 23 minutes.
Horror 101 Too Much Info - Duration: 14 minutes.
Horror 101 Mystery - Duration: 20 minutes.
Horror 101 How To Use Characters In Horror - Duration: 22 minutes.
Horror 101 More Gore or Lore - Duration: 21 minutes.
Horror 101 Get Personal - Duration: 9 minutes, 29 seconds.
Horror 101 Art of the Jump Scare - Duration: 41 minutes.
Horror 101 Outlast Analysis Part 1 - Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes.
A list of my music videos.
Angelic Relics of the Dream - Trance (old school/uplifting) - Duration: 7 minutes, 8 seconds.
Into Your Life Some Rain Will Fall - Duration: 4 minutes, 17 seconds.
Drop Down Low - Dance Track - Duration: 5 minutes, 27 seconds.
Do You Love Me - Vocal Trance - Duration: 7 minutes, 51 seconds.
Cold Rainbow - Uplifiting Trance - Duration: 8 minutes, 19 seconds.
Ultimate Dystopia - Break Beat / Electronica / Dubstep - Duration: 5 minutes, 59 seconds.
Don't Touch the Sound Wave - EDM w Free DL - Duration: 5 minutes, 11 seconds.
Plenty of Shroom in Here - Acidhedz Psy Trance / Acid house - Duration: 8 minutes, 38 seconds.
We Come In Peace - Dubstep - Duration: 4 minutes, 33 seconds.
Dark Smokey Rooms - Funky Electronica - Duration: 4 minutes, 2 seconds.
Nuke a Sound Boi - Don Goliath and Acidhedz Dubstep / Dancestep - Duration: 4 minutes, 4 seconds.
In a Psychedelic Trance - Acidhedz Psy Trance - Duration: 7 minutes, 45 seconds.
Simple solutions for dinner and more. IE, I show you how I make stuff to eat.
How To Make Duck Sauce - Duration: 2 minutes, 14 seconds.
How to Make Duck Sauce 2 - Revenge of the Plums - Duration: 4 minutes, 24 seconds.
How to Make Sweet and Sour Sauce - Duration: 5 minutes, 7 seconds.
How to Make Spring Roll Sauce - Duration: 3 minutes, 3 seconds.
How to Make Chinese Dumpling Sauce - Duration: 2 minutes, 7 seconds.
How to Make Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce - Duration: 3 minutes, 34 seconds.
Chocolate Cake Cherry Dessert - Duration: 3 minutes, 16 seconds.
Low Budget Meals - Ramen Hacks 1 - Duration: 6 minutes, 35 seconds.
Low Budget Meals - Ramen Hacks 2 - Duration: 18 minutes.
Low Budget Meals - Spiced Sandwich Spread - Duration: 7 minutes, 35 seconds.
Low Budget Meals - Mac N Cheese - Duration: 5 minutes, 43 seconds.
Ramen Hacks - Low Sodium DIY Flavor - Duration: 8 minutes, 20 seconds.
A series of videos I have made on producing dubstep music. The list is arranged in a way so you can see the basics of each step of production, then learn some more in depth and advanced techniques. I tell you all sorts of tips and tricks through the videos for getting different results, and generally show you ways to get better results using the cheapest methods I can. IE, all the FX and synths I use are free. So pretty much everyone will find these useful, but beginners and those working on a tight budget will get the most out of them.
Make Dubstep in Acid Music Studio part 1 - Make a Beat - Duration: 23 minutes.
How To Make Dubstep Beats - Advanced Techniques - Duration: 36 minutes.
Make Dub Step in Acid Music Studio part 2 - The Bass - Duration: 24 minutes.
Dubstep Bass ReSampling with Acid - Duration: 17 minutes.
Make a Dubstep Song in Acid Music Studio Part 3 - Drops and Arrangement - Duration: 29 minutes.
How to Make a Dubstep Song: Importance of Extras and FX - Duration: 11 minutes.
How to Get Awesome Synth Without an Expensive Program - Duration: 12 minutes.
Easy and Cheap Dubstep Wub Wub Bass - Duration: 4 minutes, 13 seconds.
Simple way to make skrillex talking bass - Duration: 14 minutes.
How To Make Dub Step Beats with Acid - Duration: 16 minutes.
Dubstep Beat Arrangements using loops - Duration: 9 minutes, 8 seconds.
Make a Dubstep Beat without a Sequencer - Duration: 13 minutes.
The Ultimate BFF? - Words of Wisdom - Duration: 59 seconds.
The Race Card - Words of Wisdom for the Week - Duration: 59 seconds.
Stretching Dough - Words of Wisdom For The Week - Duration: 61 seconds.
Seamen Like Tight Lips - Words of Wisdom - Duration: 59 seconds.
Unsafe Measurements - Words of Wisdom - Duration: 59 seconds.
No Reason - Dubstep by Acidhedz - Duration: 5 minutes, 8 seconds.
Scratch N Groove - Old school DUB Step Music - Duration: 3 minutes, 57 seconds.
The Crying Turns Him On - Halloween Dubstep - Duration: 7 minutes, 44 seconds.
Zombie Dance - Darker Dubstep (Deep Bass Warning!) - Duration: 5 minutes, 27 seconds.
Radioactive Future - Dark Chill Dubstep - Duration: 4 minutes, 2 seconds.
Sound the Alert - Deep Dubstep - Duration: 6 minutes, 8 seconds.
Slasher - Acidhedz Dubstep - Duration: 4 minutes, 32 seconds.
Grime Central Station- Acidhedz Dubstep - Duration: 5 minutes, 33 seconds.
Spicey Dubby - old school dubs step - Duration: 3 minutes, 46 seconds.
Arrogant Grooves in the Generations - Groove Dubstep - Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds.
Das Ambition in My Soup - Dubstep / Soupstep - Duration: 3 minutes, 47 seconds.
Writing Challenge of the Week 1 - Duration: 5 minutes, 45 seconds.
This is the writing challenge of the week, part 1.
Powder Toy Bunker Buster Bomb w Music - Duration: 27 minutes.
Nuclear Dubstep by Acidhedz - Duration: 4 minutes, 48 seconds.
Dasterdly Dub - Acidhedz Drums and Bass and Bombs - Duration: 4 minutes, 57 seconds.
Big Daddy Chill Drag - Bass and Drums and Bombs - Duration: 6 minutes, 37 seconds.
Jingle Jingle Plink Plink - DnB and Bombs - Duration: 9 minutes, 17 seconds.
5 Bad Boys Drum n Bass n Bombs - Duration: 6 minutes, 58 seconds.


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Quantitative analysis of male fetal DNA in maternal serum of gravid rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Daniel F. Jimenez, Alice F Tarantal
Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, and General
The isolation of human fetal DNA from the maternal circulation has provided a source of fetal material for prenatal diagnosis. The objective of this study was to investigate whether a similar pattern could be observed in the maternal circulation of male-bearing gravid rhesus monkeys. A real-time PCR TaqMan system for the rhesus Y-chromosome sex determining region was used to determine fetal sex and to quantify fetal DNA concentrations. Results in 14 healthy pregnancies indicated that fetal male DNA could be routinely detected in maternal serum by 50 d of gestation (late first trimester; term 165 ± 10 d). Fetal DNA concentrations increased with advancing gestation, reaching a mean of 341 genome equivalents/mL of serum (range 11-1570 copies/mL) in the last trimester of gestation, similar to findings in humans. The fetal DNA concentration corresponded to 2.7% of the total maternal serum DNA in the third trimester. Similar to findings in humans, male fetal DNA sequences were not detected postpartum (through 4 wk postpartum) or in animals with a previous history of delivering male offspring. These data indicate that fetal male DNA is present in the maternal circulation of gravid rhesus monkeys comparable to findings in humans and further support the use of this nonhuman primate species as a model to investigate fetomaternal cell trafficking and microchimerism.
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Jimenez, D. F., & Tarantal, A. F. (2003). Quantitative analysis of male fetal DNA in maternal serum of gravid rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Pediatric Research, 53(1), 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1203/01.PDR.0000039837.34834.65
Quantitative analysis of male fetal DNA in maternal serum of gravid rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). / Jimenez, Daniel F.; Tarantal, Alice F.
In: Pediatric Research, Vol. 53, No. 1, 01.01.2003, p. 18-23.
Jimenez, DF & Tarantal, AF 2003, 'Quantitative analysis of male fetal DNA in maternal serum of gravid rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)', Pediatric Research, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1203/01.PDR.0000039837.34834.65
Jimenez DF, Tarantal AF. Quantitative analysis of male fetal DNA in maternal serum of gravid rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Pediatric Research. 2003 Jan 1;53(1):18-23. https://doi.org/10.1203/01.PDR.0000039837.34834.65
Jimenez, Daniel F. ; Tarantal, Alice F. / Quantitative analysis of male fetal DNA in maternal serum of gravid rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). In: Pediatric Research. 2003 ; Vol. 53, No. 1. pp. 18-23.
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South San Francisco, CA, and Tokyo, June 25, 2013 – Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:CYTK) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4503, "Astellas") announced today a collaboration focused on the research, development and commercialization of skeletal muscle activators. The primary objective of the collaboration is to advance novel therapies for diseases and medical conditions associated with muscle weakness. The parties will jointly conduct research in the area of skeletal muscle activation. Astellas will have the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize drug candidates that may arise from these activities, subject to certain Cytokinetics' development and commercialization rights. In addition, Cytokinetics has granted Astellas an exclusive license to co-develop and commercialize Cytokinetics' drug candidate CK-2127107 in certain indications.
In this collaboration, Cytokinetics will combine its foremost position in the discovery and mechanistic biology of small molecule activators of skeletal muscle contractility with Astellas' advanced pharmaceutical discovery, development, and commercialization capabilities. During the two-year collaborative research term, the companies will focus on expanding emerging opportunities in skeletal muscle contractility and will together identify, characterize, and optimize fast skeletal troponin activators and other potential novel mechanism skeletal muscle activators. The joint research program is designed to leverage the two companies' cutting-edge capabilities in discovery technologies, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, structural biology, computational chemistry, and the pharmacology of muscle contractility.
Under the collaboration, Cytokinetics has exclusively licensed to Astellas the rights to co-develop and commercialize CK-2127107, a fast skeletal troponin activator drug candidate, for potential application in non-neuromuscular indications. CK-2127107, which is currently in Phase I clinical development, will be developed jointly by Cytokinetics and Astellas. Under the agreement, Cytokinetics will be primarily responsible for the conduct of Phase I clinical trials and certain Phase II readiness activities for CK-2127107 and Astellas will be primarily responsible for the conduct of subsequent development and commercialization activities for CK-2127107. Astellas will have exclusive rights to develop and commercialize other fast skeletal troponin activators in non-neuromuscular indications and to develop and commercialize other novel mechanism skeletal muscle activators in all indications, subject to certain Cytokinetics' development and commercialization rights. Outside the collaboration, Cytokinetics will continue to independently develop tirasemtiv, a fast skeletal troponin activator currently in Phase II clinical trials, for the potential treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neuromuscular disorders.
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An immense variety of cultural spaces and museums are an important part of Mexico City, making it an excellent choice for the leisure traveler. Visit the National Museum of Anthropology and History, open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00 hours and with free entrance on Sundays; discover the most interesting aspects of Frida Kahlo's life visiting the Blue House (Casa Azul), once her home and now a museum dedicated to her works, personal objects and furniture. Some other museums in Mexico City are the Major Temple Museum, the Museum of National Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Chopo Museum.
Declared cultural heritage by UNESCO, the Historic Center holds a series of buildings considered true architectural jewels. Visit the Historic Center, with a variety of architectural styles; the National Palace and the Zocalo are among the best places to visit in Mexico City. In your tour around this spectacular place do not forget to visit the Palace of Fine Arts, the Latin American Tower and the San Ildefonso College.
One can't help to be amazed by the impressive monuments and buildings of the city also known as the City of Palaces. From the reknowned Monument to Independence with an angel as a main figure, the Monument to Revolution and the Satellite Towers to the Diana Cazadora font, the Monument to the Niños Heroes and the Death Hall, the spectacular architectural designs are definitely themselves one of the biggest Mexico City attractions.
Visit Mexico City and don't miss the best plays and world class shows. Spaces like the Metropolitan Theater, the Blanquita Theater and the Insurgentes Theater offer musical, dramatic, comic plays and ballet shows; places like the National Auditorium, the Sol Forum, the Azteca Stadium and the World Trade Center are favorite places to enjoy concerts and spectacles of national and international artists.
A true Mexico City travel guide, the Turibus will take you to discover the most important spots in the city. Specially design for the national and international tourism, the Turibus features audio in six different languages: Japanese, german, French, Italian, Spanish and English, making it one of the best Mexico City attractions.


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New guy in town: Kevin Irving takes charge at OBT
The ballet's new season brings austerity, a farewell year for Alison Roper, and a new beginning with a new artistic chief
August 18, 2013 // DANCE // Bob Hicks
Artur Sultanov and Alison Roper in "Bolero." This will be Roper's18th and final season before retirement. Photo: Blaine Truitt Covert
On a late Friday morning the parking lot at Oregon Ballet Theatre is almost empty, and the foyer inside the Southeast Portland ballet building isn't much busier: a receptionist, a couple of people behind the ticket and membership counters, not much more. Nothing cooking behind the big glass windows to the main studio: It's August, and it's dog days.
But up a flight of stairs to the studios' big open workspace, the story's different. People are criss-crossing the room. A group of four or five are huddled in midroom, deep in conversation. One man, a ginger-haired, softly freckled fellow with the lean and muscular build of a former dancer, breaks away from the pack.
"Why don't you follow me into my office," Kevin Irving says. "We can talk in there." And he leads me past a little squeezed-in alcove with a couple of desks and laptops into a bigger corner room, with large windows on two sides and the telltale look of a not-quite-settled-in space.
Irving was named artistic director of OBT in early June, and he's been working pretty much nonstop since then. But he's been in Portland just three weeks, and things are still a whirl: meeting people, going over budgets, setting up appointments, making a few adjustments to the season schedule he inherited.
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There's a huge amount to be done before the new season opens in October with the company debut of European superstar Nacho Duato's "Por Vos Muero" and former OBT artistic director Christopher Stowell's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The season, fashioned mostly by interim artistic director Anne Mueller after Stowell's surprise resignation in December, looks both familiarly and unfamiliarly appealing on paper, with another Duato piece in the spring plus the return of such hits as Christopher Wheeldon's "Liturgy" and James Kudelka's "Almost Mozart," plus the local debut of "Petal," by Helen Pickett, a highly regarded dancemaker who is choreographer in residence for Atlanta Ballet. The works by Duato and Pickett – both new choreographers to OBT's repertory – are the result of Irving's modest but significant reshuffling of the lineup. And the season allows several opportunities to spotlight Alison Roper, the company's regal principal dancer who is entering her 18th and final season with OBT before retiring.
During an hour-long interview Irving breaks away, politely, a couple of times when he sees someone he urgently needs to speak with. Once it's to collar Ken Hick, the ballet's board president, who came into office last fall with yet another financial crisis hanging around the company's neck and then faced the abrupt resignation in December of Irving's predecessor, Stowell, who led OBT for nine years and helped it build a national reputation as a rising ballet company.
Irving is only the third artistic director in the company's history – Stowell succeeded founding artistic director James Canfield – and he comes in with eyes wide open, understanding the contours of his double-edged inheritance: a company of well-trained and high-level dancers; an organization with severe financial and structural difficulties. Since 2008, when a booming international economy hit a pothole the size of Greece, OBT has been going through what Irving calls "an ongoing cycle of success and peril, success and peril."
Irving believes the company's rebuilt board and other supporters understand the practicalities of writing a responsible budget and the pitfalls of being overly optimistic about income. And he's signed on to the board's "very sober approach," determining before he accepted the job that there "was nothing that was too challenging to solve."
"Real artistic vision demands that we look at sustainability," he said. "I live in the real world. I've dealt with budgets for many, many years. … I'm a pragmatist."
Right now, pragmatism dictates a sharply reduced company. OBT enters its 2013-14 season with 20 company dancers and 6 apprentices, down from 28 and 7 last season. And several of those who've moved on were leading figures whose skills will be hard to replace. Further, the season will include much less live music than audiences have grown accustomed to. Irving regrets the cuts but considers them necessary. And he says that as important as live music is, his first priority is to the dancers. Their salaries are low, they don't have enough weeks on their contracts, and there should be more of them. Dealing with those realities, he says, comes first.
Still, he seems to have a genuine if measured enthusiasm about the future. "I'm convinced that we are building now a new future for the company," he says.
So far, the building is being done with a lot of missing pieces. OBT has been without an executive director for a long time, and originally planned to fill that spot before hiring an artistic director. Paul Nicholson, the recently retired executive director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has signed on to help widen the search. The OBT school, a crucial part of the company, is also without a director since Damara Bennett resigned to return to the San Francisco Bay Area. And key support and development staff have come and gone at a dizzying rate. "There was something that was not functioning if there was a revolving door," Irving says. "Because we're a team. One of my main functions is to be a team leader."
He's been that elsewhere, successfully, including a 2002-07 stint as artistic director of Sweden's highly regarded Goteborg Ballet, and several years as ballet master and head of the artistic department for Duato's Compania National de Danza in Spain. He stages ballets by Duato and by Nicolo Fonte, who has a history with OBT (his ballet "Bolero," set to Ravel's music, returns as part of February's program) and who is Irving's partner.
Unlike Canfield and Stowell, who were choreographers and created many works for the company, Irving doesn't choreograph. His approach to the artistic-director job is more curatorial, deciding which dancemakers to bring into the fold and balancing the season. The addition of two works by the eagerly sought-after Duato is an immediate result of Irving's personal connections. The 2014-15 season lineup, which will be the first that Irving will choose on his own, should give a clearer look at his aesthetic. He says ballet is rooted in classical technique, but he likes the broad variety of possible interpretations and explorations from that base. Considering his extensive European experience, it's reasonable to expect a decent mix of work by choreographers from Europe, where ballet tends to have a more contemporary edge. "That's what's so exciting about ballet in the 21st century," he says. "We don't have to limit ourselves to one thing."
One thing missing from the coming season will be a new work originally scheduled from Mueller, who was the other finalist for the artistic director post. Mueller left the company after Irving was hired to become managing director of the theater company Bag & Baggage Productions. Irving says her choreography project for OBT is "on the back burner." Mueller, a longtime company dancer since the Canfield days before moving into administration, was exceptionally popular with ballet followers. So was Stowell. One of the challenges Irving faces is to move the company and its fans beyond any lingering resentments over the changing of the guard.
But the reality is, life changes. In his nine years Stowell almost completely rebuilt the dancing company: Mueller and Roper were the last holdovers from the Canfield days. At the end of this season, when Roper retires, there'll be none. Companies go through leadership switches all the time, and new leaders inevitably bring a fresh way of looking at things. That can be disconcerting but also quite exciting. Irving arrives with an impressive record of achievement, and it's also clear he has very strong notions of what he wants to do, and the will to make it happen. He may be a team player, but he also seems very naturally the leader of the team.
And that means, sometimes, not doing something just because that's the way it's always been done.
Canfield and Stowell both made their offices inside the main-floor vault of this former bank building, behind a huge round locking safety door. Down a narrow hallway from the main studio space, it's like a quaint bunker, charming in its way but also hidden away, with no natural light. Irving immediately moved upstairs, where there are windows. The view's nothing special – pretty much a blue-collar cityscape. But unlike the old bank vault, it takes in the outside world. Irving can look out those windows and connect immediately with the city. "I can't see anything romantic," he says wryly, "about that vault."
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90's Cyclops & 90's Jean Grey – LCS: Wave 34
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Wave 34 concerns itself with more 90s-style X-Men, based on the very popular cartoon designs of the time. Here we get another version of Cyclops and the second Jean Grey in the wave.
No real need to redesign such a successful package, everyone knows what it looks like now.
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90's Cyclops
Scott Summers is no stranger to Marvel Minimates, having been one of the most-released X-Men in the line, which is fitting as he's usually the commander of the team. Much like the 90s Beast and Rogue pack this wave, this 90s version of Scott is trading on a very popular look for him.
There have been some well-detailed Cyclops faces before and this one is no exception. Like most of his wave-mates, the detailing lines here are thin and add character without appearing too busy. The visor is attached to the hairpiece and is a new version, with the hair conforming to the newer detailed style of Minimates these days. The puzzling thing is the colour. Unlike the rest of the yellow highlights on his body, the visor is an off-gold colour, noticeably darker than the yellow. Interestingly, the control art on the front of the box has the visor in yellow. I don't know why it was changed, it doesn't have a big impact but I'm sure it would have looked better if everything was yellow.
Remove the visor and you get to see Scott's ruby-quartz glasses. With the accompanying extra hairpiece this is a very nice alternative look if the visor colour bugs you too much!
The costume is also tailored to the recent detailed look that Minimates sport. In the early days, he was lucky if he got a bit of muscle definition, but here, as well as having superb shadowing on the chest block. the very 90s strapping over the torso has been included and looks fabulous. The strapping wraps round the neck and arm holes and incorporates the belt piece. It gets two X-symbols on it and they have been applied really well for such a small scale. There are also additional bands on his wrists, upper thighs and boots, to bulk him out a bit without going too overboard. This makes him look very similar to his cartoon counterpart.
Cyclops comes with no other accessories, he's never come with anything in previous incarnations as a Minimate so this isn't too surprising.
In conclusion: Chalk up another definitive version to this wave. Cyclops' look has been captured brilliantly, with only the visor issue being a niggle.
MMC Score – 9 out of 10
90's Jean Grey
I know Jean's a popular gal with almost a dozen Minimates of her, but wouldn't have pegged her in the same bracket as Iron Man, Wolverine or Spider-Man in having two Minimates in a single wave (without being the variant). That's impressive stuff. The Black Queen Jean Grey in this wave doesn't really fit in with the other 90s remakes, and we haven't had a 90s Jean, so here she is twice.
Like the others in this wave, Jean gets a representation of her in her 90s costume, but unlike the others, it's not her most iconic, and is in fact a bit of an eyesore, made worse by the limitations of the Minimate pieces. Lets start with the face. It's horrible. I've said in the previous female Minimates reviews that they have managed to not look too busy, but here, there's far too much detail. Having to get the blue facemask detailing in on the top and sides of the head block makes her head look enormous, and whilst the hairpiece is well sculpted, it is a large piece and adds to that effect too. Couple these issues with the shoulder pad piece obscuring the thin neck peg, and she just looks ridiculously bulky, squat and triangular.
The detailing on the costume is heavy handed, too. The black detailing lines for the chest (almost like pecs) and abs definition are much thicker than those seen on, for example, Rogue, and add to the impression of almost manly size and power, something Jean is not about. The double-banded bracelets on the wrists also add to this look.
The legs don't get any detailing at all and look very plain, with just the washed-out orangey colour. Visually, it's not a good look all round.
Jean Grey doesn't have any accessories, again, like Cyclops, she's rarely been provided them for her Minimate representations.
In conclusion: A real 90s misstep in terms of costume, and executed very poorly to boot. The worst of the 90s figures by a mile.
Review and pictures by Danny Mills
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Rebecca Garcia-Malone, ASA Education Committee Chair, presents Dr. Richard J. Burke, ABS Professor of Naval Architecture & Engineering, SUNY Maritime College, with an official invitation to join the ASA as the very first honorary maritime faculty member representative (July 20th, 2018 at SUNY Maritime College).
On July 20th, 2018, The American Salvage Association (ASA) welcomed Dr. Richard J. Burke, of SUNY Maritime College as the Association's very first honorary maritime academy faculty member representative. This initiative is designed to broaden the knowledge about the marine salvage and emergency response industry, and the academic community's access to it.
The ASA's Education Committee was established in March 2011 to further promote general maritime industry interest with a focus on marine salvage and emergency response, and to help develop maritime industry expertise through interactive experiences with ASA salvage professionals. The Committee's goal has been to support career development in all maritime disciplines inclusive of, but not limited to, the development of both licensed and unlicensed seafarers. For non-seafarers, the committee strives to promote STEM education through the study of naval architecture, diving, environmental sciences, robotics, marine insurance, maritime law, and other related fields.
It was with complete confidence that the ASA called upon Dr. Richard J. Burke to join the Association as its very first honorary maritime academy faculty member representative as he has shown unwavering support of the ASA's Education Committee and shares in its commitment to raising awareness of the various functions and responsibilities of the marine salvage industry. "I am honored and touched that the ASA should think of me at this time. The salvage industry is immensely important as a service to mariners, to shipowners and their underwriters, and to the public. The industry represents a tremendous professional challenge and may provide rewarding careers for our graduates. Salvage work is the ultimate test of what you know and what you can do" said Dr. Burke.


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Ricardo Greer stays with Strasbourg IG
Dominican-American swingman Ricardo Greer (197 cm, Pittsburgh'01) will be returning to Strasbourg IG from France (ProA) in 2013-14. He has been with Strasbourg IG since 2010.
In 2012-13 he averaged 13.6 ppg and 6.9 rpg in 37 games in the French ProA. He also helped the team finish as a finalist in the French Leaders Cup in 2013. In 2011-12 he averaged 13.1 ppg and 7.0 rpg in 30 games.
Aside from a long career in various teams from France, Greer also played in Croatia (KK Zadar) and the United Kingdom (London Towers). He was a member of the Dominican Republic National Team in 2001, 2005, and 2009.
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Unless you are a fan of the early TV Cartoons, you wouldn't know that Snagglepuss was a character created by Hanna Barbara for a cartoon in The Quick Draw Mcgraw Show back in 1959.
As DC Comics is giving him his own comic from superhero artist Howard Porter and Flintstones writer Mark Russell. The character is getting a more realistic, anthropomorphic makeover, and his backstory is… a little more complex than before.
In an interview with Hilobrow, Russell described the new Snagglepuss as a "gay Southern Gothic playwright" and "tragic Tennessee Williams figure," explaining that the character was subtextually gay in the original cartoons.
It might be hard to believe now, but back in 1959 anyone wearing pink or even blue was considered gay.


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Sony defends 3D glasses
Sony has insisted that wearing 3D glasses ain't no thing, and wants Nintendo to stop banging on about not having to wear them while playing the 3DS.
"If you really want a big theatre experience, of course you have to wear glasses," president of Sony's Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida told IGN.
"With the latest technology, the glasses are light and you kind of forget you're wearing them after a while."
At E3 2010 last month Sony went big on 3D, even giving out glasses to attendees at its press conference.
Nintendo also pushed 3D with its nifty 3DS, but was keen to point out that the handheld's 3D visuals require nothing but gamers' eyes to work.
Nintendo's message appears to have hit a nerve.
"I have hope that they have a broader perspective with 3D," Yoshida said.
"When you listen to what they are saying about the effect of 3D perspective to the games, they are saying the same message we are, but they don't have to bash some small part of what the other company is doing.
"I think as an industry we should preach this new perspective, from a very large cinema screen to a small portable, because that helps advancing the games and the game industry," he said. "We'd like to work together to promote 3D."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/so...nds-3d-glasses


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