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New Chinese Plant Will Clone 1 Million Cows Annually
Paul Seaburn November 26, 2015
Imagine one million identical cows marching shoulder to shoulder and rib to rib down a path to the slaughterhouse. Imagine one million identical cows getting the same idea simultaneously to turn around and storm the cloning plant that created them. Somewhere in between is what probably will happen when the world's largest cloning plant, currently under construction in China, goes into full operation in early 2016.
Plant where 1 million cows will be cloned annually
The $31 million plant is being built in Tianjin (160 km (100 miles) from Beijing) by BoyaLife, a three-year-old biotech firm specializing in stem cell and regenerative medicine, biological products, drug innovation and hereditary diseases research. The plan for the 14,000 square meter (150,000 sq. ft.) plant is to produce 100,000 cloned cattle embryos the first year and ramp quickly up to a million annually to satisfy China's rapidly-growing demand for beef.
In addition to cattle, the company will clone pet dogs, police dogs, racehorses and "non-human primates," with the somewhat altruistic goal of being the first to someday clone endangered pandas.
Cloned pigs
What could possibly go wrong? Here's what Xu Xiaochun, CEO of BoyaLife, has to say:
We are going [down] a path that no one has ever traveled. We are building something that has not existed in the past.
That's not promising. Neither is the fact that BoyaLife is partnered with Sooam Biotech, a South Korean company run by Hwang Woo-suk – the former "king of cloning" who was found guilty in 2006 of research fraud and gross ethical lapses in his attempts to derived stem-cell lines from cloned human embryos.
What else? The plant is near the site of chemical explosions that killed at least 165 people in August. China has recently had many major food safety scandals. Many are concerned the cloned beef will be rushed to market without thorough testing and some suggest that the testing be done on corporate and national leaders – not a bad idea.
While China's experts say cloned beef is safe to eat, the European parliament in September proposed a ban on cloned animals for food and a halt to importing products derived from them. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of cloned beef for food in 2008 but doesn't require the products to be labeled as such and many believe it is being sold anonymously.
Is the world or China ready for massive amounts of cloned beef from BoyaLife? How will we know if it's safe? Would you eat cloned beef? Do you think you're already eating it?
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RoyalEnfields.com: Angered when non-riders tell you to play it safe?
Angered when non-riders tell you to play it safe?
Sooner or later every motorcycle blogger goes into an angry rant about how much he hates it when non-riders urge him to "be careful" on his motorcycle. Carter Edman wrote the definitive example on the Ride Apart blog last year.
Recently I found myself on the opposite end of this human interaction, and it left me with a fresh viewpoint.
My wife and I went on vacation to the high cliffs of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. At each "look-off" (Canadian for "overlook") she edged as close as possible to the long drop to get a dramatic photograph. At first, I simply caught my heart in my throat, looked away and hummed the national anthem.
After her fourth or fifth excursion to the edge of a 200-foot fall I finally blurted out a suggestion that she step back. It made her angry.
Why? I was only thinking of her — and, selfishly, how much I would miss her.
Here's what I think was going on. Cautioned to "be safe" she instinctively reacted with "I know what I'm doing. I understand the risk and am behaving accordingly. Don't question my judgement because my mind is made up. We aren't coming back to Nova Scotia anytime soon and I want this picture."
My cliff walking wife turns to have her photo taken, on the edge of a waterfall.
Same thing with motorcyclists. We understand that riding on two wheels is inherently risky. We have the little argument about giving it up forever with ourselves every time we throw a leg over a motorcycle. Once we decide to proceed, we don't want to replay this anxiety causing exercise.
We know the risks. We think we have them under control. Second thoughts now will only rob us of the determination and concentration it will take to overcome our natural fears and actually keep us safe.
I hope so. But here's a twist: my own reaction when someone urges me to ride safely is to appreciate the comment. After all, they're only thinking of me. When I promise to ride as safely as possible I am sincere — after all, it's in my self interest to do so.
Does this make me somehow better than those other motorcycle bloggers? Does this make me gentler, more patient and less quick to anger than my darling wife?


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> ARCHIVE > JULY / AUGUST 2007 > GOING FOR BROKERS
Going for Brokers
An innovative way to shop for gas and electric services.
Jennifer V. Hughes
July / August 2007
Did you know you can shop around for your gas or electric service? Habitat examines how a different way to buy from energy service companies.
No one thinks twice about comparing prices for an internet provider or phone company. So why not shop around for your gas or electric service? Since the deregulation of the utility market in 1999, the state has offered incentives to customers to go to energy service companies (ESCOs) for their power needs instead of using traditional utilities like Con Edison or KeySpan. If you use an ESCO, you save money right away because you only have to pay sales tax on the supply side, not the delivery portion, which is about a third of your total bill. Those delivery-side tax savings can range from four to eight percent, depending on your tax status.
Sure, you can research ESCOs yourself. (Go to www.powertochooseny.com and type in your zip code, and get a list of ESCOs that serve you.) However, many co-ops and condos in the city are now using the services of energy brokers or consultants. "We find [for our clients] the better arrangement and oftentimes a cheaper arrangement," says Alan Kurzer, president of Tradition Energy, one of the city's brokers, which has been in the energy business for 20 years. "It's just as though you switched from AT&T to MCI," he notes, adding that energy brokers are very similar to mortgage brokers. "You go to a mortgage broker for the best advice and the best deal." Just as brokers go to mortgage firms, "we go to the ESCOs and find the best arrangement."
Jay Raphaelson, president of EnergyWatch, is a broker who serves about 80 co-ops and condo developments in the city and has been in business for six years. He says buildings with good credit ratings are more likely to get better deals from ESCOs. Properties with fewer than 100 units often won't see savings beyond the initial sales tax savings; it is usually easier to get good deals for master-metered structures because they provide bigger loads. In addition, ESCOs are always looking for energy efficiency, so properties will also get good prices if they employ time-of-use meters. Those help the ESCO balance out daytime energy-using office buildings with nighttime energy-using co-ops and condos.
Raphaelson admits that boards can research ESCOs on their own, but that the process is complicated and time-consuming. "All the info we have you can get – that is, if the board wants to put the time and effort into it, but most of these people have full-time jobs," he says.
A broker has an advantage over a board or manager researching ESCOs because the broker has the technical expertise, says Stuart Belloff, executive vice president of Reliable Power Alternative. (He adds that he actually prefers the term "consultant.") Companies like his can connect co-ops and condos to ESCOs, but they can also help them manage energy efficiency. "You don't want someone who is just going to get you a price, and you'll only see them a year later when it's time to renew," he says.
A good broker will be able to look at your building and tell you exactly where and how you can save. Maybe it's better to have a fixed rate on your common areas and an index on your units. If you're in a complex, it might make sense to only include three of the buildings because the fourth has a bad load profile and would drag down your savings. "It's very important to do that kind of analytical work," says Belloff, whose company has been in business since 2000 and represents about 100 co-ops and condos.
The process works like this: the broker first evaluates the building to determine its unique energy needs and financial requirements. There are generally three choices:
(1) Fixed price – a price per kilowatt-hour for electricity or per decaderm for natural gas that will remain the same over the life of a contract;
(2) Indexed price, which changes with the market either daily or monthly; or
(3) A hybrid of fixed and indexed.
Some buildings need the financial certainty of a fixed price. Belloff says that savings on such an arrangement come when a broker can gauge the marketplace and find the right time to make a deal. With a fixed price, you'll see savings over the course of a year, such as when prices rise during the peak seasons of summer and winter, and if the market rises because of unforeseen factors, such as foul weather. Indexed pricing, which is really best for large buildings and complexes, can bring savings of up to five percent compared to what you would pay under Con Ed, Belloff notes. Many buildings benefit most by having some services on a fixed contract and others on an indexed rate.
The brokers say they go to a rotating group of about eight to ten ESCOs to get proposals and then return to the board, managing agent, or lawyer with, say, the top three or four bids. Because of the way the market works, that decision must be made within one day, so that many boards or agents will haggle over the terms they want with an ESCO but may give one person the power to pull the trigger when a decision has to be made. The broker's pay comes from the chosen ESCO – either a rate that ranges from about .001 to .003 cents per kilowatt-hour or a flat fee that ranges from $5,000 to $7,500.
Currently, no state agency oversees energy brokers, and there is no way to tell how many are operating in the city. How should you pick a good broker?
(1) Make sure the terms of the contract with the ESCO and the broker's fee are clearly stated.
(2) Ask whether the broker is going to a large pool of ESCOs or if the firm only relies on one or two.
(3) Ask about the company's history and get references.
(4) Ask the broker what qualities the company looks for in the ESCOs with which it deals: do the ESCOs have good credit, deep pockets, and easy-to-read contracts?
Tradition Energy represents about 31 co-op and condo buildings in the city, including such large complexes as Amalgamated Warbasse Houses in Brooklyn. Warbasse signed up with Tradition because the co-op needed budget certainty. The five-building, 2,585-unit affordable-housing complex has its own power plant to supply electricity but was getting hammered on gas prices, says Thomas Auletti, assistant property manager. Three surcharges – one at 9.98 percent and two at 2.95 percent – had been levied since 2005 to plug the gap. In December 2006, Auletti says Warbasse inked a 15-month deal with Tradition where an ESCO will provide the gas service for the complex's high-pressure boilers at a rate of $10.56 a decaderm. "There were times where we were paying $14 a decaderm – it was going up and down," says Auletti.
Michael Silverman, the co-op's board president, says the decision was made to go with an ESCO and a broker to avoid getting those bills that "knocked our socks off. We needed to figure out a way to have cost certainty," says Silverman, who has lived in the complex for decades and served on the board for 15 years. "We can't keep going to our cooperators." With the Tradition Energy deal, Silverman notes: "I could face the people and say, 'No, there is not going to be another increase this year,' which is delightful."
But with a fixed-rate price, brokers like Kurzer cautioned boards and managers that they need to know what they're getting into. "The good news is that you'll never pay more if the cost for energy spikes," he says. "They also have to recognize that if they lock in for a year-and-a-half and suddenly the price craters, we want them to understand that when you hedge, you also give up the chance to save money if things turn around."
About four years ago, Douglas Elliman Property Management started using an energy broker to serve about 100 of the 250 buildings it manages in the five boroughs. Larry Vitelli, a senior vice president at the firm, declined to detail the exact deal the firm currently has, other than to say that it chose an indexed rate, over fixed. He did say that in 2006, the arrangement saved clients about $700,000 in electric bills – most of it through tax savings and about $100,000 in rate savings. In 2005, the rate savings were about $200,000, thanks to favorable market conditions.
"The reason why we do it at an index price rather than a fixed [one] is because no one can criticize the decision if the prices drop," Vitelli says. He recalled the case of how one property went with a fixed rate and did great initially but then "got killed" when fuel prices dropped.
The buildings in this group represented by this broker range in size from about 100 units to 2,000. Vitelli says the agency started using ESCOs about a decade ago and went to a broker because "we thought they could use their expertise to make sure we got the best price."
Belloff advises boards and agents to be wary of brokers or ESCOs promising huge savings. "No one can predict where the future energy savings are. We have customers who have saved 20 percent on their electric bills but again, it has to do with the type of product, when you lock in – what the market conditions are," he adds.

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We are pleased to announce the the Spusta Studio Store is now offering more than just prints and posters, it's time to accessorize! There are currently 16 different designs available in the Magnet Series and new Night Owl & Bliss Bug stickers will be sold together as 2-pack.
Let us know what you think of the new goods.
We've already shipped out close to 1000 magnets. Magnet Series #18-#21 are no longer offered in a set, but will still be included in the random sets. Stay tuned to to see what designs are added to the Magnet Series next.
We here at Groupie Magazine are a big fan of your work!
We were hoping to feature you in our next issue of Groupie Magazine. Am I able to submit a few brief questions for a quick turnaround? We just want to know things along the lines of what your inspiration behind some of your album covers are (for J Mascis etc) as we are a music publication, and what inspires you, and do you have to listen to an album first in order to create the cover art, that sort of thing.
Let me know if this is a possibility or not to have answers back in the next two days.


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Q: Android Image button fade I wants to implement fading/floating of buttons like that of MediaController play/pause buttons if screen is not touched for 'n' sec.  Is it  possible for me to implement this on my custom image button?

A: Yes,
You can do it....
Use a timer, say for 20 seconds.... after 20 secs use the animation to fade the buttons
and if the user touches the screen before 20 secs, reset the timer again.
Its very simply... u have to know how to use the timer and animation
these links may help u..
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/animation/AlphaAnimation.html
http://www.hascode.com/2010/09/playing-around-with-the-android-animation-framework/
http://www.barebonescoder.com/2010/06/android-development-more-animations-part-1/

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This article deals with an obscure error message I received when I encountered mail which was being rejected because of a "Sender domain does not exist" problem.
Here is the message which bounced back to me. Certain bits have been changed to protect the idiotic.
This problem didn't take me very long to understand the cause. It's right there: "Sender domain must exist". When the mail server receives the message I sent, it checks the return address to verify that the sender domain exists. For some reason, my box was using the wrong domain. I wasn't sure where to change this, but then I remembered how I had split my domain name space into private and public sectors. I checked the zone file which contains my reverse look-ups (i.e. the file that maps IP addresses to host names; see my zone files for an example) and I found the problem there.
Ahhh! There's the problem. When sendmail on my box sends out a message, it looks up the host name for the IP address on which it's running. In this case, the reverse lookup resolves to an internal domain, which nobody can resolve because I don't export that sub-domain (i.e. int.mydomain.org). Note that "int" in this context refers to "internal", not "international".
…and then I HUP'd named. I then sent out a sample message. It's important to make the destination address somewhere other than yourself In other words, don't send a test messge from your server to your server. That would not be a valid test. I solved this issue by sending a message to my email address at my ISP.
I remain unconvinced that my actions solved the problem. As part of my testing I reversed my changes to observe the effect. I couldn't reproduce the problem. I HUP'd both sendmail and named. I couldn't get the old problem back.
It's important to note the change in the above lines. On the left is the before image. The return page contains the hostname of my box. On the right is the after image. It contains the reply-to address which is configured in my mail client. That's interesting. As I said, I tried to do some testing in this area to reproduce the problem but failed. Therefor I'm not sure if my conclusions are 100% accurate or not.
So if someone wanted to go to the server blah.servername.com, it wasn't able to find an ip for server blah.servername.com ..which was what it was showing as the bob@blah.servername.com.
In short, the host which was sending the mail had to have an IP address associated with it. Before John added the host to his DNS file, nslookup blah.servername.com would have failed.
Niko what does this function within sendmail do?
sendmail -oem -oi What does this do?
unwanted email from tcpd What version of bind are you running?


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TLMI hosts inaugural printTHINK Summit
The event featured 15 educational sessions across three tracks, and a keynote presentation themed "Outthink the Competition."
Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff delivered the keynote presentation at TLMI's printTHINK Summit.
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TLMI announces printTHINK Summit
Both converter and supplier members of the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc. (TLMI) came to Chicago, IL, USA for the inaugural printTHINK Summit. The event, which took place from September 5-7, provided insight into a diverse range of topics, ranging from color management and LED curing to digital inkjet printing.
The printTHINK Summit provided 15 educational sessions across three tracks: Shops & Systems, Science & Sustainability, Strategy & Success. Industry experts gathered for presentations and panel discussions, which were designed to promote audience interaction.
"This event connects suppliers and converters in an informal environment and allows for great communication," said Craig Moreland, TLMI chairman and president of Coast Label Company. "It helps meet customers' challenges while improving quality and efficiency."
TLMI also welcomed Dan Muenzer as its new president. Muenzer, a 23-year industry veteran, most recently served as the vice president of marketing for the Label Division of Constantia Flexibles, as well as the immediate past chairman at TLMI.
"I am absolutely thrilled to have Dan in this important position in TLMI," said Moreland. "Dan is going to bring tremendous energy and enthusiasm–and a wealth of experience–and he's going to do a fantastic job for us."
The event also allowed TLMI to explain its strategy heading into the future. In 2016, the TLMI Board of Directors approved new strategic plan, which Moreland said would require a "committed membership."
In order to improve the member experience, Moreland announced the appointment of several new organizational members. Kyle Baldwin will be responsible for member engagement and growth, Roz Bandy will handle the LIFE environmental program, and Charles Millitzer will undertake research efforts as a TLMI analyst.
According to Moreland, TLMI has two important goals: dealing with matrix waste and developing a new workforce. TLMI will rely on member surveys to identify and quantify member needs, as well as how the organization can best go about achieving the best results.
In addition, the TLMI Annual Meeting for suppliers and converters will take place October 8-11 in Scottsdale, AZ. The meeting will address the continued execution of the organization's strategic plan. Attendees can also look forward to tours, sports outings, and the Awards Dinner and Reception honoring the TLMI Label Awards Competition winners, Environmental Awards recipients, the Supplier of the Year, and the Converter of the Year.
"It's a wonderful program that's been put together," explained Moreland. "There will be great speakers, opportunities to network, and a chance to meet old friends and make new ones. It's a great combination of work with a little bit of fun mixed in."
"Out Think the Competition"
Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff, an author and business speaker, delivered the keynote presentation at printTHINK Summit. Krippendorff focused on the latest trends in the labels and packaging space–as well as all industries–and provided attendees a roadmap to institute these strategies into their business.
Krippendorff's presentation, entitled "Out Think the Competition," highlighted new, emerging technologies and how they can affect this industry. Sustainability, RFID, 3D printing, smart labeling, a changing workforce, and digital printing were among the trends mentioned.
According to Krippendorff, the Internet of Things will enable one trillion connected devices by 2030.
"I study strategic patterns of companies that out-perform their competition, and there's a scheme of 36 patterns," said Krippendorff. "What are the patterns of Amazon, Apple, Google? What is their playbook. There are three main patterns."
Krippendorff said business success requires beating the competition, locking up resources, and captivating customers. But in order to change the game, companies must move early to the next battleground and coordinate the uncoordinated, a strategy that has been successfully implemented with enterprises like Airbnb and Uber. He also placed an emphasis on the "Fourth Option, which is that "out of the box" idea that generates results.
"You look through your ideas and throw away the disruptive ones because they seem impossible," said Krippendorff. "There's a simple way out of it. We look at Albert Einstein, and he said, 'It's not that I say I'm so smart, it's that I stay with problems longer.' What are the three reasons why your idea looks impossible, and how can I remove each one of these reasons. And that's going to be your fourth option."
In addition to creating coordination in a chaotic and fast-paced industry, converters must force a two-front battle (focusing on the physical and digital world to reach customers) and create something out of nothing (play the game differently and offer customers new products and services).
Ultimately, printers and converters must be good at what they do, said Krippendorff. Companies, instead of focusing solely on shareholders, must develop a strategy to benefit other people (the environment, community, employees, customers). By creating success across multiple channels, the shareholders will subsequently benefit.
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Truth by Consensus
by Justin Poythress | Oct 20, 2022 | Culture, Speech, Worldview
Postmodernism has produced its heir, and its name is Consensus. In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary announced that "post-truth" was its word of the year. The concept post-truth refers to our contemporary sense of justice, in which objective reality and facts bow the knee...
1 Step Evangelism
by Justin Poythress | Jun 2, 2022 | Christian living, Church Ministry, Culture
Aren't you about due for a fresh round of penance for your disappointing evangelism efforts? Chances are your church is already offering a healthy assortment of channels through which you can merit some level of atonement for your recent oversight in this area. Or at...
Dealing with false accusations
by Justin Poythress | Apr 7, 2022 | Christian living, Devotional, Justice, Proverbs, Wisdom
"Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight." – Proverbs 26:2 We are one sentence, perhaps even one word away from being canceled. It's not a matter of political alignment or position. It's not a matter of...
Saying things that last
by Justin Poythress | Jan 27, 2022 | Christian living, Devotional, Proverbs, Wisdom
"A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure." - Proverbs 21:28 Wisdom and proverbial sayings, they have a way of turning a phrase. A proverb gives you something pithy, but also something a little enigmatic. The phrase of wisdom is a...
How to be authentic
by Justin Poythress | Jul 1, 2021 | Culture, Identity
I've never actually met a fully authentic person. I'm not sure I would want to. It's been said that a person begins to lie as soon as he becomes polite. There's a lot of truth to that. It all depends on what you mean when you talk about being authentic. Do you really...


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Ayesha Feisal
Garden of Souvenirs
Ayesha Feisal is a interdisciplinary artist born and based in London. Within her art, she creates complex, amorous forms and explores psychological states.
Her work is an ongoing response to events and situations, through which she uses the human form as a means to exploring the psyche.
polyurethane, paperclay, acrylic and resin
"Earlier work explored the effects of social engineering, in particular technological advances, the development of artificial intelligence and how it impacted our behaviour and sense of self.
During the first lockdown period I felt a real need to ground and to earth. I had this intense urge to cultivate and start growing…to bring the outside in, in a sense.
It got me thinking about the relationship between ecosystems; the growth of virtual networks; our reliance on tech and how it's become an extension of ourselves.
As world events continued to unfold, I found myself questioning how we would move forward as a society and became focused on the idea of 'transformative potential' and how I could develop this within my work.
I started looking at carnivorous plants and began to include shapes which echoed their forms. I'm fascinated by their ability to adapt and grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, this for me felt like a metaphor for our current social climate.
colour inspo, creating test pieces
I've spent time experimenting with various mediums and methods , developing a technical process that allows me to articulate my thoughts .
At various stages of the process I add compounds causing the materials to mutate, then through, sculpting , manipulation and a combining of techniques I develop the form.
The pieces go through many stages of evolution till the final stages of completion, similar to that of the personal journey.
progress shot of 'The Wood for The Trees, They Cannot See'
The work in this series is ongoing.
"Following a period of personal loss and challenges, I was forced to rethink and re-evaluate my position and the various roles I occupied. The psychological and physiological changes that occurred inspired me to start this body of work.
studio shot of 'Transmutation'; 100 x 150 cms, acrylic on canvas
Better Version, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150cms
The Things You Don't Say, 100 x 150 cms, acrylic on canvas
The Gift (i), 90 x 90 cms, acrylic on canvas
With Adam's Ale, Eve Knows
'With Adam's Ale, Eve Knows's (I) , Triptych, acrylic on canvas 90 x 80 cms (each panel measures 30 x 80 cms)
"Adam's Ale is an old colloquial term for Water (based on the presumption that biblical Adam had only water to drink in the Garden of Eden).
I wanted to include water within these works for the symbolic references including fertility, source of life, wisdom and intuition. The deepest waters in this world are still unexplored, so for me water also represents a kind of mysticism. The changeable qualities of water (liquid, solid, vapour) also allude to the idea of metamorphosis.
When I was titling the works, I was thinking about the female's position in a patriarchal culture. How (as a society) did we arrive at Patriarchy and its set of ideas?
It got me thinking about the Adam and Eve creation story…how possibly the narratives and dogma we're exposed to from childhood (ie Eve's punishment for her disobedience) form subconscious beliefs in the psyche which are then perpetuated throughout the years without question. These then provide justification for the status quo? So whilst it was important to me (visually) to celebrate the feminine form and its characteristics, I also wanted to make reference to this."
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These photos of Kristine & Oyo will restore your faith in "forever"
ABS-CBN.com June 26, 2018 12:53 AM
Kristine Hermosa has once again become a familiar face that fans can anticipate every night thanks to her role as Malaya on primetime series Bagani. This was a much-awaited comeback for the actress which was initially teased as "Ganda sa Ganda".
She debuted in the entertainment industry as a part of Ang TV. This was then followed by roles on shows like Gimik and Flames. Her first major portrayal was for Kung Kailangan Mo Ako back in 1998. And her career's biggest break to date was the 2000 drama Pangako Sa 'Yo which became an instant classic and even had a remake in 2015 for KathNiel.
In 2010, however, while starring in the fantasy series Noah, she decided to take a leave from show business to focus on her forthcoming nuptials with now husband Oyo Sotto. So, how was the lowkey life for Kristine? It must have felt like cloud nine, after all, she is married to the love of her life.
Celebrating seven years of being happily married with four kids joining the fun—Kristian Daniel, Ondrea Bliss, Kaleb Hanns, and Valentin—what more could they ask for? Whether it's going for a ride together or just lounging at the beach, their solid relationship is giving all of us hope that true love does exist.
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Movie 3D animation Sing and his screenwriter and director Garth Jennings, who began his career as an actor in the legendary film "Zombie by the name of Shawn", presents to the viewer the computer-animated comedy musical Sing 3D with Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaugheus as sympathetic stars.
A koala bear named Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) is the owner of a theater that is going through hard times. But Buster loves his theater so much that he is ready for anything to save him, even for a small scam. With the help of his gullible and unsuspecting friend, he launches a fake contest for the best vocalist 'from the people'. The winner is expected glory and an impressive prize. Having gone through a crazy contest, five get to the final: the mouse is a street swindler and a musician, who has something to sing, to warm up; timid, notorious teenager elephant; mother of children with mumps; punk rocker porcupine dreaming of a solo career; young gangster gorilla, eager to break criminal ties. Now Buster faced a difficult choice. Saving the theater, he will destroy the dreams of gifted finalists, what should he do?
Koala Baster Moon runs the musical theater in the world, which is completely populated by animals. Over the entire career of Buster, he did not have a single hit, and now he has nothing to pay the actors and pay for electricity. Suddenly, Moon gets the idea to make a contest for amateur singers. He hardly gains a thousand dollars and asks his assistant to print flyers with the announcement of the prize for the winner. However, the elderly assistant makes mistakes and prints flyers with the promise of not $ 1,000, but $ 100,000. A huge crowd immediately builds up at the theater, and Buster hardly selects six contestants, thinking frantically what he will pay when everyone realizes that the theater is stranded.
Watch a 3d movie trailer Sing 3D Full HD 2016 1080p!


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import collections

from supriya import CalculationRate
from supriya.ugens.UGen import UGen

class Logistic(UGen):
    """
    A chaotic noise function.

    ::

        >>> logistic = supriya.ugens.Logistic.ar(
        ...     chaos_parameter=3.,
        ...     frequency=1000,
        ...     initial_y=0.5,
        ...     )
        >>> logistic
        Logistic.ar()

    """

    ### CLASS VARIABLES ###

    __documentation_section__ = "Noise UGens"

    _ordered_input_names = collections.OrderedDict(
        [("chaos_parameter", 3), ("frequency", 1000), ("initial_y", 0.5)]
    )

    _valid_calculation_rates = (CalculationRate.AUDIO, CalculationRate.CONTROL)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub