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CELLULAR MICROENCAPSULATION – Cell Encapsulation for Drug Delivery & Disease Treatment
Regenerative medicine is not all that new; tissue and organ transplants have been around for decades. However, the Mayo Clinic has said, "But advances in developmental and cell biology, immunology, and other fields have unlocked new opportunities to refine existing regenerative therapies and develop novel ones." It has also stated, "Regenerative medicine is a game-changing area of medicine with the potential to fully heal damaged tissues and organs, offering solutions and hope for people who have conditions that today are beyond repair. Within regenerative medicine, some of the most noteworthy developments are coming from the area of tissue engineering. Combining cells with scaffolding materials to generate functional tissue constructs describes tissue engineering at its most basic level."
The rejection of transplanted tissue has been one of the major stumbling blocks in the treatment of many chronic and age-related conditions. Immune suppressors are one avenue for dealing with rejection, but tissue engineering by way of cellular microencapsulation offers a different, and likely better, path.
MICROENCAPSULATION: THE NEW FRONTIER IN DRUG DELIVERY
Microencapsulation is a process by which very tiny droplets or particles of liquid or solid material are surrounded or coated with a continuous film of polymeric material. Most microcapsules have diameters between a few micrometers and a few millimeters. The idea was based on natural subcellular organelles, which contain proteins, growth factors, or enzymes. The first suggestion was made in 1964 that encapsulation could be used to replace cells or cell products lost due to genetic defects.
The polymeric material essentially creates a wall that protects the encapsulated cells from rejection by the body's immune system. This means that an organ could be grown in a bioreactor to replace a diseased organ, and the risk of rejection would be virtually eliminated. Harvard Apparatus has already grown and implanted an artificial trachea grown from the patient's own stem cells.
At the same time, microencapsulation offers various significant advantages as a drug or treatment delivery system, including: (i) an effective protection of the encapsulated active agent or encapsulated live cells against degradation or destruction by the immune system, (ii) the possibility to accurately control the release rate of an incorporated drug over periods of hours to months, (iii) an easy administration (compared to alternative parenteral controlled release dosage forms, such as macro-sized implants), and (iv) the provision of desired, pre-programmed drug-release profiles which match the therapeutic needs of the patient.
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: MICROENCAPSULATION OVERCOMES THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
One of the areas in which this technology is most useful is in the treatment of neurological disorders. Many drugs to treat maladies of the brain and central nervous system are administered orally, but they cannot cross the blood-brain barrier readily. One of the main advantages of cell microencapsulation is for the treatment of neurological disorders in which some drugs have potential therapeutic possibilities, such as growth factors or peptides, however, only at low and constant concentrations. These microcapsules implants are able to secrete only the drug required by the damaged tissue, because the implants with microencapsulated cell are formed by live cells.
Bringing this technology out of the lab and into clinics is now underway. Living Cell Technologies Limited (LCT) is an Austral-asian biotechnology company, and its lead product, NTCELL®, is an alginate-coated capsule containing clusters of neonatal porcine choroid plexus cells. Following transplantation, NTCELL functions as a biological factory producing nerve growth factors to promote new central nervous system growth and repair disease induced nerve degeneration.
NTCELL is in Phase I/IIa clinical trial in New Zealand for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It has the potential to be used in a number of other central nervous system indications, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and motor neuron diseases.
DIABETES: ENCAPSULATED CELLS MAY BE THE PATH TO A CURE
Another condition microencapsulation can address is type 1 diabetes. In type 1 diabetics, their insulin-producing cells (beta islet cells of the pancreas) have been permanently destroyed by an autoimmune disease.
According to Novo Nordisk's 2014 annual report, there are two things needed to cure this condition: (i) a means to trigger stem cells to make unlimited quantities of insulin-producing cells, and (ii) a means to encapsulate these cells so that the immune system doesn't destroy them while at the same time allowing the encapsulated cells to respond to glucose levels by producing insulin.
A research team at Harvard has found a solution to the first issue, and Astra Zeneca has recently linked up with that team to continue the work.
Living Cell Technologies has formed a joint venture with Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory to develop LCT's DIABECELL. This product consists of encapsulated islet cells that produce insulin and that are sourced from pathogen-free pigs.
Another entrant into the type 1 diabetes cure sweepstakes is San Diego-based ViaCyte. In concert with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the leading research and advocacy organization funding type 1 diabetes research, ViaCyte filed an IND application with the FDA in the summer of 2014. ViaCyte wants to initiate a Phase I/II diabetes clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its VC-01TM product candidate, a stem cell-derived, encapsulated cell replacement therapy. In a related development, ViaCyte submitted a Medical Device Master File (called MAF) to the FDA in support of the Encaptra® drug delivery system, the device component of the VC-01 product candidate.
A third contestant is the Cell-in-a-Box® live cell encapsulation technology. The Cell-in-a-Box technology is unique among all forms of cell encapsulation technologies. It differs from the types of live cell encapsulation used by others because those technologies use materials such as agarose (a derivative of seaweed) or chitosan. Cell-in-a-Box capsules are made largely of cellulose, a bio-inert material in the human body. Cellulose offers a number of advantages over other encapsulation materials because it is derived from a naturally occurring plant-sourced polymer that is relatively easy to obtain at reproducible quality and is free from impurities. The Cell-in-a-Box capsules are much more robust than capsules made from other materials and do not break down even after long periods in the body. Indeed, Cell-in-a-Box capsules have been shown in clinical trials to last for at least 2 years without being damaged or without causing damage to tissues that are nearby. Also, Cell-in-a-Box capsules can be stored frozen for years and when thawed, the cells inside the capsules are recovered with about 95% viability – a hint as to their having a long shelf-life.
PharmaCyte has obtained an exclusive worldwide license to use Melligen cells in developing a treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes. This line of cells was developed by Professor Ann Simpson and her colleagues at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in Australia. Melligen cells were shown to be effective in reversing the diabetic condition in grossly diabetic mice whose immune systems were suppressed. PharmaCyte intends to use Melligen cells encapsulated using the Cell-in-a-Box technology in the pursuit of a treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes.
PANCREATIC CANCER: CELL-IN-A- BOX A NEW TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE
PharmaCyte is also looking into the treatment of pancreatic cancer using Cell-in-a-Box-encapsulated genetically engineered live cells designed to convert the well-known cancer prodrug ifosfamide into its cancer-killing form using only one-third of the "normal" dose of the chemotherapy drug. PharmaCyte Biotech's pancreatic cancer treatment was given the Orphan Drug designation by the FDA in December 2014. A similar designation has been granted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the EU.
In a Phase I/II clinical trial, 14 elderly and very sick patients with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer were treated at a single study site in Germany with the combination of Cell-in-a-Box plus two courses of low dose ifosfamide. A single implantation (near the pancreatic cancer) of 300 Cell-in-a-Box capsules containing ifosfamide-activating cells was given to each patient.
The results from this trial showed that the Cell-in-a-Box plus low-dose ifosfamide combination increased the average lifespan of patients from about 5.7 months for gemcitabine (the "gold standard" for the treatment of pancreatic cancer at the time) to about 11 months with the combination therapy, and doubled the percentage of 1-year survivors from 18% to 36%, without any treatment-related side effects. The major conclusion was that the combination of Cell-in-a-Box plus low-dose ifosfamide was a safe and effective treatment for patients with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer.
A Phase II trial done with the Cell-in-a- Box plus ifosfamide combination was also a single-arm study. Here, 13 patients were treated at four study sites in Europe, but in this trial, the dose of ifosfamide was doubled to two-thirds of normal to see if there would be improved anti-tumor effects. Again, two courses of ifosfamide were given. The main conclusion was that the combination of Cell-in-a-Box plus one-third the normal dose of ifosfamide was the most appropriate combination to use in all future clinical trials for a safe and effective treatment of advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer.
Now, a Phase IIb clinical trial is being planned for the U.S., Europe and Australia. This trial will be a multi-site, randomized study in which PharmaCyte Biotech's pancreatic cancer treatment will be compared head-to-head as a consolidation therapy with a currently used chemotherapy plus radiation treatment in patients with inoperable, non-metastatic disease whose tumors have ceased to respond to 4-6 months of treatment with the current "gold standard" for pancreatic cancer treatment, the combination of the drugs gemcitabine plus Abraxane®. The two consilidation therapies will be compared for effects on patient survival, tumor size, whether they can change inoperable tumors into operable ones, on pain associated with the cancer, and on the safety of the treatments and their effects patients' quality of life.
A major problem associated with the development of abdominal cancers is their production of malignant ascites fluid that accumulates significantly in the abdominal cavity. This fluid contains cancer cells which can "seed" and form new tumors. Also, as ascites fluid accumulates, the abdomen becomes distended and painful and this accumulation can be life-threatening.
As such, it must be removed on a periodic basis – a painful and costly procedure. A series of preclinical studies in mice bearing abdominal cancers is being done now in the US for PharmaCyte Biotech by Translational Drug Development (TD2) to determine the parameters under which PharmaCyte's pancreatic cancer treatment can slow the production and accumulation of this ascites fluid. Once these parameters are established, a Phase I/II clinical trial will be conducted by Translational Drug Development (TD2).
Although type 1 diabetes can begin at an early age, as our population ages, chronic and age-related conditions, such as various cancers, are increasing in frequency. Until now, managing them has been the only medical option. Drug or treatment delivery that employs microencapsulation, one of many promising developments in the field of regenerative medicine, offers not only treatments but also potential cures for a wide variety of maladies, from diabetes to cancers to neurological problems.
To view this issue and all back issues online, please visit www.drug-dev.com.
Dr. Gerald W. Crabtree is PharmaCyte's Biotech's Chief Operating Officer. For much of his 45-year career, he has been active in cancer research and cancer drug development. Since 1985, Dr. Crabtree has been involved with various biopharmaceutical and biotech companies, where he has participated in or coordinated the development of multiple drug candidates, assisted in the preparation of clinical protocols and investigator brochures, participated in clinical trials, prepared drug monographs, co-authored research and review articles, and served as project manager for development of a major oncologic agent. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research and is also is a past member of research grant review committees for the National Institute of Health and the American Cancer Society. Dr. Crabtree established and directed, from inception, a department that monitored and coordinated the development of oncologic and immunologic drugs from initial discovery through regulatory approval in a major pharmaceutical company and served as project manager for the development of the anticancer agent, Taxol®. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1970 and has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
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April 27, 2020 /in News /by donmog
Why not have a listen to the new Morgan Motor Company podcast hosted by Alex Goy.
A M3W owner himself, this first episode features Alex talking to Steve Morris about his life at the company, but more interestedly for us, about how the new three wheeler came into being.
You don't have to subscribe once the page opens just scroll down to find the episode.
Steve Morris is the Chairman and CEO of the Morgan Motor Company. In the first episode of Talking Shop: The Morgan Podcast, Steve provides insight into his 37 year career at the company. From his first job as an apprentice in the Sheet Metal Department, through to his role as Chairman and CEO. Hear thoughts, opinions and stories from the man at the helm of one of the world's most unique car manufacturers.
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With House of Wolves about to come out I thought it "Hey if Destiny is exapnding there horizons so does the xAllegiancex community" With that being said there's always been a large missing piece to xAllegiancex and that missing piece has been Player vs Player. Therefore one of my goals for House of Wolves was to expand our ranking system and i'm proud to announce, with the help of bouncing ideas of of SHADOW I have successfully done this!!
Introducing the Brand new Crucible Ranking system for xAllegiancex!!!!
So How does the system work? The Point system works simply like this. First off the only way to earn xAx PvP Points will be in official PvP xAx events! that could be any PvP option such as Trials of Osiris, Skirmish, Iron Banner, Control, Clash, or any other PvP option out there. THIS EVENT NEEDS TO BE ON THE CALENDAR IN ORDER TO EARN POINTS AND ADMINISTRATED BY AN ADMIN.
Ok so how to earn the points. When your in an official xAx event anytime the game ends and your PvP K/D is at 2.00 or above you will earn 1 xAx PvP Point! exciting right?! as you could technically earn 10 xAx PvP Points in one sitting! However there is a catch! for any time you go under a 1.00 K/D you will lose an xAx PvP Point. this process will be tracked by the administrator of the run! at the end of the run your points will be tallied and there will be a points tracker within the members only forums to track your progress. Once you hit the 25, 50, 75, or, 100 you have hit your appropriate rank you cannot lose it! thats what i meant by the above statement next to each rank. what this means is say you just get out of a official xAx Crucible event and you earned 10 xAx PvP Points to get yourself to 25 points BOOM your an xAx PvP Munifex! However say your next PvP event you have a terrible run and end up with -2 xAx PvP Points and now your total is 23. you won't lose your Munifex Status however it will make it harder on you to getting to the Avocati tier.
Makes Sense? you guys can ask questions relative to this new roll out during the podcast today on twitch and or posting on the comments below!!
so basically that's it fellas everything is pretty much structured for this to be launched starting tomorrow 5/19/15 along with the launch of HoW!!!
1) Lower the 'negative' KD to 0.75 for losing a point, and make >1.5 earn +1.
There were a couple of people in our run that managed to go +1, but then immediately lose it in the next match; which - I imagine - would be a little disheartening. I think either of the above may give people a better chance of holding onto their points.
Also, I think there needs to be different tiers by game type. It's much easier (IMO) to get a better KD than in Clash.
SmixNZL · Last sentence should read: it's much easier to get a better KD in CONTROL than in Clash.
An idea to the mix of everyone's suggestions. Maybe have lower level k/d ratio training pvp worth 1 point. Then have higher k/d ratio runs worth 2 points. This would be similar to the normal and hard raids. You can apply rank of you wanted but that would be hard to track I think.
I also think you shouldn't be able to lose points you already earned. Say I do two training pvp runs and get two points and decide to try the higher k/d run. I fail. I shouldn't lose the work I did on the two training runs but remain at 2 points.
Minimum rounds or time should be set. Say 5 rounds or one hour.
Also an end point should be set, in my opinion. This way you don't join an event to replace someone and not have the ability to meet the minimums.
If a member has to leave before the set end point they would earn no points for the run no matter how high their k/d ratio in completed matches was at.
I am kind of in agreement with Rux, even though I only really got into PvP with the clan during the last IB and am still learning a lot, I know my average KD is well below what is required to achieve any points. I do expect to improve and one day, well into the future, expect to be nailing down KD's in excess of 2.0 but until that happens I will struggle, I expect this may be the case for many clan members, whether seasoned PvPer's or not it takes time to learn the maps, best loadouts, positioning etc.
Maybe poll the clan for their average KD on the Bungie site so we can see what the overall average is and a decision can be made as to what the KD for points threshold should be. It should be achievable not unobtainable for the core of those that will get involved.
Whatever, I will still get involved, it would just be nice to know I might be able to achieve awards.
The whole pvp system is flawed. In reality you just need the kill shot. That doesn't make you a great pvp player. Should be based off of dmg done at the end, but no way to track it.
As far as points, I don't really care. Your point system was based off of participation, but now off of KD?
Really like the way it's set out. Think it should stick to 2 k/d for a good while to see how the scores build. Then adjust to 1.8 if needed.
....1.5. Perhaps 2 points for a ratio of 3 or higher. And I think it'd be worth considering that a member's points never fall below the floor of their current level. Reach Munifex and 25 points is as low as you go. Avocati and 50 is your floor, etc.
pvp ranking is cool, i likes. just not the k/d point system. maybe a total match system?
how about instead of k/d ratio points, since it would be tough to keep track of matches and k/d per match/per person. how about, 1 point per 2 matches , no matter of out come. and each event has to be minimal of 10 matches or 20. whacha guys think?
Sea_Bee_21 · I think team wins is another good idea. We don't get raid points based upon our skill level so not sure it's necessary for PVP either. Depends if the goal is to reward skill or participation. I would think the later to be more crucial to engaging the clan in PVP.
there has been a new poll created on the front page for everyone to vote if 2.0 is too aggressive and to drop it to 1.5 basedo n feedback we are in consideration of changing and it will be discussed, please voice your opinion here and vote on the front page thanks guys!
I think 2.0kd is too aggressive.
Don't like this idea, I sometimes get over 2 KD but most of the times I'm over 1 and just below 2.
Been in quite some PvP events right now and I have to say that I don't see many people going over 2KD, a lot of people even stay under 1 a lot so for all of us there are no hopes of getting higher ranks, then you'll also have to be that awesome to win vs lagswitchers and other exploits and cheaters.
Guess I'll just stick with PoE.
Munifex is going to be a challenge!
Can we got negative? If so will there be an award for the lowest score possible, because I am sure I will win that one before any of the others. That is while trying to get positive points.
leigull · It's a separate thread Bajor, we have to update a post with each member's points after each event, so different to the raid points.
Seems like a good idea, so you are saying each event will have ten matches which would equate to the possible ten points? Can players earn more points with K/D of like 4 and above?


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On 28th April, 2016, the Principal of Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Prof. Edward K. Kirumira, together with Blain Teketel, Wilbert and Mikaka from OAK Foundation and Maureen Greenwood-Basken and Anna from Wellspring Advisors, held a meeting with the Executive Director of AfriChild, to provide updates on the implementation progress and feedback on proposals submitted to both donors. The two donors in 2013 provided a three-year start-up grant for core staff and activities of setting up the multi-Institutional Centre for the Study of the African Child (AfriChild) that is hosted by CHUSS in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the ChildFund International, TPO(Uganda), Columbia University, and UNICEF(Uganda).
During the meeting both OAK Foundation and Wellspring Advisors made a commitment of a total of US$1,390,000 to fund AfriChild Centre activities over the next three years to achieve the following outcomes: 1) Strengthen research capacity to inform policy and practice, 2) Strength Inter-university collaboration and training and 3) to develop the Center into a fully-fledged entity. CHUSS will be the principle beneficially.
To-date several of the academic members of staff from CHUSS, especially from the School of Social Sciences and the School of Psychology have benefitted from support by the AfriChild-led training, networking and research activities. The College is also the In-country Principal Investigator for a large nation-wide Violence Against Children survey funded by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Atlanta and headed by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development of the Government of Uganda. Many of the recent graduates from the College have been Data collectors, Team Leaders and Supervisors in this Survey.
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The warning applies to devices designed for both paediatric and adult patients. Affected lot numbers are L000028, L000088, L080401 to L080419 and L080526 to L080543.
Staff should identify any relevant devices and quarantine them, the MHRA said.
A patient safety alert has been issued by regulators on the risk of harm from the inappropriate placement of pulse oximeter probes in the health service in England.


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Being in love again – Part 2
To aid the Valentine"s Day scramble of many lovers to find the right song to express their sincere love, here is the second lot of songs about being in blissful, requited love (the eagle-eyed reader may have seen this post up incompletely for a few hours in the week thanks to a mis-clicked button. Looks like the Elton song is very popular). If none of these and none of the first part"s songs do the trick, try the two mixes linked to at the end of this post. As promised, next week we"ll do break-ups.
Elton John – Seasons (1971).mp3
Written for the 1971 film Friends, this is Elton John at his musically most articulate. I the brief lyrics we have a friendship blossoming, through the seasons, into romantic love. It"s the song that cures the dreaded disease of frienditis (so brilliantly explained on the Todger Talk blog). "Oh, it"s funny how young lovers start out as friends." Or older lovers, Elton and Bernie.
Terry Callier – I'd Rather Be With You (1973).mp3
The folk-inflected soul man lays out his options in this rather lovely ballad. "I could take my guitar and hit the road, try to be a star." He even explains the method by which he would aim to accomplish that goal (basically involving playing gigs as a one-man band). He further points out that he could "" just like that "" take a Greyhound bus west "to watch the sun set on San Francisco Bay." Oh, there must be loads of things he could do, but "" and here the song"s title sort of scoops the punchline "" he"d rather be with her (her being, we fervently hope, the friendly lady on the album cover). And like any lovestruck fool, he launches into sappy metaphor: "It"s your bright sunshine that lifted all the shadow off my mind and your sweet love led me to a brighter day." Hence his reassurance: "So you never have to worry "bout me leaving you behind." Don"t want those shadows returning. And then the peculiar challenge: "Wait and see, I won"t ever turn away"¦" He asks her to await and then observe nothing happening? Hell, if he chooses to sacrifice the potential for loads of groupies (presuming that one-man bands attract many of those), she should trust his sincerity. And if that doesn"t do, then his insistently repeated promise of the title should persuade her.
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – You"re The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly (1982).mp3
You wouldn"t guess it from the title, but this is in fact a country song. Loretta and Conway are in a good-natured slanging match, blaming one another for their diminishing finances and good looks "" and the apparent hideousness of their kids. Though, if I may interject, Loretta, your kid"s baldness isn"t Conway"s fault "" androgenetic alopecia is passed down the mother"s genes. So Conway complains: "You"re the reason I changed to beer from soda pop", and Loretta moans: "And you"re the reason I never get to go to the beauty shop". But all that is not as important as what they have: "looks ain"t everything, and money ain"t everything. But I love you just the same".
The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You (1959).mp3
Originally sung by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in the 1934 movie Dames, this is the only version one needs. The introduction, "My love must be a kind of blind love, I can"t see anyone but you" is filled with tension. The singer seems desperate about the debilitating effects of being love. Having nervously ascertained that the present status of the sun is of no concern of him, our friend relaxes and croons that he has eyes only for her (though with careless positioning of the word "only"). So dazed is he that "I don"t know if we"re in a garden or on a crowded avenue", which can be quite dangerous "" you might fall down a well or be knocked over by an Acme delivery van. But of what menace are such perils when a man is with his girl, and "maybe millions of people go by, but they all disappear from view. And I Only Have Eyes For You".
Ray Noble"s Band with Al Bowlly – Midnight, The Stars And You (1932).mp3
We previously encountered Noble and singer Bowlly in the Sinatra special of The Originals with their 1936 hit version of I"ve Got You Under My Skin. This song precedes that by four years, and is probably best known as the song that plays out The Shining (the scene in which we see Jack Torrance"s face in the old ballroom photograph). The lyrics are brief and elementary: "Midnight with the stars and you, midnight and a rendezvous. Your eyes held a message, tender saying: "˜I surrender all my love to you." A few more platitudes, Noble fulfilling his job description by leading the band, and we"re done. Time enough then to have a look at the trailer for the upbeat version of The Shining ("Meet Jack Torrance"¦).
Maxine Nightingale – If I Ever Lose This Heaven (1975).mp3
In one of at least four versions of this song released in 1975, English soulstress Maxine Nightingale is on a paranoid trip. See, her man seems to be a bit moody sometimes, and she interprets that as an immediate threat of impending dumphood. "If you"re foolin", only foolin", all I ask is "˜Why"?" His love has built her up so high that should he drop her, she"ll be in freefall. "If I ever, ever, ever lose this heaven"¦ I"ll never be the same." With the vulnerable honesty/emotional blackmail out of the way, let"s accentuate the positive: "You"re fascinating, more fascinating than the dark side of the moon."  Yeah, okay, if that floats your boat. But even if potential references to overrated snoozefest LPs fail to flatter, this line should ensure that Maxine won"t lose her heaven: "You"re so exciting that I"m re-writing the book of love called You." After that, pal, you cannot possibly dump her.
Badly Drawn Boy – Magic In The Air (live, 2002).mp3
Ah, the falling in love"¦ At this point, Damon Gough pays no mind to the consequences of all the heartaches it may later produce. He"s giddy, and it seems she is giddy too. "We laughed so much, then we cried all night. And you left your shoes in the tree, with me. I"ll wear them to your house, tonight. Magic in the air, tonight." There is not much evidence of embarrassment or inhibition here. At the end, the singer notes: "Love is contagious, when it"s alright." Now, with all the romantic buoyancy, why does the melody sound so pensive?
Heatwave – Always and Forever (1977).mp3
People in love should be counselled not to make promises you can"t keep (and not to lie about love to get laid!). "I know tomorrow will still be the same, "cause we"ve got a life of love that won"t ever change." Yeah, wait till the serotonin wears off. So he expects it all to be sunshine and melting smiles, and that is all very nice, dear. But he has also hit on an essential ingredient in sustaining the love, communication and sharing: "Take time to tell me you really care. And feel sad tomorrow together." So perhaps he"ll keep his insistent promise: "I"ll always love you, forever, forever."
Lisa Loeb "" Sandalwood (1995).mp3
This is the song where the singer tells us that none of the above applies to the love she has for her man. "She [random singer, possibly a singer-songwriter with a guitar] can"t tell me that all of the love songs have been written, "cause she"s never been in love with you before." Oh, fresh true love, deluded that it is so different from all the other true loves. But no doubt, Lisa is in love. The fear and the passion and the clumsy idealisation. The fear: "I"m trying to keep cool, but everyone here likes you. I"m not the only one." The passion: "I want to kiss the back of your neck, the top of your spine where your hair hits, and gnaw on your fingertips and fall asleep." Less promisingly, she threatens: "I"ll talk you to sleep." Not in a restaurant, presumably. And the clumsy idealising: "Your skin smells lovely like sandalwood. Your hair falls soft like animals." I may seem cynical, so let me make it clear that I do think the final verse is quite lovely: "Your hand, so hot, burns a hole in my hand."
Any Major Love Mix Vol. 1
More Songs About Love (happy, unhappy, ending etc)
Categories: Songs About Love	Tags: Al Bowlly, Badly Drawn Boy, Conway Twitty, Elton John, Heatwave, Lisa Loeb, Loretta Lynn, Maxine Nightingale, Ray Noble, Terry Callier, The Flamingos
Any Major Groove Mix
November 3rd, 2008 2 comments
Think about it: if a song title riffs on the theme of grooviness "" as a noun, verb or adjective "" it is almost certain to be an affirming, cheerful tune and lyric. So as most friends of this blog are entering the dark, depressing days of winter I thought they might need some groovy, sunny cheer…
This mix covers several genres "" pop, soul, funk, indie. Much of the material here is old, though there are two recently released songs: Rio En Medio's great a cappella cover of Earth, Wind & Fires' Let's Groove, and Swedish indie-pop outfit Billie The Vision & the Dancers fine opener of their latest album. One song features twice: the Young Rascals' carefree Groovin' and Aretha Franklin's quite different cover.
Ask me which songs I dig the most, and I'd have to decide between those by Gene Chandler, P.P. Arnold, Alan Price and the Mamas and the Papas. Or the Equals. Or Mr Bloe (best pop instrumental ever?). Or… oh, listen to it and find your own favourites.
1. Mr. Bloe – Groovin' With Mr Bloe
2. Young Rascals – Groovin'
3. The Equals – Soul Groovin'
4. The 5th Dimension – Working On A Groovy Thing
5. Letta Mbulu – What's Wrong With Groovin'
6. Bobby Wells – Let's Copp A Groove
7. Archie Bell & The Drells – Let's Groove
8. Gene Chandler – Groovy Situation
9. Simon & Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (live)
10. PP Arnold – (If You Think You're) Groovy
11. The Mamas and the Papas – Somebody Groovy
12. Alan Price – Groovy Times
13. Average White Band – Groovin' The Night Away
14. Heatwave – Groove Line
15. Harvey Mason – Groovin' You
16. Rodney Franklin – The Groove
17. Lou Rawls – Groovy People
18. Aretha Franklin – Groovin'
19. The Mindbenders – Groovy Kind Of Love
20. Rio En Medio – Let's Groove
21. Billie The Vision And The Dancers – Groovy
22. Ace Frehley – New York Groove
23. The Smithereens – Groovy Tuesday
24. Ciccone Youth – Into The Groovey
25. Raquel Welch – I'm Ready To Groove
If you liked the Billie The Vision & the Dancers song, you can download the whole album (and previous albums) on their website, and set your own price, or none ("If you want to download our songs there are two ways to do it. Either you can afford to pay us, or, if you are just as poor as we are, you can download it for free. We appreciate both choices!" Aren't they just lovely people?).
More mixes
Categories: Mix CD-Rs	Tags: 5th Dimension, Alan Price, Archie Bell & the Drells, Aretha Franklin, Average White Band, Billie the Vision & the Dancers, Gene Chandler, Heatwave, Lou Rawls, Mamas and the Papas, PP Arnold, Ridney Franklin, Simon and Garfunkel
1. Mr.Bloe – Groovin' With Mr Bloe
24. Ciccone Youth – Into The Groove
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Categories: Mix CD-Rs	Tags: Heatwave, Lou Rawls, Mamas and the Papas, Simon and Garfunkel


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Q: jQuery FullCalendar Date Storage Problem (RFC-822) Is there a way to have the date that FullCalendar stores into the DB in a date or datetime format, or some other time format instead of varchar, so I can do a sort by date SQL call?
Right now it's being stored as Mon Jun 13 2011 12:30:00 GMT-0400 (EDT) which is impossible to sort.

A: You can format the date as you wish and send it to DB. For example if you have only whole-day-events you can add a date prototype:
    Date.prototype.toYMD = function() {
       var year, month, day;
       year = String(this.getFullYear());
       month = String(this.getMonth() + 1);
       if (month.length == 1) {
           month = "0" + month;
       }
       day = String(this.getDate());
       if (day.length == 1) {
           day = "0" + day;
       }
       return year + "-" + month + "-" + day;
    };

you can convert your date to MySQL-formatted one using:
    var strID = j.toYMD();
    alert("strID: "+strID);

If you need hour, minutes and secs you can extend the above example.
cheers Kris

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US independent Anadarko, on behalf of the Mozambique Area 1 partners, signed a deal with Bharat Gas Resources for the supply of LNG volumes from the Mozambique LNG development.
Under the sale and purchase agreement, Bharat Gas Resources, a Bharat Petroleum Corporation unit, will purchase 1 million tonnes per annum for a term of 15 years, from Mozambique's first onshore LNG plant, Anadarko said in a statement on Friday.
"With this agreement, Mozambique LNG now has executed more than 8.5 MTPA of SPAs," Ingram said, adding that Indian state-owned companies have acquired a 30 percent interest in the project.
Mozambique's first onshore LNG plant consisting of two initial LNG trains with a total nameplate capacity of 12.88 mtpa to support the development of the Golfinho/Atum field located entirely within Offshore Area 1.
Posted on February 15, 2019 with tags Anadarko, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Mozambique LNG.


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Media and Health
`This book appears to fill a substantial gap in the literature at present. There are, quite simply, no books available which engage seriously and competently with the presentation of health issues in the media, and certainly none which focuses on representations of health and illness in as thematically coherent a manner as Seale proposes to do' - Richard Gwyn, University of Cardiff `This is an excellent resource for students. It provides a comprehensive review of secondary literature in the field and is very well researched. Students of sociology of health and illness and in media and communication studies will find the book invaluable' - David Oswell, Goldsmiths College, University of London `This is a comprehensive work on media health, providing an invaluable "toolkit" for understanding health and the media in contemporary society. Seale goes further than previous textbooks, critiquing the "lament" of media health promoters in order to explore the moralisation and commercialisation of media health' - Dr Annette Hill, University of Westminster How are health matters presented by the mass media? How accurate are the messages we are receiving? This book demonstrates how health messages in popular mass media are important influences in our lives, and that they are not neutral, being subject to many determining influences. It demonstrates the importance of mass media for understanding the experience of illness, health and health care, bringing together the latest thinking in the field of media studies and the sociology of health and illness. This book provides a thorough review of research literature on media representations of health, illness and health care, covering their production, characteristic forms and relationships with the everyday lives of media audiences. It brings together both well known and lesser-known studies in the context of an integrated, sociological argument about media and health. Media producers are subject to a variety of influences, from medical lobbies, scientific organizations, and not least the commercial pressure to satisfy media-saturated audiences. These mean that aims of health promoters are not always easily achieved, leading to considerable tensions that require a deeper understanding of media health than has hitherto been applied to them. This book will be essential reading for health educators and promoters, as well as health care providers interested in the cultural aspects of health, sociologists of health and illness, and students and academics of media studies.
Real Men, Real Women
Clive Seale
In:Media and Health
Subject:Mass Communication, Health Communication
Keywords:bottle feeding; breastfeeding; cancer; media and representation; menopause; menstruation; nurses
At various points in this book we have seen that gender stereotypes are a common feature of media health portrayals. Thus we saw in the last chapter that men's and women's experiences of cancer were portrayed in significantly different ways, with women depicted as skilful emotional labourers, in contrast with men, who occupied static and rather dated character parts. It was noted in Chapter 3 that breast cancer is featured in media reports more frequently than its epidemiological prevalence because of the presumed appeal of such 'soft' news to a female readership, as well as because it provides male readers and news editors with the opportunity to contemplate breasts. In that chapter it was also shown that media ...
Ordinary Heroes
Seale, C. (2002). Real men, real women. SAGE Publications Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216286
Seale, Clive. Media and Health. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2002. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216286.
Seale, C., 2002. Media and Health. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216286> [Accessed 9 Feb 2023].
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Adoption Advocacy Day on 11/15!
As you may know, the U.S. Department of State has proposed new regulations that may significantly impact international adoption. While National Council For Adoption supports some of the themes these proposed regulations set out to address, the impact of these rules is worrisome to adoptive families and adoption professionals.
That's why we need your voice on November 15th for a special Adoption Advocacy Day!


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Q: Getting PendingMigrationError while running the Rails server on Ubuntu I am getting the following error while running rails server on Ubuntu machine.

Error:

ActiveRecord::PendingMigrationError
Migrations are pending. To resolve this issue, run: bin/rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development

For resolving this issue i again run rake db:migrate but  got the below error.

Error2:

== 20141218112307 DeviseCreateUsers: migrating ================================
-- create_table(:users)
rake aborted!
StandardError: An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled:

undefined method `inet' for #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition:0x00000008c00370>/home/subhrajyoti/100-Sallon/db/migrate/20141218112307_devise_create_users.rb:19:in `block in change'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb:200:in `create_table'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb:462:in `create_table'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:662:in `block in method_missing'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:632:in `block in say_with_time'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:632:in `say_with_time'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:652:in `method_missing'
/home/subhrajyoti/100-Sallon/db/migrate/20141218112307_devise_create_users.rb:3:in `change'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:606:in `exec_migration'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:590:in `block (2 levels) in migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:589:in `block in migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:292:in `with_connection'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:588:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:765:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:995:in `block in execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1043:in `ddl_transaction'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:994:in `execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:956:in `block in migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:952:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:952:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:820:in `up'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:798:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:137:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:44:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
NoMethodError: undefined method `inet' for #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition:0x00000008c00370>
/home/subhrajyoti/100-Sallon/db/migrate/20141218112307_devise_create_users.rb:19:in `block in change'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb:200:in `create_table'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb:462:in `create_table'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:662:in `block in method_missing'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:632:in `block in say_with_time'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:632:in `say_with_time'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:652:in `method_missing'
/home/subhrajyoti/100-Sallon/db/migrate/20141218112307_devise_create_users.rb:3:in `change'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:606:in `exec_migration'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:590:in `block (2 levels) in migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:589:in `block in migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:292:in `with_connection'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:588:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:765:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:995:in `block in execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1043:in `ddl_transaction'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:994:in `execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:956:in `block in migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:952:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:952:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:820:in `up'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/migration.rb:798:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:137:in `migrate'
/var/lib/gems/2.1.0/gems/activerecord-4.2.0/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:44:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

20150121104519_add_facilities_to_businesses.rb:

class AddFacilitiesToBusinesses < ActiveRecord::Migration
    def change
        add_column :businesses, :facilities, :string, array: true, default: []
        add_index :businesses, :facilities, using: 'gin'
    end
end

Actually i already have a Rails app which was with other database before and now i am trying it to connect mysql and getting these errors.I am using Rails version 4.2.0 and ruby 2.1.7.Please help me to resolve this errors.

A: Error explain everything itself. You have problem in your database migration file. Go to application_folder/db/migrate and find file which contain name devise_create_users.rb.
Inside that file mistakenly you wrote t.inte which should be t.integer.
So try change t.inte to t.integer and you are done. If you get any other error in migration then follow this.
Remove gin from migration and run rake db:migrate again. gin specific for postgres indexing.
class AddFacilitiesToBusinesses < ActiveRecord::Migration
    def change
        add_column :businesses, :facilities, :string, array: true, default: []
        add_index :businesses, :facilities
    end
end


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Windows 8 to support ARM
Microsoft Announces Support of System on a Chip Architectures From Intel, AMD, and ARM for Next Version of Windows
LAS VEGAS — Jan. 5, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced at 2011 International CES that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. On the x86 architecture, Intel Corporation and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs that fully support Windows, including support for native x86 applications. SoC architectures will fuel significant innovation across the hardware spectrum when coupled with the depth and breadth of the Windows platform.
At today's announcement, Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on new SoC platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM architecture. The technology demonstration included Windows client support across a range of scenarios, such as hardware-accelerated graphics and media playback, hardware-accelerated Web browsing with the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience. Microsoft Office running natively on ARM was also shown as a demonstration of the potential of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture.
Windows will continue its industry-leading support across the widest possible set of devices, delivering the breadth and choice that customers demand. Intel and AMD continue to evolve and improve the x86 platforms, including new low-power systems, and advance new designs such as the recently announced 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family and AMD's Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs). NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are joining Microsoft to provide ARM-based designs for the first time.
Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft, said :
With today's announcement, we're showing the flexibility and resiliency of Windows through the power of software and a commitment to world-class engineering. We continue to evolve Windows to deliver the functionality customers demand across the widest variety of hardware platforms and form factors.
SoC architectures consolidate the major components of a computing device onto a single package of silicon. This consolidation enables smaller, thinner devices while reducing the amount of power required for the device, increasing battery life and making possible always-on and always-connected functionality. With support of SoC in the next version of the Windows client, Microsoft is enabling industry partners to design and deliver the widest range of hardware ever.
Source: Microsoft
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Rowena is arguing with Thane. Cedric meets Soren the demon for the first time. Kendra can't choose between Richard and Logan…or is it that young cousin of the Viking Warlord, what's his name?
No, wait a minute. Wrong book. Wrong series. Even wrong genre! Plots, you're getting yourselves mixed up.
It's 3:15 AM, and all is not well in my head.
I've come to the conclusion that my characters hate going to bed.
Like little children, they race around in my head, determined to have yet another adventure. Problem is, they stumble over each other in their bid for freedom. Series start mixing in decidedly zany ways.
We authors control what our characters do during the day. It's one of the things I love about writing: the ability to control the world in a way we can't do in real life.
I can't control the real world. Sometimes the script being directed from above is pretty painful. In my case, it contains an autistic brother and life-long care-giver burdens I can do nothing about.
But I can control the world I create in words.
In my fiction, I control my characters, put them where I want them, alter their lives, change the time, the year, the setting, give them astonishing adventures and dramatic endings– it's glorious, unfettered control.
But at night, even they go wild.
In the wee hours of the morning, my head is a playground for creative creatures, both human and fantastical. They have adventures even I haven't thought of yet.
So here's a job for you scientists out there. Figure out a way to capture the nocturnal plotlines that create havoc for us authors as we struggle to give our brains some needed snooze-time.
And in the meantime, can you guys please keep it down in there? I'm trying to sleep.
THE ARTFUL GODDAUGHTER - Pre-order now, receive it next week!
THE ARTFUL GODDAUGHTER goes on sale in bookstores a week from today! Now available for pre-order on Amazon and Indigo (and this author really appreciates pre-orders.) Official in-person launch will be in Oct. in Hamilton. News on that soon.
Two things really stuck with me as I read this story. The first was the depth of Lars' feelings for Rowena. His love for her came through with amazing clarity, and not just when they were in bed. I could feel it in the way he looked at her, how he talked to her, how he acted toward her, how he considered her when she spoke. He was always attentive when it came to Rowena, in a time when women were seldom valued so highly.
The second is the detail. Ms. Campbell's attention to minute detail is spot on. There was never a moment where I felt like I was a spectator watching this story happen, because I always felt like I was actually there. Sounds, smells, environments. Wonderful job, Ms. Campbell. You pulled me right in and kept me there until the end.
Viking Warlord #1 in Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy!
What is it, about men and their grass? And I'm not talking about funny weed here. I'm talking about the green stuff that becomes the object of mower wars every year once Jack Frost leaves for Florida.
5 Stars for ROWENA AND THE DARK LORD - Many thanks to reviewers everywhere!
Reviewers: if you ever wonder about not being appreciated, hear me now: there are times when the Black Dog hits authors. Reviews like this keep us writing. Yes, *reviewers* keep us writing, not sales cheques or publishers. God bless you.
Book 2 of the Rowena Series, was just as good as the 1st. I was so drawn into the the book I was about to read it in one day! it was amazing.
This book starts off a few weeks after Row, Thane, Kendra and Richard all go back through the portal. Thane is depressed at the way he left his men on the battlefield and Row is so sad that she made him choose between her and his honor.
Row is kidnapped again by Gareth and brought back to Land's End once again, but this time she is completely alone. But it works out for her, she discovers some new friends and even a family member she didn't know still existed in Land's End.
So much happens in this book it's hard not to give anything away so I'm going to say if you liked the 1st one you will love the 2nd one. The story flows with such ease it's like Lands End is right in front of you. You can feel the sun on your skin and the green grass under your feet. Just amazing writing from an amazing author, thank you!
I am best known as a writer of comic crime capers, and in particular The Goddaughter series (Orca Books).
Whoops – delete, delete. Of course, the real reason for using Arizona is I believe in accuracy of setting and doing research, which I take great pains to do once each year in February.
4. Fessing up, here. I actually didn't plan to write funny time travel. I meant to write a serious whodunit that would get the respect of the Can-Lit crowd, and the more erudite members of Crime Writers of Canada. This 'veering from plan' is becoming a nuisance. Next book, for sure, will be a serious whodunit. Okay, maybe a whodunit. Okay, maybe a book.
Why? 'Cause it's a hell of a lot of fun.


BJP workers in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha join Congress?
Scores of BJP activists from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency, currently represented by party stalwart and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, have joined the Congress in Madhya Pradesh in the election year, the opposition party claimed today.
Scores of BJP activists from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency, currently represented by party stalwart and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, have joined the Congress in Madhya Pradesh in the election year, the opposition party claimed today. However, the ruling BJP has dismissed the Congress' claim as a "false rumour and a drama". "Around 1,000 BJP workers from Vidisha have taken the membership of the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh," stated a release issued by the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) today.
The high-profile seat had been represented by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan five times in past. Swaraj first won from the constituency in 2009 when she defeated Ch. Munavver Salim of the Samajwadi Party. She repeated the feat in 2014 when she tamed Lakshman Singh of the Congress.
BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee had represented the constituency in 1991. The Congress said the BJP workers led by local party leader Santosh Kushwaha joined the opposition party in presence of newly-appointed MPCC president Kamal Nath. All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Sajjansingh Verma, MP media inchagre Manak Agrawal, and media coordinator Narendra Saluja were present on the occasion among others.
"I welcome all these persons in the Congress party. They have come from an area which has been represented by the ruling party for the last 15 years. I called upon them that if they want to see the model of development then they should visit Chhindwara (represented by Kamal Nath). After watching developmental works there, you can easily understand the definition of development," Nath said on the occasion.
He appealed to the new entrants to go to people and tell them about the "misrule of the BJP". When contacted, state BJP media incharge Lokendra Parashar said, "It is a Congress drama. Not a single BJP office-bearer has joined the Congress. They are spreading false rumours".


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VoxAfrica comes face 2 face with the biggest celebrities from the continent, and asks the questions we have all been wanting answers to.
FACE 2 FACE with KALASH
Kalash, whose real name is Kévin Valleray is a popular French rapper and singer from Martinique mixing rap, trap and Caribbean influences.
Face 2 Face with YAA PONO
Catch up with Ghanaian artist and Uptown Energy boss Ponobiom _ Yaa Pono
At the 2018 GMAS Yaa Pono won rapper of the year, hip-life Artist of the year and collaboration of the year
FACE 2 FACE with BIMBI PHILIPS
Get to know Bimbi as he speaks about new Go Getta album,
his Duro Dada video and more
FACE 2 FACE with FALZ AKA FALZTHEBAHDGUY
During his visit to the U.K for his first ever UK Tour, Voxafrica had the pleasure of interviewing Nigerian based Rapper Falz.
FACE 2 FACE with FUNKE AKINDELE AKA JENIFA
VoxAfrica had the exclusivity to sit down with Funke Akindele a.k.a Jenifa during her London trip for 'An evening with Funke Akindele: Celebrating the best of Nollywood' by Iroko World.
The Actress, Producer and Script writer gave us a taste of what Jenifa's Diary season 5 is about and many more about her as a career woman.
FACE 2 FACE with LIL KESH
Voxafrica interviews Keshinro Ololade, popularly known by his stage name Lil Kesh. A Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter, who rose to fame after his chart-topping song titled "Shoki"
FACE 2 FACE with SIMI
One to one interviews with Nigerian singer and songwriter Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye, professionally known and referred to as Simi.
FACE 2 FACE with GIFTY LOUISE
VoxAfrica interviews Xfactor UK 2016 Finalist, Giflty – and we talk being booted off, Simon Cowell and her inspirations.
FACE 2 FACE with TEKNO
Straight from Nigeria, Tekno, 'Duro' Hit Maker, made his first stop to VoxAfrica during his MAYDAY Afrobeat concert trip.
FACE 2 FACE with STONEBWOY
In this episode of Face 2 Face, VoxAfrica sits down with Stonebwoy – a Ghanaian afropop, dancehall and reggae artiste.
FACE 2 FACE with JOSELYN DUMAS
Joselyn Dumas is a Ghanaian television host and actress. In 2014 she starred in a A Northern Affair, a role that earned her a Ghana Movie Award and an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
FACE 2 FACE with YCEE
YCEE is a Nigerian rapper and songwriter currently signed to Tinny Entertainment.
Popularly known for his single titled 'Jagaban', YCEE was nominated in the "Best Artist in African Pop" category at the 2015 All Africa Music Awards. He later won an Award as 'Rookie of the Year' at The Hoodies 2016!
FACE 2 FACE with SARKODIE
VoxAfrica had the honour to sit down with Sarkodie and find out more about what his journey so far.
Sarkodie, fastest African rapper by far, gave us an exclusive interview before his epic concert that was held in Indigo O2 London on the 11th of March.
FACE 2 FACE with YEMI ALADE
Voxafrica had the pleasure to catch up with Yemi Alade while in London for her new album listening party: MAMA AFRICA.
Yemi reveales more about her new Album 'Mama Africa' 2016, featuring an array of stars from different countires in Africa.
Discover Yemi through MAMA AFRICA: The 'Diary of An African Woman'. She is full of life, joy, humility and above all, she loves to speaks languages that touch her fans' hearts.
FACE 2 FACE with ALEX EKUBO
Whilst in London for his birthdauy, Voxafrica had a catch up with nollywood heartthrob Alex Ekubo
FACE 2 FACE with LISETTE MIBO
Lisette Mibo , Top Model and founder for Passion for Motherland gave us an inside to her modelling career and her love for Africa especially Congo DRC.
A few years ago, Lisette decided to use Fashion to help her country and children on the street.


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With this post, I conclude my read through of Plutarch's Life of Alexander over on Tumblr, here are the links to Chapters 71-77.
Chapter Seventy-Seven – Was Alexander Poisoned?
I like very much the way you deal with Alexander grief and its psychological implications. However in chap. 75 you said: "Alexander could have been inspired to honour Hephaestion by achieving greater things but it was not to be". Yes,he didn't succeed, but he planned the conquest of Arabia, don't you remember? Nevertheless I agree with you when you said: "he [Alexander] did begin to die in October 324. He too, after all, was Hephaestion." Therefore you are right to think "that his 'recovery' was at best only partial and more likely a sham." I never read such analysis so well expressed before: I think you are definitely right!


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By: Dr. Becky Langer, Project Manager
Since 2013, the Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award has celebrated beekeepers who use their work in beekeeping to improve their communities and promote pollinator health. This year, the award evolved from focusing on individual beekeepers to recognizing the important partnership between beekeepers and other environmental stakeholders in their local community.
We heard from beekeepers around the country and were astounded by the incredible work being done to support pollinators and crops to the benefit of all parties involved.
Despite the tough competition, this year's winners were standouts, thanks to their tireless work to show how healthy bees can co-exist with birdies – on the golf course, that is!
This year's Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award winners – Scott Witte, director of agronomy at Cantigny Golf in Wheaton, Illinois, and Luke Cella, executive director of the Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents (MAGCS) – have recently begun to work together "to promote healthy land management on golf courses" and abide by the philosophy that golf courses can and should foster healthy ecosystems for bees and other pollinators.
Witte is the founder of The Bee Barometer Project, which is dedicated to changing the common belief in the golf community that courses should be "sterile, weed-free mono-stands of turfgrass" and to promoting the notion of golf courses as diverse ecosystems that can sustain all types of flora and fauna, including pollinators. He uses the six managed honey bee hives, two wild hives and multiple native prairie and wildflower patches on the course as teaching opportunities for golfers.
The bees aren't the only ones who benefit from The Bee Barometer Project! Visitors also enjoy the honey produced by Cantigny bees in meals prepared by the course chef, and Cantigny Golf honey and beeswax lip balm are sold in the pro shop.
As the executive director of MAGCS, Luke Cella is now working with Witte to implement these environmental initiatives at many of the nearly three hundred golf courses in the greater Chicago area that make up the organization. The MAGCS just started a fund to provide monetary assistance to other golf course superintendents for beekeeping and pollinator garden initiatives.
"The Bee Barometer Project breaks down barriers of the status quo by urging golf property managers and golfers to think differently, and open their minds to the beauty and value of nature in its wild state," Witte says. "I'm honored to be part of the partnership awarded this year's Community Leadership Award and excited for the opportunities it will bring to educate even more of my colleagues and golfing patrons about the role we can play in sustaining honey bee health."
Congratulations, Scott and Luke, and thanks for all you do to help pollinators!
Learn more about the incredible work of our past Community Leadership Award winners.
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2007 Audi A4 Avant 3.2 and A3 3.2 S-Line Reviews - What a Woman Wants Behind the Wheel
2007 Audi A4 Avant 3.2
A3 3.2 S-line
2007 Audi A4 Avant 3.2 and A3 3.2 S-line Designed to Please
By Donna Vissing
Travel and Woman's Editor
Louisville Bureau
SEE ALSO: New Car Buyer's Guide for Audi
Research has proven that women buy or influence 80% of all consumer purchases. Listening and connecting to female consumers has become a matter of life or death for every business, including the automobile industry. Audi has demonstrated they are paying attention with the release of the 2007 models - A4 Avant 3.2 Quarttro AT6 and A3 3.2 S-line Quattro S-tronic. If you haven't driven an Audi lately, you should, and expect to be both surprised and impressed. What a Woman Wants Behind the Wheel can be found in two of the 2007 Audi models.
Beginning with the Audi A4 Avant 3.2 Quarttro AT6, this higher-end model offers versatility, functionality and luxury to the sophisticated female purchaser. Women are always looking to create a great first impression, and the '07 Audi A4 is a perfect fit! You immediately notice the subtle combination of classic yet sporty exterior style, offering medium-size interior capacity. The front-end grille sets the stage and lets you know it is part of the Audi family. Adding to the flair are a plethora of exterior color choices, including a metallic Deep Sea Blue Pearl effect, providing one of the finishing touches to a lasting great impression.
The interior is as lush as the exterior with premium leather seats, wood trim throughout the console, leather-wrapped sport steering wheel with multifunction controls, glass sunroof, heated side mirrors and the Audi Symphony AM/FM radio with in-dash 6-disc CD player and satellite radio pre-wiring. Between the front seats is a special designed center console with dual cup holders, adjustable tabs and an extra 12-volt power outlet.
Storage being equally important, the '07 Audi A4 Avant offers the 60/40 split-folding rear seat option, opening up a load and storage area. There is additional storage space under the front seats, a glove compartment, and separate smaller areas throughout the automobile. Flexibility and convenience are the two words that can be used to describe storage space within the A4 and A3.
Appearance is important, but safety is everything to a woman when choosing an automobile; Audi really steps up to the plate in this category. In addition to driver and front passenger airbags, there are side airbag supplemental restraints and SIDEGUARD inflatable curtain airbags. Seat belts chime when not secured, and the car has LATCH – lower anchors and tethers to insure the safety of children. Both the 2007 Audi A4 and A3 have the Quattro permanent all-wheel drive system with the Electronic Differential Lock (EDL). The all-wheel drive system holds close to the road especially under adverse weather conditions. There are additional features included in the "Convenience Package" that are strongly recommended to further insure a safe driving experience.
Audi A4 and A3 provide automation technology beginning with the door locks, interior and exterior. The Audi A4 offers 12-way power front seats, and both Audi models offer automatic dual-zone climate control, front and rear power windows with "on-touch" and pinch protection, electronic cruise control, and power central locking system with selective unlocking.
Women love the feel of luxury but are practical buyers, considering safety, functionality and value when making a purchase as important as an automobile. I drove both the Audi A4 and A3 for a couple of weeks, in town and on long drives. I was most surprised by the sense of security and comfort I felt driving both vehicles, the ease of learning all the "bells and whistles" the 2007 Audi A4 and A3 provides, and the sense of luxury surrounding me during my driving experiences.
Audi offers a variety of packaged extras to further personalize your automobile:
• "Convenience Package" focusing on memory, auto and trip features;
• "Sport and Titanium Packages" focusing on the exterior and heightening the sporty look for the vehicle;
• "Cold Weather Package"
• "Audio Package" focusing on BOSE premium sound system and Sirius satellite radio system;
• "Technology Package" including Bluetooth phone capabilities;
• "Audi Navigation Plus" system.
If you are looking for the same Audi quality and many of the same special features, but at a less expensive base price, try out the 2007 Audi A3 3.2 S-line Quattro S-tronic. The sleek and stylish look of the Audi A3 3.2 sets this car apart from the competition in the sporty premium compact segment, making it a new favorite, especially with the young professional audience.
Showcasing an exterior feature that has become distinctive of the Audi family, the A3 3.2 has the same front end single-frame grille. Add to this the powerful rear end featuring a dual exhaust system, the S-line model carries off the sporty nature of the total Audi look. The interior design provides the same comfort and luxury as the Audi A4 Avant, but in a typical sports car style.
For more information on all Audi models, you can visit their website at www.audiusa.com
The base price for the 2007 Audi A4 3.2 Avant begins at $37,440 (6-speed manual) and $38,640 (6-speed automatic tiptronic).
The base price for the 2007 Audi A3 3.2 S-line Quattro S-tronic is $33,980.
2005 – A4/S4 won:
• "Auto Interior of the Year" from Ward's
• "Top Safety Pick" – Silver rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for occupant protection
• "Recommended" list for new vehicles since 2005 by Consumer Reports
2006 – A3 2.0 T/A3 3.2 won:
• "Best Sport Compact" in Car and Driver
• "Top Safety Pick" from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• Additional awards from the New England Motor Press Association, Ward's, and others.


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Brent climbs above 7-year high
Oil prices rose more than $1 on Tuesday to a more than seven-year high on worries about possible supply disruptions after Yemen's Houthi group attacked the United Arab Emirates, News.Az reports citing Reuters.
The "new geopolitical tension added to ongoing signs of tightness across the market," ANZ Research analyst said in a note.
Brent crude futures rose $1.01, or 1.2%, to $87.48 a barrel by 0316 GMT, after earlier hitting a peak of $87.55, their highest since Oct. 29, 2014.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped $1.32, or 1.6%, from Friday's settlement to a three-month high of $85.14 a barrel. Trade on Monday was subdued as it was a U.S. public holiday.
After launching drone and missile strikes which set off explosions in fuel trucks and killed three people, the Houthi movement warned it could target more facilities, while the UAE said it reserved the right to "respond to these terrorist attacks".
UAE oil firm ADNOC said it had activated business continuity plans to ensure uninterrupted supply of products to its local and international customers after an incident at its Mussafah fuel depot.
CommSec analysts said oil prices were being supported by colder winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere which were driving up demand for heating fuels.
The tight supply-demand balance is unlikely to ease, analysts said, as some producers within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are struggling to pump at their allowed capacities, due to underinvestment and outages, under an agreement with Russia and allies to add 400,000 barrels per day each month.
"That should continue to be supportive for oil and increase talk of triple figure prices," said OANDA analyst Craig Erlam.
Azerbaijani chess player competing in Marienbad Open 2022
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Home TV Morgan and Haddish Return in The Last O.G. Season 2 Trailer
Morgan and Haddish Return in The Last O.G. Season 2 Trailer
The comedy will premiere on Tuesday, April 2
Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish are back for a second helping of The Last O.G., which debuted as 2018's #1 new cable comedy and the biggest cable comedy premiere since 2015, reaching 43.1 million viewers across all platforms in season one. Co-created by Jordan Peele, The Last O.G. Season 2 will premiere on TBS on Tuesday, April 2 at 10:30pm ET/PT.-
After losing his job, Tray (Morgan) goes all in on his dreams of becoming a chef. Tiffany Haddish stars as Tray's ex-girlfriend Shay, who has an intriguing business venture of her own on the horizon. Season two also features returning series regulars Ryan Gaul, who plays Shay's affable husband Josh; Allen Maldonado, who plays Tray's goofy but well-intentioned cousin Bobby; and Taylor Mosby and Dante Hoagland, who play Tray and Shay's teenage children, Shahzad and Amira.
Among the new guest stars joining the cast in Brooklyn are legendary hip hop artists Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, and Rakim, as well as Bresha Webb (Marlon), Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko), Anna Maria Horsford (The Bold and the Beautiful), Joshua Rivera (Escape at Dannemora), Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects), Brian Sacca (Wrecked), and Jack McBrayer (30 Rock).
The Last O.G. is executive produced by Tracy Morgan, Jordan Peele for Monkeypaw Productions, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum for The Tannenbaum Company, Saladin Patterson, and Joel Zadak of Artists First.
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International Politics podcast from Johns Hopkins University
Square Root in 60 seconds, by hand!
How to calculate the square root in 60 seconds by hand. The video shows a method on how to simplify the square root.
The New Frontier of Politics
Compared to the relative quiet of Eisenhower's presidency in the 1950s, the 1960s were rife with political activity. President Eisenhower left the White House after serving for eight years, opening the door for a vibrant young man to be elected on his promise of a New Frontier—John F. Kennedy. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
Pythagorean Theorem in 60 Seconds
The instructor uses a white board to demonstrate how to use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides of a right triangle. One example is modeled using a step by step approach to plugging known values in to the formula for Pythagorean Theorem.
One Year in 40 Seconds
A video of a scenic spot that goes through the transformation of the four seasons. It takes about 40 seconds to "travel" through all four seasons. Lovely video that provides a quick glimpse of each of the seasons. Run time 0:46.
Images from the same spot through one year. Shows a backyard with plenty of trees. A nice example of the changing of seasons. Run time 0:40
One year in 120 seconds on Vimeo
Time lapse photography gives us a great illustration of the changing of seasons. Run time 02:08
Ten Hits in Ten Seconds - The Whirlwind Batting Technique
A silly bit of baseball hitting, but may amuse the students. Note the batting helment is a must. Run time 1 min.


In the near future, light, unobtrusive smart glasses will reliably support deskless work and make technicians more efficient in their tasks. The last few years have seen increased investment in smart glasses technology, with a number of high-profile acquisitions and direct investments by large companies in manufacturers and start-ups, but some challenges still remain.
As seen in this this article by Jay Kim of AREA member APX Labs, form factors, capabilities and price are all continually evolving for the better. This post highlights the five challenges that providers face before their smart glasses are widespread in enterprise. Various providers are solving these problems on their own as industry-wide best practices for how to address these challenges have yet to be developed.
Processors for Augmented Reality-enabling tasks are steadily improving, but matching required capabilities for enterprise with optimal form factors is still a challenge. For example, graphics processors must be small, lightweight and highly power efficient in order to be placed within eyewear frames that remain comfortable to wear. Accelerating real world tracking and fluid rendering of virtual objects requires chips like NVIDIA Tegra X1 or Intel m7, which are just now showing up in the latest high-end smart glasses from companies like Atheer and DAQRI. Combined with eye-tracking capabilities, reliable voice and gesture recognition, these computational requirements add up, both in terms of battery consumption and heat production, which need to be properly and efficiently managed.
A high-resolution front-facing camera is necessary for creating Augmented Reality experiences but not all smart glasses have that functionality. Tilting and shaking also present challenges for both AR experience delivery and video conferencing.
Other areas of improvement remain to be made in battery life, similar to what is happening in the smartphone space. New models specifically designed to industrial specifications are coming to market this year but have yet to be extensively tested in real world settings.
Continuously providing Augmented Reality experiences based on cloud-hosted services and content requires uninterrupted bandwidth and coverage wherever employees with AR devices work. Ensuring reliable WiFi availability in cramped areas of a ship's steel-plated hull, for example, is a daunting challenge, and we are starting to see more and more solutions adopting robust offline functionality and local storage to fill in the gap.
Both devices and networks may require high security standards in sensitive environments to ensure proprietary information is not misplaced. The shortcomings in security are the same as those faced by existing wearables and smart devices in the market today.
As when content was being produced 25 years ago for the brand new World Wide Web, commonly accepted paradigms for the design of AR experiences to be delivered to smart glasses are non-existent. Authors of AR experiences must experiment and develop their own techniques for ensuring usability of user interfaces and safety.
As with the World Wide Web, standards for user interface design and content first require a greater proliferation of Augmented Reality usage on smart glasses, producing a chicken and egg phenomenon: with poor user experiences, usage remains low. With low demand, experimentation with new designs is slow.
Content for use in Augmented Reality experiences for smart glasses, such as images and 3D models, tends to be authored from scratch. Those companies that have made prior investments in CAD authoring tools have an advantage when they can access and convert existing, industrial CAD models into lightweight, polygonised versions for display in smart glasses. Successful authoring of AR content also requires heavily customized authoring toolchains and workflows and a uniform look and feel for displayed content that is emotive, highly relevant and takes into account safety requirements. 2015 saw a proliferation of providers creating smart-glasses-first content and applications to fully leverage the smart glasses platforms.
Some initiatives such as the OASIS Augmented Reality in Information Products technical committee and the IEEE AR Learning Experience Model (ARLEM) have been formed to address such challenges.
In addition to user experience for the human-machine interface, other UX factors for smart glasses are still improving. Cables are frequently required to connect a hands-free display to the networking or content processing hub, or to the battery pack. While these form factors solve many problems such as battery life and device weight, they still leave many yearning for an all-in-one device.
How to best interact naturally with the displayed content is something all manufacturers are trying to solve. The most sophisticated smart glasses are doing away with physical controls altogether in favor of voice, head motion, and gesture interaction. Bulkiness and limited field of view are other complaints that were prominent in the early days of smart glasses, but competition in this space has driven manufacturers to improve vastly on both of those. Narrow Field of View (FOV) limits the amount of information that can be displayed to the user, and the best smart glasses models are now delivering immersive display experiences that address those concerns.
Smart glasses present a number of new and unresolved safety challenges. Their sheer novelty also means that few regulations specifically targeting them have been developed.
As seen from this presentation by attorney Brian Wassom, although new regulatory regimes for smart glasses are required, none currently exist. Future conversations about the safety of head-mounted displays in environments such as the enterprise and industrial settings still need to take place.
Some challenges such as obstructed peripheral vision, for example, can pose a safety hazard when the wearer is in motion or in an industrial workspace. Adapting the amount and relevance of information displayed to the user is key to making the wearer safer on the job.
As with other types of wearables, smart glasses represent a novel technology whose development and usage are still evolving. Both business and technological challenges are in the process of being addressed so that smart glasses are generally accepted as routine work tools and become more recognized for their productivity-enhancing features.
Despite these challenges, several smart glasses deployments for enterprise use were announced in 2015 and some predict that 2016 will bring many more deployments as companies look to gain an edge on the competition.
What are your key challenges with smart glasses? Is your organization or smart glasses provider addressing any of these challenges already? Share with us your views in comments below.


"Angry Birds" Auditions - Who Got The Part?
While photographing some song birds, some of them decided to "fluff" themselves up and show off. The immediate thought was the movie that just came out today "Angry Birds". So I'm having a little fun again with photos :) Thought I would turn this into auditions for the movie thanks to Roger's suggestion....lol. Feel free to like and share :) Click on each photo to view a larger image.


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Episode 451: Why Street Fighter 6 Should Be a "Budget" Title
robinadventures / February 23, 2022
Well, that was announced earlier than expected!
There was a lot of speculation when Capcom put up a counter on one of their websites saying they were going to reveal something new. At the same time, however, there was little doubt it was going to be Street Fighter 6. All signs pointed to it as the countdown started on the number "6" and the timer was going to end just as the Capcom Cup Finals was ending.
I don't think anyone was really surprised when they did reveal the teaser trailer for Street Fighter 6 but that didn't mean we were still excited to get confirmation a new entry in their long-lived fighting game franchise. The teaser didn't really show much as it just revealed Ryu (in his "Hot Ryu" getup) just about to face off against newcomer Luke. The teaser then promised we'll get more news in in the summer of this year and that was it.
I can't help but say I'm a bit miffed, though. Capcom made a huge deal with a countdown and everything and all we got was a measly teaser just over 30 seconds? I wanted to see a whole lot more, obviously! I guess the folks at Capcom knew this would happen, which is probably why they also announced the Capcom Fighting Collection, which will include the entire slate of Darkstalkers games and even some other lesser known Capcom Fighters like Red Earth and Cyberbots. Most, if not all of them, will include the ability to play against others online with rollback netcode! Super cool! No Rival Schools, though. Bummer.
Anyway, while the Capcom Fighters Collection is cool and all, I do want to talk about Street Fighter 6 as it's obviously the bigger game. I to want to say something which may seem controversial and Capcom will probably won't do it because it does seem crazy. However, I will go out and say it: Capcom should make Street Fighter 6 a "budget" title. Heck, I even say make it "free to play' but even I know that's too insane! The bottom line is that Capcom should really consider selling Street Fighter 6 at a much lower price when they do release it.
Now, this may sound totally bonkers. Street Fighter is one of Capcom's tentpole franchises. The game has a fairly solid fanbase as well. So why would I even suggest they start selling Street Fighter 6 a budget title or even "free to play" when they know rabid fans such as myself will be willing to but it at a premium price? My answer would be Street Fighter V.
As much as I love Street Fighter V, I have to be honest and say the game wasn't all that great when it released way back when. It was in a very rough state, to say the least. The roster was a sparse 16 characters. Getting a stable connection to face off against online opponents was bothersome and not all that reliable.
Probably the worst part of Street Fighter V for me was the extremely very pruned down single player experience. Sure, there was the Training mode and even some combo challenges. The really sad thing, however, was the only "official" way to play against the CPU was to get into Story mode. It would've been bearable if the AI put up some kind of fight to make things exciting. The problem was Capcom thought it would be too much for some players and made it so the Story mode opponents could be beaten by a baby… literally!
Capcom focused too much on the online portion of Street Fighter V, which wasn't even super polished, by the way, and just threw in negligible content for single players. That was incredibly dumb and people who paid full price for Street Fighter V was upset! Never mind how balanced things felt nor how the game did feel good when controlling it. When people pay a premium for a brand new game, we do expect more than just a barebones experience. It didn't matter if they were going to have (paid) content for it down the line. We want a good game when we buy it!
When word got out Street Fighter V didn't have a lot of content, sales for the game suffered hard. It really took a while, maybe around 2 years before Street Fighter V actually started to sell really well. It took a couple of seasons of content for Capcom to build up the game to a respectable level. Even when Arcade Edition was released, sales didn't exactly meet expectations but did start to pick up because Street Fighter V felt like whole.
While I do think Capcom has learned their lesson with the way they bungled Street Fighter V, fans are now a whole lot more cautious about the content of their fighting games. That's all because of Street Fighter V's sad beginnings and fans may not be too eager to plop down a large chunk of their money with Street Fighter 6. If Capcom launched Street Fighter V in a barebones state, what's to stop them from doing the same for the next installment? Selling Street Fighter 6 at a discount will definitely alleviate those concerns a whole lot.
However, the bigger reason why I believe Capcom should make Street Fighter 6 a "budget" title is because they can ultimately make more money by doing so. I know it seems counter-intuitive but I don't really think Street Fighter V really made a lot of money thanks to the game's sales. Where Capcom made most of its money from the game was with the DLC sales.
Street Fighter V took its time building up its roster because content was released for it slowly for the succeeding years. The new characters could be purchased using the in-game currency but you really had to grind for it. Most people just opted to use real money and pay for the Season Pass each year. I know I did! Moreover, I can't help but see Capcom making a whole lot of money by selling extra costumes. I mean, they wouldn't keep on making Chun-Li outfits if they weren't selling, would they?
However, some people, such as myself, will be a little more hesitant with purchasing extra costumes, even if the price is very low. If I already spent a lot of money on the base game, I'm generally more reluctant to dropping more cash into it for cosmetic changes. This wouldn't be as much of a concern if the game wasn't all that pricey, though. I believe this is the case for most fighting game fans. So, Capcom actually can make more money by selling more costumes and extra content if they reduce the price for Street Fighter 6 since more people will be willing to drop smaller amounts of money into it!
I know there's a snowball's chance in hell Capcom won't sell Street Fighter 6 at a premium price at launch. It's still a huge franchise and fans will gobble it up the instant it's released. However, I'm thinking there's generally going to be more money in the long run if they reduce the price.
At least the game automatically has Hot Ryu.
I like clean cut guys but he does look manly.
*Growl*
Are you excited for Street Fighter 6? What do you think Street Fighter 6's price point should be? Let me know in the comments section below!
February 23, 2022 in Robin's Adventures. Tags: capcom, free to play, ryu, street fighter
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This beautiful chandelier is trimmed with Empress crystal(TM). A great European tradition. Nothing was ever quite so elegant as the fine crystal 16 light chandeliers, that lent sparkle to brilliant evenings in palaces and manor houses across Europe. This beautiful version is decorated with 100% crystal that captures and reflects the light of candle bulbs resting in a scalloped bobeche. The timeless elegance of this chandelier is sure to lend a special atmosphere in every home. Bulbs are not... Number of Lights: 24 Fixture Design: Shaded Chandelier Overall Height (Hanging): 70 Fixture: 52 H x 46 W x 46 D Overall Weight: 52lb.
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