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In 2016 McConaghy released two new modern Classics as part of the McConaghy Classic Yachts range. The McConaghy Classic 57 and the McConaghy Classic 67 combine the classic styling of Hoek Design, with the benefits of a performance cruising yacht. Constructed with some of the world's most advanced production methods and materials, these two yachts will be built in semi-production, but allow a level of customisation and owner involvement to ensure every yacht is unique. The yachts will be built at McConaghy's facilities near Hong Kong, the same facilities that build many of the world's leading race yachts. The composite hulls employ carbon for structural reinforcement and carbon will also feature in items including the clear coat carbon wheel, pedestal and deck features.

No. 1 Healthcare Treatment in USA & Canada A Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) treatment has a profound effect on the human body and when the physical body is brought into alignment many existing physical impairments or discomforts simply disappear, often within one or two sessions. The treatment utilises a series of medically approved, joint mobilisations & stretches that quickly & easily bring the body into balance, alleviating pain, increasing energy levels and improving your overall health. KCR is a safe, gentle and non-invasive therapy that is suitable for all ages. The protocol was developed by Scottish Physiotherapist, Hugh Gilbert, a recognised leader in his field. See below for a list of conditions that KCR is known to have helped and click here to see the clinical data demonstrating the speed and effectiveness of treatments. Some of the conditions helped and often eliminated by KCR include: Tennis (Golfer's) Elbow Hip/Pelvic Problems Groin Strains Knee Problems Weak/Sprained Ankles Repeatitive Strain Injury Snorning / Sleep Apnoea Behavioural Disorders in Children What about Sports Performance? Poor alignment and posture inhibit performance, range of movement and decrease strength. Therefore many athletes are now using KCR treatments to return their bodies to a balanced state, which maximises their overall potential, maintains their edge and reduces the occurrence of injuries. KCR benefits athletes of any age or commitment level. Cyclists can go faster over longer distances Golfers hit straighter and further Skiers or snowboarders improve their technique Runners increase their stamina Horse Riders feel more balanced in the saddle Kinetic Chain Release Clinical Results Over 2,500 Kinetic Chain Release patient cases have been evaluated by FOTO inc* and as a result of these studies, KCR is now ranked as the No.1 treatment in USA & Canada. The results shown in the table demonstrate the speed and effectiveness of KCR treatments for a variety of conditions. For example, someone coming with the complaint of neck pain was predicted to be resolved within an average of 10.81 visits (this is based on the current gold standard treatment times), however, it was actually resolved in an average of only 1.26 KCR treatments with an effectiveness rating of 98%. *FOTO inc is a data outcome measurement system that reports on patient rehabilitation outcomes. This KCR data was collected from over 2500 Kinetic Chain Release cases, from KCR practitioners that have been trained through the Hugh Gilbert Organisation. The data was then compared against FOTO inc's massive database of over 21 million patient cases from more than 22,000 other clinicians, of which most are physiotherapists.

October is here and we're rounding the corner into one of the best seasons of the year. Now that fall has really begun and that the cooler weather is slowly beginning to creep into town, we're starting to think about all of the recipes that we love to make during this time of year. It's the time of year where everyone begins to crave warm, flavorful comfort foods. If one of your favorite comfort foods is a savory soup, we have a great recipe to share with you. Place potatoes, cut side down, in a large microwave-safe baking dish. Add 1/2 cup of water and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Let cool slightly, then squeeze sweet potato flesh out of skins. Discard skins. Add olive oil to a medium saucepan set to medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, sautéing for 2 minutes until softened. Stir in chili powder, salt, cumin, and cinnamon. Add sweet potatoes and chicken broth. Bring to a boil & then remove from heat.

One of our bestsellers in Sharm El Sheikh! This property is 11 minutes walk from the beach. Overlooking Sinai Mountains, Falcon Hills Hotel offers value-for-money accommodation with 2 beaches nearby. It features 2 outdoor pools, tennis courts and a spa with massage treatments. This property is also rated for the best value in Sharm El Sheikh! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city. WiFi is available in some hotel rooms and costs USD 10 per 24 hours.

Time ZoneTz2 not chosen or n/a Africa/Sao_Tome America/Cancun America/Grand_Turk America/Merida America/Nassau Asia/Pyongyang Asia/Seoul Use if your location is in the drop-down. Will override the following two (Time Offset and DST) settings. Time OffsetTime Off. (timezone) Enter the difference in hours3 to Greenwich, U.K. (GMT/UTC), positive for east, negative for west. Numbers can include one decimal point or a comma for entering fractional portions. Because of rounding, the preview text and the calendar may differ by 1/10th of a minute—this does not significantly affect any of the times calculated. 2. The time zone setting, will adjust time offsets (zones) and DST rules for locations that changed either during their existence, e.g. Cancún, Mexico changed from Central to Eastern time on 1 Feb 2015; and, The Bahamas has used both North American and their own DST rules. This will override the time offset and dst rule settings. 3. To enter a half-hour time zone use a .5, for example -3.5 for Newfoundland, Canada. 4. On the calendar, latitude and longitude will be shown with the notation "not for navigational purposes". Please see the Accuracy page for the reason why. †Use the appropriate time zone for accurate, historical time offsets and DST settings.

Computational Medicine Begins to Enhance the Way Doctors Detect and Treat Disease Media Contact: Phil Sneiderman [email protected] Computational medicine, a fast-growing method of using computer models and sophisticated software to figure out how disease develops–and how to thwart it–has begun to leap off the drawing board and land in the hands of doctors who treat patients for heart ailments, cancer and other illnesses. Using digital tools, researchers have begun to use experimental and clinical data to build models that can unravel complex medical mysteries. These are some of the conclusions of a new review of the field published in the Oct. 31 issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine. The article, "Computational Medicine: Translating Models to Clinical Care," was written by four Johns Hopkins professors affiliated with the university's Institute for Computational Medicine. The institute was launched in 2005 as collaboration between the university's Whiting School of Engineering and its School of Medicine. The goal was to use powerful computers to analyze and mathematically model disease mechanisms. The results were to be used to help predict who is at risk of developing a disease and to determine how to treat it more effectively. In recent years, "The field has exploded. There is a whole new community of people being trained in mathematics, computer science and engineering, and they are being cross-trained in biology," said institute director Raimond Winslow. "This allows them to bring a whole new perspective to medical diagnosis and treatment. Engineers traditionally construct models of the systems they are designing. In our case, we're building computational models of what we trying to study, which is disease." Looking at disease through the lens of traditional biology is like trying to assemble a very complex jigsaw puzzle with a huge number of pieces, he said. The result can be a very incomplete picture. "Computational medicine can help you see how the pieces of the puzzle fit together to give a more holistic picture," Winslow said. "We may never have all of the missing pieces, but we'll wind up with a much clearer view of what causes disease and how to treat it." Raimond Winslow, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine. Biology in both health and disease is very complex, Winslow added. It involves the feed-forward flow of information from the level of the gene to protein, networks, cells, organs and organ systems. This is already complex, he said, and to make matters even more difficult, it also involves feed-back pathways by which, for example, proteins, mechanical forces at the level of tissues and organs, and environmental factors regulate function at lower levels such as the gene. Computational models, Winslow said, help us to understand these complex interactions, the nature of which is often highly complex and non-intuitive. Models like these allow researchers to understand disease mechanisms, aid in diagnosis, and test the effectiveness of different therapies. By using computer models, he said, potential therapies can be tested "In Silico" at high speed. The results can then be used to guide further experiments to gather new data to refine the models until they are highly predictive. "Our intent in writing this journal article was to open the eyes of physicians and medical researchers who are unfamiliar with the field of computational medicine," said Winslow, who is first author of the Science Translational Medicine overview. He also wanted to describe examples of computational medicine that are making their way out of research labs and into clinics where patients are being treated. "This transition," he said, "is already under way." Here are some examples described in the paper: Advanced mathematical models are allowing researchers to better understand how networks of molecules are implicated in cancer and then use this knowledge to predict which patients are at risk of developing the disease. A discipline called computational physiological medicine is using computer models to look at how biological systems change over time from a healthy to an unhealthy state. This approach is being used to help develop better treatments for cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Computational anatomy uses medical images to detect changes, for example, in the shape of various structures in the brain. Researchers have found shape changes that appear to be associated with Alzheimer's disease and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. Computational models of electrical activity in the heart are on their way to being used to guide doctors in preventing sudden cardiac death and in diagnosing and treating those at risk for it. Winslow said many challenges must still be overcome before computational medicine becomes a routine part of patient care. But, as one example of how quickly the field is being embraced, he points to a new iPad application that uses computational anatomy methods to guide doctors in delivering deep brain stimulation to patients with Parkinson's disease. "We are poised at an exciting moment in medicine," he writes in the journal article. "Computational medicine will continue to grow as a discipline because it is providing a new quantitative approach to understanding, detecting and treating disease at the level of the individual." Winslow's coauthors are Natalia Trayanova and Michael I. Miller, professors of biomedical engineering, and Donald Geman, a professor of applied mathematics and statistics. Research described in the paper was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. A brief video depicting computational models of the heart, with caption, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzrD0_cKDOw . The journal article is online here: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/158/158rv11.full Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine: http://icm.jhu.edu Whiting School of Engineering: http://engineering.jhu.edu Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering: http://www.bme.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins University news releases can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/ Information on automatic E-mail delivery of science and medical news releases is available at the same address. November 1, 2012 Tags: biomedical devices, biomedical engineering, computational medicine, computer models, imaging technology, Science Translational Medicine Posted in Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Technology

How Magicians Think by Joshua Jay Review by Michael Close [Full disclosure: I offered editorial suggestions on an earlier version of this book.] Joshua Jay is well known to magicians as a lecturer, performer, magazine columnist, and magic dealer. He has written several books for the general public, including Magic – The Complete Course, Big Magic for Little Hands, and Joshua Jay's Amazing Book of Cards. These are books of instruction, geared toward aspiring, beginning magicians. His newest book, How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters has a different goal and is aimed toward a different audience: those who enjoy the performance of magic as a spectator sport. In his Introduction, he writes: "My hope is that after reading How Magicians Think, you'll watch magic shows differently – not less critically, but in a more enlightened way. Too many of us watch magic shows to figure out how the tricks are done. As you'll learn, that mindset is a trap. While you're busy trying to find the solution to an illusion, you miss what is in plain sight: artistry. You miss the staging of the illusion, the carefully considered script, and a perfectly timed observation that distracts your mind or makes you laugh. You ignore the aesthetics of the show, the grace with which the objects appear and disappear, and the way the lighting, the costumes, and the props are thematically linked. You fail to grasp the metaphor of what the magician is doing and the interplay between their work and what's going on in the world around them. Magic tricks aren't puzzles, but most of us see them that way. "At its very best, magic reminds us of the thrill of the unknown. Many of the performing arts can take our breath away, but only magic makes you question whether you saw what you just saw. Most other performing arts are about understanding and experience. Magic puts front and center what we don't understand, so we can marvel at the mystery. "People often conflate being fooled with feeling foolish. I want to help people see that although being fooled is magic's baseline for success, it can be – and ought to be – much more. Magicians do things beyond our comprehension. When done well, those things should instill in us a unique cocktail of feelings that no other performing art can deliver: escape, awe, and – in the best cases – pure wonder." How Magicians Think can be most easily categorized as a "magic appreciation" book. Such books exist for every aspect of artistic endeavour. A cursory search on Amazon turned up the following: What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland, The Joy of Art by Carolyn Schlam, Dance Appreciation by Amanda Clark and Sara Pecina, The Art of Watching Films by Dennis Petrie and Joe Boggs, and Understanding Jazz by Tom Piazza and Wynton Marsalis. The function of these books is explained by William Schuman in the Introduction to What to Listen for in Music: "For the innocent music lover it must seem strange indeed to read a how-to book on the subject of listening to music. Since when are there problems in listening to music? Music is there to be enjoyed. Why should one have to learn or need guidance on how to listen to what one is hearing? And why would one of our great composers take time from composing to write a primer on music? The answer is simple. Listening to music is a skill that is acquired through experience and learning. Knowledge enhances enjoyment." Classical music, jazz, dance, photography, painting, sculpture, film making, and a host of other artistic creative fields are deep and complex. The more the enthusiast understands about them, the greater the appreciation of both the art and the artist. With How Magicians Think, Josh Jay attempts to provide a similar level of enlightenment to magic show audiences. However, there is an inherent challenge, and it's a big one. If you want to understand how jazz works, you can go as deep down the rabbit hole as you want – learning about chord functions, song forms, scales, the evolution of harmonic and melodic complexity, and the history of jazz styles and the related major players. None of that information is going to diminish your appreciation of jazz, because none of it is a secret. Of all the arts (and, for the moment, let's consider conjuring to be an art form), only magic strives to convince an audience of the veracity of a deceptive experience. In order to do this, magicians must distort the facts, and the methods to accomplish this distortion have to be withheld from our spectators. If those methods are revealed, the deception vanishes. If you have been in magic for any length of time, you understand the implications of gaining knowledge of the techniques and principles of conjuring: with experience, we have fewer and fewer opportunities to experience the moments of astonishment that "hooked" us at the beginning. We may appreciate the theatricality, emotion, and technical expertise of a particular performer, but if we're not "fooled," we lose magic's unique factor. This, then, is the challenge Joshua Jay faced when writing How Magicians Think: how do you educate without eliminating magic's ability to create wonder? Fortunately, Josh has walked this tightrope adroitly; he illuminates how (the best) magicians approach their art/craft without revealing secrets. And bravo to that. How Magicians Think contains fifty-two chapters; each chapter answers a question a layman has asked Josh over the past years. Examples are: What does it Feel Like to Perform Magic, How do you Create Magic, How Often do Magicians Practice, Why is Magic so Male-dominated, What Role do Words Play in Magic, Do Magicians Get Fooled, What's the Next Big Thing in Magic, and a two-part chapter, Why Magic. Josh also discusses his favorite magicians, including Jerry Andrus, Rune Klan, Richard Turner, Rene Lavand, Ricky Jay, Simon Aronson, Jeff McBride, Derren Brown, Rob Zebrecky, David Williamson, Tommy Wonder, and Juan Tamariz. Obviously, the answers to these questions reflect Josh's opinions and life experiences; I think most good magicians around the world would agree with them. Mixed in are a substantial amount of magic history, plus information on magicians whose names are more familiar to the public: David Copperfield, David Blaine, and Penn & Teller. And, as I mentioned earlier, Josh does all this without exposing secrets. How Magicians Think is an excellent resource to suggest to laymen who are fans of magic. Rather than steering them to a beginner magic text (which might only produce a layman who knows too much), this book provides a sense of what goes on in the world of magic and what the best magicians think about when they prepare their tricks, routines, and shows. While it is not geared toward magicians, you might find it useful as a guide to answering questions your audience may ask you. Recommended. ♦ Tags: Book review Joshua Jay Variations by Boris Wild Bob Farmer Manuscripts Every Card You Take by Sylvain Juzan John Carney's Legerdemain Manuscripts Bob Farmer David Regal denis behr Dennis Loomis Denny Haney Jamy Ian Swiss Joshua Jay Juzan Larry Jennings Max Maven Michael Rubinstein Stephen Minch

Government presents developments on strategy of Ukraine's quarantine exit Restrictions will be lifted in several stages, and this, according to government estimates, may last until early July of this year Press-service of the Cabinet of Ministers The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has begun to develop a strategy for quitting the country, which should be completed in May, as Prime Minister Denys Shmygal wrote in his Telegram channel. "The Cabinet of Ministers created the Council on Economic Development of Ukraine, which includes the best scientists and economists with world renown. Now we are working together to develop a quarantine exit strategy that we are introducing next week," Shmygal said. According to him, it is planned that in May, Ukrainians should leave their homes and go to work. Related: Price of petrol, diesel fuel, autogas continue to fall in Ukraine Shmygal pointed to several ready-made points in the quarantine exit strategy: Stage 1 - during the 'emergency' regime, by early May, the government should implement programs to support vulnerable groups of the population, the unemployed and physicians, as well as mobilize medical resources. Stage 2 - beginning of May - beginning of June: creation of 500 thousand new jobs, credit support for small and medium-sized businesses, partial removal of restrictions on public transport, shifted work schedule. Stage 3 - beginning of June - beginning of July: completion of the academic year 2019-2020, the resumption of public transport according to the new rules, the lifting of the ban on visiting recreational areas subject to safety requirements, the weakening of self-isolation conditions for the elderly. As we reported before, the World Bank will provide Ukraine $ 150 million, of which $ 50 million to support vulnerable segments of the population during the coronavirus epidemic and $ 100 million to improve social protection in general. Related: Death toll from coronavirus in world exceeds 100,000 Cabinet of Ministers coronavirus Covid-2019 Denys Shmygal (PM) CovidUkraine Zelensky instructs Ukrainian govt to inform Ukrainians on current quarantine restrictions 11 January 2021, 16:14 Ukrainian govt approves concept of Donbas' economic development 23 December 2020, 16:53 Ukrainian govt approves concept of country's space program for 2021-2025 13 January 2021, 17:47 Ukrainian govt approves bill on Ukraine's withdrawal from another CIS agreement 29 December 2021, 08:06

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"The 2008 Sammarco is striking. Freshly cut flowers, red berries, mint and licorice burst from the glass. The 2008 is remarkably open and vibrant today, but it will almost certainly shut down with more time in bottle. Today the 2008 impresses for its length and pure, mineral-infused fruit. Dazzling aromatics, beautifully delineated fruit and fabulous structure all come to life in this stunning, breathtaking wine. I wish every Wine Advocate reader could taste this wine. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2038. Rampolla is one of the most fascinating wineries in Tuscany, and Italy, for that matter. The relentless pursuit of excellence is evident in these spectacular wines. The 2008s capture Rampolla in a transitional phase that marks the move to cement and amphora, which was completed by 2009. As for the wines, they are spectacular. In 2010, Rampolla introduced a new wine, a 100% Sangiovese fermented and aged in amphora, with no additional SO2, that I was not able to taste for this article. Simply put, these are reference point wines from Luca and Maurizia Di Napoli."

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A World Without Bees? Here's What Happens If Bees Go Extinct Assessing our chances of survival without the prodigious pollinator. by Brian Palmer Biden's Clean Trucks Proposal Is Too Slow on Ditching Dirty Diesel Communities in high-traffic corridors need trucks to stop polluting their air—and they need it now. by Courtney Lindwall It's Time to Defuse Oil as a Weapon of War Russia is financing its invasion of Ukraine with oil and gas sales—and many of the same nations horrified by its actions are its customers. by Jeff Turrentine IPCC: We Cannot Look Away—Climate Risks Are Cascading The U.N. panel's latest report paints a picture of the grim effects of global warming—and underscores the need for urgent, transformative adaptation. Here's What's Happening at COP26 We're keeping track of the latest news from Glasgow as government and climate leaders hash out how to rein in runaway warming. The Mission to Save Florida's Reefs Here's how a sweeping reef restoration plan in the Florida Keys hopes to transform an ecological disaster into a great American comeback story. IPCC: We've Already Warmed the Planet to Catastrophic Effect, but the Level of That Catastrophe Is Up to Us There's no going back, but there is a way forward: Act now and go big. Biden's American Jobs Plan Is Also a Climate Plan The $2 trillion it would invest in the country's infrastructure and workforce will help the United States recover from the past while preparing for the future. A Race to Track the Southern Seas To help prepare coastlines for the worsening effects of the climate crisis, scientists need more historical sea level records from the Global South—and they're looking everywhere, from libraries to attics. Biden Pledges to Cut U.S. Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030 It's urgent. It's ambitious. But most of all, it's totally doable.

Maher Terminals welcomes 10,000 TEUs ZIM ANTWERP 27-6月-2017|9:26 The historic Bayonne Bridge was raised to allow the arrival of larger ships following the expansion of the Panama Canal. ZIM is one of the leading carriers serving the Asia-East Coast trade ​10,000 TEUs ZIM ANTWERP passed under the elevated Bayonne Bridge in New York, the first of such size to call Maher terminals. Upon arrival, an official ceremony took place on board the ZIM ANTWERP with the participation of Port Authority of NY & NJ, Maher terminals and ZIM USA representatives headed by President George Goldman, to mark the historic passage. ZIM Antwerp's captain received a plaque commemorating the event. ZIM ANTWERP arrived in New York after calling ports in China, crossing the new Panama Canal and calling the US ports of Savannah, Charleston and Norfolk. It will head next to Halifax before returning to Asia. The ZIM ANTWERP sails the ZIM Container Service Pacific (ZCP), one of ZIM's flagship lines, recently upgraded as part of the company's renewed network. It is part of ZIM's global strategy to operate as an independent company, focusing on trade routes where it has competitive advantages. George Goldman, President of ZIM USA: "ZIM is a significant player in this trade and one of the leading carriers serving the Asia-East Coast trade, which is expected to continue to grow following the expansion of the Panama Canal. The trade is also served by another major ZIM service, the ZIM Seven Star Express (Z7S) along with additional complementary lines." Maher terminals President & CEO, Mr. Gary Cross, said: "ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has been a loyal container customer of Maher Terminals dating back to the opening of our first terminal in the early seventies. Now, nearly fifty years later, we are privileged to share in this momentous occasion of the 10062 teu ZIM Antwerp calling in the Port of NY/NJ at our facility under the newly raised roadway of the Bayonne Bridge. This event adds to the list of important milestones we share together in our long relationship. We applaud ZIM for their continued success and look forward to handling many more of their mega-vessels at Maher Terminals for many more years to come." 03-7月-2019 | 10:12 ZIM is Launching two Direct Services between Asia and the US Gulf, Further Expanding its Strategic Operational Cooperation with the 2M Alliance ZIM Introduces myZIM Personal Notifications to Enhance Customer Experience 阅读所有最新消息

Thought it would be fun to start a thread that is somewhat opposite of the franken thread, that highlights and appreciates fine Soviet and Russian pieces found on the web, but not necessarily in your personal collection. The fact is Russian/Soviet watches have increased in price quite a bit so there are some very unique and interesting pieces out there that may be beyond many of our means, but I thought it might still be fun to highlight them and have a conversation about them. To kick things off, I wanted to show this Officer's Award Pavel Bure that has been on ebay for a while. It seems dropped dead gorgeous, fully 14k pocket watch, with excellent detailing of the royal court seal and a professionally well done inscription (something that I've found is quite rare with Russian pieces in general for some reason - inscriptions aren't done well and many seem sloppy, this one seems perfect). mroatman, slowprop, Perdendosi and 3 others like this. That one is a Grail watch - modified valjoux 61 movement apparently. There is a homage project in progress through the watch.ru forum (https://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/rei...es-937903.html). What I would give to get my hands on one of those and its chronograph sibling (photo is from Misrob's collection) . These rarities are from an older thread. Last edited by Ham2; April 19th, 2015 at 04:47. mvmt, RustyNutsMGs, DC guy and 4 others like this. Chascomm, heimdalg and herdingwetcats like this. heimdalg, OhDark30 and maguirejp like this. Balance looks like it could withstand a direct hit. I wonder what the terminals are for. Is this some kind of hybrid? Could this be connected to the very interesting prototype in Mark's collection #1529? Last edited by schnurrp; April 21st, 2015 at 13:16. Probably with the 24 jewels movement. 1) Ohotsk is small "town type settlement" (just not a town!) in Habarovsk region ("Habarovskiy kray"), and Magadan is much bigger city in the same (msk+8) time zone. 2) Since 1956 Ohotsk and Habarovsk are in one time zone (msk+7). 3) Gorky is written as "ГОРЬКИИ", but correct is "ГОРЬКИЙ" - in russian we newer use "И" instead of "Й", this is different letters! Chascomm and oldfox like this.

Long-Term Care Leader Rhonda Guilin of xACSIA Partners Insurance Agency Will Help "Kill the Wicked Witch of Alzheimer's" Brea, CA January 10, 2017 -- For the second year in a row, xACSIA Partners Insurance Agency, a national long-term care insurance agency, will join the fight against Alzheimer's disease. As part of its three-day annual conference, the company will host a fundraiser on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association, which seeks a cure for the debilitating disease. The gala event, on January 14, is at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. The company has hundreds of agents nationwide, all invited to the conference. Those attending the gala will don purple capes as "Wizards of Alzheimer's" to highlight the need to "kill the wicked witch." Last year, the company raised thousands of dollars for the Alzheimer's Association. "We aim to raise thousands again this year," says Rhonda Guilin, who represents xACSIA Partners Insurance Agency in AZ, CA, HI, IL, MI, MT, NM, NV, OH, TX, WA, WV. Why the company's interest in Alzheimer's? "It's simple," says Guilin. "The disease has become a leading reason care is needed." About one in four long-term care insurance claims are due to Alzheimer's, according to the Society of Actuaries. Alzheimer's or another form of dementia afflicts one in nine Americans age 65 and older, and one in three age 85 and older, according to the Alzheimer's Association. "It's a real threat to most families," says Guilin. "At some point Alzheimer's sufferers may need help eating, moving around, or going to the bathroom. Unless their loved ones are prepared to help them do such things, they need savings or insurance to hire professionals. Our mission is to educate Americans about their options." "Eventually," Guilin adds, "we'd like to knock the disease stone dead. In the meantime, we can help people live better lives in spite of it." Rhonda Guilin is a leading long-term care agent serving consumers and organizations in AZ, CA, HI, IL, MI, MT, NM, NV, OH, TX, WA, WV, with colleagues covering all other parts of the country.

Keeping track of time zones can be a bit of a pain, especially if you are collaborating with others in foreign countries. Vista gives you a convenient fix for this by allowing you to have up to two additional time zones that display whenever you hover your mouse over the clock. Here's how . . . 1. Right-click on the clock in the taskbar. 3. Select the Additional Clocks tab. 4. Check the box for additional clock 1 and/or 2 and select the time zone(s). 5. Type in a display name for your clock(s). Now you can hover your mouse over the clock and see the what time it is in your friend's time zone.

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You'll begin the game as Desmond on a beach. You are only able to move forward, so do that, and you'll run into Subject 16, a recurring but unseen character from previous games. You'll follow him automatically as he walks and talks to you, bringing you to a big gate. After he disappears, head into the gate. In the next scene, you'll be playing as an old and grizzled Ezio, the main character from Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood. The game picks up where the high-definition trailer scene leaves off, in the former Assassin stronghold of Masyaf. Follow Altair up a series of beams to the first platform by holding RT+A to enter free run. Continue to climb up to the final beam, then walk across to the attached platform. Continue to follow the ghost image of Altair, climbing up the side of the building in free run mode. At the top, you'll encounter a Templar guard. Press X repeatedly to punch him out. If you want, you can walk over to him and press B to search his body for gold and possibly items. Follow Altair up the wall ahead, then shimmy across to the left as he does. At the leftmost post, climb up onto the building. Up here, you'll trigger a scene where Ezio collects the HIDDEN BLADE and an ASSASSIN YATAGHAN SWORD. You can press UP to equip the hidden blade and RIGHT for the sword. Walk along the wall to encounter two more enemies to fight with your newfound sword. Walk up the steps ahead and fight a couple more guards, then continue forward across the side of the bridge with scaffolding. Next to the scaffolding is a lift. Hold RT and approach it to ascend to the top level automatically. Approach the window in free run to start climbing, then move upward while holding RT to speed up your ascent until you reach the beam above the window. From this beam, jump across to the left to a building extension and climb the handholds above you. Shimmy around to the left, then at the end, jump across several poles to reach a place where you can climb up the wall to a ledge. Climb up the window ahead, then shimmy across to the left to a ledge directly beneath a guard. Press X to assassinate this guard from below. Jump to the beam across from you, then jump to a hanging light that swings around to another beam, from which you can jump to a ledge and assassinate another guard. From here, climb the pillar on the wall and jump across to the right, where you can climb up to the roof. Follow Altair and approach the eagle statue, then press B to interact. You'll emerge from a body of water and engage a lone Templar. This is a good time to counter his attack (RT+X) for a counter kill, which will earn you full synchronization for this mission. Head ahead, and you'll be given four targets to assassinate. The first one can be taken out with an air assassination (RT+X). Now approach each of the targets and silently assassinate them each, then speak to the man in front of you. The worker will lead you to a mission to recover the Templars' journal. To get the full sync bonus for this mission, you must not fail any of the tailing segments, so if you get spotted during one and you were aiming for full sync, you may wish to restart. Turn around, walk to the door leading out of the room, and open it with B. In the next room, go through the door on the right leading outside. Take out the group of guards on your left, then climb the ladder up to the wall and kill another group of four guards. Don't forget to search their bodies for money and items. From this wall, jump and press X to deploy your parachute, then steer toward the village area where your mark is headed. This is a tailing sequence, so avoid being spotted. To tail your target, try jumping along rooftops along their path to stay out of sight. If this proves difficult, move in a group of people to hide yourself. If the target spots you, get your distance or blend in with a group of people immediately to avoid detection. You'll catch your target, the Templar captain, as he exits the town. He will be getting into a carriage, and you will unavoidably be detected. Don't worry, this won't cost you your full sync. Ezio will run after the carriage and grab onto a rope randomly hanging from the back. Hopee he doesn't get a brushburn. Anyway, that completes this mission. As you are pulled along by the carriage, use the left stick to move back and forth. When the rope begins to tear, hold the left stick up to reel it in, but don't forget to stop reeling and pull to the left to avoid the upcoming rocks, then right to avoid the next rock bank. After the obstacles are behind you, continue reeling in the rope. Rocky patches will continue to appear, alternating between left and right each time. Be sure to stop reeling in and move into position well in advance, then continue after each passes. After a few more obstacles, you should pass up the tearing section. After this, the carriage will enter a narrow pass, and it will become necessary to avoid hitting the walls with each turn. Continue to pull yourself up, and after another section will rocky patches to avoid, you should be able to reach the carriage. Unfortunately, your target jumps across to another carriage before you can get to him, and your own carriage is toppled. You'll now be on a separate carriage chasing the target. An enemy carriage will follow you. As it nears you, aggressively steer your carriage into it to damage it. Ramming the carriage will cause damage, as well as running it off the road. You will deal more damage if you wind up more first. When the carriage's health is depleted, it will be destroyed. It appears that Ezio has quite a need for speed, as it were. The battle with the Templar's carriage will be more difficult. Your main concern will not be damage dealt by the opponent's carriage, but damage dealt by running over patches of rubble. Avoid rubble while trying to strategically shove your opponent into these rough patches. When you reach a fork up ahead, a scene will interrupt the fight, and the mission will conclude with an automatic full sync. You will be weakened and facing three guards. Your gun will automatically be equipped. Press RT to lock on, then hold Y to aim and release to fire. If you're quick, you can shoot the guards before they can get in close. Loot the bodies, then proceed to the bridge ahead. Cross the bridge while the guard is moving away, then equip your hidden blade and assasinate him. Walk up to the waterwheel and ascend, then assassinate yet another unsuspecting guard. Proceed into the town, which is patrolled by numerous guards. There's a haystack just behind the carriage ahead that can help you get full sync for this mission. Simply lure enemies to the haystack by triggering the investigative state (yellow) without starting combat (red). When they go to investigate the haystack with you inside, press X to assassinate them and drag them into the haystack. Do this five times successfully with any haystack to accomplish a full sync for this mission. As you proceed through the town, you will be unable to climb buildings due to your injury. You can, however, use other methods to avoid enemies or sneak up on them. You can use throwing knives to take guards out from afar, or use poison darts to cause targets to make a scene when they die and draw attention away from you. Use the new and improved Eagle Vision (LS) to see the patrol paths of the guards so that you can sneak up and assassinate them from behind. Proceed through the fairly linear streets until you reach a large gate. Walking through the gate triggers a scene, and you'll have to fight three guards while still on low health. Block their attacks (by holding RT) to avoid damage. When they are dead, loot their bodies for MEDICINE, then hold RB to open the item menu and select the medicine to heal yourself. Now that you're back to full functionality, you can go after the captain. Proceed through the hostile area and avoid or fight any enemies in your path. Head for the marker near the castle and try to climb the wall, onlu to be shot by a gunner on the opposite roof. Climb quickly to avoid being shot, then climb up the next wall until you are propelled upward by a lift. You will be launched up to the roof, where the captain awaits. This captain proves to be a surprisingly easy fight. Block his attacks and hit him until his measly health is depleted, and a scene will ensue. After the scene, you will have completed your first DNA sequence, earning you the achievement, "Best Served Cold." When you return to Animus Island, reenter the main gate for the next DNA sequence, where you will find yourself playing as Ezio in Constantinople. Speak to the assassin who greeted you, Yusuf Tazim, to begin the first memory in this sequence. This mission is simple. Follow Yusuf around as he shows you the city. To keep your full sync, stay close to Yusuf at all times. To walk alongside Yusuf, simply approach him and release the controls, and Ezio will walk with him automatically. When you reach a certain point, a group of Templars will attack you. Kill the Templars with Yusuf's help, then run after him. You will encounter another group of Templars, who will be fought off by Ottoman guards. After that scene, follow Yusuf and go into the automatic "walk and talk" mode again. He will take you to the Assassin headquarters. Enter the building to continue to the next memory. This mission, if it wasn't obvious from the title, allows you to explore the city and upgrade your equipment. You'll need 343 gold to buy your first piece of armor, so if you don't have that much yet, walk around pickpocketing people on the street with A until you gather sufficient funds. Now head over to the store marked on your map and purchase the AZAP LEATHER SPAULDERS to finish up with this mission. Head back to the Assassin's Guild to meet up with your allies and get a HOOKBLADE, beginning a mission in which Yusuf will teach you to use this new tool. To get a full sync for this mission, you'll have to perform every hookblade move. Yusuf will lead you along a few rooftops, then leap across a gap using his hookblade. To replicate this, jump across and hold B to catch the ledge with your hookblade. This move allows you to leap horizontal distances that were previously impossible to bridge. Continue to follow Yusuf over another gap that you need the hookblade to make, then over a tightrope across a third gap, where you can see one of the numerous ANIMUS DATA FRAGMENTS hidden throughout the city. Past here, you will jump from a wall using the hookblade, and then Yusuf will introduce you to a new move: the long jump. To emulate Yusuf's move, you must jump toward a lamp, which would normally cause you to swing around the corner. However, press B when you grab the lamp to pull out your hookblade and swing upward instead, allowing you to cross a great gap. Follow Yusuf and perform two more long jumps, then he will lead you back to your assassin homies. You will now practice a less situational hookblade move: the hook-and-run. Sprint at an enemy, then hold B to pull them down and hop over them. You can press B instead of holding it to knock them to the ground as you do so. If you performed this and both previous techniques correctly, you'll get a full sync for this mission. Your hookblade training is not yet complete. You must now ascend a tower with your newfound tool, and if you want a full sync, you have to do it in one minute or less. All while learning more hookblade moves, at that. You may want to come back and do this mission a second time once you've learned these moves. The first climbing move you can do with the hookblade is the hook leap. To perform this move, run forward while holding RT and press A to propel yourself into the air. This extends your jump height. While climbing, you can now hold RT and hold A to jump up to the ledge above, then launch yourself up with the hookblade to the next ledge. Use this to rapidly ascend the tower windows, then shimmy across to the next window. Don't jump while shimmying, or Ezio will jump away from the tower and you will fall. Continue to jump up and shimmy across to the next grab point when necessary. If you keep going and don't get stuck or fall, it is entirely possible to get a full sync for this mission when you reach the top. If you fail at this and wish to try again, make sure you restart the memory instead of simply dying, as the game will remember your failure and you won't be able to get full synchronization until you restart. At the top, after a brief scene, walk out onto the beam and click the left stick to synchronize the viewpoint, then jump down to perform a leap of faith to complete the mission and start a new one immediately: Advanced Tactics. Climb the building to catch up with Yusuf, and he will show off ziplines. Run and jump to slide down the zipline. Note that holding RT increases your zip speed. After a second zipline, follow Yusuf and climb a building to reach a third. This is your chance for a full sync. Slide down the zipline, and as you pass over the Templar below, press X to assassinate him and get a full sync. Yusuf will take off and leave you on your own. Head to the tower he points to, and you'll encounter a fellow assassin nearby. Press B to talk with him. That's all there is to this mission. Your Assassin Den is under attack, so you'll need to play a Den Defense minigame to defend it. This game type is similar to the Tower Defense genre of games: you'll place Assassins on rooftops and barricades to defend against incoming waves of Templars. To begin, place an Assassin Leader on a rooftop that you want to assign your other assassins to. I recommend placing them near the barricade on your right so they can attack the enemies at the barricade. Placing this unit, as well as any others, will use a resource called "Morale" that can be replenished slowly by leaders or incrementally by killing enemy units. Once the leader is in place, hold RB and select the crossbow symbol to select an Assassin Crossbowman, then click on two ledges on the roof you picked to assign the crossbowmen to their posts. The battle will now begin. During the fight, you have a little more to do besides standing around and watching. When an enemy falls, select the enemy with the cursor and press B to loot their bodies with your telekinetic powers. You can also hold X to shoot a Templar with the Hidden Gun, which will also indicate to your fellow Assassins to target the slain soldier's group. After the first fight, go to the RB menu again and select the barricade, then use the cursor to place it in the street (preferably near your assassins so they can guard it). After the next fight, go to your RB menu and select another leader, then place him on another rooftop, allowing you to place additional assassins there. Be sure to place riflemen as well, in order to counter the incoming heavy enemies. Don't forget to use your Hidden Gun, and notice that while your uses of it are normally limited, you can use it repeatedly against enemies that are attacking a barricade. The next wave will come with yet another power: the cannon. Press LB to shoot a cannonball at a target at the cost of one bar, or hold LB to fire a volley of cannon shots to incapacitate a whole group, though the cost is a full three bars of your cannon guage. You'll need it too, as a large enemy group is coming in next. If you can survive the next couple of rounds, a new surprise awaits you: an enemy battering ram. This ram is a good target for your cannon, if you can save up a volley shot. This thing can tear through barricades, so don't waste too much morale on those. Instead, flood your rooftops with riflemen, whose heavy damage is more effective against the battering ram than the lighter crossbowmen. Use all the cannon fire that you can muster, and hopefully you'll succeed in bringing it down before it can reach the last barricade. To begin this mission, head to the docks and speak to the ferryman to cross over to the Imperial District. For a full sync, be sure not to initiate a battle while in the Imperial North District. Your objective is to find out what's become of Yusuf while you were playing startegy games. As it turns out, he's gotten himself into a battle. Fight off these templars for him. Go with Yusuf into the area ahead, which is controlled by the Templars. You can automatically "walk and talk" by approaching him and simply releasing the controls. He will take you to a Templar squad and show off a new tool: the Cherry Bomb, an explosive device that creates a lot of noise and instigates Templars to investigate it. This will allow you to continue walking with Yusuf into the next area. Yusuf will hand you a bomb and prompt you to use it. First, open the weapon menu with RB and select the Cherry Bomb as your secondary weapon with the right stick. Hold Y to aim the bomb, then release to throw it. Aim for the blue circle so that the Templars will move far enough away that you and Yusuf can pass by. Note that simply tapping Y while running will drop a bomb behind you. Follow Yusuf up to a rooftop with a zipline. Your objective is to kill a Templar Captain and light the signal fire at the top of the tower while Yusuf creates a distraction. This is where you'll want to avoid being spotted. First, zip down the line and assassinate the stunned target below, then climb up and regroup with Yusuf. Press LS to use Eagle Vision, then scan the streets below for the Templar Captain, who will glow gold instead of red like the other enemies. Identify the targets below by highlighting them with the targeting reticule until they turn either red or hopefully gold. As soon as you identify the captain, he'll start walking with his men. He'll stop in a courtyard. Quickly kill the men on the rooftops before they sound the alarm, leaving only the guard and the captain below you. From a nearby rooftop, press X to leap down and assassinate both of them at once. If all of the nearby guards were assassinated first, you shouldn't trigger an alarm. Now, get back on the roof and climb the tower, then press B to light the signal fire. Completing this mission, will end the DNA Sequence, giving you the achievement, "Istanbul and Constantinople." After another scene, you can head back into the gate to start the third sequence. You will be allowed to run around freely, but when you wish to begin the next mission, head to a cage full of prisoners near the docks, and speak to one of them. Your goal is to free and recruit him. For a full sync, you should steal the cage key from the guard rather than killing him. Head to the indicated Templar-controlled area, then use Eagle Vision from the rooftops to identify your target. If you can, sneak up and pickpocket him without him taking notice, then run away. If you can't avoid a fight, you can still press RT+Y to counter one of his attacks and steal the key off of him in one move. Be warned that if you pick a fight with him, his guards will come running to join him at a moment's notice. With the key in hand, return to the prisoner and free him. For this mission, head to the marked Assassin Den and step into the central light to begin. Select the Assassin in the menu to be the leader of this den. The choice isn't two hard, as only one is available to you. With that done, speak to the apprentice to begin a mission for him. Be sure to use the Assassin Signal (LB) at least once during this mission for the full sync. Walk with your apprentice, then head to the objective marker on the rooftop. Your apprentice will take out two Templars, then run and hide in a haystack. There are three more Templars nearby for you to kill. Here's what I recommend: kill the guard on the nearest rooftop yourself, then signal for your assassins to kill the one on the higher rooftop nearby. With those Templars eliminated, you can safely assassinate the final target from above. Go to the haystack to speak with your apprentice. You will now need to search the area with your Eagle Sense (LS). Search the nearby bloodstain to reveal a stealthy Templar enemy. Chase him until a scene unfolds. You will then need to fight off a group of Templars with your apprentice, who reveals that the Sentinel you chased was once an Assassin. Approach the marked object directly in front of you to begin the next mission. Select the city of Burma (the only one available) and select the Mediterranean Defense mission "The Little Prince." Assign your apprentice to complete the mission (again, you have only one choice), then press Y to start the mission. He should have a 100% chance of success anyway. For the next mission, head to the den to meet Yusuf, who will follow up on his promise to teach you to craft explosives. Approach the crafting table and activate it, then select "Lethal Pouch" in the menu. For this bomb, you are required to use certain ingredients, so it is honestly quite difficult to mess it up. The first ingredient of a bomb is the casing. This will determine how the bomb's detonation is triggered. Impact shells will cause the bomb to explode instantly on impact, while the fuse shell gives it the capacity to bounce off surfaces and causes it to detonate after three seconds. Tripwire will cause the bomb to explode if touched, and the sticky pouch will make the bomb stick to its target and detonate after five seconds. For this tutorial, you must use the fuse shell. Next up is the gunpowder, which determines the explosion radius. Indian gunpowder will create a tight, controlled radius, while Arabic will give you a moderate explosion and British will produce an explosion of a rather large radius. In this case, you must use Arabic gunpowder for your bomb. The final ingredient is what gives the bomb its effect. As you are making a bomb for your Lethal Pouch, the effects are all items that will inflict harm. Shrapnel will send shards of metal in all directions like a grenade, while Datura Powder emits poison gas and Coal Dust will create a purely explosive bomb whose effects will cripple enemies. You are required to use shrapnel in this first bomb. After creating the bomb, press Y to test it out in a virtual environment with an infinite supply of your grenade. When you are satisfied, return to the menu and press A to craft the bomb. You must then make two more bombs of the same type by going to "Add Bomb" in your Lethal Pouch and pressing A. The mission is not over yet, however. Head to a man named Reis, who will show you the location of the Polo Trading Post and complete the quest. You will now be able to use Bomb Crafting Stations to make your own bombs. Head to the Polo trading post to begin. You will need to investigate for clues about the Masyaf Keys. Scan the objects in the back rooms with Eagle Sense until you find a hidden door. Ezio will automatically open the door and head inside, to a secret chamber beneath the city. You'll overhear some guards talk about the key just as you arrive. Be careful not to be detected at any point during this mission, or you will lose your full synchronization. Jump from beam to beam, walk across some netting, and you'll come to a lamp. Jump toward it and press B to perform a long jump off of it. Jump to a swinging pole and leap across to reach the opposite side of the cistern, where you'll encounter chests full of loot. When you're done looting, run toward the stair-shaped stack of boxes nearby. Climb up to the top, then perform a sideways wall jump to reach the glowing platform. To do this, run up the wall next to you, then push in the direction of the platform and jump again to somehow jump off the wall and grab it. From this ledge, jump to the opposite pole and then swing yourself to land on the ground. In the next room, you'll have to avoid the guards but kill their captain to acquire his key. Remember that you need to stay undetected for the full sync. Assassinate any guards in your path on your way to the captain, then kill him. Though it defies logic, Ezio will still somehow recover the key instantly if you kill the captain with a ranged weapon, such as a throwing knife. Head for the cistern door and open it. Wade through the water to search the chests on the opposite platform, then climb the stair-shaped stack of barrels to reach an opening. Proceed through here for another room full of Templars, with a single captain to recover the key from. This time, his high patrol makes it almost necessary to take him down with a ranged weapon, while also making it the best way to remain undetected. Once he is dead, take the gate to the next area. The next room contains many chests guarded by a single Templar. Climb the central pillar to reach a platform, then jump from here to a series of beams and then to the exit. Here you'll encounter another group of Templars with a captain, but you'll need Eagle Sense to identify him. To get close enough to do that, you can perform a long jump off a lamp to a pole. This may also be a good point from which to hit the captain with a silent ranged weapon. With him dead, head for the exit gate. Collect the two chests in the next chamber, then use Eagle Sense to find and scan a hidden door. Ezio will knock this door down with a touch of his hand, allowing you to enter. Walk forward and collect the first MASYAF KEY, which looks suspiciously like a CD. This concludes the mission. Ezio will return to Sofia with a map of hidden books. Leave the trading post, and you'll run into Yusuf and another mission. He wants you to contact the Romanies for him. As he suggests, use the fast travel network to travel to a location near the mission start point. Approach the Romanies and speak to them to begin this mission. You'll need to poison all of the Templar targets while blending in with the Romanies, at least if you want full sync. Approach the designated group of Romanies and hire them. Stand in the middle of the Romanies to automatically blend in and follow them. When you approach the chest, shoot the marked guard with a poison dart to kill him in such a way that it appears he died from the curse. Follow the guards with the chest (while remaining among your Romanies so you stay undetected), and then when they stop, shoot the guy carrying the chest with a poison dart. The guards will start to suspect that a curse is at work. Continue to tail them, then kill the next guard carrying the chest. With this, the guards will run away, and you can retrieve the chest. Return it to the Gypsy camp, and don't forget that you can run with the chest to reduce your travel time. The Romanies will now be a faction that you can hire. Head to the assassin base and approach Ezio's desk, whereupon he will inspect the key you obtained. You will now be taken back in time to play as Altair at Masyaf. Fight through waves of Templars to reach Masyaf castle, but be aware that Altair does not retain any of Ezio's fancy equipment, only a few basic weapons. For a full sync, you must save all citizens that are being attacked by templars on the way. At the castle gates, you will encounter a traitor to the Assassin Order who now sides with the Templars. He closes the gate, so climb up the wall on the right, then leap up with A and grab the ledge with B (Altair lacks a hookblade, sadly). Take out the guards up here and head to the roof above him, then assassinate him from above. Leave the base and head to the docks to start the next part of The Sentinel. You are tasked with seeking out and finding the Sentinel from earlier. Speak to your apprentice, who will inform you that two assassins have been taken prisoner. For a full synchronization, you should also be sure to avoid detection during your search for the prisoners. There are guards protecting each location, but a diversionary bomb should serve to distract them. Free the assassins, and the second of them will reveal that the Sentinel is headed to the Assassin Headquarters. Head back to the base, where the Sentinel waits. Chase the Sentinel, and your apprentice will leap from above and kill him. This will unlock the achievement "Seal the Deal" and complete the third DNA sequence. When this sequence begins, Yusuf will already be nearby. Speak to him to begin the first memory. Your objective is Topkapi Palace. To complete your full sync objective, you must get to the objective marker before Yusuf does. You should be able to outstrip Yusuf, but if you become stuck and he gets far ahead of you, you may wish to reload and try again. You will now have to assault three groups of minstrels. Use Eagle Sense to locate the targeted groups, then descend upon them. Unequip any weapons, then punch a minstrel while your allies do the same. Once the minstrels are knocked out, pick them up and carry them to the nearest haystack, then covertly deposit the bodies in the hay. No one will ever know. Repeat the process listed above for the next two minstrels. Hop over the low wall to get to the second group of minstrels. Take them out and bring them to the haystack nearby, sneaking past the unsuspecting guardsmen. The final group is in a nearby courtyard, and you can get the drop on them from the roof to avoid the guards. Take your final minstrel body and bring it to the objective marker. Now that you are completely unrecognizable, attempt to enter through the main guarded door. You'll have to press buttons to play the lute until the guard lets up and allows you in. Once inside, use Eagle Sense to locate the groups you need to play for. Identify your target and position yourself when playing so that the target is in the back of the group, allowing your fellow assassins to deal with him. Repeat the process with your second target, then speak with Yusuf. You'll need to repeat the same process you used to eliminate your previous targets to eliminate the Templars in the crowd, before they assassinate the prince. Maintain proximity to the prince while searching for Templars by scanning the crowd with Eagle Sense. Once one is identified, quickly set yourself up to distract the crowd before the assassins show up to kill him. There should be four in all. The final Templar will give up trying to do this the stealthy way and go for an all-out attack on the prince. When you see this happen, switch to your hidden blade and run toward the would-be assassin to intercept him. Assassinate the Templar before he can do the same to the prince, and the mission is over. After that mission, you must head right back to the prince's palace to speak with him. The synchronization requirement to avoid detection is easily met, as long as you don't go find a guard a pick a fight with him. The conversation will lead right into your next mission, so climb up to the roof to reach the tower, then drop in through the trapdoor at the top. Your objective for this mission is to help out Sofia, whose ship and cargo have been intercepted. It seems you'll just have to go retrieve the cargo yourself. The full sync requirement is that you avoid detection yet again. To do that, you'll have to be willing to get a little wet. Swim into the harbor and climb up onto the boat's ledge, then grab one of the guards above as he passes for a ledge assassination. This leaves only one guard, whom you may eliminate however you wish. With the guards dead, approach the cargo they were guarding. Use Eagle Sense to scan the cargo until you identify Sofia's belongings. Once you've spotted the goods, pick them up and head back to Sofia's shop. You're not out of the woods, however, until you escape the restricted zone undetected, so give any nearby guards a wide berth. Otherwise, you could lose your hard-earned synchronization at the cusp of your victory. This mission has you scaling a legendary landmark: the Hagia Sophia. There's an objective marker at the very top of the long climb. From the marked location, use your Eagle Sense to search for symbols on the nearby buildings. The one you need is to the southeast of your location. Once you spot it, scan it to confirm that it's the symbol you're looking for. Descend from the tower. You can either use your fancy parachute or perform a leap of faith like a good old-fashioned Assassin. Head to the building with the symbol you saw earlier and climb it. You should find the book you were looking for at the objective marker. This mission will be continued in the next memory sequence. Begin the mission by climbing to the top of the tower. The objective for full sync is to complete the area in a mere six minutes, a task best saved for your second attempt at the mission. Take your first attempt as the opportunity to learn the directions you need to follow to maximize your time. Shaving your time down to less than six minutes will certainly be a challenge even once you know where you're going. After entering the tower, descend the spiral staircase. At the bottom of the stairs, jump toward the lift in the center. During your descent, direct your descent to avoid four hazards that can cut your fall short. When your fall ceases, climb up into the crane until you reach the topmost ledge, then jump backward from the surface to land on the ledge of an arch. Shimmy to the right, then jump across to the platform near you. From here, take the zipline down to the caverns. The first chamber contains a wooden ledge to jump up to. From here, use the hookblade to perform a long jump off of the lantern. Upon landing on the opposite side, climb the ledges and shimmy around to the other side at the top ledge. Jump backwards from here, and you should be able to grab the pole with your hookblade. Swing across from the pole and walk across the beam you land on to reach a zipline. Jump at the end and scale the waterwheel. Shimmy around until you can jump backwards and catch the opposite ledge, then proceed to a beam and several jumps. At the end, climb the wall to reach a second zipline that will take you through a waterfall. At the end, scale the wall ahead. Head to your right, up another wall, and onto some scaffolding, while promptly collapses as you cross it. Take a third zipline, then perform a leap of faith from the waterfall. Climb out of the water and head right, then jump across the gap with your hookblade. After the broken bridge, ascend several beams to reach a zipline again. Surprisingly, ziplines can break, which is what this one does. I understand this goes against basic video game principles, but bear with me, as your goal is in sight. Ascend the cliffside to reach a door with your reward. There are three chests in the area to loot. After that, use Eagle Sense to find a secret door with the second MASYAF KEY. This is another Altair mission, which is accessed from the headquarters like before. Your full sync requirement is not to lose more than 3 synchronization points, which is an unnecessarily confusing term for HP. In this sequence, carry Al Mualim's body through the crowd to the courtyard gate. Once you reach the pyre, light it to begin a scene. After the scene, you must fight several assassins, but you can't kill them. You must instead go unarmed and disarm them. Unfortunately, this automatically equips the stolen weapon, forcing you to drop it and unequip yourself again each time. Use the flashing health indicators on the enemies if you need help with the timing. After the fight, Abbas will use the Apple of Eden. You must now climb the tower, which is made difficult by the fact that the energy waves unleashed by the Apple will knock your grip loose. The key is to wait on solid ground for the energy pulse to pass, then continue climbing. If you are knocked down by the Apple's power, press B to grab a ledge as you fall. You must hurry to reach the top of the tower before Abbas runs out of health. At the top, grab the Apple to save him. You'll get the achievement, "The Prince." To begin this memory, seek out a merchant in the market area. The merchant will give you your target, a man named Tarik, and you'll be off to the marked map area. For a full sync on this mission, be aware that you'll need to distract two guards using bombs. Fortunately, there are cherry bombs in a chest nearby if you are lacking in diversionary explosives. At the marked location, make use of Eagle Sense to identify your target. Follow him while maintaining your distance, hiding in groups of people if they are moving in his direction. The target will occasionally turn around, so you'll want to be in some kind of concealment when he does this. After following him for a bit, a brief scene will occur at a checkpoint. Tarik has escaped past two guards, and you'll need to get rid of them. This is the time to break out those cherry bombs (or other distracting bombs you may be carrying, such as smoke bombs). Throw a bomb off to a safe distance to get the guards out of the way, then continue following your man. Don't let him out of your sight for more than half a minute, or you're desynchronized. You'll pass some Romanies as you continue following, and it will make your job a lot easier if you hire them and use them as moving cover, so Tarik won't see you even when he turns around. Then, when he passes another couple of guards, you can send your Romanies to distract them. Sadly, this means you'll have to go on alone. Tarik will head down into an alley of sorts. You can follow from the rooftop above or go around to avoid being seen when he turns around in that narrow space. After he comes out the other side, resume your pursuit. You may encounter a last group of guards, in which case you can distract them or call your assassins to eliminate them. Keep tailing him until he crosses a bridge, and you should be done with the mission after that. For this mission, you'll be instructed to bribe three heralds, which will cost you a little pocket change. If you're broke, of course, there's no better way to get pocket change than by picking pockets. Once your bribery is complete, speak to Yusuf to get this riot started. Note that once the fighting begins, you'll need to keep more than forty rioters from dying to get a full sync. The first wave of enemies will be the easiest, but certainly don't be complacent. At the beginning of the battle, you can bring in your assassins to help. Nonlethal explosives can also help by disorienting enemies. Luckily, with so much fighting going on, it's easy to walk around backstabbing the enemies with the hidden blade while their busy with rioters. After the first group of enemies is dead, there will be a second wave. As soon as the Janissary shows up, sic your assassins on him before he starts killing rioters left and right. The rest of the crowd is less hazardous, and you can generally use the same tactics from the first wave. The faster you drop these enemies, the more likely you are to make it through the mission with under forty deaths. The last memory leads right into this one. The surrounding area is enveloped in chaos and destruction. As soon as you gain control, use Eagle Sense and you'll be able to follow the path straight to Manuel, your target. As a forewarning, you'll need to assassinate an enemy from a zipline to get full sync for the mission. Enemies may attack and delay your pursuit, or if you're quick, you may bypass them entirely. You'll especially want to avoid those bothersome Janissaries, who should ignore you if you stay away from them. The trail leads to the docks area. There should be a zipline on a building nearby, and it should take you right over an enemy sentry. Perfect chance to get that assassination, no? Enter the search area, colored green, after dealing with any enemies pestering you. Your Eagle Sense should lead you into a building, which will end up getting you into an uneven battle. Hightail it out of there one way or another; a good escape route takes you across the ships in the harbor, and a zipline there can make for a good air assassination opportunity if you missed the last one. Once you reach the point of safety, you're done. This mission has you going after a precious painting for Sofia. For the full sync, you must steal it without being seen by its possessor, a merchant. First, though, you'll have to find out the merchant's location. This can be found out from a man in the market area. Use Eagle Sense to find the man, who should be a gold figure sitting on the ground. Scan him to verify your target. The only way to get the information you need is by violence, so equip your firsts and fight him hand-to-hand. A single counter will end the conflict, and he'll reveal the merchant who has the painting. Once you've found the merchant, getting his painting without being detected can be a troublesome objective. You'll need to distract him or conceal yourself somehow. One method is to pay the Romanies to provide you with crowd cover. Money bombs can also serve as the distraction you need. During your window of opportunity, grab the painting and run. Back to Sofia, of course. This is essentially the same as the first Signs and Symbols memory. No full sync to worry about. Just go to your marker and climb the tower, just like in the first mission. Using Eagle Sense, look to the nearby aqueduct. Of the three symbols on it, scan the central one for the book's location. To actually reach the book, you'll have to jump across to the aqueduct from a nearby building using your hookblade to extend the jump's reach. Check the marked area for the book. This will reveal a new location, which will lead into the next mission when you arrive. This mission is basically a free-running quest, and it will lead you to the third Masyaf key. To get a full sync, you must avoid taking any damage. There's not much in the way of fighting to worry about, as you'll mostly be on the chase, but be careful nonetheless. This may be one of those missions you should come back to after beating it once, if you're having trouble making it all the way without getting hurt. Head across the poles to reach the dock, then follow the torches to the left. Run through a cave along the path with some broken arches, and you'll end up racing a boat. Keep going along the path that is essentially set out for you, and don't stop lest you take a hit from a projectile and lose your full sync. When you see a lamp ahead, jump off of it with your hookblade to long jump. After briefly losing control, continue and you'll have to jump over several difficult gaps, which will require your hookblade's reach. When you see a zipline conveniently pointed out to you, use it. Another lamp means another long jump for you to perform off of it. At this point, a bridge should get demolished, leaving you to traverse flaming poles. Enemies will be shooting at you, so keep on the move, and you should hopefully avoid damage. Proceed until you reach a second zipline. Jump onto it and it should take you right to your assassination targets. Descend upon them with an air assassination. After the boat guards are dead, it will crash. You'll have to fight four more guards after that, but this should be a piece of cake for you. Just be defensive to avoid taking damage; I recommend countering one guard's attack, then chaining the attack to each of the surrounding guards to take them out fast. After that's done, loot the chests and uncover the secret door with Eagle Vision as you have in the past. Within lies your prize: the third MASYAF KEY. Head back to the Assassin HQ for another Altair mission. As Altair, follow Maria to Abbas. After a scene, you'll have to either fight or run. Note that Altair has upgraded since the last time we saw him, and is now equipped with two hidden blades. Escape the fortress by jumping through the window on the upper floor and head back to the village. Darim, Altair's son, joins up with you here. You'll have to stick by Darim's side now, or you'll be desynchronized. This means you'll have to fight your way through the town. Darim will occupy enemies, allow you to assassinate them from behind. When you see the enemies on the rooftops, take them out with throwing knives so that Darim will continue. Continue as various escape routes are blocked off, until finally Darim comes up with a plan of his own. Follow him up to the roof, and he'll perform a leap of faith. Follow in his footsteps and do the same to proceed. Again, you'll have to fight your way through and knife the enemies on the rooftops. Once the path is clear, run to the exit. Completing the sequence earns you the achievement "The Plot Thickens." Proceed to the main mission marker, and you'll uncover the location of a Janissary. Your objective will be to assassinate him, but of course, it couldn't be easy. Get too close, and you'll invariably get his attention and fail the mission. For a full sync, you must assassinate him from a hiding spot. First, use Eagle Sense to locate your target. Once he's been identified, you'll need to draw him to a hiding spot. The best tool for this is a cherry bomb. Throw one over by the nearby haystack, then dive into the hay. When he comes over to investigate, assassinate him from within the haystack. Nearby guards may investigate explosions as well, so wait until there are no other enemies nearby for best results. Your last target has graciously furnished you with a Janissary disguise. With this, you'll be following a group of other Janissaries to reach your target. Stay close to your unit as you follow. You can even blend in with them to follow them automatically. Along the way, you'll be forced to beat up a civilian to maintain your disguise. Upon reaching the camp, your previous victim, the real Janissary, has been discovered, so the guards will be suspicious. If you get too close to them, they will expose you. To get past the guards blocking the way forward, find a moving group of Janissaries and blend in with them as they enter. This is where it gets tricky. You'll have to move from your current convoy to a group of Janissaries standing around on the other side. When the guards are looking away, run from this group to a bench with Janissaries. From here, wait until you're in the clear, then leave the bench and head to the corner of this area, where you can climb up the wall without being detected. Travel along the wall to reach the third section of the camp, where you'll find your target, Tarik's tent. After the guard on patrol has passed, drop down, then blend in with the nearest Janissaries. A scene will ensue, and the moment of truth will be at hand. Here, don't forget the full sync objective of killing Tarik with an air assassination. Here's the best way to accomplish this. When the guards aren't looking, skip from your current group to another Janissary crowd near the wall. Wait for another chance to move undetected, then scale the wall and hope you aren't seen in the process. Move across the scaffolding, which contains a few chests to loot. When your target is below, lock on to him, then initiate the assassination. Enter the restricted area of the palace, and this mission will automatically begin. You can't kill anyone, or your full sync is lost. The easiest method to avoid having to kill anyone is to hire the group of Romanies near the west entrance and move within their group, making you effectively invisible. Don't get too close to the guards, though, or the Romanies will break off to distract them. Suleiman, the man you need to speak to, is marked on your map, so take the staircases to reach him. After the scene with Suleiman, you'll have to hire a second group of Romanies if you want your escape to be as simple as your entrance. Once you reach the wall on the southwest end, climb it and exit the area. This is a mission for Sofia, and it's pleasantly simple; no full sync restriction to worry about this time. From Sofia, head to the florist, marked on our map, and when you reach your objective, a scene will ensue. After the scene, follow the florist. As usual, you'll need to avoid being seen during your pursuit. The florist only occasionally turns around to look for you, so he shouldn't be too difficult. He also isn't especially quick to become alarmed if he sees you, so just put some distance between the two of you if you're seen, and he should disregard the matter. At his destination, you'll find his precious flower garden. There are flowers all over the place, but you need only to pick three of them. With the flowers in hand, head back to Sofia, who is also marked on your map, and speak to her. That concludes your quest for her. This is pretty much the same as the previous two missions of the same name. From the tower, you should be able to see several symbols with Eagle Sense. The one that holds the book you seek is the Little Hagia Sophia building, which is on the other side from where the mission began. Recover the book, and prepare for the real mission. For a full sync on this mission for a Masyaf Key, be sure not to fall in the water. Now, proceed into the room on the right and interact with the drain. Proceed along until you reach the entrance to this area. Note that the "puzzles" you face in this mission all require you to navigate various areas within a limited time. Pull the switch on the right, and you'll have less than a minute to reach the newly opened hole in the wall, which is up on the wall to your left. Activate the device within, and a scene will ensue. Afterward, jump across to the ledges on the block and climb down, then jump across to the previous ledge. Continue downward, then shimmy over and drop down to reach the platform on the left. From the platform, use the beams to reach the next switch. Pull it, then climb the wall on your right. Jump backwards at the top to a pole, which you can swing from to reach a ledge. Perform a long jump off the lantern and continue to the switch ahead, which will trigger another scene when pulled. After the scene, there's a straight shot to the next switch, which activates the next timed puzzle. Jump to the wall across from you and climb up. Jump from ledge to ledge to reach a platform. Proceed around the corner and jump from ledge to ledge, then turn right and cross the ledges, but be careful not to fall into the water below. When you reach the column, climb it. At the top, shimmy around to the other side and jump to the opposite column. Shimmy around to the right on this one, then jump across to a few beams leading to the next switch to pull, initiating another scene. Afterward, proceed ahead to the switch and start the next puzzle. Don't worry; you're getting close. Jump to the ledge on the rock face across from you, then shimmy around to the left. Jump to the ledge across from you, then run along it and jump to a pole. Swing across to the next ledge, and you'll come to a wall that you can climb. At the top, shimmy to the right and jump across to a beam. Proceed across the beams, then jump from the final beam and swing to the switch. Pull it to complete this last timed puzzle. When you regain control, climb the rock wall ahead. At the top, jump to the left and cross the beams to reach another rock. Climb up, then jump from there to the wall. At the top, climb up another rock, then jump from the top of that to another climbable rock. Continue climbing up to the top, then jump across to the statue with chests and the MASYAF KEY. This is another Altair mission, which can be triggered from the headquarters. Follow your fellow assassin to the path where two guards wait. These captains, as well as Abbas himself, are the only people you can kill during this mission if you want your full sync. Killing these two is simple enough; you can just walk between them and use your dual hidden blades for a double assassination. The next captain will be talking to his men, and after a short while, he will attack the nearby group of assassins with them. This fight is the perfect opportunity to kill him; just walk up behind him during the battle and assassinate him, then get out of there without killing anyone else or drawing unwanted attention. Head through the Masyaf gate, where a group of guards will attack you. Do not kill them, as this will cause you to fail. Instead, go weaponless and beat them up or disarm them in combat to dispatch these foes as you head up to Abbas's location. When you have control of Altair again, shoot Abbas. Ezio's part in this sequence isn't over yet. Your last mission will take place at the dock. The condition is tough: for a full sync, you must not kill anyone with blades. Bombs and other non-blade-based weapons, however, are okay. Speak with Yusuf first to begin the memory. It's time to kiss Constantinople goodbye for one whole sequence. Enter the area ahead and hire the Romanies nearby, then blend in with them. This will save you the necessity of having to resort to your forbidden blade weapons. This will help you get past the guards and reach the lighthouse. Climb up the lighthouse, then shimmy around it and drop down to the street. However, be sure there aren't any patroling guards waiting down there for you before you jump. Interact with the chain down here. After the scene, you'll be surrounded by guards. Ignore them and run to the end of the ship, leaving your fellow assassins to deal with the guards. Once you're anonymous, use the Greek Fire flamethrower to light all of the surrounding boats. Light them on fire and continue to bombard each boat until it is destroyed. Once that's done, the rest of the mission is fairly linear. Climb the sail and jump across to a beam, leading to another ship. Proceed to the marked location, then jump to the lantern and perform a long jump to escape with your life. Continue across the next boat, then jump from the bow to yet another ship. After the scene, you have but to jump across to the ship across from you to trigger one last scene interruption. Jump from the ledge on the left and ignore the guards, instead running to the front of the boat and finally jumping to your own boat. Don't miss and land in the water here, or it's an instant desynchronization for you. Your success is accompanied by the end of the sequence and the achievement "Successes and Failures." This hidden city can only be experienced during Sequence 7, Underworld. If you want to return to collect items or animus fragments, you can do so by replaying the first memory in this sequence. Welcome to the hidden underground city of Cappadocia. This is a sneaking mission, so you can't afford to be apprehended by the guards, or you can kiss your full sync goodbye. Follow the corridor at the beginning into the city proper. There are quite a few Templars around, but the ones you have to worry about are the gunmen, who will spot you and attack, ruining your full sync. Head toward the prominent tower in the middle of the city. At one side of the wall, you should be able to climb up. The climb gets a bit trickier once you reach the wooden platform; jump across the beams on the left, and you'll reach another climbable wall section. This should take you to a broken bridge with a chest to loot. Pass the bridge to reach more beams, which will take you to another climbing place. From here, head up to the top and take a look at the view. In other words, synchronize. Once you've synced up, drop down into a convenient haystack below. A guard will be patroling the area nearby. The best way to get rid of him is to assassinate him from the hay. Now head toward the green search area on your map while avoiding any other guards. When you arrive, switch on your Eagle Sense. Locate the trail in this area and follow it to a group of pedestrians, one of whom is Tarik's spy. Pursue her and speak to her. Of course, your dealings with the spy will continue on for a while longer. Notice the clever Austin Powers reference in the memory title? The guy they pay to come up with mission titles at Ubisoft is clearly too clever for his own good. By the way, you can't kill anyone in this mission, or your full sync is forfeit. Don't forget! Ascend the stairs to reach the location marked on your map, which takes you into a restricted area. You'll find your target in the crowd, watching a fight. As usual, you'll need Eagle Sense to pick him out from the commoners. Once you identify him by scanning, walk up behind him and pick his pocket for the key. Now leave before he wises up, and head back the way you came from. Naturally, there are guards all about that you must avoid. You can either try to avoid them, distract them with bombs, or run past them before they notice you. Just don't get spotted and don't kill anyone. Back at the prison, find the cell and use the key to open it. For this quick mission, you'll have to fight a few enemy Templars while protecting Janos. Of course, you can't let your ally die, but if you want the full sync for this mission, you can't let Janos's health fall below half either. Honestly, it shouldn't be that difficult, as this sync requirement is easy to meet even without setting out to do so. To reach the riflemen, climb up the wall and ascend using the damaged pillar. Climb up, then position yourself over your target and assassinate him from above. Now proceed and ascend to the second guard, whom you can assassinate from below with a ledge assassination while hanging from the railing. From the platform up ahead, jump up onto the beam, and you should be able to swing to another beam close to the next guard. Jump up to the ledge above and perform another ledge assassination on the third guard. These kills have been fairly straightforward, but the next one has a bit of a trick to it. Ascend the last wall, then perform a wall jump away from it and press the assassinate button to kill the last guard. Now walk out onto the cross overhanging a pit, and from here, assassinate your final target, Shahkulu, in midair. Of course, he's not that easy to kill. Furthermore, he has reinforcements to aid him. The common guards are easy enough; you've been fighting these basic enemy types for the whole game by now. Shahkulu is a bit more difficult, but he's not so different either. Simply fight him as you would fight a Janissary. Unlike his enemy counterpart, he has no guns, so all the better for you. Now, finish him for real. Once you start this mission, you can't explore the hidden city anymore, so finish up your business here first. Also, be sure to equip yourself with the best bombs you have, in both the lethal and stun categories. Why? Because this mission requires you to make it through without taking any damage if you want a full sync, and it also requires you to fight many groups of enemies to progress. Some high-explosive shrapnel bombs can alleviate this difficulty. First off, it's "Climbing the Tower, Part II." You already did this in the first memory of the sequence, so I'll stop holding your hand and let you climb it like you did before. This time, locate the nearby tightrope and cross it, then take the zipline. You'll be dropped into the weapon depot with several groups of Templar enemies. I recommend liberal use of explosives and a defensive strategy for these fights. However, don't go hitting yourself with your own bombs, or you're kind of putting the cart before the horse. Save a bomb, too, for the last (and biggest) fight. After ascended a couple flights of stairs and fighting a few groups of enemies, you'll find the explosives you're looking for. Now proceed through the weapons depot until you finally reach the stairs leading down. The final encounter here will be the biggest yet, with about eight enemies total. What better time than this to use a bomb and take out a whole group at once? The answer is that there won't be one. Hopefully you saved at least one. After the last battle, descend and plant the explosives on the door. Did you enjoy the full sync requirement for the last mission? Well, if you did, then good news: the exact same applies for this mission. You still can't take any damage. Gladly, the fighting isn't quite so heavy, but it's still an easy requirement to fail in almost any situation. The only real difference is that this time, the smarter choice is to run from battle instead of fighting directly. First off, you'll want to start running immediately towards your objective marker. You can travel by streets or by rooftops, but if you choose the latter, don't making any foolish jumps that might cause you to lose your precious health. Keep running until you reach the objective, and you shouldn't have to worry about the guards apprehending you. When you arrive, go to Manuel. After the scene, Manuel escapes and you are faced with several enemies. Fighting them is a waste of time and a hazard to your full sync objective, so ignore them. Well, not "ignore," if you're going to take me 100% literally, but "avoid." Instead of wasting your time with the guards, circumvent them and climb the gate that Manuel passed through as he fled. The guards shouldn't cause you any trouble once you're on the other side. Continue on ahead, and you should catch up with Manuel at the dock. Now that you have him cornered, Manuel will draw his weapon and attack almost immediately, which can catch you unprepared and cost you your full sync. However, if you know he's going to do this, you can simply counter his attack for a quick, safe kill. This mission presents a rather unique challenge. Ezio must not fall below 50% health in this mission. First off, this gets easier if you have better armor, and thus more total health. Secondly, you can heal with medicine as much as you please, as long as you don't let your health drop to less than half before using it. On the other hand, not only can you lose health by fighting, but as you run through the smoke, it will drain your health. You start off in the middle of a fight with a group of guards, easily killed with a counter and a combo. Run up the stairs and fight a few more guards, and you'll have the opportunity to escape. Out in the city, the smoke will start draining your health, so here's where the medicine trick comes in handy. New obstacles will be obstructing your path, making your escape even more troublesome. Thankfully, Eagle Sense allows you to see through the smoke. The passage that serves as your escape route is guarded by a final group of templars, including a tough leader. If you can't be troubled to fight him, a bomb can handle the situation. Otherwise, use defense and counters, then flow into a kill combo, and you might be able to get the leader in the middle of your combo. After the scene, there's one more memory to this sequence. The simplest mission of its kind, with no special requirement for a full sync. Simply guide the Polo brothers out of the fortress, and if anyone tries to stop you, use the Apple of Eden to make them think twice. As you slowly descend the hill, just keep mashing the attack button and your enemies will be helpless to stop you. When you reach the tower, use the Apple from up there to hit a wide radius, then descend and finish escorting your allies out of here. The achievement you receive is "Old Boss, New Boss." It's nice to be back in Constantinople. What's even nicer is that you're closer to the end of the game than you think, as Sequences 8 and 9 are fairly short and sweet. If you've been following my full sync instructions, you are now close to getting 100% on every mission in the game. Here's the goal this time around: kill five guards in melee without taking a hit. The game qualifies this with the phrase "if attacked," but what they really mean is, "when you are attacked." Avoiding combat won't get you a full sync. Have a look around Sofia's place, and you'll come across a body. Poor Yusuf. Next thing you know, a scene goes by and you're at a gate. With your assassins at your side, head into the gate, where you'll encounter some guards. You'd best get killing if you want those five kills in a row, because your oh-so-helpful assassin pals are also maddening kill-stealers. On the bright side, once you get your combo, you can enjoy having unlimited assassin signals at your disposal, including arrow storms. This can be helpful against the leader types. Enjoy the killing as much as you want, but whenever you're ready, you can bypass the fight and head straight onward after your target. Run after him and climb the building, then descend upon him. You can't really kill him, as angry as you (and Ezio) might be, so there's no need to press "assassinate" this time. My apologies if that's what you really wanted to do. At last you have a breather between missions, and you can start this one at your leisure. However, if you're like me, you're probably excited to play the ending of the game. In that case, head on down to the Assassin Headquarters to start out. It's another one of those missions where you have an ally you must protect from losing 50% health for a full sync, and don't let her die or you fail completely. This time, however, it's Sofia, so the stakes feel higher somehow. Bring a parachute, and your life will be significantly easier. After starting the mission, meet up with your fellow assassins at the marked point, then climb up to the wall near the nearby tower. Once you regain control of your character, it's time for the game's ultimate climbing challenge: scale this tower. If this were Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, the tower would be impossible to climb. You must use the hookblade to extend your jumps. Don't get overhasty and jump from the tower by mistake. Really though, if you can't climb buildings by now, I wonder at how you got along thus far. At the top of the tower, you'll see a scene, and then it's time to head down and save Sofia. Now, you could descend normally and fight your way through the streets with your assassins. That's the hard way. The easy way is just to use a parachute and glide toward Sofia's location, bypassing the enemies in the streets. This way, you'll almost surely get your full sync. As soon as you arrive, free Sofia. Would you believe that this is the last memory in the sequence already? You should be getting deja vu, as this scene has you returning to where we started this game: racing in carriages. Of course, this is once again no gentle journey. You'll still be fighting by pushing other carriages off the road in the first part and assasinating the guards during the second part. In fact, the full sync requirement here is that you kill a total of 20 guards this way. Instead of worrying about enemy carts, focus on staying on the safe terrain, and let them run through the rocks. This should actually damage them a lot more than if you were focusing on trying to push them off the road. After you overcome two carriages, you'll encounter Ahmet. In an all-too-familiar scene, you'll be pull along, but this time, you've got a parachute. Press the button when prompted to deploy it. While gliding through the air, steer yourself to avoid trees and buildings, which will damage you. Thankfully, you can use medicine if you get hurt this time around. When an enemy passes below, you can perform a special aerial assassination while gliding. Work quickly to rack up 20 such kills and satisfy the full sync requirement. You have a decent length of time in which to accomplish this, so don't get too frantic. At the end of the road, it's time for a fight with Ahmed, man to man. This fights a little different from the usual Assassin's Creed fare. When Ahmed attacks, hit the block button, even though the blocking doesn't seem to be working out too well for Ezio. When Ezio starts to be able to hold his own, switch to attacking, but don't forget to block when your attacks are returned. Eventually, Ahmed will fall, and the sequence is finished. You'll get the achievement "Priorities" for the sequence. By the way, that was your last full sync for the whole game. Once you've completed all of them, you'll get the achievement, "Fond Memories." Now for the final sequence of the game. Like the previous one, it is short in span, but epic. No full sync to worry about anymore, so enjoy your hard-earned ending. Welcome back to Masyaf, by the way. Follow Sofia into the fortress, then pass through the hidden passage to the library that she locates. Wish I had known about this little shortcut nine sequences ago. At last, you've returned to this door, now with all five keys needed to unseal it. However, there's a little puzzle for you to solve first. Use your Eagle Sense to reveal the puzzle, which requires you to complete a constellation shape with the keys. You should be able to produce the shape in the upper right by rotating the keys. With that, it should be simple enough to figure out. With the door open, pass through the corridor ahead. Ezio will stop at each torch to light it, making this journey a slow one. At the end, proceed forward and approach what appears to be a throne of sorts in the middle of the room ahead. Remember the last memory? Basically, follow the exact same path as Ezio, but now as Altair. There are a few differences across the timespan. Altair is putting out these torches, not lighting them. They won't be lit again for hundreds of years, or until a few seconds ago, depending on how you subjectively perceive the timestream here. At the objective, place the Apple of Eden, then approach the chair and rest there. This the final mission, if you can even call it a mission. You're Ezio again, back at the chair. Recall where you just placed the Apple of Eden as Altair, and go to that spot as Ezio. Approach the Apple of Eden... and you'll get a really long cutscene. You get the achievement "Revelations" for completing this sequence, and the game itself. Was that a bit cheesy? Admittedly yes, but it's a hell of a lot closer to being climactic than previous Assassin's Creed games have been. Anyway, congratulations on beating the game. You'll now be returned to Constantinople as Ezio, to before the turmoil that began in "The End of an Era." Feel free to continue rebuilding Constantinople, collecting items, performing repeating missions, and collecting Animus Fragments to unlock episodes of Desmond's Journey. To unlock all five usable gates on Animus Island, you need 30 fragments in all. These missions are played from the first person, but the basic controls are the same. Head up the stairs ahead and the wall will open up, revealing a beam for you to walk out on. Drop down a series of platforms, and you'll come to a particularly long drop to a platform far below. You don't really need to worry about falling damage in this world, though, so simply drop down. Even if you fall into the chasm below, you'll be teleported back to the entrance of the room. On the bottom level, press A to jump across a path of blocks toward the platform in the center of the room. The doorway on the left leads to a room with a button on the wall resembling the click icon (a finger pointing). Press this button to open the nearby barrier. Pass through the barrier into the next room, where you'll see a projection from Desmond's early memories. Proceed to the far end of the room, where some stairs and ramps on your right lead up to the level above. Take the thin bridge across and walk around the ledge to reach the next hand-shaped button, which will unlock another barrier. Through it, turn left and go up a ramp leading to another doorway, this one leading into a room with a black tower in the center. Circle around the tower and head down the stairs leading into it. Drop down the platforms ahead, then approach the moving platforms. Wait for one to come down to you, then jump to it. Then, when the platform raises, jump to the next one, and then again to the next, until you reach the upper ledge. Drop down into a hallway that will take you out to another room. Drop down to the bottom level and take the glowing bridge to another moving platform, which will take you up to a button. The button causes another bridge to appear. Drop down and cross this bridge, which will take you to a ledge by a moving platform. This time, walk straight across the platform and go around the ledge to hit a button before you take the platform up. At the top, use the bridge that the button created to get up to a gate. Walk through the gate, and you will get the power to place a floating platform in front of you by pressing RT. Change the shape of the platform with LB and RB, and delete platforms with X. Use the bridges to cross the gap ahead, and you'll come into a roof full of moving blocks that will send you back to the start if they touch you. At first, you can simply make a path around, but eventually you'll need to be able to raise and lower yourself. To go up, press LB and RB to change your bridge shape to a ramp, which you can traverse to go up. To go down, jump downward and place a platform to catch yourself. When you reach the blocks moving in a circular motion, be sure to "steer" yourself with bridges so that you move away from the incoming block. The floor ahead holds a MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM. Collect it, then use ramps to get up to the opening on your left. This will take you back to the starting room, except this time, you can simply use ramps or bridges to get yourself to the platform across from the starting area and pass through the gate. Before you do so, however, return to the original path, and you should find a second MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM in the room after the farm scene. Passing through the gate will end this first level of Desmond's Journey and earn you the achievement, "The Early Years." Proceed through the corridor into the first room. Place ramps to create a path to the opening on the other side, but be aware that the wind in the room will move your blocks over time. The second room contains numerous data streams, which send you back to the start if touched. Avoid the first two by ascending with ramps, then drop down and catch yourself with a block. The final stream waxes and wanes, so wait for the interval where you can safely pass through. The next room contains orange-colored fields that prevent you from making blocks within their confines. Drop through the gap at the end of the room, then as soon as you're past the barrier, catch yourself with a block and proceed. This room has a wind effect that pushes your blocks down, so you can use this to descend by placing a single block in it. To climb back up at the next windstream, you must place ramps and ascend against the current. At the top, you can find a MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM. Proceed on the block path to a room with a big eye. Proceed to the next room by placing more blocks. This room contains a barrier that will prevent you from placing blocks. Go to the wind stream and place a block there, then use the propulsion to bypass the barrier. Past the barrier, you'll need to drop into another windstream and place another block to be propelled to the platform. The next area contains data towers that will delete your blocks on contact. Use a block in a windstream to rise above the barrier, then maneuver to avoid the data towers. The wind will move you back and forth, which can steer you past the obstacles, but you may need to take the matter of steering into your own hands by adjusting your blocks. When you see Desmond's childhood memories, look behind them for a MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM. This room requires you to proceed through a path blowing up while making paths to avoid the data cubes. You'll have to drop down at one point, so position yourself so you won't contact the deleting surface. The final room is surprisingly simple. Just make a block path across to the gate and enter. You earn the achievement "The Reluctant Assassin." Cross the gap with a bridge of blocks, then when you reach the barrier, fall through it and immediately make a block to catch yourself on the other side. After that, your goal is the switch on the other side of the room, represented by a hand symbol. To reach it, make a path up to the beams, one of which holds a MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM, and walk through the orange barrier. Once you're through, make a path to the switch. After hitting it, cross the beams again to reach the newly opened doorway. The next room contains a moving barrier that destroys your blocks as it passes. To cross, wait for the barrier to leave and then place a block path. The following room is much the same, only with multiple moving barriers and intermittent platforms. The trick is to bridge across to each platform along the way to your destination and wait there for an opening to create the next path. In the next room, place a block and place a block in the stream to proceed. When the ceiling lowers, you'll have to drop and catch yourself with a block. Once you're able to do so, make a path up to the crossed beams where you can pick up a MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM. By placing blocks against the wall, you can prevent them from moving and create a stable path to the exit. The next area contains a cycle of moving barriers. As each barrier passes, creates paths, and when the next barrier moves through and destroys your block, drop and catch yourself with a block below the barrier to get past it. Repeat this process for the next room, which is essentially the same except for an unpredictable wind. The third room is even more complex, but luckily some large blocks appear to help you across the gap. At the end is the exit and the "Escape to New York" achievement. This journey comes with a new obstacle: a moving laser grid. Wait for an opening before proceeding. The lasers will wipe you out, but they won't affect blocks. Once you're through, make a ramp up to the next one. Pass through this one through an opening on the right at the opportune moment. Proceed to the final laser array, which can be passed through either on the left or the right when the openings appear. Now make another ramp up to the next room. This leads to another laser room, and when you enter, collect the MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM on your left. Use ramps to pass over the lasers and the chasm, then at the exit, wait to fall through the laser array until the opening appears for you to jump through. After each array, land on a block and wait for the next one to open up before dropping again. After the third array, you reach the bottom. Cross the bridge in the next room. After doing so, a barrier will appear and the bridge will disappear, but the path through the lasers will open. There is also wind that moves your blocks around unpredictably. Use ramps to pass over the lasers, then when you have to go around the lasers, keep to the left path. Finally, you reach a room where you must simply create a bridge across. The wind will blow you down and take you to the switch you need to press, which restores the bridge. The next group of lasers sways back and forth across the room, so pass on the right while the lasers are on the left side of the room. Descend by catching yourself with a block to collect the low-hanging MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM. After that, you can use ramps to get up to the end of the room, and proceed to the gate. You will unlock another achievement: "The Rotten Apple." Only one journey remains. Enter the elevator and push the button. The elevator doesn't actually move, so throw down a block and ride the wind field up. Proceed through the unobstructed paths, and don't miss the MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM as you cross the walkway. As you proceed, you will encounter incoming barriers, so steer around them with your blocks. On the other side, press the button to open the next elevator. Enter the downward wind field and create a path to the opposite side while avoiding data blocks. In the next room, there is a barrier moving back and forth across the room. After it passes, create a path to the nearest safe ground, then proceed each time it passes until you're across. When you reach the elevator, use a block to ride the lift upward like before. Hug the right and you'll come across another barrier. This one is rapidly opening and closing like a gate. This requires you to quickly make a path and cross during the interval when it is open. Cross the data stream while avoiding barriers, and you'll come to another gateway barrier. Pass through it just as before, by quickly making a path and running across it while the barrier is open. The final obstacle simply requires you to forge a path across while fighting a wind that constantly pushes you back. This means you'll have to place blocks quickly, as your progress constantly degrades. On the other end, take a left to collect the last MULTIPLAYER EMBLEM, then take the opposite path to reach the last exit. For completing Desmond's final journey, you receive the achievement, "Are You Desmond Miles?" Story walkthrough covers up to Sequence 3. Desmond's Journey walkthrough covers up to "Doubts."

My lord, having the cape would truly seal the deal for me. I don't need it, but if done right, it could really add gravitas to the look. Lordy, I need it! Bring on the shiny silver zebra print cloaks! If it's not included, it would be a relatively easy thing to work up. I've seen some larger Batman figures use a wire armature inside a cape for posing. It's cool that he even comes with the little dagger he tried to stab Splinter with. I wonder if there'd be a place on his body to store it. In the back of his waistband tie where he pulls it from. I wouldn't bank on a cape at this point but it would appear that the mask may wind up being removable. He's coming with an cape you can count on it. Neca wouldn't skip out on that. To be fair, we can't expect it. Toy companies that make movie accurate figures usually choose a scene to base the design on. So it could be 'final rooftop fight scene' Shredder (no cape). Or it could be 'Speech to young delinquents" Shredder (with cape). I would not be at all surprised if he did not come with a cape. DAMN. Balljoint aside (what can ya do?), that looks fantastic. I bet the gang at NECA never has to look for a miniature can opener! LOOKS AWESOME!!!! I might have to hit mine with a little glitter, but that's cool. I'm so excited for all the dynamic poses I'm going to get these guys in when Shredder finally arrives. What are we thinking? Early/late spring or early summer for a release for this guy? We're almost into December and we've already seen the Foot Soldier previews with no hint or idea on when that guy will be on sale. Thankfully, I've been saving my Amazon cash rewards like crazy for when Shredder finally gets here and I can just pre order him from there. I think I'm just going to grab the Giant Shredder and place him behind my four small scale turtles. Like some sort of super cheesy "Shredder looming large over the turtle's lives" look that is sure to get me laid. We know it will be sometime next month unless there is a delay, since the pre-order went up around two months ago. Pre-order has been up since July.... BBTS, EE, has them up for pre-order. Oh yeahhhh ... derp. I keep thinking about when NECA releases figures via their eBay or Amazon and we have had yet to know of on sale date so that's where I got all messed up. They're usually a few weeks late. This has been my experience, anyway. I haven't even pre-sold one. I imagine I will do better with Shredder, but I feel the demand has gone down now that there is a guarantee of these being released in 7" scale. I think I sold close to ten of Leonardo and the same number of Michelangelo so I would expect my theories to be correct.

In school, we believe that technology can be greatly beneficial to a child's academic progress and add an exciting dimension to their learning experiences. We place great importance on ensuring that pupils' use of these technologies occur in a controlled and safe environment. All children receive specific E-safety lessons as part of the computing curriculum as well as constant references to staying safe when using technology throughout their time in school. All technologies used in school are monitored using Impero software. For more information about E Safety in school, please view the E-safety policy in the School Policies section of the Parents Zone. Ensure that you look on your internet provider's website to activate parental controls to filter out inappropriate material. If your children play games online, ensure that their contact settings are private so they will not be able to play or receive communications from people they don't know. Always check the age rating of games your children play and observe them playing the game to check for inappropriate or adult themes. Ensure children know the SMART rules of using the internet and are not giving away too much personal information. Adhere to the age limits given on social media platforms (13+ on Facebook, Snapchat & Instagram). Monitor their use of the internet and check internet browsing history. Ensure children use secure passwords for websites that require a login. Take care with websites or platforms that are linked to your bank account/ credit card. It can be very easy to run up huge bills! If you have any questions regarding your child's online safety, contact Ms Sharratt or Mr Shea for more information. It has come to our attention that some of the children in school are playing a game called Fortnite. The NSPCC have raised concerns relating to children being "groomed" or bullied over the internet. Parents are advised to turn off the voice chat system in the game to make sure children are not speaking to strangers. Unfortunately, there is no way to turn off the text system which means that strangers can send messages to and from your child. The game has an age restriction of 12 which means no child in this school should be playing it and as a school we agree with this. However, if you wish your child to play Fortnite we would strongly recommend this is only when being watched by an adult. If you would like any further support or assistance relating to this or any other issue's, please contact Ms Sharratt or Mr Shea. Click on the link below to view the school's E Safety at home report and findings. We are now a member of the National Online Safety scheme. This means staff and governors have received training related to the latest E Safety issues and further training is available to parents. Excellent information about a range of prominent issues can be found in the files below.

I'm happy to back from this year's annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Chicago. I was part of a great session, "What Happens After 'Here Comes Everybody': An Examination of Participatory Archives," along with Elizabeth Yakel and Alexandra Eveleigh, moderated by Robert Townsend. We were lucky to be selected by the online publication CMSWire as a session worth highlighting, and so you can read a full summary of our remarks in their article. Below is my presentation (via SlideShare). An organization, site or collection in which people other than archives professionals contribute knowledge or resources, resulting in increased understanding about archival materials, usually in an online environment. As you can see from the slides, I think it's important to make a distinction between engagement and participation. This distinction is not intended to create a hierarchical system in which participation is "better." Rather I think it will assist us, as a profession whose experience with both types on online activity is relatively new, to think more clearly and have more focused discussions about what makes each type of activity successful. You'll see more from me about this in the future, but for now I'd be interested in feedback on this first iteration of the definition, which I know doesn't necessarily conform to the way others have used those terms. UPDATE: You can read Alexandra's own posts about her SAA experiences on her blog, Around the World in 80 Gigabytes, and about our session in particular here. Her slides are up on Slideshare too.

Q: Debugging SSL/TLS Connections in Android Can any one guide me for how to debug SSL/TLS Connections all handshake process. like: * *How key generation takes place (Random number , asymmetric key). *How to handshake process wrap and unwrap socket channel, and get converted with proper decryption. *How to enable debugging log in android for SSL/TLS socket. According to Debugging SSL/TLS Connections, Java uses java -Djavax.net.debug=all MyApp sor ssl debuging.

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Register online Renew a CCBA Membership Capital Campaign Donors Search: Site Members Search Directory: Meet Your Judges Mixer CCBA Community Service Activities CLE at Sea CCBA Picture Day CCBA Events Calendar Pro Bono Opportunities for Attorneys CCBA Members Directory Nevada Appellate Court Summaries (11-1-18) December 4, 2018 | Category: Court News, Nevada Appellate Court Summaries | Topics: Nevada Appellate Court Summaries Nevada Appellate Court Summaries was written by attorney Joe Tommasino. This long format piece is designed to highlight summaries of recent opinions from Nevada's Court of Appeals and Supreme Court from the Nevada. The content of this post was originally submitted for publication in the December 2018 issue of Communique, the official publication of the Clark County Bar Association (CCBA). Due to space constraints, this long format feature will be published exclusively on the CCBA's website. All rights reserved. To request permissions to reprint, contact CCBA at (702) 387-6011. Supreme Court of Nevada: Civil procedure: The district court properly denied a pro-se plaintiff's NRCP 60(b) motion for relief that was filed more than five months after the court dismissed his case because he did not comply with procedural requirements. A motion for NRCP 60(b)(1) relief must be filed "within a reasonable time" and "not more than 6 months after the proceeding was taken or the date that written notice of entry of the judgment or order was served." While district courts should assist pro-se litigants as much as reasonably possible, a pro-se litigant cannot use his alleged ignorance as a shield to protect him from the consequences of failing to comply with basic procedural requirements. Rodriguez v. Fiesta Palms, LLC, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 78, ___ P.3d ___ (October 4, 2018). Criminal Procedure: When a defendant moves to admit evidence to show that a young victim has the knowledge to contrive sexual allegations, a district court should afford the defendant an opportunity, outside the jury's presence, to show that "due process requires the admission of such evidence because the probative value in the context of that particular case outweighs its prejudicial effect on the [victim]." When seeking to offer evidence to show that a young victim has the knowledge to contrive sexual allegations, the defendant must first make an offer of proof as to the evidence the defendant seeks to admit at trial. Next, the district court should conduct a hearing where the defendant "must present justification for admission of the evidence, detailing how the evidence is relevant to the defense under the facts in the case." The State then should be given the opportunity to respond by showing how the evidence lacks sufficient probative value to overcome the risk of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury. The district court should then determine whether the evidence is relevant and, if so, weigh the probative value of the evidence against its prejudicial effect as required by NRS 48.035. The district court should focus on "whether the introduction of the victim's past sexual conduct may confuse the issues, mislead the jury, or cause the jury to decide the case on an improper emotional basis." Finally, the district court should state, on the record, its findings of fact and conclusions of law as to what evidence is and is not admissible. In this opinion, the Court also reminded district courts to follow the three-step procedure in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 86 (1986), because the use of a peremptory strike to remove a potential juror on the basis of race is unconstitutional. Williams (Gregory) v. State, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 83, ___ P.3d ___ (October 25, 2018). Family law: (1) NRS 432B.550(5)(a) creates a sibling presumption and mandates that when a child is in foster care, the district court must presume that the child's best interest is "to be placed together with the siblings of the child"; and (2) although adoption severs a child's legal relationship with the biological parents and places with the adoptive parents the power of making all parental decisions concerning the child, adoption does not preclude application of the legislative presumption that placing siblings together is in a child's best interest. While no statute defines "sibling" for purposes of placements under NRS Chapter 432B, NRS 432B.550(5)(b) recognizes relative status based on consanguinity, and no statute expressly severs sibling status for placement purposes once one of the siblings is adopted. Given the Legislature's emphasis on maintaining such relationships whenever possible throughout domestic-relations and dependency statutes, the Supreme Court of Nevada could not conclude that the Legislature intended that the sibling presumption disappear once a child is adopted. Mulkern v. Dist. Ct. (Clark Cty. Dep't of Family Serv.'s), 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 82, ___ P.3d ___ (October 18, 2018). Medical malpractice: For purposes of NRS 41A.100(1)(d), a tooth injury is not "directly involved" or "proximate" to a hysterectomy; therefore, the plaintiff in this case was not required to attach to her complaint a supporting affidavit from a medical expert. The Supreme Court of Nevada interprets the phrase "directly involved in the treatment or proximate thereto" in NRS 41A.100(1)(d) quite narrowly. Moreover, the Court has indicated that parts of the body targeted by anesthesia are not "directly involved" with or "proximate" to surgery upon an unrelated part of the body. Dolorfino v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nevada, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 79, ___ P.3d ___ (October 4, 2018). Physicians: A physician's due-process rights do not attach at the investigation stage of a complaint made to the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. When a complaint against a physician is filed with the Board, a committee of Board members investigates the complaint. Because NRS 630.352(1) prevents members in the investigative committee from later participating in adjudicating claims stemming from the investigation, the Nevada Supreme Court extended the holding in Hernandez v. Bennett-Haron, 128 Nev. 580, 287 P.3d 305 (2012), and concluded that "a physician's due process rights do not attach to the administrative agency's fact-finding role." Sarfo v. State, Bd. of Med. Exam'rs, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 85, ___ P.3d ___ (November 1, 2018). Public records: (1) The Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) maintains in a computer database certain employment and pension-payment information about government retirees; and (2) under the Nevada Public Records Act, where a records request "merely requires searching a database for existing information, is readily accessible and not confidential," and "the alleged risks posed by disclosure do not outweigh the benefits of the public's interest in access to the records," the Act mandates that PERS disclose the information. While an individual retiree's physical file, which contains personal information such as social-security numbers and beneficiary designations, may not be inspected in its entirety, that does not make all the information kept in that file confidential when the information is stored electronically and PERS can extract the nonconfidential information from the individual files. The Act requires a state agency to query and search its database to identify, retrieve, and produce responsive records for inspection if the agency maintains public records in an electronic database. Moreover, the search of a database or the creation of a program to search for existing information is not the "creat[ion] [of] new documents or customized reports," as contemplated by prior cases. Pub. Employees' Retirement Sys. of Nevada v. Nevada Policy Research Inst., Inc., 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 81, ___ P.3d ___ (October 18, 2018). Public records: A two-part, burden-shifting test applies to determine the scope of redaction of names of persons identified in an investigative report with nontrivial privacy claims. First, the government is required to establish a "personal privacy interest stake to ensure that disclosure implicates a personal privacy interest that is nontrivial or. . . more than [ ] de minimis." Second, if the agency succeeds in showing that the privacy interest at stake is nontrivial, the requester "must show that the public interest sought to be advanced is a significant one and that the information [sought] is likely to advance that interest." Clark Cty. School Dist. v. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 84, ___ P.3d ___ (October 25, 2018). Real property: (1) The presumptions from Sack v. Tomlin, 110 Nev. 204, 871 P.2d 298 (1994), concerning tenants in common apply to joint tenants; and (2) prior to dividing fractional shares held by cotenants, the initial presumption of equal ownership must be successfully rebutted. Under Sack, cotenants are presumed to equally share property, "unless circumstances indicate otherwise." Additionally, the presumption of equal shares may be rebutted through unequal contributions to property by unrelated cotenants who lack donative intent. If successfully rebutted, fractional shares are based on the amount contributed by each party. The case of Langevin v. York, 111 Nev. 1481, 907 P.2d 981 (1995), purportedly applied the Sack presumptions to joint tenants, but it divided property in proportion to the amount contributed by each party without clearly rebutting the presumption of equal ownership. In the instant case involving the partition of real property, the Supreme Court of Nevada clarified that "Langevin did not overrule Sack, particularly because Langevin noted that Sack was controlling law." As such, the initial presumption that cotenants share equally must first be successfully rebutted through evidence of lack of relatedness or donative intent, prior to the court dividing the property or proceeds in proportion to each party's contributions. Howard v. Hughes, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 80, ___ P.3d ___ (October 4, 2018). 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Outlying Durbanville wine tourism destination, Phizante Kraal, established Anno 1698, according to its letterhead, has come a long way – and not just over those three centuries or so. Until a few years ago, it was barely open at all for tasting – largely because it sold the vast majority of its grapes to other cellars. Indeed, it still has no cellar of its own. But it does make wine now – and has done for nearly a decade. But until last year, you could only have tasted it once a month on a Saturday morning if the wind was in the right direction. Now things are a lot more professional and a bit more regular – though Mondays, please note, the restaurant is NOT open, as signs tell you as you come up the drive. Sunday, too, in fact. But the new tasting and eating venue is very much worth getting the day and time right for. An ancient cow byre has been elegantly converted to a long dining room, complete with ancient troughs and less than level cobbled floor, with a very funky resin finish. And the next door tasting venue, in contrast, is all glass and light and an even funkier flavour jar installation, which has to be seen (and smelt) to be believed… comfy sofas and armchairs complete the picture. Outside, the minimalist garden is coming on apace as the herbs and shrubs establish themselves adjacent to the courtyard where outside tables are an option for tasting or coffee (full meals are only served inside for now). Opening Times: 8.30pm to 4.30pm for tasting Monday to Friday. Saturday 8.30am to 2.30pm. Restaurant open for lunch every day except Sunday and Monday. Brunch on Saturdays. Telephone: 021 976 2114 and for other farms, see our listings in our book, downloadable from our website: see below. Best thing about the Durbanville Wine Valley? The views, the food, the wine and the gees – always a warm welcome and so close to Cape Town! Adults or children? All Durbanville festivals and farms are child-friendly. Red or white? White is the signature here – cool climate Sauvignons and intriguing blends – but Merlot is not far behind. Best time to go? Festival time, if you like friendly crowds and to taste all the farms offerings in one place: otherwise any time in spring to catch the new Sauvignon Blancs before they sell out!

Duane Ramsdell "Dewey" Clarridge (April 16, 1932 – April 9, 2016) was an American senior operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and supervisor for more than 30 years. Clarridge was the chief of the Latin American division from 1981 to 1987 and a key figure in the Iran-Contra Affair. Clarridge pleaded guilty to seven counts of perjury and making false statements relating to 1985 shipment to Iran. CIA career Clarridge was born into a "staunchly Republican family" in Nashua, New Hampshire. His father was Duane Herbert Clarridge, and his mother was Alice Scott Ramsdale. Duane Herbert Clarridge worked as a dentist and he remained a staunch conservative the rest of his life. Duane Ramsdell Clarridge went to the private college preparatory Peddie School for high school, and then went to Brown University. For graduate school he went to Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs and joined the CIA in 1955. He then rose through the ranks of the CIA in "a normal career pattern up to the late 70s", (as quoted in an interview he gave to CNN's Cold War Episodes program), being chief of the CIA station in Istanbul, where he maintained close contacts with the Counter-Guerrilla, the Turkish stay-behind anti-communist organization. He transferred to Rome before becoming chief of the Latin America division in 1981. According to The New York Times, "[f]rom his days running secret wars for the C.I.A. in Central America to his consulting work in the 1990s on a plan to insert Special Operations troops in Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein, Mr. Clarridge has been an unflinching cheerleader for American intervention overseas." During his three-year tenure, he directed several of the CIA's more notorious operations in Latin America, including the 1984 mining of Nicaraguan harbors, an act for which the United States was convicted in a 1986 World Court case at the Hague (Nicaragua v. United States). When asked about his role in the mining, Clarridge was open about his involvement but downplayed the severity of the covert operation: "So we decided to go big time for the economics alright... So I was sitting at home one night, frankly having a glass of gin, and I said you know the mines has gotta be the solution. I knew we had 'em, we'd made 'em outta sewer pipe and we had the good fusing system on them and we were ready. And you know they wouldn't really hurt anybody because they just weren't that big a mine, alright? Yeah, with luck, bad luck we might hurt somebody, but pretty hard you know?" Clarridge was also instrumental in organizing and recruiting Contra forces to overthrow Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government. Clarridge used aliases such as "Dewey Maroni" during these operations. He described the early Contra force as "about 500... some of them were former members of the Nicaraguan National Guard (whose leader Anastasio Somoza Debayle had been overthrown by the Sandinistas in 1979), or a lot of them were just you know peasants from the mountainous areas between Honduras and Nicaragua who had been at war with somebody, forever. And in many respects they were like a bunch of cattle rustlers. Bandits. Not bandits, they weren't robbing people but they were doing the things they do in that area." But, Clarridge maintained, by the end of the conflict, the Contras numbered more than 20,000 peasants due less to the CIA's efforts than to the Sandinistas' attempts at reeducation and land redistribution. Clarridge defended the overthrow of democratically elected governments, specifically the Allende government in Chile saying "We'll intervene whenever we decide it's in our national security interests to intervene. Get used to it, worldwe're not going to put up with nonsense." He admitted to the House Intelligence Committee staff in a secret briefing in 1984 that the Contras were routinely murdering "civilians and Sandinista officials in the provinces as; well as heads of cooperatives, nurses, doctors and judges". But he claimed that this did not violate President Reagan's executive order prohibiting assassinations because the agency defined it as just 'killing'. "After all, this is war—a paramilitary operation," Clarridge said in conclusion. In 1984, he became chief of the European Division of the CIA, where he ran a successful "counterterrorist" operation. Later, with the support of CIA director William Casey, he set up a Counterterrorist Center that operated out of Langley, Virginia. Iran-Contra Clarridge has said that he had no involvement in the later illegal diversion of funds to the Contras. Clarridge was indicted in November 1991 on seven counts of perjury and false statements. On Christmas Eve 1992 in the waning hours of his presidency, George H. W. Bush pardoned Clarridge before his trial could finish. At the same time, Bush pardoned five of Clarridge's associates in the Iran-Contra Affair including former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, Elliott Abrams, a former assistant secretary of state for Inter-American affairs; former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane; and former CIA employees Alan Fiers and Clair George. The final version of the Walsh Report concluded that "there was strong evidence that Clarridge's testimony was false." Post-CIA career Clarridge operated a "private spying operation ... from poolside at his home near San Diego." Colleagues said that Clarridge viewed the CIA "largely with contempt." He has "likened his operation, called the Eclipse Group, to the Office of Strategic Services, the C.I.A.'s World War II precursor." In November 2015, Trip Gabriel of The New York Times reported that Clarridge was a top adviser to the Ben Carson presidential campaign on terrorism and national security. Clarridge was quoted as indicating that Carson struggled to grasp foreign policy, and could not grasp "one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East." The Carson campaign released a statement charging the Times with taking advantage of "an elderly gentleman." Carson subsequently replied: "He's not my adviser. He is not my adviser. He is a person who has come in on a couple of our sessions to offer his opinions about what was going on... To call himself my adviser would be a great stretch, and he has no idea who else I'm sitting down and talking to." Clarridge died at the age of 83, a week short of his 84th birthday in Leesburg, Virginia on April 9, 2016 from complications of esophageal cancer. In his last interview, Clarridge hinted that Reagan's October Surprise may have been real. See also Operation Gladio Operation Charly List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States References Further reading Baer, Robert. See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002. Clarridge, Duane. A Spy for All Seasons (1997 memoirs) Kornbluh, Peter and Malcolm Byrne, eds. The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988 (Document collection). Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey; Washington, D.C.: National Security Archive, 1990. Kornbluh, Peter and Malcolm Byrne, eds. The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History. New York: New Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton, 1993. Walsh, Lawrence E. Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up. New York: Norton, 1997. External links Interview With Duane Clarridge, February 21, 1999 1932 births 2016 deaths American perjurers American spies Iran–Contra affair Peddie School alumni People of the Central Intelligence Agency Recipients of American presidential pardons People from Nashua, New Hampshire New Hampshire Republicans California Republicans

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Home Wiki Sonam Bajwa Wiki – Famous Punjabi actor and Naah Goriye Fame Sonam Bajwa Wiki – Famous Punjabi actor and Naah Goriye Fame Neel Ashar Do you know this famous celebrity? If not, let us help you out. Moreover, she is an actor and a dancing sensation too. Wondering who is she? Well, she is none other than Sonam Bajwa. She is a popular celeb due to appearances in various films and shows too. Let us have a detailed look into her profile and find out more! Childhood and Personal Life Sonampreet Kaur Bajwa, popularly known as Sonam Bajwa is a popular celebrity born on 16th of August in 1989. Besides, she is 30 years old as of now. Also, she hails from Nanakmatta located near Rudrapur in the state of Uttarakhand. Additionally, she is a Punjabi by birth. Besides, Sonam's mother is Ritu Bajwa. Also, she is a renowned teacher in Rudrapur village. Moreover, her father is a famous teacher too. However, we do not know further details regarding him as of now. Besides, Jaideep Bajwa is her brother. Nonetheless, they are twins and identical by faces too! How adorable! She shares a strong bond and camaraderie with her grandma on the maternal side as well. Additionally, Sonam accomplished her schooling from the renowned Jaycees Public School located in Rudrapur in Uttarakhand. Afterwards, she shifted to Delhi for pursuing a Bachelor's Degree. Also, she accomplished her graduation from the famous Delhi University. Besides, Sonam is an astute follower of Jesus Christ. However, many fans lashed back posing questions regarding her belief. Moreover, Sonam hit back and clarified that religious belief is a personal choice and she respects every religion. Also, read about Sonarika Bhadoria Wiki, Kunal Kamra Wiki. Sonam always aspired to be a model right from her childhood days. However, she commenced her career as an air hostess for a renowned airline company. However, she quit it after a short span of time. She aspired to become Miss India one fine day. In the year 2012, she threw her hat into the Femina Miss India competition. Unfortunately, she could not emerge triumphantly. However, she can be proud of her valiant efforts as one of the finalists in the pageant competition. Afterwards, she also bagged a contract for a movie. Her dream came true in 2013 when she debuted in the Punjabi film industry with the film Best of Luck. She portrayed the famous role of Simran in that film. Also, she appeared in the blockbuster Tamil film titled Kappal in the same year. She garnered much fame and attention for her splendid performance. Moreover, she rose notches up with the film titled Punjab 1984. Shot exquisitely, this film made her famous like never before. Everybody critically acclaimed and approved of her performance. Besides, she appeared in the movie titled Aatadukundam Raa in 2016. This became her Telugu debut film. Moreover, she appeared in various Punjabi films thereafter. Some of them include Carry on Jatta 2, Nikka Zaildar and many others. She portrays every expression and scene with sheer brilliance. This is why she is so highly regarded in the film industry. Besides, her breakthrough came in 2019 when she debuted in Bollywood. In the film Bala, she played a crucial role. Besides, she is famous for a cameo in Harddy Sandhu's song Naah Goriye. She became a sensation in Bollywood after this song released. Besides, Sonam is allegedly in a relationship with India's cricketer Lokesh Rahul. Sonam Bajwa Wiki and Biography Name: Sonam Bajwa Date of Birth: 16th August 1989 Birth Place: Nanakmatta, Rudrapur District, Uttarakhand Religion: Sikh Hometown: Nanakmatta, Rudrapur District, Uttarakhand Profession: Actor and Model School: Jaycees Public School, Rudrapur College: Delhi University Marital Status: In a relationship Husband/ Spouse: None Mother: Ritu Bajwa Brother: Jaideep Bajwa Skin Colour: Tan Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Brown Hobbies: Travelling, Shopping and Dancing Zodiac Sign/ Sun Sign: Leo Favourite Place: Unknown Net Worth: Unknown Instagram: @sonambajwa Sonam Bajwa Biography Sonam Bajwa Wiki I love to watch cricket and also read travel blogs and travelogues in my leisure time. It is a privilege to work with Reporter Live. Looking forward to giving my best in whatever tasks I do. You can contact me at [email protected] Surbhi Jyoti Wiki – Very Famous Telefilms Actor and Talented Hostess Khushi Kapoor Wiki – Social Media Sensation and Jhanvi Kapoor's Sister Sonia Kapoor Wiki – Popular Bollywood Singer Himesh Reshammiya's Wife and Famous Actor Arti Singh Wiki, Govinda's Niece, Comedian Krushna Abhishek's sister & Bigg...

Welcome to read the Hyip Information Survey #462, which is the first one in the year 2016. HYIPNews teal is back from holidays and back to regular news coverage of the HYIP industry and publishing the surveys online. Today we are pleased to start with the good news. The Top Choice section remains stable as before. The only change is getting the SaliPay HYIP on the 10th place, as 2-3 Percent moves down a bit. As for the Sticky listing it is represented with the only program, the same as two weeks ago, Universe Investment. Stability matters! We are happy to announce a large number of new programs launched starting from the beginning of the year 2016. Eight new hyips have been recently added to HYIPNews. The majority of them are offering mostly paid-upon-expiry investment plans with ultra high possible revenues. The Problem section of the first in the year 2016 Hyip Information Survey is full of surprises. First of all, it needs to be mentioned there are only two Problem HYIPs there and a comparatively short list of closed programs in the Closures section, which among others includes two HYIPs, which used to be listed at HYIPNews: Forexpekka added 4 days ago to HYIPNews and Altair Limited added to HYIPNews 44 days ago. Some news from the Hyips online and the article about the advantages of using password managers are provided in the Hyip Events and Emoney sections of the survey accordingly. We can see some changes occurred in the TOP 5 of the Hyip Quotes section during the first days of the year. Two programs Poker Automatics and Albion Union moved up in the list as Poker Adv lost nearly 60 points within last two days. Compared to the results shown at the end of the year 2015, the index is declining, though fluctuating. Check the list of the Top 10 programs included to the Top Choice section this Friday in the Hyip Information Survey #462 published at HYIPNews.com. 1. Albion Union Listed: 787 days Profit: 0.6-2.4% daily! Term: up to 120 business days! 2. Investfond Listed: 693 days Profit: up to 19% weekly! Term: for lifetime! 3. Poker Automatics Listed: 505 days Profit: 0.4-1.3% daily! Term: up to 180 calendar days! 4. COMEX Brokerage Listed: 406 days Profit: 1.8-2.2% daily! Term: for 160 business days! 5. Nano-11 Listed: 352 days Profit: 3% weekly for 500 days! Term: for 500 calendar days! 6. Zooo Listed: 343 days Profit: 3% weekly! Term: for lifetime! 7. AtlantInv Listed: 378 days Profit: 0.5% daily 3% weekly! Term: for 365 calendar days! 8. Hyip Winners Listed: 56 days Profit: 1-8% daily for 3-20 days! Term: up to 20 calendar days! 9. Boost Holdings Listed: 74 days Profit: 6.4-14% daily for 20 days 160-1000% after 10-60 days! Term: up to 90 calendar days! 10. SaliPay Listed: 60 days Profit: 0.3-0.6% daily! Term: until 150% reached! Universe Investment Listed: 28 days Profit: 1.5-2.3% daily for 7-30 days 300-800% after 30-60 days! Term: up to 60 calendar days! It's been two weeks since the previous hyip information survey was published. Actually it was before the New Year. And today we are pleased to announce by the time the first Hyip Information Survey in the year 2016 is released the Top Choice section remains stable as before. The only change is getting the SaliPay HYIP on the 10th place, as 2-3 Percent moves down a bit. As for the Sticky listing it is represented with the only program, the same as two weeks ago, Universe Investment. Stability matters! We are happy about the fact the majority of to hyips managed to survive through the Christmas and Ney Year holidays, which is supposed to be considered as the most dangerous time for hyip investing. Take your time to see the list of the new programs launched online since the start of the year 2016. Globaxteam 1.2-5% daily up to 45 calendar days! Trusty Finance 3-10% daily 102-149% after 1-5 days! Eligible Invest 3-7% daily 280-800% after 6-20 days! Startup Insider 135-2500% after 1-40 days! Fund Alliance 131-1500% after 1-30 days! Airspace-Inv 130-1300% after 1-15 days! We are happy to announce a large number of new programs launched starting from the beginning of the year 2016. Eight new hyips have been recently added to HYIPNews. The majority of them are offering mostly paid-upon-expiry investment plans with ultra high possible revenues. Only two programs added lately are offering daily based payouts and one, Arbitrage hyip is even providing monthly decent profit of up to 15%, which makes it automatically an interesting and potentially attractive source of long-term investment. The Problem section of the first in the year 2016 Hyip Information Survey is full of surprises. First of all, it needs to be mentioned there are only two Problem HYIPs there and a comparatively short list of closed programs in the Closures section, which among others includes two HYIPs, which used to be listed at HYIPNews: Forexpekka added 4 days ago to HYIPNews and Altair Limited added to HYIPNews 44 days ago. World Forex Fund (125 days), Forex Plex (31 days), Basis50 (78 days), PM Fiesta (24 days), SwissIncomes (38 days), Investments Perfect Money (216 days), Forexpekka (4 days), Altair Limited (44 days). The HYIPNews team is back from holidays. Today on Friday the first Hyip information survey in 2016 is published. Let us start the year with the overview of the latest updates from the HYIPs listed at HYIPNews. Boost Holdings, taking the ninth place in the list, thanks for the great support all the partners and celebrates 365 days online. On that occasion the special investment plan has been offered to the members of the project, according to the terms of which one can double the deposit within 4 days. Each client is only allowed to make one deposit in the One Year Online Celebration plan. And only total 200 unites are available. When there are total of 200 deposits the plan is closed automatically. The admin of Captains Fund, another HYIPNews listed program, announces the launch of Live Support with the help of which one can ask questions and get answers 24/7. As claimed Captains Fund does its best to provide best services possible to every user. Along with that there is some nice piece of news in terms of deposit bonus. Captains Fund announced 10% deposit bonus to every member making active deposit, valid till January 7, 2016. And finally one more update comes from Hyperial Limited, currently placed on the 11th place at HYIPNews listing. The admin of the program announces the completion of 55 calendar days since the program was launched. Within the entire time the program has been online, all members of the project team have proved their professional skills and always timely resolution of any issue possible. The admin is very happy with the support of the customers and their trust, which is proven with multiple reinvestments. As claimed there are lots of plans for the current year. As it's been announced for members' comfort the support phone will be added within few days so that you could keep in touch with the agent and resolve any possible issue that you care about. Along with the phone support, Live chat will be added with the same purpose. Poker Automatics listed on the second place at HYIPNews decides to close all active virtual (demo) deposits to reduce load of the script. By now there are more than 60K clients and over 81K active deposits in the system. All VIRTUAL funds are returned to your virtual balances. However, the option to create new virtual accounts is still available, which means the system has been simply restarted with no serious changes. Providing the opportunity to create virtual accounts, it is not tolerated to do so, in case customer understand the way Poker Automatics works well enough. SolidTrustPay raises the problem of password security publishing the article on whether it is safe to use password managers and how actually one should use them properly. The matter is most of people use very weak passwords and reuse the same password for all different websites and accounts. With so many passwords to keep track of, of course it is human nature to use the same one over and over again for simplicity's sake. However, this makes our accounts and passwords very vulnerable to hackers. Naturally there may be a problem to store all the unique passwords in one's memory and some solutions may come to mind instantly, which are all not quite secured. I am talking about writing the passwords on piece of papers, saving passwords as word doc on the PC or saving the password inside your browser. As i have said earlier all these options are not very secured. You can lose the piece of paper. A family member, friend, neighbor, or even the person who came into your house to fix the broken window could find and use your passwords from the paper you keep. Your computer could crash and the saved document lost forever – unrecoverable. A hacker could gain access to your computer and find the document with all your passwords. The browser that auto saved the passwords is also vulnerable to hacks if your computer is compromised. Also, there can be some auto-fill issues where the browser remembers an older password but not the new one. Here comes the question, what to do with all those passwords? How one should keep all passwords in one spot without too much risk of losing them. Password Managers can be useful here. This is where a Password Manager can come in handy. There is a variety of Password Managers that you could use. Regardless of the one you choose to use they all work basically the same. They securely store your login information for all the websites you use and help you log into them automatically. They encrypt your password database with a master password – the master password is the only one that must be memorized! We have just gone from trying to remember 10-20-30 or more passwords to only 1!!! And let's not even mention trying to remember all the usernames or login ID's that go with each account. These are also remembered for you by the Password Manager. Using Password Managers seems to be really handy and secure way to store passwords, though one should always keep in mind there is nothing 100% secured. Hackers are in constant search for the new ways of intrusion. There was a hack on one password manager program earlier this year. The hack actually proved the general trustworthiness of password managers, since despite the hack no passwords were compromised. The passwords are quite safe as they are buried under many, many layers of encryption. With using a dedicated password manager you can store all your passwords in an encrypted form and some can allow you to access your passwords across your different devices (computers, smartphones, and tablets). The outcome is evident - using passwords managers is a perfect alternative to keep record of all your passwords in one place. Poker Automatics. The HYIP is back to the first place in the Hyip Quotes section. At the same time it needs to be said last days of the year were not too positive for the project. By December 31, the index fell down to 102 points and then starting from the very first day of January it started to go up until reached 154 points on January 3. Albion Union. The HYIP moved two positions up compared to the TOP 5 published at the end of December. The situation with the quotation index was rather interesting. It was moving up and down without global changes. Eventually by January 1 the index reached 145 quotation points, which is only 8 points lower than the index shown on December 18. SaliPay. The program moves to the third place of the Hyip Quotes TOP 5 for the first time. During the period from January 1 till January 7 the quotation index trend was fluctuating and changing day by day, though all in all it looks declining. Compared to January 1 the index is 3 points lower. Poker Adv. The situation with the quotation index of this HYIP, which used to take the first place till recently, changed all of a sudden on January 6, when the declining trend commenced. Within two days on January 6-7 index decreased from 172 to 118 points, which in its turn led to going for places down. Obviously that is the most serious decline of the quotation index shown by all programs included in the TOP 5 of the Hyip Quotes section. Globox Trade. The situation with the quotation index of this HYIP is very similar to the one of SaliPay. The index was going up and down moving downwards after all. First three days of the year were rising, then decline occurred, after that on January 5 the quotation index moved up again and then down the following day. Eventually on January 7 the quotation index entered another rising trend and increased to 118 points, which is still less than the one on January 1. We can see some changes occurred in the TOP 5 of the Hyip Quotes section during the first days of the year. Two programs Poker Automatics and Albion Union moved up in the list as Poker Adv lost nearly 60 points within last two days, eventually loosing four positions as the result. The newcomers of the Hyip Quotes section today are two programs: SaliPay, taking the third place and Globox Trade, which has already been a member of TOP 5 before. All in all the quotation index trend of all the HYIPs looks negative. Compared to the results shown at the end of the year 2015, the index is declining, though fluctuating.

Connect with travel bloggers Inma Gregorio 10 Iceland Movies And Documentaries Worth Watching By Inma Gregorio Travel Blogger Contact Inma Gregorio 1. Angels of the Universe 2. Children of Nature 3. The Sea 4. Stormy Weather 5. 101 Reykjavik 6. Dreamland 7. Metalhead 8. Screaming Masterpiece 9. Volcano 10. Cold Fever Iceland has an outstanding cinema film industry, with a good number of Icelandic artists who received attention and regard from all over the world. Also, Icelandic movies have been nominated or won many international awards. See Also: The Story of Icelandic Cinema. For people who are looking to watch great Icelandic movies and get inspired to visit Iceland, below you can find a few good options: It is a very good Icelandic movie that was released in 2000, produced and directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. Angels of the Universe is a story about a young man and his fight with a dangerous mental disease and the people in his ordinary life. The movie is funny and sad at the same time and the characters are very good. This movie was released in 1991, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is the only Icelandic movie that has ever been nominated for the best foreign language film Oscar at the 64th Academy Awards. The movie is about Thorgeir who has grown too old to take care of himself and his farm. He also is not welcome at his daughter and son in law's urban house, so he ends up alone in a home for the elderly people. There he meets an old woman called Stella and the story of the movie begins. The movie was released in 2002, directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is a story of a rich Icelandic family that is famous in a small town. They have a fish company to run and family problems to deal with. The movie was released in 2003, directed by Sólveig Anspach. It is a story of a relationship between French psychologist called Cora and her unclear and confused patient Loa who has returned back to Iceland from France. Cora begins to notice some changes in Loa's attitude and the weird scientific questions she held in her mind. Wanna know more about the unpredictable Iceland weather? Check this out! This movie was released in 2000, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Victoria Abril and Hilmir Snær Guðnason. It is a story of Hlynur, an ordinary 101 rat (rat is the name of the people who live in 101), that is lost in his life. One day his mother comes out as a lesbian and she comes home with her girlfriend. Since then Hlynur's life has changed and never remain the same. This movie was released in 2009, directed by Andri Snær Magnason and Thorfinnur Gudnason, it is a documentary that searches about the importance of keeping the Icelandic nature protected. And generally, talks about the bad things that happened when the Kárahnjúkar dam was built and how people and nature have been influenced by the aluminium giants. The movie was released in 2013, written and directed by Ragnar Bragason. It is a story of a girl who has lost her brother so she has very hard days dealing with his death. She spends her time playing metal music, the only thing she is good at. The movie was released in 2005 written and directed by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon. It is a documentary film about the music life in Iceland. It searches about the facts and reasons why Iceland has so many kinds of musical talent. A drama movie was released in 2011, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson. It is a story of Hannes, an old man who has lived far away from his kids, his wife gets sick so he retires and starts trying to reconnect with them. A comedy, drama movie was released in 1995, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a story about a Japanese man who travels to Iceland and the troubles he's got while going to a remote area to execute a traditional ritual where his parents died seven years ago. 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CAA Micro Roni Review | Glock Carbine Conversion Kit With IGB Barrel December 9, 2017 By Eve Flanigan Leave a Comment CAA Micro Roni: yes, you can have it all, no NFA required! Not gonna lie, when I saw the first press release for the CAA Micro Roni series, my line of thinking included the words "cheesy," and "gimmick." That changed when I tested one out for myself. Throngs of Glock fans have dreamt of a carbine version of the famously dependable pistol. CAA, of Israel, has made that dream a reality. Meet the Micro Roni, a 3.5-pound, polymer and aluminum contraption that converts most double stack Glock pistols into a short-barreled rifle (SBR). For $250, plus the $200 ATF tax stamp, a shooter can switch between pistol and rifle modes in seconds. Don't want to deal with the legal hassle and expense associated with SBR permitting? There are two other options. CAA makes an arm brace version of the Micro Roni that requires no tax stamp, and still offers the benefits—if not quite the cool appearance, in my opinion—of the regular Micro Roni. Yet another off-the-shelf (or over-the-internet) option is to grab what was provided in this trial, and truly have it all—a Micro Roni SBR, or Glock Carbine Conversion kit, with a 16-inch replacement barrel by IGB of Austria. Together, these products make your Glock into an incredibly versatile, non-NFA regulated carbine. The non-NFA Micro Roni disassembled Inserting a Glock into either Micro Roni on its own is a straightforward process. The gun plugs into the polymer shroud; snapping the insertion port back into place secures the charging handle over the slide. It only takes a few seconds, and it's ready to go. The IGB barrel adds a few steps and a bit of complexity. First, the barrel simply replaces the original in the normal field strip/reassembly. There are two Allen (2.5 and 3mm) screws to remove, a pin that requires a punch, and some parts, including a one-inch spring, to keep track of. It's not rocket science, but in the windy country where this writer lives, it's definitely a job to do indoors. Useful features The utterly cool Micro Roni, a G17, and a 16 inch barrel The CAA Micro Roni conveniently holds a spare mag in the foregrip, so the user can start with 35 rounds on board, assuming the chamber is hot. Why not, considering that a simple finger-operated polymer triangle rotates to cover both sides of the trigger guard as a safety. When it's not in use, the stock folds in half. At just 24 inches folded, including the barrel, it's a very easy to carry package; ideal for small spaces like a truck or bedside. A full-length Picatinny rail on the top, and smaller sections on the sides, allow for installation of sights or an optic, a light, a sling, or whatever floats your boat. Go for the upgrade package for $175, and your Micro Roni Glock Carbine Conversion comes complete with push-button sling swivels, thumb rests (yes they exist), a sling, a light that fits into the frame, and flip-up rear and front sights … a pretty good bargain when compared to purchasing these components separately, not to mention that the light socket under the muzzle is made exclusively for CAA's tactical flashlight. There is enough rail space for both a scope and iron sights The slide racks with a charging handle like most semi-auto rifles. It, as well as the safety lever, are ambidextrous. In this test, a Glock 17 was used—Gen 1 and 2 need not apply, by the way. Firing the familiar Glock pistol through the shroud-and-barrel combo is a pleasant combination of familiar components. The stability of a shoulder-mounted rifle means less fatigue and better accuracy at distance. A familiar, if not stellar, Glock trigger and nearly non-existent felt recoil make for an enjoyable, affordable practice session. These same traits also make it an easy-to-deploy defensive carbine. With on-board ammo storage in standard magazines, it might also be considered to have greater immediate capacity than an AR-15, unless the higher-powered rifle carries a mag coupler or the shooter carries extra ammo on their person. After about 75 rounds, some light strike misfires were experienced with two brands of ammunition, one a newer brand that uses nickel in the casing, and one more common brand of brass-cased FMJ. We surmised the system had caused excess fouling, as this has been reported by other reviewers using the Micro Roni alone. Upon disassembling the setup, the Glock appeared not dirty at all, but perhaps under-lubricated. It functioned well with all other types of ammunition, and this Glock has fired both test brands without the kit without issue. It's not clear whether this is a developing problem in the gun, or with its interface with the Micro Roni. I suspect the former, however test time and ammo supply didn't allow for another range session sans the Micro Roni's at-home disassembly. Suffice to say that some ammunition reliability testing is indicated for any individual Glock in the device. Accuracy and performance This still shows why a thumb rest can be an attractive accessory Our testers found themselves hitting a large, 36-inch square steel target with a hit rate of 60-70 percent with the long-barreled Micro Roni Glock Conversion. With just the Glock 17, that rate is about 40-50 percent. The range of the Glock was thus improved, without much sacrifice of close-up action. At 25 yards, a 4 MOA group was achieved with Federal 147 grain jacketed hollow point. This was, by far, the best group of the three grain weights and four brands. The heavier the bullet, the tighter the group. 115 grain bullets' groups, even using a supported bench rest position were surprisingly loose, with some not even hitting the IDPA-regulation target. I could do better with a naked Glock. It's obvious, ammunition makes a big difference using the IGB barrel. Were I to speculate, I'd guess that the heavier rounds don't create as much instability in the long, unsupported barrel, which can be rattled around if grabbed near the muzzle end. With steel target shooting in the plan for this review, I reached out to YRS Inc., distributor of IGB barrels, to inquire about the barrel's effect on muzzle velocity. With the caveat that different loads will yield different results, the YRS Inc. rep said one can expect an increase of around 14 percent from a round fired from a full-size pistol with a 4.5- to 5-inch barrel. Barrel-related speed enhancements for 9mm pistols tend to peak at a barrel length of 10 inches. After that, slight decreases are observed. Long story short, it's considered safe to use the IGB 16-inch barrel as a pistol caliber carbine (PCC) for matches or recreational shooting. Nevertheless, I'm hesitant to get closer than 15 yards to steel targets with a PCC. For me, the risk of injury doesn't outweigh the enjoyment at closer distances. Some reviewers of the Micro Roni, using it as an SBR, complained about excess carbon buildup. After approximately 200 rounds, I disassembled the setup to see what sort of grime awaited. To my surprise, there was no more than I'd expect from 200 rounds being fired through the pistol alone. There is a noticeable gunpowder ignition smell that emanates from the Micro Roni after firing, and that, along with common sense, are indications that a little extra attention to cleaning and lubrication are advised. Specs and price The CAA Micro Roni wearing flip-up front and rear sights The Micro Roni is 2.5 inches wide, 5.7 inches at its tallest point. It's 23.75 inches long folded; 31.75 inches with the stock ready, barrel included. It weighs 56 ounces sans Glock and barrel. The complete assembly, without mags and ammo, weighs in at a bit less than five pounds—my scale can't give an exact weight without a little help from the handler, which doesn't yield a precise measurement. The threaded IGB barrel in this test is pricey at $280. But think of how fun it is to be able to shoot your Micro Roni now rather than wait for ATF to approve your tax stamp, not to mention the trouble saved. As stated before, the Micro Roni is now widely available in the US and retail prices depend on options. The Micro Roni and IGB barrel combo are a great way to milk a plain ol' Glock for all the versatility it has to offer, without sacrificing the firearm as a pistol. It's far less expensive than a new rifle, and makes a stash-friendly kit for truck or bedside use. With the barrel, I'll stop short of saying it's backpack-ready. Running the Glock as a rifle increases range and ease of use. In addition to being a great contender in the pistol caliber carbine market, the Micro Roni/barrel may make a Glock easier to use for home defense for people with disabilities. The longer barrel makes for safer handling for those who struggle with muzzle control, yet need a lightweight platform. Yes, there is a non-NFA brace version of the Micro Roni that can, under the latest ATF ruling, be legally shoulder fired. The original model is the focus of this test, and although both function the same, I think the original is a much more attractive package while also being easier to pack due to its slimmer profile. YRS Inc., the vendor of IGB barrels, is actively seeking US-based distributors. Interested businesses should look up YRS Inc. marketing department. All photos by Team HB. Filed Under: Gear Reviews, Gun Reviews Tagged With: 9mm, CAA, glock carbine, rifle, second amendment, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle

NavSource Main Page FAQ Contact us Search NavSource NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy DESTROYER USS McFAUL (DDG-74) CLASS - BURKE Flight II As Built. Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 504' 7" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max) Armament 1 x 5"/54 RF, 2 Phalanx 20mm Guns, 90 VLS Cells, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT. Machinery, 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370. Operational and Building Data Laid down by Litton - Ingalls, Pascagoula Miss. on January 26 1996. Launched January 18 1997. Commissioned April 25 1998 at Savannah, Georgia. Active unit of the US Navy. Homeported at Norfolk Virginia. 37k Donald Lewis McFaul, (20 September 1957 - 20 December 1989) was a United States Navy SEAL killed in action at Paitilla Airfield during Operation Just Cause, the 1989 US Invasion of Panama. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Navy Cross for his heroism during the battle while pulling another SEAL to safety. Only two Navy Crosses were awarded for 1989 operations in Panama. USS McFaul Eebsite 49k Artist's conception of the McFaul as built by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. Navy Yard Associates 397k McFaul (DDG 74) is christened by Mrs. Marcia Coats, wife of Senator Coats of Indiana Dale Hargrave 94k Undated, location unknown. - 63k Two undated views of the McFaul after a collision with the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) off Jacksonville. Gerd Matthes 64k As above. Gerd Matthes 53k Undated, location unknown. Official US Navy photo taken from "An Illustrated History of Destroyers of the World" by Bernard Ireland. Robert Hurst 60k The Commissioning Invitation for USS McFaul DDG-74, held at the Garden City Terminal, in the Port of Savannah, GA on 25 April 1998. Robert M. Cieri 141k Cover of the Commissioning pamphlet, 25 April 1998. Robert M. Cieri 133k USS McFaul (DDG-74) underway during builder's sea trials, circa early 1998. Photograph by Ingalls Shipbuilding. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 106850-KN. Robert Hurst 47k Refueling from the USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201), Med cruise 1999. Taken from the USS Carney (DDG-64). Bill Lair STG2(SW) 133k An SH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron One One (HS-11) attached to USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) refuels from the guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) in the Atlantic Ocean July 9. McFaul is currently completing operations with Kennedy. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Christian Eskelund. [990709-N-9568E-006] July 9, 1999. Fred Weiss 30k Barcelona, Spain November 24 1999. Marc Pich� 102k New York, N.Y., July 5, 2000, the guided missile destroyer USS Mc Faul (DDG 74 ) glides by Manhattan Island during the International Naval Review 2000 (INR 2000). INR 2000 is the Navy's congressionally-mandated observance of the millennial year and recognition of the Nation's 224th birthday. Over 25,000 sailors and marines from 20 countries are particiapating in this week long "Celebration of Seapower for the Millennium". U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Jim Hampshire [000705-N-6492H-535] July 5, 2000. Fred Weiss 123k July 13 1999, the guided missile destroyer, USS McFaul (DDG 74), an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer, is participating in Competitive Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Fleet Exercise (JTFEX), as part of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) battle group. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Jerad Rudd. Bill Gonyo 39k Portsmouth, England June 29 2001. Marc Pich� 115k The Atlantic Ocean, July 19, 2000, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) matches speed and course with the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) during underway replenishment operations in the Atlantic Ocean. The ships are underway providing carrier qualifications (CQs) services for student pilots. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Clifford L. H. Davis. [000719-N-9565D-004] July 19, 2000. Fred Weiss 27k USS Stout (DDG-55) and USS McFaul (DDG-74) in Roosvelt Roads, March 2001. J�rg Bihlmayr 79k USS Nicholson DD 982 and USS McFaul DDG 74 in Gibraltar on 29th November 2001. © Daniel Ferro 79k USS McFaul DDG 74 leaving Gibraltar on 30th November 2001. © Daniel Ferro 124k Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Apr. 30, 2002, the destroyers USS McFaul (DDG 74) and USS Stout DDG 55), foreground, are pier side at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. In the background are the destroyers USS Deyo (DD 989), USS Porter (DDG 78), and the cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56). The five ships and the carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), all based in Norfolk, Va., are in Ft. Lauderdale for the 2002 Fleet Week/Air and Sea Show. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ed Buclatin. [020430-N-6092B-003] Apr. 30, 2002. Fred Weiss 143k 020504-N-6931R-501. Aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), May 4 2002, three CH-46 �Sea Knight� transport helicopters fly over the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) as part of the Fleet Week 2002 Air and Sea show festivities in Broward County, FL. In addition to its role in the Fleet Week festivities, Truman served as the "centerpiece" for the Air and Sea show. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Audrey L. Robards. Steven A. Cardali/Robert M. Cieri 148k 30430-N-4518L-002. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 30 2003, Mess Management Specialist Seaman Brandon Martinez, from Wellsville, Kan., and celebrity chef Chris Nealson put the finishing touches on the main course aboard USS McFaul (DDG 74). Celebrity chefs visited ships attending Fleet Week USA. Fleet Week USA is a weeklong salute to the U.S. military, which includes a four-day visit by U.S. Navy ships and a three-day air show. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer�s Mate 2nd Class Kevin K. Langford. Bill Gonyo 93k The guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) (right) leads the way during divisional tactics training along with the guided missile destroyers USS McFaul (DDG 74), USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) and USS Cole (DDG 67), and the guided missile cruisers USS Cape St. George (CG 71) and USS Anzio (CG 68) in the Atlantic Ocean, on March 5 2005. The destroyers and cruisers are assigned to Commander, Carrier Strike Group 12. DoD photo by Lt. j.g. Caleb Swigart, U.S. Navy, ID# 050305-N-41585-001. Robert M. Cieri 80k Mess decks aboard the USS McFaul (DDG 74) on April 8, 2005. Photo by Brian Craig. Bill Gonyo 82k 050606-N-0000C-003. Faslane, Scotland, June 6 2005, the guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) departs Clyde Naval Base in Faslane. McFaul is currently participating in the Joint Maritime Course, a multinational NATO exercise being conducted off the coast of Scotland. U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Dave Cullen. Bill Gonyo 150k 051201-N-1805P-002. Philadelphia, Pa., December 1 2005, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) passes the battleship USS New Jersey (BB 62) moored at Camden, NJ as a museum ship, as she pulls into Penn's Landing, Philadelphia. McFaul's arrival is part of Philadelphia Navy Week, sponsored by the Navy Office of Community Outreach. Twenty such weeks are planned this year in cities throughout the U.S., arranged by the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO). NAVCO is a new unit tasked with enhancing the Navy's brand image in areas with limited exposure to the Navy. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Jason J. Perry. Robert M. Cieri 164k A series of 5 photos - Atlantic Ocean, February 6 2006, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) prepares to conduct a refueling at sea with the guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG-74). The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was underway conducting routine carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Josh Kinter (# 060206-N-7748K-002). USN 174k As above, photo 060206-N-7748K-004. USN 86k As above, photo 060206-N-7748K-006. USN 117k As above, photo 060206-N-9742R-001. USN 109k DN-SD-06-16214, 060323-N-7092S-036. US Navy (USN) Gas Turbine System Technician Fireman (GSF) Michael Seabolt lays out his tools for a spot check onboard the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided-missile Destroyer USS MCFAUL (DDG 74), at Norfolk, Virginia (VA). Photo by JOSN Brandon Shelander, March 23 2006. Bill Gonyo 119k 060529-N-9742R-385. The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), seen here in Suez, Egypt, visits Manama, Bahrain, for its first port visit since entering the 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO). McFaul, part of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Carrier Strike Group, will conduct MSO while in the AOO. Official U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Milosz Reterski, June 2006. Bill Gonyo 200k 060621-N-FS144-073. Persian Gulf, June 6 2006, Cmdr. Mary Jackson, commanding officer of the USS McFaul (DDG 74), reads her orders to the crew after relieving Cmdr. Sean Connors during their change of command ceremony. McFaul is part of the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike group currently deployed as part of a routine rotation of U.S. maritime forces in support of the war on terror. US Navy photo by JO3 Nicholas C. Kaylor. Robert M. Cieri 47k 061114-N-2248M-005, Norfolk, VA, November 14 2006, families and friends wait on the pier as the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives into port at Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment. McFaul was deployed with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Moise Medel. Tony Cowart 110k 070920-N-4236E-002. Cape Wrath, Scotland, September 20 2007, the five-inch, 54-caliber MK 45 Mod 2 gun mount aboard guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) is fired during training operations at the Cape Wrath Gunnery Range. McFaul is participating in Neptune Warrior, an exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies as well as prepare the participants for a role in a Coalition Joint Task Force during upcoming deployments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann. Bill Gonyo 73k USS McFaul in Norfolk, April 27 2008. Larry Backus 134k 080708-N-0780F-001. Souda Bay, Crete, July 8 2008, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives in Souda harbor for a brief port visit. McFaul is on a scheduled deployment to the 6th Fleet area of responsibility and will support theater security cooperation by participating in regional exercises with allies, making deplomatic port calls and responding to any contingency. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 239k 080811-N-0780F-006. Souda Bay, Crete, August 11 2008, tugs come alongside as the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives for a routine port visit to Souda Bay. McFaul is in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility and will support theater security cooperation by participating in regional exercises with allies, making diplomatic port calls and responding to any contingency. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 144k 080811-N-0780F-001. Souda Bay, Crete, August 11 2008, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives for a routine port visit to Souda Bay. McFaul is in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility and will support theater security cooperation by participating in regional exercises with allies, making diplomatic port calls and responding to any contingency. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 177k 080811-N-0780F-003. Souda Bay, Crete, August 11 2008, sailors conduct mooring operations as the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives for a routine port visit to Souda Bay. McFaul is in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility and will support theater security cooperation by participating in regional exercises with allies, making diplomatic port calls and responding to any contingency. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 174k 080820-N-4044H-028. Souda Bay, Crete, August 20, 2008, Storekeeper 1st Class Jeff Weaver and Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Gary Smith prepare humanitarian aid supplies to be loaded aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). Nearly 55 tons of supplies were loaded as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance will aid in alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 184k 080820-N-0780F-001. Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, August 20 2008, bottled water is loaded aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). Nearly 55 tons of supplies were loaded as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance will aid in alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 144k 080820-N-0780F-002. Souda Bay, Crete, August 20 2008, bottled water is loaded aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). Nearly 55 tons of supplies were loaded as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance will aid in alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 163k 080820-N-0780F-003. Souda Bay, Crete, August 20 2008, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) transits Souda Harbor headed to the Republic of Georgia. McFaul is carrying nearly 55 tons of supplies as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance will aid in alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. Robert M. Cieri 126k 080822-N-4044H-002. Dardanelles, August 22 2008, Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Derek Evoy looks through a telescopic alidade, which plots the bearings for the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) while the ship begins its approach into the Turkish Straits. McFaul is providing humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance being provided will aid in and alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 138k 080822-N-4044H-006. Dardanelles, August 22 2008, Chief Electrician's Mate Russell Lincoln, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG74), informs ship's company of on coming ships, while Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Derek Evoy looks through a telescopic alidade on the ship's bridge wing as McFaul makes its approach into the Turkish Straits. McFaul is providing humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance being provided will aid in and alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 156k 080822-N-4044H-029. The Bosporus, August 22 2008, Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Ashley McKee relays bearings-from-land readings taken from a telescopic alidade to the quartermasters inside the pilothouse aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). This process helps to navigate the ship through the Turkish Straits. McFaul is underway to provide humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance being provided will aid in and alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 116k 080822-N-4044H-045. The Bosporus, August 22 2008, Lt. Josh Bailey looks through the "big eyes" for anything suspicious while the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) transits the Turkish Straights. McFaul is underway to provide humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance being provided will aid in and alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 107k 080822-N-4044H-060. The Bosporus, August 22, 2008, Quartermaster 2nd Class Carlos Oqendo plots points on the navigation chart aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). This will keep the ship from coming too close to other vessels, while she transits through the Turkish Straits. McFaul is underway to provide humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance being provided will aid in and alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 182k 080822-N-4044H-065. The Bosporus, August 22 2008, Quartermaster 2nd Class Carlos Oqendo plots points on the navigation chart aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) as Quartermaster Seaman Rafael Acosta records the information while makes the ship transits through the Turkish Straits. McFaul is underway to provide humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance being provided will aid in and alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 117k 080824-N-4044H-012. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, a Georgian coast guard vessel passes in front of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) as it lays anchor upon its arrival to the port of Batumi. McFaul arrived with humanitarian assistance supplies for the people of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 133k 080824-N-4044H-090. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) unload humanitarian supplies to be transported to the people of Georgia as a Georgian coast guard vessel sails in the background. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 178k 080824-N-4044H-095. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, Cryptologic Technician 1st Class Jed Morris stacks bottles of water aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), which will be included in the humanitarian supplies for the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 171k 080824-N-4044H-106. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Eddius Hucks stacks humanitarian aid supplies aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), which will be put on pallets and distributed to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 201k 080824-N-4044H-113. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) unload humanitarian supplies to be put on to pallets and then transported to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 141k 080824-N-4044H-127. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Eddius Hucks lifts a pallet from a crane barge aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). The pallet will be used to transport humanitarian assistance supplies from the ship to the crane and then to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 156k 080824-N-4044H-131. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 24 2008, Electronics Technician 2nd Class Ryan Anderson and Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Eddius Hucks lift a pallet from a crane barge aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). The pallet will be used to transport humanitarian assistance supplies from the ship to the crane and then to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 123k 080824-6483G-N-001. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 24 2008, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) delivers more than 80 tons of needed humanitarian assistance supplies to the people of Georgia. At the request of the Government of Georgia, the United States is working hand in hand with Georgian leadership to assess the needs of its citizens following the conflict between Georgian and Russian forces. The humanitarian assistance efforts are being coordinated by the U.S. Department of State and USAID with assistance, as required, being provided by the Department of Defense. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. John Gay. Robert M. Cieri 80k 080824-6483G-N-004. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 24 2008, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) delivers more than 80 tons of needed humanitarian assistance supplies to the people of Georgia. At the request of the government of Georgia, the United States is working hand in hand with Georgian leadership to assess the needs of its citizens following the conflict between Georgian and Russian forces. The humanitarian assistance efforts are being coordinated by the U.S. Department of State and USAID with assistance, as required, being provided by the Department of Defense. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. John Gay. Robert M. Cieri 207k 080825-N-4044H-001. Bat'umi, Republic of Georgia, August 25 2008, pallets of supplies sit on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Georgian and Russian forces. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 98k 080825-N-4044H-009. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 25 2008, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) guide the crane cable onto the ship to transfer pallets of humanitarian assistance from the ship to the crane barge and then to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. The items being given include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 209k 080825-N-4044H-011. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 25 2008, Lt. j.g. Robert Bailey and Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Eddius Hucks guide a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies on the weather deck aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) while Sailors prepare more pallets to be transported from the ship to a crane barge and then to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. The items being given include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 95k 080825-N-4044H-050. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 25 2008, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Santos R. Torres guides the crane barge driver aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) as a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is transported from the ship to the barge and then to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. The items being given include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 145k 080825-N-4044H-056. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 25 2008, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) stack humanitarian assistance supplies to be put on pallets and then lifted from the ship to a crane barge and then given to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. The items being given include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 211k 080825-N-4044H-062. Bat'umi, Georgia, August 25 2008, Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Anthony Murphy and Chief Electronics Technician David Close prepare a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies on the weather deck aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) to be lifted from the ship to a crane barge and then to the people of Georgia. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. The items being given include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison. Robert M. Cieri 158k 080826-G-1103J-517. Black Sea, August 26 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716) and the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) en route to the Republic of Georgia to deliver humanitarian relief supplies. Dallas is carrying more than 76,000 pounds of supplies, including soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, baby wipes, and other necessities. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen. Robert M. Cieri 148k 100503-N-0901C-003. North Arabian Sea, May 3 2010, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), sails alongside aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U. S. Navy photo by MCSN Shonna Cunningham. Robert M. Cieri 126k 100503-N-3595W-010. North Arabian Sea, May 3 2010, an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 5 "Nightdippers" squadron hovers over guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), as the ship sails alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U. S. Photo by MC2 Gina K. Wollman. Robert M. Cieri 134k 100514-N-3595W-005. Arabian Gulf, May 14 2010, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) comes alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gina K. Wollman. Robert M. Cieri 200k 120201-N-OP638-007. Atlantic Ocean, February 1 2012, tThe guided-missile destroyers USS McFaul (DDG 74), left, and USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), right, steam alongside the fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) for a replenishment at sea (RAS). McFaul and James E. Williams are under way participating in exercise Bold Alligator 2012. Bold Alligator is a joint and multinational amphibious assault exercise involving several foreign militaries and the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, designed to execute brigade-sized amphibious assaults against low-to-medium land and maritime threats to improve amphibious core competencies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse L. Gonzalez, USN. Robert M. Cieri 104k 121202-N-YT478-012. Norfolk, December 2 2012, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a 281 day deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. This deployment earned them the honor of flying the Homeward Bound Pennant which is authorized after a ship has spent 270 or more uninterrupted days at sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lolita Lewis. Ron Reeves 204k 150122-N-VC236-013. Atlantic Ocean, January 22 2015, a Sailor aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) stands watch as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS McFaul (DDG 74), right, USS Laboon (DDG 58), left, and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) conduct a simulated strait transit exercise. Farragut is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jackie Hart. Ron Reeves 122k 150422-N-WJ261-012. Norfolk, April 22 2015, the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) departs Naval Station Norfolk on an independent deployment to the U.S. 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber N. O'Donovan. Ron Reeves 152k 160523-N-RB564-062. Norfolk, May 23 2016, Cmdr. Janet H. Days, executive officer of the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), greets Chairman Randy Forbes of the House Armed Services' Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee prior to a tour of the ship. Forbes, along with other representatives, also toured Nimitz Class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15 during the visit in order to gain first-hand insight on current Navy readiness. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Gary A. Prill. Ron Reeves 93k Ship's Patch. 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The servant girls who just had to endure a punishment heavily let out a sigh of relief. Xiao Ying's voice was just like a voice from heaven, hearing it put their hearts at ease. In just a moment, their savior had arrived. When Xiao Yuan's words fell, there was no detectable sound from Xiao Ying's side. She was quiet for a while. When she listened carefully again, it seemed like there were the sounds of sobbing coming through. Lian Jiming's brows were tightly knitted. Because of Lian Jiye fiercely hitting Xiao Yuan in front of an audience, his reputation was completely ruined. If this marriage matter is abandoned, the Right Minister would certainly be offended. He thought about it for awhile and decided to first settle the matter of Xiao Yuan first. Hong Luan took advantage of the opportunity and began to wail in anguish. Seeing the situation, old woman Wang and Li's hand did not stop and continued slapping themselves. Hong Xiu was so angry that her nose became crooked. She raised her sleeves and made to step forward and argue. This group of people were just too evil. They were willing to publicly ruin the miss's reputation. How could they do this! Hong Xiu's step faltered and she was somewhat unconvinced. Xiao Yuan repeated herself again. Hong Xiu hastedly went to go open the door, Hong Xiu had confidence in whatever the miss wanted to do. Xiao Yuan watched Lian Jiming and Xiao Ying walk inside with an indifferent look. Standing under the sunlight, he appeared handsome and charming and she seemed dignified and composed. The pair appeared especially well matched. The rims of Xiao Ying's eyes were faintly red and her appearance seemed truly pitiful. She looked like she had just been bullied by Xiao Yuan. Lian Jiming glanced at the servant girls in the courtyard and couldn't help but furrow his brows. No wonder they had been prevented from entering. They had been privately punishing their subordinates. How wicked of her. Fortunately for her, the Right Minister cherished her like priceless jewelry. Now that he had a comparison point, Xiao Ying's gentleness and generosity were made even more apparent. The two were surprised and gave Xiao Ying an imploring look. Xiao Ying laughed and stepped forward to calm down Xiao Yuan. Old woman wang kowtowed. Both sides of her face were badly swollen and the pain of it made her gasp for air. As Xiao Ying spoke, she had to look over to see what expression Lian Jiming had? When she saw that his eyes had a look of displeasure, the corner of her lip raised ever so slightly. Xiao Yuan dragged Fan into this matter, without a single care that Lian Jiming was present. Xiao Ying's expression went slightly rigid. Xiao Yuan sneered and the ridiculed Xiao Ying's expression grew ever more white and frail. Her body shook and the pearl-like tears at the corner of her eyes threatening to spill out. The transformation of Xiao Ying's feeling was lightning fast. In a bat of an eye, she had pinned Xiao Yuan as harboring resentful feelings and her actions were her venting her anger, making Xiao Yuan seem even more crafty and unruly. Xiao Yuan sounded determined, without even a hint that she was acting in a fit of anger. Lian Jiming had a somewhat inquiring expression that shuttled around on Xiao Yuan's body. He tightly pursed his lips. Xiao Ying lowered her voice when she spoke, her voice was neither loud nor quiet but Lian Jiming still managed to hear. With Xiao Ying present, it had alleviated some of Lian Jiming's awkwardness. Just as expected, when Lian Jiming looked at Xiao Ying, her expression was tremendously compassionate. Xiao Ying was unable to contain her joy, but her face did not reveal that in the slightest. She continued urging Xiao Yuan and it seemed as if Xiao Yuan was being impertinent. To begin with, Lian Jiming had many objections about Xiao Yuan. Last time, he had lost nine hundred thousand tael and now, she was being unreasonable once more. He almost wanted to struggle her just to blow off some steam. As Xiao Yuan spoke, Lian Jiming's expression changed. He angrily glared at Xiao Yuan. This woman was willing to say anything she wanted to! Xiao Yuan stood right in Lian Jiming's gaze. A waft of sweet smelling fragrance floated to his nose. A faint scent that had a sweet smell mixed in and smelled extremely pleasant. Excluding for Xiao Yuan's temper, her appearance was truly lovely. Her forehead hid a hint of arrogance, which awoke a desire to tame her in people. A smile spread itself on Xiao Yuan's face, like a flower blossoming, like the most beautiful peony. She was graceful and sumptuous. Lian Jiming was surprisingly taken aback and a look of awe flashed on his face. Xiao Ying glanced at him and managed to catch his expression. Her hand tightly curled into a fist under her sleeve. Xiao Yuan's eyes contained a look of ridicule and contempt. Lian Jiming snapped back to reality and his expression had a hint of rage in it. When Xiao Yuan's words fell, Lian Jiming was surprised. He opened his mouth but was unsure of how to refute her words. This girl was truly gutsy and was frank in her speech. She held nothing back. Lian Jiming suddenly came to a realization. Xiao Yuan really did not want to marry Lian Jiye. She wasn't acting out of a fit of anger. "Little Ninth…" Xiao Ying continued persuading her. Xiao Yuan turned around and only left behind a resolute silhouette, without the slightest bit of slovenliness. After being ridiculed by Xiao Yuan, Xiao Ying was so ashamed, she almost couldn't bear to lift her head up. She terribly wanted to rip off Xiao Yuan's mouth. Even if Xiao Ying had this intention at the beginning, she wouldn't dare to bring it up now. Lian Jiming swung his sleeves behind him and leave, a somber expression on his face. He was already this age and it was the first time that he had given a look of displeasure to a girl. Xiao Yuan was just too untactful. Sooner or later she'd have to suffer. He didn't believe it. If it weren't for the Right Minister, could she have climbed to such a position! Xiao Yuan stood on the porch and looked down at Xiao Ying with a flickering smile on her face. Xiao Ying's face was paperwhite; she covered her face as she left. Hong Xiu was flabbergasted. In a blink of an eye, her young lady had managed to defeat the two of them and make them leave. The look she gave Xiao Yuan grew in its adoration. However, this made things difficult for the maid servant below whose eyes were opened wide in disbelief. Xiao Yuan saw Grandmother Yuan step inside the courtyard and welcomed her in. She pouted her lip and unexpectedly had some delicateness. Her eyes were filled with anger. Xiao Yuan was sweet with her words, coaxing Grandmother Yuan to the point of beaming with joy and nodding her head repeatedly. Xiao Yuan brought along Hong Xiu with her. After Grandmother Yuan made clear of the chain of events, her expression turned somber. The years of accumulated anger was enough to make someone reflexively panic stricken. Grandmother Yuan soberly ordered. When Hong Luan heard this, both of her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted. Xiao Cui and Xiao Wen were also frozen in place and started kowtowing and begging for mercy. Grandmother Yuan waved her hand and soon, people came over to drag the two people away. Old woman Wang, Li and Zhang, the three of them were even more regretful. Being placed in Grandmother Yuan's hands was not good news. There was no need to invite trouble. It was clear they had offended Xiao Yuan. Grandmother Yuan dealt with the matter very quickly, berating the maid servants who had made minor mistakes. Scaring the maid servants to the point of tears. Grandmother Yuan shook her head. The maid servants in the courtyard were all incapable, she wasn't sure how Fan had set them up. The old madam saw Xiao Yuan, the corner of her mouth bent slightly. She smiled at Xiao Yuan; however, this smile gave Xiao Yuan some uneasiness. Because the old madam was arranging Xiao Yuan's marriage, she didn't have time to make decisions. She was feeling terribly guilty. Right now, she finally had an opportunity. The corner of Xiao Yuan's mouth lifted up. If she had known earlier about being forbidden from leaving the manor, she wouldn't have mentioned the feast.

In Lesson 15 I introduced you to the Melodic Minor scale, but in this lesson we're going to explore this scale in much more detail. The only difference between the two scales is the third scale degree, but as we'll see shortly, this actually makes a big difference. If you recall, we saw how easy it was to alter the major scale to create new modes just by changing one note of the scale using what Mick Goodrick calls the "parallel approach." For instance, take a major scale, flat the 7th scale degree and you have Mixolydian mode, or raise the 4th scale degree instead and you have Lydian, and so on. The same principle applies here - we change the major scale by altering only one note - flatting the 3rd, but with one important distinction... the melodic minor scale is a "parent scale" unto itself. That is, like the major scale, melodic minor has 6 other corresponding, or derivative, modes "hiding out" inside of it. Interestingly, if you look closely you'll see that the melodic minor scale has 4 consecutive whole steps in its formula starting at the 3rd scale degree: W H W W W W H. That's why it sounds kind of "undecided" or like a "hybrid" scale - a cross between a natural minor scale (the first 4 or 5 notes of a natural minor scale) and a major scale (the top part of the scale or the last 4 notes of a major scale). Now before we get into melodic minor's derivative modes, let's first harmonize a G melodic minor scale to help us better understand the kinds of harmonies which can be derived from this "new" parent scale. We also see a mix of sharps and flats in the scale's key signature. Remember how sharps and flats didn't mix for the major keys? This is not the case with the melodic minor scale. "Bb" above "F#" is a "diminished 4th", which is an enharmonic spelling for a "major 3rd". The "A" above "F#" is a "minor 3rd", but it also can function as a raised 9th. Cool, no? And as mentioned in Lesson 24, an altered dominant 7th chord is a dominant 7th chord with any combination of the following tensions: b9, #9, b5, #5. So, we actually get 5 different 7th chords compared to major scale harmony just by changing only one note of the major scale! Crazy, no? But, as the great British guitar player John McLaughlin says, "This is just a huge scale." And we can see why. So much stuff is "hiding out" inside of it just dying to come out. All we have to do is find it. Simply play a C major scale over the Cmaj.7 chords and an F melodic minor over the F-6 chords. Now if you play a minor major 7th chord "out of the blue" or "right off the bat" (see below for a voicing), it might sound somewhat "dissonant" or "strange" but that's because it is almost always played in conjuction with other chords in a sequence or spruced up a bit with tensions. | Gm G-(maj.7) | G-7 G-6 | . . . This chord sequence is very common in music and is referred to as a line chiché. A line cliché is nothing more than a single line which moves through a single chord. You can think of it as a kind of "melodic thread" weaving its way through a particular chord. The line cliché always moves chromatically (by half-step). In the example above, the melodic line moving through the G minor chord is: g ==> f# ==> f ==> e. The tread (or line) in this case is: b ==> c ==> c# ==> c. The line doesn't always have to move in the same direction. It can rise and fall - sort of move around, but it always moves chromatically. The next diagram depicts the voicings above for the "James Bond" theme. Be sure to pay close attention to the "muted" strings. They are not played. Only 3 strings are involved. And I would be remiss if I did not turn you on to the "James Bond" chord (which is just a fancy minor major 7th chord). The cool way to play this puppy is to first play the open low E string. Pause for a moment letting the low E ring out, then strum the remaining 4 notes in the chord starting with the "G" at the 10th fret, and finishing with the "F#" at the 7th fret. Be sure not to play the high E string - you want the "F#" to be the lead or highest note of the chord. Sounds kind of familiar, no? Play the E minor line cliché above a few times, then end with the "James Bond" chord. Too cool. | D D+ | D maj.6 D+ | . . . This progression is used quite often in music. Again, a melodic line weaves its way through a chord. In this case the line is: a ==> a# ==> b ==> a# and the chord is a D major. Now, using drop-3's (and some other voicings), we get some basic patterns for these chords. Pay close attention to the fingerings. That is, make note of the use of the letter T in the diagrams below. It simply means to use your thumb to grab notes on the low E string. Personally, I find these "thumbed" fingerings somewhat easier to play than fingerings that don't incorporate the use of the thumb, but you decide. Experiment and find out what feels right for you. As Robben Ford said to me once (in a guitar clinic), "Don't take anyone's technique too seriously. Just do whatever it takes to get the job done." Bb maj.7 (#5) looks suspiciously like a D major triad with a Bb in the bass and in fact, that's exactly what it is. Make note of this kind of analysis as I will come back to this powerful idea in a later lesson. Also, notice how F#7 (b9/b5) is really just a C triad with F# in the bass? Cool. In short, finding these kinds of abstractions is a nice way to make a "complicated" chord more "simple" or palatable. Figure out the 7 patterns for C melodic minor using strict position playing. (Consult Lesson 13 if you forgot these rules). Be sure to diagram these patterns. After you've finished, check your work against mine, but only after you made an effort to diagram the fingerings yourself. After you've played the 7 patterns for a bit, see which ones you can alter such that they become easier to play. You decide which ones feel difficult or awkward - which ones need altering. Make a practice tape: make 7 little recordings, each one lasting about 4 minutes and consisting of you playing one of the diatonic chords from C Melodic Minor. For instance, play a Cm and/or a C-(maj.7) chord for 4 minutes, then play a Dm and/or a D-7 chord for 4 minutes and so on until you play all seven chords in the key. (Be sure to play the altered dom.7th chord when playing the "seven" chord and NOT the min.7(b5) chord.) When you're finished recording, your tape should be about 28 minutes long. This may seem a bit boring or somewhat tedious, but it serves the very important purpose of getting these sounds (and tonal centers) into your brain. And it can be interesting if you strive for musicality. Try to find cool voicings for these chords. Explore the fingerboard and see what you come up with. Can you use any open strings? Can you use some of the drop 2 or drop 3 voicings presented in the previous lessons? Can you add any tensions? Remember the "tension rules"? Can you apply them here? Undoubtedly, E7(#9) is the most popular super locrian chord. It's sort of known as the "Jimi Hendrix chord" because Jimi played it all the time thus making it popular among guitar players. Interestingly enough, however, Jimi never played the super locrian scale in conjuction with his favorite dom.7(#9) chord. Rather, he preferred using the old faithful minor/major pentatonic scale combination to do most of his bidding. And this point is worth noting. You really have to practice a lot to make this scale sound good. If you're into Jazz and/or fusion, then you're well on your way to deriving some of those sounds that are heard in that genre, but if you're a rocker, then this scale will sound like crap. This reminds me of a story John Finn told me once. (John Finn was another guitar teacher I studied with during my second semester at Berklee.) John said after he went to music school for a while and learned about the melodic minor scale and super locrian and lydian b7 and all that, he had a fan come up to him after a gig and told him that he liked his guitar playing better before he went to music shcool. I thought this was really funny, but it illustrates and important point: don't get bogged down in all the fancy crap, that is, don't forget your roots. And always remember to play what you hear. If you don't hear anything... don't play anything! Remember, it takes a long time to make this scale sound good. So don't get discouraged if it just sounds too weird. Listen to the fusion guitar players... Scofield, Frisell, Metheny, Stern, McLaughlin, if you want to pick up some of these sounds. Here are some cool voicings for the chords mentioned above. And finally, here's a fun playing exercise you can do. Record yourself playing a little E7 jam. Use some of the chords outlined above. Now, go back and solo over this recording using the appropriate melodic minor scale(s). Also, to mix things up a bit, and to make things more musical, be sure to incorporate both the E minor pentatonic scale as well as the E major pentatonic scale. The possibilities are endless. In essence, a G minor pentatonic scale played over an E7 chord yields an "altered sounding" scale that's very close to E super locrian. In fact, these 5 notes are contained within E super locrian. Pretty neat, eh? The point: If you want a "short-cut" way to play super locrian over a dominant 7th chord, play a minor pentatonic scale a minor third above the root and voila! I've presented a lot of information and ideas in this lesson. Hopefully, some of them will be useful to you. If you find yourself bored with your playing, you may just want to try to incorporate the melodic minor scale (and its derivative modes) into your playing. But be careful, strive for musicality. It takes just as long to learn how to play "out" as it does to play "in". Maybe even longer.

The chilly spell which Norfolk and Suffolk has experienced recently is expected to break by the Easter weekend, with warm weather being forecast. Parts of the region woke to frost on Monday morning, but forecasters say temperatures will rise throughout the week to give a dry and warm bank holiday weekend. Adam Dury, forecaster at Weatherquest, said: "Monday is a dry day with a little bit of cloud around first thing. "It is generally looking to stay dry. "There's a similar chance of rain on Tuesday afternoon in the west with temperatures of around 13-14C (55-57F). "Then on Wednesday, a small chance of a shower with temperatures of 15-16C (59-61F).

It is well known that angiogenesis plays an important role in progression and metastasis in solid tumours. We hypothesized whether genetic variations involved in this pathway may impact in stages II-III colon cancer prognosis. We retrospectively revised 232 stage II and III colon cancer patients diagnosed between 2009 and 2014 in our institution. DNA was extracted from EDTA blood samples. A total of 27 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 12 genes in the VEGF-dependent angiogenesis process were genotyped using a dynamic array on the BioMark™ system. The median age of the patients was 68.1 years (range 31-94) and 53.9% were men. One-hundred twenty-six patients were diagnosed at stage II and 106 at stage III. With a median follow-up of 37.1 months (range 9.3-91.5 months) 23.6% of patients with stage II and 30.5% with stage III relapsed. Median overall survival (OS) was 78.9 and 54.5 months for patients with stages II and III, respectively. Among the clinicopathological risk factors analysed, in the multivariate analysis, N2 (metastasis in 4 or more regional lymph nodes) was significantly associated with worse recurrence free survival (RFS) (HR: 2.56; 95% CI 1.05-6.2; adjusted p = 0.038) and OS (HR: 3.18; 95% CI 1.05-9.6; adjusted p = 0.04); and stage was also associated with worse OS (HR: 3.47; 95% CI 1.2-9.9; adjusted p = 0.019). Regarding the genetic variants analysed, in the univariate analysis, 5 polymorphisms in 4 genes (VEGFA rs1570360 A/G and rs2010963 C/G, VEGFR2 rs1551641 G/A, KRAS rs12813351 C/T and MAP2K6 rs2716191 C/T) were significantly associated with prognosis. In the multivariate analysis, patients homozygous for the variant allele of MAP2K6 rs2716191 C/T, showed significant worse prognosis in terms of RFS (HR: 1.98; 95% CI: 1.03-3.83; adjusted p = 0.041) and OS (HR: 3.38; 95% CI: 1.49-7.72; adjusted p = 0.004). Patients homozygous for the variant allele of VEGFA rs2010963 C/G showed worse OS (HR: 6.36; 95%CI 1.2-32.6; adjusted p = 0.027). This study provides evidence that functional germline polymorphisms in the VEGF pathway may be helpful as prognostic biomarkers in colon cancer.

Plitvica Voćanska es una localidad de Croacia en el municipio de Donja Voća, condado de Varaždin. Geografía Se encuentra a una altitud de 214 msnm a 90,3 km de la capital nacional, Zagreb. Demografía En el censo 2011, el total de población de la localidad fue de 68 habitantes. Referencias Enlaces externos Este artículo contiene datos geográficos extraídos de Google Earth. Localidades del condado de Varaždin

Ottis, whose interests include burrowing under the covers, snuggling, play dates with friends, and tug-o-war, is a senior Boston Terrier with a whole lot of heart. Besides keeping his foster mom company, Ottis also works as a mentor for the many foster rescue dogs that he and his mom welcome into their home from the Motley Zoo Animal Rescue. Ottis and his foster mom bring in the dogs who are having a difficult time in the shelter system and need more structure, training, and special attention. Through patience, personalized training, and a whole lot of love, Ottis and his foster mom work hard as a team to rehabilitate these dogs so that they can find stable and loving "fur-ever" homes. On his down time, Ottis also volunteers as a therapy dog for the Seattle Humane Society, which means he gets the chance to travel to nursing homes and make people smile and laugh with his goofy behavior and sloppy kisses. According to his mom, Brooke Mallory, in his spare time, Ottis likes to play Hide-and-Nap. As you can see, he's very good at it! To follow along with Ottis's many ventures, go to his Facebook page where he shares all of his daily activities and the progress of his foster siblings.

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As evidenced by numerous experimental studies, pulmonary inflammation has to be regarded as a key driver in the cascade of pathogenic events following chronic inhalation of PSP including the neoplastic lung effects observed in rats. However, it remains unclear why only rats respond with the development of neoplasms of the lung but other animal species chronically exposed to PSPs do not. In fact, lung tumours were never found in rats when pulmonary inflammation was absent (Levy 1995, Oberdörster 1997; ILSI 2000; Greim et al, 2001; Kolling et al, 2011). In addition, a direct relationship between chronic inflammation and carcinogenesis in exposed rats has been established (Oberdörster, 1997; Kolling et al, 2011). Using a qualitative scoring system for specific non-neoplastic endpoints of lung toxicity such as inflammation, epithelial hyperplasia and fibrosis, a correlation between tumour frequencies and increased scores could be established (Kolling et al, 2011). Based hereupon it is hypothesised that the mechanism of tumour development presumably involves the severe, persistent inflammatory reaction which induces marked cell proliferation which has been demonstrated for several so-called inert particles (Driscoll, 1996). Increased epithelial cell proliferation may influence the number and survival of transformed cells, thus increasing the chances for lung tumour development (Oberdörster, 1995). According to Driscoll et al (1995, 1996) such a persistent inflammatory reaction can lead to an elevated influx of reactive oxygen species releasing activated neutrophils into the lung, which in turn can induce mutagenic effects in epithelial lung cells. It is speculated that the greater sensitivity of the rat lung with regard to oxidative stress and subsequent epithelial cell responses is due to a more pro-inflammatory environment compared to other species. This hypothesis, that lung tumours in rats following chronic exposure to PSP are induced by such an indirect mechanism, is supported by results of various other experiments. Inflammatory cells and activated alveolar macrophages, which are found in large numbers in animals exposed to PSP, can release ROS and other mediators of inflammation which in turn can then cause DNA damage by a secondary mechanism (Driscoll et al, 1997; Jackson et al, 1989; Weitzman and Gordon 1990; Oberdörster 1997). The following mechanistic findings were experimentally established: 1. Activated inflammatory cells (macrophages, granulocytes) from the rat lung cause DNA damage at the HPRT locus in vitro (Driscoll 1996) 2. The amount of DNA damage is directly dependent on the level of activation and on the capacity for generating ROS (Driscoll et al, 1997) 3. Exposure to concentrations which do not induce inflammatory reactions in the rat lung causes neither DNA damage nor lung tumour development (Driscoll, 1996; Dricoll et al, 1997) Based on the outcome of a workshop on the toxicity of fibres and particles, it was concluded that the tumourigenesis of PSP involves a mechanism of secondary genotoxicity at doses that induce inflammation (Greim et al, 2001). Schins and Knaapen (2007) defined this secondary genotoxic effect as a pathway of genetic damage resulting from the oxidative DNA attack by reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, generated during particle-elicited inflammation. Measurable biological endpoints had been mutations in the HPRT gene of isolated alveolar cells in ex vivo assays (Drisoll et al, 1997), changes in markers of cellular injury and/or inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), expression of mRNA for chemokines and detection of oxidative DNA damage (Johnston et al, 2000). The hypothesis of secondary genotoxicity is based on findings that various PSP are carcinogenic in rat lungs, irrespective of their chemical composition, but obviously only after prolonged high exposures that are associated with persistent inflammation and lung overload (Miller, 2000; Greim et al, 2001; Borm et al, 2004). Importantly it has to be stressed that these substances do not present a carcinogenic hazard in rats at doses/concentrations not producing concurrently severe lung inflammation reactions. Based hereupon it can be concluded that the observed lung tumours in rats are not due to a substance specific toxicity but the result of generic particle toxicity in a highly sensitive species. Exposure to concentrations of inert particles which do not induce inflammatory reactions in the rat lung causes neither DNA damage nor lung tumour development (Driscoll et al, 1996) indicating that this mechanism has a threshold. In the lung, neutrophilic granulocytes are considered to be a source of ROS/RNS. A significant increase in the level of DNA damage in the epithelial cells of the rat lungs exposed to non-genotoxic particles was found only if the number of neutrophils had increased to 40-50% of the total cell population (Driscoll et al, 1997). Other studies performed to detect any increases in the rate of proliferation of pulmonary epithelial cells after inhalative exposure of rats to an inert particle revealed an early onset of increased cell proliferation of pulmonary epithelial cells, assayed by means of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) indices distinguishing between cells labelled in the S-phase (BrdU positive) and unlabelled cells (BrdU negative). In all cases, exposed animals exhibited an epithelial cell labelling index significantly above control indicating increased proliferation of pulmonary epithelial cells (IPA 1999 cited by MAK 1999). In conclusion, particle induced pulmonary inflammation is a key driver in the hypothesised cascade of PSP induced events leading to non-neoplastic as well as neoplastic changes in the rat lung. Thus, they are not driven by a substance specific toxicity but due to generic particle responses for which thresholds can be established. In a dose-dependent manner, the level of pro-inflammatory cellular responses (e.g. release or ROS/RNS) is increased and antioxidant defences are weakened. This in turn increases oxidative stress and the susceptibility of airway epithelium towards both, genetic damage in alveolar cells as well as advancing cell proliferation and tissue remodelling. One major conclusion to be drawn from the synopsis of existing data is that the tumourigenesis of PSP in rats apparently involves mechanisms of secondary genotoxicity only at doses that induce also inflammatory pulmonary responses in vivo. This is of significant importance for hazard and risk assessments, because such secondary mechanisms involve thresholds to be considered for the derivation of DNELs in risk characterisation as well as for risk management decisions. « Relevance of alveolar macrophages Relevance of cell proliferation »

Home Betting Cameroon World Cup Squad 2022 – Cameroon team in World Cup 2022! England national football team Soccer Latest News Cameroon World Cup Squad 2022 – Cameroon team in World Cup 2022! Sillypen Cameroon World Cup Squad 2022 Cameroon's squad for the World Cup 2022? Cameroon World Cup squad 2022? Cameroon has entered the World Cup in Football 2022. Whereas Italy missed the tournament for the first time in 60 years. Watch & Bet Here => Cameroon has some top players like Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting and Bryan Mbeumo and some of the other routine players in this World Cup. However, they have built up a very good team and the team is roaring to go for the World Cup. Here we will look at the Cameroon World Cup squad 2022. Odds Cameroon to win World Cup 2022: 251.00 Odds Cameroon to progress from the Group 21.00 Odds Cameroon to win the Group 29.50 Odds Cameroon will last in the Group 1.57 Cameroon World Cup 2022 Squad Cameroon's game schedule in the World Cup 2022 consists of three matches. They will play their group game matches against Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil and the odds at the Cameroon World Cup are quite good. Who tops the group would be interesting to see. However, progressing to the next round of the tournament is very much possible if they defeat Serbia and Switzerland. The tournament is approaching fast and it will be very fun to see how Cameroon will do. Cameroon's World Cup squad 2022 What is the chance that Cameroon's World Cup squad 2022 will win the entire tournament? It may be difficult but the chance is there. There is a lot to bet on when it comes to the Cameroon World Cup in 2022. It's possible to bet on everything possible when it comes to our team. Everything from Cameroon winning the World Cup, to getting into the round of 16, to the quarter-finals and the semifinals. Here we have gathered the odds of how Cameroon performs in the tournament. Take a look and put your suggestion! Cameroon World Cup squad 2022 football World Cup Group: Group G Ranking: 43rd on FIFA's ranking Manager: Rigobert Song Here are all players who are part of the Cameroon World Cup squad. Cameroon's World Cup squad consists of 26 football players. Cameroon's squad for the World Cup is made up of the following players. These are the players who will try to win the World Cup for Cameroon: Goalkeepers: Devis Epassy, Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Andre Onana Defenders: Jean-Charles Castelletto, Enzo Ebosse, Collins Fai, Olivier Mbaizo, Nicolas Nkoulou, Tolo Nouhou, Christopher Wooh Midfielders: Martin Hongla, Pierre Kunde, Olivier Ntcham, Gael Ondoua, Samuel Oum Gouet, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa Forwards: Vincent Aboubakar, Christian Bassogog, Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting, Souaibou Marou, Bryan Mbeumo, Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu, Jerome Ngom, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Karl Toko Ekambi Cameroon's best player in the World Cup qualifiers: Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting: 3 goals Cameroon's game program in the World Cup 2022 The 2022 World Cup is here and our opponents are ready. Cameroon will play three matches in Group G against Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil in the respective order. Cameroon will play in three different arenas. Interestingly, Qatar has chosen to host the matches in six different cities where they have built and equipped eight football arenas in Qatar. Doha will arrange the most matches where Al Janoub and Lusail will host a total of twelve matches in the World Cup in 2022. Cameroon's World Cup Games in Qatar When does Cameroon's first match take place in World Cup 2022? Cameroon will play three games between 24th November and 2nd December. Cameroon's first match is played against Switzerland on November 24th at 10:00. Then they play against Serbia on November 28th at 10:00. The last group game match is against Brazil on December 2nd at 19:00. This is most likely to be a crucial match for deciding the top two spots in the group. For Cameroon World Cup fixtures dates and kick-off times for Cameroon's matches against Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil, see Cameroon's game program in the group game. There you will find all the information you need to know about Cameroon's matches in the World Cup 2022! Which teams does Cameroon have in their World Cup group matches stage? Cameroon plays in the World Cup Group G. The teams playing in Group G in addition to Cameroon are Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil. Date Time Cameroon's World Cup Group matches 24 Nov 2022 10:00 Switzerland (1.28) – Cameroon (5.65) Al Janoub 28 Nov 2022 10:00 Cameroon (1.50) – Serbia (3.50) Al Janoub 2 Dec 2022 19:00 Cameroon (1.40) – Brazil (2.35) Lusail Here you can see all the World Cup 2022 groups – a great way to get an overview of all the World Cup 2022 teams. See also our World Cup Guide 2022 which is a good compilation of what is important before the World Cup 2022, such as the World Cup 2022 broadcasts, where the teams will play, World Cup 2022 arenas to be used in Qatar. Frequently asked questions about Cameroon's World Cup team 2022 If you have any questions about the Cameroon squad in the World Cup 2022, just leave a comment and we'll answer your question as quickly as possible. The article about Cameroon's troops will, of course be updated on a regular basis with everything from the squad, facts, odds and statistics about Cameroon and the players in the English national team. In addition, we will try to answer the most frequently asked questions you may have regarding Cameroon's World Cup squad 2022. Odds World Cup 2022 is released and you can see who are favourites to win it all. Top 10 World Cup Teams With The Sexiest Football Fans Hottest WAGS going to FIFA World Cup 2022 & Sexy Wives and Girlfriends! Cameroon World Cup squad Odds of Cameroon winning World Cup World Cup squad 2022 Previous articleCosta Rica World Cup Squad 2022 – Costa Rica team in World Cup 2022! Next articleQatar World Cup Squad 2022 – Qatar team in World Cup 2022!

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Zydeco Crossroads An interactive history of Zydeco WXPN brings Geno Delafose to the Commodore Barry Club on Friday by Julie Miller on May 27, 2015 WXPN and Allons Danser are excited to welcome Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie to the Commodore Barry Club in Mount Airy, Philadelphia this Friday, May 29th. Read more Watch the Trey Anastasio Band cover "Acting the Devil" by Chris Ardoin While Zydeco musicians have a lot of fun putting their Creole flair on mainstream pop and rock songs (just ask Sean Ardoin, Buckwheat Zydeco or Clifton Chenier) it's less often that a band outside of Southwest Louisiana covers a zydeco tune. But not only has Phish frontman Trey Anastasio covered Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin's "Acting the Devil," he and his solo band have played the song in concert thirty times between 2001 and 2014. Read more Dwayne Dopsie carries on a Lafayette tradition by Herman Fuselier on May 20, 2015 Dwayne Dopsie remembers that fateful day in 1999. Dospie, then 16, told his mom he was quitting school to play zydeco. His father, zydeco legend Rockin' Dopsie, had died six years earlier. Dwayne had a burning desire to follow in his footsteps. "After he passed away, it seemed like everything changed," said Dopsie, 36. "My interest for school went out the door. I told my mom that I wanted to play. She said 'You're going to need that schooling to fall back on.' Read more The Advertiser reports on El Sido's 30th anniversary Sid Williams has been running his Lafayette club El Sido's for thirty years now. The venue has been an integral and joyful part of the town over the last few decades, launching zydeco careers, offering a place for friends and family to gather and lending a hand to the community. But as Herman Fuselier discusses in his profile of the venue for The Advertiser, El Sido's isn't experiencing the level of success it once was. Read more Watch: WURD host Stephanie Renee on zydeco, highlights of Marcus Ardoin and Rockin' Dopsie in concert by Julie Miller on May 6, 2015 Marcus Ardoin & Da Zydeco Legends traveled to Philadelphia with Rockin' Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters last month for another outstanding evening of music and dance. For this event, WXPN partnered with local community radio station WURD to bring the music to a larger audience and introduce XPN's listeners to another perspective of zydeco's importance. Watch highlights of the concert below, along with interviews with WURD radio host Stephanie Renee and WURD listener Rob Carter. Listen back to the full audio archive of the concert here. Read more Watch an interview with zydeco dance instructor Harold Guillory For the first Zydeco Crossroads concert back in December, we thought it would be important to introduce the dance aspect of the experience along with the music. So Harold Guillory, a dance instructor from Lake Charles, LA traveled up to Philadelphia with Curley Taylor to lead the sold-out Kimmel Center crowd in a dance lesson before the show. We interviewed Guillory about the dance's ability to draw new people to the music, why it sets zydeco apart and how it allows fans to express themselves in a different way. Read more Terrance Simien will bring Creole for Kidz to Celebrate Brooklyn! next month Creole for Kidz & The History of Zydeco is a CD and live show created by musician and educator Terrance Simien. He's taken the show on the road up and down the eastern seaboard, including a special presentation at the Berklee College of Music for its American Roots Music and African Studies visiting arts program, to educate students about creole culture and music. On June 6th the program will be presented at a free event in conjunction with Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Read more WXPN presents A year-long showcase of traditional Creole music, dancing & culture alongside the modern day influences of R&B, soul and hip-hop. Learn More >> One last chance to dance: RSVP for a free concert with Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band Revisit Zydeco Crossroads' final weekend with audio and photos of Corey Ledet, Rosie Ledet and Wayne Singleton Revisit Zydeco Crossroads' final weekend with audio and photos of Keith Frank and Ruben Moreno Listen to a new Koray Broussard song called "OH I" Stream the Zydeco Crossroads finale on VuHaus Copyright 2014 WXPN-FM / The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania / All Rights Reserved.

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Why are pelvic exams so uncomfortable? Ob-gyns clarify. The speculum — the medical gadget used throughout pelvic exams — hasn't modified a lot in 170 years. (Getty Photos; illustration: Nathalie Cruz) Anybody who has ever had been screened for cervical most cancers, aka gotten a Pap smear, throughout a pelvic examination is aware of how uncomfortable it may be — and the speculum performs a key function in that. The duckbill-shaped medical gadget, which has been round for greater than 170 years, permits medical doctors to separate the vaginal partitions and "see what's occurring contained in the vagina and take a look at the cervix to acquire a Pap smear or look to see why somebody is bleeding," Dr. Christine Greves, an ob-gyn at Winnie Palmer Hospital in Orland, Fla., tells Yahoo Life. It's a part of a routine pelvic examination that features searching for any abnormalities on the exterior genitalia, such because the vulva and perineum, and performing a bimanual examination the place a health care provider feels the dimensions, form and positioning of the inner pelvic organs, together with the uterus and ovaries, and checks for any lots, tenderness or ache. However why is having a speculum inserted throughout the examination such an uncomfortable expertise? And why hasn't the generally used gadget been up to date in nicely over a century and a half? This is what ob-gyns say — and learn how to make pelvic exams extra snug. Why are pelvic exams with speculums usually uncomfortable? Specialists say there are a number of causes these exams are disagreeable and, for some, even downright painful. Inserting and opening the speculum within the vagina creates pelvic stress, to not point out the truth that the chilly metallic and "horrible clicking noises are amongst its most-hated options," in response to Cedars-Sinai. A girl's stage of life and well being historical past are additionally components. "Girls who aren't sexually lively or girls who're menopausal might discover speculum units troublesome to tolerate," ob-gyn Dr. Gil Weiss, a associate on the Affiliation for Girls's Healthcare and assistant professor of scientific medication within the division of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, tells Yahoo Life. "Sure well being situations may make the gadget rather more uncomfortable." One such situation is vaginal atrophy. Weiss explains that transient vaginal atrophy can happen after childbirth, whereas a extra everlasting kind is frequent after menopause. "Atrophy makes tissues much less versatile and in flip makes the speculum examination extra uncomfortable," he says. Girls with different situations reminiscent of vaginismus (involuntary contraction of the vaginal muscle tissues, which may make insertion — whether or not it is a speculum, penis or tampon — painful), vulvodynia (persistent ache, burning or irritation of the vulva) and lichen sclerosus (a situation marked by genital pores and skin that's skinny, irritated and itchy) might expertise extra ache with a speculum examination as nicely, notes Weiss. "Girls who've suffered sexual assault or transgender girls may expertise extra ache throughout speculum exams," he provides. A historical past of trauma could make pelvic exams and having a speculum inserted "triggering and extra uncomfortable for folk," Dr. Alson Burke, an ob-gyn with UW Drugs, tells Yahoo Life. Burke explains that the vagina is made up of an "intricate set of muscle tissues that we do not at all times have nice management in enjoyable. These muscle tissues can involuntarily tense, which may slim the opening and create extra discomfort." What are some methods to make the examination extra snug? There are a number of methods to make pelvic exams and cervical most cancers screenings with speculums higher for sufferers, beginning with having medical doctors clarify every a part of the examination so there are not any surprises. "It is ensuring sufferers perceive what's occurring and why this a part of the examination is required," says Burke. "Realizing what is the 'why' behind it may be useful." Weiss agrees, saying that an important factor is to speak along with your well being supplier throughout the examination, notably should you're nervous or are experiencing any ache. "Slowing your respiratory down is at all times the second step after communication," he says. "As your respiratory slows down, your physique tends to grow to be much less tense, which often will assist." As a result of speculums create pelvic stress, emptying your bladder previous to the examination is a good suggestion, says Weiss. Discovering the best speculum additionally makes a distinction. "Speculums come in numerous sizes and designs," says Weiss. For instance, the Pederson speculum is usually utilized in those that have had intercourse however have not but given delivery, whereas the Graves speculum is bigger and could also be higher for girls with longer vaginal canals, in response to the Cleveland Clinic. For others, "switching to a smaller-size speculum reminiscent of a pediatric speculum" — which is narrower and shorter than different speculums — "or switching to a special kind of gadget might all assist," says Weiss. As Burke places it: "It is about discovering the form and measurement that works nicely for that individual's physique." Utilizing a lubricant could make insertion of the speculum extra snug, notes Greves. Though there's some debate about whether or not lubricants can have an effect on Pap smear outcomes, some research present that water-based lubricants are high quality. For sufferers who're feeling nervous in regards to the examination, Burke encourages them to deliver a assist individual — "somebody who helps you are feeling extra snug on the bedside is nice," she says — or suggests they distract themselves throughout the examination by watching a favourite video or listening to music to remain calm. For sufferers with a historical past of trauma, she recommends utilizing an antianxiety remedy, and for these sufferers who discover pelvic exams painful, she says that making use of a topical numbing gel previous to putting the speculum might be useful. Why have not speculums been up to date in over a century and a half? The medical gadget itself dates again to the Roman empire and, as Greves factors out, was present in Pompeii way back to A.D. 79. However the trendy speculum, which has a darkish historical past, was invented within the nineteenth century by Dr. James Marion Sims — the controversial "father of recent gynecology," who, beginning in 1845, experimented on enslaved girls with none anesthesia. Weiss acknowledges that the speculum design "has not likely modified" up to now 170 years. Which may be as a result of it is exhausting to enhance upon the design. Burke says that, in some methods, the speculum is a software that does its job "fairly nicely," however notes that "sadly, with numerous girls's well being and reproductive well being, there is not some huge cash towards innovation." She provides: "There are locations the place it might be higher." Weiss says that some new units have come to market, which have used alternative ways of separating the vaginal partitions from the cervix. To date, although, "none of those units have ever gained traction," he says. Some are working to vary that, nonetheless, by listening to each sufferers and physicians. Ceek Girls's Well being Nella NuSpec speculum, for instance, has a really slim invoice — in regards to the width of a tampon — and is made out of a "temperature-neutral" materials that does not get chilly like metallic speculums. Others embody Yona, which remains to be in its early design levels and makes use of three silicone-coated metallic "leaves" to separate the vaginal partitions, as a substitute of two payments, for higher viewing with out creating extra stress, whereas Orchid Spec is an eco-friendly speculum constituted of 100% sugarcane that forestalls pinching and is silent (so no tense clicking sounds because the speculum opens up, which may make sufferers tense up). "I actually imagine that if a brand new gadget got here to market, which was perceived as an enchancment by clinicians and was extra tolerable by sufferers," says Weiss, "the normal speculum could be deserted." Wellness, parenting, physique picture and extra: Get to know the who behind the hoo with Yahoo Life's e-newsletter. Enroll right here. Viagra customers are 25% much less prone to undergo early loss of life Grizzly bears check constructive for hen flu in Montana, officers say

Study of the inner structure, mineral, chemical and isotope composition of siderite and phosphate-siderite concretions from the upper Jurassic deposits of the Viatka-Kama basin has been made. A possible mechanism of their formation is discussed. A number of mineralogical and isotopic features indicate that the siderites and phosphates were formed at the diagenetic stage by the agency of both inorganic and microbial processes.

Illnesses How the Immune System Fights Cancer The immune system is also capable of identifying and fighting its own cell components. This occurs when these components are abnormal. Read on to discover how the immune system fights cancer! Written by Carolina Betancourth The immune system is a complex defense system whose main function is to protect the body from external agents. Therefore, it's important for it to be able to differentiate its own components from external ones. This is how the immune system fights cancer. Similarly, the immune system is also able to identify and fight its own cellular components. This occurs when these components are abnormal. This is the case of cancer cells, which differ from normal cells. It's important to understand that, in all types of cancer, the disease process consists of some cells of the body dividing uncontrollably and spreading to nearby tissues. Cancer is a dangerous disease, which is why it's very important to have professional help to fight it properly. Functions of the immune system The immune system consists of a series of cells and mechanisms that prevent damage from external agents. In addition to recognizing and fighting tumor cells, the immune system also has other ways to prevent their appearance. It protects the body from viral infections that can lead to the appearance of tumors. For example, this is the case of human papillomavirus (HPV). It also fights others with great mutagenic potential, which means that their infection may alter the genetic material of cells. It fights by eliminating external pathogens. When there's an infection, the body responds by developing inflammation around it. However, this swelling should be resolved effectively, because this environment can occasionally lead to the appearance of tumors. Identifies and kills cancer cells. It does this through specific markers. Surface antigens But how does the immune system recognize cancer cells? The answer lies in some surface proteins present in all cells, called surface antigens. The surface antigens of tumor cells are different from those of normal cells. Thus, the cells of the immune system can recognize these antigens and detect when they correspond to a mutated cell. The immune cells are capable of performing that recognition task are T lymphocytes. These cells have a number of receptors that detect surface antigens. If you want to know more: Nutritious Food Choices When You Have Leukemia How the immune system fights cancer: the immune cycle T cells are capable of recognizing the changes mutated cells undergo. The immune system's response to cancer starts with the recognition of mutated cells, thanks to the aforementioned surface antigens. These antigens are examined by T lymphocytes, present in the lymph nodes. After this, the T lymphocytes undergo a series of changes and then activate. This gives them the ability to travel to the blood vessels. Through them, the T lymphocytes reach the tumor directed by concentration gradients of certain signaling molecules. Once they reach the area of the tumor, the T lymphocytes infiltrate said region in order to attack. Here, they recognize the tumor cells that have certain proteins on their surface and proceed to destroy them. They do this by stimulating another series of immune system cells. For example, Natural Killer (NK) cells or macrophages. This article may interest you: Scientific Advances Develop Vaccine Against Cancerous Tumors Escape mechanisms of tumor cells Despite their efforts, malignant cells have mechanisms to avoid the immune system. The reason for the development of cancer, in spite of immune system action, is that some cancer cells have accumulated so many mutations that they have mechanisms to prevent immune system action. These mechanisms allow the tumor cells to hide from the immune system. 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Unseasonably warm weather and blooms appearing everywhere has everyone here on the west coast thinking of Spring! While I have been busy with my 'other job', my art classes and own painting have been going well. I so enjoy the accomplishments and enthusiasm of my "students' -- their beautiful works are sometimes surprising to them, but so satisfying for everyone! I will be away for Spring Break - in Campbell River that is March 30 to April 3rd --so I will be resuming classes on April 13th. For Spring Course outlines and details click Current Classes.

This week we are at a lovely estate located high up on the hillside in the city of Granada Hills. An eclectic estate full of original art, high-end furniture and interesting collectables, there's something for everyone. Don't forget, Mother's Day is this weekend, and we have a large selection of fine estate jewelry from a combination of estates priced to sell. We will be offering an additional special discount to our regular's, just mention this email.

Pie-in-a-jar is the dessert star! This pie idea gets a blue ribbon. Not only is cherry pie-in-a-jar mouthwateringly delicious, it's fun to get crafty with mason jar lids. Make them extra-sweet by adding polka-dot baking cups, a bit of bright blue ribbon and sticker labels on top with your own fun words like "yum" and "delish" or people's names. Tie on a silver spoon with a touch of red ribbon… too cute! Cut out 6 in. circles from the premade pie dough, and place one in the bottom of each jar, pressing into the sides. Mix dark cherries from a can, white sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and lemon zest. Spoon mixture into mason jars until half full. Cut out stars from pie crust using star fondant cutters and place on top of cherries. Brush with egg and sprinkle with brown sugar. Preheat oven to 400°F. Place jars on cookie tray in oven. Bake for 25 minutes or until pies are bubbling. Let stand until jars have cooled. Serve and get ready for oohs and aahs! Show us how you made summer parties look cool by tagging us on Instagram!

Pets alter infants' microbiota to lower risk of allergies, obesity By Honor Whiteman on April 7, 2017 New research highlights the benefits of having pets around the house during childhood, after finding that early-life exposure to furry animals may reduce the risk of developing allergies and obesity. New research suggests that early-life pet exposure could lower the risk of allergies and obesity. Led by researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada, the study found that children exposed to dogs, cats, and other furry pets in early life – before birth and up to 3 months after – experienced significant increases in two beneficial gut bacteria: Ruminococcus and Oscillospira. Previous studies have linked Ruminococcus to a reduced risk of childhood allergies, while Oscillospira has been associated with a decreased obesity risk. Study co-author Anita Kozyrskyj, of the Department of Pediatrics at Alberta, and colleagues recently reported their findings in the journal Microbiome. According to The Humane Society of the United States, around 79.7 million households in the U.S. own at least one animal, with dogs taking the top spot as most popular pet. Our four-legged friends undoubtedly bring us joy and companionship, but studies have shown that their benefits do not end there, particularly for children. One study reported by Medical News Today last year, for example, found that dog exposure in the first year of a child's life was associated with a 13 percent decreased asthma risk in later childhood. It has been suggested that such associations are down to changes in gut microbiota – the population of microorganisms in the intestines – as a result of exposure to bacteria from pets. To find out more about how pet exposure in early life might influence the gut microbiota of children, Kozyrskyj and colleagues analyzed data from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study (CHILD) cohort, including 746 infants who were born between 2009 and 2012. Twofold increase in beneficial gut bacteria with early-life pet exposure As part of the study, the infants' mothers were required to report any household pets owned during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, as well as 3 months after birth. Around 46 percent of infants were exposed to household pets before and after birth, the team reports. Dogs accounted for around 70 percent of household pets. Fecal samples were collected from each infant around the age of 3 months and analyzed to determine the abundance of specific gut bacteria. The researchers found that infants who were exposed to furry animals before and after birth demonstrated a twofold increase in the abundance of Ruminococcus and Oscillospira in their guts, compared with infants not exposed to household pets. These findings remained even after accounting for three factors that can influence an infant's gut bacteria: delivery by cesarean section, antibiotics during birth, and limited breast-feeding. Furthermore, the team found that pet exposure prior to birth appeared to reduce the transmission of vaginal group B strep (GBS) from mother to child during delivery. GBS is associated with sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis in newborns, although GBS infection can be prevented through intravenous antibiotics during pregnancy. Could there one day be a 'dog in a pill'? While further studies are needed to gain a better understanding of how early-life pet exposure affects bacterial populations, Kozyrskyj and team believe that their findings support previous studies showing that household pets can benefit children's health. The researchers write: "[…] exposure to pets increased the abundance of two bacteria, Ruminococcus and Oscillospira, which have been negatively associated with childhood atopy and obesity. "[…] In addition, our finding of reduced streptococcal colonization with prenatal pet ownership may lower the risk for childhood metabolic and atopic disease. Further research is needed to link the pet-related microbiota changes with health outcomes of infants in the CHILD cohort, as well as in other populations." The researchers say that it is too soon to make conclusions about the new treatments such research could bring, but Kozyrskyj believes that a 'dog in a pill' could be feasible. "It's not far-fetched that the pharmaceutical industry will try to create a supplement of these microbiomes, much like was done with probiotics," she says. Learn how childhood pets may surpass siblings when it comes to relationship satisfaction. Pediatrics / Children's Health 10 of the best baby powders of 2023 Medically reviewed by Carissa Stephens, RN, CCRN, CPN We review 10 of the best baby powders, including talc-free, fragrance-free, and organic options. Learn about the best baby powders here. 10 of the best shampoos for babies in 2023 Babies do not need shampoo unless they have a medical condition. 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Q: RelativeLayout background stretches when inner view aligned to parent right The following XML results in the below image. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/convoLayout" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@drawable/right_bubble"> <TextView android:id="@+id/convoBody" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" // cause android:padding="5dp" android:text="test test test test" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" /> </RelativeLayout> Is anyone aware of how to get it to look like this: Note: I need the RelativeLayout as this is a dumbed down version of my XML :). EDIT: Let me also clarify. Without android:layout_alignParentRight="true" in the TextView, the layout looks like the image below (there is white padding on the right) In essence, I need that padding on the left. EDIT2: To further clarify, @drawable/right_bubble is a 9-patch image that is meant to stretch to house the inner views dynamically and the RelativeLayout is to have 3 TextViews inside of it, in which the 9-patch image should encapsulate all 3. EDIT3: This is what I want the end result to look like A: you are setting the background to relative layout... so, whole layout will have same background no matter what views it holds. Try setting "android:background="@drawable/right_bubble" to TextView instead. EDIT (by OP after getting answer from comments): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/convoLayout" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="right" // added android:background="@drawable/right_bubble" > <TextView android:id="@+id/convoBody" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" // removed layout_alignParentRight android:padding="5dp" android:text="test test test test" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" /> </RelativeLayout> A: J.Ajendra's answer got me most of the way there. His answer (that I edited in after understanding his comments) worked, but only if the RelativeLayout's container honors android:layout_gravity. (for example, if we were to Activity#setContentView(R.layout.convo_item)). In my case, convo_item.xml was to be inflated into a ListView which overrides this behavior for RelativeLayouts (I'm not sure why, but it does) resulting in the chat bubble always being on the left. To solve this, I simply wrapped the RelativeLayout in a LinearLayout that took the parents entire width (android:layout_width="match_parent") and set the gravity of it's content to "right" (android:gravity="right"). The result, it works for all cases including ListViews and Activity#setContentView(...). Here's the code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/convoOuterLayout" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="right" > <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/convoLayout" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@drawable/right_bubble" > <TextView android:id="@+id/convoBody" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:padding="5dp" android:text="test test test test" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" /> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout>

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Section 105 of the JOBS Act sets out to improve the availability of information about emerging growth companies by eliminating some of the prohibitions on communications and activities that can take place around a registered offering. the "post-effective period" which begins once the registration statement is declared effective. The kinds of communications and activities that are permissible vary depending on where you are in the registration process. For example, prior to enactment of the JOBS Act, the Securities Act generally prohibited any communications containing oral or written offers of securities during the pre-filing period. During the waiting or quiet period, the Securities Act permitted oral offers as well as written offers made by means of a Section 10 prospectus. The term "offer" is broadly defined to encompass "every attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to buy, a security or interest in a security, for value" and has been construed by the courts and the Commission to include "the publication of information and statements, and publicity efforts … [that], although not couched in terms of an express offer, may in fact contribute to conditioning the public mind or arousing public interest … " in a company or its securities. The JOBS Act significantly changes the communications rules is by allowing an emerging growth company, or any person authorized to act on behalf of an emerging growth company, to engage in oral or written communications with potential investors that are qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) or institutional accredited investors (IAIs) in order to gauge their interest in an offering prior to or following the company's filing of a registration statement (i.e., during the pre-filing and waiting or quiet periods). A practice often referred to "testing the waters". Unlike many of the other changes addressed below, an emerging growth company's ability to test the waters is neither limited to its IPO nor offerings of its common equity and, as such, can be used in follow-on offerings and offerings of debt securities. Again, prior to enactment of the JOBS Act, oral and written offers of securities were generally prohibited during the pre-filing period and while there were no explicit restrictions on oral offers during the waiting or quiet period written offers had to be made by means of a Section 10 prospectus. Another way the JOBS Act changes the communications rules is by allowing a broker-dealer to publish and distribute research reports about an emerging growth company that proposes to or is in the process of registering its common equity (i.e., during the pre-filing and waiting or quiet periods) without the reports being deemed an offer of securities, even if the broker-dealer will also be participating as an underwriter in the offering. For purposes of the exclusion the JOBS Act carves out a slightly expanded definition of the term "research report", which covers oral as well as written and electronic communications that provide information, analysis, opinions or recommendations about an emerging growth company or its securities, whether or not the information is reasonably sufficient to base an investment decision on. In addition, the JOBS Act prohibits the Commission or any national securities association, FINRA presently being the only one, from adopting or maintaining any rule or regulation that would prohibit a broker-dealer from publishing or distributing a research report or from making a public appearance with respect to the securities of an emerging growth company following the company's IPO or in advance of the expiration of its IPO related lock-up agreements (i.e., during the post-effective period). Before the JOBS Act went into effect, a broker-dealer participating as an underwriter in a company's IPO was prohibited from publishing and distributing research reports and from making public appearances with respect to the company's securities prior to and for a period of 40 days following the IPO, and for a period of 15 days both prior to and after the expiration of its IPO related lock-up agreements (these rules remain unaffected with respect to IPOs of non-emerging growth companies). The JOBS Act also prohibits the Commission or any national securities association from adopting or maintaining any rule or regulation in connection with the IPO of an emerging growth company's common equity that would restrict who at a broker-dealer may arrange for communications between a research analyst and a potential investor, or restrict a research analyst from participating in any meetings with the company's management that non-analyst employees of the broker-dealer also attend. Before the JOBS Act went into effect, a research analyst was prohibited from directly or indirectly engaging in communications with current or prospective investors in the presence of a company's management or a broker-dealer's non-analyst employees, and was prohibited from participating in company road shows or other meetings. One thing the JOBS Act doesn't do is relieve broker-dealers of their obligations related to conflicts of interest or research analysts from the disclosure and certification requirements of Regulation AC.

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With Seattle Pain Centers abruptly closing all locations, there was both a massive opportunity and challenge for whoever would take the baton to 1) help those with chronic pain while 2) resisting perpetuating the growing US opioid epidemic. Startup, Anesis Spine & Pain Care, picked up that very baton in 2017, hiring the very best physicians and nurses in the Northwest while being lead with vigor and care by serial entrepreneur, Paul Song. Increase new patient rate by 20% month-over-month with a deep emphasis on direct marketing as a driving force. Teaming up with Anesis Marketing Specialist, Aaron Gattenby, I would bring strategy and accountability while he would bring on-the-ground execution. In the process, we'd leverage direct marketing tools and channels of in-person visits, offline events, email, direct mail, and cold calling.

Konoha Hypocrite – Chapter 88.1: Seeding Doubt, Emperor Heart Technique Bahasa Indonesia Konoha Hypocrite Bahasa Indonesia Chapter 88-1 • January 1, 2023 A few days later, at about 3:20 in the morning, the sky had just begun to brighten. Many people in the Daimyo Residence were still deep in dreamland when Uchiha Tonan broke the silence and rushed into the First Highness' room again. He ruthlessly dragged Naraku to the study hall's courtyard. Crack, crack, crack… Whipping sounds echoed to the farther corners continuously. "Please forgive me," Naraku wailed, wishing he could die immediately but it all fell on deaf ears. It was obvious to him that Abe Seimei had been targeting him. In the beginning, it was four o'clock in the morning when Seimei would begin the drag, drench and whip routine. However, every day after that, it shifted a bit earlier, and Seimei would barge into his room just before he opened his eyes. In the past few days, he hadn't had a good night's rest. Even before his older wounds healed, he would suffer new torture. He tossed and turned in bed every day, unable to sleep due to the pain. He could barely fall asleep just before dawn, but he would be dragged out and whipped again before he could sleep for a long time. He persisted but eventually, he was made up of flesh and blood. Whether it was mentally or physically, Naraku couldn't endure anymore. "Father…, save me!" He had no other choice but to pin all his hopes on his father. He used his last bit of energy to cry out for help, but it was useless. At this moment when Naraku was subjected to such torture, the Daimyo was standing outside the courtyard wall. When he heard the whipping sounds and screams coming from the courtyard, his face was filled with pain. A shadow guard couldn't endure it any longer and walked to his side from the darkness. "Your Majesty, Seimei-dono is abusing the First Highness so much. I'm afraid the First Highness's body will not be able to endure it. Do you truly not care about him?" Hearing the guard's words, the Daimyo's expression changed a little. The person who was being whipped inside was his own son, how could he not feel distressed? However, he shook his head again, constantly reminding himself about what Tonan had said before. "There is no value to jade without being cut and polished," a loud shout from Tonan came from inside the courtyard, pulling the Daimyo back to reality. "You old dog… wait until I become the Daimyo, I'll definitely kill you," Naraku couldn't bear the torture and his heart was filled with hatred toward Tonan. He glared at him, his eyes bloodshot, blue veins protruding from his forehead. "That's good… I'll wait for that day," Tonan seemed to not care about his words. Crack! "Heaven has bestowed a great responsibility to me." Crack! "I must temper the resolution first." Crack! "Refine the physique." Crack! "Empty the body." Tonan was saying all this not only to Naraku but also to the ears of the Daimyo outside. Half an hour later, Naraku lowered his head and narrowed his eyes a little. His vision was blurred already and his consciousness was fading because of the pain. Before he could blackout, which might have meant momentary peace, Tonan splashed him with a bucket of cold water, waking him up fully. "Tell me what we learned in the lecture yesterday." Naraku gasped for a few breaths and said in a weak voice, "Peaceful Strategy, heavy punishment in troubled times…" As his eldest and dearest son explained the Peaceful Strategy, the Daimyo's eyes were slightly moist. He sighed and thought in his heart, "Very good… Naraku, it's so hard for you but I hope you can break away from Konoha's suppression and become a real Daimyo…" The Daimyo finally couldn't endure anymore and gritted his teeth before he turned to leave. In the courtyard, after Naraku finished speaking, Tonan loosened the rope that had bound him. Naraku immediately collapsed to the ground. His forehead was filled with sweat, and his clothes were already stained with blood, but he still forcibly stood up with his tired body. Tonan squinted his eyes seeing this, and thought, "This guy still has the energy to stand up? If this kind of physique was trained from an early age, I'm afraid he could have become an outstanding ninja." "Very good. Now, follow me." The two of them came to the classroom of the study hall, and Naraku sat on his seat, staring blankly at Tonan. Tonan walked over and sat on the seat in front of him and pondered for a moment. Then he solemnly asked, "Do you know why I'm treating you and the Second Highness so differently?" Naraku shook his head. He had been tortured for so many days, but he didn't know the reason for it. Even though he obviously was the one who studied hard and earnestly. "Because you are a lot better than the Second Highness, and you are the most suitable person to become the Daimyo." When Naraku heard the word Daimyo, he unconsciously sat upright. Tonan glanced at him and suddenly sighed, "Unfortunately, your father doesn't think so." As soon as he heard this, the First Highness' eyes became sharp like a dagger, looking straight at Tonan, "What do you mean?" Tonan caressed his beard lightly and said, "I have a skill called the Qi Gazing Technique. Everything created under the heavens has qi. And you, you have the aura of the Purple Star." "The aura of the Purple Star?" Naraku repeated Tonan's words a little surprised, waiting for him to continue. Tonan nodded and said, "The Purple Star is the most central in the starry sky, surrounded by many stars. I call it the Emperor Star. If you can become the Daimyo, you might be able to sweep across the eight wildernesses, unify in six directions, and conquer the world. However, it is a pity that His Majesty favors the Second Highness, and he wants to pass the throne to him." Naraku lowered his head and remained silent for a while. Then he slowly shook his head and said, "I don't believe you."

We all sit through meetings, as boring and useless as they sometimes may feel. And let me ask you this - how many times have you heard people say your team or company should be "breaking the mould" or "thinking out of the box"? How many times have you discussed the inspiring thing your competitors are doing, that you and your team would never even try? Probably too many times. Increasingly, researchers and thought leaders are pointing out that company culture could be the issue behind idea blocks and lack of creative thinking within companies - from the smallest startups to government administrations. Company culture is a double-edged blade: a positive and creative culture will encourage employees to bring all of their skills to the office environment, including their creativity. Think about Google's famous company culture and its "20% projects" policy. Googlers were (and by some accounts, still are) actively encouraged by management to develop their own products and services during up to 20% of their working hours. Some of these projects were then taken up by the company, leading to the development of products like Gmail and Adsense which have become services adopted by millions of users. Typically, when we think of negative work culture, we conjure images of older, larger companies or government agencies that slow down or outright drown any innovation through heavy and unwieldy administrative procedure, creativity-crushing hierarchy or over-complicated internal regulations. How do these organisations try to escape their company culture? By creating spin-offs, acquiring smaller companies or working with consultants or partners in order to spur innovation and creative thinking. However most companies and organisations have access to a large and often eager group of collaborators: their users, clients and fans! The spread of co-creation, collaborative design platforms and open-source software is increasingly helping companies and organisations develop new and effective solutions to their clients' problems. Thanks to the web, customer input has never been as readily available - which enables companies to "think out of the box" and bring in truly fresh ideas to develop. All the better, studies and some inspiring businesses are increasingly showing us that a collaborative customer more often than not makes a great brand ambassador. So get out of that meeting, collaborate with your clients and fans, escape your company culture and co-create something amazing.

Now that I have painted my first swan, I came to realize that when it comes to birds, I've mostly been drawing and painting owls exclusively. This painting became generally more blue than I planned but once I was finished I actually liked it more this way. I intended to make the painting more gray but I think it might've made the atmosphere too melancholic. Make sure to follow me on Instagram or Facebook to get the latest art(ist) news and updates! IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE SEE SEBASTIAN'S MOM! IT TURNED OUT EVEN CUTER THAN I EXPECTED!

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Town of Groveland Announces the Langley-Adams Public Library is Hiring a Part-time Library Assistant GROVELAND — The Town of Groveland and Langley-Adams Public Library Director Darcy Lepore would like to share that the Langley-Adams Public Library is hiring a part-time Library Assistant. December 13, 2021 Robert Mills Client News, City/Town News December 13, 2021 by Robert Mills The part-time Library Assistant position is for 18.5 hours a week and requires alternating Saturdays and hours throughout the workweek, including at least one night per week. The pay rate is $15.05/hour with no benefits. Applicants should be able to work as a team, but also have the ability to take on projects assigned by the Library Director, Youth Services Librarian, or the Adult Services Librarian. Applicants should also be able to work with the public and adapt to new technology, software, procedures and policies. Regular duties include interacting with patrons at the circulation desk, processing and cataloging new items, processing interlibrary loan materials, and other clerical work. Other odd jobs may include preparing crafts for story times, displays, bulletin boards, writing reviews of books or other materials, shelf reading, and more. Please send a cover letter, resume, and references to [email protected] or via mail to the Langley-Adams Library, Attn: Library Director, 183 Main Street Groveland, MA, 01834. To view full job description, including the qualifications, please click here. Groveland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. City/Town News, Client News Groveland, hiring, jobs, Langley-Adams Public Library

Q: TestNG cross browser test fails after launcing first browser I am trying to run some basic test on different browsers but the test are failing once after the launching the first browser (in this case Firefox) and fails to execute the Chrome and IE browsers. Java code using TestNG annotations - package com.Selenium_Practice; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import junit.framework.Assert; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.opera.OperaDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver; import org.testng.annotations.Parameters; import org.testng.annotations.Test; import com.relevantcodes.extentreports.ExtentReports; import com.relevantcodes.extentreports.LogStatus; public class CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG { WebDriver driver; ExtentReports report = ExtentReports.get(CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG.class); @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") @Test @Parameters("browser") public void CrossBrowserCodeBrowser(String browserName){ report.init("E:\\Report\\CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG.html", true); report.startTest("Starting the test for CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG class"); if(browserName.equalsIgnoreCase("firefox")){ driver = new FirefoxDriver(); report.log(LogStatus.INFO, "Firefox browser is up and running"); }//if else if(browserName.equalsIgnoreCase("chrome")){ System.setProperty("webDriver.chrome.driver", "E:\\Driver\\chromedriver.exe"); driver = new ChromeDriver(); report.log(LogStatus.INFO, "Chrome browser is up and runnning"); }//else if else if(browserName.equalsIgnoreCase("ie")){ System.setProperty("webDriver.chrome.driver", "E:\\Driver\\IEDriverServer.exe"); driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(); report.log(LogStatus.INFO, "IE is up and running"); }//else if driver.manage().window().maximize(); driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31747315/getting-nullpointerexception-when-trying-to-generate-test-reports-using-extentre/31752389#31752389"); driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS); driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='question-header']/h1/a")).getAttribute("href"); driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='question-header']/h1/a")).getTagName(); System.out.println("Link : "+driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='question-header']/h1/a")).getAttribute("href")); System.out.println("Question : "+driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='question-header']/h1/a")).getTagName()); Assert.assertEquals("a", driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='question-header']/h1/a")).getTagName()); report.log(LogStatus.PASS, "Both are equal"); report.endTest(); driver.quit(); }//CrossBrowserCodeBrowser }//CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG Test Suit - <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd"> <suite name="CrossBrowserTesting" parallel="none"> <test name="FirefoxTestSuit"> <classes> <parameter name="browser" value="firefox"/> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser --> <test name="ChromeTestSuit"> <classes> <parameter name="browser" value="chrome"/> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser --> <test name="IETestSuit"> <classes> <parameter name="browser" value="ie"/> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser --> </suite> <!-- Suite --> After running the XML file using TestNG i am getting the following results - [TestNG] Running: D:\Java Programs and files\com.Selenium_Practice\CrossBrowsertestng.xml log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. Link : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31747315/getting-nullpointerexception-when-trying-to-generate-test-reports-using-extentre Question : a Aug 01, 2015 6:28:10 AM org.openqa.selenium.os.UnixProcess$SeleniumWatchDog destroyHarder INFO: Command failed to close cleanly. Destroying forcefully (v2). org.openqa.selenium.os.UnixProcess$SeleniumWatchDog@1503f6b =============================================== CrossBrowserTesting Total tests run: 3, Failures: 2, Skips: 0 =============================================== Updated XML file - In the below XML file i put the parameters outside the classes. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd"> <suite name="CrossBrowserTesting" parallel="none"> <test name="FirefoxTestSuit"> <parameter name="browser" value="firefox"/> <classes> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser --> <test name="ChromeTestSuit"> <parameter name="browser" value="chrome"/> <classes> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser --> <test name="IETestSuit"> <parameter name="browser" value="ie"/> <classes> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser --> </suite> <!-- Suite --> Output - After running the changed xmfile i am getting same result. [TestNG] Running: D:\Java Programs and files\com.Selenium_Practice\CrossBrowsertestng.xml log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. Link : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31747315/getting-nullpointerexception-when-trying-to-generate-test-reports-using-extentre Question : a Aug 02, 2015 12:29:54 PM org.openqa.selenium.os.UnixProcess$SeleniumWatchDog destroyHarder INFO: Command failed to close cleanly. Destroying forcefully (v2). org.openqa.selenium.os.UnixProcess$SeleniumWatchDog@1be3395 =============================================== CrossBrowserTesting Total tests run: 3, Failures: 2, Skips: 0 =============================================== A: parameter tag should be outside classes. <test name="FirefoxTestSuit"> <parameter name="browser" value="firefox"/> <classes> <class name="com.Selenium_Practice.CrossBrowserTestingUsingTestNG"/> </classes> </test> <!-- CrossBrowser -->

Noi serves authentic Thai food at very affordable prices in an attractive setting located in the very heart of Mala Strana. The Zen interior is pleasant and comfortable complete with leather and wooden furniture and decorated with statues of Buddha, candles, and blooming orchids. At the back of the main room there is a big window through which you can observe the skillful hands of the Thai cooks. The washrooms are also original and ladies will surely appreciate the high-quality cosmetics available on the washbasin. The attractive courtyard is perfect for a quiet evening meal if you opt for al fresco dining at Noi, or take advantage of their exclusive Wok and Walk service by simply placing your order over the phone and arranging the time you choose it have your delicious food ready for pick-up, this is particularly convenient for those looking to have a romantic picnic on nearby Petřín Hill. The varied menu offers tasty soups, salads and starters along with beef, chicken, pork and fish dishes, as well as vegetarian options. The Thai dishes served here are authentic, delicious and affordable. We recommend the 3 peppers (the hottest rating) Kang Khew Wan Koong (shrimps cooked in green curry broth with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, carrot, chili, mushrooms and fresh basil leaves), a dish perfect for those who love super spicy food. And a good choice for those who wish for a dish not as smoking hot, we suggest the 1 pepper (the mildest rating) Kai Phad Khing (Chicken fillet flavored with a taste of fresh chopped ginger, black mushrooms, spring onions, red chilies and soy bean sauce), the amount of fresh ginger is perfect! For dessert, do not miss the Klauy Tod (fried bananas with vanilla ice cream)- yummy! Noi- The Art of Taste gets our vote for the best Thai for your money in Prague! Noi also houses a DJ facility with a data projector, 2 wireless microphones and a screen, perfect for impressive press conferences.

Overall demand for executive talent remained strong across Canada in 2018. The tightening of supply was palpable and affected large swaths of the tech sector. Demand was relatively even across the C-Suite – Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Professional Services, Support, Customer Success, Engineering and CEOs, suggesting that the sector has grown with firms at varying stages in their evolution. Companies reacting to local shortages by setting up secondary even tertiary offices where supply of specialized talent is perceived to be higher. Toronto has been a major beneficiary. Companies that dawdle in hiring, lose. When hiring processes are cumbersome, the number of steps unnecessarily high, and attention to the hiring exercise ebbs and flows with the priority of the day, candidates will go somewhere else or stay where they are. Momentum matters in hot markets. Firms struggling to adapt to new market realities are paying the price. Private equity continues to provide liquidity opportunities for founders and playbooks for scaling these businesses. Firms such as Amazon, Apple, GM, Ford, UBER and many others are increasing their Canadian footprint. Large corporates continue to seek opportunities to participate in the tech sector. New divisions, new businesses being set up or spun out. As they build their executive teams, many of these firms are struggling to strike the ideal balance of entrepreneurialism needed to innovate with the large company sophistication needed to succeed. In areas such as the GTA, infrastructure has become a material variable. Traffic congestion/gridlock factors increasingly in candidate decisions. Roles in in one end of the GTA will simply not work for candidates who reside at the other end. The issue is becoming more pronounced. Large tech companies continue to structure compensation packages designed to make it difficult for smaller companies to lure away important staff – RSUs, retention bonuses are prevalent and genuinely hard to leave. Canadian companies continue to seek expats willing to return home. Currency exchange rates, taxes, and a hot US market make this a fanciful dream for many companies. That said, immigration/work visa challenges are affecting an increasing number of Canadians in the US creating opportunities. Attracting ex pats from Europe and Asia more plausible for some. In-demand executives finding themselves with multiple offers putting upward pressure on overall compensation packages and making it more difficult for firms to 'close' executives. Counter-offers are on the rise as companies respond to resignations with 'mea culpas', promises to do better and full court presses to hang onto their talent. Shortage of CEOs experienced in leading firms with revenues in excess in excess of $20mm. This is tied to Canadian sector's propensity for early exits and an underdeveloped professional class of tech sector CEOs. Supply is further impacted by the ability of PE firms to buy talent and by the voracious appetite of firms such as Constellation Software which continues to hire CEOs into their mini-Constellation operating divisions such as Volaris and Vela and Perseus with mandates to build new verticals. Experienced CEOs they have many choices. For unproven CEOs or CEOs interested in moving to larger concerns, opportunities exist. Shortage of senior finance talent in the tech sector appears related to the emergence of the cannabis, cryptocurrency and adjacent sectors which have targeted tech sector sensibilities and experience. Opportunities abound for high potential finance execs (up and coming #2s) to move up. Acute imbalance of demand/supply for specialty areas such as data sciences and AI/ML. Firms continue to seek torturously rare combinations of skills – PhD level technical training, business sophistication, leadership and communications skills. On the financing front, excluding cannabis and biotech, 2018 was another busy year for Canadian Venture Capital financing with the total YoY amount invested increasing by approximately 47% from $1.9B in 2017 to $2.8B in 2018. While the total dollars invested increased, the number of companies funded fell from 479 (2017) to 362 (2018) as did the total number of deals 637 in 2017 to 444 in 2018. While the largest VC deal completed in 2018 for Enerkem at $223M was considerably larger than the largest 2017 financing for LeddarTech ($103M), generally speaking, 2018 saw VCs opting to do fewer deals, writing bigger cheques to fund fewer companies. Chart 1 below shows the top 10 deals per year with a higher concentration of larger cheques written in 2018 vs 2017. This year also saw a marked decrease in the number of exits with 1 completed in 2018 compared to 6 completed in 2017. Chart 2 provides a provincial comparison for 2018 to 2017. As one might expect while the median deal size increased in 2018, there was less activity in 2018 with the number of companies funded and the number of transactions completed lower. Ontario, BC and Quebec saw the most activity for both years with Ontario leading the way on deal size, number of companies funded and number of deals completed. In addition to the VC deals there were also major investment/hiring decisions by major corporations: Microsoft $570M over five years; Uber $200M; Intel opening a major research centre; Amazon adding another 600 jobs.

Brand new single from Akiva out now. 'Ammunition' is the latest release on Kurb Records and third single from the Angelic Studio sessions, released 30th June 2018. The band also continue their collaboration with talented animator, Wayne McCauslin, to bring the new track to life. The truly stunning visuals are also weaved into the band's live performances. Check out what Akiva are thinking, what they're listening to, where they are playing live and how to listen to their wonderful music. Click here to go to the Blog.

Goddess of Wine: Tasting Spain with the Goddess on July 28th! Tasting Spain with the Goddess on July 28th! It's time for another wine journey with the Goddess of Wine! Join me and my faithful acolyte, JD, as we take you on a tour of Spain - and you never have to leave your seat! July 28th from 1 PM to 3 PM at Fab's Corner Cucina in Sherman Oaks! The class includes generous tastes of 8 delightful wines from all over Spain, plus tasting notes to take home, large quantities of laughter, and yummy snacks provided by Fab's! $45 per person gets you a great time on a Saturday afternoon. RSVP by clicking here or on the link at the top right of this page. I'm so looking forward to this class! I've wanted to be educated by the Goddess - in class - for far too long. Can't wait to see the venue, taste the wine, and learn Learn LEARN!

Many people like to listen to music while they work, or to at least have some sort of noise in the background. Fortunately, research shows that this is beneficial, since music and background noise offer various cognitive benefits when it comes to factors such as productivity and creativity. In the following article, you will first learn about the benefits of listening to music and background noise while you work. Then, you will see some helpful guidelines on how to pick the best kind of music or background noise to listen to, so you can make the most of this effect. Listening to music temporarily improves performance on tests measuring intelligence and various cognitive functions. Listening to ambient noise enhances performance on creative tasks. Listening to music helps maintain concentration when performing repetitive tasks over long periods of time. Listening to white noise improves people's recognition memory, which is the ability to recognize previously encountered objects, entities, and events. Listening to music improves people's ability to perform mental arithmetic. Listening to background music during a lecture improves students' ability to learn the material. Listening to music energizes people when dealing with monotonous tasks. Listening to music improves students' reading comprehension. Listening to ambient noise enhances people's abstract processing, which is the ability to think about things that are not concretely defined. Listening to music improves people's mood and increases their work satisfaction. Taken together, these benefits mean that listening to music or to some other background noise while you work can be highly beneficial. Furthermore, since it generally takes little effort to set up some background music while you work, this effect is relatively easy to take advantage of. There are various cognitive and neural mechanisms which are involved in the way we perceive music and in the way that we benefit from it, and these mechanisms are explored in the field of neuromusicology. Essentially, since listening to music offers such a wide variety of benefits in different domains of cognition, there is no single cognitive mechanism which explains why listening to music is beneficial. However, it's possible to attribute a notable portion of the benefits of music to the positive effect that it has on people's mood while they work. This is based on the fact that when people enjoy a certain task, they also tend to perform better on it, which could explain why listening to music has a positive effect on so many different cognitive mechanisms. When it comes to deciding what type of music to listen to while you work, you should generally try to avoid songs that contain lyrics, especially if they're relatively complex, since lyrics can often be distracting, and might end up hindering your performance. If you nevertheless prefer to listen to music with lyrics, consider listening to songs with lyrics that are relatively repetitive, since those lyrics will likely be less distracting. An alternative option is to listen to songs with lyrics in a foreign language that you don't understand, which might also be less distracting than lyrics that you can understand. In addition to avoiding lyrics, you should generally also avoid songs that contain complex, varied, or extreme structures, in terms of factors such as the speed of the instruments or their sound level. This means that you should look for music that has a relatively consistent rhythm as well as a narrow range of sound levels. Classical music is often recommended as beneficial, and some studies have even referred to the Mozart Effect as a phenomenon where classical music leads to a significant improvement in people's cognitive performance. However, research on the topic suggests that while the performance benefits from classical music do exist, they are similar, in terms of scope and scale, to the benefits offered by listening to similar types of music. This doesn't mean that classical music isn't a good choice. Rather, it simply means that classical music shouldn't be seen as uniquely preferable to other, similar types of music. Finally, video-game soundtracks are also often recommended as a good type of music to have in the background while you work or study. The reason for this is that video-game soundtracks are supposed to help you stay energized and focused, without being too much of a distraction. There is obviously quite a bit of variation between the soundtracks of different games, so you will have to spend some time searching for the sort of video-game music that suits your needs. However, the same is true of almost any music genre, and so this isn't a reason not to use video-game soundtracks as background music, since they can often work well when it comes to helping you concentrate. Overall, there are many different types of music that you can listen to while you work or study. In general, you should avoid music that might be distracting, which means that you should look for music that doesn't have lyrics but which does have a relatively consistent rhythm and structure. Classical music and video-game soundtracks are often recommended as good types of music to listen to while you work, since they generally satisfy all the requirements which are mentioned above. However, they are not inherently better than similar music from other genres, as long as that music also satisfies all the necessary requirements. Sometimes, instead of listening to music, it can be better to listen to some general background noise. Whether or not this is preferable depends on factors such as your personal preferences, as well as the task that you're engaged in. Similarly to music, when it comes to background noise you should aim for sounds that are relatively consistent and moderate, and that don't contain distinct human speech. Such noises can include anything from the sound of light rain, to the sound of wind, or the sound of waves. In addition to these types of natural sounds, some people prefer using a more neutral and synthetic form of background noise, such as white noise, pink noise, or Brownian noise, all of which have different properties, which will appeal to different people in different scenarios. Note that it's relatively easy to find all these types of background sounds and noises online, or to generate them using one of many apps. When it comes to listening to music while you work, the optimal level of sound which is generally suggested is around 65 dB – 75 dB, where 70 dB is about as loud as a normal conversation taking place a few feet away from you. However, similarly to picking what type of music or background noise to listen to, the optimal sound level that you should choose depends on various factors, such as your personal preferences and the task that you're performing at the time. When deciding what the optimal sound level is for you, you should make sure that the sound isn't too low, in which case you won't hear it well enough to benefit from it, but you should also make sure that it isn't too high, in which case it will become distracting and hinder your performance. Furthermore, you should never set the music to a volume that is high enough to cause hearing damage, even if you feel that it's making you more productive. A general guideline to remember is that if the music is causing you to experience ear pain or even general discomfort, then you should significantly lower the volume. When it comes to deciding what music or background noise to listen to while you work, the most important thing to keep in mind is that you should pick something that you like. Don't pick music that you don't enjoy just because it's recommended as beneficial by others, since listening to music that you dislike is generally ineffective when it comes to improving your mood and cognitive performance. This means that you should try to experiment and find out what works for you. The efficacy of different types of music varies between different people and for different tasks under different circumstances, so there isn't a single type of music or background noise that is a perfect fit for everyone. The type of task that you are working on. For example, you might benefit more from listening to a different type of music when working on a creative task than you would when working on a computational task. The difficulty of the task. For example, you might benefit more from lower noise levels when working on a difficult task compared to when working on an easy task. Personal background factors. For example, if you get easily distracted then you might prefer to listen to music at a lower level than most people do. Personal preferences. For example, you might prefer to listen to songs with lyrics, despite the fact that it makes it harder for most people to concentrate. Natural sounds, such as running water and chirping birds, can help you relieve stress, which is in line with the fact that exposure to natural elements helps you de-stress and feel better. Listening to background music helps people feel more comfortable with each other, which leads them to communicate better and enjoy conversations more. Listening to music can help alleviate pain, reduce feelings of depression, and improve recovery after surgery. Furthermore, beyond these benefits, music and ambient noise can also be useful in a variety of situations, by helping you set an appropriate atmosphere. This can include anything from helping you feel more energized during a workout, to helping you relax before falling asleep. It's important to remember that there are cases where silence is the best option. For example, if the only music available is music that you dislike or find distracting, which might happen, for example, if you're working in a shared space, then you might prefer to use something such as noise-canceling earphones in order to dim the noise. Furthermore, silence can also be beneficial in other situations, in which music or background noise might have some sort of a negative influence. For example, if you're working on a verbal task which requires a high degree of concentration, or if you've been listening to music for a while now and need a break, then you might prefer to not have any music on. As such, if you feel that music or background noise is hurting you in some way, feel free to turn it off or find some way to block it. This is a perfectly acceptable course of action, and as noted above, there is a huge degree of variability when it comes to the influence of music and noise, so there can many situations where they will do more harm than good. Listening to music and background noise while you work or study leads to a variety of cognitive benefits, including increased productivity, enhanced creativity, and an improved ability to concentrate. There are various cognitive mechanisms that are associated with the cognitive benefits of listening to music. Many of them have to do with the fact that listening to music improves people's mood, which in turn improves performance in other domains of cognition. Music and background noise can also be beneficial in situations that don't directly involve working or studying, such as when they help you relax before going to sleep, or become energized while working out. In general, the best type of music or background noise to listen to are those that have no lyrics and no distinct human speech, and which are generally repetitive and consistent in terms of factors such as rhythm and sound level. The optimal volume for both music and background noise is generally around 70 dB, which is about as loud as a conversation taking place a few feet away from you. Which music or background sound will work best in your case depends on a variety of factors, such as the type of task that you're working on and your personal preferences. You should experiment and try out different options, in order to find the type of music or background noise that works best for you.

Upon receipt of a written individual authorization form from Teamsters Local 2010 or an employee covered by this Agreement, the University will deduct from the pay due such employee the monthly amount certified by the Union to be the dues required for the employee's membership in the Union. Such individual authorization shall be effective only as to dues becoming due after the dates of delivery of the authorization form and accomplishing of the appropriate programming/payroll information on the employee requesting deduction however the time for appropriate programming shall in no case exceed 45 calendar days from the date of delivery of the authorization form. The amount deducted for payment of such dues shall be 1.44% of an individual employee's base wages up to maximums as established by Teamsters Local 2010. Any change in the percent or maximum amount of dues shall be in accordance with B. below. Such deduction, unless there are insufficient net earnings to cover said deduction, shall be made monthly or, where applicable, more frequently than monthly in accordance with University payroll procedures in existence at the time and location the deduction is made. The amount of the deduction shall be certified to the University in writing, by Teamsters Local 2010. Teamsters Local 2010 may change the certified dues amount once per calendar year , and all costs associated with accomplishing such changes in the dues amount (machine, programming, etc.) shall be paid by Teamsters Local 2010 at the same rates that apply to other employee organizations described in the University Accounting Manual. Any annual changes in the amount to be deducted for Teamsters Local 2010 dues shall be certified to the University, in writing, at least forty – five (45) calendar days prior to the effective date of the dues amount change. The University shall provide Teamsters Local 2010 with estimated costs and an estimated time of completion and Teamsters Local 2010 shall pay the agreed – upon costs before the University makes the change. New individual authorizations for a Teamsters Local 2010 payroll dues deduction must be presented to the designated office at the employee's campus/hospital/Laboratory location and the appropriate deduction will commence as soon thereafter as the authorization for such deduction is entered into the location's payroll system, in no case later than 45 calendar days. Any employee may cancel or terminate his/her authorization for Teamsters Local 20 10 payroll deduction payment of member dues in accordance with the Teamsters Local 2010 membership application signed by the employee. Following Teamsters Local 2010 notification to the University of such cancellation such an employee's payroll deduction s hall automatically revert from dues to fair share service fees, without loss of any time, unless conscientious objector status has been previously authorized by Teamsters Local 2010. 1. Organizational Security – Upon written notification to the University of the amount of the fair share service fees by the Secretary – Treasurer of Teamsters Local 2010, University employees in the bargaining unit who are not members of Teamsters Local 2010 and not paying dues through payroll deduction , as a continued condition of employment, shall be required to pay a fair share service fee. The amount of the fair share service fee shall not exceed the monthly dues that are payable by members of Teamsters Local 2010. The amount of the fee shall be deducted by the University from the wages or salary of the employee and paid to Teamsters Local 2010. 2. Organizational Security Fee Change – Teamsters Local 2010 may change the certified fair share service fee amount once during the calendar year, or as may be required by law, and all costs associated with accomplishing such changes in fair share service fee amounts (machine, programming, etc.) shall be paid by Teamsters Local 2010. Any changes in the amount to be deducted for the fair share service fee shall be certified to the University, in writing by the Secretary – Treasurer of Teamsters Local 2010 at least 45 calendar days prior to the proposed effective date of the fee change. Estimated costs and time of completion shall be provided to Teamsters Local 2010 wi thin 30 days of Teamsters Local 2010's written request. Following agreement on the cost and time, Teamsters Local 2010 shall pay the cost and the University shall complete the changes. 3. Fees For Providing Payroll Deductions – Each campus, hospital, or Lab oratory for each check remitted to Teamsters Local 2010 shall charge Teamsters Local 2010 and deduct from the fair share service fee total being remitted $.07 per employee for whom fee deductions are being made and $10.00 for each check remitted. These costs shall continue to be charged to Teamsters Local 2010 for check remittance unless the parties agree otherwise. If electronic transfer is accomplished and no check is provided, the cost to initiate the process and cost per transfer shall be paid by Teamsters Local 2010 according to the University Accounting Manual with respect to employee organizations. 4. Exemption From Organizational Security Fee – Any employee in this unit who objects as a matter of conscience to joining or financially supporting any public employee organization, and who does not wish to pay the organizational security fee , must apply for conscientious objector status with Teamsters Local 2010 pursuant to the union's fair share appeals process. Teamsters Local 2010 shall be responsible for determining whether the employee is entitled under applicable law, to conscientious objector status. An employee deemed by Teamsters Local 2010 to be entitled to conscientious objector status, shall be require d to pay sums equal to the amount of the fair share service fee to a non – religious, non – labor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Service Code, chosen by the employee from a list of at least three of these funds designated by the University and Teamsters Local 2010 (hereafter "Charitable Organization"). If Teamsters Local 2010 determines that an employee is entitled to conscientious objector status, it shall provide on a monthly basis to the University, as a condition of continued exemption from the requirement of financial support of Teamsters Local 2010, proof of payments made to Charitable Organization(s) in accordance with local procedures. Each campus/hospital/Laboratory shall remit at least monthly to Teamsters Local 2010 in the form of a check to an address designated by Teamsters Local 2010 an amount representing the authorized dues deductions, fair share service fees and other designated deductions. Accompanying the check shall be a standard deduction report which shall contain by campus/hospital/Laboratory, an alphabetical listing of the Teamsters Local 2010 members and fee payers for whom payroll deductions were made. The report shall include the employee identification number, employee name, amount withheld and, by January, 2001, the retirement gross basis for the deduction. The report shall be provided electronically or on paper if not available electronically. Any costs associated with Teamsters Local 2010 requested changes in the deduction report referenced above shall be fully paid by Teamsters Local 2010. If the University fails to make authorized deductions of union dues, fair share service fees or other authorized deductions or any part thereof, or fails to remit to Teamsters Local 2010 such authorized deductions or any portion thereof, or erroneously withholds deductions or any part thereof, the University shall correct the errors. The University shall refund to Teamsters Local 2010 any deductions it has erroneously failed to remit. From the time Teamsters Local 2010 notifies the University in writing of any such errors, the University shall have 45 days to make the corrections. If after 45 days the University does not make the agreed – upon corrections and Teamsters Local 2010 incurs direct costs, the University will reimburse Teamsters Local 2010 for reasonable, documented costs incurred to make corrections for only University errors. If there is not agreement on the correction or the costs, Teamsters Local 2010 may grieve the matter only as a union grievance. It is expressly understood and agreed that Teamsters Local 2010 shall refund to the employee any deductions erroneously withheld from the employee's wages by the University and paid to Teamsters Local 2010. 2. Upon presentation of a signed authorization form, executed by the employee, the University agrees to an additional voluntary deduction for DRIVE, a Teamsters Local 2010 political contribution program. 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Breast Cancer Topic: Donate your old breast prosthesis? → Topic: Donate your old breast prosthesis? Topic: Donate your old breast prosthesis? I understand most of your insurance companies cover your breast prosthesis and even allow you to change it every two years? May i know if most of you are willing to donate your old breast forms (but still in mint condition)? I live in a third world country and most of the patients can't afford treatment more so buy the breast forms. I have seen patients put stacks of handkerchiefs or any material to bulk up the mastectomy defect and of course it wouldn't look nor feel natural. I just want to help them have a better sense of their image to boost up self confidence. I hope someone will help me figure out things for it to materialize. If there is anyone who knits, you could have them make knitted breast forms. There is a group call Knitted Knockers (not even kidding, LOL) on the internet that has instructions in English for making the breast forms. The materials for the knitted forms would be a heck of a lot cheaper than shipping prosthetics, which can weigh 2-3-lbs a piece. I had a few prosthesis that I used prior to my reconstruction and I would like to donate them. Topic: Prosthesis...wanting to donate to someone in need. Topic: Any place to donate prosthetic and bras? Thank you for your kind offer! My mom has one she is trying to donate. Where would we send it? h2osandy, check out those two threads above. One of the threads mentions www.donateprosthetics.com, for example.

Bar Stools : Minnie Mouse Sofa Eames Bar Stool Replica Modern Wood Counter Stools Aspen Sectional Ray Eames Replica Kitchen Stools. Eames Bar Stool. Kitchen Counter Stools. Eames Style Bar Stool White. Wooden Bar Stools. By Bi5MiLl4hRunamuckfestival. Bar Stools. At Tuesday, November 20th 2018, 02:17:35 AM. Don't make this decision too quickly. Buying barstools is a delicate process that will require quite a bit of thought, especially if you plan to choose bar stools that will go along well with your existing décor. There are types of stools that have backs if you so desire, but most people choose to avoid these because when you have a back, it is difficult to store the stool under the counter. In addition to that it can make a room seem more crowded than it actually is. The rattan and bamboo are only two types of wood used in designing modern bar stools, and are making a come-back with a slight retro feel. The contrast brought by bar stools makes a huge difference in the appearance, comfort and function of a house. There are many things to be taken into account when you have to decide what seats you want to buy. The most important decisions are those regarding the height of the stool bar, the size of the bar and the design style that you preffer. Make sure your stools are weighted! Whether you have red bar stools or pink bar stools, keeping them weighted is very important. The problem with light stools is that they tend to slide around when the floor gets wet, and this is also true if you are using multi-legged stools. Naturally stools with a single, round bases will be more susceptible to this scientific force, and many people will compensate by having rubber pads or suction cups installed on the bottom of the bar stool. In most cases the bar stool already come outfitted with these, so there is no need to worry. 97 out of 100. Rated by 859 users.

Child's Play Day Nursery is registered to care for children from twelve weeks to three years old. Due to expansion they now have a preschool and afterschool club at Edenderry Road. The nursery at Rathfriland Roas is open 7.30am-18.00pm Monday to Friday. Be the first to review Childs Play Nursery.

This morning Tucker and Caroline had lots of fun playing together on the floor. Caroline was learning to share her toys with Tucker. Taking turns is not always the easiest concept for an almost 2 year old to understand. Tucker was a willing participant in my attempt to yet again teach Caroline to share. I can't get over how BIG Caroline has gotten. I haven't seen her in a while, but last time I saw her she was tiny. Tucker also looks to be growing by leaps and bounds! I enjoy keeping up with you guys through your blog.

Tasting note: An intense nose, with notes of spice and minerals with tropical fruit, aromas of honey, a smoky hint at the end. Full and oily, but well structured, with good balancing acidity and a long finish. A beautiful, almost off-dry wine.

The final season of Glee has already hit more low (Rachel Berry's return to McKinley) and high (a potential proposal) notes than a New Directions nationals performance, and this new first look at the final season is no exception. As much as we've complained about Rachel giving up her super-stardom dreams, there's something about seeing all of our favorite originals—including Kurt, Brittany, Santana, and Sue Sylvester—back together that reminds me of the greatness of the early seasons. Watch the promo video below and see if you agree. Some additional bright spots: Cocreator Ryan Murphy paid attention to all those rumored plotlines when working on the final season. "We have a list in the writers' room that says, 'What do the fans want to end that show?'" he told E!. "And our endings are all very uplifting, and I think by the end of it, people will be ecstatic and really thrilled by how things turn out. I am." Now, for the negatives: I love me a good Rachel Berry belt-session, but (don't hate me!!) I'm also over the "Let It Go" hysteria. If she's going to take on an Idina Menzel song, I much prefer her season one take on "Defying Gravity" (or their "I Dreamed a Dream" duet—chills!). The final season returns to Fox on January 9 with a two-hour season premiere. What did you think of the first glance at the last season—love it, hate it, or somewhere in between?

Black Maria was an American feminist magazine from Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1971 by Donna Ippolito, Marge Everett, Karen Ney, and Kathy Rowley, the magazine devoted their publications on feminist journalism, essays on controversial topics, and lesbian writing. Describing itself as a "feminist journal of art and politics," their content also included book reviews, biographies, and interviews. The first few issues of the magazine focused on articles about and by Chicago-area women until they expanded nation-wide later on. Janet Ruth Heller, one of the founders of a similar magazine called Primavera, explained that the name Black Maria was "chosen by the collective because it refers to the black paddy wagons used by the police to cart the early American suffragettes to jail. [The] title reveals the editors' awareness of women's history and political issues." The preface of the first issue in December 1971, which was written by the founding editors, explains Black Maria's origins:"Black Maria was conceived many months ago among several women who were then part of a rap group affiliated with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union. At the time there was no publication devoted entirely to the writings of Chicago-area women and we saw and felt the need. It seemed to us that a magazine could provide local women with a unique place in which to meet, speak, learn and grow, and that it could contribute toward the development of a women's consciousness and perspective that are truly and firmly our own. So much for theory. We were really starting from scratch—no money, no experience, no articles, no skills—and every single step had to be learned along the way..." References Feminist magazines 1971 establishments in Illinois

Seven properties fresh to the market, as seen in Country Life Country Life October 20, 2019 Credit: Savills This week's round-up includes everything from a mews in London to a country mansion with its own ballroom. Wiltshire — £450,000 Attractive over-55s apartment with generous period proportions and its own private terrace. 1 reception room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, private parking and communal gardens. For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property. Staffordshire — £1,650,000 Magnificent Grade II listed restored wing of Rangemore Hall. 3 reception rooms including a grand ballroom, 6 bedrooms, leisure complex with heated indoor swimming pool, 1 bedroom apartment, boathouse, 2 lakes and parkland setting. Furniture could be made available by negotiation. London — £1,325,000 An elegant family home in Battersea offering over 1,800 sq. ft. of accommodation. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms. For sale with Hamptons International. See more pictures and details about this property. This well presented house in SW11 was renovated five years ago, is spread across three floors and is in excess of 1,620 sq. ft.4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 reception room. A stylish house near Hyde Park with a garage and roof terrace, offers luxurious modern living on a traditional cobbled mews.3 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathrooms London — £6,000pcm A double-fronted detached house in Battersea offering over 2,500 sq. ft. of space, with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms. Duplex apartment for over 55s with private front door and generous period proportions in prime town location. 1 reception room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, private parking and communal gardens. Wilby Hall is for sale via Savills. Credit: Savills Best country houses for sale this week Catch up on the best country houses for sale this week that have come to the market via Country Life. Garden Cottage, Perthshire. Credit: Savills Feeling brave? Six beautiful fixer-uppers with extraordinary potential A serious amount of work will be needed on any of these places – but it'll all be worth it in A converted mill at the heart of a glorious small estate in the Cotswolds An entire village on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park up for sale at just over £1 million An extravagant Surrey mansion with a helipad, an American diner and a colourful history of presidents and parties

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Balboa Park Chicano Park Hotel del Coronado Kumeyaay Mission Trails Whaley House Posted by Lauren J. Mapp August 15, 2018 Historical sites to visit in San Diego Tourists often think to surf at the beaches, enjoy the Gaslamp nightlife scene, check out Comic-Con, and learn about wildlife at the zoo during a vacation in San Diego. Something that is often overlooked, however, is the city's rich cultural and historical landmarks. The Whaley House Museum At the Whaley House Museum in Old Town, guests can explore the home of Thomas Whaley and his family, who came to California during the Gold Rush in 1849, according to the Whaley House Museum website.The home was once the location of the court house, a general store, a billiard hall and a ballroom. Today, it is a museum and allegedly one of the most haunted places in the country, as seen on the Travel Channel show "America's Most Haunted." Visitors can buy admission tickets at the museum shop, take self-guided tours and learn more about the history of the home from docents throughout the museum. Outdoor enthusiasts have plenty of hiking trails to choose from throughout San Diego County, but historical landmarks can be seen throughout the Mission Trails Regional Park. There are five peaks to climb, and once hikers complete each, they can email in their photos next to the signs to receive a Five-Peak Challenge certificate and pin. While in the park, be sure to walk through the Visitors Center Loop to see the Kumeyaay grinding stones, according to the Viejas Band website. The Kumeyaay, an indigenous population in the region, once used boulders as a mortar to grind acorn seeds to prepare them to eat. To this day, boulders in the park retain indentations where groups of women would process the acorns. Another significant site in the park is the Old Mission Dam, built across the San Diego River in the early 1800s. As with many structures built within the Spanish Mission system, indigenous people built the stone and concrete dam as missionary slaves, according to journalist Elias Castillo in his book "A Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California's Indians by the Spanish Missions." The remains of dam can be viewed and walked across during a hike through one of the parks many trails. Balboa Park, which was built for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, is home to the California Tower at the Museum of Man. Towering 198 feet over the sidewalk, visitors can buy tickets in the museum to climb up the steps and check out the view. After climbing the tower's seven stories, there are many museums to visit within Balboa Park, such as the Museum of Photographic Art and the San Diego Natural History Museum. While strolling between museums, look up to see the ornate carvings on many of the buildings, which were featured in the classic film "Citizen Kane" in close-up shots of the fictional Xanadu estate. One of the newer historical sites in San Diego is Barrio Logan's Chicano Park, located under the Coronado Bay Bridge. The park was established after a takeover of the space in the 1970s when the area — once promised to become a community park — was instead slated to become a California Highway Patrol Station. Artists adorned the pylons of the bridge with 72 murals during the demonstrations, and according to the San Diego Reader, this makes the park home to the largest collection of outdoor murals. With the iconic red roof juxtaposed with its stark white walls, the Hotel del Coronado is one of the most recognizable buildings in California. Known as the second largest wooden structure in the United States, it is also designated as a National Historical Landmark. Of the last 22 U.S. presidents, 16 have stayed at the Hotel del, and it was the filming location of the 1959 Marilyn Monroe film "Some Like it Hot." It is also another one of San Diego's purportedly "haunted" sites, according to the book "Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost of Kate Morgan and the Hotel del Coronado." While spending the night there might be out of the price range of most, there is plenty to see and do during a day trip to Coronado Island. Walk through the lobby to see the vintage structure, shop in the shops downstairs and lay out on the shore in front of the hotel for a great view of Point Loma. This story also appeared in The Daily Aztec. Labels: Balboa Park Chicano Park Hotel del Coronado Kumeyaay Mission Trails San Diego tourism vacation Whaley House what to see where to go Location: San Diego, CA, USA "The trolls keep on changing the street signs" Must-try College Area dining spots to satisfy your... Planning to travel is almost as fun as traveling i... Just a New England-grown girl living in a West Coa...

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"The textual descriptions of Frankenthaler's process are gorgeous . . . [and] Sicuro's watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil illustrations are spirited." "Sicuro's bold illustrations are a wonderful match for a biography on an abstract artist; the saturated colors, thick lines, and rounded shapes work well with Brown's descriptive text to immerse readers in Frankenthaler's world . . . A pitch-perfect expression of a little-known artist in text and illustration alike, this is a top-notch example of the picture book biography." Elizabeth Brown holds an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and teaches writing and humanities at Saint Augustine College. Dancing Through Fields of Color is her debut picture book. Aimee Sicuro is an illustrator, picture-book maker, and surface-pattern designer. She graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a BFA in illustration. She lives in Brooklyn.

Apparently, we're testing if it can be done this far south. That's what I get for taking away the lead-tainted toys: now he gets his own hammer from the toolbox and finds a McDonald's cup in the ditch. Great. Whenever I start feeling like my kids don't have enough toys or might be lonely - I just remember how little the pioneers had period...let alone toys for their children. They either did real work or made up their own fun. Looks like your son has no problem coming up with his own entertainment. He's creative, just like his mom! When my husband was a little guy they didn't have money for toys so he used a Spam can to plow "roads" in the dirt. That's too funny. I'm sure that cup is completely lead-free though, so that's good! I love his ingenuity and that you "let" him follow his ideas. I have such a hard time not raining on Levi's parade sometimes. Whatever you do, don't let him talk you into boiling it down to see what happens. I learned the hard way, it will make your whole house smell like dirty socks.