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I'll try to be nicer to Wendell from now on.
I wanted to be like Russell.
Jisheng doesn't really like Gerard all that much.
Myrick leapt off his horse.
Marci is the richest person I know.
Konstantinos said you needed a haircut.
I asked Rolf some questions about his childhood.
Gunnar is in his room packing right now.
Srinivas may have missed the train. He hasn't come yet.
Karl pushed his dog into the closet and closed the door.
Brad doesn't want me to talk about what we discussed yesterday.
Kees has always been good to me.
I wasn't looking for Takeuchi.
Can you swim like Juha?
If Angela dies, what'll we do?
I'll ask Marcia for some money.
Jef bought Kerri bangles when he was in India.
Jesus opened the windows to air out the room.
Ninja put me on the payroll.
Sidney drank the water that Carl gave him.
Indra had his palm read.
Sanity is famous, isn't he?
Liber can't have done it.
I'm not going to tell Arnold what to do.
Corey isn't as heavy as he used to be.
We don't know exactly where Eric is.
Brodie has already been questioned by the police.
Les skipped breakfast this morning.


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I just want to say, this month was a BLAST of fun. It really is fun here.
I started the month with PERLIER and then moved to SIGNATURE CLUB A. So many items from both. I will be silky smooth soft from head to toe.
Royal Jelly, Exlixer,Perlier Imperial Honey, Perlier Agrumarium Jumbo Hand Cream, Perlier Imperial Honey Eau de Parfum, Perlier White Honey.
Great Deal Frenzy, Elite Bistro Set, CONCIERGE COLLECTION, Towels, RICHARD MISHAAN HOME and COTTAGE COLLECTION: Sheets and Duvet.
Great way to unwind while you have guests over. They sleep, you prepare food and shop with your Tablet in the kitchen, on Curtis Stone’s Lid Holder.
Its has really been a wonderful month ! THANK YOU.
forum, it wouldn’t let me post anything….until today (if this works!).
Yes, it was a fun month with many opportunities to win tickets and prizes. Thanks HSN!
All that and those thousands of tickets in the Arcade.

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Belmont students, Curb College representatives and music industry executives gathered at Nashville venue Citizen on March 3 to celebrate the recent success of Pipeline Project 4.0.
The Pipeline Project 4.0, a music industry think-tank created by the Belmont University Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, was recently cited by the U.S. Copyright Office in a final report on copyright and music licensing policy, published Feb. 5.
The Pipeline team consisted of nine undergraduate Belmont students selected to consult with industry investors. Students Anthony Manker, Devin Dawson and Alex Marsh conducted a research study into copyright and music licensing reform. The study was sponsored by the Association of Independent Music Publishers and Fifth Third Music with Marc Driskill, executive director of AIMP Nashville, serving as industry advisor.
The Pipeline team interviewed executives from across the industry such as Vincent Candilora from ASCAP, Jody Williams from BMI, Troy Tomlinson from Sony/ATV, Steve Marks from the RIAA, Jay Rosenthal from the NMPA, Scott Sellwood from Google/YouTube, Colin Rushing from SoundExchange and others. Stakeholder groups included record labels, publishers, artists, songwriters, attorneys, economists, performing rights organizations, rights administrators, managers, broadcasters and digital music services.
“Copyright and the Music Marketplace” and its executive summary are the culmination of the Copyright Office’s study on copyright and music licensing policy conducted in 2014. The Pipeline team submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office on Sept. 12, 2014. The Office cited the Pipeline Project’s comments 12 times, including an acknowledgement to the students’ work on data standards.
The Pipeline team has presented their findings in a variety of settings, including to Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Doug Collins, the AIMP Nashville Chapter Board, Leadership Music, industry stakeholders and Belmont students, faculty and staff.

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Bedroom sets are set of furniture we placed in bedroom. It is not always bed and its bedding, it also actually consist of storage and closet.
Bedroom sets are available in so many options. If we talk about sets for bedroom, yet there are no similarities for detail stuff. What is bedroom sets? Some of us think that it is just the bed with the bedding and bunk bed or head bed. Some of us think that bedroom sets consist of all furniture that normally be placed in bedroom, and that furniture might be one or even all from the corner vanity to the corner mirror and closet storage. The consideration of sets for bedroom placing will ultimately depend on the space available inside the bedroom.
No matter how complete or incomplete – actually the question is, is there any complete and incomplete set for bedroom? The bedroom sets we have in our bedroom, the most important thing is that we make sure that we got all we need. Having too much furniture in our bedroom while we actually have only less stuff to keep is a spacious waste, and having too much stuff without enough storage to keep them in is an actual mess. Bedroom sets most important issues is whether it is meet the function or not, and we do not intend to make sets of furniture in our bedroom as collection either way. So, it is best if we can place the right sets for bedroom; right amount and right size. We need not only to concern upon the style, but we should concern upon the functionality first.
It is better if we fill our bedroom with bedroom sets all at once. It means, we not buy the furniture one by one, but we let them come together. So we have all the bed and closet in one step. It is useful to make sure the compatibility and the harmony in our bedroom sets.

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For the convenience of operating the heater between standby or on, as well as adjusting the temperature up or down.
This function will automatically operate the appliance before the programmed start time so the room will be preheated to the set temperature when the timer comes on.
Allows you to program the appliance to come on for two separate periods each day, one period in the morning and one period in the evening.
No exposed flame, cool to touch cabinet**, and child lock as standard. Rinnai do not recommend unflued portable heaters if there are children in the house suffering from asthma or other respiratory illnesses. In these homes we recommend the home is heated using an Energysaver or one of the many products Rinnai offer that are endorsed by the Sensitive Choice program of the Asthma Foundation.
Please note: Room sizing is important. This heater modulates to a low setting, and does not turn off. It is important that the room is of sufficient size that it will not overheat when the heater is on low—please refer to the ‘Suitable for’ tab for more information.
Domestic and commercial heating appliance, suitable for open plan areas. Can heat up to 95 m² (depending on geographical location).
This heater must not be installed in a room smaller than 62.5 m³ .
This is an unflued appliance and is not suitable for; bedrooms, bathrooms, toilets, saunas, or spa rooms.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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The following formula counts the number of rows that match certain criteria. Is there a formula that will find the row that matches those same criteria when there is exactly one such row?
I'd also like to be able to replace references to A2 in the formula with a regular expression string, which I can do in the formula above because COUNTIFS, COUNTIF and SUMIF all accept regular expressions.
I have two spreadsheets (one sheet in each) both with data relating to the same list of people. The data relating to each person can be used to find which person matches which between the two spreadsheets. Only of the spreadsheets has an ID for each person. I need to add the each person's ID to the spreadsheet that doesn't have them.
3) Adds a column to Sheet1 ("ID") with a formula that shows the ID from Sheet2 when the "Match Count" value is 1. In Sheet1 there are one or more rows for each person, grouped together. Sheet1 has an "Amounts" field which has a numeric value in each row.
Sheet2 has one row for each person, and has the columns "Number of Amounts", which corresponds to the number of rows for the corresponding person in Sheet1, and "Total Amount" which corresponds to the sum of the "Amounts" values for the same person in Sheet1. For the purposes of matching people between the two sheets "Total Amount" can be up to 0.5 more or less than the sum of the corresponding "Amount" values in Sheet1. There can be different people with the identical names but they will have different "Amounts".
A is "Name" in both sheets Sheet2: B = "ID", C = "Number of Amounts", D = "Total Amount"
Remove the first character and all spaces and add characters - formula calc?

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Sort by - TYPE soooo often, that I want it to be there all the time.
a registry key or something??? It drives me mad!
It is after you do a little work.
Make sure "Type" is one of the ticked options.
To sort after that by type, just click "type".
As far as I know, that option is the default for most folders.
always there. In Vista, it is not.
The Max wrote It is after you do a little work.
option available to all folders??
Walt Thatcher wrote As far as I know, that option is the default for most folders.
I open. Does anyone know if this is possible???
"type" in the sorting field, you'll have to manually set it.
I find that unnecessary most of the time, because it's already set.
Date Modified, Type and Size appear to be defaults.
Max, I appreciate your time.
4) Next, click on "Organize"
5) Then click on "Folder and Search Options" from the pull down menu.
6) Click on "Apply to all folders".
7) You will be asked to confirm this. Click "Yes", then "OK"
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The singer, Amber recently won Malta’s national selection show with her energetic performance and the song Warrior by composers, Elton Zarb and Muxu. Amber will represent Malta in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.
As the lyrics go, “It was us truly winning.” CC&J also believes in winning and with Great Lengths hair salons can really offer their clients a product which is of excellent quality and certainly a cut above the rest. This coupled with incredible service is our secret to success.
FACT: Great Lengths only uses 100% natural human hair exclusively from Indian Temple Hair.
FACT: It is 100% ethical and 100% traceable hair.
FACT: Great Lengths only utilises ‘Remy’ hair.
The advantage of using Remy hair is that the cuticle layers are all facing the same direction from root to end and therefore they not tangle. They blend in superbly and are easy to maintain. Another unique fact is that the modulation technique used here is revolutionary; an extremely durable yet gentle Keratin bonding. With this technique, Great Lengths has put an end to gluing, knotting and welding.
FACT: No other system treats hair in a gentler way.
The vast palette offers over forty vibrant natural shades to precisely match the colour of your own hair and to blend with it properly. Strands are available in lengths from 8 to 30 inches.
Stylists across the world love Great Lengths which can be used for lengthening, voluming, highlighting or zonal volume application. Many stylists have chosen this product when working with celebrities such as Cheryl Cole, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Aniston and so many more.
By selecting Great Lengths, poor quality hair extensions are a thing of the past.


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Don’t worry too much about getting your size exactly right, the garments I make have a forgiving fit. They drape off the body, the raw silk fabric softens even more as you wear and wash it.
It’s always best to have someone else measure for you, but you can do it on your own! Be sure to keep the measuring tape parallel to the floor as you wrap it around your back.
If you don’t have a soft tape measure, no problem! Use a length of ribbon or string to measure around your bust. Mark where the ends meet and measure with a regular ruler.
Shelley sizing is even more flexible than the Karla and Lily sizes.
if you need a larger size, please let me know and I will make it!
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VIA Consulting works to translate our experience and knowledge into improved performance, optimization of operational costs and competitive advantages to provide financial growth to our clients.
Through our consulting services, and the b@myhand® platform and applications, we proceed to our course of action. We are focused on exceeding our clients’ and partners’ expectations, regardless of industry sector or activity.
We exceed the expectations of our customers and partners.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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These players can include the end-user, engineering firm, general contractor, electrical contractor, systems integrator, and/or mechanical contractors. Each trade must be represented with the correct level of expertise to ensure the team is staffed with the experienced required to meet the project demands. Vetting through experienced personnel is a key task when building a strong and competent team to set up a project for success. It is the project leader's responsibility to ask the correct questions to ensure the team is staffed with the correct personnel to get the job done right.
Another very common mistake is to assume a platform meets the standard functions that may be derived from a specific legacy platform. The functionality may not be part of this other platform's standard offerings and it would require custom development and testing to ensure it meets those expectations. If those expected functions are not fully identified prior to starting the project, this could lead to additional costs.
Each step and phase of the project is just as important as the next. It's the project leader's responsibility to ensure the process is followed. Align with a team that has a proven track record and has a fully documented and understandable process to successfully implement a project. Cutting corners, taking shortcuts, or just wandering aimlessly or being reactionary can be detrimental to the project.
This matrix should be developed and delivered early in the project to ensure that all scope boundaries are known and understood. This exercise will help prevent overlap, promoting efficiency, and clarify everyone's roles and deliverables. This exercise seems trivial, but it can become very extensive, even on the simplest projects, when each deliverable task is broken down into multiple sections.
Software testing is performed in stages with some overlap to ensure quality. First, an internal acceptance test should be executed by the integrator prior to the actual customer attendance. Once the internal test is complete, the factory acceptance test (FAT) shall be performed. The execution of the test should be performed by the end-user with the integrator's support. The FAT generally includes checking all of the configuration against the specifications. If specifications do not exist in some form, it is very difficult to ensure the software meets the expectation of the end-user.
Assessing a team member's abilities allows project leaders to adapt their style and/or approach to help overcome potential communication deficits. This is much easier said than done and requires essential people skills to ensure a proper assessment. The assessment is an ongoing process throughout the project and becomes more critical as time gets closer to the target date.
Project leaders must also control the interactions to be efficient with everyone's time. Isolated, detailed discussions should be curtailed and requested to be taken up in a separate discussion, which should be facilitated by the project leaders. After each discussion, a project leader should update the group on any final decisions and actions items that are identified.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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Aloof … The thoughts of the mind traverse with bountiful stride.. Step outside of the sense and into a land of isn’t.. You can’t feel the dew of the grass along the bottom of your feet.. You can’t feel the brisk of the wind creating a chill of goose bumps along your arms.. You can’t smell… You can’t sense the setting.. But for a brief moment it’s like you’re there… But you are not.. I guess that’s why they call it fantasy..
It’s as never good as it ought to be.. When they come true they never live up to what they were..
Right on, bro. As I sit and I brood over this elusive life before me, a quick step into your mind, and I’m feeling better. A bit of perspective redirection via Misplaced. Thought-provoking prose (and image). Right on. Thank you.
Glad the poem could provoke thought.. That’s what it’s there for… To provoke and inspire..

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In News: The Saudi-led coalition resumed air strikes on Yemen’s main port city of Hudaydah after a lull as Western allies pressed Riyadh to end a war that has left the impoverished country on the verge of starvation. But even before the lull, at least 150 people were killed in 24 hours of clashes in the port city.
The respite that followed coincided with a visit by British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt to Saudi Arabia to press for an end to the nearly four-year war that has killed more than 10,000 people. Western governments that support the coalition with arms and intelligence have toughened their stance on Yemen after the murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 sparked a global outcry and opened Riyadh to possible sanctions.
Hudaydah is an entry point for 80 percent of the impoverished country’s food imports and relief supplies. The United Nations has warned that any disruption to the port risks triggering a famine.
Water and sewage treatment services are at risk of collapse because of soaring fuel prices – meaning many of these same children and families may also be without access to safe water and sanitation.
Where is Yemen: Yemen is at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula and borders Saudi Arabia and Oman. It has been in existence as a state in its current form since the early 1990s. Yemen is only 30km from Djibouti in Africa, which sits across the Bab al Mandab straits, which means Gate of Tears.
What has caused this war?
For a little more than three years, Yemen has been locked in a seemingly intractable civil war that has killed nearly 10,000 people and pushed millions to the brink of starvation.
The conflict has its roots in the Arab Spring of 2011, when an uprising forced the country’s long-time authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
The political transition was supposed to bring stability to Yemen, one of the Middle East’s poorest nations, but President Hadi struggled to deal with various problems including militant attacks, corruption, food insecurity, and continuing loyalty of many military officers to Saleh.
Fighting began in 2014 when the Houthi Shia Muslim rebel movement took advantage of the new president’s weakness and seized control of northern Saada province and neighbouring areas. The Houthis went on to take the capital Sanaa, forcing Mr Hadi into exile abroad.
The conflict escalated dramatically in March 2015, when Saudi Arabia and eight other mostly Sunni Arab states – backed by the US, UK, and France – began air strikes against the Houthis, with the declared aim of restoring Mr Hadi’s government.
The Saudi-led coalition feared that continued success of the Houthis would give their rival regional power and Shia-majority state, Iran, a foothold in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s southern neighbour. Saudi Arabia says Iran is backing the Houthis with weapons and logistical support – a charge Iran denies.
Both sides have since been beset by infighting. The Houthis broke with Saleh and he was killed by Houthi fighters in December 2017. On the anti-Houthi side, militias include separatists seeking independence for south Yemen and factions who oppose the idea.
In June 2018, Saudi-backed government forces began an assault on the key rebel-held port of Hudaydah, the entry point for the vast majority of aid going into Yemen and a lifeline for the starving. Aid agencies warned the offensive could make Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe much worse.
More than 6,800 civilians have been killed and at least 10,700 injured since March 2015, the UN says. Well over half of the dead and wounded have been caused by Saudi-led coalition air strikes. According to the UN Human Rights Council, civilians have repeatedly been the victims of “unrelenting violations of international humanitarian law”.
About 75% of the population – 22.2 million people – are in need of humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million people in acute need who urgently require immediate assistance to survive – an increase of 1 million since June 2017.
Some 17.8 million people do not know where their next meal is coming from and 8.4 million are considered at risk of starvation. Severe acute malnutrition is threatening the lives of almost 400,000 children under the age of five.
With only half of the country’s 3,500 health facilities fully functioning, at least 16.4 million people are lacking basic healthcare.
The war has also forced more than 3 million people to flee from their homes, with 2 million still displaced.
Why should this matter for the rest of the world?
What happens in Yemen can greatly exacerbate regional tensions. It also worries the West because of the threat of attacks – such as from al-Qaeda or IS affiliates – emanating from the country as it becomes more unstable.
The conflict is also seen as part of a regional power struggle between Shia-ruled Iran and Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia. Gulf Arab states – backers of President Hadi – have accused Iran of bolstering the Houthis financially and militarily, though Iran has denied this.
Yemen is also strategically important because it sits on a strait linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, through which much of the world’s oil shipments pass.


text: To meet the specific needs of the pharmaceutical industries, we offer excipients that satisfy all the relevant regulatory requirements. Our excipients are based on Ethoxylates, Speciality Ester Ethoxylates, Castor Oil Derivatives etc. which are used by the Pharmaceutical Industries in their formulations such as, Topical & Oral formulations, Solubilizers, Emulsifiers, Emollients, Cream bases, Tableting aids, Suppositary masses.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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The Milwaukee Queen Headboard is an instant transforms your bedroom into a beautiful spot to sleep. Constructed of welded tubular steel, it features elegant scrollwork design below the arched top. The round metal finials on the posts complete the look of this bedroom furniture. Add this traditional-style headboard to your bed for a captivating look.
I love my new headboard.

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Neutral density filters are characterised by a near constant transmittance in the visible range of 400 - 700 nm. The degree of transmission depends upon both; the different NG glass type and the thickness. For filtering tasks that requires a fixed attenuation, specifically tailored neutral density filters are available.
A neutral density filter can be described by transmission t or absorption as optical density D (D = lg 1/t).Specifically designed neutral filters are available for applications that require a defined attenuation.


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The following Mirtazapine Diarrhoea side effect reports were submitted by healthcare professionals and consumers.
These side effects may potentially be related to Mirtazapine Sandoz.
. Mirtazapine dosage: 15 Mg, Qd (single Pill, Evening). Additional drugs used at the same time: NA.
which developed after the beginning of treatment. The patient was hospitalized. This side effect report can indicate a possible existence of increased vulnerability to Mirtazapine (mirtazapine) treatment in female patients suffering from hallucination, resulting in Diarrhoea.
The patient was hospitalized. This finding indicates that some patients can be more vulnerable to developing Mirtazapine side effects, such as Diarrhoea.
A female patient from US was prescribed and started Mirtazapine on Mar 08, 2013. Patient felt the following Mirtazapine side effects: abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea, malaise Additional patient health information: Female , weighting 145.0 lb, The consumer reported the following symptoms: . Mirtazapine dosage: NA. Concurrently used drugs: NA.
Drugs used concurrently:NA. Although Mirtazapine (mirtazapine) demonstrated significant improvements in a number of clinically relevant cases, troublesome symptoms, such as Diarrhoea, may still occur.
This opens a possibility that Mirtazapine Tablets 15 (amide) (mirtazapine) could cause Diarrhoea and that some female patients may be more susceptible.
and was treated with Mirtazapine. Directly after treatment started, patient experienced the unwanted or unexpected Mirtazapine side effects: decreased appetite, cough, diarrhoea, eye swelling, rash pruritic, pain, sneezing, oropharyngeal pain. Mirtazapine dosage: 15 Mg, Qd. These side effects may potentially be related to Mirtazapine.
These side effects may potentially be related to Mirtazapine.
which developed after the beginning of treatment. The patient was hospitalized. This side effect report can indicate a possible existence of increased vulnerability to Mirtazapine Tablets treatment in female patients suffering from NA, resulting in Diarrhoea.
This finding indicates that some patients can be more vulnerable to developing Mirtazapine side effects, such as Diarrhoea.
Although Mirtazapine demonstrated significant improvements in a number of clinically relevant cases, troublesome symptoms, such as Diarrhoea, may still occur.
This opens a possibility that Mirtazapine could cause Diarrhoea and that some female patients may be more susceptible.
This Diarrhoea side effect was reported by a physician from FRANCE on Jan 16, 2012. A female patient from FRANCE , 53 years of age, was treated with Mirtazapine. Patient felt the following Mirtazapine side effects: diarrhoea, cervix carcinoma, diverticulitis, lactose intolerance. Mirtazapine dosage: NA.

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Growing up we all have been there, but as we become a more mature bunch, so does our taste. Slip cast from an actual aluminum can, the Can Pipe is a porcelain version of the old go to. Not just a fun conversation “piece”, the Can Pipe is fully functional.


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I am really excited to share with you an interview I did with Anthology Magazine about my Prized Possession. In the issue you can read all about a photograph from my childhood home that truly inspired my vision for AphroChic. It was such a fun shoot with photographer Courtney Apple, and don’t you just love that chair I’m sitting in? It’s a gorgeous reupholstered piece by Chairloom here in the Philadelphia area. You can read all about Chairloom and my Prized Possession in the Winter 2014 issue of Anthology. The magazine can be found in Anthropologie stores or you can subscribe.
We discuss our product line and book with Roland Martin.
Check out excerpts from our book, REMIX: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul on HuffPost Home this week, as Bryan and I discuss the culture of color.
We particularly loved the interior of LA homeowner Joy Simmons who tied the colors in her home to her vast art collection filled with cultural pieces.
A chat with Jeanine Hays about AphroChic style and the upcoming book.
Leon Shipp Belt and Angela Belt are the creators and producers of A Walk In Your Shoes, a video series that focuses on the work of creatives.


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In something that is totally new tech-related, Carl's Jr. has announced it will be selling a CBD-infused burger at one of its locations in Denver, on 4/20.
CBD is all over the place in the US now as more states legalize it, and the industry is quickly growing as a whole including a now major fast food chain in the US with Carl's Jr. and the first CBD-infused burger. The burger in question is the Rocky Mountain High: CheeseBurger Delight features two beef patties, pickled jalapenos, pepper jack cheese, waffle fries and then around 5mg of hemp-derived CBD extract in the burger chain's Santa Fe Sauce.
The burger will of course sell for $4.20, while Carl's Jr. will have at least 1000 of them to sell. Denver, Colorado was the first US state to legalize marijuana, so it's fitting that Carl's Jr. uses the state to sell the first CBD-infused burger. Carl's Jr. senior vice president of marketing, Patty Trevino, explains: "We are a West Coast brand. The states out in the West Coast have been the ones to really adopt and appreciate and be open to cannabis".
Huawei has had one helluva year, with the Chinese giant posting a huge $107 billion in revenue for 2018, the first time the company has broken the $100 billion mark. Revenues were up 19.5% from 2017, while pulling in a net profit of $8.8 billion, an increase of 25% over 2017's numbers.
The consumer business slice of Huawei made the most revenue in 2018 hauling a large $52 billion, which is the first time in Huawei's history that the consumer business made the majority of the revenue for the year. 2018 was good to Huawei with a huge 45.1% increase year-over-year in its consumer business division.
Huawei sold over 200 million smartphones in 2018, and just days ago now revealed its new flagship P30 series smartphone with what appears to be the best camera in a smartphone by a long shot. As for this year, Huawei is expected to do well with January and February 2019 doing extremely well with year-over-year increases of 30%.
GoFundMe inception is happening in San Francisco, with the company donating $5000 towards a GoFundMe campaign that is acting as both a counter, and troll against a separate GoFundMe campaign.
The legal battle ensuing is over the construction of a Navigation Center, which will act as a higher-end homeless shelter that doesn't just provide a safe place to lay your head at night, but it will offer other services and counselling in San Francisco. Some residents took to GoFundMe in a campaign called "Safe Embarcadero for All" attempting to raise $100,000 that would be used "exclusively for legal and related costs to oppose the proposed Navigation Center at Seawall Lot 330".
This particular GoFundMe has an interesting person at its center with lawyer Andrew Zacks involved in the fundraising through the Safe Embarcadero for All which retains the lawfirm he's a partner at; Zacks, Freedman & Patterson that call themselves "the voice of Bay Area property owners". SF Weekly reports that "very wealthy residents of the eastern edge of the city has raised more than $44,000 in 11 days. The recipient: a lawyer, Andrew Zacks, who is representing the residents in their fight against a homeless shelter that's been proposed for a parking lot on Embarcadero between Beale and Bryant streets".
The rumors from the last 48 hours or so have been correct: NVIDIA has just announced it is acquiring Mellanox in a deal worth $6.9 billion. Mellanox is a networking company that is a leader in its field, building super-fast interconnects for datacenters, a market that NVIDIA itself dominates in with its GPUs.
Mellanox was being eyed off by other companies including Intel, but the Israeli-based chipmaker has become NVIDIA's largest acquisition ever. The acquisition will see NVIDIA bolster its position in the datacenter and server markets, which account for nearly 1/3 of its sales. Mellanox mostly makes chips that power high-speed ethernet and InfiniBand networks that are found in servers, primarily in datacenters in the cloud and storage worlds as well as super-fast supercomputers for AI and deep learning.
NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang said: "The emergence of AI and data science, as well as billions of simultaneous computer users, is fueling skyrocketing demand on the world's datacenters. Addressing this demand will require holistic architectures that connect vast numbers of fast computing nodes over intelligent networking fabrics to form a giant datacenter-scale compute engine".
NVIDIA is reportedly eying off an acquisition of Mellanox for a huge $7 billion, according top sources familiar with the matter reports Reuters.
The purported $7 billion acquisition of Mellanox would be NVIDIA's largest acquisition ever, and would see the GPU giant bolster its business of making various chips for the datacenter. NVIDIA wasn't the only one with its name in the acquisition hat with Intel being outbid by the GPU giant in its quest to acquire Mellanox.
Mellanox is based in both the US and Israel where it makes high-speed network connecting servers, with a market cap at the end of trading on Friday of around $5.9 billion. We should expect this deal to cement in this week, leading directly into NVIDIA's biggest event of the year: the GPU Technology Conference, or GTC.
In a move that isn't so surprising for people looking forward with how big Disney is getting, the company has announced that its upcoming streaming service Disney+ will be packed with "the entire Disney motion picture library".
The news is coming directly from Disney CEO Bob Iger, which will effectively end Disney's current 'Vault' system, which wasn't anything to brag about anyway. This is a huge departure from the usual operating procedure at Disney, as it never offered its entire library of content and instead held classic films that people wanted badly, just to drive hype up to its launch. Try it yourself; older Disney movies aren't the easiest to find, but this new move will make them incredibly easy to find.
Iger explained during the announcement at a company shareholder meeting: "The service, which I mentioned earlier is going to launch later in the year, is going to combine what we call library product, movies, and television, with a lot of original product as well, movies and television. And at some point fairly soon after launch it will house the entire Disney motion picture library, so the movies that you speak of that traditionally have been kept in a 'vault' and brought out basically every few years will be on the service".
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has taken to his official Twitter account to congradulate the recently former Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime.
Last week we heard about the saddening yet humbling news of Nintendo America's COO stepping down, Reggie Fils-Aime. The famous President of Nintendo of America announced that he would be surrendering his position as President to none of their than Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Doug Bowser. Fils-Aime has had an epic 15 long year career at Nintendo of America and will be departing from his position on April 15th, 2019.
Reggie took to the official Nintendo of America's Twitter account to post a highlight video of many of his most iconic moments while in his position. He also thanked the fans for their support throughout his time serving as President and said that he is going to be spending much more time with his family and wife. There was quite a lot of positive feedback from the Nintendo community, and surprisingly enough Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson got on board the positivity train as well by congratulated Fils-Aime on his incredible career.
I still remember laughing for hours and hours and then being embarrassed for the guy who starred in what could've been a parody but was serious, at The Verge's attempt at a 'Gaming PC Build Guide' video on YouTube. Well, it sucked - it was categorically wrong and would actually misinform and possible damage a novice gamers build if they followed those stupid guidelines.
Well, a bunch of YouTubers thought it would be funny to give the video sh*t and attack it and rightfully so - that's what they do for a living. Well, The Verge's parent company Vox Media is now trying to rid the internet of these videos attacking their cringe-worthy build guide.
For those who aren't in the loop, The Verge collaborated with a credit card company for a paid advertisement on building a PC. There were plenty of people up and down the food chain that would've written scripts, edited, starred in the video, shot the video, edited the video, uploaded to YouTube, and more. But still, the video was filled with errors and gaffs that were just too good to be skipped over by YouTubers, and especially Kyle 'Bitwit' who used his alter ego 'Lyle' to rip the video a new one. It was absolutely hilarious, and knowing Kyle in person (one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet) it was even funnier because everything he said was true.


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It took us almost four years to drive our motor home from the East Coast of the U.S. to the West Coast. We didn’t set out with a specific goal to drive across the continent. We just started heading west, connecting one cool-looking destination with another. 43 months later we arrived on the West coast having seen most everything we wanted to see in the United States. In March 2014, we flew off to Europe.
Having spent four years crossing North America it seems a little insane that it will take us less than one year (354 days to be exact) to circle the globe. But that’s precisely what our current plans have us doing.
In comparison to our U.S. travels it seems terribly rushed, but it’s not really. By the time we leave Europe this fall, we’ll have spent eight months in just three countries (Spain, France, and the UK). And even though we move to a new city or town every four days on average, we’ll still have left enough undone in each of these countries to warrant a return trip or two or three.
We’re still basically traveling the way we always have, which is to move with the seasons. Except finding a suitable winter destination when you own no winter clothing is a bit more challenging than it was in the motor home. We used to be able to drive south and hunker down in places like San Diego or Key West. Now we pretty much need to get on an airplane and fly thousands of miles.
This year that means spending the winter in Southeast Asia. After that we’ll fly back to New York to visit family and friends. It just so happens our flight to New York crosses the Pacific, meaning that come this spring, we’ll have completed our first trip around the globe.
And that flight’s a doozy – 20 heinous hours in the air. Fortunately our various strategies to earn frequent flyer travel points have paid off in a big way. Thanks to Chase Ultimate Reward Points we’ll be flying all of those awful hours from Bangkok to New York in lie-flat, Business/First seats.
Thanks to travel reward points.
All-in-all, not a bad way to finish the first lap of our around the world marathon.
Have fun with the rest of the travels and congrats on the brilliant strategy to survive a 20 hour flight.
We are in Inverness as of tomorrow! Thanks for the recommendation, we really appreciate them.
way to go, guys! you rock, every day and every time! enjoy the road!

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The history of backgammon is long, complicated. very incomplete - and fascinating. The exact origins of the game remain unknown, though there is much conjecture, a good deal of it both ingenious and farfetched.
The history of backgammon is not solved yet and probably never will be. In particular tracing the development of backgammon through the different variants of board games back to its real origins is nearly impossible.
H.J. Murray states that backgamon has two ancestors: the roman Tabulae (also called Alea) and the arabian Nard or Nardschir. although there are also some board games in Asia which have similarities with backgammon, due to the long distances, it is less likely that there is a direct link between those Asian games and backgammon, than with "Tabulae" and "Nard". More likely is the dissemination via the Arabian and Mediterranean region, supported by the expansion of the Roman empire and later by the crusades. I have therefore omitted Asian games in this tabular overview.
This tabular history will not explain where the name backgammon comes from. For an answer to that question have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions.
Any feedback on this tabular history of backgammon by eMail is appreciated.
ca. 3500 BC The game Senet, a running board game distantly related to backgammon, is played in Egypt. It is, however, doubted that backgammon developed directly from Senet, as there were no Senet boards found from the period 1500 BC to 200 AD, so there seems to be a missing link.
ca. 3000 BC In Shahr-i Sokhta (literally "Burnt City"), a Bronze Age urban settlement in the southeast of today's Iran in the province of Sistan, a game very similar to backgammon is played. Findings in the "Burt City" in 2004 seem to have unearthed the oldest backgammon board. The board is rectangular and made of ebony 2) . The game was found together with 60 (!) pieces and cubic dice. Iranian archaeologists claim, that these findings are at least 200 years older than the game board found in the Royal Tombs of Ur.
ca. 2600 BC Two game boards found in the Sumerian Royal Tombs of Ur by Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1920s indicate, that around 2600 - 2400 BC a board game is played that might be an early ancestor of backgammon. The game was later called Royal Game of Ur, as we don't know how it was named by the people of that time.
Later boards were found that have Senet on one side and the Royal Game of Ur on the reverse. So both games were known at the same time at the same places.
Very entertaining is the online playable version of the "Royal Game of Ur" at the Britsh Museum.
ca. 1500 BC A board game which may be an ancestor of backgammon is played in Egypt. In the tomb of Tutankhamun, Pharaoh of Egypt, which was (re-)discovered by the British egyptologist Howard Carter 4th November 1922, board games very similar to backgammon dating around 1500 BC were found. The same boards were also found in Cyprus, which was at that time an Egyptian colony. Paintings in many Egyptian tombs display people playing the game which suggests that this game was played not only by the aristrocracy, but also by common people.
ca. 8 AD First mention of the Roman game Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum ("game of twelve lines") in Ovid's 3) "Ars Amorous".
Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum seems to have developed from the game Senet. It has many similarities to backgammon, amongst others a bar, six points on each side of the bar, 15 men for each player. However, it had three rows and was played with three dice.
~ 54 AD A game called Tabulae is known to have been played in old Rome. Tabulae seems to be a variant of Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum, which had developed by omitting the middle row. So Tabulae was already much closer to modern backgammon.
It is said, that Roman Emperor Claudius discussed Tabulae in a book. However, none of the more than 40 books that Claudius is said to have written survived.
Tabulae is also known under the name Alea (Dice).
ca. 125 AD A board of Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum dated about 125 AD was later found in Holt in Denbighshire (Wales) in a grave of a Roman soldier, indicating the first spreading of the game across Europe.
300 - 500 AD First mention of the game Nardschir in the Babylonian Talmud 4) . Nardschir or Nard was played on a backgammon board, which already had two lines with 12 fields each. Each player had two dice and 15 pieces, which were arranged in the same starting configuration as in backgammon. Single pieces could be hit and had to re-enter.
476 - 481 AD An epigram mentions a position of a game of Tabulae played by the Roman Emperor Zeno (478 - 481 AD).
6th century According to the Persian poet Ferdowsi, Burzoe, a wise Iranian physician and politician, invented Nard in the 6th century. So he states in his book "Shahnameh" ("The Epic of Kings") written about 1000 AD.
11th - 15th century The crusades probably expedite the spreading of Tabulae over whole Europe.
~ 1180 First mention of tables in Germany, where it was first called Wurfzabel, in the will of Count Sibotos of Neuenberg in which he bequeaths four boards of chess and four boards of Wurfzabel.
~ 1190 Richard I 5) , king of England, later referred to as Richard the Lionheart, has severe problems with the passion for gambling of his troops. Therefore it was decreed that no one with a rank lower than knight was allowed to gamble for money.
1254 King Louis IX of France 6) , known as Saint Louis, forbids his court officials to play jeux de tables and extends this ban over other gambling games as well.
1283 Alfonso X of Castile 7) , a Spanish monarch who rules as the King of Galicia, Castile and León, completes his book "Libro de los juegos" 8) (Book of Games), which describes on 98 coloured and illustrated pages games like chess, dice and many variants of the tables family. Todas Tablas, a tables variant, is very similar to backgammon, having an identical starting position to modern backgammon and following the same rules for movement and bearoff.
"Libro de los juegos" is not only one of the most important documents for researching the history of board games, it is also the first known codification of the rules.
1526 The English Cardinal Wolsey orders all backgammon boards to be burnt. Motivated by this order boards become popular which are disguised as books. Foldable in the middle, the boards look like books when folded and can be hidden in the bookshelves.
1571 In England the Elizabethan Canons of 1571 forbid playing the games of tables. Those are the last attempts to be found in England against playing the games of tables 9) .
16th century While the popularity of Tablulae seems to have faded over the last centuries, a new variant of the game called Tric-Trac spreads in Europe. Tric-Trac becomes a popular pastime at the courts of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI so that during the French revolution, unfortunately, most Tric-Trac boards were destroyed, being seen as symbols of the monarchy.
1628 Sinking of the Swedish 64-gun ship of the line Vasa. The ship was recovered in 1961. Amongst the findings was a backgammon board that had been found in one of the officer's cabins, indicating that backgammon had found its way to Sweden.
Though you have learnt to play at Baggammon, you must not forget Irish 12) , which is a more serious and solid game."
H.J.R. Murray 13) states, that backgammon was invented in England in the early 17th century as a modern form of the game tables. Backgammon differs from tables by doublets now beeing played twice and the introduction of the triple game (backgammon).
1660s Francis Willughby's "Book of Games", which contains the first publication of a handwritten manuscript from England written in the 1660s, mentions the action "Vie" for the game of Ticktack (a sibling of Trictrac, which is a close relative of backgammon). This "Vie" is very similar to doubling, with the difference, that the second vie does not quadruple the stakes, but lets the player play for three times the stake. The third vie will put the stake four times as high, not eight times, as in doubling nowadays.
So it seems that in the backgammon variant Ticktack a sort of doubling already existed more than 300 years ago, but must somehow have been lost, before doubling was re-invented for backgammon in the 1920s.
1678 Probably the first use of the word "backgammon" in English literature by Samuel Butler 14) in his satirical epic poem on Puritanism entitled Hudibras.
18th century Backgammon arrived in America.
1743 First codification of the the rules of backgammon by Edmond Hoyle in A Short Treatise on the Game of Back-Gammon.
~ 1770 During the reign of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre specially designed Tric-Trac tables become very popular in France. The tables have a cover, so that it can be used as normal table. The cover often has a chess-board at its opposite surface. And removing the cover reveals a Tric-Trac board.
1776 It is known that during the days drafting the United States Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson regularly relaxed playing backgammon. In his notebook he documented the gains and losses of his playing sessions.
1842 - 1882 Probably the most famous backgammon player: Charles Darwin. He used to play backgammon daily with his wife or children at the family's residence Down House, Kent.
His son writes 15) : "After dinner he played backgammon with my mother, two games being played every night; for many years a score of the games which each won was kept, and in this score he took the greatest interest. He became extremely animated over these games, bitterly lamenting his bad luck and exploding with exaggerated mock-anger at my mother's good fortune."
1920s The "doubling cube" was invented (or re-invented, see above → 1660s), probably in one of the game clubs in New York 16) . Unfortunately it is not known which genius invented the cube.
There were (temporary) attempts to keep track of the status of doubling by other devices, like the one shown on the left 17) .
1931 Having identified the need for harmonized backgammon rules, the New York's Racquet and Tennis Club invites other clubs from all over America to join them in order to formulate the laws of backgammon. In a meeting on February 21, 1931, at which a number of clubs were represented, the laws of backgammon were agreed upon. The Racquet and Tennis Club was authorized to reserve a copyright to such laws. The Laws are effective as of April 17th, 1931.
Those rules were published in the booklet Laws of Backgammon.
1964 Prince Alexis Obolensky organizes an international backgammon tournament in the Bahamas, probably the first international backgammon tournament. That is the hour of birth of modern backgammon tournaments.
For the records: 32 players participated. Winner was Charles Wacker from the USA.
1967 The first World Championships of Backgammon are held in Las Vegas, USA. Tim Holland becomes the first World Champion of Backgammon and also wins the World Championships in 1968 and 1971.
1970 John Crawford and Oswald Jacoby, two pioneers of modern backgammon, publish The Backgammon Book. It's a classic book of backgammon. The authors were the first to try to approach backgammon in an analytical way. Also the book contains subjects you won't find in any of today's books, like the history of backgammon, etiquette, how to organize a tournament, etc.
Still worth reading today, even if it can't improve your strength of play any more.
1973 Carol Crawford, wife of the well-known John Crawford, is the first woman ever to become World Champion of Backgammon.
1973 Cardinal Industries, one of the leading games manufacturers of the USA, sells in this one year as many backgammon boards as in the 20 years before all together - an indicator for the backgammon craze of that time. Another indicator for the development of the popularity of backgammon is the amount of books published over the years.
1976 Paul Magriel publishes his book Backgammon, a masterpiece of backgammon literature and rightly often called "the bible of backgammon". Still today it is a must read!
Nack Ballard invents the modern backgammon variant Nackgammon. It is played with the same rules as backgammon. Only the starting position differs (see diagram). Nackgammon will lead to longer, more complex games and therefore reduces the luck factor in favour of the skill factor in backgammon.
1979 One day after winning the Backgammon World Championship, Luigi Villa (ITA) accepts the challenge to play against BKG 9.8, a backgammon programme developed by Hans Berliner. Although Villa plays much better than the programme he gets defeated 1:7. This is the first time a backgammon world champion gets defeated in an official match by computer software.
The match file of that duel can be downloaded from my match archive.
19 Feb 1982 In the case Oregon vs. Tedd Barr 18) judge Stephen Walker ruled that "Backgammon is not a game of chance but a game of skill." During the four-day trial o.a. Paul Magriel acted as witness and seemes to have convinced the judge about the importance of the skill factor in backgammon.
1984 Bill Robertie publishes his book Advanced Backgammon, which was at its time a milestone of backgammon literature. A revised edition was later published 1991 in two volumes.
1989 German top backgammon player Harald Johanni starts publishing the three-monthly magazine "Das Backgammon Magazin", initially only written in German, but later bi-lingual German-English. A great source of backgammon knowledge.
1991 Dr. Gerald Tesauro develops the first backgammon software which is based upon the technology of neural networks: TD-Gammon. In the same year double World Champion Bill Robertie plays a series of 31 games against TD-Gammon and is impressed by its strength 18) .
1991 Bill Robertie and Kent Goulding start publishing the magnificent backgammon magazine "Inside Backgammon". It's published 6 times a year, later four times a year 19) .
19th Jul 1992 FIBS, the First Internet Backgammon Server, sees the light of day. The Server Software was developed by Andreas Schneider. FIBS is based on the interface protocol TELNET and has no own graphical user interface. FIBS is still online; a great place to play backgammon and meet people from all over the world. More about FIBS in my Backgammon-FAQ.
1994 With JellyFish™ the first neural network based backgammon software becomes commercially available. At this time JellyFish™ is significantly stronger than any other backgammon software. The availability of such strong software has a deep impact on the understanding of the game.
1994 The first graphical interfaces for FIBS are available, making playing on FIBS much more comfortable: FIBS/W and MacFIBS. Since this time many more graphical user interfaces for FIBS have been developed.
1998 Snowie™, developed by the Swiss Olivier Egger, replaces JellyFish™ as strongest backgammon software. Today Snowie™ is available in version 4 and is still, together with GNU Backgammon, the leading backgammon software.
End of 1998 After eight years with 44 issues Bill Robertie and Kent Goulding stop publishing their magazine "Inside Backgammon"
July 1999 Kit Woolsey launches his internet backgammon magazine GammOnLine 20) .
GNU Backgammon is available in its very first pre-beta version. 1998 Gary Wong had developed a neural network called "Costello", which was inspired by the works of Hans Berliner, Gerald Tesauro and Eric Groileau. In 1999 Gary Wong gets in contact with the GNU project and decides to put his network under the GNU license - GNU Backgammon is born! Since then GNU Backgammon is the child of many enthusiastic developers, who have joined the team and are working on continous improvement of GNU Backgammon. Many, many thanks to all of you!
2) I coulnd't find a picture of that board anywhere. Hints where to find more details about those findings are appreciated. Please send me an eMail if you know more about it.
3) Publius Ovidius Naso, briefly "Ovid". Roman poet. 43 BD - 17 AD.
4) The Talmud was compiled between 300 and 500 AD, although additions were made for another 500 years.
5) 8 September 1157 - 6 April 1199. King of England 1189 - 1199.
6) 25 April 1214 - 25 August 1270. King of France 1226 - 1270.
8) See "Reference" for a link to the beautiful pictures of the complete book.
10) Howell started to publish his "Familiar Letters" in 1645, succeeded by a second volume in 1647, and a new edition of both, with a third volume, in 1650. A fourth was added in a collected edition which appeared in 1655.
The mentioning of backgammon was in volume II, which was published 1647, in a letter to To Master G. Stone from 1935. While many histories (and the Oxford Universal Dictionary) state 1645 as the first recorded use of the word backgammon, the word was actually mentioned in the letter already 1635 and published in 1647. So 1645 is actually the wrong date!
The winner of the opening roll re-rolls for his first turn.
You are not allowed to close out your opponent while he has a checker on the bar.
14) Samuel Butler, 1612 - 1680, English Poet.
16) In 501 Essential Backgammon Problems Bill Robertie states: "It [the doubling cube] appeared in 1926 or 1927 in New York, probably in one of the chess and gambling clubs of the Lower East Side. (The most likely candidate location for the cube's invention was the Stuyvesant Chess Club, at the corner of the Second Avenue and 14th Street ..." Unfortunately he doesn't reveal his sources.
17) The picture was provided by Chris Bray and is published here with his kind permission. Bray bought that doubling device on ebay. There exists a photography from 1931, showing the actors Douglas Fairbanks jr. and Joan Crawford playing a session of backgammon, where this type of doubling device can be seen in the background.
19) Those games Robertie vs. TD-Gammon were published 1993 in Roberties booklet Learning from the Machine.
20) The complete set of Inside Backgammon can still be purchased from The Gammon Press.
21) GammOnLine (GoL) started with monthly issues, containing articles, quizzes, position analyses and an online match between Kit Woolsey and his readers. Since the end 2003 there are no longer monthly issues. The old articles are still available, the online match is ongoing and there is a very lively backgammon forum, where a lot of top players discuss all aspects of backgammon. To access this great source of backgammon you only have to pay a member fee of 36,- US$ for a livetime membership!

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Having gone through The Third Doctor’s entire wardrobe season by season, I thought it would be a good idea to break it down by the two main garments: smoking jackets and inverness capes, listing where they appeared.
This gives a quick reference to which were worn the most.
The only addition I would make is that Pertwee also wears the black Inverness cloak with purple lining in "The Mutants" too.
Very useful resource. One omission, in The Mutants the Doctor wears the Maroon, rolled collar jacket.
Thanks for pointing that out - I'll put that right.
Hi Steve, this is indeed a superb resource and very well researched indeed!
I'd query one detail: Is the red lined cape seen in "The Sea Devils" the same one used in Jon's first and second series?
The version seen in the Sea Devils had four frog fastening and not buttons. In addition, the red lining now extends into the lapels. The Doctor Who experience states that the cape displayed (red-lined, with the four 'five-leaf' pattern frog fastenings) was used on screen and there is no evidence that it ever had buttons.
It would seem an unnecessary expense to go to the trouble of re-lining the cape and replacing the front panels with frog fastenings.
Also, in between the Day of the Daleks and the Mutants, the purple lined cape appears to grow shorter and somewhere in between the Daemons and the Mutants, the frog fastenings on the purple-lined cape change from a three-leaf to a five-leaf pattern.


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This moment is magic because it’s a simple one, and because it couldn’t work if the characters didn’t have the consistency they earned season after season. This is also a scene sublimated by a music which reinforce the mythology.
We find ourselves with Hurley, Sayid, Miles, Jack and Kate near a Dharma Van. Jack just fought with Sawyer, his face severely damaged. Now he prepares himself to lay the bomb down the hatch of the Dharma Station under construction. Kate watches him, she half-says a phrase she can’t finish – Jack is already gone. There’s decency between the two, the decency of two lovers who lived too much, experienced too much and whose passion has cooled down. They aren’t able to express what they feel for each other anymore. Facing such an intense moment, they don’t know how to act.
Jack goes alone fighting the Dharma, his shoulders heavy, not knowing what he does. This clean and dull character lost himself along the way for a season, but now he finally comes back as a tormented – and way more interesting – hero.
He crosses Sawyer and Juliet. They glance at each other. Juliet sees Jack as a possible way out of the Island. Sawyer meets his old antagonism. This time though, it’s Sawyer who try to preserve lives, and preserve a society against Jack, who has become a savage, anarchic force, menacing to blow everything up.
This tiny scene reunites four characters thickened and matured by five seasons. We as viewers are too much involved not to fear the final issue of Jack’s mission: a general, back-to-the-plane amnesia, or the destruction of the Island.
« That’s home, Jack. Right there, on the other side of that glass.


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Trichophyton mentagrophytes is epidemiologically divided into two distinct forms, zoophilic and anthropophilic. The zoophilic isolates of T.mentagrophytes have generally been identified by morphological and biochemical examination as well as through mating experiments. The confirmed teleomorphs of the zoophilic isolates of the T.mentagrophytes complex are Arthroderma benhamiae, A. simii and A. vanbreuseghemii. On the other hand, no teleomorph has been identified in an anthropophilic isolate of T. mentagrophytes, such as T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (T. interdigitale) or in the other anthropophilic strains. In the present study, the mating type (MAT) (－)-specific gene of the MAT1-1 (alpha-box) and the MAT (＋)-specific gene of the MAT1-2 (high-mobility-group : HMG) DNA binding domain were confirmed in zoophilic dermatophytes of A. benhamiae, A. simii and A. vanbreuseghemii. The sequence of the MAT1-1 was about 1.3kbp, containing 2 exons in the A. benhamiae, A. simii and A. vanbreuseghemii (－) mating type strain. The sequence of the MAT1-2 was 1.9 kbp, containing 2 exons in the A. benhamiae, A. simii and A. vanbreuseghemii (＋) mating type strain. Of 15 animal isolates and 72 human isolates examined, the MAT1-1 was detected in 5 of the animal isolates and in none of the human isolates, while the MAT1-2 was detected in the other 10 of the animal isolates and in all of the human isolates. These results indicate that anthropophilic T. mentagrophytes evolved from the A. vanbreuseghemii (＋) mating strain.
More than 10 years have passed since Trichophyton tonsurans infection first began to increase in Japan. Initially the infection was confined to high school and university students participating in combat sports clubs, but it has now spread among the athletes' family members and friends. In a recent survey, 10% of Judo athletes tested positive for Trichophyton tonsurans; most were asymptomatic carriers. T.tonsurans infection usually causes tinea corporis or tinea capitis, but lesions can occur on other sites, causing tinea unguim, tinea manus, etc . The course of infection is usually only mildly symptomatic, and individuals with long-term infection can become asymptomatic carriers. It is likely that many individuals are unaware that they have Trichophyton tonsurans infection. The number of individuals infected with clear without repeating is difficult to assess due to the complexity of the fungal culture process. Diagnosis is made by direct examination in KOH and culture, and treatment consists of topical and / or oral antifungals. Prevention of Trichophyton tonsurans infection through increased awareness of the disease and careful hygiene is important.
An epidemiological survey of dermatomycoses and the causative fungus flora of dermatomycoses in Japan for 2006 was made on a total number of 63,029 outpatients who visited 16 dermatological clinics throughout Japan. The results were as follows.
1) Dermatophytosis was the most prevalent cutaneus fungal infection (7,582 cases) seen in these clinics, followed by candidiasis (842 cases) and then Malassezia infections (283 cases).
2) Among dermatophytoses, tinea pedis was the most frequent (4,779 cases : male 2,358, female 2,241), then in decreasing order, tinea unguium (2,582 cases : male 1,376, female 1,206), tinea corporis (564 cases : male 341, female 223), tinea cruris (309 cases : male 254, female 57), tinea manuum (145 cases : male 92, female 53), and tinea capitis including kerion (17 cases : male12, female 5).
3) Tinea pedis and tinea unguium are seen to increase in the summer season, among the aged population. When compared to the last survey 2002 by clinical form, t. unguium patients increased 459 cases.
4) As the causative dermatophyte species, Trichophyton rubrum was the most frequently isolated among all dermatophyte infections except tinea capitis. Microsporum canis was slightly increased. M.gypseum and Epidermophyton floccosum are small number. T.tonsurans was increased up to 37 cases.
5) Cutaneous candidiasis was seen in 842 cases (305 male, 537 female). Intertrigo (298 cases) was the most frequent clinical form, followed by erosion interdigitalis (136 cases), oral candidiasis (135 cases), onychia et paronychia (108 cases), genital and diaper candidiasis in total (88 cases).
6) Tinea versicolor was seen in 175 cases. Malassezia folliculitis were collected 108 cases, 63 cases are reported from one clinic.
Some yeast agents including Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis and Candida glabrata have a role in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. We studied the frequency of both common and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in symptomatic cases which were referred to Urmia Medical Sciences University related gynecology clinics using morphologic and molecular methods. The aim of this study was the identification of Candida species isolated from recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis cases using a rapid and reliable molecular method.
Vaginal swabs obtained from each case, were cultured on differential media including cornmeal agar and CHROM agar Candida. After 48 hours at 37℃, the cultures were studied for growth characteristics and color production respectively. All isolates were identified using the molecular method of PCR - restriction fragment length polymorphism.
Among all clinical specimens, we detected 19 ( 16 % ) non fungal agents, 87 ( 82.1 % ) yeasts and 2 ( 1.9 % ) multiple infections. The yeast isolates identified morphologically included Candida albicans ( n = 62 ), Candida glabrata ( n = 9 ), Candida tropicalis ( n = 8 ), Candida parapsilosis ( n = 8 ) and Candida guilliermondii and Candida krusei ( n = 1 each ). We also obtained very similar results for Candida albicans, Candida glabrata and Candida tropicalis as the most common clinical isolates, by using PCR - Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism. Use of two differential methods, morphologic and molecular, enabled us to identify most medically important Candida species which particularly cause recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.
This study investigated the effects of cinnamaldehyde in combatting the hyphal growth of Candida albicans under varying concentrations, treatment times, and temperatures to determine the potential benefits of applying this substance to anti-Candida foods or gargles. From the results of pretreatment with cinnamaldehyde against Candida hyphae, we found that its inhibitory activity seemed to be strengthened in parallel with prolonged pretreatment time and a rise in temperature, and that pretreatment of 2,000μg/ml for only 1 minute significantly inhibited the hyphal growth of C.albicans. We also demonstrated by XTT assay that pretreatment with cinnamaldehyde affected the metabolic activity of Candida hyphal cells. These findings suggest that a warm drink or mouthwash containing cinnamaldehyde might be a candidate as a prophylactic or therapeutic tool against oral Candida infection.
Onychomyosis caused by Aspergillus sydowii is rare and difficult to diagnose. We report a case in which this disease was diagnosed by molecular-biological methods. The patient was a 53-year-old woman without any notable past history. She visited our hospital complaining of itching around the right first toenail in June 2010, although she had noticed nail opacification for 4 years. Opaque thickening of the nail, covering 57.3% of the normal nail area, was observed. Direct microscopic examination revealed thick mycelia with septa and black spores. While colonies with a red brown center and a grayish blue-green margin were observed in culture on Sabouraud ' s glucose agar at 25℃, radially arranged conidia in the conidial head were observed in slide culture. Thus, onychomycosis caused by Aspergillus was suspected. There were no blood or biochemical test abnormalities. We directly extracted deoxyribonucleic acid from the nail and analyzed the base sequences of the internal transcribed spacer 1 and 2 regions of the ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene, and identified Aspergillus sydowii. Because the minimal inhibitory concentration of itraconazole (ITCZ) is 0.25μg/ml, we administered pulse therapy with monthly 1-week cycles of oral ITCZ 400 mg / day for 3 consecutive months. The opaque area subsided to 17. 9% of the normal nail by 6 months after treatment completion. However, 3 months later, the opaque area increased again to 22. 3%, and the same fungus was isolated and identified. The 3-month ITCZ pulse therapy was repeated and the symptoms disappeared, with complete cure achieved by 3 months after the second therapy.


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According to a new poll by pro-business policy group the Bay Area Council, 34 percent of Bay Area residents are "likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years," or so they say. For the study, conducted online, Oakland-based EMC Research polled 1,000 residents of the region from February 12 through March 9. Citing a variety of gripes familiar to all — housing costs, related cost of living, and traffic issues chief among them — 13 percent said they "strongly agree" and 21 percent said they "somewhat agree" that they'll move.
“Residents’ discontent is palpable, and we can’t ignore it,” Bay Area Council president and CEO Jim Wunderman told the Business Times. “Traffic is horrific. Our housing shortage is pricing workers, families and others out of their homes and out of the region. Together, these problems threaten to erode our economic vitality and diminish our quality of life."
The Bay Area Council poll says that 40 percent of Bay Area residents consider the region to be on the wrong track — a figure that's actually lower than the 51 percent of San Franciscans who felt the city was headed in the wrong direction according to a Chamber of Commerce poll conducted during roughly the same timeframe. For further perspective, consider that previous regional polls from the Bay Area Council showed higher faith in the area's direction: Last year, 55 percent of respondents said we were on the right track, and in 2014, 57 percent of them were optimistic.
Meanwhile, 54 percent of poll respondents said they had no designs to leave the Bay Area. And while complaints were registered across incomes levels and generations, it was residents with household incomes of over $125,000 who felt most strongly that the area was headed in the right direction — though that was just 46 percent of them.
In a summary of the results, the Bay Area Council writes that, "Those who've lived in the region for five or fewer years were the most likely to say they would leave." Ironically, if simplistically, recent transplants bear much of the popular blame for an increasingly steep cost of living, which respondents identified as the top problem facing the area.
Just last month several sources were floating the idea that young tech workers might start fleeing the Bay Area, citing job searches for growing tech hubs in other regions. And seeming to address that population, Bay Area Council president and CEO Jim Wunderman wrote in a statement that "losing even a fraction of that number (2 million residents) and the talent they represent because we failed to deal with our most pressing issues would be very bad."
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It isn’t the polar vortex that caused the TV Critics Association winter press tour to start nearly four weeks later than usual in Pasadena.
To maneuver through the many events early through the year, it was decided to start a bit later said TCA president Dan Feinberg of the Hollywood Reporter, who himself had to come to the event late because of Sundance.
The event that once began soon after Rose Bowl petals were swept is now scheduled through Super Bowl weekend and extending to nearly Valentine’s Day.
If there were any hopes that more shows would be in production than there would have been just after New Year’s, or that more stars would be around since nobody had to worry about planning around the Golden Globes, those were dashed.
So far, two broadcast networks have struggled with putting on even a half-day’s worth of panels at the Langham Huntington Hotel before handing off to their cable or streaming partners. The lack of evening parties meant no chance to catch up with stars over cocktails.
Usually the post- Super Bowl slot has been a coveted one. Even capturing a fraction of the game’s ratings means a big boost for shows, despite the late start times that average from 10:20 to as late as 11 p.m.
Recent years have seen an episode of “This is Us” that captured nearly 27 million viewers last year; the series premiere of the revived “24: Legacy” in 2017, and big season premieres for “Survivor: All-Stars” in 2004 and “The Voice” in 2012.
It’s actually kind of rare to premiere a show after the Super Bowl, despite the big promotion that comes during the game. “Undercover Boss” did so in 2010 but to find a show before that you’d have to go back to “Family Guy” in 1999.
“The World’s Best” actually looks like a show we’ve seen before — or that we’re seeing right now with “America’s Got Talent: Champions,” a hastily taped internationally-themed talent variety show with celebrity judges meant to steal some thunder from CBS’ new show.
It involves international acts like The Drowning Man, Monks of Steel, The Impossible Balancing Act and The Six Octave Man, all performing for the judges Drew Barrymore, Faith Hill and RuPaul, who was the only one of them who bothered to attend the press conference.
“We were all not prepared for the emotional journey that the show and the performances took us on,” RuPaul said.
The international judges, who range from ballerinas to MMA fighters, each have one vote to the American judges’ average of as much as 50 (so if “The World’s Best” is a United Nations kind of talent competition, then the U.S. judges constitute its Security Council).
As on “America’s Got Talent,” there is a high tech edge to what essentially recalls the randomness of vaudeville, with a singer being followed by a gymnast, followed by a Houdini homage.
An early favorite among the acts must be Hypno Dog, a mutt who drops a pile of volunteers on stage with his adorable stare.
While the winner of “The World’s Best” will get $1 million, a bigger winner may be host James Corden, who not only introduces each, but often hams it up and gets involved with a lot of the acts.
Darnell hopes the format catches on so it can be exported to other countries (just as “American Idol” and “Got Talent” was imported here).
Once the late night post-Super Bowl premiere is over, close to midnight, the regular time slot for the ”The World’s Best” is Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on CBS, moving to 9 p.m. on Feb. 20.