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We’re huge fans of TED and TEDx events, so we’re happy to say that more than 20 TEDx organisations have used Walls.io in the past to accompany their events — some even repeatedly, year after year.
A photo booth can be an excellent marketing tool for your next event. Photo booths can make your event more interesting for attendees and more successful on social media.
It’s time to prep for another BarCamp season! Walls.io supports BarCamps worldwide by sponsoring a FREE social media wall. Find out how to get your Walls.io Pro Account here!
As most sports events, the NBA All-Star Game 2016 is drawing criticism left and right. The biggest point of contention is the fact that the NBA is letting the fans vote for the All-Star teams via social media networks. We had a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of social media voting in general and for the All-Stars Game, specifically.
Whether you’re watching the game and rooting for Panthers or Broncos or whether you’re just tuning in for the Super Bowl ads — Here is your guide to the most important Super Bowl 50 hashtags.
Do you have a hard time putting B2B and hashtag campaigns together? So did we. But thanks to a little chat with the people behind the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg we now understand how and why hashtags work for B2B. Also: Toys!
The German proverb “Das Glück der Erde liegt auf dem Rücken der Pferde” translates to “The greatest happiness on earth is sitting in the saddle of a horse”. Fittingly, a German racecourse has created a hashtag campaign, #glueckdererde, built around this saying.
DaWanda is a marketplace for unique gifts and handmade products. This coming Saturday, the site is hosting the “Long Night of DIY” in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We’ve talked to their social media manager about what this night means to DIY enthusiasts.
Glastonbury Music Festival, in one form or another, has been around since the 1970s. This week thousands of people will congregate in a muddy British farm in order to enjoy a huge lineup of acts on around 30 stages.


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Pin code of Amaha Mafi Post Office, Mirzapur, along with its address, contact details & location.
The following table displays Pin code of Amaha Mafi Post Office (231211) along with Post Office type and contact address.
The following areas/localities come under Amaha Mafi Post Office, Mirzapur, UTTAR PRADESH, and have the same Pin Code as Amaha Mafi - 231211.

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When Paige is taken from her family cabin by a mysterious stranger during the Blue Moon, she soon discovers her wildest and most intimate secrets are layed out when she is deflowered in the Sacred Arbor.
In order to satiate the werewolf, she must satisfy the needs of every member of the pack…and in doing so will awaken into a werewolf herself.
Will she be able to leave her family and meet the demands of the pack?

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Revolutions are an interesting and informative way to study world history.
For as long as man has inhabited the Earth, people have waged wars. Some battles were fought for resources, while others were for land or power. Other battles are the result of disagreements because of a difference in religious beliefs, while still others are waged over ideas and technology. History has witnessed multiple examples of each kind of battle, and, regardless of the outcome, the world was changed as a result. Some of these battles can be classified as revolutions. Revolutions have occurred on virtually every continent. For students studying US, Latin American, Asian or European history, revolutions figure prominently.
It is important for students to be able to compare and contrast the causes and effects of different revolutions. For example, in comparing the French Revolution to the Russian Revolution, it is important to consider the plight of the lower class (the Third Estate in France and proletariat in Russia). What were they hoping to achieve and why? How did they go about it?
Studying the art of revolutionary eras is one of the most effective ways to gain insight into the culture being studied. The art of Claude Manet, Eugene Delacroix and Jean-Auguste Ingres shows the impact the revolution had on the French lower class, and reflects the sentiment of the people. The art of Diego Rivera and Frida Khalo reflect the mood of the Mexican Revolution. After studying the artwork of these revolutions, students should be encouraged to paint or draw in the style of one of these artists - reflecting a modern social or political issue that they feel is important.
A great way to familiarize students with the various revolutions is to have them study and create political cartoons. Not only can students learn about the individuals involved in the revolutions, but they can also develop an understanding of how those individuals and the pertinent issues at hand were perceived by others.
It is critical that students read the literature and primary documents related to the revolutions they are studying. Excerpts from Leon Trotsky’s "Literature and Revolution," Karl Marx’s "Communist Manifesto," Victor Hugo’s "Les Miserables," and Samuel Ramos’ "Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico" should be read and analyzed. Students can compare and contrast the issues presented in both fiction and non-fiction. Below are some lesson plans on world revolutions.
This comprehensive lesson allows students to draw on their understanding of the importance of and need for government, and how it is affected by popular uprisings and other revolutionary movements. Students examine revolutions in India, the United States and Germany through the lens of an individual who led these dramatic events: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Christian Fuhrer in East Germany.
Students compare and contrast the causes and effects of the American and French Revolutions. In the process, they become familiar with the political figures and issues that led the Third Estate to revolt in late eighteenth century France. This lesson is particularly well-suited for teachers looking for some self-guided research opportunities.
This exceptionally creative unit allows an analysis of political, cultural, intellectual and industrial revolutions. Students become acquainted with the leaders of a variety of revolutionary movements and their motivations. Students also explore the impact of revolutionary thoughts and ideas on the world and that revolutions don’t always involve bloodshed.

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Visitors to Galveston will be able to start their new year off in a delicious way with the sixth annual Galveston Restaurant Week taking place Jan. 7-22, 2017. Hosted by Galveston.com & Co., the event will bring the island’s vibrant food scene to life for two full weeks of dining that will showcase the tastiest culinary gems Galveston has to offer.
During the event, the public is also invited to cast votes for their favorite participating eatery by indicating its unique keyword located . To vote, patrons must text their favorite restaurant's keyword to 33733. At the end of the event, the winner will be named the 2017 Galveston Restaurant of the Year.
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J Clin Invest 2014 124(1), 111-6. Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
Quantification by qRT-PCR of PCCA (for P1 and P2) and PCCB (P3 and P4) mRNA levels in fibroblast samples untreated or cultured with different concentrations of readthrough drugs. The y-axis represents the results of the relative quantification expressed as percentages. Data represent the mean ?SD of two experiments performed in triplicate. DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide.
Hum Mutat 2012 33, 973-80. Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) were freshly isolated from bone marrow biopsies and incubated with 2.5-5 μM ataluren for 48, 72, or 96 hours or vehicle alone (DMSO).
Am J Hematol, 2018, 93(4):527-536. Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
Tissue-dependent effectiveness of the read-through drug, ataluren (PTC124), in Cln1 R151X mice. Two-month old Cln1 R151X male mice were treated with ataluren (10 mg/kg, i.p.) four times a day for 2 days. Control mice were treated with the vehicle of the drug. Immediately following the last injection on the second day, tissues were collected, and PPT1 enzyme activity was measured in the brain (cerebellum, cortex, striatum/thalamus, brainstem) and peripheral tissues (liver, heart, lung, kidney, skeletal muscle). Ataluren only increased PPT1 activity in the liver and muscle. Columns and bars represent mean ± S.E.M. (eight wild-type and eight Cln1 R151X mice). Statistical significance was determined by unpaired t-test.: *p=0.004 for liver, *p=0.009 for skeletal muscle.
J Cell Mol Med, 2016, 20(2):381-5 . Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
The effect of PTC124, compared with DMSO vehicle, was tested on the subunit c storage in TPP1 patient NPCs. Representative micrograph images are shown of cells immunostained to detect subunit c storage, following 72 h of treatment with 0.5% DMSO or 18 uM PTC124.
Hum Mol Genet 2014 23(8), 2005-22. Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
Control and R120X RPE cells were stained for endogenous Gβ1 (green) and the membrane marker WGA (red). Gβ1 plasma membrane localization is disrupted in R120X RPE cells, but restored with treatment of either G418 or PTC124. N = 3 independent experiments with 300 cells per experiment.
Hum Mol Genet 2014 10.1093/hmg/ddu42. Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
Endogenous full-length RP2 cDNA and protein can be restored in R120X fibroblasts by treatment with G418 and PTC124. (A) Treatment of R120X fibroblasts with a single 24 h dose of 500 uM G418 significantly increased RP2 mRNA levels compared with untreated cells. *P ≤ 0.05, values are mean ± 2 SEM, N = 3. (B) Agarose gel showing products of RT-qPCR amplification. GAPDH was used as an amplification control. (C) Treatment of R120X fibroblasts with a single 24 h dose of 750 uM, 500 uM G418 or 10 ug/ml PTC124 significantly increased RP2 protein levels compared with untreated R120X cells. *P ≤ 0.05, values are mean ± 2 SEM, N = 2. (D) Western blot showing increased RP2 protein levels in G418 and PTC124 treated R120X fibroblasts compared with untreated R120X cells.
Dr. Lu Tan of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Ataluren (PTC124) purchased from Selleck.
 Welch EM, et al. Nature, 2007, 447(7140), 87-91.
 Du M, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2008, 105(6), 2064-2069.

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Too many personal injury lawyers believe that the ticket to a good income is a large quantity of clients. While you certainly need an adequate number of clients, thinking solely about quantity is not going to change your law practice, or your life, for the better. Instead, when you think about how to get personal injury clients your focus should be on the quality of those cases rather than just the quantity.
Income. You may make more money by looking for higher quality cases.
Time. You may be able to make more money in less time. You might have more time for yourself, your family, and your other interests.
Enjoyment of the law. If you get rid of the cases, and clients, that cost you the most headaches, you might find that you really enjoy being a lawyer.
Ready to Learn How to Get Personal Injury Clients for Your Small Law Firm?
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text: Ernst And Young placement papers in pdf , doc and text format to prepare for ernst and young company. Check following old ernst and young placement papers with solutions and test interview questions from year 2010 to 2015-16. Ernst and young is one of reputed company in india for your career. We can provide ernst and young aptitude syllabus for your help too. Know about ernst and young placement procedure and questions with aptitude test papers on this page. Best of luck for your interview in ernst and young company.


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Avianca is based out of Colombia. It is the flag carrier of that country, and has its main hub at the El Dorado International Airport. Avianca is a name given also to its subsidiaries in many other Latin American countries. In total, the airline operates 81 aircraft that fly to 100 destinations.
Avianca passengers fly aboard subsidiary Aviancas on one ticket. The airline is also a member of the Star Alliance. LifeMiles is the company’s frequent flyer program, and functions along the same lines as other programs of its kind, rewarding passengers with “miles” that can be redeemed for free tickets and upgrades.
Avianca serves primarily Latin American routes. They fly to most countries in Latin America, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Mexico and Central America. They also have service to many Caribbean Island nations. They fly to the United States and Canada, and to several countries in Europe. The airline has codeshares, partnerships and subsidiaries that maximize the destinations on offer.
Economy Class aboard Avianca is a standard full-service product. Depending on the destination, one may receive more than one hot meal. In-flight entertainment is had via a personal seatback monitor. Some planes have shared drop-down televisions.
Business Class passenger will enjoy upgraded seats with more legroom and width, personal entertainment systems on all aircraft, outlets for electrical devices and complimentary headphones. Meals are also upgraded, and one can earn multiplied miles in Business Class.
Avianca has VIP lounges throughout Colombia. They also offer 18 international lounges. Where there are no lounges, passengers can access Star Alliance member lounges. These are great places to relax in comfort or to work in conference rooms before the flight.
Avianca’s website is well-maintained. It can be found at www.avianca.com.

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text: Need to hire trusted and talented Mean stack developers to your project needs? Hire scalable team or well-versed full stack mean stack developers from Fullstacktechies to create powerful web applications. Find here offshore experienced consultants, and programmers based on your requirements at reasonable price. Nowadays Mean stack becomes a more popular and versatile development platform. Contact our certified developers, who provide 24/7 project maintenance & support. 100% Risk-free. Send your requirements immediately and free quote at +1-30235 14656, +91 810 527 1615.

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Black and white...and then color!
I'm not at all happy with how the black and white roll came out. I've run rolls of b&w through this camera and gotten great results but now I'm using a different lab so I'm hoping that is the cause of pretty much every frame not being crisp and in focus. I mean, I'm no Ansel Adams but I know how to focus a lens on something 3 feet away. There's no reason (that I can think of) that the portraits should look as subpar as they do or some of the shots I know I had totally centered in the viewfinder should be that far off to one side. The contrast I was hoping for is slim to none as well.
I'm happier with the color roll but I guess there's only so much I can expect from a $20 flea market camera. Open to any and all 35mm film camera suggestions. I don't have the $$$ to drop on a Leica or Contax but if someone reads this and has any other ideas I'm all ears. I realize my Pentax MV isn't the thoroughbred of SLR's but I picked it up on the cheap and I do love the size and feel and "snap" of it.


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The clubhouse roof was the first go, as teardowns start on the old Ocean Breeze golf course.
The whole clubhouse will come down this week on that site in the Boca Teeca neighborhood. “The recreation building across the street is next and then we’ll move to the hotel,” said Mike Fichera, construction consultant for the buyer.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District bought the formerly private course with a city loan. All the buildings will be razed, now that the city approved the permits.
“We’re happy to see the demolition,” Boca Teeca resident Robert DuKate said at the district’s Nov. 5 open meeting.
The district chose Price Fazio to completely redo the newly named Boca National Golf Club. The course will be public when it opens and could include a golf school.
The timeline is expected to be closer to 2020 than 2019, it was revealed at the district’s meeting.
“There is a sense of urgency about the financing,” district chairman Robert K. Rollins said about renovation costs.
The city won’t meet with the district on costs, “until we have firm prices,” he said.
Meanwhile, the district revised its budget to accommodate the funds needed for the architect and demolition services.
Commissioners also temporarily approved funds for an appraisal of whether a hotel would be worth doing. The district bought the hotel site outright with its own property tax revenues.

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highlighting inter-dependencies between projects within a programme schedule.
When used as part of a network diagram, milestones are simply activities with zero duration.
These are entered into the logic of the diagram at the appropriate points. During critical path analysis their start dates, finish dates and float are calculated along with all the other activities but because they have zero duration they have no effect on the rest of the network.
At a programme level, it is useful to define milestones at points where there are interdependencies between projects within the programme. This provides a means of co-ordinating different projects based on actual progress.
It also provides a mechanism for summarising the schedule across multiple projects (or within large complex projects) and presenting a summary schedule that focuses purely on key events and doesn’t swamp the reader with too much detail.


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Information about Simo Ahava's session will follow soon.
Cemal Buyukgokcesu joined Google in 2010, and is currently working on mobile UX initiatives in the EMEA region. He also works as User Experience Consultant advising Google advertiser partners to optimize their digital assets and business results. He has presented at various events on topics like Digital Analytics, Conversion Optimization, User Experience and Digital Marketing. Prior to his current role, Cemal worked as Strategic Partner Manager in Google's Dublin and Sydney offices. He has business experience in pharmaceutical and tobacco industries having worked for Pfizer and Philip Morris. Cemal holds an MS in Information Systems from London School of Economics, and a BA in Management from Bogazici University.
Steve is a co-founder of DMPG, a consulting company setup to ensure customers are getting the most out of their digital analytics data. He has been working in the digital analytics and conversion optimisation industry for over a decade and in that time has helped many large organisations such as Barclays, Virgin Media, BBC, FOX, Nespresso, Lonely Planet, Harper Collins, Bupa, Hewlett-Packard, Time Inc, Manchester United as well as early stage companies such as Vivino, GoCardless and Moo. Steve is an analyst at heart and loves rolling his sleeves up and digging into data to deliver useful insights for the purpose of driving positive business change. His nickname inside DMPG is 'Fedex' which is an association with his personality traits and drive to always deliver no matter what the obstacles.
Santiago has fifteen years of experience facilitating change for a wide variety of clients to become data driven decision making organisations. He’s experienced in data analytics and technical skills combined with management consulting work. He has substantial knowledge and practical skills with a range of data products for decision analysis, Reporting, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Decision Support Systems. As Head of Strategy & Portfolio, Santiago leads the Strategy for the UK portfolio of products and services, providing deep knowledge to the BI, Big Data Analytics, CPM and Management Transformation Practices. His role combines strong technical capability of self-service BI tools, data modelling, relational databases and programming languages with the ability to lead a group of technical consultants and be a focal point for client interactions on technical matters.
Information about Santiago Castro's session will follow soon.
Rudger is the former Head of CRO of Conrad Electronic International, one of the largest family owned European omnichannel retailers, with over 700.000 products available in the locally operated online shops. Rudger was responsible for the setup of an international testing strategy and designing the process of high frequent a/b testing, combined with extensive user research.
This year he launched his own agency: Mintminds. Mintminds assists retailers and brands across Europe with their own CRO strategies and testing activities. Rudger has come across a lot of ecommerce retailers with vastly different analytics and testing tool implementations.
CRO is far from mature. Companies are running into the same problems today, as they did 5 years ago. Rudger has picked up the gauntlet and will show you in great detail how to overcome these essential obstacles.
No fancy pansy models or theoretical mumbo jumbo, but clearcut solutions that have proven themselves time and again. All of this will of course be explained by illustrating some great case studies from customers such as Ullapopken (Fashion), Lampenlicht (Lighting retailer) and Pearl (consumer electronic retailer).
Alistair Dent is the founder of Mismi, the world's first specialist Amazon Marketing Services agency. Alistair speaks regularly at conferences like Search Marketing Expo, Search Engine Strategies, Google Firestarters and more, and writes about digital and search for publications like Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and Search Engine Watch.
How to make sure your new website won’t be a failure?
In a world of multiple channels and multiple devices.. Do you still think Conversion Rate is calculated in a single session?
Vimpelcom is a sixth largest mobile operator in the world, with over 270 million users across countries from Russia to Pakistan. As part of the London product team, Julia works on new products that require the latest best practice in mobile design, UX experience and data analytics.
André Morys is founder and CEO of Web Arts AG, a German based company specialising in conversion optimisation. André is a contributing author for several German ecommerce magazines and is a blogger and publisher of konversionskraft.de. His work focuses on neurosciences and behavioural economics to increase the persuability of ecommerce systems.
Motto: If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.
David has more than 7 years’ experience in web optimization with him most recently leading the Shopping and Checkout testing programme at Hotels.com. He applies his wealth of knowledge in web analytics and online experimentation not just to e-commerce optimization, but also online product development and strategic planning. David’s record in collecting and transforming data into insights, action and ultimately profit started at Best Buy back in 2009 within the Online Marketing function of the business. David joined Hotels.com in 2011 initially within Promotions planning before moving across to analytics and experimentation and was promoted to his current role. David has a great deal of experience in the Marketing, Analytics and Product functions of e-commerce and will be sharing some learnings from the Hotels.com test and learn function.
Ashish currently leads the Marketing Data Science & Optimisation Practice at Tesco, driving strategy and shaping best in class data informed product performance and customer experience optimisation through best practices and building maturity in A/B, MultiVariate testing, UX, personalisation, lean analytics, cross-channel and cross device (online, mobile, in-store), across all the verticals of the Tesco Group. Helping architect an integrated big data environment to build and leverage data science tools for enhancing real-time services and analytics. He has a long standing academic research background in artificial intelligence, machine learning, neuroscience, statistics and sociobiology. More recently, Ashish has been working on consumer neuroscience, cognitive science, and using data science to understand decision systems and influence networks for online/offline customer behaviour. Creating frameworks and processes to measure and deliver engaging products effectively and continuous product development. Ashish has previously worked as a conversion optimisation specialist, product development of a conversion optimisation tool, data science and visualisation.
Tom Waterfall has executed 1000s of experiments with 100s of companies across the globe.
He now champions Conversion Rate Optimisation at Lost My Name. Lost My Name’s goal? Share more magical moments with more children through the power of personalisation, storytelling, and of course – CRO.


text: I got my start in photography 30 years ago when my parents gave me a used Minolta SRT-102 35mm film camera. It came with all the lens and accessories I needed except the film, which, being a broke teenager, was not cheap to purchase and process. Photographing everything under the sun, my photography was very uneven, and, in college, I drifted away from photography to save money.


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Wizz Air passengers were horrified when they spotted their suitcases being roughly chucked around by baggage handlers at London Luton Airport.
An alarming viral video has captured the airport workers’ treatment of the passengers’ personal belongings.
They two men in the clip show little consideration for any valuable or fragile contents inside the bags as they unload the plane. Some even seem to bounce off the cart and of sight, with the baggage handlers noticing.
The Wizz Air flight had just landed at Luton from Poznan in Poland when a passenger filmed the shocking footage.
Wizz Air passenger Rob Button, 43, was appalled when he saw how the baggage handlers were behaving.
He added that he was worried any valuables inside could easily get broken if tossed about in such a manner.
Luton airport has said they are not responsible for ground handling services.
Wizz Air employs a baggage handling company called Azzura, based in Italy, to deal with unloading luggage.
A Luton airport spokesman told Express.co.uk: “We expect all third parties operating at London Luton Airport to uphold our high standards.
Express.co.uk has contacted Wizz Air and Azzura for further comment on the incident.
This is far from the first time airport baggage handlers have been filmed dealing with suitcases in a rough manner.
Earlier this month, a video captured the moment a number of baggage handlers were caught throwing suitcases at Hong Kong International Airport.
In the video, which was posted to Facebook, the workers are caught hurling the bags. Some of the suitcases and boxes are marked with fragile stickers, yet they fail to take note of this.
A spokesperson for Hong Kong Airport Services told the Post that they ”sincerely apologise” to passengers. “We have since reminded our own employees and our suppliers again about the proper handling procedures,” they confirmed.

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UNODC has compiled a selection of educational materials and flyers that provide information on drug dependence treatment and care.
This Inside Health podcast discusses why vaping is dividing public health experts causing a polarised split; prehabilitation before cancer surgery and the benefits of preparing for an operation; plus can hospital safety be compared to lessons learnt from the aviation industry?
Many individuals who develop substance use disorders (SUD) are also diagnosed with mental disorders, and vice versa.
Canadian alcohol intake increases during holidays, parties and vacations.
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addictions has created a calendar of social media graphics to remind young people that if they’re planning to drink, moderation can help reduce harms from alcohol.
In classrooms across the UK 1 in 5 children are carrying the burden of someone else’s drinking.
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics have developed a new resource to help teachers identify children affected by their parent's alcohol consumption.
MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a synthetic drug that alters mood and perception (awareness of surrounding objects and conditions). MDMA was initially a common nightlife drug, but it affects a broader range of people.
Read more about How does MDMA Kill?
Barely a week goes by without legal highs, binge drinking, or the latest celebrity rehab hitting the headlines.
But have you ever wondered what the facts are behind drug and addiction news stories?
The Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (IOTOD) Take-Home Naloxone Toolkit contains guidance and resources on how to set up a take-home naloxone programme, in order to reduce overdoses and save lives.
Many healthcare providers report that addressing alcohol and other drug problems is one of the most challenging areas of their practice. Providers are unsure how to address these issues, and yet they are in a prime position to reduce the negative outcomes related to substance misuse.
This website offers resources developed from a two-year research programme on end of life care for people with alcohol and other drug problems.

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text: Leon Danchin, born in Lille, France in 1887 began his career as an artist at the age of sixteen when he was accepted by the Salon des Artists in Paris. He eventually became known as one of the finest French animal artists specializing in birds, dogs and horses and is highly valued to this day. In his lifetime he produced over one hundred etchings and lithographs focusing mostly on the sporting life of animals in the field but not exclusively. He was also an accomplished painter and sculptor. He died at the beginning of World War II in Berques where he is buried. This original etching is hand signed by the artist and is in very good condition.


text: THE THREE OF US: The surprising, delightful novel about three ordinary people with one BIG secret . . .

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Tongariro was the first national park formed in New Zealand, and the fourth in the world. It was the first national park in the world to be gifted by a country's indigenous people, on 23 September 1887.
When established the original size of Tongariro National Park was 2,640 hectares. It has gradually increased to its present size of 79,596 hectares.
Today, approximately one million people visit Tongariro National Park each year. Despite the popular ski fields on Mount Ruapehu, there are more visitors in summer than winter due to the excellent hiking opportunities.
The park's central location means it is easy to access from both Auckland and Wellington and other locations in the North Island.
Mount Ruapehu's eight named glaciers are the only ones in the North Island. The summit region has a permanent cover of snow and ice.
The volcanic vent in the top of the mountain contains a warm, acidic crater lake. The lake passes through regular warming and cooling cycles, which may result in small eruptions of ash and steam.
Mount Ruapehu is the highest point in the North Island and, like Tongariro, its history began before the last ice age.
More than 60 eruptions from the Ruapehu crater have been recorded since 1945.
During the 1995 and 1996 eruptions, the Crater Lake disappeared completely, then refilled over several years.
There are eight serviced backcountry huts along two multi-day circuit hiking tracks. It is a fantastic experience going on an overnight hiking trip.
In 1990 Tongariro National Park was declared a World Heritage site, in recognition of its outstanding natural characteristics.
In 1993 the Park was also granted Cultural World Heritage status under revised criteria (spiritual (intangible) cultural association), in recognition of its cultural significance and history.
Mount Ruapehu has the only commercial ski fields in the North Island, making the mountain a popular place to visit for snow sports.
The two large ski fields are Whakapapa on the north-western slopes, and Turoa on the south-western side. Both are managed by Ruapehu Alpine Lifts.
Tukino is a small club-run ski field on the south-eastern side.
There is on-mountain accommodation at Whakapapa ski field, in 47 private lodges owned by skiing and hiking clubs. The lodges make up Iwikau Village, named after one of the earlier Tuwharetoa chiefs. There are a further five club lodges in Whakapapa Village.
The first club lodge was built by Ruapehu Ski Club in 1923.
There is also on-mountain lodge accommodation at Tukino.

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Rhoda Barnes to Milton Barnes, December 8, 1863.
Letter to Milton Barnes from his wife Rhoda Barnes. Rhoda replies to Milton's last letter of November 27th in which he recounts his experience in the Battle at Missionary Ridge. She expresses her relief for his safety, shares news she has heard from other soldiers in Cambridge, Ohio, and enquires after news on Uncle Joe, a soldier who may be in Sherman's Corps.
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Crunchyroll - "Cave Story" Hero Quote Looks Pretty Tough in "Blade Strangers"
"Cave Story" Hero Quote Looks Pretty Tough in "Blade Strangers"
Even if you played Cave Story+ a dozen times over, you've never seen its protagonist Quote like this. Nicalis revealed Quote as a guest character for the Blade Strangers fighting game, which is in the works for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. See how Quote looks while busting out some fierce combos below.
QUOTE Enters the Fray!#CaveStory+'s silent protagonist brings his trusty Polar Star into battle!
From @IntiCreatesEN's Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, this versatile hero is light, quick and electrifying!
Back at E3 2017, Nicalis revealed Cave Story's Curly Brace, Umihara Kawase's Kawase, and Code of Princess characters for Blade Strangers, which is due out this summer.
Anime Recap: New Digimon Project, Let Me Eat Your Pancreas Teaser, & More!

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Companies in the same industry as Bear Construction, ranked by salary.
Pay ranges for employees at Bear Construction by degree.
How much does Bear Construction pay?
Bear Construction pays its employees an average of $74,616 a year. Salaries at Bear Construction range from an average of $64,370 to $86,494 a year. Bear Construction employees with the job title Business Development Director make the most with an average annual salary of $98,880, while employees with the title HVAC Service Technician make the least with an average annual salary of $57,418.


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As the case against two people allegedly involved in an attempt to extort money from the Travolta family in the wake of 16-year-old Jett’s death continues, father John Travolta has been officially named as a witness in the proceedings, E! News reports.
Documents filed Monday at Magistrate’s Court in New Providence names a total of 14 witnesses, including John, as well as his Bahamian lawyer, Allyson Maynard and his U.S.-based lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott.
Yesterday ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne pleaded not guilty to attempted extortion and conspiracy to extort. His lawyer, and former lawmaker Pleasant Bridgewater was also charged with conspiracy to extort. It’s been said that the $25 million alleged extortion plot could revolve around a picture of Jett on his way to the hospital earlier this month after he collapsed in the bathroom of the family’s vacation home.
Although Obie Wilchombe, a friend of the Travoltas and a member of parliament, was brought in for questioning, he was released without being charged and isn’t on the list of witnesses.
The witnesses "are expected to give evidence against Lightbourne and Bridgewater in court. They would not actually have to do anything until the trial starts," E! News quotes an insider as saying. "The presence of their names on the dockets just means that the prosecution plans to call them as witnesses and, barring any extenuating circumstances, they will be."


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So the pattern has been written, the video is also almost done.. I worked until 4am this morning! I have been avoiding boy clothes because it's out of my comfort zone. I can make things like this just fine for my own pleasure but having to put it into written form for another to understand has always scared me a bit. But I have to press through that fear if I want to advance. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone forever no matter how comfy it is!
So watch this blog, the pattern will be released just as soon as I get through the video.
Thank you very much. I will be looking forward to the release.
So exciting!! Once I saw this update on my fb, I got so happy to see that our cries has all been heard :D. Thanks so much!
Sharon, you are amazing! I have a grandson who would LOVE a little boy bunny.
Also, today my almost 2 yo granddaughter was here and when I showed her a shelf with maybe 5-6 amigurumi dolls sitting on it the only ones she wanted to hold were Dress Me Bunny and Little Big Foot Monkey (the only patterns that are yours)! She had no interest in any of the others. LOL! Thought you'd like to know your patterns are a hit!
Great that you made these boy clothes. There are not so many boy crochet patterns. Thanks for all your work to make this pattern and video possible.
I just wanted to tell you how much fun I have had making your little bigfoot animals. I wanted to share a Slideshow I did. Where can I send it?
I tried to improvise some over the weekend, and ended up with my kitten playing with the yarn that ended up on every level surface in the living room, lol.
Again, thank you so much for the detailed tutorials and the free written instructrions!
Please accept my humble donation via paypal.
I thank you very much for the donation, it is greatly appreciated. It will buy yarn and stuffing for more patterns!
Oh so cute, I can make a boy and girl couple ;) Lovely!
My name is Carrie and I have become so addicted to these little creations. I am one that had asked if you had thought of creating boy outfits for some of the dress up stuffies because my daughter keeps asking for pairs of animals so they have playmates. Thank you so much for taking it to heart.!!!!!!
lol, I'm so happy you did Carrie!
I'm just editing the video ending as we speak. Fingers crossed uploading goes smoothly so I'll have it published by the end of the day. The written pattern will be released same time as the video.
Can you make a tie and suet for your bunny? Please. I can't wait to make these cute coveralls love your easy to follow patterns. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, I've got good timing for once! I just started making the bunny (halfway through the body right now) and I wanted it to be a boy bunny. There dungarees are so cute - I can't wait to make them! (I can see the bunny having many pairs in different colours...) I'm so glad that you made this pattern, thank you!


text: My research program is centered on the communication of emotions. In particular, I focus on the social factors that influence this process such as gender and intergroup relations. One line of research investigates the influence of facial appearance on the perception of emotions in men and women as well as individuals of different age. The underlying hypothesis of this research is that the level of dominance and affiliation signaled by facial appearance interacts with facial movement in a way that can enhance or attenuate in particular expressions of anger and happiness. Another line of research on social context influences focuses on emotion communication as a function of the ingroup versus outgroup status of the interaction partner. Two questions have been of interest to me in this context. First, are individuals differentially motivated to understand the emotions of outgroup versus ingroup members? and second, is emotional mimicry influenced by the ingroup versus outground status of the observed other? This line of research also included research on cross-cultural emotion communication. More recently, I have started a research program on emotion communication at the workplace. In particular I have been interested in employees' regulation of emotion expressions on order to conform to organizational display and feeling rules and the consequences for their wellbeing and satisfaction at work. In my research I generally privilege psychophysiological measures but also frequently employ behavioral and paper and pencil approaches.


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The University of Maryland will build its quantum physics lab by 2013.
Ten colleges and universities will use a total of $123 million in stimulus funds to build scientific facilities that will help campus researchers study coral reef ecosystems, experimental physics, quantum science, and a range of other fields.
A mix of state funds and $10.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help the University of Maryland build an advanced quantum physics laboratory, where sensitive scientific tools and materials will be kept for researchers.
Officials at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus announced last month that the Recovery funds—also known as the federal stimulus bill passed by Congress last year—will be matched with $5.2 million in state and university funds.
The university is one of many nationwide that have applied for and won funding from the $787 billion stimulus legislation. Ten colleges and universities will use a total of $123 million in stimulus funds to build scientific research facilities.
Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will use $15 million in stimulus funds to construct the Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystem Science. Coral reefs near the Nova Southeastern campus account for more than 71,000 jobs and contribute $6 billion annually to the local economy, making university research a critical piece of Nova’s mission.
The university’s coral reef center will cost $30.6 million, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which awarded the stimulus money to each campus.
More than half of the $27.8 million needed to build the University of Pittsburgh’s planned science facility dedicated to studying large-scale hurricanes and storms. The $15 million in federal funding will help NIST develop the next generation of measurement technology.
Maryland’s Laboratory for Advanced Quantum Science will be built underground and designed to protect measurement equipment that can be affected by even the smallest vibration or change in temperature. The campus’s 21,000-square-foot lab will include cryptography, or the study of sensors and advanced computing.
Construction near the University of Maryland will start later this year and will be completed in 2013, according to a Jan. 8 campus announcement.
“This remarkable laboratory will allow researchers to greatly improve our fundamental understandings of quantum science, with important implications for an array of technologies,” said C.D. Mote, Jr., the university’s president.
Laser are just one of the tools in the planned laboratory that will require a facility that limits nearly undetectable vibrations that could expand or contract a device by “a few billionths of a meter,” according to Maryland’s announcement.
Legislators said using stimulus funds to open a new research facility would create jobs while the country deals with persistent jobs losses each month during the economic downturn.
“This funding is not just a research generator, it is also a jobs generator and an example of how the Recovery Act is continuing to work and create jobs and support economic growth, while investing in our communities,” said Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), whose congressional district includes the university.

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If a user is apart of an org. group then you would see this on their profile.
If Enforce Organization is true then the person is affected by the organization group that is tagged on their profile.
This means that they will only see people at the same level as them, and below them in the org. structure tree.
Who can Len Zill see?
Len Zill can see Sarah Brock, Amy Way and Charles Lee. He cannot see Me because he is in an org. group below Me.
If Enforce Organization is false then the person is not affected by the organization group that is tagged on their profile.
They will be able to see everyone in the system.
What are groups used for in xapiapps?


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We love the houses no one else seems to want or know what to do with. We can take a property that is damaged, run down and overgrown and turn it into a beautiful piece of property. Dellwood is a perfect example of exactly that. When we acquired the property, it was an eyesore and no wanted to touch it. It’s located in a great little neighborhood and was effectively bringing down everything around it.
We got to work on it and replaced the roof and all the windows. We redid the electrical, plumbing and fixed the foundation issues. On top of all that, we gutted the inside and gave the house a complete makeover including granite counter top and stainless steel appliances. What more could a homeowner want?
I think the most gratifying thing for us is not the completion of a project, but when we see someone who truly benefits from the work we put in. The couple that bought this house was a young married couple and they couldn’t have been happier with the property. It checked all their boxes and came in within their budget. This is truly a great example of how we can take a house that nobody wants and turn it into a home for a new family.


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The inside of Londin Lash Studio on Broadway got a complete makeover from Strata. Renovations included some intricate work with the finest finishes.
Strata got fancy at Londin Lash Studio! We completely renovated the space at 632 Broadway Avenue. New luxury finishes included ceramic tile in a herringbone pattern, wallpaper for ceilings, intricate wood trims, a waterfall edge of natural stone at the reception desk, and an interior wall of glazing with the most prefect drapery. New high-end light fixtures and paint completed the job.


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While I was very interested in all of the talks in the social computing track today, I really wanted to expand my knowledge of certain topics that I know very little about. I knew that Roy would be likely to give a very practical nuts-and-bolts introduction to developing institutional repositories and I was certainly not disappointed.
Allows you to capture the intellectual output of an institution and provide it freely to others (pre-prints, post-prints, things that folks have the rights to archive). Many publishers allow authors to publish their work in archives either as a pre-print or after the fact.
To increase exposure and use of an institution’s intellectual capital. It can increase their impact on a field. More citations from open access and archived materials.
To increase the reputation of your institution.
Don’t enter into this lightly. Get a clear commitment from your institution and management. This is a very long-term project.
Obtain funding and staffing. If you don’t have the staffing, you will need to throw more money at it. You will need to not only develop the repository, but market it to faculty and students.
Promote it tirelessly. The hardest part is often getting people to use the repository and add their stuff.
Digital Commons – owned by ProQuest. Created originally by bepress.com at Berkeley. http://repositories.cdlib.org. This is what Roy’s folks use at the University of California System and they were actually the first implementation. It’s easy to upload documents and full online peer-review process is available. However, this is not open source and does cost money. It’s also a hosted solution.
DSpace – open source. Created by HP and MIT. http://dspace.mit.edu. Most widely implemented IR solution, so there is a major community of people to ask questions of and work with. However, it is complicated and doesn’t include online peer review capability.
Roy showed us how his system works by uploading a document into the system. It looks quite easy to use. When you upload a Word file, the system creates a PDF which is all that is available to those who wish to read the paper.
How will you handle copyright?
Will you charge for service? Or for specific value-added services?
What will the division of responsibilities be?
What implementation model will you adopt?
You will need to develop a policy document that covers these issues and more.
Self archiving – ceaselessly championed by Stevan Harnad. Authors upload their own work into institutional respositories. Most faculty don’t want to do this.
Overlay – new system (IR) overlays the way people normally do things. Typically faculty give their work to an administrative assistant to put it on the Web. Now, the repository folks train the admin assistant to upload to the repository instead. Content is more likely to be deposited than if faculty have to do it. However, there may be a lot of turnover among staff so replacements will have to be trained.
Service provider – not a model for a large institution. Library will upload papers for faculty. The positives is that works are much more likely to be deposited. The negative is that it’s a lot of work and won’t scale.
Who should do it? Project manager, system administrator, application administrator, promoter trainer.
Discovery options: Most traffic comes from Google searches, but only for repositories that are easily crawlable and have a unique URL for each document. OAI aggregators like OAIster.org have millions and millions of records. They harvest metadata from many repositories. Some may come direct to the repository, but most people will not come there looking for something specific. Citations will drive traffic back to the repository.
If it is difficult to upload content, people won’t use it.
If you don’t implement it completely or follow through it will fail.
Start with early adopters and work outward.
Make it easy for people to participate. Reduce barriers and technical/policy issues.
Build technological enhancements to make it ridiculously easy for people to upload their content.
Indicators of success: New adopters, continuous uploading of content, increased traffic.
Advice: This is a huge project and requires real commitment. Don’t just do because it’s the hot new thing. Don’t do it without a strong institutional commitment. Make sure that your project is sustainable. Review the experiences of others. Consider your implementation model and don’t make it hard for people to add their content to the repository.
Mr. Tennant, he is Teh Smart.
Thanks for the great write-up Meredith! It’s nice to have such great note-takers in the audience.
What Dorothea fails to mention in her comment is that I asked to learn about her experience with DSpace at GMU, and she very helpfully replied with a long email that provided me with some of her insights and experience. I of course also recalled many of her blog postings about her institutional repository experiences as well. So….I can take some credit, but certainly not all. The great thing is that there are a lot of people out there now with experience doing this kind of thing, so anyone thinking about doing it shouldn’t be shy about contacting those of us who have some experience.


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Namsan is a recreational area for the citizens of Seoul as well as a major tourism site of Seoul. The greens of Namsan provide fresh vitality to Seoul.
Promenade course track 1: The track consists of a 3.2 km beltway that begins from the National Park. Road to Seoul Institute of Science Education or the opposite direction to the north can be taken.
Promenade course track 2: The track begins from Namsan Public Library and consists of a 30 minutes' walk to Seoul Tower by taking stairway.
Seoul Tower, which is one of the symbols of Seoul, is located at the top of Namsan. At a height of 479.7m (Namsan has an altitude of 243m and the height of Seoul Tower is 236.7m), the whole landscape of Seoul can be enjoyed.
Facilities at Seoul Tower include “Land of Fantasy,” 3D Video Hall, a revolving restaurant (Western), Skyland Restaurant (western and Korean) and Hankook (Korean).
To restore the original shape of Namsan, buildings in Hananam-dong were demolished in 1997. On the site, Namsan Botanical Garden was open in February 18, 1997. In an area of 59,241m2, the garden displays plants in 13 themes. A total of 117,132 trees (269 species) that can grow in Seoul are planted in the garden.
Namsan Cherry Blossoms Festival at Namsan Park. About 2,000 cherry trees for a picturesque image that mark the acme of spring.
Namsan Cable Car began operations in 1962. Every year, about 600 thousand use the cable car. The distance travelled by the cable car is about 600m and average speed is 3.2m/sec. One-way trip lasts about three minutes.


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St. Clair Tranquility Cascading Waterfall (Cd, 2000) Brand New Sealed!
The music discographies on this site are works in progress. If you notice that a particular St. Clair CD release or compilation is missing from the list above, please submit that CD using the CD submission page. The ultimate goal is to make the discographies here at Heavy Harmonies as complete as possible. Even if it is an obscure greatest-hits or live compilation CD, we want to add it to the site. Please only submit official CD releases; no bootlegs or cassette-only or LP-only releases.
EPs and CD-singles from St. Clair are also welcome to be added, as long as they are at least 4 songs in length.


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What is kidnapping? kidnapping is the crime of unlawfully seizing and carrying away a person by force or Fraud, or seizing and detaining a person against his or her will with an intent to carry that person away at a later time. In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that persons will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. This may be done for ransom or in furtherance of another crime, or in connection with a child custody dispute.
Is growing at a rapid rate. Cases are on the rise to return children from Western and Eastern European countries, the Middle East, North Africa and the Far East. There are very few companies that are currently offering the services that HSSE-GLOBAL can provide and those that do offer these services claim to be a lot more than they actually are. HSSE-GLOBAL personally knows other recovery companies and there is a large difference to what they claim to have as assets and what they actually have.
Parental Abduction is very traumatic for both the child (children) and the parents. A number of cases have risen dramatically but we can help you with your case.


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Located in Walla Walla, Washington, Whitman College is a liberal arts institution chartered in 1883. Today, the Whitman’s residential campus offers more than 35 departments and programs, houses its student body, and doubles as both an outdoor art museum and an arboretum. The college offers Signature Programs, which include text-based and off-campus studies such as the Outdoor Program and Semester in the West, as well as Honor Societies, Greek Life, and the 24/7 Penrose Library. Whitman College provides the Student Engagement Center to create plans for advanced study and “long-range occupational opportunities,” as well as Off-Campus Studies (OCS), or study abroad, with Semester Partner Programs, Faculty-led Courses, and summer options.
I would describe Whitman as my extended family. Everyone, from the professors to the students to the janitors, have been nothing but supportive since I have been here. I have met some of the most interesting and caring people here.
Whitman College is located in Walla Walla, Washington. Whitman College challenges you in every way possible: from academics to sports to the meaning of life. Whitman makes you question everything you know and on top of that expects the very best of you.


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TOP 7 Cafes You MUST Visit in Johor Bahru (2019) - SingaporeGO!
Want to cafe hop out of Singapore? Johor Bahru is your best bet!
Just across the causeway lies Johor Bahru, the ultimate cafe-hopping destination. Home to plenty of hipster cafes, the cafe scene in Johor Bahru is nothing short of wonderful – with a wider selection of food options at lower prices, what more can one ask for?
Johor is a foodie paradise but with so many gorgeous cafes around, it gets pretty difficult to fit everything into one short day.
For all the avid cafe hoppers out there, these are the 7 cafes you need to check out.
A rustic-looking cafe located in JB’s “Little India,” Faculty Of Caffeine is one of the few cafes that open pretty early at 9 am.
That said, you can head down here early and start your day off with a cup of cappuccino and a breakfast set from their extensive menu.
Faculty Of Caffeine caters to all customers at any time of the day, with its’ wide range of desserts, mains and light bites to choose from.
This cafe serves up international cuisines ranging from authentic Malaysian dishes to Korean delicacies like their signature Korean Fried Chicken.
When you’re here, you must try out their signature waffles, undeniably one of the best in town!
Located on the popular street of Jalan Dhoby, Flowers in the Window is just a short walk away from the border, making it an accessible location that is easy to find.
This wonderful garden-themed cafe offers a wide selection of food options like Asian-fusion mains, brunch, fresh sourdough, homemade cakes, as well as coffee and herb-infused teas!
As the name suggests, this spacious 2-storey cafe is nicely decorated with plants and flowers, creating an outdoor-like space. Surrounded by so much greenery, you will definitely feel uplifted and refreshed after your meal.
The food here is also served in generous portions at affordable prices so you most likely won’t break the bank here!
I highly recommend this as a must-try hangout if you’re in the area.
Oh and also, don’t forget to put on your best outfits because this cafe sure has many Instagrammable spots for you to snap away.
This is one of the coffee places that I will visit again in Johor Bahru.
One drink that most (if not all) customers will order is Sweet Rain. Sweet Rain is served with hot coffee or tea and a ball of cotton candy above it. The cotton candy is supposed to melt into the cup, but it didn’t go the way I expected it to be.
But on the overall, even if it doesn’t melt into the cup, the dried cotton candy at the side of the mug still taste as good.
53, Jalan Serampang, Taman Sri Tebrau Johor Bahru 80050,, Johor Malaysia.
Along a stretch of shophouses lies The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen, a 2-in-1 hotel and cafe. Conveniently located in the centre of Johor Bahru, this aesthetic cafe can be reached via a short 10 minutes walk from the causeway.
The interior of the cafe is decorated with white marble tiles, creating a minimalistic and stylish space with a cosy feel to it.
Apart from the Instagram worthy setting of this quaint cafe, the food served here is also top-notch and are sold at reasonable prices.
The food looks so appealing, doesn’t it? Wait, there’s more for you to feast your eyes on!
The churros here are to die for, you have to try it. I mean, it is the cafe’s speciality item after all so do give it a try even if you’re not a fan of churros! You can thank me later.
Craving for something sweet? We know just the place for you!
Located just around the corner from The Replacement, you can make a quick stop at this charming, fairytale-like cafe for a sweet treat. Shakespeare Milkshakes serve a wide variety of sweet treats ranging from speciality milkshakes to their signature soft serve ice cream and on-the-go treats.
Known for their renowned speciality milkshakes, I would say my favourite drink is their signature Kinder Bueno Milkshake.
The savoury croffles (croissant pressed between waffle iron) makes for a good pairing with their milkshakes, the perfect combo!
There are also board games available on level 2 which makes it perfect for catching up with your friends while indulging in the sweet treats that you’ve bought.
Come on, I know you’re tempted to try this out. A little sweetness won’t hurt, right?
Fun Fact: This cafe is opened by the same people behind The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen and Faculty Of Caffeine!
VDM Gallerie Cafe is a themed cafe, housing several themed rooms which makes for wonderful photo opportunities. In the day, you can head to any of their themed rooms to feast on your delicious meal while having a mini photo shoot!
For those who love fairy lights, it is advisable for you to head down after 7 pm at night.
There is a wide selection of dining options available so you definitely not run out of options here.
There is also a vegetarian menu available.
This glass house designed cafe located in Eco Spring features unique flavours such as Earl Grey Flavoured Milk Chocolate Mousse, Berry Cheesecake and so on. The rustic industrial exterior and spacious interior of the cafe creates a pleasant and soothing ambience for customers to indulge in the sweet delights.
Fans of Mandopop star Jay Chou will surely know the café scene in the music video for Handwritten Past 《手写的从前》where Jay chou sits in a wooden café with full-height glass panel.
With that scene in mind, Palladium Cafe recreated it and managed to attract a large volume of visitors to the café.


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The sexual assault trial of 79-year-old comedian Bill Cosby — who was commonly known as "America's Dad" — was declared a mistrial on Saturday after jurors failed to reach a verdict after six days of testimony and closing arguments.
A mistrial is a trial that has not reached its normal conclusion, has no legal consequences, and is considered invalid. Though numerous factors can result in a mistrial, including lack of jurisdiction and incorrect jury selection, a hung jury — a jury that's unable to unanimously come to a verdict — is the most common reason.


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This website is dedicated to the memory of our father, Pete Leggett.
He devoted his life to his family, friends, and trapping.
children - Ronald, Alethea, Craig, and Juanese.
youngest son, Craig, his wife Brenda, and their three sons.
• Taking their knowledge and sharing it with countless other people over the past 54 years.
• Promoting unity amongst all wildlife user groups.
• Ron was an instructor at Fur Taker's College for 16 years.
• Developed a billboard and bumper sticker program called "People Before Animals"
in order to educate the public.
• Developed the "Trapper's Helper" and "Trapper's Bag".
• Developed their own line of lures - "K-9 Exciter"
• Authored two books and two videos on how to trap.
• Owned and operated their trapping supply store.

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Yes, run it against a number of previous years.
That's very interesting. Thanks for posting all that.
Wanna hit Vegas with me?
I went into convulsions once you metioned McNamara. He still haunts my dreams.
Thanks! we'll see what my professor says!
Send this to the athletic dept. Very interesting data.
Can I use this to make my bracket next year?
Coolest project ever. Thanks for sharing!
I like the analysis. Good work!

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Another high school winter sports season is complete, culminating with the basketball and hockey championship games. A canvas of lifetime memories and dashed dreams. I watched a number of hockey and basketball games at the Boston Garden and found myself impressed with the discipline, control and passion of the Brighton High School basketball team.
I looked at the coach pacing in front of his bench in his bright orange sweater and thought he looked very familiar. He most certainly was. His name is Hugh Coleman. I first met Hugh in 1997 when he was a senior at Charlestown High School. Like many of the students who were bussed to school, Hugh was up each day a 6:00 a.m., rode a bus to Charlestown, practiced and got back home to Dorchester well after dinner. Hugh was the oldest of nine children. His mother, battling drug and alcohol abuse, was rarely home. Hugh raised eight younger brothers and sisters by himself. Nobody from his family ever went to college. Hugh studied hard and never let the burden of his home life deter him from his dreams.
He wound up going to Bowdoin College where he graduated after scoring more than 1,000 points and still is the Polar Bears all time three point king. As I watched him coach his team in the Boston Garden on the way to Brighton's first EMASS title, I wondered how his life had evolved. After the game I sought him out in the hallway.
"Mr. Lynch," he bellowed (he's 33 years old now he can call me Mike).
We embraced and he introduced me to his young son. He told me he is teaching English and Business at the Burke HS in Boston in addition to his coaching duties at Brighton. He proudly boasted that all eight of his younger brothers and sisters have either finished college or are all still in school.
"This is the life I have chosen because sports gave me my life back," said Hugh. "Every day I have a chance to make a positive impact on a student's life. I don't go into particulars about my background, but I can identify with a teenager who feels that his life is a dead end. Sports without an education can be a dead end. I think I've made an impact but I have a long way to go to settle up for all the people that helped me along the way."
You think you've got it rough? Talk to Hugh, he'll set you straight.


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Find out more about these Sweepstakes from Crate and Barrel, Clarks, and Del Monte in today's SweepstakesLovers Daily Round Up.

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IPM Spain is a trusted real estate agency on the Spanish Costa.
Since July 1989 we are active in the sale, rental, construction and renovation of houses.
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text: Kate Spencer is Managing Partner at Langland USA. Kate established U.K.-based Langland’s Clinical Trial Recruitment (CTR) communications offering and successfully led the CTR team in support of more than 400 trials across the world. In 2016, she established Langland’s first U.S. office where she continues to scale the business and replicate the Langland brand internationally.


text: I am in my last few months of school and we required to write a paper on technology. While shopping with my girlfriend the other day, the topic hit me like a ton of bricks. What’s the deal with the HVAC systems in large shopping malls and why doesn’t the system work the same in different areas? iAs we walked through the stores I started to formulate my paper. I wanted to understand HVAC systems better and know what went into the design and layout. You see, you can go from one shop to the next and feel freezing cold or boiling hot. That just doesn’t make any sense to me. It still seems shocking that there is no way to coordinate the HVAC systems and the programs that they use to cool and heat evenly throughout the stores. The HVAC systems should be designed by the HVAC providers as they are the ones who are professionals. I think that sometimes, contractors are hired to install the systems and they just put the ductwork, air vents, and dampers where they think they should go. If the system is installed incorrectly then you can’t expect any program to run efficiently. I will have to pay a visit to my local HVAC dealer for some statistics and advice on my paper but I think it will be a grade A paper at any rate. Who knows, maybe after high school I will decide to go to a trade school and go into the HVAC business myself. It would be a great job and I have heard that technicians are in high demand.

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This Sheffield born former architect and prolific mark-maker has been painting professionally for over two decades. A keen observer of people, home and abroad, he chooses pure watercolour , with occasional forays into mixed media, to capture the subjects of his Fine Art paintings. The built environment, the spaces in and around buildings and the comings and goings of the people who occupy them are all subjects which often grab his attention, with mood, atmosphere and most of all light his prime focus. Scenes are painted either on the spot (he rarely travels far without a sketch pad and painting materials) or in a more detailed style at his Sheffield base, from sketches, notes and photographs made en plein air.
Allocating his time between Fine Art painting and Art Education his commitments include Art and Design residencies in primary and secondary schools; tutoring in life drawing at Sheffield's Millennium Gallery and lecturing in Observation and Communication at Hallam University. With 20 years of teaching experience, Brian has introduced innumerable students to the world of watercolour painting, through his regular painting courses and personal tuition.
As an experienced speaker and demonstrator, whether to Art Groups or the uninitiated, his painting workshops and trouble-shooting "surgeries" provide a fascinating insight into how an artist views the world.
"Brian's enthusiasm and skill are inspiring, and have encouraged us to tackle challenging subjects, providing us with a real sense of achievement. As well as building our skills, he is teaching us to see and think like artists"
Mary Dalgleish; Chair Nether Green Art Group.
Fantastic water colour prints by Sheffield artist Brian Smith,Printed on Archival paper and mounted ..

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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text: George Flagg was originally designed as a widening project. But after discussions with the city it was redesigned as a total replacement. The existing roadway was crushed and re-used as special backfill mixing with fly ash to provide a stabilized base. Completed with full depth asphalt pavement the project was just over a mile in length, with very narrow grading limits. Work space was limited which made the crushing operation difficult. The material had to be trucked around and installed behind the crusher. Weather became a challenge as well, the project is within the Raccoon River flood plain and with heavy spring rains a portion of the project was flooded after the base course had been installed, but before surface could be placed. Work was completed June 2017.


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With the threat of closing the U.S./Mexico border looming, people whose lives do not intersect with the border on a regular basis are thinking more about the border than usual. But before this recent wave of attention, artists have been drawn to the border and have been drawing attention to the myriad issues it raises through performances, street art, public art, photography, and augmented reality (AR).
Artists Tae Hwang and MR Barnadas have worked with participants in both Tijuana and San Diego to form an arts collective known as Collective Magpie. In a Close(d) Relationship (2017-8) features collaborative work that Hwang and Barnanadas organized and facilitated through seminars titled “Transnational Seminars I & II.” These were “experimental classes” conducted with local college students from both sides of the border. In Transnational Seminar II, for example, students from University of California, San Diego, and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, came together to produce public street theater in both cities. They formed a parade, wearing handmade costumes dressed as President Trump’s border wall prototypes — serving layered and multiple functions. First these performances brought humor and dialogue to a fraught subject. Second, in wearing the border prototypes on their physical bodies, students’ performative act physically provided an important reminder of the corporeal reality that underlies the topic of the border — human lives.
In Borrando La Frontera, or Erasing the Border, Ana Teresa Fernández began painting the border to match the sky behind, consequently appearing to “erase” the border. Of her work and motivation, Jill Holslin writes, “Ana Teresa Fernández’s own journey — crossing the Tijuana-San Diego border to study and build her career— mirrors the route north taken by millions of women who have come from southern and central Mexico to work in the maquiladoras and make a better life for themselves and their families.” In this way, Fernández speaks to the communities and families to whom the border stands as a liminal and Janus-faced being. Her work highlights the complexity of the border — it simultaneously offers opportunities to those who can make it across, while also standing as an authoritarian barrier to entry to many others, a symbol of hard-lined immigration policies that aim to prevent people from migrating to the United States. Fernández’s work is currently on view in JoAnne Northrup and Ed Ruscha’s sweeping exhibit UnSettled: Art on the New Frontier at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
In fact, many U.S. citizens live in Mexican border towns in order to be with their “deported American” family members. This seemingly contradictory term is explored in a new book looking at first generation immigrants who migrated to the U.S. as children. Their lives are more culturally similar to the children of immigrants because they were socialized and educated in the United States. Commonly referred to as Dreamers, thousands are deported by the U.S. each year. For this population, deportation does not feel like being sent “home.” Rather, it feels like exile or banishment. Their American family members cross the border to visit on the weekends, or, in many cases, move to the Mexican side of the border and cross into the U.S. on a daily basis to go to work and school. For these families, the prospect of a border shutdown is upsetting, because a closed border would separate them from one another.
Utilizing augmented reality to bring attention to the border for just this reason, Beatriz Cortez’s sculpture Tzolk’in can be seen through Nancy Baker Cahill’s much celebrated 4th Wall App in her AR group exhibition, entitled Coordinates. Here, viewers can download the free app and use their phones to view site-specific works of art (locked to GPS coordinates) by six artists, including Cahill and Cortez. An AR version of Cortez’s sculpture, which most recently showed at the Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. biennial, can be seen from Bowtie Park, California, and by the Rio Grande in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Cortez chose the locations specifically to publicly memorialize Claudia Patricia Gómez González, a 20-year-old indigenous Mayan woman from Guatemala who was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year. She had crossed in hopes of furthering her education and reuniting with her childhood sweetheart Yosimar Morales, who had migrated to Virginia the year before.
In Tom Kiefer’s El Sueño Americano (The American Dream), Kiefer puts like items together in photographs, creating a sort of memento mori still life, based on items found when he worked as a janitor at a Customs and Border Protection center in Arizona. As migrants crossed into the U.S., border patrol would confiscate items that were seen as either dangerous or nonessential. Working there for over ten years, Kiefer began to salvage these items that were trashed after confiscation and then he started photographing them in 2007. In one particularly powerful work entitled Billfolds and Wallets (2013), Kiefer has arranged a grid of approximately 90 wallets that were taken and discarded by Border Patrol agents. In his words, “They’d still have their identification in the wallet . . . And credit cards. It was just cruel. They were safe with me, but it didn’t seem right that the janitor could find this. These should be secure.” Through his photographs, Kiefer not only reminds viewers to see the remnants of very human lives, but also questions some of the practices of Customs and Border Patrol. He has multiple exhibits in 2019, including shows at the Fuller Craft Museum and UMBC now.
In contrast, Cosimo Cavallaro is using his art to “Make America Grate Again” by building a wall made of expired cotija cheese. By the end of last month, his cheese wall was already five feet tall and thirty feet long, located just in front of the border wall in Tecate, California. Although the project does bring some humor and levity to a serious topic, Cavallaro has bigger motivations. Through his wall, Cavallaro brings attention to the waste associated with border costs. In visualizing waste using cheese, Cavallaro hopes that people will understand the similar political and monetary waste of the ongoing border wall debates and construction costs. He is collecting donations and selling merchandise with the ultimate goal of making the wall 1000 feet in long.
Through art, all of the artists discussed are using their work to force and ask viewers to physically “see” the border, and the United States’ relationship to it, differently — whether through border performances, humorous interventions, sobering memorials, and reminders of the human lives affected by the wall, artists challenge the public to consider the social relevance of immigration and migration in entirely different and more humane ways.
Ellen C. Caldwell is Los Angeles Art Critic at Riot Material Magazine. Ms. Caldwell is an LA-born and -based art historian, writer, and educator, Ellen C. Caldwell reflects upon art, visual culture, identity, memory, and history for JSTOR Daily and New American Paintings. To see more of Ms. Caldwell’s work, visit eclaire.me.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


text: Gabriel represents one of the more unusual surnames that is more frequently used as a given name. The surname associated with the Gabriel family history is derived from the Hebrew word Gavriel, meaning God has given me strength. Many names that originated in France during the Middle Ages were transcribed through word of mouth, which resulted in numerous different spellings of Gabriel, including Gabriault, Gabriell, and Gabrelle. The first member of the Gabriel genealogy to arrive in the United States was Antoine Gabriel, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719. A well-known person in Gabriel family history is Ange-Jacques Gabriel, a French architect.


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It is hard to imagine that someone is living in America who hasn’t heard of OSI Group or even saw the name on a pack of products. OSI Group is a global meat processing company that supplies meat to retailers and people in the food industry.
In the early 1900s when Germans inhabited a quarter of Chicago, one Mr. Otto Kolschowsky opened a retail market and a butchery to serve his community. By 1919, he had begun another one in Maywood, Chicago. In 1928, the business was named Otto & Sons, and it continued to expand to become an essential wholesale business or the American. In 1945, Oto’s sons agreed with a person called Ray Kroc. He was an employee of Richard and Maurice McDonald in their family restaurant. Kroc had just opened a second McDonald’s restaurant and agreed to have Otto & Sons deliver him meat for the burgers made at the restaurant.
After a few years, Kroc bought the two McDonald’s and expanded them using the franchise mode. At this point, Otto & Sons were one among a hundred suppliers of ground meat. However, the technological breakthrough in the late 60s made it possible for Otto’s sons to preserve their product at an affordable price. As a result of their close ties with Mr. Kroc, Otto’s business was able to supply meat to many of the McDonald’s restaurants hence making them among the top four suppliers.
In a bid to better handle their business with the McDonald’s food chain, they built their first plant dedicated to flash freezing patties for the McDonald’s hamburgers. They took up the name OSI Industries in 1975 as part of the expansion. As McDonald’s veered into the national platform, OSI Group followed suit. The growth of the duo was accompanied by many alterations that saw Mr. Sheldon Lavin become the CEO of OSI Industries.
Other changes that proceeded these include K&K foods from Taiwan and Nation Pizza and Foods (USA) among many others. OSI Group’s expansion saw them open other plants such as the LEED-Certified plant in Poland. OSI acquires UK’s Flagship Europe.
OSI Group diversified their protein production to include various types of meat, beans, tofu products and pizza among others. Recently, OSI Group had an estimated value of $6.1 billion and was ranked #58 on Forbes List of America’s Largest Private Companies.


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1st read of the year.
I recently finished reading my 1st book of the year, Chasing the Dead, by Joe Schreiber (he maintains a cool blog at http://scaryparent.blogspot.com/). This was a fun, quick read, full of thrills that whirled by at a heart-throttling pace (and indeed, at 250 pages, this one goes by in one or two sittings). I like books like these. It reminded me of a stripped down Koontz offering, if such a thing existed. Believable characters thrown into unbelievable circumstances. My favorite thrillers tend to be of the “everyman” subgenre. I want to read about average people, not police officers/detectives, CSI people, lawyers, etc, etc. If that kind of thriller appeals to you, pick up a copy of Schreiber’s Chasing the Dead.


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Vijay is a middle-class guy who just got his first job after college and wants to buy an iPhone 6 for Rs. 45,000. He obviously doesn’t have enough money to buy it in one shot and he doesn’t have a credit card (like 98% or more people). He can go for a loan but the banks would ask for collaterals/salary statements; banks don’t give money to those who need it the most. What if he went to an e-commerce site and saw a great deal on the phone and wanted to buy it there and then? Do you think he has any options? Well, very soon he will have options. A credit product is coming to your favorite e-commerce sites that is instant, on-demand and can fill the credit card gap in India. ZestMoney provides an on-demand instant credit, an instant digital EMI of sorts. I think it’s one of the most exciting FinTech companies in India this year – one that will revolutionize the way you buy online.
With growing income levels and the burgeoning middle-class, we are seeing unprecedented levels of consumerism in India. And it’s not just about the fancy restaurants that people are going to or shiny new vehicles they are buying but it’s also about the electronic products and lifestyle products they are buying. People are buying more and they are buying online. The aspiration to possess the latest gadgets and lifestyle products is also increasing. Now, instead of buying a low-budget phone, more than half of the population aspires to buy a fancy smartphone. Most of such consumers are salaried employees who don’t have the immediate spending power to fulfill their aspirations and so they love EMIs. For a salaried employee, no matter how much money you make, there’s is a big burden to remain financially healthy, maintain a budget, pay off debt, build an emergency fund, save for retirement and invest. The only option left for them is taking secured or unsecured personal loans or taking credit through credit cards. Loans can take a lot of time to get sanctioned and disbursed. And credit cards have a big problem in this country which is that most of the people don’t have credit cards. Overall we have only 22.74 million credit cards in this country as opposed to 643 million debit cards. Alternative offline credit solutions such as gold-based (collateral) lending have filled some of the latent demand, but the young, urban digital consumer is still largely underserved, especially when it comes to instant purchases. Why can’t you have a loan when you want it, such as at the time of purchase?
It’s good to finally see a deep FinTech startup emerge in India and target e-commerce purchases. ZestMoney wants to revolutionize the online payment experience with instant credit and probably kill the credit card (which is already small numbers). I met the founders of the company and they bring in the relevant experience to the table.
Lizzie Chapman is the Co-founder and CEO at ZestMoney and has previously worked with DBS bank (helped to build India’s first mobile-only bank), Wonga (credit products) and Goldman Sachs.
Priya Sharma is the Co-founder and CFO/COO at ZestMoney. Priya has the experience of working with firms such as Wonga, Deloitte, Merill Lynch and Sapient.
Ashish Anantharaman is the Co-founder and CTO at ZestMoney. He has 19 years experience in the payments industry.
ZestMoney gives wings to people’s aspiration by enabling consumers to finance their online purchases anytime, in a simple and transparent way, without the need for a credit card.
Shop: Customer notices Zest EMI pricing on product pages, prompting conversion.
Create EMI: Customer selects Zest at the checkout; generates EMI. New Zest customers can sign up at checkout.
Product Ships: Zest verifies account details and confirms the purchase. Zest authorizes settlement with the merchant. Merchant processes order.
Monthly Repayment: Zest services loans directly with the customer.
Boost conversions: ZestMoney boosts merchant’s checkout conversion by making shopping on their site and app affordable, smoother and instant with a seamless sign-up process for their customers.
Increase average order size: Splitting a purchase into flexible monthly EMIs makes customers feel good about a bigger basket. Customers are more likely to "upsize" their purchase when ZestMoney financing is available.
Attract customers: Enabling instant checkout financing to customers who may not have access to traditional credit card EMI. ZestMoney EMI appeals to a younger crowd who don't want a credit card or personal loan.
Reduce cash collection cycle: ZestMoney enables immediate settlement to the merchant and removes fraud and credit risk. Zest handles all ongoing communication with the customer, collections and servicing.
ZestMoney provides the option of an upfront settlement, zero customer credit risk and full customer service to its customers. It’s a combination of a payment product and an instant loan product and both of these can help merchants in a big way if done right. They do a calculated risk the first time a new user makes a purchase using their system but the advance analytics based on robust data set makes it feasible. They also make the customer co-pay some amount to reduce the risk further.
ZestMoney works on B2B2C strategy, resulting in low customer acquisition cost.
The company was founded in 2015 and has received initial investments (seed round) from Ribbit Capital, Omidyar Network, DMI Finance, founder of Billpay, and families behind a few of India's biggest NBFCs. What fundamentally differentiates Zest is their propensity and ability to process and utilize enormous sets of raw data. The company heavily relies on raw data obtained from various sources (including credit bureaus) and uses it to calculate their own metrics to take decisions. The company makes use of credit bureau and other third-party data in its most granular form, rather than the typically less-predictive aggregated scoring approaches (CIBIL score). The majority of their customers are young people who either do not have any financial history so far or have a “thin” file, which means that the CIBIL score is meaningless for them.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Rupert Goodwins: Intel's new BIOS replacement promises to liberate the industry from the limits of the old way - but will it remove old freedoms at the same time?
Reporting from the Intel Developer Forum last month, I covered an Intel initiative called the Extensible Firmware Interface, or EFI. It was, I thought, a solid but unexciting story: Intel plans to popularise a tiny operating system designed to replace the PC's BIOS. And why not? The BIOS -- basic input output system -- is a real reptilian hindbrain hangover from the 1981 birth of the PC. It's a chunk of hand-crafted assembly language programming, the sort that looks like it's been encrypted even when it hasn't. Keeping it up to date in the modern world has been like trying to teach a crocodile to tango. Intel's proposal is focused, clever and apposite.
What the BIOS does is absolutely vital to modern computing: it holds the instructions that the computer runs first thing in the morning. It has the low-level magic that ensures that the computer's memory controller, hard disk interface, video card and so on all turn on properly: it wakes up the motherboard's workforce and gets them ready for the operating system. This has to work with whichever of a zillion different expansion options are ready -- many with their own bits of BIOS -- and it has to be uncommonly reliable. As there's no operating system loaded when the BIOS runs, and as it has to live in the restricted confines of a flash memory chip, it has to be minuscule and very highly optimised -- hence the handwritten assembler. You can't do that sort of thing in C or Java.
EFI updates the plot. Instead of the BIOS, there's a very small -- tiny enough to live on a chip -- operating system. It knows just enough to load more of itself from disk, talk over the network and handle basic files. It also has a small interpreter that can run programs originally written in C -- or whatever -- and compiled to byte code, like Java. People who need to write BIOS-type programs can now write proper software, turn them into byte code and know that they'll run on any EFI system. Intel says that this could mean the end of people having to write separate low-level drivers to make their expansion cards run in different classes of system, and the start of lots of really useful little utilities to help debug problems with hardware on PCs. All very welcome -- but there's another side.
The original BIOS defined the dynamics of the whole early PC industry. IBM was very open about its original PC -- it published all the circuit diagrams and the complete listing of the BIOS in the famous IBM PC Technical Reference Manual. This was unheard of at the time: the purple-covered ringbound book, known universally as the TechRef, was a guarantee that if you were building add-ons or writing software, you knew exactly what you were aiming for. You could examine every detail of the PC, and the TechRef soon became holy writ in R&D labs around the world.
But woe betide you if you tried to copy any of it. IBM was open in publishing the details under the hood because it had great faith in its army of intellectual property lawyers. Hence the flood of almost-compatible computers that came with their own versions of MS-DOS: without the same BIOS, they couldn't run real IBM compatible software. And as many people wrote software that demanded the original IBM BIOS and other hardware details for performance's sake -- 4.77MHz processors left little room for sloppiness -- this meant that the PC itself kept its status as the gold standard of desktop computers. IBM, needless to say, had no interest in selling its BIOS to competitors.
Until Compaq came along. It pulled off a stunt previously thought impossible: it produced a working BIOS that was entirely IBM-compatible but didn't contain any of IBM's intellectual property. The company found bright young engineers who had never so much as peeked inside a PC, let alone the TechRef, and gave them a description of what the BIOS did. They were then thrown into programmers' purdah, forbidden to talk to anyone who might contaminate them with details of what went on inside IBM's chip. The code they produced did everything the IBM BIOS did, but stood up to intensive forensic examination by Big Blue's lawyers: they couldn't be touched.
The rumour is that IBM tried very hard to find a flaw in Compaq's legal defence. They failed, and the market in true compatibles took off. IBM made a desperate attempt to regain control of the PC world with its radically different PS/2 range, but by then it was too late. These days, with much tougher copyright and IP laws, it's unlikely Compaq would have got away with it -- and the PC market would be five years behind where it is now.
With EFI, Intel has the chance to re-establish proprietary control over the BIOS. With that control, it could also introduce much tougher digital rights management -- on its terms. The industry should not be seduced by all the good things in EFI if the downside is going to be so regressive: nobody wants more monopoly control. Intel has said that it's not going into the BIOS business: it should go further and say that it won't stop anyone else from doing so.


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Fifty Sandwiches has been featured in over 50 publications nationwide. If you have any interest in covering Fifty Sandwiches, please email info@fiftysandwiches.com.
Boise man’s cross-country trip will document homelessness in the U.S.

industry_corpus2: Media & Journalism


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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications