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Best Percussion Synth / Soundfont for Modern Metal Drum Sound?
I see you guys talking about Superior Drummer, Session Drummer and etc...but I never really hear what I'd consider a modern, even djent, metal drum sound from anyone to know if they're what I need or not. Looking for something with a tight snare, higher pitched but less "snares" in the sound, like a Danny Carey or Tomas Haake snare. A kick drum with punch and depth, toms that sound like drums but have that deep thundery finish. Cymbals and hats should be clean, not washy.
Where in the world am I going to get that sound without mic'ing and eq'ing a real kit?
Any help would be appreciated. I realize there aren't a lot of metal fans running around here, but I'm confident you guys know what I'm going for here. Thanks, in advance.
In both Superior Drummer & Session Drummer the drums are pre-treated, so you're limited to an extent as to how you can further treat the sound to get what you want.
Addictive Drums 2 on the other hand is just raw samples with the AD2 engine applying its effects afterwards.
Assuming they've sampled the drums of your choice, you should be able to get the sound you want by either altering the effects within AD2 itself, or routing the output to individual busses and using whatever 3rd party plugins you want.
There are quite a few ways to tackle this, and there are samples all over. The ones that are pre-treated you may find frustrating, so raw samples into an FX chain may be the best route, but the sample player is another choice. With something like AD2, you can tailor both inside and outside the plugin, but AD2 won't let you import samples. Session Drummer, third-party players, or even Matrix View can be used to trigger samples, but you may find a preferred work flow just playing around.
Big thing (since this can be a lot of work) is to save your "kit" as a track template as you build it up. There is no "quick and dirty" solution to tailoring a kit (some third-party stuff is rather close though), and you will want to be able to recall it for future use after doing all of that work (you can put the kit into a folder and save the entire folder as a track template).
Thanks fellas. I see what you mean about pre-treated samples vs raw samples. I was looking at Superior Drummer 3 and was incredibly impressed with the interface filtering and sound shaping qualities, including tuning up and tuning down individual drums, that's pretty cool. Seems like you could really cobble together a fairly unique kit. But...wow, 400 bucks. Ouch. I can't spend that much.
AD2 is looking really good. I have some videos stacked up in Youtube on AD2 I'm going to go through today and see what kind of samples they have, see what's possible. AD2 XLN is looking really interesting.
Mettelus, saving the "kit" is a pretty big deal. I won't lie, I've been working with MIDI for a couple of decades now, and I still struggle to understand all the routing and mapping, and what those words even mean sometimes. It's a love-hate relationship. The track template seems like the way to go, once all that work is done. Is that supported in Sonar X1? I can't get Cakewalk by Bandlab as I have no internet connection from that computer and never will.
Anyway, thanks for the replies, I'm going to go check this out now.
If you're considering using your own samples, be extra careful to read the "small print" on any drums VSTi that claims to support them.
1. They use samples that are sampled at different velocities (i.e. multisamples), so you get a realistic timbre change depending on how hard you hit the drum.
2. They use several different multisamples of the above, and choose them either in a round-robin or random way. In other words they'll sample each drum say 2 or 3 times at each velocity, so if you play the same drum at the same velocity twice, you'll actually get two slightly different samples.
None of the drum vsti's I've seen support the above for IMPORTED samples. They just support one sample at one velocity setting. I've not done an extensive test of all the available drum vsti's though.
So if you are using samples of your own kit, going the soundfont (or sfz, or Kontakt) is actually not a bad idea.
But anyway, it's just something to bear in mind.
Oof, was going to mention X3 or better in my post. IIRC, track templates were introduced in X3. Project templates are an alternative, but you cannot insert them, only start from them in X1.
CbB just needs the connection to activate, and you can download and transfer the file over, but is tricky (a few threads discuss this). Even tethering a cell to the computer would be worth the effort to put CbB on the machine IMHO. X1d is still carrying issues that got fixed/improved with X3e onward.
AD2 is pretty capable, and you can disable the internal effects to hear the raw samples. It is amazing how much you can manipulate an acoustic drum even with just the AD2 engine.
You don't need track templates to save kits, since all drum samplers offer a way to do that through presets. Track templates are only needed when you have complex routing, e.g. individual MIDI and/or audio tracks for each kit piece or group of pieces.
Even without integrated DAW support for templates, you can still get pretty fancy with your audio routing entirely within Superior Drummer, because it includes a full-featured mixer. It also comes with a bunch of presets, although I can't address them because I've never actually used them. When I took a look at them, they seemed to be overly effected and designed to make a drum solo sound good rather than to fit into a mix.
I've got BFD3, and it has a LOT of adjustability. You have controls for pitch, snare amount, drum bleed, separate mic controls for top head and bottom head, etc, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I'm using the Sonic Reality Vinny Appice kit right now, and am really happy with it.
Thank you, mettelus. I'm going to search for those threads and see if I can do that. I would really like CbB.
I am on the fence about this. In the past, I used to write or play my electronic kit into a single MIDI drum track. Spend hours playing with velocities and such. 20 years of that and that's what burned me out to the point I stopped even recording, dreading the drum production work.
Seems like if I route pieces and groups of pieces to various tracks, then I could use my Bluejay Soundfont for toms, kick, hi-hats, some cymbals and rides...and then be able to use samples from some other source for the snare, maybe more cymbals and rides...and it wouldn't matter where the sample source was, I'd always end up with the same essential set of tracks with compression and EQ.
Or is there a better way to approach this?
Hey thanks for the tip Lead...but that's as expensive as Superior Drummer 3, I think. It's worth it, but I have no money for that. All my money is going into the house we're building. I love the top head, bottom head option as I have a thing for the top mic'd snare sound. It would be interesting to hear a snare sound with the bottom head mic muted. That's how I like mine when I'm mic'd up.
I don'y know about metal drums or any other drum machine than AD2, but a coupe of things come to mind that I know AD2 is good at.
Regards messing around with velocities. AD2 has a Beat Transform function for manipulating velocities that's extremely intuitive helps dial in the dynamics very well. It works with the internal midi parts, or you can just drag your own in from the midi track. It breaks the kits into parts, so all snares are grouped together, hat's together etc. so you can adjust these against each other, and get the tone you are after through velcities. You can also push and pull the accents for 8ths and 16ths, ad et the velocity dynamic range as a whole. Then drag the part back ou to the midi track. It's really worth messing with to get potential it provides.
Additionally, if you then want to separate the parts out as yo can with the CAL suggestion above. Before dragging back out to the midi track, you can mute by group. and just rag out the unmuted group to the idi track. So it you want to use just a snare group from another sample player, you mute everything but the snare, nd drag the snare to one midi track, and then mute just the snare and drag that to another track. So easy to separate the parts up this way.
All though AD mainly replicates realistic kits, I know the DnB programmers use AD2 a lot, because of it's envelopes on the raw samples. The tools to change the shape of before and geting them punchy and short for fast playing, may transfer to metal programming well.
BTW, if you think of going for AD2, wait a few weeks, they are always in Black Friday sales, and you'll get over 50% with JRR, Audio Delux etc. The Custom pack will get you 3 kits, 3 kit pieces and 3 midi packs.
They have United Heavy, and Metal might be the most suited to you. Note sure which other would work well or metal, they have Black velvet too.
+1, Black Friday is good to be patient for. Pretty much every VST will be on sale then, so getting research done prior will help greatly when the temptations hit full force.
Awesome, thanks fellas. Black Friday is just fine timing for me, too.
I took mettelus' advice and found a thread by Cactus Music about getting CbB installed without an internet connection for the download part. I got CbB installed on the DAW machine, demo mode, and tonight I'll put it online for a minute or so to get the activation done so I'll have full functionality.
Then I can take some time to get to know CbB and play with the MIDI, find a good work flow solution and pull the trigger on something on Black Friday.
AD2 is sounding really good, right now.
Voda, check KVR for AD2.....I got a lot of my adpaks from there.
I picked up the United Heavy and Black Velvet kits with an XLN AD2 Custom kit holiday deal from JRR a while back, on a holiday special.
Those are some kickin' kits!!! I think United Heavy is my favorite! For the money, AD2 is the bang for the buck! Got 3 kits for less than $64 total.
Do they have snare sounds with that top mic sound? I am not a fan of most snares on most music, I like that quickly decaying "snare" with a top mic kind of knocking punch.
A great deal of sound modification and FX are available inside the AD2 engine itself, but you can also route the outputs to separate tracks/busses if you want to add things not inside the engine. This is where Track templates come in handy (to save those routings and FX), but also be careful doing this... delay-based FX (especially reverbs) are generally best left at the end of audio FX chains, so if you put FX on busses it is better to use them there, rather than inside the AD2 engine (for the pieces you modify externally).
Before committing to kits from AD2, do a good run-through on the internal FX abilities. A lot of what you are looking for will be in there already.
AD2 also has a Metal ADpak. Be aware that the pre-made beats/sounds in those packs are not "all there is" to them (e.g., the Metal kit comes with drums/beats tailored to typical Metal usage, but you can tone them down dramatically as well, and similarly with other kits). The Black Velvet kit has gotten the most use on my end. In choosing "3 free ADpaks" (if you get that deal), it is better to diversify sounds as much as possible to get the biggest set of possibilities from them.
With the snare there is fader to balance between the top mic and bottom mic. And with the Kick a mic on the front and the beater. This is for all snares and Kicks.
You can then also adjust the decay further with the envelope.
What I think XLN has done is to create a decent drum recording room in a box. If you know how to mic and EQ a real kit, you should be able to geek out with the controls in AD2.
And after you get the kit sounding the way you like using the XLN mixer and effects, you can route the audio over multi outs to your DAW and process the channels using plugin FX on separate audio tracks.
Here's an MP3 "Clyp" of a few patterns from the AD2 "Diabolic" MIDIpak, played with the AD2 "United Heavy" kit. The preset kit used was "PCD Pwr To The Metal".
All of the kit settings were left as is, routed a single stereo output to the DAW, and no processing was used other than a quick mixdown through Ozone Elements using the "Full Master" preset (EQ and Maximizer), before exporting the demo to MP3.
I auditioned these patterns through a number of kits that I have, and I think this one is the best I have for this genre. I don't have the Metal kit, and the MIDIpak patterns were from the previews in my copy of AD2.

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This coming Easter Sunday's message will be: "Victory" from I Corinthians 15:54b-58.
Sunday April 21 Easter Celebration breakfast @ 9:30 Am.
Sunday April 28 Women in church Leadership: the Inclusive Conviction 5:30-6:50pm.
May 25 Community Picnic: 11:00 - 3:00.
Please feel free to join us This Sunday.


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When your logging equipment needs a new or remanufactured engine or transmission, Pacific Power Group’s team is here to provide expert assistance. With decades of experience powering a wide range of logging equipment and service that’s trusted by logging companies across the Northwest, PPG has what it takes to power your equipment for peak performance.
We offer remanufactured Detroit Diesel engines and Allison Transmissions that provide reliable, heavy-duty performance.
Take advantage of our unmatched logging industry experience. With decades of expertise, we have the knowledge to power your equipment with success.
Our team works to support your business and machinery from start to finish throughout your project.
Detroit Diesel Series 60 remanufactured engines can restore your logging equipment to like-new performance. Detroit’s craftsmanship is trusted by customers across the U.S. and can reduce operating costs and equipment downtime.
Allison remanufactured transmissions offer relentless quality for logging equipment. Allison ReTran remanufactured transmissions are rebuilt exclusively with Allison Genuine Parts to meet original factory build specs and provide a more reliable and durable remanufactured transmission.


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Despite the recent burst of wintery weather, spring has officially hit our shores! Soon we’ll be seeing flowers blooming, temperatures rising and a new season wardrobe.
Now is the perfect time to start preparing your skin with our simple 4 step body detox routine to help improve circulation, exfoliate and deeply hydrate the skin.
Using our Body Brush, made from natural cactus sisal bristles, before bathing or showering will stimulate circulation, help release toxins, exfoliate the skin and reduce ingrown hairs.
For maximum results, use it directly on dry skin in gentle upward strokes towards the heart, starting from your feet and ending at your chest and décolletage. Use before bathing or showering.
Pour a small amount of our Natural Exfoliating Grains in the palm of your hands and combine it with a couple of pumps of our Revive Body Wash for an invigorating in-shower exfoliation that will polish and soften skin from head to toe.
Massage our Revive Body Gel into your skin after you shower, focusing on areas of concern, such as hips, thighs, stomach and arms. The revitalising properties of grapefruit, rosemary and juniper will even-out your skin tone and texture, maintain a healthy circulation and with continued use, reduce the appearance of cellulite.
Lastly, smooth a couple of pumps of our Revive Massage & Body Oil into your skin for deeply nourished, glowing skin.
The combination of coconut, jojoba and peach kernel oils, along with grapefruit, rosemary and juniper will leave skin smooth, even and radiant, so you can confidently bare your skin when the sun comes out without any inhibitions!
We are now offering a FREE body brush worth £13, when you spend £60 or more online, enjoy!

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text: Prof. Carlos Fontes, received his DScAgr degree in 1991 from the Technical University of Lisbon. Working at Prof. Harry J. Gilbert laboratory, he was awarded the PhD degree in 1995, by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK). Work developed by Prof. Carlos Fontes research group, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lisbon, provided several relevant contributions in the fields of carbohydrate bioengineeringand the function of plant cell wall degrading protein complexes (also termed cellulosomes) (Brás et al., 2011; Brás et al., 2012; Luís et al., 2013; Montanier et al., 2011), including the study of structure and function relationships in feruloyl esterases (Prates et al., 2001; Tarbouriech et al., 2005). Prof. Fontes is the managing Director of NZY Tech.


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NEED A BEEC OR A NABERS RATING FOR YOUR BUILDING?
DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR INCREASING ENERGY COSTS?
SaveUEnergy is a fast, efficient and experienced professional energy efficiency consultancy company specializing in Energy Efficiency, renewables, NABERS ratings and Building Energy Efficiency Certificates (BEEC).
For those needing a BEEC for the sale or lease of their office building, SaveUEnergy is a one stop shop providing a fast and an efficient service, with the aim of obtaining your BEEC in the least possible time.
We are a Newcastle based company working with clients locally, throughout Sydney and the Northern Regions of NSW.
Our Managing Director, Mr Graham Francis is a professional electrical engineer and a NABERS and CBD accredited assessor.
SaveUEnergy is a member of the Australian Energy Efficiency Council.

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I don't know, you Jews made it up. Did you forget already?
It's a EUROPEAN traditional holiday celebrating the spring solstice.
Stop making topics about yourself, sweetie.
Pagan ritual disguised as a christian one.
A liar, a jew and delusional.
Easter is when Jesus survived the biggest Jewish trick of all time, got away with it, and got sent to heaven BTFOing the kikes.
Why is everyone jealous of Christian holidays? Especially the Jews.


text: Sounds like the start of a joke … what do old banks, churches, and hospitals have in common? Often the answer is great downtown locations that are close to transit stations and stops and architectural detail that is unlikely to be recreated. What these assets offer is the opportunity for adaptive reuse.

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Join us today in this exciting new project hosted by Bag 2 School UK!
Bag2School is a free fundraising scheme established in 2001. They work in partnership with Schools, Business, Community Groups, Local Councils and Charities to help you raise from your donations.


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I recently had the opportunity to meet the new 2011-2012 President of the Burbank Sunrise Rotary Club, Mr. Rodney Gregson and we had a very pleasant chat. He is a fairly new member of the club and is very excited about all the opportunities available for helping people, not only in our community but in the whole world.
They have been very busy during the last month with fundraising. They had a yard sale at a member’s house (in conjunction with the Noon Rotary Club) and they even had a Jamba Juice truck show up as an attention-getter and additional fundraiser. A few days after that they had a comedy show and raffle/auction at Flappers featuring raffle items donated from numerous Burbank businesses. These activities were very effective and will allow them to benefit the myriad of charities they support.
At present they are getting ready to donate several hundred books to the St. Finbar School Library. Locally, they provide products and money to our schools, volunteer at Tierra Del Sol, do a Christmas party for BCR, help the Salvation Army, and BTAC. They are also Friends of the Burbank Library. Worldwide they provide funds to eliminate polio and the Congo Women’s Project that provides counseling for women that have been raped. I am sure we will be hearing a lot more about our Rotary friends.
The Burbank Sunrise Rotary Club meets on Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Bar, 150 E. Angeleno, Burbank. For more information contact Rod Gregson at (818) 428-0151 or at gregrodson@yahoo.com.


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Today, there are innumerable dietary regimes available for people to choose from. And since people have different needs when it comes to staying in good shape and healthy or losing extra pounds and improving different health conditions there is no wonder the diets are getting categorized according to these needs. However, more and more people seem to be interested recently in some diets that either are helping in preventing some health disorders or are helping people overcome these conditions. Even the dietary plans that target a quick weight loss seem to take into a careful consideration these days the health risks people take in choosing some foods over others and even in the elimination of some foods from their daily meals.
Lately, many scientists have struggled to figure out which are the best eating plans that should fight against modern society’s health conditions. And since on top of the list of most frequent health disorders affecting today’s society seem to be the heart diseases, we should bring the discussion over the eating plans that help in reducing blood pressure and improve heart conditions. The first thing you need to know in this extent is that the DASH diet seems to do pretty well in reducing blood pressure and implicitly improving heart conditions. And you don’t need to check your heart to see whether it functions properly or not to find out more about this eating plan as we all have to do with different stresses during the day that make our hearts beat faster. You may say there is nothing wrong with that, but the stress is the main enemy that weakens our hearts.
Back to our DASH diet, you need to know that this eating plan refers to choosing wisely what to eat in order to lower blood pressure for the people that have to deal with hypertension. It has been proven that some ingredients contained in our meals can affect blood pressure by lowering or increasing it. For instance, you need to know that a certain type of alimentation which includes eating fruits, vegetables, legumes and low fat meat such as fish can help in lowering blood pressure. However, you also should find out that this eating plan permit people to consume in moderation fats, sweets and other type of meat than fish and poultry. Moreover, eating nuts, grains and seeds is also part of the DASH diet. This dietary regime aims not only to lower blood pressure and prevent strokes and heart attacks but also to reinforce some healthy eating habits into real life.


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On this misty morning I headed North toward the beautiful San Francisco bay, to meet with fellow instructor Ellie Stone to teach Aperture Academy’s first Blooms and Butterfly workshop! There was rain in the forecast and a chill in the air you couldn’t shake; we gathered in front of the conservancy of flowers in Golden Gate Park to conduct the tradition of introductions, giving the us (the instructors) a good idea of where the students are comfortable photographically. Lucky for us, the conservatory opened it’s door for us right when it started to rain, we grabbed a quick group shot before heading inside to explore.
Currently, there is a butterfly exhibit running through the beginning of March, with over twenty species to photographic including monarchs, Western swallowtails, red admirals and the impressive cecropia moth. We set our ISOs high to obtain a fast enough shutter speeds to capture these beautiful insects. The conservatory is home to many plants and flower as well, with plenty of space to move around to make a perfect shot. We made our way in to the other parts of the building, exploring the vast array of plant species that call the rainforest home.
There were plenty of aquatic plants as well, along with a couple of fountains which gave us an opportunity to practice shooting with longer shutter speeds. With the available light on this beautiful Saturday, at ISO 800, ƒ/3.2 my shutter speed was 1/60th of one second- essentially stopping the water. At ISO 800, ƒ/29 my shutter speed ended up being over one second long- giving the flowing water a creamy, pulling look adding an interesting element to the image. We try to remind the students to get as many different shots by changing the angle of their camera and themselves, taking a step back & then zooming in to change of the depth of field, or one of my favorite tips: shooting from the hip! I had one student stretch his arms up and over a plant and just take a snap to see what he would get- It turned out to be a great shot!
Ellie and I left plenty of time to go over images in camera at the end of the workshop for an opportunity for instant feedback! I saw so many fantastic images on the backs of everyone’s cameras, utilizing the fundamentals that we taught that day. The rule of thirds, symmetry & asymmetry, as well as practicing different DOFs : ) All in all the day was a success, and all photographers left with full memory cards and smiles on their faces!
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BIO: Nikhil Barthwal is a polyglot programmer currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Jet.com, an e-commerce startup recently acquired by Walmart. He works in the Tools & Productivity team with the aim of making developers more productive, as well as improving the quality of the code. Outside of work, he is involved with local meetups in New York city where he gives talks on various topics related to technology. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science with special focus on Distributed Systems and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering.
ABSTRACT: Web services are typically stateless entities, that need to operate at scale at large. Functional paradigm can be used to model these web services work and offer several benefits like scalability, productivity, and correctness.


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KAMPALA – Ms Justine Bagyenda, the former Bank of Uganda Director for Supervision will today face MPs investigating the controversial closure of seven banks.
Ms Bagyenda alongside Ms Margaret Matovu and Apollo Obbo, two other former directors, will appear to clear the air about liquidation reports on closed banks running into billions of shillings.
Mr Benedict Ssekabira, another BoU Director facing the spotlight told MPs on Tuesday that he submitted liquidation reports to Ms Bagyenda and the two other directors when he handled the liquidation of three banks.
The liquidation reports detail how assets of International Credit Bank, Greenland Bank and Co-Operative worth over Shs 100b were disposed of. Evidence has since been brought before the MPs indicating that BoU officials wrote off Crane Bank Ltd loans amounting to Shs600b through unclear circumstances.
Ms Bagyenda, then a powerful executive director of supervision, before she was forced into early retirement following the fall-out, on January 25, 2017 wrote to dfcu Bank Managing Director Juma Kisaame, giving the bank several waivers to evade the rules, including allowing dfcu Bank 60 days to integrate assets of Crane Bank Ltd, and to report separately on the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the controversial transfer.
Ms Bagyenda will be questioned on the matter.
The MPs inquiry is also focusing on the mismanagement of closed banks by BoU after the Auditor General Mr John Muwanga issued a stinging criticism of the central bank in a special audit that cited massive flaws in the closure of Teefe Bank (1993), International Credit Bank Ltd (1998), Greenland Bank (1999), The Co-operative Bank (1999), National Bank of Commerce (2012), Global Trust Bank (2014) and the sale of Crane Bank Ltd (CBL) to dfcu (2016).
Ms Bagyenda was at the helm of all the bank closures then.

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Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?
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too many short skirts and too much cleavage in Iran again.
office gently shaking in Westbay Doha.
Reassuring... "A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck in south-west Iran, not far from the country's only nuclear power station, the US Geological Survey reports."
Company building in Tecom evacuated, but didn't feel a thing in Umm Sequim.
I'm not used to the earth moving anyway. I'm married.
I'm newly married and the earth certainly didn't move here. That said I am used to the planes leaving DIA every 5 minutes which do sometimes make things move.


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In case you needed a reminder of why NASA is incredible, take a look at this new video that the space program has put together. Created in honor of NASA’s 60th anniversary, the two-minute clip is an inspirational look at just how much the United States’ space program has achieved and where it’s going in the future.
Glimpses of iconic moments like Neil Armstrong’s walk on the Moon are intercut with stunning photos of Jupiter taken by the Juno Probe, as we’re reminded of how groundbreaking NASA has been throughout its history. Not content to stay in the past, the agency also reminds the public of where they’re going, with plans to revisit the Moon and begin inhabiting Mars.
Though inter-planetary living may seem far off, the technology is already being developed. “Our successes build one upon another and amplify what is possible,” says narrator Mike Rowe. “It’s time we take the next great leap.” Researchers, engineers, architects, scientists, and astronauts are all diligently working on the pieces of the puzzle that will allow NASA to launch its next big missions.
Moon to Mars is NASA’s focus as of December 2017, when President Trump signed the Space Policy Directive-1. Some of the long terms goals for the program are robotic lunar exploration, human spaceflight to the lunar orbit, and human exploration of the Moon in order to prepare for human missions to Mars. Additionally, a planned 2020 rover landing on Mars will help bring back valuable samples in order for NASA to understand more about oxygen production and possible past life on the Red Planet.
Celebrate NASA’s 60th birthday by looking at its past triumphs and learning about its new groundbreaking projects.

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Are you looking for a budget package deal to the Greek Islands? We’ve just found spring flights to Corfu from UK and 7 nights in well-rated aparthotel from just £105 per person (based on booking for 2 adults)!
We picked for you the well-rated Ariti Apartments. This property is 4-minute walk from the beach. Situated in Litherés, the apartments offer accommodation with free WiFi and seating area. All units include a fully equipped kitchenette, allowing guests to prepare their own meals. Some units feature a balcony and/or a patio with mountain or pool views. The aparthotel offers a seasonal outdoor pool. A terrace is available for guests to use at Ariti Apartments. Corfu Town is 36 km from the accommodation, while Glyfada is 40 km from the property. The nearest airport is Corfu International Airport, 36 km from the property.

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Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Blood And Roses that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
The Smithereens', "Blood And Roses"


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While Bandai Namco Entertainment is supposedly taking care of “Metroid Prime 4,” the question is what Retro Studios is doing?
If you want to believe the current rumors, Bandai Namco Entertainment is working on “Metroid Prime 4”, but what about the Retro studios that were responsible for their predecessors?
Well, according to a recent listing spotted over at Resetera, something very HUGE – and it could be coming to Nintendo Switch.
The CV of an author suggests that this could be a big project with an extensive story.
““Working with a highly skilled team to bridge the gaps between game design needs and telling a compelling story in a meaningful world. Finding the best ways to construct the narrative we want the player to experience with the tools and restrictions available through text, dialogue, and non-traditional storytelling.
* Key team member for collaborative worldbuilding, story construction, and IP development.
* Point of contact for supplemental prose writing.

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Will hair grown with Minox stay in with Avodart?
Hi, I am on Avodart 0.5mg/day. Normally hair grown with Minoxidil falls out if you stop applying it. If I stay on Avodart, will I - in theory - keep the Minoxidil hairs if I stop applying Minox… or is the mechanism different?
It’s been firmly established over the years that finasteride is unable to maintain hair regrown with minoxidil, and there was even a case study about that reported in a medical journal. I think the same goes for Avodart, too.
Why do you want to stop the Minox? It sounds like thigns have been working well for you.
you are such a topiphile and an oraphobe!!

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(CNN) — It may sound impossible to some, but once upon a time, airplanes regularly took off and landed with 83-ton spaceships on their backs.
Someone has wisely decided to put one in a museum.
On Saturday, Space Center Houston in Texas unveils an exhibit featuring one of two powerful Boeing 747s that NASA used to piggyback space shuttles thousands of miles across the country for decades. They called this particular plane NASA 905.
The museum is throwing a huge party for this 747, including astronauts, skydivers and fireworks -- all centered around Independence Plaza, where a replica space shuttle called Independence sits on top of the airplane.
Visitors will be able to go inside both the 747 and the Independence to explore exhibits and artifacts from the space shuttle era.
Museum exhibits manager Paul Spana worked with a Boeing historian who provided photos detailing 747 interiors to help maintain accuracy.
"Aviation enthusiasts will be excited at the opportunity to see a 747 closer than they would at any airport," Spana said.
But the flight deck will be off limits to visitors, at least during the first year, when crowds would have a hard time maneuvering the spiral staircase to the cockpit.
A few of the pilots and flight engineers from this airplane also are expected to be on hand for Saturday's ceremony.
From the early 1980s to the end of the shuttle program in 2011, the 747s were called upon to ferry shuttles that landed in California back to launch facilities in Florida, flying low and slow, at 13,000-15,000 feet high and about 285 mph.
NASA 905 flew internationally, too, carrying the shuttle Enterprise to England and the Paris Air Show in 1983.
So, how did the 905 lift all that weight? For one thing, NASA stripped the plane's main cabins clean.
It was pretty much the cockpit and a big empty shell. That was it. No seats, galleys, lavatories, bars. No passengers, luggage, food, water, cargo. Built for maximum power, maximum lift.
NASA changed the original 747 design by adding vertical stabilizers to the plane's tail to improve directional stability.
It also did a lot of testing on how to attach the spacecraft to the airplane to achieve the best aerodynamics.
NASA's choice of the 747 to ferry the shuttle is just one more example of the importance of the aircraft.
Nicknamed the Jumbo Jet when it entered commercial service in 1970 with Pan Am, it was the world's first wide-body airliner, offering unprecedented seating capacity and long range. It helped open up global air travel to an entire generation.
Forty-five years after its birth, the four-engine 747 is losing favor among some major airlines, which are trading them for more efficient, twin-engine wide-bodies.
NASA 905 started as a commercial airliner with American Airlines in 1970. NASA bought it as a testing aircraft four years later.
Reflecting typical button-down NASA culture, the name chosen for its customized 747 was the less-than-exciting Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA.
In 2012, NASA 905 ended its 42-year career after delivering the shuttles Enterprise, Discovery and Endeavour to their respective museums in New York, Virginia and Los Angeles. The 905 carried space shuttles 223 times.
NASA's only other Shuttle Carrier Aircraft — a 747-100SR-46 called NASA 911 — is on display at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark in Palmdale, California.
CNN's Larry Shaughnessy contributed to this report.


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Nimi Akinkugbe is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bestman Games Ltd, the African distributor of customized editions of Monopoly, Hasbro’s world famous game. The City of Lagos Edition of Monopoly, the first African city edition of Monopoly, was launched in December 2012. Subsequently, the Nigeria Centenary Edition was launched in February 2014.
Achieving financial security ranks as a major source of anxiety and Nimi seeks to empower people regarding their finances. Using the brand “Money Matters with Nimi,” through speaking engagements, television and radio appearances and social media, the Monopoly Board Games and her new book, A – Z of Personal Finance. Nimi provides frank, practical insights to create a greater awareness and understanding of personal finance and wealth management issues. Through these platforms, she has been able to empower people to take responsibility for this most important aspect of their lives.
Nimi contributes articles to several leading publications including Genevieve Magazine, a leading Nigerian women’s lifestyle magazine, Business Day, the Punch Newspapers, and Forbes Africa. Her articles are also featured in a host of other publications, websites and blogs including, Bella Naija, Lagos Mums, Eden Lifestyle and The Edition, a Kenyan publication.
Nimi holds a Bachelors Degree from The London School of Economics (LSE) and an MBA from Lagos Business School (IESE). She also formalised her interest in music by obtaining a Piano Teaching Diploma (ARCM) from The Royal College of Music, London.
Nimi is a Director of The Play Pen (Child Development Centre). Other Directorships include, The Daisy Management Centre, House of Tara International, Promo Print Ventures, and Financial Derivatives Company.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ajumogobia Science Foundation, which seeks to support the teaching and learning of science, a member of the Executive Council of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), and a member of the Artistes Committee of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON).
In her spare time she is a keen gardener, loves boating, writing, playing the piano and travel.


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Nicole and Jay started their kitchen renovation two years ago and it has been a construction site ever since. Host and carpenter Marc Bartolomeo reignites their quest for kitchen completion by putting a new touch on an old relic. Together they even out the beam fatigue and create a unified floor that matches the new copper counter top and accented tile backsplash.
Nicole and Jay's kitchen has been a construction site for two long years.


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GK London has produced many great images, and many top photographers. Most of these made their mark in the numerous photography studios in Warwick Avenue W9. If you fancy doing more than just 'point and shoot', hire a photo studio and put your photographic skills to the test.
GK London centrally located, large and adaptable space is available for private photography studio hire, Warwick Avenue W9. Accessible both daytime and evening, the space can be easily altered to suit a variety of purposes. The studio is of course used primarily for photography and film, however, the space has also been used for meetings, events and classes. Studio hire, Warwick Avenue W9 includes use of our two sizeable spaces and our creative staff and set dressing is also available on request. As each studio booking is completely unique, please contact our office so we can discuss your full specification to establish a quote.
GK London is one of the leading professional photography studios in Warwick Avenue W9, and the go-to place for getting the best quality modelling portfolios done.

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As someone who has been involved with the party at a leadership level for some time I thought I knew the candidates well and supported Kevin Hague in his nomination early on. I have worked with Kevin on a number of issues in Invercargill and in Green forums over the years and and know him to be highly astute and an effective communicator. Kevin's speech to a Grey Power AGM in Invercargill was very well received and lifted the Greens credibility within that organisation. He has also had a leading role in strategic planning in our caucus and for the party as a whole. Kevin would have made an excellent leader and, when we get into Government, he will make a strong Minister. I can imagine how disappointed Kevin will be at missing out on the opportunity to use his undoubted skills in the leadership role.
I was really pleased that Gareth Hughes also threw his hat in because he is one of our most media savvy and effective MPs. During our battles to stop lignite mining in Southland and oil drilling in the Great South Basin, Gareth has been one of our strongest supporters and is a hero amongst those fighting against further exploration for new reserves of fossil fuel. Gareth's credibility in the IT community is very high and he connects well with our younger voters. I have witnessed Gareth's growth in confidence and knowledge from my first contact with him as Russel's EA many years ago and my respect for him continues to grow.
Vernon Tava never expected to be a serious contender for the leadership position but he wanted to use the campaign to promote his vision of a Green Party that could capture the centre of the political spectrum. It is his view that by promoting ourselves as the party of sustainability (economic, environmental and social), we would be considered as more centrist and therefore enable us to have influence on the right as well as the left. Vernon presented his case well with energy and commitment and proved to be a very articulate communicator.
The eventual winner, James Shaw, has had a long history with the Green Party and, while he hasn't had the parliamentary experience of Kevin, he has been a leading light in membership organisation for many years (he first joined as a teenager in 1990). James' business management and system skills saw him planning and facilitating a lot of our party training. He has also been one of our most successful candidates, leading exceptionally strong campaigns in Wellington Central for two elections in a row and winning over commentators across the political spectrum. James' leadership saw the Green Party vote surpass Labour's in the political beltway, while up against the formidable Grant Robertson, in 2011 and 2014. I regarded James as a future leader and originally thought that more time in parliament would be useful preparation.
James ended up staying with me when he visited our branch during the leadership campaign. After impressing the branch over an informal meal we returned to my house and ended up talking into the early hours. Despite being in Parliament for a short time it was clear during our discussions that James was no ordinary novice, he already had an excellent grasp of the place and its inhabitants. His maiden speech was widely praised and he is already a strong performer during question time asking probing questions and using humour with a quirky sophistication that Key rarely achieves.
Our membership driven process has ended up electing less experienced contenders before. Metiria was voted in ahead of Sue Bradford and Russel Norman wasn't even in Parliament when he beat MPs Nandor Tanczos and David Clendon for the leadership. In both cases we ended up with leaders who have added considerably to a growth in voter support and increased political credibility. While some may believe there is an element of risk in electing James Shaw as our Co-leader, those of us from within the party know that the risk is minimal and his potential is considerable. The Green Party moves forward again.

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A penalty will be assessed if you withdraw any of the principle before the maturity date. For certificates of one year or less original maturity, the penalty is equal to all dividends earned to maximum of 90 days dividends. For certificates over one year original maturity, the penalty is equal to all dividends earned to a maximum of 180 days dividends.
$30 Account Research – Investigation of account details or transactions. Statement copy fees may also apply.


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It is important to educating your self about roofing prior to acquiring any repairs done. Carry on reading to learn some tips about locating the correct alternatives and contemplating your alternatives. This will give you eager insight about how to repair your roof, saving you income in the prolonged run.
Examine your roof yearly. Springtime and winter season are the harshest moments of the yr for rooftops. Therefore, make certain you pay focus to your roof at these times.
When restoring your roof, make certain you hold protection in head. A swift way to severely injure your self is to attempt to perform on your roof in moist conditions. Stick a bucket beneath your leak while you hold out for the temperature to return to regular. Later on, you can verify out your roof and see what it’s going to take to correct things.
Prior to signing a deal with a roofing expert, there are a few inquiries to inquire. How numerous nails do they use for every shingle? Typically, 3 nails are not sufficient. Question them about the approaches they use to discover out whether or not they give very good answers. If you do not, transfer on.
Liability insurance coverage is a should for any roofing contractor you intend to employ the service of. This will verify the legitimacy of the firm. Secondly, if a employee sustains damage on the task, the roofer’s insurance policies will cover health-related charges.
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A flexible ensemble of two to eight players available for concerts and other functions.
"I do consider that [music] is all the pleasure I live for in the world, and the greatest I can ever expect in the best of my life."
Music [is] a science peculiarly productive of a pleasure that no state of life, publick or private, secular or sacred: no difference of age or season; no temper of mind or condition of health exempt from present anguish; nor, lastly, distinction of quality, renders either improper, untimely, or unentertaining.
Please contact Laura for further information.
We specialize in music for special events!
Music during and around the wedding ceremony will contribute to a happy and relaxed atmosphere – let professional musicians from The Pepys Ensemble set the scene for your special day!
Would you like to enter married life to the beautiful sound of Gabriel’s Oboe? (oboe and piano). Wagner’s Bridal March? (violin and piano). La Rejouissance by Handel? (The Mallard Oboe Trio). Arrival of the Queen of Sheba? (The Pepys String Quartet). How about A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square during the signing of the register? Or, maybe, Massenet’s beautiful Meditation for violin and piano? Trumpet and organ/piano pieces sound amazing in a church!
We’ll help you to create a unique event according to your wishes.
Suggestions also available for drinks receptions, wedding breakfasts and funerals.
As an orchestral and Chamber musician, Laura enjoys a varied freelance career.
A stylish and versatile duo with David Lyon on violin.
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A best aspect concerning Marvel’s developing arrangement of arrangement on Netflix is the means by which each has figured out how to make its own unmistakable feel while not straying too a long way from the general tone. Daredevil is dark actually, and contains a portion of the universe’s most shocking brutality, while Jessica Jones’ story grimness is tempered by a splendid exchange. Luke Cage is smooth and think, with Cage himself (Mike Colter) battling to move both himself and his neighborhood into the light. Every one of the three heroes battle with the possibility of chivalry, and how they fit into a world always showed signs of change by “The Incident”. In any case, they do, every discovering their own specific manner to a way that will, in the end, unite all of them with Iron Fist for The Defenders.
However, until further notice, every story has a place interestingly with its title hero, keeping in mind Luke Cage importantly affected Jessica Jones’ story, his own particular arrangement discovers him expelled from those occasions. Occurring a while after Jessica Jones, Cage has migrated to Harlem from Hell’s Kitchen, and is endeavoring to stay under the radar. He’s scarcely bringing home the bacon as he scopes hair at a nearby barbershop (claimed by the area’s dad figure Pops, played by Frankie Faison of The Wire and Banshee), and cleans dishes at a dance club possessed by the wrongdoing manager Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes (Mahershala Ali). It doesn’t take ache for those stories to interface, as youthful regulars at the barbershop see an open door for speedy money that soon turns grisly. The aftermath from this is the thing that pushes Cage to at long last advance with his life and grasp his qualities for the insurance of the individuals who require it.
Colter has depicted the arrangement as Marvel’s variant of The Wire, which is strong yet from multiple points of view well-suited. It’s a private picture of road life, specifying not just the internal workings of the wrongdoing syndicates, additionally the ambushed police, shabby government officials, and the youngsters in the group who see firearms and medications as a simple approach to profit.
Cage is a physical rebel, as exhibited in various thrillingly fulfilling scenes, however he has a much calmer side. He peruses the New Yorker and talks about his inclination for the wrongdoing composing of George Pelecanos, and has genuine sentiments on Bruce Lee vs Jet Li. He’s a man of his word legend, and a hesitant one. However, when he’s debilitated by a young fellow with a weapon who calls him the n-word, Cage – even in the wake of a prolonged day brimming with passionate drudge –confronts him. “Do you see a n— standing in front of you?” he asks, likewise inquiring as to whether the kid knows the importance of the authentic dark legend, Crispus Attucks, highlighted on the working before them. “I see a dead n—“ the kid answers. Confine sets him straight.
Race matters in Luke Cage, however most particularly in the way that the show completely grasps its Harlem area with style and substance. There’s a closeness of place here, and it stretches out to all edges of the arrangement in social specificity and subtle elements. The possibility of Luke Cage as a legend, as well as a dark superhero, is essential here.
In that way and others, Luke Cage is a story that is about more than a vigilante. Jessica Jones managed splendidly with the convoluted, essential issues of assault, assent, control, and being a survivor, and this arrangement additionally manages troublesome genuine issues that go past metahumans and toon miscreants. Similarly as with Daredevil, it’s about changing the perspective of the group to not permit a scalawag to administer on the grounds that it’s less demanding. Cornell and his government official sister Mariah (Alfre Woodard) resemble the two sides of Kingpin. Cornell thinks about the cash, power, and regard, while Mariah utilizes those way to get to her charitable finishes. It’s a confused debasement.
Discussing alternate Defenders, enthusiasts of Jessica Jones will miss Krysten Ritter’s specialist and her electric start with Cage beyond a reasonable doubt as the arrangement starts. Be that as it may, another courageous woman soon arrives: Misty Knight (Simone Missick), an investigator who not just has her own splendid exchange and association with Cage, yet who is her own particular image of renegade. Missick is glowing in the part, conveying a red hot vitality to Misty that is savvy, provocative, and somewhat strange. It’s an impeccable reflect for Cage, particularly since she’s solid, elegantly composed, and not a conventional sidekick or love intrigue. The same is valid for Luke’s significant other Reva (Parisa Fitz-Henley), who returns in flashbacks to interface us not just to Luke’s superpowered causes and her own particular part in them, additionally to associate the story back to the occasions uncovered in Jessica Jones.
Luke Cage makes a superb showing with regards to giving each of its cast individual particular identities and critical minutes that make prompt stakes. Theo Rossi’s Shades isn’t only Cornell’s cohort, he has his own exceptional story, and one that is firmly fixing to Cage’s past. Thus, Frank Whaley’s Rafael Scarfe, as Misty’s accomplice, isn’t overlooked or discounted as move down. In this world, everybody has a place, and it makes a difference.
Be that as it may, none sparkle as brilliantly as Colter. Like we saw looks of in Jessica Jones, he gives Cage a feeling of hesitance blended with equitable resistance that hits all the right notes for a legend who utilizes his quality just if all else fails, and he does as such in low tones and with an easygoing certainty. In spite of the fact that Cage isn’t generally sure, he’s to a great degree principled with an attractive mystique, making him a sort of Captain America to this ragtag gathering of vigilantes. Despite the fact that he may battle to characterize his bravery and what it implies for himself and Harlem, there are no inconveniences for viewers. He is the hero we’ve been waiting for.
Luke Cage is a man of to a great degree clashed feelings and inspirations, to a degree that makes him among the most human and relatable of any live action superhero.
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While the program’s volunteers, staff and faculty come to trap, band and release hummingbirds — sometimes 50 in a morning — the hummingbirds come for the flowers. Salvia, California fuschia, bladderpod, aloe and others important to hummingbird health dot the garden in bright bursts of color. Most of these flowering plants were bought over the past 30 years from UC Davis Arboretum plant sales and planted specifically to attract pollinators like bees and hummingbirds.
“I probably transplanted about half of the arboretum here,” joked Kusch, whose property abutting Putah Creek in Winters was mostly dirt and weeds when he arrived.
At a table overlooking the garden, Tell, a federally permitted master bander, and student volunteers Emilie Graves, Shannon Skalos and Nicole Mikoni delicately give a health checkup for each hummingbird that they catch in a specialized trap.
After softly wrapping the bird in a small mesh bag, they assess the age of the hummingbird, count the iridescent feathers on its throat, measure its bill and wing length, and check for feather molt and tail mites. Then, with the steady hands of a surgeon, Tell attaches an aluminum band the size of a basmati rice grain around the leg of any new captures.
Checkup complete, they feed and then place the hummingbird in the palm of their hand, where it vibrates softly until the bird realizes it is free and—in a blink—launches off into the trees.
While bees get most of the pollinator glory, hummingbirds are also important pollinators. More than 160 native North American plants depend exclusively on hummingbirds for pollination. A sentinel species, hummingbirds can indicate overall environmental health.
They are threatened by habitat loss, climate change and human development. Yet, amid these threats and despite their importance, little is known about their health and genetics.
For instance, when colony collapse disorder threatened the existence of bees, it was important to know what was normal for bee health so that scientists could recognize when something was wrong.
Professor Emeritus Holly Ernest founded the Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program while she was a wildlife geneticist at UC Davis. Ernest now continues hummingbird genetic work as a professor at the University of Wyoming, where she moved last year. She and the new UC Davis director, Tell, work closely together to investigate hummingbird health.
The program discovered and diagnosed a viral disease, avian pox, in Anna’s hummingbirds. It’s currently researching the prevalence of blood parasites in California’s hummingbirds and how climate change can impact hummingbirds’ susceptibility to malaria and West Nile virus. A newly launched study is examining hummingbird exposure to heavy metals and pesticides. The program is also investigating the prevalence of tail mites in the birds.
“Before people see large numbers of declines in hummingbird populations, we want to figure out what we can do from a prevention aspect,” Tell said.
Kusch vividly remembers the first time he saw a hummingbird. When he was a 6-year-old boy in post-war Germany, a man arrived at his one-room schoolhouse and, in exchange for food, showed his class some magic tricks.
For one of his presentations, the man opened a little box. Inside it was a tiny preserved bird, a hummingbird.
“I thought maybe he was tricking us — a bird this small,” Kusch said.
Years later, as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley, he saw a live hummingbird in a tree, and soon learned the tiny birds were native only to the Americas, and that California was full of them.
The smallest birds in the world, hummingbirds weigh as little as 2.5 grams, the weight of a penny.
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In 2011, more than half of the general public visitors were under 40. In 2013, almost 80% are over 40 years old with 30% over 60 (see table below). Females made up 65% of users in 2013 compared with 70% in 2011.
Lab Tests Online-AU chairman, Professor Leslie Burnett, said it was possible that older people were now more confident in exploring the internet and using it as a health resource and with a greater vulnerability to health issues were more likely to be seeking out reliable information on pathology. Younger people may also be migrating to smartphone mobile apps to access Lab Tests OnlineAU, rather than using the website.
In this latest research, more than 550 people were surveyed and findings were compared with those of the similar study two years earlier. The demographic breakdown of visitors had changed little in that time with 56% being members of the public looking for answers about a health matter; 36%, medical or health professionals seeking an instant reference for themselves or for their patients; and 8% full-time students wanting help with study.
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