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John McCain and Lisa Murkowski LIED over and over again to their voters. They PROMISED to repeal Obamacare, and then they voted to save it all.

You really must read Avik Roy’s excellent piece on why, for conservatives, health-care reform is NOT optional.

Democrats failed many times before they passed Obamacare. In that context, this initial Republican failure is not surprising — indeed, it’s actually impressive that they came within one vote of conservative progress. But the GOP cannot simply “move on” and give up on health care. Health care is the biggest driver of our debt and deficit, the biggest driver of growth in government, and one of the biggest drivers of economic insecurity for those in the middle class and below. Take some time to reflect, yes. Come up with a better strategy, yes. But to give up on health-care reform is to give up on everything conservatives stand for.

Make no mistake folks, John McCain is All About John McCain. He cares more for himself than he does his country.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) tells the truth – “No party can remain in power by lying to the American people.”

By the way, President Trump does indeed bear some of the responsibility for the failure to repeal Obamacare.

Why is the media ignoring the incredible and HUGE Democrat House IT Scandal?

What if everyone has had the Russia collusion story upside-down? The entire time we’ve been investigating the Trump team when investigators should have been looking into the Democrats.

The House GOP passed an Obamacare repeal (sure, it was bad… but It was better than Obamacare), but the Senate couldn’t do the same.

The Obama team made HUNDREDS of unmasking requests. HUNDREDS.

Why do First World Countries have Third World Cities? The cities all have one thing in common – an absence of free and open markets.

One reason the IRS keeps having a problem with their employees – they apparently keep hiring back employees that they’ve fired!

17% of Americans now say that polygamy is morally acceptable. Why? Because if the left is right and “love is love,” then there can be no argument stopping multiple so-called “loving” marriage.

It’s the same old story – driver buys Ferrari, driver crashes Ferrari less than an hour later, driver gets mocked by the entire Internet.

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HCVFAO — Result In Brief

Project ID: 304072
Funded under: FP7-PEOPLE
Country: United Kingdom

How HCV promotes replication?

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a global health problem necessitating novel measures. European scientists investigated how the virus affects the metabolic state of infected cells to promote replication and survival.
How HCV promotes replication?
Hundreds of millions of people become infected with HCV every year. Because of the lack of a prophylactic vaccine and the limited therapies available, persistent HCV infection can lead to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Accumulating evidence indicates that disease progression involves metabolic alteration of lipid biogenesis and homeostasis in the liver.

Scientists on the EU-funded HCVFAO (Hepatitis C virus infection dysregulates mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation) project set out to unravel the association between HCV infection and host mitochondrial lipid beta-oxidation. Beta-oxidation is the process by which our bodies break down lipids to produce energy.

Utilising a tissue culture model of HCV infection, HCVFAO discovered that HCV infection attenuated mitochondrial lipid beta-oxidation activity early on during infection to promote viral replication. This alteration resulted in poor lipid combustion and low energy production, triggering a shift of energy expenditure toward glycolysis.

Investigation into the underlying mechanism unveiled that HCV infection attenuated mRNA transcription of the mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP), a key enzyme in lipid beta-oxidation. The presence of inflammatory cytokines worsened the situation by causing additive gene suppression. Furthermore, the impaired beta-oxidation made cells less responsive to type I interferon-mediated virus suppression.

Collectively, HCVFAO results clearly indicate that HCV interference with lipid β-oxidation plays a pivotal role for the establishment of a long-term, persistent infection. Further understanding of this aspect of virus/host interaction may lead to the improvement of existing therapies and the design of novel targeted interventions.

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October 20, 2010

To Manage a Ménage

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In this increasingly-hectic time of living with two econ majors who are actually seeking Grown-up Jobs post-graduation, I’ve begun to think a lot about my future. As a humanities-type, chances are that I won’t be seeing six figures at any point in this lifetime, so I’ve learned to rely on my other skills: boiling water, writing bad poetry, tripping over things. Let’s face it: Unless some nice literary agent decides to throw me a bone, my employment will involve a whole lot of coffee grinding.

When it comes to sexytimes, though, my résumé gets much stronger. What I lack in experience, I tell potential partners, I make up for in enthusiasm. I’m a strong leader. And, like any bright-eyed sex idealist, I work to help others accomplish their goals.

And for some reason, most of other peoples’ goals include having threesomes.

I don’t know if they expect to get some sort of sex trophy or what, but when partners (especially male ones) find out that I’m bisexual, out come the puppy eyes — along with the contact information of every other semi-flexible lady in their Blackberry. I’m certainly not averse to bringing more breasts into the bedroom. However, I often find that people’s perceptions of threesomes (read: porn) often differs greatly from what actually tends to occur once the pussy / penis frequency increases.

So, in the grand tradition of nerds everywhere, please consider the pros and cons of constructing an Eiffel Tower before you break out the Wild Turkey as liquid courage.

Pro: Attention Whores, Rejoice!

If you’re the type of pony who enjoys putting on a show, group sex is for you, particularly if you’re with a couple. In my experience, in a couple + single three-way, it is a far superior position to be the Ubiquitous Third. Nothing brings on my smug face faster than people paying attention to me while naked, and when you’re a novelty to the partnership, the spotlight’s on you — and more often than not, so’s an extra pair of hands.

Con: Three’s A Crowd

This is one of the most popular inquiries I get about turning the dromedary camel into the bactrian (y’know, two humps instead of one). And it’s true: If you’re having a lopsided-gender threesome, chances are somebody’s eventually gonna be left wishing she’d brought a GameBoy while the other two make the love knish. The easiest way to rectify this problem is to avoid it altogether. Threesomes where all parties happen to conform to the same gender make the playing field much more even for everyone, circumventing the whole issue. However, if you simply can’t bear the idea of a sex act that doesn’t include your heterosexual counterpart of choice, be prepared for one person to be left trying to contribute in the form of awkwardly shouted dirty talk as he rubs one out in the corner of the mattress. Alternate solution: Make it a fourgy!

Pro: Constructive Criticism

Let’s face it. Sex with a new partner is always a little stressful. What if she doesn’t like that weird dolphin noise I make if you touch my nipple, you wonder? What if my incessant orgasm laughter makes him drown himself out of despair in a puddle of my female ejaculation? With threesomes, you can forego the issue by bringing in a pinch-hitter. If you ever wanted to break out the Christine O’Donnell outfit for a round of repressed Republican role-play, a threesome is the perfect time to ask. Your partner(s) may feel braver with the company, but the altered dynamic also means less pressure on one particular person to perform acts she or he may not be comfortable with.

Con: Difficulty of Inception

Okay, so you’ve weighed the consequences, and you’re all set: you’re going to have a threesome!

Well, maybe. According to my historical research in the form of watching Showtime, the ancients were lucky enough to have fab impromptu orgies whenever they weren’t feeding slaves to the lions. Unfortunately, it’s actually pretty hard to get a three-way rolling in this day and age. For one thing, at least one partner has to be down with getting handsy with a gender they may not prefer. For another, once you have one partner, it’s awfully hard to convince another one to come along for the ride. Singles have a better chance of barnacling onto couples rather than the other way around, but even then, it’s not a question you expect to get tossed around at dinner parties.

With this in mind, my recipe for the perfect threesome is as follows: Play a whole lot of “Never Have I Ever” until you’ve located a few like-minded (preferably single) friends who might be game. Give them suggestive eyebrows. Determine consent. Open a bottle of wine and play Strip WiiFit. Repeat as desired. Serves three or more.

Kate C. is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at katec@cornellsun.com. Ball You Discreetly appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Women’s Hockey Bounces Back Against Harvard, Dartmouth

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Reeling from an overtime loss to No. 4 Mercyhurst and missing its top two scorers against No. 10 Harvard and an undefeated Dartmouth, it could have been a long weekend for Cornell. A fantastic power play and a suffocating defense made sure that wasn’t the case, as Cornell powered its way to a 3-0 victory over the Crimson and a 6-1 drubbing of the Green this weekend.

Cornell was missing junior forward and co-assistant captain Rebecca Johnston and freshman forward Brianne Jenner this weekend, as the two were with the Canadian National Team at the Four Nation’s Cup. Coming into the weekend, Jenner led the Red in scoring with 11 points while Johnston was second with eight points. The offense, with talented players across the board, didn’t miss a beat.

“They’re huge players and without them we knew that everyone had to step up,” said junior goalkeeper Amanda Mazzotta. “We were able to get a lot of goals from a lot of different people. That’s good and says a lot about our depth and it does a lot for our confidence knowing that anybody can score at any time.”

Cornell showcased its depth and balance on an offense missing its top two scorers. 10 players have scored on the season, and five players have four or more goals. 16 players have notched at least a point and six players currently have eight or more points.

“We’re lucky enough and fortunate enough to have some of the top players in the world on our team,” said junior forward and reigning ECAC Player of the Year Catherine White. “It’s a powerful statement to make, but it’s true.”

After tallying nine goals in two games, it certainly looks as if the Red has several of the top young players in the world. Senior forward Hayley Hughes, senior forward and captain Amber Overguard and sophomore defenseman Lauriane Rougeau all notched goals against Harvard. Hughes notched the first goal at 7:30 into the contest, with a shot off a nifty feed from sophomore defender Laura Fortino on a power play. Hughes also picked up two more assists on second half goals by Overguard and Rougeau. Rougeau’s goal also came on a power play.

In Saturday’s tangle with Dartmouth, White and senior forward and co-assistant captain Karlee Overguard both had a pair of goals. Fortino and junior forward Chelsea Karpenko also scored goals for Cornell. White’s second goal came on a power play as the Red again took advantage of opponent infractions.

The Red’s power play this season seems to be clicking, notching 10 goals and converting on over 30 percent of opportunities. Cornell capitalized on its chances with an extra skater against Harvard, generating 10 shots on goal with seven power play opportunities. It was the same story against the Green, as the Red peppered the opposing keeper with ten shots on six power play opportunities.

“Our power play seemed to gel a lot this weekend. It’s great because it’s still early on in the season and we’re trying to figure out what gels and what works,” White said. “Despite the drastic change up in our lines since we were missing a couple of players I was really impressed with the way we were able to come together and work out the power play. It helped that we had a lot of our more seasoned players out there that knew the system. We executed really well this weekend.”

In addition to having a great power play, the Red defense also played spectacularly, baffling Harvard and Dartmouth all weekend. Mazzotta notched her 13th career shutout against Harvard, making 24 saves. She came out strong again against Dartmouth, allowing only one goal and making 25 saves.

“It’s definitely a comforting fact knowing that you have a strong goalie behind you,” White said. “We played physical and good team defense and we were able to really help out Mazzotta. We were all really proud of giving up only one goal on the weekend.”

The Red has been working on its zone defense the last few weeks to complement its high-octane offense.

“We were really conscious of the D-zone and everybody was really focused on what they had to do and how to make the system work as a whole,” Mazzotta said. “We don’t want to have to score six goals to win a game. Obviously it’s great, but the D-zone is also a very important thing to us and we’re working on that a lot.”

In a season full of high expectations, this weekend was extremely important for a Red team coming off an early season loss against Mercyhurst. Winning both matches against top Ivy foes was critical in the Red’s league title hopes.

“To us, the Ivy League championship was on the line this weekend because Harvard and Dartmouth are probably the next two top Ivy League teams in our league,” White said. “We’re happy to come out with two Ws for sure.”

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Nic & Bossi’s behind-decks-brotherhood has now created floor-frission at an uncountable number of countries. They’ve sold out arenas, conquered electronic music capitals, spun at a litany of major festivals and 10 years into their career became the highest climbers on DJ Mag’s Top 100 chart. Driven by their critically applauded albums, club-busting singles  (incl. ‘Not Enough Time’, ‘Body of Conflict’, The Theme, So Get Up and ‘Falling Back’) and scene-defining classics ‘Be Your Sound’, ‘Fire Wire’ and ‘Exploration of Space’, their place in electronic music’s hall of fame has long since been locked.

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Improving Quality and Reducing Costs in Schizophrenia Care with New Technologies and New Personnel

Center for Medicaid/Medicare Innovation (CMMI) Grant

08/01/12 – 07/31/15

Contact: Jennifer Gottlieb

The goal of this project is to improve illness management and the overall process of care in treating schizophrenia in order to reduce ER visits and hospital days while providing better care and better health. This will be done by fostering innovation in the use of technology and by training and deploying Mental Health/Health Technology (MH/HT) Case Managers, at 10 community mental health agencies around the country.

The components of the treatment model include: 1) evidence-based pharmacological treatment facilitated by a web-based prescriber decision support system-Prescriber Decision Assistant (PDA) 2) brief, in-person, relapse prevention counseling with supplemental web-based learning modules, 3) Technology to Extend Care and Support to Schizophrenia (TECSS), a program that offers web- and phone-based resources to support persons with schizophrenia and their family members or others. The resources include a patient and family Psycho-Education Treatment program, which includes electronic peer groups facilitated by mental health professionals, providing medication reminders via web and phone, and conducting monitoring of early warning signs of relapse via web and phone 4) an interactive smart phone application to support medication adherence, facilitate coping with symptoms and improve daily functioning in individuals with schizophrenia and 5) a web-based, self-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program for the management of auditory hallucinations and paranoia. 6) Medication sensor technology to monitor adherence will be utilized in a subset of patients. All participants will be provided with pharmacological treatment (PDA), brief in-person relapse prevention counseling, and the smart phone application. The other program components will be provided to patients using a shared decision-making approach to assess need and preference.

Our target population is persons between the ages of 18 and 50 with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who have a history of two or more prior hospitalizations, with at least one having occurred in the previous year and who are currently enrolled in (or eligible for) a Medicaid program or are uninsured. Such individuals have been shown to be at high risk for rehospitalization and high costs of care. This project will have a 3 year total duration, with participants receiving active treatment for a period of 6 months, and has the potential to substantially increase access to treatment and the quality of care for persons with schizophrenia.

BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Staff Role
Jennifer Gottlieb, Ph.D. Site Principal Investigator
Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D. Co-Investigator
Susan Gingerich, MSW, Independent Consultant Co-Investigator
Vasudha Gidugu, M.A. BU Project Coordinator
Mihoko Maru, M.A. BU Project Coordinator

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John Kane, M.D. Feinstein Institute, NY Principal Investigator
Delbert Robinson, M.D. Feinstein Institute, NY Co-Invesigator
Nina Schooler, Ph.D. Feinstein Institute, NY Co-Invesigator
Jim Robinson, M.Ed. Feinstein Institute, NY Co-Invesigator
Patricia Marcy, B.S.N. Feinstein Institute, NY Project Coordinator
Mary Brunette, M.D. Dartmouth Medical School, NH Site PI
Dror Ben-Zeev, Ph.D. Dartmouth Medical School, NH Co-Invesigator
Armando Rotondi, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, PA Co-Invesigator
Piper Meyer, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Co-Invesigator
Robert Rosenheck, M.D. Yale Medical School, CT Co-Invesigator

No documents are available at this time. Please use the project contact for specific inquiries.

Inquiries related to the project should be addressed to:

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CAT (Common Admission Test) is an all-India examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as entrance exam to select candidates for admission to various management programmes. Along with IIMs, many other institutes like Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), SP Jain Institute of Management and Research use CAT score in their admission process.

CAT is usually the first stage in the selection process. The institutes prepare a shortlist of candidates based on CAT score and several other criteria like 10th class percentage, 12th class percentage, Graduation percentage and work experience. The selection criteria and weightage assigned to each criterion, including CAT score might vary from institute to institute.

List of colleges accepting CAT score

A few colleges which accept CAT score for their admission process are:

  1. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
  2. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
  3. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
  4. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
  5. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
  6. Indian Institute of Management, Indore
  7. Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
  8. Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi
  9. Indian Institute of Management, Raipur
  10. Indian Institute of Management, Trichy
  11. Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur
  12. Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur
  13. Indian Institute of Management, Rothak
  14. Indian Institute of Management, Himachal Pradesh
  15. Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar
  16. Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam
  17. Indian Institute of Management, Bihar
  18. Indian Institute of Management, Odisha
  19. Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur
  20. Faculty of Management Studies
  21. SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
  22. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
  23. International Management Institute, Delhi
  24. National Institute of Industrial Engineering
  25. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
  26. T.A. Pai Management Institute
  27. Sailesh J. Mehta School of Management
  28. Institute of Rural Management, Anand
  29. K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research
  30. Welingkar Institute of Management and Research
  31. Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
  32. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
  33. Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
  34. Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Guwahati
  35. Institute of Management, Nirma University
  36. Goa Institute of Management
  37. National Institute of Technology, Trichy

Bachelor's Degree

The candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PWD)/ Differently Able (DA) category) awarded by any of the universities incorporated by an act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or posses an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Candidate appearing for the final year of Bachelor's Degree

Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if she/he submits a certificate latest a date specified by the CAT authorities from the Principal/Registrar of her/his College/Institute stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

Points to Note

The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be calculated based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor’s degree. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100.

Students in the final year of graduation and those who have completed graduation and are awaiting results can also apply.

Applicants should be careful in applying, as no change in category will be entertained after the closure of registration window.

The selection criteria during the second stage of selection process might vary from institute to institute.

As per the Government of India requirements, the reservation policy is as follows:

Scheduled Caste (SC)15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)7.5%
Candidates of Other Backward Classes belonging to ‘non-creamy’ layer (NC-OBC)27%
Differently Abled (DA)3%

The CAT exam consists of three sections:

  1. Quantitative Ability
  2. Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
  3. Verbal Ability

The first section can be broadly divided into the following topics:

  1. Number Systems
  2. Linear Equations
  3. Inequalities
  4. Quadratic Equations
  5. Progressions and Series
  6. Averages, Ratio and Proportion
  7. Time, Distance and Work
  8. Profit, Loss and Interest
  9. Logarithms, Surds and Indices
  10. Probability, Combinatorics
  11. Venn Diagrams
  12. Functions, Graphs and Statistics
  13. Geometry
  14. Data Sufficiency

The second section can be broadly divided into the following topics:

  1. Data Interpretation
  2. Logical Reasoning

The third section can be broadly divided into the following topics:

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Grammar and Sentence Correction
  3. Para Jumbles
  4. Para Completion and Summary
  5. Vocabulary
  6. Miscellaneous

Format of the Examination

CAT is a 180-minute online exam with no breaks in between. There are three sections - 1.Verbal Ability, 2. Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and 3. Quantitative Ability. The first and third sections consist of 34 questions each while the second section consists of 32 questions. Each correct answer is awarded 3 marks and each wrong answer carries a penalty of -1 marks. No marks are awarded for unattempted questions. There is a sectional time limit of 60 minutes for each section and candidates are not allowed to switch between the sections. Candidates are expected to perform well in all the sections and most of the institutes accepting CAT score for admission have sectional cut-offs in additional to overall cut-off.

SectionDurationNumber of questions
Verbal Ability60 minutes34
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning60 minutes32
Quantitative Ability60 minutes34
Overall180 minutes100

Important Dates

RegistrationAugust 9 - September 20 2017
Admit Card DownloadOctober 18, 2017
ExamNovember 26, 2017
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Yi He – Nan Nuo Shan 2012

Yi He – Nan Nuo Shan 2012.  First Spring Tea.

Yi He Cha Zhuan 2012 Nan Nuo Shan

The first time I tried this tea, a few weeks ago, it had just been pressed and was still adjusting. The flavours were a little muted – to the point that it reminded me more of  a Shi Tou Zhai tea from the Banma area – which often gets passed off as Nan Nuo Shan tea.  On drinking it again the other day, after it had had some time to regain its composure,  it’s clearly a Ban Po Lao Zhai tea.

This years mao cha from Nan Nuo Shan has a slightly darker tinge than the more typical grey-ish colour of the dry leaves.  This tea was dried in the shade after pressing and has, because of this, perhaps retained a little more of its ‘green-ness’. There is a slight qing chou wei, a green vegetal aroma, that suggests the frying was perhaps slightly shy. This is often done deliberately in order to try to preserve more of a teas enzymes. With it comes a slightly less obvious fragrance, as is the case with this tea.

The fragrance in the cup is a rather dense mi xiang or honey fragrance. The rukou is quite gentle and sweet. The broth feels smooth and at the same time carries a little bitterness that lingers on the upper palate.

There is some astringency which transforms quickly, producing a pleasing huigan that seems to be present both on the surface of the tongue as well as the upper palate and the throat. The tea sinks well and doesn’t get stuck in the throat as some teas do.

The fragrance is not of the kind that bursts in on the first mouthful, but shows itself at a leisurely pace, floating up from the throat into the nasal cavity some time after the tea has been swallowed.

The broth is a very pleasing, clear, delicate yellow.  The steeped leaves look nice enough, with a little redness here and there, but overall a good evenness in the colour.

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If you would like to try a free sample of this tea (postage will need to be paid) please contact  Puerman at CreamofBanna.

Whole 357g cakes are also available. Price 380RMB exc. postage.

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German philosopher, poet. He was a noted critic of Christianity, conformism and nationalism who wrote "The Birth of Tragedy," 1872.
Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

To live alone one must be an animal or a god --says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both --a philosopher.
That grand drama in a hundred acts, which is reserved for the next two centuries of Europe --the most terrible, most questionable and perhaps also the most hopeful of all dramas. . .
All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.
You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.
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F: The Anti-Christ, aph. 54 (1895).
R: Twilight of the Idols, , "Maxims and Arrows," aph. 3 (1889).
A: The Genealogy of Morals, Essay 3, aph. 27 (1887; tr. 1899).
N: The Genealogy of Morals, essay 2, aph. 14, 1887.
K: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, pt. 1, "Of War and Warriors" (1883-92; tr. 1961).

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Regular Chiropractic Care and Optimal Health
The integrity of our functioning as physiological beings is in large part determined by the level of functioning of the body's master system, the nerve system. Optimal functioning of the nerve system directly impacts the health of our symbiotic relationship with the 100 trillion commensal microorganisms occupying our gastrointestinal tracts.

But things can go wrong within the nerve system itself, most frequently as a result of nerve interference. Nerve interference is caused by physiological irritation and inflammation of spinal nerves, the nerves that transmit information from the brain, via the spinal cord, to the rest of the body. Nerve interference delays signal transmission or causes the wrong information to be transmitted. The result may be pain, other symptoms, or actual disease, depending on the locations of specific nerve irritation and the amount of time such irritation has persisted.

Regular chiropractic care detects and corrects sites of spinal nerve interference. By helping restore nerve system integrity, regular chiropractic care helps you and your family obtain long-term health and well being.

It has long been known that over evolutionary time the human organism developed in tandem with a vast host of microbial fellow travelers. The 100 trillion microorganisms inhabiting our gastrointestinal tracts assist in numerous physiological processes critical to our health and well being. The intestinal microbiome (commensal microorganisms) helps maintain the integrity and function of the lining of the small intestine, helps us digest our food properly, and assists in training our immune systems to appropriately recognize friends and foes.1,2 Alterations in composition of the intestinal microbiome (dysbiosis) lead to many disorders and diseases, including celiac disease, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes. Thus, dysbiosis needs to be considered in the evaluation and treatment of many common conditions. Fortunately, many forms of conservative management are available for dysbiosis, including use of probiotics and prebiotics.

Probiotics are formulations of live microorganisms that contain large numbers of colony-forming units, primarily lactobacilli and bifidobacteria.3 Taken as dietary supplements, probiotics persist in the gastrointestinal tract for several days and compete successfully with resident microorganisms. Probiotic bacteria help repair damaged linings of the small intestine, enhance nutrition, and suppress inflammatory intestinal reactions. Importantly, probiotic bacteria ferment undigested carbohydrates in the large intestine and produce nutrients for "good" microorganisms, helping restore the normal composition of commensal microorganisms.

Prebiotics are selectively fermented ingredients (foods) that target specific microorganisms and help restore balance in the intestinal microbiome. The primary targets are bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. By providing dietary substrates, prebiotics stimulate  growth of specific bacteria and act to restore a more healthful composition of the intestinal microbiome. Many prebiotics are found naturally in foods such as garlic, onions, asparagus, and leeks. However, an effective means of obtaining prebiotics is to add prebiotic ingredients to bread, yoghurt, and drinks. In order to obtain full benefit, prebiotics and probiotics must be consumed regularly.

Dysbiosis is frequently the result of intolerance to gluten, a class of proteins found in wheat, barley, and rye. Chronic immune and inflammatory reactions to gluten peptides often lead to disturbances in intestinal microorganism homeostasis. Other conditions such as acute intestinal infection disrupt the intestinal epithelial barrier and lead to dysbiosis. The good news is that alterations in composition of the intestinal microbiome are usually correctable by supplementation with probiotics and prebiotics. The key to effective management is knowledge and awareness of the possibility of dysbiosis and access to appropriate methods of natural supplementation.

1Chistiakov DA, et al: Role of gut microbiota in the modulation of atherosclerosis-associated immune response. Front Microbiol 2015 Jun 30;6:671. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00671. eCollection 2015

2Purchiaroni F, et al: The role of intestinal microbiota and the immune system. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 17(3):323-333, 2013

3Hajela N, et al: Gut microbiome, gut function, and probiotics: Implications for health. Indian J Gastroenterol 34(2):93-107, 2015

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What does praying look like?

My heart has been tumbling this concept around for a while now.  What does it look like to pray?   If you don’t pray the “right way,” does that mean God doesn’t care about what you are praying for or for some reason ignores you?  “No, He says.”  Does it mean that when people who DO bow their heads are listened to with more love or concern?  “No. God hears everything we pray and the things we don’t even know how to put into words.”   But, I have heard people say that they hit their knees to pray.  After hearing that I feel like maybe I’m not doing it right.  If I’m not “showing reverence” for my Savior, does that mean I love him any less?  Definitely not.  So, do you have to kneel?  Do you have to bow your head?  Does God care how it looks as long as we are talking to Him?

I spend a good amount of my day driving and somewhere between most and all of that time are devoted to singing worship songs and praying before I get to work.  But, I also talk to God throughout the day, whether it be to pray for a friend who has asked for it, a situation that has just come mind, or just simply to ask Him to make clear to me what His will is in the situation I’m facing.  How could I possibly have my hands folded, head bowed and eyes closed every time I talk to God?  But, I feel like I’m not giving Him my all and He deserves nothing less than that.

Is this something that Satan is putting in my head to get me distracted?  I really would like to hear some thoughts on what you do or don’t feel you need to do, etc.  Are there any scripture references that I don’t know about?  Please share your thoughts with me.  Thanks!  🙂


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SARATONG SPRINGS, N.Y. — Stewart's Shops Corp. has earned the New York State certification seal of approval.

A new standard for New York State agriculture, the certification guarantees that Stewart's milk and eggs come from local farms that meet specific food safety standards and demonstrate environmental stewardship.

A little over a year ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball and Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker to work on a brand and a program that would connect New York State with the marketplace.

After a "very intentional period," Ball and Zucker came up with the New York State Grown and Certified program, according to Ball.

"We knew people had a tremendous interest in local produce, which is great. Local agricultural product, which is awesome," he said. "But what so important to people is not just local, but the aspect of food safety and transparency. [People want to know] who's growing our food? How are they growing it? Where are they? So after a very intentional period, we came up with New York State Grown and Certified, and it'll tell people three things: the food is safe, the food is grown in an environmentally correct way, and the food is from New York."

In conjunction with local farms, Stewarts will label containers of milk and eggs so shoppers know the items have been certified fresh and local.

"People go into Stewart's Shops and they see the brand that says 'certified,' they can know it's from a family farm that's local. They can feel good about local, they can feel good about doing business with a family farm," Ball said. "They can also feel good knowing it's a safe product. They can also feel good knowing it’s environmental stewardship, because all three are embedded in that product when they see that symbol."

Saratoga Springs-based Stewart's Shops operates more than 335 convenience stores in upstate New York and southern Vermont.


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Izabel Goulart charms the camera for a new series of ads for Spanish fashion retailer, SuiteBlanco. There is no question, her sweet natural smile is utterly alluring. In this, her second campaign for the brand this season, Izabel models summer lightweight dresses and separates in patterned prints and denim for the Tropico Spring 2014 collection.

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Infrastructure of IoT, beyond availability and scalability

Infrastructure is something that people are used to not thinking about. It is normally associated with roads, water, electricity, and telecommunications. Things it takes for a society to function. People just want infrastructure to work when they need it. When roads are being repaired, when the waterline breaks, when the power is out, and the Internet is down — that’s when people pay attention to infrastructure. Most would assume that the Infrastructure for IoT should be the same just like the rest of information technology (IT).

In IT, search, email, finance, social networks are the infrastructure for being connected. When people talk about infrastructure for IT they think of security, availability, scalability, and reliability, as the key capabilities to focus on. Whenever there is a security breach or services go down, teams scramble to remedy the situation. The internet of things is being driven by many of the same technology…

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Google adds webscale CoreOS to its cloud roster

As of last week week users of Google(s goog) Compute Engine could opt to use CoreOS, a Linux variant designed for huge server deployments and to make OS updates as easy as possible .  GCE users already had access to Debian, Red Hat(s rhat) and Suse Linux and CentOS. (In the non-Linux realm, Windows Server support was added in March.)

The brains behind CoreOS include Alex Polvi, founder of Cloudkick and who joined Rackspace(s rax) when it bought that company in late 2010 and Brandon Philips of Rackspace and Suse Labs founded the CoreOS effort.

Per the CoreOS web site:

The strategies and architectures that influence CoreOS allow companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter to run their services at scale with high resilience. We’ve implemented them correctly so you don’t have to endure the slow, learn-as-you-go infrastructure building process.

CoreOS can run on your existing hardware or on most cloud providers. Clustering works across…

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Buy Mario Kart 8 At Toys R Us And Get 40% Off Wii U Game Of Equal Or Lesser Value

My Nintendo News

Toys R Us are doing a great deal for those of you looking to purchase Mario Kart 8 this Friday. If you decide to purchase the game from Toys R Us then you’re entitled to forty percent off any Wii U game that’s lesser or equal value to Mario Kart 8. Toys R Us are selling the game for $59.99.

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Mac OS X software update temporarily broken, likely due to expired SSL certificate

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Primeiro trailer de “Big Hero 6”, HQ japonês em nova animação da Disney

‘No man’s land’: How a bigger iPhone 6 will require developers to rethink their app designs

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Meet the New Mutants of X-Men: Days of Future Past

There’s a lot going on in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which jumps around from the 1970s to the present day to nine years in the future. In each timeline, mutants familiar and new (at least to movies-only fans) try desperately to save themselves from diabolical mutant-hunting robots called sentinels.

But fortunately for you, super speed or telekinetic powers aren’t needed to keep track of all the new X-Men. Just use this handy guide.

Roberto de Costs (aka Sunspot)

  • Absorbs and channels solar power.

Lucas Bishop (aka Bishop)

  • Absorbs and releases ambient energy

Pietro Maximoff (aka Quicksilver)

  • Super speed

Clarice Ferguson (aka Blink)

  • Portals and teleportation

James Proudstar (aka Warpath)

  • Superhuman physical ability

Peter Rasputin (aka Colossus)

  • Organic steel skin

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EXCLUSIVE: Robot cops secretly roaming Valley campuses, gagged by “the most strict NDA” the maker has ever seen

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Google is working with Ruckus Wireless to build a Wi-Fi network in the cloud

Google(s goog) is working with Wi-Fi equipment maker Ruckus Wireless(s rkus) to build a large-scale Wi-Fi network in the cloud off of which any business could hang its wireless routers, according to a source familiar with the project who asked not to be named.

Google’s plans to supply Wi-Fi services to small and medium-sized businesses was first reported by The Information on Wednesday. But I have gotten more details on what its network would look like and how it would be rolled out. Google has been working closely with Ruckus, trialing a new software-based wireless controller that virtualizes the management functions of the Wi-Fi network in the cloud, according to my source. The end result would be a nationwide — or even global — network that any business could join and any Google customer could access.

Both Google and Ruckus declined to comment.

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Facebook’s product guy is right, the media sucks — but journalists are also right: Facebook has to share the blame

Facebook (s fb) director of product Mike Hudack lit the fuse on a massive powder-keg of emotion on Thursday, when he posted a rant about the current state of the media. In Hudack’s view, too much of what currently passes for journalism is shallow click-bait. Almost immediately, you could hear journalists across the country popping blood vessels: After all, isn’t the fact that click-bait reigns supreme at least partly Facebook’s fault?

In his post, Hudack says that CNN has become “the network of kidnapped white girls” and that the nation’s newspapers have been mostly “hollowed out” and are “ghosts in a shell.” Meanwhile, BuzzFeed gets criticized for being mostly listicles, and Vox gets slammed for not providing the kind of serious journalism that the Facebook product manager says he was hoping for:

“Personally I hoped that we would find a new home for serious journalism in a format that…

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Your Cell Phone Is Going to Ruin Your Weekend

At least that’s Alex Cornell, a videographer known for some of his provocative videos, thinks. Cornell released this guide to a potentially worrying trend: group texts destroying weekend plans. The inspiration for the video? Cornell couldn’t say exactly when he spoke to Mashable. “Honestly, it’s every text conversation I ever have these days,” he said.

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7 Harmful Diet Lies You Probably Believe

As a culture, we go through phases with our diet preferences — low-fat gave way to low-carb, dairy-free begat gluten-free, and eggs (poor eggs) are either omega-rich wunderkinds or insidious cholesterol bombs depending on the current political climate and whether or not Mercury’s in retrograde. Yet, there are some out-there diet myths that we simply can’t seem to shake. Over the course of The Anti-Diet Project I’ve struggled to dislodge these false beliefs from my own diet-addled brain, but it’s not easy. When I’ve believed for 10 years that a potato is four points, it’s really hard to see it as a potato again. I still struggle with eating dinner, even when I’m hungry, and I’m fairly convinced it’ll take years of couples counseling for me to ever trust bananas again. We’ll get there one day, bananas.

Considering that I’m clearly bonkers when it comes to food, it helps to…

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5 Drug-Free Home Remedies For Pain

Feeling achy from a running injury? “Given time, your body will usually start to heal on its own,” says Lisa Callahan, MD, co-director of the Women’s Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery, in New York City.

If the pain lasts for more than 10 to 14 days, or if it’s very sudden or severe (meaning you can’t walk without pain or it’s noticeably swollen), it’s time to visit a doctor. In the meantime, here are a few things you can do to help speed your recovery.

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Most injuries start with inflammation, so icing right away can help. Keep cooling sessions to no more than 20 minutes at a time to prevent frostbite or other skin damage.

( 7 Running Injuries and How to Avoid Them)

If you’re still hurting…

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IGN Names Super Mario Galaxy As The Best Game Of The Last Generation

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Popular online gaming publication IGN has awarded Super Mario Galaxy with the acclaimed accolade as game of the last generation. IGN says that the Wii classic redefined the platforming genre and gave players a smart and refreshing challenge. They concluded by saying that it was ultimately the game worth owning a Wii for.

“Super Mario Galaxy wasn’t just the latest and greatest 3D Mario game when it released in 2007 — it redefined the platforming genre. Again. Nintendo’s best designers rebounded from the excellent but still somewhat underwhelming Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube and unleashed Galaxy, a meaty, deep adventure that married Mario’s traditional fireballs and Koopaling knockouts with a healthy dose of M.C. Escher. Its game design is as smart and challenging as it is refreshing, and, Wii Sports be damned, it was and is worth owning a Wii for all on its own.”

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Digital Foundry: Mario Kart 8 Is Native 720p And Runs On Average At 59 Frames Per Second

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Respected technology analysis site Digital Foundry has delivered their final verdict on the well-received Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. The publication says that Nintendo’s latest kart racer is 720p native, which goes against some of the rumours stating that its native 1080p. Nintendo also aimed to have the game run at a constant 60 frames per second, but the game generally dips to 59 frames per second. Here’s some extracts from the definitive analysis.

Starting from the top, then, there has been a surprising amount of confusion surrounding the resolution of the game with some sources even suggesting a native 1080p presentation. We can finally put that rumour to rest right here and confirm that Mario Kart 8 instead operates at what is effectively the console’s standard 1280×720. Of course, considering the quality of the visuals, this can hardly be considered a disappointment especially when other developers are…

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Levine, Hasbro Exec who Helped Create GI Joe, Dies

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9 Slimming Smoothie Recipes

Sip up and slim down. Quick and easy to prepare, these smoothie recipes are packed with refreshing fruits and MUFAs (monounsaturated fatty acids)—the Flat Belly Diet powerhouse ingredient that specifically targets belly fat. These 10 filling, creamy smoothies are perfect for breakfast, lunch, or a snack.

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Mango Smoothie Surprise

¼ c mango cubes

¼ c mashed ripe avocado (MUFA)

½ c mango juice

¼ c fat-free vanilla yogurt

1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice

1 Tbsp sugar

6 ice cubes

COMBINE all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Pour into a tall glass. Garnish with sliced mango or strawberry, if desired, and serve.

NUTRITION (per serving) 298 cal, 5 g pro, 55 g carb, 5 g fiber, 47 g sugar, 9 g fat, 1.5 g sat fat, 54 mg sodium

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Are virtual desktops the new battleground for cloud providers?

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is as old as virtualization technology. VMware announced VDI alliance way back in 2006. While IaaS, PaaS and SaaS became synonymous with cloud, it took a long time for desktops to show up there. VDI has always been confined to the data center or at most to an MSP-owned infrastructure. But that seems to be changing fast with Amazon, VMware, Citrix and Microsoft battling it out to win the Desktop as a Service or DaaS war.

It all started with AWS announcing Amazon WorkSpaces at its annual re:Invent conference last year. Although it has a long way to go in terms of feature set, Amazon should be credited for bringing desktops to the public cloud. Having strengthened the end-user computing group with the new leadership team, VMware was quick to announce Horizon DaaS on its vCHS platform a week before the general availability of Amazon WorkSpaces…

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Are Officially Married

Kim Kardashian, 33, and Kanye West, 36, got married at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy, on Saturday after almost a week-long celebration in Paris, PEOPLE reports.

Rich Wilkerson Jr., a pastor from North Miami, performed at the wedding, which counted many of the Kardashian family members and their celebrity friends as guests.

According to one guest PEOPLE spoke to, West “was the typical nervous groom, swigging obsessively from a bottle of water and shifting his weight from one foot to the other.”

“It was funny how nervous he was,” the source said. “He clearly knew the gravity of what he was about to do. This morning he was all smiles, but as it got closer, you could see that the nerves were kicking in.”

As rumors suggested, pop siren Lana Del Rey performed three songs at the lavish pre-wedding festivities in Paris, E! reports. But the couple chose to…

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Expect Labs upgrades its MindMeld API for building smart apps

Expect Labs has amped up the capabilities of its MindMeld API for building Siri-like applications for smartphones, browsers or pretty much any device. New features include support for seven new languages, SDKs for Android, iOS and JavaScript, and cross-platform speech recognition.

The company released the API publicly in February, promising to power apps that listen to speech commands or questions and deliver meaningful content based on relevance and context. Expect Labs’ first product, an “anticipatory computing” app called MindMeld, uses the API to listen to voice conversations and surface relevant web content as users speak — sometimes predicting what they’ll say next.

The flow a MindMeld application. The flow a MindMeld application.

The MindMeld API is one of a number of recent, and varying, attempts to put artificial intelligence in the hands of mobile developers. Others include IBM’s Watson cognitive computing API, AlchemyAPI’s natural-language processing and computer vision services, and Jetpac’s DeepBelief neural…

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Facebook Changes Default Share Setting to Private

New Facebook users will start out with tighter privacy settings, Facebook announced Thursday in a post that laid out out several privacy-related updates. This reverses the social network’s 2009 decision to make the default setting “Public,” which allowed everyone on the Internet, not just individual users’ friends, to view users’ content.

Existing users will be offered a “privacy checkup,” a pop-up which reminds them of their current privacy settings and shows them how to select a specific audience before posting content.

We recognize that it is much worse for someone to accidentally share with everyone when they actually meant to share just with friends, compared with the reverse,” said the company in a post.

The company has previously been criticized by privacy advocates for making its settings too complicated, and is currently under scrutiny by European and U.S. privacy officials. Facebook previously settled privacy claims with the Federal Trade…

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Asus Chromebook C200 pre-orders begin at $249

Pre-orders for the first Asus Chromebook have begun with Amazon(s amzn) charging $249 for the Chrome OS laptop and shipments expected on June 26. The C200 is an 11.6-inch Chromebook that uses the newer Intel(s intc) BayTrail-M processor instead of the fairly standard Haswell-based Celeron chip found in most current Chromebooks. That’s likely a step-down in performance but with the benefit of even more battery life: Asus says you can expect 10 to 11 hours of runtime from the 2.5 pound laptop. The C200 supplements the already available $179 Asus Chromebox and a larger C300 Chromebook coming soon.

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Trends in Enterprise WordPress Content VIP: Enterprise content management platform

Enterprises and big brands are always looking for better ways to get their content featured, shared, and visible. In this presentation, which was presented at WordCamp Switzerland earlier this month by VIP Global Services Manager Sara Rosso, we examine some of the latest trends related to enterprise content and how any site can take advantage of the experimentation happening on big volume and innovative publishers using WordPress.

Trends in Enterprise WordPress Content

The presentation is broken down in sections which focus on longform, newsletters, microsites/corporate sites, social media, multi-source & interactive content, and comments.

Longform: Automattic (makers of & VIP) recently acquired Longreads, a content curation and discovery site which features articles longer than 1,500 words. The site lets you search for longreads based on subject or reading length, and the number of sites which are featuring longer content has doubled (to more than 3,000 domains).

“The best…

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Are Ryan Gosling And Eva Mendes Close To A Split?

Actor Ryan Gosling has fueled rumors he and Eva Mendes could be close to ending their relationship. Gosling, who is at the Cannes Film Festival to promote his directorial debut Lost River, hasn’t been photographed with Mendes since November 2013. He was instead seen on the red carpet with one of the movie’s stars, Christina Hendricks.

Gosling and Mendes have been together since they met on the set of the 2012 drama The Place Beyond The Pines, a film also directed by Gosling’s Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance.

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Square Enix Confirms Next Dragon Quest Won’t Be A Smartphone Game

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Dragon Quest series creator Yuji Horii has confirmed to Japanese publication V Jump that the next mainline Dragon Quest game won’t be a smartphone based title. With Square Enix bringing a plethora of titles to smartphones, it’s a relief to hear that their next project will be either for consoles or dedicated handhelds. We already know that the next big Dragon Quest title is currently in development.

“Horii-san mentioned that smartphone games are currently mainstream because they can be played when you have a bit of spare time, but he wants to develop something bigger. That’s why he wants to be “more aggressive” with the next Dragon Quest and he doesn’t intend to make it for smartphones.”

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In the Skype Studio: How social media transforms ideas and movements

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Last week, Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Crimea, giving a controversial speech that posited Russia’s annexation of the peninsula as part of historical tradition. In March, when Crimea first voted to become a part of Russia, TED Fellow Ed Ou was there. He shared what he saw on the ground—Russian flags being hoisted over a military base—during a Skype conversation with Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, makers of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Square; Bahia Shehab, Egyptian street artist and TED Fellow; Anwar Dafa-Alla, the organizer of TEDxKhartoum; and Brian Ries, Mashable’s real-time news editor.

Above, watch this fascinating conversation in the lobby of TED2014, about how social media shifts the power dynamics of social movements, allowing individuals to tell their own stories above and beyond what the government and traditional media have to say.

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Apple extends exclusive rights to Liquidmetal in consumer products to Feb 2015

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Letter from Gen. W. H. C. Whiting to Sect. James Seddon, September 8, 1863

Letter from Gen. W. H. C. Whiting to Sect. James Seddon, September 8, 1863

In this correspondence, the Commander of the Confederate Forces at Wilmington and in the Cape Fear River area contends that the recent siege of Charleston, South Carolina has magnified the importance of Wilmington, North Carolina as a Confederate Port. He uses this logic to suggest that Wilmington should receive more support from the Confederate Government - at least as much as it provides for Charleston. Whiting also compares Wilmington to Vicksburg, suggesting that he perceives of his charge as being extraordinarily important. An endorsement from Jefferson Davis is utilized by Whiting to influence Seddon's perception of Wilmington.

W. H. C. Whiting

The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 29, Series 1, 0755.

York, Robert

Wilmington, North Carolina

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Wilmington, September 8, 1863.

Honorable JAMES A. SEDDON,

Secretary of War, Richmond:

SIR: The city of Charleston may not be taken, but as Confederate port it has well nigh ceased to belong to us. The new of to-day settles that question. In this crisis the importance of this place grows hourly. At this moment there is absolutely nothing to prevent, say 3,000 of the enemy from landing at Lockwood's Folly, 23 miles from Wilmington, and turning all our positions.

In any such event the harbor and the ports must go. We shall have a repetition of the Morris Island business, perhaps worse. The danger here is not from naval attack, I believe, as against monitors and fleets; if that is the enemy's line, I am able to maintain my position and beat them. It is against land forces. As Charleston is closed in the danger increases. If the Department considers this position as worth anything, I beg that troops may be gathered here. At no time in the history of this war has it been so entirely stripped, or in so great danger.

It is my earnest conviction and opinion that from this moment to the close of the war there should be an army always here. All-important as Vicksburg was to us, the presence of an army was always deemed necessay to its defense. The importance of Vicksburg then is not greater than that of this place now, the last outlet to the Confederacy. I repeat, however, that at no time has this place been so unprotected by supporting forces.

The artillery garrison is not adequate to man the works. The infantry force is nothing. I am endeavoring to occupy Smith's Island. I have neither the troops nor the labor.

I beg that you will lay all my letters before the President; as he has intrusted me with this defense he will consider my opinions for what they are worth.

I am not an alarmist, but I see danger not far off, and my only desire is to provide against it.

Very respectfully,

P. S.-Unless some great disaster occurs to the enemy, Charleston, as a Confederate port, is closed. The enemy have it in their power to hold their position and transfer in any two nights their operations here. It will not do to trust to work to be done and force to be gathered afterward.

General Clingman's brigade cannot now be withdrawn from Charleston. Martin's brigade, if full and well instructed, would afford a garrison, or, if it be better suited to an interior position, the brigade of General Ransom would be entirely reliable for protection of approaches to Wilmington. Pickett's brigades when filled up will be able to extend farther on the railroad, and the local-defense men of North Carolina, it is hoped, will soon be in the field.

The importance of Wilmington is evident, and it is desirable to have troops in position to cover the country and its proper defenses.

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There’s a ‘virtual’ party going on this evening and I can’t be there so I’m saying hello now so I don’t miss you all. I’ve visited lots of blogs and that took quite a while. I hadn’t planned to stop and read so many of them, but sometimes you just can’t help it and whole hours go by and you look up and find you are still in your dressing gown. Or maybe that’s just me.

I wanted to make this a welcoming post but to do your visit justice I feel I must at least be dressed and have cleaned my teeth. So I’ll be back in a few minutes …

And I wonder what you would like to see here. A nice welcoming front door is always a good start:

Come in. Have a seat, I hope you’ll stay for a little while. No, please don’t look up like that. Those cobwebs are doing a good job up there but I prefer not to be reminded about them. Have a flapjack instead:

You want the recipe? Ok. They’re dead easy and I like to think they’re good for you, with all those oats.

Turn the oven on to around 160 C. My oven’s always too hot so I set mine to 150 C. Mix together in a bowl:

4 oz self raising flour
4 oz rolled oats (porridge oats)
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
chopped pistachio nuts
chopped glace cherries

Put 4oz margerine, 2 oz sugar and a large tablespoon of golden syrup in a pan. Heat gently until the sugar is melted then stir in the oat mix. Spread the mixture into a swiss roll tin and flatten with the back of a spoon or if you want cookie-type biscuits arrange spoonfuls of the mixture  in the tin. Bake for around 15 minutes, until golden.

This is a great recipe that can be used for all sorts of different flavour flapjacks. I often use chopped apricots which are just as tasty. I wish I had a photo to show you but they get eaten as soon as they’re cooked so don’t sit around long enough for me to remember to take a picture.

Having visitors to my blog feels just like having visitors to my home. I did a bit of virtual dusting. There’s a couple of stories that we thought were hilarious but you might not so I hid them. That feels exactly like when the vicar’s coming round and we shove whatever it is I shouldn’t be seen to be reading under a cushion. I’ve put fresh flowers out though – see above. I’m typing this just out of sight of the photo. I would take you for a stroll round the garden but the foxgloves which were towering to the sky are leaning across the path and there are more rose petals on the ground than on the arbour. The cut and come again lettuce which looked so lively a week ago is shorn and limp and not coming again at all. There are photos around here somewhere of the garden last June when it did look beautiful, and if you fancy some Pavlova, there’s the recipe somewhere.

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Deadline Nears to Enter Mayors Matchup Pitch at SXSW

The pitches will be made before a panel of industry experts and mayors including Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, as entrepreneurs compete for up to $10,000 in prize money.

Entrepreneurs from across the country will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of the nation’s leading mayors March 11 competing for up to $10,000 at the Mayors Matchup 2018 during the Civic I/O event at South by Southwest in Austin.

Deadline for entry submissions is 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 16.

Deadline for entry submissions is 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 16.

Organizers said the winner also will have the chance to pitch at the 2018 U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting June 8-11 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Judges will evaluate the pitches based on how well they show an ability to solve a civic problem in addition to how promising the company or idea is in relation to team, market validation, product/service fit, business model, and growth trajectory.

The application must include a video pitch of less than two minutes.

Companies chosen to make a pitch will receive $1,000 for participation expenses, organizers said, and up to $10,000 based on the judging panel’s decisions.

Last year’s winner was San Francisco-based RideAlong, which offers a software tool that gives patrol officers important information about individuals with mental illness at the scene.

Civic I/O is an event that brings together mayors, futurists, and business leaders to collectively develop solutions for the societal and governmental issues they face. This year, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price will join fellow mayors from Austin, Baltimore, Orlando, and many other cities.

During the event, participants will discuss, debate, and share best practices and new ideas on important issues during panels and roundtables, dinners with fellow mayors, and one-on-one meetings with entrepreneurs.

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Smart Bride Boutique’s Obsessed with the Dress contest

Hey brides and non-brides alike…The kick-butt wedding site Smart Bride Boutique is hosting an Obsessed With The Dress photo contest to which you can submit photos of the strangest place you’ve ever seen or been a bride.

There are prizes awarded for the top user-voted and top jury-voted entries, along with 20randomly drawn prizes for anyone who enters. The grand prize is a His and Hers Gadget Package worth over $1000 including 2 Nokia 5530 Smartphones from Omegacell Communications and 2 Flip Video Camcorders. Second prize is a $500 Sears gift card. Last but not least, we’re giving away 10 pairs of earrings from Foxy Originals and 10 packs of greeting cards from LauraK Design. Want more information?

And while there, look at the right side of the screen to see if you recognize one of my past brides, Stephanie! 🙂

and here is one of mine… @ Steak & Shake. 🙂

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There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Citadel is a power metal band from St. Petersburg that started in 2001. They got one EP "Citadel" (2003) and album "Игра Света и Тени" (2008) . http://www.citadel.su/
http://www.myspace.com/citadelspb 2) Citadel® or Citadel ® is a prog rock band from the USA. http://www.citadelband.com still together after almost 30 years and 10 albums, also co-founders of Progfest in LA, which started a prog rock rebirth in 1993. 3) Citadel is a local band from petaluma. they broke up early 2006 but their music still lives on.

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