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Photographer / Claudio Rasano / @claudiorasanophoto
Can you tell us something about yourself?
I am a photographer from Basel,Switzerland. In 2016, I received the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize and was the 2017 was selected in the top 5 of the Photovogue in Portraits exhibit. I have the honour to be awarded as a finalist for the Lensculture portrait award, awarded for Syngenta Photography, Unseen Instagram Competition 2017, Life 2017 and Framer WORLD TRAVELERS which was judged by Steve Mc Curry. My work explores the relationship between humans and landscape, the subject within a landscape and the landscape on its own. I have been told that I have a genuine and identifiable style that crosses documentary and fine art. I would describe myself as a collector, or, a hoarder of images with the determined vision of the experienced collector. Collecting and cataloguing people from similar backgrounds, circumstances and experiences. From Same place to Skin of Africa the gaze and instances I believe speak volumes. The portraits themselves have been taken in a consistent manner. I make sure that in each portrait the composition is pre-visualizing. There is a strong relationship between the environmental portraits and landscape images.
Since photography techniques and equipment change so quickly, it is important to stay up-to-date. What do you do to keep up with the times?
I don't: I go completely against the current and stick to my analogue technique.
What is the meaning of the word PASSION for you?
Passion for me means forgetting time and drift into a sense of eternity. That's the sense I get when I plunge into photography.
What camera do you use and which one is your favorite lenses and why?
Rolleiflex 6008 Professional and Hasselblad 500cm Body, 80 mm F2.8. My favorite lenses are 80 mm and 50 mm; it gives me the quality I am looking for.
Who influenced your work the most? Are there any other photographers that you would consider as an idol?
I do not really have idols, but I do admire the work of Michal Chelbin, Ken Hermann, Laura Pannack, Spencer Murphy, Diane Arbus and Richard Avedon.
What in your opinion, is most important to consider while shooting portraits?
Just be yourself. And always wait a while, until your counterpart feels confortable and its features start to relax.
Where has been your favourite place or subject been to photograph?
Certainly South Africa, but also Thailand, Albania, Serbia and Georgia.
Over the years, have you ever encounter people who were difficult to photograph?
No, on the contrary: People who I thought could be difficult, turned out to be easy to work with.
What made you decide to become a photographer?
I did not decide to become a photographer, it just happened. I used to constantly look at my grandmothers photo albums with the wonderful black and white photographes. I was so fascinated, that I started taking pictures myself – first of my grandmother, and then of all the people around me.
How much do you research your subjects before photographing them?
I never have a plan; the projects arise spontaneously by walking or driving by. Then I just stop and ask if can take some pictures.


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For 10 seasons and episodes, fans watched them get together, break up, have a baby, and reunite. However, many aspects of their relationship didn't make much sense. Ross and Rachel had the typical backstory. He loved her from afar, going back to before she reentered his life on the day of her wedding. Over time, she developed feelings for him, too. However, before they got together, every time one of them wanted to act on their feelings, someone got in the way.
Meanwhile, Ross and Rachel have returned from their first date, a movie. They start to kiss, but things get awkward. While kissing, Ross slides his hands along. Ross and Rachel were the main couple on Friends, but there were more than a Start Now In fact, Ross and Bonnie soon ended up dating. That includes a movie stub from their first date, an eggshell from the first time Ross made In the last few seasons of “Friends,” the Ross and Rachel After guests start giving them wedding gifts in the from of $ cash money $.
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On Friends, Rachel and Ross' dating relationship doesn't last long. her co- worker, Mark starts to get in the way of her and Ross' relationship. Monica becomes infatuated with a friend of her parents when she caters a party for him. Ross and Rachel go on their first date. Joey and Chandler refuse to. 'Spoiler alert: Ross and Rachel date!' It involves scenarios people my age are starting to go through, but instead of taking them seriously.
Ross and Rachel go on their first date. Joey and Chandler refuse to move when they get a new TV and two armchairs. Director: Michael Lembeck.
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Goofs At the museum, Ross complains that Homo habilis hasn't learned how to use tools yet, when in fact this species of Homo are almost always attributed to stone tools. Quotes [ Chandler and Joey are being lazy in new recliners, and Chandler ordered pizza to be delivered to Monica's ] Chandler : Pizza's on the way.
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The second season of Friends, an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta .. Ross and Rachel attempt to have their first real date, but it's difficult for Rachel . Things quickly start to go wrong when Sandra worries after seeing Ross. After being together for a week, it is the day of Ross and Rachel's very first date. They are seen returning from a foreign movie and start to kiss passionately but. This Definitive 'Friends' Ross & Rachel Timeline Will Clear Up That Whole where Joey and Rachel date (which never should have happened, TBH) in gives birth when Ross wanted to ask her to start things back up again.
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Rachel writes Ross a letter asking him to take full responsibility for the events of their breakout. At a certain point in the series, Ross and Rachel try to be friends.
Ross ends up dating a British woman who Rachel accidentally set him up with and the two decide to get married. When she gets there, she sees how happy Ross is and decides not to intervene.
Ross and his new wife, Emily start their marriage off on a rocky start. But, eventually, Emily decides to make it work — so long as Rachel is not in his life. After a very drunken night in Las Vegas, Rachel and Ross tied the knot — with no recollection of it in the morning.
But, the two are quickly reminded of the events and Rachel asks Ross to take care of the annulment. Instead, Rachel moves in with Ross and the two decide to co-parent their daughter, Emma together.
Certain events in the series finale show how Rachel and Ross end up together. After getting a job offer at Louis Vuitton in Paris, Rachel makes the tough decision to move overseas with her daughter, Emma. That is until she gets on the plane and realizes leaving New York City and the person she loves is a big mistake.
Following the series finale, many assumed that Rachel and Ross end up married. In the spinoff show, Joey — which follows Joey on a move to Hollywood to pursue his acting career — Joey mentions something about how all of his friends are married meaning, Chandler and Monica, Phoebe and Mike, and most-likely Ross and Rachel.
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The impact of the BT ISDN Switch Off
In 2015, BT announced that their Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) lines will be switched off by 2025.
In the 1980’2, PSTN was considered the advanced digital platform of its time, allowing calls to be made over copper and fibre telephone lines using analogue signalling.
However now, as technology has evolved, it has increasingly become outdated telephony and harder to maintain.
In the last decade, broadband services have increased in reliability and quality and the PSTN has evolved to support this change to an almost completely digital network. As a consequence, traditional fixed line telephony using analogue services for calls have become obsolete and unable to support an increasingly digital world demanding quality and speed for voice calls or data.
Now, it’s all in the cloud. Cloud-based services eliminate the need for phone lines and provide the communications that supports your hybrid working.
What is the timeline for the BT ISDN Switch Off?
BT Announce the ISDN Switch Off
500 locations to no longer have ISDN
"Stop Sell" Complete by BT
BT ISDN Switch Off Complete
So, how do I plan for the BT Switch Off?
There is still time to plan, however, it is not advisable to leave all your planning until 2025.
Some locations are already unable to access PSTN or ISDN, such as Mildenhall and Salisbury. BT will continue its plan to stop selling ISDN lines particularly in areas that have achieved high coverage with gigabit capable networks.
Whilst there will still be trained engineers to service ISDN lines, parts will continue to decline, meaning that it will become increasingly difficult to repair and coupled with an expected decline in network quality you may wish to start planning the switch now.
Consider these next steps:
- Check whether you are one of the locations to have already stopped
- If you are not, then confirm the date that BT will be stopping in your area
- Check your current telephone system contract renewal date
- Begin to plan what you will switch to post the BT ISDN Switch Off
What are your options post the BT ISDN Switch Off?
Everyone will need to upgrade to an internet based VoIP system.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), is the capability of making phones calls over the internet. This is not new technology but has become a highly cost-effective and reliable way to handle calls for the future.
There are a few ways that you can access VoIP.
You can implement SIP Trunks, which is technology that allows you to make calls over a data connection connected to a compatible IP Phone system. This is considered a great half way house between an on-premises solution and a fully hosted platform.
However, to achieve the greatest flexibility for your business, implementing a fully hosted cloud communications platform.
The Benefits of moving to Cloud Communications
Supports cohesive communication
Implementing Cloud Communications eliminates issues surrounding integration, deployment and multi-vendor contracts as it provides a consolidated solution and the latest technology.
ISDN and PSTN are the backbone of the UK’s telephone network. However, with dramatic changes in technology, particularly in recent years with the emergence of smartphones, apps, cloud applications, IOT, the copper cables are no longer capable of keeping up with these advances.
IP will deliver the technology that is needed to ensure telecommunications remains flexible, reliable and scalable.
In short yes they are, and BT are updating information all the time. Essentially 500 locations are being placed on a stop by August 2022 with a completion date for this by 2023. Whilst existing BT lines will still be functional, service will be in decline with a lack of parts available for any repairs necessary, making it increasingly difficult to service.
All landline networks will become obsolete and replaced by the IP digital network. You need to plan now as the areas on a stop sell increase, resulting in a decrease in service to existing lines.
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Mysterious lumps in gas clouds connecting stars in the Milky Way could comprise a significant amount of the galaxy's missing matter, according to Australian scientists.
- Noodle-shaped lumps lie in gas between stars in the Milky Way
- Discovery challenges understanding of gas in Milky Way
- Lumps in gas work like lenses, focusing and defocusing radio waves
- They may make up a substantial amount of galaxy's dark matter
The invisible structures, reported in the journal Science, are thought to be shaped like noodles, lasagne sheets or possibly hazelnuts.
"These observations provide us with a new understanding of the galaxy's interstellar gas which is important for recycling stellar material for new star formation," said the study's lead author Dr Keith Bannister of the CSIRO.
The structures appear to be lumps in the thin electrically charged gas that lies between the stars in our galaxy.
"These lumps of gas work like lenses, focusing and defocusing the radio waves from more distant objects, making them appear to strengthen and weaken over a period of days, weeks or months," Dr Bannister said.
"It's the same as looking at a light through a wine glass, as you move the wine glass you'll see the shape of the light bulb changing and getting brighter and fainter."
Astronomers first detected the mysterious clouds 30 years ago when they saw radio waves from a bright quasar in a distant galaxy varying wildly in strength.
However, back then scientists had trouble working out what they were because they only had two frequencies to look at.
Powerful telescope enabled detailed study of gas
Using the powerful Australia Compact Array Telescope, Dr Bannister and colleagues were able to study the gas cloud in more detail as it passed in front of a quasar called PKS 1939-315 in the constellation Sagittarius.
"In our new data instead of just two channels, we have 9,000 channels," Dr Bannister said.
"We saw two bumps in the data — it first got brighter for a few days, it then became much fainter before getting brighter again and finally going back to normal."
The optical light from the quasar did not change while the radio lensing took place, indicating that optical surveys for these events would not detect them.
This is important because we don't know much about these things or what they do to the structure of the galaxy and the gas in the Milky Way.
The authors estimate the lens is about the size of the Earth's orbit around the Sun and lies approximately 3,000 light-years away.
The new observations have allowed Dr Bannister and colleagues to develop their first estimates of the clouds' shape.
"This means we're able to start ruling out different geometries for these objects — such as solid balls of gas or bent sheets of gas. It's like going from black and white to colour," Dr Bannister said.
There are still a couple of geometries that Dr Bannister and colleagues are looking at, including sheets of gas seen edge-on or hollow noodle-like cylinders.
"Another possibility involves lumps of gas shaped like a hazelnut and comprising a spherical shell of plasma surrounding a core of cooler neutral gas, with gravity providing the confinement to keep the cloud together," he said.
"These things are all over the Milky Way and comprise a fair proportion of the galaxy's overall mass."
Lenses could help explain missing mass problem
Dr Bannister said these lenses could help explain what astronomers call the missing mass problem.
"Current models of nucleosynthesis in the first few minutes after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago predict that far more hydrogen, helium and lithium was produced than what we can actually find," he said.
"The leading candidate is the hot plasma contained in the filaments and knots of the web-like, large-scale structure of the universe. Our lenses provide another candidate."
The authors still do not know how these invisible lenses form or their composition and temperature.
"This is important because we don't know much about these things or what they do to the structure of the galaxy and the gas in the Milky Way," Dr Bannister said.

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The Indian government in its goal to uplift cities has come up with the ‘The Smart City Mission’. Making a strong point to consider the urbanisation of cities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a conference on Smart Cities said that “he would like to strengthen cities by comprehensive and inter connected approach with public’s participation”.
The smart city project comprises of cities like Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi etc. In all, 20 cities are to be developed under the Smart city mission. The project will focus on increasing job opportunities in these 20 cities with varied infrastructural and industrial developments providing citizens clean and sustainable lifestyles.
Pune one of the cities in the Smart City mission, is the second largest city in the state of Maharashtra. It is also one of the fastest growing cities of Asia-Pacific region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already launched 14 projects in Pune which comprise of street and pedestrian walkway, vehicle health monitoring, maximum solar city, etc. and has initiated 69 projects in other smart cities. The Smart city project will encourage innovative ideas for the development in digitalization, smart meters and ideas that save energy. Under the Smart city mission, the central government will spend approximately INR 48,000 crore over the next 5years and has sanctioned 194cr for Pune smart city mission.
Smart city mission will be beneficial not only to the City but also to the Citizens. Pune city under the Smart city program will transform itself, thus attracting more and more investments and funding from the government which will raise the statistics of this city.
Following are the few characteristics of Pune smart city development:
- House at reasonable prices
Pune constitutes 40% poverty of total population in that city and they contribute to economic growth. Thus, Shelter becomes their prime objective. Therefore, it is decided to build 20,000 houses in coming 10 years.
This characteristic of Pune Smart City, is to bring up new technologies or upgrade present technologies, to improve the physical infrastructure of the organizations supporting principles of sustainable development. It comprises of transport and water supply as the main projects.
- Upcoming start-ups
Smart city plan in Pune has come up with new idea of start-ups, to provide challenging job opportunities for the young population as they are technically skilled, due to many well-known universities in Pune.
- A Transit zone
Poor connectivity leads to a barrier to public transport. Therefore, Pune smart city project has decided to make it functional with Metro, BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) etc. to provide a good connection with public transports and thus making travelling easier.
Why is Pune an ideal choice for Smart City Mission?
- It is referred as the ‘Oxford of the East’ as it marks the presence of excellent colleges and learning centres.
- Pune has many IT, Automobile, Floriculture, Engineering and Pharmaceutical companies
- It has an excellent Human resource with literacy rate of upto 92%
- Pune has witnessed a healthy growth in Real estate market and is considered to be one of the best cities to invest in.
- Pune is going to be the next IT hub after Bangalore
Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech expressed satisfaction for public participation of over 25 lakhs population, in Smart city building plan, from different cities. People are highly engrossed in improving their respective towns and cities, thus giving their serious contribution to Smart City development.
Adding to the existing number of Corporate and Manufacturing units present, Pune has bagged many famous Foreign Direct Investment under the “Make in India” scheme that has given rise to an ever-increasing number of employment opportunities.
Pune an already flourishing city will gain an impetus in its progress by the Smart city mission. This program will prove to be a boon for Punekars and a green signal to the real estate investors. The city with its supreme connectivity and infrastructure is soon to become the next big city of India.


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(The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be looking to light up London)
There has been a pattern of success when it comes to winning in the London game with teams coming across to the UK to prepare winning whilst teams flying over last minute as if it's a normal away game tend to pay the price for lack of preparation in the different surroundings, this doesn't bode well for the Chicago Bears who've taken the second option whilst this is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2nd time at Wembley after 2009 & they've been in the UK since Monday this time around. Neither side have been offensive powerhouses with the Buccaneers ranking 14th in passing yards & 15th in rushing, the Bears rank 21st & 20th in the same categories. On the defensive side both have been somewhat poor against the pass with the Bears ranked 25th & the Bucs 26th & the Bears have been giving up more yards on the ground than the Buccaneers.
(The Buccaneers' quarterback Josh Freeman can take off & run for a touchdown in this one)
The key players in this game on the offensive side look to be ace running back Matt Forte for the Bears & hugely talented quarterback Josh Freeman for the Buccaneers. Forte is an offensive powerhouse who leads the team in rushing with 527 yards & in receiving with 36 catches for 381 yards, it is somewhat surprising to see him with just two touchdowns on the season though, although it is sensible for the Bears to use the bruising Marion Barber in short yardage rushing situations. Tampa Bay's Josh Freeman is a massive talent in more ways than one, standing at 6 foot 6 inches tall allows him to see over the offensive line & pick out passes with accuracy (62.6% this season), he's also quick with his feet & hard to stop if he gets rolling, with two rushing touchdowns already this season you would think the bookmakers would take note but they haven't he's available at 33/1 to score 1st & a huge 5/1 to score at anytime. With running back LeGarrette Blount looking slightly doubtful fitness wise the Buccaneers will elect to put the ball in Freeman's hands & he can find his set of receivers with regularity, including second season players Arrelious Benn & Preston Parker, to put the Bears under real pressure. There is strife in the Bears camp with Forte wanting a new contract, safety Chris Harris requesting a trade & maligned quarterback Jay Cutler seen to be arguing with his offensive co-ordinator during the victory against the Vikings, we like the Bears a lot - they have the tools to perform well (especially the irrepressible Devin Hester!) but things are conspiring against them. Add to the Bears troubles that their offensive line isn't performing well enough to keep Cutler out of trouble & they may struggle this week, we're picking the Buccaneers to win this one at odds of 23/20.
Elsewhere the Houston Texans travel to the Tennessee Titans in crucial AFC South game, with one of these two sides looking most likely to win the division & progress to the playoffs. The Titans are coming off a bye week whilst the Texans come off a loss away to the powerful Baltimore Ravens, the Texans run in for the rest of the season appears to contain eminently winnable games & they will want to start rolling here. The Titans surprised everyone in week 2 with their win against Baltimore & they've since gained wins against poor Broncos & Browns teams before taking a beating against the Pittsburgh Steelers in week 5. Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has performed to a higher level than many people expected this year & it helped that he started out with top notch wide receivers Nate Washington & Kenny Britt this year, Britt unfortunately tore ligaments in the Broncos game & is out for the season, he'll be a big loss & Hasselbeck's passing numbers have dropped in the games since. With their pass offense weakened the Titans may opt to switch more to the ground game & they have the player in 2009's offensive palyer of the year, running back Chris Johnson, the thing is that this year it just hasn't been happening on the ground for Chris & the Titans, they rank last & Johnson has only had 100+ yard rushing game, he seems to be used more out of the backfield than as a traditional rusher. This looks a great game for the Texans to be playing with Tennessee having fundamental problems in offense as they lost star linebacker Mario Williams 2 games ago & it showed against Baltimore, on the other side of the ball they seem to be clicking in all areas of the game. Although the Titans defense is a solid unit & they rank pretty well against both the pass & run they will struggle against the options that the Texans have, Matt Schaub is a very good QB, Arian Foster was last season's leading rusher & although star receiver Andre Johnson is sidelined they are able to go to top tight end Owen Daniels instead. In terms of rushing the ball the Texans have used second season player Ben Tate as much as Foster & he has been excellent with 4.7 yards per carry, with so many options the Texans can wear down all areas of a defence & keep getting 1st downs, they can win this without the points they'd get on the spread & at odds of 6/4 they rate a serious bet.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Chicago Bears at 23/20 with Ladbrokes
Josh Freeman to score 1st touchdown at 33/1 with Coral & to score at anytime at 5/1 with Paddy Power
Houston Texans to beat Tennessee Titans at 6/4 with Skybet

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Best game ever
4Elements [1,2] are the best match3 games ever. You will be hooked - like totally.
April 1, 2012
Best Game I Ever Played
This game had me hooked from the very beginning.
Finished it finally, but it took this grandma 34 tries to get through the last level(stubborn old coot).
I recommend this game HIGHLY!!!
January 24, 2012
this is an excellent game
but some how stopped working after a year or two
I don't have a disc, it was downloaded
this is what I have:
order number: 6205519
does not work in HDMI mode
once this is working again, I would like to buy 4 elements II
would like to have both on a disk
December 15, 2014
So much fun
I absolutely cannot remember the last time I had so much fun playing a match 3 game. This game is amazing , with a neat storyline and the 64 different levels with multiple maps that you need to get through to complete the game. The graphics and special effects are amazing, it is so much fun, the water rushes through the maps as you defeat obtacles, with wonderful special effects with arrows, fireworks, the works.There are also 16 spot the difference and 4 hidden object scenes. I wholeheartedly recommend this game, do not miss it.
November 10, 2014
Super Fun Match 3
I have to admit, I usually enjoy adventure or HOG. This game blends match 3 with HO, which I like. My son, who is a whiz at anything strategic, also liked the storyline, which I thought was just okay. Overall, it was really fun and worth buying. We might even play it again.
June 13, 2013
can be really relaxing
just relaxing to try figure your way through. awesome game.
November 13, 2011
Awesome storyline, fun theme and addicting!
December 8, 2011
I like the moving screen and it is just different enough to offer a little bit more than "just another match" game.
June 14, 2012
A nice entertaining 3 match game
This is a lovely game. It never gets so challening as to become frustrating. The graphics are pretty the story is interesting and it's visually very pleasing. The music is not overly annoying - it's not bad. But I'm the type that usually mutes most music on all games I play pretty quickly. The levels can get a bit monotonous - otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. The las few levels require fast enough play that I would recommend a mouse instead of using a touch-pad on a laptop. Although, I did use the touch-pad successfully for 98% of the game. I would recommend this game for anyone who is looking for a moderate to mild challenge and escape for the evening who like stories in the fantasy genre.
December 25, 2013
Different from most other Match 3 Games
As an older person and still a beginner, I found this game a little frustrating at times but I did enjoy it. You have to figure out which way it really wants you to go, it's not always obvious on the expansive layout. The layout is quite large and moves as you do the match 3's, kinda like a flowing river where you remove the obstacles. I did enjoy having 3 different games, the hidden objects I enjoy and like the hint when needed. I also liked the "spot the difference" part, although a little hard on my old eyes. It is a timed game, which I seldom buy but you do not get penalized if time runs out, you just start that level over. Level 63 was also a little frustrating because you have to move very fast to beat the arrow power ups at the bottom. Took me several tries. At least the little fairy tells you at the beginnng of level 63 what you have to do which was much appreciated. I did get to the end, which I consider an accomplishment for me. It's a fairly long game so you do get your money's worth.
August 30, 2013

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The Wetland Bird Survey 1994-95
Wildfowl and Wader Counts
R.J. Waters, P.A. Cranswick, J. Evans and M.S Pollitt
Citation: Waters, R.j., Cranswick, P.A., Evans, J. & Pollitt, M.S. 1996. The Wetland Bird Survey 1994-95: Wildfowl and Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Slimbrige.
Title Page, The Wetland Bird Survey, Acknowledgements, Preface, Contents, Errata, Introduction, Progress and Developments, Surveys and Projects, Conservation and Management, Weather, WeBS Core Counts, Interpretation of waterfowl counts, Data presentation, Coverage, Total numbers, Monthly fluctuations, Indicies, Principal Sites, WeBS Low Tide Counts, Introduction, Data Interpretation and Presentation, Estuary Accounts, Waterfowl Counts in the Republic of Ireland, References, Glossary, Appendices
Winter bird ID and WeBS (Residential, Flatford Mill, Suffolk)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and learn all about the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) on this weekend residential course for relative beginners and improvers. With a focus on waterfowl and waders, discover more about...
Unlocking the science to reveal the state of nature
David Noble takes a sober look at the latest State of Nature Report.

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We are looking for a talented UI/UX designer to join our team. You will turn interfaces into rich user experiences, working with our team as you model user behaviour, create sitemaps, user journeys, personas and wireframes.
The role requires excellent communication skills, someone who can inspire others with their vision and someone self-motivated to see projects through to completion.
- Work closely with a team of stakeholders, business analysts, developers, and designers to guide UX design from the start to finish of a project.
- Create meaningful UX deliverables such as sitemaps, wireframes, user journeys, prototypes, personas, presentations that help the team to understand what to build.
- Revise and improve design based on user and client feedback.
- Interpret quantitative and qualitative data analysis to understand design problems and suggest solutions.
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and stakeholders.
- Lead UX tasks on major projects doing some of the design themselves and providing oversight/direction to other designers on the project.
Required skills and experience
- 2+ years of Project Management experience in a fast moving business environment (preferably from a Digital Agency / Web Development background)
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects under challenging and pressurised scenarios
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a strong ‘client / customer oriented’
- Excellent verbal and written communication, as well as interpersonal and presentation skills
- Detail orientated individual who can assess and bottom out requirements
- Highly organised and motivated individual with an aptitude for understanding and solving problems
- Experience working in an Agile development environment is a plus
- Degree educated in computer science/engineering/ is an added advantage
- PM certification is a plus Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required
Additional Technical Skills
- Share work to get feedback and iterates their thinking with continual review.
- Plan own work executing against deadlines and find ways to maximise efficiency.

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Greene Realty Group and The Bridge Music Project (Bridge) have developed a relationship through their mutual interest in lifting up the community. The Bridge Music Project provides youth with space and mentorship for songwriting, both personal and interpersonal growth and musical expression. For many years running, Greene Realty has been an ardent supporter of The Bridge Music Project, and their latest collaboration together is an inspiring and enlightening video about the music recording workshops created for youth, 14-20 years old.
Founder and Executive Director Bobby Williams began The Bridge Music Project while working with at risk youth who were in foster care. Williams started hosting songwriting workshops and noticed that the youth used lyrics as a way of processing traumatic experiences.
The Greene-Bridge connection began in the early days of the program through Williams’s friendship with Greene Realty agent Matt Guile. The two paired up for a fundraising effort. Guile’s involvement developed into serving as a Bridge board member advising on financing and budgeting as treasurer. Giving support for community programs is part of what Greene Realty does. Greene realtors and staff each participate by contributing to the Greene Giving Fund, and they raise $10,000 to $12,000 annually.
Partnered with The Community Foundation, a committee apportions Greene Realty funds to children’s, housing and military nonprofits and charities. Guile and Greene Realty have supported numerous Bridge projects in the past, and the YouTube video highlighting the project puts faces and music where the public can see what is happening at The Bridge Music Project.
The Bridge Music Project Workshops
Workshops are held in locations accessible to youth and where some may need them the most. One program is the Grays Harbor Community Songwriting Workshop for youth who are serving a sentence in a detention center. Another is held at Marshall Middle School, and the Thurston County Workshop is held at Capitol Theater.
In downtown Olympia, The Bridge Music Project has a yearly concert series for the public and open mic nights for youth who are experiencing homelessness.
Most recently, they have been working with Greene Hill School in Chehalis for youth who are incarcerated.
Musical expressions span the genres with singing, rapping and playing instruments. However, while music is the vehicle, being creative amongst their peers and learning to collaborate as team players are important steps in the eight-week workshop.
“Each workshop begins with a community contract,” Williams says, “and the question they are answering is, ‘What do I need to feel supported and be successful in the group?’ We talk about constructive criticism, being dedicated and being original with your ideas. The community contract is the foundation of why the workshops work because if it is not an environment that can be supportive and creative and also be accountable, then it’s not going to work.” Payoff is big. Participants get to see their efforts come to fruition when working with professional audio recording engineers and performing for an audience in a concert at the end of eight weeks.
Participation is electrifying. Shy young people find a safe place in which they can use their voice, and youth can find a place to channel energy and creativity within a collaborative group. Collaborative songwriting, practicing together and providing feedback are valuable life skills, necessary for successful interaction in the adult world. And participation is not just a one-time gig. Many return again and again, sometimes in the role of mentors themselves.
“Our greater mission is helping youth who have been through trauma to process it,” Williams says. “We’re building support around youth in the community. Through doing the workshop, they are seeing a direct impact of ‘I worked hard on this song. I was able to record it. I practiced it, and I was able to perform it.’ It teaches them you can have an impact on your life and your future. They get life skills from it like collaboration, teamwork and following through on a project when it is hard.”
Greene Realty Gives to The Bridge Music Project in More Than One Way
Publicity and funding are important, but momentum also comes from people giving time. Greene Realty provides that by networking and spreading the word about The Bridge Music Project. Public participation and involvement have grown the program. The Bridge trains mentors in its mentorship program, and volunteers who can share their basic musical knowledge are valuable contributors as well.
“We’re a nonprofit organization,” Williams says, “but we are also a community that consists of the youth, their family, their friends, their supporters and our community partners like Greene Realty. We think of them as part of our Bridge community. They are part of the lifeblood that keeps the organization going. We wouldn’t be able to do it without support from groups like Greene Realty. It makes a huge difference in making the work possible.”
The relationship between The Bridge Music Project and Greene Realty allows each entity to grow the community. The workshop program helps youth heal, grow and feel more capable and comfortable with planning their adult lives. The youth that Williams works with are the future adults who will, in turn, live in, work in and give back in Olympia and greater Thurston County. Guiles and Greene Realty support the safe space that youth need for that growth.
If you know a youth who could benefit from The Bridge Music Project, check out The Bridge Music Project website for more information.

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Dr. Darrell Smith returns to WACO School DistrictFormer superintendent named interim superintendent
By BROOKS TAYLOR
Mt. Pleasant News
WAYLAND — And then there were two.
Of the three Henry County schools (WACO, Mt. Pleasant and Iowa Wesleyan) searching for a superintendent/president, WACO became the first to fill its superintendent’s position.
In a special meeting Tuesday night, the board voted unanimously to bring back Dr. Darrell Smith, a Swedesburg resident.
Smith, a retired superintendent, served as superintendent at WACO from 2002-2008. He retired after serving WACO but has been an interim superintendent at the West Bend-Mallard, Solon and Louisa-Muscatine School districts since retiring.
“We’re real excited,” said Tim Graber, WACO School Board president in making the announcement. “Dr. Smith lives in the district and knows the district. He is exactly what we were looking for.
“We have to focus on finances, and Dr. Smith is good at that,” Graber added.
Smith currently is president of the WACO School Foundation.
Two candidates were interviewed for the position, Graber said. The interviews were conducted Tuesday afternoon and the board met in special session following the interviews and selected Dr. Smith.
Smith has 42 years of experience in education. His contract will be for a minimum of 100 days beginning July 1, 2013. He will be paid $25,000 for his work.
He replaces Pat Coen, who was a shared administrator with the Winfield-Mt. Union School District the past three years.
Smith accepted the position Wednesday morning. Financial details have not been disclosed but will be at WACO’s regular board meeting Monday night. At that meeting, the board also will formally approve Smith’s contract.


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On international routes, JAL will introduce an additional 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft, currently serving as the backbone of its domestic operations. Moreover, JAL plans to add 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft to its existing fleet of over 50 Boeing 787 series aircraft. These new aircraft introductions aim to enhance and expand the capacity of JAL’s international operations, with a primary focus on regions such as North America, Asia, and India where future growth is expected.
As of 2030, JAL aims to expand and grow its international network, increasing the combined supply capacity of both full-service carriers and low-cost carriers (LCCs) by approximately 1.4 times, while also accelerating the adoption of the latest fuel-efficient aircraft to provide customers with the best possible service and further reduce CO2 emissions. The introduction of both aircraft types is planned over a period of approximately six-years, starting in FY2027.
On domestic routes, JAL will introduce 21 Boeing 737-8 aircraft to replace its current Boeing 737-800 fleet, starting from 2026. Additionally, to update their existing fleet of medium-sized Boeing 767 aircraft, JAL has decided to introduce 11 Airbus A321neo aircraft. This marks the first-time introduction of Airbus A321neo aircraft for JAL. These aircraft will be strategically deployed on routes that align with demand, including to and from Haneda Airport, starting from 2028. Furthermore, JAL has also decided to introduce one additional Airbus A350-900 (domestic configured) as a replacement for the A350-900 aircraft that was lost in January 2024.

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May 31, 2014 8:58:59 PM
Elbert came in the back door shaking his head. "You ought to go see that cabbage; it's as big as a tire." Elbert Ellis is the maintenance person here at The Dispatch. He doesn't get excited easily.
"Down at the Shell station," he said pointing east.
As I was leaving for the day, Elbert mentioned it again. I went back upstairs and retrieved my camera and notebook. I am ever nostalgic for the days when people brought large fish and odd-shaped vegetables by the paper to be photographed and put on the front page of the next day's edition. That is as much of who we are as are the too-often dispiriting stories about those we entrust to run our government.
Years ago I went out to the Lone Oak community near Caledonia to photograph a 120-plus pound watermelon. The proud grower allowed us to keep his prize melon in the newsroom for a week. Parents and grandparents brought their kids by for pictures.
A sweet potato/squash/cucumber shaped like a duck could get you on the front page in those days. Same for a giant catfish, invariably said to be caught in Moore's Creek, a stream that might support a school of bream.
Aretha Macon, a cashier at the Express Mart on Main, was happy to pose with her trophy cabbage and share the secrets of its making.
"An old man told me to pull off one of the bottom leaves every week," she said. "It works."
Saturday morning Aretha gave me a tour of her garden. She lives off Nashville Ferry Road on Cherub Lane.
Earlier I had emailed the picture of Aretha and her cabbage to several friends, Columbus natives, who love the touches of local color that grace our pages from time to time. One who lives in Nashville wrote back and asked about the name, Nashville Ferry Road.
I forwarded the question on to local history expert and Dispatch columnist Rufus Ward, who examines the question in today's column (page 2A). Nashville was a river town 12 miles south of Columbus that existed during the first half of the 19th century. As it turned out, the town was in the river's flood plain and was eventually abandoned. According to Rufus, the ferry operated until the 1960s.
Aretha, the daughter of a moonshiner, grew up near that ferry. She lives eight miles away from her childhood home in a double-wide trailer at the end of a dirt road. Her well-tended front yard is bordered with careful plantings of cannas, gladioli, roses and native shrubs.
The kitchen garden is in the backyard. Name a vegetable grown in these parts and chances are Aretha is growing it: okra, tomatoes, potatoes, rutabagas, melons, cucumber and so on. In addition to all that, she has five more cabbages that rival her champion.
Too frequently we encounter people in our coming and going -- Aretha has worked in local convenience stores for 38 years -- without ever knowing much about them. Other than to say she is unfailingly pleasant, I knew little about her, and presumably she knew little about me.
Yet, through an odd sequence of events, I happened to be standing in this small Eden of her making. A cool breeze drifted across from neighboring fields; several pastures over, cows were lowing.
"Do you want some potatoes?" Aretha asked, taking up a spading fork.
She plunged the fork into what appeared to be an unplanted part of the garden. The dirt was rich, brown and granular. The first spadeful yielded half dozen rose-colored potatoes of different sizes. Same with the next. It's as though she was unearthing gold doubloons there in the dirt. There was a certain magic to it. I tried to gather up the potatoes, but there were too many of them.
"We'll wash them off and I'll get you a bag," she said. She picked half a dozen squash. "You like banana peppers?"
I end up with a plastic bag of produce and a head of cabbage, not as big as a tire, but almost.
Birney Imes III is the immediate past publisher of The Dispatch.
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Reggae Rampage is back – at Transit. Capitol Roots Corporation and Branch Stack Records team up with Cultura Clandestino to bring you the hottest original live band reggae vibes in the ACT. It guarantees to be a great night of grooves.
Action starts early with doors at 7.30. Then at 8.20 live music will commence as Kopasetic get things kicked off with their fresh brand of original reggae meets folk/roots.
Stalwart Canberra Ska/Rocksteady massive The Kingstons then take to the stage led by the powerhouse front man (and poster artist) Brett Olzen. Heading up the evening is Agency Dub Collective, whose signature spacey jams and relentless rubadub feels have rumbled Canberra’s limestone caves for 2 decades. FACT: This is their twentieth year in dub. FACT: This is Dubby Xmas.
Special guest Nicholas Combe will feature heavily on tenor sax on the night!
The vibes continue til midnight for the stayers as Mick Dagger delivers classics reggae bangers from Jamaica and the Diaspora. Bound to be a great event – tickets selling now through moshtix


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Japan royal couple visit tsunami-hit town MinamisanrikuApril 27th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 27(ANI): Japan’s royal couple on Wednesday made their first visit to the area that bore the full force of last month’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.
According to the Guardian, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko spoke to survivors at an evacuation shelter in Minamisanriku - a Miyagi prefecture town of 20,000 where 496 people died and another 656 are missing, presumed dead.
The tsunami destroyed 3,800 houses in the town, leaving over 6,000 people homeless.
The royal couple were greeted by rescue workers and briefed on recovery efforts.
They spent about 30 minutes speaking to some of the 200 evacuees living in a school gymnasium.
The pair later visited another shelter in Sendai before flying back to Tokyo on a military helicopter.
According to the Imperial Household Agency, the royal couple will visit disaster-hit Iwate prefecture on Monday, and travel to Fukushima prefecture on May 11 to meet people forced from their homes because of the nuclear crisis.
The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been releasing large amounts of radioactive material, and the nuclear emergency level is currently on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, described as the world’s worst ever-peacetime nuclear event. (ANI)
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- Japan mourns on quake anniversary (Second Lead) - Mar 11, 2012
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- Death toll in tsunami hit Japan tops 10,000 two weeks after disaster - Mar 25, 2011
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Pets are living longer than ever in America. This is because people have learned to take better care of their pets. These pets have become an important part of the life of the community and their families. There are many pet lovers in the world. We also know someone who is a pet lover. If you have a friend who you want to gift something for his/her pet then you can browse the internet for presents for animal lovers.
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As the number of pets increases, the demand for pet products also increases. This is because pets offer many things that we cannot do without them. Pet owners know that their pets need special care. As a result, they found many pet products that would allow them to provide the best possible care for their pets.
The demand for pet products has also increased as many companies have started making pet food. There are many products on the market that can help keep your pet healthy. They can be used as part of a normal pet diet.
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Once again, the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves facing a daunting Game Seven situation in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The first round and the Toronto Maple Leafs have become synonymous with each other over the past few years, with the team unable to find a way to progress despite numerous opportunities.
In this series alone, against long-time bitter rivals the Montreal Canadiens, the Leafs could have ended things in Game Five after taking a commanding 3-1 series lead off the back of some stellar performances – including a 4-0 shutout victory in Game Four.
Two games later, in which the Canadiens turned things up a gear and battled to consecutive overtime victories, the Leafs find themselves staring down a situation that has plagued them since 2004 – elimination from the post-season at the first hurdle.
The series began in truly difficult fashion for the Leafs, seeing captain John Tavares taken to hospital after an unfortunate collision left him with a reported concussion. The atmosphere after the injury showed that the Leafs could not shake the mental image of Tavares getting hurt, and it allowed the Canadiens to claim a crucial victory in the opening game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs rallied for three consecutive victories, primarily off the back of a red-hot William Nylander, and Jason Spezza turning back the clock in front of goal. The same can not be said for the team’s primary stars, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner.
The two so far have combined for just two goals, having four total points each, and have looked shadows of the players they were during a dominating run in the regular season.
If the Leafs have any hopes of overcoming the odds, and putting the demons of their last few early playoff eliminations behind them, it will be because of a significant turnaround in performances from Matthews and Marner.
Goaltender Jack Campbell has done everything he possibly can to keep the Leafs battling, with an impressive .937 save percentage and a 1.77 goals against average, allowing them to fight back from a 3-0 deficit in Game Five and push into overtime in both Games Five and Six.
It’s time for the Toronto Maple Leafs skaters, especially at the top end of the ice time, to step up and play clinical hockey that eradicates the fears of every single Leaf fan out there.
It’s time for the Leafs to show the world that they can get beyond the first round and win a Game Seven matchup for the first time since beating the Ottawa Senators before the 2004/05 lockout.
Time for excuses is over. It’s time for the Toronto Maple Leafs to come together as a unit and put in the biggest performance of their season; take down the Canadiens and finally give fans renewed hope that they aren’t going to be stuck in first round purgatory for the rest of eternity.


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Officials at the Singapore headquarters of global terminal operator PSA International are waiting quietly to see if a spat at one of its concessions in Latin America can be resolved by the president of Panama.
Last month Panama’s National Assembly repealed the law governing PSA’s concession, which it won in 2015, for the construction and operation of a $400m, 2m teu container terminal on the east bank of the Panama Canal’s Pacific entrance.
Politicians voted to oust PSA on the grounds that the terminal operator is in effect state owned. PSA is owned by Temasek Holdings, which is 100% owned by the Singapore government. This is a problem under Article 290 of the Panamanian constitution, which states: “No foreign government or official or semi official foreign entity or institution may acquire ownership over any part of the national territory”.
In the ensuing uproar following the vote in the national assembly Panama’s president, Juan Carlos Varela, tweeted he would veto the bid to kick PSA out when the bill comes to his office for legislation.
Officials at PSA’s headquarters in Singapore are now waiting on the president to do as he tweeted, throwing out the legislation to allow the terminal operator to continue operating in the country.
PSA welcomed its first post-panamaxes to its Panama terminal after significant upgrade works that have taken depths alongside to 16.5 m and added a raft of new port gear over the past 18 months.
Revocar un contrato ley después de 3 años de vigencia que conllevó una inversión extranjera de $800 millones y la generación de miles de empleos, es atentar contra la seguridad jurídica y económica del país atacando una obra de infraestructura que abastece al comercio marítimo.
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Grow bags are not just for growing tomatoes, you can grow a wide range of vegetables in them. Ideal candidates are courgettes, aubergines, red peppers, chillies and outdoor cucumbers but you can grow virtually any vegetables, except for deep rooted varieties such as carrots and parsnips etc. As shown in the pictures below, I have planted an outdoor cucumber variety called "Burpless Tasty Green", which is an early cropping variety with a firm crispy skin and very juicy inside. For courgettes, I have chosen an F1 variety called Ambassador, which is another early variety and a good heavy cropper.
There is no special method of planting, just cut slits in the bags at the top and plant your chosen plants through. You can even direct sow seeds into the openings if required. To aid with watering, part bury an empty pot in the growbag, by each plant, to allow easy watering and feeding down to the roots.
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Paint the Town is an annual plein air competition and art show produced by Highland Lakes Creative Arts (www.hlcarts.com).
Paint the Town will be held April 23-29, 2023.
Each Spring, plein air artists from across the U.S. come to the hill country to capture its incredible beauty. In addition to painting on location throughout the area, artists also participate in a Quick Draw competition in which they have 90 minutes to capture a scene in downtown Marble Falls.
During the week of Paint the Town, Lakeside Pavilion is transformed into the Paint the Town Gallery. Works from PTT artists, both pieces created during the week as well as those created previously, are available for viewing and purchase.

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We already know that the Justice Society of America will play a major part in Black Adam. However, it looks like one member is uncertain about his role in the superhero team. Director Jaume Collet-Serra has shared new details about Atom Smasher, revealing that Noah Centineo's characters had a lot of questions to ask in the DC Extended Universe flick.
People were thrilled when it was announced that Noah Centineo will play Atom Smasher in Black Adam. The All the Boys I've Loved Before star was the first member of the Justice Society of America to be announced for the upcoming Dwayne Johnson movie. Still, it looks like Albert Rothstein isn't sure of his own abilities and how they could help the rest of JSA.
Jaume Collet-Serra recently spoke to Vanity Fair where he discussed his upcoming film and some new details about the characters. When asked about Noah Centineo's superhero, the director shared how Atom Smasher truly feels about being a part of the JSA.
"He’s still not sure that this is what he wants to do. He thinks this is what he wants to do. He thinks he’s on the right side, but he has a lot more questions," Collet-Serra said of Atom Smasher.
It's an interesting insight into the thoughts of a superhero and there is little doubt that Albert Rothstein has his reasons for being uncertain. Needless to say, we'll get to learn what this means for the character's future in the DCEU.
Black Adam will also feature three other members of the Justice Society of America. Pierce Brosnan will portray Doctor Fate while Aldis Hodge has been cast as Hawkman. Quintessa Swindell rounds out the JSA as Cyclone.
Black Adam will introduce Dwayne Johnson as the titular anti-hero. The film is scheduled for release on October 21, 2022.

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Gloucestershire Police are appealing for information following a serious assault by unknown offenders in Gloucester Park in the early hours of the morning.
Police and paramedics attended the Park at 12.35am where three men had been assaulted and suffered serious head and face injuries. Two were taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and one to Southmead Hospital with a serious eye injury.
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw or heard anything in Gloucester Park around 12am this morning. It’s thought that the offenders may have left the scene in a VW transporter van. One witness reported hearing shouting and screaming by the bandstand area.
A police scene guard remains while the forensic team carry out their investigations. We would like to thank the public for their patience while this work continues.
Please call 101 quoting incident number 19 of 14 April 2018 if you witnessed this incident or can help police with their enquiries. You can also give information anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
4 sprigs rosemary
8 ounces|250 grams chicken hearts (about 20)
4 tablespoons olive oil
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
½ cup|118 ml tahini
2 tablespoons picked marjoram
1 garlic clove
1 lemon, juiced, plus wedges for serving
- Remove most of the needles from the rosemary, leaving just a few at the end. Skewer 5 hearts per sprig and drizzle with half of the olive oil. Season all over with salt and pepper.
- Light a grill. Add the chicken heart skewers and cook, turning as needed, until charred and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board to rest for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, the marjoram, garlic, and lemon juice until find (you could also do this in a food processor). Season with salt and pepper.
- To serve, spread the tahini among 4 plates. Top each plate with a chicken skewer and squeeze over some more lemon juice. Drizzle with the sauce and serve immediately.
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As part of its series on the opioid crisis, PBS NewsHour's Miles O'Brien earlier this month looked at cutting-edge pain treatment that allows patients to take fewer pills. These non-pharmacological approaches include hypnosis, physical therapy and even virtual reality.
The VR program is known as SnowWorld, and it's used to treat burn patients. O'Brien himself suffers from chronic pain related to a phantom limb -- he lost part of his left arm in 2014 after an accident involving TV gear. In the video below, you'll see O'Brien use SnowWorld to withstand painful heat applied to his forearm.
"Intent on hurling snowballs at penguins. I didn't feel heat at all," O'Brien says.
And he didn't feel the phantom pain from his missing limb, either.


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|Title:||Nodular scleroderma in a patient with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: A coexistent or causal infection?|
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|Abstract:||Copyright © Cutis 2015. Nodular scleroderma is a rare form of scleroderma that may occur systemically or locally. The pathogenesis of this variant is unknown. We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with systemic scleroderma and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who had numerous papules and nodules on the neck and trunk. Skin biopsies from her lesions revealed characteristic findings of scleroderma. This case not only depicts the rare entity of nodular scleroderma but demonstrates the association of HCV infection with systemic autoimmune diseases such as scleroderma.|
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It is expected the new energetic law will bring billions of dollars in investments to expand oil and natural gas production in Mexico.
The energy industry opportunities will be categorized in vertical markets. Those being:
- Deep water.
- Shallow water.
According to Luis Enrique Guerra Garcia, it is impossible for Pemex to continue to explore and develop resources without additional investment. He told that $60 billion is needed to properly develop the potential of these resources.
Production contracts will be regulated and overseen by a newly formed Hydrocarbon National Commission. They will govern the investments in Mexico by foreign companies.
This is expected to be the most important change in creating economic development in Mexico.


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Online dating has been the talk of the city for quite some time at this time and its just going to get hotter seeing that the years go on. Many available singles have tried out it to find that special someone, but what are the pros and disadvantages of online dating? Here are a few thoughts on this growing social style.
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Initial, an online dating website will permit users to create a profile that enables them to illustrate who they actually are and some fundamental information about themselves. To do this, whatever you do is always to fill out a form with all the specific dates you would like, then just click submit. At that time, you will be approached by a handful of people who were matched making use of your preferences. They have basically just a fast way to meet up with someone offline.
Another thing is the fact many internet dating websites have time to use. In addition , they usually let users to post messages through private messages which is comparable to chat rooms. These chat rooms will allow you to talk to additional singles in the area, all without needing to worry about irritating them or publicly leaving your 2 cents your profile details everywhere you go.
Then, there is the matter of safe practices. This is especially essential anyone searching for any long term romantic relationship. If you have ever been conned by a person seeking to manage to get thier personal and financial info from you, then you certainly probably be familiar with risks engaged. Therefore , there are great solutions to search for you online who do not want to give out such delicate information. Most dating sites which have been free have got safety suggestions that will forewarn you in cases where someone is intending to acquire onto your account.
The last thing to check out about online dating pros and cons is that it takes a lot longer to satisfy someone through this method. Since you aren’t going to in person as you meet somebody, you will be able to carry on to search for suits for some time. You can even post communications to let other folks know that you have been positively looking for a date. So , if you are waiting in order to meet someone special, this can be a great way to choose.
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What is your temptation that is standing in your way to greatness?
This time is used also to put things in their places. In the last thing before retiring was examination of the day. At the age of 79, he ascribed his health to temperance; the acquisition of misfortune to industry and frugality; the confidence of his country to sincerity and justice.
- The other virtues practice in succession by Franklin were silence.
- For the summary order he followed a little scheme of employing his time each day.
- From five to seven each morning he spent in bodily personal attention.
- In order to do the work thoroughly he decided to attempt each virtue and a quarter of its importance – one at a time.

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Nana Aba Anamoah’s baby daddy, Richard Brown, who is also famously known as ‘Osibo’ is a whole mood when it comes to his sense of style.
He slays skirts (kilt as it is known in Scotland) with his masculinity in tact.
Osibo is always ready to dress to kill.
His sense of style gets him the attention of Ghanaians and now, the BBC too.
Osibo was interviewed by the BBC Pidgin where he talked about his style of dressing and how Ghanaians have received it.
“Fashion is what you buy, style is what you do with it,” he told the BBC while he made his case for why he dresses the way he does.
Fashion is all about what makes you happy inside out – Osibo is an example of that.
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Growing Your Brand in a Digital World -- Photos
You've spent years building and improving your brand. Your products/services are top of the line and absolutely NO one can compare to what you have to offer. Unfortunately, when it comes to growing your brand, simply having the best products/services isn't enough. Operating a successful business in the 21st Century requires that you remain ever vigilant regarding the promotion and branding of your company. In addition to having a welcoming, well-designed website, your product photography needs to be amazing as well. Highly professional and intriguing photos can work wonders in helping your customers go one-step further than just looking, to actually purchasing products. After all, if you step back and think about your own online shopping experiences, you will realize that you are far more likely to buy something if the photo looks compelling. Below are some tips and tricks aimed at helping you improve your photography skills; display amazing product photos; and increase your overall online sales.
- Remove any items in the background so viewers will be able to focus solely on your products. This will draw the customer’s attention to the products themselves, and it will also provide your company’s website with a professional, clean look. In addition, you should use a plain backdrop when shooting each product. A plain white backdrop is probably the most common (and the most useful), as the white background has the ability to reflect light onto your product, which provides a brightly colored, well-lit image. On some occasions, such as jewelry or other shiny, reflective objects, a black backdrop will work much better.
- Be sure to shoot your photos near a window if possible, as this will provide plenty of natural lighting, which is not only affordable, but also easy to use. The best way to incorporate natural lighting is through indirect use, which means that you should set up your products to the right or left of the window, rather than right in front of it.
- Note of caution: Because you will have light coming in from only one side (due to the window), you are going to have to even out the lighting in each of your shots so you won’t have shadows, etc. This can be achieved through the use of a reflector. If it does not seem to be working, you might need to try a few different angles in order to determine the best position.
- Tripods are very effective in preventing blurry photos, and you should definitely try to use one. A tripod will be very useful in helping you to achieve sharp, clear photos. If you do not have access to a tripod, you can always set your camera on a surface that is flat and sturdy and use the shutter feature in order to eliminate any blurriness.
- Make sure to fill each frame with your product. The item you are focusing on should be centered within the shot, and it should take up approximately 80-90% of the frame. After all, you want to make it as easy as possible for your customers to see all of the details your products have to offer.
- Try to capture as many of the product’s details as possible. Be certain to take photos of the products from a variety of angles, i.e., from the top, sides, and bottom of each item. Prospective customers are far more likely to actually purchase your products if they can clearly see them from all angles, not to mention the fact that this is an easy way to improve all of your customers’ online shopping experiences. Even if you do have a “zoom” function on your set up on your website, you should still feature a few close-up shots of any special patters, textures, or patterns in your products.
- Before you start cleaning up and putting all of your equipment away for the day, make sure to upload the photos onto your computer and review them. It’s always wise to make sure that you have captured the shots that you were hoping for, so it won’t be too much of a hassle if you have to capture a few more shots. Make sure you check for brightness, sharpness, and color.
Bottom Line: Using the skills mentioned above to capture enticing photos of your products can potentially increase your online sales, thus furthering the growth of your company. Say cheese!

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Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported.
It was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran’s most-secured sites amid negotiations over the tattered atomic accord with world powers.
State TV quoted Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), announcing the incident.
Kamalvandi said there were no injuries or pollution caused by the incident.
The word state television used in its report attributed to Kamalvandi in Farsi can be used for both “accident” and “incident.” It didn’t immediately clarify the report, which ran at the bottom of its screen on its live broadcast.
The AEOI did not immediately issue a formal statement about the incident on its website.
Israel has been blamed for an attack on an advanced centrifuge development and assembly plant at Natanz in July. It has also been blamed, together with the US, for the Stuxnet virus that sabotaged Iranian enrichment centrifuges a decade ago.
Tehran and Jerusalem are currently believed to be engaged in a maritime shadow war, with both sides blaming the other for explosions on vessels.
Amid rising tensions in the region surrounding Iran’s nuclear activities and a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear accord, a deal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vehemently opposed, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will arrive in Israel on Sunday for talks with senior officials.
Iran announced on Saturday that it had started up advanced IR-6 and IR-5 centrifuges that enrich uranium more quickly, in a new breach of its undertakings under the troubled 2015 nuclear agreement.
It also said it has begun mechanical tests on an even faster nuclear centrifuge: The output of Iran’s IR-9 centrifuge, when operational, would be 50 times quicker than the first Iranian centrifuge, the IR-1, which is the only one that the 2015 deal allows it to use. Iran’s nuclear program is also developing IR-8 centrifuges.
On Friday night, Kamalvandi said the country was enriching material at a rapid pace — in violation of the nuclear deal — adding that should “Western parties” continue to delay the lifting of sanctions, they would be the “big loser.”
“The number of our centrifuges and the amount of enriched (nuclear) material are increasing rapidly,” said Behrouz Kamalvandi in comments broadcast on Instagram and cited by the Tasnim news agency Saturday.
#Iran‘s state TV today broadcast first images of the country’s advanced IR-9 centrifuges, with atomic energy chief Salehi explaining to President Rouhani what the “s” in IR-9s means.
The IR-9 machines are undergoing mechanical testing and are not yet operational. pic.twitter.com/DuRiEO6jlA
— Kian Sharifi (@KianSharifi) April 10, 2021
On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report that Iran had again violated limits on its stockpile of enriched uranium, according to Reuters.
The IAEA report does not explicitly say that Iran violated the deal’s terms, but the agency releases such reports when a breach occurs. Diplomatic sources told Reuters that the report indicated that a breach of the deal had occurred.
The 2015 deal placed strict limits on Iran’s uranium stockpile. The IAEA determined on Wednesday that Iran had violated those limits by recovering uranium from items called scrap fuel plates.
Iran met with the deal’s signatories in Vienna last week. The talks broke Friday, with no clear signs of progress.
The US said it had offered “very serious” ideas on reviving the nuclear accord but was waiting for Tehran to reciprocate.
US President Joe Biden hopes to return to the 2015 agreement, which his predecessor Donald Trump had trashed as he launched a “maximum pressure” campaign in hopes of bringing Tehran to its knees.
Biden argues that the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated under former president Barack Obama had been successful, with UN inspectors saying Iran was meeting its promises to scale back nuclear work dramatically.
Iran has demanded that the United States first lift all sanctions imposed by Trump, which include a sweeping unilateral ban on its oil exports, before it falls back in line with obligations it suspended.
The “US —- which caused this crisis —- should return to full compliance first,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter, adding that “Iran will reciprocate following rapid verification.”
Talks are set to resume Wednesday with Iran again meeting the other nations in the deal — Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia as well as the European Union.


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Colour Bind is a physics platform-puzzler set in an abstract world where gravity is determined not by mass, but by colour. Navigate this unique world by manipulating colour and gravity to solve each level. Beating each unique puzzle in Colour Bind will take patience, intelligence, quick reflexes and sometimes even a helping hand from a friend.
A true challenge:
Over 50 unique puzzles with multiple solutions will keep you platforming for a long time. This game is hard. Early-90's hard. Don't be afraid to step back and think.
Change your colour and manipulate each level's gravity to solve every puzzle. Primary colours have different gravities applied to them, and when combined form a secondary colour that takes the vector sum of that gravity.
A world of secrets:
Take your time to explore every level. There’s a world of hidden solutions, distractions, and more to discover. Can you unlock every achievement?
Colour doesn’t only control your physical experience, but your aural as well. Each colour has a different music track, and combining and changing your colour will mix these tracks on the fly to transform your auditory experience.
Play with a friend:
20 local co-op levels that take not only two hands, but two minds to defeat. It will take impeccable timing and skill to reach the end. The ultimate challenge for the ambidextrous gamer.
Create your own levels:
Colour Bind’s challenge doesn’t stop once you’ve beaten every level. Download new levels through Steam Workshop or create your own with ColourBind’s fully featured level editor for a never-ending experience!
Leaderboards and achievements:
Compete with your friends online to get the fastest times per level! Can you find the fastest alternate solutions and jump to the top of the leaderboards?
I have to say, for being an Indie game, this one really does something wonderful. It has strategy and puzzling down-pat and really challenges you more than just aggravate you like a lot of puzzlers do. I give this one a nice, high score, because it's totally worth it! Buy it, play it, enjoy it, rinse and repeat (well skip the buying part unless you're going to gift it to someone, which I do recommend doing btw). Well worth the money.
Colour Bind is a puzzle game centered around the manipulation of gravitational forces. What makes this so interesting is the fact that there’s not just one global gravitational force affecting everything equally, but multiple ones affecting different objects based on colour. They in turn can be manipulated independently and affect different objects in the game. This makes for a very interesting puzzle experience and really makes you think. Many of the puzzles in the game are really creative and challenges you in a number of different ways, and if that isn’t enough you can always try to beat the levels as fast as possible. The game has a surprising complexity and really is quite addictive in that you really want to complete the levels. The simplistic graphics can probably put some people off but that would be a shame since the game provides good fun and a nice challenge.
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We offer free international shipping from artist's studio to your address (business or residential). Shipping time varies. However, usually, the whole process (preparation of customs documents, art packaging, shipping, and customs clearance in the country of arrival) takes about 2-3 weeks. Artist will securely pack the artwork, complete and sign Certificate of Authenticity and personally send the piece to you.
Art Acacia offers its clients 14 days ‘no questions asked’ return policy. We are all humans and we understand that you can change your mind or simply dislike the artwork when you see it. Within 14 days your payment remains intact, so that you can safely return the art piece and get your money back. If you would like to return the artwork, please contact us directly to arrange a pickup and learn how to pack the artwork.
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'Where Did The Two Butterflies Go?' Mixed-media by Bernard Simunovic
Dimensions: 140 x 100 cm (55.1 x 39.4")
Medium: mixed media
Shipping: this abstract acrylic painting will be shipped to your address from the artist's studio in Germany for free. We will deliver this work rolled-up in a tube.
Certificate of Authenticity: you will receive the COA (certificate of authenticity) signed and dated by the artist to prove that the artwork is original.
Bernard Simunovic plays with color, form and minimalistic lines in his abstract acrylic paintings. His sculptured-like compositions, created with the meticulous application of acrylic, oil, spray paint or even paper (collages), make extraordinary art pieces. A simple black or colored contour line runs through his paintings and graphic artworks as a 'thread of life'. Bernard is interested in themes like intimacy, transformation, and connection of human beings and other living creatures. The works are primarily distinguished by their complex simplicity. They are telling stories, sometimes humorous or sarcastic, but always stimulating a viewer to explore his/her own introspection.


The Slovak Lines bus carrier will introduce a new application that will put all its key systems under one roof. This means that the company's digital platform will connect a reservation system, new website, and new purchasing systems via the app and website, the TASR newswire reported.
Passengers will thus be able to receive push notifications about delays, changes, and even make a seat reservation. In the future, they may also be able to buy tickets for Bratislava's city transport and different city attractions.Slovak Lines buses will not stop in Hainburg anymore Read more
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When Slovak Lines sought a partner to unify its systems, the main condition was operation of the system in real time, said the carrier's general manager Pavol Labant.


NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh should immediately stop further drainage of the Hyderpur wetland and ensure that dewatering of the protected Ramsar site for agricultural purposes is done only when migratory birds visit it. Do not build nests at the site, the Union Ministry of Environment has instructed.
In response to a report published by the Hindustan Times on January 21, which said that the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department had drained the Hyderpur wetland, allowing tens of thousands of migratory birds to migrate to western Uttar Pradesh. The most prominent migratory birds in the state have been forced to leave their nests, environment ministry officials said, adding that they have issued instructions to the state government to prevent further withdrawal of water.
State officials had admitted that the drainage was done under pressure from farmers who complained of water logging in their fields due to high groundwater levels.
“We have received a response from the divisional forest officers concerned with the approach of the Irrigation Department, which is reportedly the co-administrator of the site,” the environment ministry said in its reply to HT. “The diverse aquatic habitat thrives with life forms and provides an important habitat for migratory waterfowl, of which more than 300 birds migrate during the winter season between late February and mid-March. species included. Based on the above, necessary directives are being issued to the state government. To prevent further drainage and thereafter plan similar as per the Ramsar Information System according to the migratory pattern of the birds. has been told.
Taking note of the Union Ministry’s directive, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State (Jal Shakti Department), Dinesh Khattak said: “The Irrigation Department has been directed to withhold water from wetlands to provide essential nutrients for migratory birds. Water can be made available.”
Hyderpur Wetland is a Ramsar site on the border of Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor districts of Uttar Pradesh, a wetland of international importance. Ramsar sites are covered by the Wetland Rules, 2017, which require maintaining the ecological integrity of wetlands. The key to wetlands is water, but also wetland vegetation. Experts said that depending on factors such as rainfall, although wetlands may dry up temporarily, deliberately draining them goes against the core value of wetland laws.
Due to sudden inundation of the wetland, thousands of migratory birds left the wetland last week. The irrigation department drained the wetland in two days starting January 10, according to Ashish Loya, a birder and a visitor to the wetland every day for the past six years. “As a result, migrants and other birds fly away,” Loya said.
Normally the state’s irrigation department gradually withdraws water in late January and February, Loya said, adding that the sudden loss of water this year could shock the birds.
According to the Ramsar Convention website, Hyderpur is a man-made wetland created in 1984 by the construction of the Madhya Ganga Barrage on the floodplain of the Ganges River. It is located within the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.
Hyderpur Wetland provides habitat for numerous animal and plant species, including more than 30 species of plants, more than 300 species of birds, including 102 waterfowl, more than 40 species of fish and more than 10 More mammalian species are included. Hyderpur also supports more than 15 globally threatened species, such as the critically endangered gharial, hog deer, black-bellied tern, Indian skimmer and golden mahseer.
The site supports at least 25,000 waterfowl, and serves as a breeding ground for the near-endangered Indian Grassbird.
In total, there are 75 Ramsar sites in India. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental agreement that provides a framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
Under the Convention, Parties agree to work towards the wise use of all their wetlands. Designate suitable wetlands for the list of wetlands of international importance and ensure their effective management; Collaborate internationally on wetlands, shared wetland systems and shared species.
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WE HAVE LIFTOFF! Yes, today is Launch Day for Trouble in Mind, Book Two in my Interstellar Rescue series! Lana and Gabriel, my alien-busting, hot-loving, action-oriented heroine and hero meet the world today at last!
The early reviewers have been more than kind: FOUR STARS from RT Book Reviews, FIVE STARS from Riley Moreland at Smart Girls Love Sci Fi (and her own Whiskey with My Book blog), FIVE STARS from Kat Smith at Nerd Girl Official, FIVE STARS from Kim at Crystal’s Many Reviewers and a rave review from Publishers’ Weekly!
If you have your book on pre-order, you can start reading now. If not, you can get your copy on Amazon right away!
In the meantime, check out these links for reviews, guest posts and excerpts today and tomorrow:
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As always, thanks, everybody, for all your support. We writers can’t do it without you readers. And when you read and review, you make us want to work even harder!


text: Global Polyols Market was valued at S$ 28.1 billion in 2021 and is anticipated to grow at US$ 36.9 billion by 2028 recording a CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast period 2022-2028. Polyols Market is chemicals with several hydroxyl groups that are commonly employed in the polymer industry. The reaction of monomers such glycerine, sucrose, and ethylene glycol with ethylene oxide or propylene oxide produces polyether polyols. The reaction of these monomers with dibasic acid, on the other hand, yields polyester polyol. Polyester polyols have high tensile strength and shock absorption qualities, making them ideal for vibration dampening applications. Polyols are also utilised in the furniture, building, and packaging industries for bonding and laminating. The foam industry’s remarkable growth over the last ten years has been a crucial element in the market’s expansion. It is also utilised extensively in polymer chemistry, where low molecular weight polyols are often used. Low molecular weight polyols are used as a crosslinking agent in polymer chemistry. It is gaining popularity as a result of the advantages it provides in the production of sweeteners. It’s well-known for giving sweetness without adding calories to the diet. Erythritol is the most current type of polyol to be permitted for use in foods in the European Union, and it complies with the polyol standards. In April 2019, BASF SE collaborated with Azelis Americas, LLC for the distribution of its polyurethane products in the U.S. and Canada. In March 2019, Covestro AG collaborated with the US-based biotechnology company, Genomatica, for the R&D of high-performance materials based on renewable polyols. In January 2019, Wanhua Chemical Group signed a new agreement with Brenntag Specialties, Inc., part of the Brenntag Group, for the distribution of aromatic isocyanates, polyether polyols, coatings additives, and polyurethane dispersions in the U.S.

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