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The media personality and entrepreneur is one of the few public figures who hardly shares information about his private life.
Well, he may now and then speak about his family on social media but when it comes to speaking about who he's dating? Good luck.
However, as most well-known people do when they get interviewed on Metro FM's Breakfast Show, Sizwe opened up a bit about his love life and confirmed that he is not single, and that he is very much in a fairly new relationship that he considers to be quite serious. However, he refused to reveal who he's dating.
When asked if he would get married, Sizwe said he would, even if it had to happen tomorrow. Marriage is not something that he fears.
The media personality and businessman also added that he is cool with having as many kids as the Lord will give him. "...I don't think about that hey, as many [kids] as the Lord blesses me with or none. I don't really have an issue. I don't mind, I could have one or two or none. For me, it's not a prerequisite and I can also just go ahead and just stay single for the rest of my life as well."
Read: Poppy on her relationship with Sizwe Dhlomo
He did, however, mention that he is a firm believer of marriage and that it is all thanks to his parents. "I believe in marriage, my parents have been married for 36-years and counting and that's my reference, they seem happy but so far so good," he said on the show.
So, sorry ladies, Sizwe is a taken man.
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– Singapore is first outside Japan to welcome new Japanese entertainment channel Hello! Japan, offered free-of-charge to all StarHub TV customers
Yesterday, StarHub was the first pay TV operator to bring in Hello! Japan, an all-Japanese entertainment and lifestyle channel, out of Japan. Channel 149 will offer viewers a robust line-up that ranges from documentaries and dramas to movies and variety shows produced by top Japanese TV stations such as NTV, TBS, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo.
All programmes on the channel are aired in its original language with English subtitles. Some key titles viewers can look forward to are Athletic Fire, an award-winning variety show that invites famous athletes and celebrities to compete against one another, Hungry Hoppers, which features a trio from Hokkaido travelling around Japan in search of delectable gourmet, and Music Station, which focuses on the Japanese music scene and features top J-Pop artistes performing "live" in recording studios.

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Moby Crosses Paths In-Flight With European Vampires
Moby checked in with fans on his official web site journal on November 6th, talking about a bizarre complaint he got in-flight from passengers sitting next to him. The 45-year-old tells readers:
In Sao Paolo now.
On the flight down I had my window shades up (because, call me crazy, I like looking at the ocean), and the people next to me got very upset. They asked me to pull down my window shades 'to protect against radiation'.
Now, I'm not a physicist, but how effective are thin vinyl window shades as a barrier against radiation?
Maybe they were European vampires who hated the sun. Or maybe they have some understanding of wave particle physics and restricting radiation exposure through thin pieces of vinyl of which I'm not aware.
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Here's where it really counts. What's the big deal about a CD-RW drive if it doesn't perform well? My system specs are below. They don't make a big impact on the CD-RW drives, but they do make some impact, so I may as well list them.
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CD Winbench 99 Test
Although the CD Winbench 99 test is old, it provides the most accurate measurement for real-life CD performance. Performance was excellent with the Lite-On drive. The overall score was 2400 for the internal 52x24x52x drive, which is extremely high, and towers over, or equals drives with the same specifications. CPU utilization was higher then most drives, but this shouldn't be an issue for people with powerful computers. You can easily notice the big drop of performance with the external 24x12x24x8x. The drive is just a 24x read, while the other drives are 40x, and 52x. It's apparent that this drive is not a drive aiming for top performance, but rather convenience. Everything else was excellent, and I was extremely impressed with the results of the Winbench 99 test, for all of the drives. Remember, when looking at the scores, lower is better for Access Time and CPU Utilization, but higher is better for Overall, and both Transfer Rate tests.
Nero CD Speed
Nero CD Speed is a benchmarking tool which is incorporated into the Nero Burning software. For testing, I used a CD that is 79:00 in length (not a music CD), so the results are fairly accurate. To view the testing results, just click on the images below for a full version.
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I was unable to perform the CD-DAE test. The two external drives were not recognized by the program.
Nero Testing
For testing Nero in real-life performance, I compiled for the CD-R tests, exactly 700MB of data into a folder, and then burned the CD. For the CD-RW tests, since I was limited to 650MB (maximum capacity for the CD-RW I was using), I deleted certain files from the folder, and I made the total 651MB.
For the CD-R tests, I used Memorex 52x media, and for the CD-RW test, I used one Lite-On 10x-24x CD-RW media. For the CD-RW tests, I formatted the disk after completing each test.
CD-R Performance
Performance was more then excellent. The 52x internal drive burned 700MB in just 2:33. The external 40x using USB 2.0 burned the same data in just 3:09. The 24x SlimCombo drive had good results, but I was expected better. It burned the same data in 6:46, more then 4 minutes more then the internal 52x. Keep in mind, however, that the SlimCombo's drive's main objective is not performance, but convenience, and the SlimCombo delivers there.
Performance was very good. The internal and 40x24x40x drives burned 651MB of data at almost the exact same time, which is good because they are both 24x drives. The USB 2.0 drive completed the burning process in 4:57, while the internal drive completed it in 4:59. The SlimType Combo drive burned the same data in . Keep in mind that the SlimType combo has half of the CD-RW burning speed as the other drives, so performance will naturally be lower. If you are looking for pure performance, of course, you wouldn't want to pick the SlimType Combo drive.


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Family to follow Tower Hamlets bobby's baby name advice after garage forecourt delivery
PUBLISHED: 15:16 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:08 18 October 2013
The proud parents of a baby girl delivered on a garage forecourt by police and the suspects they were questioning look set to follow a bobby's advice by calling her 'Mercedes'.
New mother Linda Frimpong, 28, was stuck in traffic in a taxi on her way to Homerton Hospital yesterday when she realised her baby was in no mood to hang around.
But Tower Hamlets transport police officer PC Robert Morgan took time out from questioning suspects with two colleagues to help deliver the baby safely at the Mercedes Benz garage, in Rick Roberts Way, Stratford.
"We deal with all sorts of incidents, however I wasn't expecting this today," he said. "The mother was not keen on my suggestion of calling the baby girl Mercedes!"
In an apparent U-turn, however, the baby girl's family said the name was now their "first choice", after telling how events unfolded.
Dad Christoper Akinyemi, a 31-year-old Afrobeat singer, said: "Police were talking with the suspects, and when I jumped out of the cab to meet them they thought I was one of the suspects as well!
"They were about to start questioning me, and I said 'my missus is in labour – you have to help us!'"
When the officers and suspects realised the urgency of the situation they rushed to Linda's side, as her aunt, 43-year-old Flora Thomas, helped deliver the baby with police in front of the crowd of 10 people gathered round.
"The three suspects were really helpful," said Linda. "They gave us towels and blankets – I don't know where they got it…
"They were telling me to breathe in and breathe out, but I was just so conscious of not exposing myself!"
Within minutes the baby girl was delivered safely, weighing six pounds and four ounces.
"It was like watching a movie with a happy ending," said Flora, an NHS administrator.
"When the baby came out I didn't know what to do, but all of a sudden those three suspects came with towels, and I wrapped up the baby while we waited for the ambulance to arrive."
She was taken to Homerton Hospital, where tests showed the tot was fit and healthy.
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"Without Social Media Forget your US Visa"
Now, you are thinking what does this even mean well actually the 3rd most powerful president of the world, Mr. Donald Trump now officially stated that if an applicant (a person who makes a formal application for something, especially a job) wants a US visa then he/she has to give his/her all social media information including their email address and phone number which will work at least 5 years more.
This means that if you want a job there then you have to give all of your information what you have (which is basically ridiculous). Of course, suppose you went to a carpentry shop and the interviewer says "Give the total amount of likes you having on your Instagram"! And if you are unable to answer then he will say "Leave".
Really what does this even mean to give our 'social media life' information to someone it has nothing to do with our job. We don't ask him to give his one own.
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US Department says that "We are constantly working to find mechanisms to improve our screening processes to protect US citizens while supporting legitimate travel to the United States,".
In early years only those who want additional vetting will have to hand over his data, and there is no problem because of course, these applicants come over from that places which are being controlled by terrorist group so it is not a problem to check their social media because it can be a problem if they are not being careful.
But from now the applicants have to need to give up their account details of different social media platform which listed. Also, volunteer the details of their accounts on any sites not listed.
The US is really serious about this they don't want any type of inconvenience if someone is not able to give it or is not accurate to it which can simply understand by one official who said that "(Anyone who lies about their social media use could face 'serious immigration consequences')".
The US administration first proposed the rules in March 2018. But, at that time a civil rights group namely American Civil Liberties Union said that "There is no evidence that such social media monitoring is effective or fair, and said it would cause people to self-censor themselves online.
At last, I will conclude that it is not necessary to fetch someone's personal data as it has nothing to do with their job they should trust a bit to the persons as they are the normal residents of some country so it will be a question mark to that country if anything like that happens.
See I'm not opposed to it but I guess if this will be going on then people will shift their economic interest far from America.
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Nantahala Brewing Company to Launch Nashville, Tennessee
BRYSON CITY, NC – Beginning in mid-August, Nantahala Brewing Company will extend distribution of their award-winning beers to Nashville, Tennessee. Working with partners Lipman Brothers Distributing, Nantahala Brewing will host a series of tap takeovers and tastings across the city beginning Wednesday, August 17th.
Nantahala Brewing Company opened their doors in Bryson City, North Carolina in the late spring of 2010. A vacation destination for numerous surrounding cities, Bryson City boasts one of three entrances to the most visited National Park in the country, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Laying in the shadows of this national beauty, Nantahala Brewing provides handmade craft beer to the park's outdoor enthusiast visitors. Joe Rowland, co-owner of Nantahala Brewing Company, owned an outdoor outfitter prior to opening the brewery and has integrated his love of the outdoors and the National Park into the brewery.
"We see a lot of craft beer lovers who are also outdoor enthusiasts because of our proximity to the National Park and all its amenities: hiking, camping, world-class mountain biking and kayaking," said Rowland. "For years people visiting the south side of the park, where we are located, didn't understand that due to the North Carolina/Tennessee border that runs in the middle of the park, they couldn't get our beer on the north side of the Smokys. We are excited to finally be able to share our passion with those who live in Tennessee and love these protected lands as much as we do."
At the kickoff events, Nantahala Brewing will pour their award-winning flagship ales including: Noon Day IPA, a piney and citrusy IPA, awarded silver in the 2016 Carolina Championship of Beer, Little Tennessee Logger, a hop-forward, crisp lager, awarded the bronze in the 2016 Carolina Championship of Beer, Bryson City Brown Ale, a light-bodied brown ale with notes of chocolate, awarded silver in 2016 Carolina Championship of Beer and the brewery's newest year-round selection, App Trail Xtra Pale Ale, a crisp and hoppy pale ale, also awarded a silver in the 2016 Carolina Championship of Beer.
In addition to the four year-round offerings, Nantahala Brewing will be pouring the following specialty beers at their launch events: Swallowtail Ale, a refreshing American wheat ale brewed with lemongrass and Citra hops and Deep Creek Wit, a low-alcohol Belgian ale brewed with grapefruit peel and coriander.
Nantahala's launch festivities will unfold as follows:
Wednesday, August 17th
- 4:30 pm — The Filling Station, East Nashville (904B Main Street), Tap Takeover
Thursday August 18th
- 5:30 pm — Jack Brown's Burger and Beer Joint, Germantown (1123 3rd Ave N) Tap Takeover
Friday, August 19th
- 5:00 pm –– Craft Brewed (2502 Franklin Pike) Featured Brewery
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Founded in 2009, Nantahala Brewing Company creates award-winning beers in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A proud supporter of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Friends of the Smokies and Great Smoky Mountain Association, the brewery's beer, culture and vision are defined by the park's wild spaces and its untouched, natural water that flows from one of the purest, protected watersheds on the planet. Nantahala Brewing is known for such adventure-inspired flagships as Dirty Girl Blonde Ale, Noon Day IPA, App Trail Extra Pale Ale, and Bryson City Brown Ale. In addition, the brewery seasonally releases Little Tennessee Logger, 4-Foot Drop Pale Ale, Devil's Courthouse Belgian Golden Strong, 8-Foot Drop Double IPA, Hellbender Hefeweizen, Rivers End Oktoberfest, Pattons Run Porter, Chocolate Covered Cherry Stout, Nantahala Pale Ale and Sticky Dog Stout and is known for their specialty Trail Magic series. These beers can be found in six packs and on draft in grocery stores and restaurants across North Carolina and Tennessee. For more information about the brewery, visit www.nantahalabrewing.com


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MARGOT ROBBIE Set To Get All Dolled Up In Live-Action "Barbie" Film
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Suicide Squad and I, Tonya star Margot Robbie has landed the role of the iconic doll Barbie in a an upcoming live-action movie from Warner Bros. and Mattel Films!
Margot Robbie will officially play #Barbie in the first live-action film based on the popular children's doll. pic.twitter.com/w78kcEofqV— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) January 8, 2019
Juicy details about the film's plot and other cast members are still under wraps. All we know for now is that the Harley Quinn actress herself will co-produce the film along with Dallas Buyers Club producer Robbie Brenner.
In an official statement, Margot said: "Over the brand's almost 60 years, Barbie has empowered kids to imagine themselves in aspirational roles from a princess to president. I'm so honored to take on this role and produce a film that I believe will have a tremendously positive impact on children and audiences worldwide. I can't imagine better partners than Warner Bros and Mattel to bring this film to the big screen."
Fans on the other hand are pretty pleased with the casting and we can't blame them. She does look the part!
margot robbie as barbie? perfect casting pic.twitter.com/ATdboFlmgC— best of margot (@badpostmargots) January 8, 2019
So, #HarleyQuinn to #Barbie. . . What a time to be alive. . . Good for you @MargotRobbie ! pic.twitter.com/QUeJ1DLUDt— Agent Patel of S.H.I.E.L.D (@Pop_Culture100) January 9, 2019
Margot Robbie playing Barbie is possibly one of the best casting ever pic.twitter.com/4B25803rNh— ً (@emlkingX) January 8, 2019
margot robbie is gonna be a real life version of barbie and i am not surprised— zachary levi warrior (@AquamaGirl) January 9, 2019
she already looks like one#MargotRobbie #BarbieMovie pic.twitter.com/yKemigNk5p
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In this continuously changing era of Information & Technology, one
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We get lots of requests from our customers for adding new payment
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:'D im so freaking cool.
my plan for the day: draw sailor saturn in the coloring book!
what i did today: read this comic; http://www.drewweing.com/; ate a bunch of crap food; thought about drawing sailor saturn; talked to shufu
phone call i just got:
*phone rings*
me: paiute police department.
them: i'm trying to reach a residence. is this a residence?
me: no.
them: *click*
:o i think i feel left out! <-- just had some kind of realization.
everyone is like in chicago at kat's house. i hate work :'D
:l my boss sent me a memo today (really he sent it yesterday, and i wasn't supposed to know about it, but i know all >:0) he wants me to write an essey type thing explaining why i should be the new TAC supervisor ..
:'d i haven't written anything serious in over 10 years.
i think he really wants me to have the job, but i really don't see myself writting this essey.
i'd be perfect for this job ..
damn the man .. damn him and his dalmations..
|I am kinda writing this post to tell you that I shot the sherrif at the your mama's house. shufu, simon, and I thought it would be a good idea because we saw it on aqua teen hunger force. After that, we had dirty mexicans and whore cakes at that place where your daddies keeps his frilly pink panties. Our waiter was really filthy with lies! Unfortunately, I got food poisoning and threw up in my soul. live long you dirty slut~!
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Dylan Teuns misses the sprint, wins anyway
Bahrain-Merida's Dylan Teuns reached the finishing straight as the favourite for the stage win against his second tier rival Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Gobert).
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With nine wins to his name, including stages and the overall of the Arctic Race of Norway, Teuns will have been better equipped to handle the tense racing situation of a two-up sprint with a narrow margin over a chasing group.
But despite his experience, Teuns almost missed out on the win when Martin jumped on the barrier side as the Belgian looked over the wrong shoulder at that exact moment.
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Martin looked like he had sprung the perfect attack as he sprinted on the rough and slightly rising road surface to the line.
Sadly for the Frenchman, Teuns's strength compensated for his mistake as he was able to take back the lead at the line and claim stage victory.
GC action on day two
The Critérium du Dauphiné's reputation for tantalising general classification racing was realised once again on only stage two, as the overall battle sparked into life on the final climb.
After seven categorised climbs earlier in the day, the deceptive Côte de Saint-Victor-sur-Arlanc (3.2km at 8.9 per cent) was the perfect launchpad for Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) to try his luck.
Fortunately for the Frenchman, there was a strong appetite for a GC battle and Chris Froome (Team Ineos) was amongst those who were willing to ride with the Frenchman.
The harsh weather conditions and rolling terrain in the final allowed an elite group including Froome, Pinot, Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) to pull out time on Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma), Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) and Romain Bardet (A2r La Mondiale).
In the overall battle, Quintana is the best placed of the star favourites at 24 seconds down on the race leader, with Froome, Pinot and Yates all on the same time.
Porte, Bardet and Kruijswijk are 31 seconds further back.
Edvald Boasson Hagen slips out of yellow
In a nearing-disastrous opening six months of the 2019 season for Dimension Data, Edvald Boasson Hagen has proved himself the saving grace on more than one occasion.
The Norwegian proved his worth once again one stage one of the Dauphiné when he won the day and the race lead in the process.
Sadly, it wasn't to be a continuation of the glory for Boasson Hagen, who found himself trailing the front of the race on the final climb and rapidly slipping out of the race lead.
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He was forced to hand the jersey over to stage winner Dylan Teuns, and fell 1-50 down on the overall.
While Boasson Hagen's Classics sprinting talents were never going to take him to the GC win, Dimension Data would have relished holding on to the race lead for as long as possible.
It's likely the South African outfit will now continue to rely on Boasson Hagen for stage wins for the remainder of the race.
Stars try their luck in the breakaway
The start of stage two came with some surprises as some unexpected riders jumped clear and joined the day's early breakaway, most notably Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick-Step).
While this may have prematurely given rise to some excitement, it quickly became clear that Alaphilippe and Dumoulin were not involved with any designs on the stage or the overall.
Dutch superstar Dumoulin appeared to be testing his recovery from a knee injury suffered in the opening week of the Giro d'Italia, as he considers his chances of placing in the Tour de France next month.
After spending the day in the break, Dumoulin was swept up and eventually finished 8-50 down on the stage winner, leaving him well outside a chance at the general classification.
Alaphillipe's lack of conviction in the break is perhaps more surprising, as the final proved one that could well have suited the versatile Frenchman and you'd imagine he stands a very strong claim to the overall.
Instead Alaphilippe set about collecting King of the Mountain points, before finished the stage 16 minutes down.
This does free him up to focus on stage wins later in the race, in preparation for his same mission in the Tour de France.
The weather is no better in France
When the British weather turns nasty, it can be even more deeply disheartening when watching the peloton pass through the glorious landscapes and picture-perfect weather our European neighbours enjoy.
Fortunately, as much of Britain was plastered in weather warnings due to torrential downpours, stage two of the Dauphiné saw similar conditions on the road from Mauriac to Craponne-sur-Arzon.
The final climb was an eerie, mist-dampened test for riders with heavy rain hampering their progress.
Combined with a relentless parcours, the weather made for an outstanding day of racing in France – a welcome contrast to the relatively lukewarm Giro d'Italia.


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Queen of soundtracks.
Sia is the soundtrack queen.
In the last year or so, the elusive singer teamed up with Queen Latifah and Miguel for a song titled "Satisfied" off the Hamilton mixtape, reunited with frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin on "Never Give Up" off the soundtrack to the Australian-American-British film Lion, penned "Angel By The Wings" from the documentary film The Eagle Huntress, an opulent ballad titled "Helium" off the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack and "Suitcase" From The 'Leap!' soundtrack.
Here's another one for the books: Sia has teamed up with Labrinth, who recently featured on Noah Cyrus' lead NC-17 single "Make Me (Cry)," for a song titled "To Be Human" off the Wonder Woman soundtrack.
? @Sia has a new song "To Be Human" on the Wonder Woman soundtrack!
The song is a collab with @Labrinth!
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The message below is the CAUT Labour Day Statement originally published by the CAUT. The message also appears in the Summer 2016 edition of The Beacon. (Ottawa – September 1, 2016) The Canadian Association of University Teachers marks Labour Day by recognizing and celebrating the contributions of the trade union movement in Canada. Through collective representation and […]
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It is easier to make money if you start with a good mentor: but mentors that make millions on their own and they do still accept to teach are really few in the industry. Much common to find a good system since an algo can easily be duplicated and sold. But when you talk with the TRADERS' CUP winners you understand that in the end there is also an hope for the average Joe: maybe you will not make a fortune but you can still learn how to make money.
We organize in Italy and in many other European countries since 1999 the TRADERS' CUP, that is a real money real trading competition that in 2015 will reach its 17th edition (www.traders-cup.it) and it will sponsored also by TRADERS' MAG UK. I audited more than 5000 accounts of traders coming from UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain and Italy. Out of this competition some of the most famous traders around met the glory that they deserved like Achille Capecce that made dozen of millions in trading or the latest winner who is Giuseppe Minnicelli that in 35 trading days transformed a 5.000 euro account in an almost 55.000 euro account trading mostly Italian and French biotechnology stocks. When you are facing such successful traders first thing you think is if trading skill is transferable and this is logic since you too you want to make millions. First thing you realize when you talk with a top trader is that you will never be like him since what you lack is focus. A top trader is a real money making machine, very seldom you find people, like for example Giuseppe Minnicelli, that have a higher bright education and a real grasp of what counts in finance and in life. Giuseppe Minnicelli is also a part time painter and his trading room is filled by his masterpieces. But average successful trader are a pain in the neck if you talk with them about life, arts or politics. Second thing you realize is that in the long run success depends also from a team work: successful traders tend to meet and form a group for obvious scale economies you have in trading together with other successful traders. If you are lucky and you enter such a group you can make good money, even if it is rare you will become a top trader. So good news is that you can learn, bad news is that you will not learn everything because in the end there is nothing to learn. If you were born to be a top trader you already would be a top trader and you would not be hovering around looking for a mentor. So a trading competition like TRADERS' CUP convey an interesting message: you can make money for sure, the amount of that will depend you your focus and skills. But in the end you can. It is why we invite you to join our next edition of the TRADERS' CUP that will also have an English standing for English traders. Competition will start in May 2015 and end in October 2015, award-giving will be at the Milan Stock Exchange in late October 2015. Good luck ! Either as a mentor or as a student you need to see how real trading is in the biggest European real money competition.


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Proposed wind farms off of New London worry local fishermen
Last week, Ørsted and Eversource announced a joint venture and has submitted a bid to build Connecticut's first offshore wind farm, in response to the state's request for proposals for offshore wind energy generation. The approximately 200-megawatt project – Constitution Wind – would be the first of its kind to serve the state of Connecticut and would be located in federal waters 65 miles off shore. "That's the traditional fishing ground where they're talking about now," said Stonington Fisherman Bob Guzzo. >click to read<18:56
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Netcam Shop Expands Product Line; Now Offering Network Video Recorders and Home Automation Devices
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 01, 2012
Netcam Shop, an online retailer of top-brand wireless and wired IP cameras, has recently expanded their offerings into the realm of Network Video Recorders and Home Automation devices.
"Network Video Recorders are very exciting," said Netcam Shop's CEO, Jeff Altman. "Think of it as a TiVo for your netcam. It constantly records the live feed coming off your network cams storing them safely and securely for later review.
Netcam Shop partnered with Synology to bring their NVRs to the Netcam Shop website. Each NVR includes Synologys Surveillance Station software, in addition to also working as a more general Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. This allows users to store and share music, photos, and personal files, in addition to the IP camera footage. The single hard-drive bay can be expanded to hold up to 4TB of storage.
On the home automation front, Netcam Shop has partnered with Mi Casa Verde to bring their series of Z-Wave based home controllers to the site. The home controllers allow users to remotely control almost any device in their home from the convenience of their smartphone or laptop. The home controllers are compatible with many of Netcam Shops IP cams motion sensing abilities, allowing alerts to be triggered when the cameras detect movement.
Say you want the lights to turn on automatically in your house before you get home from work, or have the A/C turn on based on the weather report and not the thermostat. The Mi Casa Verde controllers can do that, said Altman.
IP cameras are a rapidly growing facet of home and business surveillance. They allow the user to view live video feeds locally, or over the Internet. Parents, pet owners, small business entrepreneurs, and property owners are all discovering the benefits of having a network camera based surveillance system. The Network Video Recorders and Home Automation devices bring enhanced value to the Netcam Shop offerings.


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One thing you can do to save money on your heating bills this holiday season is lower your thermostat every time you leave the house or go to bed. While this makes sense in theory, in practice it is not always easy to remember. If you want a way to save energy in your Maryland or Washington, DC home that you don't have to think about, consider installing a programmable thermostat.
Since programmable thermostats are still a relatively new technology, it is a good idea to learn all you can about them before you install one. When you are considering installing a new programmable thermostat, there are some questions you should answer:
Programmable thermostats are safe and simple to install because they connect to relatively safe, low-voltage wiring. However, if the wiring does not exist, installing a programmable thermostat can get a bit more complicated. Always consult a local residential HVAC company if you feel uncomfortable installing any sort of electrical appliance in your home.
There are five basic types of programmable thermostats to choose from. Each one offers specific advantages and disadvantages and is tailored to suit a specific heating and cooling system.
Installing a programmable thermostat in your home or office can go a long way toward lowering your heating costs and energy consumption all year long. If you live in Maryland, Virginia or Washington DC and want to experience the energy saving potential of a programmable thermostat, call James A. Wheat & Sons today!


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Growing VIP orchids
The National Orchid Garden creates the hybrid orchids named after heads of state and celebrities
In its 59 years of naming orchids after Very Important People, you could say this year has been a standout year of star hybrids for the National Orchid Garden.
Notable hybrids this year include the Aranda Lee Kuan Yew, named after the late Mr Lee following his death in March. The bloom, whose parentage is the Arachnis hookeriana and the Vanda Golden Moon, has bright, greenish, golden-yellow sepals and petals.
Then there is the impressively named Papilionanthe Singapore Golden Jubilee - with a mauveand-white combination for its petals and sepals - which was named in August to commemorate the nation's 50th year of independence.
Both of these are orchid hybrids of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Aside from these, seven orchids have been named after VIPs - and important events - as of last month. Usually, four to eight VIP orchid hybrids are named each year.
Special ones include the Dendrobium Golden Friendship, named in June to celebrate 50 years of Australia-Singapore ties. Grown from a Singaporean hybrid and an Australian species, it was named by then Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
The First Lady of Indonesia who visited in July also has one - the Dendrobium Iriana Jokowi, with the orchid becoming a light reddishpurple when it blooms.
There are two types of orchid naming, namely VIP orchids for visiting heads of state and heads of government and celebrity orchids for other important visitors to the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
The first orchid to be named after a VIP in 1956 was the Aranthera Anne Black, for Lady Anne Black, the wife of a former governor of Singapore. There are about 200 VIP orchids and about 20 celebrities, such as local singer Stefanie Sun, with orchids named after them.
The National Orchid Garden works with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), which requests for orchids to be named after visitors.
What ends up being picked "depends on what is flowering" at the moment, says Mr Simon Tan, 32, assistant director at the National Orchid Garden. Hybrid orchids take two to six years to flower from the day the parents are crossed.
"We have an ongoing stock of unnamed hybrids, but the MFA advises us on taboo colours. If there are preferred colours, we try and accommodate the request," Mr Tan adds.
While the flowers are picked at random, there are times when the chosen bloom might not share the same qualities as their namesake.
The Papilionanda David Cameron, named after the British Prime Minister who visited in July, drew chuckles online and in the British media. The orchid's purple flowers better suited the colours of the UK Independence Party, a British opposition party, instead of the blue shade of Mr Cameron's Conservative Party, observers said.
Flowers named after state dignitaries are placed in the VIP Orchid Garden section behind Burkill Hall.
While visitors snap away at the 2,000 hybrids and 1,000 species of orchids in the garden, orchid hybridisation happens in a sprawling 1ha nursery tucked away from the main garden.
But visitors will soon be able to check out behind-the-scenes nursery operations when a viewing deck is completed as part of a larger upgrade in 2020. The nursery, where the plants are cultivated for display, is not open to the public for now.
Mr Tan calls this nursery the "cradle of life". He and a team of 20 work to keep it flourishing. Young saplings are kept in enclosed spaces to keep squirrels from feasting on their succulent stems, while hardier and older orchids are grown outdoors in neat rows.
The breeders have to master the art of cross-pollinating different species and existing hybrids.
Using a piece of sturdy, finetipped material such as a wire to carefully retrieve pollen from the stamen, the male part of an orchid, Mr Tan deposits the pollen on the sticky stigma, or female part of another orchid.
"We're the insects," he says. "We play that role of transferring pollen to the orchids. And you have to know which orchids breed with which." For example, dendrobiums will breed only with dendrobiums.
If fertilisation is successful, the seed pods will then take a few weeks to months to develop and ripen. They are then sent to the laboratory before they split open for seed sowing and germination at the Botany Centre to prevent them from being contaminated by fungus or bacteria spores. In the laboratory, the pods are sterilised and sliced open to extract the dust-like seeds, which are then placed in an agar medium to germinate.
The orchid seedlings then grow and are transferred to other media, such as sphagnum moss, as they mature. Finally, when the plantsflower, a specimen with the best characteristics is picked to representthe hybrid.
Good breeders, says Mr Tan, have at least a decade of experience and must have worked with different kinds, hybrids and species so they can "sort of predict what they want to achieve in the product".
"It's a science with a lot of principles and theories, but it's also an artform. Luck also plays a big part. Even if you have the best-looking parents, it doesn't mean you'll get a good-looking child. It's all about genetics," adds Mr Tan, who used to be an orchid hobbyist with numerous orchid pots in his home.
The chosen bloom gets cloned so that new plants with the same look can be grown again when the plant gets sick or dies.
The nursery aims for 20 quality crosses every year, with the criteria including the height of the plant, flower count and the shape and size of the flower. Once hybrids have been chosen to be named, the bloom is registered with the Britainbased Royal Horticultural Society, a 211-year-old organisation that is the international registration authority for orchid hybrids.
And there is an abundance of hybrids to go around. The society writes on its website that in the last 150 years, orchids "have been widely crossed in cultivation to produce more than 110,000 hybrids. In excess of 3,000 new orchid hybrids are being added annually."
The National Orchid Garden here gets requests to buy these star hybrids, but they are not for sale. says Mr Tan.


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German American Smart Buildings Symposium 2012 in Philadelphia, PA
Don't miss this opportunity to meet the key players in both the German and the Philadelphia efficient building industries!
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Efficiency is often described as the cheapest source of energy we have. This is certainly true for buildings, which consume over 40 % of energy produced in the US. But using efficient appliances and turning lights and air conditioners off when they're not needed will not bring down our demand enough to significantly reduce our demand overall. So what new and innovative strategies are being tested and implemented?
The German American Smart Buildings Symposium will introduce you to expert speakers who will address these questions and more.
We are especially pleased to announce the participation of the Passive House Alliance. Michael Hindle became one of only 230 Certified Passive House Consultants in the country in 2010. He is the Principal of Chesapeake Passive House and Founder and President of the Capitol Passive House Alliance. Michael has worked to advance sustainability through his positions at the Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission Water Working Group and Baltimore County's Sustainability Network Building and Energy Focus Group. He has given numerous presentations on efficient buildings and has advocated for energy efficiency and climate change legislation on the state, local, and federal levels.
You will also meet representatives of innovative German efficient building companies, including GEEBS, INTEP GmbH, RAICO GmbH, BAERO, BATIMET GmbH, and WILO SE.
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Playing with Fire 2019 ArtistsSaturday / August 24
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Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Indigenous is no stranger to the Playing with Fire stage. Lead singer, Mato Nanji, who was raised on South Dakota's Yankton Sioux Reservation, has played the stage twice. This year, he'll be coming off the Experience Hendrix 2019 tour, where he'll play with such artists as Billy Cox, Joe Satriani, and Dave Mustaine. Influenced by their father; the late Greg Zephier, Sr., a highly respected spiritual advisor and spokesperson for the International Indian Treaty Council; Mato (whose name means Standing Bear), his brother, sister, and cousin formed the band Indigenous in their late teens.
Since its inception, Indigenous has created an award-winning music video, toured with B.B. King, and had their sophomore release, Circle, produced and arranged by Stevie Ray Vaughan's long-time friend and collaborator, the late Doyle Bramhall, Sr. The band's sound is powered by Mato's "grabbing original songs, soulful vocals and searing guitar riffs", says The Mercury News. This is because he's always been focused on his music. He was influenced and inspired by the Blues greats, and he strives to influence those who will come after him.
Don't miss Indigenous' music on the Playing with Fire stage in 2019!
Band Members:
- Mato Nanji: Lead Guitar & Vocals
- Bronson Begay: Bass Guitar & Vocals
- Douglas Platero: Drums
Supporting Act:
Wille and the Bandits
Cornwall, UK
Hailed as one of the best live acts in the UK, Wille and the Bandits delivers hard-rockin' roots blues and soulful ballads with a hint of psychedelic rock. They accomplish this with the rockin'-blues rarity of combining conventional and non-traditional instruments. Wille Edwards, a professed surf-lover from Cornwall, England, provides lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, electric lap steel, dobro, and electric weissenborn. Matt Brooks, runner up "Blues Bassist of the Year", does the string arrangements, plays the six-string electric bass, five-string double bass, cello, and provides background vocals. Andrew Naumann, who has been awarded UK "Drummer of the Year" and dubbed the "beat master", plays drums, djembes, congas, wood- and steel-tongue drums, udu, shakers, Jews harp, and provides background vocals.
These multi-talent musicians have toured and played alongside bands like Deep Purple, Joe Bonamassa, Status Quo, and Warren Haynes.The boundary-pushing sound and infectious songs created by this trio have inspired praise from Rock legends like Ian Paice, Francis Rossi, and Joe Bonamassa who said, "Wille is a superb slide player, I love what these guys are doing." It also got them a spot at Glastonbury 2014, where BBC Radio 1 listed them at the top of the ten bands to see.
With the release of their sixth album, Paths, this February, the band will be touring throughout Europe before embarking on their first North America appearance in Omaha at Playing with Fire free summer concert series.
Hands down, you've got to see Wille and the Bandits on the PwF stage!
Band Members:
- Wille Edwards: Lead Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Electric Lap Steel, Dobro, Electric Weissenborn
- Matt Brooks: Six String Electric Bass, Five String Double Bass, Cello, String Arrangements, Backing Vocals.
- Andrew Naumann: Drums, Djembes, Congas, Wood and Steel Tongue Drums, Udu, Shakers, Jews Harp, Backing Vocals
Supporting Act:
Sebastian Lane Band
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Sebastian Lane's roots run deep in music and blues history. Both his father and grandfather are noted award winning blues musicians, and it's obvious the music gene was passed down. Along with his lead vocals and guitar, the band he's formed is full of local talent. It includes one of Omaha's best keyboardists and OEAA winner, Mitch Towne; outstanding lead guitarist and notable BluesEd-alum, Ben Curran; and a tight rhythm section, with Dain Armbrust on bass and Kevin Fries on drums (both of whom are BluesEd alumni) keeping the groove. The modern-age rock band, with obvious blues influences, seeks to keep the live rock, southern rock, and blues performances relevant to their generation.
Sebastian Lane Band's debut album, Walkin' By Myself, was released in July 2018 and gained them spots opening for acts like Jimmie Vaughan, Marcus King Band, and Robert Randolph to name a few. It has also topped various blues and rock charts and accumulated over a quarter million streams on Apple Music and Spotify, across over 30 countries. Sebastian was also recently nominated for Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards' "Artist of the Year" and "Best Blues Artist". Playing with Fire is pleased to have this up and coming local group on our stage!
Band Members:
- Sebastian Lane: Lead vocal, guitar
- Ben Curran: Lead guitar
- Dain Armbrust:Bass
- Kevin Fries: Drums
- Mitch Towne: Keyboard
BluesEd Opener:
Far and Wide
Far & Wide is a talented mix of middle and high school students from the metro Omaha area performing blues, funk and soul standards at a level much higher than their age would predict. The members of the band are all accomplished musicians and participate in many other school music programs, such as jazz band, concert band, show choir, etc. Several members have been selected to represent the best of Nebraska youth at the All-State Jazz, Concert and Choir program level for multiple years and have received various group and individual accolades for their performances along the way. Far & Wide was formed in 2012 within the award-winning BluesED program and is sponsored by the Blues Society of Omaha.
Band Members:
- Chloe Moore : Vocals
- Elaina Clement: Vocals
- Drew Schilken: Drums
- Jonathan Massey: Bass
- Evan Johnson: Guitar/Harmonica
- Cooper Watkins: Guitar
- Wells Johnson: Keys/Organ
- ArichFruehling: Saxophone
- Carson Clarys: Trumpet


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Naturopathy uses a holistic approach to wellness – focusing on the mind, body and spirit – with the belief that an imbalance in any of these can have an impact on your health.
- The underlying principles of naturopathy are the belief that for good health to exist a person must have a balanced diet, clean fresh water, sunlight, exercise and good stress management.
Michelle strives to help you pinpoint factors which may be contributing to your poor health, such as poor diet, lifestyle factors, high levels of stress, not enough or poor quality sleep, poor digestion, lack of movement/exercise, and not enough time looking after you.
Michelle may use a combination of herbal medicine (usually in liquid or tablet form), nutritional assessment & dietary monitoring as well as vitamin/mineral supplementation, massage/cupping, flower essences (both Bach & Australian Bush Flower Essences) and kinesiology in her treatments.
Naturopathy may be able to help with a number of conditions including:
- menstrual irregularities
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RIGA TOWNSHIP, MI – MSP First District personnel are currently investigating a homicide in Lenawee County. This investigation is on-going with several detectives actively working the case.
The Michigan State Police Monroe Post are currently investigating a homicide in Lenawee County. The investigation started on December 3rd, 2018, at approximately 5:30PM, after troopers were dispatched to the report of a body off the roadway in a cornfield.
Upon arrival Troopers located a deceased black male who was approximately 30-35 years of age. Based on evidence located at the scene, it was confirmed that the man was the victim of a homicide.
The victim has been positively identified. His name will not be released until family members have been notified.
Additional MSP resources were dispatched to the scene to assist with the investigation. Those resources include K9, aviation and crime lab personnel.
An autopsy was performed on the victim on December 4th. The results of that are still pending.
Anyone with information pertaining to this murder as asked to please call D/Sgt. Larry Rothman with the Michigan State Police at (734)-242-3500 or call CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-SPEAKUP


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Ideal for students but also for small homes because they do not get much space.
Sofa Dimensions: 180x90x80 cm.
Seat height: 38 cm.
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22d Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse, NSW, 1965–66
One of Sydney's largest houses of the mid 1960s, this second residence for Sir Theo Kelly's family, titled Tahiti, was a classic demonstration of Snelling's 'tiki-style' (Pacific ethnic) inspirations. Apart from its unusual architecture, the historically significant feature is Snelling's design of the world's second, and Australasia's first modern, infinity (spill-edge) swimming pool.
Sited at the foot of a long, steep driveway, the 2046 sq m block was part of large, colonial Hermitage estate, which overlooked Sydney Harbour from the Vaucluse hillside. After Woolworths bought the Hermitage, the new house site was subdivided and sold to Sir Theo Kelly's private company, Boyco, in 1964.
Snelling's Tahiti design maximized the compact land area, including various courtyards, terraces, gardens and the partly cantilevered swimming pool. Deceptively seen from the driveway as a modest one-storey 'thatched hut' beside a four-car garage, Tahiti cascaded to include two more floors of living areas and five bedroom suites. These wrapped around three sides of a lush palm court (now demolished) that was skylit and ventilated by a cleverly designed roof clerestory.
Internally, the upper floor contained the garage to the west, the central lobby, and four bedrooms on the east side. The master bedroom suite, looking north-east, opened to a small garden that was screened from the driveway by a Polynesian-style fence of timber posts. The ground floor comprised a staff flat, large laundry, a second carport (double), a large kitchen and cook's room, the family room, informal 'meals area', the main dining room and living room, a study and reading room with a cocktail bar, and a storeroom.
Off the living zone, the infinity pool was engineered using technical notes to Snelling from architect John Lautner in Los Angeles, and was mosaic-tiled in sky-blue, with a pink-orange hibiscus motif (probably inspired by the orchid flower motif decorating the pool at his favourite Waikiki hotel, the Halekulani). The basement contained a recreation room, plant room, sauna and storage area.
Externally, the house was dramatised by its tribal-style roof. Spreading wide eaves in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright, it also ascended central peak, containing a light reflector, that was sculpturally inspired by certain kinds of Asian and Pacific thatched huts. This allusion to vernacular architecture was emphasized by the roof material, an imported American sheet cladding with a gravel coating and dark grey colour similar to weathered shingles. Interrupting the roof on its north corner was the cylindrical chimney of the living room fireplace. On the northwest side of the roof, five clerestory windows were inserted to skylight the garden court of mature palms that were transplanted from elsewhere on the Hermitage site. (Subsequent owners removed this jungle.) Snelling was aware of potential for his Kelly roof to be criticized as 'kitsch' (by supporters of modernism's international style) but he wrote a pragmatic rationale for the Tahiti roof in captions typed for his 1964 portfolio of project photographs:
Shape of the roof is strictly a function of wide overhangs where most desirable, with the high turnup [central peaked section] acting as a large light reflector facing [north] west down the harbour. This reflector picks up brilliant colours of the setting sun and redirects them down to the interior garden, as well as reflecting normal daylight to assist plant growth. Entire residence is airconditioned, including the internal garden, and this produces an environment capable of growing exotic tropical plants. This garden is separated from the main living areas only by the open wooded screens which can be used to diminish or increase the drama of the garden court as they can be rolled out of view.
Viewed from the approach side [driveway], the rear of this light reflector creates the illusion that is perhaps gimmicky Hawaiian. However, this shape is purely a function of the light reflector. There are no gutters at the roof edge and the water spills generally onto hard stand areas which are adequately drained. All entries are protected by either large overhangs or at the main entrance by a large porte cochere.
Beneath the light reflector, a
timber staircase and flagstone path descended through the palm garden from the
front to the rear living areas. This was the most spectacular example of
Snelling's sectional strategy to hug sites rather than sit above them. Also, he
manipulated the northwest (harbour-facing) façade to minimize the building's
scale when seen from the water.
Viewed from the harbour, the house is well integrated with its site and surrounding foliage, which tends to diminish the large scale of the house, which from the harbour side is virtually four storeys high. The colour of the roof shingles and the main brick walls merge with the colours of the landscape. The light-coloured band (cement rendered edge of the pool terrace) tends to reduce the height of the house and the service storey below this band almost completely disappears.
Although it was one of Sydney's most significant 1960s houses (which set an Australian sale price record in 2007 at $29.25 million), this residence was never published because Snelling and his clients ended their relationship towards the end of construction. New owners purchased Tahiti in 2007, with intentions to demolish and rebuild.
—Dudek, Marion. Personal communications, ca March 2003.
—Gibbins, John. Personal communications, ca 2003.
—Jahn, Graham. 1997. A Guide to Sydney Architecture. Sydney: Watermark Press, p. 157.
—Pemberton, Gary J. 1984. Douglas B. Snelling: A Monograph of His Works (B. Arch dissertation). Sydney: New South Wales Institute of Technology.
—Sydney: SLNSW MLMSS 8801. Letters from Douglas Snelling to Marion Dudek, 1963–1985.
—Trevillion, James. 1995. The Adventures of Douglas B. Snelling (B. Arch dissertation). Sydney: University of Technology, Sydney.
—Whitelock, Jim. Personal communications, 21 April 2002.


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Ramone's Gets Triple Scoop at Downtownys
What's better than overflowing cone of delicious ice cream in a restored downtown Eau Claire building? Nothing, according to those who voted for the 10th Annual Downtown Eau Claire Awards – a.k.a. The Downtownys – which were given out Feb. 22 at The Lismore Hotel. Ramone's Ice Cream Parlor, 503 Galloway St., won the Downtownys for Best Business, Best New Business, and Best New Renovation. Best Event went to Prex Claires and Oxbeax, which preceded the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival last summer. Retired Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob McCoy received the Outstanding Achievement Award, the Carson Park Causeway was Best New Development, Red's Mercantile was Member of the Year, and Julia Johnson was Volunteer of the Year. The Downtownys are given out by Downtown Eau Claire Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes downtown development. DECI also used the occasion to unveil a new logo and website. Eau Claire designer Stuart Sandler created the new logo and branding, while downtown business JB Systems revamped the website, DowntownEauClaire.org.


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The Hush Post| 11:53 pm |one-minute-read
China has said that its spacecraft has made a successful landing on the far side of the Moon. This side has not been explored by mankind ever.
According to South China Morning Post, Chang'e 4 lunar spacecraft – launched on December 8 – made a landing at 1026hrs Hong Kong time (0756hrs IST). It carries a number of high-end equipment which have been designed and manufactured to study and record the surface of the Moon's far side that has so far not been explored. It also has equipment to carry out biological experiments.
The report quotes China National Space Administration and says that the major part of operation objectives of Chang'e 4 would be studying the terrain, astronomical observation, assessing the minerals available and it would also take stock of neutron radiation and neutral atoms in an effort to understand the environment of this part of the Moon.
The spacecraft will also grow vegetables and flowers inside an airtight container.
China says that there are possibilities that the landing of Chang'e 4 opens up because this is the first time such a mission has reached the far side of the Moon.
Before this, all the missions focused only on the near side since maintaining radio communications on the far side was considered impossible.


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Lesbian Zoie Palmer Thankful to Her Partner: TV Producer Girlfriend and a Son
Quick Information
- Date of Birth 1977-10-28
- Age 42 Years 11 Month(s)
- Nationality British, Canadian
- Birth Place Camborne, United Kingdom
- Profession Actress
- Zodiac Sign Scorpio
- Ethnicity/Race White
- Sister/s Tracey
- Son/s Lucas
- Relationship Status Single
- Wife/Spouse Not Known
- Divorce/Split Not Yet
- Girlfriend Alex Lalonde (2014-Present)
- Gay No
- Awards Gold Medallion Acting Award
- Career 2002 – present
- High School Scared Heart Catholic High School
- College York university
- Height/ How Tall? 5 Feet 6 Inches (1.68 m)
- Weight 56 Kg (123.5 Lbs)
- Hair Long
- Hair Color Blonde
- Eye Color Dark Brown
- Lesbian Yes
It 's hard to find right person or soulmate in today's world even for the straight ones. And Zoie Palmer has found a lesbian( gay) partner for her. Palmer credits her achievements to this partner. Who is her lady love? We'll reveal it all!
Caption: Zoie Palmer acceptance speech at Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.
It was March 9 of 2014 when Zoie Palmer announced publicly on a grand stage that she is a lesbian. Amidst a grand ceremony of Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, Zoie Palmer had her say on her sexual orientation and also expressed gratitude towards her partner.
Thank You, Partner!
Canadian actress Zoie Palmer, best known for her lesbian character Lauren on the supernatural drama Lost Girl, has come out as a lesbian at her acceptance speech at Canadian Screen Awards. Palmer won Academy's Choice Award for Favorite Canadian screen star. During her acceptance speech, she didn't hesitate to thank people and of course, her 'incredible partner Alex and beautiful son Luca.'
That term 'incredible partner and beautiful child' indicates, film and television producer, Alex Lalonde, and her son by a previous relationship Luca Lalonde.
Zoie just won the CSA cuz all you amazing fans voted!! pic.twitter.com/8MUuWJ7vlz— Alex Lalonde (@blondielalonde) March 9, 2014
Alex Lalonde was present in the ceremony herself with Palmer at the awards night. She also tweeted, 'Zoie just won the CSA cuz all you amazing fans voted!!' from the ceremony.
Relationship Goal!
Myself and @blondielalonde on the set of #TheLesserBlessed :)) pic.twitter.com/4tRJwu25— Zoie palmer (@ZoiePalmer) December 14, 2011
There is no proper evidence when the relationship between Zoie Palmer and Alex Lalonde started, but their affair has been all over twitter's feed. Both were seen together in Toronto International Film Festival together in 2012.
Alex Lalonde and Zoie Palmer are boyfriend-girlfriend, but it makes us wonder who is boyfriend or girlfriend for the pair! Alex Lalonde is Canadian Producer and has worked on both the big screen and small screens.
Alex was also a producer on various commercials, Bilingual Business Analyst for Canada Media Fund (2000-2003), Business Affairs for Capri Films (2003-2004), and Business Analyst for Telefilm Canada (2006-2007). Lalonde managed the Genie and Gemini awards during 2007 to 2009 intervals, and Lalonde was also Awards Director for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
They have a baby son, Luca, from Alex Lalonde's previous relationship although her previous partner is unknown. Lalonde too was pregnant from her previous partner and also had a boy.
Present at Clexacon!
I think @RachieSkarsten @ZoiePalmer and @emtothea should have an unscripted show. So funny. #clexacon pic.twitter.com/EKBZ0fOSPM— ????Allie???? (@alliegpls) March 6, 2017
The people who play the role of lesbian on movies and televisions gathered in Las Vegas on March 3 to5, 2017 at the first-ever held ClexaCon convention on LGBT women in the entertainment field.
The event was named after the fan favorite lesbian pairing Clarke, and Lexa which is from the CW's The 100 and the program was originally organized to tackle the "Bury Your Gays" trope. It was made famous by several high-profile LGBT TV and movies character deaths in recent years.
'Almost Adults' actor Natasha Negovanlis took her responsibility of being an LGBT voice in the media and, like the fans, she doesn't want to see queer women used as a mechanism for baiting views in TV and movies. Negovanlis told Xtra:
"People need to realize that this community needs heroes and role models.And people need to know it's important to stop killing them off or using them as side characters anymore."
Other actors in attendance included bigger names such as Person of Interest (POI) stars Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi along with Lost Girl actors Zoie Palmer and Ali Liebert.
Zoie Palmer is an English-Canadian actress, born in Camborne, Cornwall, England, to parents of Irish and British descent and best known for her character in television drama 'Lost Girl.' In 2001, she graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto, Canada. She was last seen in television drama 'Real Detective' in 2016.


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The Story of Success: Anna & Elena Beriya
Meet the sisters Anna and Elena Beriya. For more than three years, the girls have been engaged in their own clothing brand Twinsber. Unlike many other designers, Anna and Elena decided to create a brand of sportswear, which, unfortunately, we do not have a lot in Ukraine. However, nowadays, the cult of sport and healthy lifestyle began to actively develop among modern youth in Ukraine. Agree that the clothes in which you train should look no worse (and sometimes even better) than your toned body. It should emphasize your achievements in the gym, and, at the same time, be stylish, high-quality and create the feeling of comfort. This is the DNA the sisters Beriya laid into the foundation of the brand. But the girls do not stand still – they calculate their actions in advance, making the clothes multifunctional. Twinsber's versatility lies in the fact that their clothes can be worn not only as a sports uniform, but also as a casual clothing. You, probably, paid attention to the latest collections of fashion houses, which literally advocate the wearing of cycling shorts.
Initially, Anna and Elena concentrated on creating the perfect sports suit, making it exclusive. Due to the high quality, natural fabrics that they use, the original model range, bright and extraordinary performance, as well as comfort and practicality, the girls gained the trust of customers immediately after the launch of the first collection. Over the time, their ideas went beyond the framework of a single product, and now something new appears in each collection. The main feature of the brand is definitely the quality, which significantly distinguishes Twinsber from competitors. Therefore, girls adhere to the golden rule – under no economic conditions of the market it is impossible to save on initial materials, because the client will always notice it. And, the client for the sisters is the most important in their business. They never set the age limit for their customers, they treat everyone with respect and without bias, because the trust and dedication of their customers is the most valuable and greatest reward for them.
Sisters Beriya approached their family business very competently, clearly assigning their responsibilities. Elena is the creative beginning of the brand; all the sketches are drawn and translated into reality thanks to her work. New ideas usually come to her in moments when she retires in a creative atmosphere, gathering her thoughts in absolute silence. In addition, the sisters are inspired by literally everything that surrounds them – traveling, meeting interesting people, music, and even food. In turn, Anna is focused more on marketing, production, documentation, and she is the one who works directly with the clients. However, despite the different responsibilities, the sisters share a common goal – the cult of a healthy body, the promotion of sport in general, and the implementation the habit of being beautiful, athletic and healthy into the youth's life.
Another important point is that girls personally test all their clothes by themselves before they go into mass production. Detailed control of all the stages of product creation leads to the fact that Twinsber sportswear ideally fits any figure, and in those cases, if there is a need for it, they even model the silhouette.
Very soon, Anna and Elena Beriya will present a new collection. It will be radically different from the previous ones, at least in its color palette. The girls decided to move away from the bright colors and created a collection with a dominant black color. This color is paradoxical: associated with infinity, silence, female life force, it evokes a sense of mystery, security and comfort. It is like a famous little black dress by Dior. Little black jumpsuit will be the main element of the wardrobe. In addition, the collection will also include the latest fashion trend – cycling shorts. What else to expect from the new clothing by Twinsber, remains a mystery. The girls do not want to immediately reveal all the cards, but they promise that everyone will be pleasantly surprised.
Despite the fact that the sisters Beriya are now actively working on the presentation of a new clothing line, they are already planning their business goals for the next 5 years. Girls want to develop a brand at the global level, so the main goal for the nearest future is not only to support existing ones, but also to reach new sales markets. At the moment, the brand's products are represented not only in Ukraine, but also in America, Europe, Hong Kong and different European countries. Another goal worth mentioning is to adequately represent Ukraine at the international level, making the notion of the quality equal to "Made in Ukraine".


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The Jakarta Post
My grade school class of 1967 decided to hold a reunion, after a year of prepping. We held it at the hall that used to be the chapel of our Catholic school. (Shutterstock/File)
My grade school class of 1967 decided to hold a reunion, after a year of prepping. We held it at the hall that used to be the chapel of our Catholic school.
I realize I tread on murky waters here, mentioning off the bat the denomination of my school. For, so unlike today, in those salad days of Indonesia, religion seldom entered the conversation. You went to a school because it was well-run and it was close to your home and because your mum believed you'd get a good education. The fact that the school probably accepted more pupils from other faiths wasn't even discussed. No one was keeping tabs, including the nuns and priests who ran it.
In the mid-60s, Kebayoran Baru had become a satellite suburb of the capital with a dearth of schools. A nunnery in Yogyakarta and a monastery right there in Blok B (Kebayoran was divided into blocks following the alphabet, hence the famous Blok M bus terminal we know today) decided to furnish the Santo Johannes parish with a school. Tarakanita Elementary School became that neighborhood school. Most pupils had homes within walking distance of the establishment.
Religion was a school subject, but non-Catholics could sit the class out. Thing is, we all relished tagging along to mass on Fridays as a way of skipping arithmetic class. Some daredevils took pleasure in egging each other on to take communion to see what the host tasted like. When the parish finally had the wherewithal to get a church built, no less than the president of the republic helped pick out the land plot, at the same time wresting big say in how the church's final design should be, i.e. "with lots of references to Indonesian cultural forms." This was president Sukarno, who with wife number four, Japanese-born Ratnasari Dewi, came amid big school fanfare to have a look at the finished product and give a few last-minute design notes to architect David Cheng. The church was ordained by the archbishop of Jakarta, Mgr. A. Djajasepoetra JC, on Dec. 19, 1965.
A president interested in the design of a church in the suburbs? Imagine. But then again, he was the same president who held a design competition to erect the official mosque, paying no heed that the winning architect was not a Muslim. This I daresay describes the Zeitgeist in which our class of 1967 was weaned, a relaxed attitude about faiths as being something personal.
Which is why in the past few days, we've looked askance at the nonsensical polemic of whether a movie released in 1984, directed by one of Indonesia's great dramatists, is worthy to be re-screened. The head-scratching was for the much more insidious trope hovering in the background: the response to quickly smack down any attempt to revise official history about events that happened on Sept. 30, 1965.
The movie Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (The Treachery of the G30S/PKI) is a docudrama written and directed by Arifin C. Noer at the behest of the army. Sponsored by Soeharto's New Order government, it was based on an official history of the 30 September Movement (Gerakan 30 September, or G-30-S) putsch in 1965 written by Nugroho Notosusanto, which depicted it as being orchestrated by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The film portrays a time of economic turmoil, in which six generals are kidnapped and killed by the PKI, purportedly to pre-empt a coup against president Sukarno. General Soeharto saves the day, and afterward urges the community to commemorate those killed and fight against all forms of communism. PKI leadership is shown as ruthless, taking pleasure in excessive violence and torture.
The film was a commercial and critical success, reaching record viewership numbers — but of course: it was compulsory. It was a propaganda vehicle, televised annually on Sept. 30 for 13 years and was mandatory viewing for students. Although the film's artistic aspects remain well-received, its misrepresentation of history has been heavily condemned.
Subsequent studies in the ensuing half century, including a feminist dissertation by Saskia Wieringa, have proven the official tale had too many gaping holes in it. There was no bloody orgy at the infamous Lubang Buaya. The discredited women's organization, Gerwani, was in fact a powerhouse for women in the 1950s and 1960s. Other studies repeatedly showed the so-called facts of the event are ripe for revision as new points of view are honed. The polemic was triggered by a closed seminar scheduled for a fortnight ago at the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) in Central Jakarta, and picketed by a nervous mob outside, convinced that a lone seminar could raise from the dead the ghosts of communism past.
My class of 1967 can claim to have borne at least a few lousy brunt ends of the stick from the whole mess. For an entire week after that date in 1965, we were forced to stay home because things were too dodgy. When finally school recommenced, headmistress Sister Anuncia had us doff our Catholic-school uniforms, and wear ordinary clothing to wangle out of the demand of the militant Student Front to boycott all education until we could purge the entire country of undesirable elements. Because of the disruptions, the education system was added to by a whole semester, shifting the school year start to January from the erstwhile September.
Some serious mind-washing was instigated. We became a generation taught to be scared of the shadows on the ground thrown by rustling leaves, instead of being directed to take a long hard look at the tree itself, and more importantly from which direction the gust of wind rustling it came from. It was hammered into us that since the Gerwani regaled in a lewd orgy as they cut up the officers' genitals on that fatal morning, women were good to be kept in submission.
Having opinions was discouraged. We taught ourselves to keep mum about politics. When we suddenly realized that half of our best friends at school were of Chinese descent with three names, who were forced to change their monikers into "Indonesian" ones, we simply considered the weird law par for the course. Cherry, a classmate of mine who was of Dutch descent, apparently had her uncle and cousins rendered stateless for refusing to change their name, Van Room, into Bachrum. But my chum Ho changed his name into Hermansjah with no qualms.
Our generation managed to escape the brainwashing that occurred with compulsory Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI viewing, because by 1984 we were adults. Seeing as to how information flow had by then become sophisticated, mind-tweaking should not have reached the scale it did during the Suharto years, which makes it all the more confounding to note that, even today, certain parties do not see re-examining canonical history as something desirable.
And then it dawned on me: the generals against the YLBHI discussion are of my generation. They too are products of a generation that cannot say boo to a ghost.
The reunion was a success because of that wondrous discovery, the Internet. We created a dedicated WhatsApp group and went in search of lost friends, though only 60 percent wanted to be found. Wonder of wonders, Sister Anuncia herself and two teachers turned up looking not at all ancient, because they were only 19 and 20 years old when they gave us our education.
Maybe the real value of a 50th year reunion is to remind us how fragile ideas are, and how even with people of differing values, a loving community is possible. We have more skills now to tackle life's dreams. Yet we are also wiser, understanding that we can let some things just be.
Debra Yatim is a journalist, activist, editor, poet and writing instructor at The Jakarta Post Writing Center.
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Wicken Fen
We had a lovely walk around Wicken Fen yesterday. I HAD wanted to photograph birds but failed so had to make do with other wildlife
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Wow, I love moles, they are so soft. I do believe they push up from their holes when there is a high tide, don't know if that's an old wives tale or not. Funnily enough we saw one on the surface a couple of weeks ago. The Highland cow is just like my old Gertrude. I hand reared her as a calf from a day old. She was a very dark red as a baby but almost blonde as an adult, this one looks just like her.
I love photos like this, there's nothing as good as emersing yourself in nature for the soul.
Someone tell that Highland cattle there IS something that would help with his vision, it's called a hairdresser! Dear Moley looks like a baby to me, how do you think he got so far on the decking?, bless him. I hope he made it back ok.