text: Acupuncture has been proven to lessen the inflammatory reaction after acute spinal cord injury and reduce secondary injury. and large neurons in the spinal cord anterior horn glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (mRNA expression and promotes the recovery of motor neuron function in the anterior horn after spinal cord injury. BMS BMS 378806 378806 mRNA expression and the motor function of the lower extremities in a rat model of SCI after electroacupuncture. This study was undertaken to provide insight into the effect and mechanism of action of acupuncture around the recovery of motor neuron function in the anterior horn of the injured spinal cord. Materials and Methods Animals A total of 60 adult healthy clean white male Sprague-Dawley rats 8 weeks of age and weighing 250-300 g were provided by the Laboratory Animal Center Health Science Center Xi'an Jiaotong University China (license No. SYXK-(Shaan)2006-002). The protocols were conducted in accordance with the (ST36; 0.5 cm below the front of the capitulum fibulae) (GB39; 0.2 cm superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus) (ST32; inferior 1/3 of the line between the anterior superior iliac spine and the lateral patella) and (SP6; 0.2 cm superior to the tip of the medial malleolus the rear edge of the medial tibia). Using an HB-EDT-II acupuncture apparatus (Shenzhen Lefukang Science and Technology Co. Ltd. Shenzhen China) two stainless steel 1-cun needles (Shenzhen Lefukang Science and Technology Co. Ltd.) were pricked into two acupoints as positive and negative electrodes to a depth of 0.15 cm with a frequency of 75 cycles/min and a current of 40-50 μA. Electroacupuncture was performed once a day. The needle was maintained in place for thirty minutes. At a quarter-hour the electrodes had been exchanged. One band of acupoints was punctured every complete time. Two sets of acupoints alternately received electroacupuncture. Sample collection planning of frozen areas and staining Relative to previous research on acupuncture treatment (Takeshige et al. 1990 in 2 4 and 6 weeks after electroacupuncture five rats were extracted from each combined group. Under anesthesia examples were gathered and RT-PCR was performed. An additional five rats were obtained from each group anesthetized perfused with 100 mL physiological saline and 130 mM paraformaldehyde 500 mL through the left ventricle. The spinal cord at the injury site was removed frozen and WNT3 sliced into 15-μm-thick transverse sections. These sections were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 24 BMS 378806 hours permeabilized in xylene and embedded in wax. Four sections per rat were used. In accordance with instructions in the hematoxylin-eosin staining kit (Bogoo Biological Technology Co. Ltd. Shanghai China) sections were treated with xylene dewaxed hydrated stained with hematoxylin for 5 minutes washed with distilled water for 5 minutes differentiated with a differentiation medium for 30 seconds immersed in distilled water for 10 minutes stained with eosin for 2 minutes washed with distilled water dehydrated with anhydrous alcohol for 5 minutes washed with distilled water for 1 or 2 2 seconds permeabilized with xylene and mounted with neutral resin. In accordance with instructions in the Nissl staining kit (Bogoo Biological Technology Co. Ltd.) altered Nissl staining (Thionine-Giemsa method) was performed (Lindroos 1991 Paraffin sections were dewaxed with xylene rehydrated through a graded ethanol series stained with 1% thionine for 5 minutes at room heat differentiated with anhydrous alcohol and glacial acetic acid counter-stained with 0.1% eosin dehydrated with ethanol permeabilized with xylene and mounted with resin. In accordance with instructions in the AChE staining kit (Bogoo Biological Technology Co. Ltd.) AChE staining (Karnovsky-Roots method) was performed. Sections were dewaxed washed with distilled water incubated in the incubation medium at room heat for 2-6 hours or at 37°C for 1 or 2 2 hours washed with distilled water dehydrated with anhydrous alcohol permeabilized in xylene and mounted with neutral resin. The sections were observed with a light microscope. Hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections were used to observe nerve tissue swelling hemorrhage and necrosis cellular swelling capsular spaces and vacuolar degeneration. Nissl staining mainly allowed observation of Nissl bodies and the quantification of motor neurons made up of Nissl bodies. AChE levels were assessed by BMS 378806 quantifying the intensity of AChE staining..


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Tata Motors global CEO and MD Carl-Peter Forster has stepped down with immediate effect. The reason provided states 'unavoidable personal circumstances.' As per the Tata Motors Board's request, he will still stay on the board as a non-executive member. The other major change introduced will see JLR CEO Ralf Speth and Prakash Telang, MD of Tata Motors India Operations will represent their respective operations on the Board, which means they would have to report directly to the board.
Chairman of the Board of Tata Motors, Mr. Ratan N. Tata had this to say. "The Board respects Carl-Peter's personal circumstances that led to this move. We would like to thank him for his contributions to the successful development of our company in his role as Group CEO and MD. We are looking forward to continue to working with him as a non-executive member of the Board."
Mr. Carl-Peter Forster, Tata Motors' global CEO and MD had this to say. "I deeply regret that my personal circumstances make it difficult for me to continue to perform the challenging duties of managing the thriving global activities of the Tata Motors Group with its main activities in India and the UK and increasingly in additional overseas markets. I am glad to continue my association with Tata Motors."
The announcement was made late in the day today. Currently Tata Motors has been receiving mixed reactions from various markets. While their luxury Jaguar Land Rover unit has been reporting profits and positive sales, the world's cheapest car Tata Nano has been registering sales decline.
Carl Forster began work with Tata Motors in January 2010a nd in his role as Tata Motors global CEO and MD, headed the UK based Jaguar and Land Rover, South Korean commercial vehicle venture, Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co., Hispano Carrocera SA, the Spanish bus maker, and local operations pertaining to the Indian car market. Before today, there was no public speculation regarding MD Carl-Peter Forster's resignation. Prior to this, Forster was head of General Motors Co., Europe, and MD of BMW AG's South Africa business.

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//RESPONSIVE International Light Art Projects was successful in receiving a $50k grant to commission three new, site-specific light projects by Marianne Nicolson (BC), Cuppetelli & Mendoza (DET) and Christine Sciulli (NY). Each of the artists will be coming to Halifax in early 2019 to select sites, do on the ground research and give a public lecture at NSCAD University.
Marianne Nicolson ('Tayagila'ogwa) is an artist of Scottish and Dzawada̱'enux̱w First Nations descent. The Dzwada̱'enux̱w People are a member tribe of the Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw Nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Her training encompasses both traditional Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw forms and culture and Western European based art practice. She has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (1996), a Masters in Fine Arts (1999), a Masters in Linguistics and Anthropology (2005) and a PhD in Linguistics, Anthropology and Art History (2013) at the University of Victoria. She has exhibited her artwork locally, nationally and internationally as a painter, photographer and installation artist, has written and published numerous essays and articles, and has participated in multiple speaking engagements. Her practice engages with issues of Aboriginal histories and politics arising from a passionate involvement in cultural revitalization and sustainability.
Christine Sciulli is a visual artist whose primary medium is projected light. "Her work consists of intersections of the geometry and an intuitive sense of how to use everyday materials to give a sense of "spatialization" – she plays with how we perceive the world around us in a way that leaves you with a kind of eerie sense of timelessness."(Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky)
Sciulli's ROIL was shown at Brooklyn's Smack Mellon Gallery in early 2016 and it was awarded a Lighting Award (UK) and Lumen Citation from the Illuminating Engineering Society. Her work was included in the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2014 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts. Her projection installations have been shown in numerous galleries and museums including the Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Parrish Art Museum, Islip Art Museum, South Fork Museum of Natural History, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Edward Hopper House Art Center and Smithsonian Affiliate Annmarie Gardens, as well as in International light and music festivals. She was the recipient of a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Grant for her public art project Intercepting Planes X. Christine was commissioned by the Global Poverty Project to create her installation, Expanding Circles, projected onto 2,500 people, for the 2013 Global Citizen Festival. Sciulli will have a solo show at Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, and NY in February 2019.
Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza began collaborating as Cuppetelli and Mendoza in 2010. They create installations and objects that combine physical elements with digital technologies, composing sensual, immersive and dynamic experiences. Cuppetelli and Mendoza stage an interplay of the analog and the digital sphere. In the tradition of Op-Art they develop responsive sculptures that focus on the interference of textiles structures and graphical digital animation. The full range of properties shows when visitors not only view but move and interact with work.
Based in Detroit, their work has been exhibited in the Denver Art Museum, the Bienal de Video y Artes Mediales in Chile and in festivals such as Nemo 2013 (France), Scopitone 2012 (France), ISEA 2012, FILE 2011 (Brazil), FAD 2011 (Brazil) and video_dumbo 2013 and 2011 (New York). They were selected as Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellows for 2015. Cuppetelli received a MFA in Fibers from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Mendoza received a MFA in Digital + Media from the Rhode Island School of Design.


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Hot off of two incredibly well-received remixes and their most successful songs to date, the Canadian duo by the name of Exit Friendzone are hoping to replicate that success with their latest. They have put their own spin on Syn Cole's "It's You" and it is hard to say that their version is not and upgrade over the original.
There is a significant sense of power found in the remix that is lacking in the original. Production wise, it is clean and their most technically impressive work to date. It has the same anthemic style of progressive house as their previous tracks. This duo keeps their trend of strong remixes going with this release.


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Defunding the NIH
December 4, 2013
A article in the Pacific Standard magazine by Michael White provides an update on my prior post on The NIH Un-Doubling. The primary point in that post was a graph published in 2007 in
Heinig SJ, Krakower JY, Dickler HB, Korn D. Sustaining the engine of U.S. biomedical discovery. N Engl J Med. 2007 Sep 6;357(10):1042-7. [Publisher Link]
which presented the NIH budget allocations in dollar amounts adjusted for inflation* (expressed in 1998 dollars). The "undoubling" part reflected the 2007 allocation and 2008 Bush administration request in comparison with a trendline established from the early 1970s until the beginning of the doubling. It's worth revisiting the graph from that article
Figure 1. NIH Appropriations (Adjusted for Inflation in Biomedical Research) from 1965 through 2007, the President's Request for 2008, and Projected Historical Trends through 2010.
All values have been adjusted according to the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index on the basis of a standard set of relevant goods and services (with 1998 as the base year). The trend line indicates average real annual growth between fiscal years 1971 and 1998 (3.34%), with projected growth (dashed line) at the same rate. The red square indicates the president's proposed NIH budget for fiscal year 2008, also adjusted for inflation in biomedical research.
because the updated one, below, only starts in 1990.
This new article How We're Unintentionally Defunding the NIH provides the update, now represented in 2011 dollars. I'm not immediately seeing whether Michael White made this graph himself or sourced it from somewhere else but he does cite a Congressional Research Services report by John F. Sargent Jr which is worth a read.
This is fascinating. We've discussed historical funding trends and success rates under NIH extramural grant awards in the past. One post I wrote is highly pertinent:
The red trace depicts success rates from 1962 to 2008 for R01 equivalents (R01, R23, R29, R37). Note that they are not broken down by experienced/new investigators status, nor are new applications distinguished from competing continuation applications*. The blue line shows total number of applications reviewed…which may or may not be of interest to you. [update 7/12/12: I forgot to mention that the data in the 60s are listed as "estimated" success rates.]
The bottom line here is that looking at the actual numbers can be handy when playing the latest round of "We had it tougher than you did" at the w(h)ine and cheese hour after departmental seminar…Things are worse than they've ever been and these dismal patterns have bee sustained for much longer. … Anyone who tries to tell you they had it as hard or harder at any time in the past versus now is high as a kite. Period.
One key takeaway from this new graph is a consideration for those who insist that the NIH doubling interval was a poisoned gift. There are those that claim that our current woes are because research Universities and Medical Schools built up tremendous amounts of new infrastructure and personnel during the doubling, with the expectation that that rate of NIH budget escalation would continue. The thinking is that we experienced a bubble and the only reason we have problems now (during this extended interval of budget flatlining and therefore slipping purchasing power**) with dismal success rates. Too many mouths at the trough, is the way I put the situation, even if I don't specifically blame the doubling interval for this.
This new graph makes it very clear that we have not just returned to the 3.3% growth trendline for the NIH budget. We have fallen off that line. Furthermore, the stimulus funding and the modest increases the Obama Administration have bruited as an initial budget offering are insufficient to change this divergence. It is absolutely clear that the NIH purchasing power is shrinking. Shrinking below the trends established from 1971 to 1998.
This is not a contraction relative to the doubling interval anymore! We're way beyond that. We look to be as far below the historical trendline as we were above the line at the peak (end) of the doubling interval. We're something on the order of $8-$10 Billion in the hole, something around 75% of where the historical trendline would have taken us. That seems like a lot of money until you realize
**using BRDPI (Biomedical Research and Development Price Index)


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New reusable space vehicle to do test flight at Spaceport America
SPACEPORT AMERICA – EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc of Greenville, Texas, has selected Spaceport America for final testing of a reusable space launch vehicle known as SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE).
EXOS has completed the design, test and build; has received its FAA launch license and completed the final integration and test hovering for the rocket. A successful test flight is needed to solidify the company's plans to use the technology as the basis for a planned reusable Orbital class vehicle, the company said in a pres release issued Tuesday.
"We are excited to enter into the testing phase of our SARGE platform at Spaceport America, and even more excited to reveal our plans for our Jaguar Reusable (first stage) LEO launcher," EXOS COO John Quinn said in a prepared statement. "We look forward to enabling space research, manufacturing and educational opportunity for the world by providing frequent suborbital flights that provide fast and affordable access to space."
Spaceport American CEO Dan Hicks said a successful test flight could lead to further testing and development at the spaceport.
"We appreciate that EXOS selected Spaceport America to host their SARGE launches," Hicks said. "Their success in attracting private funding shows the value of their out-of-the-box thinking and we expect this pathfinder flight to lead to regular commercial launches, facilitating development of an orbit-capable vehicle. Spaceport America hopes to host testing of the orbital vehicle components and eventually to hosting launch it to orbit."
You can follow progress on SARGE from setup to launch live on YouTube at


text: New age disease outbreak like COVID-19 has led to more consciousness among people in the direction of health insurance and a majority of them now consider it as a necessity to be future ready for unexpected conditions like this, a survey by Max Bupa Well being Insurance has revealed. The scientific trial will take a look at the drug's efficacy in lowering the viral load in sufferers. Data from the trial will likely be used to determine if further medical trials are required to be carried out in larger variety of sufferers. With growing understanding that a credible coronavirus vaccine can be obtainable by the top of this 12 months, the controversy is now shifting to who should get the vaccine first. Should you do not think authorities run healthcare will not lower your care, then you're mistaken. I used to be also a army dependent and the wait to … Read more


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It should come as no surprise thattraditional TV navigation is out of fashion and is being replaced by new app-centric smart TVs that are connected with web interfaces, thanks in part to Roku, Apple, and Samsung among others. This is due both to the growing demand for on-line services, but also to the fact that consumer electronics manufacturers — and even cable companies — are beginning to adopt new television navigation interfaces that are not exactly the same. These alternative interfaces are part of a new generation of intelligent TV application frameworks that enable not only popular online television services such as Netflix and Hulu to be streamed via applications on TVs but also to create new models of TV monetization.
But it's more than simple advertising. The connected television application platforms not only create new opportunities for companies like Intel, Amazon or Apple to disrupt the cable provider, but they also allow the cable provider to become disorganized. Companies such as Time Warner can now offer packets of virtual cable delivered not by traditional cable distribution systems, but rather by the public Internet to smart and application-compatible televisions, Internet set-top boxes and game consoles NextMarket Insights expects more than 6 million subscribers to subscribe to these "virtual" packages by 2017.
Interactive Connected TV advertising offers a much richer and sophisticated level of engagement than traditional ad models. With Smart TVs and media streaming players, you can serve ads that are much more interactive, allowing for direct marketing and couch commerce to potential consumers. Also, thanks to slideshows and other image- and video-intensive advertising possibilities visually rich industries like Interior Design and especially Real Estate.
In fact, in November of this year, Sotheby's International Realty announced the launch of the Sotheby's International Realty® Apple TV app. Developed in partnership with Toronto-based development firm Clearbridge Mobile, the app allows customers to browse nearly 50,000 image- and video-rich luxury properties on a larger, crisper screen than ever before.
Thanks to a native tvOS application complete with custom navigation, view controllers, and animations tightly keyed to Google Places, users can experience the fastest property browsing experience. Major features of the app include:
• The ability to text or voice-activate the property browsing experience
• Ways to share a property via email, save recent searches, and bookmark properties for later browsing
• A "Guess the Location" in-app micro game
• Recent search functionality as well as tools to bookmark properties directly on Apple TV home screen's Top Row
• The ability to reach out to agents directly from the app to reduce obstacles in the path to purchase
To learn more about the development process (and how your company could profit from this technology), visit the Clearbridge Mobile App Development Blog and see the case study for yourself — you might even find the right way to connect your own business!
The launch of the app makes the Sotheby's International Realty brand among the earliest first movers in the real estate space to offer a connected TV experience to customers, providing users:
• More selection on a more interactive platform
• A shared user experience for browsing properties
• A best-in-class visual experience
If your business relies on customer engagement through images and videos (whether in real estate, travel, or fashion), Connected TV allows you to offer a new, attractive and sophisticated advertising model. To better navigate this complex and sophisticated market, find the right mobile app development team to start storyboarding your idea right away.


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Volunteer Gift
Looking for a delightful gift to give supporters and staff of your group or organisation? This wooden Christmas tree ornament is supplied in a kraft header card that doubles as a card. Flip it over and you'll find a pre-printed thank you and then space for your personal greeting.
Each ornament is 85mm diameter, from 3mm thick wood, unvarnished, and customer laser-cut on both side. A string and wooden bead have been included to make it easy to hang at home!
Back of ornament states:
"For the time is coming,"
says the Lord,
"when I will raise up a righteous descendant
from King David's line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
And this will be his name:
'The Lord Is Our Righteousness.'
Jeremiah 23:5
Back of header card: Thank you for your commitment to families. Your contribution has provided fun, laughter, connection, and community. You have generously given of yourself through prayer, time, and energy. Thank you.


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Our trained patient advocates and nursing staff are available to discuss with you any questions you may have regarding having an abortion, barriers to continuing a pregnancy, as well as abortion procedures and risks associated with abortion.
There are medication and surgical abortion procedures. The types of abortion that may be available depend on factors such as how far along you are in your pregnancy.
There are many things to consider. It is important for you to determine what is best for you, now and in the future. You have a right to get all the facts. Take the time you need to equip yourself to make your best decision.
We are here to help you understand all your options so that you can make an informed decision. It is your pregnancy, your right to know, and your decision.


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As the world has been celebrating the sport of soccer over the last month with the World Cup tournament, there is a potential black cloud hanging over the soccer world – players playing with concussions and possible brain injuries
In a July 11 article in the London Times, FIFA was accused last week of turning a blind eye to the "ticking time bomb" of concussion by FIFPro, the global footballers' union, which reiterated its demand for the introduction of independent sideline assessments.
The article cited several incidences, including one during Argentina's semi-final victory against Holland where Javier Mascherano clashed heads with Georginio Wijnaldum in the 27th minute. The Barcelona midfielder displayed every visible sign of concussion, according to FIFA's own guidelines, which demand an immediate withdrawal of any player suspected of being concussed, but, shamefully, the Argentinean was allowed to continue.
The London Times article continued . . . with mounting evidence of a link between repeated concussions and the onset of neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the potentially fatal risk of second impact syndrome, FIFPro says the world governing body needs to act before a tragedy occurs. "They have something on paper that's very pretty but it's not enforced because it is only a guideline that is being enforced by team physicians," Andrew Orsatti, a FIFPro spokesman, told The Times. "It is instructive in other sports that there has to be a clear separation to remove any potential vested interests where a team physician could be pressured by the clock or the manager to return a player too quickly. "You cannot ignore the fact that we are playing with lives based on the new evidence that has come to light. It is a ticking time bomb. . . "
The way concussions are handled is also an issue in the United States. The article states that Major League Soccer players have begun filing lawsuits against clubs for being kept on the pitch after suffering a concussion. Eddie Johnson is suing the Portland Timbers after retiring in April, while Taylor Twellman, the league's MVP in 2005, had to spend the best part of two years in a darkened room because of the damage caused by repeated concussions. "This is a window to the future," Orsatti said in the Times article. "The facts are irrefutable. It is a tidal wave that will engulf the sport."
Sanders.Law believe that the team's success should not be put ahead of the players' health. This is also true in the work place where a company's profits should not be put ahead of the workers' health. If you have any questions regarding brain injuries or other issues such as workman's compensation, please contact our office at (816) 844-6938.


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Every Planet Surprises Secular Astronomers, I: Inner Planets
"Surprise" or "puzzling" are the most common words in news reports about bodies in the solar system. Here are recent examples that discuss the inner planets.
Mercury: too many volcanoes: A press release from Brown University says the planet Mercury goes against expectations. Mercury has an "abnormally large iron core," but the evidence for extensive and ongoing volcanism ruins an earlier model that its outer layers had been stripped off. That would also have stripped off its volatile elements. Although it was "long thought" to be depleted in volatiles, new findings show Mercury had plenty, and "held on to them for longer than scientists had expected" —
The surface of Mercury crackled with volcanic explosions for extended periods of the planet's history, according to a new analysis led by researchers at Brown University. The findings are surprising considering Mercury wasn't supposed to have explosive volcanism in the first place, and they could have implications for understanding how Mercury formed.
Venus: too few moons (0): Venus is the only large inner planet without a moon. Elisabeth Howell says this on Universe Today: "Considering the amount of stuff flying around the Solar System early in its history, it's quite surprising to some astronomers that Venus does not have a moon today." Rescuing Venus from theory, she suggests astronomer's favorite answer to every solar system anomaly: impacts. "Venus could have been smacked by a large rock at least twice." When that answer doesn't work, there's always the catch-all hypothesis: "There could be other explanations as well, however," she says.
Venus: possible active volcanoes: Space.com says that there is tentative evidence volcanoes are active on Venus today. A scientist from Max Planck Institute says this could have "major implications" for understanding the planet's interior, surface and atmosphere.
Moon: hot flashes: Scientists are finding quite a few bright flashes on the moon revealing ongoing impacts, New Scientist reports. Some 300 impacts have been seen since 2006, caused by objects ranging in size from a golf ball to a bowling ball. These impacts send out debris at shotgun speeds – a factor that could endanger future astronaut bases. One bright flash on March 13, 2013 sent debris at 200 miles per second out 18 miles from the main crater, that measures 60 feet across.
Moon: an appetite for apatite: Basalt crystals called apatites provide clues about the water content of volcanic material. Astronomers were discouraged to find that lunar apatites showed similar water content to those on Earth. This damages the popular theory that an impact on Earth formed the moon, because it was expected no volatiles would survive as the moon coalesced. Science Magazine published a new model that preserves those volatiles from "The Lunar Apatite Paradox," but this is damage control, according to Mahesh Anand's Perspective piece: "The paradigm of a 'dry Moon' was recently challenged on the basis of reexamination of lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions, raising the possibility of a volatile-rich lunar interior." The latest theory-rescuing model is only one possibility to explain the "dramatic change in our understanding of lunar volatiles" that has arisen in the past decade.
Mars: water wishing: Wet-Marsers have wished for evidence of extensive water on the red planet for decades, so that they could sustain hopes that life might be found there. Nature News says now, though, that the atmosphere has likely been too thin over the planet's history to allow for much water. Mars may have gotten warm enough for water only intermittently. How? Impacts to the rescue: "a 200-kilometre-wide object slamming into Mars would boost air pressure enough to keep the planet above freezing for around a century," Sid Perkins ends the article. That's a little too short a period for life to evolve.
Mars: flood geology: The evidence for cold temperatures flies in the face of another article, posted on Live Science, that gives geological evidence that some canyons on Mars were formed by megafloods. That certainly would have required extensive water. The resemblance of some of these Martian canyons to ones in Idaho that are now interpreted as having formed by large floods (12/19/13) is striking. One canyon photographed recently, Echus Chasma, has the same amphitheater-shaped heads as Stubby Canyon in Idaho. It also contains clays that presumably only could have formed in water. Maybe floods hit Mars within the short periods of heating after large impacts.
Asteroids: disappearing act: A press release from Southwest Research Institute explains the fine dust, or regolith, on asteroids coming from "thermal fatigue" or "thermal fragmentation" – i.e., heating and cooling cycles as the body rotates cause microcracks to form in surface rocks, breaking them down relatively quickly. This explanation disputes the former notion that micrometeoroids are the source of the fine regolith dust found on Eros and other asteroids, because the impact debris would reach escape velocity. It means, though, that asteroids could disappear in much less time than the assumed age of the solar system. While the effect is greater on asteroids closer to the sun, "The results of this study suggest that thermal fragmentation, combined with solar radiation pressures that sweep away surface particles, could completely erode small asteroids at distances closer to the Sun (about 28 million miles) in about 2 million years." That's 4/100 of one percent of the solar system's assumed age of 4.5 billion years.
Heather A. Viles discussed these findings about the paper published in Nature, whose authors state that either process (micrometeoroids or thermal fatigue) can rapidly erode near-Earth asteroids in a few million years. On the moon as well, this process may predominate for regolith formation. The model could be applied even to planets with atmospheres, like Earth and Mars. Main-belt asteroids may take ten times longer to break down, but that's still just 4/10 of one percent of the assumed age of the solar system. Viles states, "Their micromechanical model simulates the measured growth of cracks and shows how growth from an initial crack 30 micrometres in length leads to rapid breakdown of centimetre-sized boulders and the production of finer-grained particulate material." The authors experimented on rocks undergoing similar thermal cycles and found cracks forming. "Their work has obvious ramifications for developing the study of the geomorphology of asteroid surfaces," Viles adds. "Diurnal temperature cycling has previously been neglected as a potential contributor to surface modification and regolith production on asteroids."
Once again, we need to emphasize that while we respect and honor the observational abilities and mathematical prowess of solar system astronomers, there's a difference between observation and understanding. Secular astronomers are determined to force every observation into a 4.5-billion-year timeframe involving only physical processes – no intelligence allowed. When they keep banging their heads against reality, though, what should bystanders think? Why not use their brains for something more workable, like the possibility that Earth and the planets were created more recently? Why stick to timeframes that contradict their own models? Answer: Darwin needs the time.
This report will continue with an entry on the outer planets, then with a look at current theories for planet formation.


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Staging a difficult play in a dance club is a tried-and-true gambit of young directors. You can borrow the sexy shimmer of urban nightlife to add a hip sheen to old words—and maybe even lure some audience members usually reluctant to attend boring plays. But it's a devil's bargain: Shows set in clubs frequently end up being mostly about, well, being in clubs.
That's the case with a new "electro-rock musical" version of Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights—Gertrude Stein's 1938 reworking of the Faust myth—directed by Abby Colella at 3LD, with a score by Deepali Gupta and Zachary Segal. It tries to do for Stein approximately what The Donkey Show did for Shakespeare. Ultimately, though, the club-fun quotient mostly drowns the Stein-fun.
Stein's revision of the Faustian pact involves a scientist who trades his soul for electric light—obliterating the difference between night and day (and with it all kinds of other natural cycles). It's easy to extrapolate ambivalence about technology, science, and human hubris from this bargain. And Stein was certainly proved right when atomic bombs created deadly artificial days above Japan only seven years after she wrote the play. The biblical serpent from Eden, emblem of dangerous knowledge, shows up in Stein's play as a poisoning Viper who bites Faustus's feminine foil Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel, letting her (them) in on the secrets of electricity. (In the script, she might be one person, or two. Here, she's played by three women dressed in white and umbilically connected by white cord.) Stein's Faustus ultimately celebrates the gentler light thrown by wax and wick—and other ways of seeing in the dark besides science's harsh illuminations.
But when you sing about electric light on a dance floor, to pounding electro-accompaniment, what you inevitably get is a vindication of club lighting's flashing satisfactions—another kind of artificial day, pulsing in synesthetic sync with the beat. Here, Doc Faustus (Ned Risely) seems to have sold his soul for a disco ball (and the DJ can't save his life). You could maybe follow this thought into a critique of a gluttonous society that uses its vast technological resources mostly for sensate gratification—but I'm not sure the production can back it up. This Faustus uncritically revels in the club experience for its immediate theatrical potential—and for the Doc, damnation is the cover charge.
The production is touted as "immersive," which is theater-speak for "spectators must remain standing throughout and frequently swivel their heads." But this overlooks an important fact about dancefloors: though it's very enjoyable to bump and hustle while squished together on one, it's less agreeable to stand still and spectate in such conditions (and however much this company would like it to happen, it's hard to dance to theater).
Packed in the middle of 3LD's performance space, we're surrounded by singing-and-dancing tableaux performed on silvery podiums—some of which are enclosed by chain-link fencing. (My date told me that the set—by Adam Wyron—resembled an early '90s MTV dance show called Grind.) Above us, the enthusiastic young company—clad in vaguely Victorian garb, which makes the bespectacled, fresh-faced Faustus look a bit like Harry Potter—drills through herky-jerky choreographies that owe a large debt to the spooky-music-video-school of movement pioneered by Thriller.
Stein's approach to playwriting does have something in a common with dance music. Both seek to evoke a continuous present with serial structure. But Stein was after enriched attention to human consciousness's filtering of fleeting experience—and dance music looks for self-forgetting ecstasy in motion. Stein's looping lines—deliberately repetitive, and full of short, tart words—easily accommodate themselves to musical accompaniment, and Gupta and Segal's score thumps, and throbs, and even achieves a ballad-y lyricism (kinda like '90s-era Madonna) in all the appropriate places. The tricky part, though, is that it mostly subordinates the varied rhythms of the text—which deliberately blurs the difference between narration and dialogue—to the insistent regularity of four-on-the-floor pop jams. The nuances get washed away in synth. The approach is Stein by way of Kanye: This Dr. Faustus lights all of the lights, and wants us to see everything.
Director Colella's staging ideas run the spectrum from inspired to exasperating. A brilliant dubbed-seeming sequence renders an encounter between the Doctor and one segment of his tripartite female foil as a flickering snippet from early cinema. Eerie lip-synching sections simultaneously suggest karaoke and demonic possession. But other flourishes—some passages delivered in a foreign language, a tacky interpretive dance interlude—appear designed more to showcase the talents of individual cast members than to add meaning to the evening.
Staging Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights in New York is a kind of avant-garde pledge of allegiance: paying homage to the leading innovator of a previous generation while bending her flexible script to serve new aesthetic ideas. Foreman did it; the Woosters did it. And now this ambitious young troupe is swearing fealty, too. If the production ends up making a Faustian bargain of its own, sacrificing complexity for the seductions of nightclub hipness, it's still cheering to see a new crop of smart young people selling their souls to experimental theater.


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There's a growing trend of people switching over to standing desks. I've noticed it in my Twitter feed, with fellow internet and creative professional raving about it. Here in the office, a couple co-workers alternate during the day, using boxes to raise their laptops. Last week, I decided to do the same.
Since I didn't know if a standing desk would be right for me, I cobbled something together to try it out first. I used a piece of wood left over from our move last year, propping it up at wrist level with boxes of stationary. The wood piece is big enough to provide space for a wireless keyboard, mouse, coffee cup, papers, pens, etc. Our work-bench office layout has a half-wall which is at the perfect height for me to put a monitor. It keeps the screen at eye-level when I'm standing, as opposed to looking downward at my laptop screen.
Now, keep in mind, standing all day is no cure-all. Bryan Walsh wrote an article for Time magazine that talked about the health effects of both sitting and standing all day. He cites sources that link problems to prolong sitting... but also notes potential issues for those who stand all day. As in most things, moderation and variety is key. If you're sitting, make sure to walk around every twenty minutes.
Over the course of the week, I could feel the change in my feet and legs. My calves had the good exercized feeling in them, my knees ached on and off, and I could feel the weight on my feet. I had to change my stance once in a while to give my arches a rest. I was feeling tired at the end of the day.
I kept my chair nearby so I could sit down once in a while. As the days went by, it was less necessary. I got used to standing. I tried different adjustments, including keyboard heights and a vertical monitor, until I settled into something comfortable. I switched to sneakers and my feet thanked me for it. I sit down for lunch and if I need to consult a co-worker, I'll sit at their desk.
I'm going to give my make-shift solution a couple weeks before I decide whether or not to make it a permanant workspace. Standing desks can be expensive but there are several low-cost solutions out there that build on existing setups. I'm leaning toward something that I can put up and take down fairly easily, maybe foldable, something that gives me ongoing flexibility.
If you're interested in trying it, I recommend reading this Forbes article by Steve Mullis. It covers many things I looked into before and discovered as I went along. Also, I recommend you try it out first; giving the amount of stationary and miscellaneous supplies around the average office, it shouldn't be difficult to throw together something temporary.


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Headlined by three players, the post-2009 season MLB free agent class was undoubtedly the weakest seen in at least a decade. The prizes: Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday (acquired from the A's earlier that summer), Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay and Angels right-hander John Lackey.
The field was so bad that the fourth biggest contract went to Chone Figgins (four years, $36 million from Seattle). Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman (six years, $30.25 million from the Reds) and left-hander Randy Wolf (three years, $29.75 million) were the only other players to get contracts worth a guaranteed $20 million.
The big question at the time was whether the Red Sox would re-sign Bay or try to upgrade to Holliday in left field. Instead, they shocked pretty much everyone with their play for Lackey, signing him to a five-year, $82.5 million contract in mid-December. They added Mike Cameron on a two-year deal at the same time to officially take themselves out of the mix for the top two outfielders.
Bay went on to sign with the Mets two weeks later, getting a guaranteed $66 million over four years. About 10 days after that, Holliday reupped with the Cardinals for $120 million over seven years. The Orioles were also reported to be in the running for Holliday, but that might have been mostly posturing. Before signing Lackey, the Red Sox reportedly offered Holliday the same five-year, $82.5 million deal that the right-hander received, then moved on when it was declined.
Obviously, of the long-term contracts, only those given to Holliday and Chapman worked out as hoped. Lackey, though, has earned his money this year. He and Holliday both came up very big on Wednesday, with Lackey pitching 6 2/3 scoreless innings in Boston's 1-0 win over Detroit and Holliday hitting a two-run homer in the Cardinals' 4-2 defeat of the Dodgers.
Still, I can't help but wonder how much different things would look right now if the Red Sox had stepped up and signed Holliday, as many thought they would. Lackey had a solid first season in Boston before posting a 6.41 ERA in 2011 and missing all of 2012 following Tommy John surgery. Cameron was injured and rather ineffective in his Boston stint. Obviously, Holliday would have been great to have around in the middle of the order from day one. However, if the Red Sox had signed him, they probably wouldn't have landed Adrian Beltre on a bargain one-year deal later that winter. Those two went on to produce very similar numbers in 2010.
One thing is for sure: if the Red Sox had signed Holliday, they wouldn't have given Carl Crawford a seven-year, $142 million contract to play left field the following winter. And if they hadn't done that, there's no megatrade with the Dodgers a year ago (perhaps they also don't trade for Adrian Gonzalez in the first place).
And if the Cardinals had missed out on Holliday? Well, it doesn't seem like they had any interest in Bay, so they probably would have dodged that bullet. It also isn't very likely that they would have ended up with Lackey. Perhaps they would have signed Beltre instead, though that would have meant bypassing David Freese at third base. They also could went after Johnny Damon as a left fielder and leadoff man.
For the long term, without Holliday, one imagines there would have been no 2011 World Series championship. There likely would have been more pressure to re-sign Albert Pujols, and if the Cardinals could have gotten that done, not only would they probably be stuck with maybe the game's worst contracts, but they could have missed out on Michael Wacha, who was selected with the Angels' pick in the 2012 draft (also, the Angels very well could have ended up with Crawford in this scenario, making it even more likely that Pujols stays in St. Louis).
In the end, it seems that everything worked out for the best. Well, not for the Mets, obviously. And the Mariners. And the Angels. And, lets face it, 2011-12 weren't too peachy for the Red Sox. But it definitely worked out best for the Cardinals, and I'm sure at least half of you will tell me that's really all that matters.


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Ben Tennyson was currently walking a sidewalk path to his girlfriend's house, he had been with Julie Yamamoto for awhile now and had hoped to keep it that way. It had been yesterday that he just had sex with a long time villainess; Charmcaster and he wasn't feeling very eased about it. In fact Ben kind of expected her to pop up out of nowhere any moment, but he brushed it off as paranoia.
Not that he was afraid of her, it was the opposite actually, and after losing his virginity technically 'unwillingly' to her Ben felt a very strong urge to either hold or ravage the silver haired witch all over again. It had to be part of the charm or whatever it is she augmented him with that going to supposedly entice girls around him.
He hoped whatever mess she just got him into wouldn't damage his relationship with Julie, but another thing was on his mind that she said yesterday; Gwen.
'She had to be messing with me. I mean, come on, Gwen? She tells me Gwen is in love with me, my sophisticated high class cousin is in love with me, why do I find that hard to believe? Maybe incest is something of a fetish Charmcaster is trying to bring out in me or something. Maybe I shouldn't even think about it.' Ben thought as rounding a corner and seeing Julie's house a few yards down the same path.
When he saw her two story house just a few feet away he wondered; should he even go near her in case the spell turns her into a sex hungry seductress? It could also strengthen their relationship, but cause of this spell could also destroy it. It wasn't his fault after all, but guilt still reared its head in Ben's mind.
'Don't I really like Julie? Of course I do, but if the magic makes her want sex then it won't be out of our own choice, it will just be because some magic charm made her and me really horny.' Ben thought as that was the simplest way to put it. "Then again is it any different if one special date on a beautiful night makes one thing lead to another? Oh for crying out loud, I will just go see her and what is meant to happen will happen. I really like her and that's all that matters." Ben said to himself in new resolve as he approached to the door way by walking over the lawn path meanwhile in a windowsill above Julie herself looks to her window and at Ben in eagerness.
In Julie's room…
'Ben's coming over. Great! I can't wait to show him what new tricks ship can do and..' Julie thought before she trailed off and looked longingly at the green jacketed boy walking across her lawn.
She kept her gaze on him then a sudden feeling of warmth and mild internal elation took hold in her body.
'What's happening? Why do I feel so…so…good?' She thought before getting even more of the unknown effect coursing through out her body, then when she looked at Ben again while he was outside on the doorway, she got this desperate urge to run down to the lawn and make out with him right there.
Her parents weren't home and Ship was running about in the backyard, she didn't know why she was thinking differently and she was losing much of her train of thought, but she did know one thing that was on her mind and needed to be on her body; him.
Julie wouldn't notice it but her pupils started to glow light pink whenever she looked at him thus increasing the effect, but without waiting she slid her right hand down her skirt's waistband and on to her panties.
'Ben, no one else is home. The front door is unlocked so just open it and run up here already! I need you badly, I can't explain it, but I want you so much I can taste it.' She thought before raising her other hand to her right to cup one of her breasts and squeeze it tenderly. 'Oooh yeah..' she didn't know where these urges were coming from or why they were happening, but her mind was on lust now and she had needs to be filled.
Sitting down on the edge of her bed Julie's hand down her skirt went to work pressing her fingers against the clothed flesh, then she her hand slowly moved down against her private and up just as slowly.
Using the other hand to steady herself she used her right hand to keep massaging her gentle area slowly increasing her arousal and warm feeling.
"Julie? Anyone home?" Ben said from downstairs as the sounds of the front door opening were heard by her. Julie looked to her side where her desk was and noticed her digital camcorder laying there and got an idea.
Getting up and removing her hand from herself she walked over the camcorder and input some commands turning it on, after she put it back down the light on the device still signaled it was on.
"Ben if this is the day we finally cross that boundary then I want to have recorded, for plenty uses." She said to herself sitting back at the edge of her bed and noting that her digital camera was indeed on and recording in camcorder mode, Julie wanted it on with what she's going to do for Ben.
"Come here, Ben. I'm in my room." She called out getting his attention downstairs. Hearing him shuffle up the stairs Julie began to get a little anxious again and used both her hands to reach under her skirt and slowly strip her undergarments off. Once they were at her left ankle she kicked them to the side.
Ben opened the door was greeted by the sight of Julie sitting cross legged at the edge of her bed with a foxy smile on her face.
'I haven't seen her smile like that before…' Ben thought to himself as he came in.
"Oh Ben, could you be a sweetheart and close the door behind you completely, lock it too." Julie said smiling. Ben obeyed and did so mildly anxious.
Before he could turn around he felt Julie's arms wrap around him affectionately.
"J-Julie?" Ben stammered as he felt her head cuddle against his back.
"Ben…can you do me a favor?" She said exotically while her hands traveled along his chest then started slowly moving south.
'Her hands must be very soft.' Ben thought as right then both of Julie's hands cupped Ben's private area. Now one hundred percent positive that the charm had already taken effect on her, Ben inwardly resigned himself of the struggle against her lusty hormones entirely because now the charm has become active in himself as well.
"Yeah, Julie?" He asked feigning ignorance and feeling the heat buildup in his body like the first he was 'influenced'.
Julie then let go and sat on her bed again, only this time she sat spreading legs apart to give Ben a good view of underneath her skirt.
'W-whoah..! I can see Julie's pussy!' He thought gulping anxiously as he peeked at the Asian teen's bald hairless snatch. Something about seeing it made Ben want to go over and eat her out all day. He figured it was obviously the charm tampering with her pheromones.
He couldn't help himself and neither could she.
"Take off your pants." She answered pulling up her skirt a bit more.
Ben did as instructed almost hypnotically and he could see her excited expression show and when the bulge of his erect member showed on his boxers.
"Come closer, Ben. Pleeease?" She said the last part with a sweet seduced tone in her voice.
Ben shrugged his jacket off and closed the distance by standing at the edge of her bed in front, she kicked off her shoes and peeled off her socks.
'What is she doing? Is she going to-'
Ben was cut off from thought when one of her dainty soft feet landed on his bulge gently. It started rubbing in circles making Ben moan a bit inwardly.
'She's giving me a footjob and it's great!' Ben mentally said as the feel of her right petite foot kept rubbing in swirls on his boxer bulge.
She bit her lip mischeviously and brought her other foot up to the hem of his waist band, after sneaking in her big toe she dragged the boxers down little by little then she saw Ben's erect member sprung loose.
"You're going to like this, Ben, but I don't want you to use all your energy just yet." She said giving him a sweet smile and then placed her two feet gently on his dick, one foot started caressing his balls and the other foot slid up and down his shaft.
'This feels so good, but I need to ask Julie if she's really sure about this. Even if she's spellbound.' Ben thought as the feel of her left foot fondeled with his sac some more.
"Julie, are you sure you want to go through with this? I mean I love what you're doing, but this is a big step, ya know." He struggled to say when her right foot was brought to the tip of his dick. 'Her feet are so soft.'
She gave him a sincere look which indicated she was still mostly herself if not very intoxicated by the spell. "Of course I am, Ben. I'm very ready to do this with and for you."
Ben felt he heard the truth and there was no sexy tone behind her words, she was still herself alright.
"Why do you feel the need to ask? Don't you…love me?" She said giving him a hurt look.
Ben felt he shouldn't have asked and felt guilty for making her think he didn't love her, it was a little hard to say the 'L' word to her since their relationship is less than a year old. What the hell, if she loved him then he would lover her back and do whatever it took to please her.
"Of course I do, never think I don't , Julie." Ben said feeling his cock in between two of her main toes on one foot, it felt like very similar to a hand job and felt good.
She smiled sweetly accepting his answer and continued her footwork with rubbing his shaft between two of her toes.
"Oh yeah…keep it up..Julie. I think I like this new thing you're doing." He said her making foot go faster.
"Glad you like it. Here's the finale." She said bringing both her feet to the side of her Ben's shaft and started rubbing them rapidly back and forth.
"Oh…Julie..!" Ben moaned out a little louder and the pair of cute dainty feet continued to slide on his shaft a little faster.
Ben was feeling his cock twitching as he felt the smoothness of the surface of her soft feet continue to rub his member with much vigor.
"I-I'm close..!" He said throwing his back in pleasure.
Julie's feet stroked his dick several more times before Ben moaned out her name loudly as he shot spurt after spurt of cum all over her clothes and body.
Several more streams of semen shot out before he was done and much of it was all over the clothes she was wearing. Some of it splattered on her bed and feet as well.
Ben then witness Julie scrape up a piece of his sperm from her sweater with her left index finger and placed it in her mouth.
"Mmmmmm, I could get used to tasting you, Ben." She said winking and savoring the taste of his spunk, the sight of her licking her finger clean was turning him on again.
She then removed her sweater which left her in a black tank top and after that she leaned back on her bed some more and spread her legs far apart giving him a perfect view of her now wet slit.
"It's my turn to service you, Julie. I promise I won't disappoint." He said bravely as he kneeled down in front of her exposed bottom and placed his hands against her thighs.
'I can practically feel the warmth from her snatch. She did me a favor, now to return that favor.' He said leaning close until he could place his mouth against her wet pussy.
He started kissing the folds and then her clitoris, he nibbled it with his lips and could feel Julie appreciating it by rolling her head back in pleasure.
Ben began sliding his tongue against the surface and lapped at it slowly causing Julie to moan now, he placed his tongue inside her folds to taste and suckle on her pussy.
"Oh god Ben!"
Julie placed her hands on his head as he dove deeper and wormed his wet tongue insider swirling around insider her. Ben was humming his satisfaction in the taste of her juicy vagina, he had been no expert, instead he was following his instincts and the charm was giving him the extended energy and motivation to enjoy her as much as possible.
Ben's mouth was deep enough to feel the scarce pubic hair against his nostrils; his tongue was worming around insider her snatch tasting all of it while his mouth kept sucking on the surface of her lips and flesh.
Julie began curling up her toes and bended her knees inward as her orgasm was approaching fast, a sure sign was her hands grabbing tighter onto his head.
Ben then finished up by bringing his tongue up to her clit to lick and slurp all over it while he shoved two fingers from his right hand into her hole and started thrusting.
Julie's body started shaking violently and her back arched while her hands shoved Ben's face against hips. "Oh oh ohhhhhh BEN!"
Her body trembled and shuddered and he can feel her juices flowing out of her pussy and into his face and mouth. Ben tasted and swallowed most of his juice and brought his face back out almost out of breath.
Julie laid on her bed spread eagled and panting from her orgasm, then she looked at him with almost animalistic lust in her eyes and grabbed Ben by his shirt to pull him on top of her.
She shoved her lips against in a savage and succulent kiss where he probed her mouth with his tongue and in turn she sucked and tasted his tongue wildly.
They made out for minutes and Ben was starting to harden again due in fact that she was stroking him during their make out session.
Slurping sounds were made and small lines of saliva were connected to their mouths as their rounded up their kissing with Julie sucking his lips.
"Mmmmmmm, Ben, I'm ready. Just take me! I'm all yours, Ben!" She said as he rose his upper body and grabbed hold of her thighs.
He used his right to grab and position his now rock hard cock at the tip of her entrance. While he did this she pushed up her tank top to reveal her petite ample breasts and all their glory.
Ben rubbed the entrance upwards and backwards with the tip of dick a little bit then placed it ready to penetrate.
"This will hurt a lot, you know." He warned and she nodded impatiently.
With a great shove he forced himself in and heard a very pained groan from her, blood seeping out from the intrusion a little bit, but Ben kept going until he felt her pussy to the hilt.
He slowly pumped backward and forward a little bit to get adjusted, he could almost feel like bursting already because of tight she is.
'She's so tight, it feels so good..!' Ben thought before cupping her face and looking into her eyes.
"Are you okay? I didn't want to hurt you."
"I knew it would be painful, Ben. The first time always is, I'll like it much more if you keep doing what you're doing. Now fuck me." She said smiling.
Although he hardly ever hears her curse, Ben was inclined to continue pumping his dick into her wet and slippery snatch. The rod like appendage got sucked in to the warm hole then retreated back out until the tip was at the entrance, again Ben kept repeating this action while hearing Julie pant.
His dick slid in and came back out, Ben kept pumping into her while holding her legs apart by the ankles and the more he felt her soft wetness around his cock the closer he was to finishing up inside her.
"Oh yes, oh yes! Keep going, Ben! Harder!" Julie screamed out and Ben started thrusting himself into her pussy with more force until he gritted his teeth.
Panting, bed creaking, and wet noises could be heard as the brunette teenage continued to plow the one on the bed. Julie then grabbed him by the shirt to pull his upper body back down to her while he was still inside.
She aggressively suckled his mouth once more as he lay on top of her. Ben wrapped his arms around her back to embrace her to the closest extent as his cock kept pushing in to her, Julie could feel her end coming and quickly wrapped her legs around his lower back causing Ben to moan out loud.
He was now further inside her since her legs locked themselves around him causing him to push harder and faster. He was close too.
The bed was now creaking even more violently as his thrusts were pounding her into the mattress with fervor , sweat was glistening off their bodies, their mouths locked with each other, and the sound of Julie moaning louder and louder was all that can be heard at the moment. Until…
"Ben!BEEENNN! I'm Cumming!" She shrieked out loud in euphoria as her toes curled up, her entire body clenched up around Ben as her orgasm came in tidal waves.
"OOOOHHH YES! JULIE!AAaaahh….!" Ben strained then felt his hips thrust on their own wildly as he shot a flowing stream after another into her womb filling her up.
For a few more seconds he kept rocking his hips with hers releasing the rest of his semen into her pussy, thus leaving him finished for right now.
They both sighed in satisfactory relief as Ben collapsed on the bed next to her.
'I would love to sleep away the night here, but her parents will be home soon and so will mine. I just need to muster the energy to get up and walk. And Julie…' Ben looked over to the smiling face the Asian angel and kissed her. '..I don't think I'll tell her about charmcaster, probably never will, but this charm stuff affected her before I even got within a few feet of her. Any girl I know could be next if they see me and this whole thing will happen again, but is it really a bad thing? Maybe it's a blessing, most guys would kill to be in the position I'm in right now, but how would Julie feel about me and more girls if she's still under the effects? I'll think about it later.' Ben thought before rising up from the bed about to get dressed.
"I love you, Ben." Julie said to him as she put his jacket on him and kissed him sensually on the lips.
"I love you too, Julie." He said dressing up once again and bade goodbye as he left the house.
He walked with a smile on his face since it was a terrific afternoon for him. One thing was on his mind though; actually two things: this thing would indefinitely affect other girls regardless of what he does or doesn't do and there's no helping it now, but would he really want to help it? Maybe not. The other thing was his cousin; Gwen, would she be affected by this too? Even if she was magically imbued like Charmcaster was?
'Only one way to find out.' He thought grinning at the idea.


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Since 1994 CATT has been and continues to be an industry leader in underground infrastructure research. Below you will find a description of some of our on-going and past research theme areas.
If you are an industry leader and have a potential research project that you would like to discuss please contact CATT at email@example.com.
Industry Best Practices Investigations: Master students with CATT's support have developed industry best practice surveys in the area of water infrastructure asset management and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) practices. Funding for this research has been provided by organizations such as the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) and a consortium of industry supporters. Surveys provide quantitative industry data to help Provincial and Federal policy makers understand the water industry so that new policies and programs can be developed to establish better industry practices. Over the last two years approximately $50,000 has been provided to CATT to support this research. Asset Management Ontario and the Federation of Municipalities (FCM) has expressed interest in supporting future surveys to track how industry is changing over time. s to survey reports…
Trenchless Rehabilitation of Pressure Pipelines using Structural Lining Systems: In May 2017, CATT was awarded a two-year research grant valued at over $1 million funded by Aegion/Insituform Technologies, National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) and Alberta Innovates (AI). This grant brings together the University of Waterloo and University of Alberta for the first joint inter university research project. At uWaterloo, the research team have constructed and commissioned a unique hydrostatic pressure test facility that can test pressure pipe lining systems under static and dynamic pressures. This test facility will be used to advance pressure liner design methods and to improve/verify product performance.
Potable Water Pipeline Defect Condition Rating: In 2013, CATT's researchers were awarded the first University of Waterloo Water Research Foundation grant to develop a potable water pipeline defect condition rating system. As part of this project, CATT developed the Water Pipeline Condition Classification (WPCC) system – the first known such system in the world. Over 13 North American municipalities and water utilities, three major technology providers, and a number of academics and industry experts participated in the project. Similar to the Water Research Centre (WRc) in the UK and NASSCO Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) Sewer Condition Classification systems, the WPCC provides standard language and codes to describe water pipeline structural and operational condition, failure modes and construction features. The proposed WPCC system has the potential to become a standard protocol for water pipeline condition assessment around the world.
Innovative Asset Management Tools and Advanced Decision Analytics: Since 2004, CATT has been working on the development of innovative tools and data analytics for buried infrastructure asset management. CATT's asset management research and tools have been developed in partnership with the cities of Niagara Falls, Waterloo, London, Cambridge, and Region of Waterloo. This research is interdisciplinary as it crosses the boundary of Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, and Finance. The researchers have developed the first system dynamic water simulation model, are applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and agent based modeling techniques to help solve water infrastructure issues.
The Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) awarded the 2018 Asset Management Pioneer Award to Dr. Mark Knight in recognition for CATT's water asset management research. Hamed Mohammadifardi PhD candidate was also awarded the best paper award for his Asset Management research at the 2018 System Dynamics Conference in Iceland and 2018 CNAM conference in Windsor Ontario. KPMG, in Australia, has expressed interest to bring the uWaterloo developed asset management tools to Australia's water industry.
Trenchless Rehabilitation of Pressure Pipelines using Non-Structural Lining Systems: CATT has helped in the development and commercialization of Tomahawk Water Pipeline Cleaning and Lining System with financial assistance from NSERC, OCE and Envirologics Engineering Inc. Tomahawk is the only system on the market that can clean and prepare the old, rusted water pipe to bare-metal finish to ensure better adhesion of liner to the host pipe. Furthermore, Tomahawk airborne lining (non-structural, AWWA Class I) provides a fast and low cost solution to improve water quality, increase flow and pressure characteristics, and reduce energy cost to pump water through the distribution system. This UWaterloo advanced and verified technology is now being used around the globe to clean and renew watermains. This research was critical for the advancement of the technology and adoption in the industry.
CIPP Lining Health Risk Assessment
In 2019 CATT partner with AEGION Corp.(Insituform) to complete a study to determine the health risk resulting from styrene lateral migration during the installation and steam curing of a CIPP liner. This project included development and implementation of a field study project that replicates typical installation conditions, review of sampling methods, data collection and analysis. This research project has resulted in the preparation of a detailed report that shows that styrene will not migrate into a house or building with properly functioning water filled P-traps. It also showed that the Waterloo Membrane Samplers is a new innovative and cost effective method that can be used to evaluate health risk exposure during CIPP lining Projects.
Research is also on-going to evaluate the environmental risks during CIPP lining of culverts.


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Though the press release we received makes no mention of an increase in the current level cap, it does boast "a slew of new weapon types, armor, Photon Arts, and clothing." The broadening of customization stretches into your Guardian's Room, where Sega has bolstered the number of bits of decoration and interactive objects that you can virtually exhibit thanks to the new grid system.
No price point was yet been given for Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus. While Xbox 360 users will have the option of downloading the expansion over Xbox Live Marketplace, poor PS2 and PC users will actually have to schlep their way down to the ol' game store and pick up a hard copy.


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A handmade pair of 925 sterling silver drop hoop earrings with a swinging cowrie shell charm.
Simple but beautiful and delicate, these hoops will look fabulous on a sunny terrace or partying on the beach. An easy way to wear this season's obsession with shells! Measures approximately 2.5cm in length including 1cm shell charm.
Boho Betty earrings come with a gorgeous velvet bag, the perfect gift for someone special or for treating yourself!
You should take care of your jewellery as follows:
Store your jewellery pieces individually so that they don't scratch or tangle, and to avoid tarnishing try to keep your sterling silver in an airtight container.
Clean your jewellery carefully with a soft, non-abrasive and lint-free cloth.
Avoid spraying perfume and hairspray, applying suncreams and cleaning products – jewellery is susceptible to damage from these.
Keep your jewellery away from extreme temperatures, humidity or sunlight and don't forget to remove your jewellery when you shower or bathe, particularly when swimming in the sea or a chlorinated swimming pool.
Delivery can be made to USA and other Worldwide addresses.
We aim to dispatch your order within 3-5 working days of receiving it, providing your order is in stock.


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Password-stealing Lirva worm is spreading
A new e-mail worm is spreading. It which steals Microsoft Windows passwords and sends them to e-mail addresses in Russia,...
The worm, W32/Lirva spreads by retrieving e-mail addresses from a variety of files stored on a computer's hard drive, then sending copies of itself to those addresses in the form of an executable e-mail attachment, according to information from security company F-Secure.
Subject lines for infected e-mail include: "Avril Lavigne - the best", "Reply on account for IIS-Security", and "According to Daos Summit", F-Secure said.
The worm, which only affects Microsoft Windows operating systems, is contained in a wide range of attachments including "AvrilSmiles.exe", "AvrilLavigne.exe", "resume.exe," and "Readme.exe," and launches on the seventh, 11th and 24th of any month
The virus also poses as a Microsoft security patch stored in attachments named "MSO-Patch-0071.exe" and "MSO-Patch-0035.exe," among many others, according to antivirus vendor Sophos.
Security firm MessageLabs said the worm highlighted "a worrying trend that is developing whereby many new viruses harbour the ability to disable desktop security and anti-virus software".
Lirva exploits a well-known security vulnerability in the Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser, Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail applications.
Microsoft patched the vulnerability, MS01-020. Software updates for the affected products are available on the company's Web site. (See www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp and www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-027.asp.)
In addition to using e-mail messages to spread, Lirva is capable of spreading over computer networks and the Kazaa peer-to-peer network by copying itself to shared folders on other computers or tricking users into downloading and running it. The worm is also able to spread over Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks, according to F-Secure.
The new worm is currently rated a "low" risk by Symantec and a "medium" risk on Network Associates's McAfee Web site.


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Something blue…
Oh baby now I know what Cara's talking about. We'll have to start some "JA" aka Jaywalkers Addicts group followed by the Jaywalkers Anyomous group to help us begin knitting other things again. I casted on two nights ago and just really started to get going last night. Now, honestly, the whole knitting on itty-bitty needles was a bit frustrating to get used to at first but after getting a few repeats out of the way and seeing the whole zig-zag pattern take shape I got over feeling like a giant knitting.
Here's a closer shot, yup that's my work agenda below it… it's a busy time of year for me and I cannot believe have the gall to knit under my desk between meetings.
The colorway is Lapis. Those people over at Blue Fiber Arts are making pure gold. I could by two of each of I could.
I did not forget that I also made a few other knitting resolutions and have been jonesing to make the Flower Basket Shawl. So I did the proper search and got some pretty silk/wool blend yarn.
It will have to wait patiently though… apparently I visit my LYS way too often, I feel like the woman who works there knows that I just keep buying up yarn and not "finishing" it. She always asks me if I finish my projects. Oh well… but it brings me to a sad revelation that was told me while there: the word is out, my fav LYS is closing!! Noooooo! If you know of them, Handknits in Englewood, then you know she has a wonderful selection of great yarns and being from North Jersey it's kinda hard to find such a place in this area – without going into the city… and it was so close to the school I work at too. Anyway, the light bill has been paid up until April so perhaps there's a chance that she might change her mind or the ownership could change over? Who knows… until then I'm buying as much yarn as I can!


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Uxia Santos is an illustrator turned tattoo artist based in East London.
Spanish-born Uxia has lived and worked in London for over 15 years, beginning her career as an artist designing bespoke posters in the live music industry, taking inspiration from classic comics and graphic novels.
Uxia started her career as a tattoo artist 3 years ago at Smoke and Mirrors tattoo studio in Vanersborg, Sweden, learning under renowned artist Chin N Ink.
Currently based in Shall Adore, Shoreditch, alongside some of the best artists in London.
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Our Sustainability Observatory project conducts an annual study of socio-environmental issues on Ibiza via a series of indicators.
Data is collected across nearly 70 indicators. These address key issues of sustainability, such as waste and water management, land use, sources of energy, air quality and carbon dioxide emissions etc.
Since 2019, the Observatory has focused on monitoring compliance with the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), where they are applicable to Ibiza. In 2020, our team has analysed data with reference to 12 out of the 17 SDGs.
Please click on the individual icons below to access the executive summaries and full data sets corresponding to each Sustainable Development Goal – or download the full report via the button. Previous years' reports can be found here.


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La defense is located just outside the city limits to the west. It is very easy to reach
as it is on the Metro, Line 1.
The best way to appreciate La Défense and
the Grande Arche (see the photograph below) is to get out at the metro stop Esplanade de la Défence
then walk up the esplanade towards the Grande Arche.
The photograph on the left was
taken from the steps of the Grande Arche looking down the esplanade.
From the steps of the Grande Arche
you can just make out the Arc de Triomphe, and if it weren't for the haze and
pollution, you would see the obelisk through the
Arc de Triomphe, and past the obelisk to the Carrousel du Louvre, and the front
door of the Louvre itself - some vista!
The lift up the Grande Arche gives
lovely views of Paris, but little else. So I'm not sure it is worth the price.
Also once you are up there there is a feeling that it is not quite finished.
Whatever you do make sure you have enough film in your camera. Believe it or
not, but there was nowhere to buy film up there the day we went, so you pay to go up, find out
you have run out of film, and that's it, the souvenir shop has no film for
sale. I'm sure this must change.
For me the best thing at La defense is simply the
walk up the esplanade with the grande Arche getting ever bigger.
I'm no fan of
modern architecture, but I'm always impressed by the sheer scale of the thing.
It is 330 feet high.
Then after you've seen all you want, go down to the bus station (just follow the signs with a bus on them) and get the No. 73. The terminus is La defense, so you can't go wrong. It will take
you through La Défence and down to the Arc de Triomphe, where you can
get off and walk down the Champs Elysées, or stay on the bus all the way down the
Champs Elysées to the Place de la Concorde. All for
the price of one bus ticket! And there you have the Tuileries
Gardens and a short walk through them will bring you to the Louvre. This must be one of the best bus routes in Paris.
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McDonald's D24 Durian McFlurry Taste Test: Nice Or Not?
We try this pungent new treat, which just soft launched today. Here's our verdict.
Flavour of the week, McGriddles, beset Singaporeans with abandonment issues again when it was abruptly removed from the menu mere days after its comeback because it was sold out.
Now, who's up for Durian McFlurry?
It soft launched today (July 3) at selected McDonald's outlets and is priced at $4 a cup. It was previously only available in Malaysia, where it retailed for RM9 ($3) each.
The limited-edition McFlurry is claimed by McDonald's to be made with puréed D24 durian (a teaser clip released by McDonald's on their Facebook page showed a gloved hand provocatively prying luscious seeds of durian out of their shells).
"$4 only got real durian meh?" twittered a bunch of OLs behind us at the Jem outlet in Jurong East as we queued up at the dessert kiosk. "I rather go buy the actual durians," another OL piped up.
We watched as a McDonald's kiosk staff filled an Insta-worthy, customised paper cup (printed with cartoon graphics of durians emblazoned with "D24 Durian McFlurry" and "King of Fruits") with vanilla soft-serve ice cream.
Now comes the durian part: she drizzled a ladleful of Pikachu yellow D24 durian sauce onto the ice cream, and fastened the cup and its spoon to an electric whisking machine to blend the sauce and ice cream together.
"Oh my god, the whole mall smells of durian," texted our friend who was at Hillion Mall in Bukit Panjang, where the Durian McFlurry is also available.
However, we couldn't really detect the King of Fruits' potently pungent scent over at Jem. Maybe 'cos the dessert kiosk is located outdoors. But we did smell a faintly artificial durian fragrance (like a whiff of durian kueh) when we put our nose to the ice cream.
Check out the photo gallery above for our verdict.
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|Electric linear actuators for industrial valves
ILEA Series
Courtesy Warren Controls
Warren Controls, manufacturer of a wide range of industrial control valves and actuators that include both linear and rotary designs, has released an electrically powered linear actuator that provides some application advantages.
The ILEA series of industrial linear electric actuators provides failsafe features, fast operation, robust environmental performance, and extended output force ranges. This all is delivered at a cost point making the ILEA series a contender for any modulating valve service application.
The datasheet included below provides additional detail. Share your fluid process control valve challenges with valve application experts, combining your own process knowledge with their product application expertise to develop effective solutions.


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Archaeologist Paul Barford was due to fly out to Egypt next Wednesday as part of an excavation team and has naturally been monitoring events extremely closely. This article and a number of others on his blog give an impression of just how dangerous the current situation is for Egypt's treasures.
Here's one of the three or four gentlemen recently guarding the Seti I temple
Image Credit Paul Barford. December 2009


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How to Use
Arofly Elite
How To Install
Conventional power meters are expensive, cumbersome and complicated.AROFLY is the size of a bottle cap and is easy to install. It is a lightweight, smart power meter. AROFLY is the perfect partner and complements the biker's need for scientific training. A new generation, AROFLY ELITE, will meet the requirements of different cyclists.
Exclusive Dynamic Pressure Variation Sensing Technology
When compared to the current strain gauge system of power meters, AROFLY has developed a new generation of power meters based on an Exclusive Dynamic Pressure Variation Technology, making the power meter easy to use, lightweight, and more affordable.
By measuring torque and angular velocity, the Strain Gauge is able to calculate power. Such measuring devices, used by most cycling power meters in the market, such as Chain ring type, Crank type, Wheel Hub type, and Pedal type, etc. must be attached to the transmission system to detect the position of the force .
Globally patented algorithm. Precise kinetic energy provides a complete biking solution
AROFLY uses an exclusive measuring technology to provide cycling information on the GPS cycle computer. Information such as road conditions and tire pressure variations are processed through the AROFLY algorithm. It collects data from the power sensor, cadence
sensor and via algorithms to provide immediate riding data on the GPS cycle computer. We are able to review complete riding stats on the AROFLY APP and AROFLY Cloud.
The invention algorithm technology is patented in Japan, China, Taiwan, Europe, USA and Canada.
More Safety = More Focus Training
(Provides Tire Pressure Monitoring & L/R Pedal Ratio)
Balance of the left and right leg force is important for training . Not many Power Meter in the market, provide this training information. AROFLY provides Left/Right Pedal Ratio. It allows the biker to learn about their riding habits and hence improve their riding skills.
Analyze riding data with AROFLY Cloud
The upgraded AROFLY series, integrates the AROFLY APP and AROFLY CLOUD. It provides information such as the GPS track records, and cycling statistics. It analyzes all the data to manage the biker's riding performance. This data can be shared with friends to compare and support each other's performance and goals.
Note : Operation of the AROFLY sensor
1. Please do not use the AROFLY sensor on tires containing a sealant.
2. When training indoors, use the complete roller type, which is, (one roller in front and two rollers at the back) or the rear roller type, which is, (a tripod in the front and a roller behind). It performs better on rollers without the resistance attached.
3. AROFLY sensor, MUST be installed ONLY on the REAR tire valve. Please attach the CADENCE sensor, ONLY on the LEFT crank.
4. Confirm the type of cycle tire valve. The AROFLY sensor can only be used on the rear tire valve, with a Schrader or Presta valve. For the Schrader valve, the AROFLY sensor can be installed directly, and for the Presta valve, please use the adapter included. Ensure that the pin on the Presta valve is open all the way up, then screw on the Presta valve adapter. Ensure you can see or touch the pin on the Presta valve adapter. Then only, screw the AROFLY Sensor on the adapter. You will hear an air sound indicating that the AROFLY sensor pin and the Presta valve pin, have made contact. Continue to screw down quickly and tighten.
5. Check whether the tire pressure is at optimal level as per the tire manufacturer's suggested range. (Such as Road Bike 90~120 psi ; Mountain Bike 35~65psi)
6. Bike type/Wheel size/ cyclist BODY WEIGHT must be SET correctly, in the ELITE Meter.
7. When riding outdoor, please turn off the Indoor Mode by going to the SET MODE on the ELITE Meter.
8. For best performance on your device, please ensure to keep the firmware updated.
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Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch's most famous painting is "The Scream." It depicts a skeletal figure holding his hands against his face in horror. This image has been reproduced and parodied the world over. But Edvard Munch's life and other works are largely unknown to the general public.
The North Carolina Museum of Art is trying to change that. It's exhibiting "Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print" through February. John Coffey, the curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art; and Sue Prideaux, author of "Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream" (Yale University Press/2007), join host Frank Stasio to discuss the life and works of Edvard Munch.