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I just got notice a few days ago that the local CBS news affiliate wants to interview me and film my Transformers collection. My mom put in a word for me with a producer from the local channel for a program called Carolina Camera. I talked to the producer a few times back in late summer. I wasn't sure if it was going to go anywhere, but now I know. I've got a reporter and a film crew coming over on Tuesday, January 10th.
Now I've just got to finish getting the final touches done to my new hobby room and make sure everything looks "camera ready". That said I probably won't be doing much in the way of reviews until after filming has been completed. I do have several things in the pipeline to share, but those will have to wait. I'll try to keep everyone (who cares) updated. It looks like they put some of the episodes online so I'll make sure to provide a link if that happens.
I of course hope to share my own pictures and maybe even some video of the room after it's completion. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!


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On August 29th DNAdigest organized a pre-conference workshop for the ICSB conference. Our workshop was titled "DNAdigest: translational genomics – from bioinformatics to medical informatics".
Our international audience were treated with three invited talks and a presentation from DNAdigest. The three invited talks covered the whole spectrum of translational genomics from mining medical records for disease associations, to technology and methods, to analysis of individual genes in individual patients to identify disease-causing mutations.
Ben Curran (@3rdKingsland) attended our workshop and wrote no less than two summaries on his blog:
- The talk of Søren Brunak: Adventures in Daneland
- The rest of the talks: While its fresh-ish
- And you can download the DNAdigest presentation here: Workshop ICSB August 29 2013 – DNAdigest (PDF)
The schedule was:
Data mining medical records for new insights for diagnostics
From sequencing a tumour sample to finding actionable variants
Protecting data and sharing knowledge – Enabling secure data access for advancement of genomics research
We would like to thank all the participants, speakers and our sponsor Illumina for a great workshop and we are looking forward to welcome you again at future events by DNAdigest.
This event was sponsored by Illumina

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I'm stuck in bed suffering with this cold that came out of nowhere and hit me today 🙁 Maybe I didn't notice, but I am sure I felt fine this morning. Then WHAM! several hundred sneezes later and I am sniffling away. Anyhow am back home now, with a cup of lemsip. Here is to hoping it does its job.
You see, according to here, I should be sniffling on day 1, with sneezes on day 2 to 4. That just hasnt happened. Of course then there is is the question of whether its a cold or the dreaded flu? According to this site well I don't have either, as it seems to combine the 2..
spped of symptoms: quickly >> flu
Fever: yes >>so either cold or flu
Cough: only slightly >> either – possibly flu
Nasal symptoms: yes but not massive >> either possibly flu
Muscle aches: not really >> cold
sore throat: its just coming on now >> cold
Headache: none >> cold
Malaise: not really >> cold
Fatigue: slight >> cold
So where does that leave me? in bed getting better, hopefully by tomorrow 🙂


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Regional Outlook #6
Back to the Future
HOUSING GENERATION ERASMUS: A new chapter for international student mobility
The Bologna Process has had a strong influence on its 48 European participating countries. From higher education to public authorities, universities, teachers, and students, together with stakeholder associations, employers, quality assurance agencies, international organisations, (including the European Commission) have focused on how to improve the internationalisation of higher education. From North to South, Erasmus(+) has paved a way for students to cross-borders, exchange culture and develop personally.
Source: European Commission
Higher education
School education
Vocational education & training
Adult education
Grants: €128,54 million
Participants: 66.978
Projects: 996
Source: European Commission
Students to/from partner countries*
*The 33 Erasmus+ Programme Countries are the 28 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. Partner countries are all other countries in the world.
Incoming Students and Trainees
Outgoing Students and Trainees
Sending institutions
1st — Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
2nd — University of Padova
3rd — Sapienza University of Rome
Receiving countries
1st — Spain
2nd — France
3rd — Germany
Recognising the influence of housing accessibility for students' access and participation in Erasmus(+), the European Commission and partnering organisations set out to understand the influence of housing on student mobility. Some of the key issues raised by the commissions report were: a lack of awareness amongst stakeholders, a need for greater cooperation amongst HEIs, student orngisations and housing providers, a deepening of quality information, a need for greater quality assurance, more awareness of the financial burden of housing and costs of participating in Erasmus(+), and, the influence of insufficient and short-term accommodation on students' experience in the Erasmus(+) programme.
Matters of Mobility
By increasing compatibility between education systems and to make it possible for students and job seekers to move within Europe, helping to overcome cross-border study and employment issues. Evidence of development in student mobility is highlighted in the most recent EU Commission report highlighting over 797,000 students, volunteers and trainees engaged in educational, volunteer and sport activities outside their home country. The Bologna Process was also aimed at making European universities and colleges more competitive and attractive to mobile students across the world. This move was aimed at modernising the education and training systems across the European Union in the hopes of ensuring they would become adaptable to the changing labour market.
Interchange and Exchange
One of the key aims of the Erasmus+ programme has been increasing intercultural exchange. Exchange of students and young people has been seen as a key mechanism to enhance communication and cooperation across countries. This intercultural exchange reflects an ideal that social sensitivity, attitudes and perceptions pre-set the individuals' sense of self and interdependence in and amongst various communities within which students and young people are situated.
Javier Perez-Lecumberri from Proprium Capital Partners said that Italy is one of Europe's top education destinations and with such low provision levels of PBSA
it makes it a logical market for us to enter
— The Pie News, 24 June 2019
ERASMUS+ in Numbers
Source: European Commission


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By: Zach
In today's job world, now more than ever, it is important to be active and relevant online. It is no longer enough just to have a LinkedIn profile with minimal education and experience information about yourself, but it is crucial to have an online presence in order to be noticed and reach personal career goals.
How do you do this, you ask? It's easy! LinkedIn Pulse.
This is an application that can not only be found at the top of your news feed on LinkedIn, but it can also be downloaded as an application on your phone or tablet. LinkedIn Pulse is an integrated news application that is tailored to your personal preferences. When first setting up your Pulse preferences, you can select from a wide variety of news and industry topics such as: Accounting, Business Travel, Big Ideas 2014, Design, Education, Entrepreneurship, Media, Oil & Energy, Professional Women, Technology, or even Things I Carrey. The point is, the list is endless! Once you have selected your top news and industry sources, updated information on these topics is fed to you on your news feed.
Now I know what you are thinking. How does this help with my online professional presence, and more importantly, what does this have to do with advancing my career? The answer is everything! LinkedIn Pulse can help you stay relevant in your industry, and more importantly, it gives your great conversation topics to share with other connections and groups. On LinkedIn, it is important to share topics and contribute to conversations, not only because it gives you more visibility, but also because it is important to remain "human" while our society continues to move towards online platforms as a means of connectivity.
Here are some quick tips to remember while conversing on LinkedIn!
Think Local
- It is sometimes difficult to find good articles that may add value to someone's day, as national news is already front page. Dig for news that is from your local area! These stories tend to get more response from personal connections.
Have Depth
- It can be easy to hit the share button on anything that seems interesting, but remember to put some thought behind it. By sharing more interesting topics, you will engage more people.
Start Conversations
- Who else may want to see what you would like to share and why? Directly involve them in the conversation, and ask for their opinion.
Stay Relevant
- If it is not professionally appropriate, or does not necessarily apply to the professional persona you want to have, maybe save it for facebook. It sounds like it is tough, but many times people can still see through sharing articles and news just for sharing sake.
Overall, LinkedIn Pulse is an amazing resource to use as it can help to create conversation and engage deeper thought through news and industry articles. Take a look around this application and see how you may be able to use it to its full potential! Stop by our office, SCC 22, for more information or help with the application or anything else LinkedIn.
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SOUTHINGTON — Crews have finished leveling the Tops Market site in preparation for a rebuild that owners hope is around the corner.
John Salerno and Betsy Tooker's iconic market was destroyed in a fire last month. They're anticipating a gap between the cost of building a new store and what their insurance company will pay out, but don't yet know the exact shortfall.
Janalynne Guis, Salerno's daughter, said they're finalizing architectural drawings and will send them out to bid in the next few weeks. Bids will give them the firm numbers they need to proceed.
"We are on track to rebuild. Of course it will ultimately depend if we can do it financially," Guis said. "We know there's going to be shortfall. We're looking into financing options to bridge that gap. Certainly we don't want to start a project we can't finish."
Salerno said the estimates, and the gap between those estimates and the insurance payout, can get him down.
"I think it's going to be close," he said. "I know how badly I've wanted this and I know the town wants it."
There's a lot of emotion around rebuilding, according to Salerno.
"Sometimes emotion will win out over logic," he said.
With the chance to build from scratch, Guis said the owners are considering improvements to the store, such as an expanded produce section and updated interior. Plans now show an exterior that's largely the same as before and roughly the same amount of floor space.
"This will certainly allow us to get a more updated, fresher look," Guis said. "It's going to be a lot of what Tops was before, offering sushi, our full service deli, a much larger produce section — what we were and more."
Donations from community members toward the rebuild have totaled more than $15,000. Guis said she was grateful for the support and said that sum would be returned to the community through donations.
"We just feel so blessed and are amazed by the support and the checks that are still coming into the rebuild fund," she said.
The demolition of the old building was a morale boost to the market owners.
"It just made everyone really depressed to see that building," Guis said. "While there doesn't look like progress, trust me, behind the scenes, there's hours of work going into this."
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It's one of those mornings that I'm going to REALLY need coffee to get moving. I feel like I'm dragging bad... I think it has to do with the allergic reaction to those cinnamon scented pine cones that came in. Yesterday I worked nearly all day right next to them and my head is killing me! I took an Alavert but that was after the congestion started. AH... COFFEE is READY!
Trying to empty the stock room out before I leave and cleaning it up some... it won't stay that way though; I've tried and tried but it's like what I say falls on deaf ears. I look at all situations like they are huge puzzles... all the pieces are there you just have to find the ones that fit together best. It seems that it is not easy for everyone; and anyone under 30 can't seem to clean properly either. I worry where the earth will be in another 20 to 30 years if the young people aren't taught respect again and soon. Everyone is given TOO much these days and they feel it's a RIGHT to have more things and to do whatever it takes to have MORE THINGS! For crying out loud it's just THINGS and CLUTTER and it will eventually take over and become out of control. Having people in our lives to share adventures and like interests is much more important than things. What's that old saying... "Money can't buy you happiness!" A person can live "simply" with few things and be much happier than a Millionaire. I've lived at different levels of income and I think I was happiest when I had more "time" than money.
Enough on that rant! Scott is to travel to Texas next week so my final week at Jo-Ann's won't disrupt our comings and goings much. I'm looking forward to some time off the week after that.


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John Wanamaker & Co was one of the first department stores in the USA. Founded by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia in 1861, the Grand Depot store showcased a multitude of goods, furnishings and men's clothing. Although several years later it expanded to include women's clothing. It even manufactured some of its own clothing lines directly at the facility.
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This beautiful dress is in excellent vintage condition for its age. No notable flaws that I can see. This rare dress presents beautifully!!
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We are not used to use the am/pm notation and I keep getting confused if my scheduled tests will be run in the morning, or afternoon.
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Myths about visiting Bangkok
- Posted onApril 4th, 2014
I remember the first time I was about to travel to Thailand, I was reasonably well traveled at the time but I'd never been to Asia (just US and much of Europe). Although I was very excited I did have a few nerves heading to a whole new content, and what I thought at the time was a third world country (Thailand is not a third world country, the Bangkok skyline looks more modern than most Western capitals!). To try to ease my worries I decided to ask Google for reassurance, searching for info on things such as possible diseases I would catch, crime rates, scams, etc.. By the end of my research I'd decided I'd never set foot outside of my house again..
As many of you have already discovered, travelling to Bangkok is nothing to fear, very much the opposite; it can and almost certainly will be a life-changing experience in all kinds of positive ways. However, there are still certain myths and exaggerations you hear about travelling to Bangkok.
Here are some of those common myths about traveling to Bangkok, and the truth behind them:
Trust no one! Every Thai will try to scam you
This is absurd. Yes, some locals are always looking to take advantage of a fresh faced foreigner, but that's the same in just about every touristic town and resort in the world. To suggest Thai's will try to scam you is crazy, and you'll actually find most locals enjoy meeting and helping foreigners.
I will admit that there are a lot of tuk uk drivers and suspect characters who will try to trick you. However, these scams are quite easy to spot and avoid..
Check out 3 Bangkok Scams to Avoid here
If you are scammed its likely to be by a taxi driver who charges you 100 baht more than he should for a ride across town ($3), or a tuk tuk driver who offers you a free ride but then takes you via a tailors or gem shop (you will not be forced to buy anything but it can be time consuming and annoying). Do your research and just use common sense and you can avoid such petty scams.
Everything in Thailand is incredibly cheap
Maybe around 20 years ago that was true, but today the cost of living in Thailand is closer reflecting its modern capital.
Certain products can be cheap and you can live cheaply if you must, for example you can find a guest house on Khao San Road for 250 Baht per night ($7), and buy a t-shirt for 50 Baht ($1.50), even drink some Yar Dong (home brew Thai whisky) for 10 baht (30 cents), but it's very much a case of you get what you pay for.
Nice hotels are cheap compared to most big cities in the West, and you can get a very nice 4 star room for under 3000 Baht ($100). You can enjoy fine dining for less than 2000 Baht per person ($60), and you can get a decent cocktail in some swanky bars for around 300 baht ($10).
However, if you are expecting to buy the latest gadgets and apple goods, or some designer name fashion at a fraction of what you pay back home, prepare for disappointment, in most cases luxury goods and electronics are more expensive in Bangkok than in the West (unless you go for counterfeit goods, where the quality will be low).
While you shouldn't drink the tap water (even Thais don't drink tap water), the 'don't drink the ice' myth is one that a lot of travelers still swear by.
The truth is, ice is pretty safe in Thailand and will almost always come from an ice delivery service, itself coming from treated or distilled water. Not only do Thai people not drink tap water but they don't make ice from it.
Such is the myth of the poisonous ice, in some bars and restaurants they will serve tourists drinks without ice, even on a scorching hot day – not because it's dangerous to drink the ice, simply because so many tourist ask for the ice to be removed when served.
You can buy your way out of any trouble
It's true that Thailand does suffer from corruption, and it's not strange to see a motorist slipping a few hundred Baht to get out of a traffic ticket, but the truth is not all police and officials are happy to take bribes, some will be offended and even punish you further.
Some police are actually proud of their work and would take pride in nabbing a rich foreigner caught smuggling drugs or stealing, then thinking he could buy his way out of trouble. And one thing that isn't a myth is the fact Thai jails are hell, and punishment for many crimes can be harsh, especially for crimes such as theft and drugs. Don't take any silly risks which you may end up regretting.


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We're quite happy with the service provided by this company. Our main bedroom and ensuite above the garage was quite cold during winter and we actually could feel air draft in our bedroom.
I took upon myself to remove the original garage insulation manually and during the process I found evidence of shoddy home construction. For example, we had an opening almost a metre long under our ensuite Jacuzzi, with just spray foam covering this hole, with nothing else holding it together.
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King Size Canopy Bed – Many houses have large master bedrooms with high ceilings, so canopy beds are back in style. The new canopy bed has a simple bar between the four canopy that serves as a frame for the pavilion. It does not spoil the clean lines of your wonderful new bed with a ruffled canopy designed for a girl's room. Make a flat roof that ties to the sides of the awning structure.
A flat cover is a great way to show a piece of fabric with a large print. A king size canopy bed requires only 2 1/4 yards of fabric 60 inches wide. Cut the fabric 80 inches long. The ends must be even and the corners must be square. Open one end of the binding bent quilt and 2-inch iron on it. Flip the binding. This bent at the edge will give the joint in the Union a finished look.
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Wrap the fabric binding around the edge of the fabric, from one of the short ends. Fixing bolt in place. Keep the fold in the Union with the edge of the fabric so that the edges of the binding are even on each side of the fabric. Cut to the smallest fabric for a double or full bed. For a king size canopy bed, sew two pieces together or add a border around the edges.
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Raven returns from the USA! But it seems as if she has affected Rob and Sil with her jet lag since all are sleepy. Luckily EJ comes to the rescue and we are also joined by wonderful guest Laura! We discuss the new way that certain professions level and as always give our opinions!
Show 108:
Welcome Laura!
Interview time
– Tell us about yourself briefly, the player behind the characters (Sil)
– How did you start playing WoW? (EJ)
– What was your first character, do you still play them now and how do you feel about alts? (Raven)
– Now that we are more than 6mths into Pandaria, how are you feeling about the expansion and how do you feel it is lining up amongst all the WoW expansions? (Rob)
– What has caught your eye mostly in the recent wow news? (EJ)
– What has being part of the wow community meant to you? (Raven)
– What would you like to see happen in the future when it comes to WoW? (Rob)
– Finally, and most importantly, who has the best boobies in the World of Warcraft? (Sil)
How was our week in WoW?
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Plug for our website: www.girlsgonewow.net and we are now part of the Voice of Geeks (vog) Network. You can listen to our show on Warcraft Wednesdays. You can find us at vognetwork.com where you can also find other great shows like Orange Lounge Radio, Hordehouse and Podculture.
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Show 108: What do you think of the changes to the professions – i.e. blacksmithing, leather working etc where you can level using one type of consumable? Does it work? Is it too expensive? Should this be available for all professions or is there a better way? #wow #podcasts #warcraft
Competitions: Take a screenshot of your robot pet (mechanical pet) in a bizarre location. 18th of August competition ends! You can win a premium account with Ask Mr Robot! Runner up wins a cinderkitten. Open to EU and US.
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Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) announced today a new open season to solicit additional commitments from shippers to potentially further expand the western leg of its refined petroleum products pipeline system in Texas. Binding commitments are due from interested customers by 5:00 p.m. Central Time on July 11, 2018.
Magellan previously announced it is expanding the capacity of the western leg of its Texas refined products pipeline system to approximately 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) from its current capacity of 100,000 bpd.
Subject to the results of the supplemental open season launched today, the partnership is considering the addition of another 35,000 bpd of capacity, for a total capacity up to 185,000 bpd. In addition, construction of a new refined products terminal in Midland remains under review.
All of the expanded capacity will handle incremental shipments of gasoline and diesel fuel to demand centers in Abilene, Midland/Odessa and El Paso, Texas and New Mexico. The pipeline system can also access markets in Arizona and Mexico via connections to other pipelines.
Magellan currently expects the expanded capacity to be available mid-2020, subject to receipt of all permits and approvals.
About Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) is a publicly traded partnership that primarily transports, stores and distributes refined petroleum products and crude oil. The partnership owns the longest refined petroleum products pipeline system in the country, with access to nearly 50% of the nation's refining capacity, and can store more than 100 million barrels of petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel and crude oil. More information is available at www.magellanlp.com.


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This Adobe Dreamweaver training course teaches existing users more sophisticated techniques for developing professional-standard websites. This introduce you to Creating a responsive website design, Incorporating animations, video and sound and Adding interactivity to your website.
Learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver at our training lab in Kuala Lumpur. This Adobe Dreamweaver training course is also available if you want to conduct at your venue throughout Malaysia.
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Course Outline
Building page layouts with CSS
- Understanding how CSS Layouts work
- Creating a custom CSS layout from scratch
- Using new HTML5 tags for layout
- Using DIV tags for layout
- Creating multi-column layout
- Creating navigation bar with CSS
- Basics of rollovers as navigation bars
- Creating rollover images
- Inserting rollovers for navigation
- Understanding rollovers states
Library items
- Understanding how library items work
- Converting navigation to a library item
- Adding library items site-wide
- Customising a library item
- Differences between library items and templates
Working with text
- Using Standard Fonts
- Using Adobe Edge web fonts
- Using Google web fonts
- Creating unordered
- Creating ordered lists
- Indenting text
- Running a spell-check on web pages
Working with tables
- Creating tables
- Adding content to tables
- Customising tables with CSS
- Importing .CSV files as tables
- Importing Word and Excel files
- Replacing an existing table
Web animations
- The different ways you can create web animations
- Importing Adobe Edge Animate animations
- Customising Edge Animate animations
Embedding video and sound
- Embedding a YouTube video on a web page
- Making YouTube video responsive
- Embedding HTML5 sound in a web page
Working with contact forms
- Creating contact forms
- Adding form elements
- Customising form elements
- Styling forms with CSS
- Different ways forms can be processed
- Using PHP to process a form
- Customising a PHP file for form upload
Advanced Interactivity
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Significance of Cord-Blood Leptin in Newborns of Diabetic Mothers
Human fetal adipocyte produces leptin. At birth, cord-blood leptin concentration closely correlates with the amount of newborn fat mass. It is suggested that the sexual dimorphism observed in adults already exists in utero. The higher leptin levels in newborns of diabetic mothers (1) compared with the offspring of nondiabetic mothers could reflect increased adipose tissue. It has also been postulated that hypoxic conditions during pre-eclamspsia affect cord-blood leptin (2) and that fetal insulin stimulates fetal adipocyte leptin production (3).
We assessed cord-blood levels of leptin and insulin in 56 neonates born to diabetic mothers (preexisting diabetes n = 15, gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM] n = 41) and in 25 born to control subjects and investigated whether leptin levels are related to ponderal index (PI), sex, pre-eclampsia, or fetal insulinemia. Leptin assays were performed using radioimmunoassay (Diagnostic Systems, Webster, TX). Inter- and intra-assay variations were 5.3 and 3.7%, respectively. The detection limit was 0.10 ng/ml. The PI, used for nutritional assessment of the neonate, was calculated as body weight (g)/[crown-heel length (cm)]3 × 100.
Leptin was found to correlate with PI (r = 0.31, P = 0.02). It was significantly higher in newborns of mothers with preexisting diabetes than in newborns of mothers with GDM or control subjects (median 15 ng/ml, range 9–20.2 vs. median 8.3, range 5–11.3 vs. median 9, range 5.3–16, P = 0.04). After adjustment for PI, there was a difference in sex (P = 0.002) in newborns of diabetic mothers with higher leptin values in females (median 11.2 ng/ml, range 8.1–20.2) than males (median 7.7, range 4–12). No difference was observed between the absence and presence of maternal pre-eclampsia. Reflecting maternal-hyperglycemia influence on fetal growth, offspring of mothers with preexisting diabetes had higher PI and insulin levels than those of mothers with GDM or control subjects (2.89 ± 0.25 vs. 2.69 ± 0.26 vs. 2.68 ± 0.18, P = 0.01, median 17.3 μIU/ml, range 7.1–25 vs. median 4.8, range 2.5–8.5 vs. median 2.5, range 2.5–6.2, P = 0.001). Insulin levels correlate strongly to leptin levels independently of PI, but only in the GDM group (P = 0.014).
Cord-blood leptin reflects the fetal growth in newborns of diabetic mothers. It appears as a valuable marker of fat mass at birth and allows to quantify even the mild "maternal diabetes effect" on the progeny. Nevertheless, sexual dimorphism already exists in utero and sex could affect leptin level independently of fat mass. The maternal diabetes effect on fetal leptin is likely to arise from fetal insulin overproduction, which subsequently contributes to fat deposition.
Address correspondence to Dr. Sylvie Hiéronimus, Department of Endocrinology, Archet Hospital BP 3079 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France. E-mail: hieronimus.s{at}chu-nice.fr.


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Asian Tribune is published by E-LANKA MEDIA(PVT)Ltd. Vol. 20 No. 82
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[b]US fear Tamil Tigers' ability to smuggle arms and export bomb making capabilities - American expert[/b]
By Sugeeswara Senadhira – Bureau Chief, Asian Tribune. Colombo
A top American expert on Sri Lanka said that Washington was highly concerned over the capabilities of the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers to smuggle arms across countries and to export its bomb making capabilities to other terrorist groups.
Bredan O'Duffy of the University of London said that the US role vis-à-vis Sri Lanka was understandable in the context of the post-9/11 era. He said Washington feared Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s ability to move arms and weapons from one part of the world to another and to export its bomb making capabilities to other groups.
O'Duffy, who was on a lecture tour in South Asia said this at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies in New Delhi. The IPCS is headed by Major General Dipanker Banerjee, former executive director of the Colombo-based Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.
While justifying the reason for Washington's hardline attitude towards terrorist organisations, O'Duffy, who is an American living in London, however urged the US to lift the declaration of the LTTE as a terrorist organisation. "It is too draconian," he said, referring to the classification. "It will be more advisable to create a probationary status for the LTTE."


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- The Special Azadi Train arrived in Balochistan on Tuesday, August 22
- At Sibi Railway Junction, performances were scheduled for the grand welcome
- The Train has now left for Quetta
Pakistan, August 25, 2017: On Tuesday, the Special Azadi Train by the Pakistan Railways arrived at Balochistan after journeying through Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Khyber, and Sindh.
Large crowds of people gathered at Sibi Railway Junction, Domki, Dera Allahyar, Bakhtiyarabad, and Dera Murad Jamali welcomed the Azadi Train as it ushered into Balochistan with great enthusiasm.
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"Pakistan Zindabad" was the slogan shouted loudly by the masses as they raised the national flag.
A performance also took place by artists from Pakistan National Council of Arts at the Sibi Railway Junction. There were also cultural galleries decorated beautifully to give a warm welcome to the Special Azadi Train.
The Special Azadi Train has now left Balochistan and is on its way to Quetta. The train is scheduled to halt at Mach, Abigaum, and Kolpur before it finally arrives in Quetta.
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Do you need to email your local quilt shop to fulfill the fabric needs for your latest Quiltster project? Or do you just want to share all the details of your project with someone? Here's how to do just that:
- From the Dashboard, go to "My Projects"
2. Click the print icon on the card of the project you want to share.
Here's what the print icon looks like up close:
3. Click the "Click to Copy" button located under the image of your quilt.
Hint: You may also manually copy the URL that sits directly to the left of the "Click to Copy" button.
4. A message box will appear letting you know that you have successfully copied the Print Page URL. (this message only appears if you click the "Click to Copy" button).
5. You may now paste the URL anywhere you wish such as:
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How to Improve Conversational Skills to get a Partner
Talking to girls can seem almost as difficult as climbing that sheer cliff face on an ascent up Everest. But in truth, it is nothing like it: if you consider these key pointers in improving conversational skills designed to create a relationship with a potential partner you seek.
The first step is to open up a line of communication – simply staring across a room or bar, even with an inane grin, just won't cut it. You need to open the lines of communication as they are very unlikely to come to you.
The first point of contact needs to be a statement or question, but be careful! Throw-away comments like, "Do you come here often", "Nice legs" or anything cheesy is really a non-starter and should be avoided.
Experts have devised a seven-point plan to improve conversational skills designed to get a (potential) partner to engage and open up. And the first statement must be one that is:
- Easy to understand
- Has a potential for her to simply answer 'yes' (a good ice-breaker)
- Don't ask for a name on first statement
- Try to avoid talking about the weather (unless there's a hurricane outside)
Once the ice has been broken, you have to escalate the conversation. Do not hurry it along, instead slow right down, giving yourself time to think about where the conversation goes from here.
Ask her what her opinion is about something – while avoiding politics and religion – but keep the conversation and questions relevant; she will not want to think of answer relating to algebra, theoretical science or plate-shifting in the Eurasian basin. Ask her about her drink and whether it was worth the money, let her know she is special by making a light compliment, such as, "Your hair looks great", "I saw you earlier and thought you'd be interesting to talk to" or "Your tattoo looks really great, where did you get it done?"
Read Her Body Language
Knowing what kind of signals she sends out can put you in the driving seat. If she is interested, her responses will speed up and she'll talk a little faster. One of the steps to keep your own nerves from jangling is to treat her as you would an old friend, a work colleague or a kindly assistant in a department store. When your confidence get up, you can then progress to more intimate conversational key points. Check out the seven-point plan to success here.


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Michigan Drone Pilot Discusses DJI Event, See the Bigger Picture
Hey there, and welcome to another episode of Tips & Tech Talk, I am your host Ron, a Michigan drone pilot. Today I want to talk about the DJI event, See the Bigger Picture. You've heard me talk about it before. In fact, it was slated for July 18th. But about ten days before that, it was postponed without a date being released for the makeup date.
This has left the drone enthusiasts to do nothing but speculate and just wait. What is DJI up to? Well I think that I have an idea. I think that it is one of two things. As you know DJI has a history of crushing their competition through swift marketing and release dates.
For example, the GoPro, when they released their Karma a week beforehand, DJI out of nowhere, released the Mavic. And even to this day, the Mavic Pro is one of the most popular drones on the market. But they did that and essentially put GoPro drone business out of business. GoPro has been on the decline since then. The announcement of the postponement was made just days after the Autel Evo started trickling down to some of the people who preordered the drones, so people were getting the in their hands. And, almost like the next day, or two days later, DJI postponed their event.
So like I said, I think it could be one of two things. Either one, they're going to put a one inch sensor on this Mavic and pretty much make it the same camera that you're finding on the Phantom 4 Pro. That's an extreme possibility because if you have a one inch sensor, and I still don't know how you're going to put a one inch sensor on that small of a footprint drone.
But nevertheless, I think putting a one inch sensor on the Mavic, Mavic Pro 2 or the Mavic 2 will probably have a one inch sensor. Essentially crushing the Evo because it's probably going to be about the same price.
Scenario number two, is that they saw what they Evo had to offer and they just said, you know what?Our Mavic Pro is still better than that, we don't need to release anything and they're waiting to see who else is going to release a drone coming down the line. I think it's one of those two possibilities. I think the postponement date was so close, that there were YouTubers who probably had the Mavic 2 in their hand, so they had to be recalled.
So like I said, the only explanation that I can think of is maybe they had a smaller sensor on that Mavic. They recalled them to get maybe a one-inch sensor so they could crush the Evo, and also put a dent in the Yuneec Typhoon H that just came out.
But DJI, they're very slick and they know what they're doing. So it's only a matter of time before we get this release date, and I think the consensus is that it is in fact going to be a Mavic Pro 2 or a Mavic 2. I think that's the drone that's going to be released by DJI but I do think that it might be a little bit different than what people anticipate. So it's going to be interesting to see what's on this DJI Mavic Pro 2 or Mavic 2. Only time will tell. But I will say this. The longer DJI waits to make an announcement on a new date, it's still bad for them because it's still bad form.
To get that much anticipation, have that much hype, I mean, a lot of drone enthusiasts are really frothing at the mouth to see what DJI is going to release. So, not just my opinion, it's going to be one of those two things it's either that you're going to see a bigger sensor on the Mavic 2 when it's released or DJI felt like, well, we don't really have to release a drone, because the Evo isn't really any better than the Mavic Pro, which is out now. So that's a possibility.
In the meantime, stay tuned. I say that between DJI and Autel, and some of these other drone companies, it is like a soap opera. So stay tuned and I'll bring you the latest in drone news. Thanks for watching, I hope you like this video.
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As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. People are keen to pursue delicious food. Xiaobian recommends delicious food for everyone. If you like delicious food, please don't miss it!
Introduction: eight family delicacies are recommended, which are healthy and delicious. The more you eat, the more delicious it is. It's simple!
Tremella, wolfberry and Sydney syrup
1. Soak the tremella in warm water for half an hour.
2. Peel and slice the pear.
3. Put them into the pot together, pour in proper water, and turn to a gentle fire for 1 hour after boiling.
4. Finally, add wolfberry and old rock candy. It will take two or three minutes.
Refreshing pumpkin syrup
1. Peel, wash and slice pumpkin.
2. Wash wolfberry in cold water for a while.
3. Put the pumpkin into the pot, add some water, boil it in high heat, then transfer the heat to boil until the pumpkin crumbles.
4 put in the Chinese wolfberry and the old ice sugar to soak gently.
Red bean and job's tears
1. Red beans and job's tears and old ice sugar are reserved.
2. Clean job's tears and red beans.
3. Pour the washed red beans and job's tears into the pressure cooker, add 12-15 times of cold water, and then add old sugar.
4 close the lid, heat up the steam and turn to a gentle fire. Press for 25 – 30 minutes.
Spicy fried noodles
Raw materials: 200g fresh noodles, 100g raw pork, 2tbsp raw soy sauce, 1tbsp rice wine, 1tbsp sesame oil, 1tbsp rice dressing, 1tbsp green onion, 1tbsp dried chili, 1tbsp salt, 1tbsp green onion, 1tbsp green chili, 2tbsp edible oil, 2tbsp cassava starch
1. Clean and cut scallion and green pepper for reservation
2. Clean and cut the raw pork, add 1 tbsp rice wine and 1 tbsp salt to mix, and put in 2 tbsp cassava starch for sizing
3. In the oil pan, put 2 tbsp of oil into it. After boiling, stir fry the meat shreds. When it's 8 minutes old, remove it and leave a small amount of oil
4. Add 0.6 tbsp of oil and 1 tbsp of soy sauce to mix
5. Put the scallion and green pepper into the pot, stir fry the pot, cut the dried pepper and put it into the stir fry
6. Cook noodles, stir fry well
7. Add 1 tbsp of bibimbap sauce, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, shake the noodles with chopsticks
8. Stir fry the fresh noodles evenly, cut in the scallions, turn off the fire
Fried noodles with soy sauce
Raw materials: 1 small handle of fresh noodles, 1 / 5 of red onion, 2 pieces of cabbage, 1 carrot, 1 raw egg, appropriate raw soy sauce, appropriate seaweed, appropriate cooking oil
Methods: 1. Cut cabbage, carrot and onion into thin shreds
2. Boil the water in the pot, put the fresh noodles in and cook until they are seven ripe, then fish out
3. Put cooking oil in the fished out flour and mix it up for easy bonding
4. Stir fry shredded carrot, scallion and cabbage
5. Put the oil mixed noodles on the filter screen and sprinkle with tap water
6. Put the fresh noodles into the frying pan, and stir well with the three shreds
7. Add the raw sauce and stir fry to taste, turn off the fire and set the plate
8. Put a small amount of oil in the frying pan, fry an entire egg over a small heat, cover it with noodles, and sprinkle some seaweed
Sweet water with white fungus and papaya
1. Peel and wash the horseshoe, slice the tremella, wash the hair, and then peel the papaya.
2. Put a certain amount of water in the pot, add horseshoe, tremella and jujube, and boil for 1 hour.
3.1 hours later, add papaya and old rock sugar, and cook again for 10 minutes.
Sauteed pear with black fungus
1. Soak the tremella in water for 12 hours, remove impurities and peel a small piece. Soak the saponacia rice for 4 hours in advance, wash it, peel the pear, remove the shell and slice for reservation.
2. Put all the raw materials into the electric rice cooker, add 1600 grams of water, press the cooking button to cook for 40 minutes, add the old sugar, and then cook for 10 minutes.
Sweet osmanthus soup with two ears and red dates
1. Break the black fungus and Tremella into small pieces and wash them with cold water for several times. Then put them into the pot and add proper cold water. Cover them. Turn to a gentle fire after the fire is over. Stew for about 60 minutes.
2 Honghui rinses and peels, cuts the meat into small strips, peels the dried osmanthus, puts them into the pot together, stews them again for about 20 minutes, then puts them into the osmanthus tree and the old ice sugar.
3. Turn off the fire and put it to a low temperature. Soak the wolfberry fruit in warm boiled water until it is soft. Drain the water and put it into the pot. After mixing, you can take it.


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- Vijay Sethupathi to release trailer of Nagesh Thiraiyarangam
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- Actor Aari gets injured while representing Atharvaa's team in a football game
- Actor Aari clarifies on English Padam movie complaint controversy
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- Aari finished the shooting of Nagesh Thiraiarangam and then only left for his mother's death funeral
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Familiar Chat Back Issues-March 2005
One third of the year has flown and we are once again approaching winter. The rains this year have been very disappointing and everyone in Gaborone and the surrounding area is having to comply with water rationing regulations..Birdlife Botswana has undertaken various projects and Pete Hancock writes about the 2005 Slaty egret study. Stephanie Tyler has completed her waterbird counts with very spectacular results from Lake Ngami. The tree identification course which was held by BLB was very successful and students can be seen diligently identifying samples supplied by Doreen . The Annual General Meeting will be held on the 14th May at the new Bird Life Botswana Offices and the guest speaker will be Warwick Tarboton. This is an event not to be missed and as many members as possible should attend.
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The return of Milwaukee Bucks basketball isn't that far away. Coming off a 60-win season which included a trip to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks will open the preseason of their 2019-20 campaign against the division rival Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Oct. 7.
The Bucks will play a total of five preseason games, including two at Fiserv Forum.
Check out the full schedule below. The regular season schedule will be announced later.
Oct. 7 at Chicago Bulls, 7 p.m.
Oct. 9 vs. Utah Jazz, 7 p.m.
Oct. 11 at Dallas Mavericks, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 13 at Washington Wizards, 6 p.m.
Oct. 17 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 p.m.


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Hands-on experience most powerful
On our little farm at Malaga, Ohio where my brothers and I grew up, the soil was rich. Plants of many species vied for the opportunity to draw the nutrients from the light brown loam. Nightcrawlers were also fond of this area. Early in the morning during the summer months, there were times when hundreds of nightcrawlers could be seen mating in our backyard. Being fishermen, we often picked up a few for our own purposes. We had to be very careful while extracting a worm from its burrow. If you pulled too hard, you could find yourself holding half a worm. We learned that a steady tension eventually got the job done. Nightcrawlers have tiny bristles, which they use to secure themselves in their holes. However, a prolonged pull tires the worm and wins the day when the worm's muscles are exhausted.
Dad, in his biology teacher role, explained the reason for pairs of the nightcrawlers to be embraced across the yard. It seems each nightcrawler is both male and female, however self-fertilization is not possible. In addition to taking every opportunity to teach us any science relevant to the situation, dad was also determined to mold us into capitalists. Throughout his life, dad had dabbled in capitalist endeavors. He published a newspaper in Knoxville, TN, sold dwarf fruit trees and contracted residential construction. Few of his small businesses amounted to much financially.
With the abundance of nightcrawlers available, dad suggested we collect them to sell. My brother Joe and dad, with a little help from me, constructed a raised bed in what was once a milk house. We filled the bed with rich soil mixed with rotting leaves. We placed a dozen each into several styrofoam cups and stored them in an old refrigerator. The rest were piled into the bed. Then we painted a board white and nailed it onto a stake. With black paint we drew the words "Nightcrawlers for Sale, 50 Cents a Dozen." Within a couple of weeks a number of our neighbors stopped to purchase worms. At times it was hard to keep enough inventory for the demand.
This experience was just one of many dad provided to help us learn about money, responsibility and the logistics of business. Summer months also brought the growing, hoeing and sale of sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, pumpkins and other garden crops. We also made money from raising pigs, veal calves and eggs from a couple dozen chickens. All of these business quests helped pay for my first year of college.
There are a lot of ways to learn important lessons. I believe hands-on opportunities are the most powerful. With each business we sometimes made mistakes and marked them also as valuable lessons. The best leaders when seeking to develop employees design tasks for the purpose of creating more skillful people who can step up and assume higher-level responsibilities. Those leaders who fear giving employees such opportunities tend to trap themselves in lower-level tasks and limit their potential for future business growth.
R. Glenn Ray, Ph.D., is the president of RayCom Learning. To learn more about Ray's new book, "And my Brother Jack: Everyday Leadership Lessons," visit his website raycomlearning.com. Everyday Leadership appears each Wednesday on the Business page.


text: Bob Goff is the author of the New York Times bestselling Love Does and Everybody, Always as well as the bestselling Love Does for Kids. He is the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Uganda, an attorney, and the founder of Love Does-a nonprofit human rights organization operating in Uganda, India, Nepal, Iraq, and Somalia. He's a lover of balloons, cake pops, and helping people pursue their big dreams. Bob's greatest ambitions in life are to love others, do stuff, and, most importantly, to hold hands with his wife, Sweet Maria Goff, and spend time with their amazing kids. For more, check out BobGoff.com and LoveDoes.org.


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Cook PM Makes Case For NZ Superannuation Change
'Strengthen capacity for sustainable development', 'growth'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, March 2, 2015) – The Cook Islands prime minister, Henry Puna, says greater flexibility in New Zealand superannuaton mobility rules would have a profound effect on his country.
A New Zealand parliamentary select committee is considering planned legislative changes to the portability arrangements for superannuitants who choose to live in the realm countries - the Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue.
Currently, those wishing to retire to the realm countries have to be 'resident and present' in New Zealand at the age of 65.
Under the new policy they could head to the islands at 55 but Mr Puna wants the full pension to go Cook Islanders who have fulfilled the ten requirement, regardless of age.
"If Cook Islanders were free from the conditions and requirements and allowed to continue residing at home they would strengthen our capacity for sustainable development, they would contribute to the stability of our growth, they would add value to our community base and they would improve our national well being."
The Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna.


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One of the country's richest men was the guest of honour at an agricultural expo held in the region.
The Duke of Westminster joined more than 12,000 spectators at the Borderway Agri-Expo held at Carlisle mart, which attracted the largest number of entrants and trade stands in its eight-year history.
This year's expo attracted 880 livestock entries, 165 trade stands and exhibitors from the length and breadth of the United Kingdom and was also the platform for 6 Breed Society Shows. Operations director David Pritchard said: "We're very grateful to the Duke for his support of today's event, and his role in promoting our industry. The success of this event really is down to the support that we have received from the sponsors, the trade stands, the exhibitors and the thousands of people who attended, and we are tremendously grateful to them and everyone who has helped make the show a success.
"We have received tremendous feedback and are absolutely delighted that Borderway Agri-Expo has strengthened its position year on year and provides a positive benchmark for the livestock industry."
The supreme champion in the National Suckled Calf and Primestock Show was the heifer champion, Khaleesi, owned by Dermot Small from Northern Ireland and shown by Stephanie Dick. Reserve champion was the reserve heifer, More of That, from Phil and Sharon Sellers, Lincolnshire. Sired by Limousin Fieldson Alfy out of a Limousin cross cow she was bred by Andrew Harrison, Great Asby, at Penrith.
Judge Colin Phillips, from Herefordshire, said: "This was the best show in the country, and to see every part of the UK so well represented in the exhibitors was tremendous. The calibre of stock was second to none." Commenting on the Grand Champion, he said: "It was a tremendous show heifer, full of meat, great style and squareness, and clearly, all round, the best in show."
Taking the supreme sheep championship was Andrew Morton, from Denny in Stirling with the champion of continental/down lambs, a pair of Beltex ewe lambs. They are by Whitehill Too Hot To Handle (purchased for 2,500gns last year at Borderway in partnership with Jim Kennedy) out of a home-bred ewe.
The reserve, also a pair of Texel lambs in the same section were from R Hall & Son, of Dalston. They were bred from Beltex ewes by a Dutch Texel ram bred by Robin Slade.
The judge, Jimmy Mulholland, of Great Orton, was impressed by the winners, saying: "Two outstanding lambs which are ideal for the butcher's market. They have hindquarters as good as you will get and it was their gigots which just gave them the edge of over runners up."
The champion lambs bred from a Hill ewe were a pair out of South Country Cheviot ewes by a Texel, and were from Neil and Elliot Cavers, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, who also took the Hill bred lamb championship. Reserves were Keith Porteous, Richmond, with his pair of Mules, and Andy and Hugh Hamilton, Thornhill, were reserve with their Blackface pair.
The Baby Beef Championship was won by Mr & Mrs M Alford from Devon with a heifer Limousin cross Pokerlicious. In reserve was R Miller and L Wilkinson, Leyburn with a British Blue cross, Dashing Lady.
The "Young Farmers and Open Competition Agri Expo Stocksman of the Year" was won by Rachel Harrison of Harrop Hall, near Clitheroe.
During the Show, The Cumberland Agricultural Society presented its first long service award to Edward Twentyman, of Wiggonby near Wigton, who has given his life to Cumbrian Agriculture and in particular to Sid Bowe and his family at Midtown Farm, Wiggonby, where he has spent his entire career, of 50 years, leaving school at aged 16.


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Let's have a look at the history and the function of the chronograph, which is arguably the most useful complication in the world of traditional watchmaking.
Chronograph, which became one of the most interesting complications of traditional watchmaking, derived from the combination of two Greek words; Chronos which means time and Graph which means to write. The world's first modern chronograph was designed by Louis Moinet in 1816 to work with astronomical equipment. The introduction of the chronograph function to the wristwatches has taken place in 1964 Tokyo Olympics thanks to a special timepiece manufactured by Seiko for the occasion. Later on, the production of chronographs continued with brands such as Heuer, Breitling and Hamilton.
The World's First Chronograph - Louis Moinet
The chronograph function, which is used to make intermediate time measurements, is often mixed with chronometer. Chronographs are associated with the movement in two ways. Integrated chronographs where the entire movement is designed with the chronograph feature from the sketch. And the modular chronographs which sport an additional module on the main movement to have the chronograph feature. Another way to figure out whether the movement is integral or modular is to look at the location of the winding crown. If the chronograph buttons are positioned in the same axis, it means the movement is an integrated chronograph one. If the winding crown is located higher than the pushers (vertically), it's a modular chronograph movement.
The chronograph takes the energy required from the, but unlike normal time keeping function; it is only activated when desired. Activation is usually done via a pusher located on the side of the watch. At the first press of the pusher, the chronograph starts to work and at the second press the operation stops. This process can be repeated many times if required. When the operation is finished, another pusher is pressed to reset the hands. In some chronographs, there is no reset button. This type of chronographs are called Mono Pusher or Single Pusher chronographs and all functions are controlled by one single pusher. Therefore, resuming the function from where it left off is not possible once the chronograph is stopped.
IWC Portofino HandWound Monopusher IW515104
Because chronographs are used for intermediate time and lap measurements, they may have some additional functions. Split-Second (also called Double Chronograph or Rattrapante) chronograph type is developed specifically for sporting events having a pair of second hands placed on top of each other. This chronograph, which has a button in addition to the start and reset buttons, allows the upper second hand to stop recording the lap time while the main operation is in progress. When the same button is pressed again, the seconds hand continues to move synchronously with the other hand.
Panerai Luminor 1950 Rattrapante 8 Days - PAM00530
Another special chronograph type, Foudroyante, has a separate hand that moves at 6, 8 or even 10 beats per second based on the oscillation frequency movements balance wheel. More accurate measurements can be taken with that type of chronographs.
Girard Perregaux Scuderia Rattrapante Foudroyante
Sometimes a chronograph is used for instant measurements. Since operating the functions start, stop and reset in order is a time consuming task, Flyback feature chronographs have been developed. It is possible to bring the chronograph second hand to the reset position without stopping the timing first. This feature was first developed by Breitling in 1923. On the other hand, pressing the reset button on a non-Flyback chronograph while working can seriously damage the movement.
Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Flyback Chrono PAM00615
In chronograph timepieces, the central second arm is re-located to another position like 3, 6, 9 or 12. At the center, the chronograph function's second hand is located to be read more effectively.
Breitling Chronoliner
There may also be additional sub-dials for counting minutes or hours. If there's only one sub-dial, the layout is called Mono-Compax. If there's two, than it's a Bi-Compax. And if there are three, it's called a Tri-Compax lay out chronograph.
Bell & Ross Br 03-94
Chronographs are complications designed to starts counting from zero. The countdown chronograph counts from the value specified by the user to zero. Just as in the standard chronographs, the regatta function is controlled via the pushers on the side of the case. In digital watches, the user is notified by an alarm when the countdown is over.
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As I traded in my loyal Nexus 6 for the recently announced Microsoft Lumia 640, the first thing I noticed was the drop in weight and size.
Friends always pass comment on how big the Nexus 6 is, and it's wasn't until this point that I really began to appreciate where they were coming from. The Lumia 640 is, by and large, a normal sized phone - featuring a 5-inch HD display - as opposed to the Nexus 6's 6-inch, Quad HD one.
As it's so much thinner and lighter than what I'm used to, I pretty much wandered around for the first couple of hours patting my pockets to make sure it was still there. Getting used to the new size happened quicker than I thought however, but it did make me wonder how I ever used smaller smartphones in the past, which tended to have dinky 4-inch displays.
On the actual phone itself, the first hurdle I came across was using the smaller keyboard – more specifically, the smaller space bar. For the whole first day, every word I punched in on WhatsApp was punctuated with a comma. I was also becoming frustrated by the message notifications remaining in the action centre, even after I've addressed them. For example, if I'm in the process of replying to a message that I've gone to directly, as opposed to tapping on the notification, the message symbol remains at the top of the screen, making me feel like I'm more popular than I actually am – which can be very confusing...
It took a conscious effort to right this, but I think I had it cracked by bedtime.
Windows' inbuilt personal assistant is called Cortana. She's from the Xbox Halo series (I'm told) and helps me do loads of stuff, from setting alarms, to combing the web in search of answers to my weird queries. Did you know a group of zebras is called a dazzle?
As with most personal assistants on a new phone, I spent a portion of my evening interacting with her and finding out what else she can do. She gets to know you, and can access your emails, messages, phonebook, and calendar to learn even more. She can also sing, and do maths, and stuff. The feature I was most impressed by, however, were reminders based on location.
For example, my mother's birthday is coming up (which she learned from my calendar), so when I was nearby the local florist, Cortana suggested I buy some flowers. My parents live 250 miles away, so I didn't, but the thought was there.
I'm a regular Spotify fanatic, and enjoy listening to music whenever I get the chance. The Spotify app is indeed available from the Windows Play Store, which was comforting, but I couldn't really save that much music for offline listening due to the limited internal storage.
There's 8GB of memory on the Lumia, but a lot of that is eaten up by the software and apps that are already on the phone - leaving me with just 2.3GB after installing a few apps myself. Not enough room to swing a cat. You can thankfully add a microSD card of up to 128GB, but unfortunately The Lowdown hasn't garnished me with such luxury.
There's also the matter of charging up, which wouldn't be a problem if I hadn't previously seen the light, in the form of fast charging. Devices like the new Samsung Galaxy S6, Note 4, and Nexus 6 all feature fast charging – which is a genuine revelation. You can get from flat to full in about an hour.
Having to revert back to Joey Average's normal-speed charging is a drag. I ask too much, I know, but once you've been to The Promised Land (of charging), it's difficult going back to normality. All things said and done, the Lumia 640's battery does last an impressive day and a half – so having it juice up at my desk every other day wasn't as tasking as waiting for it to charge before a Saturday night out.
The Lumia's 8MP camera is weird. For a while I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong… let's rewind.
When you take a photo, and then look back at it in the gallery, you're met with a really short video of just before and after you took your photo. Although I can see the benefit of this, it seems like it would be a setting I would select – not have as standard. I later found out that it was called Living Image and can be deactivated.
Other than that, the picture quality is quite impressive, complimented by the 640's bright screen. In dark environments, like on a night out, you might struggle to get the same high quality - but in the day, colour representation is very accurate.
As with my unhealthy music addiction, I also enjoy posting pretentious, super-edited photos to Instagram. Now, it wasn't long ago that everyone's favourite photo-based social network wasn't available from the Windows Phone Store. Technically, it's still not. But there is a BETA version, which pretty much does the trick.
My disappointment came when I realised I couldn't get the editing app, VSCOCam – my secret weapon in making the pompous skyline sunset snaps look so good. I guess you can't ask for everything…
Day five, and I'm getting pretty used to the Lumia 640. The smaller size is a lot more manageable and I've found it hurts a lot less when I invariably drop it on my face while checking Twitter in bed.
I'm also not including as many erroneous commas in my text messages anymore, which is a real plus point for a writer. I tried out Skype on the 640 last night, and as it's now an inbuilt Windows feature, I wanted to find out if it worked any better than on Android or iOS.
Turns out it's pretty much the same, but the sound quality and video stream were respectfully clear and smooth.
After spending a week with Microsoft's newest release, I can confirm I was pleasantly surprised. Although our other instalments of this feature have starred top of the line products (see Living with the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and HTC One M9), the little Lumia has gone above and beyond.
Cortana is helpful and intuitive, while the rest of Microsoft's homegrown features like Skype, Outlook and the Lumia Camera, have all contributed to a very familiar user experience. The key point to remember here is that the Microsoft Lumia 640 is very much a mid-range product, and it isn't time for the Lumia 930 to abdicate just yet. But, it won't be long before the next battle for the top spot ensues…


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I met with priest performing the wedding today.
He sensed some lingering depression from my situation with my job, and he asked me in for a few sessions on my own. I appreciate his interest… I'm suspecting that he's finding me rather "interesting." And, that's actually goes both ways — I find him an intriguing individual, too. It's revealing to see what members and former members of the parish say about him (sounds like he was quite the controversial one when he first appeared, to be honest, it sounds like he was maligned long before he had a chance to give anyone a real reason to dislike him). I don't dislike him (and I don't like him) — he's personable with a hint of pretentiousness (I'm also pretentious from time to time — I think it's the English degrees and my former aspirations to become a professor, but I'm sure some of it comes from my parents, too…), but he's way too full of himself.
He and I had a discussion this morning. I think he's digging a little hard trying to find a pattern of depression in my life, because there is no pattern (it's all episodic). My doubts and fears all come down to one thing — my relationship with my father (which is coming to a head now, with or without my and Liza's wedding coming up I still was coming to the point where I was preparing to try and establish communication with my father; now Dad beat me to the punch by sending the letter informing me of my brother, 27 years my junior, and changing the nature of my communication). As I told the priest, my father (the father of the four-year-old Geoffrey who played games with him and took him to go see a great sci-fi movie called Star Wars (who knew that those movies would end up being a metaphor for our own relationship?)) is long gone. That's the point where Barbara Walters would be proud of Fr. John, because he found the question that would make me cry ("Can you bury him? Can you mourn him?").
Of course, those questions are actually so complex it is difficult, if not impossible, to give a yes/no answer. I think "mourn" is a bad choice of a term — I prefer "celebrate."
The memories of that "Dad" still exist and will continue to persist in my memory. It's best I celebrate the good, learn from the bad, and then allow myself to make my own mistakes and learn my own lessons when Liza and I become parents. I would love to be able to look at him and say "There is good in you yet. I can feel it," but this is real life, not a movie. I'm not Luke Skywalker. My father is not Darth Vader.
I know there is a man who feels he has great potential as a father and a friend (I'm hoping that's the motivation behind the letter he sent telling me of my little brother). And what if that isn't the motivation? I'll be disappointed, but not sad and not devestated. My life has moved very far from the point where my father's view on anything truly had an effect on my feelings or decision-making. I miss having a father in my life, and often think it would be easier if he were dead (because, then, there would be a good reason for lack of contact). But, if he were dead, there would be no way of ever hoping for any reconciliation.
I wonder if the priest thinks I'm depressed because of the shaggy hair and the fact that I haven't shaved in weeks. Maybe next week I should tell him I tend to go for months at a time without a haircut (I miss my ponytail) and, honestly, I figure this is the perfect situation to see what a beard would look like on my face (I, for one, am not impressed. But, Liza does like the way it skritches when I kiss her neck…)
And now life continues on and Liza and I are moving forward with wedding plans (I'm enjoying this). Even though things can be depressing (and I think the priest is too quick to assume any depression is indictitive of disease — many times depression is, at least for me, the fact a sometimes planet-sized ego hasn't been properly stroked…but don't make that person out to be Marvin the Paranoid Android when you don't really know him/her), really, where would we be without depressing things in life? That, in itself, would be depressing if everybody were happy all the time…
So, what am I saying in this long post? I like my life, I like who I am, and I'm willing and able to deal with things when I need to and I'm going to enjoy it.


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Yahoo Sports, NBC Sports Team Up for Web Content
Nearly six months after Marissa Mayer took the reins at Yahoo, competitors are still wondering what kind of brand the ex-Google executive intends to build. Another clue was revealed Sunday evening as the company announced a content partnership with NBC Sports.
Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports will collaborate on major sports news events, as well as jointly develop original sports programming for the Web. According to the details outlined in the aggreement, both companies' sports news divisions will maintain general editorial independence, but the partnership is designed to facilitate co-branded efforts on the Internet and on broadcast television.
"We're thrilled to combine Yahoo's fantasy offerings, product innovation and editorial authority with NBC's broadcast coverage of live sports events and award-winning on-air talent. We think our users will love the result," Yahoo Sports and Games vice president Ken Fuchs said in a statement.
And while a significant portion of the U.S. population does not include sports as part of their daily content diet, sports content partnerships are nevertheless very big business. For example, just last year ESPN and the National Football League (NFL) agreed to a $15.2 billion deal to keep Monday Night Football on ESPN until 2021. However, much like some of the synergy-focused content partnerships announced during the recent Olympics, the Yahoo/NBC deal does not appear to include the exchange of any cash. Rather, the deal looks to be focused on leveraging the respective reach of both brands with regards to advertising and sponsorships on television and on the Web.
This latest Yahoo content partnership follows a similar deal the company made with CNBC (like NBC Sports, a division of NBC Universal) back in July, just one month prior to the arrival of Mayer. That deal was also focused on combining the brands' efforts to share editorial content and create original programming. What this incremental increase in content sharing, video production, and advertising efforts means for the future of both companies will likely be the subject of much speculation in coming months. But for now, it simply represents a dynamic cross platform experiment that could serve as a model for other content partnerships.
"The complementary nature of this partnership is unmatched in digital sports media," said Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBC's Sports Group. "Through our growing television and digital platforms, the Yahoo Sports partnership dramatically expands the digital reach of NBC Sports around the biggest sporting events."


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