text:
Art Trip!
Exploring cities' many fantastic art offerings.
In which we explore a few of Minnesota's many fantastic art offerings.
Art Trip: Twin Cities
We explore Washington DC's vast collection of landmarks, museums, and galleries.
Art Trip: Washington D.C.
We explore the city of Chicago and see more art in one day than is probably advisable.
Art Trip: Chicago
In which we explore the great city of Richmond, Virginia.
Art Trip: Richmond, Virginia
In which we explore sunny Los Angeles and take in its enormous range of art offerings.
Art Trip: Los Angeles
This week we travel to Tijuana to meet with Ghana Think Tank and Torolab.
Art Trip: Tijuana
Public Art Trip: New York City
New York City offers way too many art-viewing opportunities for us to cover in a single ep
Public Art Trip: New York City
For our second international art trip, we travel to London during Frieze Art Fair.
Art Trip: London
We take an art pilgrimage to Houston, Texas, and visit the likes of the Rothko Chapel, Jam
Art Trip: Houston
We figured it was time to come back home and try being tourists in our own town.
Art Trip: Indianapolis
The epicenter of the art world is in Marfa, Texas?
Art Trip: Marfa
Called the "olympics of the art world," behold the 2017 Venice Biennale exhibition.
Art Trip: Venice Biennale
We explore the first exhibition of Exhibit Columbus.
Art Trip: Columbus, Indiana
We take a trip to LA and look at the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
Art Trip: PST: LA/LA
Spiral Jetty, Sun Tunnels, and Salt
Art Trip: Utah
The Diego Rivera mural, Heidelberg Project, MOCA, abandoned buildings, and much more.


text:
Baby eagles of Catalina Island become latest Internet sensation
On a rocky clifftop pinnacle high above Southern California's Catalina Island, two newborn eaglets began to spar for nest dominance Friday morning.
A short time later, they were passed out, tucked safely into a cup-shaped "crib" beneath the mother bald eagle, her white-hooded head rotating as her yellow eyes scanned the horizon for danger.
There is work left to do. A third and final egg remains to be hatched.
Welcome to this week's hot Internet reality show.
"There's a whole soap opera going on up there," said wildlife ecologist Peter Sharpe of the Institute for Wildlife Studies.
Tens of thousands of viewers from around the world have tuned in to watch the real-life spectacle unfold, giving office workers, schoolchildren and stay-at-home moms a rare glimpse into a seldom seen part of nature.
The fascination? "Seeing close up something that most people will probably never see, a bald eagle," Sharpe said. Though they are fierce-looking birds -- they scavenge as much as they hunt, feasting on carcasses including road kill -- the bald eagle presents another side when it comes to nurturing its young.
"Probably most people consider them to be dangerous killers, but they're able to see (here) how gentle they can be, how they bunch up their feet as they walk around the nest so their talons don't wound ... and how they feed these little 90-gram chicks," Sharpe said.
But as entertaining as it all is, there's a scientific mission playing out in this nest that is perched some 300 feet high on the northwest end of Catalina.
Resident bald eagles in the Channel Islands off the coast of California disappeared by the early 1960s as a result of DDT pollution that had entered the local waters' food chain.
In 1980, the Institute for Wildlife Studies, based in Arcata, Calif., launched an effort to restore the bald eagle population on the West Coast.
Since they began with about 20 bald eagles, including five breeding pairs, biologists have hatched more than 200 eaglets since 1987. In the beginning, the eggs were taken from the nests and "fostered" in incubators, then returned.
In 2007, a milestone was reached in the study when the first eggs hatched naturally in the nests, which are monitored by tiny, 24-hour webcams so scientists can watch remotely.
There are nearly 20 breeding pairs in the Channel Islands today, with the eagles now part of the natural population on four out of the eight islands. A fifth -- San Clemente -- possibly will be added this year.
"I really didn't think we were going to be at this point 10 years ago," said Sharpe, who has been working on the project since 1997, when he was still working on his doctorate degree. "The fact that most of the eggs are hatching on their own is really optimistic. The population is slowly growing and spreading out."
Mortality rates, however, are high, with only about 50 percent of the eaglets -- which are tagged with leg bands, wing markers and radio transmitters -- surviving to the end of the year, Sharpe said.
"They go out on their own, they're scavengers, so they can get hit by cars, electrocuted on power lines," he said. "The ones that stay on the islands have a pretty high survival rate once they're past two or three months. "
In what has become something of a springtime Internet ritual, several live cameras are operating from eagles' nests scattered throughout the islands, but the nest on the west end of Catalina -- a second nest is at Two Harbors -- managed to draw in especially large numbers of viewers, thanks to the co-sponsorship and promotions this year of The Pet Collective, a year-old YouTube-based organization known for its many popular puppy and kitten cams.
"The eagle cam offers something different to people, I think because it feels like this is such an exotic animal," said Michelle Davis, executive producer for The Pet Collective in Los Angeles. "We all have songbirds in our backyards, but most of us never see a bald eagle. ... This gives everyone a bird's-eye view of what's going on."
Some schools have adopted the nests, Davis said.
Probably the highlight came for those audiences who saw the actual hatching of the first two eggs.
"You should have seen us, everyone was cheering and screaming," Davis said.
Two eggs are the norm, Sharpe said, but the same breeding pair -- nicknamed by webcam fans as Wray and Superman -- produced three offspring last year as well. None of those, he said, survived.
One was found dead on the island, one was never seen later -- "They tend to go into the water, a lot of them probably drown," Sharpe said -- and a third was found dead in Canada.
Ravens plucked the eggs out of a nest on Santa Cruz Island several days ago, he said, after the nest had been disturbed and the parents finally left.
But the fish are plentiful this year, Sharpe said, which bodes well for the eaglets at Catalina.
The bad news for employers everywhere? There will be plenty to watch over the next few weeks as the eaglets continue to battle it out for a pecking order and eventually begin to stand and walk around the nest on their own.
"Just since we've been talking about it (at The Pet Collective), viewership has grown by 30 percent," said John Singh of the collective's communications department.
The numbers predictably jump, he said, as the work day both begins and ends.
"And here we thought corgis ruled the Internet," Davis said.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
These instructions cover installing Puppet agent on macOS machines.
Before installing Puppet agent, read the pre-install tasks and install Puppet Server.
Note: If you've used older Puppet versions, Puppet 4 changed the locations for a lot of the most important files and directories. See this page for a summary of the changes.
Download the macOS
puppet-agent package specific to your version of macOS.
puppet-agent package bundles all of Puppet's prerequisites, so you don't need to download anything else to install Puppet on an agent node.
OS X packages are named according to their
puppet-agent version and compatible OS X version:
puppet-agent-<PACKAGE VERSION>.osx<OS X VERSION>.dmg
For example:
To see which versions of Puppet and its related tools and components are in a given
puppet-agent release, as well as release notes for each release, see About Puppet agent.
Previous package names
We used some different naming schemes in the puppet-agent 1.2 series before settling on the current convention in 1.2.5.
- 1.2.0 through 1.2.2:
puppet-agent-<VERSION>-osx-<OS X VERSION>-<ARCH>.dmg. Redundant; OS X only runs on x86_64.
- 1.2.4:
puppet-agent-<VERSION>-<OS X CODE NAME>.dmg. This was too hard for automated tooling to deal with, because OS X's built-in CLI tools don't report the code name.
Make sure you can run Puppet executables.
The new location for Puppet's executables is
/opt/puppetlabs/bin/, which is not in your
PATH environment variable by default.
This doesn't matter for Puppet services, so enabling or disabling Puppet agent with
launchctl works fine. However, if you're running any interactive
puppet commands, you need to either add the location to your
PATH or refer to the executables by their full locations.
For more information, see our page about files and directories moved in Puppet 4.
Install Puppet
There are three ways to install Puppet on OS X:
Regardless which you choose, installing the package will start the
puppet and
mcollective services. You can later disable these services with
launchctl or with
sudo puppet resource service <NAME> ensure=stopped enable=false.
Installing with the GUI:
Double-click the
puppet-agent disk image you downloaded. This mounts it at
/Volumes/<DMG NAME>.
A Finder window appears showing the disk's contents: a single
puppet-agent-<VERSION>-installer.pkg file.
Double-click the package file, and follow the installer prompts to install it. When installation finishes, Puppet agent and MCollective will be running.
After installing, unmount and delete the disk image.
Installing on the command line:
Alternately, you can use the
hdiutil and
installer commands to mount the disk image and install the package from the command line.
Mount the disk image by running
sudo hdiutil mount <DMG FILE>.
Locate the
.pkg file in the mounted volume and install it by running
sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/<IMAGE>/<PKG FILE> -target /.
When installation finishes, Puppet agent and MCollective will be running.
After installing, run
sudo hdiutil unmount /Volumes/<IMAGE> to unmount the disk image.
Optionally, you can then delete the
.dmg file.
Upgrading with Puppet:
Puppet includes a
package resource provider for macOS that can install
.pkg files from a disk image. If you already have Puppet installed, you can use the
puppet resource command to upgrade with fewer steps.
Locate the disk image you downloaded, and note both the filename and its full path on disk. Then, run:
sudo puppet resource package "<NAME>.dmg" ensure=present source=<FULL PATH TO DMG>
Configure critical agent settings
You probably want to set the
server setting to your master's hostname. The default value is
server = puppet, so if your master is reachable at that address, you can skip this.
For other settings you might want to change, see the list of agent-related settings.
Sign certificates (on the CA master)
As each agent runs for the first time, it will submit a certificate signing request (CSR) to the certificate authority (CA) Puppet master. You'll need to log into that server to check for certs and sign them.
sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert list to see any outstanding requests.
sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert sign <NAME> to sign a request.
After an agent's certificate is signed, it regularly fetches and applies configurations from the Puppet master.


text:
This is a captivating video from Salten, Norway displaying the magical Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. My Norwegian friends Felisol,Brit and Bestemor Aud will enjoy these splendid heavenly fireworks
June 21 is Summer Solstice when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer (23.5* N Lat.) which passes through Mexico, Sahara - Africa , India and S E Asia.
It means that summer has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. But for us living in the tropics its mid-summer. Our summer in North India begins in March.
Today the Arctic will have its longest day. Friends in Norway can have a midnight garden party.And the Antarctic will have its longest night ...poor penguins.
But I am categorically euphoric as the hot orb will be travelling to lands down under from now on.I took this photo of an eclipse last August
Its thrilling to see how God had ordained the times and seasons. Each whisper of the universe is decreed by Him.Psalm 19
For the choir director: A psalm of David. 1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. 2 Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. 3 They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard.[a] 4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun. 5 It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race. 6 The sun rises at one end of the heavens and follows its course to the other end. Nothing can hide from its heat.
7 The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The commandments of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving insight for living. 9 Reverence for the Lord is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the Lord are true; each one is fair. 10 They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb. 11 They are a warning to your servant, a great reward for those who obey them.
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don't let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19 New Living Translation Bible


text:
Normally, I let Zac handle our "Used Car Face Off" weekend coverage, because he does an awesome job finding interesting pre-owned cars and asking you which you'd rather drive.
But I received tips on two — TWO! — Mazda Miatas that were so obscenely strange, I couldn't help but tell you about them. Consider this "Used Car Face Off: Absurdity Edition."
First up, we've got a a 1990 Miata I've taken to calling "Winky" because of the creepy teeth, eyes and eyelashes some amazing bastard has plastered all over it. It kind of reminds me of the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies I grew up with, except much creepier.
Anyway, Winky swaps its default Mazda four-banger for a 4.3-liter Chevy V6. Zoom zoom indeed! Yours now for a mere $7,500.
The next entry comes to us from the 36 Chambers of Shaolin, and it's a Wu-Tang Clan-themed Miata. (Why the hell didn't I think of that?) Mods include dented fenders, Wu stickers, "springs cut with Shaolin steel," and it was "recently blessed." It also comes with the single greatest description of any used car I've ever seen:
I aint gonna front shits real bouncy son, best part is it bangs but it aint dickridin nobody else style namsayin. But check it shit looks like Ish from WCC got the interior on. Runs like Tunechi when he see a dick swingin near. Drop $1800 gotta update the kitchen. May trade for a motherfuckin Ruckus.
Asking price is only $1,800, a tiny amount when you consider that the car ain't nothin' to fuck with.
So tell us, Jalops — which of these Miatatrocities would you rather buy? I'm leaning towards the WuMissle myself, because it's got pink shit inside. And that's pretty sweet.
Thanks for the tips Kiwi Commander and Benjamin Preston!


text:
Opinion: Does America Still Have a Free-Trade Agenda?
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the Obama administration's push to open markets in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... but the astringent in after they got China into the WTO the Bush administration ... continued opening up to free trade Rwanda deals in Asia and elsewhere what is the Obama the it ministrations trade legacy going to be ... finishing the details of what started out that U S Trade Representative Michael Froman here ... to talk about it so welcome Mr. ambassador ... so what has the Obama administration accomplished when it comes to free trade ... well first of all ... we took the three FTA is that we inherited from Bush missed ration Korea Colombia and Panama ... up ... upgrades and renegotiated and often through Congress as it were to get through before ... and other middlemen ... we've launched ... the most ambitious tradition and history ... the trans Pacific partnership that was also push administration well there's only tell the key for his four countries involved denying Zealand ... Peru ... and Chile etc ... we now have twelve ... countries involved to ... forty percent of global GDP ... I were nearing the final stages of the negotiation ... relaunched also the transatlantic Trade investment partnership ... between TPP and the occult ETF which is the transatlantic one ... you'll end up having free trade with over sixty five percent ... of the global economy that is by far the most ambitious trade and industry ... you mention bringing China into the new ... CEO in that in the nineties we brought Russia in after sixteen years ... and subject them to rules is physically it could last ... me I'm glad theres TPP it's a very big effort import and effort ... its TPP going to be worth anything however ... if it doesn't brings a country like Japan and the world's third-largest economy ... with out having them open up ... their agricultural sector expanded a new trademark resplendent constraint decades is this finely given the possible ... believe that there was a lot of time with Japan before we agreed to let them into TPP ... to make clear that they understood this had to be a comprehensive high standard agreement ... there he was on the table and as the basis on which for years ... there's been a question raised in a stay in Asia Pacific now about China ... month China has asked the United States your office to loosen controls on high tech ... military goods the basin to lift sanctions imposed ... after the nineteen ninety and Square massacre ... on the July concerned about this but ... in conservative circles but also won the last ... um are you in attaining that request if so ... why ... now ... now we are performing arts purposeful system ... not with regard to China but more generally ... to make a more rational this was only launched by Secretary Gates actually he said you know in this modern world because until higher walls around the smaller your ... focus on the most sense to technologies ... and they should look into the wrong hands ... sore Wilmar which was reforming the system but one thing that we will not tool is used in export controls on the export of musicians items to China deception sanctions ... some were interested in currency is hurting your first or on the record will soon sorry China too too bad ... um it wanted to Congress trade promotion authority ... the important is that for the White House to get back on an authority back to to push deals through ... though it's a critical tool to get agreements through Congress presenters as for that authority every president from ... from ... from Clinton George Bush on ... aam has had that authority ... we are working with the tree committees to whereas the giraffe their ... version of the authority to make sure something that we can get bipartisan support for those on the table are talking about it that that is good news ... what's happened to the global trade talks on and why hasn't the president come out with the big offer a light pushed into it to say look what drop our tariffs to zero on ... the law to focus on the labor union sky isn't that CEO was the explanation given for why we'll have a bigger push the lighthouse and when you say ... well actually when we came into ... Obama started his administration his to look at the Georgia Dome Brown ... had to assess the prospects were because every year leaders would get together and say this year ... will be completed this could be the ... enemy the aromatic go on for a while basically decade almost a decade ... we look to him is clear that China India Brazil the major emerging economies ... were not willing to play a role commensurate with their role in the global economy ... has so he was the one leader who is willing to say he of the Emperor has no clothes so were were going to go around the one ended in a deal you say ... let's let's ... pursue fresh credible approach is ... to liberalization and most of ... winning in a deal on TPP and the deal in your ... hands and we are three negotiations going on in Geneva on information technology and trade facilitation on services ... services agreement over seventy percent of global services ... it ... was quite significance we wanna make progress we can ... create momentum ... and at that point on which China India Brazil on the other major economies are willing to open up their economies ... related Reading


text:
This website uses cookies to manage authentication, navigation, and other functions. By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
View Privacy Policy
Reconsider Cookies
You have declined cookies. This decision can be reversed.
Remove Cookies
You have allowed cookies to be placed on your computer. This decision can be reversed.
Visualizzazione ingrandita della mappa
Via Giuseppe Mazzini,2980046 - S. Giorgio a CremanoNapoli - Italy


text:
The long weekend is here. And chances are, you're spending time in the (hopefully) beautiful, sunny weather… preferably on a beach in Muskoka.
It's no chance that this summer's top hair trends like braids and messy top knots are perfect for a laid back cottage weekend. Here are some tips for cute, low maintenance hair styles, whether you're enjoying a beer on the dock or having fun in the water.
Tie it up
Forget the boring ponytail this weekend and go for something a bit more fun – the top knot! Extremely low maintenance, the top knot only takes seconds and ensures your hair is out of your face while you're having fun in the sun… plus, it's perfect for the-day-after-washing hair! And with helpers like Goody Spin Pins, all it takes is for you to twist your hair into a bun, insert the pins, and you're ready for the beach!
Braids have been hyped enough in past posts that you get the hint why we love them. Because it's "the messier, the better", they're perfect for the beach, the boat or the campfire. Plus, you can wear a cute hat to protect your colour from fading and your face from getting sunburned! Our fav? The messy, side fishtail braid.
Beachy Waves
What could be more low maintenance than embracing your natural texture and letting your hair down? Textured, beachy waves are super sexy, trendy and perfect for lounging around the cottage. The key to success if you aren't lucky enough to be frolicking in an ocean? A texture spray like Kevin Murphy Hair Resort Spray or KMS Sea Salt Spray. Psssssst… Wanna know a secret? These products are also perfect to add texture to your top knot or braid.
So now you know our favourite styles for the cottage. But even though your hair should be low-maintenance over the weekend, don't forget you still need to take care of it! Bring a leave-in conditioner with UV protection to prevent your colour from fading and your hair from drying out in the sun. And if you don't have a shower? Bring some dry shampoo to add oomph and texture to your summer style. No matter what your plans are for the long weekend, show your hair some love!


text:
Normally, a 34th round draft pick would hardly merit notice. But Saturday, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Cory Hahn, an unexpected choice of a player who will never see a moment of game time.
In 2010, Hahn passed up a chance to sign with the San Diego Padres out of high school. Instead, he decided to go to college, generally considered a smart move for an aspring young baseball player.
But rather than going on to a successful collegiate career and a higher draft pick, Hahn saw his dreams halted in the most tragic of ways. In just his third game for Arizona State, Hahn slid into second base, cracking his head against the infielder's knee and shattering a vertebrae in his neck.
Hahn was paralyzed from the chest down, his career over before it began.
Now 21, Hahn endured vigorous rehabilitation and coaches his former teammates at ASU from his customized wheelchair.
And once he graduates, Hahn will join the Diamondbacks.
We proudly select OF @coryhahn34 of @asu_baseball in the 34th round of the First-Year Player Draft. Welcome to the #Dbacks family.— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) June 8, 2013
"We couldn't be any more excited," Diamondbacks scouting director Ray Montgomery said. "Talking to Cory, he was thrilled and, as usual, humbled and actually thanked us, which kind of surprised me. All the credit goes to him and his family for what they've endured. We couldn't be more happy about bringing him on board."
Montgomery called Hahn a few days before the draft, giving him a heads up. Hahn was on a flight when his name was announced, but he said he snuck into the airplane bathroom once it reached cruising altitude to check the numerous messages of congratulations pouring in.
"It's something that you can't really put into words, it was very humbling that they wanted to do this for me," Hahn said of being selected. "It's something I'll always cherish."
"No one made them do it, so the fact that they did -- I'll be forever thankful," he said. "They gave up a Draft spot for me. They didn't have to do that. There were plenty of good players still available."
I cannot thank the @dbacks enough for what they have done! So humbled and will be forever grateful! So honored to be a diamondback!— Coryhahn34 (@Coryhahn34) June 9, 2013
The team's president and CEO Derrick Hall, who visited with Hahn in the hospital after his injury, said he doesn't want Hahn's selection to be "just a gesture."
"We want to make this permanent," Hall said. "We don't want to make it just about the selection and about him being a Draft pick, but about working here in full-time employment with the Diamondbacks. Hopefully we'll make that come to fruition for him and his family here soon."
So proud of the @dbacks for selecting Cory Hahn in the 34th rd. Cory, who wore #34 at ASU, was paralyzed sliding head first in his 2nd game.— Derrick Hall (@DHallDbacks) June 8, 2013


text:
"Only if you're doing something wrong should you worry, and then you don't deserve to keep it private."
Daniel Solove tackled this argument in 2011. As he points out, people making this argument misconstrue many aspects about what constitutes (personal) security and privacy.
"This issue isn't about what information people want to hide but about the power and the structure of government."
Thus, how much a government knows and monitors is indicative of that country's governance. Our inability to know what they're collecting, how they're viewing this data and what they're deducing from it should be our main concern. It is Kafkaesque as well as Orwellian, though it is because of the former that we should actually be concerned.
Legal and policy solutions [to these concerns] focus too much on the problems under the Orwellian metaphor—those of surveillance—and aren't adequately addressing the Kafkaesque problems—those of information processing.
Innocent behaviour can be named suspicious, worthy of investigation; your life and personal freedom could be undermined due to powerful organisations deciding what your actions and "real" motivations are. On the justification of "protecting the country", preemptive and harsh actions could be taken against you.
Also, it's important to remember how a citizen's privacy is lost.
"Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone"
Yes, it is a slippery slope argument, but – remember – slippery slopes are only fallacious when no causal connection is reasonably shown (with evidence). Solove portrays it using the environmental analogy.
Privacy is often threatened not by a single egregious act but by the slow accretion of a series of relatively minor acts. In this respect, privacy problems resemble certain environmental harms, which occur over time through a series of small acts by different actors. Although society is more likely to respond to a major oil spill, gradual pollution by a multitude of actors often creates worse problems.
The entire article makes for an excellent read.
I hope I encounter better arguments in favour of the NSA's actions, but so far, I've not seen any. Do let me know if you come across good counters or better versions of "done no wrong, therefore I have no fear" argument.
As I hit publish, I recall that the incredible David Simon wrote one. The piece and – the gods shoot me now with the unicorn guns – the comments are quite valuable. Also see the follow up (where he adorably snarks at his son).


text:
Refer by Email
mFortune will send your friend an email with a link to download a game. Enter your friend's email address below to continue.
Promotional Terms and Conditions
Section 7: Bonuses
Section 7a: General rules applicable to bonuses
We offer a number of opportunities for Players to qualify for bonus money which is added to a Player's Bonus Credit Account. This includes, for new Players, the Introductory Free Spins and the Deposit Match Bonus. Other bonuses are available from time to time. All bonuses can be used to win real money.
All bonuses will be subject to successful verification of your identity (Name, Address and Date of Birth). No bonuses can be used until the process is complete.
Bonuses will be added to your Bonus Credit Account. All bonuses are subject to the Bonus Wagering Requirement. Winnings arising out of Bonus Credit will also be credited to your Bonus Credit Account. When you have met your Bonus Credit Wagering Requirement, any remaining Bonus Credit will be transferred as winnings to your Cashable Credit account.
You will receive regular updates advising you of bonuses received.
From time to time we may offer bonuses that, if not used, expire after a certain time period. Please note that if the bonus is not used within this time period, it will disappear from your Account.
If you sign up to a promotion offering a free bonus or free spins without the need to make a deposit the maximum withdrawal that you can make is £200 on mFortune if you are a UK Player and £200/ 200 euros/ $200 or other currency equivalent if you are a non-UK Player. This withdrawal limit applies to each promotion of this type providing you have made at least one deposit on your respective account. If you have not made any deposits then this withdrawal limit is applied throughout the lifetime of your respective account for funds won from promotions of this type.Full T&Cs for Casino Bonuses
Terms & Conditions
In Touch Games Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 2091.


text:
Toulouse, France-based post-apocalyptic metal monsters ERYN NON DAE. (formerly END.) have finished mixing and mastering their sophomore album. The follow-up to 2009's "Hydra Lernaia" is said to be "about metamorphosis," and will feature such songtitles as "Scarlet Rising", "Chrysalis", "The Great Downfall" and "Black Obsidian Pyre". The CD was recorded at Mobo's ConKrete Studio in Bordeaux, France.
Professionally filmed video footage of ERYN NON DAE. performing the new track "Scarlet Rising" on April 19, 2011 at the Impetus Festival in Montbéliard, France can be viewed below.
According to a press release, ERYN NON DAE. gives the metal scene exactly what is needed — something unique, groundbreaking, and a new style of extreme to follow upon. Much like fellow homeland heroes GOJIRA, ERYN NON DAE. pulls off a signature sound that can immediately be picked up by the metal critics. ERYN NON DAE.'s ever-evolving brand of extreme music makes for an open-minded listen from start to finish. Their technicality not only stands out, but also goes towards metal's advantage, expanding the genre. ERYN NON DAE. delivers complex and brutal structures while at the same time adding doses of dark and apocalyptic moods, keeping you addicted. Their creativity, power, and aesthetics without a doubt will stun the metal genre."
ERYN NON DAE. is:
Mathieu B. Nogues: Vocals
Franck Quintin: Guitar/Vocals
Yann Servanin: Guitar
Mickael André: Bass
Julien Rufié: Drums
For more information, visit the band's Facebook page.


text:
Valuable Strategies for Sto Admiralty You Can Begin to Use Immediately
SWTOR is. It's possible to buy each sort of ship available to every rank. The calendar year 2015 saw an amazing quantity of systems and story produce their way.
In the event you determine an extremely specific Duty Officer you have to acquire, the tool could be of assistance. Then our review is right here, if you want to learn more concerning the sport. This listing will be finished by me within the next article.
This briefing is intended to assist you strategize your Starfleet travel, so you will attain play levels. Each Campaign possess a special Tour of Duty. Each effort within the totally free mmo have a Tour of Duty.
You are able to also use this identical procedure then sell the Fleet Ship Modules which may be found at the Zen shop and to purchase. Delivery is figured determined by the weight of your purchase and is displayed in your cart. Finding a Bajoran ship now is a surprise.
I discovered the Brek to be squishy and not plenty of fun to play. The competition does have a couple rules. Whenever I get home, I will have to confirm the wiki.
When the duty officer is assigned to a project no additional input is necessary from the player to be certain its completion. Players who wish to try the elite specs out need not run anything. Duty officer missions are found in either location.
It is likely to also utilize Duty Officers that are common as a enormous contribution towards fleet projects. Within each campaign, there's additionally a Tour of Duty. Otherwise move to another Faction, if you've got remaining ships whenever the Tour of Duty gets accessible to have 100% success run which and repeat this procedure.
Another facet of the MMO that I enjoy is that the range of pace I get. Promotion to rank is employed for activity and range of service as a sign of recognition at the Klingon Assault Group. These systems need to be coming some time on.
If your case is appropriate for public access, you and Barristers may have to agree the conditions on which he is to perform the work. Barristers will tell you so if it is not suitable for access. If they believe that is something which only a solicitor can 21, you will be counseled by barristers.
The difficulty I have is finding the correct context to present my opinion. May be higher than your investment.
The rule book is now readily available for purchase. This version is excellent and shouldn't be missed. Cherries which are on slots.
It's possible for you to increase your roster size as big as 500 by. You'll find a distinctive ribbon to your contribution.
Be aware your results will be different from others. Naples has more golf holes per capita than every other place in the united states, which makes it a top-notch destination for everyone trying to turn their second house into a winter golfer's retreat. There is typically a conference table with chairs where individuals are able to sit down nearby.
There are 7 distinct kinds of duty officers. Naval vessels are constructed for efficacy whilst cruise ships are constructed for comfort and that is reflected by their bridges. You are able to get around 3 per mission if you discover all 3 terminals in every mission.
Among the more underappreciated elements of is piloting small craft. The changes aren't a nerf, but contain both an adequate compromise and an shift. For the tactical abilities, you ought to take all 3 levels of the damage type that is acceptable.
In this system, each starship is provided special traits and stats that have to be utilized to complete assignments. Within this episode we travel back to ESD and we're shown how to fix our ship. Starfleet OSHA can understand the advantage inside them.
Oh, and it needs to be mentioned that performance based rewards also have been doubled. The system is doffing with ships with a few intriguing changes that permits you to have some control on the results.


text:
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer. Well, until today, anyway.
It was only a matter of time before the Special One descended from the lofty peaks of soccer's Olympus to once again strut and preen among us. He had been waiting eight months for his suitors to fall to their knees, genuflect before his genius, and tip over wheelbarrows full of gold.
Oh, how I loathe that insufferable fuck and all that he embodies —the scowling arrogance, the smug posturing, the checkbook (always someone else's) in place of a heart. And yet you've got to hand it to the guy. When he saw the chance to cash in on his specialness, he knew exactly where to point his soft leather loafers — in the direction of Inter Milan and their $14 million a year bounty. (Damn, I thought, that's almost Rick Reilly money!) Then, in a brilliant PR stroke, he told the Italian media that he no longer wanted to be known as The Special One. "I am Mourinho," he insisted. "That's all."
But enough about him. In the two years that I've been The Closer, I've been called " an asshole," "gay," "clueless," "gay," "gay wanker," "gay Arsenal wanker" and, of course, "Jewish." I may be one of those things but I'm not stupid.
So I called up Leitch and said "Hey, I've been The Closer now for two years and while paying me in all the beer I can drink on Saturday and Sunday mornings is not insignificant, it hardly covers the cost of those tranny hookers that Ronaldo (the Brazilian version) introduced me to."
"Who is this?" he asked, "Daulerio, I told you I'm not going to support your hooker habit anymore. Drew's is nearly bankrupting me."
When he finally guessed who it was, I informed him that in addition to wanting to be paid "in the high two figures," I also wanted to be known as The Special One, now that the sobriquet was available. Summoning that zen mojo he worked so successfully on Old Man Bissinger, Leitch pondered my demands for almost a full 10 seconds and then wished me luck in the cruel, cruel world outside the blogosphere. Besides, he explained, he already had to call Nick Denton "The Special One," and that they only shell out those kind of bucks for "sports that people actually care about."
So it is with a heavy heart and a transplanted liver that I must now bid you all farewell. After nearly 100 posts (only 90 of which were about Arsenal) and at least 1,700 hangovers, I 'm retiring my Deadspin cleats. It's been a magical couple of years (for all of you), even if the Gooners won fuck-all and I woke up every Monday feeling as if someone had performed a frontal lobotomy on me.
Needless to say, I couldn't have done it without the wrecking crew at Kinsale — Mid Table Mikey, Dublin Dave, Raj, Lingering Bursitis, Mr. Angry, Bigus Dickus, Autoglass, Czech Babe and of course Pauline, the den mother/bartender who gave me a Kinsale gift card when my tab exceeded the GNP of Burkina Faso .
For those of you (you both know who you are) who will miss my trenchant insights into the Beautiful Game, my wholly objective reporting on the EPL and my occasional circumsized dick jokes, you'll be happy to know that beginning Friday, just in time for the kickoff of Euro 2008, I'll be writing on a little site they call ESPN. com. Say what you want about the WWL — and you do every day — it has been the guardian angel of soccer in this country, pouring millions of dollars into the sport and keeping it safe from the likes of Marcelo Balboa.
So before you start sending me hateful e-mails and treating me like I'm Emily Gould with a thicker mustache, let me just say that I don't feel at all bad about selling out. Sure, I will miss working alongside the great and the near-great of Deadspin — Will, Rick, AJ, BDD and Unsilent Majority — but what's to stop me from being one of the high-minded philosopher-poets in the Comments section? I've even thought of a screen name: Splendor In The Arse.
And now as I bid you all Shalom (sorry, one parting Jew reference) and take my excellence to the white sand beaches of Bristol, Connecticut, I leave you with one last fearless but obviously biased prediction.
I like Spain to win Euro. After all, they've got Fabregas and he's special.
Like me.


text:
Attorneys for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" petitioned for his immediate release Friday after a federal appeals court ruled that his confession was coerced.
Lawyers for Brendan Dassey filed papers Friday with the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals asking that he be released on his own recognizance, saying Thursday's decision by a three-judge appeals panel left no reason for further delays.
The state is unlikely to prevail in any further appeals or if it retries the case without his confession, they wrote, but said those appeals could prolong Dassey's time in prison "by months, if not years."
U.S. & World
The court gave prosecutors until 5 p.m. Monday to file a response.
Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in photographer Teresa Halbach's death on Halloween two years earlier. Dassey told detectives he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Halbach at the Avery family's Manitowoc County salvage yard. Avery was sentenced to life in a separate trial.
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said earlier Friday that the state would take whatever steps are necessary to keep Dassey behind bars. He said it would be dangerous to release him, given the seriousness of the crime. Speaking on WTMJ-AM, Schimel said his initial move would be asking the full 7th Circuit to review the panel's decision.
A federal magistrate judge overturned Dassey's conviction in August, ruling that investigators coerced a then-16-year-old Dassey, who suffers from intellectual challenges, into confessing. That court said Dassey, now 27, should be freed, but put a hold on his release pending the appeal.
In a 2-1 decision, the appeals panel affirmed that court's ruling, saying "no reasonable court" could have any confidence that Dassey's confession was voluntary.
Avery is pursuing his own appeal in state court. He and Dassey contend they were framed by police angry with Avery for suing Manitowoc County over his wrongful conviction for sexual assault years earlier.
Their cases gained national attention in 2015 after Netflix aired "Making a Murderer," a multi-part documentary looking at Halbach's death and the ensuing investigation and trials. Authorities insisted the series was biased.
Karnowski reported from Minneapolis. Associated Press writer Gretchen Ehlke contributed from Milwaukee.


text:
| 6.7°C Belfast
Rafael Benitez has told Fernando Torres to start pumping iron if he was serious about proving he could be Chelsea's £50million man of steel.
Interim Blues boss Benitez admitted he did not know whether Torres could recapture the glory days that convinced the Blues to make him the most expensive player ever transferred between British clubs almost two years ago but claimed his fellow Spaniard needed to get fitter to stand any chance of doing so.
"We have to improve some players physically and they will come back to maybe the strength they had," Benitez said, insisting age or injuries had nothing to do with Torres's loss of explosive pace.
"He has to train in a way that suits him. We will try to find this way. It's a question of time, but we know we have to change the movements we're working.
"You have to work in the gym on strength. Maybe he needs to do that again."
Three Blues managers have failed to get Torres scoring regularly, each repeatedly insisting there was nothing wrong with the forward. But the man who knows his fellow Spaniard better than any of them said: "He's not exactly the same player now, because he was at maximum level at this time [at Liverpool].
"But I think he can come back. How close? I don't know. It depends on the rest of the team. I'm sure he can improve, but the team has to help him."
Torres also has to help himself, as does Benitez, following a run of just 19 goals in 88 games for the European champions.
"The first thing is to give him some confidence, instructions as to how he can do things in a different way, improve him a little bit physically," said Benitez, who wants Torres's team-mates to create more chances for the striker and win the ball back more quickly in defence.
"You need to be stronger in defence, regain the ball easier and then you can create your own chances. That will benefit Torres," he added.


text:
You have selected
Switch device
All the tutorials
Problem solving
Battery and power
Calls and contacts
Device frozen and crashes
E-mail and messaging
Internet and network coverage
Sound and volume
Touchscreen and buttons
WiFi and Bluetooth
How to uninstall an app
Connecting devices
Manual configuration
manual configuration
manual configuration
manual configuration
032a. Email wizard - Gmail
032b. Email wizard - Yahoo
032c. Email wizard - Outlook
Getting started
How to add a keyboard language
How to enable a SIM pin
Internet and data roaming
Manual configuration
Using the Internet
Disabling data roaming
How to check if data-connectivity is enabled
Download manual
Manual configuration
Mobile phone
Resetting to factory settings
How to perform a soft reset
Manual network selection
How to enable 4G network connection
Installing software updates
WiFi configuration
Enable WiFi Calling
How to enable WiFi hotspot
iPhone 12
Problem solving
Battery and power
h3. Want to check the remaining battery life? * Find battery details via *Settings* > *General* > *Usage*.
h3. Want to manage battery usage per app? * To see how much battery life your apps are using, go to *Settings* > *General* > *Usage* > *Battery Usage*.
h3. Have you tried a soft reset? * Many problems can be solved by performing a so-called 'soft reset'. None of your data will be lost when you do this, but all active apps will be closed and your Apple iPhone 12 will be rebooted. * Follow the instructions below.
Tutorial: How to perform a soft reset
h3. Does your battery charge slowly? * Charging your device through a USB cable attached to another device, such as a laptop computer, takes longer than charging with a travel adapter. * Use the adapter that comes with the device for optimal charging performance. Connect one end of the USB cable to the charger port at the bottom of the phone, and the other end to the travel adapter, connect that to a power outlet.
h3. Your battery doesn't charge at all? * If your device won't charge at all, please check what happens when switching from travel adapter to USB charging, or when using a different travel adapter. * If none of this helps, your device might have a hardware failure.
h3. Have you installed the latest software update? * Your problem may have been fixed in a software update. Check if there is a new version of your software available.
Tutorial: How to update the device software
h3. Have you performed a factory reset? * If the previous steps have not fixed the issue, try a factory reset. * *Be careful:* a factory reset removes data such as photos and messages from your device. We highly recommend you backup before trying this. * Follow the instructions below.
Tutorial: How to perform a factory reset
h3. None of the above solved my problem. * We recommend you try and click on one of the options below. * You could for instance visit a Salt store or register your device for repair. Or try to search directly on Google by clicking on the Google link.
Salt Store
Step 1 of 8


text:
Access Your Account
Forgot password
User ID
Whether you want to further your career on your current chosen path or gain a solid understanding of best practices in an entirely different segment of the industry, there's no better way to demonstrate your commitment to the commercial real estate industry and your own professional development than by earning a NAIOP Certificate of Advanced Study. Commercial real estate professionals wanting to advance their careers by earning their certificate can focus their efforts on either the development or finance tracks by pursuing a Certificate of Advanced Study in Commercial Real Estate Development or a Certificate of Advanced Study in Real Estate Finance.
Professionals who are involved in all aspects of commercial real estate development benefit from the certificate. You benefit if you are a:
Employers benefit as well from having motivated professionals on their team who they value for an ongoing commitment to learning. Both certificate programs follow a planned curriculum with a wide range of certificate course offerings to choose from.
Students can receive credit towards earning their certificate through core classes presented at either the Corporate or chapter levels that are offered in both classroom and online formats. So whether you want to enhance the value of your current career track or to increase your credibility in transitioning to a new career goal or area of interest, consider the professional benefits and competitive edge you'll gain by earning your NAIOP Certificate of Advanced Study!


text:
Brett Gardner could miss rest of regular season
BOSTON >> Add another one to a list of key injuries for the New York Yankees.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi expects leadoff hitter Brett Gardner will be out for a lengthy stretch and possibly the rest of the regular season.
Girardi made the announcement before New York opened a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday night.
Gardner left Thursday night's win in Baltimore with the injury, which Girardi said is a "Grade 1 strain in his rib cage." He's batting .273 with eight homers and 52 RBIs and a big part of New York's injury-ravaged offense.
"He's going to be out a while," Girardi said. "Rib cages don't heal real quick. It's not like it's just a few days. Is it possible it could be the rest of the year? Yeah."
It's the latest in a season filled with injuries for the Yankees, who entered Friday one game back in the AL's wild card chase.
"I'm almost at the point where I don't think it surprises our guys anymore," Girardi said. "I don't want to diminish how important guys are to us, but we've kind of gotten used to it. A guy comes back, a guy goes down. That's kind of how it's been all year long."
Mark Teixeira was on the DL early in the year before being lost for the season with right wrist surgery. Derek Jeter, who missed most of the season recovering from left ankle surgery, was lost this week for the remainder of the season with soreness in the repaired ankle. Outfielder Curtis Granderson, infielder Eduardo Nunez, third baseman Alex Rodriguez and outfielder Jayson Nix are among a number that have missed significant time with injuries.
"It's a big loss," said Girardi of Gardner. "You know we've had to overcome a lot through the course of this year. People are going to have to step up during his absence. He's been really good for us. He's been really good offensively, defensively and getting us off to good starts."
But the Yankees still remain in the hunt.
"It's a club that doesn't feel sorry for themselves," Girardi said. "They understand injuries are part of the game and you have to overcome them."
Girardi said he hopes to use Gardner as a pinch-runner, but said it won't happen at least until the end of the next series in Toronto.


text:
Today, we have a chance to take action.
A concerted and intensive action to create a new revolution and rid the world once and for all of injustice!
i exaggerate, but yes, we do have a chance to take action.
basically yeah, in the UK now there's a huge ongoing effort to petition against the extradition to the US of Babar Ahmad, a UK citizen accused of (what else)? But here's the thing. He has been imprisoned for 7 years without any trial, and we thought only malaysia does these things. He is, at 7 years, the longest prisoner detained without trial in the UK.
In our khutbah at LSE today, we were told about the situation of Babar Ahmad. The evidence provided against him is insufficient to charge him in the UK, so they are trying to put him on trial in the US. And if found guilty, he will be sent to a Supermax prison into a solitary cell, where he won't be permitted to meet other prisoners, is only allowed 1 hour outside, and will only get 15 minutes to talk to his family once per month.
And the worst part is, during his first arrest he was subjected to abuse and torture, and one of it was being forced to go into the sujood position, while the police taunted him with cries of "Where is your God now?"
So, our part. If we can get 100,000 signatures before 10/11/2011, the parliament will rediscuss his case and hopefully he will get a fair trial in the UK, and not be subject to further unfair detention. this petition is especially for people currently in the UK.
The ummah is like one body; if one part gets hurt the whole body feels it.


text:
I hope you enjoy these Free Kindle Romance and Contemporary books!
Please, don't forget to check the price before clicking the buy now button so you don't accidently pay for something you thought you were getting free!
Do you have a Nook instead of a Kindle?
No worries, I have showed you how to find free books for your Nook in this post. Don't have either? Amazon has a free app that you can download onto your smart phone, tablet, computer, or netbook so that you can get these same deals!
Did You Find a Great Freebie?
If you find a great free book on Amazon, please be sure to drop me an email so I can tell my readers, too! If I think it fits (and if I have time) I will write the post and link to your site as a thanks for notifying me!


text:
ODU Rowing Records One Win In Spring Opener
By ODU Athletics
April 4, 2009
Clemson, S.C. - The ODU rowing team began its spring season Saturday morning at Clemson and the Lady Monarchs came away with one win out of four races.
In the first race of the morning, the Lady Monarchs took first place in the Novice 8 with a lineup consisting of six freshmen, two novice rowers and a novice coxswain. ODU posted a time of 7:08.9, five seconds ahead of the Tigers (7:13.2). The Lady Monarchs went out quickly and cleared Clemson's A boat by 500 meters. At the thousand meters Clemson took a 15 and moved up three seats, but ODU answered the move well and pulled back through to win.
In the Varsity 4, ODU had another solid start in the three boat race. At the thousand meter point, Clemson's A, which last week won two of three races at the PAC-10 Challenge in California, was out in front while ODU and Clemson B were battling for second. The Lady Monarchs made a strong move at the thousand and rowed through Clemson B and stayed solidly in second through the finish line (Clemson A 7:46.7, ODU 7:56.0, Clemson B 7:59.9. ).
In the 2V race ODU's boat was comprised of four novices and four freshmen and a novice coxswain, half of whom raced once already that morning. Clemson's 1N8 boat moved out early with ODU and Clemson's 3V battling for second. ODU and Clemson 3V fought hard down the course with ODU finishing 3rd.
The V8 was significant for ODU because it was made up of three athletes from the V4 and five from the F/N8 making it the second race within one hour. On the other hand, both of Clemson's V8s were on their first and only race of the day. All three boats came off the start well, but Clemson's boats took early leads rowing at around 34 spm to ODU's 31 spm, and never looked back.
"We were really happy with today's results," said head coach Heather Weisel. "The Frosh win was very important for us and the V4 raced so well against a much more seasoned crew. We are so grateful to the Clemson team and the coaching staff for having us down. This was an incredible race for us as a first year program. "
Race Results:
Race 1
Clemson N8 7:13.16
Clemson 2N8 7:47.5
Race 2
Clemson V4 7:46.7
Clemson 2V4 7:59.9
Race 3
Clemson N8 7:08.8
Clemson 3V8 7:21.6
Clemson 2N8 7:42.7
Race 4
Clemson V8 6:35.81
Clemson 2V8 6:45.25


text:
Digital / Paper - E2E Pantographs
The pantographs pictured above are as follows (left to right) - Sound Wave, Marmalade, Diagonal Plaid (top), Honeycomb (bottom), and Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
PAPER PANTOGRAPHS are printed with two full rows (unless otherwise specified) and all are printed with partial rows for the next row line-up.
DIGITAL (computerized quilting systems): Zip file includes:
CQP, DXF, HQF, IQP, PAT, QLI, SSD, TXT, WMF and 4QB or PLT.
Most designs also include a BQM, DWG, GPF, PDF, PNG and SVG.
E2E (edge to edge) designs are continuous line pantograph / border / sashing designs.
P2P (point to point) designs will have the start and stop points at the outer most edges of the design. There is no interlock side to side on P2P designs,
but there will be an interlock top to bottom.
B2B (border to border) have the start and stop points at the outer most edges of the design, AND the design will completely fill the space top to bottom.
There is no interlock side to side OR top to bottom on B2B designs.
SELF PRINT designs are intended for longarm quilters. These designs are set up to be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper on a home printer.
TEAR AWAY designs are intended for both domestic and longarm quilters. Just place, quilt and Tear Away.
EMBROIDERY formats can be purchased thru OESD. Click HERE to go to www.embroideryonline.com
Bone Yard
Starting at: $15.00


text:
What abuse would you like to report? Please include the URL and as much detail as possible to explain your concern.
Examples of abuse
- Inappropriate content, photos, or behavior of other IBM Developer members that make you uncomfortable
- Another user using your content or information in a way you didn't intend
- Spam, or anything that violates the IBM Developer terms of use
Asterisks (*) indicate fields required to complete this transaction.
You have 1000 characters left
By clicking Submit you agree that IBM may process your data in the manner indicated above and as described in the IBM Developer terms of use.


text:
HTC-HighRoad's Matthew Goss takes Stage 1 at Tour Down Under
HTC-HighRoad's Matthew Goss showed he is a serious contender for the overall title at the Tour Down Under by winning the opening stage Tuesday, finishing ahead of sprint rival, former teammate and reigning champion Andre Greipel.
HTC-HighRoad's Matthew Goss showed he is a serious contender for the overall title at the Tour Down Under by winning the opening stage Tuesday, finishing ahead of sprint rival, former teammate and reigning champion Andre Greipel.
Greipel, who has won the overall title twice, finished in second place for his new team Omega-Pharma with Australian Robbie McEwen of RadioShack in third.
Held over 138 kilometers (85 miles) from Mawson Lakes to Angaston in the hilly wine region outside Adelaide, the first stage proper was marked by an early five-man breakaway.
The five escapees were reeled in with less than 10km remaining, guaranteeing a field sprint on a slightly uphill home straight, where Goss jumped out from behind the wheel of lead-out man Mark Renshaw to surge to a convincing victory.
It was Goss's second win of the week, the Australian having also won the Cancer Council Classic criterium over 51km on Sunday, an event does not count towards the overall classifications of the Tour Down Under.
After some textbook lead-out work by his sprint train, Goss finished off the job in style ─ and was quick to share the glory with fellow Aussie Renshaw.
"With the work that Renshaw did today it was hard not to win," said the 24-year-old Goss, who has come into this event on form having won the Bay Crits series and finished second at the national championships road race.
"It's an ideal start, but there's still five stages left in the race."
Greipel quit the HTC-HighRoad team last year in a bid to boost career that has been affected by the dominance of former teammate Mark Cavendish, who filled the role as the team's marquee sprinter.
The German admitted his opening sprint of the season did not quite go as planned.
"With around 400 meters to go I got a little bit boxed in, so I had to start my sprint early," he said.
"Then Gossy came up" beside him "and so I had to relaunch my sprint again."
"Goss is the strongest guy here so far," Greipel noted. "But this was a good warm-up and finishing second is a good confidence boost for me and the team."
In Sunday's criterium McEwen impressed with a third place finish having had to relaunch his sprint from scratch after being caught behind the leaders following a late crash.
Despite being caught out by several sprint trains Tuesday, the Queenslander showed he should be one to be reckoned with this week.
South African teammate Robbie Hunter helped McEwen plug a gap during the hectic finale, but when it came to the final effort the Aussie had little left to give.
"I lost position a little bit but coming into the last kilometer Robbie Hunter did a tremendous job to bring me back to the front. We must have passed 50 guys to come back onto third wheel," said McEwen.
"But when you come from that far you eventually get in position but you're legless, and I actually didn't have much left in the sprint at all."


text:
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install pathological
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
pathological pathological-music
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 6544kB of archives.
After unpacking 13.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe pathological-music 2 [5720kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe pathological 1.1.3-8ubuntu1 [824kB]
Fetched 6544kB in 1m41s (64.3kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package pathological-music.
(Reading database … 125404 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking pathological-music (from …/pathological-music_2_all.deb) …
Selecting previously deselected package pathological.
Unpacking pathological (from …/pathological_1.1.3-8ubuntu1_all.deb) …
Setting up pathological-music (2) …
Setting up pathological (1.1.3-8ubuntu1) …
How to play?
Open Applications > Games > pathological
It's same like Tetris, there is no end unless you lose. In the screen below is for the beginner. The Blue line on the left is your time. It will continuously decrease until you can combine four balls with same color. The balls on the top track will move from right to left and go back to the right.
So, the idea is to put 4 balls with the same color in the 4 holesbase. It's difficult to do it on the top 4 holes because the balls have different color on the queue. But, you can do it through 4 holes-bottom.
Click the 4 holes base to choose.
Click the selected ball using Left mouse button to drop from Top 4 holes-base to Bottom 4 holes-base. Or Left 4 holes-base to the Right 4holes-base and also the opposite.
To turn the 4 holes-base, just click the 4 holes-base and click Right mouse button to turn it.


text: « All Events This event has passed. Just Sit Recurring event see all December 7 @ 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Join friends and sangha member for a silent 45 minute peer-led sit. Please come five minutes early so we can start on time. Everyone is welcome! Cost: Donation (dana) based. Collection goes to the Center Google Calendar iCal Export Details Date: December 7, 2016 Time: 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Event Categories: Recurring, Regular Events Event Tags:Sitting Organizer Board of Directors Phone: (888) 280 6777 Email: email@example.com Insight Community of the Desert 1111 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Bldg C – 2nd Floor Palm Springs, CA 92264 United States + Google Map (888) 280 67777 Event Navigation « Meditation and Dharma Talk – with Pablo Das Meditation and Dharma Talk – with Beth Mulligan »


text: Date: Mon, 06/26/2006 6/27/2006 TU applauds Sen. Burns? legislation to protect the Rocky Mountain FrontJune 27, 2006 Contact: Dave Stalling, email@example.com, (406) 721-4441, (406) 531-7840 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU applauds Sen. Burns' legislation to protect the Rocky Mountain Front GREAT FALLS—Trout Unlimited on Tuesday praised U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., for introducing legislation that would permanently protect Montana's Rocky Mountain Front and its fish, wildlife and wild places from future oil and gas drilling. "This is great news for anglers and hunters who cherish the Front and the first-rate fishing and hunting found there," said Dave Stalling, field coordinator for Trout Unlimited based in Missoula. "Protecting this special place ensures hunters, anglers and others continued opportunity to fish, hunt and enjoy this spectacularly wild place, and allows them to pass this important part of Montana's heritage down to future generations." The Front is home to strong populations of deer and elk, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. What's more, the Front harbors excellent populations of wild and native trout, including biologically important populations of westslope cutthroat trout, one of Montana's two native cutthroat trout subspecies. "Sen. Burns gave Montana's anglers and hunters a huge gift today," Stalling said. "It now falls on Montanans to help push this legislation through Congress so the senator's vision can become a reality." -30- Date: 6/27/2006


text:
We've all done it – misdialed a phone number. Sometimes you get connected to the wrong person or company. Sometimes the number is not in service. No big deal either way.
But misdial a toll-free number and you could wind up connected to a con artist who wants to sneak a sizeable charge on to your phone bill. It's called "fat-finger dialing" and it's a fairly common phone scam.
"The idea is to charge the consumer who has misdialed for something they did not want and to put that charge on their phone bill with the hope that they won't notice," says Tracy Thomas, an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission.
Anyone can buy a toll-free number for devious purposes. For years, consumer groups and federal regulators have warned about fat-finger dialing schemes involving alternative long-distance services.
Kristin Alexander of Seattle knows how easy it is to get snagged by a fat-finger scammer. On a recent call to a toll-free number, she misdialed on her cell phone by one digit.
"I got this weird message that said I needed to push the star key on my phone and it would send me a text message and there might be charges," Alexander said. "It sounded really strange, so I hung up and redialed. And sure enough, it turned out I had misdialed."
Alexander works for the Washington State Attorney General's office, so she knew to be suspicious. But she worries about others who might follow the recorded instructions and get an unexpected charge on their phone bill.
I made my own call to that number Alexander had accidentally dialed and I got the same recording about a text message. Then I called again on a landline, and got this strange message:
"For a charge of $5.49, please have a pen ready to write down our phone number. You can hang up and dial 10-15-15-8000. That number again is 10-15-15-8000 to speak to our live operators. The number you have dialed has a new national directory assistance service. Please dial 10-15-15-8000. That number again is 10-15-15-8000 for more information on the number you have dialed and be connected to a new national directory assistance service brought to you by Calling 10. Rates exclude an administrative recovery fee. The charge on your phone bill may appear as a call to Directory Assistance to Nevada."
But there's more. Two days after this happened to her, Alexander was contacted by Beth McUne, a case worker in the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. McUne's client had tried to check the balance on his Electronic Benefits Transfer Card (the modern version of food stamps). He incorrectly dialed the toll-free number on the back of the card – again by just one digit – and got another crazy message.
"It told him that he needed to press Y to get a text message because there was new information on the account," McUne says. "He did that and he got a text message telling him that for $9.99 he could check the account for up to 20 times a month."
That's total nonsense. Washington state does not charge people to check the benefits in their accounts. This is a scam.
And get this. I took the toll-free number for the Federal Trade Commission's National Do Not Call Registry and deliberately dialed one wrong digit. Guess what I heard? It was that familiar message telling me to call 10-15-15-8000 for more information.
The company behind 10-15-15-8000
Public records indicated that number belongs to Telseven LLC, a communications company in Ponte Verde Beach, Fla. It runs a nationwide directory assistance service for toll-free numbers. The company also does business as Calling 10 LLC.
In December, the California Public Utilities Commission opened an investigation into Telseven and its affiliated companies.
In its legal papers, the PUC says it was prompted to take this action because of "the large number of complaints lodged" against the companies. "Consumers report finding charges on their bill, typically totaling over $7, for a Directory Assistance service that they universally deny authorizing or using."
The PUC staff says it believes tens of thousands of Californians complained to their phone companies when they found charges from Telseven on their bill. Telseven denies the allegations.
The Utility Commission staff says Telseven controls about one million "defunct" toll-free numbers. They call the company's business model "inherently deceptive" because it capitalizes on people who mistakenly dial toll-free numbers, usually by just one digit.
The Florida Attorney General's Office is also looking into Telseven because numerous consumers have complained they did not authorize the company's charges on their phone bills.
The investigation was opened on allegations concerning unauthorized charges for Telseven's purported directory-assistance services that were allegedly not promptly disclosed to consumers who accidentally reached the company when trying to telephone other companies, says Shannon Knowles in the AG's communications office.
Knowles says the company is cooperating with the investigation.
Telseven says it is a reputable business that provides a "public service." Spokesman John Finotti insists the company is not doing anything wrong, and he is "confident they will resolve all the issues" in both California and Florida.
In its legal response to the Public Utilities Commission in California, Telseven says there is no proof users reach its numbers because they misdialed. And it insists people are told the price before they decide whether to use their directory assistance service.
Telseven says about 95 percent of the people who call a toll-free number and get their message hang up and do not dial the 10-15-15-8000 number. Finotti says this shows that people who do call the number "are making an informed choice to use the service and incur the requisite charge."
Telseven says it has a liberal, no-questions-asked refund policy for anyone who inquires about a charge for its service.
How to fight back?
Be careful when you dial a toll-free number. Listen carefully to the message you get when connected. If in doubt, hang up and redial. You can verify the number for free through various phone directory websites.
If you find a surprise charge on your phone bill (and you should be checking your monthly statement for questionable charges), contact your phone company. If they can't help, file complaints with your state's Public Utilities Commission and Attorney General or Consumer Protection Office. You should also file complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
If there are bad actors out there, we want them stopped.


text:
I am pleased that Pope Francis is serious about his commitment to the poor and hungry. Here is an unedited press release from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization of the Pope's address to that body. This is a faith leader leading by example.
Pope Francis: Starvation in a world of plenty "scandalous"
20 June 2013, Vatican City/Rome, Italy – Pope Francis lauded participants in the 38th FAO Conference for working together against hunger but urged countries to "move beyond indifference" in policies that exclude the most vulnerable and exacerbate hunger and poverty in the world.
"It is a well-known fact that current levels of production are sufficient, yet millions of people are still suffering and dying of starvation. This is truly scandalous," Pope Francis said, during an audience at the Vatican.
The Pope received the delegates, who represented countries from every region of the world, in keeping with a tradition that began 60 years ago. He thanked and encouraged FAO for its work.
Saying the global economic crisis could not "continue to be used as an alibi," the pontiff added, "The crisis will not be completely over until situations and living conditions are examined in terms of the human person and human dignity."
The pope warned that people and their dignity risked "turning into vague abstractions in the face of issues like the use of force, war, malnutrition, marginalization, the violation of basic liberties, and financial speculation, which presently affects the price of food, treating it like any other merchandise and overlooking its primary function."
"There is a need to oppose the shortsighted economic interests and the mentality of power of a relative few who exclude the majority of the world's peoples, generating poverty and marginalization and causing a breakdown in society."
Mohammad Asif Rahimi, Chairperson of the FAO Conference and Afghanistan's Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock was joined by FAO Director-General Josè Graziano da Silva and hundreds of representatives of FAO member countries from every region of the world.
"It was inspiring when His Holiness stated that a way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth in a fair and just manner," Rahimi said.
"FAO, in turn, is counting on the impact that Pope Francis and leaders of all religious faiths can have in mobilizing governments, organizations, companies and communities to take action and defend the right to food of those who are most vulnerable," Rahimi added.
"The fight against hunger must have no color, no religion, no political affiliation. Ending hunger is absolutely necessary if we want a truly sustainable and more secure future. It makes political and economic sense, but morally and ethically, it is also the right thing to do," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva added.
"Two weeks earlier, Pope Francis spoke out against the culture of waste that leads to the loss of 1.3 billion tons of food every year. The pontiff said that it was 'like stealing food from poor people', and he was right. But we are also squandering entire generations of lives to starvation, inadequate nutrition and poor health. And this is hurting us all," the FAO head said.
The FAO Conference is the organization's highest governing body. Delegates represent FAO member countries, which number 194 in all.


text: HOM220 Favored by many electricians Square D stands out as the top rated circuit breaker in its field. Key features include the Trip Window Mechanism which indicates a tripped circuit. Molded Case, Common Trip, Thermal Magnetic, 3 Poles, 120/240 VAC, Type HOM, Phase 1, Poles 2, Voltage 240, Amperage 20, Connection Plug In, [email protected]


text:
Item #: AE0070
All Products
(5 Total)
View by Size:
Getting , please wait.
|Desperately trying to be a male buddy bonding movie, "Bulletproof" fails miserably in every respect. Keats (Wayans) and Moses (Sandler) are an unlikely pair of car thieves with an equally unlikely bond to each other. Turns out Keats is really undercover cop Jack Carter, who is trying to infiltrate a drug cartel via his pal Moses. When the bust goes bad, Carter must bring Moses in unharmed to testify. Meanwhile the two rejuvenate their tainted relationship amid many homoerotic innuendoes. It's an embarrassment all around, especially for ex-Spike Lee cinematographer Dickerson on his first directing outing.
|Directed by:
|Ernest R. Dickerson
|Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan, Kristen Wilson, James Farentino, Bill Nunn, Mark Roberts, Xander Berkeley, Allen Covert, Jeep Swenson, Larry McCoy


text:
Parents of gunman in Oregon school shooting apologize
PORTLAND, Ore. - The parents of a teenager who fatally shot a classmate at an Oregon high school released a statement Friday in which they apologized for their son's actions, and said they never promoted violence or hatred.
Michael Padgett and his ex-wife Kristina said they are at a loss for how and why the shooting occurred. The letter states they taught Jared Padgett and their other children the values of compassion, forgiveness, patience and love in Jesus Christ.
"These were all natural attributes we observed within Jared daily," the statement said. "Knowing that these are the values that we have taught our children, we are horrified and distraught by the actions perpetrated by our son."
The statement was hand-delivered Friday afternoon to KPTV, the FOX affiliate in Portland. It came three days after Jared Padgett, 15, opened fire after arriving at his high school east of Portland heavily armed.
The freshman killed 14-year-old Emilio Hoffman in the boy's locker room and another bullet grazed physical education teacher Todd Rispler. When confronted by officers, Padgett went into a bathroom and died from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
Investigators have yet to reveal a possible motive, and the statement shed no light on what may have led the devout Mormon and aspiring serviceman to become a school shooter.
The parents said they have cooperated with detectives through an interview process that has left them "deeply confused and shocked by the information delivered." The statement did not elaborate.
Included in the letters were apologies to Hoffman's family and friends, Rispler and the community.


text:
OD/PhD in Vision Science
The OD/PhD is a comprehensive program that trains students in translational or patient-based research and is designed to prepare students for faculty positions in academic optometry. Qualified first year OD students at SUNY College of Optometry may apply for admission into the Graduate Program in Vision Science leading to the joint OD/PhD degree. OD students apply to the OD/PhD program during the Fall semester of their 1st year in the Optometry Program. If accepted, they enter the dual degree program in the Spring Semester of their 1st year.
Students follow the optometry curriculum while devoting summers and academic year elective time to graduate seminars and research. The core curriculum requirements provide a comprehensive introduction to vision science, a minimum of five seminars/tutorials in different designated Option List areas, an introduction to statistical methods, and a course in ethics in research. At the end of the second year of the OD program, students work full time towards completing the remainder of the 80 semester credit PhD degree. PhD students must complete an original doctoral dissertation project in basic, translational or clinical vision research. During the laboratory rotations, students develop technical laboratory skills needed for research and gain experience interacting with a variety of researchers in different laboratory settings. PhD students complete a qualifying exam which consists of the submission of a written dissertation proposal followed by the oral defense of the proposal. Successful completion of the dissertation defense is the final requirement of the doctoral degree. Upon completion of all PhD requirements, students return to the OD program as third year optometry students to complete clinical requirements.
Students who are accepted into the OD/PhD program do not pay any additional tuition for the PhD program during the first two years they are enrolled full time in the OD program. When they enter their third year as full-time in the PhD program, students are eligible to receive teaching and research assistantships. As of September 2013, the current graduate assistantship stipend level is $30,000 per year.
Download Graduate Policy Document for a detailed description of the OD/PhD curriculum and requirements:
Requirements for Admission to the OD/PhD in Vision Science
An applicant must have completed the following requirements to be considered for admission to the OD/PhD Program:
- Enrolled as a full-time OD student at SUNY College of Optometry
- Graduate Record Examination (general aptitude tests institutional code 2897) For information on on test locations and dates visit the Educational Testing Service website.
- Three letters of recommendation submitted to the Admissions Office. Letters from past research mentors are optional, but can strengthen your application.
- Applicants should contact the Admissions Office to have any test scores, letters of recommendation, or college transcripts originally provided in their OD program application, transferred to their OD/PhD Program application.
- Applicants must meet with potential advisor(s) to discuss possible research projects prior to applying to the OD/PhD Program. Applicants must list a preferred research advisor and provide a synopsis of a proposed project in their applications.
Important Dates
Students applying for OD/PhD program must first be accepted into the OD program before applying. The deadline for submitting the application to the OD/PhD Program is January 4, 2019.
Click Here to Apply Now to the OD/PhD in Vision Science Program


text:
It was a mellow day for me as I spent less time obsessing over charts and more time getting some much needed projects rolling.
Today the DOW gained 174 points (2.3%) to place it just beneath 8,000, the SPX gained 2.3%, the NDX gained 3.6%, and the RUT raced 4.4%.
Internals were bullish with advancers 4 to 1 over decliners on the NYSE, with 73% of the volume on the upside. Amazing was the number of new lows today which was exactly zero with 10 new highs. The Put/Call finished the day in neutral ground at .92.
The bullish momentum is undeniable, and while I see some very bullish price action in certain areas (like the SOX just broke out), I also know that the fundamentals have not changed, the debt remains and incomes are not capable of supporting it. Just today we learned via John Williams that the total national income fell 7.5% in the 4th quarter. So, total income is falling while debts are zooming and wealth is plunging as a result. It is my belief that too many people are being fooled by Bernanke's printing into believing in the reflation trade – while a trillion plus is a ton of money, it is not comparable to the trillions that have disappeared. So not yet, maybe later – I also remind everyone that we have had three straight months of negative PPI.
And the stuff that's going on in an attempt to reinflate is just insane. Hedge fund ETF's and mutual funds? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This is nothing but an end run around sophisticated investor rules, one that unwitting Americans will pay dearly for. You would think that we would be heading towards less risk and leverage, but that would imply that you really mean what you say and you really don't want to go through this again. That's obviously not the case – they do want to go through it again, they MUST get the credit flowing again.
Now, in regards to the charts, I'm seeing signs that this is possibly done for now or close to done. I think if you are long, you are getting close to overstaying your welcome as we are extremely overbought, divergences are everywhere, and I see some candles that should give you pause. That doesn't mean that we're going down the crapper, it means that we should be close to getting a meaningful retrace. And following the retrace I'm sure we'll probably make another run at it.
Let's take a look at the medium term picture. Here's a busy 6 month chart of the SPX. The Blue downslopping line from September is now crossing right at the 848 pivot. I have a double black line drawn there. There is a TON of volumetric overhead resistance just above where we are now, and the 848 pivot is only 16 points away. While today's candle is not top looking, the SPY and DIA candles are more hammer like:
When I look at the 30 minute SPX, I see what about 19 waves? Lol, this has been quite the run, but it's already run too long for how wide this channel is. The stochastic is very overbought on all timeframes up to weekly:
The NDX 30 minute shows that we threw under the rising wedge and the green channel lines show Doc's bent channel which we nailed the top of at the close. YEA! The NDX is positive for the year – I'm sure those who've been holding have slept well the past 4 months – not:
While the SOX broke out on the P&F, the NDX is right now in an area of resistance as you can see by looking at this 6 month chart. The large red triangle bottom stopped the advance today right in the same area as the last two tops. It is overbought, the RSI is diverging bearishly on the short time frames, and while there's not a hammer on the index, there is on the Q's:
And here are the Q's on a one month daily. The SPY has a similar hammer just under the upper Bollinger on slightly lower volume:
This is a six month view of the Emerging Markets ETF, EEM. Note that it, too, ran up into its old area of resistance and made a top looking candlestick right beneath that level. It's very overbought and the volume is falling. If it does manage to get above that Jan 6th high, that would be bullish indeed:
The DOW daily candle looks very bullish like most of the indices that ignore the opening gap. You can see how the Bollinger is turned up and out of the way. But the stochastic has been overbought for a looooong time, volume has been falling and we are just under the big round 8,000 number and there's a ton of volume overhead as well:
The Transports were on fire today, rising more than 8%. That's just hilarious, sorry to the folks buying here, you are just so wrong from a fundamental perspective. Today's candle did break the 50dma, but it also closed above the upper Bollinger, is just terribly overbought, and as you can see is now back up into overhead. The advance back up was easy while there was no resistance, now we get to see what this run is really made of:
Here's the XLF. Another outside black hammer at the top of the run. It's been a long time since we had the last one that failed to reverse the direction, but if you are a bull, you are fighting the odds if you think that's going to happen twice. Volume is beginning to fall again and there is a fresh sell signal on the daily stochastic. There are also a couple of open gaps beneath us, the first one is just beneath the 50dma down to about the 8.25 area, and the other one is way down near the lows. Most financials have those same gaps:
IYR also has that open gap down near the low. Here's a daily showing an outside hammer on lower volume right in the middle of the megaphone it's been forming over the past couple weeks. On a relative strength basis, IYR has been a laggard. While the CMBX index continues to come in a little, spreads are still in an area associated with extreme levels of stress and high risk:
So, there is a retrace coming. We are running into resistance finally and it could be that this rally is nothing more than a retest of the big pennant – remember that? The target is WAY down there and is still in play until and unless we get back over the top of that pennant. If we were to do that, THEN I will be longer term bullish as that would also make a new high. While this has been quite the rally, it has been a rally of no substance, of nothing but manipulation and of spending taxpayer money that does not exist. Oh and talk, plenty of talk. Rallying against no or little resistance is one thing… and one thing I know is that nothing moves in a straight line, so I'm just sitting back, watching and waiting playing my mellow yellow…
Donovan – Mellow Yellow:
Thursday, March 26, 2009
End of Day 3/26
Posted byAmy Jamison at5:50 PM


text:
Nina Dobrev attended the 2014 People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night (January 8), held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in California.
Our fave 'The Vampire Diaries' girl, and a nominee for the evening's Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress, dazzled in a Jenny Packham Fall 2013 long-sleeve design with a Rauwolf clutch
In the case of this decadent dress, all that glitters was, well, silver. The right side of this black, body-con confection was encased in a shimmering sea of glittery embellishment.
A pair of silver, ankle-strap platform sandals only added to the shine factor, while she edged up all that glitz with a back-braided interpretation of a faux-hawk.
Do you like Nina's mix of high-octane luxe and cool-girl glam?
Credit: Style.com & Getty


text:
Drunk: this collection is made by gluing triple acetate bases and placing the different laser-cut paper inside the bases by hand.
Features: 100% Zeiss Lenses
All Paper&Paper Eyewear frames are handcrafted, providing personality, colour and freshness. They are unique and unrepeatable. In addition, all our frames have a 2-year guarantee against any manufacturing defect.
At Paper&Paper we rely on quality, that is why we incorporate ZEISS lenses with Brand warranty certificate and ZEISS laser marking logo. In addition, these lenses incorporate anti-reflective internal face "GOLD FINISHED" and hardened. The customer will be able to customize each frame with the ZEISS polarized lenses that he chooses.


text:
CARE Right
Committed to ALARA
Enable the Right Dose with best-in-class technology
In order to reduce radiation to the right dose, of course, the first prerequisite is still the appropriate hardware: healthcare institutions need the right technology. Siemens Healthineers has a long tradition of being an innovation leader in CT technology: whether it was the introduction of CARE (Combined Applications to Reduce Exposure) in the 1990s, Dual Source CT in the 2000s, or the Stellar detector in the 2010s, Siemens Healthineers has continuously been one step ahead. Therefore, it was a logical consequence that Siemens Healthineers was named "the low dose leader to catch" when its SOMATOM® Definition Flash won the 2011 Best in KLAS award.1 Overall, this was due to the fact that Siemens Healthineers offers a comprehensive and innovative portfolio of unique dose reduction features.
Focus on the individual patient and examination
In order to achieve the right dose for a patient, there are three important factors to consider: the size and stature of the patient, the type of examination, and the applied radiation dose. With Siemens Healthineers' technology, all of these aspects can be addressed:
The Tin Filter cuts out lower energies to reduce dose and optimize image quality at the interface between soft tissue and air. This has direct benefits in lung and colon imaging, for example.
ADMIRE (Advanced Modeled Iterative Reconstruction) is an advanced iterative image reconstruction algorithm that achieves higher resolution at organ borders and improved delineation of edges.² One advantage of this is that it may potentially allow clinicians to better localize lesions. Fast reconstruction times also mean that ADMIRE can smoothly integrate into daily clinical routines.
SAFIRE (Sinogram Affirmed Iterative Reconstruction) is a unique image reconstruction algorithm that reduces noise³ without affecting image quality or detail visualization. It does this by introducing multiple iteration steps into the raw data during the reconstruction process.
CARE Dose4D™ achieves significant dose reductions with automated dose modulation for individual patient size and shape while producing optimal image quality.
CARE kV offers an automated dose-optimized selection of the X-ray tube voltage (kV) depending on the selected type of examination. It is the industry's first tool that automatically determines the appropriate kV and scan parameter settings to help deliver the right dose for a particular scan and the user defined image quality.
Low kV
One of the main parameters of a scan protocol is the tube voltage, kV. The SOMATOM scanners offers different kV values from 70 to 150 kV depending on the scanner type. The tube voltage is an important parameter that has an impact on radiation dose and image impression.
Adaptive Dose Shield
In spiral CT, it is routine to do an extra half-rotation of the gantry before and after each scan, even though only part of the acquired data is necessary for the image reconstruction. The Adaptive Dose Shield, a technology based on precise, fast, and independent movement of both collimator blades asymmetrically opens and closes at the beginning and end of each spiral scan, temporarily blocking those parts of the X-ray beam that are not used for image reconstruction. As a result, only the targeted tissue is irradiated.
1KLAS "CT 2011: Focused On Dose" report, 11/2011
Best in KLAS and Leader in the CT 64-slice and above category
"Best in KLAS Awards Medical Equipment and Infrastructure" report, June 2012
www.KLASresearch.com | © 2011 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.
2Image quality as defined by low contrast detectability using a model observer method for evaluation. Equivalent low contrast detectability can be achieved with 80% to 85% less dose using ADMIRE at highest strength level for thin (0.6 mm) reconstruction slices in measured and simulated body and head phantoms for low contrast objects with different contrasts. See ADMIRE data sheet for further information.
In clinical practice, the use of ADMIRE may reduce CT patient dose depending on the clinical task, patient size, anatomical location, and clinical practice. A consultation with a radiologist and a physicist should be made to determine the appropriate dose to obtain diagnostic image quality for the particular clinical task.
3In clinical practice, the use of SAFIRE may reduce CT patient dose depending on the clinical task, patient size, anatomical location, and clinical practice. A consultation with a radiologist and a physicist should be made to determine the appropriate dose to obtain diagnostic image quality for the particular clinical task. The following test method was used to determine a 54 to 60% dose reduction when using the SAFIRE reconstruction software. Noise, CT numbers, homogeneity, low-contrast resolution and high contrast resolution were assessed in a Gammex 438 phantom. Low dose data reconstructed with SAFIRE showed the same image quality compared to full dose data based on this test. Data on file.