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- Josh Mathews is backstage with new World Heavyweight Champion Big Show. Show says he is at the pinnacle of his career. He dares anyone in WWE to try and take the title from him.
- Matt Striker is backstage and we see Sheamus being tended to by WWE trainers in the background.
- We get a promo video for tonight's main event and see the Cell being lowered around the ring.
Hell In a Cell for the WWE Title: Ryback vs. CM Punk
Out first comes WWE Champion CM Punk with Paul Heyman right behind him. Punk shakes hands and embraces Heyman before entering the Cell. Out next comes the #1 contender Ryback to a big pop.
Ryback enters the Cell and we get official ring introductions from Justin Roberts. Ryback is introduced to a big pop and the crowd chants "feed me more." The door to the Cell is chained and locked as we get ready to go. Punk goes to the floor and stalls to start the match. Punk dodges Ryback a few times and goes to the floor. Punk manages to get one chop in from the corner but Ryback finally gets his hands on him after Punk's stalling. Ryback lifts Punk up and throws him into the ropes. Ryback with a big boot to the face. Ryback slams Punk's head on the mat now. Ryback whips Punk hard into the corner and he goes down. Ryback runs into a boot in the corner but tosses Punk across the ring. Ryback clotheslines Punk out onto the floor.
Punk tries to get out of the door but Ryback comes over and throws him into the steel. Ryback works Punk over. Punk ends up crawling under the ring. Heyman screams at Ryback. Ryback turns around and Punk sprays him with a fire extinguisher from under the ring. Punk comes up from under the ring and tackles Ryback into the Cell. Punk with knees to the gut now. Punk grabs a steel chair but Ryback kicks it into his face. Ryback throws the chair into the Cell. Ryback lifts Punk up high and throws him back in the ring. Ryback follows and lifts Punk up high again. Ryback drops Punk on his face and gets the crowd to chanting again.
Punk ducks a shot and turns it around. Punk comes in off the top and takes Ryback down. Punk goes back to the top and barely connects on the way down. Punk goes back to the top and takes Ryback to one knee. Punk goes to the top again but Ryback catches him and rams him back into the corner. Ryback with shoulder thrusts. Punk comes back with a kick to the face and both go down. Punk leaps out to the floor but Ryback doesn't go down and Punk hits the Cell. Punk with a neckbreaker on the floor but Ryback gets up. Punk goes on and Ryback blocks another neckbreaker. Punk gets caught but slides out of a hold. Punk sends Ryback shoulder first into the steel steps. Heyman cheers Punk on from outside of the Cell.
Back in the ring and Punk is on Ryback's back. Ryback powers up and out, sending Punk to the mat. Ryback with a spear in the corner but Punk moves. Punk with the high knee in the corner and a clothesline. Punk goes back to the top and nails the elbow drop. Punk goes back under the ring and brings out a kendo stick. Punk hits Ryback several times with the stick. Ryback gets up anyway and takes the shots. Ryback grabs the kendo stick and throws it away. Punk looks shocked. Ryback takes advantage and slams Punk hard. The crowd chants for Ryback. Ryback nails the big clothesline and calls for Shell Shocked. He scoops Punk up but the referee stops him. The referee low blows Ryback. Punk rolls Ryback up and the referee makes a quick 3 count to end the match.
Winner: CM Punk
- After the match, Punk and the referee try to leave the Cell but the cage is locked. Another referee is having trouble getting it open. Ryback comes out and lays the referee out on the floor. Ryback grabs Punk and throws him into the Cell wall. Ryback goes back to the referee and tosses him into the Cell wall. This is the same referee who got involved with Punk on RAW weeks ago. Ryback rolls the referee into the ring and runs him over with a clothesline. Ryback presses the referee high and throws him out of the ring and into the Cell wall. Heyman finally gets the Cell open and drags Punk out. Ryback stops him and Heyman runs away. Ryback whips Punk into the Cell but Punk leaps onto it and climbs to the very top of the Cell. Ryback climbs up after him. Ryback catches Punk on top of the Cell and lifts him for Shell Shocked. Ryback nails Shell Shocked on top of the Cell. Ryback pulls his straps down and stands tall on the Cell. The fans chant "feed me more." We go to replays. Hell In a Cell goes off the air with Ryback putting his foot down on Punk's chest on the top of the Cell.

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text: Hmmm...ok, maybe yesterday was too nice! Today was quite the opposite! Will and Laura were keen for more and we had David along. David is on the final 10 of his Munro campaign and he wanted to join up on Am Basteir and Sgurr nan Gillean, as his previous attempt was unsuccessful. It was constant rain today and cloud down to 300m. A stark contrast to what Laura and will had yesterday but a very memorable experience. We succeeded in our summit pushes and David bagged 2 more Munro's, Will and Laura explored more of Skye and got to grips with wet scrambling and I had my work cut out keeping everyone moving and keeping them warm. A good challenging day washed down with a coffee, a Talisker and a beer in the Slig! No photos today


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For 10 years we have worked together with Drs. Andrew Wilson and Darrell Kotton as the "KIWi" group, merging our finances, facilities, and group meetings to accomplish our shared mission of regenerating lung and other endodermal lineages. You can find more information on the KIWi group here
Lung & Thyroid Progenitor Biology
A longstanding interest of our lab is understanding the biology of lung and thyroid primordial progenitors, i.e. the initial cells to adopt a lung or thyroid fate within the foregut endoderm. We have been using both in vivo (mouse) and in vitro iPSC/ESC-based systems to gain a mechanistic understanding of the progenitor specification and early patterning. We are currently delving into the questions of progenitor heterogeneity and bistability in cell fate decisions and their functional implications for the development of efficient and robust directed differentiation protocols. We take a truly multidisciplinary approach to these studies by collaborating with developmental biologists (Bob Varelas, Biochemistry), scientist-clinicians (Darrell Kotton, CReM), bioengineers (Wilson Wong, BME), physicists (Pankaj Mehta, Physics) and bioinformaticians (Paul Blainey, Broad Institute).
Biomechanical Determinants of Lung & Thyroid Development
Another area of interest is the role of biomechanical determinants such as elastic modulus and extracellular matrix composition on lung and thyroid cell specification and differentiation. To tackle this problem, we employ a variety of approaches such as measurement of the biomechanical properties of the developing lung, use of medium throughput screens for discovery of appropriate biomechanical cues and 3D bioprinting for the manufacturing of lung/thyroid tissue-like constructs. There are ongoing collaborations in this area with Joyce Wong and Bela Suki (BME), Gustavo Mostoslavsky (CReM) and Bob Varelas (Biochemistry).
Bioprocessing of Endodermal Lineages
An area under development is the use of benchtop bioreactors for the transition to suspension culture of the KIWi group directed differentiation protocols. As the derivation of clinically relevant cell types, such as thyrocytes and Type II alveolar epithelial cells, is becoming more efficient, potential applications such as PSC-based disease modeling and high throughput screening of small molecule effectors of differentiation are within reach. Therefore, we plan to develop bioprocessing approaches that will provide the large quantities of functional cells needed for these applications.


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Get Out, a savvy, unpredictable comic-horror film written and directed by actor and comedian Jordan Peele of Key and Peele fame, opens on a stately suburban neighborhood at night, where a young black man is walking to a house, feeling disoriented in an ostensibly white neighborhood. Cinematically speaking, of course, this neighborhood feels familiar, as though Peele had found and recaptured the same shooting locations of John Carpenter's Halloween, a film which subverts the cozy banality of suburbia and turns it into a venue for nightmares: the big houses and the maze-like streets lined with tall, massive trees. Carpenter introduced the Boogeyman into this otherwise safe place as a dangerous outside force disturbing the peace; in Get Out, the Boogeyman isn't a stranger, but a resident, and the silence isn't the presence of peace, maybe just the absence of life.
Jordan Peele possesses a keen understanding for how the horror genre works, and his nods to John Carpenter continue in this scene as an ominous (white) car sidles up next to the unsuspecting young man, and we know, instantly, that the driver of this car is a threat. "Not tonight," the young man keeps saying, feeling nervous and instinctively expecting trouble, and redirecting himself, away from the car. But it's already too late. The director's use of visual trickery, not to mention his talent for building suspense, give us a pleasurably tingly feeling. Thrillers work best when we feel we're in the hands of a capable filmmaker, and with Get Out, Jordan Peele proves himself more than capable.
In an era when the horror genre seems mostly exhausted (sidetracked by countless demon possession thrillers and mostly forgettable remakes and reinventions), Jordan Peele has fashioned something unique: a racially tense thriller where the black guy is the victim-hero, a reinvention of the Jamie Lee Curtis character in Halloween. Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, giving a fine, perfectly measured performance), a Brooklyn photographer, has been dating Rose (Allison Williams), a rather typical, boring-ass white girl, for five months.
Nothing captures whiteness quite like the image of Rose, sitting in her bedroom, eating dry Fruit Loops in a bowl and drinking a tall glass of milk through a straw as "I've Had the Time of My Life" blasts from her earbuds and she looks up pictures of shirtless, musclebound black men on Bing (!). We may be wondering what Chris sees in Rose, until an incident with a police officer, who clearly exhibits hostility toward Chris, reassures us: Rose stands up for her man, and the policeman backs down. And now they're off to the country to meet Rose's family. But it's clear from almost the moment Chris steps foot inside their secluded, perfectly manicured brick house that Mom and Dad (played by Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford with a chilling degree of restrained hostility) are shifty, that Rose has misjudged them when she assures Chris that "they are not racist." After all, they voted for Obama: the new white proof against prejudice.
The parents are well-educated professionals: Mom is a shrink who specializes in hypnosis, and Dad is a neurosurgeon. But these learned white liberals, it turns out, are just as scary as any blue-collar white conservatives. Mr. and Mrs. Armitage have invited a bunch of old (and I do mean old) friends over for the evening, and these guests exhibit a creepy fascination with Chris: one old man asks him about his golf swing and waxes on about his love of Tiger Woods; one woman grips Chris's bicep, gushing over his muscles. Another lady, standing beside her frail, oxygen-tank-carrying husband, asks an embarrassed Rose: "Is it true? Is it better?" (Meaning, the stereotype about black men in the bedroom.) Chris is a specimen, the embodiment of white fantasies of blackness, whether it's the thrill of being ravaged by a "black beast" or the lust after his perceived physical and athletic superiority.
The Armitages have a pair of black servants: Walter and Georgina (played by Marcus Henderson and Betty Gabriel), and they are the Black Stepford wives, creepily cheerful and uptight, and about as formal in their speech as the Queen of England. Both Georgina and Walter walk around as if in a fog: she keeps house, he tends to the grounds, and they serve their "masters" with the utmost devotion, unless something upsets them, like when a tear rolls down Georgina's cheek, and we know, although we cannot quite put our finger on it, that something has control of her, that the real Georgina has been captured and locked away, screaming and crying out, but unable to communicate the terrifying truth.
The same is true of Logan (LaKeith Stanfield), the only other black guest at the party, who's the apparent husband of a white woman more than twice his age. Logan dresses and talks and walks like a prep school kid turned law student, studying for the bar in between bouts of pleasuring his lustful white cougar-woman. But when Chris snaps Logan's picture, the flash of his phone triggers a violent, frantic outburst: Logan rushes at Chris with his arms outreached in agony, pleading with him to leave. Again it feels like the real "Logan" has been a prisoner all this time, momentarily freed, it seems, by the flash of a camera.
Peele uses all kinds of smart visuals and sounds to make us jump, and to paint suggestions in our minds: the flash of the camera, the sound of Catherine Keener clinking her teacup with a spoon (which puts Chris into a trance), the close-up shot of Georgina, a harried battle raging inside her mind between her true self and the brainwashed/hypnotized self: tears stream down her face as she locks into a smile, repeating "No. No. No." But Peele doesn't give in by explaining everything away. He's planted enough clues, and plotted Get Out so masterfully, that exposition is basically unnecessary, and that's the mark of a good director.
The premise behind Peele's film is a canny metaphor for how white people have taken everything from black people. During their drive to the house in the country, a deer jumps in front of their car. After they have investigated the damage to Rose's vehicle, Chris stares forlornly at the dying creature as it utters haunting cries. Right then, we know that this deer is Chris. Later, when he's being held prisoner inside a wood-paneled game room with a retro television set, Chris stares at the glassy-eyed head of a buck mounted on the wall. That's what Chris is to these people: a creature to be conquered, an assortment of valuable abilities and strengths to be harnessed, a commodity to be fetishized.
With Lil Rel Howery, who provides comic relief (and good advice, like the title phrase) as Rod, Chris's best friend, and a TSA employee; also featuring Caleb Landry Jones and Stephen Root. Written by the director.


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Households increased their debt load in the third quarter by the largest amount since early 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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U.S. households took on more debt in the third quarter than since the bubble days of early 2008, and late payments continued to decline, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a new report.
With the housing market recovering and other types of consumer debt rising, "it appears that households have crossed a turning point" away from post-recession austerity, New York Fed economist Donghoon Lee said in a statement.Household debt was up 1.1 percent in the quarter that ended Sept. 30, the strongest quarterly advance since the first quarter of 2008, according to the New York Fed's latest Household Debt and Credit report, released Thursday morning. Outstanding debt for housing, student loans, autos and credit cards reached $11.28 trillion, about 11 percent below its pre-crisis peak five years ago.
The growth came without putting a strain on household finances, as delinquencies continued to improve. Loan balances overdue 90-plus days fell to 5.3 percent of total debt, the lowest delinquency rate since the third quarter of 2008.
Taking on more debt may not sound like a positive, but in a weak economy with low inflation, economists take it as a good sign. Households with both the financial strength and economic confidence to borrow more — and spend more — will spur production and job creation, putting to work more of the 11 million people still unemployed.
"There are definitely signs that consumers are a little more willing to borrow and lenders a little more willing to lend," said Scott Hoyt, senior director of consumer economics at Moody's Analytics. But calling it a turning point "might be overstating things a bit." With mortgages making up the bulk of household debt, he noted, the gradual decline in home foreclosures is bolstering household loan balances.
Where the debt is
The third quarter marked the first "substantial increase" in household debt since Americans began reducing their overall debt load in 2008, according to the report. The Fed's look at household balance sheets, drawn from about 40 million individuals' credit reports, said:
- Credit card debt showed a relatively weak rise of $4 billion during the quarter, about one-half of 1 percent. Ninety-day delinquencies continued to improve, falling to 9.4 percent of overall balances from 10 percent.
- Student loan debt gained $33 billion or about 3.3 percent, and the delinquency rate increased, reaching 11.8 percent of loans.
- Auto loans outstanding surged $31 billion, about 3.8 percent, for their tenth-straight quarterly rise as new loans continued to increase. Delinquencies declined somewhat, reaching 3.4 percent.
- Home mortgages were up less than 1 percent as the pace of new loans fell slightly and foreclosures continued to take a bite out of the total. However, the rate of homes going into foreclosure declined to levels last seen in 2005.
- Home equity loans were the only component of household debt to decline, falling about 1 percent.
The report painted a somewhat different picture of card debt than the Federal Reserve Board's monthly report on consumer credit, which said revolving debt — chiefly made up of credit card debt — fell for the fourth straight month in September. Unlike the New York Fed's analysis, the monthly G.19 numbers are adjusted for seasonal fluctuations, factoring out expected increases or decreases. Banks bitten by card charge-offs during the recession are more willing to make auto loans than unsecured card loans to subprime borrowers.
The number of credit card accounts rose to 391 million, from 389 million in the previous quarter, the New York Fed said. The average consumer credit score declined slightly, to 695 from 697. The proportion of consumers with a debt in collection fell to 13.8 percent, from 14.6 percent, although the average amount rose by $49, to $1,458.
Other sources point to credit cards' regaining popularity, at least as a way of making new purchases. Credit cards stopped losing ground to debit cards at the cash register in 2012 for the first time in more than 20 years, the Nilson Report announced earlier this week. Credit cards accounted for 52.8 percent of card spending in 2012, versus about 47.2 percent for debit cards, the newsletter said.
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Have to write this in English. It is too complicated, trying to write in Swedish on a PC without Swedish caracters. Besides that, a pc that writes z when I hit the y-button (!).
Well, it is a little frustrating to be allmost of line when big things happen. At home, in Sundsvall, a big water leak is big news and generats alltime high in the webb trafic for ST.nu.
But what is that compared to the flooding here in Warsaw, where I spend this week. The river is almost 8 meters abowe normal water level, and still going up even more. All kinds of resque teams and voluntars try to keep the water out of the areas down town that are built below water level.
And here I am, some miles outside down town, on a slow 3G modem. I wish I was by the riverside blogging about the heroic work they do, trying to save the town from a real disaster. I might try to get there by the weekend to follow what happens.


text: bhelgeson 0 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 This morning after days of this unit running the bonded network connection was dead. The console was live. All services seemed to be running in top however the network services were dead. How does one restart network in this build. And any idea why this would happen? A reboot brought the network and NAS live again. Thanks, Bill Link to post Share on other sites


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We took up the challenge to go Bundelkhand because of our very strong feelings to do something for Bundelkhand cows which are native breed of that area and suffering very much due to neglect of farmers who earlier kept them like their mother. This made us to leave our comfort zone in NCR and move ahead.
Though we were aware of the situation of cows in Bundelkhand but did not do anything till February 2017. One day in February 2017 we saw a video captured by Abhinav (received by us on Whatsapp) of a village Basauth in Mahoba Bundelkhand. The video showed how cows were confined by villagers at a small place to protect their crops. Arrangement of fodder and water was very poor. So many cows died of hunger and thirst and their skeletons were scattered there. we could not sleep that night after seeing the video and decided to do something to help out the situation.
We discussed the matter with Mr Ravi Shukla of village Terha over phone and got to know that situation of cows was same in almost all villages including Terha. We selected village Terha as start point of our action there. Before going to Terha we tried to pursue number of rich persons for them to take up a program for protecting these cows. We wanted to work in helping mode. But we could not convince them despite they were paying lot of money to Gaushalas. Then we tried to contact one of the best Gaushala, Mataji Gaushala Barsana for taking up some program there as they already manage Gaushala of around 45000 gauvansh and we told to provide full support to the best of our capability. But as most of the devotees there were not in favor to leave Braj Dham, we could not take their team with us.
Support from society for this program was mandatory for us as alone we were nothing seeing the volume of activities there. Therefore we started 'own a cow' program and again Lord Krishna made us realized that how he helps. Within 3-4 days we got 30 owner of cows including us. This boosted our confidence and finally we left alone for Bundelkhand journey with team of 4 persons. We reached Terha at 4pm on 11th March 2017. With help of Sh Ravi Shukla we organised two meetings with villagers of village Terha (morning 10 am) and village Para Raipura (Afternoon 4pm) on 12th March 2017.
We went there with aim to motivate villagers to create one Gaushala of their own in their village, as we believed that 10000 villagers of a village can keep 200-300 gauvansh if they join hands. That was the main focus of our programs held at Sri Ram Janki temple Terha Hamirpur and at government school of village Para Raipura Hamirpur. We adopted 30 cows in Para Raipura from a place where farmers confined more than hundred cows to protect their crops.
Initial responses from villagers of both villages were positive but finally villagers developed differences with each other and program of creating Gaushala by villagers could not be started. We thought that we will easily get farmer for 30 cows by paying them Rs 1100 per month which will be funded by our 'own a cow' program. But things are never easy, getting a farmer who really loves cow was not that easy as we expected. After discussing with them how they take cow we found most of them not suitable for this assignment. we afraid that these farmers may not take care of cows as we want.
As we were accountable for our 30 supporters so were very careful in farmer selection. We could identify only 6 farmers in last one month and thus could connect six donors under 'own a cow' program with them. We are providing latest photos of cows to the donors every 10th day so that who has arranged feed for his cow may know how his cow is being kept by farmer. We will also facilitate visits to village if someone want to see his cow.
As injured cows are large in number there (due to use of razor wire as fence in field), we decided to start treatment of few cows at a time. Due to our limitations of funds/ resources going for large facility was not possible. We are sharing photos of treatment of Gaumatas in this website to show that program is on and running and can be made bigger if more hands join. We are happy that at least few cows are being served by us.
Sh Ravi Shukla is managing our both programs e.g. searching a suitable farmer for 'own a cow' program and treatment of cows at village Terha.
Next question came where to keep the cured cows as it was very painful to release them once again to the same place from where we brought them. To our surprise we we could not get taker of one of our Gaumata whom we wanted to hand over to a farmer under 'own a cow' program.
During our treatment we and mother cow both developed bond for each other. Earlier during treatment they were very aggressive but gradually they started reciprocating and became very affectionate. When we released one of the cured cow, after 10 days of treatment, she visited 3-4 times to our facility and we knew she wanted to stay with us but we did not have place to keep her? This led for thought to create a facility to keep the cured cows with us.
We got 1.2 Acre land at village Kandhauli so we started a project of constructing Gaushala. We appointed a part time manager Sh Sharad Dixit for construction and management of Gaushala. He opted not to marry so that he may lead undisturbed devotional life. In addition, he is an ardent cow lover. He is primarily busy in his devotional activities and accepted this responsibility on our request. We will pay him a very nominal amount per month. When we emphasized on him to accept suitable remuneration for his service, he requested us to fund the Bhagvat Katha program conducted at village Kandhauli on occasion of Maha Shiv Ratri every year till he is managing our activities. That we happily accepted.
Currently we are managing activities there over phone (we speak team there several time a day to understand and provide suitable resolution of problem if any). Also, once in 15 days we visit there for 2-3 days. To keep transparency we have told the team there to share photos and other details on regular basis. Same we keep on posting to social media.
Additionally, we are in touch with Mr Amit Sharma of Chattarpur Madhya Pradesh. Our next project will be working at Adivasi areas near Chitrakoot dham.
We want to submit here to all of you to consider this program to be your program. We are just like you and among you who with courage given by Lord took initiative in Bundelkhand. The activities are too much and we are very less in number. If you also come forward, visit Bundelkhand, see how the program can be made better, help in collecting funds, help in keeping records of income/ expenses, monitor the construction activities, monitor the treatment facility, help in expansion of treatment facility, motivate villagers to go for Gau Adharit farming, motivate villagers creating their own gaushalas so on. This small endeavour will become movement. It's not an individual's mission. This mission belongs to society as whole.


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NEW YORK CITY (BP) — At the end of 2015, two human rights commissions — in New York City and Washington state — enacted new rules that could be precedent-setting for the gender battle across the nation, including giving people the right to use whichever locker rooms and bathrooms they choose.
The New York City Commission on Human Rights issued guidelines Dec. 21 to clarify what "constitutes gender identity and gender-expression discrimination" under the city's 2002 Human Rights Law. The new policy addresses discrimination in the areas of employment, public accommodation and housing.
The guidelines offer several definitions that categorize people according to their self-defined sexual identity, including transgender, gender nonconforming and intersex.
The rules list examples of what the commission considers discriminatory such as repeated failure to use an individual's preferred name or pronoun.
Employers also are forbidden from requiring different male and female dress codes and grooming standards. Companies with male and female uniforms must allow workers to pick which uniform they wear. In addition, companies' health care benefits must now cover "transgender care" the commission considers "medically necessary" and "life-saving" such as hormone-replacement therapy, voice training and surgery.
Finally, because requiring proof of transgender status is illegal, the rules effectively authorize anyone to utilize any single-sex program or facility of his or her choice, from battered women's shelters to public locker rooms.
Meanwhile, as of Dec. 26, a new rule created by the Washington State Human Rights Commission requires buildings open to the public to allow transgender people to use restrooms and locker rooms of the gender with which they identify.
In both Washington and New York City, concerns abound over bathroom safety and privacy in wake of the transgender policies enacted last month by unelected officials.
In Washington, lawmakers are already drafting bills to counter the new rules, accusing the state of overstepping its authority when it circumvented the legislature on such a major policy change.


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Aug 8 (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog on Thursday raised concerns about Canadian dairy firm Saputo Inc's acquisition of the Australian cheese business of Japan's Kirin Holdings.
"We are concerned that combining these two operators may lead to Tasmanian dairy farmers being paid lower prices for their raw milk," Australia Competition & Consumer Commission Deputy Chair Mick Keogh said in a statement.
In April, Saputo announced the A$280 million ($189 million) acquisition of the specialty cheese business of Lion Dairy & Drinks, a unit of Kirin Holdings.
$1 = 1.4793 Australian dollars Reporting by Syed Saif Hussain Naqvi in Bengaluru; editing by Richard Pullin
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|For Immediate Release
Janurary 28, 2013
Manassas, VA – Focus on the Family will receive the 2013 NRB Media Award for Best Use of Social Media on Tuesday, March 5, at the NRB 2013 Convention & Exposition.
The NRB Best Use of Social Media Award is presented each year to a Christian radio station, television station, ministry or other Christian organization that, through strategic planning, has effectively used the technology of social media for promotion of a product, service, or group, thereby fulfilling the mission of the organization. This year, the judges named Focus on the Family the winner of the award for its "Today I Will" campaign.
"For nearly four decades, Focus on the Family has been dedicated to helping families thrive by providing excellent assistance and resources," noted NRB President & CEO Dr. Frank Wright. "In encouraging families to be intentional about building stronger bonds 'one moment at a time,' the ministry is impacting families for generations."
"Today I Will" was a creative and strategic campaign to touch on the felt needs of parents and families as they launched back into a new school year. The main message of the campaign is that the strongest families are built one moment at a time. Small, everyday decisions add up, and Focus on the Family is here to help parents and families get started.
The ministry effectively promoted the "Today I Will" campaign by utilizing social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest to get people to go to the landing page, engage with content, and download an interactive PDF. They also created a Facebook app that gave users the ability to place a "Today, I Will" sticker on their photo and post it on their wall.
About NRB The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) is a non-partisan, international association of Christian communicators whose member organizations represent millions of listeners, viewers, and readers. Our mission is to advance biblical truth; to promote media excellence; and to defend free speech. In addition to promoting standards of excellence, integrity, and accountability, NRB provides networking, educational, ministry, and fellowship opportunities for its members. Learn more at www.nrb.org.
About the NRB Convention The annual NRB Convention & Exposition is the largest nationally and internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assist those in the field of Christian communications. The dynamic Exposition consists of around 200 companies and is an active marketplace for those seeking tools and services to expand their organizations. NRB 2013 will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN, March 2-5, 2013. For more information, go to www.nrbconvention.org.
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Why did I resign in the 3rd round despite leading by 15 points?
Because I am an idiot…
The end was not broadcasted because the scribe got lost, and kibitzers were confused. So here is the supplement for the kifu:
Up to 233, I got the last point on the board that does not involve a ko.
Meanwhile, White took my liberties one by one with sensible endgame moves.
White threw in at 234 where Black connected with 236.
239 was the losing move. (Black would still win by giving up the tail.)
Actually, 241 was another losing move. (If Black had played at 242 instead, Black would still have won, by 1,5.)
What White was doing didn't seem to work because 251 puts those five stones directly in atari.
I realised the self-atari now (too late) and saved him the trouble of taking those stones off the board and played 251 here instead.
But Black is still dead:S
Fortunately this blunder only cost at most 80€ and around 11 rating. I hope my karma (from the European Championship) is finally clean~


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I'm just now testing out External Access in Team and am confused by a portion of the flow. I would think it would confuse end users as well.
1. An internal user invites an external user into a Team.
2. External user gets invitation to Teams.
3. External user clicks on link to Teams.
4. External user is asked to create an account (I'm assuming this is creating a Microsoft account).
5. External user creates the account and is redirected back to the correct Team. OK all works well there although I'm not sure what happens when an external user already has a Microsoft account. There didn't appear to be a log in for that.
6. External user closes out of Teams.
7. Later external user wants to log back into Teams. They are challenged to log in and select either a work/school account or personal account. I had assumed the user created a personal account in step 4, however this does not work. The external user had to select work/school account in order to be able to log in.
Is this correct in how things should work? It's not at all clear in step 4 that I'm actually creating something other than a Microsoft account and there is really no indicator that they should select work/school when attempting to log in later. I would have assumed you select personal account, but was obviously wrong.
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I just tried with an account that I knew already had a Microsoft account created. When that external user received the invitation they were not asked to create a new account (makes sense). Then they were asked to select work/school or personal. This time I selected personal and it logged the user in.
So what is happening in the scenario where the external user does not already have a Microsoft account. What is getting created?
That kinda matches a known issue described in the neighbor thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Issues-with-Guest-Access-inviting-other-365-u...
So what is happening in the scenario where the external user does not already have a Microsoft account. What is getting created?
A Microsoft Account is created linked to their existing email address.
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The issue is, the e-mail you invited the guest to, they have both a personal and office 365 account with the same e-mail address. When that is the case you will be prompted for work or school account selection, otherwise you just get the single type your login box and enter a password as the login now knows which the address is associated with. When a duplicate exists then they need to either
A. create a new one, which will create a MSA (Microsoft Account, personal). or
B. Change their existing personal MSA login to a different e-mail address. Refer to managing aliases for Microsoft account here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12407/microsoft-account-manage-aliases which you then set a new primary alias and remove the one that has a work account associated with it.
It's been causing guest issues as well for me with some of my users inviting people and starting to run into this more and more.
I'm not sure how that's possible as the email accounts I'm sending to are gmail accounts, which certainly do not have Office 365 accounts registered under the same email. I have used them for prior testing so they may show up as guest users in my own tenant. Would that cause the same type of behavior do you suppose?
External access is such powerful feature, but such a pain to support.


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'Jack's Ghost EP' comes from the young Manifesto; a threesome of Dundalk natives with a whole host of accolades for their youth and musical promise.
Right from the off, they deserve their credentials. The opener Yellow (But Not Really) shows some mighty promise. Not unlike a My Bloody Valentine before the buckling grind of adult life sets in, or a Tim Wheeler on a sugar high, it shows a host of positives; inventive variety, clever choices, good production and a whopping chorus.
On the flip side, this is where the first flags of warning appear; the vocals do well to keep the right side of the Placebo 'whining-line', which doesn't last long.
Get Along fits in better with some of their more melodramatic 'chugga-chugga' pop punk influences and comes across as more formulaic and by-the-book than track one. Lacking the punchy simplicity – or imagination – of the Undertones via Green Day, the lads instead veer towards flashy playing which often comes across as one small step beyond them.
The third track is Can't Sleep, and it suggests the three-piece knows their audience; the memorable and participant-welcoming chant-chorus is sure to get them favour with their similar-aged fanbase, and it is this and a pleasantly dirty guitar tone that saves what could ultimately be a forgettable song. By this stage it's clear that Yellow… might be more of an anomaly than a chosen deviation, which is a shame.
That said, the final track, All That You Are, does its best to keep hopes high, adopting a looser feel. Unfortunately, it's a variation on a theme; the lose rhythm feels at odds with the nasal, over-Americanised vocal delivery that again hails back to pop punk influences.
It's not the first time that we hear convincing backing vocals, and they really put their all into the climactic chorus, complete with 'wah-wah', overlapping vocals and Oasis-esque lyrics – "You are a bird in the sky, there ain't no reason why, you can't see what have you done, what have you become?"
You be the judge of whether this is another aspect that may need rebooting.
A maturity, which cannot be forced, will help Manifesto settle into their sound and allow their songs to be what they are, rather than trying to force themselves up a greasy totem pole. This, as evident here, is especially tough for young rock drummers to learn; while many indie drummers start out emulating the flashy yet inconsistent Matt Tong, there's a lot to be said for a solid Sam Fogarino.
Without such strong foundations, the buildings aren't going to stay up too long. Doubt not; in time Manifesto will have a strong enough base to build themselves a fortress. Until then, we can all stick the EP opener on repeat.


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Melbourne exploratory synth-pop four-piece Pikelet return with third album Calluses, the follow-up to 2010's Australian Music Prize-shortlisted Stem. Recorded with John Lee (Lost Animal, Mountains In the Sky), Calluses is a darker, denser beast than its predecessors. The celebrated Stem can now be seen as a transitional record, bridging the gap between the loop-driven solo project of Evelyn Morris (as heard on debut 2007 album Pikelet) and the fully-fledged live band that came together in 2009, comprising Evelyn, drummer Matthew Cox (Witch Hats), bassist/guitarist Tarquin Manek (Bum Creek) and synth wizard Shags Chamberlain (Lost Animal). Now with four years under their belt, Pikelet are captured on Calluses in full flight, confidently exploring unknown territory. From the post-apocalyptic eeriness of Pressure Cooker (a teaser track premiered on Spin.com in May) to the frenetic introspection of first single Combo, to the 60s Euro space jazz of Forward Motion, Calluses is bold, ambitious and layered, a record that rewards repeated listens with subtle details and hypnotic depths.
Back in 2007, first album Pikelet was made by Evelyn with an accordion, percussion and a loop pedal. It came out to rave reviews, Pitchfork write-ups and community radio high rotation. Evelyn toured the world, playing with Jens Lekman in Portugal, Jeffrey Lewis in France and Bachelorette across America. Back home she appeared at festivals like Golden Plains and Laneway, and opened for Sufjan Stevens, Beirut and Goldfrapp. Evelyn and Shags met as backing musicians for Ariel Pink on his first Australian tour in 2009, and soon the Pikelet band was born. When Stem emerged in 2010, the expansion of vision was immediately apparent. The live band brought a cosmic edge that infiltrated Evelyn's inquisitive style with kaleidoscopic results. Glowing reviews, Triple J rotation, community radio feature albums, and a place on the 2010 Australian Music Prize short- list followed. Since then, the band have toured Australia extensively, sharing stages with Ariel Pink, Devendra Banhart, Dirty Projectors, Beirut (again) and Broadcast, and playing festivals such as Mona Foma, Queenscliff and Melbourne International Arts Festival. Evelyn also drummed for Japanese noise legends the Boredoms at their Melbourne International Arts Festival Show, and toured nationally supporting Shellac in solo Pikelet mode in late 2012. Calluses is a remarkable statement of artistic intent and new purpose.
"An offbeat koan for romantic Aussie adolescents" - Pitchfork
"Glimmers with continued promise" - Spin
"Stem is a modest masterpiece" - Big Issue "Sumptuous, somersaulting summer music" - Herald Sun
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Annals of Health LawACHIEVING AN AIDS-FREE GENERATION
connection between the stem cell funding ban and the ban on federal funding
of SEPs. One author has called on President Obama to lift the prohibition,
stating, "While lifting a similarly boneheaded ban on stem cell research,
Obama issued a memo to agency heads, demanding, 'Science and the
scientific process must inform and guide decisions of my administration.'
Time to walk the talk, Mr. President."163
President Obama's own National HIV/AIDS strategy and his
administration's Blueprint for addressing the global HIV/AIDS pandemic
calls on science to guide federal investment. Given that the brief period under
the modified ban did little to facilitate SEP funding,164 and that only
seventeen jurisdictions have passed statutes authorizing SEPs, it is clear that
there is reluctance to operate such programs without federal support.165 A
different approach is warranted.
B. Explicitly Authorizing SEPs and SEP Funding by StatuteIf President Obama's administration is serious about an AIDS-freegeneration, it must support all the tools necessary to achieve it. AnthonyFauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease("NIAID") recognizes the need for multiple approaches: "Achieving [the]goal [of an AIDS-free generation], however, will require implementing amultifaceted global effort to expand testing, treatment and preventionprograms, as well as meet the scientific challenges of developing an HIVvaccine and possibly a cure."166 However, neither Fauci nor the Blueprintinclude prevention strategies for IDUs in their plans of action. This criticalomission could undermine the ability to reach the goal. HIV/AIDS advocatesrecognize the need for policies that address those populationsdisproportionately affected by HIV, including IDUs, who are "most poorly
163. Kai Wright, Letting Science Lead, Again, ROOT (July 28, 2009),
http://www.theroot.com/views/letting-science-lead-again; see also Obama's Budget Proposal
Expands HIV Prevention, Remains Silent on Syringes, AIDS FOUND. OF CHICAGO,
http://archive.aidschicago.org/advocacy/Obama_Budget.php (last modified May 8, 2009).
164. During the few years before Congress reinstated the ban, SEPs reported that the lack
of infrastructure for implementing federal funding requirements continued to pose a significant
barrier for effectively receiving and using the funds. Green et al., supra note 25, at e14.
165. California is one of the fifteen states that have authorized SEPs. See CAL. HEALTH &
SAFETY CODE § 121349 (West 2012). The statute's legislative findings and declarations rely
on information from reports created by the federal government. See id. See also Tempalski et
al., supra note 18 (reviewing the influence of politics on public health policy decision-making
for SEP authorization as well as health policies of the past). Interestingly, California also
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"Matisse: Painter as Sculptor"
Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
October 7, 2007–January 13, 2008
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood
January 21–April 29, 2007
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
151 Third Street
June 10–September 2, 2007
Curated by Jay Fisher, Dorothy Kosinski, and Steven Nash
The sculpture of Henri Matisse has not been subject to a full-scale US exhibition since the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth staged a major survey in 1984. But now, this show—curated by Jay Fisher, Dorothy Kosinski, and Steven Nash and co-organized by the DMA, the Nasher, and the Baltimore Museum of Art—will explore the symbiosis between Matisse's sculpture and painting. Dozens of his paintings and drawings accompany more than forty sculptures, including the four bronze "Backs" (1909–30). Works by Auguste Rodin and others add context. Computer-generated models reveal intimate details of technique, and the catalogue includes recent conservation research. Much has changed since 1984. Expect a cogent, much-needed reassessment. Travels to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 10–Sept. 2; Baltimore Museum of Art, Oct. 7, 2007–Jan. 13, 2008.


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How to Care for Anemone Plants
Anemones (Anemone spp.), commonly called windflowers, are a diverse group of flowers that are divided into two groups: spring-bloomers and fall-bloomers. Spring-bloomers range in height from 6 to 18 inches and most produce pure white flowers, although there are a few purple and pink types in the mix. Fall-bloomers are much taller, measuring in at up to 5 feet tall. The flowers are 3 inches or more in diameter and bloom in shades of pink or white. All anemones need full sun or partial shade and average, well-drained soil. The climate needed depends on the species, but most are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 to 8.
Water the plants regularly when it doesn't rain, keeping the soil lightly moist. Water slowly, allowing the soil to absorb as much water as possible. Wood anemone (A. nemorosa) dies to the ground in midsummer and doesn't need water until it regrows.
Spread a 2-inch layer of organic mulch around the plants in spring. This helps the soil retain moisture and makes it difficult for weeds and seeds from the anemone flowers to emerge.
Clip off the flowers with hand pruners as they fade or when the petals start dropping. This keeps the plant looking neat and prevents self-seeding. When windflowers are allowed to form seeds, they may fail to produce new blooms and the plants may begin to look ragged.
Fertilize the plants with a sprinkling of organic fertilizer or a shovelful of compost in late fall or winter.
- Don't be alarmed if new fall-blooming transplants or divisions that you planted in spring don't show new growth right away. It's not unusual for them to show the first signs of new growth in late spring.
- Think carefully about the location of your windflowers before planting. Moving them later is difficult because every small piece of root left in the ground result in new plants. Once the bed is established, it is difficult to get rid of them.
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Under a new contract with Suncor Energy Inc., Shaw Pipe will provide 800 meters of 24-inch, Insul-8(R) AG pre-insulated pipe for Suncor's Firebag project. Shaw Pipe will pre-insulate the pipe at its Edmonton, Alberta, facility prior to delivery to Firebag.
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Focused, tidy collection of intimately-recorded, overdub ready, pitched happiness.
Partially inspired by the tasty tonal percussion overdub tracks on Radiohead's "No Surprises" and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends," CineSamples set out to produce a library which could easily camouflage itself in any track of any genre. Using a combination of instrument treatments, mellow mallets, small pencil condensers and elite Class-A outboard gear, Cinesamples was able to capture an incredibly usable mix. Including pitched bells, dulcimers and keyboards specifically designed to construct tonal groove elements. This Library contains various small percussive elements like sticks, logs, shakers, claves, tambourines, finger cymbals, and other unpitched toys.You will hear a tremendously clean signal featuring perfectly smooth transients, transparent highs, warm mids and tastefully rolled-off lows, with just enough ambience to prevent sterility.
Several toys were added to the Cinebells arsenal. From specially designed Brass Wind Chimes to a quirky Metal Music Box, many of these instruments will add several new textures to your pallet.
The Guitar Bell Harmonics Patch, is a combination of 3 different guitars blended perfectly to create a unique sound that can add a beautiful, slightly recognizable tone to any melodic line. The use of the ModWheel was added to add in a slight chorusing effect.
The Halfman Piano was created from a different upright than Jim's piano and was recorded in the softest range possible to give you a soft felt-like piano tone. The aesthetic was limited to only half of the piano to ensure that this bell-tone was consistent throughout. At the same time, it was decided to mute the strings of this piano on the lower half to create a "Cage-Style" muted piano.
Cinesamples included a full, two-octave sampling of some California Central-Coast designer wine glasses, these include dynamically morphed longs, shorts, and "bell" hits.
Within the library you will find many amazing sounds, but perhaps none more unique then the Glocken-Celeste. A newly constructed instrument which appears identical to a celeste on the outside but contains the inner workings of a high end glockenspiel. It has a unique and incredibly magical sound never before sampled. You should also take note of "Jim's Piano" a perfectly imperfect 1800's Steinway upright, which through years of care has developed the most peculiar and interesting timbre. This instrument has incredible character and life – completely capable of adding an atypical, slightly ethnic version of the world's most familiar update. If you notice the upper three or four notes missing, it is because they weren't even standard on the instrument at the time of its construction. This should give you a feeling of the age of the instrument. Other standouts include the delightfully warm xylophone presented in a way you have never heard and the standout Autoharp which can give you the transparent zither-like overdub your tracks have been missing.
CineBells Instrumente:
Glocken-Celeste | Autoharp | Singing Bowls | Guitar Bell Harmonics | Wind Chimes | Jims Piano | Metal Music Box | Soft Halfman Piano | Bell Tree | Muted Piano | Toy Glock | Wine Glass Rub Long | Toy Xylophone | Wine Glass Rub Short | Toy Piano | Wine Glass Hits | Toy Dulcimer | Kalimba | Dulcimer | Slit Drum
CineBells Specifications:
- 20 patches of unique and useful instruments – 8 New Patches!
- 2 Mix Options (Stereo and Mono)
- High-Quality Signal Chain: Lexicon PCM 91, Avalon 2055 EQ, Waves L2 Hardware Limiter, Manley Variable Mu
- 10.7 GB – NCW Compressed
- Multiple Dynamic Layers, Round Robin Articulations
- Maximum 3gb of free ram (for FULL LOAD of ALL 20 Patches)
- Produced by Mike Barry, Mike Patti, and Dan Negovan; Programmed and Scripted by Blake Robinson; engineered by Brian Dixon
Requires Full Version of Kontakt 4.2.4 or higher!
Using this library requires a full version of Native Instruments' "Kontakt"!
Please notice: This library can not be played with the free "Kontakt Player"! To use this "Open Kontakt" format, you need a full version of "Kontakt", which is included in products such as Komplete or Komplete Ultimate.
Please check the product description for the required Kontakt version.
The following list shows, whether the respective Kontakt version is compatible with your operating system:
Kontakt 4:
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- OS X 10.8 and higher = no longer supported
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My friend Lisa is part owner of Moksha Yoga in Calgary and one of her partners is a Naturopathic Doctor. Lisa and I were talking about girl things, fertility etc while on the beach in Sayulita. She mentioned they were thinking of doing a workshop on this very topic. Perfect! Since I am in the business of understanding fertility and um getting pregnant, I told her I'd go for sure. Low and behold, she set it up and sent me the info. Looks interesting and not only for women wanting to understand fertility but those interested in overall health. Like the quote in the pamphlet: "The menstrual cycle remains one of the purest barometers of our health". A link to the workshop information is below. Give it some thought.
Be Well, Nat