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|Hepatic Cell News 3.11 March 29, 2019
SIRT1/MRPS5 Axis Enhances the Metabolic Flexibility of Liver Cancer Stem Cells
Researchers confirmed that mitochondrial ribosomal protein S5 (MRPS5) promoted the production of NAD+, which was necessary for enhanced mitochondrial function in liver cancer stem cells (CSCs). MRPS5 played a critical role for liver CSCs to maintain stemness properties and to participate in tumor progression. [Hepatology] Abstract
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Anti-CD24 Antibody-Nitric Oxide Conjugate (ANC) Selectively and Potently Suppresses Hepatic Carcinoma
Scientists conjugated HL-2 with an antibody that targeted CD24 through a thioether bond to generate an antibody-drug conjugate-like immunoconjugate, ANC, which they named HN-01. HN-01 showed efficient internalization and significantly increased the release of nitric oxide in hepatic carcinoma cells in vitro. [Cancer Res] Abstract | Full Article
Inhibitory Effect of Sestrin2 on Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and Liver Fibrosis via Blocking Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling
Sestrin2 (Sesn2) protein and mRNA levels were upregulated in activated primary hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), and by increasing transcription, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) also increased Sesn2 expression in HSCs. Furthermore, Smad activation was primarily initiated by TGF-β signaling, and Smad3 activation increased Sesn2 luciferase activity. [Antioxid Redox Signal] Abstract
MCUR1 Facilitates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastasis via the Mitochondrial Calcium Dependent ROS/Nrf2/Notch Pathway in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The effect of mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulator 1 (MCUR1) expression on epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells was first evaluated by immunofluorescent staining and Western blot. Then, in vitro invasion and in vivo metastasis assays were used to evaluate the function of MCUR1 in HCC metastasis. The underlying mechanism was also explored by investigating the effect of MCUR1 on ROS/Nrf2/Notch1 pathway. [J Exp Clin Cancer Res] Full Article
Integrated In Vitro Models for Hepatic Safety and Metabolism: Evaluation of a Human Liver-Chip and Liver Spheroid
Investigators present a comprehensive evaluation of two promising models to assess mechanistic hepatotoxicity, microengineered Organ-Chips and 3D hepatic spheroids, which have enhanced liver phenotype, metabolic activity and stability in culture not attainable with conventional 2D models. [Arch Toxicol] Full Article
Engagement with tNOX (ENOX2) to Inhibit SIRT1 and Activate p53-Dependent and -Independent Apoptotic Pathways by Novel 4,11-Diaminoanthra[2,3-b]furan-5,10-diones in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells
The authors investigated three selected 4,11-diaminoanthra[2,3-b]furan-5,10-dione derivatives for their cytotoxicity and the underlying molecular mechanisms in wild-type or p53-deficient hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Cytotoxicity was determined by WST-1 assays and cell impedance measurements and apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry. The interaction between compounds and tumor-associated NADH oxidase was studied by cellular thermal shift assay. [Cancers] Full Article
Human Relaxin-2 Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis in Mice with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Relaxin-2 had no direct anti-steatotic effect on primary mouse hepatocytes, but S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine attenuated palmitic acid-induced steatosis and activated genes regulating fatty acid oxidation in hepatocytes. [Lab Invest] Abstract
PNPLA2 Influences Secretion of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins by Human Hepatoma Cells
Researchers investigated the roles of patatin-like phospholipase domain containing protein (PNPLA)2, PNPLA3 and PNPLA4 in triglyceride metabolism of human Huh7 and HepG2 hepatoma cells using gene-specific inhibition methods. siRNA inhibition of PNPLA3 or PNPLA4 was not associated with changes in triglyceride hydrolysis, secretion of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins or triglyceride accumulation. [J Lipid Res] Abstract | Full Article
Regulation of Liver Receptor Homologue-1 by DDB2 E3 Ligase Activity Is Critical for Hepatic Glucose Metabolism
In human hepatoma cells, scientists observed that protein levels of endogenous liver receptor homologue-1 (LRH-1) were increased by insulin without a change in mRNA levels of LRH-1. However, overexpression of DNA damage-binding protein 2 (DDB2) impaired the insulin-stimulated increase in LRH-1 levels. [Sci Rep] Full Article
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Induced Cancer-Stem-Cell-Like Characteristics in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Bioinformatics analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer stem cells (CSCs). The EMT and CSC regulatory mechanism was investigated through Transwell, wound-healing, sphere formation, colony-forming, and western blotting assays. Immunofluorescence and immunoprecipitation were used to study the interaction of hypoxia inducible factor 1α/Notch1. [J Cell Physiol] Abstract
Chlorogenic Acid and Caffeic Acid from Sonchus oleraceus Linn Synergistically Attenuate Insulin Resistance and Modulate Glucose Uptake in HepG2 Cells
Pre-treatment of HepG2 cells with crude extract (CE) or phenolic acids (PA) enhanced levels of glucose production and avoided the decrease total levels of IRS-1 triggered by high insulin concentration. CE or PA pre-treatment also could prevent the inactivation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, as well as the diminution of GLUT4 levels induced by high glucose. [Food Chem Toxicol] Abstract
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The Liver-Alpha Cell Axis and Type 2 Diabetes
Emerging data now indicate that the elevated plasma concentrations of glucagon may be associated with hepatic steatosis and not necessarily with the presence or absence of type 2 diabetes. Thus, fatty liver disease, most often secondary to overeating, may result in impaired amino acid turnover, leading to increased plasma concentrations of certain glucagonotropic amino acids. [Endocr Rev] Abstract
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Spring Bank Announces Inarigivir Abstracts Accepted for Oral and Poster Presentations
Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the acceptance of a late breaker oral presentation and a poster presentation. [Press release from Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discussing research to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna] Press Release
CymaBay Therapeutics Announces Multiple Presentations
CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. announced that multiple seladelpar presentations will be delivered. Seladelpar is a potent and selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta agonist currently in development for primary biliary cholangitis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. [Press release from CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. discussing research to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna] Press Release
Assembly Biosciences Announces Multiple Abstracts Highlighting HBV Core Inhibitor Portfolio Accepted for Oral and Poster Presentations
Assembly Biosciences, Inc. had four abstracts accepted highlighting its hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein inhibitor pipeline, including late breaker presentations on the interim results from the Phase IIa studies of ABI-H0731 and final results of the recently completed ABI-H2158 Phase Ia study. [Press release from Assembly Biosciences, Inc. discussing research to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna] Press Release
Promethera Biosciences Announces Late-Breaking Data Presentation
Promethera Biosciences SA announced that clinical data from the ongoing Phase IIa study of its lead product candidate HepaStem® in patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) or acute decompensation at risk of developing ACLF has been selected for an oral presentation by the principal investigator. [Press release from Promethera Biosciences SA discussing research to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna] Press Release
Gilead to Present New Data From Multiple Liver Disease Research and Development Programs
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that data from the company's research and development programs in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and viral hepatitis will be presented. [Press release from Gilead Sciences, Inc. discussing research to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna] Press Release
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Presentations
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that new preclinical data from Enanta's wholly-owned development programs for hepatitis B virus and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis have been accepted for presentations. [Press release from Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discussing research to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna] Press Release
Barc Lab and OWL Metabolomics Announce Strategic Partnership on Deploying Metabolomic Technology in Clinical Trials
This strategic partnership between Barc Lab and OWL Metabolomics will provide a broad range of clinical support solutions for the expanding number of biopharmaceutical companies active in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis research leveraging cutting-edge, metabolomic technology and expertise. [BARC LAB] Press Release
Allena Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreement with Duke Clinical Research Institute for Urirox-2 Pivotal Phase III Trial
Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced an agreement with the Duke Clinical Research Institute to support the URIROX-2 Phase III clinical trial of reloxaliase in enteric hyperoxaluria. [Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.] Press Release
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase III, Multinational, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Mgl-3196 (Resmetirom) in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Fibrosis to Resolve NASH and Reduce Progression to Cirrhosis and/or Hepatic Decompensation
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has initiated its Phase III trial in NASH with its once daily, oral thyroid hormone receptor beta selective agonist, MGL-3196. This double-blind, placebo-controlled study will be conducted at more than 150 sites in the United States and the rest of the world. [Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.] Press Release
Diasome Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase II Study of Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle Nanotechnology for People with Type 1 Diabetes
Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the first subject has been enrolled in its Phase II OPTI-1 study of injectable hepatocyte directed vesicle (HDV) plus insulin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. This study is designed to optimize the ratio of long-acting to short-acting insulin therapies when using HDV. [Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc.] Press Release
Can-Fite Announces Phase II Advanced Liver Cancer Top-Line Results for Its Orphan/Fast Track Drug Namodenoson
Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. announced that the Phase II advanced liver cancer study did not achieve its primary end point of overall survival in the whole population. At the same time, superiority in overall survival was found in the largest study subpopulation of CPB7 and in secondary end points in the whole population, including objective response measured by CT or MRI. These data strongly support the progression into Phase III. [Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd.] Press Release
DURECT Announces Patient Enrollment in Phase Ib Clinical Trial of Oral DUR-928 in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
DURECT Corporation announced it has commenced patient enrollment in a Phase Ib trial with oral DUR-928 in patients with NASH. This is an open-label, Phase Ib study, evaluating three doses of oral DUR-928 administered daily for 28 consecutive days to evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics and signals of biological activity in patients with NASH. [DURECT Corporation] Press Release
Dynavax Announces European Medicines Agency Accepts Marketing Authorization Application for HEPLISAV-B® for Prevention of Hepatitis B in Adults
Dynavax Technologies Corporation announced that the European Medicines Agency has accepted the company's Marketing Authorization Application for review of HEPLISAV-B for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. [Dynavax Technologies Corporation] Press Release
SteroTherapeutics Receives New US Patent for Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
SteroTherapeutics announced that they have received patent approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on methods and composition for treatment of NASH. [SteroTherapeutics] Press Release
NIH May Bar Peer Reviewers Accused of Sexual Harassment
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, reminded the research community this week that the agency can—and sometimes does—bar scientists accused of sexual harassment from serving as peer reviewers. [ScienceInsider] Editorial
Top US Institutes Still Aren't Reporting Clinical-Trial Results on Time
Many leading US universities are breaking the law by failing to make public the results of clinical trials. A report found that 25 of the 40 universities that sponsor the most trials in the United States did not post study results on a public, government register within 12 months of completion, as is required by US law. [Nature News] Editorial
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Funding of state programmes
On 21 June Alexander Lukashenko has signed a Decree No 261 concerning the "Establishment of the JSC "Belarusian Bank for Development". In 2011 – 2015 commercial banks of Belarus are asked to participate in the concessional lending to agricultural producers of Belarus (Decree No 256).
The government has taken a step forward towards formal implementation of obligations assumed within the IMF Stand-by Arrangements.
One of the conditions within the previous arrangements that were not fulfilled by Belarus was to set up a specialized agency for funding of state programmes (as well as competitive privatization of strategic assets).
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With the creation of a new banking structure the entire system of financing of state programmes will be changed: the new institution will administrate all loans allocated for funding of state programmes.
The fact that commercial banks were invited to participate in financing of state programmes shows that the "Bank for Development" is a pro forma institution and that the government does not intend to cut down costs of the state programmes.
The decree neither lists banks, nor sets the amounts of loans to be issued by them. However, given the poor state of the majority of agricultural enterprises, commercial banks are unlikely to agree voluntarily on the participation in such programmes. Quite often "recommendations" bear obligatory nature in Belarus.
All in all, there is a significant progress in tightening of the monetary policy and in the desire to increase transparency and profitability of the state-owned banks.
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The Belarusian authorities regard the Catholic conference as yet another international event to promote Minsk as a global negotiating platform. Minsk's proposal to organise a meeting between the Roman-Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church is rather an image-making undertaking than a serious intention. However, the authorities could somewhat extend the opportunities for the Roman-Catholic Church in Belarus due to developing contacts with the Catholic world.
Minsk is attempting to lay out a mosaic from various international religious, political and sportive events to shape a positive image of Belarus for promoting the Helsinki 2.0 idea.
Belarus' invitation to the head of the Holy See for a meeting with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church should be regarded as a continuation of her foreign policy efforts in shaping Minsk's peacekeeping image and enhancing Belarus' international weight. The Belarusian authorities are aware that their initiative is unlikely to find supporters among the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. In Russia, isolationist sentiments prevail.
In addition, for domestic audiences, the authorities make up for the lack of tangible economic growth with demonstrations of growth in Minsk's authority at international level through providing a platform for religious, sportive and other dialogues.


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NONGSTOIN: The Mawshynrut Block Congress Committee (MBCC) on Christmas Eve visited Shallang in West Khasi Hills in order to spread the spirit of Christmas.
During their visit they gifted Christmas presents to 20 disabled persons. Chairing the occasion was Robert Sohbar President of Shallang Primary Unit of the Congress.
Also present at the occasion were Maham Sing Sangma Headman Rongkhugre, Endos Marak Leader from Dalbot, Bostic Mawsor Lecturer Nongstoin College, Eblin Syiemlieh president Mahila Congress Mawshynrut AC and Shaining Puwein President Block Youth Congress.
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'Animalia & El Malecon' by Henry Horenstein
Show: 29/06/19 - 17/08/19
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Henry Horenstein has often been called "Perhaps one of the greatest photographers of his generation," with a diverse career, from documentary photography to portraiture,spanning an impressive 5 decades to date and counting…
Born in Massachusetts in 1947, Horenstein studied under photography legends Harry Callahan, Minor White and Aaron Siskind, graduating in 1973. He speaks of the influence Callahan had on him:
"Harry encouraged me to 'Shoot what you love,' and to pay no attention to what others are doing. 'Even if you make bad pictures - you'll have a good time.' Thank you for that, Harry." — Henry Horenstein
In this exhibition we will be showing 2 separate series from Horenstein's impressive portfolio.
"I think what exists in real life is more interesting than what exists in my mind … if you get really close to those animals, they are unbelievable," — Henry Horenstein
Taken between 1995 and 2000, Animalia's abstract images encourage the viewer to see otherwise familiar animals in a new and different light. In this series Horenstein has created compelling and frequently ambiguous images that explore the patterns, textures and the geography of skin, scales and hair, which compel the viewer to stop, pause and look closely.
"One thing I did not want to do was simply document my animals, so I chose not to shoot in colour and not to show their environment. Rather, I choose to look closely and abstractly—to see my subjects for their inherent beauty, oddness, mystery. For this, I shot often with macro lenses, so I could get close, and worked with grainy, over processed film, printed in sepia to give them an old school, timeless feel."
"I tried to shoot as though I was in a studio. Like an Irving Penn or Richard Avedon—simple backgrounds that make you really look at the subject, not its surroundings. Get close and you see the hair on an elephant's legs, an octopus's single eye, a cow nose ray's gull necklace. I admire photographers who can style or stage a subject to make their picture. But for me, what exists in nature trumps anything I can imagine. You can't make up this shit." — Henry Horenstein.
In Animalia there is no backdrop of a natural landscape, nor the artificial world of the zoo or aquarium and each subject is devoid of their true colour. As a consequence, the images are truly arresting and we see these animals as we have never seen them before.
"In (these images) Horenstein has succeeded to a dazzling degree, evading the abundant clichés of animal photography at every turn." — Owen Edwards
El Malecon:
In 2000 Henry Horenstein went to Havana, Cuba for ten days. "Ten days is a lot of time to kill so I walked up and down the Malecón." says Horenstein.
He spent much of this time in Havana walking the five-mile long coastal seawall and boulevard. "People were friendly and I felt very safe." He photographed it's rocks, the sea and the harbour, but mostly he photographed the people "...and lots of them, all day and all night. It's a great place to bring your family. Or, meet a friend for sex." — Henry Horenstein
He photographed at all times of the day. When it was bright and family-filled at midday and in the early morning and at night, when it was almost empty except for "...random sketchy characters." The result is an enchanting document of this place, which captures the beauty of the people who live there.
This is a series packed full of powerful portraits of young people diving into the water, kissing or just simply hanging out with friends. El Malecon became a record of what was for these people normality - their 'everyday' - the result is a collection of portraits (punctuated with observations) that are evocative of youth, yet beguilingly gentle and sublime.


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CHOICE Cambodia, a non-profit organisation (NPO) close to DSI's hearts, has recently purchased a plot of land on which it will build a permanent home. Located near the Bassac river, CHOICE's new location will play host to a school, training centre, and accommodation.
Giving thanks to generosity
The land purchase wouldn't have been possible without the incredible generosity of friends and supporters, to whom CHOICE cannot thank enough and will acknowledge with written signage onsite.
Michael Wieland of CHOICE Family Germany obtained a non-interest loan for its NGO, which will result in long-term savings of around US$7,000 a year in rent. Don Rosenfeldt also contributed an amazing US$14,686 to the cause.
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CHOICE intends to divide the land into three main areas. The biggest will be a school, which has a construction timeline of at least four years. However, the relocation of the Kindergarten and building of necessary amenities should be complete later this year.
The second area will be for Khmer training and accommodation. CHOICE has acquired the services of training instructor James Dumar, who is co-ordinating a free-of-choice beekeeping program and will soon introduce new courses.
The third area will be leased to CHOICE supporter Don Rosenfeldt, who intends to build a guesthouse overlooking the river. Accommodation will be offered to volunteers, visitors, and regulars, with all profits being donated back to CHOICE.
The Gordon Institute of TAFE in Geelong, Australia will also send a team of tradesmen each year to help train, build, and landscape the centre.
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CHOICE provides support to the local community in three main areas
• Medical assistance to adults and children – Taking sick people to hospital and providing them with medicine, vaccinations, birth control, and more.
• Education and training for children – Transporting children to and from school. The CHOICE centre also provides free English lessons, computer classes, books, and uniforms.
• Family assistance – Supporting the elderly and mothers who are suffering from illness.
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Hua Hin and Rest Detail HotelApril 30, 2012
We also went to Hua Hin twice while we were in Thailand. The first time we stayed at Dusit Thani Hotel. Dusit Thani is a fairly big resort with lots of room. The second trip we stayed at Rest Detail Hotel, which is a much smaller boutique hotel. The photos of Rest Detail Hotel starts from picture #5. The room we had was really good with a bay window sofa/guest bed. The pool-side balcony allows you to jump into the water right from you room. We didn't try the food there but everything else seemed great. However, the only thing that kinda bothered me was that the hotel didn't have a real beach. They have a man-made beach that isn't so big. They have access steps to the sea but because the sea level is always so high at this particular location, you'll never seen sandy beach during the day.


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Evin Hotel Tehran
This hotel located in north of Tehran with a unique view of Alborz mountains. This hotel has 140 rooms which all of them equipped with best service and facilities .Tehran international fair, Tajrish market and some museums and palaces of Tehran are near this hotel.
Evin Hotel Tehran, distance from places
- Hotel Mehr Abad Airport 13 Km
- Hotel Iran Carpet Museum 11.7 Km
- Hotel Chitgar Park 26.6 Km
- Hotel Shah Abdul Aziz 16.5 Km
- Hotel National jewelry Museum 10.6 Km
- Hotel Milad Tower 10.6 Km
- Hotel Niavaran Palace 14.4 Km
- Hotel Milad Noor Shopping Center 9.8 Km
- Hotel Saad Abad Palace 5.9 Km
- Hotel Tehran Birds Garden 22.1 Km
- Hotel Tabiat bridge 9.7 Km
Evin Hotel Tehran Facilities
- Laundry
- Parking
- Business rooms
- Lobby
- TV room
- Restaurant
- Wi-Fin internet
- Non-smoking room
Room Facilities
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- Telephone
- Satellite TV
- Hair dryer
- Minibar
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- Stayed for two nights. Location is best in North of Tehran with many activities to do shopping locations nearby and amazing food in the vicinity of the hotel. You can have day trips for diving or fishing and explore the city. Two restaurants give you a wide choice of food while value and service are amazing.Rebecca
- This hotel has been very recently renovated so you get all the gadgets and facilities expected from a five star spa is one of the biggest I visited and gym is also fit for purposeBob


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Sri Bintan Pura Seaport
Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island is the national and international ports. The location is in Tanjung Pinang City, on the west coast of Bintan Island, Riau islands. It connects to Tanjung Pinang to the ports in the north such as Lobam and Bulang Linggi seaports.
Islands in the west coverage Tanjung Balai port (Karimun Island) and Telaga Punggur port (Batam Island). Shipping to the island in the south leads to Lingga Island and Singkep Island.
Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island has transportation line to Singapore and Malaysia. The seaport links to HarbourFront and Tanah Merah ports in Singapore. It associates to the Stulang Laut port in Malaysia.
Several kinds of ships stop by here such as Sentosa ferry and Merbau ship. Besides that, there is pompong motorboat to connect to Bintan Island and Penyengat Island (10-15 minutes).
Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island formerly is Tanjung Pinang port. It means as the gate of the Riau Islands that is essential and it is in the majestic Bintan Island ". The Tanjung Pinang seaport had built in 1925 during the Dutch occupation. It took wood construction as the tool and facility.
The change of name from Tanjung Pinang to Sri Bintan Pura occurred on January 21, 1984. Mr. Pongky Soepardjo as Director General of Sea Transportation inaugurated the name and passenger terminal at the same time.
Sri Bintan Pura Seaport & Bintan Island gets three stages of development by PT Pelindo II. The first stage had begun from February 2017 until the end of 2017. The construction focuses on the terminal building and spent around IDR 43 Billion.
Then, the second and the third stages will finish in 2018 with total fund around IDR 80 billion. PT Pelindo II uses the fund to expand the parking area and hall. Overall, the seaport consists of two edifices where the first building has a book shape. Meanwhile, the second is in the form of a ship.
Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island has been ruled e-money (electronic money) payment for the entry ticket start from July 15, 2018. The system is for the domestic and international terminal's arrival. It becomes the first port in Indonesia that use e-pass system.
Geography and Climate
Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island has a dominant rule as the domestic and foreigner passengers. The condition of the port is difficult to develop towards land. Even though, some the alternative ways can be done with extended to the sea.
On the other hands, several Investors have reclaimed around the area the port must be able to adjust the conditions. This seaport is in Bintan Island so that it has the same geography and climate.
Bintan Island closes to the equator which has a tropical climate throughout the year. The temperature of the island ranges from 21˚ C – 32˚ C. The average temperature of the island reaches 26˚ C. Meanwhile, the humidity of the area is between 61 to 96 percent.
Between the October and March, Bintan gets the north monsoon season. Much rainfall and strong wind become the sign of the season. Nonetheless, the weather is commonly sunny all year around. From November to March, people also call it as the Bintan Monsoon.
As one of the vital objects in Tanjung Pinang city, Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island gets very crowded passenger visit. The average amount for the domestic passenger is around 2000 people per day for leave and go. For international terminals, there are at least 5 calls per day from Singapore and Malaysia only 2 times.
The entry cost of the port rises by IDR 5.000 along with the additional facility. At this time, the port has added some facilities. It is such as waiting room chairs, TV, AC, CCTV, and freight transportation. The most important thing it will be the best port in the world.
How to get there
Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island brings everyone from throughout the world. It enters many people from Singapore, Malaysia, and Batam. Most of the foreigner travelers come from Johor Baru Malaysia and Singapore. Meanwhile, the domestic tourists are able to come from Batam.
Tourism and Destination in Bintan Island
Bintan is the island with about 200.000 people from various cultures. They come from Bugis, Malay, Chinese, and also the Orang Laut (sea people). Bintan offers many interest activities to do such as:
- Water sport
- PaintBall
- ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle)
- Bintan Elephant Park
- Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Temple
- Spa
- Mountain Biking
- Go-Kart
- Eco Tour Village Sri Bintan
- Corporate and Adventure Training
- Traditional Fishing Tour
- Mangrove Discover Tour
- Pink Mosque Bintan
- Adventure Track of Gunung Bintan
Meanwhile, the attractive places to visit are:
- Tanjung Pinang City
Tanjung Pinang has Sri Bintan Pura seaport & Bintan Island as the busy harbor and the location very closes to Malacca Strait. Malacca is one the busiest line in the world. Most of the building in Tanjung Pinang is houses on stilts and over the water. It is the traditional building from this city. The visitors also will find dried seafood, crackers, and snacks.
- Tanjung Uban
Tanjung Uban is the second largest city after Tanjung Pinang. The location is the northwestern coast of Bintan Island. It has an oil storage facility and as the Bintan's district center. Along the seaside, there is an amazing boardwalk with the name of "Pelantar". The tourists will find houses, accommodations, and restaurants above the sea. They can find a variety of shops which sell local artworks and handicrafts.
Other favorite attractive places
- Chrystal Blue Lake
Awesome crystal blue lake was once only a large crater in an abandoned mining project, as time goes by this place began to gradually fill with rain-water dropping to produce a "post-apocalyptic oasis" in the middle of the desert.The location is still quite remote, not many food vendors in the area. This barren land is a great place to explore during your trip to Bintan.
- Senggarang Island
Senggarang is the small village name was the first home for Chinese immigrants a long time ago. There are over 200 years old ancient temples known as Banyan Tree temple in Senggarang. Another magnificent temple is Xuan Tian Shang-di with its complex Chinese architecture.
- Penyengat Island
Penyengat Island is 6 kilometers away from Tanjung Pinang. It needs 15 minutes by sampan boat. Penyengat offers the ancient tour with Ruins, abandoned for almost 70 years, the oldest ruler's palace, and royal tombs. It has a cultural center for stage performances of Malay music and dances.
One of the best and famous attractive places to visit is Trikora Beach
- Trikora Beach
The most popular beach on the east coast is Trikora Beach is the most popular coast in Bintan. People come here for relaxation. It has white sand and the clean water clean.Nearby of the beach, there is a small fishing village and small shipbuilding.
- Santa Maria cave
A Dutch Pastor built Santa Maria Cave in the 18th century. This place is still good and preserved well.
- Pasar Oleh-Oleh
Pasar Oleh-Oleh offers everything Indonesian. The visitor will find Keropok (prawn or fish crackers), kue lapis, and emping (belinjo crackers). Meanwhile, the dried seafood is Ikan Bilis (anchovies), scallops, and shrimps.
- Sebung Village
Sebung Village comes for the seafood lover. Kelong style restaurant provides the freshness of Bintan seafood with a very reasonable price.
Travel Agent
Come to Bintan by ship or plane is no problem because everyone can buy the ticket online. There are many online travel agents in Indonesia. One of them is gotravela indonesia which has much information. You can book ticket, accommodation, and all about Bintan Island. The website also gives information about the other cities in Indonesia. Buy a boat ticket from this website to Sri Bintan Pura & Bintan Island as well as you can.
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- Seven Hidden Paradise In Indonesia.
- Pink Beach Komodo Island time to visit & enjoying.
- Undiscovered Green Canyon in west of java.
- Climb Mount Batur Bali | Sunrise of stunning high-altitude 1.717 meters.


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One of the wonderful things (I think) about living history museums is that they teach things that you can't necessarily learn from books. Of course, books are our bread and butter when we're learning about history, but actually seeing the clothing, feeling the weight of an iron, hearing the blacksmith clanging, and smelling the wort boiling—that gives knowledge of a very different type.
It's a more personal perspective on history. Research is absolutely essential for setting up the framework and building a background base of knowledge, but living the history, whether for hours or years, connects you to it on a very human level. And what you connect to, you remember.
My knowledge of beer comes partly from books and articles, partly from touring other breweries, partly from listening to Ed and my fellow Beer Experts, and partly from watching Ed work. Reading the books means I'm always learning new things, but if I'd stuck to the books alone, I wouldn't have a favourite part of the brewing process.
That's right. I have a favourite part. Can you imagine having a favourite part of the process if you'd never set foot in a brewery? Oh man, we're still at the mashing. I can't wait to turn the page and read all about the sparging again!!!
(I jest. It's all interesting. I will happily read stacks of books about beer. My point is that you're still learning from a distance—seeing it unfold with your own eyes is hugely important too.)
This is why I love giving the brewery tour. There's nothing better than talking about Victorian public houses and taprooms….when you're actually standing in a mid-Victorian taproom. I love seeing people's expressions when they step into the mill for the first time and get a sense of how huge and sophisticated it really is. And of course, all the pieces come together in the brewery itself, as we walk through the process. A lecture or an essay giving the exact same information would still be useful, albeit with fewer witty asides.
But seeing it all for yourself—that's another type of learning entirely.
So what is my favourite part?
My favourite part is when Ed transfers the wort from the brew-kettle to the cooling ship. Again, if you'd only ever read about brewing, that might seem like an odd choice.
Let me explain.
When the wort comes out of the brew-kettle, it's boiling. So, before we can add the yeast, we have to cool it down (as I say on tour, "Yeast is a living organism. How would you feel if I chucked you into a pot of boiling water?). Bucket by bucket, Ed takes the wort from the kettle and pours it into the cooling ship, which is a wide copper bath set atop our casks. Actually, first the hops get strained out through the hopback, but I digress.
Boiling hot wort hits the relatively cool copper….
And the room fills with steam.
It's difficult to see at first. Just a few wisps of steam curl around the lip of the cooling ship. But as Ed adds more wort, the steam thickens. It swirls outward into the room, eddying around the vent over the brew-kettle. Eventually, it drifts to my perch behind the bar. By the end, it's difficult to even see Ed. As he carries the last few buckets up the step-stool, it looks like he's climbing into cloud.
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It was the dawn of the third-generation patch of the World of Warcraft, two years after the The Burning Crusade. The Katafray Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to explore the creative process by creating a place where a quarter-dozen player-versus-player and player-versus-environment players could share their thoughts about role-play with the world. It was a blog – a place to write about character creation, role-playing experiences, entertaining whims, and perhaps a bit of cyber-nookie(*). Friends and strangers lost in virtual world with five million, nine hundred and twenty thousand characters, all alone on the web. It can be a brain-murdering(**) task, but it's our last, best hope for Warcraft role-play. This is the story of the first of many Blogatelle role-play endeavors. The year is 2008. The name of project is Katafary.
* Love it or hate it, cyber (or the bedroom whispers, or ERP, or whatever you want to call it) is a part of the role-play scene. It was bound to come up eventually. I don't feel particularly strongly about it one way or another. Still, I never cease to be surprised by the sheer number of elves, little people, and zombies that I have found engaging in "the public nasty".
** I had a hard time coming up with an adjective as accurate as "brain-murdering". I think anyone who has role-played more than once has been in a scene where the term "brain-murdering" applies.
So, yeah, I went there. I'm hardcore, old-school geek, bah-bey.
Blogatelle has commanded from on high that I am to begin my post with an introduction. My name is Travis, I live in the Midwest United States, and I own a prodigious amount of shoujo anime and manga. I've been involved with paper/dice role-playing games since 1987 when I was first introduced to Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and have been hooked on the hobby ever since. I met Sean about ten years ago through an online, text-based role-playing game. I met Jess about three years ago through a different text-based game. As far as video games are concerned, I enjoy simulation, real-time strategy and (obviously) massively multiplayer online role-playing games. I'm currently unemployed… so, if any of our beautiful, kind, lovely, and oh-so-intelligent readers have need of a would-be writer with lots of free time and a house-payment to be made, email Blogatelle, who will pass the word on to me! (I'm also shameless.) I've been a fan(atic) of the Warcraft setting since the days of the original real-time strategy game, and consider myself as being, at the very least, well-versed in its comprehensive story. I've been playing World of Warcraft since the original beta.
I've been cursorily involved with the blog for a while, behind the scenes; which you should read as that I have been following the blog and commenting on it directly to Sean and Jess, as opposed to doing anything genuinely constructive of useful, like making posts of my own or commenting directly on their posts where everyone can see. It was quite some time ago that Blogatelle actually gave me a set of keys to the place and told me to go wild (within reason), and I've clearly done a bang-up job. I'll be posting more or less by whim, going back and picking up past ideas as the notion strikes me. It's likely to become a Travis habit of revisiting theme weeks past so as to toss in my own two cents. (Fortunately, Sean has already set precedence for this, thus relieving the need for guilt on my end. Huzzah!). For the purposes of the Katafray project, I created a night elf priestess named Fegari.
Let me begin by saying that I play role-play, I play player-versus-player, and I play Horde. I am a Thrall's thrall, Cairn's captive, Vol'jin's vassal, Sylvanas's slave, and Lor'themar's liegeman. I'm a hardcore role-player. I enjoy the thrill of playing in a dangerous environment, where one either slays his or her enemies, or is slain by them. (It has always struck me as somewhat inappropriate to role-play one side of a hostile conflict in an environment where you can not engage the potential enemy.) In general, I relate less to the Alliance races and find their associated lore less compelling than their Horde counterparts. For these reasons and more, I prefer to play Horde characters and I prefer and play on role-play, player-versus-player servers. Unfortunately, it seems to be a common theme among hardcore player-versus-player and Horde players that a small group of friends, relatives, and/or other miscellaneous acquaintances with whom we would otherwise desire with which to share our favorite game with will inevitably roll Alliance. I have been no exception. My character roster looks like nothing as much as a graveyard of Alliance lowbies; a collective of fledgling adventurers that were glanced upon briefly and then touched again only after being nagged enough by the aforementioned friends, relatives, or acquaintances to bother. And even more unfortunate for me, most of those servers use a non-role-play, player-versus-environment rule set. There are a couple of exceptions, but it's seems pretty universal; my friends love the Alliance, love the Carebears, and love to keep me away from the beautiful pinnacles of Thunder Bluff where I belong.
That isn't to say I despise the Alliance entirely or their lore; the War of the Ancients Trilogy remains my favorite Warcraft novel series, despite my Horde hard-on and Thrall addiction. Nor it to say that I don't see value in playing on a server that prohibits spontaneous, cross-faction combat or that doesn't actively support role-playing. I do, honestly. It is simply that, left to my own devices, I wouldn't choose to play the game that way.
So when I was tapped for the Katafray Project, I'll admit that I groaned; yet another Alliance character on yet another player-versus-environment server. But this time it was going to be a role-play rule set, at least. And it certainly didn't hurt that I knew two of the role-players with whom I would be regularly interacting to be among the best, brightest, and most engaging I have ever known. Add in the opportunity to finally share some in-character text and creativity with the Pixilated Executioner, whom I respect a great deal and whose posts on this blog I have enjoyed immensely and it didn't take too long to actually sell me on the whole enterprise.
Before we go any further, however, I feel compelled to explain my normal method of creating characters; which is to say that I don't so much create characters as that the characters usually emerge from my mind in rather frequent and sudden bursts of inspiration. That sounds so very artsy-fartsy, I know, but it's how my mind operates. This happens to me constantly; anyone who has role-played with me, in real life or online, knows that I keep a myriad of characters. When I play in paper-and-dice role-playing games, I'm always rolling up "blister characters" (unleveled/inexperienced characters who can be written in to a story should something happen to the character you usually play) because I've had a half-dozen new ideas since the beginning of that game session that I wanted to commit to paper. It's a complete, organic process; the characters that I create this way are more or less whole from their conception, with a strong, working knowledge of their history, personality, and appearance. They might require a bit of smoothing out and I might not know everything about them at the onset, but I tend to learn things about them through play that are as much a surprise to me as to those I am playing with.
Those surprises are usually subtle, such as vague differences in how the character chooses to interact with a given person than I would have otherwise expected or minor details about the character's history that the character itself chooses to reveal over the course of role-play. While this could be simply be written off as "making things up as I go" (and to some point I would consider that a valid assessment) it doesn't feel that way to me. When a character of mine reveals a detail of its background that I didn't before know, it never strikes me as the player as was having been my idea. It always feels to me like it was something the character itself always knew; that it was fact which was always a part of its life and existence. That I myself was just learning it was inconsequential, because it couldn't alter the inviolable truth of the character being portrayed. There are times I feel more like a creative conduit than an author.
I also tend to think in the cinematic and I visualize random notions (read: daydream) through most of my waking hours. Sometimes a character idea will inspire a movie in my mind which then further cements the character's identity to me. Sometimes a mental image will actually spawn a character with a soul and a sense of self. A lot of my daydreams are outlandish, and a lot involve characters that I am currently playing or have already been created by my usual, organic process. They can be just plain wild, but they can also muse upon plot threads and surprisingly complex story arcs which sometimes work, and sometimes don't. But most of my stories, plotlines, and random character musings over the years have come from these daydreams. More than my knack for character genesis, these daydreams tend to be influenced more by external sources. I often will daydream about what it would be like if a character I've made had a magical power from the last anime I watched or what would happen if one of my overly-cheerful, giddy schoolgirl characters sudden started acting like House.
Because of the organic, instinctive way that I tend to create characters, I often find it difficult to weave a character from whole cloth when on those few occasions when my knack for characterization refuses to express itself. I have developed an informal rule for myself; when I start thinking too hard about a character's background, personality, or appearance, it's time to scrap the idea and spin the wheel again. When I find myself struggling early, I can be almost certain that the character won't have the spark of life (you'll hear me talk about that a lot, the "spark") that will make it enjoyable for me to play and for others to read about. These struggles usually come about when I try to force an idea or concept that I don't necessarily want to play, or when I feel that I'm having a role or concept forced on to me. Alternatively, the struggles result from my simply not being invested in a setting or campaign. I suppose it's my own personal form of writer's block. Now, my hard-fought characters aren't always failures; I have several that took me a while to fully get my mind around and whom I love to play. But there is an invisible line somewhere in my mind that I instinctively know is a "point of no return"; if I don't know the character by then, the idea just isn't going to work out.
So, now I think you can grasp the place from which I began creating Fegari; I'd been asked to make an Alliance character on a role-playing, player-versus-environment server. I love the Warcraft setting and the people I was going to be playing with, but the player-versus-environment server rule set and my lack of interest in the Alliance was prohibiting character ideas.
I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do for it. I had nothing. Zero ideas. El zilcho. Nada.
That didn't bode well for my early Katafray Project experience.
So, what to do? Well, Blogatelle gave me no instruction or limitation as to the character I could make. He did tell me that Sean was going to be playing a paladin and that Jess was going to be doing a warlock, but I can't recall if he gave me their races. Logically, our little group is only missing on necessary element to create a party; a healer. But I worried about what the entirely perceptional, irrational idea of being locked in to a character because I needed to fill a role would do to my ability to create a fully living, breathing character. A notion made even more irrational due to the fact that I adore playing a healer. My first level seventy was a healing priest, and I'm working slowly on leveling a healing shaman on another server with some friends. It's a role that I enjoy a lot. So much so that I have never talented my priest Shadow and I never intend to. But with that thought in my head, hoping that I would head off and troubles with my fickle creativity early and try to make things easier on myself, I settled on the idea of making a human mage.
I have always enjoyed the mage class. I have leveled it to twenty several times on several servers but have never finished it off. Mostly because my friends moved on, and I simply had no connection to the servers (which were inevitably non-role-play, player-versus-environment) or the characters (which were inevitably Alliance) to finish them off. With the encouragement of the Katafray Project to spur me on, it seemed like a good time to finally get it done. I chose human simply for the racial reputation bonus; it's simply too good to pass up. While talking to Sean over instant messenger, over the course of two or so hours, I wrote a basic character idea. (I do that a lot, blather on about a character concept, daydream, or random idea; enough that I wonder how often it gets on Sean's nerves. Or anyone else's, for that matter. I get rather wordy.)
I had the television on in the background and was listening to a documentary about racism at the time. I thought that could make for an interesting character concept, and noted that most of the people they were interviewing were uneducated and fit all the stereotypes we Midwestern folk have come to know and abhor about the Ku Klux Klan. However, every so often they would speak to someone whom sounded as if they were a highly educated, intellectual individual, whom just happened to also be an absolute bigot. I thought that could be a fun line of characterization to explore; a highly intellectual, highly-aggressive Human supremacist from Dalaran, left behind when the city vanished.
The idea was functional, the character was complete enough. The personality and notion I had were strong and interesting. But this mage character, to me, just felt flat. The more I tried to make her solid in my mind, the more it felt to me that she had no life. She lacked the spark.
So I sat back and occupied myself with my favorite method of killing time; I began to daydream. I tried to concentrate my thoughts on the mage character, thinking I would discover her spark if I just examined her enough. And I came close. The angry, bigoted mage is a character I want to explore at a later date. At the time, however, I just couldn't find her. But while I was musing, I noticed that she was never alone in the mental snapshots I saw of her. She was forever accompanied by a young, night elf girl with a quiet, sad smile. After three or four times of seeing this priestess with the bigoted mage, I began to wonder who the night elf was and why she was traveling with someone whom so obviously and outwardly would despise and degrade her.
The character I would actually be playing for the Project came soon after.
Putting Together The Pieces
Once I noticed the night elf girl and had become intrigued by her, I only had to ask the character a few questions to really grasp who she was. The race had already been chosen for me, as had most of her visual ascetic. The rest of her I knew, more or less, as her identity came tumbling in to my head.
Q.) "How old are you?"
A.) "Two hundred and eighty six summers." (A relative cherub by night elf standards, according the World of Wacraft RPG, where it is stated that Night Elves reach adulthood at around three hundred years old. I saw this character as being in that last transition between later teenager and young adult.)
Q.) "What do you do?"
A.) "I serve the divine will of Elune."
Q.) "Why do you endure?"
A.) "Because I live."
Q.) "What are your goals."
A.) "To encourage the growth of soul in others and to spread the soft glow of Elune's light. To stand tall in the Her light and be proud of what Her divine glow reveals inside my heart when my time comes."
Q.) "How far will you go to achieve these goals?"
A.) "To the ends of my life."
Q.) "What is your greatest hope?"
A.) "That we all can be forgiven."
I knew she was a priestess, that she was young, and that she had enormous regrets. While folding my mind around her, and trying to see her place in the lore and history of the last few hundred years of Warcraft lore, I saw her story play out in front of me. She had just been made a fledgling priestess during the Third War and just before the battle of Mount Hyjal and the voluntary destruction of that cost the night elves their immortality, but ultimately saved Azeroth from complete dominion by the Burning Legion. She opposed the destruction of the World Tree and tried to prevent it. She didn't want to die. And now she has to live with the weight of that choice. She was a child, she panicked, and has been forgiven by her church. After all, there was very little she could have done to have stopped Malfurion Stormrage and Tyrande Whisperwind from actually unleashing the primal forces of Nordrassil upon the Legion. But she continues to hold it against herself. In that moment, she would have eagerly traded the lives of millions of innocent others in order to preserve her own immortality. That isn't something she can easily forgive, even of herself. Especially of herself.
A few of the finer details required a bit of smoothing here and there, but she came out of the box more or less assembled. I had a character who was asking to be played.
A Rose By Any Other…
And now she needed a name.
I went around Darnassus with one of my Alliance alternates and looked at the names of the non-player characters. I typed a few at random in to Google, and came up with a couple of languages which those names seemed to have roots from. The most common shared language among those names I sampled was Greek.
I gave it some thought, opened my browser to good ol' Google Translate, set it to translate English to Greek, and entered the word I connect most to the night elves.
Fegari means "moon" in Greek.
When The Fat Lady (Er… Man?) Sings
And that's it. That's how Fegari came about. Helpful to others when creating a character? Maybe not. But that's how it happened. If I had any actual advice to give about creating a character, it would be to trust your instincts. For some, the organic process works best. For others, they need to shape every detail of their characters themselves with their bare hands from the ground up. Either method has its virtues and will influence how you experience the character after creation. One of my greatest hobbies is psycho-analyzing my characters. Someone who shapes his or her characters completely from the beginning won't understand this fascination, because they'll more than likely feel they already know the character's thoughts and motivations wholly. But regardless of how you create, there comes a certain understanding of what you're doing, what you're trying to achieve, and how you'll get there.
If you feel yourself swimming upstream the entire way when making a character, I'd suggest that you trust your instincts and set it aside for a while or give a different concept a go. You can always come back to the original idea later, pick it back up, and look at it from a fresh perspective. Yeah, that's more or less it. Trust your instincts. Good lesson, Travis. Thirty five hundred words for a three word lesson.
Can't you just wait for my next post? I'll try to filter myself better next time. Then again, maybe not. Babbling is part of my process.


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The Benefits of an Ecosystem
03. July 2019 / By Anders Bo Rasmussen / 0 Comments
At Universal Robots (UR) we have launched UR+, the world's first ecosystem of third-party end-effector solutions and other add-ons for our collaborative robot (cobot) arms, allowing us and our partners to focus on what each does best, encouraging collaboration and creativity that benefits customers.
While other manufacturers opt to make their own end-effectors rather than involving third parties, UR has chosen an ecosystem business model for a variety of reasons:
Partner handshake: CEO of Soft Robotics Carl Vause (left) demonstrates his company's new UR+ certified gripper to Universal Robots' founder Esben Østergaard.
A great robotic arm is exceedingly difficult to engineer. So, the idea that UR could excel at this plus also produce end-effectors that live up to its standards was not an approach we wanted to pursue. End-effectors are industry- and application-specific, and the companies that make them possess highly specialized knowledge of exactly how their products are used and must function.
These companies are experts in the minute details. As experts in collaboration, we thought it only natural that we should facilitate the collaboration between end users and end-effector suppliers. At UR, we've found that the ecosystem we've created with our partners benefits customers in four ways: Utility, choice, security, and ease.
Creating healthy, dynamic competition
Because of the size and diversity of the UR+ portfolio of products certified to work well with UR cobots from day 1, any given customer is more likely to find just the right tool for their application than with other suppliers. This means more companies can benefit from robotic automation, and those that do can maximize the productivity, quality and cost-saving benefits that cobots provide. It goes without saying that an ecosystem approach, with multiple suppliers producing the same types of end-effectors, gives customers more choice than if they only had one option available to them. For the individual customer, choice means a more exact match to specific needs. In a broader sense it means a more-dynamic ecosystem, with partners jostling to outdo each other or find underserviced niches which keeps pushing quality higher as it broadens the offering as a whole.
Why would third-party companies develop products certified for UR cobots? See the many different reasons and benefits here.
Securing the investment
When we speak of UR+ and security, we mean the security of the customer's investment in automation infrastructure. A smaller automation provider might entice today, but could be gone tomorrow, leaving the end user stranded with a futureless technology. In addition to this "staying power" security, a larger ecosystem means more engineers working to solve challenges today and tomorrow – and a greater chance that they will succeed. Ease-of-use means faster deployment and less-costly training time for operators. We achieve this through certified seamless hardware integration, and end-effector control that is fully integrated in the UR control interface. A UR cobot can be deployed and put to work in next to no time, and the UR+ program makes sure that end-effectors don't slow the process or add costly complexity.
Empowering People
Ultimately, the UR+ ecosystem was created to empower customers – as do the cobots themselves. UR+ taps into that entrepreneurial do-it-yourself spirit that drives companies to take the first steps toward automation. It's more of a movement than a business model, and involvement usually means positive transformation. The UR+ ecosystem empowers manufacturers of end-effectors just as it empowers companies that take the automation plunge.
UR+ partners gain sales access to a larger worldwide installed base than they'll find with any other collaborative robot manufacturer. They ensure maximum performance by making sure their products are used with the best cobots available. They maximize customer satisfaction by delivering the compatibility and ease of use that the UR+ certification process ensures. And they can count on business growth, as the installed base of UR cobots just keeps expanding.
Voodoo Manufacturing in Brooklyn, New York, was racing against time to develop a proof of concept for investors, showing how they could effortlessly and economically automate the harvesting of their 3D printers. The company originally looked at competing cobot solutions but ended up choosing a UR10 with a UR+ certified gripper from Robotiq due to the seamless integration, allowing the user to program the gripper directly through the UR cobot's teach pendant.
Why benefits outweigh the risk
A less-tangible benefit for UR+ partners is the creative energy they're able to tap into when they join the developer program. We freely admit that there are risks involved in opening up. But we've found that they are manageable, and the risks involved in pretending you can do everything yourself are far greater. To ensure the quality of the third-party end-effectors and other products available through the UR+ program, Universal Robots operates a proven certification system. The challenge is to give developers the creative freedom to invent their dream solutions, while also insisting 100 percent on the compatibility, performance and ease of use.
Universal Robots believes that a third-party ecosystem approach is the best way to get complete cobot solutions in the hands of customers. The proof is in the "booming" UR+ marketplace, that now counts 155 certified UR+ products and 400+ approved commercial developer companies in the UR+ program
now. For us, there is no limit to the new solutions and opportunities that UR+ will open up for customers and partners going forward. As cobot automation continues to grow and move into new application areas, new end-effector and accessory developers with useful new solutions will just keep coming.
Anders Bo Rasmussen is Universal Robots' UR+ senior product manager. His career spans leading roles in product management across several industries, such as consumer electronics and medical devices. Anders is 46 years young and lives with his family in the outskirts of Copenhagen.


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Asian Tribune is published by E-LANKA MEDIA(PVT)Ltd. Vol. 20 No. 79
Sri Lankan housemaid tells of systematic abuse in Saudi
[b]Sri Lankan housemaid tells of systematic abuse in Saudi Arabia[/b]
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans are driven by financial need and poverty to become contract workers in the Middle East. Their conditions are appalling. Many are treated as slave labor and abused, mentally and physically. A number have died in unexplained circumstances. The Sri Lankan government, concerned above all to protect a lucrative source of foreign exchange, has taken no action to defend its citizens.
According to a report by the Information Department in Colombo, 64.5 percent of the 1.5 million Sri Lankans employed abroad are women. In 1986 the proportion was only about a half of it, at 33 percent. Most are employed as housemaids or are involved in other menial forms of work. The World Socialist Web Site recently interviewed one housemaid who described at length the exploitative conditions she was forced to endure.


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The second annual Strong4Sam Poker Night, held last Saturday, 1/28/17 was an
overwhelming success, raising over $10,000 for pediatric cancer research. The strong support from all who attended made for a festive, entertaining and successful evening. Special thank you to Bill Rooney, Dean Mix and Jeff Taylor for planning the event, to Josh and Lori Gill for hosting the event, to the high school club members who helped with set up, clean up, parking and rides home, and to Big House BBQ for donating the delicious dinner.
Mark your calendars for the Strong4Sam auction, October 13, 2017.


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every year i find myself at the Union Square Holiday Market. i just can't resist outdoor markets, and thanks to global warming, i can survive an outdoor market even in December.
i'm not going to go too much into about the market. if you've been there, you know, and if you haven't, you're missing out. it's just a bunch of unique and interesting items that are worth going to look, even if you don't purchase.
i will mention 1 item though: LED light-up t-shirts. the concept was intriguing and cute, but even better was the vendor's set-up. in a darkly lit (oxymoron there) booth, they blasted Gangnam Style and other fun dance tunes to best demonstrate the t-shirt's reactivity to sound. if the music didn't catch your attention, then the shirts did.
although i was supposed to meet Sully for dinner after the market, i was temporarily delayed when Egg and She decided to stop at the Wafels and Dinges stand for a delicious waffle. their choice of fresh strawberries and chocolate sauce as toppings was a little too sweet for me. when i later (weeks later, not later that night) introduced the wafel to Sully, i liked his topping combination of spekuloos and fresh strawberries better.
after sufficiently satisfying myself with a few bites of wafel, i booked it over to meet Sully for dinner. for the life of me i can't remember the name of the place, except it was a japanese lounge that we went to because of a Groupon. afterwards, Sully was still hungry, so we yelped for other food options nearby and found ourselves at Little Muenster.
this adorable little shop was relatively empty when we passed by, and due to the cold weather, the idea of a warm and toasty grilled cheese and tomato soup sounded like a perfect after-dinner snack to fill our tummies.
i admit that i've seen this vendor at many a street/food fair and have opted to stay away, mainly because, it's just grilled cheese. and no doubt it's delicious, but why would i pay $7+ for something i can make at home? i mean seriously.
but here we were, and with the $10 special of any sandwich + tomato soup, we found ourselves settling down to a tray of hot and creamy tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich containing chipotle chicken, jarlsberg, cotija, and cilantro crema.
both were freshly made (ok the soup might have already been pre-made, but you know what i mean). the soup was rich and creamy providing a touch of acid to the crispy cheese sandwich with a slight kick from the chicken. as i ate it, it reminded me of how this combination, although simple, is a true classic and complement each other perfectly.
so, after tasting the food, i have to admit, given the right circumstances and the right temperature, i probably would pay more than $5 for their sandwich. as long as it was paired with the tomato soup as well.


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• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?
Hey guys! Look what I found! A weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should be Reading blog here on wordpress.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do this meme with Wishlist Wednesday or I should alternate. What do you guys think?
• What are you currently reading?
Until Fountain Bridge (side novella) by Samantha Young. I feel like I missed out on an amazing author and I'm only just finding the wonders her words have to offer.
• What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished reading On Dublin Street and An On Dublin Street Christmas. I'm starting to really enjoy the little side novellas (1.5) sequels authors are coming up with
• What do you think you'll read next?
I'm stuck on this series for now, if the other books are as great as the first, I'll be stuck on it for a while. Next up book 2 – Down London Road
What are your WWW?
I just found Samantha Young as a new author I haven't read and I'm loving her work so far!
Any author suggestions out there?


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This film is ridiculous. The plot, the action scenes and the amount of cameos – it's all ridiculous. And it's awesome. The latest film from Rogen and Goldberg, This Is The End features six friends trapped in a lavish Los Angeles mansion as they try to survive what appears to be the Apocalypse.
Oh, and everyone in this film is playing themselves. Seth Rogen is Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel is Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill is Jonah Hill … etc. And just about everyone you could think of in relation to Rogen and Goldberg is in this film. Cera, Mintz-Plasse, Kaling, Ansari … even Emma Watson makes a few appearances. There are quite a few surprises along the way, too.
When Baruchel, who claims to hate LA, arrives at the airport to spend a weekend with his old Canadian buddy Rogen, he expects to spend his time getting high, watching movies and playing video games. He soon becomes displeased when Seth suggests they attend Franco's housewarming party, where everyone who's anyone is going to be. Jay makes it clear that he doesn't get along with Seth's new Hollywood friends, but will come along anyway.
Everyone (and I mean everyone) is at Franco's place doing what celebrities do best – partying. The cameos are hilarious – especially Cera, who appears to be an out-of-control cocaine-snorting delinquent. Tensions are running high between Jay and Seth, who seem to be drifting apart. But this is forgotten about when the Apocalypse hits and everyone starts falling into a giant sinkhole. There's limbs torn off, heads squashed, Cera is impaled on a lamp post – it's ridiculous.
Seth, Jay, James, Jonah, Craig and eventually Danny (who turned up uninvited) survive the sinkhole and board themselves up inside the house, believing that celebrities will be the first to be rescued. But after quite a bit of time goes by, they realise they are facing the actual Apocalypse – complete with demonic creatures that are out to kill them.
This Is The End is nothing short of hilarious. The concept is so ridiculous that it's brilliant, and the script contains so many one-liners that will have you in hysterics. The action scenes and gore are so intentionally fake and over the top that they add to the laughs – because there's nothing funnier than actors playing themselves getting decapitated by an apocalyptic force. Playing themselves, there are many opportunities for the actors to reference their other real-life work. There's a highly amusing home-made sequel to Pineapple Express among the works – if you love Seth and his crew, you will be crying with laughter at this film.
I often find I don't enjoy big-name films with a multitude of big names appearing in it, because they're overrated and spend so much time trying to fit everyone in that it loses focus. This Is The End is the exception – definitely go see this one in cinemas.
This Is The End review
This film is ridiculous. The plot, the action scenes and the amount of cameos – it's all ridiculous. And it's awesome. The latest film from Rogen and Goldberg, This Is The End features six friends trapped in a lavish Los Angeles mansion as they try to survive what appears to be the Apocalypse.
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April 18, 2019
Good evening, folks!! I hope you've all had a nice week and a great start to your weekend. 🙂
Last time I wrote, I told you I was on my way to work.
I did do my hair and makeup BUT, after we had some strong drinks at the bar… I was no longer feelin' it. I know, I'm so irresponsible. I have no idea what's wrong with me.
To make matters worse, when we got home and finished smoking a blunt, we both wanted to order a pizza and some hot wings. You guys know, my stomach hates cheese but, bad decisions are always accompanied by more bad decisions, aren't they? Or is that just with me?
I found a place called Angelina's Pizzeria. It wasn't too far from us so we opted for pick-up. There was an app called Slice that we had to download to place our order– it was pretty cool. They support local pizzerias only, not the big name ones. They sent us an e-mail thanking us and everything for downloading and using their app.
For our toppings, we chose pepperoni, jalapenos, onions, and mushrooms. We got the large, 16-inch size. 🙂
The wings were a bit dry, but the Spicy Garlic sauce we chose was pretty good. Not at all spicy but, it def had a nice flavor. I just wish there would have been more of it.
To be honest, I can't even remember what I did when I got home besides eat… it's not coming back to me, either.
So, of course I woke up with a pounding headache yesterday even though I slept in until past 3 PM. I showered, smoked a blunt, then I took a bunch of photos of my sub box and Empties & Discards items and played this Bus Simulation game on my phone while boyfriend made dinner then, we watched the newest episode of The Act while we ate. I took a Tylenol before eating but, the headache never went away. I ended up taking a nap with my Sushi cat on the couch for a little over an hour when the episode ended– hoping that would help ease the pain!
Yet, when I woke up, I felt a dull ache still… after a blunt and a cup of black coffee, it FINALLY went away. I had tried responding to comments earlier but, couldn't focus with the pounding so once I felt better, I got to go back to that. 🙂 I also got to writing and publishing my Empties & Discards post.
THEN, I probably made the biggest mistake, ever but I opened up the Sims 4 and played for the rest of the night (here I go into this dark hole again…). All of my main Sims' kids are Adults and living on their own now so, I'm working on getting them all married, with kids, and to the top of their careers– one by one. I started with the oldest girl last night. She's already married and, GUESS WHAT! She just gave birth to TWIN GIRLS. That has been my Sim dream since I started playing but, I have only ever got one set of BOY twins before!! I'm so excited to see what they look like when they grow up!!
Today, I woke up at around 2 PM. I read some blogs on my Reader for about an hour and a half before I hopped into the shower. When I got out, we smoked a blunt and then, boyfriend heated up all kinds of leftovers for dinner while I tossed together a yummy salad.
We had a Cheating Gourmet frozen Cilantro Lime Shrimp Rice Bowl in the freezer so we decided to heat that up, too. We both hated it so, boyfriend just picked out all the shrimpies, LOL.
We watched Guy's Grocery Games while we ate then, we went to Starbucks for our espressos. This time, we went inside and ordered them instead of going through the drive-thru. I watched them closely to see if they actually brewed our espresso and they DID but, I can't help but wonder if it was only because she KNEW I was watching… either way, their espresso SUCKS compared to the Starbucks' located by boyfriend's work.
We ran a few more necessary errands before heading home then, I hopped onto WordPress pretty much right when I walked through the door. 🙂 NOW, I must go get ready for work and I MUST actually go to work, LOL.
Have a good night and a fun weekend!!!