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Kentucky pried chicken: Fried grease chain's loyalty club hacked Not so finger-lookin' good now are we, Colonel Sanders? Anti-artery campaigners KFC have urged 1.2 million customers in its Colonel’s Club loyalty scheme in the UK to ditch their account passwords for new ones after its site was hacked. The club includes an app that lets fried grease fans login and collect Chicken Stamps to “earn ... free food rewards.” Today, KFC sent an email urging tragic drumstick addicts to overhaul their login details as their credentials, along with any personal information stored with their club account, may have been lifted by miscreants. “Our monitoring systems have found a small number of Colonel’s Club accounts may have been compromised as a result of our website being targeted,” the email added. “Whilst it’s unlikely you have been impacted, we advise that you change your password as a precaution. If you use the same email address and password across other services, you should also reset them, just to be safe." Only about 30 of the 1.2 million members had been targeted, but KFC decided to inform everyone, the biz told ITV News. It did not store credit card details in the reward scheme, so no financial information had been stolen, KFC added. The email added that the Colonel was very “sorry for any inconvenience” caused and KFC was shoring up its database defences against the dark arts. “As this type of problem is becoming more common online, we’ve now introduced additional security measures to further safeguard our members’ accounts and to stop this kind of thing happening again.” ® Updated on 13 December, 11.18am GMT to add: Brad Scheiner, Head of IT at KFC UK & Ireland said: "We take the online security of our fans very seriously, so we’ve advised all Colonel’s Club members to change their passwords as a precaution, despite only a small number of accounts being directly affected. We don’t store credit card details as part of our Colonel’s Club rewards scheme, so no financial data was compromised."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Friday, September 26, 2008 One year ago today... I started to write this paragraph about 100 different ways, and about 100 different times, but the way that feels the best is by just saying that I deeply miss Megan. Words really can’t describe the feeling. I miss her smile, her smell, her soft youthful skin, her freckles, her stunning eyes, her beautiful hair. I miss her kind heart, her spirit, her spunk, her laugh. I miss the relationship that we had shared. I miss my daughter and my friend. I have learned over the past year that there is absolutely nothing that will fill the hole in my heart, because she is not here to see, touch, smell or hear. I can still talk to her, and laugh with her, and tell her about what is going on here with Matt and Madison, but it is not the same. I feel close to her when I feel the breeze, or see God’s beauty here on Earth, because I know that she is a part of it. We have met some wonderful people over the past year that has helped give us tools to cope with such a loss. We have such incredible support from friends and family, new and old. Megan touched so many lives and our community has come together to mourn for her and support each other. Megan died one year ago today, at the age of 14, from a condition known as Myocarditis, which weakens the heart resulting in a Sudden Cardiac Arrest. The most common cause of Myocarditis is viral. She did not have any symptoms. She just died during a cross country race for Dana Hills High. Luckily, I was there with her, she passed away in a beautiful place, doing what she loved; just being part of a team. Megan played AYSO soccer since she was 5, became part of an incredible soccer team named Pride, then branched out and started cross country in her freshman year. When I look at Megan’s life, I can seriously say that I have no regrets and I know that she wouldn’t either. I picture myself holding a gold box in my hands, which holds her time here on earth, and it is a beautiful box, it is just too small. Unfortunately, I don’t have more memories with her to fill it. But I am so grateful for the time we had with her, and given a choice would have taken the 14 years we had, over not having her at all. If you are reading this, then I would imagine that you have been touched in some way by Megan’s life and Megan’s death. I hope that you have looked at your own life and determined what is important to you for your own happiness and fulfillment. Our time here is so short and unpredictable. I have become so much more appreciative of the good things in life, not material things by any means, but the beauty of the Earth, my beautiful family, the friendships that we have, our good health, and just the day to day experiences that we call “life”. 19 comments: Gail--We are with you today. We are thankful for the gift of Megan and your family in our lives. Today" cross country workout for Capo is "on your own." Jeanette is doing her run at the Park. I know she'll say "HI!" to Megan there.Lov, Kathy The past year has felt like a lifetime, and at the same time it feels like just yesterday that your/our sorrow began. Your courage to face each day with hope and brightness is an example we can all learn from. I am so proud of you and all that you give to everyone and especially what you gave and continue to give to Megan. She had a wonderful life, and you were the architect of it, you gave her the tools, the opportunity and the structure to flourish, and did she ever. You see how much she flourished by not only the time she had with us, but by how many people she touches and how many love her. Your beautiful gold box is too small, but how fortunate you are to be the one who holds the beautiful box and how lucky we are that you have shared her and the beautiful box with all of us! Thank you so much for all the memories you share with us about our beautiful MEGAN! I am very thankfull that she was able to share some of her valuable time with my daughter Jacqueline. Jacqueline did not have the opportunity to have had spend more time with her, but the time they did, Jacqueline truly appreciates it. There is not a day that my daughter Jacqueline has not stopped thinking about her. She always tells me how she remembers her smile and MEGANS good kind heart! I want to let you know that if you ever need someone to talk to or share all those beautiful memories with, please call us, especially Jacqueline. She would love to hear more about that kind, loveable, friendly and smily friend MEGAN! Our hearts are with you now and always. May God bless all of you and especially MEGAN! From Ana OtoupalikThe Otoupalik FamilyP.S. We love going to the park and hang out with MEGAN at her GROVE! This past year has been an eternity, yet it feels like just yesterday that your/our sorrow began. I am so proud of you and in aw of how much courage and strength you have shown and given over the past year. You seek the good and brightness in each day, which is, at times, unbearable, but somehow you find your strength to push through. Your dedication to your kids shines through them. Megan is a beautiful bright light that will never dim, she is with you in so many ways. You are her architect, you gave her the tools, the oportunity and the structure to flourish, and did she ever, she flourishes to this day through the lives she has touched. You are right, the beautiful gold box is too small, but what a beautiful box it is and how fortunate we are that you & Jeff brought us beautiful Megan and have shared so much of her with us. I feel honored to have known and loved her. Gail, I wish to comfort you on this day, and yet I find myself reading your words and feeling comforted by you. I feel honored to know your family, and blessed to gain a better perspective on life because of Megan. You are in my thoughts and prayers today and everyday. Love, Tami Gail,You and your family are in our hearts and prayers today. I think of you often and can't begin to comprehend what this year has been like for you. Your beautiful website is such a tribute to Megan-it is also a comfort to those who miss her and cherish you, Jeff, Matt and Madison. Megan would be so proud of all of you. I hope and pray that God continues to give you peace and that Megan's spirit of love will continue to comfort you too. She touched so many lives...and continues to do so each day with her memories.Love, The Murray family Our hearts were with you the day we lost Megan and everyday we have been reminded of how precious life truly is. This blog has been a wonderful place to remind all of us about how special Megan is and will always be. Thank you for the time you have taken to give us a little part of your daughter to hold and share. Our hearts were with you the day we lost Megan and everyday we have been reminded of how precious life truly is. This blog has been a wonderful place to remind all of us about how special Megan is and will always be. Thank you for the time you have taken to give us a little part of your daughter to hold and share. Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful memories of Megan with us on this site. This day is one in which we can be reminded of how beautiful Megan was inside and out. This day helps to also remind us once again to hold close what you love and never miss an opportunity to tell the people around you how much you appreciate and love them. Megan knew how much she was loved and how special she was. You could see it in her smile and her playful spirit. Gail,My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family on this very sad anniversary. Not many people can feel that kind of hole in your heart - but it sounds like you have a great support of friends and family down there to help ease the sting, no matter how slight. I enjoy seeing your photos, and you have a great looking family! And despite your pain, YOU LOOK GREAT!Blessings to you...Debbie Hood(Rosenthal/Thorn) I was never blessed to meet Megan but yesterday my daughter who is a freshman at capo ran for her. She was incredibly touched and proud to run for her --I am sure that Megan was there running with them all. Your courage and strenth is amazing, I salute you. Megan continues to touch many and she will for a long time to come.My cousin died after completing the Chicago Marathon http://www.boston.com/sports/specials/marathon/articles/2004/04/16/completing_her_mission/ I know they are in heaven doing what they love, looking out at the ones they love. Our prayers are with you all, thanks for sharing so much of your beautiful daugher with us.The Gordon family. I have been wanting to contact you for the past year to tell you that I think of your family often although we don't know each other. I was there at the park the day that Megan passed away because my daughter was on the Capo Cross Country Team. It affected her deeply and she to this day has a picture of Megan in her room. That day was also my daughters birthday and I know that every year for the rest of my life on her birthday, I will also think of Megan. I went to her memorial service and it was incredibly beautiful. I hope that you and your family are doing o.k. on this day.Cindy Gail-What courage you have shown through this trial. When our son Jake put on his blue shirt today for Megan, it just struck me. One whole year. Every yearly milestone has passed one time, that is really strange to imagine. As I read your post, my heart squeezed so tightly it made the tears came easily.Because I know Megan is so safe and so happy, the tears fall for you, for your loss, your sadness. Your advice has reminded me of how to love life and my family, however imperfect.I hope that God has granted you a degree of peace although it may always be tinged with the longing that will be filled when you are reunited with Megan in heaven. Until then, be reminded that our God holds you closely to him, as closely as he holds your precious Megan. There is comfort waiting there for you.Hugs from your sister-in-Him-Anne Berryhill Megan's passing deeply affected Pablo and me, and in the last year all of you have offered an inspiring example of strength and grace. In this manner, you have honored Megan's life and memory. In the last year, I have often thought that if my child grows up to have even a little bit of Megan's inner beauty and giving spirit, I will be so grateful. I aspire to be the kind of parent who raises wonderful young people like Megan, Matt and Madison. You have done a beautiful job. You also have reinforced the lesson of breathing each beautiful moment to the fullest, to love freely and deeply, and to be grateful for every blessing, no matter how small or fleeting. I am so sad - I cannot ever imagine how you must feel. I would just like to tell you how very sorry I am for the loss of Megan and how unfair it is. This has affected me very, very much and I wish you the best. xoxo Thank your for sharing these memories with everyone. I have two nieces in high school and I can't imagine what it would be like with them not around. Although she is no longer among the living her spirit is still around, I believe. She continues to touch many lives through her family and friends, even those who have never met her. About Megan Megan was a beautiful, vibrant, healthy, 14 year old girl who passed away unexpectedly from Sudden Cardiac Arrest, caused my Myocarditis on 9/26/2007. Megan was a lifelong soccer player and began running Cross Country during her Freshman year at Dana Hills. She was a wonderful daughter, sister, and friend, whose sweet personality and sunny disposition is missed by all. The Megster, Meggie, Megs, Meggers, Megan, Meggie Mae " I noticed how beautiful the sky was the other day, and realized it's because you're up there." Sisters A poem from Meg's Memorial Service Understanding “I’ll lend you for a little timea child of mine,” He said.“For you to love the while she livesand mourn for when she’s dead.It may be six or seven years,or even twenty-two or three,But will you, till I call her back,take care of her for me?She’ll bring her charms to gladden you,and shall her stay be brief,you’ll have her lovely memoriesas solace for your grief.”“I cannot promise she will stay,since all from earth return,but there are lessons taught down thereI want this child to learn.I’ve looked the wide world overin my search for teachers true,And from the throngs that crowd life’s lovesI have selected you.Now will you give her all your love,not think the labor vain;Not hate me when I come to callto take her back again?”I fancied that I heard them say,“Dear Lord, Thy will be done,”For all the joy Thy child shall bring,the risk of grief we’ll run.We’ll shelter her with tenderness,we’ll love her while we may,and for the happiness we’ve knownforever grateful stay.But shall the angels call hermuch sooner than we’ve planned,we’ll brave the bitter grief that comesand try to understand Remember Megan Always smiling!! Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take your breath away Memorial Poem Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleepI am a thousand winds that blowI am a diamond's gilt on snowI am the sunlight on ripened grainI am the gentle autumn's rainWhen you awaken in the morning's hushI am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flightI am the soft stars that shine at nightDo not stand at my grave and cryI am not there, I did not die.(Thank you Jenny for sending this to me) A Thought for the Day "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand" Randy Pausch from The Last Lecture	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Tag: Nepal The 2015 earthquake in Nepal affected so many lives and left so much damage. A year later, the people of Nepal are still rebuilding. One of the many affected areas of infrastructure were the schools. CEF is proud to partner with Kina Social Ventures to support the rebuilding of some of the schools so the kids of Nepal can continue to get a good education. For 13 years Kina, a registered Canadian charity, has been helping at-risk girls in rural Nepal by providing them with educational support and healthcare services. These girls are supported throughout their entire education, with the ultimate goal to empower them with this education and become more productive members of society and contribute to the development of their community. Because the earthquakes in 2015 damaged many schools, Kina is working to rebuild these schools so they can continue to support girls with their education. CEF is funding the reconstruction of one of the schools in the Rocham Village area of Nepal. This is a very remote area of the country that houses approximately 150 families and there is currently no electrical power. It is quite a trek to get there from the capital city of Kathmandu with a lot of heavily terraced, steep, and corrugated mountains along the way. Base, one of the remote communities in Nepal where Kina is helping rebuild schools. David Wood, Founder and Director of Kina, was in Nepal in May and provided us with an update on the school construction. The foundation has been dug out and a lot of the materials are being transported to the Rocham Village site. The goal is to have an earthquake resistant school up and running as soon as possible. The school in Rocham Waku currently under construction. Kina is working with a local in-country partner, The Small World (TSW), to help with the construction of the schools. There is a School Management Committee and a School Construction Management Committee – all made up of local residents who are learning and developing reusable skills. Currently, in Rocham Village, there are three schools, all of which have extensive damage, overcrowding, and extremely tiny classrooms. Classes grades 1 – 8 are taught in these schools. One of the schools is extremely damaged due to the earthquake and is quite dangerous, but still being used on a temporary basis until the new building is up and running. The other two schools are comparatively safer and slightly bigger. More than 230 students attend these schools, so if you do the math, that is approximately 76 students per school in some very small classrooms, as can be seen in the picture below! A very cozy classroom in Nepal. While on this trip, David was also able to interview new students for the Kina scholarship program. So many of these girls come from poor families, live in very remote areas, and some have no parents. With the continuation of Kina’s program and the building of this new school, the hope is to equip these girls with an education that will serve them well into the future.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Andi Thomas has always worn her hair waist-length. But when her carefully-planned wedding evaporates she impulsively has the honey-colored locks whacked off into a chin-length style. In the beauty shop Ruth gives her a romance novel to read, and tells Andi she should use her honeymoon reservations for a solo fling. But librarians don’t do flings. Andi convinces herself that a week on San Antonio’s romantic Riverwalk will be the perfect opportunity to complete research on her book about pioneer Texas women. Even with her new, sassy hairstyle it would be silly to fantasize about stepping between the slick, scarlet covers of the steamy novel and romancing a hero. To read excerpts, you need to have an account with us. Please log in first.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Cooley 2000 12 YO A. D. Rattray I have had this bottle for a couple of years now and it is almost empty, unfortunately. Well, it is time to share my thoughts about this one. I did say a few words about when The Ladies’ Share had our super tasting right before Summer, see here. Todays whisky is a release from the independent bottler A. D. Rattray. It is an Irish whisky from Cooley Distillery. It was distilled 2000-01-28, then matured in bourbon cask #377 before bottled 2012-03-19 into 222 bottles at 59,3 ABV. This bottle is bought in USA and therefore the size is 750 ml. Very fresh on the nose. Lemon and eucalyptus. Slightly woody with some spices. Nutmeg and cloves. Then comes a lovely sweetness with vanilla and fudge. Very rich and smooth on the palate. Mmm… Lovely mouthfeel. Oily, fudge, white pepper, lemon and a bit oaky. The freshness from the nose reappears on the finish. The oiliness is still there with a warm chili sense. Archive Subscribe to news via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address About our logo It took a year. Then we decided we wanted a logo for our club. We had an idea about what we wanted and presented our thoughts to Madelaine. She immediately liked it and offered to draw it. The result you can see above. Our logo is designed by Madelaine by hand!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The White House and congressional Republicans are finalizing a tax plan that would slash the corporate rate while likely reducing the levy for the wealthiest Americans, with President Donald Trump ready to roll out the policy proposal at midweek. Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, President Donald Trump insisted on Monday there is "no chaos" in his White House as he swore in retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as his new chief of staff.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A scene that played out in the Washington state legislature was fit for a Clint Eastwood movie. Last week, a group of angry citizens showed up in the House gallery openly waving pistols and high powered rifles as they looked down upon the debating chamber below. They came packing heat to protest a new state law approved by voter referendum mandating background checks for gun buyers. The protesters waved their weapons like political placards, which are banned in the gallery, as they indulged in the fact that there was no comparable ban on citizens brandishing their legally licensed guns. Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, a Democrat, recognized intimidation when he saw it and quickly issued a ban on open-carry visitations to the Senate, where he presides. “I don’t want the people who are on the floor being fearful of doing their job,” Mr. Owen explained, imagining that an elected official might indeed be swayed by someone slapping leather in the gallery. The Democratic controlled House soon followed suit, banning open carry by citizens when they come to eye lawmakers up close. Gun rights advocates were apoplectic, blaming “a few stupid extremists on our side” for the rebuff. Not all was lost in their cause. Citizens can still attend proceedings with their loaded guns but must keep them concealed. Placards and umbrellas, to be sure, remain prohibited dangers, as do bursts of gallery applause or boos aimed at lawmakers trying to work in peace below.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Lawmaker: BEAM Should Include Northern Kentucky Region by admin on November 30, 2011 From Dan Conti, Kentucky Public Radio A state representative from Covington says he’s disappointed that Northern Kentucky wasn’t included in the development of the new Bluegrass Economic Advancement Movement (BEAM). Democrat Arnold Simpson thinks BEAM should have been larger and encompassed some counties from his region. Lexington Mayor Jim Gray says the Brookings Institution created the template for BEAM and considers Northern Kentucky to be tied more closely to Cincinnati’s economy. However, Simpson says that means the two areas are jousting each other for jobs. “I would hate to see a device put in to being where northern Kentucky would be competing with Lexington and Louisville. It shouldn’t be like that. I see our commonalities even though our geographic location lends itself to a recognition of being part of the Cincinnati economy. We’re Kentuckians,” Arnold told a state legislative panel. Simpson says Covington recently lost a pharmacy services company, Omnicare, and its 500 jobs to Cincinnati after Ohio offered the firm $6 million in tax breaks.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
I really want to be living in a world where bitcoin is the default currency. But to start small I’m going after all the people that I know. That way if any of us owe each other money or are hiring each other or splitting a bill at a restaurant it’s just a quick swipe on our screens and we’re square. But I can’t expect you all to geek out for the past 9 months waking up every morning to coindesk & reddit.com/r/bitcoin over breakfast like I have. It’s got to be simple and spelled out and something that takes you just a few minutes to get into. But is it worth your time? There are some things one must learn to intelligently use bitcoin. And why mess around if you’ve got a bank account and pay your bills and everything is already working for you? The answer can’t be “fancy numbers are that do fancy things are cool.” They are but I know you need a real reason that’s closer to your reality. Why should people use bitcoin? Because when email was invented we stopped needing to use fax machines and cut down trees. Because when the computer was invited we stopped needing to use typewriters and futz with white out. Because when car was invented we stopped using horses and engaging in mass animal slavery. Because when we discovered fire we stopped being monkeys hiding in the trees at night and started our path of evolving to who we are today. We have a history of embracing better ways of doing things so I’m completely confident that in time we will see bitcoin technology replace our use of traditional banks to store and send money. Horses and fax machines still exist so I’m not saying banks will go away completely but we will achieve a more peaceful and productive society when the control of the money system is removed from those who have proven to abuse that control. So this isn’t about clever technology, it’s about ideals. If you’ve ever been to an Occupy Wall st event and wish there was something we could actually proactively do beyond shout at the top of our lungs then you’ve found it. If you’ve ever been moved by a film to care about people in far away countries but wish you could do something more then simply share the link online then you’ve found it. If you’ve ever wanted to see art and culture be better financed and wish you could do more then just donate to individual projects then you’ve found it. Bitcoin has the power to break up the financial systems strong hold that’s keeping the world the way it is today. You think we don’t know how to end poverty? How to innovate politics? How to finance the creation of new culture? Designs and innovations for all of the above and much more will be empowered by bitcoin and it’s associated technologies. So let’s withdraw our support for a system we no longer believe is serving us. Remember this idea every time your at the ATM asking them for your money. “Withdraw.” Because if we don’t withdraw our support then we are in effect endorsing their actions. The first step in a world built on top of bitcoin is all of us using it for anything that we can. So I’m here to show you how. You probably also have other friends who can show and after this blog post you’ll be up and running and able to teach people you know and together we can all learn this. BITCOIN 101 What is a bitcoin? It’s a monetary unit. At the time of writing it’s worth around $625 US dollars. You spend bitcoin like you spend any other currency. MILLIBIT There are 1,000 millibits in 1 bitcoin. It’s often easier to describe prices in millibit. Right now 500 millibit is worth around $300. However you don’t type “500” you type “.500” because that’s how the number is accurately sent with a bitcoin application. To deal in bitcoin you have to wrap your head around the exchange rate just like dealing in Thai baht or any other currency of a different value then your local currency. Right now $500 dollars is worth .3 bitcoin. So I’d say “300 milibits” when reading that number. The exchange rate is easy to do in your head. Try it. What is 5 dollars in milibits at the current exchange rate? Answer = 3 milibits. How would you type that into the computer to send it to someone? Answer= .003 BLOCKCHAIN What the heck is the blockchain? Well it’s exactly what what the name implies. A chain of blocks. What’s in the blocks? Data. About what? Transactions. The blockchain is the key invention that is bitcoin. It’s a giant database of transactions people have made and it’s stored on tons of computers that all check each others copies to insure they are the same and every 10 minutes they all update each other with any new additional transactions that have just occurred. Each transaction takes up very little space and older transactions get shrunk down to just the essential data that validates all previously spent bitcoin so that everyone’s balances can be calculated. It’s like the spread sheet you try to keep your checkbook info in except it’s actually accurate and real time and it’s got everyones sent and received transactions ever. WALLET How do you send money or see what your balance is? A wallet. It’s the other main invention that is bitcoin. It’s a piece of software that looks at the blockchain to calculate how much money you currently have control of. I say it that way because whoever has your wallet has control of your money. Since the money is on the block chain you kind of never really have anything. You just have access to update the block chain and spend the money that’s yours. Because the blockchain has every transaction ever there is a trail that can be totaled up to produce your current balance. Your wallet see’s the blockchain and displays your balance which dictates how much money you can spend. Your wallet is also your tool to spend your bitcoin. A wallet can be a piece of hardware but is most likely just an app on your phone, an app on your computer or a website set up to function as a wallet. SEND PAYMENTS To pay someone you need their address. It’s like a phone number or email address. You can get it emailed to you, text messaged or even us a QR code. Because unlike a phone number or email address it’s a pain to manually type because it’s got a lot of characters. A QR code is a bunch of blocks on a screen or piece of paper that contain digits and characters and a QR code is the best way to quickly read a bitcoin address with your phones camera. So checking out at a grocery store a QR code might appear on the register screen and with your phones wallet app you scan that code and then hit “pay”. Your wallet in that moment sends the payment to get included in the blockchain and what happens next is magical. CONFIRMATIONS Your balance is instantly reflected on your wallet but it takes up to 10 minutes to get a confirmation on your payment. A confirmation means your payment has been added to the blockchain so it’s now officially part of the network and irreversible even by hackers. This means you spent your money and now only the receiver can spend it. How? Fancy math. I won’t get into that, but trust me, it’s irreversible and becomes more irreversible with each confirmation. Every 10 minutes another confirmation occurs as your transaction has also made it into the next block in the chain. Once you’ve made it into 6 blocks on the blockchain and have 6 confirmations you’re transaction is now essentially carved in stone. So what is happening exactly? Well the that’s another piece of magic. MINING It’s very expensive to be a bitcoin miner and I don’t recommend it. I’ve done a tiny bit to get a sense of what’s going on and that was enough. If you’ve got a couple thousand dollars and some time on your hands and are fascinated then please go learn everything there is to know about bitcoin mining. Otherwise I’d encourage you to ignore this aspect of bitcoin because it’s highly technical and knowledge of it’s inner working offers no practical application to normal bitcoin usage except two pieces of information that are good to know. Fees. It really helps your transaction to process quickly to attach a small fee. Most wallet apps do this automatically for you. The advantage of paying a fee is that it insures miners are motivated to process your little transaction in the next block because they’ll get that fee. So without a fee you could be waiting around a long time with no confirmation. The second thing to know is about the 25 coins given to miners every 10 minutes. As of this writing there are 12,411,575 bitcoins that the block chain has released per a pre-programmed code that can note be changed because it exists in the block chain. What this means is that when you have 1 bitcoin it’s a fraction of that number. I find this very cool because it’s a feature we don’t have with the US dollar. We don’t know what fraction of the whole our money represents because the dollar is an endless infinite sea as far as anyone can tell. But with bitcoin we know. We know the exact rate at which the total number of bitcoins will increase and we even know the maximum number of bitcoins that will ever be produced. It’s 21,000,000. So we are more then half way there. This is important to understand because it shows how every bitcoin counts and makes up the whole. No government can come along and just issue more bitcoins thereby making your bitcoins worth less then before. Also no bank can come along and loan bitcoin that they don’t really have to all kinds of people thereby increasing money supply and devaluing your money. So if the world uses bitcoin then banks and governments loose their ability to constantly debase your money. All of this thanks to the process of mining. PSEUDONYMITY That word refers to the idea that an address is like a fake name nobody knows is you. It’s not anonymous because that would mean a bunch of random strangers are making transactions with random strangers. That wouldn’t work because the counting of all past spent coins make up the present balances of everyone so there must be a trail of all coins and all addresses at all times. So the answer they invented was pseudonymity. As long as you don’t affiliate your name with your wallet then people analyzing the blockchain will have no idea what your spending habits are. Or if you are a nonprofit or a publicly traded company you can be transparent with some or all of your transactions allowing everyone to see exactly what’s going on in your business and increasing accountability. TUMBLING This is a method of making a payment without drawing a connection between you and another person. It’s like doing a transaction off the record or a back ally cash deal. Because let’s be honest, there isn’t really a problem with the blockchain knowing you bought some groceries but certain things you just don’t want to broadcast to the world. Like if you bought life insurance policy with bitcoin than that could freak some people out and you might want that purchase to be a tumbled purchase. You’d do this by just choosing that option when you make the payment. BlockChain.Info offers a service to do this that you can see below. EXCHANGE VS EVANGELIZE An exchange is something to avoid in my experience. They are services to convert local currency into bitcoin and back the other way. In my opinion it’s more productive to evangelize. Make a list of where you get money and where spend money. Freelance jobs? Full time job? Parents? Savings? Grocery store? Landlord? Bar? Art supplies? Plane tickets? Computer gear? YouTube ads? Government? If you google around you’ll see many of the above listed income and expenses can already be done in bitcoin but for those that can’t you can simply explain to them the benefits and do so constantly and eventually you’ll win them over. SPECULATION People have bought bitcoin for as little as 1 dollar a piece and sold bitcoin for as much as 1200 dollars a piece. So money has been made and that has attracted a lot of speculators who have money they want to grow. These people often loose faith in bitcoin if it takes a slight dip in value and sell off what they own. What I do is different. I use bitcoin for my savings. Since it takes me a very long time to build up savings i’ve found that so far the little bitcoin I own has gone up in value over all even though it generally goes up and down from day to day. Now normally when I have a savings account it doesn’t last long and I end up spending it the first chance I’ve got. I made this mistake already with bitcoin and would have made thousands of dollars had I simply held onto what i’d been saving. So I’ve learned my lesson and my current bitcoin savings are not being touched at all. For someone who has never been good at keeping a savings account this is a miracle and I owe it to bitcoins deflationary nature. I don’t want to spend my savings because i know it’s going to be able to buy me much more later then it can now. MICRO PAYMENTS This is talked a lot about in bitcoin circles. The issue is that credit cards charge a transaction fee which makes selling anything less than a dollar not make economic sense. Credit cards prevent you from spending a quarter for a newspaper or leaving a small tip on a blog or video online. So micro payments are a way to throw money around like buckets of rose pedals on all of the things you love and are potentially capable of changing the game for media creators. REMITTANCE Let’s say you had a job in a foreign country for a while. You’d need to get that money you made back into the country. You might also need to do it fast to keep cover your home country financial obligations. Bitcoin will disrupt the existing industry that takes advantage of people who have this need. Immigrants having expenses back home can now use bitcoin instead of the costly alternatives. If they can’t spend bitcoin back home yet then they can either evangelize to win over new users or use an exchange. Most countries have an exchange that can be linked to bank accounts to move money from bitcoin into local currency and some places like singapore, berlin and Vancouver are even starting to have BTM machines that can do the same. SECOND AUTHENTICATION This is a password that you type in every time you go to make a payment. This way someone needs your password to open your wallet but another password to spend any funds. I highly recommend this if you have more then 20 dollars you protect your coins and use a second authentication password that’s different then anything else on any other site. Also beware of security cameras that could potentially follow your fingers as you type your passwords. BACK UP Because it’s digital you can back up your money. You do this by saving the wallet.dat file in a secure location. Dropbox & Gmail might not seem secure enough but here is what makes it acceptable. The second authentication. As long as you have that turned on the chances of a hacker getting into your gmail, getting your wallet.dat file and knowing both of your passwords is very low. The chances of loosing your phone or your laptop are actually much higher. So keeping this wallet.dat file is an important step. COLD STORAGE When storing something like your life savings or future college tuition you or a big investment in your company you want to use cold storage. If extremely motivated a hacker can probably break down any wall you put up including capturing your password as you enter it. The wall that’s hardest to break down is storing your bitcoin off the internet. This is called cold storage. There are ways to print out the information that makes up your bitcoin or to even create it on a computer that has never even been put on the internet and then put the data on a USB stick. Then you can keep on hand the address to that cold storage wallet and send money to it that nobody else can ever spend. This is a good way to maintain a savings account. PAPER WALLET If you want to store a large amount of money securely you can do so on paper by printing out a couple QR code that contains the entire wallet information. Put these in a safe deposit box with a service and you’ve now got bank level security to your bitcoins. GETTING STARTED So my favorite wallet is blockchain.info. Go to that site and click “create wallet.” Then make a new password, not the same one that you use for everything. Make sure you write it down and the special pass phrase but guard that info like you guard cash. Then take a screen grab the QR code once you’re logged in. Add an email address so that a back up of your wallet can be sent there. Add a double confirmation code. It’s important to know that blockchain doesn’t store your bitcoin. It’s stored by you inside the combination of your identification number they provide you and your password. Within that information is the data that makes up your wallet. Some of your wallet is stored in their servers but they have no way to spend your bitcoin and if they ever get shut down the wallet.dat file will work in other bitcoin wallets. So as long as you keep a back up of that wallet in your gmail or dropbox you are safe. So that’s it, go to blockchain.info/wallet and get yourself up and running. You’ll have an address and a QR code and will be able to get some bitcoin from people you know. Next is to go out to dinner with a friend who has some bitcoin and pay the bill and have them pay their half of the bill to you in bitcoin. The fact that you are now into bitcoin is worth getting together over dinner to talk about anyway. Then go to your employer and ask to be paid in bitcoin. They might like the fact that instead of mailing checks or expensive payroll services they can just type in an amount and click one button and it goes straight to you immediately. Also this can be attractive to new recruits. They might say no but at least it starts a conversation. CoinBase.com and BitPay.com both are potential resources for a company looking to build payroll bitcoin functionality. Then talk to your landlord. They’ll like not having to wait for checks to clear and since they invested in real estate they are also likely into investing in bitcoin by just holding onto the bitcoin you send them. Especially if the mortgage is already paid off. A major realtor in NYC called Bond has begun to accept bitcoin. Others are sure to follow. Then talk to you bodega. Maybe they like the remittance angle or getting away from credit card transaction fees and charge backs. Just keep bringing it up every time your reach into your wallet for cash or credit. Just ask. Do you accept bitcoin? Now that you have an operational understanding of bitcoin you can now be part of the team spreading the word.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Possible mammoth tusk found on SoCal island By ALICIA CHANG, The Associated Press \| 3:27 a.m.Jan. 14, 2009 This photo released by The Nature Conservancy taken on Friday Jan. 9, 2009, shows a complete tusk believed to be of a prehistoric mammoth uncovered on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast. The Nature Conservancy and a leading mammoth expert will excavate the remains next week and use radiocarbon dating to determine their age. (AP Photo/The Nature Conservancy, Kristina Gill) — AP This photo released by The Nature Conservancy taken on Friday Jan. 9, 2009, shows a complete tusk believed to be of a prehistoric mammoth uncovered on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast. The Nature Conservancy and a leading mammoth expert will excavate the remains next week and use radiocarbon dating to determine their age. (AP Photo/The Nature Conservancy, Kristina Gill) / AP LOS ANGELES A complete tusk believed to belong to a prehistoric mammoth was uncovered on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast, researchers reported Tuesday. If the discovery is confirmed, it would mean the tusked beasts roamed 62,000-acre Santa Cruz Island more widely than previously thought. A graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, came across the tusk while working in a canyon on the island's remote north shore earlier this month. Nearby were several rib bones and possible thigh bones, said Lotus Vermeer, the Nature Conservancy's Santa Cruz Island project director. "We've never discovered mammoth remains in this particular location on this island before," Vermeer said. The Nature Conservancy and a leading mammoth expert will excavate the remains next week and use radiocarbon dating to determine their age. Santa Cruz Island is the largest of eight islands that make up California's Channel Islands. During the Pleistocene epoch, more than 10,000 years ago, the four northern islands – Santa Cruz, San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Anacapa – formed one big island that scientists call Santarosae. Scientists theorized that mainland Columbian mammoths – ancestors of the present-day elephant – swam across the channel in search of vegetation on Santarosae. Over time, they evolved into a pygmy form to better adapt to scarce resources on the islands. Judging by the tusk size – about 4 feet long – it might have belonged to a pygmy mammoth, Vermeer said. The most complete skeleton of a prehistoric pygmy mammoth was excavated in 1994 on Santa Rosa Island. It's rare to find mammoth remains on Santa Cruz Island, probably because its steep terrain was inhospitable to pygmy mammoths. In 2005, researchers discovered mammoth thigh and forelimb bone fragments on Santa Cruz. Ten years earlier, a partial tusk was unearthed. Both discoveries were from a Columbian mammoth. Paul Collins, curator of vertebrate zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, was unsure of the significance of the latest find based on pictures he has seen. Collins said it was possible the remains could have belonged to a marine mammal and said an excavation should settle the matter. "It's very difficult to tell whether or not you're dealing with mammoth bones," he said.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Navigation Entries tagged with fringe Title: The Hopping DeadFandom:FringeAuthor:chichuriCharacters: Amberverse versions of Astrid and WalterWord Count: 783Rating: PG-13Summary: The last thing Astrid wanted to encounter was a zombie frog.Warnings: Gore of the type that might be expected from a zombie frogSpoilers: No real spoilers, but written with Season 4 in mind.Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters.Author's note: Written for Halloween 2011. Title: Helpful DistractionsFandom:FringeAuthor:chichuriCharacters and Pairing: Olivia/PeterWord Count: 1401Rating: PG-13Summary: Olivia and Peter flirt over the phone.Spoilers: Spoilers through the end of Season 3.Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters.Author's note: Written for kink_bingo. Prompt: phonesex/epistolary. Much thanks to elfin for the beta. Title: Sketches of MemoryFandom:FringeAuthor:chichuriCharacters and Pairing: Olivia, Peter, Olivia/PeterWord Count: 1500Rating: PGSummary: Olivia and Peter share a quiet moment.Spoilers: Spoilers through 3.22, "The Day We Died".Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters.Author's note: Written for kink_bingo. Prompt: writing on the body. Many thanks to elfin for the beta. Title: Reassurance and ComfortFandom:FringeAuthor:chichuriCharacters: Lincoln, AltOliviaWord Count: 2060Rating: PGSummary: Lincoln visits Olivia in the hospital. Takes place during "Immortality".Spoilers: Spoilers through episode 3.13, "Immortality".Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters.Author's note: This was finished except for edits before "Bloodline" aired, and I'm a little amazed that the episode didn't render it AU. Much thanks to elfin for betaing and encouragement. Title: Chance Meetings Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacter: Olivia, Peter Word Count: 1580 Rating: PG Summary: Olivia and Peter meet as children. Spoilers: Specific spoilers through episode 1.6, but finished and edited with full knowledge of everything that has happened through episode 3.14. Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's note: I started this in November 2008, wrote three quarters of it, then couldn't figure out the rest. After poking at it for two years and deciding to give up, I finally realized how I wanted it to end. This is not the story I would write about the two of them now, but it is the story I wanted to write about them then. Thanks go to alamo_girl80 for comments and encouragement on the original draft. Title: Fractures in Triplicate Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters: Nick, Olivia, Peter Word Count: 686 Rating: PG Summary: Peter leaving broke all three of them. AU. Warnings: Angst. Spoilers: None. Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's Note: This is set in the Choke Chain 'verse, an AU where Peter, Olivia and Nick all work for the ZFT. This is a prequel to both Slip Off the Choke Chain and Chain You Down. Title: On the Edge Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters/Pairing: Peter Bishop, Olivia Dunham, Amy Jessup, Phillip Broyles, Walter Bishop; Peter/Olivia Word Count: 5127 Rating: R Summary: Peter encounters Olivia five months after she bolts. Contents: (skip) Violence, sexual situations, angst, mind control, knifeplay.Spoilers: Through the end of Season 2. Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's Note: Written for kink_bingo. Prompt: blades. This was written over the summer; I've only just now finished all my editing. Thanks muchly to elfin for the beta. Title: Running in Place Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacter: Olivia Word Count: 594 Rating: PG Summary: All Olivia wants to do is get home. Takes place during "Olivia". Spoilers: Through episode 3.1, "Olivia". Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Title: To the Victor Go the Spoils Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters/Pairing: AltOlivia/Lincoln Word Count: 1926 Rating: NC-17 Summary: By the time they reach the door to her apartment they can barely keep their hands off each other. Contents: Sex, use of handcuffs and a riding crop Spoilers: Through Season 2. Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's Note: Written for kink_bingo. Prompt: bondage (wrist/ankle restraints). Title: And the truth will set him free Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters: Peter Word Count: 477 Rating: PG Summary: Filler for the last few scenes of "The Man from the Other Side". Spoilers: Through episode 2.18, "The Man from the Other Side". Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's Note: This is completely muselives' fault. Title: Complications Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters/Pairing: Olivia, Peter, Rachel, Ella, mention of Olivia/Peter Word Count: 814 Rating: PG Summary: Olivia is behind schedule. Warnings: Mentions of past and future character death Spoilers: Through episode 2.15, "Peter.". Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's note: This was actually finished during the hiatus; it's just taken me this long to do the final edits. Title: Prelude to Escape Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters/Pairing: Olivia, Peter, Olivia/Peter Word Count: 1194 Rating: PG Summary: Peter doesn't take the truth about his origins well. Spoilers: Through episode 2.14, "Jacksonville.". Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters. Author's note: I wrote most of this during the hiatus, but only just figured out where to go with the last couple of paragraphs. Because of this, the story is a little AU from the episodes after "Jacksonville". Title: A Waiting Game Fandom: Fringe Author:chichuriCharacters/Pairing: Peter, Peter/Olivia Word Count: 370 Rating: PG-13 Summary: Peter considers how Olivia has been acting around him since the events of "Jacksonville". Spoilers: Through episode 2.16, "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.". Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Why Quitting Is Sometimes the Right Thing to Do “Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie We often think of quitting as failure. We commend people for carrying on when times get rough. The heroes in our action movies don’t just give up when things get difficult. When was the last time you saw Steven Seagal walk away from a fight? As the saying goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Society expects us to fight back and battle on. But sometimes, quitting is most definitely the right thing to do. Sometimes, it’s the best option. A lot of people assume that it’s the easy thing to do—that only defeatists and good-for-nothin’ drop outs would even consider such a “cop-out.” This is not the case. I learned this myself when I finally made that looming decision to drop out of college. There it is: “drop out.” Even the words sound negative, as if I’ve fallen away from society, failing to meet my expectations. But I don’t see my decision as a negative thing at all, and it wasn’t the easy thing to do. I had been at college for a year and two months; I had great friends, and everything was happily laid out for me. Nothing was too demanding, especially considering I had only nine contact hours a week. People told me where I had to be and when. This must all sound fairly straight-forward and easy going. Why, then, would I decide to give it all up and leave? As idyllic as this lifestyle sounds (and probably was), I simply felt no drive to live it. I had no desire to follow these laid out plans, and this was making me extremely unhappy. Going to college was, in hindsight, a bad decision for me. I rushed into the decision rather than taking a break to find myself in the world. College, for me, was a lot like a bubble. I had a level of independence and responsibility, but I wasn’t yet part of the reality outside of school. Don’t get me wrong—college makes sense for those who feel happy there and want to be there. But for me, this bubble was suffocating. The longer I stayed, the more trapped I felt. I believe that going to college is, for a lot of people, a very good decision. Many are suited to it, and it’s an extremely beneficial experience for them. People get the opportunity to grow intellectually, socially, and professionally, not to mention the fact that they leave with extremely valuable qualifications. I, however, wasn’t in the right frame of mind to be studying anymore; I needed time out to try a different approach. The decision to leave was certainly not an easy one. There are many risks one takes in leaving higher education. With the economy as it is, bagging a job is not exactly the easiest thing to do, and it can be even more difficult when you don’t have a degree. This was perhaps the biggest concern that I had to seriously consider, among other practical issues. After about a year of weighing my options, I finally took the leap. I told my family I was leaving, I told my friends, I told the university and, most importantly, I told myself. This was a scary decision, but I finally made it, and once I did I felt I could breathe again. I could have continued going against my instincts; it would have been easier to sail along, ignoring my unhappiness for a few more years instead of stepping out into the world without a job or much of a plan. But I knew in my gut that the situation wasn’t right for me, and that I needed something new. So I left, and no matter what friends, family, or employers think about that decision, I know it was the right choice for me. It doesn’t mean I was weak; it means I was brave enough to change what wasn’t right. Sometimes you feel in your gut that the path you thought you were meant to take is wrong for you. It takes a lot of courage to admit that, even to yourself, let alone to the rest of the world. Sometimes you have to leave that path and find a new one. Or, if there is no new path to be found, create a new one. This can apply to so many aspects of life—home, work, education, family, friends, relationships, and habits. I’m not saying that if something doesn’t feel right or instantly work out that you should give up on it straight away. Carrying on is also brave and can be the right decision. But if you know that quitting something is the right thing to do, don’t be afraid to do so because of what others might think. Make a change in your life. We only have a limited amount of time and yet a limitless number of different paths to go down. Don’t waste your time on one that feels wrong, on something that is compromising your happiness. Find something new. We all quit something at some point, so don’t fear the stigma. Do what brings you happiness. Embrace the change. “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.” ~Aldous Huxley. Open some doors and let the air in. Breathe. Want to feature your writing on the site? Read the Submission Guidelines and then send your post to Lori at email @ tinybuddha.com. Don't forget to subscribe to Tiny Buddha to receive updates and exclusive content! Note there are two ways to get emails: every weekday or weekly on Fridays. Did you enjoy this post? Please share the wisdom :) Related posts: Dochy You are so right! I studied engineering (without really meaning to and just following the herd). I was campus placed in a nice IT company where i worked for nearly 3 years and from the outside had it all — nice job, respectable designation, cool work hours, short commute to work, great friends — just everything. But I was far from happy. I just couldn’t relate to the work I was doing.It felt exactly as you put it – suffocating.I loathed every monring since I had to drag myself to work, and waited for evening to come real soon… It was pure hell. After much thought I decided to quit. I had not clue where I would go, what job I would do, will i like it better there? No answers to the many questions, and most importantly I didn’t have any answers to my parents. They were appalled when i told them my decision and asked me to hold on till I found another job that I liked (which is indeed very valuable advice!), but I just couldn’t go on doing something that was slowly sucking the life out of me! I quit. I took a couple of months off, during which time I rekindled my lost love for books, decided to enter the publishing industry, and got a job as an editor in a leading MNC! Which is where I still am! I’m happy I quit, happy I didn’t let others’ opinions scare me off from doing what I felt was right. Wish you all similar courage when you need it most! Believer This is so incredibly true! Last year I stayed in an organization that was twisting my psyche into knots – what happened? My colon actually twisted into a knot and I ended up in the hospital having emergency and life threatening surgery. Learned the hard way to walk away from situations and people that no longer serve a positive purpose. Miguel Great post! It’s precisely what I needed to hear 🙂 I am just leaving a relationship that in my gut hasn’t felt right for some time. It’s not a matter of how much we love each other it’s about whether or not we are the right partner for each other, whether or not we complement each other’s weaknesses. I have been concerned about what people might think of my decision. Worried that I may appear weak or “mean” for ending a relationship instead of carrying on despite the gut feeling that something is not right. Feelings of guilt appear out of nowhere and I start to question my decision. Deep down I know this was the right choice for me and my future although it will take time to heal. Thank you! Jeffrey Good for you! You will find everything you are looking for and much more by following your inner guidance! Well done! [email protected] I didn’t leave a job that I should have and now I am very unwell – I believe the two re related. Great post! Sometimes we just get so entrenched with ‘pushing through’ or ‘making it happen’ that we don’t realise that we are on completely the wrong path. priya Nice post!! The things you mentioned are very true. You did the right thing by following your heart. it really takes a lot of courage.. Thank you for sharing your story. it has definitely inspired me.. Mariah Wow, the universe knew I needed this put in my path! I made the daunting decision to quit college just yesterday (and googling something completely unrealated brought me to this website today!). I have been there for a year and a half, and I have to finish this semester. College hasn’t felt like the right choice since day 1, but I felt that I had no other choice. I’ve been having somewhat of an existential crisis for the past year and a half because I’ve been realizing that what I thought I wanted to do is not right for me. No one took me seriously when I brought up the idea of dropping out. But now I have made the decision to change my life to all that I want it to be. I applaud you for making the right decision for your life. Thanks for sharing, it has really helped me! Kris I totally agree! Although college is many years behind me, I after 25 years, finally decided to leave my chosen profession of nursing. It had been sucking the joy out of my life for years but I stayed in it because I didn’t know anything else. I made the decision after I realized the anxiety I was experiencing every day before work was starting to affect my health both mentally and physically. So I quit and as of right now I’m not looking back, no regrets accept that I didn’t make the decision long ago. Ankita Hey, thanks for the post! I needed it. Deb Thank you for an inspiring post that not only touched my heart, but, through your words, allowed me to finally “put to rest” some feelings I have had since I ended an unhealthy friendship. You and your writing are a gift. Thank you! Tiffany This has given me some things for consideration. My course selection for my junior year is due the end of February and I still have to narrow down many classes that I thoroughly enjoy. Great post and wise insight! Rich Excellent Hazel That’s wonderful to hear! It is so difficult to stand alone sometimes and trust your own judgement, especially when others are saying something completely different. I was very much ‘following the herd’ as well. Now I have moved away from that and started my own journey, I am also much happier. I’m glad it worked out for you, and that you are happy with what you are doing now. Thank you for your comment! Hazel I am glad this post came at a time when you needed it. Worrying about what other people think can often prevent you from doing what you know is right for you. I also found myself questioning my decision at times, but I knew that it was what I needed to do. I have found that, over time, I feel more and more confident with my decision. I hope the same applies to you, and that you are able to heal and move towards more happiness. Thank you for commenting. Hazel I know what you mean about the existential crisis! That’s often how I tried to describe what I was going through to other people. But I suppose it’s difficult to understand unless you’re experiencing it yourself. Our situations sound so similar. I am glad that you found this, as I definitely felt I needed to hear from people going through the same thing when I was making the decision to leave. There’s a lot of comfort in knowing that you’re not alone. I hope all goes well for you – well done for making such a big decision. Thank you for commenting, it is great to hear from someone who has had similar experiences. Hazel Your state of mind can definitely have such a powerful impact on your body. I am so sorry to hear that you had to go through that. But it is wonderful that you survived and that it has altered your life in such a positive way. I hope that you are well and am very grateful to you for commenting on my post. Hazel Good luck with choosing your classes – I hope you enjoy the ones you do take! Thank you for commenting. Hazel I am so glad that reading this has helped you feel better about your own situation. Thank you very much for commenting, and I wish you happiness now and in the future. Vee Take a break if you need one, but do yourself a huge favor: find your way back to college. You don’t want to end up a middle aged person (like me) with limited job options because you have no degree. As much as we all dislike it having a degree puts you ahead of someone who doesn’t have one most of the time when looking for work. It is highly valued by prospective employers, even ahead of work and life experience. Blessings to you. Hazel Very happy for you that you did what was right for your mind and body. Perhaps you weren’t ready until now to leave and do something new. But it is good to hear that you have no other regrets. I hope you are enjoying your new path. Thank you for your comment. Hazel Thank you, it means a lot to hear that. Hazel I completely agree. Thank you for commenting – I am sorry to hear that you are unwell and I do hope that you get better. Hazel Thank you very much! I hope so. Things seem to be making much more sense since I have been listening to my inner guidance. That’s right. There was a time in my life when I tried to juggle two jobs at a time. I needed the extra cash. I found myself becoming more stressed as the days went by, so I decided to quit the more demanding but less satisfying job, even though I really needed the extra cash. I thought it wasn’t worth it anymore. What would I do with the extra cash if I was miserable every day because of lack of sleep and stress. After I quit, I had more time to myself and I was happier. Sometimes, you have to quit first in order to see why it was a good choice. txtova This post is incredibly timely. I just realized that what I went to school for isn’t what I want to do with my life and am going a completely different direction for grad school. It’s scary and I don’t know how it will all turn out, but this is the most motivated and optimistic I’ve felt about the future in years. Thank you so much for reinforcing that sometimes quitting is the best thing to do! Anon I so love this post – words can hardly express it. I have been feeling so similar about my career and work situation for the last 18 months and have only just in the last few days decided it is not worth being unhappy just so I am easier for others (mainly my family) to understand. Why box ourselves in? We are amazing, creative beings at the world is literally at our fingertips! We need to follow our heart and do what makes us happy! Michaela Wow. You’re an inspiration. I am so happy for you 🙂 Michaela I feel exactly the same. I did a degree at university (australian!) that was neutral to me just so that I could get a job. Now, 4 years later and with quite a successful career so far, I’m returning to uni to undertake a much more challenging, longer degree but it makes me feel so much more alive even thinking about it. It’s quite amazing how life works 🙂 hhhmmm.. Sometimes, we have to let go of something we used to deal with, to be able to see a better result. Have a great day:) Veronica I’ve been working at Wendy’s for almost 3 years. It was okay at first, but it started to feel like prison a long time ago…and that’s not even mentioning the sordid drama and the decisions that have been made by management which have left me bitter. One girl wrote a fraudulent letter to head office, posing as an unhappy customer. A manager was wrongfully terminated as a result. Now, a year later, this girl was just promoted to manager! I’ve wanted to leave for a long time, but this just pushed me past my breaking point. How do I swallow something so wrong and just show support? “Be a good girl.” My boss tells me…but that’s all I have ever been. Never been written up, this girl has 6 or 7. What a joke. So I quit- and I truly hope everything works out the way it’s meant to. If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for everything. They say what goes around comes around, and I want to believe it. But I’m weary now- time and time again I have seen those in the wrong be rewarded for unethical and disgusting behaviour. I hope 6 months from now I can say that things worked out, and that I’m happier. I’m still a believer, but my faith has been shaken. Jean Thank you for posting this. I can really relate to it. I graduated college two years ago and it took me awhile to land on my first job. Though my first job was in line with my course, I was unhappy. At first, I thought it was just an adjustment period and I ignored my gut feeling knowing that it is really difficult to get a job nowadays. On my third month as a probationary employee, I started to get sick more often and things in the office was a disaster. My boss was a kind lady, but I was not aware that she was planning to sabotage the office. It was a blessing in disguise that I was not around when things went wrong in the office. I felt betrayed because I looked up to her and I put my trust in her. When I got back from the office after a sick leave, she was gone and was replaced with a new boss. Some of the employees were also pirated by her. No one cared to explain what happened to me until I finally decided to resign from my job. I felt that I was in the wrong path and I should be somewhere else. Listen to your inner voice and follow your gut feeling and remember that it is never to late for a new beginning. ginny Hi there. Think i really needed to read this. I hhanded in my notice to my employer the other day. I felt relieved i’d done it. Even though i am a little bit scared as its unknown from here on. He offered me other options, and that put a twist on things. Ive been wondering whether to really take up there offer or stick to my gut. Whether to do the sensible thing or whether to do what feels right. Thanks. Xx Mahi Tuna People have a hard time giving up. It has been forged into us that we somehow are a failure. That is why so many stay in activities that bring them no joy. When the Why and the What don’t equal we become terribly unhappy. Why am I doing this? What do I want to do? When they don’t match it is time to quit and move to something else as soon as possible. When someone is truly happy with what they are doing they rarely quit. But accepting it’s time to quit and acting is the first step in finding happiness. Mabel This could be me. I went back during unemployment, to try and find a way around a learning disability that put me out of the running for the work I used to do (it added the things I have difficulty with). I spent a lot of time choosing a program with good practical skills, but I HATE IT. I don’t want to do this. I’m getting good feedback on my personal writing, and I’m starting to feel like I need to put my energy into that, or it’s going to go nowhere. And school is in the way. It takes up so much time and energy, and then there is the money. Even with tuition assistance from work I still have to borrow and I have loans to pay back from the last time! I’m debating whether to quit after this semester and really really leaning toward doing it. flavie j Thank you. Just, thank you SO MUCH for this article. This, is exactly what I needed to read right now, as I am about to take the same leap as you did. I even stayed near 3 years in college, almost done, and still took the decision that seemed to me the best one. But people say so many things. They will say that you should definitely finish your degree, you will regret later (one of the things I hear the most), etc. I didn’t find what would make me happy in college, I found that there was a different way for me to grow. As you said, you know it deep down if the path that you are taking is wrong for you or not. Once again, thank you x bliss Hi. I’m an engineering student. I’ve been doing engg for 4 years, this is my last semester and last month in college. and exams are around the corner. engg was actually my choice, but I started regretting my decision by the end of first year. at the end of first year, I decided to quit n do some other course that I like. but my parents and friends adviced me not to quit, so I didn’t. from the second year, I started getting arrears because I didn’t like any of the subject and i’m not good at theory papers too(I cant mug, memorize and write pages and pages of theory. i’m good at problematic papers like maths). slowly my hatred towards it increased and I finally stopped studying. even during the exams I don’t study cos I don’t like it at all. I’ve read so many inspirational and motivational stories, yet I was not able to change because I just don’t like these subjects and im not able to do it. and now, just one month left. I have so many backlogs arrears. and now im in a serious dilemma. whether to quit and do any other course which I like, or continue to study engineering and clear all my papers. I don’t know what to do. everyone says “don’t quit don’t quit. you’ll get a good job if you complete engg, you’ll be settled in life. else if you quit then everyone will think bad about you, and all this 4 years of time and money is wasted”. I seriously don’t know what to do. Ruby Do 4 years of time and money worth more than the rest of your life? 🙂 I’m sure everyone meant well, but truth is they can never guarantee that you will be happy, fulfilled, or even get a good job in engineering. Nobody can. Everyone is just as clueless when it comes to the future. But if you know for sure, you can guarantee that right now you’re unhappy (I mean, you spent 4 years being miserable so I think that’s enough time to be sure that you don’t feel it, right?), I think it’s better to focus on that than what is still uncertain. Maybe you just need a break. Maybe you can finish the one month and take a year off to travel and get some perspectives. Maybe you’ll eventually fall back in love with your first choice, maybe you’ll find something else you love. How the rest of your life would be can’t be settled this early, and it shouldn’t. Here’s what I will do (but don’t do it unless you feel like it!) If that one month is doable, finish it. If it’s that bad, I would suggest take a semester off and clear your head. Either way you need to take a time off (and space away) from this “everyone” so that you can hear your own voice. (Also, who is this “everyone” who will think bad about you? They seem mean and judgy. And not worth a single care from your mind.) A-Star Thanks this has helped me a lot and helped me come to a decision whether to quit or stay in College and I’m going to drop out everyday I went to College I hated my life more and more and I even thought about killing myself no joke everyone like my family said if I quit Ill be a no one in life but after reading you’re story I know it’s not just me… I finally have the guts to tell my College lecturer to withdraw me from the Course I’ve been there for 9 Months and ready to leave Thank You for the great post It changed my life! xx lovin’solitude I rushed into college due to being homeless. I’ve been attending college for about two years now and I feel like it’s been nothing but a waste of energy and time. I am not interested in studying anything anymore. The only reason why I’m here is to stay off the streets really. I’m considering quitting once I make enough money to get out. It’s been a nightmare. Priya Sugarplum Hi sir … I m a first engg student at an autonomous govt college in Maharashtra… One of the dream colleges but I was preparing for medical n now I don’t want to continue with engg. Is it possible that I can drop after 1st year even if I failed in half of the subjects? Vanessa Bayani Im so glad I stumbled across this. Thank you for writing this, I really needed this. I’m young, but my journey feels like an endless battle. All through high school I didn’t know what I wanted. I took a shit ton of science course, I took a bunch of different co-op programs, computer program and even took an extra year doing random course to see if I’d like it. I went I to paramedic with the pressure of my family and hated it. Wasted all the money and time devoting myself to something that wasn’t for me. I stuck it through until I couldn’t anymore and dropped out. I took a one year program and took a bunch of electives and STILL nothing. I’m in culinary school and I was happy until it started to become more challenging and more difficult. Is it okay to want this but to feel like I’m not ready for it yet? The pressure of everything has made me beyond unhappy. I know I want to be in the culinary field, I just feel like the time right now isn’t mine. I hate this stigma I hate feeling like what I’m feeling is frowned apron. And it’s so hard to admit when something just isn’t right right now. koshka Nice article. I agree with you. I left my Ph.D. when I was close to the end. There was no dramatic reason and I’ve never had any desire to ‘finish what I started’. I felt great relief when I left and began working in a new field. Since then, I have also left several well-paying positions when my employers wanted me to stay. And guess what? There was always something better or more interesting around the corner, even if there was a little struggle or (temporary) regret. It is all about happiness (and of course making a living while finding that happiness) and making your own unique path through the world. Sometimes I forget that, but this article was a useful reminder. gubvh I am currently in college, studying engineering, my father, a math genious, mother hard study and worker. It s so hard for me, I feel lost, I dont feel any passion for what Im doing. I hate to study for the subjects, I dont really like math, what am I doing really, what my porpuse is, unclear. Confusion, college life feels so fake. For some reason I feel like some greater force or God will come down and put me in the right path, and that is bullshitt.. I dont want this life, just looking for an escape, yet im a stranger to this world…. Nitin Rathod Brilliant article. Thank you for sharing this. I am doing engineering since the last 2 and a half year now and it Sucks. Literally. It was my own decision but I don’t regret it as I did what I thought was right back then! Now I want to quit,I passed my First year with ease but I failed in my Second year and I don’t want to clear it. My parents are still fine with it but my Mentor,he wants me to continue. I don’t know how to explain him that I want to Quit. Also,I was not sure myself but after reading this article,I’m confident enough to let go and I also have a plan to go with it! Thank you so much everybody here and wish you all happiness for life! ram Hi Hazel, can you tell us where you are now, how this decision has impacted your life and if you plan to go back to school? Fear of future unseen consequences of such a bold move is such a big part of this hard choice! CJ I’ll definitely take all these points into account when making the big decision. I’ve been an engineering student for more than 2 years now, following the typical trend “go to college-get a nice secure job-raise a family”. But week by week, it’s been a depressing experience that has brought that “Existential Crisis” mentioned in previous comments. The truth is I’ve been ready to quit ever since I passed my first year, but I didn’t because I was afraid of dissapointing my mother, who’s worked really hard in order to grant me this oportunity (Which she didn’t have). But I’ve come to realize that I should not waste any more time, that I need to tell her the truth and pursue my real dream: composing for videogames. However, I should admit that I’m still scared of the final outcome, of her reaction. Anyway, thanks for the post, it’s been really helpful!!! Nikki I don’t know if anyone is still reading comments on this post but I just discovered it and found it very relieving. In my family, going to college was a big deal. Everyone had gone except my aunt and it was clear that everyone viewed her as something of an outcast which I always, from even a very young age, thought was very mean. I was totally drilled in academics most of my life in preparation for college and “taking care of myself” when I was grown up. I’d always had an artist kind of temperament and needed my space and freedom so it was no surprise that I became extremely depressed around high school, especially as I approached age 18. I liked learning but I liked it more on my own rather than in school. But no, this was not acceptable in my family. I went to college, two of them actually, because overall, I felt I had to. I honestly felt like no one in my family loved or respected me as much if I didn’t go and make something of myself. I ended up dropping out the first one after one semester. The second one I managed to stay a year…and I even enjoyed that one and had friends because it was an art school. But I ended up having to drop that one too. I even tried one more time but once again, only made it to five or six months. So, now my dad pretty much treats me with total contempt and never passes up a jab at how much money I wasted. I ended up having to cut him out of my life altogether because he was downright mean and nasty to me. My mother had eventually softened on the issue and became more understanding but unfortunately she passed away recently. My grandmother continues to nag at me to go back to school…especially now, because my husband, who had several degrees, was STILL laid off at work and she thinks if I were to put our kids in school instead of doing homeschooling, (which she also thinks isn’t totally acceptable – she’s constantly asking me about their progress and what they know how to do) I could go out and get a job and return to college. And then she drills me about college options for my children, saying things like, you don’t want their only option to be working in a restaurant. (Which in other words, is the only option I have – in fact, that was the last job I had before I left to get married and have a real family that loves you for you and not for your accomplishments). So, I totally agree with college not being for everyone. My husband and I plan to give our kids that option should they choose to go but it will be totally up to them. We want them to know we love them no matter what and they should do what makes them happy. I don’t want them to grow up feeling the way I have – like you’re inferior just because you don’t have that piece of paper. It’s bad enough that you have to face so much of that in the working world…you shouldn’t have to hear it from family in a way that insults you and makes you feel bad about yourself. And what’s ironic is that if I had just been left alone and loved for just being me, I might would have gone and found something naturally. I love art and writing and perhaps will one day do that but I still don’t need a degree if I decide to. Being in my current environment with a loving and supportive husband has helped me grow and find myself in ways that I never could with the family I had growing up. I still learn plenty of things on my own just because I want to – for instance, the other day I started reading Shakespeare plays just for fun, something I NEVER thought I would end up doing with my spare time because I disliked them in high school. So, thanks for the post – very inspirational! hc I m in 12th science. I was supposed to answer boards dis year bt I have decided to take a drop and answer boarfs next year instead. Last two years have been difficult for me. I have done mistakes wich I shdnt hv since 11th n 12th r crucial years in life and u cannot afford to fool around I mean especially wen ua in science! But I realised my mistake pretty late. But its rightly said “better late dan NEVER!” I accept my mistakes and have forgiven myslf. To err is to human aftr all 🙂 My parents dnt kno wat mistks I hav done yet dey r wit me! My teachers and frnds thnk m a stupid moron to tk dis drop nd tht to waste a whole year bt I just simply don’t care! Aftr all dis is my life nd ONLY I gt to decide in here nd follow my heart. Iv decided nw to go back to college nd attend lectures. Obviously ppl will mock me nd say thngs bhind my back bt I dnt mind nythng since dey dnt hv a heck of idea about wat iv been thru in dese two woeful years! Nd I dnt thnk I owe any explnation to others! But m satisfied nw nd hv decided to change my life fr d bttr by really studying dis year 🙂 I just want to study well nd gt admissions in d clg I wnt nd make my parents feel proud of me nd nt regretting fr letting me take dis drop. Aftr all dis isn’t d end dis is d beginning to my bright future 🙂 we shd alwys think more bout r future cuz thts wer v spend most of r tym! Thnx fr reading 🙂 yuki Thank you for writing this article, it’s just says exactly what I’m going through. I will take the risk of quitting college and create my own path. Melissa Thank you, thank you for posting this. Maria Thank you for this great post! I’ve finally decided to change my path as well because, as you said, the path Im on right now is suffocating. I’m almost done with my bachelor (3 years) in water and environmental engineering. What breaks my heart is that this field I chose because I had a dream, a dream to make a difference in this world, raise the living standards of people with poor environments, bad drinking water or heavily polluted air. I’d been dreaming about it for ages, and already in 8th grade I had decided I was gonna become an engineer. Therefore, to suddenly quit that dream is painful. The good news is however that I have many other dreams and interests as well, so I will be pursuing one of those instead! So my reason for quitting engineering, well, it simply does not feel right any more. Although I found the courses interesting, I have not actually enjoyed any of the courses. In fact, every morning I woke up wishing I could just stay at home. Every day was a pain. And worst of all, I have barely listened during my lectures for the past two years because I’ve been occupied dreaming about other career paths. That’s bad. I find no joy, no motivation, nothing that keeps me going. So I’ve finally decided that perhaps engineering just isn’t for me. The worst part is that everyone in my family are engineers or doctors, so it will drive them nuts when they find out that I plan on doing something else. My new dream! I want to become a computer animator! It practically means starting from scratch, but I know it’s worth it. Although I don’t know how I’m gonna do this switch in the best way yet, I belive it will work out, somehow ^^ Kim-Kim Bernas I’m glad I read this article, my parents think that I am just being lazy but they couldn’t just understand me that it is not for me. I took up Bs Psychology and all of the things that you have mentioned on the article, they were all right. The more i continued embarking this course the more I am constricted, I suddenly forgot what makes me happy because of this. I couldn’t find any interest in my course. Thanks for this article at least I know that I am not the only one facing this. LivPlasencia have you changed your path? ScaredFresh I am a freshman and I really want to go to NYC and attend community college and work there. For me to do this right (with stability) I need to have $ to fund it. I’m suffocated at my current University and I don’t want to feel like a loser dropping out so quickly, but I really feel suffocated like you said. Your article gave me hope. Quitting isn’t always bad, and I think right now its the right decision. I wanna work and save up money and then re apply as a freshman in the fall… I’m scared and worried but I think if I can just keep my head up, I can make it through. Thank you and I hope everything works out for you as for me… I guess we’ll see. karagdagangimpormasyon hey everyone. I’m deciding whether or not to drop-out of college. I’ve been here a year and a semester and the gnawing feeling of wanting to get out started during my 2nd semester. When I think about it though, I actually don’t really know what I want and sometimes, I’m just too afraid to admit what I actually want. Going to university was a decision already made for me, which University to go to was also a decision already made (the university where my siblings went to and my parent went to) and I chose my major based on what job was in demand (never do that). I changed my major this year, but I still feel like I’m making the wrong choices. In my country it is so hard to accomplish anything without a degree. Your options are very limited. I don’t want to fail my parents either so I’m really scared of talking to them about this. In their eyes and in this type of society I grew up in, dropping out would mean wasting my life and wasting opportunities. In a way, that is true because not everyone has the means to the level of education I have been afforded to. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Sidd I have failed in first year of engineering..I am a repeater..I have been trying to pass the papers in which I failed for almost a year and a half now and now I really don’t have that fire in me to go on again,studying the same things again and again..I’ve started hating engineering now..I want to quit and leave the college and study something which exciites me,makes me happy and worth..Please tell me guys..Should I quit ??? Andrew Webster Its amazing how many people want to quit. I did this too. Your posting makes me think of a posting on my favourite blog. Here is the link to it http://academicscankillyoursanity.blogspot.co.za/2016/02/life-is-too-short-to-waste-on-studying.html , my friend John and I were just talking bout this today and we decided to Google to see how many times the topic of quitting studies comes up and boy was I surprised. Sure he was too. I am studying again due to being inspired by the above-mentioned blog. Thanks for your article. Enjoyed it. tk How did you enter the publishing industry and get a job as an editor- the way you wrote that makes it sounds like you did it so easily- but of course you must have done some hard work- I was wondering what did you do- as you didn’t have a degree specifically relating to a job like that!? Mercury The problem with decisions is that following your “gut” could be wrong, because if you are afraid or frustrated, your gut is going to enter in survival mode and tell you to quit, but sometimes what you need to do is to hold your ground in hard times. There is nothing wrong with staying in college neither quiting it, but you have to be sure why did you went to college in the first place or why you changed your mind. Making a thoughtful decision is much better than making a gut decision. Saying it just felt wrong is just immature. You have to analyse why you feel bad and what do you want to achieve in life and then, make a balance of your options. My advice is to take decisions when you find a moment of calm and positive state of mind. When we are down we make very bad decisions, you could even get fooled by your “gut” feeling relieved, when in fact you could be throwing yourself to a more stressful future. Don’t feel, THINK. Cheers! KaTIE I agree to an extent, but sometimes when you’re in a negative, poisonous environment and it’s just not a right fit for you you need to move on. That can very well be involved with negative feelings that you should not press through. You’re underestimating your own value and character. It can weigh on your psyche making it hard to press through/think clearly so easily. There could be no “good calm time” if you’re in a chaotic environment, so it would be wise to refocus your energy at a time and place where you’re away from those poisonous factors. You can always restart those things you quit at that later time if you’re determined enough. TanGalaxy25 Hi, what happened to you after? Did you find something that made you happy? How long did it take you to find whatever it is you wanted to do? regina Seriously everything in this article resonated with me. I am finally mustering up enough courage to leave college. I am not happy nor have I ever been happy in college. My first two semesters I did really well academically even though my depression skyrocketed. After I got sick and hospitalized twice college became nearly impossible and my depression became worse as a result. Now im fighting off apathy and constant bouts of depression. Before college life was mostly good with bouts of depression occasionally but now life is depression with small bouts of happiness.There is nothing in college that I feel passionate about. I can become anything, get any degree but I don’t want to. Im done. The only things I am passionate about in life is Islam, my mother, and homesteading. Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to homestead. Growing up poor instilled a drive to be self sufficient and independent. However, I have used every excuse I could find to not go to a farming school or take a course on homesteading or volunteering on other people’s farms. Well now im planning to change all that. Im going to work at a call center because I already have experience and the pay for most companies starts between $12-$15 which is a major pay raise. This will allow me to start paying off my student loan debt and save up for land. I will also have more time to learn more about Islam (I am still a new convert) and go to homesteading workshops. Wow! It took me until now to finally allow myself to ‘give up’ on something that I was never really passionate about but only did because I thought it was the only practical thing to do. alaa omran Thanks a lot …this is very inspiring! Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly emails and receive 92 Life Lessons for free. Disclaimer This site is not intended to provide and does not constitute medical, legal, or other professional advice. The content on Tiny Buddha is designed to support, not replace, medical or psychiatric treatment. Please seek professional care if you believe you may have a condition. 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Play this game to help treat dementia Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia A new mobile game, called Sea Hero Quest, is out now on iOS and Android to help neuroscientists develop a test for dementia. Hide Caption 1 of 7 Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia Dementia is a group of symptoms, including memory loss and a reduction on navigational skills, stemming from a range of diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. Hide Caption 2 of 7 Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia The game involves setting sail in your father's boat, in search of his lost memories. Pictured here is the game's welcome screen. Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia The journey takes players to different locations around the world and aims to gain insight into people's navigation abilities worldwide. Hide Caption 4 of 7 Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia As players progress through the game, scientists will use the data they generate to gain insight into their spatial navigation abilities. The data is gathered using heat maps, pictured. Hide Caption 5 of 7 Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia Scientists wants 100,000 people to play Sea Hero Quest by the end of 2016. The data will reveal the normal range of navigation skills among people in general, for neuroscientists to then identify when someone's sense of direction is unusual. Pictured here is one of the figures players will meet inside the game. Hide Caption 6 of 7 Photos:Play this game to help treat dementia In 2015, more than 46 million people were living with dementia worldwide, according to the World Alzheimer Report 2015. Despite the high numbers affected, an accurate test for dementia remains unavailable. Hide Caption 7 of 7 A new mobile game, called Sea Hero Quest, is out now on iOS and Android to help neuroscientists develop a test for dementia.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Saturday, 14 November 2009 la jonction La Jonction is the spectacular meeting place of the Glacier des Bossons and the Glacier de Taconnez on the Massif de Mt Blanc, and this was my first experience of standing upon a glacier. Being the meeting point of two glaciers, this is a heavily crevassed jumble, with creaking ice and occasional falling seracs. The Gite a Balmat, a mere howff amongst some large boulders, is reached just minutes before you reach La Jonction and it was here that, in 1786, Jacques Balmat and Doctor Gabriel Paccard bivvied overnight before making their successful first ascent of Mt Blanc, the view of which dominates the scene beyond. Looking down a crevasse on La Jonction, July 2007, Photograph courtesy of Jim Hamlyn	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Druid perspectives on nature, culture, and the future of industrial society Wednesday, October 03, 2012 How It Could Happen, Part One: Hubris Over the course of this year, my posts here on The Archdruid Report have tried to outline the trajectory of America’s global empire and explore the reasons why that trajectory will likely come to a sudden stop in the near future. To bring the issue down out of the realm of abstraction and put them in the context of history as lived, I’ve returned to the toolkit of narrative fiction, and this and the next four posts will sketch out a scenario of American imperial defeat and collapse. The narrative takes place at some unspecified point in the next two decades; it’s probably necessary to say outright that is not how I think the end of America’s empire will happen, simply one way that it could happen—and thus a model that may help expose some of the vulnerabilities of the self-proclaimed hyperpower currently tottering toward history’s compost bin. ******* The news of the latest Tanzanian deepwater oil discovery broke on an otherwise sleepy Saturday in March. Thirty years before, a find of the same size might have gotten two column inches somewhere in the back pages of a few newspapers of record, but this was not thirty years ago.In a world starved for oil, what might once have been considered a modest find earned banner headlines. It certainly loomed large in the East Wing of the White House, where the president and his advisers held a hastily called meeting that evening.“The Chinese already have it wrapped up,” said the Secretary of Energy. “Tanzania’s in their pocket, and there are CNOOC people—”CNOOC was the Chinese National Overseas Oil Corporation, the state-owned firm that spearheaded China’s quest for foreign oil.“—all over the place on site and in Dar es Salaam.” “Is it close enough to Kenyan waters—” “Not a chance, Mr. President. It’s 200 nautical miles away from the disputed zone, and that last clash with the Tanzanians isn’t something Nairobi wants to repeat.” “Dammit, we need that oil.”The president turned and walked over to the window. He was right, of course, and “we” didn’t just refer to the United States. Jameson Weed won the White House the previous November with a campaign focused with laser intensity on getting the US out of its long and worsening economic slump.Winning the country a bigger share of imported oil was the key to making good on that promise, but that was easier said than done; behind what was left of the polite fiction of a free market in petroleum, most oil that crossed national borders did so according to political deals between producer countries and those consuming countries strong and wealthy enough to compete.These days, more often than not, the US lost out—and the impact of that reality on Weed’s upcoming reelection campaign was very much on the minds of everyone in the room. “There’s one option,” said the president’s national security adviser.“Regime change.” President Weed turned back from the window to face the others. The Secretary of Defense cleared his throat. “Sooner or later,” he said, “the Chinese are going to stand and fight.” The national security adviser gave him a contemptuous look. “They don’t dare,” she said. “They know who’s boss, and it’s too far from their borders for their force projection capacity, anyway.They’ll back down the way they did in Gabon.” The president glanced from one to the other.“It’s an option,” he said. “I want a detailed plan on my desk in two weeks.” * Regime change wasn’t as simple as it used to be.That was the sum of scores of conversations in meeting rooms in the Pentagon and the CIA headquarters in Langley as the plan came together. Gone were the easy days of the “color revolutions,” when a few billion dollars funneled through Company-owned NGOs could buy a mass uprising and panic an unprepared government into collapse.The second generation strategies that worked so well in Libya and half a dozen other places—backing the manufactured uprising with mercenaries, special forces, and a no-fly zone—stopped working in turn once target governments figured out how to fight it effectively.Now it usually took ground troops backed up by air power to finish the job of replacing an unfriendly government with a compliant one. Still, it was a familiar job by this point, and the officials in charge got the plan put together in well under the two weeks the president had given them. A few days later, when it came back signed and approved, the wheels started turning. Money flowed to CIA front organizations all over East Africa; Company assets in Tanzania began recruiting the ambitious, the dissatisfied, and the idealistic to staff the cadres that would organize and lead the uprising; elsewhere, mercenaries were hired and the usual propaganda mills went into action.The government of Kenya, the nearest American client state, was browbeaten into accepting American troops on its border with Tanzania, and a third carrier strike group was mobilized and sent on its way to join the two already within range. It took only a few weeks for the government of Tanzania to figure out that its recent good luck had put it in the crosshairs of American power.One afternoon in early May, after a detailed briefing from his intelligence chief, the president of Tanzania summoned the Chinese ambassador to a secret meeting, and told him bluntly, “If you abandon us now we are lost.” The ambassador promised only to relay the message to Beijing, but he did so within minutes of returning to the Chinese embassy, and included a detailed and urgent commentary of his own. Three days later, a dozen men sat down around a table in a conference room in Beijing. A staff member poured tea and disappeared.After an hour’s discussion, one of the men at the meeting said, “What is it that the Americans say? ‘Draw a line in the sand?’I propose that this is the time and place to do that.” A quiet murmur of agreement went around the table. In the days that followed, a different set of officials drew up a very different set of plans. * The port at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s capital and biggest city, was a busy place, thronged with oil tankers carrying black gold to China and its allies, and container ships bringing goods of every description, mostly from China, for the booming Tanzanian economy.In the bustle, no one paid much attention to the arrival of a series of plain shipping containers from Chinese ports, which were offloaded from an assortment of ordinary container ships and trucked to half a dozen inconspicuous warehouse districts along the coast between Dar es Salaam and the northern port city of Tanga.CIA agents watching for signs of a Chinese response missed them completely. More generally, the number of container shipments to Tanzania and half a dozen other Chinese client states in Africa ticked up slightly—not enough to rouse suspicions, but then nobody in the US learned how many African companies found themselves facing unexpected delays in getting the Chinese merchandise they had ordered, so that other cargoes took the space that would have been theirs.Nor did anyone in the US worry much about the increased number of young Chinese men who flew to Africa during the four months before the war began.US intelligence did notice them, and their arrival sparked a brief debate at Langley—military observers, one faction among US intelligence advisors insisted, there to snoop on American military technology; military advisors, another faction claimed, there to assist the Tanzanian army against the American forces that were already gathering in Kenya. Both factions were wrong.Most of the tight-lipped young men went to ground near those same warehouse districts between Dar es Salaam and Tanga, where the contents of those shipping containers were assembled, tested, and readied.Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) shifted six fighter wings, equipped with some of China’s most advanced aircraft, to Central Asian bases.The Chinese government had announced that it would be holding joint military exercises that August with Russia, and so the satellite photos of Chengdu J-20 fighters parked in the deserts of Turkestan got an incurious glance or two in Langley, and went into filing cabinets. * After years of budget battles on Capitol Hill, the US military was not quite so powerful or so swift to deploy as it had been in the last years of the twentieth century.Only two of the remaining eight carrier strike groups—CSGs, in naval jargon—were on station at any time, one in the western Pacific and one shuttling back and forth between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean; transport was a growing challenge by sea or air, and borrowing airliners from the civilian air fleet, a mainstay of late twentieth century Pentagon planning, was less simple to arrange now that air travel was only for the rich again.Still, the units assigned to the first phase of the Tanzanian operation—the 101st Airborne, the 6th Air Cavalry, and the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions—were used to rounding up transport in a hurry and heading off on no notice to the far corners of the globe. The first units of the 101st Airborne landed at Nairobi in the middle of May, when the heavy rains were over and the first riots were breaking out in Dar es Salaam. By the time President Weed gave his famous speech in Kansas City on June 20, denouncing atrocities he claimed had been committed by the Tanzanian government and proclaiming in ringing terms America’s unstinting readiness to support the quest for freedom around the world, all four divisions were settling into newly constructed bases in the upland country south of Kajiado, not far from the Tanzanian border. Alongside them, logistics staff and civilian contractors swarmed, getting ready for the two armored divisions, on their way from Germany by ship, who would fill out the land assault force, and the bulk of the supplies for the assault, which were on their way by sea from Diego Garcia. Meanwhile three CSGs, headed by the nuclear carriers USS Ronald Reagan, USS John F. Kennedy, and USS George Washington, headed at cruising speed toward a rendezvous point in the western Indian Ocean, where they would meet the ships carrying the armored divisions from Germany and a dozen big supply ships from the Maritime Prepositioning Squadron based on Diego Garcia. Two Air Force fighter wings had already been assigned to the operation, and would arrive just before the carriers reached operational range; they and carrier-based planes would then take out the Tanzanian air force and flatten military targets across the country during the two weeks the armored divisions would need to land, join the rest of the force, and begin the ground assault. It was a standard plan for the quick elimination of the modest military forces of a midsized Third World country; its only weakness was that the US force was no longer facing a midsized Third World country. * In times of peace, August and September are the peak tourist season in East Africa; inland from the always humid coast, the climate is cool and dry, and the wide plains of the interior are easy to travel.Since plains in cool dry weather are among the best places on earth for an assault by tanks and attack helicopters, these were also the months the Pentagon’s planners assigned for Operation Blazing Torch, the liberation of Tanzania.Briefing papers handed to President Weed in late July sketched out the final details, and he nodded and signed off on the final orders for the invasion. The Secretary of Defense looked on from the other side of the room with a silent frown. He had tried several times to bring up the small but real chance that the Chinese might retaliate, and had his advice dismissed by Weed and mocked to his face by the president’s national security adviser and Vice President Gurney. As soon as this thing was over, he told himself for the fifteenth time, he would hand in his resignation. Outside the White House windows, barely visible in the distance, a small band of protesters kept up a desultory vigil in the free-speech zone set aside for them. Pedestrians hurried past, ignoring the chanted slogans and the protest signs. It was another brutally hot summer day in Washington DC, part of the “new normal” that the media talked about when they couldn’t avoid mentioning the shifting climate altogether.Out beyond the Beltway, half the country was gripped by yet another savage drought; the states of Iowa and Georgia had just suspended payment on their debts, roiling the financial markets; eyes across the southeast turned nervously toward a tropical storm, poised off the Windwards, that showed every sign of turning into the season’s first big hurricane. What many perceptive observers recalled afterward was the sullen mood that gripped the country that summer. Only the media and the most shameless of national politicians tried to pretend that the approaching war with Tanzania was about anything but oil; the president’s approval rating drifted well below 25%, which was still three times that of Congress and well above that of any credible candidate the other party had to offer; the usual clichés spewed from the usual pundits, but the only people who were listening were the pundits themselves.Across the nation and across the political spectrum, the patience of the American people was visibly running short. Those who were dissatisfied had plenty of reasons.The intractable economic slump that had gripped the country since 2008 showed no sign of lifting, despite repeated bailouts of the financial industry that were each proclaimed as the key to returning prosperity, and repeated elections in which each candidate claimed to have fresh new ideas and then pursued the same failed policies once in office.The fracking boom of the early twenty-teens was practically ancient history; energy prices were high, and straggling higher; gasoline bumped against $7 a gallon that summer before slumping most of the way back to $6.50.None of these things were new, but they seemed to infect the national mood more powerfully than before.Shortly they would help spark an explosion—but there would be other explosions first. At the end of July, the invasion task force assembled in the Indian Ocean almost two thousand miles east of the Kenyan coast. Fleet Admiral Julius T. Deckmann, commanding the task force, made sure everything was in order before giving the orders to sail west.A career officer with half a dozen combat assignments behind him, Deckmann had learned to trust his intuition, and his intuition told him that something was not right.From the bridge of the USS George Washington, his flagship, he considered the assembled fleet, shook his head, and ordered reconnaissance drones sent up. Real-time images from US spy satellites showed nothing out of the ordinary; data from the AWACS plane circling high overhead confirmed that, and so did the drones, once data started coming in from them. Deckmann’s unease remained as days passed uneventfully and the task force neared East Africa. The fleet reached its assigned position off the Kenyan coast on schedule. Final news came via secure satellite link from Washington: the Air Force fighter wings had arrived and were ready for action; the Tanzanian Freedom Council, the puppet government-in-exile manufactured by the State Department, had called “the nations of the world” to liberate their country, a plea that everyone knew was directed at one nation alone; the CIA-led mercenaries who spearheaded the second, violent phase of the uprising had withdrawn from Dar es Salaam, leaving the local cadres to their fate, and were moving toward the Kenyan border to open the way for the invasion. Deckmann made sure every ship in his fleet was ready as the sun set in red haze over the distant African coast. Very few of those involved in the war got much sleep, that last night before the shooting began. On the three carriers, and at two newly constructed airfields in southern Kenya, aircrews worked through the dark hours to get their planes ready for battle, unaware that other aircrews were doing the same thing thousands of miles away in Central Asia.Soldiers of the two armored divisions that had been brought down from Germany prepared for a landing in Mombasa most of them would not live to see.In Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, presidents met with their cabinets and then headed for heavily guarded bunkers; elsewhere inthe world, heads of state read intelligence briefings and braced themselves for crisis. Two hours before the East African dawn, the waiting ended. Two people ended it. One was Admiral Deckmann, barking out the orders that sent the first fighter-bombers roaring off the deck of the George Washington and the first Tomahawk cruise missiles blazing skywards. The other was an officer in a Chinese command center deep in central Asia, who watched the planes take off and the missiles launch, courtesy of a high-altitude observation drone—one of three that had been following the George Washington since it went through the Suez Canal, and were now stationed high above the fleet.As infrared images showed planes and missiles hurtling toward Tanzania, the officer typed rapidly on a keyboard and then hit enter twice.With the second click of the enter key, the Chinese response began. ************ End of the World of the Week #42 In the world of apocalyptic fantasy, an engineer’s degree is very often a passport to success. An engineer’s training focuses on figuring what can happen, not what did happen or will happen, and so engineers reign supreme in many fields of rejected knowledge; from creation science through the quest for ancient astronauts to past and present claims of imminent apocalypse, books by retired engineers are usually the most imaginative and least inhibited works on their eccentric subjects. Retired electrical engineer Hugh Auchincloss Brown was a classic of the type, and had an even more vivid imagination than most of his peers. In his book Cataclysms of the Earth (1967), he argued that the amount of ice at the south pole was steadily increasing, and the excess weight would eventually cause the planet to unbalance and flip over in space, devastating the entire surface of the globe and leaving few survivors. Moreover, he insisted, this had happened before:the present Antarctic ice cap was “the successor to a long lineage of glistening assassins of former civilizations on this planet.” Brown died in 1976, convinced to the end that the cataclysm was already overdue and might occur at any moment.His theory found eager listeners among late 20th century fans of apocalypse, but lost market share as better measurements made it clear that the ice cap on Antarctica is contracting, not expanding. 83 comments: Welcome back, JMG! Glad to see the fictional scenario making a comeback for such an interesting topic. I've got some guesses where the scenario is going based on your recent series of posts, but I'm just impressed by two things: first, your cliffhangers are getting more exciting. Second, it's impressive how in this scenario there's been nothing but more of the same taking place in the US (a warmongering president named after a nondescript plant type, a VP whose name ends in "ney," persistent high unemployment, bumpy-plateau energy prices and availability, widespread political disaffection, etc.). That brings to mind that this type of scenario doesn't require any substantial change in politics, the economy, military technology, or much of anything else in order to happen. I know that that's one of the main points in this series, but so far this scene is uncomfortably familiar. Well done. Steve, very good. That's exactly the point, of course -- the sort of thing the narrative will describe could happen without any significant changes to the way the world works. I've always thought that the sort of future scenario that assumes that all kinds of improbable events will happen first is saying, "Look, you don't have to worry about something like this really happening; it's just a story." Bill, excellent! I wondered how soon somebody would catch onto that. If you know anything about the kind of trip you get from that particular plant, the point of the name may be clearer. (No, I haven't used it, but I've talked to folks from one end of the Sixties scene who did.) Unfortunately, reading this one, I was not sure if it was 'in the future' or happening while the 'president' and his dufus successor argued over how much pandering they could bring. But for the first time in my country's history, I am no longer looking at George W. Obama, but can see forward to the Barak H. Romey regime....as my friends in Nepal say...'same same'! Let's hope we break into many smaller nation states before this chinese adventure begins. No need for millions of chinese and americans die for their 'country'. I hope readers can take the time to have a look and I hope they all enjoy it. Speaking of which, communicating via a story is a valuable and time honoured way of getting a message across. Your story was a gripping story too, can't wait to see where it ends up. I thought that "Weed" was very cheeky and enjoyed the humour! FYI, weed is not for me. I trust that you and all of the readers here have learned recently that QE1 and QE2 (not the monarch or the ship!) have since become QE Infinity (Quantitative Easing ie. Printing money). This is not going to end well at all. Firstly, observation shows that there are diminishing returns with such a program (and the US program will be US$50bn/month). Japan is a very good example of this, however, they differ from the US in that most debt is held within Japan and this is significant. Secondly, the UK, the ECB and Japan are all following suit. Well done you! Thirdly, down under, we aren't pursuing this policy and it is wreaking havoc on the exchange rate. This in turn makes imports cheaper and is gutting our manufacturing industries and making our exports more expensive (lucky for us we still have food products to export). Interesting times. Historically, printing money has always resulted in hyper-inflation. Yet at a glance this doesn't seem to be happening. I've been thinking about this for a long while and reckon that it may be because manufactured goods are being imported rather than produced locally. The lower labour and environmental cost component of these imported goods are cushioning the impacts of inflation though in your country. However, the papers here are reporting that whilst official US unemployment statistics are about 8.1 to 8.2%, unofficially they are saying that unemployment is around 18%. So, I keep wondering when inflation will pick up in the US? Then I read an article stating that the median house price in the US has risen 17% this year alone, which is strange in the circumstances. Then the light bulb went on and I thought to myself, there is the inflation. I bet, anecdotally, imported energy prices (ie. oil) have risen too, even though demand for oil has dropped in the US due to the recession. Has food prices risen too? All of those statistics were being presented in the articles as a positive, when I think they may actually be an alarm. Could be wrong, but only time will tell for sure. Thanks for taking the time to write the blog. As a rock star might say, "we're back, baby!" PS: As I'm writing this, there's a Southern Boobook Owl hooting away outside the window. Apparently the name has some link to a Terry Pratchett story (Sir Terry, by the way too), but the owl was named first. I hope that your literary diversion over the last month was an enjoyable success. May I suggest another endeavor? After the collection of post peak oil fiction which you promoted , wearing your hat of post petroleum prophet and philosopher; what about wearing your Archidruidical hat,(or is it a Pharaonic nemyss?)to encourage a collection of fiction about magic and spirituality in societies of the future when current attitudes have changed? Might I suggest my little story 'Midsummer at Avebury',at http://ravenfiction.blogspot.co.uk/as a possible contender for a place? I like your fiction. It's taught and gripping and plausible.(The thing I learned years ago about fiction is it must be believable, whereas reality can take pretty much whatever bizarre turns it pleases.)This feels familiar, probably because it's almost what's happened before.I love the names, President Weed (nice triple-entendre there, yet another plant, a 'special' plant, yet another aggressive war), Vice President Gurney (what you put patients -- or corpses -- on), Admiral Deckman (very appropriate name for a sailor).You've already made it quite clear where this is going... to a point, and that's the exciting part. I can imagine several scenarios, reading back to your 'yuletide' posts from years back, and I shall have fun imagining several exciting possiblilties for this tale.I can hardly wait to see where your storytelling takes us. Paul, if the price of gas goes up too far too fast, it clobbers the economy, decreasing the number of people who can buy gasoline at all and bringing the price back down. Since this scenario is set at some point in the next two decades -- which, please note, could mean as soon as next March -- $7 a gallon doesn't seem out of range to me. Ben, there's a reason why all that saber-rattling at Iran has remained at the level of saber-rattling. For a declining empire, the art of evading confrontations you're sure to lose is an important survival skill -- but sooner or later somebody always makes a misjudgment. Raven, the competent martial artist knows when it's time to end the artful weavings with a sudden kick to the face. Cherokee, the Fed and the US Treasury are pretty clearly hoping that the inflationary effect of all the money they're printing will be balanced by the deflationary effect of massive deleveraging in the US economy and elsewhere. In the short term, they may be right; in the long term, the US dollar is toast, but the scramble for short-term survival in Washington DC is desperate enough that nobody's worrying about the long term. Raven, that's not a project that interests me just now, so I'll leave it to someone else. Eric, thank you! Renaissance, thank you too! One of the things I did over the September break is a bunch of research into how the US makes war, so I could make the scenario as realistic as possible. I remember hearing about a spat between China and Japan that has the ability to escalate into something more serious as time goes by. It seems that they are arguing about who gets the mineral rights on the uninhabited islands near them in the Pacific. With Japan being an American client state, I can see support going out to them from the American base at Okinawa if things start to heat up. So a possible conflict with China over resources may not be far away... Agreed the Western Empire is heading for a fall. Of course if and when it is defeated chances are the new Chinese Empire will be every bit as ruthless and predatory as Uncle Sam although at least we are likely to be spared all the propaganda about democracy and human rights. Harmonious co-prosperity sphere perhaps? Talk about "back with a vengeance" - good work! I'm going to pick a couple of nits, though, hoping they make the story even more convincing as it unfolds. First, why wouldn't the AWACS pick up the Chinese drones? Or did the U.S. forces just (mis)judge them to be strictly observers? Second and more important, I find the "bustling Tanzanian economy" unconvincing. Given the example of e.g. Nigeria, I would think it more likely that the only people in the country getting rich would be the inner circle of government, and they'd be shuttling their wealth to "safe havens" as fast as it could go. Flagg, true, but you'll notice that the chart doesn't show the total mass of ice in the Antarctic, only the total extent of sea covered by ice. Hint: when a continental glacier is beginning to break up, one of the first things that happens is that a lot of glacial ice ends up flowing out onto the nearest ocean... Richard, the dispute between China and Japan is a serious potential flashpoint, enough so that I considered it as a setting for this narrative. There are half a dozen others, too. It's very much as though, from the perspective of 1935, one were to try to guess what would trigger the inevitable next war between Britain and Germany. Apologies if I offended you in the last comment thread. Hope your month off was productive and your harvest season bountiful. Nothing to add on this story except a more general thought as to our predicament to cut against the doom and gloomery. Put yourselves in the shoes of a turn of the 19th century American. The bloodbath of the civil war was in memory, we'd just finished a pogrom against the native population, black people had been promoted from slaves to serfs, the European political economy was steaming toward two rounds of European civil war, the U.S. political machine was gearing up for empire, and the previous few decades had seen economic dislocation and depression. Hmm... I was gonna say we turned out fine from all that, but its probably more honest to say that we turned out. VP Gurney, whats the SecDef's name, Cadaver? I welcome you back, too. Reading the scenario and comments chilled me enough to need to make myself a cup of tea in an attempt to warm up. Pretty soon I'll go out and garden in the warmth before the approaching cold front. Maybe that's a metaphor for how to approach the future: during the relative ease now, make preparations for the more difficult period to come. I'll read the scenario with this in mind. Robert, no argument there. It's only in the imaginations of true believers in progress that the new boss is guaranteed to be any better than the old boss. Nano, we'll talk about that down the road a bit. RPC, the answer to your first question is stealth technology; the answer to your second is that it's quite possible for other African countries to learn from Nigeria's mistakes -- especially if they're not dominated by the US- and European-based oil companies that have helped turn Nigeria into such a basket case. Javogh, thank you! Justin, not at all. Bill, half the fun of this was to take a typical Tom Clancy situation and then make it turn out the way it's actually likely to turn out. "Jimson Weed" AKA "Locoweed" AKA "Datura". Very funny. I can assume the president ingested, but claimed never to have metabolized? The VP named for a cart that the sick, dying or dead are carried on in hospitals? And is your admiral any relation to der Fliegende Hollander (Capt. Van Der Decker) AKA the Flying Dutchman? Your humour grows apace, albeit I'm probably missing a bunch of other references. Meanwhile in an undisclosed location in China, General Tsoa was worried. Not about the coming battle (he is confident that the Chinese battle plan would catch the Americans off guard) but of its aftermath. How will the Americans respond in the aftermath of their defeat?Close their markets to Chinese goods? Not honor the US government bonds that we have in our banks? Sink all ships going into or out of China?Cyber attacks?Military attacks on our military instillations both inside and outside of China?Nuclear or bioweapon attack? Another blog I like, http://www.itulip.com , has been pointing out "Stealth Inflation" for many years, since at least 2007 I think. We had price inflation decades ago, but history never repeats exactly the same way twice. These days, everybody knows that when you take the same product X and simply jack up its price tag, that is a public admission that your business model is failing. Price inflation is the _last_ resort of a desperate company, not the first. Instead, in the last couple of decades, we've had "Stealth Inflation". Your favorite candy bar keeps the same price tag, but without any announcement, it is gradually shaved down from 2.5 ounces to 2.1 ounces. Same for your cereal box. Your toilet paper keeps the same price tag, but instead of 500 sheets that are 4 inches wide, it becomes 450 sheets that are 3.75 inches wide. Your favorite restaurant starts using frozen fish from Costco in its most expensive specials, rather than local fish hand-caught. This has been going on for many years if not decades. Industries that cannot adopt those tactics -- such as, say, housing and gasoline -- simply raise their price, and hence that's why those particular industries are specifically excluded from government inflation indexes. It will only be later, after years of teetering on the edge of economic chaos, that we are going to see price-tag inflation like most people expect. On gas: We're paying over $4 a gallon for regular, up here in the Pacific NW. A few days ago, I saw an article about gas prices in California. It promptly disappeared, but I did a little Gogleing around ... In Bakersfield and LA, today, some stations are charging $5 per gallon. Reason? "Combination of low inventories and multiple refinery problems." In many places dealers are shutting down their pumps due to "not being able to obtain gasoline from their regular distributor or cannot afford the break-even price of almost $5 per gallon." @Cherokee Organics - Yes, food prices have risen. I've noticed it particularly in canned goods. I've always been one to stock up on good grades of soup, good chili and solid white tuna. Two years ago, I could usually find some sales where I'd stock up on the above at less than $1 a can. On sale, I can't find soup for less than $1.39. And, that's for the all vegetable varieties. Anything with meat in it either never goes on sale or, the sale price is around $2. I notice prices up on a lot of other things, but the canned goods are the thing I can most easily make a comparison. So, my first year out here in the country, I'm planting and harvesting more. I made my first forays into canning. Hundreds of pounds of fruit are going to waste in my area, and next year I'll be better prepared to take advantage of that bounty. Cant help but venture a guess as to what was in those crates: DF-21 Anti Ship Ballistic Missiles. They know China's got them but would be unprepared for it when taking on a small third world country. Goodbye carrier group! I'm thinking (in the story) the Chinese must have figured out a way to neutralize intercontinental nuclear missiles for this scenario to play out. Either that, or there is some way the US has checkmated itself via economic or political realities, and can't retaliate. Surely no president would be able to allow such an overt move on the Chinese part, with the inevitable loss of US lives, without pushing The Button. I see it more likely for the move to come from a "rogue nation" like Iran, or possibly a relatively small military defeat from some group like Al Qaeda and the Chinese step into the breach when the US loses the ability to project power. The Chinese, in the scenario you've pointed out, could be very plausibly expected to sponsor a long-term insurgency as in Iraq/Afghanistan. Possibly a destroyer sunk by a Chinese-supplied missile, a monthly American body count, and a ballooning deficit to pay for it, and the results would be the same. Anyway, maybe I'm just rationalizing to get rid of the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. My son could deploy in the next year. I'm sure the XIII Legion had family, too. If it is to the point that the world is breaking up into various economic blocks - as happened prior to WW2 - than your already crashing, and the Chinese have at least as many problems as we do. Twenty years from now, we will be coming out of our baby boom retirement bulge, and they will be solidly in their one-child only one. The military scenario is a little out there. The U.S. Carriers have rarely been an important component in the recent small wars. The usual modus operandi has been to camp out in the neighboring country and blast them with AF assets. The navy and tomahawks are often involved because their brass wants to get into the act. With the potential for an intervening foreign power (obvious) they would stay off shore and keep moving. Don't forget that the big decks are not our only carriers. Our amphibious assault ships are the equivelant of a jump jet carrier. That's why we have marine hawker jump jets (blown up) in Afghanistan. The U.S. Navy has had its failings, but of our various military services, by far has the most distinguished record of accomplishments. Past history between evenly matched (on paper) navies, has the country with the stronger maritime history winning. Russo-Japanese war comes to mind. The only exception I can think of is the old Austrian (as in Austrio-Hungarian) Navy that seemed to hit well above its weight class. As for gasoline prices at $7 per gallon 20 years from now... again history is not obligated to repeat exactly, and there are powerful forces in the US which will continue to try and cushion US consumers from the real costs of their gasoline (shunting the costs to the taxpayer in general as opposed to paying them at the pump). Bottom line, in 14 years, the gasoline price has quadrupled and the oil price more than that. If JMG's scenario is set at least 20 years in the future, Cherokee may have a point that $7 is an under-estimate. > What were the prices of oil and gasoline in 1998? Do you remember? Without looking them up...Most guesses have clustered around $2.50 to $3 a gallon for gasoline (in the US). Only one person could come up with a crude oil price which she guessed was around $55 a barrel. The answers show a vague recollection that oil and gasoline were cheaper than they are today. But just how much cheaper has been lost down the memory hole. Okay, I know the suspense is killing you. Here's how gasoline and oil fared in 1998. The nationwide average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States in December of that year was 95 cents. The closing price for a barrel of crude oil sold on the New York Mercantile Exchange on December 31 was $12.05. Just three weeks earlier the price of oil had hit its nadir for the year at $10.72. ... Why does the oil industry want you to forget this? Because after a 10-fold increase in the price of crude oil and a fourfold increase in the price of gasoline, the industry is once again trying to sell the same story of continued abundance that they were selling back in the late 1990s. But the manyfold increase in oil prices ought to make everyone doubt an industry which has repeatedly told us that huge supplies are just around the corner, and prices are headed for a crash. I was out in the garden this morning, harvesting and winnowing coriander seeds, weeding my new planting of winter Broccoli and munching on yellow alpine strawberries when I remembered...hey JMG is back today! And with a bang I might add. I hope you made the time during your break from blogging to enjoy your fall garden JMG...how is that solar greenhouse coming along? I would love to see your design. September and October back here in the PNW have been almost painfully gorgeous, but also epically dry, that's how it goes. Glenn, excellent. Yes, there are various puns worked into the story; I probably should have resisted the temptation, but hey, it worked for Shakespeare. Phil, I didn't know that! I was simply assuming that sooner or later, some of the African petrostates were going to figure out the same thing that Persian Gulf petrostates figured out half a century ago -- that you don't need to let Western oil companies take your oil on their terms. Edward, you get today's gold star for practical responses to political blather. Jim, true -- there are certainly some tense conversations going on in Beijing as the waiting comes to an end and the shooting starts. Thomas, thank you, and I'm glad to hear that there's a blog tracking that! Yes, I've been noting stealth inflation for a while now -- ever compare the size of a Hershey bar circa 1972 to one today? Lewis, keep a close eye on those gas prices. We may be in for another price spike. Jordy, close. Stay tuned... Hal, after this sequence is over we'll be talking about the calculus of nuclear deterrence; it's far less simple than you've suggested -- which is not to say that nuclear war won't be an issue in the upcoming narrative. Russell, the carriers are going to stay offshore and keep moving. It won't help them a lot when their position is being precisely tracked by high-altitude drones. More on this as we proceed. Thomas, it's not "at least 20 years in the future" -- as I've mentioned more than once, this is sometime in the next two decades, that is, in the period of time that ends 20 years from now, and begins...now. Thus the gasoline price estimate. Art, the solar greenhouse is still on hold at the moment, though I've got hopes for next year. The cold frame's doing very well, though, and we're bringing in carrots, onions, and the season's last lima beans right now. Welcome back, JMG. It was very nice meeting you and your wife recently, and talking gluten-free cooking and drop spindle spinning with her. If anyone has the opportunity to meet JMG in person, be sure to do so as he is even more engaging and entertaining in person with his wide-ranging knowledge and humor. Cherokee, I recently got a couple of bags of sugar for canning and jam making, after not buying any for over a year. I said to someone, "Didn't sugar used to be in 5lb bags?" Sure enough, they were the same price and only 4lbs a bag. BTW, Jimsom weed is nothing to fool with, as one can easily end up stone crazy or dead. Not known from personal experience, but from knowing a couple of Haudenosaunee(Iroquois)herbalists whose people used it for spiritual journeying who emphasized one needs to really know what they are doing to avoid undesirable side effects. The price of gasoline could well begin to decline from here, but if a person does not have any money, even a buck fifty a gallon is too much. Or, there just won't be enough, doesn't matter how much one is willing to pay. The catalyst could be this Chinese thing... So many possibilities. The story has tapped my imagination! Oh, I have finished my second hugelkultur bed - as promised. I'll post a video this weekend at GreenWizards.org I note that the price of gas you quote is still substantially below what customers in many places are paying right now. I think that shows both how much the price of gas is subsidised in the US, and how inefficiently the US uses it relative to the rest of the world (even other "first-world" countries). Also, I'd really appreciate it if you could outline the ways that events in this story could affect US allies (eg. the EU, Canada, Australia, etc) Ceworthe, your Hodenosaunee friends say the same thing as the Sixties types I know. Datura's a very rough ally. Richard, good to hear! Wall, the price of gas is a good sign that the US empire is crumbling but not yet fallen at the beginning of the story. When it gets up to the global average, it'll all be over but the shouting. As for America's current allies -- hmm. I only have five posts worth of space to cover a lot of future history, so may not be able to fit that in; we can discuss it as we go, though. I've spent the hiatus obtaining and reading Alf Hornburg's Power of the Machine. It's an amazing book, especially regarding the inverse relationship of price and energy. While I'd been moving in Distributist and other similar circles for some time, I hadn't yet found anyone who could explain concretely the ways that exploitation happens. Hornburg performs admirably there; thank you for recommending him. * An interesting start to the scenario. Considering the realities of the post-peak world, the military planner's job gains some interesting wrinkles. One can imagine it as a game; perhaps it could be named "Jennel's Dilemma." The rules are simple: 1) The army operating at a Higher "Level" of Energy Use wins. 2) The army better trained within its Energy Level wins. 3) The army that doesn't have enough cheap energy to actually perform at its chosen Energy Level loses. 4) The winner of one conflict obtains control of a larger percentage of the energy left, to use in the next conflict. 5) Switching Energy Levels is a non-trivial task, and makes you temporarily vulnerable to rule 2. 6) The total supply is decreasing - don't let rule 3 catch you! These rules lead to some interesting strategies. Do you "use it while you got it"? Or do you deliberately low-ball your Energy Use and then hit your enemy hard when he overreaches? Can you play the diplomatic game well enough to stall for time? There are a number of possible strategies and no one "correct" answer, it seems. Great story. Reminds me a bit of old Tom Clancy and "Red Storm Rising" in its setup, back when he still had narrative talent. Completely different focus of course (a more realistic and less jingoistic one), but the feel is the same. Brien, excellent! Your "Jennel's dilemma" is a good summary, and of course you're quite right that there is no one right answer -- that's the nature of every strategic question in a sufficiently complex setting. Todd, thank you! I tried to give the narrative at this stage something of the political-military thriller flavor; as we proceed, that will change a bit. Overall, I like this scenario. It sounds plausible, with lots of good details. I like that the Secretary of Defense protests, although weakly, and that the Fleet Admiral is uneasy. The military is often portrayed as incompetent bumbleheads, but what sort of military to have and how to deploy it isn't a purely military decision, it's a political one. When I read the previous posts and the comments, I often got the impression that the US military was just waiting for a defeat by any minor opponent with a bit of creativity, but in this scenario, the adversary is more or less at par, technologically. That sounds far more plausible. I also like that the Chinese response arrives by civilian container ships, illustrating the rather different ideas of the state's role in China and in the US. The only thing that doesn't ring true to me is the Chinese high-altitude drone. I saw your answer to RPC, but stealth is somewhat of a Tom Clancy technology - it's high-tech, cool, mysterious, very simple in a book but rather tricky in reality. I won't belive that part of the scenario till I see it! On the other hand, I suspect the real utility of the drone isn't pretty pictures, but real-time targeting data, and I can imagine several other ways to obtain that, ways that are both stealthier and less easy to counter. My issues with the drone thus don't affect the scenario overall. Good work! The action next week should be spectacular. (A note on timing: since the Chinese J-20's are operational, the scenario isn't next March but several years into the future) JMGYes, somebody, likely China, is one day going to say enough is enough, and carefully calibrate some war-aims. Not my forte, but I have wondered what would happen to China's military communication satellites in your scenario? Glad to hear from Brien that he is into Alf Hornburg. I found Hornburg's esteemed colleague the late Stephen G Bunker also very useful in recording the mechanisms of competitive exploitation; for example "Globalization and the Race for Resources", 2005. Bunker is a touch wordy but well worth the effort. Eehh! So many remarks on the VP's name, and not one Halleck reference? Even the attitude of grumbling loyalty fits to a T! On a slightly less frivolous note - aren't you giving the CIA more credit than due? I mean Libya specifically. IIRC, Libyan oil was already flowing to the global West (Italy, mainly) and Muammar Q. had been on his best behaviour for quite a while. The need to bring Libya in line by manufacturing unrest would have been slight. If manufactured is what it was, then it was fiendishly subtle: getting a guy to torch himself in a public square in Tunisia, spark food riots all over the Middle East, oust the USA-friendly Mubarak, all so you can get a shot at oil you already have acces to...I love that kind of deep strategy, but I'm enough of an Occamist to mumble 'Naaah, it was probably just the food riots, and everyone scrambling for the loot after that'. It looks as if the American navy in your story is about to get a bad case of Sunburn. Here's a suggestion that there's a lot of oil and gas under Greek waters, so the greedy ones might not have to go as far as Tanzania.http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/greek-aegean-bonanza-new-study-confirms-potential-greek-wealth/ Coincidentally, here's an article about '3D printing' which suggests that the power of big states may be undermined by widespread access to cheap but sophisticated drones and weapons.' "the powers that be" today, will be "the powers that were" in a world where an East African was just as capable of building a cruise missile as Raytheon'And:'As Sun Tzu stated in "The Art of War," "supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." What better way of achieving this than preventing the enemy from ever finding the true battle lines to begin with? ' Forgot to mention how much I empathised with the operational characters in the story. The characters oozed a certain stoic despair about orders from higher up the chain. "You want us to do what? Do you really think this is a good idea? Have you thought we should take into account... OK. I'll shut up and get on with it. No, I'll just follow orders. Yep, no need to go down that path." hehe! An unpleasant scenario. Too many people higher in the political chain these days have little to no operational experience at the pointy end of things. It makes for dysfunctional decision making and an overall lack of caution. Gets back to your observation about the aristocracy. Oh well. Yeah, quantitative easing maybe will result in deleveraging, but it may also destroy much else in the process. The Chinese are not happy about it for sure as they hold such large reserves - much of which is being converted into real assets all over the world. I think the ace up the US's sleeve is the continued (albeit peaked) local extraction of oil and the maintenance of the US$ as the standard currency of exchange. Dunno really. Hi Thomas, Thanks for the link. Hadn't heard of that term before "stealth inflation". I've observed it in the shops here which is why I cook so much food at home now - recently started making my own muesli using local honey because of this very issue. The box even had the cheek to add a line saying that people had asked for less content in a larger box with prettier printing. Hi Lewis, Sorry to hear about the food prices, canning is an awesome skill though, plus you get summer fruit in the depths of winter. Glad to hear about your goats and blackberries too, what an elegant solution. Gleaning fruit is a great use for all of those roadside apples and berries that otherwise start to ferment and become unpalatable. Much respect. Hi Thomas, Yeah, I often wondered about the magic behind the US$4/gallon fuel limit in the US imagination. There must be something in that? We pay AU$1.50/litre which converts to US$5.70/gallon. Prices are only going up here. Hi Ceworthe, Sorry to hear about the stealth inflation in sugar over there. Raw sugar retails here for AU$1/kg which is about 2 pounds. Isn't it amazing how much sugar you go through in jam making and preserving. You know, if things ever became unpleasant, I'd nab all of the sugar and salt I could lay my hands on as it makes preserving that much easier. Johan, exactly -- one claim made by carrier fans is that it's hard to locate a carrier precisely enough to punch a missile through it; the Chinese drones obviate that problem. I'd understood that a small unmanned craft could be made effectively invisible to radar via stealth technology, thus my response to RPC. If you've got a more plausible suggestion for targeting data acquisition, I'd be interested in hearing it. Phil, wait and see... Thijs, the CIA didn't cause the Arab Spring, but they certainly took advantage of it to take out (in the case of Libya) or try to take out (in the case of Syria) a couple of Arab leaders who have been long-term thorns in the side of the US and its allies. I trust you're aware of the role that money, arms, and military help from an assortment of US allies played in both uprisings? Raven, I considered Greece as a setting for the scenario. As for 3D printing, did you notice that the article somehow fails to grasp the fact that 3D printers don't conjure raw materials out of thin air? The sheer blinkered silliness of these "post-scarcity" delusions leaves me speechless sometimes. Cherokee, I know a fair number of vets, and have heard a fair number of stories. BTW, honey can be used for canning -- another good reason to help your local bees survive. I agree with Cherokee about the mythic prices Americans put on gas. In where I live we are already in 7$/gallon for atleast 5 years ago and now we are in 8-8,5 territory. I guess that the american governement indirectly props down the gas price by not taxing it as hard as a lot of countries ( just se the price of gas in UK, that by my math should be around 9$ a gallon, all because of taxes, in spite of technically the UK being a gas producer ) ... or it is a still lingering residue from the time the US was actualy a gas producer and that they could play Arab on oil prices to the final consumer ? Back on the topic, Pres. Weed and Admiral Deckmann ... by that logic the Sec of Defense that no one listened to is called Cassandra ? ;) On a more serious tone in certain aspect there was already someone that draw a line in the sand to the US: Russia in 2008 about Georgia and the shenigans in Ukraine after that ( where the "western" darling, Timoshenko, was arrested most likely with the hand of Moscow pulling some strings behind ). OFC that the US governement did not took the lessons it should had, but rarely any imperial governement does :p and decided to let the Russian "front" to cool down and press China and Iran via proxies ... Anyway, I do think that something on this lines will happen ( not necessarily in Tanzania, though ) but I have some questions: a) I assume that we are going to see some action with the Chinese carrier buster balistic missiles, no? b) Looking at the intel known on the J-20, they should get from the Central Asia ( even if from the Uzbek base the Russians rented some time ago ) to Tanzania in fumes or pretty close. That means IMHO that either they will refill somewhere in the way ( and there goes stealth ) or their real target is closer than Tanzania ( say, Qatar ;) ? ). BTW I assume that we're going to have a props up in the Middle East situation in your story soon :p Hm. Here's how the main allied nations will act (in your novel):- Canada will come along as a dutiful client state, doing very little (which is about as much as we can, anyway) to appease our Washington bosses, just as we have since Eisenhower forced Dief the Chief (the Anti-American) to accept nuclear missiles on our territory and cancel the Arrow.- Britain will, too, as much as possible, because they still look back to 'their finest hour' and the joint Allied victory with swelling hearts and misty-eyed pride.- The French wll not join in, neither will the Germans, because it's a dumb war and they can refuse with impunity. NATO rules only apply if one is attacked, not if one is attacked while invading somewhere. regarding "stealth inflation"I have kept (by accident) a record of prices for fixed quantities of particular goods, for example, 900g bags of spaghetti, loaves of bread, 5 litre bags of milk, &c. My own estimate puts the real inflation rate at about 12% for at least the last 7 years.I know exactly what the price of gas was in 2002, because I've kept every receipt since then, for analysis, and the price has gone up over 300%, from 40 cents (Can)/litre to more than $1.20 (Can)/litre (i.e, from $1.02 (US)/gal (US) to $4.72 (US)/gal (US) -- taking into account currency conversion rates, but not adjusted for "inflation".) Our esteemed host published a commentary on this idea back: in November of 2009, when he was discussing markets and observed that unregulated free-market capitalism results in a long, slow decline in quality. I observed this, too, back in 1977: my Aunt's refrigerator broke, the day after the original 30-year warranty expired. At that point, it was already more expensive to replace than repair, but the new fridge only came with a 10-year parts-and-labour warranty. Today, new fridges expect to last just 1 year. Jim, I already know who the next two presidents are after Jameson Weed, and Muffley Merkin isn't one of them. More soon! Ricardo, clearly the Chinese are going to need to do what any other air force will do -- station tankers for air-to-air refueling somewhere along the route, and have additional supplies of jet fuel -- perhaps shipped in ordinary shipping containers for secrecy -- at a forward airbase. As for the carrier-busting missiles, wait and see... Nice job and a good cliff-hanger. After the past week it seems all the more certain we are headed for an economic cliff come this next spring based on either a lack of action or draconian cuts in the budget. The question becomes how will a wrung-out electorate handle a what will likely be a wrenching downward lurch in the economy. My bet, the general populace will whimper and turn on the nearest t.v. for diversion. Fast forward two years and get a repeat at yet a lower level. You got the malaise correctly but the timing may be a bit short. Keep up the good work. Welcome back and thank you for a nice change of pace. I'm enjoying what I've read so far. Jameson Weed sounds about right... These millionaire boys club guys have to be tripping out! I heeded your advice and have been busy building a root cellar, planting my greenhouse, and preserving lots of food :) For the sake of some wacky humor on the subject of presidents and what one may have "missed" by not watching the recent presidential "debates"... Here's one for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueHQ66FL_YI Fun story. Looking forward to installments. And it was great meeting you again in PA! A question and a comment. The question is, to what extent is the QE simply vanishing into debt holes? Let's say I (the government) were to print up a billion trillion dollars. But instead of putting it into circulation, I give it all to Vice President Gurney, who puts it into a bank that was holding a billion trillion dollars in bad debt, that they had in turn loaned out to American consumers who had used the money to buy bubble-gum cards from Gurney's company, Holoburden, at MASSIVELY inflated prices -- a million trillion dollars a card. The bubble-gum card market then crashed to real market values (about ten cents a card), the consumers shrugged and defaulted on their vast loans, and the banks suffered huge paper losses that have now been paid back by fake money. VP Gurney is now some kind of gazillionaire -- on paper -- but he still has only a few dozen homes, one yacht, etc. That is, his actual circulation of his gazillions is still limited by his mortal frame. I would think there would be very little resulting inflation. If Gurney ever tried to spend his gazillions, there'd be Hell to pay, but instead, he "invests" in the stock market, causing it to inflate again even as the rest of the economy stagnates... In other words, if a money tree explodes in a virtual forest, does it cause inflation? The comment is this. If the US is going into imperial catabolism, and if the end is more-or-less inevitable, is it more just (or merciful) to drag it out, or to bring it down hard? I may be offering the Republicans more credit for intelligence than they are due, but their extremism is so ... well, extreme that I can't help wondering if they've actually given up on a future, and are a) cynically grabbing for themselves everything that isn't nailed down, and b) telling themselves they are performing a mercy-killing. I trust you're aware of the role that money, arms, and military help from an assortment of US allies played in both uprisings? Oh yes, well aware indeed - I was only remarking that in the story you seem to imply that Libya was started by the CIA, and I was wondering what you viewpoint was on that score.Mind you, I very much expect that one reason the Syrian uprising is allowed to run a much longer and more terrible course is pretty much that they have about one tenth of the oil Libya has. Alphonse, that's plausible. One interesting question is when the whimper will turn to howling for blood -- that happens fairly often in history, you know. Mark, if they were tripping out on datura, they'd be huddled in corners shrieking. Come to think of it, that may happen down the road a bit... Joseph, the question to your question is whether the Fed will be able to stop spinning the printing presses when the debt holes are all full. Usually that's when the problems begin, because when you've been quietly monetizing the national debt for years, it's very hard to convince investors to step in and buy it, and even harder to convince politicians or the people to give up the benefits of all that deficit spending. The comment to your comment is that I don't think the GOP is that clever; they're no brighter than the Democrats, you know. Ron, not at all -- there's a nice table at the end explaining who's who. Funny to see air war done Thomas the Tank Engine style! Thijs, my working guess is that the CIA (and equivalent agencies in a few key US allies) saw the Arab Spring as an opportunity, and pounced on the chance to get rid of a couple of rulers the US has had grudges against for a long time. Oil isn't the only reason for regime change, after all. As for Syria, my guess is that it's partly that, and partly because Russia has a naval base there and has probably threatened to counter a "no-fly zone" (that is to say, US aerial bombardment of government military units) with effective antiaircraft technology. Renaissance Man: Our esteemed host published a commentary on this idea back: in November of 2009, when he was discussing markets and observed that unregulated free-market capitalism results in a long, slow decline in quality. Just got off the phone with my parents; their three-year-old furnace is busted beyond repair. This is the third furnace in 20 years. The first lasted a bit over a decade, the second about half that, and now the third is DOA in its third winter. By comparison, the house I was raised in was still running the original furnace installed in 1957 when I sold it in 1998. I'm also seeing a lowering of quality in food purchases (meat with more bone and fat, fruits and vegetables that look like they fell off the truck on the way to the store, etc.) as well as the usual shrinkage in packaging. Gotta get the planting beds going. May take a shot at starting a Simon and Garfunkel herb garden. I forgot to mention that infrastructure can be catabolised too for cost of society savings. This is part of the whole stealth inflation thing too, because rising costs of society are kept down by a lack of maintenance of the existing infrastructure which was built up over a long period of time and therefore slowly decays. This is the case with our electricity distribution system here and there is a lot of whining going on here about the cost of electricity which has risen this year between 10% to 18%. Much blame has been heaped on the carbon tax, but it should actually be directed at the lack of investment in distribution infrastructure over the past two decades (plus increased household consumption). Something is also nagging me at the back of my mind about Libya and it may or may not be relevant. My understanding was that many years back, the Colonel sent his son to the UK so that Libya could come in from the cold. I remember at the time reading that in later meetings with Blair that Gaddafi welcomed Blair in a most truly disrespectful manner and it was a glossed over matter. Given the pointlessness of regime change there, I've since wondered whether such events were significant or not and perhaps may have even been part of a bigger picture (or dialogue) which we were not entitled to see. Dunno? Thanks for the hint about honey, I wouldn't have thought about that option for preserving. My neighbour has a couple of hives and time got away from me this season (plus other projects). The fruit trees sure do need them though. The English used to grow sugar beets too for sugar before access to distant markets and sugar cane (rum was the unofficial currency here at one stage in our history). Salt is a difficult one this far inland too. Didn't know about Datura as "weed" is a colloquialism for pot here. Wouldn't touch Datura either. Messing with your mind is not good, I know some long term pot users and anyone considering taking up the habit should be forced to spend some time with these people first. Up north I've heard of a close relative of this plant which sounds even more dangerous: Yeah, the stoic despair isn't just the military, but is one reason I turned my back on big business in favour of small business. Small business owners are so close to the pointy end that they rarely swallow their own garbage. A truly gripping read, well done. I too got the Halleck ref, having literally put down my copy of Dune to read your post. If that weren't synchronous enough, I recently found out that I'm being sent to the Kenya-Tanzania border next month for work. I sincerely hope your story doesn't come true in the meantime ... Some of your readers might like to know that I've recently been hob nobbing with some influential internet types and they are talking in terms of 'augmenting' the human race by harvesting our digital souls. Mr Greer, my point on the J-20 was that refueling in mid air would compromise one of the strong points of the plane: radar stealth. Even if the refueling plane is also stealth, the hose would surely signal out ( not that in your scenario the Americans are looking for a Chinese floating hose in mid air ;) ) And ,unless the carriers are out before the J-20 get there ( hint hint :p ) they would have to fight the american planes ( you aren't specific on that but I assume that at best they will be F-22 or, if very lucky, F-35 but most like refitted F-16 ) even to get to any base the Chinese have in Tanzania ( that is obviously there ;) ). Not that the J-20 would probably not give a beating to any of the above planes, but doing that in fumes would be atleast reckless. Hence my question ... JMG, welcome back and great story. If your aim was to convey insight and produce a few unsettled chuckles, you did a fine job. :) As to Syria, Stephen Waldman (blogging at interfluidity.com) observes that recent targets of US economic and/or military belligerence also happen to be nations with introverted economies, less oriented toward global investment and private ownership and more toward the broad economic betterment of their citizens. For instance, Libya did not have the "freedoms of conscience" so promoted in the US, but had an economy that functioned for Syrians. Waldman hasn't written on this yet, but the shift in the US' attitude toward Burma, moving from the US' hit list to the shining beacon of freedom in Southeast Asia list, coincides so uncomfortably closely with their new head of state announcing pro-market reforms as to risk whiplash. Interestingly, a piece on the Guardian's website explores the connections between anti-Assad figures and neocon/neoliberal elites: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/12/syrian-opposition-doing-the-talking A desperation among the global investor class to grow their portfolios when they already own most everything currently on offer in friendly markets would surely inspire governments well-steeped in capitalism to manufacture new properties for that money, whether through new exclusive rights in property law (as in cap-and-trade, or novel exclusive rights in intellectual property), privatization by consent of the government (as the IMF/World Bank does) or privatization by force of wrecking up the joint (Iraq, Libya, Syria, and no doubt others). I don't claim this is the only force at work, but the hypothesis fits recent data far more closely than does the conventional "wisdom" of shallow, counterfactual appeals to personal freedom. JMG: Good to read you again. I understood the rationale behind the $7/gallon gasoline price as I read it because I agree that demand destruction will play a part in this. To add to LewisLucanBooks and Cherokee Organics discussion on food prices: As I commented in August, I've begun brewing beer at home. In the few months that I've been following prices of ingredients, the barley and wheat malt syrups have gone up about 50%. Some of that might be increases in fuel costs, but I'm afraid most of it is grains. Beer is, after all, just liquid bread. Worse, a little calculus will show that if one of your cost arenas increases a lot faster than the others, it becomes an even larger portion of your total cost. And you become that much more sensitive to further price increases. Oddly enough, this has not shown up at retail lately, though earlier in the year there were some price increases. This is well worth the read to get a look into what is going on behind the scenes and why retail prices are not increasing in line with the raw material prices. It is scary for the suppliers of these big supermarket chains. I am personally aware of a couple of company examples of the aftermath of this practice. I'd be pretty certain this activity is going on in other countries too. We're followers here not leaders. Cherokee, you're right that malign neglect of infrastructure is another mode of stealth inflation. We have a lot of that in the US these days -- it's rare to see a bridge or a highway in good condition. Jason, I think it's quite possible that some people will rush into a technology that allows them to hand over even the most basic processes of thinking to a big greedy corporation. Then they'll get to find out why it's not a good idea to hand over your mind to a big greedy corporation... Iodhan, I'm not sure whether that comparison is a compliment or not! Ricardo, wait and see! Marxmarv, thank you. I suspect that one of the major points of international stress over the next few years will be the conflict between a disintegrating global financial system and nations that decide, for good reason, to pursue economic autarky at the expense of the global system. Stu, anything that increases the price of good beer is a crisis! ;-) Ben, thanks for the link. I found it highly unconvincing, for what it's worth, but it's interesting to see the same rhetoric used to defend so many other obsolete weapons systems being trotted out again. How much American military hardware with electronic components has Chinese made computer chips in it? And how many Chinese chips have hardwired "backdoors" or malware designed and manufactured into them? Could be part of the scenario, but we have to wait 'til next week to find out. It`s certainly pretty too soon to comment on your scenario, but... In my opinion Chinese Anti-Access/Area-Denial military strategy will be still primarily defensive at that time, which means the chosen battlefield should be probably much closer to the China homeland than you did assume. JMG, that was definately a compliment in the context that your's is a much more realistic imagining of the events that will likely hasten collapse inasmuch as it CAN be hastened. That said, I did some time many years ago on the Dogma track and fell into the trap for awhile before I realized what I was actually seeing. What I really meant was that by employing a story-telling model you are illustrating in a way that general discourse doesn't allow for. I never feel that your posts are preachy but they can be intimidating to me because I spend more time trying to make sure I understand all the information than I do actually reading. This presents the material in a more relatable fashion. The content is a bit different than most of your other posts but the message is easier to digest. Digesting a lot of good information should be work, it helps me actually learn something. I'm just going to enjoy the comic book version as well...Thanks! I'll reserve my review until I see how your scenario plays out. The American mistakes seem pretty believable. I'm curious to see how it plays out for China. The scenario I'd most buy is the US and China knocking each other's teeth out and a third party moving into the power vacuum. What would be an interesting WWIII scenario is a low-energy future with powers still attempting to play in the Great Game. You can't afford carrier battlegroups anymore? Can't afford the sea lift for an armored division? But drones are cheap. Hmm. I've speculated before about the potential for schizo-tech. I continue to maintain that it seems plausible we might have packet radio networks and smartphones even as the average citizen (in the States) can no longer afford a car. It would be kind of funny to imagine a mid-21st century expeditionary force heading out with bicycles and pack animals because nobody can spare the petrol but they have solar-charging microdrones and every soldier has instant communications with militarized iphone20's. Right now, fossil fuels are cheap enough you can put any kind of factory you want anywhere you want. When fossil fuels become ridiculously expensive, places with cheap power advantages could become major manufacturing centers, exporting to the rest of the world. The era of stealth planes was a late 20th century thing really its only good for attacking tin pot militaries now. With modern computerized xband radars and infrared sensors etc its getting awfully hard to hide a plane and these things are getting cheaper as allot of people have the requisite computing power in there cell phones now. That combined with modern anti aircraft missiles means that dominance of the air power especially the extremely expensive manned fighter jets may be coming to an end. So instead I would replace the stealth drone with a satellite photo the Chinese have a few of them and a carrier is big enough to show up on a weather satellite. And if things escalate to space warfare you could probably triangulate the location of a carrier from all its radio chatter. Subscribe To Print Edition For those who would rather read these posts in a less high-tech form, The Archdruid Report is also available in a monthly print edition, published by Stone Circle Press. Details? Click here. The Archdruid Report doesn't accept guest posts. Don't even ask. If you enjoy reading this blog, please consider putting a tip in the Archdruid's tip jar. Many thanks! Followers About JMG John Michael Greer is Past Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America , current head of the Druidical Order of the Golden Dawn, and the author of more than thirty books on a wide range of subjects, including peak oil and the future of industrial society. He lives in Cumberland, MD, an old red brick mill town in the north central Appalachians, with his wife Sara. Well of Galabes If you enjoy this blog and can handle discussions of Druidry, magic, and occult philosophy, you might like my other blog, Well of Galabes.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Gascon said no crime was committed by police based on the current law, therefore his office could not charge the officers involved. "We do not bring charges against people who have not broken the law," Gascon said. The announcement was made after Gascon met with Gongora's family. Woods' mother, Gwen, was also invited, but she was not present during that meeting. In a December 2, 2015 cellphone video, you can hear a woman yelling for 26-year-old Woods to put down the knife he was holding. Police said the knife had been used by Woods earlier against another man. Despite police shooting beanbag rounds at Woods, he never dropped it and police then fired 26 rounds. Gascon said the use of force in that case was not only excessive, but unnecessary. However, under current law there was nothing he could do to charge those officers. "Under current law, police officers do not have to retreat, police officers don't have to use the minimum force necessary," he said. For the first time, the man who says he was stabbed by Mario Woods speaks exclusively to ABC7 News reporter Vic Lee about the encounter. In that case, police argued that they feared for their safety and the public's well-being. The same applied to this April 7, 2016 shooting, when witnesses say 45-year-old Gongora, holding a knife, confronted police. A home security video doesn't show the moment Gongora was shot, but you can see when police arrived and you can hear how it unfolded only 30 seconds later with police shooting and killing Gongora. An anonymous viewer gave ABC7 News video that captured audio of the deadly encounter in San Francisco's Mission District. An anonymous viewer has given ABC7 News video showing the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in San Francisco's Mission District. In the video, officers can clearly be heard ordering Gongora to put down the knife, before using the non-lethal rounds and then the lethal rounds. Gongora was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died from his injuries. The shooting prompted wide-spread community outrage and put pressure on the police department which eventually led to the ousting of then San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr. It also led the department to change officer training for officers to emphasize de-escalation tactics when dealing with suspects. The Police Officer's Association say in both cases police acted within the department's rules and there was no excessive force. "I don't believe it was. The members were put in a situation where they felt they needed to not only defend themselves, but defend the public in the area," said Tony Montoya, the President of the San Francisco Police Officer's Association. Gascon told reporters the current law needs reforming. He is now behind assembly bill 931 which would allow police to use lethal force only when necessary, not when it's reasonable. "As a society, we are failing some our most vulnerable communities when it comes to police use of force, " said Gascon. Right after both incidents, the officers were placed on paid administrative leave fore 90 days. When they returned, they were put on desk duty pending the outcome of the DA's investigation. Gascon: “Under the law no crime has been committed. Still, I am very disturbed, but must adhere to the law. “ The D. A. is referring to the shootings of Mario Woods and Luis Góngora. pic.twitter.com/s4pyE7wP6N	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Remembering Salma in the second anniversary of her forced disappearance Last week, it snowed heavily in Malmo. Temperature dropped to -8, and it was enjoyable to watch the snow fall, with an open landscape, without rows of cement buildings blocking the way, just like Yarmouk. How despicable was that place for one’s eyes!!!Although it is cold outside, but houses are warm, everything is isolated here, even human beings are isolated. You feel a form of immunity, mounting immunity, against everything, from sadness to insecurity. A lot changed since you were arrested on the 30th of December 2012. Following the MiG attack on Yarmouk on the 16th of December of the same year, a partial siege was imposed by regime forces, the very same forces that kidnapped you unlawfully. People were starved to death. Plus 170. They call it a second Nakba. I think it is beyond a Nakba, it is a farewell. Two years Salma, two full years, did they know that you write beautiful poetry when they laid their dirty hands on you? Did they know that you are capable to describe their savagery with a million word? Two years. What metaphors can do you justice? Mustafa is alive, his sniper headshot did not kill him, but he lost his capacity to talk. Your little brother can’t talk but he will tell you about it all silently. Today, in Syria, there is no difference between those who can talk and those who can’t! The whole population is shouting, at least half of the population, the 10 million displaced, the thousands that were swollen by the Mediterranean, the ones who remain in the no man’s land, the ones trapped in the mountains of Albania trying to reach Germany, they are all shouting. Staring at my new passport, red with biometric chip, the security officer at Copenhagen airport shouts at me, gently, “welcome home Sir, can I see your passport please?” He added politely. “Home” I mumble. How dare he say it is home? How dare he decide for me? I think of your cell Salma, I think of its coldness, the rudeness of your guard, did you cite some of your soft poems to him? Did you tell him that you deserve the sunlight? How can I justify the warmth of my room when I know how freezing is your cell? Write me soon Salma, that simple question ponders in my head loudly, like the security officer’s words, the one who, believe it or not, treated me politely.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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The Doctors Revisited Vol 3: The Ninth to Eleventh Doctors This set showcases Doctor Who's Ninth to Eleventh Doctors: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith, spanning from 2005-2013. There is a half-hour profile special for each Doctor, with reflections from Doctor Who figures past and present, followed by a classic story for each Doctor: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways, The Stolen Earth/Journey's End and The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
PC Gaming Rather unsurprisingly, Overwatch has become one of the biggest games of 2016 in just a few short weeks. Unfortunately, the game's popularity comes with a number of drawbacks. Chief among this list of drawbacks is the problem of cheaters, who have been flocking to the new game to assert their dominance through hacks and cheating programs. Blizzard has determined that enough is enough and, not content with just banning the offenders from the game, has gone after the creator of Overwatch cheating software in a new lawsuit. Blizzard's hit FPS Overwatch received a sizable update this week, introducing a few small patches and adding the long-awaiting Competitive Play mode for PC and Xbox One players. But it also included a small Easter egg on the Lijiang Tower map, acting as the developer's tribute to a Chinese fan who sadly never got to play Overwatch, but was excited for its release. Of all the things announced during E3 2016, one of the most interesting was Xbox Play Anywhere. A new initiative by Microsoft, Xbox Play Anywhere allows users to play multi-platform titles on both Xbox One and Windows 10 while only requiring the game be purchased once. Microsoft revealed today that the service will be going live on September 13, but there are a few details users will want to know before they attempt to take advantage of Xbox Play Anywhere. 2K Games is hoping you've not grown tired of what feels like an endless sea of remasters, because today the company announced quite the whopper. It will be remastering the BioShock franchise for release on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, bringing the long and storied franchise into the current generation. Officially dubbed BioShock: The Collection, the remaster will span the original BioShock (which is about to turn nine years old if you can believe it) to BioShock Infinite, a game that took the world by storm a few years back. We've found ourselves smack in the middle of the Steam Summer Sale, and for many RPG fans, this time of year is both one of great excitement and one of horrible choice paralysis. There's somewhere in the area of 1,500 RPGs available on Steam, and until July 4, the vast majority of them will be offered up at a deep discount. How do you know which one to buy? While I've yet to make my way through all the RPGs Steam offers, I have put together a list of 10 of my favorites, in the hopes that it may help some of you indecisive types find your next favorite game. The long wait for hardcore Overwatch players is finally over! The new Competitive Play mode has arrived for Blizzard's hot new FPS, and that means ranked multiplayer matches with a focus on player skill and teamwork to overcome equally matched opponents. Unfortunately for players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, they still have to wait until next week. The update enabling Competitive Play is now available, but only for the PC version of the game. 2016 appears to be the year to honor the influential FPS games from developer Id Software. First we got a brand new Doom that actually lives up to the legacy of the originals, and this last week saw the 20th anniversary of the first Quake. In an unexpected surprise celebrating the latter, a brand new episode for Quake was released — for free — by MachineGames, the developer behind the recent Wolfenstein titles The New Order and The Old Blood. Back in May, Oculus adopted the controversial position of implementing DRM for games developed for its Rift virtual reality headset, preventing them from being played on the rival HTC Vive hardware. This was very frustrating for VR enthusiasts and developers alike, as the industry is only beginning to take off, and the fear was that locking down games and platforms this early would hinder consumer adoption. Fortunately Oculus has backtracked, removing the DRM that prevented Vive compatibility. If legal battles where corporations try to prevent anything from sharing even a single word with their name seem ridiculous to you, prepare for a huge eye-roll. It turns out the highly anticipated space exploration game No Man's Sky was in danger of dealing with a last-minute name change. Why? The developer has been engaged in a 3-year legal battle with Sky TV, the UK television broadcaster, which apparently owns the word "sky." No more than a day after Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan offered details about what new content players can expect over the coming months, he's followed-up with a developer update video that outlines the changes coming to Competitive Play. The game mode, which focuses on ranked multiplayer matches more suited for serious FPS players, is said to be nearing completion and has been greatly overhauled after its initial test during the Overwatch beta period in May. One of Microsoft's bigger exclusives announced during its E3 presentation this week was Dead Rising 4, the latest in the zombie-surviving action series. The game is due for release on Xbox One and Windows 10 this fall, but will be exclusive to those platforms for one year, developer Capcom says. This is a bit of a surprise, as the Dead Rising series has a history of being limited to Microsoft's platforms. Now that Blizzard's new FPS hit Overwatch has been out for a few weeks and dug its claws into players, the developer has outlined what's coming down the pipeline over the next year in terms of new content and features. In a post on the Battle.net forums, game director Jeff Kaplan wrote about Competitive Play modes, new characters and maps, as well confirmed that these future additions will be part of free updates.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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I just wanted to say that the week I spent with you all has really changed my life. Which sounds like a cliche and something I never thought would come out of my mouth but it’s true. I feel different, happier and calmer. I feel a bit more like myself... 7-day Chakra Detox This very special retreat explores our inner healing power through ancient Vedic and Tantric traditions and methods. In addition to the B&M Olive program, classes will be offered to help us understand and benefit from the forces we all have in us such as the Kundalini force. You will observe and dissolve karmic loads toward enhancing your health and life force (Prana), in your previous, present and future lives, and those of your children. Mind & Body Detox Retreats in Paradise At Olive Retreat we combine the best of modern science and ancient theory to help you join all parts of yourself that sometimes aren't communicating effectively. This helps you to become more aware of your choices and options in the modern, often disconnected and un-healthy world, and live more healthily and happily as a result. It's all about common sense and getting to know your best friends again - your body and mind. It's so easy and yet so problematic - until you know! Seriously. The Best of all Worlds In Spain we retreat to explore ourselves. In Thailand we we get out to explore the universe. We "re-orient" our thoughts to combine the best of all worlds - nature, village life, beaches, mountains and forests to enhance the body-mind detox process and we have lots of fun. Olive Thailand is totally unique, leaving guests with a renewed sense of the possible and new friends, by the time they leave. Thank you for the most amazing time this week. It has been wonderful, revelatory and just the most perfect end to 205 days of travelling. It has also been the best camping experience ever! Stars, comfy sleeps and cold showers next to the jungle!! All amazing. — Amy Old problems require new solutions In Khao Tao we find an opportunity to heal that doesn't involve pretending, pushing ourselves, or faking it until we make it. The village and its beaches and nature preserves offer a worldview unaffected by the view of life behind much of our suffering. Imagination is the first solution, and Khao Tao offers us that, and more. Thanks for an endless adventure and your unconditional kindness, love and support. Hanging in the shala, testing healthy spice-coffee recipes and coming up with monkey strategies will be sorely missed. Lots of love! Enjoy the stars for me ✨✨✨ — K parts of a healthy lifestyle - we just put it all together in a great program At a our jungle paradise, the 'OSHRAM',we review and practice various historic and modern forms of meditations and awareness to find which one works best for you in different occasions. Join us and learn about meditation and how it can help improve your life in so many ways. Free gifts from a regular practice is gratitude, awareness and serenity. "I get it now, it wasn't wrong with me. I just did it wrongly. I'll definitely continue now, it feels so good." - Andy "The concept of Karmentum did it for me. So cool and such Einsteinish perspective on the whole universe in us. How can I thank you enough?" - Mary Yoga & Pranayamas Yoga (see it as stretching if you'd like) enhances the detox process in a natural, healthy way. A flexible body is more likely to be a happy body. We aslo teach the Ashtangas, the 8 limbs of Yoga, that makes it so much more than a physical exercise, and that's when students often 'get it', to ultimately use the body to meditate, with no competition, no struggle, just observation. That's Healing! Every morning we start the day with a sunrise yoga at the beach. We adapted to your needs, flexibility and strength. All levels of experience are welcome - from beginners to intermediate and even advanced. All sessions are followed by breathing exercises, or Pranayamas, and meditation or relaxation. Extra afternoon sessions are offered for those who want. "Can you believe I do yoga, and I love it. I found a perfect group next to my home. None of that bullshit look good yoga, just regular yoga" — Daniel, 6 months after the retreat. Food Inspires Food is very important, but it's not only about food. We serve a delicious, homemade, Thai-inspired, nutrient-packed, all vegan diet as nature produced it (non refined) without sugar, gluten, yeast, etc. Why only plants? Because it's simply the best food and detox. You won't be hungry, tired or sluggish, the contrary. We teach you to read your own nature, your body, to restore and maximise your health. You will be delighted by our colourful the food, we promise, read what the media said. At a recent retreat, we hosted one of the food critics for The Independent who specializes in French food and wine. She said that her week with us was “the best food week of my life.” Enough said. "So beautiful and unusual. So easy to forget what I thought would never leave me." — J.B.A Dialogue with O•8 You have questions and we have more questions. Each day we choose a beautiful setting and engage in stimulating dialogues about topics as varied as the science of nutrition to what thoughts hold us back from experiencing contentment and peace, energy and creativity of all forms. The answers to why we don't do what we know is good for us, will reveal. Old problems require new solutions and we believe in the importance of discussion for leading us to our own unique and deeper truths. One thing we can promise - you'll figure it out. The first question is always what healthy mean to you? "Now suddenly it all makes so much more sense. For the first time in a long time I feel I can do things I always dreamed of." —Susan I can’t believe I slept the whole night. I haven’t done that in 2 years. — Mary Exercise Well of course! We all know that our nature is to "exercise", but do you know why? It's not only to get a strong heart muscle and a healthy respiratory system, it's also about the hormones, the micro-biome, your liver detox and to give yourself a chance to be happy and at peace. The difference is that we integrate it in all we do so that you won't even notice that you have done it. We bike to the village to get mangoes, we hike up the mountain for a sunset meditation, we explore the temple on the hill, or you might like shopping at the evening market, run at the beach, or swim after the morning yoga. Whatever you like is what you are going to do. We help you find out what you like. I have no idea what got me to book, but I’m so glad I did. I feel alive again. — Maria Cristina and Ray is an amazing combo. I don’t think there is anything they haven’t thought of. — Liza Sleep Perfection Sleep is detoxing, more so when the air is fresh, and the lullaby of the jungle cicadas, ocean waves and village life is uninterrupted. Thailand is the prefect climate for living and sleeping outdoors. We have created Prana Pods for the perfect sleeping experience. Every night there is a slight breeze, and every nuance of it cascades through our high strength, lightweight design. You won't miss a breath, a sound, a subtlety. Nothing stands between you and nature but a few millimeters of sturdy screen. The inner sleeping unit slides out for amazing moon and star gazing on the many strikingly clear nights, and on those occasions when it rains, slides back in in a matter of seconds. The functionality of the unit also allows greater floor space for naps, yoga, meditating, reading, hanging out, or just surfing the web. Up to you. Enjoy This video will give you an idea of what to expect from an Olive Retreat. This venue is no longer in us :) Get Healthier Olive Retreat Thailand has helped people in the following areas: De-stress and relaxation Performance Creativity Self-care and kindness Career and life choices Nutrition and cooking Fitness and exercise Meditation Yoga and stretching Anxiety, depression, loneliness, sadness, loss Addiction Weight-loss and obesity Food allergies and sensitivities Inflammation, disease and disorders Relationships; getting in and getting out Breathing correctly Living ans seeking the 'truth' At Olive Retreat Thailand you can chose to sleep in a tent at our jungle camp site next to a national park, with all its adventures, or you can sleep in a private Thai Hut. Both are located 5 minutes from the beach and the village. Ask us anything Name Name First Name Last Name Email * Phone Phone Country (###) ### #### Best time to call Message Perfect, thanks. We will be in touch very soon. I loved nature from before, I knew that, but at Olive I learned to love myself. — Jana Olive Retreat Thailand is part of Khao Tao Group. We co-create with NGO's, temples and local companies to help and support each other in any way we can, and to enhance your re-orienting experience. Don't worry, we got you covered from real to proverbial door. From January 2017 we offer special classes for Cooking, Yoga and Creativity. Check out the dates at our booking page. We truly hope to see you in the beautiful village of Khao Tao, with all its pristine nature around it. Daily Schedule Activities are optional, you don't have to do anything. If you come to relax and sleep that's what you need. 07:00 Yoga/healthy stretching to get your detox going, after we do Pranayamas & Meditation.08:00 Breakfast; a protein boost for the hungry, a pleasure for the body and the mind.10:00 Body & Mind Health Dialogue/Class; to make friends with your body.13:00 Lunch; from nature to nurture with all the spectra of light from the source. 14:00 – 17:00 Free time/massages/one-to-ones/walks & hikes/special activities/etc.17:00 Mind & Body Health Dialogue/Class to figure things out.18:00 Exercise; to fill you with the mountains, the animals, the forests, and astonishing views.19:30 Dinner; to calm our senses and prepare for the beauty(full) sleep.21.00 Evening activity; we just hang out, see a movie or go for a guided tour into the subconscious. Timing is loose and weather dependant. The retreat starts with dinner around 19.00 on the arrival day and ends no later 15.00 on the departure day. If your flights are booked differently that's OK too, let us know to make a plan for you. Sunset at the beautiful beach Sai Noi, just a skip through the forest from us. Here is where we sometimes do yoga, swim, meditate, walk, our just hang out. Climb the rocks and go through the temple and you get to the larger beach in Khao Tao. Both are amazingly free and perfect for contemplation. All is Included It's just easier that way, for both you and us, so please consider that when you compare prices to find your retreat. 7 nights accommodation 150 meters to beaches Round-trip transfers from and to the airport (bus) and to an additional cost we arrange a private car In-depth health assessment (Health Questionnaire is sent once you are booked) Daily Body health classes + Mind health classes One-one sessions, as many as you want Cooking, detoxing drinks and smoothie classes Health booklets, Cookbook, Yoga book and more Daily Yoga/streching classes + Meditation + Pranayamas All detoxing meals: clean, real, vegan, no gluten, no sugar, no refined food (don't worry, you won't be hungry!) Daily availability of detoxing snacks and drinks Staff 24/7 All-liquid intermittent fasting day(s) and digestive flush, if suitable for you Daily aerobic + anaerobic exercise in a beautiful nature Daily meditations + techniques (guided and non-guided) Daily pranayamas and meditation techniques Time and space to relax and enjoy and laugh Personal recommendations upon departure (how to continue your quest for better health based on your Ayurvedic Dosha and needs) * Please note your health is important and we want you to join us. we have done our best to price both countries the same to account for the differences in flight costs from Europe and Usa. We are happy to assist in finding good flights.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Welcome to HVAC-Talk.com, a non-DIY site and the ultimate Source for HVAC Information & Knowledge Sharing for the industry professional! Here you can join over 150,000 HVAC Professionals & enthusiasts from around the world discussing all things related to HVAC/R. You are currently viewing as a NON-REGISTERED guest which gives you limited access to view discussions To gain full access to our forums you must register; for a free account. As a registered Guest you will be able to: Participate in over 40 different forums and search/browse from nearly 3 million posts. received email from the contractor who gave me the "reasonable" quote on the 3-ton Carrier Performance 2-stage last week. He provided an unsolicited proposal on the 3-ton Greenspeed, along with the AHRI certificate. Forgot to mention his email also suggested installing a simple zoning system (3-4 zones), which would add close to 40% to the cost of the Infinity install. My opinion (and that of other bidding contractors) is that small tweaks to my existing ductwork (i.e., a damper or two coming off the plenum) will be enough to balance airflow and reduce the 6-8* temp difference from front to back that I have when supply vents in the front bedrooms (closest to the plenum) are fully open. Question: If I install the Infinity HP, does it NEED to have zoning to work properly? IMHO, zoning is overkill for my relatively small 1827sf one-story home. Depends on your comfort level. IMHO they should be able to get within 3-4 degrees on a single story home w/o using zoning. The rooms with large glass areas will tend to be warmer when the sun is on that side of the house (duh ), zoning would help with that. I've seen WAY too many homes with bad ductwork, the rooms being close to the air handler are over heated/cooled, the rooms furthest away don't get enough air. The fix requires redoing ductwork, not adding a zone system. I agree. Just wanted to make sure there's not some "techy-tech" complication with the GreenSpeed where it wouldn't operate properly without "zoning" if there's still a 3-4* difference from front to back once the ductwork is fixed. Nope, if the duct work is bad/poorly designed no fancy equipment will overcome that. I'm a BIG fan of using mid level equipment that's correctly sized (or even a little "undersized" since manual J typically oversizes). Use the difference in price to fix ductwork/home envelope. Overall energy bills will end up being lower and you will have better comfort. Once you get into the 2 stage equipment (which accounts for less than 10% of what's installed in our area) parts tend to become expensive special order items and only the best techs are good enough to work on them. Getting people to move up from the builder grade stuff is hard enough, high end equipment is a tough sell. Not sure how much 2 stage stuff is typically installed in your area. Once you get into the 2 stage equipment (which accounts for less than 10% of what's installed in our area) parts tend to become expensive special order items and only the best techs are good enough to work on them. Getting people to move up from the builder grade stuff is hard enough, high end equipment is a tough sell. Not sure how much 2 stage stuff is typically installed in your area. I've had different contractors tell me different things... probably based mostly on what they'd like to sell me! Some (especially the Trane dealers) said one or more of their 2-stage offerings is "most popular", by far. Others said they rarely sell the 2-stage equipment these days since the IRS tax credits expired. I tend to believe the latter. I have a variety of quotes on 2-stage and the less expensive 15 SEER units and I've searched through the county's online permit site to get a feel for who's installed which units in my neighborhood over the past year. While the site doesn't reveal model numbers, it does show the cost estimate for the job. Looks to me like the higher cost 2-stage installs have been few and far between over the past year, regardless of what the dealers would like me to believe! Checking dealer permits also gives me an idea of which of the one-man shops are in this business for beer money only! You didnt have zoning before, and based upon all youve written, not sure where the benefit would be. I suspect it was offered as "you could do" rather than "you need to do." I agree on lack of benefit. On re-reading the email offering to sell me the Greenspeed in combination with zoning, it sounds like he's looking to install them together so I won't "notice" temperature differences, like I do now. It appears his objective, besides profit motive, may be not having to address the duct "tweaking" i'd like him to do during the install. Is it really that much work to put in a couple of hand dampers? Contractors don't like messing with ductwork. It's labor intensive and has one of the lowest profit margins. Repairing bad ductwork will make a bigger difference in comfort than just about any other home improvement you can do.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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California abuse bill could still threaten Catholic Church Los Angeles, Calif., Aug 16, 2013 / 02:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A California bill accused of unfairly targeting the Catholic Church and other groups with lawsuits on decades-old abuse charges has stalled in a committee, but the measure is still being considered. On Aug. 14, Senate Bill 131 received six votes in the local Assembly Appropriations Committee, three short of the nine needed to advance to the assembly floor for a full vote. Four committee members voted against the bill while seven did not vote. The committee, which primarily considers how much a bill will cost the state government, focused on whether new lawsuits would overburden the legal system, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group will consider the bill again next week. California's Catholic bishops have asked Catholics to continue to contact their lawmakers in protest of the legislation. The Wall Street Journal criticized the 2013 bill as a “nonprofit shakedown” that targets the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, and the “political enemies” of the legislature, in which Democrats hold a supermajority of seats. Backers of the bill include the National Center for Victims of Crime, whose deputy executive director Jeff Dion told the Assembly Judiciary Committee that it is “very important” for abusers “and the institutions that enabled them” to be held accountable. However, S.B. 131 specifically exempts public schools and other government institutions from lawsuits. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Faithful Citizenship website said that this exemption means the bill “unfairly targets Catholic and private schools” and fails to protect the 92 percent of California children educated in public schools. The archdiocese recently launched a new video to encourage opposition to the bill. “The Catholic Church, and private institutions like the YMCA, YWCA, the California Council of Non-Profit Organizations, and other private and religious institutions in Los Angeles give hope to millions in need through countless charities, educational programs and social service agencies,” the video says. “But Senate Bill 131 in the California State Legislature may threaten the ability of private schools and social service providers to continue to serve the poor, the hungry, the elderly, and the struggling in Los Angeles and throughout California.” The bill passed the state Senate May 29 by a vote of 21-10. It passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 6-2 vote. If the California Assembly approves the bill, the legislation would lift the statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits against private schools and private employers who failed to take action against sexual abuse by employees or volunteers. It would allow alleged victims younger than 31 to sue employers of abusers, extending present age limit for alleged victims from 26 years old. The bill also provides a one-year window for victims older than this new age limit to sue alleged negligent employers. This could result in many new lawsuits concerning allegations dismissed after 2003, when the statute of limitations was previously suspended. That suspension resulted in almost 1,000 claims against the Catholic Church in California, with legal awards totaling to $1.2 billion. Some of these claims dated back to the 1950s. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, in his June 21 column for The Tidings, said the proposed legislation “puts the social services and educational work of the Church at risk.” The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ social media and postcard campaign has helped encourage Californians to send more than 75,000 postcards and emails to representatives in opposition to the bill. “The bishops of the California Catholic Conference believe it is urgent for all Catholics to act now,” Archbishop Gomez said.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Can $30 trillion in global assets drive companies to climate disclosure –– and climate action? It’s in the nature of tipping points that things move very slowly until they move very fast. Take climate action. Global investment in the great low-carbon rebuild is has been essentially flat for the past three years, at barely one-third of the $1 trillion needed every year, at a minimum.Does that mean momentum has stalled and the planet is cooked? Or that the inexorable math of falling costs and rising risks will at some point — soon? — lead to dramatically higher clean energy investment and reduced carbon emissions that leave fossil-fuel assets stranded? The latest clues come from the six-month report card of the Climate Action 100, part of the buildup to September’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. Targeting “systemically important greenhouse gas emitters” (SIGGEs, anyone?) the five-year campaign aims to flip the market “We are doing this because serious financial risks are in play across the global economy.” says Anne Simpson of the $350 billion California Public Employees Retirement System. Organizers say support among the SIGGEs for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosure has tripled to 18%. Another signal to watch: the gap between the forecasts of the oil and gas industry (low), and global car makers (soaring) for the adoption of electric vehicles. Tipping point? Don’t say you didn’t see it coming. Dealflow: Follow the Money BrightFarms closes $55 million to expand indoor farming. The company, which supplies U.S. outlets like Walmart and Giant, operates indoor farms in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Illinois. Media company Cox Enterprises led the Series D raise, the latest in a wave of indoor farming investments that range from the hyper-local to global. Read more. Clean tech startup raises $7 million to ramp up manufacturing in Buffalo. Green Machine Equipment has moved into a vacant auto factory plant, promising to bring jobs back to a facility that once employed 650 people. Public and private investors, including the Buffalo and Erie County Regional Development Corp, the Western New York Impact Fund, and KeyBank are backing the firm, which claims its systems are zero-emission, 50% quieter and 90% less expensive than standard diesel-powered systems. The details. Urban Innovation Fund raises $22.5 million city startup fund. The fund, launched by Julie Lein and Clara Brenner, aims to help startups tackle challenges of urbanization and city evolution with capital and regulatory support. It has invested in 14 companies—about half of its target portfolio size—including election tech startup Voatz and teacher-support resource BookNook. The fund helps its portfolio companies navigate regulatory requirements. Dig in. Signals: Ahead of the Curve Distribution is key to the future of food. In the tech-driven future of food, production gets the glory, but it’s distribution that will tackle the challenge. The world needs to produce 50% to 70% more food by 2050 to feed more than nine billion people. Food and ag tech, like vertical farms and lab-grown and “alternative” meat, can help fill the gap. But “the problem of undernourishment and hidden hunger around the globe is a distribution problem rather than a production one,” notes Germany’s Postdam Institute. High-tech solutions to future food production grab headlines and big-ticket investments, but startups and investors are starting to expose the opportunity in distribution, too. Different places, different prices… Healthy fast-casual chain Everytable just raised $5.3 million dollars from Kimbal Musk (Elon Musk’s brother), Acumen and TOMS Social Enterprise for its approach to making healthy food more affordable. Everytable uses a sliding-scale pricing model that lets restaurants in low-income neighborhoods charge less than ones in high-income neighborhoods. Local flavor… Grind House in Baltimore sells smoothies, juice and food with a “Heal the Hood” philosophy, says founder Ayoluwa Nzinga. “We are 100% vegan, but we really cater our vegan options to people who wouldn’t necessarily pick up something healthy.” Reducing food waste… Australia’s Yume is finding buyers for “surplus food,” while Inspirafarms is building cold-storage systems to help off-grid small farmers get more of their produce to market. Agents of Impact: Follow the Talent Lisa Green Hall will lead impact investing at the Case Foundation as a senior fellow, while continuing as a senior fellow at the Beeck Center at Georgetown University… The Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab is hosting a webinar on women’s empowerment in smallholder finance, July 18… “Like you, our generation still believes in a well-diversified portfolio,” wrote Nia Impact Capital’s Kristin Hull in a Father’s Day letter to her dad (an options trader). “We understand the need for biodiversity in our environment, and at decision-making tables.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pages Sunday, December 1, 2013 Mobile App Design Part 1: Management Principles with Scrum The biggest mistake one can make when approaching mobile apps is to assume that the same rules you used to design other apps like native desktop or web apps, will be successful in mobile apps. They won't. It's a dramatically different paradigm. If you're not already convinced, think about this... Mobile tech has been the fastest growing tech ever. Sure the advent of personal computers was big. Sure the Internet was huge. But none of them had the numbers that we're looking at here. Billions of devices. Over 100 billion app downloads. All in just a few years. It's easy to get lost the first time you design a mobile app. To take a wrong path because "that always worked before". Just remember, this is radically different than anything we've ever done before. It requires you to think different. To throw out the old rules, and embrace new ones. There's a lot to cover to do this subject the justice it deserves, and to cover all that you'll require to be successful. But since this is just an article and not the encyclopedia of books that you'd need, I'll focus on some principles to act as a guide. I'll be writing about both management and technical principles over a series of articles. The management principles are essential to be successful at building great mobile apps. The technical principles are some of the fundamental architectural differences in mobile apps that can be key to a great app. Why is mobile app design different ? Apple created this type of software and market just 5 years ago when they opened the App Store on July 10, 2008. A whole new type of software was created with now hundreds of thousands of apps. With a whole new model of selling and distributing apps. A gigantic world wide marketplace created in just a few years. And we ain't seen nothin' yet... Now look at the entire architecture of mobile - hardware, software and network. Compare that to the entire architecture of desktop or web apps. I hope you noticed it's very different. No ? OK, think about what's different about the mobile architecture that will impact the User eXperience (UX) of your app. Here's some: cell networks, network speed, public WiFi, touch interface, screen sizes, less functional OSes (for now), rapid changes in hardware, new devices, constant releases of new OS versions, new competitors, etc. Look, the mobile marketplace is way different. This isn't your father's software market. We're dealing with what I like to call, a frictionless channel. The first ever in software. What is it and what is the impact of a frictionless channel ? Well consider how software used to be sold and distributed. On media. Disks, CDs. And they were sold through resellers. Retail dealers with stores or mail order sales. And the media, product boxes and manuals had to be manufactured. Then distributed to wholesalers, who would take their cut and distribute them to retailers. Every point in that channel adds distribution costs and creates a point of friction. Resistance and delay to getting the product to the customer. Now.... that's all gone. Customers buy apps directly from giant online app stores or sometimes still online directly from software developers. And the app is instantly delivered via a download over the Internet. No delays, no resistance, no friction. The customer gets instant gratification. And the software developer generates revenue with no direct distribution costs. Customer expectations are also different. Along with the expectation of instant gratification that a frictionless channel provides, this new online marketplace also brings with it instant access to data on rating, ranking, reviews and other sources of data that customers use to make buying decisions. That was never possible before. It's not only that your customers are just a click away from your competitors. Customers are now zero clicks away from a fully informed buying decision, because rankings and reviews are integrating directly into the buying experience. And they can directly participate in that enormous base of knowledge about your products and influence the buying decisions of your other future customers too. It's the ultimate democracy. Analyzes how Apple ranks apps for its Top Charts All of this also levels the playing fields for your competitors. With a practically zero cost distribution channel, the costs of doing business and creating a new business, are dramatically lower. This means new competitors can enter the market much faster, easier and cheaper than ever before. If you are a large and established brand and company, that more leveled playing field means you need to work much harder to stay ahead. Because small competitors can come out of no where at any time. And with app quality becoming more important in app rankings used in App Store's Top Charts and app analysis(chart above), quality beats quantity for marketing your app and increasing your visibility in the market. Think Different about Design The point of all of that, is that you have to think different about design. With all those dynamics of this entirely new marketplace, it's even more important then ever. The UX of your mobile app is different. The expectations of your customer are much higher. Competitors can turn on a dime. And the marketplace can change significantly every quarter. Imagine new ways Mobile tech presents a whole new way of doing things. New capabilities that were never possible before and aren’t possible with any other kind of device. To truly take advantage of the amazing possibilities, you need to think different. If, for example, you have a web app like e-commerce, you need to think in terms of mobile commerce now. M-commerce. That means don’t just offer the e-commerce features you already have on your web site, and put them on a mobile device. Just doing that squanders the tremendous opportunity that mobile presents to e-commerce. You need to build things that no one has ever thought of before. Merge the awesome power of e-commerce with mobile and envision and create user experiences that blow people's minds. That do things that simply can NOT be done with anything else. The missing link between e-commerce and the real world, IS mobile. It brings the 2 worlds together in real time, right in your face, before your very eyes. You need to go BEYOND just e-commerce on a phone. The phone brings the power of the cloud into the palm of your hand. Don’t waste it's incredible potential. As a customer of e-commerce for many years, what I want when I go mobile is to gain capabilities, not lose them. And many of today's mobile commerce apps force you to lose capabilities. I think regular consumers want that too. And further, they don't have the patience to try something new unless it is clearly better. Everyone else is delivering compromised user experiences with less, less, less. You should focus on more, more, more. IMAGINE.... commerce that knows where you are in the store, knows who you are and knows what you like. Now design user experiences that are breakthroughs. ...... Location aware promotions that pop up when you walk towards an aisle. Real time navigation INside the store that guides you to exactly what you're shopping for. Augmented reality that can help a customer find things to buy and show them what those things might look like on them or in their home. Cross selling in real time - pick a item to buy, get instant recommendations on the spot. And of course, all the commerce features you can eat, spiced with some mobile tech like payments, store locators, social networking, cameras, etc. The possibilities are endless...... And go waaaaaaayy beyond what we've thought of as e-commerce up to now. Mobile is e-commerce UNLEASHED. And to create breakthroughs, you don't need just great leaders and UX designers.... You need artists !!! You need superheroes. Scrum is Required And go pure Scrum. Don’t do it half way, or some bazaar hybrid of old school waterfall and Scrum. Going truly Agile has some enormous benefits and beats waterfall hands down. One widely cited set of surveys used to show that Agile beats waterfall is published by the Standish Group CHAOS Manifesto(link to a Google search). You’ll find tons of references to data from these reports and lots of copies of the report out there too. In the Standish Group CHAOS Manifesto published in 2011(link to a full copy) it shows waterfall projects have 3 times the failure rate - 29% vs 9%. And a third the success rate - 14% vs 42%. The graph below shows the details. Project Success Rates: Agile vs Waterfall The Standish Group measured CHAOS resolution results of waterfall and agile projests from 2002 to 2010. Definitions used on the Standish reports: Successful = Delivered on time, on budget, with required features and functions. Challenged = Late, over budget, and/or with less than the required features and functions. Failed = Cancelled prior to completion or delivered and never used. Project Success Rates by Year The Standish Group has been doing this kind of research and reports for many years. This graph shows project success rates going back as far as I could find them - from 1994 to 2012. The rates are fairly consistent for nearly a decade. Success rates only average just under 29.9%, while failed and challenged projects make up the remaining 70%. Success rates are slowly improving over the years, due at least in part to the gradual adoption of Agile principles and the move away from failing waterfall and other management methods. The survey results from the Standish Group CHAOS Manifesto reports include all types of projects, and so it is heavily weighted towards projects managed using waterfall methods. In their 2011 CHAOS Manifesto, they noted this regarding the increase in projects managed using Agile methods: “In 2002, Agile projects made up less than 2% of overall projects and less than 5% of new application development projects . Today, Agile projects account for almost 9% of all projects and 29% of new application development projects, for a 22% CAGR . The increase in project success rates can directly tie back to projects resolved through the Agile process.“ - Standish Group’s 2011 CHAOS Manifesto, page 1 Additionally, they also noted this about the much higher quality that Agile projects produce. “The Agile process is delivering not only a higher percentage of features driving up the average, but also a higher percentage of higher usage of those features . Still, there is much need for improvement.”- Standish Group’s 2011 CHAOS Manifesto, page 2 3 Agile Scrum Books You Must Own To learn more about Scrum, see the following references. I’ve listed them in order from basic to more sophisticated: Scrum is a Competitive Advantage Because Scrum is such a well defined and mature process, there is an enormous amount of support to be found and advantages to be gained. This standardization in method, training, knowledge, creates a huge competitive advantage for anyone who embraces a standard Scrum approach. By contrast, waterfall and other methods are much much less standardized and although they share some commonalities, every waterfall organization has their own non-standard spin on it. This proprietary nature costs huge amounts of money in learning curves, training, speed, and handicaps your ability to compete. Extensive Certifications The ScrumAlliance manages a number of certifications that you can use to ensure consistent skill sets for all levels of Scrum professionals. From team managers, to product managers, to developers and more. Recruiting talent gets easier Because training and certifications are completely standardized you can rely on those standards for screening new talent. As with all things, experience matters most. But the training and certifications ensure that your new talent knows the real Scrum. But there’s more... it shows that your new candidate has made an investment in something critical to your success. And chances are that they might have some painful ScrumBut experience that can help you. And if you are for real and serious about Scrum and Agile, that will make your company more attractive to the best of the best. And competition for talent in mobile is fierce so you need every advantage you can get. Scaling Scrum UP Got a big product with big programs and big problems ? Then you need to scale your Agile Scrum implementation to many teams and locations. The school of thought and knowledge to turn to, to scale Agile is the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe provides a large framework for scaling the Scrum process and Agile principles to a much much larger environment. All the way up to the largest enterprise. And in the last few years there have been noticeably more leading companies, in and out of Silicon Valley, not only fully embracing Scrum, but adopting SAFe to scale their Agile implementation throughout their enterprises. The Scaled Agile Framework web site contains a break down of the framework covering team, program and portfolio levels. The SAFe framework is presented on the web site as a diagram called the Big Picture (pictured below). Scaled Agile Framework Diagram All of the elements of the Big Picture diagram on the SAFe web site, the roles, teams, activities and artifacts, are all clickable so you can drill down into a description of each. It’s an excellent way to begin learning SAFe. It’s creator, Dean Leffingwell, has elaborated into even more detail in his books. Dean's most recent book is Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise. This is 1 of the 3 books I highly recommend in my book review article 3 Agile Scrum Books You Must Own. While the web site is very useful, if you are going to be serious about attempting to scale Agile, then you need to buy at least this book. SAFe has a community that’s developed around it and is becoming more and more visible in the job market. There is formal training and even certifications available. Stay Close to your Customer and your Team Members Product management, project management and UX design need to be close together. Like.... in the same office. Scrum and Agile principles state a need to have team members in the same location. So collocation must be part of your strategy. That's because teams are dramatically more productive and effective that way. But, we also know that distributed teams are often a fact of life these days. And we can make it work much better with a scaled Agile strategy. But first you need to admit and recognize that it is not the best way to manage software development. When teams work closely together, co-located in the same office space, it dramatically improves communication quality and frequency, greatly accelerates response time and issue resolution and completely collapses cycles of all kinds. Agile principles in general, and the Scrum process specifically are about fast communication, continuous delivery and simplicity - to name just a few. Distance between team members gets in the way of this. What’s faster and easier ? Writing an email or an issue in an online issue tracking tool and waiting a day for a response. Or walking across the room and getting an answer right now. Project Success by Team Distribution Ambysoft publishes a number of useful survey results on various Agile topics, among other things. One of their surveys that was included in the official Scrum training courses that I attended and is referred to often in Agile circles, shows that the success rates of co-located teams are significantly higher than those of distributed teams. Here are the definitions of the team distribution types used in the survey: Co-Located Team - In the same physical room. Near Located - In different cubicles/offices, on different floors, or in different buildings, but could still get together easily if required. Far Located - Where some team members are at a different location which would require significant travel to get to. You get better quality software, much faster, if the team is all in the same location. If you can’t do that, then you’ve got a problem you need to solve. Admitting a problem exists, is the first step to fixing it. If you continue to fool yourself into believing that distributed teams are better and cheaper, and deny the fundamental truths about human nature and Agile/Scrum, then you will suffer from all the downsides that distributed teams brings. If you admit and face the truth, then you can make it better. You'll never make it as good as co-located teams, but you can make it work. So how can you make it better ? Here are some principles to follow. Outsource your Tech Projects If you are not in the software business, then give the entire tech project to a vendor. In other words, if your expertise is in retail or manufacturing or hotel management or whatever, and not technology.... then outsource your technology projects to the experts. Don’t split a project across vendors and especially do not split teams across vendors. Small Scrum Teams Complete Skill Sets Design the Scrum teams to contain all of the skills that are required to complete major units of work. Use the definition of done as a guide to what a complete unit of work is. Scale Agile Use Agile scalability concepts like Scrum of Scrums, integration Scrums, etc. See the Scaling Scrum UP section above for more. Keep the Team Together Don’t split a Scrum team across offices or geographies or organizations. All Scrum team members should be co-located in the same office room or area. Self Sufficient Teams Scrum teams should be self sufficient and self contained, not depending on anyone outside the team to complete work. IE. Each Scrum team should have a ScrumMaster, a Scrum Product Owner and have all the tech skills needed to get to done. The team should have all the skills needed to deliver a working product every Sprint. Redundancy Design in redundancy to capture back some of the value lost when using distributed teams. IE. Have 2 complete Scrum teams in 2 different locations with the same skill sets. By doing this, you can still take advantage of differing costs in different markets, while scaling up your capabilities faster, and lowering your risks by not putting all your eggs in one basket - or job market. Work Life Balance Preach and practice a healthy work life balance. Many companies just talk about this, but do little to put it into real practice. Providing a healthy work life balance will make your employees happier, work more productive and as a result lower turnover and increase sustainability. 5 comments: Scrum is an agile methodology which is different than the traditional project management. It is an iterative approach which is appropriate for projects which are changing and have more emerging requirements. Here the project is worked on iterations wherein the team works with customer to outline the deliverables in each iterations and the whole team is responsible for the delivery of the project. This methodology is more popular in development of projects. With the specialized ability and polished methodology that the majority of the portable application advertising organizations assert, the fundamental purpose of concern remains the correct time of the work of the application showcasing systems. App Maintenance Hello, I have browsed most of your posts. This post is probably where I got the most useful information for my research. Thanks for posting, maybe we can see more on this. Are you aware of any other websites on this subject.Time management	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A replica of the first sailing ship to circumnavigate the globe the Nao Victoria which set sail from Seville in 1519 will be in Torrevieja port 18th to 21st April. It would appear she will sail into Torrevieja from Valencia today Tuesday. So those of you with a sea view should keep an eye out for her. You can buy tickets to go on board here www.fundacionnaovictoria.org/tickets/th ... orrevieja/ the tickets can be downloaded to your phone. €4 adult or €11 for a family of 2 adults and 3 children. You can use the tickets any day from 10.00am to 8.00pm Bee	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
This is an unique table designed by Vitamin Design, an unique design that allows you to extend the table into desired lenght. It can be extended up to 118cm of lenght when pulled. To extends it they using butterfly leafs system that act as the table top. It comes in four different lenghts and three widths to choose. The material also available in European oak, knotted oak, ash, beech, core beech, American walnut and cherry wood. You will not worry anymore to keep the table fit to all guest. marvelbuilding.com is a site where you can find a lot of great designs by different designers and architects. We hope all the designs on this site will inspire you to build your own building or maybe just decorating your home.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
New evidence surfaced Wednesday showing that no matter what President Donald Trump says, talks with North Korea aren’t going well. CNN reported that Pyongyang has expanded one of its long-range missile bases. That contradicts the Trump administration, which maintains that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to dismantle his nuclear program — not improve it — during his June meeting in Singapore with Trump. But the new satellite imagery, added to images last month showing Pyongyang is continuing to develop its missile program, makes it clear that for now North Korea has no intention of granting Trump’s wishes. “Despite US optimism, Kim is planning for a future in which he still holds onto his nuclear and missile programs,” Eric Brewer, who worked on North Korea in Trump’s National Security Council, told me. That US optimism is misplaced. Kim said he planned to make and deploy more missiles during his 2018 New Year’s Day speech and has continued to follow through on that plan. North Korea never said it would stop building weapons, including missiles that might carry nuclear weapons. So it’s not that North Korea is deceiving the United States, but that Washington is willfully ignoring Pyongyang’s own stated policy. That’s already bad, but it could potentially get even worse. Trump and Kim badly want a summit with one another, making North Korea look good while likely producing no significant result. North Korea really only wants to meet with Trump. That’s a problem. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named Stephen Biegun, a former Ford Motor Company executive, to be America’s special envoy for North Korea back in August. His main job is to lead the day-to-day, working-level negotiations with Kim’s regime. The problem is that while Biegun has met with allies in Asia — including South Korea — he has yet to meet with his North Korean counterparts. Multiple sources have told me that Biegun has struggled to make any headway and is effectively powerless at this point. That’s not entirely his fault. Trump promised Kim in Singapore that he would sign a peace declaration that would semi-officially end hostilities between the US and North Korea. That’s something Pyongyang has wanted for years, in part because it would give the regime political space to reduce its nuclear arsenal, but that only Trump has seemed willing to offer. Other administrations partly didn’t want to sign the declaration because it would reduce pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear program, and they didn’t want to scare South Korea — a staunch US ally. So it makes sense that the North Koreans only want to deal with Trump and, when they absolutely have to, Pompeo. The secretary met with Kim in October and agreed Trump and Kim should meet for a second summit, which now seems likely in early 2019. Trump told reporters on December 1 that three unnamed sites are under consideration for a summit in January or February. But experts say that’s a bad idea, and the Trump administration instead needs to push back on North Korea’s desire for big meetings. “The US needs to disabuse Kim that he can hold out for the summit,” Brewer, who is now at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, told me. “The US should not hold a summit unless there is a working-level process in place and something for the two leaders to agree on. We need to be clear that there will be no pageantry without process.” Without a process, Trump and Kim will meet with likely no progress on either a peace declaration or denuclearization having actually been made by the end of it. A summit would just allow Kim to take photos alongside the world’s most powerful person, further legitimizing him on the world stage and with his people back home, experts say. Kim may actually meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul before the end of the year, but both Koreas are still working out the details, sources say. So while it’s scary that North Korea still builds bases where it can shoot weapons, the current state of Washington-Pyongyang talks is somehow scarier. If neither side can figure out how to capitalize on peace, they may turn to more familiar territory: threatening war all over again.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
In the Pegasusgalaxy, some Stargates have been placed in space in orbit of planets, rather than on their surfaces. Instead of using a connected DHD, Spacegates are powered by three power nodes, and dialing is accessed by a panel on a ship. Puddle Jumpers and Wraith Darts are the only known vessels equipped with such DHDs, and are among the few ships capable of actually going through this type of Stargate. (SGA: "Rising") The power nodes also contain some kind of stabilizers to keep the gate in geosynchronous orbit of the planet, in case it is knocked out of position. They most likely recharge on the residual power of an incoming wormhole. (SGA: "Ghost in the Machine")	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Fab Melo Waived by the Memphis Grizzlies Two weeks after acquiring Fab Melo from the Boston Celtics via trade, the Memphis Grizzlies sent the big fella packing. Per the AP: “The Grizzlies announced the move Friday. The 7-foot, 255-pound Melo was the 22nd pick overall in 2012 after playing two seasons at Syracuse. Melo played in only six games for Boston, averaging 1.2 points and 6 minutes per game. He played in 33 games for the Maine Red Claws in the NBA D-League.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Chile Recommended by International Media as Best Travel Destination for 2017 At the beginning of the year, The Telegraph published a list with the 20 destinations to visit in 2017. Chile took the first spot on the ranking, above countries like Canada, Spain and New Zealand. The English newspaper highlighted the diverse geography of our country as well as our national parks that showcase these contrasts. In addition to this, the list made reference to the wine culture of the country and emphasized the different tours that can be taken around Chile’s wineries. On that same note, CNN included the Maipo Valley in the list of the best wine tours and trails. The online publication put Chile head to head with the Napa Valley in California, USA, and the Alsace region in France, two of the most important wine producing areas of the world. The Maipo Valley is located in the outskirts of Santiago and is accessible by car. It is there where most of Chile’s wineries have their vineyards, due to this, CNN referred to the area as the birthplace of Chile’s wine industry.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
More familiarly, one uses 君 ‎(kun), especially of men, or ちゃん ‎(chan), especially of young women and children. Referring to someone without using a suffix is quite rude, and is called 呼び捨て ‎(yobisute). When used after a job name which refers to either the shop or the master depending on the context , it does not restrict animacy. For example, when referring to 床屋 (the barber shop or the hairdresser), both 床屋さんが一軒ある (inanimate ある) and 床屋さんが一人いる (animate いる) are correct.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
At 19, a passion to serve in Kenya Graphics Jenah Kanbar seems an impossibility, a young Anaheim Hills woman whose life so far is one not even the best fiction writer could imagine. She is 19, incredibly shy and retiring, but also a woman who has done and seen more than most of us ever will. It is only when you bring up the dead babies, the ones she loved and nurtured, does she finally lose it, burying her face in her hands to mask her sobbing. With Kanbar, you have to go back about 10 years when she watched a documentary about Africa, of the pain, suffering, disease and hunger that exists there. It was something that would never be on the watch list of most children, but she was not like most children. She spent much of her youth volunteering, her mother, Leeann Kanbar, told me. Was help needed in the pediatric ward of a hospital, in children's programs at the local charity? Jenah was there. The documentary, though, got to her. “I remember when she turned 10, I tried to buy her an Xbox,” her mother recalled. “She thought it was such a waste and began crying right there in the middle of the store. Instead of Christmas gifts, she demanded we give her money which, of course, she would promptly send to Africa.” Jenah soon began sponsoring two young girls in Uganda, working and saving her money to send $30 every month to ensure they went to school, had food and their basic needs met. At one point before age 13, she was sponsoring 12 Ugandan children. They would write to her, telling her repeatedly of their Christian faith. The daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother, Jenna practiced no religion. Those monthly letters changed all of that. She joined Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, mostly she thinks now, because it had a large ministry outreach program. It was through Saddleback that she made her first trip to Africa at age 16, a two-week trip with 27 others in the high school ministry. “I fell in love with Kenya and Africa, of course,” she said. “I decided I had to work hard to go back.” She graduated from high school at 16, and had started college courses when she was in the ninth grade. Her plan was to become a pediatrician specializing in treating AIDS patients. Africa changed those plans. She spent her 17th year working as a nanny, a babysitter – at any job she could find, saving every penny she earned. She knew her parents would not let her do what she intended until she was 18. They were parents, she said, who had so safeguarded her as a child they would not let her out even to check the mail. By July of last year, with help from her parents, she had raised enough. She bought a ticket for Nairobi. “I always knew I was going to go,” she says now. “All day, for as long as I could remember, I would think, ‘Africa. Africa!' I just knew I wanted to help there.” Leeann Kanbar still grimaces when thinking of that day a year ago. “I tried to stop her,” she said. “But she was 18 now. And she just always had this drive to help others.” Jenah Kanbar pulled into the town of Kitale after an eight-hour bus trip from Nairobi. Her African journey would begin there. “I know now that's where my heart was,” she said. “It just felt right to me.” She began walking, talking to people, building relationships and trying to find places to volunteer. She went to hospitals and nursery schools. “The hospital was horrible,” she said. “It's just filth, dirt, blood and feces, a place where operations were performed outside.” In the children's ward, she discovered more filth and feces, along with malaria, pneumonia, tuberculosis, typhoid and AIDS in greater numbers. “I'd help the doctors, and bring bread and yogurt to the kids. They don't feed you if you don't have money beyond one small meal the government provides of beans and maize. “You get to know the kids,” she said. “They would get to know you. You're building this relationship. The next day, they would be dead. We would lose a lot of kids.” Along with two men, Anthony and Emanuel, both African missionaries, she began a nursery school. “With them I discovered what really goes on there,” she said. “Four-year-olds being raped, 8- to 9-year-olds sniffing glue, kids living in the streets as early as they could walk, them picking up feces in search of food.” With help from her parents, she then opened a children's home and a school for abandoned, abused, neglected, sick and orphaned children. She named the small organization she was building Hosanna Children's Ministry International. More than 130 children – she started with 2 – are now enrolled in the school where she provides each of them a uniform. It was during that first trip that she met Emily. The young girl was living in the streets with her AIDS-infected mother. She was 4, and weighed, with her swollen belly, but 16 pounds. Emily was suffering from HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and typhoid fever. “I never saw someone look so severe as she did,” Jenah Kanbar said. She began helping the young girl. Her mother, sadly, was beyond help, she said. She took the girl to the doctor, who immediately set about treating her. Kanbar found a house for both of them. She fed her, and nursed her back to relative health. At that point, Emily's mother decided to give Kanbar the child. Kanbar did not blink. With permission from the local chief, papers were signed giving her legal guardianship of Emily, who Kanbar now plans to adopt. Jenah Kanbar hired a full-time nanny to care for Emily. She would make another trip back to Kitale before returning home this time on June 27. She has enrolled at Orange Coast College, and works every free hour that she has. She has a school and other responsibilities that require money back in Africa. Her plan now is to become a nurse. She hasn't, she says, the 10 to 12 years it would take to become a physician, In Africa, nurses save more lives than doctors can ever hope to save, she said. “I'm already homesick,” Kanbar says of missing Emily and Africa. The mere mention of, say, McDonald's, angers her. It reminds her that kids in her village walk 10 miles every day on a shaky promise of food. She refuses to go to the movies. She knows what the money for a show ticket will buy in Kitale. “I am not going to save Africa,” she says. “My goal is to educate the next generation to be leaders so that they can change their country. I can help them, but it is going to be up to them. “And I can't save them all. No, but every little giggle I hear, I'm going to remember it.” It is impossible to do true justice to Kanbar's story in this space. Read it for yourself in her own words at jenahs-journey.blogspot.com. 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Various: Vol.2, The Imus Ranch Record (2010/NEW WEST) 13 tracks (50:01) digipac. Another superb compilation of well picked favorites and brand new recordings for this project. A Benefit Album for the Imus Ranch (for Children) in New Mexico. Compiled by Don Imus.(ImusRanchFoods.com)	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
58 Counties, 58 DAs... and the list of where they fall in the Off List situation: Disclaimer: Do not take this list literally. Just because one county may have seen cases and dropped them, or another appear to have Off-List informed LEO/SO does not mean that one cannot be arrested and face prosecution.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce – Recipe Make your own ghost pepper hot sauce at home with this recipe, which includes plenty of chopped ghost peppers, tomatoes, vinegar and salt. Big flavor, big spice! With a pleasant blast of heat. Drizzle it over everything! Ghost pepper hot sauce coming at you, baby! You GOTTA have some ghost pepper sauce in the fridge for times when you need that extra bit of heat. Our ghost pepper plants weren’t quite as productive as our 7-pot plants this year, but we still got plenty of pods for whipping up some hot sauce. Hot sauces are one of my favorite foods to make. I’ve become a bit fanatical about it, really. I’ve come to need a big variety on hand for all the different types of meals I make. You can tell by the growing collection of Hot Sauce Recipes on the web site. I’ve been moving into making flavors and combinations of all different sorts, but we’re keeping it super simple with this sauce. Sometimes simple is best. With only 7 ingredients, you can make this sauce in about a half an hour, not including chopping time. Most of the time is spent watching the ingredients simmer to cook down a bit and let the flavors meld. How to Make Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce – The Recipe Method The unfortunate part of this recipe is that it is best to wait a few days or even longer to let the flavors mingle and mellow slightly in the bottle. Of course you can eat it right away, but I like the flavor that much more after waiting. So have a little patience, will ya? The flavor is spicy for sure, but somewhat fruity from the ghosts and savory with the tomatoes. This is one of my very favorites. Safety Advice When working with hotter peppers, including superhots, it is important to wear gloves when handling the peppers both in raw and dried forms. The oils can get on your skin and cause burning sensations. See above. Also, the fumes from the chili peppers and/or the fine powders may get into the air if you are not working in a well ventilated room, so you may want to wear a mask and goggles. Superhot chili peppers, truly, are called superhots for a reason. Here are some answers based on the many comments I get on other sauces. Here goes: How long will this hot sauce keep? It should keep a few months easily in the fridge, or even longer. It’s all about the acidity. To be technical, target level ph for shelf stable foods is below 4.6 ph, but should probably be lower for home cooks, around 4.0 or so, to account for errors. I have not measured the ph of this sauce, but I won’t have it around very long anyway. If you’re concerned, add more vinegar to lower the ph. Can I process this hot sauce for longer storage? Absolutely. Just be sure to use proper canning/jarring safety procedures. What should I do with hot sauce? Aside from drizzling it over anything you please, here’s a post I did about How to Cook with Hot Sauce. As if you need even MORE reasons to eat hot sauce. I hope you find it helpful! Can You Die from Eating Ghost Peppers? It is possible to overdose on capsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers hot. However, the only way you can die from eating ghost peppers is if you eat them in sufficient quantity. A study performed in 1980 calculated that it would take consuming 3 pounds of superhot pepper powder, like ghost pepper powder, to kill a person weighing 150 pounds. It is highly unlikely anyone could consume that amount, as their body would react before reaching such a limit. Ghost Pepper Flavor Ghost peppers offer a an intense sweet pepper flavor that is quite fruity. The heat is more of a blooming heat, taking 30 seconds or longer to kick in. As they measure over 1 Million SHU, you can imagine that is quite hot. The burning generally rises in intensity over the next 10-15 minutes, then subsides after 30-40 minutes. Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce - Recipe Make your own ghost pepper hot sauce at home with this recipe, which includes plenty of chopped ghost peppers, tomatoes, vinegar and salt. Big flavor, big spice! With a pleasant blast of heat. Drizzle it over everything! Hi, Oleksander. I have not measured the ph of this sauce, but this hot sauce should keep a few months easily in the fridge, or even longer. It’s all about the acidity. To be technical, target level ph for shelf stable foods is below 4.6 ph, but should probably be lower for home cooks, around 3.5 or so, to account for errors. If you’re concerned, add more vinegar to lower the ph. You can very easily add in more vinegar. Good luck! I’ve used this as a base recipe for hot sauces since finding this site and it never disappoints. Have swapped the ghost peppers with everything from jalapeno for less heat to scorpion peppers and reapers for some crazy heat. Hottest was with dehydrated scorpion peppers. Wow. Yesterday made this with a handful of jalapenos and serrano peppers. Typically throw in some chopped garlic and a cup of water to lessen the thickness. Simmer for 45 minutes. Secret ingredient is perri-perri seasoning. 1 Tablespoon when you add the water. Give it a try! Thank you for your website. Each recipe is unique and full of flavor and heat. You’re a go to when it comes to sauces!!! Amazing recipe. Just made it for the 2nd time, I used dried peppers because I didn’t have fresh ones so I just put them in hot water for 30 mins to get them closer to fresh peppers, and used 6 ghost peppers with the addition of 2 carolina reapers, a small clove of garlic, a bit of paprika (I’d use smoked paprika but didn’t have any), and a tiny touch of dried oregano and dried basil. It turned out just amazing once again, and all of my spice hating friends ended up eating lots of it and suffering while enjoying the great taste. Would recommend to anyone who loves hot foods, Thanks for the great recipe, I will surely make lots of it in the future. This is an amazing recipe. I made this sauce this morning with ghost peppers from our garden. While I love all things spicy my husband is not a huge fan of super spicy. I ended up only using 3 ghost peppers and it was the perfect level of spice so my husband could enjoy it as well. I ended up caramelizing the onion and the ghost pepper, added garlic as someone suggested in another review. I also used 15 to 20 drops of liquid smoke per pint of sauce which gave it a nice smoky flavor. Will definitely make this recipe again! Thank you for sharing it. Samantha, I don’t peel them, but you can for this recipe. If you want to, slice and “x” into the bottom of the tomatoes then blanch them until the skins loosen, then peel them off and proceed with the recipe. Alternatively, you can strain the hot sauce at the end for a smoother sauce. Let me know how it turns out for you. Made this today using cherokee purple heirloom tomatoes. The only thing I changed was a clove of garlic. Made a double batch because ghost pepper plants are really doing well. Counted thirty more green peppers on one plant alone. Sauce came out amazing. Hint of sweetness from the tomatoes followed by intense heat of the ghost pepper. Love it. If you don’t like really hot sauce, I would suggest using 4 or less ghost peppers. My peppers were pretty large so may just be that, but I have no complaints. Like mine hot. Thanks for the amazing recipes and suggestions. Just made this with a couple alterations: 1. Added two carrots (simmered with onions and peppers for ten minutes) 2. Added another half cup of water and two more tbsp of vinegar to make consistency more in line with what I like. 3. I used apple cider vinegar instead of red wine, just a personal preference. 4. Fire roasted the tomatoes on the grill. Flavor is amazing, my mouth was on fire for a half hour after I had it, but in a good way. My next batch, I will likely decrease the tomatoes, again, just a personal preference. The color is beautiful on this one. I did it all outside on the bbq as to not destroy the sinuses of my family. Great Recipe! I did add a few more peppers. 16 Ghost, 6 Habanero, 6 Red Jalapeño. I smoked them all plus 8 Cloves of garlic for 1hr at 125 degrees. I then added a jar of stewed tomatoes and a few other small ingredients. Needless to say it smells amazing and as I put a drop on my tongue, I lost all sense of living. Once I regained consciousness, I realized this sauce is delicious and I’m sure it’ll get richer the longer it sits. Good Luck and be careful. Hi Michael this is my second year making your hot sauce. I made multiple batches last year cause of the abundance Ghost and Reaper plants. Our plants grow in the ground and they last well into October. I wound up making a green sauce as I could not bear to watch the green peppers freeze to death! Cooking out side is best if possible otherwise you must open up the windows in your house, but I love the smell so warnings go out before I cook. Gloves are necessary for first timers but I’m crazy and don’t. No to all if you do wear gloves, do not take them off until after you’re finished thoroughly washing your equipment. And don’t forget to be well ventilated Even when you’re washing up everything. It’s potent sauce And I use it every day on my salad! Thanks again. Great article. I will make a batch of Ghost hot sauce today. I usually make large batches of hot sauce at a time, then freeze them in plastic containers for future use. Is freezing not recommended for preserving hot sauce for long periods? Thanks, Joe. Let me know how it turns out for you. Yep, this hot sauce freezes without issue. It will last in the fridge quite a while. Just check the acidity. pH of 3.5 or lower is ideal. You can also water bath it for longer shelf keeping. But freezing is no problem. Enjoy! I grow serranos to make giardeneria. I grew some ghost peppers as well last year and would add only one or 2 into the mix that fills about 4 large Ball jars for canning, so basically a ton of serranos, carrot, celery, pimiento olives, cauliflower, seasoning, canola oil, all brined, diced, a run through some vinegar, bottle and seal. It created a lot of extra heat. I’m growing again this year and still have some of the canned jars from last year, opened a jar today, the oil alone could strip paint, very hot, which is kind of normal, it does gain a little heat over time. Might try a mild giardeneria or even just olive mix and add a few of the Ghosts. My brother cooked them like a jalapeño popper, ate them, but he’s challenged on many levels. I think I will also make a giardeneria with Balsamic and some ghosts. In years past the balsamic was horrible for Italian beef, etc, but awesome on pork chops and the heat of the serranos was greatly, greatly reduced. Worth a shot, they are already growing on my rooftop. Hi Mike, I just want to say how much I love this site. I’ve tried several recipes and all are great. Just a quick story about this recipe. While I had everything in the pan the fumes got in the air and I inhaled more than I should have. I went into a sneezing and coughing frenzy on and off for 20 minutes. My 15 year old walked in and he started. Shortly after that my 12 year old walked in and turned around and walked back out he didn’t want to come in. It was pretty funny. It did turn out great. I keep a bottle at home and one to share with the guys at work. Thanks for all these great recipes. Thanks a lot, Barry. I really appreciate it. Yes, the fumes can sometimes get you when working with peppers, especially the superhots. It’s best to work in a well ventilated room if you can do so, but even then they can get you! I’ve been there. Have a good one!! I just made this, but doubled the recipie to 12 ghost peppers, alogn with doubling the other ingrediants, it is so good! My ghost pepper plant has about 50 of them on it, had no idea what to do with them without making something uneatable, this sauce tastes so good, I took it to work and my coworkers loved it and took some for themselves! I am gonna be making another batch of this soon, thanks! I guess one question would be, what kind of onions do you use? I used white onions, but could you use different ones? Awesome, Shane! Super happy that you love it! It’s one of my favorites for sure. You can use either white or yellow onions, to your preference, really, though shallots are good. Red would be OK, but those tend to have more bite to them. Enjoy! Subbed 3 serrano for 3 ghost peppers (I only had 3 :c), subbed apple cider vinegar for red wine vinegar, and added maybe a tsp of raspberry balsamic vinegar. Has a nice slow but gradually increasing burn, and a whisper of tart fruitiness from the balsamic and ACV. Going to try following the exact recipe after I get more peppers, but the modified version is pretty good too ^_^ Outstanding sauce! This was my first attempt at hot sauce and after altering just a bit (I was afraid of the heat) I ended up with something fantastic! I made a quintuple recipe adding to it 2 red bell peppers, 50 baby carrots and using apple cider and red wine vinegar plus three table spoons of lime juice. I needed higher acidity as I am planning to can this and give as Christmas gifts. Anyway, the smell while cooking was mouthwatering and the final result… addictive. I kept a small amount out of the canned supply because it smelled so good! We put this-hot from the batch- on fajitas… amazing! Fruity and extremely flavorful followed by heat at the end. Will be making a batch with Carolina Reapers tomorrow. Thank you for a great recipe! Fantastic hot sauce! Checks all the boxes for flavor followed by heat! I adjusted a bit only because I was afraid of it… I made a quintuple recipe, added two red peppers, 50 baby carrots, and used apple cider and red wine vinegar plus a little lime juice because I want to can it for storage. It smelled outstanding during the cook and tasted great on grilled cheese sandwiches (we kept a tiny bit aside for immediate use- curiosity killed the cat). Tomorrow I take on the Carolina Reaper- using a combination of this recipe and your super hot recipe. Thank you! As a first time hot sauce maker, I now know I can create something delicious with all our beautiful peppers! Hi Mike, My husband is pepperhead like you so this year I decided I was going to grow some hot peppers for him. Unfortunately the ghosts and Carolina’s never came in 🙁 the plants are big and beautiful and tons of flowers, but no fruits. The habaneros however came in really good so I was going to use them for a sauce instead. I was just wondering how many you would reccomend using? For my husband, the hotter the better. I’ve never made a hot sauce before so I thought I’d ask your opinion first. Thanks a bunch! 🙂 Sorry to hear, Ashley. Bummer. You can make this exact sauce with habaneros. You can easily double or even triple the habaneros in the recipe. It calls for 6 peppers, but the more the merrier! It will be thicker, so you can thin it out a bit with more vinegar and/or water if you’d like. Or check out my Hot Sauce Recipes page. I have a number of Habanero Hot Sauce Recipes you can try. Let me know how it comes out for you! Great! Yes, you can use dried ghost peppers for this recipe. Just rehydrate them first. Here is a link – How to Rehydrate Chili Peppers. I make hot sauces with dried peppers all the time. Let me know how he likes it! Ashley, try ordering a blossom booster such as Jack’s classic Blossom Booster 10-30-20. My ghost plants weren’t producing (1 per plant) this summer until I used this. I did two applications and ended up with over 35 peppers for 3 mid-sized plants by fall this year. They’re still pumping out peppers in mid-november now, under a blue/red LED grow light! Hope this help. Mike, I’ll give your recipe a go for bottling these up for personal use and x-mas presents! Thanks so much! I’m reading this recipe and can’t wait to try it. I have two fully loaded Thai Chili pepper plants that I’ll use, and a few tomatoes left over from my garden. I’m also going to make one adding peaches, like another recipe on this page. AWESOME STUFF! I used homegrown chillies,which were a little small, so upped the quantity to 18 (mistake) and doubled the other ingredients. This recipe seems to scale really well, if (currently) a little vinegary for my taste, so I will add more of the tomato/onion base and reduce the heat enough for my wife to try it, otherwise I have a huge amount of this lava to consume by myself. I flame roasted the tomatoes (to peel them), and used a 50/50 mix of cider/red vinegar, and the addition of an apple (peeled, cored & diced) for an extra fruity tang. Really good results, so I will be adapting this recipe for other chilli crops on the way. I followed your recipe. But as usual I added some things. 2 cloves of garlic, a Carolina reaper, an Italian red hot, and an Italian fryer. from my garden. plus 1/2 cup of my favorite October fest beer. Thanks Mike! getting ready for the cold that is soon to come to us here in Minnesota, This will keep me warm all winter. Planted ghost peppers for the first time this year,they produced like crazy,needed something to use them in…..WOW!!! thanks for this recipe,,,,at least 2 more batches are in the future…Worst part of the recipe is waiting a few days How much sauce did this recipe actually make? I’m planning to can my sauce in small batches but need to know how many bottles you got out of this one recipe before I start multiplying it. Thanks in advance! Sherry Sascol, absolutely. Ghost peppers are pretty darned hot, so you can very easily substitute some of them with milder peppers. You’ll still get good flavor and a heat level you prefer. Let me know how it turns out for you. Just made this yesterday, and it turned out great! The tomatoes and onion i used were a little bigger that what was listed here, so i threw a couple extra ghost peppers in to compensate. Not sure i needed to do that because man this stuff is HOTTT! Will definitely be making this again! Thank you for helping me enter the wonderful world of superhot recipes!!! Into my 20 minute simmer. The house smells fabulous and spicy! I tasted one tiny drop of the juice that dripped off the spoon and it is exactly what I was looking for. I just might grow more ghost peppers next summer. Thank you for the recipe. Now to make myself wait a few days after I bottle it! My wife and I grow a lot of different types of peppers and are alway looking for new recipes to try. We doubled the recipe in order to use our ghost peppers both brief and fresh and WOW.! This is hot! Great flavor and excellent heat! Thanks for sharing. We can’t wait to try more. Paul, if it is too vinegary for your tastes, I would cook down some more tomato and/or peppers and process them with the finished sauce to dilute the vinegar. Then cool and bottle it back up. Let me know how that turns out for you. I don’t believe the vinegar flavor will fade much otherwise. I only have 2 Ghost Peppers ripe on the plant, but I have 1 Carolina Reaper and 1 Trinidad Scorpion also ready. If I use those to replace some of the Ghost peppers and also a couple of Scotch Bonnet do you think that will work with the same of everything else? Michael, After writing I left for a 9 day trip and when I returned I had 3 Ghost peppers ripe, 3 Carolina Reaper and 4 Trinidad Scorpions, 20 Scotch Bonnet. Along with about 55 other peppers of various kinds. I made the Ghost pepper Sauce with a half recipe. The Scotch Bonnet Sauce, The hottest sauce with the reapers and scorpions, the Chili Oil and the Pique. All the peppers, Basil and Culantro instead of Cilantro was from our garden. I have to say they are great and hot. THANK YOU! Had to post on Instagram and show off the sauces from your recipes. I am wanting to make this but had a quick question. I was gifted three bags of dehydrated peppers (2 bags of ghosts and 1 bag of scorpions) and was wondering if you had a good method for rehydrating them? Hey, Joseph. If you’re concerned about the heat, try dialing back on the ghost peppers and sub in an equivalent amount of milder peppers. You could easily make this with half ghost peppers, half red bell peppers. Let me know how it turns out for you. Preparation Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, chile peppers, habaneros to taste and garlic and cook, stirring, until the onion is soft and beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add tomatoes, vinegar, salt and sugar to taste. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes break down, about 5 minutes. Carefully transfer the tomato mixture to a food processor or blender. Puree until smooth. (Use caution when pureeing hot ingredients.) Set a fine-mesh sieve over a medium bowl; pour the pureed mixture through the sieve, pushing on the solids with a wooden spoon to extract all the liquid. (Discard solids.) Let the sauce cool to room temperature, about 1½ hours. Really tasty, DELICIOUS! It’s winter so there is no getting fresh ghost peppers or fresh tomatoes that have flavor so I had to utilize Dave’s Gourmet Whole Ghost Peppers that I foundonline and a 14.5 oz. can of Hunts diced tomatoes and this still rocked. I can’t wait to have some fresh produce. Now I will allow it to sit in the refrigerator for a few days to come to its full potential. Note: I had to add some additional water and I could not resist adding a clove of garlic. Just made this with 7 Ghost, 5 truss tomatoes and apple cider vinegar can’t wait to taste the finished sauce. I did make the mistake of eating some of the chilli before it went into the pan… DAMN !!! those chilli’s are HOT. Dave, Gold Coast, Australia. I need a source to either get 5oz bottles from or co packer that can bottle my sauce up and out my artwork on it for a reasonable price. Amy pointer to get me in the right direction. Also the shelf life of the suave should be a few months correct , with all the acidity and fresh garden items I used.. p.s. I am making a Trinidad scorpion moruga hot sauce and found raw coconut vinegar at the store so did a mixture of that along with red wine vinegar and it works out really well to give greatflavor in the beginning before the scorpion sticks you with his venom lol. Thanks for any help anyone can give me on my questions Just made this sauce with a few substitutions. Instead of black vinegar, I used 4 tsp of cold brew coffee concentrate, and for mustard I used a lemon tarragon dijon that I had in the fridge already. BANGIN’ SAUCE. The smell of the ghost peppers roasting was intoxicating. Thanks for the recipe! Could I substitute the Ghost Peppers for Thai Hot Dragon peppers instead and how many should I use? REPLY: Hanif, absolutely. Curious how it will turn out for you. I would go by weight and use about 2-3 ounces of peppers, though you can easily include more for this recipe. — Mike from Chili Pepper Madness. SIX bhut jolokia to 2/3 C salsa? And this is not tongue in a glass of ice cubes hot??? I’ve been warned @ burning myself. Found Trinidad Scorpions for first time @ Asian Mkt. & they told me use only “one 1/2 Scorpion to 2 gallons salsa,” which Was already made with 1:1 tomatoes: peppers (avg. 100k Scoville) and was simmering @ home on the stove totally mild. Defiantly, I added a whole Scorpion. Barely more heat. So how many Bhut Jolokias (or frozen Trinidad’s) should I add to the 6 remaining quarts of salsa, while I’m also trying your Ghost Pepper Salsa recipe today? Hi, Can I use white vinegar instead of red? Also will wine tomatoes test same as farmer markets ones in the sauce. I never tried ghost peppers sauce friend of mine just gave me and I saw your sauce recipe. Looks delicious can’t wait to try. REPLY: Seema, yes, you can use white vinegar, as well as substitute other tomatoes. You will have some flavor variation, but it won’t be a massive change. Let me know how it turns out for you. Send a pic! — Mike from Chili Pepper Madness. I (16YO) made this recipe (22 fl oz) for my family to complement my signature burritos. My mother generally doesn’t do excessively spicy foods, but she can’t stay away from it. My brother will love this when he comes to visit. Thanks for the amazing recipe!! 10/10 Any idea on the weight o “6 bhut jolokia peppers”? The peppers which come off my plants are usually either way bigger or way smaller, so “6 peppers” doesn’t help much, weight would be way easier to work with. REPLY: Jeff, an average ghost pepper weighs between 7-9 grams, so figure accordingly. From my experience, this recipe is easily adaptable and you can vary the amount of peppers by a great deal, depending on your preferred heat level. Same goes with the tomatoes. — Mike from Chili Pepper Madness. I have a good crop of cayenne peppers but they have not gone red because of our short growing season at 53 degrees north in England. Will they work as well as red chillies whilst green or do you recommend another recipe? I have used ‘Basket of Fire’ chillies to great effect with this recipe REPLY: Jeremy, you CAN use this recipe, though the flavor will be more “green”, unripened flavor. I think it could still work, though. You might balance some of that out with other ingredients, like garlic and onion. Let me know how it turns out. — Mike from Chili Pepper Madness. REPLY: Bill, click “Resources” at the top menu and select either Plants or Seeds and see if any of those sellers can provide you with fresh pods. If you have trouble, email me and I can put in you in touch with some potential resources. — Mike from Chili Pepper Madness. Reply WELCOME! Hi, Everyone! I'm Mike, your chilihead friend who LOVES good food. I love it spicy, and hopefully you do, too. Here you'll find hundreds of spicy recipes of all levels, some with a little, some with a LOT, but everything is adjustable to your personal tastes. 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Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including cultural group selection and extensions of more general processes such as reciprocity, kin selection, and multi-level selection acting on genes. Evolutionary processes are consilient; they affect several different empirical domains, such as patterns of behavior and the proximal drivers of that behavior. In this target article, we sketch the evidence from five domains that bear on the explanatory adequacy of cultural group selection and competing hypotheses to explain human cooperation. Does cultural transmission constitute an inheritance system that can evolve in a Darwinian fashion? Are the norms that underpin institutions among the cultural traits so transmitted? Do we observe sufficient variation at the level of groups of considerable size for group selection to be a plausible process? Do human groups compete, and do success and failure in competition depend upon cultural variation? Do we observe adaptations for cooperation in humans that most plausibly arose by cultural group selection? If the answer to one of these questions is “no,” then we must look to other hypotheses. We present evidence, including quantitative evidence, that the answer to all of the questions is “yes” and argue that we must take the cultural group selection hypothesis seriously. If culturally transmitted systems of rules (institutions) that limit individual deviance organize cooperation in human societies, then it is not clear that any extant alternative to cultural group selection can be a complete explanation. To send this article to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. 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Please confirm that you accept the terms of use. Fukuyama, F. (2011) The origins of political order: From prehuman times to the French Revolution. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Gambetta, D. (1993) The Sicilian Mafia: The business of private protection. Harvard University Press. Gardner, T. M. (2003) In the trenches at the talent wars: An examination of competitive interaction for human resources in the software industry. CAHRS Working Paper Series. Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Kline, M. A. (2015) How to learn about teaching: An evolutionary framework for the study of teaching in humans and other animals. Behavioral and Brain Sciences38:e31. Available at: dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X14000090 Stark, R. (1997) The rise of Christianity: How the obscure, marginal Jesus movement became the dominant religious force in the western world in a few centuries. HarperCollins. Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A. & Reicher, S. D. (2014) Up close and personal: Evidence that shared social identity is a basis for the “special” relationship that binds followers to leaders. The Leadership Quarterly25(2):296–13. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.008	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The second coming of Trudeau It's unlikely that future generations of Canadians will feel compelled to erect statues in honor of Stephen Harper. There is no school of Harperism, no faction of loyalists ready to die for the leader now that power has finally and totally slipped from his grasp. Ayn Rand once said of Ronald Reagan -- very unfairly -- that he was a pragmatist who limped to the Right. That is an appropriate epithet for nearly a decade of Harperist rule over our fair Dominion. He has been compared to Mackenzie King sans the weirdness. King ruled over a nation in Depression and at war. The Age of Harper has been one of comparative peace and plenty. A decade of rising commodities prices kept too many people from noticing our lackadaisical service sector and hollowed out manufacturing. Our success has been relative. We look like a nation possessed of a genius for prudence and common sense. We have one man to thank for that. It is not Stephen Harper. It is Barack Obama. Nearly seven years of Obama could make the Keystone Kops look like James Bond. Had America been led half-way well during these last few years, we'd be back to wringing our hands about the brain drain. We have not improved, others have simply gotten worse. Our success, such as it is, is due to not making the mistakes others made with wild abandon. Yes, our banks remained steady during the financial crisis of 2008. The Harper Tories were keen to take credit for that. Yet our banks always remain steady. Our approach to banking regulation has not fundamentally changed since John A's time: Have a few big, well diversified banks, and make sure they don't lend too much. The Australians do much the same thing. So do the Swiss. It's a simple formula that pretty much always works. The last major Canadian bank to fail was way back in 1923. Yes our fiscal house is in better order than most developed countries. But it usually is. Leaving aside the Pierre Trudeau inspired spending frenzy of the late 1970s and 1980s, the Harper years showed a return to our historic norm: Small deficits, some small surplus and nothing that could frighten investors out of the Canadian dollar. This brings us to the future. We could say of Stephen Harper one thing that was utterly indisputable: He was better than the alternatives. In every field of public policy his remarkable mediocrity has been sharply contrasted by the ineptitude of his opponents. You don't have to be the best to win in politics, just seen as better than the other guy. The man in the fluffy blue sweater was better. Better than the dithering Paul Martin, better than the clueless though well meaning Stephane Dion and better -- so much better -- than the prodigal philosopher king Michael Ignatieff. Is he better than Justin Trudeau? Oh, absolutely. Leaving aside the obvious differences in intelligence and political experience, there is a simple degree of maturity. Listen to the two men talk. It is hard to imagine that all that separates these men is a dozen years of life on this earth. It seems like so much more. Here we have the essential strangeness of this election. As if by a bizarre turn of events the Porsche is now to be turned over to a kid who just got his learner's permit. Casual ineptitude can cause only so many problems in this world. This is why Justin Trudeau -- who is every inch his father's son -- is only dangerous up to a point. History shows that the real danger isn't idiots who are given great power, it's intelligent men with bad ideas who stand behind the throne. The intellectuals who are far too clever by half. Behind the Boy King there is a man, again not so different in years but far greater in shrewdness: Gerald Butts. Remember that name. In previous centuries when an idiot Dauphin became King of France, it was a cadre of prominent churchmen who actually ran the state. They were known as the éminences grise, the grey eminences. Needless to say that none of our soon to be ruling elite is silly enough to take Christianity seriously. Justin is a Catholic in the same sense that Stephen Harper is a forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Instead we have a new creed: Environmentalism. Gerald Butts will be the éminence vert of the new regime. Don't believe me? Before he became Principal Advisor to Justin Trudeau he was a key mastermind of Dalton McGuinty's rise to power. Twelve years of windmills, shuttered power plants and a war on rural Ontario. Now the Ontario wrecking crew is going on a national four year tour. Encores to be expected. Canadians have not voted for change. They have voted for the worst of the past wrapped in a shiny and vapid package. The Liberal Party that heads back to power in Ottawa will combine the intellectual modesty of Pierre Trudeau with the fiscal prudence of Dalton McGuinty. The two worst Liberal regimes of the last fifty years are about to be fused together to create Canada's new national government. Comments There won’t be much to plunder this time around as investment has been fleeing Alberta by the billions. Like the head of the Canadian Petroleum Producers said earlier this year. Just try and tax what doesn’t exist. Just try it. Drew Wakariuk commented 2015-10-20 17:42:29 -0400 The left seems to be missing some points as the NDP are wrecking Alberta and there may not be anything to steal this time around.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Chapter Nineteen. African American Entrepreneurship in Slavery and Freedom Anne R. Hornsby DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631230663.2004.00021.x Extract African American participation in American business and commerce began in the colonial period with a few free black-owned enterprises in major cities of the North and black artisans and craftsmen in the South. Paul Cuffe in Massachusetts was a shipbuilder and trader; James Forten of Pennsylvania became a wealthy shipbuilder in Philadelphia; and Frank McWorter (“Free Frank”) manufactured saltpeter on the Kentucky frontier and operated several enterprises in Chicago. Despite the fact that black businesses-such as barber shops, and other service institutions like banks and insurance companies-expanded in the post-emancipation era, the number and type of African-American-owned businesses remained small until recent times. Furthermore, individual proprietorships, the type of business in which blacks were principally engaged, had a short life-span ( Hine, Hine, and Harrold 2000 ; Higgs 1976 ; Hornsby 1980 ; Walker 1983 ). Most of the early scholarly studies of black entrepreneurship deplored the paucity of such enterprises and sought to understand the factors behind this. W. E. B. Du Bois published one of the first, major scholarly studies in 1899. In The Negro in Business , he made distinctions among black businesses along caste and class lines. He claimed that black bondspersons who had been house servants, field hands, or semi-skilled workers, became barbers, gardeners, and builders, ... log in or subscribe to read full text Blackwell Publishing and its licensors hold the copyright in all material held in Blackwell Reference Online. No material may be resold or published elsewhere without Blackwell Publishing's written consent, save as authorised by a licence with Blackwell Publishing or to the extent required by the applicable law.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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NIELSEN LOCAL TV VIEW Transcription 1 NIELSEN LOCAL TV VIEW CHARACTERISTIC DEFINITIONS 2014 2 ALL TV HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL TV HOUSEHOLDS Indicates any household consisting of at least one operable and metered TV. BROADBAND ONLY BROADBAND ONLY Indicates if a household has at least one operable TV/ Monitor with the ability to receive video via a broadband connection and the household does not have the ability to receive video via traditional means of antennae, cable, or satellite. Available as of 9/28/13 forward. CABLE STATUS ADS ALTERNATE DELIVERY SOURCE Indicates whether the household uses ADS technology. The technology included in alternate delivery sources are Satellite (C-band), DBS (KU-band), SMATV (master antenna), MDS (includes multi-channel, multi-point and multi-point distribution service) and Broadband Only. This category includes services that are not considered cable. CABLE Indicates if a household operates at least one viewable TV set or associated TV tuner that is able to receive basic cable service from a local cable supplier. CABLE PLUS WITH PAY SERVICES Indicates a household receives cable channels via a wire from a cable headend located in the community or via any form of alternate delivery source and the household receives pay channels for which the supplier charges an extra premium. For example: HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. CABLE WITH PAY SERVICES Indicates a household operates at least one viewable TV set or associated TV tuner that receives both pay TV channels and basic cable service from a local cable supplier. This cateogry does not include ADS. COMCAST SERVICE Indicates that the household subscribes to Comcast service. DBS Indicates the ability to receive any direct broadcast satellite signals. For example: DirecTV, EchoStar, or Dish Network. DIGITAL CABLE Indicates that the household is equipped to receive digital cable. Includes hardwired and over the air digital cable signals. DIRECTV Indicates that the household subscribes to DirecTV satellite service. ECHOSTAR Indicates that the household subscribes to EchoStar satellite service. MASTER ANTENNA Indicates at least one TV set receives a signal via Shared Master Antenna Television (SMATV). A private or miniature cable system that receives programming by satellite and serves a housing complex or hotel (usually fees are paid for or are included in rent and maintenance fees). For example: The condo tenant does not subscribe to Comcast service or pay for it at an individual level, however this cable service is included in their rent. This cable system may also have a local Condo Association channel that gives updates on weather and local community events. MDS Indicates the ability to receive Multiple Distribution Services (MDS). For example: Over The Air (OTA) 2 VISIT OR CALL 3 and Satellite services available from the same device. A household pays for Dish Network, but also has a TV that has a built-in digital tuner at that same site (almost all TV s after 2004 have this in preparation for the digital transition). If the Satellite is off, the household will still be able to pick up and watch any over the air digital programs, if they can receive them. A household also can have an analog converter box to pick up additional OTA channels in conjunction with the Satellite services at that same site to get local channels. OTHER DBS SERVICE Indicates the ability to receive other types of direct broadcast satellite signals including foreign satellites which are not monitored. For example: A household can buy a Satellite dish system that is neither coded for EchoStar or DirecTV, etc. nor connected with a local provider. This is called Free To Air (FTA), and the household does not pay for these services received via an FTA Box. Just like cable OTA channels, there are satellite OTA channels that can include U.S., foreign or private stations. PAY SERVICES Indicates that at least one TV in the household receives pay TV channels, such as HBO, Starz, etc. from a provider in which an additional service fee is typically applied. SATELLITE Indicates the ability to receive satellite signals from the larger, legacy satellite dishes. DEVICE DVR Indicates the household has a Digital Video Recorder device that enables the user to watch, pause, playback, and/or record live TV. VCR Indicates whether the home has an operable VCR attached to at least one operable and metered TV. DEVICE CAPABILITY PICTURE IN PICTURE Indicates that at least one TV in the household has picture-in-picture capability. SAP Indicates the home has at least one Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) capable TV. SAP is often used for an alternate language. DEVICE TOTALS MUTLISET TV HOUSEHOLD Indicates that a household has multiple functioning TV sets versus a single set. NUMBER OF DVRS Indicates the total number of Digital Video Recorders that enable the user to watch, pause, playback, and/or record live TV. NUMBER OF TVS Indicates the total number of operable TV sets in the household. DVD Indicates the household has a DVD and/or DVDR player connected to an operable and metered TV. Copyright 2014 The Nielsen Company 3 4 EDUCATION HOH Indicates the highest educational level the member designated as Head of Household has completed. If currently enrolled, the previous grade marked or highest degree achieved is used. MALE HOH Indicates the highest education level the person designated as the Male Head of Household has completed. If currently enrolled, the previous grade marked or highest degree achieved is used. FEMALE HOH Indicates the highest education level the person designated as the Female Head of Household has completed. If currently enrolled, the previous grade marked or highest degree received is used. HH MEMBERS NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 2 Indicates the number of children living in the household under 2 years of age. PRESENCE OF FEMALE HOH Indicates a female is designated as the Head of Household. This household member must be at least 16 years of age or older and cannot be a visitor. PRESENCE OF HOH Indicates if a household member was designated as the Head of Household. All households have one designated Head of Household. PRESENCE OF MALE HOH Indicates a male household member is designated as the Head of Household. This household member must be at least 16 years of age or older and cannot be a visitor. PRESENCE OF FEMALES Indicates there is at least one female aged 12 to 17 years living as a household member. The household member may or may not be related to the Head of Household. PRESENCE OF MALES Indicates there is at least one male aged 12 to 17 years living as a household member. The household member may or may not be related to the Head of Household. PRESENCE OF NON-ADULTS UNDER AGE 18 Indicates there are children less than 18 years of age living as household members including households where children are less than 2 years of age. The children may or may not be related to the Head of Household. PRESENCE OF NON-ADULTS < 12 Indicates there are children less than 12 years of age living as household members including households where children are less than 2 years of age. The children may or may not be related to the Head of Household. HIGH DEFINITION HD CAPABLE HOME Indicates a home is equipped with an HD TV and HD tuner capable of receiving signals in HD. HD CAPABLE/RECEIVABLE HOME Indicates a home is equipped with an HD TV, HD tuner and receives at least one HD network or station. TV DISPLAY CAPABLE HOME Indicates a home that is equipped with an HD TV that is capable of displaying high definition content. HISPANIC IDENTITY HISPANIC IDENTITY Based on the ethnic origin of the household member designated as Head of Household. 4 VISIT OR CALL 5 HISPANIC SPECIFIC ETHNICITY HISPANIC SPECIFIC ETHNICITY Indicates the stated country of origin of the household member designated as the Head of Household. HOH AGE FEMALE HOH Indicates age of the female household member designated as Head of Household. HOH Indicates age of the household member designated as Head of Household. MALE HOH Indicates age of the male household member designated as Head of Household. INCOME HOUSEHOLD Indicates the household income range of a household that ranges from $10K to $100K+. Household income ranges include the income of all household members. HOUSEHOLD 100+ Indicates the income range of a household that ranges from $100K+. Household income ranges include the income of all household members. MULTIPLE INCOME FAMILY Indicates if a household has more than one income producing member. SINGLE INCOME FAMILY Indicates a household receives income from a single contributor. HOUSEHOLD [CLARITAS] This data is comprised of a custom list of zip codes that match the income criteria selected for a given area. The median income is assigned to all zip codes by Claritas. For example: If a user selects a set-meter market and Income: Household [Claritas]: $50K+, they would be selecting zip codes that have a median income of $50K+, as determined by Claritas. HOUSEHOLD 100+ [CLARITAS] This data is comprised of a custom list of zip codes that match the income criteria selected for a given area. The median income is assigned to all zip codes by Claritas. For example: If a user selects a set-meter market and Income: Household [Claritas]: $200K+, they would be selecting zip codes that have a median income of $200K+, as determined by Claritas. INTERNET INTERNET ACCESS Indicates whether a household has access to the Internet in their home. PRIMARY TELEPHONE PRIMARY PHONE LANDLINE Indicates that the household s Primary Residential phone number is not a cell phone. This can include, but is not limited to, telephone service via a cable provider, Voice Over IP, Magic Jack, etc. PRIMARY PHONE CELL PHONE Indicates that the Primary Residential phone number is a cell phone. Copyright 2014 The Nielsen Company 5 6 LANGUAGE LANGUAGE CLASS Indicates the language category of the household based on language use of all household members age 2+. Language Class breaks are selectable in all Set Meter markets when reporting household data only. If the Set Meter geographies selected all belong to NSI Hispanic markets, you can select Language Class breaks and person level demographics. To select Language Class breaks and persons level demographics, all requested geographies must be bound to an NSI Hispanic DMA. If the Set Meter geographies selected do not all belong to NSI Hispanic markets, you must select the Show Meter Characteristics check box in order to select Language Class breaks; therefore, you will not be able to select persons level demographics on the Demographics screen. Language Class breaks automatically sub-sample on Hispanic Homes (i.e. Hispanic Identity Yes AND Language Class Mostly Spanish), so it is not necessary to combine these breaks with the Hispanic Identity characteristics when building a report. Language Class breaks must be valid for all requested geographies in order to be selected in a report request. Set Meter NSI Hispanic markets include: Albuquerque, Austin, San Antonio, and San Diego. LIVING QUARTERS OWNS SECONDARY RESIDENCE Indicates the household owns a second home in which they reside in at least 14 days, but no more than six months plus one day in a calendar year. RESIDENCE OWNERSHIP STATUS Indicates whether the home is owned or rented. RESIDENCE STRUCTURE TYPE Indicates whether the home is a mobile home, multi-family dwelling, single-family dwelling, or other. NIELSEN OCCUPATION HOH Indicates the occupation of the Head of Household. Nielsen converts each household member s occupation into the Nielsen categories based on the US Census information using occupation information collected by each household member. FEMALE HOH Indicates the occupation of the female Head of Household. Nielsen converts each household member s occupation into the Nielsen categories based on the US Census information using occupation information collected by each household member. PC PC OWNERSHIP Indicates whether a personal computer is present in the home. PET OWNERSHIP OWNS CATS Indicates whether a cat is present in the home. OWNS DOGS Indicates whether a dog is present in the home. RACE AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD Indicates the stated race of the Head of Household is African American. Please note that a single HOH can be associated with multiple races. AMERICAN INDIAN HOUSEHOLD Indicates the stated race of the Head of Household is 6 VISIT OR CALL 7 American Indian. Please note that a single HOH can be associated with multiple races. ASIAN HOUSEHOLD Indicates the stated race of the Head of Household is Asian. Please note that a single HOH can be associated with multiple races. HAWAIIAN HOUSEHOLD Indicates the stated race of the Head of Household is Hawaiian. Please note that a single HOH can be associated with multiple races. HOH Indicates the primary stated race of the household member designated as the Head of Household. OTHER RACE Indicates that the Head of Household does not classify their race as any of the following: White, Black, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, American Indian, Asian Indian, or Hawaiian. Please note that a single HOH can be associated with multiple races. WHITE Indicates the stated race of the Head of Household is White or Caucasian. Please note that a single HOH can be associated with multiple races. WHITE ONLY Indicates the stated race of the Head of Household is White or Caucasian only. SIZE HOUSEHOLD SIZE Indicates the number of people living in the household. This count consists of all household members including those not related to the Head of Household. To be a household member a person must consider the household to be his/her primary residence. The Nielsen Company determines household members based on the same criteria as the US Census Bureau except for the treatment of boarders. Visitors are excluded. All children, including those less than 2 are included. Note: Boarders with a TV set who agree to have their TV set metered with The Nielsen Company equipment and Boarders without a TV that agree to participate are both considered as household members which matches the US Census. Boarders with a TV set that do not allow The Nielsen Company to meter the TV set are excluded. VEHICLES DOMESTIC Indicates there is a vehicle operated by the household that is classified as a domestic vehicle. FOREIGN Indicates there is a vehicle operated by the household that is classified as a foreign vehicle. NEW CAR IN LAST 3 YEARS Indicates the household owns a vehicle that is classified as a car, was bought new or leased (not bought used) and the vehicle is within the last 3 model years of cars. NEW CAR IN LAST 5 YEARS Indicates the household owns a vehicle that is classified as a car, was bought new or leased (not bought used) and the vehicle is within the last 5 model years of cars. NEW CAR PURCHASED IN CURRENT MODEL YEAR Indicates if the household operates at least one vehicle classified as a car that was purchased new (not used) within the current model year. NEW TRUCK IN LAST 3 YEARS Indicates the household owns a vehicle that is classified as a truck, was bought new or leased (not bought used) and the vehicle is within the last 3 model years of trucks. NEW TRUCK IN LAST 5 YEARS Indicates the household owns a vehicle that is classified as a truck, was bought new or leased (not bought used) and the vehicle is within the last 5 model years of trucks. Copyright 2014 The Nielsen Company 7 8 NEW TRUCK PURCHASED IN CURRENT MODEL YEAR Indicates if the household operates at least one vehicle classified as a truck that was purchased new (not used) within the current model year. NUMBER OF CARS Indicates the total number of vehicles that are classified as cars. Based on a household s car ownership. Note: Vans, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles, (Chevy Blazers, Isuzu Troopers, etc.), and utility trucks/vans are not classified as cars. NUMBER OF TRUCKS Indicates the total number of vehicles that are classified as trucks. Based on a household s truck ownership. Note: Vans, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles, (Chevy Blazers, Isuzu Troopers, etc.), and utility trucks/vans are classified as trucks. NUMBER OF VEHICLES Indicates the total count of operable vehicles based on household ownership. WORKING STATUS FEMALE HOH Indicates whether the female household member designated as Head of Household is employed. FEMALE HOH WORKS OUT OF HOME Indicates whether the female Head of Household is at least 18 years of age and works outside of the home by physically leaving the home to go to work. HOH WORKS OUT OF HOME Indicates whether the Head of Household is at least 18 years of age and works outside of the home by physically leaving the home to go to work. NON-WORKING FAMILY Indicates whether the household is or is not working. 8 VISIT OR CALL 9 Copyright 2014 The Nielsen Company 9 10 ABOUT NIELSEN Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global information and measurement company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and related properties. Nielsen has a presence in approximately 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA and Diemen, the Netherlands. For more information, visit Copyright 2014 The Nielsen Company. All rights reserved. Nielsen and the Nielsen logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of CZT/ACN Trademarks, L.L.C. Other product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. NIELSEN LOCAL TV VIEW GLOSSARY 2014 AVERAGE FREQUENCY The average number of units viewed by the households or persons that make up the audience reached by a schedule. Sum of unified Weights of unique Persons Growth of Television Ownership % of TV Households Each September, The Nielsen Company releases current estimates of television s audience and its characteristics. The most significant increases from the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA SURVEY FOR COMCAST CABLE TELEVISION SUBSCRIBERS The City of Philadelphia (City) is responsible for monitoring and administering the local contract to provide cable television services Television Audience 00 Growth of Television Ownership % of TV Households Each September, The Nielsen Company releases current estimates of television s audience and its characteristics. The most significant HD TV: The Picture is Getting Clearer May 2009 Not since the introduction of color television more than half-a-century ago has another innovation done as much to enrich the visual quality of television DIGITAL TELEVISION STATION BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRESNO / VISALIA, CALIFORNIA 2014 DIGITAL TV OPPORTUNITY! Cocola Broadcasting Companies, LLC (CBC) is the largest Broadcast Television Company in the Central STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL CABLE TELEVISION RELATED COMMUNITY NEEDS AND INTERESTS IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND By CBG Communications, Inc. Thomas G. Robinson, President and Constance Ledoux Book, Ph. D. QURTER 1, 2012 US IT S CHOICE! US Consumer ppetite for Video Continues to Grow There is no doubt that consumer choice in how they watch video continues to grow. The shifts in the distribution of time spent - CABLEVISION SURVEY QUESTIONS - 1 Do you make the decisions or share in making the decisions in your household for cable TV service? 2 Do you or does any member of your household work for any of the following DIGITAL TERMS GLOSSARY 2013 ACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA UNIVERSE People who are 2+ and used an Internet enabled computer within the time period. ACTIVE REACH (%) The percentage of all active 2+ unique persons General information on digital TV What is digital free-to-air television? Digital free-to-air TV consists of the same TV channels you currently receive through analog television, as well as some additional Appendix B - Residential Survey Instrument - June 0 City of Seattle Residential Internet, Cable TV, and Telephone Services Survey January 0 Even if you do not have home Internet access, please complete Assessment of On-Campus Residents Satisfaction/Use of Cable TV System Introduction: The purpose of the cable TV feedback survey was to gauge student satisfaction of current on-campus television options QURTER 4, 2011 US CONSTNT CONTENT: MERICNS RE VORCIOUS VIDEO VIEWERS STY TUNED... DEVELOPMENTS TO WTCH The average merican watches nearly five hours of video each day, 98 percent of which they watch on STOP PLEASE DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. 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'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Clip: Mystique Still Has All the Right Moves Most of of the 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' clips and trailers have so far focused on the film's large ensemble of new and returning mutant superheroes, while the main villain, Peter Dinklage's Bolivar Trask, remains out of the spotlight. Though our latest look doesn't exactly give us a clear indication of what kind of character he is, it does give us a chance to see him come fact to face with Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique in a pretty cool action scene. In the comics and in the film, Trask is mainly known as the inventor of the Sentinels, massive robots that are designed to hunt down and destroy mutants before they ultimately turn on everyone else. But that's not all. In the above 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' clip, he's taking a meeting with a room full of high-ranking military officials from around the world to show off his new technology, only to learn too late that someone in the room doesn't quite belong. A whole bunch of ass-kicking ensues as Mystique is forced to reveal herself, concluding with a standoff between Trask and the shape-shifting mutant. As cool as it is to see Trask and Mystique meet, it's made even cooler by the fact that they're played by Tyrion Lannister and Katniss Everdeen. We still don't know the full extent of Dinklage's character and his involvement in the film (while it looks like J-Law is going to be kicking many butts and taking many names), but we hope the role actually makes use of his talents. After all, you don't cast an actor that good as the man responsible for mass mutant genocide and not give him something to chew on. And while we're here, the MPAA officially gave 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' a PG-13 rating, citing "sequences of intense sci-fi violence and action, some suggestive material, nudity and language." Nudity, eh? Well, the clip above does star a naked blue woman.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Experts think people get tired of Food boxes The providers of so-called food boxes have undergone an extraordinary growth, but experts in the food industry think people are getting tired of the concept. After a period of rapid growth, the growth levelled off last year for the companies that deliver ingredients for dinner in a box at your doorstep, E24 writes. – The Food Box concept had a novelty value. Over time, it is difficult to maintain the unique Food Box product. Whatever the activity, people get tired of this kind of concept, according to Retail Expert at Ernst & Young, Arne Matre. – All honour to those who have been creative. But it is limited how creative they can remain, he says, and adds that people over time rather wants to choose what to eat themselves. – On the other hand, I think actors engaged in traditional e-commerce with home delivery, such as groceries, definitely will emerge to compete with the traditional ones. Professor at BI, Odd Gisholt, agrees with Matre in that people may be tired of the Food Box, but he does not share the optimism when it comes to online shopping. – Online grocery stores struggle for profitability, and are losing money. It will be interesting to see what happens if they come in a plus position, Gisholt said. About us Norway Today Media, is an independent newspaper. Our goal is to bring you the latest Norwegian news and happenings in English. We are not connected to any political party, and do not belong to any of the major newspapers in Norway. As a result of this, we are able to give you a neutral view of what is happening in Norway on a day to day basis.. Copyright Articles and photos that you find in this newspaper, are copyright protected and owned by Norway Today Media. Copying content from the newspaper for commercial use is prohibited. If you should wish to use any of the paper’s content, you are welcome to contact us. To give you the best possible experience, this site ues cookies. Continuing to use norwaytoday.info means you agree to our use of cookies. If you´d like to learn more about cookies please click 'Read more' on the rightOkRead more	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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HTC U11 Launched With Snapdragon 835, 6GB RAM & Android Nougat HTC has launched a new smartphone in competition with the brand new Samsung Galaxy S8 called HTC U11. The main highlights of HTC U11 includes the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 SoC, USB-C type charging, Android Nougat, fingerprint sensor and quick charge 3.0. We think it’s the first smartphone which can shoot pictures in RAW format like DSLRs. Talking about the front lens, it bloats 16-megapixel front camera with BSI sensor, full-HD recording. It supports couple of different modes including live make-up, auto selfie, voice selfie, HDR Boost, and Selfie Panorama. The HTC U11 has two AI assistants which are Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa (In specific regions only). They have launched a new feature called HTC Edge Sense Feature which will help you in doing multile tasks easily by just squeezing your smartphone. “Because Edge Sense is based on actual pressure applied to the side of the device, it can be used in nearly any condition – including while wearing gloves or in weather such as snow or rain that would normally be a challenge with capacitive buttons,” said the company. HTC U11 Price in India, Europe, US & UK HTC is launched globally and coming to several more countries soon including India. However, the price of the smartphone is only clarified for Europe, UK & US which are €749 (Rs. 52,895 approx.), £649 (Rs. 53760 approx.) and $696 (Rs. 44595 approx.) respectively. In India, the 6GB and 128GB variant will go on sale but price is not yet declared. HTC U11 Key Features & Full Specifications 》Under the hood, it pumps Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 SoC which is an octa-core processor clocked at 2.45GHz with Adreno 540 GPU. 》Moving on to the hardware part of this smartphone, it comes in two variant, one with 4GB RAM & 64GB storage and another with 6GB RAM & 128GB Storage. For instance, if you want to expand the memory, you can expand it up to 2TB using microSD card. 》Talking about the software of this smartphone, it features the latest Android version Nougat based on HTC Sense UI which is a custom built skin by HTC.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Ireland DCU is a young, dynamic and ambitious university with a distinctive mission to transform lives and societies through education, research and innovation. Since admitting its first students in 1980, DCU has grown in both student numbers and size and now occupies a 72 acre site in Glasnevin, just north of Dublin city. To date over 43,000 students have graduated from DCU and are now playing significant roles in enterprise and business globally. Today, in 2014, DCU delivers more than 120 programmes to over 10,000 students across its four faculties – Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Health, Engineering and Computing and DCU Business School. DCU’s excellence is recognised internationally and it is ranked among the top 50 Universities worldwide (QS ‘Top 50 under 50’ 2012). In the last eight years, DCU has twice been named Sunday Times ‘University of the Year’. About the School of Nursing and Human Sciences As part of the Health4Life research cluster in the School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU, Dr. Kate Irving and her team are engaged in a range of dementia research programmes including Dementia prevention/delay (In-MinDD), timely intervention in dementia care (Dem@Care), Actifcare, and a national Dementia training initiative (Elevator) that aims to develop dementia skills capacity in services and communities in Ireland. About the team The team is lead by Professor Kate Irving of the School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University. Kate has been involved in clinical practice, teaching and research in the dementia field for over 15 years. Kate is the Principal Investigator in a European dementia project, In-MINDD (innovative midlife intervention for dementia deterrence.) She is a partner on a further two European consortiums, Dem@care and Actif-Care (Joint Programme on Neuro Degeneration). Kate is the developer and co-ordinator of the joint HSE/DCU Dementia Champion Programme, the Dublin Northside Alzheimer Café and the Memory Works screening/remediation Clinic in DCU. Mail: kate.irving at dcu.ie Dr. Patricia Mc Parland is a post doctoral researcher at DCU on the Posadem team. Her motivation to get involved in this field was a very personal one as her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for almost twenty years. Prior to this she worked as a counsellor in private practice, having graduated from Queens University Belfast with a Masters in Counselling and Guidance. Patricia’s research interests are in public understandings of dementia and the impact these have on the ways in which society responds to dementia. Before coming to DCU Patricia worked as project manager at Bournemouth University Dementia Institute and she also tutored on the Dementia Masters programme at Stirling University for a number of years. Dr. Louise Hopper is a post-doctoral researcher in the DCU team of the ACTIFCare project. Louise originally graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BSc in Computer Science and has since completed a HDip and a PhD in Psychology, also at Trinity College Dublin. Louise has worked as a research assistant on brain health awareness projects in Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, and in addition to the ACTIFCare project she also currently works as a post-doctoral researcher on the European dementia project, Dem@Care (Dementia Ambient Care), and as a volunteer for the Dublin Northside Alzheimer Cafe. Mail: louise.hopper at dcu.ie Maria Pierce joined the School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University in October 2013 from the Living with Dementia programme based in the School of Social Work and Social Policy in Trinity College Dublin. She is currently engaged as a postdoctoral researcher on IN-MINDD (Innovative Midlife Intervention for Dementia Deterrence), an EU-funded project that is developing online tools that can be used to determine the risk of dementia for individual people in midlife and develop prevention strategies to reduce that risk. Maria’s background is in social policy and she has a particular interest in ageing and dementia. She completed a social science degree at the National University of Ireland, Dublin, and holds a PHD in social policy from Trinity College Dublin. Dublin City University, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin 9, Ireland Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! EACEA The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is responsible for the management of certain parts of the EU's funding programmes in the fields of education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Archive for August, 2012 Really, is there anything better then a theme party? OK, maybe they are a little lame. But, every now and again you hit the right note and it makes for a fun night. Ashley and I wanted to have a welcome back party at our place and came up with the amazing, incredible, scintillating and original idea of an 80′s themed bash. Like totally, oh my gawd, it was so radical, bitchin’, fer sure! As you can see by the pic below, I was totally like channeling my inner John Hughes with an ode to Ferris Bueller. Ashley opted for the rad Valley Girl get up from “Valley Girl”! Nik Cage once had real hair.. how about that?! We made sure to include our adjacent neighbors in our plans, would not want anyone feeling slighted and thus causing problems. Plus, a fun way to meet those around you. We have a couple of fellow students directly below us (whew, that’s a relief). Our next door neighbor is a Nurse and works the graveyard so she would not be home (she was really nice though). And since we are on the top floor and on the corner, that was pretty much all we needed to really worry about from a noise stand point! From what either of us has been able to tell, there appear to be no real “Debbie Downers” in the complex. But you never know!!! The big attraction for us is the pool, we are a bit spoiled! A few of our friends rented a house, some are on campus still and a few others did a condo. So we get major points for skinny dipping potential!!! We had about 30 people over which ebbed and flowed as the night went on. This was our first ever chance to be hosts, so we made sure to hide all the breakables!! We debated putting down rubber sheets everywhere too! It is amazing how “old” you get when it is suddenly your place that could get trashed!!!! Included in our esteemed guest list were my latest 2 friends. Matt & Ms. Super Cute and both made it over. I was really glad to see MSC, it meant she was not freaked out by my confession! Ashley was quite impressed with my crush.. I do have good taste! I was equally glad to see Matt show up as my little plan to “hook him up” was in place… more on that in a minute! All of our old “floor” buddies made it out as well. We had a wonderful collection of beverages.. Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sprite, Dr. Pepper.. you know, all age appropriate soft drinks!!!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Melania Trump dons 'I really don't care, do u?' jacket 22 June 2018 5852 Hits WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump went to Texas to show she cared about migrant children. Her fashion choice carried a baffling counter-message. The first lady wore a green, hooded military jacket from the fast-fashion brand Zara that read "I really don't care, do u?" both as she departed and returned to Washington. The words were printed in white, in graffiti-style, on the jacket's back. When asked what message the first lady's jacket intended to send, spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said: "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe. " Grisham underscored that message in a tweet with the hashtags #SheCares and #ItsJustAJacket. But President Donald Trump offered his own interpretation in a tweet, saying it "refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!" Mrs. Trump changed into a pale yellow jacket before the plane landed in McAllen, Texas, for a visit to the Upbring New Hope Children's Center, which houses 55 migrant children. But even after questions arose about her attire, Mrs. Trump was back in the green jacket when she returned to Washington in 80-degree weather. Like it or not, Mrs. Trump's jacket, which reportedly retailed at $39, had her trending on Twitter. One outraged user borrowed an image of the back of the jacket to promote groups working on behalf of immigrant children. First lady Melania Trump arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, June 21, 2018, after visiting the Upbring New Hope Children Center run by the Lutheran Social Services of the South in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Zara, a Spain-based company with a large presence in the United States and around the world, had no comment on the uproar. The jacket belongs to the company's spring-summer 2016 season and is no longer for sale by the company, though a few of the jackets popped up online for resale at a moderate profit for sellers. The youthful jacket sharply contrasts with the first lady's typically bold, foreign-flavored and higher-priced wardrobe. In public appearances, the first lady has worn designs by Dolce & Gabbana (remember her $51,500 D&G jacket at the G-7 summit in Italy?), Del Pozo, Christian Dior, Emilio Pucci, Givenchy and Valentino, often with daringly high Christian Louboutin heels. It's not the first time the first lady's fashion choices have caused a stir. Last August, a pair of Mrs. Trump's signature spike heels earned her a round of bafflement as she boarded Air Force One bound for Texas to tour devastation after Hurricane Harvey. She had changed into white sneakers by the time she and the president landed. At the second 2016 presidential debate, Mrs. Trump showed up in a fuchsia silk blouse with a large bow at the neck, long known as a "pussy bow blouse." That was just days after reports surfaced that her husband had made lewd remarks years earlier about grabbing women by the genitals. On the other side of the political aisle, former first lady Michelle Obama routinely caught grief from some critics for going sleeveless. Her husband, President Barack Obama, was the talk of a 24-hour news cycle when he donned a tan suit in 2014 for a media briefing.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Traffic in Lebanon County was slowed considerably by a dusting of snow Saturday morning. While caution was the word of the day, a snow emergency was cancelled early Saturday by Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello. Michael K. Dakota - Lebanon Daily News	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
SERIES INFO Genre : Crime Documentary DramaStars : Joe Kenda, Carl MarinoSeries Plot : Homicide Hunter is a non-fiction investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective, Lieutenant Joe Kenda. With his personal interviews and compelling storytelling style, Kenda captivates us with the details of a different investigation each week, beginning from when he got the homicide call to when the case was closed. Unlike many true-crime shows, this series delivers the realities of the emotional and psychological effects of a murder on the investigator. Set in Colorado, a state known for its suburban lifestyle, these murders are all the more compelling because they are stories of homicide that can happen to anybody.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Glenmorangie Finealta Recreating old whisky must be a tricky business. I can taste and smell things in a dram that seem to me to be the flavours and aromas it contains (or suggests). But to work the other way and engineer a whisky to capture subtle notes and undercurrents once contained by a whisky gone by takes a rare skill and depth of understanding. Glenmorangie Finealta is a recreation of a recipe from 1903, which is matured in a specific ratio between American white oak casks and Spanish Oloroso casks. There’s also a spot of peat to this – unusual for a Glenmorangie these days, but a hundred plus years ago, they dried their barley in a peat fired kiln, so it would have been standard at the time. Having not tasted the original myself – being only forty-something years of age, rather than a hundred and forty something – I can’t speak to the exactness with which the whisky has been recreated. But I can tell you what I think of it. First, the nose is quite citrus. Lime and oranges and a sugary note reminiscent of lemon drops, with a touch of dried fruit and a slight note of thin woodsmoke – like burning kindling. The sweetness comes through on the palate – still citrus, but more marmalade than fresh fruit. A little water takes the sharpness away – and too much quickly deadens it – but it’s still overwhelmingly marmalade with ginger and a little allspice. The finish is an unusual one. Instantly baking soda and sugar – sweet, but unbalanced, like a misread fudge recipe. Not altogether unpleasant, but certainly surprising after the delicate start. An overall chalky floral ending, as if you’d inhaled your grandmother’s face powder – evocative of times gone by, certainly. This may or may not be indistinguishable from the whisky served at the American Bar of the Savoy in 1903, but the attractive art nouveau inspired bottle, the stories that will accompany it, and the unusual nature of the dram (both in terms of its peaty air and its antique elegance) will pique the curiosity of many whisky enthusiasts. If you’re interested, you’ll pick up a bottle for around the £60 mark. 46% abv. Dubber and Clutch on Twitter: @davidjmclare Some good ones in that pic. Give the Highland Park a go. Very drinkable…	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Platform SoCs (General-purpose Processors) A platform SoC ("PF SoC") is a general-purpose processor serving as the basis of our system development support solutions, which reduce such customer risks as developmental delays and cost overruns in system development. Thanks to their high performance CPUs and GPUs, as well as a high level of extensibility, our PF SoCs are capable of meeting a wide variety of needs that cannot be met with existing application processors, thereby solving customer issues. CONTENTS PF SoCs With their high performance CPUs and GPUs, as well as high-speed interfaces, this product family offers the best products for developing high performance, low power consumption systems at low cost. We have a product lineup that supports the diverse requirements of office, industrial, medical, and other equipment that cannot be met by current application processors. In addition, we have an evaluation board and software that enable quick commencement of system development. • Equipped with High Performance CPUs and Advanced GPUs With its high performance CPU and a GPU that supports GPGPU computing, PF SoCs provide a vastly improved software development environment that increases the potential for realizing in software a level of functionality that to date was only possible in hardware. Advances in software-oriented development will not only increase system development efficiency and improve the inheritability and portability of software resources, but will also accelerate the launching of customer products. • SoCs with Easily Enhanceable Functionality PF SoCs can also meet requirements related to the enhancement of product functionality through the use of hardware situated outside the SoC in a product's configuration. The PF SoC makes the development of high-performance systems possible thanks to its high-speed interfaces (including PCI Express) whose generous bandwidth prevents bottlenecks in interfaces with custom LSIs outside the SoC. • Development Environment for Increasing Efficiency of Development The purpose of our platform software is to increase the cost effectiveness of software development for PF SoC users. In addition to an OS and device drivers, the platform software includes firmware that maximizes the performance of the PF SoC. What's more, it includes OpenGL ES, OpenCL and other standard libraries supporting OpenAPI, that reduce development periods and enhance asset utilization.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Peterborough-based art and design student faces seven rounds to be crowned Miss Cambridgeshire at Anstey Hall, Cambridge, on Sunday February 15, including evening dress, charity and general knowledge rounds. Ingrid said: “I’m very excited but nervous as well and I get butterflies just thinking about the competition. “I did a catwalk for a shop in Peterborough and a girl who had done beauty pageants before said she thought I’d be really good at it. “So I thought of entering Miss Peterborough 2015, but accidentally entered for Miss England instead and after I was interviewed, the judges put me into the finals of Miss Cambridgeshire 2015.” Ingrid was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and grew up in the country’s Minas Gerais state before moving to England with her family as a six-year-old. After about five years living in London, Ingrid’s family moved to Spalding and lived in Woolram Wygate for six years. Ingrid said: “I didn’t speak the language when I came here and it was a big shock to move from a big city like London to Spalding which was very, very quiet. “I used to be very shy, but I started to come out of my shell when I went to what was Gleed Girls Technology College where I met some really lovely girls who helped me become more outgoing and bubbly. “I then got into modelling and photography which made more confident and now I love trying new things like this beauty contest.” Ingrid hopes to study for a degree in footwear design and set up her own business in orthopaedic footwear to help children in Brazil and the UK. “I’m currently doing a foundation course in art and design but in the future, I want to become a businesswoman,” Ingrid said. “I love high-heel shoes but I can’t wear them all the time because they hurt my feet, so I want to go into the orthopaedic side of footwear fashion. “But before that, I have my first beauty pageant which I’m looking forward to because of the dressing up and taking on different characters.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
On Israel completed the main segment of a razor-wire fence along its border with Egypt on Wednesday, a barrier against illegal migrants and Islamist militants hiding out in the lawless Sinai region. The five-meter high fence, bolstered by military surveillance equipment, is touted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as proof of his commitment to the Jewish state's security as he campaigns for a national election on 22 January . Once the final 14 kilometer (8.5 mile) section is completed within three months, the fence will stretch from Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat to the Gaza Strip on the Mediterranean. In the desert beyond, hardline Islamist groups have expanded in a security vacuum caused by the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and efforts to re-impose central authority have been slow. Islamist gunmen killed at least 16 Egyptian border guards in Sinai last August and hijacked an armored vehicle which they smashed across the frontier before they were killed by Israeli forces. With security and illegal immigration a target of his campaign, Netanyahu travelled by military helicopter to the southern frontier for a ceremony marking the completion of the 230 km (143 miles) section of fence. His government has accelerated its construction, deported some migrants and imposed legal penalties on Israelis who hire them without work permits. Thirty-six migrants crossed illegally into Israel last month and were arrested, compared with 2,153 who entered a year ago, Netanyahu's office said in a statement. "Just as we stopped completely the infiltration into Israeli cities, we will succeed in the next mission — the repatriation of tens of thousands of infiltrators already in Israel to their home countries," it cited Netanyahu as saying at the ceremony. More than 60,000 Africans have entered Israel on foot in recent years seeking work or refuge. They have stirred fears for public order and some have come under racially-motivated attack. The bulk are from Sudan or Eritrea and Israel's ability to repatriate them is limited. Sudan's government is hostile to Israel and Somalia is deemed a ravaged danger zone by refugee advocates. Israel portrays the vast majority of the migrants as illegal job-seekers. Humanitarian agencies say they should be considered for asylum.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Ms Meir said it will be difficult not being able to hug family and friends, after seven months off the planet. She anticipates feeling even more isolated on Earth than in space. “We’re so busy with so many other amazing pursuits and we have this incredible vantage point of the Earth below, that we don’t really feel as much of that isolation,” she said. “So we’ll see how it goes and how I adjust. But it will, of course, be wonderful to see some family and friends, at least virtually and from a distance for now.” Mr Morgan flew to the space station last July, and Ms Meir last September. They will return in a Soyuz capsule with Russian Oleg Skripochka, landing in Kazakhstan. Their departure will leave three astronauts, who arrived on Thursday, on board. The three will return exactly 50 years after the Apollo 13 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific. An oxygen tank explosion aborted the moon-landing mission. “Once again, now there’s a crisis and the crisis is on Earth,” Mr Morgan said. Lunchtime News Wrap A lunchtime summary of content highlights on the Irish Examiner website. Delivered at 1pm each day.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
20. If you do not have complete knowledge about anything, better keep your mouth shut. You might think that speaking about something without full knowledge is trivial matter. But it might have grave consequences 21. When you hear something malicious about someone, keep a favorable view about him/her until you attain full knowledge about the matter. Consider others innocent until they are proven guilty with solid and truthful evidence 22. Ascertain truth of any news, lest you smite someone in ignorance & afterwards repent of what you did 23. Do not follow blindly any information of which you have no direct knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception) you must verify it for yourself. In the Court of your Lord, you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning 24. Never think that you have reached the final stage of knowledge and nobody knows more than yourself. Remember! Above everyone endowed with knowledge is another endowed with more knowledge [12/76]. Even the Prophet [p.b.u.h] was asked to keep praying, “O My sustainer! Advance me in knowledge.” 25. Believers are but a single brotherhood. Live like members of one family, brother, sister unto one another	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
As many of you know, we have shifted to our own space at dhwaniforum.com . Keeping the convenience of our members in mind and to make it easier for you to jump right into the forum activities, we have begun to send email to the email used at the time of your registration. Please use the enclosed password to login at the new site. P:S Sometimes the email will be deposited in your spam/junk folder ..Please keep an eye in that folder too Sanjay DuttTwo weeks after Sanjay Dutt was granted a month-long parole, the Bollywood actor was today released from Pune's Yerwada Jail. Additional Director General of Prisons Meeran Borwankar confirmed the development to .Dutt, undergoing remainder of his five-year jail term for possessing illegal firearms, part of a cache of weapons meant to be used during the 1993 blasts, was granted parole on December 6. The 53-year-old had applied for parole citing ill-health of wife Manyata, to Pune Divisional Commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh in whom the authority to grant parole is vested. However, photographs in the media of Manyata purportedly attending the screening of a film and also a celebrity birthday party that day, had raised questions about Dutt's claim regarding her illness.A major controversy had erupted over granting parole to Dutt for the second time in little over a month forcing the Maharashtra government to order an inquiry. Home Minister R R Patil had ordered the inquiry to ascertain the basis for granting parole to the film star after allegations of favouritism and protests outside Yerwada jail intensified. Earlier, the actor had availed of 15 days leave of furlough, extending it further by another fortnight in October on medical grounds. Dutt was shifted to the central prison in Pune from Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail in May this year.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A chilling article in the New York Times today explores the connection between Evangelical Christians in the US and the fallout around the Ugandan bill punishing homosexuality with the death penalty. »1/04/10 2:00pm 1/04/10 2:00pm	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Share this The high school baseball season may be over, capped off by Oak Hills’ first team CIF championship in any sport in the school’s history, but local prep baseball fans will get a chance to see some more action this week. The Inland Empire Coaches Association San Bernardino vs. Riverside All-Star Game comes first, taking place Tuesday at Arrowhead Credit Union Park in San Bernardino at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the stadium or on Ticketmaster. The Daily Bulletin All-Star Game, featuring the best of the Inland Valley region, will be played Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Epicenter in Rancho Cucamonga. Tickets to the Bulletin All-Star Game are also $5 and can be purchased at the stadium or at the Bulletin offices at 2041 E. 4th Street in Ontario Monday and Tuesday.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A survey of 11,000 people in 23 countries reveals that unemployment is the world’s fastest-rising worry. This survey was conducted by the BBC World Service. A university degree apparently does not make one immune to this worry. According to a BBC report some graduates are paying companies to give them work....	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
J. Cole’s ‘KOD’ Shatters Taylor Swift Spotify Record J. Cole‘s brilliant set ‘KOD‘ has crushed Taylor Swift‘s Spotify record by way of streams it earned on the thriving platform. Awesome news below… J cole is not on the cover of his album.. that is Edward, the demon that Cole is trying to "kill", and whom is featured on the album. Edward is the “King of Drugs” (hint the album naans KOD), and he gets kids to take drugs and eventually Edward will control and take their life. pic.twitter.com/a7eYmHL3cp The album’s themes mine their way through Cole’s thoughts on love, addiction, monogamy and the rise of opioid-jingle making Hip-Hop stars. Impressed by his art? The general public who streamed the album’s title track 4.2 million times in less than 24 hours pulling the rug from beneath Taylor Swift‘s ‘Look What You Made Me Do‘ which picked up Spotify’s opening-day record after nabbing 3.8 million streams. J. Cole just addressed mental health within the black community, trashed rappers who do nothing for the culture but tarnish its name, the glorification of drug addiction, AND threw shade at the United States government in one album 🙌🏼 #KOD	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
News in brief On Wednesday, a £500,000 proposal was approved for the construction of a brand new library in South Norwood, expected to be completed by 2019. The initiative comes as part of a mixed-use development on a vacant site in Station Road, replacing the currently inaccessible library on the junction of Selhurst Road and Lawrence Road. The new library will comprise of a more flexible space that would accommodate a larger working space and allow for out-of-hours use for community activities, such as adult learning classes. Councillor Timothy Godfrey said: “At a time when many councils are finding their library services under threat I’m delighted to be able to announce an investment of this nature that will deliver on our promise to protect this valuable resource for future generations.” The council is also drawing up alternative uses for the old building to maximise value for money until it is reoccupied. A survey for residents is available to establish what they would want from the new library and to raise any concerns. The survey questionnaire is available both online and in hard copy from other local libraries. Pic: Croydon Council Free Gyms Help Push Healthy Lifestyles By Xinni Long The first of five new outdoor fitness gyms was installed by Croydon Council in New Adlington earlier this month. Facilities include an exercise bike, cross trainer, rowing machine and strength straining equipment which can be used all year round. Four other gyms are planned for Purley Way Playing Fields, Upper Norwood Recreation Ground, King George’s Field and Grangewood Park. Mental health charity, the Matt Palmer Trust, is contributing £100,000 towards the costs of the project. The trust supports the mental well-being of men of all ages in the UK and Ireland and promotes sport as a way of improving male mental health. Croydon man convicted of murder of mother of his child over child support money By Holly Pyne A Croydon man has pleaded guilty to stabbing the mother of his child after she asked him to pay child support for their daughter. On 25 May, Mark Morris, 39, confronted his ex-partner, Emma Day, over her request for him to start paying Child Support Agency payments for their daughter. Morris stabbed Day following this altercation. Earlier the same day, Day asked a friend to walk her home because Morris had previously been in the area. Morris approached them on their walk home after emerging from an alleyway. Detective Inspector John Massey, of the Homocide and Major Crime Command, said: “This was a pre-meditated, brutal attack where Morris laid in wait for Emma so he could confront her. When the conversation did not go his way, he followed Emma, produced a large knife and stabbed her to death before fleeing the scene.” Morris previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter but this was not accepted by the court. He will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Thursday, 30 November. Student hit by car in Hoxton as dangerous driving continues to rise in Hackney By Anisha De A seven-year-old boy was hit by a car on a zebra crossing outside St John the Baptist primary school in Hoxton on Tuesday morning. The child, who attends the school, was crossing the road with his mother on Pitfield Street when he was hit and the car failed to stop. He suffered from bruises but suffered no major injuries. In September, St John’s became the first school in Hackney to trial the Safer Schools scheme, banning parents and drivers from dropping off and picking up kids by car because of dangerous driving. The school has campaigned unsuccessfully for several years to obtain a lollipop person and general road safety reviews. The area is infamous for drivers and cyclists who rarely stop for pedestrians, with a teacher from the school being knocked down only last year. Pixabay pic: dimitrisvetsikas1969 Clapton Road pedestrian collision appeal By Anisha De Scotland Yard has appealed for witnesses to come forward after an 88-year-old man died from a lorry collision on Upper Clapton Road. Police from the area closed off the roads shortly after 10:40 am as an air ambulance was called upon to attend the victim. The driver of the lorry stopped at the scene and assisted the police with their enquiries but they are keen to identify a man who was driving possibly a seven-seat car at a nearby crossing at the time of the collision. Any witnesses or anyone with information can call the police on 0208 597 4874, get in touch via Twitter @MetCC or you can give information anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. Mock acid attack carried out in Hackney nightclub to get people to plan for the worst By Sophia Ankel A ‘mock’ acid attack was carried out at Cargo nightclub in Hackney yesterday to make people think about the emerging threat in London. The planned horrific aftermath of an acid attack was demonstrated to about 150 people, including hospitality managers and club staff. Counter terrorism officer Neil Parham ran the simulation to address important steps to take in the case of an attack. Some key pointers covered were the importance of using water on wounds and taking care when treating others’ wounds as acid cane easily spread via skin contact. Deptford homeless charity’s volunteer programme launch By Sophie Soar Deptford-based homeless charity, the 999 Club, is launching open evenings next week for those interested in volunteering. The 999 Club Night Shelter will be opening on the 2 January 2018, which they hope to run for three ten-week seasons over the year. It provides a space for the homeless to sleep safely indoors between 8:00pm and 8:00am. A spokesperson for the 999 Club said: “We are on the hunt for night shelter volunteers at the moment. Homelessness is really isolating and it’s really important to come along and treat people with respect and humanity. If people don’t want to give money, it’s a really good opportunity and fits around a day at work.” The 999 Club open evenings for night shelter volunteers will run on November 29 and December 6, starting at 7:30pm. Email [email protected] to request a place. Meal at Night Shelter 999 Club. Pic: 999 Club Resident blocked by Lewisham Councillors on social media By Ugbad Elmi A social media activist Carole Hope, who is fighting against the destruction of trees and habitats in Beckenham Place Park, was blocked by Councillor Sophie McGeevor after commenting on a twitter post. Allegedly, several other borough residents have been blocked on the social media platform Twitter. Hope said: “You only have to look at Twitter to see Lewisham does not listen to residents.” She added residents believe it to be a vanity project to try and “change the landscape and sight lines”. Hope saying she is also blocked by other Lewisham councillors including Councillor Rachel Onikosi when asked about a BBC Radio interview and the former CEO of Lewisham Council, Barry Quirk. In December 2016, the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded Lewisham council £4.9m to redevelop the Beckenham Place Park, with this opportunity to improve the park came the closure of the golf course despite a petition signed by 8,000 people against this decision. Lewisham Council has not replied to a request for comment. Lewisham Park featured in latest Domino’s Ad By Lucinda Diamond Domino’s Pizza’s national advert “The Official Food of Squads” features Fordham Park in Lewisham. Released on September 27, the advert shows the park down the road from Goldsmiths, which is located close to Deptford Green School. The latter’s sign can be seen in the background of the advert as the male youth ‘squad’ strut through the park with the signature pizza box in hand. Fordham Park, Lewisham is featured in the latest Domino's advert. Pic: Domino's White ribbons sported by Lewisham Councillors: What are they and why? By Ella Milburn At Wednesday’s Full Council meeting, Lewisham councillors wore white ribbons to show their commitment to ending violence against women and girls. The ribbons represent the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day, which falls each year on November 25. Speaking about the importance of the campaign, Lewisham Mayor Steve Bullock said: “Violence against women and girls is a very serious and continuing challenge in this borough, as it is across London. “White Ribbon Day is our opportunity - particularly as men - to say: ‘This is wrong, we challenge this, and will go on doing that until we don't need to.’” Lewisham council was awarded white ribbon status in March 2017 in recognition of its work tackling violence against women and girls. East London Mosque launches archive facility with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan By Ellie Fry East London Mosque in Whitechapel launched their new archives facility on Tuesday evening, hosted by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs was also in attendance to show his support. East London Mosque holds significant collections documenting the history of the one of the UK’s oldest mosques. It is London’s oldest and largest, based in the heart of Tower Hamlets. The new archive centre hopes to preserve and celebrate national heritage, Sadiq Khan said: “Great to launch the East London Mosque archives – this fantastic facility will ensure important records are preserved for generations to come.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Recommended for you B.B. French – Blogger Extraordinaire Long before the advent of Twitter, Facebook and blogs – there were journals. 150 years ago this month saw one of the most transformative periods in the construction of the United States Capitol along with the historic address by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. One individual captured these events both as a witness, and as participant, capturing first-hand details of moments that shaped history. Benjamin Brown (B.B.) French served as Commissioner of Public Buildings in 1863. In this role, he was responsible for oversight of all federal buildings in Washington, D.C., including the U.S. Capitol. 150 years ago today, on Friday, November 6, 1863, French witnessed the installation of the iron columns of “lanthorn” [tholos] at the top of the Capitol Dome, and the placement of the Columbus Doors in the Capitol. He captured his thoughts of these events in his journal: “We have not had so disagreeable a day by the way of wind and dust for months, as this is. I was down in the city for two or three hours this forenoon and came near being suffocated. Pa Avenue was one cloud of dust from end to end, and it was nearly as much as one’s life was worth to pass up or down 7th St. the wind being N.W. seemed to whirl all through that street in every direction. For the week past the workmen have putting up the bronze doors made by Randolph Rogers, between the old and new Halls of the Ho. Reps. in the Capitol. The doors are now in place and are magnificent. They embody in the semicircle over the transom, and in the panels, the history of Columbus. They are a study for a month, and after the brick work is filled in & the entire job finished, I intend to study them at my leisure. The first iron column of the lanthorn of the Dome was put in its place this morning. The others will follow, and the place for “Freedom” to stand upon will soon be ready. The outside of the Dome will now be completed in a few weeks. It will take at least a year to finish the inner Dome, which is to be very highly ornamented. When the Capitol is finished, if ever such an event occurs, it will be in every respect, a noble building, and will contain hundreds of things worth the study of the connoisseur in the Fine Arts – Mechanics – etc….”1 These remarkable insights provide us further inspiration as the Architect of the Capitol prepares to restore the Capitol Dome and celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Statue of Freedom’s placement atop the Dome on December 2. 1Excerpted from: French, Benjamin B., Donald B. Cole, and John J. McDonough. Witness to the Young Republic: A Yankee's Journal, 1828-1870. Hanover, NH: University of New England, 1989. Print. Comments After hearing about the dome restoration on the news I happened upon the AOC website--and am so grateful I did. These blog posts are so informative and without being overwhelming and it's great insight into a lot we do not know. Can't wait for future posts now that I've found this!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Times-Picayune cuts half of newsroom staff June 12: Reporter Ramon Vargas, center, waits for his meeting and St. Tammany reporter Christine Harvey cries after not being offered a position with the new Nola Media Group. (The Times-Picayune/AP) NEW ORLEANS – The Times-Picayune said Tuesday 200 employees will lose their jobs when one of the nation's oldest daily newspapers shifts its focus to online news and publishes just three days a week beginning this fall. The paper said 84 of the newsroom's 173 employees were cut at the 175-year-old paper. Advertising, circulation and other departments also were affected. The change means New Orleans will become the largest metro area in the nation without a daily newspaper in the digital age. In Alabama, three major daily newspapers laid off about 400 employees, many of them in the newsrooms at The Birmingham News, the Press-Register in Mobile and The Huntsville Times. All four papers will continue to publish on their websites, and online access will remain free. The newspapers' parent company, Advance Publications, is shifting its focus in the digital age. Papers have struggled in recent years as print advertising declined during the recession, and newspapers have yet to learn how to make online advertising as profitable as its printed counterpart. News of the pending changes first broke late last month and was greeted with dismay In New Orleans. A rally in support of keeping The Times-Picayune a daily drew hundreds of people outside a popular restaurant last week. Community leaders and a group of advertisers that includes an auto dealership, one of the area's largest real estate agencies, jewelers and a regional grocery chain have called on the parent company to keep the daily publication. "Many readers can't imagine the morning without our newspaper in their hands," The Times-Picayune editor, Jim Amoss, said in a video posted on the paper's affiliated website, NOLA.com. "I understand that. I'm a print guy. I grew up in this business. But I'm also a news guy, a journalist and a New Orleans native. My priorities are to cover the news of the New Orleans area, to have the best reporters investigate and explain the complexities of this politically byzantine community and to write about our culture, our food, our music, our sports mania." The staff reductions are effective Sept. 30. Job casualties in New Orleans included some of the city's most experienced writers and photographers, many of whom announced their own departure on a Facebook page by simply posting "-30-," an old copy editor's code for "end of story." Peter Finney, a sports writer for the paper since 1945, is being laid off but has been asked to write a freelance column, the paper said. Managing editors Peter Kovacs and Dan Shea, among the newsroom leaders during the paper's Pulitzer Prize winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, have not been asked to stay. Brett Anderson, the current restaurant critic for the food-obsessed city, is leaving for a fellowship. Employees who took part in Tuesday's meetings described an emotional scene that played out over the course of the day among colleagues who have worked together for many years. Reporter Barri Marsh Bronston said she was being let go after 31 years. "These last three weeks have been unbearable, but I'm feeling a sense of relief right now," she said in a post on Facebook. She did not want to be interviewed but gave permission for her comment to be used. Throughout the day, employees met with various managers and were told either that they would have a job with the new company, Nola Media Group, or they were offered severance packages. Some will later be able to apply for positions in the new operation, the paper said. The Times-Picayune was acquired by the Newhouse-family run Advance chain in the 1960s. The current news operation was rooted in the combination of The Times-Picayune, a morning newspaper, and its afternoon companion, The States-Item, in 1980. After the merger, the newspaper expanded coverage with the opening of bureaus in the New Orleans suburbs. It earned two Pulitzer Prizes in the 1990s and then later two more for its reporting of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Friday, March 16 These letters were published in the Australian Financial Review which is Australia’s leading national business paper with a weekday circulation of around 237, 000 and 153, 000 for the weekend edition. All the letters with a link to the original article can be read " on line " by clicking on the heading to this post. Some were chosen to have cartoons attached created by their resident cartoonist. A sample of some is reproduced below : Security risk overdone Local Huawei chairmen John Lord is justified in rejecting the assertion that a security risk justifies exclusion of the local arm of the telco giant, the second-largest supplier of telecom infrastructure in the world, in the building of the $36 billion national broadband network (“Huawei: “We’re no risk”, March 27). Huawei has more than 100,000 employees with nearly half employed in research and development in Germany, India, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Their network extends to over 100 countries including most of the world’s 50 largest telecoms. ASIO, of course, doesn’t have to justify its position to the public nor has our Prime Minister in her muted response “it’s prudent”. But with a project of this size one might reasonably ask why security safeguards and undertakings for all contractors aren’t already sufficiently robust to afford security protection. Perhaps we should also ban US companies on the basis that more US military involvement here poses a national security risk bearing in mind the ease with which their own top secrets were posted for all to see on the Wikileaks website. It doesn’t seem as if we have travelled too far forward from the time when the headlines screamed “Reds under the bed”. Harvey’s groans still make a case In “Please stop whingeing, Gerry Harvey’’ (Letters. January 12) I note Kieran Kelly avoids mentioning the one salient point that Gerry Harvey and Dick Smith attempt to make. The growth in on line sales from these sites enjoying this cost advantage has nothing to do with innovation or changing modes of business or anything else but is due to this tax cost advantage. Australians will and do purchase electronic goods, or any for that matter, when they are cheaper offshore. This year the government will collect hundreds of millions of dollars less in GST as a result of consumers sourcing goods from overseas which are not subject to GST. This means less tax is available for schools roads and heath. Retailers can, of course, set up their own on line shopping, but will be uncompetitive as they are subject to GST and import levies. Baillieu’s Work Cover grab James McKenzie’, chairmen of the Transport Accident Commission and Victorian Work Cover Authority, reaches the inescapable conclusion that a state government’s decision to impose a dividend on the workers compensation and work safe authorities is akin to simply another tax on employers. (“Baillieu raid threatens Work Safe’s full funding", Opinion. February 28). The Baillieu government has taken just this course in its move to take $471 million in additional diviends from the WorkCover Authority. I can remember the previous mess for workers compensation in the state several decades earlier prior to the present reform when employers faced crippling premium rates as high as 8% of wages as a consequence of large payouts under common law underwritten by a number of private insurers. Fortunately today after much needed reform we now benefit from the lowest rates in Australia. But as McKenzie correctly points out, these are now at risk if the government decides on a policy of dividend imposition which can only be recovered in increased premiums from employers. Hiding behind this ideological bent to pay a dividend should be seen for what it is – an additional premium hike on employers for no reason other than to boost the Treasury coffers and give the appearance of good economic management. Asia resilient on Indian demand Stephen Wyatt’s gloomy assessment on commodities (“China props up shaky demand” (January 30) notes that while China remains the elelephant in the room, it is not the only game in town. Wyatt fails to mention some of the supply restraints emerging or that other resilient markets such as India and those in our Asian region which can and are leading the way in a revival in construction projects whose increased demand for steel will lead to an increase, for instance, in iron ore consumption. In fact India’s consumption of iron ore is rising at a time as it reverses its position from self sufficiency to one that is a major importer since the government took action against illegal miners. Further supply constraints are arising from Brazil whose mines were recently affected by the very heavy rains. Depressed levels in the Euro zone and the USA are unlikely to get much worse so that overall even if there was curtailment in China’s appetite, the slack may be offset by demand elsewhere combined with emerging supply restraints. Resources Future Assured Stephen Wyatt’s “Boom glory days drawing to a close” (Commodities observed February 23) continues his theme commodity prices beginning in 2013 will suffer severe falls and put pressure on the share prices of BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals. Forecasting one year ahead is difficult enough, but predicting a 50% reduction in iron ore price over the next three years, as Wyatt does , even when quoting commodity analysts, is implausible. Wyatt fails to acknowledge that in India and China softer future steel making demand for construction (and hence iron ore demand) may be more than offset by robust growth in the consumption-related sectors such as machinery and transportation. This is a natural progression for these developing economies fuelled by demand from a burgeoning middle class and echoes China’s latest five year plan. China is aiming at reducing its reliance on exports and investment to be more reliant on local consumption to sustain its economy. If there is going to be any slowing in demand in commodities than a more likely scenario is a gradual decline but anyone predicting further massive falls is foolhardy. The dynamism of developing economies and their ability to sustain demand for resources over the next several decades should not be underestimated. Hewson’s bank bashing unfair John Hewson’s “Greedy banks cry foul” (Opinion, February 3) is another example of bank bashing lacking substance. I am intrigued by his idea that banks operate in a privileged position as a virtual oligopoly and are greedy. Bank returns for the four majors vary from around 13 % to 17 % on shareholders’ funds with the top notch going to the Commonwealth and each has a very distinctive customer base. Many listed Australian icons easily exceed this return such as Telstra at 26%, Woolworths 28% and BHP 38%. Given the cost of Capital is 12% the banks average returns of 15% can hardly be viewed as excessive. In fact the Australian banking industry is extremely competitive as evidenced by the string of foreign banks that closed their local operations unable to realise commercial returns. Thankfully we have a strong banking industry which did not succumb to the overtures by foreign banks to become engaged in the sub-prime securities and derivatives market which caused those banking giants in the USA and Europe to need huge publically funded bailouts to remain solvent. The only reason banks have to seek wholesale funding overseas at higher interest rates is because their local depositor base here is insufficient. Hewson and the flurry of bank bashes only serve to undermine what is needed: a continuing strong healthy profitable competitive banking sector which is critical at a time when overseas credit markets remain constrained. 8 comments: Thoughts:1) We handle this as a "use tax" administered by (most of) the states. The states also administer our sales taxes, with various local taxes added in. 2) Dividends? That seems really out of place. Is there something I'm missing here? 3) I don't think that India enjoys the level of industrialization as China, so I would expect the effect of any surge in materials to be likewise muted. 4) India is able to side-step the demand for raw ore to some degree. There's some place where ships are left out to rot, and the people there go out to cut off pieces of them. Those pieces are then remade into steel.Though I would presume activities as this to have some manner of effect, I wouldn't expect it to drive the market.Some of that steel coming out of China is so low-grade I don't even see how it passed the testing procedures.Ukrainian steel is much better. 5) I'm thinking that I should pay more attention to Australian banks. I've been tentative about Aussie securities due to the extended pre-market sessions.I remember you telling me that the banks looked good, and all I could see was Canadian take-overs of American banks.I suppose the view is a bit different from Down Under. Hi Mercutio - I have now included a reference to all the articles – if you click on the heading you’re taken to the Australian Financial Review page which has all my letters and the original article cross-referenced should it be of interest. 1. The government has put collecting the GST and import duties on the sub $1000 overseas internet imported goods into the too hard basket saying it will cost more to collect then the tax will provide. This is a nonsense- it could easily be collected !! !! 2 - It is just a grab for money under the guise of a super efficiency dividend!! Some of the people are fooled for some of the time but not all the time. But for the time being it’s going ahead since it’s not of much concern to your average punter!! 3 & 4. True, corruption, a lack of governance and development in India are the major disappointments to many who saw much promise just a few years ago -- but it is improving slowly. Don’t expect much growth from the banks except they could be re rated and attract more interest as your US banks come back into favor.Best wishes not sure what you mean- I'm not a trader but here are a few thoughts for you on investing and hedging. I think investing during these uncertain volatile times requires one to analyze the available investor tools available, the support services, methodologies and where possible ( providing it is within the capability and knowledge of the investor) employ hedging strategies to reduce risks. I like to write covered calls both as a hedge against any falls but also to provide income to supplement dividends and or capital appreciation. In other words as the writer of a call one sells the option to another at an strike agreed price and it is covered to the extent you physically own the stock. The option sold can be rolled up if the price of the stock later exceeds the strike into another further down the track or you can allow it to be exercised on the due date. The other side of the transaction might be a super fund hedging against a rally so that it not so much an adversarial market but one with different parties can gain from different hedging requirements. I am also not against writing puts providing your keen to acquire a designated stock at a designated future strike price( should the option be exercised ) so that you gain from a reduction in cost inherent in the time value of the option. But much more importantly you need to be able to determine whether or not a company is above or below its intrinsic value. Excellent research facilities are available from my broker but additionally I have the past history and consensus forecasts for every listed entity on the ASX (about 2000) with to sort to a large number of designated criteria. Currently there are many good companies in your market and your options market is also much deeper than here where it is restricted to the larger blue chip companies. None of this is for free - but you need to invest in support services to be a sage investor in my opinion. Probably more information than you care to have, but...I can trade any exchange in New York through one broker. If I want to execute a trade in Chicago, I have to go through another broker.If I execute a trade in New York after the market has closed (or before it opens), and it's executed as pre-market, there's no price attached, and it typically executes at the high of the day. I've learned to execute those trades as limit orders, and then the execution is attached to the price.I can also trade in Australia, Tokyo, Zurich, and London. I used to get up at midnight and trade the London exchange before New York opened, but I'm not really into it that much any more.But London moves much like New York, and Zurich does as well, to a lesser extent.Tokyo is completely independent. It will provide very little insight as to what will occur in New York.Australia is like Tokyo in that regard. But the Australian exchange has an extended pre-market session, which appears to have movement independent from the trading session itself.As I remember, the pre-market session begins at 8:30, and the market doesn't open until 10.The movement of the same securities isn't the same across the board. I can buy German shares of an American company, and it may actually do better than the shares available in New York.I never have figured out the Australian exchange, or Tokyo for that matter, and as a result, I've stayed out of them.But the extended pre-market session is a feature of the Australian exchange that is unique to it.Not sure, but I think it might have something to do with the date line. Hi Mercutio – info for you on our ASX : Pre-opening phase is from 7:00 am to 10:00 am when Brokers enter orders into the ASX Trade in preparation for the market opening. As an Investors you may enter orders on-line which are queued according to price-time priority but they will not trade until the market opens. Overnight and overseas trades may be reported until 9:45 am, Sydney time but theses trades must take place according to ASX Market Rules. The opening takes place at 10:00 am Sydney time and lasts for about 10 minutes. ASX Trade calculates the opening prices during this phase. Securities open in five groups, according to the starting letter of their ASX code: According to the ASX time is randomly generated . Between 4:00 pm and 4:10 pm, Sydney time, the market is placed in Pre-open. Trading stops and brokers enter change and cancel orders in preparation for the market closing and the closing Single Price AuctionThe Closing Single Price Auction takes place between 4:10* pm and 4:12 pm, Sydney time.ASX Trade calculates closing prices during this phase.*Random +/- 15 secsBest wishes About Me I have worked in the roles as Company Secretary or Divisional financial executive with larger Australian based multinational companies before changing careers in favour of sales and marketing for the latter 12 years of business life. My particular interests include corporate social responsibility, ethics and research into more sustainable business practices. I am a fellow of CPA Australia and an Associate member of the Governance Institute of Australia which was previously called the Chartered Secretaries Australia. I am chairman of the Malawi Support group who are a small group of catholic parishioners who raise funds to support a sister parish in Malawi.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Dear Readers,Lots of earthquake activity near my house...Last night was quite a bumpy ride and I can't say I like it much. Sure, it is kind of exciting, but we've been having hundreds of little quakes in addition to the big ones and it's sort of like feeling butterflies in your stomach combined with that pressed-down feeling you get in summer just before a big storm. I may have mentioned FLUMES in the Phantom books. They're made of wood and carry water from one place to another, and sometimes logs, usually in agricultural areas. If you'd like to see what one looks like when it's struck by an earthquake thrown boulder late at night, have a look: Photo: Flume break at McCarran and Fourth \| www.rgj.com \| Reno Gazette-Journal this one was built along the Truckee River in the late 1800s to carry lumber from Lake Tahoe down the mountain to Reno. Dear Readers,You are so nice! Thanks for checking on me after the swarm of earthquakes we've had in the Reno/Verdi area. So far, my old house is still standing and the horses are a bit skittish, but still hungry! You're the best,Terri Dear Readers,The Phantom's home herd is in danger and you can help. Please read the article below. Tomorrow I will tell you what you can do! Best,Terri Country singer Willie Nelson has joined in a fight to preserve a wild horse herd roaming mountains near the old Nevada mining town of Virginia City — and Gov. Jim Gibbons is getting a lot of calls as a result. Singer-songwriter Lacy J. Dalton, who lives near Virginia City, asked Nelson to help stop what she and other wild horse advocates saw as a move by the Nevada Agriculture Department to round up a herd of about 1,200 horses for eventual livestock sales — where they could be sold for slaughter. “That’s exactly what they intend to do,” Dalton said. “It’s probably fueled by old-paradigm thinking about the horses, not seeing that they can be the most tremendous asset to tourism here in Northern Nevada.”“Over my dead body will they take those horses,” said Dalton, who toured with Nelson, also a wild-horse advocate, in the 1980s. “It’s wrong, it’s stupid and shortsighted.” I just watched one little foal (born Friday) take quite an attitude with his mama. He wanted to eat. She wanted to eat. She nudged him away, so that she could concentrate on her feed and he turned around and kicked her with both tiny hooves! This is all live. Two mares are ready to foal any hour and two have brand new babies. I know you'll love exploring the site and picking out your favorites as much as I did! In fact, if you're up for a treasure hunt, see if you can find the horse I "ahhhhhh" ed over. His name is Pacific Black Magic Dear Readers,Today is TANGIBLE KARMA day, meaning that you should discover that it feels as good to GIVE as well as GET things! If you want to send a friend a horse, I can help!1. Write down your friends' email addresses2. Go to The Phantom Stallion 3. click on PHANTOM FUN (see it there on the left side of the bulletin board, near Tempest?) 4. when you get to the next page, look on the left side and click on the POSTCARD link 5. Pick the photo or cover shot you think suits your friends best and GIVE, GIVE, GIVE.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Stacking fault energy Dear everyone, Can anyone explain how variation of Stacking Fault Energy(SFE) for different Face Centered Cubic(FCC) materials affect the stain hardening rate? For example SFE of aluminium is 250 mJ/m^2 and that of stainless steel is 9 mJ/m^2. Can you please explain which material has higher strain hardening coefficient and the reason behind it?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Sunday, December 19, 2010 Merry Christmas Whitney. We love and miss you more than you'll ever know. We hope you enjoy your Christmas tree as much as we loved making it for you. You were our Thanksgiving craft. Hudson, Harper, Leilani and Raelyn all put decorations on the tree all by themselves. We wanted you to have a little bit of home for Christmas. We know you are doing the Lord's work and are all very proud of you. Every time I see Raelyn (in the picture) she says Whitney on mission about Jesus. I miss her. Who else misses Auntie Whitney? My Grammy and Lani. Who else? Boppa, Mommy, Daddy, Hudson and Harper. Raelyn and I were listening to the Motab Christmas CD while making a gingerbread house. Raelyn says that is Whitney's music. She recognized the choir from Whitney's blog that she always wants to see and hear. Whitney, thanks for being an example to your nieces and nephews and to all of your family and friends. We can't wait to talk to you Dec 27 from the airport. Then on to the wonderful people of Paraguay who are waiting for you. Love you, Mom, Dad, Brian, Amy, Raelyn, Chris, Keri, Nicole, Justin, Hudson, Harper, David, Lindsay, Leilani, Miles and Mike On Aug 11, 2010, in a BYU apartment full of friends and family, Whitney read the words "you have been called to labor in the Paraguay - Asuncion Mission." The surprise, hooting, hollering, shaking, fears, tears of joy and excitement filled the room. Then the peace and calm filled our hearts. Whitney Elizabeth Plummer has chosen to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The sisters of our church serve for 18 months. During Whitney's mission she will be known as Hermana Plummer. Hermana Plummer will report to the Mission Training Center in Provo, UT on Oct. 27, 2010. While in the MTC she will learn how to be a missionary and learn the Spanish language. She will depart SLC for Asuncion Paraguay on Dec 27, 2010. Our family will be updating her website with emails and pictures. May the Lord bless you and keep you our darling, precious Whitney. We miss you already but know this is what you are to do at this tine in your life.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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How to search for songs in Spotify via context menu in Chrome [Tip] Let’s just say that you’re browsing online and you happen to stumble upon a random song title. Since you’re curious about the song, you decided to find out whether it’s available on Spotify. Since Spotify works as a separate app, you won’t be able to search for the song unless you launch the app. The thing is it can be quite inconvenient. If you don’t want to go through a lot of hassle, you can choose to add the “Search in Spotify” option to your context menu. This can be done if you’re using Chrome. How to search for songs in Spotify via context menu in Chrome In Chrome, you must first download and install a third-party extension called “Spotify Search”. After installing the extension, you don’t really need to do anything as it will automatically add the “Search in Spotify” option to your Chrome context menu. So what’s next? Well, you have to make sure that you have the Spotify client installed on your computer. Just click here to download Spotify for Windows. Unfortunately, this extension won’t work if you’re only using the Spotify Web Player. Once you have Spotify on your computer, just log in to your account. See to it that the Spotify client is running on the background. Next, open any web page or site with some information about an artist, singer, album or song title. Highlight the text for the song or track that you want to search. Right-click on the text to open the context menu then select “Search in Spotify”. In the dialog box that appears, just click “Okay” to confirm. Spotify will automatically search for the song title or artist that you’re looking for. The results will be displayed on your Spotify desktop client. Just pick any item from the list of results to play it.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:15:32PM -0500, Perry E.Metzger wrote: > I want to package an X font up (ProFont, see: > http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/) but I'm at a loss about how > to do it cleanly. > > The font in question is delivered as a zip file that contains a few X > bitmap font files -- I am not even clear on where they should be > placed in an xpkgwedge world, let alone how to rig things so that > they'll be properly mkfontdired etc. > > Could someone give me some ideas on how to do this? The pkgsrc/fonts/ko-* packages seem to do something the same -- try them for inspiration. Thomas	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The IIS 7 manager provides a UI for almost all sections for the web.config. It does simplify things for administrators but I have seen a couple of cases where this has lead to interesting problems. Let us consider the Machine Key feature that the IIS... Microsoft recently released an update for Internet Information Services (IIS), as described in the following article: Description of the update that implements Extended Protection for Authentication in Internet Information Services (IIS) http...	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
“You Were Given The Choice Between War And Dishonor. You Chose Dishonor And You Will Have War.” Winston Churchill Menu The Pony in Obama Winning a Second Term Two boys were assigned to shovel a stable full of horse manure. One of the boys was depressed. The other enthusiastically shoveled with glee. “Why are you happy?” asked the depressed lad. His happy associate responded, “With all of this excrement, there must be a pony in here.” As a Christian, I must trust and believe that God has a pony in allowing Obama to be reelected. Therefore, I will not join those who think we have lost the battle for America. Nor, do I subscribe to the nonsense that our Tea Party values are extreme. Our values are aligned with the human spirit. They are right and just. In a recent article, I said Obama appeals to three groups: the clueless, entitlement addicts and racists. While entitlement addiction and racism played a role, I believe the vast majority of Obama voters are clueless because the mainstream media protected him. Obama winning a second term is insane. Based on his horrible lapse in leadership regarding Libya, attacks on Christianity, attacks on business, assaults on freedom hidden in Obamacare and crimes against our Constitution, an informed America would not have given Obama four more years. Like you, my fellow patriots who love America, Mary and I are hurt, disappointed and a bit mopy. But my resolve to fight to restore Godly principles and freedom back into my country is stronger than ever. God is still in control and things can turn on a dime. In the Bible, Joseph went from being eternally doomed to prison to standing before the King in one day. That meeting led to Joseph becoming a ruler, second only to the King. God always has a plan. Patriots, we have much work to do. Along with informing a clueless public, we must drag a weak-kneed Republican Party back to supporting the Tea Party principles and values that won them the House in 2010. At risk of infuriating those who are so depressed by Obama’s victory that they require suicide-watch, I believe God has a blessing/pony hidden in Obama winning a second term. My faith requires that I trust God. Some say this election confirms that we have become a nation of entitlement junkies. I think not. Despite the left’s best efforts to spin the election to mean the American people support Obama being the Robin Hood president, most Americans instinctively know that Redistribution Road does not lead to a prosperous nation. I believe many Americans are simply clueless of the truth and what is truly going on under the iron fist of the Obama Administration. As I stated, we have much work ahead and must defeat three mighty foes; the Obama Administration, the mainstream media and a Washington establishment-minded Republican Party. Admittedly, our task is Herculean.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Author Topic: Quarter-heights (Read 2349 times) Running the risk of annoying the entirety of coders for both Standard and Experimental, I think that half heights are not enough height differences. I can't help but notice the half-heights change usually only affecting gameplay in terms of multi-level routing. The fact of more realistic physics is very positive, but currently the maps just feel a lot flatter than before. While the challenges should lie in alpine terrain and wallet management in construction, we can usually still get away with changing a single tile to enable a straight to continue further without any hindrances (in game). The question I ask is, whether quarter heights, that are meant for vehicles that have trouble climbing steep inclinations, could allow for more difficult challenges in terms of routing/construction of ways. The effort behind this is not immeasurable, but large for the pakset artists who have to keep up with yet more images per variety of slope, season and climate. Maybe an update to the map generation is in order, which produces a more varied landscape that features hills and valleys occasionally punctuated by full slopes and "harsh" drops. Or map generation in double height. In essence, this post is summarized by my question: The world feels flatter than ever and are smaller steps in inclination a solution that challenges us or are the maps generated making life too easy? First of all, I think the terrain in Simutrans has reached the end of what the graphics engine can handl0e. There are in fact already certain things it can't do right. Those I know of are that planes can't fly very high and some depth sorting issues on cliffs. The other thing is some effect similar to the uncanny valley, which might be a subjective thing. As some things become more realistic, the remaining unrealistic things become more apparent and disturbing. I noticed this in Railroad Tycoon 3, that with the overall more realistic 3D landscape, it was very ugly to see trains move up 30-45 degree slopes. To the simulation, the grade was just 5%, but the fact that the map was much more compressed horizontally than vertically caused this disturbing (in my eyes) visual appearance. If the vertical scale was the same as the horizontal, the hills would almost be invisible. If the horizontal scale was the same as the vertical, the map would have been terribly huge (for both computer and player). This scale aspect would apply to Simutrans as well. With quarter slopes, it would take many more tiles to reach an elevation where ways can pass each outer. This causes overpasses to be terribly space consuming compared to the general horizontal scale of the world. Double slopes are generated at certain map settings - try cranking height and roughness up and you should get a reasonable number. Technically I could have gone for 3 height difference slopes when I made the changes to landscape code (and perhaps in hindsight I should have at least allowed this as a possibility) but that would have resulted in an enormous number of landscape and way images being required. As Ters indicates though this would really be approaching limits of the engine and his point of the uncanny valley is well made. Really for beyond double height a move to a fully 3d engine is required, but that still has the uncanny valley issue. try cranking height and roughness up and you should get a reasonable number Just tried this. The problem is that the whole map is rough now. Map generator could generate flat regions and hilly rough regions instead of making the whole map with same settings. This could even go along with climate regions. Just tried this. The problem is that the whole map is rough now. Map generator could generate flat regions and hilly rough regions instead of making the whole map with same settings. This could even go along with climate regions. There has been some discussion on this before. (Not sure if all can see it.) Ideally a map generator would have some understanding of geology and erosion - forming cliffs, river and glacial valleys, including rias and fjords, beaches, bays, sandbanks, hills, plateaus, corries, ridges and peaks, with appropriate climates and resources underneath that influence industry placement. Indeed, double is certainly enough with regards to pakset development and ease of play for the players trying to arrange heights for bridges, tunnels, etc. Switching to a 3D grid style like RT3 would have to maintain the same grade restrictions in order to avoid the uncanny valley... and may suffer the same problem with having very flat maps as a result. It would probably also require rewriting massive parts of the code. The map generator would ideally need to create specific hilly/mountainous areas in order to actually see significant elevation gains without making the map overall much too "bumpy". This probably couples in with the many discussions had about making specific map areas geographically distinct -- flatlands/prairie, hills/mountains, etc. It would certainly make the maps far more interesting, but is also a considerable programming task to get it right. The loss of backward-compatibility to earlier map codes would have to be addressed as well. Easiest way to resolve this is to use or design a height map that has been made with half heights in mind, that has the hills/mountains and valleys you suggest. Switching to a 3D grid style like RT3 would have to maintain the same grade restrictions in order to avoid the uncanny valley... and may suffer the same problem with having very flat maps as a result. It would probably also require rewriting massive parts of the code. Rewriting is not the right word. It would be writing a completely new game. Little code could be reused, and much of that is holding us back in other areas. The idea of quarter heights was to complicate things and make routing more unwieldly. The intention was for a well planned road/railway (few gradients and long curves) to be a fast connection with high average speeds and resulting benefits. Changing the game to 3D is not a solution and luckily is unlikely to ever happen. Also, since this is a mainly European game, the real solution is obviously to make the inclinations in fractions of ten for accuracy and organization. So the map generation is really what we might want to have a look at in this case. Could a slider like in photoshop programs to adjust colour curves be an addition? A simplification in the slightest sense could be an automatically overlaid preset, that is pak dependent and adjusted to replicate certain geographical features. e.g. z < 3 = 2z, 4 < z < 7 = 0.5z, z < 7 = 3z	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
No Cyber Monday deals, but the majority of what we have left from spring is on sale in the webstore. Holiday QS goods arriving to U.S. shops this week. Available in Japan now. Arriving in Europe and Canada next week. Available online next Monday, December 4 at midnight. AND! on the occasion you need some hot garms at this exact moment, Alltimers just stocked their webstore with their holiday range. “Seeing a tiny skater on top of a sculpture on a Thrasher cover got me thinking that if the skater had been a performing artist addressing this art piece, it probably would have landed him on the Art Forum one. Unlike the art critic, the skater isn’t looking for the ‘unsaid’ in an art piece, its hidden meaning.” Raphael Zarka has a new project entitled Riding Modern Art, which chronicles 75 public sculptures and the skate photos shot on them over the years. Be sure to wallie the next Richard Serra you see because he deaded the homie on clearance ;) Kevin Coakley scours every nook and cranny of the east coast and fakie crooks the Pace Ledge in his Look Left ender part, which is now online.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday October 16, 2005 @04:33AM from the lots-of-happy-people-made-happier dept. Harlan writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting that researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are claiming that high doses of cannabinoids have induced new brain cell growth in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory, in rat subjects. There are some interesting potential implications in regards to high doses of cannabinoids found in substances like marijuana." The mentioned research used 'canaboids', which is a group of componds resembling those found in cannabis(THC). It was already known that the brain uses neurotransmitters that are in the form of canaboids and it contains several types of receptor for it, just like opiates have human equivalents in the form of endorfines.But similar results done with THC (Tetra Hydro Cannabinol), the main compound in hash and weed have found no evidence for this cellgrowth stimulation. So let's not jump for joy yet. One experiment/paper does not mean it has been accepted as scientific fact yet.Besides, you can be sure that with such a hot subject and the way research is financed/politiced there will be more research 'debunking' this even if it turns out to be true after all. Actually, the research talks about "cannabinoids." Cannabinoids are the primary psychoactive alkaloids contained in cannabis, of which, THC is the most concentrated in most strains, although each strain contains different levels of each. THC is a cannabinoid so it likely has very similar pharmacological effects as HU-210. Not that I want to debunk those results or anything, but saying that two similar substances of the same kind have the same effect would also imply that ethanol and methanol would have roughly the same effect. I doubt there is anyone on Slashdot who doesn't know the difference, though. that's a bad analogy. we're not talking about two substances that simply have similar chemical properties. we're talking about two alkaloids that have similar pharmacological properties. a closer analogy would be comparing two different kinds of exogenous opioids like diacetylmorphine(heroin) and morphine, or codeine and morphine, or a fentanyl analog and morphine, etc., all of which activate a shared set of receptors in the brain. cannabinoids also share a lot of common receptor sites with each other--by d I don't think it's such a bad analogy. There are plenty of antiestrogrens that are extremely close in structure to estrogen, and in vivo have effects on some types of estrogen receptors that are antiestrogen and proestrogen effects on other estrogen receptor subtypes. On the other hand if you did want to debunk the results then their methodology would be a good place to start. The cell growth is implied by the rats reduced reluctance to eat in new surroundings. They're basing this on the fact that the rats ate more. Seriously. Has anyone done a study on whether or not rats get munchies from artificial cannabinoids? They found that giving rats high doses of HU210 twice a day for 10 days increased the rate of nerve cell formation, or neurogenesis, in the hippocampus by about 40%. Are you still sure that the only method they used was injecting cannabinoids and measuring how much they ate? I guess that experiment is an accepted test for anxiety, and prozac cum suis scores very good on it. Science gets better if you use standard test where you can. Even though your 'munchies' hypothesis sounds plausible, it still cannot explain the neurogenesis bit. I read this feed on forbes [forbes.com] three days ago. It contains more information, including: "Autopsies revealed that by the end of the 10-day HU210 treatment regimen, new neurons had been generated and integrated into the circuitry of the hippocampus region of the rat's brains. This process, known as neurogenesis, was still in evidence a full month after treatment had been initiated." So you see, they're actually basing it on autopsies, which tend to involve cutting open dead creatures and poking around their inside Ethanol and Methanol DO have roughly the same effect. You get the same intoxication from both of them. What kills you is not the methanol intoxication but the methanol hangover. Methanol is metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) via formaldehyde to formic acid, being responsible for the metabolic acidosis in methanol poisoning. That's why ethanol is given as a cure for methanol poisoning; by adding ethanol to the bloodstream the metabolization rate of methanol decreases as the body will also metabolize ethanol, and thus the level of toxic methanol byproducts in the blood will be kept at a non-lethal level. How else can such a comment come from someone whose nick is the chemical name for LSD:-)You are right, i made a typo, cannabinoids it is. And yes other cannaboids occur in cannabis too.But your assumption that because they are in the same group they must have the same phamacological properties is a bit of the mark. To have the same properties it must bind to the same receptors in the same amounts. There these small difference with extra groups may make a big difference how the molecule actually fits. An ex Most people who are new to cannabis have short term memory problems while high. My >cough friend would get halfway through some brilliant philosophical conversation and then forget what he was talking about, for instance. People who do a lot of cannabis seem to get over this problem. Perhaps the brain is compensating for the memory impairment while high by building strengthening itself. Did you read the article? That is where I got my info from.And FYI: the aargument was if cannabis causes brain cell growth, not if weed is good or bad.And as for my bias: I've grown about a kilo of the stuff over the years. Does that make my bias clear? In another study, Barry Jacobs, a neuroscientist at Princeton University, gave mice the natural cannabinoid found in marijuana, THC (D9-tetrahydrocannabinol)). But he says he detected no neurogenesis, no matter what dose he gave or the length of time he gave it for. From this [newscientist.com] New Scientist article. But it may go a ways to debunking the theory that pot destroys your memory and kills your brain. That theory has been debunked a long time ago. It's just popular myth that pot destroys brain cells. You'll hear all kinds of propoganda from anti-drug groups. What people don't understand (other than scientists who actually study marijuana) is that marijuana is very different from other drugs. In fact some scientists hesitate to call it a drug. Marijuana does not have a direct affect on dopamine levels l Thurgood Jenkins: The MacGyver smoker is a very handy guy to have around, especially when it comes to reefer.McGayver Friend: Hey, man, we're out of papers.McGayver Smoker: All right. Then get me a toilet paper roll, a corkscrew and some tin foil.McGayver Friend: We don't have a corkscrew.McGayver Smoker: All right. Then get me an avocado, an ice pick and my snorkel.McGayver Smoker: [Friend looks at him funny] Trust me, bro. I've made bongs with less. Hurry up! This is just my observation but when a persons health fails in old age, a key factor seems to be failure in the nervous system. I had a great aunt who lived five years after a stroke. Her body went downhill because her brain wasn't running the show properly. So I think treatments which can help revive the brain can also help other systems in the body. And it is the only organ which can not be replaced in some way by machinery. Your brain learns both by creating connections and by deleting them. If you create to many new connections you can't thnk straight. Everything gets too connected and you can't resolve your thoughts. You have to prune nodes to be able to think effciently and to focus. Thus your comment is right on. Clearly the only solultion is to first smoke loads of weed to build up your brains connecitons, and then huff gasoline to prune them back to a useful level. Then you will be a super genius. Kids basing decisions on scientific studies - even if those contradict our belief systems and/or values [or those of our corporate overlords] - is still better than that children are kept in ignorance. Actually, this applies to all people, not just kids. Take global warming as an example. And if the stuff were legal (and therefore cheaper), you wouldn't NEED to inhale like that to milk every last bit of THC from each hit. Hell, you wouldn't need to SMOKE the stuff in the first place. Eating it gets you high, too. But you need to use a lot more of it than you would smoke. So economics tend to dictate the most harmful route of ingetsion... The team injected laboratory rats with a synthetic substance called HU-210, which is similar, but 100 times as potent as THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the compound responsible for giving marijuana users a high. Clearly my dealer has been lying to me. He swore there was nothing stronger than his stuff. Where do I get HU-210?..or better yet, how do I make it? It seems to slam short-term memory immediately after you've smoked it, but everything bounces back. I've maintained for years that my mind is more powerful thanks to the all the psychedelics I've had over the years. People will of course laugh at me, but I respectfully think I'm in the better position to be judging that. I've actually noticed a nice increase in performance, not to mention scope. I've maintained for years that my mind is more powerful thanks to the all the psychedelics I've had over the years. When I was 19 I developed a siezure disorder and needed to have a CT scan. The radiologist connected me to an IV containing something which he claimed would make me feel slightly warm. What is did was convince me that my mind really was "more powerful" than anything in the known universe. For about three hours anyway. Looking back, I don't think the experience made me any smarter. That one exp What the AC above is actually saying is that a single point of data is anecdotal. it is not possible to extrapolate (or intrerpolate) a trend without (at least) 2 points of data. The more data points you have the more accurately new data can be infered. The AC never said anything that you should have taken as "right wing", unless you consider empirical(sp?) evide TR-446 Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 1-Trans-Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (CAS No. 1972-08-3) in F344 Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Gavage Studies)http://www.cannabis.com/research/tr446study.shtml [cannabis.com](mirror of the study published by the U.S. National Toxicity Program) It doesn't matter whatever medicinal uses it has. If it were shown to regrow hair, prolong erections, and cure prostate cancer, it would still be treated as an evil drug. The pharmaceutical companies would find the key curative ingredients and find aritficial derivative that could be patented. Drug companies do not want people to have a wonderdrug they can grow in their own backyard. It's bad for business. Furthermore, from the conservative politician viewpoint, it would be especially bad for the War on Dru They can cure diabetes in rats, they can grow organs in rats, now they can increase the rat brain. Still it does not mean much to us, none of these works in humans yet. Rats are similar but not identical. Yeah I know, in Soviet Russia communism was first tested on humans before being tested on rats. One of the things that happens to brains is that they shed brain cells as they go from birth to maturity. No doubt there may be some loss of neural plasticity, but it's also correlated to increasing cognitive development.If I recall (this is very old stuff for me), my neuroscience teacher mentioned that young brains sometimes grow new neural connections in response to trauma. However, the results of this were not necessarily good -- it in itself might be a kind of damage. I have a novel idea. How about we drop all the bullshit and political posturing and move directly to deregulation? Nearly every single large medical study of marijuana has had its funding denied, or its license for the controlled substance denied, or any of dozens of other reasons to keep the study mummied in red tape. If people are working so hard to hide something then the most logical answer is probably the opposite. In this case: marijuana has little or no effect on anything, all negative social perceptions are due to years of wrongful regulation, all ill effects are circumstantial correlations, and the only reason for the continued illegality is the complete inability to admit that the government has ever made a mistake. PR and ego--no different than telling your manager he's wrong. When you have to struggle to remember what you and your bong bud have just been talking about, it makes sense that you'd have to exercise your brain's memory regions. Smoking pot is like walking with leg weights -- it's harder to do when you have them on, but when they come off you're stronger for the extra effort you exerted. It seems that all the intelligent people I've met understand the the War on Drugs is a total snipe hunt. As long as their is demand, there will be a market. The fundemental question seems to be:Is the government trying to punish marijuana smokers or educate them? More than 60% of all drug incarcerations are for non-violent possesion of marijuana. As a rational individual, it seems obvioius that their current tactics only succeed in punishing marijuana smokers. Actual use of marijuana is at the same levels or higher than it has ever been so as a preventive, prohibition has most definitely failed. The supply of marijuana is greater than ever and the potency is higher too. The DEA says this to scare the uninformed. They attempt to create the analogy that stronger means greater threat. In reality, stronger means that pot heads have to consume less marijuana to get high. So in reality, higher potency means healthier pot smokers. Who do you believe the DEA with their vested interest in maintaining the status quo or an independent organization of scientists and medical researchers, the esteemed World Health Organization. http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/general/w ho-index.htm [druglibrary.org] If anything prohibition has made the problem worse. Prohibition tends to create a black market which opens the door for large scale criminal organizations. Examples of these are the Mafia ( very small organization until their massive growth thanks to alcohol prohibition), the Latin & South American drug cartels in the '80's, and of course the DEA.http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/ [prohibitioncosts.org]http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html [cato.org] If you read TFA you'd have read that the original publication is due to be released in JCI, a peer reviwed journal that is quite high impact. Not Nature or Science, but not the Ulan Bator Journal of Basket Weaving Medicine either. where I live head-shops are called smart-shops and sell mild magic-mushrooms and all manner of mostly piss-weak hallucinogens and rubbish like gurana power. in coffe shops you buy grass and hash off a weed-cart which is a menu, not a trolley. in cafes you can buy coffee, although most coffee-shops do sell coffee as well as weed and hash and space-cake. some even sell alcohol too. very few sell food. I am not sure why someone doesn't just set up a cafe that sells grass, hash and serves good food, beer, win Yes, please do. I'm interested to see how many opinion pieces you're going to offer up as clinical proof. And "Phytohemagglutinin-Induced Lymphocyte Transformation in Humans Receiving..."? That's no more conclusive about marijuana use than the topic article which works on rat brains. Please. Tout the FUD in a forum where there isn't a pharmaceutical scientist available to tell you you're full of horse-pooey. Its interesting that someone as obviously intelligent as yourself would site the previous studies about marijuana effects, compare them to this single study and then cut a withering remark about the end of the party for 'hippies', because of course they're the only people who smoke marijuana, but then you go and... Fuck it all up by leaving a sig that suggests you enjoy alcohol abuse but justify it as medication. I have a lot of friends who have had marijuana problems but by the later stages of their lives they've left it behind. But anyone Ive ever known with alcohol problems struggles with it their whole lives until their liver pickles itself. i noticed the point of the alcohol-enduced-sig, and wanted to comment, but you beat me to it... i've never known anyone to get high and oh, say, beat their wife, or wreck head-on at 90mph racing down roads, or even really do much of ANYTHING. the "party isn't over for hippies"... but i do know a multiple-sclerosis patient or two that enjoy a good toke, and, and my-chemo-therapy-buddy, he likes it too... not that i'm AGAINST alcohol in any real way/shape/form, but the evils associated therein are far more harmful to yourself, your family, your life, and everyone around you (especially when operating a motor vehicle)... i'd rather there be 100 stoners driving 35mph in a 60, scared out of their minds, than a single red-neck drunk on jack daniels showing you exactly how manuverable his F-350 is. I have seen some friends of mine who started smoking... Now they suffer from very short attention span Did you ever consider that perhaps their chosen path in life has anything to do with this, regardless of the marijuana usage? Some people are, just naturally, not going to make it very far in life. What they do or don't do in terms of drug usage makes little or no difference. That's like pointing to all the blue collar workers and saying,"See! They all live in the city and they're not CEOs! If they Alcohol can be dangerous, as well, I agree on this. But 100 stoners driving are bound to have accidents because their reflexes are so slow. That would go counter to all of the studies into the subject. The 'drug free America' guys once funded a study on this, to try and promote this idea. The results didn't go their way and they quietly buried the study. Alcohol fucks your driving up because your risk assessment is broken. Pot does not have that issue, in fact its the opposite. People take less chance Well let's start with Fried et. al. [www.cmaj.ca], who concluded that ongoing heavy use of marijuana has a signficant negative impact on IQ. (I think I can afford a few IQ points, better a little dimmer and a lot happier than a little brighter but a lot more misrable...) And then we can in fact see the short term memory impairment,Heyser, C.J.; Hampson, R.E.; and Deadwyler, S.A. Effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on delayed match to sample performance in rats: Alterations in short-term memory associated with changes in task-specific firing of hippocampal cells. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 264(1):294-307, 1993. (The research is also not conclusive. Also just about all research sponsored by the USA federal government has to be bent toward proving cannabis harmful. SO just about any research from the USA is politically tainted by its ideological war...pawn that you are you parrot it. (In already vulnerable persons. The threshold for 'psychosis' is very low... Evangelicals are a more psychotic sometimes...) The original poster was talking about chronic use, implying ongoing, so let's also examine the effects of current intoxication: Learning and memory are in fact impaired by cannabis:Grant, Igor, et al.,(2003) "Non-Acute (Residual) Neurocognitive Effects Of Cannabis Use: A Meta-Analytic Study," Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Cambridge University Press, 9, p. 685. Long term permanent damage? Absolutely, but only to the lungs. (I support legalising cannabis and even I wouldnt make that sweeping generalization. It is likely you are correct however.) Negative impacts on the brain during ongoing use? Absolutely. (Define negative impact? Obviously millions feel its acceptable.) Maybe you ought to be familiar with the research yourself before attacking other people? This is just a tiny fraction of all the research conducted. A simple 5 second google search would have turned up all you needed to know to not look like the jackass you do now. (Maybe if the state arbitrarily named you a criminal for burning some plant matter, you would be defensive when people parrot the drug war lies?) Current marijuana use had a negative effect on global IQ score only in subjects who smoked 5 or more joints per week. A negative effect was not observed among subjects who had previously been heavy users but were no longer using the substance. We conclude that marijuana does not have a long-term negative impact on global intelligence. [emphasis added] As for the hyperbole of your other claims, let's dispose of them by referring to the most-widely used medical textbook in the world, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy [merck.com] entry on marijuana: Critics of marijuana cite much scientific data regarding adverse effects, but most of the claims regarding severe biologic impact are unsubstantiated, even among relatively heavy users and in areas intensively investigated, such as immunologic and reproductive function. However, high-dose smokers of marijuana develop pulmonary symptoms (episodes of acute bronchitis, wheezing, coughing, and increased phlegm), and pulmonary function may be altered. This is manifested by large airway changes of unknown significance. Even daily smokers do not develop obstructive airway disease. Pulmonary carcinoma has not been reported in persons who smoke only marijuana, possibly because less smoke is inhaled than during cigarette smoking. However, biopsies of bronchial tissue sometimes show precancerous changes, so carcinoma may occur. In a few case-control studies, some tests detected diminished cognitive function in small samples of long-term high-dose users; this finding awaits confirmation. Studies in newborns have not found evidence of fetal harm due to maternal use of cannabis. Decreased fetal weight has been reported, but when all factors (eg, maternal alcohol and tobacco use) are accounted for, the effect on fetal weight disappears. delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol is secreted in breast milk. Although no harm to breastfed babies has been shown, breastfeeding mothers, like pregnant women, are advised to avoid using cannabis. [emphasis added] Btw, I am not sure why you have to call the poster you are responding to names. Seems like your arguments should be able to stand on their own. "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" Does cannabis have a benificial effect well i think this is a question best answered by people who made thier choices in thier teens early 20's and are now living with the concequences.smoking at 13 i feel sorry for your messed up childhood. I can only speak about the people I know or Knew and my own experience. habitual use of any drug is harmful. If you can't manage without using any recreational drug for lets say a month then you need to look at why this is. Change your life make choices try and have a ben I smoked pot because I thought it was doing no damage to my brain. Had I known that it was doing permeanent damage I don't believe you have any brain damage at all. Any hard times you're experiencing in your life are due entirely to your own decisions in life and are in no way due to a plant. Many poor aspects of life may be exacerbated by the state if you were caught smoking marijuana. Do not blame on marijuana what is purely an artificial situation constructed by ignorant politicians. honestly can you say that getting stoned regularly doesn't cause a lot of people to put off making choices I can honestly say that the decision making process becomes reprioritized. Many people try to make too many choices. In many ways smoking marijuana may help you decide what's really important. Some people spend their lives "drifting through life", as you put it, but that's probably what they always wanted to do anyway. Other people smoke marijuana and become enormously productive and creative. I don't believe grass has any worse effect than any other freely available substance (cigarettes, alcohol).God forbid someone smoke a joint to take the edge off. A lot of people on Paxil and similar drugs would probably benefit from a little grass. The difference is that the long-term effects of grass are well understood. Who knows what they'll find out about other antidepressants and anxiety medications in 10 or 20 years, and take about dulling the brain. And, is our world really that much better, societally, than the late 1800s? Back then, cocaine was in Coca-Cola, pot was legal, heroin was used medically, and nobody was in jail for altering their own mind. Sure, you could say that today is much more dangerous because we have cars all over the place, but that doesn't mean that I am any more a danger sitting in my apartment getting stoned and watching the Matrix (or just sufferring from glaucoma). Sure, if I g Have you considered the effect of the social and legal stigma associated with the state's position on those substances? Really. Economic position is just as much, if not more, an effect of the state and not an effect inherent in any particular habit. then "stoners" seems to have a long way to go You're profiling stoners as those down and out people who are always having problems in life. 1) There are plenty of non-users who fit this While we're at it with the anonymous confessions I feel the need to chime in. Several years ago I met a man in his early 50's, proper, intelligent, well employed and whatnot. After a good many beers he confided to me that he had been smoking weed since his early 20's, and that his son actually didn't know about it until he had turned 18, when he boldly proclaimed to his father that he had tried smoking and was prepared to stand up for it. Good laugh that. In my experience, I've found marijuana to be a miracle when it comes to writing/debugging code. If I find I'm driving myself nuts, I'll take a break and a few hits - suddenly, that little problem I couldn't figure out before might as well be waving at me. "I'm not surprised that injecting lab rats with a twice as potent THC like substance spurred neuron generation," Interesting to note that those who habitually smoke Marijuana misread "100 times" as "double". Yes, it would make more sense if they misread it as "4 times as potent" in binary. I think the problem is that with more brain cells receiving random or mistuned stimulation, you would learn "better" but a lot of what you would learn is crap. That's largely a myth, promoted by the wine industry. Truth is, red wine can benefit a small proportion of the population that have a specific blood chemistry. I believe that the benefit is the thinning of the blood, but don't quote me on that. Everyone tends to think of themselves as the exception, that they are in control. In reality they are not, their judgment has diminished to the point, that they think they are actually better than before. I think you can say this pretty much about anything. The person who needs their coffee because it helps them wake up, the person who needs their prozac because it helps them calm down, the kids who need their ADD medicine because it helps them concentrate.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Bill Gates, in his transition from Mr. Big at Microsoft, to Mr. Big at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, has been going around to various college campuses and given a talk “Bill Unplugged.” You can watch the video here if you are so inclined. Notes from the talk. First of all no one asked the question I wanted him to answer: how is he going to commute to work. You see Gates’ house is on the “east side” which is separated from Seattle by floating bridges (I kid you not.) The commute across these bridges, is, well, lets just say, not the most pleasant experience. The new offices for the Gates Foundation will be near where I live, just north of downtown Seattle, in lower Queen Anne. So the obvious question to ask Bill is how is he going to commute? Is he going to take a helicopter? A boat is certainly doable, since his house is on Lake Washington and Lake Union extends right down to where his new offices are. Or, maybe he will build us all a new bridge? He’s certainly the only one around here who can afford it. Actually this is a rather serious question: what is a corporations responsibility to the load it imposes on local transportation. Quantum computing also appeared in the talk. He mentioned it as one of the high risk endeavors undertaken by Microsoft. High risk, but then again, they have a Fields Medalist working on the problem, so all should be fine (see this article in Nature for an update on anyon based quantum computers. I still think models with particle excitations are doomed to fail, but I also think they are a much more rational mode for attacking the problem than the traditional quantum computing road map. Call me a heretic!) The other way quantum computing came up in the talk was that a certain graduate student who may or may not have written a few papers in quantum computing, asked Bill a very good question about, if computers are everywhere, what will the environmental cost of this be on, and is it too steep. The question was a good one, and certainly you could tell that Gates took it seriously and new he didn’t have all the right answers, in the sense that I think no one has all the right answers. Interestingly I wonder if the fact that he is a “software guy” influences thinking less about environmental impacts. For example, correct me if I’m wrong, but my recollection is that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gives more to environmental causes than the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Is this because Moore is from hardware, and Gates from software? The best line delivered during the talk came as a result of a question. A student asked, roughly, what was it that convinced him, after a few years at Harvard, to drop out and pursue Microsoft with Paul Allen. The president of UW was the moderator, and he wanted to make sure that the student wasn’t going to drop out. While he was mediating this, Bill said, kind of under is breath, “Well if you have an idea like Microsoft…” Even a Haaarvard degree isn’t worth as much as founding Microsoft, I guess . Another interesting note was that Gates mentioned that he wanted to work on fusion, but was glad he didn’t because its still “fifty years away.” Finally he also mentioned that he thought that vision would be a huge player in interfaces in the coming years. His suggestion was that computational power along with algorithmic breakthroughs are at the sweet spot, and cameras are getting cheap enough, that systems which really know what is going on in their environment are coming soon. An interesting vision, I think, for where human computer interfacing is coming. Comments Computers with vision scare me… It’s only a matter of time before the computers learn how stupid we are and then we are totally screwed! In all seriousness I did once read something somewhere about certain companies that were exploring software that could monitor the performance of their employees by monitoring them with webcams and logging keystrokes etc. As a serial procrastinator I found this prospect somewhat horrifying.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Lego Creator Harry Potter LEGO Media Ages 6 and up LEGO Creator Harry Potter opens with an animated LEGO-ized version of Harry Potter receiving a letter from Hagrid, then hopping on a magical train to Hogwarts. A familiar scene to those who've read J.K. Rowling's bestselling books, or seen the movie. Others, however, will be largely clueless about what's happening. Users then sign in to play -- allowing up to 5 different users to create worlds that can be saved for later re-use. First time users start in Diagon Alley, where they get to build the shops, and introduce their choice of familiar characters. Users can also build their own figures using classic LEGO parts in the Mini-Figure Builder, and additional props in the Workshop, and bring them into the world they're creating. These worlds, however, are far more than simple computer-rendered drawings -- they are 3-D worlds that can be animated at the click of the mouse button! Educational Value LEGO elements have always offered kids the opportunity to let their minds run wild, as they create, destroy, and create again, objects of their imaginations. LEGO Creator: Harry Potter takes that concept, and extends it to the computer, where a child's imagination can be LEGO-ized without the constraints of limited pieces, or the need to "clean up your room before dinner." This program offers lots of tools -- and no set objective. Instead, the user is left to create worlds and interactions in Diagon Alley, Kings Cross, the Hogwarts grounds, and inside Hogwarts itself. Kid Appeal LEGO Creator: Harry Potter has, according to one of our reviewers, "great curb appeal". In other words, the subject matter and packaging are almost irresistable to children who like either or both LEGO and Harry Potter. Actual usage in our tests, however, revealed that first looks can be deceiving. This is a very difficult program to fully utilize. It requires a reasonably good imagination, a fascination with building things, and the patience to learn a challenging set of tools and navigation. For children with all three, the appeal of this program is obvious, For others, the program's rewards didn't seem to offset the time commitment required to become proficient. Ease of Use / Install Lego Creator Harry Potter installed without difficulty on our test machine. Note that this is a BIG program, requiring 500MB of free hard disk space, even though the program requires that the CD remain in the machine for use. Luckily, the program includes an uninstall option, if/when you need to free up space in the future. Navigation in the program takes practice -- and a fair amount of tolerance for frustration along the way. In fact, a number of our reviewers (young and old) found this program to be too frustrating... Luckily, the program includes a section of "Challenges" that are actually tutorials in the use of the many program controls. Our testers found this a "must-do" section. But be warned: even with the tutorial challenges, many tasks are tricky to learn. For example, manipulating lego bricks on-screen takes some practice. Using the mouse with the left mouse button depressed allows a brick to be moved anywhere in two dimensions -- but stacking requires the simultaneous depression of the CTRL key. Easy, once, you get the hang of it, but until you've practiced the move enough to become natural, it remains a challenge and/or source of potential frustration. And this is just one of many unique techniques users must master. Best for... / Bottom-Line LEGO Creator: Harry Potter is a challenging program that combines some of the classic building fun of LEGO, with the imagination stimulating story of Harry Potter. Given its hand-eye-mouse coordination requirements, we see this as more appropriate for kids 8-10 or older, and definitely better for children who like to spend hours with physical LEGOS -- this program will demand a significant amount of time.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Health Articles Under New Management Have you ever seen a sign on a business, "Under New Management?" What comes to mind? Usually it is thoughts of hope, new infusion of energy and resources or the old management wasn't working, better business, excitement, new people, new systems, new products and new idea...something new and better in a nutshell. It is interesting to see what is new and better with the New Management especially if it is a business you have used or visited in the past. Now is a great time to ask yourself "How effective was I managing myself this past year?" In the arena of physical health are you healthier now than last year or worse? Is your weight up, the same, or down? Is your blood pressure higher or lower? What did your lab results look like? How is your energy? How are you sleeping? What is your exercise frequency or at all? How do you feel? Did you manage yourself well or are you worse off? You may have made New Year's Resolutions about things you know you needed to change. How did that work out? Do you need to be under New Management? Not that someone will step in and manage you, but you can hire advisors such as Chiropractors, personal trainers, nutritionists and life coaches but what you really need is a new mindset. This mindset has to be the overriding factor of what you are committed to and plan to accomplish for yourself, your health and your life. Brutal facts will help you manage your health. People are living longer whether they want to or not. Centenarians, people over 100, are the fastest growing population in the US. The current aging population was blindsided by longevity and now has become the nursing care generation. Chronic illness, obesity and health care costs are rising. The current "health care" system is not working. Something has to change. Luckily, you can make the change. You can live The 100 Year Lifestyle each and every day and avoid 70 to 90% of the problems people seek care for by changing your lifestyle. Here is how to be under New Management:1. Exercise 4 to 6 times per week with endurance exercise, strengthening exercise and stretching. Start off with a few minutes each time if exercise has not been part of your life lately. You can increase your exercise time and frequency as you reach plateaus.2. Eat for quality not quantity. A new menu is often part of New Management. Be creative! 3. Get proper rest. Sticking to your New Management goals is easier when you've given yourself time to rejuvenate mentally and physically.4. Protect your spine and nervous system by removing interference to the flow of information between your brain and body. Our office can help you with your New Management. Chiropractors have been helping people regain, retain and optimize their health for over 125 years. Management of your future health can be optimized by seeking care from us to help you live your ideal 100 Year Lifestyle. Introducing the New Management - YOU! Are you suffering from Neck Pain, Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Headaches or other Nerve, Sports or Accident related Injuries? Are you searching for Family Wellness, Pediatric Chiropractic, Performance Based or Natural Holistic Care? Call Your 100 Year Lifestyle Licensed Affiliate Chiropractor in San Ramon CA	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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