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http://blog.richmond.edu/s12ldst304/category/meyer-poltics-of-protest/chapter-6-civil-disobedience/ | Social Movements Category Archives : Chapter 6 : Civil Disobedience Chapter 6 : Civil Disobedience , A Fact Sheet Posted on February 15 , 2012 by jm9wv In a word : Versatile . In a sentence : Civil Disobedience is a tool of social movements used by an individual or group to protest a law or common practice , and can change over the course of the movement from a spark of ignition to a unifying action . In a picture : The OWS Student Strike in NYC ( Rights owned by me , so no copyright issues ) Types of Civil Disobedience : Individualistic - Often dramatic , and in accordance with an individual โ s own โ higher law , โ individualistic Civil Disobedience is an action of one or a few who find a present practice or law against their beliefs โ religious , secular , or otherwise โ and take action . Meyer โ s example is of a woman who bars all other women entrance to an abortion clinic . Collective - In acting not against a law or for a โ higher law , โ collective Civil Disobedience relies on disagreement with a common practice that goes against the โ collective value โ of a large group . Meyer โ s example is of a fictional play in which women withhold sex and chores until war ends . Though not breaking laws , they are breaking customs . See โ Famous Users โ for more . Primary uses of Civil Disobedience : Bring attention and inspire action - At the beginning of a movement , Civil Disobedience can bring media attention to an issue and inspire involvement by previously dormant citizens . Case in point : Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus . ( spark ) Unify a campaign - In the course of a movement , Civil Disobedience can serve as a common thread linking protestors , leaders , and events . Case in point : MLK and Ghandi used non - violent civil disobedience to gain the moral high ground and control the direction and methodology of protests . Famous users / uses of Civil Disobedience : Women and Prohibition - Though Meyer โ s does not mention this in his fictional account of women withholding sex , many women in America actually did withhold sex , cease household labor , and acted generally against the grain in a response to the obscene drinking of the early twentieth century . The result : prohibition . This illustrates perfectly collective Civil Disobedience . MLK and the Civil Rights Movement - Referred to constantly my Meyer โ s and used by analysts around the world , the Civil Rights Movement illustrates both individualistic Civil Disobedience and Collective Civil Disobedience in the ways written about through the piece . The Take - away The key to understanding the different uses of Civil Disobedience lies not in the result or the people involved , but the origin of the action . In assessing whether or not a movement is effectively using Civil Disobedience at the right moment in the course of a movement , one must look at why it occurred . Did a single person or small group act in favor of a โ higher law โ or a โ collective value โ ? With that in mind , how is Civil Disobedience used by the Occupy movement ? Which kind ? At what time ? How about the Tea Party ? Posted in Chapter 6 : Civil Disobedience Posted on February 15 , 2012 by s12ldst304 There are several important takeaways that the author wishes us to absorb from chapter 6 on civil disobedience . The first is that the term โ civil disobedience โ is described and defined very broadly by its famous users to incorporate many behaviors . These more famous users include the likes of Henry Thoreau , Ghandi , and MLK . Their definitions range from โ to wash one โ s hands of [ an enormous wrong ] โฆ and not give it practically his support , โ to disobeying an โ unjust โ law because it violates a โ higher The next point of absorption is that due to this vagueness of terms , civil disobedience can be can be overused , both as a term and a practice , and be employed by both sides of the same argument . This becomes problematic because anything can be rationally justified as civil disobedience and Americans tend to view it as the trademark of a justified cause , which can lead to misconceptions . For example , the author uses the example of pro and anti - abortion demonstrators and how they both use acts of โ civil disobedience . โ Next , the author wishes for us to recognize the many instances of successful use of civil disobedience . MLK โ s tactics , the story of Lysistrata , and Ghandi โ s practices are the most famous . The author also wants to point out several characteristics of these usages . The first is people who did not otherwise have voice in society carried them all out . This shows that civil disobedience is often a last resort and a way for an outsider or marginalized person to affect the status quo . After all , โ Dissidents are unlikely to march outside the White House if the can have a meaningful audience inside . โ ( 114 ) The second is that civil disobedience was not So , keeping in mind the main ideas of this chapter , I was wondering what the forum has to say about civil disobedience and anything else the chapter discussed . Is โ civil disobedience โ overused ? Do you think Americans have been overexposed to those types of actions and do n โ t take them as seriously as they once did ? Does anyone have good answers for the questions that the book poses on the bottom of page 111 ? โ Do the politics and government of the United States encourage the development of certain kinds of - JP Shannon Posted in Civil Disobedience February 13 , 2012 be5gm In Chapter six , David Meyer discusses and analyzes civil disobedience and how it relates to protest and social movements . The chapter looks into two different forms of civil disobedience . One form of disobedience is through a collection of people and the other is more individualistic , which is justified through some form of โ higher law . โ Collective disobedience goes through cycles , which is similar to most movements in America because there areso many people with different beliefs and values . In order for someone to disobey the law they have to have some passion When the writers of the Constitution gathered together to discuss the government of the United States , they agreed on the idea that they wanted to โ Stop the development of divisive and potentially disruptive political conflict between the government and its challengers โ ( 113 ) . However , the American government allows access and it also suggest interpretation can be made from the citizens within the United States . Citizens can view a law unjust and decide to protest for what they believe in , but the government regulates its citizens and wishes that people challenge the government Ben Edwards | [
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http://blog.roblox.com/2014/01/we-ponder-a-murder-mystery-with-nikilis/ | We Ponder a Murder Mystery With Nikilis January 25 , 2014 by JacksSmirkingRevenge Archive Trust no one . If you โ ve logged into ROBLOX anytime in the past couple days , you โ ve noticed Murder Mystery . It โ s been sitting at the top of the Popular games list , at times hitting roughly 5,000 concurrent players . Based on a popular Garry โ s Mod game , the premise is simple : you spawn in a world populated by civilians , a single sheriff , and a killer . What โ s the catch ? You do n โ t know who the killer is . It could be anyone . We got the chance to have a chat with the developer , Nikilis , about this breakaway ROBLOX hit that quickly became the biggest game on ROBLOX โ before he was finished making it . Here โ s how the game works : if you โ re the killer , it โ s your job to stealthily take out every player in the map while avoiding detection . If you โ re the sheriff , it โ s your job to find and eliminate the killer . Making things more interesting , every person in the game looks approximately the same and leaves colored footprints , which can be used as clues . There โ s a social aspect that โ s refreshing โ chatting is of paramount importance , as players are constantly predicting where he is on the map . Murder Mystery is n โ t Nikilis โ first brush with fame โ his Trucking Tycoon is a popular title that has been played over a million times . But both the exposure and sheer number of place visits Murder Mystery has received ( about 150,000 visits in two days ) was certainly unexpected , particularly because the game is only partially completed . I massacred everyone when I finally got a chance to play as the murderer . โ I have a lot of people in fan groups , but I did n โ t expect this to happen . I was testing the gameplay mechanics with a few friends , but they actually were n โ t that interested , โ he recalls . โ So I sat in a server by myself , and posted the link on some my group walls . I finally got one server full and decided to go to bed . When I woke up , there were thousands of people playing the game . โ As mentioned earlier , Nikilis found inspiration for Murder Mystery while playing a Garry โ s Mod game , which acts as the baseplate for the mechanics . That baseplate is currently the core of the game , but there are still loads of features and changes on the way . The game โ s surge in popularity is unlikely to diminish soon . Even as just a baseplate , Murder Mystery is an extremely enjoyable experience . It โ s coded in a way that makes the game feel almost unnaturally smooth , and the way gameplay collides with psychological elements makes it unlike most ROBLOX experiences . โ I โ m glad it got so popular after I had at least finished the core gameplay mechanics , โ says Nikilis . โ It โ s got all the basic gameplay elements I needed . Now I have to try and make the game more unique and stray from the game that inspired me a bit . โ He goes on to list a bevy of features he โ s planning on implementing : an official shop where you can buy perks and change the way your knife looks as the murderer . More game modes , including a mode where everyone is a murderer ( thus making a literal representation of the word deathmatch ) , as well as a mode that includes more than one murderer . He โ s also planning on giving users the ability to alter their appearance and faces . Oh , and he โ ll be adding more maps to supplement the three existing ones . I told him that one of the truly great parts of Murder Mystery is how the chat system is used as a core mechanic . Examine scenes of murder carefully . Here , we can deduce that the murderer is wearing either a blue , yellow , or pink shirt . โ I planned on chat being a core feature , because everyone is given a random name . People keep telling me to change the chat system or remove it , but I think it โ s best the way it is . Dead players ca n โ t talk , which forces the murderers to work quickly . The people who are murdered ca n โ t give anything away . โ When asked about the actual development of the title , Nikilis made a shoutout to user GigsD4X , who created a ROBLOX tool set that was vital in developing the title . It โ s basically an all - in - one tool that combines many core elements of building , like resizing , moving , and changing object color . โ I โ m not so great at building , โ says Nikilis . โ But these tools made it so much easier . โ Already a DevEx veteran , Nikilis has converted over a million ROBUX into real - life cash , which he โ s saving for future endeavors . He โ s also working to determine what sort of Game Passes he can implement that maintain the game โ s balance โ a difficult task to accomplish , as he does n โ t want to alter the core gameplay mechanics . In closing , I asked him what makes the ROBLOX version of Murder Mystery even better than the original . This was his response : โ My favorite fundamental change is that everyone can see everyone โ s footsteps , rather than just the murderer . This means the murderer has to be even more careful . There โ s a lot to come โ the game sort of exploded when I was n โ t finished yet , so I โ ll be adding more features really soon . โ We look forward to it . [ Editor โ s note : I do n โ t think I โ ve ever written the word โ murderers โ so many times . ] | [
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http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=1780 | Sharing Sources Between RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree Posted by Bruce Buzbee August 15 , 2013 As the only TreeShare+ certified program , RootsMagic is the only software certified to share sources with FamilySearch Family Tree . We โ ve gotten a lot of questions about this great feature , so we โ ve created a short ( 12 min ) video that shows exactly how to do this . But let โ s start with a quick overview first . Sharing Sources with FamilySearch Once a RootsMagic person has been matched to a person on FamilySearch , you may wish to compare and exchange sources between RootsMagic and FamilySearch . The source tab will display the sources attached to the RootsMagic person on the left and the sources attached to the FamilySearch person on the right . You can view more details about a particular source by clicking the blue information icon to the right of the source name . Click to embiggen the image Clicking the checkbox in front of a source will bring up a screen with one or more options available for the source . You can copy a source from RootsMagic to FamilySearch , or from FamilySearch into RootsMagic , and you can also detach , tag or untag a source on FamilySearch . Choose what you want to do with the source and then select the options for that comand . Some options ( like copying a source from RootsMagic to FamilySearch ) will also ask you to enter a reason why you are making that change . Click to embiggen the image If your RootsMagic source has a WebTag , the URL for that WebTag will be included when you copy the source to FamilySearch . When moving a source from FamilySearch to RootsMagic , the URL ( if any ) will be added as a WebTag attached to the source when it is brought over . A Short Video And here is that short video I promised , which goes into more detail about how to share sources between RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . Remember , to use RootsMagic with FamilySearch Family Tree , you โ ll need to be using the latest version of RootsMagic 6 ( 6 . 3 . 0 . 2 ) . If you already own version 6 , select Help > Check for Updates from the main menu . If you are using an older version , you โ ll need to upgrade to v6 . In our next blog article , we โ ll show you another FamilySearch feature unique to RootsMagic , the Change History List with the ability to restore incorrect changes to Family Tree . Information and Links Join the fray by commenting , tracking what others have to say , or linking to it from your blog . Information August 15th , 2013 28 Responses Feeds and Links Comment Feed From This Author Del . icio . us Digg Technorati Categories and Tags FamilySearch How - To Products RootsMagic Working with FamilySearch Family Tree RootsMagic Introduces Problem Alerts | [
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http://blog.schertz.name/2014/03/media-codecs-in-lync-2013/ | Media Codecs in Lync 2013 March 31 2014 by Jeff Schertz 26 Comments The original intent of this article was to review the current list of supported audio and video codecs in Lync 2013 and attempt to explain what each one is used for given that the list has grown quite a bit over time But due to the latest announcements around Lync and Skype integration it seems appropriate to first take a closer look at one of these codecs in particular before diving into the rest This article has been in the works for a while and in the meantime fellow MVP Johan Delimon has also posted a brief article covering just the audio codecs in Lync 2013 Background At the latest Lync Conference Microsoft released more details regarding further integration plans between Lync 2013 and Skype While most of this new information was focused around direct video compatibility with Lync 2013 clients there will be some advancements in audio calling as well Last year Microsoft added support for peertopeer audio calls between Lync 2013 clients and newer Skype clients This Version 1 capability was actually provided by use of media transcoding gateways in the Skype cloud which would allow both clients to utilize their own unique preexisting audio codecs The signaling gateways in the Skype cloud would then For native Lync connectivity the topic of media traversal is well documented and the value of negotiating a direct media connection can be quite obvious The Lync to Skype scenario is quite different though as this usecase is more about bridging enterprise and consumer solutions in which it can be argued that the two clients would rarely be on the same network Either way as depicted in the following simplified diagram the signaling and media paths are basically the same in that they both must traverse the entire backend infrastructure There is tremendous value in terms of performance and scale to providing a direct media path between these different client and Microsoft is moving in that direction What will be coming sometime this year is the addition of a separate deployment of services in the Skype cloud referred to as Version 2 which will be deploy sidebyside with the current v1 capabilities The biggest difference in the v2 design is that there will no longer be a need for media transcoding gateways only the signaling gateways which translate the Session Initiation Protocol SIP and Session Description Protocol SDP messages between the different clients This will allow for the SDP of both clients to be used to setup a direct media path by using the same ICE STUN and TURN protocol implementation that Lync does to facilitate a peer media connection Since media transcoding is no longer utilized then the clients obviously must have at least one audio and one video codec in common For video Microsoft has opted to integrate into Skype the same H264 SVC codec which was first introduced in Lync 2013 This codec has been added to the latest release of Skype clients and functions at the same levels of compatibility as the Lync 2013 clients Both ends will support the same list of resolutions frame rates and temporal scaling layers For the audio portion of the call Microsoft has gone the opposite route and actually selected the SILK codec already in use in Skype Unbeknownst to most users Microsoft already added native support for this audio codec to the Lync 2013 desktop client with a Cumulative Update in November 2013 CU4 When performing some troubleshooting shortly after that release the new codec declaration was seen hiding in the SDP of the captured SIP messages At that time there was no information on exactly why SILK was included but it was an safe guess as to the possible intent Although this When Microsoft launces the v2 infrastructure when not only will H264 SVC video calling be available between Lync and Skype clients but the media paths will be optimized and SILK will be the audio codec of choice Viewing Session Description Protocol To see the actual list of supported codecs in the Lync client the SIP INVITE messages of a call attempt can be captured and reviewed in one of a few ways A SIP trace could be captured at the server or client level but the easiest approach is to simply review the tracing log file created by the Lync client when logging is enabled This requires no access to any Lync servers and the file can be pulled directly from the client workstation Open the Options menu on the Lync 2013 client and on the General tab set the Logging In Lync parameter to either Light or Signout and completely exit the Lync client Open the users Tracing folder in explorer using the path shown below If a LyncUccApi0UccApilog file already exists then delete it localappdataMicrosoftOffice150LyncTracing Deleting this file will provide a clean file to view in the next steps to make it much easier to find the desired SIP message IF tracing was just enabled and was not previously used then this file may not yet even exist Restart the Lync client and note that a new LyncUccApi0UccApilog file will be created Place a video call to another Lync client and hang up a few seconds after it is confirmed that the call was succesfully established This will populate the new trace file with some SIP messages that include both audio and video codec declarations Open the LyncUccApi0UccApilog file in Notepad and search for the string applicationsdp to locate the first SIP message containing Session Description Protocol information The first result should also show the text msproxy2007fallback under the ContentDisposition line just below This message is for backward compatibility with any clients or endpoints still utilizing the older implementation of ICE v6 This section will be skipped over as the next section includes the same declarations and the formatting of some parameters is easier to read Select search again to find the second instance in the same SIP INVITE message which will not include the fallback string in the ContentDisposition line This message contains support for the more recent implementation of ICE v19 The cIN line lists the IP address of the sender of this message The SIP messages captured during call setup can include the list of supported receiving capabilities from both parties depending on the process used to capture the trace Checking this line helps identify which of the two clients in the call this SDP information was sent by The maudio line defines the media profile or RTP Audio Video Profile RTVAVP which lists each supported codec by their unique Payload Type identifiers The order of the identifiers defines the order of preference from left eg 117most preferred to right eg 101least preferred Scenarios where more than one codec may be applicable like with poor network conditions or lower bit rate policy limitations can result in the use of a lesspreferred codec Skip past the acandidate lines which are used to declare all the potential host IP addresses to attempt to negotiate media paths Look for the first occurrence of the artpmap lines as this is where the individual audio codecs are further defined Each unique codec is initially defined by an individual aftpmap line while some may also include a secondary afmtp line to set additional parameters specific to that codec The order that the codecs are declared in the text top to bottom also matches the order they are defined in the media profile left to right The rtpmap attribute defines the type of Real Time Protocol RTP media payload for a specific codec The following text uses the wideband RTAudiocodec as an example artpmap payload type encoding name clock rate artpmap 114 xmsrta 16000 The Payload Type which is unique to each different codec variant is defined as a numeric value placed immediately after the colon The Encoding Name is the common name of the codec The Clock Rate is the numeric value after the slash which defines the sampling frequency used for each codec Values of 8000 typically indicate a narrowband codec while 16000 defines a wideband codec Audio Codecs The list of audio codecs in Lync 2013 is quite extensive and has grown over the many different releases of the Communications Server product When looking directly at SIP messages between two Lync 2013 clients the initial SIP INVITE from the calling party will include the following lines below the maudio section of the SDP messages The following sections do not outline the audio codecs in any specific order of preference They are simply organized in similar groups starting with the more commonly used codecs RTAudio RTA Microsofts own proprietary audio codec which can be licensed for use in other thirdparty clients and devices artpmap115 xmsrta8000 artpmap114 xmsrta16000 RTAudio as with a few other supported audio codecs is provided in both narrowband 8 kHz and wideband 16 kHz options The wideband codec is most commonly used in peertopeer Lync calls while the narrowband option can be used for either peer Lync calls or in some outbound calling scenarios In the event that available network bandwidth is limited then instead of sending G711 directly to a Mediation server for outbound media sessions destined for the Public Switched Telephony Network PSTN the Lync client can utilize RTA instead Although this will provide better quality at a lower bit rate over G711 These entries advertise compatibility with the industry standard G711 audio codec used throughout the PSTN Support for two different common Pulse Code Modulation PCM algorithms are denoted as PCMU for G711 ยตLaw used exclusively in North America and Japan and PCMA for G711 ALaw commonly used throughout the rest of the world artpmap0 PCMU8000 artpmap8 PCMA8000 These codecs can be used in numerous calling scenarios but are most commonly seen in calls with PSTN callers The most common scenario is when placing a Lync audio call to the PSTN where there is plenty of available bandwidth on the network between the client and the mediation server As of an earlier Office Communicator R2 release the asdesigned behavior here is for the client to simply encode the audio in G711 so that the Mediation Server is not taxed with having to perform any transcoding it will simply send the media on to its next hop In the Siren The Siren family of patented codecs was originally developed by Polycom The specific variant supported by Lync is also known as Siren 7 and has been used only for conferencing scenarios for some time in the Communications Server product family An immediate benefit of Siren is that it provides wideband audio at a low bit rate 16 kbps making it ideal for large multiparty calls where many audio streams are sent to the same Front End server artpmap111 SIREN16000 SILK Developed specifically for Skype to replace the older SVOPC audio codec and was introduced in the 4x release of Skype clients It has also been extended into the Internet standard Opus audio codec artpmap103 SILK8000 afmtp103 useinbandfec1 usedtx0 artpmap104 SILK16000 afmtp104 useinbandfec1 usedtx0 This pair of narrowband and wideband codecs will be used for Lync 2013 and Skype audio calling in the near future when media transcoding is removed from the topology As mentioned earlier SILK supports inband FEC denoted by the useinbandfec1 parameter meaning that any additional error correction media packets are sent inside the same media payload stream G722 A freely available and widely popular wideband audio codec which Lync will use in a few scenarios artpmap9 G7228000 Unlike other wideband codec the clock rate here is incorrectly identified as only 8000Hz even though the actual sampling rate is 16000KHz Johans aforementioned article explains this is due to an error in RFC 1890 and Lync must declare the rate this way to support compatibly with other systems This codec is primarily used in Lync conference calls when no other Lync clients are participating in the same call In the event that a single Lync client joins an audio conference call populated with only PSTN attendees then the mixed audio sent by the Lync AVMCU to the sole Lync client will be in G722 In scenarios where other Lync clients have joined the same conference call then the Lync ACMVU will fallback to using Siren for the mixed audio streams sent to each Lync client Constrained bandwidth or highlatency scenarios can also trigger a fallback to Siren regardless of the client types in attendance A previous article from Lync MVP Curtis Johnstone covers this specific behavior in more depth While RTA is primarily used for wideband audio between Lync clients when negotiating peer to peer Lync calls when other clients like Lync Qualified phones negotiate calls with Lync clients then G722 may need to be used if RTA is not available on the phone RTA compatibility is not a Lync Qualification requirement for IP phones but it is included in Optimized phones running Lync Phone Edition G722 Stereo This codec declaration is a newer capability added with the RTM version of Lync 2013 and is designed to support Lync Room System devices which are equipped with two microphones for stereo dualchannel audio pickup artpmap117 G72280002 Just as with G722 the clock rate here is also defined as 8000 yet again the actual rate is 16000Hz The 2 after the clock rate indicates that this codec has 2 separate channelsfor stereo applications Lync Room Systems utilize this codec to provide for improved audio pickup in conference rooms G7221 Another supported option from the same family of royaltyfree wideband audio codecs It is not based on G722 though it is actually a variant of the Siren 7 codec artpmap112 G722116000 G726 G726 is an Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADPCM codec designed to more effectively compress speech than older PCMbased codecs The specific variant supported by Lync 2013 is a single narrowband 32 kbps option which results in a lower bit rate stream of comparable quality to G711 audio Some of the Lynccompatible IP desk phones natively support this codec and in theory could negotiate G726 instead of G711 in constrained bandwidth scenarios artpmap116 AAL2G726328000 Comfort Noise CN Utilizing Comfort Noise provides Lync the ability to leverage either a narrowband or wideband options for adding white noise during periods of silence to prevent users from mistakenly thinking that the call connection might have been lost artpmap13 CN8000 artpmap118 CN16000 Redundant Audio Payload RED RED is utilized for any outofband Forward Error Correction FEC audio payload While Lync clients will leverage this codec for error correction needs in native calls the Skype clients do not support this and will use inband FEC artpmap97 RED8000 DualTone MultiFrequency DTMF DTMF signaling is used to support the common telephone events of pushing buttons on the dial pad while in a call artpmap101 telephoneevent8000 afmtp101 016 The unique tone created by each key is represented by a value between 0 and 16 as defined by the additional fmtp attribute The name describes exactly how these tones work in that each button on a traditional telephone produces two simultaneous tones of different frequencies Each row and column on a standard phone number pad uses a different frequency tone so that 8 unique tones can be used to support 16 different dualtone patterns The supported 16 standard tones come from 09 and four additional tones used by the AUTOVON military application defined as A B C D RFC 4733 defines only 16 unique values 015 so it is unclear why Lync defines a 17th value 016 1 2 3 A 697 Hz 4 5 6 B 770 Hz 7 8 9 C 852 Hz 0 D 941 Hz 1209 Hz 1336 Hz 1477 Hz 1633 Hz For example depressing 4 will produce two tones of 1209 Hz and 770 Hz This is why many of the tones seem to sound the same as all keys in a row or column will use the same tone for one of the two played This harmony is difficult for the average person to easily differentiate between but a computer can accurately identify each of the two frequencies in play Video Codecs The list of video codecs in Lync 2013 is much shorter than the list of supported audio codes by comparison Return to the same spot in the tracing file as shown at the beginning of the last section and then search for the mvideo line found immediately below the audio section Just as with audio codecs the mvideo line uses the same format to list the order of preference by defaulting to H264 SVC 122 ahead of RTVideo121 RTVideo RTV This is the RealTime Video codec which has been supported from the introduction of video calling in the Communications Server platform artpmap121 xrtvc190000 The 90000 value is used as the clock rate for all video codecs advertised by Lync As denoted by the preference order above this codec is listed second and will be used in the event that both sides do not support H264 SVC H264 SVC As covered in various other articles the H264 SVC implementation in Lync is used by default for all native 2013 calling scenarios as well in certain thirdparty interoperability scenarios eg Polycom Group Series with at least 413 firmware artpmap122 XH264UC90000 afmtp122 packetizationmode1mstmodeNITC When communicating with legacy clients eg Lync 2010 Office Communicator and some thirdparty video conferencing systems eg Polycom HDX then RTVideo would still be used As explained in previous articles and various presentations the implementation of H264 SVC in Lync is not the basic H264 codec but is specialized in Lync This unique implementation is advertised to other clients as XH264UC and thus must be understood by the other client in the call equally In the additional fmtp declaration statement the packetizationmode1 parameter indicates that UCConfig Mode 1 is the maximum scaling mode supported which is the ability to encode two separate temporal layers a base layer and an enhancement layer As previously stated the upcoming implementation of Skype will support the same mode Uneven Level Protection FEC This codec is actually used to allow Lync 2013 clients to setup a second RTP session used specifically for outofband forward error correction data separate from the main video stream artpmap123 xulpfecuc90000 As the uneven part of the name suggests this codec will send portions of redundant data when needed as it is not an complete duplicate of the main media stream Just as mentioned earlier in the audio codecs section Skype clients do not support this and will instead simply used inband FEC with the single SVC media session This entry did not exist in previous versions of Lync so in legacy video call scenarios the Lync 2010 clients utilizing RTV will also embed FEC data inband Filed under Skype for Business Video Voice Tagged with 2013 Media SVC About Jeff Schertz Site Administrator | [
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http://blog.sciencescore.com/the-biggest-cell-in-the-world/ | The biggest cell in the world In Life Science Science Fun Facts Sarah Jane Elliott 2584 Views 0 comments Our bodies are made up of cells , and each kind of cell does its own job . Some cells are bigger than others , but do you know what the biggest cell in the world is ? It โ s an egg ! If you crack a chicken egg into a bowl and look at it , that yellow part is a cell . If you look carefully at the inside of the shell , you can see a thin , clear membrane sticking to it . That โ s the cell membrane that contains the yolk and the white , which helps protect the egg cell and the growing chicken from everything that โ s going on around it . Eggs come in all different shapes and sizes , but the largest cell that exists in the world right now is an ostrich egg . It โ s about the size of a canteloupe , and weighs 3.3 pounds ! The shell is also very thick โ it has to be for a 300 pound ostrich mom to be able to sit on it without breaking it . You can even eat an ostrich egg . It โ s equal to 24 chicken eggs , so if you wanted a boiled egg , you โ d need to leave it in your pot for about an hour ! Eggs can be very tiny , too . The smallest egg with a hard shell is laid by the bee hummingbird . Their eggs weigh 0.2 ounces and are about the size of a small pea . That means you could fit 4,700 bee hummingbird eggs inside one ostrich egg ! But the biggest egg ever laid belongs to the elephant bird . Elephant birds have been extinct since the 1600s , and their eggs were 15 times bigger than an ostrich egg โ equal to 200 chicken eggs ! That โ s a lot of cell ! Eggs Life Science Science Fun Facts Why is the world ' s biggest seed a naughty nut ? Why is the sky blue ? Curious questions Outer Space Sky Why is Pluto not a planet ? Curious questions Outer Space Planets Why does our breath stink in the morning ? Why does ice float ? Matter Physical Science Why do we yawn ? Human body | [
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http://blog.screamingcircuits.com/via_in_pad/ | Via in Pad Why and How There are many reasons you shouldnt use via in pad Its not good practice and those via holes act like little capillary straws and suck solder off of the pad or the BGA That said there are some applications that Read more Posted on April 17 2015 in Tips and tools Via in Pad Permalink Tweet Super Small Via In Pad Via in pad is an old issue that still pops up now and then Our standard answer hasnt changed No open vias in pads But one of the questions we get related to the subject is What if we make Posted on July 17 2013 in CAD Parts Libraries Layout QFN and DFN Tips and tools Via in Pad Permalink Tweet Via in Big Pads The answer to the question is it ever okay to put open vias in BGA pads is simply No Its no no no no not ever That makes it easy No technique to worry about No tolerances Nothing Just dont Posted on September 20 2012 in CAD Parts Libraries Via in Pad Permalink Tweet Via in Pad x 8 Heres an interesting via in pad case On the one hand the footprint is very symmetrical and clean looking On the other hand it has open vias in the pads At first glance I thought this was a DIP footprint Posted on September 6 2012 in CAD Parts Libraries Tips and tools Via in Pad Permalink Tweet How not to treat your BGA friends Over the years most of what we see are good PC boards But some standout in the other direction as examples of what not to do Some didnt make it through the board house alive Some were unknowingly rendered useless Posted on June 12 2012 in CAD Parts Libraries PCB Finishes Via in Pad Permalink Tweet BGA pads with Vias No This isnt a closeup of an owl face There is still some debate on how best to create a land pattern for a 04mm pitch BGA We recommend soldermask defined pads at that pitch But thats not really what Read more Posted on October 25 2011 in CAD Parts Libraries Tips and tools Via in Pad Permalink Tweet Small Open Vias Parts change and so do vias Our standard policy here is that open vias in pads are bad We from time to time recommend ways to plug them Generally you have several options Like this post shows However with vias Posted on September 19 2011 in Tips and tools Via in Pad Permalink Tweet Via Shifting Heres an example of what via in pad can do for a small passive component Other things can happen too like tomstoning or twisting But take a close look at this photo In doing so youll note that both sides Read more Posted on July 14 2011 in Layout Via in Pad Permalink Tweet Via Current Capacity Over on the Circuits Assembly blog Michael asked a question about my Via in Pad Myth 5 He asked I have a question about vias I have seen charts on the current carrying capacity of traces but what about vias Posted on June 17 2011 in Layout PCB Finishes Via in Pad ViaInPad Myth 5A I received a couple of good questions on my prior post about vias in QFN or QFP pads I have a few questions about the second photo The thermal vias in the center are masked over doesnt this make it Posted on June 16 2011 in QFN and DFN Via in Pad Permalink Tweet PCB Assembly Order your PCB Assembly here from Screaming Circuits Hot Topics Screaming Circuits Videos Subscribe to Our Publication Via in Pad Hints Want PCB Tips Tricks Categories Announcements CAD Parts Libraries Circuit Design Circuit Puns Company and Partners Current Affairs Engineer stories Entrepreneurship Events and activities Film Games General General interest Industry Layout Makers Microcontrollers Open Source Our website and Process Partners Parts Formfactors PCB Finishes QFN and DFN Robotics Supplychain Tips and tools TopTen Lists Via in Pad Archives December 2018 November 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 April 2018 March 2018 December 2017 November 2017 Our Design Guide PDFs Via in Pad Guidelines QFN design guidelines Marking Diodes Centroid file Screaming Surveys Who are you Tell us a bit about your work so we can better help you out New services Tell us what new services youd like to see from Screaming Circuits Syndicate Subscribe to this blogs feed | [
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/hormonallychallenged/2008/05/15/cholesterol-and-hormones/ | Hormonally Challenged Cholesterol and Hormones By deborah_maragopoulos on May 15 , 2008 at 9 : 52 AM Everyone is so concerned about high cholesterol , but did you know that very low levels of cholesterol are unhealthy . Death rates related to cholesterol levels are a J curve โ over 250ng / dl and under 150ng / dl โ mortality rates rise . Why ? Cholesterol is manufactured by the liver in response to the body โ s need for two things : bandaids and hormones . Cholesterol is nature โ s bandaid , providing the necessary materials to shore up damaged tissues and support cells . Cholesterol is also at the center of every steroid hormone : estrogen , progesterone , testosterone , cortisol , DHEA , aldosterone . The word steroid comes from โ sterol โ โ the cholesterol molecule at the root of every steroid hormone . When your body produces less hormones in times of stress or with the natural aging process , the hypothalamus which orchestrates the symphony of hormones alerts the liver โ โ get some cholesterol to the gonads and adrenals , pronto ! ! โ Now the tired , declining glands can not always use the cholesterol resources so generously provided by the liver , so it floats around in the bloodstream . High cholesterol is not a dis - ease but a symptom of something deeper . If you keep hormones in harmony by supporting the ovaries , testes and adrenals , cholesterol will be made into necessary steroid hormones . Whenever cholesterol is elevated , I look for steroid hormone imbalances . The liver is not trying to clog up your arteries , but just responding to the hypothalamus โ cry for help . I recently got an email from one of my readers about cholesterol . She โ s menopausal and in spite of a healthy diet and exercise , her cholesterol is rising . Would Genesis Gold ยฎ help ? I created Genesis Gold ยฎ to balance the hormones and the hypothalamus . Clinical studies showed that within three months the HDL rose ( HDL is the good or Happy cholesterol ) and within six months the LDL lowered , ( LDL is the bad or Lousy cholesterol ) lowering the total cholesterol to healthy levels . Usually after three to six months of using Genesis Gold ยฎ , the cholesterol levels normalize as the hormones come into balance . If symptoms of hormonal decline are severe โ unmitigated hot flashes , night sweats , severe mental fog , depression , anxiety โ I recommend natural bio - identical hormone replacement . If you are over fifty and menopausal ( or andropausal for aging men ) , it is normal for cholesterol levels to rise up to 200 - 250 ng / dl , even if you exercise and eat well . Over 250 , I treat with natural cholesterol lowering agents , because statins have the ominous side effect of suppressing protective CoQ10 production leading to neurological damage . But I never treat high cholesterol until I get to the root of the problem . So , yes I think Genesis Gold will help balance the neuro - immune - endocrine system which in turn will lower the liver โ s production of LDL cholesterol . Since cholesterol is the root of steroid hormones , then does n โ t it make sense to treat hormonal imbalances first ? Deborah Maragopoulos MN FNP View Comments | [
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2009/11/11/can-someone-legally-park-in-front-of-my-house-continually/ | Seattle 911 - - A Police and Crime Blog Can someone legally park in front of my house continually ? By Casey McNerthney on November 11 , 2009 at 12 : 06 AM Because last week was so busy with the fatal police shooting case and other breaking news , reader questions did n โ t get answered . But they โ re back . Thanks for the wait . Q : My neighbor parks his truck on the street in front of my house , and it โ s ugly . He โ s left it out there for days , so technically he โ s broken the law by not moving it for 72 hours . But is there some sort of fair play law allowing some sort of first right to park in front of your own home ? A : Not in this case . โ Residents in general do n โ t have any particular right to park in front of their own house , โ Seattle Department of Transportation spokeswoman Marybeth Turner said . โ It โ s a public right of way . โ People can get special parking privileges for disabilities and with restricted parking zone permits . For more information on the RPZ program , click here But under most circumstances , people ca n โ t expect to always be able to park on the street in front of their house , even though it common . In most cases , vehicles โ junk or not โ can only be parked at the same public spot for 72 before they โ re in violation of the Seattle Municipal Code . For more on that , click here Thanks to the people who submitted questions . Previous answers are linked below . How do I get my car that was towed after a DUI ? How do I get my driving record or background check ? What โ s the penalty for lying to a police officer ? Are n โ t bicyclists required to walk at crosswalks ? Why do n โ t police stop jaywalkers around Pike Place Market ? Is it illegal to change lanes under the Monorail tracks ? Who responds to emergencies on city border streets ? When are threatening words or profanity illegal ? Can police speed down neighborhood streets with no lights ? Is Washington an open - carry state regarding guns ? Where are Seattle sex offenders ? What do the levels mean ? Should I call 911 for disabled parking violators ? How do police arrest a person who does n โ t speak English ? Can I burn a pile of leaves and limbs in Seattle ? How do intermediate license drivers prove a relationship ? Why are so many King County officers patrolling Seattle ? What are the black squares on Seattle roadways ? Gang signs ? Is it true cop radar guns do n โ t work in rain or darkness ? Who pays for cops at construction sites ? When do I have to replace fire extinguishers ? Where are the speed traps in Seattle ? Are fire extinguishers recommended for homes ? Why are there rows of buoys in Lake Union ? Are there Seattle fire codes against backyard barbeques ? Is my neighbor โ s food smoker against the law ? How do I get a weapons permit here if I โ m from out of state ? Is it legal to have a campfire in a Seattle backyard ? Are pets required to be licensed in Seattle when visiting ? What โ s penalty for patronizing a prostitute in Seattle ? When can my vehicle be impounded without notice ? Can police search my trunk or locked glove box ? Can you be busted for DUI if a car is not moving ? When are kids required to be in booster seats ? Are cops allowed to use my driveway to catch speeders ? Are dogs in public beaches , park fountains illegal ? What is the fine for off - leash dogs ? How does Seattle law define a junk motor vehicle ? What do โ local access only โ signs mean ? What โ s the legal definition for dismissed with prejudice ? Is it legal to drink on publicly owned golf courses ? What is the fine for scalping tickets at Safeco ? What are the most common red - light camera case rejections ? Can I drink in Seattle parks ? Does using a paper bag work ? Why are traffic lights on Broadway horizontal ? Where are the red - light cameras in Seattle ? Do cops actually ticket people for loud dogs ? What lanes have to yield to an emergency vehicle ? What โ s the fine for basic littering ? Is my neighbor โ s beat - up RV legal ? What happens if you refuse a Breathalyzer on your boat ? Will a drunken boating arrest affect my driver โ s license ? Can littering really bring a $ 1,024 fine ? Are people renting their homes required to have licenses ? Do cats and small pets have to stay on their owner โ s property ? Is it illegal to drive barefoot or with flip - flops ? When are police or others trespassing on my property ? Is motorcycle lane splitting legal ? Is passing on the right illegal ? Do drugs other than pot keep you from being a police officer ? Does domestic violence have to include family members ? Are disabled parking tags only legal in certain vehicles ? Can I carry an unconcealed airsoft handgun in a public place ? Can I drive holding my cell phone if it โ s on speaker phone ? What is the difference in the number of fire alarms ? How to police respond to non - emergency hang - ups ? When does hands - free cell phone law not apply ? When are power strips a fire hazard ? What days are fireworks allowed in Seattle ? What the fine for not having my dog licensed in Seattle ? Can I still be a Seattle police officer if I โ ve smoked pot ? What โ s the fine for falsely getting a disabled parking pass ? Are those painting - contractor signs in the roadway illegal ? How can I get a streetlight fixed to deter crime ? When does a speed limit sign take effect ? How close can I legally park to a driveway ? What do those numbers on my driver โ s license stand for ? What do I do when a parking meter wo n โ t accept change ? Are cops required to wear seat belts at all times ? Are โ no parking โ signs legal on streets in front of houses ? Why do I have to call police if I โ m already at a precinct ? How long can storage units legally stay on city streets ? Is there a legal size limit for concealed knives ? How do I get a protection order ? Can a DUI suspect request a breath test ? Does someone with a trailer have a different speed limit ? Is it legal to burn painted or treated wood at Seattle parks ? Do carpool drivers get the right of way for lane changes ? Where are the sex offenders in Seattle ? Why can cops ride solo in the carpool lanes ? Does a paper bag save you from violating the open - container law ? When do junker cars in a yard become illegal ? What is the age people are legally required to stop driving ? What happens if you forget your driver โ s license renewal ? What color lights are allowed on the rear of vehicles ? Can you be ticketed for driving too slow ? Are drivers legally required to keep hands on the wheel ? Are vehicles legally required to have two license plates or one ? Can I drop dog waste in someone else โ s garbage can ? Is it legal to turn into the center turn lane ? What is the Assault Weapons Ban ? Am I still allowed to drive over passes with studded tires ? Is it illegal to drive with sunglasses at night ? Are carpool lanes considered passing lanes ? How long are drivers required to stop at stop signs ? How do we legally deal with neighbors who have eyesore yards ? Are left turns on red arrows legal ? Can a police officer write a ticket outside his city limits ? How do you handle someone who leaves dog doo on your lawn ? What โ s the best way to handle speeders who tailgate ? How long can a dog legally be left in a car ? Can I park in the area between the sidewalk and street ? How do cyclists deal with a crazy neighborhood driver ? Does a doctor โ s note get you out of wearing a seat belt ? How do motorcycle riders address parking sticker theft ? When is a U turn legal ? What is the law regarding signaling lane changes ? Can the DMV or police access your auto insurance records ? Can Seattle cops impound a bike if rider does n โ t have helmet ? What is the ordinance regarding construction noise ? Can someone I do n โ t know park in or near my driveway ? Are side mirrors required on cars ? Is it illegal to leash a dog on public property ? Can police stop street musicians for a noise violation ? Can parking enforcement officers give tickets for non - parking offenses ? What are you legally required to do during a traffic stop ? Are all moped drivers required to have insurance ? Are people required to follow Green Lake path instructions ? What is the definition of a hate crime ? Is it legal to use school athletic complexes during evenings ? How can I give alerts if flashing high beams is illegal ? What โ s the difference between a suspect and a person of interest ? What โ s the yield rule at uncontrolled intersections ? Can firefighters give tickets ? Is going through gas stations to avoid red lights legal ? Is it illegal to drive a pickup without a tailgate ? Do you have to stop at private parking lot stop signs ? Are bicyclists allowed on Aurora Avenue North ? Can people be ticketed for the same offense twice in a day ? Last - second freeway off ramp mergers โ legal or not ? Are you required to sign a traffic ticket ? Do red - light cameras lead to cell - phone tickets ? Can people be fined for making false police reports ? Do cops always have to ID themselves when asked ? Do I have to stop for pedestrians waiting at a crosswalk ? Who is responsible for cleaning up graffiti ? Can off - duty cops in unmarked cars pull you over ? Are space heaters a fire hazard in work cubicles ? Do land lines work to call 911 even with no phone service ? What happens to items found in theft and burglary cases ? Do cops have quotas for speeding tickets ? Can cars park in a bus stop if no bus is coming ? Can you run metering lights if no cars are behind you ? Can my neighbor be ticketed for a noisy dog ? Can I plead the fifth when arrested by cops ? Can I turn across a freeway onramp on a red light ? What โ s the age cut - off for being carded ? What kinds of ID can I use to get into a bar ? Are fireworks legal on New Year โ s Day ? Can paintballs legally deter intrusive hookers ? Can people really make a citizen โ s arrest ? Do cars blocking hydrants stop firefighters ? Do red - light cameras consider snow conditions ? What โ s the penalty for driving on closed roads ? Can the city be sued by people hurt sledding ? Are snowmobiles legal on city streets ? Does snow slow police and fire response times ? What streets do police first close for ice ? Do cops really give fines for sidewalk ice ? What โ s the penalty for not yielding to cops ? Do cars always have to yield to pedestrians ? Are cheap smoke detectors safe enough ? Who pays for false burglary alarm calls ? What happens to people caught with a fake ID ? Can you be ticketed driving the speed limit ? How close can you park to fire hydrants ? Is it illegal to rev your engine at stoplights ? What are the basic fines for speeding ? When can I pass a school bus with lights going ? Is it illegal to disobey crossing guards ? Are electric bikes allowed on Burke - Gilman ? Is it illegal to blow yard waste into streets ? Where are Seattle gangs ? Where does the money from traffic tickets go ? Does hands - free law apply to hearing - impaired ? Is it illegal to drive with headphones ? Can Vespas legally travel in bike lanes ? Do n โ t firefighters rescue stuck cats ? Can drivers ignore red lights at midblock ? Which intersection is worst for pedestrians ? Is it legal to eat while driving ? How about putting on makeup ? Are both lap and shoulder seatbelts required ? Red - light traffic blocks fire trucks โ what now ? Can flashing headlights change a red light ? Can I be fined if my passenger has no seatbelt ? Where are fire escapes in Seattle townhouses ? Is it legal to walk home drunk ? Who enforces political sign cleanup ? Can my car legally block part of a sidewalk ? Can motorcycles park on sidewalks ? Is flashing high beams at cars illegal ? Is the left lane really just for passing ? Is car - to - sidewalk switch on bikes legal ? Is it illegal to drive with tailgate down ? Are classic cars required to have seatbelts ? Can drivers turn left on a double yellow line ? Are motorcyclists required to have insurance ? Is it possible to beat a Breathalyzer by sucking on a penny ? OK to go through red light if you entered intersection on a yellow ? Is it illegal to sleep drunk in a parked car ? How do I find out about that crime in my neighborhood ? What โ s the penalty for red - light cameras ? What happens to people caught egging ? Is it illegal to drive in bicycle lanes ? Are U turns legal ? Do crosswalks have to be marked ? Where can a mother in need leave a baby ? Is it legal to ride in the back of trucks ? Who has the right of way on sidewalks , bikes or people ? Are loud stereos legal ? Can I ride with a Seattle firefighter ? Do kids count for carpool lane tally ? Are loud motorcycles legal ? Is there a legal limit for the number of pit bulls in a Seattle home ? Is proof of insurance required in rental cars ? Car rolls backwards downhill and crashes . Who is at fault ? Do you have to drive all the way around traffic circles ? Is it legal for bikers โ riding the line โ of bike lanes ? Are left turns onto one - way streets allowed at red lights ? Plants in condo hallways โ against fire code ? Are cars required to have one license plate or two ? Rear - end accident : Who โ s at fault ? Does the S.L.U.T. have to wait for pedestrians ? Why are cops exempt from hands - free cell phone law ? Is it illegal for dogs to ride in truck beds unsecured ? Is there a quick way to get Seattle crime statistics ? Can you get a DUI on a bicycle ? Are authorities at funeral processions on the clock ? How can I get officers to patrol downtown gang areas ? Why do n โ t police arrest more Critical Mass cyclists ? When do school speed zone limits apply ? Why do police speed without their lights and sirens ? Why are police officers allowed to drive their cruisers to and from their homes , sometimes more than 30 miles out of their jurisdictions ? How do the police gain access into a secured apartment complex in the case of an emergency ? Is it legal to drive with pets in your lap ? What are the local restrictions for Segways ? Questions may be edited or paraphrased Casey McNerthney View Comments | [
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http://blog.shermanstravel.com/2015/5-must-eats-in-mexico-city/ | From dive - y taquerias to five - star restaurants , here โ s where to eat best in Mexico City . 1 . Pujol : Chef Enrique Olvera opened Pujol nearly 15 years ago , and the restaurant remains a cult favorite among foodies , both in Mexico City and beyond . The sleekly designed space , serving elegant takes on Mexican cuisine , is among the best in the nation , holding court to the 50 World ' s Best Restaurant list each year . Do n โ t miss the dinner tasting menu - - a steal at $ 90 . Guests will experience six courses , including Olvera โ s playful take on street snacks and a signature โ happy ending 2 . El Turix A dive that โ s discreetly tucked away among the poshness of Polanco , El Turix is a locals โ joint where you โ ll find diners standing around for lunch , chatting with neighbors over a soccer match . The cheap panuchos ( about $ 2 each ) are flavor - packed disks made from a delicate fried tortilla and topped with shredded pork , pickled red onion , and a squeeze of lime . Take care with the spicy habanero salsa here , as just a hint packs serious heat . 3 . Paxia Located in the San Angel neighborhood , chef Daniel Ovadia creates elevated Mexican cuisine with an artful spin . The lunchtime tasting menu takes around three hours , but it ' s worth the time and money . You can expect Instagram - worthy dishes like : black shrimp aguachile with burnt cocoa husk and coral huitacoche ; the heady , pork - stuffed sandwich ( with accompanying bib and gloves ) ; and Ovadia โ s signature mole de guajolote ( turkey in mole sauce ) . 4 . Mercado Roma Situated in the impossibly hip neighborhood of La Roma , this buzzy food market is Mexico City โ s answer to a food hall . The three - story culinary mecca boasts an outdoor vertical garden that serves as a backdrop for some of the city โ s best restaurants - - all under one roof . Do n โ t leave without sampling sweets from Panaderรญa Da Silva , a burger from Butchers and Sons , tapas at Oli , or artfully made chocolates by Josรฉ Ramรณn Castillo at Que Bo ! 5 . El Hidalguense A classic choice for Hidalgo - style barbacoa , owner Moisรฉs Rodrรญguez serves lamb from his farm , roasted over aged mesquite and oak in an underground pit and then presented in fragrant charred agave leaves . Accouterments include fresh - made tortillas , citrus , and salsas to assemble the perfect lamb - stuffed taco . food & wine | [
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http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilting-sewing/9-quilt-design-wall-ideas/ | 9 quilt designwall ideas Posted by Jenny Wilding Cardon on April 9 2013 in quilting sewing design a quilt quilt roundups quilting tutorials If youre designing quilts auditioning fabrics or simply want to see how your quilt is coming along a design wall is a great way to see a completed quilt top begin to emerge Most of us have used a table or the floor to view the results of our sewing but a design wall for quilting allows you to stand back quite literally and take a look at whats happening as each block comes off the machine Pictorial fabric squares placed on a design wall left framing fabric added right Not sure how to make a quilting design wall No problemits easy to learn There are two types of design walls that you can construct a portable or retractable quilt design wall and a more permanent one Portable design walls are great for quilt spaces that do double duty such as the kitchen table or the corner of a bedroom Some types are also perfect for classes and retreats Permanent design walls are a valuable addition to longterm quilting spaces Below youll find nine ideas on how to make a quilting design wall Weve rounded up quilt designwall instructions that take from five minutes to a few hours to carry out Whatever your needs youll find a solution that fits the time and space you have Happy designing Portable Quilt Design Wall Ideas 1 Try a tablecloth Idea from Kim Brackett author of ScrapBasket Beauties image source If you dont have a design wall you can make a portable version by using the back of a flannelbacked vinyl tablecloth Just hang it over a door or tape it to a wall with painters tape 2 Hang a flannel sheet Idea from the You Had Me at Bonjour blog This quick design wall is made with a flannel sheet which is hung with picture hooks You can roll up and stow the sheet away with your quilt blocks still attached Find the tutorial here 3 Wrap a board with a flannel pocket Idea from Mary Elizabeth Kinch coauthor of Small Pieces Spectacular Quilts and Small Blocks Stunning Quilts Mary Elizabeth cut insulation board from the hardware store then sewed a flannel pocket to slip the board into She even made tidy box corners See the full tutorial here 4 Wrap a board with quilt batting Idea from the Oh Fransson blog For a sturdybut still portabledesign wall wrap insulation board with batting Insulation board can be found at most hardware stores and you can cut it to any size big or small 5 Make a trio of design walls Idea from the Sandra Kaye Designs blog If youre making one design wall why not make three Use one for smaller projects line them up side by side to audition bigger quilts The insulation board is so lightweight you can carry all three at the same time Get the tutorial here 6 Make Your Design Wall Permanent Idea from The Quilting Edge blog Got space to make your design wall a permanent fixture Follow this smart tutorial for mounting your design wall or walls with removable Velcrotype hanging strips Its permanentuntil you dont want it to be anymore View the tutorial here A few final ideas 7 Empty a closet Empty closets can be hard to come by but if you have one youre in luck Pin the top of a large piece of batting around a hanging rod in your closet then pin blocks to the batting If your closet has a light fixture install a bulb that emits natural light Or simply use the closet door itself as your design wall see below 8 Transform a cork board Do you already have a corkboard that you use for paper items Turn it into a small design wall by pinning flannel or batting to the cork 9 Pin it Mount a large piece of batting or flannel to a wall with straight pins and call it done The pins leave only tiny holes and theyre easy to pull out and push back in Plus youll have a design wall in five minutes flat How do you see the forest for the treesor the quilt for the blockswhen youre in the middle of a project Share your ideas in the comments 41 Comments leave a comment I have an odd shaped studio space as my house is a reproduction of a Craftsman home and the upstairs is what would have been the attic Since Im under the slope of the roof and every end has windows or doors to the storage areas I dont have a fullsized design wall space I do however have a futon and when I need to audition large designs I drop the futon down into the bed position and use the bed as my big design wall I have my eye on the space at the bend of the stairs too Beth Strand on April 9 2013 I just created my own portable design wall using PVC pipe elbow straight and T connectors The pips were cut into 40 lengths It comes apart and fits into an old Folding chair bag I used grey flannel for the wall and when rolled fits in the top of the bag It was a big hit at the last retreat I went to and everyone used it Karen Ruetz on April 9 2013 Es uno de los pasos mรกs difรญciles de aprender Imaginar como quedarรก despuรฉs de aรฑos aรบn es complicado de adivinar siempre Translation It is one of the most difficult to learn steps Imagine how it will be After years still is difficult to always guess Jacquelin B on April 9 2013 I do not have a design wall However I like the design of your tables for the sewing machine and the one right next to it The last picture with the closet Is there a source of that style Looks like your machine is low and Im looking for one with the right height Maybe some day I will quilt more but for now there is a kit waiting to become a finished UFO Hi Mary That sewing machine table setup is made from the Galant series of tables and interchangeable legs at Ikea They are great because you can choose the size table you want and then choose the legs that work best in your space I used them in my own sewing areaI chose the adjustable legs so that I could customize the table heights I have short legs and arms so it was hard to find tables that were just right for me Cornelia Mary on April 9 2013 What a great posta solution for every situation Thanks so much for including my tutorial Marianne on April 9 2013 Great ideas I only recently made my own design board with a blank canvas frame from the dollar store Insulation Board isnt readily available in Australia Heres my post about it httpwwwsameliasmumcom201304makedesignboardhtml Anorina Thanks so much for sharing your idea Cornelia Anorina Samelias Mum on April 9 2013 I have two 48 sheets of sound board purchased at a bigbox homerepair store I covered them with batting then a layer of flannel It works well but if you can get the large sheets of Styrofoamtype insulation they are lighter easier to maneuver Barbara on April 9 2013 You have some really great ideas here When I decided to build a design wall I got a lot of really good ideas on blogs My husband helped me put this one together httpthequiltjamblogspotcom201302designwalltutorialhtml Lisa Lisa Thanks for sharing your idea with us Cornelia Lisa Lisa on April 9 2013 I often take a photo of my quilt in the making for some reason I can visualise how it is going to look so much better and if I havent sewn it I then have a record of how it should be stitched together Nicky on April 10 2013 Perfect post timing I just rescued a folding screen from a dumpster and am planning on making it into a quilting wall I need something that can be easily put away when Im not using it but sturdy enough to stand on its own when I am I thought of covering a thin board with flannel then velcroing it to the screen frame for easy onoff I think insulation board will be too thick and I dont need its sturdinessdoes you have a suggestion for a thinner board Also would batting plus flannel work better than just flannel And is there a preference between felt and flannel Hi Amy Since you are just sticking it onto the the sturdy screen then I should think that some heavyduty cardboard would work fine and be easy to cover Or maybe foam core As for batting plus flannel thats definitely personal preference Putting the batting underneath will give you more of a cushion for pinning but I think you should try both and see which you like better The same goes for the felt vs flannel Those are just the suggestions that immediately came into my mindif anybody else wants to weigh in on the subject wed love to hear your thoughts Cornelia Amy on April 10 2013 Thanks Cornelia Ill let you know how it turns out Id welcome other suggestions toothe more the better Its the same way I quilta little from here a little from there Amy on April 11 2013 I wish I had seen this before I made my wall However that makes me seem ungrateful to my carpenter friend who provided the wooden slats for the tunnels at the top and bottom of my fleecy flannel wall I live in Venezuela and the fabric I found is not fleece or flannel sort of inbetween and grabs onto fabric just great I really dont know its use here blankets or soft toys If I want to leave some blocks on it for more than a half hour and there is a breeze I just pin them on too My Juliet Wood on April 12 2013 Thank you for the 9 quilt design wall ideas information Two things I like about the post one it is straight forward and two it does not attempt to promote anyones position particularly Well put Jenny Knitting Journal on April 22 2013 I use insulation board a tablecloth with flannel backing and a portable design sheet with frame Keep smiling Lynnita Shipman on April 27 2013 Mine is very portable I have a vinyl tablecloth backed with flannel I have attached 4 hangers that have 2 clips each I have a double window in my sewing room and just hang it on the curtain rod If I want to remove the wall and save the design I just fold upwards The hangers make it very easy to just lift off the curtain rodtake to my table and transfer or pack away for a short time I have a couple extra table cloths like this and I also have some old flannel that I use You can Theresa Akin on July 16 2013 i did the same pvc for my quilting frame when i do hand quilting brenda domer on July 22 2013 I had an old folding cardboard cutting board the one used with scissors and covered it with flannel It folds light weight and very easy to carry I use the top fold and slide it under books on the top shelf of my book shelve Love it Dianna on July 22 2013 LOVE the closet door ideaIm out of wall space Jenifer on July 22 2013 I use a queen sized flannel sheet pinned to a wall and I love it Before that I used my bed or the floor or a table but none of those were very adequate Suzanne Roper on July 22 2013 Love all the ideas I use the flannel backed tablecloth make a pocket at the top and bottom Then I slide a piece of lathe available at the Home stores in each pocket On the top I screw in about 5 eye screws Then I put small nails up on the wall and slide the round screws over the nails The design wall is easily taken down when I need the room for guests and the nails arent obvious Amy a good thin board is 14 Masonite or cork board Good luck Mary Herold on July 22 2013 With my husbands help I made a design wall with a Queensized flannel sheet with a curtain rod in the pocket I made on the top and a piece of PVC pipe in a rod pocket in the bottom to weight it down Its hung on curtain hardware that blends into the wood paneled wall My sewing room is also our guest room so my design wall needs to be removed occasionally I am really loving it Carolyn on July 22 2013 Used a black batting to cover a whiteboard and I want to recommend that this is not a good idea as it shows every piece of thread and it becomes ugly very quickly Pat hove on July 22 2013 I have two Both are cork bulletin boards with an old flannel sheet stapled around back One is about 20 x 30 in for block construction that I stand in a large photo easel and can lay flat next to machine for sewing The larger one my husband built easel legs that fold on a hinge to tuck behind the door when not in use The cork works well for pinning and temporary quilts stick ok to the flannel when the easel is at a slant position I have used these for at least 15 years and they serve me Debbie on July 22 2013 My design wall is the floor It is also a room in which my children go through to get upstairs Yes the quilts gets walked over the pieces may get out of place and flipped but my children are with me for now so I will be satisfied with the floor design wall I love all the ideas for the design walls When the children leave home I plan to move the sewing room to one of their bedrooms then a more permanent design wall will be in place Author and designer Barbara H Cline Barbara Cline on July 24 2013 My design wall is made from the 4x8 insulation boards Before covering the boards with flannel I marked a 12 grid with a black permanent marker directly onto the insulation board I can see the grid through the flannel See my design wall at httpwwwfactsfactscomquiltsQuiltingAidsDesignWallhtm Jerrianne on October 11 2013 Greetings I love these ideas but want to give a word of caution about using foam board or styrofoam for your design wall Please keep in mind that these products are flammable and although they are manufactured in the US with some fireretardant included they do still burn and do release harmful chemicals in the process My husband is involved in building safety and recommends using cork board or another material that is a little safer in your home Thanks Michelle Meyers on January 2 2014 I bought a cheep flannel backed table cloth When I am not using it as a design wall I fold it up and put it away If you want to you can fold it up with the blocks inside keeping everything together You can also sew ties on the bottom so you can roll it up and tie it closed Tina on March 13 2014 I have used a large piece of cheap batting for many years tacked to top of wall When I painted and carpeted the room recently I threw away the design wall piece of batting It was covered with thread scraps I replaced it with a piece of white fleece tacked to wall it is perfect You do not need to pin up your blocks static cling does the trick Love it Catherine Silling on April 8 2014 My sewing room provides a spare sleeping space for rare overnight company I have a queensized mattress leaning up against one wall The exposed side is a flannel mattress cover which I use for a design wall When company comes any quilt pieces come off and the mattress is laid on the floor It has another mattress pad on the other side Double duty Of course that does mean I do have to declutter the sewing room for folks to visit Joan Hershberger on April 9 2014 All these ideas are creative I got my idea from a comment online I use a large plastic picnic type tablecloth Or two together if Im making a large quilt I use push pins to attach them to a paneled wall By putting the push pins in the spaces between the sections of paneling the pin holes dont show The flannel side holds fabric without pinning as long as I need it to be up there This works well for me until I get my dream studio Thanks for all the great ideas Linda Boudreaux retired educ paraprofessional on April 9 2014 When we were building our house we turned two bedrooms into one big sewing room My husband built a Murphy bed so that when we have guests the room is converted to a guest room The bottom if the Murphy bed is flat and always exposed Added cotton quilt batting and walah a great design wall Ann on April 17 2014 Dianna Thats a GREAT idea I had an old one of those cutting boards in my closet and some flannel a friend had given me and it works perfectly Thank you so much Kathy Kumler on July 17 2014 I have two Fons and Porter Design Walls on my wall mounted by nails and they work I want to upgrade to a larger 120 x 120 retractable design wall My ceiling is 90 tall I make larger quilts and need it bigger Any ideas Karen on February 5 2016 The sun used to beat in my porch from 100 800 pm all through the year The area recently became my quilting area but had no wall for a design wall So carpenters have now covered over the window and then the whole wall Im covering it with batting and flannel tomorrow just in time to start my next project For those of you wanting a portable design wall Id suggest making a frame of PVC pipe and elbows Invest in snap clamps which look like sections of pipe but they are flexible with ridges to help hold the design fabric to the clamps They are easy to snap on and snap off again Amazon has a bag of 10 clamps 1 x 4 This would give you 3 4 clamps on 2 long sides and 2 4 clamps on the 2 short sides The first measure tells you the size to match schedule 40 PVC pipe Ive used these clamps successfully with garden covers and to hold tulle on instant PVC pipe butterfly cages when I was raising them I never had any cover come off Further the tulle was never damaged They would also make it easy to restretch the wall fabric if it stretched loose over time Sue Atkins on May 25 2017 PS I used to buy 4 foot lengths but they seem to be cost prohibitive in this decade Still putting one 4 foot snap clamp on each side of the PVC frame would assure it was equally taut on all sides Sue Atkins on May 25 2017 When hanging the foam or corkboard how do you attach it to the wall How do you keep the flannel free from threadsIve tried the sticky rollers but they load up from the flannel and leave a lot of thread behind Isnt there a grinded fabric available Margo Berenberg on August 21 2017 I use design surfaces for almost everything but more curtains than walls On the longest interior wall of my sewing room above 4foothigh bookshelves I have 2 levels of vinylcoated wire shelves for smaller bins of fabric In the slots between the wires I have clips and shooks from which I can hang skirthangers freed up when work skirts were retired to hold flannel sheets for large quilts or fleece remnants from the fabric store for smaller quilts and art projects By using hangers instead of fixed rods through the sheet facing I can easily take down the design wall Jane on May 14 2018 I finally made my own design boards using craft board from the Dollar Store white flannel and duct tape I made three and have them leaning from my ironing board Eventually when I have my own quilting room I will hang these or make others on the closet door You can read about my design wall in my post httpquiltinglearningcomboblogspotca201804fmqdesignwallandquiltalonghtml Andree G Faubert on May 14 2018 I used a paint roller and liquid starch and painted my closet doors and then applied flannel Its easy to remove and wont damage the doors when I finally move It works great Deb Johnson on May 15 2018 I use an old plastic tablecloth with push pins Easy peasy Take it down in a flash till next time Remember the plastic side goes towards the wall Mary Ann Thompson on May 16 2018 I have a curtain rod with round hooks with clips on the circles It is hung just above my white board When I want the wall I just clip a flannel back table cloth on and I have my design wall When not in use I 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http://blog.shure.com/top-8-microphone-myths-exposed/ | Top 8 Microphone Myths Exposed Written by Davida Rochman on July 8 , 2014 There are microphone myths just like there are urban myths . And their longevity rivals Bigfoot , Nessie and that mysterious Roswell incident in 1947 . Right here , right now , we โ re setting the record straight on mic folklore that we โ ve continued to debunk over the years . Check each one of these off your list , and when the subject comes up ( yes , it will come up ) , you โ ll be the expert 1 . There are wireless microphone frequencies that are completely free from interference . False . This is a myth that is being propagated by some pro audio manufacturers . The fact is there are no frequencies that are completely free from interference because there are no frequencies that are reserved only for wireless microphones . Even if there were , you could still have interference from other wireless microphones occupying that frequency band . There are no โ safe frequencies โ . All of the radio spectrum is allocated for different uses by different types of equipment . Every wireless microphone operates in a frequency range that contains other devices . There is no exclusivity in the radio spectrum for wireless microphones . Our advice : use wireless equipment that is as broadly tunable as possible . 2 . Condenser mics are not as rugged as dynamics . False . In the days when this myth came into existence , condenser microphones were very expensive , studio - grade models . The microphone they were compared to might have been a dynamic like the SM58 ยฎ . If the ultra - expensive , circa 1930s vacuum tube microphone were dunked into a glass of beer or dropped on the stage ten times , or even one time , it probably would stop working . It will become a paperweight while the SM58 will survive all that . Today , all of our condenser microphones are engineered to hold up to exactly the same abuse as an SM58 . They go through the same exact environmental testing . Drop testing . Temperature testing . Humidity testing . Salt spray testing . Vibration testing . Electromagnetic testing . They have to pass the same battery of tests , and they do . The SM81 was introduced around 1978 as a studio condenser microphone . But because it is made from a machined steel handle and has the same sort of milspec environmental capability as the rest of our microphones , it was quickly embraced by the touring sound industry . There are SM81s out there on tour today that are probably fifteen or twenty years old . You can drive over them with a truck . Drop them on the floor . Hit them with a drumstick . And the same is true of all our condenser vocal mics . So , in the modern era , the fragility of Shure condenser microphones is just a myth . 3 . A louder microphone is better . False . Some microphones are more sensitive than others , but microphone sensitivity is not inherently related to quality . In musical applications , when a mic is placed very close to the sound source , the sensitivity of a microphone is not important . There โ s more than enough signal even from a less - sensitive microphone to provide a PA system with an adequate signal . If the microphone is overly sensitive , it just means you have to dial in more attenuation on the mixer channel so you do n โ t overload the mixer . If you โ ve got a mic on a snare drum that โ s 10 dB more sensitive than another mic on the snare , you โ ll have to turn down the one that โ s more sensitive . Extra sensitivity is not related to the sound quality . In the days when neodymium magnet microphones were introduced , it was a common demonstration technique to line up several microphones , connect them to a mixer and set each channel level the same . Each microphone was tested , and when it came to the neodymium magnet microphone , it was noticeably louder than the alnico magnet types . Psycho - acoustically , listeners tend to equate louder with better , and that โ s been a common sales technique used in selling stereo speakers . If one pair in a store demo is turned up a little louder than the others , customers tend to think they sound better . Or are better . It โ s the same with microphones . It โ s a loudness difference , not a quality difference . 4 . USB mics have inferior sound quality vs . their analog ( XLR ) counterparts . Not always true . Many USB mics feature the exact same condenser mic element as the XLR version used in studio recording . USB models provide the same high quality sound signature ; the primary difference in the models is the interface to the next device . The analog - to - digital converters in the USB mic also affect the quality of the recording . 5 . USB mics create latency problems when recording , especially when multi - tracking . Not always true . Some USB mics , like the Shure PG42 - USB and PG27 - USB , have built - in headphone amps and provide direct monitoring of the input signal before the analog - to - digital conversion . This also provides an alternative to using your computer speakers for monitoring playback during multi - tracking . 6 . Some microphones have more reach than others . False . Reach is not a specification of a microphone . Mic users have a concept of reach as the ability of a microphone to reach out and grab the desired sound in the midst of some ambient undesired noise conditions . They believe that some microphones can pick up from farther away than other microphones . The reality is that microphones do not reach out and grab the sound from a distance . They merely measure pressure variations right at the diaphragm itself . The microphone does n โ t โ know โ anything about what is happening at any distance from itself . For this reason , if you try to characterize a microphone โ s โ reach โ , it โ s almost completely dependent on the ambient acoustic conditions around the microphone . Here โ s an example : Take a microphone to the Superbowl on a Tuesday morning at 2AM in the middle of July . There โ s nobody there . They โ ve turned off the air conditioning , and it โ s a huge quiet box . You put your microphone at one side of the stadium and drop a nail on the concrete on the other side of the stadium . Yes , the microphone will pick up the sound of that nail a couple hundred yards away because there โ s no ambient noise . Go back on Superbowl Sunday in the middle of the fourth quarter when the opposing quarterback is lining up to call the play . Put your microphone down on one side of the stadium , clear out the beer vendors and drop the same ten - penny nail on the concrete . Can you hear the nail ? What changed ? Same mic , same nail , same concrete , same building . But the ambient noise level is now 100 decibels higher . The reach of the microphone , if you can even call it that , is mostly dependent on the ability of the microphone to pick up sound in the middle of all that noise . No microphone has a โ reach โ that is defined independently of ambient noise . The one specification of a microphone that loosely corresponds to the concept of reach is directionality or the microphone โ s polar pattern . The directional characteristic of a microphone describes how much sound it picks up from ambient sources compared to how much it picks up on - axis . The numbers are there , but they โ re not huge . The difference between how much ambient noise an omnidirectional and a hypercardioid microphone will pick up in the same conditions is only about 6 dB . ( The hypercardioid mic picks up 6 dB less ambient noise than an omni . ) Because of the Inverse Square Law of Sound , if the distance between the sound source and the microphone is doubled , the level of the sound source drops by six decibels at this greater distance . The ambient noise stays the same . If an omnidirectional microphone picks up a certain ratio of ambient noise to on - axis sound at one foot away from a sound source , then a hypercardioid microphone can be used at two feet from the sound source and still pick up that same ratio . This is not because the hypercardioid is more sensitive to the on - axis sound but because it is 6dB less sensitive to the ambient noise . In that sense , the hypercardioid has more โ reach โ . But neither one will work at great distances in the presence of any significant background noise . They only measure the sound that travels to the diaphragm . 7 . Phantom power and bias voltage are the same thing . . Many users of professional audio equipment believe there is no difference between phantom power and bias voltage . Not true ! Phantom and bias are not interchangeable . Phantom power is a dc voltage ( 11 โ 48 volts ) that powers the preamplifier of a condenser microphone . Phantom power is normally supplied by the microphone mixer , but may also be supplied by a separate phantom power supply . Phantom requires a balanced circuit in which XLR pins 2 and 3 carry the same dc voltage relative to pin 1 . So if a mixer supplies 48 volts of phantom , XLR pins 2 and 3 of the microphone cable each carry 48 volts dc relative to pin 1 . Of course , the mic cable Mixers that supply phantom power contain current - limiting resistors that act as control valves . If the microphone or cable is improperly wired , these resistors limit the flow of current to the microphone and thereby prevent damage to the phantom supply circuit . A balanced dynamic microphone is not affected by phantom power ; however , an unbalanced dynamic microphone will be affected . Although the microphone will probably not be damaged , it will not work properly . Unlike phantom power , bias does not require a balanced circuit . Bias supplies power to a Junction Field Effect Transistor ( JFET ) connected to the output of an electret condenser mic element . The JFET acts as an impedance converter that is a necessity in any microphone design that uses a condenser element . A condenser element has a high output impedance ( > 1,000,000 ohms ) . The JFET input loads the output of the condenser element with an even higher impedance ( > 10,000,000 ohms ) to minimize loss of signal level . Also , the In some condenser microphones , the bias voltage must be supplied on the same conductor as the audio . Condenser elements with a built in JFET use this configuration and employ a single conductor , shielded cable . Other condenser microphones utilize separate conductors for bias and for audio . It โ s a good idea to consult the manufacturer โ s data sheet to determine the exact wiring configuration . A dynamic microphone should not be connected to an input that supplies bias voltage ( such as a wireless transmitter ) because the audio and the bias voltage will travel down the same conductor . If this occurs , the frequency response of the microphone may be altered or the audio signal distorted . If a dynamic microphone must be connected to an input with bias voltage , a blocking capacitor must be used . In a typical electret condenser microphone , it is the JFET that requires unbalanced bias and the preamplifier that requires balanced phantom power . This means that a condenser microphone requiring phantom power will not work with an input that only supplies bias , e.g. a wireless transmitter . Phantom power and bias voltage are not interchangeable ! 8 . Ribbon mics are too fragile to handle high sound pressure levels and live performance . This is not the case with many current models on the market . Improvements in design and materials over the years now allow ribbon mics to handle high sound pressure levels . The Shure KSM353 and KSM313 , for example , are distinguished by their use of a patented material , Roswellite ยฎ , for the ribbon . Roswellite is extremely strong , with low mass , high conductivity , and shape memory , enabling the mics to handle significantly higher levels and more challenging conditions in terms of wind blast and plosives , while retaining the characteristic warmth associated Many ribbon microphones are now intended for capturing vocal and instrumental performances on stage and in the studio to meet the market demand that they be used in a broader range of applications . 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http://blog.siriusxm.com/money-management-expert-dave-ramsey-joins-siriusxm/ | Hear Now Money management expert Dave Ramsey joins SiriusXM November 10 2016 Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to share on Google Opens in new window Click to email this to a friend Opens in new window Dave Ramseys awardwinning program The Dave Ramsey Show has joined SiriusXM The nationally syndicated program can be heard on Sirius Ch 145 XM Ch 207 and online Ch 790 weekdays at 2 pm ET To kick it all off we hosted a live video stream of the show on SiriusXM Radios Facebook Live One of the countrys leading voices on personal finance Ramsey has helped millions of people get out and stay out of debt build wealth retire with dignity and give generously His program is heard by more than 12 million listeners each week and now you can call into the live program and get practical financial advice for their money problems while listening via SiriusXM Tune in every weekday 25 pm ET on Sirius Ch 145 XM Ch 207 and online Ch 790 Hear the previous days show 11am2pm ET Hear the Dave Ramsey show 247 online at Ch 792 Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video For a free 30day trial check out siriusxmcomfreetrialblog Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to share on Google Opens in new window Click to email this to a friend Opens in new window Want to give SiriusXM a test drive Visit siriusxmcomfreetrial Powered by WordPresscom VIP | [
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http://blog.sivanaspirit.com/tibetan-prayer-flags/ | Tibetan Prayer Flags : The Real Meaning By Matt Caron Spirituality 4 MINUTE READ 5.3K shares The Tibetan people have a long history and relationship with spirituality in their culture โฆ so much so , that almost any thought of Tibet conjures up images of monks and temples in our minds . This is because Buddhism , the country โ s major religion , has played a huge role in the development and history of Tibet since the 7th century and saturates nearly every part of the culture . This has lent itself to many cultural norms that are inseparably linked to their daily practice of going within . This even includes decoration . In fact , Tibetans are known for creating decorations that remind them of Buddhism and the search for enlightenment . The most well known ( and perhaps iconic ) example of this is the prayer flag The Origin of Prayer Flags In many popular pictures of Tibet , prayer flags are prominently displayed โฆ but why ? Prayer flags are n โ t just reminders for faith ; their presence also serves a practical purpose : to spread ancient scripture . Prayer flags actually originated in Hinduism , with their creation rooted in the origins of the Sutras . Since many monks would transfer the knowledge of the Sutras via the word of mouth , prayer flags became a convenient way of spreading the message of the the holy text in a broader way . In the 11th century , Atiลa ( a popular Buddhist monk ) brought the practice of printing on flags to Tibet . The practice took off , and after a period of time Tibetans began to string them everywhere . CHECK IT OUT : Our Turquoise Om Cuff Will Definitely Turn Heads Mantras and Colors But printing did n โ t just stay with pure scripture โฆ soon the flags began to hold more meaning . Flags were a convenient way to spread common practices , including mantras . A Mantra is a word or words that are believed to have spiritual or psychological significance . Often these words are repeated over and over again as a form of meditation . Putting the mantras on flags and stringing them up is a way to bless an area , such as a house , so that practitioners never forget the power of their inward practice . The colors of the flag also have significance - in fact , they โ re arranged in a special order that represents the elements . Blue symbolizes sky and space , white symbolizes air and wind , red symbolizes fire , green symbolizes water , and yellow symbolizes earth . The balance of all the elements is said to bring about inward and outward harmony ; and as the wind blows through them , the vibration of the prayers and spiritual intention behind them spreads to find fulfillment . Supporting Tibetans Prayer flags are a powerful way to remind us of an inward journey โฆ and a great way to support the Tibetan people . Tibetans work hard , and that โ s why we โ re honored to help them spread the knowledge of their culture by bringing their prayer flags to the west . As time goes by , we intend to expand upon our offerings of Tibetan culture as much as possible , because we believe the mark of a conscious company is to represent those that are making a real difference in the world . 0 comments Show Comments Matt Caron 275 Followers 2 Following Matt is the content manager of the Sivana blog , an enthusiastic Yoga teacher , and life voyager . He strives to inspire โฆ View Profile Donate to Author Follow More Suggest | [
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http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2014/08/26/by-the-numbers-how-many-cops-are-there-in-the-usa/ | August 26 , 2014 | BJS By the Numbers : How Many Cops Are There In the USA ? by Daniel Bier Update with data through 2013 available here One question that has been confounding throughout my research on the relative dangers of police work is , quite simply , how many police are there in the United States ? Like many of the issues raised by this series , this is not as simple as you might think , and it โ s proven surprisingly hard to answer . First , you need to define what counts as โ law enforcement personnel . โ Do we count everyone employed by law enforcement agencies ? Or only patrol officers ? Or officers , deputies , detectives , and supervisors ? Or only โ sworn โ personnel ? Do we count part - time or full - time ? Are there confounding variables ( like officers who work for multiple agencies ) ? Then you need to decide if you โ re looking at state , or local , or both , or federal , or all of the above . Then you need to decide which organization โ s numbers you โ re going to use โ BLS ? NLEOMF ? FBI ? BJS ? โ and trust . All of these organizations report conflicting numbers . What โ s their methodology ? What โ s the margin of error ? And how old are the numbers ? Headaches multiply . Simplicity is needed . Here โ s the four sources I looked at when trying to establish the number of cops in the US . National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund In my previous posts , I used the NLEOMF figure of โ more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States โฆ the highest figure ever . โ I did this for several reasons . It was the most recent estimate that I could find , and it is the most widely cited . NLEOMF is dedicated full time to looking at these questions and is in touch with most law enforcement agencies in the country . โ The Fund maintains the largest , most comprehensive database of line - of - duty officer deaths , which serves as a national information clearinghouse on the topic โ ( NLEOMF , via DOJ ) . If anyone would know , presumably , they would . It was consistent . I used the Fund โ s data for officer fatalities , so I should use their data for officers , when possible , to keep definitions and data comparable . It was a conservative figure . I calculated my 2013 fatality rate per 100,000 officers using the estimate of 900,000 officers . Since NLEOMF estimated the true figure was actually more than 900,000 , my rates would , if anything , overstate how high fatality rates were . Finally , the Fund counts only โ sworn officers , โ meaning personnel with general arrest powers , such as patrol officers , deputies , and detectives . This is the most useful and relevant category when we talk about police potentially in harm โ s way . But it is not the only figure available . * Update below . Bureau of Labor Statistics Why did n โ t I use BLS data for law enforcement deaths ? After all , BLS maintains the largest general database of work injury and fatality rates for different professions . The reason , bluntly , is that their data for law enforcement is a goddamn mess . I painstakingly compiled this chart from individual PDF files ( for god โ s sake ! ) for each year โ s survey from the BLS website : First , BLS relies on polling data that has an unacceptably high margin of error ( for any given profession ) if we want to explore trends or closely compare rates year to year . For instance , in 1997 , BLS estimated a fatality rate for law enforcement of 14.0 per 100,000 , + / - 3.4 per 100,000 . This is a margin of error of 25 % . It might be the best BLS could do given its resources , but it โ s useless for our purposes . ( They also stopped listing the relative standard error for their results in 2002 . ) The next problem is that their law enforcement category definition changed in 2003 , from โ police and detectives , including supervisors โ ( whatever exactly that may mean ) , with an estimated 1.1 million workers , to โ police and sheriff โ s patrol officers โ with estimates in the 600,000 range . Fatality rates jumped accordingly . Then in 2008 , BLS stopped offering employment - based estimates ( that is , fatalities per 100,000 workers ) and started using hour - based estimates ( fatalities per 100,000 full - time equivalent workers , equivalent to 2,000 hours / year per FTEW ) . In most cases , this is a methodological improvement , but coming in the middle of the data set , it makes it even harder to compare rates over time . Trying to establish trends from this data is a fool โ s errand . Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI โ s Uniform Crime Reports includes an annual report on law enforcement officers assaulted or killed , as well as rates of assault and injury . This data is very useful , but it has some key limitations . The data on unlawful killings of police is virtually complete โ almost all homicides of any kind are reported to the FBI โ but the data set on assaults and injuries is not . Police departments can voluntarily submit reports to the FBI on the number of assaults and injuries suffered by their personnel , as well as the number of officers in their organization . But not all in fact do so . The result is that the absolute or raw number of assaults can vary greatly from year to year simply because of the number of law enforcement agencies that participate in the survey also varies . Fortunately , the FBI also collects information about the total population policed by the departments that reported , as well as information about the total number of officers employed by the surveyed organizations . As a result , you can get reliable and comparable yearly estimates of the rates of assault and injury , based on both the number of assaults per 100,000 residents , or the percent of officers assaulted . Typically , the FBI figures for assaults on law enforcement include about 8,000 - 11,000 out of the 16,000 - 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies in the US . The agencies generally cover between 70 - 80 % of the US population , and , in the last 15 years for which data is available , included as many as 535,000 officers and as few as 441,000 . Their criteria and methodology for which officers to include is also clear and consistent : They were working in an official capacity , whether on or off duty . They had full arrest powers . They ordinarily wore / carried a badge and a firearm . They were paid from governmental funds set aside specifically for payment of sworn law enforcement representatives . Their agency reported data for all 12 months of the calendar year . This is a more than representative sample for getting annual rates per capita and rates per officer for assault and injury , and we โ re lucky to have such a robust data set . That being said , there are a few issues to note . First , at least potentially , there may be selection bias . If your agency is large , dependent on federal funding , or has high rates of assault and injury , you are probably more likely to take the time to fill out and submit this paperwork . Most departments do , but between one third and one half do not . This could be for many different reasons , but if you are a small or understaffed agency โ half of all police agencies in 2008 had fewer than 10 full - time staff โ serving a relatively peaceful rural area , for instance , and had commensurately few assaults or injuries , you might not take the time . This could skew the rates upwards , as the agencies with the lowest rates of assault select themselves out of the pool . But that is not pertinent to the question of how many police there are . The answer here is simply that the data is too incomplete . A third or more of police agencies do not report and are not counted , so FBI does n โ t have a full account of personnel employed , and we ca n โ t extrapolate from the existing data because of potential selection issues raised above . Bureau of Justice Statistics The BJS is probably the best government data I โ ve been able to find , but it is also quite limited . The last estimates they have come from 2008 . ( A law enforcement census for 2012 has been commissioned to NORC , but does not appear to have been completed yet . ) BJS estimates that in 2008 , there were 17,895 law enforcement agencies employing 1.13 million full - time workers , including over 765,000 sworn officers , as well as about 100,000 part - time employees , including over 44,000 sworn officers . That gives a total of full - and part - time employees with general arrest powers of about 810,000 in 2008 . From 2004 to 2008 , the number of law enforcement personnel increased 5.3 percent , and the number of sworn officers increased by about 4.6 percent . This rate was larger than the 3.4 percent increase in sworn officers that occurred in the last four year period , from 2000 to 2004 . There are not only more officers than previously , the rate of increase was ( and perhaps is still ) accelerating . Moreover , the number of cops per capita is also increasing . Another BJS report estimates that the number of sworn officers increased 25 percent between 1992 and 2008 . Over the same time , the US population as a whole only grew by 18.5 percent Most of the increase in sworn officers per capita happened between 1992 and 1996 , when the number of sworn personnel jumped 9.1 percent , but the number of civilian employees per capita has grown steadily and continuously . The number of total police personnel per capita rose from 332 per 100,000 residents in 1992 to 373 per 100,000 in 2008 . Figure 1 comes from this report Figures 2 and 3 come from this report . All data ultimately comes from the 2008 CSLLEA . Additionally , these figures , including the rate of increase and rate of acceleration , make the current NLEOMF estimate of โ over 900,000 sworn officers โ seem quite plausible , if a bit high , assuming an average of 45,000 part - time sworn officers as in previous years . The Bottom Line In yet another way , the numbers show that police work is getting safer , not more dangerous . There are more officers and support staff than ever , and they are safer than ever , in every way we can measure . While the absolute number of officer fatalities is decreasing , the absolute number of officers is increasing . While the rate of fatalities per capita is falling , the rate of police per capita is rising . Thus , the rate of fatalities per officer is very likely also falling . BJS only conducts its law enforcement census every four years , so we are obliged to take an annual average of the change between each data point in order to get a figure for the intervening years . Interpolating the number of police officers for the missing years in this way , and using fatality data from NLEOMF and homicide data from FBI , gives us approximate fatality and homicide rates per 100,000 full - time equivalent sworn officers . ( BJS calculates the total number of โ full - time equivalent sworn officers โ as โ as the sum of the number of full - time sworn officers and half the number of part - time sworn officers . โ ) Again , the trends all point the same way : down . Whether we look at fatalities per 100,000 residents being policed or per 100,000 sworn officers , or whether we look at felony killings per 100,000 residents or sworn officers , it tells the same story at every level : police work is getting safer . Updates , Errata , Etc . One potential issue this new data might raise with my previous posts is that my estimated rate of officer fatalities for 2013 may be either too high or too low . The underestimation may come from the fact that I used a lower bound ( 900,000 sworn officers ) when the true figure , according to NLEOMF , is โ more than โ that . If it is a lot more than that , it could substantially affect my estimate . The underestimation could come from the fact that NLEOMF โ s count of โ sworn officers โ might include part - time officers . Of course , BLS also used employment - based methodology for worker fatality rates , up until 2007 , so there โ s nothing wrong with this method per se However , since then , BLS switched to the more useful hour - based โ full - time equivalent workers . โ The fatality rates for other professions , such as logging and fishing , against which I contrasted with my estimated fatality rate for police , used the modern method of FTEW . In order to make a more accurate comparison , one must use hour - based , not employment based , data . If and when NLEOMF responds to my request ( see update below ) and provides me with the more accurate data , I will re - check my numbers and make updates accordingly . Please do email me if you spot any errors or have any questions . Errata : Because of an error I made in transforming cells in Excel ( multiplying by 10 rather than dividing by 10 ) , the big chart at the bottom originally showed the fatality and felony killing rate per 100,000 residents two decimal places off . It does n โ t change the trend at all , but it means that the rate is so much smaller it has to be displayed on a second axis . The current chart corrects that . Update : I asked the NLEOMF to explain their 900,000 estimate ; their response was that the figure is a general estimate derived from discussions with various law enforcement agencies such as the FBI , U.S. Justice Department , National Sheriffs โ Association , National Association of Police Officers , National Troopers Coalition , etc . [ โฆ ] NLEOMF includes all sworn officers in this number whether full or part time . Make of that what you will . I โ m not sure how to parse a โ general estimate derived from discussions . โ | [
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http://blog.slaks.net/2011/06/open-delegates-vs-closed-delegates.html | Open Delegates vs . Closed Delegates Posted on Tuesday , June 14 , 2011 , at 2 : 49 : 00 PM UTC .Net supports two kinds of delegates : Open delegates and closed delegates . When you create a delegate that points to an instance method , the instance that you created it from is stored in the delegate โ s Target property . This property is passed as the first parameter to the method that the delegate points to . For instance methods , this is the implicit this parameter ; for static methods , it ' s the method ' s first parameter . These are called closed delegates , because they close over the first parameter and bring it into the delegate instance . It is also possible to create open delegates which do not pass a first parameter . Open delegates do not use the Target property ; instead , all of the target method โ s parameters are passed from the delegate โ s formal parameter list , including the first parameter . Therefore , an open delegate pointing to a given method must have one parameter more than a closed delegate pointing to the same method . Open delegates are usually used to point to static methods . When you make a delegate pointing to a static method , you ( generally ) do n ' t want the delegate to hold a first parameter for the method . In addition to these two normal cases , it is also possible ( in .Net 2.0 and later ) to create open delegates for instance methods and to create closed delegates for static methods . With one exception , C# does n โ t have any syntactical support for these unusual delegates , so they can only be created by calling the CreateDelegate method . Open delegates by calling the CreateDelegate overload that does n โ t take a target parameter . Before .Net 2.0 , this function could only be called with a static method . In .Net 2.0 , you can call this function with an instance method to create an open delegate . Such a delegate will call use its first parameter as this instead of its field . As a concrete example , consider the String . ToUpperInvariant ( ) method . Ordinarily , this method takes no parameters , and operates on the string it โ s called on . An open delegate pointing to this instance method would take a single string parameter , and call the method on that parameter . For example : Func < string > closed = new Func < string > ( " a " ToUpperInvariant ) ; > open = > ) Delegate typeof > ) , typeof ) . GetMethod " ToUpperInvariant " ) ; closed ( ) ; / / Returns " A " " abc " / / Returns " ABC " Closed delegates are created by calling the overload that takes a target parameter . In .Net 2.0 , this can be called with a static method and an instance of that method โ s first argument type to create a closed delegate that calls the method with the given as its first parameter . Closed delegates curry the first parameter from the target method . For example : object bool deepThought object bool > ) Delegate > ) , 2 ) . GetMethod " Equals " BindingFlags Static | BindingFlags Public This code curries the static Object . Equals method to create a delegate that calls Equals with 2 and the delegate โ s single parameter ) . It โ s equivalent to x = > Object . Equals ( 2 , x ) . Note that since the method is ( generally ) not a member of the target object โ s type , we need to pass an actual MethodInfo instance ; a name alone is n โ t good enough . Note that you can not create a closed delegate from a static method whose first parameter is a value type , because , unlike all instance methods , static delegates that take value types receive their parameters by value , not as a reference . For more details , see here and here C# 3 added limited syntactical support for creating closed delegates . You can create a delegate from an extension method as if it were an instance method on the type it extends . For example : var allNumbers Enumerable Range 1 Int32 MaxValue int IEnumerable int > > countTo allNumbers Take This code creates an IEnumerable < int > containing all positive integers , then creates a closed delegate that curries this sequence into the static Enumerable . Take < T > ( IEnumerable < T > ) method . Except for extension methods , open instance delegates and closed static delegates are rarely used in actual code . However , it is important to understand how ordinary open and closed delegates work , and where the target object ends up for instance delegates . Categories : delegates C# .Net Tweet this post Previous Next Sorry , the browser you are using is not currently supported . Disqus actively supports the following browsers : Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 + Safari Roman Shchekin โข 4 years ago I like this article , thanks ! 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http://blog.soliant.com/nursing/the-12-all-time-greatest-tv-nurses/ | The 12 All - Time Greatest TV Nurses Posted by Tera Tuten on November 2 , 2010 Just like the characters they portray and the real - life professionals they honor , we decided to go big ( instead of go home ) with this one and rank the most awesome nurses portrayed on TV over the years , starting with # 12 and ending with our choice for the most amazing TV nurse of all . Character : Samantha Taggart Played by : Linda Cardellini TV show : ER ( appeared 2003 - 2009 ) Ranking : 12 Why she โ s here on our list : Sam is a tough , independent single mom trying to raise her son on her own , while trying to make it in the ER . Her character ultimately swims โ not sinks โ throughout a series of crises both within and beyond the walls of Chicago โ s fictional County General Hospital . Character : Veronica Callahan Played by : Taylor Schilling TV show : Mercy ( appeared on the show โ s only season in 2009 / 2010 ) Ranking : 11 Why she โ s here on our list : Callahan is the show โ s main protagonist , a nurse freshly returned home from Iraq and forced to do her job while fighting multiple inner demons , including alcoholism . An interesting character from a fresh show that was killed before its time . Peter Petrelli Milo Ventimiglia Heroes ( appeared 2006 - 2010 ) 10 Why he โ s here on our list : Unique not just because this character is a male nurse ( there are three on this list , including one in the โ Honorable Mention โ section ) but also because he has super powers . ( The only such listee with such an attribute โฆ wait โฆ yes , the only such one โฆ ) Carla Espinosa Judy Reyes Scrubs ( appeared 2001 - 2009 ) 9 Nurses have tough , soul - challenging jobs that necessitate a certain amount of gruffness or black humor , but they also can have a lot of fun โ or at least look at things in a way that puts a smile on their faces or others . Such is the case with no - nonsense wife and hospital staffer Carla Espinosa , constantly reminding us not to take $ # ! 7 or sweat the small stuff . Carol Hathaway Julianna Marguilies ER ( appeared 1994 - 2000 , 2009 ) 8 Scorned by co - workers for some tough decisions as head nurse and loved by audiences for her strong personality and on - again - off - again romance with George Clooney : This character helped record - breaking ( the only show on this list more than once ) define Thursday nights on NBC for more than a decade , including the performance of one episode that was filmed and put to air LIVE . Character : Christina Hawthorne Jada Pinkett - Smith TV show : HawthoRNe ( appeared 2009 - 2010 ) 7 A brilliantly - portrayed title role as a modern - day head nurse . Pinkett - Smith does n โ t always follow the rules , but โ in a bravado of House โ she does what she thinks is right and always seems to be able to convince others that she โ s indeed right ( or at least to go along with things until her hunches are proven correct โ almost all the time , because it is TV after all โฆ ) Nurse Jackie Edie Falco Nurse Jackie ( appeared 2009 - 2010 - ) 6 As Showtime officially says it , Nurse Jackie is โ A drug - addicted nurse who struggles to find a balance between the demands of her frenetic job at a New York City hospital and an array of personal dramas . โ Though you โ ll notice no shortage or nurse characters with personal demons on this list , Nurse Jackie makes it this high on our list courtesy of brilliant writing that brings the protagonist of this story to life and shows the drama of some of the things real - life nurses in large metro areas face everyday Dell Parker Chris Lowell Private Practice ( appeared 2007 - 2010 ) 5 Why he โ s here on our list : One of the only honestly - portrayed male nurses on TV โ albeit also dangled in front of female audiences early on as the straight - male - office - hottie โ Lowell โ s Dell Parker eventually transforms from a pink - scrub - wearing nurse / receptionist to a midwifery student with a bright future ahead as a character and role - model โฆ then the writers killed - off his character . If not for that fact , we โ d have probably thrown Dell in the # 4 or 3 spot . Helen Rosenthal Christina Pickles St . Elsewhere ( appeared 1982 - 1988 ) Ranking : 4 The head nurse on the ward , Helen Rosenthal was caring and constantly competent . One of the most senior nurses at St . Eligius , she was the only such staff member who was on a first - name basis with much of the senior medical staff . What was incredible about Nurse Rosenthal was n โ t the drama or turmoil in her character โ s life , but the excellence โ her example as the constant steady rock that so many aspire to be . Christine Chapel Majel Barrett Roddenberry Star Trek , the original series ( appeared 1964 and 1966 - 1969 ) 3 Being a nurse is hard enough though you โ d think it would be easier by the time the 23rd Century rolled around . But week - in - week - out , poor Nurse Chapel had to put up with Klingon battle cruiser attacks , perils from unknown alien encounters , and the curmudgeonly demands of Dr . McCoy . By way of thanks , she later got to make a cameo in several Star Trek films as Dr . Chapel . Character : Abby Lockhart Maura Tierney ER ( appeared 1999 - 2009 ) 2 Over the decade she worked as a nurse , medical student , and eventually doctor at County General , Abby remained one of the most complex characters to ever don nursing scrubs on TV . Her trials , triumphs , mistakes and redemptions were n โ t just a reflection of the challenges faced in the real nursing world , but an object lesson in finding success , albeit along a stretching , broken road . Margaret โ Hot Lips โ Houlihan Loretta Swit M * A * S * H * ( appeared 1972 - 1983 ) 1 One of the first nursing characters many still think of when they think of nurses portrayed on TV is our pick for the number - one all - time - TV - nurse . โ Hot Lips โ appeared on essentially what was both a comedy and poignant drama at the same time . Above all , Margaret Houlihan stands out for being a portrayal of a nurse who did her job under extreme circumstances while remaining both a woman and a human being . Honorable mention ( nurse characters from non - TV continuing series / movie franchises ) : โ Madame Pomfrey from the Harry Potter book and film series โ Gaylord โ Greg โ Focker from the films Meet the Parents Meet the Fockers , and Little Fockers Got an opinion about our ranking ? Someone we left off who HAS to be on this list ? ( We could n โ t โ for the life of us โ think of any nurse characters on Grey โ s Anatomy worth mentioning , nor could we wrap our heads around which nurse to feature from General Hospital or any other soaps . ) Get in on the TV nurse debate below โฆ 1 + | [
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http://blog.solidsignal.com/content.php/2335-NICE-AND-EASY-How-to-reboot-your-DIRECTV-receiver | Home Tutorials NICE AND EASY : How to reboot your DIRECTV receiver FILED UNDER : directv hdtv satellite Posted By : Stuart Sweet December 7 , 2016 Your satellite receiver sits there all day , plugging through complex equations and listening to the data coming through its cable . Cable boxes were once simple tuners , but today โ s receivers and DVRs are more like complex computers . They even run a variant of Linux , that operating system that keeps many of the world โ s largest servers running . With all it does , it โ s no surprise that your receiver or DVR becomes confused once in a while . When that happens , it โ s time to find the red button . On a DVR you will usually find it behind a hidden door on the front right . Press the top of the door and the panel will open . Some receivers and clients will have the button on the front right like a DVR , while others will have it in plain view on the right side . To reboot your receiver , push the red button . It takes 5 - 10 minutes on some DIRECTV boxes for live TV to return . This simple procedure solves a lot of things and it โ s easy . By the way โฆ a lot of old - timers will tell you that it โ s better to go through the menus rather than push the button . It โ s true that the old method of going through the menus does give the box a chance to gracefully shut down but DIRECTV Engineering reports to us that it does n โ t hurt the box at all if you just push the button . Previous post Next post Sorry , the browser you are using is not currently supported . Disqus actively supports the following browsers : Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 + Safari | [
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http://blog.sonatype.com/2009/04/what-is-a-repository/ | What is an Artifact Repository ? April 03 , 2009 By Tim OBrien Download " Introduction to Repository Management " as a PDF Introduction While many developers have adopted Maven as a build tool , most have yet to understand the importance of maintaining a repository manager both to proxy remote repositories and to manage and distribute software artifacts . This document defines repository and repository management , providing context for developers interested in learning how to use Sonatype โ s Nexus to achieve a more efficient development cycle . What is a Repository ? Maven developers are familiar with the concept of a repository : a collection of binary software artifacts and metadata stored in a defined directory structure which is used by clients such Maven , Mercury , or Ivy to retrieve binaries during a build process . In the case of the Maven repository , the primary type of binary artifact is a JAR file containing Java bytecode , but there is no limit to what type of artifact can be stored in a Maven repository . For example , one could just as easily deploy documentation archives , source archives , In Maven , every software artifact is described by an XML document called a Project Object Model ( POM ) . This POM contains information that describes a project and lists a project โ s dependencies - the binary software artifacts which a given component depends upon for successful compilation or execution . When Maven downloads a dependency from a repository , it also downloads that dependency โ s POM . Given a dependency โ s POM , Maven can then download any other libraries which are required by that dependency . The ability to automatically calculate a project โ Maven and other tools such as Ivy which interact with a repository to search for binary software artifacts , model the projects they manage , and retrieve software artifacts on - demand from a repository . When you download and install Maven without any customization , Maven will retrieve artifacts from the Central Maven repository which serves millions of Maven users every single day . While you can configure Maven to retrieve binary software artifacts from a collection of mirrors , the best - practice is to install a repository manager such as Nexus which can proxy Central repository and While this might seem like a simple , obvious mechanism for distributing artifacts , the Java platform existed for several years before the Maven project created a formal attempt at the first repository for Java artifacts . Until the advent of the Maven repository in 2002 , a project โ s dependencies were gathered in a manual , ad - hoc process and were often distributed with the source code for an open source project . As applications grew more and more complex , and as software teams developed a need for more complex dependency management capabilities for larger enterprise Release and Snapshot Repositories A repository stores two types of artifacts : releases and snapshots . Release repositories are for stable , static release artifacts and snapshot repositories are frequently updated repositories that store binary software artifacts from projects under constant development . While it is possible to create a repository which serves both release and snapshot artifacts , repositories are usually segmented into release or snapshot repositories serving different consumers and maintaining different standards and procedures for deploying artifacts . Much like the difference between a production network and a staging network , a release repository is considered a production network and a Release Artifacts A release artifact is an artifact which was created by a specific , versioned release . For example , consider the 1.2.0 release of the commons - lang library stored in the Central Maven repository . This release artifact , commons - lang - 1 . 2 . 0 . jar , and the associated POM , commons - lang - 1 . 2 . 0 . pom , are static objects which will never change in the Central Maven repository . Released artifacts are consider to be solid , stable , and perpetual in order to guarantee that builds Snapshot Artifacts Snapshot artifacts are artifacts generated during the development of a software project . A Snapshot artifact has both a version number such as โ 1.3.0 โ or โ 1.3 โ and a timestamp in its name . For example , a snapshot artifact for commons - lang 1.3.0 might have the name commons - lang - 1.3.0 - 20090314.182342 - 1 . jar the associated POM , MD5 and SHA hashes would also have a similar name . To facilitate collaboration during the development of software components , Maven and other clients which know how to consume snapshot artifacts from Repository Coordinates Repositories and tools like Maven know about a set of coordinates including the following components : groupId , artifactId , version , and packaging . This set of coordinates is often referred to as a GAV coordinate which is short for โ Group , Artifact , Version coordinate โ . The GAV coordinate standard is the founation for Maven โ s ability to manage dependencies . Four elements of this coordinate are described below : Group Identifier ( groupId ) A group identifier groups a set of artifacts into a logical group . Groups are often designed to reflect the organization under which a particular software component is being produced . For example , software components being produced by the Maven project at the Apache Software Foundation are available under the groupId org . apache . maven . Artifact Identifier ( artifactId ) An artifact is an identifier for a software component . An artifact can represent an application or a library ; for example , if you were creating a simple web application your project might have the artifactId โ simple - webapp โ , and if you were creating a simple library , your artifact might be โ simple - library โ . The combination of groupId and artifactId must be unique for a project . Version ( version ) The version of a project follows the established convention of Major , Minor , and Point release versions . For example , if your simple - library artifact has a Major release version of 1 , a minor release version of 2 , and point release version of 3 , your version would be 1.2.3 . Versions can also have alphanumeric qualifiers which are often used to denote release status . An example of such a qualifier would be a version like โ 1.2.3 - BETA โ where BETA signals a stage of testing meaningful to consumers of a software Packaging ( packaging ) Maven was initially created to handle JAR file , but a Maven repository is completely agnostic where it comes to the type of artifact it is managing . Packaging can be anything that describes any binary software format including ZIP , SWC , SWF , NAR , WAR , EAR , SAR . Addressing Resources in a Repository Tools which are designed to interact with the Maven repository , translate these coordinates in a URL which corresponds to a location in a Maven repository . If a tool such as Maven is looking for version 1.2.0 of the commons - lang JAR in the group org . apache . commons , this request is translated into : . . . / org / apache / commons / commons - lang / 1.2.0 / commons - lang - 1 . 2 . 0 . jar Properties of the Central Maven Repository The Central Maven repository contains almost 90,000 software artifacts occupying around 70 GB of disk space . You can look at Central as an example for how Maven repositories operate . Here are some the properties of release repositories such as the Central Maven repository : Artifact Metadata All software artifacts added to Central require proper metadata including a Project Object Model ( POM ) for each artifact which describe the artifact itself , and any dependencies that software artifact might have . Release Stability Once published to the Central Maven repository , an artifact and the metadata describing that artifact never change . This property of release repositories guarantees that projects which depend on releases will be repeatable and stable over time . While new software artifacts are being published to central every day , once an artifact is assigned a release number on Central , there is a strict policy against modifying the contents of a software artifact after a release . Repository Mirrors Central is a public resource , and it is currently used by the millions of developers who have adopted Maven and the tools that understand how to interact with the Maven repository structure . There are a series of mirrors for the Central repository which are constantly synchronized with Central . Users are encouraged to query central for project metadata and cryptographic hashes and they are encouraged to retrieve the actual software artifacts from one of Central many mirrors . Tools like Nexus are designed to retrieve metadata from Central and artifact binaries form mirrors . 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http://blog.spamfighter.com/tips-and-tricks/how-do-i-spot-a-fake-facebook-profile.html | Current category : Tips and Tricks Oct 29 126 How do I spot a fake Facebook profile ? There are definately a lot of fake Facebook profiles out there . Numbers released from Facebook themself suggests that 83 million facebook accounts are fake โ that โ s more than the total number of people living in France and the Netherlands combined ! An estimated 5 - 6 % of all Facebook accounts are fake . Fake autogenerated profiles offer the creators of those the possibility of spamming your wall with weird content and also bloat the number of fans for certain pages . There are some studies of fake Facebook profiles that indicate that fake profiles have a higher average number of friends and most often identify themselves as females . For identifying whether a specific profile is fake these studies however only offer vague clues . So how to spot a fake Facebook profile ? Looking at a company Facebook page the other day I noticed an unnatural high number of fans for that type of company but strangely very low fan activity on the same Facebook page . Very few likes and no comments made it a bit of a strange case . I did find a few Likes though and decided to have a closer look at those profiles . I came up with the following little trick which also will introduce you to a great and not that well - known feature of Google . Here goes : 1 . Locate the Profile image of the Facebook profile you want to check . For this little test let โ s use the SPAMfighter Aim logo present on the SPAMfighter Facebook page 2 . Right - click on the image and save it somewhere where you easily can find it again ! The Windows desktop would be a great place ! 3 . Now enter Google Image Search . Google Image Search is a great tool where you can search for images based on other images . I would suggest using Google Chrome or Firefox as Browser here . For some reason it does not seem to work for Internet Explorer 9 . 4 . Drag the recently saved file from your desktop til the search field . It is a little nifty but you will probably work it out ! 5 . Now Google Image Search will check where the image is present on Facebook profiles and a lot of other places on the Internet . If we for a moment return to my original fake profile my search using the above method actually produced a lot of Facebook profiles having the same profile image . See below . My best guess is that most of those Facebook profiles are fake ! Remember to delete any profile images you download from Facebook by the way . Pretty sure Facebook or Facebook users do n โ t want their profile images laying around on your computer ! Are anyone stealing your Facebook profile image ? A nice little test would of cource be to test whether any fake Facebook profiles use your profile image ? Using the test above it is pretty easy to reveal . So locate your own Facebook page , save the profile image you use and do the Google image search . If you notice your profile image present on other profiles I suggest you report it to Facebook using this link GD Star Rating loading . . . How do I spot a fake Facebook profile ? 4.3 out of 5 based on 98 ratings About Kim Falkner Blogger with a passion for IT - security , online marketing and blogging . Follow me on Google+ ( + Kim Falkner ) or LinkedIn ( Kim Falkner on LinkedIn View all posts by Kim Falkner โ This entry was posted in Tips and Tricks and tagged facebook scammers scams social media . Bookmark the permalink | [
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http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2012/11/14/sql-server-rename-columnname-or-tablename-sql-in-sixty-seconds-032-video/ | SQL SERVER โ Rename Columnname or Tablename โ SQL in Sixty Seconds # 032 โ Video November 14 , 2012 Pinal Dave SQL Video 3 Comments We all make mistakes at some point of time and we all change our opinion . There are quite a lot of people in the world who have changed their name after they have grown up . Some corrected their parent โ s mistake and some create new mistake . Well , databases are not protected from such incidents . There are many reasons why developers may want to change the name of the column or table after it was initially created . The goal of this video is not to dwell on the reasons , but to learn how Earlier I have written the article on this subject over here : SQL SERVER โ How to Rename a Column Name or Table Name . I have revised the same article over here and created this video . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . 0 : 00 1 : 09 There is one very important point to remember that by changing the column name or table name one creates the possibility of errors in the application the columns and tables are used . When any column or table name is changed , the developer should go through every place in the code base , ad - hoc queries , stored procedures , views and any other place where there are possibility of their usage and change them to the new name . If this is one followed up religiously there are quite a lot of changes that application will stop Here is my question back to you โ have you changed ever column name or table name in production database ( after project going live ) ? If yes , what was the scenario and need of doing it . After all it is just a name . Let me know what you think of this video . Here is the updated script . USE tempdb GO CREATE TABLE TestTable ( ID INT , OldName VARCHAR ( 20 ) ) GO INSERT INTO TestTable VALUES ( 1 , ' First ' ) GO - - Check the Tabledata SELECT * FROM TestTable GO - - Rename the ColumnName sp_RENAME ' TestTable . OldName ' , ' NewName ' , ' Column ' GO - - Check the Tabledata SELECT * FROM TestTable GO - - Rename the TableName sp_RENAME ' TestTable ' , ' NewTable ' GO - - Check the Tabledata - Error SELECT * FROM TestTable GO - - Check the Tabledata Related Tips in SQL in Sixty Seconds : SQL SERVER โ How to Rename a Column Name or Table Name What would you like to see in the next SQL in Sixty Seconds video ? Reference : Pinal Dave ( https : / / blog . sqlauthority . com SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE Date : April 23 , 2019 , Tuesday 8 : 00 AM Pacific Time | 11 : 00 AM Eastern Time Read More Register Now | [
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http://blog.stamps.com/2014/01/27/new-0-48-metered-mail-rate-starts-for-first-class-mail-letters/ | Home > Postage Rate Increase USPS News > New $ 0.48 Metered Mail Rate Starts for First Class Mail Letters New $ 0.48 Metered Mail Rate Starts for First Class Mail Letters January 27th , 2014 Eric Nash Stamps . com customers now pay only $ 0.48 to send a First Class Mail letter ( one ounce ) With the 2014 U.S. Postal Service rates starting on Sunday , January 26 , 2014 , a new โ Metered Mail โ rate was introduced for all online postage vendors ( i.e. Stamps . com ) and postage meters . This new Metered Mail rate provides a one cent discount for one ounce First Class Mail letters โ Stamps . com customers now pay only $ 0.48 instead of $ 0.49 to send a letter The one cent reduction equates to a 2 % discount for all First Class Letter mail . Categories : Postage Rate Increase USPS News Tags : 48 cent stamps metered mail rate usps postage discount Comments are closed . [ Infographic ] 2014 USPS Postage Rate Increase Free Guide : Understanding the 2014 USPS Postage Rate Increase | [
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http://blog.stamps.com/2016/10/14/usps-announces-2017-postage-rate-increase-for-mailing-services/ | USPS Announces 2017 Postage Rate Increase for Mailing Services October 14th , 2016 DivyaDixon The United States Postal Service ( USPS ) has proposed new pricing for its Mailing Services to the Postal Regulatory Commission ( PRC ) . If approved by the PRC , these price updates will go into effect in January 2017 . Note : This proposal DOES NOT include Shipping Services ( First Class Package Service , Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express ) . 2017 rates for USPS Shipping Services should be announced soon . If these rates are approved by the PRC , the new prices will take effect on Sunday , January 22 , 2017 . Below is a brief explanation of the proposed changes : Letters and Postcards โ The rate for First - Class Mail Letters ( 1 oz . ) is increasing from $ 0.47 to $ 0.49 . โ If using Metered Mail , the rate is decreasing from $ 0.465 to $ 0.46 , making the Commercial Base ( online postage ) discount $ 0.03 . โ The rate for First - Class Mail Flats is increasing from $ 0.94 to $ 0.98 . First - Class Mail Parcels ( Retail ) Important : Retail prices are offered by the Post Office only . Stamps . com customers will receive Commercial Base ( Online Postage ) prices . โ First - Class Mail Parcels ( Retail ) will see an overall price increase of 0.624 % and the rate for parcels weighing between 0 - 4 ounces will be the same at $ 2.67 . โ Also , there will be a 1 cent decrease in the additional ounce price for First - Class Mail Parcels ( Retail ) from $ 0.19 to $ 0.18 . โ Adult Signature Service will become available for purchase with First - Class Mail Parcels ( Retail ) . Post Office prices will start at $ 2.67 for a 1 ounce parcel . Note : There are no proposed rate changes for First - Class Mail International . Media Mail โ Media Mail will see an overall price increase of 1.135 % . Other Changes โ Standard Mail ( commonly referred to as โ junk mail โ ) will be rebranded as USPS Marketing Mail so as to better align the product name with business owners โ use of the mail class . โ Library Mail will see an overall price increase of 1.135 % . โ Special services like Certificate of Mailing , Collect on Delivery , Return Receipt , Registered Mail and Signature Confirmation will also see an increase in 2017 . No Action Needed For Stamps . com Customers Stamps . com will automatically update all USPS rates inside the software and web - based version ( Stamps . com Online ) . If you are a Stamps . com customer , no additional actions are needed and you will see the new reduced USPS rates automatically in January 2017 . Categories : USPS News Tags : 2017 usps rate increase 2017 usps rates | [
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http://blog.steepster.com/post/93238418050/tips-for-measuring-dry-tea-leaf | Steepster Blog Site news and behind - the - scenes stuff by the team that created Steepster , a community for tea drinkers . For daily tea news , deals and links , check us out on Twitter and Facebook Archive RSS 2014 - 07 - 29 Tips for Measuring Dry Tea Leaf There are many factors involved in the pursuit of brewing the perfect cup of tea , and some of them are not always under our control . Water quality can fluctuate when traveling or you may find yourself in a situation with less than stellar tea ( it happens ! ) . One of the things you can control when making loose leaf tea is the amount of dry leaf you use . Each tea has a range in which it tastes best . For a lighter taste , you want to use the minimal amount of tea possible , but still enough to getting an optimal flavor . For a stronger taste , you should use slightly more leaf , but not so much that the tea becomes bitter . We like this range method as it better accounts for different personal preferences . The following guide highlights a good starting point for how much tea leaf to use with various teas . When we are trying new teas , we start with a lighter flavoir and work our way to a stronger flavor over subsequent brewings . This method gives you a glimpse at the tea โ s character under different conditions . Measurement Guide Black Tea Light Flavor : 1.5 Teaspoons , or about 3 - 4 grams of tea per 10 - 12 ounces of water . Strong Flavor : 2 Teaspoons , or 5 grams of tea per 10 - 12 ounces of water . Green Tea Light Flavor : 1.5 Teaspoons , or about 3 - 4 grams of tea per 8 ounces of water . Strong Flavor : 2 Teaspoons , or 5 grams of tea per 8 ounces . White Tea Light Flavor : 2 Teaspoons , or about 3 - 4 grams of tea per 8 ounces of water . Strong Flavor : 2.5 - 3 Teaspoons , or 5 - 6 grams of tea per 8 ounces . Oolong Tea Light Flavor : 1.5 Teaspoons , or about 3 - 4 grams of tea per 8 ounces of water . Strong Flavor : 2 Teaspoons , or 5 grams of tea per 8 ounces . Pu - erh Tea ( loose pu - erh and pu - erh cake ) Light Flavor : 1.5 Teaspoons , or about 3 - 4 grams of tea per 6 - 8 ounces of water . Strong Flavor : 2 Teaspoons , or 5 grams of tea per 6 - 8 ounces . Yellow Tea Herbal Tea Light Flavor : 2 Teaspoons , or about 4 - 5 grams of tea per 10 - 12 ounces of water . Strong Flavor : 2.5 - 3 Teaspoons , or 5 - 6 grams of tea per 10 - 12 ounces of water . A few things to consider : We prefer brewing chinese teas in a gaiwan or yixing teapot . For Japanese teas , a kyusu works best . For all other teas including Indian and Sri Lankan black tea , a small , manageable tea pot is great . Try your best to avoid metal tea brewing balls because the tea does n โ t have as much room to open up and infuse its full flavor . โฆ and now you can apply your newfound knowledge to any of our premium , loose leaf teas from the Steepster Shop 7 Comments | [
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http://blog.stridekick.com/calorie-to-step-calculator-convert-calories-to-steps-in-seconds/ | Calorie To Step Calculator โ Convert Calories to Steps In Seconds Ever wondered how many steps it would take to walk off what you โ ve eaten ? We โ re excited to introduce a calculator that will do just this . The calorie to step calculator is programmed to convert the number of calories you โ ve consumed into the amount of steps needed to walk it off . Whether you โ re trying to maintain your healthy lifestyle or lose weight , monitoring your diet and exercise is a crucial . Preserving a healthy intake of calories and output of exercise helps to keep you on track . Use this calculator can help help you to monitor this and work towards your goals . How It Works This easy to use and quick to calculate convertor is programmed to do all the heavy lifting for you . To begin we โ ll need a few bits of information on your end . Calories Consumed How many calories have you just consumed or are you about to consume ? Using your calorie counter , estimate or use the exact number of calories consumed . This will be the desired goal of calories to burn off . Steps Per Mile How many steps do you take per mile ? Use your fitness tracker or pedometer to measure the amount of steps you would take in a miles distance . If you are n โ t sure , take a look at this chart to see the estimates of average steps per mile based on your height . Weight Your current weight will impact the calculation of how many steps it will take you to burn off your calories consumed . Once you โ ve input these three pieces of information the calculator will do the rest . Click the orange calculate button and await your results . READ Need - to - Know Numbers for Monitoring Your Health Results Your results will be displayed in two different metrics . We โ ve included both casually walking steps needed and power walking steps needed in the outcome so that you can see the difference in steps while intensity is included . It โ ll makes your decision easier as to which method you โ ll choose to burn calories . Is it worth Casually Walking Steps Needed The calculator will output the amount of steps you need to take to burn off the calories consumed at a casual walking pace of 2 mph . Power Walking Steps Needed The calculator will display the number of steps needed to burn off the calories at a quicker walking pace , as if you were to be power walking . Once you complete your first calculation you โ ll surely be hooked and most definitely startled . Our first calculation surprised us a bit as well , but it really helped to put things into perspective . It helped to bring a raised awareness to what we โ re consuming and what changes would need to be made to live a healthier lifestyle with increased movement and healthier foods . This is the perfect accessory to your fitness tracker data and will be sure to inspire positive behavior change . Share this with your friends and family to improve their well - being . You โ ll begin to stress the importance of what you โ re putting into your body and the necessary measures you need to take to maintain that healthy diet and exercise balance on a daily basis . How many steps does it really take to burn calories consumed ? Facebook Comments About Latest Posts " Follow Us " Stridekick Stridekick is an online and mobile platform that allows individuals to create and join fun fitness challenges regardless of which wearable device they own or level of fitness . Join a community of other health minded individuals in stepping towards your health goals today ! Author : Stridekick Published : November 11 , 2015 Categories : Fitness | [
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http://blog.sunbeltstaffing.com/therapy/looking-at-physical-therapy-work-environments/ | Looking at Physical Therapy Work Environments by Howard Gerber on August 16 , 2010 As a physical therapist , you have a variety of work environments from which to choose . If you want a traditional office setting , that is certainly one possibility , as about 60 percent of all physical therapist jobs are located in either the offices of a health practitioner or within a hospital . However , if you would rather work with a specific demographic or if you want to work outside of the box , that is also possible . As previously mentioned , the most abundant job opportunities are those found in hospitals and doctor โ s offices . In a hospital environment , you will be helping a variety of individuals with various conditions . Anyone who enters the hospital and has a need for physical therapy will be sent to you . One patient may be a stroke victim learning to walk again , and another might be an athlete who needs to regain the full range of motion in his throwing arm . Working in a hospital ensures you will never become bored because the types What about those out of the box jobs ? Well , you could work for a home health care company where you would be sent to each patient โ s home . This would allow you to be constantly on the move , interact with new people , and minimize your hours inside one office . This is perfect for those who are happier when they are constantly doing new things in new places . If you want to focus on geriatric rehabilitation , you could work in a nursing home and help those patients retain or regain mobility . What is your ideal PT work environment ? Do you want to work in a doctor โ s office , a hospital , a residential facility , visit patients in their home , or work in a facility dedicated only to rehabilitation ? If you are already working as a physical therapist , is the environment you are in the one you thought you would be in ? How do you like it ? 0 | [
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http://blog.surlatable.com/kitchen-tools-101-is-it-a-spatula-a-turner-a-flipper-or-what/ | You are here : Home Well Equipped Kitchen Tools 101 : Is It a Spatula , a Turner , a Flipper , or What ? Kitchen Tools 101 : Is It a Spatula , a Turner , a Flipper , or What ? January 13 , 2015 by Sur La Table My daughter , the pancake enthusiast . โ The term spatula is used for a broad category of tools , and every kitchen should be stocked with an equally broad array of spatulas . โ โ Marie Simmons , in our own book Things Cooks Love : Implements , Ingredients , Recipes When I first started working at Sur La Table , I quickly ran into a conundrum : Why did we use the word โ turner โ to describe spatulas ? You know , spatulas ? The thing you flip over pancakes with ? ( Yeah , and other stuff , but I like pancakes . ) This kind of spatula : Would โ Weird Al โ steer you wrong ? This is n โ t a mockumercial for โ Turner City . โ This , of course , was narrow - minded provincialism on my part . There are , in fact , people โ people outside the kitchen gadget industry ! โ who call those things โ turners . โ They are , however , a linguistic minority โ though one with more industry buy - in than people who use the word โ flippers . โ Try flipping a pancake with this . ( Photo by Marcin Wichary , used by Creative Commons license I figured this out because I โ m a giant trivia nerd and language enthusiast , so I wanted to answer a basic question : What โ s the difference between a spatula and a turner ? Turns out that a ) the internet is full of conflicting ideas about this ( no ! ) and b ) some people are really passionate about their preferred distinction ( the devil you say ! ) . What do you call the gadget you use when cooking pancakes or burgers ? gadget ? I use my fingers flipper turner spatula Other : Vote View Results Crowdsignal . com Here โ s the deal , though : Everyone โ s right ! Yay , everyone ! OK , OK . Almost everyone . The only people who are n โ t right are the ones who insist that a turner or flipper is not , in fact , a spatula . โ Spatula , โ as it turns out , is a fairly old word * โ the Oxford English Dictionary dates it to 1525 . As a terrific piece by Neal Whitman details , it โ s related to spade ( the garden tool ) , spade ( the card suit ) , spay , epรฉe , and epaulet . And a quick look at almost any dictionary indicates that spatula is a broad term describing a tool that โ s got a flat end on a handle . Uses include mixing , spreading , turning , scraping , and stirring . Things that some people think distinguish spatulas from turners : material ( metal or wood vs . rubber or silicone ) use ( spreading things vs . flipping things over ) shape ( narrow vs . broad ) holes or slots ( none vs . some ) Thing that actually distinguishes spatulas from turners : use A turner or flipper is one kind of spatula , specifically designed to be good at turning ( or flipping ) things over . So it โ s fine to call your pancake - inversion device a turner , or a flipper , but neither is the โ correct โ term . Just like it โ s fine to call your keytar or your harpsichord a keyboard instrument , but not all keyboard instruments are keytars . ( Alas . ) ( And yes , this means that Spatula City โ s claims that they carry spatulas of every shape , size , and color are false advertising , unless there โ s a rubber spatula side room they do n โ t show in the commercial . Alert the FCC . ) In fact , there are a number of other words you might use to describe a spatula or turner . The Dictionary of American Regional English includes nine synonyms used in various regions of the country : pancake turner , โ widespread โ ( no pun intended ) egg turner cake turner palette spatule turnover ladle flapper laden There are probably more out there ! You know how people talk . So : How do you know which spatula someone is talking about ? Context , usually . โ Quick , hand me that spatula ! โ means something different if you โ re cooking latkes than it does if you โ re whipping up cupcake batter , and it means something still different if you โ re being swarmed by savage pancake wasps . * * As you might guess , the real distinguisher between different kinds of spatulas or turners is that initial word . Looking around at various cookbooks , gear guides , and retail websites turns up a bunch of specific spatula ( or turner ) types : All - around spatula , rubber spatula , offset spatula , silicone spatula , metal turner , cookie spatula , angled spatula , fish turner , stir - fry paddle , wooden spatula , etc . Why do n โ t people just use the word โ turner โ ? For one thing , โ turner โ as a generic term for the kitchen tool is probably more recent than โ spatula . โ The OED does n โ t actually list the kitchen tool as a definition ; their definition โ one who or that which turns โ does not include a pancake or other turner in the citations . So it โ s new . For another , there are plenty of people who have no idea what a โ turner โ is . It โ s more common for people to call the pancake - flipping implement a โ spatula โ than it is for them to call it a โ turner . โ And if you think of it as a spatula , โ turner โ is not necessarily a word you โ re going to think to use instead . On our own website , in fact , we combined Spatulas and Turners into one category after we noticed customers getting confused . They would look at the Spatulas category , see a bunch of silicone stirrers , and wonder where the burger flippers were . Now Spatulas and Turners cohabitate at SurLaTable . com , along with some scrapers and spreaders for good measure . ( Sorry , โ flipper โ - istas . Your numbers are n โ t mighty enough to add a third word to the category name . ) To sum up : โ Spatula โ includes multitudes โ Turner โ is a fine word to use for some kinds of spatulas , but is not the only correct word . Whatever you call them , spatulas are a kitchen must - have . You probably ca n โ t have too many * It was not invented ( or coined ) by a man named John Spaduala , despite what a certain spatula fan site would have you believe * * This means you โ re dreaming . Wake up ! Let us know : What do you call it in your house ? Is that different from the word your parents or grandparents used ? Filed Under : Well Equipped Tagged With : flipper kitchen lingo Kitchen Tools language pancake turner spatula turner ยซ In Season Now : Blood Oranges 17 Healthy Recipe Ideas ยป Trackbacks Product Page Credibility , Information & Design : Interview | content26 says : March 9 , 2015 at 9 : 17 am [ โฆ ] it โ s even simpler than that . For example , James Callen at Sur la Table wrote about a merchandising issue related to spatulas . Many customers use the word โ turner โ or โ flipper โ to describe a spatula , [ โฆ ] The Basics of Not Being # Basic in the Kitchen # 4 : Roasting Vegetables | UNH Tales says : March 15 , 2016 at 7 : 30 am [ โฆ ] ( the โ turner โ kind โ the kind whose business end is [ โฆ ] | [
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http://blog.takipi.com/githubs-10000-most-popular-java-projects-here-are-the-top-libraries-they-use/ | GitHub โ s 10,000 most Popular Java Projects - Here are The Top Libraries They Use Developers : OverOps tells you when new code breaks in production โ Learn more As Java developers working with a language that โ s both mature yet highly evolving , we โ re faced with a constant dilemma whenever we write new code โ go with the hot new technology that everyone is talking about , or stick with a tried - and - true library ? Since a very large part of Java applications are commercial in nature , it can sometimes be hard to separate the buzz around a new framework with the number of projects actually putting it to use . This is important , as the community of users and contributors around a framework is one of the strongest factors in determining its continuous success and development . We decided to use a data based approach to get more insight into this , by analyzing which Java projects developers are actually using on the world โ s largest open repository for Java projects โ GitHub . In our previous post we presented the main results of our GitHub research project and the top 100 libraries for JavaScript , Ruby and Java . Now let โ s dive into the data , analyzing Java in particular . The Approach To generate our dataset we queried 10,000 Java projects , with a bias towards the ones most favorited by the community , as a strong qualifying indicator towards their relative importance . We used the pom . xml , which is used by the vast majority of Java projects on GH , to define dependencies . We then analyzed and grouped those into categories . The results were really interesting . The Results The full list โ Top 100 libraries for JavaScript , Ruby and Java Logging . The most popular Java library is slf4j โ the logging facade framework , with 3,068 entries . It seems that Java GH developers have fully embraced a decoupled approach towards their logging engine , and have standardized on slf4j to do so . Since slf4j is n โ t a logging engine by itself , it โ s also useful to see the top logging engines being used . It looks like the โ winner โ here is log4j โ 891 projects are using it . Next in line is Logback , with 340 projects . While very respectable , this number still represents less than half of the projects using log4j . sfl4j โ s simple logging implementation comes in third at 174 projects . The most popular Java library today is slf4j โ used by 30.7 % of the 10,000 projects Tweet this Spring . While Spring may be perceived by some as a more mature and less โ hip โ framework , it still sees tremendous usage , placing 15 libraries in the top 100 . Since Spring is an umbrella framework , it โ s interesting to see which of its components are being used the most . Spring - test is the most used part of the framework ( after the core library ) with 376 entries . It โ s followed by web - mvc for designing robust web applications with 277 entries . After web functionality , we see TDD . Right there with Spring at the top is JUnit with 3,068 entries . This really shows the profound effect that Test Driven Development has had on the Java landscape . It seems that if you โ re a Java developer posting your code , unit tests today are an absolute requirement . It โ s also worthwhile noting that while JUnit is not alone in this space ( TestNG , the 2nd most popular testing framework , has 331 entries ) it is by far the most dominant . Mockito , a popular framework for mock based testing , has also gained wide appeal with 413 entries . EasyMock , another mocking framework , comes 2nd in this category with 231 project entries . Google โ s Guava framework is becoming mainstream โ 4.8 % of 10,000 Java GitHub projects are using it Tweet this Apache Commons . Having looked at Spring , it โ s important we do n โ t neglect Apache Commons , one of the most fundamental set of libraries within the language . Commons - io and Commons - lang are right there in the top 10 with 519 and 504 entries respectively , showing their strong prevalence . As a whole Apache Commons have 13 libraries in the top 100 . Google โ s Guava framework , which itself provides language utils ( some similar to those found in Commons ) is also doing very well with 483 entries , marking it as another key Java building block . Sql & NoSql . With NoSql and Big data being all the buzz these last couple of years ( some for good reasons ) , it โ s worthwhile looking at the actual usage numbers for both relational and NoSql technologies . The most popular Sql DB out there is MySql with 225 entries . Hibernate ORM , while not a DB in itself , is also fairly popular with 181 entries . This is one area that we need to keep in mind that as GH is an open source repository , we might see a somewhat stronger bias towards commercial DBs Justifying the buzz : Hadoop is more popular in Java GitHub projects than Postgre SQL Hadoop is also doing very well with 168 entries , showing that the buzz is justified when looking at its actual usage data . To put in perspective , it has more entries than Postgre SQL ( with 121 entries ) , one of the most mature relational open source DBs out there . ElasticSearch , another Big data technology , is also on the board with 110 project entries . It โ s surprising to note that sqlite , which has 1,085 entries in Ruby , is n โ t in the Java top 100 . Android . For mobile developers on GH we see 228 project entries consuming Android via Maven . While this can signify that not a lot of mobile projects are placed on GH , it โ s still a strong indicator that Java remains a very strong server side language . Surprised by some of the results ? We know we were with some of them . Take a look at the full list of the top 100 Java libraries on GitHub below , and let us know what you think in the comments section . We โ d love to hear your thoughts and questions . We Analyzed 30,000 GitHub Projects โ Here Are The Top 100 Libraries in Java , JS and Ruby โ read more Ophir Primat VP , Marketing - Demand Generation @ OverOps Hans I โ m surprised so many projects are still using commons - lang and commons - io . These libs used to be useful a decade ago , but nowadays practically everything they ever did is done much better by modern JDKs and Guava . Commons - lang is actually quite an awful ( or , put more politely , organically grown โฆ ) hotchpotch of stuff of widely varying quality . Christopher Currie It looks like you โ ve misread the logging data . At 340 projects , Apache commons - logging is actually edged out by logback - classic , the full - featured logging library written by the developers of slf4j . Somewhat surprising that you missed this , but perhaps you were not aware it was an slf4j implementation . http : / / www . takipi . com / Tal Weiss Thanks , Christopher , you โ re right . we โ ll update our data , and change the post accordingly . zacker I do n โ t know how you to Analyze the projects of github . Ca n โ t you open the souce ? thinks . andrew_binstock โ TDD . Right there with Spring at the top is JUnit with 3,068 entries . This really shows the profound effect that Test Driven Development has had on the Java landscape . โ It does n โ t show this . It shows only that JUnit is popular . It says nothing about how much TDD is or is not used . JUnit was * hugely * popular with Java developers when TDD was still considered fringe . Today , many developers write unit tests after they write code . In sum , TDD followers are not the only users of JUnit . 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http://blog.taxact.com/tax-tips-for-the-self-employed/ | Business Income 14 Tax Tips for People Who Are Self - Employed By Sally Herigstad As a self - employed person , do you ever envy your employed friends at tax time ? Having your own business definitely increases the amount of record - keeping you have to do for tax purposes . When you โ re digging through boxes of business receipts , it โ s easy to envy people who only have to enter income from a W - 2 form . However , as a self - employed person , you get some tax breaks that your employed friends do n โ t . For example , employees can deduct certain expenses , but only after they exceed 2 percent of adjusted gross income . You can deduct business expenses right off the top โ and the expenses even reduce your social security and Medicare tax , which you pay in the form of self - employment tax . These tips can make tax time less painful and help you take advantage of some of the tax benefits of working for yourself : 1 . Estimate your business income It โ s absolutely essential that you find out where you stand tax - wise โ before you start taking other tax planning steps . You do n โ t want to make expenditures , for example , in a year when you do n โ t need the deduction . If you expect to be in a higher tax bracket this year or next , you โ ll want to take as many deductions as possible in the year you are subject to the highest tax rate . Unless you estimate your business income , tax planning is guesswork at best . 2 . Time your income You ca n โ t postpone income simply by not cashing checks that come to you , or by telling customers not to pay you until after the end of the year . Income is generally taxable when it is available to you . However , you can time billing near the end of the year to your advantage . You certainly can sell assets at a gain before or after the end of the year , depending on your tax situation . 3 . Time your expenditures There โ s always a surge in business equipment sales at the end of the year โ and it โ s not entirely because computers and printers are a popular holiday gift . If you buy business assets by December 31 , you can start depreciating them this tax year . You may even be able to take a Section 179 deduction and expense the entire cost of the asset in one year . Business expenditures are counted as made in the year you purchase them , even if you use a credit card or other deferred payment plan and do n โ t pay for the expenditures until the following year . On the other hand , if you โ re on the cash basis , paying some bills can help lower your bill this year . Do n โ t bother buying inventory or supplies that will be part of inventory before the end of the year , unless you need them . You generally do n โ t deduct the cost of inventory until you sell the product . 4 . Make the most of medical insurance deductions You can deduct health insurance premiums for yourself , your spouse , and your dependents as an adjustment to income . This includes premiums for long - term care insurance . The policy does not need to be in the business name โ it โ s deductible even if it โ s in your name . 5 . Keep the form of your company simple Unless you need to form a partnership or a corporation for some reason , stick with a Schedule C , Sole Proprietorship . It โ s the simplest way to file , and there โ s nothing you have to disband if you move on to something else . If you โ re looking for legal protection , get liability insurance ( and consult your lawyer ) . 6 . Automate your record - keeping Small business record - keeping does n โ t have to be as hard as it used to be . In fact , shoeboxes ( or grocery bags ) full of crumpled receipts should be a thing of the past . Use personal finance software that โ s synchronized to your bank accounts . Automatic record - keeping not only saves you time , but it โ s less prone to mistakes , too . 7 . Understand itemized deductions vs . business deductions By taking a business deduction instead of an itemized deduction , you reduce your adjusted gross income and your self - employment tax . Whenever possible , deduct an expense or a portion of an expense as a business expense . 8 . Pay your kids You can deduct the amounts you pay your kids to work in your business , and the kids generally pay less tax than you would . The first $ 5,950 the child earns is sheltered by the standard deduction , and any amount above that is taxed at the child โ s rate , which is generally much lower than yours . 9 . Take a home office deduction If you have a qualified home office , you can deduct some of your otherwise nondeductible expenses , such as a portion of your home insurance , utilities , and rent . To make this process easier , the IRS has devised the Simplified Home Office Deduction . This allows taxpayers to take advantage of small business tax perks without the stress of lengthy calculations and record - keeping . 10 . Avoid the hobby trap If the IRS deems your business to be a hobby , you โ ll have to report any income , but you โ ll only be able to deduct expenses up to the amount of your income . That โ s no deal if you โ re seriously trying to earn a profit โ especially if you may clear a handsome taxable profit in future years ! It helps to clear a profit in three out of five consecutive years , but you may still convince the IRS you are a for - profit business if you operate in a businesslike manner and keep good records . On the other hand , if you make a little income every year from something that really is a hobby , such as breeding dogs or carving lawn ornaments , you may want to keep it that way . Hobby income is not subject to self - employment tax , which otherwise would be 15.3 % of your net income from the operation . 11 . Turn charitable contributions into business expenses Under normal circumstances , you ca n โ t deduct charitable contributions on your Schedule C . However , if you give money to charities in exchange for advertising , it โ s a business expense . That will give you a greater tax benefit than an itemized deduction . 12 . Increase your self - employed retirement contributions Contributions to IRAs are still limited , but you can contribute significantly more by opening a SEP , SIMPLE , or profit - sharing plan , instead . 13 . Track all business mileage Whether you take the standard mileage deduction or your expenses for gas , oil , and other actual expenses , you must have good records to deduct vehicle expenses . Your records must include mileage driven , the purpose , and the date . Count every trip to the post office and client meeting โ those miles add up ! 14 . Check out your liability for the Alternative Minimum Tax ( AMT ) Tax planning usually means finding more deductions and postponing income โ but not always . You might want to do just the opposite if you may lose certain deductions because of the Alternative Minimum Tax . The Alternative Minimum Tax is a parallel tax system that calculates your tax liability without the benefit of certain tax breaks , such as substantial itemized deductions . If your income tax calculated by AMT rules is greater than your tax under normal income tax rules , you pay the excess as AMT tax . | [
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http://blog.taxact.com/what-is-a-health-insurance-marketplace/ | Financial Health How to Get Health Insurance Through the Marketplace By Mark Terry The health insurance marketplace is an online store at HealthCare . gov where people can shop , compare and enroll in various health insurance plans . If you do not have adequate health insurance coverage in 2018 , you โ ll likely have to pay a penalty when you file your taxes . The fee , or tax penalty , increases each year . For the 2017 tax year , the penalty is 2.5 percent of your annual income or $ 695 per adult ( $ 347.50 per child ) โ whichever is higher . That penalty is paid on your 2017 tax return due April 2018 . If you apply for coverage through a health insurance marketplace , you may qualify for financial assistance or the premium tax credit to help offset the costs . Federal or State Marketplaces Many states operate their own health insurance marketplace . If your state chose not to develop a health insurance marketplace , use the federal government โ s health insurance exchanges . Visit healthcare . gov to find out if your state operates a health insurance exchange or if you should utilize the federal government โ s exchange . The marketplaces allow you to shop for health insurance plans under five separate categories : bronze , silver , gold , platinum and catastrophic . Each category provides different levels of coverage and costs . 10 Essential Health Benefits No matter which health plan you purchase through the exchange , it provided 10 essential health benefits . Outpatient care โ this refers to any care that does n โ t require a hospital stay Emergency room visits Inpatient care โ any care that requires a hospital stay Care during pregnancy โ includes care after your child is born Mental health and substance abuse treatments โ includes counseling , psychotherapy , and behavioral health treatment Prescription drugs Treatment for injuries , disabilities or chronic conditions โ this refers to physical therapy , occupational therapy , psychiatric rehabilitation , speech - language pathology / therapy and others . Laboratory tests Preventive medical care โ this is for vaccines , disease screenings , and counseling , as well as care needed to manage chronic diseases Pediatric care โ includes dentistry and vision treatment for children How to get health insurance Enrollment opens Nov . 1 , 2017 . If you enroll by December 15 , 2017 , your coverage will start Jan . 1 , 2018 . Here is a short list of things you can do to prepare : Figure out if your state has a marketplace or whether you need to use www . healthcare . gov . Download a checklist to get started . Get informational updates by following the federal marketplace โ s Facebook and Twitter accounts . You can also sign - up for email or text updates . Think about your household โ s income and expenses to determine if you โ re eligible for financial assistance . Pull together your tax forms and current pay stubs to help you figure out how much you can afford . Create a budget . Study the different types of health plans and decide which one is not only affordable , but which gives you the right type of coverage for your situation . Make a list of any questions . Ask your human resource department if your employer will offer employer - sponsored health insurance in 2018 . If you need help , both the federal and state governments are offering counselors and navigators to assist you . A source for that is www . LocalHealth . HealthCare . gov If you have questions , get help . Call the federal health insurance marketplace at : 1 - 800 - 318 - 2596 any time of day or night , 7 days a week . TTY users can call : 1 - 855 - 889 - 4325 . There is also online chat available through www . healthcare . gov . Is the health insurance marketplace for you ? If you already have insurance through your employer , are covered by Medicare or purchase insurance privately , you do not need to sign up for health insurance through the Marketplace . However , if you have the option and would like to consider different coverage , you can utilize the health insurance marketplace . Keep in mind , if you choose a plan through the marketplace , your employer is not required to contribute to your coverage . You must sign up for coverage if you do n โ t have insurance . The Affordable Care Act was designed to provide health insurance coverage at a reasonable price for the millions of Americans who are not covered by insurance . The health insurance marketplace was set up to make it easy for individuals without insurance to shop , compare and enroll in a health insurance plan that will most adequately meet their needs . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . | [
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http://blog.taxjar.com/etsy-sales-tax-guide/ | Etsy Etsy Sellers Guide to Sales Tax by Mark Faggiano Feb 9 , 2015 Good news ! Your Etsy store is open for business and all your crafty items are selling like hotcakes . Now that you โ re making sales , it โ s time to focus on the financial end of your business . One of the most trying administrative tasks that product sellers face is sales tax . When you to charge it ? How much do you charge ? Where do you need to send it in and when ? TaxJar is here to give you a hand with all that . Here is our handy guide to sales tax for Etsy sellers . Step 1 : Determine Where You Have Nexus If you are selling items , most likely you will have to deal with sales tax . Nearly all of the states in the U.S. require sellers to charge sales tax to customers . As a seller , you only have to charge sales tax in states where you have sales tax nexu s , which basically means where you have a considerable presence . Each state defines what nexus means , but most consider a seller to have nexus if they have a physical presence like an office , employee or warehouse . Moreover , some states say that you have nexus if you sell at a craft show or trade show . Sales tax collected by states is used for things like roads and schools , so it โ s usually in their best interest to broaden the definition of nexus . Let โ s take a look at an example . For instance , say you live in North Carolina and you store your goods in a warehouse in Maryland . Then you hire your brother in Virginia to work for you . It may be that you will have nexus in all three of those states . So the first item on your to - do list is to make a list of every state where you have significant presence and then contact their Department of Revenue to determine whether you have nexus . Here is a map of state tax info to get you started . Step 2 : Register for a Sales Tax Permit So now that you โ ve determined where you have sales tax nexus , the next thing you need to do is contact your state โ s department of revenue and register for a sales tax permit . You may find that some states charge money for a sales tax permit or they may require you to renew your permit , while others do not . The only thing that the states do agree on is that it is unlawful to collect sales tax , without first registering for a permit . Be sure not to skip this step . Another thing to be careful of , is that some states will require sales tax be remitted annually , while others will want it monthly or quarterly . If you have nexus in multiple states , you may to remit sales tax at several different times . It really ca n โ t be said enough that every state is different when it comes to sales tax . Step 3 : Collect Sales Tax from Buyers Your next step is to make sure you โ re charging sales tax to your customers . You need to set this up within Etsy , and can only do so when your store is live . Etsy allows you to choose the states in which you have nexus and set up a sales tax rate for each state , zip code or even a range of zip codes . How much you charge depends on whether your state is an origin - based sales tax state or a destination - based sales tax state Origin based states are simple โ you simply charge the sales tax rate at your location . So if you live in the 45750 zip code in Marietta , Ohio ( an origin - based sales tax state ) , then you simply charge all of your customers in Ohio that rate . Destination - based sales tax states are tricker . In these states , you are required to charge sales tax to buyers based on the location where you ship their order . So if you live in the 32009 zip code in Bryceville , Florida the sales tax rate you would pay for day - to - day purchases made in your zip code is 7.0 % . But if you sell to a buyer in St . Augustine in the 32095 zip code , then you only need to charge them their sales tax rate of 6 % . For this reason , it can be a bit time consuming to set your rates in destination - based states through Etsy . To help , you can look up sales tax rates in TaxJar โ s handy Sales Tax Calculator Step 4 : Report on How Much Sales Tax You Collected Now that you have a sales tax filing due , you will need to find out just how much sales tax you have collected . This process can be really tricky . First you will have to find out how much you collected from your buyers in each state . If you sell only on Etsy , you can pull a report which shows how much tax you collected . However , sales tax gets trickier . Most states want you to break down how much sales tax you collected by city , county or other taxing district . This is why we created TaxJar . We can pull all the sales tax that you collected via Etsy , or the other platforms on which you sell , and then arrange that information the way each state wants to receive it when you file sales tax . Not using TaxJar means having to combine reports and then go back to try and figure out which area that a buyer lived Which brings us to โฆ Step 5 : File Sales Tax Now that you โ ve found out just how much sales tax you have collected , it โ s time to file . There are a few choices here . You can file by mail , which takes forever , or file online , which is faster and required by some states . Or you can let TaxJar handle it for you with AutoFile Using AutoFile , TaxJar will file and send your returns for you . So once you are set up , there really is n โ t anything else for you to do . Another awesome advantage is that we will find out what state sales tax discounts you are eligible for and then make sure you keep that money in your pocket . You wo n โ t lose with money using TaxJar . Do n โ t forget that some states require what โ s called a โ zero return , โ which is for those sellers that did n โ t collect any sales tax . If you do n โ t file one of these , you could be hit with a fee or penalty . Step 6 : Relax ! Awesome ! Now that you โ ve followed all these steps , you โ ve got sales tax taken care of . Now go back to running your successful business ! Still have questions about Etsy sales tax ? Start the conversation in the comments ! Please note : This blog is for informational purposes only . Be advised that sales tax rules and laws are subject to change at any time . For specific sales tax advice regarding your business , contact a sales tax expert . Mark Faggiano As TaxJar ' s Founder , he ' s on a mission to make sales tax simple for online sellers like you . Connect with Mark on Google+ or Twitter View all posts by Mark Faggiano ยป | [
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http://blog.taxjar.com/state-sales-tax-phone-numbers/ | States How to Talk to a Human about Sales Tax in Every State by Jennifer Dunn Jan 10 , 2018 In our Sales Tax for eCommerce Sellers Group on Facebook , an eCommerce seller with a specific question sometimes has no choice but to contact his or her state โ s taxing authority . This can be easier said than done . State customer service phone numbers can be hard to find , and then callers can be directed through a maze of options before getting your answer . Further , many states either do n โ t communicate sales tax info by email , or have very long reply times , which is n โ t helpful when you need an answer right now . ( If list of state department of revenue emails here . ) To make your life a little easier when calling your state โ s taxing authority , we put together this list . Find the state you need to call below and follow the steps to get to an actual helpful human who can answer your sales tax questions . Also , as the states themselves say , โ menu options change . โ So if you find a number that no longer works , just leave us a note in the comments and we โ ll get it updated ! Alabama Phone Number : 334 - 242 - 1170 Press 3 for Sales Tax , then 2 for Other , then hold for a Representative . Arizona Phone Number : 602 - 255 - 3381 Press 1 for English , 4 for Transaction Privilege Tax , then 9 for the next available Representative . Arkansas Phone Number : 501 - 682 - 7104 A Representative immediately picks up ! California Phone Number : 800 - 400 - 7115 Press 1 for English , then 7 for the Main Menu , then 1 for Sales & Use Tax , then 8 for All Other Questions . Colorado Phone Number : 303 - 238 - 7378 Press 4 for Sales Tax & More , then 0 to speak to a Sales Tax Expert . Connecticut Phone Number : 860 - 297 - 5962 Press 5 for a Representative , then 2 for Sales Tax , then choose from 3 more options to get someone for your specific problem . District of Columbia Phone Number : 202 - 727 - 4829 Press 6 for Business Tax , then 4 for Business Tax . Florida Phone Number : 850 - 488 - 6800 Press 1 for English , then 2 for general information on taxes , then 2 for any other taxes . ( You can also try pressing 0 after pressing 1 for English . This 0 is a hidden option that does n โ t always work ! ) Georgia Phone Number : 877 - 423 - 6711 Press 1 for Business , enter SSN or 0 to bypass , then 0 to reach a Representative . Hawaii Phone Number : 808 - 587 - 4242 Press 1 for Touchtone , then 0 for a Representative . Idaho Phone Number : 800 - 972 - 7660 Press 0 for a Representative , or just hold the line . Illinois Phone Number : 800 - 732 - 8866 Say โ โ Agent , โ โ then say โ โ Sales Tax , โ โ then say your Illinois Tax ID , ( or say , โ โ I do n โ t have it โ โ to bypass this option ) . Indiana Phone Number : 317 - 233 - 4015 Press 7 for Business Tax Questions , then 7 for All Other Questions , then you can either choose your method of identification , and then press 1 to confirm . Iowa Phone Number : 800 - 367 - 3388 Press 4 for Other Tax Questions , then 2 for Sales and Use Tax . Kansas Phone Number : 785 - 368 - 8222 Press 5 for Other Tax Representative , then 2 for Sales and Use Tax Representative . Kentucky Phone Number : 502 - 564 - 5170 Press 1 for Sales and Use Tax . Louisiana Phone Number : 855 - 307 - 3893 Press 2 for Business Tax , then 3 for Other Business Questions . Maine Phone Number : 207 - 624 - 9693 This is a number specific for the Sales Tax Division , so you can listen to all the various options or just press 4 for โ All Other Calls . โ Maryland Phone Number : 800 - 638 - 2937 Press 1 for English , then 3 for Business . Massachusetts Phone Number : 617 - 887 - 6367 Press 4 for Sales Tax , then 4 for Other , then 2 for All inquiries . Michigan Phone Number : 517 - 373 - 3200 Press 3 for Sales Tax , then 2 for registered Sales Tax questions , then 2 for All Other Questions Minnesota Phone Number : 651 - 296 - 6181 Say or press 5 for Other Sales Tax Options . Mississippi Phone Number : 601 - 923 - 7015 Press 2 for All Other Sales and Use Tax Questions . Missouri Phone Number : 573 - 751 - 4450 A Receptionist answers , immediately . Ask to be transferred to the Sales Tax Division . Nebraska Phone Number : 402 โ 471 โ 5729 Say โ Business Tax โ or press 2 , then say โ Other Options โ or press 5 , enter your Tax ID or hold for a Representative Nevada Phone Number : 866 - 962 - 3707 Press 5 to speak to a Sales Tax Examiner . New Jersey Phone Number : 609 - 292 - 6400 Press 5 for Sales Tax and Other Business Questions . Be prepared to wait ! New Mexico Phone Number : 505 - 827 - 0832 Listen for the correct option or press 0 for an operator . New York Phone Number : 518 - 485 - 2889 Press 1 for Representative North Carolina Phone Number : 877 - 252 - 3052 Press 1 for English , then 5 for All Other Inquiries , then 2 for Sales and Use , then 0 for Further Assistance , then enter your Tax ID or press 3 to bypass this option . North Dakota Phone Number : 701 - 328 - 1246 A Representative immediately picks up ! Ohio Phone Number : 888 - 405 - 4039 Press 2 for Sales & Use Tax , then 3 for Sales Tax Questions , then either enter your Tax ID , or press 2 to bypass this option . Oklahoma Phone Number : 405 - 521 - 3160 Press 0 to speak to a Representative . Pennsylvania Phone Number : 717 - 787 - 1064 Press 0 # or enter your Tax ID , then 1 to confirm , then 3 for Sales & Use Tax or 2 for All Sales Tax Questions . Rhode Island Phone Number : 401 - 574 - 8955 Press 2 for Sales & Use Tax . South Carolina Phone Number : 803 - 898 - 5000 Press 3 for Sales Tax , then 2 for General Information . South Dakota Phone Number : 800 - 829 - 9188 Press 1 for Sales Tax . Tennessee Phone Number : 615 - 253 - 0600 Press 1 for Sales Tax , 1 for Tax Law , then hold for an Agent . Texas Phone Number : 800 - 252 - 5555 Press * ( star ) to bypass the Tax ID option , then 0 for an Agent . Utah Phone Number : 800 - 662 - 4335 Press 0 , then 2 for General Tax . Vermont Phone Number : 802 - 828 - 2551 Hold the line for the first available Agent . Virginia Phone Number : 804 - 367 - 8037 Press 4 for an Agent , then 1 for Sales Tax . Washington Phone Number : 800 - 647 - 7706 Press 3 for a Tax Specialist , and then 5 for Anything Else West Virginia Phone Number : 800 - 982 - 8297 Hold the line for the first available Agent . Wisconsin Phone Number : 608 - 266 - 2776 Press 3 for Sales Tax Info , then 8 for All Other Questions , then enter your Tax ID or press 4 to bypass this option . Wyoming Phone Number : 307 - 777 - 5200 This information was accurate as of the publish date of this post . If a phone number or menu shortcut does n โ t work for you , please let us know in the comments . Please note : This blog is for informational purposes only . Be advised that sales tax rules and laws are subject to change at any time . For specific sales tax advice regarding your business , contact a sales tax expert . Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Dunn is TaxJar ' s Chief of Content . Her passion is making tough sales tax topics simple so you can get back to doing what you do best - running your business ! Connect with Jenn on Twitter @ TaxJarJenn . View all posts by Jennifer Dunn ยป Etsy Will Now Collect Sales Tax on All Washington Purchases How to Register for a Sales Tax Permit in Florida | [
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http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/sheltercatsarebeautiful/ | Shelter Cats Get Star Treatment In New Rachael Ray Initiative By The Animal Rescue Site Proper greatergood_ctg_belowtitle Rachael Ray thinks shelter cats get a bad rap , and is out to fix it . To celebrate the release of her new line of Nutrish cat food , she is partnering with The Animal Rescue Site GreaterGood . org One Picture Saves A Life , and Wahl to create a fantastic new program targeting shelter cats across the country . Shelter Cats Are Beautiful will send a series of workshops on tour to teach shelters the ins and outs of cat grooming and photography , with the goal of increasing cat adoptions nationwide . The rate of cat euthanasia in shelters is higher than the rate of adoption , but the groundbreaking program One Picture Saves A Life has proven that a photo can be worth its weight in gold for getting an adoptable pet out of the shelter and into a forever home . The blurry image of a terrified cat huddling behind cage bars just needs to be replaced with a shining picture of a clean and very adoptable feline friend . With Rachael Ray โ s amazing star power behind it , Shelter Cats Are Beautiful has a real opportunity to make a difference . โ Unfortunately there are a lot of animals in shelters that need a home , โ said Rachael . โ With our โ Shelter Cats Are Beautiful โ tour , I โ m hoping we help people see just how beautiful shelter cats are , with the goal of getting these pets into loving homes more quickly . โ What a difference a photo can make ! Learn more at ShelterCatsAreBeautiful . com 22 Dogs Who Can Fall Asleep Literally Anywhere . : Click โ Next โ below ! Next The Animal Rescue Site is a place where people can help provide food and care to millions of animals in need , both in the U.S. and around the world . In addition to sharing personal rescue stories , shopping for the cause , and signing petitions , visitors can take just a moment each day to click on a purple button to help animals . Visit The Animal Rescue Site and click today - it ' s free ! Proper greatergood_ctg_belowcontent | [
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http://blog.thecrossbowstore.com/2013/04/01/walking-dead-daryl-dixons-crossbow-revealed/ | Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon โ s Crossbow revealed ! 2 comments 1 Apr , 2013 in Crossbows Hunting Equipment tagged crossbows for sale Horthon Scout Crossbow Horthon Scout HD Crossbow hunting crossbow hunting crossbows stryker 380 crossbow Stryker strykezone 380 strykezone 380 strykezone 380 crossbow Styker crossbow by Johnathan Share ! This past weekend after the Finale for the hit show โ The Walking Dead โ , on the talk show โ Talking Dead โ Daryl Dixon revealed to the audience and viewers at home his zombie killing crossbows he has been using throughout the show to kill zombies . The crossbow he used for most of the show was the Horton Scout 125 HD . This entry level crossbow is used by Daryl Dixon through out the majority of the show . Later in the show he uses a different crossbow . Daryl revealed this crossbow was his Stryker Strykezone 380 , a beast of a crossbow ! In Season 3 , Episode 12 โ Clear โ , a Stryker Strykezone 380 crossbow was taken from Morgan โ s safe house by Michonne . Later on in Season 3 Episode 13 โ Arrow on the Doorpost โ Daryl replaces his Horton Scout 125 HD with the Stryker Strykezone 380 Crossbow . Daryl Dixon โ s Diamond Stryker Strykezone 380 Crossbow These weapons are excellent for both hunting and taking down Walkers without attracting too much attention . With re - usable ammunition it โ s less of a waste on resources than firearms . It โ s quiet enough that I could bring down dozens of squirrels and even a deer without attracting the attention of the Walkers . Daryl Dixon โ s Diamond Stryker Strykezone 380 Crossbow | [
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http://blog.thelineup.com/how-to-rhinestone-flat-back-method | How to Rhinestone a Dance Costume Flat Back Method Posted by Trista on Sep 8 2016 Rhinestones helped take this Raelyn dance costume to the next level The easiest way to transform a costume With Rhinestones Stones can add the perfect finishing touch and take a simple costume from boring to stunning This labor intensive embellishment can often be the most expensive part of your dance costume or skating dress if left to the professionals But it is also the easiest to do yourself If you are interested in saving a few dollars check out our stepbystep instructional video below Last week we took a look at how to rhinestone using Hotfix stones which have the glue preapplied to the back This week well take a look at rhinestoning a costume using flat back stones which require the application of glue separately Follow this tutorial and youll get the hang of it in no time How to Rhinestone a Dance Costume or Skate Dress Flat Back Method Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video What Youll Need Flat back rhinestones Strong glue such as GemTac or E6000 Glue applicator squeeze bottle or syringe optional Washable fabric marker or chalk pencil Ruler or Tape Measure Wax pickup tool optional Scrap paper Cardboard or other flat surface Rhinestoning Instructions Step 1 Stretch Your Costume Flat The first step is to prep your costume Stretch your garment flat over a piece of cardboard or other hard surface In this video we used a piece of cardboard but a lunch tray or similar firm surface could also work Placing an object underneath the section you will be stoning will ensure that no glue transfers to the other side of your garment and that stones are flat and wont shift while the glue dries Step 2 Layout Your Rhinestone Design The most phenomenal rhinestone designs start by laying out a pattern on your costume BEFORE gluing This nobrainer step is the best way to see what will look best on your costume before permanently committing to a design In this tutorial we are using flat back rhinestones which have a foil backing without glue Using seperate glue with Hotfix rhinestones also works well Step 3 Mark the Rhinestone Placement Mark your garment where you want the rhinestones to be placed A ruler or tape measure is useful to maintain consistent spacing Use a washable fabric marker for light color fabrics or a chalk pencil for darker colored fabrics These tools can be found at your local craft or fabric store like Michaels or JoAnn Fabrics Avoid permanent pens or markers Even though you will be covering your markings with rhinestones you never know when an accident might occur Step 4 Prep Your Worksurface Working with glue is bound to get messy so we recommend covering your work surface with scrap paper or extra cardboard This will give you a place to put glue bottles and to catch any extra glue drips Step 5 Prep Your Glue Applicator Always use the strongest glue you can find not all glue will be strong enough to keep stones adhered to your costume during a performance We recommend only using GemTac or E6000 glue for the strongest hold Both are easy to use but be warned that E6000 has strong fumes that are not suitable for everyone be sure to use it in a well ventilated space Next youll need to fill up your glue applicator with your selected glue A glue applicator should you choose to use one allows for a more precise and less messy application process Which applicator tool you use will depend on the type of glue you are using For GemTac an accordion bottle with a fine tip like shown in the video is best For E6000 a syringe is recommended Or placing a small amount of glue onto a scrap paper and applying with the round end of a quilting pin is an alternate method that doesnt require a syringe Step 6 Add Glue to Your Markings Add a small drop of glue to the placement markings The right amount of glue is critical too much and you will have extra glue marks Too little and the stone wont adhere properly Practice on a scrap paper first Know that both types of glue drys clear to your advantage Step 7 Add Stones Add stones to your glue drops Try to apply only 10 drops of glue at a time so that stones can be placed before the glue dries A tool with a wax tip like the Pick N Stick shown in the video can help you pick up the small stones requiring only the gentlest touch But your fingers can work just as well Gently press the rhinestone into place to ensure contact with the glue Step 8 Let Dry Flat for 24 Hours Stone one side of garment and let it dry for 24 hours This will ensure the stones dont shift and glue doesnt accidentally transfer to other parts of your dance costume or skate dress After the first side is dry stone the other side and again let it dry for 24 hours Step 9 Keep Going Use One Sample As A Guide After youve finished one costume and it has dried completely remove any chalk or marker placement marks with a damp rag Take a peek at your costume from a distance to get the full effect and make any adjustments as needed Use your first rhinestoned garment as a guide for rhinestoning the rest of your teams costumes This will help keep things consistent Another trick to keep things uniform Count out all the stones before you start each dance costume or skate dress so that you are using the right amount Theres nothing worse than using more stones that expected and going over budget Now that one it done its time to grab your teammates your favorite DVD box set and make a night of it Rhinestoning a skate dress or dance costume is a labor intensive task but many hands make light work Once you master the technique rhinestoning your own dancewear or skatewear will be a skill you can reuse again and again and lead to a lot of savings Want a less messy rhinestoning technique Check out part one of this series How to Rhinestone a Costume Hotfix 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http://blog.timesunion.com/business/kmart-closing-east-greenbush-store/59051/ | The Buzz : Business news Kmart closing East Greenbush store By Eric Anderson on February 21 , 2014 at 6 : 23 PM Kmart employees in East Greenbush have been told their store will close in June . Earlier this month , Kmart confirmed it was closing its stores in Latham and Clifton Park later this spring . A Kmart spokesman could n โ t immediately be reached for comment . The East Greenbush store will start a liquidation sale almost immediately . The liquidation sales at the Latham and Clifton Park stores are set to start on Sunday . โ Store closures are part of a series of actions we โ re taking to reduce ongoing expenses , adjust our asset base and accelerate the transformation of our business model , โ Kmart spokesman Howard Riefs said earlier this month . โ These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail โ at the store , online and in the home . โ Kmart and Sears are both struggling and have been closing stores . Kmart most recently closed its store at Routes 5 and 155 in Colonie . The holidays were tough on both retailers , with sharp drops in comparable - store sales from a year earlier . The Sears store at Colonie Center has leased part of its space to Whole Foods , which will open its first Capital Region market this spring . The closing of the Kmarts in East Greenbush , Clifton Park and Latham will leave just five stores remaining in and around the Capital Region , in Rotterdam , Greenwich , Queensbury , Great Barrington , and Bennington . View Comments | [
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http://blog.timesunion.com/gettingthere/drivers-with-red-arrow-cant-legally-turn-right-on-red/5536/ | Getting There Drivers with red arrow ca n โ t legally turn right on red By Tim O ' Brien on September 3 , 2013 at 10 : 51 AM Q : A basic but important clarification , please : When turning right at a light with a green arrow , is right on red permissible or do you have to wait for the arrow ? Thank you ! โ Richard Rubin , Guilderland A : We turned to Lt . Ken Pero , who oversees traffic enforcement for the town of Colonie , for an answer . Why him ? Well , because he is a very responsive guy and gave us an answer shortly after we sent him the question . We like that kind of thing around here . Why do you think we quote Carol Breen of the state DOT so much ? His answer is if you โ re at a red arrow , the law requires you to stay put . โ You can not make a right on red on a steady red arrow , โ he said . โ New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law 1111 ( d ) ( 2 ) ( a ) states that โ โฆ traffic facing a STEADY CIRCULAR RED SIGNAL may cautiously enter the intersection to make a right turn after stopping . โ An arrow , of course , is not circular . So drivers are supposed to wait for the green arrow before turning . View Comments | [
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http://blog.tradesmen.ie/2015/03/driveway-surface-options-cost-survey/ | โ House Painting Cost Survey Electric Gates Options and Prices โ Survey โ Driveway Surface Options and Prices โ Survey Posted on March 14 , 2015 by Oliver Dempsey Hi folks , recently we did a quick survey on driveway surface options and prices with paving contractors * on our website . We asked some paving contractors to give a couple of their preferred driveway surface options and prices per square metre including site preparation . We also got a few tips for getting the best job done . We have included a selection of the replies below excluding VAT : - Sam from Wicklow : I prefer limestone as it does n โ t stain . It lasts forever . You โ re looking around โฌ 110 + VAT all in per meter . Another option is Bally lusk gravel which varies depending on site an size . Brendan from Westmeath : Paving โฆ depending on site inc ground work e60 โ 70 + VAT per msq โฆ concrete about the same . Brick paving such as Barleyrtone can be e10 per m cheaper than say Kilsaranhan . Jason from Dublin : I mainly do pebble driveways , sandstone and concrete when requested . I would charge in around 75 + VAT per square metre , it all depends on the job though . When doing driveways the best way to do it is to dig out existing driveway about 150mm . Then fill in area with 75mm 804 hardcore . Then use a plate whacker and whack surface several times until stone is levelled . Then lay your finished product ( pebble , sandstone , concrete ) . Barry from Wicklow : Driveway Surface Options โ Asphalt , gravel , cheap but not long lasting , high maintenance . Concrete good but ugly , stone good but has to 40mm for traffic so expensive , cobblelock by far the best option , structurally perfect for high high torsion traffic , good value . Dimitry from Cavan : Pebble stones is the cheapest option for driveways . I prefer to use limestone . We charge in around 30 - 40 euro per yard and up for laying them , for preparation i have to see what sort of machinery has to be used ( diggers etc ) + 120 - 150 per day labour . In total you could be looking at 65 + VATeuro per msq . Before i start i normally have a chat with the client trying to explain all possible options and possible extra charges such as drainage . Greg from Dublin : Rough prices : Gravel - e50 - e60 + VAT m2 Paving - e60 - e80 + VAT m2 Stone - e70 - e80 + VAT m2 Concrete - e50 - e60 + VAT m2 . Edward from Dublin : Granite is my first choice for aesthetic and durability . 40 + VAT per sq meter for materials only . Driveway Surface Options Summary As you can see there is a quite a variety in the prices and some very useful tips in the responses we got . It is important to shop around and make sure you are comparing like with like . Prices varied from โฌ 65 to โฌ 110 + VAT per square metre which is the equivalent to โฌ 74 to โฌ 125 per square metre including VAT . Some prices we got were as low as โฌ 40 + VAT per square metre but this did not include site preparation . Site preparation is the most important part of Tips for Hiring a Paving Contractor When getting prices for any driveway work it may be tempting to go for the lowest price but we would recommend choosing the tradesman who can do the best job . Here are some tips for hiring a paving contractor below : - ( a ) Get references , qualifications and insurance details from each tradesman who quotes for the job , ( b ) Go and look at some driveways that he has done a year or more ago and see are they still level and without hollows . If you go and look at it on a wet day you will see if water is lying anywhere on the driveway which shows that it was put in unlevel or has sunk because of a poor foundation . ( c ) Consider agreeing on some sort of stage payments and only pay for each stage as it โ s signed off by you or a certifier . Take photos of each stage as it is being carried out ( d ) consider using an escrow payment facility to manage the payments and to safeguard both you and the contractor . I hope this helps some of you who are planning to resurface an existing driveway or put in a new driveway . You can post a job and get a number of quotes from paving contractors at http : / / www . tradesmen . ie / trade / paving . If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to place them in the comments box below . You may also be interested in an article we wrote a while ago on driveway finish comparisons here Cheers Oliver Dempsey Tradesmen . ie 14 March 2015 Other Tradesmen Price Surveys Here are some other price surveys that you might be interested in below : - House Painting Cost Survey House Extension Cost Survey Conservatory and Sunroom Prices Home Insulation Cost Survey CCTV Camera Cost Survey Custom Kitchen and Custom Wardrobe Costs Attic Conversion Price Survey New Build House Price Survey Gutters Fascia & Soffit Replacement Cost Survey Architect Cost Survey Laminate Flooring Cost Survey Immersion Heater Replacement Price Comparison Roof Repair Price Survey * For simplicity I am referring to tradesmen who carry out this work as paving contractors but they can also be referred to as driveway contractors , landscape specialists or contractors etc . About Oliver Dempsey Owner and Managing Director at Tradesmen . ie and contributor to the Tradesmen . ie Blog You can connect with Oliver on Google+ DISCLAIMER : All content provided in my articles is for informational purposes only . The information contained in these articles has been obtained from research carried out by myself through online and offline sources and through other writers and contributors who provide me with content . While I am responsible for the final editing of each article and I do my best to verify the information , I do not make representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information . Therefore you must not rely on the information contained in any of these articles and always make sure View all posts by Oliver Dempsey โ This entry was posted in Price Comparisons . Bookmark the permalink โ House Painting Cost Survey Electric Gates Options and Prices โ Survey | [
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http://blog.tripbase.com/7-most-advanced-ancient-civilizations-in-the-world/ | 7 Most Advanced Ancient Civilizations in the World by katie Sorene Are you passionate about History Read about some of the most advanced ancient civilizations of all time and take a trip to see the remnants of these forgotten worlds 1 Ancient China 2100 221 BC The Great Wall of China by Dragon Woman Along with the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China printing papermaking the compass and gunpowder the Ancient Chinese have also been credited with inventions ranging from kites to toilet paper The first recorded observations of solar eclipses and comets were also made in China The Chinese brought timekeeping into our lives through Shadow Clocks forerunners of the sundial which first appeared in China around 2500 years ago The crossbow was also developed by the Qin Dynasty which later became the main weapon of European warfare 2 Ancient Egypt 3150 31 BC Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza by Sam and Ian The Ancient Egyptians are renowned for being advanced in areas such as Math and Architecture but did you know that they were forwardthinking in the field of medicine too Parasitic diseases and malaria were prevalent with the harsh living and working conditions near to the River Nile with the added danger of crocodiles and hippos There is evidence that the Ancient Egyptians had knowledge of anatomy injuries and practical treatments with wounds being treated by bandaging with raw meat opium being used for pain relief and linen soaked in honey to stop infections Ancient Egyptian surgeons were able to set broken bones and stitch wounds and garlic and onions were used for good health a tradition that has continued to this day Ancient Egypt was also ahead of their time with regards to gender equality they viewed all men and women apart from slaves as equal before the law Egyptian women had significantly more choices and opportunities than many of the more modern societies of the period two prominent examples being the female pharaohs Hatshepsut and Cleopatra 3 Inca Civilization 1200 1542 AD Modern day Peru The Sun Gate Inca Trail by Dogtown Lens From their capital of Cusco Peru the Incas conquered an Empire reaching from Southern Colombia to central Chile and the roads they built created the most sophisticated and extensive transportation system in preColumbian South America One part of this ancient road is the Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu Whether reached by train the easy way or via the Inca Trail on a 24 day trek the tiring way seeing Machu Picchu up close is an essential experience for any modernday South American adventure If you want to complete the trek youd better be quick though with trekking numbers strictly limited by the government and rumors that it may be closed to the public in future time may be running out to complete a pilgrimage to this great archaeological site 4 Ancient Greece 800 BC 146 BC The Parthenon by wallyg Although well known for their sophistication in Architecture Math and Astrology the Ancient Greeks took great strides in the literary world too playwright Aeschylus invented drama through the idea of dialogue Sophocles is credited with developing irony as a literary technique and Euipedes used plays to challenge social norms something that has continued to the present day 5 Maya Civilization 2000 BC early 16th Century Modern day Mexico Belize Guatemala El Salvador and Honduras Tikal by jenie212 Referenced in Blockbuster disaster film 2012 the Maya are well known for being brilliant astrologists and outstanding mathematicians credited with the invention of zero and measuring the length of a solar year with great accuracy What is less well known is the sophistication of the methods they used to produce food with permanent raised fields wild harvesting forest gardens and terracing supporting the population practices that modernday Maya people continue today If youd like to check out some Maya archaeological sites Palenque in Mexico in Guatemala and Copan in western Honduras are well worth a visit 6 Osirian Civilization Modern day Mediterranean Baalbek by gordontour With around 200 known sunken cities in the Mediterranean we know that the Osirian Civilization from the time of Atlantis and Rama was extremely technologically advanced with megalithic structures comprised of very large stones that were earthquakeproof and evidence of electricity An awesome example of this advanced technology is the Osirian platform found at Baalbek Lebanon Made of individual stones some of which are nearly 100ft long and are estimated to weigh up to 1500 tons each there are multiple theories about how these stones might have been moved from using wooden rollers to flipping them over with levers 7 Rama Empire 10000 2500 BC Modern day India and Pakistan Mohenjo Daro by Comrogues Over the last hundred years the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro Mound of the Dead have been discovered in modernday Pakistan in the Indus Valley but what made this ancient civilization so advanced Archaeologists believe that these cities were conceived in their entirety before being built demonstrating an incredibly advanced example of early city planning Even more incredible is that the sewage system found in these ancient cities was actually superior to that found Pakistan India and many Asian countries today Have you visited any of these sites What other civilizations would you add to the list Post your comments below If you liked this you might also like 9 Most Mathematically Interesting Buildings in the World Main image Machu Picchu by Dogtown Lens Please note the existence of the Osirian and Rama Civilizations are disputed by some Historians Details of these ancient civilizations remain shrouded in mystery Tagged as central america destination ideas egypt great wall china Greece Inca trail macchu picchu maya ruins peru south america yucatan Join thousands of readers and get great travel advice Subscribe to the 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http://blog.umhb.edu/3-reasons-business-students-should-choose-a-christian-college/ | 3 Reasons Business Students Should Choose a Christian College Students wanting to enter the business world might believe it does n โ t matter whether they attend a Christian University . Accounting , management , finance โ that stuff is the same wherever you learn it , right ? Wrong ! Here are 3 big reasons you should study business at a Christian college . You want the whole truth . To succeed in business , you need as many skills in your tool bag as possible . If one business person knows how to effectively market their product and one does n โ t , who wins ? It turns out there is a ton of truth in Scripture about how to run a business . Moses , David , Solomon , Jesus โ they all share wisdom critical for business people to understand . Whether you are totally sold on the Bible as authority or not , would n โ t you want those tools for success ? You want to develop as a whole person . Every university hopes to develop your mind but what about your soul ? Just because you want to be a business person does n โ t mean you want to stop being Christian . Do you really want to spend four years in an institution that does n โ t have a plan for your spiritual development ? Christian colleges have organizations to help students mature in their faith . Worship , speakers , service opportunities , the arts and lots of other outlets are available to keep students growing holistically . You want to see the world , not be subject to it . Christian colleges get a bad rap for putting students โ inside a bubble . โ Does that mean many of them ( including UMHB ) have an alcohol free campus ? Yes . Does that mean you wo n โ t experience the world ? Absolutely not . Business students in particular need to know how the world works . Every year hundreds of students from UMHB travel on mission all over the world . Some of those students head to south Texas beaches over spring break to minister to their peers from other universities when they need safe rides or food . These students are n โ t sheltered . They have seen the world . They โ re just preparing to lead in it , not follow it . The McLane College of Business at the University of Mary Hardin - Baylor aspires to be recognized as the leading provider of business education in the region and one of the leading providers in the nation . Stop by for a visit , and see if UMHB is right for you . Written By Larry Locke Larry Locke is a finance lawyer and an ordained Baptist minister . He currently teaches in the Management Department and is an Associate Dean of the McLane College of Business at UMHB . | [
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http://blog.uscargocontrol.com/how-to-use-wire-rope-clips/ | You are here : Home > How to Use Wire Rope Clips How to Use Wire Rope Clips By Colton Radford on June 5 , 2013 in Rigging and Lifting A wire rope clip , sometimes called a u - bolt clamp or u - bolt clip is used to clamp the loose end of a length of wire rope , once it has been looped back to form an eye . These fittings consist of a u - bolt and has a saddle secured by two nuts . Generally , wire rope assemblies need at least two or three wire rope clips to secure the ends properly to the length of the rope . Drop forged wire rope clips vs . malleable wire rope clips While wire rope clips are not designed to be used in an overhead lifting situation ( swage sleeves should be used instead ) , drop forged wire rope clips are a heavy duty wire rope clip that can be used for sustaining overhead loads . Examples include guy lines , support lines , scaffolding , etc . Drop forged clips are galvanized , meaning they have a heavy coating of a zinc solution that will hold up to worksite abuse and the elements for a long time . Drop forged steel are excellent for use as guy wire clamps for heavy duty guying applications because they are both strong and resistant to corrosion . Malleable Clips are a light duty wire rope clip and are not for anything overhead . As the name โ malleable โ indicates , it is a softer wire rope clip , thus a lighter duty option . They can be used for fences and other applications that do not sustain loads overhead . Overhead lifting vs . sustaining overhead loads The โ overhead lifting โ versus โ sustaining overhead loads โ can be confusing , but a good rule of thumb to ask is : โ Is the object being moved or being held in place ? โ If it is being moved , then wire rope clips are not to be used . If it is being held in place , then the next question is : Is it above ground ( suspended from ceiling , an awning , scaffolding , etc โฆ ) or will it be on a fence or on another object near the ground ? It โ s important to note that wire rope clips diminish the working load limit of the wire rope to generally about 80 % of its original strength . How to use wire rope clips The proper way to use wire rope clips can be remembered this way : โ Never saddle a dead horse . โ The saddle of the clip is the piece that fits into the U bolt . The dead end of a wire rope is the end of the eye that contains the cut side . The U bolt should always be in contact with the dead end , while the saddle should be on the live end . To see a video demonstration , see our post on How to Safely Apply Wire Rope Clips to Wire Rope Assemblies Like this : Like Be the first to like this . u - bolt clamp u - bolt clip wire rope clip wire rope clips Load Bars for Trucks and Trailers Expansion of Nylon Lifting Slings Selection Includes New Bridle Slings Comments are closed . | [
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http://blog.utrip.com/2012/08/nineunexplained-mysteries-in-europe/ | 9 Unexplained Mysteries in Europe August 28 2012 The world is full of unexplained mysteries There are people who believe that aliens killed JFK and that Big Foot is just waiting around the next tree In the spirit of mystery and fun here is a list of Europes most popular unexplained mysteries 1 Stonehenge This popular unexplained mystery was built around 5000 years ago and is considered to be a great prehistoric monument at least in Britains history No one knows how Stonehenge was built its original purpose why it was rearranged a number of times or why it exists at all 2 Out of Place Metal Working with metal is something that all have done in the 21 st century yet there have been sightings of metal objects during times when metal wouldnt have even been attainable Metallic tubes were found in Cretaceous chalk in France this chalk was over 64 million years old humans werent even around 64 million years ago 3 The Clapham Wood Mystery Remember the spooky forest in the movies that you know you shouldnt go into This is that forest Upon entering Clapham people have reported feeling sick nauseous and have an unexplainable feeling as if they are being followed Scientists have studied the forest and have found traces of what could be a magnetic field this hardly explains anything though 4 The Hum People in Britain as well as the United States have complained about a sound only known as The Hum Since the 1970s hundreds upon hundreds of people have complained lost sleep and in general went mad over hearing a humming sound that had no source Over 700 letters were written to one newspaper complaining about the noise 5 The Devils Footprints On February 8 th 1855 snow fell on Devon England It wasnt a huge snowstorm but snow did fall The next day tracks were found above the snow more specially these tracks looked like hooves or hooflike What is unexplained about these hooflike tracks is the fact that they went on for one hundred miles in an almost perfect straight line and the snowfall the night before didnt cover them Sightings like this have been seen around the world Many claim it is the Devil looking around the world for sinners 6 Loch Ness Monster Nessie Loch Ness is the largest body of fresh water in Britain because of this fact and many people claiming to have seen something big move inside the water many believe that there is a prehistoric lake monster in Loch Ness Although there are many fake pictures and sightings many still believe that the Loch Ness Monster is real 7 The Belmez Faces Belmez is a very small Spanish village in Spain It is in this village that Maria Pereira claimed that a human face materialized on her floor In her fear she tore up the floor and completely replaced it Although the floor was brand new the face materialized once again this time not just one but many faces 8 Jack the Ripper In the 1800s there was a string of murders in London a letter was sent by the murderer to a newspaper taking credit for the murders and giving himself the name Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper brutally killed mostly women by cutting their throats Although there are many suspects of who Jack the Ripper could be till this day no one knows who he or she was 9 Crop Circles No list of unexplained mysteries could be complete without mentioning Crop Circles These eerie designs have showed up all over the world so much so that many dont believe in them anymore Many people have admitted to creating Crop Circles but the early ones still havent been explained August 28 2012 in England Europe France London Spain Post navigation Top 10 Movies Set in Europe as Decided by a 21yearold Utripper Yellowstone Interdit de Toucher Leau | [
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http://blog.vinceliu.com/2008/01/difference-between-register-based-and.html | Wednesday , January 23 , 2008 Difference between a Register - based and a Stack - based CPU This is just one small little aspect of how a stack and a register based CPU differs . It is not by any means a good comparison of the intricate differences , but rather just a little trivia that I ' ve remembered in an older CPU era . Back in those days , where people would try to make use of every single CPU cycle that ' s available , the ' optimal ' way of clearing a register on for example , old 8086 machines , a programmer may code their application in C to make use of int a = 8 ; / / just assigning a random value to clear to 0 a = 0 ; / / setting a variable to 0 normally Versus the ' efficient ' way : int a = 8 ; a = a ; / / faster on register CPU , slower on stack CPU If you translate that to x86 assembly code , it becomes : MOV AX , 8 MOV AX , 0 Versus : AX , 8 XOR AX , AX ; same number of instructions , but faster The arithmetic operation of XOR vs is just faster by 2 - 3 bus cycles . I might be wrong on the number but the key point is that the savings are really trivial . Here ' s a snippet of code generated for a stack based architecture , for example Java : BIPUSH 8 ; ISTORE _0 ; ICONST _0 ; ISTORE _0 ; / / 4 instructions Versus : BIPUSH 8 ; ILOAD ILOAD IXOR _0 ; / / 6 instructions ! And you ' ve just added an unnecessary overhead increase of 50 % . That ' s sometimes why people do mumble about stack based machine architectures like Java and C# , which probably have some kernels of truth . But with trivial savings like that , it ' s probably relevant for old machine architectures , but for modern day RISC machine architectures , the stack slots are mapped onto registers directly , and with compiler optimizations , the differences are probably immaterial . As a comparison , if the programmer fires up his profiler and optimize on even just the trivial - est of loops , he ' ll probably end up having a faster application just by doing that , than having to manually tweak every single instance of the given example , with negligible gain ( or even a loss of ) performance . So if you ' re ever looking for a good example of an unnecessary and counterproductive ' premature optimization ' , this is it ! Labels : JVM | [
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http://blog.visafirst.com/average-weekly-earnings-in-australia/ | Home Australia Working Holiday Average Weekly Earnings in Australia Visa First + Posted by on Dec 22 , 2008 | 4 comments | Average Weekly Earnings in Australia Hi there , Working Holiday Makers ! In 2009 many of you will undertake a journey to Australia and spend at least one full year there . Once you are in that new place you are faced with so many challenges and decisions . What is ahead of you ? Where are you going to stay ? Will you find a good company to travel with ? What about a job , will you find a job with a decent salary ? Well , I ca n โ t answer most of these questions , however I can give you a rough idea of the money you might be able to earn . As you are aware you are only allowed to work to supplement your travels , but this does not mean you ca n โ t get a good paycheck . I got the following information from the Australian Bureau Of Statistics . All information on it is free and it can be accessed by anyone , so if you are interested to know more about Australia I advise you to browse around . How much are Australians earning in 2008 ? Currently , Australians working full - time earn about 4 , 5 % more than what they used to get back in August 2007 . If last year you have earned $ 1,100 per week , this year you get $ 1,145 . Multiply this by 4 and you will get about $ 180 extra per month . Now , there are a lot of people working part time , so they have to be considered when calculating all employees total earnings ( full - time ordinary time , full - time in general and part - time ) .This figure might be more relevant to you , the Working Holiday Maker . According to the ABS the weekly earnings of an Australian citizen in August 2008 were $ 897.9 , compared to $ 875.1 in 2007 . This still means that the average Australian is receiving about $ 100 extra per month . There are several states in Australia . Which state offers the highest income ? Most of you are not going to Australia to make a fortune . You are going Down Under for a number of reasons , however only a few of you are considering migration , at least at the beginning . The salary is not the most important thing for a backpacker . Despite this it is not a bad thing to be aware where you can get more . Below you will find a list containing the average weekly earnings by state for May 2007 New South Wales โ $ 1,128.90 Victoria โ $ 1,070.00 Queensland โ $ 1,023.90 South Australia โ $ 1,016.30 Western Australia โ $ 1,171.50 Tasmania โ $ 1,006.40 Northern Territory โ $ 1,042.70 Australian Capital Territory โ $ 1,278.40 Working holidays are a great opportunity for young adults to broaden their horizons . Money is not a goal , but only the means to have great time while traveling , so stress on that . 4 Comments Paul Cummins January 8 , 2009 Hi there , is it possible to buy an aus visa out right ? ? Sherman Picasso May 4 , 2010 Hello , It โ s great to stumble upon a good website like this one . Do you mind if I use some of the information here , and I โ ll leave a link back to your site ? autoversicherung vergleich October 18 , 2010 I am doing research for my college paper , thanks for your useful points , now I am acting on a sudden impulse . โ Kris stevederp January 16 , 2014 โ Sherman Picasso โ is an automated spam bot ! Delete his post , note how non - specific it is ? | [
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http://blog.vizio.com/post/176523757538/vizio-launches-all-new-watchfree-service-we-are | Televisions Updates on VIZIO Smart TVs Sound Bars The latest audio from VIZIO SmartCast Features from Americas Smart TV Company VIZIO Updates Events promotions and recent news VIZIO Launches AllNew WatchFree Service We are excited toannounce today the rollout of WatchFree an allnew streaming service designed with cordcutters in mind Now available on nearly all VIZIO SmartCast TVs WatchFree takes the entertainment experience one step further by providing free direct streaming access to more than 100 live and linear channels WatchFree has all of the attributes associated with traditional cable TV minus boxes antennas cords and most importantly the cost Our allnew WatchFree service allows VIZIO SmartCast TV users to kick back and enjoy a wide selection of live channels Powered by Pluto TV a leading streaming television service WatchFree offers access to news sports movies TV shows viral videos concerts and more all without the expense of a monthly subscription or transaction fees Some of the exciting Pluto TV channels that will be available through WatchFree include Pluto TV Movies Action Movies Black Cinema News 247 NBC NewsMSNBC Fox Sports Frontdoor Cats 247 Crime Network MST3K and The Surf Channel In addition to the regular channel lineup coming soon Pluto TV will launch two new popup channels also available on WatchFree featuring Gordon Ramsays Kitchen Nightmares and Unsolved Mysteries Learn more VIZIOcomcordcutting VIZIO Pluto TV Free TV Cord Cutting Smart TV daily blog 5 months ago 2 short URL Notes studiolab14 liked this innertreeengineer liked this officialvizioblog posted this | [
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http://blog.wegowise.com/hud-releases-new-utility-allowance-guidelines | HUD Releases New Utility Allowance Guidelines by Paula Seville Jul 06 , 2015 โ Tags : affordable housing property management current events If you own or manage affordable housing , you โ re probably wondering what the new utility allowance guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) mean for you . Currently HUD has annual utility outlays exceeding $ 6 billion per year . These guidelines will aid HUD in exploring methods to decrease utility spending and property operating costs , as well as improve water and energy efficiency in multifamily affordable housing ( most notably , project - based Section 8 ) . View image at flic . kr Overview of HUD Notice H - 2015 - 04 More than any previous guidance from HUD , the new Notice provides owners and managers with clarity and explicit guidance regarding the calculation of Utility Allowances . We โ ve broken down the 11 - page Notice to highlight important takeaways : A baseline utility allowance must be established for each bedroom size once every third year , using specific sampling requirements outlined by HUD and actual utility data . For the following two years , allowances can be adjusted using the Utility Allowance Factor ( UAF ) of each utility . When using the UAF method , results should also be compared to actual paid utilities over the previous twelve months If utility allowance decreases exceed 15 % and are over $ 10 , the decrease must be phased in over multiple years Owners may require tenants to sign release forms to share utility data Properties with contract anniversary dates within 180 days of Notice publication ( contract dates on or before December 22 , 2015 ) may choose to calculate their upcoming utility allowances using either the existing or new methodology . Properties that fall outside the 180 - day window are required to use the new methodology for their upcoming utility allowance calculations . Impacts The new guidelines will have varying degrees of impact on property owners and managers depending on the current requirements of their overseeing agency . Some contract administrators ( e.g. State Housing Finance Agencies ) already require Utility Allowance calculations such as those outlined in the Notice , while others have less rigid guidelines . Having a national standard provides clarity on the requirements , but complying could be overwhelming for many owners and managers . Luckily , HUD has included funding stipulations to help offset the additional time and expense associated with the new process : Owners may request up to $ 1000 per property be released from the Reserve for Replacement account for approved benchmarking software for the initial baseline calculation . Benchmarking software must be compatible with EPA Portfolio Manager . HUD will also allow a management add - on fee to help with benchmarking during first year of implementation . This fee is limited to $ 1 / unit and capped at $ 1000 per property . Most importantly , these new guidelines will more accurately identify what tenants are spending on utilities , which will enable HUD to work with owners and tenants to improve the energy performance of HUD housing and reduce its energy expenditures . If you still have questions , we have an expert available to speak with you . Leave your name and email here and we ' ll be in touch . If you enjoyed the article please consider sharing it : Talk to an Expert More questions about the new guidelines ? Benchmark your energy and water usage to identify savings opportunities . Learn more Categories alternative energy green living current events property management building science water efficiency tracking and benchmarking benchmarking policy affordable housing links case study WegoWise updates resources green leaders WegoWise data measurement and verification financing | [
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http://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/127-years-of-modern-automobile-evolution/ | 127 years of modern automobile evolution October 21 , 2013 9 Comments 127 years of modern automobile evolution The year 1886 is regarded the year of birth of the modern automobile โ with the Benz Patent - Motorwagen , by German inventor Carl Benz . Motorized wagons soon replaced animal - drafted carriages , especially after automobiles became affordable for many people when the Ford Model T was introduced in 1908 . It is mind boggling to realize that in just one ( and a quarter ) century humanity developed technology that replaced horse powered carriages with ultra sophisticated cars responding to voice commands and driven by an onboard computer ( an autopilot system ) . โ โ โ โ โ โ โ FORTUNE โ The longtime dream of sci - fi fans - cars smart enough to drive themselves - is still many years off . That does n โ t keep Google from trying . Its seven custom - equipped self - driving cars have logged more than 200,000 miles on the road without crashing . Well , one suffered a dent when a human driver rear - ended a Prius . So far the cars are officially legal only in Nevada - liability issues need to be worked out . More likely the technology will appear piecemeal in new vehicles Google says the sophisticated operating system that guides the cars makes them safer than if a human driver were behind the wheel . The vast majority of car accidents are caused by human error . Self - driving cars an also travel closer together , which would cut down on traffic congestion . Sources : LMC Automotive , Google , U.S. Department of Energy , U.S. Energy Information Administration Source : Self - Driving Cars : Traveling On Autopilot โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Toyota Unveils Car With Autopilot System Toyota has unveiled the next generation of cars featuring an autopilot system that will swerve to avoid collisions without drivers touching the wheel . The Automated Highway Driving Assist ( AHDA ) system lets vehicles communicate wirelessly to avoid running into each other while keeping the car in the middle of the road , regardless of how many twists and turns lie ahead . Although rivals Nissan and Google have been designing self - driving cars for a while , Toyota โ s AHDA technology could be available to consumers in a few years . Do n โ t miss Present & Future Trends ( scroll down on this page ) > > Two supreme technologies to access your online private work space remotely from anywhere โ Cloud Hosted Desktop and Hosted SharePoint Services from CloudDesktopOnline . Check out Apps4Rent . com today to learn about cloud hosted solutions . History of the automobile From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia An automobile autocar motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers , which also carries its own engine or motor . Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads , to have seating for one to eight people , to typically have four wheels , and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods . The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769 , with the creation of steam engined automobiles capable of human transport . In 1806 , the first cars powered by an internal combustion engine running on fuel gas appeared , which led to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern gasoline - or petrol - fueled internal combustion engine . The year 1886 is regarded the year of birth of the modern automobile โ with the Benz Patent - Motorwagen , by German inventor Carl Benz . Cars powered by electric power briefly appeared at the turn of the 20th century but largely disappeared from use until the turn of the 21st century . The early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras , based on the prevalent means of propulsion . Later periods were defined by trends in exterior styling , size , and utility preferences . Early Automobiles Steam - powered wheeled vehicles , precursors to later automobiles 17th century โ 18th century Ferdinand Verbiest , a member of a Jesuit mission in China , built the first steam - powered vehicle around 1672 as a toy for the Chinese Emperor . It was of small enough scale that it could not carry a driver but it was , quite possibly , the first working steam - powered vehicle ( โ auto - mobile โ ) . Steam - powered self - propelled vehicles large enough to transport people and cargo were first devised in the late 18th century . Nicolas - Joseph Cugnot demonstrated his fardier ร vapeur ( โ steam dray โ ) , an experimental steam - driven artillery tractor , in 1770 and 1771 . Old Engraving depicting the 1771 crash of Nicolas Joseph Cugnot โ s steam - powered car into a stone wall . The design of the Cugnot Steam Trolley ( Jonathan Holguinisburg ) ( 1769 ) As Cugnot โ s design proved to be impractical , his invention was not developed in his native France . The centre of innovation shifted to Great Britain . By 1784 , William Murdoch had built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth , and in 1801 Richard Trevithick was running a full - sized vehicle on the road in Camborne . Such vehicles were in vogue for a time , and over the next decades such innovations as hand brakes , multi - speed transmissions , and better steering developed . Some were commercially successful in providing mass transit , until a backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in the passage of the Locomotive Act ( 1865 ) , which required self - propelled vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom to be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn . This effectively killed road auto development in the UK for most of the rest of the 19th century ; inventors and engineers shifted their efforts to improvements in railway locomotives . ( The law was not repealed until 1896 , although the need for the red flag was removed in 1878 . ) The first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans in 1789 . 19th century Among other efforts , in 1815 , a professor at Prague Polytechnic , Josef Bozek , built an oil - fired steam car . Walter Hancock , builder and operator of London steam buses , in 1838 built a four - seat steam phaeton . In 1867 , Canadian jeweller Henry Seth Taylor demonstrated his 4 - wheeled โ steam buggy โ at the Stanstead Fair in Stanstead , Quebec , and again the following year . The basis of the buggy , which he began building in 1865 , was a high - wheeled carriage with bracing to support a two - cylinder steam engine mounted on the floor . What some people define as the first โ real โ automobile was produced by French Amรฉdรฉe Bollรฉe in 1873 , who built self - propelled steam road vehicles to transport groups of passengers . The American George B . Selden filed for a patent on May 8 , 1879 . His application included not only the engine but its use in a 4 - wheeled car . Selden filed a series of amendments to his application which stretched out the legal process , resulting in a delay of 16 years before the US 549160 was granted on November 5 , 1895 . Karl Benz , the inventor of numerous car - related technologies , received a German patent in 1886 . Source : Eckermann , Erik ( 2001 ) . World History of the Automobile . The four - stroke petrol ( gasoline ) internal combustion engine that constitutes the most prevalent form of modern automotive propulsion is a creation of Nikolaus Otto . The similar four - stroke diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel The hydrogen fuel cell , one of the technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars , was discovered in principle by Christian Friedrich Schรถnbein in 1838 . The battery electric car owes its beginnings to รnyos Jedlik , one of the inventors of the electric motor , and Gaston Plantรฉ , who invented the lead - acid battery in 1859 . The first carriage - sized automobile suitable for use on existing wagon roads in the United States was a steam powered vehicle invented in 1871 , by Dr . J.W. Carhart , a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church , in Racine , Wisconsin . It induced the State of Wisconsin in 1875 , to offer a $ 10,000 award to the first to produce a practical substitute for the use of horses and other animals . They stipulated that the vehicle would have to maintain an average speed of more than five miles per hour over a 200 mile course . The offer led to the first city to city automobile race in the United States , starting on July 16 , 1878 , in Green Bay , Wisconsin , and ending in Madison , via Appleton , Oshkosh , Waupun , Watertown , Fort Atkinson , and Janesville . While seven vehicles were registered , only two started to compete : the entries from Green Bay and Oshkosh . The vehicle from Green Bay was faster , but broke down before completing the race . The Oshkosh finished the 201 mile course in 33 hours and 27 minutes , and posted an average speed of six miles per hour . In 1879 , the legislature awarded half the prize . Steam - powered automobiles continued development all the way into the early 20th century , but the dissemination of petrol engines as the motive power of choice in the late 19th century marked the end of steam automobiles except as curiosities . Whether they will ever be reborn in later technological eras remains to be seen . The 1950s saw interest in steam - turbine cars powered by small nuclear reactors ( this was also true of aircraft ) , but the dangers inherent in nuclear fission technology soon killed these ideas . The need for global changes in energy sources and consumption to bring about sustainability and energy independence has led 21st century engineers to think once more about possibilities for steam use , if powered by modern energy sources controlled with computerized controls , such as advanced electric batteries , fuel cells , photovoltaics , biofuels , or others . Electric automobiles In 1828 , รnyos Jedlik , a Hungarian who invented an early type of electric motor , created a tiny model car powered by his new motor . In 1834 , Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport , the inventor of the first American DC electrical motor , installed his motor in a small model car , which he operated on a short circular electrified track . In 1835 , Professor Sibrandus Stratingh of Groningen , the Netherlands and his assistant Christopher Becker created a small - scale electrical car , powered by non - rechargeable primary cells . In 1838 , Scotsman Robert Davidson built an electric locomotive that attained a speed of 4 miles per hour ( 6 km / h ) . In England , a patent was granted in 1840 for the use of rail tracks as conductors of electric current , and similar American patents were issued to Lilley and Colten in 1847 . Between 1832 and 1839 ( the exact year is uncertain ) , Robert Anderson of Scotland invented the first crude electric carriage , powered by non - rechargeable primary cells . Flocken Elektrowagen of 1888 by German inventor Andreas Flocken is regarded as the first real electric car of the world . German Flocken Elektrowagen of 1888 , regarded as the first electric car of the world Electric cars enjoyed popularity between the late 19th century and early 20th century , when electricity was among the preferred methods for automobile propulsion , providing a level of comfort and ease of operation that could not be achieved by the gasoline cars of the time . Advances in internal combustion technology , especially the electric starter , soon rendered this advantage moot ; the greater range of gasoline cars , quicker refueling times , and growing petroleum infrastructure , along with the mass production of gasoline vehicles by companies such as the Ford Motor Company , which reduced prices of gasoline cars to less than half that of equivalent electric cars , led to a decline in the use of electric propulsion , effectively removing it from important markets such as the United States by the 1930s . However , in recent years , increased concerns over the environmental impact of gasoline cars , higher gasoline prices , improvements in battery technology , and the prospect of peak oil , have brought about renewed interest in electric cars , which are perceived to be more environmentally friendly and cheaper to maintain and run , despite high initial costs , after a failed reappearance in the late - 1990s . Internal combustion engines 1885 - built Benz Patent - Motorwagen , the first car to go into production with an internal combustion engine Early attempts at making and using internal combustion engines were hampered by the lack of suitable fuels , particularly liquids , therefore the earliest engines used gas mixtures . Early experimenters used gases . In 1806 , Swiss engineer Franรงois Isaac de Rivaz who built an engine powered by internal combustion of a hydrogen and oxygen mixture In 1826 , Englishman Samuel Brown who tested his hydrogen - fuelled internal combustion engine by using it to propel a vehicle up Shooter โ s Hill in south - east London . Belgian - born Etienne Lenoir โ s Hippomobile with a hydrogen - gas - fuelled one - cylinder internal combustion engine made a test drive from Paris to Joinville - le - Pont in 1860 , covering some nine kilometres in about three hours . A later version was propelled by coal gas . A Delamare - Deboutteville vehicle was patented and trialled in 1884 . About 1870 , in Vienna , Austria ( then the Austro - Hungarian Empire ) , inventor Siegfried Marcus put a liquid - fuelled internal combustion engine on a simple handcart which made him the first man to propel a vehicle by means of gasoline . Today , this car is known as โ the first Marcus car โ . In 1883 , Marcus secured a German patent for a low - voltage ignition system of the magneto type ; this was his only automotive patent . This design was used for all further engines , and the four - The second Marcus car of 1888 at the Technical Museum in Vienna It is generally acknowledged that the first really practical automobiles with petrol / gasoline - powered internal combustion engines were completed almost simultaneously by several German inventors working independently : Karl Benz built his first automobile in 1885 in Mannheim . Benz was granted a patent for his automobile on 29 January 1886 , and began the first production of automobiles in 1888 , after Bertha Benz , his wife , had proved โ with the first long - distance trip in August 1888 , from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back โ that the horseless coach was absolutely suitable for daily use . Since 2008 a Bertha Benz Memorial Route commemorates this event . Soon after , Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart in 1889 designed a vehicle from scratch to be an automobile , rather than a horse - drawn carriage fitted with an engine . They also are usually credited with invention of the first motorcycle in 1886 , but Italy โ s Enrico Bernardi of the University of Padua , in 1882 , patented a 0.024 horsepower ( 17.9 W ) 122 cc ( 7.4 cu in ) one - cylinder petrol motor , fitting it into his son โ s tricycle , making it at least a candidate for the first automobile , and first motorcycle ; Bernardi enlarged the tricycle in 1892 to carry two adults . One of the first four - wheeled petrol - driven automobiles in Britain was built in Birmingham in 1895 by Frederick William Lanchester , who also patented the disc brake ; and the first electric starter was installed on an Arnold , an adaptation of the Benz Velo , built between 1895 and 1898 . George F . Foss of Sherbrooke , Quebec built a single - cylinder gasoline car in 1896 which he drove for 4 years , ignoring city officials โ warnings of arrest for his โ mad antics . โ In all the turmoil , many early pioneers are nearly forgotten . In 1891 , John William Lambert built a three - wheeler in Ohio City , Ohio , which was destroyed in a fire the same year , while Henry Nadig constructed a four - wheeler in Allentown , Pennsylvania . It is likely they were not the only ones . Early Industrial Automobile Production The first production of automobiles was by Karl Benz in 1888 in Germany and , under license from Benz , in France by Emile Roger . There were numerous others , including tricycle builders Rudolf Egg , Edward Butler , and Lรฉon Bollรฉe . Bollรฉe , using a 650 cc ( 40 cu in ) engine of his own design , enabled his driver , Jamin , to average 45 kilometres per hour ( 28.0 mph ) in the 1897 Paris - Tourville rally . By 1900 , mass production of automobiles had begun in France and the United States . The first motor car in Central Europe was produced by Czech company Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau ( later renamed to Tatra ) in 1897 , the Prรคsident automobil . The first company formed exclusively to build automobiles was Panhard et Levassor in France , which also introduced the first four - cylinder engine . Formed in 1889 , Panhard was quickly followed by Peugeot two years later . By the start of the 20th century , the automobile industry was beginning to take off in Western Europe , especially in France , where 30,204 were produced in 1903 , representing 48.8 % of world automobile production that year . In the United States , brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893 , becoming the first American automobile manufacturing company . However , it was Ransom E . Olds and his Olds Motor Vehicle Company ( later known as Oldsmobile ) who would dominate this era of automobile production . Its production line was running in 1902 . Thomas B . Jeffery Company developed the world โ s second mass - produced automobile , and 1,500 Ramblers were built and sold in its first year , representing one - sixth of all existing motorcars in the U.S. at the time . Within a year , Cadillac ( formed from the Henry Ford Company ) , Winton , and Ford were also producing cars in the thousands . Within a few years , a dizzying assortment of technologies were being produced by hundreds of producers all over the western world . Steam , electricity , and petrol / gasoline - powered automobiles competed for decades , with petrol / gasoline internal combustion engines achieving dominance in the 1910s . Dual - and even quad - engine cars were designed , and engine displacement ranged to more than a dozen litres . Many modern advances , including gas / electric hybrids , multi - valve engines , overhead camshafts , and four - wheel drive , were attempted , and discarded at this time . Edwardian ( Brass ) Era Named for the widespread use of brass in the United States , the Brass ( or Edwardian ) Era lasted from roughly 1905 through to the beginning of World War I in 1914 . Between 1907 and 1912 in the United States , the high - wheel motor buggy ( resembling the horse buggy of before 1900 ) was in its heyday , with over seventy - five makers including Holsman ( Chicago ) , IHC ( Chicago ) , and Sears ( which sold via catalog ) ; the high - wheeler would be killed by the Model T . In 1912 , Hupp ( in the U.S. , supplied by Hale & Irwin ) and BSA ( in the UK ) pioneered the use of all - steel bodies , joined in 1914 by Dodge ( who produced Model T bodies ) . While it would be another two decades before all - steel bodies would be standard , the change would mean improved supplies of superior - quality wood for furniture makers . T - model Ford car parked outside Geelong Library at its launch in 1915 Some examples of cars of the period included : 1908 โ 1927 Ford Model T โ the most widely produced and available 4 - seater car of the era . It used a planetary transmission , and had a pedal - based control system . Ford T was proclaimed as the most influential car of the 20th century in the international Car of the Century awards . 1909 Morgan Runabout โ a very popular cyclecar , cyclecars were sold in far greater quantities than 4 - seater cars in this period 1910 Mercer Raceabout โ regarded as one of the first sports cars , the Raceabout expressed the exuberance of the driving public , as did the similarly conceived American Underslung and Hispano - Suiza Alphonso . 1910 โ 1920 Bugatti Type 13 โ a notable racing and touring model with advanced engineering and design . Similar models were the Types 15 , 17 , 22 , and 23 . Vintage Era The vintage era lasted from the end of World War I ( 1919 ) , through the Wall Street Crash at the end of 1929 . During this period , the front - engined car came to dominate , with closed bodies and standardised controls becoming the norm . Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix Racer 1926 [ Source : Wikipedia ] Exemplary vintage vehicles : 1922 โ 1939 Austin 7 โ the Austin Seven was one of the most widely copied vehicles ever , serving as a template for cars around the world , from BMW to Nissan . 1922 โ 1931 Lancia Lambda โ very advanced car for the time , first car to feature a load - bearing monocoque - type body and independent front suspension . 1924 โ 1929 Bugatti Type 35 โ the Type 35 was one of the most successful racing cars of all time , with over 1,000 victories in five years . 1925 โ 1928 Hanomag 2 / 10 PS โ early example of ponton styling . 1927 โ 1931 Ford Model A ( 1927 - 1931 ) โ after keeping the brass era Model T in production for too long , Ford broke from the past by restarting its model series with the 1927 Model A . More than 4 million were produced , making it the best - selling model of the era . The Ford Model A was a prototype for the beginning of Soviet mass car production ( GAZ A ) . 1930 Cadillac V - 16 โ developed at the height of the vintage era , the V16 - powered Cadillac would join Bugatti โ s Royale as the most legendary ultra - luxury cars of the era . Pre - WWII era The pre - war part of the classic era began with the Great Depression in 1930 , and ended with the recovery after World War II , commonly placed at 1946 . It was in this period that integrated fenders and fully closed bodies began to dominate sales , with the new saloon / sedan body style even incorporating a trunk or boot at the rear for storage . The old open - top runabouts , phaetons , and touring cars were phased out by the end of the classic era as wings , running boards , and headlights were By the 1930s , most of the mechanical technology used in today โ s automobiles had been invented , although some things were later โ re - invented โ , and credited to someone else . 1934 โ 1956 Citroรซn Traction Avant โ the first mass - produced front - wheel drive car , built with monocoque chassis . Exemplary pre - war automobiles : 1932 โ 1939 Alvis Speed 20 and Speed 25 โ the first cars with all - synchromesh gearbox . citation needed 1932 โ 1948 Ford V - 8 ( Model B ) โ introduction of the powerful flathead V8 in mainstream vehicles , setting new performance and efficiency standards . 1934 โ 1938 Tatra 77 โ first serial - produced car with aerodynamical design . 1934 โ 1940 Bugatti Type 57 โ a singular refined automobile for the wealthy . 1934 โ 1956 Citroรซn Traction Avant โ the first mass - produced front - wheel drive car , built with monocoque chassis . 1936 โ 1955 MG T series โ sports cars with youth appeal at an affordable price . 1938 โ 2003 Volkswagen Beetle โ a design for efficiency and low price , which was produced for over 60 years with minimal basic change ; it has the largest production in history with over 20 million units produced in several counties . The car was awarded the fourth place in the international Car of the 20th Century competition . A new car echoing the styling of the original has been produced in the 21st century . 1936 โ 1939 Rolls - Royce Phantom III โ V12 engined pinnacle of pre - war engineering , with technological advances not seen in most other manufacturers until the 1960s . Superior performance and quality . Post - war era Since World War II automobile design experienced the total revolution changes to ponton style ( without a non - compact ledge elements ) , one of the first mass representatives of that were the Soviet GAZ - M20 Pobeda ( 1946 ) , British Standard Vanguard ( 1947 ) , US Studebaker Champion and Kaiser Special ( 1947 ) , and small serial Czech luxury Tatra T600 Tatraplan ( 1946 ) and Italian Cisitalia 220 sportcar ( 1947 ) . Automobile design and production finally emerged from the military orientation and other shadow of war in 1949 , the year that in the United States saw the introduction of high - compression V8 engines and modern bodies from General Motors โ Oldsmobile and Cadillac brands . The unibody / strut - suspended 1951 Ford Consul joined the 1948 Morris Minor and 1949 Rover P4 in waking up the automobile market in the United Kingdom . In Italy , Enzo Ferrari was beginning his 250 series , just as Lancia introduced the revolutionary V6 - powered Aurelia . 1946 GAZ - M20 Pobeda one of the first mass - produced cars with ponton design Notable exemplary post - war cars : 1946 โ 1958 GAZ - M20 Pobeda โ Soviet mass car with full ponton design . 1947 โ 1958 Standard Vanguard โ British mass car with full ponton design some and 1948 โ 1971 Morris Minor โ a popular and typical early post - war car exported around the world 1953 โ 1971 Chevrolet Bel Air and 1953 โ 2002 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham โ in its first generations were a bright representatives of golden epoch of American tailfin car design 1955 โ 1976 Citroรซn DS โ bright and non - often representative of unusual bogie ( hydropneumatic ) ? design ( one of the most mind ) , due to what became a movie star ; car was awarded third place in the international Car of the 20th Century competition . 1959 โ 2000 Mini โ this quintessential small car lasted for four decades , and is one of the most famous cars of all time ; car was awarded the second place on international Car of the 20th Century competition ; the car has a re - styled new version in the 21st century . 1961 โ 1975 Jaguar E - type โ the E - type saved Jaguar on the track and in the showroom . 1963 โ 1989 Porsche 911 โ wanted non - cheap but mass sport car , famoused clarification needed its company ; car was awarded the fifth place on international Car of the 20th Century competition ; the car has successors with a similar design . 1964 โ present Ford Mustang โ the pony car that became one of the best - selling and most - collected cars of the era . 1966 โ end of the 20th century Fiat 124 โ an Italian car that was licence produced in many other counties including the Soviet Union where as the VAZ - 2101 it launched mass automobilisation . 1967 NSU Ro 80 โ the basic wedge profile of this design was much emulated in subsequent decades . , [ 39 ] unlike that its other technical innovation โ rotor engine . 1967 โ 2002 Chevrolet Camaro โ The pony car that General Motors introduced to compete with Ford โ s mustang which featured the relatively new Coke bottle styling . 1969 Datsun 240Z โ one of the first Japanese sports cars to be a smash hit with the North American public , it paved the way for future decades of Japanese strength in the automotive industry . It was affordable and well built , and had great success both on the track and in the showroom . Modern era The modern era is normally defined as the 25 years preceding the current year . However , there are some technical and design aspects that differentiate modern cars from antiques . Without considering the future of the car , the modern era has been one of increasing standardisation , platform sharing , and computer - aided design . Some particular contemporary developments are the proliferation of front - and all - wheel drive , the adoption of the diesel engine , and the ubiquity of fuel injection . While all of these advances were first attempted in earlier eras , they so dominate the market today that it is easy to overlook their significance . Nearly all modern passenger cars are front - wheel - drive monocoque / unibody designs , with transversely mounted engines , but this design was considered radical as late as the 1960s . Body styles have changed as well in the modern era . Three types , the hatchback , sedan , and sport utility vehicle , dominate today โ s market , yet are relatively recent concepts . All originally emphasised practicality , but have mutated into today โ s high - powered luxury crossover SUV , sports wagon , two - volume Large MPV . The rise of pickup trucks in the United States , and SUVs worldwide , has changed the face of motoring , with these โ trucks โ coming to command more than half of the world automobile The modern era has also seen rapidly rising fuel efficiency and engine output . Once the automobile emissions concerns of the 1970s were conquered with computerised engine management systems , power began to rise rapidly . In the 1980s , a powerful sports car might have produced 200 horsepower ( 150 kW ) โ 20 years later , average passenger cars had engines that powerful , and some performance models offer three times as much power . The economic crisis of 2008 cut almost a third of light vehicle sales from Chrysler , Toyota , Ford , and Nissan . It also subtracted about a fourth of Honda โ s sales and about a seventh of sales from General Motors . โ Economic Crisis โ . Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 03 . Since 2009 , China has become the new world โ s absolute car manufacturer leader with production more than US , Japan or all Europe . Besides large growth of car production in Asian and other countries , the junctions ( and breaks ) of producents into transnational corporate groups and the transnational โ platforms โ of a cars became as wide practice . Since the end of the 20th century , several award competitions of cars and trucks have become widely known , such as European Car of the Year Car of the Year Japan , North American Car of the Year , World Car of the Year , Truck of the Year , and International Car of the Year , so that vehicles of different classes , producers , and countries win alternately . Also , Car of the Century awards were held , in which in the US the Ford Model T was named as most influential car of the 20th Nissan Leaf re - charging in Amsterdam , the Netherlands Exemplary modern cars : 1966 โ present Toyota Corolla โ a simple small Japanese saloon / sedan that has come to be the best - selling car of all time . 1970 โ present Range Rover โ the first take on the combination of luxury and four - wheel drive utility , the original โ SUV โ . Such was the popularity of the original Range Rover Classic that a new model was not brought out until 1994 . 1973 โ present Mercedes - Benz S - Class โ electronic anti - lock braking system , supplemental restraint airbags , seat belt pretensioners , and electronic traction control systems all made their debut on the S - Class . These features would later become standard throughout the car industry . 1975 โ present BMW 3 Series โ the 3 Series has been on Car and Driver magazine โ s annual Ten Best list 17 times , making it the longest running entry in the list . 1977 โ present Honda Accord saloon / sedan โ this Japanese sedan became the most popular car in the United States in the 1990s , pushing the Ford Taurus aside , and setting the stage for today โ s upscale Asian sedans . 1981 โ 1989 Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant โ the โ K - cars โ that saved Chrysler as a major manufacturer . These models were some of the first successful American front - wheel drive , fuel - efficient compact cars . 1983 โ present Chrysler minivans โ the two - box minivan design nearly pushed the station wagon out of the market , and presaged today โ s crossover SUVs . 1984 โ present Renault Espace โ first mass one - volume car of non - commercial MPV class . 1986 โ present Ford Taurus โ this mid - sized front - wheel drive sedan with modern computer - assisted design dominated the American market in the late 1980s , and created a design revolution in North America . 1989 โ 1999 Pontiac Trans Sport was one the first of the one - box cars . 1997 โ present Toyota Prius , launched in the Japanese market , in September 2010 reached worldwide cumulative sales of two million units , becoming the best known hybrid electric vehicle in the world . 1998 โ present Ford Focus โ one of the most popular hatchbacks across the globe , also one of Ford โ s best selling world cars . 2008 โ present Tata Nano โ an inexpensive ( 100,000 , ? $ 2200 ) , rear - engined , four - passenger city car built by the Indian company Tata Motors and is aimed primarily at the Indian domestic market . 2008 โ present Tesla Roadster โ the first highway - capable all - electric vehicle in serial production for sale in the United States in the modern era . 2010 โ present , Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt โ an all - electric car and a plug - in hybrid correspondingly , were launched in the U.S. and Japanese markets in December 2010 , becoming the first mass production vehicles of their kind . Source : http : / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / History_of_the_automobile Brief Summary The evolution of cars or automobiles started as early as 1769 , by invention of steam - powered cars capable for human transport . In early 1800s โ 1806 to be exact , the first cars powered by internal combustion engines running on fuel gas appeared , which in turn directed to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern gasoline โ or petrol - fueled internal combustion engine . Cars powered by electricity briefly appeared at the turn of the 20th century but largely disappeared from commonality until the turn of the 21st century , when interest in low - and zero - emissions transportation was reignited . As such , the early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras based on the prevalent method of automotive propulsion during that time . Later periods were defined by trends in exterior styling and size and utility preferences . It can be said that the future of automobiles will focus on those with low and zero emission , which is a return to the beginnings of transportation ( e.g. horse powered chariots ) , only this time with much ( many ) more horse power . Era Year Example of Brands and Models initiated Classic / Antique 1890s Veteran 1889 Panhard et Levassor ( France ) 1891 Peugeot ( France ) 1893 Duryea Motor Wagon Co . ( USA ) 1898 Pioneer ( Australia ) 1899 FIAT ( Italy ) 1900s 1900 Vincke , Germain , Linon and Nagant ( Belgium ) ; Fritz Henriod , Rudolf Egg , Saurer , Johann Weber , and Lorenz Popp ( Swiss ) ; Vagnfabrik AB , Hammel ( Sweden ) 1902 Olds Motor Vehicle Company / Oldsmobile ( USA ) 1903 Cadillac , Winton , and Ford ( USA ) Brass or Edwardian 1908 Ford Model T 1910 Mercer Raceabout , 1910s 1910 Bugatti Type 13 Vintage 1920s 1922 Austin 7 , Lancia Lambda 1924 Bugatti Type 35 1925 Hanomag 2 / 10 PS 1927 Ford Model A 1930 Cadillac V - 16 1930s Pre โ World War II 1932 Alvis Speed 20 and Speed 25 , Ford V - 8 1934 Bugatti Type 57 , Citroรซn Traction Avant 1936 MG T Series , Rolls - Royce Phantom III 1940s 1938 Volkswagen Beetle 1950s Post โ World War II 1948 Morris Minor 1959 MINI 1960s 1961 Jaguar E - Type 1964 Ford Mustang 1969 Datsun 240Z 1970s Modern 1966 Toyota Corolla 1967 NSU Ro 80 1973 Mercedes - Benz S - Class 1975 BMW 3 Series 1977 Honda Accord 1980s 1981 Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant 1983 Chrysler minivans 1986 Ford Taurus 1990s 2000s 2010s โ Future References : Georgano , G.N. ( 1985 ) . Cars : Early and Vintage , 1886 - 1930 . London : Grange - Universal . http : / / www . crucean . com / timeline . html # 1903 | title = American http : / / www . mazda . com / mazdaspirit / rotary / hre / about / index . html http : / / www . channel4 . com / 4car / ft / buying + guide / used + car + buying + guide / 1208 / 1 http : / / books . google . com / books ? id = yLZeQwqNmdgC Source : http : / / carsevolution . com / cars - evolution - the - evolution - of - cars - and - automotive Present and Future Trends Potential future car technologies include varied energy sources and materials , which are being developed in order to make automobiles more energy efficient with reduced regulated emissions . Cars are being developed in many different ways . With rising gas prices , the future of the automobile is now leading towards fuel efficiency , energy - savers , hybrid vehicles , battery electric vehicles , and fuel - cell vehicles . 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http://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/the-dark-side-of-human-nature/ | The Dark Side of Human Nature February 20 2012 30 Comments Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself Leo Tolstoy The ego has learned to be very clever in order to survive It is capable of resorting to any lengths or ruse of selfdeception and camouflage The world we witness is merely the drama of collective egos acting out on the perceptual stage of form and time The satisfactions of the ego are more pleasurable and addictive than the preservation of human life much less dignity David R Hawkins Our modern world is reflection of our collective Ego our false illusionary selfidentity and this reflection is frightening What we are doing to each other and to our children is the reality hard to believe and to accept Although no person wants to suffer people continually gravitate to the things that cause suffering because of their ignorance The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof War and violence are fueled by human greed and envy rooted in deep ignorance Genocide has never resolved any problems in fact it made problems and conflicts much worse Why alcohol drugs prostitution and pornography including child pornography exist in our modern world Because there are many people who crave for it and buy it Without demand there would be no supply We humans are capable of immense love and sensitivity but we have also been capable of greed hatred brutality rape murder and war This duality of what has historically been referred to as good and evil has troubled the human mind since we first became fully conscious thinking beings are humans essentially good and if so what is the cause of our evil destructive insensitive and cruel side Are we evil by design or corruption Why these things are still happening today If we were observing beings on another planet behaving like our own species we would very likely call them monsters Yet we appear to be blind and numb when it comes to crimes we inflict onto our own species driven by ignorant Ego and false beliefs By now with the aid of modern science and technology we could have easily started not only exploration colonies on the Moon and Mars but also have eliminated hunger disease and poverty on our entire planet Instead we spend majority of our wealth and scientific knowledge starting senseless wars which kill millions of defenseless people Are wars and violence reflection of evilness of a small minority who control and manipulate the rest of the population or are these reflection of thinking and attitudes of an average human being viewed as a holographic reflection of our collective consciousness What makes it possible for genocides of millions to be initiated by just one person eg Stalin Hitler Pol Pot Out of fear our Ego in its blind desire to dominate and survive at any cost will justify commitment of most horrific acts Genocides Genocide is the deliberate extermination of a racial religious or ethnic group Chambers Dictionary Genocide whether committed in time of peace or in time of war is a crime under international law Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national ethical racial or religious group as such killing members of the group causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group forcible transferring children of the group to another group The following acts shall be punishable genocide conspiracy to commit genocide direct and public incitement to genocide attempt to commit genocide complicity in genocide From the United Nations Convention on Genocide 1948 With macabre bureaucratic precision the Kmer Rouge photographed their victims before torturing and killing them This picture is all that remains of a mother and child murdered in Tuol Sleng Prison sometime between 1975 and 1979 Many countries signed the Convention some of whom have since been party to genocide Only a few people have been charged with genocide or complicity in it The word genocide was coined in 1944 to name a particularly shocking and horrific crime of violence which it was then believed could never happen again That it has been put into practice so many times in one century is even more shocking The human race is the only species that can and does think itself into anger and violence The more I thought about it the angrier I got We ought to be able to think our way out of it too Later I realised that violence didnt achieve anything One muchpractised way of thinking ones way to violence is developing beliefs to back it up some of them may head towards the absurd Violence is the only way to get respect Violence is the only language they understand Im good youre evil Were peaceful theyre brutal I wasnt going to let them beat me Theyre ALL cheatsliarsscroungersdirty If I took it lying down I couldnt hold my head up again And so on There may have been a time in the early history of the human race a time when the natural world was the chief threat to survival when this kind of primitive thinking served a purpose But its nothing but a handicap now Genocide is not a wild beast or a natural disaster It is mass murder deliberately planned and carried out by individuals all of whom are responsible whether they made the plan gave the order or carried out the killings Whatever its scale genocide is made up of individual acts and individual choices to perform them So human individuals need to make the commitment as early in life as possible that they will have no truck with it To do that the way genocide becomes possible has to be understood There follow outline histories of eight 20th century genocides You may want to research some of them further There are also pointers towards some of the issues they raise particularly in respect of their causes Prejudice racism grievance intolerance aggression injustice oppression they all start small and we need to spot and stop them in our own local orbits before they grow and get out of control This means looking at the often long prehistory of genocide as well as its symptoms in the present Understanding these will help to avert future horrors 8 GENOCIDES of the 20th Century 1904 NAMIBIA 1915 ARMENIA 1932 UKRAINE the HOLOCAUST 1975 CAMBODIA 1982 GUATEMALA 1994 RWANDA 1995 BOSNIA Source httpwwwppuorgukgenocideg_genocide_introhtml Another example that must not be forgotten The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre also known as the Rape of Nanking was a mass murder and war rape that occurred during the sixweek period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanjing Nanking the former capital of the Republic of China on December 13 1937 during the Second SinoJapanese War During this period hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were murdered by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army Widespread rape and looting also occurred Historians and witnesses have estimated that 250000 to 300000 people were killed The International Military Tribunal for the Far East estimated that 20000 women were raped including infants and the elderly Tang Junshan survivor and witness to one of the Japanese armys systematic mass killings testified The seventh and last person in the first row was a pregnant woman The soldier thought he might as well rape her before killing her so he pulled her out of the group to a spot about ten meters away As he was trying to rape her the woman resisted fiercely The soldier abruptly stabbed her in the belly with a bayonet She gave a final scream as her intestines spilled out Then the soldier stabbed the fetus with its umbilical cord clearly visible and tossed it aside Source The Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre Rhetoric in the Face of Tragedy PDF 310 KB Celia Yang 2006 Spending for Peace vs Spending for War There is a large gap between what countries are prepared to allocate for military means to provide security and maintain their global and regional power status on the one hand and to alleviate poverty and promote economic development on the other SIPRI report from 2004 United Nations While the UN is not perfect and has many internal issues that need addressing it is revealing that the world can spend so much on their military but contribute so little to the goals of global security international cooperation and peace ad nameAdsense160x600_orange Indeed compare the military spending with the entire budget of the United Nations The UN was created after World War II with leading efforts by the United States and key allies The UN was set up to be committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security Yet the UNs entire budget is just a tiny fraction of the worlds military expenditure approximately 18 The United Nations and all its agencies and funds spend about 30 billion each year or about 4 for each of the worlds inhabitants This is a very small sum compared to most government budgets and it is less than 3 of the worlds military spending UN Financial Crisis Global Policy Forum accessed July 7 2010 SecretaryGeneral Introduces 489 Billion 20102011 Budget to Fifth Committee This budget is equal to the cost of 1 week of Iraq War Budget Info Source httpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2009gaab3925dochtm World Peace and Aid Organizations Here is another example of a large world organization trying to spend money for peace As you can see its annual budget is just microscopic fraction of what the world is spending on wars UNESCO The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization The Approved Programme and Budget for 20102011 with a budget ceiling of US 653 million which was adopted by the General Conference at its 35th session by consensus This money is spent on Education Natural Sciences Social and Human Sciences Culture Communication andn Information General Policy and Direction and program execution and administration This entire budget is less than one day of the Iraq War US 720 million Subject Related Posts httpblogworldmysteriescomsciencetransformationofthehumanrace httpblogworldmysteriescomsciencewarandpeace Project MONARCH one of the most diabolical atrocities perpetrated upon a segment of the human race a form of systematic mind control which has permeated every aspect of society for almost fifty years This exposition is substantiated by declassified US government documents individuals formerly connected to the US intelligence communities historical writings researchers knowledgeable in mind control publications from mental health practitioners and interviews taken from survivors unwittingly subjected to a highly complex form of traumabased mind control known as MONARCH programming Child Abuse No violence against children is justifiable all violence against children is preventable There should be no more excuses Child abuse is a problem no one really talks about Abuse and neglect is the number 1 cause of injury to children in the country More children die of abuse or neglect than of natural causes Donna Miller Children can be abused in several different ways Abuse may be physical mentally verbally or sexually Some are physically abused to the point of death Some Worldwide Child Abuse Statistics Worldwide approximately 40 million children are subjected to child abuse each year WHO 2001 Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents around the world WHO 2002 One study revealed that about 30 of all severely disabled children relegated to special homes in the Ukraine died before they reached 18 years of age Human Rights Watch 2001 UNICEF estimates that two million children died as a result of armed conflict during a recent 10year period and that another six million were injured or disabled Human Right Watch 2001 In Canada the US and Mexico over 65 million children annually are exposed to unwanted sexual materials over the Internet over 17 million of these report distress over exposure to these materials Estes Weiner 2001 Each year approximately one million more children around the world are introduced into commercial sexual exploitation Casa Alianza 2001 Sexual abuse statistics vary between countries and reports but are consistently alarming One countrys research indicates that up to 36 of girls and 29 of boys have suffered child sexual abuse another study reveals up to 46 of girls and 20 of boys have experienced sexual coercion The 57th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights Source httpwwwammadocomcommunity110475articles18196 On October 11 2006 the United Nations UN released the first UN SecretaryGenerals Study on Violence Against Children which addresses violence against children within the family schools alternative care institutions and detention facilities places where children work and communities The study took years to complete and was supported by the United Nations Childrens Fund UNICEF the World Health Organization WHO and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights OHCHR The report includes the following overview statistics section II B pp 910 with references to specific studies provided for each Almost 53000 children died worldwide in 2002 as a result of homicide Up to 80 to 98 of children suffer physical punishment in their homes with a third or more experiencing severe physical punishment resulting from the use of implements 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced forced sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual violence during 2002 Between 100 and 140 million girls and women in the world have undergone some form of female genital mutilationcutting In subSaharan Africa Egypt and the Sudan 3 million girls and women are subjected to genital mutilationcutting every year In 2004 218 million children were involved in child labour of whom 126 million were in hazardous work Estimates from 2000 suggest that 18 million children were forced into prostitution and pornography and 12 million were victims of trafficking Our Right to be Protected from Violence Activities for Learning and Taking Action for Children and Young People is an educational booklet for children and young people over the age of 12 which provides information about violence and ideas for actions they can take to prevent violence and respond to it Here are links to the web sites devoted to the study The United Nations Secretary Generals Study on Violence Against Children Official site comprehensive including many technical resources and background information Violence Against Children United Nations Secretary Generals Study More userfriendly site especially for kids also available in Spanish French Russian Chinese Farsi and Arabic Also see the World Health Organizations 2002 study World Report on Violence and Health The entire report a 372page and 24megabyte PDF is available in English French Russion or Spanish A 54page 600 KB summary is available in Arabic English French German and Spanish Chapter 3 Child Abuse and Neglect by Parents and Other Caregivers is 30 pages 177 KB and can be dowloaded in English French or Russian Chapter 3 reviews and provides references for many academic studies on rates of abuse in a variety of countries though it is not comprehensive There is also a 1994 paper by sociologist David Finkelhor an internationally recognized expert on research on the incidence and prevalence of child sexual abuse and Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center The countries covered in the paper Australia Austria Belgium Canada Costa Rica Denmark Dominican Republic Finland France Germany Greece Great Britain Ireland Netherlands New Zealand Norway South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland and the United States Please note Because this is a 1994 publication and this is a growing field of research additional studies for some of these countries and other countries have been published by now Heres the citation and abstract Finkelhor D 1994 The international epidemiology of child sexual abuse Child Abuse Neglect 18 409417 Abstract Surveys of child sexual abuse in large nonclinical populations of adults have been conducted in at least 19 countries in addition to the United States and Canada including 10 national probability samples All studies have found rates in line with comparable North American research ranging from 7 to 36 for women and 3 to 29 for men Most studies found females to be abused at 15 to 3 times the rate for males Few comparisons among countries are possible because of methodological and definitional differences However they clearly confirm sexual abuse to be an international problem Source Child Abuse Statistics Research and Resources by Jim Hopper PhD UN report uncovers global child abuse By David Usborne in New York Oct 12 2006 A shocking picture of physical abuse and mistreatment of children in countries in every corner of the world ranging from corporal punishment in schools to forced prostitution rape and mutilation was revealed in a survey by the United Nations last night The report requested by secretary general Kofi Annan four years ago says international conventions on human rights for children have flatly failed to guarantee protections for the most vulnerable members of society While abuse may be at its worst in the developing world no country is guiltless it says Violence can be perpetrated by governments by criminals but also by the family the report notes It recalls the words of a girl interviewed in an unnamed east Asian country With these two hands my mother holds me cares for me this I love With these two hands my mother hits me this I hate The core message concludes Paolo Sergio Pinheiro the studys author is that no violence against children is justifiable all violence against children is preventable There should be no more excuses He recommends urgent action to hold governments accountable for ensuring children are treated as full citizens not as minihuman beings or property of their families While Mr Pinheiro was helped by many international organizations as well as by testimony from children in several countries he says many of the offenses are hidden in the shadows He nonetheless offers a range of grim statistics including a finding that 53000 children were victims of murder in 2002 His report stops short of naming countries with the worst records on protecting childrens rights Louise Arbour the UNs High Commissioner on Human Rights said the survey takes the lid off a global scandal A veil of silence covers violence against children yet abuses are so pervasive that no country can ignore them and no society can claim to be immune from them she said The Britishbased charity Save the Children which with its chapters worldwide collaborated closely with the compiling of the report also noted yesterday that more than one million children are imprisoned worldwide of which 90 per cent were found guilty of only minor offenses Violence in prisons and other often staterun institutions including hospitals and orphanages many holding children in squalid conditions is highlighted in the survey As one child who had suffered imprisonment told researchers Sometimes one day in prison felt like a year But after 10 days you get used to it and you dont cry as much Some of the violence is perpetrated in the guise of medical treatment the report says noting that in some cases children as young as nine are subjected to electroconvulsive treatment without any anaesthesia or relaxants Also explored is violence sometimes sexual within families and at schools as well as the plight of children caught in trafficking bonded labour and the childsex industry Every year sees another million children driven into the pornography and prostitution industries the report says adding many are coerced kidnapped sold and deceived into these activities or are victims of trafficking Citing figures from the World Health Organisation it asserts that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced forced sexual intercourse and other forms of sexual violence involving physical contact in 2002 The murder rate among minors was twice as high in lowincome countries than in the developed world the report found But sexual abuse in the home is a blight shared by all nations In 21 countries most of them industrialized as many as 36 per cent of women and 29 per cent of men said they had been the victims of sexual abuse during childhood Most of the abuse occurred within the family circle the report said As many as 77 countries sanction violent punishment of children found guilty of crimes great or small ranging from execution to corporal retribution including caning flogging stoning or even in some countries amputation How children are exploited According to the World Health Organisation up to 53000 children are murdered worldwide each year Between 80 and 93 per cent of children suffer some form of physical punishment in their homes a third are punished using implements In 2002 the WHO estimated that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced some form of forced sexual intercourse or violence 218 million children worldwide are labourers 126 million of whom work in hazardous environments 18 million are involved in prostitution or pornography and 12 million have been trafficked Up to 275 million witness domestic abuse annually Eight million worldwide are in residential care There are 250000 child soldiers in the world According to Amnesty International 40 per cent of soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are children 11000 have still yet to be disarmed One billion children live in countries where it is legal to beat pupils Save the Children says a million children worldwide have been imprisoned SOURCES WHO UN AI and Save The Children Message to those who harm children And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven Matthew 18 110 King James Version KJV Subject Related Resources and Links Onethird of women suffer domestic violence WHO Last Updated Thursday June 20 2013 About a third of women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner according to the first major review of violence against women In a series of papers released on Thursday by the World Health Organization and others experts estimated nearly 40 per cent of women killed worldwide were slain by an intimate partner and that being assaulted by a partner was the most common kind of violence experienced by women Violence against women is a global health problem of epidemic proportions WHO DirectorGeneral Dr Margaret Chan said in a statement WHO defined physical violence as being slapped pushed punched choked or being attacked with a weapon Sexual violence was defined as being physically forced to have sex having sex because you were afraid of what your partner might do and being compelled to do something sexual that was humiliating or degrading The report also examined rates of sexual violence against women by someone other than a partner and found about 7 per cent of women worldwide had previously been a victim In conjunction with the report WHO issued guidelines for authorities to spot problems earlier and said all health workers should be trained to recognize when women may be at risk and how to respond appropriately Globally the WHO review found 30 per cent of women are affected by domestic or sexual violence by a partner The report was based largely on studies from 1983 to 2010 According to the United Nations more than 600 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not considered a crime The rate of domestic violence against women was highest in Africa the Middle East and Southeast Asia where 37 per cent of women experienced physical or sexual violence from a partner at some point in their lifetime The rate was 30 per cent in Latin and South America and 23 percent in North America In Europe and Asia it was 25 per cent Some experts said screening for domestic violence should be added to all levels of health care such as obstetric clinics Its unlikely that someone would walk into an ER and disclose theyve been assaulted said Sheila Sprague of McMaster University in Canada who has researched domestic violence in women at orthopedic clinics She was not connected to the WHO report Over time if women are coming into a fracture clinic or a prenatal clinic they may tell you they are suffering abuse if you ask she said For domestic violence figures scientists analysed information from 86 countries focusing on women over the age of 15 They also assessed studies from 56 countries on sexual violence by someone other than a partner though they had no data from the Middle East PTI Source httpzeenewsindiacomnewsworldonethirdofwomensufferdomesticviolencewho_856449html Female Genital Mutilation FGM At least 130 million women in Africa have been circumcised and two million more girls undergo the practice every year in 28 African countries mostly in the continents north and central areas Key facts Female genital mutilation FGM includes procedures that intentionally alter or injure female genital organs for nonmedical reasons The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating and later potential childbirth complications and newborn deaths An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of FGM It is mostly carried out on young girls sometime between infancy and age 15 years In Africa an estimated 92 million girls from 10 years of age and above have undergone FGM FGM is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women Female genital mutilation FGM comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons The practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers who often play other central roles in communities such as attending childbirths Increasingly however FGM is being performed by health care providers FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women It reflects deeprooted inequality between the sexes and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women It is nearly always carried out on minors and is a violation of the rights of children The practice also violates a persons rights to health security and physical integrity the right to be free from torture and cruel inhuman or degrading treatment and the right to life when the procedure results in death Source Pornography Pornography is one of the most powerful drugs created by the human ego Convinced we are separate from each other we are trying to feel less lonely be seeking companionship in distorted illusion of Love Addiction to sex just like drug addiction is a bottomless cup we can never fill it up Our thirst for true Love can never be satisfied this way The statistics are truly staggering Its big business The pornography industry has larger revenues than Microsoft Google Amazon eBay Yahoo Apple and Netflix combined 2006 Worldwide Pornography Revenues ballooned to 9706 billion According to compiled numbers from respected news and research organizations Every second 307564 is being spent on pornography Every second 28258 internet users are viewing pornography Every second 372 internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the United States Worldwide Pornography Revenues and 20052006 US Pornography Revenue Stats Pornography revenues are not necessarily ranked according to population China topped the list in 2006 with more than 27 billion in pornography revenues However South Korea only the 26th most populous nation on earth according to the US Census Bureau is next in line with more than 25 billion in pornography revenues The internet is not the most popular form of pornography in the United States Video sales and rentals accounted for 362 billion in revenue in 2006 while internet pornography raked in 284 billion Magazines were the least popular Source httpinternetfilterreviewtoptenreviewscominternetpornographystatisticshtml The Time of Transformation or Destruction The Timeline of Human History with very few exceptions shows continuous history of war genocide injustice suffering and corruption It seems that human kind has not changed for better in thousands of years Our modern technology reached fairly advanced stage however our spiritual growth is still at the level of Sodom and Gomorrah Is there hope or the evil must be purged by some global catastrophe as it happened in the biblical time of Abraham Genesis 1819 King James Version KJV 1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day 2And he lift up his eyes and looked and lo three men stood by him and when he saw them he ran to meet them from the tent door and bowed himself toward the ground 3And said My LORD if now I have found favour in thy sight pass not away I pray thee from thy servant 4Let a little water I pray you be fetched and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree 5And I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort ye your hearts after that ye shall pass on for therefore are ye come to your servant And they said So do as thou hast said 6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah and said Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal knead it and make cakes upon the hearth 7And Abraham ran unto the herd and fetcht a calf tender and good and gave it unto a young man and he hasted to dress it 8And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed and set it before them and he stood by them under the tree and they did eat 16And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way 17And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do 18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him 19For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgment that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him 20And the LORD said Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous 21I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and if not I will know 22And the men turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the LORD 23And Abraham drew near and said Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be as the wicked that be far from thee Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right 26 And the LORD said If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city then I will spare all the place for their sakes 32And he said Oh let not the LORD be angry and I will speak yet but this once Peradventure ten shall be found there And he said I will not destroy it for tens sake 33And the LORD went his way as soon as he had left communing with Abraham and Abraham returned unto his place 1And there came two angels to Sodom at even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground 2And he said Behold now my lords turn in I pray you into your servants house and tarry all night and wash your feet and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways And they said Nay but we will abide in the street all night 3And he pressed upon them greatly and they turned in unto him and entered into his house and he made them a feast and did bake unleavened bread and they did eat 4But before they lay down the men of the city even the men of Sodom compassed the house round both old and young all the people from every quarter 5And they called unto Lot and said unto him Where are the men which came in to thee this night bring them out unto us that we may know them 6And Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door after him 7And said I pray you brethren do not so wickedly 8Behold now I have two daughters which have not known man let me I pray you bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is good in your eyes only unto these men do nothing for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof 9And they said Stand back And they said again This one fellow came in to sojourn and he will needs be a judge now will we deal worse with thee than with them And they pressed sore upon the man even Lot and came near to break the door 10But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the door 11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness both small and great so that they wearied themselves to find the door 12 And the men said unto Lot Hast thou here any besides son in law and thy sons and thy daughters and whatsoever thou hast in the city bring them out of this place 13For we will destroy this place because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it 14And Lot went out and spake unto his sons in law which married his daughters and said Up get you out of this place for the LORD will destroy this city But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law 15 And when the morning arose then the angels hastened Lot saying Arise take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city 16And while he lingered the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters the LORD being merciful unto him and they brought him forth and set him without the city 17And it came to pass when they had brought them forth abroad that he said Escape for thy life look not behind thee neither stay thou in all the plain escape to the mountain lest thou be consumed 18And Lot said unto them Oh not so my LORD 19Behold now thy servant hath found grace in thy sight and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life and I can not escape to the mountain lest some evil take me and I die 20Behold now this city is near to flee unto and it is a little one Oh let me escape thither is it not a little one and my soul shall live 21 And he said unto him See I have accepted thee concerning this thing also that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken 22Haste thee escape thither for I can not do anything till thou be come thither Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar 23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar 24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven 25And he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and that which grew upon the ground 26But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a pillar of salt 27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain and beheld and lo the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace 29And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt 30And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him for he feared to dwell in Zoar and he dwelt in a cave he and his two daughters Related Posts Signs of the Last Days What really happened to Sodom and Gomorrah Buddhas Solution The Four Noble Truths 1 Life means suffering 2 The origin of suffering is attachment 3 The cessation of suffering is attainable 4 The path to the cessation of suffering 1 Life means suffering To live means to suffer because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in During our lifetime we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain sickness injury tiredness old age and eventually death and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness fear frustration disappointment and depression Although there are different degrees of suffering and there are also positive experiences in life that we perceive as the opposite of suffering such as ease comfort and happiness life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete because our world is subject to impermanence This 2 The origin of suffering is attachment The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the ignorance 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http://blog.xebia.com/promises-and-design-patterns-in-angularjs/ | Promises and design patterns in AngularJS by Freek Wielstra February 23rd , 2014 35 comments The traditional way to deal with asynchronous tasks in Javascript are callbacks ; call a method , give it a function reference to execute once that method is done . $ .get ( ' api / gizmo / 42 ' , function ( gizmo ) { console . log ( gizmo ) ; / / or whatever } ) ; 1 2 3 $ get ' api / gizmo / 42 ' function gizmo console log gizmo / / or whatever This is pretty neat , but , it has some drawbacks ; for one , combining or chaining multiple asynchronous processes is tricky ; it either leads to a lot of boilerplate code , or what โ s known as callback hell ( nesting callbacks and calls in each other ) : $ .get ( ' api / gizmo / 42 ' , function ( gizmo ) { $ .get ( ' api / foobars / ' + gizmo , function ( foobar ) { $ .get ( ' api / barbaz / ' + foobar , function ( bazbar ) { doSomethingWith ( gizmo , foobar , bazbar ) ; } , errorCallback ) ; } , errorCallback ) ; } , errorCallback ) ; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $ get ' api / gizmo / 42 ' function ' api / foobars / ' + foobar ' api / barbaz / ' + foobar bazbar doSomethingWith bazbar errorCallback errorCallback You get the idea . In Javascript however , there is an alternative to dealing with asynchronous code : Futures , although in Javascript they โ re often referred to as Promises . The CommonJS standards committee has released a spec that defines this API called Promises The concept behind promises is pretty simple , and has two components : Deferreds , representing units of work , and Promises , representing data from those Deferreds . source : http : / / blog . mediumequalsmessage . com / promise - deferred - objects - in - javascript - pt1 - theory - and - semantics Basically , you use a Deferred as a communications object to signal the start , progress , and completion of work . A Promise in turn is an object output by a Deferred that represents data ; it has a certain State ( pending , fulfilled or rejected ) , and Handlers , or callback methods that should be called once a promise resolves , rejects , or gives a progress update . An important thing that differentiates promises from callbacks is that you can attach a handler after the promise state goes to resolved . This allows you to pass data that may or may not be there yet around in your application , cache it , etc , so that its consumers can perform operations on the data either immediately or as soon as it arrives . For the remainder of this article we โ ll talk about promises and such in the context of AngularJS . AngularJS relies heavily on promises throughout its codebase , both the framework and the application code you write in it . AngularJS uses its own implementation of the Promises spec , the $ q service , which in turn is a lightweight implementation of the Q library $ q implements all of the Deferred / Promise methods described above , plus a few in $ q itself : $ q . defer ( ) , which creates a new Deferred object ; $ q . all ( ) , which allows you to wait for multiple promises to resolve , and the methods $ q . when ( ) and $ q . reject ( ) , utility methods we โ ll go into later on . $ q . defer ( ) returns a Deferred object , which has the methods resolve ( ) reject ( ) , and notify ( ) . Deferred has a property promise , which is the promise object that can be passed around the application . The promise object has another three methods : . then ( ) , which is the only method required by the Promises spec , taking three callbacks as arguments ; one for success , one for failure , and one for notifications . adds two methods on top of the Promise spec though : catch ( ) , which can be used to have a centralized function to be called if any of the promises in a promise chain fails , and finally ( ) , a method that will always be called regardless of success or failure of the promises . Note that these are not to be confused or used in combination with Javascript โ s exception handling : an exception thrown inside a promise will not be caught by catch ( ) Simple promise example Here โ s a basic example of using $ q , Deferred , and Promise in one . As a disclaimer , none of the code examples in this post have been tested ; they also lack the appropriate angular service and dependency definitions , etcetera . But they should provide a good enough example to start fiddling with them yourself . First , we create a new unit of work by creating a Deferred object , using var deferred = $ q . defer ( ) ; var deferred = q defer Next , we โ ll grab the promise from the Deferred and attach some behavior to it . var promise = deferred . promise ; promise . then ( function success ( data ) { console . log ( data ) ; } , function error ( msg ) { console . error ( msg ) ; } ) ; 4 5 6 7 var = deferred then success data console log error msg error msg Finally , we perform some fake work and indicate we โ re done by telling the deferred : deferred . resolve ( ' all done ! ' ) ; resolve ' all done ! ' Of course , that โ s not really asynchronous , so we can just fake that using Angular โ s $ timeout service ( or Javascript โ s setTimeout , but , prefer $ timeout in Angular applications so you can mock / test it ) $ timeout ( function ( ) { deferred . resolve ( ' All done . . . eventually ' ) ; } , 1000 ) ; timeout resolve ' All done . . . eventually ' 1000 And the fun part : we can attach multiple then ( ) s to a single promise , as well as attach s after the promise has resolved : var deferred = $ q . defer ( ) ; var promise = deferred . promise ; / / assign behavior before resolving promise . then ( function ( data ) { console . log ( ' before : ' , data ) ; } ) ; deferred . resolve ( " Oh look we ' re done already . " ) / / assign behavior after resolving promise . then ( function ( data ) { console . log ( ' after : ' , data ) ; } ) ; 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 q defer / / assign behavior before resolving then ' before : ' " Oh look we ' re done already . " / / assign behavior after resolving ' after : ' Now , what if some error occurred ? We โ ll use deferred . reject ( ) , which will cause the second argument of to be called . Just like callbacks . var deferred = $ q . defer ( ) ; var promise = deferred . promise ; promise . then ( function success ( data ) { console . log ( ' Success ! ' , data ) ; } , function error ( msg ) { console . error ( ' Failure ! ' , msg ) ; } ) ; deferred . reject ( ' We failed : ( ' ) ; 8 9 10 success ' Success ! ' ' Failure ! ' reject ' We failed : ( ' As an alternative to passing a second argument to , you can chain it with a , which will be called if anything goes wrong in the promise chain ( more on chaining later ) : promise .then ( function success ( data ) { console . log ( data ) ; } ) .catch ( function error ( msg ) { console . error ( msg ) ; } ) ; catch As an aside , for longer - term processes ( like uploads , long calculations , batch operations , etc ) , you can use deferred . notify ( ) and the third argument of to give the promise โ s listeners a status update : Chaining promises We โ ve seen earlier that you can attach multiple handlers ( ) to a single promise . The nice part about the promise API is that it allows chaining of handlers : promise .then ( doSomething ) .then ( doSomethingElse ) .then ( doSomethingMore ) .catch ( logError ) ; doSomething doSomethingElse doSomethingMore catch logError For a simple example , this allows you to neatly separate your function calls into pure , single - purpose functions , instead of one - thing - does - all ; double bonus if you can re - use those functions for multiple promise - like tasks , just like how you would chain functional methods ( on lists and the like ) . It becomes more powerful if you use the result of a previous asynchronous to trigger a next one . By default , a chain like the one above will pass the returned object to the next . Example : This will output the following to the console : A B C A B C This is a simple example though . It becomes really powerful if your callback returns another promise . In that case , the next will only be executed once that promise resolves . This pattern can be used for serial HTTP requests , for example ( where a request depends on the result of a previous one ) : In summary : Promise chains will call the next โ then โ in the chain with the return value of the previous โ then โ callback ( or undefined if none ) If a โ then โ callback returns a promise object , the next โ then โ will only execute if / when that promise resolves A final โ catch โ at the end of the chain will provide a single error handling point for the entire chain A โ finally โ at the end of the chain will always be executed regardless of promise resolving or rejection , for cleanup purposes . Parallel promises and โ promise - ifying โ plain values One method I mentioned brielfly was $ q . all ( ) , which allows you to wait for multiple promises to resolve in parallel , with a single callback to be executed when all promises resolve . In Angular , this method has two ways to be called : with an Array or an Object . The Array variant takes an array and calls the .then ( ) callback with a single array result object , where the results of each promise correspond with their index in the input array : $ q . all ( [ promiseOne , promiseTwo , promiseThree ] ) .then ( function ( results ) { console . log ( results [ 0 ] , results [ 1 ] , results [ 2 ] ) ; } ) ; all promiseOne promiseTwo promiseThree results results 0 The second variant accepts an Object of promises , allowing you to give names to those promises in your callback method ( making them more descriptive ) : $ q . all ( { first : promiseOne , second : promiseTwo , third : promiseThree } ) .then ( function ( results ) { console . log ( results . first , results . second , results . third ) ; } ) ; all first promiseOne second promiseTwo third promiseThree first second third I would only recommend using the array notation if you can batch - process the result , i.e. if you treat the results equally . The object notation is more suitable for self - documenting code . Another utility method is $ q . when ( ) , which is useful if you just want to create a promise out of a plain variable , or if you โ re simply not sure if you โ re dealing with a promise object . $ q . when ( ' foo ' ) .then ( function ( bar ) { console . log ( bar ) ; } ) ; $ q . when ( aPromise ) .then ( function ( baz ) { console . log ( baz ) ; } ) ; $ q . when ( valueOrPromise ) .then ( function ( boz ) { / / well you get the idea . } ) 11 12 13 14 when ' foo ' bar bar when aPromise baz baz valueOrPromise boz / / well you get the idea . is also useful for things like caching in services : And then call it like this : MyService . getSomething ( ) .then ( function ( something ) { console . log ( something ) ; } ) ; MyService getSomething something something Practical applications in AngularJS Most I / O in Angular returns promises or promise - compatible ( โ then - able โ ) objects , however often with a twist . $ http โ s documentation indicates it returns a HttpPromise object , which is a Promise but with two extra ( utility ) methods , probably to not scare off jQuery users too much . It defines the methods success ( ) and error ( ) , which correspond to the first and second argument of a callback , respectively . Angular โ s $ resource service , a wrapper around $ http for REST - endpoints , is also a bit odd ; the generated methods ( get ( ) save ( ) andsoforth ) accept a second and third argument as success and error callbacks , while they also return an object that gets populated with the requested data when the request is resolved . It does not return a promise object directly ; instead , the object returned by a resource โ s get ( ) method has a property $ promise , which exposes the backing promise object . On the one side , it โ s inconsistent with $ http and how everything in Angular is or should be a promise , but on the other side it allows a developer to simply assign the result of $ resource . get ( ) to the $ scope . Previously , a developer could assign any promise to the $ scope , but since Angular 1.2 that has been deprecated : see this commit where it was deprecated Personally , I like to have a consistent API , so I wrap pretty much all I / O in a Service that will always return a object , but also because calling a $ resource is often a bit rough around the edges . Here โ s a random example : angular . module ( ' fooApp ' ) .service ( ' BarResource ' , function ( $ resource ) { return $ resource ( ' api / bar / : id ' ) ; } ) .service ( ' BarService ' , function ( BarResource ) { this . getBar = function ( id ) { return BarResource . get ( { id : id } ) . $ promise ; } } ) ; angular module ' fooApp ' service ' BarResource ' resource return resource ' api / bar / : id ' service ' BarService ' BarResource this getBar id return BarResource id This example is a bit obscure because passing the id argument to looks a bit duplicate , but it makes sense if you โ ve got a complex object but need to call a service with just an ID property from it . The advantage of the above is that in your controller , you know that anything you get from a Service will always be a object ; you do n โ t have to wonder whether it โ s a promise or resource result or a HttpPromise , which in turn makes your code more consistent and predictable โ and since Javascript is weakly typed and as far as I know there โ s no IDE out there yet that can tell you what type a method returns without developer - added annotations , that โ s pretty important . Practical chaining example One part of the codebase we are currently working on has calls that rely on the results of a previous call . Promises are ideal for that , and allow you to write in an easy to read code style as long as you keep your code clean . Consider the following example : This combines getting data asynchronously ( customers , carts , creating a checkout ) with processing data synchronously ( calculateTotals ) ; the implementation however does n โ t know or need to know whether those various services are async or not , it will just wait for the methods to complete , async or not . In this case , getCart ( ) could fetch data from local storage , createCheckout ( ) could perform a HTTP request to make sure the products are all in stock , etcetera . But from the consumer โ s point of view ( the one making the calls ) , it does n โ t matter ; it Just Works . And it clearly states what it โ s doing , just as long as you remeber that the result of the previous is passed to the next . And of course it โ s self - documenting and concise . Testing promise - based code Testing promises is easy enough . You can either go the hard way and have your test create mock objects that expose a method , which is called directly . However , to keep things simple , I just use to create promises โ it โ s a very fast library and you โ re guaranteed to not be missing any promise implementation subtleties . The following spec tries to demonstrate how to mock out the various services used above . Note that it is rather verbose and long , but , I have n โ t found a way around it yet outside of making utility methods for promise creation ( pointers to making it shorter / more concise are welcome ) . As you can see , testing promise code is about ten times as long as the code itself ; I do n โ t know if / how to have the same power in less code , but , maybe there โ s a library out there I have n โ t found ( or made ) yet . To get full test coverage , one will have to write tests wherein all three services fail to resolve , one after the other , to make sure the error is logged . While not clearly visible in the code , the code / process actually does have a lot of branches ; every promise can , after all , resolve or reject ; true or false , or branch out . But , that level of testing granularity is up to you in the end . I hope this article gives people some insight into promises and how they can be used in any Angular application . I think I โ ve only scratched the surface on the possibilities , both in this article and in the AngularJS projects I โ ve done so far ; for such a simple API and such simple concepts , the power and impact promises have on most Javascript applications is baffling . Combined with high - level functional utilities and a clean codebase , promises allow you to write your application in a clean , maintainable and easily altered With that in mind , it โ s rather odd that promises were scrapped from NodeJS early on in its development in favor of the current callback nature ; I have n โ t dived into it completely yet , but it seems it had performance issues that were n โ t compatible with Node โ s own goals . I do think it makes sense though , if you consider NodeJS to be a low - level library ; there are plenty of libraries out there that add the higher - level promises API to Node ( like the aforementioned Q ) . Another note is that I wrote this post with AngularJS in mind , however , promises and promise - like programming has been possible in the grandfather of Javascript libraries for a couple of years now , jQuery ; Deferreds were added in jQuery 1.5 ( January 2011 ) . Not all plugins may be using them consistently though . Similarly , Backbone . js โ Model api also exposes promises in its methods ( save ( ) etc ) , however what I understand it does n โ t really work right alongside its model events . I might be wrong though , it โ s been a while . I would definitely recommend aiming for a promise - based front - end application whenever developing a new webapp , it makes the code so much cleaner , especially combined with functional programming paradigms . More functional programming patterns can be found in Reginald Braithwaite โ s Javascript Allongรฉ book , free to read on LeanPub ; some of those should also be useful in writing promise - based code . Previous post PhantomJS data mining & BASH data analysis Next post David Farley about Continuous Delivery Comments Mathews March 2 , 2014 at 8 : 20 pm Excellent write up โ this was very helpful for me ! Reply Colin Huang March 5 , 2014 at 9 : 21 pm A well written piece on Promises in AngularJS and up to date with the Promise API in the current version ( 1 . 2 . x ) Reply leJuan5150 April 27 , 2014 at 12 : 06 am Fantastic โฆ Been trying to wrap my head around promises , especially promise chaining . Your article helped a ton ! Jim Beasley June 13 , 2014 at 1 : 50 am Excellent and well written ! It helped me to get a better handle on promises . Robin June 26 , 2014 at 9 : 16 pm Compiled in a very nice way . Excellent ! ! Ranjan July 22 , 2014 at 3 : 08 pm This is great stuff . .very helpful . .thanks a lot . Alex Salisbury July 28 , 2014 at 10 : 13 pm Thanks for taking the time to write this up . When issuing multiple async HTTP requests that require a specific order of execution , I was hoping to use $ q . all ( ) , but found it difficult to figure out how to pass the first function โ s result as an argument into the second function . So I ended up following the pattern in your โ Practical Chaining Example . โ guest August 5 , 2014 at 11 : 09 pm This article is very helpful . Can you explain how to write unit test for $ interval . cancel and in general for $ interval ? Guest August 19 , 2014 at 10 : 23 pm Very nice writeup ! Helped me to understand promises from scracth Akshay August 20 , 2014 at 7 : 53 am Awesome write up . Been looking for this all along . Helped me a ton โฆ ! ! ! Anant September 2 , 2014 at 6 : 31 am Excellent article that explains the overall concept of promises AE September 25 , 2014 at 5 : 55 pm Nice read . Thanks . Heinrich Goebl September 28 , 2014 at 6 : 50 pm Very good article โ thank you very much ! In Node . js I usually use the async library and I never missed something like promises . In AngularJS it โ s very handy , though . Ankit October 7 , 2014 at 8 : 40 am very helpful artical , thanks a lot Chriss Degrece October 8 , 2014 at 9 : 16 am Thanks a LOT , this is by far the BEST article on promises AND $ q I have read the last few days I am trying to learn about promises and $ q . John_KIdd October 13 , 2014 at 3 : 24 pm Very nice and concise blog . Covers everything I needed to know regarding angular โ s implementation of promises . Thanks John BR October 15 , 2014 at 10 : 02 am Thank you , very helpful article ! In unit tests , the aforementioned utility methods ( $ q . when ( ) and $ q . reject ( ) ) can save some lines . E.g : var cartServiceDeferred = $ q . defer ( ) ; CartService . getCart . andReturn ( cartServiceDeferred . promise ) ; / / โฆ var cart = { products : [ { price : 1 } , { price : 2 } ] } ; cartServiceDeferred . resolve ( cart ) ; / / / / / / with $ q . when ( ) : var cart = { products : [ { price : 1 } , { price : 2 } ] } ; / / โฆ . . CartService . getCart . andReturn ( $ q . when ( cart ) ) ; Johnny November 20 , 2014 at 3 : 45 pm Nice article thanks ! ! , My only comment is that sadly there is no way to block ( for those rare and important cases you do actually need to . . ) . I.e. from your article : โ $ q . all ( ) , which allows you to wait for multiple promises to resolve โ it does n โ t actually wait , the execution line returns immediately : ( . Freek Wielstra November 20 , 2014 at 3 : 50 pm That โ s true , I may have used the wrong phrasing ; what I meant is that using $ q . all , the .then ( ) callback will only be executed once all promises in $ q . all have resolved . Leon December 8 , 2014 at 5 : 57 am Great article . After i read thru the source code of angular $ resource , i am a little curious how the whole promise works . Your article gives me a lot of information on this . Thanks . Dara Zheng December 26 , 2014 at 4 : 00 am Very good article ! Dara Zheng December 26 , 2014 at 4 : 00 am What a good article ! tangtangKing January 21 , 2015 at 1 : 15 pm Thanks a lot . It really help me understand how to use promise . Maarten February 16 , 2015 at 4 : 49 pm In a controller I call a method on a service , which returns a $ http promise . In my .then section I throw a new Error ( ) if some unexpected result is returned from the server . This seems to be caught fine by the .catch ( ) section . Do you know how I might test this ? Now my unit tests catch the error and halt there February 16 , 2015 at 5 : 05 pm Well , first off I would n โ t throw an error inside a .then โ exception handling and promise failure are two different paradigms . I โ d return a rejecting promise in the .then handler . That should be much easier to test , too . As for testing exceptions , Jasmine offers some methods for expecting exceptions , if I recall correctly , but I โ m not up to date about that at the moment . sara May 18 , 2015 at 6 : 39 pm I really thank you for this post ! u saved my life Jim Kath June 17 , 2015 at 9 : 31 pm Thank you ! ! ! Especially for the part regarding $ resource . promise . jcj August 14 , 2015 at 7 : 42 pm Excellent blog . Clear , concise examples . I GET IT ! ! ! mn August 27 , 2015 at 11 : 14 pm Re : Caching example I have seen this example or similar in several places and it seems to be there is a slight flaw in this approach . If there is a 2nd request to getSomething before the first get resolves , you will launch a new get request . ( which is usually harmless , but usually ! = always ) . An approached I have used is to cache the promise and return the promise ( or check if the promise state is < 2 so if the first request failed you will try again ) I ' d appreciate your thoughts on my approach , TY angular . module ( ' myApp ' ) .service ( ' MyService ' , function ( $ q , MyResource ) { var cachedSomethingPromise ; this . getSomething = function ( ) { if ( cachedSomethingPromise && cachedSomethingPromise . $ $ state < 2 ) { return cachedSomethingPromise ; cachedSomethingPromise = MyResource . get ( ) . $ promise ; } ; } ) ; ( the above code is not exactly like mine , not tested , but I hope you get the idea ) . mn August 27 , 2015 at 11 : 17 pm slight correction : add one last line to code : return cachedSomethingPromise ; Ash February 10 , 2016 at 5 : 19 am Hi , If the deferred . reject is called in the first promise in a chain off three , will the catch at the end be called right at that point ? What if there was an exception thrown instead in the first promise ? Ash Sully May 8 , 2016 at 12 : 26 am This is on of the most beautiful things I have ever seen . Thank you for taking the time to do this . Very helpful ! Ben Nadel July 22 , 2016 at 12 : 07 pm Very cool โ I did n โ t realize that $ q . all ( ) could accept a object - hash . That โ s a neat little feature for clarity . Sankar September 17 , 2016 at 8 : 26 pm Nice Article and good knowledge on angular 1 . x promises Chaco van der Sijp September 29 , 2016 at 12 : 18 pm Promises is a difficult topic to get one โ s head around . Your write up has helped me to understand it better . | [
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http://blog.zrtlab.com/what-is-estrogen-dominance | What is Estrogen Dominance ? ZRT Laboratory March 17 , 2015 Estrogen dominance refers to an excess of estrogen when progesterone levels are inadequate . This condition can occur in women during the reproductive years , but tends to be particularly symptomatic for women during perimenopause and in menopause . Estrogen dominance is worsened by women not ovulating , women being exposed to synthetic estrogens and / or women not metabolizing estrogens correctly . Estrogen dominance is a term coined by John Lee , M.D. in the book What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause The Problem Scientific studies link high estrogen or estrogen imbalance with a wide range of symptoms and conditions , from hot flashes , night sweats , low libido , and foggy thinking to more serious conditions related to reproductive health ( endometriosis and PCOS ) as well as breast disease including cancer . Hormone imbalances triggered by medications like synthetic hormone combinations have also been found to contribute to estrogen dominance problems . Symptoms of estrogen dominance include : Fibrocystic and tender breasts Heavy menstrual bleeding Irregular menstrual cycles Mood swings Vasomotor symptoms Weight gain Uterine fibroids Causes Premenopause : Lack of ovulation and / or reduction of ovarian production of progesterone . Perimenopause ( 40s - mid - 50s ) : Lack of ovulation or erratic cycles , when estrogen levels fluctuate rapidly from high to low in the absence of adequate progesterone . Postmenopause : An imbalance of estrogen to progesterone ratio in waning reproductive years when ovarian production of estrogen can decline by as much as 60 % and levels of progesterone can drop to nearly zero with the cessation of ovulation . Balancing Estrogen Women of all ages benefit from balanced hormones . With menstrual irregularities , PMS , endometriosis and infertility , testing can be helpful in understanding the underlying condition . Healthcare providers working with perimenopausal and menopausal women find hormone testing to be a key step in detecting and correcting imbalances . Testing hormone levels is also invaluable for monitoring women using hormone replacement therapy . Why Test Hormones Because hormones work together to create a balanced internal milieu , it makes sense to test all of the following to help determine estrogen dominance : Estradiol ( E2 ) the most potent of the estrogens Progesterone ( Pg ) Testosterone DHEAS Cortisol ( stress hormones , for adrenal function ) Thyroid Profile ( TSH , T3 , T4 , TPO Antibodies for Hashimoto โ s Thyroiditis ) Benefits At ZRT Laboratory , we compare symptoms with or without hormone usage and relate these back to tested hormone levels providing more information than is available with standard lab results . In this way , comprehensive hormone testing can assist detection of previously undiagnosed disorders , and serve as a rational basis for physician treatment to relieve symptoms and restore hormone balance . Categories : Hormone Balance | Estrogen | Estrogen Dominance Sorry , the browser you are using is not currently supported . Disqus actively supports the following browsers : Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 + Safari | [
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http://blogchef.net/mongolian-chicken-recipe/ | Mongolian Chicken Recipe March 21 , 2010 / / by Bobby / / 31 Comments It does n โ t get much better than this . Mongolian chicken is nearly the perfect Asian recipe . Many of you are probably familiar with this dish because of Mongolian Beef . If you would prefer to use beef in this recipe as well , that โ s totally fine . I would consider this dish to be sweet , salty and spicy . I would n โ t call this recipe totally authentic as it tastes much different from a lot of Mongolian / chicken beef dishes I have had . However , I might even go as far as to say its better ! This recipe is all about the sauce . The sauce uses a combination of hoisin sauce , soy sauce , and oyster sauce for a Ingredients : 1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts ( sliced into thin strips ) ยฝ cup cornstarch ( or more , for coating ) 2 tablespoons garlic ( minced ) 1 white onion ( sliced ) 2 green onions ( sliced ) 1 teaspoon salt ยผ teaspoon black pepper Oil ( for frying ) Sauce - ยผ cup chicken broth 1 ยฝ tablespoons cornstarch 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 tablespoon dry sherry 2 teaspoons sugar 2 teaspoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes ( or less , to your taste ) Cooking Instructions : Step 1 : In a medium bowl whisk together chicken broth , hoisin sauce , oyster sauce , sherry , sugar , soy sauce and crushed red pepper flakes . Set aside . Step 2 : Toss chicken with cornstarch in a bag until all of the strips are thoroughly coated . Heat a deep fryer to 375 degrees . Fry chicken strips in batches until golden brown and fully cooked . Drain on paper towels . Place into the oven to keep warm . Step 3 : Add a tablespoon or two of oil to a wok over medium - high heat . Add garlic , onion and green onions . Season vegetables with salt and pepper . Stir fry until vegetables have reached your desired tenderness . Remove from pan and set aside . Step 4 : Pour the sauce mixture into the wok and cook until the sauce becomes thickened and bubbly . Add chicken strips into a large serving bowl , pour sauce over chicken , add onions and mix well . Serve with white rice . ( Makes 4 Servings ) Category : Chicken Chinese Recipes Main Course Recipes | [
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http://blogs-it.cgaux.org/vqa.php/2012/06/09/does-a-life-jacket-expire | Does a Life Jacket Expire ? Question : Does a life jacket expire ? Answer : There is no expiration date but you should learn to inspect your PFDs ( Personal Flotation Devices ) as seen below I will show you some of the things we look for when checking them . If you have torn , worn and rotted PFDs you may say they have " expired " . Verify that all PFDs for recreational boats have a fully legible instruction label and the Coast Guard approval number is listed . If not , the device does not meet carriage or VSC decal requirements . Regardless of the number required , examine ALL PFDs on board . PFDs must be free of rips or tears and the flotation material must be free of any indication of deterioration . In PFDs that use kapok , the kapok is enclosed in plastic sacks . Give each compartment the " squeeze " test . Air leaks in the sacks , evidence of moisture , exposure or hardening disqualifies the PFD . Straps and belts on PFDs must be unaltered , free of dry rot , and in perfect working condition . Metal rings or adjusting buckles must be 09 Jun 12 Categories : Safety ยซ Requirements for USCG Safety Gear Do I need a oar or paddle ? ยป | [
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http://blogs.atlassian.com/2012/05/jira-as-a-service-desk-application/ | ( Guest Blog ) Jira as a Service Desk Application Published May 25 , 2012 in Archives Dave Meyer This is a guest blog post from Franรงois Dussurget of Valiantys , a Sponsor at Atlassian Summit 2012 At Valiantys we are always thrilled to setup Jira for the purpose of deploying a service desk . It โ s always astonishing to see to what extent Jira is customizable โ so many other use cases than bug tracking come along . We have met lots of company facing the following choice between : Off - the - shelf products , which are often very expensive as they display advanced features , whereas they are only used at 30 % of their actual capacity ( ! ) and require important deployment efforts , or โฆ Well - known tools , which are already implemented within the company ( i.e. regarding process development ) , appreciated by users , easy to customize , affordable and enabling you to align deployment efforts with regard to the required features . One main difference existing between software development and service desk processes lies within the volume ( number of issues , number of concurrent users ) . In service desk processes , such volume can easily exceed a few hundred thousand issues , thus careful attention to performance tuning is necessary . Atlassian โ s improvements in Jira 5 . 0 . x releases have been a great step forward , and we โ re looking forward to what โ s coming in Jira 5.1 and beyond . Service desks are a far - reaching concept , so a distinction should be made between two different kinds of use cases : Service Desk for customer support vs . IT Service Desk . In the first case , integration with a CRM is often strategic and the Salesforce Connector for Jira from Customware can be really useful . On the other side , ITIL compliancy and CMDB access ( Configuration Management DataBase ) are two major constraints . Knowledge Base management beyond the ticketing system rapidly becomes a cornerstone of the project and integration with Confluence enables you to build an efficient platform and deploy solid use cases , like FAQ and resolution data sheets โ all of it integrated with a ticket management system . A few years ago , we led our first project in such context . Its architecture enables to extend its features โ and so we did , developing plugins ( available on the Atlassian Plugin Exchange ) in order to cover key requirements and to roll out a service desk : VertygoSLA : optimizing SLA management and helping agents prioritize their activities nFeed : which provides access to external data such as CMDB and LDAP ( for detailed data of the user , phone number , office location , etc . ) PowerReport : to measure the KPIs and to improve the support process Jira has a great future as a service desk application โ continued development should focus on providing an intuitive and simplified interface to end - users . Come to Atlassian Summit 2012 to visit Valiantys and 34 other sponsors . It โ s going to be our largest user conference yet ! | [
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http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/why-labeling-of-gmos-is-actually-bad-for-people-and-the-environment/comment-page-2/ | Environment Why labeling of GMOs is actually bad for people and the environment David Zilberman , professor , agriculture and resource economics | June 6 , 2012 303 comments | Leave a comment On November 6th , California voters will be asked to vote on a proposition about labeling of genetically modified ( GM ) products . On the surface this seems quite reasonable : people should have information about what they consume . In my view , labeling requirements are appropriate when there is undisputed scientific evidence that a food component is damaging , which , for example , is the reason for warning labels on cigarettes . But with GMOs this is not the case . For example , a recent NRC report states that GMOs are as safe if not Many of the fruits and vegetables we eat are already modified as they have been generated through techniques such as selective breeding and hybridization of crops among others . The discovery of DNA and advances in modern molecular biology allow us to develop more refined and precise crop breeding techniques where we slightly modify existing varieties by adding a specific trait . Obviously , genetic engineering is in its infancy , and has already led to major developments in medicine . Even though it has been underutilized in agriculture , existing GMOs have had significant impact . The most popular The importance of GMOs has to be viewed within a global context . Population and income growth have led to increased demand for food and especially meat . Meat production is feed intensive . This and the introduction of biofuel has resulted in increased prices of agricultural commodities . When food becomes scarce ( and expensive ) , it is the global poor that suffers most . Our calculations suggest that the magnitude of the impact of GMOs on reducing food commodity prices was the same or even bigger than biofuels had on increases of these prices ( 15 - Adoption of GMOs is not only good for food commodity prices and the well being of the poor , it is also good for the environment . Adoption of herbicide tolerant varieties enabled transition to minimal tillage techniques , which reduced the GHG effect of agriculture equivalent to hundreds of thousands of cars annually . GMOs make it possible to produce food on less land , reducing the incentive of converting wild land into agricultural land . There is evidence that by replacing toxic chemicals in India and China , adoption of GMOs directly saved many lives . Reduction of But what about Monsanto ? This company has a monopoly on crucial patents and has made a lot of money from GMOs . This is undisputed . However , studies show that the economic gain from GMOs was divided between consumers , farmers , and seed manufacturers without anyone gaining the lion โ s share . Apple also makes a lot of money and no one complains . Of course there is room for increasing access to intellectual property , especially products that are of value to the poor , but labeling GMOs is not the optimal way to achieve Now , what about emergence of resistance to GMOs ? This is an unavoidable consequence because of evolution . This means that we need to have continuous research in the life sciences to find solutions for potential problems . I believe sustainability is different than Nirvana ; we can not find final solutions that do not give rise to new problems . GMO is a technology that allows us to better adapt to new diseases and climate change . Genetic tools will improve our adaptive capacities to climate change . The public is divided among individuals who believe that GMOs are bad , others who think they are valuable , and many who are basically indifferent . The last group may not see the damage of requiring labeling of GMOs since they do not see the big loss . However , labels make a difference . A labeling requirement creates a stigma effect that will reduce the demand for GM products and may reduce investment in new GM traits . The net effect will be to slow the development of agricultural biotechnology , and this in turn may negatively affect Comments to โ Why labeling of GMOs is actually bad for people and the environment ยซ Older Comments Newer Comments ยป Sean Baker says : June 12 , 2012 at 6 : 38 pm Someone above actually compared labeling GMO โ s to โ labeling โ of Jews by the Nazi โ s with a Star of David . . With that kind of proponent โฆ wow . .loss for words . .I โ ll just stop . Except to say . . Just Label It . It will happen , they โ ll lose market share , they โ ll be phased out . .we โ ll move on . . Reply Nancy says : June 12 , 2012 at 5 : 55 pm Anything in its infancy needs to be thoroughly tested to assure the safety of it to the general population โ and GMO โ s have not gone through the necessary testing for that safety assurance . Any food that needs to have tons of herbicides and pesticides sprayed all over it in order to grow is not healthy for anyone , including the environment , and we need to rethink the quality of our food . Whenever someone takes to bullying others into doing things their way , you can be assured that their way is not for the good of all the people โ and Monsanto and others have become very mean at bullying farmers and government officials alike , against the will of the people . We who would like to stay healthy with the food we eat need to have labeling of the foods for those ingredients that we do not wish to put into our bodies โ it is our right to have this , and their responsibility to do it โ unless , of course , there are reasons they do not want us to know the whole truth . If it โ s so good for us , why do they need to hide and lie about parts of their product ? ! Reply tradrmum September 18 , 2012 at 5 : 22 pm You mean like the way ALL our food was extensively tested for safety & NEVER sprayed with a thing for the hundred odd years of non - laboratory genetic modification programs that we had before we developed the technology to actually better control the outcomes of our breeding programs ? It astounds me that people think a change in technology from intermingling ENTIRE dna sequences in order to target one specific genetic trait ( like I dunno , pest resistance โ which actually appeared in plants bred through conventional crossing BEFORE we could transfer it at will ! Sheesh ! ) is safer than changing one ( or a small portion of ) gene โ s at a time . I prescribe elementary evolution & the history of agriculture for all of you . Bernie June 12 , 2012 at 3 : 54 pm I โ ve decided to address some of the wrongheaded information in these comments . Warning , these links may go to actual science . โ What are GMO foods trying to hide by not being labelled ? โ Why is the organic industry lobbying against random field testing on their crops to insure they are following proper procedures ? What do * they * have to hide ? โ On the medical front they are finding the bt pesticides in human blood tests โ False claims that GM protein Bt is present in mothers โ blood and foetus tissues are based on incompetent chemical analysis . http : / / gmopundit . blogspot . com / 2012 / 05 / false - claims - that - gm - protein - bt - is . html โ Do you REALLY think that using natural methods of producing new cultivars is equivalent to adding genetic material from ANIMALS into plants ? This is IMPOSSIBLE in the natural world . โ The reason they can splice animal genes into plants is because the process they are trying to help is similar in both plants and animals . โ โฆ the most interesting thing is that plants and animals have a lot of similarity in this pathway of programmed cell death . If they did n โ t then these animal genes would not function in plants like they do . So I think that โ s the most significant thing . โ http : / / www . sciencentral . com / articles / view . php3 ? type = article&article_id = 218392477 โ By making plants herbicide ( Roundup Ready ) resistant we now have a situation where even more toxic chemicals are being used than were previously . โ The idea behind it is so farmers have to LESS chemicals , not more . โ The pollen from Bt corn kills caterpillars indiscriminately and it is carried for miles by the wind . โ First , corn pollen is heavy and only carries a few hundred feet at most . My source ? The fact sheet for Ohio University โ s Horticulture and Crop Sciences . It says โ at a distance of 200 feet from a source of pollen , the concentration of pollen averaged only 1 % compared with the pollen samples collected about 3 feet from the pollen source The number of outcrosses is reduced in half at a distance of 12 feet from a pollen source , and at a distance of 40 to 50 feet , the number of Second , โ This 2 - year study suggests that the impact of Bt corn pollen from current commercial hybrids on monarch butterfly populations is negligible . โ http : / / www . pnas . org / content / 98 / 21 / 11937 . full David June 12 , 2012 at 3 : 35 pm Hey perhaps GMO crop are harmless to the consumer . Unfortunately there are so many other negative effects associated with the insistent uptake of this technology . The wider implications are ignored and refuted constantly . The companies behind the push can not be trusted . This is a simple matter of history . What they have done before indicates that the common social good is not on their agenda . Also like an iceburg only a very small percentage of their agenda is visible . The deception is endemic within such operations . It โ s all quite sad . Gorrila Back with gravy June 12 , 2012 at 3 : 09 pm Who you are trying to kid ? The food system is corrupt in America . Only those who care about profits instead of people โ s health will support your article . GMO โ s only deliver extra poisons and health issues . The wartime chemical companies are the ones who have been literally feeding us lies and deception because there is no label to identify GMOs . An illusion is the only thing that can be offered . Mark June 12 , 2012 at 2 : 36 pm If there are no health risks to eating GMO food , then Monsanto has nothing to worry about , do they ? They know as well as we do that eating GMO food is not at all health and in most cases very dangerous . Europe labels all their GMO infested products and they seem to be doing fine . In fact they are much healthier than Americans on average . God bless California for getting this on the ballot . God be with you in getting it passed . Emily Dale June 21 , 2012 at 9 : 05 am I understand from a news article a couple of months ago that in Monsanto โ s own lunchrooms , genetically - modified foods are not served . If this is correct , why the duplicity ? Angel June 12 , 2012 at 12 : 30 pm Anything that has Genetically Modified in the title should be labeled โฆ period . The human body needs only the naturally growing food used to fuel that body . The food that all bodies need , and I mean ALL bodies ( human , animal , plant , mineral ) is created for us all , perfectly designed for the bodies we inhabit and makes those bodies perform perfectly in this reality , by our very own Mother Earth . She knows what we need and humans can not , in their infantile state , know what is healthy for pyst June 12 , 2012 at 11 : 39 am Articles like this one are a first step in the disinformation that monsanto will put out against the california labeling proposition . The intention is to gather up a spectrum of comments which are adversarial and then ramp up a propaganda campaign prior to the election targeting our concerns . I live in oxnard , calif and monsanto has bought out seminis and taken over their building . I do n โ t know if gmo crops are being planted here . As with all vampires who suck the blood of the living , they fear the light . whiteyward June 12 , 2012 at 8 : 35 am When vitamins were invented the corporations told us the soil was depleted , vegetables no longer have all the necessary vitamins and minerals . Today the GMO monster is telling us the weeds need us to improve the crops . The scams continue and the people never see a thing ! MadCow June 12 , 2012 at 7 : 59 am Labeling GMOs would be bad for GMOs , since I would n โ t buy them , and others I know would n โ t either , so I understand why that may be a problem for GMOs in food being labeled , just for that reason . It โ s not my problem though . I buy local organically grown food whenever possible , and that is my response to GMOs in the first place . I do n โ t want chemicals in my food either . Tony Osborne June 11 , 2012 at 11 : 25 pm Mr Zilberman , I have commented before , so I apologise for a repeated submission . You โ ve seen so far 97 comments . If that represents a fair balance of opinion , why can you not get the message ? GM is not wanted . GM is not needed . GM is an abomination โ unless there is financial or political gain . If you go on to suggest that we are all so ignorant of this โ wonderful science โ that that the only way forward is to force it on us , or just let it creep upon us , you might , presumably , have some sympathy with the Jewish Prophet , around 2000 years ago , about whom it was written : And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief . So , by your reasoning , the Crusades might be deemed appropriate . Think about it ! mike June 11 , 2012 at 5 : 07 pm This is almost the first time I have seen anyone talk logically with sense about this issue . There is a crazy witch hunt on Gm crops and there is no one arguing back . There are studies clearly showing that suicides have not increased in India due to GM crops . The contrary is a false story and fiction made up and perpetuated on the internet . It is scary that probably a majority of the Berkeley students think that a lot of these stories are true . Hint hint that is why you have learned professors to teach you . Everyone knows that teenagers think they know it all by 15 years of age and it looks like these false stories help keep the myths going . Its almost religious belief system that Gm crops and Monsanto are evil and they hurt farmers but why do their products keep selling again and again ? because these things work . Its a market economy with over 100 Emily Dale June 21 , 2012 at 9 : 12 am Why do GM products keep selling over and over ? 1 ) seeds are sterile and must be repurchased annually , and 2 ) because more and more Roundup has to be used as weeds develop immunity to it . I believe yours is the almost - religious belief system , and I really pity you in 10 or so years when your health succumbs to the contamination of consuming genetically - modified products . milo July 4 , 2012 at 8 : 35 pm Why does Monsanto et all profit ? Their products are SUBSIDIZED by taxpayer dollars . If anyone was paying the real cost of GMO products , they would n โ t sell as well , regardless of safety or politics . As of 2004 , a bushel of Bt corn cost about $ 3.30 to produce but because of tax - funded agricultural subsidies , the market cost of Bt corn was only about $ 1.60 . If Bt corn was n โ t artificially cheap on the taxpayer โ s dime , we would be using non - GMO corn varieties that have developed natural resistances to pests and disease . Cal MCB ' 02 June 11 , 2012 at 1 : 38 pm The commentary here demonstrates abject ignorance on the matter of genetic modification . My god , so many of you are dumb . Hate corporate food all you want , but the practice of genetic modification is not inherently dangerous . Selectively bred heirloom produce is genetically modified . It โ s just a slower , less controlled practice than the modifications you fear so much . GMOFREEUSA June 14 , 2012 at 8 : 15 am You speak from ignorance . Genetically modified foods have been transgenically modified . This means that the gene from one unrelated species is forced into the DNA of another . There is NO POSSIBLE WAY for this to occur in nature . This has absolutely nothing to do with , and is unrelated to selective breeding where plants with positive traits are selected and grown naturally . When you transgenically modify an organism , there are unrelated and unexpected consequences due to damage to DNA that occurs during this process . A study on GMO soy where hamsters were fed strictly a gmo soy diet found the hamsters sterile by the third generation and the hamsters grew hair in their mouths in the pouches around their teeth . This is about FREEDOM of CHOICE , a basic right in a DEMOCRATIC NATION . Hello ? Last I checked , we are still a democracy and we have the right to know what โ s in our food , and the freedom to choose to eat GMOs OR NOT . Please , by all means , find a local farmer growing GMO sweet corn and EAT UP ! That โ s your choice . The rest of us โฆ we have the right to choose conventional foods . I choose not eat corn which is regulated by the EPA Jonik June 11 , 2012 at 12 : 22 pm The GMO industries have gazillions of dollars to spend on educating the public about the glories of GMO โฆ but , clearly , they know that all the high - priced PR on earth can not convince the public to trust those industries . Also โฆ .GMO labels are not just important in regards to the healtfulness or nutrition of the food โฆ it โ s also about the public having a choice to patronize or not patronize a business based on any number of other reasons โฆ like about farming problems , the patented seed and terminator seed horrors , etc โฆ and even the politics of the business . Remember that the Coors Beer mass boycott was n โ t about the quality of the beer but about Coors being a big Right Wing , Reagan , Oliver North , etc . , supporter . Faith June 11 , 2012 at 8 : 35 am If GMOs are good , why resist putting it on the label ? Why be ashamed of something that โ s good ? Why did the corporate giants think they had to sneak GMOs into our food ? Why do n โ t you stand up to the corporate giants and tell us the truth , Professor ? Joey June 12 , 2012 at 9 : 44 am Why do you think GMOs need to brag when they โ re exactly the same as any other sort of food ? June 21 , 2012 at 9 : 14 am Joey , if you truly believe your statement , I have a bridge in Brooklyn I โ d like to sell to you . Nanci Batson June 10 , 2012 at 9 : 35 pm it โ s hard to believe that a man of your intelligence would write such rubbish much less believe it . Please educate yourself on how these GMO crops are damaging our food supply by contaminating organic crops through cross pollination . it โ s already almost impossible to grow organic corn or alfalfa because of cross pollination with GMO crops and that makes it difficult to raise organic livestock . And there is no mention in your writing about the super weeds that are infesting the farmland in the US where these GMO crops are planted . Shame on David Barouh June 10 , 2012 at 4 : 41 pm Mr . Zilberman uses phrases like โ studies show โ to talk about how safe and beneficial GMO โ s are โ a sure sign of someone who is talking through their hat . Which studies are those , Mr . Zilberman ? And WHOSE studies are those ? Are they the industry โ s studies ? Or do n โ t you think that should matter ? You talk about an NRC report concluding GMO โ s are โ as safe if not more safe than conventional food which is also consistent with most of the published research . pam ronald June 10 , 2012 at 2 : 46 pm This is a very balanced and knowledge - based post . Thank you for bringing some science to this hot topic . One small point . You indicate โ Now , what about emergence of resistance to GMOs ? โ Actually , the resistance is to the herbicide that is sprayed on the GMO . The more people plant HT crops , the more likely they are to spray the herbicide glyphosate ( Classified as โ non - toxic โ by the EPA ) . Too much of any herbicide increases the selection for resistance weeds . This can be a problem because if farmers start to observe too many weeds in their field that are resistant to glyphosate , they may return to more toxic chemicals such as atrazine . Still , the solution is not to ban all GMOs ( many of which do not even contain the HT trait ) . The more sensible approach is to integrate GE crops into an integrated weed management system . Or if consumers really hate herbicides then they can buy organic produce . The organic approach to weed control also has problems . It is backbreaking work for poorly paid farmworkers and the organic farmer must pass his / her tractor through the field much more often to keep the weeds down . This disturbs the soil and contributes to carbon milo July 4 , 2012 at 8 : 39 pm Your ideas about weed control are outstanding . I would still prefer to eat organic produce and find solutions to the issues there that you mention , but I thought you should be congratulated for having such a rational idea . Myles June 10 , 2012 at 2 : 36 pm Great article , spot on . Its shocking how misinformed so many of the comments in this thread are . To those of you commenting โ please actually read articles and reviews on these technologies instead of just repeating the propaganda you seem to be . This is as bad as climate science deniers โฆ its shocking to see so many people willing to disregard science entirely . In terms of the โ right to know โ about GMOs โ I agree you have a point , information is good . But labelling ( as it is being proposed ) is simply misleading . A clear example of why labelling of things can be bad , take the use of the star of david being used to label Jewish people in Nazi Germany . Clearly , not all labelling is good labelling โ and unless we develop a labelling system which informs and does n โ t spread misinformation , its not something which will be good for Graham June 10 , 2012 at 2 : 11 am GE - free food is already labelled - it โ s called โ organic โ . Most anti - GE folk do n โ t seem to know anything about it , or indeed about agriculture - the commentators here seem unaware that many of our current vegetable varieties are โ bred โ through a process called mutagenesis , which uses radiation to produce random mutations - this process is accepted under organic standards , but is arguably more risky than GE ; it is also not true of course that GE is โ inadequately tested โ - in fact Good article by Pamela Ronald here is worth reading : http : / / blogs . scientificamerican . com / guest - blog / 2011 / 08 / 11 / genetically - engineered - crops / Nelly June 9 , 2012 at 10 : 00 pm Like other people have said , it is our rigjt to know what we are consuming . I do n โ t understand why people like you are saying a genetically modified irganism has no negative effect on our health . It makes common sense that a genetically altered whatever is not natural . It is not the way mother nature intended it to be , therefore nothing good would come out of this . Now people out there that do not mind eating gmos would also have the right to purchase these , we want the same right to non insane economist June 9 , 2012 at 8 : 25 pm the argument rests solely on that people will adversely change their buying habits if food is labeled as a GMO , but your reasoning entails that there is no bad or harmful affect of consuming or growing GMO โ s . if this is really true , then there should be no real change in consumption habits if labeled accordingly . simply put , the market will absorb the information and work itself out . since you do n โ t agree with this argument , then there is something we โ re missing . why do people / the reality sets in and you find out that GMO โ s are a lazy man โ s game of growing crops . many other countries have adopted other , more efficient ways of farming , using land , and other natural resources in a self sustaining way ( usually organic too ! ) . many countries can actually produce more / cheaper crops than a generic U.S. farmer , but after subsidies and tariffs , find their prices too high compared to the U.S. and can not sale easily to the open market . this creates a rather large monopoly your argument is designed to protect the producers of GMO โ s ( monsanto ) . so back to the point . if it โ s really not that bad of an idea and thing to do , then just let it happen . what are you really afraid of ? be proud of your / monsanto โ s work and label it . consumers will either not care ( which would be your โ logical โ conclusion ) , or they would see the adverse affects of the labeling / GMO and move a better alternative . either way , people are n โ t going to stop growing food nor stop buying it . i hope this makes sense to the sane people out there who demand to know more about their food and its origins . people have a voice and that can reshape the markets , but wo n โ t destroy them . let your voice be heard . WnD November 5 , 2012 at 9 : 29 pm Your argument is lost when you setup your premise suggesting people are rational , informed consumers . Just because there โ s nothing harmful does n โ t mean people do n โ t perceive something as being harmful . Kurt Lloyd June 9 , 2012 at 5 : 26 am All credibility was lost when I saw this โฆ โ a recent NRC report states that GMOs are as safe if not more safe than conventional food which is also consistent with most of the published research โ . So people invented human bodies and understand them well enough to make such ridiculous assertions ? GMOs are totally unnecessary , and should be not just labeled , but BANNED . Ahmad Mahdavi June 8 , 2012 at 10 : 47 pm No not everything is clear with GMOs yet and for GM food we need more and more things to be cleard . If we look on the problem as an ecotox . problem there are more things to be cleard and we need lot more research to be done . If we consider the situation of no regulations or weak regulatin in developing countries with no enforcements there are more and more problem with GMOs in developing countries . Even with non food GM crops there are controversial issues like cross polination with wild . etc Karina Schoengold June 8 , 2012 at 4 : 57 pm Okay , here โ s a point that โ s not just a โ right on โ or โ well - said โ . As a consumer I do have some skepticism about GMO products and if it was costless to provide labels , I would support labeling . However , the cost involved with tracing the source of all of the seed used in production is high . There are significant costs to organic producers to keep records and file for certification , and that is based on production practices , not inputs , while production practices are easier to observe . The reality is that anyone who is strongly opposed to buying GMO products can already do so . USDA certified organic products do n โ t allow the use of GM . So anyone who feels that they do n โ t want to eat GMO already has the ability to do so โ buy organic produce , bread , grains , meat , etc . Anything that โ s a product of corn or soy that is n โ t labeled or is n โ t bought directly from the source should be assumed to be a GMO product Tracy June 8 , 2012 at 1 : 38 pm How do you even start to argue with someone that sounds completely insane ! Gmo โ s are good for the environment ? ! What planet are you living on ? Have you even been to a factory farm and seen the toxic waste from animals seeping into the ground and polluting the water . Animal waste from these farms ca n โ t even be used as compost because it โ s so toxic . The only reason the farmers of these crops even make money off this stuff is because we , the tax payers , are paying Ming June 9 , 2012 at 8 : 03 pm Citations for claims , please ? J.A. Weber June 8 , 2012 at 1 : 18 pm Mr . Zilberman , are you somehow unaware that GMO crops bring with them a built - in dependence on toxic chemicals ? Are you unaware that the Bt - toxin is itself unsafe for humans ? Did you not hear about the thousands of Indian workers who developed severe rashes from working with Bt - cotton ? Are you in the dark about the fact that in one incident all livestock that ate Bt - cotton died ? Why have hundreds of thousands of farmers in India committed suicide when their Bt - cotton crops failed ? Why do You say โ sustainability is different than Nirvana . โ What ? There is nothing sustainable about GMOs , sir . They produce synthetic toxins ( Bt ) and they require the use of millions of extra tons of pesticide each year . Are you aware that the Bt toxin produced by GE plants is a VARIATION of the Bt toxin produced naturally by the soil bacterium from which it was derived ? And that produced by Bt plants is thousands of times stronger than that produced by the soil bacterium ? It โ s not even the same compound And why , sir , have so many other ( smarter ) nations than ours either banned or mandated labeling for GMOs ? Do you think it โ s because they want the world to be deprived of the amazing benefits of genetically modified food ? Do you think they do n โ t know all the juicy facts you write in this article ( I โ m being facetious here ) ? I doubt it . And climate change ? I am not even going there . Shame on UC Berkeley ( my Alma Mater ) . Shame on you too , Mr . Z . Leo Morgan November 8 , 2012 at 5 : 41 am Mr Weber โ s claim โ . .in one incident all livestock that ate Bt - cotton died โ is my personal favourite example of the way extremists among the environmentalists compound ignorance into bad policy . I learnt about it when I went to research one American environmental organisation โ s claim โ that America should ban GMO โ s like New Zealand . โ New Zealand has n โ t banned them . The organisation โ s New Zealand branch claimed New Zealand ought to ban it because of โ . . one incident in which all livestock that ate Bt - cotton died โ . So I tracked that claim down to it โ s source . One illiterate Indian pig - farmer โ s herd contracted an endemic swine disease . The farmer Extremists among the environmentalists want to compound this incident into a policy of the whole world repeating this sad mistake . Likewise he asks โ Why have hundreds of thousands of farmers in India committed suicide when their Bt - cotton crops failed ? โ . The first point is the the Bt crops have not failed . Poor Starving India , which arch - nutter environmentalist Paul Ehrlich proclaimed as unsalvageable and needing to be triaged , is now a net food exporter . Indian farmers have indeed been committing suicide , but the rate was unchanged before , during and after the introduction of Bt crops . The reason is the is the collapse in agricultural prices compared to all other expenses . They โ re producing more food but food is so abundant they โ re getting less money for it , while mortgages have gone up , oil has gone up , farm equipment and manufactured good have all increased in relative cost . I will be investigating his claims about โ superweeds โ , but I confidently anticipate I will find them as amusingly misleading as his other claims . For those of you who have some intellectual integrity and want to be environmentalists , I encourage you to always check the facts , no matter how much you may believe the charmingly persuasive passionately concerned activist environmentalists . Those people will lie to you as quickly and unblushingly as a Southern Evangelical will tell lies for Jesus , and for exactly the same reason . It โ s called โ noble cause Mr Weber goes on to ask โ And why , sir , have so many other ( smarter ) nations than ours either banned or mandated labeling for GMOs ? โ The answer is simple . Because of the campaign of fear , deception and half - truth being waged by believers such as Mr Weber . I hate the fact that the product labelling campaign is part of the campaign to deprive me of my right to purchase these products which I judge to be better than the non - GMO alternatives . Nevertheless I support the right of individuals to make their own choices , regardless of how ill - informed I believe them to be . I therefore recommend that all food in the state be required to display a label showing codes for the top 30 proteins within the product , and a web address where they can look up the name of TheAmericanFarmer June 8 , 2012 at 10 : 15 am Labeling GMO food is playing with fire . Mr . Zilberman points out some great points in the last paragraph of his article . I believe that consumers have the right to know what is in there food , but if it has been scientifically proven , over and over again that GMO food is just as safe a non - GM food , then there is simply no logical or economical or practical reason to label it separately . As a matter of fact , the FDA labeling law states that they can not label food separately unless it All I know is that we are playing with fire here . The phrase , โ the customer is always right โ is very true in almost every case โ but here most customers have no clue what GMOs are , WHY they are used , and how their food is grown and raised , and WHY it is grown and raised in the way that it is . When people mount an attack on GMO food , they are mounting an attack on the farmer , which I take major issue with . If we put the farmer out Robert June 11 , 2012 at 6 : 24 pm I Have never seen a greater excuse for the status quo . it โ s a good thing this proposition is initiated in California because they lead the way in environmental change . if this proposition passes it will be the tipping point for GMO in north America . THE HEATH CARE SAVING FROM THIS LABELING ALONE WOULD OFFSET ANY LOSSES FROM REDUCED GM PRODUCT SALES . This might just force us to respect and work more closely with nature . Do we need anymore info to tell us that the way we are doing things now is n โ Lindsey June 8 , 2012 at 9 : 47 am The International Food Information Council ( IFIC ) just released its 15th โ Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology โ Survey , which gauges US adult consumers โ perceptions of food biotechnology issues , including labeling . According to this study , conducted by third - party research firm Cogent Research , 66 % of consumers somewhat or strongly support the US FDA โ s current labeling policy for biotech foods , which requires labeling only if the nutritional content or composition of the food changes , or if a food safety issue ( such as an allergen ) is identified http : / / www . foodinsight . org / Resources / Detail . aspx ? topic = 2012ConsumerPerceptionsofTechnologySurvey peter burgess June 8 , 2012 at 9 : 00 am Dear Mr Zilberman , I among a growing host of other people do not wish to consume GMO foods and it is our human and democratic right to decide which foods we put into our bodies , not yours or any government , regulatory or commercial corporate body . I see you as an apologist for a morally bankrupt corporate consciousness which neither serves humanity or the planet . Future generations will look back at Monsanto the way we look back on the Nazis as a great evil of modern times driven by greed , lust for power over innocent peoples lives and a threat to the health of the nations and even our genetic survival as a species . I look forward to the day when Monsanto and its apologists and supporters like yourself are merely a bad memory such as Hitler is today thank God ! Yours sincerely , Peter Burgess Janet June 8 , 2012 at 7 : 38 am I disagree with your overall assessment of GMOs . They have already been shown to create serious problems in our environment , as well as in lab test animals and , ultimately , humans . Using selective breeding in agriculture is one thing , as that does not change the basic genetic composition of the plant . Adding genetic components to plants / seeds that would never occur in natural evolution , like animal genes , is something totally different . This creates plants that are a complete bag of tricks , with no guaranteed known results . It causes By making plants herbicide ( Roundup Ready ) resistant we now have a situation where even more toxic chemicals are being used than were previously , super weeds are spreading voraciously that herbicides no longer control , human beings are being negatively affected with severe health problems due to the chemicals used in the fields , as well as more sensitivity and allergic reactions by consumers . It has been scientifically shown that the genetic changes made ( like BT ) have actually changed the genetic makeup as well in those who consume these resulting products . And those changes It has also been proven that although it has been propagandized that GMOs produce more food , just the opposite is being found . Initially , yes , they produce more food . But as time goes on , production quantity decreases . Having to use more toxic chemicals ( Roundup ) has also shown a consistent increase of super bugs , requiring even more toxic chemicals usage . The bottom line is farmers fed the world population for thousands of years without the use of GMOs and toxic sprays . It is unhealthy . It is unnatural . And it all needs to be banned . But until that happens , consumers have the right to know what they are eating . The law requires a list of ingredients on packaging . GMOs should be a part of that ingredient list on every single package that includes any GMO product . And since we can no longer trust that our fresh / frozen / canned produce is GMO - free , proper labeling should be on those as well . We have a right to know . We have a right to choose . We have a right to refuse GMOs . Bernie June 12 , 2012 at 3 : 15 pm I find it truly discouraging reading the anti - GM comments here . Not one of the negative traits that are mentioned are true . Not one . My suggestion is to read the actual science of GM and not rely on advocacy groups and non - scientists for your information . Stay far away from the Jeffrey Smiths and Dr Mercolas of the world . I would also suggest you tuck away your confirmation biases . You think GMOs are bad , so you gravitate toward any information that reinforces that view . If there is info that contradicts your worldview you easily dismiss it as propaganda by corporations . Also , because a bad corporation uses a technology does not make that technology inherently bad . I have to laugh at those who wish to consume โ natural โ foods . There is n โ t anything โ natural โ about the food we eat and food has n โ t been natural for centuries . Almost everything we consume has been altered by humans in one way or another throughout history . Look up the history of corn for example . And one other thing , no food is โ 100 % safe . โ There is a risk with any food whether it โ s conventionally grown or organically grown . That includes GMOs . So - called โ death cap โ mushrooms are natural but are 100 % deadly . The ecoli outbreak in Calif back 2006 was linked to an organic spinach farm . Linda June 8 , 2012 at 7 : 10 am This is only a bad idea to the greedy , profiteering , corporate โ people โ who are trying to control everything and us . If we know it โ s GMO we wo n โ t buy it and they lose $ $ $ โ $ $ $ , $ $ $ , $ $ $ โ $ $ $ โ s . It โ s time we all stop mowing our grass , and start farming our lawns and yards ! ps . the neighbors said if you get a couple chickens , please do n โ t keep a rooster โฆ Carol June 8 , 2012 at 6 : 32 am As others have said here in the comments , I vote with my shopping cart . It might not stop GMOs but it will slow them down . I also grow my own or shop locally . Greed is so powerful . Imagine if they spent the GMO money on ways to enhance organic agriculture rather than poison us all . If Europe can do it , why not us ? Europeans are WAY better at protesting than we โ drugged , mollified sheep that we are . Take a lesson from the French โ they protest EVERYTHING they do M Odell June 8 , 2012 at 6 : 18 am if consumers feel GMO food is better , than a GMO label will help them locate and purchase GMO containing products . LABEL GMO FOOD . Then Monsanto can fund โ undisputed scientific evidence that a GMO food is healthful โ . Jack Weber June 8 , 2012 at 3 : 12 am I can ; t help but notice that the vast majority of comments herein are made by folks against GMOs . And those who approve this article can only say โ Spot on โ or โ I agree totally . โ What prolific supporters ! Steve June 8 , 2012 at 12 : 44 am If GMO foods are so good why are Monsanto et al . spending so much money campaigning against labeling ? If a food has added nutrition or value it is proudly labelled as such , but GMO manufacturers do n โ t want their products seen at all . What are GMO foods trying to hide by not being labelled ? If the food was so much better for us you would think they would be demanding that it be labelled GMO so we could choose it over the regular food . If the food is healthier to eat you Sorry , but the argument you are trying to make just muddies up the main fact that Monsanto . Bayer etc . are ashamed of their products for a very good reason : GMO food is not as healthy as the alternative . Jack Weber June 8 , 2012 at 12 : 14 am Another important point to this article is that Mr . Z states that labels are appropriate when there is undisputed evidence that GMOs are harmful . What nonsense . Labels are appropriate when there is inadequate testing , and their safety has been shown time and again to be dubious . In fact , with inadequate testing of GMOs they should not even be on our shelves or in the hands of developing countries who may know even less the science and dirty facts . So , labeling is the very very least that needs to be done to protect Also , the very fact that the genetic engineering of food is in its infancy , coupled with its utter lack of safety tests , is testimony to its hazard and bare minimum necessity to be labeled . Joann June 7 , 2012 at 11 : 32 pm I have been reading and doing a lot of research on gmo โ s and will not waste my time stating all of the negative effects that they are having on our People and our Earth . Monsanto knows it all too well already but the mighty dollar is their bottom line . The world as everyone knows is overpopulated and I think gmo โ s is their way of reducing the population and filling โ their โ pockets at the same time . One very interesting documentary I have watched is Food , Inc . and it is totally Dr Ed June 7 , 2012 at 9 : 00 pm On the medical front they are finding the bt pesticides in human blood tests ! You ca n โ t tell me it does n โ t cause any problems ! It compromises immune systems which results in all kinds of immune problems . It โ s very gradual and symptoms get blamed on every other possibility until special tests are done to find the pesticides . Georg Eischen June 7 , 2012 at 7 : 47 pm News Flash ! Huge ammounts of Corporate money often are used to obscure scientific information . The tobacco industry blocked acknowledgement of the damage done by smoking in causing lung cancer , for many years . The damage done by trans - fats was also obscured by the food industry . Genetically Modified Organism technology does not have the 50,000 year track record that naturally evolved organisms have . As an intelligent adult , I want to know when a food has been modified by genetic manipulation . It has been common to label plants as hybrids when traditional genetic selection is used . This labeling does not require that โ there is undisputed scientific evidence that a food component is damaging โ . You may chose to be ignorant about certain kinds of genetic manipulation . Do n โ t foist your ignorance on those of us who chose to be informed . Donna Lomp June 7 , 2012 at 5 : 48 pm Dear Mr . Zilberman , Are you employed by Monsanto ? Your information is inaccurate . All of it . Other people have said enough already to contradict your propoganda so I wo n โ t bother to add to it . As you can see , very few people are agreeing with you . 90 % of people want labeling , and it WILL happen , first in California in November , then the rest of the country soon after that . GMOs are time - limited as people realize the harmful effects it has on people and the planet . I hope you my best , donna Wanda June 7 , 2012 at 4 : 39 pm As a rural U.S. citizen who belonged to a farming family of six , I must disagree with your assessment . Many GMOs are modified so that they can withstand pesticides such as glyphosate or 2 , 4 - d ( half of the recipe for agent orange ) . Five of my family members have dx โ d with cancer as well as many of my neighbors . We were naive to beleive that the FDA would recommend spraying our fields with anything that was unsafe . You can not wash the pesticide off of the plant / seed Mariana June 7 , 2012 at 3 : 58 pm It would be interesting to take a look inside your kitchen and see if you โ re willing to almost literally eat your own words . In an age where sodium and sugar content in foods must be labelled , there is no justification in not labelling GMO foods , that have had radical changes made to them . As for research , we โ re all just lab rats for Monsanto , because they really do not know yet what the real extent of the damage will be on the human body over years of ingestion . But of GMO crops are not solving the world โ s hunger problems โ quite the reverse in fact . And as for using Apple as an argument , it โ s so pathetic as to be beyond comment . Quite simply , I want to know what I โ m putting into my body . It โ s as simple as that . Alivia June 7 , 2012 at 3 : 10 pm I think you should stick to your first statement : โ people should have information about what they consume . โ No matter what it is , we have the right to know what we put in our bodies ! labeling is not going to stop GMOs it will only give people the freedom to choose what they want to consume . Why would you not want people to have this freedom ? susan June 7 , 2012 at 2 : 49 pm I am not waiting for labeling of GMO โ s , I like many others will be boycotting foods that could be potential gmo products and starting my own veggie garden . Voting with my shopping cart , so perhaps as more and more of us start doing this , corporate America will need to listen or lose out on our $ $ . kim hunter June 7 , 2012 at 2 : 47 pm Occupy Monsanto is a great resource for statistics , news , lab results , and information to stay healthy . I see Monsanto employees wo n โ t eat their own product in their cafeterias . I know personally , when I started getting ill , I did a search on my symptoms and the results of lab rats on Monsanto GMO came back . Removing these petrochemicals and GMO from my diet fixed progressively worrisome health problems in only days . Research for yourself . Stay Healthy ! One by one communities and countries are banning these ecocide / disease causing practices . If only the FDA was n โ t โ stacked with ex Monsanto Shill , human rights would be restored . Pete Kinyon June 7 , 2012 at 2 : 28 pm Sir , with all due respect , you are not CLOSE to factual in your comparisons . Do you REALLY think that using natural methods of producing new cultivars is equivalent to adding genetic material from ANIMALS into plants ? This is IMPOSSIBLE in the natural world . But you claim it to be equivalent to deciding which genetically compatible cultivars of the SAME genus and species to combine to make a hybrid ? You sir are either incompetent in this field or you are a liar . I do n โ t know which , but I have my Another thing that gets no press , but I think is deplorable . The pollen from Bt corn kills caterpillars indiscriminately and it is carried for miles by the wind . The population of Monarch butterflies , an insect that somehow knows how to migrate to a place it has NEVER been with no one to show it , is decreasing far too rapidly . Coincidence ? I doubt it . If you TRULY wish to feed the world , research Ecology Action . Yields as good or better than the best of chemical agriculture using a fraction of the water , energy and fertilizer needed by your methods with ZERO pesticides or herbicides and losing 5 % to pests and diseases compared to the average of 30 % using ALL your chemicals . AND they use open pollinated seed that can be saved and adapt to its environment . Your way simply makes more money for the powerful while sacrificing the rest of us . Rob June 7 , 2012 at 2 : 27 pm โ There is evidence that by replacing toxic chemicals in India and China , adoption of GMOs directly saved many lives . โ Have you seen the figures on farmer suicides from South America & India as they can not afford to keep buying the seed or the increasing amount of chemicals required to sustain the GMO crops as weeds become tolerant to the herbicides required to grow these crops ? ? What about the increased chemical contamination of the environment ? ? You sir are speaking Twaddle โฆ Brian June 7 , 2012 at 12 : 45 pm Spot on ! June 8 , 2012 at 2 : 35 am The only spots might be on your reading glasses , Brian . Try reading some of the comments , and clean those spectacles ! And when you do , go here too : http : / / www . gmwatch . eu / latest - listing / 1 - news - items / 1465 - response - to - latest - qaim - and - zilberman - qfairytaleq - 2742005 Kevin June 7 , 2012 at 12 : 40 pm Since when does a professor at a university think education of the public is not a good thing ? Perhaps this is a sign that we should be checking who funds the agriculture and resource economics department . And if the professor is sincere in his arguments , he needs to take into account the costs of putting all our survival eggs in one mono - culture basket . If evolution teaches us anything it is that diversity survives , single strategy large dinosaurs do not . 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http://blogs.britannica.com/2008/04/spring-cleaning/ | Spring Cleaning : Its History and Importance Gregory McNamee - April 16 , 2008 In times past , when people kept their houses shut tight against the cold of winter , heated them with coal and oil and wood , and lighted them with candles , the coming of spring signaled a welcome opportunity to make a dingy habitation fresh again . On the first warm , dry day of the season , everybody in the family โ that is , everyone in the family who had survived the ravages of the cold season โ would pitch in to pull every stick of furniture and scrap of cloth outside . Then , armed with brooms and washrags , one squad of housecleaners would return to the house , sweeping and scrubbing every corner and washing down the walls , while another would air out linens , remove soot and ash Today , the thought of taking a day or weekend to turn our houses upside down seems a near impossibility . Who has the time ? Besides , our modern centrally heated and cooled , climate - controlled homes do n โ t get oily , sooty , or smoky , and our washing machines and vacuum cleaners help keep the dirt from sneaking in . True enough . Still , there are trade - offs : our houses are airtight , comparatively speaking , but they also ca n โ t breathe . They โ re full of chemicals and gases , from the components of floor wax to the microfibers of carpets , that our ancestors never knew . Like secrets , homes benefit from sunlight and fresh air . So , in that spirit , let me propose April 16 , the day after dreaded Tax Day in the United States , as a holiday devoted to making sick homes a little less noxious . In normal weathers , that day is warm and dry across much of the country , so it seems a good day for such a declaration . Watch , though : I will no sooner post this than a late blizzard will settle in to prove me wrong . When a warm , dry day does come , the first order of business is to head to each bedroom , strip down the beds , and take everything that is n โ t nailed down outdoors . Hang quilts , blankets , comforters , and mattress covers out on the line ( or , if the neighbors are forgiving , spread them out on hedges or on the lawn ) and let them bask in the sun for the day . Set up a couple of sawhorses and drag the mattress out for a good airing , too . dust mites by the millions , and a jolly massacre it will be . The next step is work your way from the top of the house to the bottom , dusting and then sweeping or vacuuming every corner of the room . Fling open the windows wide , and let fresh air circulate ; it โ s amazing the difference a day โ s airing can make for a house that โ s been shut up all winter . If , that is , your house will allow you to open windows at all , as no hotel built within the last ten years seems to permit . It โ s time now to do some heavy lifting , literally : move the stove and refrigerator and give the floor underneath a good scrub . Self - cleaning ovens do n โ t need much maintenance these days , but microwaves do ; if you โ re not in the habit of giving yours a weekly sponging down , then put two cups of water into a Pyrex bowl , throw in two lemon halves , and turn the oven on high setting for ten minutes . Then take a fresh washcloth ( always preferable to a sponge ) and scrub the oven rack and walls , taking care not to skip the ceiling . Give it a second scrubbing with half a cup of plain white vinegar diluted in half a cup of warm water , then add another cup of water to the bowl and turn the oven on for another ten minutes . The lemon will remove the smell of the vinegar , and your Now for the windows . Dust and vacuum the drapes , blinds , and shades . Wash the windows inside and out . Again , a mixture of white vinegar and warm water is as good as any commercial cleaner ; I will refuse to feel guilty if this advice brings the window - spray conglomerates to financial ruin . You โ re probably ready for lunch now . Take a break . Then give the house a quick once - over . Do you have smoke detectors ? Now โ s the time to change the batteries , which will usually last a year . Do you have a ceiling fan or a chandelier ? Now โ s the time to climb up on a stepladder and remove dust from the top of the fan blades and crystals . Ready for a cup of coffee ? It โ s probably time for one . You already know that spring cleaning is made all the easier by keeping up with the cleaning chores daily , weekly , and monthly throughout the year . A legion of self - improvement , time - management , and uncluttering consultants and web sites stands ready to dispense advice on just how to do that , one of the ironies of this age of consumption and of the constant hurry to acquire the money to acquire more stuff . Now it โ s time to head to the bedroom closets , the garage , the basement โ or maybe it โ s time to send your loved ones in to do that terrible work , or even to hire someone for the job . There โ s no shame in that ; give them the dignity of a Shaker broom , though , to lighten their load . While you โ re relaxing , read Cheryl Mendelson โ s excellent book Home Comforts : The Art and Science of Keeping House , at once improving your mind and adding to your to - do list . However it gets done , life will seem a little better , I warrant , if only because cleaner . Posted in Books Environment Health Life Comments closed . | [
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http://blogs.bu.edu/guidedhistory/historians-craft/bria-greene/ | Japanese Remembrance of the Dropping of the Atom Bomb Children ' s Peace Monument located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park . Japanese Remembrance of the Dropping of the Atom Bomb A Guided History by Bria Greene Introduction The United States โ decision to drop the atom bomb on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 brought the Second World War two a quick and decisive end . While the United States emerged as a proud victor , hundreds of thousands of civilian lives had been lost and two major cities had been obliterated . The weakened Japanese government could do very little to better the lives of its citizens in the immediate aftermath of the war . This was especially true in regards to the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , since the attacks For the residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who had survived the attacks , radiation from the bomb caused disfigurement , blindness , and diseases such as leukemia and other types of cancer . This was in addition to the many homes and livelihoods that were destroyed as well as the lasting psychological scars associated with such a trauma . In addition to health issues , the dropping of the atomic bomb permanently changed the scope of war . With the creation of such a powerful weapon , the idea of war suddenly became a lot more dangerous to the major General Background Information Hiroshima Hiroshima was originally a news article written by journalist John Hersey one year after the attacks on Hiroshima . Eventually the article was compiled into a book . The book tells the stories of six individuals who were living in Hiroshima at the time . It follows them from the time of the explosion to the weeks and years that followed as the six people struggle to overcome the major trauma that they โ ve experienced . Hersey , John . Hiroshima . New York City : Alfred A . Knopf , Inc . , 1946 . Hiroshima : BBC History of World War II ( Film / Documentary ) Hiroshima is a documentary that attempts to explain what it is like to experience a nuclear explosion by recounting the events leading up to the dropping of the bombs . The documentary begins three weeks before the attacks and reenacts key events such as the testing of the bombs in New Mexico , the meeting where the decision to drop the bomb was made , on board the Enola Gay ( the plane that dropped the bombs ) , and on the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the bombs are dropped . Hiroshima is an important source because , Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . Hiroshima : BBC History of World War II . Directed by Paul Wilmshurst . 2005 . United Kingdom : British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) , 2005 . Film . Primary Sources Books I Saw It : The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima : A Survivor โ s True Story I Saw It is an autobiographical manga ( Japanese comic book ) written and illustrated by Keiji Nakazawa , which tell his account of the bombing of Hiroshima . Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima and was a child living in the city when it was bombed . I Saw It is tells his experiences both during the bombing and afterward . It follows Nakazawa from his boyhood living in post - war Hiroshima into adulthood . I Saw It is an excellent resource for researchers who are interested not just in the bombing , but what happened afterward . Specifically Nakazawa , Keiji . I Saw It : The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima : A Survivor โ s True Story . Translated by Educomics . Tokyo : Shueisha , 1972 Films White Light / Black Rain : The Destruction of Hiroshima Directed by Steven Okazaki , White Light / Black Rain is a 2007 documentary film on the legacy of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . The film features fourteen interviews with Japanese survivors and four Americans who were directly involved with the bombings who describe their experiences during the bombing and in the years following . Many had never spoken of their experiences prior to appearing in this documentary . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . White Light / Black Rain : The Destruction of Hiroshima . Directed by Steven Okazaki . United States : Farallon Films , 2007 . Film Secondary Sources Books Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a children โ s book based on the story of Sadako Sasaki . Sadako was a baby when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima . Years later , she was diagnosed with leukemia ( then called โ atom bomb sickness โ ) . While in the hospital , Sadako began folding paper cranes in accordance with a Japanese legend that says that if one folds one thousand paper cranes , the gods will grant them a wish . Unfortunately , Sadako died just before her thirteenth birthday , having only folded 644 Coerr , Eleanor . Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes . New York City : Puffin , 1977 . Barefoot Gen Barefoot Gen is a ten - volume manga ( Japanese comic book ) that tells the story of Gen , a young boy living in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing . The manga follows Gen as he experiences the bombing and lives through the aftermath . Gen โ s story is heavily based on author Keiji Nakazawa โ s experiences growing up in post - war Hiroshima . Though this character is fictional , Gen โ s story is based on real life events and thus would be an important resource for researchers chronicling life in post - Nakazawa , Keiji . Barefott Gen . Translated by Educomics . Tokyo : Shueisha , 1973 - 1974 . Hiroshima Traces : Time , Space and the Dialectics of Memory Hiroshima Traces investigates the way Japan has chosen to remember โ or , in some cases , to forget โ the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Yoneyama looks at events such as textbook controversies and campaigns to preserve atomic ruins to examine how the Japanese government and civilians preserve the memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Yoneyama , Lisa . Hiroshima Traces : Time , Space , and the Dialectics of Memory . Berkley : University of California Press , 1999 . Beclouded Visions : Hiroshima - Nagasaki and the Art of Witness Author Kyo Maclear uses a variety of art mediums โ such as photographs and portraits โ to examine how the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have shaped art and visual memory . MacLear uses Hiroshima as an example of how atrocities can shape art culture . MacLear , Kyo . Beclouded Visions : Hiroshima - Nagasaki and the Art of Witness . Albany : State University of New York Press , 1999 . Film Barefoot Gen Heavily based on the life of Keiji Nakazawa , who wrote / drew the manga ( Japanese comic book ) on which this film is based , Barefoot Gen tells the story of Gen , a young boy living in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing . The story follows Gen and what โ s left of his family as they struggle to survive in Hiroshima in the months and years following the dropping of the atomic bomb . While Gen himself may be fictional , his experiences are taken directly from Nakazawa โ s own experiences growing up . Directed by Mori Masaki . 1983 . Japan : Madhouse , 1983 . Film . Articles Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Attacks Call For Nuclear - Free World ABC News article about how some survivors of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki feel that in the 65 years since the attack , the world has forgotten about the damages caused by nuclear bombs . The survivors , or Hibakusha ( explosion - affected person in Japanese ) , hope that by telling their stories they will be able to remind people of the horrors of nuclear weapons and , hopefully , work toward a nuclear - free world . The article features interviews with actual survivors who tell their accounts of the attacks and what it was like Utada , Kaoru . Seni Tienabeso . Diana Alvear . โ Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Attacks Call for Nuclear - Free World . โ ABC News . 6 Aug . 2010 . Japanese Government Nixed the Idea of Obama Visiting , Apologizing for Hiroshima 2011 ABC News article about how the Japanese government vetoed Obama โ s plan to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to apologize for America โ s attack many decades ago . Great source for examining current relations between the US and Japan and how Japan feels toward America in regards to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . This article also provides insight into how Japan feels about nuclear weapons programs abroad . Tapper , Jake . โ Japanese Government Nixed the idea of Obama Visiting , Apologizing for Hiroshima . โ ABCNews . 12 Oct . 2012 . Accessed on November 27 , 2012 . Websites Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation is dedicated to educating the world about the bombing of Hiroshima . This organization works to promote peace and understanding throughout the world by collaborating with peace organizations in Japan and abroad . Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation . Accessed November 24 , 2012 . Memorials , Museums , and Monuments Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park / Museum The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park are devoted to preserving the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima . The museum also heads many sub - projects that work to promote education about the effects of nuclear weapons and to campaign for an end to their use . Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Accessed November 21 , 2012 . Genbaku Dome The Genbaku Dome was the only structure in the area left standing after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima . Over the years many people โ including the citizens of Hiroshima and the Japanese government โ have worked to preserve it โ s exact state after the bombing . It is seen today as a reminder of the suffering nuclear weapons cause and symbolizes the hope that the world will one day be rid of nuclear weapons . โ Hiroshima Peace Memorial ( Genbaku Dome ) โ . World Heritage Convention United Nations Education , Scientific , and Cultural Organization . Accessed November 23 , 2012 . Children โ s Peace Monument The Children โ s Peace Monument is located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park . The monument is built in honor of Sadako Sasaki , one of many children who died as a result of the bombing . Sadako was twelve years old when she died of leukemia which she contracted after exposure to radiation from the bomb . While she was sick , she folded paper cranes in accordance with a Japanese myth that a thousand paper cranes gets your wish granted by the gods . Sadako died before she could finish her cranes , but her classmates folded โ Paper Cranes and the Children โ s Peace Monument โ City of Hiroshima . 2001 . Accessed November 21 , 2012 . Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Like the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum , the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Mueseum is dedicated to preserving the memory of the bombings of Hiroshima and to educating the world on the horros of nuclear weapons and warfare . Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Accessed on November 25 , 2012 . Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall is an effort by the Japanese government to preserve the memory of the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . The Memorial is also an expression of Japan โ s desire for peace and an end to nuclear warfare . Some fo the organizations main projects include collecting names and portraits of deceased A - Bomb victims and readings of accounts of the bombings . Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims . Accessed November 24 , 2012 . | [
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http://blogs.bu.edu/guidedhistory/historians-craft/isis-evans/ | Guided History Belgium โ s Revolutions By Isis Evens Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 by Gustaf Wrappers ) Introduction The history of the Low Countries is riddled with social turmoil . The revolutions sparked by this civil unrest are what resulted in the current borders , both political and linguistic , of the Benelux . Each revolution , beginning with the revolution of the Spanish Netherlands against Spanish oppression , would provoke the next , as increasingly smaller portions within the area strove for independence and rights . These revolutions were not merely sparked internally , however , as neighboring countries , recognizing the possibility of physically shrinking their adversaries , assisted uprisings . This was first the case This guide has been divided chronologically so as to link each revolution to its prior cause . The guide begins with the Foundations for the Belgian Revolution , including an overview of the Kingdom of the United Netherlands and its actions against the Spanish occupation of the low countries . These are explained both through electronic resources as well as books . The guide then moves to The Flemish movement , this is discussed through a series of primary sources in both French and Flemish , as well as books analyzing the causes and consequences of the movement . Finally , the guide studies The Contemporary Issues within Belgium through a series of online articles regarding the social and political turmoil the country underwent as it operated without a government for almost two years . Foundations for the Belgian Revolution In order to understand the reasons for the Belgian revolution , a closer scrutiny of the socio - political history of the area is required . As such , the following sources trace the revolutions of the Low Countries , beginning with the Spanish occupation of the region and impact it had over the formation of democratic ideals . Next , we considers the Dutch revolt against French occupation , whose relevance is evidenced in the later French assistance to the Belgians during the revolution of 1830 . France sought to sever its new adversary , the United Kingdom of ( Map of the United and Spanish Netherlands ) Pirenne , Henri . Belgian Democracy , its Early History . Trans . James Vallance . Machester : The University Press , 1915 . Perhaps the most well - rounded summation of the establishment of democracy , this book traces the origins of the peoples of Flanders back to the Roman period . In this we find the roots of the linguistic divisions within Belgium . Of particular interest , however , is Chapter 11 , which discusses the influence of the Spanish occupation on Belgian Democracy . Sir Williams , Roger . The Actions of the Low Countries . New York : Cornell Press University , 1964 . A firsthand account of the revolt in the Netherlands , originally written in the 16th century , it demonstrates experiences from both sides as Sir Roger Williams fought for both the Dutch and Spanish armies . It provides a great understanding of both sides of the revolution from the internal perspective Williams acquired during his service . Zamoyski , Adam . The Rites of Peace : The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna . New York : Harper Perennial , 2008 . This book provides an in depth overview of the political and social changes Europe underwent after Napoleon โ s downfall . It discusses the formation of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands , and allows us to understand the relations between the Dutch and French at the time leading up to the Belgian revolution . Wils , Lode . โ De Taalpolitiek van Koning Willem I . โ Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden , No . 92 . ( 1977 ) The linguistic politics of Willem I are discussed in this dutch essay . Sensing the increasing Francophone influence in the southern Netherlands ( present - day Belgium ) , Willem began to employ language as a means of unifying the country . This plan , however , backfired , as it led to dutch disdain on behalf of the Belgians ( especially the monetarily influential Walloons ) . Click here to read the essay . The Belgian Revolution Once again dissatisfied with what it considered a foreign oppressor , the Belgians revolted against the Willem I and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in a battle for independence in late 1830 . The Battle of Bautersem , 12 August 1831 , during the Ten Days March Nicolaas Pieneman , 1833 And though on Belgium โ s dusky sky the sun of Orange Scarce has set , And dawns to hope โ s desiring eye , Already backwards with regret They look to William โ s happy reign โ And those bright days that they have darkened , His sun may never light again ! ( Excerpt from Scenes from the Belgian Revolution , page 35 ) Primary Sources Hennigsen , C.F . Scenes from the Belgian Revolution . London : Manning and Smithson Printers , 1832 . Hennigsen , having experience the Belgian Revolution first - hand , wrote an account of his observations in a poetic prose style . As an Englishman and outsider , he attempts to convey impartiality in his pieces . He conveys the zeitgeist of the Belgian rioters in Brussels as well as the betrayal experienced by Willem I . In the second half of his work , Notes , he uses excerpts from his prose to discuss the details of the revolution more clearly . Click here to view the book Auber , Daniel . La Muette de Portici ( The Mute of Portici ) . Paris : Brandus , 1828 . The opera that is claimed to have sparked the Belgian revolution , and also was of invaluable importance to the Parisian revolutionaries of the July Revolution of 1830 . It centers around the failed revolution of fishermen against noblemen . After seeing the opera , massive riots formed across Brussels , as the peoples had come to redefine their nationalism to one without the oppression of Willem I . These riots ultimately grew to become the Belgian revolution . Click to flip through a manuscript of the Opera Secondary Sources de Dijn , A . A Pragmatic Conservatism : Montesquieu and the Framing of the Belgian Constitution ( 1830 - 1831 ) . Elsevier : 2002 . In this article , de Dijn discusses the mentalities of the Belgian revolutionaries , and the reasons they created the government they did . He explains the reasons for the choice of a monarchy over a republic as well as why Belgians believed the implementation of a senate would behoove their new society . De Dijn directly links Montequieu โ s Esprit des Lois , a political treatise published almost a century prior to the revolution , to the creation of the new Belgian government . to read the scholarly article Thomas , Daniel . The Guarantee of Belgian Independence and Neutrality in European Diplomacy , 1830 โ s โ 1930 โ s . Kingston : Daniel H . Thomas Publishing , 1983 . Thomas traces Belgium โ s movement towards independence , while the book does range until the 1930 โ s , it does not discuss to great lengths the Flemish movement , and is therefore mostly valuable for its analysis of the revolution of 1830 and the social changes it sparked . He employs a great deal of primary sources , such as pamphlets , to demonstrate the socio - political development of the nation and the changing zeitgeist . The Flemish Movement After decades of social , political , and economical suppression at the hands of the Walloons , the Flemish of northern Belgium finally saw an opportunity to attain equal rights to their southern counterparts during the First World War . The fight for universal suffrage , which had been loosely organized prior to the war , was restructured and refueled by the German occupants , as Germany recognized the benefits of severing Belgium . Under the guise of linguistic brotherhood , the Germans allowed the Flemish to practice their language publicly , in schools and offices , and even granted Primary Sources Severus , Claudius . Waarom ? Daarom ! Ghent : 1918 . Written by a group of Flemish activists under the name โ Claudius Severus โ , this propagandistic pamphlet was widely popularized and distributed across Ghent , the capitol of the Flemish movement . Despite its excessively violent tone , the pamphlet holds some truth in its presentation of the severity of the gap in wealth between the Flemish peasants and Walloon bourgeoisie . Click to download the pamphlet : Waarom ? Daarom ! Belgium . โ Everybody โ s Magazine , No . 5 . ( March , 1918 ) . This edition of Everybody โ s Magazine , released shortly after the close of the first world war , demonstrates the normality , even to foreigners , of differentiating between Flemings and Walloons . It pertains often to stories of individual soldiers and citizens and sought to convey Belgium โ s character at the close of the war . to view an electronic copy of the magazine King Albert . โ Aan het Leger van de Natie . โ Staatsblad , 1918 In his address to the nation after the victory of World War One , King Albert , wary of the political battle fought by the Flemish during the war , he acknowledges the fact that his army has never been one led by patriotism and differentiates between the Flemish and Walloons as separate entities fighting for individual causes . Click to download the full speech in French and Flemish : Aan het Leger van de Natie or read my translation into English below : To the Army of the Nation ! Soldiers : Without provocations on our part , one of our neighbors , taking pride in his strength , broke the treaties which bear his signature and violated the territories of our fathers . Because we too were worthy , and because we refused to forfeit our honor , we were attacked . The world admired our loyalty : that the respect and esteem of all peoples strengthened us . When Independence was threatened , the nation shuddered and her children fled to the borders . But you , valiant soldiers of a holy cause , I will always have faith in Two soldiers stand next to a sign stuck in German trenches , it reads : โ Flemish peoples , you can cross over , the Germans wo n โ t shoot . โ An example of the controversial collaboration between the German and Flemish during WWI . Secondary Sources Vanacker , Daniรซl . Het Activistisch Avontuur . Ghent : Academia Press , 2006 . The Activist โ s Adventure , written by a Flemish journalist , chronicles the Flemish movement exclusively throughout the First World War . Vanacker discusses the controversy of the Flemish conspiracy with its German occupants , which forces the reader to question whether the actions of the activists were ethically sound , given that they were betraying their country by collaborating with the enemy , however the country they were betraying refused to grant them equal rights to the Walloons . Vanacker also traces the origins of the Flemish parties โ formations as the Flemish finally gained a voice in Clough , Shephard . A History of the Flemish Movement . New York : Octagon Books , 1968 . Shephard โ s study of the Flemish movement begins with a presentation of the origins of the linguistic borders within Belgium , dating back to the Barbarian invasions of the Early middle ages . Shephard strongly emphasizes the importance of language as one of the major causes of the Flemish movement . Clark , Samuel . โ Nobility , Bourgeouisie , and the Industrial Revolution in Belgium . โ Past and Present , No . 105 . ( Nov . , 1984 ) , pp . 140 โ 175 . Clark presents the reasons for the decline of the nobility due to the rise of the bourgeoisie , in Belgium . He links this social reformation directly to the Industrial Revolution , which he holds accountable for the creation of the class gap between the Walloon bourgeoisie of the south and the Flemish peasants of the north . The piece offers great insight into the history of the economic issues that fueled the Flemish movement . to read the scholarly article de Schaepdrijver , Sophie . โ Death Is Elsewhere : The Shifting Locus of Tragedy in Belgian Great War Literature . โ Yale French Studies , No . 102 . ( 2002 ) , pp . 94 - 114 This essay merely provides an interesting perspective of the influence of the First World War on Belgian literature of the time . Whereas it commenced in the stereotypical heroic style , after four years of trench warfare and an internal revolution through conspiracy with the enemy , Belgian writers were very quickly disillusioned and literature took a turn for the dark . The Contemporary Issues Within Belgium As the rift between the Flemish and Walloon political parties continued to widen , the Belgian government collapsed , leaving the country without a central government for a total of 535 days . The eventual reunion of the two sides was not brought on by a collaborative settlement , but rather a forced concession sparked by a rapidly deteriorating economy . These recent events demonstrate the continued relevance of the history of Belgium โ s social and linguistic discord , and the revolutions they sparked . ( Graffiti on a wall reads โ This is not a country โ ) Traynor , Ian . โ The Language Divide at the Heart of a Split That is Tearing Belgium Apart . โ The Guardian . 8 May 2010 . Web . The political collapse mentioned above is analyzed in this article . The radical push for complete independence for the Flemish , as Traynor claims , is fueled by the extreme importance Belgians attribute to their respective languages . This importance holds the equivalent social influence as religion or race might hold in other regions of the world . The frailty , of the Belgian nation , Traynor argues , lies in its bilinguality . Full Article โ Belgium Has No Future : Interview with Flemish Seperatist De Wever . โ Spiegel . 16 Dec . 2010 . Web . In this interview , Bart de Wever argues strongly for the separation of Belgium to independence for both the Flemish and Walloon territories . In referencing the history of Belgium , he states โ If you look at German history , you can see how the country came about . In Belgium , you see how a country is breaking apart . โ This quote mimics the patterns evident throughout the guide , as the Low Countries have spent the last few centuries consumed in revolutions . Full Article Olander , Eric . โ โ Get Ready for the Break Up , โ Warns Top Belgian Minister . โ France 24 . 6 Sept . 2010 . Web . In this article , Laurette Onkelinx , a Walloon politician , acknowledges the possibility of a future wherein Belgium separates along its linguistic border . The primary issue , as explained herein , is that the Flemish political parties continue to fight for increased autonomy for its regional governments , which the Walloons fear will further weaken their currently frail financial status . Judt , Tony . โ Is There a Belgium ? โ How Can One Not Be Interested in Belgian History : War , Language and Consensusin Belgium Since 1830 . Gent : Academia Press , 2005 . In her essay regarding the frailty of Belgium as a nation , Judt argues against the existence of Belgium as a nation , but rather describes it as being artificial . She too emphasizes how detrimental the linguistic tension is to the formation of nationalism , and describes the extent to which this influences the Belgian political sphere . Waterfield , Bruno . โ Belgium wins Guiness World Record for Political Impasse . โ The Telegraph . 19 Apr . 2011 . Web . The only silver lining to Belgium โ s recent political collapse , many Belgians viewed Guinness as adding insult to injury when presenting Belgium with its record . Libraries and Other Resources Library at the Catholic University of Leuven The Catholic University of Leuven , Belgium โ s oldest university โ dating back to 1425 , houses a great collection of books and articles on the topics of Belgium โ s various revolutions . Though many resources are available only in print form at the library itself , it is still a great research tool as a significant amount of books and articles can be viewed online . to search the online database of the KUL library To search the contents of the Central Library , click โ Centrale Bibliotheek โ at the top of the list of libraries , then employ the Limo search bar . Belvue Musem Proudly advertising itself as โ the only museum about Belgium ! โ , and it truly is , Belvue provides a thorough representation of Belgium โ s growth beginning with the revolution of 1830 and ending with the Golden Sixties . It provides an extensive collection of over 1500 documents , photographs , movies , and artifacts from each era of Belgian history . The Belvue Museum also houses a library , this library , however , is not open to the public , but one can be admitted after consultation . Belvue ! Museum Website | [
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http://blogs.christianpost.com/way-to-be-healthy/all-you-need-to-know-about-provasil-as-a-natural-supplement-26586/ | 10 / 13 / 15 at 01 : 38 AM 0 Comments All you Need to know about Provasil as a Natural Supplement by Claire John Tweet text size A A Out of all the natural supplements that are available in the market today , one of the finest , without a doubt , is Provasil . It has been making all the right noise over the past couple of weeks and it has reportedly changed the lives of everyone who has used it . Provasil is a Nootropic , which has been designed to not only help enhance the memory , but to also increase concentration and focus . It impacts heavily on the cognitive ability of a person and it is has got absolutely zero side effects , which shutterstock . com What does Provasil do ? Provasil is marketed as a ' revolutionary ' formula , which can enhance cognitive performance significantly . A lot of people have problems with their memory , which is also termed as ' brain fog ' . Provasil claims to eliminate forgetfulness and get rid of the lack of focus and general malaise in thinking , which is brought on by mental exhaustion or fatigue . The best part about Provasil Nootropic supplement is that it is non - addictive and has no side effects . It helps reverse the functioning of the brain and greatly enhances the quality of life and mental health at the same time . The natural ingredients that are present in Provasil help improve the membrane structure of the brain , thereby neutralizing cell damaging free radicals . Moreover , the anti - inflammatory and anti - oxidant ingredients in the natural supplement allow the brain to remain active and healthy . This improves alertness , focus , concentration , and mental performance . The key ingredients Provasil has got some key ingredients , which allow the natural supplement to enhance the quality of life of a person . Here are the key ingredients that are used in it : โข Asian Ginseng โข Phosphatidycholine โข Gingko โข N - Acetyl Carnitine โข Bacopa โข L - Tyrosine โข Choline Bitartrate โข DHA โข Resveratrol โข L - Glutamine โข Phosphatidylserine โข Biotin โข Vitamin B12 โข Folic Acid โข Vitamin C shutterstock . com The active ingredients inside Provasil are what makes this natural supplement the best in the industry today and the reason why it has next to no side effects upon consumption . How does it work ? Provasil is a natural supplement , which means that all the ingredients that have been listed above are completely natural . As of yet , there are no clinical studies that have been performed on Provasil , so no date can be presented as to how long it takes to increase cognitive skills . However , the ingredients have been tested independently , and this showcases how each ingredient has an impact on memory and overall cognitive performance . The key ingredient in Provasil is Phosphatidylserine , which is a substance that has shown signs of treating Alzheimer ' s disease . The ingredient N - Acetyl Carnitine can successfully neutralize the free radicals , while DHA is an omega - 3 fatty acid , which is known to enhance the membrane structure of the brain . Bacopa is known to improve memory retention , while Folic Acid can eliminate cognitive decline , and Gingko can actively boost circulation of blood to the brain . All of the above clearly states that Provasil is a natural supplement that can easily help enhance cognitive thinking and help a person improve their life , without facing any side effects . References : http : / / www . healthnewsminute . com / provasil . html http : / / www . healthwikinews . com / provasil / http : / / www . healthpressnews . com / provasil . html | [
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http://blogs.deloitte.co.uk/financialservices/2013/10/asset-quality-review-23-october-2013.html | Financial Services UK Asset Quality Review | European Central Bank unveils ambitious plan Posted on 23 / 10 / 2013 | 0 Comments Before the European Central Bank ( ECB ) formally takes responsibility for bank supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism ( SSM ) โ expected to be from November 2014 โ it will conduct a thorough review of the assets of the banks that it will directly supervise . The comprehensive assessment , as it is called , nominally has three goals : to deliver greater transparency on balance sheets ; to prompt the repair of impaired balance sheets ; and to rebuild confidence in banks . More fundamentally though , the ECB considers the exercise essential , so that it can begin its supervisory confident in the knowledge that the major banks are on a sound capital footing . The ECB today ( 23 October 2013 ) published details of the assessment exercise and the banks affected . This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the banks concerned . The exercise is significant in size and scope . Banks will need to start preparing now and for many the exercise will consume significant management and financial resources . Between November 2013 and October 2014 , the ECB will conduct a comprehensive balance sheet assessment of the 124 most significant Eurozone banking groups ( representing approximately 85 % of Eurozone banking assets ) , working closely with National Competent Authorities ( NCAs ) and cooperating with the European Banking Authority ( EBA ) to conduct a stress test . At the core of the exercise is an asset quality review . Based on balance sheets as at 31 December 2013 , the assessment will cover credit and market , on and off balance sheet , domestic and non - domestic exposures . The review will focus on the riskiest areas of the balance sheet . It will use harmonised definitions and โ a conservative interpretation of IFRS โ . It will include data integrity validation , sampling of target portfolios , an assessment of the adequacy of valuation , classification of non - performing exposures , collateral and provisioning On completion of the asset quality review , banks will be judged against a capital threshold of 8 % based on CRD IV definitions as at 1 January 2014 . Where necessary , the results of the exercise will be followed by corrective measures โ for example , recapitalisation , deleveraging or improving funding resilience . The possible need to rely on public backstops is explicitly referred to ( but interestingly the text is silent on bail - in ) . The timelines for implementing such measures will be part of the outcome of the assessment . Next steps Banks will be invited to a meeting in Frankfurt to hear further details about the process , and will also be asked to provide further information via their NCA . The process of portfolio selection will start in November 2013 . Information on the stress test methodology will be published at a later date . Prior to SSM implementation in November 2014 , outcomes aggregated at country and bank level will be revealed , together with any recommendations for supervisory measures . This remainder of this blog post highlights the key points from each stage . The full report from the ECB , including a list of the banks , can be downloaded here The Comprehensive Assessment in a nutshell The Comprehensive Assessment will have three stages : Supervisory risk assessment : analysis based on backward and forward looking information of a bank โ s intrinsic risk profile , peer group positioning and vulnerability to exogenous factors . The ECB and NCAs are developing a risk assessment system for the SSM , which will also be used for this stage of the assessment , in parallel with national risk assessment systems . Asset quality review : based on end - 2013 data , it will include credit and market exposures , on and off - balance sheet positions and domestic and non - domestic exposures . All asset classes will be in scope . Stress test : the EBA and the ECB will perform the next EU - wide stress test in close cooperation across all 124 banking groups . Further details will be published at a later date . The ECB will conduct the Comprehensive Assessment in close cooperation with NCAs . The ECB will provide the blueprint for the assessment , monitor its execution and perform on - going quality assurance . NCAs will execute the exercise , with the support of private - sector expertise . The exercise will be consistent with the EBA recommendation on the conduct of asset quality reviews . Which banks are included ? The 124 banking groups have been selected based on criteria in the SSM Regulations for identifying โ significant โ banks . Notably , since the banks will be supervised and assessed at the highest level of consolidation in participating Member States , subsidiaries of Eurozone banking groups are not listed individually , unless they are one of the three biggest banks in any Member State . This initial list underscores that the exercise is relevant to banks headquartered outside the Eurozone , including the UK , the US , Switzerland and Sweden . For example , subsidiaries of Bank of New York Mellon , Bank of America Merrill Lynch , HSBC , State Street , UBS and RBS are on the list . A full list of the banks can be found in the report . The list of banks is preliminary . The final list will be compiled in 2014 when up - to - date statistics are available . Provisions in the SSM Regulations which allow for a supervisory judgement on which banks should be considered significant will also be made at a later stage , once the SSM framework regulation is published . The ECB note that Eurozone countries currently engaged in similar bank review processes may benefit from those processes , but they are not a substitute for full participation in the comprehensive assessment . Key asset quality review details The asset quality review will focus on the elements of banks โ balance sheets which are considered most risky or non - transparent , subject to minimum coverage and sampling requirements . It will have three stages : Portfolio selection : NCAs will propose โ and the ECB will review and challenge โ the portfolios to be included the portfolios to be included in the assessment . There will be minimum coverage criteria at the banks and country level . Execution : This stage will include data integrity validation , assessment of the adequacy of banks โ asset valuation , classification of non - performing exposures based on EBA definitions , collateral valuation and recalculation of provisions for risk - weighted assets . Collation : A final consistency check to ensure comparability of results across all banks . While a full assessment of internal models used for the calculation of risk - weighted assets will not take place within the time frame of the exercise , the outcome of the exercise will lead to adjustments in the risk - weights , where justified . The ambitions of the AQR exercise point to another issue of relevance to non - SSM countries and banks : should the assessment reveal valuation discrepancies for assets held elsewhere in the Group , the relevant supervisors may need to take note of these conclusions . Eurozone banks after the AQR A capital benchmark of 8 % Common Equity Tier 1 ( CET1 ) will be set for the asset quality review , which the ECB explains as comprising the CRD IV 4.5 % CET 1 minimum requirement and 2.5 % Capital Conservation buffer , along with a 1 % add - on to proxy for the systemic risk buffers . The definition of capital will based on 1 January 2014 definitions . Although the size of the benchmark is based on CRD IV requirements , it has the effect of foreshortening the transition period . Under CRD IV none of the CET 1 minimum requirement , the Capital Conservation buffer or the systemically important institution buffers will be required in full by 1 January 2014 . This accelerated pace may be challenging for some banks . In its latest Basel III monitoring exercise , the EBA found that whilst 44 of the European Union ' s biggest banks ( 12 of which are not in the Eurozone ) would hold 8.4 % CET1 in aggregate on a fully - loaded CRD IV basis , the less well capitalised banks in the sample would in aggregate need to raise EUR 70.4 billion to meet a 7 % threshold . This points to recapitalisation being a likely outcome for some banks once the comprehensive assessment is concluded . The ECB expects any capital shortfalls in banks that have โ viable business models but are required to build additional capital for prudential reasons โ to be made up from private sources , and if possible before the conclusion of the exercise . If sufficient private capital is not available , public backstops might need to be drawn upon . The ECB points out that European rules require Member States to have national backstops in place . Interestingly , no explicit reference is made to bail - in . For more information on the SSM , please see our lastest paper on the subject , or for more information about the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy , please visit www . Deloitte . co . uk / Centre . Simon Brennan โ Senior Manager , Deloitte EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy Simon is a Senior Manager in the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy , specialising in prudential regulation for banks . Simon joined Deloitte after 11 years at the Bank of England , where he worked in a number of areas covering macro and micro prudential policy , and financial institution risk assessment . LinkedIn . Dea Markova - Assistant Manager , Deloitte EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy Dea is an Assistant Manager in the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy . Her primary areas of focus are the Single Supervisory Mechanism and international , EU and UK insurance regulatory initiatives . She joined Deloitte in 2012 . 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http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2015/06/11/peyton-manning-32nd-among-worlds-highest-paid-athletes-in-2015-per-forbes/34235/ | June 11 , 2015 , 8 : 00 am Peyton Manning 32nd among world โ s highest - paid athletes in 2015 , per Forbes By Nicki Jhabvala The Denver Post Add a comment Tweet Topics endorsements Floyd Mayweather Peyton Manning Peyton Manning reportedly reeled in $ 27 million in salary / bonuses and endorsements over the last 12 months . ( John Leyba , The Denver Post Peyton Manning โ s $ 4 million pay cut this season is no small loss , but it looks like he โ ll be OK . The Broncos โ quarterback and 17 - year NFL veteran ranked 32nd on Forbes โ 2015 list of the world โ s highest - paid athletes , having reeled in $ 15 million in salary / bonuses plus $ 12 million in endorsements ( the most of any NFL player on the list ) from June 1 , 2014 to June 1 , 2015 . Manning โ s earnings this year were similar to last year โ s , when he brought in $ 27.1 million , including an NFL - leading $ 12 million from endorsements . But his ranking in 2015 dropped six spots from No . 26 The 39 - year - old , who prefers the term โ seasoned veteran โ over โ old , โ is the eighth - oldest athlete and the fifth NFL player on the list . Pittsburgh โ s Ben Roethlisberger was the highest - paid NFL player , making $ 48.9 million in salary and endorsements combined . Miami โ s Ndamukong Suh ( $ 38.6 million ) , Arizona โ s Carson Palmer ( $ 29 million ) and Houston โ s J.J. Watt ( $ 27.9 million ) rounded out the top four NFL players . Not surprisingly , Floyd Mayweather Jr . was , again , far and away the highest - paid athlete on the list , hauling in $ 300 million and crushing the previous record of $ 125 million , earned by Tiger Woods in 2008 . Manny Pacquiao , Mayweather โ s opponent in last month โ s $ 600 million megafight , was No . 2 with $ 160 million . Cristiano Ronaldo ( $ 79.6 million ) , Lionel Messi ( $ 73.8 million ) and Roger Federer ( $ 67 million ) rounded out the top five . Forbes โ 2015 list of the world โ s 100 richest athletes Comments Off on Peyton Manning 32nd among world โ s highest - paid athletes in 2015 , per Forbes Tweet Categories : Rankings Next Post ยป Terrance Knighton says he โ s โ a premier player , โ was around 350 pounds last season ยซ Previous Post LISTEN : Eli Manning reveals real meaning of โ Omaha โ | [
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http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2010/05/03/goodbye-k-high-101-9/2739/ | May 3 , 2010 , 11 : 24 am Goodbye , K - High 101.9 FM By Joanne Ostrow Television Critic Comments ( 9 ) Tweet Topics 101.9 FM KHIGH smooth jazz WAY - FM Smooth jazz station KHIGH radio is now online - only starting this weekend . Like so many smooth jazz stations around the country , โ Colorado โ s Smooth Sound โ K - High 101.9 FM has left the airwaves , moving to online - only Apparently smooth jazz just is n โ t generating enough money for corporate owners to stick with the niche format . Nonprofit Christian classic hits radio operator WAY - FM is buying KKHI , licensed to Centennial , from Bustos Media . According to the station โ s site : โ The decision to sell the radio station was made by the owners of KKHI , Bustos Media , LLC of Sacramento , CA . This was a business decision , and these types of things happen all the time . As far as K - High โ s Smooth Jazz programming goes , the Denver staff have decided on our own to keep the station available by continuing the Internet broadcast . Hopefully we will find a new FM home on the Denver radio dial very soon . โ After everything came down on Friday I told staffers I want to keep this going , โ Steve Hamilton said . He โ ll serve as program director of the online station , which he says will have a more adventurous playlist . Today , โ my inbox is smoking โ with 1,000 distraught listeners sending emails , Hamilton said . One optimistic note : online advertisers will be offered hourly sponsorships , a more appealing opportunity for many than the clutter of commercial spots . The rates will be much lower than over - the - air , of course . Comments ( 9 ) Tweet Categories : Radio Next Post ยป Conan politely , legally trashes NBC , Leno ยซ Previous Post Bill Moyers signs off tonight | [
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/10/10/how-many-galaxies-are-there-in-the-universe-the-redder-we-look-the-more-we-see/ | THE MAGAZINE BLOGS HEALTH & MEDICINE MIND & BRAIN TECHNOLOGY SPACE & PHYSICS LIVING WORLD ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS PODCASTS SHOP BLOGS D - brief | The Crux | Body Horrors Citizen Science Salon Dead Things ImaGeo Inkfish Lovesick Cyborg Neuroskeptic Out There Science Sushi Seriously , Science ? Field Notes Science & Food Vintage Space Rocky Planet Drone360 The Crux Yes , Ayn , There Is a Social Instinct Why Red Bull ' s Stratos Jump Was Just a Publicity Stunt โ and Only Partially Successful How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe ? The Redder We Look , the More We See By Guest Blogger | October 10 , 2012 1 : 22 pm Ethan Siegel is a theoretical astrophysicist living in Portland , Oregon , who specializes in cosmology . He has been writing about the Universe for everyone since 2008 , and ca n โ t wait for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope . A different version of this post appeared on his blog , Starts With a Bang . โ It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life . Where you stumble , there lies your treasure . โ โ Joseph Campbell One of the bravest things that was ever done with the Hubble Space Telescope was to find a patch of sky with absolutely nothing in it โ no bright stars , no nebulae , and no known galaxies โ and observe it . Not just for a few minutes , or an hour , or even for a day . But orbit - after - orbit , for a huge amount of time , staring off into the nothingness of empty space , recording image after image of pure darkness . What would we find , out beyond the limits of what we could see ? Something ? Nothing ? After a total of more than 11 days of observing this tiny area of the sky , this is what we found : The Hubble Ultra Deep Field โ the deepest view ever of the Universe , was the result . With all those orbits spent observing what appears to be a blank patch of sky , what we were really doing was probing the far - distant Universe , seeing beyond what any human eye โ even one aided by a telescope โ could ever hope to see . It took literally hundreds of thousands of seconds of observations across four separate color filters to produce these results . What you โ re seeing โ in practically every point or smear of light โ is an individual galaxy . The result gave us the information that a very large number of galaxies exist in a minuscule region of the sky : around 10,000 in the tiny volume surveyed by the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image , below . Image credit : NASA , ESA , S . Beckwith ( STScI ) and the HUDF Team By extrapolating these results over the entire sky ( which is some 10 million times larger ) , we were able to figure out โ at minimum that there were at least 100 billion galaxies in the entire Universe . I even made a video about it . But that โ s not the end of the story ; not by a long shot . You see , there might be at least 100 billion galaxies , based on what we โ ve observed , but there might be more . Galaxies that are too dim to observe with โ only โ 11 days of Hubble data . Galaxies that are redshifted too far for even Hubble โ s farthest infrared filter to pick up . Galaxies that might appear , if only we had the patience to look for longer . So that โ s exactly what we did , looking for a total of 23 days over the last decade โ more than twice as long as the Ultra - Deep Field โ in an even smaller region of space . ( There are over 1,000 observing proposals submitted to Hubble every cycle , so getting that much time , even spread over a decade , is remarkable . ) Ladies and Gentlemen , may I present to you the Hubble Extreme Deep Field Image credit : NASA , ESA , G . Illingworth , D . Magee , and P . Oesch ( University of California , Santa Cruz ) , R . Bouwens ( Leiden University ) , and the HUDF09 Team This picture may look familiar to you , even though you โ ve probably never seen it before . The Extreme Deep Field ( or XDF ) is actually a part of the Ultra Deep Field , which you can see for yourself if you rescale both images and rotate them at 4.7 degrees relative to one another , as I did here The XDF has far more galaxies in it than the HUDF does in a comparable region of space . Take a look for yourself at a small portion of these images , compared side - by - side with one another , and you can clearly see how many more galaxies there are in the XDF with your own eyes . Image credit : cropped , identical portions of the HUDF and XDF images Sure , the Ultra - Deep one ( at left ) is very impressive , especially considering that โ by all appearances โ this is just a blank patch of featureless sky . But there are maybe 75 % more galaxies - per - patch - of - sky in the XDF ! Applying the XDF results to the entire sky , we find that there are more like 176 billion galaxies in the entire Universe , a huge increase from our previous estimate from the HUDF . How do we estimate that there are so many ? For starters , the area of the XDF is just a tiny , tiny fraction of the full Moon . Illustration credit : NASA , ESA , and Z . Levay ( STScI ) ; Image by : T . Rector , I . Dell โ Antonio / NOAO / AURA / NSF , Digitized Sky Survey ( DSS ) , STScI / AURA , Palomar / Caltech , and UKSTU / AAO If you assume that the XDF is a typical region of outer space , you can calculate how many XDFs it would take to fill the entire night sky ; it โ s about 32 million . Multiply by the number of galaxies you find in the XDF โ which is around 5,500 โ and that โ s how we arrive at 176 billion galaxies , at least , in the Universe . But there โ s more to the story than that . We โ re taking a region of space that has very few nearby galaxies , or galaxies whose light takes less than a few billion years to reach us . We โ ve selected a deliberately low - density portion of the nearby Universe . The XDF has found many more galaxies whose light has traveled between 5 and 9 billion years to reach us , which are relatively dim galaxies that the HUDF simply could n โ t pick up . But where it really shines is in the early Universe , at finding galaxies whose light has been But even the XDF is not optimized for finding these galaxies ; we โ d need an infrared space telescope for that , which is what James Webb is going to be . When that comes around , I would n โ t be surprised to find that there are maybe even close to a trillion galaxies in the observable Universe ; we just do n โ t have the tools to find them all yet . In the meantime , our best tool โ the Hubble Space Telescope โ is showing us that the deeper we look , the more we โ ll continue to be rewarded with new , faint , and distant galaxies , as well as richer details in the already discovered ones . It makes me so impatient for a more powerful telescope with the ability to see far into the infrared , because I ca n โ t help but wonder what โ s still invisible to even the XDF . Twice as many galaxies ? Four times ? Fainter ones , redder ones , more distant ones , or all of them ? There โ s at least 176 billion of them in our Universe , but I ca n โ t help wonder , โ how many more ? โ The new Hubble Extreme Deep Field is the deepest view into the Universe . Ever . What else is there to say ? Enjoy the view , discover what โ s we โ ve just found , and marvel at what else lives there , just beyond our sight . It โ s just the tiniest fraction of the whole Universe , like we โ ve never seen it before . CATEGORIZED UNDER : Space & Physics Top Posts MORE ABOUT : galaxies Hubble Hubble telescope stars telescopes the Universe ADVERTISEMENT Sorry , the browser you are using is not currently supported . Disqus actively supports the following browsers : Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 + Safari Anupam C โข 6 years ago The mind boggles at the immensity of the universe . Just imagine , we hardly know our own planet , let alone the universe , while the scientific circles are talking about the existence of infinite number of parallel universes . I wish i had a time machine so that i can go forward in time and see what other discoveries lie in store for humanity . edenson โข 4 years ago You do have a time machine , and you are going forward in time . What to wish for , perhaps , is improvements so that our present time machines will last longer and stay in better shape . Kortney Dunkle โข 5 years ago C Anupam . . . .can you imagine . . . .our universe is infinite and then , there are infinite parallel universes ? ? And . . . .in all of eternity , you could not explore even the Milky Way ! Pol โข 5 years ago Not even your own body . Bob Bryant โข 6 years ago I firmly believe there never was a beginning , and there never will be an end . The Universe goes on and on and on . Putting a number on how many galaxies there are is impossible , because they continue into infinity and beyond . The problem we humans have is : we try to compartmentalize everything . There has to be a beginning , middle , and end . That might be true here on earth , as we know it , but space is an infinite thing , that no one understands . We make theories , Aaron Julca Astrophysicists have laid down the groundwork for more elaborate theories about the universe to be developed later . As of right now , there is enough evidence to prove the Big Bang theory , and until we have more evidence about events preceding the Big Bang , we wo n ' t be seriously considering the " what if ' s " ; not even the tempting idea of infinity ( as intuitive as an infinite universe may seem ) . DewDew Well the thing is the big bang only accounts for the time immediately after the universe started to expand . Is it possible that the universe could have existed before the big bang , just in the condensed form ? Also , what of other universes Anthony Roberts Yes . Or it ' s possible that there was another universe here before the Big Bang and that it was destroyed by a Big Chill or a Big Crunch . And it ' s possible that we ' re a totally unique universe from that one - or that we ' re an exact repeat of that previous universe . jabberwocky I agree . We might be in the first cycle or the nine millionth cycle . Raghuthaman โข 4 years ago Exactly that ' s what Hindu mythology says . Repetition or punarjanma jabberwocky I think there is a big bang followed eventually by a big crunch . Then the process starts all over again for all of time . Bob It is at least possible that our Universe is so large that the furthest reaches of it have already become permanently invisible to us - - because those areas are now receding from us at a speed faster than light , so the light of those galaxies will simply never reach us . Hold on you say , nothing can exceed the speed of light . . . . but the expansion of space CAN exceed the speed of light . It already did so once - - during the Inflationary Epoch of the first trillionth of a second . John S . Hardy , M.D . Though we can never really " know " , it has long been my conjecture that the galaxies imaged at the extremes of red shift may include images of our own galaxy as it was in formation , prior to multiple collisions and reformating , I know this concept is mind - boggling , but why might it not be possible ? The universe has evolved and our own galaxy along with it . Why might there not be images arriving to our " here and now " from " there and then " , like looking into a mirror John S . Hardy , Jr . M.D . DewDew Because the light from our earlier galaxy would have already reached this point along time would n ' t it . I believe it could be light from other older galaxies but not our own . Mr . Anthony A trillion galaxies in the observable universe , and if you had $ 16 for each one , you could pay off the US National Debt . Sco Jo Not the point . John Bergstrom Good idea - lets start selling galaxies , 100 bucks apiece , and when they are all sold , we will have paid off the national debt , have money to fix our roads & bridges , provide health care for everybody , properly educate our kids , etc . . Then when somebody dies , the galaxies he / she has bought are resold , adjusting the price for inflation . Jack Lee 17 . . .oh wait we might need 18 by January . kennedy muchiri Surely , if one says or thinks that the way planets orbit around the sun , the way the universe is so orderly , the presence of day and night and so forth , all happened by chance without a Creator , he would be believing in a miracle far greater than all the others in record . Then , one day , salt , lettuce , vinegar , tomatoes e.t.c , kept separately , would one day meet and mix to make a sandwich by chance . marcos_marcotron So you think the universe is more complex than your creator ? Or you ' re claiming a complex thing ( such as a universe ) needs a creator , but an even more complex thing ( such as your creator ) does n ' t need a creator ? Andrew Burnett โข 3 years ago Please leave your silly ancient religious beliefs out of a modern scientific discussion . Science leads us forward , religion sets us back . Jeremiah The fact is we know the universe had a beginning , which begs the question ' what caused it ? ' If you say it was created by an entity or system , then the next logical step is to ask ' what created that ? ' Then if that was also created this begs the question ' what created that ? ' and so on and so forth ad infinitum . Logic dictates that their had to be something that created everything but itself was n ' t created . If you are saying something as complex as the universe or the process that makes universes was created from nothing then you are a mad man . Give me an example from nature where a more complex thing of any kind was created by a less complex thing . I look at a car or a beautiful painting and I know instinctively that something more complex than both of those things created them . That ' s the problem with the pseudo science of the modern era , they are the most illogical bunch ever , they are n ' t driven by the pursuit of truth like theistic scientists such as Newton or Einstein were , they are motivated by a far more sinister agenda , to deny the existence of God and to ridicule those that do . marcos_marcotron " The fact is we know the universe had a beginning , which begs the question ' what caused it ? ' " No , we believe the universe ' as we know it ' came from something we call the ' big bang ' . That does not mean it was the start of everything at all . That does not mean we know that ' nothing ' existed before that event . " If you are saying something as complex as the universe or the process that makes universes was created from nothing then you are a mad man . " Then by that logic , if you ' re saying nothing created a sky daddy , that makes you a mad man too . " Give me an example from nature where a more complex thing of any kind was created by a less complex thing . " Every animal and human brain . " I look at a car or a beautiful painting and I know instinctively that something more complex than both of those things created them . " Well yes . Because that ' s because they look ' created ' . Unlike natural things , which I do n ' t instinctively assume some ' being ' created . As for you ' pseudo science ' nonsense , pseudo science is astrology , alchemy , and religion . Those are pseudo sciences . Real science is what is real in this universe . If a scientist makes a mistake with an understanding of science , then it is n ' t science at all , it ' s a misunderstanding , and not real . The idea that scientists of today have some ' sinister agenda ' to deny the existence of ' god ' , is as false as yours and everyone ' s ' god ' . But in the mind of a conspiracy nut such as you , it probably seems all too real . But enlighten me - what science has been made up , in order to disprove a god ? No credible scientist would ever say they could disprove a god - even though of course , most of them see no reason to believe in one . If Jeremiah I do n ' t want a dialogue with you , I just think you need to open your eyes somewhat , also you know a car is designed because it " looks " created ! ? Wow , just wow . I do n ' t know where to start with such a moronic statement , it would take too long to explain everything to you , just do some proper research please . โข 3 years ago " I do n ' t know where to start with such a moronic statement " Start with the fact that there is no explanation for a car naturally forming . At no point during the formation of planets or evolution , is there evidence of some being crafting it , there is simply no need for intelligent design in the process , and from what we can observe in the universe , there ' s no evidence that there has been an intelligent proverbial ' guiding hand ' . As for it being a moronic statement , do you think a car does n ' t look like it ' s been created ? really ? ? Muadiib - How moronic is it to say someone is a moron simply because they do n ' t believe as you do ? There is ZERO evidence to back up the idea of God . If you need to believe in a creator to make your life meaningful go ahead , The creation is solid evidence of a creator , also without the Lord life would be utterly meaningless , you ' ll see . really ? ? That is ridiculous . Faith is not evidence . You are welcome to your beliefs , But it is wrong to belittle others because they do n ' t hold the same beliefs . I believe religion was created by man to explain his existence in a time without science . And formal structured religion was created by man to control the general population . At the time it did some good ; no sex til marriage ( control spread of std ' s ) do n ' t eat animals w / cloven hoofs ( Animals with cloven hoofs carry parasites ( Trichinosis ) that are only destroyed if the meat is cooked to a high enough temp - so people sometimes died when they ate that meat ) But religion is also one of the worst things that has ever happened to mankind . How many people have been killed as a direct result of religious belief ? Holy wars , witch hunts etc . . . . " THE CHURCHES " have repeatedly changed their views and doctrine when science proved them to be wrong , or the populace refused to go along with some of their bigoted views . Kenny shaw But maybe you need to think why would someone die for something they did n ' t know was true all Jesus had to do was deny he was the son of GOD but he played a very painful death then why would he apostles die for the same thing huh and how are we and everything else alive if we were . not created โข 2 years ago people are willing to die for all sorts of reasons . muslims are willing to die for what they believe , so by your argument their religion must be true . " how are we and everything else alive if we were . not created " Are you saying god is dead ? Or that he was created ? " The creation is solid evidence of a creator , " The creation of God is solid evidence of a creator . Oh wait , you ' re not about to play the ' god is complex but did n ' t need to be created by a sky - daddy ' card are you ? If you actually followed your own logic , you would see you are deeply flawed in the way you think . There is zero evidence of a ' creator ' as you put it . Even if there were , what exactly would lead you to believe it was just one , not two , or two million creators ? Other than the writings of ignorant humans I mean . Your argument for deism ( which is all it is ) is badly flawed . Your argument for whatever crackpot religion you subscribe to ( which I assume is Christianity ) , is snort - out - loud laughable . Bruce Mendel โข 1 month ago The guy that goes by science should do some research so he can debate with a guy that believes in god . LOLOL . rdberg1957 I think this is a misunderstanding of the motivation of most scientists . Most of them are too busy to have a sinister agenda . Every human has an agenda , whether good or bad or varying degrees of in between . They may not have the time or freedom to fully enact them but it will affect their work , the goals they set and the conclusions they come too . Blake Bartenbach If you see things that are n ' t really there , and think that everyone has an agenda , that ' s not religion . That ' s paranoid schizophrenia . I have n ' t seen anything that ' s not there , so I ' m good , everyone has an agenda , it ' s just not always bad ; ) Kenny shaw But think about it we are the perfect distance from the sun any closer we burn any further freeze and GOD is the one who has no beginning he said to the darkness let there be light Why was God talking to himself ? Or to ' darkness ' , which is n ' t something that could really hear . As for your fine tuning nonsense - is your god a slave to laws of physics which he did n ' t make ? Saying that God put us in a safe zone , is like saying he could n ' t have made us in a way we ' d survive outside such a zone . The only beings that have to ' fine tune ' things , are those that have to work with the laws of physics they ' ve already been given . David Bradlee Slatton It blesses me to run into someone who is not afraid to stand up for what is true . . thank - you . " Surely , if one says or thinks that there is a who God existed forever , and he was n ' t created by a creator of him , he would be believing in a miracle far greater than all the others in record . " Although of course , all the ' miracles ' on record , are simply eye - witness accounts of people who were lying , tricked , or did n ' t actually write those accounts . And by the way , the planets orbiting round the sun are n ' t really that ' orderly ' at all , not if some magical all powerful god designed and made it happen . You realise the moon is moving slowly away from us too yes ? Well - it was n ' t his most beautiful creation was it ? But maybe that ' s the fault of all the asteroid impacts it had . . .all those orderly asteroids , right ? rdberg1957 This is a good point . The more we know about planetary systems , the more we know about how orderly they are not . Some have had planets which crashed into one another . The orbits are not as stable as was once thought . Chaos is a big part of the formation of the universe . We do n ' t know how rare life is in the universe , but we have a good idea that the era of living things is probably a small portion of the life of the planet . It took a few CodeJingle Bless your heart Adrian Morgan I made an animated GIF last month comparing the Extreme Deep Field with the 2009 version of the Ultra Deep Field ( i.e. the version with the infrared data ) . Intermediate greyscale frames help draw attention to differences in detail , from which differences in colour would otherwise distract . http : / / outerhoard . files . wor . . . Your side - by - side comparison shows much more detail , and is also more suitable for embedding in a blog post . But I hope you think my animated comparison has its merits as well . Ed Do we know the density of galaxies is the same throughout the universe ? Could the universe be a galaxy of galaxies , and this field is atypical one way or the other ? John Smith If there are 100 Trillion Cells in the Human body and if there were 100 Trillion Galaxies in the Universe , Maybe the Universe is a living Being of some sort ? And if there were Parallel Universes , Maybe there could be more . . . Nina Wow . That is soo interesting . Ur right its like we are one cell inside a body . . Im gonna be thinking about this concept all night . Would ' t that make us a virus ? Zebulon Macahan yes infinite space , paralel universes , 176 billion galaxies , that we know of , , , o man , and yet , our tiny planet with its small inhabitants what IF we infact are the only intelligent species ? mindblowing thought , why cant save our planet from pollution , melting ices and so on ? lets love and be good ! helloUSA123 I notice USA debt , only become a issue , when the Republican party ca n ' t steal elections . The Republican party created the debt with endless war against countries that have oil . 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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/09/15/modified-yeast-marijuana/ | THE MAGAZINE BLOGS HEALTH & MEDICINE MIND & BRAIN TECHNOLOGY SPACE & PHYSICS LIVING WORLD ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS PODCASTS SHOP BLOGS D - brief | The Crux | Body Horrors Citizen Science Salon Dead Things ImaGeo Inkfish Lovesick Cyborg Neuroskeptic Out There Science Sushi Seriously , Science ? Field Notes Science & Food Vintage Space Rocky Planet Drone360 D - brief Arranged Bird Marriages Are Less Successful Than True Love Dogs Are Poor Problem - Solvers , And It โ s Our Fault Yeast Can Now Produce THC , Marijuana โ s Infamous Compound By Carl Engelking | September 15 , 2015 2 : 15 pm Yeast , the sugar - gobbling microorganism that โ s filled our bellies with beer and bread for millennia , has a new , increasingly important , role to play in society : serving as a therapeutic drug factory . In August , scientists announced they had genetically engineered yeast to produce the painkiller hydrocodone , and even before that breakthrough , modified yeast churned out the anti - malarial drug artemisinin Now , scientists have customized yeast to create THC ( the marijuana chemical that produces a โ high โ ) and cannabidiol . Drug Factories Biochemists from the Technical University in Dortmund , Germany , created a genetically - engineered yeast strain to produce very small amounts of THC or cannabidiol . Unlike normal yeast , however , these custom yeast have to be fed cannabigerolic acid , which is a precursor molecule to THC and cannabidiol . Using a molecular precursor as a starting point is a bit like reading a book from the middle chapters to its conclusion . Ideally , the entire process would start with simple sugars โ or chapter 1 โ rather than precursors to complete the entire chemical pathway that the marijuana plant does naturally . However , scientists believe they โ ll get to that point and scale up production for industrial use in the near future , the New York Times reports The team published its work with the yeast strain that produces THC in the journal Biotechnology Letters . They also created a separate strain that produces cannabidiol , but those data are yet to be published . A Research Boon Marijuana is chock full of molecular compounds that are fascinating to scientists Synthetic THC is already available in pill form and it is used to ease nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy , or stimulate the appetites of people with H.I.V. or other infections . Cannabidiol , a compound that is not psychoactive , has shown potential to reduce the frequency of seizures in epileptic individuals . Yeast factories could help scale up production of these chemicals not just for therapy , but for research too . Producing marijuana โ s constituent compounds in vast quantities would give researchers a supply of marijuana โ s myriad chemicals to better understand how , or if , they work as advertised . Still , at the moment , the plant is far more efficient than the yeast โ modern marijuana strains can contain more than 30 percent THC by dry weight . So there โ s still a long way to go before THC - producing yeast change the landscape of cannabis research . Researchers will likely need to splice many more genes into species of yeast to complete the entire chemical reaction in a single strain . But at the rate that genetically - modified yeast research is advancing , it may not be a long wait . Photo credit : Jan Faukner / Shutterstock CATEGORIZED UNDER : Health & Medicine top posts MORE ABOUT : biotechnology Vaccines & drugs ADVERTISEMENT Sorry , the browser you are using is not currently supported . Disqus actively supports the following browsers : Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 + Safari Chuck Farley โข 3 years ago Infamous ? As in the substance patented by the US government ( US6630507 ) as a neuroprotectant and antioxidant ? I ' d say that ' s famous , not infamous . Got some kind of agenda there , Discover ? The government has known for * decades * of the benefits of cannabis . The cat is out of the bag now ; we are all finding out about their lies . All those who have died from cancer * could have * had their chemo torture alleviated before they died . Some may have even been cured . Instead they were allowed to suffer and die . On top of the tens of thousands who had their lives ruined and their freedom removed via prison over cannabis . Absolutely criminal . I am glad so many know the real End the lies and legalize ! dusty rhodes โข 3 years ago 15 years ago , my freind was having chemo , and really bad side effects . he never smoked cannibus ever . during a chemo cycle , we sat and had him smoke 4 tokes thru a pipe , and we could see on his face the nausea go away , color back in his face , and an hour later , he felt like eating , which is also a big prob with chemo , you dont eat . how about lsd , and mdma , helping massive ptsd , and other issues , that the gov . wont James Peters Trials are ongoing elsewhere in the world Van Snyder The controlled substance acts were plain stupid , and maybe not constitutional . Have n ' t they learned from prohibition that it just enriches and empowers criminals ? Natural Nurture Its all about money . Incarceration is a private industry . The war against drugs . . .is just another money making war . The more in jail the better it is for shareholders . It is simple cupidity ; as most of organized crime is . . .even when it is government sanctioned and legal . โ In a time of universal deceit , telling the TRUTH becomes a revolutionary act . โ โ George Orwell TLongmire Wow 30 % that ' s amazing ! ! ! ! Rev . O . Luscion 30 % by dry weight . That would be an enourmous amount of yeast to get enough weight for getting full grown adults stoned . Probably easier to just grow some real weed . TLongmire No , breeders have actually found a way to make the plants produce 30 % THC , which I could only but imagine equates to some potent medicine ! thugnificentnuggybeartresequ Living the dream in Portland , Oregon . Courtney that ' s all good and dandy but come on . . . federal government wo n ' t legalize marijuana cause they know that the pharmaceutical companies ca n ' t patton a plant and make money off of it . We all know money makes the world go around , sadly but true ! Drives me nuts cause you ca n ' t beat the real thing why focus on making the THC molecule when you should be focusing on making it legal and idolizing the benefits such as medical and industrial hemp we can stop cutting down Stephen Green I have a state medical card and am able to use cannabis made available here where I live . Higher CDB levels usually get me high anyway . Not the same as High THC levels . Northern Invader Hope they do the same with CBD as that ' s the real healing chemical ( but it does n ' t get you high ) Stephen Green I have a state health department prescription for pain relief . The state run program is n ' t too bad , except price . And now my state legislators are concerned that the cash flow was n ' t what they expected . Hopefully they wo n ' t mess with the prices we pay now . faaaaq Whats the price difference between shops and the street ? If street prices are less than shop prices , your state might be considering lowering the shop prices to increase sales , to try to hit the revenue sweet - spot . Rev . O . Luscion Street prices are slightly lower than store prices here in Washington . But i ca n ' t hardly think of anyone that still buys from the street . . . not unless there are n ' t any pot stores around . Street weed is still pretty good . . . but most still prefer legal outlets where they can read percentages on the labels . John K Well , normally you would n ' t use yeast to make brownies . MeMy_SelfAndi is it smokable ? , hahahaha . . . . . probably tastes like you ' re smoking dirty socks though . . . . lakua It ' s not clear why they ' d want to use yeast to produce THC when there is a much simpler and more efficient way to do it , by growing cannabis . Chuck Farley Because then big pharma can extract and sell it . Of course they ' ll want to blend it with oxycontin ( to keep ya comin back ) . After all , they ca n ' t let you grow your own medicine in your closet or backyard . . . Nate Because using yeast has the potential to be much more efficient and simpler than anything as energy intensive as agriculture . Imagine 1000 gallons of water . Add bag of yeast , add sugar , keep warm for a few weeks . Extract THC Solomany โข 8 months ago Just Got THC / CBD Oil from Dr Peter Hurt for my Father Stage 4 CANCER VIA # on profile George Hush โข 8 months ago Just order some CBD Oil 2000mg from Dr Peter Hurt for my grand mom Crohns disease and it has just been deliver to my doorstep Contact Dr Peter Hurt via phone # on my profile picture rolandmanfest Diagnosed in December 2016 " " Triple - Negative Breast Cancer Stage 4 but with the use of medical cannabis gotten from Dr Peter Hurt I now sleep like a baby , I feel healthy . I have energy because I ' m always rested . I feel strong . I feel happy and brave . I use Cannabis Oil every night before bed . It ' s my life now , because it gave me my life back for me and my family . My blood work is perfect . December 17th will be two years of being cancer Jay Evens Legalization has ruined the marijuana plant . Very few people actually cure their marijuana . It ' s sad the black market would take the extra time and risk being caught to deliver top quality . Grow your own its only way to ensure quality ! Scientific fact : Aroma ' s , taste ' s , and potency go up with slow cure of marijuana . Also , harshness and paranoid effects are reduced dramatically with slow curing because again scientifically proven facts . The plant continues to convert sugars and other chemical processes continue to take place that DesertSun59 " has shown potential to reduce the frequency of seizures in epileptic individuals . " No . Not potential . It actually does so . I note the reluctance to discuss this issue with full disclosure . Stacie Stevens Markham Gonna stock up on yeast tomorrow . Kokopelli I ca n ' t wait to try the beer made with that yeast ! : - ) Timothy Higgins Cancer feeds on Sugar . Cannaoil has the proven track record for over 5000 years . Brian Prewett Wonder if they can Genetically Engineer me to naturally produce THC ! ! OH WOW ! ! I ALREADY DO BY JUST PUTTING A SEED IN THE GROUND ! ! ! protein expression Thanks for sharing the information ! Overburdened_Planet If this process can be scaled up to compete with the plant , it should save water and other resources . The question then is whether it will be cost competitive . dakan303 This is really good news , but does this mean the genetically engineered yeast made chew - able Vic ' s contain gluten ? Ya know , Hydrocodone . Is the wheat taken out in the process of yeast in the factory ? I ' m celiac , so really curious ? Van Snyder Yeast is n ' t wheat . dakan303 Yeast can be cross contaminated and contain Gluten . Barley , Wheat , whatever , it ' s Gluten which highly sensitive celiac / Chron ' s people ca n ' t have any of . http : / / www . celiac . com / glute . . . dusty rhodes just another way for big pharma to cash in , when you can get help thru a plant . next , it will cost $ 15000 a year like that new cholesterol drug . big pharma = death panels . Elliot stupid commenters = nazi squads GeoffZoref I thought I had Read that chemists at Jansen were synthesing opiates like Fentanyl from Lactic Acid 40 years ago . The Magazine Blogs Health & Medicine MInd & Brain Technology Space & Physics Living World Environment Photos RSS About Advertise Contact Us Terms of Use Privacy Policy American Snowmobiler | Astronomy | Bead&Button Bead&Button Show Classic Toy Trains Classic Trains Discover Facet Finescale Modeler Garden Railways Jewelry and Beading Store Kalmbach Hobby Store Model Railroader Model Railroader Video Plus My Science Shop Scale Auto Trains Trains com | [
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/07/asian-negritos-are-not-one-population/ | Gene Expression Some noneffects of adoption A beast with human skin Asian Negritos are not one population By Razib Khan July 21 2011 839 pm Negrito Philippines Credit Ken Ilio In the post below I mentioned that the Malaysian and Philippine Negritos seem to be two very distinct populations This was something I wanted to explore in more detail so I naturally decided to poke around the PanAsian SNP data set The aims are made somewhat more difficult by the fact that there are only 56000 markers in the data set as opposed to 600000 in the HGDP and more than 1 million in the HapMap Additionally the intersection with other data sets is small For example only 20000 SNPs with the HGDP With all that in mind I hazarded that something is better than nothing Relatives and HapMap populations were removed from the data set thanks Zack Additionally I beefed up the South Asian populations with the Gujaratis from the HapMapwhich had an intersection of 32000 SNPs After a few test runs I decided to remove the Mlabri They always shook out very early as a separate population from many others nearby and their genetic distances were very high This tribe is only numbered in the hundreds and I wouldnt be surprised if theyve been subjected to a lot of population bottlenecks resulting in some very distinctive allele frequencies But before I move to the results lets back up for a moment Who are the Negritos As suggested by the term Negrito refers to a range of populations which are characterized by small size and Africanlike features very dark skin and frizzy hair In general their distribution is limited to Southeast Asia there are suggestions that a Negrito population may only recently have gone extinct in Australias rainforests but thats speculative On a more antique scale there are records which may be interpreted to suggest the existence of Negritos in Taiwan as late as 1900 and in southern China within the past 1000 years So you can bracket their distribution from the Andaman Islands to the I ran ADMIXTURE from K 4 to K 12 K 8 seemed the most informative to me at higher Ks the major dynamic is that the Philippine Negritos start fragmenting into many distinct clusters Ive made a few cosmetic changes With this East and Southeast Asia heavy data set theres almost no difference between all the various Indian groups so I amalgamated them together I also did the same for related populations geographically adjacent which exhibited no genetic difference eg Central and East Javanese The distinctiveness of the two Negrito groups is rather obvious But what makes it even more obvious are the Fst values across two inferred clusters NE Asian P Negrito Hmong Melanesian S Asian M Negrito AustroAsiatic Austronesian NE Asian 0 0101 0046 0099 0095 0098 007 0045 Philippines Negrito 0101 0 011 0105 0113 0124 0108 0096 Hmong 0046 011 0 0108 0107 0099 0072 0058 Melanesian 0099 0105 0108 0 0099 0113 0104 01 S Asian 0095 0113 0107 0099 0 0104 0103 0108 Malaysian Negrito 0098 0124 0099 0113 0104 0 0086 0098 AustroAsiatic 007 0108 0072 0104 0103 0086 0 0062 Austronesian 0045 0096 0058 01 0108 0098 0062 0 Whats clearly evident here is that the largest genetic distance across any two inferred populations is between the Malaysian and Philippine Negrito clusters Lets visualize the relationships a bit Observe that Philippine Negrito cluster tends to have an affinity for Austronesians and the Malaysian Negrito one has one for the AustroAsiatics You can tell from the different tribes that theres varied admixture with Austronesians in the former case but what about the Malaysian Negritos who are of the Jehai and Kensui affiliation Heres the individual bar plot Theres a substantial AustroAsiatic admixture in this population We have seen before that ADMIXTUREs inferred population clusters are only a rough guide to the real populations which existed in the past The reality is that the history of the human race has been characterized by repeated fissions and fusions of populations so all ADMIXTURE clusters are going to be composites anyway depending on the chronology which you are using The affinity of the Malaysian and Philippine Negrito clusters to the ones geographically close to them suggest to me that theyre telling us about ancient admixture events which have been recombined to the point that a new composite population naturally falls out of the algorithm It may be that after Taiwan the I also ran some principal component analyses Basically each dimension represents an independent axis of variation in the genetic data set The first component of variation is clearly the westeast one ins Eurasia Note that its 5 times larger than the second dimension Ive highlighted the two Negrito populations Observe that in general they dont manifest a particular close relationship So whats the moral of this story Dont judge a book by its cover Up until the waters rose with the end of the last Ice Age 12000 years ago the southeast region of Eurasia and out toward Oceania were far less fragmented Biogeographically you have Sundaland where Malaysia and western Indonesia are today To the east there was Sahul which combined Australia and New Guinea Expanding out to India and southeast to Australia physical anthropologists in the 20th century posited the Australoid race Using ADMIXTURE and PCA you can see shadows of an Ice Age Southeast Eurasian race which extended from India to Australia Shadows because outside of Australia and Melanesia it is either a thin submerged layer or it persists as residual tribes such as the Ati of the Philippines or the Semang of Malaysia Malaysian Negritos 1900 But these populations had their own population structure and distinctions My bet would be that the Malaysian Negritos are closer to the Onge of the Andaman Islanders and that these two groups emerged out of a western branch of Sundalanders The Philippine Negritos are from an eastern branch and their closer affinity to Melanesians may be due to longstanding gene flow across the two populations another option is that very old Austronesian admixture in both has shifted their nonAustronesian components closer together in allele frequency Overall I suspect that the past 10000 years have been radically different from the past insofar as population replacement and expansion has occurred on a scale never before seen due to the demographic impact of agriculture The remaining Negritos may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the genetic diversity which disappeared as the hunters gave way to the farmers Image credit Maximilian Dรถrrbecker CATEGORIZED UNDER Anthroplogy Genetics Genomics Human Evolution Human Genetics MORE ABOUT Admixture Aeta Ati Malaysia Negritos Philippines Sahul Semang Southeast Asia Sundaland ADVERTISEMENT Sorry the browser you are using is not currently supported Disqus actively supports the following browsers Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 Safari Julian ODea 7 years ago The authors are saying that Pygmy women have babies while they are small Well yes they are pygmies But the data show that they are not reproducing having babies younger than other groups It is a nice theory but the data don39t support it carpetanuiq 7 years ago Sandgroper excelent link After reading the thread Im confused about what to consider Negrito traits and how to explain the origin of these traits Negrito traits for me a summary of negrito physical traits if such a thing exists is low stature lower than the average of surounding peoples curly hair dark skin black not brown I would include also nose shape and maybe mouth and skull shape While New Guineans have some of this traits I would not label them Negritos Negrito traits origin Imo there are three competing hypothesis negrito look is an adaptation to tropical rainforest no matter how the original surounding populations looked if you introduce a large enough group in a tropical rainforest given enough time how much is enough you will get the full negrito traits package Some consequences poeples with Negrito looks can be unrelated you expect to find Negrito looks wherever you find tropical rainforest and ancient peoples living there you expect to not find Negrito look peoples outside tropical rainforest negrito look is a remaining of the first Ooa population The common traits are explained by descent and adaptation the original Ooa population was living in tropical rainforest migrated Ooa through a tropical rainforest or similar biome route and those populations that has been living in a tropical rainforest and isolated since then has conserved the traits negrito look explained by descent alone Same as before but the original Ooa population looked like this even without living in a tropical rainforest and some of their isolated descendants Ooa has mantained their traits Consequences we would not be surprised to find negrito traits in isolated populations not living in tropical rainforest any known case One key piece of information is what happened to the areas where we find Negritos today under extreme cold climate conditions that is LGM httpfrwikipediaorgwik The match is almost exact we find Negritos today exactly where we find tropical rainforest during LGM I could not discern if the light brown color in the corn of Australia refers to tropical rain forest the same regarding New Guinea northeast coast We do not find them in places in SA and SEA where there are today tropical rain forest but not during LGM I think this rule out third hypothesis but let open first and second If first is correct present Negritos distribution says nothing about Ooa route If second is correct it may say something Ps An interesting link regarding the origin of another phenotype fair eye and hair In this case the explanation is sexual selection httpcogwebuclaeduepF ohwilleke 7 years ago These FST results show that NE Asians are closer to Negritos than SE Asians are to Negritos The results are inaccurate and flawed unless the NE Asian cluster can be split into different clusters at a higher K which seems likely since Okinawans should NOT have more NE Asian than Koreans and Japanese It doesnt make any logical sense Perhaps the NE Asian label should be called Okinawan rather than NE Asian which also wouldnt make much sense since Uyghurs should not have Okinawan admixture but rather should have Northern Mongoloid admixture Higher Ks should be used to split this There was a major influx of population to Okinawa in the fist millenium from Japan which was some combination of NE Asian Yaoyi Ainu not clear how that shows up in the ancestral population analysis and Northern Chinese mostly at the tail end of this time period We have very little information about the extent to which Okinawa was virgin territory or experienced population replacement at this time It is certainly plausible that any prior population mixed with Yaoyi immigrants in proportions similar enough to those of Japan39s main islands that the original inhabitants became geneticall indistinguishable from the other Justin Giancola 7 years ago shadows of an Ice Age Southeast Eurasian race which extended from India to Australia I would lean towards Arabia through southern Iran through But there it could be more genetically submerged or underwater or desert now Sandgroper 7 years ago Excellent paper So far from being a remnant of a very early wave of 39negrito39 migration to Australia the rain forest people were actually pretty recent occupants adapting to changing environment Which pretty much shoots giant holes through Birdsell39s theory Not completely maybe but it makes it look increasingly very unlikely I39m always fascinated by Aboriginal toxic plant processing I try to imagine the process of discovery and always find it difficult I mean some of the processes were fairly complex and seemingly not intuitive Julian ODea 7 years ago Sorry more recent review gives 8000 years BP for human occupation of Queensland rainforests httpwwwbionicainfobi Julian ODea 7 years ago The Negritos in Queensland Australia were once known as Barrineans under a scheme proposed by Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell anthropologists which had Australia being populated by three waves of migration The Barrineans were supposedly a shortstatured initial group with remnants in the Queensland rainforests and in Tasmania The evidence is weak for this theory and most Australian anthropologists would now dismiss the idea I have seen original diaries by Tindale in which he investigates the rainforest Aborigines and develops his ideas about Barrineans and the supposed Tasmanian connection Lake Barrine is a body of water in the rainforest area The oldest settlement in the Queensland rainforest known to archaeology is at Jiyer Cave dated to 4000 years BP Sandgroper 7 years ago Steve spot the similarities I can39t httpanthrocivitasnetfo They39re probably all small I39d say that39s about it Some of those don39t have black hair either occamseraser 7 years ago There is a critique of Migliano et al 2007 in Human Biology Feb 2010 by Becker et al Migliano et al respond in a letter to the editor in the same journal and defend there model for Asian pygmies ohwilleke There is a recently described toe bone from the Philippines Callao Cave that pushes human arrival there back to at least 67 ka published at length in the Journal of Human Evolution Sandgroper 7 years ago Julian I am not too familiar with a lot of Queensland I was astonished when I first saw those photographs Yeah I don39t have any ideology or set of priors that I filter stuff through But it39s certainly not my field so I tend to accept people39s analysis of data less questioningly than maybe I should while trying to filter out the extraneous stuff Steve I have encountered people in peninsular Malaysia who I am pretty sure were Semang they looked very different from everyone else there very much darker except for some Tamils skinnier and smaller in stature But in real life those crude indicators are really not too helpful eg skin is not a colour it39s a spectrum has texture etc hair varies a lot People vary a lot in darkness of skin just through UV exposure eg Thai farmers go very dark in the sun Really it was the smallness and skinniness that hit me the most among a general population If you encountered Melanesians in real life I doubt you would ever confuse them with sub saharan Africans they are very different But in real life you have a lot more inputs eg when I see someone I don39t really mentally separate out the visual inputs from the aural or behavioural cues it39s a package Plus there39s context But it never did occur to me that Melanesians would be closely related to Africans there was never I time when I ever thought that I can39t imagine why anyone would unless they were just trying to fit everyone onto a very Julian ODea 7 years ago I think the life history theory is just a sexier theory than mine Mine is pure physiology UV light vitamin D etc The life history theory makes for more of a human interest story By the way the area where Australia39s Negritos lived is tropical rainforest I have not met many of the Aborigines from that area I did meet one older man who fitted the usual descriptions short relatively light skin rainforest hair IIRC The local doctor GP family doctor showed me around the area and I met some of the people Steve Sailer 7 years ago Has anybody out there actually met sizable numbers of different kinds of negritos If you have can you tell them apart by looking at them fairly easily or do the different kinds really do look alike even after you are familiar with them By way of analogy I39ve looked at enough pictures of Melanesian to reach the point where I could tell them apart from subSaharan Africans with say about a 90 accuracy rate just from pictures That39s not a terribly impressive capability however because they aren39t closely related at all What about the various flavors of negritos Do they seem similar to those who know them or is their similarity mostly just the obvious things stature skin hair Sandgroper 7 years ago Julian yes born in south west Noongar country I don39t live in Australia much now but I39m familiar with Peter39s book I agree Julian ODea 7 years ago Sandgroper there has been a lot of uncritical support for the life history theory in the media From your screenname you may be an Australian You may have heard Peter McAllister an Australian on the Robin Williams radio program Peter and I have chatted I was grateful he covered my UV light theory in his book Pygmonia but I think he is pushing the Migliano theory too hard I told him that I have been to the area where the Australian Negritos lived and I find it hard to credit that it was tougher than other Aboriginal environments Sandgroper 7 years ago Yeah I had gained the impression that it39s a dramatic difference but it39s not not from those data Sandgroper 7 years ago Reproduction is not the same as having babies Damn no wonder I only managed to father one of them Julian ODea 7 years ago If Pygmy and Negrito women were actually having babies quickly in response to excessive general mortality that would make sense But there is no evidence for that The authors say that menarche and first reproduction occur relatively early given their adult body size which is true but it is not the same as having babies earlier than normal Sandgroper 7 years ago Yeah The Yanomami are pretty small though Julian ODea 7 years ago The Asmat and the Yanomamo seem to have similar life expectancy to the Pygmies and Negritos according to the table Sandgroper 7 years ago Thanks No neither can I Julian ODea 7 years ago See this httpdeepbluelibumiche See Table 2 for example I can39t see any evidence that Pygmies and Negritos are unusual in terms of age at menarche or first reproduction Sandgroper 7 years ago More here but I can39t access it httponlinelibrarywiley The abstract refers to early onset of reproduction Sandgroper 7 years ago Julian yes that39s what I39m referring to Thanks for reminding me I39m wrong I see Andrea Migliano also referred specifically to two Filipino groups as well and generally to pygmies around the world as having low life expectancy typically 1624 years as reported on by Ed Yong here httpnotexactlyrocketscie httpwwwpnasorgcontent Pavlova 7 years ago These FST results show that NE Asians are closer to Negritos than SE Asians are to Negritos The results are inaccurate and flawed unless the NE Asian cluster can be split into different clusters at a higher K which seems likely since Okinawans should NOT have more NE Asian than Koreans and Japanese It doesn39t make any logical sense Perhaps the NE Asian label should be called Okinawan rather than NE Asian which also wouldn39t make much sense since Uyghurs should not have Okinawan admixture but rather should have Northern Mongoloid admixture Higher K39s should be used to split this Julian ODea 7 years ago Sandgroper that sounds like the Migliano life history theory Reference to tables of ages at menarche and age at first child do not indicate that Pygmies or Negritos are unusual in this regard That is they do not become sexually mature any earlier than other human groups Sandgroper 7 years ago Agriculturalists should get less Vitamin D from diet not more But they do clear forest to grow crops Something that stands out with African pygmies aside from small stature is shortened life span they stop growing early reproduce early and die early Does that happen with any of the peoples labelled as 39negrito39 I have not seen it referred to in anything I have read about them Julian ODea 7 years ago I think where you have rainforest people who are not of short stature two things may obtain Either the people are relatively lightskinned or they are agriculturalists Or both People in New Guinea are mostly agriculturalists My theory explains the negrito or pygmy type on the basis of low ultraviolet light in the rainforest and dark skin This leads to a lack of capacity to make vitamin D I wrote this up in Homo in 1994 ohwilleke 7 years ago Does archaeology provide any insight into how long modern humans have been in either the Philippines or Malaysia Razib Khan 7 years ago highland new guinea is also not dominated by huntergatherers Ian 7 years ago If Negrito look is adaptation to rainforest very likely we must explain why there are rainnforests without Negritolike peoples There are two sets of traits that make Negritolike peoples short stature and curly hair with Africanlike features Dark skin I think is widespread enough outside of the rainforest zone that it can be ignored here The latter combination of features are present in Indian tribals Papuans Melanesians and Australians in addition to Africans so my guess would be that would just be the retention of ancestral traits with the 39European39 and 39East Asian39 type features representing adaptations to colder climates As for short stature many 39rainforest39 groups in the New World are fairly short in stature And they haven39t been in that sort of an environment nearly as long as these other groups New Guinea may be something of an outlier here but much of the island is actually quite high elevation it39s not low elevation tropical rainforest So the environment may not be equivalent at all Added to that of course is the fact that evolution is not deterministic Short stature may be one way to deal with a certain set of environmental constraints but it may not be the only solution the presents itself Razib Khan 7 years ago 5 answer my question httpblogsdiscovermagazi carpetanuiq 7 years ago If Negrito look is adaptation to rainforest very likely we must explain why there are rainnforests httpenwikipediaorgwik without Negritolike peoples I refer for instance places such as New Guinea or America where we know peoples are ancient enough maybe you need a special kind of rainforest for these traits to evolve New Guinea is a mountaneous area maybe not enough time to develop maybe peoples of America had lost genes needed for these traits Pavlova 7 years ago The purple component is modal among Indonesians important in Malay Negritos and nearly absent among Phillipine Negritos Perhaps the Malay Negritos got their purple components from the Malay populations including protoMalay Also the Fst distances look weird NE Asians are closer to Melanesians than SE Asians are to Melanesians Your results tell me that Northern Chinese Koreans and Japanese are closer to Melanesians than the SE Asians are to Melanesians Perhaps this NE Asian cluster needs to be separated by higher K39s This is only speculation but I have a suspicion that part of the NE Asian cluster among Ryukyuans can be split into another cluster that has affinities with Papuans while the other part of the NE Asian cluster is more of a Northern Mongoloid cluster aka Korean Tungusic Yayoi This is because Ryukyuans are largely Jomon descendants who are as some claim Australoid Razib Khan 7 years ago In my opinion the socalled Negritos in North Queensland Australia were simply a local forestadapted group of Aborigines these results support the repeated origination of this phenotype Julian ODea 7 years ago Here is Colin Groves39 rejoinder to the Quadrant article httpwwwaustralianhumani And here is another response httpwwwkooriweborgfol Both papers refer to my theory on the cause of low stature in rainforest peoples In my opinion the socalled Negritos in North Queensland Australia were simply a local forestadapted group of Aborigines They did not go extinct Some are still around although they have bred into the white population and with taller Aborigines They are discussed in Peter McAllister39s recent book Pygmonia Joe 7 years ago It39s an interesting result but not overly surprising In my mental narrative of demographic changes across ancient east Asia the first modern humans 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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/11/how-a-pit-viper-saved-millions-of-lives-snakes-as-drug-factories/ | The Loom A question for you : what should I do with my lectures ? The birth of the animal kingdom : My new piece for the New York Times How a pit viper saved millions of lives : Snakes as drug factories By Carl Zimmer | March 11 , 2011 12 : 34 pm If you โ ve just been bitten by a venomous snake and your flesh is starting to rot and you ca n โ t breathe , you may not be in the mood to hear how beautiful snake venom can be . But from a safe distance , it really is a marvel to behold . Snake venom is a blend of molecules , many of which are exquisitely adapted for wreaking havoc . Some are enzymes that slice muscles apart . Some grab onto proteins that normally form clots , so that a snake โ s victim ca n โ t stop bleeding . Many snake venoms attack the nervous system with molecular precision that โ s so good that neuroscientists have snakes to thank for some of their biggest discoveries . In the 1950s , two researchers in Taiwan โ CY Lee and CC Chang โ decided to study the venom of the banded krait . A bite from the snake , native to Taiwan , caused paralysis and shallow breathing โ suggesting to the scientists that the snake โ s venom must interfere in an interesting way with the nervous system โ s control of muscles . Nerves trigger muscles to contract by releasing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine . At first Lee and Chang assumed that the snake venom must cut acetylcholine apart , but they found it had no effect . Instead , they discovered , the banded krait venom prevented neurons from responding to acetylcholine and from releasing their own . These two changes were caused by two different proteins in the venom of the banded krait , which Lee and Chang dubbed ฮฑ - bungarotoxin and ฮฒ - bungarotoxin . In 1970 , Lee went to Paris . He wanted to present his results to Jean - Pierre Changeux , a neuroscientist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris who was at the forefront of deciphering the molecular structure of neurons . He was thrilled by Lee and Chang โ s research , because it looked as if that ฮฑ - bungarotoxin was latching onto a receptor for acetylcholine . Scientists assumed that such a receptor existed , but no one had found it yet . Lee collaborated with Changeux and Michiki Kasai to test out the toxin on neurons from electric eels . Just as Changeux had hoped , the krait venom latched onto one receptor in particular . Using the venom as their guide , the scientists could purify a big enough supply of the receptors to figure out its structure โ the first time such a feat had ever been accomplished for a receptor on a neuron . Soon , this discovery bore medical fruit , by allowing scientists to understand a disease called myasthenia gravis . Myasthenia gravis slowly weakens the muscles , making it hard to swallow , talk , and keep one โ s eyelids open . In 1973 scientists at Johns Hopkins applied radioactive ฮฑ - bungarotoxin to muscle tissue from people with myasthenia gravis . The radioactive venom latched onto their acetylcholine receptors , allowing the scientists to count them up . They discovered that people with the disease had fewer receptors than normal . Researchers wondered if the immune system was mistakenly attacking the receptors and destroying them . If that were true , then you โ d expect people with myasthenia gravis to have antibodies to the receptors . In 1976 , scientists from the Salk Institute mixed together radioactive ฮฑ - bungarotoxin and acetylcholine receptors and then added them to serum from people with myasthenia gravis . Just as the researchers had predicted , the serum was loaded with antibodies that attacked the receptors . Today , neurologists use ฮฑ - bungarotoxin to diagnose the disease . There โ s no point in trying In a review to be published in the journal Bioessays Freek Vonk of Leiden University ( picture above with a king cobra ) and his colleagues describe how venom is continuing to make its way into the clinic . A crucial part of this translation is understanding how snakes evolved such a rich pharmocopeia . By comparing the genes for venom with other genes , scientists have found that they โ ve been borrowed away from other functions . Many animals โ ourselves included โ make enzymes that attack microbes . In snakes , this molecule evolved into a structure that let it attack muscle . It does n โ t attack This transformation has occurred many times over , and , as Vonk and his colleagues explain , it is made possible by several different kinds of mutations . In some cases , the genes are duplicated , so that one copy can go on doing its original job , while the other is free to evolve to do a beter job at a new one โ in this case , killing prey . It โ s also possible for cells to use one gene to make two different proteins . Genes are made of segments , and cells can use This creative evolution did n โ t just turn non - venom into venom . It also let venom evolve into new forms . Snakes , scientists are finding , often carry venoms fine - tuned for their prey of choice . Some species of saw - scaled vipers make arthropods their prey , while others attack mammals . The venom of the mammal - specialists is useless against arthropods like scorpions . As a result of this evolution , scientists have lots of different venoms to explore to see if they โ re useful in medicine . Millions of people rely on venom to keep their blood pressure in check , for example . ACE inhibitors were isolated from Brazilian pitvipers , which use the molecule to make their prey black out from a drop in blood pressure . Saw - scaled vipers make blood - thinning venoms , which have been turned into an anticoagulant drug called tirofiban . A number of venom drugs are now in the pipeline to treat Scientists are developing ways to test out venoms faster . Instead of trying them out on mice , for example , some researchers are figuring out how to inject venom into zebrafish eggs . And Vonk and his colleagues think that there are a vast number of venoms for these scientists to investigate . While scientists have been studying venoms for decades , they โ ve focused their attenion on the ones that are dangerous to humans . Yet most snakes โ even seemingly harmless ones without fangs or complicated venom glands โ turn out to produce venom . You Of course , Vonk and other snake experts wo n โ t be able to study those venoms if the snakes become too rare to find . A lot of the habitats where snakes live are under siege , and some preliminary surveys suggest that snakes may be in a worldwide decline . If they go of into that dark night of extinction , they โ ll take their medicines with them . ( For more on venom , see my articles in the New York Times here and here . And also check out Vonk giving snakes the Steve Irwin treatment Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . CATEGORIZED UNDER : Evolution Medicine Top posts ADVERTISEMENT Comments are closed . | [
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/10/13/social-priming-works-after-all/ | Neuroskeptic Are There Too Few Jobs In Neuroscience Does Effect Size Matter for fMRI Social Priming Does It Work After All By Neuroskeptic October 13 2016 1037 am Social priming has been the punchingbag of psychology for the past few years The term social priming refers to the idea that subtle cues can exert large unconscious influences on human behaviour The classic example of a social priming effect was the professor priming study in which volunteers who completed a task in which they had to describe a typical professor subsequently performed better on a general knowledge task In other words as the authors put it priming a stereotype or trait leads to complex overt behavior in line with this activated stereotype or trait Although it was a booming research area for many years that professor priming paper has 756 citations social priming has lately come under heavy criticism Many researchers have failed to replicate previously claimed effects The fields reputation also suffered when Diederik Stapel a highprofile social priming researcher was exposed as a fraud who faked data in dozens of studies But now a new paper claims that reports of primings death have been greatly exaggerated Its called Replicable effects of primes on human behavior and its from psychologists B Keith Payne and colleagues Are Payne et al really saying that social priming can work after all Sort of The authors dont like the term social priming and in fact one section of the paper is devoted to explaining why its an unhelpful phrase Payne et al prefer to describe their work as behavioral priming but they also use this term to cover the kinds of studies that are often called social priming They say that their procedure captured the defining elements of previous priming studies in that ostensibly irrelevant primes influenced behavioral responses and appeared to do so unintentionally Overall the authors imply that their results are relevant to the social priming debate Whether thats true is something Ill address later So what did Payne et al do They present the results of six experiments In each study volunteers performed a simple gambling task on each trial two playing cards appeared on the screen and the volunteer had to choose whether to bet or pass They were told that if they bet their chance of winning would be based on the combined value of the cards in Blackjack style with face cards scored as 10 aces as 11 The priming aspect of the study came in form of words which were flashed up on the screen for 300 milliseconds just after the cards were shown The words were randomly picked from a pool of six bet gamble or wager pass fold stay Payne et al found that merely viewing a word such as gamble encouraged volunteers to choose to bet but it only worked if the cards were mediocre not so good or so bad that the best response was obvious Heres the results of Experiment 1 The other experiments replicated the effect in different samples of volunteers five samples in all showing very similar results One experiment 4 confirmed that the priming effect still worked albeit weakly when the priming words were presented subliminally in a masked presentation lasting just 12 milliseconds As volunteers could not consciously perceive these masked words this suggests that the influence of the primes on behaviour was outside of intentional control Overall this is a really interesting series of experiments I find the results convincing but Im not convinced that this study has much relevance to the world of professor priming and the like One major difference between Payne et als method and classic social priming methods is time the primes in this study preceded the decision prompts by just 100 milliseconds but in social priming its not uncommon to see claims of effects that persist for several minutes or more Rapid priming effects seem intuitively just more plausible than slow ones The authors acknowledge this point But in my opinion theres a more fundamental difference between this gambling task and most of the social priming work in Payne et als task the priming effect makes sense in a way that social priming doesnt Roughly speaking we might say that when someone is faced with two equally good options even a small and irrelevant prompt can make them pick one over the other To put it another way if there are no good reasons to pick one option the brain is susceptible to making the choice based on bad reasons such as familiarity eg the fact that one option was advertised 100 milliseconds before There are ways one could formalize this idea in psychological or neuroscience terms My rather unscientific point is that the Payne et al priming effect is a lot easier to believe than professor priming Why should thinking about some group automatically make us behave like that group I just cant see why it should and it doesnt fit with my everyday experience I know Im not alone in this social priming just doesnt ring true to many people and rightly or wrongly this contributes to the skepticism over the idea In summary this is a lovely paper but I dont think it offers much comfort to the social priming field Payne BK BrownIannuzzi JL Loersch C 2016 Replicable effects of primes on human behavior Journal of Experimental Psychology General 145 10 12691279 PMID 27690509 CATEGORIZED UNDER papers Top Posts Uncategorized ADVERTISEMENT Sorry the browser you are using is not currently supported Disqus actively supports the following browsers Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 Safari Doug Rohrer 2 years ago Great column You are right that there is a large difference between the kinds of social priming phenomena that have received so much attention and the kinds of priming that are well established in the memory field Here is how David Meyers put it a recent letter to Science It is important to emphasize that some basic behaviorpriming effects are real robust and easily replicable even if others are much more problematic For example if an English reader is presented with a printed word like DOG then on average she will be at least 10 to 20 faster at recognizing and responding to a subsequent associated word like CAT when it is presented within a few seconds after the previous word This psychological phenomenon called semantic priming has been demonstrated many times during past decades Viewed from a metaphorical perspective what some social psychologists have done is essentially like With less flair my colleagues and I wrote the following in our recent paper about money priming The large robust reported by Vohs et al 2006 and Caruso et al 2013 are quite different from the wellestablished priming effects observed in perceptual and cognitive tasks eg Meyer Schvaneveldt 1971 For example in studies using the lexical decision paradigm subjects are faster to indicate that a letter string is a word DOCTORyes if the word immediately follows a related word NURSE rather than an unrelated word BREAD Although these priming effects are reliable the effect sizes are small Cohens d 020 eg Pashler Coburn Harris 2012 Semantic priming effects are also fleeting For example Becker Moscovitch Behrmann and Doug Rohrer Meyer D E Schvaneveldt R W 1971 Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words Evidence of a dependence between retrieval operations Journal of Experimental Psychology 90 227234 Rohrer D Pashler H Harris C 2015 Do subtle reminders of money change peoples political views Journal of Experimental Psychology General 144 e73e85 D Samuel Schwarzkopf 2 years ago Great post At first I thought I have to read this study but your post is very comprehensive so you save me the trouble of reading this This sounds like a reasonable study First of all its great to see they used a withinsubject design This has long been one of my main gripes with the social priming Ive also been told not to use that term but I was never told what the alternative ought to be I can understand why these researchers are a little worried about order effects but this is not an insurmountable problem and Id at least like to see someone attempt a withinsubject design If these theories were correct it should really work as withinsubject design I think you are also completely right that this isnt the same kind of priming as professors making you smart or words related to the elderly making you walk slowly The fast priming in this betting task seems a lot more plausible We know that priming exists certainly in visual search and also semantic priming etc I would be fairly confident that it also goes beyond such very simple lab designs As an anecdotal example yesterday I read this article by one of the women accusing Donald Trump of sexual harassment in that article the word therapist appeared several times The bit that I disbelieve about social priming is not the basic concept that some stimuli even subliminal ones can affect behavior Rather it is that the effect size of the dependent variables used at extremely implausible In both of Barghs elderly priming experiments the absolute effect size is a difference of 1 second in walking speed and the relative effect size is around d1 This is simply not realistic As I always say humans are dirty test tubes There are so many factors involved in determining somebodys walking speed as they leave the lab that this is quite simply Neuroskeptic 2 years ago Good points Regarding the term social priming I take the view that its a useful term We know what it means we know it when we see it Its not a precise term and its probably a misnomer theres little social about it really but it serves its purpose in most cases PsyoSkeptic 2 years ago Paynes study here is poor as a scholarly work Its no more social priming than the early priming experiments of Neely were That effect is something very well established across many decades This attempt to make a small additional generalization of traditional semantic priming into something grand that could save social priming is just more of Paynes crafty ability to spin wool into gold its also a misapplication of process dissociation procedure Neuroskeptic 2 years ago The study itself is good but its being oversold as something its not in my view PsyoSkeptic 2 years ago I concur When I say Payne is being a poor scholar I mean he doesnt properly place the science in the framework of priming or psychological science He even references some of the correct past work in passing but doesnt use it correctly The experiments while designed with a lot of experimenter degrees of freedom through replication come out being believable enough WT 2 years ago I agree with PsychoSkeptic What has been lost is a proper understand on social priming effects in the context of the priming research summarized by Neely and others The reason why the Professor priming and other effects were initially seen as so persuasive is because skeptical cognitive psychologists could no longer say to Bargh and others this is just semanticassociative priming whats new here the effects generalized to real world phenomena or so it seemed at the time Josh 2 years ago 100300ms is a long time This isnt subtle priming this is experimenter nudging ie a demand effect Neuroskeptic 2 years ago That was what I thought at first but it also worked when the primes were masked albeit barely significant Josh 2 years ago Oops I missed that But I am very skeptical of that result for 2 reasons 1 I have played with masking you need a very special display to get 12ms and that is way too short and they expect people to process a word subliminally Who do they cite that have shown replicable effects at 12 ms for anything 2 Sounds like they have big SEs and low power Standard effect size nflation issues apply OWilson 2 years ago Its an old debate but effective behaviour modification can take place on many levels From teachers role models counselling by experts peer pressure I want an Iphone TV hero worship and of course advertising In its most extreme form it is called brainwashing It works joseph2237 2 years ago Sounds like they are taking about subliminal suggestions used in early advertising Made a search and many companies still use them Try this for a few laughs httpwwwcbsnewscomnews Unbelievable what they are sneaking into their ads Jon 2 years ago What about stereotype threat Isnt this a form of social priming that as far as Im aware is pretty replicable Recent paper shows performance on tests depends on how the test is framed Is all social priming research flawed httppsssagepubcomcont D Samuel Schwarzkopf 2 years ago I think there were some metaanalyses casting doubt on stereotype threat effects Not too familiar with this though Neuroskeptic 2 years ago Even if stereotype threat is real I dont think its a form of social priming in the sense of professor priming It could be in theory but AFAIK there are more straightforward explanations eg that some people get anxious stressed or demotivated when tests are framed in particular ways and that stereotypes can contribute to these feelings D Samuel Schwarzkopf 2 years ago Oh yeah Id certainly agree with that Stereotype threat is something I find mechanistically much more plausible than professorelderlyturningawheel priming Haven Monahan 2 years ago This metaanalysis of gender stereotype threat found a small effect which however wasnt significantly different from zero after trimandfill imputation of missing studies Brenton Wiernik 2 years ago Importantly stereotype effects dont appear to generalize outside of manufactured lab studies Effects dont appear in real world high stakes testing situations NEW ON DISCOVER DISCOVERMAG ON TWITTER POPULAR OPEN CITIZEN SCIENCE ADVERTISEMENT Discover Blogs Dbrief The Crux Body Horrors Citizen Science Salon Dead Things ImaGeo Inkfish Lovesick Cyborg Neuroskeptic Out There Science Sushi Seriously Science Field Notes Science Food Vintage Space 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Astronaut Mike Massimino , whom I associate with the George Clooney character in ( see below ) , clearly agrees . After the Oscars he posted a video congratulating the cast and crew , and explaining exactly why he thinks the movie is advancing the cause of space exploration . By coincidence , President Obama released NASA โ s 2015 budget request a day later . The real - world support for Massimino โ s vision of exploration is decidedly mixed . The agency gets funding to keep the International Space Station alive until 2024 and to start work on the exciting WFIRST space telescope , but overall NASA takes a slight pay cut from 2014 . Congress will undoubtedly make some changes . If you would like to have a say in the process , I urge you to contact your Senators and Representative Original post : When you take a science geek to a science - fiction film , no good deed goes unpunished . Throw together a bunch of narrative nonsense linked by sheds of technobabble and the boffins will enjoy your movie as high camp ( see The Core , Armageddon ) or indulge it as well - meaning drama ( I โ m looking at you , Prometheus ) . Try to be realistic , like the new movie Gravity , and pretty soon everyone from Neil DeGrasse Tyson to Time magazine ( with spoilers galore ) is fact - checking you for little slip - ups . The real deal : Astronaut Bruce McCandless zips around using NASA โ s Manned Maneuvering Unit , back in 1984 . Unlike what you see in Gravity , such suits are no longer in use , and astronauts remain tethered for safety . ( Credit : NASA ) Let me start by saying this : is intense , riveting , and extraordinarily beautiful . It well deserves its critical and commercial success . If it plays fast and loose with some basic bits of physics โ including , ironically , the laws of gravity โ it gets a surprising amount right . So it is with affection , and a deep curiosity about space history , that I ask : Could the disaster depicted in Gravity really happen ? I addressed that question briefly when I was on Fox News recently . The short answer yes , Gravity gets a lot of the fundamentals right . Space debris is a real problem . If debris compromised the International Space Station and any capsule docked to it , getting back home would be very hard . ( OK , not just hard โ it would probably be impossible without a rescue mission , but that would be a different movie . ) Here I โ ll break down the real science and stories behind Gravity , while avoiding spoilers as much as possible . Clooney and Bullock . I had the good fortune of spending some time with the astronauts of the STS - 125 missions during their training sessions in 2008 . They are the crew that went up in the space shuttle to repair the Hubble Space Telescope โ just like the fictional crew in Gravity . George Clooney โ s character , Matt Kowalski , reminded me of the chatty and gregarious Mike Massimino , who has made repeat appearances on Big Bang Theory . Sandra Bullock โ s character , Ryan Stone , was evocative of the younger and more reserved Megan McArthur But : Astronauts spend a lot of time training before a mission . By the time I met Massimino , McArthur , and the rest of the crew they had an easy , deep rapport . The notion that they would still be learning basic biographical details about each other on the mission , as happens in Gravity , is useful for advancing the movie โ s narrative , but does n โ t reflect the way real astronauts talk . And the movie version : The aftermath of a space - debris disaster in Gravity ( Credit : Warner Brothers ) The equipment . Gravity does a pretty good job showing how difficult it is to do basic things like removing circuit boards or tightening screws in space . The Hubble Space Telescope , space shuttle , and International Space Station are shown with a lot of realism . Astronauts really do rely on tethers when they do space walks , as shown in the movie . Kowalski โ s flight suit is patterned on the real Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ) flown by NASA in 1984 . But : The MMU was abandoned by NASA after the Challenger disaster because it was seen as too dangerous . The only flying suit in use today is a little emergency pack called SAFER , which carries just 3 pounds of nitrogen propellant . Contrary to what you see on screen , NASA would not allow untethered flight even with a flight suit . And certainly no self - respecting astronaut would go stunt - flying around delicate equipment , using up all his propellant , as Kowalski does . But hey , it looks really cool on screen . The movements . On the whole , Gravity does a fantastic job depicting the dreamy , slow - motion world of spaceflight . The scenes of laborious work on the Hubble telescope while the Earth looms overhead โ all sense of up and down totally scrambled โ are lovely and realistic . When things go wrong , Stone goes into a tumble and ca n โ t stop . That โ s the way things go in space โ when you start moving you just can not stop . It evokes a real - life , terrifying accident that happened three months ago when Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano suffered an internal leak in his space suit . His suit started to fill with water , covering his eyes and ears , while he went into a slow tumble . I highly recommend checking out Luca โ s blog : This one has a MILD SPOILER attached to it . At one key point , Stone tries to hold onto Kowalski but he is pulled away , as if he is dangling over the edge of a cliff . At this point , everything the movie got right about spaceflight goes horribly wrong . Both astronauts are still in floating in microgravity . One tug and Kowalski would come floating right back . Oops . A partial map of the 500,000 known bits of space debris in low - Earth orbit . ( Credit : NASA ) Space junk . If you โ ve seen the Gravity trailer , you know that the whole chain of events in the movie starts with a swarm of space debris . Russia shoots down one of its old satellites , creating a hailstorm of orbiting junk that sets of a chain reaction . In fact there is a lot of debris in low - earth orbit : NASA is tracking about 500,000 pieces larger than 1 centimeter ( roughly a half - inch ) across . At that altitude , objects are orbiting at about 30,000 kph ( 18,000 mph ) , fast enough to make a crater . The Space Station is designed to survive a hit by a 10 - centimeter ( 4 - inch ) chunk , Kessler Syndrome โ and are looking at ways to reduce the amount of debris in low Earth orbit . : The Russians know all about this and presumably would n โ t do anything to create such a problem ; in fact , they are prohibited from doing so by treaty . Debris in low Earth orbit would n โ t knock out communications satellites , which circle at much greater altitudes . And MILD SPOILER you would n โ t see the junk coming . It โ s traveling at ten times the speed of a rifle bullet . Think how easy it is to see a rifle bullet coming your way . Uh huh . Orbital dynamics . The Hubble telescope , Space Station , and another location in the movie ( I โ ll leave it unnamed ) all have quite different orbits . You ca n โ t just hop from one to the next . Neil DeGrasse Tyson was especially annoyed by this one . But I think it falls well within artistic license : It โ s a way to dramatize the astronauts โ predicament , and Gravity handles the drama effectively , even if it is n โ t realistic . Astronaut risks . The whole point of Gravity is that life in space is incredibly dangerous and precarious . True enough . : The greatest risks in space flight are takeoff and landing . Space itself is surprisingly safe in comparison . The statistics tell the story . A total of 18 people have died on space flights , but of those 18 only 3 have lost their lives in space proper : The crew of Soyuz 11 , who died on June 30 , 1971 , when a valve failed and their capsule depressurized . Their deaths helped inspire the Fallen Astronaut memorial sculpture and plaque on the moon . The other 15 died during takeoff or landing . Another 11 died during training ( including the 3 who died in the Apollo 1 fire ) . And far more people have lost their lives on the ground making spaceflight possible . An estimated 350 people have died due to rocket explosions , and 24 more in a variety of spacecraft factory and launchpad accidents . The fourth and final space mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope , in 2009 , looked very much like the scenes in Gravity . ( Credit : NASA ) The bottom line : So what would really happen to you if you were stranded in space ? The standard Space Station suit carries 8 hours of oxygen , plus a 30 minute reserve . If you can not refill or find a safe haven in that time , CO2 levels build up and you eventually black out . With all that space debris flying around , more likely you would spring a leak in your suit . If you depressurize , your timetable gets a lot more , er , compressed . Exposed to vacuum , you โ ll pass out in about 10 - 15 seconds ( and do n โ t try to hold your breath โ the air pressure will explosively expel the air from your lungs ) . Animal studies show that monkeys exposed to vacuum for less than 3.5 minutes could be revived with no permanent brain injury . At that point , the animals โ hearts stopped and there was no turning back . One person was exposed to vacuum , during a 1965 ground experiment , and lived to tell the tale โ take a look at this amazing video of NASA test subject Jim LeBlanc . Some other hair - raising case studies are here . Unless help were right at hand , the true ending to Gravity would likely be a grim one . Watching Gravity , I was reminded of another recent sci - fi movie , one that paid even closer attention to the real details of a space mission : The smart , under - appreciated Europa Report . I thought about how incredible it is that so few people have died in space โ not a single fatality since 1971 . And I kept thinking , again and again , how spectacular the universe looks from orbit . Gravity may be a disaster movie , but after watching it I was itching to go into space myself . Follow me on Twitter : @ coreyspowell CATEGORIZED UNDER : astronomy select solar system space space flight Top Posts Uncategorized MORE ABOUT : Bullock Clooney Cuaron movie ADVERTISEMENT Sorry , the browser you are using is not currently supported . Disqus actively supports the following browsers : Firefox Chrome Internet Explorer 11 + Safari jen โข 5 years ago one more thing , her tears would not float off her face beautifully . They would form a water ball on her eye , but that looks horribly unattractive , so they edited tears floating around her Robert Muller โข 5 years ago With the " dangling off a cliff " scene . . . I assumed that the ISS was spinning and it was centrifugal force that was pulling him outwards . Corey S Powell In my experience , if you really like a sci - fi movie you can come up with a justification to explain away almost scientific error . The real test is whether the realistic things outweigh the improbable ones , and whether the overall movie is compelling enough that your brain wants to cover up the goofs . In this case , I ' d say a definite yes on both points . disqus_atlq8Zmtsd That would be difficult to justify . They did n ' t show any rotational perspective , which you would expect after that disorienting scene where Bullock was spinning . anw1652 I saw only one other comment on this , which most obviously jumped out at me : the debris field . If a missile had destroyed a satellite , the various chunks of debris would fly out into all directions essentially randomly ( think 3D billiard rack in microgravity slammed by a hypersonic vehicle , and , presumably , a concurrent detonation ) , and wind up in all sorts of different orbits - they would not " hang together " like some massive hail storm in an orbit that was perfectly retrograde with respect to the ISS , et Wondered about the hanging off a cliff thing - did n ' t even think to suspend belief , just could n ' t figure out what the scenario was . And all the orbital transfer comments here are spot on , as well - picked up on that . You do n ' t just " point and shoot thrusters " as depicted ; there are complex transfer orbits into which and out of which the vehicle must maneuver in order to change from one stable orbit to another . BTW , for anyone who ' s interested : LEO is generally defined as an orbit between 160 & 2000 km . A little curiosity and arithmetic shows that to be a volume of about 33.5 x 10 9 cu km , which means there is a mean density of those > 1 cm particles of about 1 particle in 67 THOUSAND cubic km of space - a cube about 41 km on a side . Low probability of intercept . Of course , if you did . . . Chuck TDRSS does support ISS Betterose Ryan Loved the movie . I am not a scientist but the whole Clooney having to let go REALLY bothered me . I did n ' t see any rotation either since his position with respect to the earth did n ' t seem to change . Still , loved the movie . Daniel Collins On seeing debris moving at 50,000 mph . In physics , speed is relative . Look at a stationary object hen you drive past it . The object appears to move , even though you know that you are the one moving . Its a matter of perspective . The debris was moving at 50,000 miles an hour relative to the Earth . The characters are in orbit around the earth , at approximately 17,000 mph . To them , the debris would be moving much slower . Not a perfect justification , but it helps with suspension of disbelief . Guest I have n ' t seen the movie , so I do n ' t know what circumstances supposedly surround the Russian satellite destruction . I agree that Russia would be very unlikely to conduct such a shot that would pose a severe risk to American or any human spaceflight . However , there is n ' t currently any treaty that would clearly forbid it . China conducted a satellite intercept ( ASAT test ) in 2007 , and the US did one a year later . The US shot did not create significant debris because of its low The proposed Code of Conduct , which would not be a binding treaty , might actually include some language that explicitly allows such ASATs to be used in case of " imperative safety considerations " or " self - defence . " The United States has long been opposed to any legal restrictions on space weapons or their testing . China ' s recent activities are showing just how foolish the assumption of unilateral advantage which is the basis of that policy has been . You might argue that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty says you ' re not supposed to create hazards of " harmful interference " and you ' re supposed to provide notice if something you plan to do might create such a hazard , but the US did n ' t think this applied in 1985 and China did n ' t think so in 2007 , either . It ' s an arguable interpretation but it ' s not explicit . The proposed Code language wo n ' t help , either . Corey S Powell Very helpful additions , thanks . The Chinese satellite was in a polar orbit and at a relatively high altitude of 537 miles , both of which greatly reduced its risk to lower - altitude and lower - inclination objects like the shuttle and the ISS . But all your points are well taken . allbuss84 The Hubble telescope , Space Station , and another location in the movie ( I โ ll leave it unnamed ) all have quite different orbits . Kinda like how they manage to fit every casino in Las Vegas in movies ( Conair was the worst ) even though they are off strip or miles apart . Anpadh You guys , you gotta be like Einstein . Supposedly , a few years after Einstein published his Theory of Special Relativity , an 8 - year - old boy wrote him a letter asking how come Superman could fly faster than light when Einstein said nothing go could faster than light . I ' m pretty sure Einstein knew a little Physics , but he still wrote back to the kid , saying , something like this : " All I have is a theory . Superman ' s speed is a fact . " Zapp This story is very cute , even if it ' s totally made up . Besides , Superman appeared 30 years after the TOSR was published . The Plothole Not only that , but Superman did n ' t have the ability to fly when he was first introduced . And he was barely faster than a " speeding locomotive " . disqus_atlq8Zmtsd My first reaction to Clooney needing to let go was that he and Bullock were still drifting and had enough momentum that the chute would n ' t hold them . Clooney letting go decreased the required impulse , so the need for him to die could work here . Problem is that you ' re right . Bullock would have given one tug and he would have rebounded to her . DAMAGE DONE ! The space stations being in the same orbit would n ' t have bothered me if they had established it as being a decade or so in the future where they had built the infrastructure to allow for support in exactly these situations . The debris shower just required complete suspension of disbelief . You basically had to assume that both the debris and the astronauts were in perfectly circular orbits . For them to share the orbit but be at different speeds , they would have to be orbiting at the appropriate velocity in opposite directions . The idea that they would see it coming ( both against the field of stars and simply because of how fast its moving ) was completely preposterous . For realism things would just have to start disintegrating without ever showing the cause on screen . I do n ' t mind when they are inaccurate in things that SEEM like they are right or simply do n ' t matter . I noticed the floating helmet while she was violently tumbling , but I shrugged it off . When your entire premise relies on orbital mechanics and geography , you had better get it right though . Especially when you go to such extreme lengths to get a fetal position scene to emphasize just how artistic we ' re supposed to think the movie is . Enjoyable as a dumb thriller . Fails as anything more . Nightsong I do n ' t share your gripe about the debris field . When scientific accuracy and the necessities of narrative butt heads , you ' ve got to pick your battles . I ' m sure the film makers had scientific advisors with them every step of the way , but how do you create and maintain narrative tension if the audience ca n ' t see the debris and does n ' t understand why it ' s not visible ? You can try to explain it , but that ' s an info dump that hurts the narrative . The film already had enough exposition disguised as friendly banter . We like to criticize the scientific accuracy of movies and TV shows like this because it makes us feel smarter , but often it just shows we ' re ignorant about the mechanics of storytelling . With that in mind , I ca n ' t get too worked up about the debris . I said that it just required suspension of disbelief . I did n ' t say that it was an unforgivable sin or anything and said that the movie works as a dumb thriller . Am I supposed to treat it as a realistic , immersive world when there are things that are blatantly unrealistic and limit my immersion WHILE I ' m watching ? I should think not . It is n ' t a misunderstanding of story telling to acknowledge what a movie is not . Michael O ' Brien Dumb as most propaganda films are . This is what this film is about . They complain about NASA ' s budget well this will give lots of folks without a clue ( FOX ) a reason to hate Obama & say he is not concerned with our safety . I will admit that we are more at risk from this threat then we ever were from WMD ' s . What is the ALERT Color today ? Scare Tactics to sell a Trillion $ war that benefits what , who ? Jonathan Maglasang it should have been with the Chinese shooting its own satellite that started the Gravity chain of events - a reminder for the junkies it created in early 2007 . Vichy41 โข 4 years ago It is a movie , ca n ' t you just enjoy it ? Who cares about tears and junk being realistic ? I never was and never will be in space , therefore , I just watch performance and I liked it . We ' re not discussing scientific facts here , right ? Christine I was so excited to see this movie , Clooney & Bullock , that makes it epic . Unfortunately I thought it was dumb . While it had me breathless in the beginning I slowly came back down to earth and found it was the same cheese receipe as american idol . . 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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2011/05/14/the-hidden-message-in-pixars-films/ | Science Not Fiction Thor Pays Tribute to Arthur C . Clarke โ s Rule About Magic and Technology And Now I Have a Master ' s Degree The Hidden Message in Pixar โ s Films By Kyle Munkittrick | May 14 , 2011 10 : 53 am I love Pixar . Who does n โ t ? The stories are magnificently crafted , the characters are rich , hilarious , and unique , and the images are lovingly rendered . Without fail , John Ratzenberger โ s iconic voice makes a cameo in some boisterous character . Even if you have n โ t seen every film they โ ve made ( I refuse to watch Cars or its preposterous sequel ) , there is a consistency and quality to Pixar โ s productions that is hard to deny . Popular culture is often dismissed as empty โ popcorn โ fare . Animated films find themselves doubly - dismissed as โ for the kids โ and therefore nothing to take too seriously . Pixar has shattered those expectations by producing commercially successful cinematic art about the fishes in our fish tanks and the bugs in our backyards . Pixar films contain a complex , nuanced , philosophical and political essence that , when viewed across the company โ s complete corpus , begins to emerge with some clarity . Buried within that constant and complex goodness is a hidden message . Now , this is not your standard โ Disney movies hide double - entendres and sex imagery in every film โ hidden message . โ So , โ you ask , incredulous , โ What could one of the most beloved and respected teams of filmmakers in our generation possibly be hiding from us ? โ Before you dismiss my claim , consider what is at stake . Hundreds of millions of people have watched Pixar films . Many of those watchers are children who are forming their understanding of the world . The way in which an entire generation What if I told you they were preparing us for the future ? What if I told you Pixar โ s films will affect how we define the rights of millions , perhaps billions , in the coming century ? Only by analyzing the collection as a whole can we see the subliminal concept being drilled into our collective mind . I have uncovered the skeleton key deciphering the hidden message contained within the Pixar canon . Let โ s unlock it . Before we begin , I ask you to watch the video below . Leandro Copperfield stitched together this seven minute tribute to โ The Beauty of Pixar . โ Full screen . HD . I dare you to not be moved . People love these films . They are a part of our lives and of our culture . Pixar has artfully built a universe of beloved critters and beings that populate our popular consciousness . The analysis that follows is in the spirit of reverence and respect for the great contribution Pixar has made to our world . To understand Pixar films , one must first to go back to Disney before Toy Story was released โ to be precise , The Lion King . On top of being my favorite Shakespeare adaptation , The Lion King is the only Disney film to date with zero references to the existence of human beings . Disney and Pixar rarely have humans as the sole intelligent entities in their movies . Excluding plots requiring magic , non - human characters in Disney films are either anthropomorphous animals ( e.g. walking upright , wearing clothes , drinkin โ out of cups ) that take the place of humans ( e.g . Robin Hood or The Rescuers ) or are animals with a preternatural awareness of and ability to interact with feral human beings ( e.g . The Jungle Book or Tarzan ) . The Lion King stands out in that the universe is animal only . There is no trash on the Serengeti , no airplanes flying over , no animals in hats or walking unnaturally on hind legs . You ca n โ t even date when the story takes place , because there are no human references from which to calculate an approximation . Save for the fact that Zazu knows โ I โ ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts , โ there is no evidence that the characters within even know humans exist . gives us a clean slate . We know what a non - human world looks like . Now we can tackle how Pixar handles people . The relationship between humans and the non - human characters is critical to understanding Pixar โ s movies . There are certain rules in Pixar movies that make things far more interesting than the average Disney fairy tale . The first is that there is no magic . No problems are caused or fixed by the wave of a wand . Second , every Pixar film happens in the world of human beings ( see why I excluded Cars ? It โ s ridiculous and out of character for Pixar ) . Even in films like a A Bug โ s Life and Finding Nemo , in which humans only exist as backdrops for the action , humanity โ s presence in the story is essential . The first two rules are pretty direct : the universe Pixar โ s characters inhabit is non - magical and co - inhabited by humans . The third rule is that at least one main character is an intelligent being that is n โ t a human . This rule is a bit complex , so let โ s flesh it out . There are two types human roles in Pixar films . The first is Human as Villain . In films like the Toy Story 1 , 2 , & 3 A Bug โ s Life , and Finding Nemo , the protagonists are all non - human . Ancillary characters like Sid , the Collector , and Darla are not main characters . A more accurate description would be that they are pieces of the environment and , on occasion , playing the role of supporting antagonist . The second type of Pixar film is Human as Partner . In these films , the main character befriends a human being as part of the hero โ s journey : Remy , Colette , and Linguini ; WALL - E , EVE , Mary and John ; Sully , Mike , and Boo ; Russell , Carl , Kevin and Dug . These are the heroic teams of their respective films . In each Pixar film , at least one member of the team is human and at least one member is not human but possesses human levels of intelligence . You can see where I โ m going here . Particularly in WALL โข E , Ratatouille and Up ! there is no ambiguity about the reality of intelligence in the non - human characters . Each Pixar film asks us to accept one deviation from our reality . While it seems like the deviation is different in every case ( e.g. monsters are real , robots can fall in love , fish have a sense of family , Kevin is a girl , a rat can cook ) , the simple fact is that Pixar only asks us to accept one idea over and over and over again Non - humans are sentient beings . That is the central difference between Pixar โ s universe and our current reality . That idea alone would suffice to show that Pixar films are all but propaganda for the concept of non - human personhood . But that is where the hidden message begins What makes these films so astonishing and the message so powerful is the story arc of the Human as Partner narrative . The story begins with a non - human living among a familiar setting . Be it WALL - E alone among the garbage , Remy with his massive extended family , or Sully and Mike Wazowski on their way to work , we are introduced to the hero in relative normalcy . Yet each of these characters deviate from their fellow non - humans . Remy wants to cook . WALL - E falls in love . In Abominable Agreeable Snowman . In being ostracized , however , the non - human encounters a human . Remy , lost in the kitchen , meets Linguini . Kevin and Dug both partner up with Carl and Russell . The deviant behavior acts as a catalyst for the first interaction . Furthermore , the human is also deviant . Boo is not afraid of monsters . John and Mary ( the two people who help WALL - E and EVE ) get out of their hover chairs and look away from the screens . Carl escapes the old folks home with a balloon - The new is seen as dangerous and therefore feared . Pixar โ s Human as Partner films emphasize that should a non - human intelligence arise , be it a rat or a robot or a monstrous alien , there will be no welcoming with arms wide open from either side . Victory in the battle for the rights and respect from both groups will come from an act of exemplary personhood and humaneness by those who dare to break ranks with their kind . Thus , the Human as Partner story arc ends with the capitulation of those who refused to recognize the personhood of the non - human and a huge reward coming to those who accepted the non - humans as fellow persons . In Monsters Inc . Mike and Sully discover that laughter yields far more energy than screams . In Ratatouille Anton Ego has an epiphany and gives one of my favorite speeches of all time in response to a Proustian flashback he experiences after eating Remy โ s cooking . In WALL โข E none less than the human race is saved from the brink of self - induced - extinction . In short , the benefits for humanity are tremendous in every case where non - human persons are treated with respect . There is one Pixar film that does not fit either the Humans as Villains or Humans as Partner structure : The Incredibles . Instead of non - human protagonists , we are treated to super - human protagonists and antagonists . Yet the struggle from outcast to redeemer is the same , only this time , it is because the super - humans come together as a family . What enables the Incredible family to succeed is not that they are superhuman but that they are humane ; that they love , support , and protect one another . As a result , the society that once feared and banished them sees the supers not as Others , but has fellow members of humanity . Taken together as a whole narrative , the Pixar canon diagrams what will likely this century โ s main rights battle โ the rights of personhood โ in three stages . First are the Humans as Villain stories , in which the non - humans discover and develop personhood . I mean , Buzz Lightyear โ s character arc is about his becoming self - aware as a toy . These films represent nascent personhood among non - human entities . For the viewer , we begin to see how some animals and items we see as mindless may have inner lives of which we are unaware . Second are the Humans as Partners stories , in which exceptional non - humans and exceptional humans share a moment of mutual recognition of personhood . The moment when Linguini realizes Remy is answering him is second only to the moment when Remy shows Ego around the kitchen โ such beautiful transformations of the Other into the self . These films represent the first forays of non - human persons into seeking parity with human beings . Third , and finally , there is The Incredibles , which turns the personhood equation on its head . Instead of portraying the struggle for non - humans to be accepted as human , shows how human enhancement , going beyond the human norm , will trigger equally strong reactions of revulsion and otherization . The message , however , is that the human traits we value have nothing to do with our physical powers but are instead based in our moral and emotional bonds . Beneficence and courage require far more humanity than raw might . teaches a striking lesson : human enhancement does not make you inhuman โ the choices you make and the way you treat others determines how human you really are . Pixar has given those who would fight for personhood the narratives necessary to convince the world that non - humans that display characteristics of a person deserve the rights of a person . For every category there is a character : uplifted animals ( Dug ) , naturally intelligent species ( Remy and Kevin ) , A.I robots ( WALL - E , EVE ) , and alien / monsters ( Sully & Mike ) . Then there is the Incredible family , transhumans with superpowers . Through the films , these otherwise strange entities become unmistakably familiar , so The message hidden inside Pixar โ s magnificent films is this : humanity does not have a monopoly on personhood . In whatever form non - or super - human intelligence takes , it will need brave souls on both sides to defend what is right . If we can live up to this burden , humanity and the world we live in will be better for it . An entire generation has been reared with the subconscious seeds of these ideas planted down deep . As history moves forward and technology with it , these issues will no longer be the imaginings of films and fiction , but of politics and policy . But Pixar has settled the personhood debate before it arrives . By watching our favorite films , we have been taught that being human is not the same as being a person . We have been shown that new persons and forms of personhood can come from anywhere . Through Pixar , we have opened Follow Kyle on his personal blog and on facebook and twitter Image of Dug seeking a squirrel via The Pixar Podcast . com CATEGORIZED UNDER : Movies Philosophy Top Posts Transhumanism Utter Nerd MORE ABOUT : personhood Pixar rights ADVERTISEMENT | [
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2012/12/common_core_to_cost_kansas_districts_up_to_12m_annually.html | ยซ Massachusetts Education Secretary Resigns from Cabinet | Main | Teachers Should Carry Guns at School , Texas and Okla . Lawmakers Say ยป Common Core to Cost Kansas Districts up to $ 30M Annually By Andrew Ujifusa on December 14 , 2012 12 : 03 PM Implementing the Common Core State Standards will cost school districts in Kansas $ 16 million to $ 30 million over the next two years , a state audit finds , significantly below similar estimates from other studies released by education policy think tanks . The Dec . 13 audit by the state ' s Legislative Post Audit Committee deals with the total cost of implementing Kansas ' waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act , but the common standards are a big part of that , since they fulfill the waiver ' s requirement for " college - and career - ready " standards . The total waiver cost for Kansas is estimated at between $ 34 million and $ 63 million over five years . The total cost for school districts to implement the common core is put at between $ 32 Of those common - core costs , the audit estimates that over the next two years , $ 30 million to $ 50 million will be due to new instruction materials . Over the next year , it will also cost districts $ 2 million to $ 10 million to train teachers in the standards . Here ' s a bit more on the teacher - training piece : The audit estimates that each Kansas teacher will need need 16 hours of common - core training , not 80 hours as estimated in studies produced by the Thomas B . Fordham Institute and the Pioneer Institute . The audit also used an analysis from the Montana Legislative Fiscal Division to form its cost estimates , and adds that both the Fordham and Pioneer studies used cost estimates from California officials for their reports . The state does not face significant technology costs related to administering the upcoming common core assessments " because nearly all Kansas student assessment tests are currently administered online . In fact , [ Kansas education department ] policy requires schools to administer the assessments online , " the Kansas audit says . In the end , " only " 63 percent of teachers ultimately need common core training , the audit report for Kansas stated . So , annual common core costs for Kansas are n ' t monstrous according to this audit , at least not when compared to other significant education costs . But the five - year total topping out at $ 60 million could be distasteful for some lawmakers . And remember , Kansas has a relatively low population of students . When you consider the states with much larger enrollment figures , total common - core implementation costs for all the states will likely add up to hundreds of millions of dollars , if this audit is any guide . Fordham Categories Legislatures School Finance Standards State Policy Tags common standards Fordham Institute kansas Pioneer Institute Notice : We recently upgraded our comments . ( Learn more here . ) If you are logged in as a subscriber or registered user and already have a Display Name on edweek . org , you can post comments . If you do not already have a Display Name , please create one here Ground Rules for Posting We encourage lively debate , but please be respectful of others . Profanity and personal attacks are prohibited . By commenting , you are agreeing to abide by our user agreement All comments are public . | [
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http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2014/08/the_age-old_question_teaching_art_or_science.html | ยซ One Hundred Kindergartners , One Room , Three Teachers | Main | Trust and Obey ยป The Age - Old Question . Teaching : Art or Science ? By Nancy Flanagan on August 13 , 2014 10 : 36 AM For several years , I read and evaluated applications from teachers interested in becoming the Michigan Teacher of Year . The application consists of various lengthy essays on important questions around the profession of teaching . One of the first questions asked candidates how they came to the classroom - - what motivated them to consider teaching ? Invariably , there would be one or two applicants who would explain that they ' d always wanted to be a teacher , from the time they were very young children . They ' d write : I ' d line up my teddy bears / dolls / siblings and give them assignments ! Playing school was my favorite game ! My personal response to these revelations ? Not " Wow ! Born to teach ! " More like " predisposed toward authoritarianism . " I do n ' t think there ' s a teaching gene . While would - be teachers may pursue the career because they ' re certain they will love it , genuinely excellent practice and enthusiasm for the daily routines of the classroom are hammered out over time . They do n ' t emerge as a result of a package of innate abilities or temperament . They are learned - - absorbed , honed , revised and tweaked , and occasionally dumped and retro - fitted , multiple times in a long - term teaching career . Good Does that make proficient teaching a science ? Saying that - - teaching is more science than art - - generally draws pushback , if not wrath , from accomplished teachers around the country , who understand expert teaching as artistry - - a context - dependent blend of creativity , rich content , playfulness and love . Not a template to follow . In my educator heart , I want to see teaching as an art . ( I ' m a musician , after all . ) I believe in the metaphor of good teaching as jazz - - a creative art , open to individual expression . Here ' s the thing , though : Jazz , that most improvisatory art , can not be played without a solid understanding of rhythm , melody , chord construction , traditional stylistic conventions and plenty of technical facility , learned through instruction and drill . Jazz performance is a hard science - - a body of accepted knowledge , skills and procedures - - long before it becomes a vehicle for artistry . Miles Davis may have been born to re - invent jazz , but he credited Julliard with teaching him essential lessons in theory and tone production . And so it is with teaching . Evidently , Elizabeth Green , in her new book Building a Better Teacher : How Teaching Works ( and How to Teach It to Everyone ) agrees . From a recent piece in Inside Higher Ed : " . . .we do know that teaching is an expertise that needs to be learned , even by the most brilliant person , and it ' s a different kind of knowledge than just knowing a subject well . President Obama has insisted on using student testing and on - the - job evaluations to measure which teachers are performing and which are n ' t . This line of thinking holds that some teachers simply know how to teach , and others do n ' t . Reward the stars , fire the duds . But this change will not produce better teachers , Green warns . It ' ll just create thousands of teachers who will need to be replaced . The other major argument for how to improve teaching - the thesis that teachers simply need more freedom and respect - - falters for the same reason . Both the autonomy argument and the accountability argument erroneously assume that the average teacher will attain expertise on his own . The natural - born teacher narrative leaves teachers unanchored , Green argues . If teaching is something you naturally know how to do , then it ca n ' t really be taught . But the ability to teach competently is n ' t something people organically acquire . " Bingo . I wish I had a dollar for every time a truly amazing teacher confided that in her first year of teaching , she probably should have paid the school district , instead of the reverse . If you believe effective teaching is innate , you open the door toward weak , " buddy " - type mentoring , instead of transmission of tangible skills , or thoughtful observation and feedback . Framing excellent teaching as an inborn disposition - - smart , with - it - - also supports the idea that two - year missionary teachers can When it comes to the art - vs - science debate , I think it behooves teachers to stand up for the growing body of knowledge around good teaching that exists , the lenses for examining practice that have been carefully developed . We can not approach teaching as an opportunity for inspiration and imagination until some core building blocks around pedagogy and content expertise are in place . Autonomy and respect , yes . But only when mastery and purpose are also in place . Two caveats which go some way toward explaining why many teachers stubbornly insist that teaching is an art : Not all " teaching science " is valid and useful - - or even humane . There are plenty of books and pre - packaged programs around teaching that begin with the idea that student compliance is the core foundation for learning . There is junk science embedded in many how - to - teach guides : total reliance on quantitative metrics as measurement of success . Teachers whose demonstrably fruitful practice has been critiqued or deemed inadequate by faulty VAM evaluations are n ' t likely to jump on any scientific bandwagon . Their own thoughtful observations tell them the children they care for , every day , are growing and gaining , test data be damned . My copy of Green ' s book has not yet arrived - - it was released last week . I look forward to reading her take on teacher preparation , what she - - as an outsider , a non - teacher - - values in building an effective teaching practice . And why should I care what any non - educator thinks about effective teaching practice ? Because we ' re all in this together - - parents , researchers , critical observers , policy - makers , as well as professional experts in K - 12 schools and higher education . 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http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/climate-change-may-be-affecting-the-jet-stream/ | Earth Sciences Climate change may be affecting the jet stream by Kate Brash | March 7 , 2012 Comments If you have ever looked at a weather map , you โ ve a seen picture of the jet stream , that wavy west to east line linking areas experiencing relatively similar weather . In the three dimensional world , jet streams are high altitude westerly winds that occur along the boundaries between air masses of different temperatures . They are driven by the temperature gradient ; in the winter , when the gradient is steepest , jet streams are strongest . A new study provides evidence that climate change may be affecting the northern hemisphere jet stream . As a result of climate change , Arctic autumn temperatures have warmed by as much as 5 degrees Celsius ( 9 degrees F ) , reducing the temperature gradient between the Arctic and temperate latitudes . In response the jet stream appears to be moving northward and its wind speed slowing . In turn , this may be slowing the westward progression of waves in the jet stream , which cause weather variation along their westward path as they fluctuate north and south . The slowing of the jet stream , therefore , could cause weather patterns to remain in place for longer , resulting in prolonged heat waves or cold snaps . There is something intuitive about this , I think . I โ ve recently had a couple of conversations about what the unnervingly consistent and mild winter we are experiencing in the northeastern US - and indeed across the country - means for the coming summer . This study indicates that the jet stream is increasingly likely to stay where it is . If so , we really could be in for a hot one . Get our newsletter I ' d like to get more stories like this . Email address Secure and Spam free . . . Tags : Climate climate change climate matters Global Warming In the News Jet Stream Featured Story Mixing Science With Tradition Among Burkina Faso โ s Migratory Herders Tweets by earthinstitute Upcoming Events The Earth Institute Postdoctoral Symposium : Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Development in a Changing World MS in Sustainability Management and Sustainability Certification Online Information Session Research Centers & Programs Authors Archives | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2009/04/can-men-be-hooters-girls-when-can-businesses-hire-only-women.html | FindLaw blogs Free Enterprise Can Men Be Hooters Girls ? When Can Businesses Hire Only Women ? Can Men Be Hooters Girls ? When Can Businesses Hire Only Women ? By Caleb Groos on April 17 , 2009 2 : 15 PM We all know that generally it ' s illegal to discriminate in hiring based on a variety of characteristics . We also are all familiar with jobs that seem only to be filled by one gender or another . When is it legal to hire only women or only men ? Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating in employment decisions based on gender , race , national origin , religion or age . Many states make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation or transgender status . Title VII also , however , allows for discrimination based on protected characteristics ( except race ) , when that characteristic is what is called a " Bona Fide Occupational Qualification " ( BFOQ ) . To be a BFOQ , being a member of that group is essential to the job . To use this exception to the rule against discrimination , an employer must be able to prove that no member outside the desired group could perform the job . A simple example would be a job for a women ' s bathroom attendant . Employers can , and often do , however , go too far . For example , airlines have been prohibited from hiring only female flight attendants because men too can perform the basic function of the job . The name many people think of when discussing gender specific hiring is Hooters . Hooters ' desire to hire only female wait staff ( and a certain type of female at that ) , drew attention from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the late 90 ' s . At issue was whether being a woman was essential to the service Hooters was attempting to provide . The EEOC characterized Hooters ' main function as providing food . Hooters ' characterized itself as primarily a provider of " vicarious sexual entertainment . " Hooters settled the EEOC suit for $ 3.75 million and an agreement to add male eligible positions such as bartender and host . The Hooters saga illustrates the difficulty using the BFOQ exception to hire only women outside the entertainment industry . If it ' s simply a matter of thinking customers generally would rather look at a pretty face , odds are the EEOC would not find gender to be an essential characteristic for performing the job . Find Business & Commercial Lawyers Near You ( FindLaw ' s Lawyer Directory ) A Last Chance for High Court on ' Reverse Discrimination ' ? ( WSJ Washington Wire ) Tips for Creating a " Friendly " Workplace ( Reuters ) Interviews and the Hiring Process ( FindLaw ) Employment Law Overview ( provided by Bell & Bands PLLC | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2009/10/99-things-to-do-with-your-jd-besides-practice-law.html | 99 Things to Do With Your JD , Besides Practice Law By Neetal Parekh on October 14 , 2009 6 : 21 PM If you have ever questioned what you could do with your law degree - - beyond practicing - - you have come to the right post . Perhaps it happened while watching a lunchtime speaker panel on alternative careers in law . Maybe it happened during the 9th week of your Admin Law class when Chevron suddenly did n ' t hold the mystique it once did . Or , maybe it happened after submitting your 536th timesheet to your managing attorney . Whenever you experienced the moment when you realized that using your law degree to practice law is an option but not the only option , you may have started wondering . . . so , what else can I do with my JD ? Here is a list . A warning though , or caveat emptor if you will , our list contains everything from job titles , to big concepts , to names of famous JDs , and a bit more . What ' s interesting is that some of the most surprising entries are based on real non - law options that have been exercised ( find out more in the Related Resources ) . It is a mixed bag at best , so use it as a brainstorming tool . . . a place to let you begin to create your And here we go . . . Public policy advisor Think tank contributor John Grisham Start a non - profit Demetri Martin Mayor High school political science teacher Public health graduate student President Obama Pastry chef Law firm recruiter Law school recruiter Loan officer Contract negotiator Human resources specialist Motivational speaker Law supplement author Romance novelist Ari Gold Home stager Harvey Levin Lobbyist CEO Political cartoonist Write a screenplay Law school professor Mediator Ozzie Nelson Venture capitalist Form a start - up Record music Marketing Compliance manager Career coach Start a fashion blog Law school career counselor International sales Sports agent Stock broker CFO Financial analyst Foreign service diplomat UN Ambassador Talk show host Start a dating blog Grant writer Franchise owner Magazine editor Playwright Field journalist Fraud regulator Sitcom actor Speech writer Crime reporter Get a PhD LSAT instructor Blues singer Reality show contestant Risk assessor Start a brewery Public Relations Children ' s rights ' advocate Office manager Courthouse staff Public affairs representative Senator Travel blogger Backup dancer Own a professional sports team Stand - up comedian Mohandas Gandhi Study Abroad Coordinator Work at a foundation Law school dean Win a Pulitzer Clinical research associate Mergers and acquisitions Futures and options specialist Photographer Social entrepreneur Andrea Bocelli Nelson Mandela Middle school principal Producer Open a law book store E - discovery specialist Practice support professional Ben Stein Governor Television sportscaster Geraldo Rivera Win a Nobel Movie critic Inventor Colonel Sanders Teach online Strategy and operations College softball coach FindLaw blogger ! This post originally appeared on October 14 , 2009 . It has since been updated . | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/in_house/2013/03/in-house-counsel-salaries-what-can-you-expect-in-the-first-3-years.html | In - House Counsel Salaries : What Can You Expect in the First 3 Years ? By Robyn Hagan Cain on March 15 , 2013 9 : 15 AM Last year , Kent Zimmerman , a consultant for the Zeugheuser Group , told Bloomberg Law to expect more law firm layoffs and BigLaw dissolutions . It โ s a scary prospect for attorneys . While no one expects a recent law grad to be able to find a job these days , we like to believe that the already - employed among us will stay employed . If Zimmerman โ s predictions are correct , there could be a lot of unemployed lawyers by the end of 2013 . Right about now , making the switch to in - house counsel sounds pretty appealing . We recently compared entry - level legal salaries between in - house counsel and traditional practitioners . Based on those numbers , going corporate looked like a good bet . Today , we โ re moving on to in - house counsel salaries during the first three years of practice . Once again , we turn to the Robert Half Legal 2013 Salary Guide for some answers . In 2013 , Robert Half Legal - - a legal staffing agency - - estimates that licensed lawyers with one - to - three years of experience will pull in anywhere between $ 55,750 and $ 151,250 at law firms . Here are the breakdowns by firm size : Large law firm ( 75 + attorneys ) : $ 111,500 - $ 151,250 Midsize law firm ( 35 - 75 lawyers ) : $ 82,500 - $ 119,750 Small / midsize law firm ( 10 - 35 lawyers ) : $ 66,000 - $ 99,750 Small law firm ( up to 10 lawyers ) : $ 55,750 - $ 88,000 . In the in - house world , an attorney with one - to - three years ' experience is expected to make between $ 77,500 and $ 124,500 , which is 3.7 percent higher than one - to - three year in - house salaries in 2012 . That projected increase is significantly higher that projected law firm salary increases for comparably - experienced attorneys , which range between 2.1 percent ( at large firms ) and 2.9 percent ( at midsize and small firms ) . Above the Law ' s layoff watch coverage suggests that there may be some truth to the doomsday layoff predictions , and the young attorneys are often the first to go in layoffs . If you have a law firm job , perhaps it ' s time to seriously consider in - house gig . Corporate Counsel Center ( FindLaw ) 5 Different Personalities That Come in Handy for GCs ( FindLaw ' s In House Blog ) 5 Tips for Freelancing as Corporate Counsel ( FindLaw ' s In House Blog ) Get the best of our blogs delivered to your inbox : subscribe to FindLaw Newsletters ! Enjoy this post ? Find it helpful ? Let us know by sharing it with your network . . . Categories Practice Tips , Services & Events See All FindLaw Blogs > > Go To In House Main Page > > About In House In House covers news , information and developments of interest to corporate counsel . Have a comment or tip ? Write to us Post a Job | Visit The FindLaw Law Career Center | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2011/04/my-boss-has-created-hostile-work-environment.html | FindLaw blogs Law and Daily Life Has My Boss Created Hostile Work Environment ? Has My Boss Created Hostile Work Environment ? By Stephanie Rabiner , Esq . on April 05 , 2011 6 : 48 AM " Hostile work environment " is an often misused term . There ' s a tendency to use it to describe a situation in which a supervisor simply dislikes an employee and decides to make her miserable until she quits . However , the concept of a hostile work environment falls under the ADA , ADEA , Title VII , and any state employment discrimination laws . So , unless the alleged at - work harassment is based on race , color , religion , sex , national original , age ( 40 + ) , disability , or some state - protected characteristic , a hostile work environment most likely does n ' t legally exist . A hostile work environment legally occurs when there is severe and / or pervasive conduct that a reasonable person would consider intimidating or abusive such that it impacts their desire or ability to work . Conduct needs to be based on one of the aforementioned characteristics , or done for a retaliatory reason . Typical at - work harassment includes offensive jokes , slurs , touching , threats , ridicule and insults . Mere rudeness is not sufficient to prove a hostile work environment - - conduct needs to be objectively offensive . It is important to note that even if an employee is not the subject of at - work harassment , if she is affected by it , she has a right to sue an employer for creating a hostile work environment . So , if the conduct described above is directed at you or a colleague , you may be a victim of at - work harassment and / or a hostile work environment . If this is the case , contact an employment lawyer immediately to find out about your rights . No one should be subject to at - work harassment . Discrimination & Harassment ( FindLaw ) Understanding Different Types of Harassment ( FindLaw ) How to Spot Sexual Harassment : 6 Facts ( FindLaw ' s Law & Daily Life ) Exposing Self to Staff : Recipe for Harassment ( FindLaw ' s Free Enterprise ) | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2011/05/do-landlords-have-to-provide-air-conditioning.html | FindLaw blogs Law and Daily Life Do Landlords Have to Provide Air Conditioning ? Do Landlords Have to Provide Air Conditioning ? By Stephanie Rabiner , Esq . on May 31 , 2011 6 : 46 AM It ' s pretty obvious that landlords are required to provide the basics : locking doors , hot water , and heating . But one of the questions that gets asked the most in landlord - tenant law is whether a landlord is required to provide tenants with air conditioning . The answer ? Probably not . Every state , and most municipalities , have requirements that a landlord must meet while someone occupies a rental unit . These are generally known as a landlord ' s warranty of habitability , and are meant to ensure that tenants have access to basic necessities . While heating is always required of a landlord , air conditioning is generally not . If it is required , it ' s likely that you ' ll find a provision in local rental law as opposed to state law , but be sure to check both . Now , what if you already have air conditioning and it ' s not working properly ? A landlord ' s failure to properly maintain an air conditioner that he has already provided is not a matter of rental law , it ' s a matter of contract law . Generally speaking , the rule is that if your landlord has provided you with an appliance , he is contractually obligated to provide one for the duration of your lease . He must also maintain and keep it in working order . In other words , if the unit was placed in your apartment by your landlord , air conditioning must be maintained until you move out . A failure to do so would likely put your landlord in breach of contract , allowing you to potentially reduce your rent or move elsewhere . Find an Attorney Near You ( FindLaw ' s Lawyer Directory ) Repairs and Maintenance ( FindLaw ) The Legal Standard for Repairs : Warranty of Habitability ( FindLaw ) What can the tenant do if the landlord refuses to maintain the premises ? How to Break a Lease ( FindLaw ' s Law & Daily Life ) | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2012/08/is-it-legal-to-grow-weed-in-california.html | FindLaw blogs Law and Daily Life Is it Legal to Grow Weed in California ? Is it Legal to Grow Weed in California ? By Andrew Lu on August 08 , 2012 6 : 57 AM If you ' re looking for a career change , you may have wondered at some point whether it is legal to grow weed in California . But before you become a drug dealer or open a cannabis club , it ' s probably a good idea to become familiar with the marijuana laws . To start off , it is illegal to grow or sell weed for recreational use . This is true even in California . So discard the rumors that you can legally grow one or two marijuana plants or grow weed for your own personal use . If you cultivate any weed , and it is intended for recreational use , you just committed a felony . But while there are strict laws against recreational marijuana growing , it may be legal to grow weed in California for medicinal purposes . Generally , medical patients and their designated primary caregivers may legally possess and cultivate marijuana if they have a physician ' s recommendation or approval . Typically , the individual patient can only grow marijuana plants for his or her own use and there are limits on how much you can grow . So before investing in a massive pot farm , know that the state threshold is 6 mature or 12 immature plants per patient . Though cities and counties may pass laws allowing higher allowances . In addition , patient " cooperatives " or " collectives " are allowed to grow , distribute , and sell medicinal marijuana on a strictly non - profit basis to their members . Designated primary caregivers may charge patients for their labor and services in providing the marijuana to their patients on a limited basis . While it may be legal to grow weed in California for medicinal purposes , you may want to still check in with an attorney to make sure you comply with all the legal requirements . Advice for Medicinal Marijuana Providers ( California NORML ) Medical Marijuana - An Overview ( FindLaw ) Legal to Grow Weed in a Rental Unit ? ( FindLaw ' s Law & Daily Life ) | [
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http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2013/03/why-do-lawyers-cost-so-much.html | FindLaw blogs Law and Daily Life Why Do Lawyers Cost So Much ? Why Do Lawyers Cost So Much ? By Andrew Lu on March 20 , 2013 6 : 39 AM If you ' ve ever hired a lawyer , you may have been staggered by the costs involved . Why do lawyers cost so much ? Attorneys can easily demand thousands of dollars and charge $ 200 or $ 300 per hour to take your case . Some charge upto 40 % off the top of any settlement or verdict you get . So if you are injured in an accident , your lawyer may get almost half of everything you are entitled to . However , if you ask any lawyer , they may tell you that their costs are fair . In fact , many will lament that they are underpaid . Here ' s a look at some reasons lawyers charge what they do Research and writing takes time . If you only receive a one - page document or a brief response to a legal question , you may wonder what you just paid for . However , the seemingly simple response that you get may be the result of hours of work researching every aspect of your legal issue . Lawyers use their expertise to explore every avenue and weigh every risk involved in a decision . As a result , the end product you see may not reflect all the behind - the - scenes considerations the attorney made in coming to a conclusion . Also , Access to legal research tools . Most lawyers access cases , opinions , and statutes through the use of some online legal research tool like Westlaw ( which , like FindLaw , is owned by Thomson Reuters ) . These tools are much more expensive than you might imagine and lawyers set their rates in order to be able to cover these costs and more , and earn a living . Staffing and overhead costs . Someone needs to pay the secretary , the receptionist , the paralegal , and the rent / utilities / other office expenses . Law firms only make money from the work attorneys do , so everyone else in the office , and the office itself , relies on an attorney billings . So how can you avoid these high hourly rates ? You can try to take advantage of some lawyers ' free consultations , but there ' s typically only so much you can discuss before your free time is up . Also , keep in mind that free consults are usually used by attorneys as a way to get clients in the door for the purpose of signing up new clients , so do n ' t expect to walk away with a lawyer letter , or much more than information on what you can do next ( which will usually involve hiring that lawyer , if they want your case ) . If you ' re searching for a more affordable lawyer , often solo practitioners ( lawyers that practice without lawyer partners , and often with minimal staff ) can offer the best , most competitive ( lowest ) hourly and contingency rates . This is due to the fact that solo attorneys tend to have the lowest overhead . If you ' ve already retained a lawyer , the best way to cut back on costs is to stay on top of things : Bring all necessary documents to your meetings and hearings , promptly reply to your lawyer ' s requests , and make a list of questions to ask all at once . Also , do n ' t be afraid to ask your attorney what you can do to reduce the costs . Time is money , especially when it comes to lawyers , so make sure you spend it wisely . Find an Attorney Near You ( FindLaw ' s Lawyer Directory ) Do n ' t Want to Hire a Lawyer ? It Could Cost You ( FindLaw Insider ) Paying Alimony : How Long Can It Continue ? ( FindLaw ' s Law and Daily Life ) 5 Tax Filing Tips for Procrastinators ( FindLaw ' s Law and Daily Life ) Tips for Negotiating Your Work Contract | [
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http://blogs.haas.berkeley.edu/the-berkeley-mba/7-reasons-to-choose-a-part-time-mba-program | 7 Reasons to Choose a Part - time MBA Program By Eileen Jacob | 1 / 22 / 2018 | Evening & Weekend Admissions Congratulations โ you ' ve decided to go business school . And you ' ve decided that study in a top - ranked MBA program will give you the knowledge , skills , and network to chart the course of your career , from next move to a lifetime of meaningful work . Now you need to determine which MBA schedule is right for you : Full - time ? Part - time ? Executive ? We in Admissions for the Evening & Weekend MBA Program at Berkeley - Haas would like to share 7 things about part - time MBA programs that may help you decide if this is the best way for you to MBA : 1 . Do n ' t pause , stay in play . Part - time programs let you continue working while you earn your degree , eliminating opportunity cost . Not only that , many students make career moves while still in school โ beginning to realize ROI on an MBA early on . 2 . Make the office your learning laboratory . Nothing makes new knowledge stick like the chance to use it right away โ in the real world . Part - time MBA programs let you learn it on Monday night or Thursday , or Saturday and take it right back to work with you . 3 . ( Your Job Title Here ) by day , marketer , strategist , founder , etc . by night . Whatever your day job , part - time MBA programs let you walk a mile in many different pairs of shoes , through class projects , consulting engagements , and startup competitions , to name a few opportunities . 4 . If the shoe fits . . .you can wear it to work ! As your previously untapped talents come to light at school , you can help people at work see you in a whole new way ; let them know that you better follow financial conversations and have more to contribute to strategic planning . Or brand management . Or global operations . 5 . Plug into a whole new network . Ever wish you knew someone who worked at ( Your Dream Company Here ) ? Now you do . In a part - time MBA program , your classmates bring a wide range of experience , expertise , and connections to the table . As do faculty and members of the alumni network 6 . Live and work where you want . The flexible scheduling options of part - time programs let you choose study at night , on Saturdays , or in blocks every few weeks . That way , even a commute to school by plane is do - able ( and done by lots of people ) . 7 . Invest in yourself โ and others will too . Getting an MBA signals that you are t aking charge of your career , realizing your potential , shaping and sharpening your skills . It says it before you โ ve even finished the program . And it says it to your boss , even your boss โ boss . Want to know more about the benefits of an MBA ? Get our free ebook Calculating the ROI of an MBA To keep everything as fresh as possible , we ' ve refreshed content and links on this post , originally posted July 1 , 2015 . | [
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http://blogs.hcpro.com/mdscentral/2011/08/does-the-cot-allow-us-to-re-rug-to-a-higher-rehab-level/ | Ask the Experts MDS 3.0 Items Payment / economy Popular Regulations Does the COT allow us to re - RUG to a higher rehab level ? August 18 , 2011 Q : Does the COT allow us to re - RUG to a higher rehab level ? Also , does the new RUG category take effect the day after the COT ARD ? A : If a resident starts receiving enough therapy to classify into a RUG - IV category that is higher than his or her current category , then yes , completing a COT would allow you to re - RUG at the higher , more appropriate RUG level . The ARD for the COT OMRA would be set for day 7 of the observation period , which is a rolling seven - day window beginning on the day following the ARD set for the most recent scheduled or unscheduled PPS assessment and ending every seven calendar days thereafter . The new RUG Let โ s look at an example . If a SNF sets the ARD for its 14 - day assessment to day 14 , then day 1 for the purposes of the COT observation period would be day 15 of the SNF stay , and the facility would be required to review its therapy minutes for that resident for the week consisting of days 15 - 21 . If the SNF determines that the total therapy minutes received has changed such that the RUG classification from the 14 - day assessment is no longer accurate , then the SNF would Author : MacKenzie Kimball MacKenzie Kimball is a Managing Editor in HCPro ' s long - term care division . She is the editor of the monthly newsletter PPS Alert for Long - Term Care and the MDS 3.0 Update e - newsletter . View all posts by MacKenzie Kimball โ NADONA conference CMS requests applications for bundled payment initiative 6 Comments Anita Whipple September 30 , 2011 at 11 : 24 am Re : COT OMRA โ s โ if I have a 14 day PPS assessment with a 9 / 30 / 11 ARD , do I review for a possible COT OMRA on 10 / 7 , or wait until after the 30 day PPS assessment with an ARD of 10 / 16 ( review of 10 / 17 - 10 / 23 / 11 ) ? Karen Arneson October 11 , 2011 at 3 : 14 pm Can we combine a COT OMRA with a regularly scheduled PPS MDS if the ARD falls within the same ARD timeframe as the regularly scheduled PPS MDS ? Mike Sullivan November 16 , 2011 at 1 : 17 pm Here is a scenario for which I hope you have a solution on the connection of COT MDS to Billing : 5 day MDS running . COT effective on day 13 . Does this COT cover days 13 & 14 only for billing the Medicare A claim ? Thanks in advance . Margaret Monfrey March 14 , 2012 at 9 : 32 am What if the facility failed to complete a COT OMRA , WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A PROVIDER LIABILITY FOR THE DATES IN QUESTION ? melissa green May 25 , 2012 at 10 : 45 am we can no longer inactivate an MDS and recode it with a different reason code with the same ARD . My question is what happens when a 14 day was combined with a COT and submitted . It was later determined that the minutes for the 14 day MDS were inaccurately entered and a COT was not needed ? I can modify the original MDS ( 14 / COT ) minutes but it is not coded correctly since a COT did not occur sue April 28 , 2015 at 10 : 30 am i have a patient that a 30 day pps assessment was completed , locked and transmitted . We picked day 29 for this assessment , which also was a cot lookback day as rug was going down we did not combine . This patient was sent out and admitted to the hosp on day 31 , do I now need to inactivate the 30 and do a cot for day 29 | [
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http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2010/07/ask-the-expert-artificial-nails-for-healthcare-workers/ | Ask the expert : Artificial nails for healthcare workers By : John Palmer July 13th , 2010 Q : According to my medical school the use of artificial nails is banned per OSHA Hand Hygiene Regulations . Is this true ? How can I get a copy of the OSHA Hand Hygiene Regulations that is current ? A : I do hope your medical school is more accurate on other matters than what it purports to know about OSHA . It is the CDC that has guidelines for hand hygiene in healthcare settings . References to artificial nails and nail length concern patient safety : Do not wear artificial fingernails or extenders when having direct contact with patients at high risk ( e.g. , those in intensive - care units or operating rooms ) . Keep natural nails tips less than 1 / 4 - inch long . Although some of the recommendations apply when providing care to special patients , healthcare organizations may adopt these recommendations for all workers as part of the overall infection control or personal appearance policies . Remember , OSHA is not concerned with patient safety but with worker safety . Artificial nails , for the most part , are a patient safety issue , although in extreme cases it could be a worker safety issue , too . Click here for CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health - Care Settings , and look under Section 6 . Other Aspects of Hand Hygiene for the recommendations cited above . 350 โ 353 350 Comments ( 13 ) Ask the expert โ General OSHA Infection Control Comments By Dr Denis Smith on July 14th , 2010 at 3 : 53 am I felt the comment about the medical school was unnecessary . Many medical students do not understand the nuances of which organization represents what interests or publishes particular standards . The fact that the student is aware of hand hygiene issues and that standards exists is a โ win โ in my book . By Sue Snider RN on July 14th , 2010 at 8 : 55 am The comment about the medical school may not have been necessary . However , medical students need to be aware of the difference between the CDC and OSHA . It is just as important as other aspects of their education . Otherwise they repeat that bad information becasue they learned it in medical school . By Shakiera on July 14th , 2010 at 10 : 21 am Artificial / gel nails are breeding grounds for infection and therefore a definate no for staff and Dr โ s alike to wear them . By Tina Adame on August 6th , 2012 at 4 : 34 pm Per OSHA guideline can a factory work place keep u from wearing artificial nails ? we wear gloves all the time . a girl tore her nail went home & claimed she did it at work now the workplace going to band wearing artificial nails . Do I have any rights if I want to wear them or not please help Thank you Tina By val joj = hnson on November 6th , 2016 at 8 : 01 pm Disgusting ! ! ! I am in Nursing โฆ Have worn my artificial gel nails for 13 years . I keep my nails trimmed way dowm Wearing them square , not oval โฆ . I have seen peoples regular nails gross โฆ Even with a regular nail , theres always that risk of anything getting under them too โฆ Having my nails done , , , I keep them well groomed and maintained . . So , what is there 1 in a million that have a problem ? ? If this is all anyone has to worry about in By val joj = hnson on November 6th , 2016 at 8 : 02 pm OK , WITH SAYING ALL ABOVE , , I WORK IN A NURSING HOME INVIROMENT By dennis rn on October 12th , 2017 at 1 : 02 pm If you do your research you will find many articles that state artificial nails harbor bacteria . The fact that people work in the health care field and think it โ s okay to have long nails is appalling to me . The CDC and the WHO ( world Health Organization ) speaks on these issues . There are reasons why every facility has policies regarding fingernail length , it should n โ t be a surprise . Here โ s the link http : / / apps . who . int / iris / bitstream / 10665 / 44102 / 1 / 9789241597906_eng . pdf ( its page 133 on the document ) By marie on July 25th , 2018 at 8 : 23 pm Still confused whether ok to have medium length nails for home care . Not working in hospital and would wear gloves if touching patient anyhow , remove gloves and wash hands . Poeple that have manicured nails take better care and are usually cleaner that thos who do n โ t ! also shorter nails are harder to clean and get up underthere to clean them ! ! just sayin , shorter nail usually have more stuff under them an again harder to clean . So medium to short should be ok in my opinion . You should be washing By danielle on August 1st , 2018 at 10 : 20 am I work in a cosmetic facility where they do boric and fillers . I โ m a medical assistant and do n โ t have much contact with the clients except to clean area of face with alcohol and if course we wear gloves . Is there a law regulation that I ca n โ t have artificial nails medium or short length By Pam Melvin on September 25th , 2018 at 12 : 32 pm What can you tell me about the powder dip nail product . Is it ok to use for the healthcare provider . By Nancy on January 19th , 2019 at 2 : 47 pm What does the CDC say about dip nails when the nail is your own , cut short . A manicure every 2 weeks keep my cuticles in shape , no bleeding no splitting and no redness noted since I have had dipped nails . They are not artificial nails . By Nancy on January 19th , 2019 at 2 : 51 pm What does the CDC say about dip nails when the nail is your own , cut short . A manicure every 2 weeks keep my cuticles in shape , no bleeding no splitting and no redness noted since I have had dipped nails . They are not artificial nails . they are 1 / 4 inch . clean . wearing gloves etc . By Ani on March 12th , 2019 at 6 : 35 pm I believe its the material that bacteria prefers and adheres to better than to regular Nails that it is concerned with I am a nurse and hurting to get the nails but will not unless I am out of direct pt contact . i do n โ t want to be the source to f transmission . Wash my hands and glove but still . .not a chance Leave a Comment Approaching perfection on worker flu shot acceptance rates | Home | More organizations added to mandatory flu shot honor roll John Palmer John has written 1347 posts . 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http://blogs.hudsonvalley.com/high-school-sports/ | Local schedule for Monday , April 15 By Ken McMillan | Published : April 15 , 2019 | Leave a comment High school BASEBALL Bulldog Bash tournament ( at Dutchess Stadium , Fishkill ) : Spackenkill vs . Chester , 9 a.m. ; Wallkill vs . Beacon , 3 p.m. ; Pine Bush vs . Beacon , 6 p.m . New Paltz at Rondout Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . BOYS LACROSSE Middletown at Rondout Valley , 11 a.m . Highland at Red Hook , noon Suffern vs . Warwick , at Sanfordville Elementary , 4 : 30 p.m . Pine Bush at Delaware Valley , Pa . , 5 p.m . BOYS TENNIS Suffern at Monroe - Woodbury , 4 : 15 p.m . GIRLS LACROSSE O โ Neill at Roosevelt , 11 a.m . Warwick vs . Vernon ( N.J. ) , at Maple Grange Park , 3 : 30 p.m . Newburgh at Burke Catholic , ppd . SOFTBALL Roosevelt at Saugerties , ppd . Highland at Marlboro , ppd . Arlington at Monroe - Woodbury , ppd . Port Jervis at Wallkill , ppd . New Paltz at Rondout Valley , ppd . Millbrook at Dover , ppd . College MEN โ S GOLF SUNY Orange , SUNY Sullivan , SUNY Ulster in Region XV match hosted by SUNY Westchester , at Dunwoodie GC , Yonkers , 1 p.m . MEN โ S TENNIS York at Mount Saint Mary , 5 p.m . Local HORSE RACING Monticello , 12 : 50 p.m . Yonkers , 6 : 50 p.m . Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment Monroe - Woodbury hires James Sciarra as football coach By Sal Interdonato | Published : April 11 , 2019 James Sciarra was approved as Monroe - Woodbury new football coach at Board of Education meeting Wednesday night . Sciarra , who was the head coach at Warwick from 2006 - 12 , was a Monroe - Woodbury assistant from 2013 - 15 . He has spent the last three seasons as an assistant at Burke Catholic . Warwick advanced to two Section 9 Class AA finals under Sciarra in 2009 and 2011 . Sciarra replaces Ryan Baldock , who left Monroe - Woodbury after three years to take the Cornwall head coaching position . Monroe - Woodbury is seeking its first section Class AA title since 2013 . Posted in Uncategorized Local schedule for Wednesday , April 10 Ken McMillan April 10 , 2019 High school BASEBALL Liberty at Fallsburg , 4 p.m . S.S. Seward vs . Eldred , at Rock Sports Park , 4 p.m . Newburgh at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Middletown at Pine Bush , 4 p.m . Minisink Valley at Monticello , 4 : 15 p.m . New Paltz at Roosevelt , 4 : 15 p.m . Saugerties at Wallkill , 4 : 15 p.m . Rondout Valley at Marlboro , 4 : 15 p.m . Onteora vs . Spackenkill , at Todd Middle , 4 : 15 p.m . Dover at Rhinebeck , 4 : 15 p.m . Pine Plains at Highland , 4 : 15 p.m . Chapel Field at Tuxedo , 4 : 30 p.m . Washingtonville vs . Kingston , at Gruner Field , 4 : 30 p.m . BOYS GOLF Kingston , Middletown vs . Newburgh Free Academy , at Powelton Club , 3 p.m . Burke Catholic vs . Goshen , at Stony Ford GC , 3 p.m . Port Jervis vs . Cornwall , at Storm King CC , 3 : 15 p.m . BOYS LACROSSE Pine Bush at Cornwall , 4 p.m . Millbrook at New Paltz , 4 p.m . James I . O โ Neill at Kennedy / Somers , 4 : 30 p.m . Newburgh Free Academy vs . Goshen , at Hooker Middle , 5 : 30 p.m . BOYS TENNIS Pine Bush vs . Kingston , at Forsyth Park , 4 p.m . Monroe - Woodbury vs . Newburgh Free Academy , at Mount Saint Mary , 4 p.m . Washingtonville at Cornwall , 4 p.m . Warwick at Minisink Valley , 4 p.m . Middletown at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Liberty vs . James I . O โ Neill , at West Point outdoor courts , 4 p.m . Port Jervis at Goshen , 4 p.m . Ellenville at Onteora , 4 : 15 p.m . Red Hook at Saugerties , 4 : 15 p.m . Wallkill vs . New Paltz , at SUNY New Paltz , 4 : 15 p.m . Spackenkill at Roosevelt , 4 : 15 p.m . Rondout Valley vs . Rhinebeck , at Starr Library , 4 : 15 p.m . GIRLS GOLF Monroe - Woodbury , Valley Central , Newburgh , Warwick , Minisink Valley vs . Burke Catholic , at Hickory Hill GC , 3 p.m . Sullivan West vs . Goshen , at Stony Ford GC , 3 p.m . Port Jervis vs . Middletown , at West Hills GC , 3 p.m . GIRLS LACROSSE Roosevelt at Minisink Valley , 4 p.m . Cornwall at Warwick , 4 p.m . New Paltz at Burke Catholic , 4 : 30 p.m . Saugerties at Millbrook , 4 : 30 p.m . Highland at Valley Central , 4 : 30 p.m . Red Hook at O โ Neill , 5 p.m . SOFTBALL Monroe - Woodbury at Kingston , 4 p.m . Newburgh Free Academy at Washingtonville , 4 p.m . Pine Bush at Middletown , 4 p.m . Warwick at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Goshen at Monticello , ppd . Chester at Minisink Valley , 4 p.m . Eldred at Sullivan West , 4 : 15 p.m . Saugerties at Wallkill , 4 : 15 p.m . Rondout Valley at Marlboro , 4 : 15 p.m . Webutuck at Millbrook , 4 : 15 p.m . Cornwall at Port Jervis , 4 : 30 p.m . Liberty at Fallsburg , ppd . James I . O โ Neill at Burke Catholic , 4 : 30 p.m . TRACK AND FIELD Sullivan West at Tri - Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . Ellenville at Red Hook , 4 : 15 p.m . Roosevelt at Onteora , 4 : 15 p.m . Rhinebeck at Webutuck , 4 : 15 p.m . Millbrook , Dover at Wallkill , 4 : 15 p.m . New Paltz at Highland , 4 : 15 p.m . Monticello at Port Jervis , 4 : 30 p.m . ( new time ) O โ Neill , Fallsburg at Liberty , 4 : 30 p.m . Chapel Field at Eldred , 4 : 30 p.m . Chester , Burke vs . Goshen , at Middletown H.S. , 5 p.m . College Marist at Hartford , 3 p.m . Manhattanville vs . Mount Saint Mary , at Dutchess Stadium , Fishkill , 4 p.m . Skidmore at SUNY New Paltz , 4 p.m . MEN โ S LACROSSE Purchase at Mount Saint Mary , 7 p.m . MEN โ S TENNIS Sarah Lawrence at Mount Saint Mary , 7 p.m . Ramapo at Mount Saint Mary ( DH ) , 3 p.m . Monroe College at SUNY Orange ( DH ) , 3 : 30 p.m . Marist at Army ( DH ) , 3 : 30 p.m . WOMEN โ S TENNIS SUNY New Paltz at Stevens Institute of Technology , 3 : 30 p.m . Local HORSE RACING Monticello , 12 : 50 p.m . Aqueduct , 1 : 30 p.m . Local schedule for Monday , April 8 April 8 , 2019 High s Goshen at Cornwall , 4 p.m . Fallsburg at Liberty , 4 p.m . O โ Neill at Burke Catholic , 4 p.m . Tri - Valley at Livingston Manor , 4 p.m . Minisink Valley at Monticello , 4 : 15 p.m . Wallkill at Roosevelt , ppd . Highland at Rondout Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . Rhinebeck at Onteora , ppd . Pine Plains at Dover , ppd . Chapel Field at Tuxedo , 4 : 30 p.m . Sullivan West at Port Jervis , 4 : 30 p.m . Kingston at North Rockland , 4 : 30 p.m . Valley Central at Middletown , 4 p.m . Burke Catholic at New Paltz , 4 p.m . Newburgh Free Academy at Wallkill , 4 p.m . Goshen at Cornwall , 4 p.m . Saugerties at James I . O โ Neill , 4 : 30 p.m . Monticello at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Washingtonville at Port Jervis , 4 p.m . Goshen at Warwick , 4 p.m . Newburgh Free Academy at James I . O โ Neill , ppd . Monroe - Woodbury at Liberty , 4 p.m . Cornwall at Pine Bush , 4 p.m . Minisink Valley at Kingston , ppd . Saugerties at Ellenville , 4 : 15 p.m . Rhinebeck at John A . Coleman Catholic , 4 : 15 p.m . Roosevelt at Marlboro , 4 : 15 p.m . Red Hook at Highland , 4 : 15 p.m . Wallkill at Rondout Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . GIRLS GOLF Kingston at Monroe - Woodbury , at Monroe CC , 3 p.m . Warwick at Goshen , at Stony Ford GC , 3 p.m . Warwick at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Minisink Valley at Cornwall , 4 : 15 p.m . Goshen at New Paltz , 4 : 30 p.m . Red Hook at Saugerties , 4 : 30 p.m . Highland at Burke Catholic , 4 : 30 p.m . Washingtonville at Roosevelt , 5 p.m . Monroe - Woodbury at Washingtonville , 4 p.m . Middletown at Warwick , 4 p.m . Newburgh Free Academy at Pine Bush , ppd . Burke Catholic at Minisink Valley , 4 p.m . Liberty at Goshen , 4 p.m . Tuxedo at Fallsburg , ppd . Wallkill at Roosevelt , ppd . Cornwall at Saugerties , 4 : 15 p.m . Highland at Rondout Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . Millbrook at Ellenville , 4 : 15 p.m . Pine Plains at Dover , ppd . Arlington B at Spackenkill , 4 : 15 p.m . Tri - Valley at Monticello , 4 : 15 p.m . Valley Central at Kingston , 4 : 30 p.m . Port Jervis at Chester , 4 : 30 p.m . Sullivan West at James I . O โ Neill , 4 : 30 p.m . MEN โ S GOLF SUNY Orange , SUNY Sullivan , SUNY Ulster in Region XV match hosted by SUNY Suffolk , 1 p.m . Yonkers , 6 : 50 p.m . V845 Notebook : Newburgh grand jury report leaves countless questions unanswered Justin Fedich April 8 , 2019 First things first โฆ The biggest local sports story this past week was one that had much more to do with what happened off the field than what happened on it . A grand jury report released Thursday about Newburgh Free Academy detailed years of attendance record manipulation and chronic student absenteeism , in addition to other accusations . This will be a story that me and my colleagues will continue to report over the coming weeks , but here โ s what we โ ve written on the subject so far . Heather Yakin reported the findings from the grand jury report on Thursday . Lana Bellamy on the school โ s response to the report . Lana Bellamy on who is accountable for the scandal . Finally , I spoke with Section 9 , OCIAA and athletic directors , attempting to find out the implications for a school that allegedly allowed ineligible athletes to compete for years Sunday baseball feature This week I profiled Jimmy Murphy , a catcher on the Cornwall baseball team who did n โ t earn a starting role until this year . You can read his story here Below is some more from my conversation with Cornwall head coach Tom Fanning on Murphy : On seeing the improvements Murphy made in the offseason : โ I thought he โ d have a ways to go to be a starting catcher , and he โ s made so much progress that in the fall , he was getting compliments from other coaches on how good he was blocking the ball and everything and that โ s when I saw a huge difference . When he came out in the fall and started blocking stuff , being stronger and active and athletic , that was a big difference than I was expecting him to come out with . โ On how Murphy โ s teammates look at him now : โ They see a difference with him . It โ s unbelievable . โ Here โ s some additional quotes from my conversation with Murphy : On putting his achievement of becoming the starter in perspective : โ It was a little accomplishment for the bigger picture which is a state championship . โ On his desire to play at the next level : โ I โ m hoping if I could have a standout senior year I can get some looks , but I โ m just going to see how it goes , hope for the best . โ Notable sports journalism from March Madness John Branch for New York Times on the NCAA team guaranteed to lose : the referees . Brian Hamilton for The Athletic on Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard . Lindsay Gibbs for ThinkProgress writes about how a school โ s off - court sins ca n โ t be erased with a Final Four berth . Michael McKnight for Sports Illustrated on Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl . Dana O โ Neil for The Athletic tells the story of Ty Jerome โ s Final Four victory through the eyes of his father . Other great sports journalism from the week Ty Dunne for Bleacher Report with a deeply reported story about the issues that went on between Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy in Green Bay . Ian O โ Connor for ESPN tells a story about a NFL executive โ s long battle with alcoholism and trying to forgive himself . Nick Paumgarten for New Yorker profiles the rise and fall of Chris Carton . High School Sports Bryan Powell commits to Pace Sal Interdonato April 5 , 2019 Bryan Powell , the 2018 Varsity 845 player of the year , will begin his college basketball career where his high school career came to a close . Powell , a Canterbury ( Conn . ) Prep forward and 2018 Pine Bush graduate , announced his commitment to Division II Pace Wednesday . Powell played one of his best prep games at Pace โ s Goldstein Fitness Center , scoring 25 points and adding 10 rebounds and five blocks in a 2018 state Class AA quarterfinal against Mount Vernon . The 6 - foot - 6 forward received interest from Division I schools after leading Canterbury in scoring ( 15.5 ) and rebounds ( 6.8 ) but Powell could n โ t pass up Pace โ s offer . Powell said he will be on full scholarship after his freshman season . Pace is covering most of Powell โ s tuition his first year . Local schedule for Tuesday , April 2 April 2 , 2019 Valley Central at Cornwall , 4 p.m . Washingtonville at Goshen , 4 p.m . Monticello at Middletown , 4 p.m . ( new site ) Chapel Field vs . Tri - Valley , at Neversink Town Park , 4 p.m . Eldred at Sullivan West , 4 p.m . S.S. Seward at Burke Catholic , ppd . Marlboro vs . Red Hook , at Dutchess Stadium , Fishkill , 4 p.m . Minisink Valley at Pine Bush , 4 : 15 p.m . Liberty at Ellenville , 4 : 15 p.m . Highland at New Paltz , 4 : 15 p.m . Warwick at Port Jervis , 4 : 30 p.m . ( new time ) Fallsburg at Tuxedo , 4 : 30 p.m . BOYS GOLF Monticello vs . Washingtonville , at Mansion Ridge , 3 p.m . Goshen at James I . O โ Neill , 4 p.m . Millbrook at New Paltz , 4 p.m . Newburgh Free Academy at Red Hook , 4 p.m . Rondout Valley at Highland , 4 p.m . Wallkill at Burke Catholic , 4 p.m . Monroe - Woodbury at Goshen , 4 p.m . Liberty at Middletown , 4 p.m . James I . O โ Neill at Minisink Valley , 4 p.m . New Paltz at Spackenkill , 4 : 15 p.m . Fallsburg vs . Minisink Valley , at High Point CC , 3 : 30 p.m . Washingtonville at Newburgh , 4 p.m . Monroe - Woodbury at Clarkstown North , 4 p.m . New Paltz at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Middletown at Minisink Valley , 4 : 30 p.m . Warwick vs . Kingston , at Dietz Stadium , 4 : 30 p.m . Roosevelt at Pine Bush , 4 : 30 p.m . Burke Catholic at Warwick , 4 p.m . Dover at Pawling , 4 : 15 p.m . TRACK AND FIELD Pine Bush at Warwick , ccd . Washingtonville at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Red Hook at Saugerties , 4 : 15 p.m . New Paltz at Wallkill , 4 : 15 p.m . Coleman Catholic , Onteora at Rondout Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . Ellenville at Marlboro , ppd . Cornwall at Minisink Valley , 4 : 30 p.m . Kingston at Monroe - Woodbury , 4 : 30 p.m . Albany at Marist , 3 p.m . Mount Saint Mary at New Jersey City University , 3 : 30 p.m . SUNY New Paltz at Rowan , 4 p.m . Sussex CC at SUNY Orange , 4 p.m . SUNY Sullivan at Lackawanna , 4 p.m . Army at Marist , 3 p.m . Purchase at Mount Saint Mary , 7 p.m . MEN โ S VOLLEYBALL Saint Joseph โ s Patchogue at SUNY New Paltz , 7 p.m . High School Sports Local schedule for Monday , April 1 April 1 , 2019 Goshen at Middletown , 4 p.m . Monticello at Valley Central , 4 p.m . Tri - Valley at Eldred , 4 p.m . Chester at Chapel Field , ppd . Newburgh at Minisink Valley , 4 : 15 p.m . Ellenville vs . Webutuck , at Amenia Town Park , 4 : 15 p.m . Pine Plains vs . Rhinebeck , at Bard College , 4 : 15 p.m . Sullivan West at Tuxedo , 4 : 30 p.m . Albany at Saugerties , 4 : 30 p.m . Marlboro at Arlington , 4 : 30 p.m . Cornwall at Monroe - Woodbury , ppd . Livingston Manor vs . S.S. Seward , ppd . Warwick at Monroe - Woodbury , 4 : 30 p.m . Saugerties at Roosevelt , 5 p.m . Valley Central at Wallkill , 7 p.m . Middletown vs . Newburgh Free Academy , at Cronomer Hill Park , 4 p.m . Pine Bush at Monroe - Woodbury , 4 p.m . Valley Central at Minisink Valley , 4 p.m . Washingtonville at Warwick , 4 p.m . Kingston at Cornwall , 4 p.m . Liberty at Port Jervis , 4 p.m . Monticello at Goshen , 4 p.m . Rye vs . O โ Neill , at West Point outdoor courts , 4 p.m . Roosevelt at Saugerties , 4 : 15 p.m . Rhinebeck at Red Hook , ppd . John A . Coleman Catholic at Marlboro , 4 : 15 p.m . Onteora vs . Highland , at Tony Williams Park , 4 : 15 p.m . Spackenkill vs . Rondout Valley , at SUNY Ulster , 4 : 15 p.m . Millbrook at James I . O โ Neill , 4 : 30 p.m . Burke Catholic at Warwick , 4 : 30 p.m . Monroe - Woodbury at Arlington , 4 : 30 p.m . Valley Central at Saugerties , 4 : 30 p.m . Highland at Red Hook , 4 : 30 p.m . Goshen at Washingtonville , 3 : 45 p.m . Tri - Valley at James I . O โ Neill , 4 p.m . Sullivan West at Liberty , 4 p.m . Fallsburg vs . S.S. Seward , at Slattery Field , 4 p.m . Chester at Eldred , ppd . Ellenville at Webutuck , 4 : 15 p.m . Spackenkill at Highland , 4 : 15 p.m . Pine Bush at Minisink Valley , 4 : 30 p.m . Cornwall at Valley Central , 4 : 30 p.m . Port Jervis at Middletown , 4 : 30 p.m . Middletown at Newburgh , 4 p.m . Western Connecticut State at Mount Saint Mary , 7 p.m . 2018 - 19 Boys Basketball Stat Leaders March 31 , 2019 Kingston senior guard Brian Moore led the area in scoring , averaging 27.4 points per game , and made an area - high 71 3 - pointers . Washingtonville senior forward Kareem Lubin was the top rebounder ( 10.8 ) in the area . Statistics were provided by coaches and gathered from team pages on Max Preps . Coaches , who would like their players included in the leaders , please email statistics to sinterdonato @ th - record . com Varsity 845 boys basketball leaders ( Statistics as provided by coaches and via Max Preps ) Scoring Brian Moore , Kingston 27.4 Zack Foley , Goshen 24.2 Darius Boben , James I . O โ Neill 22.8 Zac Goldstein , Warwick 19.0 Marquis Gill , Middletown 18.8 Caleb Simmons , Newburgh Free Academy 18.6 Josh Gattling , Monticello 18.0 Mat Shea , Wallkill 17.6 Kevin Stein , Chester 17.6 Matt Stam , S.S. Seward 16.9 Cameron Ness , Highland 16.6 Axel Rodriguez , New Paltz 16.3 Will Fredericks , Cornwall 16.2 Juniper Brown , Livingston Manor 15.5 Romeo Aquino , Washingtonville 14.5 Alex Krupinski , Minisink Valley 14.5 Kareem Lubin , Washingtonville 14.4 Casey Burke , New Paltz 14.0 Tim Linton , Pine Bush 13.7 Sam Mongelli , Marlboro , 13.5 Justin Ruggiero , Monticello 13.2 Ryan Graham , Washingtonville 12.6 Aaron Coston , Rondout Valley 12.5 A.J. Musacchio , Marlboro , 12.5 Zachariah Barnes , Newburgh Free Academy 12.3 Justin Guiliano , Ellenville 12.3 John Mack , Minisink Valley 12.3 Connor Coffey , Monroe - Woodbury 12.2 Josiah Joseph , Warwick 12.2 Liam Schoonmaker , Saugerties 12.1 Chris Cain , Pine Bush 11.8 Jonah Bevacqua , Warwick 11.7 Matt Giordano , Goshen 11.7 Jeremiah Figueroa , Ellenville 11.3 Erick Hill , Roscoe 10.9 Jack Baccaro , Wallkill 10.7 Sivon Diconcilio , Ellenville 10.6 Deante Bruce , Ellenville 10.1 Colby McFarlane , Chester 10.1 Patrick Murphy , New Paltz 10.0 Brandon Serrano , S.S. Seward 10.0 Rebounds Kareem Lubin , Washingtonville 10.8 Romeo Aquino , Washingtonville 10.5 Dylan Hefele , Livingston Manor 10.4 Will Fredericks , Cornwall 10.2 Tim Linton , Pine Bush 10.1 Shy โ quan Royal , Kingston 9.8 Zac Goldstein , Warwick 9.4 Damorn Hall - Rucker , Monticello 9.1 Patrick Murphy , New Paltz 9.1 A.J. Musacchio , Marlboro , 9.1 Matt Stam , S.S. Seward 9.1 Daivel Jackson , Kingston 8.9 Caleb Simmons , Newburgh Free Academy 8.7 Cameron Ness , Highland 8.5 Daryll Walker , S.S. Seward 8.4 Jonah Bevacqua , Warwick 8.2 John Mack , Minisink Valley 7.9 Liam Schoonmaker , Saugerties 7.7 Darius Boben , James I . O โ Neill 7.5 Matt Giordano , Goshen 7.4 Justin Guiliano , Ellenville 6.7 Chris Cain , Pine Bush 6.5 Jack Dembia , Monroe - Woodbury 6.4 Jimmy Moot , Kingston 6.2 Assists Zack Foley , Goshen 6.6 Percy Smith , Newburgh Free Academy 5.8 Darius Boben , James I . O โ Neill 5.5 Shy โ quan Royal , Kingston 5.3 Josiah Joseph , Warwick 5.1 Justin Ruggiero , Monticello 4.9 Sivon Diconcilio , Ellenville 4.6 Juniper Brown , Livingston Manor 4.5 Josh Gattling , Monticello 4.0 Casey Burke , New Paltz 3.9 Ryan Hendricks , Washingtonville 3.6 Matt Giordano , Goshen 3.5 Sam Mongelli , Marlboro 3.5 Axel Rodriguez , New Paltz 3.5 Brian Moore , Kingston 3.1 Steals Shy โ quan Royal , Kingston 3.3 Juniper Brown , Livingston Manor 3.0 Sivon Diconcilio , Ellenville 2.8 Josh Gattling , Monticello 2.5 Brian Moore , Kingston 2.5 Caleb Simmons , Newburgh Free Academy 2.4 Deante Bruce , Ellenville 2.3 Zack Foley , Goshen 2.3 Matt Giordano , Goshen 2.3 Sam Mongelli , Marlboro 2.3 CJ Villanueva , Ellenville 2.3 Darius Boben , James I . O โ Neill 2.2 Dannez Moore , Monitcello 2.2 Axel Rodriguez , New Paltz 2.2 Justin Ruggiero , Monticello 2.2 Ryan Hendricks , Washingtonville 2.0 Blocks Chris Cain , Pine Bush 3.5 Romeo Aquino , Washingtonville 3.2 Cameron Ness , Highland 3.0 Jimmy Moot , Kingston 1.9 Daivel Jackson , Kingston 1.8 Shy โ quan Royal , Kingston 1.6 Dylan Hefele , Livingston Manor 1.4 3 - pointers Brian Moore , Kingston 71 Marquis Gill , Middletown 55 Zack Foley , Goshen 50 Matt Stam , S.S. Seward 48 Kyle Krebs , Wallkill 47 Jarret Simpson , Livingston Manor 47 Pat O โ Boyle , Burke Catholic 46 Zachariah Barnes , Newburgh Free Academy 44 Zac Goldstein , Warwick 42 CJ Villanueva , Ellenville 42 Axel Rodriguez , New Paltz 39 Jeremiah Figueroa , Ellenville 38 Josh Gattling , Monticello 37 Kevin Stein , Chester 35 Sean Benkert , Highland 34 Connor Coffey , Monroe - Woodbury 34 Alex Krupinski , Minisink Valley 34 Ryan Whitaker , Saugerties 33 Sean Walters , Washingtonville 30 Grant Gravelle , S.S. Seward 28 Mat Shea , Wallkill 28 Will Fredericks , Cornwall 26 Joey Battiato , Chester 24 Unique Hicks , Newburgh Free Academy 24 Gianni Johnson , Chester 24 Basketball Local schedule for Saturday , March 30 March 30 , 2019 Saugerties at Goshen , 11 a.m . Queensbury 7 , Minisink Valley 6 Pine Bush at Brewster , 10 a.m . Red Hook 13 , Middletown 1 Warwick at Arlington , noon Valley Central at Beacon , noon Mamaroneck 14 , Monroe - Woodbury 4 Kingston at North Rockland , ppd . Army 4 , Bucknell 3 ; second game ahead Marist at Fairfield ( DH ) , noon SUNY Oswego at SUNY New Paltz ( DH ) , noon SUNY Sullivan at Keystone College JV ( DH ) , noon Mount Saint Mary in NYU Spring Invitational , at Bloomfield , N.J. , 1 : 15 p.m . MEN โ S GYMNASTICS Army in College Nationals , at Navy MEN โ S LACROSSE Army at Bucknell , 1 p.m . Wilkes at Mount Saint Mary , 1 p.m . MEN โ S RUGBY Navy at Army , 1 p.m . Vaughn at Mount Saint Mary , 1 p.m . MEN โ S VOLLEYBALL Nazareth at SUNY New Paltz , 3 p.m . 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http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/2017/12/04/florida-snow-lawn-weeds/ | Florida snow pretty or pesky 3 4 1 3 W hat is that white weedflower that blankets your lawn like snow during the cool season Thats Florida pusley also known as Florida snow or Mexican clover Depending on whom you ask it is either considered pretty with its dainty flowers or pesky a troublesome weed in many Florida lawns Blowing in the Wind Part of what makes Florida pusley so persistent is the same feature many find attractiveits proliferation of flowers These flowers however very quickly produce seeds and in a matter of just a few weeks what was once only a small patch of delicate flowers in your lawn has taken over half the yard One interesting note about Florida pusley Richardia scabra is that there are two other closely related species One has larger blooms which can be pink blue or violet and is R grandiflora aka largeflower pusley The other R brasiliensis has thicker roots Both species reproduce by both seeds and stemroot sections Regardless of the species however weed control for Richardia requires some amount of patience and persistence Control recommendations include frequent mowing to interrupt the life cycle and prevent flowering and seedset use of preemergent herbicides to inhibit seed germination and careful selection of broadleaf postemergent herbicides Bottom line Prevention is always better than a cure Following researchbased turf management practices helps lawns to maintain vigorous growth which deters weed infestations Learn more turf management recommendations lawn weed management and Florida pusley control in pastures by Marguerite Beckford Posted December 4 2017 Category Home Landscapes Lawn Pests Disease UFIFAS Extension Tags Florida Snow herbicides horticulture landscape lawn weeds Mexican Clover Pgm_HortComm Pusley turf 2017 USDA ag census begins in December I spy whitefly | [
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http://blogs.interfacett.com/sharepoint-2010-how-to-hide-the-view-all-site-content-link-from-the-browser | Home > Blogs > SharePoint > SharePoint 2010 โ How to hide the View All Site Content Link from the Browser SharePoint 2010 โ How to hide the View All Site Content Link from the Browser 1 12 Added by Spike Xavier May 7 , 2012 Recently a SharePoint student asked me how to remove the view all site content link in the quick launch bar with with the standard standard Security Settings in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 . This is one approach to solving this problem . This is done through the browser however I do create a custom security group to do it . ( Note : This will not work on a Site or Site Collection with the Publishing feature activated , it only works for non - publishing site ( s ) . Even if you deactivate the Publishing Feature , the groups will remain until you remove their permissions entirely . ) Observe - link - on - home - page . I am logged in as a Site Collection Administrator and I see the View All Site Content Link at the bottom of the quick launch bar as expected . Create - Custom - Permission - Level CLICK SITE ACTIONS > SITE PERMISSIONS Permission - Levels CLICK PERMISSION LEVELS Copy - Read - Permission - Level CLICK THE READ PERMISSION LEVEL LINK Copy - Permission - Level - As - Starting - Point SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CLICK THE BUTTON : COPY PERMISSION LEVEL You may also like : Part 1 - Importing a CSV file into SharePoint 2013 - Introduction Since the Read permission level is very close to what I want to achieve , I ' ll start here and adjust it in a custom permission level . Fill - Out - Form - Adjust - Permissions FILL OUT THE FORM AND UN - CHECK THE VIEW APPLICATION PAGES PERMISSION , THEN CLICK THE CREATE BUTTON ( CREATE BUTTON NOT SHOWN ) Observe - The - New - Permission - Level Here I can see that I have successfully added my new permission level . Now I need to test it . Assign - Custom - Permission - Level - To - User SITE ACTIONS > SITE PERMISSIONS Grant - Permissions CLICK ON GRANT PERMISSIONS Add - A - User - Assign - Permissions ADD STUDENT25 TO THE USERS / GROUPS AND SELECT THE NEWLY CREATED PERMISSION LEVEL TO ASSIGN IT TO THEM , THEN CLICK OK . Go - To - Home - Page USE THE TRUSTY NAVIGATE UP CONTROL AND GET BACK TO THE HOME PAGE , I WANT TO MAKE SURE I TEST IT ON A NON - APPLICATION PAGE Sign - In - As - Student25 USE THE DROP DOWN MENU IN THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE AND CHOOSE SIGN IN AS A DIFFERENT USER You may also like : How to Configure Navigation in SharePoint Publishing Sites Fill - Out - Log - In - Dialog FILL OUT THE SECURITY LOG IN SCREEN WITH STUDENT25 ' S CREDENTIALS Verify - No - All - Site - Content VERIFY THAT ALL SITE CONTENT IS NO LONGER VISIBLE IN THE QUICK LAUNCH , THEN CLICK ON SITE ACTIONS AND NOTHING APPEARS . It ' s important to test it in order to verify that the change did n ' t have any unanticipated effects , but this is how I accomplished the objective . Enjoy ! Spike Xavier SharePoint Instructor โ Interface Technical Training Phoenix , AZ Subscribe to this author ' s posts feed via RSS Category SharePoint Tags Custom - Permission - Level Permission Level SharePoint 2010 site collections User Permissions View All Site Content Blogs by Technology Amazon AWS ( 2 ) Azure Cloud Computing ( 2 ) Business Analysis Cisco ( 119 ) CompTIA ( 52 ) Developer Visual Studio / ASP . NET ( 62 ) Exchange Server ( 47 ) ITIL / COBIT ( 29 ) Lync Server ( 3 ) Office 365 ( 5 ) PMP Project Management ( 52 ) PowerShell ( 81 ) Security ( 46 ) ( 93 ) SQL Server ( 78 ) System Center ( 13 ) Web Development ( 60 ) Windows 10 ( 62 ) Windows 7 ( 124 ) Windows 8 ( 85 ) Windows Server ( 69 ) Windows Server 2012 ( 90 ) Windows Server 2016 ( 14 ) Wireless ( 9 ) Wireshark ( 5 ) Blogs by Instructor Dan Wahlin ( 44 ) Don Jones ( 15 ) Dr . Avril Salter ( 6 ) Interface ( 48 ) Jason Helmick ( 38 ) Jeff Jones ( 18 ) Jeremy Cioara ( 8 ) Mark Jacob ( 115 ) Mark Thomas ( 24 ) Mike Danseglio ( 93 ) Mike Pfeiffer ( 35 ) Peter Avila ( 32 ) Rick Trader ( 117 ) ( 86 ) Steve Fullmer ( 150 ) Suzanne Van Hove ( 1 ) | [
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http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/2010/07/salmonberry-picking-in-alaska/ | Good Food Salmonberry Picking in Alaska Written by Good Food Jul . 02 , 2010 Food and Drink We love hearing from listener Lisa Kroner . She frequently send us funny stories she โ s written all about food . Yesterday she wrote us about her trip to Alaska where she went berry picking . The Zen of Berry Picking Two days into my summer chef job in Sitka , Alaska , I noticed them . The reedy green shrubs that were growing everywhere . By the roadside . In front of every house . In the woods . So abundant that if it was n โ t for bright little spots of color just starting to show , you would n โ t notice them at all . They were berry bushes . On my first walk around my neighborhood โ a two - lane road between my lodge and the ocean โ I spotted two red berries in the sea of green next to the bike path . I crept into the canes and picked them , assuming they were wild raspberries . I wanted to pop them into my mouth but something stopped me : ignorance . I was not just in different state , I was in a different world . A place often called the Last Frontier . Bears lived where I lived and eagles were as common as My boss saw them later , two lonely berries sitting on the kitchen counter . He told me they were salmonberries . โ Can I eat โ em ? โ I asked . โ They โ re gonna be tart , โ was all he had to offer . So I did , and they were . I was thinking about the island erupting with fruit in the coming weeks and I was excited to get out there and collect fresh , wild food in my beautiful new surroundings . A few days later I met an 8 - year - old girl in town . She showed me around her yard and invited me to have some of her salmonberries . โ Why do they call them salmonberries anyway ? โ I asked her . I had been thinking that the name referred to the color โ reddish , but not as red as a raspberry . And the fact that everything here โ economically , socially , culturally โ revolves around the salmon . โ Because they look like salmon eggs . โ Of course ! So simple , so obvious . She showed me around her modest garden , educating me . โ Have you ever seen blueberry blossoms ? Have you ever seen forget - me - nots ? โ She told me you could n โ t eat Indian celery . Blueberries would be ready at the end of summer . A bear โ s breath smells like dog poop . She picked an orange berry and handed it to me . โ Are these ripe ? โ I asked . That โ s when I learned that they come in both orange and red varieties . I ate it โฆ sweet and mild and delicious , without the tart , tannic taste of the red ones . I felt honored . And I was hooked . I wanted those oranges ones . A lot of them . Later that week working in the kitchen , I looked outside and saw my boss โ s 10 - year - old daughter and her friend wandering the property carrying white bowls . Two best friends picking berries in summertime , nothing cuter . But I looked closer and saw that the bowls were not that small . And they were quite full . And they were full of the color orange . I bolted out the door . โ We โ re picking berries ! โ they announced sweetly . โ Cool ! Can I have some ? โ I said , just as sweet . โ Well โฆ โ one said . โ We were going to make smoothies โฆ โ said the other . Cuteness factor โฆ waning โฆ I went back to my work , forlorn at having missed the opportunity to pick berries in my own backyard . I had been watching the berries ripen , of course , but was waiting for the perfect time , the peak of ripeness . Why had n โ t I moved quicker ? Why did I procrastinate so much ? And how did they find so freaking many ? Well it was n โ t going down like this . I was no tourist when it came to berry picking . I remembered long , miserable hours picking raspberries in my mom โ s garden back when I was exactly their age , battling bees , mosquitoes , and Wisconsin humidity . I knew how to look from underneath , I could climb better , hell I was two feel taller than these usurpers . I grabbed a Tupperware . Who did they think they were dealing with ? The thing about picking wild berries is that although they are everywhere , they are not always easy to get to . You can get a few right from the roadside , but the rest are usually deep in a tall thicket . The canes have tiny scratchy thorns . They grow in ditches with steep sides , on the muddy banks of streams , they hang off of vertical rock walls . You often have to contemplate that one questionable step to get them โฆ a step across some loose dirt on a river bank , or onto a So thirty years after picking my first berry , I fell in love with berry picking . It โ s physically challenging . I have to employ strength , flexibility , and balance . I cry out if I drop one or it misses the bucket . I walk home in the rain and I feel fortunate . When I get home and look at my cache , I turn into a girl with a crush . They look so beautiful and pure it seems almost a crime to wash them . I always , always eat them right when I get home , never the next day , and I never add anything โฆ there seems to be no other way , no other time . I often smile dreamily and say โ thank you โ after popping each one in my mouth . That kind of awareness of nature , gratitude for my food , and feeling of good health is nothing less than a happy slap in the face , re - awakening me to the awesome generosity and abundance the earth offers . That kind of awareness is worth falling into a I found out later that the girls murdered their haul with white sugar , making a smoothie so sweet even a 10 - year - old would n โ t want it . They threw most of it away . Philistines . | [
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http://blogs.longwood.edu/mtg1993/2012/09/12/musical-texture-in-country-music/ | โ What Is Music ? Music in the Civil Rights Movement โ Musical Texture in Country Music Posted on September 12 , 2012 by Megan Gross Musical texture represents how musical lines relate to one another . The different textures consist of one of the most important ways on how music is completed . Everyone experiences listening to these different textures throughout their everyday life , however , most of the time people do n โ t even realize it . The world created monophonic , homophonic , polyphonic , heterophonic , and antiphonic musical textures specifically so that people could understand what the music that they listen to is consisted of . All of these textures have different combinations of voices and instruments that compose Monophonic Monophonic texture is when a single line dominates . Two examples are one person whistling , or a group of people singing a song together without harmonies or instruments . According to Grove music online , โ music for a single voice or part , for example plainchant and unaccompanied solo song . โ Plainchant or plainsong was the earliest recorded in Christian monophony . It was the first musical style of Ireland , Spain , Italy , and France . Finding a monophonic example in country music was not simple . However , in the song Like My Dog , by Billy Currington , the last 15 seconds is of Billy laughing and a dog barking . Neither of these two sounds follow the harmony that was set for this song in anyway , therefore , this makes the last part of the song monophonic since only the laugh and the bark dominate . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . Homophonic Homophonic texture is when one line predominates . An example of this would be a singer accompanied by a guitar , or strumming chords . Mid - South Community College Shared Learning Objects stated that , โ Homophonic is the texture we encounter most often . It consists of a single dominating melody that is accompanied by chords . โ Homophony has appeared in many non - western cultures . Some of these places are ; West Africa , Eastern Indonesia , and China . The most popular music styles that someone can encounter homophonic texture are rock , folk Back To December ( Acoustic ) , by Taylor Swift . Throughout the entire song , only the guitar is accompanying her , no other musical instruments . Taylors voice is what predominates over her guitar . http : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = nR4TIVdlZes Polyphonic Polyphonic is when there are two or more independent lines , as opposed to music with only one voice dominant voice accompanied by instruments . An example of this is two different people singing on top of one another , however neither of these singers predominate the other with instruments behind them . According to Music Education , โ During the Renaissance , the church has less power over musical activity . Instead , the Kings , Princes and other prominent members of the courts had more influence . The size of church choirs grew and with it more voice Do n โ t You Wanna Stay by Kelly Clarkson , and Jason Aldean , homophonic texture is used . When the chorus plays both of their voices are heard and they are singing along with each other to the same melody . What makes this polyphonic is the fact that when both of them sing the chorus neither one voice dominates the other . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . Heterophonic Heterophonic texture in music is multiple interpretations of the same melody . It is a type of texture that has many variations of a single line . More of a complex monophony in which there is only one basic melody , but at the same time multiple voices are play the melody differently . The use of this texture is actually really popular throughout the world . It is often a feature of non - Western music . An example of heterophonic texture is in the song Lookin โ For A Good Time by Lady Antebellum . Throughout the song Antiphonic Antiphonic texture in music is when two or more voices interact . This can be described as call and response . An example of this is a leader singing to his group and his group responding with the same melody . Anitphonic texture can be useful in demonstrating a separation between two different groups . This texture is very common texture . An example of this is in the song Take Me There , by Rascal Flatts . At the end of the song , the leader is dominating the song with lyrics , however in the background the backup Musical texture surrounds the world everyday . People do not realize that every song that they listen to whether in the car on the way to work , or listening to an iPod while working out , every song has a certain musical texture . References http : / / www . oxfordmusiconline . com / subscriber / article / grove / music / 18980 ? q = monophony&search = quick&pos = 1&_start = 1 # firsthit http : / / learn . midsouthcc . edu / LearningObjects / Music_Appreciation / musicaltexture / Musical_Texture . html http : / / musiced . about . com / od / medievalto20thcentury / a / The - Medieval - And - Renaissance - Periods . htm This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged musc225 . Bookmark the permalink โ What Is Music ? Music in the Civil Rights Movement โ | [
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http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/02/28/japanese-multinationals-may-pull-out-of-the-uk-in-case-of-a-hard-brexit/ | Many multinationals may pull out of the UK if it leaves the Customs Union As March 2019 draws closer the UK government remains divided over the type of trade relationship it wants to achieve in the ongoing negotiations with the EU Paola Conconi ULBLSE explains why Japanese multinationals may pull out of the UK in case of a hard Brexit one which would mean there is no kind of customs union with the EU Some members of Mays Cabinet are pushing for a soft Brexit which would allow remaining close to the EUs single market and customs union Others favour a hard Brexit and aim to strike a trade deal similar to CETA the agreement concluded between the EU and Canada Multinational corporations with plants in the UK favour a soft Brexit In a leaked report the Japanese government points out that 879 Japanese companies including manufacturing giant Hitachi and carmakers Honda Nissan and Toyota employ 142000 staff in Britain It calls Mrs May to keep Britain in the EU single market and customs On February 8 Mrs May met with Koji Tsuruoka Japans ambassador to the UK and representatives of major Japanese companies including carmakers other manufacturers and banks Speaking after the meeting the Japanese ambassador has reiterated the warning that his countrys firms will leave Britain if Brexit makes it unprofitable to stay If there is no profitability of continuing operation in the UK not Japanese only no private company can continue operations Mr Tsuruoka said Multinational companies like Honda and Nissan have used the UK as their base to serve the European market For example almost 80 of the cars manufactured by Nissan in its plant in Sunderland are currently sold to consumers in the rest of Europe EU membership guarantees regulatory alignment with the rest of Europe and dutyfree treatment Exit from the single market would imply that UK and EU regulations are no longer automatically aligned More importantly exit from the customs union would mean that multinationals may face high tariffs if they want to serve EU customers from the UK This may seem surprising given that in free trade agreements like CETA tariffs on most manufacturing products are slashed to zero The key difference is that within a customs union goods cross borders without any checks at all By contrast in a free trade agreement shipments need to be checked by customs authorities to ensure that they conform with rules of origin RoO Only goods that comply with these rules are considered as originating from member countries and are granted preferential tariff treatment Satisfying origin criteria is straightforward for simple goods like ironore but is much more complicated for goods Copyright Public Domain In a recent study Conconi et al 2018 we show that rules of origin in free trade agreements distort global value chains deterring final good producers from importing inputs from nonmember countries We have constructed a unique dataset of the RoO contained in NAFTA the worlds largest free trade agreement for every final good we can trace all the inputs that are subject to RoO requirements similarly we can link every intermediate good to the final goods that impose RoO restrictions on its sourcing Exploiting crossproduct and crosscountry variation in treatment over time we show that NAFTA RoO led to a sizeable reduction in imports of intermediate Our study can help to explain why Japanese multinationals may pull out of the UK in case of a hard Brexit Companies like Honda and Nissan rely on global supply chains For example key components for the models they produce in the UK are imported from Japan Right now they can automatically sell the cars they produce in the UK to the rest of the EU at zero tariffs In the case of a UKEU free trade agreement they would face a tradeoff if they decide to remain in the UK stop importing key components from Japan and other nonmember Leaving the customs union would thus be more problematic than envisaged by both voters and politicians at the time of the Brexit vote It would not only raise the possibility a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic endangering the reconciliation process between them but it may also lead multinationals to move out of UK resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs It is then not surprising that Jeremy Corbyn has called for the UK to be in a permanent customs union with the EU If as it seems likely the government decides to go for hard Brexit it should make sure that the rules of origin it negotiates with the EU as part of the new trade deal are as flexible as possible to minimise the distortion of global supply chains and the risk of relocation of multinationals The devil is in the detail what threshold of minimum domestic content is agreed on cars may for example decide whether companies like Honda and Nissan remain in the UK or move to France or Germany This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Brexit blog nor of the LSE It is based on the LSEs Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No 1525 From Final Goods to Inputs The Protectionist Effect of Rules of Origin by Paola Conconi Manuel Garcรญa Santana Laura Puccio and Roberto Venturini forthcoming in the American Economic Review Paola Conconi is Professor of Economics at the Universitรฉ libre de Bruxelles ULB and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics She is the Director of the CEPR Research Network on Global Value Chains Trade and Development February 28th 2018 LSEThinks Economics of Brexit Exit negotiations 8 Comments 8 Comments Peter Holmes February 28 2018 at 1016 am Reply Longer paper very interesting But I was left puzzled by a couple of pointsCan RoOs really be called trade barriers They are an inevitable consequence of an FTA as opposed to CU Intriguingly most criticisms of how RoOs work imply tight RoOs reduce the degree of preference in the FTA and so are likely to reduce trade diversion but this work suggests they increase preference margins One Mexican official said to me if US tightens automotive RoOs assemblers will stop assembling US components in Mexico and just source and assemble in Asia ralphmalph February 28 2018 at 1242 pm Reply Whilst I do not disagree with the general conclusions that RoO means that production stays within the agreement area I disagree that the UK car industry will move to Germany and France Why Because simply even before Brexit the UK car industry as well as the EU industry have been moving suppliers to closer to the factory They do this because the old model of making stock cars leaving them in a field and then offering discounts to shift them is unprofitable The profit is made making customised cars to individual customer spec and supplying them quickly So having 6 weeks stock sat on a boat costing Nissan 250 million a year is not good They want the factories that make those products next to the Nissan plant so they can say So as the Manufacturers in the UK have publicly stated they want to accelerate the movement of suppliers to the UK and have asked the Government to put up a 100 million fund to aid this process Quite the opposite of them moving to France or Germany which would be financially very bad for them Ford and Opel have big plants in Germany and can not make a profit On a fact checking basis so errors in the article The article states that Nissan export 80 of production to the EU They do not they export 80 of production to 130 countries around the world including Infinitis to USA Also previously to Sunderland getting the XTrail XTrails were made in Japan so subject to 10 tarrifs when sold in the EU and this was a successful model in sales and Japan is not a cheap manufacturing location The flagship model at Honda Swindon is the Civic The Civics that are sold in the continental EU are made in Turkey Because of these facts I would argue that being in the Customs Union or Single Market is being overblown It does not seem to be a big issue for the car makers Andrew March 2 2018 at 922 am Reply On this Nissan point youre correct that the 81 that exported does not all go to the EU However even exports not going to the EU will almost certainly be exported under EU FTAs or other types of EU trade agreements The UK exports virtually nothing under WTO terms Indeed specifically in the case of my business we will be more damaged by the exit from the EUs FTAs then we will by the loss of the EU Single Market Its also worth remembering that Colin Lawther Senior Vice President at Nissan has gone on the record to a Parliamentary committee that leaving the customs union will be a disaster for Nissan Sunderland Im not an expert on care manufacturing but I believe Nissan I dont really see why they would submit detailed dishonest testimony Nameless July 11 2018 at 627 pm Reply Very interesting Just moved back to the UK after over 40 years in Florida Just learning about the pros and cons of Brexit ralphmalph March 2 2018 at 1111 am Reply No he has not gone on record as saying leaving the customs union is a disaster Journalists spun it that way but that is not to their credit He discussed in great deal customs unions free trade and even gave Nissans preferences free trade above customs union He also said disruption to Nissans parts supplies would be a disaster but that this happens to days when we are in the customs union French Unions and they have a military Operation to activate new routes The full transcript is here httpdataparliamentukwrittenevidencecommitteeevidencesvcevidencedocumentinternationaltradecommitteeuktradeoptionsbeyond2019oral48155html Peter Holmes March 2 2018 at 1203 pm Reply Q627 Chair So you are quite comfortable outwith the customs union Colin Lawther No our position is the same as it was before the vote It would be better to stay in a status quo so that we have surety of business going forward That would be the best outcome for us at the end of the Brexit processthat we remain in a free trade agreement we have access to the customs union and technology is harmonised across Europe Stay as we are is the ideal solution for Nissan Its diplomatic language but looks like disaster Q628 Chair But if the UK ends up trading with Europe at WTO rates or circumstances are Nissan happy and comfortable with that Colin Lawther The best business solution is to stay as we are Chair I understand that but are you happy to be trading at WTO Colin Lawther No we are better off staying as we are Anything changing from the WTO changes the business circumstances so we would have to look at the degrees of change and adjust our business to take into account whatever this new trading platform would be ralphmalph March 2 2018 at 1258 pm Reply Seeing as we have had such angst over 350 million on the side of a bus its not acceptable to say it is diplomatic language but looks like disaster The last sentence is plain to read Circumstances change so they will change their business This happens all the time in the business world Overnight Trump has announced steel tariffs business will adapt to this change He is also right to say that the status quo is best for them they would have preferred to not have the GFC happen or Dieselgate but they will deal with all of them As is also in the transcript the major change that he is worried about is the move to EV platforms Nothing to do with Brexit Kyron Blake May 23 2018 at 1149 pm Reply The truth is noone really knows the true fallout of leaving the EU and customs union for manufactures like Nissan until it happens We import more cars than we export so there is an argument that UK manufactures could make more cars for the local market especially if imported cars become more expensive But of course business including the stock market is based on confidence Being able to predict in several years time what sales will be like and be able to plan 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http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2014/02/27/best-stocks-for-legalized-marijuana-and-more/ | Best stocks for legalized marijuana February 27 , 2014 , 1 : 37 PM ET Commentary By Cody Willard You say wanna โ invest in the legalized marijuana revolution ? You think Blackberry can avoid its fate of doom as I โ ve said for years now ? Read on with this week โ s must - read headlines along with my patented Revolution Investing commentary for each . Deeper thoughts on bitcoins and marijuana stocks โ You will likely lose all your money playing penny stocks , especially playing hyped - up penny stocks . Sigh . But that does n โ t mean you ca n โ t find some stellar investments to play the legalization of marijuana in the US . The best stocks for legalized pot are companies that will supply the coming industrial - sized marijuana farms , such as Calgone CCC , Lindsay LNN and Aegion AEGN . It โ s not a direct line ( yet ) , but companies like $ CCC $ LNN , each of which I own personally for years now , are the best legalized pot plays . $ AEGN too . Aegion Reports 2013 Earnings โ For example , Aegion โ s latest quarterly report states , โ Aegion โ s success in 2014 will be based on the favorable market outlook supporting water and wastewater , Brinderson , corrosion engineering and cathodic protection , and the industrial linings businesses . Collectively , these businesses are expected to account for over 80 percent of consolidated revenues and an even greater share of profits in 2014 . Expectations for the smaller project - based businesses reflect a balanced view of the relative opportunities and risks inherent in 2014 . โ As legalized marijuana creates industrial - $ AEGN items not going to be in direct demand : โ water and wastewater , Brinderson , corrosion engineering and cathodic protection , and the industrial linings businesses . โ I โ ll be doing a full report on this Revolution Investing in marijuana concept in an upcoming Revolution Investing newsletter . Speaking of the newsletter โฆ RFMD and Triquint shares surge on all - stock merger โ I โ d been all over Triquint TQNT as a long in the Revolution Investing model portfolio for the last few months . I want to give a special thanks to @ RobertMarcin who prompted me to dig further into Triquint $ TQNT , proving once again why I call him the best value investor I โ ve ever known . Nice pop and gain since we owned it . We โ ll take it . BlackBerry โ s WhatsApp Valuation Derailed by BBM โ Facebook bought Whatsapp because its STILL GROWING . Blackberry BBRY and its messenger and its ecosystem are doomed โ as I โ ve said since the stock was above $ 100 . I do n โ t think Microsoft , Google or anybody else wants the BBM messenger . Nobody wants AOL for its IM tech either . If $ BBRY got up into the teens , I think it โ d probably be a good idea to nibble on some $ 10 or $ 8 or so long - term puts . But it certainly could get bubbly in this market before its next crash . Merrill stands by $ 65 call on Tesla stock โ I was beginning to think I was the only bear on Tesla TSLA . I โ m not short yet , but I do plan to short the โ Giga โ - word - dependent company some day . Bitcoin On The Brink โ Interesting from Investor in the Family . Spoiler : He agrees with my column that the Mt Gox issue could actually be a good thing for bitcoin How High Can Gold Soar ? โ I think there might be one last manipulated trashing of gold prices and silver prices by the big banks and the metal exchanges , maybe over the next month , to try to get one more panic in the gold holders to puke out some physical gold into the markets . Mid - and long - term I think gold is headed to $ 3,000 and then at least onto $ 10,000 before I die . And I โ ll give you one more public service announcement that penny stocks up 1,000 % on hype will take you to the poorhouse . Do you think I โ m wrong that these penny pot stocks like $ PHOT $ CBIS $ HEMP and $ MJNA are going to leave retail investors with big losses when it โ s all said and done ? Comment below or come join the discussion on this stuff over on my Scutify page Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch , posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody . com , which is not affiliated with MarketWatch , and is the largest shareholder in Scutify โ s parent company , Wall Street All - Stars . At time of publication , Cody was net long Calgone , Lindsay , Google , Apple , Facebook , physical gold and bitcoins . Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter . com / codywillard APPLE bitcoin facebook google marijuana water whatsapp ยซ Previous Deeper thoughts on bitcoins and marijuana stocks Next ยป New warfronts , market crashes and the best new iPad app for traders About The Cody Word Cody Willard writes the Revolution Investing investment newsletter for MarketWatch and posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody . com He is the founder of WallStreetAll - Stars . com and the principal of CL Willard Capital . Cody serves as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University and is on the University of New Mexico Alumni Board . He was an anchor on the Fox Business Network , where he was the co - host of the long - time # 1 - rated show on the network , Fox Business Happy Hour . Cody , a former hedge fund manager , and his stock picks and economic outlooks have been featured on NBC โ s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , ABC โ s 20 / 20 You can follow Cody on Twitter : Follow @ codywillard | [
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http://blogs.marketwatch.com/taxarchive/2011/03/17/helping-parents-while-avoiding-taxes/ | Helping Parents While Avoiding Taxes March 17 , 2011 , 10 : 23 AM ET By Arden Dale Baby boomers who โ ve done well in the world can help out mom and dad without owing Uncle Sam . A couple can give up to $ 52,000 to a set of parents free of gift tax every year . The law allows a taxpayer to give up to $ 13,000 a year to as many individuals as he wants , so the child and spouse can each give $ 13,000 to each of the parents . And as for medical costs , a child can pay an unlimited amount in medical expenses without gift tax , as long as the payments are made directly to the provider . That is the case for anyone โ no trusts or other estate plans necessary . Making a home available to a parent is a popular idea , says Jonathan M . Forster , national chairman of wealth management in the McLean , Va . , office of law firm Greenberg Traurig . A child may lend a parent money to , say , help buy a new house , expecting to get the money back when the old house sells . Paying too much money back to the child can cut off Medicaid , though , if the government thinks the parent was simply trying to get assets below a certain level to make the qualifying asset level for Medicaid . If the child plans to own the home , though , he needs to be clear on what is and is n โ t going to be considered rent . Be sure the present โ is not costing you gift taxes , โ says Forster . Any will or trust should be sure to name the parents as beneficiaries of the home specifically and direct what happens at the child โ s death , he adds . If you โ re able to set aside even more , you may want to consider setting up a trust for your parents . Deborah Cox , vice president and wealth adviser at JPMorgan Private Bank , is helping a private - equity executive in Dallas find the best way to move his parents closer to him from around the Chicago area , where he grew up . The parents , already downsized to a modest condo , do n โ t have the money to make the move on their own . So Cox is helping the son set up a trust for around $ 10 million , an amount aimed at taking advantage of the new estate tax exemption . ( Congress set the estate tax ceiling at $ 5 million per individual at the end of last year , so couples can give up to $ 10 million free of the estate tax . ) The trust , which will provide for the man โ s children , grandchildren and parents , will buy and maintain a small house where the parents will live . Because the trust purchases it , the man wo n โ t owe gift tax on the home even though he is , in effect , giving his folks a place to live . The generation - skipping trust being used in this case is also often used by an older generation to care for grandkids . ยซ Previous New Tax Rules for Gamblers ? You Bet Next ยป Redefining โ Yours , Mine and Ours โ | [
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http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/02/26/twitter-rallies-extends-while-more-short-sellers-bet-stock-will-drop/ | Twitter rally extends while more short - sellers bet stock will drop February 26 , 2014 , 12 : 31 PM ET Look at $ TWTR go ! Against all \ โ nattering nabobs of negativity \ โ ! ! @ jimcramer โ Terry O . ( @ phemale61 ) February 26 , 2014 Looks like Twitter was back as a Wall Street favorite on Wednesday as the stock rallied more than 3 % . \ โ Look at $ TWTR go against all natering nabobs of negativity , \ โ one Twitter post said . The negativity around Twitter has grown steadily since the company โ s first quarterly report in early February . The stock is still down about 14 % since the microblogging site rattled investors by posting fewer than expected additional users . Then there โ s another indication that Wall Street โ s romance with Twitter has cooled : short - sellers have been loading up on the stock . Twitter โ s short interest , the number of shares investors have sold short but have not yet covered , has jumped more than 15 % since the beginning of the year , and 90 % since early December shortly after the company went public , according to data from FactSet . In fact , roughly 20 % of Twitter โ s share float is currently held by investors who expect the stock to drop . That โ s a stunning number compared to major social media stocks . Only 2 % of Facebook โ s share float is held by short - sellers , while the number is 4 % for LinkedIn , 8 % for Groupon , 5 % for Zynga and 9 % for Yelp . The percentage of Twitter โ s share float in short - seller hands is even higher than that of a beleaguered company like BlackBerry โ s which is at 19 % . Now , it โ s not unusual for a newly public company , especially one in an evolving market like social media , to go through periods of volatility and draw the attention of short - sellers . But softening investor confidence in Twitter was also underscored by a spike in the amount of money short - sellers have been willing to pay to borrow Twitter shares . The number , measured in terms of the percentage of a stock โ s value on an annualized basis , rose dramatically to more than 30 % after the company โ s first post - IPO report when Twitter spooked investors by reporting weaker - than - expected user growth , according to data from SunGard โ s Astec Analytics . The good news for Twitter is that that percentage has edged down to under 15 % in the last two weeks , a sign that short - sellers are backing off . But it is still well above the average for the stock , and combined with the fairly high percentage of Twitter โ s float held by short - sellers , that still points to potentially more volatility going forward . โ The higher the fee the short seller is prepared to pay for borrowing stock means that he is more confident that the market price of that stock will go down by more than the cost of borrowing it , so that he can then buy back and return the borrowed stock for a profit , โ Tim Smith , executive vice president of SunGard โ s Astec Analytics , told MarketWatch . โ The flip side is that the higher the fee for borrowing means that there is little supply to borrow , and when the stock price goes down , this may cause the lenders to sell their holdings thus recalling the borrowed stock and forcing the short sellers to close out their positions before they want to . This purchasing would then create an upward pressure on the market price due to demand . โ โ This is the rather elegant natural way the market smooths out the peaks and troughs of share price movement , โ he added . โ Ben Pimentel Follow Ben on Twitter @ benpimentel Other tech stories from MarketWatch LinkedIn , Zulily continue to drive tech gains Arizona veto would be victory for economy Has Warren Buffett lost it ? Facebook short - selling Twitter ยซ Previous New deal for Warren Buffett and Bank of America Next ยป Bank earnings up 16.9 % in Q4 but challenges remain : FDIC The Tell is MarketWatch โ s fast and engaging look at trends and themes in the day โ s markets . Drawing on our reporters , analysts and commentators around the world , as well as selecting the best of the rest online , The Tell is all about the pulse of the markets through news , insight and strategic information to help you make the best investing decisions . Got a tip ? Tell us at TheTell @ MarketWatch . com Follow The Tell on Twitter @ thetellblog The Tell Blogroll CalculatedRISK GoldCore Mark Mobius : Investment Adventures in Emerging Markets Minyanville MoneyBeat OpenMarkets Speaking of OIL with Tom Kloza The Cody Word The Reformed Broker Treasury ' s TIC data TrialInsider . com ZACKS Investment Research blog | [
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http://blogs.naturalnews.com/8-natural-ways-increase-white-blood-cell-count/ | 8 Natural Ways to Increase White Blood Cell Count Tweet Pin It By Phyllis Bentley Posted Tuesday , December 9 , 2014 at 01 : 27pm EDT Keywords : cancer health nutrition superfoods white blood cell A number of health conditions can cause the white blood cell count to plummet . Infections , leukemia , cancer treatments , anemia , medications , autoimmune disorders , and even allergies can all take aim at the immune system , weakening it and leaving the body more vulnerable to infections . What is White Blood Cell Count ? White blood cells are produced in the bone marrow , and typically work as part of the immune system to fight off bacterial and viral infections . What โ s considered a โ normal โ white blood cell count is usually between 4,500 to 10,000 white blood cells ( WBCs ) per microliter of blood . Those who have 3,500 or less may be considered to have a low WBC ( also called โ neutropenia โ ) , but not always โ it depends on the patient , the doctor , and the situation . A WBC of less than Natural Ways to Boost WBC Vitamin A , E , C and folic acid . Increasing your intake of vitamin A will increase lymphocyte white blood cells that attack cancerous cells and foreign invaders that can cause infections . Vitamin C helps to synthesize white blood cells . Folic acid increases neutrophil white blood cells . If you do not get an adequate supply of folic acid in your diet your white blood cell count will lower . Selenium The University of Maryland Medical Center states that selenium can help build up white blood cells . Some studies also indicate that selenium may help prevent some infections . Another study indicated that when the elderly take both zinc and selenium supplements , their immune systems responded better to the flu vaccine than those who took placebo . Green tea Green tea is a great source of antioxidants that helps the body fight off infections . Drinking Green tea can help boost the immune system which leads the body to create more WBCs . A study indicates that green tea can replicate some viruses , which means that you may not lose as many the white blood cells to fighting the virus . Eat more yogurt People taking probiotics had stronger immune systems than those who did n โ t take them . The probiotics also seemed to boost the WBC . A study conducted by German researchers and published in the Clinical Nutrition recruited nearly 500 healthy adults aged 18 to 67 . All were given supplements , but only half received probiotic supplements . Over three months , those given the probiotics suffered fewer colds . In addition , a subgroup of over 100 participants who had their blood count measured showed higher white blood cell counts , indicating a stronger immune system . Omega - 3 fatty acid Ingesting omega - 3 fatty acids increases phagocyte activity . Phagocytes are the white blood cells that consume bacteria . Fatty fish such as tuna , mackerel or salmon and flax oil are good sources of omega - 3s . Garlic A 2002 animal study found that rats fed garlic showed a significant increase in total white blood cell count . It also seems to promote the ability of white blood cells to fight off infections , and also stimulates other immune cells . Zinc Zinc increases the aggressiveness of white blood cells that fight infection , allows white cells to produce more antibodies , helps the body produce more white blood cells and increases the number of cells that help the body fight off cancer . Consuming zing - fortified cereal , zinc supplements , crab , oysters , dark meat , beans , turkey or beef can increase your zinc intake . Fruits and vegetables Fruits such as figs , melons , oranges or strawberries and vegetables like pumpkin , carrots , broccoli , asparagus , cauliflower , beets and spinach are known to naturally increase your white blood cell count . Source http : / / www . ehealthme . com http : / / www . greattastenopain . com http : / / renegadehealth . com http : / / www . just - health . net Phyllis Bentley I have 12 years โ experience in the medical industry . As a freelance writer , I have written a number of articles which have been published in highly read publications . I have a strong knowledge base in a range of medical and wellness topics and in the business of health care . Specialities in Family health ; autoimmune diseases ; mental health ; diabetes , cancer ; fitness and nutrition . | [
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http://blogs.naturalnews.com/can-a-root-canal-make-you-sick/ | Can a Root Canal Make You Sick ? Tweet Pin It By Sandy J Duncan Posted Wednesday , November 6 , 2013 at 04 : 38pm EDT Keywords : natural dentistry natural tooth care root canal root canal alternatives I know from experience that the dental bill for a root canal can make you sick to your stomach , but did you know that the root canal itself can be at the โ root โ of many illnesses . Please do n โ t blindly buy into the mentality that a root canal is your only option . In the United States alone , over 41,000 of these are performed per day and an estimated 25 million per year ! OUCH ! Teeth require a blood supply , need to allow for necessary drainage and have tons of nerve endings . A tooth that has had a root canal becomes essentially a dead tooth . When dentists perform a root canal , they remove the nerve from the main canals but not the nerves from the side canals which leaves dead nerves behind in those spaces . A specific type of bacteria which does n โ t need oxygen to survive then thrive in the side canals and ooze toxic substances . The blood supply that surrounds these now dead teeth drains Dr . Meinig who was a dentist for the Hollywood stars and became one of the founding members of the American Association of Endodontists ( root canal specialists ) . In the 1990s , he studied the ill effects of dental procedures and in 1993 , published the book Root Canal Cover - Up . This book will shock you and perhaps save you from the suffering that can be caused by this procedure . Here โ s an excerpt from a blog about a woman that had a toothache so bad , she said she would rather give birth than have this type of pain again . She called her dentist , who scheduled her for a root canal without even having her come in for a check - up . Since she had several days before the scheduled procedure , she decided to see what she could do first : Once the painkillers kicked in and I could think clearly , I concluded that if I was having pain and inflammation then I must have an infection , so I went to work to clear the infection . So I gargled with water and sea salt , took colloidal silver and applied tea trea oil to the tooth and clove oil three times a day , while taking calcium flouride tissue salt ( a homeopathic mineral salt ) . By Monday , I did n โ t need to take the painkiller anymore and that was the end of that In my own experience after having a root canal and realizing it was causing more harm than good , I had to go back to the dentist with that same tooth to endure two more very excruciating dental chair sessions . So it cost me a fortune and the tooth still bothers me . When another tooth started acting up , instead of calling the dentist , I did a bit of research . I found a product at Whole Foods called Mouth Tonic by Herbs etc . I used this and took garlic supplements . Within 3 days the tooth pain was completely gone . For Additional resources visit : Root Canal Cover - Up International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine Holistic Dental Association Health Blessings , Sandy Scherschligt http : / / www . 10TophealthSecrets . com Visit our Healthy Living Resource Page Sandy J Duncan Sandy Duncan is completing her Doctorate in Integrative Medicine , a health and wellness coach , Certified Neurofeedback specialist and author of AllNaturalHealthReviews . org . Read honest reviews on current health and wellness products as well as register for FREE giveaways . | [
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http://blogs.naturalnews.com/castor-oil-is-great-for-thickening-and-regrowing-hair-eyelashes-and-eyebrows/ | Follow @ NaturalNewsBlogs > Lifestyle > Personal Care Castor oil is great for thickening and regrowing hair , eyelashes and eyebrows By Danna Norek Posted Saturday , November 9 , 2013 at 09 : 30am EDT Keywords : castor oil castor oil for hair growth castor oil for lips castor oil for regrowing eyebrows castor oil for skin castor oil for thicker hair castor oil shiny hair regrow brows thicker eyebrows Castor oil is often overlooked for its benefits for the skin and hair because of its extremely thick and sticky consistency . However , if you โ re looking for a cheap , natural remedy for several common skin and hair complaints , then castor oil is definitely worth your time . Castor oil for regrowing and thickening hair , eyelashes and eyebrows I first stumbled on castor oil as a remedy for regrowing thin eyebrows . I had over - plucked my brows back in the nineties when it was the hip thing to have pencil thin brows , and they never did quite recover . It became necessary for me to pencil in the โ bald โ spots and I missed the natural look of real hair where these spots were missing . I read about castor oil as a remedy for thinning brows and hair , and thought I โ d try it . I bought a hexane free , organic and cold pressed castor oil and started applying it to my eyebrows every night after washing my face . After about three months , I noticed my brows were noticeably thicker ( and they seemed to be growing in darker as well ) , and attributed it to the nightly application of castor oil . I โ m not the only one that this has worked for . So , why would castor oil help you regrow hair โ both on your head and the other two important places , the eyebrows and the eyelashes . Castor oil is high in ricinoleic acid . This acid is a very effective natural anti - bacterial and anti - fungal agent . This can help keep any fungus or bacteria from inhibiting hair growth . Since the oil is also very thick , it may help to prevent hair loss simply by helping to coat the hair and protect it from falling out . Castor oil is also high in omega 9 fatty acids , which are nourishing to both the hair and the follicle , as well as the surrounding skin . Castor oil has a unique ability to be deeply penetrating , and this helps it to deliver its nourishment deeply into the pores and the follicles that produce hair . It also has a high gloss , so it lends a lush glossiness and shine to the hair . A little goes a long way , and it is best to only add a tiny bit to the very ends of your hair instead of putting it up near the scalp if you โ re just looking for a natural hair smoother . Simply put about two drops on your hands and rub , then smooth through the ends . If you use too much , there is a fine line between subtle shine and a heavy greasiness so go very light until you figure out the amount that works right for your hair type . If you โ re looking to regrow the hair on your head , you can use castor oil as a scalp treatment . However it can be tricky to get on the scalp without thinning it out with a lighter oil . You can add some melted coconut oil , apricot kernel oil or another lighter oil to help get it spreadable enough . If you โ re simply looking to help thicken hair that is thinning at the edges of your hairline , you can use pure castor oil , with a light hand of course . Another use is to apply the oil to eyelashes to help thicken and strengthen them , as well as to help prevent thinning and shedding . Castor oil for scar tissue reduction and shiny , smooth lips Many attest to the wonders castor oil offers for keloid types of scars and other scars that involve a lot of hardened scar tissue . This is presumably due to its ability for deep penetration through multiple skin layers . Because castor oil softens the skin so much , the thought is that this softening helps to break down deep scar tissue so it may be smoothed out . In addition , castor oil has shown promise as a white blood cell stimulating agent . Studies have also shown that castor bean oil helps reduce the inflammatory response in subcutaneous tissue . This may be why it seems to speed wound healing , and may also contribute to its ability to reduce scarring more quickly . Castor oil is also excellent for the lips . Our lips needs constant protection against the elements . Although our lips regenerate and recover quickly , they also dry out and begin to peel when they are dehydrated . Castor oil not only smooths the lips with fatty acids , but it also helps protect them due to its naturally thick and immovable nature . In other words , it does n โ t budge without being wiped off . It also imparts a natural shine to the lips , which makes it ideal for both improving the appearance and health of the lips . Danna Norek is the founder of AuraSensory . com , which offers a line of natural body , skin and hair care products . The Herb Mint Citrus lip balm uses castor oil as one of the primary ingredients to add shine , moisture and protection to the lips ( all naturally flavored ) . Line also includes a Natural Shine Enhancing Shampoo ( sulfate free ) , Deep Hydration Conditioner , natural deodorant and a popular MSM and Vitamin C Face Cream . Sources for this article include : http : / / science . naturalnews . com / 2010 / 2015454_Subcutaneous_tissue_reaction_to_castor_oil_bean_and_calcium_hydroxide . html Danna Norek Owner , AuraSensory . com at AuraSensory . com Danna Norek founded AuraSensory , a line of naturally inspired and effective hair , body and skin care products free of harmful chemicals . | [
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http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships/2011/08/the-neuroscience-of-changing-toxic-thinking-or-behavior-patterns/ | The Neuroscience of Changing Toxic Thinking Patterns ( 1 of 2 ) By Athena Staik , Ph . D . Last updated : 28 Apr 2016 ~ 11 min read Your brain is wired to produce change , a constant in the brain , as it is in life . Change involves learning , and all learning generates change in the brain . When you seek to replace a behavior , such as a toxic thinking pattern , your actions produce neurochemical and molecular changes in cells known as neurons . As messengers , neurons communicate by transmitting electrical signals between them , and these signals are activated by the exchange of chemicals in the synapses . Your brain and body is a sophisticated communication network . Your subconscious mind , the mind of your body , manages all of the systemic processes that you do not have to think about โ as well as all of your personal requests , wants or commands โ both conscious and subconscious . This vast and complex network manages the flow of information that , quite literally , shapes your behaviors and in many ways your life . These electrical impulses , you may say , consist of molecules of emotion that are designed to โ control โ the overall direction of your life , arguably , to produce optimal outcomes in the highest interest of your health and wellbeing . Who or what controls this flow of information is a fascinating question to explore , do you think ? In this post and the next , we โ ll explore a few possibilities โฆ conscious and subconscious . What sparks these electrical - chemical processes ? Here โ s some โ truth with a capital T โ : Thoughts spark emotion - driven action . Your thoughts create inner standards or rules that spark neurochemical dynamic processes , which selectively govern your choices and actions with precision . It takes a thought to spark an emotion , or drive a decision to take an action or to take no action at all . And emotions give meaning to thoughts ; they are the spark . In the words of neuroscientist Antonio Damasio , are โ a telltale sign of consciousness . โ Toxic thinking is self - perpetuating . It not only stimulates the body โ s reward or learning centers with pseudo feel - good feelings , it also activates the body โ s fear response , which further increases the likelihood that the defensive behaviors it triggers will be repeated . Unless you set an intention to make conscious changes , more often , change that occurs at subconscious levels tends to be self - perpetuating . In other words , if you do not have the life and relationships that you want , you likely do not have the thinking patterns you need to create the optimal emotional states , and thus actions , that would sustain your momentum in the overall direction of your aspirations . What informs these changes ? Two types of information inform these changes : hard - wired and soft - wired Hard - wired information . This information tells your subconscious how your mind and body work . Hard - wired information is nonverbal . As the body โ s operating system , your subconscious came equipped with the knowledge and know - how to operate the billions of cells of your body . For obvious reasons , it does not depend on language to instruct it . Not unlike your computer โ s operating system , for example , that knows whether it โ s operating a Mac versus a PC , the subconscious knows you are a human being , and that it must operate certain processes outside of your awareness , for example , your respiratory or cardiovascular systems , or its directives to ensure you survive and thrive . As magnificent as the conscious mind is , it has no where near the capacity to perform these functions . In truth , it would probably take you all day just to type one word on the keyboard if you had to consciously direct all the mind and body processes that make this possible that is , if you could figure it out ) ! The hard - wired directives for you to both survive and thrive are particularly noteworthy . Together , they form the motivational drives that , conceivably , shape your every behavior . The brain is always in one of two modes ; it is either in โ protective mode โ ( to survive ) or in โ learning mode โ ( to thrive ) . For the purpose of survival , for example , the subconscious knows you need food , water and oxygen , etc . , to survive ; thus , it breathes you , and makes you thirsty or hungry so that you can attend to the needs and care of your body . It also knows your physical survival is connected in intricate ways to your emotional survival . For example : It knows that as a small child you could not have survived physically without a series of felt sensations of safety in the form of emotions of love and human touch ; thus , you did some heroic things as a child ( subconsciously ) to protect yourself and ensure you get the love you needed to survive . ( See blog post on early survival - love map . ) It knows that , even as an adult , perhaps more than physical sustenance , you continue to need ( not merely want ) meaningful emotional , intellectual and artistic ( spiritual ? ) stimulation . Thus , it prompts you to continually take care of your needs for positive physical and emotional nourishment , knowing the happier you are , the healthier you are , physically , mentally , the more likely you are to survive . It โ s safe to say that , for the purpose of thriving , the mind of your body โ your subconscious โ knows that you are a relationship being , that you are wired with caring circuitry to empathically connect , and that you are , at heart , wired to be a meaning - making being on a relentless quest to find purpose in contributing to life around you with your unique attributes , gifts , talents , etc . It knows you are wired to ( consciously , at will ) activate optimal emotional states , such as happiness , and that your physical health depends on learning how to create healthy emotional states , and to do so regardless the circumstances It knows your brain can spark optimal states in other brains around you โ or spark fear - based states ( ! ) โ thanks to the mirror neurons in our brain that are continuously at work . It knows that the happier you are , the healthier you are , and the more likely you are to energize optimal states in yourself and others , and form healthy meaningful connections . Thus , whether you understand its messages or not , your subconscious continually communicates with you through emotion - based action - signals to let you know where you are in relation to where you want to be . It prompts you , at various times throughout your life , to meaningfully relate , contribute , self - actualize , etc . , to keep stretching your capacity to wholeheartedly give โ and receive โ and learn do so primarily out of love and joy ( not fear and dread ! ) . And , some of its most useful action signals ( brace yourself , you โ re probably not going to like this โฆ ) are : in the form of painful emotions . Conceivably , that โ s because , more often than not , human beings only change these early survival - love maps when the pain of not changing gets greater than the pain of changing . ( It does n โ t have to be this way , however ! ) Upsetting emotions are fears in the form of disappointment , unmet expectations , hurt , etc . , all of which provide essential albeit painful feedback . They are also action signals . They let you know , for example , that you are wired with high standards and want to do and to feel better ( and that you are trying to figure out how ! ) . Similarly , feelings of sadness , loneliness , detachment , etc . , put you in touch with your strivings to meaningfully connect and contribute , hoping you take some action to make this happen . Painful emotions , you may say , are reminders that , even though you โ re never going to achieve perfection ( we โ ve all tried , right ? ) , nevertheless , you are wired to continue striving to learn how to live an optimally fulfilling , meaningful life . ( Upsetting emotions also may be telling you that you โ ve picked up some toxic thinking along the way , and that this will not take you where your heart yearns to go . More on this in the next section . ) Soft - wired information . This information tells your subconscious how you personally interpret your world at any given time โ in relation to fulfilling your inner strivings to both survive and thrive . Soft - wired information is both verbal and nonverbal . It consists of language - based thoughts , words , belief systems , etc . , that are inseparable from the nonverbal emotions and feeling sensations they spark . To interpret the world is to extract meaning . Emotions give meaning to life . Without them , your brain can not think . When you experience certain emotions and physical sensations at any given time , it means your subconscious mind ( body ) is letting you know how you currently interpret ( think about ) , and thus , feel about one or all of the following : The data your five senses are picking up from life around you : visual ( sight ) , auditory ( hearing ) , tactile ( touch ) , olfactory ( smell ) and gustatory ( taste ) . The thoughts you are thinking in the moment , your โ self - talk โ โ which may be focused on past , present or current experience , or a combination of these . The current beliefs or belief systems your subconscious mind holds up as perception filters to interpret any incoming data , as well as what is going on inside you , i.e. , thoughts , feelings , physical sensations , wants , inborn strivings , etc . The point is that these cells , under the management of the subconscious mind , are hard - wired to act like an inner genie of sorts . To the best of its ability , in response to your thoughts , beliefs and values , your subconscious says , โ Your wish is my command ! โ The cells of your body โ s โ mind โ are constantly eavesdropping on the conversations , or โ self - talk , โ you have with yourself inside . This is a 24 / 7 mission . Your subconscious is wired to dutifully follow your commands . Your self - talk comprises thoughts and beliefs that form the perception filters that your subconscious mind totally depends on to interpret the events you experience in and around you . Most of your perceptions are soft - wired , that is , they โ re not hard - wired directives in your nature . They were learned and therefore can be unlearned , changed or replaced . So , who โ s in control , conscious or subconscious you ? Your subconscious wears many hats . It has served and serves you as a protector , teacher and guide , as well as a manager , a loyal fan and even a dedicated genie . Ultimately , however , your subconscious mind knows that it is in your highest interest to take the helm as captain of the ship called your life . It โ s not wired to act primarily as an alarm ( what a waste ! ) that keeps coming to your rescue , to save and protect you . Like an overprotective parent , this blocks you from growing your capacity to handle your fears without activating your body โ s fear response . So who โ s in control ? In protective mode , unquestionably , your subconscious mind is . Whenever your subconscious thinks you can not handle your fears , it automatically activates the body โ s sympathetic nervous system . How does it โ know โ you โ can not handle โ your fears ? Your thoughts and beliefs are saying so ! Toxic thinking causes unhealthy levels of anxiety . Based on anxious thoughts ( which are mostly a misinterpretation of what poses a threat or danger to you ) , the survival response performs a coup d โ รฉtat of the body , literally , usurping the energies of all its systems , such as digestion , learning , memory , etc . This also virtually cuts off communication with higher thinking parts of the brain , by switching โ learning mode โ off and โ protective mode โ on . When are you in control ? You are in control to the extent that you know how keep your brain in โ learning mode โ in moments when you get triggered . This means knowing how to consciously use language to calm your mind and body , which allows your logic and emotions to work cooperatively , rather than than in opposition to one another . How do toxic beliefs block this ? Toxic beliefs , in one way or another , cause you to hate , run away from or demean the part of you ( or others ) that feels emotions of vulnerability . This produces reactive behaviors designed to avoid , numb or eliminate painful emotions . Naturally , this wo n โ t work . You are wired to struggle with your fears and vulnerabilities . It โ s how you grow your courage , which you need in order to stretch to love yourself and life , and others , with your whole heart . Accepting the role of captain of your life thus necessitates conscious work to produce conscious change . It means identifying toxic thinking patterns as they surface and replacing them with life enriching ones . Deep breathing , meditation , yoga , and learning to process your feelings and thoughts in present moments , are all methods proven scientifically to help you heal and transform your fears into assets . Modifications in how you think or act have the power to rework your brain and body โ s communication system . Here are several areas to practice conscious change : 1 . Develop your connection to your body . Emotions and felt sensations โ are intimate messages from your body to you . You are wired to be in intimate connection to your body , in close communication with each other . Your inner life is your school , a connection that teaches you about life around you . Practice feeling your feelings with presence , calm and full acceptance ; get to know the location of your feelings in your body ; observe the shifts of energy inside . If you do not already , regularly dance , sing , move , stretch , exercise , and do The meeting point of your conscious mind and emotions is a genius connection , a very special opening to inner wisdom . It is here that your physical and emotional attributes come together to make you and your life a unique contribution to the beautiful tapestry of life . 2 . Cultivate healthy relationships with your self and life . Change may be a constant in life , yet so are relationships . Your brain is a relationship organ ; you are a relationship being . Life is also all about relationships , not only with other persons , but also with what nourishes you , the foods you eat , the liquids you take in or the money that flows in and out of your life . Even your belongings , your car , house , clothes , etc . It nearly always comes down to how you relate , and the quality of caring or not caring expressed Communication plays a special role in all your relationships ; it is the life tool with which you create ( or tear down ) your relationships . The purpose of all communications , in a sense , is to enhance and enrich your knowledge , empathic connection and understanding of yourself and others so that you may cultivate healthier , more vibrant relationships . Arguably , the most vital relationship , as an adult , is the one you have with yourself , and all parts of yourself , your mind , body , emotions , and so on . 3 . Grow awareness of your thoughts and the words you use . Since words spark emotional states , it helps to grow your capacity to consciously calm your mind and body with your words and thoughts . This directly supports your mind and body to work together cooperatively . Identify any toxic thinking patterns or limiting beliefs you hold , and consciously observe the impact of different words on your own and others โ emotional states . Become aware of your triggers , and how certain words or thoughts activate your body โ s fear - response . Inspire yourself to change toxic patterns by reminding yourself that they produce several unhealthy physical , mental and emotional conditions , for example , they : rob you of your power to manage the energies of your body ; activate old subconscious programmed behaviors and emotional states ; and they block the formation of emotional intimacy in your relationships with self and other . 4 . Befriend your subcons cious m ind . To make changes , you need your subconscious mind on your side . It is in charge of the formation and breaking of habits . Your behaviors โ especially unwanted ones โ are shaped by what is going on deep inside of you , more specifically , by processes managed by the subconscious mind . Literally , your beliefs trick the subconscious into thinking you need certain defensive strategies , i.e. , a reactive set of thoughts , feelings , actions , etc . , to help you โ deal โ with what upsets or triggers you . The mind The subconscious is responsible for ensuring your survival , thus , if you have any limiting fears or beliefs operating subconsciously , either because you are unaware of them or purposefully avoid them , it will likely stand in the way . It is the storehouse for your attitudes , values and beliefs as well as your habits , fears , and past experiences . Without โ befriending โ this part of your mind , attempts to make changes in our behaviors can be frustrating at best . It โ s up to conscious you . How you think and relate to events and life around you spark molecular changes in your brain . They are your own unique responses to the events or persons in your life . In most situations , you can choose how sad or happy you are to be . You can consciously choose your responses to events , and in this way , wire new associations in your brain . It โ s not easy , and yes in many cases , the support of a professional may be necessary . By practicing methods of conscious relating to your self , your breath , your mind , your emotions , your body , your thoughts , you can alter the way your brain cells communicate . Why not let your brain work for you with optimal efficiency by discovering the power of making conscious changes and living an overall conscious life ? In the next post , Part 2 , more on conscious change processes and the types of neural changes that control the flow of information in the brain . RESOURCES : Begley , Sharon ( 2007 ) . Train Your Mind Change Your Brain : How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves . NY : Ballantine Books . Bloom , Paul ( 2010 ) . How Pleasure Works : The New Science of Why We Like What We Like . NY : W . W . Norton . 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http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/07/23/dont-tear-down-confederate-monuments-do-this-instead/ | Do n โ t tear down Confederate monuments โ do this instead By Jack Hitt July 23 , 2015 Statue of General Robert E . Lee , astride his horse , Traveller , near the headquarters of the Dallas Park Board in Dallas , Texas , May 25 , 2014 . Library of Congress / Carol Highsmith A two - story - tall statue of the antebellum white supremacist Senator John C . Calhoun looms over one of Charleston , South Carolina โ s main thoroughfares โ Calhoun Street . As is true throughout the South , the Confederacy is memorialized redundantly and everywhere . Charleston โ s emotional reaction to the massacre of nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June immediately crystalized into a movement to remove one of the most prominent of those memorials . After half a century flying on the state house grounds in Columbia as a giant flip - off to the civil rights movement , the Confederate battle flag was taken down and stored in the โ relics room โ at a museum nearby . In doing so , South Carolina has set off the most honest reappraisal of the region โ s history since Now talk has moved on , and the questions are coming fast : Should we rename Calhoun Street ? Take down the Calhoun statue ? Should Ole Miss change its nickname โ it โ s a slave term of affection for his female owner ? Should the statue of Jefferson Davis , the president of the Confederacy and a traitor to the United States , be removed from the campus of the University of Texas in Austin ? Should we sandblast those 90 - foot carvings of Lee , Davis and General Stonewall Jackson off Stone Mountain ? Jul 20 2015 8 : 50 AM A 60 ft tall monument to Confederate General Robert E . Lee towers over a traffic circle in New Orleans , Louisiana June 24 , 2015 . REUTERS / Jonathan Bachman Major - General J . E . B . Stuart Monument in Richmond , Virginia , circa 1910 . Library of Congress General Robert E . Lee Monument at Monument Avenue and Allen Avenue in Richmond , Independent City , Virginia . Library of Congress A Confederate memorial service on June 5 , 1922 . Library of Congress Jefferson Davis statue in front of the state capitol in Montgomery , Alabama , circa March 1943 . John Vachon / Library of Congress Confederate statue in downtown Gadsden , Alabama in 2010 . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress Statue of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes in Mobile , Alabama , March 17 , 2010 . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress A monument to Gen . John H . Morgan and his men , and some of the members of the United Daughters of Confederacy Committee that built it , circa 1911 . A Confederate monument in Baltimore , Maryland , circa 1910 - 1920 . Detroit Publishing Co / Library of Congress A statue of Confederate General Thomas " Stonewall " Jackson in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery , Lexington , Virginia . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress Confederate statue in Florence , Alabama , seen in 2010 . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress The Confederate flag made out of flowers at the Confederate Statue in Jasper , Alabama , May 9 , 2010 . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress Confederate statue seen in downtown Gadsden , Alabama , 2010 . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress Confederate statue in downtown Gadsden , Alabama in 2010 . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress Confederate Memorial Monument in Montgomery , Alabama . Carol Highsmith / Library of Congress A statue of a Confederate cannoneer on 3rd Maryland Infantry , U . S . A . & Latrobe ' s Battery , C . S . A . monument in Chattanooga , Tennessee , circa 1918 - 1920 . 1 of 16 Even amid the widespread calls for re - namings and statute removals , you can also hear the caution on this . . Some worry that citizens of Main Street America might look too much like those Lenin - toppling mobs throughout Russia in the early 1990s . Both sides make a strong point . Too much of the South โ s Confederate triumphalism is memorialized in those monuments and street names . But promiscuously renaming boulevards and relocating statues may repeat the same historical flaw . The unacknowledged intent of the last century and a half of Confederate revisionism was to marginalize the issue of slavery as the real cause of the Civil War , and substitute either false arguments ( tariffs ) or euphemism ( โ states โ rights โ ) . The elimination of the totems of Confederate revisionism might make a lot of people more comfortable . But it relies on essentially the same idea : disappearing the horror , brutality and fact of slavery . So here is my proposal : Let โ s not do that . We are actually in one of those rare moments in American culture where we have stumbled into an actual public debate about public history . Let โ s think about these statues , street names and memorials . First , the statues . Obviously , some of them need to come down right away . In Tennessee , for example , there is a debate about whether to remove the bust of General Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state capital . Forrest was a cavalry commander during the war , but he also helped found the Ku Klux Klan . Here โ s a line easy to draw : Those Civil War figures who engaged in postwar domestic terrorism ? Off to the relics room . Statue of John C . Calhoun in Charleston , South Carolina . Library of Congress But the statues of thinkers and leaders who led us to civil war ? Consider Calhoun , the slave owner who died before the war but deployed his considerable genius to wrap the idea of owning human flesh with our Constitution . However one looks at it , Calhoun partly defined the 19 th century . Should his statue be completely removed from public view ? Or should we perhaps debate and then rewrite the inscription on its plinth ? And why not simply add more statues ? The best thing about parks is that there โ s always room for one more bust . Having grown up in Charleston , I know there are many African - American heroes from this period who have gone unacknowledged . Denmark Vesey was one of the early 19 th century โ s most astonishing slaves . He bought his freedom after winning a lottery โ seriously . He is alleged to have organized the most mythic โ and failed โ slave revolt of that time ( although there โ s compelling evidence it was all rumor ) . But Vesey also foresaw the basic need for an African - American right to assembly โ the first step that would eventually march to 1964 and the landmark Civil Rights Act . So he helped found an all - black church , Emanuel AMC on Calhoun Street โ the very one Dylann Roof entered on June 17 . An attempt not long ago to have a statue of him stand near Calhoun โ s in the prominent Marion Square failed , and Vesey โ s statue was marooned uptown at Hampton Park . Let โ s rethink that decision . Similarly , why eliminate street names that tell one part of Southern history when we can amplify them to tell even more of it ? Charleston is the home of the Heyward - Washington House and the Aiken - Rhett House โ hyphenation is not just a thing . It โ s a tradition . Representative Robert Smalls , taken between 1870 and 1880 . Library of Congress / Mathew Brady So instead of erasing Calhoun Street , let โ s amplify it : Smalls - Calhoun Street . Robert Smalls was , in brief , a great American . He was a slave in 1862 when he hijacked a Confederate ship in Charleston harbor and cunningly outsmarted numerous Confederate ships and Southern fort commanders to slip out until he found refuge with the U.S. Navy . His audacity forced President Abraham Lincoln to advocate for deploying African - American troops in the war . Smalls returned to South Carolina after the war and got elected to the House of Representatives , where he became a key advocate for public education . He eventually purchased the house in which he had once been a slave . Smalls - Calhoun Street would be an avenue for cars , sure , but also for history . Every mention of the street would be an invitation to understand the narrative of a place that for too long told only one revisionist half of it . Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed , 1857 graduate of Yale Medical School . WIKIPEDIA This solution works everywhere , even the North . Yale University , which is struggling with what do about one of its older colleges โ called Calhoun College โ could rename it Creed - Calhoun . The first African - American graduate of any Yale college was Van Rensselaer Creed , who was appointed by Lincoln to serve as a surgeon in the Union Army and who developed mixed - race practices in New Haven and Brooklyn . And then there are all those Confederate memorials . Hardly a hamlet , village or crossroads in the South lacks one . As we have been told , they were put there to mark valor in battle and the supreme sacrifice . What to do with them ? Maybe the northernmost confederate memorial in America ( that I know of ) can be instructive . It โ s on Martha โ s Vineyard in Massachusetts . That โ s right . A Confederate memorial stands not only on Martha โ s Vineyard , but it โ s located in the historically African - American hamlet of Oak Bluffs . Years ago , Tony Horwitz , the author of Confederates in the Attic , pointed it out to me . According to the local story , a Confederate veteran moved there after the war and was coldly shunned by everyone on the island . Trying to heal the breach , he raised the money to build a memorial to the Union dead , which stands in the park today , right near where the ferry docks . Some Union veterans felt that they should reciprocate , and so , in time โ 1925 , in fact โ aged Union veterans added a plaque honoring the Confederate dead as well . You can see it here โ The chasm is closed , โ it says . Maybe the solemnity of those Yankee vets should instruct us now . Keep the Confederate memorials standing . Honor their sacrifice . But honor the valor of their enemies as well . Does n โ t that somehow fit aptly into the reaction to the Charleston massacre โ to those families of the dead telling a fuming , ignorant racist to his face that they forgive him ? Close the chasm . 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http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-women/ | Netanyahu โ s women and the making of Psychobibi EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM PSYCHOBIBI THE EXPLOSIVE NEW eBOOK FROM DELTA FOURTH AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON BIBI NETANYAHU SAID one thing and did the opposite . He became used to keeping potentially self - destructive secrets โ โ and of being ashamed of them . Not just in politics . His personal life is a miserable litany of failed marriages and sexual betrayal . His first wife was Miriam Weizmann ( she was known as Micki ) , who lived in the next street to the Jerusalem apartment owned by his brother Yoni , where Bibi was based during his military service . By the time he was done in the army , Micki had completed both her own military service and a first degree in chemistry at the Hebrew University . In 1972 , they both left for America where she enrolled for a graduate degree at Brandeis , while Bibi was accepted first to Cornell and then switched to MIT so he Follow @ MatthewKalman By 1978 , Miriam was pregnant . Everything seemed perfect . But meanwhile Bibi had struck up a conversation in the university library with a non - Jewish woman from Britain called Fleur Cates . His pregnant wife began to notice his ever - increasing absences from home . One day she discovered a long blond hair on one of his suits and demanded to know whose it was . Micki kicked him out of the house in Boston . In April 1978 , she gave birth to the couple โ s daughter Noa in Harvard University Hospital . Bibi How would Israeli history have turned out if Bibi had run for election with a non - Jewish woman named Fleur Cates at his side ? His marriage to Micki in ruins , Bibi married Fleur . It did n โ t last long . They divorced in 1984 . DeltaFourth wonders how Israeli history might have turned out if Bibi had run for election with a non - Jewish woman named Fleur Cates at his side . In 1991 he married Sara Ben - Artzi . She would become a particular bugbear of the Israeli media . It would be mentioned often in Israeli newspapers that she was an El Al flight attendant when they met . As she describes it , they were going in different directions on a pair of moving walkways in Schiphol Airport , Amsterdam , and Bibi craned his neck around to check her out as she went past . Some say that on the plane shortly after , he tracked her down . Others insist it was she who left him In the strangely old - world atmosphere of Israeli media reporting , which generally declines to probe the intimate affairs of the nation โ s leaders , the condescending coverage masks the little - mentioned fact that Sara was already pregnant with their first child when they married . โ She had a plan . He did n โ t have a plan . He โ s very clever in some ways and very unpredictable , maybe stupid , in others , โ says a former Bibi staffer . โ She got pregnant . He did n โ t have Sara was already pregnant with their first child when she married Bibi In 1993 , when Sara โ s son Yair was just one year old , she received an anonymous phone call from someone claiming to have a video tape showing Bibi in a sexually compromising position with his PR adviser Ruth Bar . Unless he quit the Likud leadership race , the tape would be released to the press . Confronted on his return home , a tearful Bibi fessed up . But Sara was n โ t Micki . She was n โ t about to give up her hard - won prize . Her husband was within touching distance of real political power . They decided to go on the offensive . Bibi went on Israeli TV to confess that he had cheated on Sara . He was coming clean about it to set the record straight , before the โ mafia โ types who had made the tape could โ blackmail โ him . Amazingly , the weepy admission on prime - time television worked . Bibi โ s Philandering is by no means unusual among Zionist leaders . One of the earliest Israeli jokes asked how Israel โ s first Prime Minister David Ben - Gurion and his wife Paula conducted pillow - talk . The ironic answer : โ Long - distance . โ Many other names could be substituted with the same effect , including Moshe Dayan , Shimon Peres , and Golda Meir . But people who know Bibi say he โ s not a skirt chaser . He โ s just easy to manipulate and impulsive . Even Sara claimed that Bibi was the real victim of his sexual dalliances . In an interview with Israeli television that was suppressed at the time because of her , ahem , candor , but subsequently leaked out , Sara described Bibi โ s mistress Ruth Bar as โ a depraved woman . She came on to my husband . You show me one married man who would n โ t go along . โ He โ s not a very rational person . He โ s very vulnerable , very sensitive , very closed . He has very few very close friends Really ? The great strategist is a victim of his need for ego - stroking and intimate gratification ? An adviser who has worked closely with Bibi tells DeltaFourth that this counter - intuitive portrait rings true to those who have seen him close up . โ He โ s not a very rational person , โ says the adviser . โ He โ s very vulnerable , very sensitive , very closed as a person . He does n โ t open up easily . He has very few very close friends , and they go back 30 , Where does that vulnerability originate ? The advisor comes to the same conclusion as DeltaFourth . โ Whatever Bibi does , he will never succeed in satisfying his father . And now that his father is dead , he still ca n โ t satisfy himself . He ca n โ t experience a long - term victory in any way . He always hears that voice of his father in the background . I think that โ s very dominant in his personality . So you have someone who does n โ t build real relationships very easily , During their early years in Boston , Bibi and Micki were the life and soul of the Israeli community there , hosting weekly dinners for Israeli expatriates at their home . Is it just chance that the collapse of his first marriage and the onset of Bibi โ s destructive womanizing โ the first concrete sign of the emergence of Psychobibi โ coincided with the death at Entebbe of the first - born son , his golden brother , Yoni ? From Psychobibi : Who is Israel โ s Prime Minister and why does he want to fail ? ( DeltaFourth ) by Matthew Kalman and Matt Rees . Available now as an eBook from Amazon Follow @ MatthewKalman Read more about DeltaFourth HERE About the Author Matthew Kalman is the Executive Producer for Times of Israel Presents . He reports for international media from Jerusalem , Ramallah , Gaza and all points in between . 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http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/opinionsonhigh/tag/migration-act-1958-cth/ | Tag Archives : Migration Act 1958 ( Cth ) Plaintiff S297 / 2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection ; Plaintiff M150 / 2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Posted on 11 February 2015 by Martin Clark The High Court has issued a writ of peremptory mandamus commanding the Minister to grant the plaintiff a permanent protection visa . In June 2014 , the High Court upheld a challenge to the validity of the Migration Amendment ( Unauthorised Maritime Arrival ) Regulation 2013 ( Cth ) , known as the PPV Regulation , in two related matters . The Court held the Minister โ s determinations in relation to Plaintiffs S297 / 2013 and M150 / 2013 were invalid and issued a writ of mandamus in each instance directing the Minister to consider and determine each visa application according to law . Continue reading โ Posted in Case Pages Decided Cases Opinions | Tagged Migration Act 1958 ( Cth ) Migration Amedment ( Unauthorised Maritime Arrival ) Regulation 2013 ( Cth ) CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Posted on 28 January 2015 by Martin Clark Jeremy Gans , โ Sri Lankan Case Becomes Less Urgent โ ( 29 July 2014 ) . Jeremy Gans , โ News : Progress in Two Major Upcoming Cases โ ( 25 July 2014 ) . Jeremy Gans , โ News : Court Reportedly Issues Interim Injunction in Sri Lankan Asylum Matter โ ( 7 July 2014 ) . The High Court has decided a special case relating to the Government โ s attempt to return up to 153 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka . On 7 July 2014 Crennan J issued an injunction to prevent Continue reading โ Posted in Case Pages Decided Cases Opinions | Tagged Maritime Powers Act 2013 ( Cth ) The Conundrum of Concealment : Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSCA [ 2013 ] FCAFC 155 9 November 2014 Brad Jessup The High Court โ s decision in Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSCA will be handed down on 12 November 2014 . In expectation of the judgment we wanted to share this piece by Melbourne Law School Professorial Fellow and former Dean and current professor at Michigan Law School , James C . Hathaway , on the December 2013 Full Federal Court decision in the case . This post has been republished with permission from Reflaw By Professor James C . Hathaway The Full Federal Court of Australia recently considered the refugee status of an Afghan who had worked for nearly a quarter century as a jewelry maker in Kabul , before deciding in 2007 to work instead as a self - employed truck driver . Initially , his work consisted of transporting such goods as wood , animal skins , and food across the country . But starting in January 2011 , he agreed to begin hauling building materials from Kabul to Jaghori in order to supply reconstruction projects being undertaken by the government and international aid agencies . He took [ 21 ] , noting that โ there was not a lot of work and he had to support his family โ [ 22 ] . When the Taliban threatened to kill him if he continued to transport building materials used in reconstruction , he fled Afghanistan and advanced a refugee claim in Australia . The claimant reasonably argued that an adverse political opinion had been imputed to him by the Taliban , and that the Afghan government could not be counted on to shield him from the Taliban โ s death threats . The Australian government contended , however , that he could avoid the risk by giving up truck driving and returning to his prior career as a jeweler . Counsel for the applicant countered that the applicant could not be compelled to give up his preferred work , and that if that work gave rise to a risk of being persecuted for The majority of the Full Federal Court of Australia agreed with the applicant . Understanding the High Court of Australia to have ruled in S395 that a decision - maker โ can not require an asylum seeker to behave in a particular manner โ [ 61 ] โ the only relevant question being โ whether an asylum seeker would not in fact behave in a particular matter upon his or her return โ [ 61 ] โ it was held that there was a duty to grant refugee status given the applicant โ s unwillingness to resume his work as a jeweler in Kabul . This decision continues a no doubt well - meaning , but analytically flawed , approach . SZSCA Australia โ s Indefinite Stance on Indefinite Detention : Plaintiff M76 / 2013 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship 11 February 2014 Megan Driscoll By Megan Driscoll and Houston Ash Plaintiff M76 / 2013 Case Page Dozens of people who have been found to be genuine refugees remain in immigration detention in Australia because they are the subjects of secret adverse security assessments made by the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation ( ASIO ) . Plaintiff M76 / 2013 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [ 2013 ] HCA 53 was a case brought by one of these refugees , challenging her continued detention under the Migration Act 1958 ( Cth ) . It was of particular interest to High Court watchers because the plaintiff sought to challenge the correctness of the controversial 2004 High Court decision of Al - Kateb v Godwin [ 2004 ] HCA 37 . In that case , a majority of the High Court held that the Migration Act could authorise the indefinite detention of โ unlawful non - citizens โ . In the event , a majority of the High Court in Plaintiff M76 chose not to consider the correctness of Al - Kateb . However , Plainitff M76 nonetheless sheds some light on the prospect of Al - Kateb being overturned in the future . It also ties together two recent decisions of the High Court relating to Australia โ s asylum seeker assessment procedures . Plaintiff M76 โ s entry into Australia The plaintiff in this case is a Sri Lankan Tamil woman , known to us as Plaintiff M76 , who entered Australia by boat at Christmas Island in May 2010 seeking asylum . Under the Migration Act , she was classified as an โ unlawful non - citizen โ and , having arrived in Australia at an โ excised offshore place โ , she was also an โ offshore entry person โ ( now โ unauthorised maritime arrival โ ) . Section 189 ( 3 ) of the required officers of the Department of Immigration to immediately detain her , and under s 196 ( 1 ) she must remain in immigration detention until she is removed from Australia , deported , granted a visa , or she is dealt with for the purpose of removing her to a regional processing country . Section 198 ( 2 ) of the requires officers to remove Plaintiff M76 from Australia as soon as reasonably practicable provided that she either has not made a valid application for a substantive visa or her visa application has been finally determined . Al - Kateb v Godwin [ 2004 ] HCA 37 Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ( Cth ) Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ( 1951 ) Public Interest Criteria 4002 The High Court on Mandatory Sentencing in Magaming v The Queen : Only Part of the Story 13 November 2013 Anna Dziedzic By Anna Dziedzic and Sophie Walker Magaming v The Queen Case Page There is only one set of offences under federal law that attracts a mandatory sentence , and perhaps unsurprisingly these offences all relate to people smuggling . Upon conviction of a crime of aggravated people smuggling under the , the sentencing judge must impose a jail term of at least five years . In Magaming v The Queen [ 2013 ] HCA 40 , six of the seven judges of the High Court upheld the validity of this mandatory sentencing provision under the Australian Constitution . But this is only part of the story . After all , the principal character is Bonang Darius Magaming , a 19 year old Indonesian fisherman who was recruited to steer the boat which carried 52 asylum seekers to Australia . On 6 September 2010 , his boat was detained by the Australian Navy near Ashmore Reef . Mr Magaming pleaded guilty to the aggravated offence of smuggling at least five people into Australia . At sentencing , the judge described Mr Magaming as โ a simple Indonesian fisherman โ and explained that but for the mandatory sentencing provision The seriousness of [ Mr Magaming โ s ] part in the offence therefore falls right at the bottom end of the scale . โฆ In the ordinary course of events , normal sentencing principles would not require a sentence to be imposed as heavy as the mandatory penalties that have been imposed by Federal Parliament . However , I am constrained by the legislation to impose that sentence . Neither the pleadings , nor the judgment , nor media reports manage to fill in many of the gaps in Mr Magaming โ s story . Why did he decide to join the crew ? How was his mental and physical health ? How did the imposition of a mandatory sentence which the judge considered well beyond the severity of the sentence that would have otherwise been imposed affect him ? Australian Constitution ch III European Convention on Human Rights art 3 judicial power mandatory sentencing non - judicial power United States Constitution 8th amdt The Misnomer of โ Temporary Safe Haven โ : Granting Visas โ In the Public Interest โ as a Tool to Limit Asylum Seekers โ Access to Australia โ s Protection : Plaintiff M79 / 2012 v Commonwealth 1 November 2013 Megan Driscoll By Megan Driscoll Plaintiff M79 / 2012 v Commonwealth Asylum seeker policy has been a polarising subject in Australian politics for more than a decade and it continues to be so with the recently - elected Abbott government attempting to impose its perspective on the political debate on the topic by mandating asylum seekers arriving by boat be referred to as โ illegal โ . Consecutive federal governments have introduced increasingly harsh schemes to deal with the perceived influx of people arriving in Australian territorial waters by boat to seek asylum . The High Court is yet to hear a case challenging the legality of the current arrangement of transferring asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea , Plaintiff S156 / 2013 v Minister for Immigration , Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship ( transcripts of directions hearings here and here ) . Plaintiff M79 / 2012 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [ 2013 ] HCA 24 Plaintiff M79 ) deals with another aspect of the asylum seeker statutory regime : the validity of a temporary safe haven visa granted to a person who had not made an application . In this instance , the Minister granted a temporary safe haven visa to the plaintiff , a Sri Lankan national who arrived by boat on Christmas Island in February 2010 seeking Australia โ s protection . The validity of the visa depended on the criteria the High Court determined the Minister was bound to consider when granting the visa , and whether the Minister had addressed those criteria . Plaintiff M79 could signify that the High Court is beginning to take a more deferential approach to ministerial conduct in deciding to grant or decline visa applications than it has in the recent past , including in the case that rejected the previous government โ s so - called โ Malaysian solution โ Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ( 1951 ) ministerial discretion Plaintiff S156 / 2013 v Commonwealth Plaintiff S157 / 2002 v Commonwealth [ 2003 ] HCA 2 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ( 1967 ) refugee status assessments temporary safe haven visas News : The final campaign week and the High Court hears three asylum seeker cases 29 August 2013 Brad Jessup Next week is the final week of the 2013 federal election campaign . It has been a campaign where immigration issues have been prominent despite the Rudd government attempting to neutralise the politics of irregular migration by entering into the highly publicised arrangement with Papua New Guinea for that country to detain asylum seekers and settle refugees who arrive in Australia by sea . While other matters of policy and electioneering might occupy news bulletins next week , irregular migration and refugee laws will be front and centre before the High Court . News 2013 Federal Election Al Kateb v Godwin Aliens Asylum seekers Indefinite detention Irregular migration People smuggling Unreasonable Refusal to Adjourn : Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li 17 July 2013 Sara Dehm By Sara Dehm and Cait Storr Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li The administration of migration and asylum applications is one of the most politicised powers of the Commonwealth government . Not only are the administrative decisions of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship frequently on the front pages , but the processes of appeal โ via the Refugee and Migration Review Tribunals through to the Federal and ultimately the High Court โ can also expose the sometimes hazy character of the separation of powers in Australia . Judicial review of administrative decisions on migration and refugee status is now one of the key drivers of Australian administrative law . For instance , the question of how much scope the courts have to review the decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Migration Review Tribunal , particularly in the exercise of their respective statutory discretions as delegated under the Migration Act 1958 , has generated a significant line of High Court cases on procedural fairness and the fair hearing rule , from Eshetu through Miah to SZGUR . The legislature has made numerous attempts to limit the application of common law principles of procedural fairness to various delegated powers of the Migration Review Tribunal . Whether and to what extent common law principles of unreasonableness apply to such delegated decision - making has emerged as an area of key contention in these cases . The decision in Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [ 2013 ] HCA 18 adds to this small but growing body of law which serves to refine the principles , operation and scope of what is unreasonable conduct of decision - makers within the increasingly politicised statutory patchwork that the has become . The UK case of Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [ 1947 ] EWCA Civ 1 is frequently taken as the departure point for determining the standard of โ unreasonableness โ for courts and tribunals . In Wednesbury , Lord Greene MR famously stated that the courts can intervene where a decision by a Minister or government body โ is so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could ever have come to it โ , a definition frequently critiqued as circular . 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http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2016/04/06/heres-a-list-of-americas-richest-poorest-presidents/ | Here โ s a List of America โ s Richest & Poorest Presidents Dora Mekouar April 6 , 2016 Some of the richest and poorest U.S. presidents ( top row from left ) : James Madison , Theodore Roosevelt , Thomas Jefferson ( AP Photo ) , Zachary Taylor . ( Bottom row , from left ) Abraham Lincoln , William McKinley , Harry Truman and George Washington . No one knows for sure how much Donald Trump is worth , but if the New York businessman ends up winning the 2016 president election , we do know he โ d be the country โ s richest president ever . Trump is believed to have inherited $ 40 million when his father died in 1974 . Bloomberg News estimates the GOP candidate is now worth $ 2.9 billion . Trump claims he โ s much richer than that , however , because he believes his name alone is worth $ 3 billion . Hillary Clinton , the leading Democratic candidate , is n โ t a billionaire , but she is a wealthy woman . In 2014 , the former secretary of state โ s book advance was estimated to be in the $ 14 million range . Along with her husband , former President Bill Clinton , her net worth is estimated by 24 / 7 Wall St . to be between $ 11 million and $ 53 million . Looking back at all of America โ s leaders , the nation โ s first president , George Washington , was also the richest . He โ d be worth $ 525 million in today โ s dollars , according to a recent estimate . President Barack Obama was n โ t born rich , but he โ s worth about $ 5 million , most of that income coming from book royalties . But not all U.S. leaders are wealthy men . President Harry S . Truman may have been the poorest of all U.S. presidents . He was worth less $ 1 million in today โ s dollars . 5 Richest U.S. Presidents Public Domain Image George Washington ( 1789 - 1797 ) 1st president Net worth : $ 525 million AP Photo Thomas Jefferson ( 1801 - 1809 ) 3rd president Net worth : $ 212 million Public Domain Image Theodore Roosevelt ( 1901 - 1909 ) 26th President Net worth : $ 125 million Andrew Jackson ( 1829 - 1837 ) 7th President Net worth : $ 119 million James Madison ( 1809 - 1817 ) 4th President Net worth : $ 101 million Among the Poorest U.S. Presidents Harry S . Truman ( 1945 - 1963 ) 33rd President Net worth : less than $ 1 million William McKinley ( 1897 - 1901 ) 25th President Net worth : $ 1 million AP Photo Ulysses Simpson Grant ( 1869 - 1877 ) 18th President Net worth : Less than $ 1 million Abraham Lincoln ( 1861 - 1865 ) 16th President Net worth : Less than $ 1 million Fortunes could be fickle , though , even for the rich and powerful . Some of the wealthiest presidents faced financial hardship , and they also appear on the lists of poorest commanders in chief . For example , Thomas Jefferson , who lived an extravagant lifestyle , was deeply in debt toward the end of his life and , after his death , his daughter was forced to live on charity . The same is true of James Madison . He had a stepson who gambled , and Madison โ s agricultural enterprises ultimately lost him money . The varied net worths of America โ s presidents suggest that even the poorest of candidates โ such as Democrat Bernie Sanders who is worth an estimated $ 194,026 to $ 741,030 โ have a shot at the highest office in the land . More About America Which States Have Produced the Most US Presidents ? Newspaper Ads Show Freed Slaves Desperate Search for Relatives Most Prestigious US Jobs Have in Common โฆ and It โ s Not Money American Majority Disagrees With Trump on Immigrants More People Move to This US City & State Than Anywhere Else Categories American Culture American History American Politics Barack Obama Presidential election Presidents Tags net worth poorest presidents richest US Comments Comments are closed . | [
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