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It is perhaps a little early to start introducing solids to Brynna, but we thought we'd give it a go anyway. Solids, in this case, is a relative term mostly meaning "something other than breast milk." One starts with purees of various things, and only in tiny, taster quantities. Brynna won't be getting a significant amount of nutrition from solids for months still.
We started with some mashed pear in Rochester, NY. You've already seen how well that went.
Next we tried some mashed sweet potato. We even had special tiny spoons with rubberized tips for Brynna to try. This was an unequivocal bad idea: after smearing it all over her face, Brynna decided that screaming her head off would be a better alternative.
Yesterday, at Hilary's aunt and uncle's, we made another go with some pear. Again, just a dab on the finger. Again, after smacking her lips a few times, Brynna decided it wasn't all that great.
But hey, according to experts in the know with prior experience (Brynna's grandparents), Brynna will in fact gradually come to like real food. From afar, at least, she shows a definite interest in what we're eating these days.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Adventures in Solid Food
It is perhaps a little early to start introducing solids to Brynna, but we thought we'd give it a go anyway. Solids, in this case, is a relative term mostly meaning "something other than breast milk." One starts with purees of various things, and only in tiny, taster quantities. Brynna won't be getting a significant amount of nutrition from solids for months still.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Behold our Brynna at four months and starting to roll from back-to-front.
Those who are keeping track, however, will be quick to point out that Brynna is in fact nearly five months old, which means that, yet again, this footage is already out of date. So it goes with young children. She is at this point able to roll back-to-front and front-to-back from either side. With any luck, I'll be able to show something like that before another month is past. By that time, at the rate she is going, she's sure to be training for half marathons!
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
(Second) First Christmas
We forgot to blog yesterday, but we were on the road again. We have moved on from Rochester, NY to rural CT, where H's parents are. We lucked out again with the weather - although it was raining, it was well above freezing (low-mid 40s) and the roads were clear. The wipers had been fixed by then, so even that wasn't an issue. We managed to make great time: at about 7 hours door-to-door, it was only about a half an hour longer traveling with Brynna than we would manage otherwise. We also had one less passenger, my Da staying in Rochester of course.
And now it's Christmas! Despite the rain, there's still enough snow remaining here to call it a white Christmas (of course, the 18+ inches of snow in Rochester definitely made for a white semi-Christmas on Monday). So, on with the pictures:
Grand reading Brynna a new book found in her stocking.
Brynna can give the Gerber baby a run for its money.
Brynna and her great-grandfather Dickie.
I don't have an actual caption for this picture - you can fill in the blanks for maximum humor.
Brynna has a highchair, and just loves to have a good view of her audience!
Brynna primarily interacts with the world through what she is able to get her lips on. I don't fancy this will make a new chew toy, however.
Predictably, Brynna is much more interested in the wrapping paper than in the object it contains.
Brynna taking after Jasper: hiding out under the furniture.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Dry Ice
In case anyone was curious to know: the going rate for dry ice in Rochester, MN is $1/lb. In Rochester, NY it is more than twice that, and they make you sign a release that if you freeze-burn your fingers off, it's your own problem.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
More Happenings in "The Other Rochester"
Brynna is now almost five months old and has been cleared by her doctor to start solid foods. I plan to wait until about six months before we get very serious about anything but breastmilk, but she is SO interested in watching us eat that we actually feel a little guilty. So, when we all sat down to eat the other day, and there turned out to be pears for dessert, I mushed up a piece and we offered Brynna a taste.
She was very curious at first:
But didn't turn out to be such a fan of the grown-up spoon thing:
And was a little skeptical of the pears being offered on Dad's finger, too:
So, we'll keep practicing with this new texture thing!
Brynna has also spent a lot of time sitting on the couch, hanging out with Grandma while I study away on my computer and Alex tries to whip various electronics into shape.
We're back on the road tomorrow for the much shorter trip to Connecticut (six hours per MapQuest, probably more like eight with little B in tow). The windshield wipers are fixed, and it looks like we'll need them, as there is supposed to be an abrupt warming and change to rain. Just when I thought Brynna's first Christmas would be white! Much better for driving than a blizzard or an ice storm, though...
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Christmas #1!
Last night was Christmas here in Rochester.
Here's Brynna playing with Grandma while dinner was cooking:
Jasper very bravely venturing out to supervise Alex scratching off his lottery ticket. Extra kibble on the way?
Katherine and Christopher:
Kicking back with Da:
Art examining his own lottery ticket, in disbelief. Yes! It was a win!
Merry Christmas!
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Monday, December 22, 2008
In New York
It would appear that we lucked out in oh-so-many ways with our trip so far. First, even though the windshield wipers bit the dust early on, we managed to have dry roads and no precipitation for basically the whole 22-hour drive. It got a little dicey once we left I-90, with lake-effect snow and splatter from cars ahead of us, but that was just for the final 1/2 hour.
Also, if one looks at the weather, the fact that we encountered almost no precipitation is nothing short of miraculous. Rochester, NY received a foot of snow the night before our arrival (i.e., at the time we were leaving Minnesota), and has since received two bouts of several inches more. Meanwhile, in Rochester, MN, the night after our departure (as we were laboring pulling into NY), the temperature plunged well below zero, and stayed there all through Sunday and into Monday, with 20 mph sustained winds. They got snow, too.
So, for those keeping track, we managed to time our trip to be right in the lull between two storm fronts, and moved with them as they swept across the country. Of course we planned it that way.
Never fear, dear readers: the car is being looked at now, so we will have functional wipers by the time we move on in a few days.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
We're here. All's well.
Is it time for bed yet?
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New York
After long struggle, we are approaching our day's destination: Rochester, NY.
Harry and company are meanwhile breaking into a vault at Gringot's, if that is an indication of the length of our travels.
We hope to arrive for a late-ish dinner, then collapse.
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Just stopped in Erie to fuel up the car and Brynna.
We anticipate about 3 more hours on the road.
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Lunch at a Panera NE of Cleveland. We found it with the useful Maps function of the iPhone, a very trusted traveling companion. Definitely looking forward to the next few hours passing quickly.
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The miles pass by, the drivers rotate around. The hours of night pass, replacing a dark haze of sodium land with a light haze of overcast skies. The blown fuse for the windshield wipers was a portent of something worse, for now they don't work at all, fuse or no. But we have good driving weather, so all's well.
Brynna, as we had hoped, slept through most of the night, allowing us to get very far on between feedings and changes.
Jasper reminds me very much of Eyore: "Thanks for noticin' me". He is a tremendously good sport, wedged into the back of the wagon, occassionally wedged closer by a wayward bag.
This is Ohio! Flat and snowy and $10.77 from end to end.
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How wonderful to be making measurable progress. We've moved beyond the doldrums of Illinois and on to lovely Indiana. At least, we think so - it is difficult to tell at 5:00 am.
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A new state for B, though she was here twice in utero and we hope she
will sleep through it this time.
We are heading south to avoid Chicago. Even at this time of night,
didn't want to go there!
B and Jasper continue to be real troopers, though both confused about
this odd nighttime activity.
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Still in Wisconsin, another rest stop, another nursing. First refeuling. Thankfully, no need to change another diaper, nor fuse for the wipers. We've started listening to Harry Potter, book VII, on the iPod, to pass the time.
We hope to follow I-39 south to I-80, and thereby avoid Chicago altogether.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
First rest stop. Nursing, a diaper change, AND a fuse change (windshield wipers). Jasper is being an incredibly good sport about being squished in the cargo area.
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And we're off!
The Subaru is utterly packed. And we are getting onto I-90 for the long drive east to Rochester NY. Maybe we will blog state by state!
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thanks for Noticing Me...
Alex and I were sitting in the living room this evening, totally sapped from the packing ordeal and Brynna's new reluctance to go to bed without at least two separate visits from each parent, when Jasper left his lair under the coffee table and strode purposefully across the floor.
Initially I thought he was heading into the kitchen for his dinner, but instead he trotted up the stairs.
"How cute," I thought. "He's going to check on the baby!"
Several seconds later, rhythmic retching noises floated downstairs, followed by a final, thundering hack.
Alex and I looked at each other.
"Did he seriously just go upstairs to throw up?" I asked. (Our room is the only carpeted area of the house. Courteous dogs would throw up on the hardwood or the linoleum, I think.)
"Sounds like it," came Alex's response, as we dragged ourselves upright.
Reporting to our room with paper towels and rug spray in tow, we found Jasper reclining at the top of the steps, giving us the innocent face. Stepping carefully, we scanned the floor, trying hard not to wake Brynna. No piles of dog-sick appeared, even once we broke out the flashlight.
It was either a false alarm, or he ate it back up before we could get upstairs. I am slightly ashamed to admit that we don't really have a preference either way.
And Brynna slept right through it.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Busy Packing
We are packing up most of the house before we decamp to New England for the holidays and my New Hampshire rotation. And when I am not packing, I am studying for my board exam on Dec. 29. So, not much blogging.
Brynna thinks it's boring when I study, too:
Here, Mommy, let me tell you the answer...
Yay, now we can play!
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Joggin' in the Cold
Thanks to Brynna's Aunt Katherine, we have a wonderful jogging stroller for Brynna. Until recently, however, Brynna couldn't hold herself up well enough for us to feel safe using it. The recommendations are to wait until six months or so, but Brynna is quite precocious. And it's just in time for a chilly start to December - perfect weather for going running.
Brynna's getup for this kind of outing, with temperatures in the teens this afternoon (and falling), is thorough to say the least. Her typical clothing these days is a fleecy suit of some sort. Over this she gets a warm sweater and a comical conical knit hat (with ear flaps!) before being put into her Dartmouth bunting. A thick blanket is placed under her in the stroller before she's strapped into the harness, which is followed by M's warm jacket. The mesh cover of the stroller is pulled down, followed by the clear plastic cover to block the wind. So far as we can tell, she is incapable of movement by this point - but hopefully also incapable of feeling the cold.
Of course, anytime someone goes running in this house, Jasper wants in on it.
Even if Jasper is highly suspicious of this stroller thing.
And they're off!
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Business Agreements
begin rant...
I will relate three tales from today that Hilary and I would like to gripe about. I think you will find that, in each case, it appears that a business agreement doesn't carry the same weight it used to.
First. We have an arrangement for an apartment in Concord, where H will be spending the next few months on an away rotation. We came to the arrangement with our future landlord nearly a month ago. I thought I was risking their ill will when I realized a week later that I'd forgotten to send the security deposit - something I quickly fixed. I guess I needn't have worried about it too much: the rental agreement has yet to arrive. (For the record, we have done the necessary checks, we aren't being scammed). As far as I can tell, they have sent it twice - the last time over a week ago. Each time I confirmed the address. Meanwhile our deposit check has been cashed, and the agree-upon lease start date will pass this weekend.
The thing that really gets me is that they cannot account for where their two missives are. Why? Because they sent them through the regular post. No tracking, no delivery confirmation, no return receipt, nothing. I sent the security deposit via registered mail, specifically so that I would have a record of it being sent and received. One would think that a contract such as a rental agreement should merit at least as much protection and care.
Second. We made an arrangement for a moving company to come by the house, tally up what we plan to send to Concord, and quote us a price. I left work at 3:30 to make the appointment - Hilary being tied up with a patient. The arranged 4:00 time came, and went, kept on going well past 5:00 with no show. Meanwhile, Hilary's cellphone, which she couldn't answer while seeing her patient, rang four times and left messages:
"It's 4:00 now and I just wanted to let you know that I'm running about 15 minutes late."
4:20 "I'm just calling to confirm that we're still on. I want to make sure that there's someone home before I drive across town."
"I really hope that you've just forgotten or something, and that you're not waiting at home with your phone turned off by accident. Call me and I'll come over."
"I've got a spot around 4:30 Monday, give Paula a call and we'll set that up."
In short, this guy unilaterally decided that, because he couldn't get in touch with a client he was already late for, he would call the thing off. I would say that, in the absence of contravening information, he should assume that the agreed-upon plan was still in force. He is trying to get our business, after all.
Third. I posted on craigslist to sell my old laptop. After some wrangling, I arranged to meet a guy halfway between here and St Paul to make the transaction. I left the house at 5:30 (no show from the movers, of course), and arrive at the arranged location - a McDonald's in Cannon Falls - shortly before the agreed-upon time of 6:30. I snag a table, set the computer out, and start surfing on my iPhone to kill time. When I pull up my email, I see a message from the would-be buyer:
6:17 "Due to weather it has taken us an hour to get 20 miles i cant find your number can we reschedule? We wont make it tonight"
I'll note that 20 miles would have put him more than halfway there. I can attest, both from my own experience and from checking the weather, that it was NOT snowing that badly. I would chalk it up more to Friday evening rush hour traffic getting out of the city. I'll admit that, lacking any other way to contact me, he had few options. Still, it would have been nice for him to wait a bit for a response. In any event, I emailing him back to let him know I had arrived, gave him my number, and hung out at McDonald's for nearly an hour - just in case. Even now, some four hours later, I have yet to hear from him.
So, in a single evening, Hilary and I have been snubbed on three business agreements. True, they weren't contracts; they were agreements. But I like to think that we took them seriously enough. What's their excuse?
The rant ends...
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Holiday Excitement
Lots more photos, to make up for the infrequent blogging these days...
We had a wonderful, relaxed Thanksgiving. We cooked, and when we were done cooking, we ate. We had mostly old favorites (Tofurkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, apple pie) and a couple of new treats—I made a pumpkin pie from scratch from a beautiful, local pumpkin, and Alex made a pecan pie!
Here is Brynna examining her turkey card with Grand:
Here's a family portrait before dinner. Dogs turn out to get green eyes, not red ones, and red-eye reducer in iPhoto doesn't fix green eyes. Oh, well.
Over the weekend, Mom and I took Brynna to see the Festival of Trees, because she thought Brynna would enjoy all the lights. Yes, indeed!
She is getting heavy (about 15 pounds now), so we are working on new ways to carry her:
She likes pretty much any mode of transportation, as long as there's something to drool on:
Our favorite tree, with a moose theme:
And our other favorite, a Harry Potter tree:
Brynna will mouth ANYTHING these days. We're training up another good little tea drinker:
Hanging out on the couch:
The weather has gotten cold and snowy, but we don't let that stop us! There was some sun this afternoon, and Dad and Jasper and I took Brynna out for her first of many, many runs. The jogger worked great (thanks, Kate!). There is a front plastic panel that we folded down after taking this photo, and that kept the wind off of Brynna, which was a good thing as it was already chilly enough—about 16 degrees. We also covered her with another thick layer on top of her fleece bunting, which was already on top of a fleece sleeper.
She looks a little puzzled by this new conveyance, but she rode along quite happily! Jasper was also quite tolerant of the new, potentially terrifying stroller, so that bodes well for occasions in the future when I will want to take them both out together. It's much more fun to go with Dad, though. We just switch critters halfway through, splitting the pushing-the-stroller workout and the skating-along-on-icy-pavement-after-the-charging-dog excitement.
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It's Sunday night, and I'm in the midst of washing all of the hunting clothing we use the most. We got out as much as possible this weekend in spite of the weather. It's been chilly and rainy since last Sunday, pretty much.
We got out Saturday morning for duck, after Matt went out Friday night with his buddy. They'd seen quite a few birds (compared to so far this season), and shot a mallard pair- big ones. It was a chill morning- my Weatherbug was telling me 36 at about 7AM, it would have been colder when we first got out around 5:45 or 6. We didn't see too many ducks all morning- most were small groups or pairs, out of range.
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Saturday and Sunday night, we got out for deer. I was 100% totally skunked- my streak of not seeing deer continues, unabated. Matt, however. That lucky bastard had a shot on an 8 pointer Saturday night, but was busted drawing his bow- the deer was within 10 yards. He was pretty upset, but on the ground, I'm not too sure who wouldn't get busted that close. Sunday, he packed in the ladder stand. And put it on a very small birch sapling.
That left me with his pop up ground blind. Lucky for me, since it rained for the first two hours we were out. I was relatively dry, Matt was not. He thinks he saw the same 8 pointer come out of a different spot on the field- the deer here seem to not really have much of a pattern. We're plotting to see when they hit up the nearby creek for water, and see if it's far enough from the road to try to hunt.
So aside from everything being muddy and soaked, Matt is going on his annual big Deer Camp trip up in Buffalo County, on the Mississippi, an area known for large deer and good hunting. This camp happens on a college buddy's private, managed land. He has yet to bring a deer home from it, but we're crossing our fingers. He's pulling out all the stops, and I'll be helping him prepare for the trip during the week. It's supposed to be gray and in the low 40s all week. I'm kicking around another hunt down in Illinois myself, but I have to work Sunday morning and Friday night, and there's probably no way I'm getting out of either. So, I may just hunt by myself up here Saturday evening. I'll be restricted to deer- I can't duck hunt on my own.

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I was going to spend last night blogging. I have tons of saved drafts that I can't wait to write and publish. But, you know what they say about plans. I ended up spending my time doing something else that's really exciting to me.
A couple of weeks ago, before my impromptu trip, I was thinking a lot about how what I would really like to do is write. I see other bloggers I know writing for various websites and getting paid, and I have always wanted to be a writer. I considered journalism, but it didn't fit with what I wanted. I used to write poetry, but haven't been as much lately. I write some fiction, but where my passion seems to be now is here on this blog.
I sent a message out on Twitter asking for leads or advice. I briefly looked at some freelancing sites online, but they all want writing samples. Then last week, an online friend passed my e-mail and blog address along to a friend of hers who runs a small site to provide ghost written articles to various websites. I felt honored that she suggested me, and very excited.
I spent my time last night writing two articles, then sending them off. I hope that they're okay, I am a little nervous, but also really confident that I can do this. I can build my skills, and I know that writing these articles will help me improve my writing all around. I'm so excited, and I can't wait to see where this is going to lead me.
In the meantime, I didn't write anything for you all, and I'm sorry! If I don't get to it before then, Sam will be at the babysitter Thursday and it's possible I'll just spend all day writing, which sounds absolutely amazing to me right now.


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Use the
sendalert command to invoke a custom alert action. The command gathers the configuration for the alert action from the
alert_actions.conf file and the saved search and custom parameters passed using the command arguments. Then the command performs token replacement. The command determines the alert action script and arguments to run, creates the alert action payload and executes the script, handing over the payload by using STDIN to the script process.
When running the custom script, the
sendalert command honors the
maxtime setting from the
alert_actions.conf file and terminates the process if the process runs longer than the configured threshold. By default the threshold is set to 5 minutes.
See "Advanced options for working with custom alert actions" in the Developing Views and Apps for Splunk Web manual.
sendalert <alert_action_name> [results_link=<url>] [results_path=<path>] [param.<name>=<"value">...]
Required arguments
- alert_action_name
- Syntax: <alert_action_name>
- Description: The name of the alert action configured in the
Optional arguments
- results_link
- Syntax: results_link=<url>
- Description: Set the URL link to the search results.
- results_path
- Syntax: results_path=<path>
- Description: Set the location to the file containing the search results.
- param.<name>
- Syntax: param.<name>=<"value">
- Description: The parameter name and value. You can use this name and value pair to specify a variety of things, such as a threshold value, a team name, or the text of a message.
When you use the
sendalert command in an ad hoc search, the command might be called multiple times if there are a large number of search results. This occurs because preview is enabled, which is the default setting. Turn off preview to avoid the command being called multiple times.
When the
sendalert command is included in a saved search, such as a scheduled report or a scheduled search, the command is called only one time.
Example 1: Invoke an alert action without any arguments. The alert action script handles checking whether there are necessary parameters that are missing and report the error appropriately.
... | sendalert myaction
Example 2: Trigger the hipchat custom alert action and pass in room and message as custom parameters.
... | sendalert hipchat param.room="SecOps" param.message="There is a security problem!"
Example 3: Trigger the servicenow alert option.
... | sendalert servicenow param.severity="3" param.assigned_to="DevOps" param.short_description="Splunk Alert: this is a potential security issue"
About searches in the CLI
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud™: 6.6.3, 7.1.6, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.5, 7.0.8, 7.0.11, 7.1.3, 7.0.0
Sylim, thanks for this info. I've added to the documentation above.
When sendalert used in GUI, like <search > | sendalert
- It will be called multiple times if preview is enabled (by default, true) and search results are more than a certain amount.
- It doesn't happen when it returns small set of results even if preview is enabled.
When sendalert is used in Saved searches
- Only called once.


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In this video I install the Veritas Inset vise, drill my dog holes, and make myself some dogs. This video is also a review of sorts in regard to the Veritas Inset Vise. Though I don't get a lot of time on the vise, it is very apparent that this vise means business.
During the video I mention the use of ball catches for dogs in the bench. Here is the link to the ball catches. These are easy to install, just drill a hole in the dog and insert the catch. Though I didn't use them on my dogs, at least not yet, they are great for when your dogs become loose in the bench.
I hope you enjoy the video. And if you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel, please do, you will get updates when I post new videos and you won't miss out on any of the fun.
And like always. If you have any questions about the vise , the video, or the install process, please ask. I generally respond quickly to comments and questions.
Thanks for watching.
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LAURA SAYS: Grow A Pair, Kim Kardashian & Jennifer Aniston — Fight Back When Bill O'Reilly Attacks You!
Bill O'Reilly has dissed both Jen AND Kim on his talk show recently – and they're barely defending themselves! What's up with that?
Come on, Jennifer Aniston and Kim Kardashian. You ladies are supposed to be strong and powerful women who refuse to let a man keep you down. So why are you acting so freaking polite in the wake of Bill O'Reilly's recent ridiculous statements about how you should live your lives?
For awhile, I thought Jen's response to Bill's claims that she was "destructive to society" were cool and clever. "Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age. Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth. And, of course, many women dream of finding Prince Charming (with fatherly instincts), but for those who've not yet found their Bill O'Reilly, I'm just glad science has provided a few other options," she retorted in defense of her stance that single ladies no longer need a man to get pregnant and can use a sperm donor instead. But after hearing Kim's lame response, I'm retracting my previous statement.
I expected more from Kim – after all, her family is so loud-mouthed and gutsy, I figured she'd be the same. But, no. Instead of lashing out at Bill's ridiculous comment about her cutesy Elle magazine photoshoot with Justin Bieber – "If a 16-year-old girl was pictured with a 29-year-old man in any of that, he'd be in big trouble." – she copped out! "The shoot was all in fun, we had a good time…everyone is entitled to their own opinion on it…" she simpered on Lopez Tonight August 24.
Oh, come on! Girls, just admit that you're pissed off! Jen, the guy just called you "destructive to society" and the best you can muster up is he's no Prince Charming? Sorry, sweetheart, but no s**t. As for Kim, well, maybe everyone IS entitled to their own opinion — but we know your sister, Khloe, would have fought back!


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I will go to London today, to be sure I will be there for the opening of the CCBS Big Data event at the Bank of England. I will be one of the first speakers
I will go to London today, to be sure I will be there for the opening of the CCBS Big Data event at the Bank of England. I will be one of the first speakers
Yesterday, Andrew Lo spent some time on a nice graph, discussing attitudes towards risk. Here are four assets (thanks
@TCJUK for improving the terminology), real data (no information here about time, but it's the same scale for the four of them)
The question raised was quite simple
if you could invest in one, and only one, asset which one will you pick ?
I will be in London, UK, at the Centre for Central Banking Studies, invited as a keynote speaker for a major conference. For my talk, on Econometric Models and Statistical Learning Techniques, the agenda is the follownig
Slides are avaible (as usual, the pdf version is more informative than the one on slideshare where animations are missing)
I will be in London this week, invited at the Centre for Central Banking Studies, as a keynote speaker, with Michael Lo and Andrew Gelman, at the Bank of England. I will give a talk on econometrics and machine learning. Slides will be online soon.
In two weeks, I will be invited as a keynote speaker in London, to give a talk on what can central bank policymakers learn from other disciplines. Which is an interesting question. Initially, I wanted to give a talk on actuarial science, large risks, and connexion with finance, but I will finally give a talk on connexions between Econometrics and Machine Learning, and how we can – as Econometricans – actually learn a lot from people coming from the Statistical Learning community – in the spirit of Varian (2013). I will upload the slides within the next ten days….
Before coming back in France, I will spend a (long) week-end in London !
Following my previous post, François (aka @FrancoisKeck) posted a comment mentionning another package I could use to get an interactive map, the rleafmap package. And the heatmap was here easy to include.
The first part is still the same, to get the data,
> require(rleafmap) > library(sp) > library(rgdal) > library(maptools) > library(KernSmooth) > setwd("/home/arthur/Documents/") > deaths <- readShapePoints("Cholera_Deaths") > df_deaths <- data.frame(deaths@coords) > coordinates(df_deaths)=~coords.x1+coords.x2 > proj4string(df_deaths)=CRS("+init=epsg:27700") > df_deaths = spTransform(df_deaths,CRS("+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84")) > df=data.frame(df_deaths@coords)
To get a first visualisation, use
> stamen_bm <- basemap("stamen.toner") > j_snow <- spLayer(df_deaths, stroke = FALSE) > writeMap(stamen_bm, j_snow, width = 1000, height = 750, setView = c( mean(df[,1]),mean(df[,2])), setZoom = 14)
and again, using the + and the – in the top left area, we can zoom in, or out. Or we can do it manually,
> writeMap(stamen_bm, j_snow, width = 1000, height = 750, setView = c( mean(df[,1]),mean(df[,2])), setZoom = 16)
To get the heatmap, use
> library(spatstat) > library(maptools) > win <- owin(xrange = bbox(df_deaths)[1,] + c(-0.01,0.01), yrange = bbox(df_deaths)[2,] + c(-0.01,0.01)) > df_deaths_ppp <- ppp(coordinates(df_deaths)[,1], coordinates(df_deaths)[,2], window = win) > > df_deaths_ppp_d <- density.ppp(df_deaths_ppp, sigma = min(bw.ucv(df[,1]),bw.ucv(df[,2]))) > df_deaths_d <- as.SpatialGridDataFrame.im(df_deaths_ppp_d) > df_deaths_d$v[df_deaths_d$v < 10^3] <- NA > stamen_bm <- basemap("stamen.toner") > mapquest_bm <- basemap("mapquest.map") > j_snow <- spLayer(df_deaths, stroke = FALSE) > df_deaths_den <- spLayer(df_deaths_d, layer = "v", cells.alpha = seq(0.1, 0.8, length.out = 12)) > my_ui <- ui(layers = "topright") > writeMap(stamen_bm, mapquest_bm, j_snow, df_deaths_den, width = 1000, height = 750, interface = my_ui, setView = c( mean(df[,1]),mean(df[,2])), setZoom = 16)
The amazing thing here are the options in the top right corner. For instance, we can remove some layers, e.g. to remove the points
or to change the background
To get an html file, instead of a standard visualisation in RStudio, use
> writeMap(stamen_bm, mapquest_bm, j_snow, df_deaths_den, width = 450, height = 350, interface = my_ui, setView = c( mean(df[,1]),mean(df[,2])), setZoom = 16, directView ="browser")
which will generate the html table (as well as some additional files actually) above. Awesome, isn't it?
Monday, we really had a great conference in London.
It was a great pleasure since I did learn a lot of things. And also a great honor to be the last speaker. Tuesday morning, I wanted to go to Thomas Bayes'grave, which is the the graveyard next to the CASS Business School. I had a good a apriori about where the grave should be,
but to be honest, it was not possible to get close enough to be able to read the name on it (even if I now know that it is the large one in the right lower corner of the picture)
Actually, on the internet, you can find some picture where the stone is clean, so you can learn that the grave is the "cotton" one – at least, you can easily read that name.
It was actualy more simple to see William Blake's grave, as well as Daniel Defoe's.
Then, with Leo, we've been to the Lloyd's to see some friends, as well as Richard Rogers's building.
At the 11th floor, you have a lot of rooms for meetings, as well as old paintings, to tell a bit more about the history of the company,
The building is just amazing. Unfortunately, to get in, there is a dress code. A sort of strict one actually. Leo is working for RBC, so he casually wears a suit. But I don't. I mean, I did have a shirt, but as someone mentioned, "there is no collar !" (I don't want to put my friend into trouble for helping me getting in).
So, after going throught the basement, we've been able to reach the elevator, and go on top.
The building is not exactly located where Edward Lloyd got his coffee shop (even after moving at the end of 1691 on Lombard street), but the Lloyd's is still a legend for anyone interested in the history of insurance, and more generally, the history of risk modeling (and management).
I will flight this Saturday, to be at the R in Insurance conference that will start this Monday. But before, Markus suggested that we go for a beer on Sunday evening ! That is, indeed, a terrific idea !
Then I will spend some time in Europe… and yes, I will take a break !
Monday, I will be giving the closing talk of the R in Insurance Conference, in London, on Bayesian Computations for Actuaries, or to be more specific, Getting into Bayesian Wizardry… (with the eyes of a muggle actuary). The animated version of the slides (since we will spend some time on MCMC algorithm, I thought that animated graphs could be more informative) can be downloaded from here.
Those slides are based on the chapter writen with Ben Escoto for the Computational Actuarial Science with R book, and some previous work.
As mentioned a few months ago, the second conference on R in Insurance will be held on Monday 14 July 2014 at Cass Business School in London, UK. Registration is open.
I will be in London in July 2014 for the second R in Insurance conference. I had good feedback from the first one, but I could not get there, last July. I will upload more information once I have some (check also on Markus's blog)


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17 veterans awarded Légion d'honneur at Ambassador's Residence
Seventeen British Second World War veterans presented with the Légion d'honneur on Armistice Day
Ambassador decorates 14 British WWII veterans
The French Ambassador awards 14 veterans the Légion d'honneur for their role in the liberation of France
Three WWII veterans decorated at RAF Club
Veterans awarded France's highest honour, the Légion d'honneur, by the French Air Attaché and the Chief of the Air Staff.
Nineteen D-Day veterans receive the Légion d'honneur
French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann decorates a woman veteran for the first time, along with 18 others also honoured for helping secure France's liberation in World War II.
21 veterans presented with the Légion d'honneur in Yorkshire
On Sunday 22 May the Allied Air Forces Memorial & Yorkshire Air Museum hosted a ceremony to present the Légion d'honneur to 21 veterans of the Normandy D-Day invasion campaign of June 1944.
Ambassador Bermann visits Jersey
French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann visits Jersey and pays respect to those residents who lost their lives in the First World War and those who liberated France in the Second World War
10 British veterans honoured in Plymouth
10 British Second World War veterans awarded Légion d'honneur, two of them posthumously, in Plymouth
11 British D-day veterans honoured by France
Eleven British World War II veterans presented with the Légion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, during a ceremony at the French Ambassador's Residence in Kensington, London.
Ambassador Bermann visits Liverpool
Ambassador speaks at Liverpool University, meets the mayor, visits French companies and decorates D-Day veterans during a busy two-day visit
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April 5, 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - After 39 games, seven wins, six tournaments, five home series, and a partridge and a pear tree, the Broncos will begin Pacific Coast Softball Conference Play Friday, April 6 against St. Mary's in Moraga, Calif. The Broncos have had a tough season thus far in 2007, going 7-32 in non-conference play.
"It's going to be a good fresh start for us and we're excited," said head coach Steve Rianda.
Despite the Broncos' youth and their performance as a team in 2007, they couldn't have asked for more from veterans like senior Angela Kabanuck, who leads the team in most offensive categories, including batting average (.405), hits (53), home runs (8) and RBIs (16), among others.
"Angie [Kabanuck] is definitely an all around superstar," said Rianda. "Without her in the lineup, opponents would have less to worry about. I think that a bunch of others on the team are starting to come out of their slumps. But she (Kabanuck) is definitely a huge contributor out there."
"I'm really excited for my last 20 games," Kabanuck said of her final season. "I've kept my focus these last 40 or so games, and hopefully success becomes contagious. We're pretty confident going into this weekend. I think we need to be a little more consistent offensively and put together four good games."
The Broncos have seen strong performances from their pitching staff in 2007, which have kept them alive in many games this year. At times, their efforts have been overshadowed by inconsistency and errors on defense. That being the case, as a team the Broncos still maintain just a 5.14 ERA, while opponents average 3.01. In the circle, the Broncos are led by juniors Jerrica Castagno and Jackie Morales. Castagno boasts a team-best 4.22 ERA and .271 opponents batting average, while Morales leads in wins (4), starts (15) and complete games (9).
"I'm expecting great things from them - the girls are all well rested," Rianda said. "Lauren [Passafuime] and Kaitlyn [Rauschnot] pitched very well against Hawaii. Jerrica [Castagno] is rested and Jackie [Morales] has been great out there. I expect them to be up and throw the ball well and give us an opportunity to win."
Morales was speechless when reminded that she leads her team in wins this season.
"That's cool...," Morales joked. "I should have a lot more (wins), and our team should have a lot more, but we're going to turn things around. I feel a lot more confident pitching out there than I did last year. I feel like I've been consistent every time out and I think I've done a good job helping our team stay in games."
But for the second straight season the Broncos have been forced to battle injury. Freshman DH Jennifer Clarke hasn't played since sustaining an injury at the Stanford Invitational in February, and firstbaseman Noelani Hoopii has been out for the past month. This past week, junior Meghan Chavez was forced to leave a game against Hawaii, but the team has welcomed the return of freshman Breann Netto.
"We started out the year with four catchers, two shortstops and three firstbasemen. Now we are down to our fourth firstbaseman, third secondbaseman and our catcher is now our shortstop," Rianda exclaimed. "We've definitely had to move players around, but that's part of the game. Jackie Morales is one of our true utility players, and Jerrica [Castagno] is a very strong athlete and not just a strong pitcher. It's good that we have a group of athletic individuals."
"It's been fun having to play a bunch of positions," said Morales. "I do like that I can play so many places and that coach trusts me enough to put me out there."
Looking ahead to this weekend's series, the St. Mary's Gaels bring a 15-24 record into conference play. Both teams have endured struggles against powerhouses like California, Fresno State and Cal Poly. As a team, the Gaels are batting a modest .276 (SCU .234) while their pitching staff carries a 4.65 ERA (SCU 5.14). If stats are any indication, this weekend's series should be very tightly matched.
"St. Mary's has improved a lot over the past year and they are playing really well," said Rianda. "They beat UOP, Oregon, and played well against Hawaii. But all the PCSC teams are strong opponents. We're going to have to go in there and take these games away from them."
Action begins Friday, April 6 at 12:00 noon from Cottrell Field in Moraga, Calif., with games also scheduled for 2:00 p.m., and then on Saturday, April 7 at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.


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Hundal JS, Wadhwa M and Bakshi MPS*
Department of Animal Nutrition, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, India
Received Date: March 12, 2016; Accepted Date: April 09, 2016; Published Date: April 15, 2016
Citation: Hundal JS, Wadhwa M and Bakshi MPS. Effect of supplementing essential oils on the in vitro methane production and digestibility of wheat straw. J Anim Res Nutr 2016, 1:14. doi: 10.21767/2572-5459.100014
Copyright: © 2016 Hundal JS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The study was taken up to assess the effect of the pure essential oils (EOs) viz. cinnamaldehyde, carvacrol, carvone and limonene supplemented individually at 1 to 5% levels of the substrate DM (wheat straw) on the in vitro methane production and fiber degradation in a 4 × 7 factorial design. Supplementation of cinnamaldehyde and carvon, irrespective of their level had significantly (P < 0.01) higher net gas production (NGP), digestibility of neutral detergent fiber (NDFD) and true organic matter (TOMD), metabolizable energy (ME) availability and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production from the substrate. The methane production was lowest (P < 0.01) in carvacrol followed by limonene and highest (P < 0.01) in carvone supplemented groups. Irrespective of the type of EO, the NGP and ME availability at 1% level of supplementation was comparable with control, while values of all other parameters were significantly (P < 0.01) lower than control and positive control. The NGP, NDFD and TOMD, ME availability, methane production and total and individual VFAs production was depressed significantly (P < 0.01) beyond 1% level of supplementation of EO. It was concluded that carvacrol or limonene supplementation beyond 1% level reduced the methane production but the digestibility of nutrients, volatile fatty acid production and ME availability from the substrate were also depressed significantly.
|Essential oils; In vitro evaluation; Methane production; Nutrient digestibility
|Mitigation of enteric methane emission and decreasing the carbon footprints of ruminants is one of the pressing challenges faced in the ruminant production sector. Not withstanding, because of the intricate relationships existing between the efficiency of feed fermentation in the rumen and methanogenesis, mitigation options have to be evaluated not just in terms of their effect on methane or total green house gases emissions but also on other rumen functional parameters and on their final consequences on animal production.
|The efficiency of energy and protein utilization in the rumen is relatively low and can be improved by the modulation of several metabolic pathways, including the inhibition of methane production and deamination in the rumen. This low efficiency not only reduces production performance, but also contributes to the release of pollutants to the environment [1]. The efficiency can be improved by modulating the activity of specific rumen microbial populations involved in the metabolic pathways. In recent years, the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal nutrition has been banned in the European Union because of its relation to the increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to drugs which are used by humans. Consequently, new commercial additives are required that offer more safety, but can manipulate rumen fermentation. Thus, additives of vegetative origin, considered to be natural products, have been proposed to livestock producers as possible replacers of growth promoting antibiotics. The enteric methane production depends on dietary factors like soluble sugars, dietary lipids, level of feeding, roughage to concentrate ratio, type of forage, stage of maturity of forage, rate of passage of digesta, efficiency of feed conversion, processing and supplementation [2,3]. Besides polluting the environment, it also represents 2-10% loss in gross energy intake of feed. Because of negative correlation of methane production with energy utilization in ruminants, many efforts have been made to inhibit its production and to re-channel hydrogen to produce more propionate and microbial mass. It can be mitigated by the antimicrobial activity of natural plant extracts [4,5], feed additives [6] and phytogenics [7].
|Fruit and vegetable wastes are good sources of different plant secondary metabolites like tannins, saponins and essential oils [8,9]. Cinnamaldehyde - a phenylpropanoid [(2E)-3-phenylprop-2-enal] is present in the bark of cinnamon trees and other species of the genus Cinnamomum. It is the main active component of cinnamon oil. Carvacrol is a monoterpenoid phenol [2-Methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-phenol], with a characteristic pungent, warm odor and found in oregano (Origanum spp.). Limonene is a colorless liquid hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic terpene [1-Methyl-4-(1- methylethenyl)-cyclohexene] and is found in the citrus fruits. Carvone belongs to the family terpenoids [2-Methyl-5-(1- methylethenyl)-2-cyclohexenone] is most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway (Carum carvi), spearmint (Mentha spicata), and dill. All these EOs have wide spectrum of antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and/or negative bacteria. Essential oils develop their action against bacteria through the interaction with the cell membrane. This interaction causes conformational changes in the membrane and results in the leakage of ions across the cell membrane and the loss of the trans-membrane ionic gradient. In most cases, bacterial growth is reduced and, in some cases, microbial death occurs [10]. This mechanism of action makes these essential oils more effective against gram positive bacteria, where the cell membrane can interact directly with hydrophobic compounds of essential oils [11]. The present in vitro study was conducted to screen the best, amongst the 4 EOs used, and the level/dose at what these should be supplemented to get best response with respect to enteric methane mitigation; with least effect on digestibility of nutrients using wheat straw as a substrate.
Material and Methods
|The EOs being aromatic in nature, are poorly soluble in water, and this causes many problems for studying their biological and pharmacological properties. Wadhwa et al. [12] revealed that amongst the different solvents like water, methanol, ethanol, petroleum ether and propylene glycol; EOs dissolved in methanol gave the best response with regards to in vitro NGP, digestibility of nutrients, methane and VFA production. Therefore, pure EOs viz. cinnamaldehyde, carvacrol, limonene and carvone were procured from Sigma- Aldrich chemicals and their 1 to 5% solutions were made with pure methanol. The antimicrobial properties of 4 essential oils at 1-5% of substrate DM was assessed by using wheat straw (WS) as the substrate. The wheat straw sample was finely ground to pass through 1mm screen of Willey mill. Since the essential oils were dissolved in pure methanol, therefore, besides using wheat straw as control; wheat straw plus methanol was used as positive control in this study.
|In vitro studies
|Three rumen fistulated rams were offered concentrate mixture (Maize 32, barley 20, soybean meal 15, groundnut extraction 15, rice bran 15, mineral mixture 2 and common salt 1% each) and green fodder in 50:50 ratio on DM basis. The rumen contents were collected before feeding at 0900 in a thermos flask flushed with CO2 and maintained at 39ÃÂC. The rumen contents were blended for 2-3 min in a blender and strained through four-layers of muslin cloth. The solution, containing 960 ml distilled water, 0.16 ml micro-mineral solution, 660 ml bicarbonate buffer, 330 ml macro-mineral solution and 1.6 ml resazurine (0.1%) were mixed in a Woulff flask (3 Litres capacity) with magnetic stirrer in a water bath at 39°C [13,14]. The mixture was continuously flushed with CO2. Then strained rumen liquor (SRL) was added to the buffer media in the ratio of 1:2. Essential oil dissolved in methanol; and methanol without essential oil were added to 100 ml calibrated glass syringes (Haberle Labortechnik, Germany) containing 375 ± 5 mg wheat straw with buffered rumen fluid. Syringes were incubated in triplicate in a water bath at 39ÃÂC and swirled every 60 min over a 24 h incubation period. If the volume of gas in the syringe exceeded 70 ml after 8 h the volume was recorded and the gas was expelled. After 24 h, the volume of gas produced in each syringe was recorded and the contents of syringes were transferred to spout-less beaker, boiled with neutral detergent solution for assessing the true OM and NDF digestibility. Each in vitro gas production set was repeated thrice in order to check any variation in the net gas production and other parameters.
|Methane estimation
|For CH4 estimation, 200 mg of substrate was incubated for 24 h with buffered rumen liquor and respective EO solution in duplicate. After the stipulated period, total gas production was measured. For CH4 estimation, representative gas was sampled from the headspace of syringe in an airtight syringe and injected into Netchrom 9100 gas chromatograph equipped with flame ionization detector (FID) and stainless steel column packed with Porapak-Q. The gas flow rates for N2, H2 and air were 15, 30 and 300 ml min-1, respectively. Temperature of injector oven, column oven and detector were 70, 50 and 100ÃÂC, respectively. A 50/50 mixture of CH4 and CO2 (Spancan; Spantech Products Ltd., England) was used as a standard.
|Estimation of volatile fatty acid
|After 24 h of incubation, a 5 ml aliquot of fluid from each syringe was mixed with 1 ml of 25% meta-phosphoric and kept for 1 h at ambient temperature [15]. Thereafter, it was centrifuged at 5500 rpm for 10 min and clear supernatant was collected and stored at -20ÃÂC until analyzed. The volatile fatty acids were estimated using Netchrom 9100 gas chromatograph equipped with glass column (packed with chromosorb 101) and flame ionization detector [16]. Temperature of injection port, column and detector was set at 250ÃÂC, 175ÃÂC and 270ÃÂC, respectively. The flow rate of carrier gas (N) through the column was 15 ml min-1; and the flow rate of H2 and air through FID was 30 and 300 ml min-1, respectively. Sample (2 μl) was injected through the injection port using a Hamilton syringe (10 μl). Individual VFA's of the samples were identified on the basis of their retention time and their concentration (mmol) and calculated by comparing the retention time as well as the peak area of standards after deducting the corresponding blank values.
|Analytical methods
|The finely ground samples of the substrate were analyzed for dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE) and total ash [17] and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) [18]. For ammonia estimation, 5 ml of supernatant was mixed with 1N NaOH and steam distillated and the NH3 evolved was collected in boric acid solution containing mixed indicator and titrated against 0.01N H2SO4 [17].
|Statistical analyses
|The data were analyzed by 4×7 factorial design [19], taking different EOs as one factor and levels of EOs as second factor. The data was analyzed by using SPSS [20] version 16.0 and the means were tested for the significant difference by using Tukey's b test.
|Effect of type of essential oils irrespective of their level
|The results revealed that irrespective of the level of EO supplementation, NGP varied (P < 0.01) from 54 (carvacrol) to 117 ml/g DM/24 h (carvone). The NGP, digestibility of NDF, true OM and ME availability from WS was similar in cinnamaldehyde and carvon supplemented groups, but significantly (P < 0.01) higher than that of carvacrol and limonene supplemented groups (Table 1). Cinnamaldehyde had an edge over carvone as far as these parameters were concerned. Carvacrol had the lowest (P < 0.01) digestibility of nutrients as compared to other supplemented groups. Carvacrol had the lowest methane production followed by limonene supplemented groups, but significantly (P < 0.01) lower than that of cinnamaldehyde and carvone supplemented groups, at the cost of impaired digestibility of nutrients. Supplementation of cinnamaldehyde and carvone resulted in lower NH3-N production as compared to carvacrol and limonene supplementation, but the differences were nonsignificant.
|Supplementation of cinnamaldehyde resulted in significantly higher production of total (P < 0.05) and individual VFAs (P < 0.01), carvone followed the trend (Table 2). This resulted in lower (P < 0.01) A: P ratio. The relative proportion of acetate decreased, while that of propionate increased (P < 0.01) when cinnamaldehyde or carvone was supplemented to the diet (Figure 1). The carvacrol and limonene supplementation to the substrate increased the relative proportion of butyrate significantly (P < 0.01).
|Effect of level of essential oils, irrespective of their type
|The NGP at 1% level of EOs supplementation was comparable to control (WS), but significantly higher (P < 0.01) than the positive control (WS+ methanol). Beyond 1% the NGP from substrate (wheat straw) decreased (P < 0.01) linearly with increase in level of EO supplementation, mainly due to linear decrease (P < 0.01) in the digestibility of NDF and that of true organic matter (TOM) as compared to both control as well as positive control (Table 3). The ME availability from the substrate followed the similar trend, except that beyond 2% there was no significant depression in ME availability. The methane production was comparable in control, positive control and upto 1% level of EO supplementation. As compared to control there was a significant (P < 0.01) depression in methane production, beyond 1% level of essential oil supplementation. The NH3-N was comparable in positive control and at all the levels of EO supplementation, but was depressed significantly in all the groups as compared to control group.
|The TVFAs and acetate production in positive control (WS + Methanol) was depressed significantly (P < 0.01) as compared to the control group, but propionate and butyrate production was similar in both the groups (Table 4). Amongst the EO supplemented groups, the TVFAs and individual VFAs production were highest at 1% level of supplementation, but significantly (P < 0.01) lower than control and positive control groups. Beyond 1% level of supplementation, these parameters decreased (P < 0.01) linearly, with increase in level of supplementation of essential oils. Reverse but significant (P < 0.01) trend was observed in case of acetate to propionate ratio, which increased (P < 0.01) with increase in level of supplementation of essential oils. The significant depression in the production of TVFAs and individual VFAs could be due to significantly (P < 0.01) reduced digestibility of substrate. Amongst the EO supplemented groups, the relative proportion of acetate increased (P < 0.01) linearly, while that of propionate decreased linearly, with the increase in level of EO supplementation.
|Irrespective of the dose of EOs, supplementation of cinnamaldehyde had edge over other EOs as far as NGP, in vitro digestibilities, volatile fatty acid production and A: P ratio was concerned, but methane production was depressed significantly in carvacrol and limonene as compared to cinnamaldehyde and carvone. Earlier studies also revealed that peppermint [21,22], eucalyptus [23], thyme [24] cinnamon [25] and lemon [26] oils modified rumen microbial fermentation by decreasing ammonia N concentration through their impact on hyper-ammonia producing bacteria resulting in reduced deamination of amino acids, reduce methane emission, protozoa count and alter molar ratios of short chain fatty acids [27-30]. The anti-methanogenic effect of EOs in the rumen could be attributed to the presence of terpeniods and phenylpropanoids in oils. The EOs differ in chemical composition and have different effect on the same microbes. Different groups of rumen microbes also differ in sensitivity to the same EO. The EO containing a phenolic (e.g. carvacrol) or a carbonyl (e.g. cinnamaldehyde) compound demonstrated a stronger antimicrobial activity than EO that contains monoterpenes. Interactions among different EO and different EO components may affect their antimicrobial activity [31]. Arfa et al. [32] also reported that antimicrobial activity of carvacrol was related to its chemical structure and can be accumulated in the cell membrane. Its hydrogen-bonding ability and its proton-release ability may induce conformational modification of the membrane resulting in the cell death. Patra & Yu [33] reported that clove oil, eucalyptus oil, garlic oil, origanum oil, and peppermint oil significantly reduced methane production with increasing doses as compared with the control. However, apparent degradability of DM and NDF decreased linearly with increasing doses by all EOs except garlic oil. All the EOs decreased the abundance of archaea, protozoa, and major cellulolytic bacteria (Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and R. albus) linearly with increasing EO doses.
|Irrespective of the EO supplemented, the NGP, digestibility of NDF and TOM, total and individual VFA and methane production were depressed linearly with the increase in dose of EOs. Similar trend in reduction in methane production with depression in the digestibility of nutrients was observed, when peppermint or clove oil extract were added to the substrate [21,34,35]. It is likely that the use of high doses of plant extracts and/or their secondary metabolites with antimicrobial activity decreased total microbial activity and diet fermentability [36]. Similar to ionophores like monensin (banned in EU since 2006), polyunsaturated fatty acids and essential oils act against gram positive bacteria, favouring propionate producing bacteria in the rumen, thereby encouraging alternative hydrogen sink to methane – propionate [37]. Linolenic acid, linoleic acid and Allium arenarium oil (garlic oil) reduced methane by 71%, 51% and 36% respectively, in vitro [38].
|As compared to control, the addition of EOs depressed (P < 0.01) the ammonia-N concentration in the present study, confirming the earlier report [39]. Moreover, individual VFA proportions were affected by the dose of additives. The acetate to propionate ratio increased (P < 0.01) with increase in level of supplementation of essential oils. Improved A:P ratio was also observed on thymol supplementation [40]. Higher doses of cinnamon oil and cinnamaldehyde decreased total VFA and ammonia-N concentrations, although cinnamaldehyde had stronger effects compared with cinnamon oil [38,41].
|It was concluded that carvacrol or limonene supplementation beyond 1% level reduced the methane production but the digestibility of nutrients, volatile fatty acid production and ME availability from the substrate were also depressed significantly.
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Rosetta Records, present a master piece of chilean's soundtracks, this is a remixed version of the music for the film "Antonia" by Mariano Andrade. From 20 of January it's available for pre-order on Rosetta Records Webpage.
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Three stories show us how early childhood children relate to the national support of kindergartens, improving their lives and that of their families.
A documentary by JUNJI (National Board of Children's Gardens), under the direction of Jonathan Carriel and Matías Muñoz. Recorded in Studio "Madreselva"
Santiago de Chile - August 2017. Recording Engineer - Alfonzo Perez
What defines Aliaga's work is a constant exploration of emotion and the way this emotion relates to image and gesture. He has worked in film, television, dance and theater and his clients include independent filmmakers as well as commissions from the public and private worlds. Jorge's latest prizes include the Jerry Goldsmith Award for Best Music Score for a Short Action Film with "Necrolovers", directed by Víctor Uribe at the Music Film Festival in Ciudad de Córdoba, Spain, 2014 and, the Pulsar 2015-2017 Award in Best Music for Audiovisual works in Santiago de Chile.
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For the week of May 6, 2013, Disney Channel celebrated its 100th week as TV's #1 network in Total Day in Kids 6-11 and Tweens, and its 3rd straight week delivering a clean sweep across major youth demos. Competitively, the network towered over Nickelodeon by at least double-digits for the 79th straight week in Kids 6-11 and 81st in Tweens. Weekend airings of Disney/PIXAR's The Incredibles were the week's Top 2 scripted basic cable TV telecasts, with the network home to TV's Top 6 telecasts in Kids 6-11 and Top 19 in Tweens.
Disney Junior block on Disney Channel held the week's Top 3 cable TV series in Kids 2-5 with Doc McStuffins, Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Sofia the First. In Total Viewers, the block aired the Top 4 preschool cable TV series with Sofia the First, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Doc McStuffins and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
24-hour Disney Junior Channel stood as the #1 preschool cable TV network for the 6th consecutive week – each week since becoming publicly reported – in Total Viewers, Kids 2-5 and Boys 2-5, out-delivering Nick Jr. by double digits and Sprout by triple digits in key


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Senator Dianne Feinstein: U.S. "not safer today" because "terror is up worldwide"
From Jihad Watch / Posted by Robert Spencer
She said that reason for this was that there were "more groups, more fundamentalist, more jihadist, more determined to kill to get to where they want to get." It was refreshing that she said "jihadist," and I expect that the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will duly rebuke her for that and demand an apology, which they will probably get. They are no doubt reassured, however, that she did not note one of the chief causes for this increase in jihad terror activity: the craven willful ignorance on the part of government and law enforcement officials, who have jumped to do Hamas-linked CAIR's bidding and forbid themselves to study the motives and goals of those who have vowed to destroy us. No wonder they're more emboldened than ever.
"Feinstein: America is less safe from terrorism," by S.A. Miller for the New York Post, December 1:
WASHINGTON – The heads of Congress' intelligence committees warned Sunday that America is less safe from terrorism today than it has been in recent years.
The dire warning came from both sides of the aisle, with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) agreeing that the threat is worse.]
"Terror is up worldwide. The statistics indicate that," Feinstein declared on CNN's "State of the Union."
"The fatalities are way up. … There are new bombs, very big bombs — trucks being reinforced for those bombs," she said. "There are bombs that go through magnetometers
The bomb maker is still alive. There are more groups than ever. And there is huge malevolence out there."
She said the threat to the US has grown with the rise of "more groups, more fundamentalist, more jihadist, more determined to kill to get to where they want to get."...


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Sowmya Ravikumar
University of California Berkeley, USA
Title: Chromatic aberration and polychromatic image quality with diffractive multifocal lenses
Sowmya Ravikumar completed her optometry training in India at the Elite School of Optometry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science. She did her clinical internship at Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital at Chennai, India. Following this she completed her doctoral studies at Indiana University Bloomington at the School of Optometry. Her thesis work focused on the effects of optical aberrations on image quality and visual performance. Since graduation she has pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California Berkeley under the guidance of Dr. Banks. For her post-doctoral work, she has focused on binocular visual performance with presbyopic corrections.
Purpose: To evaluate the impact of target distance on polychromatic image quality in a virtual model eye implanted with hybrid refractive/diffractive lenses. SETTING: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Design: The study used a virtual eye model as the primary computational technique.
Methods: A model eye was constructed by incorporating a phase delay map for a diffractive optical element into a reduced-eye model incorporating ocular chromatic aberration, pupil apodization, and higher order monochromatic aberrations. The diffractive element was either a monofocal lens of +3.2D diffractive power, or two types of bifocal lenses (unapodized or apodized) of +2.92D 'add' power. Polychromatic point-spread functions and image quality for white and monochromatic light were quantified for a series of target vergences, wavelengths and pupil diameters, using modulation transfer functions and a variety of image quality metrics.
Results: Ocular longitudinal chromatic aberration was largely corrected by the monofocal design and by both bifocal designs for near targets. In the bifocal design, add-power and the ratio of distance-near image quality changes significantly with wavelength and pupil size. Also, image quality for distance is better with the apodized design.
Conclusions: Achromatization, by the diffractive lens provides significant improvement in polychromatic retinal image quality. Along with apodization and higher order aberrations, it can significantly affect the near/distance balance provided by a diffractive multifocal lens.


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Before or after your event, enjoy Paris!
Before or after your event, enjoy Paris
To wander around in the time of the Impressionists, admire primitive art from around the world below the Eiffel Tower, go back in time by visiting the chateaux of Versailles, Chantilly or Vaux-le-Vicomte, walk in the steps of Napoléon at the Arc de triomphe or at the Hôtel des Invalides, or discover amazing contemporary heritage at the Centre Pompidou or at the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville: you are in Paris!
Design your own classic or unusual tour of Paris: eat at one of its 10,000 bars and restaurants, from a typical Parisian bistro to the restaurant of a starred chef.
Combine a visit to a museum with a stroll along the Champs-Élysées, a shopping trip and a cultural exhibition, a gastronomic break with a sightseeing cruise or a day at Disneyland® Paris.
Don't forget to try one of the capital's famous brasseries and add some spice to your evenings with a renowned cabaret show.
Because, when night falls in Paris, a new life starts…
Consult the agenda of Parisian events.
A guide to Paris by night
Night begins in Paris when the Eiffel Tower begins to sparkle …
Nightbirds congregate in all districts, in restaurants, bars or cabarets before continuing the evening at a trendy nightspot. Most bars and restaurants are open until 2amin the morning. Many offer live musical entertainment. Paris has 30 or so cabarets or dinner-shows, and 75 clubs for dancing.
These places attract clubbers from all over Europe – several internationally-renowned DJs have learnt their trade here. Every year, new places reinterpret Parisian nightlife.


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Today: Watch Amanda make the simplest olive oil-based, press-in tart crust.
For more about olive oil, visit the Filippo Berio Facebook page for a chance to share your olive oil tips and win a week of cooking classes in Lucca, Italy!
When you think of making tarts, your first thought is probably: I want that. But the second, most likely, is of the work it requires: the chilling of the butter, the chilling of the dough, the flouring of the counter, all the rolling out. That tart, now, seems far away; it seems like a project. It seems like something for not this very second.
But with Amanda's technique -- which she demonstrates above -- you can have that tart now. No butter, no chilling, no rolling-out required; this is a tart crust made in two bowls and pressed right into your pan. Plus, Amanda provides a ratio for converting your butter-based baked goods into olive oil-based baked goods. Watch the video, and hey -- make yourself a tart right after.
Olive Oil Tart Crust
Makes one 11-inch tart crust
1 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour3/4 teaspoons kosher salt1 teaspoon sugar1/2 cup mild olive oil2 tablespoons whole milk1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1. In a mixing bowl, stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon sugar. Stirring enables the salt and sugar to sift the flour, so you don't need to sift it in advance. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, milk and almond extract. Pour this mixture into the flour mixture and mix gently with a fork, just enough to dampen; do not over work it.
2. Transfer the dough to an 11-inch tart pan (you can use a smaller one if needed), and use your hands to pat out the dough so it covers the bottom of the pan, pushing it up the sides to meet the edge. This will work if you pat firmly and confidently, but not if you curl your fingertips into the dough. It should be about 1/ 8-inch thick all around; trim and discard excess dough.
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It was just recently that CurrentC was introduced to the market by Merchant Consumer Exchange (MCX), as a rival to Apple Pay, made headline when it blocked Apple Pay transaction in its stores. This however, is nothing comparing to recent report of security breach of consumers data.
Also by TopAppsReviews: Which Will You Choose- Apple Pay or CurrentC? ; Mobile Payments the new frontier in transactions is slowly taking over the market ; Apple Pay- The New Payment Method by Apple that will revolutionize how we do business
CurrentC, backed by 50 plus retailers such as Wallmart, Target, Best Buy amongst other big names in the retail sector, is currently in trial period and will not be released to the public until early 2015 was recently hacked causing participating users email address to be stolen. The good news however the good news is that no financial information was exposed, and attackers did not intercept transaction data.
According to MCX, MCX said unauthorized persons someone got awhole of e-mail addresses of some participants of its pilot program. However, MCX says that most addresses were "dummy accounts" and that the app itself was not affected.
Apple Pay, on the other-hand, has only been receiving positive reviews on the App Store, offline, Social Media and on review sites. Tim Erlin, director of IT risk and security strategy for Tripwire, says, "As long as this incident is constrained to the loss of email addresses, I wouldn't expect it to be material to their business plans. There are enough big name retailers involved to weather that kind of an incident" according to a report on PC World
This however is not very comforting for many who took to IOS App Store and Google Playstore to let MCX know how they really feel about CurrentC. According to Yahoo "although CurrentC is averaging one star right now on both the iTunes App Store and Google Play, the best reviews being written are the rare five-star reviews, largely because they trash the app in ways that are even more amusing than the one-star reviews." Perhaps consumers are thinking that if they are not able to protect users email address, will they be able to safe guard users bank account information? CurrentC works by bypassing the major credit card providers and thus avoiding transaction processing fees by linking directly to customers' bank accounts and debiting transactions directly.
Furthermore, many of the retailers in MCX group have lost confidence with customers as a result of past data breaches. Some of these retailers includes Kmart, Michael's, Lowe's, Old Navy, Target and other MCX members.
Here are some of the comments made on Google Play Store with some users seeing the app as junk:
"Not even full released and hacked already Want a lot of person information, tracks your transactions and gives the data to the stores. Already hacked and wants to connect directly to your bank account. "- Charles Eakins
"Nope, nope, nope, nope No one wants to give out their bank information, and no one wants to use QR codes. Stop your anti-competitive behavior, get with the program, and re-enable NFC at your registers. Edit: And it's not secure! It's already been hacked! Go home CurrentC, you're drunk."- Aaron Stevenson
"Junk This app/payment system is not only technologically inferior to NFC payment systems, but also requires too much personally identifiable information to create an account. "-Joseph Bennett
"Why would I want this? You want my SSN#? You want to connect to my bank account? You want to make me exchange QR codes? Are. You. Serious? What a colossal step backward in usability and security. Nobody should have to use this system. "- Jeff F.
The CurrentC app which is available on Google Play and iTunes for the pilot projects has some 5,000 mostly 1 star reviews. All eyes is now looking to see what will happen in the upcoming weeks but one thing is certain is that retailers in the MCX group has their work cut out for them.
As usual TopAppsReviews will continue to update you on changes in the market. Please follow us on twitter and Facebook and pleas subscribe to our blog for weekly updates. Pleas share your thoughts with our community by leaving a comment below in the comment box.


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About Lemon Balm:
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a lemon-scented member of the mint family. Native to Southern Europe, it is a perennial plant that develops many branches and grows to a height of about two feet. The leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, ranging from oval- to heart- shaped, shiny and wrinkled with scalloped edges. Small flowers, varying broadly in color, appear in late spring through midsummer.
Ingredients: 100% Organic Lemon Balm.
Flavor Profile:
Soothing, earthy, lemon-mint flavor and aroma.
Brewing Instructions:
Every tea is different and can be brewed in different ways. The chart below is not a hard-and-fast guide for brewing this tea, but rather a place to get started. Steeping time may vary based on your personal taste or on how many infusions have already been done. Experiment with the brewing of your tea to discover its unique character.
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Fall is in full swing and snow is arriving in the high country! La Nina is back this year in full force and hopfully you are going heli skiing somewhere.
All of us here at Heli Ski US hope look forward to seeing you soon. Please feel free to contact anyone of our members listed here for more information and to schedule your trip of a life time!


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Latest update from Rockaway Beach Festival
🌈 28 today. Kitchens Of Distinction's Strange Free World flies a little lower under the radar than some of the other records to have had anniversaries lately, but it still occupies a special place in our hearts.
This is '90s dreampop at its dreamiest: https://spoti.fi/2FlAjpI
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🎳 We're down to our last 200 tickets, so get booking at bit.ly/2T4Qc85.
📸 Heavy Lungs ...
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James Edney Billy Adams Karen Willcocks !!
Hypnotized by Holly Golightly, going to see her live this week
Pen Gwag Glas by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
NFAMWAP by idles
Bye Bye Baby The Popguns, bit of old school indie
Flaming Lips - Slow Nerve Action
Rock you like a hurricane - scorpions
Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree by Tony Orlando and Dawn.
The Velvet Underground's "Rock n Roll"
Vampire Money-MCR.
A selection of Catfish and the bottlemen. Roll on May 2020
James: Laid.
Ace of spades
Smurfing Christmas - the smurfs.
Offence - Little Simz
Inspiration! W. H. Lung
"Infinite Steve" by The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid To Die
Silver - DMAs
Infamous by The Faim 🙂
Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen.
Bloodbuzz Ohio by SOAK
Spill The Wine by War
Just like you, viagra boys
Baby's Got a Temper - The Prodigy
According to my phone it was "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare before Christmas 🤘😁
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He joins the previously announced John Cale and Fontaines D.C. on our Q&A bill, for what promise to be three incredibly informative, inspirational and unique conversations.
So make sure you grab one of our FINAL 200 TICKETS while you still can at bit.ly/2T4Qc85. ...
We need to be at this Mac Tony Mcdonald.
What guitar is that?
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Owl In The Woods Vneck Tee - Sizes Small ONLY
The cutest owl is so happy on a tree branch.
100% cotton Sizing is set. Machine wash and dry. Taylor is wearing XS, and the sizing increases pretty quickly from there. Model is a dress size 2-4, at 5"4"
Unisex sizing, measures approximately
Small: 17" across, 24' length
Medium: 19' across, 25" length


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2015 will go down in history as one of the worst years in global commodities market. This year alone, the Bloomberg Commodities Index (BCI) which tracks the world's major commodities has fallen by more than 40%. This has led to significant losses in all the major oil and gas companies, indices, and ETFs. As a result, oil longs have suffered massive losses. For day traders, these movements in prices have become a goldmine. This is simply because day traders are able to allocate their capital either by going long or short over a short duration of time. This trend is expected to continue in the next year.
How oil is priced.
Oil is a commodity. This means that the price of oil is determined by the prevailing market conditions. Supply and demand are the key determinants of oil prices. When the supply of a commodity exceeds the demand, the result is that the price will go down. This is simply because people have various options of buying. Since oil is a rare commodity, only a few countries are able to produce and supply it in the required numbers. In oil exporting, there are usually two groups of exporters. There are those groups belonging to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and those which do not belong to this group. OPEC members are: Saudi Arabia, Angola, Ecuador, Nigeria, Qatar, Venezuela, United Arab Emirates, Libya, Iran, and Iraq. These countries produce more than 30% of all the oil in the world. For the non-OPEC members, the largest producers of oil include: China, United States, and Russia among others.
Oil Decline
In 2014, OPEC member countries (also known as the oil cartel) met in Vienna for their annual general meeting. During this time, they decided that the biggest threat to their oil business was the United States where fracking is a new concept of oil extraction. Fracking is one of the most expensive methods of extracting oil. Therefore, by increasing oil production, OPEC members believed that they would indirectly shut business for the fracking companies. Therefore, they started the process of oil oversupply thus leading to the fall of oil prices. In 2015 alone, crude has fallen from $100 to the current $39.
Risks and opportunities ahead
For oil traders, the future looks great. This week, the oil cartel held their annual meeting in Vienna where they were expected to report reduction of oil supply. Many countries such as Venezuela and Kuwait have really suffered from declined oil prices and were expected to oppose any measures of status quo. The meeting, held on 4th December was tense with many countries looking forward to a cut in supply. This was further heightened by the words of Saudi Arabia energy minister who was earlier quoted saying that his country would work with other members to make the oil prices stable. Unfortunately (or fortunately for some), the meeting decided to leave the oil supplies unchanged. Oil prices which were on an intraday bull run suddenly fell. Crude oil dipped to $39 a barrel and Brent oil fell from $44.43 to $42.54 a barrel. For day traders, these instances present a sweet opportunity that cannot be overlooked. With supply unchanged, the impending interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, and the continued slowdown in the global economy, oil prices are expected to remain low.
Iran, Federal Reserve, and China
These three aspects are the most important for any trader to watch going forward. Iran, which has for long been sanctioned by major countries is expected to resume exporting of oil in June 2016 after the atomic agency of the United Nations clears the country as a safe one. This follows the Iran nuclear deal which was signed in July this year. Their re-entry will lead to increased supply thus compressing the oil prices. Secondly, the Federal Reserve is expected to start hiking interest rates in December this year. Oil prices are quoted in dollar terms. Therefore, a strengthening dollar will lead to significant losses in oil. While China's growth is still on course, the fact is that the country is slowing at a slower level. As the biggest consumer of oil, this will not be to oil's advantage. With all these factors compounded, oil prices are likely to remain lower. I suspect an instance where crude oil prices falls to the mid-30s before the next OPEC meeting in June. For traders, this will be an amazing opportunity in many ways. One can short oil as a commodity. Alternatively, one can short oil stocks especially American firms that do fracking.