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New York Post editorial writer Robert George on revelations about the New York City mayoral candidate's far-left political beliefs. Photo: Getty Images
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How Do I Know Which Plants Are Right For My Pond?
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old: that a centipede even when dead does not lie stiff. (These families) may, according to your version, not be up to the prosperity of former years, but,
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To the delight of locals and visitors alike, India's capital has emerged as a true 21st-century metropolis — all without neglecting the sparkling palaces, ancient ruins and culinary traditions that have long made it one of the world's most enthralling cities
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NORTHERN INDIA IS ICONIC INDIA, an awe-inspiring land of imposing forts, elegant palaces and impossibly vibrant markets — none of which have changed all that much since the days of the Raj, the name given to British rule over the subcontinent, which ended in 1947 after almost a century. But as India hurtles headlong from the third world to the first as one of the fastest-growing countries on earth, the throng of hawkers, beggars and tuk tuk drivers that once unfailingly met visitors upon arrival in Delhi is nowhere to be seen at the new Indira Gandhi International Airport, a modern marvel and serene point of entry completed in 2010 (just in time for the city's turn hosting the Commonwealth Games).
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DWTS Season 15 All Stars – Who's Gonna Dance with Whom??
Since I saw a bunch of people already asking this question in the comments on the site, I figured I would go ahead and give my guesses. These are guesses only – I have no inside information. All I do is use heights, perceived personality, and any other information floating around out there. In the case of this season, I think I will also look at history combined with the knowledge that fairness plays NO part in the decisions TPTB make. 🙂
There is also a twist here – one that Mark Ballas hasn't realized yet in his campaigning for Sabrina. Mark says he's "100%" dancing on the show this coming season. The pairs are announced on GMA on August 13. Voting for the 13th dancer doesn't end until August 24. Do the math. The ONLY way that Mark can be dancing with Sabrina is if the voting thing is all bull. Mark can only dance with Sabrina if they cancel the voting on August 13 and let all three people dance. Otherwise, Mark has already been paired with someone else and someone who isn't sure if they have a spot yet will dance with Sabrina – if she wins the vote. My guess? Louis…or perhaps someone like Henry. Someone shorter and not always guaranteed a spot on the show. Maybe it's Derek, since all signs are that he had something else to do this season until recently. But my guess is that Derek already has a partner too. So, I guess we'll see if the voting thing is for real, or if it's all hype that they will cancel on the 13th. I hope it's not all hype – I think 15 dancers is WAY too many. The most couples in a season was 16 and that was a nightmare. I hope they don't go that route again, unless they have a double elimination the first week. Note: if the voting thing is a fraud, they will have to pull up a female dancer from the troupe unless Julianne or Edyta are magically coming back – doubtful in both cases.
So, you'll notice, below, that I went with the assumption that ALMOST everyone is getting a new partner. Will TPTB go this route? Well, it would certainly make the show much more interesting – which means they won't do it. 🙂 I'm hoping they do, just to add to the entertainment value and to make the playing field a bit more level.
Heidi's Guesses for the Women!!
|Pro Height
|Former Partner
|Pam Anderson
|5ft. 7in.
|6ft. 2in.
|Kelly Monaco
|5ft. 3in.
|5ft. 10in.
|Melissa Rycroft
|5ft. 4in.
|5ft. 8in.
|Shawn Johnson
|4ft. 9in.
|5ft. 9in.
|Kirstie Alley
|5ft. 7in.
|6ft. 1in.
|Bristol Palin
|5ft. 5in.
|5ft. 11in.
Some explanations for my female pairings:
– I put Maks and Pam together because they would be HOT
– I put Kelly with Derek because she was supposedly running her mouth about him AND she fits the Derek partner mold
– Melissa and Mark, and Val and Shawn?? Still not sure about these. Shawn's older now, so Mark isn't critical, but…
– Kirstie and Tony?? It pretty much has to be either Tony or Maks, because Kirstie is tall and big boned – she would overwhelm most of the other men PLUS I would bet she wants someone in the "family", if you know what I mean
– Unfortunately, Bristol got Tristan by process of elimination. I didn't try to pigeonhole her there. As exciting as a Maks or Derek pairing with Bristol would be, they will give her to someone more easy going. If it's not going to be Mark, I think it's Tristan
Heidi's Guesses for the Men!!
|Pro Height
|Former Partner
|Joey Fatone
|5ft. 11in.
|5ft. 7in.
|Helio Castroneves
|5ft. 8in.
|5ft. 5in.
|Drew Lacey
|5ft. 6in.
|5ft. 4in.
|Emmitt Smith
|5ft. 9in.
|5ft. 7in.
|Apolo Ono
|5ft. 8in.
|5ft. 2.5in.
|Gilles Marini
|6ft. 1in.
|5ft. 4in.
I found the men to be a bit harder to match up. Here is my rationale:
– I started with the shorter men, and the most obvious pairing, to me, is Apolo and Chelsie. They won't be able to resist putting Apolo with a mini-Julianne>
– That left me with Drew, who will also need a shorter female. I picked Anna. I just couldn't see Anna with Apolo, which was my other choice, because…
– I had already put Karina with Helio. I can kinda see that pairing…certainly more than I can see Anna and Helio.
– When you pair up the shorter girls with the short guys, you're left with Joey, Emmett and Gilles. I really wanted Peta with Gilles, but I have a feeling that Cheryl will get her way on this one. Again.
– I could see Peta better with Joey than Emmett and Kym better with Emmett.
So there you have it. I kinda hope it goes this way, since ONLY Kym and Cheryl (of the female pros) would be able to dance with former partners and this way it would be a tiny bit more even. What do you think??
ETA: Completely forgot about our wildcards!! Well, there is only one female pro left – Lacey. Lacey has already danced with Kyle and she's not too short for Carson. And they would be fun together as well. As for Sabrina – well, Louis is pimping her a lot on Twitter and since Mark already knows he's dancing, he can't be dancing with Sabrina unless something is rigged. I kinda think that they might give Mark/Sabrina another go round – but I also think that they don't care that much about the pros. I think they think of it more in terms of giving *Sabrina* another chance. They aren't shippers. 🙂


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The military has begun taking a hard look at the large staffs and personal assistants afforded to senior leaders as part of an ethics review for general and flag officers ordered up after a series of scandals, Pentagon officials said Friday.
The review by Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has come up with initial findings calling for more training on professional conduct for the upper ranks and also stressing the need for an overhaul of "the types of support senior leaders receive," said George Little, the chief Pentagon spokesman.
Dempsey's initial findings in his ongoing review were supported by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who briefed President Obama on them earlier this week, Little said.
Dempsey wanted more focus on "the personnel infrastructure surrounding general officers" to include the number of aides-de-camp, drivers, and secretaries assigned to assist top leaders in their duties, Little said.
Dempsey's review began before retired Army Gen. David Petraeus resigned in disgrace as director of the CIA over an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
The FBI investigation of Petraeus also ensnared Marine Gen. John Allen, commander of coalition troops in Afghanistan, for potentially "flirtatious and inappropriate" communications with Jill Kelley, a Florida socialite.
Allen's nomination to head the European Command has been held up with the Defense Department's Inspector General's office investigates the huge volume of email between Allen and Kelley.
Both Panetta and Dempsey have since expressed confidence in Allen while also calling for stricter standards for top officers and suggesting that the runaway egos of some in the upper ranks had to be taken down a notch.
Last month, Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward, former head of the Africa Command, was demoted to lieutenant general and ordered to repay $82,000 for abusing his authority with lavish travel arrangements and improper use of military transportation and staff. An Inspector General's report said Ward and his wife had staff pick up their laundry and do their shopping.
A separate Inspector General's report criticized Adm. James Stavridis, head of the European Command, for using his military aircraft for personal business, including a trip to a French wine-tasting society. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus later cleared Stavridis of wrongdoing.
In addition, more than 20 Navy officers have been removed from their commands this year for a wide range of ethical lapses.
Panetta and Dempsey have insisted that their focus on leadership standards was not motivated by the recent high-profile scandals, but rather by long-standing concerns over a possible erosion of values in the upper ranks after more than a decade at war.
"Beyond mere compliance with the rules, I also expect senior officers and civilian executives to exercise sound judgment in their stewardship of government resources and in their personal conduct," Panetta said in a statement on Ward's demotion. "An action may be legally permissible but neither advisable nor wise."
Dempsey said last month that he began noticing disturbing trends last spring in the ethical standards of both the officer and enlisted ranks of the military.
"In response to these issues, I have communicated through a memorandum to every four-star in every service," Dempsey said. "I expressed my concern and encouraged their interest and their active involvement in helping us to understand what really is going on and what's not," Dempsey said in an interview with the American Forces Press Service.


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Soap Making with Milk
In today's market, some of the most popular cold process soap recipes are the ones that involve dairy products such as milks, creams, and yogurts. The reasoning behind this popularity is the fact that cold process soap recipes that use dairy products actually result in finished bars that are very creamy, luscious, soothing, and moisturizing. In fact, milk itself is a gentle exfoliant- a perfect remedy for any sensitive skin types. This is because milk contains lactic acid, which slightly reduces the alkalinity of soap.
When it comes down to making the cold process soap recipe, dairy products can be added (if applicable) in 3 forms:
1. Fresh (can be added as water for the lye solution, part of the water for lye solution, added to your room temperature oils before the lye solution, or added at light trace.)
2. Powdered (combined with a small amount of oil or water to make a liquid- then added at light trace and hand whisked in until incorporated.)
3. Canned (used as half the water amount of the water ratio. This is usually added to oils before the lye solution to make the soap batter.)
With the exception of the powdered, both the fresh and canned are commonly used in a frozen or slushy (almost frozen) state. This is done for two reasons. The first is to help control the lye solution temperature and the second is to help prevent the dairy product from burning. Burnt dairy products have a very distinct smell and will turn your soap batter a bright orangish color. This is due to the heated lye solution caramelizing the sugars in the milk. A great step to help minimize this reaction is to give the container you are mixing your lye solution in an ice bath. The other option that you have is to add the frozen/slushy dairy product at trace, allowing the batter to thaw the frozen like diary product. Then, blend well with a stick blender to incorporate.
Temperature is everything.
One of the most important things to realize when working with dairy products is their sensitivity to heat. This comes into play if you are mixing all or some of the dairy product to make the lye solution (which heats as the reaction is taking place.) Dairy products will burn and/or curdle if not combined correctly. The best way to combat this is to closely monitor the temperature of the lye solution using a thermometer. You never want the temperature to go above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The other tip to help control the heat of the lye solution is to take your time when adding the lye. Sprinkle in small amounts and stir. The key is to wait a few minutes in between the next small addition of lye again. Do not be afraid to truly take your time with this step. A good time gauge to set for yourself is 10-15 minutes to add all of the lye to the lye solution. This will help control the overall temperature of the lye solution.
There is no set rule as to how much of the dairy product to use as the water portion of the lye solution. Some soapers prefer to use the dairy as the full water portion. Others play it safe by using a 50% ratio (half milk and half water.) This works by making a super concentrated lye solution (the full amount of lye the recipe calls for; then split the water amount in half. Mix the lye into the water. Let cool. Add the rest of the unused water portion as the milk- which is added to the room temperature oils before the lye solution is added to make the batter. The last option is the dairy product at 25% of the water ratio. This is done the same way as the 50% ratio, only it is 25% of the total water amount.
The rest of the soaping recipe is done normally.
Other things to consider:
Superfatting may be affected. Do not forget to figure in the fat percentage of the dairy product. For the most part, general milk products (where the fat percentage is 4-6%), really won't affect your end bar. However, using a product like heavy whipping cream (which has a fat of 36%) will directly affect your end bar. In this instance, you may what to use the dairy portion of 25% of your water ratio. That is unless you play with your superfatting percentage number.
Rancidity of your soap is always a possibility when using larger portions of dairy products in your recipe; especially those that have high fat content.
Our Findings:
Recently, we tried our hand at making cold process soap with the addition of heavy whipping cream. For our recipe, we selected the cream to be 25% of our water ratio since we did not want to majorly superfat our soap. The frozen heavy whipping cream was added to our soaping oils/butter before the lye solution. We found that this method worked perfectly. We had no issues with the remaining soap procedures.
In the end, the bars that resulted were exactly as we imagined- pure creamy bliss! And, with all of the wonderful nourishing benefits that dairy products have; our skin loved it too.
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Last year, I spent I long time riding and testing the top of the line Magura MT8 brakes, and I was highly impressed with them, and found them to be the epitome of German perfection. I was very interested to see how their little brethren, the MT6, stacked up against them, since they share many of the same basic traits and technologies.
The Magura MT6 brake is very lightweight (310 g w/ 160mm rotor) and extremely quiet, with great modulation, excellent power and resistance to heat, drag and squeal, which all combine to make it stand out in terms of performance. They use some amazingly innovative production techniques and materials to create a light and strong brake for any type of riding, from cross-country to downhill, and it transcends being categorized within any riding style.
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The brakes use an open hydraulic system, using their Royal Blood mineral oil for hydraulic fluid, with an integrated all carbon reservoir, alloy levers and clamp, one-piece alloy caliper, and full aluminum fitting bolts. They include the trick Storm SL rotors (refer to Storm review), which are available in 140, 160, 180 and 203mm sizes (6 bolt or Centerlock adapter), with a wide assortment of adapters for attachment to any bike and fork.
The reservoir is created by injecting their proprietary Carbotecture material, which is comprised of mid-length carbon fibers in a thermoplastic matrix, into a mold. The fibers are aligned to optimize strength and lightness, in what they call their Carboflow Process, which uses extreme heat and high pressure. The mold work is so precise and exacting, that it requires no post machine processing. The flip-flop designed Carbotecture SL body attaches to the bar with a split handlebar alloy clamp (the MT8 uses a carbon fiber Carbolay clamp). The body uses their EBT or easy bleed technology, set up in a mirror imaged dual-port manner for the flip-flop system, so they can be set on either side of the bars. The alloy lever uses a trick and light hollow-pivot to attach to the body, and rotates on buttery smooth composite bushings.
The forged single-piece aluminum caliper uses a double arch design, just like their forks, and the shape optimizes the caliper's strength in the direction that encounters the largest load forces, and they also absorb heat, and dissipate it away from the main body. The upper or front fin does the oil transfer between the sides of the caliper, which should provide an additional cooling of the fluid? Their stiffening effect, means that the calipers can be machined further, to remove any unnecessary material for a significant weight saving. The caliper uses top-loading pads, for what they call EPR or easy pad replacement, so the wheel doesn't need to be removed for changes. The caliper has PM mounts, an adjustable hose fitting, and uses two Duroplastic injection molded composite pistons for less heat transfer to the brake fluid, and the pistons have an embedded magnet for brake pad attachment. The organic pads come in two models, the default 7.1 semi-metallic performance versions for maximum power, or the optional 7.2 endurance version for longevity.


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"The most wise and beautiful novel of 2001."—London Daily Telegraph
"Carry Me Across the Water reconfirms Canin's stature as one of the best fiction writers of his generation." —The Miami Herald
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"It's [a] testament to Canin's mastery that he's able to encompass the largest possible themes—life and death, war and peace, mortality and transcendence—with such elliptical precision. . . . The novel represents such a powerfully transformative experience—for protagonist and reader alike."—Chicago Sun-Times
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text: We had our doubts about that Mountain Dew that glowed like a lightning bug when the guy in the video you see here added a bit of baking soda and peroxide. Sho' 'nuff, it turns out to be a hoax. The intrepid mythbusters at Snopes.com (in addition to many of our Giz readers) tried the trick and applied a bit of keen scientific expertise to the problem, and discovered it to be false. Sorry to get your hopes up. As for this video, well, the guy must be palming some glow stick goo and slipping it into the bottle, or it could be a simple edit or off-camera substitution. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted. [Snopes]


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EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. — At a sprawling warehouse here, two investigators from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration watched intently as 50 boxes of preserved bean curd from China were emptied into a grinding machine.
The monstrously loud apparatus worked its way through 1,800 glass bottles, grinding the glass and spewing out a stream of chunky yellow ooze that would be collected, treated and disposed of in the sewer system.
FDA investigators had decided that the bottles of bean curds were improperly heat-sealed and, as a result, were susceptible to harmful bacteria like botulism, which can be fatal.
The case of the destroyed bean curds was relatively straightforward: They had been flagged as suspect as soon as they arrived in port due to a defective heat seal and were sent directly to an FDA warehouse for testing.
That's not always how it happens.
The FDA's Los Angeles district is one of the busiest in the U. S., overseeing the inspection of more than half a million food shipments arriving through 24 ports of entry in the L.A. area. Through the port stream products like Cambodian rice by the ton, tapioca pearls from the Philippines, tea biscuits from China, sugar cane and fish from around the world.
In 2010, about 3,500 shipments here were refused entry because they were contaminated with filth, pesticides, drug residue or traces of salmonella, according to a News21 analysis of the FDA's database of import refusals. Some of the imports contained unsafe color additives or were mislabeled. And some were even poisonous.
Nationwide, the FDA said that last year it rejected nearly 16,000 food-related shipments out of more than 10 million that arrived in more than 320 ports.
"If it comes in here and it's bad," said Denise Williams, a supervisor in the FDA's Division of Import Operations in Southern California, "we're gonna get 'em."
Except when they don't.
Critics, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office, say the FDA is simply not up to the task of ensuring the safety of food imports, which are entering this country in ever-growing numbers. The FDA expects 24 million shipments of FDA-regulated goods to pass through the nation's ports of entry this year, up from 6 million a decade ago.
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This three-part food safety series is the result of a partnership between msnbc.com and the Carnegie-Knight News21 program. The project, "How Safe is your Food?" was reported by 27 journalism students from Arizona State University, Harvard University, University of Maryland, University of Missouri and the University Nebraska.
During that time, the number of FDA investigators stayed constant at about 1,350. The agency began adding investigators in 2009 and now has about 1,800 — still far short of the number required to keep up with the pace of imports.
In 2010, FDA inspectors physically examined 2.06 percent of all food-related imports. The FDA expects only 1.59 percent of all food imports to be examined this year and even less — only 1.47 percent — next year, according to its Office of Regulatory Affairs.
Which shipments get inspected is increasingly determined by a new computer system called PREDICT, or Predictive Risk-based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting, that is now used at 70 percent of U.S. import operations at land, sea and air ports. It analyzes information such as a manufacturer's history with the agency, lab test results and even current weather patterns, assigning a risk-based score to each shipment to direct investigators toward the riskiest ones.
After a shipment is flagged, it's up to a person to investigate further. Investigators give top priority to the items with the highest scores and work their way down — at least, to the point they can with limited staff.
This summer, the FDA gave News21 unusual behind-the-scenes access at its largest operating district to show the ways in which front-line operations attempt to keep unsafe food from reaching American supermarket shelves and dinner tables.
Sensory tests
"The Nose" prepares to sniff his way down a mahi-mahi fillet.
Steve Angold works out of a narrow lab at the FDA's new $40 million testing facility in Irvine, Calif. He is one of about 25 FDA specialists across the country who rely on their senses of sight, touch, taste and smell to detect decomposition or filth in food products.
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- Macaroni and noodle products: One insect fragment per gram
- Ground thyme: Less than 925 insect fragments per 10 grams
- Canned tomatoes: Nine or fewer fly eggs or four or fewer fly eggs and one maggot per 500 grams
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"It's either pass or fail," Angold said. "Ocean grimy smells would be passing; even stale or fishy odors would be passing."
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But if the food smells like turnips or cabbage, it's probably spoiled, he said.
"The worst ones are fecal," Angold continued, the fish inches from his face. "Some people refer to it as baby diapers. I don't have kids, so …"
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Reaching the tail, Angold laid the fish on a sterilized countertop.
"There's nothing wrong with this fish," he announced. "It's pretty good."
Organoleptic testing — or the evaluation of a food's taste, appearance, smell and texture — is one of several methods the FDA uses to determine the safety of food products. Others include chemical and microbiological tests as well as tests to detect insects.
Ants in your sugar? Some may be OK
A few doors down from Angold, entomologist John Sedwick placed a sample of sugar cane under a microscope and moved the petri dish slowly under the lens until he spotted black ants — some whole, some cut in half, all dead — among the particles of sugar.
The FDA is tolerant of ants and other field insects that get mixed in with foods prior to harvesting because they pose little threat to human health. If investigators are uncertain, they can consult the "Food Defect Action Levels," a manual that sets out exactly how many insect parts, larvae or animal hairs are acceptable.
"Other things like blowfly maggots, cockroaches, they carry a whole host of foodborne pathogens," such as bacteria and viruses as well as parasites, Sedwick said, "so there's a very low tolerance for those kinds of insects."
Entomologists also look for "anything that a human would find repulsive or aesthetically displeasing," he said.
"I've had samples where I've found rat hair, shrew hair, bat hair … beetles, maggots … all in one sample," he said.
Those are the food products the FDA rejects, either ordering the food to be destroyed like the Chinese bean curd or returned to the country it came from.
Circumventing the system
The food inspection system is far from foolproof.
In order to avoid holding up commerce, food shipments often are allowed to proceed directly from a port to the importer. The FDA may decide to physically inspect a shipment only after it has been moved.
But once food products are in the hands of the importer, there are opportunities for fraud. To thwart investigators, importers may re-label a shipment or swap out the original product for something more likely to pass FDA inspection, said Williams, the FDA supervisor.
Sometimes importers will mislabel products they know will get scrutiny.
"And they do get clever," Williams said.
A section of the Long Beach warehouse called "the museum" houses hundreds of confiscated items that importers tried to slip into this country by calling them something other than what they are.
The counterfeit Nike shoes piled onto one table were labeled rice sticks, Williams said. These will be passed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which might slap the importer with a fine.
FDA investigators admit they can't catch every risky import. There's just too much.
The FDA outlined some of the ways it is trying to keep up in a special report issued in July 2011 titled "Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality." In the report, the agency said it has opened offices in several large food-exporting countries, including China, India and Costa Rica, and has boosted the number of inspections in other countries in an attempt to stop problems at the source.
Still, the report paints a gloomy picture of the FDA's ability to cope. "Despite … recent improvements, FDA does not — nor will it — have the resources to adequately keep pace with the pressures of globalization," the report states.
Carl Nielsen, former director of the FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs Division of Import Operations and Policy, said the biggest problem the FDA faces is an antiquated structure that focuses mostly on domestic food.
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The FDA has about 1,800 investigators who oversee more than 44,000 U.S. food manufacturers and more than 100,000 additional registered food facilities, such as warehouses and grain elevators.
At the same time, the agency is responsible for nearly 200,000 foreign food facilities that have registered with the FDA in order to import the millions of food shipments that arrive in the U.S. each year.
With numbers like that, "Where would you want the people?" Nielsen said. "Would you want some people at the border? Well, there's very few."
FDA Public Affairs Officer Patricia El-Hinnawy said the number of investigators assigned to examine imported food shipments nationally is 277 full-time equivalents. That's just five more than in 2009. These employees do field exams, sample collections and conduct security reviews, among other things, at ports of entry around the country.
Nielsen said the FDA's food import operations are "still a bastard child" within the FDA. Until the agency sets up a separate, well-financed division devoted to food imports, inspections are "not going to happen effectively for a very, very long time," he said.
A new mandate
The Food Safety Modernization Act, passed earlier this year, gives the FDA a new mandate to make certain food is safe for U.S. consumers. Among the requirements are stricter rules for imported foods and more inspections.
The law places more responsibility for food safety on foreign manufacturers. And it calls for the FDA to inspect at least 600 foreign food facilities within the next year and to double the number of inspections each year for the next five years. That would mean 19,200 foreign inspections in year six.
By the numbers: FDA in brief
- Budget: $784 million
- Responsible for the safety of 80 percent of the nation's food supply
- Employs 1,900 investigators in the U.S.
- Employs an additional 900 investigators in the greater Washington area
- Responsible for oversight of 44,000 U.S. food manufacturers
- 100,000 additional registered food facilities
- 200,000 registered foreign facilities
The FDA inspected 354 foreign food establishments in 2010 and estimates it will inspect 994 in 2011.
In its July report, the FDA said the 2011 goal might be attainable but not the rest.
"It would be impossible for FDA to complete 19,200 foreign food inspections in year six without a substantial increase in resources or a complete overhaul in the way it operates," the report said.
More resources also are needed for intelligence-gathering and technological improvements, such as a global data-information sharing system, the FDA report said.
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Technology, Nielsen said, has long been the biggest weak spot in the FDA's ability to monitor food imports. In 2000, FDA officials came up with a list of 10 things they needed to better monitor imports, and seven of them had to do with technology, Nielsen said.
"And I promise you, they're still not done," he said.
Additional resources are unlikely as Congress cuts spending in an effort to reduce the nation's debt. A measure in the U.S. House of Representatives would cut $285 million from the agency's 2012 budget, with $35 million coming from food safety, according to the Agriculture Appropriations Bill.
Los Angeles District Director Alonza Cruse said the FDA has made major improvements over the past decade, including better communication and collaboration with other agencies such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the use of PREDICT, the new computer system that is helping pinpoint which shipments should be inspected.
But while PREDICT is a powerful tool, the safety of food imports still lies largely in the hands of investigators like Denise Williams and scientists like Steve Angold.
Until someone invents a robot that can distinguish safe food from unsafe food, Cruse said, it's "a person who has to ultimately decide, yea or nay."
While tools may be able to help do that more quickly, he said, ultimately "it all comes down to a person."
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In the Protestant tradition, pancakes are the preferred meal on the night before Lent, dripping with butter and sugar before 40 days of denial. And, whatever your spiritual beliefs, or non-beliefs, who doesn't like breakfast for dinner? Even if you don't participate in a Pancake Race, this is the time to break out your favorite recipe — buckwheat, blueberry, chocolate chip — and load up those carbohydrates.
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Creole Coffee Cocktail
2 ounces strong black coffee, cooled
1.5 ounces rye whiskey (we like Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye)
1/2 ounce Nocello walnut liqueur (Frangelico, Kahana Royale, Amaretto, or even Kahlua will work as a substitute)
Dash of Peychaud's bitters
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orange twist, for garnish
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The Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, The Wheel of Time now spans fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and a companion book. Jordan began writing the first volume, The Eye of the World, in 1984; it was published in January 1990.[1]
The author died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series, although he had prepared extensive notes so another author could complete the book according to his wishes. Fellow fantasy author and long-time Wheel of Time fan Brandon Sanderson was brought in to complete the final book, but during the writing process it was decided that the book would be far too large to be published in one volume and would instead be published as three volumes:[2] The Gathering Storm (2009), Towers of Midnight (2010), and A Memory of Light (2013).
The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythology, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism, the metaphysical concepts of balance and duality, and a respect for nature found in Daoism. Additionally, its creation story has similarities to Christianity's "Creator" (Light) and Shai'tan, "The Dark One" (Shaytan is an Arabic word which in religious contexts is used as a name for the Devil). It was also partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869).[3]
The Wheel of Time is notable for its length, its detailed imaginary world, its well-developed magic system, and its large cast of characters. The eighth through fourteenth books each reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. As of August 14, 2008 the series sold over 44 million copies worldwide[4] and spawned an eponymous video game, roleplaying game, and soundtrack album. The television and film rights to the series have been optioned several times, most recently by Universal Studios.
In 2014, The Wheel of Time was nominated for a Hugo Award.[5]
In the series' mythology, a Aes Sedai or 'Servants of All'.
The Creator having imprisoned its antithesis, Trolloc Wars, in which servants of the Dark One foment a continuous war for several hundred years; and the War of the Hundred Years, a devastating civil war succeeding the fall of a continent-spanning empire ruled by the 'High King', Artur Hawkwing. When the novels begin, most people live in a technology and culture roughly comparable to that of Europe's 1450 to 1600 (with the difference that women are socially equal to men in most societies, and superior in some), in fear of a prophecy that the Dark One will break from his prison and the Dragon will be reborn to face him.
The prequel novel New Spring takes place during the Aiel War and depicts the discovery by the Aes Sedai that the Dragon has been Reborn.
The series proper commences almost twenty years later in the Andor. An Aes Sedai, Moiraine, and her Warder Lan, arrive in the village of Emond's Field, secretly aware that servants of the Dark One are searching for a young man living in the area. Moiraine is unable to determine which of three youths (Rand al'Thor, Matrim Cauthon, or Perrin Aybara) is the Dragon Reborn, and leads all three of them from the Two Rivers, along with their friend Egwene al'Vere. Nynaeve al'Meara, the village wise-woman, later joins them. Gleeman Thom Merrilin also travels with the group. The first novel depicts their flight from various agents of the Shadow and their attempts to reach the Aes Sedai city of Tar Valon. Thereafter the protagonists are frequently split into different groups and pursue different missions toward the cause of the Dragon Reborn, sometimes thousands of miles apart. As they struggle to unite the various kingdoms against the Dark One's forces, their task is complicated by rulers of the nations who refuse to lose their autonomy; by the zealots styling themselves 'the Children of the Light', who do not believe in the prophecies; and by the Seanchan, the descendants of a long-lost colony of Artur Hawkwing's empire. The Aes Sedai also become divided on how to deal with the Dragon Reborn.
As the story expands, new characters representing different factions are introduced.
Deriving its name from that of Armageddon (Har-Magedon) in Christian eschatology, Tarmon Gai'don is the apocalyptic battle wherein the Dragon Reborn opposes Shai'tan, while their followers fight elsewhere. Events and portents that foreshadow the Last Battle take place in Knife of Dreams and The Gathering Storm. The Last Battle takes place in A Memory of Light.
Some men and women in the story have the natural ability to access a form of magic called the One Power; through a process called channeling. The One Power consists of male and female halves called saidin (accessible by men) and saidar (accessible by women). The One Power is further divided into the 'Five Powers': Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Spirit. In addition to granting access to the One Power, the ability to channel greatly extends longevity and masks the effects of aging. Channeling itself is described as a euphoric, drug-like experience of life involving the enhancement of all senses, making ordinary life seem dull and grey. A contrary power, dubbed the True Power, is associated with Shai'tan.
Channelers can direct the Power toward a desired purpose by creating one or more "flows" of the One Power and constructing "weaves" of these flows. An individual flow can only consist of one of the Five Powers, but a weave can combine any number of flows from any of the five. Flows can be of varying sizes, with larger flows involving greater strength. Channelers, especially novices, are very careful to control the amount of the One Power they draw into their flows. Drawing too much can be fatal, or can "burn out" the channeler, severing their ability to access the One Power forever. Channelers can sense the power in others, and feel when a channeler has "embraced" saidar or saidin. It is also possible to sense the strength of a fellow channeler - defined as the potential amount of the One Power the channeler can draw and successfully weave without burning out.
Flows and weaves are visible to fellow channelers but limited by the viewer's access to either saidin or saidar. This visibility allows channelers to learn how to construct specific weaves and access abilities merely by watching another channeler create the weave. While male and female channelers have access to many of the same abilities and end effects, the weaves and manner of their construction are often very different. The act of channeling saidin is apparently very different from saidar, whereas women describe surrendering themselves to the One Power and allowing it to flow through them, men insist that similar behavior would be suicidal. They describe channeling as a struggle for control that would result in their own destruction if they ever faltered.
In general, males have greater strength in the power than women, but multiple female channelers can combine their strength by forming 'circles', with one channeler controlling and directing the weaves. Circles consisting of only females are limited to thirteen members, while inclusion of male channelers allows the circle to grow to up to seventy-two members. Circles must always hold at least one more female than male, with a minimum of 1 man for every 12 women. As men tend to be much stronger in the power than women, the strongest circles consist of a near equal balance between the genders.[6]
Artifacts can be constructed with the use of the One Power. Collectively known as angreal, they are divided into three types: angreal, sa'angreal and ter'angreal. Ter'angreal are distinguished by their use towards a specific effect or purpose, while angreal and sa'angreal (both names deriving from 'San Greal';–– itself often translated 'Holy Grail') simply magnify a user's inherent ability. Whereas angreal and sa'angreal can only be used by those with the ability to channel, some ter'angreal can be used by non-channelers - although many require channeling to activate. Often, sa'angreal are limited to users of either saidin or saidar. Cuendillar, the strongest substance in existence, is created through use of the One Power and is generally regarded as indestructible - even through use of the Power. Many, but not all, angreal are constructed of cuendillar. Similarly, not all items made of cuendillar are angreal. Some angreal and sa'angreal, such as Callandor are known to be capable of amplifying the True Power as well.
In the Age of Legends (approximately three thousand years before the first book takes place), both male and female channelers were collectively known as Aes Sedai and used the One Power together to great effect. At some point, the male half of the One Power (saidin) was corrupted by Shai'tan (aka the Dark Lord, the Dark One). Through continued exposure to this taint, male channelers go insane and ultimately die. The Breaking of the World, marking the end of the Age of Legends (a time of great upheaval and strife including physical disruption of the geography of the world) was instigated by male channelers driven mad by Shai'tan's curse. Since that time, strength in the Power has generally lessened, and knowledge of weaves and abilities - including the ability to create angreal and cuendillar - have been lost.
At the time of the first book, fear of another Breaking of the World and the dangers posed by saidin's corruption are so great that - while increasingly rare - male channelers are now a source of nightmares and terror to most people. The original symbol of the Aes Sedai - a circle separated into black and white halves by a sinuous line symbolizing both halves of the One Power - has been replaced by the Flame of Tar Valon, consisting only of the white half of the original symbol. The male half of the symbol, known as the dragon's fang, is used as a symbol of evil and a curse - often carved onto the doors of those accused of conspiring with the Dark Lord (known as Darkfriends). The term Aes Sedai – used as a name, title and honorific – refers almost exclusively to female channelers, most often specifically referring to members of an exclusive society headquartered in the White Tower in Tar Valon. Divided into several factions identified by color, known as Ajahs, the Aes Sedai present a unified face to the world but often experience great internal conflict. They refer to each other as "sisters" but maintain a rigid hierarchy of authority determined by custom and strength in the One Power.
The modern Aes Sedai operate as self-appointed guardians of the One Power and are often viewed as above local and national politics. They view themselves as the rightful owners of all angreal and arbiters of anything to do with the One Power. They operate as advisers to kings and queens and are shown deference by most. Some nations, however, have banned channeling and view Aes Sedai as suspect, if not outright evil. Aes Sedai search the world for the inherent ability to channel and bring any they find to the Tower. Untrained channelers can be a danger to themselves and others, often resulting in accidental deaths. Channelers of a certain age that have survived without Tower training are often derisively referred to as wilders by Aes Sedai. Wilders often experience blocks; and inability to access the One Power except through specific rituals or in specific situations. In many instances these wilders have no idea they are channeling or accessing the One Power at all. With training and time, blocks can often be overcome and the wilder can channel at will. Foreign lands outside the Aes Sedai's pervue often handle channeling and channelers quite differently from Aes Sedai custom and tend to distrust their assumed authority. Aes Sedai consider them wilders as well, and not entirely without reason. Most foreign channeling traditions have more specific and more limited understanding of the One Power than do Aes Sedai. Additionally, most of these traditions trace their origins back to offshoots of the original Aes Sedai split off after the Breaking of the World. The Aes Sedai, however, can trace their history well back within the Age of Legends.
One Ajah, the Red, is devoted to hunting down any and all male channelers and stripping them of their abilities (known as gentling). Removing a female's ability to access the One Power is known as stilling. The greatest form of White Tower punishment, Aes Sedai avoid even looking at the stilled as the mere idea of being separated from the One Power (the source of their elite status, as well as the experience of channeling) is so distasteful. Those who have been stilled, gentled or "burned out" experience deep depression and most often eventually die, wasting away in apathy.
Thirteen evil channelers committed themselves to Shai'tan during the Age of Legends. They were sealed in eternal prisons along with the Dark Lord. Although they have been alive for 3000 years they are not immortal. Their prolongued life is because the prison is outside time and they did not age for 3000 years. Now known as the Forsaken, they are extremely strong in the One Power and retain knowledge lost to the Age of Legends. Subsequently, they are formidable creatures, viewing most modern Aes Sedai as laughably weak. In competition with each for the Dark One's favor, the Forsaken distrust and fight each other as much as anyone else. The Forsaken refer to themselves as the Chosen. Though there may have been more in the Age of Legends, these are the only known Forsaken in this Age: Ishamael/Moridin, Lanfear/Cyndane, Moghedien, Graendal, Mesaana, Aginor/Osan'gar, Asmodean, Balthamel/Aran'gar, Be'lal, Rahvin, Sammael, Semirhage, Demandred, M'Hael (recent).
Not all powers in the Wheel of Time are related to the One Power or the ability to channel. Some are possessed with the ability to interpret dreams or use them to predict the future (known as Dreaming). Others can predict the future through waking visions or inspired knowledge (Foretelling). Some perceive auras with symbolic value, while others can communicate with animals in a telepathic manner.
A parallel world known as Tel'aran'rhiod or the World of Dreams is accessible via channeling (a forbidden and dangerous practice known as being there "in the flesh") while others can visit the world in their sleep (known as Dreamwalking). A reflection of the waking world, Tel'aran'rhiod can be used to access knowledge about the state of the world, but can also be manipulated by the will of those present. Time, matter and space have little meaning within Tel'aran'rhiod, allowing visitors to "dream" themselves to any location and take on any form, but actions occurring within the World of Dreams can have effect on their real world counterparts - including the injury or death of Dreamwalkers. Another dream ability involves accessing a dimension between dreams, allowing one to access individuals' private dreams. While similar to the rules governing Tel'aran'rhiod, visitors are much weaker and can become bound within the control of the person whose dream they inhabit. Unlike the World of Dreams, however, the effects of the dream are confined to the dream itself and end upon the dreamer's waking.
All paperback page totals given are for the most widely available mass-market paperback editions. The page count for the hardback editions do not include glossary or appendix page counts.
There is also a prequel novella, New Spring in the Legends anthology edited by Robert Silverberg. Jordan expanded this into the standalone novel New Spring that was published in January 2004. Prior to his death, Jordan planned another two prequel novels and up to three "outrigger" novels taking place during or after the main series.[16] He had only minimal notes prepared for these, and after the release of A Memory of Light it was ruled out that Brandon Sanderson or any other author will expand them into full novels.
In 2002 the first book, The Eye of the World, was repackaged as two volumes with new illustrations for younger readers: From the Two Rivers,[17] including an extra chapter (Ravens) before the existing prologue, and To the Blight[18] with an expanded glossary. In 2004 the same was done with The Great Hunt, with the two parts being The Hunt Begins[19] and New Threads in the Pattern.[20]
On several occasions, chapters from various books in the series were released several months in advance of publication. These were released in eBook format as promotional tools for the then-upcoming release.
To date, the prologue eBook releases have included:
Tor Books published a companion book to the series, entitled The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, in November 1997, which contains much hitherto unrevealed background information about the series including the first maps of the entire world and the Seanchan home continent. Jordan co-authord the book with Teresa Patterson. Jordan ruled the book broadly canonical but stated that it was written from the perspective of an historian within The Wheel of Time universe and was prone to errors of bias and guesswork.[28]
Jordan also wrote a short story, "The Strike at Shayol Ghul", which predates the main series by several thousand years. It was made available on the Internet and was later published in The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.[29]
Deleted portions for a specific character from Memory of Light were published as a short story, under the title "River of Souls" in Unfettered: Tales by Masters of Fantasy (Spring 2013).
Brandon Sanderson tweeted that Harriet McDougal, Jordan's wife and editor, is creating a comprehensive Wheel of Time encyclopedia, to be published after A Memory of Light.[30]
In the early 1980s Robert Jordan wrote several Conan the Barbarian novels for Tor Books, including a novelization of the movie Conan the Destroyer. These proved successful and in 1984 he proposed an idea for an epic fantasy series of three books to Tom Doherty, the head of Tor Books.[31] Doherty approved the idea; however, knowing that Jordan had a tendency to go long, put Jordan on contract for six books just in case. Jordan began writing the novel that became The Eye of the World.[31]
The novel proved extremely difficult to write and characters and storylines changed considerably during the writing process . The series was originally centered on an older man who discovered relatively late in life that he was the 'chosen one' who had to save the world . However, Jordan deliberately decided to move closer to the tone and style of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring and made the characters younger and less experienced. Once this decision had been made, writing proceeded much more easily and Jordan completed the second volume, The Great Hunt, at roughly the same time the first book was published.[32]
Tom Doherty enjoyed The Eye of the World so much that he declared it would be the biggest fantasy series since Tolkien , and took the unprecedented steps of sending free review copies to every bookstore in the United States to generate interest . The combined hardcover and trade paperback run of the novel sold out of its initial 40,000-strong print run. Sales then doubled with the publication of the second novel just eight months later generating more interest in the first book.[31]
Jordan wrote full-time at breakneck speed for the next several years until he completed the seventh volume, A Crown of Swords, at which point he slowed down, delivering a book every two years. Fans objected when he took some time off to expand a short story into a prequel novel called New Spring, so he decided to shelve his plans for additional prequels in favor of finishing off the last two volumes in the series. He rejected criticisms of the later volumes of the series slowing down in pace in order to concentrate on minor secondary characters at the expense of the main characters from the opening volumes, but acknowledged that his structure for the tenth volume, Crossroads of Twilight (where he showed a major scene from the prior book, Winter's Heart, from the perspective of the main characters that were not involved in the scene), had not worked out as he had planned. Knife of Dreams, the eleventh volume, had a much more positive reception from critics and fans alike and Jordan announced the twelfth volume, which he had previously announced would have the working title A Memory of Light, would conclude the series.
Jordan had stated that the main sequence would conclude with the twelfth book, A Memory of Light. According to Forbes, Jordan had intended for it to be the final book "even if it reaches 2,000 pages."[33]
Jordan was diagnosed with the terminal heart disease primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy in December 2005,[34] and while he intended to finish at least A Memory of Light even if the "worse comes to worst,"[35] he made preparations in case he was not able to complete the book: "I'm getting out notes, so if the worst actually happens, someone could finish A Memory of Light and have it end the way I want it to end."[33]
With Jordan's death on 16 September 2007, the conclusion of the series was in question. On December 7 of that year the publisher Tor Books announced that fantasy author Brandon Sanderson was to finish A Memory of Light.[36] Sanderson, a long time fan of the series,[37] was chosen by Jordan's widow Harriet McDougal partly because she liked Sanderson's novels and partly because of a eulogy he had written for Jordan.[38][39]
On 30 March 2009 Tor Books announced that A Memory of Light would be split into three volumes, with Brandon Sanderson citing timing and continuity reasons.[40] The first volume, The Gathering Storm, was released on October 27, 2009.[41][42] The second, Towers of Midnight, was published on November 2, 2010. The final book of the series uses Jordan's original title, A Memory of Light. The book was published on January 8, 2013.[43]
Dabel Brothers are adapting the series as comics, beginning with the prequel New Spring. The first issue was published, by Red Eagle Entertainment, in July 2005.[44] The series was suspended after 5 of a planned 8 issues, with Red Eagle citing delays and changes to the creative team on the DB Pro end.[45] That series resumed in 2009, and they also began publishing their adaptation of the first book of the series proper, The Eye of the World. On 17 March 2009 they showcased ten pages of art from the prelude to the series "The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0 - Dragonmount" on their website.[46]
Dynamite Entertainment have published 35 issues of the The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World comic book series as of March 2013.[47]
Various game adaptations have been created.
A canon.
The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game was released in 2001 from Wizards of the Coast using the d20 rules developed for the third edition of the Dungeons and Dragons game. The game had a single adventure module published in 2002, Prophecies of the Dragon. Shortly after the release of the adventure book Wizards of the Coast announced they would not be releasing any further products for the game. Robert Jordan cited some problems with the roleplaying game, such as storyline details in the adventure module which contradicted the books.
In early 2009 EA Games announced that they have bought the rights for a game from Red Eagle Entertainment, who had started programming it a few months earlier. It is planned to be published through the EA Partners-Program. Several titles seem to be in the works, and one is said to be an MMORPG. No other information is available about the other titles at this time. Screenwriter Chris Morgan was recently hired by Red Eagle to work on this license.
On February 12, 2010 it was announced that Obsidian Entertainment, developers of Neverwinter Nights 2, would be working with Red Eagle Games on the new Wheel of Time video game under the EA Partners-Program.[48] This game will be released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. There is no information at this time as to whether or not it will be one or a series of games.[49]
The German power metal band Blind Guardian have written two songs dedicated to the Wheel of Time series as part of their 2010 album At the Edge of Time: "Ride Into Obsession" and "Wheel of Time".
Swedish heavy metal band Katana has a song entitled "The Wisdom of Emond´s Field" on their 2012 album Storms of War.
In 1999, A Soundtrack for the Wheel of Time was released, featuring music by Robert Berry and inspired by the books.
In the tradition of the literature-inspired symphonic poem, American composer Seth Stewart produced a full-scale orchestral work entitled "Age of Legends", inspired by the eponymous era of myth and magic described throughout The Wheel of Time series. The orchestral piece was premiered and recorded in 2011 at historic Beall Concert Hall.[50]
In a 2000 chat on CNN.com, Robert Jordan mentioned that NBC had purchased an option to do a miniseries of The Eye of the World.[51] But he expressed doubts that the series would be made stating "key people involved in getting that contract together have left NBC."[52]
On 12 August 2008, Variety reported that Universal Pictures had optioned the rights to produce feature film adaptations of The Wheel of Time books. They plan to adapt The Eye of the World as the first film.[53]
Many fans of The Wheel of Time attend Dragon Con, which had an exclusive Wheel of Time content track from 2001 through 2012.[54][55] The Wheel of Time now has its own annual convention, JordanCon, which has been held annually in Atlanta, GA since 2009.
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Why are flowers "beautiful"?
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Please stay with salt/salty so we don't need to get tangled in mere words. We can say "salt is essential to get", for this organism. We can say the organism needs salt and has detectors for salt or at least one of the ions. Go on.JackBean wrote:yes, probably. Otherwise the ancestor wouldn't get sugar, right?
So, we have ancestor, who's perceiving sweetness and probably likes it, because it's essential, right? So what more do we want?
The organism is able to detect salt.JackBean wrote:I don't see much difference. Why is sugar/sweet bad?
OK, so we have ancestor who needs salt and is able to perceive salt by receptors. That's when "we" started to perceive it as salty. After we had already the receptors for salt.
So a concept was developed ? Something like this ?That's when "we" started to perceive it as salty.
Salt tastes of salt !
Blood is bloody
Stuff like that ?Water is watery
Salt is better because you cannot just introduce a descriptive word ( "sweet" for things that are high in sugar ) for the taste or appearance, and thereby hand us an extra twist to the puzzle.
Re: Why are flowers "beautiful"?
The problem is that you have animals detecting substances. What you do not have, is the said animals having concepts.
An abstraction removing differences, leaving only commonalities - in this way:JackBean wrote:you want to define exactly everything, so how do you define concept?
The many things that are detected to contain salt, have many differences - differences which are ignored in pointing to salty items ( items already experienced or tested). Items that are not salty are not mentioned ( in the set of salty items) .
So we have animals which have detectors> What's the next step ?
Re: Why are flowers "beautiful"?
Steps to get in order to be saying that this crystal
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there is no "chicken egg" question.
The question is : how do you support this ?
The question is : how do you support this ?
My point is, that it doesn't taste sweet because we like it but vice versa
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Crucible wrote:there is no "chicken egg" question.
The question is : how do you support this ?My point is, that it doesn't taste sweet because we like it but vice versa
I think that what JackBean is saying, is that you do not need a conceptualization of saltiness or sweetness or whatever in order to associate emotions to it. i.e the actiation of the salt(sugar) receptor will be linked to the brain as the satisfaction of a need and as such will create a neural pathway that will link this activation of a receptor to a pleasurable sensation.
The fact that anything that activates the receptor, whether or not they are the right molecule or a neutral inducer (say a sweetener like aspartame) that do not fulfill any need would be a good proof that only the receptor activation is necessary. Concepts and intellectualization are unnecessary burden created by man.
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The world according to a three year old is a fun one. Here are a few of Noah's latest ramblings:
***While shopping in Kroger last week (which was PACKED because of the snow advisory) Noah sat in the front of the cart yelling to all the people in the aisles to "Look out! A boogie trap is about to get you! Run!" Old ladies fighting each other for milk and bread did not find this amusing. I'm pretty sure he meant boobie trap.
***While trying to get Noah to spread his fingers to put on his gloves: "I can't do it! It's dark inside my gloves and my fingers are too scared!"
***While telling Noah to "push, push, push" his feet into his snow boots: "I'm trying to push but I'm afraid I'm gonna lay an egg!"
***Screaming from the bathroom: "Mom- come look at this! I pooped in Chinese!" Still not sure what this means, but he sure was proud of himself!
***"Mom, what does coffee taste like? Hot, mint or sour?"
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Today in disgusting, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that it's totally legal to take upskirt photos on public transit. Provided that the victim is wearing underwear.
The court concluded that this creepy-ass corner of photography is okay because the law only protects people who are nude or semi-nude and in private. In short, women cannot have any expectation of privacy in a public place, such as a bus or a train. Naked on the train? No upskirts. Fully clothed? Upskirts are a-okay! The decision reads:
We conclude that [the law], as written, as the defendant suggests, is concerned with proscribing Peeping Tom voyeurism of people who are completely or partially undressed and, in particular, such voyeurism enhanced by electronic devices. [The law] does not apply to photographing [or videotaping or electronically surveilling] persons who are fully clothed and, in particular, does not reach the type of upskirting that the defendant is charged with attempting to accomplish on the MBTA.
The court sided with Michael Robertson, a man who admitted to taking upskirt photographs of women on the MBTA's green line back in 2010. He owned up to being a massive creep and taking the pics, and argued that they weren't against the law because the women were not nude. And although the court sided with him, it did say that it's time for the law to be changed.
But really. Gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross GROSS. Don't ride public transit in Boston unless you're wearing opaque, black, full-body Spanx and a Hazmat suit. At least until the Massachusetts legislature can get around to fixing a very bad law. [MassLive via TPM]
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