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The Myopia of the Darwinian Vision
This reminds me of what Thomas Sowell calls the fallacy of "one day at a time" rationalism, which involves the strict application of logic to an artificially constrained situation -- for example, treating wildfires as discrete crises instead of predictable outcomes of environmentalist policies that create overgrowth.
Sowell is mainly talking about intellectuals who ignore historical context and long term trends, but the same principle could equally apply to space as time; call it "one space at a time" rationalism, in which, for example, the evolutionist posits a narrow theory that ignores everything outside its little field of application. This ends in the absurdity of the Darwinist who devotes his life and career to the purpose of proving that purpose -- i.e., final causation -- does not exist. But instead of pretending that final causation doesn't exist, or that it is an illusion, why can't they at least be honest and just admit that they have no idea why final causation exists, since their theory by definition cannot account for it?
Darwinism begins with the assumption that life operates mechanistically. In reality, it is a way to find out what we can about the the biosphere by viewing it mechanistically. Which is fine. There is nothing wrong with the scientific method. It's only when one confuses method and ontology that problems arise. For example, I don't mind that my wife's doctor looks at her body as a machine. But if I were to do that, we'd have problems. (Come to think of it, we'd also have problems if he looked at her as I do.)
A method can easily transform into a vision, often without the person even realizing it. I certainly saw this in my psychoanalytic training. However, in my case, I didn't care for the vision that was emerging, which is why I never completed the training. I knew that it was somewhat like joining a religion, and that in order to be an effective psychoanalyst, I would have to go the whole hog and assimilate the entire vision. But in order to do that, one must exclude so much reality -- most especially, the realm of spirit -- that I knew I couldn't continue without doing violence to myself.
This happens with any vision, whether it is Marxism, or feminism, or environmentalism, whatever. Look at how feminists saw the Tim Tebow Superbowl ad. Instead of perceiving what was plainly there -- a loving and playful exchange with his mother -- they literally saw an act of violence toward women! But this is what their vision compels (and condemns) them to see. I give them credit for being honest, as tragically crazy as they are.
We also see it with global warming, which has long since transformed from theory to vision. Please note that a vision cannot be falsified, so that, for example, if there is a little less fog in the San Francisco Bay, it's a consequence of global warming, as is too much fog. Or, if the Great Lakes fail to freeze over, that's global warming. If they do freeze over, then that's global warming too.
Now, do traditionalists have overarching visions? Of course! The difference is, we call them by their name: visions. For example, we have a vision of limited government and a virtuous empire of liberty in which all men are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights and duties. Can I prove this scientifically? No, of course not. These are values, not a scientific facts.
Conversely, the Darwinian believes that free will and purpose cannot exist because their theory cannot account for them. Thus, you can see that this is a caricature of true science, since science must at least begin with the facts, not just eliminate them through the magic of deductive thinking.
Deduction naturally has its place, but, as in the case of physics, it should lead to legitimate new discoveries, not just make unwanted facts go away. This is what occurred in the 19th century, just prior to Einstein's revolution. The mechanistic paradigm, pursued to its logical end, resulted in persistent anomalies for which mechanism could not account. Only with Einstein's breakthroughs was there the basis for a new paradigm that could account for the anomalies.
If this is true of physics, why do Darwinians pretend it doesn't apply to biology -- i.e., that their paradigm generates anomalies for which it cannot account? There's no shame in that.
Again, look at contemporary physics. As sophisticated as it is, it still has no idea how quantum and relativity theories -- i.e., the subatomic/micro and the cosmological/macro -- relate. So what? The fun is in trying to discover how they do relate. Eventually some brilliant scientist is going to come along and make a breathtaking creative leap that unifies the two. I personally have faith in this, because I know -- or perhaps I should say that in my vision -- the cosmos really is one, i.e., a harmonious totality of objects and events. There cannot be two "fundamental" theories to account for it, for the same reason that there cannot be two Gods.
In other words, as incredibly accurate as their theories are, physicists nevertheless realize that they are "wrong" -- or incomplete -- in the ultimate sense. Why can't Darwinists acknowledge the same thing? Why pretend that today's knowledge is final? The irony is that in the Darwinian vision, nothing can be fixed and final. A human being is not the "end" of anything, just a genetic resting place on the way to something else that cannot be foreseen. Thus, how can the meaningless cognitive effluvia of an intrinsically changeable being ever know an unchangeable truth?
Again, to quote Darwin himself, "the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would anyone trust in the convictions of a monkey's mind, if there were any convictions in such a mind?"
No, of course not. But that just highlights an instance of Darwin's "one space at a time" rationalism, which becomes self-refuting if mindlessly applied to a human space which self-evidently plays host to true convictions.
In his autobiography, Darwin asked if "the mind of man which has, as I fully believe, been developed from a mind as low as that possessed by the lowest animal, be trusted when it draws such grand conclusions? May not these be the result of the connection between cause and effect which strikes us as a necessary one, but probably depends merely on inherited experience?"
As you can see, there is a premise in the question, and if one accepts the premise -- that the mind of man is not fundamentally different from any other animal mind -- then one must either accept the conclusion or rethink the premise.
Or, put it this way: the radical skeptic can have no ontologically real mind with which to doubt. "Darwinism is, therefore I'm not."


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Bison boys defeat Natrona 4-2 in overtime.
Buffalo's girls fall to Natrona 6-1.
Friday's soccer scores from BHS:
Bison 1, Gillette 0.
Lady Bison 0, Gillette 5.
Buffalo will host Natrona today at BHS.
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Sheridan high school soccer teams both opened the 2012 season with victories Friday.
The Lady Broncs beat Riverton 3-1 at Sheridan high school while the broncs got a 1-0 shut out on the road.
Today the Lady Broncs head to Cody for a jamboree and the Broncs will play at a jamboree in Worland both teams will play three matches today.
TRACK AND FIELD - The 2012 track and field season opens today the Sheridan and Tongue River high school teams are scheduled to compete at the Natrona county Earlybird meet.
Prestfeldt Surveying defeated Pony Grill and Bar last evening 63-56 to win the Sheridan City League Basketball Championship, a program of the Sheridan Rec District.
Prestfeldt team members include (from left to right in the pic):
Adam Quist, Tyler Legerski, Bo Benth, Dave Engels, Chris Wagner, A.J. Sare, Ron Prestfeldt, Peter Widener and Jason Wille (not shown).
SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS REVIEW - Today as the 2012 spring sports season opens today we take a look back at the last winter sports season that ended last Saturday with Sheridan high school Activities Director Don Julian.
One special moment for the Bronc basketball team happened before their final game was played last Saturday.
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams open their season playing matches with Riverton tomorrow.
The Broncs will play at Riverton the Lady Broncs host the Wolverines the JV's play at 4:00 the varsity 6:00.
Saturday the Lady Broncs play at a Jamboree in Cody the Broncs will play in Worland.
Broncs Head coach Kevin Riser says they are excited to begin the season but will not be at full strength for a few games.
Wyopreps.com has released the names of the 3A and 4A Boys' and Girls' All-State selections for 2011-12, and two Buffalo High School players were recognized.
Aaron Fenner and Kalob Rodriguez were both named to the 3A Boys' All-State Team.
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BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams open their season playing matches with Riverton Friday evening.
The Lady Broncs will host Riverton the Broncs will play at Riverton, Saturday both teams will participate in a Jamboree in Cody.
Lady Broncs Head coach Tom Racette says week one went well and now it's game week.
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Our introductory BGA flyer, often referred to as the Trifold leaflet, has now been updated with the current membership rates and membership secretary information. It can be seen on our Promotional Literature page [1].
We've also taken the opportunity to bring the front of it into line with our other marketing literature and added a (very) brief introduction to the game of Go.
Toby Manning will have substantial numbers available at various tournaments this Autumn, but if you can't wait until then please contact our Secretary Jonathan Chin to get some posted to you.
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AARP Mississippi thanks all lawmakers who have worked this legislative session to expand health care for hard-working Mississippians.
We hope that in the near future, legislators will be allowed to vote on Medicaid Expansion. As a non-partisan organization, AARP supports issues that are important to our members and their families.
Medicaid Expansion would provide health coverage to thousands of Mississippians, including more than 39,000 residents between the ages of 50 and 64.
We urge legislators to take a vote on Medicaid Expansion, and we urge Gov. Bryant to work with legislators to provide health care coverage to thousands of hard-working Mississippians.
Many Mississippians have lost their jobs.
Many are struggling in jobs without health insurance and don't have access to affordable health care.
Expanding Medicaid would give struggling families the security of knowing they can get the care they need, and the hospitals that serve them will be able to keep their doors open and prevent staff cuts.
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In response to Bob Spencer's recent letter to the editor, I'd like to clarify some facts about the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.
We are an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, public policy organization based in Jackson. We are a 501(c)3 organization with tax-exempt status from the IRS.
Our mission is to advance the ideals of limited government, free markets, and strong traditional families by influencing public policy, informing the media, and equipping the public with information and perspective to help them understand and defend their liberty.
We are supported by voluntary, tax-deductible contributions from people who share our commitment to advancing liberty in Mississippi.
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Thieves steal thousands from local grocery stores
SPOKANE, Wash. - While shoppers are finding it easier to get booze in their baskets, thieves are finding the convenience to their advantage as well.
Alcohol prices are up. Sales are up and theft seems to be tracking right along with that trend. Even theft deterrents like bottle toppers and video cameras don't seem to be making a difference.
In King County, surveillance video shows how easy it is for shop lifters to heist not just one but multiple bottles of booze in just seconds.Booze Busters
"Grocery stores are losing tens of thousands of dollars," said Seattle assistant city attorney Jana Jorgenson.
On June 1, Initiative 1183 moved alcohol from state control to private endeavors and hard alcohol into the common supermarket.
"One of the local stores told me they lost $24,000 in the first four weeks," said Jorgensen.
Theft is not only just happening on the west side of the state. Just 40 minutes into the first day of alcohol sales, in grocery stores, in Spokane, thieves made their move at a South Hill Rosauer's.
"Obviously he didn't pay for that and as he exited the store some of our employees witnesses what had happened they went out into the parking lot and basically apprehended him the parking lot," said Jeff Phillips, president of Rosauers.
Now, no grocery store chain will go on camera, but some thieves are proud enough of their exploits to talk about it.
"I've stole over $1,200 worth of booze from Safeway," said one homeless man.
This homeless man in Spokane said he earned the nickname "Captain Morgan Bandit" by stealing copious amounts of the spiced rum. He admits he's an alcoholic and says it was just the simplest way to get booze for free.
"Just easy to stuff in your pants," the Captain Morgan Bandit said.
Security toppers don't seem to make much of a difference and can be found littering frequented homeless drinking spots. Even though most grocery stores stepped up their security in the liquor aisles one lady in King County doesn't seem to mind being on camera as she stuffed 14 bottles into her baby stroller.
"And so what we've done to help protect our young people is we've added security cameras inside the store that are monitoring that whole section as well as the rest of the store and we've also added security staff," said Phillips.
Private stores aren't free of sticky fingered friends either but say it's easier to keep an eye on things with a smaller floor plan
"We come out from behind the counter, wait on the individual customer see if they need any help. Keep the shelf faced so if anything is missing you know it right away," said Andrew Swanson, general manager at Zag's Liquor Store at the intersection of Mission and Division.
Swanson says the hardest part of the transition has been the price increase.
"Anyone from the Western United States, we are now the laughing stock, pricing wise," said Swanson.
According to the Washington Department of Revenue, prices are leveling out to about 10-percent higher than last year, driving some people out of state where prices have been historically low. But whether or not it's the prices or the convenience, this man caught on camera loads up a cart and gets ready to just push it out the door, one thing is for certain: Law enforcement has a growing problem on their hands.
"There's probably a number of rings out there working. Stealing alcohol is a quick way to make a buck and easily, easy to get rid of," said Cindy West with the King County Sheriff's Department.
Grocery stores in Spokane weren't willing to divulge just how much liquor theft was happening in their stores.
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Binghamton University to mark seventh anniversary of September 11
The Binghamton University campus community will observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks through a variety of activities.
A morning memorial ceremony will begin at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, September 11, in front of the Couper Administration Building. At 8:46 a.m., bells will chime to mark the moment when the first plane struck the World Trade Center. Several New York State University Police officers will then participate in a flag ceremony, with a moment of silence as well as the singing of "America the Beautiful." Flowers will also be placed in the Memorial Courtyard in the Fine Arts building, at the monument commemorating the 15 Binghamton University alumni killed in the World Trade Center.
Binghamton University is also teaming up with the United Way of Broome County to participate in Day of Caring activities. Faculty, staff, students and alumni have volunteered to work on numerous projects at various locations including Endicott Visitor Center, the Animal Care Council and the Discovery Center.
The Chabad House Jewish Student Center in conjunction with Hillel at Binghamton and the Jewish Heritage Program will hold its annual campus wide, Mitzvah Marathon from 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Mitzvah is the Hebrew word for "good deed" and the marathon is designed to present the campus community with opportunities to do a good deed in memory of the victims of 9/11. A pavilion will be set up between the University Union and the Library Tower where participants will be able to choose from many opportunities to do a Mitzvah. Participants will fill out a form documenting their good deed that will be attached to a picture of a victim of 9/11 and strung along a memory wall erected on the walkway near the Library Tower fountain.
Many local charity agencies will be on hand to offer volunteer opportunities within the wider community. Also available will be multiple opportunities for participants to give money, make sandwiches for the homeless, donate food to the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW), design New Year greeting cards for soldiers, buy a letter in a Torah Scroll, and say a prayer. A Red Cross blood drive will take place in the Susquehanna Room from noon – 5 p.m.


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A Unique 3 Bedroom Apartment-Athens
Size135 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
- Disabled access
Accommodation summary
|Rodou, 15122 Marousi, Greece
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Your host George is a genuine , openhearted Athenian who will treat you with the traditional Greek hospitality and can arrange for you tailor made day trips in and around Athens. Number of services on request available, including personal trainer and spa treatments.
Finally there is a private car parking inside the building at no extra cost. Airport or any other transport is available upon demand at an additional but very reasonable cost.
The apartment lies very close to the train station of HSAP. Only 200 m away from the apartment you can take the train and reach Athens center in less than 20 mins or the port of Piraeus in about 25 mins.
Marousi is a suburban city NE of Athens, Greece. The Athens Olympic Sports Complex, the largest sports complex in Greece, is also located there. Its main street is Kifisias Avenue, and also contains four ISAP train stations and two of the Suburban Railway.
Marousi, a quiet northern suburb of Athens, was strictly a family housing area until the 1980s. During the 1990s and due to the development of excellent transportation substructure, (namely the Attiki Odos, Athens Metro, Urban Rail), the availability of land, and a public authority friendly to businesses it has been transformed into what is now known as the Financial District of Athens. At the turn of the new century the area now houses increasing areas of modern low-rise office buildings serving the Greek corporate elite, as well as many a number of facilities and infrastructural developments. The city remains a highly regarded domestic suburb in all areas, apart from the commercial Kifissias avenue. It offers a colourful range of activity to residents and visitors and a very comprehensive and modern variety of facilities, cafes, restaurants, multiplexes,sporting venues, shopping areas,
Marousi is road serviced by OASA (blue colour) buses and also runs its own small bus shuttle network (red colour). As for rail, Marousi is served by ISAP (green colour, line 1) with 4 train stations, KAT, Marousi, Neratziotissa, Eirinis, and byProastiakos (yellow color, suburban light railway) with 2 train stations, Neratziotissa and Kifissias.
House rulesThe guests in general must respect the property. Smoking is allowed. Pets are welcomed upon prior arrangement.
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We spent days in the vintage apartment and i fully recommend it to everyone. The apartment is well equipted. It is located outside but with public transport easy to go everywhere.
We had wonderful 5 days there! :)
I had never thought about the possibility of being able to book an apartment when traveling.
The network is Widmu I seemed rich and well articulated on Athens where we traveled for a stay June 21 to 26 ..
The apartment has lived up to our expectations and also reception services, check-out were good.
I think I will repeat the experience in other occasions
Non avevo mai pensato alla possibilità di poter prenotare un appartamento quando si viaggia.
La rete di Widmu mi é sembrata ricca e ben articolata su Atene dove abbiamo viaggiato per un soggiorno dal 21 al 26 giugno..
L'appartamento si è rivelato all'altezza delle nostre aspettative e anche i servizi di accoglienza, check-out sono stati buoni.
Penso che ripeteró l'esperienza in altre occasioni
The apartment was at the center of Athen. It was beautiful and it had everything what we needed for this trip. The coordination with George was funtastic. I will recommand it for sure !!!! :)
Contact person was on time at the apartment, training was short (without forgetting important) and friendly.
Very nice apartment, simply furnished but functional.
Had (unfortunately only two days) a very good time in a pleasant environment.
To Athens and tavernas and bars all to reach the beach, Einkaufsmöglichskeiten, tram on foot.
With great pleasure again.
Kontaktperson war pünktlich an der Wohnung, Einweisung war kurz (ohne wichtiges zu vergessen) und freundlich.
Sehr schöne Wohnung, einfach eingerichtet aber zweckmässig.
Hatten (leider nur zwei Tage) eine sehr schöne Zeit in angenehmer Umgebung.
Strand, Einkaufsmöglichskeiten, Strassenbahn nach Athen und Tavernen bzw. Bars alles zu Fuß zu erreichen.
Sehr gerne wieder.
I have been in the flat for 5 nights. The situation of the flat is okay. It's a little bit far to the centre but therefore it is really quite and there is an other centre/big streets with a lot of stores really near. Still, it doesn't take too long to get to the centre (Akropolis). Wheter you can take the bus/metro and it takes you 10-15min or you take a Taxi, which is also not expensive and only takes 10mins.
The elevator is helpful, the balcony is a nice place to sit and the room are also clean and well furnished. The wifi Router is directly next to the bed but still it is slow or sometimes not even usable.
All in all it was a great stay in Athens and I would totally recommend this flat.
Apartment address has been entered inaccurately - as Merarchias 0, 185 35 Pireas, Greece.
The search for appropriate address it took approx. 20 minutes. and another call in roaming to the host, who gave the correct address 2as Merarchias 19.
Adres mieszkania podany został nieprecyzyjnie - as Merarchias 0, 185 35 Pireas, Grecja.
Poszukiwanie właściwego adresu zajęło ok. 20 min. i kolejny telefon w roamingu do gospodarza, który podał właściwy adres 2as Merarchias 19.
Beautiful apartment to relax. Close to a supermarket and public transport. Many shops close by for shopping. Good advice from the host to find a restaurant.
Bel appartement pour se détendre. Proche d'un supermarché et des transports en commun. Nombreux magasins tout proches pour faire du shopping. De bons conseils de l'hôte pour trouver un restaurant.
Beautiful appartment, clean, confortable... In a very good location in Athens, i highly recommand!!! George was very accomodating and friendly. Thank you very much :-)
Excellent apartment and location. Everything was as it was seen on website! Thank you
We have been welcomed by a friend of George at the airport. He drove us to the appartment when it was already in the evening. The moment we came we were surprised by the service of all the things that were present in the appartment. The tools in the kitchen were very complete. Sugar, coffee,tea and the supplies were present and ready for using. A little garden at the backsite was complete and looked very charming. The only thing was that cats made it also to a place of there own, so you could smell as soon as you opened the door.
We enyoied it very much.
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California Code of Regulations Title: 17
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Insane in the Mainframe?
This is the burning question these days for the great minds of the enterprise regardless of industry! The digital revolution changes the way we do business and enables a world of new possibilities. But it also places unprecedented demands on businesses, on IT departments… and on legacy environments that were never designed to meet these challenges.
Even today, 96% of enterprises involve mainframes in their new business initiatives. Forrester recently worked with Compuware to do some analysis and conduct a survey on How to Improve Application Development and Delivery with DevOps.
Trends in Enterprise DevOps
The results infographic shows some interesting trends and also highlights areas where enterprises can significantly improve by applying DevOps principles and tools.
With 90% of IT professionals reporting that their mainframe organizations are experiencing challenges with application development and delivery, there's obviously a problem. But is there a cure?
The Cure: Application Release Automation
By orchestrating, automating and synchronizing releases across systems new and old, enterprises get faster and more efficient releases, fewer production failures, sane release windows, and happier teams. Application Release Automation visualizes software pipelines and orchestrates application delivery across any environment. Your complex applications get to market at the speed – and with the quality – the business requires.
How Does It Work?
We're glad you asked! You'll find a lot more detail in this DevOps for Mainframes brief. If your software development touches mainframes, you'll find Application Release Automation to be the missing link for DevOps success.
Special thanks to our friends at Compuware for sharing their survey with us!
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The explosion of new web/cloud/IoT-based applications and the data they generate are transforming our world right before our eyes. In this rush to adopt these new technologies, organizations are often ignoring fundamental questions concerning who owns the data and failing to ask for permission to conduct invasive surveillance of their customers. Organizations that are not transparent about how their systems gather data telemetry without offering shared data ownership risk product rejection, regu...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that SoftLayer, an IBM Company, has been named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York, New York. SoftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. SoftLayer's customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.
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This Victorian solid silver dip pen & pencil combination is from my collection of pre-20th century English writing & drawing equipment. As a professional artist & illustrator; I fairly frequently use items from my collection in the execution of my artworks, and this is one of those. So I am a user as well as being an avid collector.
Length 3 3/4 inches closed. Weight 21g. This extremely valuable silver pen/pencil holder "combo" is marked for the maker - S. Mordan & Co. It is in "fine" condition. At the pencil holder end it has a screw-threaded cedar pencil in place. The operating slide is split with a 'geared' single sliding ring (move to the centre, give a slight twist and slide out the other end). It was supplied to, and retailed by Mappin & Webb, Silversmiths and Jewellers by Royal Appointment. This item is listed (as Item No.693a) on page 18 of the Mordan catalogue for 1898 (a full copy of which I have in my Studio Archive).
Sampson Mordan, (Senior) was born in England in 1790. He apprenticed and then was assistant to Joseph Bramah (1748-1814), famous inventor of patent locks*, and an associate of Michael Faraday. *The world famous Bramah Lock
Mordan established his own business in partnership with John Isaac Hawkins at City Rd. London in 1815. 20th December 1822, they patented a metal pencil with an internal mechanism for propelling the graphite lead shaft forward during use so that it was "ever-pointed". Most of these pencils are operated by a mechanism that allows the pencil to be propelled out of the casing by pulling on the opposite end. When closed, only the case could be seen. They entered, at the assay office; the first silver mark (S.MORDAN) for sterling silver pencils: 20th June 1823.
Mordan then bought out Hawkins and entered into a business partnership with Gabriel Riddle, a wealthy stationer, in late 1823. Mordan entered another silver mark (S.MORDAN & COS PATENT and SMGR) for pencils with his partner Gabriel Riddle 30th April 1824. Mordan and Riddle set up business at 22 City Road, London, England. It was here that S. Mordan & Co. were first listed as "patent ever-pointed" pencil and portable pen manufacturers. The partnership between S. Mordan and G. Riddle was dissolved on 20th December 1836. The Company continued to be run solely by Mordan until his death in 1843. After his death, his two sons; Sampson (Junior) and Augustus continued the business, building on their fathers success and reputation; excelling in quality silver and gold pencils, pens, novelties and other exquisite items; supplying silver articles to fine retailers including Asprey & Sons, The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, Mappin & Webb, Leuchars, Thornhill etc.
Sampson Mordan & Co. products can be approximately dated by the following marks:
S MORDAN & COS PATENT and SM GR - 1823 to 1837
S MORDAN & CO MAKERS & PATENTEES - 1838 to 1845
S MORDAN & CO MAKERS - 1845 to 1860s
S MORDAN & CO - 1860s - 1941.
The Mordan London factory was destroyed in a German Luftwaffe air raid in 1941 and never reopened. The Sampson Mordan name is continued under the aegis of the Yard-O-Lead Company that still make exquisite handmade pencils today, in Birmingham, England.
A Mappin & Webb box contains the Sampson Mordan combination pen and pencil. As mentioned above; Mordan supplied all the top retailers, mostly in London. The address inside is 2 Queen Victoria Street London E.C. In 1870 the Mappin & Webb building was designed by renowned architect John Belcher, in the Gothic style popular at the time. It was situate on the corner of Queen Victoria Street and Poultry until it was controversially demolished in 1994. The Mordan combination pen and pencil has been dated from the period 1870-1899.
Founded in 1774 by Jonathan Mappin, Mappin & Webb is one of the UK's leading retailers of fine jewellery and silverware. Today, it is renowned for combining timeless craftsmanship with superior quality and contemporary design to produce exquisite jewellery, elegant silverware, watches and glassware. Jonathan Mappin opened his first small silversmith workshop in Sheffield in 1774 and the following year the Mappin mark was entered at the assay office. Over the next fifteen years Jonathan Mappin's reputation for producing high quality silver spread throughout Sheffield. From these humble beginnings the business grew steadily and soon the next generation were expanding the business further. The first store to be opened in London was in 1849 at 17 Fore Street and was soon followed by stores in Moorgate and King William Street. In 1858; following rapid expansion of the Sheffield factory, John Newton Mappin invited his brother-in-law, George Webb to join him in the business. The first association of Mappin & Webb was forged. Mappin & Webb's reputation spread as the business became a leading name within its field. A testament to its success came in 1897 with the granting of Royal Warrants. Today Mappin & Webb is silversmith to Her Majesty the Queen and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
This has been a very brief "history" of Sampson Mordan & Co, and also Mappin & Webb. I will try to post some more of the myriads of information and research I hold, if I can figure how to do it in an interesting way. (Probably in "bites" linked to actual items in my collections).


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The tonsils are small, round pieces of tissue that are located in the back of the mouth on the side of the throat. Tonsils are thought to help fight infections by producing antibodies. The tonsils can usually be seen in the throat of your child by using a light.
Tonsillitis occurs when the tonsils become inflamed from infection.
Adenoids are similar to the tonsils. The adenoids are made up of lymph tissue and are located in the space above the soft roof of the mouth (nasopharynx) and cannot be seen by looking in your child's nose or throat. Adenoids also help to fight infections. Adenoids may cause problems if they become enlarged or infected.
Adenoiditis is when the adenoids become inflamed from infection.
The symptoms of tonsillitis vary greatly depending on the cause of the infection, and can occur either suddenly or gradually. The following are the most common symptoms of tonsillitis. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
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The symptoms of adenoiditis vary greatly depending on the cause of the infection, and can occur either suddenly or gradually. The following are the most common symptoms of adenoiditis. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
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The reasons for this surgery are not well-defined, and many surgeons differ in their views. The following are some of the more widely accepted reasons for having a T&A:
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Before the surgery, you will meet with different members of the health care team who are going to be involved with your child's care. These may include:
During the surgery, your child will be anesthetized in the operating room. The surgeon will remove your child's tonsils and adenoids through the mouth. There will be no cut on the skin.
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WANDA CORN: I've always thought that when O'Keeffe painted this work she was kind of having a tongue-in-cheek experience, because she had been known for her flower paintings in New York, which were always based on natural flowers.
NARRATOR: This flower was artificial. It was probably made out of calico by some of the Latina or Native American women who lived in O'Keeffe's adopted home of New Mexico. As she's painted it here, this fake flower seems as intensely real as anything that could be found in nature.
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WANDA CORN: If you look closely you'll see that no two petals are exactly alike. Each one bends or swerves or moves in and out of another set of petals in its own particularly unique way.
It's not only the flower that's special but also the way she uses white. These are whites which are sometimes tinted with pink, or with tan, or with gray. You'll again notice she never uses the same exact whiteness or the same tone of white for every petal.
She's absolutely fascinated with the structure of this flower. Probably also fascinated because it's an artificial flower! And somebody has done a beautiful job of making a calico flower as complicated and glorious as a natural one.


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Stewart Island off the tip of the bottom of South Island New Zealand, has a Sydney Cove.
Well more correctly Ulva Island in the Paterson's Inlet area of Stewart Island has a Sydney Cove.
I asked our naturalist guide on our bird watching tour how it came to be named, and this is the story she told us.
The boat called the Sydney was wrecked at the bay and the occupants struggled ashore to an extremely hostile reception from the Maoris. In fact, so hostile that they set about eating them all! One person escaped though,16 year old James Caddell who, the story goes was hidden under the ceremonial robes of the chief's daughter, as she had taken a fancy to him
Travelling down the East Coast of South Island, we had stopped for several interesting sights. Moekai Boulders, (see pics) look like a giant has scattered some giant size marbles on the beach. Futher south, a Petrified Forest on the beach also was worth a look, where the trees have been turned to stone, but still bear all the tree markings. Last on the agenda was Niagara Falls – NZ style - and named firmly tongue in cheek. Whilst we were there having a laugh at the naming of tiny falls Niagara, a German tourist got really snotty about it and was not at all happy she had stopped for a joke.
Finally we arrived at the southernmost point of NZ mainland, the little town of Bluff, and found camping grounds for the night and a booking office to book a ferry for the next day to Stewart Island. It was a wild and windy night, but luckily the campground had a camp kitchen where we could cook and stay out of the wind, before retiring under the warm quilt in our campervan.
Next day a large catamaran ferry brought us the one hour by sea, to Stewart Island, the southernmost settlement of NZ
We had hoped to see a Kiwi, but were informed that even though they are living on the islands they are extremely hard to find, particularly in the day time as they are nocturnal. We did see where they had used their long beaks to dig in the ground. It wasn't until we actually arrived on Stewart Island that we learned that there was in fact a night time kiwi spotting tour available, that had a 90% success rate. We already had our ferry ticket booked to go back later that day and further travel plans made. We felt rather disappointed we had not learned of this earlier as we would have stayed the night and gone on the tour
The cruise afforded us a close up look at Albatross, NZ Fur Seals, and a Fiordland Penguin (who was a little lost considering Fiordland was quite a way to the North!)
After the ferry ride back to Bluff we headed off straight away ourselves for Fiordland. I think we would have been much quicker than the lost Fiordland Penguin. We are making good use of the summer daylight hours. We arrived at a campsite, 50 kms short of Milford Sound, five hours later than leaving Bluff, and with enough daylight to set up camp at 9.30pm.
Tourist Tips: We took a combo deal paying 123NZ dollars each for the ferry to Stewart Is and 75NZ dollars for the Paterson Inlet Cruise with Stewart Island Experience. On arrival we did find there were alternatative tours available see www.ruggedyrange.com or www.aihe.co.nz.
KIWI VIEWING: Stewart Island it would seem is the only place where KIWI can be seen in the wild and tours require advance bookings. See Bravo Adventure Cruises www.kiwispotting.co.nz, email firstname.lastname@example.com 140 dollars pp or www.seethebirds.co.nz email firstname.lastname@example.com 130 dollars pp. These are not recommendations, simply information. We eventually saw KIWI at Zealandia, The Karori Sanctuary Experience, in Wellington, while not strictly in the wild, a very similar experience and much cheaper.


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Each time I do a full prc-tools build, I get a 1.3 Mb build log and sometimes I even look at it. (Building prc-tools means building two binutilses, two GCCs, a GDB, and a few other bits and pieces. Along the way you build four BFDs and six libiberties. So that log builds up pretty quickly!)
At the moment, due to popular demand (three FreeBSD whiners :-)), I'm working on making --enable-nls work properly. To be sure, there's a bug here in the current top-level prc-tools, and I'm glad to be finally looking into it.
So I'm comparing the logs from builds with and without --with-included-gettext. I look at the differences between successive builds regularly (all hail tkdiff!), but these two (of course) differ from each other in different places from the usual. And there's many more differences to look at than usual, alas.
This means I'm studying different parts of the logs from usual. Here's a few lines from tonight's builds:
gcc -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -g -O2 -o size size.o bucomm.o version.o filemode.o ../bfd/.libs/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a
bucomm.o: In function `make_tempname':
/home/johnm/work/rpmbuild/BUILD/prc-tools-20020831/m68k-palmos/ binutils/binutils/../../.././binutils/binutils/bucomm.c:236: the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
Huh? What's that path from the end of August doing there? That build tree is long since blown away -- each one is over half a gigabyte, so I nuke them pretty quickly. So I look at the build logs from the last week, and they all say 20020831, and sure enough that directory certainly hasn't existed for a long time.
What's going on? Has ext3 let me down? Is my hard drive failing again? Is the end nigh?
Panic stations! Single user mode, fsck... no, nothing.
Have you guessed yet? It was ccache.
I last really compiled bucomm.c back in August when I switched ccache on. One of ccache's big features over compilercache is that it doesn't give up in the face of warnings. So that 20020831 directory doesn't really exist; it's just that I'm getting the old stderr log from August. It's hard to see how ccache could correct this without rerunning the compilation or parsing the basic error format and guessing, so it's understandable; on the other hand, the Web page does say
[ccache provides] exactly the same object files and exactly the same compiler warnings that would be produced if you use the real compiler. The only way you should be able to tell that you are using ccache is the speed.
Sure, the speed is great -- ten minutes instead of 40 with my machine on this project -- but I've just learnt one grain of salt to apply to the warning guarantees :-).
Sure, there's other lessons to be learnt here: like don't vary your paths when you're trying to do repeatable builds (but some form of date convention is a useful and commonly used way to stay sane) and don't use absolute paths (but sometimes your tools will make them absolute whether you want it or not).
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Richard Gwilliam (pictured), Head of Property Research at PRUPIM offers his outlook for global real estate…
Europe – Growth is expected to remain weak into 2013. The weakness of the economy is continuing to affect property markets, with rents largely staying flat in core countries, whilst selected peripheral economies record further falls. However, in the retail sector, rental growth is being recorded in some markets, largely restricted to the most prime locations in core markets.
Further yield compression has been seen in some of the German and Nordic core markets on prime property, as investors continue to look for safe havens. Nevertheless, with yields approaching their pre-credit crunch lows, it is unlikely that further significant yield compression will be seen in the short term. Forecasts suggest that the region, as a whole, will see a slight capital decline over the next year.
Asia Pacific – Reflecting continued economic uncertainty, property investors operating in the region remain broadly cautious, focusing on defensive assets of prime quality. However, the widening pricing gaps between sellers and buyers are likely to hamper investment activity. Nevertheless, lower borrowing costs and accommodative monetary policies are expected to support investment sentiment.
Weakening demand continues to weigh on rental growth prospects for office markets in Singapore, Seoul and Hong Kong. In Japan, Grade A offices and modern logistics markets continue to stabilise, although risks remain biased to the downside. In Australia, leasing sentiment remains weak
North America – US commercial property fundamentals have continued to improve slowly as positive net absorption combines with historic lows of new supply; sectorally, apartments have experienced the strongest recovery. Whilst investors and lenders have so far focused on core "safe" assets, increasingly keen pricing is shifting interest towards higher-yielding secondary assets.
Although Canada's strong economic recovery looks to be losing a little steam, commercial property fundamentals are healthy. Vacancy rates for all property types are starting to stabilise, but at levels capable of generating some rental growth. Prime yields have returned to 2007 lows, leaving little space for further short-term yield compression.


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I've never used real crab for bait for stripers but use crab flies a lot. The first time I tied one was after a crab blitz on the long West Dennis jetty at high tide. There were a line of fishermen casting into the channel when all hell broke loose behind us on that usually dull flat. Crabs of every size and color were being pushed onto the rocks and to the surface in flight from a huge wave of stripers! Never saw anything like it before or again. In any case, the fish were willing to take other flies although they had definite preferences for what they were on to - and a few keepers were caught. This was during the 36" days. The stomachs of the fish were packed with small crabs when those who retained fish cleaned them.
These were primarily calico as I recall but there were also spider and others (stone?). The Merrimac bass eat those dark (almost black) crabs with the orange fringes.
I have great success on Monomoy with a felt crab pattern that is green - although not the insect green of the true green crab. It's more of a tan / green and I do speckle it with a marker so they might be thinking calico.
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RE:Is this the green crab we know?
I always thought that green crabs were not indigenous to our region and that striped bass much prefered calicos over greens. Greens are useless for striped bass, except when the fish are starving. As far as I knew Tautog were the only ones who really liked green crabs.
RE:Is this the green crab we know?
Yup, this is our green crab. It has followed a similar mode of range extension here on the east coast. Unfortunately, I don't think stripers care for green crabs too much. I've tried flies to imitate the green crabs with no luck, tied on a ladycrab imitation and hooked up right away. If I remember correctly, there were very few green crabs found in striper guts by the MassFisheries study.
Is this the green crab we know?
Europe's green crab has invaded the U.S. and is now decimating native species in large areas of the U.S. East and West coasts. Introduced on the East Coast in the 1800s, the voracious green crab has eaten its way and spread along virtually the entire Eastern coast. First found on the West Coast in San Francisco Bay in 1989, most likely through ship ballast water, the crab spread northward over 1000 miles in less than a decade. Now the crab has been found in Morro Bay, the first time it has been seen south of Morro Bay. The green crab has an incredible appetite, eating up to 40 other crabs and crustaceans a day. Unfortunately, it itself is too thin and not meaty enough to be considered a viable source of food for people.
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Shares of chip maker Broadcom (BRCM) today closed up 55 cents, or 1.9%, at $29.76, after the company last night reported Q4 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts' estimates, and a revenue outlook for this quarter slightly below consensus.
Following the report, R.W. Baird's Tristan Gerra, who has an Outperform rating on the shares, and a $35 price target, this afternoon offered up some tidbits gleaned from the company's 10-K filing with the SEC:
Samsung [Electronics (005930KS), Broadcom's top customer, generated 21.3% of revenues in 2013, up from 17.3% in 2012 and 10.0% in 2011 [...] Apple (AAPL) generated 13.3% of revenues during the year, versus 14.6% in 2012 and 13.1% in 2011 [...] R&D as a percent of revenue increased to 29.9%, up from 29.0% in 2012 [...] The 3.0% YoY increase in Broadband Communications revenue was primarily driven by higher sales of set-top box products, partially offset by lower sales of digital TV, Blu-ray Disc, and broadband modem products [...] The 2.9% YoY increase in Mobile & Wireless revenue was mainly driven by higher sales of wireless connectivity products and cellular SoCs, partially offset by lower sales of discrete multimedia coprocessor products [...] The 12.1% YoY increase in Infrastructure & Networking revenue was primarily driven by higher sales of Ethernet switches, PHYs and controllers, as well as communication processor and wireless infrastructure.
Elsewhere, bulls were trumpeting what they viewed as increasing dominance in selling chips for network switching equipment, and a potential payoff in mobile chips from the company's baseband processors, which it is challenging the reigning heavyweight, Qualcomm (QCOM). Bears, however, believe success in mobile continues to be a wait-and-see matter.
There were scattered instances of price target increases, and some minor adjustments to estimates.
Stacy Rasgon, Bernstein Research: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $33 price target. "Gross margin guidance was the one disappointment on the call. It is apparent that pricing and margins in the residual 3G cellular business are reaching extremely low levels. However, this also suggests a potential tailwind as 4G revenues pick up in the second half. On the surface, Broadcom should have had a margin tailwind, as they are guiding their wireless business down more than the others. However, margins are set to fall by 50-100 bps, due to mix within the wireless business itself, mostly due to the company's residual 3G cellular business. This suggests that 3G pricing and margins, which have been the primary cause of baseband disappointment over the last few quarters, are continuing along a steep downward trajectory (and indeed, must be reaching extremely low levels). However, this does open up the possibility of a margin tailwind assuming Broadcom's 4G business ramps in the second half. While the jury is still out (one has to wonder what pricing over the long term will look like), at least for now the company indicated that their lowest-priced 4G offering has an ASP higher than their most expensive 3G offering. Certainly something to watch for as we move through the year."
Bobby Burleson, Canaccord Genuity: Reiterates a Buy rating, and a $35 price target. "Although BRCM is treated as a wireless play, we note that roughly half of the company's revenues remain outside of that vertical and these differentiating businesses are showing strong performance. Infrastructure and Networking, a higher operating margin segment for the company, delivered upside to consensus expectations at $576M vs. $561M according to Factset. Similarly, broadband showed upside with $548M vs. $531M. Of course, BRCM's largest vertical is Mobile and Wireless at almost half of total company revenue. Here, BRCM delivered some upside as well ($940M vs. $921M), and we expect that to continue as platform solutions ramp in new design wins. Consistent with the investor focus on this business, we believe MWC will be a positive catalyst for BRCM as the company should be able to demonstrate strong design win traction at the show, boosting investor confidence in momentum for Mobile and Wireless through the remainder of 2014 [...] While guidance is slightly below consensus, we expect upside from mobile and wireless platform solutions on continuing design win momentum and new phone launches. We expect MWC to be a positive catalyst for the shares."
Romit Shah, Nomura Equity Research: Reiterates a Buy rating, and a $33 price target. "Broadcom is already shipping dual-core LTE SoC to Samsung and expects to start sampling quad-core SoC in 1H and advanced LTE thin modem in early 2H. The company indicated that it has design wins at multiple OEMs. The company also expects to get better ASPs on WiFi from adoption of 802.11ac in smartphone this year. We believe the Mobile World Congress event next month could be a catalyst for the stock, where the company may announce additional design wins or OEM customers. While Broadcom is already shipping LTE chips, a meaningful LTE ramp won't materialize until 2H14. We estimate that LTE SoC shipments would contribute around $180-200m in 2014. We are estimating total baseband revenue of around $800m for CY14 (including 3G). The company expects connectivity to grow in 2014 despite increasing competition from Qualcomm and Marvell and slower growth in the high-end smartphones."
Quinn Bolton, Needham & Co.: Reiterates a Buy rating, and a $33 price target. "Notably, the data center business increased 50%+ Y/Y and now accounts for ~1/3 of Infrastructure sales. Demand for the Trident II switch solution remains robust [...] After announcing its first LTE design win at\ analyst day, BRCM is now shipping its Cat4 dual-core LTE SoC. The company remains on track to sample its quad-core LTE SoC during 1H14 and its Cat6 LTE-A thin modem in mid-2014. Importantly, management stated the company now has multiple LTE design wins across multiple customers."
Christopher Rolland, FBR & Co.: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $34 price target. "While there was much to like, there was another side of the coin, as we note operating margins for mobile have fallen from double digits historically to mid single digits. While this should improve (as the segment is currently bearing costs from the Renesas acquisition with little contributing revenue), we still think there is an off chance it may dip into negative territory next quarter. While we have always believed enterprise networking profits could be 2x (or even 3x) that of mobile, we did not believe we would have line of sight in 2014. Additionally, we are growing increasingly skeptical of management's guidance for mobile growth as 2014 appears increasingly back-end loaded. Lastly, Broadcom's gross margin results and guidance were slightly disappointing, particularly given the favorable mix of higher-margin products. Overall, we believe BRCM can move into the mid $30s over time, as integrated cellular platforms coalesce around the company and others (e.g., QCOM). Additionally, we now believe we are on the precipice of a massive movement toward SDN that should drive accelerated networking growth rates for arguably the proprietor of the world's best switch-silicon portfolio."
Kevin Cassidy, Stifel Nicolaus: Reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target to $34 from $32. "Longer term, management expects revenue growth driven by new product cycles in networking (Ethernet Switching), broadcast (UltraHD and HVEC) and mobile (5G WiFi and LTE). In our view the broadcast and mobility markets may be slower, meaning 6-12 months to develop into significant revenue."
Glen Yeung, Citigroup: Reiterates a Neutral rating, and raises his price target to $33 from $30. ". Given Broadcom's penchant to guide conservatively, we suspect their modestly below consensus (-5.3% vs. cons. -4.5% q/q) revenue/GM/OM/EPS guidance will not deter bulls. Indeed setting up potential for another beat is momentum in China wireless infrastructure (the best opportunity for chipmakers in 1H14), enterprise momentum (augmented by a Trident product cycle), and ultra-HD momentum. However, while Broadcom is optimistic about 2H14 outcomes for mobile and wireless (connectivity and baseband), connectivity inventory build (ostensibly at their 2 largest customers) and 3G pricing pressure (that may obviate gains made in LTE), generate concerns. For 1H14 we continue to "go with what you know" and therefore favor wireless infrastructure names (ALTR, XLNX, FSL, IDTI) and memory (MU) and are staying away from handset names (AAPL, BRCM)."
David Wong, Wells Fargo: Reiterates a Market Perform rating and a $25 to $30 "valuation range." "Broadcom's Infrastructure segment & Networking segment (about 28% of revenues) appears to be doing well, with 25% year-over-year growth in the December quarter and the company's Broadband segment (about 27% of sales) appears to be stable though unexciting with sales down 2% year over year in the quarter. However, we think it is too early to be sure if Broadcom's new LTE products will be sufficiently successful to re-ignite growth in its baseband chip line, and if the company will be able to achieve good growth from its connectivity products in the future. The Mobile & Wireless segment currently accounts for about 45% of total sales, and fell 7% percent sequentially and 7% year-over-year in the December quarter, with a further (seasonal) sequential decline expected in the March 2014 quarter. Our 2014E EPS remains unchanged at $1.30. We are introducing our 2015 EPS estimate of $1.93."


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It's estimated that 70% of all processed food at your supermarket contains GMOs, but because not all GMO foods are labeled, you'll have a hard time sorting out GMO food from Non-GMO food. Your absolute best bet is to go organic. There are tons of awesome reasons why your family should go organic, but a major reason is that organics easily allow you to avoid GMOs. Currently, USDA certified organic foods are not allowed to contain any GMOs — they're officially excluded on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, a list that shows which substances are, and are not allowed in organic products. Look for the USDA Organic Seal (shown above) to be sure you're getting fully certified, organic and Non-GMO products. Note that sometimes the USDA Organic Seal will be black and white vs. green, but the labels mean the same thing.
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America tends to lag behind when it comes to looking out for consumer health and knowledge, and our utter lack of concern for labeling GMOs is no different. Already the European Union, Japan, China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and many other nations require mandatory GMO labeling. Not the USA, however. The only real official anti-GMO label here in America, besides the USDA Organic Seal, is the Non-GMO Project Verified Seal (shown above) a project of The Non-GMO Project. When placed on food, this label means the product has gone through a verification process called the Non-GMO Project Standard. This seal shows that the product you're buying has been produced using rigorous best practices for GMO avoidance. The label is easy to spot and can be found on all sorts of products from sugar to cereal to body care products and much more. Check out a full list of verified Non-GMO Project products or look for the label at your local grocery store.
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Only Buy Organic Soy
Though most people think corn is the most GMO contaminated crop in the USA, it's actually soy. Green America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) notes that 88% of all corn crops in the USA are genetically modified but soybean crops are worse. A whopping 94% of US soybean crops were genetically modified in 2011, according to the USDA. Soy is an especially pressing issue for vegetarians and vegans. From tofu to soy milk to miso to tempeh to soy sauce and many other products, it's hard to avoid soy. Another ingredient to watch for is emulsifier lecithin which is added to ice cream, candy and other products and is often derived from conventional soybean oil. Luckily, soy is found in fewer products than say, corn, as long as you make sure to buy certified organic soy products, such as organic soy milk, organic tofu, and organic soy yogurt, you can really limit your GMO exposure with regard to soybeans.
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Green America recently released a useful guide about which foods contain more genetically modified (GM) ingredients than others. The list/guide, 9 Ingredients to Watch, notes that you should avoid, limit or be careful of the following key food ingredients:
- Soy: Discussed above.
- Corn: Discussed below.
- Cottonseed: Cotton fibers are obviously used for fabric but it's also sold in oil form which is then used in in some margarine, salad dressings, potato chips and other fried snacks.
- Canola oil: Instead of using canola oil, try a store-brand certified organic olive oil, which won't cost much more than conventional.
- Papaya: Oddly, a lot USA papaya crops are genetically modified – as much as 80%. This is an easy fix though, just buy organic papayas.
- Alfalfa: You can avoid this by trying to buy organic dairy and 100% grass fed meat.
- Sugar beets: Half of all sugar in the USA is made with GMO sugar beets. The best way to avoid GMO-sugar is to buy organic, or you can look for sugar products that say "pure cane sugar" on the label.
- Milk: Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) is a GM synthetic hormone injected into some dairy cows. Use of this has gone down though, and it's easy to avoid because lots of dairy companies are producing rBGH-free products now (look for rBGH-free on your dairy labels). You can also exclusively buy organic dairy products to avoid GMO dairy entirely.
- Aspartame: There are many reasons to avoid aspartame, but yet another reason is because it's derived from GM microorganisms. Your family should avoid any and all diet food items labeled as containing "artificial sweeteners" or "Nutrasweet" or "Equal" or "aspartame."
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Avoid GMO-corn Without Going Nuts
As noted above, 88% of corn is genetically modified, but that's not the real issue with GM corn. The big problem is that corn and byproducts of corn are found in hundreds of products you buy all the time. Common corn-containing foods include soda, cereal, tortillas, chips, mayonnaise, shortening, processed cookies and other snacks, yogurt, soup, fruit drinks, condiments, anything sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup and so much more that it makes your brain spin. It's almost impossible to avoid GE corn unless you buy 100% organic, almost all the time. If you can't buy organic all the time, your next best bet is to avoid processed, packaged and advertised food products as much as possible. Oddly, it's more likely that your potato chips and granola bars contain more GMOs than a simple ear of corn on the cob.
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Limit Junk Food & Buy Local
As noted above in the GMO corn section, avoiding junk food is one excellent way to avoid GMOs. Avoiding fast food, take out meals and too many chain restaurants is another smart way to avoid excess GMO food. Most of the time you should plan healthy homemade, non-processed meals full of whole food items. Additionally, consider buying local more often. Going local doesn't guarantee GMO-free, but when you shop at a local Farmers' Market or small farm, you can get to know your grower and the grower's methods. Ask these growers outright about their policies on GMOs. See more GMO resources in the links below.
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NARRATOR: Look up! Can you tell what these chandeliers are made of? Artist Joel Otterson used old goblets or glasses from his own collection to make these. They're called Bottoms Up, something we say to encourage someone to finish their drink to the very last drop.
Look at the unusual tent. How is this different from other tents you've seen? This one is made of lace and vintage silk from a friend's house. Some of the lace was originally used as curtains. Otterson wanted to create a tent out of beautiful fabrics that would make you think of things other than camping. Peek inside it. Can you see the quilt? Can you imagine what you'd like to do in this tent?
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The most significant new feature is the Glyph scripting language. Glyph is an advanced "high level" language which will provide users with the ability to generate CFD grids parametrically. Glyph also features a journaling capability which allows playback of an interactive Gridgen session.
"CAE analysts have been pushing for better integration of CFD into the design process for years", said John Chawner, Pointwise's president. "By working closely with customers very early in the development cycle we were able to develop Glyph with capabilities that meet their specific requirements for customization, automation, and interoperability."
Another feature added to Gridgen for V14 is the ability to import native CAD files from a number of popular CAD programs. The ability to skip neutral file formats, such as IGES, streamlines the CFD process for Gridgen users.
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STAR-CD offers two methods for the prediction of noise. The first is aimed at capturing broad-band turbulence-based shear noise. The turbulence fields from a steady-state Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) simulation are post-processed to predict the shear-noise distribution in the flow field. This is a new feature in the STAR-CD software.
A second method, used for predicting coherent noise, utilizes the transient flow solver to predict the combined convection and pressure wave effects acting on surfaces. The standard RANS turbulence model and transient flow solver have long been a part of the STAR-CD package.
These two methods allow the CFD engineer to predict both resonant and broad-band based noise in the flow field.
The ATV is used for delivering equipment and consumables to the ISS and for orbital re-boosting when the ISS has lost altitude due to atmospheric friction.
The Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) module, located at the front of the ATV, carries dry cargo which is placed in up to 8 racks mounted in the cylindrical portion of the ICC.
The ICC does not have an advanced enviromental control system, but does have a cabin fan designed to guarantee good ventilation and to ensure an adequate air distribution for crew comfort. Another primary goal of the fan is to avoid any stagnant flow regions in which toxic gases could accumulate and pose a suffocation threat to the astronauts. In addition, the air speed should be always lower than 0.25 m/s in the crew cabin, whereas the air temperature should be less than 28°C, but more than the minimum dew temperature of 16°C. Also, the 'touch temperatures' of surfaces exposed to the crew should not exceed 45°C.
Rather than build an expensive experimental apparatus to test the flow field in the ICC, ESA turned to CFDRC for CFD software which could be used to predict the flow field within the ICC.
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