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Report: Apple Cooking Up an Augmented Reality HeadsetBy Seung Lee
Posted: November 9, 2017 9:47am PST
With the iPhone X released into the wild, the potentially trillion-dollar question now surrounding Apple is: What's next?
While it may be another newly designed iPhone, one report hints at something truly different and possibly revolutionary: an augmented reality headset. And as Apple gets closer to potentially becoming the world's first trillion-dollar publicly traded company, it needs to continue to surprise and amaze its fans with "one more thing."
AR headsets have been developed by other tech competitors with little success so far, from Google Glass to Microsoft Hololens -- which uses both augmented reality and virtual reality -- and even Snapchat's Spectacles. But unlike these headsets, which remain tethered to a smartphone or a computer, Apple's rumored AR headset would run independently, thanks to a new chip and operating system, according to Bloomberg, which broke the news Wednesday.
If Apple is able to meet its goal, the company could announce the product in 2019 and ship it for release in 2020, Bloomberg reported.
With public support from Apple CEO Tim Cook [pictured here], Apple sees augmented reality as a possible next step in its future. In its newest iOS mobile operating system iteration, Apple introduced ARKit, an augmented reality platform that allows apps to overlay three-dimensional graphics on top of real-world viewing through the iPhone and iPad. ARKit-developed apps so far have seen success reaching the consumer market via the App Store.
Cook said in an interview last month that quality AR headsets or glasses are not there yet technologically.
"I can tell you the technology itself doesn't exist to do that in a quality way," Cook told British newspaper The Independent. "The display technology required, as well as putting enough stuff around your face -- there's huge challenges with that. The field of view, the quality of the display itself, it's not there yet."
Apple's push to create an AR headset has been expansive and aggressive, according to Bloomberg. After creating ARKit, hundreds of engineers led by former Dolby executive Mike Rockwell have been working on the headset project in office parks scattered around Cupertino and Sunnyvale, under the codename "T288."
The new AR operating system is also dubbed "rOS," much like tvOS is for Apple TV and macOS is for Macs, Bloomberg reported.
Apple's team has used HTC Vive headsets as it works to develop a prototype for its own headset. One working prototype to internally test AR apps looks like an Oculus Gear headset with iPhone's screen, cameras and chipsets, according to Bloomberg.
Apple's hope is to squeeze its graphics processors, AI chip and CPU into a smaller, one-size-fits-all package, akin to what it has done for the Apple Watch, the Bloomberg article stated. The small surface area also saves battery life, which will be crucial to run intensive graphics from the headset.
In the meantime, Apple is banking on the potential of ARKit apps to revolutionize a mobile user's relationship with the iPhone.
"Put simply, we believe AR is going to change the way we use technology forever," said Cook, during Apple's latest earnings call.
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When you wander the streets of the Government complex in downtown Raleigh, especially during the season when the legislature is in session, you notice the cars parked along the curbs and in the covered reserved spaces in the municipal lots. It's pretty easy to pick out the legislators, because they have "Vote for Me" bumper stickers and license plates that say "House" or "Senate" along with a low number befitting their rank. Members of the Council of State, and of course the governor and lieutenant governor and attorney general and others have very low plate numbers. As a rule of thumb, the lower the number on your license plate, the farther up the government food chain you probably are.
I simply mention this to observe that Nicodemus would have had a very low license plate number. Nicodemus is a Pharisee. A "leader of the Jews," he was in one of the two major parties in the political and religious landscape, and a member of the Sanhedrin, the primary legislative and judicial body in the city. He comes to Jesus by night, in the dark. For John, the themes of darkness and light pervade the Gospel. The Gospel begins with a revisitation of the beginning of Genesis, "In the beginning" was the Word, the LOGOS, the creative and intentional act of God. The Word becomes flesh, lives here on earth, and brings life itself, that life is the light of all people.
Jesus had been going from town to town, doing remarkable things like healing people and changing water to wine, and these things were impressive enough for the likes of Nicodemus to pay a certain deference to Jesus. "We know you're somebody," Nicodemus says, "because of the wonderful things you do," kind of like the Wizard of Oz. Nicodemus recognizes that you can't ignore somebody like that, but that's not the same as understanding them. Now all Pharisees may not have been as literalistic and clueless as Jesus takes Nicodemus to be here. They were more in touch with the common person than the Sadducees, who considered themselves more elite, centering their faith in the Temple as opposed to the Pharisees who centered their focus on the Law and the laws. Jesus has lots of confrontations with them in the gospels, but Nicodemus is mentioned only in John.
Now Nicodemus wants to talk to Jesus, but doesn't want anybody to see him talking to Jesus, so he comes to see him at night. He may be a secret follower of Jesus, or just someone curious about what Jesus is doing. In the Dark. And his lack of comprehension of what Jesus is trying to tell him shows us that he's not just there in the nighttime, but he's pretty close to clueless when he tries to understand what Jesus is saying. "Born again, you say, Jesus?" "Again?" "Like the first time?" "Mother's womb and everything?" Still in the dark.
Dr. King remembers Nicodemus in his annual report to the SCLC in 1967, when he says:
And if you will let me be a preacher just a little bit. One day, one night, a juror [i.e., member of the Sanhedrin] came to Jesus and he wanted to know what he could do to be saved. Jesus didn't get bogged down on the kind of isolated approach of what you shouldn't do. Jesus didn't say, "Now Nicodemus, you must stop lying." He didn't say, "Nicodemus, now you must not commit adultery." He didn't say, "Now Nicodemus, you must stop cheating if you are doing that." He didn't say, "Nicodemus, you must stop drinking liquor if you are doing that excessively." He said something altogether different, because Jesus realized something basic: … instead of just getting bogged down on one thing, Jesus looked at him and said, "Nicodemus, you must be born again."
In other words, 'Your whole structure must be changed.' A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will 'thingify' them and make them things. And therefore, they will exploit them and poor people generally economically. And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and it will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together.
What I'm saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, "America, you must be born again!"
Jesus sighs and goes on telling him other things he doesn't get. He finally explains that God loves the world so much that God goes all in. Yet, he says, there's still a problem. People are conditioned to be selfish, protective, small of mind and heart, taking the path of least resistance, choosing what Jesus says is darkness. That great structural change doesn't come easily. We are tempted to continue to live in a world where we have leverage financially, culturally, politically, socially, religiously, and we still choose to go home, to work, to school, to friends, as if that great gift God provides has not been given.
We understand that. It is an easy choice to make, this darkness. It may come naturally, or it may come through a lifetime of conditioning and coping, but there is some comfort in darkness. "Hello Darkness, my old friend," say Simon and Garfunkel. "I've come to talk with you again." This darkness, say the troubadours, is akin to the Silence. It's familiar. It's anonymous. A lot of people like darkness, and that doesn't make them bad people. Now darkness isn't in and of itself evil or good. It's just darkness. But in John's gospel there is an operational definition. Darkness is that in the sense that it is the arena where humanity may take up all the tools of self-destruction and wields them to the most painful of purposes. Light, on the other hand, is about truth. It is about transparency. It's about doing the authentic thing when being inauthentic comes easier. It is often the harder choice to make, choosing light. Choosing light renders us vulnerable, whereas there is a protection afforded to us in the darkness.
Many folks I've met here at Pullen have been an inspiration to me as persons who have worked hard at a life of self-examination and choosing to live life with a sense of authenticity about who you are and who you wish to continue to become. You have each and several, sought support to that end, and have found it in this community and in the other communities which you have sought out, or who have sought you out, and invited you to share your journey with them. For me, that is a journey toward, and in, the light. It is challenging, and sometimes requires rethinking of things you've held dear for maybe your whole lives. But I thank you for living those lives so that the likes of me might be lifted toward my own authentic life.
Some of you will remember a model for therapy and personal growth called Transactional Analysis. I was involved in that modality for a while, taking classes and passing tests and using it where appropriate in my interactions with persons with whom I worked. It is a model based in Freud, so it's probably a bit outdated, but the popular book by Eric Berne, I'm OK you're OK, was a kind of simplified guide to its basic precepts. One example from the book I have carried with me as a kind of paradigmatic story about living an authentic, examined life. The discussion was concerning what Berne called "Parent Information," or that set of moral, psychological, practical absolutes which get transferred between generations without examination or question. It seems there was a person who was preparing a holiday dinner in the company of her extended family and some friends. Part of the dinner preparation was to prepare a pot roast. To this end, she took a large knife and neatly cut an inch or so off the end of the pot roast before cooking, then placed it in the oven. A daughter who had been watching, asked her mother why she sliced that piece off the end of the roast, assuming it had something to do with promoting the flow of juices or something. Her mother said she wasn't sure why, but simply said that she had seen her own mother routinely slice that end off, and so continued to do that herself, figured there was good reasons for it, and kept doing it. Her mother was there, so they asked, "Why did you do that." Her response, of course, was that she wasn't sure why she had done it, but her mother had always done it and she was a great cook, so she just copied the action. Grandmother wasn't there right then, so they decided to call her up and ask why the family practice was to slice that end off the pot roast. Her response, "Well, I don't know why you do it, but my pan was too small for the whole pot roast!"
To do things just because we've always done them that way is living in the dark. To "thingify" people because we don't know them or because they are different from us, or because we're afraid of them, is to live in the dark. To deny the blessings of a loving God to people because somehow we are afraid that if we give too much of that blessing to others it will somehow lessen the blessedness left for us, is living in the dark. Denying children a decent education, or poor people health care, or people coming here out of their own desire for a better life and forced to live in the shadows in order to live and work in a free land, or all people the right to vote, is to accede to the darkness rather than the light. And Jesus says the light is the place you need to be.
We live in a world, do we not, of constant choices between dark and light, between being authentic and being inauthentic, between living a life of personal commitment or personal evasion of commitment. What about this Nicodemus fellow? Well, we find him only in the Gospel of John, and in this gospel twice more. First, here, as he lurks in the dark, and with his either willful or clueless misunderstanding of the direction Jesus sought to give. The second time, we see him in the Sanhedrin assembly, where Pharisees are eager to condemn Jesus for his perceived illegal activities, to which Nicodemus, replies, "Our law does not judge people without giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?" Do you hear with me a little movement toward the light, toward the real, toward the authentic? Then finally we see him along with another secret disciple, Joseph, preparing his body for burial and placing it in the grave. It's still dark, but there is a light emerging.
Gandhi advocated a way of seeing and living that sought out living in the light as well. Satiyagraha was the Sanskrit compound term for "truth" and "polite resistance." It was described to me once as a philosophy which sought to absorb hatred and evil rather than allowing the consequences of that darkness to bring harm to others. It is, in our context this morning, a sense of choosing the light.
And Dr. King, again, back in 1954:
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
May we choose the light.

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Obama administration pulls references to Islam from terror training materials, official says
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Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole confirmed on Wednesday that the Obama administration was pulling back all training materials used for the law enforcement and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references to Islam that some Muslim groups have claimed are offensive.
"I recently directed all components of the Department of Justice to re-evaluate their training efforts in a range of areas, from community outreach to national security," Cole told a panel at the George Washington University law school.
The move comes after complaints from advocacy organizations including the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and others identified as Muslim Brotherhood front groups in the 2004 Holy Land Foundation terror fundraising trial.
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Andy Douglas removed the announcement off his "MySpace" page that former TNA Tag Team Champions The Naturals would be getting a tryout with WWE this September in Nashville. It remains to be seen if they lost the tryout or if someone told them to pull the announcement. It is known that WWE prefers talent to be low key about any potential work with the company, so that seems like the strong possibility right now.
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Wet or dry, most of us consider mud a considerable nuisance. Piled in the yard and driveway after a rain storm or caked on shoes and boots, the idea of scrubbing, scraping, laundering, and just dealing with it in general is not a pleasant one – unless you're a 3-year-old.
But many of us also know that mud has been used cosmetically used for centuries in the pursuit of smooth skin, with modern beauty products incorporating it into their formulas. Perhaps lesser known is mud's medicinal properties — coveted even by kings and queens!
Imbued with soothing, healing sulfides and other chemicals and nutrients, much-maligned mud has had — and continues to have in some parts of the world – many applications. These include assuaging arthritis, gynecological issues, and rheumatic disorders, and nature aficionados know it as a quick fix to treat bee stings.
Speculative uses of medicinal mud, clay, or often a mixture of sand, clay, and silk, go back to early man who used it to cure wounds, with the first documented application in Mesopotamia. In the second century AD, Greek physician and philosopher Galen noted sick or injured animals seeking out clay presumably for its healing properties in what is called geophagy: the practice of eating earth or soil-like substances.
Kaolin and the smectite clays such as bentonite, montmorillonite, and Fuller's earth are said to have been most commonly used for medicinal purposes, with mud baths (a combination of volcanic ash and hot springs or heated mineral water) popular for thousands of years. Some of today's pricey spas and resorts tote them liberally, and residents of Eastern and Western Europe swore by mud baths to relieve arthritis–as some still do. The mud found in Israel's and Jordan's Dead Sea is sought after by inhabitants and tourists alike.
So why not take some time to luxuriate in the healing properties of marvelous mud? Your children probably won't protest if you sanction a "go for broke" day of extreme mud pie-making. In fact, while the temptation might be there for them to eat the earnest fruits of their messy labor, a slice of the real thing in the form of some rich, ambrosial Mississippi Mud Pie (named for the dense mud on the banks of the Mississippi River) is a little reward you can make together. Try this recipe for a sweet ending to an arduous day of mud pie-making.
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1 cup flour
3 tablespoons sugar
13 oz. whipped topping
8 oz. cream cheese
Large packet of instant vanilla pudding
Large packet of instant chocolate fudge pudding
1/4 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup sugar
3 cups milk
Shaved chocolate
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
For crust, mix together flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, butter, and nuts. Press into a 9-x-13 pan. Bake 15 minutes and let cool.
Combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, and half of the whipped topping. Set aside.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Fiction: Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins
I have a confession to make: I don't like suspense.
I don't like horror movies. Nor thrillers. I don't like being on the edge of my seat for 90 minutes or longer. The same goes for books. I would be a prime candidate for Christian suspense author Brandilyn Collins' Big Honkin' Chickens Club (BHCC, for short), designed for those of us who don't like the scary stuff (I prefer the term "suspense-challenged" to the "C" word).
I have avoided Collins' work for a long time for this reason, but I finally relented and accepted a chance to read her latest release, Dark Pursuit. I'm glad I did.
There's a reason Collins' brand is "Seatbelt Suspense." In Dark Pursuit, the action starts almost immediately and doesn't let up until the whiz-bang finale. Interspersed among the action and tension are excellent characterizations and enough creative plot twists to fill two or three novels.
The story involves "King of Suspense" novelist Darell Brooke, who is attempting to write his 100th novel while battling physical and mental problems brought on by a car accident. His frustration with writer's block is illustrated by snippets of his strained work-in-progress.
Enter Kaitlan Sering, Brooke's estranged granddaughter who is caught in a web of deceit and murder and has nowhere to turn but to Brooke. Though his mental capacities are faded, Brooke hatches a plan to help his granddaughter, and much action ensues.
Collins has the gift of "tension," of keeping the story moving at a breakneck pace with unexpected turns. Character development doesn't suffer, as her characters practically leap off the page with their quirks and inclinations.
Brooke's assistant, Margaret, serves as the spiritual center of the book, which illustrates the folly of the "dark pursuit of vain empires." The spiritual side could have been a bit beefier, but Collins deftly weaves themes of grace and mercy through the characters of Kaitlan, who has made some unwise choices and has to face the consequences, and of Brooke, who realizes that he has sacrificed family relationships for fame and fortune.
The denouement is a bit violent for my taste, but it certainly keeps your eyes glued to the page with its many twists and turns.
If you're looking for a fast-paced, thrilling read, Dark Pursuit is for you. It's not for the faint of heart, but it will keep you turning pages longer than you want.
This suspense thing might be okay after all. I may read more of Collins' work—as soon as I build up my courage after reading Dark Pursuit.
I'm holding off on that BHCC Membership Card for now.
Thanks, Carlton, for a great review in a genre I have also avoided. You just might have changed my mind about giving it a try.
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- ~ Brandilyn Collins said...
Carlton, thank you so much for this review. I appreciate your honesty, and I am glad to hear you enjoyed the story--even when you thought it may not be for you.
I had a lot of fun writing this book. The idea actually started with the quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost. I love that phrase "hatching vain empires." I began to look at Satan's temptation of man and realized he cunningly taught the very thing he'd learned was a dooming thing to do--embark on the dark pursuit of one's own vain empire instead of follow God's plan. He offered man this death disguised as life--and man fell for it! As I looked at all this symbolically, a present-day story began to form. The black and green, representing life and death, took the form of silk fabric. Characters took the forms of those who've pursued their own dark pursuits--some realizing what they've done, and another completely caught up in blindness and the pursuit of death--literally.
I enjoy writing this type of story. Lots of action in the surface story but much more underneath, revealed through subtext and symbolism. Suspense can carry us to the depths of our fears and of evil--and that's where God's ultimate power and grace shines all the brighter.
Again, I so appreciate your time and review. And I do hope you'll come back for more!
Blessings, ~ Brandilyn
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There's big news today on the horror/action front. It seems that the freshly released Dracula Untold is only the start of something much bigger over at Universal.
At the Dracula Untold premiere, producer Alissa Phillips confirmed something that's been speculated for a while now - that Universal intend to revamp the Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe that ruled throughout the 1940s and '50s.
Dracula Untold is part of the revamp, she confirmed:
I was really excited to be part of that. When we started out we weren't [part of the series], but then we found out that they were going to do it.
Working with Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan who are very much a part of creating The Mummy and the other ones…it's been fun to be a part of that.
This throws new light on the fact that the release of The Mummy and Van Helsing have been pushed to 2016 - implying that the studio needed more time to map out potential crossover and the universe as a whole. So what about those movies?
The Mummy
The Mummy is directed by Alex Kurtzman, the producer-writer behind The Amazing Spider Man 2, Ender's Game, and Star Trek Into Darkness - so it's fair to say he has some experience in living up to fan expectations.
Plot details and cast have yet to be confirmed, but the rumors are that the film will be set in the present day and will be more action-focused with the horror elements of the story played down.
Van Helsing
Kurtzman and his frequent collaborator Roberto Orci are also confirmed to be producing a reboot of Van Helsing, with Tom Cruise set to star. Just who will direct is still a question, but whoever it is, Kurtzman has implied that they'll be of a gritty persuasion:
The Dark Knight was a major corner-turning moment in the way that genre and superhero stories could be told. Really grounded in reality. Really grounded in really cool things. That's what I'd like to do without sacrificing the fantasy element. [...] We'd love to do that with Van Helsing.
So Van Helsing and The Mummy are in the works, but if Universal have aspirations to create a new universe, they're going to need a few more characters.
The original universe featured only a few protagonists, and most of them have been pulled out time and time again. So who might breathe new life into the franchise?
The Wolfman
With the current unending thirst for lycans, it's a fair bet that The Wolfman will feature highly in the prospective universe.
Iconically portrayed by Lon Chaney Jr., and most recently by Benicio del Toro in the 2010 remake, the character is the classic blend of angst, comic campiness and genuine spookiness.
Elizabeth Lavenza/Bride of Frankenstein
A potential goldmine if done right, the fiancee of Frankenstein is a tragic character - beautiful, devoted to a man more interested in monsters, and eventually a victim of his creation. She's too interesting a character to pass up.
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March 28: Inzamam-ul Haq and his men must have felt like unclaimed luggage today as they slipped out of Lahore airport through the cargo gate as angry fans waited for them at the main entrance.
In India, where most of the Men in Blue were to arrive later tonight, the police worried which direction trouble might come from swathed the Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore airports in security and guarded the players homes.
The night landings would suit most of the players, hiding their embarrassment.
The shame was evident as the players prepared to leave their Trinidad hotel. A fans request for autographs had Mahendra Singh Dhoni stumped: Dont tell me you still need our autographs'
Irfan Pathan doesnt need to hide. Few will be recognising him at a glance: he has shaved his head.
Sourav Ganguly, perhaps with the least to fear from fans, isnt returning to Calcutta immediately. Rahul Dravid was expected to stop over in Nagpur en route to Bangalore.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Dhoni were bound for New Delhi; S. Sreesanth and Dinesh Karthick for Chennai.
Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar were to land in Mumbai around 1 am along with Pathan, Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel, as well as Greg Chappell and his support staff.
We arent taking chances, said a CISF official at the heavily guarded Mumbai airport. After all, they are still our national heroes.
That was what the autograph-seeker, too, told Dhoni in Trinidad. We are down, dont break us even more, the wicketkeeper blushed.


text: Ooookay so I cleaned out my wardrobe (once again, don't laugh) and dug up an old skirt of mine I used to love. Bought it to wear Christmas day a couple of years ago and thought it's pretty much gone out of fashion but then got the idea to mix things up a little bit. You can't see very clearly but the blouse has polka dots and the tights have love hearts, thought the contrast in patterns looked cute and less predictable. Hair is a scraggy mess!!! Please forgive me, did the makeup very quickly too it's also pretty crap haha. Anyways, leave a comment with your opinion, like and follow if you wish it'd be greatly appreciated :) Bex


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Downton Abbey is returning for a sixth season.
Live With Kelly and Michael's Halloween episode featured a Mad Men-themed sketch.
Lauren Cohan and Steven Yeun also showed up on Live With Kelly and Michael's Halloween special to warn of the zombie apocalypse.
Jon Hamm displays his love of internet cats on @midnight.
Amy Poehler tells Seth Myers about the pregnancy advice she got from Mr. Hamm.
Rich Sommer talks to the Sydney Morning herald about Mad Men, fashion and cocktails. Rich took some of Janie's designs Down Under and showed 'em off on Twitter:
About to wear a @JanieBryant Mad Men design on @morningshowon7. Talking about horses and @SchweppesAus and such. pic.twitter.com/9cGIJiIrP6
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@JanieBryant @morningshowon7 @SchweppesAus LOVE this jacket. pic.twitter.com/z8wbpjT7Za — Rich Sommer (@richsommer) October 28, 2014
MT @FlemingtonVRC: @richsommer and @samueljoelross arrive at the Bar @SchweppesAus #Birdcage Marquee. #DerbyDay pic.twitter.com/bsolv1KAmH
— Rich Sommer (@richsommer) November 1, 2014
Jessica Paré speaks with The Irish Times about singing with The Jesus and Mary Chain, her new Irish movie Standby, and being constantly badgered for spoilers about Mad Men.
James Wolk talks to MLive about Mad Men, Robin Williams, and more.
Last Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead was the second to beat Sunday Night Football in the key demo.
Emily Kinney talks to THR about Beth's reappearance on The Walking Dead. She also talked to Entertainment Weekly.
Greg Nicotero talks to ABC News about creating zombies.
David Morrissey has co-founded a production company.
Bob Odenkirk tells the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that Better Call Saul is "very rich and unique, and nobody's judgment after the first episode will mean anything."
AMC Networks on Thursday reported mixed third-quarter financials.
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Emmy award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcolm in the Middle) follows in the exasperated footsteps of Samuel L. Jackson, giving voice to the long-suffering father whose indifferent child will just not eat in this hilarious follow-up to Adam Mansbach's international best seller, Go the F*** to Sleep
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Ad Block has Gotten Facebook Worried
By Alex Neil Posted Aug 12, 2016 in Facebook News/ Social Media News
Ad Block is a really good tool for people wanting to avoid ads altogether. They can limit the number of ads they see on any page or get rid of them altogether. But while this can be a life saver for those people, it has put sites like Forbes, Facebook, Wired and New York Times, whose revenues depend mostly on ads, in jeopardy.
Their revenues are going down because of it and this situation has got them thinking of getting around the Ad Block's barrier. Facebook has actually found a way around it and it says that people who use Facebook through a desktop will still see ads on it even if they are using ad blockers.
But this is only on desktop and mobile ads are still not visible if users choose to block them out. That is still worrying for Facebook as 85% from its revenues through mobile ads but at the very least it got to save the ad revenues coming from desktop ads (and people using Facebook on mobile web instead of apps)!
Today, Ad Block launched a work around for Facebook's code for nullifying ad blockers. But unfortunately, these new updates hide posts from friends and family. And Facebook expressed its opinion on TechCrunch on such a bad move:
"We're disappointed that ad blocking companies are punishing people on Facebook as these new attempts don't just block ads but also posts from friends and Pages. This isn't a good experience for people and we plan to address the issue. Ad blockers are a blunt instrument, which is why we've instead focused on building tools like ad preferences to put control in people's hands."
Facebook is working really hard to get around this obstacle and make Facebook normal for its users again. You can expect to see results in just a few hours or a day at most. The battle will probably continue to go on and on.
Ad Block is a t a disadvantage here because it relies on people downloading and manually updating their software. But Facebook can thwart its efforts on its own without its users having to do anything at all. This means that by the time people download and install the latest update of Ad Block plus, Facebook may already have gotten rid of the issue.


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Fluorine Lite Mikiana
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Copyright 2005, 2010 Kreative Software. All rights reserved. Use of this font is subject to the Relay Fonts Personal Use License. Use for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.Description
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by Biermann, George (editor)
Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1924. Hardcover. G- (Binding is quite soiled and spine is quite worn and torn but is still holding together for now; pages are aging lightly; a candidate for rebinding or reading copy only.). Yellow cloth, 274 pp. BW illus. Majority of text is in German, with one essay in English. A collection of essays and findings about all sorts of Asian art and artifacts. The lone contribution in English is "The Opening Exhibition at the Freer Gallery, Washington," by L. Ashton. (Inventory #: 153968)


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Reinforced concrete pipes, or RCPs, are used in storm sewer systems and water sewer systems. The installation of these pipes is challenging because they are heavy and require heavy equipment to move and place them. This article will cover best practices for RCP handling and installation.

Handling Reinforced Concrete Pipe

Reinforced concrete pipes should be managed carefully to prevent damaging the bell (the wide or flared end of the RCP) and spigot (the narrow end that is inserted into the bell of an adjoining pipe). RCPs not be dragged to the site. It is recommended that you unload the pipes using a nylon sling or other certified material that can support the weight of the pipe, and be balanced precisely in the sling.

Excavating Reinforced Concrete Pipe

Before starting the installation process, be sure to have the trench prepared to accommodate at least two pipes. By doing this you can verify that the installation will meet the required slope and that subsequent trenching will not impact the pipe being installed nor compromise worker safety.

After every RCP is installed you must check line and grade levels. Remember that the trench must be wide enough allowing workers to install and manage the pipe safely. Do not adjust the pipe alignment or grade with pipe in the home position. Remember that during the installation process the pipes must not be supported on bells as it could damage them. The bedding material shall be free of debris and must provide a uniformly level surface.

Preparing Joining Surfaces of RCP

Before laying out the RC pipe, you will need to carefully clean all dirt from the joining surfaces of the bell of the pipe. If the surface is not properly cleaned it may prevent proper homing of the pipe.

Using a brush or gloves, add lubricant to the bell portion of the RCP. Check with the RCP manufacturer for suggested lubricants that should be used. Lubricant should be sufficient to prevent the gasket from rolling away and damaging the bell end. Clean the spigot or tongue end of the pipe so the gasket will seal adequately. Lubricate the tongue end of the pipe, including the gasket recess. When the lubricating grease is insufficient, the gasket may twist out of recess. Remember to lubricate the gasket before putting it on the tongue of the RCP.

Installing RCP

To install the RCP, you will need a couple of workers to manage the pipe. It is important to lubricate pipe bell and gasket as mentioned above to avoid applying excessive force.

Install the gasket and use a round object to equalize the gasket stretch. Pass the object several times along the circumference to make sure everything is in place. If the gasket is not stretched, the pipe could leak at the joint or the bell may crack. Align bell and spigot, and check that the gasket is in contact with the entry taper.

Make sure the pipe is aligned by using surveying or leveling instruments. When the pipe to be installed has a small diameter, place a wood block across the bell end of the pipe and push using a wedge bar. This should move the pipe slowly into place. Keep pushing until the pipe is completely installed. If the pipe diameter is somewhat larger and heavier, you might want to use pipe pullers to install the pipe.

Backfilling Reinforced Concrete Pipe

Backfill material should be placed carefully along the pipe and compacted thoroughly. Backfill material should be placed evenly in lifts on both sides of the pipe and fill the trench up one foot above the top of the pipe.

Material must not be bulldozed into the trench or dropped directly on top of the pipe. Do not use backfill material with large boulders as they will not be compacted and could damage the pipe.

Remember to avoid material that contains roots or other organic material. Backfill should be placed following geotechnical recommendations based on specific backfill material.

Finally do no operate heavy construction equipment over the pipe until adequate backfill is in place or the pipe is deep enough that it will not be damaged.


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ING is to sell its insurance operations in Latin America for $3.85-billion (U.S.) to Colombian insurance group GrupoSura, the Dutch bank announced on Monday.
The deal moves ING closer to meeting EU demands that it split its banking and insurance operations as a condition for receiving Dutch state aid during the financial crisis.
The deal excludes ING's 36 per cent stake in Brazilian insurer Sul America, which the company plans to sell separately in the near future. ING plans to complete the divestment of its insurance arm by spinning off its American and Eurasian insurance operations in separate initial public offerings by the end of this year.
ING announced it would make a profit of €1-billion on the sale to GrupoSura, which valued the Latin American operations at 1.8 times book value and approximately 18 times estimated earnings.
"The cash earnings and the multiple were both higher than we or the market expected," said analyst Cor Kluis of Rabobank. "It's impressive that they continue to divest their insurance activities at a high speed."
Shares in ING were almost unchanged at €8.09 in morning trading on the Amsterdam exchange.
Last month ING sold its US internet-banking operation, ING Direct USA, to Capital One. Earlier this month it offloaded its auto leasing business, ING Car Lease, to BMW.
The sale of the Latin American insurance operations will reduce the total debt of ING's insurance arm by some €2.8-billion, an important step towards the IPOs of its other insurance operations. Analysts said that nearly met ING's need to reduce its insurance arm's debt by some €3-billion before the IPOs take place, in order for the spun-off insurance companies to meet capital adequacy requirements.
ING has promised to repay the Dutch state €4.5-billion, including a 50 per cent premium, by May 2012. The company received €10-billion in government support during the financial crisis and has already paid back €7-billion plus premiums.


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Some friend of a friend tried to call me out say I'm a liar about my past. I don't know if I should just stop telling my stories though. I don't know what to say but a lot of crazy shit happens to me. Most recent was that I got a offer to work security at the playboy mansion. I was working the Halloween Maxim Magazine party. I met Leonardo Dicaprio/The young one from hot tub time machine/Larry David/Chuck Lidell/Kevin Spacey and a bunch of others that I don't really know of. I don't know if I should just keep this stuff to myself to be honest lol. I can't take pictures of events like that because I would get kicked out. All about composer and professionalism. I can't ask Leo to take a selfie with me.
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Published: Wednesday 15th October 2014 by The News Editor
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill admits his history-making side are well ahead of schedule on the road to Euro 2016 after claiming a third successive win, with star striker Kyle Lafferty already setting his sights on the finals in France.
No Northern Ireland side have ever before won their first three matches in any World Cup or European campaign, but O'Neill's men secured a wonderful 2-0 victory to add Claudio Ranieri's Greece to a list of victims that already included Hungary and the Faroe Islands.
Jamie Ward's second international goal, a deflected eighth-minute effort, got the ball rolling before the Derby man set up Lafferty for a superb second on the counter-attack.
O'Neill is keen to play the pragmatist, insisting third place and a play-off remains his primary objective, but he also had a feeling that a big result was in the offing in Athens.
"We wouldn't have expected to win our first three games but I had a good feeling about this one," he said.
"I said to the players if we had six points after four games we'd probably be relatively pleased, now it's nine from three.
"I thought we were magnificent. The players are delighted too, but I don't think they're surprised.
"They believed they could come here and get something from the game.
"The players have performed so well that there was confidence in them and we got a performance of real discipline and excellent quality when we had the opportunity to break and counter attack."
Leading the dressing room cheer was Lafferty, who has scored in each of the last three matches and is fast becoming a truly talismanic figure with man-of-the-match displays in each of them.
The Norwich striker did not score at all in O'Neill's first campaign, struggling for form, fitness and being sent off against Portugal.
But he is now turning in performances of the highest quality and was not shy about setting his sights on a first major championship appearance.
"I'm lost for words," he told Sky Sports 2.
"We won comfortably in the end. We believe we can qualify for Euro 2016 and we have now sent out a massive message to the other nations in the group.
"It was lovely to score again and that makes it three in three for me which is very pleasing, but tonight is not about me.
"It is about the team who worked for this and are delighted with the result."
The 27-year-old has now scored 12 times in 40 appearances for his country, and O'Neill sees a player who finally matured into a force to be reckoned with on the world stage.
"Kyle has all the attributes to play right at the top level of the game – pace, technique, power, size. What he has done in the last three games is bring it all together," said the manager.
"International football suits him, particularly away from home when there is space.
"When he plays like that, he is as good as any centre forward that you'd wish to have.
"What we've seen in the last three games with his focus is a top class international striker developing. Long may it continue."
Ranieri, the well-travelled former Chelsea coach, was jeered from the stands at the final whistle and faces a battle to persuade a sceptical public he remains the right man to lead Greece.
Despite being top seeds in Group F, they have lost successive home games and have just one point following Saturday's draw in Finland.
The Italian was quick to play down concerns over his own future and that of his side.
"In my opinion everything is still open in the group. We are in a bad situation but we need change and when you need change, you need time," he said.
"This can only be done by playing more together but there are 21 points still out there for us to got so nothing is lost yet."
Ranieri offered some praise for the away side, but blamed his team for opening the door.
"Was the game won or lost? I think the truth is in the middle: they played their game and we could not stop them."
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Many people have used some form of Linux in an appliance or mobile device without knowing. The wodim utility is similarly anonymous: If you have used a desktop CD/ DVD burner like Brasero or K3, then you've used wodim, and you've also used other tools, such as cdrdao and genisoimage; however, the main command is wodim. The tools on the desktop are just the front ends for wodim's array of command options.
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Caption: Amy Adams
Actors: Amy Adams (Net Worth )
Date: 15 January 2015
Credits: Photo by Michael Buckner - © 2015 Getty Images - Image courtesy gettyimages.com
Actress, Soundtrack, Producer
Born: August 20, 1974
Star sign: Leo
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Known for: Man of Steel (2013), Enchanted (2007), American Hustle (2013), The Fighter (2010)
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Amy Lou Adams was born in Italy, to American parents Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, while her father was a U.S. serviceman. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, ancestry. Adams sang in the school choir at Douglas ...


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Beautiful Bologna/Bellissima Bologna
Beautiful Bologna They say that Italy is all beautiful … and they are right, but then everyone heads for Rome, Florence and Milan. What about Bologna, have you ever been there? I have just spent 5 and a half weeks in this magnificent city. "Why?", you ask. I love Latin and classical history and have also always wanted to speak Italian, so 6 years ago I took myself off to Dante Alighieri, the Italian school in Houghton, Johannesburg. I found an excellent teacher, did some courses, passed an exam, and received a bursary to study at one of the Dante Alighieris in Italy. I had a choice, and chose Bologna – this medieval jewel was perfect! Not too big, and not too small, the city centre is dominated by two towers called Asinelli and Garisenda. Garisenda leans at the same angle as Pisa's tower, but for me is more beautiful. There are also kilometres of very charming porticoes which protect you from sun and rain … I sound parochial, but Bologna does this to you – you immediately fall in love with her and want to make her your own. My two weeks at Bologna's Dante Alighieri School were mind blowing. I am quite old and my fellow students, 3 young Thai guys and a Cambodian, who were delightful, were in their 20s, much younger than my sons. Nonetheless, we all got on
Arrivederci Bologna
Goodbye Bologna, arrivederci … Thank you to everyone who was part of this journey with me : Dante Alighieri in Rome, Dante Alighieri in Johannesburg and Dante Alighieri in Bologna – Lucia, Angela, Brigida, Nat, Emm, Pingh, Ringo Reanda Russo/Bacchelli, Odoardo Bacchelli, The staff of San Tommaso, Edera, Beatrice, Diego, Judith, Mauro Fogacci, Christiaan, Mia and your lovely daughter, Penny, Helen, Lynne, Beppe, Vera, Rosie, Rita, my family and friends who followed this blog and the people of this wonderful city You all helped to make this an amazing experience and I appreciate everything. Thank you Martin for travelling with me and for accepting the fact that I love all things Italian I will be back! Arrivederci Arrivederci Bolologna, goodbye … Grazie a tutti voi che facevate parte di questo viaggio con me. La Dante Alighieri a Roma, La Dante Alighieri a Johannesburg e la Dante Alighieri a Bologna – Lucia Gaudenzi, Angela, Brigida, Nat, Emm, Pingh e Ringo Reanda Russo Bacchelli, Odoardo Bacchelli, l' Ospitalita' San Tommaso, Edera, Beatrice, Diego, Judith, Mauro Fogacci, Cristiaan, Mia e vostra figlia cosi' bella, Penny, Helen, Lynne, Beppe, Vera, Rosie, Rita, la mia famiglia e tutti i miei amici che stavano guardando il blog e la gente di questa citta' meravigliosa. Tutti voi avete aiutato a rendere questa esperienza un po' particolare e molto speciale e io apprezzo tutto. Grazie a Martin – hai viaggiato con
Rosie e Rita
Rosie and Rita arrived today. How wonderful to see them. We have been out and about in beautiful Bologna and will explore more tomorrow. Good night and sleep well. Will continue my story on Sunday evening Rosie e Rita sono arrivate oggi. Siamo stati cosi' contenti di rivedere Rosie e di conoscere Rita. Abbiamo esplorato bellissima Bologna e domani esploreremo piu'. Buona notte e sogni d'oro – continuero' presto la mia storia.
Beppe and Vera, our dear friends from Piemonte, arrived yesterday – it was wonderful to see them. We did some sight seeing – Santo Stefano and Bologna's city centre, and then after a rest we went up to beautiful San Michele in Bosco. There is a very interesting meridian line showing the seasons of the year. We decided to go back into the city to see San Petronio, which has a similar meridian line, dating back to 1655! You must google this! After a delicious meal at Fausto's restaurant in San Tommaso, some vey good crescentini, we went to bed. Today we saw San Domenico, San Paulo and San Francesco, all lovely churches. We met Reanda, Edera and Beatrice and had lunch together at Sole Mio – the food was very good. Beppe and Vera had to leave at 4 – thank you for coming to see us – it was great to see you again…. Martin and I had a drink in the Giardini Margherita …. beer, and a prosecco for me …. then home through the porticoes … Beppe e Vera, i nostri cari amici del Piemonte, sono arrivati ieri – era meraviglioso di rivederli. Abbiamo esplorato le 7 chiese di Santo Stefano e il centro di Bologna, e poi abbiamo fatto un pisolino. Alle 4 siamo andati in autobus alla bellissima San Michele in Bosco in cui c'e' una linea
On Tuesday morning we left for Florence on the train…a shock awaited us – it was just so full of people – American tourists everywhere. We tried to see David and the Duomo, but the queues were endless, then Penny arrived on her bike… it was so wonderful to see her again … She took us down a narrow street and the crowds were gone … this city is beautiful … we tried to book tickets for the main sights, but Friday was the first available day .. so we went to see a virtual presentation on Leonardo in a church instead … a good start … then we walked with Penny … The best way to see this city … and we saw everything … the architecture, the stunning view from the Bardini gardens, beautiful frescoes in ancient churches, hidden piazzas, the Ponte Vecchio from both sides and the Arno! Penny went back to work, and we met again at around 8.30 and took the bus to her apartment … after lots of catching up, a chat with Rose in Canada and a very good meal we crashed…. Penny went off to work again after breakfast and we took the bus to Piazza della Repubblica to meet Helen and her lovely daughter, Lynne. Lynne lives in the city and Helen is visiting from SA. It was wonderful to see them. We had
Modena and Bologna!/Modena e Bologna
On Sunday we went to Modena. James asked for some balsamic vinegar and so we decided to get him the real thing. The city is beautiful and there is a beautiful church in the square – it is a world heritage site. We climbed the tower – Ghirlandina. We also had a look at the Ferrari museum and thought of Alistair and Judy. This morning, I climbed Bologna's tower for the second time with Martin. It is high!!! We have been resting this afternoon and are off to Florence tomorrow for 2 days. We have just heard that Beppe and Vera will be here on Thursday and Friday, and Rosie and her family arrive on Saturday. I can't wait to see them all. I really love this city full of porticoes! Domenica pomeriggio siamo andati a Modena. James voleva l'aceto balsamico e volevo comprargli la vera cosa. La citta' e' bella e c'e' una bellissima cattedrale in piazza – un patrimonio dell'umanita'. Siamo saliti sulla torre Ghirlandina e abbiamo anche visto il museo di Ferrari e ho pensato a Alistair e Judy. Stamattina sono salita sulla torre a Bologna per la seconda volta con Martin … Mamma mia e' alta. Abbiamo fatto un pisolino questo pomeriggio. Andremo a Firenze domani e mercoledi' e abbiamo appena sentito che Beppe e Vera vengono giovedi' e venerdi' … Rosie e la sua famiglia arrivano sabato …
Castiglione dei Pepoli
Today we went to Castiglione dei Pepoli with Mauro – it is so beautiful. 401 South Africans who died during the 2nd World War are buried in the cemetery here – if I were to choose a place to rest, I would choose this place. There is also a wonderful museum nearby specially about the South Africans and put together by Mauro and his friends. We had dinner at a charming country restaurant called Antica Hostaria della Rocca di Badolo – the food in Emilia Romagna is excellent – thank you Mauro for everything – much appreciated. Oggi siamo andati a Castiglione dei Pepoli con Mauro – e' molto bello. 401 sudafricani sono sepolti nel cimitero – sono morti durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Se dovessi scegliere un posto per riposare, poi sceglierei questo posto. C'e' anche un museo vicino al cimitero – il lavoro di Mauro e i suoi amici. Abbiamo mangiato in un ristorante magico in campagne – Antica Hostaria della Rocca di Badolo – il cibo di Emilia Romagna e' buonissimo. grazie Mauro di tutto cio' che hai fatto per noi- molto apprezzato!
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Tea Taste Test – Choice Mango Ceylon
Tea Selection: Mango Ceylon
Company Name: Choice Tea
Brand: Granum, Inc.
Founded: 1989
Founder: Blake Rankin
Tea Company Comments taken from their webpage:
Firm belief in organics and fair trade with a concern for the ethical treatment of workers who cultivate tea. Choice teas are manufactured in a certified organic facility.
Read more about Choice Teas on their website: Choice Teas
My first exposure to this tea was while out on a dinner date in Cleveland, Ohio. I also request Black Tea, unsweetened and our server brought us this amazing glass of tea. I was astonished that the tea was so good. Generally I expect a powered or lower value tea but this tea had the best flavor I'd tasted in a long time. Refreshing.
I expressed my liking of the tea so much to our waiter that before I left I was handed a brown bag of loose leaf tea from the Choice Tea Company. I could not have been happier.
One of the reasons I don't mention the restaurant as i do not want anyone to get into trouble over anything.
The date was nice but the tea was amazing!
A Ceylon is a black tea and this tea is contains pieces of mango gently infused with marigold petals throughout the bag.
Organic Black Teas
Natural Mango Flavor
Organic Marigold Petals
Costs at the time of this writing:
1 pound bag – 31.90
2 pound bag – 52.90
This is such a refreshing tea without a heavy taste of citrus or flower in it. I steep my tea bag with 1 teaspoon of tea and let it sit for about 2 minutes. The tea is already a rich mahogany color by then and I pour my hot tea over ice, because that's the way I like it. I also double steep this tea easily and it makes a second cup that tastes as good as the first.
Mango Ceylon is a beautiful full body tea that infused the slight taste of mango and marigold with a slight hint of the black tea. The citrus is not overpowering at all it's a beautiful balance with an incredible slight taste of mango.
I like the fact I could double brew a teaspoon or so and I've noticed with my use I continue to steep more and more tea at each brewing, then for a while I will back off this tea and when I come back I start back at the one teaspoon again.
This is an all day tea, meaning I can brew this tea in the morning and come back to it later in the day and it's still refreshing.
I purchase a two pound bag and that lasts me about four or five months. I used to belong to their automatic delivery but this ran into problems so I just went back into ordering it myself, in fact, I just looked and it's time to re-order
Hot Tea Taste Facts:
I always take a sip of hot tea for all you tea lovers and let you know that the tea is an incredible mix of citrus and flower with a foundation of a rich but not overbearing black ceylon tea. This would make a great sweetened tea as well, I am very sure a light honey would only bring out the citrus and marigold flavors even more.
Till next Tea….


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Jasmine tea is the most popular flower-scented tea in East Asia, enjoyed throughout the day and as an uplifting after-meal tea. This tea's deliciously sweet floral aroma is created through an artisanal tea scenting process. Jasmine blossoms, collected at their peak season, are repeatedly mixed amongst tea leaves and removed only after imparting their fragrance deeply into the tea.
Tasting Notes: Fresh and soothing green tea scented with the enchanting aroma of jasmine blossoms
Ingredients: Organic and Fair Trade Certified™ green tea with jasmine.
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American medical care Essay
American medical care
These early immigrants survived the harsh times and difficult American climate as well as the wilderness on primitive basic instincts. The early settlements were often ravaged by starvation and disease.
During the colonial era, doctors' education was informal. Most were literate, but some who were raised outside of New England were not. A man who wanted to practice medicine did not need any type of certification. Most did have a period of apprenticeship with an established physician, but even this was not a requirement. Up until the late 19th century, very few doctors had a college education.
Medical facilities were unofficial. Most patients were treated in their homes. However, even the smallest towns had poorhouses, where needy people could live and receive limited medical care.
The few hospitals that opened in North America during the colonial period were opened in places like Quebec and New Orleans. Public health was unknown in North America at this time. Towns and cities did not have boards of health except during times of epidemics. Because most places did not have public water or sewer systems, most Americans got their water from pumps and used outhouses until well into the 19th century. There was no trash collection so the streets became a breeding ground for all types of disease.
There were a few attempts to influence public health. For example, when smallpox vaccinations were developed in the 18th century, many small town doctors had groups of people that had to stay quarantined for a few days to make sure they only developed a mild case of smallpox.
Cures may have killed more people than the diseases themselves. The public developed a very skeptical attitude towards regular doctors. In the early 19th century, the do it yourself attitude of many Americans was popular. These people freely gave medical advice, emphasized the participant of the patient in his or her own treatment. However, other "medical treatments" were available also. Probably snake oil is best remembered.
Andrew Taylor Still started the practice of osteopathy. Osteopathy incorporated bodily manipulations, similar to those seen in modern chiropractics. In osteopathy, these manipulations affected the magnetic flow of energy in the body. Osteopathy discouraged use of medicines, but did not forbid them.
Another reaction against heroic medicine was homeopathy. A university-trained German doctor named Samuel Hahnemann started it. Heinemann said that doctors were giving their patients too much medicine. He believed that tiny amounts of drugs should be diluted in water before being given to a patient and that practitioners should take very thorough medical histories of each patient.
Quackery was a way to fool people into believing they were being cured while making money from them. Quackery had even been licensed in London, but it was completely ignored by the America government for hundreds of years.
Hydropathy was another special case. The healing power of water, hydropathy indicated the value of the rest cure, importance of having like-minded people around, the usefulness of light exercise and the fact that women who wore loose-fitting clothing generally felt better and had fewer physical complaints than the ones who did.
Another special case is the entire issue of faith-only healing. While empirical evidence in favor of faith-only healing is lacking, anecdotal evidence suggests that some people who pray do experience spontaneous decrease of certain diseases.
The late 19th century saw major changes in medicine in the United States. Medicine went from being medieval to incorporating many elements of modern science. The advances in chemistry, and biology had major impacts on medicine. As medical practitioners began to understand that the body was comprised of basic chemicals and not mysterious humors, effective treatments for diseases and injuries were developed.
As medicine became more scientific, doctors needed both training and licensing. In 1847, Dr. Nathan Davis founded the American Medical Association (AMA) in Philadelphia to help create professional standards for doctors and set minimal educational requirements.
Medical colleges opened up across the country, increasing requirements from a few months without any college background to a number of years with a college degree. However, these colleges provided an extremely unpredictable level of medical education, with some of them a diploma and others provided a to notch medical education.
As American cities exploded in size during the 19th century due to immigration from Europe, public health became more of an issue. With many hundreds of thousands of people living in cities: extremely crowded, unsanitary conditions; tuberculosis was often at epidemic levels in the cities.
During the 19th century, people understood that TB was not caused by miasma, but was caused by bacteria. People with TB were sometimes sent out of the city to places in the country, where the cleaner air seemed to help their recovery.
It was obvious that people needed clean water for drinking, and bathing. So cities started massive sewer projects to help bring clean water into the cities while removing wastewater from the city. Dead animal remains and garbage littered the street until the late 1800s when cities started sanitation crews to take the trash out of town and dumps to move the waste to. Many cities started dispensaries so the poor could receive treatment and medications for low cost.
With the urban population explosion, the "poorhouses" (probably today's HMO 'Urgent Care') became even larger and harder to manage. With new medical advances, people needed to be in big cities to receive certain types of treatment.
Americans began to build hospitals across the country in the 19th century. The new hospitals were generally cleaner than the old poorhouses.


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Six Inches bags creative duties for HairXpreso
Mumbai: Six Inches Communications, a leading creative and integrated marketing company which provides solutions to organisations including brand strategising, creative services, below the lines services and online services, has won the creative duties for "HairXpreso", a retail compact salon venture initiated by Jawed Habib.
Targeting to build 100 centers this year, Jawed Habib has appointed Six Inches as its creative partner for generating awareness of the brand through its offerings with a focus on advertising, below the line and online. Six Inches will also help the brand bring franchisees through a tactical advertising approach. The brand advertising will be primarily focuses on print activation and will be online focused. A television campaign plan to take the same ahead however is under process.
"HairXpreso" are budget salons that will provide dry hair cut services, products focused on styling and accessories to customers across. These budget salons will be placed in malls across major metros in India, malls being a favourable destination where footfall and consumer traffic already exists and are in abundance.
Deliberating on the occasion, Pravin Shah, Founder and Managing Director, Six Inches communications Pvt Ltd said, "HairXpreso" is a very interesting and challenging assignment for us. The brand vision backed by a series of superb planning, placement and pricing of the compact salon is arguably the best the retail lifestyle industry will see in the coming months despite the prevailing downturn. We are very excited about this win and will work as a business extension for HairXpreso."
Commenting on the engagement Zafar Khan, CEO, Jawed Habib's HairXpreso said "Our plans are aggressive and our vision is focussed and Six Inches is the right fit for this. Their ideas and seamless integration of all mediums made us choose them as our creative partner. We are looking forward for a long term association with Six Inches"


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Sure, you smile all the time, but have you taken a close look at that smile lately? Are your teeth sparkly white or not so much? You're probably (I hope) brushing morning and night, but there's more to at-home teeth cleaning than just that. Given that it's National Smile Month, it's the perfect time to get real about your at-home teeth care regimen and your overall oral health.
So, how often should we be brushing? According to the American Dental Association, we should be brushing at least twice per day to remove the film that naturally develops. Dr. Maged Malecki, DMD, owner of Boston Dental in MA, urges that in addition to brushing twice per day, we floss once per day, gently hugging the teeth and going a bit below the gum line with the floss. He also recommends we visit the dentist at least twice a year for professional cleaning.
Now, let's get to the fun part. What should we be using to clean our teeth? I've been brushing, flossing and swishing like a madwoman to prep for this story, and here are my favorites.
The Toothbrush
The Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Amethyst Edition uses sonic technology to make teeth cleaning incredibly easy and effective – so effective, in fact, that it whitens teeth after one week and improves gum health after two weeks! I love the automatic timer, the fab purple color and the stylish accessories, like the resting/charging glass and the carrying/charging case. (See a complete review here) $189.99 at Drugstore.com
The Thieves Dental Floss is made with two layers of essential oils, providing a yummy minty, spicy flavor and double the breath-freshening power of regular floss. The floss is also fray-resistant and glides smoothly between teeth so flossing is a pleasure. $4.28 at YoungLiving.com
I've always used rinses after brushing and flossing, so I was intrigued by the Supersmile Whitening Pre-Rinse. I gave it a go, rinsing for 30 seconds and then brushing, and, no joke, my teeth looked whiter that day. This alcohol- and sugar-free rinse uses sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen peroxide to tackle teeth stains, while also helping to prevent plaque and freshen breath. I was concerned about sensitivity, but I'm experiencing none and I've been using it for a month. I'm a convert!
$16 at Supersmile.com
Another amazing find was the Colgate Optic White High Impact White Toothpaste. My teeth feel incredibly clean after I brush and looked whiter after a few days of use. The claim is that it whitens 4 shades in up to six weeks. That's pretty darn white! $3.56 at Walmart
For the Kids
If your kids hate taking care of their teeth, I have two suggestions. Make it colorful and make it fun. By colorful, I mean giving them a visual of what poor dental care looks like. Plaque HD toothpaste, which is available in Mint and Bubblegum flavors, shows the areas they may have missed after brushing with a greenish blue tint. The "ew" factor will be high here and they'll love going back in for another try!
Regular old toothbrushes are boring so give them an electric toothbrush! The affordable Philips Sonicare Hx3631 Powerup Battery Toothbrush will make brushing a lot more fun and it's great for travel so they don't have to switch when they're away from home. My daughter, Sadie, has been much more open to brushing since she started using one. Available in orange and blue and uses 2 AA batteries (included), which last for months. $9.99 and up at Overstock.com
Tongue Cleaning
You probably know that bacteria on your tongue can cause bad breath, and like me, you've probably always brushed your tongue with your toothbrush. I have to say that the new Supersmile Ripple Edge Tongue Cleaners do a much better job. They can banish 85% of bad breath-causing bacteria with a simple swipe and leave you with a cleaner feeling mouth. Another tool to add to the repertoire! $9 for three at Supersmile.com
Whitening Kit
Don't you love how clean your teeth feel after the dentist polishes them? The DenTek Professional Whitening Polisher can be used as often as once a week and gives you that same squeaky clean, post-dentist feeling; in fact, it is clinically proven to whiten your teeth on the first try. The polisher comes with 16 disposable heads and individually portioned tooth polishes. The tooth polishes are peroxide-free, so it's great even for super sensitive teeth. $44.99 at Amazon.com
Keeping it Fresh
If you're a tooth brushing slacker who rarely replaces your toothbrush, try Boka, which is a subscription-based service that sends you what you need like clockwork. They have dental supplies for manual or electric brushes and kits for kids, and their products not only look good, they are good – my favorites are the toothbrushes, which contain activated charcoal to prevent odor-causing bacteria, and their deceptively strong thin floss. Starter kits $16 and up at Boka.com


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On Monday, Nicole Moudaber ropped her previously unreleased 2008 remix of the classic track "Musik Xpress" on Skint Entertainment. The release will be available exclusively on Beatport. This 20th anniversary package gives the tune a new direction, and provides a new generation of electronic music fans the opportunity to appreciate some of the finest house music from the 90s. Previously released as X-Press 2's debut single on the legendary Junior Boys Own imprint, "Musik Xpress" is still one of the top dance floor tracks of all time.
Stream a preview of Nicole's 2008 "Musik Xpress" remix on SoundCloud.
When asked about the remix, Moudaber reminisced, "I was just starting to produce, dabble and discover this world. I was approached by the label manager back then, I knew him from London and he played at my parties a few times. I delivered the mix, even got paid for it but it never saw the light, maybe because my name didn't mean much back then. They heard it recently by mistake on a random hard drive they found at Skint, and I'm very pleased it will finally get released."
Moudaber's remix of "Muzik Xpress" takes the original down an alley full of soulful techno synths, throwing it out the other end flawlessly executed for late night dance floor madness. Still memorable by that reminiscent vocal snippet from the original, this is just one reminder of Nicole's ability both now and then.