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The Scottish mathematical physicists referred to in the title are Thomson, Maxwell and Tait. These three became involved in topological concepts, in particular knot theory, because it entered their physical considerations in a natural way. In 1847 Listing published Vorstudien zur Topologie Ⓣ and then Riemann published important papers on complex analysis in 1851 and 1857 which investigated connectivity and Riemann surfaces. The Scottish mathematical physicists did not know of these papers until much later but Helmholtz, whose paper of 1858 directly influenced them, built much on Riemann's ideas.
In 1858 Helmholtz published his important paper in Crelle's Journal on the motion of a perfect fluid. Helmholtz's paper Uber Integrale der hydrodynamischen Gleichungen, welche den Wirbelbewegungen entsprechen Ⓣ began by decomposing the motion of a perfect fluid into translation, rotation and deformation. It was this aspect which first interested Tait who saw that by using Hamilton's quaternions he could express the fluid velocity as a "vector function". However the ideas in the paper which eventually led the Scottish mathematical physicists to topological considerations concerned vortex lines and vortex tubes. Helmholtz defined vortex lines as lines coinciding with the local direction of the axis of rotation of the fluid, and vortex tubes as bundles of vortex lines through an infinitesimal element of area. Helmholtz showed that the vortex tubes had to close up and also that the particles in a vortex tube at any given instant would remain in the tube indefinitely so no matter how much the tube was distorted it would retain its shape.
Helmholtz was aware of the topological ideas in his paper, particularly the fact that the region outside a vortex tube was multiply connected which led him to consider many-valued potential functions. He described his theoretical conclusions regarding two circular vortex rings with a common axis of symmetry in the following way:-
If they both have the same direction of rotation they will proceed in the same sense, and the ring in front will enlarge itself and move slower, while the second one will shrink and move faster, if the velocities of translation are not too different, the second will finally reach the first and pass through it. Then the same game will be repeated with the other ring, so the ring will pass alternately one through the other.As we have mentioned Tait's first interest in Helmholtz' paper was because he saw applications of quaternions there. It was not until 1867 that Tait verified Helmholtz' theoretical claims regarding two circular vortex rings with experiments with smoke rings. He used two boxes each with a rubber diaphragm which shot out white smoke rings when the diaphragm was struck. Thomson wrote to Helmholtz on 22 January 1867:-
... a few days ago Tait showed me in Edinburgh a magnificent way of producing [vortex rings]. We sometimes can make one ring shoot through another, illustrating perfectly your description; when one ring passes near another, each is much disturbed, and is seen to be in a state of violent vibration for a few seconds, till it settles again into its circular form. ... The vibrations make a beautiful subject for mathematical work.These experiments were to have a major influence on Thomson who saw the permanence of form as a possible explanation for atoms and therefore explain the way that the different elements could be built. It is remarkable that Thomson was able to develop his ideas quickly enough that he could publish On vortex atoms in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh still in 1867. In this paper he wrote:-
Leucretius's atom does not explain any of the properties of matter without attributing them to the atom itself ... The possibility of founding a theory of elastic solids and liquids on the dynamics of closely packed vortex atoms may be reasonably anticipated.Although was now know that Thomson was completely wrong, there is much in the way of correct reasoning in the quote we have just given. It was an idea which also led to interesting mathematical questions. As he wrote in the same paper:-
A full mathematical investigation of the mutual action between two vortex rings of any given velocities passing one another in any two lines, so directed that they never come nearer to one one another than a large multiple of the diameter of either, is a perfect mathematical problem; and the novelty of the circumstances contemplated presents difficulties of an exciting character. Its solution will be the proposed new kinetic theory of gases.Thomson, as most scientists of his time, viewed space as being filled with a perfect fluid, the aether. The vortex atoms were then knotted tubes of aether which, by Helmholtz's theory, retained their form despite being distorted. This stability of vortices explained the stability of atoms. The vortex atoms, being built from the aether, required no special material. The different elements were accounted for by atoms composed of different knots or links and oscillations of the knots would, Thomson believed, explain the spectral lines which were characteristic of the different elements.
Tait began to think about knots and Thomson's second paper on vortex atoms, which appeared in 1869, included diagram of knots and links drawn by Tait. Long before this, however, Maxwell had entered the discussions which went on in letters exchanged by the three Scottish mathematical physicists. He was interested in knots because of electromagnetic considerations and in a letter to Tait written on the 4 December 1867 he rediscovered an integral formula counting the linking number of two closed curves which Gauss had discovered, but had not published, in 1833. Maxwell also gave equations in three dimensions which represented knotted curves.
However just when their work was proceeding rapidly, a major problem arose. Bertrand claimed that Helmholtz's 1858 paper, on which the idea of vortex atoms was based, was wrong. Maxwell was already intrigued by the problems and was not convinced that Bertrand's objections dealt a serious blow to Helmholtz's paper. In September 1868 Maxwell wrote several manuscripts which study knots and links. He set out the basic problem of the classification of knots and links as follows:-
Let any system of closed curves in space be given and let them be supposed capable of having their forms changed in any continuous manner, provided that no two curves or branches of a curve ever pass through the same point of space, we propose to investigate the necessary relations between the positions of the curves and the degree of complication of the different curves of the system.Maxwell considered two-dimensional projections of links and devised a way of coding the diagrams to indicate which curve was above and which below at crossings on the projections.
He then looked at ways of modifying the diagrams without changing the link or knot. For a region bounded by one arc Maxwell noted that the region could be eliminated by uncoiling the curve. For regions bounded by two arcs, he noted that there were two cases, one where the arcs could be separated and the region eliminated, the other where this could not be done without making changes in other parts of the diagram. For regions bounded by three arcs Maxwell noted that again there were two cases:-
In the first case any one curve can be moved past the intersection of the other two without disturbing them. In the second case this cannot be done and the intersection of two curves is a bar to the motion of the third in that direction.Although his approach contained no mathematical rigour, still it is interesting to note that at this early stage Maxwell had defined the "Reidemeister moves" which would be shown to be the fundamental moves in modifying knots in the 1920s.
In a a second manuscript Maxwell considered a region of space bounded by one external surface of genus n and m internal surfaces of genus n1, n, ..., nm and showed that the region possessed N = n+n1+n+ ...+ nm cycles and was (N+1)-ly connected. Now in modern terminology Maxwell was claiming that the first Betti number of the region was N. Again we should note that Maxwell did not give precise mathematical definitions of the concepts he was dealing with so no rigorous proof was possible. It is reasonable to ask how he then found the correct answer. The reason was that Maxwell, and for that matter Thomson too, reached their correct results using correct physical understanding, rather than mathematical intuition.
These manuscripts by Maxwell were not published at the time they were written despite Tait asking him to submit his ideas on knot theory to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for publication. However, more than 100 years after they were written these manuscripts were published in [2]. There are three manuscripts on knots and some time between the second, which Maxwell wrote in October 1868, and the third, which he wrote on 29 December 1868, he had read Listing's 1847 paper Vorstudien zur Topologie Ⓣ for in the third manuscript he lists Listing's main results. In February 1869 Maxwell presented an account of Listing's topological ideas to the London Mathematical Society.
In 1869 Thomson tried to clarify the topological ideas that he was using. The problem really came down to the fact that, perhaps not surprisingly, he had confused what we know today are two different concepts. He wrote:-
I shall call a finite portion of space n-ply continuous when its bounding surface is such that there are n irreconcilable paths between any two points on it.He explains that two irreconcilable paths between points P and Q are paths which cannot be smoothly transformed into each other by paths which remain within the portion of space considered. This definition does not really work although one can see Thomson struggling to reach a definition of homotopy. He does not compose his paths, however, a vital ingredient in the definition of homotopy. In the proofs he gave in the paper Thomson does not even try to use his definition but rather resorts to arguments involving virtual barriers which would stop fluid flowing. Again his topology is driven by physical ideas of fluid flow but this notion, similar to the idea of a "cutting surface" which Riemann had introduced and Helmholtz had used, relates to our present day idea of homology, not homotopy.
By 1876 Thomson had made little progress with his ideas of vortex atoms. There were many problems in his way and indeed by this stage he had not succeeded in mathematically describing how two vortex rings would interact if they did not have a common axis of symmetry much more the way that knotted vortices would interact. Also there was no insight into vortex atoms through lists of knots which, in Thomson's theory, would explain the chemical elements. Tait decided to embark on a classification of plane closed curves in 1876, writing in a report to the British Association for the Advancement of Science:-
The development of this subject promises absolutely endless work - but work of a very interesting and useful kind - because it is intimately connected with the theory of knots, which (especially as applied in Sir W Thomson's Theory of Vortex Atoms) is likely soon to become an important branch of mathematics.Now by looking at plane closed curves Tait was considering alternating knots, namely those which when traversing the projection in 2-dimensional space the crossings go alternately over and under. Choosing a starting point and a direction to traverse the path, he labelled the first, third, fifth etc. points by A, B, C etc. A knot with n crossings A, B, C, ... would then be described by the sequence of crossings of length 2n where each of A, B, C, ... occurred exactly twice when the knot was traversed. Tait called the sequence the "scheme of the knot".
A knot with scheme ACBDCADB.
There were then two basic problems to solve. Firstly which sequences of the above type correspond to a knot, and secondly how could it be determined when two knots described by such sequences were the same. However there were some other problems, for example although a sequence of length 10, say, might represent a knot it might be one with less than 5 crossings. It might be a knot which could be reduced to one with fewer crossings. For example if the projection contained a crossing which divided the curve into two parts which did not intersect, then this was a nugatory crossing which could be removed by a twist.
Example of a nugatory crossing.
Tait conjectured that an alternating diagram without nugatory crossings would contain the minimum number of crossings. This became known as Tait's first conjecture. He gave a "proof" which showed that only nugatory crossings allowed the number of crossings to be reduced. However this is not good enough for there might be a sequence of moves which first increase the number of crossings, then further moves reduce to a fewer number of crossings than were there originally. If we interpret Tait in a form that he seems to have used the conjecture, namely that two alternating diagrams without nugatory crossings representing the same prime knot are related by a sequence of twists, then we get what has been called Tait's second conjecture. This was not finally proved until 1993.
Without any rigorous theory, which would have been well beyond nineteenth century mathematics, Tait began to classify knots using his mathematical and geometrical intuition. He knew that what was really required was a knot invariant, that is something which would be independent of the way that the knot was represented in two dimensions. First he looked for numerical invariants and considered the minimal number of crossings that a given knot might have in a two dimensional representation. This would lead him to Tait's first conjecture for alternating knots.
Another idea which seemed promising to Tait was the "beknottedness" which he defined as follows. Travel round the knot diagram and immediately after each crossing throw a copper coin to the left and a silver coin to the right if the crossing was above, or throw a silver coin to the left and a copper coin to the right if the crossing was below.
This led to:
Tait then defined "beknottedness" (now known as the twist number) as the excess of silver crossings over copper ones. If only diagrams without nugatory crossings were considered then Tait believed that this was a knot invariant. In fact it is not, but for alternating knots, it is an invariant and this fact is a consequence of Tait's second conjecture (a theorem since 1993). He tried other more obviously physical ideas such as considering the knot as a circuit and looking at the work done by a magnetic particle carried by a current in the knot. He tried another idea which at first looked very promising to him, namely the minimal number of crossings which required to be changed for under to over (or visa-versa) to unknot the knot. His first thought was that this would be half the beknottedness. He soon saw that this was not so. Seeing that the two concepts were distinct Tait changed his definitions and called the minimal number of crossings which required to be changed to unknot the diagram the beknottedness and he called the minimal number of crossings the knottiness.
Listing had introduced polynomials in to variables associated with a knot. These were produced by marking the four corners of a crossing l or r (for left of right) according to a rule which again related to over of under crossings. These polynomials were not invariants, however. Tait tried a similar idea where he marked the regions of the graph l or r and then connected r regions with a multiple bond of the order of the number of crossings on the boundary between the two regions. He was inspired to do this by analogy with chemical representations invented by his colleague (and brother-in-law) Alexander Crum Brown.
By 1877 Tait had classified all knots with seven crossings but he stopped there. He returned to the topic of knots in his address to the Edinburgh Mathematical Society in 1883:-
We find that it becomes a mere question of skilled labour to draw all the possible knots having any assigned number of crossings. The requisite labour increases with extreme rapidity as the number of crossings is increased. ... I have not been able to find time to carry out this process further than the knots with seven crossings. ... It is greatly desired that someone, with the requisite leisure, should try to extend this list, if possible up to 11 ...Kirkman read the text of Tait's address and began to work on classifying knots with more than seven crossings. He sent Tait his results on knot projections with up to nine crossings in May 1884 but he had not looked at the problem of deciding which of the projections led to equivalent knots. Tait worked on this side of the problem and, considering only alternating knots, solved the equivalence problems within a few weeks. Tait seemed to know how to tell whether two knots were equivalent without rigorous methods. He states this quite clearly in the paper he wrote tabulating the knots where he says that his methods have:-
... the disadvantage of being to a greater or less extent tentative. Not that the rules laid down ... leave any room for mere guessing, but they are too complex to be always completely kept in view. Thus we cannot be absolutely certain that by means of such processes we have obtained all the essentially different forms which the definition we employ comprehends.Despite the problems Tait knew exactly what he was doing for, remarkably, his tables are correct. When Kirkman sent him all knot projections with 10 crossings in January 1885 again Tait found all in equivalent knots. The tables were printed in September 1885 and again they are completely correct. By then he had received from Kirkman 1581 knot projections with 11 crossings and this time Tait felt that he did not have the time to solve the equivalence problem for these. However by this time an American mathematician and engineer Charles N Little had sent Tait knot tables which he had calculated and Little began to extend the tables to knots other than alternating ones, and to knots with eleven crossings.
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Thanks Riyaz. I had already switchover to standby as production cannot be stopped. THe old primary is still down as sysadmin are working with HP support for the hardware support
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Your question was not clear. So, I am assuming you are trying to convert the former primary to current standby, so that you can switch over later. If this assumption is correct, then the answer 'it depends'. If you have switched over to the standby database gracefully, then you can restore just those four tablespaces and recover the former primary and convert it to standby. Basic premise is that 1) all the redo generated from the primary was propagated to the standby db before the switch 2) Former primary did not generate any redo by itself after the switch and so former primary is essentially a backup of the current primary.
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There are few activists out there — myself included — that don't blame politicians in large part for most of the trouble we're in. It's politicians who raise taxes and who make laws infringing on liberty. It's politicians who spend other people's money and who exempt themselves from many of those liberty-infringing laws. Sometimes we lament that a government "by the people" and "of the people" isn't more so. After all, the the people in general are likely not so power hungry or poll driven as are politicians in general.
That supposition isn't wrong. The problem, though, is that it's never-the-less much mistaken. And that mistake is only making matters worse even as some work so tirelessly to make matters better. Where the focus is concerned, our aim is true. But even when we hit the target, we're missing it entirely. At the risk of still more mixed metaphors, I'll explain in connection with a friendly get-together I enjoyed one day after work last week.
Aside from the usual talk about work, children, pets, and the weather, it was impossible to avoid some discussion of the domestic surveillance brouhaha. Also on the agenda was the more recent news that the FBI was trying to get millions of Internet search records from various search engines or directories. To date, Google has refused, but Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL have complied (none have been forthcoming as to the extent of their cooperation).
Now, while Congress has opened in inquiry into the domestic spying issue and a report released by experts has called the surveillance "inconsistent with law," only a very bare majority of Americans think the President's actions are potentially a serious crime. That entire very serious matter was glossed over in a matter of minutes with a couple of "hey, we're in a war," and "we need to do whatever it takes to stop terrorism." When a point was raised about the President's domestic policies, there was no mention of the NSA, the PATRIOT Act, or other infringements of liberty. Instead, though most admitted that Bush was a disappointment to them domestically, the only specific complaint was that he'd failed to lower taxes enough.
Meanwhile, as regards the now famous Google subpoena, I was shot down the moment I mentioned that I resented anybody tracking my Internet use without a warrant. "Why?" one man laughed. "What kind of porn sites are you visiting?" When I told him it didn't matter what sites I visited, that my activity was personal outside of some suspicion of actually having committed a crime, he said, "Oh, I don't care if they know everywhere I go. I don't have anything to hide."
Though I didn't bring it up, I could have pointed out that a Yahoo! release of information to the Chinese government resulted in a man being imprisoned there. It seems someone criticized the Chinese government, Yahoo! offered up his identity on request, and the man ended up behind bars for the next decade accordingly. I suspect that wouldn't have mattered much to the man (though it should have — certain rights are supposedly unalienable and ours merely by virtue of our humanity), though I find it more than a little ironic that he, too, does business with China.
There's some argument in the international community concerning those who do business on the Internet since the 'net is a worldwide phenomenon. Which country's rules and regulations, for example, apply to such as free speech or privacy when a business does business in all of them? That debate will doubtless continue (Yahoo! is, in fact, in a tiff with France over merchandise sales there), but in this case there should be no argument. Yahoo! is an American company, and it willingly complied with a request from an American government agency that likely compromised the rights of everyone whose records were released.
Of course, none of that matters when those whose rights were violated welcome that violation. And more and more often, it seems that they do. And when I dared to suggest that such violations were unacceptable, there was more laughter and one person even jokingly called me the "queen of paranoia" because of my stance against government surveillance. (What makes me think I'm being watched? Do I really have that large an ego? Nope. I think I'm being watched because it seems that most of us are.)
Many of us blame the size of government for much of its intrusiveness and inefficiencies, and that's certainly true. But what's also a fact is the outcry generated by cutbacks. I have some interesting conversations with a woman friend of mine who happens to work for a local government entity. While we are polar opposites where the scope and necessity of various government functions is concerned, I do often find her perspective interesting and informative.
When we got together for lunch recently, we chatted about budget constraints. It seems the taxes collected just aren't enough to support all of the government's offerings, and people are looking to make some cuts. But every time officials finally start talking about cutting back, somebody — or a number of somebodies — gets on the phone and cries foul. It's hard enough to get any government entity to cut back, or even to curb its growth. But while people complain about tax rates, they also apparently aren't willing to give up any of their "free" government-provided perks.
Claire Wolfe, a dedicated pro-freedom writer, once said, "It's too late to work within the system." I'm coming more and more to agree with her. But I'm also discovering that, even if it's not too late, working within the system to change the system isn't going to be enough. If every time the system is changed — or those who run the system are persuaded to run it differently — people demand the status quo, the changes won't stick. If every time the system is compromised people excuse the compromises, the system will only become more and more corrupt. And while the vast majority of politicians will likely take advantage of the circumstances, they're ably aided and abetted by a significant number of the people the government is by and for.
So do I suggest you stop bothering your representatives and instead focus on your neighbors? No, of course not. Change must still be affected, and the only way to do that is to change politicians (or change politicians' minds). And keeping those changed politicians honest (or at least relatively so) means keeping your eyes on them and staying in regular contact. But electing true defenders of the Constitution and Bill of Rights takes significant numbers of supporters. And keeping them from spending all of our money on various giveaways and other government largesse means that more of us have to be asking them not to do that than begging them for assistance.
If we want to make big changes — and more importantly to keep them — we're going to have to have more people who are willing to accept some responsibility for themselves rather than relying on government to take over their obligations for them. The man who said he didn't care if the government followed him around the Internet also took note that the United States "had to" get involved in other countries when those people couldn't do their own fighting because their governments had taken all their guns. He's right. And if he has respect for one amendment, perhaps it wouldn't take so much to show him why the others deserve some respect, too.
I believe that there's at least one thing in most people worldview that's pro-freedom. Whether it be the realization that the lack of free speech in China is a bad thing or the confiscation of firearms in Iran is a danger all its own; whether it's taking note that American authorities have all too many people in jail for victimless crimes or that privacy has taken a huge hit in the wake of the War on Terror, there's always something. And if we can each of us relate that something to something else down the line, then we can make small changes among small numbers that will make those big changes a real possibility. And isn't that what we're really all working for?
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Israeli dance is performed to songs in Hebrew, or other songs which have been popular in Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs. Israeli dances include circle, partner, line, and individual dances. Every Thursday dancers can request their favorites and learn the latest Israeli dances, line dances, oldies and more. All skill levels are welcome and new dances are taught each week.
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If cancelling less than two hours before class or you do not show, full price of the class will be forfeited and will not be refunded. Must call JCC if cancelling. If class is cancelled due to instructor illness, weather, or building closure, participant will not forfeit class, and will have an opportunity to make up the class in the next week or a week when they are able to attend.
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Pratt & Whitney Offers Service-Proven PW4170 Advantage70(TM) Engine for Airbus 240 Tonne A330 Aircraft
LONDON- FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW - Pratt & Whitney will offer its PW4170 Advantage70(TM) engine, the most reliable and fuel efficient engine available for the A330 aircraft, for the new Airbus 240 tonne A330 aircraft. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
"With its demonstrated reliability, outstanding performance and low cost of ownership, Pratt & Whitney is pleased to offer its PW4170 Advantage70 engine for the new Airbus 240 tonne A330 aircraft," said Lou Quattrocchi, Pratt & Whitney vice president, Commercial Programs. "The PW4170 Advantage70 engine is the benchmark on the A330 aircraft program in terms of fuel burn, operating costs, reliability and time on wing thanks to our Advantage70 technology. As we have done in the past, we will incorporate technology advancements from other flight-proven engine programs as appropriate to ensure this engine continues to be state-of-the-art."
With nearly 14 million hours in service, the PW4000-100" engine is the most reliable engine available on the A330 with the lowest delay and cancellation rate of any engine on the A330.
Pratt & Whitney supplies A330 customers the aircraft's entire propulsion system - engine, nacelle, thrust reverser and accessories - which was specifically designed for the A330 aircraft. This, along with superb service reliability, excellent performance retention and low cost of ownership, make the PW4000-100" engine an outstanding value. All PW4000-100" models meet or exceed current and anticipated noise, and anticipated environmental requirements. Pratt & Whitney offers the Advantage70 both as a new engine and as an upgrade kit for existing PW4000-100" engines. The upgrade includes a suite of technology enhancements that can be incorporated into a fleet during engine overhaul. The PW4170 Advantage70 engine provides a 1 percent fuel burn reduction along with a 2 percent increase in thrust, making it the highest take-off rated engine for the A330. Based upon service proven technologies from the PW4000 family of engines, the Advantage70 configuration provides 10 percent to 15 percent lower maintenance cost thanks to increased durability.
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I was discrete enough not to fall in any unnecessary pimping, but you've asked for it your-self. That R13 LTD is exactly what i've changed my C4 15m for and the only thing i'm regretting so far - is that i've also got the original Epic bar which turned out to be the worst bar i've ever had. Total and absolute rubbish!Oldnbroken wrote:If you like the RPM 14, you may like a C4 15m, but the bigger C shaped kites are typically not super popular as light wind kites.
The Epic Renegade 13M LTD has been a great lightwind kite for me.
If you want to go out in light wind and blast upwind (as the previous poster noticed right away) but something the size of a Zephyr is just more kite than you want, I strongly suggest the R13 LTD.
Super stable, great in gusty winds, lots of low end, good boost and float, and great upwind.
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More Toxic Chemicals Your Baby Can Do Without
More Toxic Chemicals Your Baby Can Do WithoutWe live busy lives. Moms and Dads are often out to work, even when children are very young. Of course, we look for time-saving products and conveniences – one of which is the disposable diaper. They work, but are they a healthy option?
In case you haven't looked into it, here are the facts:
Many disposable diapers are bleached white with chlorine. A by-product of the bleaching process, when chlorine is used, is a very nasty chemical known as dioxin.
Continuous exposure to dioxin, with one disposable diaper after another being used for about a year, causes the dioxin to accumulate in the baby's body.
The Environmental Protection Agency says dioxin is highly carcinogenic and, per the World Health Organization, it may cause skin reactions, altered reproductive and liver function, and damage to the immune system, nervous system and endocrine system.
That's definitely serious enough to warrant considering other options, but dioxin is only one chemical on the list of those contained in disposable diapers.
For a more complete list of these chemicals, read Chemicals in Disposable Diapers.
Environmentally speaking, disposable diapers are also a problem: About 92% end up in landfills. Estimate for decomposition? 200 to 500 years.
Cotton diapers, on the other hand, are safe, and after about 150 washes, become cleaning cloths. They take a little more effort, but your baby is safe. If you don't have time for the extra laundry, you might consider a diaper service. They pick them up and drop them off. Just make sure you use a company that cleans the diapers with non-toxic laundry products.
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There are few events in our life that have the momentous weight of a memorial. But as weighty as Roger Ebert's passing is and was to so many of us—we who never met him but still "knew" him—this special commemoration was just like him. One moment we were sharing a moment of wry wit, the next, pondering one of the many insights we had learned by "following" Roger.
Everything about this Celebration of Life reminded us of the remarkable man Roger was (and will continue to be in our hearts and minds). His legacy is intellectual, spiritual, ethereal. We were blessed with his eternally brilliant, kind, insightful, idealistic philosophy:
"Kindness covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our happiness, our circumstances.
We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to
find it out."
And I and the throng that stood outside in the cold and rain waiting to get inside and celebrate this wonderful, kind man's life, are happy we lived long enough to read his words and learn from him. Listen to Alison Cuddy of WBEZ describe it: https://soundcloud.com/tags/chicago%20theatre
Once the spectacular program got under way, I wasn't the only person who was giddy! The seemingly endless list of legends, literati, and luminaries was beyond impressive: the variety of personal and professional connections crossed every conceivable boundary.
But it was Roger Ebert's love of movies that drew us in drew us in, together and ultimately showed us the art of film.
This historical note appears at the top of Chaz's blog:
"Roger Ebert became film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. He is the only film critic with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named honorary life member of the Directors' Guild of America. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Screenwriters' Guild, and honorary degrees from the American Film Institute and the University of Colorado at Boulder."
In short, he changed the film industry. Today, the art of film making has been elevated in a way that is truly inspirational. I believe it was that transformative process that kept Roger Ebert working—writing, thinking, blogging, viewing—until two days before his death. After the beautiful celebration of his life, I am also persuaded that he did not do this alone. It was the love he and Chaz shared that brought him so much peace and deep spiritual joy.
As Chaz said:
"He fought a courageous fight. I've lost the love of my life and the world has lost a visionary, and a creative and generous spirit who touched so many people all over the world. We had a lovely, lovely life together, more beautiful and epic than a movie. It had its highs and the lows, but it was always experienced with good humor, grace and a deep abiding love for each other.'
Just one more observation I'd like to share with you. The celebration was held in the Chicago Theatre, the same building where Ebert, Siskel, Roeper and many other movie critics screened the films they reviewed.
The Chicago Theatre was scheduled for the wrecking ball, but thanks to Ebert's efforts and influence, it was magnificently renovated. What a fitting tribute to Roger Ebert that his homage would take place in this opulent setting. Roger's passing is truly the end of an era.


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- What is cardiovascular disease?
- How common is cardiovascular disease?
- What are the risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
- Treatment or management of cardiovascular disease
- National activity to address cardiovascular disease
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What is cardiovascular disease?Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a collective term for diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The term commonly includes diseases such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke. Many of these conditions can be life-threatening.
Coronary heart diseaseAlso known as ischaemic heart disease, this is the most common form of heart disease in Australia. The two major forms of coronary heart disease are heart attack (also known as acute myocardial infarction) and angina.
- A heart attack is caused when blood supply to the heart is blocked completely, often causing damage to the heart muscle and its function.
- Angina is a chronic condition where short episodes of chest pain occur periodically, caused by a temporary shortage of blood supply to the heart. Angina is not usually life-threatening, but can be associated with increased risk of heart attack. Top of page
Heart failure & cardiomyopathyHeart failure is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the heart is unable to maintain a strong enough blood flow to meet the body's needs. It usually develops over many years, although it can also occur more suddenly. Heart failure can result in chronic tiredness, reduced ability for physical activity and shortness of breath. Cardiomyopathy occurs when the heart muscle becomes thickened, enlarged or stiff which can reduce the effectiveness of the heart. Cardiomyopathy and heart failure commonly occur together.
Congenital heart diseaseA broad term for any defect of the heart or central blood vessels that is present from birth. It can include abnormalities of the heart or heart valves, such as a hole between chambers of the heart, or narrowing of major blood vessels, or combinations of disorders.
Peripheral vascular diseaseThis term refers to disease of large arteries that supply blood to the peripheries and can be caused by blockage of arteries due to cholesterol or fatty substances, or caused by widening of the arteries such as the aorta, which in severe cases can lead to rupture of the arterial wall.
StrokeStroke is a type of cerebrovascular disease and occurs when an artery supplying blood to the brain either suddenly becomes blocked or begins to bleed. This may result in part of the brain dying, leading to sudden impairment of one or more capacities, such as speaking, thinking and/or movement. Top of page
How common is cardiovascular disease?In 2014-15, approximately 4.2 million Australian adults (18.3%) reported having a disease of the circulatory system, including around 1.2 million people with cardiovascular conditions such as stroke and heart disease. Approximately 2.6 million Australians reported having hypertension (high blood pressure) and 430,000 indicated that they had experienced a heart attack at some point in their life. (source 1).
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in Australia. In 2015, 45,392 (29%) of deaths had an underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. (source 2).
An estimated 69,600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons were estimated to have heart disease in 2014-15, equating to 15.7% of the total Indigenous population. This was around triple the rate recorded in the non-Indigenous population. (source 3).
What are the risk factors for cardiovascular disease?Major risk factors associated with CVD that cannot be modified include advancing age, genetic predisposition, gender and ethnicity. Modifiable risk factors include behavioural factors such as tobacco smoking, insufficient physical activity, poor diet and excessive alcohol consumption. Biomedical factors also play a major role, such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and overweight and obesity.
A number of these risk factors are shared with other chronic diseases, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The interactions between these chronic conditions are complex and not well understood, however it is known that diabetes greatly increases the risk of CVD. People with diabetes have twice the risk of developing CVD as the general population. The prevalence rate of stroke can be up to five times greater, and prevalence of heart attack up to ten times greater, for people with diabetes than for those without diabetes. Top of page
Treatment or management of cardiovascular diseaseFor many people, a key step in managing cardiovascular disease involves addressing the modifiable risk factors discussed above. Additionally, there are a range of medicines and surgical treatments available for cardiovascular diseases. For example, depending upon the severity of the condition, coronary heart disease can be managed with medications such as aspirin, or treated through coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Further detail about the prevention, management and treatment of specific heart problems can be found on the healthdirect website.
Cardiovascular disease programs and initiativesThere is a range of programs and initiatives to support prevention and optimal detection and treatment of CVD. Significant funding is also provided to ensure that quality clinical research is conducted into CVD, and to maintain national monitoring and surveillance measures.
Programs that support CVD management and care include:
- The Medicare Benefits Schedule, which provides subsidies for patient care and includes Medicare items for the planning and management of chronic and terminal conditions. Eligible patients can also be referred by a GP for up to five Medicare subsidised allied health services that are directly related to the treatment of their chronic condition, including cardiovascular disease. In order to encourage early detection, diagnosis and intervention for treatable conditions such as heart disease, health assessment items are also available for people aged 45-49 years who are at risk of developing chronic disease, people aged 75 years and older and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which continues to provide subsidies for a range of medicines used in the treatment of, or symptoms associated with, CVD.
- Significant investments in CVD research through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), with a focus on investigating the causes, effects, impacts and complications of CVD. Improving the care of patients with multiple and complex chronic diseases, including CVD, has also been identified by the NHMRC as a major focus in its 2013-15 Strategic Plan.
- Funding is provided to organisations such as the National Stroke Foundation and National Heart Foundation, and through programs which provide support and training to general practitioners and primary health care services. Top of page
Funding has also been provided for the development of clinical guidelines to support the delivery of best-practice care to individuals with or at risk of, cardiovascular diseases. These include Guidelines for the Management of Absolute Cardiovascular Risk (2012) and Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2010, both developed by the National Stoke Foundation.
Related links
- Further information about cardiovascular disease can be found at the Heart Foundation website.
- Further information about stroke can be found on the National Stroke Foundation website.
- Information relating to monitoring and surveillance of vascular diseases, including cardiovascular publications, can be found at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
- Healthdirect Australia has information on heart problems and cardiovascular health.
- Additional information on research funding can be accessed via the NHMRC website. Top of page
1 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015. 4364.0.55.001 - National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15. Viewed 25 July 2016.
2 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Viewed 25 November 2016.
3 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. 4714.0 - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2014-15. Viewed: 25 July 2016


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Dear Mr. Simons….I Want What Your Drinking…
Nobody's Opinion
One of my readers, sent me a very interesting article written by a Mr. Roger Simon, called, "Mind Your Own Beeswax!": How Social Conservatives Can Win by Losing"
Mr. Simons' main beef is about social conservatives and how they want to interfere in the lives of others, thereby being just as hypocritical as the left ( Read the article here.) –and that's why the Republicans lost due to the women's vote.
Oh my— blame it on those poor women. Those stupid Republicans need to be MORE hypocritical!
Being a woman myself, I wondered how I got a such a whole other sense from the elections–so I am simply going to write a letter to Mr. Simon, because frankly, I think he has been watching too much CNN. ——–
Dear Mr. Simon
After reading your article "Mind Your Own Beeswax" : How Social Conservatives Can Win by Losing.", I must admit, I had no idea that it was the women that voted in Obama. I've heard from several different sources that it was the Latino vote. I've also heard that Romney lost because the Ron Paul supporters stayed home. There is a good possibility that Obama won by fraud, because of the fact that Soros bought the main frame that tallies the votes in Spain. I've already posted proof of how easily that could be done. Most people pick one or the other depending on their opinions on life, but the fact of the matter is, Obama got less votes than he did 2008, and Romney had much more support than McCain, so what's the real truth? You say, it's because of the Republican's stance on women's social issues.
Mr. Simon, I don't recall Romney or any of the Republican candidates coming out and saying, "Yes, we must repeal Roe VS Wade, and all women should get back into the home and start having babies." If you have a video of that somewhere I'd love to see it.
Nope. It was the Democrats that put that fear into the hearts of all the young single women, (the married women voted for Romney) because they know how hard it is right now for these women. They are having to raise the babies on their own, without another paycheck to help out, and on top of that, having to buy expensive Nike's and cell phones, and pay for cable TV all by themselves simply because they can't find a man to marry them, now can they? An extra paycheck in this economy goes a long way.
And why can't they find a man to marry them? Are you saying they see an advantage in being single?
It was the Democrats who MADE the women the issue, not the Republicans, who were playing pretty poor defense on the 'women's' issues the whole time. It's the liberals who think that young single girls must not be …what did Obama say? Be burdened withe a baby. That's right, a baby is a burden.
And in this economy, to a young single women, he's right. Whew…the cost of diapers alone is enough to make you wonder if you will be able to afford paying that monthly IPHONE bill. After all, you NEED that phone to send baby pictures to all your friends!
Obama is giving women free condoms and abortions, so they can keep having sex, and still be able to use that what little money they are making at the Pizza place on basic necessities: Like buying new pumps, SUV's, or IPADs. Is it any wonder that they vote for him?
Should the Republicans have offered free IPads to the girls? Why not just buy the votes like the Democrats..that would make more sense, then you can keep your conservative principles.
"For every single woman out there, who votes Republican, we will give her a brand new Ipod, Iphone, AND a $100 dollar certificate to Banana Republic!"
There, I just put the Republicans back in power. You're welcome. But back to your article—
You said: "The Right is guilty of its own kind of hypocrisy. It's interesting how some of those who most vociferously object to government interference in our economic affairs are most desirous of government interference in our personal lives."
Nobody Says: Okay. What Republican politicians actually said, that if elected, they would repeal the right to abortion? Romney said he would leave it up to the states I believe. That's a far cry from some kind of draconian law of control. But I suppose you think passing a law that says we ALL have to pay for that single girl's abortion is a very good idea. So far, I did not hear Paul Ryan or Romney say they were going to limit abortions. State some names on this sir…help me out.
You said: "Republicans will be the nanny for our private lives."
Nobody Says: HUH? Like I said, WHERE did you get this from? Obama will soon sign the Agenda 21 which will give the United Nations a right over YOUR child. You lose all parental rights. That's about as private as you can get. Come on…fess up. James Carvel is your second cousin…right?
You said; "Republicans have been losing the women's vote for years and it is only going to get worse if we don't take the social issues off the table and put them back where they belong, at home."
Nobody Says: The only people who put social issues on the table this past election was the Democrats. They were the ones who used the mantra force of those "evil" pro-lifers, and the young single women were stupid enough to buy it. Once again… are you from MSNBC? What did I miss here?
You said: "The young vastly favor gay marriage. If you don't think it's going to be a fait accompli in the Western world in 25 years , you're living in a cloud cuckoo land."
Nobody Says: Yes, you support gay marriage. You have a RIGHT to support it, but not a right to force everyone else to . Ever wonder why? Because for the past 10 years, the American people have been hit daily with propaganda about "gay rights" and if they are Christians and don't like it, they are labeled as EVIL.
So, you think because the left's brainwashing has finally gotten the young people to accept it, every person who is against gay marriage, should just accept it too. After all,….the vote is in.
I guess you accept Obama's death panels too?
You also say—"Marriage should be outside the government"
Nobody Says: Well…I agree…then the gays could get civil marriages. Why not? Let them pay big taxes too. And hey, there are states now where they can go get married, right?
BUT…gay have rights already…so why in the name of "gay" should Christians Churches should be FORCED to perform gay marriages by law? Or pay for abortions by force of law? And it's the will of Obama to force everyone to bend to his private views.
If that's not against liberty, than I don't know what is. You're a libertarian, right? What part of 'liberty' do you uphold? The L and the E?
The world has changed, and you are basically saying: Admit defeat….your conservative social morals are old and outdated and the women have arrived. Sacrifice your principle, for the good of my pocketbook.
Nobody Thinks that's exactly why we will all be slaves. It's in the communist plan (that all the leftist loonies use) to get rid of religion, AND the family…and then the state can control everything.
But..libertarians haven't figured that out yet. Not that I stand for any party. ( I remain Independent.)
You letter makes sense, from a liberal point of view…You present it as pragmatic ( the young all accept homosexuals so that makes it democratically right) and women will have abortions forever ( so accept it as a fact) but what you do NOT accept, is the liberty of religious people to have their own views on the matter.
And in that respect, you might want to check..I think you might be a closet democrat.
So…let me get this straight: The nation is now filled with fatherless children, and women who can't afford too many kids, so abortions needs to stay legal, and conservatives should just get off the "social" subject, admit defeat, and get to fixing the economy, even though the taxpayers will be PAYING for all these women and children food and housing, etc, AND abortions and contraception's on top of it?
And if we did, Republicans would start winning?
I want what you're drinking, Mr. Simon….I think they call it a Libertarian Zombie..
Am I right? Or…are do you live in Colorado?
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GREAT ripsost Joyanna. I do enjoy it when you get your dander up and your analytic brain working on overdrive.
I am with you on all of the points you argued but noted just one omission: " You're a libertarian, right? What part of 'liberty' do you uphold? The L and the E?" You omitted the 'I'. He seems to have bought much of the lies the Left impose on weak brains.
To some extent I can see what ails him. The rot is so deep now that I cannot see what could rescue American society. Politics certainly cannot. Both sides are riven with cant, hypocricy and corruption that neither provides even the daily wherewithall for difference. Most of the Churches – of which America appears to have far more of than any other country in the entire world, cannot. They are already deep in excuse and capitulation. Even the Catholic immigrants – legal and illegal – who had been holding the birth-rate up are falling down on the job. The economy, manufacturing, commerce and trade are all on death row having been stitched-up by one-eyed tailors all shouting "Oy Vey, never mind the quality, feel the width!" So Simon has abandoned all hope.
The moral cliff was fallen over many years ago and we walked over it in our sleep. We are all about to hit the lump of rock sticking out of the cliff face that we are calling a fiscal cliff. America long ago abandoned teaching Geographical formations.
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Technically, you can call the Flip Video Mino a camcorder. But its no-frills feature set and 640x480 resolution casts it as more of a 'dumbcorder'. Imagine the power of a VGA webcam sellotaped to a 2GB memory card, all stuffed into the hollowed out shell of a Nokia N95. It's a great starting point, but the current asking price of about £117 could be a bit steep.
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As Executive Vice President for Commercial, Manuel Vellutini leads the business strategy and growth of the CCH Tagetik portfolio, along with Executive Vice President for Product, Marco Pierallini. Under Manuel Vellutini's leadership, we have become the fastest growing global provider of unified CPM solutions on the cloud. While driving annual growth at more than five times the market average, Manuel continues to prepare the CCH Tagetik portfolio for accelerated growth by developing a strong strategy, building out operations infrastructure to support rapid global growth, and staying at the leading-edge of the current and future needs of the Office of the CFO. Prior to his current role, Manuel led the expansion of our international presence to include more than 20 operations with customers in more than 50 countries.
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Central Fla. man attacked by wasps speaks out for first time since attack
David Alvarez released from hospital, thanks beekeeper for saving his life
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – A father almost killed by yellow jackets is out of the hospital and praising the people who helped him and his son.
"It was like burning hot pain, like someone shoving a bunch of little burning hot needles in you, just constantly, just nonstop," said David Alvarez, describing what he remembers of the evening he and his son accidentally walked through a yellow jacket nest.
Alvarez went into shock, his lungs collapsed, kidneys stopped working and a blood clot formed in his arm.
His 7-year-old son was also hospitalized after they upset hundreds of yellow jackets burrowed beside the Little Wekiva River.
"We didn't see any 'No trespassing' signs. It was just an innocent walk," he said.
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Iconic Brand Launches Ongoing Initiative Focused on Arts and Creativity in Schools
Los Angeles, CA (November 12, 2012) – Saban Brands today announced the launch of Paul Frank Arts, an ongoing corporate commitment to support creativity and fun for kids of all ages through non-profit partnerships and national drives to provide art supplies to schools and after-school art programs.
"The Paul Frank brand is built around artistic expression and rooted in creativity," said Elie Dekel, president of Saban Brands, "It is a natural extension for us to nurture the talent of young people by ensuring they have access to the supplies and materials they need for self-expression. Paul Frank Arts allows us to extend both our reach and our commitment."
The program encourages Paul Frank fans to send new and gently used art supplies in by mail to its non-profit partners The Dreaming Zebra® Foundation and P.S. ARTS, donate funds online or host a fundraiser. The Dreaming Zebra® Foundation will distribute donations to its programs at schools and community organizations across the United States. Online donations to Dreaming Zebra® will be facilitated through Art Room Aid, an online arts donation portal that is a project of Blick Art Materials. Blick Art Materials is supporting the Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up by promoting the program and the Dreaming Zebra®/ Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up Art Room Aid page through online outreach. Paul Frank will be promoting the Art Supplies Round Up through a $1 per share/ $1 per retweet campaign. For each Facebook share of our Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up graphic, Paul Frank will donate $1 to The Dreaming Zebra® Foundation (up to $15,000.) For every retweet our of message on Twitter, we'll donate $1 to P.S. ARTS (up to $15,000).
In addition to collecting funds and art supplies online, Paul Frank will be sponsoring art supplies collection drives at major malls and holiday shopping destinations. Sakura of America is helping to kick off our art supplies donations by sending a donation of Cray-Pas® oil pastels to The Dreaming Zebra® Foundation.
The first Paul Frank Art Supplies Round-Up was held yesterday, November 11, 2012, in Los Angeles, as part of P.S. ARTS' annual "Express Yourself" event, which Paul Frank sponsored. P.S. ARTS provides art education in the L.A. area. The event brought together local leaders and influencers and their kids for an afternoon of arts immersion.
The company has previously supported creativity through its "Paul Frank Art Attack" annual art and design competition which awards $12,000 in scholarships to young artists and art students. The expanded program will feature a year-round focus on creativity, the arts and music, with more new programming coming in 2013.
For more information about Paul Frank Arts, the Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up, or to make a donation, please visit: www.paulfrankarts.org.
About Paul Frank
Acquired in 2010 by Saban Brands, Paul Frank began in 1997 as an independent accessories company in a Southern California beach town. The brand has steadily grown to become a globally recognized, iconic brand that features artistic and entertaining designs inspired by a love of avant-garde, modern influences and everyday objects. By creating relationships through exciting collaborations and strategic licensing partnerships, Paul Frank merchandise includes apparel and accessories for all ages, books, stationery, eyewear, home décor, bicycles and more. To see what's new and exciting at Paul Frank, visit www.paulfrank.com.
About Paul Frank Arts
At Paul Frank, art, music and creativity are everything! We are so lucky that we are able to be creative and fun every day. We started Paul Frank Arts to give some of that creativity back to our friends. We host fun and cool art contests and activities that inspire artists, like you, from all disciplines and ages. We created Paul Frank Art Attack, an annual art scholarship competition, and The Paul Frank Art Supplies Round-Up, a nationwide art supplies drive for kids. Learn more: www.paulfrankarts.org
About Dreaming Zebra® Foundation
The Dreaming Zebra® Foundation is a (501)(c)(3) charity providing support so that children and young adults are given an equal opportunity to explore and develop their creativity in the arts. Dreaming Zebra's Community Art Recycling Program provides access to art and music supplies for thousands of children, schools, art therapy programs and community organizations throughout the United States. In 2011, Dreaming Zebra® provided free art supplies, musical instruments, and public art experiences to more than 50,000 young artists -- children who otherwise might not have experienced the joys and benefits of an art education. Learn more at: http://www.dreamingzebra.org/
About P.S. ARTS
P.S. ARTS provides high-quality California Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards-based education in music, dance, drama and visual arts for low-income, ethnically diverse children who attend public schools in the Los Angeles Unified, Lawndale Elementary, Lennox, Reef-Sunset, Santa Monica/Malibu Unified, and Wiseburn school districts, where arts programs have been reduced or eliminated. Currently, P.S. ARTS serves more than 12,000 K–8 students in 30 schools and 4,500 students through strategic partnerships. In addition to instruction, the Organization provides support for visual arts exhibits, public performances, field trips and professional development workshops for classroom teachers and teaching artists. Learn more at: http://psarts.org
About Art Room Aid, A Program of Blick Art Materials
Art Room Aid was created in 2009 by Blick Art Materials. As a company focused on educational and professional art supplies, Blick has also consistently supported arts education in diverse ways. Whether sponsoring art scholarships or creating lesson plans that address national standards of learning while easing the burden on busy educators, Blick understands just how important collaboration is. Blick is a family-owned company that began at Mr. and Mrs. Blick's kitchen table in Galesburg, Illinois, 100 years ago. If you're an art educator, Art Room Aid provides the tools to easily share your dreams and funding needs without complicated applications or fees that take away from contributions. If you're an arts advocate you can quickly locate a project that resonates with you and make a high-quality contribution that will go directly to a project in need. When you become a part of Art Room Aid, either as a project leader or as a sponsor, you're joining a larger community and taking part in a conversation that goes far beyond the classrooms and community spaces where essential creative learning is taking place every day.
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Sakura of America empowers individual expression and artistic excellence through the development of writing instruments & art materials that are technologically superior, innovative, safe & affordable. As the inventor of oil pastels and gel ink, every product is produced with Power To Express™ motto in mind.


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Going Green in 2010 – A Few Simple Things With A Big Impact
Going Green in 2010 – A Few Simple Things With A Big ImpactNew Year's Day is the traditional time to turn over a new leaf. It's that time when we decide to lose a little weight, go for that promotion at work, or make some investments that will pay off. This year, a lot of people will be putting more effort into going green. Getting your child a new toddler or crib mattress that has been certified by GREENGUARD is a good start, but there are many other things you can do for your children and your entire family. Here's a brief list.
- Buy organic products. Everything from food to bed linens and carpets. In addition to protecting your family, organic food and organic products made in green facilities cause much less damage to the environment than other products. No pesticides for the food, and the potentially harmful chemicals used in other products and in the production process are significantly reduced if not completely eliminated.
- Clean the air in your home with house plants. The information on what plants work best appears in our blog post Cleaning Baby's Nursery Air with House Plants.
- Throw out your cleaning supplies and replace them with non-toxic, biodegradable alternatives. There are many products available in health food stores; even regular supermarkets are now adding them to their shelves. But the labels can fool you. Read more about what to look for on a label in Cleaning Products for the Non-Toxic Nursery. Of course, all the information also applies to the rest of the house!
- Replace your beds. Babies spend 12 to 15 hours a day in bed, toddlers not much less and, for adults, it's about a third of their life! There are so many beds out there made with potentially harmful chemicals. Some have even been banned. And with the changes being made in the Environmental Protection Agency, there's a good chance more will be banned in the future. Start with getting your kids crib or toddler mattresses to help them get a healthy start in life. Then move onto your own.
There are hundreds of other things you can do to go green, but these are a very good start! Going green in 2010 will help create a safer, healthier home for your family, and for families around the world.


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Spud Bus was at the Park Street Festival. It sells fresh cut fries with a variety of condiments.
The Spud Bus is based in Reynoldsburg. It operated at a rapid pace.
There are Idaho russet and sweet potato fries prepared in peanut oil. Dip choices include sun dried tomato mayo, parmesan pesto, mustard, nacho cheese and ranch. They are served in a paper cone in a manner reminiscent of Belgian frites.
The standard fries were starchy and lacked crispness. Fresh cut fries are a nice idea, but this batch was imperfect.
The pesto dip was too thick and had a green, medicinal aftertaste. Perhaps one of the other dips or the complimentary ketchup would be better options.
The fries from Spud Bus were unspectacular. The Tatoheads truck is decidedly more fun and flavorful.