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Federal officials have indicted former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens on perjury charges in connection with the statements he made before Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Clemens faces charges of obstruction of Congress, making false statements and perjury.
The seven-time pitcher of the year told Congress under oath in February 2008 that he had never taken performance-enhancing drugs. He has since been under investigation for lying.
After the indictment, Roger Clemens posted from his verified Twitter account, saying: "I never took HGH or Steroids. And I did not lie to Congress. I look forward to challenging the Governments accusations, and hope people will keep an open mind until trial. I appreciate all the support I have been getting. I am happy to finally have my day in court."
In June, Clemens' former trainer, Brian McNamee, told federal investigators that the seven-time Cy Young Award winner's charitable foundation paid for his training services, which included providing performance-enhancing drugs.
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Recently I decided to photograph parts of a wedding using my 35mm EOS and negative film. I thought about it and was having trouble deciding if I should go with 4/3 digital or 35mm film but decided on the day (on the spot) to do the main ceremony with my 35mm EOS after taking some test shots and feeling that digital was going to be challenged with the lighting.
For the impatient, the findings
In a nutshell:
- Scans of 35mm negative perform much better than digital in the harsh light of full daylight when you expose for the shadows and let the film compress the highlights
- for zero effort the Noritsu scans at develop time give dam good results, to the point of making other systems nearly pointless (make this definitely pointless if you're not a scanner nerd or a skilled / professional scanner operator)
- Epson flatbed scanners (like 4870, 4990 V700) do really quite well on prints up to 8x12 if you know what your doing
- if you want to get everything out of your negative you need a good scanner such as the LS-4000. When you do you'll be amazed what is in 35mm negatives (and wonder if you really do use that 5D MkII enough to justify spending AUD$3000 on it?)
- I love a full frame 35mm size capture for shallow DoF
The lighting was under gum tree shaded outdoors, at 11:00am ... so yes, stark shadows and bright bright high lights = blown whites and blacks that resemble inks from Satans bottom. I just wasn't going to risk it.
Now before anyone says fill flash, I'll remind you that on a sunny 16 sort of day (or even f11) that as many cameras are limited to 250th of a second with a flash it would mean that I'd be using f8 on the lens if I wanted to do fill flash (even with 100ISO).
f8 might be good for scenery but on 4/3 it spells sharp not diffuse backgrounds (and pretty clear ones on 35mm too).
Using available light and large aperture was of course perfect in that situation as it gives shallow depth of field, diffuse backgrounds and fast shutters to freeze action / counter camera shake
Now one of the reasons I entertained doing this wedding in Negative was that a local photo place (Photocontinental in Brisbane) uses a Noritsu scanner in their minilab. Readers of my blog will perhaps recall that I'm very impressed with the Noritsu scan quality. I like the fact that I get 3087 x 2048 Pixels ( thats about 6 MPixels) images which are certainly good enough for prints up to 8x12 inch straight from the box. No cleaning, no time spent in scanning, no hassle.
I thought this was an excellent opportunity to:
- sus out how good PhotoContinentals quality of service is with the Noritsu
- save my self time in scanning only the potentials for big enlargement
- have everything on CD for everyone with no effort
After sorting that out (why is it so hard?) my next hurdle was they neglected to mention that the price for the high res scan was higher than the low res scan ... $9 vs $25 Noone can give me a valid justification of why this is, but I digress.
$25 is of course verging on the highest prices you can pay for this sort of service ... $9 is a good price and one I'm happy to add to the $4.50 for develop of the film, but $25 (plus the $4.5 for develop) pushes the friendship and makes 4 rolls of film start to feel expensive on a job. I'm now well over $100 for materials alone, which is $1.22 per image. Man, no wonder photographers are leaving film for digital.
Even if I want to use film its just put my costs up way higher and that's forgetting about the film stock costs...
My next hurdle was that the files contained no colour profile information, a phone call reveals the futility of asking as noone knows what it is I'm talking about. I assume *(perhaps falsely) that its sRGB. None the matter ... they look OK on my monitor ... a little red for my taste.
Its also worth mentioning to anyone reading this that the standard reply from PhotoContinental to any question about their quality is met with "we don't offer a professional service"
Right ...
Don't get me wrong ... the staff are often very helpful and very professional, its a management thing. If you want my opinion ... don't go to PhotoContinental for printing or development services. I mean their price structure is nearly exactly that of Prolab's and they do offer a professional service. So while PhotoContinental's staff are great, helpful and friendly, their corporate strategy has them charging professional rates but backing down on any responsibility with "we don't offer a professional service"
comparing the scans
With the images in my hand (on the CD actually) I thought I would see what I get with an Epson 4870 (my 4990 is in a box in bubble wrap from the trip over) and my Nikon LS-4000 (broke that one out of packing).
This is the image I picked.
I liked it because: the brides got lovely bright metalic bits and white in full sunlight, the groom has dark hair and he's in shadow, some parts of skin tones are in full sunlight others are in shadow, it shows the DoF of a 100mm lens at f2.8 (hah) and the image was as sharp as a razor.
Hard to ask for more to start with.
I noticed that the scans from the Noritsu had clipped high lights in the white and the blacks were a little dark and inky ... nothing dreadful, but even if I wasn't inclined to compare before I was now.
Naturally all overviews will look identical (colour balance not withstanding).
I scanned the negative as positive on both my LS-4000 and on the 4870. I followed my normal colour negative methods on both scanners and got quite close results. Here they are:
Epson 4870
I scanned this at 2400dpi as I don't really feel that there is more to be had from this unit and this still works out at 3344 x 2252 pixels which is more than the Noritsu.
next is the:
Nikon LS-4000
I scanned this one at 4000dpi which is a significantly bigger hunk of data than either of the other two at 5648 x 3656 pixels.
Pixel peeping
Now, noone is going to be surprised when I say that the Nikon got the best results
followed closely by the Noritsu ...
they have a distinctive look to them which I'm starting to be able to identify. Its a kind of sharpening that looks like pointillism (if that makes sence).
and a reasonable result from the Epson (some thoughtful sharpening has been applied, but more care will fix much of this)
Now, look carefully at:
- the sharpness of the star
- the clarity of the parts of the necklace
- the handling of whites (yes, there was metallic thread in the white cloth)
Ok ... so the Nikon LS-4000 shows how well you can do there, but if you're not printing big then you will certainly not benefit from the Nikon ... you may as well save the thousand or so bucks on it and just go with the Noritsu scans (if you can find some place that does not charge like a wounded bull for the scans). Either that or only pull it out for the ones you like. You'd be ahead on the time involved for scanning.
Of course one also needs to compare prints (hard to do in the internet) but for my own personal interest I thought that I'd also get some prints done.
so lets compare the prints
I got 8x12's done of the three above. I also printed two of them to 12x18 inches but thought I'd restrict myself to the Nikon (which of course does that at a print density of 300dpi) and see how well the Noritsu scales up to that size (essentially dropping the print density to 180dpi ... which should be tolerable).
One of the first things worth mentioning is the reaction of the person doing the prints when I picked them up. Naturally with three prints of the same scene she at first assumed when she pulled them off the machine that there were three copies from the same file. However (being used to checking the images) she noticed there were subtle differences and wondered "what the bloody hell is wrong with the printer". Our discussion at collection time was interesting, as she only noticed subtle colour differences.
Each of the three 8x12's look good, and in isolation each will be considered as good.
There are of course colour differences, as I did not balance each to one another. Partly this was because I wanted to see what the results of taking the image sourced from the PhotoContinental Noitsu process was when taken to another service (KMart in this case).
Close inspection revealed that the print operator (and I) thought that the noritsu and the nikon were equal in sharpness, but the whites and blacks were handled better by the Nikon. The Espon looked good and handled the whites and black well too, but was a little soft.
I felt that the screen results (my screen has been tweaked by a Spyder) reflected the results in the prints, that is to say:
- the prints from the Noritsu system were a little strong in the red
- the prints from my 4870 were a little soft when inspected closely and compared against the other two
- the prints from the Nikon were great.
Looking at the 12x18's the first thing I noticed was that Noritsu looked pretty darn good at that size; no real trace of break down. This leads me to wonder what the real native printing resolution of the printer is ... is it more like 180dpi?
As expected the blown high lights in the Noritsu did indeed result in lessened perception of texture in the blouse. Here is a photo of the prints taken with my digital camera (same height on a tripod).
This of course shows how difficult it is to photograph prints! There is not this sort of colour cast in the prints and I was too lazy to obsess over lighting and copy standing the prints (as I'm not trying to show colour here anyway). Perhaps it shows what I mean well enough.
Forgetting (if you can) the issues of colour happening in photographing a print in my living room using copy stand and a fluro light, you can see from this close up that detail is pretty darn good on the 12 x 18 inch prints
Here is a much closer photograph of the prints:
the Noritsu
and the Nikon LS-4K
Essentially either of these 12x18 prints is sharp enough to actually reveal more detail (such as in the blouse and in the green pendant) than was in the 8x12 and be satisfactory to hold 20cm from your nose and inspect it.
Examining the prints shows that the Nikon sourced file looked great in the shadows (the grooms hair was detailed and held dark better than it appears on the monitor) and tonal range was great. The Noritsu files showed the heavy handed treatment of shadows and clipping of the high lights, exactly what you'd choose negative for.
Don't get me wrong, its not bad, the Noritsu is enough to satisfy 90% of needs and perhaps 90% of professional portrait or wedding photographers needs. If only they could tweak that output a little better it would get stellar results from it with the 35mm negative.
I feel that the operators of the Noritsu should (for their $25) put that little more effort into tweaking the high and low ends of the data sourced from the negative and then apply a little curve to that to push down the noise while keeping the signal (anyone remember dbx noise reduction?). After all ... its in the subtleties that we find the difference between hand made wooden furniture and IKEA.
This exercise has shown me that the Noritsu scanning system gives results which require a very high end desktop or professional scanning system to beat. I have found that digitisation systems allow me to get images from my 35mm film which are quite satisfactory and it remains to be seen if a digital camera such as a 5D will produce better results in the same challenging lighting situation. I have found before that digital makes it easy to get super results when the light is within the range of the capture, but with hard sunny outdoor light digital does not do as well as negative (especially black and white).
The Noritsu system allows film photographers to digitize their images and gain access to the range of services (like printing) which is available to the photographer. Using this systems allows Photographers to leaverage their 35mm outfits (very competitive prices) and get good results, I believe better in some situations than digital ... certainly better bang for buck.
But it has shown me again that it is all let down by the distribution chain. Photocontinental price their scanning service at nearly exactly the same price as the high end professional services such as Prolab do. Yet despite this pricing do not have a clue about their process, do not let you know the colour profile and appear not to know what this means. I have yet to print their file with them to see if the colours look better "in house", perhaps they have tuned their system scanner and printer by eye?
People in the industry have no idea on how to communicate what their service is and what they offer. When you ask about the scan you get useless answers like we scan at 300ppi ... really ... you start with a 1.5 inch negative and give me 3087 pixels from that ... so how is that 300 points per inch?
Something I have not discussed is the scratches on my negatives (nothing major, but without the ICE on the LS-4K fixing after scanning will be a pain) which if questioned would be answered with "we don't offer a professional service"
Again I'm left feeling that *(as in 2001) 35mm cameras with colour negative film will give results which are equaled by only the best full frame (and larger) digital cameras but at a cost which involves a much higher up front investment than using your 35mm does.
If you used your pocket digital for the snaps and your 35mm film camera for the weddings and sporting events how often will you really use it? If you are buying a $3000 DSLR kit will you be ahead on costs after 4 years? I'm betting most will still drag along that pocket camera too.
However the entire film concept has been sadly let down (still) by the industry which hopes to profit from it the most ... if the pricing of stuff like Noritsu scanning was $9 then at $14.50 (scan + develop only) per roll of 36 it would be very attractive to be using negative and getting scans like this done. Certainly it would fulfill 90% of people's needs for the high end ... heck even 90% of wedding photographers.
Given that fewer and fewer clients of wedding photographers see or appreciate the difference, I feel that to use film today you have to be aware of what makes it better, able to get at this yourself and have a client that appreciates the difference.


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Summer's on its way, and it's taunting me! Lately the weather drops within a day from 80 degrees and sunny down to 40 degrees with rain and sleet, and the chilly weather just makes me want to curl up in a ball on the couch, read books, and take naps. I want the warmth to come and hang out for a while so I can get outside, feel the sun on my arms, and get a little color on my winter-white skin.
And with summer comes summery food, like fish tacos. Jamie loves fish tacos, and I love salmon. Well, we both do. We have salmon pretty much every week, and we make fish tacos for dinner a couple times a month, usually with some type of white fish like cod or catfish and fresh cabbage slaw. (My man is so creative that when we ran out of mayo to add to the slaw, what did he do? Well, he made some of course!)
So, this week, I thought why not combine the two? Tonight I wanted something a little different from the typical fish/slaw combo, something fresh and healthy with lots of flavor. For all of you out there who try to eat healthy, you know it's a lot more expensive to buy lots of lean protein and veggies than subsisting on a diet of Totinos Party Pizzas is. And salmon is particularly expensive, but I just can't make myself cross it off the grocery list. (I'll admit, though, that I actually like how those party pizzas taste--plus they only cost a dollar, so how can you beat that?)
For our variation of fish tacos tonight, Jamie seasoned a piece of salmon with chili powder, lime juice, salt and pepper, and seared it in a skillet, for just a few minutes on each side, to the perfect medium-rare doneness that salmon should always be served at. A fresh ear of corn got rubbed with a little olive oil, charred on a cast-iron grill pan, and then sliced off the cob. Mango, avocado, tomato, and green onion made a lovely and fresh salsa, seasoned only with salt, pepper, lime zest and a squeeze of lime juice.
Wrapped up in a whole-wheat tortilla it was delicious! I did wish it had a little more crunch, though, so next time I'll add a little red cabbage, or some fried strips or tortillas to give it a finishing touch.
Recipe for Chile-Lime Salmon Tacos
1 1/2 pounds salmon
1 package of small whole-wheat tortillas
1 ear of fresh corn on the cob
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1 avocado
2 tomatoes
1 mango
2 scallions
2 limes
salt and pepper
1/2 tsp chile powder
2 Tbs olive oil
Heat a cast-iron grill pan on medium-high heat. Remove the husk and silk from the corn, rub with 1 Tbs olive oil, and char on the grill pan until corn is cooked. When corn is nicely charred, allow to cool for several minutes before slicing off the cob.
Meanwhile, make the salsa. Dice the avocado, mango, tomato and scallions. Add the zest and juice of one lime, and season mixture with salt and pepper, and set salsa aside.
Remove the skin from the salmon. Season with additional lime juice, salt, pepper and chili powder.
Heat 1 Tbs olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Cook the salmon for 3-4 minutes on each side, until the outside is seared, and the center is a pink medium-rare doneness.
Finally, assemble your tacos with some flaked salmon, a spoonful of salsa, freshly charred corn kernels, and shredded cabbage. If desired, you can also add a sprinkling of shredded jack cheese.


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We've probably all heard of stories of people getting hit in the heart and dying. Sadly, it's happened to many young athletes. Does this sound famliar?
A young, 15 year old boy is playing baseball when he accidentally gets hit directly in the chest with the ball. He falls unconscious and the coaches call 911 and grab an emergency AED (automated external defibrillator). Despite CPR and using the AED, the boy dies.
Many writers are tempted to use it a means to kill of characters. After all, a simple blow to the chest as a way to instantly kill someone? What could be more dramatic, right?
So let's talk about it.
Commotio Cordis (Latin for "agitation of the heart") is the technical name for this phenomenon.
There are a lot of things that have to be just right for Commotio Cordis to occur and cause a fatal arrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation).
- the object hitting the victim can be another person (football) or an object. When it's a projectile, it' usually solid, like a hockey puck or baseball, though occurrences with soccer balls do occur (more outside the US than here).
- it has to hit precisely over the heart--not a few centimeters to the left or right.
- the velocity has to be just so--the closer to 40 mph the more likely it will happen. Too slow or too fast, and it won't.
- the timing has to be just right. The projectile must hit precisely during a tiny window of the cardiac cycle, specifically during the upslope of the T wave. You know those squiggly lines on the EKG you see on those medical shows? Well, down there in the orange area, in the midst of a single heart beat, is when this phenomenon occurs. It's about a 20-40 millisecond window of time.
|From Wikipedia
- Sadly, protective chest wear does not prevent this from happening
- Only 25% of people who suffer from this actually survive, but hopefully this number is increasing with the rapid use of CPR and AEDs.
- it's hard to pinpoint how often this happens, but the ones most often affected tend to be young males under the age of 25.
- It most often happens during impact sports, including football
- though the heart beats faster during physical activity, the window of vulnerability on the cardiac cycle doesn't shorten. Thus, the window occurs more often when the victim is physically active. Another reason why sports make this more of a risk factor.
The bottom line? If you're going to use it in fiction, use it judiciously. It has to make sense if it's going to happen to your poor character.
Finally, a thank you to Indies Unlimited, whose post inspired mine. :)
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Arlington, VA - The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) will honor three major authors, representing three literary genres, at its annual convention in Minneapolis on June 28-July 1, 2003. Together, their recent or soon-to-be released works provide important new perspective on the experience of children of parents with mental illnesses in confronting challenges at different stages of life.
Best-selling author and National Public Radio Morning Edition commentator, Bebe Moore Campbell, will open a convention program track on "Healthy Children: For Our Nation and Our Future" with a special reading and award presentation on Monday, June 30 at 8:15 AM (Convention Center/Auditorium 2) for Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry (G.P. Putnam's Sons), a story for children about a young girl who learns how to cope with difficult moments in her mother's struggle with bipolar disorder. The book will be released in September 2003.
Virginia Holman, author of Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories from a Decade Gone Mad (Simon & Schuster), a memoir of her mother's untreated schizophrenia and Lynette Brasfield, author of Nature Lessons: A Novel (St. Martin's Press), will conduct a joint reading and book signing, Monday at 7:30 p.m. (Hilton Hotel, Marquette Room) and receive their awards at the convention awards banquet on Tuesday evening, July 1.
Holman and Brasfield draw on their childhood experiences as daughters of mothers with schizophrenia to explore similar themes—but with intriguing differences. One year after Patty Hearst was kidnapped and robbed a bank in 1974, Holman writes, "my mother lost her mind and kidnapped my sister and me to our family cottage" in rural, coastal Virginia, because she believed that they had been inducted into a secret army and were "trusted with setting up a field hospital. We lived in that cottage for over three years." Holman's book also explores the ways that the legal and clinical system during the 1970s and 80s prevented her family from getting her mother the treatment that she desperately needed. Holman has written for Redbook, Self, DoubleTake, USA Today, and theWashington Post. A portion of Rescuing Patty Hearst received a Pushcart Prize in 2001.
In Brasfield's novel, a woman returns to South Africa after 20 years to search for her missing mother and truths about her family history under apartheid. It explores the strain in family and social relationships that arise from paranoia that can be rooted in mental illness or an oppressive political regime. Last week, Booksense 76 selected it for its list of Outstanding New Fiction for July and August 2003, considered by independent booksellers to be "unique and provocative." Booklist has described the novel as "gripping…part mystery, part dark comedy, part harsh political reality."
Both books show how psychotic delusions reflect a person's surrounding culture; how what is "real" and what is "paranoid" may be confused, or depend on a person's class or racial perspective; and the impact that each may have on a child's past, present, and future.
Brasfield, Campbell and Holman also will attend or participate in other NAMI convention meetings.
On Sunday, June 29 at 6:00 P.M. the convention's opening plenary session, "Confronting the Mental Health Crisis in America," will include a focus on children's issues as part of a discussion on President Bush's New Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health.
On Sunday at 8:00 P.M, NAMI also will present the national premiere of a documentary film, Out of the Shadow, a work-in-progress produced, directed and written by Susan Smiley, portraying her own mother's struggle with schizophrenia and its impact on her family. Panel and audience discussion will follow.
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I have the same problem with 3000 C100 battery. Does anybody knows how to recalibrated the battery? Discharging and charging doesn't work.
Thanks for advise.
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Hi there...I am a retired IBM/Lenovo engineer specialising in the C-series and dead batteries are not unusual! Let's get some things straight first?1) We built most of the Lenovo/ThinkPad series to take specific batteries designed and built for our systems. They have special added function that handshakes with the microcode, BIOS and software to give a wide range of battery information and control.2) They used to be very expensive (>£60) but lately there are a lot of genuine ones at much lower prices. I bought two on eBay for just £20 only 6 weeks ago?3) You have every right to use a competitive/alternate battery but no-one in IBM or Lenovo can or will comment on whether they are suitable, will work correctly or will last very long.4) I CAN say that I have 'tested' several 'alternative' batteries and not a single one worked as I would have hoped! I will say no more since there are many I did not test?5) I am not sure what the concept of 'conditioning a battery is'? A battery is an object that holds a charge. Over time its ability to hold a charge reduces to some minimum close to zero? Some batteries 'die' much more quickly than others. Other last much longer of course.6) Many die because they have been discharged for a considerable time or they have been shorted out in some way and done an irreparable damage?7) If you have one that ONLY displays 'zero' this is can be because a) It is as dead as the John Cleese and Michael Palin parrot!! b) It has no function that the PC microcode/BIOS can measure c) There is a fault in the PC base code and it can no longer measure the battery.8) Let us be 'Nerd Sherlock' for a while? My suggestions are a) Try the battery in another C100 that you KNOW shows good charge? b) Borrow a battery from another C100? c) Buy a new battery and know that this is good! (Make sure it IS NEW! I reported a seller to eBay that sold C100 batteries as 'new' and were clearly 'used'. You can usually tell an old one because it does not come in the original box and the gold contacts show signs of wear. Even installing the battery a single time causes marks on the contacts?)9) Finally.... Ensure the battery is genuine! On the rear it will have the Lenovo logo top-left, the turquoise Li-ion label bottom-right and a 22-digit barcode? The ASM should be 92P1179 with a FRU of 92P1180. I have never found a non-Lenovo battery with the turquoise label?10) Best suggestion? Dump your current one and buy a new Lenovo one? You will be surprised at how much additional info you get once you install the Lenovo Power Management Driver from http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/60pm07ww.exeGood luck?Tony
Thank you for yours advices. I tried the Duck3's method (discharging and charging) and it doesn't work. It's the same state as before.
When discharging it jumps from 99% to 7, 4, 3, ,0%. From 99 to 7 it takes aprox. 20 min. From 7 to 0 aprox. 30 min and than to shut down more than 1 hour.
When charging it takes a long time to charge to 4% and than it jumps to 99%.
So my conclusion is that the battery is not so bad but the measurements have to be calibrated.
Ad 8) Unfortunately I haven't access to another C100 or the battery to try.
Ad 9) The battery is genuine, but he FRU is 92P1182 and the ASM is 92P1181.
Ad 10) I installed the power manager (execute the downloaded exe file and than execute the setup file), restarted my computer, but didn't find any new feature. Where should I looking for? My OS is XP sp3
Thanks a lot.
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Apple chief executive Tim Cook did a little company PR this week -- after meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing -- by visiting Foxconn Technology Group's new iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China. Cook, in a yellow factory coat and cap, was seen smiling as he watched and talked with Apple supply-chain employees Wednesday.
Foxconn is an integral part of Apple's supply chain, assembling most of its iPhones and iPads, but has been plagued by worker suicides and accusations of tough working conditions, Reuters reported. A report by the New York Times also alleged working conditions violations.
Cook's response to the negative working conditions found in article was to say that Apple will be "focused on educating workers about their rights, so they are empowered to speak up when they see unsafe conditions or unfair treatment." (As if workers who are so depressed and powerless that they want to commit suicide should be told it's their responsibility to tell off their bosses. Nice passing the buck.)
Apple also joined the Fair Labor Association earlier this year and opened up the factories to a Washington-based group after complaints by human rights organizations. The group found "tons of issues," while also seeing "dramatic" improvements, FLA Chief Executive Officer Auret van Heerden said last month, Bloomberg reported.
Apple does appear to be watching its supply-chain factories closer, finding overtime and environmental infractions at a number of the companies in China. Foxconn has also raised base pay for junior workers by 25 percent.
"Apple has had a string of negative publicity this year with Foxconn factory issues," said Mark Natkin, managing director of Marbridge Consulting Ltd., a Beijing-based market research firm. "Apple is trying to demonstrate how seriously they take these issues, and how strong their commitment is to China."
We doubt the visit is anything more than goodwill and PR, especially since the photos showed a rare smiling Tim Cook, even if the smile looked a little plastered. Cook also is doing something Jobs never did -- visit China.
Of course, the stakes are much higher for Apple now and it must keep Chinese officials and the press at home satisfied that its doing everything in its power to make working conditions better at its Chinese iPhone and iPad plants. That likely means sending the CEO to China and shaking hands.


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Like it or not, the era of President Barack Obama and American weakness, real or perceived, has already emboldened many nations with long-term anti-American strategic goals: namely, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
Many in the world have already concluded that Brack Obama is soft, for his overtures so far toward the Taliban, Russia, Iran and others.
Various Views On Obama Foreign Policy: "Just Like Bush" Or Radical Change?
President Obama's move to close the terrorist prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo) was cause for applause in human rights circles and also with terrorists.
On Afghanistan, Peter Begen of the New America Foundation said "It is a longstanding cliché that there is no military solution in Afghanistan, only a political one." On President Obama's idea to hold talks with the Taliban he said, "Doing deals with the Taliban today could further destabilize Afghanistan. "
And economically, there is no dobt that the U.S. is weakened.
Just today, North Korea threatened war with the United States — a war that would certainly involve Japan and South Korea. North Korea could not be making such threats and could not even think about testing a long range strategic missile just now unless China consented to this brazen move or at least looked the other way. China supplies North Korea with almost all of its food, oil, luxury goods and currency. Without China, North Korea would be impotent and meaningless.
Yet China is acceding to North Korea's bluster and browbeating of the United States just as China itself is harassing a U.S. Naval vessel in international waters — a violation of international law.
This US Navy file photo shows the military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23). Five Chinese vessels maneuvered dangerously close to a US Navy ship in the South China Sea on Sunday, March 8, 2009, approaching within 25 feet of the unarmed surveillance ship, the Pentagon said.(AFP/NVNS)
China doesn't care much for international law and international waters: just ask Japan and Vietnam. Both those nations have long struggles with China encroaching upon the coasts of Japan and Vietnam as the Chinese super power searches for more oil beneath the sea floor.
China has become the most voracious user of oil and other mineral resources on the planet as it strives to keep its factories busy producing goods for sale overseas. China is in Afghanistan, protected from the Taliban by U.S. troops, while Chinese companies exploit Afghan copper. And China just signed a $50 billion (U.S. dollars, cast) agreement to get oil from Russia for ten years.
Last year China was no help when the U.S. wanted access to Myanmar to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to those stricken by the cyclone. After the crisis passed, China signed a big oil deal with Myanmar.
China wants the U.S. out of its sphere of influence from North Asia to Somalia, and is planning an ocean-going navy to eventualy make that goal a military reality.
China recently opened the largest sea port in the world, in Gwadar, Pakistan — directly astride the sea lanes used to bring out out of the Persian Gulf to Japan, the U.S. and others.
Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to go into debt — to China.
China allows North Korea to antagonize the United States because that is in China's long term strategic interest — and a weakening U.S. plays into China's strategy perfectly.
Russia also wants the U.S. out of its area of influencce. Russia recently paid off Kyrgyzstan, which was helping the American effort in Afghanistan with an air base. Just after Russia gave Kyrgyzstan its big aid deal, that nation announced the closure of the Manas air base supporting the U.S.
A KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flightline at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006. Ground crews will have to de-ice the tanker before it can take off on a refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Paul Clifford)
Generous Russian loans to Kyrgyzstan totaling US$2 billion and a non-repayable US$150 million grant, were announced the day before Kyrgyzstan said Manas would be closed and the U.S. Air Force evicted.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation had been insisting on the closure of Manas to the U.S. Air Force since 2005.
What the heck is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an intergovernmental mutual-security organisation which was founded in 2001 by the leaders of China , Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
But the key players of the SCO are Russia and China who don't want the U.S. or anyone else in the West anywhere near that region of the world, rich in oil and other minerals, that includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
China and Russia conducted their largest joint military exercise ever last year.
And finally Iran wants the U.S. out of the Persian Gulf, away from Arab oil, and at arms length from Isreal.
Joshua Gross wrote for the Christian Sciences Monitor today, "Iran recently launched its first satellite into orbit in what The New York Times called, 'a shot across the bow of American diplomacy,' and US President Barack Obama passed along a secret letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in an attempt to enlist the Russians in an international effort to contain Iran's nuclear program."
The global economic crisis, which has eliminated something like $50 trillion in world wealth, has hit the United States and NATO very hard, which fuels the beliefe that Mr. Obama and the U.S. are weaker than ever just now.
That's why Iran and North Korea are talking missiles and nukes, China has chosen just now to harass a U.S. ship, and Russia is gloating like a cat bird that Obama is already pleading for help with Iran from Putin and Medvedev….
John E. Carey
Wakefield Chapel, Virginia
March 9, 2009
Iranian clerics watch the launch of a Shahab-3 ballistic missile outside Qom in 2006. A top Iranian military commander said that the country has missiles that can reach the nuclear sites of its arch-foe Israel.(AFP/File/null)
Stimulus: China Will Fund U.S. Debt But "We Hate You Guys"
Russia, "Desperate For Cash," Sells Oil to China In "Very Bad Deal"
India, China jostle for influence in Indian Ocean
China Extends Navy's Anti-Piracy Mission Near Somalia
China Says Its Navy Expansion "No threat to others"
Pentagon: Chinese Ships Harassed Unarmed U.S. Navy Craft in International Waters
North Korea Warns: Shoot Down Our Satellite Will "Prompt Counterstrikes by the Most Powerful Military Means"
Obama's First Major Foreign Crisis Brewing?
China's thirst for copper could hold key to Afghanistan's future
Obama says US is losing war in Afghanistan and hints at Taleban talks
Despite Global Economy Downturn, China Still Lending
Russia Sees Obama, U.S., Others As "Weak," "Naive"
What's China's Long Term Global Strategy?
CNN on Peter Bergen and Afghanistan:
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GOSH long lasting liquid eyeliners are well, just brilliant. They are waterproof , not leaky eye proof (but ive yet to find one that totally is) opaque in colour and stays looking true to colour. I have all bar one shade, which is a metallic bronze brown, shade 003 i believe. The shades i do have in order are
001 - Green - A deep forest green with green shimmer
002 - Turquoise - A bright metallic turquoise that i swear has a duochrome ability as its sometimes shines with a blue/purple reflection
004- Grey - Gunmetal with silver sparkle
005- Purple - dark metallic warm purple
006- Black Brass - a soft black base with lots of brass, gold and copper sparkle
007- Navy Blue - opaque dark navy blue
008 Carbon Black - Ultra opaque pure black.
For this review i will also include my two other liquid liners - Urban Decay 24/7 in shade Retrogade and Illamasqua's Precision Ink in Scribe.
How do the GOSH liners compare to the Urban Decay and Illamasqua , as they are very alike in packaging and feel? Well the GOSH liners have a felt nib, where as the Urban Decay has a brush nib, where the hairs can splay and this is not a good thing when trying to get a fine line. Illamasqua's liner has a long fine nib which is the same as GOSH's nib.
All 2 types need to be given a good shake before opening to mix the pigment with the liquid its suspended in. They all have a little ball inside that helps mix them.
The colours of the GOSH liners tend to be more subdued, except for the Turquoise which is a perfect match to Urban Decay's turquoise shade - Siren. U.D.s Retrogade though, is a unique shade, a really sparkly royal purple which has no match in the GOSH range.
What the GOSH colours do have is intensity, each shade is either a perfect opaque cream shade or a dazzling metallic with sparkle.
Comparing to the Illamsqua is tricky as i bought Illamasqua's Scribe because of it's uniqueness of a long lasting white liner. For opaqueness they are the same and they come off in the same way( they all roll up into little bits rather than thin out and smear with normal liquid liners) One thing though. Scribe dries down quite matt, where as GOSH's Carbon Black and Navy both dry to a sheen finish.
and now for some swatches so you can see the yummy colours
Turquoise is my favourite colour from the GOSH liners as well, its just gorgeous! But i love all the colours as some of the not so in your face colours give a slight change from the usual black, giving just a hint of colour instead. If Urban Decay's liner had a nib instead of brush, i'd think better of it, but that brush is awful. Illamasqua has a felt nib and works beautifully and is a very opaque white. The GOSH liners win because they are the cheapest of the 3 brands and behave in the same way as the more expensive brands!


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This week's Smackdown goes out to education systems which continue to teach a false history of the origins of America, thereby instilling in young minds a misplaced sense of pride, unaccountability, and hero-worship of genocidal pioneers.
Michelle Raheja, whose daughter was a kindergarten student at a California elementary school, expressed it best: "It's demeaning. I'm sure you can appreciate the inappropriateness of asking children to dress up like slaves (and kind slave masters), or Jews (and friendly Nazis) or members of any other racial minority group who has struggled in our nation's history… There is nothing to be served by dressing up as a racist stereotype."
Bravo! to this parent for speaking out against school systems insistent upon teaching colonial fables, and perpetuating those fables with accompanying activities which imprint racist stereotypes upon impressionable young minds.
What are your thoughts about this issue?


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I thought I should write something before this blog withers away. Much of my spring and summer has been taken up by family health concerns. My husband recently had surgery: one down, one to go. He will be doing great in no time, so no worries. It has put a tiny damper on writing and research, but nonetheless, there is news.
I have a release date for my book of images: "Snoqualmie Pass," by John and Chery Kinnick (www.arcadiapublishing.com). It will be available beginning October 8. You will not find it listed on the website just yet, but info should appear well before the release date. I am also in the final prep stages for the family history I have been working on for five years; it will be going to the printers in August. I decided on a slight title change in order to make the family history subject matter more evident at a glance. I am currently taking pre-orders from family members for "A Long Way Downstream: the Life and Family of Thibertine Johnson Winje, Norwegian-American Pioneer."
I have also been gathering information on my next topic for the Nearby History writing seminar offered through Seattle's Museum of History and Industry - my second go around. During last year's seminar I met two exceptional ladies, Luci Baker Johnson and Cathy Lykes, who are also passionate about Norwegian American research. The three of us formed a writer's support group (the "Nearby Norwegians") and meet monthly to share ideas. We are completely invigorated by these sessions! For those of you thinking of forming or joining a writer's support group, I highly recommend it.
In the next blog post, I will write about my great great grandfather (Gulbran Olsen Berge) and his experience during the crossing of the Hannah Parr, a Norwegian immigrant ship. In 1868, it suffered major storm damage while setting out across the Atlantic, and had to limp back to Limerick, Ireland for extensive repairs. I am also hoping to update my website soon with images from an 1880s-1890s photograph album belonging to my great grandparents, Ole and Malla Johnson of Clearwater County, Minnesota.
So much genealogy, and so little time...
I wish you a family history-filled summer. Apologies to my relatives for not making the Anderson Family reunion in Minnesota this week... I know it must have been fun (especially the auction).


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I just recently started to learn about methods. I'm not that good with them nor do I fully understand them. This program I am writing is a simple program its asks the user if they want to convert pounds to kilograms or kilograms to pounds. In this assignment we are required to have 4 methods: The main method, P2k(pounds to kilos method), K2P, and a method that prints the results. I am not sure how to properly call the methods into the main method Here is my code if anyone can help me out.
package weightconversion; import java.util.Scanner; /** * * @author Zach */ public class WeightConversion { //Create global conversion rate public static final double CONVERSION_RATE =2.204; /** * @param args the command line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) { //Declare variables int nChoice=0; //the user will choose pounds or kilos. Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in); //Used to read input double dP2K=0; //Converted pounds to kilos double dK2P=0; //Converted kilos to pounds double dPounds=0; //variable for pounds double dKilos=0; //variable for kilos double dWeight=0; //Weight variable double dConvertedWeight=0; //variable for weight converted //Display weight conversion System.out.println("WEIGHT CONVERSION"); //Displays pounds to kilos System.out.println("1." + "Pounds to kilograms"); //Displays kilos to pounds System.out.println("2." + "Kilograms to pounds"); //Prompt user to select type of conversion System.out.print("Please select the type of conversion" + " you would like to make:"); //Record input nChoice = input.nextInt(); //Prompt user to enter pounds if (nChoice == 1) { //Prompt user to enter pounds System.out.print("Please enter the pounds:"); //Record input dPounds = input.nextDouble(); //Calls method P2k with parameter dPounds dConvertedWeight = P2K(dPounds); } else if (nChoice == 2){ //Promp user to enter kilos System.out.print("Please enter the kilograms:"); //Record input dKilos = input.nextDouble(); //Calls method K2P with parameter dKilos dConvertedWeight = K2P (dKilos); } //What happens if user incorrectly enters wrong integer else //Tell user they need to run program again System.out.println("Error: Invalid conversion selection," + "Please run the program again. " ); dWeight = dPounds + dWeight; dWeight = dKilos + dWeight; } //Converts pounds to kilograms public static double P2K(double dPounds){ double dConvertedPounds = 0; //The converted pounds dConvertedPounds = dPounds/CONVERSION_RATE; //Formula return dConvertedPounds; //Retrun statement } public static double K2P(double dKilos){ double dConvertedKilos = 0; //The converted kilos dConvertedKilos = dKilos/CONVERSION_RATE; //Formula return dConvertedKilos; //Return statement } public static void PrintResults(dConvertedWeight,nChoice,dWeight){ } }
Im getting an error code for the last method saying it can not find the symbol, I know i'm doing it incorrectly, but not sure how to properly write it.


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While the Foundry is having some down-time, it seems like a good time to be running a Revamp Competition!
The subject of the map in question has been a bit of "Heiße Kartoffel". Since the current Germany Revamp went live, legitimate concerns about visibility and legibility of some areas have been raised. Despite a lot of backlash from the CC community, the foundry gave its full support to the revamp on the assumption that amendments would be forthcoming. While there has been some discussion about the required adjustments, pepperonibread has gone into hiding, without submitting any further updates. Ordinarily, a crack commando unit of cartographers would be scrambled to make necessary changes, but without access to the source files there are too many amendments to adjust the map behind the scenes with ease.
With this in mind, the Foundry Team is proposing an open Graphics-only revamp of the existing Germany Map, in order to get it released from Beta as soon as possible.
Competition Rules:
- It is the mapmaker's responsibility to understand and comply with Foundry standards regarding image size, use of copyright-free images, leaving required space for army counts, etc. Maps not meeting Foundry standards and/or raising any copyright concerns may be withheld/removed from the competition.
- The competition is for a graphical revamp only: territory names and border connections must be unchanged from the current live version of the Germany Map.
- The general layout should be as close to the current map as possible; the idea is to make the transition between maps as easy as possible this time around, and in an ideal world we would want to keep the XML (technical description of the map) unchanged - although some flexibility will be allowed where necessary.
- In order to maintain anonymity, please refrain from posting your map publicly. Obtaining feedback and opinions on your entry is not forbidden, but patterns of irregular voting (ie block-clan votes) will be investigated.
- Collaborations are not forbidden, although only one person can be responsible for copyright ownership, and only one mapmaking medal will be awarded to the winning entry (pepperonibread will also be awarded a medal for revamping the territory/region configuration).
- Host your map file (one entry per contestant please) using Photobucket or some other file sharing program, and a link must be provided to MrBenn by 11:59pm GMT on December 27th, 2009. Late submissions will not be considered for entry.
- Submissions should be Final Forge standard, and will be shortlisted by the CAs if necessary, before a one-week voting period to determine the winner.
- Once the winner has been chosen, there will be a short period of polishing/checking before the winning submission will replace the Germany Map in Beta.
Hip Hip Hooray!
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer...
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If you're reading this, it probably means the excitement has died down and you were able to grab the newspaper after stepping through all the torn Christmas wrapping.
If you're reading this, it probably means the excitement has died down and you were able to grab the newspaper after stepping through all the torn Christmas wrapping.
Here's hoping you and the kids are happy with what Santa left behind. For some, the ultimate gift is the one they didn't get and no amount of money could buy — the holiday season return of a family member half a world away.
We've had plenty to occupy our thoughts and stir our emotions these days. Many have yet to recover from Superstorm Sandy's devastation. The horrific loss of young lives in Newtown Connecticut has us talking about gun control and safety in our schools. Taxes will rise for almost all Americans on Jan. 1 unless Congress takes action. The celebration of Christmas provides a needed respite for many of us. It's also the perfect time to remember we still have roughly 68,000 soldiers in Afghanistan.
On a Christmas day a decade ago, Stephanie Johnson couldn't wait for her son, Erik, to leave for his deployment to Iraq. The way the Monticello mom figured it, the sooner he left, the sooner he'd come home. When Erik headed out the day after Christmas, Stephanie and her husband, Craig, followed up the gut-wrenching goodbye with a grassroots campaign to show our soldiers they are not forgotten.
Ten years later, the Johnsons still are at it. They've started to lose track, but Stephanie thinks the army of volunteers they drafted for their "Operation Support Our Troops" initiative has helped them ship out more than 25 tons' worth of care packages stuffed with everything from peanut butter to eye drops — an impressive feat when you consider it costs between $300 and $400 to ship out each donation box. There are prizes to be found inside each package. They are the handwritten letters from caring local folks, telling our military men and women how much they're appreciated and missed.
Erik is home safe and sound. The same can't be said for West Point buddies Mike and Jake, whose most recent tours of duty have them spending this Christmas in Afghanistan. They and their comrades overseas have made it known to the Johnson family the importance of keeping spirits up and how much the packages are appreciated.
The current goings-on in the Mideast fail to merit headline treatment here on the homefront — not in the face of natural disasters that have ruined lives and acts of unimaginable violence that demand a display of political backbone.
It's why Stephanie and Craig are grateful to those who continue to reach out, providing donated items along with the names of local military personnel who could benefit from a special delivery.
Give those men and women a thought as you go about your holiday season celebrations, and maybe the families of soldiers like Mike and Jake will get what they really want next year — the ultimate gift.
Reach Tracy Baxter at firstname.lastname@example.com and see his NewsWatch program and online blog at recordonline.com


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Attention Shoppers: Please Report For Jury Duty
A Vermont judge sent his sheriff to the mall to round up a jury that could fairly try a child molester.
They stopped passers-by and asked if they were residents of Caledonia County; a "yes" answer won a summons to appear at the courthouse for jury duty immediately, right now, this minute. They rounded up 45 people that way in all, to join the 34 already at the courthouse.
Most people apparently did not mind being summoned for surprise jury service. According to the sheriff, "99.9 percent were just excellent" about being summoned on a sidewalk and ordered to report to the courthouse immediately." Deputies were also dispatched to the local post office and supermarket.
The defense attorneys were less than thrilled with the idea of sidewalk jury.
Defense attorney Sleigh filed a motion to quash the impromptu jury pool, saying the proper way to proceed would be to simply postpone the jury draw and then draw from an all new jury pool during the next round of jury draws. Sleigh was not sure the new jurors were unbiased and he had questions regarding the method used by deputies to pick jurors. He also questioned whether picking jurors in front of the St. Johnsbury post office could provide geographic representation.
Eaton noted the Charron case is 574 days old and is one of the oldest cases on the District Court docket. He rejected Sleigh's objections and told the parties the jury draw would begin.
Dredging malls for juries is a surprisingly common tactic for judges in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Next time you see a sheriff in the mall, walk the other way unless you want an impromptu civics lesson.
Sheriff Rounds Up Jurors [The Caledonia Record via The Lede]
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Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman murder trial tentatively set for June 10
SANFORD, Fla. The long-awaited trial in the Trayvon Martin murder case appears set to begin next summer.
Judge Debra S. Nelson on Wednesday set a tentative trial date of June 10 for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged fatally shooting the unarmed teenager.
But Zimmerman's attorney noted there are still several unresolved pretrial matters to complete. Another status hearing is set for December 10.
- Zimmerman defense fund dwindling; Fla. may pay
- George Zimmerman's attorneys won't use "stand your ground" defense
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of the 17-year-old Martin in February. The 29-year-old has claimed self-defense and is pleading not guilty.
Attorney Mark O'Mara estimated he expects the trial to last three weeks.
They'll be back in court Friday for what is expected to be a lengthy hearing for arguments on several motions, including the defense asking for more time to interview state witnesses.
It was Nelson's first hearing in the case. An appeals court removed the previous judge, saying he made disparaging remarks about Zimmerman's character.
O'Mara also has previously said he believes that the facts that will be argued in the case fall more under traditional self-defense, not under Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows people to use deadly force rather than retreat if they believe their lives are in danger.
Zimmerman was initially granted $150,000 bond and released in April. But the judge revoked that bond in June after prosecutors presented evidence that Zimmerman and his wife misled the court about how much money they had, including $135,000 raised by then from a website for his legal defense. He was later freed on a new $1 million bond.
Martin's Feb. 26 death in a gated community in the Orlando suburb of Sanford first drew national attention on March 8, the day his relatives held a news conference to lament that Zimmerman hadn't been arrested.
Martin was unarmed and walking back to an apartment where he was staying with his father at the time of the shooting.
Zimmerman wasn't charged with second-degree murder until 44 days after the shooting. During that time, protesters around the nation demanded Zimmerman's arrest, and the Sanford Police Department was accused of racism and incompetence.


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• Waldron village council voted June 12 to stop paying for extra police coverage from the Hillsdale County Sheriff Department and instead hire a code enforcement officer.
The Sheriff's Department will still provide routine coverage, but hours spent specifically in Waldron will cease.
Michael Birdsall was the only councilor who voted against terminating extra coverage, but he joined others in unanimously approving a motion to advertise for a local officer to enforce village laws only.
The code enforcement officer would first be deputized by the Sheriff's Department. Hours, pay and duties have not yet been determined.
• Two out of four Waldron village positions will have contested races in the annual election, now scheduled in September.
John Tanner and Richard Buck are running for mayor of the village. Incumbent Harold Douglas is not seeking reëlection to that position.
Douglas is seeking a position as a village trustee, one of six candidates seeking six posts. Incumbents Jeff Bernath, Brad Frey, Roy Hall and Rick Bays are seeking reëlection. The other candidate is Shawn Barnhart.


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Feeling the spring pollen allergies yet? Here's some really weird news. Apparently being born in the U.S. puts you at a higher risk for allergies. Kids born outside the US are less likely to have allergy diseases like asthma, eczema, hay fever, and food allergies than kids born here. And even if you're born outside the U.S., your chances of coming down with those allergy diseases is higher if you move here. Yikes, why are so many of us allergic to America?
Well, the short story is doctors don't really know for certain. But they have a few ideas. Here's what some suspect are causing our allergies, and what you might want to do about it.
- Climate/environment: Early exposure to pollution could be contributing to allergies. If you're living around cars or near plants or factories, or even large farms with runoff, there's not a whole lot you can do besides move, and that's not always an option.
- Toxins: Exposure to toxins like synthetic fertilizers, chemical cleaning products, and flame retardants might be a factor. This is something you can minimize just by choosing non-toxic products as often as possible, or even making your own DIY household cleaners.
- Junk food: Allergy diseases, especially asthma, have been tied to fast food and processed food. It's weird, but the connection is there. Maybe this is a good reason to cut back on those kids' meals. Try eating more of the allergy-fighting foods people in other countries rely on, like turmeric.
- Obesity: Seems like people are blaming everything on obesity these days. But in addition to watching diet, make sure you're active enough that all your vitals are working well. I don't think everyone has to be skinny. Healthy comes in many shapes and sizes. But we all need to be moving around regularly.
- Hygene Hypothesis: This is the idea that our obsession with antibacterial soaps and constant hand-washing doesn't let us develop our immune system. As a general rule, I avoid buying antibacterial soaps and cleaners. And while I still like washing my hands before meals and after I've been outside, I try not to be a total germaphobe. I try, anyway.
- Living near allergen triggers: Allergic to cats? Don't own them. I learned this the hard way. Wear a mask when you dust to protect yourself from dust mites -- and dust often. I have no idea if living in the desert helps with hay fever, but it might work!
- Genes: This isn't mentioned in the article, but inheritance is one of the biggest factor (maybe THE biggest factor) in allergy diseases. If you have one parent with allergies, you're 30 percent likely to have allergies. Two parents, and it goes up to 70 percent. Maybe this is the missing key to this study -- Americans have more allergies because we keep marrying each other and passing on our predisposition to have allergies! So if you're single... maybe consider dating only people without allergies? Good luck.
- Bad timing: Here's another interesting theory. Allergies might be caused at a very young age when you just happen to have a respiratory illness at the same time that there's a lot of pollen in the air. How it happens is kind of a long story. I have no idea what parents could do about this, though. Work extra hard to prevent our babies from getting colds in the spring? Good luck with that one, too!
Why do you think people born in the U.S. are more likely to have allergies?
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I have quite a bit of experience with PHP but this is my first time ever using XMLHttpRequest. I virtually copied some code from my book, but I'm getting a status of 0. I have crawled the internet to attempt and find out what this means, but none of the cases in which it is used seems applicable. Below, I have my code. PHP and Ajax both report no errors, and file fileInteract.php works in isolation. pushMenu correctly generates an XMLHttpRequest, defines variable page correctly, and enters the onreadystatechange function before being stopped by the if. Any help would be fantastic. Thank you in advance.
FYI, I am trying to load a dynamically created select based on what the user clicks in another select as you can probably tell.
//part of home.php, the caller of pushMenu and the XMLHttpRequest
PHP Code:
$l = mysql_connect("mysql", "(undisclosed)", "(undisclosed)") or die('Error, could not connect');
$q = "SELECT * FROM Supercatagories ORDER BY name";
$r = mysql_query($q);
echo '<select name = "findOne" onchange = "pushMenu(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">';
echo '<option value = "" disabled = "disabled">Choose a category</option>';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($r)) {
echo "<option value = ".$row['point'].">".$row['name']."</option>";
echo '</select>';
//functions.js, loads correctly. readystate = 4, status = 0. menuChange is a span further along in the code in home.php
Code:function ajaxRequest() { var request = false; try { request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { try { request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (E) { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); } } return request; } function pushMenu(id) { var xmlhttp = new ajaxRequest(); var page = 'fileInteract.php?name='+id; xmlhttp.open("GET", page); xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) { document.getElementById('menuChange').innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText; } } xmlhttp.send(); }
//file interact.php, probably not a problem because it works in isolation with the page i call.
Once again, no reported errors, pages work fantastically except for the xmlhttprequest. If I had a suspicion, the problem has to do with home.php because the other code is almost exactly copy pasted from a book, but I do not know for sure. And yes, I am new to this, so if it is something very stupid then I would not be surprised. Finally, I know certain browsers seem to have random problems with xmlhttprequest, but this is not working in IE8, Opera, Firefox, or Chrome (all Windows)PHP Code:
include_once "dbconnect.php";
$name = $_GET['name'];
mysql_select_db($name) or DIE("Problem with connection");
$q = "SELECT * FROM Pointer ORDER BY Name";
$r = mysql_query($q) or DIE("Problem with query");
echo '<select name = findTwo>';
echo '<option value = "" disabled = "disabled" onchange = "document.finder.submit();">Choose a category</option>';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($r)) {
echo '<option value = "'.$row['point'].'" onclick = "submit()">'.$row['name'].'</option>';
echo '</select>';


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KATAKLYSM Frontman On 'Iron Will' DVD Documetary: 'We Didn't Want This To Be Like A Sob Story'
On June 6, Aniruddh Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Maurizio Iacono of Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Metal Assault: Your new DVD, "The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined", is coming out on June 19th. What can fans expect from it? It seems to be quite a complete package and everything about the band's 20-year history is in there.
Maurizio: Well, it's something that we've been planning for a long time. We knew that the 20th anniversary was coming and we wanted to do something very special. The whole idea started with me wanting to write a book about the music industry and my own personal experiences, and what I've been through with KATAKLYSM. But then, as it turned out, withe everything that I've got going on, I just couldn't put the book together on time and so we decided to hire a director and the record label decided to do this type of in-depth-style documentary about our entire career. I think it kind of represents a lot of the working-class type of metal bands out there, that are either struggling or making it, just both ends of it. So, it's very very detailed. People that have seen it have said that it's the most complete documentary they've ever seen, so that's very good to hear. It's five and a half hours and comes with our complete 20th-anniversary show in Germany, which we did last summer. We headlined that show in front of almost 20,000 people. It also has the "best-of" record and the CD version of the concert, too. So it's a very complete package for sure. It's very worth the money.
Metal Assault: So, while putting together this documentary, did you guys look at any other band documentaries to kind of study how to do this thing, or was it just like completely natural and you just put in whatever you filmed?
Maurizio: Well, two things. First of all, we didn't want this to be like a sob story. It wasn't meant to show the band in a way like, "Oh, look at us. We're fucked up and we struggled and it was hard." It wasn't like that. We didn't want to do that. It's a good story, it's the story of a band that's been on its way to get recognition at some point. We've taken a huge risk because it's so long, and in the beginning we were a little bit worried because we had decided to do something nobody had done before, and it's a very, very detailed documentary. The only band that did anything close to it was CANNIBAL CORPSE, but theirs was four hours and ours is five and a half. There is also a lot of footage that's not even in there, that we just couldn't put because it was already too long. And also, we tried to do it in a different way as well. If you watch it, you'll see that it's not just somebody talking. There's a lot of footage and there's a lot of stuff where it's comical. It's a very emotional roller coaster, the whole thing. The director, Tommy Jones, has done an excellent job with this thing. It was a massive job to put together and we're very happy with the fantastic job he's done. So far the reviews are killer, and we couldn't ask for anything more.
Metal Assault: You said that the way things are done in the States is not healthy for bands. What are some of those things?
Maurizio: There's a lack of interest for small bands. America is based on the really big and the really small, and there's not enough of the in between. There's problems with the way the costs of developing bands is going, because there's so little money for them to tour that bands are just breaking up before having a chance of going towards pursuing metal as a living. In Europe, they have tour buses that can accommodate up to four bands, and when we put four bands on a tour, we save on the cost of gas and hotels, and it gives bands the chance of spreading their fan base. That's how KATAKLYSM did it, and I know that if I had to pay all of my way through when I was a teenager, there was no way I would have survived. Even at the beginning, when we were kids, we were used to be being put on a bus, and we were like, hell yeah, we don't have to pay anything and we just go and play. That's how we built our fan base and this is one thing America has to learn. It all has to come together and things need to be done in a different way than before, because I'm very worried about how the industry is going. There's been no new bands that are breaking out there and making a big noise. Like I've said this before, PANTERA, to me, was the last rock-star band. There hasn't really been anything since then that has made a huge impact or changed the industry, unless you want to say SLIPKNOT. But other than that, there hasn't been anybody. We're still worshiping all the really old-school bands and there's nothing new that's making an impact — in my opinion, at least.
Read the entire interview from Metal Assault.
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