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This page is designed to present some information for the Industries and Research Institutes to know about the research areas, activities, and facilities as a potential for collaborating or solving their problems in the Physics Department of Sharif University of Technology. This department is doing researches in different areas of fundamental and applied physics like particle physics, cosmology, optics & laser, condensed matter, nanotechnology, etc. This page also will give some information for students to become familiar with the research is doing by different labs and professors.


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A note for Brian K and Terabyte Support:
We have a client who has recently upgraded to Windows 10 586 1511.
He uses BootIT BM with limit primaries turned off, however there were only three actual partitions on the disk:
BootIT BM, Windows 10 and a Data Partition following that. The rest was free space.
He used to have other partitions when he used Windows 7 and Windows 8, but these have since been deleted.
The 1511 upgrade shrank the Windows 10 partition ny 450 Mb and inserted a 450 Mb Recovery Partition between Windows 10 and the Data partition.
The system reboots showing no errors in BootIT BM or In Windows 10.
Having moved the WinRE back into the main Windows 10 partition, he has deleted the 450Mb Recovery Partition. BootIT BM reports this correctly as 450Mb free space.
My surmise is that providing that there are less than 4 partitions, (as in standard MBR), the Windows 10 1511 upgrade does not cause a problem, even when the EMBR is present, (limit primaries turned off).
The situation I reported in my earlier post was when there were more than 4 primary partitions on the disk, the Windows 1511 upgrade attempts the shrink, writes the 450Mb Recovery Partition, which it fails to do and trashes the partition following that.
I still cannot believe that MS have been so stupid in not coding this so that it checks the MBR table correctly. However I am probably being very naive!

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Over the weekend, the Michigan Democratic Party selected three candidates to endorse in a run for Michigan Supreme Court election.
They are: 46th District Court Judge Sheila Johnson, 3rd Circuit Court Judge Connie Marie Kelley, and University of Michigan professor and Innocence Clinic co-founder Bridget Mary McCormack.
There will be three seats open on the court. One seat is a partial term currently filled by Justice Brian Zahra. He was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Jan. 14, 2011 to fill a vacancy created when Snyder recruited Justice Maura Corrigan to head the Department of Human Services.
Justice Marilyn Kelly's seat will be open, as she is ineligible to run for re-election because she will be 70 years old in November.
Justice Stephen Markman will have to run for re-election if he wishes to remain on the court; his term ends Jan. 1, 2013.
To see the full slate of candidates, read The Detroit News story here.


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Phoenix is one of the most popular traditional tattoo themes in tattoos, and it's the mascot and magic thing in ancient legends. Let's take a look at the patterns of Phoenix tattoos and the beautiful meanings of Phoenix.
Phoenix, also known as "Phoenix emperor", is the king of birds in ancient legends. Often used to symbolize auspiciousness, phoenix flying together, is a symbol of auspiciousness and harmony, has been an important element of Chinese culture since ancient times. Phoenix is a kind of divine animal created by the primitive human being's piety, worship and worship to the gods. Dragon and Phoenix are two totem systems of the Chinese nation. Worshiping Phoenix is a strong national complex.
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Interview, Dialogue for Three, That's Your Trouble, That's All and Applicant and were first presented on BBC Radio on the Third Programme between February and March 1964.
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Time for my roundup of interesting topics seen throughout the interwebs and related to EHR and healthcare IT.
Astounding growth in use of EHRs – 5x in 2.5 yrs – Dr. Mostashari at #ACE2011 (via Skype) – does your doc use an EHR?
I'd like to see where Dr. Mostashari got those numbers. I think there's little doubt that EHR use is up. If we say that 2.5 years ago it was at about 15%, then that would mean that using his growth number we're now at 75%. That seems way too high for me.
@shelleypetersen – Michelle Petersen
US are starting to standardise vendor requirements for #healthit and language used in #EHR regions, important move
Is this a misread of what's being done with meaningful use and EHR certification? I haven't seen standards really emerge for most of this. I guess it does say "starting."
Hospital EMR User Tracking Bill
Don't ask me why, but this post about a CA Bill Requiring Hospital EMR Software to Track Users came across my tweet stream as well even though it was posted back in June. I guess that's one thing I love about Twitter. It can bring back interesting content that you wouldn't have seen otherwise.
After reading the post, I wondered if the CA bill passed or not. I'm guessing not. Although, I'm still shocked by the article's comments that even an expensive Epic install at Kaiser can't meet the requirements of reporting on what data for a patient in an EHR has been deleted and who's accessed that patient data.
MGMA Conference in Las Vegas
I'll admit that I've wanted to go to the MGMA conference for a couple years now. This year I'm lucky that it's hosted in the beautiful Las Vegas. So, I'll definitely be there enjoying the event. I've been thinking about doing a New Media Meetup at MGMA like I do at HIMSS. Are any readers interested if I put it together? If there's only a few of you, we could just do a dinner or something. Let me know in the comments or on my contact us page.


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Go where your heart takes you
My column today is an open letter to our six grandchildren, and to grandchildren, friends and folks everywhere.
A short time ago, I started to write a letter to my six grandchildren. However, before I finished my letter, I was invited to speak to a local group of junior and senior high school students. I was happy to do so. So, I took the beginning of my letter, added to it, and it became the substance of my remarks. Following my talk, the students strongly suggested that my remarks should be shared with a larger group of folks. I am happy to do so. The following are the main points of my talk …
Life teaches us the great lessons and bestows on us many special gifts. True, we may not have control over all the hard lessons we encounter in life, but we can decide if these lessons are going to devour us or empower us. Whether you realize it or not, you are, for the most part, the director of your own life. Decide your aim, choose your dream, and strive to pursue it. Weak desires bring little results just as a small fire gives little heat. Strong desires are a driving force for thoughtful folks to achieve powerful results. You know, thoughtful people succeed; Thoughtful people empower; thoughtful people inspire. Empower yourself with inspired thoughtful intentions and allow yourself to succeed at all you do.
Achieving your goal is just a matter of getting up every time you fall down. Life may throw you what you see as undeserved curves. Just keep fouling them off, the right pitch will come and when it does, be prepared to run the bases. In short, have dreams and hopes … for you see… your goals are the fuel which motivates you toward your achievements. All of us need to start someplace. Every monarch was once a crying infant, and every building was once a picture. It is not about where you are today, but where and how you will reach for the tomorrows in your life. And so, never under-estimate yourself or your abilities. Corrected errors are the stepping stones that will take you from where you are today, to where you want to be in the days ahead.
Think about it … somewhere out there in the future … some of the greatest thoughts and ideas are yet to be expressed; YOU MAY EXPRESS THEM. Some of the finest buildings and highways are yet to be built; YOU MAY BE THE ONE TO BUILD THEM. Some of the greatest pictures are yet to be painted; YOU MAY PAINT THEM. Some of the finest prose and musical selections are yet to be written; YOU MAY WRITE THEM. Some of the finest of gymnasts, violinists, guitarists, equestrians, athletes, or artists are yet to emerge, YOU MAY BE THAT PERSON. And, some of the greatest discoveries in science and the humanities are yet to be discovered; YOU MAY DISCOVER THEM. And you know, some of the most thoughtful and dedicated people are yet to be identified; YOU may be one so identified.
At times, we make progress toward our desired goals of accomplishment. And then, there are times when things just seem to be at a standstill or things are just not "taking off." When everything seems to be at that point, remember, the aircraft takes off against the wind, not with it. Face into the winds of life for the necessary lift. Turn your "cannots" into "I can do it" and your hopes into plans. You know, all the water could never sink a ship unless it gets inside. Likewise, all the pressures of life can never hurt you unless you let them in.
You see, you can be the master architect of your life. For only as high as you can reach can you grow, only as far as you seek can you go, only as deep as you look can you see, only as much as you dream can you be. There is a whole world out there waiting … waiting for someone or somebody to help to make a difference. YOU may be just that person.
As you chart the course of your future, you have a precious "built-in" personal radar system. This radar system will serve you well. For you see, when you find a dream inside your HEART, don't ever let it go … for dreams are the tiny seeds from which happy and productive tomorrows grow.
Perhaps you will not remember much of what we have written here. But, we urge you to take three words with you from this message. We suggest that you store these three words in your memory bank for immediate retrieval when the need arises. These three simple and deeply felt words are: FOLLOW YOUR HEART.
Dr. Robert L. Heichberger is a resident of Gowanda and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at SUNY Fredonia.


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The bearings are incorporated in one housing, which saves space.
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The two bearing seats are concentric. Since bearing misalignment is avoided, rigid bearings can be used. The resulting stiff arrangement provides a high degree of running accuracy and enables high speeds.
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The accurate alignment of the rigid bearings in one housing enables quiet operation. For units with the designation PDNB, a wave spring washer in the smaller housing range further reduces noise levels.
Available as units
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Barcelona look to bounce back in Champions League
Humbled by Celtic in the latest shock result in the Champions League, Barcelona travel to Russia this week as the competition favorites attempt for the second time to seal a place in the knockout stage.
Humbled by Celtic in the latest shock result in the Champions League, Barcelona travel to Russia this week as the competition favorites attempt for the second time to seal a place in the knockout stage.
The Champions League has thrown up a string of unpredictable scorelines this season and none bigger than Barca's 2-1 loss in Glasgow two weeks ago, preventing the Spanish giants joining FC Porto, Malaga and Manchester United in the last 16 with two games to spare.
Lionel Messi and his team still need one more victory to advance in Group G but achieving that at Spartak Moscow on Tuesday is far from guaranteed, given that Barcelona has only won once in six trips to Russia.
"We must not drop our guard or relax," Barcelona playmaker Andres Iniesta. "Up to this point, our start to the season has been sustained and sensational. But we must continue as we've begun."
While Barcelona is still a big favorite to progress, the same can't be said of a number of Europe's big guns.
Manchester City has been on the cusp of elimination for a month now and the fate of the English champions, who are bottom of Group D on just two points from four games, will be sealed if they fail to beat Real Madrid at home Wednesday in the most high-profile clash of the fifth round of group games.
A win for Madrid would likely take it through, although Jose Mourinho's side is also stumbling after picking up just one point from its double-header with silky German side Borussia Dortmund.
"We will play with practically our season on the line," Madrid defender Sergio Ramos said. "As a football player, those are the kind of games you live for."
Dortmund is the group leader and needs only a point at Ajax to advance.
Chelsea is engaged in a tough three-way fight for the two qualification spots in Group E, and a loss in Juventus on Tuesday will leave the holders' destiny out of their hands. Only one point separates Chelsea, Juventus and group leader Shakhtar Donetsk, which could qualify with a win at FC Nordsjaelland.
AC Milan needs a win in Anderlecht on Wednesday if the struggling Italian side isn't to face the serious prospect of elimination from Group C, while the winner of Tuesday's match between Valencia and last season's runner-up Bayern Munich will qualify in Group F.
Paris Saint-Germain requires just a point at Dynamo Kiev to join FC Porto in the next round from Group A, while Schalke and Arsenal will qualify from Group B if they beat Olympiakos and Montpellier, respectively.
Messi, the prolific Argentina forward, has tried to make Barcelona forget about its disappointment in Scotland by maintaining his remarkable run of scoring form.
His double in the 3-1 win at Real Zaragoza on Saturday took his 2012 tally to 78 in 2012, moving within seven of former Germany striker Gerd Mueller's all-time record of goals in a calendar year, set in 1972. Last week, Messi scored another double to move past Pele into second place (75 goals in 1958).
However, coach Tito Vilanova has made a point of saying his squad's success is more down to teamwork than the individual brilliance of its star player.
"We need all of our players, because just one man can't win you the match," Vilanova said.
Barca has already spoken of Messi's hunger to beat Raul Gonzalez's tally of 71 goals as the all-time highest scorer in the Champions League. Currently, Messi is third with 54, behind Ruud van Nistelrooy (56).
Vilanova welcomed back the central-defensive pairing of Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol at the weekend, which should shore up a back line that looked exposed against Celtic.
A stoppage-time winner in a 3-2 victory over Shakhtar kept Chelsea in contention last time out, but there remains the genuine possibility that the English team could become he first reigning champion to fail to make the knockout stage.
The Blues are in their first rut of the campaign, having won just two points from their last four Premier League games.
"We've been in this position before. For some reason, November for our club is a bad month and it seems to again be the case this year," Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo said. "We have to try and address that."


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Hi, all! Since this is the last challenge spotlight of the month, I'm going to dive right in with an easy one that comes with a freebie! This week I am spotlighting the desktop challenge hosted by Tracy of Trixie Scraps Designs! This is a great challenge to end the month with since it's a quick one that starts with a freebie template and ends with you having a fun new desktop wallpaper for August! Check out the template Tracy created for us:
LOVE IT! Then again, I always love Tracy's templates. 🙂 There are lots of layers here to play with and I love photo spots on desktops. Check out some inspiration from the gallery:
By Tamie
By ScrappyCoyote
By sarahm172
Love all of these wallpapers; great job, ladies! I wanted to pick three with different designers' kits and color schemes so you can see how easily customizable this template is. I still need to get mine in, but anyone who knows me knows all my desktop wallpapers have a common theme… 😉
HOKAY. July ends this week, ladies–eek! You've got through Wednesday to get any challenges completed and recorded in order to get a sweet reward come August! Make sure your post in the July 2013 Challenge Tracking Thread is updated and tallied up.
That's it for this week…and this month! See you in August! 🙂


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2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Receives $2000 Price Cut
Toyota is hoping the price reduction will help spur sales of the Prius Plug-in.
The Toyota Prius has long dominated the hybrid market in the U.S., but the Toyota Prius Plug-In model that debuted in 2012 has not measured up to the relative sales success found by its main plug-in hybrid competitor, the Chevrolet Volt.
For 2014, Toyota is cutting the price of the 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in to $30,800 with destination, a $2010 drop from last year. This follows the recent trend of price cuts for electric vehicles, such as the Ford Focus Electric and Nissan Leaf which both dropped significantly in price this year. The Toyota Prius Plug-in is not a fully electric vehicle, though; instead, it is essentially a standard Toyota Prius hybrid with a beefed-up battery pack and electric motor that allows for increased electric-only range.
The Toyota Prius Plug-in offers 11 miles of electric-only range, as rated by the EPA, and its lithium-ion battery pack can be charged within 1.5 hours using a 240 volt charging station. When the electric range is depleted, the Prius Plug-in operates in normal hybrid mode, achieving 50 mpg combined just like a standard Toyota Prius.
With this price reduction, the Toyota Prius Plug-in now significantly undercuts the price of its two main plug-in hybrid competitors, the $33,745 2013 Ford C-Max Energi and the $34,995 2014 Chevrolet Volt, which also received a price cut for 2014. Compared with these two plug-in hybrids, the Prius offers less electric-only range but better fuel economy when operating in hybrid mode. The 2013 Ford C-Max Energi offers 21 miles of electric range and gets 43 mpg combined when the engine is running, whereas the 2014 Chevrolet Volt offers 38 miles of electric range and gets 37 mpg combined in hybrid mode.
The price drop does not correspond with fewer standard features, as the 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-In remains approximately equivalent to a standard Prius Three model. This means standard features like heated front seats, navigation, Toyota's Entune smartphone app integration system, keyless entry, and a remote climate control function that allows drivers to remotely activate the air conditioning from the key fob.
The Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced model receives an even bigger price cut of $4620, down to $35,715 with destination. This model adds synthetic leather seats, a power driver seat, and a head-up display. A large part of this price cut, though, can be attributable to the fact that some previously standard technology features are now part of a $2610 technology package for the Prius Plug-in Advanced, including adaptive cruise control, a pre-collision system, and LED headlights.
The 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in is sold in 15 states, including California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Main, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Hawaii. Check out the chart below to see how the Toyota Prius Plug-in stacks up against the competition.
- Base Price
- Electric-only Range (EPA estimated)
- Gasoline EPA Fuel Economy (city/highway/combined)
- 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in
- $30,800
- 11 miles
- 51/49/50 mpg
- 2014 Chevrolet Volt
- $34,995
- 38 miles
- 35/40/37 mpg
- 2013 Ford C-Max Energi
- $33,745
- 21 miles
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"Dot" of Blue Bell, on March 16, 2011. Age 82. She loved the beach and spending time with her grandchildren and was an avid bowler. Beloved mother of Tim Walsh (Maureen), Terry Walsh, and PJ McMenamin (Shannon). Loving grandmother of Morgan and Reilly McMenamin and TJ Walsh. Dear sister of Bill Rogers (Dolores). Services were held Monday, March 21st at the Heritage Chapel at George Washington Memorial Park, 80 Stenton Ave. Plymouth Meeting, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Dot's name may be made to the Alzheimer's Association P.O. Box 96011 Washington, DC 20090-601.
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In a four-day endeavour to master Indian cooking with her mother in south India, Lottie Gross learns so much more than just how to serve up the best masala...
"You know why I call this a cooking holiday? Cooking for you, holiday for me!" Jacob laughs as he watches me squeeze out rice noodles through a brass press. We're sweating through the last cooking session of our four day residency at Pimenta Spice Farms, and by no means has it been a holiday.
Sprawled on the slopes of the Maniyanthadam hills in Kerala, about 55km inland from Kochi, Pimenta (or Haritha Farms as it's also known), is a haven away from the touristic hub of Fort Cochin and the chaos of Ernakulam city. The nearest town to the farm, Kadalikad, isn't exactly on the backpacker trail but is just as – if not more – fascinating than anywhere you might explore in this green and humid region of southern India.
Photography by Lottie Gross © 2014
We arrived on Thursday to a delicious egg masala lunch in the communal living/dining room at Pimenta, and a tour of the local supermarket to familiarize ourselves with the ingredients we'd be sautéing, toasting and boiling over the next few days. We picked up some veg from a roadside stall with a rather impressive array of greens, and headed back to the kitchen to start our first lesson in Indian cooking.
Without his assistant – who had left to get married just days before we arrived – to help with the prep, at first Jacob seemed unorganised; chopping onions wasn't exactly his forté and he didn't appear to know where anything was kept. But it later became clear that he is actually an incredibly methodical man, and he enforces some strict rules in his well-equipped kitchen.
Jacob taught us how to treat the different seeds and spices, what each one is used for and what to do when it all goes wrong. Even for a seasoned cook (my mother of course, not me), there were new lessons to be learned and hurdles (much like these pesky rice noodles) to overcome.
Collectively we've spent about fifteen hours in the kitchen, chopping, frying and stirring hard to serve ourselves the most flavoursome and rewarding dishes, the leftovers of which were later passed onto Jacob's mother for further scrutiny – and apparently they weren't all bad!
Photography by Lottie Gross © 2014
But this homestay hasn't all been about the food. While Pimenta markets itself as a cooking holiday, there is so much more to it than slaving away over a hot stove. For starters, the farm is actually an eco-haven – from the solar-heated water which comes from Pimenta's own natural spring, to the home-grown coffee and bananas we had at breakfast. Jacob has a passion for all things sustainable; he buys pineapples directly from the local farmers and even has the bathroom towels for his exquisite guest bungalows made to order by one of the few remaining cotton factories in the area, where men in a small warehouse sweat all day over hand-operated looms.
Having lived in the area for most of his life – the farm was his family home which he inherited from his father at a young age – Jacob is well connected, so he showed us a side of Indian life we'd never even thought to question. We saw rubber being tapped from the trees on plantations, and visited a small production plant where thousands of colourful elastic bands lay drying on the floor, ready for packing and distribution. We met the people that made our favourite Indian snacks, from banana chips to Bombay mix, and spent an entire morning chatting to the men who paint those famously colourful vehicles that honk along all Indian roads: cargo lorries.
Each state has its own truck-painting design, and Kadalikad is the birthplace of Kerala's intricate, colourful style. Started by accident in the 1960s, when the owner of this paintshop was late to deliver a truck and wanted to impress his client, this garish design can now be seen on most trucks in the region.
"This has to be done every year," explained Jacob. "As with the law it's mandatory to paint the truck. But it's also a pride thing. Like to have an elephant is a pride thing, to have a big, beautiful and bright truck in your household is also a pride thing." The trucks come into the shop as a blank canvas, and two weeks later will be driven away by proud owners – eager to show off their new colours to other drivers on the highways.
Photography by Lottie Gross © 2014
Back in Jacob's kitchen, I finally turn out the last of the rice noodles, exhausted and aching, and we steam them for 20 minutes before serving. Jacob kicks us into action, setting the table for our final meal together, before we have to make the drive back to Fort Cochin, which now just seems like a tourist town sporting a false exterior compared to the everyday life we've experienced here.
As I tuck into my hard-earned lunch of steamed rice noodles with coconut, dal and sauteéd cabbage I realise how much we've learned in the last four days. While it hasn't exactly been a relaxing break, I've come away with what most other people have after a holiday: new friends, fond memories and a couple of extra inches on the waist.
Explore more of India with the Rough Guide to India. Book hostels for your trip and don't forget to purchase travel insurance before you go.


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I love google calendar for sending me time-based reminders. But sometimes I want to receive reminders based on my location rather than the current time.
For example if I want to remember to pick up a book I loaned to my sister I would like to add a item to a map that will alert me to grab the book then next time I am within 100 meters of her address.
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The Spark-Lab company, a research and development laboratory built exclusively on Polish capital, was created in 2010 and has been rapidly expanding ever since.
Our team of executives consists of scientists affiliated with leading academic institutions in the Tricity area (Gdansk University of Technology, Medical University of Gdansk). The ever increasing demands towards production companies belonging to various branches of industry force a great amount of qualitative and quantitative standards for their products. Production process itself generates numerous problems on its various stages. Establishing internal research and developmnet departments requires vast financial resources to be invested in the purchase of measurement equipment as well as employment of highly qualified personnel.
In an attempt to meet the growing needs of pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic sectors, Spark-Lab offers research and development services along with various routine analyses, thus serving as an external laboratory for your company.
High-end measuring devices allow us to obtain results that are precise and accurate, while the highly qualified personnel guarantees correct interpretation of data. Our experience in cooperation with the industry, together with our academic knowledge make it possible to combine science and business in a viable manner. Our laboratory is the ideal partner in the development of your enterprise.
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Project title: "Increasing the level of competitiveness of Laboratorium Analiz Chemicznych Spark-Lab Sp. z o.o. through investments in the development of provided services"
Project title: "Technology of the extraction of polyphenolic compounds for raw material production for dietary supplements and medical products with anticancer activity."
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Just wondering
Wondering if this is it for my blogging experience. Was pretty fun while it lasted, more beneficial than I had thought, and just as soothing as I had hoped --but not anymore.
I feel that I've let everything out, and that whoever reads my entire blog will pretty much know me too well, and what's left of me I'd rather keep for myself. Contemplated putting up my picture since I feel it adds nothing compared to all what I've written here.
I'm not a journalist, never wanted to be, so its not my job to comment on the world affairs. There are better people who can do that, and I don't feel that I'm saying anything new anymore.
Everytime I wrote a post in this blog I thought afterwards that I have nothing more to add, until something occupies my mind that I end up writing about it. This time its taking longer than usual. Or rather, I don't want to write or share what's occupying my mind these days. All is too unknown for me to write about, which makes it too private. Every aspect of my life is too unknown at this moment, and it scares me.
I'm sure that eventually something will bug me so much, or I'll like something so much that I'll want to write it down, but I'm currently just in an unknown state.
I do like writing, and I get this urge to write from time to time, about different things that I think about. To capture thoughts that occupy my mind for an instance of my life. This blog just made me do it more often than not.
I'd rather have a real connection with the world than this semi-real one though, but that was never the intention of this blog. I just wanted to write.. "to know what I think."
Well, I'm just wondering, and felt like writing that down.


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When word first came that Terrence Malick was planning a 6-hour cut of "Tree of Life," it seemed a bit much. So watching the new Blu-ray, one may feel a touch hypocritical wondering, "Is that all there is?"
"Tree of Life," based in part on Malick's own Waco, Texas, upbringing stars Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain as the parents of three boys. The film's focus is on the eldest, Jack, as he struggles to find the balance between his mother's loving ways and his father's cold Darwinist ethos. The film also considers that same struggle as it spans Time and the Cosmos, as we witness the birth of the universe, dinosaurs in battle, microscopic organisms and nebulous blobs of light floating across the galaxies. This is not your father's coming-of-age art house fare—it's a challenging, a-linear, almost stubborn approach to film making that stands as probably the most divisive film of 2011—it was named the best picture at this year's Cannes Film Festival, despite the fact that the premiere screening was met with some booing.
Unfortunately, the only extra on this new Blu-ray version is a half-hour documentary, "Exploring the Tree of Life." Fortunately, that one extra feature is excellent. Among the people interviewed are Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken (the true star of the film, who has since gone through puberty and is now totally unrecognizable), and producer Bill Pohlad, as well as directors David Fincher and Christopher Nolan.
The featurette gives us a look at Malick's process, from the decade-long development of the script, to his rehearsal and audition process to his ideas about cinematography and music. Fincher at one point recounts how Pitt had long ago said he wanted to work with Malick, and when the opportunity finally arose he told the actor, "Go with god, go with god… You have to—and tell me what it's like." This may be as close as we'll ever get to knowing—if only "Exploring The Tree of Life" were as long as the film itself.
Still, as good as "Exploring" is, knowing that there's at least 4 more hours of "Tree of Life" footage out there, it's hard not to feel a little cheated. They couldn't give us just an extra 10 minutes of Chastain chasing butterflies or Pitt lecturing the boys? And if you're frustrated now, just think how dispiriting it's going to be when the inevitable super-deluxe version of "Tree of life" comes out next year.
There was no way to be prepared for "Tree of Life" before seeing it for the first, but if you have, it's probably time to surrender yourself to it anew, with at least a semblance of an understanding of what Malick was doing. And if you haven't you can at least see it knowing full well that this is a different sort of beast, the gorgeous cinematography is stunning enough to initiate serious debate about the need to buy a bigger TV, and with Pitt generating Academy Award buzz for "Moneyball," now's the perfect time to be amazed all over again by his performance in "Tree of Life"--this is the film on which he should hang his Oscar hopes.
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BERLIN- Worcester Prep's men's soccer team clinched the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) regular season title last week with a win over rival Salisbury School in double-overtime, but the suddenly wet weather has kept the Mallards from celebrating what could be another conference tournament championship.
Worcester faced old rival Salisbury School in season finale last Thursday and clinched the regular season title with a 5-4 win over the Dragons in double-overtime. The Mallards, who had won 10 straight games going into the game with Salisbury School, led the game 2-0 at halftime, but the Dragons came out firing in the second half and tied the game at 4-4 at the end of regulation.
The two teams played a scoreless first overtime period before Worcester's Evan Bauer punched in the game winner in the second overtime period. The game winner was Bauer's second goal of the contest. Worcester's Chase Humprhey also scored twice while Mike Mollichelli scored the Mallards' other goal.
The win over Salisbury School last Thursday was the 11th in a row for Worcester, which ran the table after an early season loss to Sussex Tech. Worcester was prepared to take on Gunston in the first round of the ESIAC tournament on Wednesday afternoon when the skies opened up and washed out the contest.


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Vitamin supplements don't need U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval before they hit the shelves, and at this point the industry isn't very well-regulated. But the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention is an independent group that tries to make sure supplements deliver what they promise on the label. If their "USP verified" mark is on the label, you know it has been tested and the product's contents have been verified. It's the best evidence that a supplement doesn't contain contaminants and actually does contain the ingredients in the amount stated. You can find a list of supplements tested by the USP at www.usp.org.
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He was looking a lot worse until, like cats with a mouse, we chased him around the arena to get a good polymorph shot.
Mind you, he didn't last long after I confirmed I had the shot.
He is one of many this week, but he's the one I remembered to screenshot.
As for your LockShots!
Only 8 days (7 in my part of the world) till I pick winners for my Lock Rehab program
So send me either:
- Your LockScreenShot, or
- Your 10 Steps of Illidan Rehab program (come on Syrana, I know you want to… you know the addiction from the inside)
I figure I will give the American's a fighting chance, so I will not close it until midnight on the 18th in some other land… otherwise I will be closing the comp on my 18th.. which will be the 17th for most of you.
But I wont announce it!
I will decide the winners and they will be announced on Twisted Nether, well No, I'm hoping that Fim will tie Nibuca down long enough to get her to announce the winners… so there better be winners, or you will have a Locktress laughing at you Mages, Hunters, Shamans… who am I kidding, she will be laughing at everyone but Locks.
I am looking forward to the damage that Cynwise and Psynister are going to do to each other in the name of a loot card.
BTW, did you catch Psynister's Twisted Nether Blogcast the other day?
Me neither… but that is the magic of podcasts.. I expect it will be up in the next day or two.
Get your poly shaking!
Remember what you are playing for:
The prizes:
for Best Screenshot of you turning Warlocks into Non-Combat pets, is Papa Hummel's Old Fashioned Pet Biscuits
For best 10 step program, is The Footsteps of Illidan (Yeah, take that Locks… here's you pin-up used to sell our 10 step program!)
Bundle those locks up in cotton wool and send them my way.
This isn't university, don't leave it to the last day!
While the Locks might not be troubling you, there could be a scumbag Rogue or a Death and Decay NumbKnight making your camera shake!
May the Gnome be with you!
Gnomer and Out!
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One of the more novel events in our 2017 marketing calendar, in support of CEF Live, we created a marketing campaign with a difference, where 'Gripple' came head to head with 'threaded rod' in the ultimate boxing grudge match.
'CEF Fight Night' saw plenty of trash talk, a spicy head-to-head interview and a series of training videos, all geared towards the big fight and a contest none of us could wait to see.
The fight didn't happen of course; it was all a ploy to encourage visitors to CEF Live to join us on the Gripple stand, but if it had happened, we're sure Gripple would have been victorious – after all, it's faster, lighter and more effective than threaded rod…it would have been over in seconds...!
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Eyewitness Booze Investigation: Kahlúa Iced Coffee
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
I recently broke my own heart by dumping four perfectly unterrible bottles of liquor down the drain. My booze and coffee mug cabinet had been at maximum capacity for months, and at first it had been simple enough to replace clutter like my #3 Potential Dad If By Dad We Mean Assistant Little League Coach And By Potential We Mean I Guess Sometimes These Things Happen mug with new liquor prizes, but eventually I had to address the root of the problem and deal with the burden of too much free alcohol. This was made less painful by the fact that most of the free alcohol I get is putrid—don't let the doorknob hit you, Popcorn Shrimp Vodka and Caribbean Jerk Brandy—but it was shameful and wasteful all the same.
I hate wasting food and drink. If I live long enough to be inducted into the Assistant Little League Coaches' Hall of Fame, I will owe it all to my juicer, which I bought solely to avoid throwing out neglected vegetables. Every Sunday morning I buy every green thing at the farmer's market, and every Saturday I turn it into juice that surely counteracts the week I spent chugging Trader Joe's frozen burritos.
This system works fine for vegetables, but I struggle to close the herb loophole; you'd be surprised how staunchly rosemary resists liquefaction. I suppose I could turn into one of those creepy pesto survivalists with a freezer full of mashed herbs, but I prefer to just get rid of my less juicy greens as I go, which is what led me to add a handful of cilantro to a can of soup yesterday, which is what should have led to great praise but instead led an Internet person* to scold me for eating soup on such a hot day.
*Of course I told the Internet; otherwise the meal wouldn't have counted.
To that Internet person I say this: Your photo indicates that you are quite fetching (as Internet people go). Would you like to come over for some soup? Just kidding, I am engaged to be married and furthermore I do not serve soup to my tormenters. I also say, without retraction, that you were mistaken in your assumption that I ate hot soup on a hot day. I certainly didn't eat cold soup, because that is for barbarians and gazpachans, whereas I am a gentleman and a lentil man; but I also didn't heat it to customary soup temperature. I left the can in the sun while I washed and chopped my cilantro and self-served it at a reasonable 80 or so degrees.
Despite my willingness to compromise on the soup heat, I can get pretty temperature-picky with my eating and drinking. I can't stomach warm beer, and every few picnics will find me heating cold ham with my thighs. One thing I can take all across the temperature range is coffee. I drink it hot first thing in the morning, then lukewarm second thing in the morning, lukecool third thing in the morning, and then finally iced in the afternoon. So when Kahlúa offered samples of their new line of single-serving iced coffee drinks, I said, "Sure, I like iced coffee and also free alcohol that doesn't require lengthy storage."
The 6.8-ounce cans come in three flavors: Iced Espresso, Iced Mocha, and Cinammon Spice. They're each 5% ABV, which means each little can packs about half a beer's worth of punch. The cans instruct you to shake them and pour them over ice, so I did and this is how it went:
The Iced Espresso looks exactly like cold black coffee and smells a lot like straight Kahlúa. It is quite tasty. It's smooth and calm, without any jagged boozy edge, but it's not overly sweet. It certainly tastes like it has a real coffee base, too. If you like this drink in theory, you will like it in practice.
The Iced Mocha is very similar to the Espresso as far as your eyes and your nose go, but it tastes distinctly sweeter and creamier. This is another fine option and an individual's stance regarding mocha v. espresso will dictate her preference for the cold Kahlúa versions. (This is less no-shit than it sounds. For example, you don't pick your 4 Loko flavor based on real-world fruit biases; you go for the one that tastes less chemically offensive. Since both the Mocha and the Espresso are pretty good, you don't need to resort to the desperate measure of simply avoiding awfulness.) Cinnamon Spice isn't bad, but it's the least successful of the three. Too much cheap spice overwhelms the coffee; it tastes thick and heavy and somewhat schnappsy.
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Groups of part-time workers called "phyles" served in mortuary cults and work crews during the Old Kingdom in Egypt. This study clarifies their attributes and functioning in these and other institutions, based on the integration of textual and archaeological evidence from the Old Kingdom and the Archaic period preceding it. The arguments suggest that phyles originated in an upper Egyptian social organization dated to the predynastic period, and that they played a more important role than is generally realized in the stability of the early Egyptian state.
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Milk, toothpaste, cough syrup, pet food, eels, blood thinner, car parts, pork, eggs, honey, chicken, dumplings, cooking oil and rice — if you can fake it or taint it, you can almost guarantee it's happened in China.
A string of product safety scandals, including contaminated infant formula that is believed to have killed six babies and sickened thousands of others, have rocked the faith of shoppers, making them wary of buying products made in China despite the often cheaper price tag.
By Ben Blanchard, Reuters
"I was physically disgusted when I saw it on the TV," said Sally Villegas, a mother of two in Australia, referring to the melamine-tainted infant formula scandal that came to light in September.
"If I'm shopping and I pick up a product made in China, yes I would put it back."
The melamine scandal was the latest in a string of recent high-profile safety problems that included lead paint on toy cars and contaminated Chinese-made blood thinner heparin which was blamed for fatalities in the United States and Germany and prompted a global recall early this year.
After each scandal, Beijing seemed to have the same response: launching a crackdown, destroying tainted goods on television, jailing a few officials and saying they "pay great attention" to the problem.
Trouble is, for all the government's efforts and exhortations, the scandals keep happening, and will likely keep on happening, due to lax rule enforcement, fragmented industries, widespread poverty and the sheer size of China, analysts say.
"I'm sure that there will be more. It's a near certainty. Not only in the fields that we've seen already, but in other ones," said Duncan Innes-Ker, a China analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit in Beijing.
"China faces a lot of problems because it is developing into a big but very poor economy, and obviously you can't have Western-style safety mechanisms in an economy where half the population doesn't earn much more than a couple of dollars a day," he added.
Jin Biao, vice president of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, one of China's largest dairy producers, admitted the melamine problem had dented the country's already badly tattered reputation overseas.
"The contamination was our management problem. We must first resolve it without trying to pass the blame on to the farmers, or to society, or the country," he told Reuters.
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Somewhat overlooked in the excitement generated by powerful speeches given on Tuesday by Michelle Obama, keynote speaker Julian Castro, Lily Ledbetter, Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA), and others, was the fact that the Democratic Party also approved a progressive party platform that stands up for Medicare, Social Security, the right to organize, marriage equality, and many of the other policies and values that make this country great. The contrast with the reactionary platform that the GOP approved at their convention last week illustrates well the fundamental differences between the two parties and the critical issues at stake this November.
The Democratic platform vows to defend Medicare as a guaranteed, universal program for seniors, stating:
Democrats adamantly oppose any efforts to privatize or voucherize Medicare; unlike our opponents we will not ask seniors to pay thousands of dollars more every year while they watch the value of their Medicare benefits evaporate. Democrats believe that Medicare is a sacred compact with our seniors.
By contrast, the Republican platform specifically calls for ending Medicare as a "defined-benefit entitlement" and replacing it with inadequate vouchers.
Worker's Rights
In an age of increasing attacks on working people and labor unions, it is refreshing to see the Democratic platform include a ringing endorsement of the right to organize, stating:
Democrats believe that the right to organize and collectively bargain is a fundamental American value; every American should have a voice on the job and a chance to negotiate for a fair day's pay after a hard day's work. We will continue to fight for the right of all workers to organize and join a union. Unions helped build the greatest middle class the world has ever known. Their work resulted in the 40-hour workweek and weekends, paid leave and pensions, the minimum wage and health insurance, and Social Security and Medicare – the cornerstones of middle class security. We will fight for labor laws that provide a fair process for workers to choose union representation, that facilitate the collective bargaining process, and that strengthen remedies for violations of the law. We will fight for collective bargaining rights for police officers, nurses, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, teachers, and other public sector workers – jobs that are a proven path to the middle class for millions of Americans. We will continue to vigorously oppose "Right to Work" and "paycheck protection" efforts, and so-called "Save our Secret Ballot" measures whenever they are proposed. We will raise the minimum wage, and index it to inflation.
By contrast, the GOP platform promises to continue the attacks on labor unions that have been carried out by GOP Governors, and calls ultimately for a national right-to-work-for-less law.
Campaign Finance
The Democratic platform calls for reducing the corrupting influence of money on our political system and echoes President Obama's recent suggestion that a constitutional amendment to allow us to take back our democracy may be necessary:
We support campaign finance reform, by constitutional amendment if necessary. We support legislation to close loopholes and require greater disclosure of campaign spending. . . . . We support requiring groups trying to influence elections to reveal their donors so the public will know who's funding the political ads it sees.
The GOP platform reiterates that party's opposition to even such basic steps as the DISCLOSE Act, which would require disclosure of donors to SuperPACs and other groups that try to influence elections.
The Democratic platform sets forth President Obama's call for billionaires and big corporations to pay more of their fair share, stating:
We support allowing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest to expire and closing loopholes and deductions for the largest corporations and the highest-earning taxpayers. We are committed to reforming our tax code so that it is fairer and simpler, creating a tax code that lives up to the Buffett Rule so no millionaire pays a smaller share of his or her income in taxes than middle class families do. . . . . The Democratic Party opposes efforts to give additional tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle class and investments in our future.
The Republican platform calls for further tax giveaways to the wealthy, including elimination of the estate tax, and consideration of repealing the 16th Amendment, which allows for a federal income tax, in favor of a regressive national sales tax.
Reproductive Freedom
The Democratic platform strongly endorses reproductive freedom, stating:
Democrats support access to affordable family planning services, and President Obama and Democrats will continue to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood health centers.
. . . .
The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way. We also recognize that health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions. We strongly and unequivocally support a woman's decision to have a child by providing affordable health care and ensuring the availability of and access to programs that help women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child, including caring adoption programs.
The GOP platform calls for passage of a "human life amendment" to the Constitution, which would apply the 14th Amendment to unborn fetuses and effectively outlaw choice even in cases of rape and incest, and repeats the false claim that abortion "endangers the health and well-being of women."
The Democratic platform strongly supports equality for women and LGBT Americans, stating:
We are committed to ensuring full equality for women: we reaffirm our support for the Equal Rights Amendment, recommit to enforcing Title IX, support the Paycheck Fairness Act, and will urge ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
. . . .
We support the Employment Non- Discrimination Act because people should not be fired based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
. . . .
We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law. We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference. We oppose discriminatory federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection of the laws to committed same-sex couples who seek the same respect and responsibilities as other married couples. We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
The GOP platform describes approval of marriage equality as an "assault on the foundations of our society" and calls for a Constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality.
Climate Change
The Democratic platform acknowledges the threat that is climate change and the need for action, stating:
We know that global climate change is one of the biggest threats of this generation – an economic, environmental, and national security catastrophe in the making. We affirm the science of climate change, commit to significantly reducing the pollution that causes climate change, and know we have to meet this challenge by driving smart policies that lead to greater growth in clean energy generation and result in a range of economic and social benefits.
The GOP platform is silent on the issue, which I suppose is better than joining Mitt Romney in echoing the false claims of climate deniers.
Party platforms are, of course, not binding documents and, as such, there is no guarantee that the policies set forth in either party's platform will come to fruition. But the platforms do provide a good sense of the agenda each party would pursue if they were to be in power, and offer an important look at the values and goals that motivate the people who would assume positions of power if their party wins. And what the Democratic and Republican platforms shows is that under a Democratic Administration with a Democratic Congress , political debates would revolve around deciding the best ways to enact the types of progressive policies and goals that are set forth above, rather than having to spend four years playing defense on issues like Medicare, choice, LGBT equality, etc. As such, the Democrat's 2012 platform draws a clear contrast between the retrograde and reactionary policies and values that today's GOP is offering, and demonstrates well why all of us progressives need to stand up and fight for our President over these next two months.
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Surprising, as in, I didn't really realize it was flirting until after the encounter(s).
Flirting, as in, I didn't really expect to be using that word at my age. But it's not my fault. I promise I didn't initiate it.
A good friend asked me what I first thought of when I saw someone I found interesting, or noticing me (or realized - too late? - that he was flirting).
'Huh?' - was my first response....'You mean people are like...flirting with me??'
(turns out, yes)
Anyway, the question persisted....so...was the first priority thought:
Does he have a job?
Why is he hitting on me?
How good looking is he?
How old?
Why is he hitting on me?
I responded, without really thinking about it,
"Well...I guess I look at every dude now and wonder if he would hurt someone if he got mad. I just wonder if he would hurt someone. Actually, I wonder that about the women who overtly flirt with me too."
That is what I worry about the most now. Violence. Unpredictability. Crossing that limit.
Being physically threatened.
I worry that
My friend said "Well I remember provoking Dude to be angry many times early in our relationship. I wanted to see how he would react."
What I know about this friend is that she was abused by her father and she never went back. What I know about this friend is that she is one of the strongest and most objective friends I have and one of the best mothers I know. The mother who can change things when she fux it all up, and the friend who can say 'you need to change what you are doing because you might be fuxing it all up' because she isn't afraid of change.
She reminds me that I am not afraid of change.
I watched to see her husband's reaction to her description of challenging his temper. He shook his head, remembering it with clarity and an obvious shred of residual terror, then saying, "I get it now. I understand that. Men can be pigs. She had to test me. But we communicate."
And he does. And they do. And he gets her. And respects who she is and has accommodated his life changes - as has she - to pursue their life as a couple.
They communicate.
They adore each other.
I have a village, and I am grateful that they are part of it.


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A small Australian superannuation fund has achieved top marks in a survey which otherwise reveals "reckless mismanagement" and poor disclosure of climate change risks in the portfolios of the world's 1,000 biggest investors.
The $6.5 billion Local Government Super fund scored a triple-A rating in the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) for its performance on five measures of managing climate risk, including transparency to members, low-carbon investments and taking a proactive approach to investments.
The survey found, however, that most of the world's biggest funds were lacking, with AODP chairman, the former federal opposition leader Dr John Hewson saying the survey painted "a disturbing overall picture of greenwash and reckless mismanagement".
"With around $60 trillion under management the investment decisions made by these investors will be critical to a safe climate and our future prosperity," he said.
Second-ranked Government Employee's Pension Fund (GEPF) of South Africa was the only other fund to achieve a AAA rating.
AODP executive director Julian Poulter said GEPF calculated the fossil fuel reserves held by companies in which it held shares and assigned a risk to the likelihood those reserves "won't be able to be burned under any reasonable set of carbon regulations moving forward".
"The likelihood is there is an exposure that will result in a reduction in the value of those companies greatly impacting the portfolios - that was a standout finding from the survey," Mr Poulter said.
The AODP survey put questions to the largest 1,000 superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies in the world, representing $60 trillion in funds under management.
Only 17 responded directly to the questions.
Australia's $80 billion Future Fund was among those that did not respond, citing "inadequate resources" to deal with the request.
The intention of the AODP survey, which expands to a global level surveys done by The Climate Institute in Australia since 2008, is to give fund members an understanding of how climate-related risks to their savings are being managed.
Mr Poulter said the short-term focus of investment returns was a problem.
Asset owners, in order to meet their future liabilities to investors, "must accept the fact that at some point in the next ... let's say five to 20 years, there will be some sort of carbon re-pricing event".
"We don't know how a low carbon economy will occur but we do know that when it does it's likely to produce a tipping point that will resemble the sub-prime crisis and so how they're prepared for that rapid repricing event in the market as asset owners is very important," he said.
"Nobody will be able to stock pick their way out of climate change."
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Excessive exposure to the sun and its
ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause skin cancer. You can
reduce your risk for skin cancer by:
The sunlight that reaches the earth has ultraviolet A and B
(UVA and UVB) rays. These ultraviolet (UV) rays are the main causes of damage
to the skin from the sun. Some people are more susceptible than others to skin
damage. Certain factors may mean that you have an increased risk for
skin cancer:
Sunburns in childhood are the most damaging to the skin.
The earlier in life that you are burned by the sun, the greater the risk of
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to get a tan can by itself cause excessive skin damage and outweigh any
possible benefit.
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Even one severe, blistering sunburn during
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Early skin cancer can be spotted on the
Early skin cancer is often apparent when a mole
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You can take steps to protect your skin from UV radiation. While sunscreen plays a vital role
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are exposed to the sun's rays for long periods of time. Experts recommend that
you use multiple methods to fully protect your skin.
Preventing skin cancer isn't always possible. But being alert for new spots or skin growths and having your doctor check your skin regularly may help find skin cancer early when it can be more easily treated.
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have their skin protected from too much sun exposure.
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suspicious growths that may be cancer or growths that may develop into skin
cancer (precancers).
A suntan is a sign of good health.
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number of moles. Moles are not normally present at birth—they begin appearing
during childhood and are caused by sun exposure. A high number of moles
increases the risk of skin cancer.
You can avoid the damaging rays from the sun by
getting a tan in a tanning booth.
Tanning booths and sunlamps may be sources of
UV radiation that are just as dangerous as that from the sun.
If you are going to be out in the sun for a lengthy
period of time, sunscreen is the best protection for your skin.
While sunscreen plays a vital role in
protecting your skin from UV radiation, it cannot prevent skin damage if you
are exposed to the sun's rays for long periods of time. Experts recommend that
you use multiple methods to fully protect your skin, such as avoiding the sun,
seeking shade, wearing protective clothing (long sleeves, pants, wide-brimmed
hats), and applying sunscreen.
It is more damaging to the skin to experience long
hours in the sun than to have briefer exposures when the sun is particularly
Any exposure to the sun's rays while they are
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with the next UV exposure.
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - The Jackson Police Department is investigating a deadly stabbing.
The incident happened at Alta Woods United Methodist Church before 7 a.m. Sunday.
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Chinese Ceramic Production and Trade
John Miksic
Ceramics are the most abundant types of artifacts made by human beings in the last 12,000 years. Chinese potters discern two types of products: earthenware (tao), which is porous and does not resonate when struck, and wares with vitreous bodies (ci), which ring like a bell. Western potters and scholars differentiate stoneware, which is semi-porous, from porcelain, which is completely vitrified.
The earliest ceramics in the world are thought to have been made in China around 15,000 years ago. By the Shang dynasty, potters in China began to decorate the surfaces of their pottery with ash glaze, in which wood ash mixed with feldspar in clay to impart a shiny surface to the pottery. The first ash-glazed wares were probably made south of the Yangzi in Jiangnan.
In the 9th century, China began to export pottery, which quickly became sought after in maritime Asia and Africa. Pottery making for export became a major industry in China, employing hundreds of thousands of people, and stimulating the development of the first mass-production techniques in the world. Much of the ceramic industry was located along China's south and southeast coasts, conveniently located near ports that connected China with international markets. Chinese merchants had to adapt their wares to suit different consumers. For the last 1,000 years, Chinese ceramics provided an enormous amount of archaeological information on trade and society in the lands bordering the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, contributing a major source of data to the study of early long-distance commerce, art, technology, urbanization, and many other topics. Statistics are presented from important sites outside China where Chinese ceramics have been found.
Visual Culture in Imperial China
Julia K. Murray
The study of visual culture in imperial China is a young and heterogeneous field that encompasses a large and shifting array of visual materials and viewing practices. Because of the many political and social changes over the course of roughly two millennia, scholars have generally focused on specific forms and shorter periods, often defined by dynasty, instead of proposing comprehensive theories or all-inclusive overviews. The most recent dynasties, Ming and Qing, have received the majority of the scholarly attention to visual culture as such, but much research on earlier periods also sheds light on the roles of the visual and visual experience. In contrast to scholarship on modern and contemporary Chinese visual culture, which typically draws upon European and American theoretical models, studies concerned with the imperial era more often use methodologies and interpretive frameworks from art history and anthropology. Major foci of interest, whose relative importance varies by period, are the imperial court and its projects to perpetuate and project imperial authority, concerns with and techniques for creating auspicious environments in earthly life and in tomb contexts, structures and practices associated with Buddhism and Daoism within religious institutions and in lay communities, uses of writing and representational images to embody the values of the Confucian-educated elite, woodblock illustration and consumerism in urban culture, rural forms of visual culture, vernacular images and erotica, and the assimilation of elements of foreign visual culture.


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Jack Johnson
Monday night | Orpheum Theatre
VANCOUVER -- It's hard to imagine two more disparate acts performing in the space of one city block than Gwar, the monster-costumed metal band who played the Commodore on Monday night, and Jack Johnson, the mellow surfer dude at the Orpheum who seemed to have been born in flip-flops.
Inside the Orpheum local initiatives like Farm Folk City Folk, Environmental Youth Alliance and Fraser Riverkeeper populated the lobby, chatting up audience members and taking donations.
As well as surfing and his formidable musical career, Johnson is known as an environmental crusader. Songs like Ones and Zeros draw on natural imagery and warnings of impending collapse.
This tour to support his sixth album, From Here to Now to You, is dubbed the Greening Tour, and the theme affects every aspect, from tour vans travelling on sustainable biodiesel to catering sourced from local farmers. The Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation pledged match every dollar donated to the tour's local non-profit partners, up to $2,500 per organization.
But before the surfer himself could appear, Bahamas, otherwise know as Toronto's Alfie Jurvanen, heated up the theatre with his twangy melodic guitar. Backed by drummer Jason Tait and singers Tamara Lindeman and Carliegh Aikens, he charmed the audience with songs like Hockey Teeth and banter about their decision to eat a full turkey dinner before going on stage (it was Thanksgiving, after all).
"You're taking good care of us, Vancouver," gushed Jurvanen.
Johnson appeared alone dressed in his customary uniform of T-shirts and jeans (and of course sandals) against a backdrop of wild line drawings that made an interesting contrast to the Orpheum's ornate back stage wall. His curls may now be shorn, but he's still the picture of a laid back surfer dude after more than 12 years of playing to sold out crowds like the Monday night.
The audience responded with piercing screams of appreciation and flashing cameras.
Backed only with his acoustic guitar, he opened with his best-known tune, Do You Remember from his third album In Between Dreams. The crowd cheered and sang along.
He followed with a story about how the chain fell off his bike while he was riding around Stanley Park with his family that afternoon and he still had grease on his hands.
And just when it seemed the crowd couldn't be any more charmed by the Hawaiian, he looked out sheepishly and asked, "Any requests at this point? That's really all I had planned."
And so the evening went with Johnson telling a short, self-deprecating story about his childhood in Hawaii or his life as a musician and then taking a request for the next tune. The crowd knew every word to every song.
A few songs in, the stage lit up to reveal his band — Adam Topol on percussion, Merlo Podlewski on bass, and Zach Gill on piano, accordion, vibes, and everything else.
The set stuck largely to straightforward renditions of his songbook, as the appreciative crowd grew progressively rowdier. The occasional curveball brought extra life. He tucked a few lines from The Cars' Just What I Needed into his hit Sitting, Waiting, Wishing and Steve Miller Band's Joker into Bubble Toes. The jumpy Shot Reverse Shot saw the lighting kick up a bit and Gill took a tumble off a chair during a particularly wild mouth organ solo.
In the end, this latest album may be a slightly bouncier iteration of his usual laid-back surfer pop, but Jack Johnson hasn't strayed far from the style that's been keeping him selling out big rooms for 12 years.
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