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Colon Cleanse - Promote Colon Health
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High in fibre, this premium, natural Colon Detox is the ultimate Colon Cleanser.
Colon Klenz-R is a home colon cleanse programme that is natural and easy to use.
Simply take 4 capsules, twice daily with your two fattiest meals and let the tablets work their magic!
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Colon Cleanse Benefits
The average person on a typical Western Diet holds 8 meals of undigested food and waste material in the colon. Everyone would benefit from doing a Colon Cleanse Detox at least once per year, with ongoing colon maintenance when necessary.
A good Detox programme should always begin by removing the waste in your colon as this is the last portion in your food processing chain. If you attempt to clean your liver, blood, or lymph system without first addressing a waste filled bowel, the excreted toxins will only get recycled back into your body. Similarly, if you are wanting to lose weight, colon detoxification should always be the first step in your weight loss programme.
One of the most frequent bowel problems that people experience today is constipation. Constipation is generally attributed to a low fibre diet and lack of sufficient water, which causes the faecal matter to become condensed and compressed. In a constipated system, toxic waste matter sits in our bowel putrifying, becoming rancid and fermenting.
A constipated system is one in which the transition of toxic wastes is slow and the consistency of the stool can cause strain. Over time, this may cause haemorrhoids, varicose veins, hiatus hernia or other mechanically induced problems. The longer the "transit time", the longer the toxic waste matter sits in our bowel which allows proteins to putrify, fats to become rancid, and carbohydrates to ferment. The longer your body is exposed to putrifying food in your intestines, the greater the risk of developing disease.
"the much more serious problems of colon cancer and immune system dysfunctions begin with a toxic bowel"
Bran and raw vegetables are so rich in fibrous bulk that they cannot get through the tiny holes in most colons. Instead they back up, fester and contribute further to the problem There is only one good way to clean yourself out and that is to cleanse your colon. Even with one bowel movement per day, you will still have at least three meals worth of waste putrifying in your colon at any time.
The much more serious problems of colon cancer and immune system dysfunctions begin with a toxic bowel. Colon cancer is now the third most common form of cancer worldwide and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world. Cleansing the colon is a simple preventative measure that helps to excrete putrifying matter.
"everyone would benefit from doing a Colon Cleanse Detox at least once per year"
Colon Klenz-R
Colon Klenz-R is a home colon cleanse programme that is natural and easy to use.
Simply take 4 capsules, twice daily with your two fattiest meals and let the tablets work their magic!
Dosage can be halved for a more gradual detox.
- Promotes colon health
- Removes waste in colon
- High in fibre
- Natural formula
- Can promote weight loss through more efficient food transit
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Instructions For Use
Take four capsules per day after your two fattiest meals of the day with a full glass of water. For most people this would be at lunch and evening meal times. For those with a slight build, this can be reduced to three capsules with the two fattiest meals. Drink plenty of water. Most people feel a big difference in the first week of use. After the 1st month, for maintenance use for 5 days for vegetarians and 7-8 days for non vegetarians. Note: Results may vary from person to person.
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on the first day I just had four tablets before my main meal in the evening, by about 9/10 at night I could feel my tummy gurgling and I was passing more wind. the next day I took four more in the morning
( take advice from another reveiwer I take them with my fattest meals which are breakfast as I have alot of bread and dinner.)
I have felt alot of bubbling and movement as things are working thier way out throughout the day, there have been occasions where it has been a little painfull but no more than what you may experience with period pains.
I am holding high hopes for these already, I have also taken with these as an extra antioxident boost the "Pure Acai Berry 500mg Capsules - Super Food Potent Health Dietary and Weight Loss Supplement" I just take two twice a day to give an added energy boost
The delivery was pretty good as well it came within a couple of days (Posted on 6/21/2011)
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I feel much better overall for taking this supplement and after my intial doses have reduced my daily intake to four capsules (2x2) and still have favourable results. My experience with this product was pleasant and I didn`t have to hang onto the towel rail as has been my experience in the past with much more expensive products.
D Ainsworth. UK. (Posted on 6/21/2011)
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I'm not sure how long you're supposed to be on them for but I have taken them for about 2 months and will continue!! :) :) (Posted on 6/21/2011)
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I mentioned this product to my wife when we first started stocking it.
We've been interested in the whole detox and cleanse concept since a friend of ours Anita (she'll be happy I mentioned her for sure!) who is a vegetarian did a colonic irrigation a few years ago. Much to her surprise, some red meat was expelled from her colon as part of the process. She told them this was impossible, as she was a vegetarian, so they asked her when she last eat meat. She had been a vegetarian for over seven years!
This intrigued me, but not being brave enough to do a full colonic irrigation I left it at that until a few months ago when I took a look at Colon Klenz-R. Colon Klenz 240 caps - Colon Cleanser and Detox - Best Selling Colon Cleanse
The manufacturers recommend you take it as follows: four capsules, twice a day with your two fattiest meals. For us, this was lunch and our evening meal. You also need to drink plenty of water. They suggest taking it every day for the first month then for maintenance 3-5 days per month for vegetarians and 5-7 days per month for meat waters. The labelling on the product could be better but maybe it's the US FDA rules that prohibit what you can say on natural products. We are tryinh to get the labelling changed though as we've had a lot of questions about how to take it.
For the test we also took Enzyme Plus Enzyme Plus Digestive Support 180 Tablets which the manufacturers advise for best results. Enzyme Plus is a digestive support product that helps kick start your digestive system. You can also take it with an Acidophilus Product as well.
Within the first 24 hours after taking the products, we both started feeling the results. Having previously alternated between constipation and loose stools before starting the course, I found myself going to the loo three or four times a day. As soon as I had breakfast (a bowl of porridge) I would feel the urge to go shortly afterwards. It was almost like being back to a baby where you eat a meal then go etc. etc.
In fact I would suggest planning for a quiet weekend and starting the course on a Friday afternoon because when it kicks in, it really kicks in.
After about day three I started having a few aches in my lower abdomen. This was the toxins working themselves out of the body and the manufacturers suggest that if this does happen, persevere and keep taking them but drop the dosage. I decided to cut down my dosage to six a day, but my wife continued with eight as she felt fine.
Into the second week, we both felt like we had a lot more energy, and by the end of the month's course I had lost a bit of weight round my abdomen. I'm not sure how much as that wasn't my reason for taking the course, but it was a nice bonus. My wife didn't lose any weight I might point out but she's not exactly got much to lose!
Some people who are trying to lose weight take this with the intention of losing weight. It may as in my case, but that's not the aim of the product. It is the first step before you try to lose weight in preparing your body for weight loss by cleaning out the toxins. If you look at a diagram of where your colon is, it goes past many major organs so if you have undigested food, and toxins in your colon it's difficult for the food to pass through quickly.
If you're looking to lose weight, I would personally suggest starting off with a Colon Cleanse then moving onto a product such as Acceladrine Acceladrine Stay Lean Guaranteed Weight Loss Slimming Formula 120 Capsules which gives you guaranteed weight loss.
I personally experienced that it's a great product and my mother-in-law and now father-in-law and brother-in-law have all asked to try the product as we've told them about it. Surely that speaks for itself.
If you decide to try it, please post your thoughts on how it worked for you on here with a review or give us a call. Finding products like this and hearing how they work for people is what makes our job enjoyable. Don't be shy! Cheers, Dave (Posted on 6/10/2011)
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My energy has soared, my weight has gone down and feel totally refreshed inside. Ive been taking this product on and off for a year now and have reccomended it to everybody who will listen. Michelle at head office has given great advice and has always been there when i have and questions. Great product, great staff and fast delivery.xxx (Posted on 5/16/2011)
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Firstly i was amazed to how quick this product arrived on my doorstep for starters which was great due to the fact i was quite looking forward to trying yet again another product which could possibly help me.
I have suffered from I.B.S from as far back as i can remember and have always suffered from the terrible bloatiness and constipation of this condition. I have tried so many products now which might i add have cost me alot of money that i had finally came to the decision to just live with this chronic pain and lethargy.
That was until i read the reviews about this product and thought i would give it another go. The last chance so to speak.
In one review it advised to take 4 capsules 2 times a day with the fattiest meals of the day and that is what i have been doing.
By the second day the cramps started in which i do have say did get very uncomfortable at one point but i was determined to see it through (so to speak).
Then it started......the cleansing!!!
Now my first worry was that i would be running to the bathroom every 5 minutes and live with the threat of wearing some sort of adult nappy throughout this treatment....but i have to say it was far from that with me. Granted i did go to the toilet about 5 times the second day but hey it did what it said on the packaging......cleansed.
The next day i didn't actually do anything in that department but to be honest i think my whole colon was running on empty by then from the day before, which might i add was great and finally i had finally no bloatiness, no build up and had more energy.
I am now on my 6th day and i can't give this product enough credit and it has literally changed my life already. I have lost 2 pounds in weight by just going to the toilet which is just not right...... but great.
I will be buying more of this that's for sure. Amazing!!! Thank you!!!!! (Posted on 2/15/2011)
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The Chicago White Sox have pushed John Danks near the top of their offseason priorities.
According to a source, the team is trying to work a multiyear contract for the left-handed starter into their budget. So while negotiating with free agent Paul Konerko lies ahead, as well as deciding whether or not to bring back A.J. Pierzynski, not to mention retooling the bullpen, it will all be done with an eye toward Danks.
The 24-year-old still has two more years of arbitration-eligible status, but the desire is to lock him in at least through his first free-agent year in 2013. That would require a minimum three-year deal, but a four-year pact is more desirable, according to the source.
Padilla speculates that something in the $20 million range might be enough for a 4 year contract. Aaron Gleeman thinks a 4 year deal would require something around $30 million.
Padilla also says the Sox are discussing to keep their young core of John Danks, Alexei Ramirez, Gordon Beckham together. Other young players who could join that core are Sergio Santos, Dayan Viciedo, and Chris Sale.
UPDATE: MLBTR agrees with Gleeman and explains why teams have interest in locking up young starters like Danks.

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My 1977 article BRYANT'S BRIGADE USES HITLER'S TACTICS
This article originally published in the LA Times in 1977 was picked up by the wire presses and published in papers throughout the United States. Depending on ones perspective, I either became quite famous or infamous as a result of the publication of this article.
I became subjected to reams of hate mail and almost daily bomb threats on campus. Of course, such was to be expected if I what I wrote in the commentary was correct. On the plus side, I also received much positive feedback; Harvey Milk in some of his speeches employed my perspective and the Briggs initiative was
defeated. Actually, the Times used one whole page here; first having Briggs state his position and then having my essay.
Bryant's Brigade Uses Hitler's Tactics
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File); Oct23, 1977;
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 – 1986)
Bryant's Brigade Uses Hitler's Tactics
In recent months, two of the sociology courses I teach have seemed to merge into one. They are titled "The Holocaust" and "So¬cial Psychology of Homosexuality."
What has made them come together in my mind is the parallel between the rise of Na¬zism in prewar Germany, which ultimately brought about the extermination of 6 million Jews, and the current antihomosexual move¬ment in America, led by singer Anita Bryant and supported by State Sen. John V. Briggs, who wrote the article above.
Although contemporary political figures are often labeled as modern-day Hitlers, the designation usually comes from persons whose knowledge of Hitler and Nazism is rather meager, and so I discount the comparison. In the case of Anita Bryant and her followers, however, such an analogy should not be light¬ly dismissed. As David Lehrer, Western states counsel for the Anti-Defamation League, has noted: "There's a whole new cadre . .. around who are smart enough not to wear swastikas. They join the Klan now or create churches. . .but they're Nazis just the same."
Just as Hitler viewed the Jews as a power¬ful force that was polluting and destroying so¬ciety, so do Bryant and her followers view ho¬mosexuals as social defilers. Hitler reduced the Jews to vermin who were infecting the master Aryan race. The Bryant brigade talks as though homosexuals are alien perverts bent on destroying the fabric of Christian America.
A powerful motivating factor in anti-Semi¬tism throughout the ages has been the myth that Jews engage in ritual murder of Christian children. Playing on fear of this bizarre beha¬vior, Hitler had Jewish teachers fired as one of his first anti-Semitic actions.
Bryant and her supporters invoke a differ¬ent, but similar, idea—that homosexuals subtly recruit children to homosexuality through exposure to their "life-style." Predictably, the initial goal of their campaign is to prohibit ho¬mosexual schoolteachers from the classroom— a ban that Briggs advocates on this page.
Hitler maintained that being a good German entailed being anti-Jewish, while Bryant preaches that to be a good Christian requires being antihomosexual. But, many Jews were assimilated into the mainstream of prewar Germany and therefore were hard to identify, just as many homosexuals are now integrated into the dominant heterosexual culture in America. In order to avoid being mistaken for Jews, Germans tended to keep their dis¬tance from known Jews and from groups sym¬pathetic to them. Likewise, most heterosexual Americans who do not wish to be mistakenly identified as gay shun known homosexuals and prohomosexual organizations.
Committed to the idea that Germans in par¬ticular, and Aryans in general, were a master race ordained by nature to rule the world, the Fuehrer saw the "subhuman" Jews as the ma¬jor stumbling block. Although they existed as a relatively powerless and vulnerable minori¬ty in every European country, Hitler insisted that the Jews constituted a powerful interna¬tional conspiracy.
Leaders of the present antihomosexual movement do not directly invoke the concept of a divinely ordained master race, and yet they speak as though they are acting as the agents of God. In fact, they diminish their own personal responsibility by appealing to the au¬thority of God's will.
At the same time that they overlook the re¬latively weak position that homosexuals as a group occupy in this country and throughout the world, they capitalize on a long tradition of antihomosexual sentiment in Western civi¬lization.
Initially I was reluctant to extend this anal¬ogy beyond these few significant similarities. After all, Bryant and her followers do not call for the physical elimination of homosexuals. But then I remembered that neither did the original recruits to Nazism contemplate geno¬cide as the ultimate consequence of their fer¬vid anti-Semitism. Even most German Jews at first refused to recognize the danger signals, just as some homosexuals today still regard the antihomosexual crusade as a bad joke that will fade away. But Hitler proved he was in¬deed to be taken seriously, and in recent months the vast majority of homosexuals have come to realize that Anita Bryant's crusade is no laughing matter.
We know all too well the outcome of Hit¬ler's campaign: In the late '30s German Jews found their fate sealed by a ruling cadre of fanatics determined to "purify" the Father¬land. Ultimately, most Germans acquiesced in this goal, only later claiming they lacked the power to thwart Nazi intentions,
Anita Bryant's crusade is committed to purging American society of homosexuals to "Save Our Children," and it is here that the analogy with Nazism breaks down, though the movement hardly becomes less ominous. The difference has been expressed many times be¬fore, but it deserves underlining once more: While Germans of the Hitler era attempted to root out their Jewish neighbors, the current target of antihomosexuals in America live not next door but under our own roofs. They are our own children.
It remains to be seen whether we as parents will stand by and watch our children sacri¬ficed in the very name of Christianity and the American family.
Barry M. Dank is an associate professor of sociology at Cal State-Long Beach.
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I'm afraid I found no inspiration in my boxes of photos for this week's meme, so have gone totally random (you'll not be surprised to hear that one again – me? random? OK, yes).
My Dad was an avid coin collector (and vintage tractor collector, and stamp collector) but my sister recently found this item in a tin of Dad's bits and bobs, and we haven't the faintest idea what it is. Dad ploughed up all sorts of stuff and had a metal detector in the early 80's when they became affordable, but he would have showed off any "treasure" (horseshoes, beer bottle tops, 20th Century coins) but none of us remember this item. It's made of metal, and is not Masonic-related as far as Scottish Masonic experts know – could it be a coin of some sort? We reckon it's not Zodiac-related either as there aren't 12 sides. It looks like a special edition Jammy Dodger (a biscuit) without the jam in the middle.
Please hazard a guess on the hieroglyphics and post a comment – there will be a tempting wee prize for the best guess of a hand-made Scottish tea towel, not the latest 4×4 Chrysler, but it's the taking part that counts, or so we were told. And we are, after all, Scottish. All input will be much appreciated, so guess away to your heart's content.
Can't wait to see what comes of this, because I haven't the faintest idea what it might be, but there might be someone out there who knows, and we're terribly excited to see if someone in internetland can identify it 🙂
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I've just uploaded to the arXiv my paper "Localisation and compactness properties of the Navier-Stokes global regularity problem", submitted to Analysis and PDE. This paper concerns the global regularity problem for the Navier-Stokes system of equations
in three dimensions. Thus, we specify initial data , where is a time, is the initial velocity field (which, in order to be compatible with (2), (3), is required to be divergence-free), is the forcing term, and then seek to extend this initial data to a solution with this data, where the velocity field and pressure term are the unknown fields.
Roughly speaking, the global regularity problem asserts that given every smooth set of initial data , there exists a smooth solution to the Navier-Stokes equation with this data. However, this is not a good formulation of the problem because it does not exclude the possibility that one or more of the fields grows too fast at spatial infinity. This problem is evident even for the much simpler heat equation
As long as one has some mild conditions at infinity on the smooth initial data (e.g. polynomial growth at spatial infinity), then one can solve this equation using the fundamental solution of the heat equation:
If furthermore is a tempered distribution, one can use Fourier-analytic methods to show that this is the unique solution to the heat equation with this data. But once one allows sufficiently rapid growth at spatial infinity, existence and uniqueness can break down. Consider for instance the backwards heat kernel
for some , which is smooth (albeit exponentially growing) at time zero, and is a smooth solution to the heat equation for , but develops a dramatic singularity at time . A famous example of Tychonoff from 1935, based on a power series construction, also shows that uniqueness for the heat equation can also fail once growth conditions are removed. An explicit example of non-uniqueness for the heat equation is given by the contour integral
where is the -shaped contour consisting of the positive real axis and the upper imaginary axis, with being interpreted with the standard branch (with cut on the negative axis). One can show by contour integration that this function solves the heat equation and is smooth (but rapidly growing at infinity), and vanishes for , but is not identically zero for .
Thus, in order to obtain a meaningful (and physically realistic) problem, one needs to impose some decay (or at least limited growth) hypotheses on the data and solution in addition to smoothness. For the data, one can impose a variety of such hypotheses, including the following:
- (Finite energy data) One has and .
- ( data) One has and .
- (Schwartz data) One has and for all .
- (Periodic data) There is some such that and for all and .
- (Homogeneous data) .
Note that smoothness alone does not necessarily imply finite energy, , or the Schwartz property. For instance, the (scalar) function is smooth and finite energy, but not in or Schwartz. Periodicity is of course incompatible with finite energy, , or the Schwartz property, except in the trivial case when the data is identically zero.
Similarly, one can impose conditions at spatial infinity on the solution, such as the following:
- (Finite energy solution) One has .
- ( solution) One has and .
- (Partially periodic solution) There is some such that for all and .
- (Fully periodic solution) There is some such that and for all and .
(The component of the solution is for technical reasons, and should not be paid too much attention for this discussion.) Note that we do not consider the notion of a Schwartz solution; as we shall see shortly, this is too restrictive a concept of solution to the Navier-Stokes equation.
Finally, one can downgrade the regularity of the solution down from smoothness. There are many ways to do so; two such examples include
- ( mild solutions) The solution is not smooth, but is (in the preceding sense) and solves the equation (1) in the sense that the Duhamel formula
- (Leray-Hopf weak solution) The solution is not smooth, but lies in , solves (1) in the sense of distributions (after rewriting the system in divergence form), and obeys an energy inequality.
Finally, one can ask for two types of global regularity results on the Navier-Stokes problem: a qualitative regularity result, in which one merely provides existence of a smooth solution without any explicit bounds on that solution, and a quantitative regularity result, which provides bounds on the solution in terms of the initial data, e.g. a bound of the form
for some function . One can make a further distinction between local quantitative results, in which is allowed to depend on , and global quantitative results, in which there is no dependence on (the latter is only reasonable though in the homogeneous case, or if has some decay in time).
By combining these various hypotheses and conclusions, we see that one can write down quite a large number of slightly different variants of the global regularity problem. In the official formulation of the regularity problem for the Clay Millennium prize, a positive correct solution to either of the following two problems would be accepted for the prize:
- Conjecture 1.4 (Qualitative regularity for homogeneous periodic data) If is periodic, smooth, and homogeneous, then there exists a smooth partially periodic solution with this data.
- Conjecture 1.3 (Qualitative regularity for homogeneous Schwartz data) If is Schwartz and homogeneous, then there exists a smooth finite energy solution with this data.
(The numbering here corresponds to the numbering in the paper.)
Furthermore, a negative correct solution to either of the following two problems would also be accepted for the prize:
- Conjecture 1.6 (Qualitative regularity for periodic data) If is periodic and smooth, then there exists a smooth partially periodic solution with this data.
- Conjecture 1.5 (Qualitative regularity for Schwartz data) If is Schwartz, then there exists a smooth finite energy solution with this data.
I am not announcing any major progress on these conjectures here. What my paper does study, though, is the question of whether the answer to these conjectures is somehow sensitive to the choice of formulation. For instance:
- Note in the periodic formulations of the Clay prize problem that the solution is only required to be partially periodic, rather than fully periodic; thus the pressure has no periodicity hypothesis. One can ask the extent to which the above problems change if one also requires pressure periodicity.
- In another direction, one can ask the extent to which quantitative formulations of the Navier-Stokes problem are stronger than their qualitative counterparts; in particular, whether it is possible that each choice of initial data in a certain class leads to a smooth solution, but with no uniform bound on that solution in terms of various natural norms of the data.
- Finally, one can ask the extent to which the conjecture depends on the category of data. For instance, could it be that global regularity is true for smooth periodic data but false for Schwartz data? True for Schwartz data but false for smooth data? And so forth.
One motivation for the final question (which was posed to me by my colleague, Andrea Bertozzi) is that the Schwartz property on the initial data tends to be instantly destroyed by the Navier-Stokes flow. This can be seen by introducing the vorticity . If is Schwartz, then from Stokes' theorem we necessarily have vanishing of certain moments of the vorticity, for instance:
On the other hand, some integration by parts using (1) reveals that such moments are usually not preserved by the flow; for instance, one has the law
and one can easily concoct examples for which the right-hand side is non-zero at time zero. This suggests that the Schwartz class may be unnecessarily restrictive for Conjecture 1.3 or Conjecture 1.5.
My paper arose out of an attempt to address these three questions, and ended up obtaining partial results in all three directions. Roughly speaking, the results that address these three questions are as follows:
- (Homogenisation) If one only assumes partial periodicity instead of full periodicity, then the forcing term becomes irrelevant. In particular, Conjecture 1.4 and Conjecture 1.6 are equivalent.
- (Concentration compactness) In the category (both periodic and nonperiodic, homogeneous or nonhomogeneous), the qualitative and quantitative formulations of the Navier-Stokes global regularity problem are essentially equivalent.
- (Localisation) The (inhomogeneous) Navier-Stokes problems in the Schwartz, smooth , and finite energy categories are essentially equivalent to each other, and are also implied by the (fully) periodic version of these problems.
The first two of these families of results are relatively routine, drawing on existing methods in the literature; the localisation results though are somewhat more novel, and introduce some new local energy and local enstrophy estimates which may be of independent interest.
Broadly speaking, the moral to draw from these results is that the precise formulation of the Navier-Stokes equation global regularity problem is only of secondary importance; modulo a number of caveats and technicalities, the various formulations are close to being equivalent, and a breakthrough on any one of the formulations is likely to lead (either directly or indirectly) to a comparable breakthrough on any of the others.
This is only a caricature of the actual implications, though. Below is the diagram from the paper indicating the various formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations, and the known implications between them:
The above three streams of results are discussed in more detail below the fold.


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Peter Mckeegan, Top Third Ag Marketing, said, "You don't short (sell) a sleeping market." At this writing, the KC December wheat contract price has traded between $6.87 and $7.04 for the last two weeks. Wheat prices have just been wallowing around and slowly sinking lower.
Since late June, each new low price was lower than the last low price, and each price peak was lower than the last price peak. To break this slight downtrend, the KC Dec. contract price must close above $7.27 for two consecutive days.
The Federal Reserve Bank's announcement that the QE program (Quantitative Easing: the Fed increases the money supply by buying government or other, securities) would continue. The QE program may be partially responsible for higher wheat prices.
More money (increased money supply) in the economy has the potential to create inflation. Inflation may cause the U.S. dollar value to decline relative to other major currencies.
A lower dollar value results in relatively lower U.S. commodity export prices. Relatively lower commodity export prices may result in increased export demand, which may result in higher domestic prices.
One method for investors to hedge against inflation is to buy storable commodities, which increases demand. Increased demand normally results in higher commodity prices.
Wheat export demand has remained relatively strong. At this writing, the bushels of all classes of wheat sold for export is 38 percent greater than at this time last year. The amount of hard red winter wheat sold for export is 32 percent greater than last year, and for soft red winter wheat sold for export, the amount is 210 percent higher than last year.
A relatively strong export demand may be the cause of the relatively high basis. The Oklahoma wheat basis is 40 cents to 45 cents higher than at this time last year. The Texas panhandle basis is from 50 cents to 65 cents higher than last year. The Texas basis may still reflect feed demand for wheat.
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Without a strong export demand and the feed demand for wheat, Oklahoma and Texas wheat prices could now be 40 cents to 65 cents lower than current cash wheat prices.
Another positive price factor is protein. Oklahoma and Texas panhandle hard red winter wheat has relatively high protein levels. Some of the wheat protein is too high for local flour mill use. But high protein wheat is in demand for export.
The 2013/14 marketing year hard red winter wheat ending stocks are projected to be 197 million bushels compared to 343 million bushels for 2012/13 and a five-year average of 337 million bushels. Dry planting conditions for hard red winter wheat with tight stocks may also be supporting current prices.
Negative price signals include projected record world wheat production and record U.S. and world corn production. World wheat production is projected to be 27 billion bushels. World wheat ending stocks are projected to increase 1.4 percent to 6.48 billion bushels.
Also weighing heavily on wheat prices is record U.S. and world corn production. A 14 billion bushel U.S. corn crop is projected to increase U.S. corn ending stocks from 661 million bushels to 1.855 billion bushels, a 280 percent increase.
The odds are that wheat prices have established the low price for the next few months. How long prices will stay in the current range will depend on hard red winter wheat planting conditions and how the Argentine, Australian, and South African wheat crops match current production expectations.
Until more of the market wakes up, it is probably better not to "short a sleeping market."
Wheat articles also of interest:
Wheat stocks the tightest since 2007
Wheat market prices increase $2.75
Wheat planning and planting time not too early to think about price


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Amazon Kindle Fire HD full review
REVIEW UPDATED: 4th October 2013
Amazon's Kindle Fire HD is roughly a year old now. It originally cost £159 (with adverts on the lock screen) but has just had a price cut to £119.Opinions differ as to the reason for the slashing: some say it's to compete with the Tesco Hudl, reviewed, others that it's to make room for the new Kindle Fire HDX which is rumoured to launch in the UK soon.
The question is whether the Kindle Fire HD is a good buy at this new lower price. (See also: Kindle Fire HD vs Tesco Hudl tablet comparison review.)
The Fire HD is easy to confuse with the very similar (and now £99) Kindle Fire - both tablets have the same interface and 7in screen - but the HD, as you'd guess, has a higher resolution screen at 1280x800. That's lower than the Tesco Hudl's 1440x900, though.
See also Group test: what's the best budget tablet? (See also: Kindle Fire HD vs Kindle Fire HD 8.9 review.)
However, specifications rarely tell you whether a tablet is any good. More important is what it's like to use, and the Kindle Fire HD runs a highly customised version of Android 4.0. In fact, you wouldn't even know it was running Android if it weren't for the occasional in-app advert for Android apps on the Google Play store.
Amazon would prefer you to think of the Fire HD as a touchscreen eReader with more capabilities, such as videos, music, games and apps. The fact is, though, that it's different from other tablets only in its interface. Admittedly, Amazon has done a great job of making a slick system which is both easy to use and intuitive.
For many people, the biggest difference between the Kindle Fire HD and the Tesco Hudl will be the app stores. Amazon locks you into using its own Appstore, but the Hudl offers unfettered access to Google Play. That means that there's the same range of apps, movies, TV shows, music and magazines on the Hudl as on Google's own Nexus 7 (and any other tablet that includes the Google Play app).
We're not saying that being locked into Amazon's store is a bad thing: there's still plenty of choice (especially eBooks), but it's certainly more limited when it comes to apps.
Another thing to bear in mind is that you can't add extra storage to a Kindle Fire HD via a memory card, something that's easy with the Tesco Hudl. Amazon still offers the Fire HD in two capacities: 16GB for £119 and 32GB for £139. You'll need to add £10 to each price if you don't want adverts popping up on the lock screen.
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Kindle Fire HD: interface
We like the Fire HD's lock screen, which displays a different wallpaper each time you turn it on. However, unless you pay an extra £10 when ordering it, you'll have to put up with 'special offers' - read adverts - on the lock screen. That makes the 'real' cost of the Fire HD £129.
The home screen (which works in portrait and landscape mode) has a menu for jumping to the various different types of media, with a carousel of recently used apps, books, websites and everything else.
Below this (in portrait mode) you get a 'related items' carousel which essentially shows contextual adverts for the item showing in the main carousel. For example, if that's a game, you'll see a list of games "Customers Also Bought" (more adverts). However, if it's a website, you get a "Trending Now" list, or shortcuts to creating a new email if the calendar, email or contacts app is highlighted above.
One niggle is that, when in landscape mode, the Android-style 'back' button is displayed to the right of the keyboard, exactly where you'd expect the Backspace key to be. We inadvertently tapped this each time we mistyped (instead of pressing the key marked Delete) and ended up returning to the previous screen. That's very frustrating if you're filling out an online form as you have to start again.
Tapping each menu item at the top of the screen displays the content stored on your device for that section. A toggle button at the top lets you switch to what's available in the cloud - i.e. everything you've purchased from Amazon, or content you've uploaded yourself.
Confusingly there are two separate cloud services: Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. The former provides 5GB of storage for your documents, such as PDFs, spreadsheets and Word files, as well as photos and videos. The latter is just for music and lets you access all the tracks you've bought through the Amazon MP3 store, as well as storing 250 of your own tracks. This is increased to 250,000 if you pay £22 per year for Cloud Player Premium. Similarly, you can upgrade your 5GB for file storage to 20GB for £6 per year, up to 500GB for £160 per year.
It's possible to drag and drop files to the Fire HD just as you would with USB flash drive, but we saw mixed results. Some photos, for example, appeared with the wrong aspect ratio. Some MP3s were picked up, while others weren't. MP4 and MKV videos are supported, but you have to access them via the Personal Videos app - you can't simply tap Videos from the main menu.
Kindle Fire HD: books
One of the main reasons to buy a Kindle is to read books, and the interface on the Fire HD is almost identical to a traditional E-Ink Kindle. Of course, the experience is completely different as the Fire HD has an LCD screen.
It's not nearly as easy to read in bright light, and it's reflective just as with any other tablet. You get the option for a sepia look if black text on a white background is too dazzling, and there's a white on black mode as well.
Thanks to the fact that it's an IPS LCD screen, viewing angles are very good and the resolution is high enough to make characters sharp and words easy to read.
Naturally, there's the same excellent selection of eBooks to choose from, and if you pay for Amazon Prime (which entitles you to next-day delivery on all Amazon-fulfilled products) you can also borrow one eBook per month for free, from a limited selection.
Whispersync means you can carry on reading any title from where you left off, even if you pick up on a different device.
Kindle Fire HD: films
Amazon owns Lovefilm, which means you can access Lovefilm's library of on-demand movies from the Fire HD (it's the Lovefilm Instant service). See our comparison of Lovefilm vs Netflix.
The range of films on Lovefilm is better than TV shows, but it's still a much more limited selection than Lovefilm's DVD and Blu-ray collection.
More disappointing - and a deal-breaker for some - is that there's no offline viewing, so you can only watch videos when you're connected to Wi-Fi. (You can watch any personal videos offline, of course, and Netflix is also limited to streaming.)
At least movie soundtracks sound better than on most tablets thanks to a pair of rear speakers with dual drivers and Dolby virtual surround technology. The Hudl's stereo speakers are pretty decent, though.
Kindle Fire HD: apps and browser
As we've said, Amazon's Appstore has a lot of popular apps, but it's not packed as Google's Play store. You'll find top titles such as Angry Birds, Bad Piggies, Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, iPlayer and more, but other apps (which are often advertised within free games) such as Google's Chrome browser are still absent.
If you know what you're doing, it's possible to download Android apps and 'sideload' them, but you won't have this hassle if you choose a tablet with the Google Play store.
In fact, you won't find any official Google apps at all - no Maps, Gmail, Calendar or Contacts. There are alternatives built-in apps for the last three, but nothing for mapping. There's no GPS receiver, but you can use Google Maps via the web browser as normal.
The browser is based on Amazon's Silk technology and looks much like the standard Android browser.The default search engine is Microsoft's Bing, but if you delve into the Fire HD's settings you can change this to Google.
However, the browser doesn't support Flash so Flash-based websites (of which there are still many, particularly kids' sites) can't be displayed. It also means you can't watch some catch-up TV such as ITV Player and Demand Five - and you won't find apps for these services in the Appstore either. You can watch YouTube videos via the YouTube website now it's been updated and doesn't exclusively use Flash any more. You can install a different browser with Flash support, but it's a hassle.
Again, if you're after an easy life, choose a Tesco Hudl or a Nexus 7.
Kindle Fire HD: hardware and performance
At just under 400g, the Fire HD is pretty heavy, and that's without one of Amazon's cases on it. It's very well put together though and feels like a solid slate with no creaking or bending. A micro HDMI output on the bottom means you can hook it up to a big-screen TV. On the right-hand side is a volume rocker, the power button and headphone socket.
A front-facing HD camera is primarily intended for Skype - there's no rear-facing camera as you get with the Tesco Hudl (the original Nexus 7 didn't have a rear camera either).
In terms of performance, the Fire HD wasn't as fast as we'd have liked. It doesn't feel as snappy as the Hudl or Nexus 7, especially when browsing the web or launching apps. Scrolling around web pages shows a white screen until the content is loaded. Amazon says this is a feature to speed up the browser, but it appears to do the opposite.
In Geekbench 2, the Fire HD managed 1124 which is slower than the Nexus 7, which scored 1452. Running the SunSpider Javascript test returned a score of 1783ms, which is again slower than the Nexus 7 with 1665ms.
Kindle Fire HD: battery life
In our video playback test, which uses the default video player (the Personal Videos app) to continuously play video at full brightness with Wi-Fi enabled, the Kindle Fire HD lasted for 7 hours and 42 minutes. It's a pretty respectable result, although short of the 11 hours that Amazon claims.
Kindle Fire HD: bottom line
Even when it launched, the Fire HD faced stiff competition from the original Nexus 7. Now, the hardware is beginning to feel dated and - even with the price cut - it still can't really compete with the new Tesco Hudl.
It's also worth remembering that in addition to the 'special offers' on the lock screen, the Fire HD - like traditional Kindles - doesn't come with a mains USB charger in the box. You might already have one, but if not, it again adds to the price.
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD: Specs
- TI OMAP 4460 1.2GHz dual-core CPU
- Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
- 7in IPS touchscreen LCD (capacative: 10-touch point), 1280x800 pixels
- 16GB storage
- 802.11 b/g/n dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz
- 1.3Mp front camera
- mini HDMI out
- micro USB 2.0 port
- accelerometer
- 4400mAh 16.4Wh Li-ion battery


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U.S. State Department denounces commission's findings
Of course the Obama administration would be upset by any suggestion that Jews have a right to establish settlements on the West Bank. The President and his Secretary of State much prefer that Israelis be confine within the pre-1967 borders of the Jewish state.
By Ryan Jones
Israel Today
August 9, 2012
Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan this week questioned why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained mum on the findings of a recently concluded legal commission that concluded Jews do have a legal right to build and live in Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank").
"After years in which, unfortunately, a question mark hovered over the question of the right of the state of Israel to settle in Judea and Samaria, a panel of senior jurists...determined that Israelis have a legal right to settle [there]," Erdan was quoted as saying by Israel National News. "Let us not leave this report in the desk drawer."
Erdan was referring to the Levy Committee that Netanyahu himself established to look into the legality of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria under international law.
The committee was comprised of three senior Israeli jurists, including an international law expert who was party to the formulation of the "Oslo Accords."
The committee made public its findings early last month, noting that the standard accusation that Israel is militarily occupying Judea and Samaria is inaccurate under international law.
"Our basic conclusion is that from the point of view of international law, the classical laws of 'occupation' as set out in the relevant international conventions cannot be considered applicable to the unique and sui generis historic and legal circumstances of Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria, over the course of decades," the judges wrote.
In other words, the Geneva Conventions define "military occupation" as the seizing of another nation's land, and the fact is that no nation legally controlled Judea and Samaria following the fall of the Ottoman Empire, which itself had ruled the area for over five centuries.
Additionally, the Jews cannot be considered an outside force in Judea and Samaria, but rather the historic founders of the territory as a unified nation-state. Jewish archeological finds dating back millennia abound in the "West Bank."
The committee based its findings on "international, Jordanian, Israeli and even Ottoman laws," all of which led to one inescapable truth: "Israelis have the legal right to settle in Judea and Samaria and the establishment of settlements cannot, in and of itself, be considered to be illegal."
The issue of private Arab land being taken for Jewish construction is another matter, but judges did point out that the vast majority of Jewish settlement construction is on state-owned land or land legally purchased by Jewish individuals and organizations.
So why is Netanyahu sitting on this report rather than presenting it to his cabinet for discussion and adoption?
The prime minister himself is keeping a tight lip on the subject, but most commentators assume the reason is because of the Obama White House's deep displeasure with the Levy Committee.
"We do not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity and we oppose any effort to legalize settlement outposts," US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters after the committee's findings were published. Ventrell said the White House was "concerned" that Netanyahu had even established such a committee.


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WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Ethics Commission wants to embrace the lessons learned from its first-ever hearing of a complaint against a public official.
In several 5-0 votes Thursday afternoon, the commission agreed to request opinions from the State's Attorney's Office regarding improving the rules it must follow and the county ethics ordinance it is charged with upholding.
The discussion was prompted by an ethics complaint filed last month by Lakewood blogger Cal Skinner. He alleged that an email sent to County Board members by Undersheriff Andrew Zinke – who is running for his retiring boss's job – violated the ordinance's ban on using taxpayer time or resources to campaign.
The commission had been scheduled Thursday to hear Zinke's motion alleging that Skinner's complaint was frivolous, but Zinke attorney Mark Gummerson informed the commission Monday that he had no intention of pursuing it. They did not attend.
The first opinion the commission asked of the State's Attorney's Office was to see whether language could be added to the ethics ordinance to define a frivolous complaint. The present ordinance, which is practically identical to the model ethics ordinance drafted by the Illinois Attorney General's Office for local governments to emulate, contains no definition.
Commission Chairman Thomas Spencer said a definition is needed so as not to scare off people with legitimate complaints, while at the same time deterring people who would seek to use the commission as a political tool by filing meritless complaints against public officials.
"I think, at least as to that portion of [the ordinance], there is a lot of room for interpretation," Spencer said.
Skinner's complaint alleged that Zinke's email – disputing Skinner's blog postings and pictures alleging that Zinke gave him the middle finger at a parade – violated the ordinance's ban on prohibited political activities.
The email was sent on Zinke's work email during work hours and made multiple references to his candidacy for sheriff. Zinke is running to succeed Sheriff Keith Nygren, who is not seeking re-election in 2014.
The commission met July 25 to determine whether Skinner's complaint was sufficient. After hearing comment from Gummerson and after a 30-minute closed session, the committee voted, 4-0, with one member absent, that it was not. Skinner's complaint was the third ever received by the commission, which was seated in 2005, and the first to go all the way to a sufficiency hearing.
The fact that commission members appeared to struggle with how to proceed, along with the closed-session deliberations, raised concerns with several County Board members. The board's Management Services Committee began looking into whether the ethics ordinance and the commission's bylaws needed change. Three of the committee members and board Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, attended Thursday's meeting.
The commission Thursday also asked for a state's attorney's opinion on whether it would be possible to enact more stringent requirements restricting the ability of the commission to enter closed session. The Illinois Open Meetings Act limits the reasons a public body can cite to exclude the public and deliberate privately. Bodies already have the option to reject the exemption and discuss any matter in open session.
In another motion, the commission asked the state's attorney to explore language changes that would more clearly define its role in enforcing the ordinance's two prohibitions – engaging in prohibited political activity and violating the ordinance's gift ban. While the commission can rule on gift ban violations, which carry a fine between $1,000 and $5,000, it forwards prohibited political activities claims it rules are sufficient to the State's Attorney's Office for possible prosecution. Violating that portion of the ordinance is a criminal offense punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
Skinner and his attorney, Robert Hanlon, attended Thursday's meeting. While Skinner said after the meeting that he was happy he would not be facing sanctions, he echoed the sentiment that Hanlon told the commission during public comment – that they blew the call when it came to Skinner's original complaint.
"If this email is not prohibited political activity, using his county email address and referencing his campaign seven, eight times, what on earth would be a violation of the ethics ordinance?" Skinner said.


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UNC scientists garner new NIH awards for high risk, transformative research
Three scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at encouraging "high risk" and innovative research.
Klaus Hahn, Ph.D., and Mark Zylka, Ph.D., have received "Transformative" RO1 awards, while Joseph DeSimone, Ph.D., who is also in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, has been granted a Pioneer Award.
The "Transformative" RO1 awards, new to the NIH this year, are named for the Institutes' standard RO1 grants, but without the traditional budget cap or requirement for preliminary results, and with the flexibility to work in large, complex teams. According to the NIH, this means scientists are free to propose new, bold ideas that may require significant resources to pursue.
The new award program was specifically created under the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research to support exceptionally innovative, high risk, original and/or unconventional research projects that have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms. These projects tend to be inherently risky, but if successful can profoundly impact a broad area of biomedical research.
Hahn, who is the Thurman Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, is collaborating with Harvard University's Gaudenz Danuser, PhD, to develop new methods of measuring how information flows through large signaling networks within cells.
"Our goal is to build on our laboratory's expertise in biosensor design and live cell imaging, combined with Dr. Danuser's expertise in image analysis of dynamic cellular processes, to design completely new ways to observe the complex signaling process that take place both within living cells and within larger networks of cells," said Hahn.
According to Hahn, current methods for measuring and imaging cellular signaling are limited both in terms of the size of the network and the magnitude of changes that scientists can observe at one time. Subtle and rapid changes critical to cell behavior cannot be observed using current laboratory methods and complex cellular networks are beyond the reach of current imaging approaches, so they don't do a good job of imitating what happens in the human body.
Cellular signaling lies at the heart of nearly all cell behaviors, so a better understanding of the subtleties of signaling can generate new insights regarding basic biological processes such as metabolism and aging as well as diseases ranging from cancer to neurological disorders.
Hahn and his colleagues are developing new nanotechnology-based biosensors that work in tandem with the computational approaches developed by the Danuser lab, to enhance sensitivity as neither approach could alone.
Zylka, assistant professor of cell and molecular physiology in the School of Medicine and a member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, notes that more Americans suffer from chronic pain than heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined. Unfortunately, existing pain relievers are not completely effective for all pain conditions and have serious side effects. These facts highlight what is undoubtedly a critical challenge for modern biomedical research: the need to provide pain relief without serious side effects.
Zylka will directly address this challenge by harnessing particular enzymes found on the membrane of pain-sensing neurons. He will determine if these enzymes can be used alone or in combination to treat acute and chronic pain. These will involve complex studies with genetically modified mice that are missing these enzymes.
In collaboration with Dr. Stephen V. Frye's group in the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, he will use medicinal chemistry to synthesize "prodrugs," pharmacologically inactive compounds that convert to the active form of the drug within the body, in this case for pain relief.
"These studies will allow us to harness a class of enzymes that are found on the membrane of pain-sensing neurons as treatments for acute and chronic pain," Zylka said. "In addition, they have the potential to transform how we treat pain in millions of patients and with fewer side effects."
DeSimone, Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been granted a Pioneer Award, one of only 18 such honors handed out this year. The Pioneer Award is described by the NIH as being designed to support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering – and possibly transforming approaches – to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.
DeSimone and his research group will use the award to develop new methods for delivering promising biological therapeutics — peptides, proteins, antibodies, antibody fragments and nucleic acids (siRNA, miRNA, shRNA replicons, DNA plasmids) — to specific locations in the body in a safe and effective fashion. Such methods and therapies could be used to treat many different diseases, including cancer, autoimmune, inflammatory, metabolic, cardiovascular, ophthalmologic and numerous infectious diseases, as well as neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and for the treatment of pain.
The research will build on DeSimone's existing work, including his invention of techniques for mass-producing "custom made" micro- and nanoparticles tailored to have specific sizes, shapes and surface properties. That technology, know as PRINT (Particle Replication in Non-wetting Templates), is exclusively licensed to Liquidia Technologies, a UNC spin-off company based in Research Triangle Park.
DeSimone is a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the pharmacology department in the School of Medicine; the founding director of the UNC Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology, and the UNC Institute for Nanomedicine; and co-principle investigator of the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. He is also William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University.
The three researchers' grants are among 115 awards worth $348 million announced today by the NIH to encourage investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health.
More information on the Pioneer Award is at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer.
Information on the Transformative R01 Award is at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/T-R01.


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Please add "Artist" on sorting
Please add "Artist" on sorting
Yes please! The default "Album Artist" sends a lot of files over to Various Artists, which means I need to go do a lot of retagging or get used to looking in two places.
Or can we do this on our own somehow?
unfortunately, i haven't found any way to get this on the home screen and have no idea who thought putting "album artist" on there instead was a good idea.
I have to say that my personal preference is to browse by "Album Artist" typically, as it keeps the list shorter and more specific for the album performers. But I also don't see why there can't be a choice for Artist on the main library page as well. Best of both worlds.


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Sugar-crusted bara brith
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal397
- fat9g
- saturates5g
- carbs79g
- sugars50g
- fibre2g
- protein6g
- salt0.58g
- 400g/14oz luxury mixed fruit
- 75g pack dried cranberries
A tart, ruby-red coloured berry which grows wild on shrubs throughout northern Europe and North…
- mug hot strong black tea
- 100g butter, plus extra for greasing
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 2 heaped tbsp orange marmalade
- 2 eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 450g self-raising flour - try a mix of wholemeal and white
- 175g light soft brown sugar
- 1 tsp each ground cinnamon and ground ginger
A fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…
- 4 tbsp milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
- 50g crushed sugar cubes or granulated sugar, to decorate
Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…
Mix together the dried fruit and cranberries in a large bowl, then pour the hot tea over. Cover with cling film and leave to soak overnight.
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the bottom of a 900g/2lb loaf tin with baking parchment. Melt butter and marmalade together in a pan. Leave to cool for 5 mins, then beat in the eggs. Drain any excess tea from the fruit. Mix the flour, sugar and spices together, then stir in the fruit, butter mix and milk until evenly combined. The batter should softly drop from the spoon – add more milk if needed.
Spoon into the tin and level the top. Sprinkle with the crushed sugar and bake for 1-1¼ hrs until dark golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cover loosely with foil if it starts to over-colour before the middle is cooked. Leave to cool completely in the tin and serve sliced.


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I am having a hard time with using the Iteration class. I don't know how to effectively use the "next()" method, it confuses me. When I search for the last product in the list nothing prints out because at that time it is looking at the next item in the list. Do I use a variable that I subtract 1 from? Here is my code, any help would be awesome.
public Product findProduct(int id) { Iterator<Product> p = stock.iterator(); boolean looking = true; while(looking && p.hasNext()) { int searchID = p.next().getID(); if (p.hasNext() && id == searchID) { Product foundProduct = p.next(); looking = false; return foundProduct; } } return null; }


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1,000 Places To Eat At Before You Die – Nominate Now!Monday, January 26th, 2009
For my birthday last week, I received the book "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" (by Patricia Schultz – Workman Publishing).
Wanting to jump in headfirst and start planning on places to visit, I decided to look up the local spots that are must-sees and found a restaurant located in Essex, Massachusetts – Woodman's of Essex. It is noted as "the ultimate Massachusetts clam shack".
The write-up in the book looked fabulous, so I pulled up their website, and to my excitement found that almost their whole menu is gluten free! Smiles across the menu board for all of us celiac's dying to sink our teeth into the flagship "Chubby Original Fried Clams" … described as fruity, sweet, buttery and smooth… Gluten free glee for me!
This got me thinking that it would be awesome to have a gluten free and allergy free version of this list: "1,000 Places To Eat At Before You Die".
So, dig in… Reply to this blog and tell us about your favorite restaurant (a local pub, pizza place, or national chain – anywhere where you can eat can be nominated!), why you like it (extraordinary menu items, gluten free / allergen free menus, service) and where it is located. I am getting hungry thinking about this list already!
SAVINGS: At Woodman's kids 12 and under eat free all fall & winter, with the purchase of one adult entrée. (Not to be combined with other offers. One kids meal per adult entrée).


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Fantasy Championship! Some leagues have just wrapped up their finals and hopefully you've got a nice Shiva for your mantleplace. But in other leagues the championship has just begun or it's the last week-and-a-half for roto.
With a lot of big name players (ahem! Dwyane Wade ahem!) not getting on the court, there's going to be a ton of new fringe guys getting minutes. It's been since Saturday since we've had a round-up, so let's look at the weekend's action (no games yesterday with the NCAA final):Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday cancelled the dinner for members of Parliament and the state legislature of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) following the death of 18 people, mostly children and women, during the Chhath festival celebrations in Patna.
"The Chief Minister has cancelled the dinner, scheduled for November 21, for the party MPs and legislators ahead of the completion of seven years in power," JD-U spokesperson Sanjay Singh said.
Mr Singh said the Chief Minister was very sad after the shocking incident.
State Home Secretary Amir Subhani has initiated an inquiry into the stampede.
"We have begun an inquiry into the cause of the stampede," Mr Subhani told journalists in Patna.
Nitish Kumar at a press conference on Monday night (11 p.m.) refuted reports that a bamboo bridge collapse caused the deaths and said it was due to a stampede.
According to an official in the Chief Minister Office, Nitish Kumar has directed the top health department officials to provide treatment to the injured.
Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Prasad is likely to arrive to Patna from Delhi to meet the families of those killed and visit injured in the hospitals.
At least 15 people, including children and women, were killed and many others were injured in a stampede during the Chhath puja and celebrations in Patna Monday evening.
Celebrated six days after Diwali, Chhath is dedicated to the Sun god. During the festival, married women observe fast for 36 hours, and devotees offer wheat, milk, sugarcane, bananas and coconuts to the Sun god.


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The protracted transfer of the France international, understood to be worth around £12 million, was finally confirmed on Thursday evening when Newcastle were able to announce the signing of Holland defender Daryl Janmaat from Feyenoord
Debuchy, 28, is seen as a Premier League-ready replacement for Bacary Sagna, who left to join Manchester City on a lucrative free transfer after helping Arsenal beat Hull in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
Arsenal have already brought in Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona, and Wenger is now likely to turn his attentions to signing another defensive midfielder and a goalkeeper, with a deal for Colombia international David Ospina from Nice expected to be completed imminently.
Wenger is confident Debuchy can continue his progress with Arsenal, having been a consistent performer at Newcastle following a £5m move from Lille in January 2013, and will contest the right-back spot with England hopeful Carl Jenkinson
"The obvious replacement for Sagna was Debuchy
He knows what to expect and that's of course a huge advantage," Wenger said on Arsenal Player
"Debuchy is very good going forward, is very quick in transition.
"He is sharp in his marking, good with interceptions and quick to go from defence to attack.
"You feel he always has the desire to go forward, so I believe he will be perfectly suited to our style in that aspect."
Debuchy is in no doubt he has joined a club very much on the up as Arsenal look to mount a long-overdue sustained assault on the Premier League title
"I know that Arsenal can win titles every year
Winning the FA Cup last season was something magnificent, but I hope that it is just the beginning and that there will be more to come next season," said Debuchy, who was part of the France squad which reached the quarter-finals at the World Cup, where they were beaten by eventual champions Germany.
"There are some really great players in this team
We saw that last season and I think it will be even better this season.
"I hope there is more silverware to come in the next few years."
German World Cup winner Sami Khedira has been a target, but reports in Spain suggest the midfielder will now look to sign a new deal at Real Madrid, with his agent maintaining there had been no fee agreed with Arsenal or Chelsea, who would be able to meet any inflated wage demands
Borussia Dortmund's Lars Bender, who missed the World Cup through injury, is another player Wenger has long admired.
Egypt defender Ahmed Fathi is having a trial at Arsenal this week, while Atletico Madrid's 19-year-old right-back Javi Manquillo is another potential new recruit
Arsenal play their opening pre-season friendly at Boreham Wood on Saturday, where Wenger will select a mixed squad including those players not on international duty at the World Cup.
Source : PA
Source: PA


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Regular price
Roughly five inch handmade stuffed animal made in African fabrics.
This plushy was made by women in the Acholi quarter of Uganda. The proceeds create income for the women as well as provide funding for education if parents are unable to afford it. They also create funds for small business loans that would otherwise not be possible to obtain in that area.
As always 10% of the profits from Elegance Restored is donated towards funding adoptions.


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Hawaii's accounting firms and professionals complete $500,000 endowment for the UH Manoa Shidler School of Accountancy
Gift will be used to fund the Donald A. Corbin Professorship in AccountingUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Shidler College of Business
A highly regarded professor since 1961, Donald Corbin has been an inspiration to many faculty and students. Corbin retired in 1989, but has continued to advise the School of Accountancy, serving on its advisory board and helping to guide the redevelopment of its curriculum.
"We're extremely grateful to all of the accounting firms in Hawaiʻi and individual supporters for their commitment to improving the quality of accounting education in Hawaiʻi," said Vance Roley, dean of the Shidler College of Business. "Endowments of this nature are critical in fostering relevant research, teaching and community service at the highest level."
"Ernst & Young is honored and privileged to support the Donald A. Corbin Distinguished Professorship in Accounting. The Corbin Chair will not only benefit the School of Accountancy of the Shidler College of Business, but will also benefit the students and the business community," says Terri Fujii, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Honolulu Office. "We share the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's commitment to promoting quality education."
KMH Managing Partner Ross R. Murakami said, "The Partners and employees of KMH LLP are extremely pleased to provide financial support for the Corbin Professorship honoring Professor Donald Corbin. Many of our professionals are alumni of the Shidler College of Business and the School of Accountancy, so we understand how important supporting the program is to the future of the accounting profession in Hawaiʻi."
Deloitte Partner Tertia Freas adds, "Deloitte continues to hire the best and the brightest from the Shidler College of Business, and we were excited to participate in the establishment of the Corbin Professorship. This combined with our Deloitte Scholarship Endowment Fund are examples of how we continue to support the University of Hawaiʻi."
Donna Vuchinich, president of the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation adds, "Over the years, Professor Donald Corbin inspired and educated countless students. This endowed professorship will build on Dr. Corbin's legacy of providing excellent education and inspiration to many students, for years to come. We celebrate Don Corbin today as one of our great teachers and mentors, as well as those who have chosen to give back to the university in this way to perpetuate this investment in premier faculty who will be teaching the next generations of accountants for employment not only here but throughout the globe!"
The Corbin Professorship is the very first endowed professorship to be established in the School of Accountancy. The establishment of this professorship enables the Shidler College of Business to attract and retain world-class faculty with expertise in accounting while elevating the college's overall strength in international business.
UH Mānoa Interim Chancellor Denise Konan said, "Professorships like this are important to helping achieve our goal of transforming the college into one of the top 25 public business schools in the U.S."
The gift is a culmination of a two-year effort aimed at obtaining an endowment in honor of Donald Corbin, an emeritus professor of the UH Mānoa College of Business. Donald and his wife Martha are long-time supporters of the College and have launched this professorship initiative with a generous personal gift.
Corbin said he was overwhelmed by the accounting community's support. "I want to thank every single accountant in the state of Hawaiʻi, including the large accounting firms, for their continuous contribution to the Shidler College of Business and the School of Accountancy—thank you."
Other donors include:
Ernst & Young LLP
Deloitte & Touche
Grant Thornton
Hawaiʻi Association of Public Accountants
Nishihama & Kishida
Donald and Martha Corbin
Ross and Dayle Murakami
Henry Montgomery
Earl and Joy Fry
About the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Established in 1949 as the College of Business Administration, the College was named in 2006 after alumnus Jay H. Shidler, founder and managing partner of The Shidler Group. The Shidler College of Business is renowned for its expertise in international management education and is consistently ranked among the nation's top 25 graduate schools for international business by U.S. News & World Report. Long recognized for its Asia-Pacific focus, the College is a professional school, offering a wide variety of degree, certificate and executive programs. The College places a strong emphasis on the development of management skills, entrepreneurship and the management of business information technology. The UH Shidler College of Business is the only graduate program in the State of Hawaiʻi accredited by AACSB International. For more information, visit .
For more information, visit: http://www.shidler.hawaii.edu


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Fit and Fearless has become a second home to me. The instructors and members are all so kind and uplifting. I feel that I'm a welcomed member of the community and each time I go (which is nearly every day) I see a face I recognize and I receive encouragement. Fit and Fearless has become an integral and significant part of my life and I have already experienced phenomenal growth in health and in other aspects of my personal life since becoming a member.
I tried Fit and Fearless last April going to Krav Maga classes twice a week and after a couple of months I try to take a couple classes a night as often as I can. Great gym with awesome instructors that push your limit in every session. After an hour class, whether it's Krav Maga, Bag, Fit, MMA or Sparring, you will be physically exhausted but feel like you can take on the world at the same time. If you want to grow stronger in ways you didn't even know possible, you owe it to yourself to check out Fit and Fearless.
Loving it so far. About two weeks in. Great practical skills developed from day 1. Fantastic workout without a ton of downtime between activities. Keeps the heartrate up. Great sense of community without a ton of formality that can kludge up the works at some schools (not that formality is wrong, per se, but F&F has no formality solely for the sake of formality). Very welcoming place.


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It has emerged that there were signs that Hatts Travel, which was founded in the 1920s, was struggling before it closed on Friday with the loss of 89 jobs.
Wiltshire Council deputy leader John Thomson said the council was notified on Wednesday that Hatts, which was based at Foxham, near Chippenham, would be going into administration.
But the council had been aware that Hatts had had problems for a while, although not to the extent where the firm would have to stop trading.
Coun Thomson said: "The receivers came to us on July 23 and said the company was insolvent.
"They did keep it going until the start of the summer holidays and the receivers have to be thanked for that.
"I hope the employees find jobs with the other bus operators."
One man, who is understood to be a former employee, said: "When Adrian Hillier took over he was handed a thriving business and it could have continued to have been.
"Unfortunately there was a certain amount of arrogance and over-expansion.
"I feel sorry for the staff, who have done their best and are now shocked to find that they are out of work."
Hatts is understood to have taken delivery of a £500,000 luxury coach at its base near Chippenham within the last couple of weeks, yet a Wiltshire school party found the air-conditioning on their coach failed when temperatures rose during a recent trip to the continent.
One teacher, who did not want to be named, said: "Every time the temperature went over a certain level the air-conditioning would pack up which is, of course, exactly when you need it.
"The driver had a good look and told us the coach no longer had the original unit.
"It had obviously failed and been replaced with what were told was a cheaper version – it certainly wasn't up to the task."
Hatts' administrator FRP Advisory has confirmed that the closure of the company had not left any holidaymakers stranded.
A spokesman said:"At the date of appointment of FRP Advisory as administrators to Hatts on Friday, July 25, there were no holidays that were out on the road anywhere – no one was or has been stranded."


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DWTS 14 End-of-Season Award Winners – Which Dance Was the Best?
Lesson Court learned from putting together these awards: perhaps the "other" option should be eliminated, starting with next season's end-of-season awards 😛 I got an insane number of write-in responses for the "best dance" and "celeb you most want to see on the all-star season" categories, and let's just say it was no easy task weeding through all of the write-ins 😯 I also learned that some people are too lazy (or inattentive) to click "read more" and vote in the other categories, and as a result we got almost double the number of votes for the "best dance" category than we did everything else. I love our readers, but sometimes they drive me a little bit bonkers 😛
Other responses:
Donald & Peta's freestyle – 23
Melissa, Maks, & Val's samba trio – 10
Katherine & Mark's Argentine tango – 8
Maria, Derek, & Henry's samba trio – 4
Katherine & Mark's jive – 4
Maria & Derek's rumba – 3
Roshon & Chelsie's freestyle – 3
Katherine & Mark's freestyle – 3
Maria & Derek's Viennese waltz – 3
Katherine, Mark, & Tristan's cha-cha trio – 3
Sherri & Val's foxtrot – 2
Team Paso Doble – 2
Maria & Derek's Argentine tango – 2
Katherine & Mark's 2nd paso doble – 2
William & Cheryl's samba – 2
Gladys & Tristan's cha-cha – 2
Tristan & Karina's waltz demo – 1
Tristan & Chelsie's DaD samba – 1
Melissa & Maks' paso doble – 1
Katherine & Mark's samba – 1
Roshon, Chelsie, & Sasha's paso doble trio – 1
Courtney: Can't say I'm too surprised at the results – the two that I predicted would do well ended up on top, and the rest got a small share of votes, likely from diehard fans of that particular couple. I do think the jive trio was the dance of the season – the fact that they took a dance that was hard to do with only 2 people and managed to create something fun, energetic, and proper with 3 people was beyond impressive to me. And the fact that they DIDN'T get a perfect 30 for it??? APPALLING. I seriously think people don't realize how HARD it is to lead 2 women – and Donald's the only one that took on that challenge in his trio dance, and he KILLED IT. I didn't see Roshon or William trying to lead two ladies. Maria & Derek's paso was good – for this season. I just can't seem to get too excited about it, though, because it just wasn't up-to-snuff with the paso choreography I'm used to seeing from Derek. As for all the other responses – I think they all were those couples' best dances, but probably not the best dance of the season. Write-ins? It's the usual smorgesbord of random dances, and I usually find myself shaking my head reading some of them, and saying "Really? You REALLY think that was the best dance?" But alas, different strokes for different folks. 🙂 The only one I'm gonna comment on is Donald & Peta's freestyle…and I guess Katherine & Mark's, too. I always shy away from including those as options in the "best dance of the season" category, because it seems that, unless a couple REALLY picks a dud, it's a dance that most couples do well with, and the scoring is pretty inflated – it almost seems like too much of a gimme. That said, I did really enjoy Donald's freestyle – but I didn't think the level of difficulty was as high as his jive trio was. And I thought Katherine showed better endurance in her jive than in ther freestyle.
Vogue: Court, you took the words out of my head this time. My favorite dance of the season (and the dance I thought was the best) was Donald and Peta's Jive trio. Donald's fast leg and footwork amazed me at the time. So much so, I screamed to my husband in the other room to come watch (and we had to replay it after the show several times …which I don't ever remember doing with him as long as I've been watching this show). Our mouths literally dropped to the floor especially when Donald jumped over the top of both girls. 😯 A blow away for me as well was their Freestyle. I also loved their Paso Doble and Argentine Tango with the amusement ride twirl. Other stand out dances for me that I thought were the best were Derek and Maria's Bollywood Trio dance and Paso Doble. Looking back now, I will remember Derek and Maria's Bollywood Trio dance the most of their dances even though it probably wasn't her best dance technically, but, it was different, so creative, theatrical, and entertaining. Another dance I have to give props too is also William and Cheryl's Argentine Tango. I loved all the passion in that dance. William was so into his character and I loved his tails which is when he looked the sexiest in my opinion. 🙂 Anyway, great poll and results!!
Heidi: Yeah, I agree with the top two – by a MILE. Say what you want about the "talent" this season, but Donald and Maria were the two most memorable. As for Derek's choreography – I think that Maria was one of his least naturally talented partners EVER (she's in a club with Joanna and Shannon and wouldn't have gone as far with ANYONE else), yet his dances with her were just as memorable as anything anyone else did. That's quite an accomplishment for both of them. He has a way of doing that. He was really challenged with her – she wasn't naturally talented and she was pretty injured the whole time. Poor Derek though – he's set his own bar too high. 🙂 But the Bollywood Samba I also loved, and their rumba just because they were so into it. As for the write ins? Sad to say I don't actually REMEMBER a lot of those dances. Most of Katherine's dances have left my brain. Oddly, several of Willy's I remember out of sheer disgust. Someone wrote in DaD?? All I remember is Chelsie almost getting blown off a table. 🙂
*photo courtesy ABC/Adam Taylor


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The Roos-N-More Zoo in Nevada has been surprised by the birth of a ring-tailed lemur baby. The zoo staff was not aware the mother, named Morocco, was pregnant. The baby has been named Marques and it's gender is not known yet. The staff believes Marques is a girl, but they cannot confirm that yet. For now Marques is clinging to her mother's chest, allowing a few glimpses of her tiny black and white ringed tail.
All species of lemur are endangered, so this birth will help maintain the current population.
Read more about Marques at RGJ.com.
Read more about the ring-tailed lemur at Animal Fact Guide.


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The Sikorsky S-76 is the Creme De La Creme; the stretch limousine of twin engine helicopters. If configured for corporate & VIP flights, this midsize helicopter will seat 6-8 passengers, maxing out with space up to 12 seats if configured for industrial use. Leather seats & wood-grain trims available, cut down on sitting in traffic – take a chopper from airport to final destination.
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