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How To Invest With Minimal Risk
One of the basics of investing is that it involves risk. It's virtually impossible to eliminate it all together. Even guaranteed investments like bank CDs have interest rate risk.
There are many different measurements of risk. Wall Street uses terms like beta and standard deviation.
I spend a lot of time with clients discussing their risk tolerance. It is a constant review process, because your risk tolerance can change from time to time.
Your Reactions
My opinion is that risk is truly measured by your own internal barometer. If we were to repeat the market decline of 2008, how would you react? Stay calm? Freak out? Or maybe a little of both?
Did you kind of blow off the last decline and say to yourself that it will come back? Or did you obsess over it and watch the news to get the next shocking headline?
Your Patience Level
Another way to measure risk is with your patience level. In other words, how long can you wait for the market to recover? Could you only wait a few years? A decade or more? We do know that markets eventually recover and move higher.
If you have the time and patience to wait for a recovery, these corrections are good news. You'll be able to get your investments "on sale".
If you don't have the time or patience to wait for the eventually recovery, then you may not want to have as much money in the stock market. If your totally stressed by a correction then you probably should seek out other investments.
Low Risk Investing Ideas
Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds are direct obligations of the U.S. government. They are considered very safe. Bills are short-term securities that come in different maturities up to a year. Notes and bonds are longer term securities. Many times these bonds are used for safety or a haven in turbulent markets.
TIPS are Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. TIPS are still obligations of the U.S., but the interest payment is recalculated regularly to take inflations into account. These bonds will fare better than other bonds in a higher interest rate environment.
CDs are issued by banks and brokerage firms. A guaranteed product from banks that offer FDIC insurance. Again, you will get a very low return for the minimal risk taken. Generally you invest in a CD for a certain time frame. The longer the time frame the higher the interest rate.
Fixed Annuities are issued by insurance companies. They work just like bank CDs in that they pay a fixed interest rate for a specified period of time. They are guaranteed by the issuing insurance company. As long as that company is in good shape, not much to worry about.
Preferred Stocks are a hybrid security. They trade like stocks but act like bonds. It has a stated dividend of about 2% higher than CDs or treasuries. The price usually trades within a few bucks of its issued price of $25. Preferreds may be a way to keep the risk at a minimum and still achieve some portfolio growth.
Utility Stocks remain relatively stable in price like preferred stock. They involve a bit more risk than a preferred. They also pay dividends that are about 2-3% higher than treasuries. Utilities are another way to get conservative portfolio growth.
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I ask because this was brought to my attention...
The moon does not spin, as it simply orbits around the Earth. There is nothing pulling on its axis to cause it to spin.
So say we did not have a moon, would the Earth then not spin?
Wouldn't this cause steady climate all over the world and no storms?
Could God have sent the moon after Adam and Eve bit the apple to destroy the Garden of Eden? (by means of climate change and storms)
Interesting notation.
According to some Hebrew scholars, the layer of crystallized atmosphere, defined as firmament, was hit by a meteor storm. This meteor storm was from a moon that once orbited the planet. The fragments hit the atmosphere and cause the layer dome to break/melt, which resulted in the flood. As a result of the loss of this layer, the atmosphere was heavily subjected to more light (radioactivity) and space debris. At the loss of this barrier, and massive bombardment of radiation & meteorites, caused earthquakes, that forced pressured water upwards.
At one point, they believe, the planet had one singular temperature, which would explain the "large" animals, vegetation, etc. Again, the loss of this shield, resulted in massive natural changes.
There is also new suggestion that Earth has a "jumping" moon, or asteroid, left over from a passing comet. While other "probable" moons are considered near-earth objects.
Yes, some suggest this scenario, but it doesn't pan out. Even a thin layer of ice crystals blocks sunlight. Enough to create a flood of biblical proportions would block so much light it would allow very little life to exist on the planet.
We see this example in very high clouds made of ice crystals. Even these thin clouds block a fair amount of light.
You mean the flood being the explanation for the ice-age..
Yeah. We already put that together.
Which ice age? There have been more than just one, you know. We are always in an advancing or retreating ice age. So which one are you referring to?
Actually, because the brute force of light was blocked, the earth maintained said temperature and enabled excessive vegetation growth -as in tropical environment. The tropics require little in the way of mass illumination to thrive -even in this present environment. they merely require lateral sunlight and moisture (mist; vapor). Enough vapor density and photosynthesis for such a tropical environment to thrive. Botanists have already proven this and today's 'indoor' greenhouses further prove it. It also would constitute a "taller, "giant" Neanderthal species, likened to the larger animal population of reptiles (dinosaurs) and such, described in the Zohar and Torah.
According to the account of the Flood, in both Torah and Zohar, the earth spewed forth water AND the heavens/sky also, meaning it both rained excessive water (from the dissolved layer) and said compressed water below the surface, which was released due to impact of said meteorite storm. This is a simultaneous event. This would also coincide with the massive levels of water and continental changes (formation of present land masses. Remembering all land masses on earth -including islands- rest upon the tops of huge underwater mountain chains. Prime examples include the archipelago of Indonesia, Dutch Antilles, etc.).
The recession of excess liquid is acceptable as water returning to the lower levels between giant sedimentary layers and volcanoes, while the remainder applies the oceans and seas.
The gravitational effect also changed, as the moon effected tidal sequences of a new and much different environment.
I simply cannot see an ice layer thick enough to produce the oceans if melted floating in the sky. No light would be allowed to strike the earth at all. An what would hold this enormous ice cloud up in the sky? As far as I am aware, there is no example to be found in outer space which makes this even feasible.
Because ice crystals are merely expanded water vapor, the clouds would be thicker than the depths of the oceans in your scenario. You'll notice how dark it is when underwater explorations are being done by submarine miles below the surface. And this is beneath clear water, not ice.
A crystalline layer, even 1 mile thick is not inconceivable. It could have been 3 mile thick. Again, it was NOT solid block of "ice".
A cloud can be vaporized water at the lower level of atmosphere and crystalline at higher elevations.
Crystallized water can also be defined as snowflakes.
One hectare of "snowflakes" could certainly produce a lot of liquid when melted.
As for being 'held up', snowflakes are pretty lightweight. But even further, if located toward the upper atmosphere, the gravity being much lower, temperature extremely cold (allowing for suspension and clarity) certainly could explain stability.
"Fueled by vigorous convective updrafts (sometimes in excess 50 knots), the tops of cumulonimbus clouds can easily reach 39,000 feet (12,000 meters) or higher.
Updrafts (of wind), even in a small tornado form, can suspend 1 ton of dirt; 100 tractor trailers, etc.
"Lower levels of cumulonimbus clouds consist mostly of water droplets, while at higher elevations, where temperatures are well below 0 degrees Celsius, ice crystals dominate." [source: University of Illinois]
It would have to be considerably more than 3 miles thick to provide the water for the flood, more on the order of 6 miles. Calculations show that it would take around one Billion cubic miles of water to produce that flood. If, as you seem to indicate, the flood was what produced the oceans as well, you would have to double the amount of water.
What holds that weight up in the atmosphere? A super duper force field that is now gone? Have you any idea of what would happen to the spin of the earth when a planetary sized mass is suddenly lowered several miles to the surface (the rain comes down). Think of a spinning ice skater lowering her arms here - the same thing would happen to the earth. Massive storms with winds hundreds of miles per hour as the spin increases. What happens to the temperature as a billion cubic miles of ice suddenly hit the surface?
And what happened to the water (ice) that fell? It didn't go into the earth into volcanoes - a thousand Ogallala reservoirs (the largest underground aquifer on earth) would hardly make a dent in that volume of water. Were there that much empty space under the crust the crust of the earth would immediately collapse into a world wide sinkhole.
No, Jacharless, there was never a miles thick layer of water, whether it be ice, liquid, vapor or shaved ice, magically floating around miles above the earth that fell to make a worldwide flood.
Wilder, sometimes you really make no sense.
First, how did you come up with 6 mile of solid ice?
Second, Cubic and Hectare are not the same measures.
Third, who is to say the water level of the ocean was not much lower than it is today, which would certainly explain the increase of ocean and decrease of land;
it would also explain the increased level of water pressure forming massive mineral clusters, even fossilizing creatures.
Also noted is it rained for just under 2 months (Judiac Calendar) yet took over a year or to fully recede. Sagarmatha is 29,029 feet above present sea level. As noted by meteorologists, a cumulonimbus cloud can easily reach 39,000 feet. That is nearly 10,000 higher than "Mount Everest".
As for what holds it up, wind & lack of lower-level gravity.
If a single 1/4 mile updraft can suspend 1 metric ton of earth, effortlessly, I am certain an atmospheric updraft, just above the Troposphere, could easily suspend the snowflake layer. But again, the 'height' does not matter, nor the density. A layer, surrounding the entire planet (25,0000 miles circumference, melting slowly, could cause the sea level to rise; not forgetting rain melting the snow on the mountains, etc.
As for "where did it go", I already explained this: the sea level increased, reducing visible land -which would suggest the formation of present day land masses.
Again, you are assuming it was "solid ice", like most tire kicker theists.
A Crystalline layer could exist in our outer atmosphere, as "high" and "free flowing as it liked". One to 10 miles in height x 25,000 miles in circumference. Indeed, it is more than possible. Very little upwind is needed to keep those clouds from falling down even today. And If heated -as by a meteor storm- would cause the entire layer to melt.
As for empty space, it is believed greatly that the lower layers of earth might be resembling "sponge" with large pockets of compressed air, gases, water, crude petroleum, tar, etc sit as shock absorbers.
fyi: The Troposphere is merely 6 miles in height. LOTS more layers to the atmosphere than that. The depth of the oceans is 6 miles also.
Your physics is a little lacking. The flood covered the entire earth, including Mt. Everest, which is roughly 5 miles above current sea level. Assuming a guess for your snowflakes (less dense than water) OR solid ice (again, less dense than water) the layer must be over 5 miles thick - I chose 6 miles as a compromise. If you think it is even less dense, then pick your own figure, but make sure it is over 5 miles plus whatever you are proposing for a lowered sea level.
An updraft can hold up something heavier than air (such as small ice crystals) in the location of the updraft only. Are you proposing that all the air in the world was constantly flowing up with no down? We'll be out of air in short order.
The density of your water, whether it be water, solid ice or small crystalline flakes like snow, certainly does matter. It must be either lighter density than air (at the same altitude) or be held up by some mechanism. Neither Brownian motion nor updrafts is capable of holding up a billion cubic miles (where ever did hectares come into this?) of water - there must be some other mechanism. I don't know what "lower level" gravity is, but it can only pull toward the center of the earth, not away from it. Unless you refer to tides?
The layers of rock do indeed consist of many "holes", but just as you indicate they are already full. They can neither yield up that much water nor absorb it.
Increasing sea level doesn't provide more land, it makes for less land. In addition, if the sea level used to be lower that water (ice, snow, whatever) must also have been floating up in the sky in your ice layer. MORE volume and weight to hold up.
As someone else mentioned that much water in the sky will prevent nearly all sunlight from entering. Temperatures drop, the air won't hold as much water (ice) and everything falls down millions of years ago.
The bottom line is that there isn't that much water on earth and if there were it could not float in the air as ice, whether solid or small crystals. Our atmosphere holds a lot of water, but not a billion cubic miles of it.
Thanks for explaining it so well, Wilderness. I've gone over this same scenario before on the religious threads when someone tries to make the Bible true in Genesis. I did not feel like repeating the many reason why the ice crystal theory doesn't work at all.
The bottom line is the flood story is not true and is only a stolen version of The Epic of Gigamesh. Which anyone who had read this ancient saga-- which is far older than Genesis-- knows already.
The physical reasons for the impossibility of the great flood are many and varied. They range from conservation of angular momentum to where did a Pluto sized volume of water come from and go away to.
Calculate how fast the water must come down to reach 5 miles thick in 40 days and it isn't a rain - it's a waterfall, creating flash floods digging out grand canyons all over earth and scouring the earth of all topsoil and vegetation. Oceans go brackish, as do lakes and rivers, killing all marine life. After months of being far, far underwater there is nothing growing to eat (and won't be for years and years, if ever) and certainly no meat for carnivores.
The response is to either ignore such things, declare that "goddunit" or invent new and impossible "science" to explain it. I've seen this one before; that all that water was a "crystalline" shield floating near the top of the atmosphere, but it just can't happen. Back to "goddunit".
Certainly! It must be terrible to be so caught up in old myths to have to make up impossible scenarios in order to keep the faith. Yes, this simply garners pity for the proposer from those who truly understand the laws of nature and physics on our planet.
CJ is a good guy and I do realize he is simply giving his view of a possible explanation for the great flood. I wish it could be this simple so it wouldn't be so hard to believe in the old novel. This causes much more stress and worry to the believer than it does from those who rely on common sense and knowledge. More's the pity.
I always welcome such theories, though. It strengthens my own belief in man's willingness to learn and not simply accept myths and conjecture and without having to throw a god or gods into the mix.
Yes, the moon rotates on it's axis, that's why we are able to see the same side of it all the time.
Of course the moon spins. The Earth spins. The sun Spins. Venus spins. Mars spins. They all spin.
This all just another unsuccessful plot to bring religion into science topics.
Yes. I'm sure the earth would spin. Not at a constant rate, because god would probably forget to flick it with his finger occasionally.
it seems to me that the moon helps to regulate the speed at which the earth rotates. I would think that it provides a small drag on the earth keeping gravity in check. if the earth spun too fast then gravity would be more intense and we would not be able to move like we do.
Erm, if the earth spun faster then perceived gravity would actually be reduced. And it would have to spin pretty darn fast before it would create a detectable difference.
You sure is would reduce gravity?
And if so, how sure? [or why I guess.]
Theoretically, if the earth spun really, really (like, unreasonably and probably impossibly) fast perceived gravity would be reduced due to centripetal force. Of course, now that I think about it the effect would also be most noticeable at the equator and diminish to nothing at the poles.
Apologies. The obvious direction of centripetal force flipped in my mind for some reason.
It just slapped me.. ahem.
Well explained though. It would vary from the pole to equator. 0-max
A rotation that fast would probably shape it a slight bit flatter.. [pole to pole]
No, it doesn't. There is a transfer of tidal energy between the earth and the moon that has caused the moon to be tidal locked with the earth and as a result of the conservation of energy, the moon is slowly moving away from us and the earth's rotation is slowing.
Gravity is a result of mass, not rotation.
Correct!! Eventually the moon will break free of the earth's gravitational pull and float away. Not exactly float but.....!
Then the earth will begin to degrade from it's axis, as the moon creates a level of stabillity...
True, perhaps it may wobble a bit more after the moon is gone.
Also we would have no lunar tides and our oceans would stagnate.
I'm not sure if the moon affects the earth's rotation, but I have read in multiple sources that without tidal activity virtually all life on earth would die out. So in a real sense we're dependent on the moon for our survival.
Yes that's true. But the sun too does cause some tidal activity. I wonder if that would be enough to sustain life.
The sun's gravitational pull is much stronger than the moon, it would probably, totally destabilize the earth's rotation.
No it isn't the tides caused by the moon are far greater. The moon maybe smaller but the distance makes it stronger.
The moon was once 16 times(I think this is the multiplier) closer to the earth and exerted so much pull on the earth and vice versa that the moon eventually stopped spinning on its axis, other than one rotation for every orbit. So naturally the moon slows the earth's rotation somewhat.
Well, my "full-moons" don't necessarily have any effect on the tides. But they certainly get the neighbors' attention.
Actually, I believe that eventually lunar drag will STOP the earth's rotation.
We do slow down at a fraction of a centimeter a year... Who could honestly tell, at our current rate of deceleration?
I googled it for fun~looks like the sun will turn red giant and burn up the earth way befor the earth ever gets a chance to slow down very much
Perhaps if we hadn't had the great flood already, the theorized self sustaining ice bergs floating in the atmosphere would have kept the earth from burning up! But then, no sun! What's to do?
Very, different and various answers.
Not many touched on God placing the moon next to the Earth though. Or about the Garden of Eden. I have even thought that it is possible the flood rid the Earth of Eden and this is where that whole "lost city of Atlantis" thing comes from.
I have had dreams since I was a little girl where the moon gets closer and closer to the Earth then hits it.
Thinking about the way God said the Earth will end, is not by it being destroyed, but all that is on it. What would destroy everything... Fire, right? Well, lets think for a moment, if the moon were to start to come at the Earth... But the time it reached here, it would be smaller, yes, but I believe it would hold flame to it, and if hit at the right area of the Earth, it could not only cause fire to be spread but oceans to engulf land.
Now I am not saying this is fact, or necessarily a belief, but more of a thought that I have had. I have very weird, out there thoughts.. lol
I suppose you are unaware that the moon is a result of a collision between a comet or asteroid and the earth. Long before any mythical great flood or imaginary garden of Eden, this happened.
I think this is a bit overly dramatic, even for god
I don't think that your thought is that far out there. Or maybe mine are just out there with ya.. lol
Seems plausible to me actually.
As far as Eden goes, there is no telling what God done to it. But you can be sure that when God hides something, man isn't going to find it.
Though considering the desciptions, if it does do some destroying, I think it's only going to be part of it due to the army Christ leads to finish off the anit-Christ..
Then I could be misplacing things in time.. (Revelation isn't exactly easy to depict.)
Which Ice Age?
Yes, Vector. I like to refer to it as anti-ignorance pills. Here, you better take at least 5 of them to start off with!
Ahem.. Nawww.. You keep'em buddyyyy..
You need'em more.
Ah, you enjoy bliss, I see. Very well!
If the moon ever hit the earth it would not bring mere fire with it.
First it will break up into smaller pieces due to the massive tidal pull from earth. Those pieces will nevertheless be large enough and carry enough kinetic energy to instantly vaporize cubic miles of rock; the entire surface of earth will become molten to a depth of miles and miles if not to the very center.
Oceans won't cover the land; all the water will be converted into water vapor within minutes of any truly large piece hitting the earth, such as a mile across.
The energy of even a cubic mile of mass (of which the moon has many, many such) hitting the earth from orbit is beyond imagination.
This is the Education and Science forum in which fantasies about gods and mythical gardens are not usually incited into explanations about how the moon works.
At the moment, the sun and the moon are the same apparent size in the sky, and this is no coincidence. God created them this way to remind us of our dual spiritual and material nature.
As above, so below
BS! The moon has been much bigger in the sky and once was so close it pulled the tides of the oceans around the earth as it orbited it. Geez Jane, do you just make this stuff up in your head?
Sure, i know that. Why are you here in this day and age, to see something so rare as the moon and sun lining up so perfectly?
Because if I weren't, I wouldn't see it. And who says it's rare? Can you see all of the billions of other other planets and moons in just our galaxy? There are plenty more galaxies too. If not, how can you say it is rare?
Shame on you Jane! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU! You were taught to never think outside the f'n box! Go back to school and relearn how to be a follower and drone for the wealthy Satan worshipers!
God created everything with meaning and purpose, that includes all of us
We have different concepts of god, but yes, EVERYthing that exists has meaning
A roadmap back to the creator after our time here
That's right, you guys don't need science to further your knowledge. Why heck, I'm surprised you trust science enough to even use those computers to converse with other people of your ilk. You don't need them at all, simple pray to each other in your heads and stop using the tools of the devil (knowledgeable well educated scientists) to communicate.
After all, they lie about evolution, so don't trust any machine the preacher at your church hasn't personally built himself. And medicine? Nah, banish is out, because science developed that too. Just pray your illness away! Let's see how well that works out for you.
When it's your time to wake up, you will see things as they really are. Until then, enjoy your material existance.after all, thats why youre here.
Unfortunately for you, you will never wake up. Answer the question concerning why you use science only for what you choose, and deny it when you disagree with it. Evolution, real history=science bad. Computers, telephones, automobiles, and medicine=science good. Hypocritical a bit, are you?
What makes you think i dissagree with science? God has to use rules to create our universe.
Which god is that? I am a Stoogist. Moe is my chosen God.
Whoop, Whoop, whoop, my sister!
Im glad you are having so much fun with this.
Psstt.. Tell'em to share..
I know he's hiding it.....
[ edit: disclaimer - I'm kidding. I don't want a hit ]
Why not? Everyone has their own gods, don't they? Moe doesn't require 13 year old betrothed virgins to procreate. He had kids by his own wife.
I can see that your god created you in his own image
Yours too! But during your larvae stage, I'm sure! Next insult?
Randy is right; in the past the moon has filled half the sky and in the future it will be a pinprick. We just happen to live at the right time so that crude observations make the two seem exactly the same size.
Good heavens. This thread. My eyes are crossing!
1) Planets without moons spin: see Mercury, Venus. In fact, it would be pretty impossible for a planet NOT to rotate: it's orbiting the sun, so it would have to magically have some mysterious force keeping it from spinning as it went around in a big circle (ellipse). I can't quite imagine how that would work. The Earth is not a tetherball!
2) The earth didn't always have the moon. Luckily, a fairly major collision early in Earth's history gave it a moon. The moon has stabilized the Earth's tilt, somewhat, so it doesn't wobble too much. Even a slight wobble causes ice ages and heat phases, so we're lucky to have the moon holding us steady. Also, early in Earth's career, it spun much faster and the moon was much closer, causing TREMENDOUS tides... which were actually useful in creating a lot of tidal estuaries allowing life to take hold in the oxygen and nutrient rich shallows. I'm not convinced that the oceans would stagnate without tides, since there's heat from the Earth's interior plus ocean currents and wind patterns caused by the planet's rotation, but there would be a little less mixing.
3) The moon is moving away, bit by bit. It's silly to pretend the Moon and the Sun are miraculously the same size in the sky... they weren't always, and won't be later.
See the "If We Had No Moon" video on my hub about Earth, the Moon and Mars for a fascinating planetarium show on this topic narrated by Captain Pic-- er, Patrick Stewart.
(My grandma ran Hudnall Planetarium, so I'm kinda hooked on this stuff.)
Thanks, GG! We covered most of that trying to eddicate these here ignert stone age goat herder myth fanciers. But you may have better luck getting through the cobwebs than we appear to be doing.
Jesus Christ was a carpenter Mr Godwin..
Seems you are a very accurate source of information..
And apparently he could not not write either. Otherwise he would have written something in his own words and not relied on hearsay from his minions to spread the word by writing fictional books long after he supposedly died.
But perhaps you may be able to point out the Gospel According To Jesus somewhere in the whole batch of former books which have been thrown out of the novel.
Why does the sun rise in the same place on the horizon on the summer solstice as the moon rises on the winter solstice?
Another coincidence
The diameter of the sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth
The distance Of the earth to the moon is 108times the moons diameter
The distance of the earth to the sun is 108 times the suns diameter
There would be no tides, and most if not all of the life on earth would not exist.
If you want to know why the Earth spins, it's explained by L = mwr^2 where L is Angular Momentum, m is mass, w is angular velocity, and r is the radius of the spinning object. The energy to fuel rotation came from how stars and planets we're born which is from hot clouds of dust in space.
Just so happens we are the perfect distance from the sun.. [no room for error / burn or freeze]
Just so happens the moon keeps the waters of the ocean from being stagnant..
Just so happens there is an ozone to protect us from the wrong solar rays..
Just so happens our atmosphere is oxygen rich..
Just so happens there is plant life to collect the suns energy for us to consume for all animal life to be sustained.
Just so happens solid, liquid, and gas turned into walking, air breathing, liquid drinking, solid eating machines with state of the art cameras, grinding platforms with front cutters, two mics in the machines operation center to pick up sound signals, a dense inner frame structure for form and strength, a set of complex devices covering the frame systematically to convert stored energy into mechanical energy, a proctective casing with millions of sensors that tell the operation center where contact occurs - recognizes pressure at incriments - detects temperature and the quantity of heat or cold...
The machines are equipped with billions of miniture factories that operate hundreds of thousands of complex tasks, and the miniture factories build specific devices for thousands upon thousands of functions that work in a systematic fashion and it communicates with it's entire mechanical unit through tubes carrying not only all the materials being transferred but also the chemical signals that regulate the entire function of the unit as a whole..
[and that's just the tip, you should SEE the ICEBURG...]
Yeah.. wonderful plot I came up with..
And WHAT A COINCIDENCE!!
Goodness! That is a LOT of amazing odds.. like in the IMPOSSIBLE range ya know..
I WONDER how so many ACCURATE events happened by ACCIDENT to CREATE such powerfully complex machines...
Oh yeah.. "lots of time"...
All you've accomplished is to show incredible ignorance of the world around you. There are billions of stars in a galaxy and there are billions of galaxies in the universe. Even today, scientists are discovering other solar systems within our own galaxy that have planets that are within the Habitable Zone, hence could support life.
Oh yeah.. Check mate.. lol
If you done the math, you might realize just how many "coincidences" must happen in sequence before even a thousandth of a fraction of what is before you occurs.
Maybe you should take up residence in those "Habitable Zone"s .. lol
Then you wouldn't need to wine at me.
If I did the math? Your dishonesty knows no bounds. You make up this garbage as you go along with not an inkling of intelligence or understanding.
We live in a perfect habitable region? Look at all the things that's trying to kill us!!! Tornado, hurricaines that kill millions, floods, volcanoes, SOLAR FKING FLARES and radiation. Don't give me that crap about living in a "perfect" zone. Look at all the disease that has killed countless people now and in the past. If not for modern technology, most of us would be dead.
Go to a desert and TELL ME WE LIVE IN A PERFECT HABITABLE ZONE.
Everything is trying to kill us, and because of evolution, we develop certain resistance to everything out there trying to kill us.
The illusion that we live in a perfect zone is created by the work of many scientists and researchers making your life easy
Good point. We need protection from daily elements we face in the vast majority of the "habitable regions" we live in. Perhaps just warm clothing, sometimes far more, but we need protection provided by our own intelligence.
Add in the odd natural occurrences like hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, etc. and the earth isn't particularly habitable at all without our sciences.
Well said, you are perfectly right. evolution favors the simple. Massively complex organisms make little sense in the practical model.
As far as we know the moon doesn't effect the earths rotation. Whatever other effects it might have on life and so forth is conjecture. The truth is we don't know.
Science shows that we are very delicately balanced, which to me smacks of an intelligent design. Science has helped me expand my concept of God in incredible ways. I'm not threatened by it at all. The only problem in both religion and science is humility.
The truth is we don't know and that's okay. If God exists he isn't likely to depend on our opinion to do what he does. The mindless universe certainly doesn't. So why argue?
Are you saying why search for truth?
Why decipher reality?
Why look for our purpose?
You do agree we create things for a purpose don't you?
I don't see any sense in saying "I made this bookshelf for nothing."
It's for books..
"I made this car for nothing."
Purpose of course my friend. Debate isn't bad. It's progress of ideas and corrections of incorrect perceptions.
Discussion leads to understanding, alternate perspectives, learning from another mind, and is good practice for organizing thoughts.
And no feasable way to reach landfall. Not in the next hundred years or more. We need a propulsion system.
Oh no, I'm not agnostic. I believe that God is very much worth the search.
I'm just saying that we are probably like kids on the playground who argue and fight about something, until they finally bring to an adult only to find they were both wrong.
Personally, I love to consider, discuss and even fight over concepts in science and theology. I just think it doesn't have to be personal and if we are honestly seeking the truth, whatever it may be, we will probably fare better, overall.
It will take an infinite amount of time to discover the infinite. I believe we actually have it and if we don't than it really doesn't matter, so why not ask the questions anyway.
by Myn Is Me 11 years ago
Does the moon affect the motions of the Earth?
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. ''Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to...
by Myn Is Me 11 years ago
Why is the Moon without an atmosphere, though the Earth has one?
by Dave Mathews 13 years ago
As a Christian I believe that one day I will be face to face with my Heavenly Father and His Son Christ Jesus, and when that day finally arrives for me, hopefully sooner than later, I have one specific and very perplexing question to ask them both.Even though I feel I probably know the answer to...
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My son thinks so, and now I'm beginning to think it could be true - has this theory already been considered? I mean, it's impossible to know what the sun is really made of...all we know for sure, is that its still burning. It could have a solid mass at its core....I'm thinking that when...
by Blessed Hill 7 years ago
If the earth was created on day 1 according to Genesis chapter 1 but all other planets, including sun, moon and stars, were created on day 4 wouldn't the earth have been in eternity limbo for 3 days? And if that is the case wouldn't the earth be even older than what everybody, Christian and...
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Extratropical Control of Monsoonal Surges in the Northern Great Basin
AuthorJoros, Andrew N.
AdvisorKaplan, Michael L.
Degree Level
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The northwestern fringe of the North American Monsoon (NAM) circulation covering the Great Basin of the United States is characterized by highly variable intraseasonal convective precipitation activity. Although typically dry during the summer months, sporadic moisture pulses associated with transient monsoonal surges interacting with mid-latitude disturbances yield low-frequency high-impact events including lightning-ignited wildfires and flash floods. Mountainous terrain in the Northern Great Basin (NGB) is extremely vulnerable to the dangers of monsoonal convection as the initial development of convective showers typically occurs over high-altitude terrain due to differential heating between the terrain and surrounding atmosphere. We have incorporated expert knowledge from four National Weather Service Offices in the NGB along with 30 years (1980-2009) of data from the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) to answer the following question: What mechanisms fuel monsoonal moisture surges into the NGB? In order to better understand the nature of these surges, an objective means of identifying surge events was done using precipitable water and vertically-integrated moisture flux during the months of July-September. Preliminary results indicate that moisture surges are associated with either a progressive mid-latitude trough that infiltrates the West Coast, or a strong four-corners ridge. Trough event signals reveal statistically significant moisture flux extending from the northern Gulf of California northward into southeast Idaho with positive flux anomalies on the order of 70-100 kg/m2/s. With ridge events, we see a similar trend but with a greater northward extension of moisture flux into northern Idaho with similar anomaly values as that of trough events. Additionally, 330K isentropic potential vorticity (IPV) was plotted for various case studies in order to better understand if there exists a Rossby Wave Break signal (e.g., Postel and Hitchman 1999; Abatzoglou and Magnusdottir 2006) prior to the monsoonal outbreaks in the NGB. There is a strong possibility that these extratropical wave breaks play a significant role in adjusting the subtropical dynamics which lead to enhanced moisture surges northward. Our results also suggest large interannual variability with a significant number of these events occurring during 82/83 and 97/98 coincident with strong El Nino events. Ultimately, we would like the results of our work to be readily translatable to forecasters in order to improve the predictability of these events.
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The mess of post construction is almost unbearable. Dust everywhere, stained walls, dirty skirting and window sills. This is when you may need our help. The After Construction Cleaning includes the cleaning of every single premise where work has been done. We have the experience and the skills to clean your premises to the highest possible standard. At a very short notice, we can provide specialists to make your site ready to hand over to your client.
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Inspired by Freya's informed background in jewellery design and her passion for vintage couture, the latest addition to the Freya Rose 'Enchanted Collection' is an elegant and unique choice for style conscious brides.
'Maria' is a beautiful metallic silver kid leather creation with a hidden platform. This delicate shoe is hand embellished with panels of dazzling cubic zirconia and fresh water pearls and has adjustable cross over straps to ensure comfort.
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This time last week I was sharing with you a glimpse of my wedding. I shared with you my nails, the dress, and my rhinestone brooch wedding bouquet I made. If you missed it, you can see the original post here.
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Importance is relative. You can use the number of blocks to calculate some statistics. Also, if you press ctrl+[numpad+], you will see the serial number and hash of the blocks. (At least on windows).
Where it says "# blocks" in the status column I'm changing it to say "# confirmations". That might be clearer.
If you doubleclick on the transaction you get a little more information.
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Signed Photograph of 'Plank Piece"
Np: 1971. 3 1/2 x 5" snapshot, signed by the artist at verso and titled in his hand, along with the note "2 Polaroid Photos 1 Black 1 White tucked into a stapled $1 bill."
Photo rather creased, with some staining. Item #27229
Price: $75.00
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Transparent clock weather (Ad-free) v1.99.01
Get the most accurate weather forecast with this easy to use app. Customize your home screen with our beautiful widgets and check the current weather and time from your home screen; click the widget to launch the weather app for more details and information.
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Hostal Campestre La Curva was surely one of our most pleasurable stays during this long journey through Colombia. Located in Roldanillo in Valle de Cauca- this place offers much more than anyone would have thought.
The hostel is a family run business and this is exactly how we felt from the very first moment- a part of a family. The owner and all the staff are wonderful, kind and helpful people who, if you only let them, will make your stay unforgettable.
La Curva is located 2 km away from the town center in a calm and peaceful countryside. There is a huge swimming pool, jacuzzi and a Turkish bath for all the guests seeking relaxation. All the rooms are cozy and comfortable, with Internet access, Direct TV and private bathroom. There is a spacious common area perfect for meals and a kitchen available for all the guests to use.
But what is most amazing about Hostal La Curva is the possibilities it gives to spend just the best time and have loads of fun. Thanks to the owner of the hostel we had a pleasure to enjoy all the activities available in Roldanillo.
Super relaxing!
The town is a famous destination for all the fans of cycling and paragliding. Tourists can explore the surroundings both by pushing up the green hills or flying over them. No matter what way you choose- it will be spectacular.
Another attraction is the Museum of Omar Rayo, one of the most famous Colombian artists. After that, you can visit the local winery and taste their specialty called "vino avocado" which has nothing to do with this delicious fruit but is well worth trying.
If you don't feel like any of those things- don't you worry, a horseback riding trip through the countryside will please the biggest malcontents!
All of that can be arranged for you in the hostel and you don't have to worry about a thing! And when you get hungry they will even take you to one of many great restaurants in the town. Personally, we recommend with all our hearts Tricota Coffee and Bike and Cali Cali!
Rolnadillo is one of our favorite addresses in Colombia and we had an amazing time there. Don't miss the chance to visit it during your travels in Colombia and don't miss the chance to stay in Hostal La Curva, highly recommended!


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Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and 'crimes against nature' has become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists. This book represents the first international, comprehensive and introductory text for green criminology, offering a concise exposition of theory and concepts and providing extensive geographical coverage, diversity and depth to the many issues pertaining to environmental harm and crime.
Divided into three sections, the book draws on a range of international case studies and examples, and looks at the conceptual and methodological foundations of green criminology, before examining in detail areas of environmental crime and harm, and how they are addressed, including:
- climate change and social conflict;
- abuse and harm to animals;
- threats to bio-diversity;
- pollution and toxic waste;
- environmental victims;
- environmental regulation, law enforcement and courts;
- environmental forensic studies;
- environmental crime prevention.
Green Criminology is packed with pedagogical features, including dialogue boxes, case examples, discussion questions and lists of further reading and is perfect for students around the world engaged with green criminology and crime against the environment.
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The appeal of on-line courting is that you can type by means of and communicate with far more individuals than you may in a direct social circle. Even if you are actually lonely and you're a candy particular person, generally you have to cease relationship and take a while to work on you. It might seem troublesome to face out in so many choices obtainable to online daters; one of the best ways to do so is by creating an attractive profile that piques folks's curiosity and makes them wish to know extra about you.
If you are easily offended and can't have a sense of humor about it, as soon as once more, on-line courting won't be for you. I at all times tell people when they think about using online dating sites that you need to have lots of tolerance to be successful.
Being sincere or being respectful in the direction of girls is demonstrated higher in individual than on-line. On line dating may work for unhappy lonely individuals who stick with their own kind, however for the rest of us, its downright pathetic. I did not have many as a result of a lot of the preliminary conversations online have been crappy to me.
The online relationship world sends the message to individuals that you just're not ok the way in which you're. Similar to in real life, you are going to come across shady individuals on a web based courting web site. Online dating tends to favour people who find themselves engaging even if they've very little to supply in the way in which of persona or character.
Some online courting websites use decoy profiles to keep you on their web site longer — it's a business technique. In case you discover you're bored without all the thrill and drama that is on-line dating, I might advocate trying some new activities.


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The Burger's House
Fonzie is a small and cozy local eatery that offers high-quality products while staying Kosher. This place offers everything from burgers such as a veggie burger made of chickpeas, mini burgers, and the house "fresh burger" with spicy lemongrass to mouth-watering chicken nuggets – all which can be paired nicely with a choice from their selection of special craft beers. Fonzie was created with the desire to combine quality and freshness with the idea and light-heartedness of the "Great 50" in one of the most popular areas in Rome. Vegetarians and carnivores alike gather here to enjoy fresh and delicious kosher meals.
Via di Santa Maria del Pianto 13 (Jewish Ghetto)
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This Charred Wooden American Flag gives off the perfect rustic feel and shows off the unique characteristics of the flag perfectly. Your flag will make the perfect gift, or you can hang it in your living room or bedroom proudly. Not only will it help achieve a sense of admiration for your nation, but it will also act as a great feature to any room of your home or office space. The flag features seamless stripes, which are paired with 3D or engraved stars.
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Sizes: Extra Small: 9 3/4" x 18" Small: 13"x25" Med. 16"x 30" Large 19 ½"x36"
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Color: Light Gray Heather
This hoodie emerges as part of PUMA and Noah's latest collection in a monochrome gray colorway with contrasting lining at the hood. Detailed with a quarter-zip closure at the collar, the heavyweight hoodie is crafted from French terry cotton and features embroidered logos on the chest and above the cuff.
The model is wearing a size M, and is 186cm/6'1" tall with a 84cm/33' chest. While this piece is from the men's collection, we shoot on female, male, and non-binary models.
100% French terry cotton (13oz / 440gsm)
Quarter-zip collar
Adjustable drawstrings
Front pouch pocket
Embroidered logos at chest and sleeve
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Many a woman's problems can be solved by following one rule: Love only the man who loves you more.
Women aren't really born and bred to chase after a man. In these days of independent powerful women who are used to working hard to get what they want at school and at work, it's quite perplexing when every time we make the first move, the guy seems to run away from our eager hands? Why is it that us, who are way too charming, smart and self-sufficient somehow couldn't get ourselves a decent guy?
The answer lies on the people we surround ourselves with, and whom we unfortunately pick from.
Whereas the exciting bad boy who somehow manages to forget to call us when he said he would crushes our heart a teeny-tiny bit every time he breaks yet another promise, our heart still beats wildly for him when a few days later, he actually does call. Though we promised ourselves for the upteenth time to give him a cold shoulder, we take back our word when we listen to his sexy voice asking us out and actually agree to go out with that jerk yet again.
Maybe women have this insane need to punish themselves? 🙁
"I love him," they argue. "Isn't it better that I'm with the guy I love. I'd rather be with the guy I love, than the guy who loves me more." And a few days later, she is once again moping at my door, sadly complaining once again about the guy who doesn't make her a priority, doesn't do what he says and who doesn't really treat her the way she deserves to be treated.
I personally think that many of these complaints can be solved by dating the guy who loves you even more.
When a guy loves you, he really makes an effort. He cannot bear to see you hurt or agitated so he does all he can to ensure that you are really happy with him. When you walk in the street, he doesn't rush in front of you despite being in a hurry. Instead, he waits because he prefers to hold your hand while walking. At dinner with friends, he places his hand on your chair, proud that you're his. And in the evening, he pinches himself to prove that he's not really dreaming, and that the woman of his dreams is actually lying beside him on the bed. 🙂
Don't get me wrong. I can empathize every woman's need to be so thoroughly, deeply and wonderfully in love. I myself have felt that high with my first boyfriend, when I wanted a guy so much to be mine that I forgot what a catch I was as well. That exhilirating rush made you feel as you were in that crazy, sexy party every single day, but the lows that followed were way too much for my fragile heart.
And I did love him — even so that I seriously contemplated to move to Japan to be with him. To do what? Teach English maybe, who freaking cares? But at least, I was with him.
The other two men that followed were poster boys for the perfect man every woman would love to date, and every mom would love their daughters to date. They were witty, well-educated, cultured and someone you can bring to any business dinner or cocktail party and they would do you proud. But they didn't love me enough, and it showed clearly after our relationship fell apart on the third months, and they weren't really there to help me pick the pieces up.
Now Trader is different.
I've agreed to be his girlfriend three months ago because unbashedly, I knew he would make me happy. That's what happens when you're with a guy who loves you way way more than you do. Sure, our beginning started with a slow fire, but a man who treats you extremely well and makes the effort to show how much he cares do have a way of warming a girl's heart. And you find yourself gradually falling in love with him as well.
Life with Trader can be slightly boring, enough that would make him less desirable to many 20-something year old women who are seeking their first rush, and goodness knows just how irritating his responsibility can be, but he does love me. Enough for him to devote a regular timeslot keeping in close contact with me and flying 4 hours just to see me every three weeks, but it's enough to make me smile and happy. This weekend, he gave me a lovely love letter with a teddy bear, which made my heart burst a little.
So what am I trying to say really?
Ladies, men aren't really born to be chased. Instead, they are hunters… let them call the shots no matter how hard it may seem especially for a go-getter than you. If you chase him, he will in all likelihood, just run away.
Instead, go find a guy who truly values you as the gem that you are. As my good friend and regular commenter, JXu had said, "Time doesn't heal all wounds. Love does." I truly do agree.
Find someone who loves you a lot. It shows self-respect.
And am sure that you'll be a lot happier for it!
Have a great week everyone!


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Central London Neighbourhoods Unisex T-Shirt
A zoomed-in view of London's neighborhoods. Our typographic map of the neighbourhoods of Central London on a T-shirt so you can wear your British pride.
Check out our sizing chart to help select the right size. Men's / Unisex t-shirt of the Greater London boroughs also available here.
T-shirts are made in the USA and printed in Chicago, IL. Pre-shrunk, but machine wash cold and dry low to prevent further shrinkage.


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Read about it here...Modern Quilt Guild
Or below with my shameless cutting and pasting skills LOL!
"100 Days of Modern Quilting will be a 100-day celebration on The Modern Quilt Guild's blog that will feature fabulous modern quilts and tutorials. We want as many MQG members as possible to help us create an "online exhibit" to show off all of the wonderful work going on in our community.
We're currently seeking submissions in the following categories:
Quilts and their stories
We want to see photos of your favorite modern quilts and hear the stories behind them. To submit your quilt, send us the following information:
1. Your name and contact information
2. The name and size of your quilt
3. One photo of your quilt. If we select your quilt, we may ask for more, but please send just one for now.
4. A brief description of the quilt including what, in your opinion, makes it modern. If the quilt is not your original design, please include information about the pattern or inspiration. If you didn't do the quilting, please include the name of the quilter.
5. A brief description of you as a quilter. If you're a member of a modern quilt guild, tell us which one.
Please submit only finished quilts made by you. We will consider up to 3 entries per quilter. Images previously published by you (for instance on your blog or Flickr) are welcome.
Online tutorials
One of the best things about the modern quilting community is the wealth of information its members share online. We want to hear about your favorite online tutorials. Tutorials can be new or old, written by you or written by someone else. Tutorials don't necessarily need to be block or quilt patterns, but should be quilting related (for instance, patchwork pillows or machine quilting techniques). Note: We will not feature any tutorial without first obtaining the permission of the author.
To nominate a tutorial, please send us a link to the tutorial, along with a brief explanation of why you love it. Please send your submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com by midnight Pacific Time on August 30."
I think we have all made some gorgeous quilts and really how much time will it take to submit a picture with a few stats! I challenge as many of us guilders as possible to submit...lets have a huge showing from EMQG! What say you?
If you submit a quilt, leave a comment here at the bottom of this page!


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The Specialty Clinic provides specialty care in the areas of Ear, Nose and Throat, Allergy and Immunology, Dermatology, Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Allergy & Pulmonary, Urology, Women's Health, Podiatry, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and General Surgery. Their clinics are held on various days throughout the month, with clinics being held at the Davis County Hospital & Clinics.
Ron Graeff, MDAllergy & Pulmonary
Dr. Ron Graeff specializes in adult & pediatric allergy and asthma, and pediatric pulmonology.Read More
Lary Ciesemier, DOAllergy and Immunology
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Or a bit of information that might have led to a different decision?
Were you excited about experiencing birth, or did you dread it?
Had you heard Awesome things?
Two very awesome resources (in addition to Night-time Parenting): Breastfeeding and co-sleeping and this article on the natural age of weaning. These two resources appealed to my scientific brain. They just made sense.
I also discovered Michel Odent. In 'the Face of Birth', he spoke about Scientific versus Technological Birth. Oh how this spoke to me! YES! Science: biology, normal biology, natural, evolution, primal. Technology: interventions, interferences, interruptions, interactions, interrogations!
Looking back, with the power of Hindsight, on The Journey into Motherhood, the change, the transition, I feel a desire to support others through their transition. I want to make sure they never say "I wish someone had told me!". Knowing all your options is important. Understanding normal biology (scientific birthing) is important. And being able to Own your Journey.
There is no way of Knowing Then. You can only Know Now. Embrace Now. Live Now. Love Now.
Give the Now as much attention as it deserves and hold the memories of Then, the stories of Then that led to the Now. This Now, will become the Then of the future, always learning, always growing.
Always Rejoicing!
Moonsong is worth a look, Journey deeper into womanhood and discover a Fabulous network.
This is Real.


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All posts tagged "Happiness"
6 Steps to Reclaim Your Power and Dream a Bigger Dream
How I turned my life around -- and six steps to help you do it, too.
3 Fun & Easy Ways To Help Charities
...without reaching into your pockets.
Why Self-Love is the Way to All Love
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Birthmarks such as congential nevi are benign pigmented patches of skin that can range in color from light tan to dark brown to red, pink or purple and are present at birth. Although, most birthmarks are harmless, patients may be bothered by the appearance, and eventually seek treatment to have them removed. To learn more about different types of birthmarks, click here: www.aad.org
Eczema is a term for a group of medical conditions that cause the skin to become inflamed or irritated. Eczema affects about 10% to 20% of infants. Most infants who develop the condition outgrow it by their tenth birthday, while some may continue with lifelong symptoms. With proper treatment the disease can be controlled. To learn more about eczema, click here: www.aad.org
Diaper dermatitis (diaper rash) is a common skin inflammation that appears as red splotches on your baby's bottom. It is typically associated with diapers that are not changed frequently and diarrhea. Some babies develop diaper rashes as a result of changes in diet or taking antibiotics. If the problem persists, there are many treatment regimes that will improve these persistent cases. Here at Carlisle Dermatology Group, our staff will work with you to help understand the cause and begin proper steps to improve your child's health.
Hemangiomas are a type of birthmark that occur in about 10% of children. They are the most common tumors of infancy and usually are medically insignificant. The vast majority of infantile hemangiomas do not require any medical or surgical intervention. Treatment options for clinically significant hemangiomas include laser surgery, surgical excision, and medication. For more information on about hemangioma, click here: www.hemangiomatreatment.org
Port wine stains (PWS) are found in approximately 0.3% of births and occur as often in males as in females. These types of birthmarks may cause disfiguring purple discoloration anywhere on the body but more commonly on the face. Laser treatments may be effective on these areas to reduce the amount of pooling and discolorations. For more information about PWS, click here: www.birthmark.org
Warts are a very common growth that usually appear on the skin of the hands, feet, knees, or elbows of children and young adults, however they may appear everywhere and affect all age groups. They are contagious and may take as long as 12 months after exposure to appear. There is no way to prevent warts, but it's always a good idea to wash your skin regularly and well. To learn more about warts, click here: www.aad.org
Molluscum contagiosum is a relatively common viral infection of the skin that results in round, firm, painless bumps ranging in size from a pinhead to a pencil eraser. If the bumps are scratched or injured, the infection can spreak to surrounding skin. Though this is the most common in children, particularly those with weakened immune systems, it can affect adults as well. If your child has been diagnosed with molluscum or has a wart-like bumps spreading on his or her skin, schedule an appointment for evaluation and safe, simple treatment.


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2017 CCC Legacy Day
Eighty four years ago the first of four Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps opened in Letchworth State Park. Over the next eight years more than three thousand out of work young men would take advantage of a remarkable Great Depression era program and lay the foundation, literally stone by stone, for the modern park.
Their experience and achievements will be honored and celebrated at a special CCC Legacy Day at Letchworth State Park on Saturday, August 5th.
Events begin at 8:30 AM with a visit to the 1936 CCC lean-to near the Hogsback Overlook. Other activities include the dedication of the Gibsonville CCC Camp's chimney recently restored by the Friends of Letchworth Park, the raising of the Parks special CCC Commemorative Flag at the CCC Memorial Flag Pole at the Lower Falls, and a remembrance ceremony at the Park's CCC that includes the laying of a memorial wreath to honor all the Park's CCC members. A tour of the site of the Big Bend Camp is also planned.
A series of special exhibits, activities and mini-talks are open to the public from 11 AM to 3 PM. Highlights include a traveling Great Depression art exhibit by the nationally known WPA Art Gallery operated by the Livingston Arts Council, information tables by the official national CCC Legacy organization, New York State's Excelsior Program – New York State's modern day work program for young people and the Friends of Letchworth booth. There will be a variety of CCC and 1930s related family activities including building your own CCC style cabin or shelter using Lincoln Logs and story-telling about the famous CCC stone arch bridge.
The only known surviving Letchworth CCC "boy" will be attending CCC Legacy day this year. He turns 100 on August 12! His name is Lawrence Kelly and he lives on Swyer Road in Castile, NY.
Individuals who attended all the day's events will be awarded the "We Can Take It" Award, named after the Civilian Conservation Corps motto. The award includes a special certificate from Letchworth Park and a pin.
All events are free and open to the public. Afternoon activities at the Lower Falls are handicapped accessible. For details, locations and times for all planned events, visit friendsofLetchworth.com or call Letchworth Park directly at 585 493-3600.
This entire day is planned and supported by Friends of Letchworth, a volunteer organization whose mission it is to support the preservation, conservation and careful development of Letchworth State Park.
585-493-3600 • www.friendsofletchworth.com


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The AISTech 2016 President's Awards Breakfast drew 1,100 Attendees.
AISTech 2016, steel's premier annual technology event, returned to Pittsburgh May 16-19 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. For the first time ever the exposition spanned two levels of the convention center making it the largest yet with a total of 542 exhibiting companies. The total attendance of 7,764 was the third highest in AISTech history.
Air Separation
The Aerzen booth was excited about recent growth in operations and product lines. Tim Manthey, the Manager of the Process Gas Division said, "Aerzen USA has been on a growth path over the past several years. We have opened a new office in Houston, Texas and in July celebrated a groundbreaking event to further expand manufacturing, warehouse and office space at our headquarters in Coatesville, PA." Lead Application Engineer Tim Grady said, "Aerzen has a brand new line of air separation blowers. They are very large rotary lobe blowers designed for the air separation industry. Designed to be very efficient and very reliable, you can direct-drive them. This new line will likely eventually replace all of our large blowers."
Tim Grady, David Szabo, and Tim Manthey at the Aerzen USA booth (left to right).
Optimizing Steel Degassing
Dr. Derek Corcoran, at the Oerlikon Leybold booth, was kind enough to discuss the trend towards Mechanical Vacuum Pumps in steel degassing applications. "The steel degassing systems in mills are moving away from steam ejector systems to mechanical vacuum pump (MVP) systems due to very significant environmental, quality, maintenance and cost benefits. Oerlikon Leybod MVP systems are designed with smaller modular systems using frequency drives to privide flexibility, efficiency and redundancy."
Dr. Corcoran showed us that the top row of a steel degasser would consist of 7 or 8 blowers on top, using their largest roots-type blower, the WH 7000, which is equipped with a frequency drive. "Typically you'll have 4 or 5 of these skids providing 200,000 to 1 million cubic meters per hour in total pumping speed. The advantage of these small roots blowers is the built-in redundancy allowing one to be changed if necessary. The roots blowers are the big air gulpers delivering air to the dry screws for final compression."
Two blowers are always located on the interstage and are followed by dry screw DV pumps. "The final compression stage is done by the DV1200 which is made up of two DV650 pumps. These are twin dry running screws (oil only in the gearbox) using a single motor. We believe this is one of the best dry screws on the market due to it's strong resistance to and stability in dusty environments- plus a long bearing life."
Oerlikon Leybold is headquartered down the road in Export, PA where all these systems are configured, engineered and assembled. Corcoran continued, "Each system is custom-built and varies in configuration. There are several different steel degassing techniques. All require very fine control of pumping speeds, from half a mbar all the way to atmosphere. We have frequency drives on the blowers controlling the low pressure end of the range. For the high pressure range, where customers are using oxygen to blow in, we use a special valve at the top to provide fine control. Pumping speed control enables the customer to control the system to provide higher quality steel."
Hans-Jürgen Blum, Ricardo Toshiro, Nick Jones, and Dr. Derek Corcoran from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum (left to right).
Secondary Metallurgy Vacuum-based Steel Degassing
Edwards claims to have the largest installed base of dry vacuum pumps in the global steel industry. Marketing Specialist Matt Murray said, "Edwards also has the world's largest mechanical vacuum pumping system installed in China. Used for degassing 230-ton batches of liquid steel, the system has a pumping capacity of more than 1 million meters cubed per hour at 0.67 mbar!" Murray described why secondary metallurgical processing is switching from steam ejectors to dry mechanical vacuum systems. "Lower running costs and improved productivity are just two of the reasons. Dry pumps have been proven to reduce energy costs by as much as 97% compared to steam ejectors."
Murray pointed us to their Steel Degassing brochure where we learned a bit about the secondary metallurgy vacuum-based treatments listed below. Edwards modular vacuum system designs enables degassing and decarburizing melt sizes up to 200 tonnes in electric steelmaking facilities.
- VD: Vacuum Degassing for alloy steels
- VOD: Vacuum Oxygen Decarburising for stainless steels
- VDOB: Vacuum Degassing Oxygen Blowing
- VDC: Vacuum Carbon Decarburising for low and ultra-low carbon steels
The big-dog (that's my own technical term), large, integrated steel making facilities use Ruhrstahl Heraeus (RH) secondary metallurgical systems. Edwards has developed "super degasser" modules to address these high volume flow rates reaching up to 1 million cubic meters per hour.
Theron Everett, Matt Murray, and Mike Charnak presented a new model of the GXS Dry Screw Vacuum Pump line at the Edwards Vacuum booth (left to right).
Blow-off Air Engineering
Dan VanderPyl is the President of Orange County, California-based, Sonic Air Systems and someone who is invited, by utility incentive rebate managers, to do seminars on blow-off air optimization. At AISTech 2016, they were showing the newest Sonic 350 blower model used in steel industry applications. The new unit no longer uses a belt-drive, rather a VFD motor requiring no maintenance. VanderPyl commented, "We've been selling a belt-driven 350 to the steel industry for 16 years. The reductions in steel industry maintenance staffs have created demand for VFD motors which obviously do not require belt-maintenance."
The company sells blowers and air knives based upon quality and energy efficiency. The opportunity is particularly ripe when the client has been using compressed air. VanderPyl said, "In a typical rolling mill, using one of our blowers almost always provides 75% reduction in energy consumption (vs. an air compressor). A typical application can be two 50 hp blowers for us - replacing 400 hp in air compressors. ROI's can often be one year or less for projects like this." He emphasized that air compressor should be used for "high pressure applications", not for open-blowing. "We are a blower manufacturer which focuses on engineering customized air systems (including air knives, blower, piping) able to reduce energy costs and improve quality." We are a blower manufacturer that can do air engineering using air knives.
Dan VanderPyl is the President of Sonic Air Systems.
We also spoke with Keith Timmons, the Managing Director of Silvent in North America. "Today we are presenting the Silvent InTech Division which is focused on steel works. One problem steel works have is with the quality of steel. Emulsions are placed on the steel and need to be removed effectively to avoid staining." Timmons went on to say that Silvent Intech has designed an air header specifically for this application called the "Air Plow. "We customize each Air Plow according to the mills' speeds and are able to reduce compressed air use while maximizing emulsion-removal effectiveness."
Juliet Molina and Keith Timmons at the Silvent InTech booth (left to right).
Cooling Systems
At the Hydrothrift booth, Bruce Williams and Ron Lair were discussing industrial cooling systems for the steel industry. In particular, they were focusing on Hydrothrift's ability to repair, rebuild and remanufacture heat exchangers. They service a long list of heat exchanger technologies; shell and tube, plate and frame, plate coil, "u" nest, coil, integral fin, wound and plate fin, serpentine and surface enhanced.
Bruce Williams and Ron Lair at the Hydrothrift booth (left to right).
We met Dave Yolton and Mark Carrothers at the Cooling Tower Depot booth. We were impressed by how excited they were about their company. Special Projects Manager Yolton said, "We believe we have the highest quality products on the market and they are Made in the USA, designed in-house and fabricated in Texas and Colorado." They told me they have offices in 13 cities around the country and gushed about an online tower designing app. National Sales Manager Carrothers commented, "We have a free web-based program, free to users, which will provide them with a tool to input specifications and optimize a cooling tower design on their own. It even provides pricing!"
Dave Yolton and Mark Carrothers at the Cooling Tower Depot booth (left to right).
Last but not least, Ross Controls has been around since 1921 and their legacy products are found in countless process industries. The company presented me with a "global leader in fluid power safety" brochure. Speaking with Global Industry Manager-Metals Group, Robert Winsand, at their booth, the safety focus was evident. "We focus on four main safety areas: energy isolation, critical control of hazardous cylinders, hose whip protection and hearing protection." Within the energy isolation topics, Winsand focused on manual lockout tagout (LOTO) and electro-pneumatic LOTO. "In all process industries, electro-pneumatic safety controls is something we focus on. We bring Safety Teams to the site and conduct onsite training on current safety standards and best practices. We are proud of our knowledge on how to integrate safety and electro-pneumatics to comply with OSHA Standards."
Eizo Kitamura, Robert Winsand, and Dieter Geisensetter from Ross Controls
AISTech 2017 will be held May 8-11, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. For more information please visit www.aist.org.
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CFD Modeling of Biomass Gasification Using a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor
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Biomass, as a renewable energy resource, can be utilized to generate chemicals, heat, and electricity. Compared with biomass combustion, biomass gasification is more eco-friendly because it generates less amount of green gas (CO2) and other polluting gases (NOx and SO2). This research is focused on biomass gasification using a circulating fluidized bed. In the gasifier, fully fluidized biomass particles react with water vapor and air to generate syngas (CO and H2). A comprehensive model, consisting of three modules, hydrodynamics, mass transfer and energy transfer modules, is built to simulate this process using ANSYS Fluent software and C programming language. In the hydrodynamics module, the k-epsilon turbulence equations are coupled with the fluctuating energy equation to simulate gas-particle interaction in the turbulent flows occurring in the riser. In the mass transfer and energy transfer modules, heat transfer and mass transfer in turbulent flows are simulated to solve for the profiles of temperature and species concentration in the gasifier. The impacts of thermal radiation, water gas shift reaction (WGS), equivalence ratio (ER), and char combustion product distribution coefficient are also investigated to gain deeper understanding of biomass gasification process.
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Hui Liu (2014). CFD Modeling of Biomass Gasification Using a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor. UWSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8252
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Archive for June, 2008
i-muse su Punto Informatico
It was a great satisfaction seeing i-muse among the digital pages of Punto Informatico, my favorite italian online magazine! 🙂
I read Punto Informatico since ever, to keep me updated about what's happening in the hectic ICT world, so it was a pleasure meeting Enrico Giancipoli, a collaborator of the online daily magazine, at the recent R2B exhibition in Bologna.
Enrico came to visit our stand, tried i-muse and asked me some questions for the article, published this week.
Other than some technical insights about the software architecture on which i-muse is based, the interview includes a juicy anticipation: we'll port the videoguide to the famous Apple smartphone, the iPhone! 😀
Now we're getting ready for our second exhibition as exhibitors: on june 25 and 26, me, Paolo and Samantha, content managers, we'll be in Milan for the Wireless 4 Business Forum.
We'll have a desk at the stand of the Startup Accelerator of the Politecnico to show i-muse, just like I did with Guido in Bologna.
Enjoy reading Punto Informatico's article!
The Little Corner of i-muse at the R2B Exhibition
An angular stand, a good position inside the hall and our staging attracted the attention of a lot of people during the two days of the R2B exhibition in Bologna. 😀
Me and Guido, marketing manager, setup the stand with the banners made by Luca and we welcomed people interested to see the videoguide running on Pdas interacting with Rfid tags.
During the two days we continued the networking activity begun with the birth of Togunà Interactive a few months ago, searching for partnership with hardware vendors, Rfid and Zigbee in particular, software solutions complimentary to our own, and presenting ourselves to potential clients, also thanks to the staff of the Startup Accelerator of the Politecnico di Milano.
Very interesting was learning the experiences of other startuppers in their search for financial support, in particular with italian Business Angels. About this I'd like to point you out to a guide made by IBAN and Kpmg.
A positive result then for Togunà's first stand, after the demonstration of i-muse at the Ichim 07 last year in Toronto.
For me it was the first exhibition as exhibitor, and I have to say that it's always useful being able to look at things from different points of view! 😉
In the pictures you can see the stand, as well as the Start2B area of the exhibition.
i-muse goes to the R2B Exhibition in Bologna
We're getting ready for our first exhibition! 😀
On june 5th and 6th Togunà will be at stand 216 of the R2B exhibition, in the Start2b area, dedicated to new entrepreneurial initiatives.
We'll showcase our first product, the i-muse videoguide system, so that interested people can give it a try.
In Denver, during private demonstations, people told me i-muse was "nice and sleek", due its graphics and user interface responsivity. I hope in Bologna we'll get the italian equivalent of these compliments. 😉
Before leaving for the AAM 2008 Annual Meeting in Denver, Intruders.TV's staff interviewed me when I met them in Milan during the event The Next Web Now organized by Microsoft. It's a series of a brief answers to questions about the startup of the entrepreneurial adventure.
The interview is short and effective: a good presentation for Bologna. Enjoy it!


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Nokia N8 showcased with mini action movie starring Pamela Anderson
Nokia has released The Commuter on YouTube, an action film starring Dev Patel, Charles Dance and the Paminator that showcases the power of the N8's camera.
Our opinion of the Nokia N8 has been hotly debated, but we've always maintained the hardware is brilliant. Now, a new short film has been released on YouTube, showcasing the phone's impressive 12-megapixel camera.
The Commuter was shot entirely on the Nokia N8, utilising the phone's 720p HD video-recording capability. It's actually a very entertaining little action movie, starring Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel. The film tells the story of Patel's character, a commuter who is forced to make a perilous journey to work after a traffic warden, played by Charles Dance, clamps his car.
You'll recognise many London landmarks in the fast-paced clip, which features Ferraris, parkouring bankers, martial arts and, bizarrely, a Pamela Anderson cameo. Other famous cast members include Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick, who plays Chuck Bass inthe US drama series.
The film is directed by brothers Rory and Ed McHenry, who were approached by Nokia with the challenge of creating a short film using only the N8.
"We grew up making movies on camcorders, and the footage was terrible. Now we are shooting movies on a phone! It's crazy how fast technology has moved. I think a lot of young kids out there and filmmakers will use this and think 'well, I can make a movie on it'," said Ed.
"There are lots of tips about where to put the camera and stuff, but the main thing is to get a good story, because that will drive everything. You can shoot it on anything, and this is just a great tool to do it with," added his brother.
This isn't the only stunt Nokia has pulled to hype up the N8. Last month, it hooked the N8 up to the world's biggest cinema screen, using the HDMI capability of the phone. If you want to know more about how The Commuter was created, take a look at the making of the video below.
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