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A bipartisan group of lawmakers and prominent veterans groups are outraged over an Obama administration proposal — currently under consideration — to allow third-party insurance companies to pay for combat-related injuries. The proposal would "save the Department of Veterans Affairs $530 million a year," but critics argue that asking private insurers to pick up the tab for combat injuries is not just immoral but also economically disastrous. The private insurers could jack up premiums, families could lose coverage if a veteran meets the maximum benefit amount for their insurance, and insurers could deny claims if a veteran is insured through the individual market, deny coverage etc…
The episode highlights the inadequacy of the nation's patchwork health system and the dangers of skyrocketing health care costs in the private insurance market. Outraged Republicans are also suggesting that access to affordable health care is more important than balancing budgets! (Bodes well for the health care debate, right?)
But the party of 'country first' now finds itself in a peculiar political position. While loudly and proudly caricaturing the administration's health care proposal as government-run socialism, Republicans are tripping over themselves to keep veterans in the system.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), who sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, demonstrates this hypocrisy:
On Veterans Leaving Government-Run Health Care: "If this bill reaches the Senate, I will strongly oppose it. The VA was created for the purpose of caring for those who have fought and sacrificed for our country, and the care for injuries sustained while serving is our responsibility."
On The Consequences of Government-Run Health Care: "In short, government-sponsored health care will do for the health care economy what government-sponsored mortgages did to the housing market. The unintended consequences of government-sponsored health care would be catastrophic."
On The Consequences of Obama's Proposal: "If one side wins, one can expect the federal government to take over more of the responsibility of health care. To actually place the government in between a patient and their doctor. I'm not sure that's what the majority of Americans want. I think they want a private sector that works for them as individuals, them as employers.
As Uwe Reinhardt asked during yesterday's health hearing before the House Committee On Commerce and Energy, "Why do you give veterans socialized medicine when it's so bad?" It's a question Republicans are now struggling to answer.
The Hill is reporting that "the White House on Wednesday backed off a controversial plan that would have dramatically altered the way the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) handles insurance claims, after veterans groups staged an all-out fight against such a proposal."


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Marlene VerPlanck – I Give Up, I'm In Love
November 30, 2014
Marlene VerPlanck I Give Up, I'm In Love (Audiophile ACD-347)
Admirers of Marlene VerPlanck will need no telling that the standards she set for herself more than 20 albums ago are as high as ever and that on her latest release she reaches, indeed surpasses these standards with insouciant ease. Another expected aspect of Marlene's albums is her song choice. Unfailingly, she finds examples from the Great American Song Book that have flowing melodies and intelligent lyrics, and she matches these with newer songs with similar pedigree. Here, the repertoire presents love songs, the staple of that Song Book, and Marlene's interpretations are warm, profound and flawless. Among the songs, some are familiar: How Little We Know (Carolyn Leigh, Philip Springer), The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern), and I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers). Perhaps a little less familiar but equally pleasing are You're Really Someone To Write Home About (Roger Schore, Lew Spencer), I Love The Way You Dance (Frank Grant, Ronny Whyte), I Give Up, I'm In Love (Morgan Ames, Johnny Mandel), and My Little Brown Book (Billy Strayhorn). The melodic grace with which Marlene performs this music is underscored by exceptional accompaniment. On five tracks, she is joined by the trio of Mike Renzi, piano, David Finck, bass, and Ron Vincent, drums, with Warren Vaché playing cornet on two tracks and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen on two. On four tracks, the trio has Tedd Firth, piano, and Jay Leonhart, bass, with Vincent, while Allen appears on two selections. Glenn Franke's Big Band provides powerful backing for Marlene on the remaining three tracks, on two of which they are joined by Vaché. All these instrumentalists provide exceptional accompaniment, granting the singer richly-deserved settings. Interspersed solos from Vaché and Allen and Rienzi and Firth are exemplary and add immeasurably to the occasion.
And what of the singer's sound? In past years I have reviewed many of Marlene's albums, chiefly for Jazz Journal. Two recent albums appear also on this site: One Dream At A Time (mid-July 2012) and Ballads . . mostly (mid-May 2013). When writing of Marlene's voice on that last album I observed: "Astonishingly, given the number of years she has performed, Marlene still retains the gorgeously fluid crystal-clear sound that has always been a distinctive hallmark of her timeless work." A year on and there is not a word there that I would want to change. Come 2015 and Marlene will embark on her twenty-fifth tour of the UK. Her schedule is now released: the tour starts on 4 March 2015 and runs through 16 engagements, including Ronnie Scott's and Wavendon, and concludes on 22 March. On this tour, she will be accompanied by John Pearce, piano, Paul Morgan, bass, and Bobby Worth, drums, while on the final date she will once again meet John Ruddick and the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra. Full details of locations, dates, times, phone numbers, email addresses, etc, can be found on Marlene's own site. In the meantime, the impending winter nights will be much warmer and brighter thanks to this exceptional album.
For Marlene VerPlanck's latest album, or indeed any and all of earlier releases go as usual to Amazon.
Eastern Promise – Jazz CDs
November 26, 2014
Kaoruko Pilkington Bright Side of Life (self produced)
Although little known to the CD-buying public, Kaoruko Pilkington is a long-established figure in jazz voice teaching. Since graduating from Berklee in the late 1990s, where she studied jazz improvisation, jazz theory and arranging, she has been a respected and sought-after private teacher and has also taught at various music institutions. Formerly on the faculty at Boston Conservatory, Charles River School and at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, she presently teaches at Wellesley High School, Rivers School Conservatory, as a jazz voice faculty member, and in the summer months at Berklee. Among the methods Kaoruko teaches is Jeanette LoVetri's Somatic Voicework(tm). During these same years she has also been active as a performer leading her band, the kaorukojazz ensemble, mainly around her Boston base. Sadly for those who do not live within reach of venues such as Acton Jazz Cafe and Amazing Things Arts Center, before this new 2014 CD, Kaoruko has released only one other album. That was Joy Spring, which came as long ago as 2000.
On this new release, Kaoruko sings an interesting repertoire of songs that includes mainly standards, such as All The Things You Are, Night And Day, and What Is This Thing Called Love?. There are also some songs from the jazz world – Pat Metheney's Bright Size Life, Ralph Burns' Early Autumn and Duke Ellington's Just Squeeze Me. Altogether, these songs provide an interesting insight into the singer's worldly approach to music, the arrangements being the work of herself and various members of her ensemble. These musicians are trumpeter Greg Hopkins, saxophonist Rick DiMuzio, trombonist Bob Pilkington, bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa, with pianists Mark Shilanksy and Doug Johnson sharing duties as do drummers Bob Tamagni and Casey Scheuerell.
Chie Imaizumi A Time Of New Beginnings (Capri 74104-2)
After playing organ as a small child in her homeland, Japan, Chie Imaizumi then switched to piano but it was while studying at Berklee that her potential talent as a composer was recognized. Chie began concentrating on writing music and won awards in various countries. For this CD, Chie has composed music for a large ensemble and for her performers has selected an all-star line-up: Greg Gisbert and Terell Stafford, trumpets and flügelhorns, Steve Davis, trombone, Steve Wilson, alto and soprano saxophone and flute, Scott Robinson, tenor, soprano and sopranino saxophones, clarinet and flute, Gary Smulyan, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Tamir Hendelman, piano, John Clayton, bass, Jeff Hamilton and Paul Romaine, drums. Additionally, trumpeter Randy Brecker guests on one track. The music that Chie has composed and arranged is fluid and melodic and the band has a light, airy sound more in keeping with small groups than a big band the line-up suggests. The solos are very good indeed and the ensemble playing is tight. This fine, swinging album will appeal to many lovers of contemporary jazz.
As usual, CDs can be bought from Amazon, while some sites offer downloading of individual tracks. For more on Kaoruko Pilkington see Jim Eigo's site.
Crime Fiction – And All That Motive
November 16, 2014
Joan Merrill's latest crime novel featuring jazz-loving, San Franciso-based private investigator Casey McKie takes us to the Pacific Coast Jazz Fest at Monterra. Headlining the festival is the country's leading male jazz singer, Sid Satin, and when he is found shot dead, the local cops suspect veteran jazz singer Dee Jefferson of the crime. Casey lives close to Dee's club, regularly hangs out there, and regards the singer as her best friend; not surprisingly, she unhesitatingly steps in and sets out to find the real killer. She quickly learns that the murder victim is a decidedly unpleasant individual with dozens of enemies in the jazz world and in his private life, none of whom are sorry to learn of his death. One by one, Casey follows up leads that bring her into contact with jazz singers and instrumentalists, newcomers and veterans, promoters and agents, journalists and fans. All of these men and women, as well as others outside the jazz nucleus have good reasons for seeing Satin dead and unraveling the many motives for the murder proves to be an intriguing puzzle for Casey to solve.
Well established in jazz, especially in the Bay Area, Joan Merrill works as a musician's agent, concert, film, radio and record producer. Deeply involved in the world in which And All That Motive is set, the author ably explores the highs and lows encountered by musicians. It is all believable as is the interplay between musicians, veterans and newcomers. As Merrill's fans already know, her background ensures that when the characters express opinions and ideas about jazz as it is now and how it used to be, their words come with the ring of truth. This is a thoroughly enjoyable journey into the (hopefully fictitious) murderous underground beneath the world of jazz.
And All That Motive (ISBN 978-1-5002-3535-2 & 978-1-5002-3535-0) is available direct from Joan Merrill and also from Amazon.
Jazz Child: A Portrait Of Sheila Jordan
November 4, 2014
The very welcome publication of Ellen Johnson's new biography, Jazz Child: A Portrait Of Sheila Jordan, prompts not only a review of this book but also a few very brief comments about CDs. This is because the book's arrival not only sent me to albums recorded by the subject of Jazz Child but also to some of those recorded by the author herself.
For some decades now, Ellen Johnson has vividly demonstrated that she is a remarkably gifted exponent of that same difficult art at which Sheila Jordan excels. Indeed, not only does Ellen sing jazz, she also teaches jazz singing. During the past several years I have had enormous pleasure in listening to and writing about her albums, sometimes in Jazz Journal, other times on my old website. Among these albums are Too Good To Title, Chinchilla Serenade and These Days, all on Ellen's own label, Vocal Visions (numbered respectively 2300, 2310 and 2700). Her eclectic repertoire includes compositions by jazz masters Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Thad Jones, Charles Mingus, and Michal Urbaniak, for some of which she has written lyrics ably demonstrating another facet or her multi-talented persona. The third of these albums is dedicated to Sheila Jordan, who appears as backing singer on Little Messenger, a song composed by Ellen for Sheila, and the two singers duet on The Crossing. As if being singer, teacher and lyricist were not enough, in recent years Ellen Johnson has also proved herself to be an able writer on jazz. Previously, Ellen's writing consisted of short pieces while here she has produced a full-length book that recounts with skill and insight the story of a remarkable woman.
Today, there are thousands of young singers around the world, many of whom find open doors through which to pass and perform their art. It is likely that they would be surprised, horrified even, were they to encounter the problems that faced Sheila Jordan when she was starting out in the early 1940s. Among these problems were poverty and the racial divide, and overhanging these widespread issues was another related specifically to the jazz world. This was the fact that while nowadays the term 'jazz singer' is acceptable as a definition of a young woman's career choice, back then it was a decidedly disagreeable negative.
Sheila Jordan, then Dawson, was raised in a poor mining community in Pennsylvania but as a young teenager she headed for Detroit, which is where she was born in 1928. Back in the city as a young teenager, she hung out in jazz clubs, decidedly not the done thing, and sang with and socialized with black musicians, another alienating act seventy-plus years ago. The music itself was another no-go area because the young girl was immediately captivated by bebop, a genre that was a turn-off even for many in the jazz world, musicians as well as fans, who were still attuned to swing era styling. Then, if all these negatives were not enough to deter all but the armor-plated, Sheila crossed the racial divide by marrying black jazz pianist Duke Jordan. In her private life, she did everything with astonishing determination and dedication, including raising single-handed her daughter, Tracey, after Duke Jordan went off while she was pregnant. With equal grit, the singer took her own musical path, refusing to follow the commercial route and instead sticking uncompromisingly to jazz – and modern jazz at that. Now, more than seven decades later, she is still following her chosen path and doing so with flair and skill and consummate professionalism.
It goes almost without saying, that the story of Sheila Jordan is one that needed to be told and we are fortunate that it is Ellen Johnson who has brought us this estimable biography. Johnson has interviewed many of the musicians with whom her subject has worked, among them several bass players, appropriate given Jordan's predilection for the voice-bass duo format: Cameron Brown, Harvie S, Steve Swallow. Other musicians whose comments illuminate this story include Theo Bleckmann, Kenny Burrell, Carol Fredette, George Gruntz, Alan Pasqua, Ra-Kalam, Sonny Rollins, Roswell Rudd. The life and music of Sheila Jordan is explored in intimate detail and many readers will find especial value in her warm recollections of Charlie Parker and the important personal role he played in her early life, and whose influence continues to guide her through to the present day. Biographer Johnson and her subject take a hard look at racism in America, while addiction is another topic explored; both of these troubled areas are approached with clarity and honesty. The overriding impression left after reading this book is that jazz, indeed all music, has been blessed to have had such an amazing artist in its midst for such a long time.
Listening again to some of Sheila Jordan's CDs there is everywhere rich evidence of all those skills she has demonstrated over the decades. On albums such as Jazz Child (HighNote HCD 7029) and Little Song (HighNote HCD 7096), her performances are a joy. Hearing them again, this time with the underpinning of knowledge of the personal background to her career, adds immeasurably to the experience. It might be argued that a singer's work should be assessed only on the basis of what is heard; but sometimes that rubric places an impossible demand upon the listener. Sheila Jordan is an exceptional singer, knowing the details of the life she has lived, evoked so masterfully in Ellen Johnson's biography, makes this singer even more interesting and worthy of our attention and admiration. Music is her life; her life is in her music.
For many reasons Jazz Child: A Portrait Of Sheila Jordan is a book that should be read not only by those with a specific interest in jazz singing, but also those whose interests in jazz extend to the life of jazz musicians in general, and those active during the early days of bebop in particular. It should also interest anyone who wishes to follow the inspirational tale of a woman who was determined to make her way through a minefield of antipathy and antagonism to achieve what is in essence a simple ambition: to sing her song.
Jazz Child can be bought through the websites of Sheila Jordan and Ellen Johnson and also from Amazon.
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
The Rebel Speech Project
I am struggling with a problem. The Rebel Speech project has grown into something much bigger and more worrisome than I anticipated. In the last few years, and especially in the last several months, my understanding of cortical memory has grown by leaps and bounds. The project is no longer only about making a better speech recognizer. The core learning technology that I am using is universal, that is to say, it can learn anything, not just speech. Just add your own set of custom sensors and voila. This universality is why I'm afraid. It's a quantum leap in progress over the state of the art. The history of humanity teaches us that every major advance in science or technology is invariably transformed into weapons of war. Truly intelligent machines would be the ultimate weapons of war. The consequences are too painful to imagine.
Rebel Speech is really an extension of Rebel Cortex, a software model of the human cortex. Rebel Cortex is a hierarchical, spiking neural network that uses unsupervised, continuous sensory learning. 'Unsupervised' means that, unlike most deep neural networks, Rebel Cortex does not require labeled samples. 'Continuous sensory learning' refers to the fact that Rebel Cortex can learn only from a changing signal stream such as a video or audio data stream from a camera or a microphone.
Rebel Cortex is a perceptual learning system that is based on a novel knowledge representation scheme. It uses a memory architecture that can instantly modify its internal representations to reflect changes in the world. In my opinion, if one truly understands perception and perceptual learning, the rest is child's play in comparison. Rebel Cortex is such an essential part of Rebel Speech that I find it impossible to release a Rebel Speech demo without also letting the whole cat out of the bag, so to speak. The reason is that, as soon as one starts playing with its learning abilities, it becomes obvious that this is a whole new ball game. Rebel Speech learns to recognize more than just your words. It also learns to recognize you. It is kind of spooky. It's the kind of thing that changes all your plans for the future. I know it scares me.
I Am Not that Smart
I also feel that this is not something that is mine to give. As surprising as this may sound, I did not figure it out on my own. I had major help. But then again, how could I have figured it out on my own? If government and industry cannot do it, even with their unlimited resources and brainpower, someone like me stands no chance whatsoever. Besides, I am just a blogger, an internet crank, a nut, a nobody. I am certainly not that smart. But, amazingly enough, someone else did figure it out and hid the secret in the unlikeliest of places, a place that no one else thought of searching. But being crazy is not always a handicap. I have a life long habit of thinking about possibilities that others have rejected. I am a rebel that way and I like taking the unbeaten path, the road less travelled. I was lucky enough to find the secret and figure out how to decode it. This, too, is another major paradigm shift, one that promises to strike at the core of our belief systems. Yes, get ready to live in interesting times.
True Artificial Intelligence is Coming Soon But Not From the AI Community
Knowing what I know, there is no doubt in my mind that neither the scientific community nor industry can solve the AI problem, not in several hundred years. The organization of memory and its principles of operation are way too counterintuitive while the number of possible configurations are practically unlimited. I calculate that, on average, it takes the mainstream AI community at least half a century to fully transition from chasing one AI red herring to another. At this rate, they'll be at it for a long, long time. But no secret can stay hidden forever. Sooner or later, I'll make a decision and release something. I just got some more thinking to do. Bear with me.
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- Maksym Diachenko said...
Is there any chance we will see a more detailed technical description alongside with some demo?
- January 28, 2015 at 8:33 AM
- Louis Savain said...
Hi Maksym,
I have prepared documents for the theory and the software implementation. I also have commented C# source code for the demo. I plan to release everything as soon as I can think through all the ramifications. There are many real dangers in the picture and I must be careful not to attract too much attention. I'm OK now because I have a crackpot reputation. Just be patient for a little while longer. There is a time for everything.
- January 28, 2015 at 11:47 AM
- Edward ThomasM said...
Since this new AI takes only a video or audio changing signal stream, it would seem to have a similarity with conventional software. Namely:
"Garbage in, garbage out"
Even though this AI is "unsupervised" as you describe, ii would seem to be qt least biased by
whatever unavoidable constraints are inherent in the source of the signals, and that source would have been selected by someone, UNLESS the AI were provided the means to select it's own input from a rich set of choices.
If you were to choose an audio stream consisting of the text of a pile of physics writings, including your own, it could be interesting to observe the output.
The output from this AI was unspecified. Let's assume that audio in provides audio out.
For this AI to learn anything from a stream of words it would, I think, would have to have a dictionary of definitions that it had, by some means, an understanding. Starting from scratch it seems it starts without any understanding.
Another issue is you said it is written using the "C" language.
This indicates it rides on top of a conventional computer as an interpreter of either video or audio streams. It sounds terribly slow.
Written words are much more explicit than a strung together stream of spoken words. They are both symbols that represent meaning but starting from scratch the AI would first have to figure out the meaning. Not an easy task but if the AI does have merit then feed it a huge dictionary of the English language and sit back and wait several millennia to see what comes out on it's own or even with some coaxing with a stream of questions about the meaning of the words it's been digesting.
What you have said, so far, casts a thick blanket of doubt over me.
Edward Medalis
- February 3, 2015 at 5:04 AM
- Louis Savain said...
Hi Edward,
For the time being, Rebel Speech simply learns to recognize spoken speech from a microphone. It does not understand what the words mean. It can also learn to recognize other sounds such as music, animal sounds, machinery, etc.
Rebel Speech is what is known as an unsupervised neural network. That is to say, unlike current speech learning neural networks, sounds do not have to be prelabeled. Rebel Speech creates its own labels by associating learned sounds with specific neurons. Labels can be attached to those neurons after learning if desired.
That being said, given a powerful enough computer and both visual (camera) and audio sensors (microphone), I'm confident that Rebel Cortex can learn to understand the world around it. If used as part of a robot's brain, other neural modules would have to be added to handle motor output and motivation (including pain and pleasure sensors).
In order for it to understand text, it would have to be taught to read, pretty much the same way children are taught.
- February 4, 2015 at 12:38 AM
- dashxdr said...
I too have been very concerned about the question of releasing The Real Deal secret to intelligence (specifically, learning). I too completely discount the so-called geniuses who consider AI to be a danger in and of itself, as if it will acquire motivation (destroy all humans!) and wipe us out. What a joke...
The danger I see it is the same as you: Vile, control-freak humans imposing their will on humanity through the use of an army of slave intelligent machines. The concept of centralized, irrevocable, inescapable all-encompassing control is my concept of hell. And everything I see governments trying to do points in that direction. The puppet politicians just want to be higher up in the slave system than average. They don't hope for freedom, they fear it. They just want to have more authority over the slaves than average.
It seems to me the only way to combat centralized control is to spread the knowledge of how to create intelligent machines as far as possible. Rather than one zealot (NSA with infinite funding) being the only one to have the secret, you spread it around so many entities have the secret. Sort of mutually assured destruction in the age of intelligent machines.
I don't worry about destruction of all human life. I think that wouldn't be possible or even necessarily such a tragedy. It would be sort of a report card on humanity. Whether humanity passes or fails... only matters to humanity. The universe doesn't care.
I worry about an inescapable dark ages, where nothing ever changes, nothing is ever allowed to change, because intelligent machines are used to impose "order" on the population. No one can be trusted with such power. Because "order" for one is "stagnation" for another.
- March 12, 2015 at 10:08 AM
- Louis Savain said...
It seems to me the only way to combat centralized control is to spread the knowledge of how to create intelligent machines as far as possible. Rather than one zealot (NSA with infinite funding) being the only one to have the secret, you spread it around so many entities have the secret. Sort of mutually assured destruction in the age of intelligent machines.
Yeah, I see what you mean and I agree that it would probably keep things manageable for a little while. However, it would be impossible to keep an eye on, let alone control, what different groups are doing or planning to do with their newfound AI powers. The opportunity for malfeasance are everywhere and the risks are extremely high. We, humans, have a major problem, a curse even. As a species, we have no honor. Knowledge is power and power is dangerous. I see no way that humanity can survive the coming age of knowledge unless we get help from somewhere.
- March 12, 2015 at 2:41 PM
- dashxdr said...
I see no way that humanity can survive the coming age of knowledge unless we get help from somewhere.
Maybe this is always the way of life when it comes about. It achieves intelligence, then commands its own evolutionary advancement, then it blows itself to hell. Rinse and repeat...
I've always thought the way around such a risk is to get off the earth, but as individuals. With all life on earth it's all the eggs in a single basket. If we're spread out more around the solar system, at least a single destructive event won't end all life as we know it.
I don't think it's realistic to hope for help from outside. The age of superintelligent machines is unavoidable. I don't even think it should be avoided.
I'd love for the miracle to occur in my lifetime. I'm curious to see how it all plays out.
Incidentally you might take a look at the Black Mirror tv series. It has some cool insights.
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Monday, March 2, 2015
Peter Straub Born Today, 1943
Posted by Will Errickson at 10:11 AM
Labels: other stuff, peter straub
1 comment:
- Lincoln Brown said...
Read 'Ghost Story' earlier this year, for the second time - probably my favourite novel, definitely in the top three. Tried 'Shadowland' a long time ago, and couldn't get into it. Might be time for another attempt.
And I must find time to read 'Koko'. I read a short story that is related to the trilogy, called 'The Other Village', and it was amazing.
- March 2, 2015 at 4:56 PM
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So when people think of the possibility of a human developing a tail, they usually picture something like this (3).
(1) http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section2.html
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263034/?tool=pubmed
This blog will specifically be looking at the evolution of appendages and namely with case studies.
Whoa, this seems like it could have come straight from the Sci-fi channel. I wonder how (or if they could) remove the tumor on the child in the last picture. So sad :( At least this happens pretty rarely.
Other than a cosmetic anomaly, is there any problem with the tail? I guess I'm thinking about my friend who had a 6th finger. He was perfectly fine with it, but he was getting so much grief that he just had the surgery to amputate it. I think it'd be cool to have a tail, but if it detrimental to survival (i.e. more prone to mutate and become cancerous), maybe not.ReplyDelete
I think it would be really cool to have a 6th finger! I would definitely try my hand at the piano. That one scene in Gattaca with the piano player using sheet music that could only be played with 6 fingers on each hand always stuck with me.Delete
As long as the tail wasn't part of a debilitating condition I would choose to keep it if my child was born with one.Delete
I think that tails would be rather... uncomfortable as it would get in the way when you sit in a chair.Delete
@Lara- to my knowledge the tail and mass found on the child in the last picture was removed. It is actually pretty simple to remove the tail... I wonder if they then get phantom tail syndrom?
@Amber Usually there is no problem with the tail. Some people even have the ability- with constraints- to move the tail. I also read that out pelvic bones receives greater support of the the organs by not having the tail because it is able to utilize the muscle around the coccyx better since we are upright beings. I think true tails would not be prone to cancer but psuedo tails seem to me like they could be. I don't have my MD yet though.
In response to Amber's comment, I just wonder if tails get in the way when sitting down or sleeping. It is true that humans have evolved (socially and culturally) to become more and more sedentary.ReplyDelete
I think the strongest problem tails (and any abnormal appendage) have is really the need for humans to feel accepted---like Amber's comment hinted at, it's a sad truth that even if an extra appendage is not causing a physical disability, it can disable people from being accepted by others. As social beings, I would argue that this would be just as detrimental to fitness as it would be if it were an actual handicap.ReplyDelete
Johanna has a good point. It's just like the point Amber made in her post about how six fingers were viewed as a sign of evil. Even though the finger itself had no direct effect on survival, it indirectly made the person unable to pass on this gene by ostracizing them from society.
However, I'm not sure if this alone could be enough to remove its prevalence amongst all apes. While ostracism also exists in other species, I feel that there would have to be some kind of catalyst for it. Tails were lost for some reason. Individuals wouldn't be ostracized for having tails when most everyone in the original population had tails. While this explanation describes why tails haven't reemerged, I feel it doesn't explain while they were lost to being with. Can't wait for Estevan to discuss it in his next post :)
Great points and questions! I will work on my follow up post to this same topic this week to hopefully shed some light on the questions you all brought up! :] Time for me to do some more research :]ReplyDelete
I was reading an article (found here: http://www.gennet.org/facts/metro07.html) that the vestigial tails you mention are in fact NOT true tails. Like my extra digits, a tail is not a true tail unless it is a bony extension of the vertebrae column. The human "tails" as you stated are many of almost every tissue but bone, so therefore can't be real tails. Does that mean these "tails" are not in fact the vestigial organs of evolution, but just errors in development? Hmmm...ReplyDelete
Well humans never had tails, so indeed they are errors in development, but we also know that somewhere down evolutionary history one of our recent ancestors had tails, most likely the great apes. The error in development for humans with tails that include bone come from the over expression of a gene that is usually inhibited in humans (why we normally don't have tails with vertebrae). That is why I made a distinction between the psuedo-tails that are mostly tissue and the real tails that include vertebrae. (Did you read that part?)
But if you are just referring to pseudo-tails, then yes they are just errors in development.
Clarification: most likely the true tails was lost before the emergence of the great apes.ReplyDelete
is that first picture real? That is a very well developed tail and would love to learn more about that model and see if there is any story on her and how she dealt with the tail in social life.ReplyDelete
No its not.. Read the article...Delete
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Another quite interesting thought into our "CONTINUING" evolving genome of the human race, is right below us... our very own toes. It does not take a rocket scientist to see the variation of our toes from those of apes, but moreover, there seems to be a large increase of syndactyly (webbed toes) in humans. This is mostly caused by the joining of the second and third toes (counting from the large toe first). Some thing that this is just a strange mutation... whereas others theorize that as more and more of us are being born with this condition, it is just where the human race is heading. Yes, we do NOT need to grasp things with our feet. Yes, our toes are quite shorter then those of the ape. So are we to loose these toes entirely? NO, not quite. Your toes are quite essential for our current bipedal locomotion. But as we loose the ability to individually flex those muscles, they only serve one true purpose... for balance. So what's next in the coming say, 25,000 years or so? What would we see? Most theorize that our 4 smaller toes will be fused together only to serve to give us support for balance, but our nails will also fuse, giving way to... yes, dare I say it... a hoof-like appearance. But even though WE, today, might think it strange... Our future kin will look back at us and think it would be strange to know what it's like to have 5 individual "wiggly" digits on our feet!ReplyDelete
I don't think a hoof would evolve simply because we always wear shoes and have no predators nor any reason to run fast or with great stability other than athletes competing in races (but they are such a tiny portion of the population and do not only breed to other athletes so this won't make any difference). There is thus, no selective pressure on us to evolve hooves, and since evolution of this sort only takes place when there is pressure to do so - i.e. humans without great stability or speed would have to be killed before reproducing or unable to reproduce (which is clearly not the case since even grievously disabled / mutated humans are able to reproduce in our society) this is never going to happen.
If anything is likely to evolve in humans it will be lower muscle mass, lower bone density, smaller overall size and smaller brain size. We don't need great physical strength anymore (we use machines to do anything physically taxing these days) we don't need large brains (most people don't use them anyway, only the top 1 or 2 % of the population in very mentally challenging jobs use their brain to it's full potential) and there is actually a selective pressure AGAINST large skulls (& therefore large brains) due to women dying in childbirth due to large babies and small pelvic openings (this happens occasionally even in the west with fully equipped hospitals and happens far more often in less developed countries).
i really think a tail will be useful to us i don't know why we lost it but i think we really have to get it back .ReplyDelete
i study biology and i think i have very strong evidence for design in nature
a) we know that a self replicate robot that made from dna need a designer
b) from a material prespective the ape is a self replicate robot
a+b= the ape need a designer
or even a self replicat watch.the evolution side always say that a watch need a designer because it cant self rplicat. so if we will find a self replicat watch we need to say that is made by itself
plus: if a self replicate car cant evolve into an airplan, how can a bacteria can evolve into human ?
the evolution say that small steps for milions years become a big steps. but according to this a lots of small steps in self replicat car (with dna) will evolve into a airplan.
but there is no step wise from car to airplan
evolution say that common similarity is evidence for common descent. but according to this 2 similar self replicat car are evolve from each other
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There currently is no self replicating car but if there were then yes, I think it could eventually evolve into an airplane if there was a selective pressure to do so (e.g. some kind of "predator" that chased down cars on the ground and crushed them before they could replicate making taking flight a means of escape from this predator).
You haven't studied enough - if you can, look up punctuated equilibrium - it's a model of evolution that explains how small populations can speciate when separated (either physically or by some other means) from the founder population. Over many, many of these speciation events we get from single celled organisms to Great Apes.
We didn't evolve from bacteria (as least not the same bacteria we see today). The common bacteria today (Prokaryotes) have undergone billions of years of evolution since they split off from our single celled ancestors (Eukaryotes). Eukaryotes were formed when one type of prokaryote engulfed another and the engulfed prokaryote survived inside the larger cell as a kind of symbiotic parasite (these became mitochondria and chloroplasts which now Eukaryotes cannot live without).
Colonies (many cells living together) of Eukaryotes eventually became so dependent on the colony to survive they evolved into multicellular organisms - an organism made up of many eukaryotic cells from the same line (all having identical DNA).
The first multicellular organisms may have been tiny wormlike things but over time many more speciation events occurred and they evolved notochords, teeth, eyes, spine, skull, stomachs, limbs, nervous systems, blood & blood vessels (not all at the same time obviously).
Nothing could grow large until a circulatory system + heart and gills (or their equivalent) was formed since prior to this oxygen was distributed through the organism's body by simple diffusion (much like what occurs inside a jellyfish). Obviously once gills had evolved the organisms that possessed them spread and evolved further dominating the seas (as it gave such a massive advantage) giving rise to all kinds of new sea creatures.
I could go on and on but I'll stop here and let you look up the rest yourself :)
dcscccc, suppose you are proposing cars which can self replicate, but where there may be tiny errors in the replication which become part of the blueprint for following generations; and suppose these cars exist in a situation where there is evolutionary pressure, such as the need to compete for resources, or the need to flee from dangers. If being more aerodynamic assists with these needs, and a particular car replicates with a slight error which happens to make it slightly more aerodynamic, then this car will outcompete the others and its replications will represent an increasing proportion of the population. Further on down the line, perhaps there will be hundreds of different kinds of tiny errors in replication, but those few which actually make the car more and more aerodynamic will take hold, and after a million generation, some will indeed have evolved into airplanes. But don't take my word on it, all of this can be modeled mathematically.
As it happens, I do believe in a Creator of our Universe, but mine is not such a weak, pathetic being that it would be incapable of creating evolution by natural selection, or incapable of bringing about all variety of life by setting forth the condition from which a single self-replicating cell would originate.
Thank you!
I try to explain to people that evolution and a Creator CAN coexist because the creator could have invented the laws of nature / physics and created the space and energy that would eventually form the Universe and the life that evolved in it (i.e. the "big bang" could have been the "creation event" and then the creator sat back and watched it all unfold exactly as it had planned - or maybe not planned, maybe it was an experiment?).
I'm not religious myself but I can't discount the possibility that there was a creator because we have no idea what happened before the "big bang" event and no explanation for how the energy for the big bang got there.
creator created this universe once, now evolution is going on. there is no creator now.Delete
congratulations guys, quality information you have given!!! evolution definition
The first one is real. It is basically vertebrae coming out of your back in the wrong place.ReplyDelete
In my understanding of the human genome project, we all started out the same and can even find a village in Africa that she the same featuresfrom every race around the world. If this is just a condition Caucasians abs Asians experience, then I'm really confusedReplyDelete
Please excuse the typos, swype on the new S7 is not good at all lol
Please excuse the typos, swype on the new S7 is not good at all lol
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As per my understanding i want to acknowledge and introduce a thought on this subject, loss of tail is the only reason of human intellect, the growth of human neurons and brain, the reason behind the human becoming today's human.
spinal cord has connective tissues and nerve cells which transfer info, the info start flowing upward when the tail disappear and the ratio area become smaller to communicate the info which was the reason of expansion of brain & intellect. the neurons found the place in the brain to cover the lost place and helped humans to get the understanding of this world.


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Raised in the Bronx, Susanna is the daughter of an Irish-American family and enjoys helping others with services or concerns. She graduated with a college degree, became a mother of three children, and worked with the homeless. When circumstances forced her to retire early from her lifelong career, she decided to follow her passion to write spiritual fantasy books and promote Indie Authors, creating a Facebook page for authors, artists and readers. Her motto for all is: dare to dream and follow your heart.
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How do you act when you want to avoid doing something?
I become restless and start doing household chores or surf topics and socialize on social media sites like Facebook and do research for books I am thinking about writing to avoid responsibility and talk myself into completing it.
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How do you feel when a TV program is interrupted by a special news bulletin?
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@Hugh Hefner's poolside Birthday Party.......
It was not really a feud between Hugh Hefner's exes and the new new girls........
Jacobs had Just started her interview with Madison on Saturday at Palms Place when Madison commented about the KVBC-TV, Channel 3, reporter's fashion choice.
Jacobs, who would make many best-dressed lists in town, took it as a fashion slam. She was wearing a Roberto Cavalli summer dress featuring print shades of brown, green and tan.
There's a back story, of course: About two years ago, Jacobs briefly dated illusionist Criss Angel.(WHO IS CRISS ANGEL?)
Also Madison had recently broke up with Criss Angel.
Jacobs in an interview on sunday said, "I still 've a very great friendship with Criss Angel."
Alicia Jacobs said that she plans to air Madison's interview show on Thursday's entertainment reports @ 4 p.m. & 11 p.m.
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I thought that my camera was moving way too slowly after I increased the size to 6.5 million meters, so I increased its default speed. I also have a couple of keys that act as multipliers in order to get really high speeds. Unfortunately I realized that my terrain couldn't keep up with me because I was moving too fast. This is because the terrain would only move a maximum of 1 step each loop. So, if I traveled 3 steps' distance in one update loop, the terrain would fall 2 steps behind.
I wrote a solution to this by calculating the number of steps the camera has moved and then rotate the terrain the appropriate number of steps. This worked great and the terrain always kept up with the camera. BUT! Yes, the big dreaded but. The terrain randomly disappears. It will be fine for quite a while and then flash on and off like crazy. Even worse, sometimes it completely disappears and doesn't return, no matter which way I turn or move.
I have no idea what is causing this problem and I have tried debugging the code for awhile now. So either I find a fix to this bug, or I'll have to limit the speed to be slow enough that the terrain can keep up.
I feel bad for not having any media for so long, so here is a screenshot to appease the horde. I desperately need to get better texturing on the terrain, but that will come after I get the terrain working to my satisfaction.


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This is what I got at the Solna Megaloppis this time :) It was great weather in Stockholm today so not a lot of people visited the loppis (second hand-market), which gave us lots of space and that was awesome.
Spent a total of 215 SEK (~$33), and it was that kitschy chiffon dress that was the most expensive (60 SEK, $9).
I'm searching for the perfect white summer dress, and I might have found it, it's the middle one. I want it to be comfortable, simple and very timeless countryside sort of sweet :D The one on the left was also interresting, because it was soooo soft, but it's a bit too frilly and cute to be THE PERFECT ONE.
Had a feeling for yellow this time, and unfortunately I didn't touch the Weekday one (front one) because it's wool in it, and I just can't wear that :(((( will have to sell it.
It will be fun making outfits with the purple t-shirt, the blue dress, the white dresses and the kitschy chiffon one! The other things feels a bit meehh right now but I might come to like them :)


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Playdough's latest music video comes to us all the way from Europe. He shot the video for Cash Rules Everything while touring there in January 2013. The song a reinterpretation of Johnny Cash's song Ain't No Grave and is off his Writer Dye: Deux or Die album. Huge thanks to Playdough for taking a few minutes to do a mini-interview about the new music video.
You used some awesome scenery in Europe as the setting for the new video. What was the best part of filming over there?
It was beautiful for sure. We shot the video about 10 minutes from Stonehenge so the coolest part about where we were was the old architecture. It's a 14th Century Church and cemetery so it was crazy. It also wasn't in a big city so we were able to take advantage of the dreary, cold woods and creeks.
What made you choose Cash Rules Everything for the new music video?
That's my favorite song on the album. It's got a vibe to it that seems bigger than Playdough or my artistry. I wanted to do a video that was a bit more serious.
At the end of the video, you get a sense of putting to death all the things we idolize in life. What's the symbolism of how the video ends?
Giving up everything so that we can gain everything. Through the rap section of the song I talk about giving up everything that's important to me. The end symbolizes burying the things that are important to me then taking a deep, clean, brand new breath. No grave can hold me down because my freedom and my Life aren't found in my possessions. Then the paper boat (my Spirit) goes under the bridge. Praise God!
Was there any hesitation in reinterpreting a song from Johnny Cash to create this track?
I used a lot of larger than life legends on the Writer Dye album so I tried not to be afraid of tackling songs from those artists. I really dig his writing and have always loved that song. I was hesitant to use the song because it's one of Cash's more recent songs and I wondered if I should use something older that more people were familiar with. It's too dope to not put on the album and it became my favorite on the project.


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Are you looking for funny aprons, unique aprons or personalized aprons as a gift idea? You might even be looking for an apron with a particular theme or design. Novelty gifts can be a big laugh and funny aprons can be a great gift idea for many people in your life.
An apron is something that can make a unique gift idea. You can put it together in a gift basket to make a great gift giving idea when you use it with some accessories. Here are a few ideas for gifts that incorporate aprons. You can use funny aprons or a design or style that suits the gift recipient.
Funny Apron For A Man's Birthday
A barbequing apron can have a funny saying on it and you can include a chef's hat and barbeque utensils. Put it all into a basket with a few jars of really good barbeque sauce and maybe even a grilling cookbook and you've got a great gift for a cooking enthusiast.
Funny Aprons For A New Bride
A lovely kitchen set to get her started with her household needs can include several fabric gifts such as:
Aprons, oven mitts, tablecloths, tea towels, place mats, potholders and cozies for things like teapots or the toaster. Wrap it all up in a lovely basket. A laundry basket is a perfect idea because it's something that can be used time and again. Instead of cellophane, opt for a tablecloth as the gift-wrap.
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A pretty apron can be a lovely gift. A little girl's gift to her mom might include a mother and daughter set of matching aprons and the gift could also include some recipe ingredients for them to have a day of baking together. You can buy large mason jars and fill them in layers with all the dry ingredients for cookies and tie a bow around the jar with a recipe card and some new utensils such as cookie cutters and a rolling pin. A great mother daughter day together!
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To increase awareness of the local Mercedes dealership in the area, approach people passing the product placement stand, distribute information regarding the vehicles on display and generate quality leads for the sales team at the dealership to follow up. The promotional event staff were encouraged to keep the vehicles looking clean and tidy at all times and show people around each vehicle on display.
Campaign Description:
To provide experienced promotional staff that are engaging, articulate, self-motivated and have the personality and confidence to approach the general public and encourage them to have a walk around the cars with them. Once generating interest the product placement staff are to collect name and contact details in a non-pushy or threatening manner of people that show genuine interest in the Mercedes vehicles. We work regularly with Mercedes providing our fantastic lead generators in Poole, Salisbury, Dorchester, Guildford, Basingstoke, Yeovil, Windborne, Swindon and Andover and to date have provided more than 200 promotional staff in these areas.
One of the key requirements is for the staff to maintain the fantastic brand reputation build by Mercedes over the years. This includes are smart, professional appearance at all times and to wear the Mercedes jackets provided by them throughtout the product placement campaign.
The main motivation for Mercedes at the product placement events is brand awareness. They want the general public to enjoy seeing the vehicles on display which included A-Class, CLA-Class and C-Class vehicles. By the very nature of the brand and the gorgeous cars they turned heads and the event staff were to recognise this and start a conversation about the vehicles on display. The staff had to learn about the vehicles on display before the start of the campaign but any questions they were unable to answer were to be directed to the dealership. This product knowledge demonstrated by the promotional teams worked extremely well and the dealerships reported huge increase in the number of test drives and genuine leads for them to follow up on.


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Following in the steps of Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, the architect Zaha Hadid and so many others, Karl Lagerfeld debuted his bubblegum-scented collection for Melissa. Lagerfeld said he was inspired by "the native country of the brand, celebrating the Brazilian joie de vivre" which is how he conceived fun looks like ice cream cone heels and also a pair with the colors of the brazilian flag, all 100% made out of recyclable plastic.
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The University of Notre Dame and our public safety officials are prepared to respond to emergency situations that may arise on Game Day.
To report an emergency in the stadium:
- Contact the closest University personnel or uniformed law enforcement officer.
- While on campus guests are encouraged to call (574) 631-5555 for the most efficient response time.
- Directly connects to Notre Dame Dispatch Center for safety and security, fire, or medical emergencies.
- Guest Assistance Texting: Text IRISH <space> and the issue to 69050.
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- Guests will be directed by the public address announcer.
- Please follow directions of University personnel or a uniformed law enforcement officer.
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- Please leave in an orderly manner and seek shelter in nearby campus buildings.
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Raw carrots are the most versatile to me. I enjoy the crunch of a raw vegetable without any additions, or alongside a great dip. Stonewall Kitchen makes a delicious vegetable dip mix that is perfect for parties or a movie night at home. I like to mix it with fat free cream cheese when I make it to cut down on the calories. My favorite use of the fresh carrot might just have to be a sweet carrot cake! I like to cut the calories down though, so I go with this recipe from Cooking Light that cuts the calories in a piece of cake down from 1460 calories per slice to 284 calories per slice.
If you are on a budget canned or frozen carrots are also a great option for enjoying this vegetable. Canned carrots taste with just a smidge of brown sugar baked in the oven or cooked on the stove. I also like them just heated up and served as a simple side dish. When it comes to frozen stir fry is the first use that always comes to my mind. Keeping some frozen vegetables, and rice on hand always makes for a quick and easy meal. You can make a stir fry with a recipe, a sauce from the grocery store, or what I like to do is simply add a little soy sauce to the mix and cook in a wok until heated throughout.
While I am on the topic of carrots there is a really fun carrot resource at the World Carrot Museum that I discovered while I wrote this post. It offers recipes, nutritional information, and history. I am always curious on the history of foods, and really enjoyed the detailed history on their website.
If you have a favorite carrot recipe please feel free to share a link! I am always looking for new ways to cook old favorites.
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Coming off a hot three-game win streak, the ETSU softball team looked to continue this dominating performance when entering the weekend games against UNC-Greensboro at home, with two games on Saturday and one game on Sunday.
In the first game, the Bucs were not able to come out on top.
UNC-Greensboro got off to a good start in the first game. They scored six runs in the first two and a half innings and held the lead for the remainder of the game. ETSU did, however, score five runs in the six inning, but UNC-Greensboro matched it with five runs of its own and held the lead until the end of the game, when they defeated ETSU, 11-7.
Heavy hitting from the Bucs in game one came from sophomores Cassi Pickett (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Kelsey Smith (Tucson, Ariz.), who both hit home runs.
"Every time I step on the field, I play like it's my last game," Pickett said. "A lot of thought goes into my preparation for game day. I feel like if I've done everything to be prepared, then the game should be fun. When I hit the home run yesterday, I was just concentrating on my timing, and it turned into a big inning for us."
The second game looked pretty one-sided.
UNC-Greensboro's star pitcher Stephanie Bryden only allowed the Bucs two hits in all five innings. The Bucs scored once in the first inning, and this would be their first and last. UNC-Greensboro scored four points in the first two innings and six in the fourth inning, giving them a 10-1 lead and ending the game early.
"We just need to focus on winning one ball game at a time," Pickett said. "Each conference win puts us in a better spot in the SoCon Tournament."
The Bucs came into game three focused.
In the final game of the weekend series, the Bucs came out victorious.
The game was scoreless for the first two innings, but ETSU was able to put some points on the board in the third inning.
Bethany Cowart (Ringgold, Ga.) doubled to left center and helped her teammates Taylor Carter (Brazil, Ind.) and Malloree Schurr (Montgomery, T.X.) to score.
It wasn't long before Danielle Knoetze (San Diego, Calif.) homered to left field in the fourth inning to help her and teammate Samantha Carpenter (Forest City, N.C.) add two more points for the Bucs.
UNC-Greensboro only scored once in the sixth inning, and they were defeated, 4-1.
"We have to come out each day and get better," Pickett said. "I think a major key to having success moving forward is to play for each other. Having each other's backs helps us have confidence and brings up the energy. I look forward to see how this season turns out and hopefully bring home a SoCon Championship for our seniors and this program. Go Bucs!"


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Peridot is readily available for many types of jewelry. It can be very affordable and attractive, even in normal commercial qualities. Peridot can also come in large sizes and very intense colors to satisfy the most discriminating colored gemstone connoisseur.
Peridot's color ranges from pure green to yellowish green to greenish yellow. The finest hue is green without any hint of yellow or brown. The gem's colors tend to be at their finest in stones weighing 10 carats and above. Lower-quality peridot is brownish.
Pure green stones are rare, and most peridots are more yellowish green. The higher-quality stones have an intense color. Most of the stones with the finest color come from Myanmar and Pakistan.
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- 16 Megapixels
- 5x Optical & 4x Digital Zoom
- 3 inch LCD
- CMOS Image Sensor
- Self timer 2 and 10 sec
- In-built memory Approx. 329 MB
- Focal length 4.3-21.5 mm
- Shutter Speed Maximum- 1/1500 sec / High-speed continuous shooting- 1/4000 Sec / Fireworks show scene mode- 4 Sec
- Weight (g) Including the battery and memory card- 213
- Upgradable Memory Yes
- Memory card type SD / SDHC / SDXC
- Resolution 16 MP
- Sensor size 1/2.3 inch
- Sensor type CMOS
- Lens type NIKKOR Lens
- Optical zoom 5x
- Flash range W- 0.5-5.2 m / T- 0.5-.5 m
- Digital zoom 4x
- Face detection Yes
- Auto Focus Contrast-detect AF
- Metering Matrix / Center-weighted (digital zoom less than 2x) / Spot (digital zoom 2x or more)
- Video playback format MOV / H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
- Image format support JPEG / DCF / EXIF 2.3 / DPOF Compliant
- Brand Nikon
- Image display resolution 921000 dots
- LCD Size 3 inches
- Audio formats supported LPCM Stereo/ WAV
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Don't miss out on any of your adventurous moments with the Nikon COOLPIX AW120 16 MP digital camera. While its orange finish looks attractive, it has been designed cater to every photography enthusiast�s needs. It features NIKKOR 5x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 4.3 - 21.5 mm, to help you capture even far away objects easily. The camera comes with autofocus feature, allowing the lens to automatically focus on the desired object and capture it with precision. Other advanced focus features include focus area selection, face priority, subject tracking, digital zoom magnification of up to 35 mm, flash control and others, which need to be modified manually. Whether you want to click a picture of a specific object or take a wide angle shot, this digital camera can provide a focus range of 1.8 inch to infinity and 0.4 inch to infinity in macro mode, thereby giving you the flexibility to do so. Make your best friend's birthday party or wedding ceremony memorable by taking individual pictures or continuous shots so you don't miss out on any priceless expression. This Nikon camera with 5x zoom lens offers a minimum shutter speed of one second for slow moving scenes and maximum of 1/1500 seconds to capture fast continuous scenes. It operates at different frame rates depending on the number of continuous shots that need to be captured, without compromising on clarity. ISO ratings of 125 - 1600 for manual and 6400 for auto and integrated CMOS sensor assure user contentment with high resolution images and videos in varying lighting backgrounds.
Featuring numerous advanced settings options, this 16 MP orange Nikon compact digital camera ensures to deliver true to life results with every click. You can take still images or shoot full HD videos of family gatherings along with advanced audio to relive them later. Shooting modes include portrait and landscape for different scene and light settings such as night portrait, beach, snow, dusk and dawn, black and white copy, back lighting, auto and more to give you lifelike images of every place you visit. You can even set a timer of two or ten seconds in case you want to come in the frame with the sun setting or waves splashing in the backdrop. Unique motion blur reduction and image stabilization features let you get steady, blur-free shots even if you capture them while in motion. Thanks to a 3 inch LCD screen display this camera has, where you can clearly view the photographs and videos. This display comes with five levels of brightness and an anti-reflection coating so you can view them comfortably without straining your eyes. It displays visual content at a resolution of 1600 x 1200p with an aspect ratio of 16:9 for optimum viewing. Image formats supported include DCF, EXIF 2.3 and DPOF compliant; audio formats include LPCM Stereo and WAV and video formats include JPEG, MOV and MPEG-4 AVC. Connect this Nikon digital camera with LCD screen to a USB cable or HDMI device using the respective ports that it has. It comes with two years manufacturer's warranty and free transit insurance for reassurance of its performance.
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From American Thinker.Com April 07, 2011 Barack Obama, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Zionism By William Sullivan Mahmoud Ahmedinejad of Iran has predicted a shameful end to the political career of Barack Obama. He contends that Obama offers the guise of "change and defending the rights of nations" only to use military force in order to protect American interests and Israel as George Bush did. But he will be far more shamed than Continue Reading
NATO planes nowhere to be found as rebels flee Brega
From American Thinker.Com April 06, 2011 NATO planes nowhere to be found as rebels flee Brega Rick Moran This is so tragic, it is becoming a black comedy. Rebel commander on NATO assistance: Even after a senior rebel leader criticized the NATO-led air campaign for a second straight day, there was still no sign of the air power that two weeks ago seemed to have the loyalist forces reeling toward the Qaddafi stronghold of Surt, more Continue Reading
Al-Qaida takes advantage of Libya crisis
From KHouse.Org AL QAIDA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF LIBYA CRISIS Al Qaida is making the most of the situation in Libya, according to an Algerian security official. Weapons from Libya have been smuggled toward Al Qaida destinations in western Africa, and governments in the region are concerned that Al Qaida's forces could step into the void left if Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is forced to step down. The Libyan conflict has allegedly given Al Continue Reading
NATO to rebels: If you kill civilians, we'll bomb you too
From American Thinker.Com April 01, 2011 NATO to rebels: If you kill civilians, we'll bomb you too Rick Moran There appear to be less than a thousand Libyan rebels according to one report. Evidently, some of them can get very enthusiastic when confronting unarmed civilians. This has NATO wagging its finger, telling the jihadists not to take out their frustrations on innocent people. Otherwise, reluctantly, they will be forced to Continue Reading
2 Articles; Libya: What A Difference A Day Makes!; * Who Really Made Egypt's Revolution?: The Story The Media Missed
From Rubin Reports.Blogspot.Com Libya: What A Difference A Day Makes! Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:06 PM PDT By Barry Rubin Monday: President Obama says, "And tonight, I can report that we have stopped Gadhafi's deadly advance." Tuesday: Associated Press reports: Moammar Gadhafi's forces hammered rebels with tanks and rockets, turning their rapid advance into a panicked retreat...." Who Really Made Continue Reading
Going Global from the Shores of Tripoli
From KHouse.Org GOING GLOBAL FROM THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI When Doc Brown shouted, "It's the Libyans!" in the mall parking lot in Back To The Future (1985), he had good reason to fear. He'd taken the terrorists' plutonium and made them a fake bomb out of spare pinball machine parts. The Libyans used to be bad news - back before the bombing of Libya in 1986 and the UN imposed sanctions in 1993. After a double-decades hiatus, Libya is once Continue Reading
Look who's in line to replace Gadhafi
From WND.Com British cleric Anjem Choudary says al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood have assets on the ground in Libya and are ready to take control if Moammar Gadhafi is removed from power. The top Muslim cleric accuses the U. S. and French-led coalition trying to topple Gadhafi of working to install a puppet regime, but he says there are al-Qaida operatives in Libya who will stop the West from installing a friendly Continue Reading
UN intervention into Libya an ominous precedent for Israel
From Center for Security Policy.Com There are many reasons to be worried about the bridge-leap the Obama Administration has just undertaken in its war with Muammar Gaddafi. How it will all end is just one of them. Particularly concerning is the prospect that what we might call the Gaddafi Precedent will be used in the not-to-distant future to justify and threaten the use of U.S. military forces against an American ally: Continue Reading
After Gaddafi, Democracy or Jihadists?
From American Thinker.Com We all agree that Colonel Gaddafi is a dictator, that he supported terrorism against the U.S. and France, was responsible for the tragedy of PanAm 103, that he funded, armed and trained radicals in many African countries such as in Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta, and in a few Middle Eastern countries, including Lebanon. We all are aware that his regime oppressed his people and tortured and jailed Continue Reading
Gadhafi's 40 virgins
From American Thinker.Com March 24, 2011 Gadhafi's 40 virgins Ethel C. Fenig According to Muslim mythology, a male Muslim who dies defending his religion of peace goes straight to the Muslim version of heaven where 72 virgins eagerly await to serve his every want. Apparently Libya's Moammar Gadhafi has a form of Muslim heaven on earth where "40 lipsticked virgins" attend to his basic need--survival--according to Lauren Frayer of Continue Reading


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Dress & Blazer: Forever 21 + | Shoes & Clutch: AOSOS
Jewels: Freida Rothman | Hair by: A La Mode Salon
Nails by Rose
The weather is FINALLY getting a bit cooler and believe me, I am so excited to bring out the blazers! This past Sunday I went to a broadway play (50 shades of grey, yes hilariously raunchy and amazing) and this was my daytime city look. I am obsessed with this sleeveless high neck cut-out printed skater dress from Forever 21 +, I own it in a few different color ways and I always get a ton of compliments on it. The white blazer with black leather trim is one of my wardrobe essentials and closet staples. This look is all about the curves and angles. I can't help but think of that song All About That Base… I'm bringing booty back. I think it has such a positive message to embrace yourself. I paired the look with these fun ASOS "Solar System" heels and black/white 2 tone clutch. I always wear a ton of Freida Rothman rings (mixing and matching my stacks) and of course some chunky mixed metal bangles. The overall look kind of has a 60s vibes, which I've been really into lately. I decided to go brighter red with short bangs for the fall season, my hair is by the amazing talent at A La Mode Salon in Brooklyn. (I highly recommend) And last but not least, a special thanks to my fab hometown manicurist Rose who kills all my crazy designs, she is sooooo good!


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Y for 'Yay! We're the Champions! for the Quest to be Healthy
Earlier Postings on the Same Subject
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2.Dedication for the love of the game - W (here)
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Coach and Friends of Kimie aka Hezry
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following a successful throw-in
the referee trying his best to control the madness
medal around their necks - all smiles with the Coach!
the medal and the coveted Citation Certificate
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MOTORISTS flouting parking regulations in Whanganui have racked up nearly $300,000 in unpaid fines.
According to the Whanganui District Council there is $287,863 in outstanding parking infringements accumulated in the 12 months to February this year.
Bryan Nicholson, council's regulatory and customer services manager, said all unpaid fines were lodged with the Whanganui District Court for collection.
"The council doesn't use a debt collection agency for parking fines. They're lodged with the district court and from there the court's collection units are responsible for the recovery," Mr Nicholson said.
He said at the moment the council was receiving about $25,000 a month from the collections unit recovering historic parking fines.
Mr Nicholson said recovering fines can include wheel clamping a vehicle, seizing property or making compulsory deductions from income or a bank account.
"In cases where people clearly can't pay a fine and enforcement action is not viable, they may be brought back in front of a judge to have their fines replaced by an alternative sentence."
He said it wasn't known how many parking fines have been written off by the court.
"The court might replace fines with an alternative sentence such as community work. On these occasions the council doesn't recover any debt." Whanganui's court has one of nine associated collection units around the country chasing unpaid parking tickets.
But Whanganui's total of unpaid fines is overshadowed by more popular tourist centres such as Queenstown where that council has more than $1 million owed to it.
Regulatory staff there said while those living in New Zealand can be chased up through the courts it was almost impossible to get payment from overseas visitors.


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Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.
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As Mark Jenkins puts it, maps indeed make anything seem possible. Maps tell us more than pointing directions and routes. Maps tour us around the world in minutes…beautiful visuals of seas and lands and countries near and far. Maps allow us to marvel about far-away lands we dream of traveling to. They too keep memories of distant places we've been.
Instead of keeping your maps in drawers, why not display them. The simplest would be to mount them on the walls but if you love crafting things like me, why not take it further and show-off your crafty side and make various map decor pieces and accessories which are unique, easy and impressive.
Looking for chic jewelry pieces to adorn your wrists or planning to give away one of a kind gifts to friends? Why not whip up some recycled decoupaged bangles which are vintage, green, fun and one of a kind!
This collection of Atlas Bangles is for travelers and for daydreamers too…(who journey in their mind ).These bangles are wearable souvenirs from your travels while you dream of places yet to be discovered.
I create my bangles by using designs on a plastic, lucite, resin or wood bangles with the decoupage technique. I use generous coats of decoupage glue and seal them with several coats of clear gloss varnish for added shine and durability. (Waterproof but don't go swimming with them) Each bangle is entirely different and yet very similar in comparison.
For these bangles, I used chunky wood bangles as base. The maps are from the Atlas section of a 1948 Encyclopedia. The colors and fonts are absolutely fabulous- perfect for us who love vintage images.
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