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On Removing the Diet Mentality from Your Diet
During my first couple of years as a body image blogger, I spent many hours eschewing the negative impact of dieting. I spoke about dieting mentality, the ways in which diets don't work, and how one might get themselves as very far away from this type of lifestyle as possible.
I thought that if I removed the diet from my life, I would be able to thus weed out the self-hatred that I felt so deeply.
I thought that I would be healed up perfectly, freed from my eternal quest for the thin ideal through a litany of diets upon diets upon diets – every one of which left me feeling broken, rejected, and cracked wide open to an assault.
Instead, I wielded my body in a different way – as a giant Fuck You to all of the people who had been telling me that I needed to lose weight, congratulating me when I did, and helping me with my attempts.
I ate whatever I wanted. And I ate a lot of it. I didn't move, because the mere act of moving felt like punishment.
I embraced the body acceptance community with both hands as a safe haven where I could be as fat as I wanted to, and never be encouraged to look at how I was using my body.
How I was punishing my body.
How my body had become a battleground of my own imagining.
How I really actually felt terrible from all of that care.
How self-love, dieting, and weight-loss get jumbled up and confused – when the diet is in your mind.
How the word diet was so triggering for me, that I gobbled up what I believed to be it's exact opposite – complete and utter free fall.
How I felt pigeon-holed in a body that was not my body, for fear of losing my new community online.
And during that time, I didn't talk about weight here, because I wanted you to like me. I didn't talk about being a person who has dieted for 20 years, then quitting dieting in a firestorm of excitement and outrage, and then spiraling completely out of control.
I didn't talk about what I did, what I still do, to bring myself back to my body.
To reconnect head to shoulders, and repair the profound chasm in my life.
I barely mentioned the ways in which I have cultivated an intuitive structure for my days – a structure which includes a plan for eating, a heady dose of compassion for my body, and a pinky-promise to heart that I will move merrily and often.
I didn't understand that it wasn't the diet – it was my head and my heart. It was what I thought I deserved.
I would not be able to show up here, and look you in the eye if I wasn't honest about who I was and what I was about.
I do not deserve to live in a body that isn't right for me, as a political statement.
I have a dream for myself: comfort within my skin to the best of my abilities, ease with food, movement until my golden years, sex that makes every part of my heart open with love, vegetables, babies,plenty of water, ENERGY, and sleep.
I have a dream for you: peace within your skin – whatever this means for you, at whatever weight.
Integral to both of these dreams is the concept that we are in charge of our lives.
Our bodies don't just happen to us by accident, much like our relationships, jobs, or daily existence doesn't earn it's place in our lives without our consent.
We are in control of our own outcome, and this requires fully examining what our best outcome looks like.
This will be different for you than it is for me, but we both deserve an opportunity to look within and understand it fully.
No, you are not your body, but your body is a part of you. Is the physical representation of who you are to the world. Ideally, it will line up with how you feel inside, but that requires you to do the work to separate out your dreams and wishes from the diet mentality and the thin ideal living in your skin.
As in, what do YOU want for YOURSELF? What makes YOU feel good? How can you move closer to feeling good more often?
It also means authentically showing up for yourself when you sense a misalignment, and making tweaks to bring you closer to your own joy and happiness.
It means reserving the right to change your mind.
It means saying out loud the words that terrify you, and then doing it again.
It means, learning how to love yourself, because you cannot understand or embrace that which you do not love.
It means asking for help when you need it.


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Tech Gift Guide: Clock runs solely on water
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) —
Chances are many of you have already purchased a gift or two for the holidays. Hold off on that shopping until you read this - there's a clock that runs solely on water.
The Bedol Water Clock is a digital clock featuring an alarm, and it runs on water. Just fill it to the line on the back, and a reaction between the two metallic plates inside will generate enough electricty to power the clock.
Absolutely no batteries needed.
"The ions that naturally are in water along with the metal that's in the clock creates a current that enables it to power the clock," said creator Mike Bedol.
Bedol said the clock is a great tech tool during severe weather. Imagine you're power is out and you're out of batteries, the water clock would be a great resource.
It comes in four models, and a list of colors like blueberry and kiwi. Bedol said it's something he's been working on for some time.
"The eco-friendliness part of it is a market that I really would like to kind of market towards," Bedol told Local 15's Taren Reed.
So, does it work? We tested a blueberry model for about a week. Be sure you put enough water in the back, set AM or PM, and you're ready to go. The test clock is still working, and Bedol said he's not surprised.
"After about a year or more, depending on the water that you have in your area, over here it works more than a year before you just change the water. And then it keeps on working," he said. "It's something you have to water less than what you water a plant."
A Bedol Water Clock will cost you anywhere between $19 and $39.
As a holiday gift guide, we give this one a thumbs up!
Click HERE to visit Bedol Water Clock online.

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My alias is The Perpetual Student, but technically I'm not a student any more! When I started this blog I was in the 3rd year of my BA, which I finished in June 2011, and since then I have completed my MA, which I did from September 2011 to September 2012. But since then, I haven't been in university, but I still consider myself to be a Perpetual Student!
This is because I believe that we never stop being students. Even if you aren't in university, college or school, we never stop learning, and life is a great teacher! But I also push myself to be scholarly and academically constructive at home.
This is my main focus, because I am an Egyptologist!
During my MA I focused on the Theban 'kings' of the First Intermediate Period, and I thought my future research area would be on this period of Egyptian history, but my research project evolved more into an investigation of what was kingship during this period, which is an issue I found really fascinating (and it turns out I find the First Intermediate Period quite boring, actually!), so I decided to focus on the issue of ancient Egyptian kingship as my own research area. I try to research this in my spare time at least a couple of times per week.
Anyway, enough of my Egyptology waffle. What I mean to say is that even if you have finished your university course, it doesn't mean that you have to stop studying that subject! If you enjoy it, and have the time and resources (books etc), it is brilliant to do your own research! In fact, I think it is more fun! Since I finished uni, I have enjoyed doing Egyptology much more, because I don't have the pressure of deadlines and feedback etc (I HATE feedback!!). Also, you don't have professors saying that you can't or shouldn't research a certain subject- if you enjoy a subject, make it your own!! Don't give up!!
I have quite big goals for learning languages. I aim to learn German well enough to be able to read German Egyptology articles (conversing is a whole nuther ball game!!), and I need to revise my French, because bits of it are dropping out of my head every day! Also, I need to continue with my Middle Egyptian (Hieroglyphs), because it's fascinating and really important to my research, but also because one of my Egyptology tutors said you have to do some Hieroglyphs (mainly translation) at least once every 3 weeks, or you will start to forget it!
So I push myself to learn languages. French is taking a bit of a back seat at the moment, maybe because I can't be bothered (bad girl!!), but also because I feel the other 2 are a bit more important. I am trying to teach myself German, as I have a background in learning languages in university, having been taught by really amazing teachers, so I use their languages learning methods to teach myself German- basically, I start with the structure of the language- grammar (like the skeleton of the language), and fill it in with the vocabulary etc (like the muscles, skin etc). I have a few German grammar books, a dictionary, a couple of vocab/phrase books- so I just read the sections in these books, and make notes, then revise. I try to do these a couple of times a week, but I have been neglecting them recently :(
Languages are really important, because the world is becoming much more multi-cultural, so if you learn another language, you are investing in your future!
Creative writing:
This is more like a hobby, but I think it is scholarly too, because writing a novel etc is very difficult. When I was little I always wanted to be an author, and since I finished university I have had some really good ideas! I'm not going to tell you about them now, they are secret!
I think creative writing, like any hobby, can be really beneficial to you. When I read, I like to feel like I am transported to another world. When I'm thinking up ideas for my novel (I'm only at the ideas stage, not the writing stage yet), I'm transported again, but this time to a world that I create!
I am sure when I start writing (hopefully in the summer), I will feel as though I'm really accomplishing something important, just when you are on a roll with writing an essay. I don't know if my novels will ever be published, but I think that the exercise of writing it is a great task in itself. At the moment I just write down ideas as I think of them, but when I'm ready to start writing I will sit down a few times a week and work properly on it!
So although I'm technically not a student any more, I'm still learning, and working hard to do my scholarly projects and hobbies. Just because you've graduated university, it doesn't mean that you have to stop being academic! It makes me feel sad when people finish a course and say good bye to that subject- I will never say good bye to Egyptology!
I'm a student of the world, and I'm committed to continuing learning!


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Who We Are
Founded in 2013 by designer Mario Stipetic, Super Super is a design studio with offices in Croatia (Zagreb) and soon in London.
At the time, there was a small number of studios in Zagreb that deliver high-quality digital design and there was huge demanding for UX and UI designers.
What We Do
We are a team of top professionals that are specialized in UX and UI mobile app design and development, cutting-edge mobile apps, wearable technology, chat bots, augmented reality and motion, UX/ UI design and development.
Our vision and ideas will make user experience and user interface functional and attractive. We have a great passion for producing the best quality results without compromise.
Meet Our Team
Mario Stipetic
Founder, CEO and creative director
Mario is a UI and UX designer with a passion for great quality design and over 12 years of professional experience.
He has worked for New York and San Francisco-based startups and large corporate companies such as ZTE. He specializes in designing iOS iPhone and Material design Android mobile apps.
He has a Master's degree in Design of Visual Communication at Art Academy - University of Split, Croatia, EU.
Ivan Skoro
Senior UX and UI designer (External Associate)
Ivan is a multidisciplinary designer from Croatia with a passion for designing solutions. He is at his best when designing apps and websites, but also has a knack for animation and illustration.
Janko Cvirn
PHP Laravel, Android and Java Developer (External Associate)
Application Developer with experience in developing mobile oriented solutions and services. Always interested in projects related with client-server services, database administration, server administration , development of Android OS apps, machine learning, AI and more.
Nina Juretic
Senior UX and UI designer
Nina acquired experience in advanced design fields such as information architecture design, UX design, user testing, prototyping, wireframing, product market fir research and design articles writing.
Anamarija Ledic
CMO (External Associate)
Anamarija started her career as a student, working for several clients as digital marketer and advertising art director. Her clients were various types, mostly brands where she gained great experience and knowledge from her senior colleagues.
Later on, as an independent digital marketing consultant and strategist, she helped clients achieve their goals with implementing effective, engaging and interactive practices on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.
Her skills in photography, visual art, and journalism, allows for a streamlined, bigger-picture strategy and decision-making with social media.
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This program awards farmers and ranchers who put words into land conservation practices.
Land stewardship is more than just a concept to the nonprofit American Farmland Trust. For each of the past 10 years, the organization has selected a farmer or rancher who epitomizes its mission of preserving farmland and promoting environment-friendly practices.
Last year, Tom Hutson, a New York dairy farmer, earned the Steward of the Land Award in response to his work with the DeLancy, New York-based Watershed Agricultural Council, helping to eliminate the need for a costly water filtration plant for New York City. Hutson and his fellow farmers implemented land conservation practices with assistance from WAC.
The stewardship program also works to highlight the public benefits of such farming and ranching practices, providing background for discussions on such topics as the 2007 Farm Bill.
"We need to keep in mind the many things that good farm stewards provide," says Ralph Grossi, president of American Farmland Trust, "clean water, open space and wildlife habitat and more, in addition to the food, fiber, fuel and timber products we enjoy every day."
The award is presented in memory of Peggy McGrath Rockefeller, a farmer and conservationist who helped found AFT. The national organization works with individuals, as well as with communities, to protect and maintain land, and plan for agriculture needs. A leading advocate for farm and ranch land conservation, AFT works to ensure that more than a million acres of American farmland remain productive.
To learn more about American Farmland Trust and its Steward of the Land Award, visit the website at www.Farmland.org.


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Sources And Instruments Of Business Finance
Accounting isn't an end in itself; it is a means to an finish. It assists by offering quantitative monetary data that may be useful for the users in making better selections relating to their business. Accounting also describes and analyses the mass of knowledge of an organisation through measurement, classification, and as well summation, and simplifies that information into stories and statements, which present the financial situation and outcomes of operations of that organisation. Accounting as an information system gathers processes and carries information about an organisation to all kinds of fascinated traders or different parties. Mortgage settlement- While you borrowed or lend money. This supply could be viewed as two perspective. Analyze by studying the agreement. If you're the borrower, you might have a mortgage transaction. If you're the one who lend money, you will have an investment transaction. In enterprise, accounting journals and ledgers are set as much as record transactions as they occur. In personal finance, a checkbook information most transactions, with statements from banks or investment accounts offering records of the rest. Periodically, the transaction information is summarized in financial statements so it may be read most efficiently.
Leasing is fashionable among industrial corporations in Italy as it is the preferred solution to finance Capex. Leasing however must be accounted following the fiscal regulation and this increases the price in P&L and the remaining outstanding debt in comparison with a financial reserving. Because of this, making use of tax rules we get a deceptive image of the company, that typically look worse than it's. We have to restate all accounts with a financial methodology as an alternative of the home fiscal guidelines.
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The Seymour Goodman Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
Frederic Chong's research interests include emerging technologies for computing, multicore and embedded architectures, computer security, and sustainable computing. His most revolutionary work relates to quantum computing, to help guide the development of basic technologies and algorithms by looking ahead to how these components will scale to a large computing machine 10 to 20 years into the future. In general, much of his work involves redesigning computer systems to leverage new technologies.
While serving as director of the Greenscale Center for Energy-Efficient Computing at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Chong studied architectures for emerging technologies for energy-proportional computation, as well as life cycle analysis (LCA) for determining the environmental benefits of energy-efficient computing strategies. While at UCSB, he also held the position of director of Computer Engineering. Prior to that, he was a faculty member and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of California, Davis.
Chong is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, the DARPATech Significant Technical Achievement Award, and five best paper awards. He also is a distinguished member of the Association for Computing Machinery. Chong holds a doctorate, as well as bachelor's and master's degrees, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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Start Losing The Fat Now!
Today, Organic Coconut Oil in capsules has become very popular on the market. Among many natural weight balance supplements, this product stands out for a very good reason. The fact is that coconut oil contains a unique combination of valuable saturated fatty acids that have excellent healing properties and have a profound positive effect on your metabolism.
From a chemical point of view, Coconut oil is the leader in the content of the medium chain triglycerides (MCT). These MCT's are metabolized differently in that they are transported straight directly into the liver from the digestive tract. There they are immediately used either for energy at or for converted into ketone bodies.
What does "Organic" mean?
The inscription on the product "Organic" means that the products during cultivation and manufacturing of which are not used synthetic mineral fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, artificial food additives, as well as genetically modified products.
In the process of cultivation, only natural organic fertilizers are used, weeding is carried out only manually. To combat insect pests, only physical and biological methods are used – using light, noise, ultrasound, changing temperature regimes, various traps, etc.
The products of ORGANIC are considered to be the cleanest, safest and most useful for health.
Organic Coconut Oil Extraction Process
"Extra Virgin" marking means that this oil is produced by the method of the first cold pressing, exclusively by mechanical means without the influence of chemical and biochemical solvents or high temperatures. After cleaning the pulp of the coconut from the husks, the pulp is pressed, squeezing out everything that can be squeezed. This is the first cold pressing, which results in a quality oil that has all the natural food properties of the raw materials.
FDA Registered Manufacturing Facility
Organic Coconut Oil available in the form of a soft gel is produced in accordance with all technological norms and standards and in accordance with the requirements of the guidelines of the FDA and GMP. It is a completely harmless food supplement without any side effects. That's why Organic Coconut Oil is so good for health.
The Unique Composition of Organic Coconut Oil
The product contains 100% natural ingredients:
- Lauric Acid
Pure coconut oil contains more than 50% lauric acid, which is the main component of this product. Lauric acid very effectively helps to fight with various pathogenic viruses, fungi, and bacteria causing diseases such as herpes, influenza, cytomegalovirus and even HIV.
- Medium chain triglycerides
More than 65% of this product consists of saturated fats, which are mostly medium chain triglycerides. These good fatty acids are easily digested and directed directly to the liver, where they have a so-called thermogenic effect that can positively change your metabolism. Therefore, you can gain more energy and reduce the accumulated fat in your body.
- Other useful substances
The product also includes betaines, fatty ester ethoxylates, ethanolamides, polysorbates, monoglycerides, polyols of esters, vitamins (A, E, B1, B2, B3, K, and C), iron, calcium, phosphorus, and other macro and microelements.
The Benefits Of Organic Coconut Oil Capsules
The Organic Coconut Oil supplements in the form of soft gels are very convenient for use since the dosage can be easily managed because each capsule contains a fixed amount of oil. Here are the main advantages for your body and health:
Support the immune system
Coconut oil is useful for maintaining the immune system. Antimicrobial lipids, lauric, capric and caprylic acids, which possess antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties, strengthen immunity. The human body converts lauric acid into monolaurin, which effectively fights against viruses, bacteria, including influenza, herpes and chronic stomach diseases (Helicobacter pylori), as well as protozoan parasites and listeria. That is, it can increase the level of body protection. In addition, the lauric acid helps to accelerate the healing of skin lesions and activates skin regeneration.
You lose weight by burning more fat
Obesity is one of the biggest problems related to human health. Very many people think that obesity is just a matter of the number of calories consumed. However, many serious scientists believe that the sources of these same calories are also important. The fact is that different products have different effects on our internal organs, as well as on the production of hormones.
Triglycerides with a medium chain, which abounds in coconut oil, increase energy consumption, compared with long-chain fats, even if their caloric content is the same.
One study showed that the consumption of 20-30 grams of triglycerides with an average chain per day increases daily energy consumption by 5%, which in physical terms is approximately 120 calories, that is, there is a "thermogenic" effect on the body. However, in order to take advantage of the thermogenic effect and less caloric content of coconut oil, you must replace other sources of fat with the same amount of this product. In the long run, this will help you to significantly reduce weight.
Decreased appetite and an increased feeling of fullness
One of the interesting features of coconut oil is that it can reduce the feeling of hunger. This is probably due to the fact that ketone bodies, which are formed when fatty acids are broken down in the human liver, have the effect of reducing appetite.
A recent study found that subjects who ate larger amounts of medium-length triglycerides at breakfast consumed significantly fewer calories during lunchtime meals. If this method of nutrition is used for a long time, you can lose weight quickly and sustainably.
This means that the fatty acids contained in coconut oil can significantly reduce the person's appetite, which in turn will positively affect the process of weight normalization in the long run.
Getting rid of dangerous belly fat
Especially effective is coconut oil when it is necessary to remove abdominal fat or visceral fat, which accumulates on your belly tends in the abdominal cavity and tends to lodge itself around the internal organs. This is the most dangerous fat that contributes to the emergence and development of very many inflammations and diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
A study conducted with the participation of 40 women suffering from abdominal obesity showed that the inclusion of 30 ml of coconut oil in a daily diet leads, in 3 months, to a significant decrease in BMI (body mass index), having a profound effect on reducing the circumference of the waist and excess belly fat.
Lowering bad (LDL) Cholesterol
Coconut oil successfully helps reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL), called bad cholesterol, as it promotes the formation of cholesterol plaques that clog arteries and make them less flexible.
Studies conducted on animals and on humans show that coconut oil does reduce risk factors for the onset and development of cardiovascular diseases.
Also, scientists note that this product contributes to the improvement of clotting factors, and also improves antioxidant status.
Protect the hair and Moisturizing the skin
Studies have shown that coconut oil perfectly moisturizes the skin and increases the lipid content in it, and can also serve as an excellent means to protect the skin from sunlight, blocking about 20% of ultraviolet rays. In addition, this product can be very effective to protect the hair from damage.
Coconut oil is used and as a mouthwash, killing harmful bacteria, improving dental health and eliminating bad breath.
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There's much to see in East Windsor, come explore fantastic locations at your own pace.
June 9th from 9am to 4pm - rain or shine.
A family event celebrating the cultural diversity of East Windsor with its rich heritage, working farms, beautiful gardens and historic houses.
Tickets can be purchased, for cash on the day at The Solomon Ellsworth House, 312 Rye St, Osborn House at the Museums on the Green, 115 Scantic Rd, E Windsor, Symes Family Farm, 72 Windsorville Rd, Broad Brook and Revay Gardens, 264 North Rd, E Windsor
In collaboration with the Garden Club, the Historic Commission, the Agricultural Commission, the Conservation Commission and the Scantic Church.
Homestead Lifestyle and Sustainable Living
House was built in 1983 by the owners and has active and passive solar, and is earth-bermed. It is designed to be energy efficient. It is partially built from antique and reclaimed building materials.
Small farm with sheep, lambs (meat, wool, blankets), chickens, (eggs).
Organic vegetable garden, composting. Flower beds with pollinator plants.
About 1850 the town of East Windsor organized its schools into twelve districts. The 7th District School in the village of Melrose was built around that time and remained in use as a school until 1938. The Melrose Library was also located here from its founding in the 1930s until it closed in 1950. After that the building, located at 195 Melrose Road, was used by local community groups as a meeting place. In more recent years it was restored by the Melrose School Restoration Committee. The building's Neoclassical front portico is a later addition that fits in well with the school's Greek Revival architecture.
An 1850 Greek Revival house with Pedimented main block, recessed kitchen wing and open porch. Broad paneled corner pilasters and matching porch posts. The barn complex erected 1865 after Civil War vigilantes burned the original barns on May 24, 1864.
W.H. Thompson: (1813-1901) was a 4th generation direct descendant of Margaret Thompson who founded Melrose. He was a town Selectman from 1855 to 1861, tax accessor, and state legislator from 1861 to 1862
The Broad Brook Public Library was founded in 1919. Originally housed in the basement of the Broad Brook Congregational Church. In the early 1940s, through the generosity of the Broad Brook Woolen Mill, the Library was relocated at the corner of Church and Main Streets. In 1955, with the help of many donations, the Library Association acquired the current building.
The museums were formed in 1965 in anticipation of the 1968 bicentennial of the incorporation of East Windsor
Our main museum of local history is housed in the East Windsor Academy building. The exhibits and artifacts on display are interesting and varied, reflecting East Windsor's rich history from Colonial and Revolutionary periods to the present. Along with the main building, there is the Broad Brook Barber Shop, East Windsor Probate Court, and 2 barns (one with a converted apartment). The latest edition, the Osborn House is finished and is now open to the public.
The present church was erected in 1802 and a small parsonage was also erected which later served as a stagecoach tavern. The steeple clock was built in 1810 by George Holbrook of Brookfield, Massachusetts. The clock, still functioning, is powered by two stone weights, one for striking the time, and the other for moving the hands.
Guided tour of the church.
Lunch, coffee and desserts for sale.
Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride, which will take you around the farm and out to the back field. This is where Jim makes wooden beams and lumber utilizing his sawmill. We board, train and breed horses, there are normally 10-12 horses. There are also numerous types of farm equipment used for growing and harvesting hay, grain and corn. Along your ride or walk you may also find a few chickens, a couple of goats and a donkey named "Dominick".
A horse farm for semi-retired horses, and home of the East Windsor Post and Bounce 4-H horse club. The barn is as old as East Windsor. Come brush a horse and watch the 4-H exercise and care for the horses
Farm, pastoral views, calves, Herefords, goats, chickens and a wagon ride to the flood plains and Scantic river. Hear a short history of Indian life along the Scantic river.
Our farm truly is a family farm, with both kids and adults taking an active part in everything that we grow. We moved to our current location in 2010, we grow over 60 varieties of cut flowers, assorted patio pots, mums., pumpkins, gourds, Christmas trees and eggs. We only sell what we grow ourselves. We also raise 4H cattle for beef and dairy.
Come stroll through the flowers, Christmas trees and view the chickens and cattle.
The 1757 Solomon Ellsworth House has changed little in over 260 years. This early Connecticut valley center chimney, post and beam home has original floor boards, paneling, windows, 2 stair cases, 5 fireplaces and 2 bake ovens. A 2014 addition includes a remarkable kitchen and art studio on the 2nd floor. The master bed room has a full wall of raised chestnut paneling with the original finish.
Flower gardens, vegetables, asparaguses, berries and outdoor sculptures are in full view from almost every window in the house. The garden room, entire house, barn & gardens will be open to guests.
The first dinosaur bones in all of North & South America were found in 1818 while blasting for a well.
Come tour the vegetable gardens and the first floor of this wonderful house.
The garden features citrus trees, fruit, rabbits, chickens and an extensive array of vegetables in a well laid out garden.


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Hey, girls! You look great and your skin looks beautiful just the way it is. Although you should never stop trying to make it healthier. But definitely on your way to making it healthier you should feel comfortable in it! Are you all excited that today Mercury is out of retrograde and finally our lives can "go back to normal"? Me neither! I don't know what that means, and I think it is probably nonsense! We don't need that nonsense in our life, right? We have enough going on that we don't need to add any extra nonsense because first of all we don't have the time and second of all we don't have the energy and third of all there are enough uncontrollable elements in life to be worried about already? Right. Unless that nonsense is something like, I don't know, I'm just reaching around the corners of my brain trying to pull out something nonsensical that we would actually need, and well I guess it would just be something liiiiiike, I don't know, maybe a bunch of girls competing in a contest for Glamour magazine where they have to run a race in stilettos with tape all over them for a cash prize? I feel like that might be something nonsensical that we need, especially while we're still in Olympics season? For sure not a fully-formed thought, it's just a hunch, and I'm not even sure anything like that exist but I bet if it did it would be pretty good.
Oh! How exciting, it does exist! STILETTO RACING SUMMER OLYMPICS 2016, BUT ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER PRACTICED ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER SO WE CAN INCREASE THE CHANCE OF ALL OF THEM FALLING DOWN, NOT THAT I WANT THEM TO GET HURT, BUT THE BEST PART IS WHEN THEY FALL DOWN! (Via DiagonalView.)


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I hope your Christmas celebration was a good one. Ours had its ups and downs. I couldn't celebrate with my family (parents and siblings live too far away), so the wife and I celebrated Christmas day at our nieces along with members from her side. We then celebrated another Christmas get-together on the 28th with my Mother-in-law, one of our sons, his better half, and our grandson. Our oldest couldn't make it though so that was a downer. The worse part was knowing one of our neighbours in our building passed away Christmas eve. It was rough for them (still is) but they are managing. I wish them luck.
I found the following clip and remember when I used to watch it as a youngster. Felt I had to post it as the last Christmas clip of the year.
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It's BACK TO SCHOOL and back to classes at CMA!
CMA new student enrollments are the FIRST week of EACH month ALL YEAR ROUND! Just call, (706)376-5544, or visit us during our normal business hours of 4pm-8:30pm Monday-Thursday to find out what days/times your class(or your child's class) will be. It's THAT EASY!
Find out why CMA is CURRENTLY people's choice "Gym of the Year" here in Georgia as voted on by friends/family/fans!
Our address is:
99 Nancy Drive
Hartwell, Georgia 30643
Hope to see you on the mats this school season!!
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It's pollen time in Atlanta. You don't think that's real, do you? It's real sister. It's real.
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I have taken to my bed with my heavy red eyes and my medicinal glass of wine and my computer, all just to bring you some fun for your weekend.
- Remember the coloring books I bought last weekend? Well, they're going to make me live longer. If I'm going to live that much longer, I'm going to have to move to Arizona in the springtime.
- If I moved to Arizona, did you know that I'd be trading pollen for the Arizona haboob which has a much cooler name and makes for much cooler videos? According to the article, haboob is an Arabic word meaning "intense summer dust storm", which is similar to saying that pollen is a southern word meaning "yellow dust pollen on my car".
- How about Japan? Should I just move there? If I do, I need to prepare myself for the latest trend: Dads jumping beside their daughters.
- I guess I'll just stay here in bed with my now empty glass of medicinal wine and find out: Am I On Fleek? Answer: Are you kidding me bae? 12 outta 12! I'm totally on fleek! Yolo!
- And finally, here's a message from all your best friends on Facebook.
You guys have the best weekend ever. I'll be at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival watching super cute dogs run and catch things and generally swish about and meanwhile, I'll pretty much be feeling like this.
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I'm looking for a Hitachi TH-621, 6 trans portable. 9 v - AM only
I think it's about 1960-61 vintage.
It has a white ivory case, with black rotary dial on the face.
I think it has a black leather case. Will try to find it.
I have one that I've had for many years and it still works pretty well.
Would like to find a couple for parts or a real nice one too.
Do you have any info on the Htachi, or know how to find info?
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I just found the same radio, but another color on Ebay.
Too high, but I think I'll get it for the box, etc.
Hitachi TH621 1959
I have a good little book here on transistor sets. it mainly gives a description, year, and appx value. Many sets are listed. There are some photos of a few of the sets.
I also have another book that gives some great photos and a bit of history on transistor radios.
From what this book says, your TH-621 is from 1959. It claims that the value is somewhere between 65 to 85 dollars, but this book came out way before ebay hit the web (which made various items go up or down in value).
Charlie Trahan
He who dies with the most toys still dies.
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More web research found the Hitachi! Made about 1958.
This is pix I found on web, mines not nearly as nice.
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My Zenith Royal 20
Here are some pictures of my early-sixties, eight-transistor Zenith Royal 20 radio. It's in excellent condition and plays beautifully. The Royal 20 is a fairly common model, but seems to be very well-designed and constructed. It was one of the first portables that Zenith made in Hong Kong, having at last thrown in the towel in trying to compete with the Japanese in this line.
The entire front of the radio is a single zinc die casting, heavily chromed on the exterior. The chrome plating is in mint condition, except that it is starting to show some small pits (just like that huge, potmetal hood ornament on your granddaddy's DeSoto). But these are down in the grooved areas, and don't show up too much. The one-piece pebbled back cover is made of plastic, and is like new. There's no separate door or cover to access the batteries, you have to remove a single, coin-slot screw, and remove the entire cover. This radio uses the now-discontinued E640 camera batteries, though they can still be found if you look around.
An interesting feature of this radio is its angled volume control. On radios where the tuning knob is mounted directly to the tuning capacitor's shaft (not "geared down" in some fashion), it is desirable to have as large a diameter knob as will practically fit within the overall design of the radio, as it makes it easier to "fine-tune". The designers of the Royal 20 made its tuning knob almost as wide as the radio itself, and this required them to mount the volume control at an angle, as you can somewhat see in the picture below. The two knobs actually "overlap" slightly, and the volume control knob is cone-shaped to make its knurled circumference parallel with the side of the radio.
An unfortunate consequence of using such a large tuning knob is that the size of the speaker had to be restricted. The oval-shaped speaker only occupies the bottom half of the face, and measures a scant 1-1/8 x 1-3/4 inches.
The radio itself measures 2-3/8 x 2-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches, and was obviously designed to compete with a number of other manufacturers who were turning out "sub-miniature" radios. Even so, as you can see from the picture below, the Royal 20 is a hulk compared to Standard's Micronic Ruby.
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CLEAN Zenith! That little puppy must weigh a good bit for a small radio considering all of the metal on the front.
Charlie Trahan
He who dies with the most toys still dies.
THis forum is WAY cool! A couple of years ago I found one on them early Sony "sports" radios with HF bands.
When I was a kid, I remember someone brought that radio to the beach. Talk about coveting a talk box. I finally found one for five bucks at a garage sale. I still use it.
Here's my first radio, a Lafayette transistor. I had to replace all the electrolytics to get it working again recently. I have more at my transistor web page
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Re: The 2-Transistor radios. They were simply an amplified crystal radio.
Let me live in the house beside the road and be a friend to man.
And LOUD, too! It seems like as soon as you turn it on, it's at about 3/4 volume, and then it only gets slightly louder as you turn it up. Any ideas what might be causing this?
I do know that the original mercury batteries were rated at 1.4 volts, and the alkaline batteries I'm using are 1.5 volts, but that slight difference in voltage shouldn't make that much of a difference, should it?
Does it sound scratchy as well? Try some cleaner spray and see what happens. Even if it isn't scratchy, it may correct it. I had a similar problem with the balance control on an old Pioneer SX3600. Turn it just a little, and it would act as if you turned it alot! Some spray fixed it right up... made the changes in the balance smooth and even.
Charlie Trahan
He who dies with the most toys still dies.
Re: volume
No, it's not scratchy sounding at all. And it worked perfectly just a few days ago.
On your advice, I did go ahead and treat it with some DeoxIT®, and then CaiLube®, and it didn't make any difference at all (other than making the knob easier to turn). It looks like I'll have to dig a bit deeper into this one...
GE transistor radio
GE pocket transitor radio. Not mint. Not valuable. Not like the radio I had as a kid. It is the radio I had as a kid. My best guess is that it dates from about 1965.
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Re: GE transistor radio
I grew up in the '60s and '70s. Would walk around my neighborhood in my hometown as a kid with a transistor pocket radio all the time in the summer. No earphone, just the speaker near my ear. AM radio was a lot more fun to listen to in those days than it is now (more variety of programming then). One odd thing, though, I've never quite figured out. There was an AM radio station in Cleveland, 50 kW, 1220 KHz, top 40 and all that, which came in great in my hometown, a suburb of Cleveland. The part I can't figure out even now, 30-some years later, is why, when I would walk past a certain spot near a metal pole supporting a flashing school speed-limit sign, the station would always come in much louder than at any other area in the neighborhood. Perhaps that was close to the station's main antenna pattern, or in line with it, or something like that? My hometown is about 20 miles east of Cleveland and some 30 miles southwest of where the city's radio and TV stations have their towers; believe me, I had better AM radio reception there than where I live now, in a small town (I am now about 30 miles from Cleveland and 45[!] miles from the city's broadcasting stations, radio and TV; the AM radio reception is often poor, with a 500-watt oldies station 20 miles from here simply fading into the noise when it cuts its power to 42 watts, among others in Cleveland whose reception here is good during the day, but fair to poor at night).
FM reception here, however, is really good. I can hear every Cleveland station as well as I did when I lived in the suburbs. My stereo, however (Aiwa NSX-888A) doesn't seem to bring in FM stations that well on an indoor wire dipole; I had to get a special amplified antenna for it. It works well now, but, as I said, stereo reception is very poor using the dipole. This makes me wonder, as I have a 1973 Sony AM/FM stereo portable radio which brings in every Cleveland FM station in stereo, using only its built-in whip antenna. I read somewhere that the FM tuners in many bookshelf stereos are not as good as a good transistor radio; I wonder if that may be why my Sony receiver will work well on an indoor antenna in my area, whereas my stereo, with a digital AM/FM tuner, needs a special amplified antenna to bring in the local stations properly.
BTW, I like your hi-fi speaker setup, what little I can see of it in the image you attached to your post. For four years I had my own system's speakers on the floor in my apartment, on either side of my desk. About two months ago I finally got around to putting the speakers on stands (TechCraft 21" ones). Not only do they sound better now, they look better as well (at the same location as they were before, only 21" higher now).
I like how you have your GE pocket radio sitting near RCA's "Nipper" dog statuette. Brings back memories of when GE and RCA were American companies. I have always liked Nipper, especially the picture of him sitting before the horn of an old wind-up phonograph, listening to "His Master's Voice". I often get tears in my eyes looking at that picture, as it makes me wonder if Nipper missed his master when he was listening to the latter's voice on that phonograph; but that's just me.
Jeff, WB8NHV
Collecting, restoring and enjoying vintage Zenith radios since 2002
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I've had a week off and as. Result I have been calm and relaxed. So this morning I've tuned into Jeremy Vine just to experience a healthy amount of rage and frustration. One idiot caller in particular phoned stating that "the NHS is in ruins because all these cheap foreigners are taking english nurses jobs". Tuis made me wince. Its people as ill informed as this that keep the bnp going.
So I thought I'd shoot holes in this statement here.
1. every healthcare professional in the NHS is being paid on a banded system. I am a staff nurse so I am in pay band five. I am on Exactly the same pay as every other staff nurse in the country regardless of race, gender or eye colour.
2. There is no shortage of nursing jobs in this country. Infact both trusts I have worked at have declared crisis because they can't fill all the nursing posts they have.
3. The reason nurses from places like the Philippines appear to get more jobs than english nurses is because the level of training in the philippines is far better than the standard of training here. Most philippino nurses graduate with education and experience that takes an english qualified nurse ten years to catch up with. Also all of the phillipino nurses I've worked with have worked harder than anyone else whilst english trained nurses have spent more time complaining.
This caller really annoyed me and I think its because hers was the voice of the vox populi. Ill informed, ready to blame everyone but herself, but violently prepared to voice her opinion. In some small way I can see a comparison between people like this and a certain German political movement in the 1920/30s.
There we go. Another rant over. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year.
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Happy Birthday, Sophia!
Today is Sophia Loren's 77th birthday. She is one of my favorites; so happy birthday, Sophia! I wasn't up to writing a full birthday post, though, and I think I already bombarded you with a bunch of birthday posts last week (they aren't kidding when they say September is the most popular birthday month!).
Also, rest in peace Dolores Hope -- who was Bob's wife from the time they were married in about 1934 to when he died in 2003. (Okay, shocker - I'm not a Bob Hope expert so I was surprised to find when I looked up his marriage dates on IMDb that he was born in England. Weird, I didn't know that! Hmm!) She was 102 and I hope lived a long, full, life. I'm sure she must have known Lucy, because Bob and Lucy were like, best friends and once I heard Lucy mention Dolores on an episode of "What's My Line?" quite affectionately.
ANYHOW, I'm in a little bit of a blogging rut so therefore all I have for you today is this. I'll hopefully have more interesting posts into the week and I think I'll have my review for "By Myself and Then Some" by Lauren Bacall sooner than I expected. Also, I have a bunch of blogathons to prepare for that are coming up towards the end of the month.
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I'm a huge of Halloween! Mainly because I absolutely love witches, so it is right up my street. I just can't resist buying all the exciting spooky themed sweets and novelty stuff in the shops.
Over the last few weeks I have been trying to add a bit of the Halloween spirit into my baking. The first thing I made was a butternut squash pie with a pumpkin face. You can make any pie you like and cut what ever pumpkin face you want into the pastry. It's super easy! I cooked the pastry for the top of the pie separately and then just added it as a lid once the rest of it was cooked.
Next I made witches' hat pasties. As with the pie, the filling for these can be whatever you like. I filled mine with feta, spinach and peas. I got the ideas for making these from here but decided to make them look bit more like witches hats by adding a little buckle at the bottom.
Lastly, I made these Bakewell tarts with spiders' web icing. I used this basic Jamie Oliver recipe. Although I just used the leftover pastry from my witches' hats to make the cases instead of using pre-made ones. I need to practice doing the spiders' web effect but I think you can at least get the idea. Here are the instructions from someone who has actually mastered it if you want to give it a go!
I would say I am a little bit obsessed with Halloween themed baking at the moment. I have even made a Pinterest board to pin all the good ideas I have seen on the internet. I'm definitely going to do some more before Saturday.
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Based on the mission, the enemy, the terrain and time available, the scheme of maneuver of the advanced war gamer is:
Despite the success clearing the German enemy positions, US casualties increased during the last assaults. The enemy team in the screenshot above (originally labeled E3 in the scheme of maneuver above), lobbed two grenades as a US assault team approached. In the blink of an eye, this grenade inflicted four casualties. The final assault on the last enemy position (screenshot below), despite heavy suppressive fire from two US teams, brought the tally up to 8 casualties. After all the feats accomplished (crossing the river and maneuvering through the depth of the battlefield with very low casualties), the heavy toll of these assaults was disheartening.
The advanced war gamer shows the following traits:
|A BAR team on its way towards the support by fire position (B in the previous screenshot). The foliage of trees in the right flank offers great concealment.
|With the suppression fire in full swing, multiple enemy positions have been observed. An scheme of maneuver is chosen based in terrain and enemy disposition. See text for a full explanation.
- The enemy's main effort is likely leaning on the left flank.
- An approach towards the ford using the center road (orange arrow) would expose the US infantry to enemy fire from multiple positions. An approach to the ford from the right flank (thick green arrow) is preferred.
- Suppressive fire priority is given to enemy positions with fields of fire on the ford (E1 through E4).
- Once across the river, assault teams are to take advantage of the cover and concealment offered by the wooded terrain on the right flank (thin green arrow).
- From the wooded terrain in the right flank the assault teams are to clear the right side of the hedgedrow line that flows from the high terrain towards the river. Key terrain are positions labeled "T" and "U" (green star icons), from which enemy teams in positions E1, E2 and maybe E4 can be destroyed by direct fire.
- Once enemy teams occupying positions E1 and E2 are destroyed, a covered approach to the left flank will be possible.
|A closer look at the left flank, showing multiple enemy positions. Note the relative elevation of the position of the BAR team in the near center (three men team in the vertex of the two hedgerow lines).
|US infantry nearing the ford from the right flank. Right up to this point, they have been hugging the hedgerow to their left. The enemy position "E3" proved to be too tough to suppress, so smoke was used to conceal the final approach to the river.
|A panorama of the battle. Two US infantry teams are already across the river and moving to the right flank.
|US infantry moving through the woods across the river. No contact, all the enemy forces appear to be on the left flank.
|Upon reaching position "U" (see scheme of maneuver graphic above), the US infantry finds some German teams exposed on the wrong side of the hedgerows. Surprisingly, despite being seemingly exposed, eliminating them was not a quick affair.
|A birds eye view of a US infantry team approaching position "T". That unsuspecting German (position "E1") will not see the end of the day.
|A US infantry squad moves past a destroyed enemy position.
|The last enemy position, with lingering smoke from a grenade that should have fallen way shorter.
|The victory screen.
The advanced war gamer shows the following traits:
- Recognizes crucial terrain (high ground in this scenario) and within that terrain, the micro features that are significant for a given tactical situation (positions "T" and "U" opened the enemy's flank within minutes).
- His scheme of maneuver is not reactive, but proactive. Proactive as making an effort in finding ways to use that crucial terrain to fight the battle in his own terms rather than dictated by the enemy's particular positions.
- An emphasis of using terrain to his own advantage rather than just denying the use of crucial terrain to the enemy.


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DES MOINES, IOWA - Katie Knee went into the AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa, earlier this month thinking that she would use the opportunity as a growing experience.
Well, the situation turned out to be a bit more than Knee imagined.
Knee was one of hundreds of participants in the swimming portion of the AAU Junior Olympics in Iowa the first week of August.
"I did pretty well," said the Sunnyside girl.
Knee did a bit more than well, placing in all six individual events in the girls 14 and under division. She also swam as part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams with members from Arkansas, placing fourth in both outings.
"It was really fun," said Knee of her pairing with the group from Arkansas. "I got to know a lot of them."
Knee's best individual outing came in the 200-meter backstroke, placing fourth with a time of 2:58.66. She had a time of 3:06.10 in the preliminary heat. Knee was just 2.08 seconds out of a top three finish. Ashley Hairston of Michigan took third place honors with a clocking of 2:56.58.
Knee's other top 10 finish came in the 100-meter butterfly. Knee had a finals qualifying time of 1:20.97. She placed ninth in the finals with a clocking of 1:26.45.
In the 200-meter freestyle, Knee took 10th place honors with a clocking of 2:48.52. In the prelims, Knee qualified for finals with a time of 2:45.48.
Knee grabbed a 10th place showing in the 100-meter backstroke, recording a time of 1:24.88 in the finals. Knee had a finals qualifying time of 1:24.39.
In the 100-meter freestyle, Knee took 11th place honors with a time of 1:11.44. In the preliminary heat, Knee swam a 1:11.06.
Knee's toughest event was the 50-meter freestyle. She took 13th place with a time of 32.46. Knee swam a 31.71 in the preliminaries. Knee said the freestyle event was difficult for her because there were so many swimmers, 45. Knee said it was hard for organizers to keep track of who finished where.
Knee also said the 200 backstroke was a bit difficult because she is not used to swimming that event.
Accompanying Knee on the trip was her mother, Carolyn, and her grandmother, Betty Galbraith. Knee said the trip would have been difficult for her if she hadn't met the swimmers from Arkansas.
Knee said it was hard for her when she first walked into the competition area. Knee was tired from the plane ride, having left for Iowa almost immediately after the Mid-Valley League swim championships. Knee was quickly able to strike up a friendship with the Arkansas group.
"We just kind of hung out," she said. "It was really great."
The group of Arkansas swimmers invited Knee to come and stay with them next summer, as they prepare for the Junior Olympics next year in New Orleans.
"I think that would be really great, but I have to talk my mom into it," Knee laughed.
Knee spent most of her time going back and forth between her hotel room and the Junior Olympics meet. Her day would begin at 7 a.m. and end somewhere around 9 p.m.
Despite the busy schedule, Knee viewed her time at the Junior Olympics as a valuable experience.
"It was awesome," said Knee. "I would definitely do it again."
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we are traveling to nelson via the Lewis pass around 2am the morning of Wednesday 4th august. do you think we can make it please note i don't have chains for the car. or do you think we should do the coast road. please e-mail me firstname.lastname@example.com
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The Roots of Akiba-Kei
Moe businesses would soon evolve the sensitive cat ears and resilient maid uniform that allowed it to crawl out of the primordial soup and onto land. In 1998, the balmy atmosphere inside otaku megastore Gamers made it a hotbed of nerd activity which gave rise to Dejiko, a seemingly innocuous mascot that provided the DNA for ensuing moe blobs. Serving as a visual template, she made otaku values into a tangible medium that could directly penetrate the brain of the viewer. Dejiko gave moe a voice, albeit that of a mentally stunted 10 year old girl.
Dejiko in the flesh. (Source)
Maid uniforms, speech impediments, and ridiculous hair accessories become the grammar of Akihabara much in the same way that glam fashion, emaciated boys, and gravity defying hair served as the iconography for visual kei. If the average person didn't understand the meaning of these fetishes, they could at least recognize that they represented a specific set of values or lifestyle. And even if you don't agree with what a subculture stands for, with prolonged exposure it can get under your skin and cook you from the inside like a microwave.
The following year, Broccoli, Gamers' parent company, went prime time at Tokyo Game Show with their Welcome to Pia Carrot maid cafe. Pia Carrot is a series of visual novels where you attempt to bed your coworkers at the eponymous cafe over summer break. Needless to say, the concept hit a sweet spot with fans, leading to Cafe do Cospa setting up shop in Akihabara soon after. More focused on cosplay than maids, it catered to an already established sect of otaku while failing to attract fresh acolytes, but did succeed in setting up the bedrock for the coming exodus.
Subsequent ventures innovated in transforming the venue from a simple cafe to an entertainment experience. Mary's opened in 2002 and brought with it the now cliche greeting, irasshaimasse goshujin-sama
A key part of hustling is opportunism. Entire buildings were filled overnight with maid cafes catering to various sub-sects. Pash Cafe Nagomi for little sisters, Cos-Cha with its legendary riots on school bathing suit day, St. Grace Court for nuns. It wasn't long before the cafe market became flooded, with the runoff spilling over into more mundane aspects of life. Moesham was there to cut your hair as an indulgent alternative to QB House. Maids became a self perpetuating myth, the rule as opposed to the exception.
The next innovation came in 2005 with Maifoot and maid reflexology. Their relaxation menu serves up a full course of aroma therapy, hand, foot, and eye massages, but clients don't visit expecting results. The girls have no qualifications save for a willingness to dress up in costumes and rub stinky otaku feet. Their ineffectual finger-work is actually part of the appeal.
Like a junior idol whose moves and vocals lack professional polish, everything about the maid scene is driven by a wabi-sabi love of awkward amateurishness. If there is any efficiency to be found in the industry, it would be its ability to tirelessly manufacture an innocently careless charm, a ripening cherry waiting to be popped.
The burgeoning moe market was too big to have been supported from entirely within Akihabara alone. As mentioned previously, iconography such as Dejiko helped soften the brains of non-otaku, which were then reformed by Densha Otoko in 2005.This Trojan Horse snuck otaku culture into homes across the country under the guise of an underdog love story. Its positive portrayal of the lonely otaku painted over the bleak image left by the Miyazaki murders some fifteen years ago.
The show, which began as a book based on a dubious thread on 2-chan, was the tail end of a media mix hurricane that included a movie, a play, and several manga spin-offs. If Miyazaki demonized otaku, then Densha Otoko Hello Ktty-ized them. The otaku had become a mascot, and mascots exist to be exploited for big cash money.
Oiling the Hype Machine
Now that otaku were sterilized in the public eye, curious citizens felt safe enough to flock into Akihabara to see these strange flannel-clad, fanny-pack toting creatures in their natural habitat. Through a mixture of ironic curiosity and honest interest, outsiders found themselves frequenting the locales that until recently were banned as social taboos. And let's be honest—who doesn't like being waited on by young, cute girls? Otaku may not be a desirable social caste, but they have enough good ideas to warrant playing one for the weekend.
Ironically, this PR boost marked the beginning of the end for a "pure" Akihabara. The Japan National Tourism Organization has since prepackaged the city as a festival of cosplayers and street performers, punctuated by friendly maids and cheery storefronts—all elements that betray the introverted otaku personality and cramped back alley shops. This portrayal of modern day Akihabara is either a mirage, or an affront on your culture, depending on how much time you spend on 2-Chan.
The media's interference with post-Eva Akihabara is not unlike Western explorers who brought culture to lost tribes—invasive, profit-motivated, and destructive to the indigenous culture. When camera crews first barged on the scene looking for a scoop in 2003, you could count the number of maid cafes on one hand. Regardless, the setup was a producer's dream. Weird guys and the girls who (at least pretend to) love them! Grown men unashamed to waste away in a childish fantasy! The more off-kilter and exploitative, the better.
Maid cafes became regular features on weekday variety shows, attracting weekend gawkers as a result. New stores opened to meet demand. The cottage industry had become a tourist industry, with increasingly fringe themes designed to edge out the competition and, more importantly, attract camera crews. What began as a secret base to sort out your loot in private was turning into the posh place to go to be seen.
If you were looking for your 15 minutes of fame, Akihabara was the place. Aspiring TV talent jumped on the bandwagon with otaku-inspired bits where they would play a nerd for laffs.
Hozuna Yoshimi gained notoriety for staging demonstrations dressed as Gundam's Char Aznable. TBS set up amateur comedian Ishihara Hiroyuki to give 2-Chan-esque responses to man on the street interviews. Likewise, the weekend pedestrian paradise began to attract attention hogs whose extreme performances turned Center Street into a no-man's land.
The "real" Char Aznable has little love from fans of his namesake.
Otaku weren't going to sit on the sidelines and watch their city be usurped by popular culture. On June 30th, 2007, over 500 people rallied for the Free Akihabara demonstration where protesters marched to anime songs and branded hard-line slogans reminiscent of the student riots from the 70's. Send Yodobashi back to Shinjuku! Otaku revolt! Spirit of moe!
The demonstration was doomed from the start. A spectacle by its very nature, it could only draw further media attention and exploitation—exactly the opposite of what otaku wanted. If Neros fiddled while Rome burned, then the demonstration provided Akihabara with a full string orchestra.
The following March 30th saw a group of cosplayers open fire with air soft guns in the middle of the Sunday crowds while police watched on uselessly. The pedestrian paradise came under greater scrutiny on April 20th when self-proclaimed 22-year old idol Sawamoto Asuka was arrested for public indecency, but not before forming a feeding frenzy of literal flash photography.
All these problems came to a head in the June 8th 2008 Akihabara massacre, where 25 year old temp worker Kato Tomohiro drove a rental truck into the crowd before assaulting on-lookers on foot with a dagger, killing seven and injuring ten persons total. The assailant wasn't an otaku, but a former honors student ground into the dirt by the hyper-competitive education system. He wasn't driven to kill by violent anime and video games, but because of the humiliation he suffered at the hands of his parents and peers at his unstable job.
The perpetrator had no links to the culture there, so why Akihabara? If his mission was to "kill anybody, it didn't matter who" as he later testified, then why not a someplace more densely populated, like the Shibuya scramble?
Morikawa postulates that he was drawn to Akihabara the same way the media and performers were. The city represented something bigger than itself. If you wanted to go out with a bang, the pedestrian pavilion was a star studded stage. Forget going postal in Nagatocho or other areas housing the politicians responsible for the pressure cooker education system and revolving door temp worker laws that fueled his suicide attempt two years earlier. No, Kato wanted to defile the holy land of those who had trolled him on online forums, consequences be damned.
Kato got his wish, which was shared by some otaku as well. The pedestrian paradise was closed for safety reasons, and Akiba fever cooled off with it. Eventually things had calmed down enough to warrant its reopening on January 23rd, 2010, and while the crowds are still there, the vitality has yet to return. Police crackdowns on street performers are partially to blame, as is the general mood of nostalgic malaise that hangs over the area. While netizens may post wistfully about the good old days, there are groups who would have otaku eradicated as an inconvenience to their livelihood.
In 2001, the Tokyo government enacted the Urban Development Guidelines for the Akihabara Area. The ordinance aimed to rebrand the city as the IT capital of Japan with the academic firepower and business strageum to engage developing markets in China and Korea, with the Akihabara Crossfield construction project as its base of command, and the Tsukuba Express as the convoy to transport scientists from Tsukuba's multitudes of research facilities. The proposal set the site at none other than the old farmer's market.
Its trio of high-rise behemoths included the 40-story mansion style apartment complex Tokyo Times Tower (completed September 2004), as well as Akihabara UDX (completed January 2006) and the Akihabara Daibiru Building (completed in March 2007), structures that, according to the official home page, are "expected to be a new focal point for the Akihabara district, holding areas for Industry-Academia collaboration, information networking, and attractions for visitors."
While this may make great PR, they left out one important bullet point. "By producing Akihabara as the IT capital of Japan, we hope to wash away its otaku image and raise property value."
The three Crossfield buildings all have something in common. They began their lives as construction projects fed to the Kajima Corporation by Tokyo Governor Ishihara Shintaro, two entities bonded by a checkered past of political scandals and open collusion. These ties were strengthened by a common enemy, the fly in the ointment that was bottlenecking sales.
Despite its proximity to the station, reasonable rent, and ample railway access, Tokyo Times Tower flopped. Polls revealed that all the amenities weren't worth having to deal with otaku neighbors. In true Bond villain fashion, Ishihara responded though initiatives that simultaneously support otaku while undermining them in his plot to minimize their presence to maximize profits.
The governor may be cantankerous, but he's no fool. He understands the value of anime as a cultural export and balances his love/hate relationship for the subject matter with policies that are pro-international and anti-domestic. The same man who enacted the reviled Bill 156, or Tokyo Manga Ban, is also the chairman and sponsor of the Tokyo International Anime Fair. Recently, however, his back-stabbing seems to have come home to roost.
At the end of 2010, the Comic 10 Society of major manga publishers threatened to boycott the 2011 Tokyo Anime Fair due to Ishihara's involvement with Bill 156, a move which would have stripped the event of all legitimacy. Just when it seemed like the industry had pinned the governor into a corner, the 3/11 earthquake struck weeks before the event, giving the organizers a timely excuse to abort while saving face.
Once the cesium settled, everyone had the same question on their lips: Would publishers still be up in arms when the 2012 event rolls around, or even be in a position to turn their backs on it after the economic damage they suffered during the quake?
No, and no. The Comic 10 Society recently announced without so much a shred of their prior indignation that they are on board for next year's TAF. What their compliance entails for freedom of expression in the medium is yet to be seen. The only one who seems to have a clear endgame is Ishihara, and things are proceeding exactly to plan.
As the definition of "otaku" is muddled by the casual consumers drawn to the city through the media and government's efforts, the hardcore are forced further underground along the dame vector. Old symbols of the city, from the Radio Hall to LaOx the Computer Kan, have recently been renovated and stripped of their history. Perhaps Akihabara has outlived its usefulness as a spawning bed for nerd culture.
But all is not lost. Even as news crews destroyed an intangible part of the city in their invasion, they took back with them the seeds of otaku culture to spread on the winds of media mix. Stay tuned for the next and final installment where we will explore the ongoing exchange of values between Akihabara and mainstream Japan, as well as what this implies for the future of the city.


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CySI is organizing a Workshop on
Cyber War: Has it begun?
on Friday, 5th October 2012, from 10 AM to 5 PM
at Prof S.M. Diaz Hall, Dept of Criminology, Madras University, Chennai 600005.
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Middle and senior level officers from banks engaged in I.T. Dept, Inspection, I.S. Audit, Vigilance and HR and those officers Banking, Information Technology and related industries and
those tech-savvy individuals who are avid users of e-mail, internet and other electronic gadgets. No deeper knowledge of any particular software is required. A user-level awareness of operating systems, browsers and common technical terms will suffice.
Registration fees per participant :
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Fees includes lunch, tea/coffee with snacks and other study material like printed hand-outs or CD if any.
Kindly mail the regn. form along with the cheque or Bank Draft payable in Chennai in favour of Cyber Society of India, to the address mentioned therein. Alternatively, fees can be remitted into any branch of Indian Overseas Bank filling a CBS Challan mentioning the branch name as Ullagaram SB A/c No.14805 in the name of Cyber Society of India and the branch acknowledged counterfoil can be sent along with the registration form.
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The Wisconsin Department of Tourism promotes Wisconsin as a four-season travel destination to potential visitors, primarily in the Midwest. Ascedia set out to redesign TravelWisconsin.com and make it the ultimate resource for people to find fun and travel in Wisconsin. The goal? Increase travel expenditures, awareness and overall engagement and site visitors.
Ascedia sought to meet the needs of visitors no matter what their stage of travel or preferred device. Our strategy included a responsive website design with inspirational content for explorers and planning tools for trip coordinators. It provides easy access to content related to nearby attractions while on the go, and easy ways for people to favorite, contribute or share their favorite Wisconsin travel information.
Site content was organized in clear categories, including Places to Stay, Things to Do, Dining, Events and Cities & Regions. A relational content structure allowed users to find featured and related content, as well as places nearby to guide planning, inspiration and discovery. Ascedia also conducted usability and prototype research to validate the site's navigation and ease of use.
Our SEO methodology included four key phases: 1) website audit, 2) keyword research/strategy, 3) link building & SEO management and 4) tracking & reporting. The content to be optimized is prioritized based on relevancy, utility and popularity among various user personas. A combination of dynamic programming, CMS functionality and ongoing optimization from SEO specialists make it a very efficient and effective process. Since the site's launch, an ongoing onsite optimization program has provided a significant increase in visits, engagement, organic sessions and conversions.
One key area of the tourism business is industry partners, and Ascedia understands the importance of supporting these partners and has developed a variety of applications to support client programs. Examples include online co-op advertising programs, membership extranets, a dedicated event submittal form, eCRMs and partner microsites -- just to name a few! Travel Wisconsin's custom .NET CMS allows hundreds of Wisconsin tourism industry partners to easily manage their listings on TravelWisconsin.com, and the site also features co-op program deals and offers from around the site and allows people to click through to the partner site to book. To support ongoing improvement, performance metrics are collected and shared with partners.
Along with a Trip Planner that allows visitors to create lists and save ideas for their next Wisconsin getaway, Ascedia integrated Olapic to enable users to post their own photos of Wisconsin sights directly to TravelWisconsin.com. The application also pulls images from Instagram and Twitter using selected hashtags (#TravelWI, among others) and adds these to the gallery as well.
This gives travelers in the Commemorating stage of the Traveler's Journey an outlet to share their vacation photos while supporting the site's overall goals of providing a glimpse into the wonders of Wisconsin. Widgets are accessible from the home page, region pages and all trip ideas pages, and a user-generated content gallery is also available to make it easy to browse the photos.
In its first year, TravelWisconsin.com saw amazing results thanks to a robust analytics implementation and search optimized build that ensured we would attract more organic traffic and be able to measure success.
The Travel Wisconsin site launched in February 2013 and had an immediate impact on Wisconsin tourism. The total impact of traveler spending in Wisconsin was $17.5 billion in 2013, up $700 million from $16.8 billion. Visitor growth in the first year after the site's launch was the fastest since 2010, with Wisconsin receiving 100 million visits that year (an increase of 3.5%).
Ascedia's work for Travel Wisconsin has been recognized with 11 awards, including the Interactive Media Award for Best-in-Class Travel/Tourism website.
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2009 Scholarship Winners
The 2009 NC SWANA Ray Church Memorial Scholarship Program
The North Carolina Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America is pleased to continue to support higher education by means of financial and educational support. Annually, the North Carolina Chapter offers scholarships to our members and/or their family members to continue educational endeavors. In 2010, the North Carolina Chapter announced that this annual scholarship program would continue to honor the memory of former Board Member, Mr. Ray Church passed away on September 25, 2006 and former served as the solid waste director for New Hanover County. Mr. Church additionally served the association in many capacities as an esteemed Board member. Foremost, he was one of the founding members of our organization. Mr. Church supported recognizing members through the scholarship program and recommended the expansion of the scholarship awards in order to broaden the financial support for members seeking to enrich their education.
The North Carolina Chapter selected:
2009 Scholarship Winners
|Miss Caroline Jennings Saul of Charlotte, NC
$2,000 Grant H. Flint Scholarship (Category II)
|Miss Jennifer Michelle Thomas of Graham, NC
$2,000 Ray Church Memorial Scholarship Award
By our award and selection, both Chapter winners' applications became eligible for the International SWANA competition.
The North Carolina Chapter will continue to support the educational efforts of our membership. We thank all that were involved through application submissions, evaluation, and selection. Congratulations to our winners.


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Elementary OS team announced release of an updated version of Elementary OS Files with version number 0.2.1. New Files app fix more than 20 issues reported with previous release.
According to announcement made by elementary team in official blog:
This is a sizable release that fixes 20 reported issues and adds a number of new translations. Some of the fixes are small UI tweaks like removing the extra margins on the copy file dialog, but several of them address reported crashes.
Specifically, we've solved problems related to:
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Welcome to the Oxford International Primary Care Leadership Programme
The Oxford International Primary Care Leadership Programme has become an accredited Post Graduate Certificate and has a new website; please see: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/international-primary-care-research-leadership
The Oxford International Primary Care Research Leadership programme is hosted by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. The programme aims to foster and develop future leaders in primary care research. The programme is designed to help participants explore different aspects of leadership in primary care research. Participants are encouraged to identify their own development needs, form peer learning sets and establish a two year follow up programme. Participants are provided with access to current leaders in primary care research, experts in strategic leadership and one-to-one coaching.
Past participants have found the programme inspirational and influential and a career defining experience. They have been able to incorporate what they have learnt on the programme into their research, clinical and educational work. The support they receive from the presenters and from each other has been found to be invaluable to their roles as leaders and contributes significantly to successful promotions.
Previous participants have said about the programme:
- "I enjoy participation in the programme very much. Every year I go back home totally energized and inspired"
- "[The programme is] hugely beneficial in terms of interaction and experience with a peer group. I have experienced a huge growth in confidence as a result. The programme has opened many doors in terms of career progression"


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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud
Well the weekend is almost here and I actually got up early and made time for a quick outfit post after I worked out. It feels good to take care of me again. Its finally warm enough to wear a dress I received so long ago for my birthday from Vix.
23 comments:
- PinkCheetahVintage said...
That dress is so cool!! You look killer in it! Good to hear you taking care of u <3
- May 29, 2014 at 8:33 AM
- Jean at www.drossintogold.com said...
Everything Becky said!!! Love the bracelets too. Kicking myself I didn't wear my necklace with the pink/orange outfit the other day...they're perfect together!! Oh well, another day, another opportunity.
Love you!!!!!!!!! XXXXXXOOOOOOO
- May 29, 2014 at 8:43 AM
- pastcaring said...
That dress is perfect on you! The print is wonderful, and of course leopard print was called for - when isn't it? You look brighter, Krista, and more back to your old self. Flashing, pulling cheeky faces - yep, she's back! You have to look after yourself, it's the only way to keep going. But a bit of blogging friend love, by way of fabulous gifts, helps the healing along. Love you, darling! xxxxx
- May 29, 2014 at 9:21 AM
- señora Allnut said...
so cute print! absolutely fabulous dress and fits you like a dream!!, and it really goes so nicely with your leopard leggings and hat!!
- May 29, 2014 at 1:30 PM
- Carina Rosenholm said...
Such a perfect dress for you ! You look gorgeous !
hugs !
- May 29, 2014 at 1:43 PM
- Beth Waltz said...
Yes, indeed, should I happen across that Dia de los Muertos print in a fabric pile, I'd think: "Oh, Krista could dance in this!"
- May 29, 2014 at 7:46 PM
- Sue said...
Very cool dress and perfect with animal print!
- May 29, 2014 at 11:33 PM
- Trees said...
Woah - that frock is exceptional. You look wonderful xoxo
- May 30, 2014 at 12:41 AM
- Lally said...
What a fabulous frock, those skeletons look like they are having a rib tickling time! It looks brilliant with those bangles and the leopard print. X
- May 30, 2014 at 12:53 AM
- Melanie said...
You're my rainbow, Krista. Who else? Love that dress from Vix and the bracelet from Em.
- May 30, 2014 at 1:06 AM
- two squirrels said...
Looking just gorgeous sweet....that dress is amazing on you........lovely to see such a wonderful smile......happiness to you. Love v
- May 30, 2014 at 1:09 AM
- peaches mcginty said...
It's a gorgeous dress and perfect on you, it's fabulous! what an amazing gift from Vix and the beautiful bracelet from Em, wearing gifts makes me feel better (it's true! my Mum gave me a bracelet for Christmas, I say it has the power of Rosie -her name - in it, she's like a little rottweiler!it's a good thing!) and it was incredibly sad to hear about the passing of Maya Angelou, she really was inspirational x x x
- May 30, 2014 at 2:37 AM
- Vintage Bird Girl said...
Smokin in that dress!!! Love it. For a second I giggled thinking the mention of a hair cut was reference to the shot with your skirt up...if you know what I mean! Xx
- May 30, 2014 at 4:14 AM
- Pull Your Socks Up! said...
Hell yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!!!! That incredible dress looks amazing with leopard-print and hi-tops! You really are a splendid creature dear Krista, your bangles have me following your wrist in every pic and gawd your hair is so healthy!! Clearly, your hair loves the Lush products you use, it always looks in top condition. Hope you're doing well love. xoxoxoxoxo
- May 30, 2014 at 4:24 AM
- Suzanne Carillo Style Files said...
That dress is made for you. Fits you perfectly.
- May 30, 2014 at 6:26 AM
- Kari S said...
Yeah it hit me the other day...Holy crap i'm white! Who knew after living in Phoenix, I had forgotten. Love the dress, ah hell I love anything you wear because you got mad skillz. Have a good weekend and maybe someday I'll run into you, sniff...I feel cursed or something.
- May 30, 2014 at 9:12 AM
- Natalia Lialina said...
This dress sis so you!!! That Vix - she knows her friend well all right. Happy (very belated or very early( birthday! :) You look FUN, as always!
Didn't know Maya Angelou passed away. Great poet and philosophical mind! Being a rainbow and sunshine when it's dark around you - the greatest gift on earth, isn't it? You, my dear, got it! xxxxxx
- May 30, 2014 at 12:06 PM
- thorne garnet said...
oh, no! The wind must have blown your dress up! (That awesome dress)
- May 30, 2014 at 6:36 PM
- Hollie "Jet" Black-Ramsey said...
That dress is so awesome it hurts!!
- June 1, 2014 at 9:06 PM
- freckleface said...
I'm afraid I haven't read any Maya Angelou, maybe I should. You are looking wonderful Krista, full of your old spark. Your hair is so gorgeous, that pink is just the best colour and what about that dress from Vix? It is SO you. You look amazing in it with your leopard skin legs. Like a totally alternative Mexican Catwoman. Xxxxx
- June 1, 2014 at 11:42 PM
- Vix said...
I'm afraid I'm in Tania's camp, other than The Color Purple I know nothing of Maya Angelou but after the news coverage on the BBC following her death I quite fancy reading some of her work.
That dress looks awesome on you, what a fit! Its just perfect with leopard, something plain wouldn't do at all! Ace bangles and fecking gorgeous hair.
Glad you're taking care of you again. You deserve it!
Love you! xxxxxxxxxx
- June 2, 2014 at 2:11 PM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
A fab-u-lously fun and sassy frock, cheerful arm party, and sunny weather and you are looking lighter and brighter. The weather was very nice here this weekend too.
- June 2, 2014 at 6:35 PM
- Cristi said...
Vix certainly picked you a pretty one, so nice of her as usual! You look sweeter than a sugar skull! And, yay for bare arms, legs and sunshine!
Only thing missing is a Peetee pic.:)
- June 3, 2014 at 9:35 AM


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Presented by the Housing and Digitalisation Minister Peter Eriksson, the program is in line with the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven's priority in offering every citizen in the country access to basic state services as well as faster broadband.
Peter Eriksson stated: "We cannot continue with a strategy that leaves people out". Fast broadband connection is a key requirement in Swedish government's vision. A fully connected Sweden will enable better conditions to live and work in the country, drive growth and innovative production.
The new strategy in numbers
The short term goal is raised to 95% for all households and businesses having access to broadband of at least 100 Mbps already in 2020.
In line with European goals, the new broadband strategy raises the bar of speed and accessibility to 98% at 1 Gbps; 99.9% at 100 Mbps and 0.1% at 30 Mbps by 2025. The short term goal (2020) has also been raised to 95% at 100 Mbps.


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A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2017)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolomics was instigated by the concepts of metabolic profiling. Metabolic profiling found its application in plant science between the late 80s and early 90s by utilising hyphenated chromatography with UV spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and later with NMR spectroscopy targeting relevant metabolites for agricultural projects and improve food production. In the late 90s and the following decades thereafter, metabolic profiling transpired to play a central role in plant functional genomics which then evolved to be a new "omics" platform technology now known as metabolomics. With the developments in computing and data processing, it was then possible to conduct an untargeted analysis of all the metabolites. To date, metabolomics is rapidly turning out to be the leading "omics" platform for systems biology as evidenced by almost equal ratio of the number of papers published in metabolomics alone to those published under the field of genomics, metagenomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and lipidomics all together. The "omics" platform has found its application in different fields of study, from biomedical analysis to plant science but only very recently in marine research with an abrupt increase in the number of publications in this field only occurring in the last three years. However, taking into consideration the number of marine metabolomics papers in comparison to the number of papers published for the "omics" platform, the ratio is quite low at approximately only 15% of entire "omics" publication in the field of marine metabolomics.
Metabolic profiling in marine research started with the introduction of photo-diode arrays along with HRFTMS detectors combined with high-performance liquid chromatography which enhanced dereplication work. By the beginning of the millennium, high-throughput sequencing was emerging and there was a shift from pure genetic research to procurement of gene function and expression. This issue will cover applications in marine ecology, biotechnology, and bioprospecting.
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