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Her spankin' new son is joining her soon-to-be three-year-old boy, and my sister has had some concerns about their burgeoning relationship. Her older son has been so thrilled by his new brother's arrival that he's taken to kissing and squeezing him on a near constant basis. Worrying that the intensity of this love-fest was starting to border on the violent, my sister decided to consult her pediatrician.
His advice was simple: He told her not to overreact. He informed her that should her son pick up on the fact that his attention towards the baby was getting attention for himself, he would likely take this as a sign that it was time to start playing that beloved childhood game, "I can get a rise out of Mommy by poking the baby in its eyes!"
The doctor said it was highly unlikely that her son would do the baby any real harm as long as she was supervising them and advised her to do her best to ignore her fears and enjoy the adorableness of her son's newfound joy in his sibling.
Which reminded me of one of the best pieces of mothering advice I've yet to receive. When the Snood was a baby, I was fretting to a veteran Mommy friend about one the myriad things I was afraid might somehow damage his little infant self. She responded,
"What you need to realize is that you are nowhere near the outer limits here."
She told me that I needed to start opening the parameters of what I considered dangerous or I would eventually drive myself crazy.
I was confused.
Then, a few weeks later, the Snood had a fairly classic childhood accident. I was visiting family in Chicago when I laid his 3-month-old self down on the bed in order to change into my jammies. Snoodie, in a portent of troublesome choices to come, decided this would be the ideal moment to discover the awesome new skill of rolling over. He proceeded to roll right off the side of the bed and hit his head on the nightstand on the way down before landing on the floor with a horrible thud.
I was terrified. But after a few moments of furious wailing and accusatory glances my way, Snoodie calmed down and seemed absolutely no worse for the wear.
It was almost 10pm as I sat holding my baby and pondering my options:
- I could go to sleep and not worry about it.
- I could bring Snood to the emergency room in a strange city and likely spend several hours waiting only to discover he was perfectly fine.
- I could stay up all night alternately examining my sleeping baby for signs of lingering trauma and pacing the floor like a deranged lunatic.
I chose Option C. I spent the entire night Googling "baby head trauma" (here's a very simple piece of advice that I sincerely hope you will follow. DO NOT EVER Google "baby head trauma". That is all) and/or shaking the Snood awake to make sure he was OK. By the time the sun rose I was fairly convinced that any damage from the night table encounter was neither profound nor permanent.
In an effort to prevent similar episodes in the future, at Snood's next pediatrician appointment I nervously asked what seemed like a deeply self-incriminating question:
"OK, don't take this the wrong way," I stammered, "But exactly how hard does the baby have to hit his head before I bring him to the ER?"
The doctor seemed completely unfazed by my query. She told me it was fairly common for babies to have minor falls and that I should head for the ER if the baby were to lose conciousness, vomit excessively following the fall, or if I noticed clear fluid coming from his ears.
I was amazed. This was like, SO MUCH FURTHER down the road than I would have thought. I mean, by the time my kid was vomiting or had clear liquid coming from any part of his body, there would be a me-shaped hole in the door and a path of flames leading directly to the emergency room.
And it helped me understand what my friend meant when she talked about "The Outer Limits".
She was saying that it was important to find out what things are really a danger for your kids and then try not to freak out until you get near that place.
Here's another example:
Almost as soon as Crinks started to crawl, the kid he decided that the ground was his own personal buffet. Every time I was distracted, (say, by his brother calling for help because he had crawled behind the refrigerator and gotten stuck) I would return to find Crinks gnawing on something unearthed from underneath the couch or perhaps performing a taste test on a sampling of coins from the change cup.
I was lamenting the situation to a doctor friend of mine who also had toddler at home, and I asked her where she drew the line regarding things her kid put in his mouth. She thought about it for a moment before responding, "Oh, you know, cleaning products... dog feces... cigarette butts."
I'm telling you, people, the outer limits are a lot further out there than you think.
So the moral of the story is, try to relax and realize that you're probably doing just fine. That your kid is going to do crazy stuff, eat yucky things, fall from small heights, and be just fine.
Comforting, isn't it?
That being said, keep your three-month-old off the bed for God's sake. That's not going to end well.
So the moral of the story is, try to relax and realize that you're probably doing just fine. That your kid is going to do crazy stuff, eat yucky things, fall from small heights, and be just fine.
Comforting, isn't it?
That being said, keep your three-month-old off the bed for God's sake. That's not going to end well.


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The scene above is from Seinfeld. The episode is called "The Contest." The phrases "master of my domain" and "king of the castle" are in this episode. Check it out above to see the beginning of the episode. What does this have to do with preventing prostate cancer? Well, I'll let the story below explain itself:
Men who frequently masturbate appear to have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, Australian researchers reported. Researchers from the Cancer Council of Victoria found that men who masturbated more than five times each week were one-third less likely to develop the cancer.Uh, yeah. Can you see me giving this advice to my patients? However, I can see some people bringing me this story this very afternoon and asking me about it. Usually for research studies, I say that I need to see more studies done. But, in this case, I think I'll pass on that. What do you think?
Researchers told the BBC last week that the prostate produces one of the fluids involved in ejaculation and that frequent masturbation appears to flush out carcinogens. Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because it increases the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could raise the risk of cancer.
Update: This afternoon, US News & World Report is now questioning this entire study and story - even questioning the FoxNews.com quote from above. It really doesn't matter to me. It's kind of a funny story. But, I guess it shows that even the masturbation deniers are out there! hehe

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Friday, December 14, 2012
I Want to Write About Violence
I want to write about violence but I don't want to say anything stupid. I don't want to say violence is bad. I don't want to say guns are bad. I don't want to say anything is bad. Because we all know it's bad.
I want to write about violence because of the school shootings today in Connecticut. I guess that goes without saying.
I'm not really an emotional person. Friends don't come to me for comfort. I don't wear my feelings on my sleeve. I don't cry easily. And so I surprised myself by being near the edge of tears for most of the morning; one or two of those tears might have even jumped the wall of my face. I surprised myself by walking to my son's school and lurking outside the gates. It was a primitive, almost biological, impulse, and I gave into it. I felt ashamed as I did it. Ashamed of not being in control.
I don't think "people" are violent. Most people are not violent. We all carry the potential of violence inside of us, but most of us never realize that potential, never really want to, though we might fantasize about violence. I know the scientific literature, because I read the literature as part of my work; those studies are in my head right now like background static. The literature says most of us avoid violence at all costs. Most of us must be trained to take life. And people who learn to kill people must first learn to see people as targets, not people. Killing other people is unnatural.
I'm talking about healthy people. I'm talking about people who love, who hurt, who worry about other people. But not all people are healthy and not all people are healthy all the time. Sometimes, I am not healthy.
In my worst moments I have forgotten that other people feel as I do, and I've forgotten that they deserve respect and dignity and understanding. I have had too many of those moments. Those are the moments when I allow the other me, the one I hide, the Mr. Hyde that everyone hides, to reveal himself. Most of the time my violence has taken the form of words. But I have, in my life, hit and shoved people. And afterward, it hasn't seemed real. I have had to struggle to own those unreal moments. And when I do, I am ashamed. Ashamed of not being in control.
Just like all of us, I have been the target of violence. Guns have been pointed at my face. I've seen people beaten and shot, and I have stood by in confusion and animal fear. I am ashamed of those moments as well. Those moments when I was helpless. When I was not in control.
There are people I know who believe in violence as an act of control. Most people believe in some form of controlled violence, believe that violence can be controlled, believe that violence can be used to bend others to our will. They believe we need police, they believe we need well-regulated militias. Some people think we should arm teachers, and then, finally, schools will be safe. That we will be in control. Some people I know believe in revolutionary violence—in rising up against our oppressors, in destroying anyone who stands in the way of the peaceful world we want to live in. They have theories, elaborate theories. They believe their theories of change will control the violence of the change.
It's not my purpose to disagree with the theories. I'm not going to say we don't need police or militias or bloody revolutions or even armed teachers. I don't want to say that violence can't change things for the better or that we should always turn the other cheek. I would certainly fight in defense of my child, though I would do so incompetently, incompletely, ineffectually. If a police officer stood between my child and a person with a gun, I would most certainly want the police officer to kill that person.
And yet I've also wished violence on my child. I have, and I think that makes me average. I am not willing to say that those parents who claim to have never wanted to strike a child in anger are liars. But I will say with some confidence that most parents have, at some point, wanted to strike a child. They've known that anger. That drive to bend our children to our will through violence. Most of us have lost control, if only for a moment. And after that, the shame. Many of us know that shame. Of having lost control.
Now we're at the root of the thing I really want to write about. My child. I want to write about violence and my child. I keep envisioning the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School. I can't get those pictures out of my head. Again, the loss of control. Again, the shame, my shame. I couldn't do anything to protect those children. If it had been my child, I wouldn't have been able to protect him.
I'm not going to disagree with your theories of violence. You can keep your theories and I'll keep mine, for the moment.
But I want to write about violence because I want to remind myself of something horrible. Which is that our violence cannot be truly controlled, once we allow ourselves to be violent. And that violence, when we give it permission to exist, lives by its own rules. That violence doesn't give a fuck about our theories of state and revolution and emotion. That violence, in fact, doesn't give a fuck about us. Violence wants only to live and it lives by eating us alive. In the face of a monster like that, we are all small. We are all helpless. We are all children.
That's what I wanted to write about violence.
3 comments:
- Beta Dad said...
Holy crap, I can't believe I didn't read this before. What a great meditation.
- Jeff Rivera said...
Nice read! As an author I do believe that children learn from what they see and hear on a regular basis. Children need to be safe, in a violent-free community, with non-violent caregivers.What they see at home is "normal", and if violence is how people in the home solve problems, that becomes the model for how things "should be done". We have to reassure our children that they are safe. Emphasize that schools are very safe, and explain that all feelings are okay when tragedy occurs.
Thank you for sharing this. - 11:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
I believe bullying is largely responsible for violence in School and in the Workplace. We need another blueprint for HR and the School System. Parents need to be proactively involve. America has increasingly become a violent society after 9/11


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Hot dogs are perfect summertime food. You can make a whole hot dog fix-it bar for a fun picnic party. Just have plenty of fixings so everyone can customize their own dogs.
My son was very excited to try a chili dog for the first time. I think I may have created a chili dog maniac. He wanted a chili dog for dinner and breakfast the next day too.
This chili dog recipe is really easy and it will really make your hot dogs extra special.
Chili Dogs
Recipe by Ramona from Kitchen Simmer
Hot dogs (your favorite kind cooked through either on stove-top or grill)
Hot dog buns
Shredded cheddar cheese or mix of cheese
finely diced red onion
finely diced green chilies or jalapeno
Chili for Hot Dogs:
1lb lean ground beef (I used 93% lean)
1 small onion finely diced
1-2 cloves garlic grated finely
red chili flakes to taste
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp celery seeds
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbs yellow mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1 (8oz) can tomato sauce
salt and black pepper to taste
Heat 1 Tbs canola oil in pan. Crumble ground beef well then brown beef with some salt and black pepper. Next add minced onion and garlic.
Next add cumin, celery seed and red chili flakes and cook for a minute. Next add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and tomato sauce.
Cook for 5 more minutes and taste for seasoning. Keep warm and serve over hot dogs with your favorite condiments and toppings. Enjoy.
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BREAKING: Miami-Dade Adds Transgender Protections To County HRO
(December 2, 2014) – Today, the Miami-Dade County Commission voted 8-3 to amend the existing Human Rights Ordinance to prohibit discrimination in housing, public accommodations and employment based on gender identity or gender expression.
Sponsored by Commissioners Audrey M. Edmonson, Bruno A. Barreiro, Daniella Levine Cava, Sally A. Heyman, Barbara J. Jordan and Dennis C. Moss (who couldn't be present to vote), the amendment also received "yes" votes from Commissioners Rebeca Sosa, Xavier L. Suarez, and Jean Monestine. Commissioners Esteban Bovo, Jr., Jose "Pepe" Diaz and Juan C. Zapata voted against it.
"As Florida's most populous county, it was critical that Miami-Dade join the 27 other Florida municipalities that already have these protections. With today's victory, more than 50% of Floridians are protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, giving a major boost to our ongoing efforts to pass these protections statewide," said Stratton Pollitzer, Deputy Director of Equality Florida.
"Now, all people who live or work in Miami-Dade County can continue to provide for their families without fear of losing their job or being denied housing just because of who they are.
"Dozens of anti-LGBT speakers gave hours of cruel and deeply misleading testimony, but the broad coalition of community groups supporting the ordinance stood strong, and in the end Miami-Dade commissioners sided with the growing pro-equality majority. Today the commission did what is right for their constituents and what is right for the economy, and showed that Miami-Dade County respects the rights and dignity of all people," added Pollitzer.
Gwendolyn Ann Smith reports on the Human Rights Campaign website that "Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of abating."
According to respondents to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, conducted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, the prevalence of suicide attempts among transgender individuals is 41 percent. This vastly exceeds the 4.6 percent of the overall US population and is also higher than the 10-20 percent of LGBT adults who reported attempting suicide. (Source: Study by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention and The Williams Institute).


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Saturday, September 24, 2011
My Almond Cream Whipped Topping on the Lemon Tiramisu from my book, World Vegan Feast. |
I tried making it with commercial almond milk, but it just didn't have the fine taste and the body of that made with homemade almond milk. However, that's not really a deterrent because nut milk is really easy and relatively quick to make. In fact, the whipped topping is very easy to make, especially if you use a microwave to do the cooked part. (Scared of microwave ovens? No need to be-- here's some info I've collected and here's an article from The Sierra Club. And, in the book "Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen", author Kate Heyhoe tells us that microwaves can save up to 80% energy compared to doing the same tasks made on the stovetop or in a conventional oven-- so it makes sense to use it for little tasks like heating a cornstarch mixture.)
I'm sharing the recipe with you below (after some photos of the topping used on some yummy desserts), and I hope you'll enjoy it!
More desserts heaped with this delicious (and fairly low-fat) homemade vegan whipped topping:
On Scottish Trifle, from my book, World Vegan Feast. |
On a Blueberry Shortcake |
On Mango Trifle with Indian Spices, from my book, World Vegan Feast. |
In Tiramisu from World Vegan Feast |
On a peach shortcake |
Printable Recipe
Makes about 2 cups, GF (Recipe from my book, World Vegan Feast.)
This is my all-purpose whipped topping – rich, creamy, and light, with a lovely, subtle almond flavor. It can be the perfect shortcake topping when made with a little less agar powder (1/2 teaspoon) because traditionally, the cream for shortcakes is not whipped to stiff peaks, but left soft. PS: This topping is NOT stiff enough to use for a cake icing!
For best results, make the topping at least 4 to 6 hours before serving, but it can be made several days ahead of time. (The recipe is easily doubled.)
1 cup blanched, slivered raw almonds
2 cups hot water
2 tablespoons unbleached organic sugar (light-colored)
2 tablespoons cornstarch (you can choose an organic one) or wheat starch (which is GF) OR 3 tablespoons white rice flour
3/4 teaspoon agar powder NOTE: Do not use agar flakes (Agar powder is actually less expensive than flakes if you compare by weight!)
1/4 cup firm silken tofu (NOTE: if you prefer to leave this out, use 1 tsp. agar powder instead of 3/4 tsp.)
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Optional: 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
1.) To make the Almond Milk (this just takes a few minutes):
In a blender, combine the almonds and hot water and blend until very smooth. Be patient and let it run for several minutes. Strain the resulting almond milk through a cheesecloth-lined colander over a clean pot, measuring pitcher or bowl. Use 2 layers of fine cheesecloth from a fabric store (or use a nut milk bag). Gather the cheesecloth up to make a "bag" and twist and squeeze the "bag" to squeeze out as much of the almond milk as possible. You can use the almond meal for a facial scrub. NOTE: Do NOT substitute commercial almond milk beverage for the homemade almond milk-- the recipe will not work with the commercial stuff.
2.) In a small saucepan, mix 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of the almond milk with the sugar, agar and cornstarch. Stir the mixture over medium heat until thickened and translucent. Or use the...
Microwave Option: Mix in a 2-quart microwave-safe bowl (with room for the mixture to rise up) and cook 30 seconds on 100% power (default setting), whisk and repeat 3 more times or until thickened and translucent. (See note about microwave cooking in the text above the recipe.)
3.) In the blender, combine 1 cup more of the almond milk, the silken tofu, salt, lemon juice, vanilla, and almond extract, if using. Scrape the cooked mixture into the blender. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate for about 1 hour, then beat the mixture briefly so that it is creamy. Chill again for at least 3 hours.
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition (per 1/4 cup): 133.4 calories; 58% calories from fat; 9.3g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 47.3mg sodium; 149.0mg potassium; 9.7g carbohydrates; 2.0g fiber; 4.2g sugar; 7.7g net carbs; 4.6g protein; 3.0 points.
Enjoy on your favorite desserts!
18 comments:
- Unknown said...
Wow Bryanna! This is an awesome recipe :)
I love almond milk and to make a whipped topping out of it - well that's brilliant! Thanks for sharing!! - Sat Sep 24, 06:55:00 PM PDT
- Hanna said...
I'll have to try this--I'm also looking for a good whipped topping recipe. I'm not in the habit of using tofu for desserts, but I should just give in. With such a small amount of tofu, is their any replacement you could recommend, or do you think it is really necessary?
- Sat Sep 24, 09:57:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Yes, it's only a tiny bit, but I think it adds a little more body and you certainly don't taste it.
- Sat Sep 24, 10:14:00 PM PDT
I made the almost blue cheese dressing from a few posts back and oh my goodness, it is wonderful. I could eat it by the spoonful. I really like the taste of the fermented bean curd, although it took a bit of getting used to. Thank you for introducing me to this new flavor.
There is an interesting article at slate.com about having some Chinese chefs in China taste cheese for the first time and compare it with Chinese fermented foods. Go to http://www.slate.com/id/2295196/
Joanne - Tue Sep 27, 06:47:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Thanks, Joanne! Very interesting!
- Tue Sep 27, 11:33:00 AM PDT
Hi Bryanna, I'm new to the vegan world, mainly due to many food intolerances recently discovered. Among them is soy. I struggle to find recipes that don't include tofu. Is there a substitute for it, or can I just leave it out? Thanks for your help!
Kat - Wed Sep 28, 05:56:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Kat, as I said to Hanna up above, Yes, it's only a tiny bit, but I think it adds a little more body and you certainly don't taste it. However, you can try it without! let me know what you think!
- Wed Sep 28, 06:24:00 PM PDT
- Ricki said...
Bryanna, I just received a copy of your book for review and I can't wait to dig into it! So many fabulous recipes, and glad to see lots of gluten free options, too. And this cream looks fabulous! :D
- Thu Sep 29, 01:20:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Thanks, Ricki! I just posted on your post about whipped topping!
- Thu Sep 29, 02:16:00 PM PDT
I made it today, meant to use it as a cake frosting, but it didn't set at all :( it was very liquidy. I used the saucepan option. Also I have to say I could taste the tofu (and I used slightly less than recommended).
I'll maybe try it again cause it was okay with fresh fruit and it looks really nice on the pictures above.
Any idea what might have gone wrong? I followed the recipe exacly and it seemed fine when I put it in the fridge.
susu - Sun Jul 29, 10:50:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Susus, you may not have cooked it long enough. That's one reason I prefer the microwave method-- it always comes out perfectly, no guessing! "Translucent" is what you are looking for in the cooked mixture. You shouldn't taste 1/4 cup of tofu in that-- especially silken tofu, so ???
You are using agar powder, not flakes, I hope? - Sun Jul 29, 08:04:00 PM PDT
I'm using powdered agar, the one with a telephone on it :)
I'll use the microwave method next time then.
I don't know whats wrong with me but I really could taste the tofu (I used the mori-nu vacuum packed kind). I can taste it in almost anything but the chocolate mousse... But it was definitely less identifiable after the cream has been in the fridge for a while.
Anyway I'll try it again and see how it goes. I'm also looking forward to trying your buttah and many other recipe (ordered your last book last week :) and I've had great success with your tofu feta (/marinated tofu, also made with agar btw :). - Mon Jul 30, 10:42:00 AM PDT
This looks so good. Is there any reason not to use almond milk instead if making it from scratch?
- Tue Mar 19, 10:54:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
MK, commercial almond milk for drinking is not nearly as creamy and rich-tasting as homemade.
- Tue Mar 19, 11:17:00 AM PDT
- Jenny said...
I made it today and it was very runny too :( I wanted to frost my sons birthday cake. Anyone had any luck?
- Fri Apr 19, 07:02:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Jenny, this is not as stiff as whipped cream and cannot be used for an icing. But, as you can see from the pictures, it is whipped enough for topping a shortcake or pudding or fruit. Possible problems: 1.) You need to follow the directions exactly, 2.) use the homemade almond milk-- don't try using commercial almond milk beverage; it's not creamy enough-- and 3.) make sure that the agar powder is cooked properly (the microwave method works best, IMO). It MUST be translucent (not white). 4) Also, do not substitute agar flakes for powder-- you would need to use 6 times more flakes than powder and flakes must to be cooked longer. 5.) Chill for AT LEAST 3 hours. That's all I can think of-- I've made it many, many times with no pproblem.
- Fri Apr 19, 07:18:00 AM PDT
- Julieslymediseasefight said...
Thanks I have had a heck a time trying to find something that doesnt have coconut in it
- Thu Jul 25, 06:01:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
I know what you mean, Julie!
- Thu Jul 25, 06:45:00 PM PDT


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This expansion for Star Wars: Legion contains four finely sculpted Rebel specialist miniatures, along with new unit, upgrade and command cards. This expansion allows a player to field a generic Rebel commander unit and to add a comms specialist, medical droid, and astromech droid to other units in their army.
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Urban living requires efficient use of space, but it can be a very environmentally-friendly lifestyle: city residents generally live in small homes with access to walkable neighborhoods and public transportation. One common downside is a lack of green space, but architect Stefano Boeri aims to change all that with his "Bosco Verticale" concept. Italian for "vertical forest", his project was recently described by the Financial Times as "the most exciting new tower in the world".
Currently under construction in the Isola neighborhood of central Milan, the inaugural Bosco Verticale project consists of a pair of residential towers. Rising 110 and 76 meters over the city, the towers will be home to 900 trees (some close to 30 feet tall) plus a range of flowering plants and shrubs. That amount of greenery is comparable to 10,000 square meters of forest space, or 50,000 sqm of suburban residential property.
According to Boeri, "Bosco Verticale is a project for metropolitan reforestation that contributes to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity without the implication of expanding the city upon the territory. Bosco Verticale is a model of vertical densification of nature within the city."
Besides offering pleasing aesthetics, the vertical forest concept takes the green skyscraper concept even further by creating a healthier environment for residents. The density of plantings creates a microclimate that filters dust and particulate pollution, absorbs CO2, and absorbs noise. Improved shade and temperature regulation will help avoid the "heat island" effect and reduce the energy needed for climate control systems.
Other energy-efficient components are being integrated into the buildings as well: photovoltaic arrays will provide partial power to the buildings, and much of the irrigation needed to support the plantings will come from reusing processed wastewater. Visit Stefano Boeri Architecture to learn more.


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It is truly awe-inspiring to witness people band together for an honorable cause. Through social media, ideas are able to spread like wild fire and gain momentum. KONY 2012 is a raging fire burning in the hearts of millions and is rapidly spreading across the world.
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Maybe it's time we Homo sapiens reevaluated our relationship with the oceans of the world.
It has been a good few millennia, sure, but our love affair may have been a little rushed. After all, what do we really know about the ocean? Roughly 95 percent of it remains unexplored, and it seems as if every other day we're finding out something new and unsettling.
Old emotions can die hard. So for the unconvinced holdouts, here's a little push: a "prehistoric, dinosaur-era shark with insane teeth" has been found swimming off the coast of Portugal.
That sea-dwelling, serpentine conglomeration of nightmare fuel is the frilled shark, one of the oldest - and in the running for the creepiest - living species on the planet.
Its prehistoric contemporaries, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops, died out long ago, but the frilled shark is still swimming around deep below the surface of the world's oceans, scientists say.
They know that because of an accident that sounds vaguely like the plot of a straight-to-video horror movie.
A group of European Union scientists were trawling the depths of the Atlantic Ocean in November 2017, trying to figure out a way to "minimise unwanted catches in commercial fishing," according to the BBC.
Instead, they ended up capturing one of the rarest and most ancient creatures on the planet, one that may have inspired 19th-century tales of sea serpents.
What those sailors didn't know was that the frilled shark has looked pretty much the same since the breakup of Pangea. Mainly, that look is horrifying.
The largest can grow six feet long - the size of a tall man. The shark is named after its gills, which have frilly, fluffy edges, but the cuddly factor ends abruptly there.
Inside its short-snouted head are 300 more reasons to never go farther than the beach: hundreds of needle-sharp teeth, neatly lined in 25 rows.
It uses quick lunges to sink those teeth into other sharks, fish, octopuses and squid.
Humans know very little about the frilled shark because it lives deep in the ocean, off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
In its 80 million years on the planet, it has rarely come into contact with humans or been seen or filmed in its natural habitat. Those clearly freaked-out 19th-century sailors were the first to write about it.
The frilled fish has a remarkably simple anatomy, probably because of a lack of nutrients in its aquatic environment. But there's no definitive answer about why it outlived its Cretaceous contemporaries.
So for now, it remains one of those increasingly frequent reminders that some of the creepiest beings in existence are floating beneath what appears to be a serene ocean surface.
From time to time, scientists will set out to see what's swimming around in unexplored regions of the sea, then use the Internet to show the world what got tangled up in their nets full of nope.
For example, earlier in 2017, an international team of scientists sponsored by Australian museums pulled up some creatures from more than two miles beneath the ocean.
They wanted to see what kind of animals live where there is perpetual darkness, crushing pressure and inhospitable temperatures.
They found things like a red crab covered in dozens of thorny spikes that would be quickly sent back to the chef at Red Lobster.
And they discovered a coffinfish, a blue-eyed, red-finned trickster that uses "a fishing rod tipped with a fluffy bait on top of its head" to lure prey close enough to snag.
So, yes, maybe the beach is the safest place until we know more about what's swimming around in the great beyond.
On second thought, even that may be too close.
As The Washington Post's Lindsey Bever reported, the high winds and heavy rains of Hurricane Harvey washed "a mysterious sea creature with fangs and no face" onto the shore in Texas.
Okay, biology twitter, what the heck is this?? Found on a beach in Texas City, TX. #wildlifeid pic.twitter.com/9IUuuL65qh
— Preeti Desai🌿 (@preetalina) September 6, 2017
Even the Internet struggled to identify what it was.
But one thing is certain: Clearly it's time to reevaluate our relationship with the beach.
This article was first published November 2017.
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The Los Angeles Chargers' New Logo Is Getting No Love
Out with the old and in with the new.
The Chargers announced they are moving from San Diego to Los Angeles and even have a new logo to usher in this new era.
Problem is, the logo is not going over very well. Twitter had a field day bashing it, much to the chagrin of the poor designer who created it. We hope he's not on social media because if he is his self-esteem is going to take the kind of beating the Chargers have endured the last two seasons when they only won nine games combined. Yeah, it's not a hit and some people can't help but notice it looks a tad too similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Lightning ones.
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Background and desired functionality
Rectangles can be drawn with tikz in a number of ways, one way of doing so is to define a rectangle node as follows:
\node (rectangle) [draw, rectangle] {A rectangle};
% Strictly speaking, rectangle is not needed in the [] as nodes are rectangular by default
A useful feature of this is that, as a node, it has anchor points around it such as rectangle.north
, rectangle.south west
and so on.
Another way is to draw a rectangle path, like this:
\draw (0,0) rectangle (3,2);
I would like to be able to use this second path-based method* but also be able to have (some) named anchors on the path.
Approach from the time of asking
The method I had for this is demonstrated by the following MWE (inspired by this inventive answer and later improved by Altermundus' comment):
coordinate [xshift=-{0.5\pgflinewidth},yshift=-{0.5\pgflinewidth}] (rectangle south west)
coordinate (rectangle center)
coordinate [xshift={0.5\pgflinewidth},yshift={0.5\pgflinewidth}] (rectangle north east)
edge [draw=none]
coordinate (rectangle north)
(rectangle north east -| rectangle south west)
Obviously this only defines anchors for center
, north
, north east
, and south west
, but it can be fairly easily extended to provide south
, east
, west
, north west
and south east
(as demonstrated in my answer).
As pointed out by Andrew Stacey in his answer, there was a slight discrepancy between the positioning of these pseudo-anchor coordinates and the anchors on a normal rectangular node. The edge
-based solution above originally placed the pseudo-anchors exactly on the coordinates of the rectangle whereas on a rectangular node they would be placed at the outside edge of the lines of the rectangle. Although this was only likely to cause issues with thick line widths I have now added some x/yshifting to the above code to compensate.
The following image shows the difference in anchor positioning between standard node rectangles, the original edge
-based solution (without x/yshifting) and the above (revised) edge
-based solution (with x/yshifting). The line widths for the lower pictures are set to 0.5cm.
Node rectangle labelling code to illustrate the key to the colours (and for the generally curious):
% styling yoinked from Altermundus' answer
\tikzset{dot/.style={circle,fill=#1,inner sep=0,minimum size=4pt}}
\node [dot=red] at (rectangle.south west) {};
\node [dot=blue] at (rectangle.center) {};
\node [dot=purple] at (rectangle.north east) {};
\node [dot=green] at (rectangle.north) {};
\node [dot=orange] at (rectangle.north west) {};
\node [dot=yellow] at (rectangle.south) {};
\node [dot=brown] at (rectangle.south east) {};
\node [dot=black] at (rectangle.east) {};
\node [dot=pink] at (rectangle.west) {};
Back to the question
Is there a neater/better way to establish node-anchor-like points on a rectangle path* than the method given in the MWE above?
* = An equivalent drawing method that also allows specifying a rectangle by corner coordinates would be more than acceptable!


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Angola's Prison Hospice Documents Innmates' Deathbed Visions
Marilyn Mendoza, author of We Do Not Die Alone, a book about deathbed visions, has graciously sent me her extraordinarily interesting article on nearing-death phenomena in Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Not all the deathbed visions are pleasant.
Angola, also known as the Alcatraz of the South or the Farm, is the largest maximum security prison in the US. More than 85% of the 5,100 inmates are expected to die there. Formerly, prisoners died alone and were buried in cheap boxes in numbered graves in the penitentiary's cemetery. But in 1998, Angola pioneered a nationally acclaimed hospice program in which inmates are the caregivers of the prison's dying. Marilyn said that interviewing the inmate hospice workers was definitely one of the most interesting experiences of her life. Because of it, she has come to the conclusion that the way to rehabilitate people is by helping them develop compassion. During the interviews with the hospice prison workers, she remarks, "It was very touching to see the tears in these men's eyes as they spoke about the dying."
In fact, Marilyn turns out to be right. The effort the hospice volunteers make to create a reverent ambiance around the dying has affected the entire prison population. The program has transformed a one of the most violent penitentiaries into the least violent maximum-security prison in the US. Just as uplifting, however, is the frequency with which criminal "lifers" experience the promise of ineffable love, beauty, and forgiveness to come as they draw their last breath.
This picture, entitled "Grace Before Dying," is part of an award-winning photographic documentary by Lori Waselchuk that chronicles Angolas prisoner-run hospice program. Through a Distribution Grant from the Open Society Documentary Photography Project, Waselchuk collaborated with the Angola Hospice Volunteer Quilters to build a traveling exhibit featuring photographs from her project and quilts commissioned for the exhibit. For more information, click here.
DEATHBED VISIONS of PRISONERS
by Marilyn Mendoza
(Originally printed in "Vital Signs," Fall 2011, Volume 30, Number 3)
While researching my book "We Do Not Die Alone: Jesus is Coming to Get Me in a White Pickup Truck", I discovered that not all deathbed visions (DBVs) are comforting and pleasant. (A DBV is a vision or experience that the individual has before dying. It may occur immediately before death or days or even weeks prior. A typical vision is that of a deceased family member coming to take the dying away.) Since then, I have been intrigued by distressing DBVs (DDBVs) and who might experience them. In fact, when I was doing my initial literature review on DBVs for my book, I did not even know that distressing experiences existed as these events were rarely mentioned. If referenced, it was usually one line in small print at the bottom of the page. All the sources suggested that these deathbed visions were comforting and pleasant experiences but some of the accounts in my research suggested anything but that. For example:
"My first hospice patient to die was just a few years older than me. We had spoken on admission about getting things in order. The doctors had told me she only had a few days to live. She was in denial, although her platelets dropped dramatically with each infusion. A week later, on a Sunday morning, I was called by her son. On arrival, it was evident that she was actively dying. She was still talking at times. When she would moan, I gave her pain meds. After a couple of hours, she had definitely declined. Her five children, mother and sister were at her bedside. She sat straight up in the bed and said, "Where is the fire? I smell smoke!" and she collapsed back on the bed. A few minutes later, she sat up in the bed and said, "Get those things off my legs" and was rubbing her legs. The last thing she said to me was, "I waited too long," and then she died.
The existing research into distressing experiences has been documented with Near Death Experiences (NDEs).In 1975, when Raymond Moody published his book "Life after Life" all the events reported were of a positive and comforting nature. However, it is through the work of Nancy Evans Bush and others that these distressing experiences have been brought to the forefront making them an accepted part of the NDE phenomena. Three types of distressing experiences have been identified. The first is a typical NDE that is perceived as frightening. The second is finding oneself in a "void" of nothingness and the third being in Hellish surroundings.
We may not know why one person has a positive experience and another a distressing one. We do know, however, that independent of the type of experience the after effects tend to be similar. Most peoples' lives tend to be changed for the better. They lose their fear of death; they become more loving and accepting and have a changed view of life. But what happens to someone who has a distressing DBV? We do not know. They die and do not come back to tell us. The literature on NDEs suggests that we are all capable of having distressing experiences but is that true for DBVs? What better population to explore the question of who is likely to have distressing DBVs than a population of murderers and rapists?
Angola is a maximum security prison that has been called the bloodiest prison in America. It houses 5000+ men whose crimes range from murder, rape, armed robbery to drug offenses. The majority of men who come to Angola die there. Prisoners, like many of us, not only have a fear of dying alone but have an even greater fear of dying in prison. Angola is one of 17 prisons in the United States that has a hospice program. The Angola Hospice program has been the subject of an excellent documentary produced by Oprah Winfrey entitled "Serving Life." Prior to Warden Burl Cain bringing hospice to Angola in 1998, Angola had a most checkered history of its treatment of the dying. Hospice has been a welcome addition not only for the inmates but for staff as well. The dying inmates are cared for by hospice inmate volunteers: murderers taking care of the dying at the end of life. There are many aspects to my research there. Exploring the types of death bed experiences these men had was one of them.
In the general free population, statistics reflect the vast majority of the dying experience peaceful and comforting DBVs (98%). It is estimated that approximately 2% have distressing experiences. Exact numbers, however, are unknown. Many people do not want to share information about pleasant or distressing experiences as they fear their loved one would be thought of as a "bad" person.
Twenty nine inmate volunteers were interviewed with a range of experiences with the dying from 5 months to 13 years. Inmates who are selected to be volunteers in Angola's hospice go through a rigorous screening and training process before they begin working with the dying. These volunteers become involved in all aspects of patient care. They bathe them, change diapers, sit with them and hold their hands as they die. Volunteers work in shifts so that someone is always with the dying. They say that they become like family and in some cases are their only family as many are abandoned by their outside families.
Volunteers were asked, "Of the dying you have been with, have any of them talked about unusual experiences or seeing people, places or things that you could not see?" Twenty six of the 29 volunteers said "yes." According to the caretakers, not everyone had a DBV that they were aware of but the vast majority of the men did. The predominant belief among the volunteers was that these were spiritual experiences and felt them to be spiritually moving. A lesser number believed they were hallucinations and felt indifferent toward them.
As is common with most people, the majority of the DBVs the caretakers described were pleasant. Family members were the most frequently seen vision. Caretakers reported that the dying saw mothers, grandmothers, sons, fathers and other family members. The dying spoke of people waiting for them and calling them to come home. They told the caretakers about waiting for a bus and walking through a gate. One even spoke of seeing family coming to get him in a Cadillac. The dying also spoke of angels, beautiful gardens, gates and the Light. The men stared in corners of the room, at the wall and the ceiling. They reached for and called out to the deceased they saw. In other words, the dying prisoners saw and experienced the same things as the general population.
The inmate volunteers did talk about some patients who were bitter and angry until they took their last breath. They were angry at everyone and everything but especially at death. Only one account was given of a distressing experience for a patient. According to his volunteer, the patient spoke of seeing dark beings moving from the wall to the floor coming to get him. He was said to have been so frightened that he tried to get away by crawling out of the room. The volunteers stated that as some approached death, they were "restless, fighting, fussing, and arguing" with someone unseen. One man thought he could avoid death by never lying down. He died on his knees by his bed.
While there are three basic types of DNDEs, given the limited sample size, specific types of DDBVs can not be identified. Clearly additional exploration is needed in this area with larger numbers. It does seem as though the image of a frightening form moving up the body of the dying, as a specific type of experience, deserves further exploration. This image was also noted in the accounts in my book. What happens after their death remains a mystery as well as the reason that one might have this type of anomalous experience.
Marilyn A. Mendoza, PhD
(Reprinted with permission from The International Association for Near Death Studies, www.iands.org)


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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner. The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.


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Be aware of the tax consequences before selling your home
In many parts of the country, summer is peak season for selling a home. If you're planning to put your home on the market soon, you're probably thinking about things like how quickly it will sell and how much you'll get for it. But don't neglect to consider the tax consequences.
Home sale gain exclusion
The U.S. House of Representatives' original version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a provision tightening the rules for the home sale gain exclusion. Fortunately, that provision didn't make it into the final version that was signed into law.
As a result, if you're selling your principal residence, there's still a good chance you'll be able to exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 for joint filers) of gain. Gain that qualifies for exclusion also is excluded from the 3.8% net investment income tax.
To qualify for the exclusion, you must meet certain tests. For example, you generally must own and use the home as your principal residence for at least two years during the five-year period preceding the sale. (Gain allocable to a period of "nonqualified" use generally isn't excludable.) In addition, you can't use the exclusion more than once every two years.
More tax considerations
Any gain that doesn't qualify for the exclusion generally will be taxed at your long-term capital gains rate, as long as you owned the home for at least a year. If you didn't, the gain will be considered short-term and subject to your ordinary-income rate, which could be more than double your long-term rate.
Here are some additional tax considerations when selling a home:
Tax basis. To support an accurate tax basis, be sure to maintain thorough records, including information on your original cost and subsequent improvements, reduced by any casualty losses and depreciation claimed based on business use.
Losses. A loss on the sale of your principal residence generally isn't deductible. But if part of your home is rented out or used exclusively for your business, the loss attributable to that portion may be deductible.
Second homes. If you're selling a second home, be aware that it won't be eligible for the gain exclusion. But if it qualifies as a rental property, it can be considered a business asset, and you may be able to defer tax on any gains through an installment sale or a Section 1031 exchange. Or you may be able to deduct a loss.
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- This pocket fold invitation is made from our premium matte 250gsm card stock in a shade described as a very dark navy blue.
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4 Myths About E-Cigarettes
Advocates tout the e-cigarette as a clean alternative to old-fashioned tobacco, one that can even help people quit smoking. But although the companies making these largely unregulated products promote e-cigarettes as safe and pure, the reality is a little more complicated. Here are four common misconceptions about e-cigarettes, and the scientific evidence against them.
Myth 1: Vapor from e-cigs is pure.
The liquid "vaped" in an e-cigarette contains nicotine, water and a solvent (usually glycerine or propylene glycol). It may also contain flavoring agents, such as oil of wintergreen. Although this mixture may sound pure enough, neither the liquid (called the e-liquid) nor the device's delivery system are regulated; this means e-cigarettes could produce harmful chemicals.
In fact, recent studies have identified impurities ranging from formaldehyde to heavy metals in e-cig vapor. And vaporized propylene glycol is a known eye and respiratory irritant.
One recent study found formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acetone in the vapor of several different e-cigarette models and liquid nicotine products found formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acetone. "We found nicotine, of course, but we also found some potentially dangerous compounds," said study researcher Maciej Goniewicz, an assistant professor of oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York.
What's more, users can amp up the voltage of an e-cig delivery device, resulting in a denser, more nicotine-rich vapor. Goniewicz and his team found that at a higher voltage and hotter temperature, levels of harmful chemicals increased, too.
The vapor had a lower chemical content than tobacco smoke, but there was "huge variability" among the products tested, Goniewicz told Live Science. "It doesn't mean that each product will expose users to high levels of formaldehyde, but there is a risk for sure," he said.
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Myth 2: E-cigs are safe.
In addition to potential toxicity from chemical byproducts, which could harm users over the long term, e-cigs carry another safety risk. Liquid nicotine is extremely toxic when swallowed, and in some case reports, infants and children have accidentally ingested the substance.
The chances of this happening may increase with flavored liquid nicotine, which may come in enticing-looking packages and can smell tempting, according to new research.
"It mistakenly has this reputation for being safe because it's purchased over the counter, but it easily can be fatal if it's taken in high doses," said Dr. Robert A. Bassett, a medical toxicologist and emergency medicine physician at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Bassett and his colleagues reported a case of liquid nicotine poisoning in a 10-month-old infant in the May 7 issue of JAMA.
The boy recovered within a few hours, but nicotine poisoning could easily be fatal, Bassett said. A teaspoon of standard liquid nicotine would be enough to kill a person who weighs 200 pounds (90 kilograms), Bassett and his colleagues noted in their report.
Myth 3: E-cigs can help you quit smoking.
The few studies looking at whether or not using e-cigs helps people kick the habit have had mixed results. Some studies have found people who tried e-cigs wound up smoking fewer regular cigarettes, but they were no more likely to give up smoking entirely.
Overall, the authors of a recent scientific review conclude, "studies that reflect real-world e-cigarette use found that e-cigarette use is not associated with successful quitting ... Taken together, the studies suggest that e-cigarettes are not associated with successful quitting in general population-based samples of smokers." [Kick the Habit: 10 Scientific Quit-Smoking Tips]
And there is even some evidence that e-cigs may get non-smokers hooked on nicotine. Studies have found as many as one-third of young e-cigarette users have never tried conventional cigarettes.
Myth 4: E-cigs don't produce harmful second-hand smoke.
A main selling point of e-cigs is that they can be used anywhere, because they don't produce toxic smoke that puts others at risk. But breathing in second-hand vapor, also known as "passive vaping," may not be harmless. In fact, experts say although The level of toxic chemicals in second-hand vapor is smaller than that in second-hand smoke. But experts say e-cig smoke contains a similar amount of tiny particles of heavy metals and other substances that can damage the lungs.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule that would permit the agency to regulate e-cigarettes and similarproducts. If the proposal becomes final, the agency said, it will be able to use regulatory tools, such as age restrictions and rigorous scientific review of new tobacco products and claims to reduce tobacco-related disease and death.
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Editor's note: This article was updated at 7 p.m. ET on June 4 to correctly state that the solvent in e-cigarettes is propylene glycol (not polyethylene glycol, as the article originally stated).


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- See or read three full-length plays.* Write a review of each. Discuss with your counselor the plot or story. If you chose to watch the plays, comment on the acting and the staging.
- Write a one-act play that will take at least 10 minutes to perform. The play must have a main character, conflict, and a climax.
- Discuss with your counselor the safety precautions that should be
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- Act a major part in a full-length play; or, act a part in three one-act plays.
- Direct a play. Cast, rehearse, and stage it. The play must be at least 10 minutes long.
- Design the set for a play or a theatrical production. Make a model of it.
- Design the costumes for five characters in a theatrical production set in a historical time.
- Show skill in hair and makeup design. Make up yourself or a friend as a historical figure, a clown, an extraterrestrial, or a monster as directed.
- With your counselor's approval, help with the building and painting of the scenery for a theatrical production.
- With your counselor's approval, design the lighting for a play; or help install, focus, color, program, and operate the lighting for a theatrical production.
- With your counselor's approval, help install, focus, equalize, program, and operate the sound for a theatrical production.
- Serve as the stage manager for a theatrical production. Document all cues and stage setups in your calling script.
- Serve as musical director for a musical theater production.
- Mime or pantomime any ONE of the following chosen by your counselor.
- You have come into a large room. It is full of pictures, furniture, and other things of interest.
- As you are getting on a bus, your books fall into a puddle. By the time you pick them up, the bus has driven off.
- You have failed a school test. You are talking with your teacher who does not buy your story.
- You are at a camp with a new Scout. You try to help them pass a cooking test. The Scout learns very slowly.
- You are at a banquet. The meat is good. You don't like the vegetable. The dessert is ice cream.
- You are a circus performer such as a juggler, high-wire artist, or lion tamer doing a routine.
- Explain the following: proscenium arch, central or arena staging, center stage, stage right, stage left, downstage, upstage, stage crew, flies, portal, cyclorama, stage brace, spotlight, floodlight, lighting control board, sound mixing desk, thrust staging, ground plans, and sightlines.
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Where Do PDF Files Come From?
- Not All PDF Files Are the Same Quality
- Tools for Creating PDF Files
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In this hour, we will learn how PDF files always start out as something else. Maybe it is as a word processing document, or as a desktop publishing layout. Sometimes it is as a printed piece or as a fax for which no electronic original is available. All of these types of documentswhether digital or analogcan be converted to PDF files. Turning documents into PDF files makes them easier to shareand easier to archive.
Let's say that you want to distribute an employee manual electronically to all the employees in your company. You might not want to give everyone in your company access to the employee handbook in Microsoft Word format, where they can edit and delete text as they want. Converting the document to a PDF file allows you to restrict access so that the file cannot be edited. But the PDF file you want to post on your company's intranet site or e-mail to co-workers around the world is probably not the same PDF file you would send to your commercial printer who is creating the hard-copy versions of your employee manual. The differences between these types of PDF files are explained in this hour.
This hour is designed to give you an overview of all the tools you have available for creating PDF files. Each of these tools is then discussed in further detail later in the book.
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What utilities are available for making PDF files
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How to choose the best option for making your PDF files
Not All PDF Files Are the Same Quality
When making PDF files, it is important to consider how they will be used. Are they going to be sent as e-mail attachments or posted on a Web site? Are they going to be given to a commercial printer for high-quality offset duplication? Maybe they are just going to be used around the office and printed on laser printers.
Knowing how a PDF file will be used allows you to select the best way to create a PDF that will meet the needs of the recipient. If you post a PDF online that was designed to be sent to a commercial printer, the file will be much larger than necessary and take a long time to download. If you send a printer a PDF that was designed for posting to a Web site, the colors in the file might not print accurately and will not look as expected. The settings used to create the PDF file can change the appearance of the PDF file, as you can see in Figure 3.1.
Figure 3.1 Graphics in PDF files look different based on how the PDF file is created and which settings are used when making the PDF file.
Posting PDF Files on Web Sites
PDF files posted on Web sites should be designed to download as quickly as possible and to look good on the recipient's computer screen. To make these PDF files look good on-screen, save them in RGB (Red Green Blue) color modethe same color mode used on all computer displays. This mode provides for more vibrant colors, but these colors cannot always be reproduced when printing. Also, the RGB color mode takes up less space in the file than the mode used to build PDF files for printing.
To allow your PDF files to download more quickly, the resolution of graphics in PDF files that are posted to Web sites should be set to the same resolution as most computer monitors: 72 pixels per inch (sometimes referred to as dots per inch, or dpi). This resolution makes graphics look fine on a computer screen, but they will not be of a very high quality if you have to print the file. The resolution of graphics is separate from the resolution of text; creating a PDF with low-resolution graphics helps reduce the size of the file, but the quality of the text is not affected.
To further reduce the file size of PDF files that are posted on the Web, it is a good idea to remove the fonts from the file. You don't have to worry that your document will look different after you have removed the fonts because all versions of Acrobatincluding the free Readerinclude font substitution technology. This technology allows you to remove the fonts from the PDF file while being assured that the person who receives the file will still see a document that matches the intent of what you created. Your line breaks will not change and no pages will be added or deleted because of text reflow. PDF files always look the same on all recipients' computersregardless of the platform they are using and regardless of the fonts installed.
Use the Web settings for PDF files that will be sent as e-mail attachments. This keeps the file size small and makes the files easier to send and receive.
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Your printer will want a PDF file that includes all the fonts you used when the piece was designed. Including the fonts in the PDF ensures that the file the printer receives is an exact match to what you creatednot just a very close resemblance. Although PDF files created without including the fonts can look pretty similar to the original (it may take a magnifying glass to see the difference), printers are much more particular. The graphic arts industry wants an exact match, so your printer will require a PDF file with all the fonts included. Including the fonts in the PDF file makes the file size larger; this is the trade-off for creating an exact match of the original. You can see how including the fonts in the PDF makes the file less desirable for online posting, and why you want to create different types of PDF files for different purposes.
The colors used on a printing press are different than those used onscreen. Printers use CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black) for printing. The colors used in a PDF that is sent to a printer should reflect this fact instead of using the colors used for on-screen viewing. Using CMYK colors for your PDF file will make the colors appear more muted, and not as attractive on-screen. This also increases the file size slightly.
PDF Files for General Office Use
PDF files that will be used around your office, printed on laser printers, and posted to a company intranet site (which is typically faster than an Internet site) should be of a higher quality than those posted to an Internet Web site, but they do not have to be as high-quality as those being sent to a commercial printer. The primary difference between PDF files that are sent to a commercial printer and those created for general office use is the resolution of the graphic files. Both office-quality PDF files and print-quality PDF files are converted to CMYK color because office printers also use these colors for printing. PDF files for both these purposes include fonts to ensure consistency and accuracy when printing and viewing. But the graphic resolution for office-quality PDF files is about half of that used for commercial printing purposes.
PDF Files as eBooks
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What is tantan ramen & gyoza?
Tantan Ramen is a popular Japanese spin on a noodle dish originating from Sichuan, China. While the variety you can pick up from a street vendor often includes meat in it, our plant-based (vegan & gluten free) version of this ramen dish tastes just as authentic, delicious & hearty! Gyoza are doughy, pan fried dumplings stuffed with a variety of fillings that are regular fixtures at ramen shops throughout Japan. They usually come with a signature sauce for dipping.
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