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Faster, stronger, just plain truckier.
Automakers from GM to startup Rivian are racing to bring their first electric pickups ever to market starting next year, and they aren't just arguing a battery-powered truck will be as good as any other pickup.
They are promising it'll be better. Much better.
Take Ford. Its upcoming electric F-150 can tow a million-pound freight train (although it should be noted freight trains are designed to be easy to pull). Or take the Tesla Cybertruck, which apparently can win a game of tug-of-war with an ordinary F-150.
And then, there are the tricks: an electric pickup from Rivian doing a "tank turn," or a Hummer EV whose wheels can turn and drive diagonally.
Automakers have a lot riding on ensuring the take-off of the electric pickup truck.
Currently, the best-selling vehicle in the United States is a pickup. The second best-selling vehicle is also a pickup. And the third best-selling vehicle? You guessed it: It's a pickup.
That means even a small slice of this market could mean big money.
"A third of all pickup truck owners are open to the idea of electrification," says Alexander Edwards, the president of market research firm Strategic Vision. "It doesn't mean that they're going to shop for it, doesn't mean they're going to go buy it, but they're least willing to listen to what you have to say."
Edwards calculates that all told, some 2 million shoppers per year might entertain the idea of an electric pickup — and that's before the first model has even hit the market.
Compared to the pool of car shoppers who are already buying battery-powered cars, these potential pickup buyers are less wealthy, less liberal and less motivated by environmental concerns.
But they could be persuaded by arguments about performance, Edwards says, citing the results of his firm's ongoing surveys of new car buyers.
Across the board, performance and handling are top priorities for many new vehicle buyers, Edwards says, while only 7% of shoppers say they'd be willing to pay significantly more for the sake of the environment.
And pickup buyers in particular are looking for "rugged, powerful, capable vehicles," he says.
For instance, they often prefer engines that can provide a lot of low-end torque — the rotational force needed to get a heavy weight moving from a dead stop.
Electric motors are remarkably good at delivering that exact kind of power. For some buyers, that could be persuasive.
Electric vehicles have steering and handling advantages, too — hence the tank turns and crab walks of the promotional videos. And the massive weight of an electric vehicle is a boon for drivers hungry for traction.
Automakers say they've seen evidence of robust American appetite for electric pickups. Ford recently announced it was increasing its initial production of the all-electric F-150 by 50%, citing "strong early interest."
And the Tesla Cybertruck has clocked hundreds of thousands of reservations. In fact, a recent CarGurus study of current pickup owners found that 25% said they would consider switching brands to buy a Tesla truck — beating out every other brand.
But there are challenges. How to charge their cars, whether at home or on the road, is a key concern for shoppers.
Affordability is another serious issue, especially given that interest in electric vehicles at the moment is particularly strong among younger drivers, who are less likely to be able to afford pricier vehicles.
"It's really Gen-Z and millennials who are driving increased interest in electric pickups," says Madison Gross, the director of consumer insights at CarGurus.
New pickup trucks are expensive to start with — averaging nearly $55,000 for a full-size truck — and most electric versions will be even more expensive up front.
That's giving pause to current pickup owners like Pat Turner.
The 30-year-old has been waiting for electric pickups to come to market for years, and he's "stoked" by the performance specs of the vehicles in the pipeline. The prices, though, are a different matter.
"For this foreseeable future, anyway, they seem kind of unobtainable," he says. "Prices are just insane. I mean, GM came out with their EV Hummer: Over $100,000. That's nuts!"
So Turner will be keeping an eye on electric pickups. But he probably won't be buying one anytime soon.
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Today's QOTD comes from Stephen Breitstone, co-head of the taxation and wealth preservation group at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone LLP, commenting on one of the tax avoidance schemes that Mitt Romney used in the $100 million trust he set up for his children and grandchildren:
It's going to be harder to do tax planning in the future. He's bringing attention to things that weren't getting attention.
This comes from a Bloomberg story about Romney's use of an "I Dig It" trust, which Breitstone says is so important to the wealthy that ending its tax benefits "would put an end to much of estate planning as we know it." Here's how it works:
The person setting up the trust, like Romney, contributes assets such as an interest in a fund or shares in a company. If he makes that contribution before those assets appreciate — particularly when they are privately held and difficult to value — he can claim the gift tax obligation is low or non-existent since the declared value is low or zero.
If the trust generates any income — such as by selling stock — the eventual tax bill is the responsibility of Romney, not the trust. By paying the capital gains tax, which was 20 percent in the late 1990s and is now 15 percent, he can avoid depleting the funds in the trust — in essence making an additional donation that's free of gift taxes….Gains in the trust for Romney's heirs remain free of gift taxes and potential estate taxes.
Very cool, no? First, Romney undervalues the assets he puts into the trust so he owes little or no gift tax. Then, later, when the assets appreciate, he pays only the capital gains tax, which is considerably lower than the gift tax. And to make it even better, he pays the capital gains tax out of his own pocket, so the trust owes nothing. It's like making a second gift to his kids free and clear.
Bloomberg says Romney did this with some DoubleClick shares he got in 1997, back when he was CEO of Bain Capital, but that's undoubtedly just the tip of the iceberg. The DoubleClick payday amounted to a piddling $674,000 out of a trust worth over $100 million. Sadly for our nation's ultra-wealthy, though, the spotlight Romney is shining on stuff like this might spur Congress to close some of these loopholes. Maybe.

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Here's a super-helpful article in Mommy Poppins by Jacqueline Stanbury about choosing a preschool in L.A. I sent my kids to two different preschools. My daughter went to an expensive preschool (Montessori Shir-Hashirim) with celebrities and all the extras like Chinese, theater and piano lessons. It is a "feeder preschool" to several schools where I knew we'd apply for my daughter (Oakwood, Willows). It is also feeds to schools like Laurence, Center For Early Education and Mirman where we didn't apply. My daughter flourished there and attended Willows for K-6. She's now in 10th grade at Viewpoint in Calabasas.
My son attended a local neighborhood school that has since closed. I found it through a friend who sent her son there. It wasn't fancy and cost about half the price of my daughter's school. It had great teachers, a shabby exterior, hot lunch and a willingness to play football in the yard with him before pickup. He loved it. He was the only kid who attended private elementary school from that preschool and that's because his sister was already at The Willows. If I'd wanted him to go to a different private school, the preschool director wouldn't have been able to help at all.
I will say that Stanbury makes an important point about preschools that feed to specific elementary schools. She says, "Those of us who make the mistake of applying only to preschools that feed into one of Los Angeles's many prestigious elementary programs can too easily get caught up in seeking approval from the director to secure a kindergarten slot." However, I think these "feeder preschools" can be important if you want your child to attend a specific, competitive private elementary school.
There's a clear path from certain preschools to a few of the same elementary schools every year. By sending their kids to "feeder preschools" parents hope to increase their chances of getting into schools like John Thomas Dye, Curtis, Brentwood, Carlthorp and others. Attending a "feeder" isn't a guarantee into specific schools, but it's a good place to start (if you can get in) and it makes it a lot easier than applying from a preschool John Thomas Dye has never heard of–good luck with that! Certain hard-to-get-into-private elementary schools admit high numbers of kids from "feeder preschools" and you'll have to decide if that's the route you want to go. There are politics involved in elementary school admissions and reasons as to why they choose kids from preschools they know and have worked with for years. Relationships exist between the preschool director and elementary school admission director. A single phone call can smooth the way for your kid to get in. A blow-up with the preschool director can ruin everything. Your relationship with your preschool director can't be underestimated when it comes time for your kids to apply to kindergarten. And, expect that the preschool director will wield power when it comes to where your kid should attend elementary school. If you have your heart set on one school, but the director thinks it's not the right school for your child, you'll be in a difficult position and that's where your negotiating skills will be required. Also be aware that your child will be competing for a few kindergarten spots with his/her classmates. It all depends on what you're looking for in a school. "Feeder Preschools" are one option, but certainly not the only preschool option! As the author points out, and I agree, a small, low-key neighborhood school can be just the right place for your child too.
Click to read Choosing A Preschool 5 Things That Matter and 5 That Probably Don't
Here's more about Beyond The Brochure's thoughts on "feeder schools" as we explore how it works and some of the benefits and drawbacks:
You'll note that when we talk about "feeder" schools (preschools that send more than a few students to particular elementary schools every year) we put the term "feeder" in quotation marks. We use quotes because there is some disagreement within the private school community about whether "feeder" schools even exist. We think they do. But, some private school administrators, preschool directors and even some parents don't buy into the idea of a "feeder" school. They argue that even if a school is termed a "feeder" school for a certain elementary school, there is no guarantee that any specific child will get into that school. They also believe that to call a preschool a "feeder" diminishes the hard work of the preschool staff and the students who are accepted to the elementary school that receives the "feeder" preschool's kids. In other words, saying a preschool is a "feeder" implies that it operates primarily on it's relationship and connections with an elementary school and not much more.
Those are definitely valid points. We do think "feeder" schools develop based on relationships and connections between schools, but also because a particular preschool fits the educational philosophy of a specific elementary school. And, the elementary school probably has success with students and parents from that preschool.
We simply believe that if you look at certain preschools and the number of students they send each year to certain elementary schools, they fit our definition of "feeder" school. If a preschool sends 1/3 or more of it's class to the same elementary school year after year, that's what we'd call a "feeder" preschool. We think this is helpful information when you're in the application process. It can give you important information about your child's preschool and about the preschool director's ability to help you place your child. But, don't enroll your child in a "feeder" preschool just because you want your child to attend a certain elementary school. That's not enough of a reason to pick a preschool-and things might not work out as you planned. You need to really love your preschool and if it's a "feeder" to a great private elementary school, all the better. See our previous posts for more about which preschools are known as "feeder" schools. This term also applies to elementary schools that send significant numbers of kids to upper schools.
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New IT solutions to increase growth in retail sector
Born from a new partnership between LS Retail (Iceland) and TARGIT, (Hjørring, Denmark) the new and specially designed IT solution will give retailers worldwide a much needed overview of their business and performance.
A new IT system designed by TARGIT and LS Retail will provide retailers with an up-to-date overview of their business's daily operations and performance. TARGIT, Europe's largest pure-play developer of BI products, and LS Retail have partnered for the first time for the development of the solution. LS Retail is the leading provider of end-to-end solutions and services for the retail, hospitality, and forecourt industries based on Microsoft Dynamics and .NET technology. This partnership sets the stage for an impressive export potential with international customers.
Among the notable features most relevant to the retail industry is the software's early-warning system, which makes it possible for retailers to react to current or potential aberrations quickly and proactively with a direct and positive effect on the bottom line.
"It is vital for the retail industry to get a clear, real-time overview of the enormous amounts of data being generated daily," explains TARGIT CSO Flemming Madsen. "With LS Retail's data organization for Business Intelligence, we have a flexible solution that can be implemented right away. And with the improved overview from the elaborate reports and analyses, retailers can build a better business."
TARGIT's solution will give the more than 2,000 LS Retail customers access to a rich reporting functionality, elaborate analyzing capabilities, and dynamic dashboards, among other game-changing features.
Magnus Norddahl, CEO of LS Retail, adds, "TARGIT is the biggest BI vendor for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This makes us a perfect match. And the retailers will be able to increase their profitability with the combined solution."
Flemming Madsen expects that a minimum of 10-25 percent of the LS Retail customer portfolio will implement TARGIT over the next three years, resulting in a gross turnover of 2.5 to 6 million USD (DKK 13-33 M).


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California's 40 years of remarkable success in using energy efficiency to avoid dirty power generation and save utility customers billions, as detailed in a new NRDC fact sheet released this week, offers valuable lessons to help meet President Obama's climate action plan.
Cutting energy waste by improving the efficiency of America's homes and businesses -- and the appliances and electronic devices within them -- is essential to reduce the nation's need to build new power plants and to cut dangerous emissions from existing ones. Power plants are the largest source of America's carbon pollution, and the president is ordering his administration to take steps to help curb it.
California's energy efficiency achievements over the past four decades can serve as a model for how to avoid those dirty emissions. And, as we know well in California, investing in energy efficiency programs to allow us to do more with the same or less energy -- such as upgrading our lighting or weatherizing our homes -- also costs less than half the price of fossil-fuel alternatives. Efficiency also drives innovation and creates jobs.
NRDC is publishing a new fact sheet that highlights the enormous economic and pollution reduction benefits California has reaped thanks to its longstanding and bipartisan commitment to energy efficiency. Our paper also busts some of the myths about the reasons behind the state's significant progress.
Efficiency's huge benefits
California's energy efficiency efforts over the past several decades have helped:
- Save residents and businesses more than $65 billion
- Make household electric bills 25 percent lower than the national average
- Create a more productive economy, generating twice as much economic output for every kilowatt-hour consumed compared to the rest of the country
- Decrease utility bills for millions of low-income households
- Cut as much climate-warming carbon pollution as is spewed from 5 million cars annually
Despite the state's clear success, some naysayers incorrectly claim that it all would have happened even without our efficiency policies. But California policymakers and utilities know the facts: that's why they continue to invest around $1 billion every year to expand on the state's success with energy efficiency.
Utilities are required to turn first to energy efficiency to "keep the lights on" before investing in more expensive sources like natural gas-fired power plants. And the state sets standards for new buildings and appliances to minimize energy waste. Thanks in part to these efforts, California's per capita electricity consumption has remained nearly flat over the past 40 years, while the rest of the United States increased by 50 percent.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
California's efficiency success can't be "wished away"
Nonetheless, there are those who try to "wish away" California's efficiency success by trying to prove that energy efficiency isn't the only factor responsible for our flat per-capita consumption. Everyone knows multiple factors affect electricity use, but energy efficiency is a critical one. And just as you don't have to be an only child for your parents to love you, efficiency doesn't need to be the only contributor for it to represent an invaluable example to other states looking to cut utility bills and curb pollution.
NRDC's new fact sheet debunks some of the "myths" detractors have used in an attempt to minimize efficiency's importance, such as recent claims in a paper by Arik Levinson published by a nonprofit group called the National Bureau of Economic Research. It attempts to credit the per capita consumption disparity to the state's mild weather while the population in the rest of the country shifted to hotter climates. However, this ignores that California's population has also shifted into hotter climates in Southern California and the Central Valley.
The paper also contends that the state's mild climate avoided air conditioning increases in contrast to other parts of the country, but the facts show otherwise. For example, only a quarter of new homes built in California in the 1970s had air conditioning compared to 95 percent of houses built in recent years, expanding home air conditioning's 5 percent share of the state's electric demand to about 25 percent.
Source: California Energy Commission
The lesson from California's experience
As our fact sheet shows, California has demonstrated that energy efficiency can help keep the lights on, generate jobs, cut pollution, and lower utility bills. The state's integrated effort to support research and development of new efficient technologies, utility programs that help consumers lower their bills, and minimum standards that ensure new buildings and appliances are not energy-guzzlers have been a resounding win for California.
The lesson from California's efficiency efforts is clear: it works. And that's a good lesson to learn for the sake of our communities and our nation as we join the president in taking the next big step to fight climate change.
Devra Wang is the Director of the California Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. This piece was originally published at NRDC's Switchboard and was reprinted with permission.


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This fun event, hosted by Vonnie @ Vonnie's Reading Corner, ended yesterday, and she posted her wrap-up post today. Eight bloggers, including me, participated. Each of us had last-minute reads that we had decided to get under our belts before the end of the year.
Vonnie also held a giveaway for the read-a-thon participants. The winner has already been chosen -- Ciska, @ Ciska's Book Chest!


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Taking up digital drawing can feel daunting, especially if you haven't picked up a pencil and sketchbook since you were a child. But by practicing drawing simple shapes, objects and features, you can quickly pick up the basics and develop your own digital sketch style. Here are 10 of the best things to learn to draw if you're a newcomer.
Hands are the ideal subject for beginners, with different gestures providing perfect practice for perspective, scale, curves and lines. Use with either a photo or a wooden artist's model of a hand that can be moved into different positions. Beginners should try drawing the basic outline of an open hand, starting with the palm.
This basic shape should fit into a wide rectangle, with a curve across the top right and a straight line to meet it across the bottom right. Use circles to represent the knuckles across the top, with a thumb knuckle at the bottom of the left-hand side of the rectangle.
Learn to draw lines out from the circles as fingers, ensuring the proportion is right, with more circles on each finger to give them shape. You can now draw an outline of the hand around this shape. Once you've mastered this, try drawing other gestures.
Learning how to draw dogs on a tablet is a great way to improve your digital sketch skills and build your confidence quickly. Doing so requires an understanding of the basic shapes that make up their profile. So, use a circle to represent their head, a large oval to represent the upper body and a smaller oval or circle for the lower body. These can then be connected by curved lines, with lines running vertically from the body to act as legs. Consider perspective when drawing the ears and muzzle, using grid lines to ensure the face and head remain in proportion.
Buildings are the perfect subject for developing a better understanding of 3D and perspective drawing. Rather than drawing architecture flat, aim to make it jump from the page. Start by using a horizon line, from which 'vanishing lines' will radiate. It can be helpful to sketch these lines onto a drawing, so you can work out the angle from which certain parts of a building should be drawn on the page. Think of drawing a building as creating a series of cubes, adding a vertical line from the horizon and then, from the far end of the horizontal line, draw angled lines that meet. This will create proper perspective and make drawings look more realistic. Adding shading on one side of the building will also give a sense of where the light is coming from.
Butterflies might seem like a tough thing to draw. But learning to draw one on a tablet with its wings open is something all beginners can quickly learn. Start with a small oval, with a vertical line running through it. Add a narrower oval below for the abdomen and a circle above for the head, using lightly drawn, curved lines to connect all three. Use ovals on the side and top of the head to represent the butterfly's eyes and palpi, with antenna curving from the top. After adding detail to the torso, making it rough to reflect its fluffiness, it's time to draw the wings. Use a horizontal line across the torso as a basis and upwards angled lines from the middle of this for the upper wings. Use curves around this line for the top part of the wings. Underneath the horizontal line, add curves which should then connect with the upper wings to make them appear complete. For the lower wings, use simple triangles, the lines of which should be curved to make the finished article look realistic.
Learning to draw cars can be incredibly complex. But getting the simple shape of a motor vehicle right doesn't have to be: it's all about understanding perspective. To get this right, use grid lines drawn from two vanishing points at the top corner of the page towards a third vanishing point off the bottom. This will ensure the car stays in proportion. Start with the wheels, which should be around three wheel lengths apart. Remember, these are essentially ellipses that are in perspective, so don't draw them flat. Add outlines for the bottom of the car and then curves to represent the body. Use shading and softer pencils to add in details like windows, door handles and the front grille.
Flowers are a great way to bring together lessons learned about lines and curves. Learn to draw flowers that have simple petals to start with, practicing getting curves right. Because their shape can vary, there's less concern about everything being symmetrical, meaning you can spend a long time trying new approaches, developing your own style rather than creating something that's photo-realistic right away.
There's a reason that trees are a favorite when we learn to draw as children. At their simplest, they can be just two lines for a trunk and a circle to represent the branches and leaves. But the fact they offer so much detail means you can draw the same tree over and over again and get a different result each time. Their branches are great for working on curves, while leaves can help your practice non–linear patterns and getting shade right.
Fruit is a classic thing to learn to draw for beginners. Sketching a fruit bowl full of apples, oranges and bananas can help develop better hand to eye coordination, thanks to their irregular shapes and the recurrence of curves. The bowl itself can also act as helpful practice for getting symmetry spot on too. Try turning the bowl or sketching it from a different angle to see how shapes change and how your drawing responds.
Learning to draw eyes might seem like a challenge, but their basic shape is relatively straightforward, with two simple curves surrounding a perfect circle. Getting the basic shape right takes time, but by drawing multiple eyes repeatedly, you'll soon have created something that looks right. The chance to add detail here is infinite, from shading the iris, adding eyelashes and drawing eyebrows. Get this right and your ability to create arresting portraits will be boosted.
Learning to draw lips is a great subject for taking curve drawings to another level. They require a basic understanding of symmetry, using an axis line and a triangle through which you can draw a bow that mimics the top lip and a curve for the lower lip. Within this you can add further details, such as shading and light to make your lips look as realistic as possible. Once again, playing around is key. It's hard to draw lips right first time, so keep at it until you're pleased with what you've made.
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La estrategia de Wacom consiste en acercar la tecnología a las personas mediante su tecnología de interfaz que hace que la experiencia al usarlo se sienta natural. Esto ha convertido a Wacom en el fabricante líder a escala internacional de pen tablets y pantallas interactivas, así como de lápices digitales y soluciones para guardar y procesar firmas digitales. La tecnología avanzada de los dispositivos Wacom es Intuitiva y se ha utilizado en la creación de algunas de las películas, efectos especiales, moda, diseños y obras de arte digitales más interesantes del mundo, y ofrece a los usuarios domésticos y profesionales una tecnología de interfaz líder para expresar su propia personalidad. Fundada en 1983, Wacom es una compañía global con sede en Japón (bolsa de valores de Tokio: 6727), con filiales y sucursales en todo el mundo para cubrir operaciones de marketing y distribución en más de 150 países.


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Who are we?
The Gay Homeland Foundation is an international organization dedicated to the idea of creation of a self-administrated territory for the GLBT-people. Our association dedicates itself also to the promotion of the cultural, economic and political development of the GLBT-community, and aims to improve the reputation and protection of its nationals in the world.
Our mission:
Whereas Gay and Lesbian people in some European countries and Canada are free from discrimination and enjoy equal rights with heterosexual citizens, most of our people are subject to harassment, humiliation and state-sanctioned discrimination. Their civil rights are violated by prohibition of the same-sex marriage, professional restrictions and social oppression. In many states homosexuality is persecuted by criminal laws, resulting in long imprisonment or death penalty. Even in countries like the United States which were believed to be rather liberal and progressive, a severe backlash is to be feared.
Great progresses were achieved by the efforts of Gay rights activists groups like ILGA, including Gay marriage or civil partnership in liberal countries. We recognize these efforts of the numerous international and local Gay and Lesbian organizations, but we also strongly believe that this approach does not offer a relief for the GLBT people suffering the worst discrimination in large parts of this world. May in some countries the life for heterosexuals be difficult and full of hardship, the life of homosexuals is much harder. For so many there is only one way to escape from the tyrany: to flee to a country with a bearable legislation. Non of the leading liberal countries offers a free immigration right for persecuted Gay and Lesbian people, and a single man or a woman can make very little to change the pace of history.
Taking these facts into account, we believe that there is a great need to establish a place for GLBT-people to find refuge and protection. There should be a refuge for our people to withdraw from homophobic states now and in the future. This concept might include protected settlements within existing countries, as well as a creation of a new land for homosexual people. To make this dream of our own country become real, long and steady efforts will be required, but it's worth all of the constraints.
An additional increase of self-consciousness of the GLBT-community is expected when Gay and Lesbian people would understand themselves as a "folk" with own cultural identity and traditions, a Gay nation indeed.


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A common joint disorder involves the sacroiliac joint, which links the bottom of the spine with pelvic bone. This joint endures a lot of pressure and absorbs the shocks from the upper body.
Although it is a very strong and mostly stationary joint, the sacroiliac joint can become damaged or impaired. Sacroiliac joint dysfunction can mimic many of the symptoms of herniated lumbar disc. People with sacroiliac joint dysfunction typically complain of pain on one side of their lower back or buttocks. The pain can sometimes shoot down one or leg or both, sometimes extending all the way down to the foot.
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It's late in the evening: time to close the book and turn off the computer. You're done for the day. What you may not realize, however, is that the learning process actually continues — in your dreams.
It might sound like science fiction, but researchers are increasingly focusing on the relationship between the knowledge and skills our brains absorb during the day and the fragmented, often bizarre imaginings they generate at night. Scientists have found that dreaming about a task we've learned is associated with improved performance in that activity (suggesting that there's some truth to the popular notion that we're "getting" a foreign language once we begin dreaming in it). What's more, researchers are coming to recognize that dreaming is an essential part of understanding, organizing and retaining what we learn — and that dreams may even hold out the possibility of directing our learning as we doze.
(MORE: Paul: The Power of Smart Listening)
While we sleep, research indicates, the brain replays the patterns of activity it experienced during waking hours, allowing us to enter what one psychologist calls a neural virtual reality. A vivid example of such reenactment can be seen in this video, made as part of a 2011 study by researchers in the Sleep Disorders Unit at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. They taught a series of dance moves to a group of patients with conditions like sleepwalking, in which the sleeper engages in the kind of physical movement that is normally inhibited during slumber. They then videotaped the subjects as they slept. Lying in bed, eyes closed, the woman on the tape does a faithful rendition of the dance moves she learned earlier — "the first direct and unambiguous demonstration of overt behavioral replay of a recently learned skill during human sleep," writes lead author Delphine Oudiette.
Of course, most of us are not quite so energetic during sleep — but our brains are busy nonetheless. While our bodies are at rest, scientists theorize, our brains are extracting what's important from the information and events we've recently encountered, then integrating that data into the vast store of what we already know — perhaps explaining why dreams are such an odd mixture of fresh experiences and old memories. A dream about something we've just learned seems to be a sign that the new knowledge has been processed effectively. In a 2010 study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers at Harvard Medical School reported that college students who dreamed about a computer maze task they had learned showed a 10-fold improvement in their ability to navigate the maze compared to participants who did not dream about the task.
(MORE: Paul: America Needs More Geeks: How to Make Science Cool)
Robert Stickgold, one of the Harvard researchers, suggests that studying right before bedtime or taking a nap following a study session in the afternoon might increase the odds of dreaming about the material. But some scientists are pushing the notion of enhancing learning through dreaming even further, asking sleepers to mentally practice skills while they slumber. In a pilot study published in The Sport Psychologist journal in 2010, University of Bern psychologist Daniel Erlacher instructed participants to dream about tossing coins into a cup. Those who successfully dreamed about the task showed significant improvement in their real-life coin-tossing abilities. Experiments like Erlacher's raise the possibility that we could train ourselves to cultivate skills while we slumber. Think about that as your head hits the pillow tonight.


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One-of-a-kind Wallpaper Roll
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Approx. Date: 1950s
Pattern Width: 18 inches (45.7 cm)
Repeat Length: 19 inches (48.3 cm)
This roll of wallpaper is an authentic, old stock roll from the 1950s. It is the last remaining roll of this pattern that we have.
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The definition of blogging is something that is very much in flux, as the new technologies that appear every day redefine what a blog is, what a blog can be, and what a blog should do. For many years, blogs were defined as text-based websites that kept records of days,similar to a captain's log on a sailing ship. However,this started to change as the group of people who kept blogs became more diverse. The more bloggers began to explore the limits of the medium and of the technology that made it possible, the more the boundaries of what could be called a "blog" expanded.
Today, there are an abundance of photo blogs, and there are even video blogs as well. Mobile blogging devices may well change the definition of blogging entirely by making it possible for bloggers to create new kinds of posts. Another element of the blogosphere that is starting to redefine blogging is the corporate blog. As more companies hire writers to keep blogs with the sole purpose of creating positive buzz about their brand,bloggers across the globe are arguing about whether these manufactured blogs are really worthy of the name.
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How Malnutrition Causes Obesity
Americans are overfed and undernourished. That's right, the most obese children and adults in the country are also the most nutritionally deficient!(1)
How can those two things possibly co-exist?
The mistake is to think that if you eat an abundance of calories, your diet automatically delivers all the nutrients your body needs. But the opposite is true. The more processed food you eat, the more vitamins you need.
That's because vitamins and minerals lubricate the wheels of our metabolism, helping the chemical reactions in our bodies run properly. Among those biochemical processes greased by nutrients is the regulation of sugar and burning of fat.
The problem is that the standard American diet (SAD) is energy dense (too many calories) but nutrient poor (not enough vitamins and minerals.) Too many "empty calories" confuse the metabolism and pack on the pounds.
A Nutritionally Deficient Culture
After reviewing the major nutritional research over the last 40 years and doing nutritional testing on over 10,000 patients—I can tell you that Americans are suffering from massive nutritional deficiencies. What I see in my office is reflected in the scientific literature.
Upwards of 30 percent of American diets fall short of such common plant-derived nutrients as magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin A.(2) More than 80 percent of Americans are running low on vitamin D.(3) And 9 out of 10 people are deficient in omega-3 fats, which are critical for staving off inflammation and controlling blood sugar levels (for more information, plus a quiz on where your nutritional imbalances lie, see The Blood Sugar Solution).
So, what happened? Why are we so undernourished?
Food is less nutritious. Processed foods, stuffed with high fructose corn syrup, refined flours, and trans fats–are a modern phenomenon. These foods crowd out more nutrient-dense foods because they are inexpensive and convenient.
Your grandmother wouldn't recognize most of the foods filling the center aisles of our grocery stores today. Imagine what early humans would think of "Lunchables"! Our species evolved eating foods that contained dramatically higher levels of all vitamins, minerals, and essential fats.(4)
Wild game is leaner and healthier than animals raised in factory farms. Plus, the meats and fish eaten by hunter-gatherers were almost always fresh. Most store bought meat today are laced with chemicals, such as nitrates, used to process and preserve.
Soil is being squeezed. There is a reason our food is less nutritious. Industrial farming is depleting the nutrients in the country's farmland. As a result, most vegetables harvested today have fewer nutrients than those plucked from the ground just two generations ago.
One of the largest and most compelling studies on this topic was published in 2004 in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Using data from the USDA's archives, a team of scientists looked at the nutrient content of 43 fruits and vegetables—everything from rutabaga to honeydew—grown in 1950 and compared them to the identical fruits and veggies grown in 1999.
Their findings were disturbing. Levels of calcium were down 16 percent, iron 15 percent, and vitamin C 20 percent.(5) Not a single nutrient had increased in the past 50 years!
Because those foods contain fewer nutrients, the servings we do eat don't deliver as much nutrition as they once did. Fewer nutrients means lowered immunity and increased vulnerability to chronic disease and obesity.
When your body doesn't get the right nutrition, it just keeps asking for more food. The endless cycle of craving is a Catch-22; people are eating more, getting fatter, but still not feeling satisfied—it's a nightmare from which they can't escape.
Refining kills nutrients. In general, foods are stripped of their nutrients during the refining process. One of the most telling examples of this mistake is wheat. The process of refining whole wheat flour into white flour reduces the fiber by 80 percent and slashes levels of essential minerals, vitamins, and phytonutrients.(6)
Eventually, food manufacturers started adding synthetic versions of the most important vitamins and minerals back into food and call the food "enriched." But the idea that you can process out nutrients, such as B vitamins in the making of white flour, and then add them back is reductionistic and neglects the synergistic qualities of food. Food makers call these "enriched foods" but that's only because they are so impoverished in the first place!
Three Ways to Grab More Nutrient-Rich Calories
- Eat more plant-based foods: Fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains are the foundation of a lifelong "ultraprevention" diet. They are high in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, fiber, and essential fatty acids. These foundation foods also eliminate the many triggers of chronic illness, such as saturated fat, trans-fat, sugar, and toxic food additives.
- Prioritize healthy plant-based fats: The best way to eat most of your fat is in the form of extra-virgin olive oil, flax, nuts, and seeds with minimal amounts of properly processed (expeller-pressed) vegetable oils. Avoid oils that do not state the method of extraction or have a bitter aftertaste or rancid flavor.
- Dine on modest amounts of lean animal protein: The best sources are small cold-water fish that don't contain high levels of metals and other contaminants. Healthy fish choices include sardines, herring, mackerel, salmon, trout, and arctic char. Wild game, such as wild elk and deer, are also rich sources of omega-3 fats because of the wild plants they eat.
Remember, food is your best medicine! Whole foods are naturally packaged with a vast array of nutrients that work synergistically to optimize your health. They ripple throughout our entire physiology reducing inflammation, boosting detoxification, balancing hormones, and providing powerful antioxidant protection—all things that repair the underlying causes of disease.
To learn more please see The Blood Sugar Solution. Get one or get two books and give one to someone you love – you might be saving their life. When you purchase the book from this link you will automatically receive access to the following special bonuses:
- Special Report—Diabetes and Alzheimer's: The Truth About "Type 3 Diabetes" and How You Can Avoid It
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Now I'd like to hear from you…
Do you feel nutrient-starved?
Is the majority of your diet processed foods?
Are you overweight from eating empty calories?
Please leave your thoughts by adding a comment below – but remember, we can't offer personal medical advice online, so be sure to limit your comments to those about taking back our health!
To your good health,
Mark Hyman, MD
(1) Gillis L, Gillis A. Nutrient inadequacy in obese and non-obese youth. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2005 Winter;66(4):237-42.
(2)Compiled by Dr. Gerald Combs, USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, as viewed in Linda Pollak and Philipp Simon, "Strategic Goal 5: Improve the Nation's Nutrition and Health," presentation at "Plant Breeding: A Vital Capacity for U.S. National Goals," workshop, Raleigh, North Carolina, February 2007.
(3)Reis JP, et al. Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in the United States adolescent population. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug 3.
(4)Cordain L, et al.. Origin and evolution of the Western diet: Health implications for the 21st century. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 8 (2):341-54. Review.
(5)Changes in USDA Food Composition Data for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999," Journal of the CAN, vol23, no6
(6) Jonnalagadda SS, et al. Putting the whole grain puzzle together: Health benefits associated with whole grains—summary of the American Society for Nutrition 2010 Satellite Symposium. The Journal of Nutrition. 2011 March 30
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By lowering high blood pressure, you can reduce the amount of damage to your kidneys and help slow any progression of kidney disease. Visit your healthcare provider as scheduled and follow the tips below.
To control blood pressure and kidney disease:
Limit salt (sodium) intake. Your sodium limit is 1,500 mg a day. Sodium makes up 40% of table salt, which is also called sodium chloride. So 1,500 mg of sodium equals 3,800 mg of salt. It's very important to read and understand this difference when reading food labels. The following is a general guide that will make it easy to understand how much sodium is in different amounts of salt:
¼ teaspoon salt = 600 mg sodium
½ teaspoon salt = 1,200 mg sodium
¾ teaspoon salt = 1,800 mg sodium
1 teaspoon salt = 2,400 mg sodium
Cook with spices and herbs instead of salt.
Eat fresh foods instead of canned or processed ones.
Eat less fat. Avoid fats that come from animal sources.
Choose low-fat dairy foods.
Eat less protein.
Drink less fluid.
Eat foods that are low in phosphorus and potassium.
Regular activity helps reduce high blood pressure. For best results:
Talk with your healthcare provider before starting a fitness program. Your provider may be able to suggest activities that will help you feel your best.
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On July 31, 1884, Redwood County Commissioners purchased 160 acres and a 9-room house for $3,000 from J.M. Little for use as a county poor farm … Read More, Click Here
Charles Duncan Gilfillan purchased 13,000 acres of land in Redwood County. On the site now known as Gilfillan, Charles built a beautiful home and … Read More, Click Here
Redwood County was first established in 1862, and is one of the largest counties in southern Minnesota, with 26 townships, 555,474 acres, with 874 square miles and approximately 18,000 population. At one time there was nearly 150 lakes. Steamboat travel started up the Minnesota river in 1850, and reached into Redwood County in 1853, bringing in supplies and people and carrying … Read More about Our History
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The City of Loma Linda, Public Works Corporation Yard, 26000 Barton Road, is a Certified Collection Center (CCC) for used motor oil through annual certification from the CIWMB – California Integrated Waste Management Board. As such, this program is available to any resident of San Bernardino County the means to dispose of used motor oil at no cost.
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Monday-Thursday from 6:00 AM-4:30 PM. Used oil cannot be accepted after these hours.
Residents can bring in up to twenty (20) gallons of used motor oil per day. Used motor oil is defined as motor vehicle oil or automatic transmission fluid or diesel oil or any combination/mixture of these (i.e. any basic oil).
Used oil cannot be mixed with water, antifreeze, gasoline/diesel fuels, brake/power steering fluid, solvents, paints, varnishes, household chemicals, kitty litter, etc. Used oil mixed with these items is considered to be a household hazardous waste and must be disposed of accordingly. In addition, City personnel has and will exercise the right to examine any used oil being brought in to the center.
If oil show signs of layering, dirt, or debris floating in it, or if it has an unusual color or odor (e.g. appears contaminated), the City will not accept it but instead will provide the number/location of County of San Bernardino Fire Department, Household Hazardous Waste Division.
The City does not accept oil containers or oil filters.
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Fluoride is one of the best ways to keep teeth strong, healthy, and protected against decay. But what is fluoride? Who needs it? How much do they need? We know you have questions, but don't worry… the team at our dental office in Memphis is here to answer them.
What Is Fluoride?
Tooth decay is a serious problem among both children and adults, and one of the best ways to prevent it is by using fluoride. Fluoride is a mineral found in nature. However, it's also often added to water which provides an easy way to make sure we're all getting enough of it. Fluoride helps harden the enamel so our teeth are super strong and protected against bacteria and acid. Fluoride can even help strengthen teeth before they erupt, making it pretty important for kids.
Where Do We Get Fluoride?
Fluoride comes in two forms — systemic and topical. Systemic is any form that's ingested into the body, including fluoride found in water and fluoride tablets. Topical refers to the stuff your dentist in Memphis applies to your teeth during dental visits. Chances are if your drinking water is fluoridated, and you're using a toothpaste with fluoride, you're probably getting enough systemic fluoride. However, if you're prone to cavities or decay, or have sensitive teeth, your dentist may recommend using topical fluoride to keep sensitivity at bay and further protect your enamel.
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Fluoride?
When it comes to fluoride, there is such a thing as too much. Dental fluorosis is one of the main concerns that can result from the overuse of fluoride. Mostly affecting children under 8, dental fluorosis is caused by too much fluoride over a prolonged period of time before adult teeth have erupted. Sometimes you may notice pitting and staining, other times fluorosis can cause almost invisible white spots. You can reduce the risk of dental fluorosis by monitoring how much fluoride is in your water and choosing a different source for kids under 8 if yours has more than 2 mg/L. It's also important to note that, while highly unlikely, too much fluoride can be hazardous. Even though it's extremely difficult to expose yourself to dangerous levels of fluoride, you should still follow a few rules of thumb such as:
- Keeping fluoride supplements out of the reach of children
- Avoiding flavored toothpaste to discourage swallowing
- Following your dentist's recommendations for the right amount of fluoride for you
If you have more questions regarding fluoride, we welcome you to call our Memphis dental office to schedule a visit. We're always accepting new patients and are here to help our neighbors get and keep healthy smiles.


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Elena searches for the truth about Katherine's past.
Elena (Nina Dobrev) puts herself in a dangerous position as she searches for the truth about Katherine's past and what her own future may hold. Knowing that Stefan (Paul Wesley) would never agree to her plan, Elena swears Caroline (Candica Accola) to secrecy.
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) uses a new-found confidant to help him try to discover the real purpose and power of the moonstone. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and Bonnie (Katerina Graham) meet Luka (guest star Bryton James of "The Young and the Restless"), a new student with a surprising family history.
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Life Insurance Is Not About You
Life Insurance Is Not About You
Life Insurance Is Not About You
As you can imagine, we talk to a LOT of people about life insurance. One of the most common comments we hear has something to do with "Why should I get life insurance? I'll be dead anyway!" Sometimes it is said in jest, followed by a chuckle. There are times, however, when the comment is made with a sense or seriousness.
Alright. We get it. The thing to consider, however, is that life insurance is not about you. It was never intended to be about you. Sure, it may make you feel better and give you peace of mind, but buying life insurance is about those left behind.
It is so those who care the most about you won't have to worry about how they will manage paying for final expenses. It can serve to help your family stay in their home and continue to live life without struggling. It may help clear debts and pay off students loans, a car or a mortgage. Life insurance may even provide a path for your children to still be able to attend college in your absence.
Yes, life insurance can be one of the greatest gifts you leave your family, but like most gifts, it is not about you.
Life insurance can provide relatively quick access to cash following a death. Life insurance has certain tax benefits not provided by other assets or funds left in an estate. It may help your family keep a business going or provide for the time needed to sell it. Should you decide upon whole or permanent life insurance, a life insurance policy may even build value through the years. This is value that you may be able to access in an emergency.
We encourage you to contact us to talk about giving your family the gift of life insurance. We can start with a review of any current coverage you may have and the level you would like it to be. It is important to keep in mind that life insurance is at its least expensive when purchased when young and healthy so don't delay.
Our independent insurance agents can do the shopping for you, getting quotes from multiple companies. The final decision, of course, is yours. While it is true you may not be here when your life insurance is needed the most, but life insurance was never about you. It is a gift for those you love.


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A Note on Edge-Colourings Avoiding Rainbow $K_4$ and Monochromatic $K_m$
We study the mixed Ramsey number $maxR(n,{K_m},{K_r})$, defined as the maximum number of colours in an edge-colouring of the complete graph $K_n$, such that $K_n$ has no monochromatic complete subgraph on $m$ vertices and no rainbow complete subgraph on $r$ vertices. Improving an upper bound of Axenovich and Iverson, we show that $maxR(n,{K_m},{K_4}) \leq n^{3/2}\sqrt{2m}$ for all $m\geq 3$. Further, we discuss a possible way to improve their lower bound on $maxR(n,{K_4},{K_4})$ based on incidence graphs of finite projective planes.


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EQT closes new Mid Market fund at EUR 1.1 billion
- The EQT Mid Market fund closes above target fund size of EUR 1 billion
- Strong commitment from existing investor base
- Primarily focused on middle market buyouts and growth equity investments in Northern Europe, Greater China and Southeast Asia
EQT[1], the leading private equity group in Northern Europe, is pleased to announce the recent closing of the EQT Mid Market fund. Interest for the new fund was strong, with 95% of the capital committed by existing EQT investors.
The fund is advised by a dedicated team of 35 investment advisory professionals based in Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Warsaw and Zurich. The team has cumulative experience from advising on more than 30 middle market transactions in prior EQT funds with an aggregated transaction value of over EUR 3.4 billion. The EQT Mid Market team is led by Jan Ståhlberg, one of the founders and Deputy Managing Partner of EQT Partners.
The EQT Mid Market fund is the latest addition to the EQT range of funds and investment strategies. The fund is backed by high-quality international institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. The investor base is also well diversified in terms of geography with 51% of the fund commitments being raised from institutional investors in the Nordic region, followed by 22% from the rest of Europe, 16% from North America and 11% from Asia.
The middle market opportunity
EQT believes many middle market businesses often lack the expertise needed to expand into new markets, the operational best practices needed to improve profitability and the governance frameworks required to become market leaders. Additionally, EQT believes many middle market businesses can benefit from internationalization, particularly by taking advantage of the increased trade linkages between Europe and Asia, and that there is a significant opportunity to transfer business models and best practices across these geographies.
The EQT Mid Market fund
The EQT Mid Market fund intends to invest in companies with strong market positions, solid growth platforms and ambitious owners and managers that can benefit from EQT's industrial approach and robust platform. The fund will primarily focus on buyouts and growth equity investments. Deal flow is expected to primarily come from family- and entrepreneur owned businesses, corporate orphans and public-to-private transactions. The typical transaction value ranges between EUR 80 million and EUR 150 million in Northern Europe and between EUR 80 million and EUR 200 million in Greater China and Southeast Asia.
The fund will, like all other funds advised by EQT Partners, have a clear focus on supporting the development, improvement and growth in the portfolio companies. EQT believes that its global expertise in supporting business development and growth is often a decisive factor for many company owners when selecting EQT as partner or new owner.
So far, the EQT Mid Market fund has invested in five companies; (i) Avenso, a leading gallery network and online retailer for photographic art serving the contemporary photographic art market in Germany, (ii) swiss smile, the leading quality dental chain in Switzerland, (iii) fiber based data communication provider IP-Only in Sweden, (iv) BackWerk, Germany's leading franchise system in the self-service bakery and quick service food market and (v) China F&B, operating two renowned international restaurant chains, Dairy Queen and Papa John's Pizza in China.
Jan Ståhlberg, Head of the EQT Mid Market team and Deputy Managing Partner of EQT Partners, commented: "EQT funds have, since inception 20 years ago, focused on supporting the implementation of growth initiatives in more than 120 portfolio companies using a clearly defined corporate governance model. It is the intent that the focus will continue to build on that experience, making sure that management in companies invested in have access to the best assistance and support. The overall goal is to make the companies stronger, more sustainable and well-positioned to continually prosper after EQT's ownership."
Conni Jonsson, Managing Partner of EQT, commented: "It is a fantastic sign of trust that 95% of the capital comes from investors in other EQT funds. We believe that with its access to EQT's global industrial network and the investment advisory team's extensive experience and local networks in both Europe and Asia, the EQT Mid Market fund is well-positioned with respect to the development of attractive companies in the middle market segment in Europe and Asia."
Jan Ståhlberg, Head of the EQT Mid Market team and Deputy Managing Partner, EQT Partners, Investment Advisor to the EQT Mid Market fund +46 8 506 55 307
EQT Press Department +46 8 506 55 356
About EQT
EQT is the leading private equity group in Northern Europe, with portfolio companies in Northern and Eastern Europe, Asia and the US with total sales of more than EUR 25 billion and over 550,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.
For further information please visit www.eqt.se
[1] "EQT" as used herein means EQT Holdings BV and/or the general partners and managers of the various EQT branded funds (as the context requires).


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From "Light Green" to Sustainable Buildings
World watch Institute examines necessary policy tools to move toward more sustainable buildings
Washington, D.C.—-As more people move to urban areas in search of economic opportunities, the number of buildings that are needed to house them continues to rise. It is estimated that by 2030, an additional 1.4 billion people will live in cities, of which 1.3 billion will dwell in cities of developing countries. The increasing number of buildings has long-term impacts on both the environment and natural resources. Fortunately, a variety of policy tools hold promise for promoting sustainability in buildings, according to Kaarin Taipale, contributing author of the World watch Institute's State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity.
The buildings in which we live and work are a major consumer of energy, responsible for some 30-40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, a similar share of total solid waste, and 12 percent of all fresh water used. With the rate of urbanization reaching record levels, there will be more construction and buildings than ever before.
The introduction and enforcement of effective public policies can be the cheapest and most efficient method for promoting sustainability in the construction and use of buildings, Taipale says. The goal is to radically reduce buildings' environmental footprint and long-term negative social and financial effects.
"Policies can control (via restrictive regulations), motivate (via incentives), or call for attention (via awareness-raising), and successful policy packages may combine all three characteristics," notes Taipale, an urban researcher from Finland. "In the rush to market everything as 'green,' builders superficially label their buildings as such. But although a solar panel on the roof may look good in a photo, it is certainly no proof of the sustainability of a building."
Even modestly "light-green buildings," as Taipale describes them, account for only a tiny fraction of total construction worldwide. She notes that the best way to move construction beyond greenwashing is through strict enforcement of ambitious building regulations and fulfillment of measurable targets.
In search of a "best policy" in her State of the World 2012 chapter, "From Light Green to Sustainable Buildings," Taipale suggests considering four dimensions in a policy package:
Process. It is important to take into account the entire life-cycle of a building, from design and construction to its use and demolition. Some posit that designating a sustainability coordinator for the planning and construction period should be a requirement for any building permit. An additional tool for the time span when the building is being used is a mandatory "maintenance diary," documenting the various ways the building is serviced and renovated.
Performance. What matters most is how well the entire building performs, not how its individual parts might adhere to requirements. Setting minimum energy performance standards, for example, makes more sense than specifying the thickness of a thermal insulation. A growing set of core criteria has evolved by which to measure building performance in terms of resource use. These consider greenhouse gas emissions, energy and water use, and waste production, among others. Policies can require that certain minimum performance standards and benchmarks be met.
Sustainable Infrastructure. Buildings need efficient infrastructures that save resources and provide everyone equal access to basic services such as fresh water and sanitation, energy, communication, and public transport. The quality of these infrastructures determines the level of urban sustainability. National water legislation, for example, can help secure access to safe drinking water for urban residents for a fair price.
Resource Use. Sustainability of resource use considers financial, human, and natural resources. Shifting toward a greater reliance on renewable energy is the most efficient method to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate climate change. Such a shift also helps reduce local air pollution and health hazards. We need higher energy performance requirements for new construction and refurbishment, however, because it does not make much sense to waste renewable energy in buildings that are not energy efficient.
No single policy is going to change light-green buildings into sustainable ones. Mainstreaming sustainability starts with setting targets and doing preliminary designs, and it needs to be followed through using maintenance and performance monitoring.
Worldwatch's State of the World 2012, released in April 2012, focuses on the themes of inclusive sustainable development discussed at Rio+20, the 20-year follow-up to the historic Earth Summit of 1992, also held in Rio de Janeiro. The report presents a selection of innovative ideas and practices to achieve global environmental sustainability while meeting human needs and providing jobs and ensuring dignity for all.


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Have a look at this simple example: https://stackoverflow.com/posts/5349764/revisions. There is a approved suggested edit, and an improvement was added on by a 10k user. The interesting thing is that the original edit should obviously be rejected - fixing one typo by introducing another is... not right.
However, its a small mistake, so the 10k user in question simply went for the path of least resistance, and clicked on the 'Improve' button. The problem here is that the suggested edit is implicitly accepted when you 'improve' a post, netting the editor 2 rep. Now the rep gain may be a token sum, but it does send the wrong message doesn't it?
Would it be useful to have a 'Reject and Improve' button for these sort of scenarios? Or would it be too rare to be useful?


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Book review: Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry
But nothing prepared him for the cruel and shameful vice ring that preyed on innocent young children and led to a grisly death at London's notorious Execution Dock in the late summer of 1864.
Three weeks later, one of the young victims is still haunted by those terrible events and London's most revered and feared detective knows he must uncover, once and for all, the ruthless men who are masterminding the operation.
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Acceptable Loss, the 17th outing for the intrepid inspector, takes up the gripping storyline of Perry's last book, Execution Dock, which saw the demise of Jericho Phillips, the man who brutally killed a young 'mudlark' and ran an evil child prostitution gang.
Monk and Hester are doing their best to care for Scuff, a homeless boy slowly recovering from his terrifying kidnap ordeal at the hands of Phillips.
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When the body of unpleasant small-time crook Mickey Parfitt washes up on Mortlake's shore, his loss is counted as acceptable but the death points Monk in the direction of Tosh Wilkin, a 'nasty piece of work' who fishes the sewers for valuables, and a motley bunch of pimps and tavern dwellers.
Parfitt's Thames boat turns out to be a floating den of vice full of terrified and starving boys who are being abused by men with both money and power.
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Perry brings a wealth of historical detail and accuracy to her best-selling novels which often take readers through uncomfortable moral mazes and age-old ethical dilemmas.
A murder mystery made to make you think...
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Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, slowing her rise to Broadway super-stardom, died Sunday. She was 92.
Horne died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin. Chin would not release any other details.
Horne, whose striking beauty and magnetic sex appeal often overshadowed her sultry voice, was remarkably candid about the underlying reason for her success.
"I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept," she once said. "I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked."
In the 1940s, she was one of the first black performers hired to sing with a major white band, the first to play the Copacabana nightclub and among a handful with a Hollywood contract.
In 1943, MGM Studios loaned her to 20th Century-Fox to play the role of Selina Rogers in the all-black movie musical "Stormy Weather." Her rendition of the title song became a major hit and her signature piece.
On screen, on records and in nightclubs and concert halls, Horne was at home vocally with a wide musical range, from blues and jazz to the sophistication of Rodgers and Hart in songs like "The Lady Is a Tramp" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered."
In her first big Broadway success, as the star of "Jamaica" in 1957, reviewer Richard Watts Jr. called her "one of the incomparable performers of our time." Songwriter Buddy de Sylva dubbed her "the best female singer of songs."
But Horne was perpetually frustrated with the public humiliation of racism.
"I was always battling the system to try to get to be with my people. Finally, I wouldn't work for places that kept us out ... it was a damn fight everywhere I was, every place I worked, in New York, in Hollywood, all over the world," she said in Brian Lanker's book "I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America."
While at MGM, she starred in the all-black "Cabin in the Sky," in 1943, but in most of her other movies, she appeared only in musical numbers that could be cut in the racially insensitive South without affecting the story. These included "I Dood It," a Red Skelton comedy, "Thousands Cheer" and "Swing Fever," all in 1943; "Broadway Rhythm" in 1944; and "Ziegfeld Follies" in 1946.
"Metro's cowardice deprived the musical of one of the great singing actresses," film historian John Kobal wrote.
Early in her career Horne cultivated an aloof style out of self-preservation, becoming "a woman the audience can't reach and therefore can't hurt" she once said.
Later she embraced activism, breaking loose as a voice for civil rights and as an artist. In the last decades of her life, she rode a new wave of popularity as a revered icon of American popular music.
Her 1981 one-woman Broadway show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music," won a special Tony Award. In it, the 64-year-old singer used two renditions - one straight and the other gut-wrenching - of "Stormy Weather" to give audiences a glimpse of the spiritual odyssey of her five-decade career.
A sometimes savage critic, John Simon, wrote that she was "ageless. ... tempered like steel, baked like clay, annealed like glass; life has chiseled, burnished, refined her."
When Halle Berry became the first black woman to win the best actress Oscar in 2002, she sobbed: "This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. ... It's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened."
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, the great-granddaughter of a freed slave, was born in Brooklyn June 30, 1917, to a leading family in the black bourgeoisie. Her daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, wrote in her 1986 book "The Hornes: An American Family" that among their relatives was a college girlfriend of W.E.B. Du Bois and a black adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dropping out of school at 16 to support her ailing mother, Horne joined the chorus line at the Cotton Club, the fabled Harlem night spot where the entertainers were black and the clientele white.
She left the club in 1935 to tour with Noble Sissle's orchestra, billed as Helena Horne, the name she continued using when she joined Charlie Barnet's white orchestra in 1940.
A movie offer from MGM came when she headlined a show at the Little Troc nightclub with the Katherine Dunham dancers in 1942.
Her success led some blacks to accuse Horne of trying to "pass" in a white world with her light complexion. Max Factor even developed an "Egyptian" makeup shade especially for the budding actress while she was at MGM.
But in his book "Gotta Sing Gotta Dance: A Pictorial History of Film Musicals," Kobal wrote that she refused to go along with the studio's efforts to portray her as an exotic Latin American.
"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become," Horne once said. "I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."
Horne was only 2 when her grandmother, a prominent member of the Urban League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, enrolled her in the NAACP. But she avoided activism until 1945 when she was entertaining at an Army base and saw German prisoners of war sitting up front while black American soldiers were consigned to the rear.
That pivotal moment channeled her anger into something useful.
She got involved in various social and political organizations and - along with her friendship with Paul Robeson - got her name onto blacklists during the red-hunting McCarthy era.
By the 1960s, Horne was one of the most visible celebrities in the civil rights movement, once throwing a lamp at a customer who made a racial slur in a Beverly Hills restaurant and in 1963 joining 250,000 others in the March on Washington when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. Horne also spoke at a rally that same year with another civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, just days before his assassination.
It was also in the mid-'60s that she put out an autobiography, "Lena," with author Richard Schickel.
The next decade brought her first to a low point, then to a fresh burst of artistry.
She had married MGM music director Lennie Hayton, a white man, in Paris in 1947 after her first overseas engagements in France and England. An earlier marriage to Louis J. Jones had ended in divorce in 1944 after producing daughter Gail and a son, Teddy.
In the 2009 biography "Stormy Weather," author James Gavin recounts that when Horne was asked by a lover why she'd married a white man, she replied: "To get even with him."
Her father, her son and her husband, Hayton, all died in 1970-71, and the grief-stricken singer secluded herself, refusing to perform or even see anyone but her closest friends. One of them, comedian Alan King, took months persuading her to return to the stage, with results that surprised her.
"I looked out and saw a family of brothers and sisters," she said. "It was a long time, but when it came I truly began to live."
And she discovered that time had mellowed her bitterness.
"I wouldn't trade my life for anything," she said, "because being black made me understand."


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