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Speaking of certification
Many engineers believe certification educates and bolsters careers; others think that there are too many available certifications, diluting any potential benefit.
Meet our participants:
- Lew Brode, PE, LEED AP, Senior VP/Branch Manager, GPI/Greenman-Pedersen Inc. Rockville, Md.
- Zach F. Gallagher, PE, LEED AP, COO, Alliance Environmental, LLC, Hillsborough, N.J.
- Keith Lane, PE, RCDD/NTS, LC, LEED AP, President Lane Coburn and Assocs. LLC, Bothell, Wash.
- Bill Neudorfer, President-elect, National Environmental Balancing Bureau, Gaithersburg, Md.
CSE: For mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineers, what is the most important certification or licensure, and why?
Lew Brode: I believe it is very important to go through the process to get your PE; it shows you have gone through the proper training and have a solid fundamental understanding of engineering. It also allows your resume to be used for marketing and proposals. However, having a PE alone does not make you a great engineer. I work with a lot of great team members that do not have their licenses and rely on them tremendously for the knowledge they have gained through the years working on projects. An ideal engineer has gone through the licensing process but also has hands-on knowledge and experience to know what will actually work.
Keith Lane: The PE license is the foundation of our industry. This is also the license that is recognized by all jurisdictions across the country.
Bill Neudorfer: The most important certification is one that is recognized by federal, state, and local governments and by the code writing entities. These are ones that clearly have stringent requirements, a testing of knowledge component, an opportunity to prove demonstrated knowledge, and that require continuing education.
CSE: Which certification or licensure do you believe holds the most weight?
Brode: I believe a PE holds the most weight, but having LEED accreditation is also very important. Sustainable design is very prevalent in the Washington, D.C., metro area and continues to gain momentum. I also believe commissioning certification is important since commissioning is required by the LEED program and is important to ensure designed systems are operating properly after they are installed.
Neudorfer: The ones that will hold the most weight are the ones that the federal, state, and local governments include in their code requirements. These are the ones that are similar to the NEBB certifications, which are the most stringent certifications available within the industry. Our certified professionals are required to verify their knowledge, demonstrate their skill set, provide documentation of ethical business behavior, and participate in continued education to maintain the certification. These the types of certification programs are what the various government and code officials have been including in their requirements.
CSE: Do you think certifications or accreditations ensure proper engineering or professional work? Why or why not?
Zach Gallagher: While certifications/accreditations do not ensure proper work, they are necessary as they set standards and evaluate professionals against those standards including minimum requirements for education, training, and experience.
Lane: Receiving the PE license or RCDD requires continued education. Receiving the PE and/or the RCDD is just the start of your professional career.
Neudorfer: Unfortunately there is no certification, accreditation, or license that will ensure that proper engineering or workmanship always will be performed. What licensing and certifications do provide is a reasonable assurance to the owner, engineer, or industry that the work being performed and the people performing the work have had their knowledge, skills, and ethics verified by an independent third party.
Brode: Licenses and certifications alone do not guarantee that proper work will be performed; often the product produced depends more on the ability and desire of the individual than the certification or accreditation he or she holds. I have met plenty of people over the years that have a great-looking resume because of the acronyms after their names, but they can't produce a good set of construction documents or be a good colleague to others in the office. Having the right attitude and work ethic is something I consider equally as important as licenses and certifications when hiring new staff.
CSE: Are there too many or not enough options for accreditation beyond the professional engineer stamp? Do you think this helps or hurts the engineering community?
Lane: I believe there are plenty of avenues to get additional credentials. It is important to determine the best options, as there are many that are not recognized or are just not valued.
Gallagher: There are too many options for certification/accreditation. This ultimately hurts the engineering community as it is difficult for engineers and employers to determine which certifications to focus on.
Brode: A good option would be to have some sort of certification that non-PE-eligible engineers could obtain to quantify their years of experience and knowledge of engineering even if they don't have the formal education. There are many excellent engineers who often aren't presented in proposals or for projects simply because they do not have their PE; however, their years of experience and knowledge make them equally, and occasionally more, qualified to design and manage a project.
Neudorfer: First, I believe that all of us can obtain additional accreditations in our professional fields that are of value that are beyond the professional engineer stamp. The exams that the engineer takes to obtain a license are a test of overall engineering knowledge, whereas certifications are in very specific fields of expertise, both of which I feel are very important. These additional certifications help the overall quality of the engineering/construction industry, and there are plenty of accreditation programs in almost every field of expertise that are similar in nature to NEBBs, which provide verification of skills, knowledge, ethics, and continuing education. An example of this is the LEED certification process. Overall, I believe that the collaboration and idea-sharing between the owner/architect/engineer/contractor on ways to improve building systems have improved the overall construction industry as well as the environment.
CSE: What advice would you give a young or less-experienced engineer regarding certification?
Gallagher: Focus on what is required for the most important licenses/certifications first or those that will give you an edge at your current position or with a potential future employer. For young engineers, getting the necessary experience in order to qualify to take the PE exam should be the highest priority.
Brode: Take the EIT Exam as soon as you finish school, and sit for the PE exam as soon as you are eligible. The older you get, the harder it becomes to get back into study mode and take a test. You should also align yourself with a great mentor when you start working in the field. I was very fortunate to learn a lot from senior engineers at my first job who took the time to teach me what they had learned over their careers. If you show interest and partner with an experienced designer/engineer, you can learn more than by reading a text book and will probably have more fun.
Neudorfer: The advice I give to our younger employees is to become certified in the field where we perform most of our work and which is interesting to them. If the area of certification is not of interest to the person, I have found over the years that he will not continue to keep up the accreditation. Also, they should focus on a certification program that will provide continuing education in order to further their skill set and industry knowledge—all of which will benefit our customers.
Lane: Find what you like to do, then the rest is easy. Continue to learn or you will be left behind.
CSE: Does your firm or organization offer tuition assistance, or does it pay for any kind of accreditation? How many people take advantage of this?
Brode: GPI pays for training classes to prepare for the EIT/PE exams and also offers tuition reimbursement if the engineering class is approved by management. The company really tries to promote internal growth and encourages young engineers to get on the right track to start their professional careers. This is "win-win" for the company as well as the employee.
Gallagher: Yes, employees may obtain up to $6,000 per year.
Lane: We do, and our employees are taking advantage of it.
CSE: Which certifications, if any, do you hold? Why did you obtain them? How have they served you?
Brode: I have my PE and LEED AP. I am proud of both and believe these credentials certainly have helped me in the industry and professional community. I do a fair amount of teaching, so having these credentials after my name helps to make people feel they are at least being taught by someone who has paid his dues and gone through the educational process. I believe having these credentials can only be seen as a positive attribute of an employee.
Gallagher: I hold several. The Professional Engineer (NJ) license is required in order to design systems. I have a LEED Accredited Professional Operations and Maintenance (LEED AP O&M); I am a legacy LEED AP with current O&M specialty designation. This is the most widely recognized green building certification. Also, I am a BPI Certified Professional. Alliance Environmental provides water/energy audit services. The Building Performance Institute (BPI) certification program is widely recognized and is required for many incentive programs.
Lane: PE, RCDD/NTS, TPM, LEED, LC. The PE and the RCDD/NTS probably hold the most weight. These credentials provide numerous advantages. I really had to learn the material when preparing for the exams. I then am forced to stay abreast of all the latest technologies and trends with the significant amount of continued education required. These credentials also help our firm get in the door with new clients, as it is an indication of industry leadership.
CSE: For the accreditations you hold, how do you stay up to date? What kind of continuing education do you participate in?
Gallagher: All of the above certifications/licenses require or will require continuing education credits. Credits are obtained through conferences, presentations, and approved courses.
Lane: I have PE licenses in 13 states, and many of them require continued education. For the RCDD/NTS and LC, I am required to take 36 hours every three years for each. The LEED certification will also require continued education in the future.
Brode: I take the continuing education classes as required to keep my PE and LEED accreditation up to date. I think it is good to have this requirement as it forces you to continually find ways to learn and keep up with new technologies.
CSE: Do you feel the additional accreditations you hold earn you more clients, money, projects, etc.?
Brode: Yes, I believe senior leaders in the firm need to have these credentials. However, I don't think having these necessarily earn you more…I think they are really a prerequisite or a baseline requirement that allows you to work in this industry.
Gallagher: Yes, the BPI certification is more recent, but we believe this will benefit the company in the future.
Neudorfer: Certification brings many benefits. These include showing your peers, your supervisors, and clients your commitment to the industry and that you are investing in your professional development. Generally speaking, the more accreditations that you have earned, the higher your pay scale becomes due to the additional knowledge that you have gained.
CSE: In the next five to 10 years, what new certifications will be important?
Neudorfer: I believe that in the next five years, certifications will be required for commissioning, retrocommissioning, energy audits, and air barrier/thermography/building envelope testing. These are all certifications that benefit the building owner and engineer industries by reducing a building's energy usage. To a large degree, the projects that will drive these certification requirements will be funded by the federal government or by energy utility companies; these organizations want to see that there is a core competence level of understanding by the people performing the work.
One example is the commissioning field. Currently it's the Wild West when it comes to certification; some programs such as NEBB's are very stringent and rigorous, while others are pretty much milquetoast. I am not sure that some of our clients know the difference when it comes to the two. If history repeats itself, as the governing bodies become more aware of the differences, I believe that our clients and the industry as a whole will also become aware of these differences and will pick the more stringent certifications to specify.
Certifications will decline if they do not prove a skill set and knowledge that is achieved through testing and continuing education requirements. I think that certifications that do not lead to improved building performance will also decline in importance.
CSE: What methods will associations and licensing agencies use to offer continuing education? For example, in-person seminars, webcasts or webinars, new technology, etc.
Neudorfer: Providing continuing education is one of the most important functions of an association. In the coming decade, continuing education opportunities will be provided on a variety of platforms. Currently NEBB offers hands-on lab teaching seminars, classroom/lecture types of seminars, and we are focusing our efforts on the webinars and online classes. At NEBB we have come to the conclusion that we are going to have to provide educational learning opportunities through all of these methods. We have found that due to our diverse international membership, people learn in different ways and we will need to provide them with the environment that suits their needs. We therefore cannot abandon the traditional way for the online way of learning.
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October is known as a bear market killer, as many bear markets have ended during this month. Some of the most famous were the 1974 and 2002 bears, which both ended within the first two weeks of October. Those bears were down more than 48% and 49%, respectively, when the ultimate lows took place. In recent history, tradable lows have taken place in October in 1962, 1966, 1990, 1998, and 2011 before strong end-of-year rallies.
- Last week showed some hallmarks of a stock market bottom.
- Don't ignore the fourth quarter's strong start, as the potential for a year-end rally is there.
- The labor market remains strong and resilient; 263,000 jobs were added in September, sending the year-to-date total to 3.8 million.
- Decelerating wage growth should ease inflationary pressures.
- The Federal Reserve remains committed to raising interest rates, at least until official inflation data reverses in a convincing way.
This year could follow suit. The market may have hit bottom on the last day of September, as the S&P 500 soared 5.7% to kick off October, marking the best start to a new quarter since 1938. Those types of gains typically take place after bear markets have ended. Other times the markets have jumped 5% in two days: March/April 2020, December 2018, August 2015, August 2011, and March 2009. Those dates might ring a bell with investors as all were major turning points before strong price action. Yes, there were many incorrect signals in late 2008, as stocks continued to crash into March 2009. But we do not think we are in that type of environment, and the incredible strength to kick off October could be a signal better times are coming.
The Fourth Quarter is Finally Here
The fourth quarter is indeed the best of the year.
- The chart below shows the fourth quarter gains 4.1% on average and is higher nearly 80% of the time.
- 2022 saw the third worst start to a year ever. Only 1974 and 2002 were worse at the end of September, and both years saw early October lows and gained 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Of the 10 worst starts to a year, the fourth quarter was higher nine times and up a median of 7.9%.
- When September has been down more than 7% (like 2022), the fourth quarter has closed higher five of the past six times.
A Resilient Labor Market
There's been no end to bad news and negativity this year, but employment has been a lone bright spot. True to this year's form, the September payroll report continued to show strength and resiliency. The economy created 263,000 jobs in September, which was slightly higher than expected. Over the past three months, the economy has created more than 1.1 million jobs. Entire years rarely see that amount of job creation, let alone three months. All in all, 2022 has been a massive year for the labor market, with payrolls growing by 3.8 million over the first nine months, putting it ninth on the list for annual job creation since 1940. And the year is not done yet.
The unemployment rate also fell in September from 3.7% to 3.5%, which matches the pre-crisis low and is also the lowest level in more than 50 years. It is the reverse of what Federal Reserve officials and economists predicted would happen in the face of tighter monetary policy. Of course, we're just a few months into the beginning of the interest rate hiking cycle and unemployment could rise.
Another positive was the fact that average hourly earnings growth eased. As the following chart illustrates, the pace of wage growth has now been easing quite consistently for several months, and this has occurred even for non-managerial or "production and non-supervisory" workers. Non-managerial workers typically have lower incomes and tend to spend a greater portion of their wages, thus fueling demand. So, the slowdown in wage growth could potentially lower demand and reduce any related price pressure.
What Does This Mean for the Federal Reserve?
On the face of it, easing wage growth should push inflation lower. However, the Fed is unlikely to hit the pause button, let alone reverse interest rate hikes, until the official inflation data softens in a convincing way. In fact, several Fed officials pointed out last week they are inclined to continue raising rates and are not close to any sort of pause. September's strong payroll report, with falling unemployment, was probably viewed by markets as added impetus for the Fed to continue increasing rates. This obviously increases the risk that the Fed could tighten policy too far and send the economy into a recession.
The good news is several private measures of prices, including rents and used cars, are already decelerating. We believe it will just be a matter of time before this shows up in the official inflation data. It is a race of sorts — how quickly the inflation data can reverse before the economy starts to weaken in the face of tight monetary policy. For now, every additional month in which the economy and employment remain resilient buys more time for the official inflation data to decline. And to that end, September payroll data was positive in more ways than one.
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3 Ways to Find Ring Size Secretly To Delight Your Wife
6 min readWe know it's darn difficult to find ring size secretly, we have all been there. The time when you want to buy her a ring or maybe propose to her and you just don't know the ring size. As if buying surprise gifts for wives wasn't already hard (it's so difficult to get her to like what I buy for her and we end up exchanging most stuff – clothes, accessories and everything), now we have to deal with the size issue. And the ring size problem is a real one because it actually matters a lot to get the fit right. When it comes to clothes, you could just pick any old one from her closet and match the size. Not so easy with rings though as the sizes start from 5/6 and go up to 30 (well honestly, most have a ring size between 8-16).
Ring Size Basics
We are going to lay down some relatively easy ways for you to find her ring size secretly. But before I get to the actual task at hand, let me just give you a quick and short refresher course on ring sizes. This will bring you up to speed because I know, men like you and me are not really good with all the jewellery stuff (I am kidding, I am really good at all this 😉). So let me start from the start – rings (gold, diamond or just imitation rings) come in two forms – size dependant and free-size. While most low-end costume jewellery rings are designed to be free size (one size fits all) given the ease in selling and reducing returns, most real diamond rings (precious rings) tend to be size-dependent.
Size-dependent Rings
These size-dependent rings are made in one of the many available sizes, making it possible to make rings for any and every finger. Before we start to understand actual sizes, you must know that most countries follow a different size nomenclature and that makes things slightly difficult. Usually, you need to know the brand you are buying from and which country's size nomenclatures they refer to. This makes international ring shopping a little tricky and that is why we have covered this topic under our international ring size guide blog.
Since our brand is focused on Indian consumers, we will use examples from the Indian ring size system. Now that we know different countries/regions may follow different size nomenclature, you need to know that all these different nomenclatures can be converted between each other. So let's say you know the Indian size, you can convert that to the US size and vice versa. Within the Indian size nomenclature, sizes typically start from 5 and go up to 35. In my 8 years of experience as the founder of KuberBox, we have never made a ring size above 33. After making more than 10000 rings, the law of averages tells us that –
- 60% of women have a ring size between 11-16
- 50% of men have a ring size between 17-21
Further, the absolute most common ring sizes are
- Women – 12,13,14
- Men – 18,19,20
The third thing after knowing the nomenclature and the size is – you need to know which finger you are measuring.
Which Finger Should I Find The Ring Size For?
That's a technicality that is often ignored by most online guides providing ways of finding the ring size secretly. Humans have 10 fingers and all of them may have different sizes. Both of your thumbs may have different sizes, and so on. I know you are getting the drift. So even before you begin the adventure of finding her ring size, know what finger she'll wear that ring on. I will break this down for you based on the ring type and the most popular fingers (warning: check with your grandmom if the same is true for your culture) –
- Engagement rings – left hand, ring finger (for women) | right hand, ring finger (for men) – and I know you will ask me what the heck is the ring finger. I know this question can come to your mind because during the first 2 years of KuberBox, I handled customer support and we got this question a lot. So the ring finger is the finger next to the pinky finger (Don't even ask)
- Cocktail rings – cocktail rings are statement rings, that usually have a large-sized design at the top face. Worn usually on the right hand, index finger.
- Midi rings – any hand, any finger but they need to be worn midway between the tip of your finger and the first knuckle.
- Wedding bands or couple bands – same principles as engagement rings
- Thumb rings – need I say more?
- Casual everyday rings – Any finger except the ring finger because obviously, most people do not want to signal that they are married unless they really are.
I know I have already taken too much time to get to the point. I have a habit of over-explaining things and that gets in the way of it. Let's move on. You are here because you wish to find her ring size in the most clandestine manner and not spoil the surprise for her. These ways are not error-proof but they are great to get you started. We will start with the easiest and the most accurate ways. Let's go
1. Grab Her Existing Ring & Measure It
For this method to work, you would need a ring that fits her. All you need to do then is grab the ring and measure it online.
Step 1 – Visit https://findmyringsize.com/ and click on "Let's Start"
Step 2 -Follow the three steps on the screen
Step 3 – Don't forget to select the right scale (nomenclature)
Voila, you will have an accurate ring size. if this feels like too much work and if you don't have a desktop or laptop (as this guide needs you to be working from a computer screen) then you can read on for the next ways.
2. Take Help – Ask Her Sister, Bestie or Mom
Your next best bet is asking her sister, bestie or her mom for help. Women usually tend to shop a lot together and they would be knowing each other's sizes or at least have a pretty decent idea. This way of finding the ring size secretly works only if the other person that you ask can keep this a secret. If she can't keep it to her, it's best to avoid asking altogether.
If your wife is really close with her sister, that can be the best way because families love it when these things happen and they would usually be equally invested in making the surprise plan work flawlessly for the sake of her sister's happiness. With family's help, small things like finding the ring size secretly won't be a big problem we feel.
3. Measure Her Size While She Sleeps
At first, this sounds outrageous but most men do actually resort to this tactic of finding the ring size without her knowing. This might backfire badly if she is not a deep sleeper so just take care of that. Also, this is not one of the most accurate ways of measuring the ring size as it involves you marking a piece of paper by wrapping it around her finger. Her sleep movements might not allow you to mark it accurately.
For the sake of this discussion, let's assume you are able to do it perfectly and then this is how you need to do it –
- Take a 10 cm x 1 cm long piece of paper
- Keep a pen handy
- Wrap the paper around the first knuckle of her finger
- Mark the paper at the point where the one end of the paper intersects with the rest of the paper
- Leave the room (really)
- Take a ruler and measure the marking from the end of the paper which you used earlier
- Use that measurement (in millimetres, mm) – this is her ring size circumference.
- Convert that circumference into the ring size using this chart – International ring size conversion chart
It's not easy to plan something like this after considering the amount of effort required, so first pat yourself on the back for doing this. This is what relationships are made of this is what the two of you will relish for a long time. She will undoubtedly adore you for simply trying to make this perfect – even if you fail to get the accurate size.
If you need any help in picking the ring design or the right size, our jewellery specialists are here to guide you and make the whole thing a lot easier for you.


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Many times in our lifetime, we will experience a "foreign body sensation" in our eye. That usually happens if the wind blows dust, an allergen or a foreign body into our eye or under an eyelid. This should not be dismissed as just an uncomfortable feeling. It needs to be remedied. It cannot be allowed to linger or fester. For many, the feeling of grittiness, dryness, burning or stinging or even excessive tearing cannot be relieved simply, or with over the counter methods. It may be the sign of a chronic condition known as dry eye syndrome. Yes, even tearing eyes are a sign of dry eye.
The tears your eyes produce are necessary for overall eye health and clear vision. Dry eye means that your eyes do not produce enough tears or that you produce tears that do not have the proper chemical composition. Dry eye is more common as we age. It can also be caused by blinking or eyelid problems, medications like antihistamines, oral contraceptives and antidepressants, a dry climate, wind and dust, general health problems like arthritis or Sjogren's syndrome and chemical or thermal burns to your eyes.
If you have dry eye, your symptoms may include irritated, scratchy, dry, uncomfortable or red eyes, a burning sensation, excessive tearing, blurred vision, or a feeling of something foreign in your eyes. Excessive dry eyes may damage eye tissue, scar your cornea (the front covering of your eyes) and impair vision and make contact lens wear difficult.
Any condition that reduces the production, alters the composition, or impedes the distribution of the preocular tear film (POTF) may cause a noticeable irritation to the structures of the front surface of the eye and a degradation of vision. These conditions are often related to problems with the structure or function of the eyelids, cornea, or conjunctiva. Depending upon the severity of symptoms, individuals may be limited in their ability to see clearly and comfortably and may be at increased risk of developing secondary infection or chronic inflammation that may not respond to treatment. The two most commonly encountered ocular surface disorders are tear film disorders and blepharitis. Additional subclassifications include those dry-eye states associated with systemic connective tissue disorders, specifically Sjogren syndrome (SS). With regard to lipid deficient tear-film disorders, the involvement of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) has been proposed.
An estimated one-fifth of visits to eye care practitioners are related to ocular complaints secondary to dry eye, and as many as 25 percent of American adults may be affected by dry eye or have dry eye symptoms. These statistics indicate a significant need for access to professional care.
We perform specific tests to assist in differentiating the various forms of tear film abnormalities and identifying potential treatment strategies. Careful clinical observation, accurate diagnosis, and appropriate intervention can eliminate or minimize the deleterious effects of ocular surface disorders on the quality of life.
Ocular allergies are often accompanied by allergic rhinitis (nasal symptoms). This is partly due to the fact that the eyes and nose are so closely connected by the tear ducts; substances that enter the eye can then flow downward into the nose. Symptoms include:
When exposed to these allergens, the response in the eye is nearly immediate: • First, itching sets in and can become persistent and extremely bothersome if exposure to the allergen is continued. • Shortly after itching, redness of the eyes follows and can last somewhat longer, as the blood vessels of the eye are slower to recover. • The swelling of the eyes and eyelids comes to its peak later than the itching, as swelling is also caused by the blood vessels letting fluids out into the tissue around them. Swelling is the sign of ocular allergies slowest to disappear, due to the time it takes for the displaced fluid to be removed. • The itching can be considered the most uncomfortable symptom, whereas the swelling and redness are most bothersome in terms of appearance.
Blurred vision or temporary blindness can occur when blood vessels weaken, bulge and leak fluid into surrounding tissue, causing swelling - a condition called macular edema. Abnormal new blood vessels may often, grow on the retina, where they can bleed into the eye and block vision. As the disease progresses, the retina can detach from the eye, resulting in permanent blindness. Irreversible vision loss can be prevented with early detection and treatment. This is just one of the reasons it is so important to have your eyes checked on a regular basis. In addition to testing your vision, we will look for any signs of eye disease. Retinal damage happens slowly. Your retinas have tiny blood vessels that are easy to damage. Having high blood glucose and high blood pressure for a long time can damage these tiny blood vessels. First, these tiny blood vessels swell and weaken. Some blood vessels then become clogged and do not let enough blood through. At first, you might not have any loss of sight from these changes. This is why you need to have a comprehensive eye exam once a year even if your sight seems fine. As diabetic retinal problems get worse, new blood vessels may grow. These new blood vessels are weak. They break easily and leak blood into the vitreous of your eye. The leaking blood keeps light from reaching the retina. You may see floating spots or almost total darkness. Sometimes the blood will clear out by itself, but you might need surgery to remove it. Over the years, the swollen and weak blood vessels can form scar tissue and pull the retina away from the back of the eye. If the retina becomes detached, you may see floating spots or flashing lights. You may feel as if a curtain has been pulled over part of your vision. A detached retina can cause loss of sight or blindness if you don't take care of it right away.
What is Strabismus? Strabismus is a visual problem in which the eyes are not aligned properly and point in different directions. One eye may look straight ahead, while the other eye turns inward, outward, upward or downward. The eye turn may be constant, or it may come and go. Which eye is straight or misaligned may switch or alternate.
Strabismus is a common condition among children. About 4 percent of all children in the United States have strabismus. It can also occur later in life. Strabismus occurs equally in males and females. It may run in families; however, many people with strabismus have no relatives with the problem. The exact cause of strabismus is not fully understood. In some cases, strabismus may be due to problems with the muscles controlling eye movement. Six eye muscles that control eye movement are attached to the outside of each eye. In each eye, one muscle moves in the eye to the right, and one muscle moves the eye to the left. The other four muscles move it up or down and at an angle. To line up and focus both eyes on a single target, all of the muscles in each eye must be balanced and working together. In order for the eyes to move together, the muscles in both eyes must be coordinated. The brain controls these muscles.
With normal vision, both eyes aim at the same spot. The brain then combines the two pictures into a single, three-dimensional image. This three-dimensional image gives us depth perception. When one eye is out of alignment, two different pictures are sent to the brain. In a young child, the brain learns to ignore the image of the misaligned eye and sees only the image from the straight or better-seeing eye. The child then loses depth perception. Adults who develop strabismus often have double vision because their brains have already learned to receive images from both eyes and cannot ignore the image from the turned eye. A child generally does not see double. In some cases, strabismus may result from problems in the brain. Sometimes, a child's brain may not be correctly combining the two images it receives from the eyes. In rare cases, a tumor may affect how the brain processes visual information. Often children experience strabismus as a result of problems that can be easily treated with glasses.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease causing clear vision to fail in millions of older People.When electrical signals from the retina (the inner layer of the eye that captures light and turns it into electrical signal) are received by the brain through the optic nerve, they are translated into imagesAge related Macular Degeneration is traditionally described as a form of the disease which affects individuals over the age of 55 years. However, we have recently discovered that a significant number of these individuals may have a major genetic component that contributes to the disease.There are 2 types of AMD, dry and wet. Dry AMD is more common, causing about 90% of AMD. It can develop so gradually that in the beginning stages you might not notice changes in vision. Wet AMD is less common (about 10% of cases) but is more severe and may progress more rapidly.
Dry Macular Degeneration, in which the cells of the macula slowly begin to break down, is diagnosed in 90 percent of the cases. Yellow deposits called "drusen" form under the retina between the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and Bruch's membrane, which supports the retina. Drusen deposits are "debris" associated with compromised cell metabolism in the RPE and are often the first sign of Macular Degeneration. Eventually, there is a deterioration of the macular regions associated with the drusen deposits resulting in a spotty loss of "straight ahead" vision.Wet Macular Degeneration occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow behind the macula, then bleed. There is a breakdown in Bruch's membrane, which usually occurs near drusen deposits. This is where the new blood vessel growth occurs (neovascularization). These vessels are very fragile and leak fluid and blood (hence 'wet'), resulting in scarring of the macula and the potential for rapid, severe damage. "Straight ahead" vision can become distorted or lost entirely in a short period of time, sometimes within days. Wet macular degeneration accounts for approximately 10% of the cases, however it results in 90% of the legal blindness.What does Macular Degeneration do to your vision?Macular degeneration is the imprecise historical name given to that group of diseases that causes sight-sensing cells in the macular zone of the retina to malfunction or lose function and results in debilitating loss of vital central or detail vision.What are the Symptoms of Macular Degeneration?Macular Degeneration can cause different symptoms in different people. Sometimes only one eye loses vision while the other eye continues to see well for many years. The condition may be hardly noticeable in its early stages. But when both eyes are affected, reading and close up work can become difficult.
If you are post-menopausal, you should consult with your physician concerning estrogen replacement therapy. This may have a favorable impact upon cholesterol lipid levels that play a role in worsening the disease.Develop healthy habits! If you smoke, QUIT SMOKING! Exercising, maintaining normal blood pressure, cholesterol levels and eating a healthy diet is a step in the right direction. Eat food and-or supplements rich in vitamin E,C and Lutein. Lutein is a plant antioxidant found in high quantities in spinach, kale and other dark green, leafy vegetables.People who eat fish and green leafy vegetables may be at lower risk of AMD. There is no treatment for early dry AMD, although a particular combination of supplements (zinc and antioxidant vitamins) may slow progression in some people with more advanced disease. Early intervention for wet AMD can delay progression.
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INGREDIENTS: 100% natural Cold-pressed Extra Virgin Siberian Cedar Nut Oil, 100% natural Cedar Resin Oil.
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Ringing Cedars of Russia Company takes all necessary steps to prepare same cedar nut oil which Anastasia made for Vladimir. Here is our first Siberian Cedar Nut Oil under Ringing Cedars of Russia brand made in Kin Domain's Space of Love.
The brand name "THE RINGING CEDARS OF RUSSIA" stands for business integrity, decency and the highest possible quality of product. All products marketed under this brand name convey the primordial power of Nature and the warmth of our hearts. We offer:
Huge plantations of cedar trees grow in the Siberian taiga, said to be the ecologically purest area of the world. The virgin forest of the taiga has never been treated with any chemicals or artificial fertilisation, nor abused by agricultural machines.
Cedar nuts (the seeds of the cedar tree) take two years to mature, during which time the tree accumulates a huge volume of positive cosmic energy. Crops of nuts are harvested manually by people lovingly devoted to this task, working in a pleasant environment without undue haste to create unique products full of positive energy reflecting the infinite powers of Nature. Specific preparations include:
Cedar nut oil marketed under our brand name is obtained by the cold-pressure method, using manual wooden oil-presses.
Special steps have been taken to protect "THE RINGING CEDARS OF RUSSIA" cedar nut oil against counterfeit. Each box has a holographic label with a unique number attached to the side. The unique number can be veryfied at our "anti-counterfeit" page or through the e-mail address firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ringing Cedars of Russia Company is happy to introduce you the family who makes the Siberian cedar nut oil in their own Space of Love in Kin's Domain.
Our family consists of four persons: Eugen, the head of the family; Nadezhda, his constant and faithful support; and Anna and Dimitry, their two talented and intelligent children.
Until 2008, we lived outside of Russia, in Germany, where we went in 1999 to live permanently. We were seeking a better, more peaceful and happy life. We lived there for nine years, but our happy future moved further and further away from us. We began to analyze our past and present. We reappraised many things and our values. Our way of life at that time did not suit us at all. A great desire awakened to move to Russia and live on the land. But we still had no confidence that our decision would change anything for the better.
But some time later, the Ringing Cedars of Russia books fell into our hands. As we now realize, it was not by chance. Reading the books was a turning point for us. Once we discovered the answers to a multitude of questions, there came an understanding of everything that had happened. We were seized with the desire to change a great many things as quickly as possible and simultaneously to find our own place on the land and settle down there forever. Since we were born in Siberia (Tomsk Oblast), these areas were nearest and dearest to us. After a short search of kin's estates, we happened to come across the organizers of the Solnechnaya Polyana settlement.
That same summer, we took our holidays and went to resolve the matter of a parcel of land. Our request was approved, and several options of unoccupied parcels were suggested to us. One of these appealed to us more than the others: a field with various grasses and nothing else. This was the "blank canvas" on which we were destined to create a space to be our home.
In March 2008, we made the definitive move from Germany to Tomsk and began to set up our Kin domain. We built a small house and bath-house. In the spring and summer, we are busy with planting, and in the autumn we collect a harvest of vegetables and some berries; in the winter we make plans for the future. Since in our area there are many wild berries and cedar forests and taiga, and we ourselves are great nature lovers, we decided to get involved in the harvesting of cedar nuts, thus benefiting others and receiving enjoyment from our work.
For us the domain is a space of love and a living environment with clean air, water, and food. With its abundance, it guarantees our family self-sufficiency, and will provide the opportunity and time to engage in creative activities. And the very creation of the domain is already our joint creative venture, in which we all participate, and each reveal ourselves in our own way. Now, as we set up our domain, we feel completely that we are overflowing with wonderful bright feelings; we want to bestow our love on everyone. When you are in our domain, you truly enjoy life; this we have felt ourselves.
Living at the Kin Domains in the Space of Love we understand simple truth that we want to create the best quality products.
We considered all advices from Anastasia and created same Siberian Cedar Nut Oil which she prepared for Vladimir.
We also developed the highest quality packaging. We took best available medicinal grade glass bottle from Germany. We decorated it with pure gold and packaged to the box with the design inspired by Anastasia.
Please enjoy the World Best Cedar Nut Oil from Kin Domain!
Eugen Shtern Kin Settlement "Sunny Meadow".
Siberian Taiga is one of the ecologically purest areas of the world. The virgin forest of the taiga has never been treated with any chemicals or artificial fertilisation, nor abused by agricultural machines, all flora in the Taiga has been preserved in the original condition by nature.
One of the most wonderful and beneficial gifts of Siberian Taiga is Cedar Resin Oil. Wild harvested, 100% natural Cedar Resin is gathered carefully, by people lovingly devoted to this task.
Another great gift from the Siberian Taiga is Siberian Cedar nut oil. Wild harvested Cedar nuts, cold pressed, first press only, this is all original, 100% natural Siberian Cedar nut oil.
Using multistage cold extraction method originally developed in Russia, we preserve all nutritional value and bring you free of artificial ingredients, unique, 100% natural Siberian Cedar Resin oil extract under Ringing Cedars of Russia brand name.
Cedar Nut Oil with Cedar Resin: Turpentine Balsam
N. Filimonova Ph. D., Novosibirsk State Medical University Novosibirsk, Russia
Mixing cedar resin and cedar nut oil gives turpentine balsam in various concentrations, which possesses a more powerful medicinal effect than each of its components individually. Do you remember how Russian fairy tales describe the miraculous properties of dead and living water? This is what Alexander Pushkin writes in the fairy tale Ruslan and Ludmila:
And the old man stood above the knight And sprinkled him with dead water, And his wounds began to shine in an instant, And the corpse radiated with wonderful beauty; then the old man Sprinkled the hero with living water, And hale and hearty, full of new strength, Quivering with young life, Ruslan arises, gazing at the bright day With avid eyes...
If the dead water was responsible for the reconstitution (regeneration) of the body's structure (the cells), then the living water directly revived that body (the cells). From this point of view, cedar nut oil fulfills a regenerative function, providing the body with all necessary building materials. While resin (in Russian zhivitsa, from the root zhiv-, "life, vital") plays the role of a powerful catalyst, increasing the rate of metabolism at the cellular level tenth full! So, it turns out that the fairy tale of dead and living water is not a fairy tale at all, because it finds corroboration in our lives in the form of turpentine balsam.
Yes, turpentine balsam promotes the renewal of the structure and functions of the cells of the liver and pancreas. It allows heavy metal salts to be removed from the body. It is very wholesome for children because it provides for the most fully realized development of their growing bodies. It is used internally, applied for drips, massage, liniment, rubs, etc.
Turpentine balsam is an effective natural antioxidant. It has a liver-protecting, antiulcerous, antiseptic, and antisclerotic effect, and also normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract and metabolism, hastens healing, decreases the intoxication (poisoning) of the body in the event of the ingestion of chemical compounds. It has a general strengthening effect, reduces chronic fatigue syndrome, and increases the intellectual and physical capacity to work.
The regular use of cedar nut oil, and especially turpentine balsam from RingingCedarsofRussia.org, restores the protective function of the cells on the molecular level(!), leads to the improvement of cerebral and peripheral blood circulation. It promotes the oxygen saturation of the organs and tissues, and activates the mechanism for the generation of new cells (linolenic acid), reduces or eliminates disruptions of lipometabolism, protects the skin from the harmful effect of water, and makes it supple (linoleic acid).
The inhabitants of Siberia and the Urals have for a very long time used turpentine balsam for the treatment of purulent wounds, cuts, and burns. During the Great Fatherland War, turpentine was successfully used in military hospitals for the treatment of wounded fighters. The most serious and chronic injuries to the skin, including gangrene, were treated with balsam. Pieces of skin impregnated with turpentine were placed on abscesses as a softening, stretching, and healing agent.
The use of turpentine balsam from RingingCedarsofRussia.org protects the skin from aging and fading, makes it youthful, supple, and elastic. It is especially healthy for people who suffer from skin diseases, increased brittleness of the hair and nails, people who live and work in unfavourable climactic and ecological conditions, who are engaged in work that involves an elevated expenditure of energy and increased psychological and emotional stress.
In the preventive treatment of diseases, cedar nut oil may be used. One teaspoonful (non-metallic spoon) is taken internally on an empty stomach, 30 to 60 minutes before eating. If so desired and needed, the oil may be taken three to four times a day. There is no strict dosage, since cedar nut oil is a natural food product for people.
Turpentine balsam is also used in those circumstances when a disease has already settled in our delicate organism and it needs help. Turpentines with a concentration of resin that is more than 50% are used externally!
When using cedar products internally, one obligatory condition should be met: ingestion takes place only during daylight hours. This is related to the fact that cedar nut oil, cedar resin, and other derived products are considered to be "alive" and, when they interact with the living, active human organism, make it possible to eliminate various diseases in a most effective manner.
At the present, a large number of statistics have been collected about diseases that are susceptible to treatment using turpentine balsam:
- all types of catarrhal diseases; - bronchopulmonary and ear, nose, and throat diseases; - diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; - cardiovascular and endocrine diseases; - skin and stomatological diseases; - diseases of the nervous system; - diseases of the locomotor system, etc.
Turpentine balsam (resin and oil) of the Siberian cedar is a unique product, whose spectrum and strength of action on the human organism is difficult to overestimate.
General skin care
In spite of its outstanding protective qualities and ability to regenerate, the skin is the most delicate and vulnerable organ of our body. After all, the skin works day and night without rest, frequently being exposed to excessive loads. However, by no means does it always have enough of its own forces to cope with these problems. For that reason, the skin undeniably requires regular and diligent care.
The use of turpentine balsam from RingingCedarsofRussia.org is recommended for people with various types of skin. In the case of surface application, the balsam is absorbed extremely well into the skin and has the following effects:
- it does an excellent job of softening the skin, making it more elastic and resilient, and preserves its natural moisture; - it promotes the healing of wounds and erosions on the skin and mucous membranes following injuries, burns, and inflammations; - it soothes and eliminates itching, redness, and swelling after allergic manifestations on the skin; - it provides an excellent contact surface for massage; - it gently removes surface pollutants (dust, cosmetics), and may be used to remove make-up, especially from the areas around the eyes.
Never put off caring for your skin until later, justifying it by a lack of time and money. It is much simpler and less expensive to halt the process of fading than to struggle with it later. Turpentine balsam and cedar nut oil from RingingCedarsofRussia.org are wonderful gifts for your skin from Siberian nature. And if, for the time being, you are not immediately able to give up your favourite cream, tonic, shampoo, or facial mask, then add three to five drops of 5% turpentine balsam to your product. Better yet: try the balsam on your hands, rubbing them before sleep for a week. Once you are convinced of its effectiveness in practice, you will be able to put your complete trust in it.
N. Filimonova Ph. D.
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Paul Gascoigne at 50
That he did not scale the heights his God-given ability suggested he should was due in part to injury and a complex personality which would not - and seemingly still refuses to - be tamed.
But, as he celebrates his 50th birthday - a milestone many feared he may never reach as his demons repeatedly took control - football can reflect upon a man who more than most embodied the glorious freedom of expression it allows its greatest exponents to demonstrate.
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Who could not marvel at the sight of the barrel-chested Geordie carving his way through a mesmerised defence with a deftness of touch, purpose and assurance possessed by only the very best?
There was a poise, too, and a killer instinct. He was no show-pony. The tricks and flicks were not just ostentation, but a mouth-watering means to an end.
However, also key to the Gascoigne equation was a more mundane, but equally priceless capacity for industry and a commitment to the team ethic which further enhanced his more poetic qualities.
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Gascoigne had emerged from the ranks at Newcastle as a precocious teenager under World Cup winner Jack Charlton, and swiftly demonstrated that he was more than just a cocky and hyperactive 17-year-old with an eye for mischief.
Charlton took him in hand, ordering a local tea room not to indulge the teenager as he attempted to steer him away from a diet which had previously relied heavily on junk food, and the rewards were pleasing to say the least.
Thrust into the midst of a squad which included Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley, he did more than simply keep his head above water.
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But, like Waddle and Beardsley, his future was to lie away from Tyneside, with Tottenham paying £2.3million to take him to north London during the summer of 1988, and Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough and Everton all enlisting his services before a career which brought 57 senior England caps hit its downward slope.
Injuries played a depressingly recurring role in Gascoigne's career, none more so than the cruciate ligament rupture he suffered during the 1991 FA Cup final victory over Nottingham Forest which delayed his move to Lazio by a year.
However, his on-field problems paled into insignificance alongside the the anxieties and excesses which have blighted much of his life.
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He has also been plagued by obsessions and compulsions which have at times led to an over-reliance on prescriptions drugs and, more damagingly, alcohol addiction and briefly, cocaine use - none of which made for an orderly private life which at its nadir and, to his shame, descended into domestic violence.
In many senses, football was his salvation, and its loss as his career ebbed away presented Gascoigne with a new challenge.
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The Index Patient Strategy is a combination of two approaches, the Assisted Partner Services program piloted at Machava II Health Center and Disclosure project piloted at Jose Macamo Health Center (JMHC). In partnership with CCS, I-TECH staff provides technical assistance in 3 sites (Jose Macamo Health Center, Polana Canico Health Center and Bagamoio Health Center) all in Maputo City to improve linkage to HIV care, treatment initiation and retention in care. The Index Patient Strategy provides enhanced counselling and support to newly-diagnosed HIV+ patients (index cases) to disclose to or notify their partners and family members, using health workers.
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[edit]The Hercules Text (1986)
[edit]- All page numbers from the mass market paperback first edition published in 1986 by Ace Books
- Gambini was addicted to asking the sort of ultimate questions about which one could speculate endlessly with no fear of ever arriving at a solution.
- Chapter 2 (p. 19)
- We're talking about something we all want very much to find. And that automatically makes Ed's conclusions suspect.
- Chapter 2 (p. 30)
- It had occurred to Rimford, at about the time he approached fifty, that the chief drawback in contemplating the enormous gulfs of time and space that constitute the bricks and mortar of the cosmologist is that one acquires a dismaying perception of the handful of years allotted a human being.
- Chapter 3 (p. 37)
- Ah, Lord, if I doubt You, it is perhaps because You hide Yourself so well.
- Chapter 4 (p. 63)
- Secrecy is a compulsive reflex in this country. It strangles thought, delays scientific progress, and destroys integrity.
- Chapter 7 (p. 105)
- "I can't imagine," said Dupre, "a better way to unnerve people than to tell them there's no cause for alarm."
- Chapter 9 (p. 132)
- Politicians always seemed to be willing to sacrifice the general welfare to win votes.
- Chapter 9 (p. 138)
- The stars are silent.
Voyager among dark harbors, I listen, but the midnight wind carries only the sound of trees and water lapping against the gunwale and the solitary cry of the night swallow.
There is no dawn. No searing sun rises in east or west. The rocks over Calumal do not silver, and the great round world slides through the void.- Chapter 10 Monitor (p. 162)
- "I suspect we would be wise," he said without looking up, "to avoid declaring what God will or will not allow."
- Chapter 12 (p. 194)
- A man is entitled to only one great passion in a lifetime. Whether it's music or a profession or a woman, everything else pales in its afterglow. The searing shock so changes one's chemistry that if the object is lost, the experience can never be repeated. Only anticlimax remains.
- Chapter 14 (p. 209)
- He'd grown a mustache since Randall had last seen him. It was hard to understand why: He looked devious enough without it.
- Chapter 15 (p. 224)
Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins
[edit]The Engines of God (1994)
[edit]- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2003 by Ace Books
- How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?
- Chapter 6 (p. 81)
- The cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge.
- Chapter 8 (p. 107)
- Henry had been around long enough to know better than to disagree. But he forgot to implement.
- Chapter 10 (p. 142)
- He would make a good manager, but he had a little too much integrity to survive in a top job.
- Chapter 12 (p. 161)
- He objected on principle to the powerful.
- Chapter 16 (p. 213)
- The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.
- Chapter 25 (p. 356)
- Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.
- Chapter 30 (p. 398)
- Maybe the universe doesn't approve of places like New York.
- Chapter 30 (p. 408)
- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2002 by Eos
- The impending collision out there somewhere in the great dark between a gas giant and a world very much like our own has some parallels to the eternal collision between religion and common sense. One is bloated and full of gas, and the other is measurable and solid. One engulfs everything around it, and the other simply provides a place to stand. One is a rogue destroyer that has come in out of the night, and the other is a warm well-lighted place vulnerable to the sainted mobs.
- Chapter 1 (p. 15)
- The only people he knew of who would have leveled material advantage so that no one had any were of course those who had none to start with.
- Chapter 3 (p. 55)
- During his sixty-odd years, he had found there were as many louts in the patrician classes as there were ignoramuses farther down the social spectrum.
- Chapter 4 (p. 72)
- (He remarked) that anyone who truly wished to develop tolerance toward other human beings should start by casting aside any and all religious affiliation. When challenged by one of the other guests, he had asked innocently whether anyone could name a single person put to death or driven from his home by an atheist over theological matters.
- Chapter 4 (pp. 72-73)
- Throughout our long and sorry history it has been men who supposed themselves to be exemplars of integrity who have done all the damage. Every crusade, whether for decent literary standards or to cover women's bodies or to free the holy land, had been launched, endorsed, and enthusiastically perpetrated by men of character.
- Chapter 6 (p. 94)
- Faith has its price. When misfortune strikes the true believer, he assumes he has done something to deserve punishment, but isn't quite certain what. The realist, recognizing that he lives in a Darwinian universe, is simply grateful to have made it to another sunset.
- Chapter 10 (p. 165)
- He took particular delight in neutralizing those who desperately needed to be neutralized, those overblown, self-important, arrogant half-wits who were always running about dictating behavior, morals, and theology to everyone else. And he never looked back.
- Chapter 11 (p. 180)
- Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they found it. On those few occasions when major change does occur, it is rarely good news.
- Chapter 22 (p. 323)
- "Sometimes," he said, "I think life is just one long series of blown opportunities."
- Chapter 22 (p. 327)
- Few of the virtues are really useful. Fidelity leads to lost opportunity, truth-telling to injured feelings, charity to additional solicitations. The least productive, and possibly the most overrated, is faith. The faithful deny reason, close their minds to the evidence of their senses, and remain unfailingly optimistic in the face of disaster. They inevitably get just what they deserve.
- Chapter 27 (p. 375)
- Mac continued to write scathing commentary on assorted hypocrisies in high places and low, without which hypocrisies, he cheerfully conceded, civilized life would be impossible.
- Epilogue (p. 506)
- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2003 by Ace Books
- "One should always be skeptical. That's always been our problem. We have too many believers."
"Believers in what?"
"In everything."- Chapter 5 (p. 72)
- The man was either foolish or fearless. Assuming there was a difference.
- Chapter 10 (p. 139)
- So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.
- Chapter 12 (p. 158), quoting Max Stiner
- What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one's life.
- Chapter 12 (p. 165)
- One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?
- Chapter 14 (p. 191)
- There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male groups did a bit less well, and that mixed groups did most poorly of all, by a substantial margin. It appeared that, when women were present, testosterone got the upper hand and men took greater risks than they might otherwise. Correspondingly, women in the mixed group tended to revert to roles, becoming more passive, and going along with whatever misjudgment the males might perpetrate.
- Chapter 24 (p. 335)
- Her experience had taught her that people who insisted on having others recognize their outstanding qualities usually didn't have any.
- Chapter 26 (p. 369)
- The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.
- Chapter 31 (p. 432)
- "Organized mayhem," Nick commented, "seems to be the chief preoccupation of intelligent species everywhere."
- Chapter 31 (p. 432)
- "Alyx," she said, "you're going to be a legend."
"I already am, Captain," she said.- Chapter 34 (p. 471)
- Embrace your life, find what it is that you love, and pursue it with all your soul. For if you do not, when you come to die, you will find that you have not lived.
- Chapter 36 (p. 487)
- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2004 by Ace Books
- Our generation faces only one danger, that we might say to ourselves this is not our problem, and that we will pass it off to the distant future. That we might shrug and say to ourselves that a thousand years is a long time. That we will become complacent and conclude that this problem will take care of itself.
But I say to you, we should take no satisfaction in the fact that we ourselves are in no physical danger. This is a hazard to our world, to everything we hope to pass on to future generations. And it is clear that we should act now, while we have the time.- Introduction
- Prudence, and experience, suggested she expect the worst.
- Chapter 3 (p. 46)
- Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.
- Chapter 33 (p. 348)
- The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws.
- Chapter 33 (p. 349)
- Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when something does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us.
- Chapter 41 (p. 404)
- Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.
- Chapter 45 (p. 439)
- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2007 by Ace Books
- Put the money into schools. Rational ones that train young minds to think, to demand that persons in authority show the evidence for the ideas they push. Do that, and we won't need to provide a world for the Sacred Brethren who, given the opportunity, would run everyone else off the planet.
- Chapter 2 (p. 13)
- So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.
- Chapter 3 (p. 19)
- He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.
- Chapter 3 (p. 24)
- In the larger scale of things, his opinions didn't count anyhow. The politicians made the decisions, and the voters paid no attention.
- Chapter 4 (p. 31)
- If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving.
- Chapter 4 (p. 36)
- The reality is, we don't want our kids to be smart. We want them to be like us. Only more so.
- Chapter 4 (p. 37)
- Most government and corporate leaders would have trouble getting people to follow them out of a burning building. One way you can tell the worst of them is that they talk about leadership a lot. I doubt Winston Churchill ever used the word. Or, for that matter, Attila the Hun.
- Chapter 5 (p. 38)
- Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while the morons run wild. You can opt out if you want to. Play it safe. But if you do, don't complain when the roof comes down.
- Chapter 6 (p. 48)
- Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high.
- Chapter 7 (p. 59)
- The earliest religious feeling MacAllister could recall was being annoyed at Adam, because it was his fault that girls subsequently had to wear clothes.
- Chapter 7 (p. 66)
- Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.
- Chapter 7 (p. 69)
- When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the chain as possible, but preferably with some visibility so people know management means business.
- Chapter 9 (p. 78)
- Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.
- Chapter 10 (p. 85)
- Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.
- Chapter 12 (p. 106)
- A child's mind is open to learn, and it is a cruel and heartless thing to fill it with myth disguised as history, to impose upon it a bogus lifelong perspective, and close it up again, leaving it proof against common sense and all argument. Surely, if there is a hell, people who do this are the ones who will get their tickets punched.
A judgment by the God who devised the quantum system should be considerably different from the one the Reverend Koestler envisions. I gave you a sky full of stars, and you never raised your eyes. I gave you a brain, and you never used it.- Chapter 12 (p. 113)
- An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.
- Chapter 13 (p. 114)
- There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue power. Among this limited group of humanitarians I would number teachers, nurses, bookstore owners, and bartenders.
- Chapter 14 (p. 124)
- See what the world looks like from orbit. Well, in that way, at least, there was profit to be had. Nobody could look down at the planet, green and blue, with no borders in evidence and no sign of human habitation, and not get his perspective forever altered.
- Chapter 16 (p. 142)
- It had been his experience that the worst cynics all started out as idealists.
- Chapter 18 (p. 166)
- We can create the appearance of knowledge, the illusion of knowing how to grapple with a problem. Far too many educational systems have done exactly that. The result is generations of mouthpieces who can pour forth approved responses to programmed stimuli that contribute nothing to rational discussion. Dogma is for those who only wish to be comfortable. Catechisms are for cowards; commandments, for control freaks who have so little respect for their species that they are driven to appeal to a higher power to keep everyone in line.
- Chapter 21 (p. 193)
- The idiots always rose to the top and made policy.
It explained a lot of things.- Chapter 22 (p. 200)
- The notion that we need a higher power, that's more a human failing than a reflection of reality. The universe pays no attention to what we need. Truth is what it is, and the inconveniences it might cause us don't change anything.
- Chapter 22 (p. 203)
- Why is it that people want so desperately to shake hands with otherworldly beings? That people will even insist that they have seen visitors from Spica hovering above their backyards? In other times it was ghosts and fairies and goblins, and voices in the night. Is the company of our own species so dull that we need to invent the Other? On the other hand, maybe that explains it.
- Chapter 24 (p. 218)
- MacAllister wasn't always right, but he was smart enough to know that. He was willing to change his mind when the evidence pointed in a different direction. That fact alone put MacAllister very nearly in a class by himself.
- Chapter 24 (p. 220)
- Yes, it was not journalism's finest hour. But, MacAllister often argued, it never had been.
- Chapter 24 (p. 222)
- Well, kids are never much on history. Nor for that matter was anybody else. It had been MacAllister's experience that most people think anything that happened before they were born didn't count for a whole lot.
- Chapter 25 (p. 227)
- The invention of the printing press probably marks the beginning of the decline of civilization. Once you have it, science follows close behind. Next thing you know the idiots have better weaponry. Then atom bombs. Meantime, social organization becomes increasingly dependent on technology, which becomes increasingly vulnerable to error or sabotage. If we can judge by our own experience, it looks as if you get the printing press, then about a thousand years. After that it's back to the trees.
- Chapter 27 (p. 243)
- "It's so old," she said, "that, had life developed, it would be billions of years older than we are. Imagine what such a civilization might be like."
Dead, thought MacAllister. That's what it would be like. The fact that no technologically advanced species had been found in all these years made it pretty clear that the damned things have no staying power. You could see it at home, where, starting with the Cold War, there'd already been a few close calls.
It explained the Fermi Paradox. Nobody visits us because they blow themselves up before they get that far.- Chapter 27 (p. 248)
- The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.
- Chapter 29 (p. 262)
- Plato is correct about democracy. It is essentially mob rule. And once the mob gets an idea into its collective head, it's almost impossible to get it out, or modify it in any way. In an era of mass communication and irresponsible media, it can be a deadly characteristic.
- Chapter 32 (p. 289)
- "The media have gone berserk."
"The media always go berserk. A kid falls off a bike in Montana, they're all over it. Until something else happens."- Chapter 32 (p. 292)
- Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don't like it very much.
- Chapter 33 (p. 296)
- "I'm not optimistic," he said. "The issue clearly flies in the face of the First Amendment. People have a right to tell kids whatever they want about religion."
"Do they have a right to push human sacrifice?"
"Of course not, Mac. But this isn't human sacrifice. It's just a church school."
"I'm not sure the effect isn't similar."- Chapter 34 (p. 314)
- The Reverend Pullman sat on the opposite side of the bench, wearing clerical garb and one of those unctuous smiles that proclaims a monopoly on truth.
- Chapter 35 (p. 331)
- Truth is slippery, not because it is difficult to grasp, but because we prefer our preconceptions, our beliefs, our myths.
- Chapter 38 (p. 355)
- Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
- Chapter 39 (p. 370)
- The beginning of wisdom is to admit to being inept. We're all a bit slow. We have our moments, but in the end, we have to resort to bumbling through. It is what makes conviction so egregious.
- Chapter 40 (p. 376)
- The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.
- Chapter 41 (p. 383)
- (He was) tall and lean, an aristocrat by inclination, born into money and influence and never recovered.
- Chapter 41 (p. 391)
- Fiction is unlike reality because it has an end, a conclusion, which allows the characters to stroll happily, or perhaps simply more wisely, out through the climax into the epilogue. But life is a tapestry. It has no satisfactory end. There are simply periods of acceleration and delay, victory and frustration, seasoned with periodic jolts of reality.
- Chapter 44 (p. 412)
- It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.
- Chapter 45 (p. 419)
- There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible.
- Epilogue (p. 421)
- MacAllister commented recently that Plato was right, that democracy is mob rule, that the voters can be counted on consistently to find the candidate with the fewest scruples and put him in office.
- Epilogue (p. 423)
- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2008 by Ace Books
- "If some of the current politicians had been around a few thousand years ago," she'd said, "we never would have gotten out of Africa. Boats cost too much."
- Chapter 4 (pp. 46-47)
- If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied.
- Chapter 5 (p. 54)
- If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels.
- Chapter 9 (p. 96)
- "It's all PR," said Hutchins. "If we ever produced a person who was unrelentingly honest, everybody would want him dead."
- Chapter 13 (p. 127)
- The kids were both adolescents, at that happy stage where they could simultaneously make him confident about the future while they were sabotaging the present.
- Chapter 22 (p. 190)
- "Technology is dangerous."
"How do you mean?"
"It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots."- Chapter 26 (p. 242)
- Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.
- Chapter 27 (pp. 248-249)
- If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.
- Chapter 28 (p. 256)
- At night the sea is very loud,
And voices ride the tide.
At another time, in another place,
Beneath the silent moon,
We laughed together.- Chapter 30 (p. 279)
- He was usually easygoing, one of those guys with little respect for authority because of a conviction that people in charge tend to do stupid things.
- Chapter 36 (p. 322)
Ancient Shores (1996)
[edit]- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published by Eos/HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-105426-7
- Nominated for the 1998 Nebula award
- Max was the exception. He had no taste for military life or for the prospect of getting shot at. His father, Colonel Maxwell E. Collingwood, USAF (retired), to his credit, tried to hide his disappointment in his only son. But it was there nonetheless, and Max had, on more than one occasion, overheard him wondering aloud to Max's mother whether there was anything at all to genetics.
- Chapter 2 (p. 17)
- He expected to have only one clear shot at the assorted joys of living, and he had no intention of risking it to meet someone else's misconceived expectations.
- Chapter 2 (p. 18)
- Ev was a careful man, a model of caution. He took pride in not committing to a view until all the facts were in. Which meant, of course, that he was never quite on board. Or in opposition.
- Chapter 4 (p. 38)
- Never confuse perfection with production. People who don't make mistakes aren't doing anything.
- Chapter 6 (p. 55)
- Lasker mouthed, "Trust him," and Max sighed. Trust a lawyer? It flew in the face of his most cherished principles.
- Chapter 8 (p. 78)
- "Most of my business comes from picking up the pieces when people get things wrong." She grinned. "I'll never lack for work."
- Chapter 10 (p. 99)
- When do we reach a point where people become responsible for their own actions?
- Chapter 13 (pp. 124-125)
- But the old man had provided his kids with one priceless gift: He'd encouraged them to read, and he didn't bother too much about the content, subscribing to the theory that good books ultimately speak for themselves.
- Chapter 16 (p. 168)
- A man without money is a bow without an arrow.
- Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, epigram for Chapter 18 (p. 180)
- We know that when change comes, no one is more adamant in holding on to the past than those in power. They know change is inevitable, but they would, if they could, parcel it out in measured pieces. Grain for chickens.
- Chapter 30 (p. 331)
- Cities have a social utility, if only as places to get away from.
- Chapter 33 (p. 366)
- New worlds are always hard on old ideas.
- Chapter 33 (p. 367)
- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in January 1999 by HarperPrism ISBN 0-06-105112-8 (1st printing)
- Nominated for the 1999 Nebula award
- As a rule, Evelyn disapproved of politicians. They tended to break down into two categories: the completely unprincipled, who comprised the vast majority; and those who lived by their principles no matter who suffered.
- Chapter 3 "Forecasts", Part 2 (p. 70)
- Like his father, he believed the universe a clockwork mechanism; and if there was a clockmaker, he'd hidden himself too well and had therefore no justifiable complaint with unbelievers.
- Chapter 6 "Impact", Part 3 (p. 232)
- It was housed in one of those garish ultramodern steel and glass abstract buildings, designed to demonstrate a kind of mathematical flow but which really only succeeded in marring the landscape.
- Chapter 6 "Impact", Part 9 (p. 286)
- For Rick, it was a clear demonstration of what the game was really about. The media often maintained that campaigns weren't substantive. But the media didn't understand about electioneering. When they complained that issues were seldom discussed, that the debate got too personal, that in the end a fog of obfuscation was thrown over everything, they were missing the point: An election is an art form. Its purpose is not to illuminate the issues of the day, but to box in an opponent. To watch him try to wriggle free of charges and innuendo.
- Chapter 7 "Trigger", Part 1 (p. 294)
- Politics was a struggle for power, in its purest and simplest terms. If the voters were lucky, the winner would go on to improve their lot, because he would need their votes next time. Or because he enjoyed being popular. But issues were irrelevant. Always had been, probably. Once the age of mass communications arrived, presidents became entertainers, celebrities, if they were smart. FDR used his fireside chats; Kennedy had allowed spontaneous questions at press conferences, relying on wit and charm. Reagan knew from the films exactly how a president should behave, and he had exactly enough acting talent to bring it off. In that sense, he was the first modern president.
- Chapter 7 "Trigger", Part 1 (p. 295)
- Charlie was not a believer. He did not expect to be called to account and assigned a score for what he had done or left undone. His parents had believed in a mechanical world, a place of evolving hardware and software, no deities need apply. We just haven't figured it all out yet, his father was fond of saying. Things get more complex and we don't know why. But that doesn't mean we have to ascribe it to divine providence.
- Chapter 7 "Trigger", Part 5 (p. 330)
- Come on, Harold. People like us can always find experts to tell us what we want to hear. It's the biggest problem we have. Everybody lies to us because they want things from us.
- Chapter 8 "Bell-Ringer", Part 11 (p. 444)
- If you'll forgive me, sir, physics is not politics. You can't make things happen by trying harder.
- Chapter 9 "Physics and Politics", Part 7 (p. 498)
Infinity Beach (2000)
[edit]- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in February 2001 by Eos ISBN 978-0-06-102005-6
- Nominated for the 2001 Nebula Award and the 2001 John W. Campbell Award.
- All italics as in the book
- Those who rise to the top of organizations, who live to direct others, to wield power, are inevitably afflicted by weak egos, by a need to prove themselves. This explains why they are so easily frightened and so easily manipulated. And why they are so dangerous.
- Chapter 5 (p. 65)
- The belief that society was in decline was a permanent characteristic of every era. People always believed they lived in a crumbling world. They themselves were of course okay, but everyone around them was headed downhill.
- Chapter 6 (p. 84)
- Starships, of course, have few limitations with regard to design, the prime specification being simply that they not disintegrate during acceleration or course change.
- Chapter 7 (p. 100)
- He was a good salesman, which was to say he could look people directly in the eye while making the most preposterous claims.
- Chapter 7 (p. 103)
- Truth is like nudity: It is on occasion indispensable, but it is dangerous and should not be displayed openly. It is truth that gives life its grandeur, but the polite fictions that make it bearable.
- Chapter 8 (p. 110)
- Emily had not been trained as a scientist, so she tended to draw conclusions based on emotional need rather than on evidence.
- Chapter 8 (p. 115)
- "We are forever trying to sell science because somebody somewhere will get a better toothbrush," she grumbled. "Whatever happened to sheer curiosity?"
- Chapter 9 (p. 129)
- When she'd mentioned it to Matt, he had piously denied everything. Piety was always how you knew Matt was lying.
- Chapter 9 (p. 129)
- Never look for complexity in diplomatic decisions. With very few exceptions, actions always devolve—and that's the exact term—from someone's self-interest. Not the national self-interest, by the way. We are talking here about individual careers.
- Chapter 15 (p. 218)
- There is, he'd said, an inverse correlation between the amount of power a person has and the level at which his or her mind functions. A person of ordinary intelligence who acquires power, of whatever kind, tends to develop an exaggerated view of his own capabilities. Sycophants gather. There is little or no criticism of decisions. As his ability to disrupt the lives of others advances, these tendencies become stronger. Eventually you end with Louis the Fourteenth, who thinks he's done a good job for France, although the country he left behind was ruined.
- Chapter 15 (p. 219)
- Sheyel had always maintained that few actions are driven by reason. People act out of emotion, perception, prejudice. They will believe what they've always believed, filtering out all evidence to the contrary. Until they go too far and run onto the rocks of reality.
- Chapter 23 (p. 357)
- The people who devised physical theory and constructed jump engines were not the same people who made political decisions, or who allowed themselves to be swept up by the current media craze, or to be ruled by centuries-old traditions that might once have served to hold nations together but now had become counterproductive.
Don't assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals.- Chapter 27 (p. 403)
- "How are you going to define 'spiritual'?" asked Mona. No one had any idea.
- Chapter 32 (p. 476)
- What people do with their leisure tells us a great deal about the nature of a society, what its values really are, for example, as opposed to what its members say its values are.
- Chapter 32 (p. 476)
Time Travelers Never Die (2009)
[edit]- All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in 2010 by Ace Books
- But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.
- Chapter 5 (p. 50)
- And because she so desperately wanted it to be true, she knew she could not manage an objective judgment.
- Chapter 19 (p. 195)
- "We are not a debating club," Franklin said. "Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible."
- Chapter 29 (p. 270)
- Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves.
"We watch television," Dave said.- Chapter 44 (p. 378)


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